N-CSRS 1 d395130dncsrs.htm ISHARES TRUST iShares Trust

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-09729

 

 

iShares Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

c/o: BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

301 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 670-2000

Date of fiscal year end: March 31, 2023

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2022

 

 

 


Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders.

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.

 


 

LOGO

  SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

 

 

  

  

 

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

·  iShares S&P 100 ETF | OEF | NYSE Arca

·  iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | IVW | NYSE Arca

·  iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | IVE | NYSE Arca

·  iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF | IJS | NYSE Arca


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large-and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six-to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2022  
     
    

 6-Month

 

   

12-Month

 

 
   

U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index)

     (20.20)         (15.47)
   

U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index)

    (19.01)       (23.50)     
   

International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

    (22.51)       (25.13)     
   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    (21.70)       (28.11)     
   

3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

    0.58        0.63     
   

U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

    (10.81)       (16.20)     
   

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    (9.22)       (14.60)     
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    (6.30)       (11.50)     
   

U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

    (10.42)       (14.15)     

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     Page  

 

 

The Markets in Review

     2  

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     8  

Disclosure of Expenses

     8  

Schedules of Investments

     9  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     35  

Statements of Operations

     36  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     37  

Financial Highlights

     39  

Notes to Financial Statements

     43  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     52  

Supplemental Information

     56  

General Information

     57  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     58  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® S&P 100 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares S&P 100 ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of 100 large-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the S&P 100® (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      5 Years     10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (21.50 )%       (16.71 )%       9.65     11.43       (16.71 )%       58.54      195.07

Fund Market

    (21.49      (16.60      9.69       11.45         (16.60      58.82        195.68  

Index

    (21.43      (16.55      9.87       11.65               (16.55      60.14        200.97  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00          $           785.00          $          0.89               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.07          $          1.01          0.20

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Information Technology

    31.3

Health Care

    15.0  

Consumer Discretionary

    13.6  

Communication Services

    11.0  

Financials

    9.6  

Consumer Staples

    7.7  

Industrials

    4.9  

Energy

    3.8  

Utilities

    1.7  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.4  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Apple, Inc.

    10.5

Microsoft Corp.

    8.7  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    5.0  

Tesla, Inc.

    3.6  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    2.9  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    2.6  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    2.4  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    2.4  

Johnson & Johnson

    2.2  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1.8  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022     iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the S&P 500 Growth IndexTM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
    

6-Month Total

Returns

     1 Year      5 Years     10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (23.93 )%       (21.24 )%       11.22     12.99       (21.24 )%       70.19      239.13

Fund Market

    (23.94      (21.18      11.24       13.00         (21.18      70.33        239.40  

Index

    (23.87      (21.11      11.42       13.19               (21.11      71.70        245.29  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00          $         760.70          $          0.79               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.17          $          0.91          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

 

   
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Information Technology

    42.8

Consumer Discretionary

    17.4  

Health Care

    12.3  

Communication Services

    10.5  

Financials

    6.9  

Industrials

    3.5  

Real Estate

    2.3  

Consumer Staples

    1.8  

Materials

    1.3  

Energy

    1.2  

Utilities

    0.0 (b) 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 

   
Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Apple, Inc.

    14.3

Microsoft Corp.

    11.9  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    6.8  

Tesla, Inc.

    4.8  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    3.9  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    3.5  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    2.1  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2.1  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1.7  

Home Depot, Inc.

    1.5  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

(b) 

Rounds to less than 0.1%.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022     iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the S&P 500 Value IndexTM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
    

6-Month Total

Returns

     1 Year      5 Years     10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (16.51 )%       (9.80 )%       6.00     9.45       (9.80 )%       33.80      146.68

Fund Market

    (16.55      (9.79      6.01       9.45         (9.79      33.86        146.76  

Index

    (16.43      (9.63      6.17       9.63               (9.63      34.91        150.89  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00          $           834.90          $          0.83               $          1,000.00          $        1,024.17          $          0.91          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Health Care

    17.7

Financials

    14.9  

Industrials

    12.0  

Consumer Staples

    11.6  

Information Technology

    10.9  

Energy

    7.8  

Consumer Discretionary

    6.3  

Utilities

    6.1  

Communication Services

    5.8  

Materials

    3.6  

Real Estate

    3.3  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 

   
Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    3.1

Johnson & Johnson

    2.8  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2.3  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    1.9  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1.8  

Chevron Corp.

    1.7  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1.4  

Coca-Cola Co.

    1.4  

Walmart, Inc.

    1.2  

Walt Disney Co.

    1.1  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Value IndexTM (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      5 Years     10 Years             1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (18.76 )%       (16.70 )%       3.77     9.31        (16.70 )%       20.35      143.50

Fund Market

    (18.74      (16.72      3.78       9.31          (16.72      20.36        143.55  

Index

    (18.66      (16.41      3.99       9.51                (16.41      21.58        148.12  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00          $           812.40          $          0.82               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.17          $          0.91          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Financials

    21.2

Industrials

    17.1  

Consumer Discretionary

    12.6  

Health Care

    9.5  

Real Estate

    8.5  

Information Technology

    7.5  

Materials

    6.7  

Energy

    6.0  

Consumer Staples

    5.8  

Utilities

    3.0  

Communication Services

    2.1  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    1.0

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    0.9  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    0.9  

CVB Financial Corp.

    0.8  

Hostess Brands, Inc.

    0.7  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    0.7  

Agree Realty Corp.

    0.7  

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.

    0.7  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    0.7  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.

    0.7  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 100 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%            

Boeing Co.(a)(b)

    200,435     $ 24,268,670  

General Dynamics Corp.

    80,751       17,132,940  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    84,739       32,733,828  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    530,194       43,401,681  
   

 

 

 
      117,537,119  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.8%            

FedEx Corp.

    85,843       12,745,110  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    262,798             42,452,389  
   

 

 

 
      55,197,499  
Automobiles — 4.0%            

Ford Motor Co.

    1,419,754       15,901,245  

General Motors Co.

    524,177       16,820,840  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    956,405       253,686,426  
   

 

 

 
      286,408,511  
Banks — 4.0%            

Bank of America Corp.

    2,510,239       75,809,218  

Citigroup, Inc.

    695,444       28,979,151  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1,053,042       110,042,889  

US Bancorp

    486,079       19,598,705  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    1,362,025       54,780,646  
   

 

 

 
      289,210,609  
Beverages — 2.2%            

Coca-Cola Co.

    1,397,617       78,294,504  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    495,567       80,906,269  
   

 

 

 
      159,200,773  
Biotechnology — 2.2%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    634,896       85,209,392  

Amgen, Inc.

    192,085       43,295,959  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    449,881       27,753,159  
   

 

 

 
      156,258,510  
Capital Markets — 2.2%            

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    265,165       10,214,156  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    54,140       29,792,159  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    548,303       39,406,537  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    122,575       35,920,604  

Morgan Stanley

    480,860       37,992,748  
   

 

 

 
      153,326,204  
Chemicals — 0.8%            

Dow, Inc.

    257,279       11,302,267  

Linde PLC

    178,955       48,244,478  
   

 

 

 
      59,546,745  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%            

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,486,957       59,478,280  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.6%            

American Express Co.

    215,379       29,056,781  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    137,612       12,683,698  
   

 

 

 
      41,740,479  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%            

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    648,086       173,051,924  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%  

AT&T Inc.

    2,558,839       39,252,590  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,508,054       57,260,811  
   

 

 

 
      96,513,401  
Electric Utilities — 1.7%            

Duke Energy Corp.

    276,484       25,718,542  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)            

Exelon Corp.

    355,813     $ 13,328,755  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    705,522       55,319,980  

Southern Co.

    381,707       25,956,076  
   

 

 

 
      120,323,353  
Electrical Equipment — 0.2%            

Emerson Electric Co.

    212,217       15,538,529  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 1.4%            

Netflix, Inc.(a)(b)

    159,687       37,596,707  

Walt Disney Co.(a)(b)

    654,632       61,751,437  
   

 

 

 
      99,348,144  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.7%  

American Tower Corp.

    167,185       35,894,619  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    117,392       10,535,932  
   

 

 

 
      46,430,551  
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.1%            

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    159,062       75,120,211  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    257,582       8,088,075  

Walmart, Inc.

    511,839       66,385,518  
   

 

 

 
      149,593,804  
Food Products — 0.5%            

Kraft Heinz Co.

    287,219       9,578,754  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    492,150       26,984,584  
   

 

 

 
      36,563,338  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.4%  

Abbott Laboratories

    628,837       60,846,268  

Medtronic PLC

    477,119       38,527,359  
   

 

 

 
      99,373,627  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.0%            

CVS Health Corp.

    471,418       44,959,135  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    335,882             169,633,845  
   

 

 

 
      214,592,980  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%            

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,258       23,428,888  

McDonald’s Corp.

    264,184       60,957,816  

Starbucks Corp.

    412,014       34,716,300  
   

 

 

 
      119,103,004  
Household Products — 1.8%            

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    299,519       21,041,210  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    858,052       108,329,065  
   

 

 

 
      129,370,275  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.2%            

3M Co.

    198,794       21,966,737  

General Electric Co.

    393,757       24,377,496  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    241,914       40,392,380  
   

 

 

 
      86,736,613  
Insurance — 0.4%            

American International Group, Inc.

    272,728       12,949,125  

MetLife, Inc.

    240,405       14,611,816  
   

 

 

 
      27,560,941  
Interactive Media & Services — 7.0%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,153,073       205,941,432  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,925,344       185,121,826  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    818,954       111,115,679  
   

 

 

 
      502,178,937  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 5.0%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    3,182,631       359,637,303  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 100 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
IT Services — 4.5%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    227,137     $ 58,442,350  

International Business Machines Corp.

    324,318       38,532,221  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    306,379       87,115,805  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    415,272       35,742,461  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    587,109       104,299,914  
   

 

 

 
      324,132,751  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%            

Danaher Corp.

    235,092       60,721,913  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    140,685       71,354,025  
   

 

 

 
      132,075,938  
Machinery — 0.4%            

Caterpillar, Inc.

    189,564       31,103,661  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.8%            

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    39,748       12,057,556  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    1,581,336       46,380,585  
   

 

 

 
      58,438,141  
Multiline Retail — 0.4%            

Target Corp.

    166,505       24,707,677  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.8%            

Chevron Corp.

    646,655       92,904,924  

ConocoPhillips

    457,128       46,782,479  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1,496,534             130,662,384  
   

 

 

 
      270,349,787  
Pharmaceuticals — 6.5%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    766,738       54,507,404  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    283,191       91,569,810  

Johnson & Johnson

    944,099       154,228,013  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    909,663       78,340,178  

Pfizer, Inc.

    2,015,311       88,190,009  
   

 

 

 
      466,835,414  
Road & Rail — 0.6%            

Union Pacific Corp.

    224,242       43,686,826  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.8%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    579,679       36,728,461  

Broadcom, Inc.

    145,006       64,384,114  

Intel Corp.

    1,474,401       37,995,314  

NVIDIA Corp.

    899,154       109,148,304  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    403,253       45,559,524  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    328,098       50,783,009  
   

 

 

 
      344,598,726  
Software — 10.6%            

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    168,051       46,247,635  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Software (continued)            

Microsoft Corp.

    2,678,016     $ 623,709,926  

Oracle Corp.

    545,453       33,310,815  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    357,289       51,392,450  
   

 

 

 
      754,660,826  
Specialty Retail — 2.0%            

Home Depot, Inc.

    369,052       101,836,209  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    229,502       43,102,770  
   

 

 

 
      144,938,979  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 10.5%  

Apple Inc.

    5,424,517       749,668,249  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%  

Nike, Inc., Class B(b)

    453,759       37,716,448  
   

 

 

 
Tobacco — 1.0%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    646,649       26,111,687  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    556,641       46,206,769  
   

 

 

 
      72,318,456  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)(b)

    216,148       29,000,577  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $7,061,272,975)

 

    7,138,053,909  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 0.4%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    19,741,638       19,747,561  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    10,708,836       10,708,836  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.4%
(Cost: $30,455,320)

 

    30,456,397  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost: $7,091,728,295)

 

    7,168,510,306  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2)%

 

    (13,127,508
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   7,155,382,798  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

   iShares® S&P 100 ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net
Realized

Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   

Value at

09/30/22

    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 9,415,762     $ 10,327,378 (a)    $     $ 3,335     $ 1,086     $ 19,747,561       19,741,638     $ 96,480 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    16,943,000             (6,234,164 )(a)                  10,708,836       10,708,836       120,621        

BlackRock, Inc.

    37,188,333       6,170,775       (2,544,842     613,091       (11,635,198     29,792,159       54,140       493,939        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 616,426     $ (11,634,112   $   60,248,556       $   711,040     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
      

Expiration

Date

       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

                 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     96          12/16/22        $   17,287        $ (1,828,277
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $   1,828,277      $      $      $      $   1,828,277  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (962,171    $      $      $      $ (962,171
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

 

                 

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (2,953,922    $      $      $      $   (2,953,922
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

   iShares® S&P 100 ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 18,875,250  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                                                   

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 7,138,053,909        $        $        $ 7,138,053,909  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     30,456,397                            30,456,397  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 7,168,510,306        $        $        $ 7,168,510,306  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (1,828,277      $        $        $ (1,828,277
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%            

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    146,630     $ 30,474,113  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    41,161       21,602,116  
   

 

 

 
      52,076,229  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%            

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    299,730       26,469,156  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    574,920       92,872,577  
   

 

 

 
      119,341,733  
Auto Components — 0.1%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    203,636       15,926,372  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 4.8%            

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    4,868,097       1,291,262,729  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 2.1%            

Bank of America Corp.

    5,621,946       169,782,769  

Comerica, Inc.

    104,617       7,438,269  

First Republic Bank

    334,748       43,701,351  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2,465,606       257,655,827  

Regions Financial Corp.

    770,584       15,465,621  

Signature Bank

    114,760       17,328,760  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    108,243       36,345,835  

Zions Bancorp NA

    132,729       6,750,597  
   

 

 

 
            554,469,029  
Beverages — 0.8%            

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    373,595       13,382,173  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    366,397       31,861,883  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    1,060,301       173,104,741  
   

 

 

 
      218,348,797  
Biotechnology — 2.3%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    1,745,095       234,209,200  

Amgen, Inc.

    400,874       90,357,000  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    143,990       9,595,494  

Moderna, Inc.(a)(b)

    614,106       72,618,034  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    195,921       134,964,099  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    280,944       81,344,526  
   

 

 

 
      623,088,353  
Building Products — 0.2%            

A O Smith Corp.

    116,090       5,639,652  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    102,202       5,487,226  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    769,551       37,877,300  

Masco Corp.

    196,739       9,185,744  
   

 

 

 
      58,189,922  
Capital Markets — 3.4%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    120,883       30,456,472  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    143,173       78,785,238  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    112,749       13,233,350  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    1,897,790       136,394,167  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.(b)

    40,150       16,064,417  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    231,463       4,981,084  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    623,925       182,841,221  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    580,626       52,459,559  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    32,427       7,214,683  

Moody’s Corp.

    190,796       46,384,416  

Morgan Stanley

    1,198,836       94,720,032  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    147,481       62,206,011  

Nasdaq, Inc.(b)

    484,365       27,453,808  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    209,452       20,698,047  
Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

S&P Global, Inc.

    379,855     $ 115,988,724  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    287,575       30,198,251  
   

 

 

 
      920,079,480  
Chemicals — 0.9%            

Albemarle Corp.(b)

    145,566       38,493,473  

Celanese Corp.

    78,549       7,096,117  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    219,015       21,080,194  

Linde PLC

    464,558       125,240,191  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    228,999       46,887,545  
   

 

 

 
            238,797,520  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%            

Cintas Corp.

    72,310       28,070,019  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    265,642       28,264,309  

Republic Services, Inc.

    165,531       22,518,837  

Rollins, Inc.

    189,626       6,576,230  

Waste Management, Inc.

    351,436       56,303,561  
   

 

 

 
      141,732,956  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%            

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    451,525       50,972,657  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    3,405,875       136,235,000  

F5, Inc.(a)(b)

    56,467       8,172,469  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    179,978       40,309,673  
   

 

 

 
      235,689,799  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%            

Quanta Services, Inc.

    141,683       18,048,997  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    66,209       21,325,257  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    116,673       18,400,499  
   

 

 

 
      39,725,756  
Consumer Finance — 0.6%            

American Express Co.

    481,539       64,964,426  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    337,543       31,111,338  

Discover Financial Services

    500,462       45,502,005  

Synchrony Financial

    503,098       14,182,333  
   

 

 

 
      155,760,102  
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%            

Avery Dennison Corp.

    75,490       12,282,223  

Sealed Air Corp.

    143,205       6,374,055  
   

 

 

 
      18,656,278  
Distributors — 0.1%            

LKQ Corp.

    204,029       9,619,967  

Pool Corp.

    71,869       22,869,435  
   

 

 

 
      32,489,402  
Electric Utilities — 0.1%            

NRG Energy, Inc.

    425,554       16,285,952  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 0.2%            

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    116,525       20,757,764  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    109,446       23,542,929  
   

 

 

 
      44,300,693  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.5%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    575,361       38,526,173  

CDW Corp.

    146,730       22,901,618  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    247,236       38,905,057  

Trimble, Inc.(a)(b)

    252,319       13,693,352  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    69,035       18,087,860  
   

 

 

 
      132,114,060  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Entertainment — 0.8%            

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    111,932     $ 8,511,309  

Netflix, Inc.(a)(b)

    812,802       191,366,103  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    177,988       19,400,692  
   

 

 

 
            219,278,104  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.2%  

American Tower Corp.

    433,806       93,138,148  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    107,303       19,764,140  

Camden Property Trust

    194,466       23,228,964  

Crown Castle, Inc.(b)

    355,759       51,424,963  

Duke Realty Corp.

    462,683       22,301,321  

Equinix, Inc.(b)

    76,456       43,491,231  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    51,460       12,465,156  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    244,772       42,274,572  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    54,315       4,894,868  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    488,643       16,501,474  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    323,205       14,211,324  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    130,611       20,253,848  

Prologis, Inc.

    809,984       82,294,374  

Public Storage(b)

    170,791       50,009,313  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A(b)

    110,239       31,379,531  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    361,151       32,413,302  

UDR, Inc.

    307,766       12,836,920  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    565,667       16,155,449  
   

 

 

 
      589,038,898  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%            

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    412,894       194,997,449  
   

 

 

 
Food Products — 0.1%            

Hershey Co.

    121,290       26,740,806  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1%  

Abbott Laboratories

    1,696,422       164,145,793  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    44,954       11,043,400  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    133,098       27,565,927  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)(b)

    716,418       57,700,306  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    715,239       59,100,198  

Hologic, Inc.(a)(b)

    335,624       21,654,460  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    104,861       34,163,714  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)(b)

    450,796       84,497,202  

ResMed, Inc.(b)

    154,823       33,797,861  

STERIS PLC

    77,089       12,818,359  

Stryker Corp.

    251,904       51,020,636  
   

 

 

 
      557,507,856  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.7%  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    228,726       42,037,551  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    87,465       17,913,707  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    52,139       17,197,528  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    97,839       12,003,867  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    718,034       362,635,891  
   

 

 

 
      451,788,544  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.3%  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    246,616       7,955,832  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)(b)

    34,065       51,191,519  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    44,096       13,678,579  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    204,525       24,669,806  

McDonald’s Corp.

    605,128       139,627,235  

Starbucks Corp.(b)

    1,069,566       90,121,631  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    244,135       25,961,316  
   

 

 

 
      353,205,918  
Household Durables — 0.2%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    307,039       20,679,077  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)            

Garmin Ltd.

    145,382     $ 11,675,629  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    369,252       5,128,910  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    2,654       10,581,710  
   

 

 

 
      48,065,326  
Insurance — 0.8%            

Aon PLC, Class A(b)

    231,610       62,041,371  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.(b)

    169,631       29,044,220  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    296,141       17,910,607  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    137,070       12,277,360  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    555,824       82,978,965  
   

 

 

 
      204,252,523  
Interactive Media & Services — 9.6%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    10,959,176       1,048,245,184  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    9,800,032       942,273,077  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,168,492       565,580,994  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    591,252       25,920,488  
   

 

 

 
      2,582,019,743  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 7.0%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    16,199,634       1,830,558,642  

eBay, Inc.

    774,961       28,526,315  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    229,687       22,998,559  
   

 

 

 
      1,882,083,516  
IT Services — 3.5%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    670,573       172,538,433  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    121,789       9,782,093  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    402,974       91,148,689  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.(b)

    94,092       13,579,357  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    105,115       38,071,602  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    144,886       40,088,507  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    732,957       208,408,993  

Paychex, Inc.

    310,823       34,877,449  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,140,695       98,179,619  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    80,024       13,900,169  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    1,285,000             228,280,250  
   

 

 

 
      948,855,161  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.2%            

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    328,368       39,913,130  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,003       9,178,332  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    71,181       20,215,404  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

    94,146       18,527,933  

Danaher Corp.

    813,701       210,170,831  

Illumina, Inc.(a)(b)

    140,067       26,723,383  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    249,430       45,181,750  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,961       28,144,839  

PerkinElmer, Inc.(b)

    231,246       27,825,831  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    716,102       363,199,773  

Waters Corp.(a)

    80,386       21,666,439  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    135,687       33,389,857  
   

 

 

 
      844,137,502  
Machinery — 0.7%            

Deere & Co.

    233,627       78,005,719  

Dover Corp.

    118,903       13,861,712  

IDEX Corp.

    55,470       11,085,680  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    211,605       38,226,443  

Nordson Corp.

    60,348       12,810,070  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    306,241       19,538,176  

Pentair PLC

    169,607       6,891,132  

Xylem, Inc.

    135,247       11,815,178  
   

 

 

 
      192,234,110  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining — 0.2%            

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    1,152,741     $ 31,504,412  

Nucor Corp.

    258,982       27,708,484  
   

 

 

 
      59,212,896  
Multiline Retail — 0.3%            

Target Corp.

    467,251       69,335,376  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%            

APA Corp.

    328,996       11,248,373  

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,195,172       71,865,693  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    325,656       39,228,522  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    491,888       54,958,646  

Hess Corp.(b)

    362,464       39,504,951  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    559,763       34,397,436  

ONEOK, Inc.

    350,440       17,956,546  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    244,879       53,023,650  
   

 

 

 
            322,183,817  
Personal Products — 0.2%            

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    249,400       53,845,460  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.0%            

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    199,305       14,421,710  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1,441,431       466,086,714  

Pfizer, Inc.

    5,539,299       242,399,724  

Zoetis, Inc.

    564,171       83,660,917  
   

 

 

 
      806,569,065  
Professional Services — 0.4%            

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    362,705       25,262,403  

Equifax, Inc.

    225,105       38,589,750  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    102,256       11,093,753  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    135,413       10,359,095  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    145,430       24,800,178  
   

 

 

 
      110,105,179  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    294,188       19,860,632  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 0.5%            

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    88,530       13,847,863  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)

    167,524       41,674,945  

Union Pacific Corp.

    468,759       91,323,628  
   

 

 

 
      146,846,436  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.9%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,950,555       186,947,165  

Applied Materials, Inc.(b)

    1,590,031       130,271,240  

Broadcom, Inc.

    420,718       186,802,999  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    247,161       68,579,763  

KLA Corp.

    258,894       78,349,091  

Lam Research Corp.

    250,220       91,580,520  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    482,695       29,458,876  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    81,423       29,589,118  

NVIDIA Corp.(b)

    4,576,707       555,566,463  

NXP Semiconductors N.V.(b)

    302,072       44,558,641  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    601,802       37,510,318  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    92,646       7,357,019  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    2,052,546       231,896,647  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    139,505       11,895,591  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    76,765       17,768,027  

Teradyne, Inc.

    287,231       21,585,409  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    818,324       126,660,189  
   

 

 

 
      1,856,377,076  
Software — 16.4%            

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    855,397       235,405,254  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    99,216     $ 21,996,187  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    254,090       47,464,012  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    500,015       81,717,451  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    114,986       6,425,418  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,193,268       58,625,257  

Intuit, Inc.

    515,554       199,684,375  

Microsoft Corp.

    13,631,126       3,174,689,245  

Oracle Corp.

    2,776,353       169,551,878  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    66,909       22,079,301  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    96,331       10,076,223  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,109,343       159,567,897  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    369,200       139,413,612  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    187,333       57,232,105  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    46,933       16,309,218  
   

 

 

 
          4,400,237,433  
Specialty Retail — 3.2%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    54,077       8,454,398  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    35,560       76,167,031  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    271,882       8,863,353  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    153,751       10,150,641  

Home Depot, Inc.

    1,427,646       393,944,637  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    1,168,170       219,394,008  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)(b)

    116,373       81,850,950  

Tractor Supply Co.

    202,697       37,677,318  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,703       21,143,917  
   

 

 

 
      857,646,253  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 14.4%  

Apple Inc.

    27,610,867       3,815,821,819  

HP, Inc.

    833,616       20,773,711  

NetApp, Inc.

    285,813       17,677,534  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    258,729       13,772,145  
   

 

 

 
      3,868,045,209  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    1,247,193       103,666,682  
   

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

Fastenal Co.(b)

    505,628       23,279,113  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    76,944       20,784,113  
   

 

 

 
      44,063,226  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $23,667,167,454)

      26,738,584,355  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E  S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 1.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    306,572,400     $ 306,664,372  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    31,865,108       31,865,108  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.3%
(Cost: $338,430,178)

      338,529,480  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.1%
(Cost: $24,005,597,632)

      27,077,113,835  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

    (295,371,994
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   26,781,741,841  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases

at Cost

    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

   

        

 

     

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 67,653,659     $ 238,892,038 (a)    $     $ 35,495     $ 83,180     $ 306,664,372       306,572,400     $ 191,951 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    48,780,000             (16,914,892 )(a)                  31,865,108       31,865,108       271,671          
 

BlackRock, Inc.

    107,435,424       11,794,947       (10,427,484     2,309,898       (32,327,547     78,785,238       143,173       1,326,125          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $   2,345,393     $ (32,244,367   $   417,314,718       $   1,789,747     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description   

Number of

Contracts

       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

                 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     218          12/16/22        $   39,256        $ (4,486,704
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

   iShares® S&P 500 Growth ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $   4,486,704      $      $      $      $   4,486,704  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 86,149      $      $      $      $ 86,149  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

 

                 

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (7,370,510    $      $      $      $   (7,370,510
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 41,512,538  

 

 

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                                                   

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 26,738,584,355        $        $        $ 26,738,584,355  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     338,529,480                            338,529,480  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 27,077,113,835        $        $        $ 27,077,113,835  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (4,486,704      $
 
 
 
 
     $        $ (4,486,704
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 3.0%  

Boeing Co.(a)(b)

    765,449     $ 92,680,565  

General Dynamics Corp.

    308,053       65,359,605  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    511,346       15,815,932  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    54,505       12,072,857  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    152,219       31,635,675  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    323,759       125,064,864  

Northrop Grumman Corp.(b)

    199,857       93,996,744  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    2,026,496       165,888,962  

Textron, Inc.(b)

    290,722       16,937,464  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    39,741       20,856,872  
   

 

 

 
      640,309,540  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    169,137       16,289,585  

FedEx Corp.

    327,069       48,559,934  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    573,287       92,608,782  
   

 

 

 
      157,458,301  
Airlines — 0.4%  

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    174,034       6,813,431  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    893,064       10,752,491  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    879,842       24,688,366  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    813,908       25,100,923  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    449,035       14,607,108  
   

 

 

 
      81,962,319  
Auto Components — 0.1%  

Aptiv PLC(a)(b)

    219,677       17,180,938  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    325,902       10,233,323  
   

 

 

 
      27,414,261  
Automobiles — 0.6%  

Ford Motor Co.

    5,409,519       60,586,613  

General Motors Co.

    2,003,751       64,300,369  
   

 

 

 
      124,886,982  
Banks — 5.2%  

Bank of America Corp.

    5,372,888       162,261,218  

Citigroup, Inc.

    2,656,508       110,696,688  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    679,183       23,336,728  

Comerica, Inc.

    97,736       6,949,030  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    943,010       30,138,600  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    1,981,084       26,110,687  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2,174,072       227,190,524  

KeyCorp.

    1,276,516       20,449,786  

M&T Bank Corp.

    241,342       42,553,421  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    562,174       84,000,039  

Regions Financial Corp.

    703,534       14,119,927  

Truist Financial Corp.

    1,822,822       79,365,670  

US Bancorp

    1,858,098       74,918,511  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    5,207,298       209,437,526  

Zions Bancorp NA

    106,884       5,436,120  
   

 

 

 
          1,116,964,475  
Beverages — 2.9%  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    251,273       16,727,244  

Coca-Cola Co.

    5,343,463       299,340,797  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    218,962       50,291,192  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    887,099       31,775,886  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    260,169       12,485,510  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)(b)

    252,896       21,991,836  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    1,098,733       179,379,150  
   

 

 

 
      611,991,615  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology — 2.1%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    1,116,208     $ 149,806,276  

Amgen, Inc.

    433,733       97,763,418  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    199,144       53,171,448  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    1,719,035       106,047,269  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    145,139       9,672,063  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    140,977       40,818,481  
   

 

 

 
      457,278,955  
Building Products — 0.6%  

A O Smith Corp.

    85,942       4,175,062  

Allegion PLC

    122,511       10,986,787  

Carrier Global Corp.

    1,153,732       41,026,710  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    94,541       5,075,906  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    370,383       18,230,251  

Masco Corp.

    161,742       7,551,734  

Trane Technologies PLC

    318,442       46,113,586  
   

 

 

 
      133,160,036  
Capital Markets — 2.5%  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    58,334       14,697,251  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    1,010,601       38,928,350  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    99,455       54,728,097  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    60,791       7,135,040  

Charles Schwab Corp.(b)

    671,499       48,260,633  

CME Group, Inc.

    492,736       87,278,328  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    21,876       8,752,806  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    209,605       4,510,699  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    329,763       29,794,087  

Invesco Ltd.

    629,177       8,619,725  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    26,561       5,909,557  

Moody’s Corp.

    73,342       17,830,174  

Morgan Stanley

    938,563       74,155,863  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    101,004       5,724,907  

Northern Trust Corp.

    285,727       24,446,802  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    109,172       10,788,377  

S&P Global, Inc.

    182,603       55,757,826  

State Street Corp.

    505,207       30,721,638  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    93,476       9,815,915  
   

 

 

 
          537,856,075  
Chemicals — 2.6%  

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    304,812       70,938,897  

Albemarle Corp.

    51,356       13,580,581  

Celanese Corp.

    78,584       7,099,278  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    110,241       10,610,696  

Corteva, Inc.

    987,549       56,438,425  

Dow, Inc.

    986,956       43,356,977  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    688,374       34,694,050  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    169,859       12,068,482  

Ecolab, Inc.

    340,738       49,209,382  

FMC Corp.

    172,180       18,199,426  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    350,365       31,823,653  

Linde PLC

    335,596       90,473,326  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    348,322       26,221,680  

Mosaic Co.

    473,291       22,874,154  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    321,630       35,601,225  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    152,250       31,173,187  
   

 

 

 
      554,363,419  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%  

Cintas Corp.

    63,667       24,714,893  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    94,636       10,069,270  

Republic Services, Inc.

    158,595       21,575,264  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Rollins, Inc.

    178,700     $ 6,197,316  

Waste Management, Inc.(b)

    253,286       40,578,950  
   

 

 

 
      103,135,693  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    3,129,939       125,197,560  

F5, Inc.(a)

    38,307       5,544,172  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    440,534       11,506,748  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.(b)

    94,016       21,056,764  
   

 

 

 
      163,305,244  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%  

Quanta Services, Inc.(b)

    91,009       11,593,637  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    35,569       11,456,419  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    94,975       14,978,507  
   

 

 

 
      26,434,926  
Consumer Finance — 0.4%  

American Express Co.

    461,599       62,274,321  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    273,711       25,227,943  

Synchrony Financial

    286,521       8,077,027  
   

 

 

 
      95,579,291  
Containers & Packaging — 0.5%  

Amcor PLC

    2,065,207       22,159,671  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    54,945       8,939,552  

Ball Corp.

    429,179       20,737,929  

International Paper Co.

    500,707       15,872,412  

Packaging Corp. of America

    128,098       14,384,124  

Sealed Air Corp.

    90,402       4,023,793  

Westrock Co.

    348,174       10,755,095  
   

 

 

 
      96,872,576  
Distributors — 0.2%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    194,365       29,022,582  

LKQ Corp.

    203,059       9,574,232  
   

 

 

 
      38,596,814  
Diversified Financial Services — 3.1%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    2,477,809       661,624,559  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.8%  

AT&T Inc.

    9,779,192       150,012,805  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    1,317,424       9,590,847  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    5,765,689       218,923,211  
   

 

 

 
      378,526,863  
Electric Utilities — 3.9%  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    344,840       18,273,072  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    706,010       61,034,564  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    449,173       37,366,702  

Duke Energy Corp.

    1,058,146       98,428,741  

Edison International

    524,191       29,658,727  

Entergy Corp.

    279,551       28,131,217  

Evergy, Inc.

    313,683       18,632,770  

Eversource Energy

    476,105       37,117,146  

Exelon Corp.

    1,362,940       51,055,732  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    743,229       27,499,473  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    2,697,399           211,503,055  

PG&E Corp.(a)

    2,481,514       31,018,925  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    153,311       9,890,093  

PPL Corp.

    1,011,717       25,647,026  

Southern Co.

    1,457,826       99,132,168  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    751,712       48,109,568  
   

 

 

 
      832,498,979  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment — 0.9%  

AMETEK, Inc.(b)

    315,494     $ 35,780,174  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    547,372       72,997,530  

Emerson Electric Co.

    812,606       59,499,011  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    76,579       16,472,909  
   

 

 

 
      184,749,624  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    384,204       25,726,300  

CDW Corp.

    75,626       11,803,706  

Corning, Inc.

    1,045,526       30,341,164  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    61,028       9,603,366  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    439,100       48,459,076  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    64,404       21,734,418  

Trimble, Inc.(a)(b)

    149,926       8,136,484  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    18,883       4,947,535  
   

 

 

 
          160,752,049  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%  

Baker Hughes Co.

    1,389,654       29,127,148  

Halliburton Co.

    1,246,112       30,679,277  

Schlumberger NV

    1,937,563       69,558,512  
   

 

 

 
      129,364,937  
Entertainment — 1.9%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    978,342       72,729,944  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    363,003       42,003,077  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    112,011       8,517,316  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    81,925       8,929,825  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    2,502,833       236,092,237  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a)

    3,035,911       34,912,977  
   

 

 

 
      403,185,376  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.2%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    204,055       28,606,471  

American Tower Corp.

    313,522       67,313,173  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    110,985       20,442,327  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    195,319       14,643,065  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    327,313       47,313,094  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    394,976       39,173,720  

Duke Realty Corp.

    184,370       8,886,634  

Equinix, Inc.

    67,587       38,446,189  

Equity Residential

    464,920       31,251,922  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    50,119       12,140,325  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    58,001       5,227,050  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    739,028       16,938,522  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    981,162       15,580,853  

Invitation Homes, Inc.(b)

    433,073       14,624,875  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    153,632       6,755,199  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    847,583       15,604,003  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    60,567       9,392,125  

Prologis, Inc.

    406,722       41,322,955  

Public Storage

    88,600       25,942,966  

Realty Income Corp.

    848,716       49,395,271  

Regency Centers Corp.

    212,873       11,463,211  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    64,963       18,491,718  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    179,948       16,150,333  

UDR, Inc.

    187,802       7,833,221  

Ventas, Inc.

    548,651       22,039,311  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    1,323,548       39,507,908  

Vornado Realty Trust

    214,647       4,971,225  

Welltower, Inc.

    636,796       40,958,719  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    588,468       16,806,646  
   

 

 

 
      687,223,031  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.(b)

    297,838     $ 140,659,953  

Kroger Co.

    893,260       39,080,125  

Sysco Corp.

    700,158       49,508,172  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    985,810       30,954,434  

Walmart, Inc.

    1,956,896       253,809,411  
   

 

 

 
      514,012,095  
Food Products — 2.1%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    770,363       61,975,703  

Campbell Soup Co.

    275,079       12,961,722  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    658,119       21,474,423  

General Mills, Inc.

    818,665       62,717,926  

Hershey Co.

    110,732       24,413,084  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    395,615       17,976,746  

J M Smucker Co.

    146,985       20,197,209  

Kellogg Co.

    350,421       24,410,327  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    1,094,656       36,506,778  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    197,512       15,283,478  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS(b)

    343,521       24,482,742  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    1,879,730       103,065,596  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    398,012       26,240,931  
   

 

 

 
      451,706,665  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    191,635       19,518,025  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.2%  

Abbott Laboratories

    1,128,902       109,232,557  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    27,784       6,825,417  

Baxter International, Inc.

    692,096       37,276,291  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    390,983       87,122,742  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    1,967,422       76,198,254  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    68,235       18,007,216  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    294,571       8,351,088  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    315,032       26,031,094  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    89,569       5,778,992  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    35,047       11,418,313  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    152,361       28,558,546  

Medtronic PLC

    1,823,349       147,235,432  

ResMed, Inc.

    84,220       18,385,226  

STERIS PLC(b)

    80,233       13,341,143  

Stryker Corp.

    273,007       55,294,838  

Teleflex, Inc.

    64,352       12,964,354  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    288,141       30,125,142  
   

 

 

 
      692,146,645  
Health Care Providers & Services — 5.5%  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    213,399       28,879,287  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    374,389       24,964,258  

Centene Corp.(a)

    785,505       61,120,144  

Cigna Corp.

    418,536       116,131,184  

CVS Health Corp.

    1,801,946       171,851,590  

DaVita, Inc.(a)(b)

    77,030       6,375,773  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    329,342       149,600,310  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    123,898       22,771,213  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    187,971       12,362,853  

Humana, Inc.

    173,919       84,383,760  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    58,764       12,035,455  

McKesson Corp.

    197,523       67,132,142  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    40,356       13,311,023  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    86,410       10,601,643  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    744,815       376,161,367  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B(b)

    89,459       7,888,495  
   

 

 

 
          1,165,570,497  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    54,439     $ 89,454,709  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    101,941       3,288,617  

Carnival Corp.(a)(b)

    1,365,238       9,597,623  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,592       18,922,754  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    168,954       21,342,269  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    16,274       5,048,195  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    207,859       19,474,310  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    221,962       26,773,056  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)(b)

    448,948       16,844,529  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A(b)

    379,117       53,129,456  

McDonald’s Corp.

    555,163       128,098,311  

MGM Resorts International

    451,272       13,411,804  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    571,493       6,492,160  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    303,387       11,498,367  

Starbucks Corp.

    770,134       64,891,491  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)(b)

    142,135       8,958,769  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    206,426       21,951,341  
   

 

 

 
      519,177,761  
Household Durables — 0.4%  

DR Horton, Inc.(b)

    204,997       13,806,548  

Garmin Ltd.

    102,989       8,271,047  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    351,431       26,199,181  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    72,935       6,650,943  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    241,005       3,347,559  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    2,230       8,891,188  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    319,229       11,971,088  

Whirlpool Corp.

    75,324       10,154,428  
   

 

 

 
      89,291,982  
Household Products — 2.8%  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    333,821       23,848,172  

Clorox Co.

    169,259       21,731,163  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    1,143,297       80,316,614  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    463,984       52,216,760  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    3,280,563       414,171,079  
   

 

 

 
      592,283,788  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp.

    915,783       20,696,696  
   

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.6%  

3M Co.

    758,896       83,858,008  

General Electric Co.

    1,506,960       93,295,893  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    924,573       154,375,954  
   

 

 

 
      331,529,855  
Insurance — 3.6%  

Aflac, Inc.

    790,266       44,412,949  

Allstate Corp.

    371,460       46,257,914  

American International Group, Inc.

    1,045,018       49,617,455  

Aon PLC, Class A

    115,522       30,944,878  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.(b)

    161,873       27,715,895  

Assurant, Inc.

    73,221       10,636,815  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    99,101       5,993,628  

Chubb Ltd.(b)

    572,736           104,169,224  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    116,701       10,452,909  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    54,159       14,213,488  

Globe Life, Inc.

    123,755       12,338,373  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    443,361       27,461,780  

Lincoln National Corp.

    214,254       9,407,893  

Loews Corp.

    276,603       13,785,894  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    266,900       39,845,501  

MetLife, Inc.

    920,754       55,963,428  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    318,633       22,989,371  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Progressive Corp.

    803,831     $ 93,413,200  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    510,352       43,777,995  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    326,132       49,963,422  

W R Berkley Corp.

    279,058       18,021,566  

Willis Towers Watson PLC(b)

    151,465       30,435,377  
   

 

 

 
      761,818,955  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    388,899       18,569,927  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    478,500       20,977,440  
   

 

 

 
      39,547,367  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.0%  

eBay, Inc.

    170,736       6,284,792  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 5.1%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    364,264       93,725,127  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    126,547       10,164,255  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    268,113       60,644,479  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    90,216       13,019,973  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    711,207       40,851,730  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    317,943       7,783,245  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    835,528       63,140,851  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    878,961       82,244,381  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    102,532       18,063,062  

Global Payments, Inc.

    380,897       41,155,921  

International Business Machines Corp.

    1,239,427       147,256,322  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    100,126       18,249,966  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    620,699       176,489,554  

Paychex, Inc.

    206,763       23,200,876  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    731,082       62,924,228  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)(b)

    67,343       11,697,479  

Visa, Inc., Class A(b)

    1,279,464       227,296,780  
   

 

 

 
          1,097,908,229  
Leisure Products — 0.1%  

Hasbro, Inc.

    178,567       12,038,987  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.7%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    164,201       19,958,631  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,197       5,504,997  

Danaher Corp.

    287,916       74,365,824  

Illumina, Inc.(a)(b)

    109,953       20,977,933  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    68,802       12,462,794  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    11,510       12,478,221  

Waters Corp.(a)(b)

    21,507       5,796,782  
   

 

 

 
      151,545,182  
Machinery — 2.5%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    724,181       118,823,618  

Cummins, Inc.

    193,760       39,432,098  

Deere & Co.

    206,401       68,915,230  

Dover Corp.

    107,153       12,491,897  

Fortive Corp.

    489,405       28,532,311  

IDEX Corp.

    60,948       12,180,458  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    228,454       41,270,215  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(b)

    554,080       23,969,501  

Nordson Corp.

    29,402       6,241,163  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    345,730       22,057,574  

PACCAR, Inc.

    477,860       39,992,103  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    176,417       42,747,603  

Pentair PLC

    93,497       3,798,783  

Snap-on, Inc.

    72,939       14,686,268  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    203,938       15,338,177  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    249,945     $ 20,333,026  

Xylem, Inc.(b)

    144,743       12,644,748  
   

 

 

 
      523,454,773  
Media — 1.4%  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    152,341       46,212,642  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    6,044,962       177,298,735  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    333,620       4,613,965  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    421,163       12,921,281  

Fox Corp., Class B

    191,909       5,469,406  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    534,021       13,670,938  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    533,183       8,056,395  

News Corp., Class B(b)

    165,109       2,545,981  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    281,510       17,760,466  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    698,426       13,298,031  
   

 

 

 
      301,847,840  
Metals & Mining — 0.4%  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    1,099,727       30,055,539  

Newmont Corp.

    1,085,534       45,624,994  

Nucor Corp.

    165,602       17,717,758  
   

 

 

 
      93,398,291  
Multiline Retail — 0.7%  

Dollar General Corp.

    311,955       74,825,526  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    290,084       39,480,433  

Target Corp.

    286,759       42,552,168  
   

 

 

 
      156,858,127  
Multi-Utilities — 1.8%  

Ameren Corp.

    354,056       28,519,211  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    865,106       24,378,687  

CMS Energy Corp.

    398,807       23,226,520  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    487,292       41,790,162  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    1,141,153       78,865,084  

DTE Energy Co.

    266,196       30,625,850  

NiSource, Inc.

    561,477       14,143,606  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    685,567       38,549,432  

Sempra Energy

    430,549       64,556,517  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    433,492       38,767,189  
   

 

 

 
      383,422,258  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.2%  

APA Corp.

    202,698       6,930,245  

Chevron Corp.

    2,472,331       355,199,795  

ConocoPhillips

    1,747,362       178,825,027  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    1,092,440       28,534,533  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    434,907       48,592,159  

EQT Corp.

    507,752       20,690,894  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    5,721,649       499,557,174  

Hess Corp.(b)

    110,572       12,051,242  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    2,724,682       45,338,708  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    927,500       20,942,950  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    683,052       67,847,555  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    604,217       37,129,135  

ONEOK, Inc.

    348,886       17,876,919  

Phillips 66

    661,094       53,363,508  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    144,258       31,236,185  

Valero Energy Corp.

    541,421       57,850,834  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    1,674,588       47,943,454  
   

 

 

 
          1,529,910,317  
Personal Products — 0.1%  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    130,610       28,198,699  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.2%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    2,931,371     $ 208,391,164  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    98,345       7,116,244  

Johnson & Johnson

    3,609,540       589,654,455  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    3,477,880       299,515,026  

Organon & Co.

    351,157       8,217,074  

Pfizer, Inc.

    3,542,991       155,041,286  

Viatris, Inc.

    1,665,018       14,185,953  

Zoetis, Inc.

    217,814       32,299,638  
   

 

 

 
          1,314,420,840  
Professional Services — 0.4%  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    270,786       18,860,245  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    98,873       10,726,732  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    187,148       16,369,835  

Nielsen Holdings PLC(a)

    497,512       13,791,033  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    46,060       3,523,590  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    105,653       18,017,006  
   

 

 

 
      81,288,441  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    220,719       14,900,740  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.2%  

CSX Corp.

    2,942,642       78,391,983  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    46,415       7,260,234  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    321,768       67,458,661  

Union Pacific Corp.

    505,251       98,433,000  
   

 

 

 
      251,543,878  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.8%  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    714,353       99,537,947  

Broadcom, Inc.

    238,160       105,745,422  

Intel Corp.

    5,634,668       145,205,394  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    394,503       24,076,518  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    1,516,017       75,952,452  

NXP Semiconductors N.V

    133,456       19,686,095  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    142,778       8,899,353  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    72,798       5,780,889  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    116,098       9,899,676  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,662       4,319,506  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    640,397       99,120,648  
   

 

 

 
      598,223,900  
Software — 1.1%  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    45,129       10,005,099  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    107,492       20,079,506  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    124,898       6,979,300  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    171,352       17,803,473  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    815,459       16,423,344  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    16,459       5,431,305  

PTC, Inc.(a)(b)

    71,985       7,529,631  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    145,687       52,394,873  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    533,286       76,707,858  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    69,324       21,179,175  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    21,693       7,538,318  
   

 

 

 
      242,071,882  
Specialty Retail — 1.3%  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    42,949       6,714,647  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    107,340       3,499,284  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    273,915       17,349,776  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    103,285       6,818,876  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Specialty Retail (continued)  

Home Depot, Inc.

    338,202     $ 93,323,460  

Ross Stores, Inc.(b)

    480,893       40,524,853  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    1,610,144       100,022,145  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)(b)

    31,332       12,570,085  
   

 

 

 
      280,823,126  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    1,782,407       21,353,236  

HP, Inc.

    629,345       15,683,277  

NetApp, Inc.

    88,010       5,443,418  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    71,737       3,818,561  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    430,378       14,008,804  
   

 

 

 
      60,307,296  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    798,835       66,399,165  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    59,332       5,039,067  

Tapestry, Inc.

    344,414       9,791,690  

VF Corp.

    456,733       13,660,884  
   

 

 

 
      94,890,806  
Tobacco — 1.3%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    2,474,816       99,933,070  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    2,127,831       176,631,251  
   

 

 

 
      276,564,321  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%  

Fastenal Co.

    410,678       18,907,615  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    38,483       10,395,028  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    62,177       30,416,367  
   

 

 

 
      59,719,010  
Water Utilities — 0.1%  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    249,822       32,516,832  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)

    825,609       110,771,960  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $22,759,454,758)

 

        21,317,300,435  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 1.2%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    249,754,690       249,829,616  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    17,574,566       17,574,566  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.2%
(Cost: $267,306,141)

 

    267,404,182  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.1%
(Cost: $23,026,760,899)

 

    21,584,704,617  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

    (241,594,951
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 21,343,109,666  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

   iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

   
        Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

   

       

 
 

 

   
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $   121,421,682     $   128,328,101 (a)    $     $ (1,814   $ 81,647     $ 249,829,616       249,754,690     $ 282,117 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    38,340,000             (20,765,434 )(a)                  17,574,566       17,574,566       255,029          
 

BlackRock, Inc.

    71,414,743       11,382,875       (7,768,347     2,788,716       (23,089,890     54,728,097       99,455       931,499          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $   2,786,902     $ (23,008,243   $   322,132,279       $   1,468,645     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description   

Number of

Contracts

      

Expiration

Date

      

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

Value/
Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

Long Contracts

                 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     241          12/16/22        $   43,398        $ (3,910,208
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $   3,910,208      $      $      $      $   3,910,208  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (9,010,111    $      $      $      $ (9,010,111
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (7,206,552    $      $      $      $   (7,206,552
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

   iShares® S&P 500 Value ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 46,330,788  

 

 

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1                         Level 2                         Level 3     Total  

 

 

Assets

       

Investments

       

Long-Term Investments

       

Common Stocks

       

Aerospace & Defense

  $ 640,309,540     $     $     $ 640,309,540  

Air Freight & Logistics

    157,458,301                   157,458,301  

Airlines

    81,962,319                   81,962,319  

Auto Components

    27,414,261                   27,414,261  

Automobiles

    124,886,982                   124,886,982  

Banks

            1,116,964,475                           1,116,964,475  

Beverages

    611,991,615                   611,991,615  

Biotechnology

    457,278,955                   457,278,955  

Building Products

    133,160,036                   133,160,036  

Capital Markets

    537,856,075                   537,856,075  

Chemicals

    554,363,419                   554,363,419  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    103,135,693                   103,135,693  

Communications Equipment

    163,305,244                   163,305,244  

Construction & Engineering

    11,593,637                   11,593,637  

Construction Materials

    26,434,926                   26,434,926  

Consumer Finance

    95,579,291                   95,579,291  

Containers & Packaging

    96,872,576                   96,872,576  

Distributors

    38,596,814                   38,596,814  

Diversified Financial Services

    661,624,559                   661,624,559  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    378,526,863                   378,526,863  

Electric Utilities

    832,498,979                   832,498,979  

Electrical Equipment

    184,749,624                   184,749,624  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    160,752,049                   160,752,049  

Energy Equipment & Services

    129,364,937                   129,364,937  

Entertainment

    403,185,376                   403,185,376  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    687,223,031                   687,223,031  

Food & Staples Retailing

    514,012,095                   514,012,095  

Food Products

    451,706,665                   451,706,665  

Gas Utilities

    19,518,025                   19,518,025  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    692,146,645                   692,146,645  

Health Care Providers & Services

    1,165,570,497                   1,165,570,497  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    519,177,761                   519,177,761  

Household Durables

    89,291,982                   89,291,982  

Household Products

    592,283,788                   592,283,788  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

    20,696,696                   20,696,696  

Industrial Conglomerates

    331,529,855                   331,529,855  

Insurance

    761,818,955                   761,818,955  

Interactive Media & Services

    39,547,367                   39,547,367  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    6,284,792                   6,284,792  

IT Services

    1,097,908,229                   1,097,908,229  

Leisure Products

    12,038,987                   12,038,987  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

    151,545,182                   151,545,182  

Machinery

    523,454,773                   523,454,773  

Media

    301,847,840                   301,847,840  

Metals & Mining

    93,398,291                   93,398,291  

Multiline Retail

    156,858,127                   156,858,127  

Multi-Utilities

    383,422,258                   383,422,258  

 

 

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September 30, 2022

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     Level 1                            Level 2                            Level 3        Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

                 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   $ 1,529,910,317        $        $        $ 1,529,910,317  

Personal Products

     28,198,699                            28,198,699  

Pharmaceuticals

             1,314,420,840                                    1,314,420,840  

Professional Services

     81,288,441                            81,288,441  

Real Estate Management & Development

     14,900,740                            14,900,740  

Road & Rail

     251,543,878                            251,543,878  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     598,223,900                            598,223,900  

Software

     224,268,409          17,803,473                   242,071,882  

Specialty Retail

     280,823,126                            280,823,126  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     60,307,296                            60,307,296  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     94,890,806                            94,890,806  

Tobacco

     276,564,321                            276,564,321  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     59,719,010                            59,719,010  

Water Utilities

     32,516,832                            32,516,832  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     110,771,960                            110,771,960  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     267,404,182                            267,404,182  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 21,566,901,144        $ 17,803,473        $        $ 21,584,704,617  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (3,910,208      $        $        $ (3,910,208
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%  

AAR Corp.(a)

    470,020     $ 16,836,116  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(a)

    507,609       20,299,284  

AeroVironment, Inc.(a)(b)

    161,525       13,464,724  

Kaman Corp.

    393,197       10,981,992  

Moog, Inc., Class A

    405,873       28,553,166  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    71,946       4,680,087  

Park Aerospace Corp.

    146,787       1,620,529  
   

 

 

 
      96,435,898  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    361,385       34,537,564  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    476,550       32,872,419  
   

 

 

 
      67,409,983  
Airlines — 0.7%  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

    216,225       15,780,101  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    720,943       9,480,400  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)

    705,338       11,468,796  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    183,795       2,501,450  
   

 

 

 
      39,230,747  
Auto Components — 0.9%  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,608,209       10,984,067  

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)(b)

    131,017       10,759,116  

LCI Industries

    117,077       11,878,632  

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(a)(b)

    264,689       4,028,567  

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    161,503       7,080,292  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    261,311       8,492,608  
   

 

 

 
      53,223,282  
Automobiles — 0.2%  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.(b)

    218,420       11,622,128  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 12.1%  

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.(b)

    265,765       11,063,797  

Ameris Bancorp

    392,867       17,565,084  

Banc of California, Inc.(b)

    431,517       6,891,326  

BancFirst Corp.

    114,620       10,255,051  

BankUnited, Inc.

    1,091,959       37,312,239  

Banner Corp.

    273,103       16,134,925  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    641,641       17,516,799  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    606,278       7,063,139  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    147,928       3,060,630  

City Holding Co.(b)

    110,100       9,764,769  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    1,102,132           31,840,593  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    406,600       24,428,528  

CVB Financial Corp.

    1,841,477       46,626,198  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    233,732       6,843,673  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    182,903       8,197,712  

FB Financial Corp.

    256,547       9,802,661  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    250,025       9,145,915  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    592,257       7,604,580  

First Financial Bancorp

    1,329,498       28,025,818  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    1,786,017       43,989,599  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    191,075       4,524,656  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    491,923       13,021,202  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    315,186       7,832,372  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    1,674,253       21,162,558  

Independent Bank Corp.(b)

    373,062       27,804,311  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    496,407       30,474,426  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    177,027       6,548,229  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    600,316       22,781,992  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    1,777,952       24,020,132  

OFG Bancorp

    331,241       8,324,086  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    745,202     $ 23,071,454  

Park National Corp.

    74,897       9,323,179  

Renasant Corp.

    784,030       24,524,458  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    548,565       16,078,440  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(b)

    413,067       12,487,015  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    1,798,159       39,181,885  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    158,893       5,618,456  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

    120,187       3,515,470  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    98,180       7,129,832  

Trustmark Corp.

    857,628       26,269,146  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    535,065       17,710,651  

Westamerica Bancorp

    377,112       19,719,186  
   

 

 

 
      724,256,172  
Beverages — 0.1%  

National Beverage Corp.

    140,392       5,410,708  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.8%  

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    98,475       2,343,705  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    74,318       1,963,481  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    623,230       13,081,598  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    109,346       5,671,777  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    467,514       4,843,445  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)(b)

    543,198       10,364,218  

Progenics Pharmaceuticals,Inc., CVR(a)(b)(c)

    181,178       2  

REGENXBIO, Inc.(a)(b)

    290,207       7,670,171  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    280,086       2,767,250  
   

 

 

 
      48,705,647  
Building Products — 2.0%  

AAON, Inc.

    194,417       10,475,188  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)(b)

    230,930       10,128,590  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.(b)

    311,092       11,889,936  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)

    235,185       9,626,122  

Griffon Corp.

    665,951       19,658,873  

PGT Innovations, Inc.(a)(b)

    459,096       9,622,652  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    468,973       8,516,550  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,042,943       38,938,494  
   

 

 

 
      118,856,405  
Capital Markets — 0.5%  

Blucora, Inc.(a)(b)

    376,628       7,283,986  

StoneX Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    241,326       20,015,578  

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    599,812       2,807,120  
   

 

 

 
      30,106,684  
Chemicals — 2.9%  

AdvanSix, Inc.

    180,264       5,786,474  

American Vanguard Corp.(b)

    407,130       7,613,331  

FutureFuel Corp.

    358,381       2,164,621  

Hawkins, Inc.

    122,152       4,762,706  

HB Fuller Co.

    401,828       24,149,863  

Innospec, Inc.

    347,404       29,762,101  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    293,184       6,092,364  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.

    763,242       16,852,383  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    456,546       22,557,938  

Quaker Chemical Corp.(b)

    80,175       11,575,666  

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.(a)(b)

    910,377       2,867,688  

Stepan Co.

    296,901       27,810,717  

Tredegar Corp.

    356,956       3,369,665  

Trinseo PLC

    490,772       8,990,943  
   

 

 

 
          174,356,460  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.3%  

ABM Industries, Inc.

    936,507       35,802,663  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    354,210       14,781,183  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)

    1,652,671     $ 14,609,612  

Deluxe Corp.

    605,440       10,080,576  

GEO Group, Inc.(a)

    1,738,911       13,389,615  

Harsco Corp.(a)(b)

    1,118,227       4,182,169  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    1,040,138       12,575,268  

HNI Corp.

    576,452       15,281,742  

Interface, Inc.(b)

    458,772       4,124,360  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,618,237       18,075,707  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    429,392       9,622,675  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    2,083,630       4,854,858  

UniFirst Corp.

    211,636       35,603,524  

Viad Corp.(a)

    136,494       4,310,481  
   

 

 

 
          197,294,433  
Communications Equipment — 1.1%  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    387,742       3,881,297  

Digi International, Inc.(a)(b)

    261,368       9,035,492  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)(b)

    399,584       8,007,663  

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)

    951,728       29,808,121  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,216,720       15,878,196  
   

 

 

 
      66,610,769  
Construction & Engineering — 0.9%  

Arcosa, Inc.(b)

    678,077       38,772,443  

Granite Construction, Inc.(b)

    619,631       15,732,431  
   

 

 

 
      54,504,874  
Consumer Finance — 0.8%  

Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    174,220       7,923,526  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    754,190       5,814,805  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)(b)

    153,624       3,665,469  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)

    545,246       17,916,783  

PROG Holdings, Inc.(a)

    708,634       10,615,337  
   

 

 

 
      45,935,920  
Containers & Packaging — 0.6%  

Myers Industries, Inc.

    290,248       4,780,385  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)

    2,181,170       28,246,151  
   

 

 

 
      33,026,536  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.4%  

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a)(b)

    632,344       23,048,939  

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)(b)

    675,404       13,771,488  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(a)

    597,947       5,130,385  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)(b)

    950,595       9,791,128  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    313,329       19,241,534  

Stride, Inc.(a)(b)

    296,634       12,467,527  

WW International, Inc.(a)(b)

    758,768       2,981,958  
   

 

 

 
      86,432,959  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

ATN International, Inc.

    150,215       5,793,792  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    196,023       10,224,560  

Consolidated Communications Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)

    1,040,685       4,329,250  
   

 

 

 
      20,347,602  
Electrical Equipment — 0.3%  

AZZ, Inc.

    347,601       12,690,913  

Powell Industries, Inc.

    123,067       2,594,252  
   

 

 

 
      15,285,165  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.2%  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    550,227       2,553,053  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    143,191       13,229,417  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    493,692       12,233,688  

CTS Corp.(b)

    219,060       9,123,849  

ePlus, Inc.(a)(b)

    377,904       15,698,132  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

FARO Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    134,576     $ 3,692,765  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)

    428,123       35,281,616  

Itron, Inc.(a)(b)

    632,427       26,631,501  

Knowles Corp.(a)

    771,404       9,387,987  

Methode Electronics, Inc.(b)

    288,795       10,728,734  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    126,611       9,123,589  

PC Connection, Inc.

    157,123       7,084,676  

Plexus Corp.(a)(b)

    388,337       34,002,788  

Sanmina Corp.(a)(b)

    810,543       37,349,821  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)(b)

    352,087       9,298,618  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,435,532       18,920,312  
   

 

 

 
      254,340,546  
Energy Equipment & Services — 3.2%  

Archrock, Inc.

    1,879,310       12,065,170  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    325,839       7,653,958  

Core Laboratories NV(b)

    375,603       5,063,128  

DMC Global, Inc.(a)

    260,270       4,159,115  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)(b)

    479,738       9,364,486  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

    2,002,369       7,729,144  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    1,473,569       54,477,846  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)(b)

    125,656       12,747,801  

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)

    1,407,224       11,201,503  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)(b)

    881,994       3,430,957  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    3,040,206       35,509,606  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    1,231,930       9,917,037  

RPC, Inc.(b)

    1,167,576       8,091,302  

US Silica Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,060,810       11,615,869  
   

 

 

 
          193,026,922  
Entertainment — 0.2%  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    725,565       8,786,592  

Marcus Corp.(b)

    342,297       4,754,505  
   

 

 

 
      13,541,097  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 8.1%  

Acadia Realty Trust

    756,007       9,540,808  

Agree Realty Corp.

    615,768       41,613,601  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    1,014,533       16,820,957  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    416,359       10,708,753  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    374,377       3,886,033  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    2,411,980       16,280,865  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    722,364       13,082,012  

Centerspace

    77,568       5,221,878  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)

    680,433       6,715,874  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    133,273       4,364,691  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    2,951,017       22,162,138  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    3,361,392       3,328,114  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    1,269,456       20,019,321  

Elme Communities

    684,256       12,015,535  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    949,914       18,475,827  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    583,792       14,121,928  

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

    1,279,563       3,365,251  

Getty Realty Corp.

    320,413       8,615,906  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    1,446,538       15,405,630  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A

    467,944       3,734,193  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    1,803,673       19,750,219  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    545,150       2,998,325  

iStar, Inc.

    530,774       4,914,967  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    566,547       21,217,185  

LXP Industrial Trust

    1,967,592       18,023,143  

Office Properties Income Trust

    680,027       9,554,379  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    789,585       6,908,869  

Outfront Media, Inc., REIT

    648,325       9,848,057  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    889,292     $ 12,236,658  

RPT Realty

    587,321       4,440,147  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    56,110       2,104,125  

Service Properties Trust(b)

    2,319,488       12,038,143  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,177,520       12,611,239  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.(b)

    1,500,052       10,080,349  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    2,259,230       21,281,947  

Uniti Group, Inc.

    1,386,748       9,637,899  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    80,799       3,491,325  

Urban Edge Properties

    907,128       12,101,088  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    190,720       2,958,067  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)

    1,113,018       12,655,015  

Whitestone REIT

    646,102       5,466,023  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,599,941       22,063,186  
   

 

 

 
      485,859,670  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0%            

Andersons, Inc.

    447,271       13,878,819  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)(b)

    474,348       13,741,862  

PriceSmart, Inc.(b)

    350,892       20,207,870  

SpartanNash Co.

    507,576       14,729,855  
   

 

 

 
      62,558,406  
Food Products — 3.2%            

B&G Foods, Inc.

    1,000,446       16,497,355  

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    249,950       7,935,913  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    531,611       29,552,255  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    429,533       9,982,347  

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a)

    1,258,353       21,240,999  

Hostess Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,914,291       44,488,123  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    117,826       15,254,932  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    124,948       9,462,312  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    78,592       3,964,180  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    123,732       4,117,801  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)(b)

    706,813       29,983,007  
   

 

 

 
          192,479,224  
Gas Utilities — 1.5%            

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.(b)

    119,313       13,767,527  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    486,904       21,121,896  

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    1,716,139       57,353,365  
   

 

 

 
      92,242,788  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.3%  

Artivion, Inc.(a)(b)

    565,736       7,829,786  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    653,083       14,224,148  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a)

    334,172       4,631,624  

CONMED Corp.(b)

    154,118       12,355,640  

Cutera, Inc.(a)(b)

    92,472       4,216,723  

Embecta Corp.

    808,878       23,287,598  

Glaukos Corp.(a)(b)

    320,039       17,038,876  

Inogen, Inc.(a)(b)

    320,831       7,789,777  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    464,083       28,879,885  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)

    394,827       27,768,183  

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.(a)

    219,439       6,918,912  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    343,195       19,393,949  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    28,743       4,047,877  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,027,433       3,893,971  

Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    278,944       5,330,620  

Surmodics, Inc.(a)

    67,439       2,050,145  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)

    203,037       4,292,202  

Zimvie, Inc.(a)

    296,216       2,923,652  
   

 

 

 
      196,873,568  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4%            

AdaptHealth Corp.(a)(b)

    1,071,702     $ 20,126,564  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)(b)

    127,758       12,167,672  

Covetrus, Inc.(a)

    1,471,092       30,716,401  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)

    694,294       9,747,888  

Ensign Group, Inc.

    356,442       28,337,139  

Hanger, Inc.(a)

    547,610       10,251,259  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)

    76,407       7,616,250  

Owens & Minor, Inc.

    1,067,876       25,735,812  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,179,042       19,465,983  

Pennant Group, Inc.(a)

    191,513       1,993,650  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    1,446,889       31,976,247  

US Physical Therapy, Inc.

    99,626       7,573,568  
   

 

 

 
      205,708,433  
Health Care Technology — 0.7%            

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(a)

    942,970       14,361,433  

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    206,585       5,759,590  

HealthStream, Inc.(a)

    154,417       3,282,905  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)

    773,731       13,695,039  

Simulations Plus, Inc.(b)

    88,871       4,313,798  
   

 

 

 
      41,412,765  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.2%            

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)

    329,246       7,852,517  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.(b)

    1,249,735       22,907,643  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)(b)

    616,273       15,394,499  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    678,910       19,878,485  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    264,018       6,119,937  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    328,637       10,197,606  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    101,186       6,431,382  

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    274,458       2,448,165  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    101,775       3,550,930  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    91,925       6,808,885  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    432,376       7,289,859  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    235,619       10,598,143  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    529,304       9,368,681  
   

 

 

 
          128,846,732  
Household Durables — 2.2%            

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    320,225       6,769,557  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a)

    201,869       4,315,959  

iRobot Corp.(a)(b)

    171,411       9,655,582  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    607,698       13,715,744  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)

    390,036       14,131,004  

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    796,219       21,832,325  

Meritage Homes Corp.(a)(b)

    272,518       19,149,840  

Sonos, Inc.(a)(b)

    911,397       12,668,418  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)

    1,421,473       21,478,457  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)(b)

    542,602       3,554,043  

Universal Electronics, Inc.(a)

    168,670       3,317,739  
   

 

 

 
      130,588,668  
Household Products — 0.7%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)(b)

    136,971       4,936,435  

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    579,363       19,791,040  

WD-40 Co.(b)

    80,426       14,134,065  
   

 

 

 
      38,861,540  
Insurance — 3.7%            

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a)

    632,674       8,066,594  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    995,375       37,117,534  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    269,711       12,603,595  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    502,611       24,351,503  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    382,633       13,197,012  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,058,725       24,705,537  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    573,102     $ 20,224,770  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    527,798       12,039,072  

Mercury General Corp.

    373,370       10,611,175  

ProAssurance Corp.

    756,200       14,753,462  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    203,539       16,600,641  

Selectquote, Inc.(a)(b)

    862,000       629,260  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    1,188,681       5,883,971  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    193,134       8,428,368  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    301,721       8,668,444  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    387,827       3,820,096  
   

 

 

 
          221,701,034  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.5%            

Cars.com, Inc.(a)(b)

    451,598       5,193,377  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)(b)

    723,900       7,600,950  

Yelp, Inc.(a)(b)

    503,744       17,081,959  
   

 

 

 
      29,876,286  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%            

PetMed Express, Inc.

    294,478       5,748,211  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 0.4%            

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    184,826       9,773,599  

EVERTEC, Inc.

    305,920       9,590,592  

Unisys Corp.(a)

    492,887       3,721,297  
   

 

 

 
      23,085,488  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%            

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)(b)

    790,702       6,807,944  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 4.7%            

Alamo Group, Inc.

    82,923       10,138,995  

Albany International Corp., Class A(b)

    218,590       17,231,450  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    320,870       10,007,935  

Barnes Group, Inc.

    706,220       20,395,634  

CIRCOR International, Inc.(a)(b)

    286,604       4,726,100  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    424,161       7,562,791  

EnPro Industries, Inc.(b)

    291,250       24,750,425  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    362,137       26,595,341  

Federal Signal Corp.(b)

    329,843       12,309,741  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    180,301       14,732,395  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    457,573       11,105,297  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    449,098       16,490,878  

John Bean Technologies Corp.(b)

    161,127       13,856,922  

Lindsay Corp.(b)

    62,983       9,024,204  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)

    386,345       14,074,548  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)

    366,523       20,239,400  

Standex International Corp.

    87,057       7,108,204  

Tennant Co.

    147,627       8,349,783  

Titan International, Inc.(a)(b)

    711,851       8,641,871  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    575,922       12,295,935  

Wabash National Corp.

    681,212       10,599,659  
   

 

 

 
      280,237,508  
Media — 0.5%            

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    392,496       7,967,669  

EW Scripps Co., Class A(a)

    438,807       4,945,355  

Gannett Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    1,230,007       1,881,910  

Scholastic Corp.

    424,709       13,064,049  
   

 

 

 
      27,858,983  
Metals & Mining — 2.6%            

Arconic Corp.(a)(b)

    1,438,851       24,518,021  

ATI, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,001,105       26,639,404  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    675,450       21,033,513  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)(b)

    402,918       2,127,407  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)            

Compass Minerals International, Inc.(b)

    480,257     $ 18,504,302  

Haynes International, Inc.

    75,184       2,640,462  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    222,046       13,622,522  

Materion Corp.

    121,506       9,720,480  

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    133,575       3,046,846  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    1,163,290       6,758,715  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)

    575,640       8,628,844  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    722,194       20,539,197  
   

 

 

 
      157,779,713  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.9%  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    1,818,594       15,094,330  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    1,608,460       7,833,200  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    446,722       5,079,229  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    1,169,948       12,600,340  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    734,430       4,729,729  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    461,008       5,117,189  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    497,923       8,091,249  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    5,304,941       12,413,562  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    1,264,362       14,894,184  

Ready Capital Corp.

    1,423,864       14,437,981  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    4,815,624       15,987,872  
   

 

 

 
          116,278,865  
Multiline Retail — 0.1%            

Big Lots, Inc.

    405,138       6,324,204  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 0.8%            

Avista Corp.

    1,024,739       37,966,580  

Unitil Corp.

    223,468       10,380,089  
   

 

 

 
      48,346,669  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.7%            

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    459,229       29,537,609  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)(b)

    761,890       22,148,142  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(a)(b)

    79,198       4,977,594  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a)

    777,427       12,757,577  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,504,727       52,906,202  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    218,988       6,114,145  

Talos Energy, Inc.(a)

    916,570       15,260,891  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    865,752       20,293,227  
   

 

 

 
      163,995,387  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    233,999       8,798,363  

Mercer International, Inc.

    566,628       6,969,524  

Sylvamo Corp.

    465,120       15,767,568  
   

 

 

 
      31,535,455  
Personal Products — 0.5%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co.(b)

    725,963       27,151,016  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    51,554       2,889,602  
   

 

 

 
      30,040,618  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%            

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    173,074       4,863,379  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    69,400       2,230,516  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    522,091       13,386,413  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    182,649       8,089,524  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)(b)

    1,446,114       4,627,565  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    249,439       13,267,661  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    281,257       3,737,906  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)

    328,723       16,380,267  
   

 

 

 
      66,583,231  
Professional Services — 0.4%            

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    480,890       6,535,295  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Professional Services (continued)            

Resources Connection, Inc.

    441,158     $ 7,971,725  

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)(b)

    458,567       8,749,459  
   

 

 

 
      23,256,479  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,606,497       13,028,691  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(b)

    155,660       5,102,535  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    262,640       4,966,522  
   

 

 

 
      23,097,748  
Road & Rail — 0.4%            

Heartland Express, Inc.

    648,878       9,285,444  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    808,329       15,487,584  
   

 

 

 
      24,773,028  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)(b)

    69,842       2,148,340  

Cohu, Inc.(a)

    284,185       7,326,289  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)(b)

    400,417       10,030,446  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    174,290       4,219,561  

PDF Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    150,496       3,691,667  

Photronics, Inc.(a)

    860,411       12,579,209  

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    273,956       4,347,681  
   

 

 

 
      44,343,193  
Software — 0.9%            

Adeia, Inc.

    703,272       9,944,266  

Agilysys, Inc.(a)(b)

    102,157       5,654,390  

Cerence, Inc.(a)(b)

    264,016       4,158,252  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a)

    247,767       11,719,379  

Ebix, Inc.(b)

    329,514       6,250,880  

InterDigital, Inc.

    199,709       8,072,238  

LivePerson, Inc.(a)(b)

    370,815       3,493,077  

OneSpan, Inc.(a)

    255,488       2,199,752  
   

 

 

 
      51,492,234  
Specialty Retail — 4.7%            

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    432,813       4,206,942  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)(b)

    374,106       5,817,348  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.(b)

    488,052       20,586,033  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    1,272,790       12,384,247  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)(b)

    83,213       5,077,657  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    170,423       25,750,915  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a)(b)

    975,852       5,942,939  

Caleres, Inc.(b)

    515,900       12,495,098  

Cato Corp., Class A

    226,968       2,165,275  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)

    1,757,865       8,508,067  

Conn’s, Inc.(a)

    180,193       1,275,766  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A(b)

    791,266       12,114,282  

Genesco, Inc.(a)

    95,077       3,738,428  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    221,242       31,608,844  

Guess?, Inc.

    468,191       6,868,362  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    186,893       4,653,636  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)

    937,471       13,790,198  

LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    408,390       2,830,143  

Monro, Inc.

    257,578       11,194,340  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    606,447       19,800,495  

ODP Corp.(a)

    598,244       21,028,277  

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

    387,666       6,788,032  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    841,151       10,598,503  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    259,970       11,256,701  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)(b)

    840,434       16,514,528  

Zumiez, Inc.(a)(b)

    218,404       4,702,238  
   

 

 

 
      281,697,294  
Security   Shares     Value  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Avid Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    98,083     $ 2,281,411  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a)(b)

    327,967       3,722,425  
   

 

 

 
      6,003,836  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)(b)

    606,304       9,064,245  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    339,120       11,397,823  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    75,640       6,790,959  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    343,410       9,158,745  

Unifi, Inc.(a)

    178,598       1,698,467  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    596,590       9,181,520  
   

 

 

 
      47,291,759  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.1%            

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    1,809,597       15,019,655  

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,004,778       40,693,509  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,185,222       24,142,972  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    247,917       3,547,692  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    567,841       11,072,900  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    270,032       8,484,405  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    498,997       23,183,401  
   

 

 

 
      126,144,534  
Tobacco — 0.3%            

Universal Corp.

    345,784       15,919,895  
   

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.7%  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    307,178       31,571,755  

Boise Cascade Co.

    286,241       17,019,890  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)

    222,113       5,259,636  

GMS, Inc.(a)

    263,323       10,535,553  

NOW, Inc.(a)

    1,557,663       15,654,513  

Veritiv Corp.(a)(b)

    195,195       19,084,215  
   

 

 

 
      99,125,562  
Water Utilities — 0.6%            

American States Water Co.

    176,535       13,760,903  

California Water Service Group

    311,070       16,390,279  

Middlesex Water Co.

    76,500       5,905,800  
   

 

 

 
      36,056,982  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%  

Gogo, Inc.(a)

    319,293       3,869,831  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    701,744       11,943,683  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    1,402,171       19,490,177  
   

 

 

 
      35,303,691  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.4%
(Cost: $7,463,873,606)

 

    5,956,098,562  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities(d)(e)

 

Money Market Funds — 4.7%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(f)

    264,659,208     $ 264,738,606  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    16,262,785       16,262,785  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 4.7%
(Cost: $280,848,331)

      281,001,391  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 104.1%
(Cost: $7,744,721,937)

      6,237,099,953  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.1)%

 

    (244,713,979
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 5,992,385,974  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
        Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

   

      

 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $   274,022,994     $     $ (9,426,633 )(a)    $ (561   $ 142,806     $ 264,738,606       264,659,208     $ 544,131 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    68,870,000             (52,607,215 )(a)                  16,262,785       16,262,785       702,038          
          $ (561   $ 142,806     $   281,001,391       $   1,246,169     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description   

Number of

Contracts

      

Expiration

Date

      

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

                 

Russel 2000 E-Mini Index

     216          12/16/22        $ 21,958        $ (965,882
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 

 
       Reference Entity  

    

   

Payment

Frequency

   

    

    Counterparty(a)  

    

   

Termination

Date

   

    

   

Net

Notional

   

    

   

Accrued

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

         

Net Value of

Reference

Entity

   

    

   

Gross Notional

Amount

Net Asset

Percentage

 
 

 

 
 

Equity Securities Long/Short

      Monthly       Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)       02/27/23       $   10,427,057       $ (1,586,770 )(c)      $ 8,852,664         0.2
        Monthly       HSBC Bank PLC(d)       02/10/23         5,408,358         (517,827 )(e)        4,902,589         0.1  
        Monthly       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(f)       02/08/23         11,559,251         (902,103 )(g)        10,677,498         0.2  
                     

 

 

     

 

 

     
                      $ (3,006,700     $  24,432,751      
                     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

  (a) 

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $(12,377) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (e) 

Amount includes $(12,058) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (g) 

Amount includes $(20,350) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

        

(b)

   (d)    (f)

    

 

Range:

  

65 basis points

  

65 basis points

  

65 basis points

 

Benchmarks:

  

USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate

  

USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate

  

USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate

    

(FEDL01)

  

(OBFR01)

  

(OBFR01)

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination date February 27, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares       Value      

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

City Holding Co.

    1,000     $ 88,690       1.0
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies                  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    44,239       103,077       1.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance                  

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    24,813       470,951       5.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)                  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    517,870       7,866,445       88.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    3,017       246,067       2.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities                  

Avista Corp.

    2,090       77,434       0.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — Goldman Sachs Bank USA

    $   8,852,664    
   

 

 

   

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    2,252     $ 26,236       0.5

Central Pacific

    248       5,131       0.1  

OFG Bancorp

    4,498       113,035       2.3  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    759       26,838       0.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      171,240    
Commercial Services & Supplies                  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    187,562       437,020       8.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance                  

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    139,479       2,647,311       54.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)                  

Acadia Realty Trust

    4,911       61,977       1.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    3,000       68,430       1.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Green Plains, Inc.

    52,171       1,516,611       30.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
HSBC Bank PLC

    $   4,902,589    
   

 

 

   
 

 

 

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The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of period end, termination date February 8, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                        
Banks                        

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    2,252     $ 26,236               0.2

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    248       5,131         0.1  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      31,367      
Consumer Finance                        

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    506,069       9,605,189         90.0  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)                        

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    100,962     $ 951,062         8.9
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                        

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    2,000       62,840               0.6  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    582       27,040         0.2  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      89,880      
   

 

 

     

Net Value of Reference Entity — JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

    $  10,677,498      
   

 

 

     
 

 

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for OTC Swaps

 

 

 
Description   

Swap

Premiums

Paid

    

Swap

Premiums

Received

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

 

 

OTC Swaps

   $      $      $      $ (3,006,700

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 965,882      $      $      $      $ 965,882  

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums received

                   3,006,700                             3,006,700  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $  3,972,582      $      $      $      $   3,972,582  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (567,245    $      $      $      $ (567,245

Swaps

                   (8,000,107                           (8,000,107
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $ (8,567,352    $      $      $      $ (8,567,352
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (1,393,208    $      $      $      $   (1,393,208

Swaps

                   (7,032,512                           (7,032,512
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $ (8,425,720    $      $      $      $ (8,425,720
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

   iShares® S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

     $25,496,935  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

     $141,535,272  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     
      Assets        Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

       

Futures contracts

   $        $ 161,745  

Swaps — OTC(a)

              3,006,700  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   $        $   3,168,445  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

              (161,745
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $        $ 3,006,700  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums paid/received in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The following tables present the Fund’s derivative liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received and pledged by the Fund:

 

 

 
Counterparty   

Derivative

Liabilities

Subject to

an MNA by

Counterparty

    

Derivatives

Available

for Offset(a)

     Non-
Cash
Collateral
Pledged(b)
    

Cash

Collateral

Pledged(b)

    

Net

Amount of

Derivative
Liabilities(c)

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 1,586,770      $      $      $ (1,550,000    $ 36,770  

HSBC Bank PLC

     517,827                      (517,827       

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     902,103                      (902,103       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 3,006,700      $      $      $ (2,969,930    $ 36,770  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

 
  (b) 

Excess of collateral received/pledged, if any, from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

 
  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1                        Level 2                        Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $   5,956,098,560      $      $ 2      $ 5,956,098,562  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     281,001,391                      281,001,391  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 6,237,099,951      $      $ 2      $   6,237,099,953  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

   $ (3,972,582    $      $      $ (3,972,582
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

 

     

iShares

S&P 100 ETF

   

iShares

S&P 500 Growth

ETF

    

iShares

S&P 500 Value ETF

   

iShares

S&P Small-Cap

600 Value ETF

 

ASSETS

         

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

   $ 7,108,261,750     $ 26,659,799,117      $   21,262,572,338     $ 5,956,098,562  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

     60,248,556       417,314,718        322,132,279       281,001,391  

Cash

     2,684,210       6,647,214        11,083,278       1,652,284  

Cash pledged:

         

Collateral — OTC derivatives

                        5,490,000  

Futures contracts

     1,066,640       2,422,340        3,255,360       1,608,000  

Receivables:

         

Investments sold

     23,440,862       62,668,426        31,206,751        

Securities lending income — affiliated

     59,125       45,059        146,554       118,286  

Swaps

                        119,824  

Capital shares sold

     8,112,679              6,424,786       36,858,661  

Dividends — unaffiliated

     4,342,868       5,442,745        29,282,015       9,794,757  

Dividends — affiliated

     33,930       84,311        70,295       105,490  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     7,208,250,620       27,154,423,930        21,666,173,656       6,292,847,255  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

         

Collateral on securities loaned

     19,744,759       306,569,990        249,728,696       264,677,091  

Payables:

         

Investments purchased

     23,473,862       14,943,497        69,159,919       23,053,953  

Swaps

                        4,418,272  

Capital shares redeemed

     8,112,679       46,260,161              4,152,370  

Investment advisory fees

     1,283,322       4,333,466        3,432,808       991,150  

Variation margin on futures contracts

     253,200       574,975        742,567       161,745  

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps

                        3,006,700  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     52,867,822       372,682,089        323,063,990       300,461,281  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 7,155,382,798     $ 26,781,741,841      $ 21,343,109,666     $ 5,992,385,974  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

         

Paid-in capital

   $ 7,239,499,581     $ 23,077,508,232      $ 23,472,248,350     $ 7,956,165,339  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

     (84,116,783     3,704,233,609        (2,129,138,684     (1,963,779,365
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 7,155,382,798     $ 26,781,741,841      $ 21,343,109,666     $ 5,992,385,974  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

         

Shares outstanding

   $ 44,100,000     $ 463,150,000      $ 166,100,000     $ 72,700,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

   $ 162.25     $ 57.83      $ 128.50     $ 82.43  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

     Unlimited       Unlimited        Unlimited       Unlimited  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

     None       None        None       None  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

   $ 7,028,806,843     $ 23,582,805,320      $ 22,692,113,152     $ 7,463,873,606  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

   $ 18,857,677     $ 294,820,914      $ 236,826,658     $ 254,706,043  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

   $ 62,921,452     $ 422,792,312      $ 334,647,747     $ 280,848,331  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

S&P 100 ETF

   

iShares

S&P 500 Growth

ETF

   

iShares

S&P 500 Value ETF

   

iShares

S&P Small-Cap
600 Value ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 63,305,582     $ 149,235,080     $ 280,688,823     $ 74,905,843  

Dividends — affiliated

    614,560       1,597,796       1,186,528       702,038  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    96,480       191,951       282,117       544,131  

Foreign taxes withheld

          (77,227     (34,092     (13,231
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    64,016,622       150,947,600       282,123,376       76,138,781  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    8,016,756       27,756,224       21,885,301       6,911,990  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    8,016,756       27,756,224       21,885,301       6,911,990  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    55,999,866       123,191,376       260,238,075       69,226,791  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (46,955,802     (148,018,158     (134,939,251     (228,395,506

Investments — affiliated

    616,426       2,345,393       2,786,902       (561

Futures contracts

    (962,171     86,149       (9,010,111     (567,245

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated

    205,284,469       1,789,142,192       699,954,139       374,761,093  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated

    691,312       2,466,593       2,934,595        

Swaps

                      (8,000,107
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    158,674,234       1,646,022,169       561,726,274       137,797,674  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (2,143,294,492     (10,293,546,983     (5,055,372,600     (1,713,701,716

Investments — affiliated

    (11,634,112     (32,244,367     (23,008,243     142,806  

Futures contracts

    (2,953,922     (7,370,510     (7,206,552     (1,393,208

Swaps

                      (7,032,512
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (2,157,882,526     (10,333,161,860     (5,085,587,395     (1,721,984,630
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (1,999,208,292     (8,687,139,691     (4,523,861,121     (1,584,186,956
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $   (1,943,208,426   $ (8,563,948,315   $   (4,263,623,046   $   (1,514,960,165
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares S&P 100 ETF         iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF  
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

        

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

         

OPERATIONS

         

Net investment income

  $ 55,999,866     $ 98,468,954       $ 123,191,376     $ 196,796,622  

Net realized gain

    158,674,234       462,070,579         1,646,022,169       3,911,096,585  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (2,157,882,526     623,310,831         (10,333,161,860     1,270,127,992  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,943,208,426     1,183,850,364         (8,563,948,315     5,378,021,199  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

         

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (56,432,892     (96,979,731       (119,889,643     (197,299,111
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

         

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    377,575,819       713,344,619         (1,292,832,197     402,934,188  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

         

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (1,622,065,499     1,800,215,252         (9,976,670,155     5,583,656,276  

Beginning of period

    8,777,448,297       6,977,233,045         36,758,411,996       31,174,755,720  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $   7,155,382,798     $ 8,777,448,297       $ 26,781,741,841     $ 36,758,411,996  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares S&P 500 Value ETF          iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

         

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

          

OPERATIONS

          

Net investment income

  $ 260,238,075     $ 444,658,089        $ 69,226,791     $ 93,472,980  

Net realized gain

    561,726,274       1,639,867,069          137,797,674       1,376,936,932  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (5,085,587,395     559,126,265          (1,721,984,630     (1,236,361,719
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (4,263,623,046     2,643,651,423          (1,514,960,165     234,048,193  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

          

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (250,481,711     (441,547,200        (62,692,391     (131,583,294
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

          

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (29,140,582     2,259,799,358          (979,231,155     (359,336,301
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

          

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (4,543,245,339     4,461,903,581          (2,556,883,711     (256,871,402

Beginning of period

    25,886,355,005       21,424,451,424          8,549,269,685       8,806,141,087  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $   21,343,109,666     $  25,886,355,005        $   5,992,385,974     $ 8,549,269,685  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares S&P 100 ETF  
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22
(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

   

Year Ended

03/31/20

   

Year Ended

03/31/19

   

Year Ended

03/31/18

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 208.24     $ 179.83     $ 118.50     $ 125.31     $ 115.89     $ 104.70  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.29       2.41       2.37       2.48       2.35       2.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (45.99     28.36       61.39       (6.58     9.45       11.20  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (44.70     30.77       63.76       (4.10     11.80       13.37  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.29     (2.36     (2.43     (2.71     (2.38     (2.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 162.25     $ 208.24     $ 179.83     $ 118.50     $ 125.31     $ 115.89  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (21.50 )%(e)      17.14     54.11     (3.42 )%      10.25     12.85
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.20 %(g)      0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.40 %(g)      1.19     1.52     1.86     1.94     1.92
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 7,155,383     $   8,777,448     $   6,977,233     $   4,852,686     $   4,824,336     $   5,024,007  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    2     2     8     4     7     4
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF  
     

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited

 

 

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

 

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

 

(a) 

   

Year Ended

03/31/20

 

(a) 

   

Year Ended

03/31/19

 

(a) 

   

Year Ended

03/31/18

 

(a) 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 76.34     $ 65.08     $ 41.25     $ 43.10     $ 38.76     $ 32.90  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.26       0.41       0.47       0.60       0.52       0.50  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (18.51     11.27       23.85       (1.68     4.33       5.87  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (18.25     11.68       24.32       (1.08     4.85       6.37  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (0.26     (0.42     (0.49     (0.77     (0.51     (0.51
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 57.83     $ 76.34     $ 65.08     $ 41.25     $ 43.10     $ 38.76  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

           

Based on net asset value

    (23.93 )%(f)      17.94     59.13     (2.65 )%      12.59     19.45
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

           

Total expenses

    0.18 %(h)      0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.80 %(h)      0.55     0.82     1.30     1.27     1.36
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 26,781,742     $   36,758,412     $   31,174,756     $   22,307,379     $   22,550,900     $   20,022,095  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    1     14     13     27     27     21
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Per share amounts reflect a four-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on October 16, 2020.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

 
(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares S&P 500 Value ETF  
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

   

Year Ended

03/31/20

    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 155.61     $ 141.09     $ 96.29     $ 112.76     $ 109.32     $ 104.03  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.55       2.89       2.83       2.86       2.69       2.53  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (27.16     14.48       44.86       (16.41     3.53       5.26  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (25.61     17.37       47.69       (13.55     6.22       7.79  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.50     (2.85     (2.89     (2.92     (2.78     (2.50
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 128.50     $ 155.61     $ 141.09     $ 96.29     $ 112.76     $ 109.32  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (16.51 )%(e)      12.39     50.10     (12.34 )%      5.79     7.53
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.18 %(g)      0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.14 %(g)      1.92     2.39     2.40     2.43     2.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 21,343,110     $   25,886,355     $   21,424,451     $   14,187,829     $   15,234,432     $   14,638,372  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    2     18     26     32     31     23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

 
(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF  
     

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited

 

 

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

 

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

 

(a) 

   

Year Ended

03/31/20

 

(a) 

   

Year Ended

03/31/19

 

(a) 

   

Year Ended

03/31/18

 

(a) 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 102.39     $ 100.53     $ 50.14     $ 73.81     $ 75.49     $ 69.36  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.85       1.07       1.12       1.10       1.20       1.03  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (20.02     2.32       50.16       (23.45     (1.71     6.14  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (19.17     3.39       51.28       (22.35     (0.51     7.17  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (0.79     (1.53     (0.89     (1.32     (1.17     (1.04
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 82.43     $ 102.39     $ 100.53     $ 50.14     $ 73.81     $ 75.49  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

           

Based on net asset value

    (18.76 )%(f)      3.38     103.08 %(g)      (30.75 )%      (0.71 )%      10.38
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(h)

           

Total expenses

    0.18 %(i)      0.18     0.21     0.25     0.25     0.25
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.80 %(i)      1.04     1.56     1.48     1.54     1.41
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 5,992,386     $ 8,549,270     $ 8,806,141     $ 4,120,917     $ 6,155,204     $ 5,163,592  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(j)

    15     42     52     53     38     39
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Per share amounts reflect a two-for-one stock split effective after the close of trading on October 16, 2020.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

 
(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Includes a payment received from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(h) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(i) 

Annualized.

