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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSRS

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-22311

 

 

Schwab Strategic Trust – Schwab U.S. REIT ETF and Schwab Fundamental Index ETFs

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Jonathan de. St. Paer

Schwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. REIT ETF and Schwab Fundamental Index ETFs

211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 627-7000

Date of fiscal year end: February 28

Date of reporting period: August 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

Item 1:

Report(s) to Shareholders.


Semiannual Report  |  August 31, 2020
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF

                  Ticker Symbol  SCHH
New Notice Regarding Shareholder Report Delivery Options
Beginning on January 1, 2021, paper copies of a fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your financial intermediary (such as a bank or broker-dealer). Instead, the reports will be made available on a fund’s website www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and the mailing will provide a website link to access the report. You will continue to receive other fund regulatory documents (such as prospectuses or supplements) in paper unless you have elected to receive all fund documents electronically.
If you would like to receive a fund’s future shareholder reports in paper free of charge after January 1, 2021, you can make that request:
•  If you invest through Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. (broker-dealer), by calling 1-866-345-5954 and using the unique identifier attached to this mailing; or
•  If you invest through another financial intermediary (such as a bank or broker-dealer) by contacting them directly.
If you already receive shareholder reports and other fund documents electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action.

 

Fund investment adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM)
Distributor: SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SIDCO)
The Sector/Industry classifications in this report use the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI Inc. (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The Industry classifications used in the schedule of Portfolio Holdings are sub-categories of Sector classifications.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Performance at a Glance

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.
Total Returns for the 6 Months Ended August 31, 2020
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (Ticker Symbol: SCHH)  
Market Price Return1 -12.61%
NAV Return1 -12.47%
Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index2 N/A
REIT Spliced Index -12.53%
ETF Category: Morningstar Real Estate3 -5.95%
Performance Details pages 7-8
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Small-company stocks are subject to greater volatility than many other asset classes.
The fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and an investment in the fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets.
Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
Index ownership — Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones). The Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index (the Index) is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, and the trademark and Index have been licensed for use by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. The Schwab U.S. REIT ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, or any of their respective affiliates and neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, nor any of their respective affiliates make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product.
1 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
2 Effective June 22, 2020, the fund changed its primary comparative index from the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT IndexTM to the Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index   (index) in connection with a change to the fund’s investment objective and investment strategies to invest its assets in accordance with the index. The inception date of the   Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index is April 13, 2020.
3 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
From the President

Jonathan de St. Paer
President of Charles Schwab
Investment Management, Inc.
and the fund covered
in this report.
Dear Shareholder,
The six-month reporting period ended August 31, 2020 has been witness to a number of historic events that have significantly impacted lives on both a personal and economic level. This period was also one of the most volatile investing environments on record. Up until the last week of February, U.S. stock market performance was strong, with the longest bull market cycle in history continuing and major equity indices hitting new highs. U.S. real estate securities were also generating mostly positive returns, supported by accommodative monetary policies and solid fundamentals. But the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world brought many economies to an abrupt halt and sent stock markets reeling. A new record was set for the fastest U.S. market decline, with the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, dropping 30% over just 22 trading days in late February and early March. Stay-at-home orders, business closures, and social distancing restrictions resulted in steep declines in global real estate securities, particularly real estate investment trusts (REITs). By the end of the reporting period, however, many stocks had rebounded and major equity indices reached new highs in August. U.S. REITs, however, showed fewer signs of recovery, though certain segments fared better than others. In this environment, the S&P 500® Index returned 19.6% for the six-month reporting period ended August 31, 2020. The Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT IndexTM returned -11.8% for the same period, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Index (Net)*, which represents general trends in eligible real estate securities worldwide, returned -10.4%.
Although the current environment is unprecedented, this varied performance of asset classes is a good reminder of the importance of diversification. At Charles Schwab Investment Management, we believe that maintaining exposure to a mix of asset classes that perform differently over time is one of the best ways to help weather market cycles. Since real estate securities tend to be influenced by a different combination of factors than stocks and bonds, REITs may add another layer of diversification when combined with more traditional asset classes in a portfolio. The Schwab U.S. REIT ETF offers a simple, low-cost way to capture the performance of U.S. REITs. The Schwab ETFs also offer potential tax-efficiency. In fact, since the launch of the first Schwab ETFs in 2009, we have paid zero capital gains on our entire ETF lineup.1
Thank you for investing with Charles Schwab Investment Management. For more information about the Schwab U.S. REIT ETF, please continue reading this report. In addition, you can find further details about this fund by visiting our website at www.schwabfunds.com. We are also happy to hear from you at 1-877-824-5615.
Sincerely,
The Schwab U.S. REIT ETF offers a simple, low-cost way to capture the performance of U.S. REITs.
Past performance cannot guarantee future results.
Diversification and asset allocation strategies do not ensure a profit and cannot protect against losses in a declining market.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
* The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
1 There is no guarantee that capital gains distributions will not be made in the future.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
The Investment Environment

The six-month reporting period ended August 31, 2020 was a historically volatile one for global equity markets. The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy, prompting dramatic social distancing restrictions, shuttering businesses, and resulting in a new record for the fastest U.S. market decline with the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, dropping 30% in just 22 trading days in late February and early March. International securities followed suit. By the end of March, governments and central banks around the world had begun passing extensive emergency rescue and fiscal stimulus measures in an effort to support their economies. While the extraordinary response prompted a rally in global equity markets from their March lows, particularly in the U.S., historic volatility remained. U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) began to recover somewhat, although not to the extent of major market indices, several of which hit new highs by the end of the reporting period. For the reporting period, the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT IndexTM, which represents U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) returned -11.76%. The FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Index (Net)*, which represents general trends in eligible real estate securities worldwide, returned -10.39%. The S&P 500® Index, returned 19.63% for the same period.
Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. economy, despite ongoing trade tensions with China, maintained steady growth in its record eleventh year of expansion, albeit at a slowing pace. However, amid the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. entered recessionary territory with record speed. U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) fell steeply, declining 5% and 31.4% for the first and second quarters of 2020, respectively, with the second quarter representing the largest contraction in U.S. GDP since 1947. Unemployment remained at record lows through February before a record number of unemployment claims in March resulted in the largest monthly increase in the U.S. unemployment rate since January 1975. In April, this record was broken again when unemployment skyrocketed, rising to the highest level since the Great Depression. Unemployment declined in May through August, dropping below double digits in August. Consumer confidence, which remained solid through February, also fell steeply in March and April. By June, consumer confidence recovered before falling again in July and August. Inflation crept up slightly in January and February, before retreating in March, April, and May, with April seeing the largest monthly decline since December 2008. Inflation began to climb again in June.
Asset Class Performance Comparison % returns during the 6 months ended August 31, 2020    
 
Index figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Data source: Index provider websites and CSIM.
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
* The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
The Investment Environment (continued)

Many central banks around the world, including the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) reduced their policy rates over the reporting period, while others maintained low—and for some international central banks, negative—interest rates. In the U.S., after enacting three interest rate cuts in the second half of 2019 and as the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic grew, the Fed cut interest rates during the reporting period—by 0.50% in early March and by 1.00% in mid-March—resulting in a federal funds rate of 0.00% to 0.25%. Demand for U.S. Treasuries surged, driving yields to historic lows. Short-term rates fell steeply in response to the federal funds rate cuts, with the three-month U.S. Treasury yield falling from 1.99% to 0.11%. Longer-term yields also fell, with the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury falling from 1.50% to 0.72%. In addition, the Fed also announced extensive emergency measures to support the economy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, including large purchases of U.S. Treasuries and other securities to support smooth market function, facilitating the flow of credit to municipalities, new financing for employers, consumers, and businesses, and the establishment of facilities to support credit to businesses and consumers alike. In August, the Fed announced that it was shifting its interest rate policy approach to potentially allow inflation to rise above its 2% target for periods of time even in times of rising employment.
Despite low interest rates, REITs fell under severe pressure during the reporting period as funding for development waned and demand in multiple sectors fell. Among REIT sub-industries in the Dow Jones Select U.S. REIT IndexTM, all but two, industrial REITs and specialized REITs, posted negative returns for the reporting period. Industrial REITs benefitted from a surge in e-commerce that boosted demand for facilities. Specialized REITs benefited from positive performance of data centers and infrastructure REITs as a result of increased demand for online and mobile communications. Retail REITs and hotel & resort REITs were particularly hard-hit amid diminishing consumer spending and curtailed travel.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Fund Management

Christopher Bliss, CFA, Vice President and Head of Passive Equity Strategies, leads the portfolio management team for Schwab’s passive equity mutual funds and ETFs. He also has overall responsibility for all aspects of the management of the fund. Before joining CSIM in 2016, Mr. Bliss spent 12 years at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) managing and leading institutional index teams, most recently as a managing director and the head of the Americas institutional index team. Prior to BlackRock, he worked as an equity analyst and portfolio manager for Harris Bretall and before that, as a research analyst for JP Morgan.
    
Jeremy Brown, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining CSIM in 2017, Mr. Brown spent six years with ALPS Advisors, Inc. in Denver, most recently as a senior analyst on the ETF portfolio management and research team where he performed portfolio management, trading, and analytics/research functions for ALPS ETFs and passive funds. Additionally, Mr. Brown led a number of investment research, commentary, industry trend analysis, and sales and marketing support initiatives.
    
Ferian Juwono, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining CSIM in 2010, Mr. Juwono worked at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) where he spent more than three years as a portfolio manager, managing equity index funds for institutional clients, and two years as a senior business analyst. Prior to that, Mr. Juwono worked for more than four years as a senior financial analyst with Union Bank of California.
    
Sabya Sinha, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining CSIM in 2015, Mr. Sinha spent a year at F-Squared Investments on the product development and analytics team. Prior to F-Squared, he worked at IndexIQ Advisors as a senior index portfolio manager for three years and for Bank of America’s Columbia Management subsidiary as a portfolio manager for three years.
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The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Average Annual Total Returns1
Fund and Inception Date 6 Months 1 Year 5 Years Since Inception*
Fund: Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (1/13/11)        
Market Price Return2 -12.61% -18.25% 3.07% 6.69%
NAV Return2 -12.47% -18.34% 3.07% 6.68%
Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
REIT Spliced Index -12.53% -18.39% 3.14% 6.78%
Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT IndexTM -11.76% -17.67% 3.32% 6.88%
ETF Category: Morningstar Real Estate4 -5.95% -9.17% 5.27% N/A
Fund Expense Ratio5: 0.07%
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Small-company stocks may be subject to greater volatility than many other asset classes.
The fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities, and an investment in the fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
Index ownership — Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones). The Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index (the Index) is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, and the trademark and Index have been licensed for use by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. The Schwab U.S. REIT ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, or any of their respective affiliates and neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, nor any of their respective affiliates make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product.
* Inception (1/13/11) represents the date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
1 Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
2 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
3 Effective June 22, 2020, the fund changed its primary comparative index from the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT IndexTM to the Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index   (index) in connection with a change to the fund’s investment objective and investment strategies to invest its assets in accordance with the index. The inception date of the   Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index is April 13, 2020.
4 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
5 As stated in the prospectus.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Performance and Fund Facts as of August 31, 2020

Statistics1
Number of Holdings 145
Weighted Average Market Cap (millions) $32,773
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 35.6
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 2.3
Portfolio Turnover Rate 52% 2,3
Industry Weightings % of Investments4
 
    
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets5
    
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
An index is a statistical composite of a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and its return is not inclusive of trading and management costs incurred by the fund.
Source of Industry Classification: S&P and MSCI.
1 Excludes derivatives.
2 Not annualized.
3 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
4 The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, excluding derivatives, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets.
5 This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
Examples for a $1,000 Investment
As a fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares; and, (2) ongoing costs, including management fees.
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for six months beginning March 1, 2020 and held through August 31, 2020.
Actual Return line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
Hypothetical Return line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, including any brokerage commissions you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of a fund. Therefore, the hypothetical return lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
  Expense Ratio
(Annualized)1
Beginning
Account Value
at 3/1/20
Ending
Account Value
(Net of Expenses)
at 8/31/20
Expenses Paid
During Period
3/1/20-8/31/202
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF        
Actual Return 0.07% $1,000.00 $ 875.30 $0.33
Hypothetical 5% Return 0.07% $1,000.00 $1,024.85 $0.36
    
1 Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio.
2 Expenses for the fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184 days of the period, and divided by 365 days of the fiscal year.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
  3/1/20–
8/31/20*
3/1/19–
2/29/20
3/1/18–
2/28/19
3/1/17–
2/28/18
3/1/16–
2/28/17
3/1/15–
2/29/16
Per-Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period $42.29 $43.29 $37.08 $42.08 $37.71 $40.04
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income (loss)1 0.65 1.32 1.29 1.20 1.04 1.03
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) (5.96) (1.00) 6.33 (5.28) 4.48 (2.38)
Total from investment operations (5.31) 0.32 7.62 (4.08) 5.52 (1.35)
Less distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.35) (1.32) (1.41) (0.92) (1.15) (0.98)
Net asset value at end of period $36.63 $42.29 $43.29 $37.08 $42.08 $37.71
Total return (12.47%) 2 0.59% 20.85% (9.91%) 14.74% (3.41%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Ratios to average net assets:            
Total expenses 0.07% 3 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07%
Net investment income (loss) 3.66% 3 2.88% 3.17% 2.93% 2.50% 2.70%
Portfolio turnover rate4 52% 2 6% 7% 8% 14% 12%
Net assets, end of period (x 1,000) $4,361,272 $5,717,395 $5,127,268 $3,691,377 $3,037,968 $1,823,208
 
* Unaudited.
1
Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2
Not annualized.
3
Annualized.
4
Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
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See financial notes

 

Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Common Stock 99.9% of net assets
 
Diversified REITs 3.7%
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 284,840 3,449,412
American Assets Trust, Inc. 202,199 5,166,184
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. 238,402 2,407,860
Colony Capital, Inc. * 2,026,105 5,490,745
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 609,172 3,837,784
Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. 386,925 6,566,117
Global Net Lease, Inc. 376,385 6,586,738
iStar, Inc. 306,261 3,791,511
PS Business Parks, Inc. 84,390 10,650,018
STORE Capital Corp. 936,414 25,320,635
VEREIT, Inc. 4,534,790 30,473,789
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust 346,352 7,598,963
WP Carey, Inc. 725,357 50,318,015
    161,657,771
 
Health Care REITs 9.1%
CareTrust REIT, Inc. 402,337 7,793,268
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. 86,846 4,055,708
Diversified Healthcare Trust 996,924 3,788,311
Global Medical REIT, Inc. 167,889 2,147,300
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 567,945 16,385,213
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A 918,698 24,244,440
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. 2,264,725 62,596,999
LTC Properties, Inc. 164,908 6,017,493
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 2,222,879 41,301,092
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 954,860 29,572,014
Physicians Realty Trust 851,490 15,454,543
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 865,278 12,832,073
Universal Health Realty Income Trust 53,048 3,539,363
Ventas, Inc. 1,569,811 64,691,911
Welltower, Inc. 1,756,601 101,039,690
    395,459,418
 
Hotel & Resort REITs 2.3%
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. * 881,735 8,967,245
Chatham Lodging Trust * 196,669 1,360,949
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. * 840,092 4,452,488
Hersha Hospitality Trust * 150,774 969,477
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. * 2,966,629 33,315,244
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. * 991,577 9,410,066
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 549,902 6,939,763
RLJ Lodging Trust 694,381 6,554,957
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. * 231,006 8,815,189
Service Properties Trust 692,640 5,686,574
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. * 442,553 2,606,637
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. * 906,974 7,555,093
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. * 478,460 4,296,571
    100,930,253
 
Industrial REITs 11.0%
Americold Realty Trust 842,716 32,318,159
Duke Realty Corp. 1,550,049 59,754,389
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 164,373 21,887,909
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 534,972 22,816,556
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust 274,187 5,914,214
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. 89,590 11,027,633
Lexington Realty Trust 1,163,168 13,225,220
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. 411,677 5,973,433
Prologis, Inc. 2,399,830 244,446,684
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. 515,934 24,754,513
STAG Industrial, Inc. 625,700 20,210,110
Terreno Realty Corp. 284,829 16,987,201
    479,316,021
 
Office REITs 8.4%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 530,981 89,406,581
Boston Properties, Inc. 607,939 52,811,661
Brandywine Realty Trust 716,800 7,977,984
City Office REIT, Inc. 199,369 1,602,927
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. 481,198 5,678,136
Corporate Office Properties Trust 472,299 11,637,447
Cousins Properties, Inc. 625,051 18,657,772
Douglas Emmett, Inc. 693,522 19,363,134
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. 316,166 7,648,056
Equity Commonwealth 511,117 16,043,963
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 437,009 16,282,955
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 645,128 15,147,605
JBG SMITH Properties 494,925 13,694,575
Kilroy Realty Corp. 445,434 26,066,798
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. 381,090 4,813,167
Office Properties Income Trust 202,820 4,835,229
Paramount Group, Inc. 802,753 5,940,372
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 529,733 8,110,212
SL Green Realty Corp. 322,004 15,056,907
Vornado Realty Trust 667,475 23,915,629
    364,691,110
 
Residential REITs 14.7%
American Campus Communities, Inc. 578,791 19,621,015
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A 1,074,296 30,767,837
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A 625,935 22,552,438
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 592,156 93,596,177
Camden Property Trust 409,809 37,268,030
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 766,431 50,806,711
Equity Residential 1,471,857 83,086,328
Essex Property Trust, Inc. 275,272 59,599,141
Front Yard Residential Corp. * 206,365 2,012,059
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. 399,112 4,673,602
Investors Real Estate Trust 51,242 3,643,306
Invitation Homes, Inc. 2,288,127 65,509,076
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 481,098 56,346,198
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. 91,655 3,794,517
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Class A 199,238 1,314,971
Sun Communities, Inc. 413,489 61,642,940
UDR, Inc. 1,240,619 43,185,947
    639,420,293
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Retail REITs 8.9%
Acadia Realty Trust * 362,887 4,115,139
Agree Realty Corp. 226,384 15,149,617
Alexander's, Inc. 8,841 2,255,074
American Finance Trust, Inc. 454,792 3,108,503
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. * 1,247,199 14,716,948
Federal Realty Investment Trust 295,784 23,437,924
Getty Realty Corp. 144,679 4,237,648
Kimco Realty Corp. * 1,819,190 21,812,088
Kite Realty Group Trust 354,824 3,988,222
National Retail Properties, Inc. 723,536 25,642,116
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust *(a) 252,556 277,812
Realty Income Corp. 1,444,994 89,632,978
Regency Centers Corp. 713,727 28,342,099
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. * 489,657 5,449,882
Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A * 900,574 5,682,622
RPT Realty * 337,718 1,979,027
Seritage Growth Properties, Class A *(a) 147,187 2,065,034
Simon Property Group, Inc. 1,286,524 87,290,653
SITE Centers Corp. 626,687 4,706,419
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. 433,110 15,379,736
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (a) 391,685 2,228,688
Taubman Centers, Inc. 259,200 9,927,360
The Macerich Co. (a) 489,911 3,884,994
Urban Edge Properties * 465,882 4,919,714
Washington Prime Group, Inc. *(a) 782,713 532,245
Weingarten Realty Investors 506,697 8,851,997
    389,614,539
 
Specialized REITs 41.8%
American Tower Corp. 1,566,283 390,239,409
CoreCivic, Inc. * 504,039 4,692,603
CoreSite Realty Corp. 169,522 20,757,969
Crown Castle International Corp. 1,679,333 274,151,112
CubeSmart 814,695 25,760,656
CyrusOne, Inc. 484,701 40,487,075
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 1,128,907 175,714,375
EPR Properties * 325,931 10,530,831
Equinix, Inc. 256,903 202,896,851
Extra Space Storage, Inc. 543,160 57,873,698
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. 295,613 7,464,228
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. 870,759 31,652,090
Iron Mountain, Inc. 1,211,435 36,452,079
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A 363,354 25,154,997
Life Storage, Inc. 197,434 20,815,467
National Storage Affiliates Trust 260,565 8,939,985
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Outfront Media, Inc. * 606,434 10,266,928
PotlatchDeltic Corp. 281,563 12,963,160
Public Storage 632,457 134,333,867
QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 253,620 17,200,508
Rayonier, Inc. 582,681 17,060,900
Safehold, Inc. 55,913 3,101,494
SBA Communications Corp. 469,657 143,747,918
The GEO Group, Inc. 510,465 5,696,789
Uniti Group, Inc. 817,205 8,024,953
VICI Properties, Inc. 1,971,974 44,053,899
Weyerhaeuser Co. * 3,139,802 95,167,399
    1,825,201,240
Total Common Stock
(Cost $4,499,429,619)   4,356,290,645

Other Investment Companies 0.2% of net assets
 
Money Market Fund 0.0%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 0.04% (b) 1,095,059 1,095,059
 
Securities Lending Collateral 0.2%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund, Select Class 0.06% (b) 7,905,275 7,905,275
Total Other Investment Companies
(Cost $9,000,334)   9,000,334
    
  Number of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
($)
Current Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
($)
Futures Contracts      
Long  
Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index, expires 09/18/20 127 4,098,290 13,178
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan. Securities on loan were valued at $7,346,353.
(b) The rate shown is the 7-day yield.
   
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
 

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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
Description Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total  
Assets          
Common Stock1 $4,356,290,645 $— $— $4,356,290,645  
Other Investment Companies1 9,000,334 9,000,334  
Futures Contracts2 13,178 13,178  
Total $4,365,304,157 $— $— $4,365,304,157  
1 As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2 Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
Fund investments in underlying mutual funds are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of August 31, 2020; unaudited
Assets
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $4,500,524,678) including securities on loan of $7,346,353   $4,357,385,704
Collateral invested for securities on loan, at value (cost $7,905,275)   7,905,275
Deposit with broker for futures contracts   1,505,000
Receivables:    
Dividends   2,608,055
Fund shares sold   1,831,697
Income from securities on loan + 49,469
Total assets   4,371,285,200
Liabilities
Collateral held for securities on loan   7,905,275
Payables:    
Investments bought   1,825,823
Management fees   241,637
Variation margin on futures contracts + 40,640
Total liabilities   10,013,375
Net Assets
Total assets   4,371,285,200
Total liabilities 10,013,375
Net assets   $4,361,271,825
Net Assets by Source    
Capital received from investors   5,137,185,195
Total distributable loss   (775,913,370)
    
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Assets ÷ Shares
Outstanding
= NAV
$4,361,271,825   119,050,000   $36.63
         
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Statement of Operations

For the period March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020; unaudited
Investment Income
Dividends   $85,150,478
Securities on loan, net + 310,275
Total investment income   85,460,753
Expenses
Management fees   1,600,600
Total expenses 1,600,600
Net investment income   83,860,153
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Net realized losses on investments   (987,082,553)
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions   355,298,306
Net realized gains on futures contracts + 2,388,806
Net realized losses   (629,395,441)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   (186,719,136)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts + 453,351
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + (186,265,785)
Net realized and unrealized losses   (815,661,226)
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations   ($731,801,073)
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
Operations  
  3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
Net investment income   $83,860,153 $166,469,258
Net realized gains (losses)   (629,395,441) 151,705,325
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + (186,265,785) (323,093,028)
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations   (731,801,073) (4,918,445)
Distributions to Shareholders  
Total distributions   ($45,175,100) ($166,671,820)
    
Transactions in Fund Shares      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES VALUE SHARES VALUE
Shares sold   31,650,000 $1,110,982,705 31,500,000 $1,434,130,373
Shares redeemed + (47,800,000) (1,690,130,169) (14,750,000) (672,412,627)
Net transactions in fund shares   (16,150,000) ($579,147,464) 16,750,000 $761,717,746
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES NET ASSETS SHARES NET ASSETS
Beginning of period   135,200,000 $5,717,395,462 118,450,000 $5,127,267,981
Total increase or decrease + (16,150,000) (1,356,123,637) 16,750,000 590,127,481
End of period   119,050,000 $4,361,271,825 135,200,000 $5,717,395,462
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Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Financial Notes, unaudited

1. Business Structure of the Fund:
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF is a series of Schwab Strategic Trust (the trust), a no-load, open-end management investment company. The trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The list below shows all the operational funds in the trust as of the end of the period, including the fund discussed in this report, which is highlighted:
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST (ORGANIZED JANUARY 27, 2009)
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab 1000 Index® ETF Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Schwab International Equity ETF Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF
Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF  
The fund issues and redeems shares at its net asset value per share (NAV) only in large blocks of shares, typically 50,000 shares or more (Creation Units). These transactions are usually in exchange for a basket of securities and/or an amount of cash. As a practical matter, only institutional investors who have entered into an authorized participant agreement purchase or redeem Creation Units. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the fund are not redeemable securities.
Individual shares of the fund trade on national securities exchanges and elsewhere during the trading day and can only be bought and sold at market prices throughout the trading day through a broker-dealer. Because fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).
The fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, the fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law.

    
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the fund uses in its preparation of financial statements. The fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
The fund may invest in certain other investment companies (underlying funds). For more information about the underlying funds’ operations and policies, please refer to those funds’ semiannual and annual reports, which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
(a) Security Valuation:
Under procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board), the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
•   Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: Traded securities are valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, at the mean of the most recent bid and ask quotes. Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges are valued at the official closing price or the last sales price on the exchange where the securities are principally traded with these values then translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate, unless these securities are fair valued as discussed below.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)

2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
•   Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, a fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
•   Futures contracts: Futures contracts are valued at their settlement prices as of the close of their exchanges.
•   Underlying funds: Mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the significant inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
•   Level 1quoted prices in active markets for identical securitiesInvestments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities and futures contracts. Investments in mutual funds are valued daily at their NAV, which are classified as Level 1 prices, without consideration to the classification level of the specific investments held by an underlying fund.
•   Level 2other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations.
•   Level 3significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The levels associated with valuing the fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020 are disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings.
(b) Accounting Policies for certain Portfolio Investments (if held):
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are instruments that represent an agreement between two parties that obligates one party to buy, and the other party to sell, specific instruments at an agreed upon price on a stipulated future date. The fund must give the broker a deposit of cash and/or securities (initial margin) whenever it enters into a futures contract. The amount of the deposit may
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)

2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
vary from one contract to another. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contract and are accounted for as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is closed, at which time the gains or losses are realized. Futures contracts are traded publicly on exchanges, and their fair value may change daily.
Securities Lending: Under the trust’s Securities Lending Program, the fund (lender) may make short-term loans of its securities to another party (borrower) to generate additional revenue for the fund. The borrower pledges collateral in the form of cash, securities issued or fully guaranteed by the U.S. government or foreign governments, or letters of credit issued by a bank. Collateral at the individual loan level is required to be maintained on a daily marked-to-market basis in an amount at least equal to the current value of the securities loaned. The lending agent provides the fund with indemnification against borrower default (the borrower fails to return the security on loan) reducing the risk of loss as a result of default. The cash collateral of securities loaned is currently invested in money market portfolios operating under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. The fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of cash collateral. The terms of the securities lending agreement allow the fund or the lending agent to terminate any loan at any given time and the securities must be returned within the earlier of the standard trade settlement period or the specified time period under the relevant securities lending agreements. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations, if applicable, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral plus any fees paid by borrowers, less the fees paid to the lending agent and broker rebates which are subject to adjustments pursuant to the securities lending agreement. On loans not collateralized by cash, a fee is received from the borrower, and is allocated between the fund and the lending agent. The aggregate fair value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed one-third of the total assets of the fund, including collateral received from the loan. Securities lending fees paid to the unaffiliated lending agents start at 10% of gross lending revenue, with subsequent breakpoints to a low of 7.5%. In this context, the gross lending revenue equals the income received from the investment of cash collateral and fees paid by borrowers less any rebates paid to the borrowers. Any expenses charged by the cash collateral fund are in addition to these fees. All remaining revenue is retained by the fund, as applicable. No portion of lending revenue is paid to or retained by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM or the investment adviser) or any affiliate of CSIM.
As of August 31, 2020, the fund had securities on loan, all of which were classified as common stocks. The value of the securities on loan and the related collateral as of August 31, 2020 are disclosed in the fund’s Portfolio Holdings and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(c) Security Transactions:
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
When the fund closes out a futures contract position, it calculates the difference between the value of the position at the beginning and at the end of the contract, and records a realized gain or loss accordingly.
The fund invests in real estate investment trusts (REITs) which report information on the source of their distributions annually. The fund policy is to record all REIT distributions initially as dividend income on the ex-dividend date and then re-designate them as return of capital and/or capital gain distributions at the end of the reporting period based on information provided annually by each REIT, and management estimates such re-designations when actual information has not yet been reported.
(d) Investment Income:
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date), although the fund records certain foreign security dividends on the day it learns of the ex-dividend date. Any distributions from underlying funds are recorded in accordance with the character of the distributions as designated by the underlying funds.
(e) Expenses:
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (Advisory Agreement) between CSIM and the trust, the investment adviser will pay the operating expenses of the fund, excluding taxes, any brokerage expenses, and extraordinary or non-routine expenses. Taxes, any brokerage expenses and extraordinary or non-routine expenses that are specific to the fund are charged directly to the fund.
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
The fund makes distributions from net investment income, if any, quarterly and from net realized capital gains, if any, once a year.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)

2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(g) Accounting Estimates:
The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.
(h) Federal Income Taxes:
The fund intends to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Accordingly, the fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, to its shareholders each year. As long as the fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
(i) Indemnification:
Under the fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business the fund enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund. However, based on experience, the fund expects the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.

    
3. Risk Factors:
Investing in the fund may involve certain risks, as discussed in the fund’s prospectus, including, but not limited to, those described below. Any of these risks could cause an investor to lose money.
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictable. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters or epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Investment Style Risk. The fund is an index fund. Therefore, the fund follows the securities included in the index during upturns as well as downturns. Because of its indexing strategy, the fund does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of the fund’s expenses, the fund’s performance may be below that of the index. Market disruptions could cause delays in the index’s rebalancing schedule which may result in the index and, in turn, the fund experiencing returns different than those that would have been achieved under a normal rebalancing schedule.
Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, the fund’s performance could be impacted.
Large-Cap Company Risk. Large-cap companies are generally more mature and the securities issued by these companies may not be able to reach the same levels of growth as the securities issued by small- or mid-cap companies.
Mid-Cap Company Risk. Mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies and the value of securities issued by these companies may move sharply.
Small-Cap Company Risk. Securities issued by small-cap companies may be risker than those issued by larger companies, and their prices may move sharply, especially during market upturns and downturns.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)

3. Risk Factors (continued):
Real Estate Investment Risk. Due to the composition of the index, the fund concentrates its investments in real estate companies and companies related to the real estate industry. As such, the fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and an investment in the fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets. These risks include, among others: declines in the value of real estate; risks related to general and local economic conditions; possible lack of availability of mortgage funds or other limits to accessing the credit or capital markets; defaults by borrowers or tenants, particularly during an economic downturn; and changes in interest rates.
REITs Risk. In addition to the risks associated with investing in securities of real estate companies and real estate related companies, REITs are subject to certain additional risks. Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the trusts. Further, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills and cash flows, and may have their investments in relatively few properties, or in a small geographic area or a single property type. Failure of a company to qualify as a REIT under federal tax law may have adverse consequences to the fund. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and the fund will bear a proportionate share of those expenses.
Tracking Error Risk. As an index fund, the fund seeks to track the performance of its index, although it may not be successful in doing so. The divergence between the performance of the fund and the index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant.
Derivatives Risk. The principal types of derivatives used by the fund are futures contracts. A future is an agreement to buy or sell a financial instrument at a specific price on a specific day. The fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Certain of these risks, such as liquidity risk, leverage risk and market risk, are discussed elsewhere in this section. The fund’s use of derivatives that are subject to regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) could cause the fund to become a commodity pool, which would require the fund to comply with certain CFTC rules.
The fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to counterparty risk, lack of availability risk, valuation risk, correlation risk and tax risk. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to a derivatives transaction may not fulfill its contractual obligations either because the financial condition of the counterparty declines, or because the counterparty is otherwise unable or unwilling to perform under the contract. Lack of availability risk is the risk that suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances for risk management or other purposes. Valuation risk is the risk that a particular derivative may be valued incorrectly. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Tax risk is the risk that the use of derivatives may cause the fund to realize higher amounts of short-term capital gains. The fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the fund’s performance, increase the fund’s volatility, and cause the fund to lose more than the initial amount invested.
Concentration Risk. To the extent that the fund’s or the index’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class (including the real estate industry, as described above), the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
Liquidity Risk. The fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the fund may have to sell them at a loss.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
Market Trading Risk. Although fund shares are listed on national securities exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for fund shares will develop or be maintained. If an active market is not maintained, investors may find it difficult to buy or sell fund shares.
Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. Fund shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of the shares of the fund will approximate the fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. An investor may pay more than NAV when buying shares of the fund in the secondary market, and an investor may receive less than NAV when selling those shares in the secondary market. The market price of fund shares may deviate, sometimes significantly, from NAV during periods of market volatility.
Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a more complete description of the principal risks of investing in the fund.
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4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
Investment Adviser
CSIM, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the fund’s investment adviser pursuant to the Advisory Agreement between CSIM and the trust.
For its advisory services to the fund, CSIM is entitled to receive an annual management fee, payable monthly, equal to 0.07% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
Investment from Affiliates
Certain funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to Trustees and Officers section) may own shares of other funds in the Fund Complex. The table below reflects the percentage of shares of the fund that are owned by other funds in the Fund Complex as of August 31, 2020.
Schwab MarketTrack All Equity Portfolio 0.7%
Schwab MarketTrack Balanced Portfolio 0.3%
Schwab MarketTrack Conservative Portfolio 0.1%
Schwab MarketTrack Growth Portfolio 0.7%
Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio 0.1%
Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio 0.2%
Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio 0.2%
Schwab Target 2010 Index Fund 0.0%*
Schwab Target 2015 Index Fund 0.0%*
Schwab Target 2020 Index Fund 0.1%
Schwab Target 2025 Index Fund 0.2%
Schwab Target 2030 Index Fund 0.3%
Schwab Target 2035 Index Fund 0.2%
Schwab Target 2040 Index Fund 0.3%
Schwab Target 2045 Index Fund 0.2%
Schwab Target 2050 Index Fund 0.2%
Schwab Target 2055 Index Fund 0.1%
Schwab Target 2060 Index Fund 0.2%
* Less than 0.05%
Interfund Transactions
The fund may engage in direct transactions with certain other funds in the Fund Complex when permitted by applicable law. When one fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended August 31, 2020, the fund’s total aggregate security transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex was $91,756,017 and includes realized losses of $49,073,592.
Interfund Borrowing and Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex. All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. All loans are subject to numerous conditions designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all participating funds. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review of the Board. The fund had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.

    
5. Other Service Providers:
SEI Investments Distribution Co. is the principal underwriter and distributor of shares of the fund.
State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street) serves as the fund’s transfer agent. As part of these services, the transfer agent maintains records pertaining to the sale, redemption and transfer of the fund’s shares.
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5. Other Service Providers (continued):
State Street also serves as custodian and accountant for the fund. The custodian is responsible for the daily safekeeping of securities and cash held by the fund. The fund’s accountant maintains all books and records related to the fund’s transactions.

    
6. Board of Trustees:
The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of CSIM or its affiliates. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The trust does not pay any interested or non-interested trustees (independent trustees). The independent trustees are paid by CSIM. For information regarding the trustees, please refer to the Trustees and Officers table at the end of this report.

    
7. Borrowing from Banks:
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, syndicated, committed $750 million line of credit (the Syndicated Credit Facility), maturing on October 1, 2020. On October 1, 2020, the Syndicated Credit Facility was further amended to run for a new 364 day period with a line of credit of $850 million, maturing on September 30, 2021. Under the terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, in addition to CSIM paying the interest charged on any borrowings by the fund, CSIM paid a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum on the fund’s proportionate share of the unused portion of the Syndicated Credit Facility.
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, unsecured, uncommitted $500 million line of credit (the Uncommitted Credit Facility), with State Street, which was scheduled to mature on November 27, 2020. However, on October 1, 2020, the Uncommitted Credit Facility was amended to run for a new 364 day period with a line of credit of $400 million, maturing on September 30, 2021. Under the terms of the Uncommitted Credit Facility, CSIM pays interest on the amount the fund borrows. There were no borrowings from either line of credit during the period.
The fund also has access to custodian overdraft facilities. The fund may have utilized the overdraft facility and incurred an interest expense, which is paid by CSIM. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.

    
8. Derivatives:
The fund entered into equity index futures contracts during the report period. The fund invested in futures contracts to equitize available cash. The current value and variation margin for futures contracts held at August 31, 2020 are presented on the Portfolio Holdings and Statement of Assets and Liabilities, respectively. The net realized and change in unrealized gains (losses) on futures contracts are presented on the Statement of Operations. Refer to financial note 2(b) for the fund’s accounting policies with respect to futures contracts and financial note 3 for disclosures concerning the risks of investing in futures contracts. During the period ended August 31, 2020, the month-end average notional amounts of futures contracts held by the fund was $8,841,996 and the month-end average number of contracts held was 297.

    
9. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the period ended August 31, 2020, purchases and sales of securities (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term obligations) were as follows:
Purchases
of Securities
Sales
of Securities
$2,473,899,123 $2,442,107,662

    
10. In-Kind Transactions:
The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of the fund often consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of equity securities, which constitutes an optimized representation of the securities involved in a relevant fund’s underlying index, and an amount of cash. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units are subject to a standard creation transaction fee and a standard redemption transaction fee paid to the custodian to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units. Purchasers and redeemers of Creation Units for cash are subject to an additional
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10. In-Kind Transactions (continued):
variable charge paid to the fund that will offset the transaction costs to the fund of buying or selling portfolio securities. In addition, purchasers and redeemers of shares in Creation Units are responsible for payment of the costs of transferring securities to or out of the fund. From time to time, CSIM may cover the cost of any transaction fees when believed to be in the best interests of the fund.
The in-kind transactions for the period ended August 31, 2020, were as follows:
In-Kind Purchases
of Securities
In-Kind Sales
of Securities
$1,001,866,917 $1,572,265,091
For the period ended August 31, 2020, the fund realized net capital gains or losses resulting from in-kind redemptions of Creation Units. 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 gains or losses to capital received from investors at the end of the fund’s tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The net realized in-kind gains or losses for the period ended August 31, 2020 are disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations.

    
11. Federal Income Taxes
As of August 31, 2020, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments and gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
Tax cost $4,553,394,819
Gross unrealized appreciation $271,358,550
Gross unrealized depreciation (459,449,212)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($188,090,662)
Capital loss carryforwards may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes. As of February 29, 2020, the fund had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards of $15,707,861.
The tax-basis components of distributions and components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax basis balances have not been determined as of August 31, 2020. The tax-basis components of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 were as follows:
Ordinary income $166,671,820
As of February 29, 2020, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period ended February 29, 2020, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

    
12. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
On June 8, 2020, the Audit, Compliance and Valuation Committee of the Board approved, and on June 9, 2020, the Board approved, Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered accounting firm of the Schwab Funds Complex for fiscal periods ending after June 8, 2020.
On June 8, 2020, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the “Prior Auditor”) resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Schwab Funds Complex. The Prior Auditor’s reports on the financial statements of the fund for the past two fiscal years, the years ended February 28, 2019 and February 29, 2020, did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the last two fiscal year-ends and through June 8, 2020, there were no (1) disagreements with the Prior Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the Prior Auditor’s satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to that matter in connection with its reports on the fund’s financial statements for such periods; or (2) “reportable events,” as that term is defined in Item 304 (a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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13. Subsequent Events:
Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), requires that the continuation of a fund’s investment advisory agreement must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the Independent Trustees), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund’s trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
The Board of Trustees (the Board or the Trustees, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory agreement (the Agreement) between Schwab Strategic Trust (the Trust) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) with respect to the existing funds in the Trust, including Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (the Fund), and to review certain other agreements pursuant to which CSIM provides investment advisory services to certain other registered investment companies. In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by CSIM, including information about CSIM’s affiliates, personnel, business goals and priorities, profitability, third-party oversight, corporate structure and operations. As part of the renewal process, the Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, on behalf of the Independent Trustees, sends an information request letter to CSIM seeking certain relevant information. The responses by CSIM are provided to the Trustees in the Board materials for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees are provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials. The Board also receives data provided by an independent provider of investment company data. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Fund that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to the Fund’s operations and performance, legal and compliance matters, risk management, portfolio turnover, and sales and marketing activity. In considering the renewal, the Independent Trustees receive advice from Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of CSIM and meet in executive session outside the presence of Fund management.
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund at meetings held on May 11, 2020 and June 9, 2020, and approved the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund for an additional one-year term at the meeting on June 9, 2020 called for the purpose of voting on such approval.1
The Board’s approval of the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at these meetings and at prior meetings, including:
1. the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund under the Agreement, including the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund;
2. the Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable exchange-traded funds and benchmark data;
3. the Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other similar exchange-traded funds;
4. the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), with respect to the Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to CSIM and its affiliates; and
5. the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels in the Agreement reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by CSIM to the Fund and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, CSIM’s experience, track record, compliance program, resources dedicated to hiring and retaining skilled personnel and specialized talent, and information security resources. The Trustees also considered information provided by CSIM relating to services and support provided with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team, portfolio strategy, and internal investment guidelines, as well as trading infrastructure, liquidity management, product design and analysis, shareholder communications, securities valuation, fund accounting and custody, and vendor and risk oversight. The Trustees also considered investments CSIM has made in its infrastructure, including modernizing CSIM’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise in key areas (including portfolio management and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, risk management processes, and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. Finally, the Trustees also considered Schwab’s reputation as a full service brokerage firm and its overall financial condition, including Schwab’s ability to maintain consistent operations and service levels during recent periods of remote work and market volatility. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM to the Fund and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
 
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Fund Performance. The Board considered the Fund’s performance in determining whether to renew the Agreement with respect to the Fund. Specifically, the Trustees considered the Fund’s performance relative to a peer category of other exchange-traded funds and applicable indices/benchmarks, in light of total return, yield, if applicable, and market trends, as well as in consideration of the Fund’s investment style and strategy attributes and disclosures. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the independent provider of investment company data who prepared the peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of the Fund, the Trustees considered the risk profile for the Fund and the Fund’s demonstrated performance in tracking its benchmark index. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of their review of Fund expenses and adviser profitability discussed below and also noted that the Board and a designated committee of the Board review performance throughout the year. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Fund’s expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreement and the Fund’s operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other similar exchange-traded funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent provider of investment company data. CSIM reported to the Board, and the Board took into account, the risk assumed by CSIM in the development of products and provision of services as well as the competitive marketplace for financial products. The Trustees also considered fees charged by CSIM to mutual funds that it manages. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Fund are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Profitability. The Trustees considered the compensation flowing to CSIM and its affiliates, directly or indirectly and reviewed profitability on a pre-tax basis, without regard to distribution expenses. In this connection, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses. The Trustees also reviewed profitability of CSIM relating to the Schwab fund complex as a whole, noting the benefits to Fund shareholders of being part of the Schwab fund complex, including the allocations of certain fixed costs across the Fund and other funds in the complex. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by CSIM from its relationship with the Fund, such as whether, by virtue of its management of the Fund, CSIM obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. The Trustees considered whether the compensation and profitability with respect to the Fund under the Agreement and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in
light of the quality of all services rendered to the Fund by CSIM and its affiliates. The Trustees noted that CSIM continues to invest substantial sums in its business in order to provide enhanced research capabilities, services, and systems to benefit the Fund. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of CSIM is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Economies of Scale. Although the Trustees recognized the difficulty of determining economies of scale with precision, the Trustees considered the potential existence of any economies of scale by way of the relatively low advisory fee and unitary fee structure of the Fund and whether those are passed along to the Fund’s shareholders through (i) the enhancement of services provided to the Fund in return for fees paid, including through investments by CSIM in CSIM’s infrastructure, including modernizing CSIM’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise and capabilities in key areas (including portfolio and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders; (ii) graduated investment advisory fee schedules or unitary fee structures, fee waivers, or expense caps by CSIM and its affiliates for those funds in the Schwab fund complex with such features; and (iii) pricing a fund to scale and keeping overall expenses down as the fund grows. The Trustees acknowledged that CSIM has shared any economies of scale with the Fund by investing in CSIM’s infrastructure, as discussed above, over time and that CSIM’s internal costs of providing investment management, technology, administrative, legal and compliance services to the Fund continues to increase as a result of regulatory or other developments. The Trustees considered that CSIM and its affiliates may employ contractual expense caps to protect shareholders from high fees when fund assets are relatively small, for example, in the case of newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, because, among other reasons, shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Fund obtains reasonable benefits from economies of scale.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees may have accorded different weights to various factors and did not identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement with respect to the Fund and concluded that the compensation under the Agreement with respect to the Fund is fair and reasonable in light of such services and expenses and such other matters as the Trustees have considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
 
    
1 The meeting on June 9, 2020 was held telephonically in reliance on exemptive relief from the in-person voting requirement under the 1940 Act as provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Trustees and Officers

The tables below give information about the trustees and officers of Schwab Strategic Trust, which includes the fund covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust. The Fund Complex includes 100 funds.
The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-877-824-5615.
Independent Trustees
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
Robert W. Burns
1959
Trustee
(Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016)
Retired/Private Investor (Jan. 2009 – present). Formerly, Managing Director, Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC (PIMCO) (investment management firm) and President, PIMCO Funds. 100 None
John F. Cogan
1947
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Laudus Trust since 2010; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016)
Senior Fellow (Oct. 1979 – present), The Hoover Institution at Stanford University (public policy think tank); Senior Fellow (2000 – present), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; Professor of Public Policy (1994 – 2015), Stanford University. 100 Director (2005 – present), Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Nancy F. Heller
1956
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018)
Retired. President and Chairman (2014 – 2016), TIAA Charitable (financial services); Senior Managing Director (2003 – 2016), TIAA (financial services). 100 None
Stephen Timothy Kochis
1946
Trustee
(Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2012; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016)
CEO and Owner (May 2012 – present), Kochis Global (wealth management consulting). 100 None
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Independent Trustees (continued)
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
David L. Mahoney
1954
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016)
Private Investor. 100 Director (2004 – present), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
Director (2009 – present), Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Director (2003 – 2019), Symantec Corporation
Jane P. Moncreiff
1961
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019)
Consultant (2018 – present), Fulham Advisers LLC (management consulting); Chief Investment Officer (2009 – 2017), CareGroup Healthcare System, Inc. (healthcare). 100 None
Kiran M. Patel
1948
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016)
Retired. Executive Vice President and General Manager of Small Business Group (Dec. 2008 – Sept. 2013), Intuit, Inc. (financial software and services firm for consumers and small businesses). 100 Director (2008 – present), KLA-Tencor Corporation
Kimberly S. Patmore
1956
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016)
Consultant (2008 – present), Patmore Management Consulting (management consulting). 100 None
Gerald B. Smith
1950
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2000; Laudus Trust since 2010; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016)
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder (Mar. 1990 – present), Smith Graham & Co. (investment advisors). 100 Director (2012 – present), Eaton Corporation plc
    
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Interested Trustees
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
Walter W. Bettinger II2
1960
Chairman and Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; Laudus Trust since 2010)
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present) and Director (May 2008 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2006 – present), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (July 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Trust Bank; Director (May 2008 – present) and President and Chief Executive Officer (Aug. 2017 – present), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Director (July 2016 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. 100 Director (2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation
Jonathan de St. Paer2
1973
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019)
Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Trustee and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present) and President (Nov. 2018 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Director (Apr. 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – present), Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), and Vice President (Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2013), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 100 None
Joseph R. Martinetto2
1962
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016)
Chief Operating Officer (Feb. 2018 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – Feb. 2018), The Charles Schwab Corporation; Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Chief Financial Officer (July 2015 – Aug. 2017) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (May 2007 – July 2015), The Charles Schwab Corporation and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (May 2007 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2010 – present) and Chief Executive Officer (July 2013 – Apr. 2015), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (May 2007 – present), Chief Financial Officer (May 2007 – Aug. 2017), Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2016 – present), and Executive Vice President (May 2007 – Feb. 2016), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. 100 None
    
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Officers of the Trust
Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and length of Time Served3)
Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
Jonathan de St. Paer
1973
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018)
Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Trustee and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present) and President (Nov. 2018 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Director (Apr. 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – present), Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), and Vice President (Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2013), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Mark Fischer
1970
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2013)
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Jan. 2016 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Assistant Treasurer (Dec. 2013 – Dec. 2015), Schwab Funds and Laudus Funds; Assistant Treasurer (Nov. 2013 – Dec. 2015), Schwab ETFs; Chief Financial Officer (Mar. 2020 – present) and Vice President (Oct. 2013 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Executive Director (Apr. 2011 – Sept. 2013), J.P. Morgan Investor Services; Assistant Treasurer (May 2005 – Mar. 2011), Massachusetts Financial Service Investment Management.
Omar Aguilar
1970
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Equities and Multi-Asset Strategies
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011)
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Equities and Multi-Asset Strategies (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Head of the Portfolio Management Group and Vice President of Portfolio Management (May 2009 – Apr. 2011), Financial Engines, Inc. (investment management firm); Head of Quantitative Equity (July 2004 – Jan. 2009), ING Investment Management.
Brett Wander
1961
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011)
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Active Fixed-Income Strategies (Jan. 2008 – Oct. 2010), State Street Global Advisors; Director of Alpha Strategies (Apr. 2006 – Jan. 2008), Loomis, Sayles & Company (investment management firm).
David Lekich
1964
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs
Vice President and Assistant Clerk, Laudus Funds
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011)
Senior Vice President (Sept. 2011 – present) and Vice President (Mar. 2004 – Sept. 2011), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel (Sept. 2011 – present) and Vice President (Jan. 2011 – Sept. 2011), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Secretary (Apr. 2011 – present) and Chief Legal Officer (Dec. 2011 – present), Schwab Funds; Vice President and Assistant Clerk (Apr. 2011 – present), Laudus Funds; Secretary (May 2011 – present) and Chief Legal Officer (Nov. 2011 – present), Schwab ETFs.
Catherine MacGregor
1964
Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs
Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk, Laudus Funds
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2005; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009)
Vice President (July 2005 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Vice President (Sept. 2005 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President (Dec. 2005 – present) and Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (Mar. 2007 – present), Laudus Funds; Vice President (Nov. 2005 – present) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – present), Schwab Funds; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (Oct. 2009 – present), Schwab ETFs.
1 Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. The retirement policy requires that each independent trustee retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 74 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee on any trust in the Fund Complex, whichever occurs first.
2 Mr. Bettinger, Mr. de St. Paer and Mr. Martinetto are Interested Trustees. Mr. Bettinger is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), the parent company of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM), the investment adviser for the trusts in the Fund Complex, is an employee and director of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co), the principal underwriter for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust, and is a director of CSIM. Mr. de St. Paer is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of CSIM. Mr. Martinetto is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of CS&Co.
3 The President, Treasurer and Secretary/Clerk hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board.
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Glossary

ask  See “offer.”
asset allocation  The practice of dividing a portfolio among different asset classes, with each asset class assigned a particular percentage to help offset risks and rewards, based on your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance.
asset class  A group of securities with similar structure and basic characteristics. Stocks, bonds and cash are the three main examples of asset classes.
authorized participant (AP)  A large institutional investor that places orders for creation units with the funds’ distributor.
beta  A historical measure of an investment’s volatility relative to a market index (usually the S&P 500®). The index is defined as having a beta of 1.00. Investments with a beta higher than 1.00 have been more volatile than the index; those with a beta of less than 1.00 have been less volatile.
bid  The highest price at which someone is willing to buy a security.
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index   An index that is a broad-based benchmark measuring the performance of the U.S. investment grade, taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate bonds, mortgage pass-through securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities that are publicly available for sale in the United States. To be eligible for inclusion in the index, securities must be fixed rate, non-convertible, U.S. dollar-denominated with at least $300 million or more of outstanding face value and have one or more years remaining to maturity. The index excludes certain types of securities, including tax-exempt state and local government series bonds, structured notes embedded with swaps or other special features, private placements, floating rate securities, inflation-linked bonds and Eurobonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
cap, capitalization  See “market cap.”
capital gain, capital loss  The difference between the amount paid for an investment and its value at a later time. If the investment has been sold, the capital gain or loss is considered a realized gain or loss. If the investment is still held, the gain or loss is still “on paper” and is considered unrealized.
commencement of operations  The date that the first NAV was calculated.
creation unit (C.U.)  A basket of securities that is delivered by an authorized participant (AP) to the fund equal to the current holdings of the ETF, plus a designated cash component. In return, the APs receive a large block of ETF shares (typically 50,000 shares), which investors can then buy and sell in the secondary market.
Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index  A float-adjusted market cap weighted index that is designed to measure all equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, as defined by the S&P Dow Jones Indices REIT/RESI Industry Classification Hierarchy, that meet the minimum float market capitalization (FMC) and liquidity thresholds. The aggregate weight of all companies weighing more than 4.5% cannot exceed 22.5%, and no single company’s weight can exceed 10%. The index is reviewed daily based on each company’s capped market capitalization weight. Daily capping is only performed when the sum of companies with weights great than 5% exceeds 25%.
Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index   An index that is a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index comprised of income-producing commercial and/or residential real estate investment trusts (REITs). The index excludes mortgage REITs, net-lease REITs, real estate finance companies, mortgage brokers and bankers, commercial and residential real estate brokers and estate agents, homebuilders, large landowners and sub-dividers of unimproved land, hybrid REITs, timber REITs and companies that have more than 25% of their assets in direct mortgage investments.
exchange  A marketplace, or any organization or group that provides or maintains a marketplace for trading securities, options, futures, or commodities.
expense ratio  The amount that is taken from the fund’s assets each year to cover the operating expenses. An expense ratio of 0.50% means that a fund’s expenses amount to half of one percent of its average net assets a year.
FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Index (Net)  An index that provides a diverse representation of publicly traded equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) and listed property companies worldwide. The index constituents are free-float adjusted, and screened on liquidity, size and revenue. The index is comprised of countries in developed and emerging markets. The Net of Tax Index is calculated based on the maximum withholding tax rates applicable to dividends received by institutional investors who are not resident in the same country as the remitting company and who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
inception date  The date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
indicative optimized portfolio value (IOPV)  A calculation disseminated by the stock exchange that approximates the fund’s NAV every 15 seconds throughout the trading day.
liquidity  The ability to convert a security or asset quickly into cash.
market cap, market capitalization  The value of a company as determined by the total value of all shares of its stock outstanding.
market price return  The return based on the change in market price per share of the fund over a given time period. Market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at market price.
median market cap  The midpoint of the range of market caps of the stocks held by a fund. There are different ways of calculating median market cap. With a simple median, half of the stocks in the fund’s portfolio would be larger than the median, and half would be smaller. With a weighted median (the type that is calculated for these funds), half of the fund’s assets are invested in stocks that are larger than the median market cap, and half in stocks that are smaller.
MSCI EAFE Index (Net)  A free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes; returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
net asset value (NAV)  The value of one share of a fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets, subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding.
 
