N-CSR 1 d654387dncsr.htm ISHARES U.S. ETF TRUST - FORM N-CSR iShares U.S. ETF Trust - Form N-CSR

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-22649

 

 

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

c/o: State Street Bank and Trust Company

100 Summer Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02110

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

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

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2018

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2018

 

 

 


Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders.

Copies of the annual reports transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached.


OCTOBER 31, 2018

 

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

       LOGO

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

LOGO   iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF | NEAR | Cboe BZX

LOGO   iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF | MEAR | Cboe BZX

LOGO   iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF | ICSH | Cboe BZX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Table of Contents

 

      Page  

Market Overview

     5  

Fund Summary

     6  

About Fund Performance

     12  

Shareholder Expenses

     12  

Schedules of Investments

     13  

Financial Statements

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     30  

Statements of Operations

     31  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     32  

Financial Highlights

     34  

Notes to Financial Statements

     37  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     45  

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

     46  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     47  

Supplemental Information

     49  

Trustee and Officer Information

     51  

General Information

     53  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     54  


Market Overview

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

 

U.S. Bond Market Overview

The U.S. bond market declined for the 12 months ended October 31, 2018 (“reporting period”). The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, a broad measure of U.S. fixed-income performance, returned -2.05%. The negative return for U.S. bonds was primarily due to a stronger U.S. economy and higher interest rates. Driven in part by the stimulative effect of federal tax reform legislation, the U.S. economy grew by 3% for the 12 months ended September 2018, its highest year-over-year growth rate in more than three years. Key components of the strengthening economy included the job market, where the unemployment rate declined to its lowest level since December 1969; industrial production, which increased at its sharpest year-over-year pace in nearly eight years; and retail sales, which accelerated for much of the reporting period before slowing in the last two months.

Faster economic growth led to higher inflation, though it remained low by historical standards. As measured by the consumer price index, the year-over-year U.S. inflation rate rose to 2.9% in mid-2018 — its fastest rate in more than six years — before falling back to 2.3% by the end of the reporting period. By comparison, the long-term historical average inflation rate is 3.3%.

In this environment, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) continued its efforts to normalize monetary policy. The Fed increased short-term interest rates four times during the reporting period, increasing its short-term interest rate target to 2.25%, the highest level in more than a decade. In addition, the Fed reduced its holdings of U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities by approximately 7% during the reporting period, after quadrupling its holdings in response to the 2008 financial crisis.

Interest rates increased broadly in response to the improving economy and higher inflation. Short-term interest rates increased the most, reflecting the Fed’s actions. For example, the yield of the two-year U.S. Treasury note increased from 1.60% to 2.87% during the reporting period. Longer-term interest rates rose to a lesser degree; the yield of the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond increased from 2.88% to 3.39%. These developments led to the narrowest yield difference, or spread, between short-term and longer-term U.S. Treasury securities in more than 11 years.

Higher interest rates had the most significant impact on U.S. Treasury securities, which typically have greater sensitivity to changes in interest rates compared with other higher-yielding sectors of the bond market. Consequently, the prices of U.S. Treasury bonds declined as interest rates increased during the reporting period. U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities also declined but to a lesser degree as the inflation rate increased.

Corporate bonds posted mixed returns for the reporting period. Despite the positive economic environment, investment-grade corporate bonds declined the most among the major bond sectors. In addition to higher interest rates, investor concerns about high corporate debt levels, a decline in average credit quality, and relatively high valuations contributed to the weakness in investment-grade corporate bonds. In contrast, high-yield corporate bonds, which have lower credit ratings, performed relatively well, as their higher yields buffered price declines. Strong investor demand for yield, lower issuance levels, and limited interest rate sensitivity contributed to the positive performance of high-yield corporate bonds.

Among securitized bonds, asset-backed securities (bonds backed by credit card receivables, auto loans, and other debt) posted positive returns for the reporting period, benefiting from their higher yields and relatively short maturities. Mortgage-backed securities, both residential and commercial, declined but to a lesser degree than the broader bond market.

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018

  

 

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to maximize current income by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade fixed income securities and maintain a weighted average maturity that is less than three years. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

Performance

 

     Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
      1 Year      5 Years      Since
Inception
            1 Year      5 Years      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     1.78      1.24      1.24        1.78      6.36      6.51

Fund Market

     1.78        1.24        1.25          1.78        6.36        6.53  
Bloomberg Barclays Short-Term Government/Corporate Index      1.68        0.76        0.74                1.68        3.84        3.85  

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 9/25/13. The first day of secondary market trading was 9/26/13.

The Bloomberg Barclays Short-Term Government/Corporate Index an unmanaged index that measures the performance of government and corporate securities with less than 1 year remaining to maturity.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 12 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
 
   

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $        1,000.00       $        1,011.00       $        1.27       $        1,000.00       $        1,023.90       $        1.28       0.25

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 12 for more information.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018    (continued)

  

 

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Short-term investment-grade bonds posted positive returns for the reporting period. While longer-term bond prices generally declined in the wake of four interest rate increases by the Fed, the shortest-term bonds are the least sensitive to interest rate changes.

The Fund performed well relative to the Bloomberg Barclays Short-Term Government/Corporate Index. The Fund’s performance relative to the broader short-term bond market benefited from overweight allocations to corporate credit and securitized products, including asset-backed securities (“ABSs”) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBSs”).

In the Fund’s corporate allocation, the largest contributors to the Fund’s performance were financial and industrial bonds. In general, corporate securities benefited from strong economic growth, tax reform, and healthy earnings. High demand from yield-seeking buyers also boosted corporate bonds.

Banks were the leading contributors to the Fund’s return. These issuers made up 23% of the Fund on average during the reporting period. Despite a flattening yield curve (the difference between short-term and long-term interest rates), banks generally benefited from increasing interest rates, as revenues from longer-term, higher-rate loans outpaced increases in deposit costs. In the industrial sector, overweight allocations to both the consumer non-cyclicals and consumer cyclicals industries were beneficial to the Fund’s performance, reflecting the strong economy, a decades-low unemployment rate, and healthy consumer spending.

Among securitized products, overweight positions in ABSs and CMBSs benefited the Fund, as investors seeking yield drove demand for these products. In addition, CMBSs benefited from falling delinquency rates for commercial loans. Rising property values and the easy availability of financing helped keep commercial mortgage defaults low.

For most of the reporting period, the Fund maintained a similar or shorter interest rate sensitivity (less price sensitivity to interest rate changes) relative to the Bloomberg Barclays Short-Term Government/Corporate Index. This position reflected expectations of interest rate increases by the Fed. By the end of the reporting period, the Fund moved to a slightly longer interest rate sensitivity relative to the broader market.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY INVESTMENT TYPE

 

Investment Type     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a)  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     63.2

Asset-Backed Securities

     26.9  

Collaterized Mortgage Obligations

     4.8  

Commercial Paper

     2.1  

Certificates of Deposit

     1.9  

Repurchase Agreements

     0.7  

U. S. Government & Agency Obligations

     0.4  

ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY

 

Moody’s Credit Rating*     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a)  

Aaa

     20.1

Aa

     7.8  

A

     19.9  

Baa

     33.5  

Ba

     1.6  

P-1

     3.1  

P-3

     1.0  

Aaae

     0.5  

Not Rated

     12.5  
 

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018

  

 

iShares® Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to maximize tax-free current income by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in municipal securities such that the interest on each bond is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax. Under normal circumstances, the effective duration of the Fund’s portfolio is expected to be 1.2 years or less, as calculated by the management team, and is not expected to exceed 1.5 years. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

Performance

 

     Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
      1 Year      Since
Inception
            1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     0.95      0.84        0.95      3.10

Fund Market

     1.01        0.86          1.01        3.20  
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond: 1 Year (1-2) Index      0.65        0.72                0.65        2.67  

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 3/3/15. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/5/15.

The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond: 1 Year (1-2) Index is an unmanaged index comprised of national municipal bond issues having a maturity of at least one year and less than two years.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 12 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
 
   

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $        1,000.00       $    1,008.50       $        1.27       $    1,000.00       $        1,023.90       $        1.28       0.25%  

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 12 for more information.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018    (continued)

  

 

iShares® Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Short-term municipal bonds posted a positive return for the reporting period. While longer-term municipal bond prices generally declined in the wake of four interest rate increases by the Fed, short-term municipal bonds are the least sensitive to interest rate changes. The Fund further maintained a defensive strategy to minimize the effect of rising interest rates.

Supply and demand were mixed. Supply surged as tax reform led to a spike in refunding issuances in late 2017, but that spike was followed by lower-than-normal issuances in 2018. Tax reform also worked to boost demand for municipal bonds, particularly from investors in higher-income tax states such as New York and California. New limits to the deductibility of state income taxes made tax-exempt municipal bonds more attractive for investors from these areas. This helped to offset a decline in demand for municipal bonds from banks and other corporations, which have a smaller incentive to invest in tax-exempt securities following the reduction of the corporate tax rate.

The Fund performed well relative to the broader market, as represented by the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond: 1 Year (1-2) Index. The Fund benefited from overweight positions in bonds rated in the A and BBB categories by Standard & Poor’s, as the higher yields for this class of credit offered attractive yields relative to higher-quality AAA-rated bonds. Strong demand from income investors and a wave of reinvested coupon and principal payments helped support the market for higher-yielding municipal bonds.

To mitigate the effect of rising interest rates, the Fund maintained an overweight allocation to variable-rate demand notes (“VRDNs”). Since interest rates on VRDN securities reset periodically, bondholders can benefit from these interest rate changes. Consequently, the overweight allocation to VRDNs contributed to the Fund’s relative return.

Overweight allocations to tax-backed state and local bonds and school district bonds also contributed to the Fund’s relative performance. On the downside, an underweight allocation to pre-refunded debt securities detracted from the Fund’s relative return.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY

 

S&P Credit Rating*     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a)  

AA

     20.9

AA-

     1.2  

A+

     2.8  

A

     29.7  

A-

     1.8  

BBB+

     14.2  

BBB

     0.3  

Not Rated

     29.1  

TEN LARGEST STATES

 

State     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a)  

New Jersey

     22.3

New York

     19.1  

Illinois

     8.7  

Wisconsin

     5.4  

Iowa

     5.2  

Texas

     4.8  

Washington

     4.4  

Virginia

     3.9  

Georgia

     3.8  

Connecticut

     3.2  
 

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service (“S&P”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. S&P credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade fixed- and floating-rate debt securities and maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity that is less than 180 days. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

Performance

 

     Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
      1 Year      Since
Inception
            1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     2.02      1.06        2.02      5.27

Fund Market

     2.08        1.07          2.08        5.33  
ICE BofAML 6-Month US Treasury Bill Index      1.68        0.71                1.68        3.52  

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 12/11/13. The first day of secondary market trading was 12/13/13.

The ICE BofAML 6-Month US Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of government securities with less than 6 months remaining to maturity.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 12 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
 
   

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $        1,000.00       $        1,012.70       $        0.41       $        1,000.00       $        1,024.80       $        0.41       0.08

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 12 for more information.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018    (continued)

  

 

iShares® Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Ultra-short-term bonds posted a positive return for the reporting period. While bond prices generally declined in the wake of four interest rate increases by the Fed, the shortest-term bonds are the least sensitive to interest rate changes. In addition, the Fund is designed to exhibit little share price volatility in most interest rate environments, as demonstrated during the reporting period.

The Fund performed well relative to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 6-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index. The largest contributor to the Fund’s return relative to the broader ultra-short-term bond market was an overweight allocation to corporate bonds. Corporate debt benefited from strong economic growth, tax reform, and healthy earnings. In addition, high demand from yield-seeking buyers boosted corporate bonds.

Within the corporate sector, banks were the largest contributors to the Fund’s return. These issuers made up 32% of the Fund on average during the reporting period. Despite a flattening yield curve (the difference between short-term and long-term interest rates), banks generally benefited from increasing interest rates, as revenues from longer-term, higher-rate loans outpaced increases in deposit costs. Bonds issued by industrial companies were also contributors to the Fund’s performance, as industrial production increased, driven by strong demand for consumer products and industrial goods.

Floating-rate notes (“floaters”), which offer some protection from rising interest rates, also contributed to the Fund’s return. Floaters periodically reset their interest rate paid to investors, therefore increasing their payments when interest rates are rising. Toward the end of the reporting period, the Fund reduced its allocation to fully valued floaters in the industrial sector in favor of more attractively valued fixed-rate securities. For example, yields on two-year Treasury notes reached their highest level since 2008 so the Fund added exposure to select maturities with attractive yields. The Fund also increased exposure to asset-backed securities, which offered an attractive risk-reward trade-off.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY INVESTMENT TYPE

 

Investment Type     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a)  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     38.8

Commercial Paper

     35.6  

Certificates of Deposit

     18.8  

Repurchase Agreements

     4.6  

Asset-Backed Securities

     2.2  

ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY

 

Moody’s Credit Rating*     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a)  

Aaa

     1.7

Aa

     16.5  

A

     24.2  

Baa

     2.4  

P-1

     30.9  

P-2

     14.0  

Not Rated

     10.3  
 

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.ishares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Shareholder Expenses

As a shareholder of your Fund, you 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 and other fund expenses. The expense example, which is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) and held through the end of the period, is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses – The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. To estimate the expenses that you paid on your account over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your 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, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples 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.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

 

Adams Mill CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class A2, 3.54%, 07/15/26 (Call 01/15/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.100%)(a)(b)

   $ 6,396      $ 6,396,913  

Ally Auto Receivables Trust, Class A2, 2.72%, 05/17/21 (Call 01/15/22)

         12,910                12,891,868  

ALM VII Ltd., Series 2012-7A, Class A1R, 3.92%, 10/15/28 (Call 01/15/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.480%)(a)(b)

     9,000        9,027,326  

ALM XII Ltd., Class A1R, 3.33%, 04/16/27 (Call 01/16/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.890%)(a)(b)

     3,735        3,734,188  

ALM XVII Ltd., Class A1AR, 3.37%, 01/15/28 (Call 07/15/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.930%)(a)(b)

     22,500        22,466,050  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

     

Series 2017-1, Class A, 1.93%, 09/15/22

     10,500        10,342,331  

Series 2017-4, Class A, 1.64%, 12/15/21

     21,395        21,266,835  

Americredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Class A2, 2.71%, 07/19/21 (Call 04/18/22)

     12,140        12,120,745  

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

Series 2016-4, Class A3, 1.53%, 07/08/21
(Call 01/08/21)

     19,085        18,976,760  

Series 2017-1, Class A3, 1.87%, 08/18/21
(Call 10/18/20)

     820        815,097  

Series 2017-3, Class A3, 1.90%, 03/18/22
(Call 04/18/21)

     19,200        18,965,182  

AMMC CLO 15 Ltd., Series 2014-15A, Class AXR, 3.58%, 12/09/26 (Call 12/09/18), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.250%)(a)(b)

     1,688        1,688,847  

Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes Ltd., Series 2017-FL1, Class A, 3.58%, 04/15/27 (Call 11/15/19), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.300%)(a)(b)

     12,170        12,198,800  

Ares XXIX CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class A1R, 3.64%, 04/17/26 (Call 01/17/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.190%)(a)(b)

     8,697        8,700,083  

Atlas Senior Loan Fund III Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class AR, 3.14%, 11/17/27 (Call 11/17/18), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.830%)(a)(b)

     4,350        4,334,365  

Atlas Senior Loan Fund IV Ltd., Class A1RR, 2.99%, 02/17/26 (Call 11/15/18), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.680%)(a)(b)

     4,342        4,341,330  

Avery Point IV CLO Ltd., 3.59%, 04/25/26 (Call 01/25/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.100%)(a)(b)

     5,494        5,496,458  

BA Credit Card Trust, Class A1, 1.95%, 08/15/22

     21,000        20,688,072  

BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 2012-2A, Class AR, 3.74%, 11/20/28 (Call 11/20/18), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.420%)(a)(b)

     11,000        11,006,065  

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Class A2, 2.60%, 05/15/23, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.320%)(a)(b)

     21,060        21,092,807  

Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2014-2, Class A, 2.73%, 07/15/22, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(b)

     3,500        3,506,718  

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2016-A1, Class A1, 2.73%, 02/15/22, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(b)

     38,000        38,056,320  

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2012-3A, Class A1R, 3.89%, 10/14/28 (Call 01/14/19),
(3 mo. LIBOR US +
1.450%)(a)(b)

     9,000        9,002,208  

Series 2013-2A, Class AR, 3.33%, 01/18/29 (Call 01/18/19),
(3 mo. LIBOR US +
0.890%)(a)(b)

     6,210        6,189,999  
Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  

 

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

     

Series 2015-1, Class A4, 1.83%, 07/15/20 (Call 04/15/19)

   $     20,647      $         20,584,943  

Series 2018-2, Class A2, 2.73%, 08/16/21 (Call 12/15/21)

     11,660        11,639,062  

Cedar Funding II CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A1R, 3.56%, 06/09/30 (Call 06/09/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.230%)(a)(b)

     8,000        8,010,822  

Cedar Funding VI CLO Ltd., Class AR, 3.56%, 10/20/28 (Call 10/20/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.090%)(a)(b)

     20,500        20,499,287  

Chase Issuance Trust

     

Series 2013-A9, Class A, 2.70%, 11/15/20, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.420%)(b)

     11,815        11,817,214  

Series 2014-A5, Class A5, 2.65%, 04/15/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.370%)(b)

     7,000        7,008,750  

Series 2016-A1, Class A, 2.69%, 05/15/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.410%)(b)

     36,750        36,819,116  

Chesapeake Funding II LLC

     

Series 2016-1A, Class A2, 3.43%, 03/15/28, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.150%)(a)(b)

     6,166        6,182,494  

Series 2016-2A, Class A2, 3.28%, 06/15/28 (Call 08/15/19), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(a)(b)

     5,680        5,695,801  

CIFC Funding Ltd.