(j) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

   
iShares ETF  

Diversification

Classification

S&P 100

  Diversified

S&P 500 Growth

  Diversified

S&P 500 Value

  Diversified

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

  Diversified

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

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.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy

 

 

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or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty    

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   

Non-Cash

Collateral Received,

at Fair Value

 

 

(a) 

   

Net

Amount

 

(b) 

S&P 100

        

BNP Paribas SA

  $ 9,298,626      $ (9,298,626   $     $  

HSBC Bank PLC

    2,825,092        (2,825,092            

UBS AG

    6,733,959        (6,733,959            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 18,857,677      $ (18,857,677   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Growth

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 87,671,835      $ (87,671,835   $     $  

BNP Paribas SA

    57,829,258        (57,829,258            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    25,980,782        (25,980,782            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    20,909,299        (20,909,299            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    131,208        (131,208            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    19,062,695        (19,062,695            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    10,230,235        (10,230,235            

Jefferies LLC

    784,728        (784,728            

Morgan Stanley

    5,827,850        (5,815,091           12,759  

RBC Capital Market LLC

    354,431        (354,431            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    18,696,799        (18,696,799            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    5,071,670        (5,071,670            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    27,919,549        (27,919,549            

UBS AG

    9,301,591        (9,301,591            

UBS Securities LLC

    614,747        (614,747            

Virtu Americas LLC

    4,434,237        (4,434,237            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 294,820,914      $ (294,808,155   $     $ 12,759  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Value

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 20,685,426      $ (20,685,426   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    4,635        (4,635            

BNP Paribas SA

    34,715,198        (34,715,198            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    11,190,386        (11,190,386            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    8,167,240        (8,167,240            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    14,687,348        (14,687,348            

HSBC Bank PLC

    15,735,969        (15,735,969            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    74,503,952        (74,503,952            

Jefferies LLC

    801,265        (801,265            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    409,167        (409,167            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    2,785,807        (2,785,807            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    36,721,669        (36,721,669            

UBS AG

    15,827,609        (15,827,609            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    590,987        (590,987            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 236,826,658      $ (236,826,658   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 682,717      $ (682,717   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    4,811,004        (4,811,004            

BNP Paribas SA

    60,651,944        (60,651,944            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    19,941,762        (19,941,762            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    1,571,425        (1,571,425            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    6,234,305        (6,234,305            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    1        (1            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    46,725,982        (46,725,982            

HSBC Bank PLC

    2,867,996        (2,702,895           165,101  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    39,807,712        (39,807,712            

Jefferies LLC

    2,646,360        (2,646,360            

Morgan Stanley

    29,181,111        (29,181,111            

National Financial Services LLC

    4,488,453        (4,488,453            

Natixis SA

    335,388        (335,388            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    10,864,156        (10,864,156            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    85,860        (85,860            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    795,983        (785,551           10,432  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    7,510,118        (7,464,185           45,933  

UBS AG

    9,751,136        (9,751,136            

 

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty    

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a) 
   

Net

Amount

 

(b) 

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value (continued)

        

UBS Securities LLC

  $ 1,205,272      $ (1,205,272   $     $  

Virtu Americas LLC

    88,166        (88,166            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    1,758,582        (1,758,582            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    2,700,610        (2,700,610            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 254,706,043      $     (254,484,577   $     $   221,466  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of September 30, 2022. Additional collateral is delivered to the Master Portfolio on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid. Total return swaps are entered into by the iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instruments or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

 

 

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Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of the agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

S&P 100

    0.20

S&P 500 Growth

    0.18  

S&P 500 Value

    0.18  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    0.18  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

 

 

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Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

S&P 100

  $ 29,359  

S&P 500 Growth

    81,044  

S&P 500 Value

    99,056  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    191,790  

 

 

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

 

 

S&P 100

   $     21,279,687      $     20,643,477       $ (4,914,348

S&P 500 Growth

    117,016,381        44,733,062        (21,803,460

S&P 500 Value

    152,403,363        80,096,809        (33,160,481

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    159,946,655        92,390,632        (5,272,757

 

 

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended Septemeber 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

 

 

S&P 100

   $     156,796,646       $     155,420,765  

S&P 500 Growth

    414,441,571        411,150,748  

S&P 500 Value

    589,110,777        554,936,977  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    1,182,375,619        1,156,400,685  

 

 

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind Sales  

 

 

S&P 100

   $     966,271,349       $     591,072,100  

S&P 500 Growth

    2,161,127,340        3,453,355,206  

S&P 500 Value

    2,876,228,084        2,905,445,274  

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    2,614,349,111        3,582,727,889  

 

 

 

 

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8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of March 31, 2022, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

S&P 100

   $     289,162,375  

S&P 500 Growth

    977,554,947  

S&P 500 Value

       1,163,006,607   

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    499,167,863  

 

 

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Tax Cost     

Gross Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Gross Unrealized

Depreciation

    

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

S&P 100

   $     7,121,203,988      $ 740,990,853      $ (695,512,812     $         45,478,041  

S&P 500 Growth

    24,040,188,633        4,697,690,417        (1,665,251,919      3,032,438,498  

S&P 500 Value

    23,118,223,669        1,599,607,009        (3,137,036,269      (1,537,429,260

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

    7,827,776,470        214,474,168        (1,809,123,267      (1,594,649,099

 

 

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by

 

 

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entering into transactions only with counterparties that the BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

 

 
       

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
iShares ETF       Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 

 

S&P 100

         

Shares sold

      5,200,000     $ 970,429,685       9,000,000     $ 1,852,545,063  

Shares redeemed

      (3,250,000     (592,853,866     (5,650,000     (1,139,200,444
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      1,950,000     $ 377,575,819       3,350,000     $ 713,344,619  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Growth

         

Shares sold

      32,850,000     $ 2,164,301,073       97,500,000     $ 7,705,816,385  

Shares redeemed

      (51,200,000     (3,457,133,270     (95,050,000     (7,302,882,197
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (18,350,000   $ (1,292,832,197     2,450,000     $ 402,934,188  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

S&P 500 Value

         

Shares sold

      20,000,000     $       2,889,939,883       46,050,000     $       7,005,954,291  

Shares redeemed

      (20,250,000     (2,919,080,465     (31,550,000     (4,746,154,933
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (250,000   $ (29,140,582     14,500,000     $ 2,259,799,358  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Six Months Ended

09/30/22

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 

 

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value

       

Shares sold

    27,900,000     $       2,642,936,164       36,350,000     $       3,774,747,013  

Shares redeemed

    (38,700,000     (3,622,167,319     (40,450,000     (4,134,083,314
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (10,800,000   $ (979,231,155     (4,100,000   $ (359,336,301
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

iShares S&P 100 ETF, iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract  (continued)

 

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

 

 

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After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract  (continued)

 

impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

September 30, 2022

 

       
    Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year-to-Date
                  % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date
 
iShares ETF  

Net

Investment

Income

   

Net Realized

Capital Gains

   

Return of

Capital

   

Total Per

Share

           

Net

Investment

Income

   

Net Realized

Capital Gains

   

Return of

Capital

   

Total Per

Share

 

S&P 500 Value(a)

  $   1.499740     $     $     $   1.499740          100             100

S&P Small-Cap 600 Value(a)

    0.794065                   0.794065                100                   100  

 

(a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
CVR    Contingent Value Rights
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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  SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

 

 

    

  

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | PFF | NASDAQ


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2022

 

    

 

6-Month

 

 

 

12-Month

 

 

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

 

 

 

   (20.20)%

 

 

   (15.47)%

 

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

 

 

 

(19.01)

 

 

(23.50)

 

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

 

 

 

(22.51)

 

 

(25.13)

 

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

 

 

 

(21.70)

 

 

(28.11)

 

3-month Treasury bills
(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

 

 

 

  0.58

 

 

  0.63

 

U.S. Treasury securities
(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

 

 

 

(10.81)

 

 

(16.20)

 

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

 

 

 

  (9.22)

 

 

(14.60)

 

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

 

 

 

  (6.30)

 

 

(11.50)

 

U.S. high yield bonds
(Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

 

 

 

(10.42)

 

 

(14.15)

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

    

Page

 

 

The Markets in Review

    2  

Semi-Annual Report:

 

Fund Summary

    4  

About Fund Performance

    5  

Disclosure of Expenses

    5  

Schedule of Investments

    6  

Financial Statements:

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

    14  

Statement of Operations

    15  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    16  

Financial Highlights

    17  

Notes to Financial Statements

    18  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

    24  

Supplemental Information

    26  

General Information

    27  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

    28  

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated preferred and hybrid securities, as represented by the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment portfolio similar to the index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      5 Years     10 Years             1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (10.54 )%       (14.55 )%       1.15     3.38        (14.55 )%       5.90      39.43

Fund Market

    (10.85      (14.63      1.12       3.33          (14.63      5.73        38.81  

Index

    (10.40      (14.27      1.79       4.04                (14.27      9.30        48.58  

Index performance through January 31, 2019 reflects the performance of the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock IndexTM. Index performance beginning on February 1, 2019 through October 31,2019 reflects the performance of the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Transition Index, which terminated on October 31, 2019. Index performance beginning on November 1, 2019 reflects the performance of the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance’’ for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $         1,000.00          $         894.60          $             2.17               $         1,000.00          $         1,022.78          $             2.33          0.46

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See ”Disclosure of Expenses“ for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Financials

    59.9

Utilities

    13.7  

Real Estate

    7.4  

Communication Services

    4.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    3.2  

Industrials

    3.2  

Health Care

    2.9  

Energy

    2.4  

Consumer Staples

    1.3  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.3  

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, NVS

    1.9

Citigroup Capital XIII, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.370%), NVS

    1.4  

NextEra Energy, Inc., NVS

    1.4  

Bank of America Corp., Series L, NVS

    1.3  

Danaher Corp., Series B, NVS

    1.3  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    1.1  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series EE, NVS

    1.0  

PG&E Corp.

    1.0  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series DD, NVS

    0.9  

Citigroup, Inc., Series K, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.130%), NVS

    0.9  
 

 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of the Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense example shown (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense example provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense example also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense example are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Preferred Securities

 

Preferred Stocks — 98.7%  
Auto Components — 0.6%  

Aptiv PLC, Series A, 5.50%, NVS(a)

    918,791     $ 87,468,903  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 1.1%  

Ford Motor Co.

   

6.00%

    2,556,525       59,490,337  

6.50%, NVS

    1,917,320       46,130,719  

6.20%

    2,396,763       58,433,082  
   

 

 

 
        164,054,138  
Banks — 27.3%            

Associated Banc-Corp.

   

Series E, 5.88%, NVS(b)

    319,611       7,955,118  

Series F, 5.63%, NVS(b)

    319,611       7,766,547  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp., Series A, 6.88%, NVS(b)

    551,295       13,286,209  

Bank of America Corp.

   

Series 02, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.650%), 3.69%, NVS(b)(c)

    603,658       11,354,807  

Series 4, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%), 4.51%, NVS(b)(c)

    435,324       8,175,385  

Series 5, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%), 4.00%, NVS(b)

    855,837       16,825,755  

Series E, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%), 4.11%, NVS(b)(c)

    637,029       12,339,252  

Series GG, 6.00%(b)(c)

    2,768,407       66,164,927  

Series HH, 5.88%, NVS(b)

    1,751,360       40,929,283  

Series K*, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.327%), 6.45%(d)

    2,153,242       53,831,050  

Series KK, 5.38%, NVS(b)

    2,865,821       62,245,632  

Series L, 7.25%, NVS(a)(b)

    159,486           187,077,078  

Series LL, 5.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    2,686,474       54,992,123  

Series NN, 4.38%, NVS(b)

    2,255,683       41,233,885  

Series PP, 4.13%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,870,508       32,210,148  

Series QQ, 4.25%, NVS(b)

    2,665,942       46,254,094  

Series SS, 4.75%, NVS(b)

    1,433,983       28,106,067  

Bank of Hawaii Corp., Series A, 4.38%, NVS(b)

    575,237       10,204,704  

Bank OZK, Series A, 4.63%, NVS(b)

    1,118,441       19,427,320  

Cadence Bank, Series A, 5.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    542,109       11,400,552  

Citigroup, Inc.

   

Series J, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.040%), 7.13%(b)(c)(d)

    3,035,889       77,809,835  

Series K, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.130%), 6.88%, NVS(b)(d)

    4,777,477       122,446,736  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.642%), 6.35%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    958,738       23,920,513  

Series E, 5.00%, NVS(b)

    1,438,016       27,365,444  

ConnectOne Bancorp., Inc., Series A, (5 year CMT + 4.420%), 5.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    361,412       7,174,028  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., Series B, 4.45%, NVS(b)

    479,259       8,847,121  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., 5.50%, NVS(b)

    413,308       8,129,768  

Fifth Third Bancorp.

   

Series A, 6.00%, NVS(b)

    639,135       15,288,109  

Series I, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.710%), 6.63%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,438,016       36,626,268  

Series K, 4.95%, NVS(b)

    798,897       16,872,705  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.

   

Series A, 5.38%, NVS(b)

    1,102,505       23,593,607  

Series C, 5.63%, NVS(b)

    639,127       13,964,925  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

First Horizon Corp.
6.50%, NVS(b)

    479,373     $ 11,864,482  

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.859%), 6.10%(b)(d)

    319,611       7,856,038  

Series F, 4.70%(b)

    466,802       9,139,983  

First Republic Bank

   

Series H, 5.13%, NVS(b)(c)

    628,902       13,062,295  

Series I, 5.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    958,814       22,071,898  

Series J, 4.70%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,262,267       24,349,130  

Series K, 4.13%(b)

    1,597,865       27,483,278  

Series L, 4.25%(b)(c)

    2,388,753       42,591,466  

Series M, 4.00%(b)

    2,396,763       39,690,395  

Series N, 4.50%(b)

    2,364,788       43,819,522  

FNB Corp., (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.600%), 7.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    354,345       9,216,513  

Fulton Financial Corp., Series A, 5.13%, NVS(b)

    639,135       13,281,225  

Hancock Whitney Corp., 6.25%

    551,294           13,881,583  

Heartland Financial U.S.A., Inc., Series E, (5 year CMT + 6.675%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    360,477       9,047,973  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

Series C, 5.70%, NVS(b)(c)

    559,250       12,862,750  

Series H, 4.50%, NVS(b)

    1,597,865       28,761,570  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

Series DD, 5.75%, NVS(b)

    5,420,702       133,945,546  

Series EE, 6.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    5,912,017       147,682,185  

Series GG, 4.75%, NVS(b)

    2,876,128       60,571,256  

Series JJ, 4.55%, NVS(b)

    4,793,517       91,076,823  

Series LL, 4.63%, NVS(b)

    5,912,017       115,166,091  

Series MM, 4.20%, NVS(b)

    6,391,382           115,300,531  

KeyCorp

   

(5 year CMT + 3.132%), 6.20%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,917,382       46,496,513  

Series E, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.892%), 6.13%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,597,873       40,042,697  

Series F, 5.65%, NVS(b)

    1,358,139       32,269,383  

Series G, 5.63%, NVS(b)

    1,438,016       33,074,368  

M&T Bank Corp., Series H, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.020%), 5.63%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    798,889       19,532,836  

Midland States Bancorp Inc., (5 year CMT + 4.713%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(d)

    367,816       9,397,699  

Old National Bancorp.

   

Series A, 7.00%, NVS(b)

    337,551       8,371,265  

Series C, 7.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    391,464       9,935,356  

PacWest Bancorp., Series A, (5 year CMT + 4.820%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,640,179       41,184,895  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., Series B, 6.75%, NVS(b)

    719,012       18,212,574  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Series P, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.067%), 6.85%,
NVS(b)(d)

    4,793,517       121,659,461  

Popular Capital Trust II, 6.13%

    415,475       10,773,267  

Regions Financial Corp.

   

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.536%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,597,873       40,905,549  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.148%), 5.70%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,597,865       35,856,091  

Series E, 4.45%, NVS(b)

    1,278,254       23,468,743  

Signature Bank, Series a, 5.00%(b)

    2,332,873       40,941,921  

Silvergate Capital Corp., Series A, 5.38%(b)

    639,135       10,034,420  

SVB Financial Group, Series A, 5.25%, NVS(b)

    1,225,540       25,626,041  

Synovus Financial Corp.

   

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.352%), 6.30%, NVS(b)(d)

    639,127       14,840,529  
 

 

 

6  

2 0 2 2    H A R E S    E M I - A N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H  A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Synovus Financial Corp.

   

Series E, (5 year CMT + 4.127%), 5.88%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,118,492     $ 27,414,239  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., Series B, 5.75%, NVS(b)

    958,730       20,267,552  

Truist Financial Corp.

   

Series I, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.530%), 4.61%, NVS(b)(c)

    535,824       10,084,208  

Series O, 5.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,837,512       41,766,648  

Series R, 4.75%, NVS(b)

    2,956,013       58,647,298  

United Community Banks, Inc., Series I, 6.88%, NVS(b)

    317,542       7,798,832  

US Bancorp.

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.020%), 5.10%, NVS(b)(d)

    45,909       34,202,205  

Series B*, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.600%), 4.68%, NVS(b)

    3,195,651       64,040,846  

Series K, 5.50%, NVS(b)

    1,837,512       43,512,284  

Series L, 3.75%, NVS(b)

    1,597,865       25,677,691  

Series M, 4.00%, NVS(b)

    2,396,763       40,768,939  

Series O, 4.50%, NVS(b)

    1,438,016       27,839,990  

Valley National Bancorp.

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.850%), 6.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    363,304       9,238,821  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.578%), 5.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    319,611       7,149,698  

Washington Federal, Inc., Series A, 4.88%, NVS(b)

    958,730       18,877,394  

Webster Financial Corp.

   

Series F, 5.25%, NVS(b)

    479,373       9,860,703  

Series G, 6.50%(b)(c)

    419,381       10,190,958  

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

Series AA, 4.70%, NVS(b)

    2,690,803       49,860,580  

Series CC, 4.38%, NVS(b)

    2,425,756       42,062,609  

Series DD, 4.25%, NVS(b)

    2,872,709       49,381,868  

Series L, 7.50%, NVS(a)(b)

    228,499       275,112,796  

Series Q, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.090%), 5.85%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    3,973,013       89,194,142  

Series R, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.690%), 6.63%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,940,705       49,196,872  

Series Y, 5.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,588,676       35,935,851  

Series Z, 4.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    4,635,181       87,048,699  

WesBanco, Inc., Series A, (5 year CMT + 6.557%), 6.75%, NVS(b)(d)

    479,373       12,070,612  

Western Alliance Bancorp., Series A, (5 year CMT + 3.452%), 4.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    958,730       21,015,362  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

   

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.060%), 6.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    391,554       9,530,424  

Series E, (5 year CMT + 6.507%), 6.88%, NVS(b)(d)

    918,791       22,455,252  

Zions Bancorp. N.A., Series G, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.240%), 6.30%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    442,254       11,197,871  
   

 

 

 
          3,900,566,380  
Capital Markets — 10.9%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
4.20%

    639,135       10,948,383  

4.75%

    878,774       16,362,772  

5.88%

    958,730       21,993,266  

B Riley Financial, Inc.
6.50%

    534,311       12,957,042  

6.00%

    734,999       16,691,827  
Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

B Riley Financial, Inc.
5.50%

    662,771     $ 15,846,855  

5.25%

    1,010,805       21,307,769  

5.00%

    1,031,273       23,162,392  

6.75%

    341,118       8,425,615  

6.38%

    455,413       11,230,485  

Brookfield Finance I UK PLC, 4.50%(b)

    735,007       12,884,673  

Brookfield Finance, Inc., Series 50, 4.63%, NVS

    1,278,254       23,149,180  

Carlyle Finance LLC, 4.63%, NVS

    1,597,865       27,483,278  

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

Series D, 5.95%, NVS(b)(c)

    2,396,762       58,888,442  

Series J, 4.45%, NVS(b)

    1,917,382       36,564,475  

Cowen, Inc., 7.75%

    319,610       8,009,427  

First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC, Inc., 5.00%

    350,126       7,933,855  

Gladstone Investment Corp.
5.00%, NVS

    409,183       9,738,555  

4.88%

    428,823       9,940,117  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%), 3.75%, NVS(b)

    2,396,685       47,861,799  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%), 4.51%, NVS(b)(c)

    621,084       12,036,608  

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.670%), 4.00%, NVS(b)

    4,314,067       85,763,652  

Series J, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.640%), 5.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    3,195,651       79,028,449  

Series K, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.550%), 6.38%(b)(d)

    2,236,900       56,213,297  

KKR & Co., Inc., Series C, 6.00%, NVS(a)

    1,837,512       99,997,403  

KKR Group Finance Co. IX LLC, 4.63%, NVS

    1,597,854       29,240,728  

Morgan Stanley

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.700%), 4.00%(b)(c)

    3,515,262       70,234,935  

Series E, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.320%), 7.13%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    2,756,302       70,395,953  

Series F, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.940%), 6.88%, NVS(b)(d)

    2,716,365       68,126,434  

Series I, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.708%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(d)

    3,195,651       78,996,493  

Series K, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.491%), 5.85%, NVS(b)(d)

    3,195,651       77,430,624  

Series L, 4.88%, NVS(b)

    1,597,865       33,027,870  

Series O, 4.25%, NVS(b)

    4,154,390       74,654,388  

Series P, 6.50%, NVS(b)

    3,195,644       80,338,490  

Newtek Business Services Corp., 5.50%

    319,611       7,740,978  

Northern Trust Corp., Series E, 4.70%, NVS(b)

    1,278,254       26,996,724  

Oaktree Capital Group LLC

   

Series A, 6.63%, NVS(b)

    575,733       13,564,269  

Series B, 6.55%, NVS(b)

    751,644       18,031,940  

Prospect Capital Corp., Series A, 5.35%(b)

    467,428       7,908,882  

State Street Corp.

   

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.108%), 5.90%, NVS(b)(d)

    2,396,762       59,847,147  

Series G, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.709%), 5.35%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,597,873       39,067,995  

Stifel Financial Corp.
5.20%

    706,024       16,203,251  

Series B, 6.25%, NVS(b)

    502,048       12,054,172  

Series C, 6.13%, NVS(b)

    710,102       16,928,832  

Series D, 4.50%, NVS(b)

    958,738       16,432,769  

Trinity Capital, Inc., 7.00%

    559,455       13,958,402  
   

 

 

 
          1,565,600,892  
 

 

 

C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T  M E N T S

  7


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals — 0.1%  

EI du Pont de Nemours and Co., Series B, 4.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    133,673     $ 13,716,186  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%            

Charah Solutions, Inc., 8.50%

    431,394       8,826,321  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 6.00%(a)

    934,632       54,021,730  

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 6.70%

    1,360,817       25,215,939  
   

 

 

 
      88,063,990  
Consumer Finance — 2.3%            

Atlanticus Holdings Corp., 6.13%

    478,011       10,650,085  

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

Series I, 5.00%, NVS(b)

    4,793,517       94,096,739  

Series J, 4.80%, NVS(b)

    3,994,628       73,461,209  

Series K, 4.63%, NVS(b)

    383,367       6,912,107  

Series L, 4.38%, NVS(b)

    2,157,107       37,253,238  

Series N, 4.25%, NVS(b)

    1,358,131       23,359,853  

Navient Corp., 6.00%

    958,746       20,248,716  

SLM Corp., Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%), 4.99%(b)(d)

    319,611       17,850,274  

Synchrony Financial, Series A, 5.63%, NVS(b)

    2,396,763       43,860,763  
   

 

 

 
          327,692,984  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.6%            

Apollo Asset Management, Inc.

   

Series A, 6.38%, NVS(b)(c)

    878,766       21,283,712  

Series B, 6.38%, NVS(b)

    958,738       22,722,091  

Citigroup Capital XIII, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.370%), 9.18%, NVS(d)

    7,177,494       200,252,083  

Compass Diversified Holdings

   

Series A, 7.25%, NVS(b)

    305,486       7,282,786  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.985%), 7.88%, NVS(b)(d)

    319,611       7,971,098  

Series C, 7.88%, NVS(b)

    367,504       9,069,999  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

   

Series A, 5.25%, NVS(b)

    2,556,525       53,252,416  

Series C, 4.30%(b)

    958,812       16,060,101  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., Series US, 5.50%(c)

    798,889       17,695,391  

Voya Financial, Inc., Series B, (5 year CMT + 3.210%), 5.35%, NVS(b)(d)

    958,730       22,971,171  
   

 

 

 
      378,560,848  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.3%  

AT&T, Inc.
5.35%

    4,226,312       101,769,593  

5.63%

    2,636,402       64,750,033  

Series A, 5.00%, NVS(b)

    3,834,856       78,729,594  

Series C, 4.75%, NVS(b)

    5,592,483       105,026,831  

Qwest Corp.
6.75%

    2,109,144       48,510,312  

6.50%, NVS

    3,123,807       70,785,466  
   

 

 

 
      469,571,829  
Electric Utilities — 8.1%            

Alabama Power Co., Series A, 5.00%(b)

    798,897       19,972,425  

American Electric Power Co., Inc., 6.13%, NVS(a)(c)

    1,358,139       67,227,881  

BIP Bermuda Holdings I Ltd., 5.13%(b)

    959,621       18,683,821  

Brookfield BRP Holdings Canada, Inc.
4.63%, NVS(b)

    1,118,444       18,957,626  

4.88%(b)

    830,874       14,656,617  

Brookfield Infrastructure Finance ULC, 5.00%

    799,577       13,312,957  

Duke Energy Corp.
5.63%

    1,597,873       39,163,867  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)  

Duke Energy Corp.

   

Series A, 5.75%, NVS(b)

    3,195,652     $ 76,663,692  

Entergy Arkansas LLC, 4.88%

    1,310,247       30,672,882  

Entergy Louisiana LLC, 4.88%(c)

    862,856       19,819,802  

Entergy Mississippi LLC, 4.90%

    830,874       19,375,982  

Georgia Power Co., Series 2017, 5.00%

    862,856       18,672,204  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., Series N, 5.65%

    2,197,053       53,695,975  

NextEra Energy, Inc.
5.28%, NVS(a)(c)

    3,994,628       198,852,582  

6.22%(a)(c)

    3,195,652       155,180,861  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Series A,
6.00%(b)(c)

    332,486       6,347,158  

PG&E Corp., 5.50%(a)

    1,278,262       146,028,651  

SCE Trust II, 5.10%, NVS(b)

    703,017       14,833,659  

SCE Trust III, Series H, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.990%), 5.75%, NVS(b)(d)

    878,766       18,111,367  

SCE Trust IV, Series J, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.132%), 5.38%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,038,615       20,439,943  

SCE Trust V, Series K, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.790%), 5.45%, NVS(b)(d)

    958,730       19,634,790  

SCE Trust VI, 5.00%, NVS(b)

    1,517,980       28,143,349  

Southern Co.
5.25%

    1,438,024       32,269,259  

Series 2020, 4.95%

    3,195,652       65,958,257  

Series C, 4.20%

    2,396,763       45,538,497  
   

 

 

 
          1,162,214,104  
Electrical Equipment — 0.3%            

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
6.50%

    483,955       11,576,204  

8.13%

    511,279       12,781,975  

Series A, 7.75%, NVS(b)

    612,655       11,775,229  
   

 

 

 
      36,133,408  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components — 0.2%

 

Coherent Corp., Series A, 6.00%, NVS(a)

    183,791       28,755,940  
   

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%

 

Hoegh LNG Partners LP, Series A, 8.75%, NVS(b)

    566,370       12,380,848  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 6.3%

 

Agree Realty Corp., Series A, 4.25%,
NVS(b)(c)

    559,250       9,501,658  

American Homes 4 Rent

   

Series G, 5.88%, NVS(b)

    367,504       8,268,840  

Series H, 6.25%, NVS(b)

    369,213       8,853,728  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc., Series A, 6.75%, NVS(b)

    546,695       12,524,782  

Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B, 5.50%, NVS(a)(b)

    240,820       3,559,320  

Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor, Inc., Series A, 7.63%(b)

    765,263       7,208,777  

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., Series C, 6.50%, NVS(b)

    394,697       3,564,114  

Chatham Lodging Trust, Series A, 6.63%, NVS(b)

    383,491       7,949,768  

City Office REIT, Inc., Series A, 6.63%, NVS(b)

    357,938       7,151,601  

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., Series A, 7.38%, NVS(b)

    406,830       4,902,302  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co., 8.25%, NVS(b)

    384,098       9,448,811  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

   

Series J, 5.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    639,135       13,728,620  

Series K, 5.85%, NVS(b)(c)

    671,111       14,938,931  

Series L, 5.20%, NVS(b)

    1,102,505       23,207,730  

Diversified Healthcare Trust
6.25%, NVS

    803,621       9,169,316  

5.63%

    1,118,492       13,231,760  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

EPR Properties

   

Series C, 5.75%, NVS(a)(b)

    437,037     $ 7,551,999  

Series E, 9.00%, NVS(a)(b)

    266,342       6,836,999  

Series G, 5.75%, NVS(b)(c)

    481,665       8,641,070  

Equity Commonwealth, Series D, 6.50%, NVS(a)(b)(c)

    393,869         10,307,552  

Federal Realty Investment Trust, Series C, 5.00%, NVS(b)

    479,365       10,033,109  

Gladstone Commercial Corp., Series G, 6.00%, NVS(b)

    319,611       6,836,479  

Gladstone Land Corp., Series B, 6.00%(b)(c)

    473,933       12,383,869  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

   

Series A, 7.25%, NVS(b)

    543,263       11,723,616  

Series B, 6.88%(b)

    374,394       8,311,547  

Hersha Hospitality Trust

   

Series D, 6.50%, NVS(b)

    613,398       11,476,677  

Series E, 6.50%, NVS(b)

    322,131       6,204,243  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., Series C, 4.75%, NVS(b)

    1,358,139       22,667,340  

iStar, Inc.

   

Series D, 8.00%(b)

    319,611       7,967,902  

Series I, 7.50%, NVS(b)

    399,488       9,739,517  

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

Series L, 5.13%, NVS(b)

    719,012       15,156,773  

Series M, 5.25%, NVS(b)

    845,259       18,147,711  

LXP Industrial Trust, Series C, 6.50%,
NVS(a)(b)

    154,644       7,484,770  

National Storage Affiliates Trust, Series A, 6.00%, NVS(b)

    697,983       15,648,779  

Necessity Retail REIT, Inc., Series A, 7.50%, NVS(b)

    632,199       13,130,773  

Office Properties Income Trust, 6.38%

    517,711       9,940,051  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

   

Series E, 6.38%, NVS(b)(c)

    343,692       7,114,424  

Series F, 6.30%, NVS(b)

    479,373       9,079,325  

Series G, 6.38%, NVS(b)

    735,007       13,744,631  

Series H, 5.70%, NVS(b)

    798,897       13,461,414  

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

   

Series C, 7.20%, NVS(b)

    560,645       1,306,303  

Series D, 6.88%, NVS(b)

    425,292       927,137  

PS Business Parks, Inc.

   

Series X, 5.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    735,007       10,951,604  

Series Y, 5.20%, NVS(b)(c)

    639,135       9,491,155  

Public Storage

   

Series F, 5.15%, NVS(b)

    894,764       19,523,750  

Series G, 5.05%, NVS(b)(c)

    958,730       20,708,568  

Series H, 5.60%(b)(c)

    910,759       21,812,678  

Series I, 4.88%, NVS(b)

    1,010,609       21,566,396  

Series J, 4.70%, NVS(b)(c)

    826,887       16,885,033  

Series K, 4.75%, NVS(b)

    639,127       12,872,018  

Series L, 4.63%, NVS(b)

    1,805,538       36,381,591  

Series M, 4.13%, NVS(b)(c)

    735,007       13,413,878  

Series N, 3.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    902,811       14,625,538  

Series O, 3.90%, NVS(b)(c)

    528,824       8,572,237  

Series P, 4.00%, NVS(b)

    1,929,400       32,934,858  

Series Q, 3.95%, NVS(b)

    450,479       7,419,389  

Series R, 4.00%, NVS(b)

    1,390,124       23,576,503  

Series S, 4.10%, NVS(b)

    798,897       13,924,775  

RLJ Lodging Trust, Series A, 1.95%(a)(b)

    1,028,973           25,292,156  

Saul Centers, Inc., Series E, 6.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    351,517       7,431,069  

SITE Centers Corp., Series A, 6.38%, NVS(b)

    559,727       11,407,236  

SL Green Realty Corp., Series I, 6.50%, NVS(b)

    735,007       15,957,002  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., Series A, 6.00%, NVS(b)

    551,295     $ 12,652,220  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

   

Series E, 6.25%, NVS(b)

    511,959       8,979,761  

Series F, 5.88%, NVS(b)(c)

    320,711       5,798,455  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

   

Series H, 6.13%(b)

    367,504       7,441,956  

Series I, 5.70%, NVS(b)

    320,817       5,947,947  

UMH Properties, Inc., Series D, 6.38%, NVS(b)

    687,789       16,369,378  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.

   

Series H, 6.25%, NVS(b)

    335,703       7,049,763  

Series K, 5.88%, NVS(b)

    321,632       6,529,130  

Vornado Realty Trust

   

Series L, 5.40%, NVS(b)(c)

    958,738       17,707,891  

Series M, 5.25%, NVS(b)

    1,021,018       17,796,344  

Series N, 5.25%, NVS(b)

    958,730       16,902,410  

Series O, 4.45%, NVS(b)

    958,746       15,378,286  
   

 

 

 
          906,335,043  
Food Products — 1.3%            

CHS, Inc.
8.00%, NVS(b)

    980,457       27,952,829  

Series 1, 7.88%, NVS(b)

    1,714,401       44,454,418  

Series 2, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.298%), 7.10%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,342,144       33,365,700  

Series 3, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.155%), 6.75%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    1,573,828       38,952,243  

Series 4, 7.50%(b)

    1,653,798       44,057,179  
   

 

 

 
      188,782,369  
Gas Utilities — 0.6%            

Entergy New Orleans LLC, 5.50%

    345,189       7,884,117  

South Jersey Industries, Inc.
8.75%(a)

    535,308       35,646,160  

5.63%

    639,135       11,811,215  

Spire, Inc., Series A, 5.90%, NVS(b)

    798,889       19,269,202  

UGI Corp., 7.25%(a)

    175,749       14,015,983  
   

 

 

 
      88,626,677  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.4%            

Becton Dickinson and Co., Series B, 6.00%, NVS(a)

    2,396,755       112,983,030  

Boston Scientific Corp., Series A, 5.50%, NVS(a)

    803,949       81,375,718  
   

 

 

 
      194,358,748  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%            

CareCloud, Inc., Series A, 11.00%, NVS(b)(c)

    361,610       9,647,755  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%  

FAT Brands, Inc., Series B, 8.25%(c)

    728,258       13,086,796  
   

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity
Producers — 0.8%

 

 

AES Corp., 6.88%(a)

    833,327       73,641,107  

Brookfield Renewable Partners LP, Series 17, 5.25%, NVS(b)

    639,050       12,531,770  

Tennessee Valley Authority

   

Series A, (5 year CMT + 0.840%), 2.22%(d)

    664,688       13,958,448  

Series D, (5 year CMT + 0.940%), 2.13%(d)

    817,900       17,699,356  
   

 

 

 
      117,830,681  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%            

Steel Partners Holdings LP, Series A, 6.00%, NVS

    513,119       11,945,410  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 10.4%  

AEGON Funding Co. LLC, 5.10%, NVS

    2,956,013       61,691,991  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Allstate Corp.

   

(3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.165%), 5.10%, NVS(d)

    1,597,865     $     38,508,546  

Series G, 5.63%, NVS(b)

    1,837,512       42,997,781  

Series H, 5.10%, NVS(b)

    3,675,017       77,138,607  

Series I, 4.75%, NVS(b)

    958,730       18,762,346  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

   

Series A, (5 year CMT + 4.322%), 5.95%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,278,254       28,696,802  

Series B, (5 year CMT + 6.297%), 6.63%, NVS(b)(d)

    958,738       22,760,440  

American Financial Group, Inc.
5.88%

    388,520       9,153,531  

4.50%

    639,135       12,648,482  

5.63%

    479,373       10,862,592  

5.13%

    623,167       13,098,970  

American International Group, Inc., Series A, 5.85%, NVS(b)

    1,597,873       38,444,824  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

   

Series F, 5.45%, NVS(b)

    1,054,602       22,969,232  

Series G, 4.55%(b)

    1,597,865       29,975,947  

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., (5 year CMT + 6.172%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    479,373       10,162,708  

Argo Group U.S., Inc., 6.50%

    459,399       10,511,049  

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.
5.63%, NVS(b)

    835,977       17,354,883  

5.63%, NVS(b)

    760,710       15,259,843  

(3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.060%), 5.95%,
NVS(b)(d)

    878,766       19,833,749  

Assurant, Inc., 5.25%

    798,889       17,000,358  

Athene Holding Ltd.

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.253%), 6.35%, NVS(b)(d)

    2,756,303       67,198,667  

Series B, 5.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    1,102,505       24,563,811  

Series C, (5 year CMT + 5.970%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,917,398       48,356,778  

Series D, 4.88%(b)(c)

    1,837,504       33,993,824  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., Series E, 5.50%, NVS(b)

    1,757,635       37,050,946  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
6.25%

    1,198,377       26,220,489  

Series A, 6.60%, NVS(b)

    1,358,139       32,934,871  

Series B, 6.75%, NVS(b)

    1,286,286       31,565,458  

Series C, 5.38%(b)

    1,837,512       35,831,484  

Series D, 4.63%, NVS(b)

    1,118,492       18,902,515  

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 5.13%

    474,295       9,305,668  

Enstar Group Ltd.

   

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.015%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,278,254       29,975,056  

Series E, 7.00%, NVS(b)

    335,656       8,159,797  

Globe Life, Inc., 4.25%, NVS

    1,038,615       17,884,950  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Series G, 6.00%, NVS(b)

    1,102,425       27,836,231  

Kemper Corp., (5 year CMT + 4.140%), 5.88%

    480,604       10,400,271  

Maiden Holdings Ltd., 6.63%

    337,528       5,130,426  

Maiden Holdings North America Ltd., 7.75%

    485,474       8,665,711  

MetLife, Inc.

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%), 4.29%, NVS(b)

    1,917,398       42,623,758  

Series E, 5.63%, NVS(b)(c)

    2,572,522       62,255,032  

Series F, 4.75%, NVS(b)

    3,195,652       66,405,649  

PartnerRe Ltd., Series J, 4.88%, NVS(b)

    639,135       12,041,303  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Prudential Financial, Inc.
5.95%

    958,738     $ 23,153,523  

5.63%

    1,805,538       44,217,626  

4.13%, NVS(c)

    1,597,865       31,893,385  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   

(3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.040%), 5.75%, NVS(d)

    1,278,254       31,636,786  

(3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.370%), 7.66%(d)

    795,739       20,080,026  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

   

Series F, 5.75%, NVS(b)

    798,897       18,158,929  

Series G, 4.20%, NVS(b)

    1,597,865       28,186,339  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc., Series B, 4.60%(b)

    639,135       11,165,688  

SiriusPoint Ltd., Series B, (5 year CMT + 7.298%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    639,139       15,083,680  

Unum Group, 6.25%

    958,730       23,997,012  

W R Berkley Corp.
5.70%

    591,232       13,740,232  

5.10%

    958,738       20,392,357  

4.13%

    958,746       16,778,055  

4.25%(c)

    798,897       13,573,260  
   

 

 

 
          1,487,192,274  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.6%            

Qurate Retail, Inc., 8.00%

    1,012,066       46,089,485  

QVC, Inc.
6.25%

    1,598,632       29,814,487  

6.38%

    719,004       14,523,881  
   

 

 

 
      90,427,853  
IT Services — 0.1%            

Exela Technologies, Inc., Series B,
6.00%(a)(b)(c)

    232,101       1,125,690  

Sabre Corp., 6.50%, NVS(a)(c)

    262,833       18,761,019  
   

 

 

 
      19,886,709  
Leisure Products — 0.3%            

Brunswick Corp.
6.50%

    591,224       14,201,201  

6.63%

    397,289       10,234,165  

6.38%

    735,007       16,427,406  
   

 

 

 
      40,862,772  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%            

Danaher Corp., Series B, 5.00%, NVS(a)(c)

    137,422       185,174,771  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 0.5%  

RBC Bearings, Inc., Series A, 5.00%, NVS(a)

    367,504       38,216,741  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 5.25%, NVS(a)

    599,190       29,552,051  
   

 

 

 
      67,768,792  
Marine — 0.1%            

Global Ship Lease, Inc., 8.75%, NVS(b)

    348,960       8,891,501  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.3%  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A, 7.00%(b)

    574,324       14,312,154  

Paramount Global, Series A, 5.75%,
NVS(a)(c)

    798,889       24,685,670  
   

 

 

 
      38,997,824  
Metals & Mining — 0.7%            

ArcelorMittal SA, 5.50%(a)

    1,942,942       93,863,528  
   

 

 

 
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 4.8%  

ACRES Commercial Realty Corp.

   

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.927%), 8.63%(b)(c)(d)

    377,037       8,268,421  

Series D, 7.88%, NVS(b)

    366,414       7,214,692  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

AGNC Investment Corp.

   

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.111%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,038,615     $     24,199,729  

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.332%), 6.88%, NVS(b)(d)

    751,005       14,479,376  

Series E, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.993%), 6.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,284,436       26,459,382  

Series F, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.697%), 6.13%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,837,504       35,390,327  

Series G, (5 year CMT + 4.390%), 7.75%, NVS(b)

    479,781       9,451,686  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

   

Series F, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.993%), 8.67%, NVS(b)(c)(d)

    2,300,890       54,830,209  

Series G, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.172%), 6.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,358,139       28,819,710  

Series I, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.989%), 6.75%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,414,066       30,755,935  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

   

Series D, 6.38%, NVS(b)

    734,999       14,288,381  

Series E, 6.25%, NVS(b)

    459,399       8,659,671  

Series F, (SOFR + 5.440%), 6.25%,
NVS(b)(d)

    890,785       18,626,314  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., Series C, 7.00%(b)

    536,081       10,083,684  

Chimera Investment Corp.

   

Series A, 8.00%, NVS(b)

    450,174       7,774,505  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.791%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,038,615       18,279,624  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.743%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(d)

    830,882       13,568,303  

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.379%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    639,135       10,865,295  

Dynex Capital, Inc., Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.461%), 6.90%, NVS(b)(d)

    356,328       7,671,742  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

   

(3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.196%), 6.75%,
NVS(b)(d)

    357,891       6,442,038  

Series B, (5 year CMT + 4.990%), 6.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    377,170       6,306,282  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc., Series E, 7.50%, NVS(b)(c)

    825,208       15,117,811  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc., Series A, (SOFR + 5.830%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    646,687       13,101,879  

Great Ajax Corp., 7.25%, NVS(a)(c)

    361,388       8,622,718  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

   

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.180%), 7.75%, NVS(b)(d)

    350,729       5,983,437  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.289%), 7.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    624,443       9,560,222  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc., Series A, 6.50%, NVS(b)

    1,047,414       20,822,590  

MFA Financial, Inc.

   

Series B, 7.50%, NVS(b)

    639,135       11,216,819  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.345%), 6.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    875,691       15,482,217  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

   

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.695%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    473,081       8,491,804  

Series E, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.429%), 7.88%, NVS(b)(d)

    591,920       10,595,368  

Series F, (SOFR + 6.130%), 6.88%,
NVS(b)(d)

    445,049       6,386,453  
Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.831%), 8.13%, NVS(b)(d)

    357,708     $ 6,885,879  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.990%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    607,364       11,600,652  

Series C, 6.75%, NVS(b)

    798,897       13,101,911  

Ready Capital Corp.

   

7.00%(a)

    357,902       8,940,392  

6.20%(c)

    327,566       7,943,475  

5.75%(c)

    643,267       15,502,735  

Series E, 6.50%, NVS(b)

    349,939       6,281,405  

Rithm Capital Corp.

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.802%), 7.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    480,127       9,237,643  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.640%), 7.13%(b)(d)

    902,803       17,044,921  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.969%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,286,286       22,445,691  

Series D, (5 year CMT + 6.223%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,485,996       28,650,003  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc., Series C, 6.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    643,122       11,158,167  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.660%), 8.13%, NVS(b)(d)

    447,809       8,060,562  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.352%), 7.63%, NVS(b)(d)

    918,799       16,207,614  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.011%), 7.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    942,741       16,601,669  
   

 

 

 
          687,479,343  

Multiline Retail — 0.2%

   

Dillard’s Capital Trust I, 7.50%

    639,135       16,847,599  

Franchise Group, Inc., Series A, 7.50%, NVS(b)

    356,321       8,284,463  
   

 

 

 
      25,132,062  

Multi-Utilities — 3.9%

   

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

   

7.75%(a)

    1,837,512       69,586,580  

(3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.677%), 6.88%(d)

    918,807       22,317,822  

Series 19-A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.010%), 6.20%, NVS(d)

    1,118,492       27,078,691  

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP

   

Series 13, 5.13%, NVS(b)

    639,679       10,740,210  

Series 14, 5.00%, NVS(b)

    639,679       9,902,231  

CMS Energy Corp.

   

5.88%

    2,013,272       46,687,778  

5.88%, NVS

    894,780       20,624,679  

5.63%

    639,135       15,307,283  

Series C, 4.20%, NVS(b)

    714,283       12,214,239  

DTE Energy Co.

   

6.25%(a)

    2,077,228       104,152,212  

4.38%

    894,780       16,293,944  

Series E, 5.25%

    1,278,254       29,144,191  

Series G, 4.38%

    735,007       12,972,874  

NiSource, Inc.

   

7.75%(a)

    689,100       69,316,569  

Series B, (5 year CMT + 3.632%),
6.50%(b)(d)

    1,597,873       39,435,506  

Sempra Energy, 5.75%

    2,420,705       57,225,466  
   

 

 

 
      563,000,275  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.3%

   

Altera Infrastructure LP

   

Series A, 7.25%, NVS(b)(e)

    463,501       301,276  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Altera Infrastructure LP

   

Series B, 8.50%, NVS(b)(e)

    408,513     $ 318,640  

Series E, 8.88%, NVS(b)(d)(e)

    409,152       278,223  

DCP Midstream LP

   

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.919%), 7.88%, NVS(b)(d)

    514,589       12,175,176  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.882%), 7.95%, NVS(b)(d)

    351,517       7,873,981  

El Paso Energy Capital Trust I, 4.75%(a)

    352,002       16,146,332  

Enbridge, Inc., Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.593%), 6.38%(d)

    1,917,398       45,384,811  

Energy Transfer LP

   

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.530%), 7.38%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,438,016       31,420,649  

Series D, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.738%), 7.63%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,422,106       32,523,564  

Series E, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.161%), 7.60%, NVS(b)(d)

    2,556,525       61,842,340  

NGL Energy Partners LP, Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.213%), 11.30%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,008,748       11,096,228  

NuStar Energy LP

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.776%), 10.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    723,842       16,098,246  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.643%), 9.13%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,230,352       23,782,704  

Series C, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.880%), 9.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    551,295       12,200,158  

NuStar Logistics LP, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.734%), 9.25%(d)

    1,286,139       31,394,653  

Seapeak LLC

   

9.00%, NVS(b)

    401,998       10,013,770  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.241%), 8.50%, NVS(b)(d)

    543,263       12,793,844  
   

 

 

 
      325,644,595  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%

   

Elanco Animal Health, Inc., 5.00%(a)

    878,843       18,376,607  
   

 

 

 

Professional Services — 0.3%

   

Clarivate PLC, Series A, 5.25%(a)

    1,148,423       48,968,757  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%

 

Brookfield Property Partners LP

   

Series A, 5.75%, NVS(b)

    919,583       15,632,911  

Series A-1, 6.50%, NVS(b)

    588,416       11,162,251  

Series A2, 6.38%, NVS(b)

    799,577       14,776,183  

Brookfield Property Preferred LP, 6.25%

    2,144,645       40,319,326  

DigitalBridge Group, Inc.

   

Series H, 7.13%, NVS(b)(c)

    714,261       16,020,874  

Series I, 7.15%, NVS(b)

    1,102,505       24,652,012  

Series J, 7.13%, NVS(b)

    1,006,810       22,814,315  
   

 

 

 
          145,377,872  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

   

PS Business Parks, Inc., Series Z, 4.88%, NVS(b)

    1,038,607       14,176,986  
   

 

 

 

Software — 0.1%

   

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., 8.38%

    403,897       8,877,656  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail — 0.2%

   

TravelCenters of America, Inc.

   

8.25%

    351,517       9,135,927  

8.00%

    383,869       9,804,014  

8.00%(c)

    319,611       8,191,630  
   

 

 

 
      27,131,571  
Security   Shares     Value  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%  

Fossil Group, Inc., 7.00%

    482,059     $ 7,953,973  
   

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%

   

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.

   

Series D, 5.70%, NVS(b)

    306,520       6,801,679  

Series F, 5.25%, NVS(b)(c)

    383,491       7,846,226  

Series G, 4.88%, NVS(b)

    392,886       7,527,696  

Merchants Bancorp.

   

(5 year CMT + 4.340%), 8.25%, NVS(b)

    415,835       10,458,250  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.569%), 6.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    389,621       8,953,491  

Series C, 6.00%, NVS(b)

    626,955       14,162,913  

New York Community Bancorp., Inc., Series A., (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.821%), 6.38%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,645,766       40,601,047  

New York Community Capital Trust V, 6.00%, NVS(a)

    231,684       10,330,789  
   

 

 

 
      106,682,091  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%

 

Air Lease Corp., Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.650%), 6.15%, NVS(b)(d)

    798,881       17,870,968  

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC

   

Series A, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.886%), 8.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    333,919       6,114,057  

Series B, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.447%), 8.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    386,951       7,348,199  

Series C, (5 year CMT + 7.378%), 8.25%, NVS(b)(d)

    335,529       6,542,815  

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

   

(5 year CMT + 6.134%), 7.00%, NVS(b)(d)

    479,373       10,833,830  

Series B, 6.25%, NVS(b)

    479,373       9,587,460  

Triton International Ltd.

   

8.00%, NVS(b)

    457,783       11,572,754  

7.38%, NVS(b)

    559,242       12,884,936  

6.88%, NVS(b)

    479,373       11,097,485  

Series E, 5.75%, NVS(b)

    559,250       12,057,430  

WESCO International, Inc., Series A, (5 year CMT + 10.325%), 10.63%, NVS(b)(d)

    1,726,563       46,530,873  
   

 

 

 
      152,440,807  

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2%

   

Atlas Corp.

   

Series D, 7.95%(b)

    412,286       8,893,009  

Series H, 7.88%, NVS(b)

    716,220       15,584,947  

Series I, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.008%), 8.00%(b)(d)

    477,923       10,939,658  
   

 

 

 
      35,417,614  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1%

 

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

   

Series UU, 6.63%, NVS(b)

    1,342,144       26,775,773  

Series VV, 6.00%, NVS(b)

    2,205,016       41,013,298  

United States Cellular Corp.

   

6.25%

    1,597,873       33,139,886  

5.50%

    1,597,865       29,560,502  

5.50%

    1,597,873       29,560,650  
   

 

 

 
      160,050,109  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.7%
(Cost: $16,991,866,028)

          14,125,170,271  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Preferred and Income Securities ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Securities(f)(g)

 

Money Market Funds — 6.9%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(h)

    430,809,315     $ 430,938,557  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    551,310,315       551,310,315  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 6.9%
(Cost: $982,150,664)

 

    982,248,872  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 105.6%
(Cost: $17,974,016,692)

 

    15,107,419,143  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (5.6)%

 

    (802,036,483
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   14,305,382,660  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Convertible security.

(b) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(e) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(f) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(g) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(h) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

  

 

   
        Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases

at Cost

    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
   

Shares

Held at
09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

        
  

 

   
  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $   275,720,624     $   155,081,969 (a)    $     $ (31,624   $ 167,588     $   430,938,557       430,809,315     $   2,198,919 (b)    $    
  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    190,910,000       360,400,315 (a)                        551,310,315       551,310,315       529,978          
          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
           $ (31,624   $ 167,588     $ 982,248,872       $ 2,728,897     $    
          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Preferred Securities

           

Preferred Stocks

   $ 13,939,097,361      $ 185,174,771      $ 898,139      $ 14,125,170,271  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     982,248,872                      982,248,872  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $     14,921,346,233      $     185,174,771      $     898,139      $     15,107,419,143  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

   

iShares    

Preferred and    
Income Securities    
ETF    

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $   14,125,170,271  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    982,248,872  

Cash

    8,476,391  

Receivables:

 

Investments sold

    72,823,666  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    416,021  

Capital shares sold

    15,875,543  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    48,485,655  

Dividends — affiliated

    114,422  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    15,253,610,841  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Collateral on securities loaned

    430,851,081  

Payables:

 

Investments purchased

    467,357,729  

Capital shares redeemed

    44,415,302  

Investment advisory fees

    5,604,069  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    948,228,181  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 14,305,382,660  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 18,732,350,196  

Accumulated loss

    (4,426,967,536
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 14,305,382,660  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

 

Shares outstanding

    450,550,000  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 31.75  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

    None  
 

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 16,991,866,028  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 417,965,243  

(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 982,150,664  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

   

iShares    

Preferred and    
Income Securities    
ETF    

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 483,441,435  

Dividends — affiliated

    529,978  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    2,198,919  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (719,787
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    485,450,545  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory

    36,144,619  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    36,144,619  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    449,305,926  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    167,913,767  

Investments — affiliated

    (31,624

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated

    (18,168,127
 

 

 

 
    149,714,016  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    (2,402,813,921

Investments — affiliated

    167,588  
 

 

 

 
    (2,402,646,333
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (2,252,932,317
 

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $   (1,803,626,391
 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

iShares Preferred and Income Securities

ETF

 
 

 

 

 
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 449,305,926     $ 888,159,729  

Net realized gain

    149,714,016       122,946,775  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (2,402,646,333     (1,182,583,024
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,803,626,391     (171,476,520
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (399,992,708     (853,841,960
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (1,202,746,224     372,726,191  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total decrease in net assets

    (3,406,365,323     (652,592,289

Beginning of period

    17,711,747,983       18,364,340,272  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $     14,305,382,660     $     17,711,747,983  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)

 

 

 
 
 

 

   

 

Year Ended
03/31/22

 

 
 

 

   

 

Year Ended
03/31/21

 

 
 

 

   

 

Year Ended
03/31/20

 

 
 

 

   

 

Year Ended
03/31/19

 

 
 

 

   

 

Year Ended
03/31/18

 

 
 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 36.39     $ 38.27     $ 31.50     $ 36.47     $ 37.54     $ 38.73  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.96       1.75       1.81       1.93       2.10       2.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (4.75     (1.94     6.78       (4.93     (1.02     (1.22
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (3.79     (0.19     8.59       (3.00     1.08       0.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.85     (1.69     (1.82     (1.97     (2.15     (2.11
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 31.75     $ 36.39     $ 38.27     $ 31.50     $ 36.47     $ 37.54  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (10.54 )%(e)       (0.67 )%      27.88     (8.90 )%      3.01     2.41
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.46 %(g)       0.45     0.46     0.46     0.46     0.47
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    5.69 %(g)       4.56     4.97     5.25     5.73     5.55
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 14,305,383     $   17,711,748     $   18,364,340     $   13,816,631     $   14,370,721     $   16,622,879  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    10     21     28     46     28     22
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust” is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following fund (the “Fund”):

 

   
iShares ETF   Diversification
Classification

Preferred and Income Securities

  Diversified

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

Foreign Taxes: The Fund may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Fund and are reflected in its Statement of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividend are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of March 31, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Fund files withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Fund may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable tax laws, payment history and market convention. The Statement of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains and losses to the Fund. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Fund and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Fund’s tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividend and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of the Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for the Fund. The Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

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.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 - Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 - Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: The Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by the Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA, or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Fund under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Fund can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

 

 
iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a)  
   
Net
Amount
 
 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 7,534,472      $ (7,534,472   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    2,236,578        (2,236,578            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    14,795        (14,795            

BNP Paribas SA

    6,882,519        (6,882,519            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    13,895,471        (13,895,471            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    29,782,110        (29,782,110            

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    539,527        (539,527            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    238,349,860        (238,349,860            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    76,199,144        (76,199,144            

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

    6,210        (6,210            

Morgan Stanley

    4,469,962        (4,469,962            

National Financial Services LLC

    11,052,672        (11,052,672            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    9,618,398        (9,618,398            

UBS Securities LLC

    255,873        (255,873            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    9,647,276        (9,647,276            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    7,480,376        (7,480,376            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 417,965,243      $ (417,965,243   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Fund.

 

5.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of the Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Fund, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to the Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

   
Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fees  

First $46 billion

    0.4800

Over $46 billion, up to and including $81 billion

    0.4560  

Over $81 billion, up to and including $111 billion

    0.4332  

Over $111 billion, up to and including $141 billion

    0.4116  

Over $141 billion, up to and including $171 billion

    0.3910  

Over $171 billion

    0.3714  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for the Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Fund.

ETF Servicing Fees: The Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Fund, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. The Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. The Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, the Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded fund (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by the Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statement of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Fund paid BTC $57,7621 for securities lending agent services.

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

The Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statement of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

6.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases    Sales

Preferred and Income Securities

    $   1,501,112,700      $   1,498,372,603

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
  

In-kind

Sales

Preferred and Income Securities

    $   378,705,994      $   1,568,741,050

 

7.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.

As of March 31, 2022, the Fund had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards of $1,784,643,780 available to offset future realized capital gains.

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Preferred and Income Securities

  $   18,002,280,874      $ 91,908,710      $ (2,986,770,441   $   (2,894,861,731

 

 

8. PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war,

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Fund may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

The price the Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Fund manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within the Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Fund may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Fund is uncertain.

 

9.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by the Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Preferred and Income Securities

       

Shares sold

    8,400,000     $       288,670,409       85,800,000     $     3,332,513,336  

Shares redeemed

    (44,600,000     (1,491,416,633     (78,850,000     (2,959,787,145
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (36,200,000   $ (1,202,746,224     6,950,000     $ 372,726,191  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration of the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shared sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

10.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were within range of the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BlackRock: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by

 

 

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numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund already provided for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund, on an aggregated basis with the assets of certain other iShares funds, increase. The Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding new or revised breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

September 30, 2022

 

       
   

Total Cumulative Distributions

for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

       

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative

Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Net
Investment
Income
     Net Realized
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total Per
Share
        Net
Investment
Income
     Net Realized
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total Per
Share
 

Preferred and Income Securities(a)  

  $ 0.766126      $      $   0.086291      $   0.852417           90           10      100

 

(a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

 

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
CMT    Constant Maturity Treasury
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
LP    Limited Partnership
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
SOFR    Secured Overnight Financing Rate

    

 

 

 

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  SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

 

 

   

 

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

·  iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | IJH | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | IJR | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF | IUSG | NASDAQ

·  iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF | IUSV | NASDAQ

 

 

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2022
     
     6-Month    12-Month 
     

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

  (20.20)%   (15.47)%
     

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

  (19.01)      (23.50)   
     

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

  (22.51)      (25.13)   
     

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (21.70)      (28.11)   
     

3-month Treasury bills
(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

  0.58    0.63 
     

U.S. Treasury securities
(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

  (10.81)      (16.20)   
     

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

  (9.22)    (14.60)   
     

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  (6.30)    (11.50)   
     

U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

  (10.42)      (14.15)   
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.
 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

 

      Page

The Markets in Review

   2

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

   4

About Fund Performance

   8

Disclosure of Expenses

   8

Schedules of Investments

   9

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   60

Statements of Operations

   61

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   62

Financial Highlights

   64

Notes to Financial Statements

   68

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

   77

Supplemental Information

   81

General Information

   82

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   83

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400® (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                           
    

6-Month Total

Returns

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (17.50 )%      (15.28 )%      5.76     9.97     (15.28 )%      32.33     158.66

Fund Market

    (17.52     (15.31     5.76       9.97       (15.31     32.32       158.77  

Index

    (17.50     (15.25     5.82       10.04       (15.25     32.68       160.30  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      


Ending

        Account Value
(09/30/22)

 

 
 

      

Expenses
      Paid During

the Period

 
 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

    Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

$ 1,000.00          $          825.00          $         0.23               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.82          $         0.25        0.05% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Industrials

  19.0%

Financials

  15.7   

Consumer Discretionary

  13.6   

Information Technology

  12.7   

Health Care

  10.4   

Real Estate

  8.2   

Materials

  6.6   

Consumer Staples

  4.0   

Energy

  4.0   

Utilities

  4.0   

Communication Services

  1.8   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

  0.8%

Targa Resources Corp.

  0.7   

First Solar, Inc.

  0.7   

Wolfspeed, Inc.

  0.7   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

  0.7   

First Horizon Corp.

  0.7   

Hubbell, Inc.

  0.6   

Alleghany Corp.

  0.6   

RPM International, Inc.

  0.6   

Darling Ingredients, Inc.

  0.6   
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022   

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600® (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                           
    

6-Month Total

Returns

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (18.63 )%      (18.93 )%      4.80     10.05     (18.93 )%      26.44     160.66

Fund Market

    (18.51     (18.83     4.81       10.07       (18.83     26.50       161.04  

Index

    (18.58     (18.83     4.84       10.09       (18.83     26.68       161.50  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 


Beginning

Account Value
(04/01/22)

 

 
 

      


Ending

        Account Value
(09/30/22

 

 

      


Expenses

      Paid During
the Period

 

 
(a) 

   

        

 

 

   


Beginning

Account Value
(04/01/22

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

    Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

               
$ 1,000.00          $          813.70          $         0.27               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.77          $         0.30        0.06% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Financials

  18.3%

Industrials

  16.3   

Health Care

  12.9   

Consumer Discretionary

  12.8   

Information Technology

  12.6   

Real Estate

  7.5   

Materials

  5.5   

Consumer Staples

  5.1   

Energy

  4.6   

Utilities

  2.3   

Communication Services

  2.1   

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Livent Corp.

  0.7%

Agree Realty Corp.

  0.7   

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

  0.6   

SM Energy Co.

  0.6   

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.

  0.6   

Cytokinetics, Inc.

  0.6   

Rogers Corp.

  0.6   

Exponent, Inc.

  0.6   

SPS Commerce, Inc.

  0.6   

UFP Industries, Inc.

  0.6   
 
(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-and mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the S&P 900 Growth Index™ (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                           
    

6-Month Total

Returns

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (23.57 )%      (21.01 )%      11.00     12.87     (21.01 )%      68.51     235.62

Fund Market

    (23.74     (21.04     10.99       12.87       (21.04     68.46       235.69  

Index

    (23.55     (20.99     11.07       12.96       (20.99     69.02       238.26  

Index performance through January 22, 2017 reflects the performance of the Russell 3000® Growth Index. Index performance beginning on January 23, 2017 reflects the performance of the S&P 900 Growth IndexTM.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

    Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

$ 1,000.00          $          764.30          $         0.18               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.87              $         0.20        0.04% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Information Technology

  41.2%

Consumer Discretionary

  17.2   

Health Care

  12.4   

Communication Services

  10.0   

Financials

  7.2   

Industrials

  4.4   

Real Estate

  2.5   

Consumer Staples

  1.9   

Materials

  1.7   

Energy

  1.4   

Utilities

  0.1   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Apple, Inc.

  13.4%

Microsoft Corp.

  11.2   

Amazon.com, Inc.

  6.5   

Tesla, Inc.

  4.6   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

  3.7   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

  3.3   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

  2.0   

NVIDIA Corp.

  2.0   

Eli Lilly & Co.

  1.7   

Home Depot, Inc.

  1.4   
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Core S&P U.S.Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the S&P 900 Value Index™ (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          Average Annual Total Returns     Cumulative Total Returns  
                                           
    

6-Month Total

Returns

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (16.49 )%      (9.78 )%      6.11     9.60     (9.78 )%      34.54     150.08

Fund Market

    (16.52     (9.74     6.12       9.61       (9.74     34.61       150.31  

Index

    (16.46     (9.71     6.13       9.67       (9.71     34.62       151.62  

Index performance through January 22, 2017 reflects the performance of the Russell 3000® Value Index. Index performance beginning on January 23, 2017 reflects the performance of the S&P 900 Value IndexTM.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
                                                          
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

                  

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

        Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

      Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

    

Annualized    

Expense    

Ratio    

$ 1,000.00        $          835.10          $         0.18               $       1,000.00          $        1,024.87          $         0.20        0.04% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Health Care

  17.1%

Financials

  15.2   

Industrials

  12.4   

Consumer Staples

  11.3   

Information Technology

  10.8   

Energy

  7.5   

Consumer Discretionary

  6.7   

Utilities

  6.1   

Communication Services

  5.5   

Materials

  3.8   

Real Estate

  3.6   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

  2.9%

Johnson & Johnson

  2.6   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

  2.2   

Procter & Gamble Co.

  1.8   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

  1.7   

Chevron Corp.

  1.6   

Merck & Co., Inc.

  1.3   

Coca-Cola Co.

  1.3   

Walmart, Inc.

  1.1   

Walt Disney Co.

  1.1   
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%  

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,964,792     $ 227,424,674  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.(b)

    1,115,980       155,299,777  

Hexcel Corp.(b)

    2,453,248       126,881,986  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,678,152       68,132,971  

Woodward, Inc.(b)

    1,754,988       140,855,337  
   

 

 

 
      718,594,745  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,459,980       121,306,899  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.1%  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    9,442,163       62,601,541  
   

 

 

 
Auto Components — 1.4%  

Adient PLC(a)(b)

    2,761,474       76,630,903  

Dana, Inc.

    3,695,699       42,241,840  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    1,232,172       97,440,162  

Gentex Corp.

    6,836,296       162,977,297  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)(b)

    8,243,991       83,181,869  

Lear Corp.(b)

    1,727,495       206,763,876  

Visteon Corp.(a)(b)

    819,811       86,949,155  
   

 

 

 
      756,185,102  
Automobiles — 0.4%  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.(b)

    3,879,797       135,327,319  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    1,583,107       110,785,828  
   

 

 

 
      246,113,147  
Banks — 7.5%  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    4,384,373       88,038,210  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    1,170,950       89,132,714  

Bank OZK

    3,243,956       128,330,899  

Cadence Bank(b)

    4,482,419       113,898,267  

Cathay General Bancorp

    2,168,360       83,395,126  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.(b)

    3,173,843       209,981,453  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.(b)

    1,866,402       246,775,672  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    4,101,489       275,373,972  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.(b)

    3,781,206       158,167,847  

First Horizon Corp.(b)

    15,618,304       357,659,162  

FNB Corp.

    10,230,922       118,678,695  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    4,870,869       76,959,730  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    3,219,896       158,193,491  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    2,500,320       114,539,659  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    5,563,012       125,223,400  

International Bancshares Corp.

    1,538,472       65,385,060  

Old National Bancorp

    8,510,060       140,160,688  

PacWest Bancorp

    3,429,482       77,506,293  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    2,222,224       180,222,366  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    2,652,338       176,857,898  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    4,225,550       158,500,381  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    1,453,449       85,797,095  

UMB Financial Corp.

    1,265,374       106,658,374  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    6,331,358       108,202,908  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    3,910,258       139,791,724  

Valley National Bancorp

    12,207,950       131,845,860  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    1,897,036       56,873,139  

Webster Financial Corp.

    5,116,797       231,279,224  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    1,771,666       144,479,362  
   

 

 

 
      4,147,908,669  
Beverages — 0.5%  

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    276,800       89,586,320  
Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,169,183     $ 106,021,514  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.(b)

    134,546       55,396,625  
   

 

 

 
      251,004,459  
Biotechnology — 1.8%  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,085,592       101,978,816  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,352,934       146,654,005  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,004,974       158,356,672  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,783,616       295,647,855  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)(b)

    1,324,765       277,379,296  
   

 

 

 
      980,016,644  
Building Products — 2.5%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,542,640       267,652,349  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.(b)

    1,505,452       422,143,795  

Lennox International, Inc.(b)

    938,052       208,876,039  

Owens Corning

    2,800,302       220,131,740  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    1,258,587       98,673,221  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    3,216,357       141,326,727  
   

 

 

 
      1,358,803,871  
Capital Markets — 1.9%  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(b)

    1,110,159       124,171,284  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1,049,367       86,310,436  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    2,466,383       81,686,605  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A(b)

    2,991,293       191,173,536  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    3,857,250       78,340,747  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    5,405,505       159,462,397  

SEI Investments Co.(b)

    2,992,639       146,788,943  

Stifel Financial Corp.(b)

    3,085,735       160,180,504  
   

 

 

 
      1,028,114,452  
Chemicals — 2.4%  

Ashland, Inc.(b)

    1,446,982       137,419,880  

Avient Corp.

    2,490,290       75,455,787  

Cabot Corp.(b)

    1,642,229       104,922,011  

Chemours Co.

    4,525,354       111,549,976  

Ingevity Corp.(a)(b)

    1,039,727       63,038,648  

NewMarket Corp.

    200,708       60,378,988  

Olin Corp.(b)

    3,924,392       168,277,929  

RPM International, Inc.

    3,754,871       312,818,303  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    1,173,883       50,183,498  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    1,224,808       84,928,187  

Valvoline, Inc.

    5,163,661       130,847,170  
   

 

 

 
      1,299,820,377  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.5%  

Brink’s Co.

    1,373,814       66,547,550  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,462,673       160,864,777  

IAA, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,901,397       124,259,494  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    2,219,777       34,628,521  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    1,067,788       116,687,873  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,688,859       113,227,853  

Tetra Tech, Inc.(b)

    1,550,931       199,341,161  
   

 

 

 
      815,557,229  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%  

Calix, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,654,677       101,166,952  

Ciena Corp.(a)(b)

    4,353,485       176,011,399  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,004,769       137,467,010  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,197,091       66,418,061  
   

 

 

 
      481,063,422  
Construction & Engineering — 1.9%  

AECOM

    4,064,580       277,895,335  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    861,093       82,260,214  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering (continued)  

EMCOR Group, Inc.(b)

    1,434,660     $ 165,674,537  

Fluor Corp.(a)(b)

    4,143,946       103,142,816  

MasTec, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,666,903       105,848,340  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    5,911,543       161,680,701  

Valmont Industries, Inc.(b)

    620,703       166,733,240  
   

 

 

 
      1,063,235,183  
Construction Materials — 0.2%  

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    1,093,986       117,253,419  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.5%  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,428,490       44,926,010  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    1,109,934       81,413,659  

Navient Corp.

    3,245,053       47,669,829  

SLM Corp.

    7,292,688       102,024,705  
   

 

 

 
      276,034,203  
Containers & Packaging — 0.9%  

AptarGroup, Inc.(b)

    1,900,108       180,567,263  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    778,634       46,383,228  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.(b)

    2,429,680       102,143,747  

Sonoco Products Co.

    2,834,404       160,795,739  
   

 

 

 
      489,889,977  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.1%  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    112,696       60,628,194  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)(b)

    930,074       76,498,587  

H&R Block, Inc.

    4,642,750       197,502,585  

Service Corp. International(b)

    4,589,211       264,981,043  
   

 

 

 
      599,610,409  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    2,847,105       172,249,853  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%

 

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    6,485,159       151,947,275  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,691,346       163,785,022  
   

 

 

 
      315,732,297  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%  

ALLETE, Inc.

    1,663,386       83,252,469  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    3,193,186       110,675,827  

IDACORP, Inc.

    1,469,406       145,485,888  

OGE Energy Corp.

    5,825,347       212,392,152  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    2,503,799       114,498,728  

Portland General Electric Co.

    2,591,317       112,618,637  
   

 

 

 
      778,923,701  
Electrical Equipment — 2.3%  

Acuity Brands, Inc.(b)

    954,236       150,263,543  

EnerSys(b)

    1,182,836       68,805,570  

Hubbell, Inc.

    1,562,327       348,398,921  

nVent Electric PLC

    4,838,597       152,948,051  

Regal Rexnord Corp.(b)

    1,934,879       271,579,617  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    2,478,635       57,107,750  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,168,871       170,199,151  

Vicor Corp.(a)(b)

    652,016       38,560,226  
   

 

 

 
      1,257,862,829  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.0%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,865,907       172,017,966  

Avnet, Inc.

    2,760,457       99,707,707  

Belden, Inc.(b)

    1,266,951       76,042,399  

Cognex Corp.(b)

    5,045,004       209,115,416  

Coherent Corp.(a)(b)

    3,765,730       131,235,691  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    965,094       81,405,679  

Jabil, Inc.(b)

    4,003,090       231,018,324  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

Littelfuse, Inc.(b)

    722,099     $ 143,473,850  

National Instruments Corp.(b)

    3,859,628       145,662,361  

Novanta, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,035,076       119,706,539  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    1,223,538       99,339,050  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    3,800,783       67,615,930  

Vontier Corp.(b)

    4,599,909       76,864,479  
   

 

 

 
      1,653,205,391  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%  

ChampionX Corp.

    5,919,522       115,845,046  

NOV, Inc.(b)

    11,420,875       184,789,757  
   

 

 

 
      300,634,803  
Entertainment — 0.2%  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.,
Class A(b)

    1,259,673       88,391,254  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.7%  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    4,483,041       173,135,043  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    8,711,300       160,897,711  

Corporate Office Properties Trust(b)

    3,265,963       75,868,321  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    4,393,635       102,591,377  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    5,125,227       91,895,320  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    1,266,909       182,865,645  

EPR Properties

    2,184,998       78,354,028  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    3,840,111       172,075,374  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    11,074,181       230,896,674  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    3,064,142       82,609,268  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.(b)

    6,470,535       108,252,051  

JBG SMITH Properties

    2,889,064       53,678,809  

Kilroy Realty Corp.(b)

    3,068,216       129,202,576  

Kite Realty Group Trust(b)

    6,391,538       110,062,284  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    2,534,554       209,075,359  

Life Storage, Inc.

    2,456,070       272,034,313  

Macerich Co.

    6,253,434       49,652,266  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    17,425,832       206,670,368  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    5,152,678       205,385,745  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    2,478,636       103,061,685  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    6,810,000       200,826,900  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    6,546,419       73,712,678  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(b)

    3,841,212       55,735,986  

Physicians Realty Trust

    6,587,187       99,071,292  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    2,349,546       96,425,368  

Rayonier, Inc.(b)

    4,271,115       128,005,317  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    4,978,989       258,907,428  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    6,730,581       88,305,223  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    1,871,822       75,172,372  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    3,977,094       143,811,719  

STORE Capital Corp.

    7,733,295       242,284,132  
   

 

 

 
      4,260,522,632  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.6%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,934,537       286,473,639  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    1,083,825       219,496,239  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    2,567,292       85,465,151  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)(b)

    4,508,731       193,649,996  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,129,996       86,857,389  
   

 

 

 
      871,942,414  
Food Products — 1.5%  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,667,705       308,768,685  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    5,606,249       138,418,288  

Ingredion, Inc.

    1,904,415       153,343,496  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    577,564       86,796,318  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)            

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)(b)

    1,331,821     $ 30,658,519  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,586,247       129,929,492  
   

 

 

 
      847,914,798  
Gas Utilities — 1.5%  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    2,659,398       163,685,947  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    2,806,964       108,629,507  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    1,571,762       110,636,327  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    1,798,217       125,425,636  

Spire, Inc.

    1,522,641       94,906,213  

UGI Corp.

    6,090,815       196,916,049  
   

 

 

 
      800,199,679  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.8%  

Enovis Corp.(a)(b)

    1,383,996       63,760,696  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    4,749,391       155,827,519  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,237,707       133,300,206  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)(b)

    1,489,322       110,254,508  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    584,896       88,085,338  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,400,240       101,713,434  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    2,117,038       89,677,730  

LivaNova PLC(a)(b)

    1,561,921       79,298,729  

Masimo Corp.(a)(b)

    1,405,794       198,441,881  

Neogen Corp.(a)(b)

    6,298,595       87,991,372  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,518,617       66,530,611  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,291,913       112,435,188  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,102,267       208,989,823  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)(b)

    1,581,930       113,076,356  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,045,676       290,771,125  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)(b)

    1,400,506       98,805,698  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,870,487       89,502,803  
   

 

 

 
      2,088,463,017  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.6%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    2,642,783       206,612,775  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b)

    945,994       91,562,759  

Chemed Corp.(b)

    433,509       189,252,689  

Encompass Health Corp.(b)

    2,910,497       131,641,779  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,452,993       164,767,540  

LHC Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    901,641       147,562,566  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,509,136       141,902,510  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    2,513,441       60,372,853  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,171,596       80,479,348  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,995,608       74,038,616  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)(b)

    3,136,425       161,776,802  
   

 

 

 
      1,449,970,237  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.7%  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    2,358,095       112,363,227  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    845,129       92,558,528  

Churchill Downs, Inc.(b)

    964,694       177,648,400  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    662,677       61,350,637  

Light & Wonder, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,739,117       117,453,337  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.(b)

    1,145,972       139,648,148  

Papa John’s International, Inc.(b)

    937,692       65,647,817  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,625,267       127,241,095  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    1,943,791       169,615,203  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    2,439,769       83,244,918  

Wendy’s Co.

    4,962,082       92,741,312  

Wingstop, Inc.(b)

    872,592       109,440,489  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    2,625,877       161,097,554  
   

 

 

 
      1,510,050,665  
Household Durables — 1.3%  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b)

    695,517       67,075,659  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)  

KB Home

    2,456,418     $ 63,670,355  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    3,852,205       127,970,250  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)(b)

    3,308,239       77,148,133  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(b)

    5,022,912       121,253,096  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    3,119,107       131,002,494  

TopBuild Corp.(a)(b)

    941,133       155,079,896  
   

 

 

 
      743,199,883  
Household Products — 0.1%  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    1,930,482       48,532,317  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.(b)

    1,305,254       112,512,895  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 4.4%  

Alleghany Corp.(a)(b)

    391,615       328,709,883  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    2,032,430       249,846,620  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,093,672       90,907,238  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    3,323,525       59,723,744  

First American Financial Corp.

    3,026,241       139,509,710  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.(b)

    1,039,445       133,194,482  

Kemper Corp.(b)

    1,859,534       76,724,373  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.(b)

    628,009       160,406,059  

Old Republic International Corp.

    8,353,997       174,849,157  

Primerica, Inc.(b)

    1,092,484       134,867,150  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    1,950,078       245,339,313  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.(b)

    1,270,794       178,406,770  

RLI Corp.

    1,174,021       120,196,270  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.(b)

    1,759,798       143,247,557  

Unum Group

    5,469,466       212,215,281  
   

 

 

 
      2,448,143,607  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,029,223       66,885,244  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,375,764       94,212,319  
   

 

 

 
      161,097,563  
IT Services — 2.0%  

Concentrix Corp.(b)

    1,244,895       138,967,629  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,373,952       104,090,603  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    961,790       141,729,374  

Genpact Ltd.(b)

    4,911,321       214,968,520  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,920,851       48,965,438  

Maximus, Inc.

    1,765,695       102,180,770  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)

    9,513,038       48,992,146  

Western Union Co.

    11,211,006       151,348,581  

WEX, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,284,217       163,018,506  
   

 

 

 
      1,114,261,567  
Leisure Products — 1.2%  

Brunswick Corp.

    2,169,349       141,983,892  

Mattel, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,275,483       194,617,648  

Polaris, Inc.(b)

    1,627,576       155,677,645  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)(b)

    4,035,340       77,720,648  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,509,200       71,562,384  
   

 

 

 
      641,562,217  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%  

Azenta, Inc.

    2,187,310       93,748,107  

Bruker Corp.(b)

    2,927,463       155,331,187  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    732,429       115,115,866  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    1,502,039       281,046,517  

Sotera Health Co.(a)(b)

    2,921,620       19,925,448  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    2,982,589       140,629,071  
   

 

 

 
      805,796,196  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery — 4.3%            

AGCO Corp.

    1,805,055     $ 173,592,139  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,043,135       192,301,937  

Crane Holdings Co.

    1,384,480       121,197,379  

Donaldson Co., Inc.(b)

    3,593,000       176,092,930  

Esab Corp.

    1,327,860       44,297,409  

Flowserve Corp.(b)

    3,809,908       92,580,764  

Graco, Inc.(b)

    4,922,201       295,085,950  

ITT, Inc.(b)

    2,404,064       157,081,542  

Kennametal, Inc.

    2,358,915       48,546,471  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.(b)

    1,685,068       211,846,749  

Middleby Corp.(a)(b)

    1,567,422       200,896,478  

Oshkosh Corp.

    1,906,904       134,036,282  

Terex Corp.

    1,969,478       58,572,276  

Timken Co.

    1,949,620       115,105,565  

Toro Co.

    3,043,594       263,210,009  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A(b)

    796,068       100,089,630  
   

 

 

 
      2,384,533,510  
Marine — 0.2%  

Kirby Corp.(a)(b)

    1,747,248       106,180,261  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.8%            

Cable One, Inc.(b)

    142,333       121,417,166  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    1,246,028       46,800,812  

New York Times Co., Class A(b)

    4,807,375       138,212,031  

TEGNA, Inc.

    6,481,802       134,043,665  
   

 

 

 
      440,473,674  
Metals & Mining — 2.9%  

Alcoa Corp.

    5,232,359       176,121,204  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,049,134       202,711,835  

Commercial Metals Co.

    3,499,513       124,162,721  

MP Materials Corp.(a)(b)

    2,688,139       73,386,195  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    1,754,883       306,069,144  

Royal Gold, Inc.(b)

    1,908,597       179,064,571  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.(b)

    5,049,233       358,243,081  

United States Steel Corp.(b)

    6,919,873       125,388,099  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    885,822       33,785,251  
   

 

 

 
      1,578,932,101  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    12,546,707       215,301,492  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 0.6%  

Kohl’s Corp.

    3,745,566       94,200,985  

Macy’s, Inc.

    7,868,075       123,292,735  

Nordstrom, Inc.(b)

    3,270,437       54,714,411  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,694,533       87,437,903  
   

 

 

 
      359,646,034  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%  

Black Hills Corp.

    1,898,379       128,577,210  

NorthWestern Corp.

    1,635,709       80,607,739  
   

 

 

 
      209,184,949  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.4%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    9,761,599       89,611,479  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    5,514,099       85,633,957  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    2,811,069       145,866,370  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    12,549,804       93,872,534  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    4,227,547       227,611,130  

Matador Resources Co.(b)

    3,261,663       159,560,554  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    4,262,468       149,911,000  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    2,808,124       162,281,486  

Range Resources Corp.(b)

    7,205,125       182,001,458  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)(b)

    32,415,032     $ 198,379,996  

Targa Resources Corp.

    6,594,050       397,884,977  
   

 

 

 
      1,892,614,941  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)

    2,154,848       110,306,669  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.4%            

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,945,235       81,311,293  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    10,509,012       66,416,956  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    1,465,014       48,887,517  
   

 

 

 
      196,615,766  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)(b)

    1,824,019       243,123,492  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    3,926,804       140,029,831  
   

 

 

 
      383,153,323  
Professional Services — 1.8%  

ASGN, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,458,210       131,778,438  

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    680,949       177,768,546  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,004,115       166,391,897  

Insperity, Inc.(b)

    1,042,642       106,443,322  

KBR, Inc.(b)

    4,043,041       174,740,232  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    1,508,727       97,599,549  

Science Applications International Corp.(b)

    1,624,302       143,637,026  
   

 

 

 
      998,359,010  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,394,121       210,609,859  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.8%  

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    841,257       124,893,014  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.(b)

    4,675,266       228,760,765  

Landstar System, Inc.(b)

    1,058,691       152,843,220  

Ryder System, Inc.

    1,492,950       112,702,795  

Saia, Inc.(a)(b)

    767,615       145,846,850  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.(b)

    1,714,495       64,465,012  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,343,436       148,849,771  
   

 

 

 
      978,361,427  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.4%  

Amkor Technology, Inc.(b)

    2,932,777       50,003,848  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,631,758       112,264,950  

First Solar, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,885,323       381,641,673  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    3,994,483       196,568,508  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)

    1,487,612       77,043,425  

MKS Instruments, Inc.(b)

    1,661,428       137,300,410  

Power Integrations, Inc.(b)

    1,667,954       107,282,801  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    1,851,654       54,457,144  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)(b)

    993,845       122,680,227  

SiTime Corp.(a)(b)

    468,138       36,856,505  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,150,295       113,890,708  

Universal Display Corp.(b)

    1,261,670       119,038,565  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,598,457       371,936,516  
   

 

 

 
      1,880,965,280  
Software — 3.3%  

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,316,756       69,320,200  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    841,745       200,503,659  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,293,527       56,992,800  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,307,023       69,324,500  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,850,851       203,668,123  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,104,680       49,047,792  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    735,005       302,829,410  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,825,286       242,817,797  
 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Software (continued)            

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    3,984,540     $ 75,746,105  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    1,190,583       287,621,041  

Qualys, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,014,453       141,404,604  

Teradata Corp.(a)(b)

    2,995,657       93,045,107  
   

 

 

 
      1,792,321,138  
Specialty Retail — 2.9%  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,121,780       114,275,729  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(b)

    1,655,141       173,193,954  

Five Below, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,614,551       222,275,236  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    2,339,666       72,833,803  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    7,351,963       184,754,830  

Gap, Inc.

    6,249,112       51,305,209  

Lithia Motors, Inc.(b)

    800,527       171,753,068  

Murphy USA, Inc.(b)

    624,647       171,721,707  

RH(a)(b)

    583,138       143,492,768  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)(b)

    2,417,539       70,398,736  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.(b)

    2,001,378       235,862,397  
   

 

 

 
      1,611,867,437  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    3,284,454       42,960,658  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.8%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    4,012,202       154,229,045  

Carter’s, Inc.

    1,135,180       74,388,345  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    1,029,387       69,277,745  

Crocs, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,798,320       123,472,651  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)(b)

    772,186       241,393,066  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    10,160,312       70,715,772  

PVH Corp.(b)

    1,952,251       87,460,845  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    3,918,077       124,281,402  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    5,492,290       36,523,729  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    5,852,944       34,883,546  
   

 

 

 
      1,016,626,146  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.6%  

Essent Group Ltd.

    3,141,502       109,544,174  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (continued)  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    8,851,312     $ 113,473,820  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    13,533,594       115,441,557  
   

 

 

 
      338,459,551  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0%  

GATX Corp.

    1,029,022       87,621,223  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    1,380,090       100,484,353  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,865,345       110,637,945  

Watsco, Inc.

    966,502       248,835,605  
   

 

 

 
      547,579,126  
Water Utilities — 0.5%  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    6,941,131       287,224,001  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.6%
(Cost: $54,955,154,902)

 

    54,866,559,916  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 6.9%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    3,646,076,521       3,647,170,344  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    126,632,259       126,632,259  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 6.9%
(Cost: $3,772,067,321)

 

    3,773,802,603  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 106.5%
(Cost: $58,727,222,223)

 

    58,640,362,519  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (6.5)%

 

    (3,580,649,798
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 55,059,712,721  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
      

Affiliated

Issuer

 

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

   

    

 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  2,422,524,094     $  1,222,959,299 (a)    $     $ 39,547     $ 1,647,404     $  3,647,170,344       3,646,076,521     $ 18,556,304 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    169,480,000             (42,847,741 )(a)                  126,632,259       126,632,259       1,120,646          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 39,547     $ 1,647,404     $ 3,773,802,603       $  19,676,950     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description  

Number of

Contracts

      

Expiration

Date

      

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

                

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

    567          12/16/22        $ 125,205        $ (9,625,765
                

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
Reference Entity  

Payment

Frequency

   Counterparty(a)   

Termination

Date

    

Net

Notional

    

Accrued

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    

Net Value of

Reference

Entity

    

Gross Notional 

Amount 

Net Asset 

Percentage 

 

 

 

Equity Securities Long/Short

  Monthly    Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)      02/27/23      $ 8,891,325      $ (710,986 )(c)     $ 8,189,788        0.0%  (d) 
 

Monthly

   HSBC Bank PLC(e)      02/10/23        21,109,709        (2,759,590 )(f)       18,400,387        0.0 (d ) 
 

Monthly

   JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(g)      02/08/23        17,634,008        (895,107 )(h)       16,773,125        0.0 (d ) 
             

 

 

    

 

 

    
              $ (4,365,683    $  43,363,300     
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

  (a) 

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $(9,449) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (d) 

Rounds to less than 0.1%.

 
  (f) 

Amount includes $(50,268) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (h) 

Amount includes $(34,224) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

    The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

     (b)    (e)    (g)  
 

Range:

   20 basis points    65 basis points    65 basis points  

    

 

Benchmarks:    

   USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate        USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate        USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate       
     (FEDL01)    (OBFR01)    (OBFR01)  

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination date February 27, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares      Value     

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

                  
Common Stocks                          
Banks                          

Cadence Bank

    179,230      $ 4,554,234          55.6

Envestnet, Inc.

    71,645        3,181,038          38.9  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       7,735,272       
Consumer Finance                          

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    14,452        454,516          5.5  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     $   8,189,788       
    

 

 

      

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares      Value     

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

 

Common Stocks                             
Banks                          

Cadence Bank

    115,587      $ 2,937,066          16.0

Envestnet, Inc.

    348,273        15,463,321          84.0  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       18,400,387       
    

 

 

      

Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC

     $ 18,400,387       
    

 

 

      

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of period end, termination date February 8, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares      Value     

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

         
Common Stocks                             
Banks                          

Cadence Bank

    519,917      $ 13,211,091          78.8

Envestnet, Inc.