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NAV return  The return based on the change in NAV of the fund over a given time period. NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund.
offer (ask)  The lowest price at which an individual is willing to sell a security.
open  The price at which a security opened for trading on a given day.
outstanding shares, shares outstanding  When speaking of the fund, indicates all shares currently held by investors.
price-to-book ratio (P/B)  The market price of a company’s stock compared with its “book value.” A mutual fund’s P/B is the weighted average of the P/B of all stocks in the fund’s portfolio.
price-to-earnings ratio (P/E)  The market price of a company’s stock compared with earnings over the past year. A mutual fund’s P/E is the weighted average of the P/E of all stocks in the fund’s portfolio.
primary market  The market that deals with the issuance of new securities.
real estate investment trust (REIT)  Real estate companies that own and commonly operate income producing commercial and/or residential real estate.
REIT Spliced Index  An internally calculated index, compromised of the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index from the inception of the Schwab U.S. REIT ETF until the close of business on June 19, 2020, and the Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index thereafter. The Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index is published with the permission of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, but is not calculated, sponsored or endorsed by S& P Dow Jones Indices LLC.
rights and warrants  Rights and warrants are types of securities that entitle the holder to purchase a proportionate amount of common stock at a specified price for a specific period of time. Rights allow a
shareholder to buy more shares directly from the company, usually at a price somewhat lower than the current market price of the outstanding shares. Warrants are usually issued with bonds and preferred stock. Rights and warrants can trade on the market separately from the company’s stock. The prices of rights and warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying common stock. Rights usually expire within a few weeks of issuance, while warrants may not expire for several years. If a right or warrant is not exercised within the specified time period, it will become worthless and a fund will lose the purchase price it paid for the right or warrant and the right to purchase the underlying security.
S&P 500 Index  An index that is designed to measure the performance of 500 leading publicly traded companies from a broad range of industries.
sampling  If a fund uses a sampling method, the fund will not fully replicate the benchmark index and may hold securities not included in the index. A fund that utilizes a sampling approach may not track the return of the index.
secondary market  The market in which investors purchase securities from other investors rather than directly from the issuing companies. Organized exchanges facilitate the trading of securities in the secondary market.
spread  The gap between bid and ask prices of a security.
stock  A share of ownership, or equity, in the issuing company.
total return  The percentage that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the fund assuming dividends and distributions were reinvested.
tracking error  The difference between the performance of the fund and its benchmark index, positive or negative.
 
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Schwab ETFs

Schwab ETFs are designed to serve as simple low-cost core investment products for a diversified portfolio. These ETFs seek to provide consistent, repeatable performance through a variety of investment strategies that span the equity and fixed income spectrum. The list below shows all currently available Schwab ETFs.
Investors should carefully consider information contained in the prospectus, or if available, the summary prospectus, including investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. Please call 1-877-824-5615 for a prospectus for any Schwab ETF. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest. This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Results
A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab ETFs’ website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab ETFs at 1-877-824-5615.
Information regarding how a fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by visiting the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    
    
Schwab ETFs
U.S. ETFs
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Schwab 1000 Index® ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
International ETFs
Schwab International Equity ETF
Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF
Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Fixed Income ETFs
Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF
Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Fundamental Index* ETFs
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company
Index ETF    
 
    
 
 
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Schwab ETFs
1-877-824-5615
© 2020 Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. All rights reserved.
Printed on recycled paper.
    
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Schwab Fundamental Index* ETFs

Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF FNDB
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF FNDX
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF FNDA
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF FNDF
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF FNDC
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF FNDE
    
New Notice Regarding Shareholder Report Delivery Options
Beginning on January 1, 2021, paper copies of a fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your financial intermediary (such as a bank or broker-dealer). Instead, the reports will be made available on a fund’s website www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and the mailing will provide a website link to access the report. You will continue to receive other fund regulatory documents (such as prospectuses or supplements) in paper unless you have elected to receive all fund documents electronically.
If you would like to receive a fund’s future shareholder reports in paper free of charge after January 1, 2021, you can make that request:
•  If you invest through Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. (broker-dealer), by calling 1-866-345-5954 and using the unique identifier attached to this mailing; or
•  If you invest through another financial intermediary (such as a bank or broker-dealer) by contacting them directly.
If you already receive shareholder reports and other fund documents electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action.
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In This Report
Performance at a Glance 2
From the President 3
The Investment Environment 4
Fund Management 6
Performance and Fund Facts  
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF 8
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF 10
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF 12
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF 14
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF 16
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF 18
Fund Expenses 20
Financial Statements and Portfolio Holdings  
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF 21
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF 39
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF 50
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF 63
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF 76
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF 95
Financial Notes 104
Investment Advisory Agreement Approval 115
Trustees and Officers 118
Glossary 122
Fund investment adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM)
Distributor: SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SIDCO)
The Sector/Industry classifications in this report use the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI Inc. (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The Industry classifications used in the schedules of Portfolio Holdings are sub-categories of Sector classifications.
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Performance at a Glance

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.
Total Returns for the 6 Months Ended August 31, 2020
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
(Ticker Symbol: FNDB)
 
Market Price Return1 8.08%
NAV Return1 8.80%
Russell RAFITM US Index 8.91%
Russell 3000® Index 19.28%
ETF Category: Morningstar Large Value2 3.93%
Performance Details pages 8-9
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
(Ticker Symbol: FNDX)
 
Market Price Return1 9.09%
NAV Return1 9.46%
Russell RAFITM US Large Company Index 9.56%
Russell 1000® Index 20.13%
ETF Category: Morningstar Large Value2 3.93%
Performance Details pages 10-11
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
(Ticker Symbol: FNDA)
 
Market Price Return1 0.82%
NAV Return1 0.97%
Russell RAFITM US Small Company Index 1.00%
Russell 2000® Index 6.57%
ETF Category: Morningstar Small Blend2 2.80%
Performance Details pages 12-13
Total Returns for the 6 Months Ended August 31, 2020
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
(Ticker Symbol: FNDF)
 
Market Price Return1 0.92%
NAV Return1 1.63%
Russell RAFITM Developed ex US Large Company Index (Net)* 1.60%
MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)* 7.10%
ETF Category: Morningstar Foreign Large Value2 0.45%
Performance Details pages 14-15
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
(Ticker Symbol: FNDC)
 
Market Price Return1 6.39%
NAV Return1 6.47%
Russell RAFITM Developed ex US Small Company Index (Net)* 6.56%
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index (Net)* 12.41%
ETF Category: Morningstar Foreign Small/Mid Blend2 8.15%
Performance Details pages 16-17
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF
(Ticker Symbol: FNDE)
 
Market Price Return1 -4.02%
NAV Return1 -3.69%
Russell RAFITM Emerging Markets Large Company Index (Net)* -3.56%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)* 11.23%
ETF Category: Morningstar Diversified Emerging Markets2 9.89%
Performance Details pages 18-19
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The first index listed for each fund is the fund’s primary benchmark, as shown in the prospectus. Additional indices shown are provided for comparative purposes.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
Index ownership — The Schwab Fundamental Index ETFs are not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Frank Russell Company (Russell), by the London Stock Exchange Group companies (LSEG), or by Research Affiliates LLC (RA) (collectively the Licensor Parties), and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Russell RAFI™ Index Series (the Indices) or otherwise. The Indices are compiled and calculated by Russell in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Indices and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. “Russell®” is a trademark of Russell. The trade names “Research Affiliates®”, “Fundamental Index®” and “RAFI®” are registered trademarks of RA. CSIM has obtained full license from Russell to use the Indices. For full disclaimer please see the funds’ statement of additional information.
* The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
1 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
2 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
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From the President

Jonathan de St. Paer
President of Charles Schwab
Investment Management, Inc.
and the funds covered
in this report.
Dear Shareholder,
The six-month reporting period ended August 31, 2020 has been witness to a number of historic events that have significantly impacted lives on both a personal and economic level. This period was also one of the most volatile investing environments on record. Up until the last week of February, U.S. stock market performance was strong, with the longest bull market cycle in history continuing and major equity indices hitting new highs. But the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world brought many economies to an abrupt halt and sent stock markets reeling. A new record was set for the fastest U.S. market decline, with the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, dropping 30% over just 22 trading days in late February and early March. International markets also saw similar sell-offs. Stocks then rebounded almost as quickly as they fell, however. Major equity indices began to regain losses in April before reaching new highs in August—even as economic uncertainty continued amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For the six-month reporting period ended August 31, 2020, the S&P 500® Index returned 19.6%, while the MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)*, a broad measure of developed international equity performance, returned 7.1%.
Recent market volatility is a reminder of the importance of having a long-term investing plan and a diversified portfolio. While market fluctuations can be difficult to endure, investors may make matters worse through impulsive reactions to sudden market movements—such as selling when markets have fallen or buying after markets have already rebounded. That’s why at Charles Schwab Investment Management we are committed to providing products and solutions like the Schwab Fundamental Index ETFs that can help make it easier for investors to build diversified portfolios. Because Fundamental Index and market-cap index strategies can perform differently over time, we believe many investors may benefit from combining both approaches. Along with low cost management fees, the Schwab ETFs also offer potential tax-efficiency. In fact, since the launch of the first Schwab ETFs in 2009, we have paid zero capital gains on our entire ETF lineup.1
Thank you for investing with Charles Schwab Investment Management. For more information about the Schwab Fundamental Index ETFs, please continue reading this report. In addition, you can find further details about these funds at www.schwabfunds.com. We are also happy to hear from you at 1-877-824-5615.
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That’s why at Charles Schwab Investment Management we are committed to providing products and solutions like the Schwab Fundamental Index ETFs that can help make it easier for investors to build diversified portfolios.
Past performance cannot guarantee future results.
Diversification and asset allocation strategies do not ensure a profit and cannot protect against losses in a declining market.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
* The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
1 There is no guarantee that capital gains distributions will not be made in the future.
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The Investment Environment

The six-month reporting period ended August 31, 2020 was a historically volatile one for global equity markets. The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy, prompting dramatic social distancing restrictions, shuttering businesses, and resulting in a new record for the fastest U.S. market decline with the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, dropping 30% in just 22 trading days in late February and early March. By the end of March, governments and central banks around the world had begun passing extensive emergency rescue and fiscal stimulus measures in an effort to support their economies. While the extraordinary response prompted a rally in global equity markets from their March lows, particularly in the U.S., historic volatility remained. By the end of the reporting period, several major market indices exceeded their February highs. For the reporting period, the S&P 500® Index returned 19.63%. Large-cap stocks outperformed small-caps, with the Russell RAFI™ US Large Company Index returning 9.56% for the reporting period, and the Russell 2000® Index and Russell RAFI™ US Small Company Index returning 6.57% and 1.00%, respectively, for the reporting period. Among large-caps, growth stocks outperformed value stocks by a large margin, with the information technology sector in particular showing strong performance relative to other sectors. International equities were somewhat weaker than U.S. equities. After a spike in March, the U.S. dollar weakened against a basket of foreign currencies over the remainder of the reporting period, generally increasing the returns on overseas investments in U.S. dollar terms. The MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)*, a broad measure of developed international equity performance, and the Russell RAFI™ Developed ex US Large Company Index (Net)* returned 7.10% and 1.60%, respectively and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)* and the Russell RAFI™ Emerging Markets Large Company Index (Net)* returned 11.23% and -3.56%, respectively.
Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. economy, despite ongoing trade tensions with China, maintained steady growth in its record eleventh year of expansion, albeit at a slowing pace. However, amid the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. entered recessionary territory with record speed. U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) fell steeply, declining 5.0% and 31.4% for the first and second quarters of 2020, respectively, with the second quarter representing the largest contraction in U.S. GDP since 1947. Unemployment remained at record lows through February before a record number of unemployment claims in March resulted in the largest monthly increase in the U.S.
Asset Class Performance Comparison % returns during the 6 months ended August 31, 2020    
 
Index figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Data source: Index provider websites and CSIM.
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
* The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
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The Investment Environment (continued)

unemployment rate since January 1975. In April, this record was broken again when unemployment skyrocketed, rising to the highest level since the Great Depression. Unemployment declined in May through August, dropping below double digits in August. Consumer confidence, which remained solid through February, also fell steeply in March and April. By June, consumer confidence recovered before falling again in July and August. Inflation crept up slightly in January and February, before retreating in March, April, and May, with April seeing the largest monthly decline since December 2008. Inflation began to climb again in June.
Outside the U.S., economic conditions continued to soften, dampened by slowing economic output, slumping world trade, geopolitical concerns, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which exacerbated economic weakness around the globe, dramatically slowing growth amid stay-at-home orders, supply chain disruptions, and broadly diminishing demand. Oil prices deteriorated amid significantly reduced demand, coupled with rising U.S. crude production and a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. In April, oil futures briefly fell to negative territory as storage capacity evaporated and demand waned. However, as production was slashed, relieving pressure on constrained storage capacity, demand stabilized. First and second quarter 2020 GDP contracted in the eurozone and the United Kingdom. Japan’s economy also contracted in the first and second quarters of 2020. Even China and India, which had maintained stronger growth than many developed countries, declined sharply, although China’s GDP rebounded in the second quarter of 2020.
Many central banks around the world, including the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), reduced their policy rates over the reporting period, while others maintained low—and for some international central banks, negative—interest rates. In the U.S., after enacting three interest rate cuts in the second half of 2019 and as the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic grew, the Fed cut interest rates during the reporting period—by 0.50% in early March and by 1.00% in mid-March—resulting in a federal funds rate of 0.00% to 0.25%. Demand for U.S. Treasuries surged, driving yields to historic lows. Short-term rates fell steeply in response to the federal funds rate cuts, with the three-month U.S. Treasury yield falling from 1.99% to 0.11%. Longer-term yields also fell, with the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury falling from 1.50% to 0.72%. In addition, the Fed also announced extensive emergency measures to support the economy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, including large purchases of U.S. Treasuries and other securities to support smooth market function, facilitating the flow of credit to municipalities, new financing for employers, consumers, and businesses, and the establishment of facilities to support credit to businesses and consumers alike. In August, the Fed announced that it was shifting its interest rate policy approach to potentially allow inflation to rise above its 2% target for periods of time even in times of rising employment. Outside the U.S., central banks were similarly accommodative. The European Central Bank held interest rates at 0.00%, unchanged since March 2016 and launched a new asset purchase program to help counter the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank of Japan upheld its short-term interest rate target of -0.1%, also unchanged since 2016, and increased the annual pace of its purchases of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other assets. The Bank of England lowered its key official bank rate from 0.75% to 0.10% in two emergency rate cuts in March. Central banks in key emerging market economies—including China, India, Mexico, Russia, and Thailand—lowered their policy rates, in emergency moves to help mitigate the detrimental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fund Management

Christopher Bliss, CFA, Vice President and Head of Passive Equity Strategies, leads the portfolio management team for Schwab’s passive equity mutual funds and ETFs. He also has overall responsibility for all aspects of the management of the funds. Before joining CSIM in 2016, Mr. Bliss spent 12 years at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) managing and leading institutional index teams, most recently as a managing director and the head of the Americas institutional index team. Prior to BlackRock, he worked as an equity analyst and portfolio manager for Harris Bretall and before that, as a research analyst for JP Morgan.
    
Jeremy Brown, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF. Prior to joining CSIM in 2017, Mr. Brown spent six years with ALPS Advisors, Inc. in Denver, most recently as a senior analyst on the ETF portfolio management and research team where he performed portfolio management, trading, and analytics/research functions for ALPS ETFs and passive funds. Additionally, Mr. Brown led a number of investment research, commentary, industry trend analysis, and sales and marketing support initiatives.
    
Chuck Craig, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF. Prior to joining CSIM in 2012, Mr. Craig worked at Guggenheim Funds (formerly Claymore Group), where he spent more than five years as a managing director of portfolio management and supervision, and three years as vice president of product research and development. Prior to that, he worked as an equity research analyst at First Trust Portfolios (formerly Niké Securities), and a trader and analyst at PMA Securities, Inc.
    
Paul Holmquist, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF. Prior to this role, Mr. Holmquist worked on CSIM’s performance team for four years. Prior to joining CSIM in 2011, Mr. Holmquist was a registered representative for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Prior to that, he worked as an analyst for the Portland House Research Group for two years.
    
Ferian Juwono, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF. Prior to joining CSIM in 2010, Mr. Juwono worked at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) where he spent more than three years as a portfolio manager, managing equity index funds for institutional clients, and two years as a senior business analyst. Prior to that, Mr. Juwono worked for more than four years as a senior financial analyst with Union Bank of California.
    
Jane Qin, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF. Prior to joining CSIM in 2012, Ms. Qin spent more than four years at The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. During that time, Ms. Qin spent more than two years as an associate equity portfolio manager and nearly two years as a performance analyst. She also worked at Wells Fargo Funds Management as a mutual fund analyst and at CIGNA Reinsurance in the risk management group as a risk analyst.
    
David Rios, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF. Prior to this role, Mr. Rios was an associate portfolio manager on the Schwab equity index strategies team for four years. His first role with CSIM was as a trade operations specialist. Prior to joining CSIM in 2008, Mr. Rios was a senior fund accountant at Investors Bank & Trust (subsequently acquired by State Street Corporation).
    
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Fund Management (continued)

Sabya Sinha, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF. Prior to joining CSIM in 2015, Mr. Sinha spent a year at F-Squared Investments on the product development and analytics team. Prior to F-Squared, he worked at IndexIQ Advisors as a senior index portfolio manager for three years and for Bank of America’s Columbia Management subsidiary as a portfolio manager for three years.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Average Annual Total Returns1
Fund and Inception Date 6 Months 1 Year 5 Years Since Inception*
Fund: Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF (8/15/13)        
Market Price Return2 8.08% 7.72% 9.72% 9.15%
NAV Return2 8.80% 7.74% 9.75% 9.16%
Russell RAFITM US Index 8.91% 7.94% 10.01% 9.45%
Russell 3000® Index 19.28% 21.44% 13.86% 12.72%
ETF Category: Morningstar Large Value3 3.93% 1.59% 7.22% N/A
Fund Expense Ratio4: 0.25%
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The first index listed for the fund is the fund’s primary benchmark, as shown in the prospectus. Additional indices shown are provided for comparative purposes.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
Index ownership — The Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Frank Russell Company (Russell), by the London Stock Exchange Group companies (LSEG), or by Research Affiliates LLC (RA) (collectively the Licensor Parties), and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Russell RAFI™ US Index (the Index) or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated by Russell in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. “Russell®” is a trademark of Russell. The trade names “Research Affiliates®”, “Fundamental Index®” and “RAFI®” are registered trademarks of RA. CSIM has obtained full license from Russell to use the Index. For full disclaimer please see the fund’s statement of additional information.
* Inception (8/15/13) represents the date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
1 Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
2 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
3 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
4 As stated in the prospectus.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Performance and Fund Facts as of August 31, 2020

Statistics1
Number of Holdings 1,644
Weighted Average Market Cap (millions) $312,094
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 20.6
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 2.1
Portfolio Turnover Rate 7% 2,3
Sector Weightings % of Investments4
 
    
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets5
    
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
An index is a statistical composite of a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and its return is not inclusive of trading and management costs incurred by the fund.
Source of Sector Classification: S& P and MSCI.
1 Excludes derivatives.
2 Not annualized.
3 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
4 The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, excluding derivatives, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets.
5 This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Average Annual Total Returns1
Fund and Inception Date 6 Months 1 Year 5 Years Since Inception*
Fund: Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF (8/15/13)        
Market Price Return2 9.09% 8.65% 10.06% 9.38%
NAV Return2 9.46% 8.64% 10.11% 9.40%
Russell RAFITM US Large Company Index 9.56% 8.86% 10.37% 9.69%
Russell 1000® Index 20.13% 22.50% 14.31% 13.13%
ETF Category: Morningstar Large Value3 3.93% 1.59% 7.22% N/A
Fund Expense Ratio4: 0.25%
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The first index listed for the fund is the fund’s primary benchmark, as shown in the prospectus. Additional indices shown are provided for comparative purposes.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
Index ownership — The Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Frank Russell Company (Russell), by the London Stock Exchange Group companies (LSEG), or by Research Affiliates LLC (RA) (collectively the Licensor Parties), and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Russell RAFI™ US Large Company Index (the Index) or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated by Russell in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. “Russell®” is a trademark of Russell. The trade names “Research Affiliates®”, “Fundamental Index®” and “RAFI®” are registered trademarks of RA. CSIM has obtained full license from Russell to use the Index. For full disclaimer please see the fund’s statement of additional information.
* Inception (8/15/13) represents the date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
1 Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
2 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
3 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
4 As stated in the prospectus.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
Performance and Fund Facts as of August 31, 2020

Statistics1
Number of Holdings 710
Weighted Average Market Cap (millions) $337,000
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 20.7
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 2.2
Portfolio Turnover Rate 8% 2,3
Sector Weightings % of Investments4
 
    
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets5
    
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
An index is a statistical composite of a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and its return is not inclusive of trading and management costs incurred by the fund.
Source of Sector Classification: S& P and MSCI.
1 Excludes derivatives.
2 Not annualized.
3 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
4 The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, excluding derivatives, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets.
5 This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Average Annual Total Returns1
Fund and Inception Date 6 Months 1 Year 5 Years Since Inception*
Fund: Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF (8/15/13)        
Market Price Return2 0.82% -3.04% 5.50% 6.22%
NAV Return2 0.97% -3.04% 5.55% 6.23%
Russell RAFITM US Small Company Index 1.00% -2.90% 5.76% 6.48%
Russell 2000® Index 6.57% 6.02% 7.65% 7.30%
ETF Category: Morningstar Small Blend3 2.80% -0.19% 5.58% N/A
Fund Expense Ratio4: 0.25%
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The first index listed for the fund is the fund’s primary benchmark, as shown in the prospectus. Additional indices shown are provided for comparative purposes.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
Small-company stocks may be subject to greater volatility than many other asset classes.
Index ownership — The Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Frank Russell Company (Russell), by the London Stock Exchange Group companies (LSEG), or by Research Affiliates LLC (RA) (collectively the Licensor Parties), and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Russell RAFI™ US Small Company Index (the Index) or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated by Russell in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. “Russell®” is a trademark of Russell. The trade names “Research Affiliates®”, “Fundamental Index®” and “RAFI®” are registered trademarks of RA. CSIM has obtained full license from Russell to use the Index. For full disclaimer please see the fund’s statement of additional information.
* Inception (8/15/13) represents the date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
1 Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
2 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
3 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
4 As stated in the prospectus.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Performance and Fund Facts as of August 31, 2020

Statistics1
Number of Holdings 935
Weighted Average Market Cap (millions) $7,805
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 18.7
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 17% 2,3
Sector Weightings % of Investments4
 
    
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets5
    
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
An index is a statistical composite of a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and its return is not inclusive of trading and management costs incurred by the fund.
Source of Sector Classification: S& P and MSCI.
1 Excludes derivatives.
2 Not annualized.
3 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
4 The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, excluding derivatives, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets.
5 This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.
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Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Average Annual Total Returns1
Fund and Inception Date 6 Months 1 Year 5 Years Since Inception*
Fund: Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF (8/15/13)        
Market Price Return2 0.92% -1.07% 3.04% 2.44%
NAV Return2 1.63% -0.39% 3.16% 2.53%
Russell RAFITM Developed ex US Large Company Index (Net)3 1.60% -0.37% 3.21% 2.64%
MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)3 7.10% 6.13% 4.72% 3.77%
ETF Category: Morningstar Foreign Large Value4 0.45% -0.09% 2.11% N/A
Fund Expense Ratio5: 0.25%
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The first index listed for the fund is the fund’s primary benchmark, as shown in the prospectus. Additional indices shown are provided for comparative purposes.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
International investing may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuations in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles, or from economic or political instability in other nations.
Index ownership — The Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Frank Russell Company (Russell), by the London Stock Exchange Group companies (LSEG), or by Research Affiliates LLC (RA) (collectively the Licensor Parties), and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Russell RAFI™ Developed ex US Large Company Index (the Index) or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated by Russell in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. “Russell®” is a trademark of Russell. The trade names “Research Affiliates®”, “Fundamental Index®” and “RAFI®” are registered trademarks of RA. CSIM has obtained full license from Russell to use the Index. For full disclaimer please see the fund’s statement of additional information.
* Inception (8/15/13) represents the date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
1 Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
2 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
3 The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
4 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
5 As stated in the prospectus.
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Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Performance and Fund Facts as of August 31, 2020

Statistics1
Number of Holdings 928
Weighted Average Market Cap (millions) $55,493
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 15.4
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.0
Portfolio Turnover Rate 8% 2,3
Sector Weightings % of Investments1
 
    
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets4
Country Weightings % of Investments5
    
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
An index is a statistical composite of a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and its return is not inclusive of trading and management costs incurred by the fund.
Source of Sector Classification: S&P and MSCI.
1 Excludes derivatives.
2 Not annualized.
3 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
4 This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.
5 The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, excluding derivatives, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets.
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Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Average Annual Total Returns1
Fund and Inception Date 6 Months 1 Year 5 Years Since Inception*
Fund: Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF (8/15/13)        
Market Price Return2 6.39% 3.73% 4.85% 4.51%
NAV Return2 6.47% 3.99% 5.00% 4.58%
Russell RAFITM Developed ex US Small Company Index (Net)3 6.56% 4.23% 5.25% 4.95%
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index (Net)3 12.41% 11.78% 6.49% 5.99%
ETF Category: Morningstar Foreign Small/Mid Blend4 8.15% 7.36% 5.03% N/A
Fund Expense Ratio5: 0.39%
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The first index listed for the fund is the fund’s primary benchmark, as shown in the prospectus. Additional indices shown are provided for comparative purposes.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
International investing may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuations in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles, or from economic or political instability in other nations.
Small-company stocks may be subject to greater volatility than many other asset classes.
Index ownership — The Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Frank Russell Company (Russell), by the London Stock Exchange Group companies (LSEG), or by Research Affiliates LLC (RA) (collectively the Licensor Parties), and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Russell RAFI™ Developed ex US Small Company Index (the Index) or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated by Russell in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. “Russell®” is a trademark of Russell. The trade names “Research Affiliates®”, “Fundamental Index®” and “RAFI®” are registered trademarks of RA. CSIM has obtained full license from Russell to use the Index. For full disclaimer please see the fund’s statement of additional information.
* Inception (8/15/13) represents the date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
1 Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
2 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
3 The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
4 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
5 As stated in the prospectus.
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Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Performance and Fund Facts as of August 31, 2020

Statistics1
Number of Holdings 1,610
Weighted Average Market Cap (millions) $3,993
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 14.4
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.0
Portfolio Turnover Rate 15% 2,3
Sector Weightings % of Investments1
 
    
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets4
Country Weightings % of Investments5
    
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
An index is a statistical composite of a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and its return is not inclusive of trading and management costs incurred by the fund.
Source of Sector Classification: S&P and MSCI.
1 Excludes derivatives.
2 Not annualized.
3 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
4 This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.
5 The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, excluding derivatives, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets.
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Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Average Annual Total Returns1
Fund and Inception Date 6 Months 1 Year 5 Years Since Inception*
Fund: Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF (8/15/13)        
Market Price Return2 -4.02% -5.33% 6.74% 1.73%
NAV Return2 -3.69% -5.66% 6.89% 1.73%
Russell RAFITM Emerging Markets Large Company Index (Net)3 -3.56% -5.38% 7.47% 2.29%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)3 11.23% 14.49% 8.66% 4.30%
ETF Category: Morningstar Diversified Emerging Markets4 9.89% 12.35% 7.81% N/A
Fund Expense Ratio5: 0.39%
All total returns on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The first index listed for the fund is the fund’s primary benchmark, as shown in the prospectus. Additional indices shown are provided for comparative purposes.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value (NAV). Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
International investing may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuations in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles, or from economic or political instability in other nations.
Emerging markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors as international investing, as well as increased volatility and lower trading volume.
Index ownership — The Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Frank Russell Company (Russell), by the London Stock Exchange Group companies (LSEG), or by Research Affiliates LLC (RA) (collectively the Licensor Parties), and none of the Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the Russell RAFI™ Emerging Markets Large Company Index (the Index) or otherwise. The Index is compiled and calculated by Russell in conjunction with RA. None of the Licensor Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index and none of the Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein. “Russell®” is a trademark of Russell. The trade names “Research Affiliates®”, “Fundamental Index®” and “RAFI®” are registered trademarks of RA. CSIM has obtained full license from Russell to use the Index. For full disclaimer please see the fund’s statement of additional information.
* Inception (8/15/13) represents the date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
1 Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares.
2 ETF performance must be shown based on both a market price and NAV basis. The fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined using the Official Closing Price on the primary stock exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) and may not represent the returns you would receive if shares were traded at other times. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
3 The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
4 Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all passively- and actively-managed ETFs within the category as of the report date.
5 As stated in the prospectus.
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Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF
Performance and Fund Facts as of August 31, 2020

Statistics1
Number of Holdings 323
Weighted Average Market Cap (millions) $86,922
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 10.9
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.0
Portfolio Turnover Rate 12% 2,3
Sector Weightings % of Investments1
 
    
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets4
Country Weightings % of Investments5
    
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
An index is a statistical composite of a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and its return is not inclusive of trading and management costs incurred by the fund.
Source of Sector Classification: S&P and MSCI.
1 Excludes derivatives.
2 Not annualized.
3 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
4 This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.
5 The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, excluding derivatives, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets.
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Schwab Fundamental Index ETFs
Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
Examples for a $1,000 Investment
As a fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares; and, (2) ongoing costs, including management fees.
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for six months beginning March 1, 2020 and held through August 31, 2020.
Actual Return lines in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
Hypothetical Return lines in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, including any brokerage commissions you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of a fund. Therefore, the hypothetical return lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
  Expense Ratio
(Annualized)1
Beginning
Account Value
at 3/1/20
Ending
Account Value
(Net of Expenses)
at 8/31/20
Expenses Paid
During Period
3/1/20-8/31/202
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF        
Actual Return 0.25% $1,000.00 $1,088.00 $1.32
Hypothetical 5% Return 0.25% $1,000.00 $1,023.94 $1.28
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF        
Actual Return 0.25% $1,000.00 $1,094.60 $1.32
Hypothetical 5% Return 0.25% $1,000.00 $1,023.94 $1.28
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF        
Actual Return 0.25% $1,000.00 $1,009.70 $1.27
Hypothetical 5% Return 0.25% $1,000.00 $1,023.94 $1.28
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF        
Actual Return 0.25% $1,000.00 $1,016.30 $1.27
Hypothetical 5% Return 0.25% $1,000.00 $1,023.94 $1.28
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF        
Actual Return 0.39% $1,000.00 $1,064.70 $2.03
Hypothetical 5% Return 0.39% $1,000.00 $1,023.23 $1.99
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF        
Actual Return 0.39% $1,000.00 $ 963.10 $1.93
Hypothetical 5% Return 0.39% $1,000.00 $1,023.23 $1.99
    
1 Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio.
2 Expenses for each fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184 days of the period, and divided by 365 days of the fiscal year.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
  3/1/20–
8/31/20*
3/1/19–
2/29/20
3/1/18–
2/28/19
3/1/17–
2/28/18
3/1/16–
2/28/17
3/1/15–
2/29/16
Per-Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period $37.17 $37.60 $36.95 $33.82 $27.37 $30.54
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income (loss)1 0.50 0.94 0.84 0.75 0.67 0.65
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) 2.67 (0.43) 0.62 3.09 6.45 (3.18)
Total from investment operations 3.17 0.51 1.46 3.84 7.12 (2.53)
Less distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.44) (0.94) (0.81) (0.71) (0.67) (0.64)
Net asset value at end of period $39.90 $37.17 $37.60 $36.95 $33.82 $27.37
Total return 8.80% 2 1.25% 3.98% 11.51% 26.32% (8.34%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Ratios to average net assets:            
Total expenses 0.25% 3 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.32% 0.32%
Net investment income (loss) 2.84% 3 2.38% 2.26% 2.14% 2.17% 2.23%
Portfolio turnover rate4 7% 2 13% 11% 10% 10% 12%
Net assets, end of period (x 1,000) $241,402 $262,018 $276,382 $260,469 $263,785 $166,985
 
* Unaudited.
1
Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2
Not annualized.
3
Annualized.
4
Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
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See financial notes

 

Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Common Stock 99.7% of net assets
 
Automobiles & Components 1.8%
Adient plc * 5,986 103,797
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. * 5,749 44,727
Aptiv plc 2,644 227,701
Autoliv, Inc. 1,566 122,680
BorgWarner, Inc. 4,212 170,965
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. 1,991 68,829
Cooper-Standard Holding, Inc. * 1,866 33,812
Dana, Inc. 3,974 55,437
Delphi Technologies plc * 2,903 50,425
Dorman Products, Inc. * 268 22,697
Ford Motor Co. 155,487 1,060,421
Fox Factory Holding Corp. * 56 5,645
Garrett Motion, Inc. * 2,520 6,930
General Motors Co. 42,666 1,264,194
Gentex Corp. 2,431 65,759
Gentherm, Inc. * 376 17,006
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 3,212 89,005
LCI Industries 316 35,907
Lear Corp. 1,736 197,783
Modine Manufacturing Co. * 2,012 13,621
Standard Motor Products, Inc. 358 16,268
Stoneridge, Inc. * 282 5,696
Tenneco, Inc., Class A * 4,708 38,276
Tesla, Inc. * 230 114,614
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 19,443 186,556
Thor Industries, Inc. 1,170 110,483
Veoneer, Inc. * 1,309 18,169
Visteon Corp. * 1,446 109,072
Winnebago Industries, Inc. 314 16,950
    4,273,425
 
Banks 4.9%
Associated Banc-Corp. 1,492 20,052
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. 348 8,094
Axos Financial, Inc. * 179 4,436
BancorpSouth Bank 717 15,473
Bank of America Corp. 63,998 1,647,308
Bank of Hawaii Corp. 303 16,677
Bank OZK 850 19,584
BankUnited, Inc. 1,178 27,542
Banner Corp. 242 8,741
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. 240 2,203
BOK Financial Corp. 244 13,698
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. 977 5,803
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. 314 3,014
Cadence BanCorp 418 3,971
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. 1,009 9,424
Cathay General Bancorp 522 12,888
Central Pacific Financial Corp. 344 5,329
CIT Group, Inc. 3,640 71,599
Citigroup, Inc. 35,047 1,791,603
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 5,807 150,227
Columbia Banking System, Inc. 450 12,559
Comerica, Inc. 1,914 75,660
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 474 28,236
Community Bank System, Inc. 221 13,298
Credicorp Ltd. 472 61,587
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 358 24,867
CVB Financial Corp. 504 9,178
Eagle Bancorp, Inc. 101 2,907
East West Bancorp, Inc. 1,083 39,833
Essent Group Ltd. 338 12,067
F.N.B. Corp. 2,842 21,315
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C 55 3,748
Fifth Third Bancorp 10,819 223,521
First BanCorp 1,473 8,440
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A 41 16,119
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. 844 6,921
First Financial Bancorp 569 7,807
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 346 10,475
First Hawaiian, Inc. 968 16,001
First Horizon National Corp. 3,606 34,437
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A 115 3,772
First Merchants Corp. 132 3,377
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. 726 9,046
First Republic Bank 515 58,149
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. 156 4,902
Fulton Financial Corp. 1,670 16,333
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 373 13,087
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. 616 8,581
Hancock Whitney Corp. 805 16,108
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. 106 3,650
Hilltop Holdings, Inc. 516 10,630
Home BancShares, Inc. 960 15,562
Hope Bancorp, Inc. 1,125 9,517
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 8,712 81,980
Independent Bank Corp. 125 7,856
International Bancshares Corp. 447 14,116
Investors Bancorp, Inc. 1,831 14,190
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 28,025 2,807,825
KeyCorp 8,591 105,841
M&T Bank Corp. 1,368 141,260
MGIC Investment Corp. 3,192 29,271
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A 249 7,082
NBT Bancorp, Inc. 318 9,689
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 5,684 51,440
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. 885 8,947
OFG Bancorp 591 7,588
Old National Bancorp 1,090 15,238
PacWest Bancorp 1,573 30,013
Park National Corp. 118 10,609
People's United Financial, Inc. 3,207 33,930
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 237 9,468
Popular, Inc. 798 29,558
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 460 25,079
Provident Financial Services, Inc. 520 6,854
Radian Group, Inc. 1,657 25,584
Regions Financial Corp. 10,931 126,362
Renasant Corp. 185 4,693
S&T Bancorp, Inc. 134 2,706
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. 129 3,086
Signature Bank 248 24,063
Simmons First National Corp., Class A 389 6,640
South State Corp. 330 18,374
 
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Sterling Bancorp 848 9,896
SVB Financial Group * 195 49,799
Synovus Financial Corp. 1,442 31,537
TCF Financial Corp. 813 21,853
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. * 362 11,725
The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. 424 10,685
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 4,430 492,616
Towne Bank 199 3,528
Truist Financial Corp. 9,612 373,042
Trustmark Corp. 506 11,881
U.S. Bancorp 15,610 568,204
UMB Financial Corp. 278 14,934
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 2,300 25,944
United Bankshares, Inc. 670 17,514
United Community Banks, Inc. 414 7,502
Valley National Bancorp 2,140 16,071
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. 288 15,777
Washington Federal, Inc. 807 18,924
Webster Financial Corp. 720 19,800
Wells Fargo & Co. 70,249 1,696,513
WesBanco, Inc. 307 6,822
Westamerica BanCorp 124 7,547
Western Alliance Bancorp 365 12,884
Wintrust Financial Corp. 395 17,190
WSFS Financial Corp. 120 3,516
Zions Bancorp NA 1,291 41,519
    11,805,921
 
Capital Goods 8.0%
3M Co. 6,266 1,021,483
A.O. Smith Corp. 1,171 57,344
AAON, Inc. 182 10,361
AAR Corp. 790 15,942
Acuity Brands, Inc. 541 59,126
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 83 4,605
AECOM * 2,618 103,437
Aegion Corp. * 761 12,317
AerCap Holdings N.V. * 2,367 69,992
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. * 125 5,171
AGCO Corp. 1,438 102,242
Air Lease Corp. 921 28,625
Alamo Group, Inc. 111 12,310
Albany International Corp., Class A 176 9,134
Allegion plc 313 32,361
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 1,695 60,800
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. 409 15,971
American Woodmark Corp. * 156 13,650
AMETEK, Inc. 1,179 118,725
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 604 12,642
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 617 37,150
Arcosa, Inc. 969 44,855
Argan, Inc. 249 10,540
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 243 17,919
Astec Industries, Inc. 496 26,149
Astronics Corp. * 288 2,604
Atkore International Group, Inc. * 450 12,028
AZZ, Inc. 426 14,795
Barnes Group, Inc. 562 22,255
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. * 1,223 41,447
BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. * 949 37,884
Builders FirstSource, Inc. * 991 30,344
BWX Technologies, Inc. 497 27,638
CAI International, Inc. * 179 3,904
Carlisle Cos., Inc. 513 67,177
Carrier Global Corp. 7,848 234,263
Caterpillar, Inc. 5,754 818,852
Chart Industries, Inc. * 229 15,050
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
CIRCOR International, Inc. * 366 10,852
Colfax Corp. * 1,281 42,632
Columbus McKinnon Corp. 131 4,765
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 484 24,524
Crane Co. 515 29,118
Cubic Corp. 273 12,853
Cummins, Inc. 2,207 457,401
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 376 38,472
Deere & Co. 3,207 673,662
Donaldson Co., Inc. 1,121 56,454
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. 110 4,223
Dover Corp. 1,293 142,023
DXP Enterprises, Inc. * 391 7,523
Dycom Industries, Inc. * 703 43,242
Eaton Corp. plc 5,470 558,487
EMCOR Group, Inc. 921 69,084
Emerson Electric Co. 7,587 527,069
Encore Wire Corp. 372 19,199
Enerpac Tool Group Corp. 855 17,784
EnerSys 666 47,939
EnPro Industries, Inc. 258 15,098
ESCO Technologies, Inc. 135 12,139
Fastenal Co. 3,613 176,531
Federal Signal Corp. 438 14,069
Flowserve Corp. 1,879 55,769
Fluor Corp. 13,793 131,309
Fortive Corp. 1,413 101,891
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 1,583 133,099
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 379 22,497
GATX Corp. 660 44,141
Generac Holdings, Inc. * 283 53,764
General Dynamics Corp. 3,172 473,738
General Electric Co. 221,683 1,405,470
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. * 261 16,298
GMS, Inc. * 653 17,298
Graco, Inc. 891 51,696
Granite Construction, Inc. 1,357 25,227
Griffon Corp. 772 16,776
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. 769 15,580
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. * 1,884 74,719
HEICO Corp. 83 9,123
HEICO Corp., Class A 144 12,871
Herc Holdings, Inc. * 458 18,755
Hexcel Corp. 927 36,515
Hillenbrand, Inc. 1,085 34,405
Honeywell International, Inc. 5,004 828,412
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 5,329 93,364
Hubbell, Inc. 561 81,300
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 473 71,669
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. 272 10,972
IDEX Corp. 393 70,830
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 2,891 571,117
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. * 1,221 42,808
Insteel Industries, Inc. 405 7,468
ITT, Inc. 721 45,286
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1,550 139,918
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. * 997 20,987
John Bean Technologies Corp. 127 13,019
Johnson Controls International plc 8,473 345,105
Kadant, Inc. 42 4,890
Kaman Corp. 369 17,066
Kennametal, Inc. 983 28,527
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 1,063 192,127
Lennox International, Inc. 188 52,702
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 715 69,148
Lindsay Corp. 132 13,191
Lockheed Martin Corp. 1,440 561,974
Lydall, Inc. * 522 9,803
 
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Masco Corp. 2,011 117,241
Masonite International Corp. * 395 36,060
MasTec, Inc. * 789 36,460
Maxar Technologies, Inc. * 1,058 24,493
Meritor, Inc. * 825 18,777
Moog, Inc., Class A 543 32,737
MRC Global, Inc. * 3,018 17,172
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A 732 48,239
Mueller Industries, Inc. 1,229 36,501
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A 1,565 16,902
MYR Group, Inc. * 496 19,250
National Presto Industries, Inc. 90 8,094
Navistar International Corp. * 504 16,118
Nordson Corp. 296 55,201
Northrop Grumman Corp. 1,263 432,716
NOW, Inc. * 3,859 28,055
nVent Electric plc 1,907 36,462
Oshkosh Corp. 1,189 91,565
Otis Worldwide Corp. 3,922 246,694
Owens Corning 1,789 121,008
PACCAR, Inc. 4,268 366,365
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 1,226 252,568
Patrick Industries, Inc. 251 14,109
Pentair plc 1,841 83,103
Primoris Services Corp. 1,060 20,204
Proto Labs, Inc. * 77 11,319
Quanex Building Products Corp. 725 12,187
Quanta Services, Inc. 2,936 150,470
Raven Industries, Inc. 363 9,021
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 15,179 925,919
RBC Bearings, Inc. * 85 11,223
Regal Beloit Corp. 681 67,324
Resideo Technologies, Inc. * 5,748 76,793
REV Group, Inc. 561 4,348
Rexnord Corp. 832 24,095
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 880 202,866
Roper Technologies, Inc. 275 117,477
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A 812 39,236
Sensata Technologies Holding plc * 1,245 51,842
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. 306 30,092
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. * 122 15,256
Snap-on, Inc. 647 95,931
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A 2,346 48,234
SPX FLOW, Inc. * 514 22,349
Standex International Corp. 175 10,122
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 1,358 219,045
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. * 124 38,888
Tennant Co. 164 10,901
Terex Corp. 2,266 44,346
Textron, Inc. 4,383 172,822
The Boeing Co. 4,713 809,788
The Greenbrier Cos., Inc. 1,524 41,438
The Manitowoc Co., Inc. * 622 5,859
The Middleby Corp. * 398 38,964
The Timken Co. 1,062 57,550
The Toro Co. 633 47,652
Titan Machinery, Inc. * 815 11,002
Trane Technologies plc 2,158 255,486
TransDigm Group, Inc. 243 121,420
Trex Co., Inc. * 139 20,779
TriMas Corp. * 407 10,289
Trinity Industries, Inc. 3,144 64,358
Triton International Ltd. 622 22,429
Tutor Perini Corp. * 2,970 37,273
UFP Industries, Inc. 971 57,629
United Rentals, Inc. * 1,392 246,454
Univar Solutions, Inc. * 2,457 44,693
Valmont Industries, Inc. 387 49,168
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Vectrus, Inc. * 175 7,597
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 549 200,621
Wabash National Corp. 2,093 25,556
Watsco, Inc. 346 84,767
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A 195 18,671
Welbilt, Inc. * 1,084 8,000
WESCO International, Inc. * 2,155 100,962
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. 772 51,377
Woodward, Inc. 378 32,391
Xylem, Inc. 930 74,567
    19,413,799
 
Commercial & Professional Services 1.0%
ABM Industries, Inc. 1,228 46,836
ACCO Brands Corp. 2,390 15,487
ADT, Inc. 819 8,722
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. * 583 17,566
ASGN, Inc. * 517 37,105
Brady Corp., Class A 369 17,302
CBIZ, Inc. * 423 10,287
Cimpress plc * 91 8,436
Cintas Corp. 406 135,295
Clean Harbors, Inc. * 497 30,367
Copart, Inc. * 438 45,254
CoreLogic, Inc. 762 50,597
CoStar Group, Inc. * 31 26,307
Covanta Holding Corp. 1,990 18,786
Deluxe Corp. 1,211 34,392
Equifax, Inc. 558 93,895
Exponent, Inc. 145 11,666
FTI Consulting, Inc. * 258 29,608
Harsco Corp. * 1,207 17,079
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. 1,032 21,466
Herman Miller, Inc. 897 21,376
HNI Corp. 924 29,429
Huron Consulting Group, Inc. * 205 8,893
IAA, Inc. * 693 36,258
ICF International, Inc. 191 13,047
IHS Markit Ltd. 1,119 89,430
Insperity, Inc. 201 13,541
Interface, Inc. 1,266 9,571
KAR Auction Services, Inc. 1,218 21,120
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A 2,179 41,379
Kforce, Inc. 434 14,904
Knoll, Inc. 827 10,643
Korn Ferry 647 19,733
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 2,160 158,350
Matthews International Corp., Class A 594 13,009
McGrath RentCorp 211 14,002
MSA Safety, Inc. 148 18,641
Nielsen Holdings plc 8,409 128,490
Pitney Bowes, Inc. 14,899 81,796
Quad/Graphics, Inc. 3,921 13,684
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. 11,733 15,488
Republic Services, Inc. 1,611 149,372
Resources Connection, Inc. 873 10,729
Robert Half International, Inc. 1,895 100,814
Rollins, Inc. 485 26,743
SP Plus Corp. * 422 8,655
Steelcase, Inc., Class A 1,959 20,472
Stericycle, Inc. * 713 45,710
Team, Inc. * 904 5,758
Tetra Tech, Inc. 372 34,339
The Brink's Co. 313 15,137
TransUnion 389 33,734
TriNet Group, Inc. * 91 6,173
TrueBlue, Inc. * 1,474 24,940
 
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
UniFirst Corp. 137 26,389
US Ecology, Inc. 155 5,755
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 398 74,295
Viad Corp. 421 9,022
Waste Management, Inc. 2,960 337,440
    2,384,714
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 1.8%
Acushnet Holdings Corp. 356 12,563
American Outdoor Brands, Inc. * 424 6,450
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. * 883 10,808
Brunswick Corp. 1,111 68,760
Callaway Golf Co. 802 16,730
Capri Holdings Ltd. * 5,531 87,611
Carter's, Inc. 686 54,619
Cavco Industries, Inc. * 53 10,118
Century Communities, Inc. * 146 5,209
Columbia Sportswear Co. 248 21,221
Crocs, Inc. * 338 13,490
D.R. Horton, Inc. 3,119 222,603
Deckers Outdoor Corp. * 251 51,171
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. 968 13,784
Fossil Group, Inc. * 7,422 47,761
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. * 1,618 17,895
Garmin Ltd. 850 88,068
Hanesbrands, Inc. 6,230 95,257
Hasbro, Inc. 1,045 82,492
Helen of Troy Ltd. * 196 40,537
iRobot Corp. * 236 17,471
KB Home 854 30,539
Kontoor Brands, Inc. * 1,095 24,200
La-Z-Boy, Inc. 966 31,395
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 1,834 75,194
Lennar Corp., Class A 2,127 159,142
LGI Homes, Inc. * 66 7,383
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. * 238 89,409
M.D.C Holdings, Inc. 620 26,896
M/I Homes, Inc. * 415 17,662
Mattel, Inc. * 8,607 92,482
Meritage Homes Corp. * 470 45,134
Mohawk Industries, Inc. * 1,092 100,824
Movado Group, Inc. 530 5,782
Newell Brands, Inc. 6,588 105,276
NIKE, Inc., Class B 6,982 781,216
NVR, Inc. * 29 120,882
Oxford Industries, Inc. 304 15,057
Polaris, Inc. 890 89,926
PulteGroup, Inc. 3,669 163,601
PVH Corp. 1,857 103,546
Ralph Lauren Corp. 1,088 74,887
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A * 1,363 40,686
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. * 1,694 30,932
Steven Madden Ltd. 1,147 24,271
Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. 357 25,297
Tapestry, Inc. 6,219 91,606
Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A * 2,355 55,413
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. * 315 26,945
Toll Brothers, Inc. 1,848 78,023
TopBuild Corp. * 225 34,605
TRI Pointe Group, Inc. * 2,286 38,588
Tupperware Brands Corp. 5,382 87,673
Under Armour, Inc., Class A * 1,739 17,060
Under Armour, Inc., Class C * 1,781 15,762
Universal Electronics, Inc. * 190 7,805
VF Corp. 2,832 186,204
Vista Outdoor, Inc. * 3,418 66,343
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Whirlpool Corp. 1,510 268,357
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 1,260 31,475
    4,272,096
 
Consumer Services 2.0%
Adtalem Global Education, Inc. * 908 30,146
American Public Education, Inc. * 335 10,532
Aramark 3,196 88,082
Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc., Class A 2,852 12,691
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. 545 17,178
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. 1,915 27,461
Boyd Gaming Corp. 943 25,253
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. * 208 27,666
Brinker International, Inc. 1,197 53,913
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. * 441 20,198
Carnival Corp. 10,573 174,243
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. * 105 137,579
Choice Hotels International, Inc. 126 12,511
Churchill Downs, Inc. 183 31,981
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 300 40,113
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 1,106 95,857
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. 678 11,275
Denny's Corp. * 554 6,349
Dine Brands Global, Inc. 183 10,899
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 231 94,470
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 399 30,356
Extended Stay America, Inc. 3,591 44,852
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. * 589 5,902
frontdoor, Inc. * 281 12,243
Graham Holdings Co., Class B 73 31,240
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. * 246 23,134
H&R Block, Inc. 2,849 41,310
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. * 816 17,879
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 1,109 100,209
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. * 5,287 11,949
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A 548 30,956
International Game Technology plc 3,209 35,716
Jack in the Box, Inc. 502 41,360
K12, Inc. * 776 28,875
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 3,865 195,994
Laureate Education, Inc., Class A * 1,385 17,340
Marriott International, Inc., Class A 1,454 149,631
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 307 29,064
McDonald's Corp. 5,411 1,155,357
MGM Resorts International 5,645 127,012
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. * 3,250 55,607
Papa John's International, Inc. 186 18,282
Penn National Gaming, Inc. * 1,197 61,167
Perdoceo Education Corp. * 508 7,300
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A * 63 3,830
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. * 610 6,771
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A 803 13,711
Regis Corp. * 1,148 8,484
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 2,227 153,307
Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. 316 3,247
Scientific Games Corp., Class A * 775 16,031
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. * 470 9,588
Service Corp. International 1,051 47,978
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. * 596 23,780
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 1,401 30,444
Starbucks Corp. 6,383 539,172
Strategic Education, Inc. 56 5,744
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. 606 38,172
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. 1,144 33,782
The Wendy's Co. 2,221 46,508
Vail Resorts, Inc. 169 36,786
WW International, Inc. * 293 6,880
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 1,419 41,137
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 535 28,013
Wynn Resorts Ltd. 886 77,481
Yum China Holdings, Inc. 2,607 150,450
Yum! Brands, Inc. 2,718 260,520
    4,782,948
 
Diversified Financials 5.0%
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 839 57,597
AGNC Investment Corp. 2,951 41,639
Ally Financial, Inc. 11,707 267,856
American Express Co. 7,033 714,482
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 2,001 313,757
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 10,717 78,770
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. 855 7,644
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A 474 18,349
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B * 13,947 3,041,004
BGC Partners, Inc., Class A 3,026 7,626
BlackRock, Inc. 717 426,034
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A 642 15,260
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc. 493 6,833
Cannae Holdings, Inc. * 628 23,694
Capital One Financial Corp. 9,955 687,194
Capstead Mortgage Corp. 1,616 9,971
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 350 32,127
Chimera Investment Corp. 2,981 26,501
CME Group, Inc. 913 160,569
Cohen & Steers, Inc. 142 8,591
Compass Diversified Holdings 480 8,400
Credit Acceptance Corp. * 54 20,887
Discover Financial Services 7,075 375,541
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. * 1,127 12,284
E*TRADE Financial Corp. 994 53,775
Eaton Vance Corp. 965 39,584
Encore Capital Group, Inc. * 272 12,496
Enova International, Inc. * 601 10,265
Equitable Holdings, Inc. 3,212 68,062
Evercore, Inc., Class A 598 37,004
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 140 49,056
Federated Hermes, Inc. 1,099 26,277
FirstCash, Inc. 277 16,551
Franklin Resources, Inc. 8,629 181,727
Green Dot Corp., Class A * 333 17,336
Greenhill & Co., Inc. 807 9,055
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. 205 12,013
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 1,559 165,613
Invesco Ltd. 10,485 106,947
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. 2,356 7,068
Janus Henderson Group plc 2,006 41,564
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 3,801 66,670
Ladder Capital Corp., Class A 1,034 7,703
Lazard Ltd., Class A 1,649 52,224
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. 763 62,688
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 42 20,410
MFA Financial, Inc. 6,029 16,158
Moelis & Co., Class A 372 11,871
Moody's Corp. 528 155,570
Morgan Stanley 11,525 602,297
Morningstar, Inc. 83 13,292
MSCI, Inc. 194 72,414
Nasdaq, Inc. 482 64,790
Navient Corp. 10,180 92,536
Nelnet, Inc., Class A 256 16,765
New Residential Investment Corp. 5,325 41,216
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. 2,774 7,323
Northern Trust Corp. 1,355 110,961
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 1,104 32,104
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust 968 16,592
Piper Sandler Cos. 125 9,431
PRA Group, Inc. * 551 25,718
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 788 59,667
Redwood Trust, Inc. 1,274 8,829
S&P Global, Inc. 719 263,456
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 2,339 40,254
SEI Investments Co. 893 46,758
SLM Corp. 3,566 27,244
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 2,401 37,456
State Street Corp. 4,199 285,910
Stifel Financial Corp. 369 18,712
Synchrony Financial 14,325 355,403
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 2,039 283,849
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 1,474 56,572
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 10,560 390,509
The Charles Schwab Corp. (a) 3,981 141,445
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 4,805 984,400
Two Harbors Investment Corp. 2,449 13,347
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 90 12,771
Voya Financial, Inc. 2,742 142,337
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A 2,988 47,061
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. 2,098 7,847
World Acceptance Corp. * 168 15,286
    11,954,849
 