     

Class A, 3.71%, 04/20/30 (Call 04/20/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.240%)(a)(b)

     6,375        6,383,178  

Class A1A, 3.59%, 10/17/30,
(3 mo. LIBOR US +
1.130%)(a)(b)(c)

     15,175        15,175,000  

Series 2015-2A, Class AR, 3.22%, 04/15/27 (Call 01/15/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.780%)(a)(b)

     17,000        16,923,019  

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

     

Series 2016-A1, Class A1, 1.75%, 11/19/21

     14,385        14,188,951  

Series 2017-A9, Class A9, 1.80%, 09/20/21

     14,535        14,387,788  

CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2017-B, Class A3, 1.86%, 09/15/22 (Call 08/15/21)

     19,320        18,992,296  

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

     

Series 2014-A1, Class A1, 2.71%, 07/15/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(b)

     6,760        6,764,881  

Series 2016-A1, Class A1, 1.64%, 07/15/21

     8,915        8,898,081  

Drive Auto Receivables Trust

     

Class A2, 2.64%, 09/15/20
(Call 02/15/22)

     8,803        8,799,304  

Class A2, 2.75%, 10/15/20
(Call 05/15/22)

     12,000        11,991,017  

Class A3, 3.01%, 11/15/21
(Call 05/15/22)

     35,660        35,620,392  

Series 2017-2, Class B, 2.25%, 06/15/21 (Call 06/15/20)

     1,852        1,850,045  

Dryden XXVI Senior Loan Fund, Series 2013-26A, Class AR, 3.34%, 04/15/29 (Call 10/15/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b)

     16,350        16,283,261  

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC
2.13%, 07/20/22(a)

     1,983        1,971,595  

2.13%, 05/22/23(a)

     7,123        7,054,346  

Series 2015-2, Class A3, 2.09%, 02/22/21(a)

     2,660        2,651,608  

Series 2016-1, Class A2, 1.83%, 09/20/21(a)

     1,556        1,555,387  

Series 2017-2, Class A2, 1.97%, 01/20/23(a)

     12,918        12,819,745  

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

     

Series 2014-2, Class A, 2.78%, 02/15/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(b)

     11,000        11,018,987  

Series 2016-1, Class A2, 3.18%, 02/15/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(b)

     10,000        10,027,891  

Series 2016-3, Class A2, 2.90%, 07/15/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.620%)(b)

     10,000        10,033,200  
 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

 

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A, Series 2016-1, Class A1, 1.76%, 02/15/21

   $     24,775      $       24,702,003  

GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Class A2, 2.93%, 11/16/21 (Call 09/16/22)

     23,250        23,229,965  

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX Ltd., Class AR2, 3.62%, 10/29/29 (Call 10/29/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US +
1.110%)(a)(b)(c)

     16,680        16,680,000  

Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., Class AR, 3.57%, 07/25/27 (Call 07/25/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.080%)(a)(b)(c)

     16,185        16,185,000  

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust

     

Class A4, 3.16%, 08/19/24
(Call 07/18/21)

     5,705        5,692,229  

Series 2015-3, Class A4, 1.56%, 10/18/21
(Call 12/18/18)

     6,596        6,584,877  

Series 2015-4, Class A4, 1.44%, 01/21/22
(Call 02/21/19)

     6,025        6,000,908  

Series 2016-2, Class A3, 1.39%, 04/15/20
(Call 08/15/19)

     3,991        3,973,179  

Series 2016-2, Class A4, 1.62%, 08/15/22
(Call 08/15/19)

     18,000        17,819,978  

John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2017-B, Class A3, 1.82%, 10/15/21 (Call 01/15/21)

     9,890        9,750,321  

LCM XX LP, Class AR, 3.38%, 10/20/27, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.040%)(a)(b)

     13,750        13,749,647  

LCM Xxiv Ltd., Series 24A, Class A, 3.78%, 03/20/30 (Call 04/20/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.310%)(a)(b)

     2,000        2,008,520  

LoanCore Issuer Ltd., Class A, 3.41%, 05/15/28 (Call 05/15/20), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.130%)(a)(b)

     9,450        9,467,590  

Madison Park Funding X Ltd., Series 2012-10A, Class AR, 3.92%, 01/20/29 (Call 01/20/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.450%)(a)(b)

     6,250        6,259,436  

Madison Park Funding XIII Ltd., Class AR2, 3.40%, 04/19/30 (Call 01/19/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.950%)(a)(b)

     4,000        3,992,073  

Marathon CRE Ltd., Class A, 3.43%, 06/15/28 (Call 07/15/20), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.150%)(a)(b)

     3,640        3,642,941  

Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2016-1, Class A3, 1.26%, 02/16/21 (Call 06/15/20)

     5,542        5,496,079  

Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust

     

Class A, 2.62%, 05/15/23,
(1 mo. LIBOR US +
0.340%)(a)(b)

     21,820        21,859,101  

Series 2016-BA, Class A, 2.98%, 05/17/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.700%)(a)(b)

     11,375        11,408,282  

Series 2017-BA, Class A, 2.70%, 05/16/22, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.420%)(a)(b)

     14,540        14,581,398  

Navient Private Education Loan Trust

     

Class A1, 2.63%, 12/15/59 (Call 12/15/27), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.350%)(a)(b)

     16,338        16,345,501  

Series 2014-CT, Class A, 2.98%, 09/16/24 (Call 09/15/21), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.700%)(a)(b)

     955        955,773  

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust

     

Class A1, 2.58%, 12/15/59 (Call 07/15/28), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)(b)

     15,800        15,800,000  

Class A1, 3.01%, 06/16/42 (Call 08/15/26)(a)

     24,306        24,196,219  

Navient Student Loan Trust, Series 2015-2, Class A2, 2.70%, 08/27/29 (Call 02/25/27), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.420%)(b)

     2,028        2,029,770  

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2016-B, Class A3, 1.32%, 01/15/21 (Call 09/15/20)

     15,105        14,979,331  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

 

Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables

     

Class A, 2.60%, 10/17/22,
(1 mo. LIBOR US +
0.320%)(b)

   $ 7,035      $ 7,044,136  

Series 2016-A, Class A1, 2.92%, 06/15/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.640%)(b)

         18,500              18,556,258  

Series 2017-B, Class A, 2.71%, 04/18/22, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(b)

     22,513        22,590,629  

OCP CLO Ltd., Class A1R, 3.56%, 10/18/28 (Call 10/15/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.120%)(a)(b)

     17,210        17,209,392  

Octagon Investment Partners 24 Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class A1R, 3.21%, 05/21/27 (Call 11/21/18), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b)

     18,600        18,599,202  

OHA Credit Partners IX Ltd., Series 2013-9A, Class A1R, 3.48%, 10/20/25 (Call 01/20/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.010%)(a)(b)

     798        798,199  

OZLM VIII Ltd., Series 2014-8A, Class A1AR, 3.58%, 10/17/26 (Call 01/17/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.130%)(a)(b)

     2,500        2,500,564  

Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd., Class A1, 3.15%, 11/15/26 (Call 11/15/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b)

     13,000        12,998,700  

PFS Financing Corp., Series 2017-C, Class A, 2.75%, 10/15/21, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.470%)(a)(b)

     14,850        14,858,206  

Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2016-2A, Class A2, 1.46%, 07/15/20 (Call 10/15/20)(a)

     31        30,618  

Regatta VI Funding Ltd., 3.55%, 07/20/28 (Call 07/20/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.080%)(a)(b)

     15,130        15,129,496  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

     

Series 2017-2, Class A3, 1.87%, 12/15/20 (Call 04/15/20)

     2,015        2,013,072  

Series 2017-3, Class A3, 1.87%, 06/15/21 (Call 10/15/20)

     11,130        11,094,581  

SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-A, Class A3, 2.53%, 06/15/23 (Call 03/15/28), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.200%)(b)

     7,225        7,215,204  

SLM Private Education Loan Trust

     

Series 2011-C, Class A2A, 5.53%, 10/17/44 (Call 02/15/21), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.250%)(a)(b)

     635        647,613  

Series 2012-E, Class A2B, 4.03%, 06/15/45 (Call 11/15/18), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.750%)(a)(b)

     863        863,247  

Series 2013-A, Class A2B, 3.33%, 05/17/27 (Call 11/15/19), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.050%)(a)(b)

     58        58,501  

Series 2013-C, Class A2B, 3.68%, 10/15/31 (Call 04/15/21),
(1 mo. LIBOR US +
1.400%)(a)(b)

     8,081        8,123,680  

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2011-2, Class A1, 2.88%, 11/25/27
(Call 09/25/31), (1 mo. LIBOR US +
0.600%)(b)

     437        439,352  

SMB Private Education Loan Trust

     

Class A1, 2.43%, 09/15/25,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)(b)

     21,690        21,683,447  

Class A1, 2.60%, 12/16/24,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.320%)(a)(b)

     5,449        5,450,698  

Class A1, 2.63%, 03/16/26,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.350%)(a)(b)

     6,959        6,959,702  

Series 2015-A, Class A2A, 2.49%, 06/15/27
(Call 03/15/27)(a)

     10,602        10,449,755  

Series 2016-C, Class A1, 2.83%, 11/15/23, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.550%)(a)(b)

     376        376,060  
 

 

14    2 0 1 8    H A R E S    N N U  A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R  S


Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

Series 2017-A, Class A2B, 3.18%, 09/15/34, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b)

   $     30,000      $       30,218,535  

Series 2017-B, Class A1, 2.55%, 06/17/24, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)(b)

     2,646        2,645,957  

SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC

     

Series 16-C, Class A1, 3.38%, 10/27/36 (Call 10/25/24), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.100%)(a)(b)

     3,305        3,354,753  

Series 16-C, Class A2A, 1.48%, 05/26/31 (Call 10/25/24)(a)

     359        358,107  

Series 2014-A, Class A1, 3.88%, 06/25/25 (Call 10/25/19), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.600%)(a)(b)

     215        216,169  

Series 2014-B, Class A1, 3.53%, 08/25/32
(Call 08/25/20), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.250%)(a)(b)

     187        188,789  

Series 2014-B, Class A2, 2.55%, 08/27/29
(Call 08/25/20)(a)

     1,082        1,070,529  

Series 2015-A, Class A1, 3.48%, 03/25/33 (Call 02/25/21), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.200%)(a)(b)

     536        541,077  

Series 2015-B, Class A1, 3.33%, 04/25/35 (Call 07/25/22), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.050%)(a)(b)

     2,918        2,956,501  

TCI-Flatiron CLO Ltd.,
Series 2016-1A, Class A, 4.00%, 07/17/28,
(3 mo. LIBOR US +
1.550%)(a)(b)

     6,850        6,868,757  

TICP CLO I Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class AR, 3.27%, 07/20/27 (Call 01/20/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.800%)(a)(b)

     4,015        3,998,858  

Treman Park CLO Ltd., Class ARR, 1.00%, 10/20/28,
(3 mo. LIBOR US +
1.070%)(a)(b)(c)

     21,750        21,750,000  

Wheels SPV 2 LLC

     

Series 2015-1A, Class B, 1.88%, 04/20/26 (Call 01/20/21)(a)

     1,303        1,291,984  

Series 2016-1A, Class A2, 1.59%, 05/20/25
(Call 10/20/19)(a)

     317        316,139  
     

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities — 24.6%
(Cost: $1,225,902,493)

 

     1,223,809,416  
     

 

 

 

 

Certificates of Deposit

     

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 3.00%, 09/19/19

     15,000        15,000,366  

BNP Paribas SA/New York NY, 2.64%, 12/28/18, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(b)

     9,000        9,004,223  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York NY, 2.54%, 03/18/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.200%)(b)

     15,000        15,014,175  

Credit SuisseAG/New York NY

     

2.61%, 05/01/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(b)

     16,000        16,011,136  

2.66%, 03/14/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.330%)(b)

     15,000        15,008,505  

Royal Bank of Canada/New York NY, 2.50%, 02/07/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.160%)(b)

     15,000        15,005,094  
     

 

 

 

Total Certificates of Deposit — 1.7%
(Cost: $85,000,000)

 

     85,043,499  
     

 

 

 

Collaterized Mortgage Obligations

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities — 4.4%

 

Americold LLC, Series 2010-ARTA, Class A1, 3.85%, 01/14/29(a)

     3,325        3,339,564  

AOA Mortgage Trust, Class A, 2.96%, 12/13/29(a)

     6,920        6,783,161  

Aventura Mall Trust, Series 2013-AVM, Class A, 3.74%, 12/05/32(a)(b)

     4,650        4,702,113  

BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-FL1, Class A, 3.56%, 12/15/31, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.400%)(a)(b)

     1,406        1,405,791  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)

 

Bancorp Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Class A, 3.18%, 09/15/35,
(1 mo. LIBOR US +
0.900%)(a)(b)

   $     6,753      $       6,749,439  

Series 2016-CRE1, Class A, 3.59%, 11/15/33, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.430%)(a)(b)

     81        81,026  

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2005-PW10, Class AJ, 5.59%, 12/11/40(b)

     5,575        5,871,743  

BSPRT Issuer Ltd., Series 2017-FL2, Class A, 3.10%, 10/15/34, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.820%)(a)(b)(c)

     1,443        1,443,544  

BX Commercial MortgageTrust

     

Class A, 2.95%, 03/15/37, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.671%)(a)(b)

     23,190        23,117,188  

Class A, 3.03%, 11/15/35, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.750%)(a)(b)

     10,000        9,994,900  

COMM MortgageTrust

     

Series 2014-PAT, Class A, 3.08%, 08/13/27,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.800%)(a)(b)

     13,570        13,565,792  

Series 2014-TWC, Class A, 3.13%, 02/13/32,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.850%)(a)(b)

     11,305        11,301,441  

Commission Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-CR6, Class A3FL, 2.91%, 03/10/46, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.630%)(a)(b)