    80,226        3,562,034          21.2  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       16,773,125       
    

 

 

      

Net Value of Reference Entity —
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

     $ 16,773,125       
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for OTC Swaps

 

         
Description   

Swap

Premiums

Paid

    

Swap

Premiums

Received

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

OTC Swaps

   $      $      $      $ (4,365,683

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

      

Credit

Contracts

      

Equity

Contracts

      

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

      

Interest

Rate

Contracts

      

Other

Contracts

       Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts(a)

                                

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

   $        $        $ 9,625,765        $        $        $        $ 9,625,765  

Swaps — OTC

                                

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps;

                                

Swap premiums received

                       4,365,683                                     4,365,683  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $        $   13,991,448        $        $        $        $   13,991,448  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

      

Credit

Contracts

      

Equity

Contracts

      

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

      

Interest

Rate

Contracts

      

Other

Contracts

       Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ (14,641,148      $        $        $        $ (14,641,148

Swaps

                       (13,106,377                                   (13,106,377
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $        $  (27,747,525      $        $        $        $  (27,747,525
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ (15,649,286      $        $        $        $ (15,649,286

Swaps

                       (5,848,186                                   (5,848,186
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $        $ (21,497,472      $        $        $        $ (21,497,472
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

     $140,735,070  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

     $49,590,757  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     
      Assets      Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     

Futures contracts

   $      $ 1,198,500  

Swaps — OTC(a)

            4,365,683  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   $      $ 5,564,183  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

            (1,198,500
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $      $ 4,365,683  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums paid/received in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

 

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The following table presents the Fund’s derivative liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Fund:

 

           
Counterparty   

Derivative

Liabilities

Subject to

an MNA by

Counterparty

    

Derivatives

Available

for Offset(a)

    

Non-

Cash

Collateral

Pledged

    

Cash

Collateral

Pledged(b)

    

Net

Amount of

Derivative

Liabilities(c)

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 710,986      $      $      $ (490,000    $ 220,986  

HSBC Bank PLC

     2,759,590                      (1,934,000      825,590  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     895,107                      (670,000      225,107  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 4,365,683      $      $      $  (3,094,000    $  1,271,683  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

 
  (b) 

Excess of collateral pledged, if any, from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

 
  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                           

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 54,866,559,916        $        $        $ 54,866,559,916  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     3,773,802,603                            3,773,802,603  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     58,640,362,519        $        $        $     58,640,362,519  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (9,625,765      $ (4,365,683      $        $ (13,991,448
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps and futures contracts. Swaps and futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%            

AAR Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,451,963     $ 87,829,315  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,513,678       220,491,983  

AeroVironment, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,822,566       151,929,102  

Kaman Corp.(a)

    2,042,764       57,054,399  

Moog, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,112,095       148,585,883  

National Presto Industries, Inc.(a)

    371,751       24,182,403  

Park Aerospace Corp.(a)

    1,471,818       16,248,871  

Triumph Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,871,501       33,256,194  
   

 

 

 
      739,578,150  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,879,455       179,619,514  

Forward Air Corp.(a)(c)

    1,958,212       176,748,215  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    2,478,704       170,981,002  
   

 

 

 
      527,348,731  
Airlines — 0.4%  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)(b)

    1,126,671       82,224,450  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,747,571       49,280,559  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,696,556       60,106,001  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,382,939       32,431,800  
   

 

 

 
      224,042,810  
Auto Components — 1.3%  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,354,181       57,059,056  

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,063,069       169,419,226  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,425,021       120,596,294  

LCI Industries(a)

    1,854,578       188,165,484  

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,455,300       22,149,666  

Patrick Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,584,093       69,446,637  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.(a)

    1,361,772       44,257,590  

XPEL, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,429,953       92,146,171  
   

 

 

 
      763,240,124  
Automobiles — 0.2%  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,316,562       123,264,264  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 10.4%            

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,317,626       54,852,770  

Ameris Bancorp(a)(c)

    4,751,262       212,428,924  

Banc of California, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,064,717       64,913,530  

BancFirst Corp.(c)

    1,270,933       113,710,376  

Bancorp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,933,229       86,452,373  

BankUnited, Inc.(a)

    5,287,744       180,682,212  

Banner Corp.(a)

    2,278,712       134,626,305  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,091,585       84,400,270  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    5,223,311       60,851,573  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.(a)

    1,597,517       33,052,627  

City Holding Co.(a)(c)

    990,496       87,847,090  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.(a)

    5,482,372       158,385,727  

Community Bank System, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,698,689       222,217,235  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,147,637       63,312,339  

CVB Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    9,563,598       242,150,301  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,364,491       69,232,296  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,269,116       101,701,779  

FB Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    2,564,414       97,986,259  

First Bancorp/Puerto Rico(a)

    13,109,498       179,337,933  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC(a)(c)

    2,468,038       90,280,830  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.(a)

    6,138,268       78,815,361  

First Financial Bancorp(a)

    6,450,830       135,983,496  

First Hawaiian, Inc.(a)

    9,312,919       229,377,195  

Hanmi Financial Corp.(a)

    2,046,892       48,470,403  

Heritage Financial Corp.(a)

    2,349,446       62,189,836  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,324,324     $ 82,609,451  

HomeStreet, Inc.(a)

    1,256,727       36,206,305  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    7,989,669       100,989,416  

Independent Bank Corp.(a)(c)

    3,141,549       234,139,647  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.(a)

    2,582,072       158,513,400  

Lakeland Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    1,819,940       132,509,831  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A(a)

    2,047,072       75,721,193  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,922,749       110,918,325  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    8,555,530       115,585,210  

OFG Bancorp(a)

    3,245,370       81,556,148  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    6,649,873       205,880,068  

Park National Corp.(a)(c)

    1,054,995       131,325,778  

Pathward Financial, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,077,866       68,486,463  

Preferred Bank(c)

    615,879       40,173,787  

Renasant Corp.(a)

    3,826,536       119,694,046  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,733,139       80,108,304  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(a)(c)

    4,283,468       129,489,238  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,564,611       285,168,880  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A(a)(c)

    8,787,556       191,480,845  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,218,003       78,428,586  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

    1,334,128       39,023,244  

Tompkins Financial Corp.(a)

    923,324       67,051,789  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,676,291       91,106,416  

Trustmark Corp.(a)

    3,868,806       118,501,528  

United Community Banks, Inc.(a)

    7,373,377       244,058,779  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,748,074       99,661,288  

Westamerica Bancorp(a)

    1,842,536       96,346,207  
   

 

 

 
      6,107,993,212  
Beverages — 0.3%  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,122,752       119,191,352  

National Beverage Corp.

    1,701,780       65,586,601  
   

 

 

 
      184,777,953  
Biotechnology — 3.0%  

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,089,756       25,936,193  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,789,059       99,121,783  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,509,595       86,223,456  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,898,719       88,510,565  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,704,829       45,213,407  

Cytokinetics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,865,782       332,647,138  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    8,578,021       89,554,539  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    775,098       20,478,089  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,245,759       68,128,481  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,420,779       73,695,807  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,729,178       100,794,284  

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,796,740       34,227,897  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,169,702       100,723,039  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,880,642       112,202,649  

Organogenesis Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,154,643       16,701,043  

REGENXBIO, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,742,896       72,494,741  

uniQure NV(a)(b)(c)

    3,007,422       56,419,237  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,124,982       40,754,822  

Vericel Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    3,440,670       79,823,544  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,513,718       106,304,483  

Xencor, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,353,727       113,109,827  
   

 

 

 
      1,763,065,024  
Building Products — 2.0%  

AAON, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,062,692       165,017,845  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,210,198       53,079,284  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    1,615,906       61,759,927  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,306,612       94,409,629  

Griffon Corp.(a)(c)

    3,454,158       101,966,744  
 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Building Products (continued)            

Insteel Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,422,569     $ 37,740,756  

PGT Innovations, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,371,902       91,635,066  

Quanex Building Products Corp.(a)(c)

    2,429,875       44,126,530  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,624,767       202,508,059  

UFP Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,494,075       324,292,452  
   

 

 

 
      1,176,536,292  
Capital Markets — 0.9%  

B Riley Financial, Inc.

    1,157,875       51,548,595  

Blucora, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,482,105       67,343,911  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.(a)

    2,356,983       35,142,617  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,869,208       69,104,620  

Piper Sandler Cos.(a)

    999,786       104,717,586  

StoneX Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,256,039       104,175,875  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.(a)

    498,728       79,557,091  

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.(a)

    8,149,819       38,141,153  
   

 

 

 
      549,731,448  
Chemicals — 3.2%  

AdvanSix, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,042,545       65,565,695  

American Vanguard Corp.(a)(c)

    2,116,263       39,574,118  

Balchem Corp.(a)(c)

    2,342,539       284,805,892  

FutureFuel Corp.

    1,940,524       11,720,765  

Hawkins, Inc.(a)

    1,385,396       54,016,590  

HB Fuller Co.(a)(c)

    3,877,107       233,014,131  

Innospec, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,807,981       154,889,732  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,537,002       31,938,902  

Livent Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    13,072,064       400,658,762  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,987,417       88,042,167  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,377,125       117,453,746  

Quaker Chemical Corp.(a)(c)

    993,733       143,475,171  

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,806,670       15,141,011  

Stepan Co.(a)(c)

    1,545,345       144,752,466  

Tredegar Corp.(a)

    1,849,577       17,460,007  

Trinseo PLC(a)

    2,555,862       46,823,392  
   

 

 

 
      1,849,332,547  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.9%  

ABM Industries, Inc.(a)

    4,870,768       186,209,461  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS(c)

    3,404,835       142,083,765  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,577,913       75,828,751  

Deluxe Corp.(a)

    3,142,179       52,317,280  

GEO Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,774,972       67,567,284  

Harsco Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    5,792,961       21,665,674  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.(a)

    5,417,120       65,492,981  

HNI Corp.(a)

    3,014,397       79,911,664  

Interface, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,299,777       38,654,995  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,447,405       94,357,514  

Matthews International Corp., Class A(a)

    2,232,090       50,021,137  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    7,894,604       18,394,427  

UniFirst Corp.(c)

    1,100,714       185,173,116  

Viad Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,503,886       47,492,720  
   

 

 

 
      1,125,170,769  
Communications Equipment — 1.5%  

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,138,031       100,602,647  

Clearfield, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    834,003       87,270,074  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.(a)

    1,992,977       19,949,700  

Digi International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,558,730       88,455,296  

Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,838,562       76,310,005  

Harmonic, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,661,955       100,141,752  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,102,431       42,132,717  
Security   Shares      Value  
Communications Equipment (continued)             

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,962,823      $ 155,435,616  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    16,615,417        216,831,192  
    

 

 

 
       887,128,999  
Construction & Engineering — 1.3%  

Arcosa, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,526,615        201,651,846  

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,609,094        253,943,119  

Granite Construction, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,217,164        81,683,794  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,214,783        102,928,564  

NV5 Global, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    909,655        112,633,482  
    

 

 

 
       752,840,805  
Consumer Finance — 0.7%  

Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,745,450        79,383,066  

Enova International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,334,555        68,332,425  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(b)(c)

    3,948,749        30,444,855  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    3,478,202        66,016,274  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    792,941        18,919,572  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,846,241        93,527,479  

PROG Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,689,670        55,271,257  

World Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)

    265,725        25,727,494  
    

 

 

 
       437,622,422  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  

Myers Industries, Inc.(a)

    2,673,477        44,032,166  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    11,356,204        147,062,842  
    

 

 

 
       191,095,008  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%  

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,296,687        120,164,241  

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,942,992        121,177,607  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(b)

    5,768,009        49,489,517  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    4,941,506        50,897,512  

Strategic Education, Inc.(a)

    1,635,050        100,408,420  

Stride, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,967,288        124,715,115  

WW International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,913,993        15,381,992  
    

 

 

 
       582,234,404  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

ATN International, Inc.(c)

    787,488        30,373,412  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,111,303        162,285,564  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    5,432,187        22,597,898  
    

 

 

 
       215,256,874  
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%  

AZZ, Inc.(a)

    1,807,857        66,004,859  

Encore Wire Corp.(a)(c)

    1,394,837        161,159,467  

Powell Industries, Inc.(a)

    679,827        14,330,753  
    

 

 

 
       241,495,079  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.2%  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,724,543        210,906,874  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,390,984        29,654,166  

Badger Meter, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,134,551        197,211,167  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,570,837        63,705,341  

CTS Corp.(a)(c)

    2,328,218        96,970,280  

ePlus, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,972,803        81,950,237  

Fabrinet(a)(b)(c)

    2,682,679        256,061,711  

FARO Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,337,439        36,699,326  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,228,442        183,645,905  

Itron, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,296,718        138,824,795  

Knowles Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    6,700,149        81,540,813  

Methode Electronics, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,680,078        99,564,898  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,155,999        83,301,288  

PC Connection, Inc.

    825,311        37,213,273  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

Plexus Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,021,003     $ 176,959,023  

Rogers Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,365,951       330,396,228  

Sanmina Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    4,219,656       194,441,748  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,839,988       48,594,083  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,471,588       98,475,530  
   

 

 

 
      2,446,116,686  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%  

Archrock, Inc.(a)

    9,760,742       62,663,964  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,738,643       40,840,724  

Core Laboratories NV(a)(c)

    3,378,474       45,541,830  

DMC Global, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,352,964       21,620,365  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,506,889       48,934,473  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,436,079       40,283,265  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.(a)

    7,678,650       283,879,690  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

    652,509       66,197,038  

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,311,940       58,203,042  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,666,972       18,154,521  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.(a)(c)

    15,812,565       184,690,759  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    6,392,221       51,457,379  

RPC, Inc.(c)

    6,068,490       42,054,636  

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,510,285       60,337,621  
   

 

 

 
      1,024,859,307  
Entertainment — 0.2%  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,848,492       95,045,238  

Marcus Corp.(c)

    1,779,122       24,712,005  
   

 

 

 
      119,757,243  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.0%  

Acadia Realty Trust(a)

    6,756,663       85,269,087  

Agree Realty Corp.(a)(c)

    5,823,179       393,530,437  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.(a)

    5,301,972       87,906,696  

American Assets Trust, Inc.(a)

    3,806,082       97,892,429  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.(a)

    4,937,857       51,254,956  

Brandywine Realty Trust(a)

    12,544,229       84,673,546  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.(a)

    7,076,235       128,150,616  

Centerspace(a)

    1,121,075       75,470,769  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)(b)

    3,571,247       35,248,208  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.(a)

    1,716,815       56,225,691  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.(a)

    15,382,438       115,522,109  

Diversified Healthcare Trust(a)

    17,945,404       17,767,745  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.(a)(c)

    6,154,787       97,060,991  

Elme Communities(a)(c)

    6,382,650       112,079,334  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.(a)

    10,298,301       200,301,954  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.(a)

    5,948,794       143,901,327  

Franklin Street Properties Corp.(a)

    6,700,794       17,623,088  

Getty Realty Corp.(a)

    2,882,402       77,507,790  

Global Net Lease, Inc.(a)

    7,582,548       80,754,136  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A(a)

    2,396,753       19,126,089  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.(a)

    9,401,099       102,942,034  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust(a)

    4,787,315       26,330,233  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.(a)

    2,040,037       180,543,274  

iStar, Inc.(a)

    6,226,528       57,657,649  

LTC Properties, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,953,998       110,627,225  

LXP Industrial Trust(a)

    20,412,404       186,977,621  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.(a)

    1,351,111       62,434,839  

Office Properties Income Trust(a)

    3,533,813       49,650,073  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,144,036       36,260,315  

Outfront Media, Inc., REIT

    5,808,837       88,236,234  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.(a)(c)

    8,509,433       117,089,798  

RPT Realty(a)

    6,232,315       47,116,301  

Safehold, Inc.(c)

    1,273,609       33,699,694  

Saul Centers, Inc.(c)

    944,657       35,424,638  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Service Properties Trust(a)(c)

    12,043,479     $ 62,505,656  

SITE Centers Corp.

    9,273,175       99,315,704  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.(a)(c)

    7,796,122       52,389,940  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.(a)(c)

    14,423,023       135,864,877  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.(a)(c)

    7,611,700       104,128,056  

Uniti Group, Inc.(a)

    17,302,515       120,252,479  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust(a)

    928,990       40,141,658  

Urban Edge Properties(a)

    8,565,022       114,257,393  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,947,702       30,208,858  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,778,929       65,706,423  

Whitestone REIT(a)

    3,384,512       28,632,972  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a)

    8,362,534       115,319,344  
   

 

 

 
      4,080,980,286  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%  

Andersons, Inc.(a)

    2,321,308       72,030,187  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,483,424       71,944,793  

PriceSmart, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,827,235       105,230,464  

SpartanNash Co.(a)

    2,634,657       76,457,746  

United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,251,176       146,112,919  
   

 

 

 
      471,776,109  
Food Products — 2.2%  

B&G Foods, Inc.(a)(c)

    5,239,319       86,396,370  

Calavo Growers, Inc.(a)

    1,293,920       41,081,960  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.(c)

    2,770,845       154,031,274  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    2,232,609       51,885,833  

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,542,222       110,432,707  

Hostess Brands, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,954,544       231,343,603  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.(a)(c)

    1,091,729       141,346,154  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    651,190       49,314,619  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    408,523       20,605,900  

Simply Good Foods Co.(a)(b)(c)

    6,221,941       199,039,893  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    1,295,726       43,121,761  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,678,439       156,039,382  
   

 

 

 
      1,284,639,456  
Gas Utilities — 0.9%  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.(a)(c)

    1,160,005       133,852,977  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.(a)

    2,539,125       110,147,242  

South Jersey Industries, Inc.(a)

    8,931,195       298,480,537  
   

 

 

 
      542,480,756  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.5%  

AngioDynamics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,866,395       58,646,442  

Artivion, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,940,237       40,692,880  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,390,281       73,840,320  

BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,485,739       56,550,562  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,974,443       41,225,780  

CONMED Corp.(a)(c)

    2,221,848       178,125,554  

Cutera, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,299,116       59,239,690  

Embecta Corp.(a)(c)

    4,215,156       121,354,341  

Glaukos Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    3,471,192       184,806,262  

Heska Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    741,685       54,083,670  

Inogen, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,673,057       40,621,824  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,415,624       150,324,282  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,013,252       352,582,013  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,418,446       71,886,843  

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,189,981       100,580,101  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,139,723       233,935,747  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.(a)(c)

    364,502       51,332,817  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,296,089       20,072,177  

Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,463,721       27,971,708  

Surmodics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,026,776       31,213,990  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,934,516       62,035,668  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

Zimvie, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,521,840     $ 15,020,561  

Zynex, Inc.(c)

    1,659,913       15,055,411  
   

 

 

 
      2,041,198,643  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.7%            

AdaptHealth Corp.(b)(c)

    5,607,555       105,309,883  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,172,701       111,688,043  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,155,835       334,392,277  

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,861,325       111,591,675  

Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,166,843       19,708,712  

CorVel Corp.(b)(c)

    674,680       93,395,952  

Covetrus, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,636,624       159,452,709  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,648,764       75,145,435  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,618,631       50,805,579  

Ensign Group, Inc.(a)

    4,032,219       320,561,410  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)

    1,482,051       56,495,784  

Hanger, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,825,959       52,901,952  

Joint Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,091,216       17,143,003  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    922,257       91,930,578  

Owens & Minor, Inc.(a)

    5,560,689       134,012,605  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,151,874       101,567,440  

Pennant Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,055,147       21,394,080  

RadNet, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,484,582       50,561,244  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.(a)

    7,529,984       166,412,646  

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.(a)

    948,378       72,095,696  
   

 

 

 
      2,146,566,703  
Health Care Technology — 0.6%            

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,090,157       123,213,091  

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,097,327       30,593,477  

HealthStream, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,761,277       37,444,749  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,018,093       71,120,246  

OptimizeRx Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,318,758       19,543,994  

Simulations Plus, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,167,578       56,674,236  
   

 

 

 
      338,589,793  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%            

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,710,496       40,795,330  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.(a)

    6,526,123       119,623,835  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,205,293       80,068,219  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,546,509       103,841,784  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,380,395       31,997,556  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,104,852       96,343,558  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.(a)

    1,146,868       72,894,930  

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    1,455,320       12,981,454  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,600,725       55,849,295  

Jack in the Box, Inc.(a)

    1,538,979       113,992,175  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    972,506       54,596,487  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.(a)

    2,247,544       37,893,592  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    2,724,442       122,545,401  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    5,393,769       95,469,711  
   

 

 

 
      1,038,893,327  
Household Durables — 2.4%            

Cavco Industries, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    603,295       124,133,979  

Century Communities, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,098,772       89,785,466  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.(a)

    1,641,800       34,707,652  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.(b)(c)

    1,975,705       42,240,573  

Installed Building Products, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,719,061       139,226,750  

iRobot Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,980,978       111,588,491  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.(a)

    3,164,712       71,427,550  

LGI Homes, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,493,605       121,534,639  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,028,088       73,477,628  

MDC Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,158,944       114,038,244  

Meritage Homes Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,666,786       187,395,052  
Security   Shares     Value  

Household Durables (continued)

   

Sonos, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,285,633     $ 129,070,299  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,420,839       112,128,877  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    2,821,002       18,477,563  

Universal Electronics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    884,169       17,391,604  
   

 

 

 
      1,386,624,367  
Household Products — 0.5%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.(b)(c)

    728,020       26,237,841  

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS(b)(c)

    3,031,354       103,551,052  

WD-40 Co.(a)(c)

    993,801       174,650,588  
   

 

 

 
      304,439,481  
Insurance — 2.6%            

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,217,455       28,272,551  

American Equity Investment Life Holding
Co.(a)

    5,176,979       193,049,547  

AMERISAFE, Inc.(a)

    1,414,750       66,111,267  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.(a)

    4,514,725       218,738,426  

Employers Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,722,658       59,414,474  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    31,035,879       108,625,576  

HCI Group, Inc.(a)

    521,690       20,450,248  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.(a)

    2,732,195       96,419,162  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.(a)(c)

    2,608,057       59,489,780  

Mercury General Corp.

    1,934,114       54,967,520  

Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,841,163       154,142,166  

ProAssurance Corp.(a)

    3,525,618       68,784,807  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.(a)

    981,992       80,091,268  

Selectquote, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,992,355       6,564,419  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(b)(c)

    6,248,827       30,931,694  

Stewart Information Services Corp.(a)

    1,886,670       82,334,279  

Trupanion, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,555,543       151,875,920  

United Fire Group, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,604,130       46,086,655  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,998,557       19,685,786  
   

 

 

 
      1,546,035,545  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%            

Cars.com, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,602,856       52,932,844  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,757,240       39,451,020  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    1,757,815       88,189,579  

Yelp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,133,215       174,067,321  
   

 

 

 
      354,640,764  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%            

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,978,808       32,175,418  

PetMed Express, Inc.(a)

    1,537,540       30,012,781  
   

 

 

 
      62,188,199  
IT Services — 0.9%            

CSG Systems International, Inc.(a)

    2,339,711       123,723,918  

EVERTEC, Inc.(a)

    4,811,485       150,840,055  

Perficient, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,523,557       164,081,676  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    1,377,177       61,022,713  

Unisys Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    4,943,621       37,324,339  
   

 

 

 
      536,992,701  
Leisure Products — 0.3%            

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.(a)

    1,288,597       65,447,842  

Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,122,693       100,263,894  
   

 

 

 
      165,711,736  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%            

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,203,064       79,238,381  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 4.6%            

3D Systems Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    9,529,452       76,045,027  

Alamo Group, Inc.(a)

    752,715       92,034,463  

Albany International Corp., Class A(a)(c)

    2,268,085       178,793,141  

Astec Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,677,011       52,305,973  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Machinery (continued)

   

Barnes Group, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,684,240     $ 106,400,851  

CIRCOR International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,502,956       24,783,744  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.(a)

    4,253,377       75,837,712  

EnPro Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,517,070       128,920,609  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,886,211       138,523,336  

Federal Signal Corp.(a)(c)

    4,421,457       165,008,775  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.(a)

    2,835,852       231,717,467  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.(a)

    2,380,195       57,767,333  

Hillenbrand, Inc.(a)

    5,065,415       186,002,039  

John Bean Technologies Corp.(a)(c)

    2,323,656       199,834,416  

Lindsay Corp.(a)(c)

    802,829       115,029,339  

Mueller Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,133,887       245,718,243  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,011,700       73,286,231  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,297,330       182,078,563  

Standex International Corp.(a)(c)

    874,393       71,394,188  

Tennant Co.(a)(c)

    1,362,743       77,076,744  

Titan International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,710,088       45,040,468  

Trinity Industries, Inc.(a)

    5,988,855       127,862,054  

Wabash National Corp.(a)(c)

    3,540,742       55,093,946  
   

 

 

 
      2,706,554,662  
Marine — 0.3%            

Matson, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,842,839       174,891,455  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.6%            

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)(c)

    2,045,861       41,530,978  

EW Scripps Co., Class A(a)(b)

    4,222,724       47,590,099  

Gannett Co., Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,313,004       15,778,896  

Scholastic Corp.

    2,212,121       68,044,842  

TechTarget, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,979,767       117,202,206  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,240,507       51,150,775  
   

 

 

 
      341,297,796  
Metals & Mining — 1.7%            

Arconic Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    7,487,186       127,581,649  

ATI, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,473,572       252,091,751  

Carpenter Technology Corp.(a)

    3,520,946       109,642,258  

Century Aluminum Co.(b)(c)

    3,731,124       19,700,335  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,498,130       96,252,949  

Haynes International, Inc.(a)

    915,016       32,135,362  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.(a)

    1,162,572       71,323,792  

Materion Corp.(a)(c)

    1,496,797       119,743,760  

Olympic Steel, Inc.(a)(c)

    701,723       16,006,302  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.(a)

    6,101,800       35,451,458  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    3,000,350       44,975,247  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.(c)

    2,470,246       70,253,796  
   

 

 

 
      995,158,659  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.2%  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance,
Inc.(a)

    9,464,094       78,551,980  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.(a)

    8,334,589       40,589,448  

Ellington Financial, Inc.(a)

    4,164,469       47,350,013  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.(a)

    6,162,148       66,366,334  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.(a)

    3,817,947       24,587,579  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.(a)

    2,410,605       26,757,716  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.(a)

    4,235,730       68,830,612  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.(a)

    27,547,266       64,460,602  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(a)

    6,616,262       77,939,566  

Ready Capital Corp.(a)

    7,437,029       75,411,474  

Redwood Trust, Inc.(a)

    8,515,721       48,880,239  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.(a)

    25,119,929       83,398,164  
   

 

 

 
      703,123,727  
Multiline Retail — 0.1%            

Big Lots, Inc.(a)

    2,104,683       32,854,102  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Multi-Utilities — 0.4%

   

Avista Corp.(a)

    5,208,276     $ 192,966,626  

Unitil Corp.(a)

    1,179,437       54,784,849  
   

 

 

 
      247,751,475  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.8%            

Callon Petroleum Co.(a)(b)(c)

    3,742,108       131,011,201  

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    3,782,777       217,093,572  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,390,312       153,744,868  

Dorian LPG Ltd.(a)

    2,321,920       31,508,454  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,275,537       95,219,861  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,249,609       78,537,926  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,888,579       47,401,581  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    7,824,738       275,117,788  

Ranger Oil Corp., Class A(c)

    1,444,739       45,437,042  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    1,171,022       32,694,934  

SM Energy Co.(a)(c)

    8,940,599       336,255,928  

Talos Energy, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,770,845       79,434,569  

World Fuel Services Corp.(a)

    4,515,559       105,844,703  
   

 

 

 
      1,629,302,427  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,220,918       45,906,517  

Mercer International, Inc.

    2,943,582       36,206,059  

Sylvamo Corp.(a)

    2,413,622       81,821,786  
   

 

 

 
      163,934,362  
Personal Products — 0.9%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co.(a)(c)

    3,779,618       141,357,713  

elf Beauty, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,632,069       136,638,436  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    1,304,868       98,465,339  

Medifast, Inc.(a)

    803,536       87,071,161  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)(c)

    812,061       45,516,019  
   

 

 

 
      509,048,668  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.8%            

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,791,619       78,444,494  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    879,912       28,280,372  

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,291,309       30,806,652  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,497,069       40,003,045  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,951,827       178,244,844  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,157,287       95,546,241  

Innoviva, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,575,280       53,119,001  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)(b)(c)

    13,667,409       43,735,709  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,341,890       177,755,129  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    1,534,047       20,387,485  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,629,156       180,840,843  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,901,339       132,060,325  
   

 

 

 
      1,059,224,140  
Professional Services — 1.2%            

Exponent, Inc.(a)(c)

    3,727,887       326,823,853  

Forrester Research, Inc.(b)

    818,299       29,466,947  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.(a)

    1,443,922       37,527,533  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    2,530,853       34,394,292  

Korn Ferry(a)(c)

    3,982,494       186,978,093  

Resources Connection, Inc.(a)

    2,319,838       41,919,473  

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,383,783       45,482,580  
   

 

 

 
      702,592,771  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,341,419       67,648,908  

Douglas Elliman, Inc.(a)

    4,919,777       20,171,086  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(c)

    1,832,019       60,053,583  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    1,371,141       25,928,276  

St Joe Co.(c)

    2,491,759       79,811,041  
   

 

 

 
      253,612,894  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Road & Rail — 0.4%

   

ArcBest Corp.(a)(c)

    1,788,876     $ 130,104,951  

Heartland Express, Inc.(c)

    3,396,504       48,603,972  

Marten Transport Ltd.(a)

    4,195,160       80,379,266  
   

 

 

 
      259,088,189  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.1%  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

    1,616,891       49,735,567  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,409,134       145,897,155  

CEVA, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,694,305       44,441,620  

Cohu, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,517,166       90,672,539  

Diodes, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,316,870       215,298,032  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,625,230       140,912,011  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

    2,096,002       50,744,208  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,234,834       163,168,154  

MaxLinear, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,255,782       171,443,609  

Onto Innovation, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,623,169       232,063,974  

PDF Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,156,797       52,906,230  

Photronics, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,492,549       65,681,066  

Rambus, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,060,740       204,904,011  

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,658,103       58,054,095  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,313,257       85,316,368  

Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,750,415       68,707,603  
   

 

 

 
      1,839,946,242  
Software — 2.5%            

8x8, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    8,785,844       30,311,162  

A10 Networks, Inc.(a)

    4,833,032       64,134,335  

Adeia, Inc.(a)(c)

    6,654,498       94,094,602  

Agilysys, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,442,262       79,829,202  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,627,471       235,277,769  

Cerence, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,873,468       45,257,121  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,286,921       60,871,363  

Digital Turbine, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    6,559,787       94,526,531  

Ebix, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,712,961       32,494,870  

InterDigital, Inc.(a)

    2,167,126       87,595,233  

LivePerson, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,063,996       47,702,842  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,902,171       89,023,425  

OneSpan, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,571,145       22,137,558  

Progress Software Corp.(a)(c)

    3,169,641       134,868,225  

SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,626,520       326,292,580  
   

 

 

 
      1,444,416,818  
Specialty Retail — 4.6%            

Aaron’s Co., Inc.(a)

    2,251,963       21,889,080  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    3,679,089       57,209,834  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.(a)(c)

    6,206,004       261,769,249  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.(a)

    11,491,141       111,808,802  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    435,104       26,550,046  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,614,057       243,884,013  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,066,502       30,854,997  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,173,723       127,075,847  

Buckle, Inc.

    2,155,517       68,243,668  

Caleres, Inc.(a)(c)

    2,679,295       64,892,525  

Cato Corp., Class A

    1,193,312       11,384,197  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    9,126,656       44,173,015  

Children’s Place, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    954,766       29,492,722  

Conn’s, Inc.(b)(c)

    944,795       6,689,149  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A(c)

    4,124,352       63,143,829  

Genesco, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    951,191       37,400,830  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,151,401       164,500,661  

Guess?, Inc.

    2,439,642       35,789,548  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    975,326       24,285,617  

Hibbett, Inc.(a)

    945,332       47,086,987  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    10,811,905       159,043,123  
Security   Shares     Value  

Specialty Retail (continued)

   

LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,139,542     $ 14,827,026  

MarineMax, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,570,471       46,784,331  

Monro, Inc.(a)

    2,348,104       102,048,600  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,753,132       187,839,760  

ODP Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    3,126,970       109,912,995  

Rent-A-Center, Inc.(a)

    3,885,616       68,037,136  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    7,824,626       98,590,288  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.(c)

    1,251,472       26,831,560  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.(a)(c)

    3,392,209       194,000,433  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,608,101       54,369,895  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    1,353,165       58,592,045  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(b)(c)

    4,391,171       86,286,510  

Zumiez, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,137,024       24,480,127  
   

 

 

 
      2,709,768,445  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%  

Avid Technology, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    2,474,136       57,548,403  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(b)(c)

    2,802,591       31,809,408  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    5,420,018       13,224,844  
   

 

 

 
      102,582,655  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%            

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

    3,165,336       47,321,773  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.(a)

    3,594,868       120,823,513  

Movado Group, Inc.

    1,172,510       33,041,332  

Oxford Industries, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,091,990       98,038,862  

Steven Madden Ltd.(a)

    5,425,374       144,694,725  

Unifi, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    951,362       9,047,453  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.(a)(c)

    5,742,169       88,371,981  
   

 

 

 
      541,339,639  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.0%            

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,880,000       132,812,400  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.(a)

    9,398,629       78,008,621  

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    3,593,938       120,037,529  

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    4,187,001       169,573,540  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)(c)

    6,177,312       125,831,845  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    3,086,429       44,166,799  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.(a)

    5,125,487       99,946,996  

TrustCo Bank Corp.(a)

    1,208,110       37,958,816  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(a)

    2,240,219       187,573,537  

WSFS Financial Corp.(a)(c)

    4,365,715       202,831,119  
   

 

 

 
      1,198,741,202  
Tobacco — 0.3%            

Universal Corp.(a)

    1,797,517       82,757,683  

Vector Group Ltd.(a)

    9,595,816       84,539,139  
   

 

 

 
          167,296,822  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3%            

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,803,666       288,160,791  

Boise Cascade Co.(a)(c)

    2,876,897       171,060,296  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    1,158,357       27,429,894  

GMS, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    3,110,207       124,439,382  

NOW, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,084,315       81,247,366  

Veritiv Corp.(a)(b)(c)

    1,018,458       99,574,639  
   

 

 

 
      791,912,368  
Water Utilities — 0.9%            

American States Water Co.(a)(c)

    2,695,226       210,092,867  

California Water Service Group(a)(c)

    3,964,113       208,869,114  

Middlesex Water Co.(a)

    1,154,264       89,109,181  
   

 

 

 
      508,071,162  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

Gogo, Inc.(b)(c)

    3,240,693       39,277,199  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)

 

Shenandoah Telecommunications
Co.(a)(c)

    3,683,277     $ 62,689,375  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    7,302,934       101,510,783  
   

 

 

 
      203,477,357  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.3%
(Cost: $61,579,065,535)

 

    57,699,472,435  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(a)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 7.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    3,201,367,768       3,202,328,178  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    1,030,342,399       1,030,342,399  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 7.2%
(Cost: $4,231,024,460)

 

    4,232,670,577  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 105.5%
(Cost: $65,810,089,995)

      61,932,143,012  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (5.5)%

 

    (3,228,100,163
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   58,704,042,849  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

                                         

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
     Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

   

  

 
 

3D Systems Corp.

  $ 152,404,409      $ 15,760,285     $  (10,815,386   $  (4,029,693   $  (77,274,588   $  76,045,027       9,529,452     $     $    
 

8x8, Inc.

    106,604,327        7,802,690       (6,383,209     (7,338,411     (70,374,235     30,311,162       8,785,844                
 

A10 Networks, Inc.

           79,273,522       (29,051,148     20,756,080       (6,844,119     64,134,335       4,833,032       216,738          
 

AAON, Inc.

    165,097,728        22,932,024       (16,512,917     3,414,332       (9,913,322     165,017,845       3,062,692       551,702          
 

AAR Corp.

    115,530,346        14,290,122       (11,318,485     2,669,911       (33,342,579     87,829,315       2,451,963                
 

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    45,249,919        5,331,930       (5,368,802     (1,189,145     (22,134,822     21,889,080       2,251,963       505,592          

  

 

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.,
Class A

    129,296,574        11,231,323       (18,986,150     (3,558,336     (60,773,577     57,209,834       3,679,089                
 

ABM Industries, Inc.

    222,000,552        27,174,610       (24,412,044     3,131,616       (41,685,273     186,209,461       4,870,768       1,861,896          
 

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

    247,233,030        31,156,424       (31,577,677     54,243       14,903,229       261,769,249       6,206,004       935,212          
 

Acadia Realty Trust

    137,120,154        13,577,633       (7,019,605     1,222,829       (59,631,924     85,269,087       6,756,663       2,403,477          
 

Addus HomeCare Corp.

    106,333,341        13,950,624       (10,627,140     675,339       1,355,879       111,688,043       1,172,701                
 

Adeia, Inc.(a)

    115,255,905                          (21,161,303     94,094,602       6,654,498       665,450          
 

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.

    105,883,558        16,134,827       (23,442,165     (1,090,739     22,678,760       120,164,241       3,296,687                
 

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    64,475,720        53,377,622       (18,698,085     (233,969     1,681,359       100,602,647       5,138,031       832,011          
 

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    232,148,377        28,398,031       (24,929,382     5,063,450       (29,773,602     210,906,874       2,724,543       543,155          
 

AdvanSix, Inc.

    103,129,764        10,759,601       (10,089,300     2,907,887       (41,142,257     65,565,695       2,042,545       554,743          
 

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.

    210,898,884        31,536,973       (24,513,557     6,309,673       (3,739,990     220,491,983       5,513,678                
 

AeroVironment, Inc.

    155,389,744        29,865,420       (14,246,754     6,095,984       (25,175,292     151,929,102       1,822,566                
 

Agilysys, Inc.

    55,832,998        9,857,979       (7,214,750     3,610,826       17,742,149       79,829,202       1,442,262                
 

Agree Realty Corp.

    338,698,786        85,412,360       (32,461,791     7,003,136       (5,122,054     393,530,437       5,823,179       7,545,631          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
     Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases

at Cost

    Proceeds
from Sale
   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

        
 

Alamo Group, Inc.

  $ 102,110,887     $ 13,591,578     $ (8,126,276   $   2,496,113     $ (18,037,839   $ 92,034,463       752,715     $ 254,306     $    
 

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.

    219,126,130       43,423,608       (19,932,083     3,779,377       (11,119,263     235,277,769       3,627,471                
 

Albany International Corp., Class A

    195,263,787       24,981,205       (28,174,326     4,916,127       (18,193,652     178,793,141       2,268,085       968,475          
 

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    120,333,884       14,039,675       (11,912,432     (48,978     (34,505,453     87,906,696       5,301,972       2,208,673          
 

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.

    59,587,214       1,191,015       (1,714,027     (240,824     (3,970,608     54,852,770       1,317,626       374,576          
 

Allegiant Travel Co.

    176,482,366       17,557,973       (13,334,281     (1,232,397     (97,249,211     82,224,450       1,126,671                
 

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

    195,223,043       13,337,160       (22,668,026     60,657       (62,739,743     123,213,091       8,090,157                
 

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.

          69,396,203       (15,744,500     10,465,162       (14,381,298     49,735,567       1,616,891                
 

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)

    84,999,626       11,005,186       (11,495,245     (3,601,353     (13,360,243     N/A       N/A                
 

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    143,001,293       11,882,786       (10,945,252     (722,691     (45,323,707     97,892,429       3,806,082       2,412,783          
 

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.

    63,354,402       10,025,334       (7,996,033     (2,545,974     (5,778,673     57,059,056       8,354,181                
 

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

          127,613,938       (1,634,778     (145,290     (14,025,068     111,808,802       11,491,141                
 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    235,483,048       26,809,899       (53,139,561     5,523,072       (21,626,911     193,049,547       5,176,979                
 

American Public Education,
Inc.(c)

    28,333,714       2,755,480       (13,022,878     (30,408,883     12,342,567                            
 

American States Water Co.

    235,397,633       28,431,642       (23,498,888     6,226,882       (36,464,402     210,092,867       2,695,226       2,049,338          
 

American Vanguard Corp.

    38,992,028       9,137,227       (4,949,408     1,015,602       (4,621,331     39,574,118       2,116,263       99,957          
 

American Woodmark Corp.

    58,267,437       8,754,017       (7,717,592     (2,458,103     (3,766,475     53,079,284       1,210,198                
 

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.

    34,900,525       6,187,280       (5,172,304     (1,276,581     (8,088,874     26,550,046       435,104                
 

Ameris Bancorp

    205,685,482       11,567,411       (8,382,942     (1,842,257     5,401,230       212,428,924       4,751,262       1,400,624          
 

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    68,577,780       10,218,912       (8,453,421     (40,999     (4,191,005     66,111,267       1,414,750       867,365          
 

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.

    353,146,095       45,372,075       (64,668,212     9,529,100       (8,986,781     334,392,277       3,155,835                
 

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    94,656,884       14,417,283       (8,778,531     3,093,664       (24,944,806     78,444,494       2,791,619                
 

Andersons, Inc.

    109,438,184       13,591,949       (8,783,513     1,593,160       (43,809,593     72,030,187       2,321,308       816,485          
 

AngioDynamics, Inc.

    59,765,035       8,835,528       (6,573,328     760,700       (4,141,493     58,646,442       2,866,395                
 

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    25,597,584       4,157,248       (5,362,711     (2,139,989     6,028,240       28,280,372       879,912                
 

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

    26,046,427       3,317,074       (2,083,916     (365,524     (977,868     25,936,193       1,089,756                
 

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(d)

    130,770,667       13,466,856       (12,767,281     (1,834,396     (61,986,938     67,648,908       8,341,419                
 

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    84,458,297       9,775,568       (15,713,637     (965,415     (15,794,886     61,759,927       1,615,906       737,075          
 

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    131,414,687       12,306,740       (11,592,351     (3,592,665     (49,984,431     78,551,980       9,464,094       6,540,914          
 

Apollo Medical Holdings,
Inc.(e)

    N/A       3,517,192       (1,800,429     (567,337     (108,026,853     111,591,675       2,861,325                
 

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    282,658,706       34,648,774       (30,020,503     9,416,591       (8,542,777     288,160,791       2,803,666       1,900,757          
 

ArcBest Corp.

    143,182,130       18,713,570       (16,506,462     4,153,637       (19,437,924     130,104,951       1,788,876       430,863          
 

Archrock, Inc.

    88,793,680       16,049,217       (10,349,066     (1,046,984     (30,782,883     62,663,964       9,760,742       2,836,469          
 

Arconic Corp.

    195,119,102       23,725,444       (24,091,904     3,572,622       (70,743,615     127,581,649       7,487,186                
 

Arcosa, Inc.

    198,075,840       23,573,832       (20,440,185     5,443,427       (5,001,068     201,651,846       3,526,615       344,505          
 

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.

          137,401,417       (15,826,893     5,718,087       (28,170,828     99,121,783       3,789,059                
 

Arlo Technologies, Inc.

    53,460,460       7,294,200       (4,585,392     654,260       (27,169,362     29,654,166       6,390,984                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
 

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

  $ 70,086,380     $ 10,509,907     $ (8,340,369   $ (580,440   $ (20,420,522   $ 51,254,956       4,937,857     $   1,744,584     $    
 

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    53,925,690       24,114,593       (11,728,837     (7,153,955     (18,568,043     40,589,448       8,334,589       4,173,354          
 

Artivion, Inc.

    60,418,875       8,935,756       (6,630,907     (559,088     (21,471,756     40,692,880       2,940,237                
 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

    265,364,091       33,927,202       (40,545,263     10,654,823       (25,516,840     243,884,013       1,614,057                
 

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    318,170,834       18,655,187       (60,120,445     6,662,682       (64,629,832     218,738,426       4,514,725       2,434,885          
 

Astec Industries, Inc.

    69,718,136       10,978,815       (8,084,043     (1,341,840     (18,965,095     52,305,973       1,677,011       398,726          
 

ATI, Inc.(f)

    244,513,581       39,328,687       (28,511,285     9,441,062       (12,680,294     252,091,751       9,473,572                
 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    166,773,819       23,125,977       (28,274,617     3,174,372         14,819,963       179,619,514       1,879,455                
 

Avanos Medical, Inc.

    115,498,754       13,231,871       (13,887,558     (4,130,909     (36,871,838     73,840,320       3,390,281                
 

Avid Bioservices, Inc.

    89,677,316       11,510,126       (8,625,634     (3,002,553     (3,335,799     86,223,456       4,509,595                
 

Avid Technology, Inc.

          72,821,572       (4,668,341     (544,307     (10,060,521     57,548,403       2,474,136                
 

Avista Corp.

    227,402,896       14,169,487       (6,971,692     (1,248,856     (40,385,209     192,966,626       5,208,276       4,437,760          
 

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

    179,950,376       20,014,068       (16,988,081     5,215,794       (42,295,002     145,897,155       2,409,134                
 

Axos Financial, Inc.

    173,668,573       18,316,167       (12,378,263     1,393,395       (48,187,472     132,812,400       3,880,000                
 

AZZ, Inc.

    85,248,715       10,929,990       (9,133,100     (655,383     (20,385,363     66,004,859       1,807,857       601,117          
 

B&G Foods, Inc.

    125,617,072       30,727,086       (12,078,558     (1,640,726     (56,228,504     86,396,370       5,239,319       4,772,081          
 

Badger Meter, Inc.

    208,791,145       23,848,265       (19,372,943     6,700,273       (22,755,573     197,211,167       2,134,551       898,053          
 

Balchem Corp.

    316,937,446       37,402,263       (32,468,106     4,448,319       (41,514,030     284,805,892       2,342,539                
 

Banc of California, Inc.

    75,436,879       10,458,594       (7,548,891     494,774       (13,927,826     64,913,530       4,064,717       463,257          
 

Bancorp, Inc.

    112,651,582             (783,852     (491,079     (24,924,278     86,452,373       3,933,229                
 

BankUnited, Inc.

    243,143,815       5,191,166       (13,985,286     3,079,511       (56,746,994     180,682,212       5,287,744       2,754,492          
 

Banner Corp.

    130,580,723       2,622,835                   1,422,747       134,626,305       2,278,712       1,984,275          
 

Barnes Group, Inc.

    133,984,216       22,620,365       (11,357,447     (2,334,385     (36,511,898     106,400,851       3,684,240       1,078,499          
 

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

    155,271,105       6,058,628       (19,232,457     (8,345,793     (102,896,486     30,854,997       5,066,502                
 

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    63,315,343       9,198,929       (8,186,093     92,451       (715,289     63,705,341       2,570,837       828,930          
 

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    92,929,531             (3,082,907     (1,914,274     (3,532,080     84,400,270       3,091,585       755,924          
 

Big Lots, Inc.

    75,631,586       7,595,391       (9,672,379     (4,985,617     (35,714,879     32,854,102       2,104,683       1,277,218          
 

BioLife Solutions, Inc.

    48,785,285       11,430,917       (3,804,522     (1,425,338     1,564,220       56,550,562       2,485,739                
 

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.

    47,205,475       6,040,048       (5,100,543     (1,123,546     (6,226,104     40,795,330       1,710,496                
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

    2,943,104,221       257,329,080 (g)            113,153       1,781,724       3,202,328,178       3,201,367,768       4,960,562 (h)         
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    1,155,360,000             (125,017,601 )(g)                  1,030,342,399       1,030,342,399       6,411,390          
 

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    127,477,631       26,864,830       (12,351,398     (565,871     (21,801,357     119,623,835       6,526,123       1,649,941          
 

Blucora, Inc.

    68,374,913       9,816,357       (9,498,398     (784,640     (564,321     67,343,911       3,482,105                
 

Boise Cascade Co.

    195,603,483       24,701,874       (21,199,889     7,197,600       (35,242,772     171,060,296       2,876,897       7,561,682          
 

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.

    201,268,176       20,427,645       (16,927,427     4,328,762       (82,021,309     127,075,847       2,173,723                
 

Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc.(c)

    156,807,601       2,758,945       (160,448,424     42,629,208       (41,747,330                          
 

Brandywine Realty Trust

    173,075,481       17,889,456       (14,963,762     (2,193,304     (89,134,325     84,673,546       12,544,229       4,648,025          
 

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    60,793,028       6,787,043       (9,412,181     1,176,135       (24,201,408     35,142,617       2,356,983       48,554          
 

Brinker International, Inc.

    121,764,897       12,661,853       (12,350,482     (2,842,187     (39,165,862     80,068,219       3,205,293                
 

Bristow Group, Inc.

    61,342,705       6,363,708       (4,463,638     561,128       (22,963,179     40,840,724       1,738,643                
 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    80,283,225       2,204,440                   (21,636,092     60,851,573       5,223,311       1,358,061          
 

CalAmp Corp.(c)

    18,844,288       1,530,954       (14,677,731     (23,125,724     17,428,213                            
 

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    46,121,825       7,569,870       (5,669,549     (2,099,392     (4,840,794     41,081,960       1,293,920                
 

Caleres, Inc.

    52,700,056       10,700,731       (11,318,924     882,488       11,928,174       64,892,525       2,679,295       385,356          
 

California Water Service Group

    223,030,745       30,439,030       (18,543,167     5,240,115       (31,297,609     208,869,114       3,964,113       1,930,517          
 

Callon Petroleum Co.

    199,652,943       30,745,243       (16,120,806     2,730,360       (85,996,539     131,011,201       3,742,108                
 

Cal-Maine
Foods, Inc.(b)

    147,935,153       20,966,997       (15,656,785     2,536,009       (37,233,056     N/A       N/A       2,389,024          

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
      

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

  $ 98,848,924     $ 6,782,221     $ (3,487,945   $ (1,057,087   $ (23,077,492   $ 78,008,621       9,398,629     $ 3,405,485     $    
 

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.

    36,412,748       6,173,401       (3,229,278     (1,019,390     (7,530,829     30,806,652       3,291,309                
 

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

    65,640,819       7,132,208       (5,696,828     (3,449,505     (22,400,914     41,225,780       2,974,443                
 

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    133,977,821       18,724,225       (15,375,486     1,694,263       (10,870,207     128,150,616       7,076,235       3,816,376          
 

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    144,959,501       15,364,932       (13,700,241     2,260,766       (39,242,700     109,642,258       3,520,946       1,411,536          
 

Cars.com, Inc.

    67,090,063       7,973,604       (8,223,997     (2,458,714     (11,448,112     52,932,844       4,602,856                
 

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

          110,558,102       (3,027,315     (549,861     (18,470,361     88,510,565       6,898,719                
 

Cato Corp., Class A(b)

    19,984,703       2,256,957       (3,940,942     (2,304,648         3,771,245       N/A       N/A       450,519          
 

Cavco Industries, Inc.

    146,793,258       18,502,048       (18,944,791         2,972,372       (25,188,908     124,133,979       603,295                
 

Centerspace

    105,322,106       16,220,282       (12,016,305     157,462       (34,212,776     75,470,769       1,121,075       1,604,472          
 

Central Garden & Pet Co.(b)

    30,929,728       4,165,912       (3,101,199     904,199       (5,851,055     N/A       N/A                
 

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    44,570,724                         (11,518,097     33,052,627       1,597,517       830,709          
 

Century Communities, Inc.

    113,868,713       14,444,087       (14,847,797     69,701       (23,749,238     89,785,466       2,098,772       847,376          
 

Cerence, Inc.

    101,172,885       11,219,086       (8,929,562     (1,671,018     (56,534,270     45,257,121       2,873,468                
 

CEVA, Inc.

    67,094,410       8,785,642       (6,591,499     (431,368     (24,415,565     44,441,620       1,694,305                
 

Chatham Lodging Trust

    48,136,215       6,199,917       (5,261,615     (736,053     (13,090,256     35,248,208       3,571,247                
 

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    138,105,122       14,492,686       (12,797,990     (131,215     (35,826,819     103,841,784       3,546,509       1,922,992          
 

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.

    76,019,288       14,773,053       (8,972,048     3,179,361       (13,054,861     71,944,793       2,483,424                
 

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    159,802,289                         (25,949,312     133,852,977       1,160,005       1,241,206          
 

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

    42,101,966       7,359,168       (5,142,589     1,235,396       (1,380,926     44,173,015       9,126,656                
 

Children’s Place, Inc.

    48,144,408       6,257,381       (7,142,149     (4,598,075     (13,168,843     29,492,722       954,766                
 

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.

    38,410,416       4,193,969       (5,110,274     (1,295,057     (4,201,498     31,997,556       1,380,395                
 

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

    131,621,622       17,307,704       (12,104,317     (1,054,860     (40,724,911     95,045,238       7,848,492                
 

CIRCOR International, Inc.

    38,868,368       3,609,766       (3,031,067     (1,736,693     (12,926,630     24,783,744       1,502,956                
 

City Holding Co.

    77,952,035                         9,895,055       87,847,090       990,496       1,188,595          
 

Civitas Resources, Inc.(b)

    308,128,260       36,808,936       (124,288,448     22,942,826       (70,286,984     N/A       N/A       16,314,455          
 

Clearfield, Inc.

          97,914,260       (3,070,509     26,787       (7,600,464     87,270,074       834,003                
 

Clearwater Paper Corp.

    33,601,467       6,370,897       (5,551,877     445,007       11,041,023       45,906,517       1,220,918                
 

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    201,346,904       28,850,926       (18,297,536     3,101,497       (52,716,227     162,285,564       3,111,303       5,528,743          
 

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.

    59,117,394       5,972,879       (4,942,504     (1,677,242     (13,257,120     45,213,407       4,704,829                
 

Cohu, Inc.

    103,114,057       13,824,632       (12,374,582     1,584,578       (15,476,146     90,672,539       3,517,166                
 

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

    50,377,440       6,236,390       (5,516,236     (1,197,875     (9,896,674     40,003,045       2,497,069                
 

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    169,115,195       7,571,014       (49,259     (29,527     (18,221,696     158,385,727       5,482,372       3,248,207          
 

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

    229,414,018       30,272,283       (26,790,186     9,623,081       11,423,923       253,943,119       2,609,094       733,794          
 

Community Bank System, Inc.

    251,364,076       7,205,913                   (36,352,754     222,217,235       3,698,689       3,168,631          
 

Community Health Systems, Inc.

    105,476,808       6,744,340       (5,529,867     (1,182,365     (85,800,204     19,708,712       9,166,843                
 

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    70,949,649       8,970,450       (7,387,582     536,639       (16,843,465     56,225,691       1,716,815       1,518,122          
 

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    153,003,847       13,937,731       (12,106,096     (2,205,951     (56,376,582     96,252,949       2,498,130       739,012          
 

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.

    36,313,263       4,795,887       (3,351,090     261,752       (7,426,335     30,593,477       1,097,327                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
 

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

  $ 29,701,641     $ 2,963,973     $ (2,012,432   $ (236,230   $ (10,467,252   $ 19,949,700       1,992,977     $ 377,231     $    
 

CONMED Corp.

    311,068,602       34,652,041       (22,311,915     7,328,498       (152,611,672     178,125,554       2,221,848       844,856          
 

Conn’s, Inc.(b)

    21,217,289       1,744,491       (5,400,613     (6,346,650         7,113,899       N/A       N/A                
 

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.

    68,526,794       13,889,645       (6,190,527     (572,462     (14,782,087     60,871,363       1,286,921                
 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    85,687,461       18,575,207       (11,695,566     7,883,527       53,294,239       153,744,868       2,390,312       2,374,244          
 

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.

    153,670,670       22,629,291       (17,659,986     3,576,107       16,028,762       178,244,844       6,951,827                
 

Core Laboratories NV

    104,744,833       10,223,825       (9,057,512     (1,099,608     (59,269,708     45,541,830       3,378,474       67,230          
 

CoreCivic, Inc.

    96,164,194       13,158,370       (13,075,159     736,806       (21,155,460     75,828,751       8,577,913                
 

Covetrus, Inc.

    124,128,789       21,367,466       (15,641,543     2,353,651       27,244,346       159,452,709       7,636,624                
 

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

    54,819,683       10,190,546       (6,322,898     1,929,678       14,528,426       75,145,435       2,648,764                
 

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    147,766,049       21,192,258       (19,554,750     2,842,469       (28,522,108     123,723,918       2,339,711       1,214,179          
 

CTS Corp.

    81,370,986       12,390,933       (11,531,499     3,246,426       11,493,434       96,970,280       2,328,218       183,128          
 

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    111,384,075       3,407,654       (2,789,620     (2,654,213     (46,035,557     63,312,339       2,147,637                
 

Cutera, Inc.

    80,707,782       12,540,536       (6,665,495     2,682,660       (30,025,793     59,239,690       1,299,116                
 

CVB Financial Corp.

    214,747,136       16,900,189       (8,492,836     15,296       18,980,516       242,150,301       9,563,598       3,416,979          
 

Cytokinetics, Inc.

    220,819,914       66,342,054       (23,680,901     13,435,985       55,730,086       332,647,138       6,865,782                
 

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.

    136,001,746       23,803,709       (11,446,914     4,074,616       (56,089,599     96,343,558       3,104,852                
 

Deluxe Corp.

    92,194,563       10,756,538       (8,237,083     (2,536,842     (39,859,896     52,317,280       3,142,179       1,861,777          
 

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A(b)

    59,732,195       9,426,026       (14,229,575     (894,563     19,061,526       N/A       N/A       639,557          
 

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    152,168,570       18,602,118       (15,855,325     581,347       (39,974,601     115,522,109       15,382,438       462,696          
 

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.

    35,237,668       2,500,227       (1,824,581     (1,394,346     (21,294,124     13,224,844       5,420,018                
 

Digi International, Inc.

    53,901,058       9,978,768       (8,793,607     2,938,498       30,430,579       88,455,296       2,558,730                
 

Digital Turbine, Inc.

          117,985,641       (8,841,761     3,400,614       (18,017,963     94,526,531       6,559,787                
 

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    80,909,910       10,234,598       (9,207,522     911,396       (13,616,086     69,232,296       2,364,491       1,113,348          
 

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    96,314,786       11,752,153       (18,018,162     (1,081,090     (16,072,757     72,894,930       1,146,868       1,201,293          
 

Diodes, Inc.

    280,383,123       30,490,522       (22,549,611     8,355,685       (81,381,687     215,298,032       3,316,870                
 

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    54,951,898       4,526,511       (3,301,164     (1,660,251     (36,749,249     17,767,745       17,945,404       344,671          
 

DMC Global, Inc.

    42,079,172       4,546,395       (5,005,682     (5,882,331     (14,117,189     21,620,365       1,352,964                
 

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.

    69,434,773       9,850,245       (17,361,480     2,232,168       4,948,914       69,104,620       1,869,208                
 

Dorian LPG Ltd.(e)

    N/A       3,906,169       (394,187     59,187       (1,683,111     31,508,454       2,321,920                
 

Dorman Products, Inc.

    193,436,796       27,268,121       (22,520,615     3,517,773       (32,282,849     169,419,226       2,063,069                
 

Douglas Elliman, Inc.

    34,298,451       5,059,359       (3,555,453     (1,390,560     (14,240,711     20,171,086       4,919,777       489,396          
 

Dril-Quip, Inc.

    94,584,206       9,686,033       (10,255,620     (1,205,457     (43,874,689     48,934,473       2,506,889                
 

DXP Enterprises, Inc.

    33,255,223       5,758,818       (7,110,256     (1,681,097     (2,792,794     27,429,894       1,158,357                
 

Dynavax Technologies Corp.

          95,771,562       (17,121,982     8,220,536       2,684,423       89,554,539       8,578,021                
 

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    124,915,124       4,226,482       (242,969     (90,474     (27,106,384     101,701,779       2,269,116       1,880,122          
 

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    40,256,354       5,083,531       (5,991,689     (1,974,255     (16,895,852     20,478,089       775,098                
 

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    125,341,047       15,022,668       (10,725,647     (75,374     (32,501,703     97,060,991       6,154,787       3,176,947          
 

Ebix, Inc.

    56,751,142       5,993,307       (6,270,828     (2,539,534     (21,439,217     32,494,870       1,712,961       257,295          
 

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    141,845,574       19,238,583       (21,690,255     (2,068,472     4,032,283       141,357,713       3,779,618       1,155,252          
 

eHealth, Inc.(c)

    21,176,573       1,910,217       (11,057,983     (79,595,216     67,566,409                            
 

elf Beauty, Inc.

    88,757,898       18,404,244       (10,243,609     697,543       39,022,360       136,638,436       3,632,069                
 

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    69,516,047       10,665,046       (6,953,121     (541,817     (25,336,142     47,350,013       4,164,469       3,632,087          
 

Elme Communities(i)

    154,813,024       25,020,394       (18,297,692     (1,314,557     (48,141,835     112,079,334       6,382,650       2,126,570          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
 

Embecta Corp.

  $     $   141,627,811     $ (29,615,035   $ 15,684,834     $ (6,343,269   $   121,354,341       4,215,156     $     $    
 

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.

    140,635,920       14,573,130       (18,386,067     (6,946,269     (61,748,233     68,128,481       3,245,759                
 

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    70,663,431                         (11,248,957     59,414,474       1,722,658       2,618,440          

    

 

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    92,972,184       14,283,036       (7,841,351     (189,153     (25,528,909     73,695,807       1,420,779                
 

Encore Capital Group, Inc.

    111,610,910       17,263,441       (17,477,223     1,150,536       (33,164,598     79,383,066       1,745,450                
 

Encore Wire Corp.

    165,403,097       21,718,030       (28,205,419     6,434,528       (4,190,769     161,159,467       1,394,837       27,540          
 

Endo International PLC(c)

    38,829,938       757,788       (6,841,898     (106,485,147     73,739,319                            
 

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    94,213,093       12,152,771       (12,487,672     (2,110,331     (15,930,149     75,837,712       4,253,377                
 

Enhabit, Inc.

          86,027,018       (4,319,508     (586,223     (30,315,708     50,805,579       3,618,631                
 

Enova International, Inc.

    92,782,239       11,667,891       (14,358,583     2,110,164       (23,869,286     68,332,425       2,334,555                
 

EnPro Industries, Inc.

    144,434,581       17,858,540       (14,482,766     3,151,158       (22,040,904     128,920,609       1,517,070       836,602          
 

Ensign Group, Inc.

    337,254,869       50,724,247       (27,072,163     15,453,188       (55,798,731     320,561,410       4,032,219       424,775          
 

ePlus, Inc.

    107,854,675       14,457,770       (11,715,245     3,476,170       (32,123,133     81,950,237       1,972,803                
 

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    130,009,877       17,612,177       (15,101,259     842,215       5,160,326       138,523,336       1,886,211       295,427          
 

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    220,199,764       56,810,370       (20,479,950     (1,155,386     (55,072,844     200,301,954       10,298,301       5,261,860          
 

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    41,074,589       5,255,965       (3,746,229     364,913       (8,241,586     34,707,652       1,641,800       1,852,810          
 

EVERTEC, Inc.

    175,019,955       35,735,863       (16,347,328     5,535,658       (49,104,093     150,840,055       4,811,485       433,390          
 

EW Scripps Co., Class A(e)

    N/A       9,295,037       (56,864,714     49,524,600       (24,575,228     47,590,099       4,222,724                
 

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(c)

    341,620,008       45,177,268       (395,926,948     182,593,664       (173,463,992                          
 

Exponent, Inc.

    403,165,884       44,275,855       (42,360,318     11,764,783       (90,022,351     326,823,853       3,727,887       1,800,857          
 

Fabrinet

    278,453,731       29,977,000       (26,290,097     8,132,524       (34,211,447     256,061,711       2,682,679                
 

FARO Technologies, Inc.

    67,909,750       6,316,727       (5,303,095     (2,056,905     (30,167,151     36,699,326       1,337,439                
 

FB Financial Corp.

    113,334,609       14,539,204       (13,552,889     1,533,055       (17,867,720     97,986,259       2,564,414       671,710          
 

Federal Signal Corp.

    147,847,950       20,997,674       (18,587,097     5,544,679       9,205,569       165,008,775       4,421,457       791,877          
 

Ferro Corp.(c)

    129,049,292       1,038,682       (131,634,077     11,490,943       (9,944,840                          
 

First Bancorp/Puerto Rico

    178,203,187       2,104,641       (9,518,250     1,142,513       7,405,842       179,337,933       13,109,498       3,203,047          
 

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    102,724,794       2,785,071       (2,341,204     (1,060,796     (11,827,035     90,280,830       2,468,038       1,071,754          
 

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    93,056,143                         (14,240,782     78,815,361       6,138,268       1,473,184          
 

First Financial Bancorp

    140,160,135       8,151,709                   (12,328,348     135,983,496       6,450,830       2,934,133          
 

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    254,293,155       30,548,268       (26,193,521     3,261,927       (32,532,634     229,377,195       9,312,919       4,821,331          
 

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

    152,382,971                         (32,345,442     120,037,529       3,593,938       431,273          
 

FormFactor, Inc.

    235,326,769       27,114,736       (23,662,135     5,393,664       (103,261,023     140,912,011       5,625,230                
 

Forward Air Corp.

    188,702,200       24,012,200       (20,470,457     5,078,821       (20,574,549     176,748,215       1,958,212       929,557          
 

Fossil Group,
Inc.(c)

    32,867,927       2,886,111       (16,614,395     (34,896,506     15,756,863                            
 

Four Corners Property

                   
 

Trust, Inc.

    149,620,540       25,530,387       (14,021,494     2,338,271       (19,566,377     143,901,327       5,948,794       3,842,261          
 

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    44,145,890       49,687,498       (6,819,481     (414,184     (20,233,389     66,366,334       6,162,148       4,259,962          
 

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    231,867,527       29,763,771       (25,036,403     6,344,360       (11,221,788     231,717,467       2,835,852       1,105,586          
 

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

    40,000,513       3,545,962       (3,781,119     (3,972,441     (18,169,827     17,623,088       6,700,794       682,012          
 

Frontdoor, Inc.

          154,523,435       (8,199,965     (543,873     (24,601,990     121,177,607       5,942,992                
 

Gannett Co., Inc.

    45,945,323       4,139,226       (4,105,955     (6,611,881     (23,587,817     15,778,896       10,313,004                
 

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.(c)

    120,964,078       17,487,258       (140,670,194     36,471,313       (34,252,455                          
 

Genesco, Inc.

    62,518,516       8,098,275       (9,493,224     475,850       (24,198,587     37,400,830       951,191                
 

Gentherm, Inc.

    173,591,392       20,279,907       (17,011,067     2,932,413       (59,196,351     120,596,294       2,425,021                
 

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    114,343,065       2,980,582                   (8,698,071     108,625,576       31,035,879                
 

GEO Group, Inc.

    53,377,997       4,885,579       (63,701     (17,236     9,384,645       67,567,284       8,774,972                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

        
 

Getty Realty Corp.

  $ 80,332,906     $ 7,345,916     $ (5,197,380   $ 498,790     $ (5,472,442   $ 77,507,790       2,882,402     $   2,340,587     $    
 

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.

    100,423,328       14,261,904       (15,007,823     (4,505,658     (762,122     94,409,629       2,306,612                
 

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.

    84,612,968       10,490,735       (9,440,132     (3,036,455     (35,305,343     47,321,773       3,165,336                
 

Glatfelter
Corp.(c)

    39,207,113       3,243,119       (16,125,247     (46,153,571     19,828,586                   436,862          
 

Glaukos Corp.

    193,909,720       22,605,050       (15,860,289     (868,622     (14,979,597     184,806,262       3,471,192                
 

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    116,604,068       19,537,559       (16,476,626     (1,729,379     (37,181,486     80,754,136       7,582,548       5,907,273          
 

GMS, Inc.

    153,272,040       19,874,810       (17,469,965     4,559,480       (35,796,983     124,439,382       3,110,207                
 

Golden Entertainment, Inc.

    84,531,744       13,459,190       (7,597,964     (1,246,753     (33,296,922     55,849,295       1,600,725                
 

Granite Construction, Inc.

    107,549,527       14,102,751       (15,453,687     (1,819,012     (22,695,785     81,683,794       3,217,164       829,867          
 

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    43,005,744       5,488,778       (5,598,877     (2,752,957     (15,555,109     24,587,579       3,817,947       1,909,677          
 

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    99,087,274             (2,590,015     (4,982,149     (25,498,836     66,016,274       3,478,202                
 

Green Plains, Inc.

    85,196,657       20,871,146                   (10,847,942     95,219,861       3,275,537                
 

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    120,280,486       11,272,692       (10,097,968     (283,592     (63,404,285     57,767,333       2,380,195       1,274,951          
 

Greenhill & Co., Inc.(c)

    14,881,274       305,652       (9,420,284     (8,620,414     2,853,772                   92,690          
 

Griffon Corp.

    67,803,473       13,910,221       (12,259,456     2,803,478       29,709,028       101,966,744       3,454,158       7,378,730          
 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    206,661,331       26,314,360       (38,745,946     6,728,698       (36,457,782     164,500,661       1,151,401       912,077          
 

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

          110,500,371                   (67,664     110,432,707       6,542,222                
 

Hanger, Inc.

    48,111,118       8,795,804       (5,414,770     (206,902     1,616,702       52,901,952       2,825,959                
 

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    48,873,245       1,509,395                   (1,912,237     48,470,403       2,046,892       962,039          
 

Harmonic, Inc.

    68,730,495       11,114,738       (8,390,432     2,708,909       25,978,042       100,141,752       7,661,955                
 

Harsco Corp.

    69,390,518       5,353,414       (4,732,486     (4,296,479     (44,049,293     21,665,674       5,792,961                
 

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.(b)

    29,103,177       2,524,127       (4,740,331     (533,020     (5,153,684     N/A       N/A       591,619          
 

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.

    72,214,172       8,434,465       (7,105,371     (3,419,213     (20,843,494     49,280,559       3,747,571                
 

Hawkins, Inc.

    61,618,363       7,460,866       (5,811,586     1,763,865       (11,014,918     54,016,590       1,385,396       382,988          
 

Haynes International, Inc.

    37,978,922       3,488,834       (2,784,642     418,349       (6,966,101     32,135,362       915,016       392,042          
 

HB Fuller Co.

    249,889,293       32,331,795       (26,309,923     3,940,906       (26,837,940     233,014,131       3,877,107       1,433,039          
 

HCI Group, Inc.

    39,375,177       5,114,772       (7,568,614     (2,751,505     (13,719,582     20,450,248       521,690       465,888          
 

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    99,054,646       12,162,212       (11,022,873     (2,253,892     (32,447,112     65,492,981       5,417,120       2,285,975          
 

HealthStream, Inc.

    35,773,989       5,786,535       (6,087,541     (911,359     2,883,125       37,444,749       1,761,277                
 

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    55,504,301       6,708,924       (5,137,548     336,313       (19,884,457     37,527,533       1,443,922       429,106          
 

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

    48,527,827       5,549,524       (4,938,646     (868,073     (7,987,367     40,283,265       10,436,079                
 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    323,158,452       40,998,317       (36,122,025     12,130,835       (56,285,889     283,879,690       7,678,650       3,833,251          
 

Heritage Financial Corp.

    56,793,829       2,176,525                   3,219,482       62,189,836       2,349,446       968,877          
 

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A

    21,546,077       2,611,396       (2,299,220     (645,083     (2,087,081     19,126,089       2,396,753       120,848          
 

Heska Corp.

    105,969,219       10,350,801       (12,279,263     (10,123,955     (39,833,132     54,083,670       741,685                
 

Hibbett, Inc.

    40,842,195       9,022,832       (7,227,300     1,641,442       2,807,818       47,086,987       945,332       452,312          
 

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    230,251,717       28,141,671       (32,773,657     1,339,101       (40,956,793     186,002,039       5,065,415       2,264,101          
 

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    115,984,411             (18,052,431     (2,866,813     (12,455,716     82,609,451       3,324,324       1,111,087          
 

HNI Corp.

    115,782,139       14,630,522       (17,583,958     (2,835,125     (30,081,914     79,911,664       3,014,397       1,982,150          
 

HomeStreet, Inc.

    61,438,925             (1,787,123     581,023       (24,026,520     36,206,305       1,256,727       879,709          
 

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    125,113,560       3,214,855                   (27,338,999     100,989,416       7,989,669       2,233,411          
 

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    112,526,716       1,652,020                   (17,759,574     96,419,162       2,732,195       1,748,604          
 

Hostess Brands, Inc.

    217,127,718       29,927,372       (29,244,163     1,178,654       12,354,022       231,343,603       9,954,544                
 

Hub Group, Inc., Class A

    187,277,719       23,070,740       (18,666,417     4,794,030       (25,495,070     170,981,002       2,478,704                
 

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

          123,725,765       (1,507,955     (249,978     (19,025,798     102,942,034       9,401,099                
 

Ichor Holdings Ltd.

    72,429,744       9,109,188       (6,853,874     (435,468     (23,505,382     50,744,208       2,096,002                
 

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.(c)

    417,778,942       5,945,068       (357,401,268     40,659,005       (106,981,747                          
 

Independent Bank Corp.

    258,508,413       4,536,977       (6,894,262     280,439       (22,291,920     234,139,647       3,141,549       3,244,925          
 

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    187,312,547       24,472,884       (27,271,453     3,592,854       (29,593,432     158,513,400       2,582,072       2,017,191          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       

    

 

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

  $   106,399,151     $ 7,825,806     $ (6,958,335     $     (3,750,041   $ (77,186,348   $ 26,330,233       4,787,315     $   1,595,544     $           
 

Innospec, Inc.

    163,608,317       21,826,516       (17,685,504       4,576,440       (17,436,037         154,889,732       1,807,981       1,109,220          
 

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    376,860,731       55,913,362       (23,373,483       200,678         (229,058,014     180,543,274       2,040,037       7,096,107          
 

Innoviva, Inc.

    86,614,896       10,069,734       (8,482,518       1,001,840       (36,084,951     53,119,001       4,575,280                
 

Inogen, Inc.

    47,300,748       9,904,034       (3,907,315       (912,110     (11,763,533     40,621,824       1,673,057                
 

Insight Enterprises, Inc.

    267,725,516       29,504,226       (51,614,028       4,979,708       (66,949,517     183,645,905       2,228,442                
 

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    141,821,788       21,848,529       (17,192,130       2,768,899       (10,020,336     139,226,750       1,719,061       1,057,906          
 

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    51,401,526       7,157,719       (6,168,810       1,271,496       (15,921,175     37,740,756       1,422,569       83,996          
 

Integer Holdings Corp.

    190,269,761       22,594,957       (18,440,439       3,617,358       (47,717,355     150,324,282       2,415,624                
 

InterDigital, Inc.

    140,008,526       18,016,282       (17,467,575       (4,032,330     (48,929,670     87,595,233       2,167,126       1,535,245          
 

Interface, Inc.

    57,147,545       8,276,287       (6,366,559       (1,114,932     (19,287,346     38,654,995       4,299,777       85,837          
 

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    51,136,777       12,029,455       (4,732,163       (14,888,638     (16,787,715     26,757,716       2,410,605       4,124,272          
 

Investors Bancorp.,
Inc.(c)

    241,223,189       1,159,138       (225,120,862       8,155,739       (25,417,204                          
 

iRobot Corp.

    122,285,983       13,101,062       (11,241,492       (276,602     (12,280,460     111,588,491       1,980,978                
 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

          134,828,245       (26,590,897       2,891,547       (10,334,611     100,794,284       9,729,178                
 

iStar, Inc.

    116,402,831       25,888,453       (8,075,792       777,755       (77,335,598     57,657,649       6,226,528       1,375,405          
 

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(e)

    N/A       6,506,158       (437,232       (216,280     (32,223,382     34,227,897       1,796,740                
 

Itron, Inc.

    170,586,111       21,541,829       (17,454,185       (5,043,155     (30,805,805     138,824,795       3,296,718                
 

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    165,416,632       19,899,235       (15,862,143       654,956       (28,762,526     141,346,154       1,091,729       1,436,664          
 

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    141,010,428       15,334,175       (13,882,585       (1,109,975     (27,359,868     113,992,175       1,538,979       1,342,657          
 

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    62,174,341       2,229,949                     (4,914,510     59,489,780       2,608,057       257,473          
 

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.(b)

    53,243,648       7,201,260       (6,207,636       77,505       (5,044,762     N/A       N/A       1,498,410          
 

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    269,450,300       32,642,739       (25,938,534       2,145,257       (78,465,346     199,834,416       2,323,656       458,645          
 

Joint Corp.

    36,767,591       2,846,817       (2,109,830       (1,951,617     (18,409,958     17,143,003       1,091,216                
 

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    106,874,519       12,755,463       (11,122,184       (134,890     (37,049,116     71,323,792       1,162,572       1,764,694          
 

Kaman Corp.

    86,916,564       9,655,750       (8,343,544       (2,612,783     (28,561,588     57,054,399       2,042,764       801,954          
 

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

    156,418,231       18,306,082       (19,255,804       (2,369,924     (58,741,071     94,357,514       8,447,405                
 

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.(e)

    N/A       12,082,929       (1,360,954       (122,613     (15,975,883     68,830,612       4,235,730       1,821,188          
 

Knowles Corp.

    141,406,715       15,973,045       (12,739,792       1,241,186       (64,340,341     81,540,813       6,700,149                
 

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    140,711,238       22,664,751       (15,081,379       (2,894,656     (24,576,441     120,823,513       3,594,868       3,121,830          
 

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    42,128,249       5,226,850       (5,044,169       (1,411,363     (8,960,665     31,938,902       1,537,002       153,380          
 

Korn Ferry

    252,987,602       31,752,267       (24,300,527       5,468,373       (78,929,622     186,978,093       3,982,494       1,173,785          
 

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    249,869,703       25,957,023       (34,164,740       4,334,334       (82,828,166     163,168,154       4,234,834       1,425,129          
 

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    131,628,490       4,131,819       (2,732,340       (680,473     162,335       132,509,831       1,819,940       1,439,660          
 

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

    268,045,866       44,531,619       (32,092,609       16,783,990       55,313,147       352,582,013       5,013,252                
 

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

    81,468,140       24,244,446       (8,644,710       (144,817     (18,385,133     78,537,926       1,249,609                
 

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    82,855,859       11,766,936       (10,615,115       (2,010,279     (10,569,851     71,427,550       3,164,712       1,036,522          
 

LCI Industries

    187,813,675       27,816,440       (20,839,527       2,734,738       (9,359,842     188,165,484       1,854,578       3,839,837          
 

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    63,919,764       10,018,063       (7,759,498       1,215,842       4,492,672       71,886,843       1,418,446       354,260          
 

LendingTree, Inc.

    98,208,861       6,639,973       (7,703,694       (9,475,971     (68,749,597     18,919,572       792,941                
 

Leslie’s, Inc.

          154,828,035       (631,822       (15,766     4,862,676       159,043,123       10,811,905                
 

LGI Homes, Inc.

    149,225,443       19,597,957       (20,707,033       (216,612     (26,365,116     121,534,639       1,493,605                
 

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    134,490,007       15,472,903       (16,963,308       (5,752,176     (26,524,387     100,723,039       1,169,702                
 

Lindsay Corp.

    123,302,622       15,078,912       (12,222,992       3,091,409       (14,220,612     115,029,339       802,829       534,959          
 

Liquidity Services, Inc.

    32,694,355       4,727,074       (3,166,223       1,102,723       (3,182,511     32,175,418       1,978,808                
 

Livent Corp.

    301,581,149       76,700,085       (30,696,181       11,090,914       41,982,795       400,658,762       13,072,064                
 

LivePerson, Inc.

    117,865,230       12,449,565       (8,545,715       (7,024,785     (67,041,453     47,702,842       5,063,996                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       

    

 

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.

  $     $ 138,294,802     $ (10,240,970     $ 1,556,966     $ (40,587,373   $ 89,023,425       4,902,171     $     $           
 

LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.

    29,300,033       2,991,022       (2,420,585       (1,247,571     (13,795,873     14,827,026       2,139,542                
 

Loyalty Ventures, Inc.(c)

    23,666,877       540,221       (5,925,178       (62,381,063     44,099,143                            
 

LTC Properties, Inc.

    108,384,839       19,680,133       (13,827,517       439,930       (4,050,160     110,627,225       2,953,998       3,237,437          
 

LXP Industrial Trust

    317,911,153       34,131,763       (31,165,862       (4,008,766         (129,890,667     186,977,621       20,412,404       4,855,245          
 

M/I Homes, Inc.

    92,345,659       12,681,872       (14,097,636       (144,480     (17,307,787     73,477,628       2,028,088                
 

ManTech International Corp./VA, Class A(c)

    169,913,587       22,709,117       (211,831,058       67,898,210       (48,689,856                 796,350          
 

Marcus
Corp.(b)

    27,951,362       5,731,694       (2,455,915       (594,826     12,050,364       N/A       N/A       82,879          
 

MarineMax, Inc.

    63,060,808       9,174,957       (8,612,111       1,393,783       (18,233,106     46,784,331       1,570,471                
 

Marten Transport Ltd.

    76,128,648       11,553,439       (12,645,005       2,556,631       2,785,553       80,379,266       4,195,160       514,151          
 

Matador Resources Co.(c)

    418,406,106             (440,317,505       319,326,556       (297,415,157                          
 

Materion Corp.

    125,367,742       15,802,200       (12,961,681       4,301,945       (12,766,446         119,743,760       1,496,797       369,478          
 

Mativ Holdings, Inc.(j)

    62,022,758       88,480,422       (9,133,681       (4,174,495     (49,152,837     88,042,167       3,987,417       2,608,222          
 

Matson, Inc.

    363,006,855       30,684,212       (40,404,038       3,060,467       (181,456,041     174,891,455       2,842,839       1,826,055          
 

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    73,073,863       9,105,117       (9,538,650       (4,102,937     (18,516,256     50,021,137       2,232,090       1,010,797          
 

MaxLinear, Inc.

    295,124,147       27,736,501       (19,617,578       2,274,597       (134,074,058     171,443,609       5,255,782                
 

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    153,007,137       19,307,097       (14,664,908       1,753,256       (45,364,338     114,038,244       4,158,944       4,135,712          
 

Medifast, Inc.

    141,901,102       18,183,715       (20,079,348       2,310,163       (55,244,471     87,071,161       803,536       2,641,366          
 

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

    80,791,829       13,778,788       (10,822,925       3,302,125       13,530,284       100,580,101       3,189,981                
 

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

    241,720,177       49,314,866       (20,206,310       8,089,136       (44,982,122     233,935,747       4,139,723                
 

Meritage Homes Corp.

    211,633,392       23,450,306       (22,097,596       3,099,328       (28,690,378     187,395,052       2,666,786                
 

Meritor, Inc.(c)

    180,216,010       18,416,851       (203,316,665       49,989,966       (45,306,162                          
 

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    95,859,603       10,625,781       (11,651,747       (5,495,804     (38,005,016     51,332,817       364,502       121,206          
 

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    115,328,504       14,451,695       (14,059,748       1,658,083       (17,813,636     99,564,898       2,680,078       740,520          
 

MGP Ingredients, Inc.(e)

    N/A       23,059,415       (1,824,847       363,638       21,884,730       119,191,352       1,122,752                
 

Middlesex Water Co.

    121,393,945                           (32,284,764     89,109,181       1,154,264       669,473          
 

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

          132,966,773       (1,728,882       (148,169     (13,635,976     117,453,746       2,377,125                
 

ModivCare, Inc.

    101,725,170       13,581,916       (9,517,250       2,845,557       (16,704,815     91,930,578       922,257                
 

Monarch Casino & Resort,
Inc.(e)

    N/A       685,882       (1,107,513       46,508       6,318,031       54,596,487       972,506                
 

Monro, Inc.

    106,431,874       15,070,436       (16,797,585       (4,095,321     1,439,196       102,048,600       2,348,104       1,355,312          
 

Moog, Inc., Class A

    182,438,303       22,511,158       (18,778,765       2,004,381       (39,589,194     148,585,883       2,112,095       1,099,212          
 

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.

    24,415,724       2,953,316       (1,694,435       (51,059     (3,473,880     22,149,666       1,455,300                
 

Movado Group,
Inc.(b)

    45,775,699       5,934,279       (5,688,037       993,749       (12,499,201     N/A       N/A       1,236,265          
 

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.

    191,220,336                           (21,646,796     169,573,540       4,187,001                
 

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    222,475,811       30,685,106       (27,388,871       6,657,981       13,288,216       245,718,243       4,133,887       2,060,932          
 

Myers Industries, Inc.

    55,670,695       8,664,321       (6,194,376       1,240,308       (15,348,782     44,032,166       2,673,477       706,998          
 

MYR Group, Inc.

    113,820,468       14,980,626       (14,101,333       4,355,414       (16,126,611     102,928,564       1,214,783                
 

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

    143,948,675       17,511,782       (12,687,713       478,288       (37,048,383     112,202,649       5,880,642                
 

Nabors Industries Ltd.

    84,919,956       20,929,769       (8,436,688       1,868,952       (33,084,951     66,197,038       652,509                
 

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    81,266,914       1,099,752                     (6,645,473     75,721,193       2,047,072       928,073          
 

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    27,917,614       3,619,649       (2,959,390       (464,639     (3,930,831     24,182,403       371,751                
 

National Vision Holdings, Inc.

          178,007,514       (23,976,799       5,890,198       27,918,847       187,839,760       5,753,132                
 

Natus Medical, Inc.(c)

    64,241,145       7,114,910       (89,136,027       6,525,152       11,254,820                            
 

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    103,252,531       2,713,758                     4,952,036       110,918,325       2,922,749       1,677,010          
 

Neenah, Inc.(c)

    47,271,785       3,013,196       (80,307,882       (93,409     30,116,310                   568,538          
 

Nektar Therapeutics

    71,195,578       8,293,073       (6,259,119       (5,959,371     (23,534,452     43,735,709       13,667,409                
 

NeoGenomics, Inc.

    107,000,980       12,296,044       (8,291,083       (7,759,516     (24,008,044     79,238,381       9,203,064                
 

NETGEAR, Inc.

    51,698,232       6,105,671       (5,736,144       (1,840,584     (8,094,458     42,132,717       2,102,431                
 

NetScout Systems, Inc.

    169,405,690       23,165,486       (33,351,989       (92,336     (3,691,235     155,435,616       4,962,823                
 

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    99,064,584       19,114,001       (17,693,608       (4,284,425     (31,739,950     64,460,602       27,547,266       5,432,739          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       

    

 

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

  $   122,018,834     $ 2,040,175     $ (2,040,175     $     $ (59,583,995   $ 62,434,839       1,351,111     $   1,026,844     $           
 

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.

    84,060,458       10,519,304       (10,371,333       1,393,921       (14,482,104     71,120,246       4,018,093                
 

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A

    126,486,977       15,925,229       (15,450,230       1,508,153       (2,638,284     125,831,845       6,177,312                
 

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    44,128,998       2,694,248       (2,490,170       420,577       (586,854     44,166,799       3,086,429       795,406          
 

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    110,620,029       4,927,681                     37,500       115,585,210       8,555,530       3,356,250          
 

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    114,034,325       28,317,050       (10,668,720       78,281       (21,613,694     110,147,242       2,539,125       2,268,285          
 

NOW, Inc.

    87,533,937       11,510,691       (10,110,623       1,079,009       (8,765,648     81,247,366       8,084,315                
 

NV5 Global, Inc.

    113,096,919       18,329,058       (10,011,249       (58,296     (8,722,950     112,633,482       909,655                
 

Oceaneering International, Inc.

    108,248,797       10,899,743       (9,065,439       (1,154,663     (50,725,396     58,203,042       7,311,940                
 

ODP Corp.

    150,472,218       15,774,732       (21,669,235       1,311,470       (35,976,190     109,912,995       3,126,970                
 

Office Properties Income Trust

    89,434,675       10,258,954       (8,847,717       (4,451,423     (36,744,416     49,650,073       3,533,813       3,840,941          
 

OFG Bancorp

    86,662,184       559,589       (781,787       (83,288     (4,800,550     81,556,148       3,245,370       1,137,037          
 

O-I Glass, Inc.

    146,725,678       20,292,979       (16,960,189       501,181       (3,496,807     147,062,842       11,356,204                
 

Oil States International, Inc.

    30,532,455       3,734,577       (2,508,520       101,858       (13,705,849     18,154,521       4,666,972                
 

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    25,713,971       2,705,270       (1,918,560       967,436       (11,461,815     16,006,302       701,723       121,702          
 

Omnicell,
Inc.(c)

    407,429,926       17,797,448       (380,212,794       105,673,887           (150,688,467                          
 

OneSpan, Inc.

    35,579,568       4,101,809       (2,854,783       (622,617     (14,066,419     22,137,558       2,571,145                
 

Onto Innovation, Inc.

    306,564,777       34,426,487       (25,375,424       10,266,999       (93,818,865     232,063,974       3,623,169                
 

OptimizeRx Corp.

    47,963,311       4,994,390       (3,475,955       (3,621,411     (26,316,341     19,543,994       1,318,758                
 

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

    35,093,429       2,686,376       (2,771,489       (1,888,097     (13,048,042     20,072,177       5,296,089                
 

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    56,739,102       6,719,448       (5,779,042       (2,208,647     (19,210,546     36,260,315       4,144,036       811,891          
 

Orthofix Medical, Inc.

    46,236,230       5,395,986       (4,122,293       (1,706,917     (17,831,298     27,971,708       1,463,721                
 

OSI Systems, Inc.

    99,778,004       8,008,831       (8,705,496       (779,565     (15,000,486     83,301,288       1,155,999                
 

Owens & Minor, Inc.

    237,798,945       23,645,084       (17,496,652       9,051,392       (118,986,164     134,012,605       5,560,689                
 

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    102,821,032       14,197,269       (17,445,465       1,643,887       (3,177,861     98,038,862       1,091,990       1,227,977          
 

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    228,019,766       8,067,513       (1,293,032       (640,946     (28,273,233         205,880,068       6,649,873       4,370,271          
 

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

    243,118,352       27,233,389       (18,304,914       3,887,474       (78,179,172     177,755,129       3,341,890                
 

Palomar Holdings, Inc.

    110,545,925       21,425,605       (12,549,266       (1,355,487     36,075,389       154,142,166       1,841,163                
 

Park Aerospace Corp.

    18,232,507       2,348,250       (1,415,985       (72,099     (2,843,802     16,248,871       1,471,818       283,133          
 

Park National Corp.

    135,674,418       16,579,218       (13,602,819       2,532,281       (9,857,320     131,325,778       1,054,995       2,171,010          
 

Pathward Financial, Inc.(k)

    112,957,040       1,486,572       (569,248       (371,071     (45,016,830     68,486,463       2,077,866       206,731          
 

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    96,958,481       12,707,529       (13,449,967       (1,425,685     (25,343,721     69,446,637       1,584,093       1,055,258          
 

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    238,134,784       29,556,615       (23,300,059       11,333,296       (71,033,877     184,690,759       15,812,565       1,244,804          
 

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    166,060,470       48,696,083       (20,509,920       11,480,328       69,390,827       275,117,788       7,824,738                
 

PDF Solutions, Inc.

    59,598,908       7,785,871       (6,955,348       1,258,708       (8,781,909     52,906,230       2,156,797                
 

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(l)

    143,173,761       17,702,213       (14,732,622       (1,809,011     (42,766,901     101,567,440       6,151,874                
 

Pennant Group, Inc.

    35,999,327       4,454,245       (2,866,776       1,771,832       (17,964,548     21,394,080       2,055,147                
 

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(e)

    N/A       14,155,112       (16,072,947       (4,182,527     (43,512,795     77,939,566       6,616,262       6,261,055          
 

Perdoceo Education Corp.

    57,606,112       9,060,264       (9,140,170       (764,447     (5,864,247     50,897,512       4,941,506                
 

Perficient, Inc.

    259,611,926       37,616,202       (20,878,012       9,064,429       (121,332,869     164,081,676       2,523,557                
 

PetMed Express, Inc.

    38,966,720       4,630,009       (3,981,158       (387,621     (9,215,169     30,012,781       1,537,540       910,618          
 

PGT Innovations, Inc.

    76,723,141       11,729,627       (9,749,623       2,587,584       10,344,337       91,635,066       4,371,902                
 

Phibro Animal Health Corp.,
Class A(b)

    29,130,392       3,843,399       (2,356,830       (257,469     14,016,696       N/A       N/A       354,150          
 

Photronics, Inc.

    74,493,294       13,562,889       (9,743,080       1,646,003       (14,278,040     65,681,066       4,492,549                
 

Piper Sandler Cos

    132,389,775       16,694,980       (16,958,538       1,863,512       (29,272,143     104,717,586       999,786       1,221,816          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       
 

Plantronics, Inc.(c)

  $ 120,668,371     $ 15,230,749     $     (137,743,925     $ 39,460,421       $    (37,615,616   $           $     $    
 

Plexus Corp.

    164,407,748       22,398,619       (20,963,939       4,705,569       6,411,026       176,959,023       2,021,003                       

    

 

Powell Industries, Inc.

    12,559,186       2,106,759       (1,321,278       80,447       905,639       14,330,753       679,827       343,987          
 

PRA Group, Inc.

    141,038,099       15,424,046       (25,212,815       (1,413,697     (36,308,154     93,527,479       2,846,241                
 

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.