Energy 5.9%
Antero Resources Corp. * 26,047 83,871
Apache Corp. 8,195 121,286
Arch Resources, Inc. 545 20,530
Archrock, Inc. 2,108 13,828
Baker Hughes Co. 17,484 249,672
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 2,814 53,382
Callon Petroleum Co. * 402 2,665
Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A * 3,997 2,903
ChampionX Corp. * 1,234 12,636
Cheniere Energy, Inc. * 385 20,039
Chevron Corp. 31,667 2,657,811
Cimarex Energy Co. 853 23,696
CNX Resources Corp. * 4,388 48,092
Concho Resources, Inc. 1,310 68,094
ConocoPhillips 17,908 678,534
CONSOL Energy, Inc. * 2,255 11,658
Continental Resources, Inc. 1,010 17,352
Core Laboratories N.V. 681 14,253
Cosan Ltd., A Shares 2,133 38,735
CVR Energy, Inc. 606 10,114
Delek US Holdings, Inc. 1,962 30,862
Devon Energy Corp. 5,930 64,459
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 416 16,207
Dril-Quip, Inc. * 622 20,607
EOG Resources, Inc. 4,922 223,164
EQT Corp. 3,943 62,575
Equitrans Midstream Corp. 2,334 23,994
Exterran Corp. * 2,091 9,619
Exxon Mobil Corp. 96,368 3,848,938
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. * 9,482 5,188
Frank's International N.V. * 2,795 6,456
GasLog Ltd. 919 2,711
Green Plains, Inc. * 2,835 37,932
Gulfport Energy Corp. * 5,395 3,807
Halliburton Co. 18,592 300,819
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. * 2,398 8,585
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 3,074 50,660
Hess Corp. 3,362 154,787
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
HollyFrontier Corp. 5,363 128,015
International Seaways, Inc. 443 7,513
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 23,693 327,437
Kosmos Energy Ltd. 3,609 5,305
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc., Class A 673 4,341
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A * 599 3,858
Marathon Oil Corp. 21,416 113,077
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 17,311 613,848
Matador Resources Co. * 430 4,184
Matrix Service Co. * 970 8,963
Murphy Oil Corp. 6,005 82,509
Nabors Industries Ltd. (b) 1,079 43,138
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 15,851 190,212
Newpark Resources, Inc. * 3,154 6,150
NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. * 1,280 3,226
Noble Energy, Inc. 7,440 74,028
Nordic American Tankers Ltd. (b) 4,728 20,614
Oasis Petroleum, Inc. * 30,951 17,190
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 23,030 293,402
Oceaneering International, Inc. * 6,291 33,909
Oil States International, Inc. * 3,606 15,830
ONEOK, Inc. 3,064 84,199
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. * 739 6,415
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A 1,173 12,610
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 8,957 34,484
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A 7,138 61,101
PDC Energy, Inc. * 1,051 15,912
Peabody Energy Corp. 6,716 17,529
Phillips 66 12,758 745,960
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 1,090 113,284
ProPetro Holding Corp. * 849 5,332
QEP Resources, Inc. 17,174 22,326
Range Resources Corp. 9,965 74,339
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. * 1,083 36,205
REX American Resources Corp. * 140 8,649
RPC, Inc. * 2,892 9,052
Schlumberger N.V. 30,669 583,018
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. 532 6,299
SEACOR Holdings, Inc. * 297 9,388
SFL Corp., Ltd. 1,212 10,641
SM Energy Co. 7,080 17,204
Southwestern Energy Co. * 4,169 11,590
Targa Resources Corp. 4,174 71,000
Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A * 321 4,025
The Williams Cos., Inc. 11,714 243,183
Tidewater, Inc. * 1,244 8,546
Transocean Ltd. * 33,375 40,718
US Silica Holdings, Inc. 3,274 14,602
Valero Energy Corp. 15,879 835,077
Whiting Petroleum Corp. *(b) 11,968 9,568
World Fuel Services Corp. 6,181 163,178
WPX Energy, Inc. * 4,598 25,565
    14,318,269
 
Food & Staples Retailing 3.1%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. * 595 26,424
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 472 83,945
Costco Wholesale Corp. 3,611 1,255,400
Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A 587 23,715
Performance Food Group Co. * 1,965 71,742
PriceSmart, Inc. 470 30,902
Rite Aid Corp. * 9,282 120,852
SpartanNash Co. 3,974 79,400
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. * 2,304 53,798
Sysco Corp. 4,848 291,559
The Andersons, Inc. 1,525 27,038
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. * 207 3,066
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
The Kroger Co. 26,267 937,207
United Natural Foods, Inc. * 6,802 122,776
US Foods Holding Corp. * 5,274 128,422
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 22,554 857,503
Walmart, Inc. 23,368 3,244,647
Weis Markets, Inc. 386 19,003
    7,377,399
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 4.1%
Altria Group, Inc. 22,212 971,553
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 20,417 913,865
B&G Foods, Inc. 1,437 44,748
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B 1,023 74,853
Bunge Ltd. 7,589 346,210
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. * 537 20,723
Calavo Growers, Inc. 173 10,980
Campbell Soup Co. 1,606 84,492
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 31 8,472
Coca-Cola European Partners plc 1,849 76,105
Conagra Brands, Inc. 4,829 185,241
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A 832 153,487
Darling Ingredients, Inc. * 1,968 62,917
Flowers Foods, Inc. 2,314 56,600
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 1,424 33,023
General Mills, Inc. 6,187 395,659
Hormel Foods Corp. 2,278 116,133
Hostess Brands, Inc. * 369 4,738
Ingredion, Inc. 1,319 106,100
J&J Snack Foods Corp. 107 14,547
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 121 9,636
Kellogg Co. 2,362 167,489
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 1,014 30,248
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 420 26,397
Lancaster Colony Corp. 145 25,769
McCormick & Co., Inc. Non-Voting Shares 427 88,047
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B 2,753 103,623
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 13,435 784,873
Monster Beverage Corp. * 1,420 119,081
Nomad Foods Ltd. * 1,352 33,340
PepsiCo, Inc. 9,538 1,335,892
Philip Morris International, Inc. 15,286 1,219,670
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. * 978 15,648
Post Holdings, Inc. * 374 32,920
Sanderson Farms, Inc. 403 47,135
The Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A * 40 35,279
The Coca-Cola Co. 22,804 1,129,482
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. * 1,061 34,790
The Hershey Co. 795 118,169
The J.M. Smucker Co. 1,479 177,746
The Kraft Heinz Co. 10,650 373,176
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. * 828 35,447
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A 4,741 297,735
Universal Corp. 837 36,334
Vector Group Ltd. 1,567 15,780
    9,974,152
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 5.8%
Abbott Laboratories 6,564 718,561
ABIOMED, Inc. * 53 16,304
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. * 931 28,777
Align Technology, Inc. * 141 41,874
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. * 1,928 17,217
Amedisys, Inc. * 92 22,255
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 2,239 217,250
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. * 357 19,221
Anthem, Inc. 3,548 998,833
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Avanos Medical, Inc. * 373 12,085
Baxter International, Inc. 2,178 189,638
Becton Dickinson & Co. 828 201,014
Boston Scientific Corp. * 2,687 110,221
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. * 5,361 14,743
Cantel Medical Corp. 200 10,496
Cardinal Health, Inc. 9,197 466,840
Centene Corp. * 4,528 277,657
Cerner Corp. 1,894 138,963
Chemed Corp. 73 37,749
Cigna Corp. 1,812 321,394
Community Health Systems, Inc. * 10,949 56,606
CONMED Corp. 123 10,616
Covetrus, Inc. * 2,537 58,123
CVS Health Corp. 28,046 1,742,218
Danaher Corp. 1,874 386,925
DaVita, Inc. * 2,164 187,749
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. 1,539 69,055
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. * 903 77,514
Encompass Health Corp. 727 47,429
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A * 225 12,717
Haemonetics Corp. * 144 12,911
HCA Healthcare, Inc. 3,304 448,419
Henry Schein, Inc. * 1,809 120,190
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 320 30,013
HMS Holdings Corp. * 372 10,375
Hologic, Inc. * 1,168 69,753
Humana, Inc. 1,714 711,601
ICU Medical, Inc. * 52 10,412
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. * 83 32,458
Integer Holdings Corp. * 147 10,181
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. * 182 8,698
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. * 216 157,861
Invacare Corp. 1,018 6,902
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings * 752 132,164
LHC Group, Inc. * 94 19,593
LivaNova plc * 155 7,269
Magellan Health, Inc. * 708 53,426
Masimo Corp. * 117 26,208
McKesson Corp. 4,755 729,607
MEDNAX, Inc. * 3,335 61,964
Medtronic plc 8,854 951,539
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. * 269 13,208
Molina Healthcare, Inc. * 435 80,462
National HealthCare Corp. 97 6,179
Neogen Corp. * 116 8,839
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. * 668 8,858
NuVasive, Inc. * 232 12,094
Omnicell, Inc. * 65 4,334
Owens & Minor, Inc. 7,017 116,342
Patterson Cos., Inc. 3,098 89,873
Premier, Inc., Class A 372 12,183
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 1,605 178,540
ResMed, Inc. 397 71,770
Select Medical Holdings Corp. * 1,422 28,540
STERIS plc 329 52,522
Stryker Corp. 1,169 231,649
Teleflex, Inc. 110 43,224
Tenet Healthcare Corp. * 2,940 82,849
The Cooper Cos., Inc. 149 46,843
The Ensign Group, Inc. 323 18,908
The Providence Service Corp. * 202 18,703
Tivity Health, Inc. * 959 15,689
Triple-S Management Corp., Class B * 1,031 19,177
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 7,232 2,260,362
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B 1,161 128,116
Varex Imaging Corp. * 428 4,747
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. * 564 97,950
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A * 62 17,501
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 200 56,792
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 997 140,457
    13,988,299
 
Household & Personal Products 1.6%
Central Garden & Pet Co. * 101 4,110
Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A * 503 18,691
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 1,369 131,191
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 5,283 418,731
Coty, Inc., Class A 6,040 21,623
Edgewell Personal Care Co. * 1,131 32,471
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 365 16,896
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. * 1,093 53,721
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 2,090 329,718
Medifast, Inc. 42 6,834
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A 1,433 67,738
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. 476 28,370
The Clorox Co. 661 147,734
The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A 786 174,272
The Procter & Gamble Co. 17,493 2,419,807
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. * 178 13,957
WD-40 Co. 56 11,445
    3,897,309
 
Insurance 3.0%
Aflac, Inc. 9,329 338,829
Alleghany Corp. 122 67,656
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. * 815 10,293
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. 1,646 39,356
American Financial Group, Inc. 727 48,600
American International Group, Inc. 28,947 843,516
American National Group, Inc. 95 7,126
AMERISAFE, Inc. 153 10,210
Aon plc, Class A 1,554 310,784
Arch Capital Group Ltd. * 1,799 56,740
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. 384 14,262
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 883 92,980
Assurant, Inc. 582 70,748
Assured Guaranty Ltd. 2,502 53,668
Athene Holding Ltd., Class A * 1,320 48,259
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. 1,220 58,267
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. * 876 26,595
Brown & Brown, Inc. 1,060 49,184
Chubb Ltd. 3,157 394,625
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 1,076 85,445
CNA Financial Corp. 388 12,482
CNO Financial Group, Inc. 4,224 68,851
Employers Holdings, Inc. 257 8,373
Everest Re Group Ltd. 489 107,619
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 2,707 88,871
First American Financial Corp. 1,140 59,930
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A * 16,639 50,250
Globe Life, Inc. 911 75,139
Horace Mann Educators Corp. 305 11,913
James River Group Holdings Ltd. 375 18,266
Kemper Corp. 392 30,443
Lincoln National Corp. 3,632 130,934
Loews Corp. 4,342 155,704
Markel Corp. * 60 65,210
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. 3,008 345,649
MBIA, Inc. * 2,871 23,284
Mercury General Corp. 403 18,026
MetLife, Inc. 12,038 462,982
National General Holdings Corp. 620 21,111
Old Republic International Corp. 3,611 58,173
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Primerica, Inc. 363 45,321
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 3,477 146,417
ProAssurance Corp. 1,446 22,153
Prudential Financial, Inc. 6,847 464,021
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 828 75,911
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 321 58,981
RLI Corp. 212 19,884
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. 124 8,978
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 382 22,847
Stewart Information Services Corp. 590 25,175
The Allstate Corp. 4,495 418,035
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 374 38,331
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 4,318 174,663
The Progressive Corp. 3,425 325,512
The Travelers Cos., Inc. 6,183 717,475
United Fire Group, Inc. 250 6,295
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. 496 9,201
Unum Group 4,683 86,542
W.R. Berkley Corp. 1,156 71,730
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 48 42,787
Willis Towers Watson plc 515 105,848
    7,326,460
 
Materials 3.7%
AdvanSix, Inc. * 967 12,310
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 987 288,461
Albemarle Corp. 1,141 103,842
Alcoa Corp. * 9,311 136,127
Allegheny Technologies, Inc. * 1,884 15,694
AptarGroup, Inc. 407 48,185
Arconic Corp. * 1,333 29,659
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 743 54,752
Avery Dennison Corp. 702 81,004
Avient Corp. 1,350 34,452
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. * 1,573 37,516
Balchem Corp. 133 12,994
Ball Corp. 1,337 107,455
Berry Global Group, Inc. * 1,287 66,332
Boise Cascade Co. 1,066 48,823
Cabot Corp. 1,040 38,490
Carpenter Technology Corp. 901 18,948
Celanese Corp. 1,283 129,775
Century Aluminum Co. * 1,802 17,786
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 3,154 102,915
Clearwater Paper Corp. * 986 33,189
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. 7,309 48,093
Commercial Metals Co. 3,338 69,664
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 507 28,864
Constellium SE * 1,057 8,467
Contura Energy, Inc. * 1,575 6,521
Corteva, Inc. 7,166 204,589
Crown Holdings, Inc. * 871 66,936
Domtar Corp. 2,699 76,975
Dow, Inc. 7,070 318,998
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 11,431 637,393
Eagle Materials, Inc. 394 32,217
Eastman Chemical Co. 2,723 199,079
Ecolab, Inc. 1,279 252,065
Element Solutions, Inc. * 1,976 21,242
Ferro Corp. * 848 10,575
FMC Corp. 425 45,416
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 17,661 275,688
GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. * 696 18,138
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. 4,391 61,386
Greif, Inc., Class A 622 22,921
H.B. Fuller Co. 572 27,553
Hecla Mining Co. 4,881 29,384
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Huntsman Corp. 4,648 100,490
Ingevity Corp. * 216 12,133
Innospec, Inc. 209 15,610
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 558 69,075
International Paper Co. 7,630 276,740
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. 269 17,291
Kraton Corp. * 842 11,822
Linde plc 2,628 656,317
Livent Corp. * 533 4,520
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 1,478 48,685
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A 8,202 537,067
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 391 79,322
Materion Corp. 307 16,759
Mercer International, Inc. 768 6,436
Minerals Technologies, Inc. 489 24,817
Myers Industries, Inc. 496 7,589
Neenah, Inc. 242 10,716
NewMarket Corp. 68 25,329
Newmont Corp. 3,006 202,244
Nucor Corp. 6,966 316,674
O-I Glass, Inc. 6,464 70,328
Olin Corp. 3,945 44,381
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. 684 8,311
P.H. Glatfelter Co. 1,184 17,748
Packaging Corp. of America 1,082 109,542
PPG Industries, Inc. 2,770 333,508
Quaker Chemical Corp. 68 12,920
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. * 4,473 14,135
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. 1,460 153,110
Royal Gold, Inc. 138 18,812
RPM International, Inc. 947 80,277
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A 1,243 24,537
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. 515 15,620
Sealed Air Corp. 2,765 108,664
Sensient Technologies Corp. 519 28,659
Silgan Holdings, Inc. 1,085 41,295
Sonoco Products Co. 1,314 69,681
Southern Copper Corp. 724 34,824
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 4,381 129,327
Stepan Co. 242 27,900
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A * 1,107 16,483
SunCoke Energy, Inc. 2,748 9,838
The Chemours Co. 3,610 74,583
The Mosaic Co. 13,315 242,732
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. 299 50,390
The Sherwin-Williams Co. 312 209,368
TimkenSteel Corp. * 2,233 8,418
Trinseo S.A. 1,439 35,845
Tronox Holdings plc, Class A 1,921 17,212
United States Steel Corp. 10,128 79,302
US Concrete, Inc. * 313 8,354
Valvoline, Inc. 898 18,319
Verso Corp., Class A 1,537 20,150
Vulcan Materials Co. 644 77,280
W.R. Grace & Co. 532 21,658
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. 1,993 30,832
Westlake Chemical Corp. 547 32,448
Westrock Co. 6,352 192,656
Worthington Industries, Inc. 926 38,457
    8,848,413
 
Media & Entertainment 4.5%
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 3,682 307,521
Alphabet, Inc., Class A * 862 1,404,655
Alphabet, Inc., Class C * 867 1,416,834
Altice USA, Inc., Class A * 3,590 99,012
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A (b) 3,147 18,504
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A * 1,031 25,043
Cable One, Inc. 12 22,084
Cars.com, Inc. * 2,027 17,594
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A * 877 539,890
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 1,982 29,036
Comcast Corp., Class A 42,441 1,901,781
Discovery, Inc., Class A * 1,608 35,481
Discovery, Inc., Class C * 3,639 72,671
DISH Network Corp., Class A * 2,632 93,489
Electronic Arts, Inc. * 1,328 185,216
Facebook, Inc., Class A * 4,375 1,282,750
Fox Corp., Class A 3,739 104,169
Fox Corp., Class B 1,738 48,316
Gannett Co., Inc. 7,488 12,954
Gray Television, Inc. * 784 12,168
IAC/InterActiveCorp * 199 26,465
iHeartMedia, Inc. Class A * 1,037 9,561
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A 692 21,902
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class C * 576 22,452
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class A * 1,592 57,806
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class C * 3,050 109,785
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Class A * 1,963 5,496
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A * 668 6,506
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B * 1,437 13,019
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. * 454 25,787
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. * 78 5,863
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. * 73 11,972
Meredith Corp. 879 12,306
MSG Networks, Inc., Class A * 582 5,669
National CineMedia, Inc. 2,422 8,743
Netflix, Inc. * 155 82,082
News Corp., Class A 6,313 95,453
News Corp., Class B 2,054 30,954
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 296 28,419
Omnicom Group, Inc. 2,481 134,197
Scholastic Corp. 682 15,345
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A 1,239 25,784
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. 4,997 29,332
Spotify Technology S.A. * 44 12,415
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. * 247 42,284
TEGNA, Inc. 3,034 37,986
The E.W. Scripps Co., Class A 407 4,526
The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. 4,336 77,007
The Marcus Corp. 233 3,651
The New York Times Co., Class A 545 23,615
The Walt Disney Co. 13,640 1,798,707
TripAdvisor, Inc. 1,031 24,094
Twitter, Inc. * 783 31,774
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B 15,221 423,905
Yandex N.V., Class A * 743 50,695
Yelp, Inc. * 440 10,173
Zynga, Inc., Class A * 2,549 23,094
    10,977,992
 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 6.1%
AbbVie, Inc. 13,816 1,323,158
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 1,360 136,571
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * 808 92,290
Alkermes plc * 450 7,443
Amgen, Inc. 4,722 1,196,177
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A * 67 34,076
Bio-Techne Corp. 79 20,181
Biogen, Inc. * 1,224 352,071
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. * 129 10,066
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 12,381 770,098
Bruker Corp. 419 17,606
Catalent, Inc. * 410 37,925
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. * 176 38,535
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. * 932 27,084
Eli Lilly and Co. 3,451 512,094
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. * 184 20,985
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 19,233 1,283,803
Horizon Therapeutics plc * 100 7,512
ICON plc * 280 52,195
Illumina, Inc. * 201 71,801
Incyte Corp. * 124 11,947
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. * 961 157,364
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc * 376 50,531
Johnson & Johnson 18,795 2,883,341
Lannett Co., Inc. * 503 2,646
Mallinckrodt plc *(b) 18,024 28,478
Merck & Co., Inc. 19,468 1,660,036
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. * 98 95,137
Mylan N.V. * 9,456 154,889
Myriad Genetics, Inc. * 1,276 17,060
Nektar Therapeutics * 205 3,965
PDL BioPharma, Inc. * 6,123 20,512
PerkinElmer, Inc. 455 53,563
Perrigo Co., plc 1,148 60,040
Pfizer, Inc. 63,765 2,409,679
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. * 186 19,885
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. * 390 14,208
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * 230 142,584
Syneos Health, Inc. * 252 15,901
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. * 155 9,488
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 1,173 503,194
United Therapeutics Corp. * 758 81,076
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * 69 19,259
Waters Corp. * 376 81,314
Zoetis, Inc. 920 147,292
    14,655,060
 
Real Estate 2.3%
Acadia Realty Trust 571 6,475
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 1,174 14,217
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 301 50,682
American Assets Trust, Inc. 243 6,209
American Campus Communities, Inc. 968 32,815
American Finance Trust, Inc. 554 3,787
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A 782 22,397
American Tower Corp. 903 224,983
Americold Realty Trust 220 8,437
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A 905 32,607
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. 3,442 35,005
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. 1,211 3,730
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 576 91,043
Boston Properties, Inc. 1,089 94,601
Brandywine Realty Trust 1,962 21,837
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. 3,554 41,937
Brookfield Property REIT, Inc., Class A 1,103 12,718
Camden Property Trust 451 41,014
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. * 48,652 9,049
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A * 2,492 117,199
Chatham Lodging Trust 847 5,861
Colony Capital, Inc. 15,277 41,401
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. 1,476 17,417
CoreCivic, Inc. 3,823 35,592
CorePoint Lodging, Inc. 2,199 12,490
CoreSite Realty Corp. 101 12,367
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Corporate Office Properties Trust 869 21,412
Cousins Properties, Inc. 584 17,432
Crown Castle International Corp. 1,352 220,714
CubeSmart 864 27,320
Cushman & Wakefield plc * 357 4,145
CyrusOne, Inc. 315 26,312
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. 3,280 17,384
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 2,863 445,626
Diversified Healthcare Trust 9,564 36,343
Douglas Emmett, Inc. 773 21,582
Duke Realty Corp. 1,464 56,437
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 108 14,381
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 1,623 10,225
EPR Properties 498 16,090
Equinix, Inc. 211 166,644
Equity Commonwealth 641 20,121
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 468 31,024
Equity Residential 1,875 105,844
Essex Property Trust, Inc. 224 48,498
Extra Space Storage, Inc. 435 46,349
Federal Realty Investment Trust 376 29,794
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 430 18,340
Franklin Street Properties Corp. 1,852 8,204
Front Yard Residential Corp. 782 7,625
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. 899 32,679
Global Net Lease, Inc. 550 9,625
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 721 20,801
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A 917 24,200
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. 3,120 86,237
Hersha Hospitality Trust 1,305 8,391
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 782 29,137
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 11,589 130,145
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 775 18,197
Investors Real Estate Trust 122 8,674
Invitation Homes, Inc. 1,034 29,603
Iron Mountain, Inc. 3,561 107,151
iStar, Inc. 880 10,894
JBG SMITH Properties 425 11,760
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 676 69,655
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. 840 12,004
Kilroy Realty Corp. 446 26,100
Kimco Realty Corp. 3,419 40,994
Kite Realty Group Trust 1,191 13,387
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A 596 41,261
Lexington Realty Trust 1,998 22,717
Life Storage, Inc. 224 23,616
LTC Properties, Inc. 178 6,495
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. 1,024 12,933
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. * 125 3,526
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 1,426 26,495
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 467 54,695
National Health Investors, Inc. 174 10,832
National Retail Properties, Inc. 615 21,796
New Senior Investment Group, Inc. 2,729 11,953
Newmark Group, Inc., Class A 1,120 4,962
Office Properties Income Trust 533 12,707
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 1,071 33,169
Outfront Media, Inc. 2,165 36,653
Paramount Group, Inc. 1,938 14,341
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 4,635 43,986
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 1,086 13,705
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (b) 3,423 3,765
Physicians Realty Trust 647 11,743
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 1,652 25,292
PotlatchDeltic Corp. 371 17,081
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Class A 442 2,917
Prologis, Inc. 1,716 174,792
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
PS Business Parks, Inc. 84 10,601
Public Storage 537 114,059
QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 215 14,581
Rayonier, Inc. 1,215 35,575
Realogy Holdings Corp. * 10,453 115,819
Realty Income Corp. 888 55,083
Regency Centers Corp. 704 27,956
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. 825 9,182
Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A 3,431 21,650
RLJ Lodging Trust 2,933 27,688
RPT Realty 1,206 7,067
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. 395 15,073
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 893 13,243
SBA Communications Corp. 134 41,013
Seritage Growth Properties, Class A *(b) 441 6,187
Service Properties Trust 5,123 42,060
Simon Property Group, Inc. 2,543 172,543
SITE Centers Corp. 3,040 22,830
SL Green Realty Corp. 1,068 49,940
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. 712 25,283
STAG Industrial, Inc. 379 12,242
STORE Capital Corp. 574 15,521
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. 1,569 9,241
Sun Communities, Inc. 218 32,499
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. 3,446 28,705
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b) 2,097 11,932
Taubman Centers, Inc. 746 28,572
The GEO Group, Inc. 2,825 31,527
The Howard Hughes Corp. * 183 10,817
The Macerich Co. 3,771 29,904
UDR, Inc. 1,100 38,291
Uniti Group, Inc. 4,887 47,990
Urban Edge Properties 992 10,476
Ventas, Inc. 3,380 139,290
VEREIT, Inc. 9,053 60,836
VICI Properties, Inc. 689 15,392
Vornado Realty Trust 1,469 52,634
Washington Prime Group, Inc. 21,615 14,698
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust 623 13,669
Weingarten Realty Investors 1,089 19,025
Welltower, Inc. 2,981 171,467
Weyerhaeuser Co. 8,346 252,967
WP Carey, Inc. 608 42,177
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 2,084 18,714
    5,670,801
 
Retailing 5.9%
Aaron's, Inc. 1,089 60,864
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A 3,698 48,111
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 753 117,701
Amazon.com, Inc. * 436 1,504,619
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 5,286 66,656
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. * 486 51,414
At Home Group, Inc. * 754 14,409
AutoNation, Inc. * 1,667 94,786
AutoZone, Inc. * 93 111,257
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. 23,343 284,318
Best Buy Co., Inc. 4,590 509,077
Big Lots, Inc. 2,784 131,266
Booking Holdings, Inc. * 234 447,045
Burlington Stores, Inc. * 184 36,235
Caleres, Inc. 2,323 18,143
CarMax, Inc. * 1,802 192,688
Chico's FAS, Inc. 18,177 23,267
Conn's, Inc. * 934 11,937
Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc. 2,903 97,018
Designer Brands, Inc., Class A 4,128 29,102
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 2,382 128,914
Dillard's, Inc., Class A 959 28,971
Dollar General Corp. 2,337 471,794
Dollar Tree, Inc. * 2,079 200,145
eBay, Inc. 8,340 456,865
Expedia Group, Inc. 1,071 105,119
Express, Inc. * 8,306 9,220
Five Below, Inc. * 147 16,089
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A * 88 6,445
Foot Locker, Inc. 4,005 121,472
Francesca's Holdings Corp. *(b) 711 4,195
GameStop Corp., Class A *(b) 26,046 173,987
Genesco, Inc. * 1,304 25,428
Genuine Parts Co. 1,937 182,930
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. 731 63,188
Groupon, Inc. * 610 19,416
GrubHub, Inc. * 203 14,687
Guess?, Inc. 2,031 23,357
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. 730 15,418
Hibbett Sports, Inc. * 948 31,635
Kohl's Corp. 9,818 209,712
L Brands, Inc. 8,252 242,609
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A 398 99,086
LKQ Corp. * 3,468 110,074
Lowe's Cos., Inc. 7,438 1,224,964
Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. * 949 22,767
Macy's, Inc. (b) 29,944 208,710
MarineMax, Inc. * 268 7,882
MercadoLibre, Inc. * 19 22,203
Monro, Inc. 272 12,536
Murphy USA, Inc. * 896 120,835
National Vision Holdings, Inc. * 411 15,441
Nordstrom, Inc. (b) 4,737 75,792
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. * 507 236,074
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. * 190 18,153
Party City Holdco, Inc. * 10,118 27,723
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. 1,112 52,453
Pool Corp. 155 50,815
Qurate Retail, Inc., Class A * 21,500 237,575
Rent-A-Center, Inc. 542 16,639
RH * 102 33,716
Ross Stores, Inc. 2,057 187,352
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. * 3,631 40,522
Shoe Carnival, Inc. 373 12,264
Signet Jewelers Ltd. 5,816 100,442
Sleep Number Corp. * 418 20,064
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A 1,403 59,291
Stamps.com, Inc. * 88 21,942
Target Corp. 8,011 1,211,343
The Buckle, Inc. 941 17,634
The Cato Corp., Class A 1,095 8,760
The Children's Place, Inc. 407 8,126
The Gap, Inc. 12,295 213,810
The Home Depot, Inc. 7,080 2,018,083
The Michaels Cos., Inc. * 5,112 57,510
The ODP Corp. 4,441 103,831
The TJX Cos., Inc. 10,327 565,816
Tiffany & Co. 975 119,437
Tractor Supply Co. 1,228 182,763
Ulta Beauty, Inc. * 302 70,118
Urban Outfitters, Inc. * 2,579 60,710
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1,150 100,924
Zumiez, Inc. * 464 11,916
    14,187,605
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.6%
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. * 250 18,530
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. * 395 35,874
Ambarella, Inc. * 66 3,478
Amkor Technology, Inc. * 2,347 28,622
Analog Devices, Inc. 1,295 151,360
Applied Materials, Inc. 6,646 409,394
Broadcom, Inc. 1,272 441,575
Brooks Automation, Inc. 277 14,301
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. 82 12,488
Cirrus Logic, Inc. * 507 30,719
Cree, Inc. * 849 53,572
Diodes, Inc. * 296 14,463
Entegris, Inc. 412 27,559
First Solar, Inc. * 883 67,629
Intel Corp. 43,258 2,203,995
KLA Corp. 926 189,960
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. 657 15,755
Lam Research Corp. 750 252,255
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 2,418 93,770
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 1,665 113,953
Microchip Technology, Inc. 955 104,763
Micron Technology, Inc. * 10,004 455,282
MKS Instruments, Inc. 315 37,652
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 62 16,562
NVIDIA Corp. 1,006 538,190
NXP Semiconductor N.V. 1,978 248,753
ON Semiconductor Corp. * 3,598 76,889
Photronics, Inc. * 992 9,950
Power Integrations, Inc. 258 14,440
Qorvo, Inc. * 994 127,500
QUALCOMM, Inc. 13,905 1,656,085
Semtech Corp. * 249 14,604
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. * 139 14,235
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 1,401 202,935
Synaptics, Inc. * 508 43,348
Teradyne, Inc. 754 64,067
Texas Instruments, Inc. 6,116 869,389
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. * 195 4,781
Xilinx, Inc. 1,290 134,366
    8,813,043
 
Software & Services 6.6%
Accenture plc, Class A 2,983 715,711
ACI Worldwide, Inc. * 620 18,216
Adobe, Inc. * 566 290,579
Akamai Technologies, Inc. * 847 98,616
Alliance Data Systems Corp. 1,475 66,537
Amdocs Ltd. 1,576 96,498
ANSYS, Inc. * 197 66,785
Aspen Technology, Inc. * 171 21,722
Autodesk, Inc. * 279 68,550
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 1,769 246,050
Black Knight, Inc. * 464 39,022
Blackbaud, Inc. 124 7,917
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 784 69,039
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 575 79,005
CACI International, Inc., Class A * 191 44,730
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. * 660 73,201
Cardtronics plc, Class A * 372 8,076
CDK Global, Inc. 1,112 51,841
Cerence, Inc. * 299 15,907
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. * 678 85,604
Citrix Systems, Inc. 891 129,373
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 5,498 367,596
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
CommVault Systems, Inc. * 303 13,099
Conduent, Inc. * 14,149 47,824
CSG Systems International, Inc. 289 12,303
DXC Technology Co. 8,569 171,209
Ebix, Inc. 299 6,898
EPAM Systems, Inc. * 98 32,056
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. * 218 22,537
EVERTEC, Inc. 364 12,747
ExlService Holdings, Inc. * 191 12,165
Fair Isaac Corp. * 67 28,193
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 1,604 241,963
Fiserv, Inc. * 2,064 205,533
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. * 221 55,570
Fortinet, Inc. * 155 20,461
Gartner, Inc. * 288 37,388
Genpact Ltd. 1,267 53,442
Global Payments, Inc. 592 104,559
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A * 162 13,556
International Business Machines Corp. 15,625 1,926,719
Intuit, Inc. 712 245,918
j2 Global, Inc. * 286 20,017
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 319 52,769
KBR, Inc. 1,460 36,485
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 1,133 102,525
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. * 484 27,027
Manhattan Associates, Inc. * 284 27,619
ManTech International Corp., Class A 275 20,584
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 1,717 615,012
MAXIMUS, Inc. 605 46,918
Microsoft Corp. 24,316 5,483,988
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A * 66 9,533
NIC, Inc. 390 8,338
NortonLifeLock, Inc. 8,139 191,429
Nuance Communications, Inc. * 1,055 31,608
Oracle Corp. 22,163 1,268,167
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. * 22 5,663
Paychex, Inc. 1,573 120,287
Paycom Software, Inc. * 15 4,492
PayPal Holdings, Inc. * 1,904 388,683
Pegasystems, Inc. 44 5,653
Perficient, Inc. * 216 9,269
Perspecta, Inc. 1,866 38,757
Progress Software Corp. 395 14,967
PTC, Inc. * 274 25,046
Sabre Corp. 3,682 25,737
salesforce.com, Inc. * 534 145,595
Science Applications International Corp. 461 38,475
Square, Inc., Class A * 57 9,095
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 512 32,625
Sykes Enterprises, Inc. * 630 20,856
Synopsys, Inc. * 358 79,225
Teradata Corp. * 2,566 62,482
The Western Union Co. 5,108 120,498
Tyler Technologies, Inc. * 48 16,575
Unisys Corp. * 1,009 11,765
Verint Systems, Inc. * 295 14,030
VeriSign, Inc. * 225 48,330
Virtusa Corp. * 217 8,580
Visa, Inc., Class A 3,948 836,937
VMware, Inc., Class A * 265 38,277
WEX, Inc. * 114 18,207
Xperi Holding Corp. 1,599 20,035
    16,026,875
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 9.8%
3D Systems Corp. * 420 2,306
ADTRAN, Inc. 1,644 18,232
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Amphenol Corp., Class A 1,496 164,261
Apple, Inc. 129,940 16,767,458
Arista Networks, Inc. * 84 18,770
Arrow Electronics, Inc. * 2,621 205,906
Avnet, Inc. 6,878 189,214
Badger Meter, Inc. 140 8,637
Belden, Inc. 674 22,700
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. 1,432 28,081
CDW Corp. 852 96,830
Ciena Corp. * 715 40,591
Cisco Systems, Inc. 40,328 1,702,648
Cognex Corp. 437 30,236
Coherent, Inc. * 150 16,899
CommScope Holding Co., Inc. * 5,089 52,417
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. 352 5,843
Corning, Inc. 17,347 563,084
CTS Corp. 281 5,873
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C * 1,063 70,243
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. * 3,082 25,704
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 339 23,679
EchoStar Corp., Class A * 650 19,097
ePlus, Inc. * 197 15,114
F5 Networks, Inc. * 669 88,529
Fabrinet * 267 18,631
Fitbit, Inc., Class A * 2,559 16,275
Flex Ltd. * 13,380 145,307
FLIR Systems, Inc. 894 32,989
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 43,928 424,784
HP, Inc. 18,579 363,219
II-VI, Inc. * 671 29,859
Insight Enterprises, Inc. * 812 48,562
InterDigital, Inc. 427 26,111
IPG Photonics Corp. * 174 28,141
Itron, Inc. * 234 13,939
Jabil, Inc. 4,108 140,288
Juniper Networks, Inc. 7,431 185,775
Keysight Technologies, Inc. * 426 41,969
Knowles Corp. * 858 12,921
Littelfuse, Inc. 126 22,786
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. * 181 15,566
Methode Electronics, Inc. 520 14,721
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 1,370 212,007
MTS Systems Corp. 267 6,515
National Instruments Corp. 744 26,702
NCR Corp. * 2,126 43,455
NetApp, Inc. 3,549 168,187
NETGEAR, Inc. * 483 16,108
NetScout Systems, Inc. * 1,223 28,300
OSI Systems, Inc. * 158 12,442
PC Connection, Inc. 349 15,457
Plantronics, Inc. 1,075 13,287
Plexus Corp. * 482 36,666
Rogers Corp. * 118 13,371
Sanmina Corp. * 2,295 64,948
ScanSource, Inc. * 1,154 28,492
Seagate Technology plc 5,344 256,459
Stratasys Ltd. * 478 7,103
SYNNEX Corp. 785 99,813
TE Connectivity Ltd. 3,005 290,283
Trimble, Inc. * 1,266 66,351
TTM Technologies, Inc. * 1,939 22,221
ViaSat, Inc. * 402 15,984
Viavi Solutions, Inc. * 728 9,708
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. 2,141 34,235
Western Digital Corp. 5,693 218,725
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Xerox Holdings Corp. 4,287 80,853
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A * 127 36,389
    23,588,256
 
Telecommunication Services 3.3%
AT&T, Inc. 110,053 3,280,680
ATN International, Inc. 143 8,294
CenturyLink, Inc. 41,709 448,372
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. * 1,218 18,343
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. 183 12,309
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. * 4,189 32,590
GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A * 204 16,479
Iridium Communications, Inc. * 366 10,252
Liberty Global plc, Class A * 4,133 96,588
Liberty Global plc, Class C * 10,028 230,744
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A * 670 6,566
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C * 1,726 16,466
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. 244 13,493
T-Mobile US, Inc. * 3,406 397,412
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 3,472 80,307
United States Cellular Corp. * 346 12,588
Verizon Communications, Inc. 54,977 3,258,487
Vonage Holdings Corp. * 1,344 15,389
    7,955,359
 
Transportation 2.6%
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. * 628 15,964
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 604 23,526
Allegiant Travel Co. 68 8,745
AMERCO 89 31,585
American Airlines Group, Inc. (b) 6,885 89,849
ArcBest Corp. 1,207 40,821
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. * 917 51,710
Atlas Corp. 1,692 14,602
Avis Budget Group, Inc. * 4,284 146,127
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 2,058 202,301
Copa Holdings S.A., Class A 126 6,709
Costamare, Inc. 1,335 6,742
CSX Corp. 6,366 486,744
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 3,292 101,558
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. * 709 19,370
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2,004 177,134
FedEx Corp. 5,017 1,102,937
Forward Air Corp. 366 21,590
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. 454 6,102
Heartland Express, Inc. 525 10,860
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. * 15,208 22,204
Hub Group, Inc., Class A * 761 40,972
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 848 119,178
JetBlue Airways Corp. * 2,074 23,892
Kansas City Southern 676 123,059
Kirby Corp. * 717 30,429
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. 1,331 60,507
Landstar System, Inc. 458 60,955
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. 1,391 38,976
Marten Transport Ltd. 729 13,239
Norfolk Southern Corp. 2,242 476,492
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 459 92,801
Ryder System, Inc. 2,711 110,880
Saia, Inc. * 218 29,256
Schneider National, Inc., Class B 838 22,676
SkyWest, Inc. 215 7,235
Southwest Airlines Co. 2,570 96,581
Spirit Airlines, Inc. * 446 7,974
Uber Technologies, Inc. * 176 5,919
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Union Pacific Corp. 6,347 1,221,417
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. * 1,936 69,696
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 4,993 816,955
Werner Enterprises, Inc. 728 33,495
XPO Logistics, Inc. * 955 84,298
YRC Worldwide, Inc. * 5,114 21,325
    6,195,387
 
Utilities 3.3%
ALLETE, Inc. 481 25,955
Alliant Energy Corp. 1,614 87,398
Ameren Corp. 2,158 170,719
American Electric Power Co., Inc. 4,387 345,827
American States Water Co. 167 12,705
American Water Works Co., Inc. 863 121,976
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc 610 18,318
Atmos Energy Corp. 713 71,172
Avangrid, Inc. 473 22,723
Avista Corp. 737 27,166
Black Hills Corp. 441 24,731
California Water Service Group 274 12,423
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 6,972 139,928
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. 102 8,344
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A 205 4,951
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C 379 9,668
CMS Energy Corp. 2,282 138,038
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 3,651 260,462
Dominion Energy, Inc. 5,064 397,220
DTE Energy Co. 1,752 207,910
Duke Energy Corp. 8,092 650,111
Edison International 3,774 198,060
Entergy Corp. 1,856 184,004
Essential Utilities, Inc. 746 31,705
Evergy, Inc. 2,387 127,036
Eversource Energy 2,436 208,790
Exelon Corp. 14,147 522,166
FirstEnergy Corp. 4,187 119,706
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 987 34,160
IDACORP, Inc. 348 31,285
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 2,541 60,018
MGE Energy, Inc. 211 13,713
National Fuel Gas Co. 838 38,246
New Jersey Resources Corp. 800 24,112
NextEra Energy, Inc. 2,338 652,700
NiSource, Inc. 3,054 67,677
Northwest Natural Holding Co. 229 11,704
NorthWestern Corp. 466 24,064
NRG Energy, Inc. 1,832 63,039
OGE Energy Corp. 1,797 57,252
ONE Gas, Inc. 383 28,388
Ormat Technologies, Inc. 199 12,113
Otter Tail Corp. 354 13,753
PG&E Corp. * 29,054 269,040
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 1,210 88,754
PNM Resources, Inc. 704 30,751
Portland General Electric Co. 910 34,717
PPL Corp. 9,404 259,833
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 5,247 274,103
Sempra Energy 1,789 221,210
SJW Group 72 4,502
South Jersey Industries, Inc. 708 15,682
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 535 33,636
Spire, Inc. 396 23,051
The AES Corp. 13,691 243,015
The Southern Co. 9,043 471,864
UGI Corp. 2,691 92,920
Unitil Corp. 148 6,246
 
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Vistra Corp. 5,118 98,419
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 1,921 180,728
Xcel Energy, Inc. 4,156 288,738
    7,918,645
Total Common Stock
(Cost $212,478,311)   240,607,076

Other Investment Companies 0.3% of net assets
 
Equity Fund 0.0%
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 1,100 86,482
 
Money Market Fund 0.1%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 0.04% (c) 189,739 189,739
 
Securities Lending Collateral 0.2%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund, Select Class 0.06% (c) 579,160 579,160
Total Other Investment Companies
(Cost $855,389)   855,381
  Number of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
($)
Current Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
($)
Futures Contracts      
Long  
S&P 500 Index, e-mini, expires 09/18/20 4 699,780 36,608
* Non-income producing security.
(a) Issuer is affiliated with the fund’s investment adviser.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan. Securities on loan were valued at $559,387.
(c) The rate shown is the 7-day yield.
   
ETF — Exchange-traded fund
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
 
The fund owns shares of an affiliate, The Charles Schwab Corp., since that company is included in its index. Below is the summary of investment activities involving The Charles Schwab Corp. shares owned by the fund during the period ended August 31, 2020:
 
Value at
2/29/20
Gross
Purchases
Gross
Sales
Realized
Gains(Losses)
Net change
in unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)


Value at
8/31/20
Balance
of Shares
Held at
8/31/20
Dividends
Received
The Charles Schwab Corp. $159,373 $26,253 ($24,122) $3,771 ($23,830) $141,445 3,981 $1,425
    

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
Description Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total  
Assets          
Common Stock1 $240,607,076 $— $— $240,607,076  
Other Investment Companies1 855,381 855,381  
Futures Contracts2 36,608 36,608  
Total $241,499,065 $— $— $241,499,065  
1 As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2 Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
Fund investments in underlying mutual funds and ETFs are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds and ETFs, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of August 31, 2020; unaudited
Assets
Investments in affiliated issuer, at value (cost $141,187)   $141,445
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $212,613,353) including securities on loan of $559,387   240,741,852
Collateral invested for securities on loan, at value (cost $579,160)   579,160
Cash   17,554
Deposit with broker for futures contracts   48,000
Receivables:    
Dividends   584,375
Income from securities on loan + 3,713
Total assets   242,116,099
Liabilities
Collateral held for securities on loan   579,160
Payables:    
Investments bought   86,490
Management fees   47,044
Variation margin on futures contracts + 1,100
Total liabilities   713,794
Net Assets
Total assets   242,116,099
Total liabilities 713,794
Net assets   $241,402,305
Net Assets by Source    
Capital received from investors   211,951,544
Total distributable earnings   29,450,761
    
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Assets ÷ Shares
Outstanding
= NAV
$241,402,305   6,050,000   $39.90
         
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Statement of Operations

For the period March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020; unaudited
Investment Income
Dividends received from affiliated issuer   $1,425
Dividends received from unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding tax of $557)   3,509,832
Securities on loan, net + 38,491
Total investment income   3,549,748
Expenses
Management fees   286,113
Total expenses 286,113
Net investment income   3,263,635
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Net realized losses on affiliated issuer   (1,435)
Net realized losses on unaffiliated investments   (5,005,422)
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions on affiliated issuer   5,206
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions on unaffiliated investments   12,146,572
Net realized losses on futures contracts + (52,245)
Net realized gains   7,092,676
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on affiliated issuer   (23,830)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unaffiliated investments   5,986,788
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts + 115,186
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + 6,078,144
Net realized and unrealized gains   13,170,820
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   $16,434,455
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
Operations  
  3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
Net investment income   $3,263,635 $6,810,274
Net realized gains   7,092,676 8,716,290
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + 6,078,144 (10,833,909)
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   16,434,455 4,692,655
Distributions to Shareholders  
Total distributions   ($2,913,600) ($6,831,860)
    
Transactions in Fund Shares      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES VALUE SHARES VALUE
Shares sold   150,000 $5,537,685 450,000 $17,693,623
Shares redeemed + (1,150,000) (39,673,888) (750,000) (29,918,728)
Net transactions in fund shares   (1,000,000) ($34,136,203) (300,000) ($12,225,105)
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES NET ASSETS SHARES NET ASSETS
Beginning of period   7,050,000 $262,017,653 7,350,000 $276,381,963
Total decrease + (1,000,000) (20,615,348) (300,000) (14,364,310)
End of period   6,050,000 $241,402,305 7,050,000 $262,017,653
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Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
  3/1/20–
8/31/20*
3/1/19–
2/29/20
3/1/18–
2/28/19
3/1/17–
2/28/18
3/1/16–
2/28/17
3/1/15–
2/29/16
Per-Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period $37.67 $37.83 $37.20 $33.91 $27.57 $30.55
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income (loss)1 0.54 0.99 0.87 0.78 0.70 0.69
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) 2.91 (0.20) 0.57 3.21 6.29 (3.10)
Total from investment operations 3.45 0.79 1.44 3.99 6.99 (2.41)
Less distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.47) (0.95) (0.81) (0.70) (0.65) (0.57)
Net asset value at end of period $40.65 $37.67 $37.83 $37.20 $33.91 $27.57
Total return 9.46% 2 1.98% 3.92% 11.91% 25.66% (7.92%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Ratios to average net assets:            
Total expenses 0.25% 3 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.32% 0.32%
Net investment income (loss) 2.98% 3 2.47% 2.33% 2.22% 2.26% 2.39%
Portfolio turnover rate4 8% 2 12% 11% 9% 10% 11%
Net assets, end of period (x 1,000) $4,743,708 $5,557,983 $4,596,260 $4,016,040 $2,197,623 $893,389
 
* Unaudited.
1
Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2
Not annualized.
3
Annualized.
4
Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Common Stock 99.8% of net assets
 
Automobiles & Components 1.7%
Adient plc * 127,605 2,212,671
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. * 122,411 952,358
Aptiv plc * 56,019 4,824,356
Autoliv, Inc. * 33,372 2,614,363
BorgWarner, Inc. 89,836 3,646,443
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. 42,013 1,452,389
Dana, Inc. * 86,058 1,200,509
Ford Motor Co. * 3,309,481 22,570,660
General Motors Co. * 907,176 26,879,625
Gentex Corp. 51,569 1,394,942
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 68,638 1,901,959
Lear Corp. * 36,998 4,215,182
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. * 413,799 3,970,401
Thor Industries, Inc. 24,907 2,351,968
Visteon Corp. * 30,788 2,322,339
    82,510,165
 
Banks 4.8%
Bank of America Corp. 1,361,171 35,036,542
CIT Group, Inc. 78,055 1,535,342
Citigroup, Inc. 745,650 38,117,628
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 124,105 3,210,596
Comerica, Inc. 40,371 1,595,866
Credicorp Ltd. 9,968 1,300,625
Fifth Third Bancorp 231,172 4,776,013
First Republic Bank 10,880 1,228,461
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 186,645 1,756,329
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 596,118 59,725,062
KeyCorp 181,524 2,236,376
M&T Bank Corp. 29,059 3,000,632
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 121,489 1,099,475
PacWest Bancorp 33,728 643,530
People's United Financial, Inc. 68,648 726,296
Regions Financial Corp. 231,172 2,672,348
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 94,158 10,470,370
Truist Financial Corp. 204,458 7,935,015
U.S. Bancorp 332,204 12,092,226
Wells Fargo & Co. 1,494,431 36,090,509
Zions Bancorp NA 27,288 877,582
    226,126,823
 
Capital Goods 7.7%
3M Co. 133,156 21,707,091
A.O. Smith Corp. 24,865 1,217,639
Acuity Brands, Inc. 11,394 1,245,250
AECOM * 55,631 2,197,981
AerCap Holdings N.V. * 50,766 1,501,151
AGCO Corp. 30,366 2,159,023
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 36,336 1,303,372
AMETEK, Inc. 25,097 2,527,268
Carlisle Cos., Inc. 10,970 1,436,522
Carrier Global Corp. 167,080 4,987,338
Caterpillar, Inc. 122,361 17,413,194
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Cummins, Inc. 47,017 9,744,273
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 7,888 807,100
Deere & Co. 68,077 14,300,255
Donaldson Co., Inc. 23,850 1,201,086
Dover Corp. 27,578 3,029,168
Eaton Corp. plc 116,452 11,889,749
EMCOR Group, Inc. 19,382 1,453,844
Emerson Electric Co. 161,122 11,193,145
Fastenal Co. 77,076 3,765,933
Flowserve Corp. 40,024 1,187,912
Fluor Corp. * 294,263 2,801,384
Fortive Corp. 30,136 2,173,107
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 33,524 2,818,698
GATX Corp. 14,172 947,823
General Dynamics Corp. 67,477 10,077,690
General Electric Co. 4,717,653 29,909,920
Graco, Inc. 18,755 1,088,165
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. * 40,170 1,593,142
Hexcel Corp. * 19,326 761,251
Honeywell International, Inc. 106,490 17,629,420
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. * 113,685 1,991,761
Hubbell, Inc. 11,935 1,729,620
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 10,141 1,536,564
IDEX Corp. 8,328 1,500,956
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 61,567 12,162,561
ITT, Inc. 15,747 989,069
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 33,081 2,986,222
Johnson Controls International plc 180,785 7,363,373
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 22,474 4,061,951
Lennox International, Inc. 4,024 1,128,048
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 15,193 1,469,315
Lockheed Martin Corp. 30,651 11,961,859
Masco Corp. 42,901 2,501,128
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A 15,451 1,018,221
Nordson Corp. 6,267 1,168,733
Northrop Grumman Corp. 26,858 9,201,819
Oshkosh Corp. 25,116 1,934,183
Otis Worldwide Corp. 83,656 5,261,962
Owens Corning 38,286 2,589,665
PACCAR, Inc. 91,001 7,811,526
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 26,132 5,383,453
Pentair plc 38,978 1,759,467
Quanta Services, Inc. 62,379 3,196,924
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 323,265 19,719,165
Regal Beloit Corp. 14,301 1,413,797
Resideo Technologies, Inc. * 122,861 1,641,423
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 18,759 4,324,512
Roper Technologies, Inc. 5,866 2,505,897
Sensata Technologies Holding plc * 26,611 1,108,082
Snap-on, Inc. 13,640 2,022,403
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A 50,140 1,030,878
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 28,660 4,622,858
Textron, Inc. 93,526 3,687,730
The Boeing Co. * 100,295 17,232,687
The Timken Co. 22,378 1,212,664
The Toro Co. 13,684 1,030,132
Trane Technologies plc 45,816 5,424,156
TransDigm Group, Inc. 5,147 2,571,802
Trinity Industries, Inc. 67,457 1,380,845
UFP Industries, Inc. 20,806 1,234,836
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
United Rentals, Inc. * 29,588 5,238,555
Univar Solutions, Inc. * 52,490 954,793
Valmont Industries, Inc. 8,267 1,050,322
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 11,751 4,294,168
Watsco, Inc. 7,397 1,812,191
WESCO International, Inc. * 45,513 2,132,284
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. 16,399 1,091,354
Xylem, Inc. 19,952 1,599,751
    367,114,559
 
Commercial & Professional Services 0.6%
ABM Industries, Inc. 26,622 1,015,363
Cintas Corp. 8,728 2,908,519
Equifax, Inc. 11,897 2,001,908
IHS Markit Ltd. 23,875 1,908,090
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 45,894 3,364,489
Nielsen Holdings plc 179,878 2,748,536
Pitney Bowes, Inc. 317,551 1,743,355
Republic Services, Inc. 33,712 3,125,777
Robert Half International, Inc. 40,239 2,140,715
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 8,423 1,572,321
Waste Management, Inc. 62,899 7,170,486
    29,699,559
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 1.5%
Brunswick Corp. 23,659 1,464,256
Capri Holdings Ltd. * 118,168 1,871,781
Carter's, Inc. * 14,372 1,144,299
D.R. Horton, Inc. 66,306 4,732,259
Garmin Ltd. 17,990 1,863,944
Hanesbrands, Inc. 133,142 2,035,741
Hasbro, Inc. 22,147 1,748,284
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 39,133 1,604,453
Lennar Corp., Class A 45,421 3,398,399
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. * 5,082 1,909,155
Mattel, Inc. * 183,671 1,973,545
Mohawk Industries, Inc. * 23,254 2,147,042
Newell Brands, Inc. 140,731 2,248,881
NIKE, Inc., Class B 148,663 16,633,903
NVR, Inc. * 615 2,563,529
Polaris, Inc. 18,955 1,915,213
PulteGroup, Inc. 78,189 3,486,448
PVH Corp. * 39,448 2,199,621
Ralph Lauren Corp. * 22,987 1,582,195
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A * 29,004 865,769
Tapestry, Inc. * 133,051 1,959,841
Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A * 50,309 1,183,771
Toll Brothers, Inc. 39,037 1,648,142
Under Armour, Inc., Class A * 37,489 367,767
Under Armour, Inc., Class C * 38,109 337,265
VF Corp. 60,209 3,958,742
Whirlpool Corp. 32,110 5,706,589
    72,550,834
 
Consumer Services 1.7%
Aramark 68,324 1,883,009
Carnival Corp. * 224,938 3,706,978
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. * 2,216 2,903,580
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. * 6,221 831,810
Darden Restaurants, Inc. * 23,410 2,028,945
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 4,945 2,022,307
Extended Stay America, Inc. 76,959 961,218
H&R Block, Inc. 60,823 881,934
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. * 23,670 2,138,821
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Las Vegas Sands Corp. * 82,236 4,170,188
Marriott International, Inc., Class A * 30,855 3,175,288
McDonald's Corp. 115,040 24,563,341
MGM Resorts International 120,576 2,712,960
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. * 69,467 1,188,580
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. * 47,596 3,276,509
Service Corp. International 22,707 1,036,575
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. * 30,297 658,354
Starbucks Corp. 135,952 11,483,865
The Wendy's Co. 47,419 992,954
Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 29,685 860,568
Wynn Resorts Ltd. * 18,862 1,649,482
Yum China Holdings, Inc. 55,375 3,195,691
Yum! Brands, Inc. 57,905 5,550,194
    81,873,151
 
Diversified Financials 5.0%
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 17,849 1,225,334
Ally Financial, Inc. 248,721 5,690,736
American Express Co. 149,379 15,175,413
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 42,557 6,672,937
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 228,330 1,678,225
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B * 296,877 64,731,061
BlackRock, Inc. 15,252 9,062,586
Capital One Financial Corp. 212,061 14,638,571
Chimera Investment Corp. 63,578 565,208
CME Group, Inc. 19,363 3,405,371
Discover Financial Services 150,665 7,997,298
E*TRADE Financial Corp. 21,565 1,166,666
Equitable Holdings, Inc. 68,490 1,451,303
Evercore, Inc., Class A 12,469 771,582
Franklin Resources, Inc. 183,950 3,873,987
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 33,204 3,527,261
Invesco Ltd. 224,419 2,289,074
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 80,633 1,414,303
Lazard Ltd., Class A 35,092 1,111,364
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. 16,211 1,331,896
Moody's Corp. 11,248 3,314,111
Morgan Stanley 245,653 12,837,826
MSCI, Inc. 4,100 1,530,407
Nasdaq, Inc. 10,229 1,374,982
Navient Corp. 217,540 1,977,439
New Residential Investment Corp. 113,640 879,574
Northern Trust Corp. 28,731 2,352,781
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 16,840 1,275,125
S&P Global, Inc. 15,312 5,610,623
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 50,167 863,374
SEI Investments Co. 18,772 982,902
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 51,778 807,737
State Street Corp. 89,247 6,076,828
Synchrony Financial 304,895 7,564,445
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 43,234 6,018,605
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 31,007 1,190,049
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 224,496 8,301,862
The Charles Schwab Corp. (a) 84,584 3,005,269
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 102,154 20,928,290
Voya Financial, Inc. 58,030 3,012,337
    237,684,742
 
