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
Name of Fund: iShares Trust
Fund Address: c/o BlackRock Fund
Advisors, 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Name and address of agent for service: The
Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange
Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415)
670-2000
Date of fiscal year end: 07/31/2024
Date of reporting period: 07/31/2024
Item
1 – Reports to Stockholders
(a)
The Reports to Shareholders are
attached herewith.
(b) Not
Applicable
Item 2 – Code of Ethics – The registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period
covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive
officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or
controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the
registrant has not amended the code of ethics and there have been no waivers
granted under the code of ethics. The
registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person
upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-474-2737.
Item
3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of trustees (the
“board of trustees”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following
audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each
audit committee financial expert is independent:
Richard L. Fagnani
Madhav V. Rajan
Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee
financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including
without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of
1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee
financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit
committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties,
obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and
liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board
of trustees in the absence of such designation or identification. The
designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial
expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other
member of the audit committee or board of trustees.
Item
4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The
principal accountant fees disclosed in items 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 4(d) and 4(g)
are for the eight series of the registrant for which the fiscal year-end is July
31, 2024 (the “Funds”), and whose annual financial statements are reported in
Item 1.
(a) Audit Fees – The aggregate fees billed for
each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the
principal accountant for the audit of the Funds’ annual financial statements or
services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with
statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $88,100
for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 and $88,100 for the fiscal year ended July
31, 2024.
(b)
Audit-Related Fees – There were no fees billed for the fiscal years
ended July 31, 2023 and July 31, 2024 for assurance and related services by the
principal accountant that were reasonably related to the performance of the
audit of the Funds’ financial statements and are not reported under (a) of this
Item.
(c) Tax Fees – The aggregate fees billed in
each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the
principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for the
Funds were $77,600 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 and $77,600 for the
fiscal year ended July 31, 2024. These services related to the review of the
Funds’ tax returns and excise tax calculations.
(d) All Other Fees – There
were no other fees billed in each of the fiscal years ended July 31, 2023 and July
31, 2024 for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other
than the services reported in (a) through (c) of this Item.
(e)(1) Audit Committee
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:
The registrant’s audit
committee charter, as amended, provides that the audit committee is responsible
for the approval, prior to appointment, of the engagement of the principal
accountant to annually audit and provide their opinion on the registrant’s
financial statements. The audit committee must also approve, prior to
appointment, the engagement of the principal accountant to provide non-audit
services to the registrant or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the registrant’s investment adviser (“Adviser Affiliate”)
that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates
directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.
(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were
approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01
of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not Applicable
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed
by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the Funds,
and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any Adviser Affiliate
that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the last two fiscal years
were $77,600 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 and $77,600 for the fiscal
year ended July 31, 2024.
(h)
The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision of
non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any Adviser Affiliate that
provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant
to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, if any, is compatible
with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence, and has determined
that the provision of these services, if any, does not compromise the principal
accountant’s independence.
(i)
– Not Applicable
(j) – Not Applicable
Item
5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrant
(a) The following individuals are members of the
registrant’s separately designated standing Committee established in accordance
with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
78c(a)(58)(A)):
Richard L. Fagnani
Laura F. Fergerson
Cecilia H. Herbert
Madhav V. Rajan
(b)
Not Applicable
Item 6
– Investments
(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Financial
Statement and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies
filed under Item 7 of this Form.
(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period
covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.
Item 7
– Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management
Investment Companies –
(a)
The registrant’s Financial Statements are attached herewith.
(b) The registrant’s Financial Highlights are attached herewith.
Item
8 – Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management
Investment Companies – See Item 7
Item 9 – Proxy Disclosures
for Open-End Management Investment Companies – See Item 7
Item 10
– Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management
Investment Companies – See Item 7
Item
11 – Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract
– See Item 7
Item
12 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End
Management Investment Companies – Not
Applicable
Item
13 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable
Item
14 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company
and Affiliated Purchasers – Not
Applicable
Item
15 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no
material changes to these procedures.
Item
16 – Controls and Procedures
(a)
The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or
persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as
of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report based on the
evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the
1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(b)
There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) 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
17 – Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies –Not Applicable
Item
18 – Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation – Not Applicable
Item
19 – Exhibits attached hereto
(a)(2) Any
policy required by the listing standards adopted pursuant to Rule 10D-1 under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10D-1) by the registered national securities
exchange or registered national securities association upon which the registrant’s
securities are listed – Not Applicable
(a)(4) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1
– Not Applicable
(a)(5) Change in registrant’s independent public accountant – Not
Applicable
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/ Jessica Tan
Jessica
Tan
President
(principal executive officer) of
iSharesTrust
Date:
September 23, 2024
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/ Jessica Tan
Jessica
Tan
President
(principal executive officer) of
iShares
Trust
Date:
September 23, 2024
By: /s/ Trent Walker
Trent
Walker
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (principal
financial officer) of
iShares Trust
Date:
September 23, 2024