    190,225,543       26,388,568       (23,104,125       2,665,552       (15,334,695     180,840,843       3,629,156                
 

PriceSmart, Inc.

    135,818,557       19,757,942       (13,171,183       (862,383     (36,312,469     105,230,464       1,827,235       767,728          
 

ProAssurance Corp.

    92,923,542       1,499,669                     (25,638,404     68,784,807       3,525,618       352,562          
 

PROG Holdings, Inc.

          123,275,984       (59,968,680       35,784,511       (43,820,558     55,271,257       3,689,670                
 

Progress Software Corp.

    148,916,992       19,047,822       (18,298,145       3,967,026       (18,765,470     134,868,225       3,169,641       1,111,212          
 

ProPetro Holding Corp.

    84,754,257       9,816,364       (7,432,487       306,899       (35,987,654     51,457,379       6,392,221                
 

Proto Labs, Inc.

    104,431,636       13,044,493       (10,397,879       (6,689,673     (27,102,346     73,286,231       2,011,700                
 

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    119,936,396                           (19,989,400     99,946,996       5,125,487       2,460,234          
 

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    165,876,863       20,212,796       (14,138,374       (161,446     (28,314,668     143,475,171       993,733       794,472          
 

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    50,273,695       7,644,837       (6,205,863       89,278       (7,675,417     44,126,530       2,429,875       385,891          
 

QuinStreet, Inc.

    41,592,937       5,808,781       (3,814,604       402,903       (4,538,997     39,451,020       3,757,240                
 

Rambus, Inc.

    249,695,511       25,197,800       (19,334,990       6,190,662       (56,844,972         204,904,011       8,060,740                
 

Ranger Oil Corp.,
Class A(b)

    52,271,514       7,603,103       (10,114,108       (3,840,245     14,399,708       N/A       N/A       115,098          
 

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.

    30,075,292       2,385,736       (1,879,992       (94,430     (15,345,595     15,141,011       4,806,670                
 

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.,
Class A(b)

    37,066,442       6,129,492       (4,115,747       (2,116,876     14,002,988       N/A       N/A       641,897          
 

Ready Capital Corp.(e)

    N/A       32,721,393       (1,195,479       (213,094     (29,990,334     75,411,474       7,437,029       3,123,255          
 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers,
Inc.(c)

    19,037,149       344,178       (9,882,769       (29,592,094     20,093,536                            
 

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    86,418,394       12,982,041       (10,542,036       (4,697,586     (35,280,574     48,880,239       8,515,721       3,899,329          
 

REGENXBIO, Inc.

    89,410,873       11,433,059       (8,940,564       (3,035,698     (16,372,929     72,494,741       2,742,896                
 

Renasant Corp.

    122,659,043       5,263,796                     (8,228,793     119,694,046       3,826,536       1,662,243          
 

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(c)

    218,275,772       2,502,921       (223,831,696       101,187,403       (98,134,400                          
 

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

    108,999,473       13,215,759       (22,074,866       (16,536,977     (15,566,253     68,037,136       3,885,616       2,918,987          
 

Resideo Technologies, Inc.

    246,333,903       29,030,829       (22,555,176       5,792,326       (56,093,823     202,508,059       10,624,767                
 

Resources Connection, Inc.

    37,511,987       6,537,744       (3,655,826       873,996       651,572       41,919,473       2,319,838       632,160          
 

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    165,489,597             (425,137       (77,844     (47,896,818     117,089,798       8,509,433       2,382,641          
 

REX American Resources Corp.

    37,138,350       4,759,475       (3,149,835       733,666       (6,786,722     32,694,934       1,171,022                
 

Rogers Corp.

    364,370,893       44,710,494       (37,211,774       16,602,418       (58,075,803     330,396,228       1,365,951                
 

RPT Realty

    83,319,640       11,400,875       (9,482,964       (422,081     (37,699,169     47,116,301       6,232,315       1,580,103          
 

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    51,970,044       5,967,633       (6,420,760       127,676       (13,751,001     37,893,592       2,247,544       642,377          
 

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    70,123,531       10,366,710       (111,592       (57,690     (212,655     80,108,304       2,733,139       1,641,106          
 

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    86,228,006       2,834,203                     (8,970,941     80,091,268       981,992       1,751,694          
 

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

    123,084,093       14,526,158       (15,035,920       666,231       (24,650,274     98,590,288       7,824,626                
 

Sanmina Corp.

    183,729,393       25,473,652       (39,343,212       5,997,541       18,584,374       194,441,748       4,219,656                
 

ScanSource, Inc.

    63,970,113       6,632,214       (6,669,398       108,887       (15,447,733     48,594,083       1,839,988                
 

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    146,555,548       10,766,396       (7,459,522       1,916,537       (22,289,721     129,489,238       4,283,468       1,422,930          
 

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    181,828,319       25,217,613       (24,655,104       1,971,649       (17,949,831     166,412,646       7,529,984       1,899,909          
 

Selectquote, Inc.

    24,980,028       2,575,668       (2,047,824       (9,306,440     (9,637,013     6,564,419       8,992,355                
 

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A

    22,360,474       3,397,420       (4,516,664       628,547       (1,263,877     20,605,900       408,523                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       
 

Service Properties Trust

  $   103,192,254     $ 10,240,721     $ (7,116,867     $ (5,079,743   $ (38,730,709   $ 62,505,656       12,043,479     $ 238,815     $    
 

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    332,974,896       35,698,710       (29,318,132       11,950,929       (66,137,523         285,168,880       3,564,611       1,605,894          

    

 

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A

    190,071,451       18,647,386       (21,856,106       (9,311,382     (55,005,948     122,545,401       2,724,442                
 

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    84,576,037       11,191,866       (8,948,181       (3,297,084     (20,833,263     62,689,375       3,683,277                       
 

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    273,905,174       27,168,307       (48,657,650       774,642       (59,190,040     194,000,433       3,392,209       1,449,110          
 

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    190,104,518       39,195,347                     (37,819,020     191,480,845       8,787,556       3,339,272          
 

Simply Good Foods Co.

    229,837,648       36,333,830       (28,487,580       (678,365     (37,965,640     199,039,893       6,221,941                
 

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    57,561,518       9,469,186       (6,627,583       (176,557     (3,552,328     56,674,236       1,167,578       136,374          
 

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

          136,516,705       (10,609,098       274,661       (30,712,557     95,469,711       5,393,769                
 

SkyWest, Inc.

    104,003,904       11,810,202       (9,629,118       (3,983,814     (42,095,173     60,106,001       3,696,556                
 

Sleep Number Corp.

    82,168,963       9,766,744       (10,172,077       (748,984     (26,644,751     54,369,895       1,608,101                
 

SM Energy Co.

    338,768,910       41,925,416       (33,063,212       16,292,063       (27,667,249     336,255,928       8,940,599       87,181          
 

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.

    86,032,317       13,411,626       (7,546,379       1,001,584       (34,845,053     58,054,095       3,658,103                
 

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A(b)

    63,134,619       8,925,714       (14,550,486       1,305,750       (20,272,859     N/A       N/A       727,644          
 

Sonos, Inc.

    258,040,886       24,892,482       (20,497,529       (7,255,345     (126,110,195     129,070,299       9,285,633                
 

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    277,815,513       58,926,203       (28,347,918       6,755,173       (16,668,434     298,480,537       8,931,195       5,264,740          
 

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    88,968,366       1,414,742                     (11,954,522     78,428,586       2,218,003       1,481,717          
 

Southwestern Energy Co.(c)

    572,104,123       29,177,779       (502,896,112       177,290,495       (275,676,285                          
 

SpartanNash Co.

    85,110,307       11,998,879       (10,249,408       3,082,829       (13,484,861     76,457,746       2,634,657       1,095,048          
 

SPS Commerce, Inc.

    337,838,163       37,608,388       (29,993,119       12,114,458       (31,275,310     326,292,580       2,626,520                
 

SPX FLOW, Inc.(c)

    259,082,047       1,269,690       (261,195,167       118,154,523           (117,311,093                          
 

SPX Technologies, Inc.(m)

    160,498,750       23,582,645       (19,959,533       5,965,537       11,991,164       182,078,563       3,297,330                
 

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    59,270,564       8,435,336       (8,140,640       (1,205,366     (14,102,304     44,257,590       1,361,772       752,245          
 

Standex International Corp.

    87,658,417       11,422,758       (11,341,847       386,925       (16,732,065     71,394,188       874,393       461,349          
 

Stepan Co.

    150,510,653       21,282,149       (18,504,523       2,214,701       (10,750,514     144,752,466       1,545,345       1,027,733          
 

Steven Madden Ltd.

    211,645,113       24,067,120       (25,211,716       667,707       (66,473,499     144,694,725       5,425,374       2,295,276          
 

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    108,673,669       4,637,916                     (30,977,306     82,334,279       1,886,670       1,530,831          
 

StoneX Group, Inc.

    90,898,940       13,732,478       (10,674,285       3,692,774       6,525,968       104,175,875       1,256,039                
 

Strategic Education, Inc.

    107,496,569       16,043,044       (14,249,305       (364,756     (8,517,132     100,408,420       1,635,050       1,975,199          
 

Stride, Inc.

          135,717,013       (15,822,580       2,761,734       2,058,948       124,715,115       2,967,288                
 

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

    87,670,726       11,503,978       (9,413,573       630,051       (24,943,340     65,447,842       1,288,597       1,468,149          
 

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    75,886,774       9,455,914       (8,127,659       (1,920,042     (22,905,047     52,389,940       7,796,122       318,890          
 

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    52,991,824       6,542,447       (5,362,051       (227,995     (18,492,767     35,451,458       6,101,800       855,800          
 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

          156,032,666       (2,503,829       89,964       (17,753,924     135,864,877       14,423,023       654,243          
 

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    122,972,590       15,758,555       (12,687,386       1,377,907       4,638,659       132,060,325       3,901,339                
 

Surmodics, Inc.

    45,178,643       5,427,653       (4,113,479       549,134       (15,827,961     31,213,990       1,026,776                
 

Sylvamo Corp.

    84,035,262       13,736,184       (18,509,802       1,747,007       813,135       81,821,786       2,413,622       551,440          
 

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.(c)

    28,711,529       493,892       (10,817,864       (48,778,697     30,391,140                            
 

Talos Energy, Inc.(e)

    N/A       35,912,562       (985,914       109,606       (5,755,208     79,434,569       4,770,845                
 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    127,881,154       21,014,256       (18,420,973       447,667       (26,794,048     104,128,056       7,611,700       3,021,412          
 

TechTarget, Inc.

    155,056,230       18,532,763       (13,823,906       5,091,884       (47,654,765     117,202,206       1,979,767                

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       
 

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.(b)

  $   133,432,927     $ 19,488,380     $ (16,033,288     $ (1,518,662   $ 2,282,510     $ N/A       N/A     $ 2,564,801     $           
 

Tennant Co.

    104,301,650       12,109,051       (9,451,055       (676,805     (29,206,097     77,076,744       1,362,743       672,758          
 

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(e)

    N/A       23,984,996       (713,353       (204,712     (17,675,373     51,150,775       2,240,507                
 

TimkenSteel Corp.

    64,404,568       8,336,003       (7,139,560       2,704,099       (23,329,863     44,975,247       3,000,350                
 

Titan International, Inc.

    53,931,214       8,142,465       (7,185,721       3,307,327       (13,154,817     45,040,468       3,710,088                
 

Tivity Health,
Inc.(c)

    102,231,306       4,597,360       (107,819,062       34,087,411       (33,097,015                          
 

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    66,250,624       11,837,172       (6,026,832       393,863       (5,403,038     67,051,789       923,324       974,485          
 

Tredegar Corp.

    22,063,926       2,752,239       (2,689,708       (1,041,747     (3,624,703     17,460,007       1,849,577       466,036          
 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

    128,739,659       21,937,696       (35,173,243       1,095,304       39,439,966       156,039,382       3,678,439                
 

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.

          180,979,351       (114,682,881       86,092,424       (40,260,017     112,128,877       7,420,839                
 

Trinity Industries, Inc.

          143,171,105       (7,581,027       2,527,112       (10,255,136     127,862,054       5,988,855                
 

Trinseo PLC

    133,136,232       14,235,707       (20,697,650       (7,109,924     (72,740,973     46,823,392       2,555,862       1,693,722          
 

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.

    159,258,692       10,246,436       (10,905,996       676,196       (68,168,912     91,106,416       1,676,291                
 

Triumph Group, Inc.

    93,800,075       6,906,827       (5,211,642       291,935       (62,531,001     33,256,194       3,871,501                
 

TrueBlue, Inc.

    73,580,548       7,586,203       (10,480,297       (2,023,189     (23,180,685     45,482,580       2,383,783                
 

Trupanion, Inc.

    218,695,578       22,504,617       (14,912,560       (1,385,972     (73,025,743     151,875,920       2,555,543                
 

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    38,574,952                           (616,136     37,958,816       1,208,110       845,677          
 

Trustmark Corp.

    114,546,413       3,416,802                     538,313       118,501,528       3,868,806       1,756,745          
 

TTM Technologies, Inc.

    110,982,608       14,046,383       (14,189,718       455,509       (12,819,252     98,475,530       7,471,588                
 

Tupperware Brands Corp.

    68,309,820       4,252,486       (9,788,640       (13,293,541     (31,002,562     18,477,563       2,821,002                
 

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    136,053,578       23,351,639       (20,120,319       (3,161,485     (52,725,249     83,398,164       25,119,929       12,619,818          
 

U.S. Ecology, Inc.(c)

    107,128,388       1,442,682       (108,839,944       7,170,326       (6,901,452                          
 

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

    91,860,274       13,981,156       (10,285,218       2,404,230       (25,864,746     72,095,696       948,378       774,112          
 

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.

    99,876,624       10,245,930       (8,951,961       1,990,457       (42,823,429     60,337,621       5,510,285                
 

UFP Industries, Inc.

    341,909,849       47,200,515       (41,047,529       11,710,381       (35,480,764     324,292,452       4,494,075       2,243,594          
 

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.

    136,152,483       14,680,687       (10,493,661       1,831,226       (56,854,367     85,316,368       3,313,257                
 

Unifi, Inc.

    17,937,480       1,858,721       (2,142,166       (1,710,826     (6,895,756     9,047,453       951,362                
 

UniFirst Corp.(b)

    200,629,322       26,205,256       (22,405,107       999,754       (18,168,596     N/A       N/A       661,218          
 

uniQure NV

    46,786,302       14,245,799       (5,102,616       (1,087,004     1,576,756       56,419,237       3,007,422                
 

Unisys Corp.

    103,901,420       9,300,592       (6,917,865       (2,336,144     (66,623,664     37,324,339       4,943,621                
 

United Community Banks, Inc.

    254,860,619       2,581,227       (742,290       (254,917     (12,385,860         244,058,779       7,373,377       3,160,095          
 

United Fire Group, Inc.

    47,725,571       5,992,002       (3,645,521       502,311       (4,487,708     46,086,655       1,604,130       497,806          
 

United Natural Foods, Inc.

    171,786,549       22,977,261       (18,432,559       7,388,294       (37,606,626     146,112,919       4,251,176                
 

Uniti Group, Inc.

    232,300,985       22,942,979       (18,230,288       433,973           (117,195,170)       120,252,479       17,302,515       5,118,318          
 

Unitil Corp.

    57,003,513       9,553,519       (7,221,120       505,678       (5,056,741     54,784,849       1,179,437       916,970          
 

Universal Corp.

    102,545,813       13,718,679       (11,869,214       894,717       (22,532,312     82,757,683       1,797,517       2,753,054          
 

Universal Electronics, Inc.

    29,321,395       3,424,291       (4,343,006       (3,311,371     (7,699,705     17,391,604       884,169                

    

 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    53,217,155       7,442,290       (6,298,179       (1,567,227     (12,652,381     40,141,658       928,990       1,317,188          
 

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    27,029,508       1,644,878       (1,724,504       (56,752     (7,207,344     19,685,786       1,998,557       636,059          
 

Urban Edge Properties

    150,439,087       24,240,325       (13,706,900       (671,447     (46,043,672     114,257,393       8,565,022       2,548,719          
 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    36,636,275                           (6,427,417     30,208,858       1,947,702       925,158          
 

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    45,100,344       6,626,959       (4,941,787       (1,507,411     (4,523,283     40,754,822       4,124,982                       
 

Varex Imaging Corp.

    60,217,722       9,573,966       (7,038,297       (779,065     61,342       62,035,668       2,934,516                
 

Vector Group Ltd.

    112,743,909       14,508,325       (11,731,253       1,620,320       (32,602,162     84,539,139       9,595,816       3,810,719          
 

Veeco Instruments, Inc.

    98,540,068       11,247,179       (8,513,339       2,805,340       (35,371,645     68,707,603       3,750,415                
 

Vera Bradley, Inc.(c)

    13,955,166       240,570       (8,795,020       (11,624,937     6,224,221                            
 

Vericel Corp.

    128,020,145       13,695,997       (10,612,788       (4,192,793     (47,087,017     79,823,544       3,440,670                
 

Veris Residential, Inc.

    99,880,230       11,799,329       (11,291,836       (772,879     (33,908,421     65,706,423       5,778,929                
 

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    134,887,513       12,960,548       (6,357,624       2,894,692       (44,723,841     99,661,288       3,748,074       1,455,286          

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates (continued)

 

                     
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

          

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying

Funds

       
 

Veritiv Corp.

  $   132,495,898     $ 16,940,401     $ (13,757,546     $ 7,384,723     $ (43,488,837   $ 99,574,639       1,018,458     $     $    
 

Viad Corp.

    52,372,980       7,114,832       (6,131,392       (747,660     (5,116,040     47,492,720       1,503,886                
 

Viavi Solutions, Inc.

    264,487,828       30,251,424         (27,009,999       5,900,899       (56,798,960     216,831,192       16,615,417                
 

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    122,805,763       13,579,972       (15,269,723       (865,588     (40,693,333     79,557,091       498,728       1,541,470          
 

Vista Outdoor, Inc.

    143,628,159       16,596,496       (14,192,399       5,261,208       (51,029,570     100,263,894       4,122,693                
 

Wabash National Corp.

    51,999,241       8,196,093       (7,284,553       (29,284     2,212,449       55,093,946       3,540,742       558,188          
 

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    273,111,920       34,366,058       (20,874,529       9,543,064           (108,572,976     187,573,537       2,240,219       2,623,331          
 

WD-40 Co.

    179,528,754       23,484,434       (20,635,057       2,611,842       (10,339,385         174,650,588       993,801       1,520,708          
 

Westamerica Bancorp

    106,501,356       4,786,926                     (14,942,075     96,346,207       1,842,536       1,513,213          
 

Whitestone REIT

    43,783,817       5,693,501       (4,743,362       224,143       (16,325,127     28,632,972       3,384,512       804,317          

    

 

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    128,875,490       17,604,191       (20,395,448       1,538,860       (4,358,829     123,264,264       2,316,562       1,508,631          
 

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    45,910,215       5,773,189       (4,104,611       (279,603     (9,158,037     38,141,153       8,149,819       479,944          
 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    132,926,995       17,167,153       (18,489,612       (6,918,478     (36,314,077     88,371,981       5,742,169       1,140,259          
 

World Fuel Services Corp.

    122,548,498       14,868,647       (15,488,448       (2,325,936     (13,758,058     105,844,703       4,515,559       1,166,428          
 

WSFS Financial Corp.

    193,477,522       8,533,207                     820,390       202,831,119       4,365,715       1,194,370          
 

WW International, Inc.

    39,112,420       3,825,256       (3,098,478       (2,544,682     (21,912,524     15,381,992       3,913,993                
 

Xencor, Inc.

    111,628,239       17,080,208       (11,670,524       (2,337,579     (1,590,517     113,109,827       4,353,727                
 

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    157,588,903       18,044,758       (15,126,605       131,249       (45,318,961     115,319,344       8,362,534       836,180          
 

XPEL, Inc.(e)

    N/A       15,079,109       (1,422,569       (5,672     2,192,821       92,146,171       1,429,953                
 

Yelp, Inc.

          154,047,188       (8,668,102       3,168,769       25,519,466       174,067,321       5,133,215                
 

Zimvie, Inc.

    34,275,851       3,845,054       (3,418,031       (877,915     (18,804,398     15,020,561       1,521,840                
 

Zumiez, Inc.

    53,421,286       5,439,912       (12,389,154       (3,430,179     (18,561,738     24,480,127       1,137,024                
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
            $   1,441,299,550     $   (14,139,340,800   $   57,775,398,662       $   500,276,673     $           
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Formerly the Xperi Holding Corp.

 
  (b) 

As of period end, the entity was not considered an affiliate.

 
  (c) 

As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 
  (d) 

Formerly the Realogy Holdings Corp.

 
  (e) 

As of the beginning of the period, the entity was not considered an affiliate.

 
  (f) 

Formerly the Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

 
  (g) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (h) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 
  (i) 

Formerly the Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

 
  (j) 

Formerly the Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

 
  (k) 

Formerly the Meta Financial Group, Inc.

 
  (l) 

Formerly the MEDNAX, Inc.

 
  (m) 

Formerly the SPX Corp.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description   

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount

(000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

           

Russel 2000 E-Mini Index

     2,495        12/16/22      $   208,308      $ (14,585,348
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
Reference Entity    Payment
Frequency
   Counterparty(a)      Termination
Date
    

Net

Notional

     Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Net Value of
Reference
Entity
       Gross Notional   
Amount    
Net Asset   
Percentage   
 

 

 
Equity Securities Long/Short    Monthly      Goldman Sachs Bank USA (b)       02/27/23      $   377,552,102      $ (31,620,814 )(c)     $ 345,828,964          0.6%  
   Monthly      HSBC Bank PLC (d)       02/10/23        275,195,812        (23,980,099 )(e)       251,536,750          0.5     
   Monthly      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA (f)       02/08/23        244,773,535        (20,811,336 )(g)       223,919,720          0.4     
              

 

 

    

 

 

      
               $ (76,412,249    $   821,285,434       
              

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

  (a)

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $102,324 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (e) 

Amount includes $(321,037) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (g) 

Amount includes $42,479 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

  (b)   (d)   (f)  

Range:

  65 basis points   65 basis points   65 basis points  

Benchmarks:

  USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate   USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate   USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate           
  (FEDL01)   (OBFR01)   (OBFR01)  

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination date February 27, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of
    Basket
Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                        
Aerospace & Defense                           

Triumph Group, Inc.

    666,030     $     5,480,119         1.6
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Banks                        

Bancorp, Inc.

    170,430       3,746,051         1.1  

BankUnited, Inc.

    223,907       7,650,902         2.2  

Banner Corp.

    36,145       2,135,447         0.6  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    178,778       4,880,639         1.4  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    97,109       1,131,320         0.3  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    108,720       2,249,417         0.7  

City Holding Co.

    87,496       7,760,020         2.2  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    156,299       8,269,531         2.4  

First Bancorp

    93,288       3,412,475         1.0  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    337,382       4,331,985         1.3  

First Financial Bancorp

    400,647       8,445,639         2.4  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    138,325       3,275,536         1.0  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    132,334       3,502,881         1.0  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    18,131       522,354         0.2  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    242,154       3,060,827         0.9  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    20,729       504,544         0.1  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    48,943       1,857,387         0.5  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    720,517       8,968,938         2.6  

OFG Bancorp

    47,358       1,190,107         0.3  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    260,103       7,928,763         2.3  

Preferred Bank

    67,781       4,421,355         1.3  

Renasant Corp.

    3,211       100,440         0.0  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    78,203       2,292,130         0.7  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    239,668       5,222,366         1.5  

Trustmark Corp.

    241,639       7,401,403         2.1  

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 
Banks                           

United Community Banks, Inc.

    339,978     $ 11,253,272         3.3

Westamerica Bancorp

    56,588       2,958,986         0.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
        118,474,715      
Commercial Services & Supplies                        

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    3,710,507       8,645,481         2.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment                        

Extreme Networks, Inc.

    2,381,541       31,126,741         9.0  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs)
 

Getty Realty Corp.

    166,265       4,470,866         1.3  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    192,442       8,892,745         2.6  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    4,815,433       73,146,427         21.1  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    22,703       312,393         0.1  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,485,805       15,912,972         4.6  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    160,044       2,482,282         0.7  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      105,217,685      
Gas Utilities                        

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    13,436       1,550,380         0.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services                        

RadNet, Inc.

    754,117       15,346,281         4.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Insurance                        

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    141,562       1,804,915         0.5  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    79,413       2,738,954         0.8  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,389,278       4,862,473         1.4  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    81,039       2,859,866         0.8  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    74,117       1,427,952         0.4  

ProAssurance Corp.

    209,422       4,085,823         1.2  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    71,378       5,821,590         1.7  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    39,183       1,709,946         0.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      25,311,519      
 

 

 

38  

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September 30, 2022

   iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 

Metals & Mining

                

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    52,133     $ 1,482,663         0.4
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                        

Green Plains, Inc.

    52,741       1,533,181         0.5  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    485,407       7,965,529         2.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      9,498,710      
Software                        

Adeia, Inc.

    123,069       886,615         0.2  

Xperi Holding Co.

    123,069       1,740,196         0.5  

Xperi, Inc.

    49,227       934,860         0.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      3,561,671      
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                        

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    206,137       4,019,671         1.1  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    84,075       2,641,636         0.8  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    179,645       8,346,307         2.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      15,007,614      
Water Utilities                        

Middlesex Water Co.

    66,391       5,125,385         1.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
Goldman Sachs Bank USA

 

  $   345,828,964      
   

 

 

     

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                        
Aerospace & Defense                        

Triumph Group, Inc.

    158,084     $ 1,357,942         0.5
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Banks                           

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.

    52,665       2,192,444         0.9  

Bancorp, Inc.

    10,317       226,768         0.1  

BankUnited, Inc.

    102,294       3,495,386         1.4  

Banner Corp.

    42,334       2,501,093         1.0  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    53,153       1,451,077         0.6  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    266,778       3,107,964         1.2  

City Holding Co.

    4,321       383,229         0.1  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    22,002       1,321,880         0.5  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    26,537       782,311         0.3  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    20,840       267,586         0.1  

First Financial Bancorp

    48,166       1,015,339         0.4  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    31,783       752,621         0.3  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    72,142       1,909,599         0.8  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    21,263       612,587         0.2  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    230,536       2,913,975         1.2  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    23,766       1,730,402         0.7  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    53,934       1,995,019         0.8  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    143,743       5,455,047         2.2  

OFG Bancorp

    165,602       4,161,578         1.6  

Preferred Bank

    264,460       17,250,726         6.9  

Renasant Corp.

    239,104       7,479,173         3.0  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    35,523       1,041,179         0.4  

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 
Banks                        

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    304,610     $ 6,637,452                  2.6

Trustmark Corp.

    348,354       10,670,083         4.2  

Westamerica Bancorp

    60,435       3,160,146         1.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      82,514,664      
Commercial Services & Supplies                        

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    195,729       456,049         0.2  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs)
                   

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    67,941       1,071,430         0.4  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    70,034       963,668         0.4  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,052,703       11,274,449         4.5  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    93,192       1,445,408         0.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      14,754,955      
Gas Utilities                        

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    116,542       13,447,781         5.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Insurance                        

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    229,674       2,928,343         1.1  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    186,929       6,447,181         2.5  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,849,410       6,472,935         2.6  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    164,950       5,821,086         2.3  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    65,871       1,502,518         0.6  

ProAssurance Corp.

    189,380       3,694,804         1.5  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    20,924       1,706,561         0.7  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    45,630       1,991,293         0.8  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      30,564,721      
Metals & Mining                        

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    138,442       3,937,290         1.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                        

Green Plains, Inc.

    896,421       26,058,958         10.4  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    229,278       3,762,452         1.5  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      29,821,410      
Software                        

Adeia, Inc.

    435,896       3,237,761         1.3  

Xperi Holding Co.

    435,896       6,163,569         2.4  

Xperi, Inc.

    174,358       3,414,012         1.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      12,815,342      
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                        

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

    284,448       9,500,563         3.8  

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

    992,579       40,199,450         16.0  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

    125,606       2,449,317         1.0  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    82,672       2,597,554         1.0  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    53,512       2,486,168         1.0  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      57,233,052      
Water Utilities                        

Middlesex Water Co.

    60,020       4,633,544         1.8  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
HSBC Bank PLC

 

  $   251,536,750      
   

 

 

     
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of period end, termination date February 8, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

       
Common Stocks                      
Aerospace & Defense                      

Triumph Group, Inc.

    70,616     $   606,591              0.3
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Banks                      

BankUnited, Inc.

    50,876       1,738,433         0.8  

Banner Corp.

    129,325       7,640,521         3.4  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    286,812       5,934,140         2.7  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    235,747       6,810,731         3.0  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    49,288       2,961,223         1.3  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    39,181       1,155,056         0.5  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    67,026       3,004,105         1.3  

First Bancorp

    561,649       7,683,358         3.4  

First Bancorp

    33,767       1,235,197         0.6  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    296,185       3,803,015         1.7  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    226,447       2,862,290         1.3  

Independent Bank Corp.

    196,496       14,644,847         6.5  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    75,008       2,774,546         1.2  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    38,363       1,264,444         0.6  

Preferred Bank

    46,082       3,005,929         1.3  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    182,208       5,508,148         2.5  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    174,919       4,651,096         2.1  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      76,677,079      
Commercial Services & Supplies                      

GEO Group, Inc.

    271,695       2,092,052         0.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment                      

Extreme Networks, Inc.

    1,180,456       15,428,560         6.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)                      

Acadia Realty Trust

    166,366       2,099,539         0.9  

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
    Basket
Value
 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)        

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    400,104     $   6,309,640         2.8

Getty Realty Corp.

    45,903       1,234,332                  0.6  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    116,504       5,383,650         2.4  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    455,057       6,261,584         2.8  

SITE Centers Corp.

    1,730,781       18,536,665         8.3  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    1,850,734       10,364,609         4.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      50,190,019      
Health Care Providers & Services                        

RadNet, Inc.

    320,797       6,528,219         2.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Insurance                        

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

    681,211       8,685,440         3.9  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    2,357,817       8,252,360         3.7  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      16,937,800      
Metals & Mining                        

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    1,095,679       31,161,111         13.9  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities                        

Avista Corp.

    98,924       3,665,134         1.6  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                        

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

    431,988       7,088,923         3.2  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
Software                        

Adeia, Inc.

    364,044       2,704,057         1.2  

Xperi Holding Co.

    364,044       5,147,582         2.3  

Xperi, Inc.

    145,617       2,851,235         1.3  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      10,702,874      
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                        

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

    31,115       1,260,158         0.6  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    20,655       648,980         0.3  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    20,065       932,220         0.4  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 
      2,841,358      
   

 

 

     
Net Value of Reference Entity —
    JPMorgan Chase Bank NA
    $  223,919,720              
   

 

 

     
 

 

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for OTC Swaps

 

         
Description    Swap
Premiums
Paid
       Swap
Premiums
Received
       Unrealized
Appreciation
       Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Swaps

   $        $        $        $   (76,412,249

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts

                                

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $        $        $ 14,585,348        $        $        $        $ 14,585,348  

Swaps — OTC

                                

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps;
Swap premiums received

                       76,412,249                                     76,412,249  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $        $   90,997,597        $        $        $        $   90,997,597   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (6,829,671    $      $      $      $ (6,829,671

Swaps

                   (94,392,877                           (94,392,877
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $ (101,222,548    $      $      $      $ (101,222,548
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (15,843,386    $      $      $      $ (15,843,386

Swaps

                   (87,003,947                           (87,003,947
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $      $  (102,847,333    $      $      $      $  (102,847,333
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 197,666,775  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

   $ 755,732,625   

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     
      Assets      Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     

Futures contracts

   $      $ 1,802,568  

Swaps — OTC(a)

            76,412,249  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   $      $ 78,214,817  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

            (1,802,568
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $      $   76,412,249  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums paid/received in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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The following table presents the Fund’s derivative liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Fund:

 

           
Counterparty   

Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to

an MNA by
Counterparty

       Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
       Non-
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
      

Cash

Collateral
Pledged(b)

      

Net
Amount of

Derivative

Liabilities(c)

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 31,620,814        $        $        $ (31,620,814      $  

HSBC Bank PLC

     23,980,099                            (23,980,099         

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     20,811,336                            (20,811,336         
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   76,412,249        $        $        $   (76,412,249      $   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

 
  (b) 

Excess of collateral pledged, if any, from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

 
  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $ 57,699,472,435      $      $      $ 57,699,472,435  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     4,232,670,577                      4,232,670,577  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $     61,932,143,012      $      $      $     61,932,143,012  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

   $ (14,585,348    $         (76,412,249    $                     —      $ (90,997,597
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps and futures contracts. Swaps and futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%            

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)(b)

    45,272     $ 5,240,234  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    53,664       11,152,989  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    15,061       7,904,314  
   

 

 

 
      24,297,537  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%            

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    109,697       9,687,342  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    79,502       2,787,340  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    210,426       33,992,216  
   

 

 

 
      46,466,898  
Auto Components — 0.1%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    73,775       5,769,943  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    27,512       2,175,649  

Gentex Corp.

    83,445       1,989,329  
   

 

 

 
      9,934,921  
Automobiles — 4.5%            

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    1,780,940       472,394,335  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 2.3%            

Bank of America Corp.

    2,056,738       62,113,488  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    11,258       856,959  

Bank OZK

    35,073       1,387,488  

Cathay General Bancorp

    20,102       773,123  

Comerica, Inc.

    39,274       2,792,381  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    36,476       2,413,252  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    24,062       3,181,478  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    94,424       6,339,627  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    85,402       3,572,366  

First Republic Bank

    122,501       15,992,505  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    74,397       3,655,125  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    26,013       1,191,655  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    46,754       1,052,432  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    902,022       94,261,299  

PacWest Bancorp

    80,909       1,828,543  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    50,780       4,118,258  

Regions Financial Corp.

    280,126       5,622,129  

Signature Bank

    41,845       6,318,595  

SVB Financial Group(a)(b)

    39,352       13,213,615  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    38,769       1,454,225  

UMB Financial Corp.

    28,652       2,415,077  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    53,447       913,409  

Webster Financial Corp.

    49,148       2,221,490  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    20,321       1,657,178  

Zions Bancorp NA

    48,130       2,447,892  
   

 

 

 
          241,793,589  
Beverages — 0.8%            

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    3,673       1,188,766  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)

    26,870       2,436,572  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.(b)

    3,065       1,261,952  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    136,679       4,895,842  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)(b)

    134,113       11,662,467  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    387,574       63,275,331  
   

 

 

 
      84,720,930  
Biotechnology — 2.4%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    638,420       85,682,348  

Amgen, Inc.

    146,847       33,099,314  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    70,785       2,339,444  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    111,660       1,750,829  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    93,302       3,689,161  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    53,811       3,585,965  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Moderna, Inc.(a)(b)

    224,742     $ 26,575,742  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    64,154       6,813,796  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    71,682       49,379,580  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    14,474       3,030,566  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    102,974       29,815,092  
   

 

 

 
          245,761,837  
Building Products — 0.4%            

A O Smith Corp.

    42,174       2,048,813  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    104,688       6,168,217  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    34,357       9,634,046  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    38,772       2,081,669  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    281,766       13,868,522  

Lennox International, Inc.

    12,545       2,793,395  

Masco Corp.

    72,595       3,389,461  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    29,412       2,305,901  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    73,937       3,248,792  
   

 

 

 
      45,538,816  
Capital Markets — 3.4%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    25,847       2,890,987  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    44,241       11,146,520  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    52,372       28,819,264  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    41,210       4,836,818  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    694,295       49,898,982  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    24,147       1,986,091  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    14,607       5,844,407  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    26,695       884,138  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    84,127       1,810,413  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    228,252       66,889,249  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    42,722       2,730,363  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    212,847       19,230,726  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    40,922       831,126  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    124,711       3,678,974  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    12,209       2,716,380  

Moody’s Corp.

    69,419       16,876,453  

Morgan Stanley

    438,756       34,666,112  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    53,987       22,771,177  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    177,283       10,048,400  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    76,671       7,576,628  

S&P Global, Inc.

    138,975       42,436,016  

SEI Investments Co.

    41,631       2,042,001  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    70,726       3,671,387  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    105,940       11,124,759  
   

 

 

 
      355,407,371  
Chemicals — 1.0%            

Albemarle Corp.

    53,370       14,113,163  

Ashland, Inc.

    14,867       1,411,919  

Avient Corp.

    57,324       1,736,917  

Celanese Corp.

    28,748       2,597,094  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    80,180       7,717,325  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    13,853       839,907  

Linde PLC

    169,943       45,814,933  

Olin Corp.

    90,525       3,881,712  

RPM International, Inc.

    44,057       3,670,389  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    27,046       1,156,217  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    15,926       1,104,309  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    83,300       17,055,675  

Valvoline, Inc.

    120,302       3,048,453  
   

 

 

 
      104,148,013  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%  

Cintas Corp.

    26,522       10,295,575  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    19,741       2,171,115  
 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    96,585     $     10,276,644  

IAA, Inc.(a)(b)

    48,543       1,546,095  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    12,423       1,357,585  

Republic Services, Inc.

    60,580       8,241,303  

Rollins, Inc.

    66,395       2,302,579  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    36,028       4,630,679  

Waste Management, Inc.

    127,977       20,503,195  
   

 

 

 
      61,324,770  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%            

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    165,222       18,651,912  

Calix, Inc.(a)

    36,431       2,227,391  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    62,339       2,520,366  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,246,005       49,840,200  

F5, Inc.(a)

    21,250       3,075,513  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,604       1,481,386  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    65,832       14,744,393  
   

 

 

 
      92,541,161  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%            

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,832       748,191  

MasTec, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,539       1,240,727  

Quanta Services, Inc.(b)

    52,087       6,635,363  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    14,055       3,775,454  
   

 

 

 
      12,399,735  
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    25,061       2,686,038  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    24,044       7,744,332  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    42,357       6,680,122  
   

 

 

 
      17,110,492  
Consumer Finance — 0.6%            

American Express Co.

    176,210       23,772,491  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    123,557       11,388,249  

Discover Financial Services

    182,039       16,550,986  

Navient Corp.

    74,327       1,091,863  

SLM Corp.

    168,627       2,359,092  

Synchrony Financial

    184,160       5,191,470  
   

 

 

 
      60,354,151  
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    20,204       1,919,986  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    27,508       4,475,552  

Sealed Air Corp.

    54,277       2,415,869  
   

 

 

 
      8,811,407  
Distributors — 0.1%            

LKQ Corp.

    74,566       3,515,787  

Pool Corp.

    26,645       8,478,705  
   

 

 

 
      11,994,492  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%  

H&R Block, Inc.

    49,236       2,094,499  

Service Corp. International

    106,086       6,125,406  
   

 

 

 
      8,219,905  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    49,157       1,151,748  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(a)

    44,224       1,962,219  
   

 

 

 
      3,113,967  
Electric Utilities — 0.1%            

NRG Energy, Inc.

    158,562       6,068,168  

OGE Energy Corp.

    49,319       1,798,171  
   

 

 

 
      7,866,339  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment — 0.3%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    21,929     $ 3,453,160  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,621       7,592,505  

Hubbell, Inc.

    19,646       4,381,058  

nVent Electric PLC

    66,015       2,086,734  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    18,898       2,652,523  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    40,092       8,624,190  

SunPower Corp.(a)

    56,592       1,303,880  

Vicor Corp.(a)(b)

    14,143       836,417  
   

 

 

 
          30,930,467  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    210,799       14,115,101  

CDW Corp.

    53,402       8,334,984  

Cognex Corp.

    74,243       3,077,373  

Coherent Corp.(a)

    41,746       1,454,848  

Jabil, Inc.

    40,072       2,312,555  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    90,469       14,236,202  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    10,184       2,023,459  

National Instruments Corp.

    46,556       1,757,024  

Novanta, Inc.(a)

    15,649       1,809,807  

Trimble, Inc.(a)(b)

    93,590       5,079,129  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    25,230       6,610,512  
   

 

 

 
      60,810,994  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%  

ChampionX Corp.

    63,178       1,236,394  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.8%            

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    40,965       3,114,979  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    297,366       70,011,851  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    65,346       7,122,714  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    18,365       1,288,672  
   

 

 

 
      81,538,216  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.5%  

American Tower Corp.

    158,743       34,082,122  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    49,144       1,897,941  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    39,053       7,193,172  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    108,785       2,009,259  

Camden Property Trust

    71,144       8,498,151  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    130,201       18,820,555  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    53,804       964,706  

Duke Realty Corp.

    166,258       8,013,636  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    29,204       4,215,305  

Equinix, Inc.

    27,995       15,924,676  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    19,409       4,701,442  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    89,839       15,516,094  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    19,979       1,800,507  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    59,852       2,681,968  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    124,694       2,599,870  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    147,210       2,462,823  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    178,232       6,018,895  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    119,760       5,265,847  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    38,208       3,151,778  

Life Storage, Inc.

    56,390       6,245,756  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    48,200       7,474,374  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    52,576       2,095,679  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    56,814       2,362,326  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    23,765       975,316  

Prologis, Inc.

    297,562       30,232,299  

Public Storage

    62,491       18,297,990  

Rayonier, Inc.

    57,322       1,717,940  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    114,682       5,963,464  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    40,263       11,460,863  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    131,208       11,775,918  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

UDR, Inc.

    112,618     $ 4,697,297  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    209,539       5,984,434  
   

 

 

 
          255,102,403  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%            

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    151,053       71,337,800  

Fresh Market, Inc. Escrow(a)(d)

    3,194        
   

 

 

 
      71,337,800  
Food Products — 0.2%            

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    107,831       7,133,021  

Hershey Co.

    44,108       9,724,491  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    6,259       940,602  
   

 

 

 
      17,798,114  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%            

National Fuel Gas Co.

    31,544       1,941,533  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%  

Abbott Laboratories

    620,613       60,050,514  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    16,590       4,075,499  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    48,369       10,017,704  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    262,267       21,122,984  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)(b)

    261,931       21,643,358  

Enovis Corp.(a)

    12,297       566,523  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    31,551       1,879,493  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    122,989       7,935,250  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)

    6,124       922,274  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    38,524       12,551,119  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,179       2,337,483  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    24,339       1,031,000  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)(b)

    164,652       30,862,371  

LivaNova PLC(a)(b)

    21,232       1,077,949  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    32,398       4,573,302  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    85,807       1,198,724  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)

    29,518       2,568,951  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)

    25,403       4,816,409  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)(b)

    36,355       2,598,655  

ResMed, Inc.

    56,779       12,394,856  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,856       6,633,638  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    31,511       2,223,101  

STERIS PLC

    28,013       4,658,002  

Stryker Corp.

    92,237       18,681,682  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,254       2,021,854  
   

 

 

 
      238,442,695  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.7%  

Chemed Corp.

    5,800       2,532,048  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    83,730       15,388,737  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    37,196       2,498,455  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    32,123       6,579,112  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    19,029       6,276,525  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)

    103,646       3,261,740  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,734       1,064,882  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    35,641       4,372,794  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    51,493       954,165  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    71,233       3,674,198  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    262,688       132,667,948  
   

 

 

 
      179,270,604  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.5%  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    54,604       2,601,881  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    91,087       2,938,467  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    12,412       18,652,257  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    13,231       1,449,059  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    22,259       4,098,995  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    16,190     $ 5,022,138  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    75,136       9,062,904  

Light & Wonder, Inc.(a)

    64,308       2,757,527  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    11,868       1,446,234  

McDonald’s Corp.

    221,371       51,079,145  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    21,451       1,501,785  

Starbucks Corp.

    391,343       32,974,561  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    26,606       2,321,640  

Wendy’s Co.

    58,830       1,099,533  

Wingstop, Inc.

    20,098       2,520,691  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    40,410       2,479,153  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    89,416       9,508,497  
   

 

 

 
          151,514,467  
Household Durables — 0.2%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    111,972       7,541,314  

Garmin Ltd.

    51,619       4,145,522  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)(b)

    16,124       1,554,998  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    133,513       1,854,496  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    971       3,871,455  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    117,308       2,831,815  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    21,818       3,595,170  
   

 

 

 
      25,394,770  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0%        

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    10,481       903,462  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.8%            

American Financial Group, Inc.

    21,992       2,703,477  

Aon PLC, Class A

    84,631       22,670,106  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    62,057       10,625,400  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    107,563       6,505,410  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    50,152       4,492,115  

First American Financial Corp.

    31,352       1,445,327  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.(b)

    14,522       3,709,209  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    203,391       30,364,242  

Primerica, Inc.

    15,418       1,903,352  

RLI Corp.

    15,974       1,635,418  
   

 

 

 
      86,054,056  
Interactive Media & Services — 9.1%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    4,009,293       383,488,876  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    3,585,245       344,721,307  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,525,003       206,912,407  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    29,603       653,634  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    216,491       9,490,965  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,045       2,194,442  
   

 

 

 
      947,461,631  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 6.6%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    5,926,466       669,690,658  

eBay, Inc.

    283,654       10,441,304  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    84,505       8,461,485  
   

 

 

 
      688,593,447  
IT Services — 3.5%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    245,327       63,122,637  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    45,540       3,657,773  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    147,260       33,308,739  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    34,807       5,023,346  

Concentrix Corp.

    28,567       3,188,934  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    38,211       13,839,642  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    10,743       813,890  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    22,092       3,255,477  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    53,030       14,672,871  

Genpact Ltd.

    76,078       3,329,934  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)            

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    268,138     $ 76,242,359  

Maximus, Inc.

    40,973       2,371,108  

Paychex, Inc.

    113,340       12,717,881  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    418,453       36,016,250  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)

    103,409       532,556  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    29,413       5,109,038  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    470,105       83,514,153  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    12,843       1,630,291  
   

 

 

 
          362,346,879  
Leisure Products — 0.1%            

Brunswick Corp.

    49,775       3,257,774  

Mattel, Inc.(a)

    233,751       4,427,244  

Polaris, Inc.

    16,282       1,557,373  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    58,143       1,658,238  
   

 

 

 
      10,900,629  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.1%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    119,839       14,566,430  

Azenta, Inc.

    50,473       2,163,273  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,905       3,297,492  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    26,152       7,427,168  

Bruker Corp.

    67,649       3,589,456  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

    34,121       6,715,013  

Danaher Corp.

    297,691       76,890,608  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    51,637       9,851,823  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    91,297       16,537,539  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,830       2,645,171  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    9,476       10,273,121  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    83,951       10,101,824  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    34,206       6,400,285  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    50,148       342,009  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    69,567       3,280,084  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(b)

    261,974       132,870,593  

Waters Corp.(a)

    29,756       8,020,135  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    49,715       12,233,867  
   

 

 

 
      327,205,891  
Machinery — 1.0%            

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,691       4,367,436  

Crane Holdings Co.

    16,240       1,421,650  

Deere & Co.

    85,548       28,563,622  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    43,271       2,120,712  

Dover Corp.

    44,105       5,141,761  

Esab Corp.

    12,257       408,893  

Graco, Inc.

    67,879       4,069,346  

IDEX Corp.

    20,758       4,148,486  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    77,402       13,982,671  

ITT, Inc.

    31,868       2,082,255  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    22,842       2,871,696  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    23,127       2,964,188  

Nordson Corp.

    21,506       4,565,079  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    113,211       7,222,862  

Pentair PLC

    63,976       2,599,345  

Toro Co.

    69,392       6,001,020  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    18,362       2,308,654  

Xylem, Inc.

    49,237       4,301,344  
   

 

 

 
      99,141,020  
Media — 0.1%            

Cable One, Inc.

    1,847       1,575,583  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    14,572       547,324  
Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)            

New York Times Co., Class A

    64,558     $ 1,856,043  

TEGNA, Inc.

    66,337       1,371,849  
   

 

 

 
      5,350,799  
Metals & Mining — 0.4%            

Alcoa Corp.

    46,907       1,578,890  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)(b)

    346,780       4,671,126  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    421,925       11,531,210  

MP Materials Corp.(a)(b)

    61,860       1,688,778  

Nucor Corp.

    94,805       10,143,187  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    26,074       2,446,263  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    116,340       8,254,323  
   

 

 

 
          40,313,777  
Multiline Retail — 0.2%            

Target Corp.

    170,306       25,271,707  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    224,547       2,061,342  

APA Corp.

    120,427       4,117,399  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

    59,174       918,972  

Devon Energy Corp.

    438,971       26,395,326  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    119,174       14,355,700  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    26,980       1,399,992  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    180,400       20,156,092  

Hess Corp.

    132,658       14,458,395  

Matador Resources Co.(b)

    73,432       3,592,293  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    96,638       3,398,759  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    205,006       12,597,619  

ONEOK, Inc.

    127,653       6,540,940  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    64,849       3,747,624  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    89,113       19,295,638  

Range Resources Corp.

    114,655       2,896,185  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    477,367       2,921,486  

Targa Resources Corp.

    150,848       9,102,168  
   

 

 

 
      147,955,930  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    49,549       2,536,413  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.2%            

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    91,476       19,749,668  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.8%            

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    71,808       5,196,027  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    527,333       170,513,126  

Pfizer, Inc.

    2,026,494       88,679,377  

Zoetis, Inc.

    206,461       30,616,102  
   

 

 

 
      295,004,632  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

ASGN, Inc.(a)

    33,437       3,021,702  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    132,285       9,213,650  

Equifax, Inc.

    81,856       14,032,574  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,660       3,754,989  

Insperity, Inc.

    24,303       2,481,093  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    37,283       4,044,833  

KBR, Inc.

    60,651       2,621,336  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    49,203       3,764,029  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    53,215       9,074,754  
   

 

 

 
      52,008,960  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    107,671       7,268,869  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,699       2,371,648  
   

 

 

 
      9,640,517  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Road & Rail — 0.6%            

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,341     $ 2,871,365  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    33,055       5,170,463  

Landstar System, Inc.(b)

    15,598       2,251,883  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    61,381       15,269,751  

Saia, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,580       3,340,200  

Union Pacific Corp.

    171,202       33,353,574  
   

 

 

 
          62,257,236  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.8%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    1,079,435       68,393,002  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    27,831       474,518  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    581,698       47,658,517  

Broadcom, Inc.

    153,903       68,334,471  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    18,646       1,282,845  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    90,645       25,151,268  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    38,855       5,139,351  

KLA Corp.

    94,770       28,680,245  

Lam Research Corp.

    91,564       33,512,424  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    91,164       4,486,180  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)

    25,528       1,322,095  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    177,319       10,821,779  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    21,503       1,777,008  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    29,789       10,825,323  

NVIDIA Corp.

    1,674,334       203,247,404  

NXP Semiconductors N.V.

    110,565       16,309,443  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    220,169       13,723,134  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    38,349       2,466,608  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    33,916       2,693,269  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    750,899       84,836,569  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    28,318       832,832  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    22,953       2,833,318  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    10,007       787,851  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    50,417       4,299,058  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,775       6,428,801  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    26,092       2,583,369  

Teradyne, Inc.

    105,144       7,901,572  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    299,365       46,335,715  

Universal Display Corp.

    28,748       2,712,374  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)

    45,306       4,682,828  
   

 

 

 
      710,533,171  
Software — 15.8%            

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    36,764       768,368  

Adobe, Inc.(a)(b)

    312,942       86,121,638  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    36,044       7,990,955  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    19,388       4,618,222  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    93,040       17,379,872  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    20,075       884,504  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    182,983       29,904,912  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)

    42,053       2,349,922  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    19,769       1,048,548  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)

    134,403       4,678,568  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    9,685       430,014  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    9,828       4,049,234  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    438,768       21,556,672  

Intuit, Inc.

    188,620       73,056,298  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,098       5,600,297  

Microsoft Corp.

    4,986,811       1,161,428,282  

Oracle Corp.

    1,015,696       62,028,555  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    24,431       8,061,986  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    27,434       6,627,506  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    35,252       3,687,359  

Qualys, Inc.(a)

    23,409       3,262,981  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    405,837       58,375,594  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    135,068     $ 51,003,027  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    68,542       20,940,266  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    68,717       2,134,350  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    17,311       6,015,572  
   

 

 

 
          1,644,003,502  
Specialty Retail — 3.3%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    19,504       3,049,255  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,157       1,136,564  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    13,014       27,875,077  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    99,511       3,244,059  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    57,206       3,776,740  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    37,788       3,954,136  

Five Below, Inc.(a)(b)

    37,240       5,126,831  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    169,458       4,258,480  

Home Depot, Inc.

    522,283       144,118,771  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    427,366       80,263,608  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    42,586       29,952,863  

RH(a)(b)

    13,391       3,295,123  

Tractor Supply Co.

    74,203       13,792,854  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    19,578       7,854,498  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)(b)

    27,295       794,830  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    45,962       5,416,622  
   

 

 

 
      337,910,311  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 13.6%  

Apple Inc.

    10,101,150       1,395,978,930  

HP, Inc.

    305,284       7,607,677  

NetApp, Inc.

    104,075       6,437,039  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    96,412       5,132,011  
   

 

 

 
      1,415,155,657  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%        

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    56,420       2,168,785  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    12,251       824,492  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    41,232       2,830,989  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    17,795       5,562,895  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    456,279       37,925,911  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    42,174       1,337,759  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    54,048       359,419  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    61,628       367,303  
   

 

 

 
      51,377,553  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

Fastenal Co.

    183,868       8,465,283  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    28,161       7,606,849  

Watsco, Inc.

    14,585       3,755,054  
   

 

 

 
      19,827,186  
Water Utilities — 0.0%            

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    100,732       4,168,290  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $9,888,486,192)

 

    10,395,191,447  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(e)

   

Money Market Funds — 1.7%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(f)

    171,468,164     $ 171,519,604  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    12,148,170       12,148,170  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.7%
(Cost: $183,579,633)

 

    183,667,774  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.6%
(Cost: $10,072,065,825)

 

    10,578,859,221  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.6)%

 

    (170,278,726
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   10,408,580,495  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

    

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
   

Shares

Held at
09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

     

    

 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  58,826,169     $  112,594,811 (a)    $     $ 24,032     $ 74,592     $ 171,519,604       171,468,164     $ 458,096 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    18,116,000             (5,967,830 )(a)                  12,148,170       12,148,170       107,597               
 

BlackRock, Inc.

    35,500,282       5,216,831       (1,506,175     248,234       (10,639,908     28,819,264       52,372       469,080          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 272,266     $ (10,565,316   $   212,487,038       $  1,034,773     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
      

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

                   

E-Mini Technology Select Sector Index

     5          12/16/22        $ 602                       $ (74,309

Nasdaq 100 E-Mini Index

     36          12/16/22          7,945            (936,408

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     20          12/16/22          3,602            (398,064
                   

 

 

 
                    $   (1,408,781
                   

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts

                                

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $        $        $  1,408,781        $        $        $        $  1,408,781  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $  (3,561,461)        $        $        $        $  (3,561,461
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ (2,845,741      $        $        $        $ (2,845,741
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 15,905,198  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 

 
        Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  
 

 

 
 

Assets

         
 

Investments

         
 

Long-Term Investments
Common Stocks

  $ 10,395,191,447     $      $      $ 10,395,191,447  
 

Short-Term Securities
Money Market Funds

    183,667,774                     183,667,774  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
    $     10,578,859,221     $             —      $             —      $     10,578,859,221  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

         
 

Liabilities

         
 

Equity Contracts

  $ (1,408,781   $      $      $ (1,408,781
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.9%  

Boeing Co.(a)(b)

    362,430     $ 43,883,025  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    24,590       3,421,944  

General Dynamics Corp.

    146,015       30,980,003  

Hexcel Corp.

    53,949       2,790,242  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    240,055       7,424,901  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    26,076       5,775,834  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    72,063       14,976,853  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    153,225       59,189,285  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    36,289       1,473,333  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    94,425       44,409,966  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    958,709       78,479,919  

Textron, Inc.

    137,350       8,002,011  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    18,738       9,834,077  

Woodward, Inc.

    39,068       3,135,598  
   

 

 

 
          313,776,991  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    79,872       7,692,473  

FedEx Corp.

    155,224       23,046,107  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    270,863       43,755,209  
   

 

 

 
      74,493,789  
Airlines — 0.4%            

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    82,991       3,249,098  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    423,230       5,095,689  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    418,121       11,732,475  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    204,314       1,354,602  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    386,602       11,922,806  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    213,661       6,950,392  
   

 

 

 
      40,305,062  
Auto Components — 0.2%            

Adient PLC(a)(b)

    60,598       1,681,594  

Aptiv PLC(a)(b)

    103,371       8,084,646  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    153,775       4,828,535  

Dana, Inc.

    83,424       953,536  

Gentex Corp.

    72,511       1,728,662  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)

    180,508       1,821,326  

Lear Corp.

    39,036       4,672,219  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    17,900       1,898,474  
   

 

 

 
      25,668,992  
Automobiles — 0.6%            

Ford Motor Co.

    2,564,366       28,720,899  

General Motors Co.

    946,723       30,380,341  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    86,978       3,033,793  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    35,529       2,486,319  
   

 

 

 
      64,621,352  
Banks — 5.4%            

Associated Banc-Corp.

    101,705       2,042,236  

Bank of America Corp.

    2,541,892       76,765,138  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    14,951       1,138,070  

Bank OZK

    38,272       1,514,040  

Cadence Bank

    42,877       1,089,505  

Cathay General Bancorp

    30,297       1,165,223  

Citigroup, Inc.

    1,257,519       52,400,817  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    323,982       11,132,022  

Comerica, Inc.

    46,459       3,303,235  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    35,511       2,349,408  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    18,441       2,438,269  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    447,807       14,311,912  

First Horizon Corp.

    350,976       8,037,350  

FNB Corp.

    229,237       2,659,149  
Security   Shares     Value  

Banks (continued)

   

Fulton Financial Corp.

    110,882     $ 1,751,936  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    30,676       1,405,268  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    77,239       1,738,650  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    936,190       12,338,984  

International Bancshares Corp.

    34,183       1,452,777  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1,028,236       107,450,662  

KeyCorp.

    609,778       9,768,644  

M&T Bank Corp.

    114,029       20,105,593  

Old National Bancorp

    189,598       3,122,679  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    266,294       39,789,649  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    59,153       3,944,322  

Regions Financial Corp.

    335,445       6,732,381  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    58,850       2,207,463  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,393       1,912,159  

Truist Financial Corp.

    861,239       37,498,346  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    88,226       1,507,782  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    87,667       3,134,095  

US Bancorp

    877,906       35,397,170  

Valley National Bancorp

    272,929       2,947,633  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    41,762       1,252,025  

Webster Financial Corp.

    67,358       3,044,582  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    2,462,859       99,056,189  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    19,645       1,602,050  

Zions Bancorp NA

    52,162       2,652,959  
   

 

 

 
          582,160,372  
Beverages — 2.7%            

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    2,502       809,772  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    118,872       7,913,309  

Coca-Cola Co.

    2,527,214       141,574,528  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    103,455       23,761,545  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    418,940       15,006,431  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    122,926       5,899,219  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)(b)

    119,378       10,381,111  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    519,735       84,851,936  
   

 

 

 
      290,197,851  
Biotechnology — 2.1%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    528,098       70,876,033  

Amgen, Inc.

    204,926       46,190,320  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    94,226       25,158,342  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    95,517       1,497,707  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    813,823       50,204,741  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    68,328       4,553,378  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    15,393       3,222,986  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    66,611       19,286,549  
   

 

 

 
      220,990,056  
Building Products — 0.7%            

A O Smith Corp.

    42,609       2,069,945  

Allegion PLC

    57,638       5,168,976  

Carrier Global Corp.

    546,449       19,431,726  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    45,922       2,465,552  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    174,426       8,585,248  

Lennox International, Inc.

    8,683       1,933,444  

Masco Corp.

    76,673       3,579,862  

Owens Corning

    62,798       4,936,551  

Trane Technologies PLC

    150,455       21,787,389  
   

 

 

 
      69,958,693  
Capital Markets — 2.4%            

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    27,391       6,901,162  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    477,486       18,392,761  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    46,988       25,856,557  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    28,934       3,395,984  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

Charles Schwab Corp.

    317,263     $ 22,801,692  

CME Group, Inc.

    233,383       41,339,131  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    10,446       4,179,549  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    29,350       972,072  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    104,042       2,238,984  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    25,533       1,631,814  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    156,716       14,159,291  

Invesco Ltd.

    297,158       4,071,065  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    46,811       950,731  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    12,778       2,842,977  

Moody’s Corp.

    35,072       8,526,354  

Morgan Stanley

    443,449       35,036,905  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    49,764       2,820,623  

Northern Trust Corp.

    135,311       11,577,209  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    51,587       5,097,827  

S&P Global, Inc.

    86,277       26,344,682  

SEI Investments Co.

    27,855       1,366,288  

State Street Corp.

    238,695       14,515,043  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    44,517       4,674,730  
   

 

 

 
          259,693,431  
Chemicals — 2.6%            

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    144,016       33,516,844  

Albemarle Corp.

    24,526       6,485,655  

Ashland, Inc.

    18,248       1,733,013  

Cabot Corp.

    36,535       2,334,221  

Celanese Corp.

    37,152       3,356,312  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    52,109       5,015,491  

Chemours Co.

    100,601       2,479,815  

Corteva, Inc.

    466,593       26,665,790  

Dow, Inc.

    466,312       20,485,086  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    325,239       16,392,046  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    80,284       5,704,178  

Ecolab, Inc.

    160,989       23,250,031  

FMC Corp.

    81,319       8,595,418  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    11,484       696,275  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    165,507       15,033,001  

Linde PLC

    158,562       42,746,730  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    164,841       12,409,230  

Mosaic Co.

    223,594       10,806,298  

NewMarket Corp.

    4,345       1,307,106  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    152,596       16,890,851  

RPM International, Inc.

    40,836       3,402,047  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    11,484       796,301  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    71,922       14,726,030  
   

 

 

 
      274,827,769  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%  

Brink’s Co.

    31,494       1,525,569  

Cintas Corp.

    30,142       11,700,823  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    13,225       1,454,486  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    44,898       4,777,147  

IAA, Inc.(a)

    39,941       1,272,121  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    48,589       757,988  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    11,631       1,271,036  

Republic Services, Inc.

    74,381       10,118,791  

Rollins, Inc.

    84,715       2,937,916  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    58,914       2,480,869  

Waste Management, Inc.

    119,671       19,172,491  
   

 

 

 
      57,469,237  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%  

Ciena Corp.(a)(b)

    36,884       1,491,220  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,478,820       59,152,800  
Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment (continued)  

F5, Inc.(a)

    17,931     $ 2,595,154  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    208,887       5,456,128  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,392       1,741,129  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.(b)

    44,406       9,945,612  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    50,264       1,519,481  
   

 

 

 
          81,901,524  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%            

AECOM

    90,679       6,199,723  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)

    11,679       1,115,695  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    32,044       3,700,441  

Fluor Corp.(a)(b)

    90,639       2,256,005  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    18,069       1,147,381  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    130,528       3,569,941  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    42,953       5,471,783  
   

 

 

 
      23,460,969  
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    17,187       5,535,761  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    45,102       7,113,036  
   

 

 

 
      12,648,797  
Consumer Finance — 0.4%            

American Express Co.

    218,091       29,422,657  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    30,415       956,552  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    129,298       11,917,397  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    24,732       1,814,092  

Synchrony Financial

    135,429       3,817,743  
   

 

 

 
      47,928,441  
Containers & Packaging — 0.5%            

Amcor PLC

    974,892       10,460,591  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    23,253       2,209,733  

Avery Dennison Corp.(b)

    26,170       4,257,859  

Ball Corp.

    203,193       9,818,286  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    18,209       1,084,710  

International Paper Co.

    233,339       7,396,846  

Packaging Corp. of America

    61,033       6,853,396  

Sealed Air Corp.

    42,654       1,898,529  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    53,960       2,268,478  

Sonoco Products Co.

    62,999       3,573,933  

Westrock Co.

    164,984       5,096,356  
   

 

 

 
      54,918,717  
Distributors — 0.2%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    91,598       13,677,413  

LKQ Corp.

    95,890       4,521,214  
   

 

 

 
      18,198,627  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    2,432       1,308,368  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    20,913       1,720,094  

H&R Block, Inc.

    56,030       2,383,516  
   

 

 

 
      5,411,978  
Diversified Financial Services — 3.0%            

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    1,171,889       312,917,801  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    62,669       3,791,474  
   

 

 

 
          316,709,275  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%  

AT&T Inc.

    4,626,971       70,977,735  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)

    113,982       2,670,598  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(a)

    40,003       1,774,933  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    622,596       4,532,499  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    2,726,910       103,540,773  
   

 

 

 
      183,496,538  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities — 3.8%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    37,914     $ 1,897,596  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    162,789       8,626,189  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    333,574       28,837,472  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    212,222       17,654,748  

Duke Energy Corp.

    499,946       46,504,977  

Edison International

    247,668       14,013,056  

Entergy Corp.

    132,629       13,346,456  

Evergy, Inc.

    148,990       8,850,006  

Eversource Energy

    224,945       17,536,712  

Exelon Corp.

    643,954       24,122,517  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    352,113       13,028,181  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    70,034       2,427,379  

IDACORP, Inc.

    32,941       3,261,489  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    1,275,747       100,031,322  

OGE Energy Corp.

    81,081       2,956,213  

PG&E Corp.(a)

    1,172,320       14,654,000  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    74,075       4,778,578  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    55,084       2,518,991  

Portland General Electric Co.

    57,789       2,511,510  

PPL Corp.

    476,558       12,080,745  

Southern Co.

    690,217       46,934,756  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    355,163       22,730,432  
   

 

 

 
          409,303,325  
Electrical Equipment — 0.9%            

AMETEK, Inc.

    149,070       16,906,029  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    258,622       34,489,830  

Emerson Electric Co.

    383,936       28,111,794  

EnerSys

    26,942       1,567,216  

Hubbell, Inc.

    16,165       3,604,795  

nVent Electric PLC

    44,309       1,400,607  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    25,121       3,525,984  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    35,752       7,690,613  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)

    137,553       3,795,087  
   

 

 

 
      101,091,955  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    182,086       12,192,479  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    41,955       3,867,832  

Avnet, Inc.

    60,802       2,196,168  

Belden, Inc.

    28,700       1,722,574  

CDW Corp.

    36,327       5,669,918  

Cognex Corp.(b)

    42,417       1,758,185  

Coherent Corp.(a)

    43,436       1,513,745  

Corning, Inc.

    495,820       14,388,696  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)(b)

    21,667       1,827,611  

Jabil, Inc.

    49,578       2,861,146  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    29,161       4,588,775  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    6,212       1,234,262  

National Instruments Corp.

    39,915       1,506,392  

Novanta, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,078       934,221  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    27,868       2,262,603  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    207,671       22,918,572  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    30,305       10,227,028  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    71,003       3,853,333  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    85,246       1,516,526  

Vontier Corp.

    102,491       1,712,625  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    8,943       2,343,155  
   

 

 

 
      101,095,846  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%  

Baker Hughes Co.

    656,362       13,757,348  

ChampionX Corp.

    68,740       1,345,242  

Halliburton Co.

    588,675       14,493,178  
Security   Shares     Value  
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)  

NOV, Inc.

    258,851     $ 4,188,209  

Schlumberger NV

    918,372       32,969,555  
   

 

 

 
      66,753,532  
Entertainment — 1.8%            

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    462,241       34,362,996  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    171,510       19,845,422  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    52,935       4,025,177  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,741       4,222,769  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    1,183,727       111,660,968  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a)

    1,434,395       16,495,543  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    10,854       761,625  
   

 

 

 
          191,374,500  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.6%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    96,127       13,476,044  

American Tower Corp.

    148,133       31,804,155  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    53,545       2,067,908  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    52,430       9,657,082  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    92,331       6,922,055  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    85,792       1,584,578  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    72,103       1,674,953  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    99,837       2,331,194  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    154,647       22,354,224  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    186,619       18,508,872  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    60,916       1,092,224  

Duke Realty Corp.

    87,584       4,221,549  

EPR Properties

    48,023       1,722,105  

Equinix, Inc.

    31,935       18,165,905  

Equity Residential

    219,795       14,774,620  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    23,799       5,764,832  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    27,359       2,465,593  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    26,670       1,195,083  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    125,841       2,623,785  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    350,089       8,024,040  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    67,153       1,810,445  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    465,120       7,386,106  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    204,142       6,893,875  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    74,686       3,283,943  

JBG SMITH Properties

    65,073       1,209,056  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    67,278       2,833,077  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    401,046       7,383,257  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    140,606       2,421,235  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    19,096       1,575,229  

Macerich Co.

    136,804       1,086,224  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    390,120       4,626,823  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    28,661       4,444,461  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    64,655       2,577,148  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    153,499       4,526,685  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    142,615       1,605,845  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    84,470       1,225,660  

Physicians Realty Trust

    147,886       2,224,205  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    29,499       1,210,639  

Prologis, Inc.

    192,133       19,520,713  

Public Storage

    41,963       12,287,186  

Rayonier, Inc.

    36,847       1,104,305  

Realty Income Corp.

    400,997       23,338,025  

Regency Centers Corp.

    100,828       5,429,588  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    152,409       1,999,606  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    30,744       8,751,280  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    85,328       7,658,188  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    41,212       1,655,074  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    89,758       3,245,649  

STORE Capital Corp.

    173,679       5,441,363  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

UDR, Inc.

    89,833     $ 3,746,934  

Ventas, Inc.

    258,700       10,391,979  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    627,027       18,716,756  

Vornado Realty Trust

    106,592       2,468,671  

Welltower, Inc.

    300,868       19,351,830  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    277,992       7,939,451  
   

 

 

 
          381,801,312  
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%            

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    87,794       6,392,281  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    24,369       4,935,210  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    140,934       66,558,900  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    55,984       1,863,707  

Kroger Co.

    422,805       18,497,719  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    101,463       4,357,836  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)(b)

    67,977       1,886,362  

Sysco Corp.

    330,810       23,391,575  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    467,398       14,676,297  

Walmart, Inc.

    925,522       120,040,204  
   

 

 

 
      262,600,091  
Food Products — 2.1%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    363,978       29,282,030  

Campbell Soup Co.

    130,173       6,133,752  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    311,662       10,169,531  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    126,146       3,114,545  

General Mills, Inc.

    386,798       29,632,595  

Hershey Co.

    52,419       11,556,817  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    186,792       8,487,829  

Ingredion, Inc.

    42,575       3,428,139  

J M Smucker Co.

    68,871       9,463,564  

Kellogg Co.

    165,222       11,509,365  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    517,196       17,248,487  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    93,668       7,248,030  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    6,955       1,045,197  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    163,038       11,619,718  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    889,916       48,794,094  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    30,069       692,188  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)

    35,553       2,912,146  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    187,627       12,370,248  
   

 

 

 
          224,708,275  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    90,986       9,266,924  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    28,039       1,725,800  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    61,893       2,395,259  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    35,816       2,521,088  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    40,309       2,811,553  

Spire, Inc.

    34,965       2,179,369  

UGI Corp.

    137,213       4,436,096  
   

 

 

 
      25,336,089  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.2%  

Abbott Laboratories

    534,427       51,711,157  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    13,318       3,271,700  

Baxter International, Inc.

    328,107       17,671,843  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    185,179       41,263,437  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    929,559       36,001,820  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    31,850       8,405,215  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    140,377       3,979,688  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    148,310       12,254,855  

Enovis Corp.(a)(b)

    19,247       886,709  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    106,474       3,493,412  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    20,322       1,210,582  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)(b)

    32,942       2,438,696  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    42,207     $ 2,723,196  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,870       1,034,622  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    16,910       5,509,278  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    23,012       974,788  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    72,043       13,503,740  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    13,672       694,127  

Medtronic PLC

    862,738       69,666,094  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    59,446       830,461  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)

    33,310       1,459,311  

ResMed, Inc.

    39,881       8,706,022  

STERIS PLC

    37,825       6,289,541  

Stryker Corp.

    128,986       26,124,824  

Teleflex, Inc.

    30,515       6,147,552  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    136,117       14,231,032  
   

 

 

 
      340,483,702  
Health Care Providers & Services — 5.3%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    59,281       4,634,589  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,142       2,046,334  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    100,810       13,642,617  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    176,328       11,757,551  

Centene Corp.(a)

    371,134       28,877,937  

Chemed Corp.

    4,251       1,855,817  

Cigna Corp.

    198,113       54,970,414  

CVS Health Corp.

    852,427       81,295,963  

DaVita, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,419       3,014,401  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    155,838       70,787,853  

Encompass Health Corp.

    63,836       2,887,302  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    58,529       10,757,045  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    17,643       1,185,080  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    88,977       5,852,017  

Humana, Inc.

    82,172       39,869,033  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    27,588       5,650,298  

LHC Group, Inc.(a)

    20,354       3,331,136  

McKesson Corp.

    93,327       31,719,047  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    19,237       6,345,132  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    55,541       1,334,095  

Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,001       630,057  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    40,653       4,987,717  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    35,782       663,040  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    352,262       177,906,400  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B(b)

    42,327       3,732,395  
   

 

 

 
          569,733,270  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%            

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,778       42,358,667  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    50,032       1,614,032  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    645,214       4,535,854  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,947       8,936,914  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    5,697       623,935  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    14,971       1,386,015  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    79,594       10,054,314  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    7,633       2,367,757  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    98,412       9,220,220  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    105,075       12,674,147  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    214,815       8,059,859  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    179,125       25,102,578  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    14,030       1,709,696  

McDonald’s Corp.

    262,736       60,623,705  

MGM Resorts International

    213,325       6,340,019  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    269,952       3,066,655  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    102,427       2,817,767  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    142,423       5,397,832  

Starbucks Corp.

    365,061       30,760,040  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)            

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    16,978     $ 1,481,500  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    55,354       1,888,678  

Wendy’s Co.

    56,804       1,061,667  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    20,904       1,282,460  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)(b)

    68,127       4,294,045  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    97,933       10,414,195  
   

 

 

 
          258,072,551  
Household Durables — 0.5%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    96,500       6,499,275  

Garmin Ltd.

    49,425       3,969,322  

KB Home

    55,009       1,425,833  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    85,636       2,844,828  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    165,242       12,318,791  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    33,371       3,043,102  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    114,142       1,585,432  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    1,073       4,278,137  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    150,312       5,636,700  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)

    73,796       1,720,923  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    69,903       2,935,926  

Whirlpool Corp.

    35,636       4,804,089  
   

 

 

 
      51,062,358  
Household Products — 2.6%            

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    157,931       11,282,591  

Clorox Co.

    80,350       10,316,137  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    541,600       38,047,400  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    44,683       1,123,330  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    219,220       24,671,019  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    1,551,560       195,884,450  
   

 

 

 
      281,324,927  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%        

AES Corp.

    433,698       9,801,575  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    18,913       1,630,300  
   

 

 

 
      11,431,875  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.5%            

3M Co.

    359,465       39,720,883  

General Electric Co.

    711,998       44,079,796  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    437,431       73,037,854  
   

 

 

 
      156,838,533  
Insurance — 3.8%            

Aflac, Inc.

    373,380       20,983,956  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    8,791       7,378,902  

Allstate Corp.

    175,507       21,855,887  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    24,457       3,006,499  

American International Group, Inc.

    493,745       23,443,013  

Aon PLC, Class A

    54,782       14,674,454  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    76,803       13,150,210  

Assurant, Inc.

    34,390       4,995,835  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    46,958       2,038,916  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    46,774       2,828,892  

Chubb Ltd.

    271,178       49,321,855  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    55,145       4,939,338  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    73,169       1,314,847  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    25,621       6,723,975  

First American Financial Corp.

    38,024       1,752,906  

Globe Life, Inc.

    59,541       5,936,238  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    22,981       2,944,785  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    209,453       12,973,519  

Kemper Corp.

    41,729       1,721,739  

Lincoln National Corp.

    101,274       4,446,941  

Loews Corp.

    130,718       6,514,985  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    126,365     $ 18,865,031  

MetLife, Inc.

    435,033       26,441,306  

Old Republic International Corp.

    188,450       3,944,258  

Primerica, Inc.

    9,074       1,120,185  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    151,526       10,932,601  

Progressive Corp.

    379,788       44,135,163  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    241,546       20,719,816  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    43,504       5,473,238  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    28,380       3,984,268  

RLI Corp.

    11,195       1,146,144  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    38,985       3,173,379  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    154,089       23,606,435  

Unum Group

    122,913       4,769,024  

W R Berkley Corp.

    133,532       8,623,497  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    71,401       14,347,317  
   

 

 

 
      404,229,354  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%            

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    184,915       8,829,691  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    36,957       816,011  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    225,916       9,904,157  
   

 

 

 
      19,549,859  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.0%            

eBay, Inc.

    83,321       3,067,046  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 4.9%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    172,504       44,385,279  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    60,627       4,869,561  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    126,805       28,682,023  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    42,644       6,154,382  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    336,202       19,311,443  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    150,288       3,679,050  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    20,331       1,540,277  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    394,766       29,832,467  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)(b)

    415,288       38,858,498  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    48,449       8,535,260  

Genpact Ltd.

    37,761       1,652,799  

Global Payments, Inc.

    179,968       19,445,542  

International Business Machines Corp.

    586,442       69,675,174  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    47,512       8,660,012  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)

    133,365       1,102,929  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    293,619       83,487,626  

Paychex, Inc.

    97,996       10,996,131  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    345,416       29,729,955  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)

    107,825       555,299  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    32,341       5,617,632  

Visa, Inc., Class A(b)

    605,131       107,501,522  

Western Union Co.

    249,959       3,374,447  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    16,467       2,090,321  
   

 

 

 
          529,737,629  
Leisure Products — 0.1%            

Hasbro, Inc.

    84,904       5,724,227  

Polaris, Inc.

    20,432       1,954,321  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)

    90,546       1,743,916  
   

 

 

 
      9,422,464  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.7%            

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    77,563       9,427,782  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,349       2,648,422  

Danaher Corp.

    136,030       35,135,189  

Illumina, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,163       9,952,179  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    32,641       5,912,591  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,448       5,906,286  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services (continued)  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    15,285     $ 104,244  

Waters Corp.(a)

    10,197       2,748,397  
   

 

 

 
      71,835,090  
Machinery — 2.5%            

AGCO Corp.

    40,467       3,891,711  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    342,775       56,242,522  

Crane Holdings Co.

    16,416       1,437,057  

Cummins, Inc.

    91,350       18,590,639  

Deere & Co.

    97,522       32,561,621  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    38,776       1,900,412  

Dover Corp.

    50,030       5,832,497  

Esab Corp.

    16,984       566,586  

Flowserve Corp.

    83,512       2,029,342  

Fortive Corp.

    230,603       13,444,155  

Graco, Inc.

    43,730       2,621,614  

IDEX Corp.

    28,772       5,750,084  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    107,942       19,499,722  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    261,658       11,319,325  

ITT, Inc.

    24,164       1,578,876  

Kennametal, Inc.

    53,804       1,107,286  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    16,031       2,015,417  

Middleby Corp.(a)(b)

    12,933       1,657,623  

Nordson Corp.

    14,098       2,992,582  

Oshkosh Corp.

    42,993       3,021,978  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    163,440       10,427,472  

PACCAR, Inc.

    225,776       18,895,193  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    83,220       20,165,038  

Pentair PLC

    44,615       1,812,707  

Snap-on, Inc.

    34,473       6,941,139  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    95,978       7,218,505  

Terex Corp.

    44,790       1,332,055  

Timken Co.

    44,342       2,617,952  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    118,172       9,613,292  

Xylem, Inc.(b)

    68,685       6,000,322  
   

 

 

 
          273,084,724  
Marine — 0.0%            

Kirby Corp.(a)(b)

    38,513       2,340,435  
   

 

 

 
Media — 1.4%            

Cable One, Inc.

    1,293       1,102,994  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    71,977       21,834,223  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    2,859,418       83,866,730  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    160,386       2,218,138  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    198,335       6,084,918  

Fox Corp., Class B

    90,806       2,587,971  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    252,547       6,465,203  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    13,956       524,187  

New York Times Co., Class A

    45,012       1,294,095  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    252,454       3,814,580  

News Corp., Class B

    78,240       1,206,461  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    133,227       8,405,291  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    330,269       6,288,322  

TEGNA, Inc.

    79,492       1,643,895  
   

 

 

 
      147,337,008  
Metals & Mining — 0.6%            

Alcoa Corp.

    69,079       2,325,199  

Commercial Metals Co.

    77,318       2,743,243  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    519,531       14,198,782  

Newmont Corp.

    514,209       21,612,204  

Nucor Corp.

    78,189       8,365,441  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    39,418       6,874,894  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    17,282       1,621,397  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)            

United States Steel Corp.

    155,106     $ 2,810,521  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    20,750       791,405  
   

 

 

 
      61,343,086  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    282,197       4,842,500  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 0.8%            

Dollar General Corp.

    147,391       35,353,205  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    137,057       18,653,458  

Kohl’s Corp.

    83,212       2,092,782  

Macy’s, Inc.

    176,344       2,763,311  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    71,807       1,201,331  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,749       1,999,448  

Target Corp.

    135,483       20,104,322  
   

 

 

 
      82,167,857  
Multi-Utilities — 1.7%            

Ameren Corp.

    167,217       13,469,329  

Black Hills Corp.

    42,522       2,880,015  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    408,029       11,498,257  

CMS Energy Corp.

    187,975       10,947,664  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    230,234       19,744,868  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    540,548       37,357,272  

DTE Energy Co.

    125,547       14,444,182  

NiSource, Inc.

    262,814       6,620,285  

NorthWestern Corp.

    35,681       1,758,360  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    325,018       18,275,762  

Sempra Energy

    204,081       30,599,905  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    204,813       18,316,427  
   

 

 

 
          185,912,326  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.9%            

APA Corp.

    95,407       3,261,965  

Chevron Corp.

    1,169,300       167,993,331  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

    64,802       1,006,375  

ConocoPhillips

    826,591       84,593,323  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    516,084       13,480,114  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    36,171       1,876,913  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    205,482       22,958,504  

EQT Corp.

    239,197       9,747,278  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    282,845       2,115,681  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2,706,080       236,267,845  

Hess Corp.

    52,820       5,756,852  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    94,983       5,113,885  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    1,287,347       21,421,454  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    438,411       9,899,320  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    323,763       32,159,379  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    285,479       17,542,684  

ONEOK, Inc.

    165,090       8,459,212  

PetroCorp Escrow(a)(d)

    190        

Phillips 66

    312,351       25,212,973  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    68,141       14,754,571  

Range Resources Corp.

    50,225       1,268,683  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    259,756       1,589,707  

Valero Energy Corp.

    255,806       27,332,871  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    791,199       22,652,027  
   

 

 

 
      736,464,947  
Personal Products — 0.2%            

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    88,513       1,824,253  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    229,678       1,451,565  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A(b)

    61,691       13,319,087  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    31,885       1,064,002  
   

 

 

 
      17,658,907  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals — 5.9%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    1,386,440     $ 98,562,020  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    46,493       3,364,233  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    41,164       5,486,750  

Johnson & Johnson

    1,707,146       278,879,371  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1,644,877       141,656,807  

Organon & Co.

    166,345       3,892,473  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    88,959       3,172,278  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,676,306       73,355,151  

Viatris, Inc.

    784,851       6,686,930  

Zoetis, Inc.

    103,084       15,286,326  
   

 

 

 
          630,342,339  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,267       3,985,603  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    129,074       8,990,004  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    46,269       5,019,724  

KBR, Inc.

    31,463       1,359,831  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    88,515       7,742,407  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    33,109       2,141,821  

Nielsen Holdings PLC(a)

    235,246       6,521,019  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    22,973       1,757,434  

Science Applications International Corp.

    35,802       3,165,971  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.(b)

    49,935       8,515,416  
   

 

 

 
      49,199,230  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    104,272       7,039,403  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    15,859       2,395,819  
   

 

 

 
      9,435,222  
Road & Rail — 1.2%            

CSX Corp.

    1,390,328       37,038,338  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    22,477       3,515,852  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    104,174       5,097,234  

Landstar System, Inc.(b)

    8,156       1,177,482  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    152,509       31,973,512  

Ryder System, Inc.

    32,838       2,478,940  

Union Pacific Corp.

    239,231       46,606,983  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    38,953       1,464,633  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    75,165       3,346,346  
   

 

 

 
      132,699,320  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7%  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    37,951       647,065  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    337,517       47,029,619  

Broadcom, Inc.

    112,746       50,060,352  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    19,628       1,350,406  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    26,154       3,459,390  

Intel Corp.

    2,666,055       68,704,237  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings,
Inc.(a)(b)

    6,984       361,701  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    186,544       11,384,780  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    716,280       35,885,628  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    16,358       1,351,825  

NXP Semiconductors N.V.

    62,868       9,273,659  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    67,510       4,207,898  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    34,415       2,732,895  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    14,026       412,505  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    55,176       4,704,858  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,029       2,089,852  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    302,573       46,832,249  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,879       3,708,453  
   

 

 

 
      294,197,372  
Software — 1.1%            

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    41,260       862,334  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

ANSYS, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,668     $ 4,803,796  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    50,738       9,477,858  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    9,540       420,332  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)

    59,019       3,297,982  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    80,383       8,351,794  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    10,231       542,652  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    5,993       266,089  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b)

    6,869       2,830,097  

NCR Corp.(a)

    88,474       1,681,891  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    384,443       7,742,682  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    7,741       2,554,452  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    33,945       3,550,647  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    68,834       24,755,460  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    251,967       36,242,933  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    32,815       10,025,311  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    10,413       3,618,517  
   

 

 

 
          121,024,827  
Specialty Retail — 1.4%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    20,306       3,174,640  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,384       1,363,428  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    52,249       1,703,317  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    129,418       8,197,336  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    48,834       3,224,021  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    52,528       1,635,197  

Gap, Inc.

    137,788       1,131,240  

Home Depot, Inc.

    160,157       44,193,723  

Lithia Motors, Inc.

    17,992       3,860,184  

Murphy USA, Inc.(b)

    14,043       3,860,561  

Ross Stores, Inc.(b)

    227,212       19,147,155  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    760,752       47,257,914  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    14,822       5,946,438  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    27,687       806,245  
   

 

 

 
      145,501,399  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    846,242       10,137,979  

HP, Inc.

    297,570       7,415,445  

NetApp, Inc.

    41,591       2,572,403  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    35,395       1,884,076  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    204,534       6,657,582  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    72,017       941,982  
   

 

 

 
      29,609,467  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%            

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    34,955       1,343,670  

Carter’s, Inc.

    25,496       1,670,753  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    10,417       701,064  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    224,070       1,559,527  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    377,430       31,371,982  

PVH Corp.

    43,317       1,940,602  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    28,049       2,382,201  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    45,783       1,452,237  

Tapestry, Inc.

    163,112       4,637,274  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    68,992       458,797  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    78,715       469,141  

VF Corp.

    215,844       6,455,894  
   

 

 

 
      54,443,142  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%            

Essent Group Ltd.

    70,996       2,475,631  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    198,384       2,543,283  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    310,246       2,646,398  
   

 

 

 
      7,665,312  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Tobacco — 1.2%

   

Altria Group, Inc.

    1,169,289     $ 47,215,890  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    1,006,530       83,552,055  
   

 

 

 
      130,767,945  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%  

Fastenal Co.(b)

    194,471       8,953,445  

GATX Corp.(b)

    22,899       1,949,850  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    30,130       2,193,765  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    18,162       4,905,919  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    109,751       2,495,738  

Watsco, Inc.

    7,299       1,879,201  

WW Grainger, Inc.(b)

    29,368       14,366,532  
   

 

 

 
      36,744,450  
Water Utilities — 0.2%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    118,038       15,363,826  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    57,673       2,386,509  
   

 

 

 
      17,750,335  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)

    390,844       52,439,539  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $11,156,138,126)

       10,712,663,733  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(e)

   

Money Market Funds — 1.3%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(f)

    126,793,811     $ 126,831,849  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    11,543,967       11,543,967  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.3%
(Cost: $138,329,155)

 

    138,375,816  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.1%
(Cost: $11,294,467,281)

 

    10,851,039,549  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

    (122,470,025
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  10,728,569,524  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
   

Shares

Held at
09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

   

    

    

 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  70,219,115     $  56,558,483 (a)    $     $ 25,395     $ 28,856     $ 126,831,849       126,793,811     $ 92,179 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash
Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    22,420,000             (10,876,033 )(a)                  11,543,967       11,543,967       140,189          
 

BlackRock, Inc.