     9,874        9,864,198  

Four Times Square Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-4TS, Class A, 5.40%, 12/13/28(a)

     11,117        11,519,231  

Gosforth Funding PLC, Class A1, 2.71%, 08/25/60 (Call 08/25/23),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(a)(b)

     11,200        11,195,707  

GPMT Ltd., Series 2018-FL1, Class A, 3.18%, 11/21/35, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b)

     11,022        11,001,678  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2013-KING, Class A, 2.71%, 12/10/27(a)

     1,811        1,799,988  

Hospitality Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-HIT, Class A, 3.13%, 05/08/30, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.850%)(a)(b)

     4,990        4,990,033  

InTown Hotel Portfolio Trust, Series 2018-STAY, Class A, 2.98%, 01/15/33, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.700%)(a)(b)

     4,480        4,477,262  

LMREC Inc., Series 2016-CRE2, Class A, 3.98%, 11/24/31, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.700%)(a)(b)

     3,410        3,410,000  

Madison Avenue Trust, Series 2013-650M, Class A, 3.84%, 10/12/32(a)

     2,060        2,069,040  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

     

Class A, 3.13%, 08/15/33, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.850%)(a)(b)

     6,860        6,862,143  

Class A, 3.35%, 07/13/29(a)

     14,480        14,454,531  

Series 2017-CLS, Class A, 2.98%, 11/15/34, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.700%)(a)(b)

     9,512        9,506,084  

Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2018-RIVA, Class A, 3.03%, 02/15/33, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.750%)(a)(b)

     7,500        7,500,004  

Resource Capital Corp., Series 2017-CRE5, Class A, 3.09%, 07/15/34, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.800%)(a)(b)

     2,524        2,524,490  

VNDO Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-PENN, Class A, 3.81%, 12/13/29(a)

     5,200        5,233,400  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C8, Class AFL, 3.29%, 08/15/45, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(a)(b)

     23,192        23,512,575  
     

 

 

 

Total Collaterized Mortgage Obligations — 4.4%
(Cost: $219,517,310)

 

     218,276,066  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

Commercial Paper

     

Energy Transfer Partners LP, 3.01%, 11/13/18(d)

   $     25,000      $     24,975,083  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.00%, 04/01/19(d)

     23,000        22,695,168  

HSBC Bank PLC, 2.62%, 03/27/19,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.240%)(a)(b)

     9,000        9,005,698  

Kinder Morgan Inc./DE,
3.07%, 01/03/19(d)

     25,000        24,866,563  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 2.55%, 02/08/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)(b)

     15,000        15,008,070  
     

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper — 1.9%
(Cost: $96,556,969)

        96,550,582  
     

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     

Advertising —0.3%

     

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The), 3.50%, 10/01/20

     4,465        4,460,063  

Omnicom Group Inc./Omnicom Capital Inc., 6.25%, 07/15/19

     10,000        10,219,160  
     

 

 

 
        14,679,223  

Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%

     

Lockheed Martin Corp., 4.25%, 11/15/19

     16,004        16,185,716  

Northrop Grumman Corp., 2.08%, 10/15/20

     15,000        14,642,923  

United Technologies Corp. 1.90%, 05/04/20

     15,000        14,682,846  

2.97%, 08/16/21 (Call 08/16/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(b)

     21,865        21,888,709  
     

 

 

 
        67,400,194  

Agriculture — 1.4%

     

BAT Capital Corp.
2.30%, 08/14/20(a)(e)

     30,000        29,358,134  

2.91%, 08/14/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.590%)(a)(b)

     24,000        24,072,501  

Imperial Brands Finance PLC, 2.95%, 07/21/20(a)(e)

     15,000        14,807,611  
     

 

 

 
        68,238,246  

Auto Manufacturers — 4.9%

     

American Honda Finance Corp., 2.59%, 06/16/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.260%)(b)

     10,000        10,004,191  

BMW U.S. Capital LLC

     

2.79%, 04/06/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.380%)(a)(b)

     4,415        4,428,477  

3.25%, 08/14/20(a)

     13,665        13,644,522  

Daimler Finance North America LLC

     

2.77%, 02/12/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(a)(b)

     5,000        4,999,184  

2.87%, 05/05/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.530%)(a)(b)(e)

     15,500        15,532,539  

3.15%, 07/05/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.740%)(a)(b)

     3,500        3,510,187  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.60%, 11/04/19(e)

     15,000        14,819,828  

2.68%, 01/09/20(e)

     10,000        9,853,470  

2.78%, 11/02/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(b)

     17,000        16,780,360  

2.94%, 01/08/19(e)

     3,500        3,499,152  

3.16%, 08/04/20(e)

     20,000        19,651,819  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc.
3.20%, 07/13/20 (Call 06/13/20)

     50,000        49,557,500  

3.26%, 04/09/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.850%)(b)

     10,000        9,999,300  

3.50%, 07/10/19(e)

     15,000        15,040,168  

Hyundai Capital America

     

3.20%, 04/03/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.800%)(a)(b)

     6,890        6,892,484  

3.34%, 09/18/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(a)(b)(e)

     3,000        3,015,576  

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

     

3.02%, 01/13/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.580%)(a)(b)

     15,000        15,047,340  

3.09%, 07/13/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(a)(b)

     12,500        12,497,254  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

Auto Manufacturers (continued)

 

  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 2.84%, 01/17/19,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.390%)(b)

   $ 3,840      $ 3,842,560  

Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC,
2.13%, 05/23/19(a)

         12,500        12,423,083  
     

 

 

 
            245,038,994  

Banks — 22.8%

     

ABN AMRO Bank NV, 3.08%, 01/18/19,
(3 mo. LIBOR US +
0.640%)(a)(b)

     4,700        4,703,948  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 2.82%, 08/19/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US +
0.500%)(a)(b)

     19,745        19,828,462  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd./New York NY, 2.70%, 11/16/20(e)

     15,000        14,791,059  

Banco Santander SA, 3.55%, 04/12/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.120%)(b)

     10,000        10,026,820  

Bank of America Corp.

3.05%, 10/01/21 (Call 10/01/20),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(b)

     7,500        7,526,194  

3.13%, 07/21/21 (Call 07/21/20),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.660%)(b)(e)

     25,500        25,610,470  

3.49%, 04/24/23 (Call 04/24/22),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(b)

     7,500        7,574,098  

3.63%, 01/20/23 (Call 01/20/22),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.160%)(b)

     25,000        25,390,894  

7.63%, 06/01/19 .

     10,000        10,260,867  

Series L, 2.25%, 04/21/20(e)

     2,000        1,971,034  

Bank of Montreal

     

2.58%, 09/11/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(b)

     3,350        3,354,553  

2.93%, 12/12/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.600%)(b)

     10,185        10,240,695  

3.09%, 07/18/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(b)

     3,500        3,513,929  

3.10%, 08/27/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.790%)(b)

     7,000        7,088,165  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 2.96%, 09/19/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.620%)(b)

     10,000        10,035,889  

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (The), 2.83%, 09/09/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(b)

     6,000        6,012,640  

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA
2.20%, 07/20/20(a)(e)

     10,000        9,789,764  

2.96%, 07/20/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.490%)(a)(b)

     3,215        3,223,082  

Barclays PLC,
2.75%, 11/08/19(e)

     35,085        34,840,177  

BB&T Corp., 2.90%, 06/15/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.570%)(b)

     9,403        9,451,647  

BNP Paribas SA, 2.38%, 05/21/20(e)

     15,000        14,798,705  

Capital One Financial Corp.

     

2.97%, 10/30/20 (Call 09/30/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(b)

     5,000        4,995,999  

3.10%, 05/12/20 (Call 04/12/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.760%)(b)

     15,505        15,579,734  

Capital One N.A., 3.67%, 01/30/23 (Call 01/30/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.150%)(b)

     3,000        3,019,376  

Citibank N.A., 2.83%, 06/12/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(b)

     7,060        7,092,031  

Citigroup Inc.
2.05%, 06/07/19

     10,000        9,940,997  

2.45%, 01/10/20 (Call 12/10/19)

     10,000        9,907,747  

2.50%, 07/29/19(e)

     10,000        9,967,603  

2.65%, 10/26/20(e)

     25,000        24,621,046  

3.20%, 01/10/20 (Call 12/10/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.790%)(b)

     8,286        8,330,338  

3.20%, 10/27/22 (Call 09/27/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.690%)(b)(e)

     10,000        9,995,836  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                       

 

Banks (continued)

     

Citizens Bank N.A./Providence RI, 2.88%, 05/26/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.570%)(b)

   $     8,710      $       8,734,089  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York NY
2.30%, 03/12/20

     15,000        14,818,567  

2.40%, 11/02/20(e)

     20,000        19,591,971  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, 3.23%, 09/26/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.860%)(a)(b)(e)

     10,000        9,980,045  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., 2.75%, 03/26/20(e)

     19,000        18,801,226  

Danske Bank A/S
2.75%, 09/17/20(a)(e)

     20,000        19,638,273  

2.83%, 03/02/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.510%)(a)(b)

     2,500        2,497,014  

Deutsche Bank AG, 3.89%, 01/18/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.450%)(b)

     5,000        5,003,135  

Deutsche Bank AG/London, 2.50%, 02/13/19(e)

     7,000        6,983,561  

Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY

     

3.28%, 01/22/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.815%)(b)

     5,000        4,946,924  

4.25%, 02/04/21

     9,905        9,866,499  

Discover Bank
2.60%, 11/13/18(e)

     2,300        2,299,591  

3.10%, 06/04/20 (Call 05/04/20)

     20,000        19,842,856  

Fifth Third Bank/Cincinnati OH, 2.77%, 10/30/20 (Call 09/30/20),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(b)

     10,000        10,004,728  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

     

2.55%, 10/23/19

     10,000        9,934,468  

3.31%, 10/31/22 (Call 10/31/21),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.780%)(b)

     4,000        4,013,895  

3.37%, 06/05/23 (Call 06/05/22),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.050%)(b)

     15,000        15,099,750  

3.49%, 07/24/23 (Call 07/24/22),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(b)

     5,000        5,033,338  

3.53%, 09/15/20 (Call 08/15/20),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.200%)(b)

     1,750        1,774,341  

3.85%, 04/23/21 (Call 03/23/21),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.360%)(b)

     7,000        7,138,600  

4.08%, 02/25/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.770%)(b)(e)

     10,000        10,274,803  

HSBC Bank PLC, 4.13%, 08/12/20(a)(e)

     10,000        10,140,528  

HSBC Holdings PLC

2.92%, 05/18/21 (Call 05/18/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.600%)(b)

     24,695        24,722,362  

3.97%, 05/25/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.660%)(b)

     10,000        10,280,842  

4.57%, 03/08/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.240%)(b)(e)

     6,815        7,078,713  

HSBC USA Inc., 2.35%, 03/05/20

     15,000        14,822,864  

Huntington National Bank (The)
2.20%, 11/06/18 (Call 10/06/18)

     5,000        4,999,694  

2.20%, 04/01/19 (Call 03/01/19)(e)

     7,500        7,481,473  

2.84%, 03/10/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.510%)(b)

     10,000        10,029,157  

ING Bank NV, 2.92%, 08/15/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.610%)(a)(b)

     3,000        3,007,879  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA/New York NY, 3.08%, 07/17/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.630%)(b)

     6,990        6,992,412  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

2.25%, 01/23/20 (Call 12/23/19)(e)

     4,000        3,952,904  

2.88%, 03/09/21 (Call 03/09/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.550%)(b)(e)

     10,000        10,012,850  

3.00%, 06/01/21 (Call 06/01/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.680%)(b)

     19,985        20,014,977  

3.39%, 04/25/23 (Call 04/25/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(b)

     10,000        10,055,000  
Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                       

 

Banks (continued)

     

3.44%, 01/15/23 (Call 01/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(b)

   $     15,000      $       15,143,113  

4.25%, 10/15/20(e)

     10,000        10,155,384  

Lloyds Bank PLC
2.70%, 08/17/20 .

     20,000        19,717,784  

3.47%, 01/22/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(b)

     1,020        1,021,826  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., 3.16%, 07/26/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(b)

     10,000        10,039,598  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

     

3.11%, 03/05/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.790%)(b)

     3,000        3,000,523  

3.47%, 09/13/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.140%)(b)(e)

     20,000        20,281,082  

Morgan Stanley
2.80%, 06/16/20(e)

     10,000        9,910,831  

3.65%, 01/27/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.140%)(b)

     3,000        3,028,852  

3.65%, 01/20/22 (Call 01/20/21), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.180%)(b)

     30,000        30,337,712  

3.89%, 10/24/23 (Call 10/24/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US +
1.400%)(b)(e)

     5,000        5,091,320  

7.30%, 05/13/19(e)

     10,000        10,220,400  

Series 3NC2, 3.41%, 02/14/20 (Call 02/14/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.800%)(b)

     34,740        34,781,271  

MUFG Bank Ltd.,
2.35%, 09/08/19(a)(e)

     10,000        9,938,487  

National Australia Bank Ltd., 2.82%, 05/22/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.510%)(a)(b)

     10,000        10,033,615  

Nordea Bank AB, 2.79%, 05/29/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.470%)(a)(b)

     15,000        15,027,300  

Nordea Bank Abp, 3.25%, 08/30/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.940%)(a)(b)

     15,000        14,986,530  

Royal Bank of Canada

2.70%, 03/02/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.380%)(b)

     5,000        5,009,997  

3.03%, 12/10/18, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.700%)(b)

     2,300        2,301,214  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, 2.88%, 10/16/20(e)

     10,000        9,853,640  

Santander UK PLC, 2.35%, 09/10/19

     10,000        9,930,100  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

     

2.63%, 11/17/20(a)(e)

     20,000        19,626,600  

2.74%, 05/17/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(a)(b)

     10,000        9,992,710  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
1.97%, 01/11/19

     6,880        6,868,458  

2.45%, 01/16/20

     10,000        9,900,872  

3.38%, 01/18/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.940%)(b)

     5,500        5,507,257  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd., 3.35%, 10/18/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.910%)(a)(b)

     4,400        4,427,869  

SunTrust Bank/Atlanta GA, 3.01%, 10/26/21 (Call 10/26/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(b)

     27,020        27,023,459  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
2.25%, 06/17/19

     4,350        4,328,321  

2.50%, 01/25/19

     5,000        4,997,100  

2.78%, 05/24/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.470%)(b)(e)

     12,500        12,562,370  

UBS AG/London

     

2.45%, 12/01/20
(Call 11/01/20)(a)(e)

     15,000        14,673,390  

2.80%, 12/01/20 (Call 11/01/20),
(3 mo. LIBOR US +
0.480%)(a)(b)

     5,000        5,004,180  

2.91%, 06/08/20 (Call 05/08/20),
(3 mo. LIBOR US +
0.580%)(a)(b)

     5,300        5,318,232  

UBS AG/Stamford CT, 2.38%, 08/14/19

     15,000        14,916,988  

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, 3.53%, 05/23/23 (Call 05/23/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.220%)(a)(b)(e)

     20,000        20,206,536  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                       

 

Banks (continued)

     

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

2.55%, 12/07/20

   $     15,000      $       14,702,340  

3.35%, 07/22/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.880%)(b)

     5,000        5,042,151  

3.66%, 03/04/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.340%)(b)

     10,000        10,203,079  
     

 

 

 
        1,138,465,619  

Beverages — 0.2%

     

Molson Coors Brewing Co., 1.90%, 03/15/19

     9,425        9,379,139  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology — 0.5%

     

Amgen Inc.