Energy 6.1%
Antero Resources Corp. * 556,005 1,790,336
Apache Corp. 174,748 2,586,270
Baker Hughes Co. 372,575 5,320,371
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 59,561 1,129,872
Chevron Corp. 674,016 56,570,163
Concho Resources, Inc. 27,731 1,441,457
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
ConocoPhillips 380,800 14,428,512
Delek US Holdings, Inc. 42,185 663,570
Devon Energy Corp. 126,192 1,371,707
EOG Resources, Inc. 105,058 4,763,330
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2,051,053 81,919,057
Halliburton Co. 394,229 6,378,625
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 65,473 1,078,995
Hess Corp. 71,393 3,286,934
HollyFrontier Corp. 114,421 2,731,229
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 504,364 6,970,310
Marathon Oil Corp. * 456,333 2,409,438
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 368,762 13,076,301
Murphy Oil Corp. 126,455 1,737,492
Nabors Industries Ltd. *(b) 22,847 913,423
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. * 336,763 4,041,156
Noble Energy, Inc. 158,949 1,581,543
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 490,124 6,244,180
Oceaneering International, Inc. * 134,134 722,982
ONEOK, Inc. 64,803 1,780,786
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 191,288 736,459
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A * 152,405 1,304,587
Peabody Energy Corp. * 143,103 373,499
Phillips 66 271,495 15,874,313
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 23,217 2,412,943
Schlumberger N.V. 652,085 12,396,136
SM Energy Co. 150,973 366,864
Targa Resources Corp. 89,032 1,514,434
The Williams Cos., Inc. 249,153 5,172,416
Transocean Ltd. * 712,321 869,032
Valero Energy Corp. 337,523 17,750,335
World Fuel Services Corp. 132,247 3,491,321
WPX Energy, Inc. * 98,083 545,341
    287,745,719
 
Food & Staples Retailing 3.3%
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 10,179 1,810,335
Costco Wholesale Corp. 76,831 26,711,066
Performance Food Group Co. * 41,531 1,516,297
Rite Aid Corp. * 197,776 2,575,044
SpartanNash Co. 84,585 1,690,008
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. * 49,087 1,146,182
Sysco Corp. 103,338 6,214,747
The Kroger Co. 558,500 19,927,280
United Natural Foods, Inc. * 144,818 2,613,965
US Foods Holding Corp. * 112,689 2,743,977
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 480,014 18,250,132
Walmart, Inc. 497,191 69,034,970
    154,234,003
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 4.3%
Altria Group, Inc. 472,280 20,657,527
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 434,319 19,440,118
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B 21,715 1,588,887
Bunge Ltd. 161,251 7,356,271
Campbell Soup Co. 34,030 1,790,318
Coca-Cola European Partners plc 39,232 1,614,789
Conagra Brands, Inc. 102,783 3,942,756
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A 17,823 3,287,987
Darling Ingredients, Inc. * 42,022 1,343,443
Flowers Foods, Inc. 49,261 1,204,924
General Mills, Inc. 131,674 8,420,552
Hormel Foods Corp. 48,303 2,462,487
Ingredion, Inc. 27,899 2,244,196
Kellogg Co. 50,518 3,582,231
McCormick & Co., Inc. Non-Voting Shares 9,139 1,884,462
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B * 58,868 2,215,791
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 286,287 16,724,886
Monster Beverage Corp. * 30,023 2,517,729
PepsiCo, Inc. 202,984 28,429,939
Philip Morris International, Inc. 325,157 25,944,277
Sanderson Farms, Inc. 8,483 992,172
The Coca-Cola Co. 485,068 24,025,418
The Hershey Co. 16,956 2,520,340
The J.M. Smucker Co. 31,416 3,775,575
The Kraft Heinz Co. 226,519 7,937,226
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A 101,301 6,361,703
    202,266,004
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 5.9%
Abbott Laboratories 139,659 15,288,471
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 47,750 4,633,183
Anthem, Inc. 75,543 21,266,865
Baxter International, Inc. 46,391 4,039,264
Becton Dickinson & Co. 17,679 4,291,931
Boston Scientific Corp. * 56,951 2,336,130
Cardinal Health, Inc. 195,587 9,927,996
Centene Corp. * 96,219 5,900,149
Cerner Corp. 40,349 2,960,406
Cigna Corp. 38,651 6,855,528
CVS Health Corp. 596,931 37,081,354
Danaher Corp. 39,916 8,241,457
DaVita, Inc. * 45,967 3,988,097
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. 32,676 1,466,172
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. * 19,256 1,652,935
Encompass Health Corp. 15,366 1,002,478
HCA Healthcare, Inc. * 70,336 9,546,002
Henry Schein, Inc. * 38,313 2,545,516
Hologic, Inc. * 24,541 1,465,589
Humana, Inc. 36,506 15,156,196
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. * 4,564 3,335,554
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings * 16,042 2,819,382
Magellan Health, Inc. * 14,906 1,124,807
McKesson Corp. 101,167 15,523,064
MEDNAX, Inc. * 71,199 1,322,877
Medtronic plc 188,275 20,233,914
Molina Healthcare, Inc. * 9,186 1,699,134
Owens & Minor, Inc. 149,402 2,477,085
Patterson Cos., Inc. 65,804 1,908,974
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 34,176 3,801,738
ResMed, Inc. 8,372 1,513,490
STERIS plc 7,122 1,136,956
Stryker Corp. 24,959 4,945,875
Tenet Healthcare Corp. * 62,206 1,752,965
The Cooper Cos., Inc. 3,122 981,494
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 153,954 48,118,323
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B * 24,790 2,735,577
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. * 12,039 2,090,813
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 21,218 2,989,192
    280,156,933
 
Household & Personal Products 1.7%
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 29,049 2,783,766
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 112,724 8,934,504
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 44,512 7,022,213
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A 30,373 1,435,732
The Clorox Co. 14,056 3,141,516
The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A 16,645 3,690,529
The Procter & Gamble Co. 372,242 51,492,236
    78,500,496
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Insurance 3.1%
Aflac, Inc. 198,207 7,198,878
Alleghany Corp. 2,559 1,419,119
American Financial Group, Inc. 15,442 1,032,298
American International Group, Inc. 615,512 17,936,020
Aon plc, Class A 33,104 6,620,469
Arch Capital Group Ltd. * 38,454 1,212,839
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 18,686 1,967,636
Assurant, Inc. 12,585 1,529,833
Assured Guaranty Ltd. 52,730 1,131,058
Athene Holding Ltd., Class A * 28,046 1,025,362
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. 26,274 1,254,846
Chubb Ltd. 67,178 8,397,250
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 22,941 1,821,745
CNO Financial Group, Inc. 89,661 1,461,474
Everest Re Group Ltd. 10,362 2,280,469
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 57,208 1,878,139
First American Financial Corp. 24,282 1,276,505
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A * 354,414 1,070,330
Globe Life, Inc. 19,195 1,583,204
Lincoln National Corp. 77,612 2,797,912
Loews Corp. 91,922 3,296,323
Markel Corp. * 1,258 1,367,232
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. 63,945 7,347,920
MetLife, Inc. 256,150 9,851,529
Old Republic International Corp. 77,364 1,246,334
Primerica, Inc. 7,769 969,960
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 73,600 3,099,296
Prudential Financial, Inc. 145,679 9,872,666
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 17,641 1,617,327
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 6,882 1,264,499
The Allstate Corp. 95,591 8,889,963
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 91,964 3,719,944
The Progressive Corp. 72,711 6,910,453
The Travelers Cos., Inc. 131,706 15,283,164
Unum Group 100,096 1,849,774
W.R. Berkley Corp. 24,885 1,544,114
Willis Towers Watson plc 10,901 2,240,482
    145,266,366
 
Materials 3.4%
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 21,033 6,147,105
Albemarle Corp. 24,154 2,198,256
Alcoa Corp. * 198,502 2,902,099
AptarGroup, Inc. 8,570 1,014,602
Arconic Corp. * 28,470 633,458
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 15,593 1,149,048
Avery Dennison Corp. 14,903 1,719,657
Ball Corp. 28,566 2,295,849
Berry Global Group, Inc. * 27,162 1,399,930
Celanese Corp. 27,315 2,762,912
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 66,788 2,179,292
Commercial Metals Co. 71,191 1,485,756
Corteva, Inc. 152,517 4,354,360
Crown Holdings, Inc. * 18,455 1,418,267
Domtar Corp. * 57,694 1,645,433
Dow, Inc. 150,882 6,807,796
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 243,515 13,578,396
Eastman Chemical Co. 57,443 4,199,658
Ecolab, Inc. 27,201 5,360,773
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. * 376,707 5,880,396
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. 93,361 1,305,187
Huntsman Corp. 99,272 2,146,261
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 11,923 1,475,948
International Paper Co. 161,665 5,863,590
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Linde plc 55,994 13,983,942
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A 174,629 11,434,707
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 8,252 1,674,083
Newmont Corp. 64,162 4,316,819
Nucor Corp. 147,745 6,716,488
O-I Glass, Inc. * 137,732 1,498,524
Olin Corp. 84,145 946,631
Packaging Corp. of America 22,888 2,317,181
PPG Industries, Inc. 58,703 7,067,841
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. 31,062 3,257,472
RPM International, Inc. 20,135 1,706,844
Sealed Air Corp. 58,998 2,318,621
Sonoco Products Co. 27,795 1,473,969
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 93,664 2,764,961
The Chemours Co. 77,156 1,594,043
The Mosaic Co. 283,367 5,165,780
The Sherwin-Williams Co. 6,609 4,434,970
United States Steel Corp. 216,120 1,692,220
Vulcan Materials Co. 13,583 1,629,960
Westrock Co. 135,603 4,112,839
    160,031,924
 
Media & Entertainment 4.6%
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 78,452 6,552,311
Alphabet, Inc., Class A * 18,325 29,861,137
Alphabet, Inc., Class C * 18,452 30,153,889
Altice USA, Inc., Class A * 76,762 2,117,096
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A * 18,694 11,508,213
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. * 42,192 618,113
Comcast Corp., Class A 903,158 40,470,510
Discovery, Inc., Class A * 34,062 751,578
Discovery, Inc., Class C * 77,086 1,539,408
DISH Network Corp., Class A * 56,510 2,007,235
Electronic Arts, Inc. * 28,239 3,938,493
Facebook, Inc., Class A * 93,113 27,300,732
Fox Corp., Class A 79,170 2,205,676
Fox Corp., Class B * 37,357 1,038,525
IAC/InterActiveCorp * 4,161 553,372
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class A * 34,206 1,242,020
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class C * 64,335 2,315,738
Netflix, Inc. * 3,294 1,744,371
News Corp., Class A 135,253 2,045,025
News Corp., Class B 43,859 660,955
Omnicom Group, Inc. 52,595 2,844,864
The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. 92,712 1,646,565
The Walt Disney Co. 290,274 38,278,432
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B 323,687 9,014,683
    220,408,941
 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 6.4%
AbbVie, Inc. 294,084 28,164,425
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 28,838 2,895,912
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * 17,123 1,955,789
Amgen, Inc. 100,456 25,447,514
Biogen, Inc. * 26,073 7,499,638
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 263,775 16,406,805
Eli Lilly and Co. 73,440 10,897,762
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 409,391 27,326,849
ICON plc * 5,891 1,098,141
Illumina, Inc. * 4,290 1,532,474
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. * 20,451 3,348,851
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc * 8,071 1,084,662
Johnson & Johnson 399,962 61,358,170
Mallinckrodt plc *(b) 383,673 606,203
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Merck & Co., Inc. 414,189 35,317,896
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. * 2,073 2,012,427
Mylan N.V. * 201,819 3,305,795
Perrigo Co., plc 24,222 1,266,811
Pfizer, Inc. 1,356,946 51,278,989
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * 4,940 3,062,454
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 25,008 10,727,932
United Therapeutics Corp. * 16,039 1,715,531
Waters Corp. * 8,053 1,741,542
Zoetis, Inc. 19,518 3,124,832
    303,177,404
 
Real Estate 1.8%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 6,458 1,087,398
American Tower Corp. 19,256 4,797,632
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. * 73,435 746,834
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 12,085 1,910,155
Boston Properties, Inc. 23,112 2,007,739
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. * 75,843 894,947
Camden Property Trust 9,727 884,573
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A * 52,975 2,491,414
Colony Capital, Inc. 325,271 881,484
CoreCivic, Inc. * 81,748 761,074
Crown Castle International Corp. 28,841 4,708,293
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 60,909 9,480,486
Diversified Healthcare Trust 203,658 773,900
Duke Realty Corp. 31,443 1,212,128
Equinix, Inc. 4,515 3,565,857
Equity Residential 39,637 2,237,509
Essex Property Trust, Inc. 4,735 1,025,175
Extra Space Storage, Inc. 9,303 991,235
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. 66,612 1,841,156
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. * 247,556 2,780,054
Iron Mountain, Inc. 76,257 2,294,573
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 14,245 1,467,805
Kimco Realty Corp. * 72,834 873,280
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A 12,853 889,813
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 9,942 1,164,407
Outfront Media, Inc. * 46,447 786,348
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. * 98,780 937,422
Prologis, Inc. 36,480 3,715,853
Public Storage 11,396 2,420,510
Realogy Holdings Corp. * 222,981 2,470,629
Realty Income Corp. 18,917 1,173,421
Service Properties Trust 109,466 898,716
Simon Property Group, Inc. 53,825 3,652,026
SL Green Realty Corp. 22,638 1,058,553
The Macerich Co. (b) 80,491 638,294
UDR, Inc. 23,578 820,750
Ventas, Inc. 71,698 2,954,675
VEREIT, Inc. 192,937 1,296,537
Vornado Realty Trust 31,376 1,124,202
Welltower, Inc. 63,511 3,653,153
Weyerhaeuser Co. * 177,481 5,379,449
WP Carey, Inc. 12,934 897,232
    85,646,691
 
Retailing 6.0%
Aaron's, Inc. 22,978 1,284,240
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A * 79,139 1,029,598
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 15,921 2,488,612
Amazon.com, Inc. * 9,281 32,028,360
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 112,574 1,419,558
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. * 10,519 1,112,805
AutoNation, Inc. * 35,518 2,019,553
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
AutoZone, Inc. * 1,970 2,356,731
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. * 496,297 6,044,897
Best Buy Co., Inc. 97,688 10,834,576
Big Lots, Inc. 59,352 2,798,447
Booking Holdings, Inc. * 4,988 9,529,325
Burlington Stores, Inc. * 3,922 772,359
CarMax, Inc. * 38,168 4,081,304
Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc. 61,976 2,071,238
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 50,459 2,730,841
Dollar General Corp. 49,734 10,040,300
Dollar Tree, Inc. * 44,142 4,249,550
eBay, Inc. 177,315 9,713,316
Expedia Group, Inc. * 22,880 2,245,672
Foot Locker, Inc. 84,931 2,575,957
GameStop Corp., Class A *(b) 555,854 3,713,105
Genuine Parts Co. 41,232 3,893,950
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. * 15,524 1,341,895
Kohl's Corp. * 208,952 4,463,215
L Brands, Inc. * 176,073 5,176,546
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A 8,404 2,092,260
LKQ Corp. * 74,066 2,350,855
Lowe's Cos., Inc. 158,181 26,050,829
Macy's, Inc. *(b) 636,272 4,434,816
Murphy USA, Inc. * 19,099 2,575,691
Nordstrom, Inc. *(b) 101,254 1,620,064
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. * 10,862 5,057,673
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. * 23,739 1,119,769
Qurate Retail, Inc., Class A * 457,702 5,057,607
Ross Stores, Inc. * 43,768 3,986,389
Signet Jewelers Ltd. * 123,781 2,137,698
Target Corp. 170,641 25,802,626
The Gap, Inc. 262,252 4,560,562
The Home Depot, Inc. 150,631 42,935,860
The ODP Corp. * 94,638 2,212,636
The TJX Cos., Inc. * 219,412 12,021,584
Tiffany & Co. 20,670 2,532,075
Tractor Supply Co. 26,049 3,876,873
Ulta Beauty, Inc. * 6,352 1,474,807
Urban Outfitters, Inc. * 55,187 1,299,102
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 24,426 2,143,626
    285,359,352
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.7%
Analog Devices, Inc. 27,382 3,200,408
Applied Materials, Inc. 141,748 8,731,677
Broadcom, Inc. 27,076 9,399,433
Intel Corp. 920,150 46,881,643
KLA Corp. 19,805 4,062,798
Lam Research Corp. 15,960 5,367,986
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 51,513 1,997,674
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. * 35,554 2,433,316
Microchip Technology, Inc. 20,062 2,200,801
Micron Technology, Inc. * 212,815 9,685,211
NVIDIA Corp. 21,407 11,452,317
NXP Semiconductor N.V. 42,166 5,302,796
ON Semiconductor Corp. * 77,090 1,647,413
Qorvo, Inc. * 21,068 2,702,392
QUALCOMM, Inc. 295,733 35,221,800
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 29,857 4,324,787
Teradyne, Inc. 15,967 1,356,716
Texas Instruments, Inc. 129,908 18,466,422
Xilinx, Inc. 27,453 2,859,505
    177,295,095
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Software & Services 6.9%
Accenture plc, Class A 63,542 15,245,632
Adobe, Inc. * 12,029 6,175,568
Akamai Technologies, Inc. * 17,869 2,080,488
Alliance Data Systems Corp. 31,131 1,404,319
Amdocs Ltd. 33,381 2,043,919
ANSYS, Inc. * 4,184 1,418,418
Autodesk, Inc. * 5,865 1,441,031
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 37,670 5,239,520
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 16,705 1,471,042
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 12,182 1,673,807
CACI International, Inc., Class A * 4,028 943,317
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. * 14,028 1,555,845
CDK Global, Inc. 23,717 1,105,687
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. * 14,466 1,826,477
Citrix Systems, Inc. 19,000 2,758,800
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 117,411 7,850,099
Conduent, Inc. * 301,148 1,017,880
DXC Technology Co. * 182,865 3,653,643
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 34,113 5,145,946
Fiserv, Inc. * 43,782 4,359,812
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. * 4,729 1,189,107
Genpact Ltd. 27,228 1,148,477
Global Payments, Inc. 12,728 2,248,019
International Business Machines Corp. 332,456 40,995,149
Intuit, Inc. 15,176 5,241,639
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 6,838 1,131,142
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 24,046 2,175,923
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 36,510 13,077,517
MAXIMUS, Inc. 12,811 993,493
Microsoft Corp. 517,455 116,701,626
NortonLifeLock, Inc. 173,232 4,074,417
Oracle Corp. 471,448 26,976,255
Paychex, Inc. 33,313 2,547,445
PayPal Holdings, Inc. * 40,515 8,270,732
Perspecta, Inc. 39,745 825,504
Sabre Corp. * 78,651 549,771
salesforce.com, Inc. * 11,388 3,104,938
Science Applications International Corp. 9,943 829,843
Synopsys, Inc. * 7,681 1,699,805
Teradata Corp. * 54,844 1,335,451
The Western Union Co. 109,338 2,579,283
VeriSign, Inc. * 4,786 1,028,033
Visa, Inc., Class A 84,055 17,818,819
    324,953,638
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 10.2%
Amphenol Corp., Class A 31,813 3,493,067
Apple, Inc. 2,765,188 356,819,860
Arrow Electronics, Inc. * 55,585 4,366,758
Avnet, Inc. 146,746 4,036,982
CDW Corp. 18,048 2,051,155
Cisco Systems, Inc. 857,856 36,218,680
CommScope Holding Co., Inc. * 108,614 1,118,724
Corning, Inc. 369,621 11,997,898
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C * 22,893 1,512,769
F5 Networks, Inc. * 14,218 1,881,468
Flex Ltd. * 285,296 3,098,315
FLIR Systems, Inc. 19,379 715,085
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 933,895 9,030,765
HP, Inc. 395,132 7,724,831
Insight Enterprises, Inc. * 17,638 1,054,841
Jabil, Inc. 86,947 2,969,240
Juniper Networks, Inc. 158,622 3,965,550
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 29,148 4,510,653
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
NCR Corp. * 45,451 929,018
NetApp, Inc. 75,836 3,593,868
Sanmina Corp. * 48,252 1,365,532
Seagate Technology plc 113,674 5,455,215
SYNNEX Corp. * 16,695 2,122,769
TE Connectivity Ltd. 63,929 6,175,541
Trimble, Inc. * 26,629 1,395,626
Western Digital Corp. * 121,213 4,657,003
Xerox Holdings Corp. 91,323 1,722,352
    483,983,565
 
Telecommunication Services 3.5%
AT&T, Inc. 2,341,832 69,810,012
CenturyLink, Inc. 886,802 9,533,122
Liberty Global plc, Class A * 85,871 2,006,805
Liberty Global plc, Class C * 214,478 4,935,139
T-Mobile US, Inc. * 72,374 8,444,598
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 74,096 1,713,840
Verizon Communications, Inc. 1,170,124 69,353,250
    165,796,766
 
Transportation 2.6%
American Airlines Group, Inc. *(b) 146,866 1,916,601
Avis Budget Group, Inc. * 91,169 3,109,775
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 43,673 4,293,056
CSX Corp. 135,317 10,346,338
Delta Air Lines, Inc. * 71,274 2,198,803
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 42,788 3,782,031
FedEx Corp. 106,709 23,458,907
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. * 323,993 473,030
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 18,110 2,545,179
Kansas City Southern 14,413 2,623,742
Kirby Corp. * 15,006 636,855
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. 28,281 1,285,654
Landstar System, Inc. 9,744 1,296,829
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. * 29,118 815,886
Norfolk Southern Corp. 47,738 10,145,757
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 9,800 1,981,364
Ryder System, Inc. 57,452 2,349,787
Southwest Airlines Co. * 54,965 2,065,585
Union Pacific Corp. 134,972 25,974,012
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. * 40,910 1,472,760
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 106,205 17,377,262
XPO Logistics, Inc. * 20,430 1,803,356
    121,952,569
 
Utilities 3.3%
Alliant Energy Corp. 34,264 1,855,396
Ameren Corp. 45,797 3,623,001
American Electric Power Co., Inc. 93,575 7,376,517
American Water Works Co., Inc. 18,432 2,605,179
Atmos Energy Corp. 15,164 1,513,670
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 149,093 2,992,297
CMS Energy Corp. 48,469 2,931,890
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 77,621 5,537,482
Dominion Energy, Inc. 107,756 8,452,381
DTE Energy Co. 37,358 4,433,274
Duke Energy Corp. 172,025 13,820,488
Edison International 80,443 4,221,649
Entergy Corp. 39,380 3,904,133
Evergy, Inc. 50,642 2,695,167
Eversource Energy 51,985 4,455,634
Exelon Corp. 301,520 11,129,103
FirstEnergy Corp. 88,460 2,529,071
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 54,110 1,278,078
NextEra Energy, Inc. 49,802 13,903,224
NiSource, Inc. 64,413 1,427,392
NRG Energy, Inc. 38,637 1,329,499
OGE Energy Corp. 38,586 1,229,350
PG&E Corp. * 617,302 5,716,217
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 25,557 1,874,606
Portland General Electric Co. 19,332 737,516
PPL Corp. 200,244 5,532,742
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 111,690 5,834,686
Sempra Energy 38,179 4,720,833
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 11,558 726,651
The AES Corp. 291,364 5,171,711
The Southern Co. 192,629 10,051,381
UGI Corp. 56,779 1,960,579
Vistra Corp. 109,390 2,103,570
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 40,723 3,831,220
Xcel Energy, Inc. 88,519 6,149,858
    157,655,445
Total Common Stock
(Cost $4,464,112,490)   4,731,990,744

Other Investment Companies 0.3% of net assets
 
Money Market Fund 0.1%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 0.04% (c) 3,813,870 3,813,870
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Securities Lending Collateral 0.2%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund, Select Class 0.06% (c) 11,525,875 11,525,875
Total Other Investment Companies
(Cost $15,339,745)   15,339,745
    
  Number of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
($)
Current Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
($)
Futures Contracts      
Long  
S&P 500 Index, e-mini, expires 09/18/20 65 11,371,425 413,785
* Non-income producing security.
(a) Issuer is affiliated with the fund’s adviser.
(b) All or a portion of this security is on loan. Securities on loan were valued at $11,157,158.
(c) The rate shown is the 7-day yield.
   
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
 
The fund owns shares of an affiliate, The Charles Schwab Corp., since that company is included in its index. Below is the summary of investment activities involving The Charles Schwab Corp. shares owned by the fund during the period ended August 31, 2020:
 
Value at
2/29/20
Gross
Purchases
Gross
Sales
Realized
Gains(Losses)
Net change
in unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)


Value at
8/31/20
Balance
of Shares
Held at
8/31/20
Dividends
Received
The Charles Schwab Corp. $3,669,008 $929,587 ($1,155,505) $121,651 ($559,472) $3,005,269 84,584 $33,664
    

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
Description Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total  
Assets          
Common Stock1 $4,731,990,744 $— $— $4,731,990,744  
Other Investment Companies1 15,339,745 15,339,745  
Futures Contracts2 413,785 413,785  
Total $4,747,744,274 $— $— $4,747,744,274  
1 As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2 Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
Fund investments in underlying mutual funds are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of August 31, 2020; unaudited
Assets
Investments in affiliated issuer, at value (cost $3,522,336)   $3,005,269
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $4,464,404,024) including securities on loan of $11,157,158   4,732,799,345
Collateral invested for securities on loan, at value (cost $11,525,875)   11,525,875
Deposit with broker for futures contracts   984,000
Receivables:    
Dividends   11,941,663
Fund shares sold   10,186,645
Income from securities on loan + 32,746
Total assets   4,770,475,543
Liabilities
Collateral held for securities on loan   11,525,875
Payables:    
Investments bought   14,307,999
Management fees   917,767
Variation margin on futures contracts + 15,827
Total liabilities   26,767,468
Net Assets
Total assets   4,770,475,543
Total liabilities 26,767,468
Net assets   $4,743,708,075
Net Assets by Source    
Capital received from investors   4,209,296,431
Total distributable earnings   534,411,644
    
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Assets ÷ Shares
Outstanding
= NAV
$4,743,708,075   116,700,000   $40.65
         
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
Statement of Operations

For the period March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020; unaudited
Investment Income
Dividends received from affiliated issuer   $33,664
Dividends received from unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding tax of $5,638)   80,858,449
Securities on loan, net + 741,437
Total investment income   81,633,550
Expenses
Management fees   6,310,743
Total expenses 6,310,743
Net investment income   75,322,807
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Net realized losses on affiliated issuer   (26,826)
Net realized losses on unaffiliated investments   (132,563,322)
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions on affiliated issuer   148,477
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions on unaffiliated investments   467,668,035
Net realized gains on futures contracts + 277,881
Net realized gains   335,504,245
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on affiliated issuer   (559,472)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unaffiliated investments   27,993,556
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts + 2,384,707
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + 29,818,791
Net realized and unrealized gains   365,323,036
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   $440,645,843
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
Operations  
  3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
Net investment income   $75,322,807 $134,103,915
Net realized gains   335,504,245 75,878,897
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + 29,818,791 (161,320,173)
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   440,645,843 48,662,639
Distributions to Shareholders  
Total distributions   ($68,506,460) ($128,120,700)
    
Transactions in Fund Shares      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES VALUE SHARES VALUE
Shares sold   19,100,000 $635,390,238 38,750,000 $1,543,661,840
Shares redeemed + (49,950,000) (1,821,804,370) (12,700,000) (502,481,171)
Net transactions in fund shares   (30,850,000) ($1,186,414,132) 26,050,000 $1,041,180,669
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES NET ASSETS SHARES NET ASSETS
Beginning of period   147,550,000 $5,557,982,824 121,500,000 $4,596,260,216
Total increase or decrease + (30,850,000) (814,274,749) 26,050,000 961,722,608
End of period   116,700,000 $4,743,708,075 147,550,000 $5,557,982,824
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
  3/1/20–
8/31/20*
3/1/19–
2/29/20
3/1/18–
2/28/19
3/1/17–
2/28/18
3/1/16–
2/28/17
3/1/15–
2/29/16
Per-Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period $34.73 $38.08 $36.90 $34.89 $26.47 $30.68
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income (loss)1 0.28 0.55 0.59 0.52 0.45 0.41
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) 0.01 2 (3.34) 1.14 1.98 8.37 (4.25)
Total from investment operations 0.29 (2.79) 1.73 2.50 8.82 (3.84)
Less distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.21) (0.56) (0.55) (0.49) (0.40) (0.37)
Net asset value at end of period $34.81 $34.73 $38.08 $36.90 $34.89 $26.47
Total return 0.97% 3 (7.46%) 4.69% 7.22% 33.56% (12.60%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Ratios to average net assets:            
Total expenses 0.25% 4 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.32% 0.32%
Net investment income (loss) 1.86% 4 1.43% 1.53% 1.45% 1.43% 1.43%
Portfolio turnover rate5 17% 3 26% 23% 21% 23% 23%
Net assets, end of period (x 1,000) $3,005,612 $3,424,710 $3,402,783 $2,782,002 $1,568,402 $608,865
 
* Unaudited.
1
Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2
The per share amount does not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities during the period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values.
3
Not annualized.
4
Annualized.
5
Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Common Stock 99.7% of net assets
 
Automobiles & Components 2.2%
Cooper-Standard Holding, Inc. * 306,351 5,551,080
Delphi Technologies plc * 481,034 8,355,561
Dorman Products, Inc. * 44,167 3,740,503
Fox Factory Holding Corp. * 8,754 882,491
Garrett Motion, Inc. * 414,136 1,138,874
Gentherm, Inc. * 64,120 2,900,148
LCI Industries 51,269 5,825,696
Modine Manufacturing Co. * 330,408 2,236,862
Standard Motor Products, Inc. * 57,625 2,618,480
Stoneridge, Inc. * 51,640 1,043,128
Tenneco, Inc., Class A * 772,324 6,278,994
Tesla, Inc. * 37,450 18,662,084
Veoneer, Inc. * 214,265 2,973,998
Winnebago Industries, Inc. 50,926 2,748,986
    64,956,885
 
Banks 6.5%
Associated Banc-Corp. 247,465 3,325,930
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. 54,541 1,268,624
Axos Financial, Inc. * 29,474 730,366
BancorpSouth Bank 118,011 2,546,677
Bank of Hawaii Corp. 49,447 2,721,563
Bank OZK 139,778 3,220,485
BankUnited, Inc. 194,067 4,537,286
Banner Corp. 37,743 1,363,277
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. 40,998 376,362
BOK Financial Corp. 41,524 2,331,157
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. 158,884 943,771
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. 55,299 530,870
Cadence BanCorp 68,902 654,569
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. 177,599 1,658,775
Cathay General Bancorp 90,463 2,233,531
Central Pacific Financial Corp. 61,896 958,769
Columbia Banking System, Inc. 78,328 2,186,134
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 77,338 4,607,025
Community Bank System, Inc. 35,855 2,157,395
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 59,991 4,166,975
CVB Financial Corp. 87,501 1,593,393
Eagle Bancorp, Inc. 16,112 463,703
East West Bancorp, Inc. 177,214 6,517,931
Essent Group Ltd. 54,659 1,951,326
F.N.B. Corp. 468,199 3,511,492
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C 8,917 607,694
First BanCorp 245,173 1,404,841
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A 6,607 2,597,542
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. 129,423 1,061,269
First Financial Bancorp 93,051 1,276,660
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 55,144 1,669,485
First Hawaiian, Inc. 159,303 2,633,279
First Horizon National Corp. 595,182 5,683,988
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A 19,049 624,807
First Merchants Corp. 22,064 564,397
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. 113,983 1,420,228
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. 26,466 831,562
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Fulton Financial Corp. 271,794 2,658,145
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 64,784 2,272,947
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. 102,851 1,432,714
Hancock Whitney Corp. 132,265 2,646,623
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. 17,882 615,677
Hilltop Holdings, Inc. 87,026 1,792,736
Home BancShares, Inc. 157,396 2,551,389
Hope Bancorp, Inc. 188,684 1,596,267
Independent Bank Corp. 19,999 1,256,937
International Bancshares Corp. 70,963 2,241,012
Investors Bancorp, Inc. 302,725 2,346,119
MGIC Investment Corp. 524,625 4,810,811
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A 41,975 1,193,769
NBT Bancorp, Inc. 50,735 1,545,895
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. 147,591 1,492,145
OFG Bancorp 96,856 1,243,631
Old National Bancorp 173,479 2,425,236
Park National Corp. 18,667 1,678,350
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 42,309 1,690,245
Popular, Inc. 130,898 4,848,462
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 75,077 4,093,198
Provident Financial Services, Inc. 87,786 1,157,019
Radian Group, Inc. 271,932 4,198,630
Renasant Corp. 30,922 784,491
S&T Bancorp, Inc. 22,685 458,124
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. 22,217 531,431
Signature Bank 41,947 4,070,117
Simmons First National Corp., Class A 71,297 1,217,040
South State Corp. 53,814 2,996,364
Sterling Bancorp 141,009 1,645,575
SVB Financial Group * 32,541 8,310,321
Synovus Financial Corp. 236,912 5,181,265
TCF Financial Corp. 132,913 3,572,701
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. * 59,145 1,915,707
The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. 69,576 1,753,315
Towne Bank 34,417 610,213
Trustmark Corp. 88,869 2,086,644
UMB Financial Corp. 44,771 2,405,098
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 379,843 4,284,629
United Bankshares, Inc. 107,641 2,813,736
United Community Banks, Inc. 70,214 1,272,278
Valley National Bancorp 356,858 2,680,004
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. 46,996 2,574,441
Washington Federal, Inc. 136,947 3,211,407
Webster Financial Corp. 117,670 3,235,925
WesBanco, Inc. 56,363 1,252,386
Westamerica BanCorp 22,080 1,343,789
Western Alliance Bancorp 59,353 2,095,161
Wintrust Financial Corp. 64,945 2,826,406
WSFS Financial Corp. 19,960 584,828
    194,434,491
 
Capital Goods 11.8%
AAON, Inc. 30,168 1,717,464
AAR Corp. * 129,441 2,612,119
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 13,240 734,555
Aegion Corp. * 130,696 2,115,315
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. * 20,303 839,935
Air Lease Corp. 150,973 4,692,241
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Alamo Group, Inc. 18,105 2,007,845
Albany International Corp., Class A 30,075 1,560,893
Allegion plc 51,899 5,365,838
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. 66,292 2,588,703
American Woodmark Corp. * 25,553 2,235,888
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 98,434 2,060,224
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 101,320 6,100,477
Arcosa, Inc. 158,967 7,358,582
Argan, Inc. 41,861 1,771,976
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 39,288 2,897,097
Astec Industries, Inc. 81,279 4,285,029
Astronics Corp. * 48,321 436,822
Atkore International Group, Inc. * 76,842 2,053,987
AZZ, Inc. 68,688 2,385,534
Barnes Group, Inc. 91,210 3,611,916
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. * 200,723 6,802,502
BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. * 156,440 6,245,085
Builders FirstSource, Inc. * 160,029 4,900,088
BWX Technologies, Inc. 81,489 4,531,603
CAI International, Inc. * 29,276 638,510
Chart Industries, Inc. * 37,416 2,458,980
CIRCOR International, Inc. * 60,193 1,784,722
Colfax Corp. * 209,725 6,979,648
Columbus McKinnon Corp. 21,499 782,026
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 78,680 3,986,716
Crane Co. 84,386 4,771,184
Cubic Corp. 44,612 2,100,333
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. 17,298 664,070
DXP Enterprises, Inc. * 62,204 1,196,805
Dycom Industries, Inc. * 117,383 7,220,228
Encore Wire Corp. 62,935 3,248,075
Enerpac Tool Group Corp. 143,717 2,989,314
EnerSys 109,067 7,850,643
EnPro Industries, Inc. 45,032 2,635,273
ESCO Technologies, Inc. 22,107 1,987,861
Federal Signal Corp. 73,730 2,368,208
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 63,043 3,742,232
Generac Holdings, Inc. * 46,680 8,868,266
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. * 41,911 2,617,132
GMS, Inc. * 110,608 2,930,006
Granite Construction, Inc. 223,141 4,148,191
Griffon Corp. 126,163 2,741,522
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. 126,313 2,559,101
HEICO Corp. 12,625 1,387,740
HEICO Corp., Class A 25,089 2,242,455
Herc Holdings, Inc. * 74,462 3,049,219
Hillenbrand, Inc. 176,433 5,594,690
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. 47,813 1,928,776
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. * 202,053 7,083,978
Insteel Industries, Inc. 69,881 1,288,606
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. * 163,264 3,436,707
John Bean Technologies Corp. 22,112 2,266,701
Kadant, Inc. 6,642 773,394
Kaman Corp. 60,742 2,809,318
Kennametal, Inc. 164,838 4,783,599
Lindsay Corp. 21,640 2,162,485
Lydall, Inc. * 83,401 1,566,271
Masonite International Corp. * 64,619 5,899,069
MasTec, Inc. * 129,064 5,964,047
Maxar Technologies, Inc. * 173,213 4,009,881
Meritor, Inc. * 134,868 3,069,596
Moog, Inc., Class A 88,718 5,348,808
MRC Global, Inc. * 496,880 2,827,247
Mueller Industries, Inc. 201,780 5,992,866
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A 250,946 2,710,217
MYR Group, Inc. * 81,092 3,147,181
National Presto Industries, Inc. 15,015 1,350,299
Navistar International Corp. * 82,784 2,647,432
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
NOW, Inc. * 633,768 4,607,493
nVent Electric plc 312,896 5,982,572
Patrick Industries, Inc. 41,354 2,324,508
Primoris Services Corp. 172,186 3,281,865
Proto Labs, Inc. * 12,936 1,901,592
Quanex Building Products Corp. 115,166 1,935,940
Raven Industries, Inc. * 58,418 1,451,687
RBC Bearings, Inc. * 14,675 1,937,687
REV Group, Inc. * 93,614 725,509
Rexnord Corp. 135,817 3,933,260
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A 136,072 6,574,999
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. 49,817 4,899,004
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. * 19,821 2,478,616
SPX FLOW, Inc. * 86,450 3,758,846
Standex International Corp. 28,497 1,648,266
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. * 20,537 6,440,609
Tennant Co. 26,211 1,742,245
Terex Corp. * 378,268 7,402,705
The Greenbrier Cos., Inc. 249,910 6,795,053
The Manitowoc Co., Inc. * 108,331 1,020,478
The Middleby Corp. * 65,149 6,378,087
Titan Machinery, Inc. * 129,330 1,745,955
Trex Co., Inc. * 22,687 3,391,480
TriMas Corp. * 67,827 1,714,667
Triton International Ltd. 105,331 3,798,236
Tutor Perini Corp. * 487,467 6,117,711
Vectrus, Inc. * 29,930 1,299,261
Wabash National Corp. 344,041 4,200,741
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A 32,890 3,149,217
Welbilt, Inc. * 179,440 1,324,267
Woodward, Inc. 62,036 5,315,865
    355,799,767
 
Commercial & Professional Services 5.4%
ACCO Brands Corp. 386,418 2,503,989
ADT, Inc. 135,232 1,440,221
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. * 91,264 2,749,784
ASGN, Inc. * 84,831 6,088,321
Brady Corp., Class A 61,741 2,895,036
CBIZ, Inc. * 69,026 1,678,712
Cimpress plc * 15,030 1,393,281
Clean Harbors, Inc. * 84,030 5,134,233
Copart, Inc. * 71,341 7,370,952
CoreLogic, Inc. 124,918 8,294,555
CoStar Group, Inc. * 5,017 4,257,426
Covanta Holding Corp. 327,750 3,093,960
Deluxe Corp. 198,421 5,635,156
Exponent, Inc. 23,695 1,906,381
FTI Consulting, Inc. * 42,175 4,840,003
Harsco Corp. * 197,157 2,789,772
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. 168,813 3,511,310
Herman Miller, Inc. * 147,016 3,503,391
HNI Corp. 150,340 4,788,329
Huron Consulting Group, Inc. * 32,878 1,426,248
IAA, Inc. * 113,439 5,935,129
ICF International, Inc. 31,546 2,154,907
Insperity, Inc. 32,342 2,178,881
Interface, Inc. 209,233 1,581,802
KAR Auction Services, Inc. * 200,250 3,472,335
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A * 357,798 6,794,584
Kforce, Inc. 69,659 2,392,090
Knoll, Inc. 136,281 1,753,936
Korn Ferry 105,995 3,232,848
Matthews International Corp., Class A 95,443 2,090,202
McGrath RentCorp 34,252 2,272,963
MSA Safety, Inc. 24,451 3,079,603
Quad/Graphics, Inc. 642,715 2,243,075
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. * 1,923,222 2,538,653
Resources Connection, Inc. 145,048 1,782,640
Rollins, Inc. 80,097 4,416,549
SP Plus Corp. * 73,589 1,509,310
Steelcase, Inc., Class A 321,047 3,354,941
Stericycle, Inc. * 116,577 7,473,752
Team, Inc. * 148,598 946,569
Tetra Tech, Inc. 61,143 5,644,110
The Brink's Co. 51,131 2,472,695
TransUnion 63,465 5,503,685
TriNet Group, Inc. * 14,403 977,100
TrueBlue, Inc. * 242,195 4,097,939
UniFirst Corp. 22,536 4,340,884
US Ecology, Inc. * 28,793 1,069,084
Viad Corp. * 69,001 1,478,691
    162,090,017
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 4.7%
Acushnet Holdings Corp. 58,720 2,072,229
American Outdoor Brands, Inc. * 69,330 1,055,888
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. * 146,207 1,789,574
Callaway Golf Co. * 133,220 2,778,969
Cavco Industries, Inc. * 8,895 1,698,144
Century Communities, Inc. * 23,839 850,575
Columbia Sportswear Co. * 41,214 3,526,682
Crocs, Inc. * 54,908 2,191,378
Deckers Outdoor Corp. * 41,077 8,374,368
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. 156,845 2,233,473
Fossil Group, Inc. * 1,220,470 7,853,724
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. * 264,884 2,929,617
Helen of Troy Ltd. * 32,762 6,775,837
iRobot Corp. * 39,438 2,919,595
KB Home 138,567 4,955,156
Kontoor Brands, Inc. * 179,868 3,975,083
La-Z-Boy, Inc. 155,824 5,064,280
LGI Homes, Inc. * 10,333 1,155,849
M.D.C Holdings, Inc. 102,595 4,450,571
M/I Homes, Inc. * 67,702 2,881,397
Meritage Homes Corp. * 76,882 7,382,978
Movado Group, Inc. * 85,863 936,765
Oxford Industries, Inc. 49,883 2,470,705
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. * 277,318 5,063,827
Steven Madden Ltd. * 188,207 3,982,460
Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. 57,787 4,094,787
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. * 51,366 4,393,848
TopBuild Corp. * 37,869 5,824,252
TRI Pointe Group, Inc. * 374,994 6,329,899
Tupperware Brands Corp. 884,951 14,415,852
Universal Electronics, Inc. * 32,107 1,318,956
Vista Outdoor, Inc. * 561,775 10,904,053
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 206,873 5,167,688
    141,818,459
 
Consumer Services 5.1%
Adtalem Global Education, Inc. * 152,148 5,051,314
American Public Education, Inc. * 52,532 1,651,606
Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc., Class A 451,476 2,009,068
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. * 89,468 2,820,031
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. * 313,881 4,501,054
Boyd Gaming Corp. * 158,958 4,256,895
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. * 33,722 4,485,363
Brinker International, Inc. * 196,235 8,838,424
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. * 72,478 3,319,492
Choice Hotels International, Inc. * 20,818 2,067,019
Churchill Downs, Inc. 30,624 5,351,850
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. * 110,927 1,844,716
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Denny's Corp. * 85,760 982,810
Dine Brands Global, Inc. * 31,122 1,853,626
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 65,242 4,963,611
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. * 96,737 969,305
frontdoor, Inc. * 46,322 2,018,250
Graham Holdings Co., Class B 12,155 5,201,732
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. * 39,499 3,714,486
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. * 132,534 2,903,820
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. * 867,290 1,960,075
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A * 90,084 5,088,845
International Game Technology plc * 527,573 5,871,888
Jack in the Box, Inc. 82,393 6,788,359
K12, Inc. * 128,171 4,769,243
Laureate Education, Inc., Class A * 227,419 2,847,286
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. * 51,741 4,898,320
Papa John's International, Inc. 29,636 2,912,922
Penn National Gaming, Inc. * 195,842 10,007,526
Perdoceo Education Corp. * 79,286 1,139,340
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A * 10,234 622,125
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. * 100,230 1,112,553
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A * 131,557 2,246,336
Regis Corp. * 177,927 1,314,881
Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. * 51,813 532,379
Scientific Games Corp., Class A * 126,966 2,626,292
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. * 77,273 1,576,369
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. * 97,339 3,883,826
Strategic Education, Inc. 9,693 994,211
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. * 99,348 6,257,931
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. *(a) 188,033 5,552,615
Vail Resorts, Inc. 27,543 5,995,285
WW International, Inc. * 48,458 1,137,794
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 87,345 4,573,384
    153,514,257
 
Diversified Financials 4.3%
AGNC Investment Corp. 483,588 6,823,427
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. 141,372 1,263,866
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A 77,789 3,011,212
BGC Partners, Inc., Class A 489,685 1,234,006
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A 105,219 2,501,056
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc. 81,031 1,123,090
Cannae Holdings, Inc. * 105,673 3,987,042
Capstead Mortgage Corp. 264,730 1,633,384
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 56,637 5,198,710
Cohen & Steers, Inc. 22,153 1,340,257
Compass Diversified Holdings 78,317 1,370,548
Credit Acceptance Corp. * 8,939 3,457,605
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. * 178,077 1,941,039
Eaton Vance Corp. 157,759 6,471,274
Encore Capital Group, Inc. * 43,609 2,003,397
Enova International, Inc. * 94,222 1,609,312
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 23,143 8,109,307
Federated Hermes, Inc. 183,400 4,385,094
FirstCash, Inc. 45,836 2,738,701
Green Dot Corp., Class A * 56,566 2,944,826
Greenhill & Co., Inc. 129,245 1,450,129
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. 33,607 1,969,370
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. (a) 393,351 1,180,053
Janus Henderson Group plc 329,312 6,823,345
Ladder Capital Corp., Class A 167,189 1,245,558
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 7,097 3,448,716
MFA Financial, Inc. 986,917 2,644,938
Moelis & Co., Class A 62,723 2,001,491
Morningstar, Inc. 13,153 2,106,453
Nelnet, Inc., Class A 40,725 2,667,080
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. 460,283 1,215,147
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 181,896 5,289,536
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust 158,444 2,715,730
Piper Sandler Cos. 22,046 1,663,371
PRA Group, Inc. * 90,363 4,217,693
Redwood Trust, Inc. 209,004 1,448,398
SLM Corp. 578,960 4,423,254
Stifel Financial Corp. 60,491 3,067,499
Two Harbors Investment Corp. 399,752 2,178,648
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 14,298 2,028,886
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A 490,367 7,723,280
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. 347,836 1,300,907
World Acceptance Corp. * 26,752 2,434,164
    128,390,799
 
Energy 4.4%
Arch Resources, Inc. * 89,140 3,357,904
Archrock, Inc. 349,948 2,295,659
Callon Petroleum Co. *(a) 67,026 444,382
Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A * 655,481 476,010
ChampionX Corp. * 202,696 2,075,607
Cheniere Energy, Inc. * 63,301 3,294,817
Cimarex Energy Co. 140,928 3,914,980
CNX Resources Corp. * 721,529 7,907,958
CONSOL Energy, Inc. * 369,713 1,911,416
Continental Resources, Inc. * 165,595 2,844,922
Core Laboratories N.V. 110,405 2,310,777
Cosan Ltd., A Shares 350,062 6,357,126
CVR Energy, Inc. 100,171 1,671,854
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 67,860 2,643,826
Dril-Quip, Inc. * 102,080 3,381,910
EQT Corp. * 647,556 10,276,714
Equitrans Midstream Corp. 384,414 3,951,776
Exterran Corp. * 341,930 1,572,878
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. * 1,582,306 865,680
Frank's International N.V. * 462,351 1,068,031
GasLog Ltd. (a) 151,277 446,267
Green Plains, Inc. * 465,761 6,231,882
Gulfport Energy Corp. * 884,651 624,298
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. * 393,307 1,408,039
International Seaways, Inc. 70,508 1,195,816
Kosmos Energy Ltd. * 591,635 869,703
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc., Class A * 105,413 679,914
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A * 98,491 634,282
Matador Resources Co. * 70,138 682,443
Matrix Service Co. * 153,341 1,416,871
Newpark Resources, Inc. * 518,450 1,010,977
NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. * 216,328 545,147
Nordic American Tankers Ltd. (a) 778,472 3,394,138
Oasis Petroleum, Inc. * 5,098,040 2,831,451
Oil States International, Inc. * 592,002 2,598,889
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. * 121,543 1,054,993
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A 192,206 2,066,214
PDC Energy, Inc. * 172,158 2,606,472
ProPetro Holding Corp. * 139,920 878,698
QEP Resources, Inc. * 2,827,516 3,675,771
Range Resources Corp. * 1,637,258 12,213,945
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. * 180,494 6,033,914
REX American Resources Corp. * 22,939 1,417,171
RPC, Inc. * 464,424 1,453,647
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. 94,131 1,114,511
SEACOR Holdings, Inc. * 45,167 1,427,729
SFL Corp., Ltd. 195,575 1,717,148
Southwestern Energy Co. * 683,581 1,900,355
Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A * 52,153 653,999
Tidewater, Inc. * 205,356 1,410,796
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
US Silica Holdings, Inc. * 537,859 2,398,851
Whiting Petroleum Corp. *(a) 1,962,450 1,568,979
    130,787,537
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.7%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. * 96,903 4,303,462
Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A 95,771 3,869,148
PriceSmart, Inc. 76,509 5,030,467
The Andersons, Inc. 250,614 4,443,386
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. * 33,529 496,565
Weis Markets, Inc. 63,364 3,119,410
    21,262,438
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 2.6%
B&G Foods, Inc. 235,943 7,347,265
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. * 87,925 3,393,026
Calavo Growers, Inc. 27,280 1,731,462
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 4,820 1,317,306
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 233,319 5,410,668
Hostess Brands, Inc. * 62,411 801,357
J&J Snack Foods Corp. 18,504 2,515,619
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 19,947 1,588,579
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 166,915 4,979,074
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 68,648 4,314,527
Lancaster Colony Corp. 23,734 4,218,006
Nomad Foods Ltd. * 221,967 5,473,706
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. * 165,527 2,648,432
Post Holdings, Inc. * 62,037 5,460,497
The Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A * 6,642 5,858,111
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. * 173,731 5,696,639
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. * 134,729 5,767,749
Universal Corp. 136,164 5,910,879
Vector Group Ltd. 256,555 2,583,509
    77,016,411
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 4.5%
ABIOMED, Inc. * 9,056 2,785,807
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. * 151,048 4,668,894
Align Technology, Inc. * 22,975 6,823,116
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. * 310,381 2,771,702
Amedisys, Inc. * 15,429 3,732,275
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. * 57,392 3,089,985
Avanos Medical, Inc. * 60,310 1,954,044
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. * 879,343 2,418,193
Cantel Medical Corp. * 32,458 1,703,396
Chemed Corp. 11,928 6,168,088
Community Health Systems, Inc. * 1,798,162 9,296,498
CONMED Corp. 20,478 1,767,456
Covetrus, Inc. * 416,462 9,541,144
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A * 38,335 2,166,694
Haemonetics Corp. * 23,276 2,086,926
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 52,532 4,926,976
HMS Holdings Corp. * 60,765 1,694,736
ICU Medical, Inc. * 9,211 1,844,411
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. * 13,688 5,352,829
Integer Holdings Corp. * 24,881 1,723,258
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. * 29,982 1,432,840
Invacare Corp. * 181,696 1,231,899
LHC Group, Inc. * 15,028 3,132,436
LivaNova plc * 27,710 1,299,599
Masimo Corp. * 18,893 4,232,032
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. * 43,211 2,121,660
National HealthCare Corp. 15,732 1,002,128
Neogen Corp. * 19,872 1,514,246
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. * 105,427 1,397,962
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
NuVasive, Inc. * 36,927 1,925,005
Omnicell, Inc. * 10,267 684,604
Premier, Inc., Class A 63,053 2,064,986
Select Medical Holdings Corp. * 233,112 4,678,558
Teleflex, Inc. 17,972 7,062,097
The Ensign Group, Inc. 52,593 3,078,794
The Providence Service Corp. * 33,323 3,085,377
Tivity Health, Inc. * 153,648 2,513,681
Triple-S Management Corp., Class B * 170,713 3,175,262
Varex Imaging Corp. * 73,462 814,694
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A * 9,806 2,767,940
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 32,939 9,353,358
    135,085,586
 
Household & Personal Products 1.1%
Central Garden & Pet Co. * 15,884 646,320
Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A * 82,758 3,075,287
Coty, Inc., Class A * 992,673 3,553,769
Edgewell Personal Care Co. * 188,521 5,412,438
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 59,284 2,744,256
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. * 179,431 8,819,034
Medifast, Inc. 6,621 1,077,369
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. 77,804 4,637,119
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. * 29,813 2,337,637
WD-40 Co. 9,297 1,900,121
    34,203,350
 
Insurance 2.7%
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. * 128,724 1,625,784
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. 269,634 6,446,949
American National Group, Inc. 14,846 1,113,598
AMERISAFE, Inc. 26,689 1,780,957
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. 63,126 2,344,500
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. * 143,727 4,363,552
Brown & Brown, Inc. 173,822 8,065,341
CNA Financial Corp. 65,719 2,114,180
Employers Holdings, Inc. 44,536 1,450,983
Horace Mann Educators Corp. 49,922 1,949,953
James River Group Holdings Ltd. 61,377 2,989,674
Kemper Corp. 64,147 4,981,656
MBIA, Inc. * 472,045 3,828,285
Mercury General Corp. 64,742 2,895,910
National General Holdings Corp. 102,079 3,475,790
ProAssurance Corp. 236,890 3,629,155
RLI Corp. 34,412 3,227,501
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. 22,261 1,611,696
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 62,078 3,712,885
Stewart Information Services Corp. 95,581 4,078,441
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 61,232 6,275,668
United Fire Group, Inc. 38,006 956,991
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. 85,929 1,593,983
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 7,915 7,055,431
    81,568,863
 