    31,448,652       4,525,942       (826,044     82,821       (9,374,814     25,856,557       46,988       417,806          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $   108,216     $ (9,345,958   $   164,232,373       $   650,174     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
(000)
   

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

           

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     103             12/16/22           $ 18,548          $ (1,723,925

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

     30       12/16/22       6,625          (606,873
           

 

 

 
            $   (2,330,798
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $  2,330,798      $      $      $      $  2,330,798  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (4,247,871    $      $      $      $ (4,247,871
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (3,823,517    $      $      $      $  (3,823,517
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 29,778,238  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                                               

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 313,776,991         $        $        $ 313,776,991   

Air Freight & Logistics

     74,493,789                            74,493,789  

Airlines

     40,305,062                            40,305,062  

Auto Components

     25,668,992                            25,668,992  

Automobiles

     64,621,352                            64,621,352  

Banks

     582,160,372                            582,160,372  

Beverages

     290,197,851                            290,197,851  

Biotechnology

     220,990,056                            220,990,056  

Building Products

     69,958,693                            69,958,693  

Capital Markets

     259,693,431                            259,693,431  

Chemicals

     274,827,769                            274,827,769  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     57,469,237                            57,469,237  

Communications Equipment

     81,901,524                            81,901,524  

Construction & Engineering

     23,460,969                            23,460,969  

Construction Materials

     12,648,797                            12,648,797  

Consumer Finance

     47,928,441                            47,928,441  

Containers & Packaging

     54,918,717                            54,918,717  

Distributors

     18,198,627                            18,198,627  

Diversified Consumer Services

     5,411,978                            5,411,978  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

 

                                                                                                                               

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

                 

Diversified Financial Services

   $ 316,709,275        $        $        $ 316,709,275  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     183,496,538                            183,496,538  

Electric Utilities

     409,303,325                            409,303,325  

Electrical Equipment

     101,091,955                            101,091,955  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     101,095,846                            101,095,846  

Energy Equipment & Services

     66,753,532                            66,753,532  

Entertainment

     191,374,500                            191,374,500  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     381,801,312                            381,801,312  

Food & Staples Retailing

     262,600,091                            262,600,091  

Food Products

     224,708,275                            224,708,275  

Gas Utilities

     25,336,089                            25,336,089  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     340,483,702                            340,483,702  

Health Care Providers & Services

     569,733,270                            569,733,270  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     258,072,551                            258,072,551  

Household Durables

     51,062,358                            51,062,358  

Household Products

     281,324,927                            281,324,927  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

     11,431,875                            11,431,875  

Industrial Conglomerates

     156,838,533                            156,838,533  

Insurance

     404,229,354                            404,229,354  

Interactive Media & Services

     19,549,859                            19,549,859  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     3,067,046                            3,067,046  

IT Services

     529,737,629                            529,737,629  

Leisure Products

     9,422,464                            9,422,464  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     71,835,090                            71,835,090  

Machinery

     273,084,724                            273,084,724  

Marine

     2,340,435                            2,340,435  

Media

     147,337,008                            147,337,008  

Metals & Mining

     61,343,086                            61,343,086  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     4,842,500                            4,842,500  

Multiline Retail

     82,167,857                            82,167,857  

Multi-Utilities

     185,912,326                            185,912,326  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     736,464,947                            736,464,947  

Personal Products

     17,658,907                            17,658,907  

Pharmaceuticals

     630,342,339                            630,342,339  

Professional Services

     49,199,230                            49,199,230  

Real Estate Management & Development

     9,435,222                            9,435,222  

Road & Rail

     132,699,320                            132,699,320  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     294,197,372                            294,197,372  

Software

     112,673,033          8,351,794                   121,024,827  

Specialty Retail

     145,501,399                            145,501,399  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     29,609,467                            29,609,467  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     54,443,142                            54,443,142  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     7,665,312                            7,665,312  

Tobacco

     130,767,945                            130,767,945  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     36,744,450                            36,744,450  

Water Utilities

     17,750,335                            17,750,335  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     52,439,539                            52,439,539  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     138,375,816                            138,375,816  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 10,842,687,755        $ 8,351,794        $        $ 10,851,039,549  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (2,330,798      $        $        $ (2,330,798
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

Core S&P

Mid-Cap ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

Small-Cap ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

U.S. Growth

ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

U.S. Value ETF

 

ASSETS

       

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 54,866,559,916     $ 4,156,744,350     $ 10,366,372,183     $ 10,686,807,176    

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    3,773,802,603       57,775,398,662       212,487,038       164,232,373  

Cash

    7,987,123       17,053,513       2,504,246       5,296,320  

Cash pledged:

       

Collateral — OTC derivatives

    3,094,000       103,230,000              

Futures contracts

    9,613,100       17,910,000       1,133,620       1,937,190  

Receivables:

       

Investments sold

    816,866,044       636,823,097       45,544,796       34,937,154  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    1,654,561       1,008,999       55,469       18,322  

Swaps

    112,632                    

Capital shares sold

    338,610,736       362,273,645       28,409,443       15,643,896  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    69,328,655       74,662,758       2,305,456       14,982,747  

Dividends — affiliated

    328,494       2,084,454       33,016       40,076  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    59,887,957,864       63,147,189,478       10,658,845,267       10,923,895,254  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Collateral on securities loaned

    3,646,278,536       3,201,861,938       171,451,598       126,787,019  

Payables:

       

Investments purchased

    713,070,810       740,803,578       78,183,892       67,769,205  

Swaps

          70,720,849              

Capital shares redeemed

    460,884,920       348,420,920              

Investment advisory fees

    2,446,694       3,124,527       367,775       380,494  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    1,198,500       1,802,568       261,507       389,012  

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps

    4,365,683       76,412,249              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    4,828,245,143       4,443,146,629       250,264,772       195,325,730  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 55,059,712,721     $ 58,704,042,849     $ 10,408,580,495      $ 10,728,569,524  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

       

Paid-in capital

  $ 56,435,005,325     $ 63,139,095,441     $ 10,140,441,960     $ 11,705,800,656  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    (1,375,292,604     (4,435,052,592     268,138,535       (977,231,132
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  55,059,712,721     $  58,704,042,849     $  10,408,580,495     $  10,728,569,524  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

       

Shares outstanding

  $ 251,000,000     $ 673,950,000     $ 129,750,000     $ 171,450,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 219.36     $ 87.10     $ 80.22     $ 62.58  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None       None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 54,955,154,902     $ 4,551,004,962     $ 9,855,844,542     $ 11,123,594,421  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 3,522,813,342     $ 3,084,401,547     $ 165,724,283     $ 122,090,752  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 3,772,067,321     $ 61,259,085,033     $ 216,221,283     $ 170,872,860  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

Core S&P

Mid-Cap ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

Small-Cap ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

U.S. Growth

ETF

   

iShares

Core S&P

U.S. Value ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 550,440,655     $ 35,564,901     $ 56,408,329     $ 135,081,215    

Dividends — affiliated

    1,120,646       495,316,111       576,677       557,995  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    18,556,304       4,960,562       458,096       92,179  

Foreign taxes withheld

          (444,093     (27,365     (15,659
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    570,117,605       535,397,481       57,415,737       135,715,730  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    15,213,619       19,656,813       2,288,117       2,338,386  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    15,213,619       19,656,813       2,288,117       2,338,386  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    554,903,986       515,740,668       55,127,620       133,377,344  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (481,434,343     (134,352,677     (53,846,379     (43,768,613

Investments — affiliated

    39,547       (271,473,660     (36,572     (79,372

Futures contracts

    (14,641,148     (6,829,671     (3,561,461     (4,247,871

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    1,016,166,660       139,847,079       232,134,259       66,919,623  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

          1,712,773,210       308,838       187,588  

Swaps

    (13,106,377     (94,392,877            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    507,024,339       1,345,571,404       174,998,685       19,011,355  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (12,719,446,522     (1,154,127,528     (3,288,652,087     (2,197,000,436

Investments — affiliated

    1,647,404       (14,139,340,800     (10,565,316     (9,345,958

Futures contracts

    (15,649,286     (15,843,386     (2,845,741     (3,823,517

Swaps

    (5,848,186     (87,003,947            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (12,739,296,590     (15,396,315,661     (3,302,063,144     (2,210,169,911
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (12,232,272,251     (14,050,744,257     (3,127,064,459     (2,191,158,556
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $  (11,677,368,265   $  (13,535,003,589   $  (3,071,936,839   $  (2,057,781,212
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF     iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF  
                         
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 554,903,986     $ 811,894,676     $ 515,740,668     $ 722,885,353  

Net realized gain

    507,024,339       4,258,650,564       1,345,571,404       5,970,340,526  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (12,739,296,590     (2,379,387,402     (15,396,315,661     (6,138,369,512 )  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (11,677,368,265     2,691,157,838       (13,535,003,589     554,856,367  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (534,910,588     (842,798,749     (502,436,760     (1,058,667,702
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    1,248,172,721       3,037,584,731       671,203,633       4,301,078,815  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (10,964,106,132     4,885,943,820       (13,366,236,716     3,797,267,480  

Beginning of period

    66,023,818,853       61,137,875,033       72,070,279,565       68,273,012,085  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  55,059,712,721     $  66,023,818,853     $  58,704,042,849     $  72,070,279,565  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF     iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF  
                         
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/22
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 55,127,620     $ 85,009,485     $ 133,377,344     $ 222,080,510  

Net realized gain

    174,998,685       1,351,036,924       19,011,355       543,813,091  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (3,302,063,144     327,529,213       (2,210,169,911     448,061,179  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (3,071,936,839     1,763,575,622       (2,057,781,212     1,213,954,780  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (53,419,613     (85,386,412     (128,676,770     (219,854,566 )  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    676,603,699       717,396,779       791,172,816       2,044,887,472  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (2,448,752,753     2,395,585,989       (1,395,285,166     3,038,987,686  

Beginning of period

    12,857,333,248       10,461,747,259       12,123,854,690       9,084,867,004  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  10,408,580,495     $  12,857,333,248     $  10,728,569,524     $  12,123,854,690  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 268.39     $ 260.16     $ 143.87     $ 189.34     $ 187.51     $ 171.29  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    2.24       3.41       2.74       3.12       2.85       2.69  

Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss)(b)

    (49.13     8.35       116.36       (45.14     1.84       15.96  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (46.89     11.76       119.10       (42.02     4.69       18.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (2.14     (3.53     (2.81     (3.45     (2.86     (2.43
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 219.36     $ 268.39     $ 260.16     $ 143.87     $ 189.34     $ 187.51  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (17.50 )%(e)      4.51     83.36     (22.53 )%      2.50     10.95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.05 %(g)      0.05     0.05     0.07     0.07     0.07
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.82 %(g)      1.26     1.36     1.62     1.50     1.49
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  55,059,713     $  66,023,819     $  61,137,875     $  35,722,456     $  48,206,329     $  44,663,981  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    9     16 %       20 %       15 %       17 %       10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 107.93     $ 108.34     $ 56.22     $ 77.13     $ 77.05     $ 69.23  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.78       1.13       1.03       1.06       1.09       0.98  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (20.85     0.12       52.13       (20.77     0.11       7.78  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (20.07     1.25       53.16       (19.71     1.20       8.76  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.76     (1.66     (1.04     (1.20     (1.12     (0.94
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 87.10     $ 107.93     $ 108.34     $ 56.22     $ 77.13     $ 77.05  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (18.63 )%(e)      1.12     95.23 %(f)      (25.89 )%      1.53     12.71
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

           

Total expenses

    0.06 %(h)      0.06     0.06     0.07     0.07     0.07
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.57 %(h)      1.02     1.28     1.36     1.35     1.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  58,704,043     $  72,070,280     $  68,273,012     $  31,863,332     $  43,064,083     $  36,636,388  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    10     16 %       20 %       16 %       14 %       12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Includes a payment received from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 105.47     $ 90.74     $ 57.16     $ 60.31     $ 54.56     $ 46.36  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.44       0.72       0.76       0.92       0.81       0.76  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (25.27     14.73       33.62       (2.97     5.68       8.16  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (24.83     15.45       34.38       (2.05     6.49       8.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.42     (0.72     (0.80     (1.10     (0.74     (0.72
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 80.22     $ 105.47     $ 90.74     $ 57.16     $ 60.31     $ 54.56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (23.57 )%(e)      17.03     60.34     (3.54 )%      11.95     19.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.04 %(g)      0.04     0.04     0.04     0.04     0.05
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.96 %(g)      0.69     0.96     1.44     1.41     1.46
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  10,408,580     $  12,857,333     $  10,461,747     $   6,893,329     $   5,985,790     $   3,693,673  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    2     15 %       14 %       35 %       31 %       24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 75.80     $ 68.82     $ 46.23     $ 54.82     $ 53.08     $ 50.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.81       1.50       1.43       1.45       1.37       1.28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (13.26     6.93       22.60       (8.57     1.68       2.51  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (12.45     8.43       24.03       (7.12     3.05       3.79  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.77     (1.45     (1.44     (1.47     (1.31     (1.16
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 62.58     $ 75.80     $ 68.82     $ 46.23     $ 54.82     $ 53.08  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (16.49 )%(e)      12.33     52.59     (13.34 )%      5.83     7.55
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.04 %(g)      0.04     0.04     0.04     0.04     0.05
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.28 %(g)      2.04     2.48     2.52     2.53     2.42
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  10,728,570     $  12,123,855     $  9,084,867     $   5,270,383     $   5,208,349     $   3,434,150  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    2     20 %       25 %       34 %       35 %       27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) 

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

 

iShares ETF  

Diversification

Classification

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  Diversified

Core S&P Small-Cap

  Diversified

Core S&P U.S. Growth(a)

  Diversified

Core S&P U.S. Value

  Diversified

 

 

  (a) 

The Fund intends to be diversified in approximately the same proportion as its underlying index is diversified. The Fund may become non-diversified, as defined in the 1940 Act, solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index. Shareholder approval will not be sought if the Fund crosses from diversified to non-diversified status due solely to a change in its relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index.

 

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

ForeignTaxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

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.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   

Non-Cash

Collateral Received,

at Fair Value

 

 

(a) 

   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 35,548,522      $ (35,548,522   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    10,572,759        (10,572,759            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    2,942,983        (2,942,983            

BNP Paribas SA

    475,265,387        (475,265,387            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    186,576,894        (186,576,894            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    5,152,533        (5,152,533            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    110,537,843        (110,537,843            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    721,161        (721,161            

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1,073,260        (1,073,260            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    741,955,017        (741,955,017            

HSBC Bank PLC

    78,578,386        (78,578,386            

ING Financial Markets LLC

    598,094        (598,094            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    474,090,330        (474,090,330            

Jefferies LLC

    18,630,276        (18,630,276            

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

    84,350        (84,350            

Morgan Stanley

    483,727,136        (483,727,136            

National Financial Services LLC

    29,445,694        (29,445,694            

Natixis SA

    14,372,091        (14,372,091            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    3,910        (3,910            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    197,841,069        (197,841,069            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    68,986,018        (68,986,018            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    6,806,525        (6,806,525            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    30,973,949        (30,973,949            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    118,275,857        (118,275,857            

UBS AG

    342,086,008        (342,086,008            

UBS Securities LLC

    34,014,088        (34,014,088            

Virtu Americas LLC

    14,504,658        (14,504,658            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    35,307,599        (35,307,599            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    4,140,945        (4,140,945            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 3,522,813,342      $ (3,522,813,342   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P Small-Cap

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 11,593,447      $ (11,593,447   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    5,284,441        (5,284,441            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    139,769        (139,769            

BNP Paribas SA

    416,861,249        (416,861,249            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    175,589,647        (175,589,647            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    11,792,213        (11,792,213            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    100,488,507        (100,488,507            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    232,965        (232,965            

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    336,339        (336,339            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    653,082,080        (653,082,080            

HSBC Bank PLC

    34,064,329        (34,064,329            

ING Financial Markets LLC

    65,618        (65,618            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    497,287,025        (497,287,025            

Jefferies LLC

    51,301,548        (51,301,548            

Morgan Stanley

    434,800,526        (434,800,526            

National Financial Services LLC

    92,738,569        (92,738,569            

Natixis SA

    2,057,105        (2,057,105            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    2,680,431        (2,680,431            

Pershing LLC

    4,560,485        (4,560,485            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    9,009,244        (9,009,244            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    28,955,063        (28,955,063            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    11,153,347        (11,153,347            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    108,729,925        (108,729,925            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    107,448,272        (107,448,272            

UBS AG

    139,821,101        (139,821,101            

UBS Securities LLC

    44,793,683        (44,793,683            

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty    
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   


Non-Cash

Collateral Received,
at Fair Value

 

 
(a) 

   
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

Core S&P Small-Cap (continued)

        

Virtu Americas LLC

  $ 11,222,166      $ (11,222,166   $     $  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    109,877,251        (109,877,251            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    18,435,202        (18,435,202            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 3,084,401,547      $ (3,084,401,547   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P U.S. Growth

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 47,076,976      $ (47,076,976   $     $  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    424,999        (424,999            

BNP Paribas SA

    10,793,386        (10,793,386            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    30,517,227        (30,517,227            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    1,886,021        (1,886,021            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    7,582,824        (7,582,824            

HSBC Bank PLC

    700,380        (700,380            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    11,070,319        (11,070,319            

Morgan Stanley

    4,165,407        (4,165,407            

National Financial Services LLC

    207,844        (205,100           2,744  

RBC Capital Market LLC

    9,109,899        (9,109,899            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    6,619,650        (6,619,650            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    20,390,845        (20,390,845            

UBS AG

    13,044,865        (13,044,865            

UBS Securities LLC

    1,309,951        (1,309,951            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    823,690        (823,690            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 165,724,283      $ (165,721,539   $     $ 2,744  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core S&P U.S. Value

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 44,002      $ (44,002   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    1,324        (1,324            

BNP Paribas SA

    16,027,356        (16,027,356            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    4,474,708        (4,474,708            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    12,080,746        (12,080,746            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    122,304        (122,304            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    3,478,037        (3,478,037            

HSBC Bank PLC

    13,083,275        (13,083,275            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    2,693,731        (2,693,731            

Jefferies LLC

    535,669        (535,669            

Morgan Stanley

    2,937,202        (2,937,202            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    4,573,040        (4,573,040            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    1,147,467        (1,147,467            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    1,675,318        (1,675,318            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    2,821,647        (2,821,647            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    19,372,994        (19,372,994            

UBS AG

    36,109,517        (36,109,517            

UBS Securities LLC

    289,895        (289,895            

Virtu Americas LLC

    240,317        (240,317            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    382,203        (382,203            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 122,090,752      $ (122,090,752   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of September 30, 2022. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in

 

 

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an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid. Total return swaps are entered into by the iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instruments or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of the agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

 

 

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For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Core S&P Mid-Cap

    0.05

Core S&P Small-Cap

    0.06  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    0.04  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    0.04  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. Each Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”) for the Funds, with the exception of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, which SSB performed ETF Services prior to April 11, 2022.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  5,008,205  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    1,840,012  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    136,666  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    38,585  

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

 

 

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For the six months ended September 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  883,627,438      $  1,217,727,913      $  (332,592,498

Core S&P Small-Cap

    942,473,576        857,529,031        33,649,741  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    38,738,859        17,730,900        (9,527,051

Core S&P U.S. Value

    52,921,048        25,203,143        (6,540,406

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases     Sales  

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  5,404,266,456     $  5,378,145,742  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    6,317,677,675       6,465,991,387  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    195,568,175           190,919,502  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    282,149,704       263,402,715  

 

 

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
   

In-kind

Sales

 

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  4,318,825,624     $  3,099,861,142  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    6,348,659,947           5,463,772,298  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    1,197,057,804       522,336,037  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    1,060,262,733       273,688,826  

 

 

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of March 31, 2022, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $  1,362,420,891  

Core S&P Small-Cap

    1,050,074,976  

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    395,394,677  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    515,825,848  

 

 

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap

  $   59,158,754,497      $ 7,227,673,615      $ (7,760,057,041   $ (532,383,426

Core S&P Small-Cap

    66,573,148,607        7,071,773,133          (11,803,776,325       (4,732,003,192

Core S&P U.S. Growth

    10,089,186,960        1,313,609,552        (825,240,621     488,368,931  

Core S&P U.S. Value

    11,334,651,189        944,503,838        (1,430,024,471     (485,520,633

 

 

 

 

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9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

 

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LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

       
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

        

Year Ended

03/31/22

 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
 iShares ETF   Shares     Amount           Shares     Amount  

 Core S&P Mid-Cap

          

Shares sold

    17,850,000     $ 4,367,020,789          44,950,000     $ 12,187,553,091  

Shares redeemed

    (12,850,000     (3,118,848,068        (33,950,000     (9,149,968,360
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    5,000,000     $ 1,248,172,721          11,000,000     $ 3,037,584,731  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Core S&P Small-Cap

          

Shares sold

    64,950,000     $ 6,333,914,358          122,700,000     $   13,651,203,551  

Shares redeemed

    (58,750,000 )          (5,662,710,725        (85,100,000 )          (9,350,124,736
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    6,200,000     $ 671,203,633          37,600,000     $ 4,301,078,815  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Core S&P U.S. Growth

          

Shares sold

    13,600,000     $ 1,200,419,873          32,600,000     $ 3,543,506,031  

Shares redeemed

    (5,750,000     (523,816,174        (26,000,000     (2,826,109,252
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    7,850,000     $ 676,603,699          6,600,000     $ 717,396,779  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Core S&P U.S. Value

          

Shares sold

    15,550,000     $     1,066,129,278          45,100,000     $ 3,309,869,059  

Shares redeemed

    (4,050,000     (274,956,462        (17,150,000     (1,264,981,587
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    11,500,000     $ 791,172,816          27,950,000     $ 2,044,887,472  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the

 

 

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revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares Core S&PU.S. Growth ETF, iShares Core S&PU.S. Value ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in

 

 

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response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may

 

 

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impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

September 30, 2022

 

                                                                                                                                       
     
   

Total Cumulative Distributions

for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

   

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative

Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Net

Investment

Income

   

Net Realized

Capital Gains

   

Return of

Capital

   

Total Per

Share

   

Net

Investment

Income

   

Net Realized

Capital Gains

   

Return of

Capital

   

Total Per

Share

 

Core S&P Mid-Cap(a)

  $   2.067384         $         $   0.072500         $   2.139884               97         3     100

Core S&P Small-Cap(a)

    0.703602             0.052900       0.756502       93             7       100  

 

(a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s

 

 

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  SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

 

  

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares Russell Top 200 ETF  |  IWL  |  NYSE Arca

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iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF  |  IWY  |  NYSE Arca

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iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF  |  IWX  |  NYSE Arca

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2022  
     
     6-Month     12-Month  
   

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    (20.20)     (15.47)
   

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    (19.01)       (23.50)  
   

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

    (22.51)       (25.13)  
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    (21.70)       (28.11)  
   

3-month Treasury bills
(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

    0.58       0.63  
   

U.S. Treasury securities
(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

    (10.81)       (16.20)  
   

U.S. investment grade bonds
(Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    (9.22)       (14.60)  
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    (6.30)       (11.50)  
   

U.S. high yield bonds
(Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

    (10.42)       (14.15)  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

      Page  

The Markets in Review

     2  

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     7  

Disclosure of Expenses

     7  

Schedules of Investments

     8  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     21  

Statements of Operations

     22  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     23  

Financial Highlights

     25  

Notes to Financial Statements

     28  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     35  

General Information

     41  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     42  

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares RussellTop 200 ETF(the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities, as represented by the Russell Top 200® Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns      Cumulative Total Returns  
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (20.85 )%       (16.55 )%       9.79      11.91      (16.55 )%       59.55      208.15

Fund Market

    (20.84      (16.47      9.83        11.93        (16.47      59.79        208.56  

Index

    (20.79      (16.43      9.95        12.09        (16.43      60.69        212.99  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
       Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
      

Expenses
Paid During

the Period(a)

           Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
       Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
      

Expenses
Paid During

the Period(a)

       Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 791.50        $ 0.67             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.32        $ 0.76          0.15

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector  

Percent of

Total Investments(a)

 

Information Technology

    29.3

Health Care

    16.2  

Consumer Discretionary

    11.7  

Financials

    10.5  

Communication Services

    9.1  

Consumer Staples

    7.4  

Industrials

    6.3  

Energy

    4.5  

Utilities

    2.0  

Real Estate

    1.5  

Materials

    1.5  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security  

Percent of

Total Investments(a)

 

Apple Inc.

    8.5

Microsoft Corp.

    7.0  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    4.1  

Tesla, Inc.

    2.7  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    2.3  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    2.1  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    1.9  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1.9  

Johnson & Johnson

    1.7  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1.5  
 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the Russell Top 200® Growth Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns      Cumulative Total Returns  
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (24.32 )%       (21.17 )%       13.09      14.27      (21.17 )%       84.99      279.47

Fund Market

    (24.47      (21.19      13.10        14.27        (21.19      85.03        279.65  

Index

    (24.25      (21.01      13.29        14.49        (21.01      86.66        286.90  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
       Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
      

Expenses
Paid During

the Period(a)

           Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
       Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
      

Expenses
Paid During

the Period(a)

       Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 756.80        $ 0.88             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,000.00        $ 0.00          0.20

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector  

Percent of

Total Investments(a)

 

Information Technology

    45.8

Consumer Discretionary

    17.6  

Health Care

    11.2  

Communication Services

    8.0  

Consumer Staples

    6.3  

Industrials

    5.4  

Financials

    2.5  

Real Estate

    1.5  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.7  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security  

Percent of

Total Investments(a)

 

Apple Inc.

    15.3

Microsoft Corp.

    12.6  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    7.3  

Tesla, Inc.

    4.9  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    3.6  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    3.3  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    3.1  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    2.1  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2.1  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    1.8  
 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the Russell Top 200® Value Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns      Cumulative Total Returns  
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (16.31 )%       (10.37 )%       5.34      8.84      (10.37 )%       29.71      133.34

Fund Market

    (16.25      (10.28      5.36        8.86        (10.28      29.82        133.62  

Index

    (16.21      (10.18      5.54        9.07        (10.18      30.93        138.31  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 836.90        $ 0.92             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.07        $ 1.01          0.20

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector  

Percent of

Total Investments(a)

 

Health Care

    22.4

Financials

    20.7  

Communication Services

    10.4  

Energy

    9.2  

Consumer Staples

    8.9  

Information Technology

    8.5  

Industrials

    7.4  

Utilities

    4.4  

Consumer Discretionary

    4.1  

Materials

    2.5  

Real Estate

    1.5  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    4.4

Johnson & Johnson

    3.9  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    3.3  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2.8  

Chevron Corp.

    2.6  

Pfizer, Inc.

    2.3  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    2.2  

Bank of America Corp.

    1.9  

Walmart, Inc.

    1.7  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    1.6  
 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%  

Boeing Co.(a)

    16,165     $ 1,957,258  

General Dynamics Corp.

    7,123       1,511,287  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    5,647       1,173,616  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    6,980       2,696,304  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    4,308       2,026,138  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    43,767       3,582,767  
   

 

 

 
          12,947,370  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%  

FedEx Corp.

    7,097       1,053,692  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    21,636       3,495,079  
   

 

 

 
      4,548,771  
Automobiles — 3.1%  

Ford Motor Co.

    115,835       1,297,352  

General Motors Co.

    42,849       1,375,024  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    74,872       19,859,798  
   

 

 

 
      22,532,174  
Banks — 3.7%  

Bank of America Corp.

    206,720       6,242,944  

Citigroup, Inc.

    56,889       2,370,565  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    85,851       8,971,430  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    12,162       1,817,246  

Truist Financial Corp.

    39,161       1,705,070  

US Bancorp

    39,413       1,589,132  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    111,624       4,489,517  
   

 

 

 
      27,185,904  
Beverages — 2.2%  

Coca-Cola Co.

    114,922       6,437,930  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    4,476       1,028,048  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    25,285       905,709  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    10,886       946,647  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    40,690       6,643,049  
   

 

 

 
      15,961,383  
Biotechnology — 2.5%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    52,018       6,981,336  

Amgen, Inc.

    15,716       3,542,386  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    36,890       2,275,744  

Moderna, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,988       1,181,081  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,041       2,094,854  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    7,532       2,180,815  
   

 

 

 
      18,256,216  
Building Products — 0.1%  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    20,424       1,005,269  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 2.8%  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    4,421       2,432,788  

Blackstone, Inc., NVS.

    20,573       1,721,960  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    44,633       3,207,774  

CME Group, Inc.

    10,551       1,868,898  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    9,814       2,875,993  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    16,148       1,458,972  

Moody’s Corp.

    4,724       1,148,452  

Morgan Stanley

    36,842       2,910,886  

S&P Global, Inc.

    9,804       2,993,651  
   

 

 

 
      20,619,374  
Chemicals — 1.2%  

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    6,529       1,519,494  

Dow, Inc.

    21,232       932,722  

Ecolab, Inc.

    7,333       1,059,032  
Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals (continued)  

Linde PLC

    14,787     $ 3,986,427  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    7,030       1,439,393  
   

 

 

 
      8,937,068  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3%  

Waste Management, Inc.

    12,173       1,950,236  
   

 

 

 
Communications Equipment — 0.7%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    122,376       4,895,040  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.5%  

American Express Co.

    17,760       2,396,002  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    11,249       1,036,820  
   

 

 

 
      3,432,822  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    53,101           14,179,029  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%  

AT&T Inc.

    210,669       3,231,662  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    123,707       4,697,155  
   

 

 

 
      7,928,817  
Electric Utilities — 1.5%  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    15,196       1,313,694  

Duke Energy Corp.

    22,626       2,104,671  

Exelon Corp.

    29,169       1,092,671  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    57,786       4,531,000  

Southern Co.

    31,171       2,119,628  
   

 

 

 
      11,161,664  
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    11,722       1,563,246  

Emerson Electric Co.

    17,326       1,268,610  
   

 

 

 
      2,831,856  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%  

Schlumberger NV

    41,645       1,495,056  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 1.3%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    22,879       1,700,825  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    12,864       3,028,700  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    53,629       5,058,824  
   

 

 

 
      9,788,349  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.5%  

American Tower Corp.

    13,656       2,931,943  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    12,685       1,833,617  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    8,365       829,641  

Equinix, Inc.

    2,672       1,519,941  

Prologis, Inc.

    27,042       2,747,467  

Public Storage

    4,572       1,338,727  
   

 

 

 
      11,201,336  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.8%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    13,031       6,154,150  

Sysco Corp.

    14,855       1,050,397  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    21,236       666,811  

Walmart, Inc.

    42,430       5,503,171  
   

 

 

 
      13,374,529  
Food Products — 0.8%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    16,523       1,329,275  

General Mills, Inc.

    17,607       1,348,872  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    20,391       680,040  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    40,666       2,229,717  
   

 

 

 
      5,587,904  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.5%  

Abbott Laboratories

    50,470       4,883,477  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Baxter International, Inc.

    14,767     $ 795,351  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    8,337       1,857,734  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    41,791       1,618,565  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    18,130       1,498,082  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    10,556       1,978,617  

Medtronic PLC

    39,339       3,176,624  

Stryker Corp.

    10,360       2,098,314  
   

 

 

 
          17,906,764  
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.0%  

Centene Corp.(a)

    16,795       1,306,819  

Cigna Corp.

    8,795       2,440,349  

CVS Health Corp.

    38,581       3,679,470  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    7,095       3,222,833  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    6,474       1,189,856  

Humana, Inc.

    3,726       1,807,818  

McKesson Corp.

    4,266       1,449,885  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    27,531       13,904,256  
   

 

 

 
      29,001,286  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%  

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)

    11,542       1,212,372  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,164       1,912,696  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    8,087       1,133,312  

McDonald’s Corp.

    21,751       5,018,826  

Starbucks Corp.

    33,750       2,843,775  
   

 

 

 
      12,120,981  
Household Products — 1.6%  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    24,364       1,711,571  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    9,884       1,112,346  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    70,345       8,881,056  
   

 

 

 
      11,704,973  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.0%  

3M Co.

    16,734       1,849,107  

General Electric Co.

    32,140       1,989,787  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    19,835       3,311,850  
   

 

 

 
      7,150,744  
Insurance — 1.6%  

American International Group, Inc.

    22,479       1,067,303  

Aon PLC, Class A

    6,191       1,658,383  

Chubb Ltd.

    12,201       2,219,118  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    14,779       2,206,357  

MetLife, Inc.

    19,849       1,206,422  

Progressive Corp.

    17,181       1,996,604  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    7,000       1,072,400  
   

 

 

 
      11,426,587  
Interactive Media & Services — 5.7%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    177,048       16,934,641  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    158,996       15,287,465  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    67,488       9,156,772  
   

 

 

 
      41,378,878  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 4.1%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    261,607       29,561,591  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 4.9%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    18,650       4,798,645  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    12,289       2,779,649  

Block, Inc.(a)

    15,605       858,119  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    15,366       882,623  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    17,914       1,353,761  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    17,363       1,624,656  

International Business Machines Corp.

    26,438       3,141,099  
Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    25,337     $ 7,204,323  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    34,075       2,932,835  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,971       1,524,711  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    48,456       8,608,208  
   

 

 

 
      35,708,629  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%  

Danaher Corp.

    19,053       4,921,199  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    4,644       886,029  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    11,516       5,840,800  
   

 

 

 
          11,648,028  
Machinery — 1.0%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    15,515       2,545,701  

Deere & Co.

    8,272       2,761,938  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    9,078       1,639,941  
   

 

 

 
      6,947,580  
Media — 0.7%  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,271       992,258  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    128,893       3,780,432  
   

 

 

 
      4,772,690  
Metals & Mining — 0.3%  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    42,105       1,150,730  

Newmont Corp.

    23,147       972,868  

Southern Copper Corp.

    2,630       117,929  
   

 

 

 
      2,241,527  
Multiline Retail — 0.5%  

Dollar General Corp.

    6,729       1,614,018  

Target Corp.

    13,661       2,027,156  
   

 

 

 
      3,641,174  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    24,405       1,686,630  

Sempra Energy

    9,284       1,392,043  
   

 

 

 
      3,078,673  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.3%  

Chevron Corp.

    57,842       8,310,160  

ConocoPhillips

    37,480       3,835,703  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    17,242       1,926,449  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    122,747       10,717,040  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    58,639       975,753  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    14,713       1,461,442  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    23,933       1,470,683  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    6,955       1,505,966  

Valero Energy Corp.

    11,616       1,241,170  
   

 

 

 
      31,444,366  
Personal Products — 0.2%  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    6,717       1,450,200  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.6%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    62,684       4,456,206  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    24,800       8,019,080  

Johnson & Johnson

    77,462       12,654,192  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    74,457       6,412,237  

Pfizer, Inc.

    166,354       7,279,651  

Zoetis, Inc.

    13,869       2,056,634  
   

 

 

 
      40,878,000  
Road & Rail — 1.1%  

CSX Corp.

    62,842       1,674,111  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    6,926       1,452,036  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Road & Rail (continued)            

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    55,812     $ 1,479,018  

Union Pacific Corp.

    18,478       3,599,884  
   

 

 

 
      8,205,049  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.1%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    47,539       3,012,071  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    15,403       2,146,254  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    25,490       2,088,396  

Broadcom, Inc.

    11,625       5,161,616  

Intel Corp.

    120,445       3,103,868  

KLA Corp.

    4,142       1,253,493  

Lam Research Corp.

    4,019       1,470,954  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    25,007       1,073,050  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    32,480       1,627,248  

NVIDIA Corp.

    70,882       8,604,366  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    32,963       3,724,160  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    27,138       4,200,420  
   

 

 

 
          37,465,896  
Software — 10.1%            

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    13,889       3,822,253  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(a)

    4,047       852,258  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    6,432       1,201,498  

Intuit, Inc.

    8,111       3,141,552  

Microsoft Corp.

    220,233       51,292,266  

Oracle Corp.

    44,646       2,726,531  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    8,621       1,412,033  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    3,108       1,117,761  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    28,308       4,071,823  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    5,902       2,228,654  

VMware, Inc., Class A

    6,133       652,919  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,831       887,595  
   

 

 

 
      73,407,143  
Specialty Retail — 1.9%            

Home Depot, Inc.

    30,412       8,391,887  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    18,820       3,534,584  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    34,429       2,138,730  
   

 

 

 
      14,065,201  
Security   Shares     Value  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.5%  

Apple Inc.

    450,066     $ 62,199,121  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%            

Nike, Inc., Class B

    36,064       2,997,640  
   

 

 

 
Tobacco — 0.8%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    53,403       2,156,413  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    45,608       3,785,920  
   

 

 

 
      5,942,333  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%            

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)

    17,578       2,358,440  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $787,900,537)

        728,523,661  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)(e)

   
Money Market Funds — 0.0%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%

    32,129       32,139  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.0%
(Cost: $32,139)

      32,139  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $787,932,676)

 

    728,555,800  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

    813,315  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 729,369,115  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan. (c) Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL
Agency Shares

  $ 249,903     $     $ (220,803 )(a)    $ 3,004     $ 35     $ 32,139       32,129     $ 10,004 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL
Agency Shares(c)

    1,385,000             (1,385,000 )(a)                              9,096        

BlackRock, Inc.

    3,604,590       610,421       (788,687     152,336       (1,145,872     2,432,788       4,421       44,340        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 155,340     $ (1,145,837   $ 2,464,927       $ 63,440     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 
  (c) 

As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

                 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     4          12/16/22        $ 720        $ (61,748
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 61,748      $      $      $      $  61,748  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (263,919    $      $      $      $  (263,919
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on         

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (160,272    $      $      $      $ (160,272
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 1,307,650  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                                                                                            

Common Stocks

   $ 728,523,661        $        $        $ 728,523,661  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     32,139                            32,139  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $       728,555,800        $        $        $       728,555,800  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (61,748      $        $        $ (61,748
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%  

Boeing Co.(a)(b)

    51,914     $ 6,285,747  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    72,596       28,043,109  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    5,211       2,450,837  
   

 

 

 
             36,779,693  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.8%  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    200,560       32,398,462  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 4.9%  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    778,066       206,382,007  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 2.8%  

Coca-Cola Co.

    895,699       50,177,058  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    104,758       9,109,756  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    357,305       58,333,614  
   

 

 

 
      117,620,428  
Biotechnology — 3.0%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    540,574       72,550,436  

Amgen, Inc.

    137,194       30,923,528  

Moderna, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,284       743,083  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    4,622       3,183,957  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    73,868       21,387,741  
   

 

 

 
      128,788,745  
Capital Markets — 1.1%  

Blackstone, Inc., NVS

    214,214       17,929,712  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    258,506       18,578,826  

Moody’s Corp.(b)

    45,882       11,154,373  
   

 

 

 
      47,662,911  
Chemicals — 0.8%  

Ecolab, Inc.

    66,700       9,632,814  

Linde PLC

    32,146       8,666,240  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    73,258       14,999,576  
   

 

 

 
      33,298,630  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%  

Waste Management, Inc.

    119,081       19,077,967  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.0%  

American Express Co.

    11,551       1,558,345  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 0.1%  

Emerson Electric Co.

    57,389       4,202,023  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.4%  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    60,214       14,176,784  

Walt Disney Co.(a)(b)

    37,213       3,510,302  
   

 

 

 
      17,687,086  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.5%  

American Tower Corp.

    108,847       23,369,451  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    131,958       19,074,529  

Equinix, Inc.

    21,010       11,951,329  

Public Storage

    37,798       11,067,632  
   

 

 

 
      65,462,941  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.8%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    135,420       63,954,804  

Sysco Corp.

    155,768       11,014,355  
   

 

 

 
      74,969,159  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%  

Abbott Laboratories

    68,969       6,673,440  

Baxter International, Inc.

    23,917       1,288,170  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    189,143       15,628,886  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    100,864     $ 18,905,948  

Stryker Corp.

    57,314       11,608,378  
   

 

 

 
      54,104,822  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.8%  

Cigna Corp.

    14,593       4,049,120  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    22,341       10,148,176  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    4,193       770,631  

Humana, Inc.

    27,221       13,207,357  

McKesson Corp.(b)

    8,658       2,942,594  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    260,350       131,487,164  
   

 

 

 
           162,605,042  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.6%  

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    119,710       12,574,338  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    12,117       19,910,776  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    84,229       11,803,852  

McDonald’s Corp.

    55,102       12,714,236  

Starbucks Corp.

    125,935       10,611,283  
   

 

 

 
      67,614,485  
Household Products — 1.3%  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    156,298       10,979,935  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    60,787       6,840,969  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    311,417       39,316,396  
   

 

 

 
      57,137,300  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%  

General Electric Co.

    18,679       1,156,417  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    60,750       10,143,427  
   

 

 

 
      11,299,844  
Insurance — 1.3%  

Aon PLC, Class A

    60,725       16,266,406  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    136,968       20,447,953  

Progressive Corp.

    155,577       18,079,603  
   

 

 

 
      54,793,962  
Interactive Media & Services — 7.4%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,600,694       153,106,381  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)(b)

    1,437,484       138,214,086  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    149,385       20,268,557  
   

 

 

 
      311,589,024  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 7.3%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    2,718,618       307,203,834  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 6.8%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    193,807       49,866,541  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    117,240       26,518,516  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,491       1,543,063  

International Business Machines Corp.

    183,872       21,845,832  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    263,301       74,867,006  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    108,732       9,358,563  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    87,484       14,868,781  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    503,551       89,455,835  
   

 

 

 
      288,324,137  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.3%  

Danaher Corp.

    13,416       3,465,219  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    14,558       7,383,672  
   

 

 

 
      10,848,891  
Machinery — 1.6%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    140,972       23,130,686  

Deere & Co.

    85,738       28,627,061  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    85,373       15,422,632  
   

 

 

 
      67,180,379  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Media — 0.2%  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    33,922     $ 10,290,239  
   

 

 

 
Metals & Mining — 0.0%  

Southern Copper Corp.

    17,104       766,943  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 0.7%  

Dollar General Corp.

    70,044       16,800,754  

Target Corp.

    77,787       11,542,813  
   

 

 

 
      28,343,567  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.8%  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    131,099       14,647,691  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    206,057       12,662,203  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    39,997       8,660,550  
   

 

 

 
             35,970,444  
Personal Products — 0.4%  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    70,259       15,168,918  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.8%  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    209,788       67,834,950  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    324,204       27,920,448  

Zoetis, Inc.

    144,006       21,354,650  
   

 

 

 
      117,110,048  
Road & Rail — 1.3%  

CSX Corp.

    163,806       4,363,792  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    499,491       13,236,511  

Union Pacific Corp.

    192,018       37,408,947  
   

 

 

 
      55,009,250  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.9%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    389,293       24,665,604  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    31,970       4,454,700  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    265,182       21,726,361  

Broadcom, Inc.

    120,806       53,639,072  

KLA Corp.

    43,463       13,153,208  

Lam Research Corp.

    41,945       15,351,870  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    64,236       3,218,224  

NVIDIA Corp.

    736,604       89,416,360  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    342,726       38,721,183  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    193,181       29,900,555  
   

 

 

 
      294,247,137  
Software — 16.7%  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    144,303       39,712,186  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(a)

    41,611       8,762,860  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    66,761       12,470,955  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Intuit, Inc.

    84,288     $ 32,646,428  

Microsoft Corp.

    2,288,655       533,027,750  

Oracle Corp.

    318,002       19,420,382  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    90,104       14,758,134  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    63,254       9,098,455  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    61,240       23,124,836  

VMware, Inc., Class A

    30,982       3,298,344  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    60,494       9,208,397  
   

 

 

 
      705,528,727  
Specialty Retail — 2.5%  

Home Depot, Inc.

    183,304       50,580,906  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    168,717       31,686,740  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    359,295       22,319,405  
   

 

 

 
      104,587,051  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 15.3%  

Apple Inc.

    4,677,080       646,372,456  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.7%  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    374,779       31,151,630  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $4,261,018,613)

 

    4,223,136,527  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 1.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    35,646,701       35,657,395  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    16,872,752       16,872,752  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.3% (Cost: $52,526,575)

      52,530,147  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.1%
(Cost: $4,313,545,188)

      4,275,666,674  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

    (45,428,166
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   4,230,238,508  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  8,926,531     $  26,725,181 (a)    $     $ 3,305     $ 2,378     $  35,657,395       35,646,701     $ 63,161 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    6,166,000       10,706,752 (a)                        16,872,752       16,872,752       47,443        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 3,305     $ 2,378     $ 52,530,147       $  110,604     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Unrealized
 

Long Contracts

                 

E-Mini Technology Select Sector Index

     10          12/16/22        $ 1,204        $ (153,238

Nasdaq 100 E-Mini Index

     24          12/16/22          5,297          (624,629
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (777,867
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

  

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $  777,867      $      $      $      $  777,867  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (507,517    $      $      $      $ (507,517
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

 

  

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (1,280,003    $      $      $      $  (1,280,003
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Growth ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 6,608,270  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                                                                         

Common Stocks

   $ 4,223,136,527        $        $        $ 4,223,136,527  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     52,530,147                            52,530,147  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $       4,275,666,674        $        $        $       4,275,666,674  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (777,867      $        $        $ (777,867
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.9%  

Boeing Co.(a)

    43,712     $ 5,292,649  

General Dynamics Corp.

    28,161       5,974,919  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    22,239       4,621,931  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    14,966       7,038,809  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    171,861       14,068,542  
   

 

 

 
           36,996,850  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%  

FedEx Corp.

    27,789       4,125,833  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    9,164       1,480,352  
   

 

 

 
      5,606,185  
Automobiles — 0.8%  

Ford Motor Co.

    456,255       5,110,056  

General Motors Co.

    168,354       5,402,480  
   

 

 

 
      10,512,536  
Banks — 8.4%  

Bank of America Corp.

    811,960       24,521,192  

Citigroup, Inc.

    224,120       9,339,080  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    337,208       35,238,236  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    47,624       7,115,978  

Truist Financial Corp.

    153,901       6,700,850  

US Bancorp

    155,355       6,263,914  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    438,442       17,634,137  
   

 

 

 
      106,813,387  
Beverages — 1.4%  

Coca-Cola Co.

    113,022       6,331,493  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    17,531       4,026,520  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    99,131       3,550,872  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    3,229       280,794  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    24,808       4,050,154  
   

 

 

 
      18,239,833  
Biotechnology — 1.8%  

Amgen, Inc.

    9,813       2,211,850  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    144,935       8,941,040  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    36,772       4,348,289  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,247       7,058,851  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,647       476,873  
   

 

 

 
      23,036,903  
Building Products — 0.3%  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    80,349       3,954,778  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 5.0%  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    17,371       9,558,914  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    77,959       5,602,913  

CME Group, Inc.

    41,517       7,353,906  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    38,430       11,261,912  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    63,880       5,771,558  

Moody’s Corp.

    1,066       259,155  

Morgan Stanley

    144,682       11,431,325  

S&P Global, Inc.

    38,504       11,757,196  
   

 

 

 
      62,996,879  
Chemicals — 1.8%  

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    25,630       5,964,870  

Dow, Inc.

    83,031       3,647,552  

Ecolab, Inc.

    3,345       483,085  

Linde PLC

    45,856       12,362,319  
   

 

 

 
      22,457,826  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0%            

Waste Management, Inc.

    2,958       473,901  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Communications Equipment — 1.5%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    480,671     $ 19,226,840  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 1.0%  

American Express Co.

    65,127       8,786,284  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    44,055       4,060,549  
   

 

 

 
      12,846,833  
Diversified Financial Services — 4.4%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    208,572       55,692,896  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.5%  

AT&T Inc.

    827,345       12,691,472  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    485,902       18,449,699  
   

 

 

 
             31,141,171  
Electric Utilities — 3.5%  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    59,510       5,144,640  

Duke Energy Corp.

    88,886       8,268,176  

Exelon Corp.

    114,918       4,304,828  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    226,973       17,796,953  

Southern Co.

    122,512       8,330,816  
   

 

 

 
      43,845,413  
Electrical Equipment — 0.8%  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    46,208       6,162,299  

Emerson Electric Co.

    46,497       3,404,510  
   

 

 

 
      9,566,809  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%  

Schlumberger NV

    162,794       5,844,305  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 2.5%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    89,912       6,684,058  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    27,825       6,551,118  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    196,530       18,538,675  
   

 

 

 
      31,773,851  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.5%  

American Tower Corp.

    12,505       2,684,824  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    32,793       3,252,410  

Equinix, Inc.

    2,562       1,457,368  

Prologis, Inc.

    106,259       10,795,914  

Public Storage

    3,732       1,092,767  
   

 

 

 
      19,283,283  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.9%  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    82,513       2,590,908  

Walmart, Inc.

    166,656       21,615,283  
   

 

 

 
      24,206,191  
Food Products — 1.7%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    64,814       5,214,286  

General Mills, Inc.

    68,957       5,282,796  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    80,774       2,693,813  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    159,527       8,746,865  
   

 

 

 
      21,937,760  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.9%  

Abbott Laboratories

    172,072       16,649,687  

Baxter International, Inc.

    48,999       2,639,086  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    32,875       7,325,536  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    165,193       6,397,925  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    3,290       616,678  

Medtronic PLC

    154,442       12,471,191  

Stryker Corp.

    18,915       3,831,044  
   

 

 

 
      49,931,147  
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.1%  

Centene Corp.(a)

    65,776       5,118,030  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

Cigna Corp.

    29,053     $ 8,061,336  

CVS Health Corp.

    151,509       14,449,413  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    19,367       8,797,266  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    23,811       4,376,224  

Humana, Inc.

    4,300       2,086,317  

McKesson Corp.

    13,478       4,580,768  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    9,746       4,922,120  
   

 

 

 
             52,391,474  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%  

McDonald’s Corp.

    64,662       14,920,110  

Starbucks Corp.

    84,970       7,159,572  
   

 

 

 
      22,079,682  
Household Products — 1.9%  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    36,624       2,572,836  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    15,744       1,771,830  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    158,598       20,022,997  
   

 

 

 
      24,367,663  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.9%  

3M Co.

    65,705       7,260,402  

General Electric Co.

    119,288       7,385,120  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    54,940       9,173,332  
   

 

 

 
      23,818,854  
Insurance — 1.9%  

American International Group, Inc.

    88,036       4,179,949  

Aon PLC, Class A

    1,374       368,053  

Chubb Ltd.

    47,970       8,724,784  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    6,224       929,181  

MetLife, Inc.

    77,738       4,724,916  

Progressive Corp.

    8,716       1,012,886  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    27,415       4,199,978  
   

 

 

 
      24,139,747  
Interactive Media & Services — 3.5%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    90,284       8,635,665  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    81,311       7,818,053  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    208,621       28,305,697  
   

 

 

 
      44,759,415  
IT Services — 2.5%  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    3,945       892,320  

Block, Inc.(a)

    61,033       3,356,205  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    59,986       3,445,596  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    70,614       5,336,300  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    61,955       5,797,129  

International Business Machines Corp.

    34,535       4,103,103  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    92,475       7,959,323  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,285       388,359  
   

 

 

 
      31,278,335  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.3%  

Danaher Corp.

    69,749       18,015,469  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    18,166       3,465,891  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    39,714       20,142,544  
   

 

 

 
      41,623,904  
Machinery — 0.2%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    7,879       1,292,786  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    3,635       656,663  
   

 

 

 
      1,949,449  
Media — 1.2%  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    506,209       14,847,110  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining — 0.7%  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    164,993     $ 4,509,259  

Newmont Corp.

    91,912       3,863,061  

Southern Copper Corp.

    3,005       134,744  
   

 

 

 
      8,507,064  
Multiline Retail — 0.3%  

Target Corp.

    24,029       3,565,663  
   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities — 1.0%  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    96,346       6,658,472  

Sempra Energy

    36,414       5,459,915  
   

 

 

 
             12,118,387  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.7%  

Chevron Corp.

    227,194       32,640,962  

ConocoPhillips

    147,187       15,063,118  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    18,095       2,021,754  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    482,127       42,094,508  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    229,844       3,824,604  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    57,626       5,723,991  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    16,466       1,011,836  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    12,340       2,671,980  

Valero Energy Corp.

    45,494       4,861,034  
   

 

 

 
      109,913,787  
Pharmaceuticals — 9.2%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    246,209       17,502,998  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    18,136       5,864,276  

Johnson & Johnson

    304,257       49,703,424  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    169,878       14,629,893  

Pfizer, Inc.

    653,411       28,593,265  
   

 

 

 
      116,293,856  
Road & Rail — 0.9%  

CSX Corp.

    185,244       4,934,900  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    27,012       5,663,066  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    29,266       775,549  
   

 

 

 
      11,373,515  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.8%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    39,578       2,507,662  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    48,291       6,728,868  

Intel Corp.

    472,858       12,185,551  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    98,049       4,207,282  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    103,446       5,182,645  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    33,625       5,204,477  
   

 

 

 
      36,016,485  
Software — 1.7%  

Oracle Corp.

    54,766       3,344,560  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    12,197       4,386,529  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    87,411       12,573,198  

VMware, Inc., Class A

    12,401       1,320,210  
   

 

 

 
      21,624,497  
Specialty Retail — 1.2%  

Home Depot, Inc.

    50,154       13,839,495  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    10,074       1,891,998  
   

 

 

 
      15,731,493  
Tobacco — 1.8%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    209,079       8,442,610  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    179,120       14,868,751  
   

 

 

 
      23,311,361  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%        

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)

    68,787     $ 9,229,152  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8% (Cost: $1,357,661,271)

      1,265,326,470  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 0.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    142,121       142,164  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    931,637       931,637  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.1%
(Cost: $1,073,787)

 

    1,073,801  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $1,358,735,058)

 

    1,266,400,271  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

    1,559,582  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   1,267,959,853  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital
Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 1,178,770     $     $ (1,037,571 )(a)    $ 756     $ 209     $ 142,164       142,121     $ 14,449 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    1,740,000             (808,363 )(a)                   931,637       931,637       13,981        

BlackRock, Inc.

    10,349,918       4,072,298        (1,627,533     438,998       (3,674,767     9,558,914       17,371       164,739        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $  439,754     $ (3,674,558   $  10,632,715       $  193,169     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

                 

DIJA Mini e-CBOT Index

     9          12/16/22        $ 1,296        $ (121,091

E-Mini Consumer Staples Select Sector Index

     4          12/16/22          270          (22,371

E-Mini Financials Select Sector Index

     9          12/16/22          843          (90,499
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (233,961
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Top 200 Value ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

  

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $   233,961      $      $      $      $   233,961  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

     

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (10,286    $      $      $      $ (10,286
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on         

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (330,091    $      $      $      $ (330,091
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 2,742,404  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                                                                         

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 1,265,326,470        $        $        $ 1,265,326,470  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     1,073,801                            1,073,801  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $       1,266,400,271        $        $        $       1,266,400,271  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (233,961      $        $        $ (233,961
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

     iShares
Russell Top
200 ETF
   

iShares
Russell Top 200

Growth ETF

    iShares
Russell Top 200
Value ETF
 

ASSETS

     

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 726,090,873     $ 4,223,136,527     $ 1,255,767,556  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    2,464,927       52,530,147       10,632,715  

Cash

    934,119             619,451  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    71,000       465,000       145,000  

Receivables:

     

Investments sold

    329       2,399,602       4,819,073  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    4,438       3,987       9,411  

Capital shares sold

    4,240,522             8,645,182  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    479,937       1,360,415       1,372,870  

Dividends — affiliated

    2,634       14,544       4,298  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    734,288,779       4,279,910,222       1,282,015,556  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Bank overdraft

          10,738,509        

Collateral on securities loaned

    32,139       35,652,625       141,474  

Payables:

     

Investments purchased

    4,771,825       2,399,602       10,733,887  

Capital shares redeemed

                2,921,496  

Investment advisory fees

    97,237       765,658       222,809  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    18,463       115,320       36,037  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    4,919,664       49,671,714       14,055,703  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 729,369,115     $ 4,230,238,508     $ 1,267,959,853  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

     

Paid-in capital

  $ 744,229,928     $ 4,277,271,499     $ 1,364,118,531  

Accumulated loss

    (14,860,813     (47,032,991     (96,158,678
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 729,369,115     $ 4,230,238,508     $ 1,267,959,853  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

     

Shares outstanding

    8,600,000       35,400,000       22,000,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 84.81     $ 119.50     $ 57.63  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 784,982,801     $ 4,261,018,613     $ 1,346,266,715  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 31,113     $ 34,445,581     $ 137,774  

(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 2,949,875     $ 52,526,575     $ 12,468,343  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations  (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

     iShares
Russell Top
200 ETF
    iShares
Russell Top 200
Growth ETF
    iShares
Russell Top
200 Value ETF
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 7,034,198     $ 23,577,454     $ 15,923,645  

Dividends — affiliated

    53,436       47,443       178,720  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    10,004       63,161       14,449  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (1,106     (3,089     (2,692
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    7,096,532       23,684,969       16,114,122  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

     

Investment advisory

    668,351       4,613,234       1,387,327  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    668,351       4,613,234       1,387,327  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    6,428,181       19,071,735       14,726,795  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

    (10,186,073     (195,834,470     (5,876,892

Investments — affiliated

    3,004       3,305       756  

Futures contracts

    (263,919     (507,517     (10,286

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    68,802,297       279,929,786       49,631,554  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

    152,336             438,998  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    58,507,645       83,591,104       44,184,130  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

    (272,100,747     (1,365,080,353     (292,076,482

Investments — affiliated

    (1,145,837     2,378       (3,674,558

Futures contracts

    (160,272     (1,280,003     (330,091
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (273,406,856     (1,366,357,978     (296,081,131
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (214,899,211     (1,282,766,874     (251,897,001
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (208,471,030   $ (1,263,695,139   $ (237,170,206
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     iShares Russell Top 200 ETF            iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF  
      Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
            Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

           

OPERATIONS

           

Net investment income

   $ 6,428,181     $ 11,557,048        $ 19,071,735     $ 24,224,459  

Net realized gain

     58,507,645       88,803,279          83,591,104       438,653,331  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (273,406,856     31,330,490          (1,366,357,978     169,212,054  
  

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (208,471,030     131,690,817          (1,263,695,139     632,089,844  
  

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

           

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

     (6,293,314     (11,546,241        (18,499,947     (24,456,769
  

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

           

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     (97,955,769     56,024,466          692,061,612       682,843,598  
  

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

           

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (312,720,113     176,169,042          (590,133,474     1,290,476,673  

Beginning of period

     1,042,089,228       865,920,186          4,820,371,982       3,529,895,309  
  

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 729,369,115     $ 1,042,089,228        $ 4,230,238,508     $ 4,820,371,982  
  

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF  
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 14,726,795     $ 22,977,803  

Net realized gain

    44,184,130       132,334,923  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (296,081,131     (24,705,658
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (237,170,206     130,607,068  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (14,365,160     (22,928,866
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    231,772,554       26,107,292  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (19,762,812     133,785,494  

Beginning of period

    1,287,722,665       1,153,937,171  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $     1,267,959,853     $ 1,287,722,665  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Top 200 ETF  
    Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
     Year Ended
03/31/18
 
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 107.99     $ 94.64      $ 61.54      $ 65.66      $ 60.63      $ 53.88  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.70       1.26        1.23        1.28        1.21        1.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (23.18     13.37        33.09        (3.94      4.97        6.71  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (22.48     14.63        34.32        (2.66      6.18        7.79  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.70     (1.28      (1.22      (1.46      (1.15      (1.04
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 84.81     $ 107.99      $ 94.64      $ 61.54      $ 65.66      $ 60.63  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return

               

Based on net asset value

    (20.85 )%(d)      15.48      56.06      (4.24 )%       10.27      14.55
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

               

Total expenses

    0.15 %(f)       0.15      0.15      0.15      0.15      0.15
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.44 %(f)       1.20      1.48      1.82      1.91      1.84
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 729,369     $ 1,042,089      $ 865,920      $ 369,243      $ 213,382      $ 136,411  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    4     4      5      5      5      5
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f)

Annualized.

(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF  
    Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
     Year Ended
03/31/18
 
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 158.56     $ 134.47      $ 84.14      $ 82.24      $ 73.61      $ 61.44  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.56       0.89        0.93        1.04        1.00        0.92  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (39.09     24.09        50.31        1.90        8.60        12.18  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (38.53     24.98        51.24        2.94        9.60        13.10  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.53     (0.89      (0.91      (1.04      (0.97      (0.93
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 119.50     $ 158.56      $ 134.47      $ 84.14      $ 82.24      $ 73.61  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return

               

Based on net asset value

    (24.32 )%(d)      18.58      61.04      3.55      13.11      21.43
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

               

Total expenses

    0.20 %(f)       0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.83 %(f)       0.57      0.77      1.16      1.27      1.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 4,230,239     $ 4,820,372      $ 3,529,895      $ 1,678,603      $ 1,377,486      $ 978,981  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    11     10      11      20      15      11
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF  
    Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
     Year Ended
03/31/18
 
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 69.61     $ 63.58      $ 44.04      $ 52.57      $ 50.39      $ 48.20  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.69       1.30        1.26        1.40        1.31        1.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (12.02     6.01        19.49        (8.38      2.13        2.15  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (11.33     7.31        20.75        (6.98      3.44        3.32  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (0.65     (1.28      (1.21      (1.55      (1.26      (1.13
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 57.63     $ 69.61      $ 63.58      $ 44.04      $ 52.57      $ 50.39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return

               

Based on net asset value

    (16.31 )%(d)      11.56      47.63      (13.72 )%       6.92      6.93
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

               

Total expenses

    0.20 %(f)       0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20      0.20
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.12 %(f)       1.91      2.31      2.56      2.54      2.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 1,267,960     $ 1,287,723      $ 1,153,937      $ 389,726      $ 425,831      $ 284,724  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    17     15      17      17      14      13
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

iShares ETF   Diversification
Classification

Russell Top 200

  Diversified

Russell Top 200 Growth(a)

  Diversified

Russell Top 200 Value

  Diversified

 

  (a) 

The Fund intends to be diversified in approximately the same proportion as its underlying index is diversified. The Fund may become non-diversified, as defined in the 1940 Act, solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index. Shareholder approval will not be sought if the Fund crosses from diversified to non-diversified status due solely to a change in its relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of its underlying index.

 

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

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.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Warrants: Warrants entitle a fund to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date of the warrants, if any. If the price of the underlying stock does not rise above the strike price before the warrant expires, the warrant generally expires without any value and a fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant. Thus, investments in warrants may involve more risk than investments in common stock. Warrants may trade in the same markets as their underlying stock; however, the price of the warrant does not necessarily move with the price of the underlying stock.

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty   Securities
Loaned at Value
    

Cash

Collateral Received(a)

   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,

at Fair Value(a)

     Net
Amount
 

Russell Top 200

         

HSBC Bank PLC

  $ 1,064      $ (1,064   $      $  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    30,049        (30,049             
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 31,113      $ (31,113   $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Top 200 Growth

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 15,192      $ (15,192   $      $  

BNP Paribas SA

    4,052,985        (4,052,985             

BofA Securities, Inc.

    3,263,720        (3,263,720             

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    11,631,816        (11,631,816             

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    2,934,019        (2,934,019             

HSBC Bank PLC

    731,376        (731,376             

SG Americas Securities LLC

    547,992        (547,992             

UBS AG

    4,293,825        (4,293,825             

UBS Securities LLC

    6,974,656        (6,974,656             
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 34,445,581      $ (34,445,581   $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Russell Top 200 Value

         

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

  $ 137,774      $ (137,774   $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and

 

 

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taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Russell Top 200

    0.15

Russell Top 200 Growth

    0.20  

Russell Top 200 Value

    0.20  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. Each Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

iShares ETF   Amounts  

Russell Top 200

  $ 3,292  

Russell Top 200 Growth

    26,141  

Russell Top 200 Value

    3,973  

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Russell Top 200

  $ 15,257,118      $ 16,993,460      $ (6,437,795

Russell Top 200 Growth

    392,525,568        310,992,440        (148,788,257

Russell Top 200 Value

    181,743,810        192,989,322        549,219  

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

 

 

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A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

Russell Top 200

  $ 31,616,019      $ 31,089,773  

Russell Top 200 Growth

    515,195,842        514,960,340  

Russell Top 200 Value

    235,392,087        234,583,812  

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:    

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

Russell Top 200

  $ 137,941,262      $ 235,650,930  

Russell Top 200 Growth

    1,273,318,475        582,791,814  

Russell Top 200 Value

    430,859,294        199,828,370  

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of March 31, 2022, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Amounts  

Russell Top 200

  $ 11,215,984  

Russell Top 200 Growth

    87,537,359  

Russell Top 200 Value

    43,326,562  

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Russell Top 200

  $ 790,789,511      $ 36,543,801      $ (98,783,239   $ (62,239,438

Russell Top 200 Growth

    4,318,045,195        250,260,434        (293,416,822     (43,156,388

Russell Top 200 Value

    1,363,785,182        51,353,571        (148,972,443     (97,618,872

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

 

 

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Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Russell Top 200

       

Shares sold

    1,450,000     $ 138,268,068       2,650,000     $ 283,025,557  

Shares redeemed

    (2,500,000     (236,223,837     (2,150,000     (227,001,091
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,050,000   $ (97,955,769     500,000     $ 56,024,466  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Russell Top 200 Growth

       

Shares sold

    9,300,000     $     1,276,035,942       10,200,000     $     1,599,356,266  

Shares redeemed

    (4,300,000     (583,974,330     (6,050,000     (916,512,668
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    5,000,000     $ 692,061,612       4,150,000     $ 682,843,598  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Russell Top 200 Value

       

Shares sold

    6,600,000     $ 432,194,352       6,300,000     $ 425,716,600  

Shares redeemed

    (3,100,000     (200,421,798     (5,950,000     (399,609,308
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    3,500,000     $ 231,772,554       350,000     $ 26,107,292  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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iShares Russell Top 200 ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the

 

 

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revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in

 

 

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response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may

 

 

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impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract  (continued)

 

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were within range of the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract  (continued)

 

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
 

 

 

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  SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

 

 

   

  

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

·  iShares Russell 3000 ETF | IWV | NYSE Arca

·  iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF | IWS | NYSE Arca


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2022  
     
    

 6-Month

 

   

12-Month

 

 
   

U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index)

     (20.20)         (15.47)%  
   

U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index)

    (19.01)       (23.50)     
   

International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

    (22.51)       (25.13)     
   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    (21.70)       (28.11)     
   

3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

    0.58        0.63      
   

U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

    (10.81)       (16.20)     
   

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    (9.22)       (14.60)     
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    (6.30)       (11.50)     
   

U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

    (10.42)       (14.15)     

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     

Page

 

 

The Markets in Review

     2  

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     6  

Disclosure of Expenses

     6  

Schedules of Investments

     7  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     43  

Statements of Operations

     44  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     45  

Financial Highlights

     46  

Notes to Financial Statements

     48  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     55  

Supplemental Information

     59  

General Information

     60  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     61  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell 3000 ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of a broad-based index composed of U.S. equities, as represented by the Russell 3000® Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
    

6-Month Total

Returns

     1 Year      5 Years     10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (20.49 )%       (17.75 )%       8.43     11.20       (17.75 )%       49.87      188.99

Fund Market

    (20.51      (17.68      8.45       11.22         (17.68      50.03        189.51  

Index

    (20.42      (17.63      8.62       11.39               (17.63      51.17        193.95  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending
Account Value

(09/30/22)

 
 

 

      

Expenses
Paid During

the Period

 
 

(a) 

           

Beginning
Account Value

(04/01/22)

 
 

 

      

Ending
Account Value

(09/30/22)

 
 

 

      

Expenses
Paid During

the Period

 
 

(a) 

      

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

$ 1,000.00          $           795.10          $          0.90               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.07          $          1.01          0.20

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Information Technology

    25.3

Health Care

    14.9  

Financials

    11.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    11.5  

Industrials

    9.0  

Communication Services

    7.4  

Consumer Staples

    6.3  

Energy

    4.7  

Real Estate

    3.4  

Utilities

    3.0  

Materials

    2.8  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Apple Inc.

    5.9

Microsoft Corp.

    4.9  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    2.8  

Tesla, Inc.

    1.9  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    1.6  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS

    1.5  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    1.4  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1.3  

Johnson & Johnson

    1.2  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1.0  
 
(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the Russell MidCap® Value Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      5 Years     10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (18.95 )%       (13.74 )%       4.56     9.21       (13.74 )%       24.99      141.44

Fund Market

    (18.93      (13.66      4.59       9.23         (13.66      25.15        141.77  

Index

    (18.88      (13.56      4.76       9.44               (13.56      26.15        146.45  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00          $           810.50          $          1.06               $        1,000.00          $        1,023.89          $        1.17          0.23

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Financials

    18.4

Industrials

    15.1  

Real Estate

    11.2  

Consumer Discretionary

    9.7  

Information Technology

    9.3  

Utilities

    9.0  

Materials

    7.3  

Health Care

    7.3  

Energy

    5.2  

Consumer Staples

    4.1  

Communication Services

    3.4  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Corteva, Inc.

    0.7

Biogen, Inc.

    0.7  

Phillips 66

    0.7  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    0.7  

Realty Income Corp.

    0.6  

Aflac, Inc.

    0.6  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    0.6  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    0.6  

Allstate Corp.

    0.6  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    0.6  
 

 

(a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%  

AAR Corp.(a)

    9,412     $ 337,138  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(a)

    19,953       797,920  

AeroVironment, Inc.(a)

    5,882       490,324  

AerSale Corp.(a)(b)

    7,451       138,142  

Archer Aviation, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    41,157       107,420  

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,497       2,141,028  

Boeing Co.(a)(b)

    145,316       17,594,861  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    25,281       1,273,404  

Cadre Holdings, Inc.(b)

    6,727       161,852  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    10,074       1,401,898  

Ducommun, Inc.(a)

    2,621       103,949  

General Dynamics Corp.

    64,117       13,603,704  

HEICO Corp.(b)

    11,932       1,717,969  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    20,746       2,377,907  

Hexcel Corp.

    21,615       1,117,928  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    100,832       3,118,734  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    10,321       2,286,101  

Kaman Corp.

    7,825       218,552  

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    33,584       341,213  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    50,995       10,598,291  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    62,240       24,042,690  

Maxar Technologies, Inc.(b)

    18,075       338,364  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    15,515       629,909  

Moog, Inc., Class A

    7,797       548,519  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    2,249       146,297  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    38,608       18,158,115  

Parsons Corp.(a)

    8,156       319,715  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    392,410       32,122,683  

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(a)

    61,820       251,607  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)

    28,302       620,380  

Textron, Inc.

    56,832       3,311,032  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    13,642       7,159,594  

Triumph Group, Inc.(a)

    15,990       137,354  

V2X, Inc.(a)

    3,353       118,696  

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    66,738       314,336  

Woodward, Inc.(b)

    16,524       1,326,216  
   

 

 

 
          149,473,842  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%  

Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(a)

    15,897       382,959  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a)

    7,973       761,979  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    32,867       3,165,421  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    43,778       3,866,035  

FedEx Corp.

    63,302       9,398,448  

Forward Air Corp.

    7,357       664,043  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    28,215       989,218  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,213       635,513  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    194,146       31,362,345  
   

 

 

 
      51,225,961  
Airlines — 0.2%            

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    32,746       1,282,006  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

    3,683       268,785  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    175,167       2,109,011  

Blade Air Mobility, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,519       94,782  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    8,190       548,812  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    168,453       4,726,791  

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.(a)

    9,855       95,594  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,275       187,716  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    82,740       548,566  

Joby Aviation, Inc.(a)(b)

    70,086       303,472  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)

    14,072       228,811  
Security   Shares     Value  
Airlines (continued)            

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    156,408     $ 4,823,623  

Spirit Airlines, Inc.(a)

    26,710       502,682  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,792       92,439  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    86,696       2,820,221  
   

 

 

 
      18,633,311  
Auto Components — 0.2%            

Adient PLC(a)

    24,939       692,057  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings,
Inc.(a)

    30,249       206,601  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    71,693       5,607,110  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    62,611       1,965,985  

Dana, Inc.

    34,221       391,146  

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)

    7,439       610,891  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    11,267       890,994  

Gentex Corp.

    62,961       1,500,990  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)

    8,492       422,307  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)

    75,514       761,936  

LCI Industries

    6,981       708,292  

Lear Corp.

    15,990       1,913,843  

Luminar Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    66,378       483,564  

Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)

    11,784       152,485  

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    5,916       259,358  

QuantumScape Corp.(a)(b)

    64,559       542,941  

Solid Power, Inc.(a)(b)

    37,962       199,680  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    5,107       165,978  

Stoneridge, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,860       116,277  

Tenneco, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    21,764       378,476  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    7,010       743,481  

XPEL, Inc.(a)

    6,662       429,299  
   

 

 

 
      19,143,691  
Automobiles — 2.2%            

Canoo, Inc.(a)(b)

    51,368       96,315  

Fisker, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,283       311,687  

Ford Motor Co.

    1,044,159       11,694,581  

General Motors Co.

    384,537       12,339,792  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    35,763       1,247,414  

Lordstown Motors Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    63,763       116,686  

Lucid Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    140,633       1,964,643  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    138,514       4,558,496  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    672,161       178,290,705  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    14,578       1,020,168  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.(b)

    7,853       417,858  

Workhorse Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,530       101,971  
   

 

 

 
          212,160,316  
Banks — 4.0%            

1st Source Corp.

    4,055       187,747  

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.

    6,107       254,234  

Amalgamated Financial Corp.

    5,087       114,712  

Amerant Bancorp, Inc.

    7,782       193,305  

American National Bankshares, Inc.

    3,354       107,160  

Ameris Bancorp

    16,322       729,757  

Arrow Financial Corp.

    4,859       140,036  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    39,677       796,714  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    19,258       585,058  

Banc of California, Inc.

    14,370       229,489  

BancFirst Corp.

    4,754       425,340  

Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    12,700       279,146  

Bank First Corp.

    1,648       126,039  

Bank of America Corp.

    1,850,128       55,873,866  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    8,089       615,735  

Bank of Marin Bancorp

    4,518       135,314  

Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.

    14,094       457,491  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Bank OZK

    32,331     $ 1,279,014  

BankUnited, Inc.

    20,695       707,148  

Banner Corp.

    9,732       574,967  

Bar Harbor Bankshares

    4,826       127,986  

BayCom Corp.(b)

    9,125       160,418  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    11,818       322,631  

BOK Financial Corp.

    7,821       694,974  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    17,954       209,164  

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

    6,563       141,301  

Byline Bancorp, Inc.

    7,382       149,486  

Cadence Bank

    38,189       970,383  

Cambridge Bancorp

    1,682       134,123  

Camden National Corp.

    3,734       159,068  

Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

    4,580       142,484  

Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc.

    5,924       109,772  

Carter Bankshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,338       134,242  

Cathay General Bancorp

    17,876       687,511  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    8,258       170,858  

Citigroup, Inc.

    512,238         21,344,957  

Citizens & Northern Corp.

    5,829       140,945  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    128,975       4,431,581  

City Holding Co.

    4,234       375,513  

Civista Bancshares, Inc.

    6,052       125,640  

CNB Financial Corp.

    5,085       119,853  

Coastal Financial Corp.(a)(b)

    2,806       111,510  

Colony Bankcorp, Inc.

    12,004       156,412  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    19,525       564,077  

Comerica, Inc.

    34,075       2,422,733  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    26,349       1,743,250  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    14,122       848,450  

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

    3,860       156,523  

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

    10,470       241,438  

CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,900       168,345  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    15,149       2,003,001  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    7,353       216,766  

CVB Financial Corp.

    34,654       877,439  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    9,599       281,059  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    9,569       428,883  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    37,423       2,512,580  

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

    40,364       792,749  

Enterprise Bancorp., Inc.

    4,090       122,332  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

    9,390       413,536  

Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A

    3,982       117,987  

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp., Inc./Archbold OH

    4,366       117,314  

Farmers National Banc Corp.

    10,858       142,131  

FB Financial Corp.

    7,655       292,498  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    181,454       5,799,270  

Financial Institutions, Inc.

    4,641       111,709  

First Bancorp., Inc.

    3,801       104,718  

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

    49,297       674,383  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    8,695       318,063  

First Bancshares, Inc.

    5,056       151,023  

First Busey Corp.

    14,033       308,445  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A(b)

    3,212       2,561,345  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    23,135       297,053  

First Community Bankshares, Inc.

    4,424       141,701  

First Financial Bancorp

    24,566       517,851  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    34,592       1,446,983  

First Financial Corp.

    2,807       126,848  

First Foundation, Inc.

    11,649       211,313  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    35,515       874,734  

First Horizon Corp.

    137,391       3,146,254  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

First Internet Bancorp

    3,319     $ 112,381  

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

    23,766       958,958  

First Merchants Corp.

    14,373       555,948  

First Mid Bancshares, Inc.

    3,368       107,675  

First of Long Island Corp.

    6,630       114,301  

First Republic Bank

    48,451       6,325,278  

Five Star Bancorp

    3,935       111,597  

Flushing Financial Corp.

    7,595       147,115  

FNB Corp.

    86,381       1,002,020  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    38,232       604,066  

German American Bancorp., Inc.

    6,517       232,722  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    28,562       1,403,251  

Great Southern Bancorp., Inc.

    2,591       147,868  

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.

    3,136       108,474  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    23,702       1,085,789  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    8,508       201,469  

HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.

    17,127       229,844  

Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

    9,671       419,335  

Heritage Commerce Corp.

    16,586       188,085  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    9,192       243,312  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    13,860       344,421  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    52,654       1,185,242  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    4,842       139,498  

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

    5,454       120,533  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    29,353       371,022  

Horizon Bancorp, Inc.

    10,594       190,268  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    378,319       4,986,244  

Independent Bank Corp.

    12,027       896,372  

Independent Bank Corp.

    5,584       106,654  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    9,241       567,305  

International Bancshares Corp.

    14,706       625,005  

John Marshall Bancorp., Inc.

    5,923       145,469  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    769,528         80,415,676  

KeyCorp

    245,288       3,929,514  

Lakeland Bancorp., Inc.

    17,725       283,777  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    6,035       439,408  

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.(b)

    8,500       260,100  

M&T Bank Corp.

    45,248       7,978,127  

Mercantile Bank Corp.

    4,780       142,014  

Metrocity Bankshares, Inc.

    7,605       149,362  

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.(a)

    2,472       159,098  

Mid Penn Bancorp., Inc.

    5,621       161,491  

Midland States Bancorp., Inc.

    6,266       147,690  

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.

    6,094       166,305  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    7,742       286,377  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    11,816       448,417  

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.(a)

    3,279       230,973  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    26,773       361,703  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

    15,230       283,887  

OFG Bancorp

    11,498       288,945  

Old National Bancorp

    77,191       1,271,336  

Old Second Bancorp., Inc.

    11,976       156,287  

Origin Bancorp., Inc.

    7,045       271,021  

Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.

    6,398       153,040  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    22,786       705,455  

PacWest Bancorp

    29,656       670,226  

Park National Corp.

    3,576       445,140  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    7,953       262,131  

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.

    4,868       163,808  

Peoples Bancorp., Inc.

    5,488       158,768  

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

    3,252       152,324  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    20,341       1,649,655  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    108,326     $ 16,186,071  

Popular, Inc.

    19,259       1,387,804  

Preferred Bank

    2,534       165,293  

Premier Financial Corp.

    8,972       230,580  

Primis Financial Corp.

    9,763       118,425  

Professional Holding Corp., Class A(a)

    4,162       107,962  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    22,796       1,520,037  

QCR Holdings, Inc.

    5,077       258,622  

Regions Financial Corp.

    248,337       4,984,124  

Renasant Corp.

    16,064       502,482  

Republic Bancorp., Inc., Class A

    3,148       120,568  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    8,969       262,881  

Sandy Spring Bancorp., Inc.

    11,025       388,742  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    13,132       396,980  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    13,486       1,078,880  

Shore Bancshares, Inc.

    6,828       118,261  

Sierra Bancorp

    7,035       138,941  

Signature Bank

    16,301       2,461,451  

Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    8,975       676,266  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    34,010       741,078  

SmartFinancial, Inc.

    6,451       159,404  

South Plains Financial, Inc.

    6,230       171,699  

Southern First Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,924       121,814  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    9,146       323,403  

SouthState Corp.

    20,835       1,648,465  

Stellar Bancorp, Inc.

    5,008       146,484  

Stock Yards Bancorp., Inc.

    7,621       518,304  

Summit Financial Group, Inc.

    4,434       119,452  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    15,479       5,197,539  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    37,684       1,413,527  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    13,089       772,644  

Third Coast Bancshares, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,869       134,639  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    3,570       259,253  

Towne Bank

    17,055       457,586  

TriCo Bancshares

    7,311       326,436  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,096       331,318  

Truist Financial Corp.

    350,967       15,281,103  

Trustmark Corp.

    16,710       511,827  

UMB Financial Corp.

    11,236       947,082  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    59,357       1,014,411  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    34,598       1,236,879  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    25,931       858,316  

Univest Financial Corp.

    7,217       169,455  

US Bancorp

    355,889       14,349,445  

Valley National Bancorp

    112,944       1,219,795  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    12,013       319,426  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    16,824       504,384  

Washington Trust Bancorp., Inc.

    3,604       167,514  

Webster Financial Corp.

    46,846       2,117,439  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    1,001,588       40,283,869  

WesBanco, Inc.

    16,977       566,523  

West BanCorp, Inc.

    5,754       119,741  

Westamerica Bancorp

    7,741       404,777  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    27,871       1,832,240  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    15,399       1,255,788  

Zions Bancorp NA

    39,725       2,020,414  
   

 

 

 
          381,485,287  
Beverages — 1.6%            

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    2,395       775,142  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A, NVS(b)

    11,992       810,180  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    49,066       3,266,324  

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,139       1,282,124  
Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)            

Coca-Cola Co.

    1,029,712     $ 57,684,466  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    1,139       468,960  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    40,258       9,246,457  

Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,000       101,010  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    226,516       8,113,803  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

    3,883       412,219  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    46,571       2,234,942  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)(b)

    98,458       8,561,908  

National Beverage Corp.

    6,752       260,222  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    361,511       59,020,286  

Primo Water Corp.

    44,998       564,725  

Vita Coco Co., Inc.(a)

    10,812       123,149  
   

 

 

 
          152,925,917  
Biotechnology — 2.7%            

2seventy bio, Inc.(a)

    7,858       114,334  

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    12,062       96,978  

AbbVie, Inc.

    466,372       62,591,786  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    30,357       496,641  

Adicet Bio, Inc.(a)

    8,535       121,368  

ADMA Biologics, Inc.(a)

    73,979       179,769  

Agenus, Inc.(a)

    45,627       93,535  

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,320       461,530  

Akero Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    8,934       304,203  

Albireo Pharma, Inc.(a)

    6,265       121,290  

Alector, Inc.(a)

    16,220       153,441  

Alkermes PLC(a)

    42,634       952,017  

Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,956       269,525  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    32,075       6,420,132  

ALX Oncology Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,194       87,987  

Amgen, Inc.

    141,324       31,854,430  

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    70,653       737,617  

AnaptysBio, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,290       185,968  

Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    19,345       199,640  

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    6,026       143,419  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    24,668       1,684,824  

Arbutus Biopharma Corp.(a)(b)

    48,617       92,858  

Arcellx, Inc.(a)

    10,175       190,985  

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,808       130,535  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    12,116       316,955  

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,503       219,822  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,054       894,135  

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,403       99,803  

Aura Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    8,730       158,188  

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    37,825       284,444  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,788       320,987  

Avidity Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,748       257,165  

Beam Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    17,702       843,323  

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    46,250       582,750  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    38,625       10,312,875  

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.(a)

    16,429       2,483,572  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    49,894       4,229,514  

Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,258       109,430  

Bluebird Bio, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,362       109,901  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a)

    15,606       1,028,279  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,938       287,644  

C4 Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,640       93,313  

CareDx, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,925       219,984  

Caribou Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,981       189,700  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    24,483       314,117  

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    13,504       379,597  

Century Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,251       101,382  

Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,699       443,654  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

ChemoCentryx, Inc.(a)

    17,444     $ 901,157  

Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    9,924       195,106  

Cogent Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    14,681       219,041  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,634       159,853  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    12,259       240,767  

CTI BioPharma Corp.(a)

    29,102       169,374  

Cullinan Oncology, Inc.(a)

    8,160       104,611  

Cytokinetics, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,361       986,490  

Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    10,440       209,113  

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,094       186,739  

Denali Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    24,113       740,028  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)

    28,637       298,970  

Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    9,534       121,082  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,860       101,981  

Editas Medicine, Inc.(a)

    18,768       229,720  

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    15,860       119,426  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)

    12,011       252,111  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    4,849       251,518  

EQRx, Inc.(a)(b)

    46,150       228,442  

Erasca, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,355       135,369  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)

    45,231       1,469,555  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    83,366       1,307,179  

Fate Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    20,353       456,111  

FibroGen, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,441       291,957  

Forma Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(a)

    9,289       185,316  

Generation Bio Co.(a)(b)

    21,073       111,898  

Geron Corp.(a)

    98,833       231,269  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    331,432       20,446,040  

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    16,132       1,098,589  

Gossamer Bio, Inc.(a)

    12,244       146,683  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,951       1,421,503  

Heron Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    28,440       120,017  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    59,694       3,694,462  

Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    9,634       143,739  

Imago Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,391       111,235  

ImmunityBio, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,871       108,699  

ImmunoGen, Inc.(a)

    55,284       264,258  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    49,360       3,289,350  

Inhibrx, Inc.(a)

    7,653       137,371  

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    62,941       108,573  

Insmed, Inc.(a)(b)

    31,423       676,851  

Instil Bio, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,980       91,863  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,657       1,155,966  

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,167       113,930  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,510       1,703,297  

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.(a)

    36,716       351,739  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    40,499       419,570  

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    6,627       126,244  

IVERIC bio, Inc.(a)

    30,340       544,300  

KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    6,993       101,468  

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    7,810       1,756,703  

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    22,572       123,243  

Keros Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    4,121       155,032  

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Class A(a)

    11,564       148,482  

Kinnate Biopharma, Inc.(a)

    8,628       103,105  

Kodiak Sciences, Inc.(a)

    14,168       109,660  

Krystal Biotech, Inc.(a)

    5,886       410,254  

Kura Oncology, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,737       228,627  

Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,811       213,585  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,919       337,465  

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,933       285,379  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,737       177,878  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

MannKind Corp.(a)

    60,244     $ 186,154  

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    22,348       151,072  

MiMedx Group, Inc.(a)

    33,532       96,237  

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    10,788       753,434  

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    6,027       126,627  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    89,734       10,611,045  

Morphic Holding, Inc.(a)

    5,807       164,338  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)

    22,826       435,520  

Natera, Inc.(a)

    21,724       951,946  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    25,362       2,693,698  

Nkarta, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,753       115,189  

Novavax, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,642       357,484  

Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    10,624       138,431  

Nuvalent, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    6,017       116,970  

Ocugen, Inc.(a)(b)

    48,321       86,011  

PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,330       99,127  

Point Biopharma Global, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,357       203,740  

Precigen, Inc.(a)

    42,058       89,163  

Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    7,862       463,937  

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    16,356       137,881  

Prothena Corp. PLC(a)(b)

    9,363       567,679  

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,898       998,880  

RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    5,476       131,753  

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    30,255       321,913  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    27,343       18,835,772  

REGENXBIO, Inc.(a)

    9,304       245,905  

Relay Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    20,053       448,586  

Replimune Group, Inc.(a)

    14,438       249,344  

REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.(a)

    16,366       322,738  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,565       152,657  

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    13,589       532,145  

Sana Biotechnology, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,666       135,996  

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    33,854       165,885  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    22,686       2,507,710  

Seagen, Inc.(a)

    36,141       4,945,173  

Seres Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,278       117,345  

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    126,581       198,732  

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    7,153       204,075  

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    7,795       100,088  

Sutro Biopharma, Inc.(a)

    22,562       125,219  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,493       348,267  

TG Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    32,744       193,844  

Travere Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    16,926       417,057  

Twist Bioscience Corp.(a)(b)

    15,147       533,780  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    16,844       697,510  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    11,960       2,504,185  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    14,967       147,874  

Vaxart, Inc.(a)(b)

    53,858       117,410  

Vaxcyte, Inc.(a)

    15,621       374,904  

Veracyte, Inc.(a)

    17,472       290,035  

Vericel Corp.(a)

    11,651       270,303  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    67,707       19,603,885  

Verve Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    12,495       429,203  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a)

    20,174       388,955  

Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    11,608       238,080  

Xencor, Inc.(a)

    14,994       389,544  

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,180       103,536  

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,091       305,211  
   

 

 

 
          258,933,871  
Building Products — 0.6%            

A O Smith Corp.

    33,497       1,627,284  

AAON, Inc.

    10,594       570,805  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Building Products (continued)            

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

    16,975     $ 2,111,181  

Allegion PLC

    23,173       2,078,155  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)

    4,781       209,695  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    6,997       267,425  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

    12,168       964,071  

AZEK Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    28,772       478,191  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    40,766       2,401,933  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    13,562       3,802,920  

Carrier Global Corp.

    224,898       7,997,373  

CSW Industrials, Inc.

    3,710       444,458  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    34,492       1,851,875  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)

    8,165       334,193  

Griffon Corp.

    11,147       329,059  

Hayward Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,887       167,528  

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    4,301       114,105  

Janus International Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,329       199,175  

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.(a)

    21,852       191,205  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    183,230       9,018,581  

Lennox International, Inc.

    8,477       1,887,574  

Masco Corp.

    59,499       2,778,008  

Masonite International Corp.(a)(b)

    6,222       443,566  

Owens Corning

    25,076       1,971,224  

PGT Innovations, Inc.(a)

    14,886       312,011  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    9,093       165,129  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    37,993       724,147  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    11,656       913,830  

Trane Technologies PLC

    61,027       8,837,320  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    30,372       1,334,546  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    16,391       1,182,774  

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.(b)

    32,974       807,863  
   

 

 

 
          56,517,204  
Capital Markets — 3.1%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    10,047       1,123,757  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    28,417       7,159,663  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    39,703       2,459,601  

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

    14,977       403,331  

AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,413       117,294  

B Riley Financial, Inc.

    5,794       257,949  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    193,336       7,447,303  

BGC Partners, Inc., Class A

    87,616       275,114  

BlackRock, Inc.(c)

    39,659       21,823,555  

Blackstone, Inc., NVS

    185,278       15,507,769  

Blucora, Inc.(a)

    13,196       255,211  

Blue Owl Capital, Inc.

    107,115       988,671  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    8,564       127,689  

Carlyle Group, Inc.

    54,004       1,395,463  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    28,168       3,306,078  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    402,205       28,906,473  

CME Group, Inc.

    94,986       16,824,870  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    6,116       383,045  

Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    41,256       2,660,599  

Cowen, Inc., Class A

    6,191       239,220  

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.

    689       113,685  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)

    6,473       239,307  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    9,543       784,912  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    10,078       4,032,309  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    23,726       785,805  

Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,629       492,470  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    75,815       1,631,539  

GCM Grosvenor, Inc., Class A

    13,071       103,130  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    87,497       25,640,996  

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

    9,362       558,069  
Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)            

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

    13,840     $ 1,043,259  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    24,202       1,546,750  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    146,403       13,227,511  

Invesco Ltd.

    100,496       1,376,795  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    38,691       785,814  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    53,816       1,587,572  

KKR & Co., Inc.

    151,907       6,532,001  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    23,829       758,477  

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.(b)

    21,033       4,595,290  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    10,031       2,231,797  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    16,459       556,479  

Moody’s Corp.

    42,294       10,282,094  

Morgan Stanley

    329,073       26,000,058  

Morningstar, Inc.

    6,337       1,345,472  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    20,927       8,826,799  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    90,231       5,114,293  

Northern Trust Corp.

    54,254       4,641,972  

Open Lending Corp., Class A(a)

    26,990       217,000  

Perella Weinberg Partners

    19,000       120,270  

Piper Sandler Cos

    4,979       521,501  

PJT Partners, Inc., Class A

    6,352       424,441  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    51,452       5,084,487  

Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    148,921       1,504,102  

S&P Global, Inc.

    88,352       26,978,283  

SEI Investments Co.

    26,989       1,323,810  

State Street Corp.

    96,511       5,868,834  

StepStone Group, Inc., Class A

    15,143       371,155  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    26,162       1,358,069  

StoneX Group, Inc.(a)

    5,315       440,826  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    59,364       6,233,814  

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

    27,746       1,565,429  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A

    4,364       101,725  

Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A

    27,878       579,026  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    1,731       276,129  

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    39,480       184,766  
   

 

 

 
          289,650,977  
Chemicals — 1.8%            

AdvanSix, Inc.

    7,904       253,718  

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    58,519       13,619,127  

Albemarle Corp.

    31,053       8,211,655  

American Vanguard Corp.(b)

    8,852       165,532  

Amyris, Inc.(a)(b)

    44,133       128,868  

Ashland, Inc.

    13,688       1,299,949  

Avient Corp.

    23,110       700,233  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)(b)

    55,898       1,177,212  

Balchem Corp.(b)

    8,186       995,254  

Cabot Corp.

    14,168       905,194  

Celanese Corp.

    28,728       2,595,288  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    52,505       5,053,606  

Chase Corp.

    2,295       191,793  

Chemours Co.

    41,607       1,025,613  

Corteva, Inc.

    190,813       10,904,963  

Diversey Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    20,825       101,210  

Dow, Inc.

    190,737       8,379,076  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    133,633       6,735,103  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    33,278       2,364,402  

Ecolab, Inc.

    65,439       9,450,700  

Ecovyst, Inc.(a)

    12,081       101,964  

Element Solutions, Inc.

    59,142       962,240  

FMC Corp.

    32,866       3,473,936  

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    237,749       741,777  

Hawkins, Inc.

    4,496       175,299  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

HB Fuller Co.

    13,574     $ 815,797  

Huntsman Corp.

    50,969       1,250,779  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    11,207       679,480  

Innospec, Inc.

    6,535       559,853  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    67,349       6,117,310  

Intrepid Potash, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,903       114,872  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    5,224       108,555  

Linde PLC

    132,501       35,720,945  

Livent Corp.(a)

    44,222       1,355,404  

LSB Industries, Inc.(a)

    8,307       118,375  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    68,526       5,158,637  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.

    13,982       308,723  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.(b)

    9,749       481,698  

Mosaic Co.

    91,224       4,408,856  

NewMarket Corp.

    1,518       456,660  

Olin Corp.

    36,550       1,567,264  

Origin Materials, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,176       166,028  

Orion Engineered Carbons SA

    16,048       214,241  

Perimeter Solutions SA(a)

    38,642       309,522  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    62,781       6,949,229  

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,855       224,790  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    3,562       514,282  

RPM International, Inc.