     

2.20%, 05/22/19 (Call 04/22/19)

     3,000        2,988,124  

2.79%, 05/11/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(b)

     8,100        8,118,580  

5.70%, 02/01/19

     4,000        4,027,853  

Gilead Sciences Inc., 1.85%, 09/20/19

     12,100        11,976,527  
     

 

 

 
        27,111,084  

Chemicals — 1.0%

     

Dow Chemical Co. (The), 8.55%, 05/15/19(e)

     10,000        10,285,128  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co., 2.87%, 05/01/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.530%)(b)

     6,015        6,042,420  

PPG Industries Inc., 2.30%, 11/15/19 (Call 10/15/19)

     10,868        10,775,644  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The), 2.25%, 05/15/20

     25,000        24,575,000  
     

 

 

 
        51,678,192  

Computers — 0.6%

     

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     

3.06%, 10/05/21 (Call 09/20/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.720%)(b)

     20,000        20,008,620  

3.60%, 10/15/20
(Call 09/15/20)(f)

     10,000        10,020,757  
     

 

 

 
        30,029,377  

Diversified Financial Services — 2.8%

 

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust
3.75%, 05/15/19

     7,771        7,786,194  

4.25%, 07/01/20(e)

     10,000        10,062,209  

4.63%, 10/30/20

     20,000        20,304,958  

AIG Global Funding, 2.88%, 07/02/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.480%)(a)(b)

     3,695        3,700,818  

American Express Co.

     

2.85%, 10/30/20 (Call 09/29/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.330%)(b)

     7,750        7,749,844  

2.96%, 02/27/23 (Call 01/27/23), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(b)

     4,000        3,985,039  

American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 03/03/20 (Call 02/03/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(b)

     10,000        10,029,448  

Federation des Caisses Desjardins du Quebec, 2.25%, 10/30/20(a)

     15,000        14,665,140  

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co., 2.34%, 11/15/20(e)

     25,000        24,255,411  

Horsepower Finance Ltd., 2.15%, 12/02/19(g)

     10,000        9,840,240  

International Lease Finance Corp.
5.88%, 04/01/19

     3,225        3,257,413  

6.25%, 05/15/19(e)

     23,238        23,608,623  
     

 

 

 
        139,245,337  

Electric — 1.1%

     

Dominion Energy Inc.
1.88%, 12/15/18(a)

     10,000        9,986,207  

Series A, 1.88%, 01/15/19

     4,845        4,838,022  

Duke Energy Florida LLC, 1.85%, 01/15/20

     8,000        7,881,075  

Duke Energy Progress LLC, 2.51%, 09/08/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.180%)(b)

     9,835        9,848,923  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc., 2.30%, 04/01/19(e)

     5,000        4,984,053  
Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                       

 

Electric (continued)

     

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3.50%, 10/01/20 (Call 07/01/20)(e)

   $     10,000      $       9,987,471  

Sempra Energy, 2.94%, 01/15/21 (Call 01/14/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(b)

     5,065        5,065,215  
     

 

 

 
        52,590,966  

Electronics — 0.1%

     

Amphenol Corp., 2.55%, 01/30/19 (Call 12/30/18)

     4,500        4,496,180  
     

 

 

 

Environmental Control — 0.2%

     

Republic Services Inc., 5.50%, 09/15/19

     7,964        8,128,512  
     

 

 

 

Food — 2.1%

     

Campbell Soup Co., 2.96%, 03/15/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.630%)(b)

     15,000        14,943,535  

Conagra Brands Inc.

     

2.91%, 10/09/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(b)

     7,000        6,980,234  

3.22%, 10/22/20 (Call 10/22/19),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.750%)(b)

     9,945        9,950,559  

General Mills Inc., 2.98%, 04/16/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.540%)(b)

     21,636        21,617,671  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

     

2.76%, 08/09/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.420%)(b)

     12,000        12,010,038  

2.91%, 02/10/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.570%)(b)(e)

     4,010        4,017,365  

Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands BV, 1.63%, 10/28/19 (Call 09/28/19)(a)

     7,500        7,375,019  

Tyson Foods Inc.

     

2.65%, 08/15/19 (Call 07/15/19)(e)

     4,590        4,577,091  

2.76%, 08/21/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(b)

     14,160        14,185,369  

2.87%, 06/02/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.550%)(b)

     5,475        5,486,148  

Wm Wrigley Jr Co., 2.90%, 10/21/19 (Call 09/21/19)(a)

     3,500        3,491,460  
     

 

 

 
        104,634,489  

Health Care - Products — 0.8%

     

Becton Dickinson and Co.
2.68%, 12/15/19 .

     5,000        4,965,396  

3.26%, 12/29/20 (Call 03/01/19),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.875%)(b)

     28,505        28,527,776  

Medtronic Inc., 3.13%, 03/15/20,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.800%)(b)

     5,312        5,355,858  

Stryker Corp., 2.00%, 03/08/19

     1,115        1,111,446  
     

 

 

 
        39,960,476  

Health Care - Services — 0.8%

     

Halfmoon Parent Inc., 3.20%, 09/17/20(a)

     30,000        29,840,073  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., 2.70%, 07/15/20(e)

     10,000        9,921,163  
     

 

 

 
        39,761,236  

Housewares — 0.1%

     

Newell Brands Inc., 2.60%, 03/29/19

     7,000        6,981,325  
     

 

 

 

Insurance — 0.9%

     

Allstate Corp. (The), 2.82%, 03/29/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(b)

     5,710        5,713,926  

American International Group Inc., 3.38%, 08/15/20

     2,997        2,991,586  

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 2.30%, 04/10/19(a)

     19,915        19,864,490  

New York Life Global Funding, 1.55%, 11/02/18(a)

     4,750        4,750,000  

Pricoa Global Funding I, 2.20%, 05/16/19(a)

     10,905        10,864,817  
     

 

 

 
        44,184,819  

Machinery — 0.4%

     

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 2.82%, 05/15/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.510%)(b)

     10,000        9,986,076  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                       

 

Machinery (continued)

     

John Deere Capital Corp.

2.63%, 03/13/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(b)

   $     6,000      $       6,009,699  

2.66%, 06/22/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.290%)(b)

     6,000        6,012,600  
     

 

 

 
        22,008,375  

Manufacturing — 0.2%

     

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV
2.15%, 05/27/20(a)(e)

     10,000        9,838,991  

2.67%, 03/16/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.340%)(a)(b)

     2,000        2,003,314  
     

 

 

 
        11,842,305  

Media — 2.2%

     

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital,

     

3.58%, 07/23/20 (Call 06/23/20)

     35,000        34,942,375  

Comcast Corp., 2.85%, 10/01/21,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.440%)(b)

     32,930        32,942,085  

Discovery Communications LLC, 3.05%, 09/20/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.710%)(b)(e)

     30,000        30,107,220  

Sky PLC, 2.63%, 09/16/19(a)

     1,425        1,417,065  

Time Warner Cable LLC, 8.25%, 04/01/19

     1,950        1,989,557  

Warner Media LLC, 2.10%, 06/01/19

     10,000        9,946,915  
     

 

 

 
        111,345,217  

Oil & Gas — 0.8%

     

Chevron Corp., 2.53%, 03/03/20,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.210%)(b)

     6,500        6,511,902  

Ecopetrol SA, 7.63%, 07/23/19

     16,000        16,464,000  

Phillips 66, 3.19%, 04/15/20 (Call 12/10/18), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.750%)(a)(b)

     5,625        5,625,993  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2014 Ltd., 2.75%, 04/10/19(g)

     12,000        11,974,115  
     

 

 

 
        40,576,010  

Pharmaceuticals — 4.9%

     

AbbVie Inc., 2.50%, 05/14/20 (Call 04/14/20)(e)

     35,000        34,542,892  

Allergan Funding SCS
2.45%, 06/15/19

     18,783        18,746,859  

3.00%, 03/12/20 (Call 02/12/20)

     43,000        42,844,340  

3.59%, 03/12/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.255%)(b)

     20,505        20,732,519  

AstraZeneca PLC, 1.95%, 09/18/19(e)

     6,500        6,432,783  

Bayer U.S. Finance II LLC, 3.00%, 06/25/21 (Call 05/25/21),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.630%)(a)(b)

     25,000        25,009,388  

CVS Health Corp.
2.25%, 08/12/19 (Call 07/12/19)

     3,000        2,981,646  

2.80%, 07/20/20 (Call 06/20/20)

     35,000        34,644,947  

2.96%, 03/09/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.630%)(b)(e)

     5,318        5,335,300  

3.05%, 03/09/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.720%)(b)(e)

     10,000        10,053,227  

3.13%, 03/09/20

     12,430        12,401,499  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC, 1.90%, 09/23/19

     30,000        29,629,031  
     

 

 

 
        243,354,431  

Pipelines — 1.9%

     

Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 6.25%, 10/15/22 (Call 11/26/18)

     2,000        2,062,500  

Enbridge Inc., 2.81%, 01/10/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.400%)(b)

     5,230        5,221,774  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, 4.15%, 10/01/20 (Call 08/01/20)

     15,000        15,127,807  

Kinder Morgan Inc./DE, 3.72%, 01/15/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.280%)(b)

     20,000        20,338,525  

Spectra Energy Partners LP, 3.02%, 06/05/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.700%)(b)

     32,000        32,086,123  
Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                       

 

Pipelines (continued)

     

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 2.13%, 11/15/19

   $     2,540      $       2,511,447  

Williams Companies Inc. (The), 5.25%, 03/15/20

     15,000        15,334,198  
     

 

 

 
        92,682,374  

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.2%

 

American Tower Corp., 3.40%, 02/15/19

     10,000        10,011,282  
     

 

 

 

 

Retail — 0.2%

     

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., 2.83%, 12/13/19 (Call 12/13/18),
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(a)(b)(e)

     8,600        8,598,892  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., 2.70%, 11/18/19 (Call 10/18/19)

     3,058        3,042,435  
     

 

 

 
        11,641,327  

Semiconductors — 1.0%

     

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.
2.20%, 01/15/21(e)

     10,000        9,664,305  

2.38%, 01/15/20

     5,900        5,831,184  

Intel Corp., 2.42%, 05/11/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.080%)(b)

     13,700        13,695,623  

QUALCOMM Inc.
2.25%, 05/20/20 .

     10,000        9,854,146  

3.25%, 01/30/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.730%)(b)

     10,000        9,998,380  
     

 

 

 
        49,043,638  

Software — 0.2%

     

Fidelity National Information Services Inc., 3.63%, 10/15/20 (Call 09/15/20)

     10,000        10,021,508  
     

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 2.3%

     

AT&T Inc.
2.45%, 06/30/20 (Call 05/30/20)(e)

     10,000        9,846,779  

3.09%, 01/15/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(b)

     12,000        12,044,251  

3.39%, 07/15/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.950%)(b)(e)

     10,000        10,108,491  

5.80%, 02/15/19(e)

     18,675        18,824,619  

5.88%, 10/01/19

     2,000        2,048,490  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV
2.23%, 01/17/20(a)(e)

     13,687        13,507,903  

3.03%, 01/17/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.580%)(a)(b)

     12,000        12,037,971  

Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. II LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. III LLC, 3.36%, 09/20/21(a)(e)

     3,750        3,712,500  

Verizon Communications Inc.

     

2.86%, 05/22/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.550%)(b

     22,940        23,045,157  

3.33%, 03/16/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(b)

     10,000        10,160,490  
     

 

 

 
        115,336,651  

Transportation — 0.3%

     

FedEx Corp., 8.00%, 01/15/19

     1,275        1,287,966  

Ryder System Inc., 2.45%, 11/15/18

     4,473        4,472,215  

United Parcel Service Inc., 2.55%, 04/01/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.150%)(b)

     7,500        7,499,545  
     

 

 

 
        13,259,726  

Trucking & Leasing — 1.0%

     

Aviation Capital Group LLC, 3.19%, 07/30/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.670%)(a)(b)

     15,000        15,050,316  

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp.
2.50%, 06/15/19 (Call 05/15/19)(a)

     23,030        22,936,566  

3.20%, 07/15/20 (Call 06/15/20)(a)

     10,000        9,935,431  
     

 

 

 
        47,922,313  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes — 57.6%
(Cost: $2,877,809,457)

 

     2,871,048,565  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par/
Shares
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

 

Repurchase Agreements

     

Mizuho Securities USA Inc., 3.08%, 11/01/18 (Purchased on 10/31/18 to be repurchased at $30,002,564, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 2.53% to 2.75%, due 02/25/36 to 06/25/37, par and fair value of $66,001,677 and $34,500,000, respectively)(b)(h)

   $     30,000      $       30,000,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements — 0.6%
(Cost: $30,000,000)

 

     30,000,000  
     

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.4%

 

Federal National Mortgage Association 5.00% 01/01/20

     516        532,187  

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

     

Series K010, Class A2, 4.33%, 10/25/20 (b)

     1,250        1,273,523  

Series K013, Class A2, 3.97%, 01/25/21 (Call 01/11/21)(b)

     8,500        8,625,981  

Series K032, Class A1, 3.02%, 02/25/23

     961        957,562  

Series K037, Class A1, 2.59%, 04/25/23

     1,222        1,204,467  

Series K715, Class A2, 2.86%, 01/25/21

     2,500        2,480,053  

Series K721, Class A1, 2.61%, 01/25/22

     2,210        2,190,005  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency
Obligations — 0.4%
(Cost: $17,667,897)

 

     17,263,778  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Funds

     

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 2.36%(i)(j)(k)

     72,065        72,079,775  
Security        
Shares
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(i)(j)

     430,219      $       430,218,504  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Money Market Funds — 10.1%
(Cost: $502,293,933)

 

     502,298,279  
     

 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 101.3%
(Cost: $5,054,748,059)

 

     5,044,290,185  

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.3)%

 

     (62,472,289 ) 
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 4,981,817,896  
     

 

 

 

 

(a)   

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(b)   

Variable or floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

(c)   

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

(d)   

Rates are discount rates or a range of discount rates at the time of purchase.

(e)   

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(f)   

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

(g)   

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(h)   

Maturity date represents next reset date.

(i)   

Affiliate of the Fund.

(j)   

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(k)   

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

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer     


Shares
Held at
10/31/17
(000)
 
 
 
 
    
Net Activity
(000)
 
 
    


Shares
Held at
10/31/18
(000)
 
 
 
 
    
Value at
10/31/18
 
 
     Income      
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
(a) 
 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

     27,343        44,722        72,065      $ 72,079,775      $ 108,595 (b)     $ 1,318     $ 690  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     6,185        424,034        430,219        430,218,504        3,045,516              
           

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
            $ 502,298,279      $ 3,154,111     $ 1,318     $ 690  
           

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  (b)

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Short Maturity Bond ETF

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Asset-Backed Securities

   $      $ 1,154,019,416      $ 69,790,000      $ 1,223,809,416  

Certificates of Deposit

            85,043,499               85,043,499  

Collaterized Mortgage Obligations

            216,832,522        1,443,544        218,276,066  

Commercial Paper

            96,550,582               96,550,582  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

            2,871,048,565               2,871,048,565  

Repurchase Agreements

            30,000,000               30,000,000  

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

            17,263,778               17,263,778  

Money Market Funds

     502,298,279                      502,298,279  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $   502,298,279      $ 4,470,758,362      $   71,233,544      $ 5,044,290,185  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table includes a rollforward for the year ended October 31, 2018 of investments whose values are classified as Level 3 as of the beginning or end of the year.

 

      Asset Backed
Securities
    Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations
 

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 41,387,721     $  

Realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (303,107     577  

Purchases

     69,790,000       2,330,000  

Sales

     (22,484,614      

Transfers in(a)

            

Transfers out(a)

     (18,600,000      

Paydown

           (887,033
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

   $ 69,790,000     $ 1,443,544  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at end of period

   $     $ 577  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents the value as of the beginning of the reporting period.

The Fund’s investments that are categorized as Level 3 were valued utilizing a single broker quote without adjustment. Such valuations are based on unobservable inputs.