Materials 7.3%
AdvanSix, Inc. * 157,907 2,010,156
Allegheny Technologies, Inc. * 308,631 2,570,896
Avient Corp. 221,902 5,662,939
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. * 260,009 6,201,215
Balchem Corp. 21,825 2,132,302
Boise Cascade Co. 174,871 8,009,092
Cabot Corp. 170,367 6,305,283
Carpenter Technology Corp. 147,550 3,102,976
Century Aluminum Co. * 287,223 2,834,891
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Clearwater Paper Corp. * 161,935 5,450,732
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. * 1,201,269 7,904,350
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 82,899 4,719,440
Constellium SE * 175,359 1,404,626
Contura Energy, Inc. * 257,822 1,067,383
Eagle Materials, Inc. * 64,871 5,304,502
Element Solutions, Inc. * 324,465 3,487,999
Ferro Corp. * 135,774 1,693,102
FMC Corp. 69,730 7,451,348
GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. * 110,511 2,879,917
Greif, Inc., Class A 104,351 3,845,334
H.B. Fuller Co. 94,002 4,528,076
Hecla Mining Co. 802,072 4,828,473
Ingevity Corp. * 37,453 2,103,735
Innospec, Inc. 36,011 2,689,662
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. 44,291 2,847,025
Kraton Corp. * 137,226 1,926,653
Livent Corp. * 89,033 755,000
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 245,497 8,086,671
Materion Corp. 51,901 2,833,276
Mercer International, Inc. 139,888 1,172,261
Minerals Technologies, Inc. 83,273 4,226,105
Myers Industries, Inc. 89,946 1,376,174
Neenah, Inc. 39,581 1,752,647
NewMarket Corp. 11,159 4,156,616
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. * 112,028 1,361,140
P.H. Glatfelter Co. 194,154 2,910,368
Quaker Chemical Corp. 11,748 2,232,120
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. * 733,167 2,316,808
Royal Gold, Inc. 22,607 3,081,786
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A 205,291 4,052,444
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. 83,448 2,530,978
Sensient Technologies Corp. 84,565 4,669,679
Silgan Holdings, Inc. 177,251 6,746,173
Southern Copper Corp. 118,886 5,718,417
Stepan Co. 40,038 4,615,981
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A * 181,095 2,696,505
SunCoke Energy, Inc. 438,363 1,569,340
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. 49,494 8,341,224
TimkenSteel Corp. * 366,618 1,382,150
Trinseo S.A. 235,928 5,876,966
Tronox Holdings plc, Class A * 325,702 2,918,290
US Concrete, Inc. * 51,122 1,364,446
Valvoline, Inc. 147,042 2,999,657
Verso Corp., Class A 247,607 3,246,128
W.R. Grace & Co. 89,781 3,654,984
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. 327,368 5,064,383
Westlake Chemical Corp. 89,497 5,308,962
Worthington Industries, Inc. 150,745 6,260,440
    218,240,226
 
Media & Entertainment 3.4%
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A *(a) 516,265 3,035,638
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A * 169,210 4,110,111
Cable One, Inc. 2,008 3,695,383
Cars.com, Inc. * 332,158 2,883,131
Gannett Co., Inc. * 1,228,332 2,125,014
Gray Television, Inc. * 127,974 1,986,156
iHeartMedia, Inc. Class A * 169,565 1,563,389
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A 112,915 3,573,760
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class A * 10,660 385,679
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, Class C * 83,392 3,250,620
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Class A * 321,924 901,387
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A * 110,605 1,077,293
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B * 233,103 2,111,913
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. * 74,872 4,252,730
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. * 12,006 902,491
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. * 11,954 1,960,456
Meredith Corp. * 144,134 2,017,876
MSG Networks, Inc., Class A * 99,406 968,214
National CineMedia, Inc. 377,534 1,362,898
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 48,371 4,644,100
Scholastic Corp. 112,686 2,535,435
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A 203,558 4,236,042
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. 823,030 4,831,186
Spotify Technology S.A. * 6,911 1,950,008
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. * 41,262 7,063,642
TEGNA, Inc. 498,460 6,240,719
The E.W. Scripps Co., Class A 66,450 738,924
The Marcus Corp. * 37,785 592,091
The New York Times Co., Class A 91,645 3,970,978
TripAdvisor, Inc. 169,183 3,953,807
Twitter, Inc. * 128,202 5,202,437
Yandex N.V., Class A * 123,042 8,395,156
Yelp, Inc. * 71,840 1,660,941
Zynga, Inc., Class A * 416,485 3,773,354
    101,952,959
 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 2.2%
Alkermes plc * 72,492 1,199,018
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A * 11,075 5,632,634
Bio-Techne Corp. 13,244 3,383,312
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. * 21,156 1,650,803
Bruker Corp. 68,244 2,867,613
Catalent, Inc. * 68,465 6,333,012
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. * 29,268 6,408,229
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. * 152,572 4,433,742
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. * 29,716 3,389,110
Horizon Therapeutics plc * 15,573 1,169,844
Incyte Corp. * 20,141 1,940,585
Lannett Co., Inc. * 82,563 434,281
Myriad Genetics, Inc. * 203,479 2,720,514
Nektar Therapeutics * 33,306 644,138
PDL BioPharma, Inc. * 1,006,638 3,372,237
PerkinElmer, Inc. 76,101 8,958,610
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. * 29,927 3,199,496
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. * 64,045 2,333,159
Syneos Health, Inc. * 40,677 2,566,719
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. * 24,237 1,483,547
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * 11,199 3,125,865
    67,246,468
 
Real Estate 9.0%
Acadia Realty Trust * 93,468 1,059,927
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 192,212 2,327,687
American Assets Trust, Inc. 41,969 1,072,308
American Campus Communities, Inc. 158,889 5,386,337
American Finance Trust, Inc. 92,220 630,324
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A 132,007 3,780,680
Americold Realty Trust 35,550 1,363,343
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A 148,330 5,344,330
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (a) 198,785 612,258
Brandywine Realty Trust 321,708 3,580,610
Brookfield Property REIT, Inc., Class A (a) 191,604 2,209,194
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. * 7,980,541 1,484,381
Chatham Lodging Trust * 139,237 963,520
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. 243,308 2,871,034
CorePoint Lodging, Inc. * 360,962 2,050,264
CoreSite Realty Corp. 16,601 2,032,792
Corporate Office Properties Trust 141,772 3,493,262
Cousins Properties, Inc. 95,510 2,850,973
CubeSmart 139,828 4,421,361
Cushman & Wakefield plc * 58,771 682,331
CyrusOne, Inc. 51,013 4,261,116
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. * 537,918 2,850,965
Douglas Emmett, Inc. 127,148 3,549,972
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 17,410 2,318,316
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 266,961 1,681,854
EPR Properties * 81,618 2,637,078
Equity Commonwealth 103,110 3,236,623
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 76,434 5,066,810
Federal Realty Investment Trust 61,763 4,894,100
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 71,135 3,033,908
Franklin Street Properties Corp. 313,018 1,386,670
Front Yard Residential Corp. * 127,741 1,245,475
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. 149,243 5,424,983
Global Net Lease, Inc. 89,968 1,574,440
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 112,411 3,243,057
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A 149,141 3,935,831
Hersha Hospitality Trust * 215,316 1,384,482
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 131,817 4,911,501
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 126,659 2,973,953
Investors Real Estate Trust 21,288 1,513,577
Invitation Homes, Inc. 169,275 4,846,343
iStar, Inc. 151,426 1,874,654
JBG SMITH Properties 69,609 1,926,081
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. 137,762 1,968,619
Kilroy Realty Corp. 72,876 4,264,704
Kite Realty Group Trust 194,925 2,190,957
Lexington Realty Trust 325,786 3,704,187
Life Storage, Inc. 37,431 3,946,350
LTC Properties, Inc. 30,169 1,100,867
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. 165,360 2,088,497
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. * 20,726 584,680
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 232,975 4,328,675
National Health Investors, Inc. 28,216 1,756,446
National Retail Properties, Inc. 100,925 3,576,782
New Senior Investment Group, Inc. 451,298 1,976,685
Newmark Group, Inc., Class A 181,228 802,840
Office Properties Income Trust 85,933 2,048,643
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 175,417 5,432,664
Paramount Group, Inc. 317,914 2,352,564
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 177,439 2,239,280
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust *(a) 561,489 617,638
Physicians Realty Trust 103,275 1,874,441
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 268,177 4,105,790
PotlatchDeltic Corp. 60,914 2,804,481
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Class A 74,055 488,763
PS Business Parks, Inc. 13,858 1,748,880
QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 36,207 2,455,559
Rayonier, Inc. 200,763 5,878,341
Regency Centers Corp. 115,090 4,570,224
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. * 134,778 1,500,079
Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A * 564,681 3,563,137
RLJ Lodging Trust 482,536 4,555,140
RPT Realty * 197,366 1,156,565
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. * 64,635 2,466,472
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 146,194 2,168,057
SBA Communications Corp. 22,241 6,807,303
Seritage Growth Properties, Class A *(a) 71,896 1,008,701
SITE Centers Corp. 500,460 3,758,455
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. 115,781 4,111,383
STAG Industrial, Inc. 65,478 2,114,939
STORE Capital Corp. 93,492 2,528,024
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. * 258,740 1,523,979
Sun Communities, Inc. 36,555 5,449,619
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. * 567,494 4,727,225
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (a) 343,590 1,955,027
Taubman Centers, Inc. 124,522 4,769,193
The GEO Group, Inc. 464,184 5,180,293
The Howard Hughes Corp. * 29,679 1,754,326
Uniti Group, Inc. 797,949 7,835,859
Urban Edge Properties * 162,645 1,717,531
VICI Properties, Inc. 112,528 2,513,876
Washington Prime Group, Inc. *(a) 3,545,469 2,410,919
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust 103,048 2,260,873
Weingarten Realty Investors 177,884 3,107,633
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. * 341,748 3,068,897
    270,909,767
 
Retailing 4.2%
At Home Group, Inc. * 123,581 2,361,633
Caleres, Inc. 380,999 2,975,602
Chico's FAS, Inc. * 2,990,563 3,827,921
Conn's, Inc. * 152,791 1,952,669
Designer Brands, Inc., Class A * 679,102 4,787,669
Dillard's, Inc., Class A (a) 157,039 4,744,148
Express, Inc. * 1,362,647 1,512,538
Five Below, Inc. * 24,691 2,702,430
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A * 13,829 1,012,836
Francesca's Holdings Corp. *(a) 115,978 684,270
Genesco, Inc. * 213,968 4,172,376
Groupon, Inc. * 100,322 3,193,249
GrubHub, Inc. * 32,938 2,383,064
Guess?, Inc. 332,600 3,824,900
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. 115,813 2,445,971
Hibbett Sports, Inc. * 156,364 5,217,867
Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. * 155,330 3,726,367
MarineMax, Inc. * 43,868 1,290,158
MercadoLibre, Inc. * 3,087 3,607,437
Monro, Inc. 43,311 1,996,204
National Vision Holdings, Inc. * 68,878 2,587,746
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. * 30,455 2,909,671
Party City Holdco, Inc. * 1,665,222 4,562,708
Pool Corp. 25,546 8,375,001
Rent-A-Center, Inc. 88,549 2,718,454
RH * 16,610 5,490,436
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. * 592,813 6,615,793
Shoe Carnival, Inc. 62,420 2,052,370
Sleep Number Corp. * 69,922 3,356,256
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A 230,196 9,728,083
Stamps.com, Inc. * 14,737 3,674,524
The Buckle, Inc. 156,486 2,932,548
The Cato Corp., Class A * 183,731 1,469,848
The Children's Place, Inc. * 66,166 1,321,004
The Michaels Cos., Inc. * 839,633 9,445,871
Zumiez, Inc. * 77,930 2,001,242
    127,660,864
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 2.6%
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. * 39,937 2,960,131
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. * 64,361 5,845,266
Ambarella, Inc. * 10,675 562,573
Amkor Technology, Inc. * 385,578 4,702,124
Brooks Automation, Inc. 45,239 2,335,690
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. 14,345 2,184,600
Cirrus Logic, Inc. * 84,061 5,093,256
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Cree, Inc. * 139,609 8,809,328
Diodes, Inc. * 48,358 2,362,772
Entegris, Inc. 69,070 4,620,092
First Solar, Inc. * 144,753 11,086,632
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. 112,908 2,707,534
MKS Instruments, Inc. 51,938 6,208,149
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 10,478 2,798,988
Photronics, Inc. * 163,569 1,640,597
Power Integrations, Inc. 42,400 2,373,128
Semtech Corp. * 42,756 2,507,639
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. * 24,123 2,470,436
Synaptics, Inc. * 83,221 7,101,248
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. * 31,848 780,913
    79,151,096
 
Software & Services 4.2%
ACI Worldwide, Inc. * 105,435 3,097,680
Aspen Technology, Inc. * 28,504 3,620,863
Black Knight, Inc. * 75,692 6,365,697
Blackbaud, Inc. * 20,594 1,314,927
Cardtronics plc, Class A * 62,201 1,350,384
Cerence, Inc. * 47,822 2,544,130
CommVault Systems, Inc. * 49,358 2,133,746
CSG Systems International, Inc. 47,320 2,014,412
Ebix, Inc. 48,651 1,122,379
EPAM Systems, Inc. * 15,880 5,194,348
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. * 35,204 3,639,390
EVERTEC, Inc. 58,494 2,048,460
ExlService Holdings, Inc. * 31,171 1,985,281
Fair Isaac Corp. * 11,089 4,666,140
Fortinet, Inc. * 25,041 3,305,537
Gartner, Inc. * 46,897 6,088,169
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A * 25,809 2,159,697
j2 Global, Inc. * 48,680 3,407,113
KBR, Inc. 239,125 5,975,734
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. * 78,819 4,401,253
Manhattan Associates, Inc. * 46,297 4,502,383
ManTech International Corp., Class A 45,052 3,372,142
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A * 10,838 1,565,441
NIC, Inc. 63,859 1,365,305
Nuance Communications, Inc. * 172,304 5,162,228
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. * 3,403 875,966
Paycom Software, Inc. * 2,298 688,159
Pegasystems, Inc. 6,774 870,256
Perficient, Inc. * 38,357 1,645,899
Progress Software Corp. 64,386 2,439,586
PTC, Inc. * 45,871 4,193,068
Square, Inc., Class A * 8,950 1,428,062
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 85,194 5,428,562
Sykes Enterprises, Inc. * 106,212 3,516,148
Tyler Technologies, Inc. * 8,107 2,799,428
Unisys Corp. * 165,223 1,926,500
Verint Systems, Inc. * 50,148 2,385,039
Virtusa Corp. * 34,126 1,349,342
VMware, Inc., Class A * 43,258 6,248,186
WEX, Inc. * 19,620 3,133,510
Xperi Holding Corp. 265,552 3,327,367
    124,657,917
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 4.6%
3D Systems Corp. * 68,411 375,576
ADTRAN, Inc. 264,432 2,932,551
Arista Networks, Inc. * 14,053 3,140,143
Badger Meter, Inc. 24,245 1,495,674
Belden, Inc. 110,284 3,714,365
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. 236,683 4,641,354
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Ciena Corp. * 116,709 6,625,570
Cognex Corp. 70,987 4,911,591
Coherent, Inc. * 25,361 2,857,170
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. 56,246 933,684
CTS Corp. 51,012 1,066,151
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. * 507,004 4,228,413
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 55,103 3,848,945
EchoStar Corp., Class A * 110,619 3,249,986
ePlus, Inc. * 33,538 2,573,035
Fabrinet * 43,523 3,037,035
Fitbit, Inc., Class A * 420,917 2,677,032
II-VI, Inc. * 111,784 4,974,388
InterDigital, Inc. 69,102 4,225,587
IPG Photonics Corp. * 28,835 4,663,485
Itron, Inc. * 37,504 2,234,113
Keysight Technologies, Inc. * 69,914 6,887,927
Knowles Corp. * 149,401 2,249,979
Littelfuse, Inc. 20,837 3,768,163
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. * 29,220 2,512,920
Methode Electronics, Inc. 86,617 2,452,127
MTS Systems Corp. * 44,346 1,082,043
National Instruments Corp. 122,484 4,395,951
NETGEAR, Inc. * 77,167 2,573,520
NetScout Systems, Inc. * 200,967 4,650,376
OSI Systems, Inc. * 26,653 2,098,924
PC Connection, Inc. 56,649 2,508,984
Plantronics, Inc. * 175,742 2,172,171
Plexus Corp. * 78,170 5,946,392
Rogers Corp. * 18,785 2,128,528
ScanSource, Inc. * 191,458 4,727,098
Stratasys Ltd. *(a) 74,644 1,109,210
TTM Technologies, Inc. * 324,785 3,722,036
ViaSat, Inc. * 66,036 2,625,591
Viavi Solutions, Inc. * 123,378 1,645,246
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. 351,036 5,613,066
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A * 20,844 5,972,431
    139,248,531
 
Telecommunication Services 0.9%
ATN International, Inc. 22,765 1,320,370
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. * 200,113 3,013,702
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. 29,765 2,001,994
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. * 688,268 5,354,725
GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A * 33,337 2,692,963
Iridium Communications, Inc. * 63,995 1,792,500
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A * 110,015 1,078,147
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C * 283,426 2,703,884
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. 41,131 2,274,544
United States Cellular Corp. * 57,076 2,076,425
Vonage Holdings Corp. * 229,570 2,628,576
    26,937,830
 
Transportation 2.5%
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. * 101,050 2,568,691
Alaska Air Group, Inc. * 98,418 3,833,381
Allegiant Travel Co. * 10,872 1,398,139
AMERCO 14,711 5,220,787
ArcBest Corp. 195,476 6,610,998
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. * 150,186 8,468,989
Atlas Corp. 278,126 2,400,227
Copa Holdings S.A., Class A * 22,792 1,213,674
Costamare, Inc. 232,885 1,176,069
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. * 115,669 3,160,077
Forward Air Corp. 59,050 3,483,359
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. * 73,852 992,571
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Heartland Express, Inc. 89,162 1,844,316
Hub Group, Inc., Class A * 124,792 6,718,801
JetBlue Airways Corp. * 339,891 3,915,544
Marten Transport Ltd. 124,506 2,261,029
Saia, Inc. * 36,375 4,881,525
Schneider National, Inc., Class B 141,862 3,838,786
SkyWest, Inc. * 34,567 1,163,180
Spirit Airlines, Inc. *(a) 72,584 1,297,802
Uber Technologies, Inc. * 28,652 963,567
Werner Enterprises, Inc. 119,559 5,500,910
YRC Worldwide, Inc. *(a) 841,984 3,511,073
    76,423,495
 
Utilities 2.8%
ALLETE, Inc. 78,726 4,248,055
American States Water Co. 27,133 2,064,279
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure plc 101,233 3,040,027
Avangrid, Inc. 76,288 3,664,876
Avista Corp. 123,255 4,543,179
Black Hills Corp. 72,114 4,044,153
California Water Service Group 43,945 1,992,466
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. 16,816 1,375,549
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A 31,455 759,638
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C 65,137 1,661,645
Essential Utilities, Inc. 122,383 5,201,278
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 163,596 5,662,058
IDACORP, Inc. 58,018 5,215,818
MGE Energy, Inc. 34,085 2,215,184
National Fuel Gas Co. 137,280 6,265,459
New Jersey Resources Corp. 130,964 3,947,255
Northwest Natural Holding Co. 37,047 1,893,472
NorthWestern Corp. 75,398 3,893,553
ONE Gas, Inc. 62,982 4,668,226
Ormat Technologies, Inc. 32,331 1,967,988
Otter Tail Corp. 56,726 2,203,805
PNM Resources, Inc. 117,271 5,122,397
SJW Group 11,638 727,724
South Jersey Industries, Inc. 114,815 2,543,152
Spire, Inc. 66,239 3,855,772
Unitil Corp. 24,222 1,022,168
    83,799,176
Total Common Stock
(Cost $3,169,704,492)   2,997,157,189

Other Investment Companies 0.9% of net assets
 
Money Market Fund 0.1%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 0.04% (b) 2,087,948 2,087,948
 
Securities Lending Collateral 0.8%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund, Select Class 0.06% (b) 23,980,757 23,980,757
Total Other Investment Companies
(Cost $26,068,705)   26,068,705
    
 
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

  Number of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
($)
Current Value/
Unrealized
Depreciation
($)
Futures Contracts      
Long  
Russell 2000 Index, e-mini, expires 09/18/20 99 7,728,435 (46,096)
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan. Securities on loan were valued at $22,121,504.
(b) The rate shown is the 7-day yield.
   
CVR — Contingent Value Rights
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
Description Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total  
Assets          
Common Stock1 $2,997,157,189 $— $— $2,997,157,189  
Other Investment Companies1 26,068,705 26,068,705  
Liabilities          
Futures Contracts2 (46,096) (46,096)  
Total $3,023,179,798 $— $— $3,023,179,798  
1 As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2 Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
Fund investments in underlying mutual funds are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of August 31, 2020; unaudited
Assets
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $3,171,792,440) including securities on loan of $22,121,504   $2,999,245,137
Collateral invested for securities on loan, at value (cost $23,980,757)   23,980,757
Cash   2,838,359
Deposit with broker for futures contracts   446,598
Receivables:    
Dividends   3,273,414
Income from securities on loan + 446,196
Total assets   3,030,230,461
Liabilities
Collateral held for securities on loan   23,980,757
Payables:    
Management fees   595,415
Variation margin on futures contracts + 42,552
Total liabilities   24,618,724
Net Assets
Total assets   3,030,230,461
Total liabilities 24,618,724
Net assets   $3,005,611,737
Net Assets by Source    
Capital received from investors   3,415,504,365
Total distributable loss   (409,892,628)
    
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Assets ÷ Shares
Outstanding
= NAV
$3,005,611,737   86,350,000   $34.81
         
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Statement of Operations

For the period March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020; unaudited
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $63,223)   $30,005,271
Securities on loan, net + 2,331,648
Total investment income   32,336,919
Expenses
Management fees   3,830,014
Total expenses 3,830,014
Net investment income   28,506,905
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Net realized losses on investments   (306,743,429)
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions   235,909,341
Net realized losses on futures contracts + (1,395,467)
Net realized losses   (72,229,555)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   70,008,249
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts + 648,593
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + 70,656,842
Net realized and unrealized losses   (1,572,713)
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   $26,934,192
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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
Operations  
  3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
Net investment income   $28,506,905 $50,275,344
Net realized gains (losses)   (72,229,555) 111,141,879
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + 70,656,842 (444,489,381)
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   26,934,192 (283,072,158)
Distributions to Shareholders  
Total distributions   ($21,021,675) ($50,954,980)
    
Transactions in Fund Shares      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES VALUE SHARES VALUE
Shares sold   23,300,000 $657,683,750 27,150,000 $1,041,018,392
Shares redeemed + (35,550,000) (1,082,694,355) (17,900,000) (685,064,295)
Net transactions in fund shares   (12,250,000) ($425,010,605) 9,250,000 $355,954,097
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES NET ASSETS SHARES NET ASSETS
Beginning of period   98,600,000 $3,424,709,825 89,350,000 $3,402,782,866
Total increase or decrease + (12,250,000) (419,098,088) 9,250,000 21,926,959
End of period   86,350,000 $3,005,611,737 98,600,000 $3,424,709,825
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Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
  3/1/20–
8/31/20*
3/1/19–
2/29/20
3/1/18–
2/28/19
3/1/17–
2/28/18
3/1/16–
2/28/17
3/1/15–
2/29/16
Per-Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period $25.24 $27.54 $30.28 $26.00 $22.08 $27.17
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income (loss)1 0.39 0.91 0.94 0.80 0.74 0.70
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) 0.01 (2.29) (2.81) 4.19 3.79 (5.30)
Total from investment operations 0.40 (1.38) (1.87) 4.99 4.53 (4.60)
Less distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.20) (0.92) (0.87) (0.71) (0.61) (0.49)
Net asset value at end of period $25.44 $25.24 $27.54 $30.28 $26.00 $22.08
Total return 1.63% 2 (5.32%) (6.00%) 19.19% 20.62% (17.02%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Ratios to average net assets:            
Total expenses 0.25% 3 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.32% 0.32%
Net investment income (loss) 3.34% 3 3.27% 3.29% 2.76% 2.98% 2.80%
Portfolio turnover rate4 8% 2 20% 14% 10% 11% 12%
Net assets, end of period (x 1,000) $4,119,275 $4,416,696 $4,083,580 $3,630,569 $1,928,861 $885,348
 
* Unaudited.
1
Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2
Not annualized.
3
Annualized.
4
Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
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Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Common Stock 98.4% of net assets
 
Australia 5.6%
AGL Energy Ltd. 265,196 2,902,660
Amcor plc 246,430 2,761,046
AMP Ltd. * 3,171,159 3,588,202
Ampol Ltd. 210,553 4,051,689
APA Group 187,496 1,446,251
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. 39,619 831,247
Aurizon Holdings Ltd. 632,033 2,033,277
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 1,093,302 14,780,317
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd. 183,106 885,621
BHP Group Ltd. 904,868 25,369,180
BlueScope Steel Ltd. 269,044 2,524,948
Boral Ltd. 521,469 1,546,466
Brambles Ltd. 327,702 2,687,683
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. 138,460 931,822
Coles Group Ltd. 243,988 3,199,224
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 437,058 22,069,882
Computershare Ltd. 84,193 827,501
Crown Resorts Ltd. 157,573 1,049,963
CSL Ltd. 25,062 5,301,080
Downer EDI Ltd. 354,382 1,176,753
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. 479,092 6,172,122
Goodman Group 115,346 1,561,918
Incitec Pivot Ltd. 704,508 1,094,139
Insurance Australia Group Ltd. 658,982 2,324,660
Lendlease Corp., Ltd. 242,239 2,081,698
Macquarie Group Ltd. 57,904 5,468,483
Medibank Pvt Ltd. 848,063 1,712,215
Metcash Ltd. 939,641 2,029,141
Mirvac Group 769,143 1,200,209
National Australia Bank Ltd. 1,005,277 13,330,102
Newcrest Mining Ltd. 62,020 1,465,905
Oil Search Ltd. 283,652 685,964
Orica Ltd. 108,053 1,388,846
Origin Energy Ltd. 628,040 2,601,014
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. 400,562 3,143,059
Ramsay Health Care Ltd. 22,858 1,099,815
Rio Tinto Ltd. 125,969 9,129,714
Scentre Group 1,025,426 1,713,879
Sims Ltd. 178,180 1,067,361
Sonic Healthcare Ltd. 85,831 2,034,415
South32 Ltd. 1,379,848 2,142,979
Stockland 594,465 1,740,960
Suncorp Group Ltd. 595,775 4,097,629
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. 356,137 953,439
Telstra Corp., Ltd. 2,460,929 5,259,741
Transurban Group 168,159 1,673,912
Viva Energy Group Ltd. 1,134,810 1,409,938
Wesfarmers Ltd. 444,244 15,612,247
Westpac Banking Corp. 1,319,012 17,109,832
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. 294,687 4,267,181
Woolworths Group Ltd. 473,554 13,963,142
    229,500,471
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Austria 0.3%
ANDRITZ AG 23,993 804,592
Erste Group Bank AG * 96,927 2,362,447
OMV AG * 76,231 2,485,253
Raiffeisen Bank International AG * 58,201 1,044,083
voestalpine AG 112,073 2,789,243
Wienerberger AG * 38,469 1,040,679
    10,526,297
 
Belgium 0.8%
Ageas S.A. N.V. 66,512 2,799,986
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. 190,642 11,127,462
Colruyt S.A. 22,711 1,439,545
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. 36,927 3,426,155
KBC Groep N.V. 81,393 4,682,150
Proximus SADP 66,395 1,317,331
Solvay S.A. 31,711 2,754,857
UCB S.A. 18,270 2,174,514
Umicore S.A. 53,437 2,459,819
    32,181,819
 
Canada 6.5%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 22,185 1,831,056
Air Canada * 42,526 574,433
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., B Shares 185,252 6,052,556
ARC Resources Ltd. 292,054 1,474,896
Atco Ltd., Class I 33,424 1,019,433
Bank of Montreal (a) 157,638 10,015,176
Barrick Gold Corp. 120,357 3,569,281
Bausch Health Cos., Inc. * 129,506 2,151,890
BCE, Inc. 84,234 3,624,205
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A 196,073 6,624,301
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 103,558 8,230,912
Canadian National Railway Co. 116,093 12,212,062
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 375,485 7,412,007
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. 21,268 6,298,867
Canadian Tire Corp., Ltd., Class A 28,953 3,032,071
Cenovus Energy, Inc. 565,790 2,674,904
CGI, Inc. * 45,232 3,180,595
CI Financial Corp. 112,993 1,606,071
Crescent Point Energy Corp. 993,319 1,745,808
Dollarama, Inc. 40,244 1,572,758
Emera, Inc. 27,337 1,117,230
Empire Co., Ltd., A Shares 84,477 2,201,154
Enbridge, Inc. 275,492 8,823,271
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. 6,049 1,866,720
Finning International, Inc. 82,286 1,257,388
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 219,001 2,169,924
Fortis, Inc. 71,980 2,882,073
George Weston Ltd. 35,640 2,577,503
Gibson Energy, Inc. 54,992 1,002,387
Gildan Activewear, Inc. 67,318 1,306,629
Great-West Lifeco, Inc. 70,237 1,434,442
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust 89,165 689,806
Husky Energy, Inc. 383,542 1,298,147
Hydro One Ltd. 79,037 1,637,821
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
IA Financial Corp., Inc. 24,627 887,400
Imperial Oil Ltd. 125,957 2,079,385
Intact Financial Corp. 17,638 1,891,251
Inter Pipeline Ltd. 116,646 1,232,753
Keyera Corp. 53,456 977,261
Kinross Gold Corp. * 173,605 1,542,919
Linamar Corp. 36,581 1,148,289
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. 61,573 3,185,568
Magna International, Inc. 226,166 11,025,799
Manulife Financial Corp. 408,286 6,028,952
Methanex Corp. 51,903 1,158,800
Metro, Inc. 59,331 2,682,975
National Bank of Canada 64,217 3,533,796
Nutrien Ltd. 137,255 5,089,059
Onex Corp. 30,310 1,473,220
Open Text Corp. 23,762 1,078,906
Parkland Corp. 30,576 867,566
Pembina Pipeline Corp. 79,089 1,960,608
Power Corp. of Canada 271,335 5,422,743
Restaurant Brands International, Inc. 14,655 794,865
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust 67,353 786,246
Rogers Communications, Inc., B Shares 91,029 3,790,808
Royal Bank of Canada 260,517 19,860,435
Saputo, Inc. 62,793 1,568,198
Shaw Communications, Inc., B Shares 135,985 2,545,511
SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc. 110,923 1,964,851
Sun Life Financial, Inc. 110,096 4,600,043
Suncor Energy, Inc. 609,172 9,785,464
TC Energy Corp. 135,543 6,344,654
Teck Resources Ltd., Class B 302,770 3,494,885
TELUS Corp. 278,088 5,126,577
TFI International, Inc. 30,742 1,360,439
The Bank of Nova Scotia 303,094 13,112,866
The Toronto-Dominion Bank 323,299 16,145,720
Thomson Reuters Corp. 46,501 3,558,552
TransAlta Corp. 153,143 984,948
Waste Connections, Inc. 16,526 1,654,439
West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd. 39,934 2,143,891
WSP Global, Inc. 18,319 1,244,137
    269,302,556
 
Denmark 1.1%
AP Moller - Maersk A/S, A Shares 2,418 3,449,486
AP Moller - Maersk A/S, B Shares 3,533 5,428,355
Carlsberg A/S, B Shares 16,967 2,389,415
Coloplast A/S, B Shares 8,475 1,441,171
Danske Bank A/S * 310,809 4,820,432
DSV PANALPINA A/S 19,930 3,123,022
ISS A/S * 103,655 1,599,291
Novo Nordisk A/S, B Shares 166,510 11,051,803
Novozymes A/S, B Shares 28,349 1,680,997
Orsted A/S 17,376 2,463,762
Pandora A/S 40,400 2,956,992
Vestas Wind Systems A/S 34,554 5,264,716
    45,669,442
 
Finland 1.3%
Elisa Oyj 22,235 1,310,718
Fortum Oyj 102,513 2,171,867
Kesko Oyj, B Shares 105,772 2,351,599
Kone Oyj, B Shares 51,430 4,418,716
Metso Outotec Oyj 112,643 837,256
Neles Oyj 26,197 358,419
Neste Oyj 75,673 4,055,357
Nokia Oyj * 1,630,132 7,939,572
Nokian Renkaat Oyj 58,325 1,627,356
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Nordea Bank Abp * 1,270,921 10,261,241
Outokumpu Oyj *(a) 397,559 1,074,066
Sampo Oyj, A Shares 106,943 4,314,018
Stora Enso Oyj, R Shares 239,217 3,527,511
UPM-Kymmene Oyj 185,601 5,640,248
Wartsila Oyj Abp 166,626 1,427,616
    51,315,560
 
France 8.8%
Accor S.A. * 35,326 1,087,467
Air France-KLM *(a) 232,859 1,051,570
Air Liquide S.A. 71,353 11,865,784
Airbus SE * 66,008 5,434,388
Alstom S.A. * 45,929 2,561,880
Arkema S.A. 29,643 3,293,450
Atos SE * 26,154 2,267,720
AXA S.A. 633,212 12,931,488
BNP Paribas S.A. * 475,028 20,772,941
Bollore S.A. 274,764 1,034,446
Bouygues S.A. *(a) 116,970 4,651,354
Bureau Veritas S.A. * 47,318 1,074,927
Capgemini SE 33,836 4,694,077
Carrefour S.A. 503,636 8,107,277
Casino Guichard Perrachon S.A. *(a) 76,037 1,977,869
Cie de Saint-Gobain * 311,508 12,659,186
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin S.C.A. 83,352 9,432,182
CNP Assurances * 70,422 944,962
Credit Agricole S.A. * 380,492 3,907,966
Danone S.A. 106,157 6,995,414
Dassault Systemes SE 6,487 1,224,621
Eiffage S.A. * 26,928 2,486,836
Electricite de France S.A. 412,514 4,342,434
Elis S.A. * 53,198 690,301
Engie S.A. * 883,605 12,316,396
EssilorLuxottica S.A. * 21,095 2,828,123
Eurazeo SE * 18,040 954,044
Eutelsat Communications S.A. 84,666 851,363
Faurecia SE * 48,515 2,118,366
Hermes International 1,969 1,694,062
Ingenico Group S.A. * 7,956 1,353,030
Kering S.A. 6,483 3,989,872
Klepierre S.A. 40,739 671,874
L'Oreal S.A. 25,523 8,452,163
Lagardere S.C.A. *(a) 93,527 1,859,008
Legrand S.A. 38,459 3,215,055
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 24,598 11,555,387
Natixis S.A. * 450,079 1,240,717
Orange S.A. 1,038,860 11,591,827
Pernod-Ricard S.A. 24,296 4,169,653
Peugeot S.A. * 380,727 6,543,101
Publicis Groupe S.A. * 80,962 2,843,796
Rallye S.A. *(a) 191,053 942,521
Renault S.A. * 265,877 7,580,542
Rexel S.A. * 296,317 3,972,605
Rubis S.C.A. 20,459 968,442
Safran S.A. * 40,197 4,664,103
Sanofi 244,260 24,792,468
Schneider Electric SE 116,419 14,445,254
SCOR SE * 55,730 1,494,300
SES S.A. 167,708 1,193,394
Societe Generale S.A. * 709,481 11,524,384
Sodexo S.A. 26,186 1,877,777
STMicroelectronics N.V. 94,849 2,859,689
Suez S.A. 170,927 2,965,116
TechnipFMC plc 190,971 1,485,461
Teleperformance 5,375 1,661,056
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Thales S.A. 18,561 1,453,971
Total SE 1,180,890 46,746,667
Valeo S.A. 158,827 4,862,700
Veolia Environnement S.A. 202,936 4,902,569
Vinci S.A. 101,316 9,521,454
Vivendi S.A. 200,775 5,714,784
Wendel SE 9,930 1,020,724
    360,388,358
 
Germany 8.7%
adidas AG * 23,522 7,162,190
Allianz SE 108,572 23,569,780
Aurubis AG 49,593 3,566,950
BASF SE 459,811 28,078,466
Bayer AG 277,978 18,464,158
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 251,021 18,057,553
Beiersdorf AG 11,726 1,357,496
Brenntag AG 60,556 3,799,257
Commerzbank AG * 822,907 4,785,951
Continental AG 71,077 7,752,417
Covestro AG 114,186 5,443,314
Daimler AG 698,974 35,648,589
Deutsche Bank AG * 919,780 8,827,591
Deutsche Boerse AG 13,854 2,624,482
Deutsche Lufthansa AG *(a) 288,973 3,017,065
Deutsche Post AG 364,453 16,615,279
Deutsche Telekom AG 1,403,142 24,751,804
Deutsche Wohnen SE 26,300 1,404,084
E.ON SE 858,544 10,175,351
Evonik Industries AG 80,243 2,331,990
Freenet AG 59,985 1,298,119
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA 58,647 4,984,071
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 134,391 6,236,129
GEA Group AG 59,940 2,190,702
Hannover Rueck SE 11,320 1,930,542
HeidelbergCement AG 72,609 4,621,453
Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA 21,112 1,035,205
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA 23,362 2,102,470
HUGO BOSS AG 36,281 963,264
Infineon Technologies AG 169,277 4,688,670
K+S AG (a) 187,811 1,310,839
KION Group AG 19,582 1,659,478
LANXESS AG 32,178 1,886,066
Leoni AG *(a) 92,477 650,869
Merck KGaA 18,474 2,510,982
METRO AG 186,205 1,846,562
MTU Aero Engines AG 5,912 1,097,689
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG 36,624 10,586,579
OSRAM Licht AG * 15,336 802,423
ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE * 140,501 1,593,282
Rheinmetall AG 13,223 1,226,222
RWE AG 238,312 9,490,812
Salzgitter AG * 74,458 1,202,594
SAP SE 93,242 15,393,229
Siemens AG 222,870 30,828,189
Symrise AG 11,402 1,575,666
Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG 459,215 1,271,943
ThyssenKrupp AG * 294,281 2,120,120
Uniper SE 165,169 5,420,332
United Internet AG 33,944 1,670,092
Volkswagen AG * 21,255 3,818,073
Vonovia SE 45,713 3,280,229
    358,726,662
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Hong Kong 1.7%
AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc. 154,315 973,659
AIA Group Ltd. 960,299 9,887,791
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. 785,000 2,228,344
China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd. * 318,054 1,563,564
CK Asset Holdings Ltd. 586,047 3,183,497
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. 869,330 5,692,599
CLP Holdings Ltd. 403,975 3,969,303
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. 277,234 2,183,846
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. 116,558 1,833,309
Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. 208,851 823,261
Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. 912,335 1,327,863
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. 45,436 2,293,448
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. 243,710 933,409
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. 60,687 2,548,854
Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd. 57,912 1,161,715
Lenovo Group Ltd. 3,709,922 2,479,616
Link REIT 152,136 1,211,175
MTR Corp., Ltd. 282,914 1,472,950
New World Development Co., Ltd. 532,294 2,764,441
Noble Group Ltd. *(a)(b) 54,070,092 596,537
PCCW Ltd. 2,043,801 1,281,636
Sands China Ltd. 481,672 2,125,531
Sino Land Co., Ltd. 694,759 809,491
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. 347,729 4,675,182
Swire Pacific Ltd., A Shares 280,662 1,528,220
Swire Pacific Ltd., B Shares 484,341 439,961
Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd. 145,294 1,844,729
The Wharf Holdings Ltd. 1,149,488 2,242,571
Want Want China Holdings Ltd. 1,188,087 815,549
WH Group Ltd. 3,641,940 3,143,756
Wharf Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd. 477,187 1,985,675
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. 579,582 1,003,592
    71,025,074
 
Ireland 0.1%
Bank of Ireland Group plc * 431,635 973,580
Kerry Group plc, A Shares 15,352 2,019,625
    2,993,205
 
Israel 0.2%
Bank Hapoalim B.M. 207,807 1,261,071
Bank Leumi Le-Israel 243,805 1,251,121
Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd. * 1,908,127 2,182,099
ICL Group Ltd. 319,929 1,192,187
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. * 369,139 3,530,871
    9,417,349
 
Italy 3.0%
A2A S.p.A. 570,207 834,012
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. 428,611 6,666,331
Atlantia S.p.A. * 142,601 2,273,348
Banco BPM S.p.A. * 828,779 1,399,544
CNH Industrial N.V. * 433,670 3,440,710
Enel S.p.A. 2,760,347 25,053,098
Eni S.p.A. 1,940,455 18,101,368
EXOR N.V. 122,843 7,257,559
Ferrari N.V. 5,664 1,105,494
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. * 1,040,242 11,484,084
Hera S.p.A. 221,816 849,430
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. * 6,989,523 15,089,890
Leonardo S.p.A. 169,166 1,146,717
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. 165,117 1,437,989
Pirelli & C S.p.A. * 195,454 846,421
Poste Italiane S.p.A. 107,430 988,019
Prysmian S.p.A. 65,176 1,827,084
Saipem S.p.A. 302,758 649,940
Saras S.p.A. * 875,884 609,129
Snam S.p.A. 472,558 2,424,519
Telecom Italia S.p.A. 11,478,954 5,474,830
Tenaris S.A. 186,363 1,096,574
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale S.p.A. 237,243 1,718,842
UniCredit S.p.A. * 1,105,517 10,907,685
Unipol Gruppo S.p.A. * 248,270 1,199,551
    123,882,168
 
Japan 24.7%
Aeon Co., Ltd. 269,289 6,676,041
AGC, Inc. 120,550 3,416,029
Air Water, Inc. 70,954 996,949
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. 144,834 4,978,263
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 146,450 2,728,891
Alfresa Holdings Corp. 111,766 2,244,911
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. 118,327 1,881,270
Amada Co., Ltd. 121,442 1,081,062
ANA Holdings, Inc. * 55,121 1,376,141
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. 83,788 2,933,706
Asahi Kasei Corp. 623,771 5,235,100
Asics Corp. 72,857 1,005,824
Astellas Pharma, Inc. 413,488 6,490,177
Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. 37,244 2,313,416
Bic Camera, Inc. 90,601 1,003,023
Bridgestone Corp. 325,898 10,329,041
Brother Industries Ltd. 105,506 1,746,080
Canon, Inc. 450,416 7,781,245
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. 56,699 913,750
Central Japan Railway Co. 43,543 6,524,572
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. 436,951 5,395,703
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 33,380 1,486,039
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings, Inc. 58,811 980,507
COMSYS Holdings Corp. 34,002 949,728
Concordia Financial Group Ltd. 411,519 1,365,974
Cosmo Energy Holdings Co., Ltd. 83,644 1,326,693
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. 148,955 3,166,058
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. 390,095 5,905,960
Daicel Corp. 169,489 1,230,671
Daido Steel Co., Ltd. 24,775 824,704
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. 54,395 4,845,769
Daikin Industries Ltd. 42,846 8,066,579
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. 24,715 2,191,011
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. 253,394 6,787,361
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. 521,664 2,351,411
Denka Co., Ltd. 44,321 1,246,313
Denso Corp. 224,976 9,455,590
Dentsu Group, Inc. 69,658 1,828,732
DIC Corp. 60,108 1,430,077
East Japan Railway Co. 120,240 7,820,220
Ebara Corp. 48,579 1,251,524
EDION Corp. 101,793 1,152,844
Eisai Co., Ltd. 34,747 3,035,796
Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. 109,863 1,656,570
ENEOS Holdings, Inc. 2,772,030 10,863,838
FANUC Corp. 28,761 5,045,956
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. 4,463 2,663,196
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. 51,959 1,624,255
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. 129,651 6,169,258
Fujikura Ltd. 374,440 1,101,658
Fujitsu Ltd. 78,136 10,182,842
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. 50,790 1,210,780
H2O Retailing Corp. 119,695 836,381
Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. 97,166 1,209,478
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. 55,057 1,788,593
Hanwa Co., Ltd. 60,362 1,216,973
Haseko Corp. 142,063 1,938,471
Hino Motors Ltd. 219,895 1,480,551
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. 43,065 1,510,696
Hitachi Ltd. 529,214 17,616,346
Hitachi Metals Ltd. 103,356 1,550,657
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. 206,051 880,203
Hokuriku Electric Power Co. 147,294 1,087,568
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 1,254,901 32,294,072
Hoya Corp. 34,037 3,342,877
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. 553,095 12,183,789
IHI Corp. 87,439 1,298,660
Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd. 98,209 1,917,041
Inpex Corp. 512,246 3,254,763
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. 289,935 1,596,700
Isuzu Motors Ltd. 318,379 3,149,414
ITOCHU Corp. 412,530 10,594,799
J Front Retailing Co., Ltd. 147,197 1,024,389
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. 70,079 1,397,020
Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. 115,147 926,214
Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. 577,373 4,266,936
Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. 51,297 819,436
Japan Tobacco, Inc. 400,205 7,481,790
JFE Holdings, Inc. 705,761 5,344,204
JGC Holdings Corp. 122,818 1,356,216
JSR Corp. 65,730 1,400,819
JTEKT Corp. 211,598 1,634,200
K's Holdings Corp. 108,463 1,537,271
Kajima Corp. 229,186 2,854,964
Kaneka Corp. 44,524 1,128,582
Kao Corp. 66,732 5,077,660
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. 114,985 1,628,624
KDDI Corp. 583,111 16,925,038
Keio Corp. 18,591 1,123,752
Kewpie Corp. 51,228 970,020
Keyence Corp. 7,032 2,896,485
Kikkoman Corp. 27,042 1,468,829
Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. 34,682 1,524,052
Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. 242,676 4,771,366
Kobe Steel Ltd. * 626,617 2,404,952
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 41,758 2,024,010
Komatsu Ltd. 336,409 7,309,032
Konica Minolta, Inc. 473,056 1,530,088
Kubota Corp. 314,093 5,676,451
Kuraray Co., Ltd. 196,114 2,006,541
Kyocera Corp. 79,845 4,583,116
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. 336,500 2,979,617
Kyushu Railway Co. 39,179 863,789
LIXIL Group Corp. 142,934 2,628,330
Makita Corp. 57,102 2,638,501
Marubeni Corp. 1,099,509 6,631,581
Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd. 28,645 1,002,150
Mazda Motor Corp. 804,971 5,161,774
Medipal Holdings Corp. 98,783 1,888,190
MEIJI Holdings Co., Ltd. 42,258 3,411,085
MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc. 110,112 1,909,529
MISUMI Group, Inc. 40,709 1,067,966
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. 876,915 5,125,295
Mitsubishi Corp. 467,540 11,077,319
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. 840,156 11,590,817
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. 174,853 2,739,575
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. 102,711 1,834,454
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. 197,572 4,906,463
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. 117,619 2,471,169
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. 560,118 1,346,882
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 4,299,543 17,940,947
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. 644,918 11,640,087
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. 113,608 2,670,798
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. 197,691 3,579,299
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. 41,830 1,005,072
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. 90,664 1,678,282
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 8,244,290 11,179,489
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. 158,693 4,401,114
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 104,043 6,161,441
Nagase & Co., Ltd. 121,369 1,580,561
Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. 45,132 1,259,329
NEC Corp. 99,549 5,247,573
NGK Insulators Ltd. 89,786 1,275,944
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. 87,261 1,501,733
NH Foods Ltd. 70,655 3,201,445
NHK Spring Co., Ltd. 177,047 1,113,587
Nichirei Corp. 38,870 1,014,223
Nidec Corp. 46,670 3,921,697
Nikon Corp. 171,649 1,346,711
Nintendo Co., Ltd. 6,819 3,648,546
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. 55,244 1,029,395
Nippon Express Co., Ltd. 47,184 2,789,794
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co., Ltd. 477,615 837,724
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. 89,173 1,135,212
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. 15,216 800,653
Nippon Steel Corp. 921,619 9,077,571
Nippon Steel Trading Corp. 22,039 662,968
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. 595,484 13,541,512
Nippon Yusen K.K. 182,384 2,851,550
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 2,373,256 9,656,843
Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. 81,053 1,338,336
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. 9,359 1,957,496
Nitto Denko Corp. 65,259 3,963,110
NOK Corp. 101,194 1,102,165
Nomura Holdings, Inc. 956,139 4,909,403
Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. 42,679 816,594
NSK Ltd. 277,773 2,129,562
NTN Corp. 440,506 847,407
NTT Data Corp. 154,424 1,764,929
NTT DOCOMO, Inc. 360,133 10,048,881
Obayashi Corp. 294,044 2,875,417
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. 52,620 1,301,544
Oji Holdings Corp. 510,115 2,304,164
Olympus Corp. 124,266 2,459,657
Omron Corp. 47,465 3,477,798
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 47,966 1,446,963
Oriental Land Co., Ltd. 10,369 1,407,043
ORIX Corp. 340,132 4,240,224
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. 216,988 4,241,748
Otsuka Corp. 22,411 1,098,941
Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. 103,652 4,551,911
Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. 65,226 1,532,161
Panasonic Corp. 1,259,619 11,615,648
Rakuten, Inc. 111,274 979,006
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. 112,552 4,273,038
Renesas Electronics Corp. * 173,350 1,090,334
Resona Holdings, Inc. 724,197 2,663,368
Ricoh Co., Ltd. 420,955 3,147,884
Rohm Co., Ltd. 20,911 1,344,835
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. 58,302 912,644
Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 53,468 1,018,990
SBI Holdings, Inc. 40,625 924,401
Secom Co., Ltd. 35,422 3,348,631
Seiko Epson Corp. 163,298 1,949,505
Seino Holdings Co., Ltd. 92,348 1,411,628
Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. 164,638 2,634,643
Sekisui House Ltd. 233,351 4,612,228
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. 315,705 10,220,333
SG Holdings Co., Ltd. 56,330 2,589,549
Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. 107,010 813,335
Shimadzu Corp. 41,668 1,243,616
Shimamura Co., Ltd. 16,603 1,369,949
Shimano, Inc. 9,896 2,095,009
Shimizu Corp. 240,654 1,851,796
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 63,144 7,672,313
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 34,433 1,910,221
Shiseido Co., Ltd. 32,356 1,882,869
Showa Denko K.K. 72,709 1,417,224
SMC Corp. 5,966 3,277,095
Softbank Corp. 374,499 4,917,628
SoftBank Group Corp. 484,048 30,116,919
Sojitz Corp. 787,328 1,804,146
Sompo Holdings, Inc. 111,228 4,174,524
Sony Corp. 169,995 13,319,708
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. 52,047 1,492,035
Subaru Corp. 351,070 7,291,543
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 1,088,874 3,542,473
Sumitomo Corp. 484,245 6,276,531
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 588,706 6,933,790
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. 95,353 1,525,900
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. 67,736 1,541,298
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. 87,484 2,670,430
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 455,347 13,388,391
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. 100,248 2,903,122
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. 68,222 2,014,268
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. 155,756 1,499,617
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. 34,560 1,332,928
Suzuken Co., Ltd. 48,874 1,815,866
Suzuki Motor Corp. 184,569 7,569,339
Sysmex Corp. 17,116 1,494,109
T&D Holdings, Inc. 192,664 2,016,663
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. 80,890 2,056,480
Taisei Corp. 80,113 2,768,769
Takashimaya Co., Ltd. 134,259 1,058,424
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 206,204 7,698,257
TDK Corp. 36,731 3,813,554
Teijin Ltd. 107,799 1,691,523
Terumo Corp. 62,850 2,554,420
The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. 141,796 1,727,573
The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. 460,131 4,529,933
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. 57,152 895,181
TIS, Inc. 58,095 1,161,407
Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. 46,087 1,438,521
Toho Gas Co., Ltd. 32,914 1,449,464
Toho Holdings Co., Ltd. 44,109 852,689
Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. 433,210 4,391,539
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 151,192 6,971,841
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc. * 2,414,606 7,104,126
Tokyo Electron Ltd. 18,888 4,835,770
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. 238,025 5,289,320
Tokyu Corp. 120,941 1,617,185
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. 213,733 919,065
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. 164,915 2,562,873
Toray Industries, Inc. 806,269 3,829,673
Toshiba Corp. 121,434 3,498,334
Tosoh Corp. 168,128 2,497,068
TOTO Ltd. 37,086 1,627,944
Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd. 117,774 1,317,176
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. 24,959 1,416,881
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. 53,988 1,178,577
Toyota Industries Corp. 56,124 3,270,747
Toyota Motor Corp. 912,389 60,278,159
Toyota Tsusho Corp. 176,771 5,150,855
TS Tech Co., Ltd. 36,628 1,074,196
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. 9,199 1,228,326
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Ube Industries Ltd. 82,998 1,483,155
Unicharm Corp. 42,721 1,858,783
West Japan Railway Co. 56,529 2,969,712
Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. 19,211 1,096,012
Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. 520,905 2,794,992
Yamaha Corp. 28,591 1,393,894
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. 183,803 2,896,269
Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. 167,662 4,382,659
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. 64,706 1,053,162
Yaskawa Electric Corp. 35,179 1,265,575
Yokogawa Electric Corp. 67,812 1,108,192
Z Holdings Corp. 529,540 3,520,446
    1,016,440,258
 
Netherlands 2.7%
Aalberts N.V. 24,955 944,294
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. * 224,742 2,145,942
Aegon N.V. 1,126,380 3,142,772
Akzo Nobel N.V. 57,229 5,676,667
Altice Europe N.V. * 128,823 571,276
APERAM S.A. 35,564 1,053,537
ArcelorMittal S.A. * 738,313 9,361,416
ASML Holding N.V. 18,870 7,092,992
ASR Nederland N.V. 52,508 1,824,252
Boskalis Westminster * 55,771 1,171,241
Heineken Holding N.V. 29,932 2,457,477
Heineken N.V. 38,995 3,617,095
ING Groep N.V. * 1,493,851 12,155,835
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. 556,588 16,787,736
Koninklijke DSM N.V. 30,261 4,865,834
Koninklijke KPN N.V. 1,234,457 3,243,540
Koninklijke Philips N.V. * 165,793 7,858,837
NN Group N.V. 101,236 3,819,861
Randstad N.V. 60,369 3,152,901
Signify N.V. * 91,416 3,060,119
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (a) 34,253 1,604,185
Unilever N.V. 245,998 14,271,712
Wolters Kluwer N.V. 32,141 2,644,606
    112,524,127
 
New Zealand 0.1%
Contact Energy Ltd. 231,522 978,036
Fletcher Building Ltd. * 663,142 1,609,101
Spark New Zealand Ltd. 573,822 1,873,297
    4,460,434
 
Norway 0.8%
DNB A.S.A. * 257,437 4,159,100
Equinor A.S.A. 608,019 9,921,121
Mowi A.S.A. 92,324 1,817,649
Norsk Hydro A.S.A. * 999,326 3,211,708
Orkla A.S.A. 185,960 1,905,458
Seadrill Ltd. * 1,437,612 422,106
Subsea 7 S.A. * 199,042 1,621,603
Telenor A.S.A. 250,976 4,109,667
Yara International A.S.A. 96,172 4,056,113
    31,224,525
 
Poland 0.3%
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. * 65,526 934,159
Grupa Lotos S.A. 50,870 561,039
KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. * 74,489 2,778,706
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. * 903,574 1,487,176
Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A. 262,170 3,618,947
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. 1,387,981 1,940,915
Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski S.A. * 172,079 1,011,774
Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen S.A. * 186,233 1,379,278
    13,711,994
 
Portugal 0.2%
EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. 1,055,928 5,356,957
Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A. 224,776 2,411,862
Jeronimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. 69,251 1,139,200
    8,908,019
 
Republic of Korea 6.4%
Amorepacific Corp. 8,255 1,167,472
BNK Financial Group, Inc. 200,752 858,507
CJ CheilJedang Corp. 5,207 1,784,030
CJ Corp. 18,657 1,272,175
Coway Co., Ltd. 15,424 1,036,144
Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd. 17,346 1,268,935
DB Insurance Co., Ltd. 35,337 1,298,476
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. * 265,151 3,593,679
E-MART, Inc. 25,383 2,564,155
GS Holdings Corp. 50,370 1,378,083
Hana Financial Group, Inc. 131,492 3,121,537
Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. 70,144 1,741,938
Hanwha Corp. 79,256 1,834,784
Hanwha Solutions Corp. 65,249 2,194,375
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. 62,914 1,708,036
Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd. 13,692 1,677,065
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co., Ltd. 10,997 2,092,198
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. 54,455 1,013,095
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. 42,585 8,030,171
Hyundai Motor Co. 121,031 17,982,971
Hyundai Steel Co. 129,697 2,740,462
Industrial Bank of Korea 197,636 1,345,968
KB Financial Group, Inc. 146,547 4,546,053
Kia Motors Corp. 242,537 8,667,140
Korea Electric Power Corp. * 413,835 7,141,693
Korea Gas Corp. 43,375 861,731
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. * 22,749 1,650,782
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. 3,846 1,290,202
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. * 79,947 1,187,865
KT&G Corp. 31,374 2,194,780
LG Chem Ltd. 17,037 10,613,166
LG Corp. 29,475 2,052,010
LG Display Co., Ltd. * 498,087 6,121,787
LG Electronics, Inc. 117,857 8,353,868
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. 1,171 1,452,044
LG Uplus Corp. 148,528 1,494,157
Lotte Chemical Corp. 12,669 2,021,025
Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd. 18,481 1,182,386
NAVER Corp. 8,768 2,380,402
POSCO 80,770 12,544,882
Posco International Corp. 72,273 827,437
S-Oil Corp. 25,167 1,197,016
Samsung C&T Corp. 18,847 1,713,508
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. 17,176 1,800,162
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1,739,496 79,074,656
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. 14,406 2,267,802
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. * 206,261 895,957
Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd. 33,614 1,731,776
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. 6,299 2,399,442
Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. 7,629 1,011,506
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. 189,350 4,726,179
SK Holdings Co., Ltd. 18,667 3,362,857
SK Hynix, Inc. 161,172 10,189,424
SK Innovation Co., Ltd. 69,107 8,435,487
SK Networks Co., Ltd. 295,125 1,289,417
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. 11,627 2,427,390
Woori Financial Group, Inc. 280,449 1,997,305
    262,807,550
 