    33,313       2,775,306  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    10,768       460,332  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    11,460       794,636  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    63,407       12,982,583  

Stepan Co.

    6,128       574,010  

Tredegar Corp.

    11,456       108,145  

Trinseo PLC

    9,843       180,324  

Tronox Holdings PLC

    27,067       331,571  

Valvoline, Inc.

    46,721       1,183,910  

Westlake Corp.

    9,079       788,784  
   

 

 

 
          167,494,613  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%            

ABM Industries, Inc.

    17,599       672,810  

ACCO Brands Corp.

    27,889       136,656  

ACV Auctions, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    33,687       242,209  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    12,771       532,934  

BrightView Holdings, Inc.(a)

    13,981       111,009  

Brink’s Co.

    13,363       647,304  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,334       1,018,584  

Cimpress PLC(a)

    4,469       109,401  

Cintas Corp.

    22,512       8,738,933  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    13,539       1,489,019  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    56,667       6,029,369  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)

    30,682       271,229  

Deluxe Corp.

    10,934       182,051  

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)

    12,866       359,991  

Ennis, Inc.

    6,537       131,590  

GEO Group, Inc.(a)

    33,696       259,459  

Harsco Corp.(a)

    22,923       85,732  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    20,305       245,487  

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.(a)

    5,258       155,479  

HNI Corp.

    11,727       310,883  

IAA, Inc.(a)

    36,379       1,158,671  

Interface, Inc.

    14,485       130,220  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)

    28,611       319,585  

Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    36,309       193,164  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    7,951       178,182  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    21,116       329,410  

Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,781       194,531  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    9,671       1,056,847  
Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)            

Republic Services, Inc.

    51,731     $ 7,037,485  

Rollins, Inc.

    60,966       2,114,301  

SP Plus Corp.(a)

    5,979       187,262  

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

    25,338       165,204  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    24,137       1,016,409  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    14,286       1,836,180  

UniFirst Corp.

    4,131       694,958  

Viad Corp.(a)

    5,056       159,668  

VSE Corp.

    2,979       105,457  

Waste Management, Inc.

    107,585       17,236,193  
   

 

 

 
      55,843,856  
Communications Equipment — 0.8%            

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    18,578       363,757  

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    65,231       7,363,928  

Calix, Inc.(a)

    14,427       882,067  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    40,172       1,624,154  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,101,344       44,053,760  

Clearfield, Inc.(a)

    3,419       357,764  

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    50,283       463,106  

Digi International, Inc.(a)

    11,323       391,436  

Extreme Networks, Inc.(a)

    29,252       382,324  

F5, Inc.(a)

    15,790       2,285,287  

Harmonic, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,120       328,318  

Infinera Corp.(a)(b)

    53,225       257,609  

Inseego Corp.(a)(b)

    50,545       104,628  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    84,377       2,203,927  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,090       1,309,001  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    43,552       9,754,342  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)

    8,788       176,112  

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)

    16,622       520,601  

Ubiquiti, Inc.(b)

    1,451       425,956  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,770       537,187  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)

    64,128       836,870  
   

 

 

 
          74,622,134  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%            

AECOM

    34,517       2,359,927  

Ameresco, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    7,280       483,975  

API Group Corp.(a)

    52,029       690,425  

Arcosa, Inc.

    12,843       734,363  

Argan, Inc.

    3,857       124,080  

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

    9,108       886,482  

Construction Partners, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,910       233,709  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)

    7,193       687,147  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    13,317       1,537,847  

Fluor Corp.(a)

    39,161       974,717  

Granite Construction, Inc.

    13,428       340,937  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(a)(b)

    14,772       111,972  

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc.(a)

    7,980       108,049  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    15,048       955,548  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    52,351       1,431,800  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)

    4,920       416,872  

Northwest Pipe Co.(a)

    4,016       112,850  

NV5 Global, Inc.(a)

    3,698       457,886  

Primoris Services Corp.

    15,672       254,670  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    37,201       4,739,035  

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,808       146,168  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    5,531       1,485,737  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)

    56,998       2,298,729  
   

 

 

 
      21,572,925  
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    10,429       1,117,780  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction Materials (continued)            

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    16,404     $ 5,283,565  

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    32,043       767,750  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    34,277       5,405,826  
   

 

 

 
          12,574,921  
Consumer Finance — 0.5%            

Ally Financial, Inc.

    82,451       2,294,611  

American Express Co.

    159,069       21,459,999  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    12,814       403,000  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    100,905       9,300,414  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    1,831       801,978  

Discover Financial Services

    72,556       6,596,792  

Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,537       297,303  

Enova International, Inc.(a)

    10,093       295,422  

EZCORP, Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    14,005       107,979  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    9,789       718,023  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    14,236       270,199  

LendingClub Corp.(a)

    25,821       285,322  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)

    3,884       92,672  

Navient Corp.

    31,953       469,390  

Nelnet, Inc., Class A(b)

    3,252       257,526  

NerdWallet, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    11,840       105,021  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    29,618       874,323  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)

    9,597       315,357  

PROG Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,721       220,521  

Regional Management Corp.

    3,397       95,252  

SLM Corp.

    65,169       911,714  

SoFi Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    214,875       1,048,590  

Synchrony Financial

    127,200       3,585,768  

Upstart Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,256       421,122  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)

    988       95,658  
   

 

 

 
      51,323,956  
Containers & Packaging — 0.4%            

Amcor PLC

    395,499       4,243,704  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    17,119       1,626,819  

Ardagh Group SA(a)

    4,919       42,020  

Ardagh Metal Packaging SA

    41,863       202,617  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    21,722       3,534,169  

Ball Corp.

    82,967       4,008,965  

Berry Global Group, Inc.(a)

    33,032       1,536,979  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    31,255       2,532,593  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    78,823       1,555,966  

Greif, Inc.

    2,003       121,782  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    6,345       377,972  

International Paper Co.

    94,968       3,010,486  

Myers Industries, Inc.

    9,746       160,517  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)

    43,793       567,119  

Packaging Corp. of America

    24,856       2,791,080  

Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.

    10,623       92,739  

Sealed Air Corp.

    38,411       1,709,674  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    22,126       930,177  

Sonoco Products Co.

    26,163       1,484,227  

TriMas Corp.

    9,895       248,068  

Westrock Co.

    67,763       2,093,199  
   

 

 

 
      32,870,872  
Distributors — 0.1%            

Funko, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,433       130,075  

Genuine Parts Co.

    36,717       5,482,582  

LKQ Corp.

    69,618       3,282,489  

Pool Corp.

    10,276       3,269,926  
   

 

 

 
      12,165,072  
Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%            

2U, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,603     $ 116,269  

ADT, Inc.

    69,954       523,955  

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a)

    12,793       466,305  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a)

    16,360       943,154  

Carriage Services, Inc.

    3,922       126,131  

Chegg, Inc.(a)

    32,202       678,496  

Coursera, Inc.(a)(b)

    34,958       376,847  

Duolingo, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,486       617,662  

European Wax Center, Inc., Class A

    5,886       108,597  

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)

    22,920       467,339  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    1,034       556,271  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    8,087       665,156  

H&R Block, Inc.

    41,669       1,772,599  

Laureate Education, Inc.

    25,027       264,035  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,291       174,097  

OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    12,241       102,824  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)

    20,257       208,647  

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    11,310       188,764  

Rover Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,872       109,792  

Service Corp. International

    40,267       2,325,017  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    5,922       363,670  

Stride, Inc.(a)

    11,199       470,694  

Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    32,978       1,262,728  

Udemy, Inc.(a)

    22,431       271,191  

Vivint Smart Home, Inc.(a)

    18,862       124,112  
   

 

 

 
      13,284,352  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.5%            

Alerus Financial Corp.

    5,608       123,937  

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.

    5,168       146,720  

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    120,924       5,622,966  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E

    10,950       143,007  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    475,827       127,055,326  

Cannae Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,281       460,325  

Compass Diversified Holdings

    14,456       261,075  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    101,095       2,663,853  

Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A

    20,062       556,720  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    23,320       1,410,860  
   

 

 

 
              138,444,789  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%  

Anterix, Inc.(a)

    6,570       234,680  

AT&T Inc.

    1,895,679       29,079,716  

ATN International, Inc.

    3,079       118,757  

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,546       101,697  

Charge Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)

    60,908       107,198  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    11,596       604,847  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    20,854       86,753  

EchoStar Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    9,733       160,303  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)(b)

    63,352       1,484,337  

Globalstar, Inc.(a)

    164,181       261,048  

IDT Corp., Class B(a)

    5,275       130,978  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(a)

    31,778       1,409,990  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C(a)

    41,510       255,287  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    269,537       1,962,229  

Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    22,335       210,396  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,113,903       42,294,897  
   

 

 

 
      78,503,113  
Electric Utilities — 1.8%            

ALLETE, Inc.

    18,798       940,840  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    65,935       3,493,896  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    135,712       11,732,302  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)            

Avangrid, Inc.

    18,845     $ 785,837  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    86,426       7,189,779  

Duke Energy Corp.

    203,308       18,911,710  

Edison International

    100,691       5,697,097  

Entergy Corp.

    53,350       5,368,610  

Evergy, Inc.

    59,844       3,554,734  

Eversource Energy

    91,237       7,112,837  

Exelon Corp.

    261,490       9,795,415  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    142,530       5,273,610  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    29,333       1,016,682  

IDACORP, Inc.

    12,984       1,285,546  

MGE Energy, Inc.

    9,534       625,716  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    519,035       40,697,534  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    61,655       2,359,537  

OGE Energy Corp.

    51,976       1,895,045  

Otter Tail Corp.

    10,615       653,035  

PG&E Corp.(a)(b)

    415,491       5,193,637  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    29,446       1,899,561  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    25,489       1,165,612  

Portland General Electric Co.

    24,260       1,054,340  

PPL Corp.

    195,008       4,943,453  

Southern Co.

    276,929       18,831,172  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    141,346       9,046,144  
   

 

 

 
          170,523,681  
Electrical Equipment — 0.7%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    8,585       1,351,880  

AMETEK, Inc.

    60,784       6,893,514  

Array Technologies, Inc.(a)

    41,364       685,815  

Atkore, Inc.(a)

    10,789       839,492  

AZZ, Inc.

    6,759       246,771  

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,347       110,674  

Blink Charging Co.(a)(b)

    9,967       176,615  

Bloom Energy Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    43,615       871,864  

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    67,959       1,003,075  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    105,376       14,052,943  

Emerson Electric Co.

    156,054       11,426,274  

Encore Wire Corp.

    5,113       590,756  

EnerSys

    11,543       671,456  

Enovix Corp.(a)(b)

    30,501       559,236  

ESS Tech, Inc.(a)

    32,218       131,772  

Fluence Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,969       130,858  

FuelCell Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    101,061       344,618  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,609       2,958,727  

GrafTech International Ltd.

    57,328       247,084  

Hubbell, Inc.

    14,101       3,144,523  

NuScale Power Corp.(a)(b)

    10,319       120,526  

nVent Electric PLC

    44,374       1,402,662  

Plug Power, Inc.(a)(b)

    135,336       2,843,409  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    18,240       2,560,167  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    30,654       6,593,982  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

    40,557       1,511,965  

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    27,440       591,332  

Stem, Inc.(a)

    42,548       567,590  

SunPower Corp.(a)(b)

    19,824       456,745  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,648       1,452,558  

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,790       135,454  

TPI Composites, Inc.(a)

    7,812       88,119  

Vertiv Holdings Co.(b)

    84,911       825,335  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    5,565       329,114  
   

 

 

 
      65,916,905  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7%  

908 Devices, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,945       130,695  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    10,744     $ 831,693  

Akoustis Technologies, Inc.(a)

    33,837       100,496  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    155,295       10,398,553  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    21,770       101,013  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    16,534       1,524,269  

Avnet, Inc.

    26,872       970,617  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    7,232       668,164  

Belden, Inc.

    11,251       675,285  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    10,690       264,898  

CDW Corp.

    35,921       5,606,550  

Cognex Corp.

    45,395       1,881,623  

Coherent Corp.(a)

    33,884       1,180,857  

Corning, Inc.

    199,364       5,785,543  

CTS Corp.

    8,318       346,445  

ePlus, Inc.(a)

    7,628       316,867  

Fabrinet(a)

    9,479       904,771  

FARO Technologies, Inc.(a)

    4,226       115,961  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    8,900       733,449  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    9,440       796,264  

Itron, Inc.(a)

    11,846       498,835  

Jabil, Inc.

    35,742       2,062,671  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    47,594       7,489,392  

Kimball Electronics, Inc.(a)

    6,064       103,998  

Knowles Corp.(a)

    26,198       318,830  

Lightwave Logic, Inc.(a)

    31,791       233,346  

Littelfuse, Inc.(b)

    6,319       1,255,522  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    9,332       346,684  

MicroVision, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,914       151,310  

Mirion Technologies, Inc.(a)

    42,777       319,544  

Napco Security Technologies, Inc.(a)

    7,658       222,695  

National Instruments Corp.

    35,163       1,327,052  

nLight, Inc.(a)

    10,949       103,468  

Novanta, Inc.(a)

    9,006       1,041,544  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)

    4,916       354,247  

PAR Technology Corp.(a)(b)

    7,476       220,766  

PC Connection, Inc.

    3,002       135,360  

Plexus Corp.(a)

    7,492       655,999  

Rogers Corp.(a)

    5,031       1,216,898  

Sanmina Corp.(a)

    14,082       648,899  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)

    6,807       179,773  

SmartRent, Inc.(a)

    38,632       87,695  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    10,991       892,359  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    12,201       4,117,471  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    67,354       3,655,302  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)

    24,207       319,048  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    32,481       577,837  

Vontier Corp.

    42,935       717,444  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    14,026       3,674,952  
   

 

 

 
          66,262,954  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%            

Archrock, Inc.

    35,273       226,453  

Aspen Aerogels, Inc.(a)

    10,533       97,114  

Baker Hughes Co.(b)

    253,288       5,308,916  

Borr Drilling Ltd.(a)(b)

    39,891       132,438  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    6,209       145,849  

Cactus, Inc., Class A

    14,998       576,373  

ChampionX Corp.

    51,694       1,011,652  

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(a)(b)

    39,196       259,869  

DMC Global, Inc.(a)

    6,440       102,911  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,991       195,024  

Expro Group Holdings NV(a)(b)

    20,323       258,915  

Halliburton Co.

    240,198       5,913,675  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)            

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

    35,887     $ 138,524  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    27,144       1,003,514  

Liberty Energy, Inc.(a)

    39,399       499,579  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)

    2,260       229,277  

NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.(a)

    40,996       303,370  

Noble Corp. PLC(a)(b)

    18,670       552,259  

NOV, Inc.

    105,592       1,708,478  

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)

    24,877       198,021  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)

    23,212       90,295  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    58,623       684,717  

ProFrac Holding Corp., Class A(a)

    8,237       125,285  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    20,109       161,877  

RPC, Inc.

    20,885       144,733  

Schlumberger NV

    371,703       13,344,138  

Select Energy Services, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,685       158,114  

Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., Class A

    12,651       118,413  

TETRA Technologies, Inc.(a)

    42,052       150,967  

Tidewater, Inc.(a)

    10,111       219,409  

US Silica Holdings, Inc.(a)

    21,468       235,075  

Valaris Ltd.(a)(b)

    15,771       771,833  

Weatherford International PLC(a)

    18,409       594,427  
   

 

 

 
      35,661,494  
Entertainment — 1.4%            

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    205,310       15,262,745  

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    136,132       948,840  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    29,385       355,852  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    73,349       8,487,213  

IMAX Corp.(a)(b)

    14,933       210,854  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class C, NVS(a)

    8,686       238,865  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A, NVS(a)

    6,479       340,277  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a)

    52,163       3,051,536  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a)

    14,307       106,301  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B, NVS(a)(b)

    33,858       235,313  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    40,800       3,102,432  

Madison Square Garden Co(a)

    5,300       724,298  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment
Corp.(a)

    6,912       304,750  

Marcus Corp.(b)

    7,306       101,480  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    115,946       27,298,326  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    27,455       257,803  

ROBLOX Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    116,795       4,185,933  

Roku, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,064       1,808,410  

Skillz, Inc.(a)(b)

    130,016       132,616  

Spotify Technology SA(a)(b)

    36,962       3,189,821  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    43,572       4,749,348  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    482,186       45,484,605  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a)

    621,272       7,144,628  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    11,648       817,340  
   

 

 

 
          128,539,586  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.2%  

Acadia Realty Trust

    24,793       312,888  

Agree Realty Corp.

    20,778       1,404,177  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    19,990       331,434  

Alexander’s, Inc.

    559       116,809  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    43,009       6,029,432  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    12,461       320,497  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    81,360       2,669,422  

American Tower Corp.

    122,616       26,325,655  

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    71,127       1,749,724  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    40,458     $ 1,562,488  

Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A

    40,458       295,343  

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

    54,336       763,964  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    14,874       154,392  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    36,966       6,808,768  

Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc.

    7,481       200,117  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    41,855       3,137,869  

Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    22,812       98,092  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    49,722       335,623  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    80,530       1,487,389  

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

    40,671       631,621  

Camden Property Trust

    26,862       3,208,666  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    26,389       477,905  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    9,010       230,746  

Centerspace

    4,682       315,192  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)

    12,948       127,797  

City Office REIT, Inc.

    13,029       129,899  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    5,798       189,884  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    29,896       694,484  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    39,978       933,486  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    113,991           16,477,399  

CTO Realty Growth, Inc.

    6,725       126,027  

CubeSmart

    58,934       2,360,896  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    55,776       418,878  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    75,396       7,477,775  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    82,790       81,970  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    45,169       809,880  

Duke Realty Corp.

    100,437       4,841,063  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    25,636       404,280  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    10,855       1,566,811  

Elme Communities

    23,867       419,105  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A(b)

    38,852       254,869  

EPR Properties

    20,747       743,987  

Equinix, Inc.

    24,041       13,675,482  

Equity Commonwealth

    28,052       683,347  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    47,007       2,953,920  

Equity Residential

    97,873       6,579,023  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    36,937       718,425  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    17,280       4,185,734  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    34,992       6,043,468  

Farmland Partners, Inc.

    10,286       130,324  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    22,240       2,004,269  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    34,564       1,548,813  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    18,481       447,055  

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

    65,947       2,917,495  

Getty Realty Corp.

    8,694       233,782  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

    9,826       152,303  

Gladstone Land Corp.

    9,294       168,221  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

    11,690       99,599  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    25,456       271,106  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    99,769       2,080,184  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    142,206       3,259,362  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A

    13,460       107,411  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    27,208       733,528  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    187,878       2,983,503  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    41,053       449,530  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    58,144       972,749  

Indus Realty Trust, Inc.

    2,059       107,830  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    16,531       90,921  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    7,815       691,627  

InvenTrust Properties Corp.

    18,601       396,759  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    160,636     $     5,424,678  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    74,959       3,295,947  

iStar, Inc.

    15,833       146,614  

JBG SMITH Properties

    28,829       535,643  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    31,178       1,312,906  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    162,074       2,983,782  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    55,587       957,208  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    23,390       1,929,441  

Life Storage, Inc.

    22,361       2,476,704  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    9,908       371,055  

LXP Industrial Trust

    73,972       677,584  

Macerich Co.

    58,409       463,767  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    158,234       1,876,655  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    30,380       4,711,027  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    11,424       645,799  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    46,591       1,857,117  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    22,621       940,581  

Necessity Retail REIT, Inc.

    28,771       169,173  

NETSTREIT Corp.

    16,020       285,316  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    6,229       287,842  

Office Properties Income Trust

    12,770       179,418  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    61,359       1,809,477  

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

    4,632       97,365  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    14,476       126,665  

Outfront Media, Inc., REIT

    39,045       593,094  

Paramount Group, Inc.

    47,173       293,888  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    59,625       671,377  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    34,592       501,930  

Phillips Edison & Co., Inc.

    29,979       840,911  

Physicians Realty Trust

    55,451       833,983  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    34,072       359,800  

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

    6,974       117,233  

Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

    10,998       161,341  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    19,469       799,008  

Prologis, Inc.

    195,374       19,849,998  

Public Storage

    41,251       12,078,705  

Rayonier, Inc.

    37,901       1,135,893  

Realty Income Corp.

    164,228       9,558,070  

Regency Centers Corp.

    44,844       2,414,849  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    29,152       401,132  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    45,581       2,370,212  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    46,119       466,724  

RPT Realty

    18,704       141,402  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.(b)

    14,307       1,052,852  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    63,388       831,651  

Safehold, Inc.

    5,248       138,862  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    3,210       120,375  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    28,116       8,003,219  

Service Properties Trust

    43,460       225,557  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    86,633       7,775,312  

SITE Centers Corp.

    48,348       517,807  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    16,832       675,973  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    37,970       1,372,995  

STAG Industrial, Inc.

    46,933       1,334,305  

STORE Capital Corp.

    65,295       2,045,692  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    29,450       197,904  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    32,314       4,373,054  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    54,237       510,913  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.(b)

    29,064       397,596  

Terreno Realty Corp.

    18,656       988,581  

UDR, Inc.

    86,060       3,589,563  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    9,749       157,446  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Uniti Group, Inc.

    61,863     $ 429,948  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    3,257       140,735  

Urban Edge Properties

    30,351       404,882  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    9,294       144,150  

Ventas, Inc.

    106,341       4,271,718  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)

    24,261       275,848  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    252,034       7,523,215  

Vornado Realty Trust

    47,542       1,101,073  

Welltower, Inc.

    123,302       7,930,785  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    196,774       5,619,865  

Whitestone REIT

    15,813       133,778  

WP Carey, Inc.

    50,215       3,505,007  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    30,916       426,332  
   

 

 

 
          305,080,780  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5%            

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    42,016       1,044,518  

Andersons, Inc.

    9,869       306,235  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    35,177       2,561,237  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    10,023       2,029,858  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)

    7,610       220,462  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    116,926       55,220,642  

Fresh Market, Inc. Escrow(a)(d)

    10,847        

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    22,218       739,637  

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

    4,247       336,405  

Kroger Co.

    172,846       7,562,012  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    40,028       1,719,203  

PriceSmart, Inc.

    6,000       345,540  

Rite Aid Corp.(a)

    14,766       73,092  

SpartanNash Co.

    9,045       262,486  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)

    30,900       857,475  

Sysco Corp.

    133,921       9,469,554  

United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)

    14,161       486,714  

US Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    56,564       1,495,552  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    189,148       5,939,247  

Walmart, Inc.

    379,866       49,268,620  

Weis Markets, Inc.

    4,756       338,817  
   

 

 

 
      140,277,306  
Food Products — 1.1%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    148,138       11,917,702  

B&G Foods, Inc.

    16,973       279,885  

Benson Hill, Inc.(a)(b)

    60,087       164,638  

Beyond Meat, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,143       214,576  

Brookfield Realty Capital Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    14,181       109,619  

Bunge Ltd.

    36,946       3,050,631  

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    4,154       131,890  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    9,440       524,770  

Campbell Soup Co.

    52,814       2,488,596  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    123,027       4,014,371  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    42,573       2,816,204  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    54,761       1,352,049  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    8,990       208,928  

Freshpet, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,207       611,449  

General Mills, Inc.

    157,236       12,045,850  

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a)

    23,516       396,950  

Hershey Co.

    38,634       8,517,638  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    74,260       3,374,374  

Hostess Brands, Inc.(a)(b)

    37,817       878,867  

Ingredion, Inc.

    17,978       1,447,589  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    4,133       535,100  

J M Smucker Co.

    26,586       3,653,182  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    1,980       149,945  

Kellogg Co.

    65,938       4,593,241  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)            

Kraft Heinz Co.

    183,474     $ 6,118,858  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    38,927       3,012,171  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    5,077       762,972  

Landec Corp.(a)(b)

    11,580       102,946  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    66,412       4,733,183  

Mission Produce, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,311       250,317  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    364,805       20,002,258  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    13,908       320,162  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,684       1,202,766  

Seaboard Corp.

    75       255,199  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    2,108       106,328  

Simply Good Foods Co.(a)

    22,647       724,478  

Sovos Brands, Inc.(a)

    7,540       107,370  

SunOpta, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,111       255,810  

Tattooed Chef, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,907       133,997  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    4,087       136,015  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)

    13,323       565,162  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    75,095       4,951,013  

Utz Brands, Inc.(b)

    15,664       236,526  

Vital Farms, Inc.(a)

    8,756       104,809  
   

 

 

 
          107,560,384  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    36,515       3,719,053  

Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A

    24,312       989,498  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    4,585       529,063  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    22,558       1,388,445  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    26,494       1,025,318  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    8,718       378,187  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    14,499       1,020,584  

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    32,193       1,075,890  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    17,380       1,212,255  

Spire, Inc.

    13,573       846,005  

UGI Corp.

    56,596       1,829,749  
   

 

 

 
      14,014,047  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%            

Abbott Laboratories

    452,331       43,767,548  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    11,677       2,868,572  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    20,985       4,346,203  

Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,660       128,128  

AngioDynamics, Inc.(a)

    10,259       209,899  

Artivion, Inc.(a)

    10,594       146,621  

AtriCure, Inc.(a)

    12,091       472,758  

Atrion Corp.

    382       215,830  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)

    12,115       263,865  

Axogen, Inc.(a)

    11,008       131,215  

Axonics, Inc.(a)

    12,853       905,365  

Baxter International, Inc.

    133,614       7,196,450  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    75,103       16,735,201  

BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,571       217,740  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    378,484       14,658,685  

Butterfly Network, Inc.(a)(b)

    47,942       225,327  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a)

    10,001       138,614  

Cerus Corp.(a)

    38,969       140,288  

CONMED Corp.

    7,869       630,858  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    12,742       3,362,614  

CryoPort, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,139       246,986  

Cue Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,371       115,497  

Cutera, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,125       188,100  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    58,590       1,661,026  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)(b)

    104,026       8,378,254  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    163,922       13,544,875  

Embecta Corp.

    15,190       437,320  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Enovis Corp.(a)

    12,314     $ 567,306  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    43,328       1,421,592  

Figs, Inc., Class A(a)

    38,097       314,300  

Glaukos Corp.(a)

    11,899       633,503  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    20,001       1,191,460  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)(b)

    13,751       1,017,987  

Heska Corp.(a)

    2,523       183,977  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    64,374       4,153,410  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,128       772,277  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    22,162       7,220,380  

Inari Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,164       956,233  

Inogen, Inc.(a)

    4,690       113,873  

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    7,808       1,384,905  

Insulet Corp.(a)(b)

    18,383       4,217,060  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)

    9,134       568,409  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    19,380       820,937  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    94,682       17,747,194  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a)

    7,999       1,002,115  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,560       1,234,995  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    4,785       242,504  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    13,850       703,164  

Masimo Corp.(a)(b)

    12,734       1,797,531  

Medtronic PLC

    353,888       28,576,456  

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.(a)

    10,146       319,903  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    14,212       803,120  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    1,389       195,613  

Nano-X Imaging Ltd.(a)(b)

    14,602       167,485  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    33,154       463,161  

Nevro Corp.(a)

    9,126       425,272  

Novocure Ltd.(a)

    27,006       2,051,916  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)

    14,428       632,091  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)

    11,627       1,011,898  

Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a)

    8,187       156,454  

OrthoPediatrics Corp.(a)(b)

    2,872       132,514  

Outset Medical, Inc.(a)

    12,646       201,451  

Paragon 28, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,806       263,843  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)

    9,689       1,837,034  

PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.(a)(b)

    7,828       324,549  

Pulmonx Corp.(a)(b)

    8,060       134,280  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)

    13,188       942,678  

ResMed, Inc.

    38,173       8,333,166  

RxSight, Inc.(a)

    8,192       98,304  

SeaSpine Holdings Corp.(a)

    18,920       107,466  

Senseonics Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    108,705       143,491  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,477       2,635,269  

SI-BONE, Inc.(a)

    7,616       132,975  

Silk Road Medical, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,356       421,020  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    12,694       895,562  

STERIS PLC

    26,371       4,384,970  

Stryker Corp.

    92,634       18,762,090  

Surmodics, Inc.(a)

    3,859       117,314  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)

    15,939       762,681  

Teleflex, Inc.

    12,343       2,486,621  

TransMedics Group, Inc.(a)

    6,778       282,914  

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.(a)

    10,774       237,782  

UFP Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,987       170,564  

Utah Medical Products, Inc.

    1,150       98,107  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)

    9,853       208,292  

ViewRay, Inc.(a)

    40,524       147,507  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    55,287       5,780,256  

Zimvie, Inc.(a)

    10,571       104,336  
   

 

 

 
          254,549,356  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.4%            

1Life Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    49,353     $ 846,404  

23andMe Holding Co., Class A(a)(b)

    61,993       177,300  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    23,043       1,801,502  

Accolade, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,251       151,326  

AdaptHealth Corp.(a)(b)

    20,223       379,788  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)

    3,496       332,959  

Agiliti, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,295       104,391  

agilon health, Inc.(a)(b)

    51,300       1,201,446  

Alignment Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    20,821       246,521  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,809       852,623  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    38,666       5,232,670  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)

    11,419       1,209,957  

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.(a)

    9,353       364,767  

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(a)

    49,285       210,447  

Cano Health, Inc.(a)

    47,414       411,079  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    71,862       4,791,758  

CareMax, Inc.(a)

    22,545       159,844  

Castle Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    4,363       113,787  

Centene Corp.(a)

    150,939       11,744,564  

Chemed Corp.

    3,948       1,723,539  

Cigna Corp.

    78,801       21,864,913  

Clover Health Investments Corp.(a)(b)

    118,091       200,755  

Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)

    41,187       88,552  

CorVel Corp.(a)

    2,095       290,011  

Covetrus, Inc.(a)

    25,974       542,337  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    12,050       341,859  

CVS Health Corp.

    344,761       32,879,857  

DaVita, Inc.(a)

    15,644       1,294,854  

DocGo, Inc.(a)

    24,692       244,945  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    63,742           28,954,166  

Encompass Health Corp.

    25,665       1,160,828  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)

    12,832       180,161  

Ensign Group, Inc.

    13,759       1,093,840  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,273       201,007  

Guardant Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,965       1,451,526  

Hanger, Inc.(a)

    9,671       181,041  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    58,214       10,699,151  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,601       1,450,939  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    35,711       2,348,712  

Hims & Hers Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,375       236,453  

Humana, Inc.

    33,315       16,164,105  

Invitae Corp.(a)(b)

    53,280       131,069  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    24,135       4,943,089  

LHC Group, Inc.(a)

    8,213       1,344,140  

LifeStance Health Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,511       155,643  

McKesson Corp.

    38,296       13,015,662  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)

    3,104       309,407  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    15,291       5,043,583  

National HealthCare Corp.

    3,519       222,893  

National Research Corp.

    3,779       150,404  

Oak Street Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    33,428       819,655  

OPKO Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    101,119       191,115  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)

    39,701       1,249,390  

Owens & Minor, Inc.

    19,575       471,758  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    21,655       520,153  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)

    20,775       342,995  

Pennant Group, Inc.(a)

    6,902       71,850  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    32,898       1,116,558  

Privia Health Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,035       375,852  

Progyny, Inc.(a)

    21,121       782,744  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    30,540       3,746,953  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    38,707       717,241  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)            

RadNet, Inc.(a)

    9,671     $ 196,805  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    30,575       675,707  

Signify Health, Inc., Class A(a)

    16,662       485,697  

Surgery Partners, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,596       224,546  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    27,632       1,425,259  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    246,800       124,643,872  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B(b)

    17,806       1,570,133  

US Physical Therapy, Inc.

    3,546       269,567  
   

 

 

 
          319,140,424  
Health Care Technology — 0.2%            

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(a)

    32,124       489,248  

American Well Corp., Class A(a)

    52,457       188,321  

Certara, Inc.(a)

    28,666       380,684  

Change Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    67,974       1,868,605  

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.(a)

    4,017       111,994  

Definitive Healthcare Corp.(a)

    10,467       162,657  

Doximity, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    29,718       898,078  

Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,590       811,659  

Health Catalyst, Inc.(a)

    12,131       117,671  

HealthStream, Inc.(a)

    6,923       147,183  

Multiplan Corp.(a)(b)

    99,986       285,960  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    13,331       235,959  

Phreesia, Inc.(a)

    12,834       327,010  

Schrodinger, Inc.(a)

    15,724       392,786  

Sharecare, Inc.(a)

    93,785       178,191  

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    4,181       202,946  

Teladoc Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    44,683       1,132,714  

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    36,849       6,075,663  
   

 

 

 
      14,007,329  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.0%            

Accel Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    13,055       101,960  

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)

    103,981       10,922,164  

Aramark

    61,992       1,934,150  

Bally’s Corp.(a)(b)

    8,472       167,407  

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)

    6,042       144,102  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    23,227       425,751  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    10,501       17,255,348  

Bowlero Corp.(a)(b)

    12,114       149,123  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    21,231       1,011,657  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,091       302,033  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    53,909       1,739,104  

Carnival Corp.(a)(b)

    252,471       1,774,871  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    11,672       341,756  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,338       11,027,253  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    7,904       865,646  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    9,685       1,783,493  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,752       133,331  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    5,816       538,445  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    32,888       4,154,412  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    12,792       396,936  

Denny’s Corp.(a)

    17,595       165,569  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    4,569       290,406  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    9,450       2,931,390  

DraftKings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    88,426       1,338,770  

Everi Holdings, Inc.(a)

    24,207       392,638  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    40,025       3,749,942  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    5,249       183,138  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(a)

    23,394       769,429  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    70,829       8,543,394  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    13,760       1,114,010  

International Game Technology PLC

    25,235       398,713  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    5,459       404,348  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)            

Krispy Kreme, Inc.

    22,387     $ 258,122  

Kura Sushi USA, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,522       111,989  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    87,357       3,277,635  

Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,215       99,596  

Light & Wonder, Inc.(a)

    25,259       1,083,106  

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,955       74,056  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    72,632       10,178,648  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    9,801       1,194,350  

McDonald’s Corp.

    194,261       44,823,783  

MGM Resorts International

    85,819       2,550,541  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(a)

    3,653       205,079  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    115,806       1,315,556  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    8,769       613,918  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    43,424       1,194,594  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,657       1,306,403  

Portillo’s, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,220       102,782  

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.(b)

    2,952       192,884  

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A

    15,302       524,247  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    57,905       2,194,599  

Rush Street Interactive, Inc.(a)

    23,130       85,118  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    8,511       143,495  

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    11,887       540,977  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,503       427,445  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    21,511       380,745  

Sonder Holdings, Inc.(a)

    61,517       102,118  

Starbucks Corp.

    302,795       25,513,507  

Sweetgreen, Inc., Class A(a)

    25,179       465,812  

Target Hospitality Corp.(a)

    9,642       121,682  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    17,243       1,504,624  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    22,071       753,063  

Vacasa, Inc., Class A(a)

    37,171       114,115  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    10,685       2,304,113  

Wendy’s Co.

    48,150       899,923  

Wingstop, Inc.

    7,701       965,859  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    24,610       1,509,823  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    28,126       1,772,782  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    75,531       8,031,967  
   

 

 

 
          192,389,745  
Household Durables — 0.4%            

Beazer Homes U.S.A., Inc.(a)

    9,875       95,491  

Cavco Industries, Inc.(a)

    2,391       491,972  

Century Communities, Inc.

    7,193       307,717  

DR Horton, Inc.

    83,966       5,655,110  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    6,053       127,960  

Garmin Ltd.

    40,535       3,255,366  

GoPro, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    31,823       156,887  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a)

    8,304       177,539  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)

    6,422       619,338  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    6,044       489,504  

iRobot Corp.(a)

    7,296       410,984  

KB Home

    20,212       523,895  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    12,824       289,438  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    36,438       1,210,470  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    66,811       4,980,760  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    3,715       221,080  

LGI Homes, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,979       486,511  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)

    7,319       265,167  

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    14,942       409,710  

Meritage Homes Corp.(a)

    8,877       623,787  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    13,920       1,269,365  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    97,190       1,349,969  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    791       3,153,780  
Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables (continued)            

PulteGroup, Inc.

    62,434     $ 2,341,275  

Skyline Champion Corp.(a)

    13,468       712,053  

Sonos, Inc.(a)

    32,399       450,346  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)

    29,337       684,139  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    44,176       1,066,409  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    29,599       1,243,158  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    8,769       1,444,956  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)

    30,116       455,053  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)

    13,009       85,209  

Vizio Holding Corp., Class A(a)

    19,441       169,914  

Vuzix Corp.(a)(b)

    16,076       93,080  

Whirlpool Corp.

    14,330       1,931,827  
   

 

 

 
      37,249,219  
Household Products — 1.2%            

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS(a)

    11,639       397,588  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    64,725       4,623,954  

Clorox Co.

    32,497       4,172,290  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    218,413       15,343,513  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    19,382       487,264  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    89,296       10,049,372  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    631,441       79,719,426  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    12,965       337,220  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    10,265       400,643  

WD-40 Co.

    3,599       632,488  
   

 

 

 
          116,163,758  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%  

AES Corp.

    175,708       3,971,001  

Altus Power, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,074       154,955  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A(b)

    34,658       1,132,623  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A

    8,342       242,752  

Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C

    23,216       739,430  

Montauk Renewables, Inc.(a)

    18,983       331,064  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    12,396       1,068,535  

Sunnova Energy International, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,569       608,723  

Vistra Corp.

    109,335       2,296,035  
   

 

 

 
      10,545,118  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%            

3M Co.

    150,148       16,591,354  

Brookfield Business Corp., Class A(b)

    10,877       240,382  

General Electric Co.

    289,419       17,917,930  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    178,044       29,728,007  
   

 

 

 
      64,477,673  
Insurance — 2.4%            

Aflac, Inc.

    165,466       9,299,189  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    3,454       2,899,184  

Allstate Corp.

    71,006       8,842,377  

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a)

    13,068       166,617  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    20,953       781,337  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    17,627       2,166,887  

American International Group, Inc.

    201,195       9,552,739  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    4,921       229,958  

Aon PLC, Class A

    55,481       14,861,695  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    96,018       4,372,660  

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

    8,291       159,685  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    54,812       9,384,911  

Assurant, Inc.

    14,546       2,113,097  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    16,436       796,324  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    21,258       1,044,831  

Bright Health Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    82,973       87,122  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    19,834       861,192  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    62,480       3,778,790  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

BRP Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    16,351     $ 430,849  

Chubb Ltd.

    109,687       19,949,872  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    41,021       3,674,251  

CNA Financial Corp.

    8,082       298,226  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    32,326       580,898  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    7,311       252,156  

Enstar Group Ltd.(a)

    3,157       535,396  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    6,955       1,546,166  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    10,181       2,671,902  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

    69,364       2,510,977  

First American Financial Corp.

    27,559       1,270,470  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)

    136,479       477,676  

Globe Life, Inc.

    22,386       2,231,884  

Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,652       165,797  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    9,458       1,211,948  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    85,886       5,319,779  

HCI Group, Inc.

    2,432       95,334  

Hippo Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,626       85,720  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    10,907       384,908  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    8,472       193,246  

Kemper Corp.

    16,435       678,108  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    5,807       1,483,224  

Lemonade, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,143       214,829  

Lincoln National Corp.

    45,480       1,997,027  

Loews Corp.

    53,279       2,655,425  

Markel Corp.(a)(b)

    3,511       3,806,696  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    132,847       19,832,729  

MBIA, Inc.(a)

    15,077       138,708  

Mercury General Corp.

    7,061       200,674  

MetLife, Inc.

    173,527       10,546,971  

National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A

    567       96,844  

Old Republic International Corp.

    75,379       1,577,682  

Oscar Health, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    38,932       194,271  

Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,686       476,032  

Primerica, Inc.

    10,025       1,237,586  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    65,617       4,734,267  

ProAssurance Corp.

    13,261       258,722  

Progressive Corp.

    154,115       17,909,704  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    98,605       8,458,337  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    17,598       2,214,004  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    11,297       1,585,986  

RLI Corp.

    10,636       1,088,914  

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc.(a)

    21,795       885,313  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    3,821       311,641  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    15,510       1,262,514  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    24,229       119,934  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    6,984       304,782  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    62,115       9,516,018  

Trupanion, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,665       574,391  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    5,939       170,627  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    8,799       86,670  

Unum Group

    52,810       2,049,028  

W R Berkley Corp.

    54,262       3,504,240  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

    791       1,030,689  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    28,382       5,703,079  
   

 

 

 
          222,191,716  
Interactive Media & Services — 4.2%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,588,661       151,955,425  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,429,093       137,407,292  

Bumble, Inc., Class A(a)

    23,318       501,104  

Cargurus, Inc.(a)

    25,858       366,408  

Cars.com, Inc.(a)

    18,841       216,672  
Security   Shares     Value  
Interactive Media & Services (continued)            

Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    18,728     $ 113,866  

fuboTV, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,296       125,301  

IAC, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,478       1,134,072  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    74,702       3,567,020  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    606,364       82,271,468  

Outbrain, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,920       98,258  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    156,314       3,642,116  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)

    12,440       130,620  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    6,057       303,880  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,756       612,852  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    196,948       8,634,200  

Vimeo, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,000       152,000  

Yelp, Inc.(a)

    18,841       638,898  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,448       783,959  

ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    21,551       355,591  

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    73,216       3,050,179  
   

 

 

 
      396,061,181  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.0%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    2,349,737       265,520,281  

CarParts.com, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,853       112,980  

ContextLogic, Inc., Class A(a)

    169,905       124,693  

DoorDash, Inc., Class A(a)

    66,744       3,300,491  

eBay, Inc.

    145,916       5,371,168  

Etsy, Inc.(a)(b)

    33,440       3,348,347  

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)

    6,775       110,162  

Overstock.com, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,597       282,387  

PetMed Express, Inc.

    5,737       111,986  

Poshmark, Inc., Class A(a)

    17,070       267,487  

Qurate Retail, Inc., Class A

    98,112       197,205  

Revolve Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,332       202,411  

Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A(a)

    23,005       90,870  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    19,866       646,638  

Xometry, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    9,510       540,073  
   

 

 

 
          280,227,179  
IT Services — 4.4%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    167,556       43,112,159  

Affirm Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    47,997       900,424  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,241       3,392,797  

Amdocs Ltd.

    32,253       2,562,501  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    109,961       24,872,079  

AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    38,218       321,796  

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc.(a)

    19,979       295,689  

Block, Inc.(a)

    141,301       7,770,142  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    30,839       4,450,684  

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

    3,419       118,605  

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(a)

    74,394       4,114,732  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    136,556       7,843,777  

Concentrix Corp.

    10,991       1,226,925  

Conduent, Inc.(a)

    38,107       127,277  

Core Scientific, Inc.(a)(b)

    73,390       95,407  

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    8,382       443,240  

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,365       736,602  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    61,285       1,500,257  

Edgio, Inc.(a)

    36,664       101,926  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,573       5,278,195  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    12,443       942,682  

EVERTEC, Inc.

    16,153       506,397  

Evo Payments, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,841       460,905  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,763       1,291,316  

Fastly, Inc., Class A(a)

    28,019       256,654  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    162,264       12,262,290  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)(b)

    155,618       14,561,176  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)            

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    19,615     $ 3,455,575  

Flywire Corp.(a)

    16,537       379,690  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    20,036       5,543,761  

Genpact Ltd.

    47,125       2,062,661  

Global Payments, Inc.

    73,131       7,901,805  

Globant SA(a)(b)

    10,931       2,044,971  

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a)

    41,538       2,944,213  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.(a)

    11,390       213,335  

Hackett Group, Inc.

    7,924       140,413  

I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    6,161       123,405  

International Business Machines Corp.

    238,177       28,297,809  

International Money Express, Inc.(a)

    9,599       218,761  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    19,264       3,511,249  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)

    59,255       490,039  

Marqeta, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    117,058       833,453  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    227,306       64,632,188  

Maximus, Inc.

    16,496       954,624  

MoneyGram International, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,299       211,110  

MongoDB, Inc., Class A(a)

    17,423       3,459,511  

Okta, Inc.(a)

    40,272       2,290,269  

Paya Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,032       140,726  

Paychex, Inc.

    85,243       9,565,117  

Payoneer Global, Inc.(a)(b)

    65,627       397,043  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    306,259       26,359,712  

Paysafe Ltd.(a)(b)

    95,782       132,179  

Perficient, Inc.(a)

    8,521       554,035  

Remitly Global, Inc.(a)

    27,021       300,474  

Repay Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    20,956       147,949  

Sabre Corp.(a)(b)

    85,932       442,550  

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    14,853       662,592  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    81,452       13,843,582  

SolarWinds Corp.(a)

    12,335       95,596  

Squarespace, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    9,940       212,318  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    59,082       2,821,165  

StoneCo Ltd., Class A(a)(b)

    76,694       730,894  

Switch, Inc., Class A

    37,878       1,276,110  

Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,989       304,095  

Toast, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    63,694       1,064,964  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    4,681       207,415  

Tucows, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,742       102,578  

Twilio, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    46,288       3,200,352  

Unisys Corp.(a)

    18,140       136,957  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    24,705       4,291,258  

Verra Mobility Corp.(a)

    37,361       574,239  

Visa, Inc., Class A(b)

    434,606       77,207,756  

Western Union Co.

    98,305       1,327,117  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    11,731       1,489,133  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)(b)

    14,065       1,100,305  
   

 

 

 
          417,943,687  
Leisure Products — 0.1%            

Acushnet Holdings Corp.(b)

    9,480       412,285  

AMMO, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,852       107,976  

Brunswick Corp.

    20,262       1,326,148  

Hasbro, Inc.

    34,530       2,328,013  

Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,120       245,709  

MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,256       99,076  

Mattel, Inc.(a)

    91,242       1,728,123  

Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    79,070       547,955  

Polaris, Inc.

    14,640       1,400,316  

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

    15,079       156,369  

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

    4,154       210,982  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)

    38,251       736,714  
Security   Shares     Value  
Leisure Products (continued)            

Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,898     $ 386,639  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)

    25,051       714,455  
   

 

 

 
      10,400,760  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.8%            

10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    25,822       735,411  

AbCellera Biologics, Inc.(a)

    58,206       575,657  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)(b)

    29,552       210,410  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    79,742       9,692,640  

Avantor, Inc.(a)

    164,205       3,218,418  

Azenta, Inc.

    19,108       818,969  

Bionano Genomics, Inc.(a)(b)

    73,603       134,693  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,571       2,323,887  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    10,512       2,985,408  

Bruker Corp.

    29,128       1,545,532  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

    13,765       2,708,952  

Codexis, Inc.(a)

    16,710       101,263  

Cytek Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    25,641       377,436  

Danaher Corp.

    170,871       44,134,271  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    41,791       7,973,305  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    49,557       8,976,755  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    29,963       764,955  

MaxCyte, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,184       163,696  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,068       1,110,878  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    5,904       6,400,644  

NanoString Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,921       152,231  

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)

    28,292       243,594  

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,188       302,951  

PerkinElmer, Inc.(b)

    33,337       4,011,441  

QIAGEN NV(a)

    61,291       2,530,092  

Quanterix Corp.(a)

    12,314       135,700  

Quantum-Si, Inc.(a)(b)

    35,122       96,586  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    14,697       2,749,956  

Seer, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,905       146,325  

SomaLogic, Inc.(a)

    59,939       173,823  

Sotera Health Co.(a)

    26,265       179,127  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    27,210       1,282,952  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    103,369       52,427,723  

Waters Corp.(a)

    15,947       4,298,195  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    19,700       4,847,776  
   

 

 

 
          168,531,652  
Machinery — 1.8%            

3D Systems Corp.(a)(b)

    31,171       248,745  

AGCO Corp.

    16,414       1,578,534  

Alamo Group, Inc.

    2,403       293,815  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    8,008       631,271  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    24,621       831,205  

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.(b)

    18,082       607,917  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    6,001       187,171  

Barnes Group, Inc.

    12,440       359,267  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    139,394       22,871,767  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,527       1,756,302  

CIRCOR International, Inc.(a)

    8,658       142,770  

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

    6,637       173,624  

Crane Holdings Co.

    12,665       1,108,694  

Cummins, Inc.

    37,057       7,541,470  

Deere & Co.

    74,082       24,735,239  

Desktop Metal, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,469       135,895  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    32,772       1,606,156  

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

    5,490       153,830  

Dover Corp.

    38,199       4,453,239  

Energy Recovery, Inc.(a)

    14,927       324,513  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    15,911       283,693  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

EnPro Industries, Inc.

    5,159     $ 438,412  

Esab Corp.

    16,651       555,477  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    6,645       488,009  

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.(a)

    29,685       981,683  

Federal Signal Corp.

    17,282       644,964  

Flowserve Corp.

    35,670       866,781  

Fortive Corp.

    94,394       5,503,170  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    11,823       966,057  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)(b)

    25,145       245,415  

Gorman-Rupp Co.

    4,763       113,312  

Graco, Inc.

    44,434       2,663,818  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    8,401       203,892  

Helios Technologies, Inc.

    8,173       413,554  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    19,028       698,708  

Hillman Solutions Corp.(a)

    33,954       256,013  

Hyliion Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    54,869       157,474  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

    4,972       106,948  

IDEX Corp.

    20,189       4,034,772  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    80,544       14,550,274  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(b)

    107,314       4,642,404  

ITT, Inc.

    23,444       1,531,831  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    8,655       744,330  

Kadant, Inc.

    2,838       473,407  

Kennametal, Inc.

    22,228       457,452  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    14,976       1,882,783  

Lindsay Corp.

    3,114       446,174  

Luxfer Holdings PLC

    7,296       105,792  

Manitowoc Co., Inc.(a)

    15,971       123,775  

Markforged Holding Corp.(a)

    47,376       93,804  

Microvast Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    54,533       98,705  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    14,451       1,852,185  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    15,515       922,212  

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A

    45,689       469,226  

Nikola Corp.(a)(b)

    81,641       287,376  

Nordson Corp.

    15,509       3,292,095  

Oshkosh Corp.

    17,952       1,261,846  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    112,059       7,149,364  

PACCAR, Inc.

    88,496       7,406,230  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    33,803       8,190,805  

Pentair PLC

    44,293       1,799,625  

Proterra, Inc.(a)

    62,822       312,854  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,158       260,766  

RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,319       1,520,961  

REV Group, Inc.

    9,426       103,969  

Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp.(a)

    40,842       90,669  

Shyft Group, Inc.

    8,937       182,583  

Snap-on, Inc.

    12,992       2,615,939  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,338       681,304  

Standex International Corp.

    3,109       253,850  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    39,666       2,983,280  

Tennant Co.

    4,641       262,495  

Terex Corp.

    18,027       536,123  

Timken Co.

    16,737       988,152  

Titan International, Inc.(a)

    11,211       136,102  

Toro Co.

    28,049       2,425,678  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    20,226       431,825  

Wabash National Corp.

    16,901       262,980  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    7,042       885,391  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    47,460       3,860,871  

Xylem, Inc.

    47,092       4,113,957  
   

 

 

 
          170,055,020  
Security   Shares     Value  
Marine — 0.0%            

Costamare, Inc.

    18,073     $ 161,753  

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.

    2,757       119,047  

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

    9,082       113,798  

Golden Ocean Group Ltd.

    30,271       226,124  

Kirby Corp.(a)

    15,714       954,940  

Matson, Inc.

    10,981       675,551  
   

 

 

 
      2,251,213  
Media — 0.8%            

Altice U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)

    59,034       344,168  

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,657       155,437  

Boston Omaha Corp., Class A(a)

    4,961       114,301  

Cable One, Inc.

    1,632       1,392,178  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    29,635       8,989,777  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    99,006       135,638  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    1,158,694       33,984,495  

Daily Journal Corp.(a)

    396       101,530  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    66,758       923,263  

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

    23,514       93,351  

EW Scripps Co., Class A(a)

    13,740       154,850  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    76,400       2,343,952  

Fox Corp., Class B

    40,655       1,158,668  

Gannett Co., Inc.(a)

    60,739       92,931  

Gray Television, Inc.

    21,581       309,040  

iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    28,425       208,355  

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    18,040       130,610  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    104,721       2,680,858  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    12,366       464,467  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    5,345       398,737  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C(a)

    32,742       2,416,360  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM,
Class A(a)(b)

    21,458       816,906  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C, NVS(a)

    42,930       1,618,890  

Magnite, Inc.(a)

    34,098       224,024  

New York Times Co., Class A

    43,804       1,259,365  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    104,195       1,574,386  

News Corp., Class B

    31,606       487,365  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

    9,983       1,665,664  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    53,153       3,353,423  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    151,755       2,889,415  

PubMatic, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    11,396       189,515  

Scholastic Corp.

    6,965       214,243  

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

    11,943       216,049  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    195,869       1,118,412  

Stagwell, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,751       130,319  

TechTarget, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,401       438,139  

TEGNA, Inc.

    55,403       1,145,734  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,677       152,436  

WideOpenWest, Inc.(a)

    14,889       182,688  
   

 

 

 
          74,269,939  
Metals & Mining — 0.5%            

5E Advanced Materials, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,863       110,368  

Alcoa Corp.

    48,795       1,642,440  

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.

    4,515       617,833  

Arconic Corp.(a)

    26,227       446,908  

ATI, Inc.(a)

    32,963       877,145  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    13,426       418,086  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)

    15,345       81,022  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)(b)

    137,079       1,846,454  

Coeur Mining, Inc.(a)(b)

    61,136       209,085  

Commercial Metals Co.

    31,823       1,129,080  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    9,038       348,234  

Constellium SE(a)

    30,598       310,264  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)            

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    375,078     $ 10,250,882  

Haynes International, Inc.

    3,919       137,635  

Hecla Mining Co.

    145,298       572,474  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    4,365       267,793  

Materion Corp.

    5,034       402,720  

MP Materials Corp.(a)(b)

    23,875       651,788  

Newmont Corp.

    210,052       8,828,486  

Novagold Resources, Inc.(a)(b)

    62,240       291,906  

Nucor Corp.

    69,091       7,392,046  

Piedmont Lithium, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,893       261,727  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    15,893       2,771,898  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    17,978       1,686,696  

Ryerson Holding Corp.

    5,034       129,575  

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A

    6,266       178,330  

Southern Copper Corp.

    21,691       972,624  

SSR Mining, Inc.

    53,314       784,249  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    44,361       3,147,413  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    26,414       153,465  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)

    10,085       151,174  

United States Steel Corp.

    63,536       1,151,272  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    12,242       348,162  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    9,456       360,652  
   

 

 

 
      48,929,886  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%  

AFC Gamma, Inc.

    6,405       97,997  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    138,002       1,161,977  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    114,905       1,971,770  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    41,299       342,782  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

    41,812       480,838  

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

    11,143       116,444  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    28,925       140,865  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    42,767       998,182  

BrightSpire Capital, Inc.

    23,610       148,979  

Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc.

    34,696       177,297  

Chimera Investment Corp.

    60,363       315,095  

Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    22,918       269,057  

Dynex Capital, Inc.

    7,428       86,536  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    13,801       156,917  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    22,069       237,683  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    16,078       103,542  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

    23,035       689,438  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    8,734       96,947  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    16,028       260,455  

Ladder Capital Corp.

    28,131       252,054  

MFA Financial, Inc.

    29,948       232,995  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    93,207       218,104  

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

    11,964       98,105  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    23,853       280,988  

Ready Capital Corp.

    21,543       218,446  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    31,779       182,411  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    113,336       829,620  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    75,346       1,372,804  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.

    14,963       104,741  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    96,541       320,516  
   

 

 

 
          11,963,585  
Multiline Retail — 0.5%            

Big Lots, Inc.

    8,991       140,350  

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A(b)

    1,053       287,216  

Dollar General Corp.

    60,612       14,538,394  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    55,944       7,613,978  

Franchise Group, Inc.

    7,672       186,430  
Security   Shares     Value  
Multiline Retail (continued)            

Kohl’s Corp.

    34,186     $ 859,778  

Macy’s, Inc.

    74,054       1,160,426  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    29,160       487,847  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)

    17,058       880,193  

Target Corp.

    122,759       18,216,208  
   

 

 

 
      44,370,820  
Multi-Utilities — 0.8%            

Ameren Corp.

    67,562       5,442,119  

Avista Corp.

    18,236       675,644  

Black Hills Corp.

    16,153       1,094,043  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    163,988       4,621,182  

CMS Energy Corp.

    76,141       4,434,452  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    90,720       7,780,147  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    219,766       15,188,028  

DTE Energy Co.

    51,397       5,913,225  

NiSource, Inc.

    107,098       2,697,799  

NorthWestern Corp.

    13,830       681,542  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    131,828       7,412,688  

Sempra Energy

    82,897       12,429,576  

Unitil Corp.

    3,437       159,649  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    83,162       7,437,178  
   

 

 

 
          75,967,272  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.4%            

Antero Midstream Corp.

    89,389       820,591  

Antero Resources Corp.(a)

    77,400       2,363,022  

APA Corp.

    86,884       2,970,564  

Arch Resources, Inc.

    4,049       480,211  

Archaea Energy, Inc.(a)

    18,418       331,708  

Ardmore Shipping Corp.(a)

    13,368       122,050  

Berry Corp.

    23,091       173,183  

Brigham Minerals, Inc., Class A

    14,184       349,919  

California Resources Corp.

    19,514       749,923  

Callon Petroleum Co.(a)

    12,990       454,780  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    66,092       10,965,324  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    32,041       3,018,583  

Chevron Corp.

    519,189       74,591,884  

Chord Energy Corp.

    11,247       1,538,252  

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    19,483       1,118,129  

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(a)(b)

    34,999       186,895  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

    53,128       825,078  

Comstock Resources, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,514       389,267  

ConocoPhillips

    335,398       34,324,631  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    9,642       620,173  

Continental Resources, Inc.

    9,908       661,953  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    208,935       5,457,382  

Crescent Energy Co., Class A

    9,312       125,433  

CVR Energy, Inc.

    7,571       219,408  

Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.

    19,257       522,635  

Denbury, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,937       1,202,206  

Devon Energy Corp.

    172,864       10,394,312  

DHT Holdings, Inc.

    27,203       205,655  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    46,323       5,580,069  

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    9,491       128,793  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    25,208       1,308,043  

Earthstone Energy, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    8,950       110,264  

Energy Fuels, Inc.(a)(b)

    39,832       243,772  

Enviva, Inc.

    7,894       474,114  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    154,940       17,311,446  

EQT Corp.

    97,093       3,956,540  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    112,247       839,608  

Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A

    12,145       284,193  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1,101,503       96,172,227  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)            

FLEX LNG Ltd.(b)

    7,277     $ 230,463  

Frontline Ltd.(b)

    33,813       369,576  

Gevo, Inc.(a)(b)

    53,437       121,836  

Golar LNG Ltd.(a)

    25,052       624,296  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)

    9,493       275,962  

Gulfport Energy Corp.(a)(b)

    2,959       261,250  

Hess Corp.

    73,868       8,050,873  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    39,506       2,127,003  

International Seaways, Inc.

    13,454       472,639  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    533,349       8,874,927  

Kinetik Holdings, Inc.

    4,923       160,391  

Kosmos Energy Ltd.(a)

    124,746       644,937  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(a)

    4,690       294,767  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A(b)

    43,257       856,921  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    179,197       4,046,268  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    131,964       13,107,984  

Matador Resources Co.

    30,149       1,474,889  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    38,169       1,342,404  

New Fortress Energy, Inc.

    12,965       566,700  

Nordic American Tankers Ltd.

    51,748       138,167  

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.

    17,625       483,101  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)

    216,585       13,309,148  

ONEOK, Inc.

    117,609       6,026,285  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    68,868       3,167,928  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a)

    11,367       186,532  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A(a)

    26,501       931,775  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    25,744       1,487,746  

Peabody Energy Corp.(a)(b)

    30,665       761,105  

Permian Resources Corp.(a)

    47,460       322,728  

PetroCorp Escrow(a)(d)

    1,248        

Phillips 66

    126,950       10,247,404  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    62,877       13,614,757  

Range Resources Corp.

    69,174       1,747,335  

Ranger Oil Corp., Class A

    6,271       197,223  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)

    4,639       129,521  

Scorpio Tankers, Inc.

    12,848       540,130  

SFL Corp. Ltd.

    36,524       332,734  

SM Energy Co.

    32,018       1,204,197  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    296,925       1,817,181  

Talos Energy, Inc.(a)

    18,449       307,176  

Targa Resources Corp.

    60,727       3,664,267  

Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A(a)

    6,434       177,192  

Tellurian, Inc.(a)(b)

    140,041       334,698  

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

    1,544       2,744,043  

Uranium Energy Corp.(a)(b)

    87,076       304,766  

Ur-Energy, Inc.(a)(b)

    92,623       100,959  

Valero Energy Corp.

    104,450       11,160,482  

Vertex Energy, Inc.(a)

    15,878       98,920  

W&T Offshore, Inc.(a)

    33,293       195,097  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    323,340       9,257,224  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    17,827       417,865  
   

 

 

 
          410,903,992  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    4,538       170,629  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    17,994       921,113  

Resolute Forest Products, Inc.(a)

    10,761       215,220  

Sylvamo Corp.

    9,419       319,304  
   

 

 

 
      1,626,266  
Personal Products — 0.2%            

Beauty Health Co.(a)

    22,899       269,979  

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)

    35,651       734,767  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)

    89,873       567,997  
Security   Shares     Value  
Personal Products (continued)            

Edgewell Personal Care Co.(b)

    15,193     $ 568,218  

elf Beauty, Inc.(a)

    12,246       460,695  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    61,048       13,180,263  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)(b)

    28,460       566,069  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    5,056       381,526  

Medifast, Inc.

    3,208       347,619  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    11,915       397,604  

Olaplex Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    34,699       331,375  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)

    3,632       203,574  

Veru, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,598       191,209  
   

 

 

 
          18,200,895  
Pharmaceuticals — 4.2%            

Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    17,942       282,407  

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    12,137       183,633  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    55,105       111,312  

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    10,512       295,387  

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,844       305,259  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,208       103,105  

Arvinas, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,687       519,955  

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,297       104,110  

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,094       316,534  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    564,221       40,110,471  

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,379       115,867  

Cassava Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,012       418,702  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    44,969       3,253,957  

CinCor Pharma, Inc.(a)

    4,240       139,157  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    9,476       151,805  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    23,101       592,310  

DICE Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,582       194,323  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)

    118,446       1,469,915  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    222,671       72,000,668  

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,735       112,124  

Evolus, Inc.(a)

    11,608       93,444  

Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,559       109,692  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,417       328,499  

Innoviva, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,600       215,946  

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a)

    24,500       1,139,985  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    15,896       2,118,778  

Johnson & Johnson

    694,589       113,468,059  

Liquidia Corp.(a)

    21,483       116,868  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    668,427       57,564,933  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)

    45,351       145,123  

NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    10,919       142,821  

Nuvation Bio, Inc.(a)

    41,721       93,455  

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.(a)

    23,248       96,479  

Organon & Co.

    68,542       1,603,883  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)

    11,864       631,046  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    37,105       1,323,164  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,494,576       65,402,646  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    10,800       143,532  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    13,689       682,123  

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    7,369       185,183  

Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    5,347       197,946  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,027       459,729  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    98,210       3,946,078  

SIGA Technologies, Inc.

    12,170       125,351  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    13,158       445,398  

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    9,355       160,158  

Theravance Biopharma, Inc.(a)

    15,458       156,744  

Tricida, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,338       118,822  

Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,035       245,592  

Viatris, Inc.

    321,168       2,736,351  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc.(a)

    64,271     $ 100,263  

Zoetis, Inc.

    124,748       18,498,881  
   

 

 

 
          393,577,973  
Professional Services — 0.6%            

Alight, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    90,100       660,433  

ASGN, Inc.(a)

    13,363       1,207,614  

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

    1,749       136,422  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    34,147       3,153,475  

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    6,089       1,589,594  

CBIZ, Inc.(a)(b)

    13,622       582,749  

Clarivate PLC(a)(b)

    123,608       1,160,679  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    103,923       7,238,237  

CRA International, Inc.

    2,642       234,451  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

    67,998       842,495  

Equifax, Inc.

    31,977       5,481,817  

Exponent, Inc.

    13,454       1,179,512  

First Advantage Corp.(a)

    15,117       193,951  

Forrester Research, Inc.(a)

    3,647       131,328  

Franklin Covey Co.(a)(b)

    4,393       199,398  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,598       1,424,775  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    4,475       116,305  

HireRight Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    8,476       129,344  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,808       384,780  

ICF International, Inc.

    4,875       531,473  

Insperity, Inc.

    9,446       964,342  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    33,388       3,622,264  

KBR, Inc.

    36,572       1,580,642  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    10,127       137,626  

Kforce, Inc.

    5,077       297,766  

Korn Ferry

    14,210       667,160  

Legalzoom.com, Inc.(a)

    25,247       216,367  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    35,809       3,132,213  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    13,961       903,137  

Nielsen Holdings PLC(a)

    96,414       2,672,596  

Planet Labs PBC(a)(b)

    45,002       244,361  

Resources Connection, Inc.

    10,751       194,271  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    28,447       2,176,196  

Science Applications International Corp.

    14,653       1,295,765  

Sterling Check Corp.(a)(b)

    5,947       104,905  

TransUnion

    50,478       3,002,936  

TriNet Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,390       739,976  

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)

    10,031       191,391  

Upwork, Inc.(a)

    30,548       416,064  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    40,852       6,966,492  
   

 

 

 
      56,105,302  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%  

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a)(b)

    31,647       256,657  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    84,603       5,711,549  

Compass, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    75,174       174,404  

Cushman & Wakefield PLC(a)(b)

    37,916       434,138  

DigitalBridge Group, Inc.

    42,080       526,421  

Douglas Elliman, Inc., NVS

    25,710       105,411  

eXp World Holdings, Inc.(b)

    16,291       182,622  

FRP Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,530       137,531  

Howard Hughes Corp.(a)(b)

    9,716       538,169  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    12,769       1,929,013  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

    31,823       491,984  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.

    5,619       184,191  

Newmark Group, Inc., Class A

    41,819       337,061  

Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    118,816       369,518  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    5,462       103,286  

Redfin Corp.(a)(b)

    27,151       158,562  
Security   Shares     Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

RMR Group, Inc., Class A

    4,154     $ 98,408  

St Joe Co.

    8,449       270,621  

Tejon Ranch Co.(a)

    8,474       122,026  

WeWork, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    38,359       101,651  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,944       456,477  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C(a)(b)

    42,376       1,212,377  
   

 

 

 
      13,902,077  
Road & Rail — 1.0%            

AMERCO

    2,323       1,182,918  

ArcBest Corp.

    6,195       450,562  

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)

    7,900       1,172,834  

Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.

    3,745       107,482  

CSX Corp.

    569,024       15,158,799  

Heartland Express, Inc.

    11,948       170,976  

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    54,908       893,902  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    22,070       3,452,189  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.(b)

    42,219       2,065,776  

Landstar System, Inc.

    9,262       1,337,155  

Lyft, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    85,087       1,120,596  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    14,164       271,382  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    61,982       12,994,526  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)

    26,821       6,672,260  

Ryder System, Inc.

    13,251       1,000,318  

Saia, Inc.(a)

    7,117       1,352,230  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    14,858       301,617  

TuSimple Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    35,031       266,236  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

    501,775       13,297,038  

Union Pacific Corp.

    165,404       32,224,007  

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.

    3,534       112,099  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    16,432       617,843  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    27,898       1,242,019  
   

 

 

 
          97,464,764  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.3%  

ACM Research, Inc., Class A(a)

    14,000       174,440  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    428,187       27,129,928  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,334       422,448  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)(b)

    6,403       196,956  

Ambarella, Inc.(a)

    9,293       522,081  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    29,124       496,564  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    138,005       19,229,617  

Applied Materials, Inc.(b)

    229,659       18,815,962  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a)

    8,176       495,139  

AXT, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,163       94,892  

Broadcom, Inc.

    104,177       46,255,630  

CEVA, Inc.(a)

    5,681       149,013  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    15,390       1,058,832  

Cohu, Inc.(a)

    11,138       287,138  

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.(a)(b)

    29,085       319,935  

CyberOptics Corp.(a)

    2,146       115,412  

Diodes, Inc.(a)

    11,033       716,152  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    34,675       9,621,272  

Entegris, Inc.

    38,799       3,221,093  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    27,696       3,663,350  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)

    20,483       513,099  

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,457       795,696  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)

    7,349       177,919  

Impinj, Inc.(a)(b)

    4,729       378,462  

indie Semiconductor, Inc., Class A(a)

    32,904       240,857  

Intel Corp.

    1,083,795       27,929,397  

KLA Corp.

    37,557       11,365,875  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    15,131       582,998  

Lam Research Corp.

    36,157       13,233,462  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    35,521     $ 1,747,988  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)

    13,181       682,644  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    224,152       9,618,362  

MaxLinear, Inc.(a)

    18,820       613,908  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    141,909       8,660,706  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    292,214       14,639,921  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    14,517       1,199,685  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    11,902       4,325,187  

NVIDIA Corp.

    637,104       77,338,055  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    114,047       7,108,550  

Onto Innovation, Inc.(a)

    12,303       788,007  

PDF Solutions, Inc.(a)

    10,151       249,004  

Photronics, Inc.(a)

    16,299       238,291  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    15,691       1,009,245  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    28,343       2,250,718  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    295,681       33,406,039  

Rambus, Inc.(a)

    27,451       697,804  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    16,602       488,265  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    9,004       1,111,454  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    4,317       339,877  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    43,164       3,680,594  

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    14,161       224,735  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    10,293       1,019,110  

Teradyne, Inc.

    42,249       3,175,012  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    242,626       37,553,652  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)

    11,541       297,181  

Universal Display Corp.

    11,847       1,117,765  

Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,276       206,576  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    31,093       3,213,773  
   

 

 

 
          405,205,727  
Software — 8.8%            

8x8, Inc.(a)

    28,207       97,314  

A10 Networks, Inc.

    14,972       198,678  

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    31,823       665,101  

Adeia, Inc.

    28,129       397,744  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    124,977       34,393,670  

Agilysys, Inc.(a)

    6,726       372,284  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a)

    12,252       794,665  

Alkami Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,466       112,363  

Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    14,054       621,468  

Alteryx, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    15,571       869,485  

American Software, Inc., Class A

    8,843       135,475  

Amplitude, Inc., Class A(a)

    17,276       267,260  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    22,961       5,090,454  

Appfolio, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    4,810       503,703  

Appian Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    10,345       422,386  

AppLovin Corp., Class A(a)

    59,829       1,166,067  

Asana, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    19,762       439,309  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    6,891       1,641,436  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(a)

    36,307       7,645,891  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    57,463       10,734,088  

Avalara, Inc.(a)

    22,513       2,066,693  

AvePoint, Inc.(a)(b)

    39,384       157,930  

Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B(b)

    45,747       1,399,401  

Bill.com Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,923       3,431,428  

Black Knight, Inc.(a)

    41,142       2,663,122  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    12,894       568,110  

Blackline, Inc.(a)

    14,936       894,666  

Blend Labs, Inc., Class A(a)

    60,407       133,499  

Box, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    34,294       836,431  

BTRS Holdings, Inc., Class 1(a)

    18,226       168,773  

C3.ai, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    15,678       195,975  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    72,010     $ 11,768,594  

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    46,343       421,721  

Cerence, Inc.(a)

    9,966       156,964  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)(b)

    37,515       2,096,338  

ChannelAdvisor Corp.(a)

    5,040       114,206  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    33,434       3,473,793  

Clear Secure, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    16,686       381,442  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    11,189       593,465  

Confluent, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    33,841       804,401  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a)

    3,816       180,497  

Couchbase, Inc.(a)

    9,455       134,923  

Coupa Software, Inc.(a)

    19,649       1,155,361  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    55,627       9,167,886  

CS Disco, Inc.(a)

    9,745       97,450  

Cvent Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    25,280       132,720  

Datadog, Inc., Class A(a)

    70,489       6,258,013  

Digital Turbine, Inc.(a)(b)

    22,699       327,093  

DocuSign, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,744       2,820,222  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    15,300       996,795  

Domo, Inc., Class B(a)

    6,923       124,545  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,161       496,703  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    75,260       1,559,387  

Duck Creek Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    19,642       232,758  

Dynatrace, Inc.(a)(b)

    52,008       1,810,398  

E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.(a)

    54,063       328,162  

Ebix, Inc.

    6,836       129,679  

Elastic NV(a)

    21,362       1,532,510  

Enfusion, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    8,096       99,905  

EngageSmart, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,630       240,625  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    14,799       657,076  

Everbridge, Inc.(a)

    9,670       298,610  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    6,517       2,685,069  

Five9, Inc.(a)

    17,824       1,336,444  

ForgeRock, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,343       135,754  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    169,780       8,341,291  

Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)

    21,901       1,348,664  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

    11,952       3,228,474  

Informatica, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    8,831       177,238  

Instructure Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    5,230       116,524  

InterDigital, Inc.

    8,930       360,951  

Intuit, Inc.

    72,943       28,252,283  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    18,036       399,678  

KnowBe4, Inc., Class A(a)

    19,966       415,492  

LivePerson, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,592       156,297  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)

    16,733       303,871  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    16,568       2,204,041  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    24,990       267,643  

Matterport, Inc.(a)(b)

    65,575       248,529  

MeridianLink, Inc.(a)

    6,070       98,820  

Microsoft Corp.

    1,976,292           460,278,407  

MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    2,554       542,112  

Mitek Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,999       100,751  

Model N, Inc.(a)

    9,671       331,038  

Momentive Global, Inc.(a)

    32,179       186,960  

N-able, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,025       166,371  

nCino, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,450       697,549  

NCR Corp.(a)

    33,669       640,048  

New Relic, Inc.(a)

    13,815       792,705  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    153,825       3,098,035  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    55,655       1,159,294  

Olo, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    26,834       211,989  

ON24, Inc.(a)

    15,196       133,725  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

OneSpan, Inc.(a)

    11,029     $ 94,960  

Oracle Corp.

    398,906       24,361,189  

PagerDuty, Inc.(a)(b)

    21,299       491,368  

Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    483,578       3,931,489  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    78,004       12,776,275  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    13,578       4,480,604  

Paycor HCM, Inc.(a)(b)

    12,647       373,845  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    10,458       2,526,444  

Pegasystems, Inc.

    11,015       354,022  

Ping Identity Holding Corp.(a)

    21,421       601,287  

Procore Technologies, Inc.(a)

    20,200       999,496  

Progress Software Corp.

    11,784       501,409  

PROS Holdings, Inc.(a)

    11,829       292,176  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    28,152       2,944,699  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,846       478,041  

Qualys, Inc.(a)

    10,030       1,398,082  

Rapid7, Inc.(a)

    15,233       653,496  

RingCentral, Inc., Class A(a)

    24,505       979,220  

Riot Blockchain, Inc.(a)(b)

    40,716       285,419  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    27,859       10,019,211  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    254,869       36,660,357  

Sapiens International Corp. NV

    6,902       132,380  

SentinelOne, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    50,997       1,303,483  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)(b)

    53,049       20,031,833  

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(a)

    32,063       1,101,685  

Splunk, Inc.(a)

    42,186       3,172,387  

Sprout Social, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    11,666       707,893  

SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)(b)

    9,162       1,138,195  

Sumo Logic, Inc.(a)

    22,778       170,835  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    40,250       12,296,777  

Telos Corp.(a)

    10,720       95,301  

Tenable Holdings, Inc.(a)

    28,951       1,007,495  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    26,393       819,767  

Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(a)

    116,290       6,948,327  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    11,097       3,856,207  

UiPath, Inc., Class A(a)

    100,299       1,264,770  

Unity Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    55,878       1,780,273  

Varonis Systems, Inc.(a)(b)

    27,561       730,918  

Verint Systems, Inc.(a)

    17,834       598,866  

VMware, Inc., Class A

    54,951       5,850,083  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    52,519       7,994,442  

Workiva, Inc.(a)

    13,112       1,020,114  

Yext, Inc.(a)

    25,618       114,256  

Zendesk, Inc.(a)

    32,389       2,464,803  

Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    30,822       203,733  

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.,
Class A(a)(b)

    66,937       4,925,894  

Zscaler, Inc.(a)

    22,245       3,656,411  

Zuora, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    29,557       218,131  
   

 

 

 
          834,901,506  
Specialty Retail — 2.2%            

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    9,346       90,843  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    14,264       221,805  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

    22,620       954,112  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    16,517       2,582,268  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    39,001       379,480  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)

    1,962       119,721  

Arko Corp.

    18,737       175,940  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a)

    5,947       898,592  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,052       1,023,997  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    5,152       11,035,223  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    61,473       2,004,020  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a)(b)

    28,401       172,962  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    53,482     $ 3,387,550  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,209       479,898  

Buckle, Inc.

    6,822       215,985  

Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)

    17,588       1,967,921  

Caleres, Inc.

    10,726       259,784  

Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)

    10,951       277,279  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,833       2,827,835  

Carvana Co.(a)(b)

    29,207       592,902  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,211       155,901  

Children’s Place, Inc.(a)

    3,257       100,609  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A(b)

    17,793       272,411  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(b)

    14,952       1,564,577  

EVgo, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,787       164,425  

Five Below, Inc.(a)(b)

    14,681       2,021,133  

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    26,843       1,885,989  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    20,892       650,368  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    71,494       1,796,644  

Gap, Inc.

    53,447       438,800  

Genesco, Inc.(a)

    3,208       126,139  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    4,380       625,771  

GrowGeneration Corp.(a)(b)

    28,177       98,620  

Guess?, Inc.

    9,599       140,817  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    4,607       114,714  

Hibbett, Inc.

    4,211       209,750  

Home Depot, Inc.

    273,104       75,360,318  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,990       617,673  

Lithia Motors, Inc.

    7,459       1,600,328  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    168,795       31,701,389  

MarineMax, Inc.(a)

    5,322       158,542  

Monro, Inc.

    8,449       367,194  

Murphy USA, Inc.(b)

    5,562       1,529,049  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    20,747       677,390  

ODP Corp.(a)

    11,856       416,738  

OneWater Marine, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,390       102,073  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    16,597       11,673,500  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.(b)

    7,059       694,817  

Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    23,508       262,349  

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

    17,108       299,561  

RH(a)(b)

    5,693       1,400,877  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    91,329       7,696,295  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)

    27,859       351,023  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

    5,555       119,099  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    13,291       760,112  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)

    5,806       196,301  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    5,601       242,523  

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.(a)

    13,384       111,087  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    309,031       19,197,006  

Tractor Supply Co.

    29,467       5,477,326  

TravelCenters of America, Inc.(a)

    4,072       219,603  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    13,577       5,446,957  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)(b)

    18,901       371,405  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    20,462       595,853  

Volta, Inc.(a)(b)

    60,989       73,797  

Warby Parker, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    25,971       346,453  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    18,627       2,195,192  

Winmark Corp.

    778       168,313  

Zumiez, Inc.(a)

    5,426       116,822  
   

 

 

 
          210,581,750  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.2%  

Apple Inc.

    4,039,600       558,272,720  

Avid Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,844       252,232  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,258       116,428  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (continued)  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    69,612     $ 2,378,642  

Eastman Kodak Co.(a)(b)

    20,119       92,346  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    347,066       4,157,851  

HP, Inc.

    275,973       6,877,247  

IonQ, Inc.(a)(b)

    37,160       188,401  

NetApp, Inc.

    58,901       3,643,027  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a)

    75,221       2,058,799  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a)

    12,391       682,372  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    83,055       2,703,440  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    33,713       440,966  
   

 

 

 
          581,864,471  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%            

Allbirds, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    34,138       103,779  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    36,232       1,392,758  

Carter’s, Inc.

    9,866       646,519  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    10,052       676,500  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    15,294       1,050,086  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    6,737       2,106,053  

Ermenegildo Zegna NV(b)

    16,768       180,256  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)

    11,288       168,756  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    95,528       664,875  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    14,201       477,296  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)

    29,415       8,223,257  

Movado Group, Inc.

    4,370       123,147  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    323,305       26,873,112  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    4,616       414,424  

PVH Corp.

    19,087       855,098  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    10,997       933,975  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    35,130       1,114,324  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    22,272       593,994  

Tapestry, Inc.

    69,016       1,962,125  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    50,453       335,512  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    51,345       306,016  

VF Corp.

    92,841       2,776,874  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    22,677       348,999  
   

 

 

 
      52,327,735  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%  

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    15,362       525,841  

Blue Foundry Bancorp.(a)(b)

    8,892       99,146  

Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    8,199       135,037  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    39,520       328,016  

Columbia Financial, Inc.(a)(b)

    8,640       182,563  

Enact Holdings, Inc.

    8,522       188,933  

Essent Group Ltd.

    29,365       1,023,958  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C, NVS

    2,533       251,122  

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

    14,392       480,693  

Hingham Institution For Savings

    469       117,771  

Home Bancorp., Inc.

    2,910       113,461  

Kearny Financial Corp.

    15,716       166,904  

Merchants Bancorp.

    5,221       120,448  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    89,295       1,144,762  

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.(a)

    18,840       763,020  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    130,712       1,114,973  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    22,247       453,171  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    13,544       193,815  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

    6,786       291,119  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    21,816       425,412  

Radian Group, Inc.

    44,881       865,754  

Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(b)

    31,141       196,811  

Southern Missouri Bancorp., Inc.

    2,568       131,045  

TFS Financial Corp.

    15,259       198,367  
Security   Shares     Value  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (continued)            

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    5,288     $ 166,149  

UWM Holdings Corp.(b)

    28,459       83,385  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    7,898       661,300  

Waterstone Financial, Inc.

    8,306       134,225  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    16,822       781,550  
   

 

 

 
      11,338,751  
Tobacco — 0.6%            

Altria Group, Inc.

    480,147       19,388,336  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    409,443       33,987,863  

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

    6,125       130,034  

Universal Corp.

    6,678       307,455  

Vector Group Ltd.

    41,347       364,267  
   

 

 

 
      54,177,955  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%            

Air Lease Corp., Class A

    28,481       883,196  

Alta Equipment Group, Inc.

    8,982       98,892  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    9,908       1,018,344  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a)

    14,330       784,138  

BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,295       142,519  

Boise Cascade Co.

    9,671       575,038  

Core & Main, Inc., Class A(a)

    14,881       338,394  

Custom Truck One Source, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,285       100,772  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    5,436       128,724  

Fastenal Co.

    152,974       7,042,923  

GATX Corp.

    9,063       771,714  

Global Industrial Co.

    3,975       106,649  

GMS, Inc.(a)

    11,207       448,392  

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

    8,174       231,651  

Herc Holdings, Inc.

    6,342       658,807  

McGrath RentCorp

    6,175       517,835  

MRC Global, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,430       168,462  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    12,396       902,553  

NOW, Inc.(a)

    27,777       279,159  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    10,357       454,258  

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B

    2,240       107,318  

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)

    11,543       1,202,088  

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

    11,937       320,628  

Titan Machinery, Inc.(a)

    5,741       162,241  

Transcat, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,409       106,647  

Triton International Ltd.

    16,915       925,758  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    18,645       5,036,387  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)

    46,194       1,050,452  

Veritiv Corp.(a)

    3,533       345,421  

Watsco, Inc.

    8,557       2,203,085  

WESCO International, Inc.(a)

    11,691       1,395,672  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    11,879       5,811,088  
   

 

 

 
      34,319,205  
Water Utilities — 0.1%            

American States Water Co.

    10,241       798,286  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    47,836       6,226,334  

Artesian Resources Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,910       140,029  

California Water Service Group

    13,363       704,096  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    61,045       2,526,042  

Middlesex Water Co.

    5,085       392,562  

SJW Group

    7,702       443,635  

York Water Co.

    3,311       127,242  
   

 

 

 
          11,358,226  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

Gogo, Inc.(a)

    8,323       100,875  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    13,363       227,438  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    27,693     $ 384,932  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)

    157,775       21,168,672  
   

 

 

 
      21,881,917  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $8,077,295,000)

      9,424,113,161  
   

 

 

 

Rights

   
Biotechnology — 0.0%            

Aduro Biotech CVR, Expires 01/02/24(d)

    4,039       10,255  

GTX INC Contingent Rights, Expires 06/10/34(b)(d)

    684       701  
   

 

 

 
      10,956  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%            

Zogenix, Inc.(b)(d)

    15,050       10,234  
   

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $11,636)

      21,190  
   

 

 

 

Warrants(a)

   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%            

Chord Energy Corp. (Issued/Exercisable, Expires 09/01/24, Strike Price USD 73.44)(b)

    409       8,793  

Chord Energy Corp. (Issued/Exercisable, Expires 09/01/25, Strike Price USD 83.45)

    204       4,262  
   

 

 

 
      13,055  
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $68,578)

      13,055  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $8,077,375,214)

      9,424,147,406  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(e)

   
Money Market Funds — 3.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(f)

    305,098,562     $ 305,190,092  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    9,027,199       9,027,199  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 3.3%
(Cost: $314,026,802)

      314,217,291  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 103.1%
(Cost: $8,391,402,016)

      9,738,364,697  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.1)%

 

    (294,192,890
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   9,444,171,807  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

   
       Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

   

    

 
 

 

   
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  231,125,019     $  73,908,568 (a)    $     $ 474     $ 156,031     $ 305,190,092       305,098,562     $ 1,195,280 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    19,635,000             (10,607,801 )(a)                  9,027,199       9,027,199       111,223          
 

BlackRock, Inc

    29,068,263       2,461,879       (1,463,864     646,091       (8,888,814     21,823,555       39,659       378,127          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 646,565     $ (8,732,783   $  336,040,846       $  1,684,630     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description   

Number of

Contracts

      

Expiration

Date

      

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

                 

Russel 2000 E-Mini Index

     36          12/16/22        $ 3,005        $ (234,689

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     104          12/16/22          18,728          (1,528,721
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (1,763,410
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $  1,763,410      $      $      $      $  1,763,410  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (2,472,030    $      $      $      $  (2,472,030
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  (2,863,212    $      $      $      $ (2,863,212
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 21,190,720  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell 3000 ETF

 

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                   
         
      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $          149,473,842      $      $      $          149,473,842  

Air Freight & Logistics

     51,225,961                      51,225,961  

Airlines

     18,633,311                      18,633,311  

Auto Components

     19,143,691                      19,143,691  

Automobiles

     212,160,316                      212,160,316  

Banks

     381,485,287                      381,485,287  

Beverages

     152,925,917                      152,925,917  

Biotechnology

     258,933,871                      258,933,871  

Building Products

     56,517,204                      56,517,204  

Capital Markets

     289,650,977                      289,650,977  

Chemicals

     167,494,613                      167,494,613  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     55,843,856                      55,843,856  

Communications Equipment

     74,622,134                      74,622,134  

Construction & Engineering

     21,572,925                      21,572,925  

Construction Materials

     12,574,921                      12,574,921  

Consumer Finance

     51,323,956                      51,323,956  

Containers & Packaging

     32,828,852                          42,020                                 —        32,870,872  

Distributors

     12,165,072                      12,165,072  

Diversified Consumer Services

     13,284,352                      13,284,352  

Diversified Financial Services

     138,444,789                      138,444,789  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     78,503,113                      78,503,113  

Electric Utilities

     170,523,681                      170,523,681  

Electrical Equipment

     65,916,905                      65,916,905  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     66,262,954                      66,262,954  

Energy Equipment & Services

     35,661,494                      35,661,494  

Entertainment

     128,539,586                      128,539,586  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     305,080,780                      305,080,780  

Food & Staples Retailing

     140,277,306                      140,277,306  

Food Products

     107,560,384                      107,560,384  

Gas Utilities

     14,014,047                      14,014,047  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     254,549,356                      254,549,356  

Health Care Providers & Services

     319,140,424                      319,140,424  

Health Care Technology

     14,007,329                      14,007,329  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     192,389,745                      192,389,745  

Household Durables

     37,249,219                      37,249,219  

Household Products

     116,163,758                      116,163,758  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

     10,545,118                      10,545,118  

Industrial Conglomerates

     64,477,673                      64,477,673  

Insurance

     222,191,716                      222,191,716  

Interactive Media & Services

     396,061,181                      396,061,181  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     280,227,179                      280,227,179  

IT Services

     417,943,687                      417,943,687  

Leisure Products

     10,400,760                      10,400,760  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     168,531,652                      168,531,652  

Machinery

     170,055,020                      170,055,020  

Marine

     2,251,213                      2,251,213  

Media

     74,269,939                      74,269,939  

Metals & Mining

     48,929,886                      48,929,886  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     11,963,585                      11,963,585  

Multiline Retail

     44,370,820                      44,370,820  

Multi-Utilities

     75,967,272                      75,967,272  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     410,903,992                      410,903,992  

Paper & Forest Products

     1,626,266                      1,626,266  

Personal Products

     18,200,895                      18,200,895  

Pharmaceuticals

     393,577,973                      393,577,973  

Professional Services

     56,105,302                      56,105,302  

Real Estate Management & Development

     13,902,077                      13,902,077  

Road & Rail

     97,464,764                      97,464,764  

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

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     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

           

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

   $ 405,205,727      $      $      $ 405,205,727  

Software

     831,427,713        3,473,793               834,901,506  

Specialty Retail

     210,581,750                      210,581,750  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     581,864,471                      581,864,471  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     52,327,735                      52,327,735  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     11,338,751                      11,338,751  

Tobacco

     54,177,955                      54,177,955  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     34,319,205                      34,319,205  

Water Utilities

     11,358,226                      11,358,226  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     21,881,917                      21,881,917  

Rights

                   21,190        21,190  

Warrants

     13,055                      13,055  

Short-Term Securities
Money Market Funds

     314,217,291                      314,217,291  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $       9,734,827,694      $              3,515,813      $                   21,190      $       9,738,364,697  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

   $ (1,763,410    $      $      $ (1,763,410
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%            

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)(b)

    32,050     $ 3,709,788  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    116,877       5,887,095  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    80,384       11,186,238  

HEICO Corp.

    5,934       854,377  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    10,428       1,195,257  

Hexcel Corp.

    175,877       9,096,358  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    717,485       22,191,811  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    64,427       14,270,581  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    123,520       5,014,912  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)

    11,195       245,394  

Textron, Inc.

    446,689       26,024,101  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    66,581       34,943,040  

Woodward, Inc.

    123,542       9,915,481  
   

 

 

 
          144,534,433  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    188,762       18,179,668  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    238,259       21,040,653  

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    197,554       6,926,243  
   

 

 

 
      46,146,564  
Airlines — 0.8%            

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    263,843       10,329,453  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,374,543       16,549,498  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    60,657       4,064,626  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)(b)

    690,719       4,579,467  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    1,250,635       38,569,583  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    691,654       22,499,505  
   

 

 

 
      96,592,132  
Auto Components — 0.7%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    427,930       33,468,405  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    499,011       15,668,946  

Gentex Corp.

    493,180       11,757,411  

Lear Corp.

    124,913       14,950,837  

QuantumScape Corp.(a)(b)

    537,096       4,516,977  
   

 

 

 
      80,362,576  
Automobiles — 0.5%            

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    282,346       9,848,229  

Lucid Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    68,087       951,175  

Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,095,652       36,057,907  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    111,085       7,773,728  
   

 

 

 
      54,631,039  
Banks — 5.1%            

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    83,010       6,318,721  

Bank OZK

    236,390       9,351,588  

BOK Financial Corp.

    61,404       5,456,360  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    1,032,254       35,468,248  

Comerica, Inc.

    277,537       19,732,881  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    229,886       15,209,258  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    123,558       16,336,839  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    300,410       20,169,527  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,438,342       45,969,410  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A(b)

    19,274       15,369,666  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    274,434       6,759,309  

First Horizon Corp.

    1,121,896       25,691,418  

First Republic Bank

    384,349       50,176,762  

FNB Corp.