A significant change in third party information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investments.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

Municipal Debt Obligations

     

Alabama — 1.4%

     

Bessemer Governmental Utility Services Corp. RB, 5.00%, 06/01/20 (BAM)

   $     515      $       536,697  

Black Belt Energy Gas District RB, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/19

     500        514,590  

State of Alabama Docks Department RB, Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/19

     500        511,535  

Tuscaloosa City Board of Education RB, 5.00%, 08/01/19

     150        153,339  
     

 

 

 
        1,716,161  

Arizona — 2.5%

     

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima (The) RB, VRDN, 1.61%, 12/01/25 (Put 11/19/18) (GNMA COLL)(a)(b)

     1,200        1,200,000  

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Yavapai (The) RB,
Series A, 1.65%, 09/01/35
(Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     2,000        2,000,000  
     

 

 

 
        3,200,000  

California — 0.6%

     

Lancaster Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency TA, 3.00%, 08/01/20

     700        711,466  
     

 

 

 

Colorado — 1.6%

     

County of Arapahoe Co. RB, VRDN, 1.62%, 08/01/31 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,700        1,700,000  

State of Colorado Department of Transportation COP, 5.00%, 06/15/19

     270        274,990  
     

 

 

 
        1,974,990  

Connecticut — 3.2%

     

State of Connecticut GO

     

Series A, 5.00%, 04/15/20

     1,200        1,243,572  

Series C, 1.72%, 05/15/34 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,820        1,820,000  

University of Connecticut RB, Series A, 5.00%, 04/15/20

     1,000        1,039,810  
     

 

 

 
        4,103,382  

Georgia — 3.8%

     

Burke County Development Authority RB, 2.20%, 10/01/32
(Put 04/02/19)(a)(b)

     1,700        1,697,858  

City of Atlanta GA TA, 5.00%, 12/01/19

     365        375,570  

Cobb County Development Authority RB, 5.00%, 07/15/20

     545        570,163  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia RB, 1.78%, 01/01/48
(Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     2,125        2,125,000  
     

 

 

 
        4,768,591  

Illinois — 8.7%

     

Chicago Transit Authority RB, 5.00%, 06/01/20

     750        779,933  

Illinois Development Finance Authority RB, 1.64%, 06/01/29
(Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,100        1,100,000  

Illinois Finance Authority RB
4.00%, 11/15/18

     100        100,066  

4.00%, 09/01/19

     145        146,557  

VRDN, 1.54%, 11/01/38 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,320        1,320,000  

VRDN, 1.61%, 01/01/48 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,000        1,000,000  

VRDN, 1.62%, 02/01/29 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     5,525        5,525,000  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority RB, VRDN, 1.57%, 01/01/31 (Put 11/19/18) (AGM)(a)(b)

     1,135        1,135,000  
     

 

 

 
        11,106,556  

Iowa — 5.2%

     

Iowa Finance Authority RB 1.92%, 04/01/22 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     3,360        3,360,000  

VRDN, 1.52%, 01/01/47 (Put 11/19/18) (GNMA/FNMA/
FHLMC)(a)(b)

     3,300        3,300,000  
     

 

 

 
        6,660,000  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

Kansas — 0.7%

     

Geary County Unified School District No. 475 GO, Series B, 3.00%, 09/01/19

   $     850      $       857,165  
     

 

 

 

Kentucky — 0.9%

     

Kentucky State Property & Building Commission RB, Series D, 5.00%, 05/01/21

     600        635,796  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, Series 2018, 1.36%, 12/01/41 (Put 11/19/18)
(AGM)(a)(b)(c)

     500        500,000  
     

 

 

 
        1,135,796  

Louisiana — 0.7%

     

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority RB 1.64%, 12/01/43 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     410        410,000  

5.00%, 05/15/21

     400        424,524  
     

 

 

 
        834,524  

Michigan — 2.7%

     

County of Genesee MI GOL, Series B, 5.00%, 02/01/19

     100        100,727  

Michigan State Building Authority RB, Series I, 1.60%, 10/15/52 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,190        1,190,000  

Michigan State Housing Development Authority RB, Series D, 1.67%, 06/01/30 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,000        1,000,000  

Michigan Strategic Fund RB, 1.89%, 06/01/39 (Put 11/12/18)(a)(b)

     1,165        1,165,000  
     

 

 

 
        3,455,727  

Minnesota — 0.9%

     

City of Minneapolis MN RB, 1.60%, 12/01/27 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,100        1,100,000  
     

 

 

 

Missouri — 1.6%

     

RBC Municipal Products Inc. Trust RB, VRDN, 1.59%, 09/01/39
(Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)(c)

     2,000        2,000,000  
     

 

 

 

Nebraska — 0.8%

     

Central Plains Energy Project RB, 5.00%, 08/01/39 (Put 12/01/19)(a)(b)

     1,000        1,027,230  
     

 

 

 

New Jersey — 22.3%

     

Garden State Preservation Trust RB, 5.00%, 11/01/20

     1,690        1,764,749  

Hasbrouck Heights Board of Education GO, 2.75%, 07/12/19

     1,225        1,228,258  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority RB
5.00%, 05/01/19

     250        253,130  

5.00%, 06/15/21

     4,250        4,485,535  

5.25%, 09/01/19

     500        511,300  

5.50%, 09/01/21 (Call 03/01/21)

     675        714,089  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/22

     2,000        2,061,820  

Series DD-1, 5.00%, 12/15/18

     400        401,196  

Series DDD, 5.00%, 06/15/19

     645        654,991  

Series K, 5.50%, 12/15/19 (AMBAC)

     750        774,578  

Series NN, 5.00%, 03/01/21 (SAP)

     255        267,033  

Series PP, 5.00%, 06/15/19

     750        761,618  

Series PP, 5.00%, 06/15/20

     1,475        1,530,504  

Series XX, 5.00%, 06/15/20 (SAP)

     200        207,526  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority RB
5.00%, 07/01/19

     160        163,027  

5.00%, 10/01/20

     600        625,788  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/20

     500        522,150  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority RB
5.00%, 06/15/19

     700        710,843  

5.25%, 12/15/19

     1,500        1,545,045  

5.25%, 12/15/20

     500        527,880  

Series A, 5.25%, 12/15/19

     530        545,916  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 06/15/19

     1,060        1,077,935  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security        
Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

New Jersey (continued)

     

Series A-1, 5.00%, 06/15/20

   $     275      $       285,794  

Series B, 5.50%, 12/15/20
(NPFGC-FGIC)

     155        164,436  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp./NJ RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/19

     1,700        1,725,993  

Township of Branchburg NJ GO, 3.00%, 10/04/19

     1,000        1,007,370  

Township of Pennsauken NJ GO, 3.00%, 06/18/19

     710        712,684  

Township of South Orange Village NJ GO, 3.00%, 07/10/19

     2,000        2,008,560  

Township of West Orange/NJ GO, 3.00%, 09/06/19

     1,122        1,129,251  
     

 

 

 
        28,368,999  

New York — 19.0%

     

Amherst Development Corp. RB, Series A, 1.65%, 02/01/35 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,860        1,860,000  

Churchville-Chili Central School District GO, 3.00%, 06/28/19 (SAW)

     1,100        1,105,841  

City of New York NY GO, VRDN, 1.70%, 10/01/40 (Put 11/12/18)(a)(b)

     1,400        1,400,000  

Enlarged City School District of the City of Troy GO, 3.50%, 06/12/19 (SAW)

     2,600        2,620,306  

Evans-Brant Central School District GO, 3.00%, 06/27/19 (SAW)

     1,525        1,533,571  

Gates Chili Central School District GO, 3.00%, 06/27/19 (SAW)

     1,200        1,206,348  

Jamesville-Dewitt Central School District GO, 3.00%, 09/27/19 (SAW)

     1,800        1,812,168  

New York City Water & Sewer System RB

     

VRDN, 1.67%, 06/15/39 (Put 11/12/18)(a)(b)

     2,700        2,700,000  

VRDN, 1.68%, 06/15/39 (Put 11/12/18)(a)(b)

     1,365        1,365,000  

North Shore Central School District/NY GOL, 3.00%, 06/26/19 (SAW)

     1,000        1,005,400  

Onondaga County Trust for Cultural Resources RB, 4.00%, 05/01/19

     400        404,676  

Somers Central School District GO, 3.00%, 09/13/19 (SAW)

     1,100        1,107,777  

Spackenkill Union Free School District GO, 3.00%, 06/26/19 (SAW)

     1,300        1,305,668  

Springs Union Free School District GOL, 3.00%, 06/27/19 (SAW)

     1,000        1,005,290  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, VRDN, 1.72%, 11/15/56 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)(c)

     2,500        2,500,000  

Town of Carmel NY GOL, 3.25%, 10/04/19

     1,265        1,276,094  
     

 

 

 
        24,208,139  

Ohio — 2.0%

     

American Municipal Power Inc. RB, 3.00%, 08/15/19 (ST STANDBY NT PURCHASE)

     135        135,627  

County of Allen OH Hospital Facilities Revenue RB, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/19

     500        510,300  

County of Hamilton OH RB, VRDN, 1.60%, 09/01/33 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,950        1,950,000  
     

 

 

 
        2,595,927  

Pennsylvania — 0.8%

     

Carlisle Area School District GOL, 2.00%, 09/01/19

     165        164,964  

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania GO, 5.00%, 04/01/20

     800        830,776  
     

 

 

 
        995,740  

Tennessee — 0.3%

     

Jackson Energy Authority RB, 5.00%, 12/01/19

     350        360,857  
     

 

 

 
Security    Par/
Shares
(000)
     Value  
                                                       

Texas — 4.8%

     

City of Houston TX GOL, Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/20

   $     1,000      $       1,037,420  

City of San Antonio EL, 1.78%, 12/21/18

     2,000        2,000,000  

Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. RB,
Series C-1, 1.70%, 12/01/24
(Put 11/12/18)(a)(b)

     2,100        2,100,000  

State of Texas RB, 4.00%, 08/29/19

     1,000        1,015,820  
     

 

 

 
        6,153,240  

Utah — 1.7%

     

Jordanelle Special Service District RB, 1.60%, 09/01/25 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     2,222        2,222,000  
     

 

 

 

Virginia — 3.9%

     

Loudoun County Economic Development Authority RB, VRDN, 1.62%, 02/15/38 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     5,000        5,000,000  
     

 

 

 

Washington — 4.4%

     

Grant County Public Utility District No. 2 RB, 2.00%, 01/01/44
(Put 12/02/20)(a)(b)

     1,000        991,110  

Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority RB, 1.64%, 10/01/29
(Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,000        1,000,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission RB, 1.60%, 04/01/43 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     3,545        3,545,000  
     

 

 

 
        5,536,110  

Wisconsin — 5.4%

     

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority RB, 1.60%, 11/01/25 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,315        1,315,000  

Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority RB
1.53%, 03/01/38 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,650        1,650,000  

VRDN, 1.53%, 03/01/39 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     2,840        2,840,000  

VRDN, 1.60%, 03/01/31 (Put 11/19/18)(a)(b)

     1,100        1,100,000  
     

 

 

 
        6,905,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Debt Obligations — 99.9%
(Cost $127,264,619)

 

     126,997,600  
     

 

 

 

Money Market Funds

     

BlackRock Liquidity Funds: MuniCash, 1.45%(d)(e)

     80        79,718  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Funds — 0.1%
(Cost: $79,718)

 

     79,718  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 100.0%
(Cost: $127,344,337)

 

     127,077,318  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.0%

 

     33,958  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 127,111,276  
     

 

 

 

 

(a)   

Variable or floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

(b)   

Security is payable upon demand on each reset date.

(c)   

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d)   

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e)   

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer     


Shares
Held at
10/31/17
(000)
 
 
 
 
    
Net Activity
(000)
 
 
    


Shares
Held at
10/31/18
(000)
 
 
 
 
    
Value at
10/31/18
 
 
     Income       
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
(a)  
 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds: Muni Cash

     25        55        80      $ 79,718      $ 3,178      $ 380     $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Municipal Debt Obligations

   $      $ 126,997,600      $      $ 126,997,600  

Money Market Funds

     79,718                      79,718  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $     79,718      $ 126,997,600      $      $ 127,077,318  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                

 

Asset-Backed Securities

     

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Class A6, 1.82%, 09/15/22

   $     3,000      $       2,964,449  

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Class A2, 2.67%, 12/21/20 (Call 10/21/21)

     3,760        3,752,916  

Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust, Class A2, 2.71%, 04/15/21 (Call 03/15/22)

     3,280        3,274,233  

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Class A2, 2.77%, 08/16/21 (Call 04/15/22)

     3,000        2,994,397  
     

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities — 2.2%
(Cost: $13,002,612)

 

     12,985,995  
     

 

 

 

Certificates of Deposit

     

Bank of America N.A.
2.60%, 04/04/19

     1,000        999,837  

2.79%, 07/03/19

     1,000        1,000,001  

Bank of Montreal, 2.37%, 12/21/18

     1,750        1,750,086  

Bank of Montreal/Chicago IL

2.48%, 05/07/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.200%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,132  

2.55%, 03/06/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.190%)(a)

     2,000        1,999,725  

2.63%, 06/13/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)

     500        499,941  

2.75%, 11/01/19(a)(b)

     1,500        1,500,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia/Houston

2.51%, 02/18/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.180%)(a)

     1,000        999,996  

2.73%, 10/15/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.280%)(a)

     843        844,027  

Barclays Bank PLC
2.72%, 05/17/19

     2,000        1,999,104  

2.72%, 05/28/19

     2,000        1,998,840  

3.00%, 09/19/19

     2,000        2,000,049  

BNP Paribas SA/New York NY

2.49%, 04/04/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.080%)(a)

     2,000        1,999,652  

2.59%, 04/18/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.150%)(a)

     1,500        1,499,622  

2.64%, 12/28/18, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(a)

     750        750,352  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

2.44%, 04/10/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.160%)(a)

     1,500        1,499,736  

2.59%, 07/25/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)

     2,000        1,999,999  

2.80%, 05/02/20(a)(b)

     2,000        1,999,032  

3.08%, 10/28/19

     2,000        1,999,857  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce/New York NY

2.61%, 08/13/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.330%)(a)

     2,000        2,001,740  

2.78%, 09/20/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.410%)(a)

     1,500        1,502,991  

Citibank N.A./New York, 2.51%, 03/14/19

     2,000        1,998,837  

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank/New York, 2.70%, 05/11/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.385%)(a)

     2,000        2,001,036  

Credit Suisse AG/New York NY

1.86%, 11/09/18

     1,000        999,905  

2.52%, 04/09/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.340%)(a)

     1,640        1,641,632  

2.61%, 05/01/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)

     1,500        1,501,044  

KBC Bank NV, 2.52%, 01/02/19

     2,000        2,000,094  

Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg, 2.50%, 01/07/19

     2,000        2,000,202  

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

2.80%, 04/15/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.330%)(a)

     1,500        1,499,763  

2.91%, 10/25/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.400%)(a)

     3,000        3,005,212  

Mizuho Bank Ltd./NY

2.52%, 04/30/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,791  

2.58%, 11/19/18, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,233  

2.84%, 01/15/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.310%)(a)

     2,000        1,999,991  

National Australia Bank Ltd./New York, 2.52%, 03/14/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.190%)(a)

     750        749,739  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                

 

Natixis SA, 1.81%, 11/20/18

  

 

$

 

    1,000

 

 

  

 

$

 

      999,759

 

 

Natixis SA/New York NY, 2.50%, 01/31/19

     2,000        1,999,991  

Nordea Bank AB, 2.71%, 10/18/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)

     1,000        1,001,237  

Nordea Bank AB/New York NY

2.61%, 08/10/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)

     1,000        999,133  

2.70%, 07/10/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.290%)(a)

     4,000        4,001,959  

Royal Bank of Canada/New York NY

2.50%, 02/07/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.160%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,340  

2.65%, 03/22/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.280%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,804  