Singapore 0.6%
CapitaLand Ltd. 503,567 1,025,949
ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd. 916,386 997,537
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. 320,563 4,920,675
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. 49,138 684,882
Keppel Corp., Ltd. 513,079 1,728,377
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd. 623,899 3,978,526
Singapore Airlines Ltd. 464,984 1,248,302
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. 2,220,057 3,755,613
United Overseas Bank Ltd. 244,194 3,513,118
Wilmar International Ltd. 925,989 2,969,485
    24,822,464
 
Spain 2.7%
Acciona S.A. 8,609 1,031,653
Acerinox S.A. * 107,303 871,354
ACS, Actividades de Construccion y Servicios S.A. 119,637 2,936,000
Aena SME S.A. * 10,838 1,621,510
Amadeus IT Group S.A. 44,240 2,481,954
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. 3,261,908 9,569,350
Banco de Sabadell S.A. 5,936,916 2,401,307
Banco Santander S.A. 11,202,830 24,957,851
Bankia S.A. 715,297 902,938
Bankinter S.A. 184,899 996,633
CaixaBank S.A. 669,045 1,473,867
Enagas S.A. 55,958 1,371,252
Endesa S.A. 140,460 3,902,250
Ferrovial S.A. 71,193 1,905,507
Grifols S.A. 34,360 933,219
Iberdrola S.A. 1,451,320 18,311,708
Industria de Diseno Textil S.A. 179,277 5,049,271
Mapfre S.A. 543,290 1,031,800
Naturgy Energy Group S.A. 137,637 2,660,050
Red Electrica Corp. S.A. 91,405 1,751,787
Repsol S.A. 1,138,679 9,017,864
Telefonica S.A. 3,600,199 14,256,040
    109,435,165
 
Sweden 2.3%
Alfa Laval AB * 59,909 1,468,387
Assa Abloy AB, B Shares 128,908 2,989,188
Atlas Copco AB, A Shares 93,845 4,351,169
Atlas Copco AB, B Shares 53,948 2,172,319
Boliden AB 108,160 3,234,160
Electrolux AB, Series B 91,998 1,998,901
Electrolux Professional AB * 104,654 464,848
Epiroc AB, A Shares 67,147 1,002,345
Epiroc AB, B Shares 38,695 557,884
Essity AB, B Shares * 106,418 3,671,905
Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares 345,172 5,518,782
Hexagon AB, B Shares * 26,705 1,939,491
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Husqvarna AB, B Shares 135,901 1,480,817
ICA Gruppen AB 26,069 1,282,149
Investor AB, A Shares 27,526 1,742,526
Investor AB, B Shares 87,100 5,568,373
Sandvik AB * 245,349 4,830,203
Securitas AB, B Shares * 122,570 1,749,386
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, A Shares * 415,091 4,126,389
Skanska AB, B Shares * 131,163 2,679,543
SKF AB, B Shares 143,186 2,865,397
SSAB AB, A Shares * 172,615 565,580
SSAB AB, B Shares * 465,281 1,441,975
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, A Shares * 419,077 4,228,208
Swedbank AB, A Shares * 395,111 6,716,697
Swedish Match AB 27,728 2,110,877
Tele2 AB, B Shares 116,522 1,655,635
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares 766,946 8,914,410
Telia Co. AB 1,160,671 4,482,571
Trelleborg AB, B Shares * 95,637 1,673,241
Volvo AB, B Shares * 475,407 9,111,331
    96,594,687
 
Switzerland 5.2%
ABB Ltd. 462,750 11,804,506
Adecco Group AG 91,279 4,790,766
Alcon, Inc. * 56,682 3,233,036
Baloise Holding AG 10,004 1,560,955
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG 11 974,846
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG, Participation Certificate 77 658,021
Cie Financiere Richemont S.A. 95,663 6,348,849
Clariant AG 53,172 1,110,149
Credit Suisse Group AG 401,060 4,424,599
DKSH Holding AG 16,789 1,128,030
Geberit AG 3,711 2,145,535
Georg Fischer AG 1,351 1,347,324
Givaudan S.A. 916 3,855,450
Julius Baer Group Ltd. 30,337 1,458,817
Kuehne & Nagel International AG * 12,342 2,399,319
LafargeHolcim Ltd. * 164,040 7,815,332
Lonza Group AG 4,449 2,768,860
Nestle S.A. 409,650 49,388,199
Novartis AG 274,906 23,825,492
Roche Holding AG 95,341 33,426,791
Roche Holding AG, Bearer Shares 3,701 1,300,457
Schindler Holding AG 2,530 668,148
Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificate 5,274 1,412,140
SGS S.A. 777 2,017,465
Sika AG 13,721 3,300,537
Sonova Holding AG * 4,296 1,007,147
Swiss Life Holding AG 6,219 2,519,508
Swiss Prime Site AG 10,297 930,269
Swiss Re AG 96,778 7,807,156
Swisscom AG 7,324 4,066,856
The Swatch Group AG 17,778 703,657
The Swatch Group AG, Bearer Shares 11,541 2,448,033
UBS Group AG 838,351 10,227,426
Zurich Insurance Group AG 34,069 12,637,066
    215,510,741
 
United Kingdom 14.3%
3i Group plc 152,776 1,918,767
Admiral Group plc 33,300 1,175,760
Aggreko plc 149,127 952,842
Anglo American plc 305,329 7,492,039
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Antofagasta plc 101,796 1,463,859
Ashtead Group plc 89,100 3,107,776
Associated British Foods plc 121,474 3,327,770
AstraZeneca plc 148,967 16,634,908
Aviva plc 1,412,991 5,348,469
Babcock International Group plc 185,110 674,408
BAE Systems plc 859,038 5,976,485
Balfour Beatty plc 312,943 934,403
Barclays plc * 6,514,054 9,765,141
Barratt Developments plc 346,317 2,435,358
Bellway plc 39,759 1,271,791
Berkeley Group Holdings plc 40,198 2,453,795
BHP Group plc 584,510 13,404,879
BP plc 11,995,781 42,435,139
British American Tobacco plc 520,985 17,666,030
BT Group plc 6,524,141 9,141,698
Bunzl plc 82,077 2,661,705
Burberry Group plc 98,914 1,913,109
Carnival plc 80,966 1,143,177
Centrica plc 8,881,748 5,475,176
Coca-Cola HBC AG * 43,303 1,156,132
Compass Group plc 304,422 4,974,828
CRH plc 231,160 8,759,179
Croda International plc 17,464 1,379,622
DCC plc 30,343 2,692,807
Diageo plc 263,788 8,863,526
Direct Line Insurance Group plc 665,256 2,626,805
Dixons Carphone plc 1,843,321 2,279,304
Drax Group plc 363,480 1,363,681
DS Smith plc 380,471 1,317,899
easyJet plc 149,714 1,269,310
Evraz plc 214,386 930,623
Experian plc 85,951 3,210,846
Ferguson plc 66,056 6,523,752
Firstgroup plc * 1,382,924 808,437
Flutter Entertainment plc 12,309 2,040,364
G4S plc 811,590 1,560,470
GlaxoSmithKline plc 949,892 18,721,745
Glencore plc * 11,715,904 26,539,279
Hays plc 727,933 1,175,447
HSBC Holdings plc 5,931,754 26,221,572
IMI plc 95,839 1,353,814
Imperial Brands plc 454,957 7,632,832
Inchcape plc * 277,917 1,881,051
Informa plc * 142,521 788,885
InterContinental Hotels Group plc * 30,248 1,784,454
International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (a) 503,518 1,458,263
Intertek Group plc 15,943 1,254,342
Investec plc 236,384 466,372
ITV plc 1,669,753 1,357,526
J Sainsbury plc 1,803,330 4,437,977
John Wood Group plc * 360,168 1,195,008
Johnson Matthey plc 123,813 3,937,261
Kingfisher plc 2,285,120 8,270,263
Land Securities Group plc 152,206 1,178,146
Legal & General Group plc 1,536,540 4,470,621
Lloyds Banking Group plc * 24,163,117 9,172,132
London Stock Exchange Group plc 11,808 1,391,308
M&G plc 737,795 1,709,016
Marks & Spencer Group plc 2,230,746 3,318,398
Meggitt plc 250,407 975,337
Micro Focus International plc 103,469 413,957
Mondi plc 181,196 3,544,566
National Grid plc 1,322,798 14,934,422
Natwest Group plc * 372,446 562,518
Next plc 34,078 2,755,063
Ninety One plc * 124,699 368,326
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Pearson plc 326,891 2,448,441
Pennon Group plc 93,184 1,255,173
Persimmon plc 95,954 3,366,113
Prudential plc 428,614 7,010,098
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc 98,705 9,925,294
RELX plc 202,713 4,620,969
Rentokil Initial plc * 169,942 1,212,808
Rio Tinto plc 374,312 23,229,923
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc * 530,744 1,713,352
Royal Dutch Shell plc, A Shares 2,653,682 39,326,230
Royal Dutch Shell plc, B Shares 2,338,697 33,286,759
Royal Mail plc 1,700,631 4,087,322
RSA Insurance Group plc 233,184 1,402,812
Severn Trent plc 61,416 1,917,672
Smith & Nephew plc 113,554 2,313,336
Smiths Group plc 97,307 1,826,654
Smurfit Kappa Group plc 79,097 2,831,951
SSE plc 461,789 7,784,552
Standard Chartered plc * 895,258 4,703,720
Standard Life Aberdeen plc 686,001 2,178,732
Tate & Lyle plc 166,759 1,522,336
Taylor Wimpey plc 1,252,365 2,054,146
Tesco plc 3,084,157 9,031,285
The British Land Co. plc 181,390 888,183
The Sage Group plc 148,151 1,469,104
The Weir Group plc 67,853 1,152,455
Travis Perkins plc 142,171 2,340,474
TUI AG (a) 359,260 1,585,960
Unilever plc 179,414 10,714,095
United Utilities Group plc 183,399 2,041,112
Vodafone Group plc 16,699,993 24,918,488
Whitbread plc 54,671 1,851,272
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc 2,033,284 5,235,301
WPP plc 623,776 5,392,082
    590,440,174
Total Common Stock
(Cost $4,324,480,634)   4,051,809,099

Preferred Stock 1.1% of net assets
 
Germany 0.6%
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 46,041 2,593,456
FUCHS PETROLUB SE 25,906 1,227,519
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA 40,483 4,142,444
Volkswagen AG * 117,541 19,587,472
    27,550,891
 
Italy 0.1%
Telecom Italia S.p.A. - RSP 6,420,529 3,039,204
 
Republic of Korea 0.4%
Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. 19,127 1,400,833
Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. 2nd 32,464 2,415,875
LG Chem Ltd. 2,681 846,346
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 297,461 11,894,433
    16,557,487
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $44,434,930)   47,147,582

 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Other Investment Companies 0.6% of net assets
 
United States 0.6%
Money Market Fund 0.1%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 0.04% (c) 6,354,567 6,354,567
Securities Lending Collateral 0.5%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund, Select Class 0.06% (c) 19,918,461 19,918,461
Total Other Investment Companies
(Cost $26,273,028)   26,273,028
    
  Number of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
($)
Current Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
($)
Futures Contracts      
Long  
MSCI EAFE Index, expires 09/18/20 200 19,001,000 598,486
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan. Securities on loan were valued at $18,299,400.
(b) Fair-valued by management using significant unobservable inputs in accordance with procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees.
(c) The rate shown is the 7-day yield.
   
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
RSP — Risparmio (Convertible Savings Shares)
 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
Description Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total  
Assets          
Common Stock1 $3,980,784,025 $— $— $3,980,784,025  
Hong Kong 70,428,537 596,537 71,025,074  
Preferred Stock1 47,147,582 47,147,582  
Other Investment Companies1 26,273,028 26,273,028  
Futures Contracts2 598,486 598,486  
Total $4,125,231,658 $— $596,537 $4,125,828,195  
1 As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2 Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
Fund investments in underlying mutual funds are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
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Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of August 31, 2020; unaudited
Assets
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $4,375,270,131) including securities on loan of $18,299,400   $4,105,311,248
Collateral invested for securities on loan, at value (cost $19,918,461)   19,918,461
Deposit with broker for futures contracts   4,662,401
Foreign currency, at value (cost $1,315,785)   1,327,447
Receivables:    
Dividends   9,940,614
Foreign tax reclaims   4,467,768
Income from securities on loan   64,206
Other assets + 4,301
Total assets   4,145,696,446
Liabilities
Collateral held for securities on loan   19,918,461
Payables:    
Investments bought   5,519,654
Management fees   812,040
Variation margin on futures contracts + 171,745
Total liabilities   26,421,900
Net Assets
Total assets   4,145,696,446
Total liabilities 26,421,900
Net assets   $4,119,274,546
Net Assets by Source    
Capital received from investors   4,436,967,614
Total distributable loss   (317,693,068)
    
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Assets ÷ Shares
Outstanding
= NAV
$4,119,274,546   161,900,000   $25.44
         
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Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Statement of Operations

For the period March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020; unaudited
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $8,059,744)   $73,017,282
Securities on loan, net + 589,906
Total investment income   73,607,188
Expenses
Management fees   5,109,695
Professional fees + 33,792*
Total expenses   5,143,487
Expense reduction by CSIM - 33,792*
Net expenses 5,109,695
Net investment income   68,497,493
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Net realized losses on investments   (88,772,498)
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions   147,230,489
Net realized losses on futures contracts   (100,996)
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions + (165,898)
Net realized gains   58,191,097
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   (24,594,979)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts   2,378,908
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency translations + 672,512
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + (21,543,559)
Net realized and unrealized gains   36,647,538
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   $105,145,031
* Professional fees associated with the filing of tax claims in the European Union deemed to be non-routine expenses of the fund. See financial notes 2 (d) and 4 for additional information.
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Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
Operations  
  3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
Net investment income   $68,497,493 $145,349,722
Net realized gains (losses)   58,191,097 (6,382,488)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + (21,543,559) (402,664,183)
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   105,145,031 (263,696,949)
Distributions to Shareholders  
Total distributions   ($35,776,860) ($150,746,760)
    
Transactions in Fund Shares      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES VALUE SHARES VALUE
Shares sold   17,300,000 $356,160,729 28,200,000 $790,856,322
Shares redeemed + (30,400,000) (722,949,976) (1,500,000) (43,296,950)
Net transactions in fund shares   (13,100,000) ($366,789,247) 26,700,000 $747,559,372
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES NET ASSETS SHARES NET ASSETS
Beginning of period   175,000,000 $4,416,695,622 148,300,000 $4,083,579,959
Total increase or decrease + (13,100,000) (297,421,076) 26,700,000 333,115,663
End of period   161,900,000 $4,119,274,546 175,000,000 $4,416,695,622
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Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
  3/1/20–
8/31/20*
3/1/19–
2/29/20
3/1/18–
2/28/19
3/1/17–
2/28/18
3/1/16–
2/28/17
3/1/15–
2/29/16
Per-Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period $28.53 $31.23 $36.02 $29.99 $24.81 $27.22
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income (loss)1 0.33 0.80 0.79 0.62 0.55 0.43
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) 1.50 (2.60) (4.82) 6.11 5.18 (2.49)
Total from investment operations 1.83 (1.80) (4.03) 6.73 5.73 (2.06)
Less distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.12) (0.90) (0.76) (0.70) (0.55) (0.35)
Net asset value at end of period $30.24 $28.53 $31.23 $36.02 $29.99 $24.81
Total return 6.47% 2 (6.06%) (11.06%) 22.47% 23.26% (7.64%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Ratios to average net assets:            
Total expenses 0.39% 3 0.39% 0.39% 0.39% 0.46% 0.46%
Net investment income (loss) 2.43% 3 2.54% 2.38% 1.83% 1.94% 1.65%
Portfolio turnover rate4 15% 2 31% 25% 18% 25% 22%
Net assets, end of period (x 1,000) $1,890,094 $1,900,303 $1,842,568 $1,811,898 $866,749 $379,667
 
* Unaudited.
1
Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2
Not annualized.
3
Annualized.
4
Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
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This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Common Stock 99.3% of net assets
 
Australia 5.7%
Adbri Ltd. 727,445 1,371,854
ALS Ltd. 239,268 1,544,779
Ansell Ltd. 83,145 2,378,428
ASX Ltd. 34,572 2,233,084
AusNet Services 1,477,856 1,994,630
Austal Ltd. 655,084 1,715,014
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 1,314,923 1,055,109
Bank of Queensland Ltd. 489,986 2,221,322
Bapcor Ltd. 127,192 656,572
Beach Energy Ltd. 504,239 566,823
Bega Cheese Ltd. 284,012 1,106,916
Blackmores Ltd. *(a) 4,489 209,382
Breville Group Ltd. 52,206 1,047,460
carsales.com Ltd. 64,949 998,606
Challenger Ltd. 386,576 1,166,440
Charter Hall Group 33,105 306,280
Charter Hall Retail REIT 180,953 459,015
CIMIC Group Ltd. 132,176 2,069,383
Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd. 634,805 1,211,232
Cochlear Ltd. 10,876 1,545,528
Collins Foods Ltd. 38,205 294,129
Costa Group Holdings Ltd. 288,160 737,356
Cromwell Property Group 944,406 628,592
CSR Ltd. 783,921 2,121,880
Dexus 313,671 2,048,342
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd. 14,764 881,686
Eagers Automotive Ltd. 129,347 853,274
Eclipx Group Ltd. * 664,704 732,457
Elders Ltd. 44,855 333,052
Evolution Mining Ltd. 293,848 1,206,100
Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd. 79,837 781,145
G.U.D. Holdings Ltd. 70,193 596,979
G8 Education Ltd. 977,282 744,431
Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd. 331,766 370,490
GrainCorp Ltd., Class A * 475,135 1,510,960
GWA Group Ltd. 266,690 498,993
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. 558,585 1,825,908
Healius Ltd. 777,692 1,915,223
IGO Ltd. 157,061 514,564
Iluka Resources Ltd. 168,178 1,261,173
Inghams Group Ltd. 231,318 550,849
InvoCare Ltd. 55,951 412,544
IOOF Holdings Ltd. (b) 388,753 1,124,594
IRESS Ltd. 73,755 584,728
James Hardie Industries plc 120,203 2,740,667
JB Hi-Fi Ltd. 96,591 3,583,122
Link Administration Holdings Ltd. 233,013 703,085
Magellan Financial Group Ltd. 16,801 736,192
McMillan Shakespeare Ltd. 69,294 474,029
Mineral Resources Ltd. 131,880 2,845,979
Monadelphous Group Ltd. 155,179 1,295,670
nib Holdings Ltd. 311,857 1,063,222
Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Ltd. 810,566 995,094
Northern Star Resources Ltd. 129,359 1,305,860
NRW Holdings Ltd. 494,563 804,659
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Nufarm Ltd. * 374,493 1,116,134
Orora Ltd. 961,261 1,592,417
OZ Minerals Ltd. 271,782 2,938,566
Pact Group Holdings Ltd. 356,946 646,749
Pendal Group Ltd. 214,346 917,828
Perenti Global Ltd. 632,848 563,967
Perpetual Ltd. 40,000 917,042
Platinum Asset Management Ltd. 96,648 265,176
Premier Investments Ltd. 57,128 799,351
Qantas Airways Ltd. 692,538 2,017,935
Qube Holdings Ltd. 587,845 1,191,189
REA Group Ltd. 7,560 638,324
Regis Resources Ltd. 238,073 929,633
Reliance Worldwide Corp., Ltd. 153,221 432,862
Resolute Mining Ltd. * 636,061 519,791
Sandfire Resources Ltd. 260,305 899,015
Santos Ltd. 529,185 2,219,004
SEEK Ltd. 123,681 1,890,649
Seven Group Holdings Ltd. 67,626 954,244
Seven West Media Ltd. * 5,189,437 422,163
Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group 148,599 247,267
Sigma Healthcare Ltd. 3,727,516 1,874,545
Southern Cross Media Group Ltd. 2,224,174 263,182
St. Barbara Ltd. 305,427 779,281
Steadfast Group Ltd. 102,921 273,254
Super Retail Group Ltd. 233,948 1,851,273
Sydney Airport 310,270 1,312,512
Tassal Group Ltd. 179,070 483,374
The GPT Group 545,001 1,543,702
The Star Entertainment Grp Ltd. 934,159 2,038,028
TPG Telecom Ltd. * 199,681 1,215,357
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. 261,577 1,789,405
Tuas Ltd. * 99,208 36,685
United Malt Grp Ltd. * 475,005 1,377,056
Vicinity Centres 1,706,321 1,823,459
Vocus Group Ltd. * 231,485 570,078
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co., Ltd. 36,793 569,511
Whitehaven Coal Ltd. 806,467 554,673
Worley Ltd. 340,506 2,422,519
    107,832,085
 
Austria 0.5%
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG 35,859 695,604
BAWAG Group AG * 39,784 1,501,615
CA Immobilien Anlagen AG 19,399 606,686
DO & Co. AG * 5,991 262,595
EVN AG 29,365 495,882
IMMOFINANZ AG * 31,148 517,795
Lenzing AG * 20,778 1,079,709
Oesterreichische Post AG (a) 40,724 1,363,709
UNIQA Insurance Group AG 116,730 777,590
Verbund AG 21,699 1,167,792
Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe * 37,470 918,652
    9,387,629
 
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Belgium 1.1%
Ackermans & van Haaren N.V. * 15,196 2,164,483
AGFA-Gevaert N.V. * 241,288 1,021,532
Barco N.V. 28,296 604,123
Befimmo S.A. 10,213 491,012
Bekaert S.A. 78,325 1,585,881
bpost S.A. 240,455 2,411,293
Cie d'Entreprises CFE * 9,521 683,199
Cofinimmo S.A. 7,389 1,085,169
D'Ieteren S.A. N.V. 29,837 1,951,892
Elia Group S.A. N.V. 11,369 1,225,068
Euronav N.V. 115,038 1,051,797
Gimv N.V. 10,068 574,950
KBC Ancora * 6,202 227,266
Melexis N.V. 8,226 660,614
Ontex Group N.V. * 102,681 1,375,376
Orange Belgium S.A. 38,130 643,894
Recticel S.A. 29,212 299,752
Sofina S.A. 2,985 897,833
Telenet Group Holding N.V. 43,390 1,690,651
Tessenderlo Group S.A. * 27,993 1,049,543
    21,695,328
 
Canada 7.7%
Aecon Group, Inc. 94,345 1,052,823
Ag Growth International, Inc. 16,786 460,570
Aimia, Inc. * 265,642 719,687
Alamos Gold, Inc., Class A 93,169 976,060
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. 135,179 1,875,771
Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust 27,739 783,449
AltaGas Ltd. 197,482 2,556,907
Altus Group Ltd. 14,816 609,606
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust 158,687 1,065,667
ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc. * 35,229 496,956
AutoCanada, Inc. (a) 96,969 1,117,828
B2Gold Corp. 66,312 445,829
Badger Daylighting Ltd. 20,531 588,851
Baytex Energy Corp. *(a) 1,973,401 1,014,758
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. 540,792 664,083
BlackBerry Ltd. * 262,886 1,371,983
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust 29,035 673,870
Boyd Group Services, Inc. 4,618 736,179
BRP, Inc. 15,924 865,771
CAE, Inc. 112,598 1,787,119
Cameco Corp. 294,610 3,416,522
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT 37,048 1,279,527
Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A 91,254 2,292,994
Canadian Western Bank 54,963 1,170,170
Canfor Corp. * 167,402 2,185,432
Capital Power Corp. 81,243 1,784,546
Cascades, Inc. 144,384 1,536,978
CCL Industries, Inc., Class B 61,388 2,271,396
Celestica, Inc. * 391,516 3,122,032
Centerra Gold, Inc. 142,419 1,857,093
CES Energy Solutions Corp. 595,323 434,059
Chartwell Retirement Residences 114,516 917,569
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (a) 180,093 768,500
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust 66,420 646,893
Chorus Aviation, Inc. (a) 230,037 476,687
Cineplex, Inc. (a) 88,422 671,843
Cogeco Communications, Inc. 7,653 574,320
Cogeco, Inc. 16,887 1,016,499
Colliers International Group, Inc. 11,876 753,877
Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust 243,558 1,315,974
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Constellation Software, Inc. 2,164 2,507,862
Corus Entertainment, Inc., B Shares 465,096 1,138,690
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust 51,375 520,078
Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust 69,455 1,016,012
Eldorado Gold Corp. * 70,242 803,259
Element Fleet Management Corp. 97,826 805,613
Enerflex Ltd. 196,188 880,847
Enerplus Corp. 454,708 1,207,483
Ensign Energy Services, Inc. 1,105,276 602,284
Exchange Income Corp. (a) 29,397 716,791
Extendicare, Inc. 92,973 416,004
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust 78,715 826,449
FirstService Corp. 6,825 854,913
Franco-Nevada Corp. 17,327 2,608,725
Frontera Energy Corp. 252,823 529,726
Genworth MI Canada, Inc. 28,510 779,405
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 12,283 731,446
Great Canadian Gaming Corp. * 31,161 638,550
Home Capital Group, Inc. * 60,637 1,025,703
Hudbay Minerals, Inc. 390,942 1,755,256
IAMGOLD Corp. * 318,725 1,372,307
IGM Financial, Inc. 76,157 1,860,453
Innergex Renewable Energy, Inc. 44,788 774,109
Interfor Corp. * 130,781 1,716,378
Intertape Polymer Group, Inc. 62,937 725,035
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. 34,950 1,864,250
Laurentian Bank of Canada 34,104 732,099
Lundin Mining Corp. 408,816 2,563,434
Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. 86,879 1,935,016
Martinrea International, Inc. 239,714 1,845,298
Medical Facilities Corp. 151,381 505,397
MEG Energy Corp. * 453,506 1,259,981
Morneau Shepell, Inc. 21,903 474,555
Mullen Group Ltd. 235,700 1,770,984
NFI Group, Inc. 76,525 1,036,622
Norbord, Inc. 64,497 2,207,733
Northland Power, Inc. 54,476 1,527,310
Northview Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust 22,242 585,347
OceanaGold Corp. * 640,047 1,478,600
Pan American Silver Corp. 68,675 2,481,988
Parex Resources, Inc. * 72,401 991,871
Pason Systems, Inc. 76,843 350,908
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. 839,459 1,836,186
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. 80,187 580,963
Precision Drilling Corp. * 1,755,900 1,239,824
Premium Brands Holdings Corp. 12,100 893,837
Primo Water Corp. 97,198 1,332,328
Quebecor, Inc., Class B 76,363 1,895,375
Richelieu Hardware Ltd. 39,172 1,046,531
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc. 26,511 1,552,876
Russel Metals, Inc. 147,915 2,126,289
Secure Energy Services, Inc. 639,556 741,187
Seven Generations Energy Ltd., A Shares * 412,187 1,303,358
ShawCor Ltd. 363,454 797,788
Sienna Senior Living, Inc. 24,118 206,945
Sierra Wireless, Inc. * 28,406 352,963
Sleep Country Canada Holdings, Inc. 19,104 295,002
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust 66,921 1,054,958
SSR Mining, Inc. * 13,956 299,696
Stantec, Inc. 71,251 2,315,883
Stella-Jones, Inc. 41,077 1,428,135
Superior Plus Corp. 179,339 1,662,700
The North West Co., Inc. 52,707 1,152,883
TMX Group Ltd. 13,751 1,447,129
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Toromont Industries Ltd. 31,686 1,794,960
Tourmaline Oil Corp. 227,613 2,894,622
Transat AT, Inc. * 74,374 298,535
Transcontinental, Inc., Class A 162,363 1,911,546
Trican Well Service Ltd. *(a) 1,394,913 1,199,050
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. * 1,620,736 1,791,212
Uni-Select, Inc. 143,293 785,227
Vermilion Energy, Inc. 261,235 1,038,564
Western Forest Products, Inc. 1,366,095 1,237,186
Westshore Terminals Investment Corp. 50,544 641,619
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 69,182 3,698,698
Whitecap Resources, Inc. 694,437 1,369,740
Winpak Ltd. 20,189 679,759
Yamana Gold, Inc. 349,936 2,170,062
    145,855,065
 
Denmark 1.6%
Chr Hansen Holding A/S 19,066 2,193,709
D/S Norden A/S 59,559 922,379
Demant A/S * 36,676 1,097,101
Dfds A/S * 33,051 1,249,903
FLSmidth & Co. A/S * 63,490 1,844,118
Genmab A/S * 2,143 811,115
GN Store Nord A/S 30,528 2,216,286
H. Lundbeck A/S 23,420 770,552
Jyske Bank A/S * 67,593 2,022,475
Matas A/S * 91,884 1,022,959
Nilfisk Holding A/S * 40,619 533,134
NKT A/S *(a) 42,927 1,375,810
Per Aarsleff Holding A/S, Class B 26,838 1,088,671
Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S 3,531 267,180
Rockwool International A/S, B Shares 4,795 1,825,669
Royal Unibrew A/S 15,756 1,655,422
Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S, Class A 82,291 1,312,103
Schouw & Co. A/S 13,423 1,306,794
SimCorp A/S 6,640 845,914
Spar Nord Bank A/S * 68,204 569,768
Sydbank A/S * 89,383 1,506,314
The Drilling Co. of 1972 A/S * 35,009 834,077
Topdanmark A/S 15,838 683,935
Tryg A/S 51,938 1,597,861
    29,553,249
 
Finland 1.2%
Ahlstrom-Munksjo Oyj 25,314 449,876
Cargotec Oyj, B Shares 74,020 2,344,122
Finnair Oyj *(a) 1,354,202 708,395
Huhtamaki Oyj * 60,747 2,945,248
Kemira Oyj 106,469 1,474,501
Kojamo Oyj 14,759 358,316
Konecranes Oyj 69,586 1,987,327
Metsa Board Oyj 176,965 1,442,336
Orion Oyj, Class B 50,908 2,393,937
Sanoma Oyj 88,542 1,149,986
TietoEVRY Oyj 65,143 1,963,277
Tokmanni Group Corp. 38,288 697,848
Uponor Oyj 60,670 1,068,058
Valmet Oyj 81,173 2,225,048
YIT Oyj 142,620 879,270
    22,087,545
 
France 3.9%
Aeroports de Paris 13,755 1,444,336
Albioma S.A. 19,058 1,013,123
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Alten S.A. * 15,560 1,351,943
Amundi S.A. * 24,995 1,946,020
Beneteau S.A. 55,956 474,467
BioMerieux 9,895 1,502,909
CGG S.A. * 942,290 859,849
Cie Plastic Omnium S.A. 78,226 1,769,114
Coface S.A. * 86,313 677,163
Covivio 21,345 1,585,262
Dassault Aviation S.A. * 869 792,452
Derichebourg S.A. 259,422 750,199
Edenred 52,443 2,713,861
Elior Group S.A. 218,688 1,285,731
Eramet S.A. *(a) 16,238 553,854
Eurofins Scientific SE * 2,391 1,920,452
Euronext N.V. 18,802 2,289,101
Europcar Mobility Group *(a) 452,061 700,673
Fnac Darty S.A. * 30,040 1,314,905
Gaztransport Et Technigaz S.A. 6,477 611,173
Gecina S.A. 12,257 1,688,690
Getlink SE * 167,997 2,579,763
ICADE 19,752 1,281,516
Iliad S.A. 19,976 4,276,365
Imerys S.A. 57,877 2,354,797
Ipsen S.A. 12,681 1,316,396
IPSOS 57,169 1,511,006
JCDecaux S.A. * 53,564 1,024,318
Kaufman & Broad S.A. 18,915 749,900
Korian S.A. * 34,782 1,350,256
Maisons du Monde S.A. * 68,131 1,105,701
Mercialys S.A. 83,187 534,745
Mersen S.A. * 19,092 582,244
Metropole Television S.A. * 88,096 1,102,049
Nexans S.A. * 52,504 2,956,256
Nexity S.A. 47,005 1,617,886
Orpea * 15,640 1,882,625
Quadient S.A. 100,889 1,408,082
Remy Cointreau S.A. (a) 7,452 1,228,996
Sartorius Stedim Biotech 993 356,036
SEB S.A. 16,191 2,848,391
Societe BIC S.A. 39,358 2,274,433
Solocal Group * 1,848,276 185,677
Sopra Steria Group * 11,279 1,838,568
SPIE S.A. 121,475 2,067,307
Tarkett S.A. * 79,161 1,027,198
Technicolor S.A. *(a) 164,860 516,374
Television Francaise 1 S.A. * 210,634 1,289,768
Trigano S.A. 6,281 800,003
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. * 31,477 2,595,995
Vallourec S.A. *(a) 22,606 693,600
Vicat S.A. 29,994 1,040,269
Worldline S.A. * 6,326 582,701
    74,224,498
 
Germany 4.1%
1&1 Drillisch AG 31,754 905,353
Aareal Bank AG * 78,088 1,751,051
alstria Office REIT-AG * 34,572 518,070
Aroundtown S.A. * 155,065 849,732
Bechtle AG 12,952 2,620,900
Befesa S.A. 10,129 422,165
Bilfinger SE 76,620 1,539,447
CANCOM SE 14,206 785,603
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG 6,157 695,111
CECONOMY AG * 359,906 1,664,902
Cewe Stiftung & Co. KGaA * 5,005 595,580
CTS Eventim AG & Co., KGaA * 13,123 653,203
Deutsche Euroshop AG * 30,794 459,615
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG * 241,680 1,763,128
Deutz AG * 271,419 1,463,963
Dialog Semiconductor plc * 44,842 1,946,190
Duerr AG 64,920 2,149,106
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA * 22,077 869,055
ElringKlinger AG *(a) 121,645 874,343
Fielmann AG * 11,665 850,299
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide *(a) 28,612 1,305,779
Gerresheimer AG 20,423 2,414,401
Grand City Properties S.A. 31,708 815,306
GRENKE AG 5,630 412,072
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG 25,383 470,531
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG *(a) 883,613 636,168
HOCHTIEF AG 20,196 1,794,599
Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA 26,657 2,907,497
Indus Holding AG 30,772 1,067,252
Jenoptik AG 30,412 813,261
JOST Werke AG * 8,934 376,633
Kloeckner & Co. SE * 482,000 2,965,826
Knorr-Bremse AG 20,293 2,584,208
Koenig & Bauer AG * 23,097 515,443
Krones AG 21,994 1,453,281
LEG Immobilien AG (a) 15,736 2,319,689
Nordex SE *(a) 87,347 1,143,866
Norma Group SE 34,601 1,119,772
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG 3,199 622,848
Puma SE * 25,380 2,099,836
QIAGEN N.V. *(a) 41,669 2,121,436
Rational AG 801 513,465
RTL Group S.A. * 62,715 2,086,612
SAF-Holland SE * 110,877 917,616
Scout24 AG 21,753 2,027,909
Siemens Healthineers AG 38,846 1,770,046
Siltronic AG 14,692 1,369,476
Sixt SE *(a) 10,557 957,024
Software AG 34,980 1,747,839
Stabilus S.A. 13,150 699,840
Stroeer SE & CO. KGaA * 7,944 619,916
Suedzucker AG 138,211 2,829,825
TAG Immobilien AG 46,612 1,395,871
Takkt AG 59,976 793,315
Talanx AG * 37,528 1,397,614
Wacker Chemie AG 25,626 2,509,411
Wacker Neuson SE * 46,287 906,747
Zalando SE * 28,705 2,510,879
    78,389,925
 
Hong Kong 4.3%
Asia Cement China Holdings Corp. 202,916 205,792
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. 175,623 1,888,760
BOC Aviation Ltd. 88,843 660,865
Brightoil Petroleum Holdings Ltd. *(b) 2,380,161
Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd. 136,342 460,035
Cafe de Coral Holdings Ltd. 359,280 829,805
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 1,280,159 1,040,625
China Harmony Auto Holding Ltd. 1,732,134 795,649
China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Ltd. 4,089,926 617,435
Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd. 656,490 739,490
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. 1,315,139 1,476,321
CITIC Telecom International Holdings Ltd. 1,645,105 571,000
CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. 93,141 492,736
Cowell e Holdings, Inc. 910,978 365,560
Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd. 198,092 563,593
Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. 263,119 1,099,837
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
FIH Mobile Ltd. * 12,205,000 1,401,579
First Pacific Co., Ltd. 9,031,880 2,528,877
Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust 551,535 476,802
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp., Ltd. 1,470,882 261,907
Giordano International Ltd. 3,268,016 548,173
Haitong International Securities Group Ltd. 2,355,261 629,070
Hang Lung Group Ltd. 984,136 2,539,657
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. 1,152,536 3,249,345
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. 3,256,571 521,041
Hysan Development Co., Ltd. 280,576 886,965
IGG, Inc. 823,234 950,684
Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd. 584,191 1,153,284
K Wah International Holdings Ltd. 1,716,929 815,249
Kerry Logistics Network Ltd. 657,288 1,094,045
Kerry Properties Ltd. 804,383 2,091,355
Lifestyle International Holdings Ltd. 550,425 504,961
Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd. 653,146 1,461,333
Man Wah Holdings Ltd. 1,209,194 1,691,279
Melco International Development Ltd. 605,862 1,338,343
MGM China Holdings Ltd. 511,999 745,192
Minth Group Ltd. 468,021 1,570,105
MMG Ltd. * 4,768,318 1,273,578
NagaCorp Ltd. 483,888 585,025
Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd. 1,409,386 918,356
NWS Holdings Ltd. 1,739,921 1,479,465
Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd. 5,471,571 797,775
Pacific Textiles Holdings Ltd. 957,239 423,647
Pou Sheng International Holdings Ltd. * 2,801,806 708,572
Power Assets Holdings Ltd. 114,184 654,151
PRADA S.p.A. * 416,697 1,634,496
Road King Infrastructure Ltd. 423,200 562,436
Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd. 2,495,501 421,812
Samsonite International S.A. * 1,641,693 1,900,091
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. * 1,378,843 4,430,003
Shangri-La Asia Ltd. 852,706 694,254
Shui On Land Ltd. 6,011,661 822,224
Shun Tak Holdings Ltd. 1,930,000 669,884
SITC International Holdings Co., Ltd. 779,912 1,024,432
SJM Holdings Ltd. 2,322,870 3,195,008
SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. 999,752 548,241
Stella International Holdings Ltd. 1,136,500 1,110,082
Sun Art Retail Group Ltd. 1,827,450 2,381,534
Swire Properties Ltd. 464,378 1,258,290
The Bank of East Asia Ltd. 990,665 2,234,386
Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp. 1,406,714 2,642,756
Truly International Holdings Ltd. * 6,847,407 857,014
Uni-President China Holdings Ltd. 819,357 746,393
Value Partners Group Ltd. 937,020 429,207
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd. 175,927 626,515
VSTECS Holdings Ltd. 1,759,810 992,287
VTech Holdings Ltd. 219,179 1,278,284
Wynn Macau Ltd. * 833,956 1,568,883
Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd. 1,455,118 2,515,897
Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. 910,894 1,150,643
    80,802,370
 
Ireland 0.4%
AIB Group plc * 843,356 1,041,896
Glanbia plc 166,641 1,923,191
Irish Continental Group plc 117,335 451,853
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Kingspan Group plc 43,707 3,760,928
Total Produce plc 847,171 1,150,966
    8,328,834
 
Israel 0.9%
Azrieli Group Ltd. 10,357 559,295
Delek Group Ltd. * 17,503 407,313
Elbit Systems Ltd. 9,045 1,222,461
FIBI Holdings Ltd. 9,708 255,462
First International Bank of Israel Ltd. 25,819 605,852
Gazit-Globe Ltd. 100,531 523,091
Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. * 94,117 675,885
Israel Discount Bank Ltd., A Shares 576,770 1,851,584
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. 50,218 1,024,961
Nice Ltd. * 9,764 2,237,265
Oil Refineries Ltd. 4,205,000 858,125
Partner Communications Co., Ltd. * 113,020 488,261
Paz Oil Co., Ltd. 20,718 2,106,569
Shikun & Binui Ltd. * 130,288 583,074
Shufersal Ltd. 99,567 784,238
The Israel Corp., Ltd. * 11,253 1,341,597
The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. * 96,732 484,562
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. * 69,384 1,366,048
    17,375,643
 
Italy 2.4%
ACEA S.p.A. 36,831 759,829
Amplifon S.p.A. * 21,876 730,460
Anima Holding S.p.A. 241,337 1,063,879
ASTM S.p.A. * 60,183 1,227,909
Autogrill S.p.A. * 182,287 935,247
Azimut Holding S.p.A. 69,595 1,348,777
Banca Carige S.p.A. *(b) 62,608,743 11,232
Banca Farmafactoring S.p.A. * 42,872 238,675
Banca Generali S.p.A. * 25,345 774,152
Banca IFIS S.p.A. * 47,783 498,314
Banca Mediolanum S.p.A. 154,953 1,151,740
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. *(a) 619,963 1,062,491
Banca Popolare di Sondrio Scarl * 1,081,282 2,604,424
BPER Banca *(a) 799,520 2,200,185
Buzzi Unicem S.p.A. 76,605 1,879,956
Cerved Group S.p.A. * 118,401 1,011,744
Davide Campari-Milano N.V. 133,008 1,366,738
De'Longhi S.p.A. * 57,648 1,916,647
DiaSorin S.p.A. 4,097 742,321
Enav S.p.A. 168,755 710,416
ERG S.p.A. 47,556 1,260,342
Esprinet S.p.A. * 120,815 754,231
Fincantieri S.p.A. *(a) 541,264 383,540
FinecoBank Banca Fineco S.p.A. * 126,883 1,927,171
Freni Brembo S.p.A. * 124,703 1,205,040
IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A. * 8,630 693,575
Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane S.p.A. 51,201 499,974
Interpump Group S.p.A. 33,515 1,174,411
Iren S.p.A. 637,608 1,671,504
Italgas S.p.A. 326,305 2,105,370
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. *(a) 113,637 205,623
MARR S.p.A. * 30,980 476,470
Mediaset S.p.A. * 634,551 1,176,282
Moncler S.p.A. * 38,987 1,513,031
OVS S.p.A. * 729,793 704,347
Piaggio & C S.p.A. 180,791 514,597
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica S.p.A. 28,781 1,571,991
Reply S.p.A. 3,012 335,005
Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. * 59,168 854,097
Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni SC * 211,432 1,259,254
Tod's S.p.A. *(a) 18,896 545,080
UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A. 590,722 1,698,364
Webuild S.p.A (a) 345,063 448,994
    45,213,429
 