    732,639       8,498,612  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    3,033,472       39,981,161  

KeyCorp.

    1,965,307       31,484,218  

M&T Bank Corp.

    369,059       65,072,483  

PacWest Bancorp

    248,916       5,625,502  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    158,276     $ 12,836,184  

Popular, Inc.

    154,001       11,097,312  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    185,719       12,383,743  

Regions Financial Corp.

    1,974,938       39,637,006  

Signature Bank

    124,925       18,863,675  

SVB Financial Group(a)(b)

    45,283       15,205,126  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    302,179       11,334,734  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    450,347       7,696,430  

Webster Financial Corp.

    368,912       16,674,822  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    86,109       5,660,806  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    128,318       10,464,333  

Zions Bancorp NA

    312,740       15,905,956  
   

 

 

 
      600,432,090  
Beverages — 0.3%            

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    994       321,708  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A, NVS(b)

    39,338       2,657,675  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    158,719       10,565,924  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    367,614       17,641,796  
   

 

 

 
      31,187,103  
Biotechnology — 1.4%            

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    308,286       82,312,362  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    390,140       33,072,168  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)(b)

    306,997       9,974,332  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    94,068       1,474,986  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    32,976       2,040,885  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    51,716       3,446,354  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)

    23,421       1,035,911  

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    90,345       6,309,695  

Natera, Inc.(a)

    11,244       492,712  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    30,680       1,270,459  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    94,784       19,845,874  
   

 

 

 
          161,275,738  
Building Products — 1.7%            

A O Smith Corp.

    204,298       9,924,797  

Allegion PLC

    38,229       3,428,377  

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

    41,266       3,269,505  

AZEK Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    237,912       3,954,097  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    326,140       19,216,169  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    16,962       4,756,314  

Carrier Global Corp.

    1,788,946       63,614,920  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    179,539       9,639,449  

Hayward Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    154,495       1,370,371  

Lennox International, Inc.

    67,916       15,122,856  

Masco Corp.

    451,596       21,085,017  

Owens Corning

    203,367       15,986,680  

Trane Technologies PLC

    206,897       29,960,754  
   

 

 

 
      201,329,306  
Capital Markets — 4.6%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    80,569       9,011,643  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    82,490       20,783,355  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    1,550,535       59,726,608  

Carlyle Group, Inc.

    443,186       11,451,926  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    224,332       26,329,847  

Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    333,716       21,521,345  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    75,980       6,249,355  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    598,973       12,889,899  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    194,917       12,457,145  

Invesco Ltd.

    783,821       10,738,348  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    289,142       5,872,474  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    429,874       12,681,283  

KKR & Co., Inc.

    1,209,053       51,989,279  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    188,941     $ 6,013,992  

Morningstar, Inc.

    4,687       995,144  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    41,466       17,489,944  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    726,163       41,158,919  

Northern Trust Corp.

    434,316       37,160,077  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    378,485       37,401,888  

Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,190,796       12,027,039  

SEI Investments Co.

    218,677       10,726,107  

State Street Corp.

    774,301       47,085,244  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    221,079       11,476,211  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    472,027       49,567,555  

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

    83,188       4,693,467  

Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A

    209,010       4,341,138  
   

 

 

 
          541,839,232  
Chemicals — 3.9%            

Albemarle Corp.

    120,080       31,753,955  

Ashland, Inc.

    106,302       10,095,501  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)(b)

    350,825       7,388,375  

Celanese Corp.

    229,775       20,757,873  

Chemours Co.

    128,620       3,170,483  

Corteva, Inc.

    1,531,926       87,549,571  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    1,060,170       53,432,568  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    258,792       18,387,172  

Element Solutions, Inc.

    484,432       7,881,709  

FMC Corp.

    174,085       18,400,784  

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,374,582       4,288,696  

Huntsman Corp.

    404,071       9,915,902  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    538,748       48,934,481  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    543,221       40,893,677  

Mosaic Co.

    639,700       30,916,701  

NewMarket Corp.

    12,400       3,730,292  

Olin Corp.

    282,691       12,121,790  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    234,089       25,911,311  

RPM International, Inc.

    257,011       21,411,586  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    55,764       2,383,911  

Westlake Corp.

    69,276       6,018,699  
   

 

 

 
      465,345,037  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%            

Cintas Corp.

    12,567       4,878,384  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    107,729       11,848,035  

Driven Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    106,847       2,989,579  

IAA, Inc.(a)(b)

    48,026       1,529,628  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    47,569       5,198,340  

Republic Services, Inc.

    407,551       55,443,238  

Rollins, Inc.

    34,044       1,180,646  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)(b)

    191,680       8,071,645  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    65,888       8,468,585  
   

 

 

 
      99,608,080  
Communications Equipment — 1.2%            

Ciena Corp.(a)(b)

    317,341       12,830,097  

F5, Inc.(a)(b)

    125,171       18,115,999  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    679,907       17,759,171  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    144,733       9,924,342  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.(b)

    348,295       78,007,631  

Ubiquiti, Inc.

    8,942       2,625,013  

Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)

    153,730       4,647,258  
   

 

 

 
      143,909,511  
Construction & Engineering — 0.6%            

AECOM

    262,684       17,959,705  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    125,280       7,955,280  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    423,691       11,587,949  
Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering (continued)  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    137,507     $ 17,517,017  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    37,965       10,198,158  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    205,859       8,302,293  
   

 

 

 
      73,520,402  
Construction Materials — 0.5%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    14,001       1,500,627  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    119,856       38,604,419  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    143,856       22,687,530  
   

 

 

 
      62,792,576  
Consumer Finance — 1.1%            

Ally Financial, Inc.

    651,747       18,138,119  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    12,575       5,507,850  

Discover Financial Services

    576,820       52,444,474  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    246,839       7,286,687  

SLM Corp.

    528,749       7,397,199  

SoFi Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,668,770       8,143,598  

Synchrony Financial(b)

    1,015,186       28,618,093  

Upstart Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    124,586       2,590,143  
   

 

 

 
          130,126,163  
Containers & Packaging — 1.4%            

Amcor PLC

    3,171,448       34,029,637  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    137,464       13,063,204  

Ardagh Group SA(a)

    34,751       296,860  

Ardagh Metal Packaging SA

    222,239       1,075,637  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    65,821       10,709,077  

Ball Corp.

    392,526       18,966,856  

Berry Global Group, Inc.(a)

    136,589       6,355,486  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    29,475       2,388,359  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    147,025       2,902,273  

International Paper Co.

    764,304       24,228,437  

Packaging Corp. of America

    195,965       22,004,910  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    177,743       7,472,316  

Sonoco Products Co.

    204,257       11,587,500  

Westrock Co.

    538,940       16,647,857  
   

 

 

 
      171,728,409  
Distributors — 0.6%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    269,539       40,247,563  

LKQ Corp.

    542,800       25,593,020  
   

 

 

 
      65,840,583  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%            

ADT, Inc.(b)

    438,704       3,285,893  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a)

    88,944       5,127,622  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    66,764       5,491,339  

H&R Block, Inc.

    60,026       2,553,506  

Mister Car Wash, Inc.(a)(b)

    56,347       483,457  

Service Corp. International

    328,165       18,948,247  

Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    259,581       9,939,356  
   

 

 

 
      45,829,420  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%            

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

    229,254       10,660,311  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    791,157       20,846,987  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    204,377       12,364,808  
   

 

 

 
      43,872,106  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)(b)

    523,809       12,272,845  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    2,188,464       15,932,018  
   

 

 

 
      28,204,863  
Electric Utilities — 4.5%            

Alliant Energy Corp.

    530,773       28,125,661  
 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)            

Avangrid, Inc.

    148,753     $ 6,203,000  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    689,026       57,320,073  

Edison International

    793,626       44,903,359  

Entergy Corp.

    428,602       43,130,219  

Evergy, Inc.

    470,753       27,962,728  

Eversource Energy

    727,463       56,713,016  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    1,146,869       42,434,153  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    233,408       8,089,921  

IDACORP, Inc.

    105,645       10,459,911  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    501,403       19,188,693  

OGE Energy Corp.

    425,521       15,514,496  

PG&E Corp.(a)(b)

    3,278,998       40,987,475  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    236,976       15,287,322  

PPL Corp.

    1,556,614       39,460,165  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    1,153,840       73,845,760  
   

 

 

 
          529,625,952  
Electrical Equipment — 1.5%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.(b)

    68,948       10,857,242  

AMETEK, Inc.

    487,090       55,240,877  

Hubbell, Inc.

    113,590       25,330,570  

nVent Electric PLC

    346,727       10,960,041  

Plug Power, Inc.(a)(b)

    548,401       11,521,905  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    142,456       19,995,124  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.(b)

    80,403       17,295,489  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC(b)

    325,603       12,138,480  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    434,700       11,993,373  

Vertiv Holdings Co.(b)

    536,488       5,214,663  
   

 

 

 
      180,547,764  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.8%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    306,057       20,493,577  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    128,352       11,832,771  

Avnet, Inc.

    197,184       7,122,286  

Cognex Corp.(b)

    25,149       1,042,426  

Coherent Corp.(a)

    225,638       7,863,484  

Corning, Inc.

    1,499,481       43,514,939  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    71,043       5,992,477  

Jabil, Inc.

    53,267       3,074,039  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    28,137       4,427,638  

Littelfuse, Inc.(b)

    50,763       10,086,100  

National Instruments Corp.

    238,813       9,012,803  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    90,966       7,385,529  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

    97,946       33,053,837  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    528,562       28,685,060  

Vontier Corp.

    127,348       2,127,985  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    64,789       16,975,366  
   

 

 

 
      212,690,317  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%  

Baker Hughes Co.

    2,011,615       42,163,450  

Halliburton Co.

    1,041,544       25,642,813  

NOV, Inc.

    821,554       13,292,744  
   

 

 

 
      81,099,007  
Entertainment — 1.2%            

AMC Entertainment Holdings,
Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    1,084,848       7,561,390  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    548,569       63,474,919  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A, NVS(a)(b)

    39,184       2,057,944  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C, NVS(a)

    378,162       22,122,477  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    161,699       12,295,592  

Madison Square Garden Co(a)

    19,804       2,706,415  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    18,680       175,405  
Security   Shares     Value  
Entertainment (continued)            

Roku, Inc.(a)(b)

    180,255     $ 10,166,382  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    59,380       6,472,420  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,337,960       15,386,540  
   

 

 

 
          142,419,484  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 10.7%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    343,391       48,139,984  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    638,255       20,941,147  

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

    571,422       14,056,981  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    302,535       11,683,902  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    295,258       54,383,571  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    332,128       24,899,636  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    625,827       11,559,025  

Camden Property Trust

    201,365       24,053,049  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    321,091       7,497,475  

CubeSmart

    472,383       18,923,663  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    363,885       6,524,458  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    86,340       12,462,316  

EPR Properties

    157,222       5,637,981  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    144,261       9,065,361  

Equity Residential

    782,811       52,620,555  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    137,409       33,284,582  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    246,401       42,555,917  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    169,649       15,288,768  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    277,804       12,448,397  

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

    516,051       22,830,096  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    806,885       16,823,552  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    1,142,421       26,184,289  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    217,644       5,867,682  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,500,259       23,824,113  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

    294,786       3,227,907  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    1,288,023       43,496,537  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    152,118       6,688,628  

JBG SMITH Properties

    225,896       4,197,148  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    243,954       10,272,903  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    1,280,839       23,580,246  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    22,946       1,892,816  

Life Storage, Inc.

    176,876       19,590,786  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    1,246,545       14,784,024  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    242,599       37,619,827  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    368,238       14,677,967  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    178,182       7,408,808  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    493,301       14,547,446  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    467,244       5,261,167  

Rayonier, Inc.

    308,345       9,241,100  

Realty Income Corp.

    1,307,511       76,097,140  

Regency Centers Corp.

    364,127       19,608,239  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    361,895       18,818,540  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    174,039       49,540,201  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    355,342       31,891,944  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    138,030       5,543,285  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    288,988       10,449,806  

STORE Capital Corp.

    536,175       16,798,363  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    257,264       34,815,537  

UDR, Inc.

    684,334       28,543,571  

Ventas, Inc.

    843,990       33,903,078  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    2,030,207       60,601,679  

Vornado Realty Trust

    368,536       8,535,294  

Welltower, Inc.

    979,041       62,971,917  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    1,570,709       44,859,449  

WP Carey, Inc.

    404,452       28,230,750  
   

 

 

 
      1,269,252,603  
 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    355,671     $ 8,841,981  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    103,773       7,555,712  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    77,815       15,759,094  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    171,445       5,707,404  

Kroger Co.

    1,389,306       60,782,137  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)(b)

    220,565       9,473,267  

US Foods Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    426,743       11,283,085  
   

 

 

 
          119,402,680  
Food Products — 2.5%  

Bunge Ltd.

    295,272       24,380,609  

Campbell Soup Co.

    407,461       19,199,562  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    995,840       32,494,259  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    316,347       20,926,354  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    393,391       9,712,824  

Freshpet, Inc.(a)(b)

    42,074       2,107,487  

Hershey Co.

    40,770       8,988,562  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    607,360       27,598,438  

Ingredion, Inc.

    139,028       11,194,535  

J M Smucker Co.

    217,949       29,948,372  

Kellogg Co.

    242,859       16,917,558  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    529,348       37,726,632  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    47,553       1,094,670  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    116,683       9,557,504  

Seaboard Corp.

    507       1,725,149  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    601,818       39,677,861  
   

 

 

 
      293,250,376  
Gas Utilities — 0.5%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    292,362       29,777,070  

National Fuel Gas Co.

    169,084       10,407,120  

UGI Corp.

    445,848       14,414,266  
   

 

 

 
      54,598,456  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.0%  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,187       8,530,240  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    102,851       27,142,379  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    449,760       12,750,696  

Enovis Corp.(a)

    106,252       4,895,030  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    348,441       11,432,349  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    149,737       8,919,833  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    519,951       33,547,239  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)

    34,464       5,190,278  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)(b)

    156,043       6,609,981  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    22,979       3,243,716  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)

    103,686       7,411,475  

STERIS PLC

    210,951       35,076,932  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)

    7,744       370,550  

Teleflex, Inc.

    99,664       20,078,309  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    442,912       46,306,450  
   

 

 

 
      231,505,457  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    186,941       14,615,047  

agilon health, Inc.(a)

    21,608       506,059  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b)

    67,098       6,494,415  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    575,901       38,401,079  

Chemed Corp.

    19,737       8,616,385  

Encompass Health Corp.

    205,799       9,308,289  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)

    102,917       1,444,955  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    284,184       18,690,782  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    191,028       39,124,445  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    27,219       8,977,915  

Oak Street Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    244,515       5,995,508  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    247,104       8,386,710  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    247,639     $ 30,382,829  

Signify Health, Inc., Class A(a)

    146,560       4,272,224  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)(b)

    227,413       11,729,962  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B(b)

    133,553       11,776,703  
   

 

 

 
      218,723,307  
Health Care Technology — 0.2%  

Certara, Inc.(a)(b)

    86,357       1,146,821  

Change Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b)

    514,822       14,152,457  

Definitive Healthcare Corp.(a)(b)

    38,870       604,040  

Doximity, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    122,716       3,708,477  

Teladoc Health, Inc.(a)(b)

    304,701       7,724,170  
   

 

 

 
          27,335,965  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%  

Aramark

    486,594       15,181,733  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    163,423       7,787,106  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    135,227       4,362,423  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    2,034,496       14,302,507  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    70,549       8,911,750  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    20,269       6,287,444  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    157,510       18,998,856  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    102,996       8,338,556  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    435,387       16,335,720  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    81,053       9,877,119  

MGM Resorts International(b)

    694,188       20,631,267  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)

    821,297       9,329,934  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b)

    333,831       9,183,691  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    46,591       2,686,437  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b)

    467,978       17,736,366  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    80,959       1,432,974  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    49,427       1,686,449  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    4,559       983,103  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    58,158       3,567,993  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)(b)

    194,195       12,240,111  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    535,658       56,961,872  
   

 

 

 
      246,823,411  
Household Durables — 1.4%  

DR Horton, Inc.(b)

    320,826       21,607,631  

Garmin Ltd.

    326,428       26,215,433  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    283,384       9,414,017  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    530,224       39,528,199  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    33,244       1,978,350  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)(b)

    110,411       10,068,379  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    792,417       11,006,672  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    1,766       7,041,183  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    295,475       11,080,313  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    359,542       8,679,344  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    111,187       4,669,854  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    10,507       1,731,343  

Whirlpool Corp.

    112,750       15,199,828  
   

 

 

 
      168,220,546  
Household Products — 0.3%  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.(b)

    282,243       20,163,440  

Clorox Co.

    44,240       5,679,974  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.

    114,969       2,990,344  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    83,283       3,250,535  
   

 

 

 
      32,084,293  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.4%  

AES Corp.

    1,158,850       26,190,010  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (continued)  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A(b)

    268,050     $ 8,759,874  

Vistra Corp.

    367,575       7,719,075  
   

 

 

 
      42,668,959  
Insurance — 6.7%            

Aflac, Inc.

    1,325,988       74,520,525  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    23,397       19,638,740  

Allstate Corp.

    570,202       71,007,255  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    143,187       17,601,978  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    505,176       23,005,715  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    390,378       66,840,521  

Assurant, Inc.

    105,042       15,259,451  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    124,255       6,020,155  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    166,871       8,201,710  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    150,709       6,543,785  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    462,545       27,974,722  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    330,959       29,643,998  

CNA Financial Corp.

    59,435       2,193,151  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    13,705       3,046,758  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    56,444       14,813,163  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

    555,685       20,115,797  

First American Financial Corp.

    213,063       9,822,204  

Globe Life, Inc.

    189,961       18,939,112  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    74,296       9,520,289  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    681,817       42,231,745  

Kemper Corp.

    135,687       5,598,446  

Lincoln National Corp.

    285,297       12,527,391  

Loews Corp.

    421,501       21,007,610  

Markel Corp.(a)

    21,855       23,695,628  

Old Republic International Corp.

    592,529       12,401,632  

Primerica, Inc.

    78,188       9,652,309  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    521,555       37,630,193  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    793,318       68,050,818  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    140,313       17,652,778  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.(b)

    41,394       5,811,304  

Unum Group

    420,807       16,327,312  

W R Berkley Corp.

    435,991       28,156,299  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

    6,051       7,884,574  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    231,187       46,454,716  
   

 

 

 
          799,791,784  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%            

IAC, Inc.(a)(b)

    164,027       9,083,815  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    37,677       1,799,077  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a)

    974,574       22,707,574  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    197,010       4,349,981  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    115,913       5,081,626  
   

 

 

 
      43,022,073  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.4%            

DoorDash, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    60,316       2,982,626  

eBay, Inc.

    1,011,096       37,218,444  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    59,021       1,921,134  
   

 

 

 
      42,122,204  
IT Services — 2.3%            

Affirm Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    379,328       7,116,193  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    331,061       26,590,820  

Amdocs Ltd.

    254,024       20,182,207  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    22,549       3,254,272  

Concentrix Corp.

    91,617       10,227,206  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    486,355       11,905,970  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    25,045       1,897,409  

Genpact Ltd.(b)

    178,846       7,828,089  

Global Payments, Inc.(b)

    580,494       62,722,377  
Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)            

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    285,185     $ 20,213,913  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    427,507       3,535,483  

Okta, Inc.(a)

    272,223       15,481,322  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    473,401       22,604,898  

Switch, Inc., Class A

    122,758       4,135,717  

Twilio, Inc., Class A(a)

    223,996       15,487,083  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)(b)

    177,228       30,784,504  

Western Union Co.

    536,271       7,239,658  

WEX, Inc.(a)(b)

    26,037       3,305,137  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

    25,001       1,955,828  
   

 

 

 
          276,468,086  
Leisure Products — 0.3%            

Brunswick Corp.

    128,701       8,423,481  

Hasbro, Inc.

    279,149       18,820,226  

Mattel, Inc.(a)(b)

    382,214       7,239,133  

Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    651,568       4,515,366  

Polaris, Inc.

    30,691       2,935,594  
   

 

 

 
      41,933,800  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.9%            

10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    19,841       565,072  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    64,216       7,805,455  

Avantor, Inc.(a)

    90,895       1,781,542  

Azenta, Inc.

    155,456       6,662,844  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    45,406       18,940,659  

Charles River Laboratories International,
Inc.(a)(b)

    6,707       1,319,937  

PerkinElmer, Inc.(b)

    266,725       32,095,019  

QIAGEN NV(a)

    482,003       19,897,084  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    33,444       6,257,707  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    177,440       8,366,296  
   

 

 

 
      103,691,615  
Machinery — 5.0%            

AGCO Corp.(b)

    113,099       10,876,731  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    42,401       1,431,458  

Crane Holdings Co.

    98,726       8,642,474  

Cummins, Inc.

    297,485       60,541,172  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    215,398       10,556,656  

Dover Corp.

    304,117       35,453,960  

Esab Corp.

    106,379       3,548,803  

Flowserve Corp.

    276,946       6,729,788  

Fortive Corp.

    757,292       44,150,124  

Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(a)(b)

    232,348       2,267,717  

Graco, Inc.

    110,636       6,632,628  

IDEX Corp.

    132,327       26,445,551  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(b)

    858,252       37,127,982  

ITT, Inc.

    175,224       11,449,136  

Middleby Corp.(a)(b)

    106,255       13,618,703  

Nordson Corp.(b)

    94,272       20,011,117  

Oshkosh Corp.

    137,824       9,687,649  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    785,382       50,107,372  

PACCAR, Inc.

    720,161       60,270,274  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    209,146       50,678,167  

Pentair PLC

    345,373       14,032,505  

Snap-on, Inc.

    111,610       22,472,674  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    312,192       23,479,960  

Timken Co.

    130,811       7,723,081  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    382,986       31,155,911  

Xylem, Inc.

    326,187       28,495,696  
   

 

 

 
      597,587,289  
Marine — 0.1%            

Kirby Corp.(a)

    125,299       7,614,420  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Media — 1.6%            

Altice U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    439,127     $ 2,560,110  

Cable One, Inc.(b)

    4,818       4,109,995  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    538,170       7,442,891  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    636,570       19,529,968  

Fox Corp., Class B

    304,445       8,676,683  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    834,699       21,368,294  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    20,558       1,533,627  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C(a)

    139,673       10,307,867  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM,
Class A(a)(b)

    113,743       4,330,196  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM,
Class C, NVS(a)

    234,530       8,844,126  

New York Times Co., Class A

    345,150       9,923,063  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    810,111       12,240,777  

News Corp., Class B

    256,766       3,959,332  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.(b)

    71,656       11,955,804  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    430,965       27,189,582  

Paramount Global, Class A

    17,349       373,697  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    1,222,857       23,283,197  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    1,488,903       8,501,636  
   

 

 

 
      186,130,845  
Metals & Mining — 1.4%            

Alcoa Corp.

    380,037       12,792,045  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,087,846       14,653,286  

Nucor Corp.

    552,383       59,099,457  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    126,785       22,112,572  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    128,612       12,066,378  

SSR Mining, Inc.(b)

    444,977       6,545,612  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    366,059       25,971,886  

United States Steel Corp.(b)

    497,037       9,006,310  
   

 

 

 
          162,247,546  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    1,096,296       9,230,812  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    907,217       15,567,844  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    895,404       6,554,357  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    618,332       11,266,009  
   

 

 

 
      42,619,022  
Multiline Retail — 0.5%            

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)(b)

    309,365       42,104,576  

Kohl’s Corp.

    268,613       6,755,617  

Macy’s, Inc.

    569,753       8,928,030  

Nordstrom, Inc.(b)

    36,705       614,075  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    124,299       6,413,828  
   

 

 

 
      64,816,126  
Multi-Utilities — 3.1%            

Ameren Corp.

    543,342       43,766,198  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    1,331,394       37,518,683  

CMS Energy Corp.

    612,002       35,642,997  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    751,549       64,452,842  

DTE Energy Co.

    407,106       46,837,545  

NiSource, Inc.

    861,754       21,707,583  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    1,050,958       59,095,369  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    666,049       59,564,762  
   

 

 

 
      368,585,979  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.5%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    705,755       6,478,831  

Antero Resources Corp.(a)(b)

    215,323       6,573,811  

APA Corp.

    687,922       23,520,053  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

    223,656       37,106,767  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    256,049       24,122,376  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Continental Resources, Inc.

    18,709     $ 1,249,948  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    1,389,206       36,286,061  

Devon Energy Corp.

    709,878       42,684,964  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    157,050       18,918,243  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    203,390       10,553,907  

EQT Corp.

    779,716       31,773,427  

Hess Corp.

    128,301       13,983,526  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    308,072       16,586,597  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    1,428,657       32,259,075  

ONEOK, Inc.

    831,953       42,629,272  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    156,179       7,184,234  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    92,134       5,324,424  

Phillips 66

    1,017,714       82,149,874  

Range Resources Corp.

    187,641       4,739,812  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)(b)

    2,205,354       13,496,767  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    2,577,469       73,792,937  
   

 

 

 
      531,414,906  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%            

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    139,845       7,158,666  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.0%            

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)

    727,744       4,599,342  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%            

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    246,949       17,869,230  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)

    934,677       11,599,342  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    127,945       17,053,789  

Organon & Co.

    533,178       12,476,365  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    282,032       10,057,261  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    776,651       31,205,837  

Viatris, Inc.

    2,571,803       21,911,761  
   

 

 

 
          122,173,585  
Professional Services — 1.8%            

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)

    48,686       12,709,967  

Clarivate PLC(a)(b)

    1,012,860       9,510,755  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    710,721       49,501,718  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

    527,738       6,538,674  

Equifax, Inc.

    128,994       22,113,441  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,037       6,800,241  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    270,571       29,354,248  

KBR, Inc.

    102,447       4,427,759  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    288,769       25,258,625  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    110,040       7,118,488  

Nielsen Holdings PLC(a)

    761,056       21,096,472  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    25,432       1,945,548  

Science Applications International Corp.

    116,806       10,329,155  

TransUnion

    107,882       6,417,900  
   

 

 

 
      213,122,991  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    346,906       23,419,624  

Howard Hughes Corp.(a)(b)

    76,859       4,257,220  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    100,915       15,245,229  

Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    700,652       2,179,028  

WeWork, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    272,820       722,973  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    114,702       3,283,918  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C(a)(b)

    315,701       9,032,206  
   

 

 

 
      58,140,198  
Road & Rail — 0.6%            

AMERCO

    19,296       9,825,909  

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)(b)

    62,403       9,264,349  

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    430,823       7,013,798  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.(b)

    19,898       3,112,445  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Road & Rail (continued)            

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    328,106     $ 16,054,227  

Landstar System, Inc.

    7,511       1,084,363  

Lyft, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    128,674       1,694,637  

Ryder System, Inc.

    103,753       7,832,314  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B(b)

    120,054       2,437,096  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)(b)

    198,503       8,837,354  
   

 

 

 
      67,156,492  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.3%  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    119,487       8,220,706  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    224,931       29,751,623  

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.(a)(b)

    99,400       4,805,990  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    164,960       10,067,509  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    120,419       9,951,426  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)

    346,304       21,585,128  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    217,618       17,281,045  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    340,084       28,998,963  

Teradyne, Inc.(b)

    31,255       2,348,813  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)(b)

    244,680       25,290,125  
   

 

 

 
          158,301,328  
Software — 1.7%            

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    87,426       19,382,344  

Bill.com Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    206,372       27,317,462  

Black Knight, Inc.(a)

    298,021       19,290,899  

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    217,218       1,976,684  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)

    232,663       13,001,208  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    139,861       14,531,558  

Coupa Software, Inc.(a)

    70,098       4,121,762  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    129,008       8,404,871  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    17,264       472,170  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    40,003       828,862  

Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    175,537       10,809,569  

Informatica, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    63,155       1,267,521  

Jamf Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    17,172       380,532  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)(b)

    50,440       6,710,033  

nCino, Inc.(a)(b)

    117,950       4,023,275  

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    252,908       4,807,781  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    773,193       15,572,107  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    222,913       4,643,278  

Paycor HCM, Inc.(a)(b)

    99,089       2,929,071  

Procore Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,058       2,031,550  

SentinelOne, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    116,267       2,971,785  

Teradata Corp.(a)(b)

    100,214       3,112,647  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    11,340       3,940,650  

UiPath, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    711,164       8,967,778  

Unity Software, Inc.(a)(b)

    142,970       4,555,024  

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    266,204       19,589,952  
   

 

 

 
      205,640,373  
Specialty Retail — 2.0%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    118,125       18,467,662  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)(b)

    80,491       8,199,618  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    3,738       8,006,534  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    483,751       15,770,283  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    293,515       18,591,240  

Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,901       884,043  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(b)

    301,313       19,892,684  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(b)

    114,204       11,950,307  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    563,464       14,159,850  

Gap, Inc.

    422,577       3,469,357  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)(b)

    41,309       607,655  

Lithia Motors, Inc.(b)

    57,317       12,297,362  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    78,527       55,231,966  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)            

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.(b)

    57,480     $ 5,657,757  

Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc.(a)(b)

    168,895       1,884,868  

RH(a)(b)

    26,155       6,435,961  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    420,361       35,423,822  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)(b)

    49,464       1,440,392  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    30,491       3,593,364  
   

 

 

 
          241,964,725  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.8%  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    463,910       15,851,805  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    2,746,757       32,906,149  

HP, Inc.

    1,183,500       29,492,820  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    664,023       21,613,948  
   

 

 

 
      99,864,722  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%            

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    284,541       10,937,756  

Carter’s, Inc.

    79,048       5,180,015  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    75,829       5,103,292  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    6,642       2,076,356  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    731,522       5,091,393  

PVH Corp.

    140,962       6,315,098  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    89,485       7,599,961  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    238,420       7,562,682  

Tapestry, Inc.

    460,661       13,096,592  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    396,621       2,637,530  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    422,765       2,519,679  

VF Corp.

    741,444       22,176,590  
   

 

 

 
      90,296,944  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%            

MGIC Investment Corp.

    645,931       8,280,835  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    979,749       8,357,259  

Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(b)

    109,327       690,947  

TFS Financial Corp.

    102,344       1,330,472  
   

 

 

 
      18,659,513  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%  

Air Lease Corp., Class A(b)

    218,046       6,761,606  

Core & Main, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    98,734       2,245,211  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    98,523       7,173,460  

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)(b)

    36,613       3,812,878  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)(b)

    79,879       21,576,915  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)

    351,347       7,989,631  

Watsco, Inc.

    32,569       8,385,215  

WESCO International, Inc.(a)

    44,044       5,257,973  
   

 

 

 
      63,202,889  
Water Utilities — 0.6%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    384,615       50,061,488  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    491,516       20,338,932  
   

 

 

 
          70,400,420  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $11,994,898,829)

      11,828,083,823  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 4.7%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    550,653,898     $ 550,819,094  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    12,286,278       12,286,278  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 4.7%
(Cost: $562,768,315)

      563,105,372  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 104.6%
(Cost: $12,557,667,144)

      12,391,189,195  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.6)%

 

    (550,534,197
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   11,840,654,998  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

    

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

   

      

 

 

   
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  397,536,030     $ 152,938,049 (a)    $     $ 68,994     $ 276,021     $ 550,819,094       550,653,898     $ 2,065,385 (b)    $    
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    21,620,000             (9,333,722 )(a)                  12,286,278       12,286,278       118,427          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 68,994     $ 276,021     $  563,105,372       $  2,183,812     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 
Description   

Number of

Contracts

      

Expiration

Date

      

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

Long Contracts

                 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     36          12/16/22        $ 6,483        $ (637,292

S&P MidCap 400 E-Mini Index

     87          12/16/22          19,211          (1,830,148
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (2,467,440
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
    

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 2,467,440      $      $      $      $ 2,467,440  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
    

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (1,354,601    $      $      $      $ (1,354,601
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (3,781,966    $      $      $      $ (3,781,966
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 31,380,020   

 

 

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                                           

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 144,534,433        $        $        $ 144,534,433  

Air Freight & Logistics

     46,146,564                            46,146,564  

Airlines

     96,592,132                            96,592,132  

Auto Components

     80,362,576                            80,362,576  

Automobiles

     54,631,039                            54,631,039  

Banks

     600,432,090                            600,432,090  

Beverages

     31,187,103                            31,187,103  

Biotechnology

     161,275,738                            161,275,738  

Building Products

     201,329,306                            201,329,306  

Capital Markets

     541,839,232                            541,839,232  

Chemicals

     465,345,037                            465,345,037  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     99,608,080                            99,608,080  

Communications Equipment

     143,909,511                            143,909,511  

Construction & Engineering

     73,520,402                            73,520,402  

Construction Materials

     62,792,576                            62,792,576  

Consumer Finance

     130,126,163                            130,126,163  

Containers & Packaging

     171,431,549          296,860                   171,728,409  

Distributors

     65,840,583                            65,840,583  

Diversified Consumer Services

     45,829,420                            45,829,420  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

 

                                                                                                                           

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

                 

Diversified Financial Services

   $ 43,872,106        $        $        $ 43,872,106  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     28,204,863                            28,204,863  

Electric Utilities

     529,625,952                            529,625,952  

Electrical Equipment

     180,547,764                            180,547,764  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     212,690,317                            212,690,317  

Energy Equipment & Services

     81,099,007                            81,099,007  

Entertainment

     142,419,484                            142,419,484  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     1,269,252,603                            1,269,252,603  

Food & Staples Retailing

     119,402,680                            119,402,680  

Food Products

     293,250,376                            293,250,376  

Gas Utilities

     54,598,456                            54,598,456  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     231,505,457                            231,505,457  

Health Care Providers & Services

     218,723,307                            218,723,307  

Health Care Technology

     27,335,965                            27,335,965  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     246,823,411                            246,823,411  

Household Durables

     168,220,546                            168,220,546  

Household Products

     32,084,293                            32,084,293  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

     42,668,959                            42,668,959  

Insurance

     799,791,784                            799,791,784  

Interactive Media & Services

     43,022,073                            43,022,073  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     42,122,204                            42,122,204  

IT Services

     276,468,086                            276,468,086  

Leisure Products

     41,933,800                            41,933,800  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     103,691,615                            103,691,615  

Machinery

     597,587,289                            597,587,289  

Marine

     7,614,420                            7,614,420  

Media

     186,130,845                            186,130,845  

Metals & Mining

     162,247,546                            162,247,546  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     42,619,022                            42,619,022  

Multiline Retail

     64,816,126                            64,816,126  

Multi-Utilities

     368,585,979                            368,585,979  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     531,414,906                            531,414,906  

Paper & Forest Products

     7,158,666                            7,158,666  

Personal Products

     4,599,342                            4,599,342  

Pharmaceuticals

     122,173,585                            122,173,585  

Professional Services

     213,122,991                            213,122,991  

Real Estate Management & Development

     58,140,198                            58,140,198  

Road & Rail

     67,156,492                            67,156,492  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     158,301,328                            158,301,328  

Software

     191,108,815          14,531,558                   205,640,373  

Specialty Retail

     241,964,725                            241,964,725  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     99,864,722                            99,864,722  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     90,296,944                            90,296,944  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     18,659,513                            18,659,513  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     63,202,889                            63,202,889  

Water Utilities

     70,400,420                            70,400,420  

Short-Term Securities
Money Market Funds

     563,105,372                            563,105,372  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 12,376,360,777        $ 14,828,418        $        $ 12,391,189,195  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)
Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (2,467,440      $        $        $ (2,467,440
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

Russell 3000 ETF

      

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap

Value ETF

 

ASSETS

      

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $   9,402,323,851        $ 11,828,083,823  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    336,040,846          563,105,372  

Cash

    3,480,166          6,045,956  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    1,375,459          1,596,590  

Receivables:

      

Investments sold

    8,333,989          73,018,960  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    169,011          404,210  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    7,734,926          20,240,247  

Dividends — affiliated

    35,268          44,134  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total assets

    9,759,493,516          12,492,539,292  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

      

Collateral on securities loaned

    305,073,342          550,409,732  

Payables:

      

Investments purchased

    8,281,461          98,723,510  

Investment advisory fees

    1,675,936          2,471,032  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    290,970          280,020  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    315,321,709          651,884,294  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 9,444,171,807        $ 11,840,654,998  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

      

Paid-in capital

  $ 8,093,022,358        $ 11,997,615,042  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    1,351,149,449          (156,960,044
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 9,444,171,807        $ 11,840,654,998  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

      

Shares outstanding

    45,650,000          123,400,000  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 206.88        $ 95.95  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited          Unlimited  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Par value

    None          None  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 8,057,010,870        $ 11,994,898,829  

(b)   Securities loaned, at value

  $ 293,847,129        $ 526,439,166  

(c)   Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 334,391,146        $ 562,768,315  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

Russell 3000 ETF

      

iShares

Russell Mid-Cap

Value ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

      

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 86,263,705        $ 145,769,082  

Dividends — affiliated

    489,350          118,427  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    1,195,280          2,065,385  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (22,760        (47,581
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total investment income

    87,925,575          147,905,313  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

EXPENSES

      

Investment advisory

    10,673,740          15,692,859  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses

    10,673,740          15,692,859  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

    77,251,835          132,212,454  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

      

Net realized gain (loss) from:

      

Investments — unaffiliated

    (100,673,307        (231,646,104

Investments — affiliated

    646,565          68,994  

Futures contracts

    (2,472,030        (1,354,601

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    317,889,310          744,554,506  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
    215,390,538          511,622,795  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

      

Investments — unaffiliated

    (2,711,119,675        (3,378,370,050

Investments — affiliated

    (8,732,783        276,021  

Futures contracts

    (2,863,212        (3,781,966
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
    (2,722,715,670        (3,381,875,995
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (2,507,325,132        (2,870,253,200
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (2,430,073,297      $ (2,738,040,746
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Russell 3000 ETF     iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

   

Six Months Ended
09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 77,251,835     $ 132,413,906     $ 132,212,454     $ 200,831,244  

Net realized gain

    215,390,538       856,447,831       511,622,795       1,226,700,162  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (2,722,715,670     290,779,607       (3,381,875,995     53,384,283  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (2,430,073,297     1,279,641,344       (2,738,040,746     1,480,915,689  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (73,409,927     (135,842,146     (121,931,401     (220,370,366
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (69,827,527     (84,663,380     (207,118,120     527,173,955  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (2,573,310,751     1,059,135,818       (3,067,090,267     1,787,719,278  

Beginning of period

    12,017,482,558       10,958,346,740       14,907,745,265       13,120,025,987  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 9,444,171,807     $ 12,017,482,558     $   11,840,654,998     $ 14,907,745,265  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell 3000 ETF  
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

   

Year Ended

03/31/21

   

Year Ended

03/31/20

   

Year Ended

03/31/19

   

Year Ended

03/31/18

 
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 262.10     $ 237.19     $ 148.31     $ 166.74     $ 156.30     $ 139.89  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.70       2.87       2.73       2.91       2.78       2.53  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (55.31     25.00       89.03       (18.04     10.52       16.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (53.61     27.87       91.76       (15.13     13.30       18.98  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.61     (2.96     (2.88     (3.30     (2.86     (2.57
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 206.88     $ 262.10     $ 237.19     $ 148.31     $ 166.74     $ 156.30  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (20.49 )%(e)      11.75     62.21     (9.29 )%      8.59     13.64
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.20 %(g)      0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.45 %(g)      1.10     1.37     1.69     1.72     1.68
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 9,444,172     $   12,017,483     $   10,958,347     $   8,230,988     $  9,379,045     $  8,182,126  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    3     5     4     5     5     4
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF  
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Year Ended
03/31/21
    Year Ended
03/31/20
    Year Ended
03/31/19
    Year Ended
03/31/18
 
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 119.55     $ 109.15     $ 64.10     $ 86.86     $ 86.44     $ 83.02  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.08       1.62       1.43       1.93       1.67       1.69  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (23.68     10.55       45.22       (22.63     0.70       3.48  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (22.60     12.17       46.65       (20.70     2.37       5.17  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

    (1.00     (1.77     (1.60     (2.06     (1.95     (1.75
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 95.95     $ 119.55     $ 109.15     $ 64.10     $ 86.86     $ 86.44  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (18.95 )%(e)      11.19     73.40     (24.28 )%      2.78     6.28
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    0.23 %(g)      0.23     0.23     0.24     0.24     0.24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.97 %(g)      1.39     1.65     2.18     1.93     1.98
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 11,840,655     $   14,907,745     $   13,120,026     $   8,201,945     $  11,218,007     $  10,533,292  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    16     21     25     20     25     20
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Diversification
Classification
 

 

 

Russell 3000

    Diversified  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    Diversified  

 

 

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)   (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

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.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Warrants: Warrants entitle a fund to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date of the warrants, if any. If the price of the underlying stock does not rise above the strike price before the warrant expires, the warrant generally expires without any value and a fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant. Thus, investments in warrants may involve more risk than investments in common stock. Warrants may trade in the same markets as their underlying stock; however, the price of the warrant does not necessarily move with the price of the underlying stock.

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy

 

 

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or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty    

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   


Non-Cash

Collateral Received,
at Fair Value

 

 
(a) 

   

Net

Amount

 

(b) 

Russell 3000

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 3,361,334      $ (3,361,334   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    194,514        (157,922           36,592  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    329,860        (329,860            

BNP Paribas SA

    38,720,071        (38,720,071            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    23,067,215        (23,067,215            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    538,068        (538,068            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    12,418,805        (12,418,805            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    185,400        (185,400            

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    35,188        (35,188            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    33,784,839        (33,784,839            

HSBC Bank PLC

    58,153,721        (58,153,721            

ING Financial Markets LLC

    96,908        (96,908            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    27,251,540        (27,251,540            

Jefferies LLC

    2,520,150        (2,520,150            

Morgan Stanley

    21,068,528        (21,068,528            

National Financial Services LLC

    561,870        (561,870            

Natixis SA

    314,346        (314,346            

Pershing LLC

    4,468        (4,468            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    511,080        (511,080            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    20,706,989        (20,706,989            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    4,118,747        (4,118,747            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    1,332,809        (1,332,809            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    6,116,679        (6,116,679            

UBS AG

    32,002,091        (32,002,091            

UBS Securities LLC

    2,432,092        (2,432,092            

Virtu Americas LLC

    1,274,479        (1,274,479            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    1,843,360        (1,843,360            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    901,978        (901,978            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 293,847,129      $ (293,810,537   $     $ 36,592  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Russell Mid-Cap Value

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 38,935,087      $ (38,935,087   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    473,343        (473,343            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    121,118        (121,118            

BNP Paribas SA

    99,051,021        (99,051,021            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    11,676,990        (11,676,990            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    5,439,491        (5,439,491            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    103,943,202        (103,943,202            

HSBC Bank PLC

    4,112,386        (4,112,386            

ING Financial Markets LLC

    65,060        (65,060            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    52,469,773        (52,469,773            

Jefferies LLC

    3,407,805        (3,407,805            

Morgan Stanley

    68,547,772        (68,547,772            

National Financial Services LLC

    3,337,906        (3,337,906            

Natixis SA

    454,010        (454,010            

RBC Capital Market LLC

    23,873,556        (23,873,556            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    8,226,762        (8,226,762            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    3,146,428        (3,146,428            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    6,414,917        (6,414,917            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    22,795,647        (22,795,647            

UBS AG

    64,319,859        (64,319,859            

UBS Securities LLC

    3,775,921        (3,775,921            

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    1,564,699        (1,564,699            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    286,413        (286,413            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 526,439,166      $ (526,439,166   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

 

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  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of September 30, 2022. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to the following fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund, as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees    

Russell 3000

  0.20%    

For its investment advisory services to the iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

   
Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fees  

First $121 billion

    0.2500

Over $121 billion, up to and including $181 billion

    0.2375  

Over $181 billion, up to and including $231 billion

    0.2257  

Over $231 billion, up to and including $281 billion

    0.2144  

Over $281 billion

    0.2037  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. Each Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on laon (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,

 

 

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managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less that 70% of the total of securities lending plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

Russell 3000

  $   337,069  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    588,178  

 

 

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales     

Net Realized 

Gain (Loss) 

 

 

 

Russell 3000

  $ 25,660,830      $ 63,901,980      $ (29,583,401)  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    1,040,871,249        1,122,464,144        (176,830,809)  

 

 

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases        Sales  

 

 

Russell 3000

  $     299,564,963        $ 294,448,624  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    2,157,709,385          2,141,695,987  

 

 

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
      

In-kind

Sales

 

 

 

Russell 3000

  $ 555,558,481        $ 624,734,749  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    1,831,575,216          2,021,621,516  

 

 

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

 

 

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Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of March 31, 2022, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Non-Expiring  

 

 

Russell 3000

  $   134,214,036  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    414,944,990   

 

 

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Tax Cost       

Gross Unrealized

Appreciation

      

Gross Unrealized

Depreciation

    

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

Russell 3000

  $   8,469,370,446        $   2,208,952,619        $   (941,721,778    $   1,267,230,841  

Russell Mid-Cap Value

    12,651,326,131          1,340,967,465          (1,603,550,751      (262,583,286

 

 

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

 

 

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With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

       
   

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

         

Year Ended

03/31/22

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
  iShares ETF   Shares     Amount            Shares     Amount  

  Russell 3000

         

  Shares sold

    2,450,000     $ 559,111,625         5,400,000     $ 1,415,391,570  

  Shares redeemed

    (2,650,000     (628,939,152       (5,750,000     (1,500,054,950
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (200,000   $ (69,827,527       (350,000   $ (84,663,380
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

  Russell Mid-Cap Value

         

  Shares sold

    17,750,000     $ 1,858,838,440         16,200,000     $ 1,882,610,327  

  Shares redeemed

    (19,050,000     (2,065,956,560       (11,700,000     (1,355,436,372
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,300,000   $ (207,118,120       4,500,000     $ 527,173,955  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

iShares Russell 3000 ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the

 

 

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revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. Further, with respect to comparisons with one or more open-end index mutual funds registered under the 1940 Act managed by BFA (or an affiliate) that track the same index as the Fund and have investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) that are lower than the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the Fund, the Board gave weight to management’s explanations of the relevant circumstances applicable to such mutual funds. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed

 

 

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of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services.

 

 

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The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund already provided for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund, on an aggregated basis with the assets of certain other iShares funds, increase. The Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding new or revised breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

September 30, 2022

 

       
   

Total Cumulative Distributions

for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

         

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative

Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Net

Investment

Income

      

Net Realized

Capital Gains

       Return of
Capital
       Total Per
Share
                 Net
Investment
Income
       Net Realized
Capital Gains
       Return of
Capital
       Total Per
Share
 

Russell 3000(a)

  $   1.610242        $        $        $   1.610242         100                      100

Russell Mid-Cap Value(a)

    0.996758                            0.996758               100                            100  

 

(a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
CVR    Contingent Value Rights
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s

 

 

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  SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

 

  

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF | REM | Cboe BZX

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iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF | REZ | NYSE Arca

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

 

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President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Total Returns as of September 30, 2022  
     6-Month     12-Month  
   

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    (20.20)%       (15.47)%  
   

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    (19.01)          (23.50)     
   

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

    (22.51)          (25.13)     
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    (21.70)          (28.11)     
   

3-month Treasury bills
(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S.
Treasury Bill Index)

    0.58           0.63      
   

U.S. Treasury securities
(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S.
Treasury Index)

    (10.81)          (16.20)     
   

U.S. investment grade
bonds (Bloomberg
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    (9.22)          (14.60)     
   

Tax-exempt municipal
bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    (6.30)          (11.50)     
   

U.S. high yield bonds
(Bloomberg U.S.
Corporate High Yield 2%
Issuer Capped Index)

    (10.42)          (14.15)     

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

      Page  

The Markets in Review

     2  

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     6  

Disclosure of Expenses

     6  

Schedules of Investments

     7  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     12  

Statements of Operations

     13  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     14  

Financial Highlights

     15  

Notes to Financial Statements

     17  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     23  

Supplemental Information

     25  

General Information

     26  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     27  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Mortgage Real Estate ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) that hold U.S. residential and commercial mortgages, as represented by the FTSE Nareit All Mortgage Capped Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          

Average Annual Total Returns

 

         

Cumulative Total Returns

 

 
    

 

6-Month Total
Returns

 

    

1 Year

 

    

5 Years

 

   

10 Years

 

          

1 Year

 

    

5 Years

 

    

10 Years

 

 

 

Fund NAV

 

 

 

 

(32.47

 

)% 

  

 

 

 

(36.69

 

)% 

  

 

 

 

(7.04

 

)% 

 

 

 

 

(0.21

 

)% 

   

 

 

 

(36.69

 

)% 

  

 

 

 

(30.57

 

)% 

  

 

 

 

(2.03

 

)% 

Fund Market

    (32.52      (36.75      (7.05     (0.23       (36.75      (30.62      (2.31

Index

 

   

 

(32.46

 

 

    

 

(36.50

 

 

    

 

(6.47

 

 

   

 

0.35

 

 

 

           

 

(36.50

 

 

    

 

(28.42

 

 

    

 

3.58

 

 

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

 

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

          

 

     

 

      

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a)  

         

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a)  

      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 

 

  $        1,000.00

 

    

 

 

 

 

  $        675.30

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  $        2.02

 

 

 

 

         

 

  $        1,000.00

 

    

 

 

 

 

  $        1,022.66

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  $         2.43

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

0.48

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

INDUSTRY ALLOCATION

 

 
   
Industry  

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

 

Mortgage REITs

    100.0%  

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

 

 

 

Percent of   

Total Investments(a)

 

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

  15.4%

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

  11.1   

AGNC Investment Corp.

  9.2   

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

  8.2   

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

  4.7   

Rithm Capital Corp.

  4.7   

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

  4.7   

Chimera Investment Corp.

  3.2   

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

  3.1   

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

  3.0   
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. residential, healthcare and self-storage real estate equities, as represented by the FTSE Nareit All Residential Capped Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          

Average Annual Total Returns

 

         

Cumulative Total Returns

 

 
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (23.79 )%       (13.78 )%      5.62     7.97       (13.78 )%       31.43      115.24

Fund Market

    (23.87      (13.80     5.62       7.97         (13.80      31.46        115.28  

Index

    (23.67      (13.47     6.05       8.37               (13.47      34.16        123.49  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

 

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

                 

 

     

 

           
Beginning      Ending        Expenses       Beginning      Ending        Expenses               Annualized  
Account Value      Account Value        Paid During       Account Value      Account Value        Paid During               Expense  
(04/01/22)      (09/30/22)        the Period (a)            (04/01/22)      (09/30/22)        the Period (a)                Ratio  
$        1,000.00      $        762.10        $        2.12             $        1,000.00      $        1,022.66        $        2.43                 0.48

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

INDUSTRY ALLOCATION

 

   
Industry   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Residential REITs

  50.0%

Health Care REITs

  25.6   

Specialized REITs

  24.1   

Office REITs

  0.3   

 

(a)

Excludes money market funds

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security   Percent of   
Total Investments(a)

Public Storage

  12.1%

Welltower, Inc.

  7.9   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

  6.8   

Equity Residential

  6.6   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

  6.0   

Invitation Homes, Inc.

  5.4   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

  4.8   

Sun Communities, Inc.

  4.5   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

  4.4   

Ventas, Inc.

  4.3   
 

 

 

U N D   S U M M A R Y

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Mortgage Real Estate ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Common Stocks            
Mortgage REITs — 97.1%            

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.

    307,664     $ 1,264,499  

AGNC Investment Corp.

    5,853,048       49,282,664  

Angel Oak Mortgage, Inc.(a)

    168,487       2,018,474  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    4,826,256       82,818,553  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    1,991,498       16,529,433  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

    2,195,747         25,251,091  

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

    726,427       7,591,162  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    1,615,114       7,865,605  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    1,897,045       44,277,030  

BrightSpire Capital, Inc.

    1,326,242       8,368,587  

Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc.

    1,842,822       9,416,821  

Chimera Investment Corp.

    3,291,260       17,180,377  

Dynex Capital, Inc.

    619,536       7,217,594  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    804,561       9,147,859  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    1,191,543       12,832,918  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    735,783       4,738,443  

Great Ajax Corp.

    304,588       2,287,456  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.(a)

    842,824       25,225,722  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    470,536       5,222,950  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    808,317       13,135,151  

Ladder Capital Corp.

    1,607,995       14,407,635  

MFA Financial, Inc.

    1,452,762       11,302,488  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    5,380,947       12,591,416  

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

    504,124       4,133,817  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    1,282,368       15,106,295  
Security   Shares     Value  
Mortgage REITs (continued)            

Ready Capital Corp.

    1,048,319     $ 10,629,955  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    1,651,488       9,479,541  

Rithm Capital Corp.

    3,447,755       25,237,567  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    3,273,098       59,635,846  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.

    975,422       6,827,954  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    4,889,972       16,234,707  
   

 

 

 
        537,259,610  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.1%
(Cost: $845,511,933)

      537,259,610  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities(b)(c)(d)            
Money Market Funds — 1.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%

    7,017,712       7,019,817  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.3%
(Cost: $7,016,882)

      7,019,817  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 98.4%
(Cost: $852,528,815)

      544,279,427  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.6%

      8,872,472  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 553,151,899  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(d) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 23,893       $6,989,153 (a)    $     $ 3,840     $ 2,931     $ 7,019,817       7,017,712     $ 38,772 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c)

    1,230,000             (1,230,000 )(a)                              9,632        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 3,840     $ 2,931     $   7,019,817       $   48,404     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 
  (c) 

As of period end, the entity is no longer held by the Fund.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
    

Notional
Amount

(000)

    

Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

           

Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index

     508        12/16/22      $ 16,139      $ 11,159  
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Mortgage Real Estate ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 11,159      $      $      $      $   11,159  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 47,468      $      $      $      $ 47,468  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 41,084      $      $      $      $   41,084  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 16,117,675  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $ 537,259,610      $      $      $ 537,259,610  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     7,019,817                      7,019,817  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $         544,279,427      $      $      $         544,279,427  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Assets

           

Equity Contracts

   $ 11,159      $                 —      $                 —      $ 11,159  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Health Care REITs — 25.4%  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    185,625     $ 3,361,669  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    45,567       1,492,319  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    462,320       457,743  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

    117,109       997,769  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

    733,175       15,286,699  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    1,042,872       23,902,626  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    76,825       2,877,096  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    1,148,456       13,620,688  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    82,624       4,670,735  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    454,453       13,401,819  

Physicians Realty Trust

    432,494       6,504,710  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    443,708       5,821,449  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    24,586       1,062,361  

Ventas, Inc.

    742,300       29,818,191  

Welltower, Inc.

    851,216       54,750,213  
   

 

 

 
      178,026,087  
Office REITs — 0.3%  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)

    165,583       1,882,679  
   

 

 

 
Residential REITs — 49.7%  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    586,525       19,243,885  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    297,700       11,497,174  

Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A

    287,904       2,101,699  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    256,281       47,204,397  

Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc.

    55,089       1,473,631  

BRT Apartments Corp.

    23,370       474,645  

Camden Property Trust

    200,482       23,947,575  

Centerspace

    29,532       1,988,094  

Elme Communities

    168,043       2,950,835  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    343,459       21,582,964  

Equity Residential

    679,466       45,673,705  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    125,681       30,443,709  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.(b)

    426,131       7,129,172  

Invitation Homes, Inc.(b)

    1,119,605       37,809,061  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    214,020       33,188,081  
Security   Shares     Value  
Residential REITs (continued)  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    43,511     $ 2,010,643  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    232,395       31,450,015  

UDR, Inc.

    626,145       26,116,508  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    95,195       1,537,399  
   

 

 

 
      347,823,192  
Specialized REITs — 24.0%  

CubeSmart

    432,234       17,315,294  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.(b)

    243,085       41,983,210  

Life Storage, Inc.

    162,682       18,018,658  

National Storage Affiliates Trust(b)

    164,153       6,825,482  

Public Storage

    286,924       84,014,217  
   

 

 

 
      168,156,861  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.4%
(Cost: $889,692,404)

 

    695,888,819  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 2.6%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    16,649,592       16,654,587  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    1,250,564       1,250,564  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.6%
(Cost: $17,902,333)

 

    17,905,151  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 102.0%
(Cost: $907,594,737)

 

    713,793,970  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.0)%

 

    (13,735,925
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 700,058,045  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $     $ 16,649,792 (a)    $     $ 1,977     $ 2,818     $ 16,654,587       16,649,592     $ 7,053 (b)    $             —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    2,910,000             (1,659,436 )(a)                  1,250,564       1,250,564       9,780        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 1,977     $ 2,818     $ 17,905,151       $ 16,833     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)  (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index

     129        12/16/22      $ 4,098      $ (243,026
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $   243,026      $      $      $      $   243,026  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedules of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 23,157      $      $      $      $      23,157  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $   (384,731    $      $      $      $ (384,731
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

 

   $

 

4,137,030

 

 

 

 

 

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)  (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                   

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $ 695,888,819      $             —      $             —      $ 695,888,819  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     17,905,151                      17,905,151  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $     713,793,970      $      $      $     713,793,970  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

           

Equity Contracts

   $ (243,026    $      $      $ (243,026
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

     iShares
Mortgage Real
Estate ETF
    iShares
Residential and
Multisector Real
Estate ETF
 

ASSETS

   

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 537,259,610     $ 695,888,819  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    7,019,817       17,905,151  

Cash

    808,769       119,999  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    1,211,000       306,000  

Receivables:

   

 Investments sold

    7,432,599       3,948,129  

 Securities lending income — affiliated

    6,308       1,200  

 Dividends — unaffiliated

    14,411,865       2,934,643  

 Dividends — affiliated

    3,778       3,684  

 Variation margin on futures contracts

    136,856       34,688  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    568,290,602       721,142,313  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

   

Collateral on securities loaned

    7,013,050       16,650,175  

Payables:

   

 Investments purchased

    1,524,475       551,975  

 Capital shares redeemed

    6,319,159       3,534,625  

 Investment advisory fees

    282,019       347,493  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    15,138,703       21,084,268  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 553,151,899     $ 700,058,045  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

   

Paid-in capital

  $  1,209,076,731     $     868,713,285  

Accumulated loss

    (655,924,832     (168,655,240
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 553,151,899     $ 700,058,045  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

   

Shares outstanding

    26,400,000       9,750,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 20.95     $ 71.80  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)   Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 845,511,933     $ 889,692,404  

(b)   Securities loaned, at value

  $ 6,969,670     $ 16,390,943  

(c)   Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 7,016,882     $ 17,902,333  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations  (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

     iShares
Mortgage Real
Estate ETF
    iShares
Residential and
Multisector Real
Estate ETF
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

   

 Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 14,914,644     $ 15,540,236  

 Dividends — affiliated

    9,632       9,780  

 Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    38,772       7,053  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    14,963,048       15,557,069  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

 Investment advisory

    1,935,142       2,394,892  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,935,142       2,394,892  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    13,027,906       13,162,177  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

   

 Net realized gain (loss) from:

   

  Investments — unaffiliated

    (60,948,687     (11,677,774

  Investments — affiliated

    3,840       1,977  

  Futures contracts

    47,468       23,157  

  In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    173,072       49,528,714  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (60,724,307     37,876,074  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

   

  Investments — unaffiliated

    (243,520,056     (323,484,378

  Investments — affiliated

    2,931       2,818  

  Futures contracts

    41,084       (384,731
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (243,476,041     (323,866,291
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (304,200,348     (285,990,217
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (291,172,442   $ (272,828,040
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF     iShares Residential and Multisector Real
Estate ETF
 
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 13,027,906     $ 32,106,113     $ 13,162,177     $ 15,723,193  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (60,724,307     131,124,057       37,876,074       107,107,083  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (243,476,041     (173,766,987     (323,866,291     99,352,430  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (291,172,442     (10,536,817     (272,828,040     222,182,706  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (35,558,183     (81,209,640     (14,075,997     (18,832,367
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (95,226,032     (446,732,193     (301,311,837     589,464,681  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (421,956,657     (538,478,650     (588,215,874     792,815,020  

Beginning of period

         975,108,556           1,513,587,206           1,288,273,919       495,458,899  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 553,151,899     $ 975,108,556     $ 700,058,045     $     1,288,273,919  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF  
   

 

Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
     Year Ended
03/31/18
 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 32.67     $ 35.20      $ 18.67      $ 43.32      $ 42.48      $ 45.34  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.47       0.82        1.38        2.61        3.13        2.66  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (10.86     (1.27      17.37        (23.51      1.52        (1.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (10.39     (0.45      18.75        (20.90      4.65        1.48  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

               

From net investment income

    (1.33     (2.08      (1.34      (2.60      (3.08      (3.53

Return of capital

                 (0.88      (1.15      (0.73      (0.81
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.33     (2.08      (2.22      (3.75      (3.81      (4.34
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 20.95     $ 32.67      $ 35.20      $ 18.67      $ 43.32      $ 42.48  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

               

Based on net asset value

    (32.47 )%(e)      (1.65 )%       103.62      (51.80 )%       11.46      3.10
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

               

Total expenses

    0.48 %(g)       0.48      0.48      0.48      0.48      0.48
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.23 %(g)       2.30      4.94      6.16      7.22      5.82
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 553,152     $ 975,109      $ 1,513,587      $ 593,850      $ 1,252,029      $ 1,004,534  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    16     20      30      29      25      31
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF  
   

 

Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/22
     Year Ended
03/31/21
     Year Ended
03/31/20
     Year Ended
03/31/19
     Year Ended
03/31/18
 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 95.78     $ 73.95      $ 55.26      $ 70.64      $ 57.61      $ 63.14  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    1.12       1.46        1.51        1.55        1.80        1.64  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (23.86     21.98        19.29        (14.77      13.45        (4.94
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (22.74     23.44        20.80        (13.22      15.25        (3.30
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

               

From net investment income

    (1.24     (1.50      (2.11      (2.16      (2.00      (2.23

From net realized gain

          (0.11                    (0.22       
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.24     (1.61      (2.11      (2.16      (2.22      (2.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 71.80     $ 95.78      $ 73.95      $ 55.26      $ 70.64      $ 57.61  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

               

Based on net asset value

    (23.79 )%(e)      31.85      38.23      (19.25 )%       26.94      (5.41 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

               

Total expenses

    0.48 %(g)       0.48      0.48      0.48      0.48      0.48
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.64 %(g)       1.64      2.36      2.07      2.81      2.61
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 700,058     $ 1,288,274      $ 495,459      $ 331,559      $ 430,875      $ 285,163  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    8     8      7      12      10      19
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

iShares ETF  

 

Diversification
Classification

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate

    Non-Diversified  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    Non-Diversified  

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the

 

 

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price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

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.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty    Securities
Loaned at Value
     Cash
Collateral Received(a)
    

Non-Cash

Collateral Received,

at Fair Value(a)

     Net
Amount(b)
 

 

Mortgage Real Estate

           

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

   $ 5,770,504      $ (5,764,720    $      $ 5,784  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     1,085,388        (1,085,388              

Natixis SA

     47,888        (47,840             48  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     20,366        (20,366              

UBS AG

     45,524        (45,524              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 6,969,670      $       (6,963,838    $      $ 5,832  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty     
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
    

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,

at Fair Value

 
 

(a)  

    
Net
Amount
 
(b) 

 

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

           

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

   $ 10,549,748      $ (10,549,748    $      $  

National Financial Services LLC

     690,228        (684,750             5,478  

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

     4,943,715        (4,943,715              

UBS Securities LLC

     207,252        (206,760             492  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 16,390,943      $ (16,384,973    $      $ 5,970  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of September 30, 2022. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fees  

Mortgage Real Estate

    0.48

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    0.48  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. Each Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs

 

 

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directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

iShares ETF   Amounts  

Mortgage Real Estate

  $   10,215  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    2,999  

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Loss
 

Mortgage Real Estate

  $   10,592,266      $   28,010,879      $   (7,567,853

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    17,553,110        13,363,828        (4,020,614

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

Mortgage Real Estate

  $   130,764,887      $   126,276,944  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    88,731,615        82,086,709  

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    

In-kind

Sales

 

Mortgage Real Estate

  $   182,316,503      $   275,203,227  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    167,735,483        467,999,692  

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

 

 

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Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of March 31, 2022, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Amounts  

Mortgage Real Estate

  $   191,583,889  

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Mortgage Real Estate

  $   925,406,870      $ 35,232,039      $ (416,348,323   $   (381,116,284

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    918,075,109        4,376,316        (208,900,481     (204,524,165

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that

 

 

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time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

 

 
   

 

Six Months Ended
09/30/22

 

   

 

Year Ended
03/31/22

 

 

 

iShares ETF

 

 

 

Shares

 

   

 

Amount

 

   

 

Shares

 

   

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate

       

Shares sold

    6,400,000     $ 183,567,514       8,400,000     $ 299,578,675  

Shares redeemed

    (9,850,000     (278,793,546     (21,550,000     (746,310,868
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (3,450,000   $ (95,226,032     (13,150,000   $ (446,732,193
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

       

Shares sold

    1,850,000     $      168,322,933       10,400,000     $      926,228,317  

Shares redeemed

    (5,550,000     (469,634,770     (3,650,000     (336,763,636
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (3,700,000   $ (301,311,837     6,750,000     $ 589,464,681  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

11.   SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF, iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were higher than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract  (continued)

 

revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

September 30, 2022

 

 

 
   

 

Total Cumulative Distributions

for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

 

 

              

 

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative

Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

 

 

 
 

 

 

       

 

 

 

iShares ETF

 

 

 

Net
Investment
Income

 

    

Net Realized
Capital Gains

 

    

Return of
Capital

 

    

Total Per
Share

 

           

 

Net
Investment
Income

 

   

Net Realized
Capital Gains

 

   

Return of
Capital

 

   

Total Per   

Share   

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate(a)

  $  1.042518      $      $  0.290060      $  1.332578           78         22     100%  

Residential and Multisector Real Estate

    1.238873                      1.238873           100                   100     

 

 

 

(a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

 

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General Information   

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

REIT                 Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by FTSE International Limited, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.

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  SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

 

    

  

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF | STLG | Cboe BZX

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iShares Factors US Value Style ETF | STLV | Cboe BZX


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2022  
     
       6-Month       12-Month  
   

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    (20.20 )%      (15.47 )% 
   

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    (19.01     (23.50
   

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia,
Far East Index)

    (22.51     (25.13
   

Emerging market
equities (MSCI Emerging
Markets Index)

    (21.70     (28.11
   

3-month Treasury bills
(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S.
Treasury Bill Index)

    0.58       0.63  
   

U.S. Treasury securities
(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S.
Treasury Index)

    (10.81     (16.20
   

U.S. investment grade
bonds (Bloomberg
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    (9.22     (14.60
   

Tax-exempt municipal
bonds (Bloomberg
Municipal Bond Index)

    (6.30     (11.50
   

U.S. high yield bonds
(Bloomberg U.S.
Corporate High Yield 2%
Issuer Capped Index)

    (10.42     (14.15
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

      Page  

The Markets in Review

  

 

2

 

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

  

 

4

 

About Fund Performance

  

 

6

 

Disclosure of Expenses

  

 

6

 

Schedules of Investments

  

 

7

 

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

  

 

16

 

Statements of Operations

  

 

17

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  

 

18

 

Financial Highlights

  

 

19

 

Notes to Financial Statements

  

 

21

 

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

  

 

27

 

General Information

  

 

31

 

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

  

 

32

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks with favorable exposure to target style factors subject to constraints, as represented by the Russell US Large Cap Factors Growth Style Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (21.00 )%       (19.85 )%       6.08       (19.85 )%       17.37

Fund Market

    (21.14      (19.91      6.08         (19.91      17.38  

Index

    (20.99      (19.73      6.24               (19.73      17.85  

The inception date of the Fund was January 14, 2020. The first day of secondary market trading was January 16, 2020.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 790.00        $ 1.12             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,023.81        $ 1.27          0.25

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION  
Sector    

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Information Technology

    45.0

Consumer Discretionary

    18.9  

Health Care

    11.6  

Industrials

    7.5  

Financials

    5.1  

Consumer Staples

    4.9  

Materials

    3.6  

Energy

    1.2  

Communication Services

    1.1  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.1  
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS  
Security    

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Apple Inc.

    13.4

Microsoft Corp.

    10.3  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    4.7  

Tesla, Inc.

    2.7  

AbbVie, Inc.

    2.6  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    2.2  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    2.2  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    2.0  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    1.8  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1.7  
 

 

(a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Factors USValue Style ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks with favorable exposure to target style factors subject to constraints, as represented by the Russell US Large Cap Factors Value Style Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

           Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (15.74 )%       (13.08 )%       1.16       (13.08 )%       3.18

Fund Market

    (15.89      (13.21      1.15         (13.21      3.17  

Index

    (15.65      (12.97      1.30               (12.97      3.56  

The inception date of the Fund was January 14, 2020. The first day of secondary market trading was January 16, 2020.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 842.60        $ 1.16             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,023.81        $ 1.27          0.25

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION  
Sector    

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Financials

    22.2

Health Care

    16.7  

Industrials

    10.1  

Information Technology

    10.1  

Consumer Discretionary

    9.5  

Consumer Staples

    9.3  

Energy

    6.0  

Utilities

    4.8  

Communication Services

    4.4  

Materials

    3.9  

Real Estate

    3.0  
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS  
Security    

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Johnson & Johnson

    3.1

Merck & Co., Inc.

    2.2  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    2.1  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    2.0  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1.8  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1.8  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    1.6  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    1.6  

CVS Health Corp.

    1.5  

Enhabit, Inc.

    1.5  
 

 

(a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 2.0%  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    147     $      12,982  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    267       43,131  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

56,113

 

 

Automobiles — 2.7%  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    289       76,657  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.1%  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    25       4,081  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 4.3%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    542       72,742  

Amgen, Inc.

    59       13,298  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    147       17,383  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    65       18,820  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

122,243

 

 

Building Products — 0.9%  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    5       1,402  

Masco Corp.

    306       14,287  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)

    210       9,228  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

24,917

 

 

Capital Markets — 4.4%  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    73       18,392  

Blackstone, Inc., NVS

    103       8,621  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    24       9,603  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    120       50,615  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    377       37,255  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

124,486

 

 

Chemicals — 1.3%  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    161       15,496  

Chemours Co.

    324       7,987  

Mosaic Co.

    184       8,893  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    102       4,360  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

36,736

 

 

Communications Equipment — 0.5%  

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    78       8,806  

Ubiquiti, Inc.

    15       4,403  
   

 

 

 
      13,209  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  

Sealed Air Corp.

    202       8,991  
   

 

 

 
Distributors — 0.4%  

Pool Corp.

    32       10,183  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%  

H&R Block, Inc.

    143       6,083  
   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.1%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    221       20,374  

Jabil, Inc.

    56       3,232  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    6       944  

Vontier Corp.

    435       7,269  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

31,819

 

 

Entertainment — 0.0%  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    7       763  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%  

Public Storage

    29       8,491  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    1       285  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

8,776

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 2.9%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    268       19,513  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food & Staples Retailing (continued)  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    134     $      63,284  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    9       300  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

83,097

 

 

Food Products — 1.2%  

Hershey Co.

    161       35,496  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    16       5,213  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.6%  

Chemed Corp.

    40       17,462  

DaVita, Inc.(a)

    84       6,953  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    82       15,071  

McKesson Corp.

    31       10,536  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    35       11,544  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    24       12,121  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

73,687

 

 

Health Care Technology — 0.0%  

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    7       1,154  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.5%  

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)

    134       14,075  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    68       21,094  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    71       7,550  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

42,719

 

 

Household Products — 0.6%  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    124       15,655  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.8%  

Vistra Corp.

    1,057       22,197  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.8%  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    3       2,518  

Aon PLC, Class A

    1       268  

Assurant, Inc.

    135       19,611  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

22,397

 

 

Interactive Media & Services — 1.1%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    192       18,365  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    140       13,461  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

31,826

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 5.4%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    1,195       135,035  

eBay, Inc.

    333       12,258  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)

    222       7,226  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

154,519

 

 

IT Services — 1.3%  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    1       277  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    1       284  

MongoDB, Inc., Class A(a)

    6       1,192  

Paychex, Inc.

    38       4,264  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)(b)

    176       30,571  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

36,588

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%  

Danaher Corp.

    2       517  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    486       12,407  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    23       24,935  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    1       507  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

38,366

 

 

Machinery — 0.6%  

AGCO Corp.

    3       289  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    278     $        9,385  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    111       7,082  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

16,756

 

 

Multiline Retail — 1.6%  

Dollar General Corp.

    65       15,591  

Target Corp.

    197       29,233  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

44,824

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%  

Devon Energy Corp.

    432       25,976  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    87       5,028  

Range Resources Corp.

    118       2,981  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

33,985

 

 

Paper & Forest Products — 2.0%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    1,119       57,282  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.2%  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    129       41,712  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    570       49,088  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

90,800

 

 

Professional Services — 2.7%  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A

    494       45,621  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)

    101       16,737  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    207       15,835  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

78,193

 

 

Road & Rail — 0.5%  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)

    57       14,180  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 7.0%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    62       3,928  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)

    639       13,962  

Broadcom, Inc.

    45       19,981  

KLA Corp.

    32       9,684  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    178       8,759  

NVIDIA Corp.

    364       44,186  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    558       63,043  

Teradyne, Inc.

    94       7,064  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    182       28,170  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

198,777

 

 

Software — 20.1%  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    26       7,155  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    76       18,103  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(a)

    174       36,643  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    175       28,600  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    96       9,974  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    184       30,325  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    213       4,413  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    54       22,249  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    628       30,854  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

    37       9,994  

Intuit, Inc.

    30       11,620  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    218       29,001  

Microsoft Corp.

    1,258       292,988  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    24       483  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    315       6,561  

Oracle Corp.

    224       13,680  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    12     $        1,966  

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(a)

    272       9,346  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    24       7,332  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    53       1,646  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

572,933

 

 

Specialty Retail — 5.9%  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    10       21,419  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    260       16,468  

Home Depot, Inc.

    118       32,561  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)

    889       13,077  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    145       27,233  

Tractor Supply Co.

    63       11,711  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    534       15,550  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    251       29,580  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

167,599

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 15.1%  

Apple Inc.

    2,773       383,228  

HP, Inc.

    1,397       34,813  

NetApp, Inc.

    202       12,494  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

430,535

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.3%  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    92       28,760  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)

    14       3,914  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    36       2,992  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

35,666

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.8%  

Watsco, Inc.

    17       4,377  

WESCO International, Inc.(a)

    9       1,074  

WW Grainger, Inc.

    36       17,611  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

23,062

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 100.2%
(Cost: $3,452,178)

      2,852,563  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities(c)(d)            
Money Market Funds — 1.7%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    45,604       45,618  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    3,782       3,782  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.7%
(Cost: $49,400)

      49,400  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.9%
(Cost: $3,501,578)

      2,901,963  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.9)%

      (53,308
   

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%         $  2,848,655  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/22
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sale
     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
09/30/22
     Shares
Held at
09/30/22
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 4,274      $ 41,342 (a)     $      $ 3      $ (1    $ 45,618        45,604      $ 73 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

            3,782 (a)                             3,782        3,782        16         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 3      $ (1    $ 49,400         $ 89      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

 

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

           

Air Freight & Logistics

   $                 56,113      $                     —      $                     —      $                 56,113  

Automobiles

     76,657                      76,657  

Beverages

     4,081                      4,081  

Biotechnology

     122,243                      122,243  

Building Products

     24,917                      24,917  

Capital Markets

     124,486                      124,486  

Chemicals

     36,736                      36,736  

Communications Equipment

     13,209                      13,209  

Containers & Packaging

     8,991                      8,991  

Distributors

     10,183                      10,183  

Diversified Consumer Services

     6,083                      6,083  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     31,819                      31,819  

Entertainment

     763                      763  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     8,776                      8,776  

Food & Staples Retailing

     83,097                      83,097  

Food Products

     35,496                      35,496  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     5,213                      5,213  

Health Care Providers & Services

     73,687                      73,687  

Health Care Technology

     1,154                      1,154  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     42,719                      42,719  

Household Products

     15,655                      15,655  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

     22,197                      22,197  

Insurance

     22,397                      22,397  

Interactive Media & Services

     31,826                      31,826  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     154,519                      154,519  

IT Services

     36,588                      36,588  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     38,366                      38,366  

Machinery

     16,756                      16,756  

Multiline Retail

     44,824                      44,824  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     33,985                      33,985  

Paper & Forest Products

     57,282                      57,282  

Pharmaceuticals

     90,800                      90,800  

 

 

C H E D U L E S    O F    N V E S  T M E N T S

  9


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Factors US Growth Style ETF

 

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

           

Professional Services

   $                 78,193      $                     —      $                     —      $                 78,193  

Road & Rail

     14,180                      14,180  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     198,777                      198,777  

Software

     562,959        9,974               572,933  

Specialty Retail

     167,599                      167,599  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     430,535                      430,535  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     35,666                      35,666  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     23,062                      23,062  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     49,400                      49,400  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

 

$

 

2,891,989

 

 

  

 

$

 

9,974

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

2,901,963

 

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

10  

2 0 2 2    H A R E S    E M I - A N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.0%  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    3     $ 1,411  
   

 

 

 
Air Freight & Logistics — 2.1%  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    39       3,756  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    220       19,428  

FedEx Corp.

    104       15,441  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    236       38,124  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

     76,749

 

 

Banks — 1.9%  

Citigroup, Inc.

    427       17,793  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    113       11,809  

Popular, Inc.

    517       37,255  

Regions Financial Corp.

    45       903  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

67,760

 

 

Biotechnology — 1.7%  

Amgen, Inc.

    70       15,778  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    12       3,204  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    435       26,835  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    127       15,018  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    4       1,158  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

61,993

 

 

Building Products — 1.5%  

Lennox International, Inc.

    136       30,283  

Masco Corp.

    475       22,178  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

52,461

 

 

Capital Markets — 10.3%  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    1       252  

Carlyle Group, Inc.

    70       1,809  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    860       70,735  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    679       14,612  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    114       33,408  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    2,531       74,664  

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    1,685       53,634  

Morgan Stanley

    311       24,572  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    76       32,056  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    306       30,239  

State Street Corp.

    126       7,662  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    128       6,644  

Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,091       22,660  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

372,947

 

 

Chemicals — 0.5%  

Chemours Co.

    192       4,733  

Huntsman Corp.

    140       3,435  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    236       10,089  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

18,257

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%  

Republic Services, Inc.

    126       17,141  
   

 

 

 
Communications Equipment — 1.3%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    76       3,040  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    98       2,560  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    119       26,652  

Ubiquiti, Inc.

    51       14,972  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

47,224

 

 

Consumer Finance — 3.2%  

Ally Financial, Inc.

    1,396       38,851  

American Express Co.

    44       5,936  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    176       16,222  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    767       22,642  
Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Finance (continued)            

SLM Corp.

    869     $ 12,157  

Synchrony Financial

    649       18,295  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

114,103

 

 

Containers & Packaging — 1.0%  

Amcor PLC

    1,216       13,048  

Ball Corp.

    149       7,200  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    379       15,933  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

     36,181

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%  

H&R Block, Inc.

    317       13,485  

Service Corp. International

    68       3,926  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

17,411

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    64       1,686  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    422       25,531  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

27,217

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.9%  

AT&T Inc.

    612       9,388  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    4,257       30,991  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,727       65,574  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

105,953

 

 

Electric Utilities — 2.5%  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    4       346  

Duke Energy Corp.

    91       8,465  

Entergy Corp.

    139       13,987  

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    644       22,321  

IDACORP, Inc.

    68       6,733  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    400       15,308  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    160       10,322  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    171       10,944  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

88,426

 

 

Electrical Equipment — 0.8%  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    3       472  

nVent Electric PLC

    845       26,711  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

27,183

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)

    2       184  

Avnet, Inc.

    141       5,093  

Jabil, Inc.

    26       1,501  

Vontier Corp.

    387       6,467  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

13,245

 

 

Entertainment — 0.3%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    6       446  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    52       6,017  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    29       272  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    53       5,777  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

12,512

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.1%  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    315       5,818  

Equity Residential

    194       13,041  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    414       9,489  

Public Storage(b)

    70       20,497  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    88       25,049  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    910       36,545  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

110,439

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 4.0%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

    1,482       36,843  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    142       10,339  
   
 

 

 

C H E D U L E S    O F    N V E S  T M E N T S

  11


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Shares

    Value  

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

 

Kroger Co.

    859     $      37,581  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    207       6,500  

Walmart, Inc.

    412       53,436  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

144,699

 

 

Food Products — 2.4%  

Campbell Soup Co.

    46       2,168  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    1,673       41,306  

General Mills, Inc.

    3       230  

Hershey Co.

    111       24,472  

J M Smucker Co.

    126       17,314  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

85,490

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%  

Abbott Laboratories

    168       16,256  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    44       1,247  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

17,503

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 4.5%  

Chemed Corp.

    26       11,351  

CVS Health Corp.

    585       55,791  

Enhabit, Inc.(a)

    3,827       53,731  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    107       19,666  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    4       263  

McKesson Corp.

    35       11,895  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    24       7,916  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

160,613

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    75       23,265  

McDonald’s Corp.

    29       6,691  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    306       32,540  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

62,496

 

 

Household Durables — 0.2%            

Newell Brands, Inc.

    601       8,348  
   

 

 

 
Household Products — 1.1%            

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    145       10,186  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    28       3,151  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    219       27,649  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

40,986

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3%  

Vistra Corp.

    461       9,681  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 6.1%            

Aflac, Inc.

    285       16,017  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    1       839  

Allstate Corp.

    124       15,442  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    194       23,848  

Aon PLC, Class A

    7       1,875  

Assurant, Inc.

    48       6,973  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    378       18,314  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    208       10,223  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    655       28,440  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    57       5,105  

CNA Financial Corp.

    225       8,302  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    4       1,050  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

    263       9,521  

First American Financial Corp.

    32       1,475  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    28       3,588  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    38       2,354  

Loews Corp.

    503       25,070  

MetLife, Inc.

    284       17,262  

Old Republic International Corp.

    115       2,407  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    19       2,911  
Security  

    

Shares

    Value  

Insurance (continued)

   

Unum Group

    97     $ 3,764  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

    12            15,636  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

220,416

 

 

Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    93       12,618  
   

 

 

 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.6%  

eBay, Inc.

    511       18,810  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    129       4,199  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

23,009

 

 

IT Services — 1.6%  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b)

    4       321  

Concentrix Corp.

    20       2,233  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    229       39,777  

Western Union Co.

    1,202       16,227  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

58,558

 

 

Leisure Products — 0.3%  

Hasbro, Inc.

    155       10,450  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.1%  

Danaher Corp.

    83       21,438  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    37       18,766  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

40,204

 

 

Machinery — 2.7%  

AGCO Corp.

    58       5,578  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    622       20,999  

Dover Corp.

    4       466  

Esab Corp.

    423       14,111  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    3       542  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    886       56,527  

Pentair PLC

    9       366  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

98,589

 

 

Media — 0.8%  

Altice U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    938       5,468  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    532       15,604  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    1,369       7,817  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

28,889

 

 

Metals & Mining — 1.0%  

Alcoa Corp.

    145       4,881  

Nucor Corp.

    62       6,633  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    77       13,429  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    148       10,501  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

35,444

 

 

Multiline Retail — 1.5%  

Kohl’s Corp.

    329       8,274  

Macy’s, Inc.

    1,804       28,269  

Target Corp.

    128       18,994  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

55,537

 

 

Multi-Utilities — 2.1%  

Ameren Corp.

    362       29,159  

CMS Energy Corp.

    81       4,718  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    201       17,238  

NiSource, Inc.

    275       6,927  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    207       18,512  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

76,554

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.0%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    4,778       43,862  

APA Corp.

    24       821  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    511       48,141  

Chevron Corp.

    111       15,947  
 

 

 

12  

2 0 2 2    H A R E S    E M I - A N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

ConocoPhillips

    156     $      15,965  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    432       11,284  

Devon Energy Corp.

    460       27,660  

DT Midstream, Inc.

    603       31,290  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    11       960  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    849       14,127  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    60       1,355  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    102       5,895  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

217,307

 

 

Paper & Forest Products — 1.4%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    1,004       51,395  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 8.9%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    586       41,659  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    49       15,844  

Johnson & Johnson

    692       113,045  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    933       80,350  

Organon & Co.

    128       2,995  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,474       64,502  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    111       4,460  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

322,855

 

 

Professional Services — 1.3%  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

    990       12,266  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)

    147       24,359  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    16       1,035  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    139       10,634  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

48,294

 

 

Road & Rail — 0.9%  

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)

    47       6,978  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    1,195       24,258  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

31,236

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.6%  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    141       9,701  

Intel Corp.

    61       1,572  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    66       5,241  

Teradyne, Inc.(b)

    8       601  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    273       42,255  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

59,370

 

 

Software — 2.6%  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    205       21,299  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)

    403       8,350  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    171       22,748  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    390       7,855  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(a)

    466       9,707  

Oracle Corp.

    190       11,603  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    375       11,648  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

93,210

 

 

Specialty Retail — 3.5%  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    113       11,511  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    2     $ 4,284  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    287       9,356  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    209            13,238  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    143       14,964  

Home Depot, Inc.

    84       23,179  

Leslie’s, Inc.(a)

    639       9,400  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    47       8,827  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    441       12,842  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    166       19,563  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

127,164

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.6%  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    42       1,435  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    4,925       59,001  

HP, Inc.

    1,302       32,446  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

92,882

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.1%  

Carter’s, Inc.

    3       196  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    242       16,287  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    74       23,133  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

39,616

 

 

Tobacco — 1.8%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    509       20,554  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    534       44,327  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

64,881

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%  

Watsco, Inc.

    52       13,388  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 100.3%
(Cost: $4,439,209)

      3,620,295  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities(c)(d)(e)            
Money Market Funds — 1.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency
Shares, 3.18%

    39,517       39,529  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.1%
(Cost: $39,522)

      39,529  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.4%
(Cost: $4,478,731)

      3,659,824  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.4)%

      (50,502
   

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%         $  3,609,322  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

   iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $   105,560     $     $   (66,077) (a)    $ 56     $ (10   $ 39,529       39,517     $ 312 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c)

    10,000             (10,000) (a)                              28        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
       

 

$

 

56

 

 

 

 

$

 

(10

 

 

 

$

 

39,529

 

 

   

 

$

 

340

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 
  (c)

As of period end, the entity is no longer held by the Fund.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

 

Assets

          

Investments

          

Long-Term Investments

          

Common Stocks

          

Aerospace & Defense

  $                 1,411      $                     —      $                     —      $                 1,411  

Air Freight & Logistics

    76,749                      76,749  

Banks

    67,760                      67,760  

Biotechnology

    61,993                      61,993  

Building Products

    52,461                      52,461  

Capital Markets

    372,947                      372,947  

Chemicals

    18,257                      18,257  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    17,141                      17,141  

Communications Equipment

    47,224                      47,224  

Consumer Finance

    114,103                      114,103  

Containers & Packaging

    36,181                      36,181  

Diversified Consumer Services

    17,411                      17,411  

Diversified Financial Services

    27,217                      27,217  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    105,953                      105,953  

Electric Utilities

    88,426                      88,426  

Electrical Equipment

    27,183                      27,183  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    13,245                      13,245  

Entertainment

    12,512                      12,512  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    110,439                      110,439  

Food & Staples Retailing

    144,699                      144,699  

Food Products

    85,490                      85,490  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    17,503                      17,503  

Health Care Providers & Services

    160,613                      160,613  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    62,496                      62,496  

Household Durables

    8,348                      8,348  

Household Products

    40,986                      40,986  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

    9,681                      9,681  

Insurance

    220,416                      220,416  

Interactive Media & Services

    12,618                      12,618  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    23,009                      23,009  

IT Services

    58,558                      58,558  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® Factors US Value Style ETF

 

 

 
    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

          

Leisure Products

  $                 10,450      $                     —      $                     —      $                 10,450  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

    40,204                      40,204  

Machinery

    98,589                      98,589  

Media

    28,889                      28,889  

Metals & Mining

    35,444                      35,444  

Multiline Retail

    55,537                      55,537  

Multi-Utilities

    76,554                      76,554  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    217,307                      217,307  

Paper & Forest Products

    51,395                      51,395  

Pharmaceuticals

    322,855                      322,855  

Professional Services

    48,294                      48,294  

Road & Rail

    31,236                      31,236  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    59,370                      59,370  

Software

    71,911        21,299               93,210  

Specialty Retail

    127,164                      127,164  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    92,882                      92,882  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    39,616                      39,616  

Tobacco

    64,881                      64,881  

Trading Companies & Distributors

    13,388                      13,388  

Short-Term Securities

          

Money Market Funds

    39,529                      39,529  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 3,638,525      $ 21,299      $      $ 3,659,824  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

C H E D U L E S    O F    N V E S  T M E N T S

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

     iShares
Factors US
Growth Style
ETF
    iShares
Factors US
Value Style
ETF
 

ASSETS

   

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 2,852,563     $ 3,620,295  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    49,400       39,529  

Cash

    84       49,399  

Receivables:

   

Investments sold

    1,605        

Securities lending income — affiliated

    5       7,910  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    1,245       5,713  

Dividends — affiliated

    7       13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    2,904,909       3,722,859  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

   

Collateral on securities loaned

    45,650       39,583  

Payables:

   

Investments purchased

    9,973       27,822  

Income dividend distributions

          45,325  

Investment advisory fees

    631       807  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    56,254       113,537  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 2,848,655     $ 3,609,322  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

   

Paid-in capital

  $ 4,708,807     $ 5,003,198  

Accumulated loss

    (1,860,152     (1,393,876
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 2,848,655     $ 3,609,322  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

   

Shares outstanding

    100,000       150,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 28.49     $ 24.06  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)   Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 3,452,178     $ 4,439,209  

(b)   Securities loaned, at value

  $ 43,981     $ 38,450  

(c)   Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 49,400     $ 39,522  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

     iShares
Factors US
Growth Style
ETF
    iShares
Factors US
Value Style
ETF
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

   

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 24,301     $ 88,362  

Dividends — affiliated

    16       28  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    73       312  

Foreign taxes withheld

          (76
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    24,390       88,626  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

Investment advisory

    4,778       7,788  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    4,778       7,788  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    19,612       80,838  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

   

Net realized gain (loss) from:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

    (240,564     (511,146

Investments — affiliated

    3       56  

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    (332,876     307,154  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (573,437     (203,936
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

    (394,739     (576,945

Investments — affiliated

    (1     (10
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (394,740     (576,955
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (968,177     (780,891
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (948,565   $ (700,053
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

  iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF  

         

   iShares Factors US Value Style ETF   

 
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
03/31/22
           Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

         

OPERATIONS

         

Net investment income

  $ 19,612     $ 36,997       $ 80,838     $ 175,589  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (573,437     1,652,570         (203,936     2,079,050  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (394,740     (1,206,725       (576,955     (1,743,608
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (948,565     482,842         (700,053     511,031  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

         

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (19,169     (43,421       (78,215     (173,963
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

         

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (1,642,579     167,748         (2,875,405     62,505  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

         

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (2,610,313     607,169         (3,653,673     399,573  

Beginning of period

    5,458,968       4,851,799         7,262,995       6,863,422  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 2,848,655     $       5,458,968       $ 3,609,322     $       7,262,995  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF  
     

Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
 
 
 
   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
 
   

Period from
01/14/20

to 03/31/20

 
(a)  

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 36.39     $ 32.35     $ 20.27     $ 24.96  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.17       0.24       0.25       0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (7.79     4.06       12.08       (4.69
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (7.62     4.30       12.33       (4.63
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

       

From net investment income

    (0.28     (0.26     (0.25     (0.06

Return of capital

                      (0.00 )(e)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.28     (0.26     (0.25     (0.06
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 28.49     $ 36.39     $ 32.35     $ 20.27  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(f)

       

Based on net asset value

    (21.00 )%(g)      13.28     61.00     (18.54 )%(g)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(h)

       

Total expenses

    0.25 %(i)       0.25     0.25     0.25 %(i)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.03 %(i)       0.66     0.88     1.20 %(i)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 2,849     $ 5,459     $ 4,852     $ 4,054  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(j)

    38     111     103     13
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e)

Rounds to less than $0.01.