Societe Generale/New York NY,

2.59%, 02/28/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.280%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,027  

Standard Chartered Bank/New York

2.40%, 12/24/18, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.080%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,191  

2.47%, 03/25/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.100%)(a)

     1,000        999,797  

2.67%, 06/04/19

     5,000        4,992,324  

2.72%, 04/24/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.230%)(a)

     2,500        2,499,874  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp./New York
2.51%, 03/01/19

     3,000        2,997,647  

2.55%, 05/15/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.460%)(a)

     2,000        2,003,282  

2.79%, 06/18/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.410%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,619  

2.83%, 09/09/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(a)

     800        801,685  

2.87%, 07/11/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.370%)(a)

     3,250        3,253,994  

2.91%, 07/24/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.420%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,673  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd./New York

2.52%, 08/16/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.200%)(a)

     3,000        2,999,990  

2.60%, 04/17/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.150%)(a)

     2,000        1,999,901  

2.61%, 07/09/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.200%)(a)

     1,500        1,500,094  

Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Ltd. (The), 2.50%, 01/11/19(c)

     3,000        2,985,153  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, 2.80%, 04/01/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.400%)(a)

     3,000        3,007,041  

Svenska Handelsbanken/New York NY, 2.74%, 10/21/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)

     3,000        3,001,842  

Toronto-Dominion Bank
2.73%, 05/10/19

     1,875        1,873,995  

2.73%, 08/07/19

     2,000        1,996,045  

Toronto-Dominion Bank/NY
2.65%, 01/24/19

     570        569,596  

2.68%, 06/12/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.400%)(a)

     1,000        999,938  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.,

2.54%, 04/15/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.100%)(a)

     3,000        2,999,854  
     

 

 

 

Total Certificates of Deposit — 18.7%
(Cost: $112,710,961)

        112,729,983  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Paper

     

ANTALIS SA, 2.94%, 05/02/19(c)

     3,000        2,956,258  

AstraZeneca PLC, 2.57%, 11/05/18(c)

     3,000        2,998,988  

AT&T Inc.
2.87%, 12/04/18(c)

     4,000        3,990,510  

3.09%, 05/28/19(c)

     5,000        4,914,368  

3.09%, 05/30/19(c)

     1,500        1,474,047  

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC, 2.96%, 09/09/19(c)

     2,000        1,948,981  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 2.87%, 05/30/19(c)

     3,000        2,950,151  

Banque et Caisse, 2.44%, 02/14/19(c)

     1,000        992,601  

BAT International Finance PLC, 2.67%, 12/12/18(c)

     2,250        2,243,333  

Bayerische Landbank NY, 2.62%, 01/02/19(c)

     3,000        2,987,537  
 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                

 

Bedford Row Funding Corp.

2.51%, 08/26/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.220%)(a)(d)

  

 

$

 

    1,500

 

 

  

 

$

 

      1,498,728

 

 

2.55%, 02/14/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,340  

2.79%, 04/26/19(c)

     1,000        986,440  

2.91%, 09/12/19(c)

     3,000        2,923,159  

Bell Canada Inc.
2.62%, 12/03/18(c)

     2,250        2,244,745  

2.66%, 11/06/18(c)

     1,500        1,499,378  

2.67%, 01/22/19(c)

     3,000        2,981,505  

2.67%, 01/25/19(c)

     1,000        993,595  

2.72%, 02/04/19(c)

     2,000        1,985,568  

2.85%, 02/21/19(c)

     2,000        1,982,730  

BPCE, 2.64%, 02/08/19(c)

     1,000        992,953  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York NY, 2.52%, 01/18/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.230%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,397  

Federation Des Caisses Desjardins Du Quebec, 2.74%, 07/22/19(c)

     3,000        2,936,860  

General Electric Co.
2.51%, 11/08/18(c)

     5,000        4,997,372  

2.72%, 01/11/19(c)

     2,000        1,989,280  

HSBC Bank PLC

2.49%, 02/22/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.180%)(a)

     600        600,542  

2.66%, 04/17/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.210%)(a)(d)

     1,500        1,500,542  

2.70%, 04/16/19(c)

     1,000        987,466  

ING U.S. Funding LLC
2.47%, 03/05/19(c)

     1,500        1,486,380  

2.48%, 02/21/19(c)

     2,000        1,983,672  

2.53%, 02/12/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(a)

     1,500        1,500,704  

2.55%, 03/06/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,548  

JP Morgan Securities LLC, 2.73%, 07/26/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.200%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,000  

JPMorgan Securities LLC, 2.84%, 07/11/19(c)

     2,000        1,959,492  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., 2.47%, 11/02/18(c)

     4,000        3,999,474  

KfW, 2.60%, 04/03/19(c)

     2,000        1,979,569  

La Fayette Asset Securitization LLC, 2.75%, 03/18/19(c)

     10,000        9,898,723  

Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg
2.34%, 11/13/18(c)

     5,000        4,995,892  

2.42%, 01/07/19(c)

     2,000        1,990,782  

Liberty Street Funding LLC, 2.56%, 11/02/18, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)

     1,500        1,500,027  

Lma Americas LLC,
2.70%, 02/01/19(c)

     1,000        993,232  

LMA S.A./LMA Americas LLC, 2.47%, 01/04/19(c)

     3,000        2,986,756  

Macquarie Bank Ltd.
2.55%, 02/19/19(c)

     2,000        1,983,763  

2.69%, 05/28/19(c)

     2,000        1,966,885  

2.83%, 08/08/19(c)

     2,000        1,953,900  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., 2.47%, 01/11/19(c)

     2,000        1,990,176  

Mondelez International Inc.
2.52%, 12/12/18(c)

     6,000        5,982,220  

2.56%, 12/10/18(c)

     2,000        1,994,371  

2.71%, 01/22/19(c)

     1,000        993,805  

2.74%, 01/10/19(c)

     5,000        4,973,898  

National Australia Bank Ltd., 2.51%, 04/02/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,474  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc., 2.58%, 12/05/18(c)

     2,000        1,995,106  

Nutrien Ltd.
2.48%, 11/13/18(c)

     3,000        2,996,972  

2.72%, 12/27/18(c)

     2,000        1,990,839  

Old Line Funding LLC, 2.68%, 04/26/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.390%)(a)

     1,000        1,001,020  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                

 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.
2.47%, 02/26/19(c)

  

 

$

 

    1,000

 

 

  

 

$

 

      991,622

 

 

2.50%, 11/07/18, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.220%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,021  

2.54%, 02/19/19(c)

     1,400        1,389,027  

Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC
2.63%, 02/04/19(c)

     4,000        3,973,803  

2.64%, 02/12/19(c)

     2,000        1,985,688  

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., 2.73%, 03/07/19(c)

     1,000        990,154  

Societe Generale SA
2.90%, 08/02/19(c)(d)

     5,000        4,894,630  

2.90%, 08/05/19(c)

     2,250        2,201,009  

2.91%, 08/26/19(c)

     1,500        1,462,737  

3.22%, 10/31/19(c)

     1,500        1,452,026  

Suncor Energy Inc.
2.55%, 12/10/18(c)(d)

     2,000        1,994,371  

2.55%, 12/12/18(c)(d)

     2,000        1,994,073  

Suncorp Group Ltd.
2.60%, 03/25/19(c)

     2,000        1,977,646  

3.01%, 07/23/19(c)

     3,000        2,933,264  

Swedbank AB, 2.57%, 03/04/19(c)

     2,000        1,982,316  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.
2.44%, 12/17/18(c)

     3,000        2,990,071  

3.05%, 04/29/19(c)

     3,000        2,956,350  

Thunder Bay Funding LLC, 2.77%, 05/02/19(c)

     1,500        1,479,069  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, 3.09%, 10/18/19(c)

     5,000        4,851,084  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 2.55%, 02/08/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(a)(d)

     2,000        2,001,076  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 2.51%, 04/03/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.080%)(a)

     3,000        2,999,859  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.
2.51%, 11/01/18(c)

     3,000        2,999,802  

2.52%, 11/05/18(c)

     2,000        1,999,334  

UBS AG/London

2.55%, 08/28/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.260%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,138  

2.62%, 01/07/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.340%)(a)(d)

     1,000        1,000,587  

2.66%, 07/02/19, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.400%)(a)(d)

     1,000        1,001,312  

2.74%, 04/04/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.330%)(a)(d)

     4,000        4,004,022  

VW Credit Inc.
2.58%, 01/08/19(c)

     2,000        1,989,880  

2.67%, 02/21/19(c)

     3,000        2,973,831  

2.73%, 01/04/19(c)

     9,000        8,957,311  

2.82%, 03/20/19(c)

     3,000        2,966,785  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
2.77%, 01/29/19(c)

     4,000        3,972,900  

2.83%, 02/19/19(c)

     3,000        2,974,350  
     

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper — 35.6%
(Cost: $214,018,822)

 

     213,997,202  
     

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

  

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%

 

  

General Dynamics Corp., 2.88%, 05/11/20 .

     2,000        1,992,620  

Lockheed Martin Corp., 4.25%, 11/15/19

     2,000        2,022,709  

United Technologies Corp.

2.89%, 11/01/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.350%)(a)

     500        500,943  

2.97%, 08/16/21 (Call 08/16/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(a)

     1,000        1,001,084  

3.35%, 08/16/21

     540        537,422  
     

 

 

 
        6,054,778  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                

 

Auto Manufacturers — 4.1%

     

American Honda Finance Corp.
2.00%, 11/13/19

   $     500      $       494,973  

2.46%, 02/21/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.150%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,957  

2.59%, 06/16/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.260%)(a)

     4,000        4,001,677  

2.83%, 02/12/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.210%)(a)

     1,000        998,023  

BMW U.S. Capital LLC

2.84%, 04/12/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.410%)(a)(d)

     2,000        1,998,213  

3.25%, 08/14/20(d)

     1,850        1,847,228  

Daimler Finance North America LLC

2.76%, 02/22/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(a)(d)

     3,000        2,997,360  

3.10%, 05/04/20(d)

     1,325        1,317,415  

3.14%, 10/30/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.620%)(a)(d)

     250        250,980  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.99%, 01/08/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.580%)(a)

     1,375        1,377,727  

Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc., 2.81%, 05/21/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(a)(d)

     2,000        2,002,481  

Hyundai Capital America,

3.15%, 03/12/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.820%)(a)(d)

     1,000        1,000,836  

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

2.78%, 09/28/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.390%)(a)(d)

     750        749,751  

3.34%, 03/08/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.010%)(a)(d)

     250        250,719  

PACCAR Financial Corp.
2.05%, 11/13/20

     580        566,117  

2.88%, 05/10/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.260%)(a)

     680        681,062  

3.10%, 05/10/21

     915        909,888  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 2.20%, 01/10/20

     1,500        1,486,409  
     

 

 

 
        24,931,816  

Banks — 23.9%

     

ABN AMRO Bank NV
1.80%, 09/20/19(d)

     3,000        2,963,064  

2.10%, 01/18/19(d)

     3,000        2,995,605  

2.88%, 08/27/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.570%)(a)(d)

     3,000        3,002,490  

3.40%, 08/27/21(d)

     2,500        2,482,715  

ANZ New Zealand Int’l Ltd./London
2.25%, 02/01/19(d)

     1,500        1,497,258  

2.75%, 01/22/21(d)

     2,000        1,962,958  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 2.92%, 11/09/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.320%)(a)(d)

     1,000        1,000,956  

Bank of America Corp., 2.60%, 01/15/19

     856        855,581  

Bank of America N.A.
2.05%, 12/07/18

     545        544,749  

2.56%, 08/28/20 (Call 08/28/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,834  

Bank of Montreal
1.50%, 07/18/19

     1,000        989,872  

2.93%, 12/12/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.600%)(a)

     510        512,789  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

     

2.70%, 01/08/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.290%)(a)

     1,000        999,762  

2.91%, 04/20/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.440%)(a)

     2,000        2,004,841  

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (The), 2.83%, 09/09/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(a)

     1,400        1,402,949  

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA,
2.75%, 01/22/19(d)

     2,000        1,999,316  

Barclays Bank PLC, 6.75%, 05/22/19

     1,500        1,529,836  

BNP Paribas SA
2.40%, 12/12/18

     1,968        1,967,488  

2.45%, 03/17/19

     2,549        2,544,741  

BPCE SA, 2.50%, 12/10/18

     1,000        999,758  

Branch Banking & Trust Co.,

2.25%, 06/01/20 (Call 05/01/20)

     1,100        1,082,873  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                

 

Banks (continued)

     

Citibank N.A.
2.00%, 03/20/19 (Call 02/20/19)

   $     1,500      $       1,494,951  

2.97%, 02/12/21 (Call 01/12/21), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.350%)(a)

     1,000        999,739  

3.05%, 07/23/21 (Call 06/23/21), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.570%)(a)

     2,000        2,006,487  

Citigroup Inc., 3.18%, 12/07/18, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.860%)(a)

     400        400,265  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
1.75%, 11/07/19(d)

     1,591        1,568,925  

2.78%, 03/10/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.450%)(a)(d)

     1,615        1,618,614  

5.00%, 10/15/19(d)

     3,000        3,052,587  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York NY, 2.30%, 09/06/19

     2,000        1,987,280  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY
2.25%, 01/14/19

     2,840        2,837,908  

2.50%, 01/19/21

     1,080        1,056,489  

2.94%, 04/26/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(a)

     1,000        1,002,370  

Credit Suisse AG/New York NY, 5.30%, 08/13/19

     2,000        2,033,988  

Fifth Third Bank/Cincinnati OH, 2.77%, 10/30/20 (Call 09/30/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,473  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA/New York NY, 3.20%, 06/05/20

     445        444,631  

HSBC Holdings PLC

2.92%, 05/18/21 (Call 05/18/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.600%)(a)

     3,500        3,503,878  

2.98%, 09/11/21 (Call 09/11/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(a)

     4,000        4,007,240  

HSBC USA Inc., 2.38%, 11/13/19

     1,120        1,111,522  

ING Bank NV
2.00%, 11/26/18(d)

     1,500        1,499,355  

2.30%, 03/22/19(d)

     2,640        2,634,029  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., 2.87%, 02/13/20 (Call 02/13/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.250%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,632  

Lloyds Bank PLC
2.70%, 08/17/20

     1,000        985,889  

3.30%, 05/07/21

     3,000        2,975,701  

Macquarie Bank Ltd.,
2.35%, 01/15/19(d)

     2,200        2,197,624  

Morgan Stanley
2.38%, 07/23/19

     3,000        2,987,340  

3.34%, 01/24/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.850%)(a)

     2,000        2,002,469  

Series 3NC2, 3.41%, 02/14/20 (Call 02/14/19), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.800%)(a)

     1,000        1,001,188  

MUFG Bank Ltd.
2.30%, 03/10/19(d)

     1,000        997,746  

2.35%, 09/08/19(d)

     2,000        1,987,697  

National Australia Bank Ltd., 2.78%, 01/12/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.350%)(a)(d)

     2,000        1,997,437  

National Australia Bank Ltd./New York, 2.50%, 01/12/21

     1,000        978,531  

National Bank of Canada, 2.20%, 11/02/20 (Call 10/02/20)

     1,000        975,214  

Nordea Bank AB, 1.63%, 09/30/19(d)

     2,400        2,368,133  

Royal Bank of Canada
2.00%, 12/10/18

     390        389,735  

2.77%, 07/22/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)

     2,000        2,002,910  

Santander UK PLC
2.13%, 11/03/20

     965        937,813  

2.88%, 11/03/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)

     500        499,881  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
1.50%, 09/13/19

     1,750        1,726,439  

2.38%, 03/25/19(d)

     1,500        1,496,114  

2.74%, 05/17/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(a)(d)

     4,000        3,997,084  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
                                                

Banks (continued)

     

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
1.97%, 01/11/19

   $     500      $       499,161  

2.51%, 01/17/20

     2,000        1,982,490  

2.80%, 01/17/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.350%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,947  

2.96%, 01/11/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.540%)(a)

     1,250        1,250,688  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd., 2.05%, 03/06/19(d)

     1,635        1,630,527  

Suncorp-Metway Ltd.
2.10%, 05/03/19(d)

     1,000        995,560  

2.38%, 11/09/20(d)

     1,250        1,217,154  

2.98%, 10/19/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(a)(d)

     7,000        6,990,550  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
1.50%, 09/06/19

     2,250        2,221,115  

2.40%, 10/01/20

     3,000        2,944,651  

2.69%, 09/08/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.360%)(a)

     745        746,495  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 3.00%, 06/11/20

     1,000        997,095  

UBS AG/Stamford CT
2.35%, 03/26/20

     2,500        2,467,941  

2.38%, 08/14/19

     1,513        1,504,627  

United Overseas Bank Ltd., 2.96%, 04/23/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.480%)(a)(d)

     2,000        2,001,762  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

2.75%, 01/15/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.310%)(a)

     2,000        1,996,842  

2.98%, 07/23/21 (Call 07/23/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(a)

     2,000        2,001,372  

2.99%, 10/22/21 (Call 09/21/21), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.500%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,892  

3.33%, 07/23/21 (Call 07/23/20)(a)(b)

     2,000        1,993,097  

Westpac Banking Corp.