Japan 33.4%
ABC-Mart, Inc. 17,282 909,365
Acom Co., Ltd. 141,780 553,510
Adastria Co., Ltd. 50,005 781,822
ADEKA Corp. 148,760 2,174,341
Advantest Corp. 34,352 1,642,365
Aeon Delight Co., Ltd. 23,847 704,987
AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd. 112,280 998,444
Aeon Mall Co., Ltd. 102,895 1,361,325
Aica Kogyo Co., Ltd. 43,833 1,504,570
Aida Engineering Ltd. 79,546 516,080
Ain Holdings, Inc. 21,400 1,384,356
Aisan Industry Co., Ltd. 115,593 518,858
Alconix Corp. 50,725 673,974
Alpen Co., Ltd. 34,957 592,698
Amano Corp. 48,126 1,002,956
Anritsu Corp. 51,831 1,131,000
AOKI Holdings, Inc. 92,603 500,368
Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd. 177,049 1,065,182
Aozora Bank Ltd. 103,435 1,858,114
Arata Corp. 41,757 1,996,398
Arcs Co., Ltd. 109,700 2,710,302
Asahi Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd. 101,654 475,462
Asahi Holdings, Inc. 34,504 1,158,322
Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd. 8,338 247,282
Asanuma Corp. 5,626 235,290
ASKUL Corp. 17,316 534,772
Autobacs Seven Co., Ltd. 94,356 1,220,769
Avex, Inc. 63,958 551,856
Azbil Corp. 85,004 2,669,276
Belluna Co., Ltd. 87,324 835,814
Benesse Holdings, Inc. 69,340 1,766,112
BML, Inc. 18,708 477,381
Bunka Shutter Co., Ltd. 92,159 655,268
Calbee, Inc. 50,639 1,578,216
Canon Electronics, Inc. 30,806 429,939
Canon Marketing Japan, Inc. 66,573 1,190,272
Capcom Co., Ltd. 26,776 1,297,832
Cawachi Ltd. 33,724 958,818
Central Glass Co., Ltd. 78,179 1,557,756
Chiyoda Corp. * 339,243 886,136
Chudenko Corp. 32,598 695,641
Chugoku Marine Paints Ltd. 71,100 661,084
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. 609,380 1,936,546
CKD Corp. 51,773 714,262
Cocokara fine, Inc. 32,564 1,820,968
Colowide Co., Ltd. (a) 26,261 410,835
Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. 10,687 1,879,509
Create SD Holdings Co., Ltd. 22,793 822,134
Credit Saison Co., Ltd. 180,097 2,053,254
CyberAgent, Inc. 41,261 2,198,356
Daido Metal Co., Ltd. 110,250 551,016
Daifuku Co., Ltd. 32,606 2,868,725
Daihen Corp. 22,848 900,605
Daiho Corp. 29,999 765,216
Daiichikosho Co., Ltd. 34,316 1,071,111
Daiki Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd. 41,340 196,087
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Daikyonishikawa Corp. 160,844 872,133
Daio Paper Corp. (a) 94,900 1,293,135
Daiseki Co., Ltd. 22,081 532,634
Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group, Inc. 27,252 523,993
Daiwabo Holdings Co., Ltd. 36,620 2,203,174
DCM Holdings Co., Ltd. 171,904 2,104,120
DeNA Co., Ltd. 98,567 1,569,896
Descente Ltd. * 47,074 806,133
Dexerials Corp. 67,809 678,442
Disco Corp. 8,997 2,098,126
DMG Mori Co., Ltd. 73,025 928,263
Doshisha Co., Ltd. 41,082 787,200
Doutor Nichires Holdings Co., Ltd. 38,541 597,132
Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd. 83,132 2,583,054
DTS Corp. 32,435 680,234
Duskin Co., Ltd. 48,609 1,222,043
DyDo Group Holdings, Inc. 16,454 770,372
Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. 78,041 548,263
Earth Corp. 10,717 790,296
Eizo Corp. 19,525 735,559
Exedy Corp. 85,775 1,150,191
Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. 45,809 1,943,896
FamilyMart Co., Ltd 55,477 1,229,393
Fancl Corp. 22,809 745,280
FCC Co., Ltd. 63,218 1,149,960
Foster Electric Co., Ltd. 72,360 793,575
FP Corp. 11,141 848,878
Fuji Co., Ltd. 50,433 886,008
Fuji Corp. 69,579 1,250,578
Fuji Media Holdings, Inc. 82,391 818,122
Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. * 368,406 639,226
Fuji Oil Holdings, Inc. 45,250 1,327,055
Fuji Seal International, Inc. 41,922 760,601
Fuji Soft, Inc. 19,861 898,984
Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. 23,708 883,084
Fujitec Co., Ltd. 86,673 1,730,272
Fujitsu General Ltd. 57,774 1,511,293
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. 126,378 2,091,503
Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. 36,854 1,817,591
Furukawa Co., Ltd. 63,165 635,551
Futaba Corp. 57,425 484,115
Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd. 188,147 982,917
Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd. 9,455 569,734
G-Tekt Corp. 69,512 677,782
Geo Holdings Corp. 109,491 1,774,860
Glory Ltd. 71,729 1,498,906
Gree, Inc. 146,570 621,967
GS Yuasa Corp. 139,646 2,313,716
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. 66,707 1,377,607
Gunze Ltd. 25,253 909,675
H.U. Group Holdings, Inc. 91,330 2,253,860
Hamakyorex Co., Ltd. 19,050 594,611
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 38,365 1,747,399
Happinet Corp. 55,722 652,091
Hazama Ando Corp. 294,730 2,003,869
Heiwa Corp. 60,529 1,021,136
Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd. 17,565 466,766
Heiwado Co., Ltd. 74,327 1,533,570
Hikari Tsushin, Inc. 6,646 1,605,644
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. 18,446 2,089,080
HIS Co., Ltd. (a) 37,383 668,378
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. 40,508 1,867,925
Hitachi Capital Corp. 31,884 778,421
Hitachi Transport System Ltd. 48,658 1,695,425
Hitachi Zosen Corp. 434,355 1,716,203
Hogy Medical Co., Ltd. 15,316 485,282
Hokuetsu Corp. 299,093 1,020,997
Hokuhoku Financial Group, Inc. 162,355 1,506,505
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Horiba Ltd. 28,161 1,542,887
Hoshizaki Corp. 23,704 1,812,810
Hosiden Corp. 116,549 1,022,119
House Foods Group, Inc. 48,871 1,649,848
Hulic Co., Ltd. 126,229 1,149,863
Ibiden Co., Ltd. 109,609 3,436,748
Inaba Denki Sangyo Co., Ltd. 78,765 1,953,434
Inabata & Co., Ltd. 153,852 1,900,572
Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. 25,404 1,025,311
Iriso Electronics Co., Ltd. 12,675 467,939
Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. 81,876 555,903
Ito En Ltd. 34,226 2,068,826
Itochu Enex Co., Ltd. 159,245 1,410,072
Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. 49,675 1,798,784
Itoham Yonekyu Holdings, Inc. 399,810 2,665,526
Iwatani Corp. 75,998 2,730,467
Izumi Co., Ltd. 59,105 2,304,674
Jaccs Co., Ltd. 33,578 552,535
Jafco Co., Ltd. 21,042 848,268
Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. 20,960 942,800
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. 74,799 974,090
Japan Display, Inc. * 3,878,502 1,938,428
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. 145,736 3,776,534
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. 54,180 942,128
Joyful Honda Co., Ltd. 91,192 1,300,224
Juki Corp. 77,275 336,659
JVC Kenwood Corp. 477,229 706,539
Kadokawa Corp. 47,510 1,214,575
Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. 47,159 933,886
Kagome Co., Ltd. 55,071 1,711,150
Kakaku.com, Inc. 26,416 704,211
Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 23,373 1,079,992
Kameda Seika Co., Ltd. 10,564 523,991
Kamigumi Co., Ltd. 109,573 2,262,859
Kanamoto Co., Ltd. 47,467 1,030,403
Kandenko Co., Ltd. 167,687 1,315,626
Kanematsu Corp. 192,325 2,432,060
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. 101,958 2,431,532
Kasai Kogyo Co., Ltd. 152,502 547,911
Kato Sangyo Co., Ltd. 55,234 1,901,118
Kato Works Co., Ltd. 34,679 346,316
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. * 250,684 2,796,541
Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd. 46,227 1,992,149
Keihin Corp. 92,919 2,254,520
Keikyu Corp. 123,666 1,844,874
Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. 53,122 1,562,927
KH Neochem Co., Ltd. 31,412 681,884
Kinden Corp. 170,914 2,820,496
Kintetsu World Express, Inc. 59,530 1,224,899
Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 23,062 502,799
Kitz Corp. 129,064 754,582
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 17,325 1,542,251
Kohnan Shoji Co., Ltd. 52,162 1,883,922
Kokuyo Co., Ltd. 116,831 1,302,223
Komeri Co., Ltd. 55,772 1,727,672
Komori Corp. 77,913 527,526
Konami Holdings Corp. 51,216 1,972,911
Konoike Transport Co., Ltd. 62,502 665,423
Kose Corp. 9,777 1,146,005
Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd. 51,269 1,315,507
Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. 27,920 271,710
Kura Sushi, Inc. 10,129 457,522
Kureha Corp. 23,952 1,026,563
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. 92,177 2,885,828
Kusuri no Aoki Holdings Co., Ltd. 6,726 574,004
KYB Corp. * 65,010 1,302,714
Kyoei Steel Ltd. 43,507 546,889
Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. 54,527 672,557
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
KYORIN Holdings, Inc. 48,879 925,080
Kyoritsu Maintenance Co., Ltd. 13,874 509,588
Kyowa Exeo Corp. 96,580 2,430,780
Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. 114,527 2,961,319
Kyudenko Corp. 46,505 1,328,777
Kyushu Financial Group, Inc. 251,660 1,155,721
Lawson, Inc. 40,323 1,988,677
Leopalace21 Corp. * 965,454 1,666,067
Life Corp. 36,285 1,657,795
Lintec Corp. 65,481 1,551,118
Lion Corp. 118,545 2,510,746
LIXIL VIVA Corp. 5,577 136,158
M3, Inc. 26,132 1,513,041
Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. 46,735 1,646,049
Macnica Fuji Electronics Holdings, Inc. 95,511 1,615,793
Maeda Corp. 175,479 1,302,296
Maeda Road Construction Co., Ltd. 51,567 951,153
Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. 30,558 1,056,109
Mandom Corp. 28,291 449,529
Marudai Food Co., Ltd. 65,549 1,144,148
Maruha Nichiro Corp. 73,453 1,660,996
Marui Group Co., Ltd. 100,851 1,842,127
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. 52,043 1,395,240
Max Co., Ltd. 34,848 522,498
Maxell Holdings Ltd. 87,502 839,168
MCJ Co., Ltd. 70,634 628,109
Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. 742,170 1,798,649
Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. 82,549 1,868,241
Meidensha Corp. 60,598 934,299
Meitec Corp. 15,300 737,263
Ministop Co., Ltd. 32,815 468,498
Mirait Holdings Corp. 92,368 1,296,087
Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd. 31,916 300,666
Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. 59,645 1,808,276
Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd. 35,595 447,770
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd. 226,350 1,069,370
Mitsui E&S Holdings Co., Ltd. * 273,973 1,110,928
Mitsui Matsushima Holdings Co., Ltd. 51,067 353,465
Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd. 25,109 457,926
Mitsui-Soko Holdings Co., Ltd. 42,119 704,598
Miura Co., Ltd. 27,684 1,132,996
Mizuho Leasing Co., Ltd. 11,066 278,933
Mizuno Corp. 40,109 719,008
Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 19,830 732,090
Modec, Inc. 28,313 474,976
Morinaga & Co., Ltd. 25,776 944,314
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. 61,399 2,981,799
Morita Holdings Corp. 39,490 722,807
MOS Food Services, Inc. 19,540 535,648
Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd. 81,531 818,039
Nabtesco Corp. 76,463 2,419,099
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. 31,365 974,564
Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. 76,545 1,683,997
NEC Networks & System Integration Corp. 68,898 1,278,620
NET One Systems Co., Ltd. 41,477 1,593,840
Nexon Co., Ltd. 112,592 2,636,295
Nichi-iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 56,631 635,493
Nichias Corp. 63,580 1,507,885
Nichicon Corp. 85,609 629,686
Nichiha Corp. 34,595 817,531
NichiiGakkan Co., Ltd. 10,155 159,059
Nifco, Inc. 85,919 2,202,968
Nihon Kohden Corp. 50,401 1,722,888
Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd. 89,528 861,130
Nihon Unisys Ltd. 38,092 1,091,986
Nikkiso Co., Ltd. 69,525 685,776
Nippo Corp. 73,501 1,903,977
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Nippon Chemi-Con Corp. * 49,156 789,407
Nippon Denko Co., Ltd. * 327,396 592,768
Nippon Densetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. 41,224 820,243
Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd. 85,193 1,353,673
Nippon Gas Co., Ltd. 31,515 1,221,431
Nippon Holdings Co., Ltd. 65,743 1,450,692
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. 192,166 1,891,851
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. 19,154 502,850
Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. 39,387 3,379,902
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. * 408,159 1,639,641
Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. 10,632 877,269
Nippon Signal Company Ltd. 60,835 588,013
Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. 43,652 1,239,026
Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. 428,870 1,925,052
Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. 50,232 593,055
Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd. 26,284 375,256
Nipro Corp. 144,050 1,623,271
Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings, Inc. 179,951 1,189,548
Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. 86,313 2,510,968
Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd. 92,613 1,762,394
Nishimatsuya Chain Co., Ltd. 79,315 1,002,984
Nishio Rent All Co., Ltd. 29,378 647,704
Nissan Chemical Corp. 55,656 2,949,566
Nissha Co., Ltd. 79,869 872,161
Nisshinbo Holdings, Inc. 316,060 2,190,618
Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. 50,296 534,050
Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. 38,100 3,808,383
Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. 58,359 1,227,771
Nitta Corp. 18,102 403,025
Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. 16,732 672,941
Nitto Kogyo Corp. 36,838 659,676
NOF Corp. 47,709 1,934,544
Nojima Corp. 51,256 1,517,694
Nomura Co., Ltd. 46,971 332,201
Nomura Research Institute Ltd. 102,364 2,721,148
Noritake Co., Ltd. 21,328 683,815
Noritz Corp. 89,194 1,135,479
North Pacific Bank Ltd. 571,576 1,201,956
NS Solutions Corp. 23,538 684,754
NS United Kaiun Kaisha Ltd. 26,976 349,267
NSD Co., Ltd. 33,276 580,514
Obic Co., Ltd. 7,744 1,372,151
Oiles Corp. 39,484 512,330
Okamoto Industries, Inc. 16,629 664,094
Okamura Corp. 136,095 956,111
Okasan Securities Group, Inc. 234,840 713,079
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. 166,305 1,594,910
OKUMA Corp. 34,230 1,563,905
Okumura Corp. 47,300 1,144,085
Onward Holdings Co., Ltd. 287,272 739,547
Open House Co., Ltd. 27,147 963,822
Oracle Corp. Japan 8,719 1,022,814
Orient Corp. 505,800 558,052
Osaka Soda Co., Ltd. 24,021 572,635
OSG Corp. 72,261 1,068,464
Outsourcing, Inc. 38,010 315,062
Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd. 66,486 623,825
PALTAC Corp. 48,561 2,683,460
Paramount Bed Holdings Co., Ltd. 18,187 724,599
Park24 Co., Ltd. 66,915 1,209,007
Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. 370,044 2,376,349
Persol Holdings Co., Ltd. 148,248 2,313,645
Pigeon Corp. 31,151 1,423,232
Pilot Corp. 25,630 754,072
Piolax, Inc. 36,273 558,914
Plenus Co., Ltd. 41,284 683,233
Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. 45,807 829,792
Press Kogyo Co., Ltd. 350,582 1,008,322
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Prima Meat Packers Ltd. 50,180 1,466,906
Qol Holdings Co., Ltd. 19,486 208,926
Raito Kogyo Co., Ltd. 49,210 746,190
Raiznext Corp. 55,151 690,655
Relia, Inc. 40,443 480,534
Relo Group, Inc. 32,280 733,602
Rengo Co., Ltd. 311,948 2,303,317
Resorttrust, Inc. 49,795 709,043
Restar Holdings Corp. 49,529 910,293
Rinnai Corp. 31,554 2,918,994
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 48,035 1,526,502
Round One Corp. 65,676 528,282
Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. 26,877 467,360
Ryobi Ltd. 88,846 992,810
Ryosan Co., Ltd. 68,932 1,270,801
Ryoyo Electro Corp. 34,454 972,425
S Foods, Inc. 34,406 934,408
Saizeriya Co., Ltd. * 31,517 590,842
Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. 29,652 556,438
Sakata INX Corp. 78,623 724,359
Sakata Seed Corp. 14,580 479,148
San-A Co., Ltd. 21,986 891,506
Sanden Holdings Corp. * 142,444 412,375
Sangetsu Corp. 68,652 1,050,059
Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. 37,547 775,052
Sanki Engineering Co., Ltd. 57,498 616,486
Sankyo Co., Ltd. 38,592 1,066,288
Sankyo Tateyama, Inc. 105,703 915,039
Sankyu, Inc. 54,074 2,258,926
Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd. 65,670 408,715
Sanrio Co., Ltd. 37,292 623,848
Sanwa Holdings Corp. 224,588 2,261,870
Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. 15,095 701,762
Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd. 11,205 500,841
Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. 65,975 572,992
Sapporo Holdings Ltd. 89,484 1,596,527
Sato Holdings Corp. 23,159 442,455
Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 25,167 1,286,295
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. 30,567 1,490,230
SCSK Corp. 24,174 1,308,489
Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc. 193,162 2,238,636
Seibu Holdings, Inc. 161,492 1,775,658
Seiko Holdings Corp. 49,814 702,737
Seiren Co., Ltd. 56,391 747,130
Sekisui Jushi Corp. 24,030 503,509
Senko Group Holdings Co., Ltd. 188,931 1,672,933
Senshu Ikeda Holdings, Inc. 353,301 553,048
Seven Bank Ltd. 402,230 1,008,941
Sharp Corp. 110,051 1,366,752
Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd. 28,815 571,436
Shibuya Corp. 18,410 515,782
Shima Seiki Manufacturing Ltd. 31,789 455,649
Shimachu Co., Ltd. 62,543 1,747,512
Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 18,181 325,748
Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd. 81,131 1,206,503
Shinmaywa Industries Ltd. 123,731 1,096,772
Shinsei Bank Ltd. 92,873 1,085,102
Ship Healthcare Holdings, Inc. 31,217 1,442,438
Shizuoka Gas Co., Ltd. 121,712 1,001,976
SHO-BOND Holdings Co., Ltd. 15,344 724,913
Shochiku Co., Ltd. 3,940 527,587
Shoei Foods Corp. 15,499 602,158
Showa Corp. 65,317 1,400,640
Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd. 42,104 1,399,562
Siix Corp. 72,543 621,826
Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd. 21,378 214,697
SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc. 210,003 802,029
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Skylark Holdings Co., Ltd. 146,122 2,323,181
Sohgo Security Services Co., Ltd. 42,270 1,975,085
Sony Financial Holdings, Inc. *(a)(b) 66,252 1,624,360
Sotetsu Holdings, Inc. 54,758 1,490,748
Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. 37,313 2,459,502
St Marc Holdings Co., Ltd. 24,539 376,953
Starts Corp., Inc. 31,281 654,852
Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. 34,653 2,499,839
SUMCO Corp. 143,703 1,948,653
Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. 36,135 956,830
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. 108,182 1,369,044
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd. 295,368 1,197,683
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. 54,333 1,762,511
Sumitomo Riko Co., Ltd. 129,052 666,891
Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. 20,699 673,408
Sundrug Co., Ltd. 76,617 2,850,243
Suruga Bank Ltd. 360,835 1,296,413
Sushiro Global Holdings Ltd. 39,128 909,893
SWCC Showa Holdings Co., Ltd. 20,542 216,762
T-Gaia Corp. 30,802 607,065
Tachi-S Co., Ltd. 118,297 979,441
Tadano Ltd. 190,216 1,555,163
Taihei Dengyo Kaisha Ltd. 22,567 471,365
Taikisha Ltd. 35,653 972,309
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. 27,280 1,677,265
Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd. 11,709 592,931
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. 74,689 1,314,250
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. 97,079 2,614,528
Takamatsu Construction Group Co., Ltd. 23,409 489,394
Takara Holdings, Inc. 168,193 1,574,951
Takara Standard Co., Ltd. 67,021 844,359
Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd. 72,309 990,077
Takeuchi Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 44,177 926,907
Takuma Co., Ltd. 65,037 1,041,377
Tamron Co., Ltd. 20,769 335,492
Tamura Corp. 113,744 556,680
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. 10,450 557,754
Tekken Corp. 11,324 221,579
The 77 Bank Ltd. 56,590 831,947
The Awa Bank Ltd. 27,452 618,702
The Bank of Kyoto Ltd. 29,963 1,277,125
The Chiba Bank Ltd. 443,022 2,297,724
The Chugoku Bank Ltd. 121,171 1,119,785
The Gunma Bank Ltd. 446,013 1,467,854
The Hachijuni Bank Ltd. 370,327 1,431,789
The Hiroshima Bank Ltd. 315,133 1,595,798
The Hokkoku Bank Ltd. 21,955 613,858
The Hyakugo Bank Ltd. 162,860 500,659
The Hyakujushi Bank Ltd. 30,388 516,090
The Iyo Bank Ltd. 220,034 1,398,490
The Japan Steel Works Ltd. 75,444 1,088,494
The Japan Wool Textile Co., Ltd. 75,240 690,353
The Juroku Bank Ltd. 33,490 603,827
The Keiyo Bank Ltd. 132,468 618,338
The Kiyo Bank Ltd. 42,197 623,932
The Musashino Bank Ltd. 38,667 562,621
The Nanto Bank Ltd. 25,672 474,730
The Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd. 42,138 1,247,709
The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd. 29,972 627,166
The Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc. 78,165 1,224,311
The Pack Corp. 6,878 174,601
The San-In Godo Bank Ltd. 131,421 656,826
The Shiga Bank Ltd. 29,877 698,431
The Shizuoka Bank Ltd. 337,608 2,346,335
The Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. 75,744 937,827
THK Co., Ltd. 87,236 2,045,063
Toa Corp. 44,319 672,861
Toagosei Co., Ltd. 159,888 1,566,539
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Tobishima Corp. 22,172 232,289
Toda Corp. 301,518 1,970,409
Toei Co., Ltd. 3,757 553,037
Toho Co., Ltd. 52,429 1,992,445
Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. * 55,068 974,705
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. 122,535 1,149,723
TOKAI Holdings Corp. 121,860 1,159,477
Tokai Rika Co., Ltd. 133,714 2,007,381
Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc. 332,917 803,685
Token Corp. 14,061 914,903
Tokuyama Corp. 88,685 2,075,686
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. 42,594 735,841
Tokyo Century Corp. 25,401 1,303,045
Tokyo Dome Corp. 86,974 657,769
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. 26,504 1,294,646
Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. 29,999 916,561
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 121,082 811,819
Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. 142,193 1,731,069
Tokyu Construction Co., Ltd. 134,566 617,980
TOMONY Holdings, Inc. 144,517 461,986
Tomy Co., Ltd. 101,557 815,942
Topcon Corp. 99,153 798,497
Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. 87,075 789,090
Topre Corp. 95,635 1,064,164
Topy Industries Ltd. 69,487 745,030
Toshiba TEC Corp. 27,661 1,156,835
Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. 31,338 776,912
Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 20,505 406,445
Toyo Construction Co., Ltd. 128,293 488,758
Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd. 77,402 1,356,150
Toyo Tire Corp. 170,914 2,847,895
Toyobo Co., Ltd. 164,950 2,376,761
Toyota Boshoku Corp. 160,666 2,278,671
TPR Co., Ltd. 77,793 1,039,490
Trancom Co., Ltd. 8,853 623,621
Transcosmos, Inc. 33,293 908,262
Trend Micro, Inc. 41,279 2,553,541
Trusco Nakayama Corp. 44,558 1,015,996
TSI Holdings Co., Ltd. 210,702 639,785
Tsubaki Nakashima Co., Ltd. 45,002 363,258
Tsubakimoto Chain Co. 62,190 1,458,499
Tsukishima Kikai Co., Ltd. 36,299 429,584
Tsumura & Co. 47,977 1,361,788
TV Asahi Holdings Corp. 36,659 581,110
UACJ Corp. 83,751 1,532,941
Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd. 4,960 296,071
Ulvac, Inc. 41,071 1,460,113
Unipres Corp. 170,162 1,476,251
United Arrows Ltd. 42,128 645,556
United Super Markets Holdings, Inc. 186,191 2,185,938
Ushio, Inc. 110,045 1,363,564
USS Co., Ltd. 71,411 1,206,064
Valor Holdings Co., Ltd. 105,157 2,688,299
Vital KSK Holdings, Inc. 99,638 1,006,293
VT Holdings Co., Ltd. 170,493 627,019
Wacoal Holdings Corp. 73,292 1,302,800
Wacom Co., Ltd. 136,006 888,794
Warabeya Nichiyo Holdings Co., Ltd. 56,130 791,838
Welcia Holdings Co., Ltd. 49,544 2,118,742
World Co., Ltd. 30,528 447,362
Xebio Holdings Co., Ltd. 89,256 633,785
YAMABIKO Corp. 64,466 656,545
Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc. 232,348 1,540,296
Yamato Kogyo Co., Ltd. 43,361 1,041,449
Yamazen Corp. 155,708 1,466,852
Yaoko Co., Ltd. 20,176 1,577,246
Yellow Hat Ltd. 43,810 721,732
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd. 65,472 1,139,717
Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp. 33,360 603,686
Yokohama Reito Co., Ltd. 66,423 564,982
Yondoshi Holdings, Inc. 14,850 241,980
Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd. (a) 46,534 920,631
Yuasa Trading Co., Ltd. 41,239 1,199,701
Zenkoku Hosho Co., Ltd. 14,155 501,221
Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd. 56,819 1,279,492
Zeon Corp. 175,110 1,842,829
ZERIA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 25,750 475,930
Zojirushi Corp. 34,312 518,991
ZOZO, Inc. 27,311 768,504
    630,771,272
 
Luxembourg 0.0%
Espirito Santo Financial Group S.A. *(b) 8,470
 
Netherlands 1.6%
Accell Group N.V. * 25,408 759,668
Adyen N.V. * 248 419,090
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (a) 26,881 553,594
Arcadis N.V. * 94,831 2,183,204
ASM International N.V. 13,971 2,106,957
BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. 30,227 1,447,807
Brunel International N.V. * 58,803 453,599
Corbion N.V. 48,019 2,228,220
Eurocommercial Properties N.V. 40,644 488,026
Flow Traders 8,141 321,296
ForFarmers N.V. 106,424 688,573
Fugro N.V. CVA *(a) 237,017 1,015,356
GrandVision N.V. * 21,408 614,470
IMCD N.V. 17,877 1,913,083
Intertrust N.V. 46,239 831,705
Koninklijke BAM Groep N.V. * 668,586 1,032,278
Koninklijke Vopak N.V. 36,839 2,027,532
OCI N.V. * 49,935 679,014
PostNL N.V. * 877,000 2,618,975
Prosus N.V. * 14,484 1,452,289
SBM Offshore N.V. 149,076 2,582,495
Sligro Food Group N.V. 75,978 1,306,652
TKH Group N.V. 35,268 1,385,995
TomTom N.V. * 52,212 419,929
Van Lanschot Kempen N.V. 16,540 333,508
Wereldhave N.V. (a) 57,206 480,277
    30,343,592
 
New Zealand 0.9%
Air New Zealand Ltd. 1,349,673 1,277,141
Auckland International Airport Ltd. 224,991 1,008,233
Chorus Ltd. 358,020 2,049,619
EBOS Group Ltd. 89,988 1,406,225
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp., Ltd. 93,515 2,329,170
Genesis Energy Ltd. 507,214 1,035,334
Infratil Ltd. 350,055 1,173,547
Kiwi Property Group Ltd. 739,421 519,766
Mercury NZ Ltd. 394,597 1,384,215
Meridian Energy Ltd. 613,326 2,105,899
Ryman Healthcare Ltd. 25,778 234,170
SKY Network Television Ltd. * 7,320,048 677,824
SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd. 662,475 1,141,805
Z Energy Ltd. 612,145 1,112,984
    17,455,932
 
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Norway 1.5%
Aker A.S.A., A Shares 32,894 1,539,703
Aker BP A.S.A. 42,037 841,903
Aker Solutions A.S.A. * 856,461 969,662
Austevoll Seafood A.S.A. 109,563 1,018,236
Bakkafrost P/F * 13,931 878,112
Bonheur A.S.A. 18,994 527,489
BW Energy Ltd. * 21,806 51,512
BW LPG Ltd. 146,576 688,458
BW Offshore Ltd. 119,080 463,805
DNO A.S.A. 507,155 323,415
Elkem A.S.A. 333,696 692,925
Entra A.S.A. 48,005 660,497
Europris A.S.A. 170,997 867,005
Frontline Ltd. 31,321 249,760
Gjensidige Forsikring A.S.A. * 95,240 2,042,425
Kongsberg Gruppen A.S.A. 52,614 786,967
Leroy Seafood Group A.S.A. 185,673 1,181,478
Norwegian Finans Holding A.S.A. * 32,253 246,042
PGS A.S.A. * 1,753,179 658,200
Salmar A.S.A. * 25,410 1,386,453
Schibsted A.S.A., B Shares * 23,492 937,189
Schibsted A.S.A., Class A * 23,584 1,033,804
SpareBank 1 Nord Norge 118,258 917,120
SpareBank 1 SMN 107,744 1,080,171
SpareBank 1 SR-Bank A.S.A. * 107,669 975,200
Storebrand A.S.A. * 266,508 1,647,940
TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. A.S.A. 89,168 1,167,774
Tomra Systems A.S.A. * 24,770 1,208,815
Veidekke A.S.A. * 123,155 1,668,936
XXL A.S.A. * 407,996 970,389
    27,681,385
 
Poland 1.2%
Alior Bank S.A. * 149,899 559,790
Asseco Poland S.A. 115,194 2,229,429
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. * 41,480 420,052
Bank Millennium S.A. * 465,634 383,824
CCC S.A. 24,122 378,346
Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. * 220,557 1,729,081
Enea S.A. * 862,145 1,561,640
Energa S.A. * 495,953 1,095,043
Eurocash S.A. * 165,121 702,154
Grupa Azoty S.A. * 146,888 1,077,070
Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa S.A. 193,193 827,056
LPP S.A. * 410 803,001
mBank S.A. * 7,842 402,088
Orange Polska S.A. * 1,292,825 2,546,145
PLAY Communications S.A. 156,270 1,302,623
Santander Bank Polska S.A. * 17,645 728,685
Tauron Polska Energia S.A. * 7,613,822 5,246,689
    21,992,716
 
Portugal 0.4%
Banco Espirito Santo S.A. *(b) 45,383
CTT-Correios de Portugal S.A. * 348,086 1,084,445
EDP Renovaveis S.A. 48,952 838,352
Mota-Engil, SGPS, S.A. * 323,471 609,684
NOS, SGPS S.A. 258,138 1,045,944
REN - Redes Energeticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. 340,699 990,126
Sonae, SGPS, S.A. 1,840,695 1,313,123
The Navigator Co. S.A. * 410,362 1,081,663
    6,963,337
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Republic of Korea 6.2%
AK Holdings, Inc. 21,674 301,053
AMOREPACIFIC Group 32,277 1,385,745
Asiana Airlines, Inc. * 241,306 876,535
BGF retail Co., Ltd. 4,905 526,465
Celltrion, Inc. * 5,951 1,487,875
Cheil Worldwide, Inc. 61,316 942,013
CJ ENM Co., Ltd. 8,781 877,435
CJ Logistics Corp. * 7,786 992,995
Com2uSCorp 7,015 656,088
Daesang Corp. 44,852 1,091,188
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. * 416,673 1,033,001
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. * 72,780 1,357,081
Daou Technology, Inc. 16,038 262,597
DB HiTek Co., Ltd. 32,435 970,674
DGB Financial Group, Inc. 325,039 1,447,476
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. * 426,082 2,213,087
Doosan Bobcat, Inc. 34,169 756,499
Doosan Co., Ltd. 25,159 983,783
Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd. * 409,801 2,773,634
Fila Holdings Corp. 18,398 537,428
Green Cross Corp. 4,854 1,084,887
Green Cross Holdings Corp. 28,659 663,459
GS Engineering & Construction Corp. 97,321 2,023,595
GS Home Shopping, Inc. 5,286 520,635
GS Retail Co., Ltd. 39,349 1,091,464
Handsome Co., Ltd. 10,960 290,169
Hanjin Transportation Co., Ltd. 23,558 869,617
Hanon Systems 150,950 1,639,241
Hansol Paper Co., Ltd. 52,875 596,452
Hanssem Co., Ltd. 9,859 807,543
Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. * 42,543 923,991
Hanwha Life Insurance Co., Ltd. 1,439,188 1,853,656
Harim Holdings Co., Ltd. 116,642 639,228
HDC Holdings Co., Ltd. 65,685 622,069
Hite Jinro Co., Ltd. 27,382 850,573
HMM Co., Ltd. * 367,072 1,779,893
Hotel Shilla Co., Ltd. 18,183 1,076,071
Huchems Fine Chemical Corp. 31,596 480,097
Hyosung Corp. 11,943 673,610
Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., Ltd. * 57,306 1,054,075
Hyundai Corp. 60,843 691,456
Hyundai Department Store Co., Ltd. 25,447 1,150,353
Hyundai Electric & Energy System Co., Ltd. * 59,089 584,473
Hyundai Elevator Co., Ltd. 16,791 580,243
Hyundai Greenfood Co., Ltd. 100,988 615,501
Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp. 8,772 482,205
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. 18,434 477,183
Hyundai Rotem Co., Ltd. * 43,610 556,184
Hyundai Wia Corp. 75,720 2,654,885
iMarketKorea, Inc. 88,153 572,152
IS Dongseo Co., Ltd. 23,945 898,013
JB Financial Group Co., Ltd. 241,084 870,654
Kakao Corp. 5,243 1,796,364
Kangwon Land, Inc. 79,039 1,373,984
KCC Corp. 9,321 1,094,603
KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd. 28,815 674,347
Kolon Corp. 41,390 747,382
Kolon Industries, Inc. 57,726 1,555,040
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. 40,521 765,802
Korea Electric Terminal Co., Ltd. 9,920 374,119
Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. 21,340 1,094,037
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Korea PetroChemical Ind Co., Ltd. 10,229 1,016,097
Korean Reinsurance Co. 188,597 1,165,335
Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. 28,914 2,446,213
Kumho Tire Co., Inc. * 224,561 689,997
LF Corp. 68,663 739,866
LG Hausys Ltd. 25,078 1,224,450
LG HelloVision Co., Ltd. 97,661 321,864
LG Innotek Co., Ltd. 22,876 2,792,339
LG International Corp. 173,354 2,196,294
Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ltd. 5,630 445,983
LOTTE Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. 23,903 899,456
LOTTE Himart Co., Ltd. 64,664 1,635,789
LS Corp. 68,015 2,590,857
LS Electric Co., Ltd. 24,027 1,094,251
Mando Corp. 76,767 2,029,198
Meritz Financial Group, Inc. 64,848 503,870
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. 122,539 1,315,239
Meritz Securities Co., Ltd. 216,294 583,570
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co., Ltd. 167,760 1,313,383
NCSoft Corp. 3,290 2,284,915
Nexen Tire Corp. 100,799 430,214
NH Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. 66,259 499,773
NongShim Co., Ltd. 4,838 1,464,148
OCI Co., Ltd. * 42,820 2,332,228
Orion Corp. 11,933 1,411,387
Ottogi Corp. 1,304 660,837
Pan Ocean Co., Ltd. * 209,444 598,588
Partron Co., Ltd. 63,382 544,235
Poongsan Corp. 75,288 1,467,225
S&T Motiv Co., Ltd. 7,177 332,296
S-1 Corp. 14,894 1,093,322
Samsung Card Co., Ltd. 42,426 1,026,810
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. * 86,665 824,408
Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. 32,932 835,845
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 52,735 723,614
Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd. 145,573 525,112
SFA Engineering Corp. 8,876 247,697
Shinsegae, Inc. 7,697 1,315,339
SK Chemicals Co., Ltd. 10,605 3,512,979
SK Gas Ltd. 14,827 1,175,775
SKC Co., Ltd. 22,270 1,734,132
Sungwoo Hitech Co., Ltd. 362,995 925,899
Taekwang Industrial Co., Ltd. 1,876 1,042,310
Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (b) 44,607 811,105
WONIK IPS Co., Ltd. * 24,536 660,958
Youngone Corp. 36,748 971,367
Yuhan Corp. 22,504 1,269,272
    116,347,798
 
Singapore 1.4%
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust 748,750 1,828,369
CapitaLand Commercial Trust 377,794 466,824
CapitaLand Mall Trust 696,258 1,003,726
City Developments Ltd. 325,325 1,921,418
Genting Singapore Ltd. 3,599,176 1,853,062
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. 18,313,554 1,953,122
Keppel Infrastructure Trust 955,476 383,006
Mapletree Commercial Trust 375,614 530,435
Mapletree Industrial Trust 338,756 759,934
Mapletree Logistics Trust 490,430 746,683
Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust 752,885 520,529
SATS Ltd. 430,739 950,439
Sembcorp Industries Ltd. 1,901,486 2,615,312
Sembcorp Marine Ltd. * 1,154,347 174,052
Singapore Exchange Ltd. 234,985 1,488,100
Singapore Post Ltd. 1,402,177 721,921
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. 1,738,833 1,394,034
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. 832,278 2,081,307
StarHub Ltd. 918,126 823,855
Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust 562,242 578,949
UOL Group Ltd. 219,708 1,061,696
Venture Corp., Ltd. 219,747 3,208,280
    27,065,053
 
Spain 1.3%
Abengoa S.A., B Shares *(b) 192,522,094 1,313,328
Almirall S.A. * 36,844 406,046
Applus Services S.A. * 125,248 1,034,303
Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles SHMSF S.A. 2,622 103,418
Cellnex Telecom S.A. 17,159 1,101,584
Cia de Distribucion Integral Logista Holdings S.A. 47,538 844,837
Cie Automotive S.A. 34,756 602,714
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. * 14,883 533,980
Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion S.A. * 9,098,512 1,265,503
Ebro Foods S.A. 76,710 1,885,285
Ence Energia y Celulosa S.A. (a) 142,234 457,752
Ercros S.A. 99,246 249,256
Euskaltel S.A. 64,045 596,672
Faes Farma S.A. 106,343 421,605
Gestamp Automocion S.A. 329,366 883,136
Indra Sistemas S.A. * 58,104 423,191
Inmobiliaria Colonial Socimi S.A. 45,126 398,017
Liberbank S.A. * 1,868,365 501,639
Mediaset Espana Comunicacion S.A. * 320,240 1,067,780
Melia Hotels International S.A. * 130,497 548,111
Merlin Properties Socimi S.A. 69,074 621,220
Obrascon Huarte Lain S.A. *(a) 1,025,445 762,809
Prosegur Cash S.A. 375,102 311,779
Prosegur Cia de Seguridad S.A. 418,322 1,016,594
Sacyr S.A. 362,428 825,715
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. 90,307 2,423,581
Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. * 37,788 484,013
Unicaja Banco S.A. * 2,139,294 1,542,769
Viscofan S.A. 26,267 1,947,670
Zardoya Otis S.A. 95,834 667,046
    25,241,353
 
Sweden 4.2%
AAK AB * 76,883 1,527,418
AddTech AB, B Shares 20,567 1,068,298
AF Poyry AB * 49,181 1,374,225
Arjo AB, B Shares 156,281 932,256
Attendo AB * 129,375 714,904
Axfood AB 87,172 1,932,450
Beijer Ref AB 7,690 306,710
Betsson AB * 159,650 1,338,291
Bilia AB, A Shares * 116,051 1,379,165
BillerudKorsnas AB 216,671 3,652,655
Bonava AB, B Shares 123,771 881,829
Bravida Holding AB * 127,454 1,513,202
Castellum AB 74,652 1,531,998
Clas Ohlson AB, B Shares 62,921 732,441
Cloetta AB, B Shares * 187,918 525,520
Concentric AB * 16,342 321,347
Coor Service Management Holding AB * 84,094 639,606
Dometic Group AB * 184,375 2,274,506
Elekta AB, B Shares (a) 108,079 1,358,984
Fabege AB 47,829 584,210
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Fastighets AB Balder, B Shares * 5,631 224,980
Getinge AB, B Shares 141,309 3,147,318
Granges AB * 90,429 806,264
Hexpol AB * 200,974 1,662,560
Holmen AB, B Shares * 59,646 2,128,597
Industrivarden AB, A Shares * 86,592 2,305,117
Industrivarden AB, C Shares * 67,490 1,783,311
Indutrade AB * 33,342 1,761,241
Intrum AB (a) 47,058 1,189,415
Inwido AB * 79,976 796,056
JM AB 84,377 2,583,663
Kinnevik AB, B Shares * 110,997 4,298,987
Kinnevik AB, B Shares Redemption * 109,591 88,309
Kungsleden AB 71,356 565,887
L E Lundbergfortagen AB, B Shares * 35,930 1,645,499
Lifco AB, B Shares 10,412 830,550
Lindab International AB 65,308 1,051,749
Loomis AB * 65,952 1,660,853
Lundin Energy AB 32,685 801,119
Mekonomen AB * 67,047 718,670
Modern Times Group MTG AB, B Shares * 48,818 667,891
NCC AB, B Shares 121,926 2,199,628
Nibe Industrier AB, B Shares * 71,673 2,019,321
Nobia AB * 200,853 1,297,110
Nolato AB, B Shares * 8,567 837,336
Nordic Entertainment Group AB, B Shreas 31,231 1,306,459
Pandox AB * 35,062 400,420
Peab AB * 259,799 2,548,304
Ratos AB, B Shares * 553,995 2,123,499
Resurs Holding AB 55,246 287,601
Saab AB, B Shares * 63,760 1,922,052
SAS AB *(a) 769,035 579,566
Scandic Hotels Group AB 162,358 565,856
Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, B Shares * 261,081 3,373,640
Sweco AB, B Shares 24,310 1,505,115
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB * 12,438 279,406
Thule Group AB 41,812 1,324,418
Wallenstam AB, B Shares 40,582 533,098
Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB 36,729 588,945
    78,999,825
 
Switzerland 3.6%
Allreal Holding AG 6,732 1,399,556
ALSO Holding AG * 4,190 1,133,061
ams AG * 41,992 745,918
Arbonia AG * 53,968 710,823
Aryzta AG * 2,866,041 2,049,787
Autoneum Holding AG *(a) 8,515 1,026,018
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise 10,748 1,151,849
Barry Callebaut AG 1,038 2,305,514
Belimo Holding AG 121 1,060,237
BKW AG 12,800 1,258,038
Bobst Group S.A. 8,897 578,510
Bucher Industries AG 5,548 2,081,309
Burckhardt Compression Holding AG 2,230 562,174
Cembra Money Bank AG 11,990 1,435,418
Conzzeta AG 935 976,068
Daetwyler Holding AG 4,474 1,048,380
dormakaba Holding AG * 1,444 936,527
Dufry AG * 42,142 1,271,584
Emmi AG 1,251 1,286,497
EMS-Chemie Holding AG 2,429 2,197,146
Flughafen Zuerich AG * 9,782 1,477,430
Forbo Holding AG 592 982,229
Galenica AG 33,044 2,381,649
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
GAM Holding AG * 593,073 1,456,913
Helvetia Holding AG 20,069 1,895,573
Huber & Suhner AG 12,822 995,344
Implenia AG 28,304 980,086
Ina Invest Holding AG * 5,104 109,398
Inficon Holding AG 704 603,574
Komax Holding AG * 2,641 447,866
Landis & Gyr Group AG * 16,655 1,010,823
Logitech International S.A. 48,330 3,586,441
Mobimo Holding AG * 2,684 791,384
OC Oerlikon Corp. AG 171,249 1,566,145
Partners Group Holding AG 2,718 2,770,371
PSP Swiss Property AG 7,976 955,756
Rieter Holding AG 5,014 447,693
Schweiter Technologies AG 780 1,087,989
SFS Group AG 11,969 1,131,834
Siegfried Holding AG * 1,473 838,372
SIG Combibloc Group AG * 75,993 1,497,158
St. Galler Kantonalbank AG 521 240,697
Stadler Rail AG *(a) 6,912 310,424
Straumann Holding AG 1,209 1,193,358
Sulzer AG 18,511 1,653,851
Sunrise Communications Group AG * 28,320 3,380,976
Tecan Group AG 2,434 1,103,403
Temenos AG 5,778 935,568
u-blox Holding AG * 6,095 344,534
Valiant Holding AG 7,494 719,064
Valora Holding AG * 5,493 1,026,068
VAT Group AG * 6,065 1,185,452
Vetropack Holding AG * 3,905 245,458
Vifor Pharma AG 14,528 2,153,103
Vontobel Holding AG 12,472 922,467
Zur Rose Group AG * 1,534 418,232
    68,061,097
 
United Kingdom 9.8%
888 Holdings plc 276,013 736,179
AA plc 3,401,796 1,580,527
AG Barr plc 33,094 188,323
Airtel Africa plc 610,563 465,983
Ascential plc 130,818 548,247
Ashmore Group plc 141,814 800,542
Auto Trader Group plc 116,436 878,040
Avast plc 38,514 276,406
B&M European Value Retail S.A. 468,727 2,987,385
Bank of Georgia Group plc * 35,142 432,891
Beazley plc 290,107 1,671,063
Biffa plc 207,550 569,693
Big Yellow Group plc 37,207 534,052
Bodycote plc 191,460 1,438,153
Brewin Dolphin Holdings plc 176,295 588,945
Britvic plc 157,034 1,781,959
C&C Group plc 232,878 667,278
Capita plc * 2,304,976 955,194
Card Factory plc 1,182,536 610,384
Centamin plc 874,237 2,447,640
Cineworld Group plc 885,034 747,508
Clarkson plc 14,862 490,522
Close Brothers Group plc 122,018 1,834,712
Coats Group plc 1,001,681 740,343
Computacenter plc 70,105 1,896,115
ConvaTec Group plc 650,211 1,668,069
Costain Group plc (a) 448,214 324,674
Countryside Properties plc 232,361 1,001,183
Cranswick plc 43,172 2,156,132
Crest Nicholson Holdings plc 396,383 1,051,921
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Daily Mail & General Trust plc N.V., Class A 160,075 1,412,450
Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc 13,171 555,512
Derwent London plc 20,868 790,177
DFS Furniture plc 321,866 732,636
Dignity plc * 99,263 720,362
Diploma plc 35,812 925,444
Domino's Pizza Group plc 170,634 766,290
Dunelm Group plc 59,917 1,146,427
Electrocomponents plc 242,460 2,204,318
Elementis plc 812,462 784,881
Equiniti Group plc 233,046 353,850
Essentra plc 319,602 1,312,037
Ferrexpo plc 452,523 1,117,290
Forterra plc 84,028 178,890
Frasers Group plc * 310,281 1,454,077
Fresnillo plc 121,741 2,057,939
Games Workshop Group plc 7,036 868,602
Genus plc 16,150 728,730
Grafton Group plc 264,243 2,757,934
Grainger plc 200,359 839,687
Great Portland Estates plc 90,341 730,127
Greencore Group plc 552,129 929,266
Greggs plc 61,639 1,169,472
GVC Holdings plc * 102,929 1,108,322
Halfords Group plc 738,330 1,631,168
Halma plc 73,188 2,173,530
Hammerson plc *(a) 814,697 528,293
Hargreaves Lansdown plc 46,301 1,002,145
Hastings Group Holdings plc 113,580 383,845
Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc 55,078 1,748,534
Hill & Smith Holdings plc 48,021 781,860
Hiscox Ltd. * 180,449 1,916,951
HomeServe plc 78,954 1,373,244
Howden Joinery Group plc 317,767 2,391,164
Hunting plc 240,869 521,179
Ibstock plc * 319,525 661,850
IG Group Holdings plc 278,881 2,948,053
Indivior plc * 2,075,522 3,298,696
Intermediate Capital Group plc 119,661 2,190,208
Intu Properties plc *(a)(b) 11,806,310 84,225
IWG plc 418,745 1,578,871
J.D. Wetherspoon plc 58,668 804,388
JD Sports Fashion plc 115,801 1,125,365
John Laing Group plc 197,551 754,914
Jupiter Fund Management plc 459,944 1,290,805
Just Group plc * 1,948,913 1,328,234
KAZ Minerals plc 131,690 1,022,693
Keller Group plc 174,056 1,461,238
Kier Group plc *(a) 1,293,732 1,027,220
Lancashire Holdings Ltd. 177,682 1,827,128
Man Group plc 1,225,923 2,011,596
Marshalls plc 74,118 631,168
Marston's plc 1,098,700 779,685
McCarthy & Stone plc * 753,370 724,264
Mediclinic International plc 314,637 1,095,336
Melrose Industries plc 1,092,701 1,489,407
Mitchells & Butlers plc * 370,187 853,530
Moneysupermarket.com Group plc 257,556 1,050,427
Morgan Advanced Materials plc 331,882 1,026,502
Morgan Sindall Group plc 59,291 1,006,636
National Express Group plc * 518,861 875,358
Ocado Group plc * 34,865 1,165,662
OneSavings Bank plc * 142,572 580,326
Pagegroup plc 337,897 1,742,749
Paragon Banking Group plc 164,377 783,529
PayPoint plc 48,295 407,387
Petra Diamonds Ltd. * 10,557,702 184,054
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Petrofac Ltd. 552,379 1,190,768
Petropavlovsk plc *(a) 5,218,296 2,560,749
Pets at Home Group plc 473,597 1,866,857
Phoenix Group Holdings plc 269,662 2,498,562
Playtech plc 498,541 2,462,486
Plus500 Ltd. 106,965 2,088,875
Polymetal International plc 128,256 3,482,651
Polypipe Group plc * 109,797 639,505
Premier Oil plc *(a) 2,598,875 759,980
Provident Financial plc 616,398 2,033,603
PZ Cussons plc 217,302 599,370
QinetiQ Group plc 422,304 1,649,965
Quilter plc 448,747 859,516
Rank Group plc 109,448 198,129
Rathbone Brothers plc 22,280 503,561
Redde Northgate plc 465,974 1,171,714
Redrow plc 189,738 1,158,466
Renishaw plc 12,794 819,524
Rhi Magnesita N.V. 15,510 561,543
Rightmove plc 104,193 884,209
Rotork plc 401,174 1,610,381
Safestore Holdings plc 51,602 541,340
Saga plc 4,969,998 905,688
Savills plc 107,534 1,174,898
Schroders plc 53,164 2,062,910
Segro plc 148,432 1,893,623
Senior plc 999,569 698,631
Serco Group plc * 624,270 1,175,228
SIG plc 2,650,500 1,129,256
Signature Aviation plc 653,537 2,310,141
Softcat plc 14,630 270,914
Spectris plc 77,148 2,619,619
Speedy Hire plc 635,898 439,341
Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc 17,336 2,378,073
Spire Healthcare Group plc 681,446 837,603
Spirent Communications plc 330,696 1,290,719
SSP Group plc 291,257 957,007
ST Modwen Properties plc 119,636 519,005
St. James's Place plc 205,728 2,698,952
Stagecoach Group plc 1,095,937 629,810
SThree plc 100,937 340,577
Superdry plc 290,856 520,294
Synthomer plc 277,790 1,167,169
TalkTalk Telecom Group plc 871,648 857,813
Ted Baker plc (a) 175,006 259,631
Telecom Plus plc 45,805 841,456
The Go-Ahead Group plc 79,328 699,965
The Restaurant Group plc 837,776 633,222
The Unite Group plc 46,249 599,125
TI Fluid Systems plc * 193,260 407,970
TP ICAP plc 241,671 983,699
Tullow Oil plc * 994,250 273,173
Tyman plc * 252,728 674,750
UDG Healthcare plc 136,932 1,337,502
Ultra Electronics Holdings plc 43,223 1,351,923
Vesuvius plc 321,159 1,758,765
Victrex plc 49,705 1,285,794
Vistry Group plc 207,718 1,768,868
WH Smith plc 87,624 1,380,905
William Hill plc 1,343,130 3,113,901
Wizz Air Holdings plc * 13,912 724,236
Workspace Group plc 20,266 152,907
    185,245,017
Total Common Stock
(Cost $1,870,718,346)   1,876,913,977

 
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Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Preferred Stock 0.4% of net assets
 
Germany 0.4%
Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA * 22,936 1,947,553
Jungheinrich AG 61,767 1,984,155
Sartorius AG 2,959 1,256,280
Schaeffler AG 164,502 1,108,609
Sixt SE 15,053 848,825
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $6,386,161)   7,145,422

Rights 0.0% of net assets
 
Canada 0.0%
Just Energy Group, Inc. *(a)(b) 34,096
 
Singapore 0.0%
Sembcorp Marine Ltd.
expires 09/02/20 *(b)
643,900 2,368
Total Rights
(Cost $23,872)   2,368

Warrants 0.0% of net assets
 
France 0.0%
Technicolor S.A.
expires 09/22/24 *(b)
164,860 65,833
Total Warrants
(Cost $—)   65,833
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Other Investment Companies 1.9% of net assets
 
United States 1.9%
Money Market Fund 0.1%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 0.04% (c) 1,187,229 1,187,229
Securities Lending Collateral 1.8%
Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund, Select Class 0.06% (c) 35,382,899 35,382,899
Total Other Investment Companies
(Cost $36,570,128)   36,570,128
    
  Number of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
($)
Current Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
($)
Futures Contracts      
Long  
MSCI EAFE Index, expires 09/18/20 74 7,030,370 97,087
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan. Securities on loan were valued at $32,817,456.
(b) Fair-valued by management using significant unobservable inputs in accordance with procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees.
(c) The rate shown is the 7-day yield.
   
CVA — Dutch Certificate
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
 

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Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
Description Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total  
Assets          
Common Stock1 $678,497,316 $— $— $678,497,316  
Australia 106,707,491 1,124,594 107,832,085  
Hong Kong 80,802,370 * 80,802,370  
Italy 45,202,197 11,232 45,213,429  
Japan 629,146,912 1,624,360 630,771,272  
Luxembourg *  
Portugal 6,963,337 * 6,963,337  
Republic of Korea 115,536,693 811,105 116,347,798  
Spain 23,928,025 1,313,328 25,241,353  
United Kingdom 185,160,792 84,225 185,245,017  
Preferred Stock1 7,145,422 7,145,422  
Rights 1          
Canada *  
Singapore 2,368 2,368  
Warrants 1          
France 65,833 65,833  
Other Investment Companies1 36,570,128 36,570,128  
Futures Contracts2 97,087 97,087  
Total $1,915,757,770 $— $5,037,045 $1,920,794,815  
* Level 3 amount shown includes securities determined to have no value at August 31, 2020.
1 As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2 Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
Fund investments in underlying mutual funds are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
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Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of August 31, 2020; unaudited
Assets
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $1,878,315,608) including securities on loan of $32,817,456   $1,885,314,829
Collateral invested for securities on loan, at value (cost $35,382,899)   35,382,899
Deposit with broker for futures contracts   1,293,606
Foreign currency, at value (cost $1,376,004)   1,389,089
Receivables:    
Investments sold   1,535,528
Dividends   2,500,301
Foreign tax reclaims   1,227,775
Income from securities on loan + 169,368
Total assets   1,928,813,395
Liabilities
Collateral held for securities on loan   35,382,899
Payables:    
Investments bought   2,697,567
Management fees   574,596
Variation margin on futures contracts + 64,641
Total liabilities   38,719,703
Net Assets
Total assets   1,928,813,395
Total liabilities 38,719,703
Net assets   $1,890,093,692
Net Assets by Source    
Capital received from investors   2,013,123,838
Total distributable loss   (123,030,146)
    
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Assets ÷ Shares
Outstanding
= NAV
$1,890,093,692   62,500,000   $30.24
         
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Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Statement of Operations

For the period March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020; unaudited
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $2,697,432)   $23,450,770
Securities on loan, net + 1,110,418
Total investment income   24,561,188
Expenses
Management fees   3,391,023
Total expenses 3,391,023
Net investment income   21,170,165
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Net realized losses on investments   (101,586,183)
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions   45,436,070
Net realized gains on futures contracts   331,346
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions + (11,106)
Net realized losses   (55,829,873)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   151,554,764
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts   504,635
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency translations + 195,777
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + 152,255,176
Net realized and unrealized gains   96,425,303
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   $117,595,468
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Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
Operations  
  3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
Net investment income   $21,170,165 $50,482,401
Net realized losses   (55,829,873) (10,362,944)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + 152,255,176 (164,889,280)
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   117,595,468 (124,769,823)
Distributions to Shareholders  
Total distributions   ($8,086,540) ($57,727,940)
    
Transactions in Fund Shares      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES VALUE SHARES VALUE
Shares sold   2,400,000 $55,246,739 8,500,000 $269,184,367
Shares redeemed + (6,500,000) (174,964,823) (900,000) (28,952,009)
Net transactions in fund shares   (4,100,000) ($119,718,084) 7,600,000 $240,232,358
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES NET ASSETS SHARES NET ASSETS
Beginning of period   66,600,000 $1,900,302,848 59,000,000 $1,842,568,253
Total increase or decrease + (4,100,000) (10,209,156) 7,600,000 57,734,595
End of period   62,500,000 $1,890,093,692 66,600,000 $1,900,302,848
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Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF
Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
  3/1/20–
8/31/20*
3/1/19–
2/29/20
3/1/18–
2/28/19
3/1/17–
2/28/18
3/1/16–
2/28/17
3/1/15–
2/29/16
Per-Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period $25.54 $28.08 $31.22 $26.06 $17.78 $24.16
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income (loss)1 0.68 1.02 0.85 0.71 0.49 0.57
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) (1.62) (2.53) (3.20) 5.06 8.18 (6.58)
Total from investment operations (0.94) (1.51) (2.35) 5.77 8.67 (6.01)
Less distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.15) (1.03) (0.79) (0.61) (0.39) (0.37)
Net asset value at end of period $24.45 $25.54 $28.08 $31.22 $26.06 $17.78
Total return (3.69%) 2 (5.74%) (7.36%) 22.32% 49.03% (24.92%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Ratios to average net assets:            
Total expenses 0.39% 3 0.39% 0.39% 0.39% 0.46% 0.46%
Net investment income (loss) 5.82% 3 3.61% 2.99% 2.48% 2.14% 2.80%
Portfolio turnover rate4 12% 2 32% 33% 14% 14% 20%
Net assets, end of period (x 1,000) $3,046,332 $2,574,297 $2,341,576 $2,200,763 $1,011,273 $359,092
 
* Unaudited.
1
Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2
Not annualized.
3
Annualized.
4
Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from processing of in-kind creations or redemptions.
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Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF
Portfolio Holdings as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.    
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Common Stock 94.8% of net assets
 
Brazil 5.2%
Ambev S.A. 4,168,586 9,354,034
B3 S.A. - Brasil Bolsa Balcao 388,765 4,166,934
Banco Bradesco S.A. 1,463,393 5,076,354
Banco do Brasil S.A. 2,161,951 12,867,114
Banco Santander Brasil S.A. 479,576 2,472,231
BRF S.A. * 933,377 3,333,064
CCR S.A. 1,216,432 2,955,766
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras S.A. 343,296 2,222,141
Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao 300,255 3,476,038
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo 358,274 3,118,464
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais 171,712 330,221
Cielo S.A. 3,384,010 2,812,863
Cogna Educacao 2,418,438 2,512,823
Embraer S.A. * 1,939,782 2,595,381
IRB Brasil Resseguros S.A. 647,003 840,907
IRB Brasil Resseguros S.A. - RCT * 377,201 475,807
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 780,300 3,208,875
JBS S.A. 1,903,846 7,787,656
Petrobras Distribuidora S.A. 1,268,242 4,933,427
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. 4,336,632 17,644,074
Suzano S.A. * 375,106 3,432,494
Tim Participacoes S.A. 1,318,938 3,442,861
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. 3,208,741 11,370,591
Vale S.A. 4,309,173 46,878,624
    157,308,744
 
Chile 0.9%
Banco de Chile 32,555,212 2,728,011
Cencosud S.A. 4,964,446 7,361,183
Empresas COPEC S.A. 1,006,134 7,395,812
Enel Americas S.A. 35,991,621 5,191,514
Falabella S.A. 915,931 2,893,396
Latam Airlines Group S.A. * 736,922 1,246,241
    26,816,157
 
China 30.1%
Agile Group Holdings Ltd. 2,972,523 4,103,920
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., A Shares 7,284,700 3,414,130
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., H Shares 45,446,308 15,187,569
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR * 142,423 40,879,674
Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd., A Shares 100,800 896,422
Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd., H Shares 871,382 6,318,803
BAIC Motor Corp., Ltd., H Shares 6,440,514 3,083,077
Baidu, Inc. ADR * 123,069 15,330,705
Bank of China Ltd., A Shares 4,620,500 2,212,718
Bank of China Ltd., H Shares 130,966,252 42,922,302
Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., A Shares 2,425,600 1,675,111
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., H Shares 13,166,160 6,880,247
China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd., H Shares 21,210,048 4,050,357
China CITIC Bank Corp., Ltd., A Shares 674,600 514,139
China CITIC Bank Corp., Ltd., H Shares 17,791,288 7,437,762
China Communications Construction Co., Ltd., A Shares 452,100 524,765
China Communications Construction Co., Ltd., H Shares 10,231,175 5,742,548
China Construction Bank Corp., A Shares 588,800 532,995
China Construction Bank Corp., H Shares 144,141,949 102,106,320
China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd., A Shares 2,285,000 1,281,093
China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd., H Shares 4,866,065 1,745,471
China Evergrande Group 3,149,915 7,356,433
China Hongqiao Group Ltd. 6,514,128 4,202,582
China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd., H Shares 50,005,969 5,742,510
China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd. 5,112,032 3,199,081
China Life Insurance Co., Ltd., A Shares 73,700 470,017
China Life Insurance Co., Ltd., H Shares 3,332,683 8,118,689
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., A Shares 586,700 3,228,535
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., H Shares 2,994,165 14,294,447
China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., A Shares 2,298,100 1,862,195
China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., H Shares 11,848,457 7,215,953
China Mobile Ltd. 9,622,555 67,232,422
China National Building Material Co., Ltd., H Shares 8,551,287 12,026,739
China Oriental Group Co., Ltd. 10,984,671 3,089,822
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. 4,264,359 12,352,646
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd., A Shares 180,400 811,769
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd., H Shares 1,681,723 4,676,184
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., A Shares 5,655,100 3,327,428
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., H Shares 123,683,064 57,132,490
China Railway Construction Corp., Ltd., A Shares 1,071,600 1,397,164
China Railway Construction Corp., Ltd., H Shares 4,861,749 3,738,769
China Railway Group Ltd., H Shares 8,976,782 4,609,923
China Resources Land Ltd. 2,365,454 10,941,921
China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd. 6,207,320 7,368,547
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., A Shares 544,300 1,284,231
China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., H Shares 6,963,049 11,625,821
China State Construction Engineering Corp., Ltd., A Shares 3,145,400 2,360,491
China Telecom Corp., Ltd., H Shares 43,075,755 14,117,458
China Tower Corp., Ltd., H Shares 17,893,993 3,417,109
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. 19,147,400 13,563,509
China United Network Communications Ltd., A Shares 2,347,900 1,779,141
China Vanke Co., Ltd., A Shares 319,900 1,273,687
China Vanke Co., Ltd., H Shares 1,298,803 4,038,780
CITIC Ltd. 11,210,828 10,226,970
CNOOC Ltd. 26,719,771 30,408,235
Country Garden Holdings Co., Ltd. 6,150,920 7,626,993
CRRC Corp., Ltd., A Shares 1,054,500 902,210
CRRC Corp., Ltd., H Shares 5,103,036 2,304,552
Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., H Shares 5,899,002 4,094,970
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. 360,669 4,002,185
Fosun International Ltd. 3,204,952 3,568,800
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. * 107,075,506 4,352,017
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. 3,093,242 6,537,590
Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd., A Shares 184,300 375,373
Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd., H Shares 5,315,410 5,767,965
Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd., H Shares 2,888,053 3,674,278
Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. 1,533,379 5,252,958
Hengan International Group Co., Ltd. 572,027 4,509,700
Huaneng Power International, Inc., A Shares 766,600 616,714
Huaneng Power International, Inc., H Shares 12,820,324 5,343,077
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., A Shares 3,799,400 2,751,440
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., H Shares 105,618,331 59,145,121
Industrial Bank Co., Ltd., A Shares 1,044,900 2,465,355
JD.com, Inc. ADR * 178,618 14,046,519
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd., A Shares 306,900 699,908
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd., H Shares 5,218,585 6,154,444
Kingboard Holdings Ltd. 1,966,042 6,329,264
Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd. 5,848,050 4,361,429
Legend Holdings Corp., H Shares 2,048,923 3,019,129
Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. 992,303 5,255,903
NetEase, Inc. ADR 22,142 10,787,804
PetroChina Co., Ltd., H Shares 65,746,769 22,735,217
PICC Property & Casualty Co., Ltd., H Shares 9,518,173 7,356,484
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., A Shares 184,500 2,063,963
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., H Shares 2,254,001 24,008,281
Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd., H Shares 5,917,090 2,801,974
SAIC Motor Corp., Ltd., A Shares 744,500 2,028,335
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., A Shares 1,660,400 2,511,515
Shimao Group Holdings Ltd. 1,510,358 6,801,351
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., A Shares 787,600 401,323
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., H Shares 13,009,730 2,685,828
Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd., H Shares 2,067,031 5,088,798
Sunac China Holdings Ltd. 770,179 3,239,658
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 692,593 47,408,190
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR * 266,447 4,399,040
Weichai Power Co., Ltd., A Shares 162,600 351,829
Weichai Power Co., Ltd., H Shares 1,633,492 3,300,644
    916,459,954
 
Colombia 0.2%
Bancolombia S.A. 357,830 2,480,968
Ecopetrol S.A. 7,598,954 4,437,813
    6,918,781
 
Czech Republic 0.2%
CEZ A/S 280,036 5,780,219
 
Egypt 0.1%
Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE GDR 784,935 3,351,672
 
Greece 0.4%
Alpha Bank AE * 5,264,611 3,491,881
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. 289,118 4,737,060
Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries S.A. 170,461 2,395,389
Piraeus Bank S.A. * 2,026,721 2,925,597
    13,549,927
 
Hungary 0.4%
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas plc * 1,169,247 6,603,514
OTP Bank Nyrt * 147,876 5,002,950
    11,606,464
 
India 8.3%
Axis Bank Ltd. * 981,198 6,621,745
Bharat Petroleum Corp., Ltd. 2,074,320 11,492,140
Bharti Airtel Ltd. 1,149,175 8,010,620
Coal India Ltd. 2,699,025 4,926,319
Grasim Industries Ltd. 378,420 3,469,439
HCL Technologies Ltd. 790,813 7,460,388
Hero MotoCorp Ltd. 123,991 5,063,657
Hindalco Industries Ltd. 2,482,176 6,246,960
Hindustan Petroleum Corp., Ltd. 2,381,348 6,520,541
Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd. 420,986 10,481,255
Indian Oil Corp., Ltd. 8,471,630 9,874,888
Infosys Ltd. 2,383,150 30,064,777
ITC Ltd. 1,728,233 4,486,843
JSW Steel Ltd. 1,672,820 6,131,533
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. 226,981 2,913,911
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. 590,955 4,872,473
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. 74,903 6,960,334
NTPC Ltd. 3,349,016 4,386,036
Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Ltd. 10,333,646 11,504,837
Rajesh Exports Ltd. 531,841 3,225,764
Reliance Industries Ltd. 1,466,471 41,453,469
State Bank of India * 2,162,818 6,229,221
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 666,860 4,713,296
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 423,848 12,997,737
Tata Motors Ltd. * 6,178,880 12,020,726
Tata Motors Ltd., A Shares, DVR * 2,570,062 1,778,958
Tata Steel Ltd. 863,478 4,844,838
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
Vedanta Ltd. 5,682,897 9,932,476
Wipro Ltd. 1,299,853 4,790,954
    253,476,135
 
Indonesia 1.2%
PT Astra International Tbk 25,631,283 8,976,449
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk 2,176,671 4,689,652
PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk 14,244,956 5,820,257
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk 31,101,461 7,496,386
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk 47,384,365 9,306,045
    36,288,789
 