(f)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(g)

Not annualized.

(h) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(i) 

Annualized.

(j)

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Factors US Value Style ETF  
   

Six Months Ended
09/30/22

(unaudited

 
 

   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
03/31/21
 
 
   

Period from

01/14/20

to 03/31/20

 

(a)  

 

   

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $               29.05     $ 27.45     $ 17.46     $ 25.09  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.36       0.69       0.51       0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (4.92     1.58       10.06       (7.65
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (4.56     2.27       10.57       (7.50
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (0.43     (0.67     (0.58     (0.13
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 24.06     $ 29.05     $ 27.45     $ 17.46  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

    (15.74 )%(f)      8.28     61.25     (29.87 )%(f)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

    0.25 %(h)       0.25     0.25     0.25 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.60 %(h)       2.37     2.29     3.09 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 3,609     $ 7,263     $ 6,863     $ 3,492  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    61     104     148     16
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f)

Not annualized.

(g)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h)

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) 

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

   
iShares ETF   Diversification
Classification

Factors US Growth Style

  Non-Diversified

Factors US Value Style

  Non-Diversified

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

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.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         
iShares ETF and Counterparty     

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   

Non-Cash
Collateral Received,
at Fair Value
 
 
(a)  
   
Net
Amount
 
 

Factors US Growth Style

         

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

   $ 13,931      $ (13,931   $     $  

Jefferies LLC

     30,050        (30,050            
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 43,981      $ (43,981   $     $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Factors US Value Style

         

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 4,069      $ (4,069   $     $  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     20,445        (20,445            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     896        (896            

Jefferies LLC

     920        (920            

Morgan Stanley

     11,857        (11,857            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     263        (263            
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 38,450      $ (38,450   $     $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF    Investment Advisory Fees  

Factors US Growth Style

     0.25

Factors US Value Style

     0.25  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. Each Fund does not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to April 25, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF    Amounts  

Factors US Growth Style

   $ 24  

Factors US Value Style

     84  

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Factors US Value Style

  $ 404,431      $  528,396      $ (69,675

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends–affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

6.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

Factors US Growth Style

  $  1,476,426      $  1,506,726  

Factors US Value Style

    3,714,678        3,693,804  

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

Factors US Growth Style

  $  6,585,576      $  8,183,597  

Factors US Value Style

    1,437,530        4,300,029  

 

7.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

         
iShares ETF   Tax Cost     Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
    Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Factors US Growth Style

  $   4,047,884     $ 6,125     $ (1,152,046   $ (1,145,921

Factors US Value Style

    4,712,094       34,833       (1,087,103     (1,052,270

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

8.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

9.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     
    Six Months Ended
09/30/22
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Factors US Growth Style

       

Shares sold

    200,000     $     6,596,262       450,000     $ 16,814,770  

Shares redeemed

    (250,000     (8,238,841     (450,000         (16,647,022
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (50,000   $ (1,642,579         $ 167,748  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Factors US Value Style

       

Shares sold

    50,000     $ 1,458,535       450,000     $ 13,270,839  

Shares redeemed

    (150,000     (4,333,940     (450,000     (13,208,334
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (100,000   $ (2,875,405         $ 62,505  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the

 

 

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revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund ad thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

iShares Factors US Value Style ETF (the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in

 

 

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response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were within range of the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may

 

 

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impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

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Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by FTSE Russell, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.

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The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is proving more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Rising input costs and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near term. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

 Total Returns as of September 30, 2022
     
     6-Month      12-Month  
   

U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index)

  (20.20)%    (15.47)%
   

U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index)

  (19.01)       (23.50)   
   

International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

  (22.51)       (25.13)   
   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (21.70)       (28.11)   
   

3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

  0.58    0.63
   

U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

  (10.81)       (16.20)   
   

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

  (9.22)       (14.60)   
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  (6.30)       (11.50)   
   

U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

  (10.42)       (14.15)   

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     Page  

 

 

The Markets in Review

     2  

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     7  

Disclosure of Expenses

     7  

Schedules of Investments

     8  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     33  

Statements of Operations

     34  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     35  

Financial Highlights

     37  

Notes to Financial Statements

     40  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     48  

Supplemental Information

     50  

General Information

     51  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     52  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P 500 Substainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          

Average Annual Total Returns

   

Cumulative Total Returns

 
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      Since
Inception
    1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (21.39 )%       (17.71 )%       4.10     (17.71 )%       8.48

Fund Market

    (21.39      (17.88      4.14       (17.88      8.55  

Index

    (21.37      (17.67      4.20       (17.67      8.67  

The inception date of the Fund was September 22, 2020. The first day of secondary market trading was September 24, 2020.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

           

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

      

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

   $        1,000.00          $        786.10          $          0.36               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.67          $          0.41          0.08

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Information Technology

    29.5

Health Care

    15.3  

Consumer Discretionary

    13.1  

Financials

    11.8  

Communication Services

    9.0  

Consumer Staples

    6.3  

Industrials

    6.2  

Real Estate

    3.1  

Materials

    2.7  

Utilities

    1.8  

Energy

    1.2  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Apple, Inc.

    7.8

Microsoft Corp.

    6.5  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    3.7  

Tesla, Inc.

    2.6  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    2.1  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    1.9  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    1.8  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1.8  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

    1.2  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1.1  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Sustainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          

Average Annual Total Returns

   

Cumulative Total Returns

 
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      Since
Inception
    1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (17.96 )%       (16.48 )%       9.85     (16.48 )%       20.95

Fund Market

    (18.10      (16.62      9.85       (16.62      20.95  

Index

    (17.96      (16.43      10.02       (16.43      21.30  

The inception date of the Fund was September 22, 2020. The first day of secondary market trading was September 24, 2020.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

           

Beginning

Account Value

(04/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(09/30/22)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

      

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

   $        1,000.00          $        820.40          $          0.55               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.47          $          0.61          0.12

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Industrials

    20.2

Financials

    16.6  

Consumer Discretionary

    13.8  

Information Technology

    13.2  

Health Care

    11.1  

Real Estate

    8.5  

Materials

    6.7  

Consumer Staples

    3.6  

Energy

    2.3  

Utilities

    2.3  

Communication Services

    1.7  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    0.8

Targa Resources Corp.

    0.8  

First Solar, Inc.

    0.8  

Wolfspeed, Inc.

    0.7  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    0.7  

First Horizon Corp.

    0.7  

Hubbell, Inc.

    0.7  

Alleghany Corp.

    0.7  

RPM International, Inc.

    0.6  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.

    0.6  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of September 30, 2022    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&PSmall-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results if an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Sustainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

          

Average Annual Total Returns

         

Cumulative Total Returns

 
     6-Month Total
Returns
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (18.63 )%       (19.38 )%       12.00             (19.38 )%       25.79

Fund Market

    (18.50      (19.21      12.09         (19.21      25.99  

Index

    (18.62      (19.22      12.50               (19.22      26.90  

The inception date of the Fund was September 22, 2020. The first day of secondary market trading was September 24, 2020.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
   $        1,000.00          $        813.70          $          0.54               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.47          $          0.61          0.12

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Financials

    17.5

Industrials

    16.7  

Information Technology

    13.8  

Health Care

    13.5  

Consumer Discretionary

    12.6  

Real Estate

    8.0  

Materials

    5.5  

Consumer Staples

    5.0  

Energy

    3.0  

Communication Services

    2.3  

Utilities

    2.1  

 

(a) 

Excludes money market funds.

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Livent Corp.

    0.8

Agree Realty REIT Corp.

    0.7  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

    0.7  

AMN Healthcare, Inc.

    0.6  

Cytokinetics, Inc.

    0.6  

Rogers Corp.

    0.6  

Exponent, Inc.

    0.6  

SPS Commerce, Inc.

    0.6  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    0.6  

Ensign Group, Inc.

    0.6  
 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%

   

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    2,767     $ 85,583  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    384       201,531  
   

 

 

 
      287,114  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    929       89,472  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    1,226       108,268  

FedEx Corp.

    1,778       263,980  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    5,463       882,493  
   

 

 

 
          1,344,213  
Airlines — 0.2%            

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    922       36,096  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)

    4,847       58,358  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    4,807       134,884  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    4,439       136,899  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,420       78,723  
   

 

 

 
      444,960  
Auto Components — 0.1%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    2,029       158,688  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    1,747       54,856  
   

 

 

 
      213,544  
Automobiles — 3.0%            

Ford Motor Co.

    29,477       330,142  

General Motors Co.

    10,884       349,268  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    19,880       5,273,170  
   

 

 

 
      5,952,580  
Banks — 3.6%            

Bank of America Corp.

    52,178       1,575,776  

Citigroup, Inc.

    14,455       602,340  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    3,662       125,826  

Comerica, Inc.

    991       70,460  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    5,136       164,147  

First Republic Bank

    1,369       178,723  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    10,698       141,000  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    21,889       2,287,400  

KeyCorp.

    6,992       112,012  

M&T Bank Corp.

    1,316       232,037  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    3,060       457,225  

Regions Financial Corp.

    7,022       140,932  

Signature Bank

    465       70,215  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    439       147,407  

Truist Financial Corp.

    9,894       430,785  

US Bancorp

    10,090       406,829  

Zions Bancorp NA

    1,112       56,556  
   

 

 

 
      7,199,670  
Beverages — 2.1%            

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    1,367       91,001  

Coca-Cola Co.

    29,051       1,627,437  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    1,185       272,171  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    6,368       228,102  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    1,391       66,754  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    2,883       250,706  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    10,301       1,681,741  
   

 

 

 
      4,217,912  
Biotechnology — 2.5%            

AbbVie, Inc.

    13,197       1,771,169  

Amgen, Inc.

    3,993       900,022  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    1,088       290,496  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    9,355       577,110  
Security   Shares     Value  

Biotechnology (continued)

   

Incyte Corp.(a)

    1,378     $ 91,830  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    2,522       298,227  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    799       550,407  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,914       554,180  
   

 

 

 
          5,033,441  
Building Products — 0.5%            

A O Smith Corp.

    951       46,200  

Allegion PLC

    659       59,099  

Carrier Global Corp.

    6,308       224,312  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    964       51,757  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    5,121       252,056  

Masco Corp.

    1,690       78,906  

Trane Technologies PLC

    1,730       250,521  
   

 

 

 
      962,851  
Capital Markets — 3.3%  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    811       204,332  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    5,512       212,322  

BlackRock, Inc.(b)

    1,126       619,615  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    785       92,136  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    11,397       819,102  

CME Group, Inc.

    2,688       476,125  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    284       113,631  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    2,124       45,709  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    2,548       746,691  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    4,165       376,308  

Invesco Ltd.

    3,409       46,703  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    276       61,407  

Moody’s Corp.

    1,174       285,411  

Morgan Stanley

    9,995       789,705  

MSCI, Inc., Class A

    600       253,074  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    2,540       143,967  

Northern Trust Corp.

    1,560       133,474  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    1,452       143,487  

S&P Global, Inc.

    2,543       776,505  

State Street Corp.

    2,741       166,680  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    1,680       176,417  
   

 

 

 
      6,682,801  
Chemicals — 1.9%            

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    1,655       385,168  

Albemarle Corp.

    870       230,063  

Celanese Corp.

    747       67,484  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    1,493       143,701  

Corteva, Inc.

    5,364       306,552  

Dow, Inc.

    5,383       236,475  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    920       65,366  

Ecolab, Inc.

    1,850       267,177  

FMC Corp.

    948       100,204  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    1,900       172,577  

Linde PLC

    3,720       1,002,875  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    1,903       143,258  

Mosaic Co.

    2,588       125,078  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    1,754       194,150  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    1,757       359,746  
   

 

 

 
      3,799,874  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%  

Cintas Corp.

    639       248,054  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    1,598       170,027  

Republic Services, Inc.

    1,539       209,366  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Rollins, Inc.

    1,681     $ 58,297  

Waste Management, Inc.

    2,806       449,549  
   

 

 

 
      1,135,293  
Communications Equipment — 0.9%            

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    1,847       208,508  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    30,908       1,236,320  

F5, Inc.(a)

    437       63,247  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    2,419       63,184  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    1,250       279,963  
   

 

 

 
      1,851,222  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%            

Quanta Services, Inc.

    1,060       135,033  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    468       150,738  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    997       157,237  
   

 

 

 
      307,975  
Consumer Finance — 0.6%            

American Express Co.

    4,477       603,992  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    2,855       263,146  

Discover Financial Services

    2,047       186,113  

Synchrony Financial

    3,611       101,794  
   

 

 

 
      1,155,045  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%            

Amcor PLC

    11,269       120,916  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    601       97,783  

Ball Corp.

    2,356       113,842  

International Paper Co.

    2,709       85,875  

Packaging Corp. of America

    692       77,705  

Sealed Air Corp.

    1,089       48,471  

Westrock Co.

    1,882       58,135  
   

 

 

 
      602,727  
Distributors — 0.2%            

Genuine Parts Co.

    1,050       156,786  

LKQ Corp.

    1,942       91,565  

Pool Corp.

    296       94,190  
   

 

 

 
      342,541  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.8%            

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    13,471       3,597,026  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%  

AT&T Inc.

    53,188       815,904  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    7,006       51,004  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    31,346       1,190,207  
   

 

 

 
          2,057,115  
Electric Utilities — 1.2%            

Constellation Energy Corp.

    2,430       202,152  

Edison International

    2,846       161,027  

Entergy Corp.

    1,518       152,756  

Eversource Energy

    2,574       200,669  

Exelon Corp.

    7,433       278,440  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    4,069       150,553  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    14,665       1,149,882  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    1,762       67,432  
   

 

 

 
      2,362,911  
Electrical Equipment — 0.6%            

AMETEK, Inc.

    1,711       194,044  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    2,986       398,213  

Emerson Electric Co.

    4,408       322,754  
Security   Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (continued)  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)

    476     $ 84,795  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    859       184,779  
   

 

 

 
      1,184,585  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    4,429       296,566  

CDW Corp.

    1,003       156,548  

Corning, Inc.

    5,674       164,659  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,343       211,335  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    2,397       264,533  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

    1,842       99,965  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    388       101,660  
   

 

 

 
      1,295,266  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%            

Baker Hughes Co.

    7,583       158,940  

Halliburton Co.

    6,776       166,825  

Schlumberger NV

    10,549       378,709  
   

 

 

 
      704,474  
Entertainment — 1.5%            

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    5,308       394,597  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    1,980       229,106  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    1,065       80,983  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    3,317       780,954  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

    1,177       128,293  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    13,607       1,283,548  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a)

    16,539       190,198  
   

 

 

 
          3,087,679  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.0%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    1,107       155,190  

American Tower Corp.

    3,475       746,083  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    1,042       191,926  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    1,064       79,768  

Camden Property Trust

    794       94,843  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    3,234       467,475  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    2,154       213,634  

Duke Realty Corp.

    2,869       138,286  

Equinix, Inc.

    681       387,380  

Equity Residential

    2,524       169,663  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    489       118,450  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    1,002       173,055  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    537       48,394  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    4,048       92,780  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    5,278       83,815  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    2,149       94,492  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    4,653       85,662  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    862       133,670  

Prologis, Inc.

    5,525       561,340  

Public Storage

    1,176       344,345  

Realty Income Corp.

    4,629       269,408  

Regency Centers Corp.

    1,163       62,628  

SBA Communications Corp., Class A

    801       228,005  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    2,443       219,259  

UDR, Inc.

    2,289       95,474  

Ventas, Inc.

    2,994       120,269  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    7,218       215,457  

Vornado Realty Trust

    1,201       27,815  

Welltower, Inc.

    3,442       221,389  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    5,526       157,823  
   

 

 

 
      5,997,778  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%            

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    3,306       1,561,325  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food & Staples Retailing (continued)            

Kroger Co.

    4,851     $ 212,231  

Sysco Corp.

    3,802       268,839  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    5,360       168,304  
   

 

 

 
      2,210,699  
Food Products — 1.3%            

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    4,175       335,879  

Campbell Soup Co.

    1,517       71,481  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    3,583       116,913  

General Mills, Inc.

    4,439       340,072  

Hershey Co.

    1,101       242,737  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    2,121       96,378  

J M Smucker Co.

    799       109,791  

Kellogg Co.

    1,908       132,911  

Kraft Heinz Co.

    5,970       199,100  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    1,075       83,184  

McCormick & Co., Inc., NVS

    1,867       133,061  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    10,230       560,911  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    2,153       141,947  
   

 

 

 
      2,564,365  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%            

Atmos Energy Corp.

    1,038       105,720  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.0%            

Abbott Laboratories

    13,071       1,264,750  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    343       84,261  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    546       113,082  

Baxter International, Inc.

    3,764       202,729  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    2,129       474,405  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    10,671       413,288  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    367       96,851  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.(c)

    1,597       45,275  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    2,931       236,063  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    4,627       382,329  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    1,850       119,362  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    620       201,996  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

    2,665       499,528  

Medtronic PLC

    9,917       800,798  

ResMed, Inc.

    1,094       238,820  

STERIS PLC

    746       124,045  

Stryker Corp.

    2,513       508,983  

Teleflex, Inc.

    351       70,712  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    1,569       164,039  
   

 

 

 
          6,041,316  
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.1%            

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    1,165       157,660  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    2,035       135,694  

Centene Corp.(a)

    4,257       331,237  

Cigna Corp.

    2,278       632,077  

CVS Health Corp.

    9,799       934,531  

DaVita, Inc.(a)

    417       34,515  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    1,792       813,998  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    1,613       296,453  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    1,008       66,296  

Humana, Inc.

    943       457,534  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

    678       138,861  

McKesson Corp.

    1,070       363,661  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    431       142,161  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    870       106,740  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    6,982       3,526,189  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    500       44,090  
   

 

 

 
      8,181,697  
Security   Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%            

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    296     $ 486,390  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    1,600       51,616  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    7,294       51,277  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    208       312,574  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    919       116,088  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    269       83,444  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    1,134       106,244  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    2,038       245,824  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    2,463       92,412  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    2,068       289,809  

McDonald’s Corp.

    5,491       1,266,993  

MGM Resorts International

    2,445       72,665  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(c)

    3,112       35,352  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    1,632       61,853  

Starbucks Corp.

    8,564       721,603  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    774       48,785  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    2,128       226,292  
   

 

 

 
      4,269,221  
Household Durables — 0.3%            

DR Horton, Inc.

    2,369       159,552  

Garmin Ltd.

    1,141       91,634  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    1,911       142,465  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    385       35,108  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    2,762       38,364  

NVR, Inc.(a)

    23       91,703  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    1,720       64,500  

Whirlpool Corp.

    405       54,598  
   

 

 

 
      677,924  
Household Products — 1.6%            

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    1,803       128,806  

Clorox Co.

    915       117,477  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    6,226       437,376  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    2,516       283,151  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    17,835       2,251,669  
   

 

 

 
          3,218,479  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%            

General Electric Co.

    8,185       506,733  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 2.5%            

Aflac, Inc.

    4,310       242,222  

Allstate Corp.

    2,009       250,181  

American International Group, Inc.

    5,700       270,636  

Aon PLC, Class A

    1,574       421,627  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    1,567       268,302  

Assurant, Inc.

    389       56,510  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    1,754       106,082  

Chubb Ltd.

    3,117       566,920  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    1,193       106,857  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    296       77,682  

Globe Life, Inc.

    678       67,597  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    2,420       149,895  

Lincoln National Corp.

    1,161       50,979  

Loews Corp.

    1,461       72,816  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    3,725       556,105  

MetLife, Inc.

    5,022       305,237  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    1,727       124,603  

Progressive Corp.

    4,366       507,373  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    2,765       237,182  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    1,765       270,398  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Insurance (continued)

   

W R Berkley Corp.

    1,523     $ 98,355  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    823       165,374  
   

 

 

 
      4,972,933  
Interactive Media & Services — 5.3%            

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    44,754       4,280,720  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    40,020       3,847,923  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

    2,131       101,755  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    17,023       2,309,681  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    5,039       220,910  
   

 

 

 
          10,760,989  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.8%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    66,154       7,475,402  

eBay, Inc.

    4,118       151,584  

Etsy, Inc.(a)

    954       95,524  
   

 

 

 
      7,722,510  
IT Services — 4.9%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    4,721       1,214,713  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,197       96,143  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    3,101       701,415  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    876       126,425  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    3,864       221,948  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    1,723       42,179  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    426       154,293  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    4,538       342,937  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    4,772       446,516  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

    562       99,008  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    593       164,077  

Global Payments, Inc.

    2,077       224,420  

International Business Machines Corp.

    6,741       800,898  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    538       98,061  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    6,368       1,810,677  

Paychex, Inc.

    2,395       268,743  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,632       742,956  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

    700       121,590  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    12,204       2,168,041  
   

 

 

 
      9,845,040  
Leisure Products — 0.0%            

Hasbro, Inc.

    956       64,454  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.1%            

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    2,230       271,056  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    160       66,742  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    295       83,780  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

    381       74,981  

Danaher Corp.

    4,887       1,262,263  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    1,169       223,034  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,386       251,060  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    167       181,048  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    951       114,434  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    2,924       1,483,024  

Waters Corp.(a)

    450       121,289  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    552       135,836  
   

 

 

 
      4,268,547  
Machinery — 1.8%            

Caterpillar, Inc.

    3,940       646,475  

Cummins, Inc.

    1,047       213,075  

Deere & Co.

    2,076       693,156  

Dover Corp.

    1,073       125,090  

Fortive Corp.

    2,669       155,603  

IDEX Corp.

    560       111,916  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    2,100       379,365  
Security   Shares     Value  

Machinery (continued)

   

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    2,995     $ 129,564  

Nordson Corp.

    409       86,819  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    3,123       199,247  

PACCAR, Inc.

    2,594       217,092  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    958       232,133  

Pentair PLC

    1,231       50,016  

Snap-on, Inc.

    395       79,533  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    1,102       82,881  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    1,363       110,880  

Xylem, Inc.

    1,334       116,538  
   

 

 

 
          3,629,383  
Media — 0.8%            

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    824       249,960  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    32,870       964,077  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    1,843       25,489  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,292       70,319  

Fox Corp., Class B

    1,087       30,979  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    2,910       74,496  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,908       43,940  

News Corp., Class B

    924       14,248  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    1,532       96,654  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    3,785       72,066  
   

 

 

 
      1,642,228  
Metals & Mining — 0.4%            

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    10,643       290,873  

Newmont Corp.

    5,942       249,742  

Nucor Corp.

    1,962       209,915  
   

 

 

 
      750,530  
Multiline Retail — 0.6%            

Dollar General Corp.

    1,692       405,843  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    1,582       215,310  

Target Corp.

    3,466       514,320  
   

 

 

 
      1,135,473  
Multi-Utilities — 0.5%            

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    4,676       131,770  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    2,639       226,320  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    3,713       208,782  

Sempra Energy

    2,347       351,909  
   

 

 

 
      918,781  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.8%            

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    14,738       245,240  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    3,715       369,011  

ONEOK, Inc.

    3,319       170,066  

Phillips 66

    3,591       289,865  

Valero Energy Corp.

    2,953       315,528  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    9,116       260,991  
   

 

 

 
      1,650,701  
Personal Products — 0.2%            

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    1,733       374,155  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.6%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    15,937       1,132,961  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    1,339       96,890  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    5,886       1,903,238  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    18,908       1,628,357  

Organon & Co.

    1,909       44,671  

Pfizer, Inc.

    41,890       1,833,107  

Viatris, Inc.

    9,042       77,038  

Zoetis, Inc.

    3,494       518,125  
   

 

 

 
      7,234,387  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Professional Services — 0.2%

 

Equifax, Inc.

    914     $ 156,687  

Nielsen Holdings PLC(a)

    2,638       73,125  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    834       63,801  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    1,167       199,009  
   

 

 

 
      492,622  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,407       162,497  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.0%            

CSX Corp.

    15,975       425,574  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    614       96,042  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    1,750       366,887  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    684       170,159  

Union Pacific Corp.

    4,661       908,056  
   

 

 

 
      1,966,718  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.4%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    12,049       763,425  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    3,880       540,639  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    6,493       531,972  

Broadcom, Inc.

    3,014       1,338,246  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

    1,009       279,967  

Intel Corp.

    30,647       789,773  

KLA Corp.

    1,056       319,577  

Lam Research Corp.

    1,021       373,686  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    4,124       251,688  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    8,225       412,073  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    333       121,012  

NVIDIA Corp.

    18,690       2,268,779  

NXP Semiconductors N.V

    1,957       288,677  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    3,247       202,386  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

    774       61,463  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    8,382       946,998  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    1,201       102,409  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)

    414       95,825  

Teradyne, Inc.

    1,175       88,301  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    6,820       1,055,600  
   

 

 

 
          10,832,496  
Software — 9.6%            

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    3,493       961,274  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    652       144,548  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

    1,621       302,803  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,040       333,397  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)

    1,147       64,094  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    919       95,484  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

    4,905       240,983  

Intuit, Inc.

    2,105       815,309  

Microsoft Corp.

    55,665       12,964,378  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    4,402       88,656  

Oracle Corp.

    11,338       692,412  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    363       119,786  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    786       82,216  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    790       284,116  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    7,427       1,068,300  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    1,508       569,436  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

    1,145       349,809  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    311       108,072  
   

 

 

 
      19,285,073  
Specialty Retail — 2.5%            

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    447       69,884  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Specialty Retail (continued)

 

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    146     $ 312,722  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    1,711       55,778  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    1,511       95,707  

CarMax, Inc.(a)(c)

    1,196       78,960  

Home Depot, Inc.

    7,671       2,116,736  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    4,770       895,854  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    474       333,388  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    2,612       220,113  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    8,745       543,239  

Tractor Supply Co.

    824       153,165  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    385       154,458  
   

 

 

 
      5,030,004  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.0%  

Apple Inc.

    112,754       15,582,603  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    9,705       116,266  

HP, Inc.

    6,821       169,979  

NetApp, Inc.

    1,640       101,434  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    1,464       77,929  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    2,335       76,004  
   

 

 

 
      16,124,215  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%  

Nike, Inc., Class B

    9,432       783,988  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    315       26,753  

Tapestry, Inc.

    1,871       53,193  

VF Corp.

    2,475       74,027  
   

 

 

 
      937,961  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

Fastenal Co.(c)

    4,294       197,696  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    525       141,813  
   

 

 

 
      339,509  
Water Utilities — 0.1%            

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    1,363       177,408  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)

    4,493       602,826  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $264,322,377)

          200,653,224  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(b)(d)

   

Money Market Funds — 0.3%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    359,160       359,268  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    202,148       202,148  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%
(Cost: $561,309)

      561,416  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost: $264,883,686)

      201,214,640  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

    (138,657
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   201,075,983  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

03/31/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

09/30/22

   

Shares

Held at

09/30/22

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 12,354     $ 345,627 (a)    $     $ 1,177     $ 110     $ 359,268       359,160     $ 839 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    320,000             (117,852 )(a)                  202,148       202,148       2,221        

BlackRock, Inc.

    719,848       147,069       (32,627     (596     (214,079     619,615       1,126       10,053        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 581     $ (213,969   $  1,181,031       $  13,113     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
      

Expiration

Date

      

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

                 

Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index

     27          12/16/22        $ 486        $ (41,630
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 41,630      $      $      $      $  41,630  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (19,403    $      $      $      $ (19,403
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (64,628    $      $      $      $ (64,628
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 461,101  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                       

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 287,114        $        $        $ 287,114  

Air Freight & Logistics

             1,344,213                                    1,344,213  

Airlines

     444,960                            444,960  

Auto Components

     213,544                            213,544  

Automobiles

     5,952,580                            5,952,580  

Banks

     7,199,670                            7,199,670  

Beverages

     4,217,912                            4,217,912  

Biotechnology

     5,033,441                            5,033,441  

Building Products

     962,851                            962,851  

Capital Markets

     6,682,801                            6,682,801  

Chemicals

     3,799,874                            3,799,874  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     1,135,293                            1,135,293  

Communications Equipment

     1,851,222                            1,851,222  

Construction & Engineering

     135,033                            135,033  

Construction Materials

     307,975                            307,975  

Consumer Finance

     1,155,045                            1,155,045  

Containers & Packaging

     602,727                            602,727  

Distributors

     342,541                            342,541  

Diversified Financial Services

     3,597,026                            3,597,026  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2,057,115                            2,057,115  

Electric Utilities

     2,362,911                            2,362,911  

Electrical Equipment

     1,184,585                            1,184,585  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1,295,266                            1,295,266  

Energy Equipment & Services

     704,474                            704,474  

Entertainment

     3,087,679                            3,087,679  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     5,997,778                            5,997,778  

Food & Staples Retailing

     2,210,699                            2,210,699  

Food Products

     2,564,365                            2,564,365  

Gas Utilities

     105,720                            105,720  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     6,041,316                            6,041,316  

Health Care Providers & Services

     8,181,697                            8,181,697  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     4,269,221                            4,269,221  

Household Durables

     677,924                            677,924  

Household Products

     3,218,479                            3,218,479  

Industrial Conglomerates

     506,733                            506,733  

Insurance

     4,972,933                            4,972,933  

Interactive Media & Services

     10,760,989                            10,760,989  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     7,722,510                            7,722,510  

IT Services

     9,845,040                            9,845,040  

Leisure Products

     64,454                            64,454  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     4,268,547                            4,268,547  

Machinery

     3,629,383                            3,629,383  

Media

     1,642,228                            1,642,228  

Metals & Mining

     750,530                            750,530  

Multiline Retail

     1,135,473                            1,135,473  

Multi-Utilities

     918,781                            918,781  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     1,650,701                            1,650,701  

Personal Products

     374,155                            374,155  

Pharmaceuticals

     7,234,387                            7,234,387  

Professional Services

     492,622                            492,622  

Real Estate Management & Development

     162,497                            162,497  

Road & Rail

     1,966,718                            1,966,718  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     10,832,496                            10,832,496  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

                                                                                                       

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

                 

Software

   $         19,189,589        $ 95,484        $        $         19,285,073  

Specialty Retail

     5,030,004                            5,030,004  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     16,124,215                            16,124,215  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     937,961                            937,961  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     339,509                            339,509  

Water Utilities

     177,408                            177,408  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     602,826                            602,826  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     561,416                            561,416  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 201,119,156        $ 95,484        $        $ 201,214,640  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (41,630      $        $        $ (41,630
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%            

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

    3,308     $ 382,901  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    1,881       261,760  

Hexcel Corp.

    4,145       214,380  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,825       114,695  

Woodward, Inc.

    2,947       236,526  
   

 

 

 
      1,210,262  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%            

GXO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    5,835       204,575  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.1%            

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    16,053       106,431  
   

 

 

 
Auto Components — 1.5%            

Adient PLC(a)

    4,671       129,620  

Dana, Inc.

    6,277       71,746  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    2,070       163,696  

Gentex Corp.

    11,519       274,613  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)(b)

    13,854       139,787  

Lear Corp.

    2,909       348,178  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    1,387       147,105  
   

 

 

 
          1,274,745  
Automobiles — 0.5%            

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    6,516       227,278  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    2,683       187,756  
   

 

 

 
      415,034  
Banks — 8.2%            

Associated Banc-Corp.

    7,426       149,114  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    1,983       150,946  

Bank OZK

    5,472       216,472  

Cadence Bank

    4,744       120,545  

Cathay General Bancorp

    3,661       140,802  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    5,367       355,081  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    3,154       417,022  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    6,934       465,549  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    6,423       268,674  

First Horizon Corp.

    26,288       601,995  

FNB Corp.

    17,258       200,193  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    8,365       132,167  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    5,425       266,530  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    4,218       193,227  

Home BancShares, Inc.

    9,458       212,900  

International Bancshares Corp.

    2,604       110,670  

Old National Bancorp

    14,349       236,328  

PacWest Bancorp

    5,817       131,464  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    3,760       304,936  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    4,489       299,326  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    7,151       268,234  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

    2,454       144,860  

UMB Financial Corp.

    2,140       180,381  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    10,795       184,487  

United Bankshares, Inc.

    6,594       235,735  

Valley National Bancorp

    20,678       223,322  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    3,213       96,326  

Webster Financial Corp.

    8,652       391,070  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    2,995       244,242  
   

 

 

 
      6,942,598  
Beverages — 0.5%            

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    467       151,145  
Security   Shares     Value  
Beverages (continued)            

Celsius Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,974     $ 179,002  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    227       93,463  
   

 

 

 
      423,610  
Biotechnology — 2.0%            

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    5,186       171,397  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    15,766       247,211  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    6,750       266,895  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    4,685       497,594  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    2,239       468,802  
   

 

 

 
      1,651,899  
Building Products — 2.7%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,646       450,502  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    2,534       710,559  

Lennox International, Inc.

    1,580       351,819  

Owens Corning

    4,715       370,646  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    2,127       166,757  

Trex Co., Inc.(a)

    5,402       237,364  
   

 

 

 
      2,287,647  
Capital Markets — 2.1%            

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    1,885       210,837  

Evercore, Inc., Class A

    1,772       145,747  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    4,166       137,978  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    5,061       323,449  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    6,519       132,401  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    9,151       269,955  

SEI Investments Co.

    5,067       248,536  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    5,221       271,022  
   

 

 

 
          1,739,925  
Chemicals — 2.3%            

Ashland, Inc.

    2,451       232,771  

Avient Corp.

    4,206       127,442  

Cabot Corp.

    2,758       176,209  

Chemours Co.

    7,600       187,340  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    1,760       106,709  

NewMarket Corp.

    340       102,282  

RPM International, Inc.

    6,320       526,519  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    2,027       86,654  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    2,059       142,771  

Valvoline, Inc.

    8,725       221,092  
   

 

 

 
      1,909,789  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%            

Brink’s Co.

    2,339       113,301  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    2,465       271,101  

IAA, Inc.(a)

    6,579       209,541  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    3,770       58,812  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    1,802       196,923  

Stericycle, Inc.(a)

    4,516       190,169  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    2,612       335,720  
   

 

 

 
      1,375,567  
Communications Equipment — 1.0%            

Calix, Inc.(a)

    2,779       169,908  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    7,365       297,767  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,380       231,766  

Viasat, Inc.(a)

    3,751       113,393  
   

 

 

 
      812,834  
Construction & Engineering — 1.9%            

AECOM

    6,841       467,719  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,456       139,092  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    2,418       279,231  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering (continued)            

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    2,800     $ 177,800  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    9,962       272,461  

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    1,046       280,976  
   

 

 

 
      1,617,279  
Construction Materials — 0.2%            

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    1,856       198,926  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.4%            

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,896       59,629  

Navient Corp.

    5,446       80,002  

SLM Corp.

    12,369       173,042  
   

 

 

 
      312,673  
Containers & Packaging — 1.0%            

AptarGroup, Inc.

    3,213       305,332  

Greif, Inc., Class A, NVS

    1,304       77,679  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    4,120       173,205  

Sonoco Products Co.

    4,777       270,999  
   

 

 

 
      827,215  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%            

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    190       102,216  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    1,575       129,544  

H&R Block, Inc.

    7,818       332,577  

Service Corp. International

    7,724       445,984  
   

 

 

 
      1,010,321  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%            

Voya Financial, Inc.

    4,818       291,489  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  

Iridium Communications, Inc.(a)

    6,220       275,981  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 0.2%            

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    5,363       185,882  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 2.5%            

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    1,603       252,424  

EnerSys

    2,000       116,340  

Hubbell, Inc.

    2,630       586,490  

nVent Electric PLC

    8,156       257,811  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    3,257       457,153  

SunPower Corp.(a)

    4,153       95,685  

Sunrun, Inc.(a)(b)

    10,391       286,688  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    1,075       63,575  
   

 

 

 
          2,116,166  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.3%  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,156       290,952  

Avnet, Inc.

    4,659       168,283  

Belden, Inc.(b)

    2,132       127,963  

Cognex Corp.

    8,543       354,107  

Coherent Corp.(a)

    6,350       221,298  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    1,632       137,659  

Jabil, Inc.

    6,769       390,639  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    1,221       242,600  

National Instruments Corp.

    6,482       244,631  

Novanta, Inc.(a)

    1,754       202,850  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    2,064       167,576  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    6,430       114,390  

Vontier Corp.

    7,738       129,302  
   

 

 

 
      2,792,250  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%            

ChampionX Corp.

    9,942       194,565  

NOV, Inc.

    19,243       311,352  
   

 

 

 
      505,917  
Security   Shares     Value  
Entertainment — 0.2%            

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

    2,162     $ 151,708  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 8.0%  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    7,554       291,735  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    14,681       271,158  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    5,508       127,951  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    7,489       174,868  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

    8,660       155,274  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    2,134       308,022  

EPR Properties

    3,711       133,076  

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    6,470       289,921  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    5,176       139,545  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    10,867       181,805  

JBG SMITH Properties

    4,897       90,986  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    5,153       216,993  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    10,734       184,839  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    4,268       352,067  

Life Storage, Inc.

    4,134       457,882  

Macerich Co.

    10,676       84,767  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    29,345       348,032  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

    8,677       345,865  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    4,208       174,969  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    11,469       338,221  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    11,062       124,558  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    6,537       94,852  

Physicians Realty Trust

    11,235       168,974  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    3,972       163,011  

Rayonier, Inc.

    7,173       214,975  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

    8,381       435,812  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    11,381       149,319  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    3,170       127,307  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    6,679       241,513  

STORE Capital Corp.

    13,018       407,854  
   

 

 

 
          6,796,151  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%            

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)

    6,623       482,221  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    4,384       145,943  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)

    5,288       146,742  
   

 

 

 
      774,906  
Food Products — 1.7%            

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    7,857       519,741  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    9,495       234,432  

Ingredion, Inc.

    3,210       258,469  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    984       147,875  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    2,246       51,703  

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,676       219,191  
   

 

 

 
      1,431,411  
Gas Utilities — 1.3%            

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    4,714       182,432  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    2,652       186,674  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    3,032       211,482  

Spire, Inc.

    2,572       160,313  

UGI Corp.

    10,303       333,096  
   

 

 

 
      1,073,997  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.0%            

Enovis Corp.(a)

    2,343       107,942  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    8,004       262,611  

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,788       225,651  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    2,514       186,112  

ICU Medical, Inc.(a)

    983       148,040  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    3,575       151,437  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)            

LivaNova PLC(a)

    2,661     $ 135,099  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    2,368       334,267  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    10,587       147,900  

NuVasive, Inc.(a)

    2,600       113,906  

Omnicell, Inc.(a)

    2,178       189,551  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)

    1,856       351,898  

QuidelOrtho Corp.(a)

    2,669       190,780  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.(a)

    1,760       489,403  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    2,353       166,004  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)

    3,183       152,307  
   

 

 

 
      3,352,908  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%            

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)

    4,450       347,901  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)

    1,596       154,477  

Chemed Corp.

    730       318,689  

Encompass Health Corp.

    4,888       221,084  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    4,133       277,614  

LHC Group, Inc.(a)

    1,528       250,073  

Option Care Health, Inc.(a)

    7,461       234,798  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    4,323       103,838  

Progyny, Inc.(a)

    3,539       131,155  

R1 RCM, Inc.(a)

    6,713       124,392  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    5,285       272,600  
   

 

 

 
          2,436,621  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.8%            

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    4,029       191,982  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    1,427       156,285  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    1,625       299,244  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    1,122       103,875  

Light & Wonder, Inc.(a)

    4,640       198,963  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    1,925       234,580  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    1,593       111,526  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    3,275       285,776  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    4,123       140,677  

Wendy’s Co.

    8,390       156,809  

Wingstop, Inc.

    1,465       183,740  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    4,425       271,474  
   

 

 

 
      2,334,931  
Household Durables — 1.5%            

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)

    1,192       114,957  

KB Home

    4,157       107,749  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    6,524       216,727  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)

    5,592       130,406  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    8,473       204,538  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    5,260       220,920  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    1,586       261,341  
   

 

 

 
      1,256,638  
Household Products — 0.1%            

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    3,260       81,956  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    2,203       189,899  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 4.9%            

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    659       553,145  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    3,435       422,265  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    3,534       153,446  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    5,629       101,153  

First American Financial Corp.

    5,126       236,309  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    1,746       223,732  

Kemper Corp.

    3,057       126,132  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    1,055       269,468  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Old Republic International Corp.

    14,167     $ 296,515  

Primerica, Inc.

    1,842       227,395  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    3,283       413,034  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    2,151       301,979  

RLI Corp.

    1,994       204,146  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    2,956       240,618  

Unum Group

    9,249       358,861  
   

 

 

 
      4,128,198  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%            

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    4,982       110,003  

Ziff Davis, Inc.(a)

    2,323       159,079  
   

 

 

 
      269,082  
IT Services — 1.9%            

Concentrix Corp.

    2,105       234,981  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    2,319       175,687  

Genpact Ltd.

    8,306       363,554  

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.(a)

    10,041       83,039  

Maximus, Inc.

    2,966       171,642  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    16,238       83,626  

Western Union Co.

    18,980       256,230  

WEX, Inc.(a)

    2,174       275,968  
   

 

 

 
          1,644,727  
Leisure Products — 0.9%            

Brunswick Corp.

    3,657       239,351  

Polaris, Inc.

    2,743       262,368  

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.(a)

    6,819       131,334  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)

    4,222       120,411  
   

 

 

 
      753,464  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%            

Azenta, Inc.

    3,675       157,511  

Bruker Corp.

    4,962       263,284  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,236       194,262  

Repligen Corp.(a)(b)

    2,528       473,014  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    5,029       237,117  
   

 

 

 
      1,325,188  
Machinery — 4.7%            

AGCO Corp.

    3,033       291,684  

Chart Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,757       323,903  

Crane Holdings Co.

    2,336       204,493  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    6,053       296,657  

Esab Corp.

    2,271       75,761  

Flowserve Corp.

    6,441       156,516  

Graco, Inc.

    8,285       496,686  

ITT, Inc.

    4,051       264,692  

Kennametal, Inc.

    4,010       82,526  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    2,837       356,668  

Middleby Corp.(a)

    2,640       338,369  

Oshkosh Corp.

    3,215       225,982  

Terex Corp.

    3,337       99,242  

Timken Co.

    3,289       194,183  

Toro Co.

    5,123       443,037  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    1,345       169,107  
   

 

 

 
      4,019,506  
Marine — 0.2%            

Kirby Corp.(a)

    2,948       179,150  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.9%            

Cable One, Inc.

    239       203,879  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    2,123       79,740  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Media (continued)            

New York Times Co., Class A

    8,106     $ 233,047  

TEGNA, Inc.

    11,047       228,452  
   

 

 

 
      745,118  
Metals & Mining — 3.0%            

Alcoa Corp.

    8,814       296,679  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)(b)

    25,342       341,357  

Commercial Metals Co.

    5,942       210,822  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    2,954       515,207  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    3,216       301,725  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    8,499       603,004  

United States Steel Corp.

    11,673       211,515  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    1,486       56,676  
   

 

 

 
          2,536,985  
Multiline Retail — 0.7%            

Kohl’s Corp.

    6,293       158,269  

Macy’s, Inc.

    13,272       207,972  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    5,579       93,337  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,864       147,782  
   

 

 

 
      607,360  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.7%            

DT Midstream, Inc.

    4,767       247,360  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    21,297       159,301  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    7,147       384,794  

Targa Resources Corp.

    11,099       669,714  
   

 

 

 
      1,461,169  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%            

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    3,635       186,076  
   

 

 

 
Personal Products — 0.4%            

BellRing Brands, Inc.(a)

    6,664       137,345  

Coty, Inc., Class A(a)

    17,115       108,167  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    2,512       83,825  
   

 

 

 
      329,337  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%            

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    3,071       409,333  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    6,595       235,178  
   

 

 

 
      644,511  
Professional Services — 1.6%            

ASGN, Inc.(a)

    2,469       223,124  

FTI Consulting, Inc.(a)

    1,692       280,381  

Insperity, Inc.

    1,779       181,618  

KBR, Inc.

    6,812       294,415  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    2,547       164,765  

Science Applications International Corp.

    2,728       241,237  
   

 

 

 
      1,385,540  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    2,347       354,561  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.9%            

Avis Budget Group, Inc.(a)

    1,419       210,665  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    7,871       385,128  

Landstar System, Inc.

    1,791       258,566  

Ryder System, Inc.

    2,518       190,084  

Saia, Inc.(a)

    1,294       245,860  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    2,902       109,115  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    5,636       250,915  
   

 

 

 
      1,650,333  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.7%  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    5,002       85,284  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    2,751       189,269  
Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    4,879     $ 645,345  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    6,727       331,036  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,514       130,200  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    2,801       231,475  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    2,821       181,447  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    3,175       93,377  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,685       207,996  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    777       61,173  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    1,941       192,178  

Universal Display Corp.

    2,129       200,871  

Wolfspeed, Inc.(a)

    6,057       626,052  
   

 

 

 
      3,175,703  
Software — 3.1%            

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    5,610       117,249  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,402       333,956  

Blackbaud, Inc.(a)

    2,190       96,491  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,195       116,423  

Envestnet, Inc.(a)

    1,507       66,911  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    1,243       512,128  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    3,085       410,398  

NCR Corp.(a)

    6,830       129,838  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    1,985       479,536  

Qualys, Inc.(a)

    1,671       232,921  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    5,059       157,133  
   

 

 

 
      2,652,984  
Specialty Retail — 2.9%            

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    1,900       193,553  

Five Below, Inc.(a)

    2,718       374,187  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    3,952       123,026  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    12,365       310,732  

Gap, Inc.

    10,486       86,090  

Lithia Motors, Inc.

    1,349       289,428  

Murphy USA, Inc.

    1,052       289,205  

RH(a)

    983       241,887  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    4,088       119,043  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    3,369       397,037  
   

 

 

 
          2,424,188  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    5,512       72,097  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.8%  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    6,762       259,931  

Carter’s, Inc.

    1,920       125,818  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    1,695       114,073  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    3,020       207,353  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    1,300       406,393  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    17,095       118,981  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,608       209,606  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    9,284       61,739  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    9,820       58,527  
   

 

 

 
      1,562,421  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%            

Essent Group Ltd.

    5,316       185,369  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    14,970       191,915  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    22,837       194,800  
   

 

 

 
      572,084  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%            

GATX Corp.

    1,735       147,735  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    2,319       168,846  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(a)

    8,207     $ 186,627  

Watsco, Inc.

    1,627       418,888  
   

 

 

 
      922,096  
Water Utilities — 0.6%            

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    11,734       485,553  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% (Cost: $100,755,116)

          84,457,572  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

   
Money Market Funds — 2.6%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    2,156,598       2,157,245  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    101,120       101,119  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.6%
(Cost: $2,257,445)

 

    2,258,364  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 102.3%
(Cost: $103,012,561)

 

    86,715,936  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.3)%

 

    (1,990,902
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 84,725,034  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

      

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/22
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/22
    Shares
Held at
09/30/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $  815,271     $  1,340,817 (a)    $     $ 349     $ 808     $   2,157,245       2,156,598     $  21,772 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    90,000       11,119 (a)                         101,119       101,120       1,018        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 349     $ 808     $ 2,258,364       $ 22,790     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ (4,490      $        $        $        $ (4,490
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                                       

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 84,457,572        $        $        $ 84,457,572  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     2,258,364                            2,258,364  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 86,715,936        $        $        $ 86,715,936  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%            

AAR Corp.(a)

    1,579     $ 56,560  

AeroVironment, Inc.(a)

    1,173       97,781  

Kaman Corp.

    1,315       36,728  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    238       15,482  

Park Aerospace Corp.

    912       10,068  

Triumph Group, Inc.(a)

    3,050       26,200  
   

 

 

 
      242,819  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.0%            

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,210       115,640  

Forward Air Corp.

    1,261       113,818  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,595       110,023  
   

 

 

 
      339,481  
Airlines — 0.4%            

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

    726       52,983  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,413       31,731  

SkyWest, Inc.(a)

    2,375       38,618  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,529       20,810  
   

 

 

 
      144,142  
Auto Components — 1.4%            

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,378       36,732  

Dorman Products, Inc.(a)

    1,328       109,055  

Gentherm, Inc.(a)

    1,557       77,430  

LCI Industries

    1,194       121,143  

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(a)

    903       13,744  

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    1,020       44,717  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    874       28,405  

XPEL, Inc.(a)

    921       59,349  
   

 

 

 
      490,575  
Automobiles — 0.2%            

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    1,491       79,336  
   

 

 

 

Banks — 9.5%

   

Ameris Bancorp

    2,840       126,976  

Banc of California, Inc.

    2,619       41,825  

BancFirst Corp.

    816       73,008  

Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    2,202       48,400  

BankUnited, Inc.

    2,029       69,331  

Banner Corp.

    908       53,645  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    581       15,861  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    1,924       22,415  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    464       9,600  

City Holding Co.

    428       37,959  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    3,273       94,557  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    2,371           142,450  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    1,193       35,170  

CVB Financial Corp.

    5,705       144,451  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    1,522       44,564  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    1,451       65,034  

FB Financial Corp.

    1,651       63,085  

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

    6,475       88,578  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    1,473       53,882  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    1,770       22,727  

First Financial Bancorp

    3,854       81,242  

First Hawaiian, Inc.

    5,995       147,657  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    1,259       29,813  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    1,409       37,296  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    2,153       53,502  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    461       13,281  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    3,221       40,713  

Independent Bank Corp.

    1,185       88,318  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    1,662     $ 102,030  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    1,100       80,091  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    1,412       52,230  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    1,738       65,957  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    5,563       75,156  

OFG Bancorp

    1,618       40,660  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    4,255       131,735  

Park National Corp.

    679       84,522  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    1,023       33,718  

Preferred Bank

    107       6,980  

Renasant Corp.

    2,292       71,694  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    1,005       29,457  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    2,543       76,875  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.(b)

    2,295       183,600  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    3,595       78,335  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    1,418       50,140  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    591       42,918  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(a)

    1,032       56,089  

Trustmark Corp.

    2,328       71,307  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    4,408       145,905  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    1,859       49,431  

Westamerica Bancorp

    1,103       57,676  
   

 

 

 
          3,331,846  
Beverages — 0.3%            

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

    723       76,754  

National Beverage Corp.

    1,096       42,240  
   

 

 

 
      118,994  
Biotechnology — 3.0%            

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    685       16,303  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,439       63,804  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.(a)

    2,903       55,505  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(a)

    3,029       29,109  

Cytokinetics, Inc.(a)

    4,420       214,149  

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)

    5,522       57,650  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    499       13,184  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.(a)

    2,083       43,722  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    915       47,461  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    6,259       64,843  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    753       64,841  

Myriad Genetics, Inc.(a)

    3,786       72,237  

Organogenesis Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,318       10,750  

REGENXBIO, Inc.(a)

    1,766       46,675  

uniQure NV(a)

    1,931       36,226  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,655       26,231  

Vericel Corp.(a)

    2,215       51,388  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.(a)

    3,550       68,444  

Xencor, Inc.(a)

    2,803       72,822  
   

 

 

 
      1,055,344  
Building Products — 2.1%            

AAON, Inc.

    1,972       106,251  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)

    779       34,167  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    1,040       39,749  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(a)

    1,485       60,781  

Griffon Corp.

    2,224       65,653  

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    916       24,302  

PGT Innovations, Inc.(a)

    2,814       58,981  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    1,564       28,402  

Resideo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    6,840       130,370  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    2,893       208,759  
   

 

 

 
      757,415  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Capital Markets — 1.0%

   

B Riley Financial, Inc.

    744     $ 33,123  

Blucora, Inc.(a)

    2,242       43,360  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    1,517       22,619  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,200       44,364  

Piper Sandler Cos

    644       67,453  

StoneX Group, Inc.(a)

    809       67,098  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    321       51,206  

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    5,230       24,476  
   

 

 

 
      353,699  
Chemicals — 3.0%            

AdvanSix, Inc.

    1,315       42,211  

American Vanguard Corp.

    1,362       25,469  

Balchem Corp.

    1,508       183,343  

FutureFuel Corp.

    1,240       7,490  

Hawkins, Inc.

    888       34,623  

HB Fuller Co.

    2,496       150,010  

Innospec, Inc.

    1,164       99,720  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    981       20,385  

Livent Corp.(a)(b)

    8,415       257,920  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    640       92,403  

Stepan Co.

    995       93,202  

Tredegar Corp.

    1,181       11,149  

Trinseo PLC

    1,642       30,081  
   

 

 

 
          1,048,006  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.0%        

ABM Industries, Inc.

    3,136       119,889  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,192       91,472  

CoreCivic, Inc.(a)

    5,522       48,815  

Deluxe Corp.

    2,023       33,683  

GEO Group, Inc.(a)

    5,611       43,205  

Harsco Corp.(a)

    3,729       13,946  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    3,477       42,037  

HNI Corp.

    1,941       51,456  

Interface, Inc.

    2,759       24,803  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)

    5,438       60,743  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    1,437       32,203  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    1,838       4,283  

UniFirst Corp.

    709       119,275  

Viad Corp.(a)

    968       30,569  
   

 

 

 
      716,379  
Communications Equipment — 1.7%            

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    3,308       64,770  

Clearfield, Inc.(a)(b)

    537       56,192  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    1,292       12,933  

Digi International, Inc.(a)

    1,647       56,937  

Extreme Networks, Inc.(a)

    6,069       79,322  

Harmonic, Inc.(a)

    4,932       64,461  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)

    1,349       27,034  

NetScout Systems, Inc.(a)

    3,188       99,848  

Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)

    10,696       139,583  
   

 

 

 
      601,080  
Construction & Engineering — 1.4%            

Arcosa, Inc.

    2,270       129,799  

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

    1,680       163,514  

Granite Construction, Inc.

    2,070       52,557  

MYR Group, Inc.(a)

    782       66,259  

NV5 Global, Inc.(a)

    584       72,311  
   

 

 

 
      484,440  
Consumer Finance — 0.7%            

Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)

    1,121       50,983  
Security   Shares     Value  

Consumer Finance (continued)

   

Enova International, Inc.(a)

    1,503     $ 43,993  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    875       16,607  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)

    510       12,169  

PRA Group, Inc.(a)

    1,830       60,134  

PROG Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,369       35,488  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    171       16,556  
   

 

 

 
      235,930  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%            

Myers Industries, Inc.

    1,712       28,197  

O-I Glass, Inc.(a)

    7,311       94,677  
   

 

 

 
      122,874  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%            

Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a)

    2,122       77,347  

Frontdoor, Inc.(a)

    3,826       78,012  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)

    3,181       32,765  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    1,053       64,665  

Stride, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,908       80,193  

WW International, Inc.(a)

    2,511       9,868  
   

 

 

 
      342,850  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%            

ATN International, Inc.

    503       19,401  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    2,003       104,476  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,467       14,423  
   

 

 

 
      138,300  
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%            

AZZ, Inc.

    1,164       42,498  

Encore Wire Corp.(b)

    898       103,755  

Powell Industries, Inc.

    426       8,980  
   

 

 

 
      155,233  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.5%  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    1,754       135,777  

Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a)

    4,114       19,089  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    1,374       126,944  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    1,651       40,912  

CTS Corp.

    1,496       62,308  

ePlus, Inc.(a)

    1,263       52,465  

Fabrinet(a)

    1,727       164,842  

FARO Technologies, Inc.(a)

    858       23,543  

Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    1,433       118,094  

Itron, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,119       89,231  

Knowles Corp.(a)

    4,302       52,355  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    1,725       64,084  

OSI Systems, Inc.(a)

    744       53,613  

PC Connection, Inc.

    530       23,898  

Plexus Corp.(a)

    1,301       113,916  

Rogers Corp.(a)

    879       212,612  

Sanmina Corp.(a)

    2,714       125,061  

ScanSource, Inc.(a)

    1,184       31,269  

TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)

    4,798       63,238  
   

 

 

 
          1,573,251  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.8%            

Archrock, Inc.

    6,284       40,343  

Bristow Group, Inc.(a)

    1,102       25,886  

Core Laboratories NV

    2,175       29,319  

DMC Global, Inc.(a)

    871       13,919  

Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)

    1,614       31,505  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

    6,696       25,847  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    4,943       182,743  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)

    420       42,609  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)

    3,000       11,670  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Energy Equipment & Services (continued)

   

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    10,180     $ 118,902  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    4,115       33,126  

RPC, Inc.

    3,907       27,075  

US Silica Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,547       38,840  
   

 

 

 
      621,784  
Entertainment — 0.2%            

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,038       61,010  

Marcus Corp.

    1,145       15,904  
   

 

 

 
      76,914  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.2%        

Acadia Realty Trust

    4,035       50,922  

Agree Realty Corp.

    3,748       253,290  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    3,413       56,588  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    2,444       62,860  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    3,179       32,998  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    8,055       54,371  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    4,555       82,491  

Centerspace

    722       48,605  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)

    2,291       22,612  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    1,095       35,861  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

    9,903       74,372  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    11,227       11,116  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    4,264       67,243  

Elme Communities

    4,103       72,049  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    6,630       128,953  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    3,824       92,503  

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

    4,314       11,346  

Getty Realty Corp.

    1,722       46,305  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    4,868       51,844  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A

    1,543       12,313  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    3,072       16,896  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    1,313       116,200  

iStar, Inc.

    4,008       37,114  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    1,902       71,230  

LXP Industrial Trust

    13,141       120,372  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    1,072       49,537  

Office Properties Income Trust

    2,275       31,964  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    2,659       23,266  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    5,847       80,455  

RPT Realty

    3,998       30,225  

Safehold, Inc.

    817       21,618  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    605       22,687  

Service Properties Trust

    7,753       40,238  

SITE Centers Corp.

    8,743       93,637  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    5,019       33,728  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

    9,968       93,899  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    4,900       67,032  

Uniti Group, Inc.

    11,139       77,416  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    596       25,753  

Urban Edge Properties

    5,514       73,557  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

    1,416       21,962  

Veris Residential, Inc.(a)

    3,720       42,296  

Whitestone REIT

    2,179       18,434  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    5,369       74,038  
   

 

 

 
          2,552,196  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%            

Andersons, Inc.

    1,494       46,359  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.(a)

    1,599       46,323  

PriceSmart, Inc.

    1,176       67,726  
Security   Shares     Value  

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

   

SpartanNash Co.

    1,696     $ 49,218  

United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)

    2,737       94,070  
   

 

 

 
      303,696  
Food Products — 2.1%            

B&G Foods, Inc.

    3,365       55,489  

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    833       26,448  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    1,782       99,061  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    1,437       33,396  

Hostess Brands, Inc.(a)

    6,408       148,922  

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

    703       91,017  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    419       31,731  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    261       13,165  

Simply Good Foods Co.(a)

    4,005       128,120  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    834       27,755  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(a)

    2,368       100,451  
   

 

 

 
      755,555  
Gas Utilities — 0.8%            

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    280       32,309  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    1,635       70,926  

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    5,750       192,165  
   

 

 

 
      295,400  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.5%            

AngioDynamics, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,830       37,442  

Artivion, Inc.(a)

    1,893       26,199  

Avanos Medical, Inc.(a)

    2,183       47,546  

BioLife Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,600       36,400  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(a)

    1,915       26,542  

CONMED Corp.(b)

    1,430       114,643  

Cutera, Inc.(a)

    836       38,121  

Glaukos Corp.(a)

    2,235       118,991  

Heska Corp.(a)

    477       34,783  

Inogen, Inc.(a)

    1,074       26,077  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)

    1,555       96,768  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,227       226,955  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    907       45,967  

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.(a)

    2,054       64,763  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,665       150,599  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    235       33,095  

OraSure Technologies, Inc.(a)

    3,409       12,920  

Orthofix Medical, Inc.(a)

    939       17,944  

Surmodics, Inc.(a)

    658       20,003  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)

    1,873       39,595  

Zynex, Inc.

    1,046       9,487  
   

 

 

 
          1,224,840  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.9%            

AdaptHealth Corp.(a)

    3,599       67,589  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)

    755       71,906  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)

    2,032       215,311  

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    1,842       71,838  

Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)

    5,882       12,646  

CorVel Corp.(a)

    433       59,940  

Covetrus, Inc.(a)

    4,929       102,918  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    1,705       48,371  

Ensign Group, Inc.

    2,596       206,382  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(a)

    952       36,290  

Hanger, Inc.(a)

    1,785       33,415  

Joint Corp.(a)

    681       10,699  

ModivCare, Inc.(a)

    594       59,210  

Owens & Minor, Inc.

    3,580       86,278  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(a)

    3,960       65,380  

Pennant Group, Inc.(a)

    1,318       13,720  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

   

RadNet, Inc.(a)

    2,287     $ 46,540  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    4,848       107,141  

US Physical Therapy, Inc.

    611       46,448  
   

 

 

 
          1,362,022  
Health Care Technology — 0.6%            

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(a)

    5,202       79,226  

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.(a)

    693       19,321  

HealthStream, Inc.(a)

    1,134       24,109  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    2,587       45,790  

OptimizeRx Corp.(a)

    846       12,538  

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    751       36,453  
   

 

 

 
      217,437  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.9%            

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(a)

    1,101       26,259  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    4,192       76,839  

Brinker International, Inc.(a)

    2,058       51,409  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    2,280       66,758  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)

    885       20,514  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    1,999       62,029  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    736       46,780  

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(a)

    938       8,367  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    1,030       35,937  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    989       73,255  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(a)

    621       34,863  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

    1,447       24,397  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,752       78,805  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    3,473       61,472  
   

 

 

 
      667,684  
Household Durables — 2.5%            

Cavco Industries, Inc.(a)

    388       79,835  

Century Communities, Inc.

    1,349       57,710  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    1,070       22,620  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.(a)

    1,275       27,259  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    1,107       89,656  

iRobot Corp.(a)

    1,278       71,990  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    2,037       45,975  

LGI Homes, Inc.(a)

    962       78,278  

M/I Homes, Inc.(a)

    1,303       47,208  

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    2,673       73,294  

Meritage Homes Corp.(a)

    1,717       120,653  

Sonos, Inc.(a)

    5,974       83,039  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.(a)

    4,772       72,105  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)

    1,802       11,803  

Universal Electronics, Inc.(a)

    560       11,015  
   

 

 

 
      892,440  
Household Products — 0.6%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)

    457       16,470  

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS(a)

    1,946       66,475  

WD-40 Co.

    640       112,474  
   

 

 

 
      195,419  
Insurance — 2.5%            

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(a)

    2,111       26,915  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    3,333       124,288  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    905       42,291  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    2,906       140,796  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    794       27,385  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)

    14,070       49,245  

HCI Group, Inc.

    333       13,054  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    1,098       38,748  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,685       38,435  
Security   Shares     Value  

Insurance (continued)

   

Palomar Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,185     $ 99,208  

ProAssurance Corp.

    1,419       27,685  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    587       47,876  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    3,989       19,745  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    1,207       52,673  

Trupanion, Inc.(a)

    1,645       97,762  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    1,016       29,190  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    1,297       12,775  
   

 

 

 
      888,071  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%            

Cars.com, Inc.(a)

    2,963       34,074  

QuinStreet, Inc.(a)

    2,419       25,400  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    1,131       56,742  

Yelp, Inc.(a)

    3,299       111,869  
   

 

 

 
      228,085  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%            

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)

    1,270       20,650  

PetMed Express, Inc.

    987       19,266  
   

 

 

 
      39,916  
IT Services — 1.0%            

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    1,506       79,637  

EVERTEC, Inc.

    3,097       97,091  

Perficient, Inc.(a)

    1,625       105,658  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    887       39,303  

Unisys Corp.(a)(b)

    3,182       24,024  
   

 

 

 
      345,713  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%            

NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)

    5,906       50,851  
   

 

 

 

Machinery — 4.5%

   

3D Systems Corp.(a)

    6,117       48,814  

Alamo Group, Inc.

    483       59,056  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    1,460       115,092  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    1,073       33,467  

Barnes Group, Inc.

    2,372       68,503  

CIRCOR International, Inc.(a)

    956       15,764  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    2,730       48,676  

EnPro Industries, Inc.

    977       83,026  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    1,214       89,156  

Federal Signal Corp.(b)

    2,846       106,213  

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    1,826       149,203  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    1,530       37,133  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    3,261       119,744  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    1,496       128,656  

Lindsay Corp.

    515       73,789  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)

    1,291       47,031  

SPX Technologies, Inc.(a)

    2,123       117,232  

Standex International Corp.

    562       45,887  

Tennant Co.

    873       49,377  

Titan International, Inc.(a)

    2,388       28,990  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    3,850       82,198  

Wabash National Corp.

    2,279       35,461  
   

 

 

 
          1,582,468  
Marine — 0.3%            

Matson, Inc.

    1,830       112,582  
   

 

 

 

Media — 0.6%

   

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,313       26,654  

EW Scripps Co., Class A(a)

    2,718       30,632  

Gannett Co., Inc.(a)

    6,586       10,077  

Scholastic Corp.

    1,419       43,648  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E S   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

  25


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Media (continued)

   

TechTarget, Inc.(a)

    1,274     $ 75,421  

Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,439       32,852  
   

 

 

 
      219,284  
Metals & Mining — 1.7%            

Arconic Corp.(a)

    4,819       82,116  

ATI, Inc.(a)

    6,099       162,294  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    2,267       70,594  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)

    2,402       12,683  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    1,604       61,802  

Haynes International, Inc.

    585       20,545  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    748       45,890  

Materion Corp.

    964       77,120  

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    450       10,265  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    3,915       22,746  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)

    1,931       28,946  
   

 

 

 
          595,001  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.3%        

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    6,073       50,406  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    5,382       26,210  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    2,674       30,403  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    3,933       42,358  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    2,457       15,823  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    1,550       17,205  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    2,731       44,379  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    17,734       41,498  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    4,252       50,089  

Ready Capital Corp.

    4,780       48,469  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    5,482       31,467  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    16,171       53,688  
   

 

 

 
      451,995  
Multiline Retail — 0.1%            

Big Lots, Inc.

    1,358       21,198  
   

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities — 0.4%

   

Avista Corp.

    3,328       123,303  

Unitil Corp.

    752       34,930  
   

 

 

 
      158,233  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.1%            

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    1,489       20,206  

Green Plains, Inc.(a)

    1,983       57,646  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,599       42,649  

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,037       177,101  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)

    738       20,605  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    2,907       68,140  
   

 

 

 
      386,347  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    786       29,554  

Mercer International, Inc.

    1,901       23,382  

Sylvamo Corp.

    1,554       52,681  
   

 

 

 
      105,617  
Personal Products — 0.9%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    2,433       90,994  

elf Beauty, Inc.(a)

    2,338       87,956  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    838       63,236  

Medifast, Inc.

    517       56,022  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)

    523       29,314  
   

 

 

 
      327,522  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%            

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,795       50,439  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    566       18,191  
Security   Shares     Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

   

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,119     $ 19,834  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    1,602       25,664  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(a)

    4,475       114,739  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,389       61,519  

Innoviva, Inc.(a)

    2,945       34,191  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)

    8,798       28,154  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)(b)

    2,151       114,412  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    955       12,692  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    2,336       116,403  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,512       85,031  
   

 

 

 
      681,269  
Professional Services — 1.3%            

Exponent, Inc.

    2,400       210,408  

Forrester Research, Inc.(a)

    527       18,977  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    927       24,093  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A, NVS

    1,624       22,070  

Korn Ferry

    2,564       120,380  

Resources Connection, Inc.

    1,492       26,960  

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)

    1,535       29,288  
   

 

 

 
      452,176  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%            

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(a)

    5,370       43,550  

Douglas Elliman, Inc., NVS

    3,167       12,985  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.

    1,182       38,746  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

    881       16,660  

St Joe Co.

    1,604       51,376  
   

 

 

 
      163,317  
Road & Rail — 0.5%            

ArcBest Corp.

    1,152       83,785  

Heartland Express, Inc.

    2,187       31,296  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    2,701       51,751  
   

 

 

 
      166,832  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.4%  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(a)(b)

    1,041       32,021  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,551       93,929  

CEVA, Inc.(a)

    1,091       28,617  

Cohu, Inc.(a)

    2,264       58,366  

Diodes, Inc.(a)

    2,135       138,583  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)

    3,621       90,706  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)

    1,349       32,659  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.(b)

    2,726       105,033  

MaxLinear, Inc.(a)

    3,383       110,353  

Onto Innovation, Inc.(a)

    2,332       149,365  

PDF Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,383       33,925  

Photronics, Inc.(a)

    2,892       42,281  

Rambus, Inc.(a)

    5,189       131,904  

SMART Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,347       37,247  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,133       54,925  

Veeco Instruments, Inc.(a)

    2,414       44,224  
   

 

 

 
          1,184,138  
Software — 2.7%            

8x8, Inc.(a)

    5,632       19,430  

A10 Networks, Inc.

    3,111       41,283  

Adeia, Inc.

    4,838       68,409  

Agilysys, Inc.(a)

    928       51,365  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,335       151,448  

Cerence, Inc.(a)

    1,849       29,122  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.(a)

    828       39,164  

Digital Turbine, Inc.(a)

    4,223       60,854  

Ebix, Inc.

    1,103       20,924  
 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Software (continued)

   

InterDigital, Inc.

    1,392     $ 56,265  

LivePerson, Inc.(a)

    3,259       30,700  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,152       57,240  

OneSpan, Inc.(a)

    1,653       14,232  

Progress Software Corp.

    2,040       86,802  

SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)

    1,691       210,073  
   

 

 

 
      937,311  
Specialty Retail — 4.0%            

Aaron’s Co., Inc.

    1,444       14,036  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    2,368       36,822  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(a)

    279       17,025  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(a)

    1,039       156,993  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,266       19,890  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,399       81,786  

Buckle, Inc.

    1,388       43,944  

Caleres, Inc.

    1,725       41,779  

Cato Corp., Class A

    753       7,184  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)

    5,875       28,435  

Children’s Place, Inc.(a)

    619       19,121  

Conn’s, Inc.(a)

    598       4,234  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A

    2,646       40,510  

Genesco, Inc.(a)

    612       24,064  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    741       105,867  

Guess?, Inc.

    1,567       22,988  

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

    610       15,189  

Hibbett, Inc.

    607       30,235  

LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,377       9,543  

MarineMax, Inc.(a)

    1,011       30,118  

Monro, Inc.

    1,512       65,711  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)

    3,704       120,936  

ODP Corp.(a)

    2,009       70,616  

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

    2,501       43,792  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,024       63,302  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

    803       17,216  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    2,184       124,903  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)

    1,031       34,858  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

    870       37,671  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)

    2,828       55,570  

Zumiez, Inc.(a)

    731       15,738  
   

 

 

 
          1,400,076  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Corsair Gaming, Inc.(a)

    1,799       20,419  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.(a)

    3,526       8,603  
   

 

 

 
      29,022  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%            

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)

    2,038       30,468  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    2,314       77,773  

Movado Group, Inc.

    753       21,220  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    703       63,115  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    3,486       92,972  

Unifi, Inc.(a)

    601       5,715  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    3,697       56,897  
   

 

 

 
      348,160  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.0%

   

Axos Financial, Inc.(a)

    2,497     $ 85,472  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    5,661       46,986  

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

    2,115       70,641  

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.(a)

    3,364       136,242  

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,977       81,011  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    2,000       28,620  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    1,475       28,763  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    527       16,558  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    1,442       120,739  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    1,754       81,491  
   

 

 

 
      696,523  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.4%  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    1,805       185,518  

Boise Cascade Co.

    1,852       110,120  

DXP Enterprises, Inc.(a)

    743       17,594  

GMS, Inc.(a)

    2,002       80,100  

NOW, Inc.(a)

    5,204       52,300  

Veritiv Corp.(a)

    656       64,137  
   

 

 

 
      509,769  
Water Utilities — 0.8%            

American States Water Co.

    1,735       135,243  

California Water Service Group

    2,552       134,465  
   

 

 

 
      269,708  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

Gogo, Inc.(a)

    1,926       23,343  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    2,351       40,014  

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    4,701       65,344  
   

 

 

 
      128,701  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 96.5%
(Cost: $40,690,564)

 

    33,977,266  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

 

Money Market Funds — 7.1%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.18%(e)

    1,133,232       1,133,572  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.81%

    1,355,345       1,355,345  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 7.1%
(Cost: $2,488,595)

 

    2,488,917  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 103.6%
(Cost: $43,179,159)

 

    36,466,183  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.6)%

 

    (1,253,063
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   35,213,120  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended September 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/22
       Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sale
       Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
       Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
       Value at
09/30/22
       Shares
Held at
09/30/22
       Income     

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $  405,593        $ 727,591 (a)     $        $ 132        $ 256        $ 1,133,572          1,133,232        $ 1,162 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     760,000          595,345 (a)                                  1,355,345          1,355,345          8,711         
               

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

           

 

 

    

 

 

 
                $ 132        $ 256        $   2,488,917             $  9,873      $  
               

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

           

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
Reference Entity   Payment
Frequency
  Counterparty(a)   Termination
Date
    Net
Notional
    Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Net Value of
Reference
Entity
   

Gross Notional

Amount

Net Asset

Percentage

 

 

 

Equity Securities Long/Short

  Monthly   Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)     02/27/23     $   585,411     $ (41,998 )(c)    $ 543,694       1.7
  Monthly   HSBC Bank PLC(d)     02/10/23       426,880       (29,910 )(e)      397,476       1.2  
  Monthly   JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(f)     02/08/23       242,959       (17,304 )(g)      225,750       0.7  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ (89,212   $ 1,166,920    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $(281) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (e) 

Amount includes $(506) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (g) 

Amount includes $(95) of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

    (b)   (d)   (f)
Range:     65 basis points   65 basis points   65 basis points
Benchmarks:              USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate   USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate   USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate
    (FEDL01)   (OBFR01)   (OBFR01)

 

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of period end, termination date February 27, 2023.

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

Ameris Bancorp

    157     $ 8,540       1.6

Bancorp, Inc.

    432           9,957       1.8  

BankUnited, Inc.

    1,465       51,426       9.5  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    815       22,905       4.2  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    290       3,705       0.7  

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Banks

     

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    11     $ 228       0.0

City Holding Co.

    164           15,166       2.8  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    241       8,118       1.5  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    198       6,161       1.1  

CVB Financial Corp.

    397       11,774       2.2  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    39       2,465       0.5  

First Bancorp

    292       5,321       1.0  

First Bancorp

    146       5,999       1.1  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    262       3,980       0.7  

First Financial Bancorp

    497       11,510       2.1  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    172       4,073       0.8  
 

 

 

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September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

 

 
    Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

 

 

Banks

     

Heritage Financial Corp.

    221     $ 6,194       1.1

HomeStreet, Inc.

    68       2,161       0.4  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    1,271       16,836       3.1  

Independent Bank Corp.

    267       21,688       4.0  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    64       5,606       1.0  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    239       9,905       1.8  

OFG Bancorp

    196       5,554       1.0  

Preferred Bank

    328       21,722       4.0  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    129       4,221       0.8  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    814       19,175       3.5  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    2       495       0.1  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.

    37       2,011       0.4  

Trustmark Corp.

    441       14,457       2.7  

United Community Banks, Inc.

    517       18,933       3.5  

Verites Holdings, Inc.

    150       4,520       0.8  

Westamerica Bancorp

    136       7,791       1.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          332,597    

Commercial Services & Supplies

     

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    887       2,263       0.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consumer Finance

     

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    79       1,841       0.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

Getty Realty Corp.

    173       5,674       1.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gas Utilities

     

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    91       11,539       2.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Insurance

     

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    125       4,656       0.9  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    1,078       4,431       0.8  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    259       9,881       1.8  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    184       1,391       0.2  

ProAssurance Corp.

    531       10,770       2.0  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    81       7,993       1.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      39,122    
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Green Plains, Inc.

    97       2,820       0.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail                  

Haverty Furniture Cos, Inc.

    18       448       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    324       3,245       0.6  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    1,795       35,763       6.6  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    164       5,373       1.0  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    1,021       48,969       9.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      93,350    
Water Utilities                  

Middlesex Water Co.

    693       54,040       9.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity —
Goldman Sachs Bank USA

    $ 543,694    
   

 

 

   

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of period end, termination date February 10, 2023.

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

Ameris Bancorp

    13     $ 581       0.1

BankUnited, Inc.

    124       4,237       1.1  

Banner Corp.

    680       41,179       10.4  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    730       19,929       5.0  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    1,358       15,821       4.0  

Central Pacific

    57       1,179       0.3  

City Holding Co.

    98       8,692       2.2  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    11       661       0.2  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

    30       884       0.2  

First Bancorp

    80       1,095       0.3  

First Bancorp

    38       1,390       0.3  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    761       9,771       2.5  

First Financial Bancorp

    54       1,138       0.3  

Heritage Financial Corp.

    5       132       0.0  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    47       1,354       0.3  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    1,056       13,348       3.4  

Independent Bank Corp.

    242       18,036       4.5  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    13       947       0.2  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    12       455       0.1  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    328       4,431       1.1  

OFG Bancorp

    394       9,901       2.5  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    154       4,768       1.2  

Preferred Bank

    47       3,066       0.8  

Renasant Corp.

    306       10,479       2.6  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    689       20,195       5.1  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    1,413       30,789       7.7  

Trustmark Corp.

    73       2,236       0.6  

Verites Holdings, Inc.

    10       266       0.1  

Westamerica Bancorp

    11       575       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          227,535    
Commercial Services & Supplies                  

GEO Group, Inc.

    169       1,656       0.4  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    4,783       11,144       2.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      12,800    
Consumer Finance                  

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    205       3,891       1.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)  

Getty Realty Corp.

    15       403       0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Gas Utilities                  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    453       52,272       13.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Insurance                  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    353       12,175       3.1  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    2,408       8,428       2.1  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    542       19,127       4.8  

ProAssurance Corp.

    563       10,984       2.8  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    7       571       0.1  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    56       2,881       0.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      54,166    
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     

Green Plains, Inc.

    357     $ 11,250       2.8
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                  

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

    369       12,993       3.3  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

    214       4,173       1.0  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    200       6,284       1.6  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    41       1,905       0.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      25,355    

Water Utilities

     

Middlesex Water Co.

    127       9,804       2.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC

    $  397,476    
   

 

 

   

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of period end, termination date February 8, 2023.

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Common Stocks                  
Banks                  

Ameris Bancorp

    17     $ 760       0.3

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    743           15,600       6.9  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    138       3,987       1.8  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    113       6,789       3.0  

First Bancorp

    1,882       25,746       11.4  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    1,543       19,812       8.8  

 

 
    Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

 

 

Banks

     

HomeStreet, Inc.

    252     $ 7,260       3.2

Independent Bank Corp.

    437       32,570       14.4  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    330       11,239       5.0  

Preferred Bank

    153       9,980       4.4  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    308       10,278       4.6  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    136       2,964       1.3  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.

    10       544       0.3  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    495       13,162       5.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      160,691    
Consumer Finance                  

Green Dot Corp., Class A

    1,069       20,290       9.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

Acadia Realty Trust

    387       5,326       2.3  

Getty Realty Corp.

    49       1,317       0.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      6,643    
Insurance                  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A

    5,905       20,667       9.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities                  

Avista Corp.

    60       3,631       1.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Green Plains, Inc.

    260       7,558       3.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    11       91       0.1  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    133       6,179       2.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      6,270    
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity —
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

    $  225,750    
   

 

 

   
 

 

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for OTC Swaps

 

         
Description    Swap
Premiums
Paid
     Swap
Premiums
Received
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Swaps

   $      $      $        $ (89,212

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps;

                    

Swap premiums received

   $      $      $ 89,212      $      $      $      $  89,212  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

For the period ended September 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                

Swaps

   $        $        $ (3,574      $        $        $        $ (3,574
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Swaps

   $        $        $ (104,197      $        $        $        $ (104,197
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

Total return swaps

 

Average notional amount

   $ 1,169,040  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments - Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     
      Assets        Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

       

Swaps — OTC(a)

   $        $ 89,212  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   $        $ 89,212  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

               
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $        $ 89,212  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums paid/received in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The following tables present the Fund’s derivative liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received and pledged by the Fund:

 

 

 
Counterparty    Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty
       Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
       Non-
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
       Cash
Collateral
Pledged
       Net
Amount of
Derivative
Liabilities(b)
 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 41,998        $        $        $        $ 41,998  

HSBC Bank PLC

     29,910                                     29,910  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A

     17,304                                     17,304  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 89,212        $        $        $        $ 89,212  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

 
  (b) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                                               

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 33,977,266        $        $        $ 33,977,266  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     2,488,917                            2,488,917  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 36,466,183        $        $        $ 36,466,183  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $        $ (89,212      $        $ (89,212
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps. Swaps are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P 500 ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P Mid-Cap

ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P

Small-Cap

ETF

 

ASSETS

 

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 200,033,609     $ 84,457,572     $ 33,977,266  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    1,181,031       2,258,364       2,488,917  

Cash

    72,927       7,090       4,593  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    30,000              

Receivables:

   

Investments sold

    5,662       535,335       353,823  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    114       1,958       279  

Swaps

                48,415  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    135,667       90,849       45,805  

Dividends — affiliated

    717       232       3,054  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    201,459,727       87,351,400       36,922,152  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

   

Collateral on securities loaned

    363,822       2,617,814       1,133,560  

Payables:

   

Investments purchased

                422,692  

Swaps

                56,493  

Investment advisory fees

    14,498       8,552       3,562  

Other accrued expenses

                3,513  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    5,424              

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps

                89,212  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    383,744       2,626,366       1,709,032  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  201,075,983     $ 84,725,034     $ 35,213,120  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

   

Paid-in capital

  $ 266,201,959     $ 102,865,458     $ 43,371,486  

Accumulated loss

    (65,125,976     (18,140,424     (8,158,366
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 201,075,983     $ 84,725,034     $ 35,213,120  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

   

Shares outstanding

  $ 7,500,000     $ 2,850,000     $ 1,150,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 26.81     $ 29.73     $ 30.62  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 263,371,702     $ 100,755,116     $ 40,690,564  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 322,124     $ 2,081,692     $ 1,102,638  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 1,511,984     $ 2,257,445     $ 2,488,595  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended September 30, 2022

 

    

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P 500 ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P Mid-Cap

ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P

Small-Cap

ETF

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 1,592,458     $ 669,856     $ 238,416  

Dividends — affiliated

    12,274       1,018       8,711  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    839       21,772       1,162  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (485           (175
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    1,605,086       692,646       248,114  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

     

Investment advisory

    87,676       46,910       18,143  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    87,676       46,910       18,143  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,517,410       645,736       229,971  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

    (1,256,883     (1,620,492     (638,926

Investments — affiliated

    581       349       132  

Futures contracts

    (19,403     (4,490      

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    571,726       903,685        

In-kind redemptions — affiliated(a)

    2,055              

Swaps

                (3,574
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (701,924     (720,948     (642,368
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

    (51,470,605     (15,557,762     (5,544,466

Investments — affiliated

    (213,969     808       256  

Futures contracts

    (64,628            

Swaps

                (104,197
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (51,749,202     (15,556,954     (5,648,407
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (52,451,126     (16,277,902     (6,290,775
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $  (50,933,716   $  (15,632,166   $  (6,060,804
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares
ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF
           iShares
ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF
 
     Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
            Six Months Ended
09/30/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
03/31/22
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

          

OPERATIONS

          

Net investment income

  $ 1,517,410     $ 2,155,766        $ 645,736     $ 586,448  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (701,924     27,890,630          (720,948     1,134,234  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (51,749,202     (13,278,031        (15,556,954     (2,007,608
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (50,933,716     16,768,365          (15,632,166     (286,926
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

          

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (1,456,937     (2,164,851        (606,058     (598,577
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

          

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    25,052,632       183,536,895          24,297,078       57,811,412  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

          

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (27,338,021     198,140,409          8,058,854       56,925,909  

Beginning of period

    228,414,004       30,273,595          76,666,180       19,740,271  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $   201,075,983     $   228,414,004        $   84,725,034     $   76,666,180  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

F I N A N C I A L   S T A T E M E N T S

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares
ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap
ETF
 
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

03/31/22

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 229,971     $ 167,343  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (642,368     1,351,582  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (5,648,407     (2,333,805
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

    (6,060,804     (814,880
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (201,034     (297,928
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    16,859,024       16,027,431  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase in net assets

    10,597,186       14,914,623  

Beginning of period

    24,615,934       9,701,311  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 35,213,120     $   24,615,934  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

          iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF  
             

Six Months Ended
09/30/22

(unaudited

 
 

   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
   

Period from
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 
(a)  

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

             $ 34.35     $ 30.27     $ 25.29  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.21       0.39       0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      (7.55     4.07       4.91  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (7.34     4.46       5.12  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

      (0.20     (0.38     (0.14
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 26.81     $ 34.35     $ 30.27  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

      (21.39 )%(f)      14.74     20.27 %(f) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

      0.08 %(h)      0.08     0.08 %(h) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.38 %(h)      1.12     1.37 %(h) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 201,076     $ 228,414     $ 30,274  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

      2     3     6
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

          iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF  
             

Six Months Ended
09/30/22

(unaudited

 
 

   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
   

Period from

09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 

(a) 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

             $ 36.51     $ 35.89     $ 25.19  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.27       0.46       0.22  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      (6.82     0.58       10.66  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (6.55     1.04       10.88  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

      (0.23     (0.42     (0.18
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 29.73     $ 36.51     $ 35.89  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

      (17.96 )%(f)      2.88     43.29 %(f) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

      0.12 %(h)      0.12     0.12 %(h) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.65 %(h)      1.23     1.29 %(h) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 84,725     $ 76,666     $ 19,740  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

      10     26     11
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g)

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

          iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF  
             

Six Months Ended
09/30/22

(unaudited

 
 

   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
   

Period from

09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 

(a) 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

             $ 37.87     $ 38.81     $ 25.18  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.26       0.39       0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      (7.31     (0.55     13.69  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (7.05     (0.16     13.89  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

      (0.20     (0.78     (0.26
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 30.62     $ 37.87     $ 38.81  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

      (18.63 )%(f)      (0.47 )%      55.32 %(f) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

      0.12 %(h)      0.12     0.12 %(h) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.52 %(h)      1.00     1.13 %(h) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 35,214     $ 24,616     $ 9,701  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

      13     34     18
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) 

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

 

 
iShares ETF    Diversification
Classification
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

     Non-Diversified  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

     Non-Diversified  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

     Non-Diversified  

 

 

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

ForeignTaxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

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.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can

 

 

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resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

 

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty

   
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
    
Cash
Collateral Received
 
(a) 
   


Non-Cash

Collateral Received,
at Fair Value

 

 
(a) 

   
Net
Amount
 
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

        

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 44,821      $ (44,821   $     $  

BNP Paribas SA

    3,419        (3,419            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    78,168        (78,168            

UBS AG

    195,716        (195,716            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 322,124      $ (322,124   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 8,167      $ (8,167   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    8,814        (8,814            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    129,624        (129,624            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    87,251        (87,251            

HSBC Bank PLC

    267,904        (267,904            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    831,538        (831,538            

Jefferies LLC

    13,351        (13,351            

UBS AG

    735,043        (735,043            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 2,081,692      $ (2,081,692   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 250      $ (250   $     $  

BNP Paribas SA

    16,169        (16,169            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    2,553        (2,553            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    703,679        (703,679            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    120,725        (120,725            

Jefferies LLC

    112,018        (112,018            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    102,698        (102,698            

UBS AG

    32,846        (32,846            

UBS Securities LLC

    11,700        (11,700            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 1,102,638      $ (1,102,638   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained to an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received

 

 

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are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid. Total return swaps are entered into by the iShares EGS Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instruments or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of the agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

 

 

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For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF    Investment Advisory Fees  

ESG Screened S&P 500

     0.08

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

     0.12  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

     0.12  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

ETF Servicing Fees: Each Fund has entered into an ETF Services Agreement with BRIL to perform certain order processing, Authorized Participant communications, and related services in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units (“ETF Services”). BRIL is entitled to a transaction fee from Authorized Participants on each creation or redemption order for the ETF Services provided. The Funds do not pay BRIL for ETF Services.

Prior to September 12, 2022, ETF Services were performed by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income - affiliated - net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 352  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    5,459  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    400  

 

 

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Loss
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $   1,229,949      $ 825,077      $ (324,907

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    645,482        1,469,094        (870,180

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    890,679        222,807        (54,467

 

 

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends - affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

 

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7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $   3,780,660      $   3,670,627  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    8,012,968        7,924,716  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    5,335,153        3,667,371  

 

 

For the six months ended September 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $   33,928,772      $   8,984,022  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    29,233,550        5,104,886  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    14,637,005         

 

 

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of September 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of March 31, 2022, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Amounts  

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

  $   322,579  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    296,856  

 

 

As of September 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $   265,634,537      $ 2,005,653      $ (66,467,180   $ (64,461,527

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    103,852,511        1,967,800        (19,104,375     (17,136,575

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    43,571,185        727,347        (7,921,561     (7,194,214

 

 

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

 

 

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Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     
    

Six Months Ended

09/30/22

      

Year Ended

03/31/22

 
  

 

 

      

 

 

 
iShares ETF    Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

ESG Screened S&P 500

                 

Shares sold

     1,150,000        $ 34,067,552          15,950,000        $ 540,500,596  

Shares redeemed

     (300,000        (9,014,920        (10,300,000        (356,963,701
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
     850,000        $ 25,052,632          5,650,000        $ 183,536,895  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

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Six Months Ended

09/30/22

      

Year Ended

03/31/22

 
  

 

 

      

 

 

 
iShares ETF    Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

                 

Shares sold

     900,000        $ 29,451,829          1,850,000        $ 68,955,535  

Shares redeemed

     (150,000        (5,154,751        (300,000        (11,144,123
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
     750,000        $ 24,297,078          1,550,000        $ 57,811,412  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

                 

Shares sold

     500,000        $ 16,859,024          700,000        $     27,779,582  

Shares redeemed

                       (300,000        (11,752,151
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
     500,000        $     16,859,024          400,000        $ 16,027,431  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to BRIL, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract  

 

iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF, iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF, iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the

 

 

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revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

September 30, 2022

 

    

Total Cumulative Distributions

for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

    

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative

Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Net
Investment
Income
     Net Realized
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total Per
Share
     Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap(a)

  $  0.203770      $      $      $  0.203770        100         0     100

 

(a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s

    

 

 

 

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Want to know more?

iShares.com | 1-800-474-2737

This report is intended for the Funds’ shareholders. It may not be distributed to prospective investors unless it is preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, nor does this company make any representations regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.

©2022 BlackRock, Inc. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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(b) Not Applicable

 

Item 2.

Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.


Item 6.

Investments.

(a) Schedules of investments are included as part of the reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 7.

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

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 9.

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

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 11.

Controls and Procedures.

(a) The President (the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (the registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act of 1934.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.

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

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 13.

Exhibits.

(a) (1) Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

(a) (2) Section 302 Certifications are attached.

(a) (3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable

(a) (4) Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

iShares Trust

 

  By:     

/s/ Armando Senra                             

       Armando Senra, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: November 21, 2022

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

 

  By:     

/s/ Armando Senra                             

       Armando Senra, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: November 21, 2022

 

  By:     

/s/ Trent Walker                             

       Trent Walker, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: November 21, 2022