2.75%, 03/06/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(a)

     3,000        3,008,075  

3.33%, 05/13/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.710%)(a)

     250        250,725  
     

 

 

 
        143,808,509  

Computers — 0.4%

     

Apple Inc., 1.80%, 11/13/19

     1,500        1,483,990  

IBM Credit LLC, 2.47%, 09/06/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.150%)(a)

     1,000        1,001,091  
     

 

 

 
        2,485,081  

Diversified Financial Services — 1.4%

 

  

AIG Global Funding,
1.95%, 10/18/19(d)

     555        549,050  

American Express Credit Corp.
1.70%, 10/30/19 (Call 09/30/19)

     2,450        2,417,519  

2.75%, 03/03/20 (Call 02/03/20), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.430%)(a)

     3,000        3,008,834  

Capital One Bank USA N.A., 2.25%, 02/13/19 (Call 01/13/19)

     2,500        2,494,642  
     

 

 

 
        8,470,045  

Electric — 0.8%

     

Electricite de France SA, 2.15%, 01/22/19(d)

     3,250        3,242,330  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc., Series H, 3.34%, 09/01/20

     1,795        1,794,401  
     

 

 

 
        5,036,731  

Electronics — 0.2%

     

Honeywell International Inc.
1.80%, 10/30/19

     310        306,400  

2.56%, 10/30/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.040%)(a)

     750        749,847  
     

 

 

 
        1,056,247  

Health Care - Services — 0.2%

     

Roche Holdings Inc., 2.25%, 09/30/19 (Call 08/30/19)(d)

     1,300        1,291,023  
     

 

 

 
Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                

Insurance — 1.0%

     

Jackson National Life Global Funding, 2.74%, 10/15/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.300%)(a)(d)

   $     5,000      $       4,999,677  

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 1.75%, 09/19/19(d)

     860        850,555  
     

 

 

 
        5,850,232  

Internet — 0.3%

     

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., 2.50%, 11/28/19 (Call 10/28/19)

     1,750        1,739,521  
     

 

 

 

Machinery — 1.8%

     

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
1.80%, 11/13/18

     600        599,847  

2.56%, 03/15/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.230%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,719  

2.80%, 05/15/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.180%)(a)

     1,500        1,499,451  

2.90%, 03/15/21

     1,500        1,484,107  

John Deere Capital Corp.

2.53%, 07/05/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.120%)(a)

     1,170        1,170,439  

2.57%, 03/12/21, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.240%)(a)

     1,000        1,001,725  

2.59%, 01/07/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.180%)(a)

     1,000        1,000,312  

2.60%, 10/09/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.170%)(a)

     3,000        2,998,182  
     

 

 

 
        10,754,782  

Manufacturing — 0.9%

     

3M Co., 3.00%, 09/14/21 (Call 08/14/21)

     1,075        1,071,781  

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV
1.30%, 09/13/19(d)

     1,100        1,083,850  

2.67%, 03/16/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.340%)(a)(d)

     3,000        3,004,971  
     

 

 

 
        5,160,602  

Media — 0.6%

     

Comcast Corp.

2.74%, 10/01/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.330%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,848  

3.30%, 10/01/20

     1,610        1,609,331  
     

 

 

 
        3,610,179  

Oil & Gas — 0.3%

     

Chevron Corp., 2.40%, 02/28/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.090%)(a)

     2,000        2,000,464  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%

     

AstraZeneca PLC, 1.75%, 11/16/18

     2,500        2,498,885  

CVS Health Corp., 2.25%, 12/05/18 (Call 11/05/18)

     3,425        3,422,995  

Pfizer Inc., 3.00%, 09/15/21

     1,670        1,664,772  
     

 

 

 
        7,586,652  

Pipelines — 0.2%

     

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 2.89%, 11/15/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.275%)(a)

     1,500        1,502,294  
     

 

 

 

Retail — 0.2%

     

Home Depot Inc. (The), 2.47%, 06/05/20, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.150%)(a)

     1,220        1,221,918  
     

 

 

 

Software — 0.1%

     

Oracle Corp., 2.25%, 10/08/19

     600        596,181  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes — 38.7%
(Cost: $233,525,633)

 

     233,157,055  
     

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

     

Barclays Bank PLC, 2.92%, 11/01/18 (Purchased on 10/31/18 to be repurchased at $5,000,406, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 4.17% to 6.85%, due 06/01/34 to 11/25/35, par and fair value of $7,580,031 and $5,750,000, respectively) (a)(e)

     5,000        5,000,000  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  
                                                

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 3.06%, 11/01/18 (Purchased on 10/31/18 to be repurchased at $5,000,425, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 3.00% to 5.49%, due 05/10/30 to 03/25/61, par and fair value of $ 6,215,137 and $5,250,000, respectively) (a)(e)

   $     5,000      $       5,000,000  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 2.76%, 11/01/18 (Purchased on 10/31/18 to be repurchased at $2,000,153, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 5.53%, due 08/15/35, par and fair value of $2,294,341 and $2,300,000, respectively) (a)(e)

     2,000        2,000,000  

JP Morgan Securities, 3.06%, 11/01/18 (Purchased on 10/31/18 to be repurchased at $5,000,425, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 2.55%, due 03/22/32, par and fair value of $5,462,347 and $5,350,008, respectively) (a)(e)

     5,000        5,000,000  

Merrill Lynch, 2.89%, 11/01/18 (Purchased on 10/31/18 to be repurchased at $5,000,401, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 4.00%, due 01/25/2056, par and fair value of $6,238,812 and $6,000,001, respectively) (a)(e)

     5,000        5,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA Inc., 2.85%, 11/01/18 (Purchased on 10/31/18 to be repurchased at $6,000,475, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 2.76% to 5.15%, due 05/30/19 to 09/20/29, par and fair value of $6,143,091 and $6,180,001, respectively) (a)(e)

     6,000        6,000,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements — 4.6%
(Cost: $28,000,000)

 

     28,000,000  
     

 

 

 
Security    Shares
(000)
     Value  
                                                

Money Market Funds

     

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SLAgency Shares, 2.11%(f)(g)

     2,193      $       2,193,235  
     

 

 

 

Total Money Market Funds — 0.4% (Cost: $2,193,235)

        2,193,235  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 100.2% (Cost: $603,451,263)

 

     603,063,470  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.2)%

 

     (1,269,459
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 601,794,011  
     

 

 

 

 

(a)   

Variable or floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

(b)   

Security is issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Reference index and spread are provided if the rate is currently floating.

(c)   

Rates are discount rates or a range of discount rates at the time of purchase.

(d)   

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(e)   

Maturity date represents next reset date.

(f)   

Affiliate of the Fund.

(g)   

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

       Affiliated Issuer     


Shares
Held at
10/31/17
(000)
 
 
 
 
    

Net
Activity
(000)
 
 
 
    


Shares
Held at
10/31/18
(000)
 
 
 
 
    
Value at
10/31/18
 
 
     Income       
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)

(a)  
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 
      
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     319        1,874        2,193      $ 2,193,235      $ 34,831      $     $    
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   
 

(a) Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Asset-Backed Securities

   $      $ 12,985,995      $      $ 12,985,995  

Certificates of Deposit

            112,729,983               112,729,983  

Commercial Paper

            213,997,202               213,997,202  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

            233,157,055               233,157,055  

Repurchase Agreements

            28,000,000               28,000,000  

Money Market Funds

     2,193,235                      2,193,235  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 2,193,235      $ 600,870,235      $         —      $ 603,063,470  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2018

 

      

iShares
Short Maturity
Bond ETF


 
   



iShares
Short
Maturity
Municipal
Bond ETF




 
   


iShares
Ultra
Short-Term
Bond ETF



 
      

ASSETS

      

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

      

Unaffiliated(b)

   $ 4,511,991,906     $ 126,997,600     $ 572,870,235  

Affiliated(c)

     502,298,279       79,718       2,193,235  

Repurchase agreements, at value — Unaffiliated(d)

     30,000,000             28,000,000  

Cash

                 49,000  

Foreign currency, at value(e)

     26,003              

Receivables:

      

Investments sold

     212       1,834,072        

Securities lending income — Affiliated

     13,779              

Capital shares sold

     37,589,162             5,016,442  

Dividends

     1,345,491       51       417,200  

Interest

     19,744,141       782,010       1,197,062  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     5,103,008,973       129,693,451       609,743,174  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

      

Bank overdraft

     1,489,805              

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

     72,063,107              

Payables:

      

Investments purchased

     46,616,563       2,556,872       7,910,662  

Investment advisory fees

     1,021,602       25,303       38,501  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     121,191,077       2,582,175       7,949,163  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 4,981,817,896     $ 127,111,276     $ 601,794,011  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

      

Paid-in capital

   $ 4,983,667,478     $ 127,330,378     $ 601,033,494  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

     (1,849,582     (219,102     760,517  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 4,981,817,896     $ 127,111,276     $ 601,794,011  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     99,400,000       2,550,000       12,000,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

   $ 50.12     $ 49.85     $ 50.15  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

     Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

     None       None       None  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)   Securities loaned, at value

   $ 65,831,600     $     $  

(b)   Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

   $ 4,522,454,126     $ 127,264,619     $ 573,258,028  

(c)   Investments, at cost — Affiliated

   $ 502,293,933     $ 79,718     $ 2,193,235  

(d)   Repurchase agreements, at cost — Unaffiliated

   $ 30,000,000     $     $ 28,000,000  

(e)   Foreign currency, at cost

   $ 25,197     $     $  

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended October 31, 2018

 

      


iShares
Short
Maturity
Bond ETF



 
   



iShares
Short
Maturity
Municipal
Bond ETF




 
   


iShares
Ultra
Short-Term
Bond ETF



 

INVESTMENT INCOME

      

Dividends — Affiliated

   $ 3,045,516     $ 3,178     $ 34,831  

Interest — Unaffiliated

     87,633,114       1,126,436       7,383,877  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

     108,595              

Other income — Unaffiliated

     9,046              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     90,796,271       1,129,614       7,418,708  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

      

Investment advisory fees

     9,228,872       176,030       246,749  

Proxy fees

     258       4       14  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     9,229,130       176,034       246,763  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     81,567,141       953,580       7,171,945  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

      

Net realized gain (loss) from:

      

Investments — Unaffiliated

     (1,111,738     (53,503     (2,431

Investments — Affiliated

     1,318       367        

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds — Affiliated

           13        

Foreign currency transactions

     (26,231            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized loss

     (1,136,651     (53,123     (2,431
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

      

Investments — Unaffiliated

     (14,317,357     (224,736     (491,071

Investments — Affiliated

     690              

Foreign currency translations

     (730            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (14,317,397     (224,736     (491,071
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (15,454,048     (277,859     (493,502
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 66,113,093     $ 675,721     $ 6,678,443  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     iShares
Short Maturity Bond ETF
    iShares
Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF
 
    

 

Year Ended
10/31/18

   

 

Year Ended
10/31/17

   

 

Year Ended
10/31/18

   

 

Year Ended
10/31/17

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

        

OPERATIONS

        

Net investment income

   $ 81,567,141     $ 35,966,752     $ 953,580     $ 378,541  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,136,651     582,022       (53,123     (29,140

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (14,317,397     1,498,943       (224,736     (21,983
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     66,113,093       38,047,717       675,721       327,418  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)(b)

        

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

     (74,611,511     (34,147,741     (856,151     (359,533
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

        

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     2,080,578,493       883,945,139       74,785,143       17,526,350  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS(b)

        

Total increase in net assets

     2,072,080,075       887,845,115       74,604,713       17,494,235  

Beginning of year

     2,909,737,821       2,021,892,706       52,506,563       35,012,328  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 4,981,817,896     $ 2,909,737,821     $ 127,111,276     $ 52,506,563  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

Prior year distribution character information and undistributed net investment income has been modified or removed to conform with current year Regulation S-X presentation changes. Refer to Note 11 for this prior year information.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

     iShares
Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF
 
    

 

Year Ended
10/31/18

   

 

Year Ended
10/31/17

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    

OPERATIONS

    

Net investment income

   $ 7,171,945     $ 1,318,869  

Net realized loss

     (2,431     (7,501

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (491,071     66,211  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     6,678,443       1,377,579  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)(b)

    

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

     (6,139,081     (1,210,368
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

    

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     413,322,400       162,746,995  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS(b)

    

Total increase in net assets

     413,861,762       162,914,206  

Beginning of year

     187,932,249       25,018,043  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 601,794,011     $ 187,932,249  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

Prior year distribution character information and undistributed net investment income has been modified or removed to conform with current year Regulation S-X presentation changes. Refer to Note 11 for this prior year information.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF  
    

 

Year Ended
10/31/18

   

 

Year Ended
10/31/17

   

 

Year Ended
10/31/16

   

 

Year Ended
10/31/15

   

 

Year Ended
10/31/14

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 50.25     $ 50.17     $ 50.04     $ 50.15     $ 50.07  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

     1.11       0.74       0.50       0.44       0.44  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

     (0.23     0.04       0.14       (0.13     0.04  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

     0.88       0.78       0.64       0.31       0.48  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

          

From net investment income

     (1.01     (0.70     (0.51     (0.42     (0.40
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (1.01     (0.70     (0.51     (0.42     (0.40
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 50.12     $ 50.25     $ 50.17     $ 50.04     $ 50.15  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

          

Based on net asset value

     1.78     1.57     1.28     0.62     0.96
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

          

Total expenses

     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     2.21     1.47     1.01     0.87     0.87
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $   4,981,818     $   2,909,738     $   2,021,893     $   1,781,306     $   418,732  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

     48     56     79     23     35
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(b) 

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

 

(c) 

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

 

(d) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF  
    
Year Ended
10/31/18
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/17
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/16
 
 
   

Period From
03/03/15
to 10/31/15
 
(a) 
  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 50.01     $ 50.02     $ 50.07     $ 50.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     0.68       0.49       0.39       0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     (0.21     (0.03     (0.04     0.04  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

     0.47       0.46       0.35       0.24  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

        

From net investment income

     (0.63     (0.47     (0.40     (0.17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (0.63     (0.47     (0.40     (0.17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 49.85     $ 50.01     $ 50.02     $ 50.07  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

        

Based on net asset value

     0.95     0.93     0.69     0.48 %(e) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

        

Total expenses

     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25 %(f) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25 %(f) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1.35     0.99     0.79     0.59 %(f) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

        

Net assets, end of period (000)

   $   127,111     $   52,507     $   35,012     $   35,049  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

     221     163     100     184 %(e) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

 

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) 

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

 

(d) 

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

 

(e) 

Not annualized.