Kuwait 0.5%
Kuwait Finance House KSCP 1,774,047 3,639,369
Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSC 2,962,707 5,728,321
National Bank of Kuwait SAKP 2,487,831 7,011,419
    16,379,109
 
Malaysia 1.6%
Axiata Group Berhad 5,803,672 4,193,747
CIMB Group Holdings Berhad 7,189,120 5,695,378
Genting Berhad 4,398,400 3,706,250
Malayan Banking Berhad 5,524,913 9,722,149
Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad 2,793,900 3,662,152
Public Bank Berhad 2,002,200 7,892,480
Tenaga Nasional Berhad 5,184,800 13,517,447
    48,389,603
 
Mexico 3.6%
Alfa S.A.B. de C.V., A Shares 11,309,449 7,270,582
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., Series L 46,514,931 28,245,611
Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. ADR 4,787,961 15,369,355
Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. 1,953,175 11,366,004
Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V., Series A 3,208,556 5,925,698
Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de C.V., O Shares * 2,630,891 9,096,204
Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V., Series B 4,479,830 11,953,855
Grupo Televisa S.A.B., Series CPO * 3,451,729 4,261,433
Orbia Advance Corp. S.A.B. de C.V. 2,301,137 3,696,791
Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. 4,890,502 11,738,009
    108,923,542
 
Philippines 0.3%
PLDT, Inc. (a) 198,420 5,978,965
SM Investments Corp. (a) 192,812 3,387,955
    9,366,920
 
Qatar 0.5%
Ooredoo QPSC 2,438,617 4,421,124
Qatar National Bank QPSC 2,114,850 10,455,177
    14,876,301
 
Russia 9.6%
Alrosa PJSC 4,593,662 4,071,436
Gazprom PJSC 31,840,402 77,685,264
Inter RAO UES PJSC 93,311,765 6,550,789
LUKOIL PJSC 1,116,173 74,893,090
Magnit PJSC 254,093 15,164,146
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC 37,431 9,727,831
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC 2,106,717 9,624,771
NovaTek PJSC 514,397 7,687,761
Novolipetsk Steel PJSC 1,652,040 3,440,549
Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC 3,133,141 15,729,016
ROSSETI PJSC 160,519,297 3,147,728
Sberbank of Russia PJSC 10,067,120 30,580,286
Severstal PAO 368,175 4,618,674
Sistema PJSC 21,634,230 6,235,807
Surgutneftegas PJSC 13,286,746 6,551,827
Tatneft PJSC 1,766,325 12,984,414
VTB Bank PJSC 10,450,750,000 4,943,205
    293,636,594
 
Saudi Arabia 1.4%
Al Rajhi Bank 356,953 6,176,925
National Commercial Bank 359,017 3,561,021
Riyad Bank 438,002 2,239,966
Samba Financial Group 319,097 2,344,018
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 218,524 2,071,359
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. 661,526 15,521,948
Saudi Electricity Co. 563,124 2,390,362
Saudi Telecom Co. 258,461 6,615,808
Yanbu National Petrochemical Co. 131,129 1,870,549
    42,791,956
 
South Africa 4.9%
Absa Group Ltd. 1,594,937 7,272,715
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. 238,450 6,962,395
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. * 581,080 4,660,302
Barloworld Ltd. 929,021 3,279,301
Bid Corp., Ltd. 397,763 6,571,997
FirstRand Ltd. 3,189,156 7,125,186
Gold Fields Ltd. 944,258 12,210,350
MTN Group Ltd. 6,124,285 22,076,888
Naspers Ltd., N Shares 31,698 5,786,703
Nedbank Group Ltd. 817,191 4,630,247
Old Mutual Ltd. 4,415,545 2,916,547
Remgro Ltd. 411,314 2,134,596
Sanlam Ltd. 1,361,958 4,420,007
Sappi Ltd. * 2,509,968 3,302,424
Sasol Ltd. * 2,784,309 22,774,099
Shoprite Holdings Ltd. 1,152,796 7,519,159
Standard Bank Group Ltd. 1,913,300 11,925,056
The Bidvest Group Ltd. 406,215 3,263,627
Vodacom Group Ltd. 828,308 6,251,944
Woolworths Holdings Ltd. 1,963,513 3,684,503
    148,768,046
 
Taiwan 20.5%
Acer, Inc. * 8,141,470 6,478,991
ASE Technology Holding Co.,Ltd. 4,626,000 9,648,832
Asustek Computer, Inc. 2,130,176 17,641,660
AU Optronics Corp. * 53,644,371 19,105,488
Catcher Technology Co., Ltd. 950,000 6,491,659
Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 6,453,840 8,765,248
Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. 3,262,000 4,002,249
China Steel Corp. 17,200,088 11,665,448
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. 3,373,764 12,475,620
Compal Electronics, Inc. 20,425,000 12,878,091
CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 12,529,809 8,092,288
Delta Electronics, Inc. 1,948,696 12,552,308
Far Eastern New Century Corp. 6,817,061 6,145,264
Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. 1,659,588 3,467,196
 
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Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
First Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 5,690,471 4,121,211
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. 4,421,882 10,217,732
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. 1,931,704 5,398,488
Formosa Plastics Corp. 3,675,704 9,796,365
Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd. 2,117,858 3,767,776
Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 8,673,116 12,651,342
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. 34,306,928 89,913,698
Innolux Corp. * 69,551,000 21,618,019
Inventec Corp. 8,887,646 6,891,057
Largan Precision Co., Ltd. 34,700 4,003,187
Lite-On Technology Corp. 3,686,229 5,829,321
MediaTek, Inc. 1,002,046 18,988,040
Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 6,749,548 6,728,500
Nan Ya Plastics Corp. 6,142,588 12,874,910
Pegatron Corp. 8,270,234 17,616,333
Pou Chen Corp. 5,250,000 4,956,291
President Chain Store Corp. 405,000 3,726,803
Quanta Computer, Inc. 4,961,058 13,019,153
Synnex Technology International Corp. 3,924,178 5,844,506
Taiwan Cement Corp. 4,417,302 6,458,506
Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd. 1,154,000 3,991,991
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 10,964,352 159,374,815
Uni-President Enterprises Corp. 4,382,796 9,948,169
United Microelectronics Corp. 21,922,931 15,839,890
Walsin Lihwa Corp. 10,273,000 5,899,496
Wistron Corp. 9,412,934 10,233,717
WPG Holdings Ltd. 5,252,880 7,357,953
Yageo Corp. 302,000 3,427,432
Yuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 6,524,960 4,091,790
    623,996,833
 
Thailand 2.9%
Advanced Info Service PCL NVDR 784,100 4,610,500
Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL NVDR 4,632,900 4,800,740
CP ALL PCL NVDR * 2,081,600 4,247,140
Kasikornbank PCL NVDR 1,660,200 4,494,236
Krung Thai Bank PCL NVDR 9,773,600 2,999,048
PTT Exploration & Production PCL NVDR 1,709,300 4,888,030
PTT Global Chemical PCL NVDR 5,537,900 8,229,669
PTT PCL NVDR 26,473,500 30,622,411
Thai Oil PCL NVDR 3,013,000 4,017,656
The Siam Cement PCL NVDR 1,166,500 13,268,246
The Siam Commercial Bank PCL NVDR 3,098,100 7,217,038
    89,394,714
 
Turkey 1.4%
Akbank T.A.S. * 5,746,671 3,818,620
BIM Birlesik Magazalar A/S 476,058 4,389,256
Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari T.A.S. 3,677,143 4,357,207
Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A/S 2,989,838 3,140,569
KOC Holding A/S 2,226,304 4,507,668
Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A/S * 347,212 3,774,556
Turk Hava YollariI AO * 1,902,438 2,729,956
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S 2,836,534 5,519,659
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S * 4,524,680 4,156,385
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A/S * 4,484,193 2,991,899
Turkiye Is Bankasi A/S, Class C * 3,851,842 2,569,988
    41,955,763
 
Security Number
of Shares
Value ($)
United Arab Emirates 0.6%
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC 2,108,480 3,180,099
Emaar Properties PJSC * 5,402,811 4,236,172
Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. PJSC 1,632,837 7,361,469
First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC 1,405,287 4,384,408
    19,162,148
Total Common Stock
(Cost $3,006,571,584)   2,889,198,371

Preferred Stock 4.8% of net assets
 
Brazil 3.4%
Banco Bradesco S.A. 5,561,438 21,025,579
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras S.A., B Shares 189,756 1,241,427
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais 2,288,269 4,392,255
Gerdau S.A. 2,592,000 9,019,720
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 7,017,053 30,122,969
Metalurgica Gerdau S.A. 2,913,530 4,668,319
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. 6,198,747 24,734,423
Telefonica Brasil S.A. 755,953 6,592,317
    101,797,009
 
Colombia 0.1%
Bancolombia S.A. 575,420 4,100,081
 
Russia 1.3%
Surgutneftegas PJSC 17,437,205 8,735,011
Tatneft PJSC 161,132 1,164,917
Transneft PJSC 15,547 28,849,958
    38,749,886
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $173,383,963)   144,646,976

Other Investment Company 0.1% of net assets
 
United States 0.1%
Money Market Fund 0.1%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 0.04% (b) 3,963,738 3,963,738
Total Other Investment Company
(Cost $3,963,738)   3,963,738
    
  Number of
Contracts
Notional
Amount
($)
Current Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
($)
Futures Contracts      
Long  
MSCI Emerging Markets Index, expires 09/18/20 213 11,719,260 157,296
* Non-income producing security.
(a) Fair-valued by management using significant unobservable inputs in accordance with procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees.
(b) The rate shown is the 7-day yield.
   
 
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ADR — American Depositary Receipt
DVR — Differential Voting Rights
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR — Non-Voting Depositary Receipt

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
Description Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total  
Assets          
Common Stock1 $2,879,831,451 $— $— $2,879,831,451  
Philippines 9,366,920 9,366,920  
Preferred Stock1 144,646,976 144,646,976  
Other Investment Company1 3,963,738 3,963,738  
Futures Contracts2 157,296 157,296  
Total $3,028,599,461 $— $9,366,920 $3,037,966,381  
1 As categorized in Portfolio Holdings.
2 Futures contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
Fund investments in underlying mutual funds are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of August 31, 2020; unaudited
Assets
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $3,183,919,285)   $3,037,809,085
Deposit with broker for futures contracts   2,544,000
Foreign currency, at value (cost $3,543,290)   3,549,271
Receivables:    
Investments sold   1,353
Dividends + 5,061,597
Total assets   3,048,965,306
Liabilities
Payables:    
Management fees   961,455
Foreign capital gains tax   1,407,788
Variation margin on futures contracts + 264,120
Total liabilities   2,633,363
Net Assets
Total assets   3,048,965,306
Total liabilities 2,633,363
Net assets   $3,046,331,943
Net Assets by Source    
Capital received from investors   3,281,118,042
Total distributable loss   (234,786,099)
    
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Assets ÷ Shares
Outstanding
= NAV
$3,046,331,943   124,600,000   $24.45
         
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Statement of Operations

For the period March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020; unaudited
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $11,446,887)   $78,368,893
Securities on loan, net + 10,734
Total investment income   78,379,627
Expenses
Management fees   4,911,965
Total expenses 4,911,965
Net investment income   73,467,662
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Net realized losses on investments   (53,524,859)
Net realized gains on in-kind redemptions   4,010,997
Net realized gains on futures contracts   1,990,243
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions + (1,310,590)
Net realized losses   (48,834,209)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (net of change in foreign capital gains tax of $1,407,788)   (123,906,166)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts   735,400
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency translations + 156,727
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + (123,014,039)
Net realized and unrealized losses   (171,848,248)
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations   ($98,380,586)
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
Operations  
  3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
Net investment income   $73,467,662 $92,667,381
Net realized gains (losses)   (48,834,209) 11,066,853
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) + (123,014,039) (270,561,241)
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations   (98,380,586) (166,827,007)
Distributions to Shareholders  
Total distributions   ($15,906,500) ($99,031,790)
    
Transactions in Fund Shares      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES VALUE SHARES VALUE
Shares sold   27,500,000 $662,426,491 24,000,000 $683,687,511
Shares redeemed + (3,700,000) (76,104,258) (6,600,000) (185,107,560)
Net transactions in fund shares   23,800,000 $586,322,233 17,400,000 $498,579,951
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets      
    3/1/20-8/31/20 3/1/19-2/29/20
    SHARES NET ASSETS SHARES NET ASSETS
Beginning of period   100,800,000 $2,574,296,796 83,400,000 $2,341,575,642
Total increase + 23,800,000 472,035,147 17,400,000 232,721,154
End of period   124,600,000 $3,046,331,943 100,800,000 $2,574,296,796
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Financial Notes, unaudited

1. Business Structure of the Funds:
Each of the funds in this report is a series of Schwab Strategic Trust (the trust), a no-load, open-end management investment company. The trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The list below shows all the operational funds in the trust as of the end of the period, including the funds discussed in this report, which are highlighted:
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST (ORGANIZED JANUARY 27, 2009)
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF Schwab International Equity ETF
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab 1000 Index® ETF Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF  
The funds issue and redeem shares at their net asset value per share (NAV) only in large blocks of shares, typically 50,000 shares or more (Creation Units). These transactions are usually in exchange for a basket of securities and/or an amount of cash. As a practical matter, only institutional investors who have entered into an authorized participant agreement purchase or redeem Creation Units. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the funds are not redeemable securities.
Individual shares of the funds trade on national securities exchanges and elsewhere during the trading day and can only be bought and sold at market prices throughout the trading day through a broker-dealer. Because fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).
Each fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, each fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law.

    
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the funds use in their preparation of financial statements. The funds follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
The funds may invest in certain other investment companies (underlying funds). For more information about the underlying funds’ operations and policies, please refer to those funds’ semiannual and annual reports, which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
(a) Security Valuation:
Under procedures approved by the funds’ Board of Trustees (the Board), the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair value. Among other things, these procedures allow the funds to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
The funds value the securities in their portfolios every business day. The funds use the following policies to value various types of securities:
•   Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: Traded securities are valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, at the mean of the most recent bid and ask quotes. Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges are valued at the official closing price or the last sales price on the exchange where the securities are principally traded with these values then translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate, unless these securities are fair valued as discussed below.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
•   Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value each fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, a fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. Each fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that a fund could obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the funds pursuant to the valuation procedures.
•   Futures contracts: Futures contracts are valued at their settlement prices as of the close of their exchanges.
•   Underlying funds: Mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at the last reported sale price that day or the official closing price, if applicable.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the significant inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. If the funds determine that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
•   Level 1quoted prices in active markets for identical securitiesInvestments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities, ETFs and futures contracts. Investments in mutual funds are valued daily at their NAVs, and investments in ETFs are valued daily at the last reported sale price or the official closing price, which are classified as Level 1 prices, without consideration to the classification level of the specific investments held by an underlying fund.
•   Level 2other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations.
•   Level 3significant unobservable inputs (including the funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the funds use one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the funds in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the funds in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the funds due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the funds’ results of operations.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The levels associated with valuing the funds’ investments as of August 31, 2020 are disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(b) Accounting Policies for certain Portfolio Investments (if held):
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are instruments that represent an agreement between two parties that obligates one party to buy, and the other party to sell, specific instruments at an agreed upon price on a stipulated future date. A fund must give the broker a deposit of cash and/or securities (initial margin) whenever it enters into a futures contract. The amount of the deposit may vary from one contract to another. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contract and are accounted for as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is closed, at which time the gains or losses are realized. Futures contracts are traded publicly on exchanges, and their fair value may change daily.
Securities Lending: Under the trust’s Securities Lending Program, a fund (lender) may make short-term loans of its securities to another party (borrower) to generate additional revenue for the fund. The borrower pledges collateral in the form of cash, securities issued or fully guaranteed by the U.S. government or foreign governments, or letters of credit issued by a bank. Collateral at the individual loan level is required to be maintained on a daily marked-to-market basis in an amount at least equal to the current value of the securities loaned. The lending agent provides a fund with indemnification against borrower default (the borrower fails to return the security on loan) reducing the risk of loss as a result of default. The cash collateral of securities loaned is currently invested in money market portfolios operating under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Each fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of cash collateral. The terms of the securities lending agreement allow the funds or the lending agent to terminate any loan at any given time and the securities must be returned within the earlier of the standard trade settlement period or the specified time period under the relevant securities lending agreement. Securities lending income, as disclosed in each fund’s Statement of Operations, if applicable, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral plus any fees paid by borrowers, less the fees paid to the lending agent and broker rebates which are subject to adjustments pursuant to the securities lending agreement. On loans not collateralized by cash, a fee is received from the borrower, and is allocated between a fund and the lending agent. The aggregate fair value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed one-third of the total assets of a fund, including collateral received from the loan. Securities lending fees paid to the unaffiliated lending agents start at 10% of gross lending revenue, with subsequent breakpoints to a low of 7.5%. In this context, the gross lending revenue equals the income received from the investment of cash collateral and fees paid by borrowers less any rebates paid to the borrowers. Any expenses charged by the cash collateral fund are in addition to these fees. All remaining revenue is retained by the fund, as applicable. No portion of lending revenue is paid to or retained by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM or the investment adviser) or any affiliate of CSIM.
As of August 31, 2020, certain funds had securities on loan, all of which were classified as common stocks. The value of the securities on loan and the related collateral as of August 31, 2020, if any, are disclosed in each fund’s Portfolio Holdings and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Passive Foreign Investment Companies: Certain funds may own shares in certain foreign corporations that meet the Internal Revenue Code definition of a passive foreign investment company (PFIC). The funds may elect for tax purposes to mark-to-market annually the shares of each PFIC lot held and would be required to distribute as ordinary income to shareholders any such marked-to-market gains (as well as any gains realized on sale).
(c) Security Transactions:
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are reported in U.S. dollars. For assets and liabilities held on a given date, the dollar value is based on market exchange rates in effect on that date. Transactions involving foreign currencies, including purchases, sales, income receipts and expense payments, are calculated using exchange rates in effect on the transaction date. Realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the recorded amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange appreciation or depreciation arises from changes in foreign exchange rates on foreign denominated assets and liabilities other than investments in securities held at the end of the reporting period. These realized and unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses are reported in foreign currency transactions or translations on the Statement of Operations. The funds do not isolate the portion of the fluctuations on investments resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of investments held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
Gains realized by the funds on the sale of securities in certain foreign countries may be subject to non-U.S. taxes. In those instances, the funds record a liability based on unrealized gains to provide for potential non-U.S. taxes payable upon the sale of these securities.
When a fund closes out a futures contract position, it calculates the difference between the value of the position at the beginning and at the end of the contract, and records a realized gain or loss accordingly.
(d) Investment Income:
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date), although the funds record certain foreign security dividends on the day they learn of the ex-dividend date. Any distributions from underlying funds are recorded in accordance with the character of the distributions as designated by the underlying funds.
Income received from foreign sources may result in withholding tax. Withholding taxes are accrued at the same time as the related income if the tax rate is fixed and known, unless a tax withheld is reclaimable from the local tax authorities in which case it is recorded as receivable. If the tax rate is not known or estimable, such expense or reclaim receivable is recorded when the net proceeds are received.
The Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF filed claims to recover taxes previously withheld in certain European Union countries on the basis that those countries had purportedly violated certain provisions in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. These filings are subject to various administrative and judicial proceedings within these countries, and all professional fees associated with these filings have been paid by the investment adviser. For additional details see Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions in financial note 4, Other Affiliated Transactions.
(e) Expenses:
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (Advisory Agreement) between CSIM and the trust, the investment adviser will pay the operating expenses of each fund, excluding taxes, any brokerage expenses, and extraordinary or non-routine expenses. Taxes, any brokerage expenses and extraordinary or non-routine expenses that are specific to a fund are charged directly to the fund.
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF generally make distributions from net investment income, if any, quarterly. Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF generally make distributions from net investment income, if any, semiannually. All funds generally make distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, once a year.
(g) Accounting Estimates:
The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.
(h) Federal Income Taxes:
The funds intend to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Accordingly, the funds distribute substantially all of their net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, to their respective shareholders each year. As long as a fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
(i) Foreign Taxes:
The funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, corporate events, foreign currency exchanges and capital gains on investments. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in foreign markets in which the funds invest. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the funds and are disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Foreign taxes accrued as of August 31, 2020, if any, are reflected in each fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(j) Indemnification:
Under the funds’ organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the funds. In addition, in the normal course of business the funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the funds. However, based on experience, the funds expect the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.

    
3. Risk Factors:
Investing in the funds may involve certain risks, as discussed in the funds’ prospectus, including, but not limited to, those described below. Any of these risks could cause an investor to lose money.
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters or epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in a fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Investment Style Risk. The funds are index funds. Therefore, each fund follows the securities included in its respective index during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their indexing strategies, the funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of the funds’ expenses, the funds’ performance may be below that of their respective index. Market disruptions could cause delays in the index’s rebalancing schedule which may result in the index and, in turn, the fund experiencing returns different than those that would have been achieved under a normal rebalancing schedule.
Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, a fund’s performance could be impacted.
Large-Cap Company Risk. Certain funds invest in large-cap company stocks. Large-cap companies are generally more mature and the securities issued by these companies may not be able to reach the same levels of growth as the securities issued by small- or mid-cap companies.
Mid-Cap Company Risk. Certain funds invest in mid-cap company stocks. Mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies and the value of securities issued by these companies may move sharply.
Small-Cap Company Risk. Certain funds invest in small-cap company stocks. Securities issued by small-cap companies may be riskier than those issued by larger companies, and their prices may move sharply, especially during market upturns and downturns.
Foreign Investment Risk. Certain funds invest in foreign issuers. A fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions; differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity of a fund’s investments, and could impair the fund’s ability to meet its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Foreign securities also include American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and European Depositary Receipts (EDRs), which may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market and GDRs, many of which are issued by companies in emerging markets, may be more volatile. To the extent a fund’s investments in a single country or a limited number of countries represent a large percentage of the fund’s assets, the fund’s performance may be adversely affected by the economic, political, regulatory and social conditions in those countries, and the fund’s price may be more volatile than the price of a fund that is geographically diversified.
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3. Risk Factors (continued):
Emerging Markets Risk. Certain funds invest in emerging markets. Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and record keeping requirements and greater risk associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result, there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with a fund’s investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
Sampling Index Tracking Risk. Certain funds may not fully replicate the index and may hold securities not included in the index. As a result, a fund is subject to the risk that the investment adviser’s investment management strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may not produce the intended results. Because certain funds utilize a sampling approach they may not track the return of their respective index as well as they would if the funds purchased all of the securities in their respective index.
Tracking Error Risk. As index funds, each fund seeks to track the performance of its respective index, although it may not be successful in doing so. The divergence between the performance of a fund and the index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant.
Derivatives Risk. Each fund may use derivatives to enhance returns or hedge against market declines. Examples of derivatives are options, futures, options on futures and swaps. An option is the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an instrument at a specific price on or before a specific date. A future is an agreement to buy or sell a financial instrument at a specific price on a specific day. A swap is an agreement whereby two parties agree to exchange payment streams calculated in relation to a rate, index, instrument or certain securities and a predetermined amount. A fund’s use of derivatives that are subject to regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) could cause the fund to become a commodity pool, which would require the fund to comply with certain CFTC rules.
A fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Certain of these risks, such as liquidity risk, leverage risk and market risk, are discussed elsewhere in this section. A fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to counterparty risk, lack of availability risk, valuation risk, correlation risk and tax risk. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to a derivatives transaction may not fulfill its contractual obligations either because the financial condition of the counterparty declines, or because the counterparty is otherwise unable or unwilling to perform under the contract. Lack of availability risk is the risk that suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances for risk management or other purposes. Valuation risk is the risk that a particular derivative may be valued incorrectly. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Tax risk is the risk that the use of derivatives may cause the fund to realize higher amounts of short-term capital gains. A fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the fund’s performance, increase the fund’s volatility, and could cause the fund to lose more than the initial amount invested.
Liquidity Risk. A fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the fund may have to sell them at a loss.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
Concentration Risk. To the extent that a fund’s or an index’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector, country or asset class.
Market Trading Risk. Although fund shares are listed on national securities exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for fund shares will develop or be maintained. If an active market is not maintained, investors may find it difficult to buy or sell fund shares.
Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. Fund shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of the shares of a fund will approximate the fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. An investor may pay more than NAV when buying shares of a fund in the secondary market, and an investor may receive less than NAV when selling those shares in the secondary market. The market price
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3. Risk Factors (continued):
of fund shares may deviate, sometimes significantly, from NAV during periods of market volatility or market disruption, or as a result of other factors impacting foreign securities, including liquidity, irregular trading activity and timing differences between foreign markets where securities trade and the secondary market where fund shares are sold.
Please refer to the funds’ prospectus for a more complete description of the principal risks of investing in the funds.

    
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
Investment Adviser
CSIM, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as each fund’s investment adviser pursuant to the Advisory Agreement between CSIM and the trust.
For its advisory services to the funds, CSIM is entitled to receive an annual management fee, payable monthly, based on a percentage of each fund’s average daily net assets as follows:
Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Broad
Market
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Large
Company
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Small
Company
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
International
Large
Company
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
International
Small
Company
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
Emerging
Markets Large
Company
Index ETF
0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.39% 0.39%
Other Affiliated Transactions
The professional fees related to foreign withholding tax claims discussed in financial note 2 were non-routine expenses. The investment adviser agreed to pay these professional fees, subject to reimbursement by the Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF to the extent the fund is able to successfully recover taxes withheld in the future.
The Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF incurred professional fees amounting to $33,792 and made no reimbursements to the investment adviser during the period ended August 31, 2020.
As of August 31, 2020, the balance of professional fees related to foreign withholding tax subject to future reimbursement by the Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF to the investment adviser was $48,248.
No other amounts for additional tax reclaims are reflected in the financial statements due to the uncertainty surrounding the ultimate resolution of proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these claims, and the potential timing of payment.
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4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
Interfund Transactions
The funds may engage in direct transactions with certain other funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to Trustees and Officers section) when permitted by applicable law. When one fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended August 31, 2020, each fund’s total aggregate security transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex as well as any realized gains (losses) were as follows:
  Total Aggregate Transactions Realized Gains (Losses)
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF $4,704,371 ($184,409)
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF 143,457,638 (14,090,890)
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF 39,909,040 (1,701,675)
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF 93,789,978 (20,808,872)
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF 70,281,613 (11,183,349)
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF 28,682,700 350,672
Interfund Borrowing and Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the funds may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex. All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. All loans are subject to numerous conditions designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all participating funds. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review of the Board. The funds had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.

    
5. Other Service Providers:
SEI Investments Distribution Co. is the principal underwriter and distributor of shares of the funds.
State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street) serves as the funds’ transfer agent. As part of these services, the transfer agent maintains records pertaining to the sale, redemption and transfer of the funds’ shares.
State Street also serves as custodian and accountant for the funds. The custodian is responsible for the daily safekeeping of securities and cash held by the funds. The funds’ accountant maintains all books and records related to the funds’ transactions.

    
6. Board of Trustees:
The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of CSIM or its affiliates. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The trust does not pay any interested or non-interested trustees (independent trustees). The independent trustees are paid by CSIM. For information regarding the trustees, please refer to the Trustees and Officers table at the end of this report.

    
7. Borrowing from Banks:
During the period, the funds were participants with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, syndicated, committed $750 million line of credit (the Syndicated Credit Facility), maturing on October 1, 2020. On October 1, 2020, the Syndicated Credit Facility was further amended to run for a new 364 day period with a line of credit of $850 million, maturing on September 30, 2021. Under the terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, in addition to CSIM paying the interest charged on any borrowings by a fund, CSIM paid a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum on the funds’ proportionate share of the unused portion of the Syndicated Credit Facility.
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7. Borrowing from Banks (continued):
During the period, the funds were participants with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, unsecured, uncommitted $500 million line of credit (the Uncommitted Credit Facility), with State Street, which was scheduled to mature on November 27, 2020. However, on October 1, 2020, the Uncommitted Credit Facility was amended to run for a new 364 day period with a line of credit of $400 million, maturing on September 30, 2021. Under the terms of the Uncommitted Credit Facility, CSIM pays interest on the amount a fund borrows. There were no borrowings from either line of credit during the period.
The funds also have access to custodian overdraft facilities. A fund may have utilized the overdraft facility and incurred an interest expense, which is paid by CSIM. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.

    
8. Derivatives:
Certain funds entered into equity index futures contracts during the report period. The funds invested in futures contracts to equitize available cash. The current value and variation margin for futures contracts held at August 31, 2020 are presented on the Portfolio Holdings and Statement of Assets and Liabilities, respectively. The net realized and change in unrealized gains (losses) on futures contracts are presented on the Statement of Operations. Refer to financial note 2(b) for the funds’ accounting policies with respect to futures contracts and financial note 3 for disclosures concerning the risks of investing in futures contracts. During the period ended August 31, 2020, the month-end average notional amounts of futures contracts held by the funds and the month-end average number of contracts held were as follows:
  Notional Amounts Number of Contracts
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF $523,376 3
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF 11,496,202 76
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF 6,231,072 90
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF 23,803,711 279
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF 10,168,571 119
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF 13,750,539 274

    
9. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the period ended August 31, 2020, purchases and sales of securities (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term obligations) were as follows:
  Purchases
of Securities
Sales
of Securities
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF $17,354,587 $17,678,548
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF 389,858,212 394,717,122
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF 559,298,642 520,993,810
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF 348,287,515 338,172,326
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF 267,900,085 258,906,334
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF 850,731,696 301,499,844

    
10. In-Kind Transactions:
The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund often consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of equity securities, which constitutes an optimized representation of the securities involved in a relevant fund’s underlying index, and an amount of cash. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units are subject to a standard creation transaction fee and a standard redemption transaction fee paid to the custodian to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units. Purchasers and redeemers of Creation Units for cash are subject to an additional variable charge paid to the fund that will offset the transaction costs to the fund of buying or selling portfolio securities. In addition, purchasers and redeemers of shares in Creation Units are responsible for payment of the costs of transferring securities to or out of the fund. From time to time, CSIM may cover the cost of any transaction fees when believed to be in the best interests of a fund.
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10. In-Kind Transactions (continued):
The in-kind transactions for the period ended August 31, 2020, were as follows:
  In-Kind Purchases
of Securities
In-Kind Sales
of Securities
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF $5,348,681 $38,295,532
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF 521,717,688 1,685,566,249
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF 549,074,583 966,648,026
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF 319,059,540 661,677,153
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF 50,684,512 161,694,175
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF 124,150,338 35,983,758
For the period ended August 31, 2020, where applicable, the funds realized net capital gains or losses resulting from in-kind redemptions of Creation Units. 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 gains or losses to capital received from investors at the end of the funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The net realized in-kind gains or losses for the period ended August 31, 2020 are disclosed in the funds’ Statements of Operations, if any.

    
11. Federal Income Taxes
As of August 31, 2020, the tax basis cost of the funds’ investments and gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
  Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Broad
Market
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Large
Company
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Small
Company
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
International
Large
Company
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
International
Small
Company
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
Emerging
Markets Large
Company
Index ETF
Tax cost $215,012,485   $4,514,886,710   $3,224,877,220   $4,450,080,402   $1,944,650,660   $3,264,685,558
Gross unrealized appreciation $62,528,029   $917,749,636   $432,470,031   $449,104,099   $306,876,383   $224,651,983
Gross unrealized depreciation (36,041,449)   (684,892,072)   (634,167,453)   (773,356,306)   (330,732,228)   (451,371,160)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $26,486,580   $232,857,564   ($201,697,422)   ($324,252,207)   ($23,855,845)   ($226,719,177)
Capital loss carryforwards may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes. As of February 29, 2020, the funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net capital gains as follows:
Expiration Date Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Broad
Market
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Large
Company
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Small
Company
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
International
Large
Company
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
International
Small
Company
Index ETF
  Schwab
Fundamental
Emerging
Markets Large
Company
Index ETF
No expiration $6,307,497   $77,080,092   $159,483,892   $100,013,237   $55,412,483   $28,867,002
Total $6,307,497   $77,080,092   $159,483,892   $100,013,237   $55,412,483   $28,867,002
The tax-basis components of distributions and components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax basis balances have not been determined as of August 31, 2020. The tax-basis components of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 were as follows:
  Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Broad
Market
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Large
Company
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
U.S. Small
Company
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
International
Large
Company
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
International
Small
Company
Index ETF
Schwab
Fundamental
Emerging
Markets Large
Company
Index ETF
Ordinary income $6,831,860 $128,120,700 $50,954,980 $150,746,760 $57,727,940 $99,031,790
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)

11. Federal Income Taxes (continued):
As of February 29, 2020, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the funds, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the funds’ financial statements. The funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, the funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

    
12. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
On June 8, 2020, the Audit, Compliance and Valuation Committee of the Board approved, and on June 9, 2020, the Board approved, Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered accounting firm of the Schwab Funds Complex for fiscal periods ending after June 8, 2020.
On June 8, 2020, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the “Prior Auditor”) resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Schwab Funds Complex. The Prior Auditor’s reports on the financial statements of the funds for the past two fiscal years, the years ended February 28, 2019 and February 29, 2020, did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the last two fiscal year-ends and through June 8, 2020, there were no (1) disagreements with the Prior Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the Prior Auditor’s satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to that matter in connection with its reports on the funds’ financial statements for such periods; or (2) “reportable events,” as that term is defined in Item 304 (a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    
13. Subsequent Events:
Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), requires that the continuation of a fund’s investment advisory agreement must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the Independent Trustees), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund’s trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
The Board of Trustees (the Board or the Trustees, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory agreement (the Agreement) between Schwab Strategic Trust (the Trust) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) with respect to the existing funds in the Trust, including Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF, Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF, and Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF (the Funds), and to review certain other agreements pursuant to which CSIM provides investment advisory services to certain other registered investment companies. In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by CSIM, including information about CSIM’s affiliates, personnel, business goals and priorities, profitability, third-party oversight, corporate structure and operations. As part of the renewal process, the Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, on behalf of the Independent Trustees, sends an information request letter to CSIM seeking certain relevant information. The responses by CSIM are provided to the Trustees in the Board materials for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees are provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials. The Board also receives data provided by an independent provider of investment company data. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Funds that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to the Funds’ operations and performance, legal and compliance matters, risk management, portfolio turnover, and sales and marketing activity. In considering the renewal, the Independent Trustees receive advice from Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees participate in question and
answer sessions with representatives of CSIM and meet in executive session outside the presence of Fund management.
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Funds at meetings held on May 11, 2020 and June 9, 2020, and approved the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Funds for an additional one-year term at the meeting on June 9, 2020 called for the purpose of voting on such approval.1
The Board’s approval of the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Funds was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at these meetings and at prior meetings, including:
1. the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to each Fund under the Agreement, including the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Funds;
2. each Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable exchange-traded funds and benchmark data;
3. each Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other similar exchange-traded funds;
4. the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), with respect to each Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to CSIM and its affiliates; and
5. the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels in the Agreement reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by CSIM to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Funds. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, CSIM’s experience, track record, compliance program, resources dedicated to hiring and retaining skilled personnel and specialized talent, and information security resources. The Trustees also considered information provided by CSIM relating to services and support provided with respect to the Funds’ portfolio management team, portfolio strategy, and internal investment guidelines, as well as trading infrastructure, liquidity management, product design and analysis, shareholder communications, securities valuation, fund accounting and custody, and vendor and risk oversight. The Trustees also considered investments CSIM has made in its infrastructure, including modernizing CSIM’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise in key areas (including portfolio management and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, risk management processes, and information security programs,
 
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which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Funds and their shareholders. Finally, the Trustees also considered Schwab’s reputation as a full service brokerage firm and its overall financial condition, including Schwab’s ability to maintain consistent operations and service levels during recent periods of remote work and market volatility. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Funds supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Funds.
Fund Performance. The Board considered each Fund’s performance in determining whether to renew the Agreement with respect to such Fund. Specifically, the Trustees considered each Fund’s performance relative to a peer category of other exchange-traded funds and applicable indices/benchmarks, in light of total return, yield, if applicable, and market trends, as well as in consideration of each Fund’s investment style and strategy attributes and disclosures. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the independent provider of investment company data who prepared the peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of each Fund, the Trustees considered the risk profile for such Fund and such Fund’s demonstrated performance in tracking its benchmark index. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of their review of Fund expenses and adviser profitability discussed below and also noted that the Board and a designated committee of the Board review performance throughout the year. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that with respect to each Fund, the performance of such Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to such Fund.
Fund Expenses. With respect to each Fund’s expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreement and each Fund’s operating expense ratio, in each case in comparison to those of other similar exchange-traded funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent provider of investment company data. CSIM reported to the Board, and the Board took into account, the risk assumed by CSIM in the development of products and provision of services as well as the competitive marketplace for financial products. The Trustees also considered fees charged by CSIM to mutual funds that it manages. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that with respect to each Fund, the expenses of such Fund are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to such Fund.
Profitability. The Trustees considered the compensation flowing to CSIM and its affiliates, directly or indirectly and reviewed profitability on a pre-tax basis, without regard to distribution expenses. In this connection, the Trustees
reviewed management’s profitability analyses. The Trustees also reviewed profitability of CSIM relating to the Schwab fund complex as a whole, noting the benefits to Fund shareholders of being part of the Schwab fund complex, including the allocations of certain fixed costs across the Funds and other funds in the complex. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by CSIM from its relationship with the Funds, such as whether, by virtue of its management of the Funds, CSIM obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. The Trustees considered whether the compensation and profitability with respect to the Funds under the Agreement and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to the Funds by CSIM and its affiliates. The Trustees noted that CSIM continues to invest substantial sums in its business in order to provide enhanced research capabilities, services, and systems to benefit the Funds. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of CSIM with respect to each Fund is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to such Fund.
Economies of Scale. Although the Trustees recognized the difficulty of determining economies of scale with precision, the Trustees considered the potential existence of any economies of scale by way of the relatively low advisory fee and unitary fee structure of the Funds and whether those are passed along to a Fund’s shareholders through (i) the enhancement of services provided to the Funds in return for fees paid, including through investments by CSIM in CSIM’s infrastructure, including modernizing CSIM’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise and capabilities in key areas (including portfolio and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Funds and their shareholders; (ii) graduated investment advisory fee schedules or unitary fee structures, fee waivers, or expense caps by CSIM and its affiliates for those funds in the Schwab fund complex with such features; and (iii) pricing a fund to scale and keeping overall expenses down as the fund grows. The Trustees acknowledged that CSIM has shared any economies of scale with the Funds by investing in CSIM’s infrastructure, as discussed above, over time and that CSIM’s internal costs of providing investment management, technology, administrative, legal and compliance services to the Funds continues to increase as a result of regulatory or other developments. The Trustees considered that CSIM and its affiliates may employ contractual expense caps to protect shareholders from high fees when fund assets are relatively small, for example, in the case of newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, because, among other reasons, shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that each Fund obtains reasonable benefits from economies of scale.
 
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In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees may have accorded different weights to various factors and did not identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the
continuation of the Agreement with respect to the Funds and concluded that the compensation under the Agreement with respect to the Funds is fair and reasonable in light of such services and expenses and such other matters as the Trustees have considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
 
    
1 The meeting on June 9, 2020 was held telephonically in reliance on exemptive relief from the in-person voting requirement under the 1940 Act as provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Trustees and Officers

The tables below give information about the trustees and officers of Schwab Strategic Trust, which includes the funds covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust. The Fund Complex includes 100 funds.
The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-877-824-5615.
Independent Trustees
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
Robert W. Burns
1959
Trustee
(Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016)
Retired/Private Investor (Jan. 2009 – present). Formerly, Managing Director, Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC (PIMCO) (investment management firm) and President, PIMCO Funds. 100 None
John F. Cogan
1947
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Laudus Trust since 2010; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016)
Senior Fellow (Oct. 1979 – present), The Hoover Institution at Stanford University (public policy think tank); Senior Fellow (2000 – present), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; Professor of Public Policy (1994 – 2015), Stanford University. 100 Director (2005 – present), Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Nancy F. Heller
1956
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018)
Retired. President and Chairman (2014 – 2016), TIAA Charitable (financial services); Senior Managing Director (2003 – 2016), TIAA (financial services). 100 None
Stephen Timothy Kochis
1946
Trustee
(Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2012; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016)
CEO and Owner (May 2012 – present), Kochis Global (wealth management consulting). 100 None
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Independent Trustees (continued)
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
David L. Mahoney
1954
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016)
Private Investor. 100 Director (2004 – present), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
Director (2009 – present), Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Director (2003 – 2019), Symantec Corporation
Jane P. Moncreiff
1961
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019)
Consultant (2018 – present), Fulham Advisers LLC (management consulting); Chief Investment Officer (2009 – 2017), CareGroup Healthcare System, Inc. (healthcare). 100 None
Kiran M. Patel
1948
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016)
Retired. Executive Vice President and General Manager of Small Business Group (Dec. 2008 – Sept. 2013), Intuit, Inc. (financial software and services firm for consumers and small businesses). 100 Director (2008 – present), KLA-Tencor Corporation
Kimberly S. Patmore
1956
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016)
Consultant (2008 – present), Patmore Management Consulting (management consulting). 100 None
Gerald B. Smith
1950
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2000; Laudus Trust since 2010; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016)
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder (Mar. 1990 – present), Smith Graham & Co. (investment advisors). 100 Director (2012 – present), Eaton Corporation plc
    
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Interested Trustees
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
Walter W. Bettinger II2
1960
Chairman and Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; Laudus Trust since 2010)
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present) and Director (May 2008 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2006 – present), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (July 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Trust Bank; Director (May 2008 – present) and President and Chief Executive Officer (Aug. 2017 – present), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Director (July 2016 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. 100 Director (2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation
Jonathan de St. Paer2
1973
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019)
Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Trustee and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present) and President (Nov. 2018 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Director (Apr. 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – present), Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), and Vice President (Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2013), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 100 None
Joseph R. Martinetto2
1962
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016)
Chief Operating Officer (Feb. 2018 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – Feb. 2018), The Charles Schwab Corporation; Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Chief Financial Officer (July 2015 – Aug. 2017) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (May 2007 – July 2015), The Charles Schwab Corporation and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (May 2007 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2010 – present) and Chief Executive Officer (July 2013 – Apr. 2015), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (May 2007 – present), Chief Financial Officer (May 2007 – Aug. 2017), Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2016 – present), and Executive Vice President (May 2007 – Feb. 2016), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. 100 None
    
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Officers of the Trust
Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and length of Time Served3)
Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
Jonathan de St. Paer
1973
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018)
Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Trustee and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present) and President (Nov. 2018 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Director (Apr. 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – present), Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), and Vice President (Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2013), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Mark Fischer
1970
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2013)
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Jan. 2016 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Assistant Treasurer (Dec. 2013 – Dec. 2015), Schwab Funds and Laudus Funds; Assistant Treasurer (Nov. 2013 – Dec. 2015), Schwab ETFs; Chief Financial Officer (Mar. 2020 – present) and Vice President (Oct. 2013 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Executive Director (Apr. 2011 – Sept. 2013), J.P. Morgan Investor Services; Assistant Treasurer (May 2005 – Mar. 2011), Massachusetts Financial Service Investment Management.
Omar Aguilar
1970
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Equities and Multi-Asset Strategies
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011)
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Equities and Multi-Asset Strategies (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Head of the Portfolio Management Group and Vice President of Portfolio Management (May 2009 – Apr. 2011), Financial Engines, Inc. (investment management firm); Head of Quantitative Equity (July 2004 – Jan. 2009), ING Investment Management.
Brett Wander
1961
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011)
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Funds and Schwab ETFs; Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Active Fixed-Income Strategies (Jan. 2008 – Oct. 2010), State Street Global Advisors; Director of Alpha Strategies (Apr. 2006 – Jan. 2008), Loomis, Sayles & Company (investment management firm).
David Lekich
1964
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs
Vice President and Assistant Clerk, Laudus Funds
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011)
Senior Vice President (Sept. 2011 – present) and Vice President (Mar. 2004 – Sept. 2011), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel (Sept. 2011 – present) and Vice President (Jan. 2011 – Sept. 2011), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Secretary (Apr. 2011 – present) and Chief Legal Officer (Dec. 2011 – present), Schwab Funds; Vice President and Assistant Clerk (Apr. 2011 – present), Laudus Funds; Secretary (May 2011 – present) and Chief Legal Officer (Nov. 2011 – present), Schwab ETFs.
Catherine MacGregor
1964
Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs
Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk, Laudus Funds
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2005; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009)
Vice President (July 2005 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Vice President (Sept. 2005 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President (Dec. 2005 – present) and Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (Mar. 2007 – present), Laudus Funds; Vice President (Nov. 2005 – present) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – present), Schwab Funds; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (Oct. 2009 – present), Schwab ETFs.
1 Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. The retirement policy requires that each independent trustee retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 74 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee on any trust in the Fund Complex, whichever occurs first.
2 Mr. Bettinger, Mr. de St. Paer and Mr. Martinetto are Interested Trustees. Mr. Bettinger is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), the parent company of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM), the investment adviser for the trusts in the Fund Complex, is an employee and director of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co), the principal underwriter for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust, and is a director of CSIM. Mr. de St. Paer is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of CSIM. Mr. Martinetto is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of CS&Co.
3 The President, Treasurer and Secretary/Clerk hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board.
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Glossary

144A securities  These securities may be sold only to qualified institutional buyers under Securities Act Rule 144A.
American Depositary Receipt (ADR)  U.S. dollar-denominated receipts issued by U.S. banks or trust companies that represent shares of foreign-based corporations.
ask  See “offer.”
asset allocation  The practice of dividing a portfolio among different asset classes, with each asset class assigned a particular percentage to help offset risks and rewards, based on your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance.
asset class  A group of securities with similar structure and basic characteristics. Stocks, bonds and cash are the three main examples of asset classes.
authorized participant (AP)  A large institutional investor that places orders for creation units with the funds’ distributor.
beta  A historical measure of an investment’s volatility relative to a market index (usually the S&P 500®). The index is defined as having a beta of 1.00. Investments with a beta higher than 1.00 have been more volatile than the index; those with a beta of less than 1.00 have been less volatile.
bid  The highest price at which someone is willing to buy a security.
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index   An index that is a broad-based benchmark measuring the performance of the U.S. investment grade, taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate bonds, mortgage pass-through securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities that are publicly available for sale in the United States. To be eligible for inclusion in the index, securities must be fixed rate, non-convertible, U.S. dollar-denominated with at least $300 million or more of outstanding face value and have one or more years remaining to maturity. The index excludes certain types of securities, including tax-exempt state and local government series bonds, structured notes embedded with swaps or other special features, private placements, floating rate securities, inflation-linked bonds and Eurobonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Bills 1–3 Month Index  An index that includes all publicly issued zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Bills that have a remaining maturity of less than 3 months but more than 1 month, are rated investment grade and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. It excludes zero-coupon STRIPS.
cap, capitalization  See “market cap.”
capital gain, capital loss  The difference between the amount paid for an investment and its value at a later time. If the investment has been sold, the capital gain or loss is considered a realized gain or loss. If the investment is still held, the gain or loss is still “on paper” and is considered unrealized.
commencement of operations  The date that the first NAV was calculated.
creation unit (C.U.)  A basket of securities that is delivered by an authorized participant (AP) to the fund equal to the current holdings of the ETF, plus a designated cash component. In return, the APs receive a large block of ETF shares (typically 50,000 shares), which investors can then buy and sell in the secondary market.
European Depositary Receipt (EDR)  A negotiable security (receipt) that is issued by a European bank, and that represents shares of foreign-based corporations.
exchange  A marketplace, or any organization or group that provides or maintains a marketplace for trading securities, options, futures, or commodities.
expense ratio  The amount that is taken from the fund’s assets each year to cover the operating expenses. An expense ratio of 0.50% means that a fund’s expenses amount to half of one percent of its average net assets a year.
Global Depositary Receipt (GDR)  A negotiable security (receipt) that is issued by a foreign bank, and that represents shares of foreign-based corporations.
gross domestic product (GDP)  The output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States.
inception date  The date that the shares began trading in the secondary market.
indicative optimized portfolio value (IOPV)  A calculation disseminated by the stock exchange that approximates the fund’s NAV every 15 seconds throughout the trading day.
liquidity  The ability to convert a security or asset quickly into cash.
market cap, market capitalization  The value of a company as determined by the total value of all shares of its stock outstanding.
market price return  The return based on the change in market price per share of the fund over a given time period. Market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund at market price.
median market cap  The midpoint of the range of market caps of the stocks held by a fund. There are different ways of calculating median market cap. With a simple median, half of the stocks in the fund’s portfolio would be larger than the median, and half would be smaller. With a weighted median (the type that is calculated for these funds), half of the fund’s assets are invested in stocks that are larger than the median market cap, and half in stocks that are smaller.
MSCI EAFE Index (Net)  A free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes; returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)  A free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment. The returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
net asset value (NAV)  The value of one share of a fund. NAV is calculated by taking the fund’s total assets, subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding.
NAV return  The return based on the change in NAV of the fund over a given time period. NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the fund.
offer (ask)  The lowest price at which an individual is willing to sell a security.
 
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open  The price at which a security opened for trading on a given day.
outstanding shares, shares outstanding  When speaking of the fund, indicates all shares currently held by investors.
price-to-book ratio (P/B)  The market price of a company’s stock compared with its “book value.” A mutual fund’s P/B is the weighted average of the P/B of all stocks in the fund’s portfolio.
price-to-earnings ratio (P/E)  The market price of a company’s stock compared with earnings over the past year. A mutual fund’s P/E is the weighted average of the P/E of all stocks in the fund’s portfolio.
primary market  The market that deals with the issuance of new securities.
rights and warrants  Rights and warrants are types of securities that entitle the holder to purchase a proportionate amount of common stock at a specified price for a specific period of time. Rights allow a shareholder to buy more shares directly from the company, usually at a price somewhat lower than the current market price of the outstanding shares. Warrants are usually issued with bonds and preferred stock. Rights and warrants can trade on the market separately from the company’s stock. The prices of rights and warrants do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying common stock. Rights usually expire within a few weeks of issuance, while warrants may not expire for several years. If a right or warrant is not exercised within the specified time period, it will become worthless and a fund will lose the purchase price it paid for the right or warrant and the right to purchase the underlying security.
Russell 1000 Index  An index that measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, and represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
Russell 2000 Index  An index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
Russell 3000 Index  An index that measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
Russell RAFI Developed ex US Large Company Index (Net)   An index that ranks developed ex-U.S. companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index by fundamental measures of size and tracks the performance of those companies whose fundamental scores are in the top 87.5%. The index uses a partial quarterly reconstitution methodology in which the index is split into four equal segments at the annual reconstitution and each segment is then rebalanced on a rolling quarterly basis. The Net series reduces index performance by adjusting for local taxes. Selecting the developed ex-U.S. companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index measures the performance of the largest investable securities in developed countries globally, excluding companies assigned to the United States.
Russell RAFI Developed ex US Small Company Index (Net)   An index that ranks developed ex-U.S. companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index by fundamental measures of size and tracks the performance of those companies whose fundamental scores rank below the 87.5% threshold. The index uses a partial quarterly reconstitution methodology in which the index is split into four equal segments at the annual reconstitution and each segment is then rebalanced on a rolling quarterly basis. The Net series reduces index performance by adjusting for local taxes. Selecting the developed ex-U.S. companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index measures the performance of the smallest investable securities in developed countries globally, excluding companies assigned to the United States.
Russell RAFI Emerging Markets Large Company Index (Net)  An index that ranks emerging market companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index by measures of fundamental size and tracks the performance of those companies whose fundamental scores are in the top 87.5%. The index uses a partial quarterly reconstitution methodology in which the index is split into four equal segments at the annual reconstitution and each segment is then rebalanced on a rolling quarterly basis. The Net series reduces index performance by adjusting for local taxes. Selecting the emerging companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index measures the performance of the investable securities in emerging countries globally.
Russell RAFI US Index  An index that selects, ranks, and weights securities by fundamental measures of company size rather than market capitalization. The index measures the performance of the constituent companies by fundamental overall company scores, which are created using as the universe U.S. companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index. Securities are grouped in order of decreasing company score and each company receives a weight based on its percentage of the total scores of the companies. The index uses a partial quarterly reconstitution methodology in which the index is split into four equal segments at the annual reconstitution and each segment is then rebalanced on a rolling quarterly basis.
Russell RAFI US Large Company Index  An index that ranks U.S. companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index. The Russell RAFI US Large Company Index includes only those securities that are members of the U.S. portion whose fundamental scores are in the top 87.5%. The index uses a partial quarterly reconstitution methodology in which the index is split into four equal segments at the annual reconstitution and each segment is then rebalanced on a rolling quarterly basis.
Russell RAFI US Small Company Index  An index that ranks U.S. companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index. The Russell RAFI US Small Company Index includes only those securities that are members of the U.S. portion and rank below the 87.5% fundamental score threshold. The index uses a partial quarterly reconstitution methodology in which the index is split into four equal segments at the annual reconstitution and each segment is then rebalanced on a rolling quarterly basis.
S&P 500 Index  An index that is designed to measure the performance of 500 leading publicly traded companies from a broad range of industries.
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index (Net)  An index composed of the stocks representing the lowest 15% of float-adjusted market cap in each developed market country, excluding the U.S. The returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
sampling  If a fund uses a sampling method, the fund will not fully replicate the benchmark index and may hold securities not included in the index. A fund that utilizes a sampling approach may not track the return of the index.
secondary market  The market in which investors purchase securities from other investors rather than directly from the issuing companies. Organized exchanges facilitate the trading of securities in the secondary market.
spread  The gap between bid and ask prices of a security.
stock  A share of ownership, or equity, in the issuing company.
total return  The percentage that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the fund assuming dividends and distributions were reinvested.
tracking error  The difference between the performance of the fund and its benchmark index, positive or negative.
 
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Schwab ETFs

Schwab ETFs are designed to serve as simple low-cost core investment products for a diversified portfolio. These ETFs seek to provide consistent, repeatable performance through a variety of investment strategies that span the equity and fixed income spectrum. The list below shows all currently available Schwab ETFs.
Investors should carefully consider information contained in the prospectus, or if available, the summary prospectus, including investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. Please call 1-877-824-5615 for a prospectus for any Schwab ETF. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest. This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Results
A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab ETFs’ website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab ETFs at 1-877-824-5615.
Information regarding how a fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by visiting the fund’s website at www.schwabfunds.com/schwabetfs_prospectus or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    
    
Schwab ETFs
U.S. ETFs
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Schwab 1000 Index® ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
International ETFs
Schwab International Equity ETF
Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF
Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Fixed Income ETFs
Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF
Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Fundamental Index* ETFs
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company
Index ETF    
 
    
 
 
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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:

Schedule of Investments.

The schedules of investments are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

Item 7:

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

Not applicable.

 

Item 8:

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 9:

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

Not applicable.

 

Item 10:

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

 

Item 11:

Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)

Based on their evaluation of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date, Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan de St. Paer and Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, Mark Fischer, have concluded that Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are: (i) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately communicated to Registrant’s officers to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures required in this report; (ii) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is recorded,


  processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner; and (iii) are effective in achieving the goals described in (i) and (ii) above.

 

(b)

During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that the above officers believe to have materially affected, or to be reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12:

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

Not applicable.

 

Item 13:

Exhibits.

(a)    (1)   Code of ethics – not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

  (2)

Separate certifications for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act, are attached.

 

  (3)

Not applicable.

 

  (4)

Registrant’s Independent Public Accountant, attached as Exhibit 99.ACCT.

 

(b)

A certification for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act, is attached. This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSRS with the Commission.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Schwab Strategic Trust

 

By:  

/s/ Jonathan de St. Paer

 

Jonathan de St. Paer

Chief Executive Officer

Date:   October 19, 2020

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/ Jonathan de St. Paer

  Jonathan de St. Paer


 

 

  Chief Executive Officer
Date:   October 19, 2020

 

By:  

/s/ Mark Fischer

 

Mark Fischer

Chief Financial Officer

Date:   October 19, 2020