 

(f) 

Annualized.

 

(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF  
    
Year Ended
10/31/18
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/17
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/16
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/15
 
 
   

Period From
12/11/13
to 10/31/14
 
(a) 
  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 50.12     $ 50.04     $ 49.97     $ 50.08     $ 49.99  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     1.16       0.71       0.47       0.24       0.16  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     (0.16     0.02       (0.02     (0.07     0.06  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

     1.00       0.73       0.45       0.17       0.22  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

          

From net investment income

     (0.97     (0.65     (0.38     (0.24     (0.13

From net realized gain

                       (0.04      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (0.97     (0.65     (0.38     (0.28     (0.13
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 50.15     $ 50.12     $ 50.04     $ 49.97     $ 50.08  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

          

Based on net asset value

     2.02     1.47     0.90     0.32     0.45 %(e) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

          

Total expenses

     0.08     0.09     0.18     0.18     0.18 %(f) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     2.33     1.43     0.93     0.47     0.35 %(f) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (000)

   $ 601,794     $ 187,932     $ 25,018     $ 12,493     $ 15,024  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

     32     11     139     41     71 %(e) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

 

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) 

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

 

(d) 

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

 

(e) 

Not annualized.

 

(f) 

Annualized.

 

(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.  ORGANIZATION

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

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

 

iShares ETF    Diversification
Classification
 

Short Maturity Bond

     Non-diversified  

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

     Diversified  

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     Diversified  

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, and payment-in-kind interest income, if any, are recognized daily on the accrual basis. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source.

Foreign Currency Translation: The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in non-U.S. currencies are translated to U.S. dollars using prevailing market rates as quoted by one or more data service providers. Purchases and sales of investments, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

Each Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of investments. Such fluctuations are reflected by the Funds as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments for financial reporting purposes. Each Fund reports realized currency gain (loss) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its statement of operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of October 31, 2018, if any, are disclosed in the statement of assets and liabilities.

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

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

Recent Accounting Standards: In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update “Premium Amortization on Purchase Callable Debt Securities” which amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities. Under the new guidance, premium amortization of purchased callable debt securities that have explicit, non-contingent call features and are callable at fixed prices will be amortized to the earliest call date. The guidance will be applied on a modified retrospective basis and is effective for fiscal years, and their interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Funds.

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13 “Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” which modifies disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Funds.

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3.  INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fund determines the fair value of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

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

   

Fixed-income investments are valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or prices (including evaluated prices) supplied by approved independent third-party pricing services. Pricing services generally value fixed income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information and by other methods, which may include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; general market conditions; and/or other factors and assumptions.

   

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

   

Repurchase agreements are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of an investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and the cost approach. Valuation techniques used under these approaches take into consideration inputs that include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other inputs, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Trust’s pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values, and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

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

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

   

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

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The fair value hierarchy for each Fund’s investments is included in its schedule of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

4.  SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Repurchase Agreements: Repurchase agreements are commitments to purchase a security from a counterparty who agrees to repurchase the same security at a mutually agreed upon date and price. On a daily basis, the counterparty is required to maintain collateral subject to the agreement and in value no less than the agreed upon repurchase amount. Pursuant to the custodial undertaking associated with a tri-party repurchase arrangement, an unaffiliated third party custodian maintains accounts to

 

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hold collateral for a fund and its counterparties. Typically, a fund and counterparty are not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use the collateral absent a default by the counterparty or the fund. In the event the counterparty defaults and the fair value of the collateral declines, a fund could experience losses, delays and costs in liquidating the collateral.

Repurchase agreements are entered into by a fund under Master Repurchase Agreements (each, an “MRA”). The MRA permits the fund, under certain circumstances including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables with collateral held by and/or posted to the counterparty. As a result, one single net payment is created. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of the MRA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Based on the terms of the MRA, the fund receives securities as collateral with a market value in excess of the repurchase price at maturity. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRA counterparty, the fund would recognize a liability with respect to such excess collateral. The liability reflects the fund’s obligation under bankruptcy law to return the excess to the counterparty.

The following table summarizes the open repurchase agreements as of October 31, 2018 which are subject to offset under an MRA:

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty     

Market Value of
Repurchase
Agreements
 
 
 
    

Cash
Collateral
Received
 
 
 
    

Non-Cash
Collateral
Received
 
 
(a) 
 
    Net Amount  

Short Maturity Bond

          

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

   $ 30,000,000      $      $ 30,000,000     $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ultra Short-Term Bond

          

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 5,000,000      $      $ 5,000,000     $  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     5,000,000               5,000,000        

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     2,000,000               2,000,000        

JP Morgan Securities LLC

     5,000,000               5,000,000        

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

     5,000,000               5,000,000        

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

     6,000,000               6,000,000        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 28,000,000      $      $   28,000,000     $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received in excess of the market value of repurchase agreements is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.

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

As of October 31, 2018, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government obligations. Cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, or its affiliates and is disclosed in the schedules of investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan for each Fund, if any, are also disclosed in its schedule of investments. The market value of any securities on loan as of October 31, 2018 and the value of the related cash collateral are disclosed in the statements of assets and liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by a fund under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. The value of the collateral is typically greater than the market value of the securities loaned, leaving the lender with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the fund can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities.

 

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The following table is a summary of the securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA as of October 31, 2018:

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty     
Market Value of
Securities on Loan
 
 
    
Cash Collateral
Received
 
(a) 
 
   
Non-Cash Collateral
Received
 
 
     Net Amount  

Short Maturity Bond

          

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 14,523,745      $ 14,523,745     $      $  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     2,080,329        2,080,329               

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     101,436        101,436               

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     202,427        202,427               

Goldman Sachs & Co.

     17,034,005        17,034,005               

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     1,209,366        1,209,366               

JPMorgan Securities LLC

     11,146,233        11,146,233               

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

     1,872,407        1,872,407               

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     8,168,482        8,168,482               

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     2,444,779        2,444,779               

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     7,048,391        7,048,391               
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 65,831,600      $ 65,831,600     $      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.

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

5.  INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

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

 

iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fee  

Short Maturity Bond

    0.25

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

    0.25  

Ultra Short-Term Bond

    0.08  

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

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan in a money market fund managed by BFA, or its affiliates, however, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04% (the “collateral investment fees”). Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 80% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds the aggregate securities lending income generated across the iShares ETF Complex in the calendar year 2013, each Fund, pursuant to a securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

 

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The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income – affiliated – net in its statement of operations. For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

iShares ETF    Fees Paid
to BTC
 

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 38,112  

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

Other Transactions: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock for 1940 Act purposes.

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

For the year ended October 31, 2018, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Purchases      Sales  

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

   $ 7,595,936      $ 10,543,180  

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

6.  PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended October 31, 2018, purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments, were as follows:

 

      U.S. Government Securities      Other Securities  
iShares ETF    Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 27,720,000      $ 31,064,012      $ 3,088,058,477      $ 1,445,736,399  

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

                   203,475,642        143,700,541  

Ultra Short-Term Bond

            500,046        170,456,105        35,126,500  

There were no in-kind transactions for the year ended October 31, 2018.

7.  INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of each Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of October 31, 2018, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of October 31, 2018, the following permanent differences attributable to undistributed capital gains were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF    Paid-in Capital      Accumulated
Earnings (Loss)
 

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 6,632      $ (6,632

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Year Ended
10/31/18
     Year Ended
10/31/17
 

Short Maturity Bond

     

Ordinary income

   $   74,611,511      $   34,147,741  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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iShares ETF    Year Ended
10/31/18
     Year Ended
10/31/17
 

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

     

Tax-exempt income

   $ 856,052      $ 359,506  

Ordinary income

     99        27  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 856,151      $ 359,533  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     

Ordinary income

   $ 6,139,081      $ 1,210,368  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of October 31, 2018, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF     
Undistributed
Ordinary Income
 
 
    
Undistributed
Tax Exempt Income
 
 
    
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
 
 
   
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
 
(a) 
 
    Total  

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 9,780,476      $      $ (1,172,993   $ (10,457,065   $ (1,849,582

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

            139,777        (91,849     (267,030     (219,102

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     1,171,569               (23,259     (387,793     760,517  

 

  (a)   

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

As of October 31, 2018, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards, with no expiration dates, available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Non-Expiring  

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 1,172,993  

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

     91,849  

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     23,259  

As of October 31, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 5,054,748,059      $ 2,208,560      $ (12,666,434   $ (10,457,874

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

     127,344,348        1,409        (268,439     (267,030

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     603,451,263        158,721        (546,514     (387,793

8. PRINCIPAL RISKS

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

Market Risk: Market risk arises mainly from uncertainty about future values of financial instruments influenced by price, currency and interest rate movements. It represents the potential loss a fund may suffer through holding market positions in the face of market movements. A fund is exposed to market risk by its investment in equity, fixed income and/or financial derivative instruments or by its investment in underlying funds. The fair value of securities held by a fund may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuers of the securities including local, regional or global political, social or economic instability or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. The extent of a fund’s exposure to market risk is the market value of the investments held as shown in the fund’s schedule of investments.

Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of fixed income investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes, usually making their price more volatile than those of securities with shorter durations. Given the environment of historically low interest rates, a fund may be subject to a greater risk of price losses if interest rates rise.

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. BFA and its affiliates manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose a fund to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of

 

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financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of a fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its statement of assets and liabilities.

Municipal securities are subject to the risk that litigation, legislation or other political events, local business or economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, or the bankruptcy of the issuer could have a significant effect on an issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and/or interest or otherwise affect the value of such securities. Municipal securities can be significantly affected by political or economic changes, including changes made in the law after issuance of the securities, as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to, taxation, legislative changes or the rights of municipal security holders, including in connection with an issuer insolvency. Municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets can be negatively affected by the discontinuance of the tax benefits supporting the project or assets or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from the assets. Municipal securities may be less liquid than taxable bonds, and there may be less publicly available information on the financial condition of municipal security issuers than for issuers of other securities.

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

9.  CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

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

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

      Year Ended
10/31/18
    Year Ended
10/31/17
 
iShares ETF    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Short Maturity Bond

        

Shares sold

     58,650,000     $ 2,940,323,176       25,800,000     $ 1,295,366,901  

Shares redeemed

     (17,150,000     (859,744,683     (8,200,000     (411,421,762
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     41,500,000     $ 2,080,578,493       17,600,000     $ 883,945,139  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

        

Shares sold

     1,900,000     $ 94,724,355       350,000     $ 17,526,350  

Shares redeemed

     (400,000     (19,939,212            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,500,000     $ 74,785,143       350,000     $ 17,526,350  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ultra Short-Term Bond

        

Shares sold

     9,300,000     $ 465,896,705       3,350,000     $ 167,741,625  

Shares redeemed

     (1,050,000     (52,574,305     (100,000     (4,994,630
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     8,250,000     $ 413,322,400       3,250,000     $ 162,746,995  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

10.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 16, 2016, investors in certain iShares funds (iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Select Dividend ETF, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF) filed a class action lawsuit against iShares Trust, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its advisory affiliates, and certain directors/trustees and officers of the Funds (collectively, “Defendants”) in California State Court. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to adequately disclose in the prospectuses issued by the funds noted above the risks of using stop-loss orders in the event of a ‘flash crash’, such as the one that occurred on May 6, 2010. On September 18, 2017, the court issued a Statement of Decision holding that the Plaintiffs lack standing to assert their claims. On October 11, 2017, the court entered final judgment dismissing all of the Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice. Plaintiffs have appealed the court’s decision.

 

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11.  REGULATION S-X AMENDMENTS

On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification. The Funds have adopted the amendments pertinent to Regulation S-X in this shareholder report. The amendments impacted certain disclosure presentation on the statement of assets and liabilities, statement of changes in net assets and notes to the financial statements.

Prior year distribution information and undistributed net investment income in the statement of changes in net assets has been modified to conform to the current year presentation in accordance with the Regulation S-X changes.

Distributions for the year ended October 31, 2017 were classified as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Net
Investment Income
 

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 34,147,741  

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

     359,533  

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     1,210,368  

Undistributed net investment income as of October 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Undistributed
net investment income
 

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 2,792,669  

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

     42,339  

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     138,705  

12.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and

Shareholders of iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF,

iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF and iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF, iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF and iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (three of the funds constituting iShares U.S. ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of October 31, 2018, the related statements of operations for the year ended October 31, 2018, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of October 31, 2018, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

December 21, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

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Important Tax Information (unaudited)

 

 

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018, the Funds hereby designate the following maximum amounts allowable as interest-related dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations:

 

iShares ETF        Interest-Related
Dividends
 

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 60,459,656  

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

     953,580  

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     5,667,611  

The Funds hereby designate the following amounts of distributions from direct federal obligation interest for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018:

 

iShares ETF    Federal Obligation
Interest
 

Short Maturity Bond

   $ 1,377,591  

Ultra Short-Term Bond

     17,304  

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percent of ordinary income dividends attribute to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisers to determine if any portion of the dividends received is exempt from state income tax.

The Fund hereby designates the following amount of distributions from net investment income as exempt-interest dividends for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018:

 

iShares ETF    Exempt-Interest
Dividends
 

Short Maturity Municipal Bond

     99.99

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

 

I. iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF, iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF and iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”) on behalf of the Funds. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Contract. At a meeting on May 11, 2018, a committee composed of all of the Independent Trustees (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c)Committee and/or their independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At these meetings, the 15(c) Committee reviewed and discussed information provided in response to the 15(c) Committee’s initial requests, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on May 24, 2018, management presented additional information to the Board relating to the continuance of the Advisory Contract, including information requested by the 15(c) Committee during its initial meeting. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information at length. The Independent Trustees requested from management certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 12-14, 2018, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests. After extensive discussions, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the Funds, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Contract for the Funds, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of each Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to each Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) economies of scale; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Trustees, to approve the Advisory Contract are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Funds:The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which each Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of each Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs (including, where applicable, funds sponsored by an “at cost” service provider),objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising such Fund’s applicable peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the applicable Peer Groups. The Board further noted that due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the various Peer Groups, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Funds in all instances.

The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Funds were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in their respective Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as any particular Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of such Fund’s performance for the one-, three-, five-, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, to that of relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods.

The Board noted that each Fund is an actively managed ETF that does not seek to track the performance of a specified index and that the management team for the Funds manage each Fund’s portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. The Board further noted that, during the prior year, the Board received periodic reports on each Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its reference benchmark. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Funds generally performed in line with expectations relative to each Fund’s reference benchmark.

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

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BFA: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent and proposed enhancements to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Contract for the coming year as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Funds. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Funds. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the June 12-14, 2018 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance policies and procedures.

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

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract (continued)

 

Costs of Services Provided to Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the profitability to BlackRock in managing the Funds, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Contract), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Funds’ operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology for the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during their meetings. The Board further noted that it considered the supplemental information the 15(c) Committee requested, which BlackRock provided, regarding the methodology. The Board discussed the sources of direct and ancillary revenue with management, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Funds. The Board also discussed BFA’s profit margin as reflected in the Funds’ profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Contract and from other relationships between the Funds and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result from increases in the Funds’ assets, noting that the issue of economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ costs in providing services. The cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level of fixed and variable costs, as well as the nature of such costs, may impact the existence or size of scale benefits. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Contract for the Funds did not provide for breakpoints in the Funds’ investment advisory fee rates as the assets of the Funds increase. However, the Board noted that a breakpoint structure for the Funds may be appropriate should material economies of scale exist in the future that are not otherwise shared, and that it would continue to monitor the sharing of economies of scale to determine the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

Based on this review of the sharing of scale benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the information concerning the sharing of scale benefits supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do manage Other Accounts with similar investment strategies or investment mandates as the Funds. The Board further noted that BFA provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Funds, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the Funds, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Funds, as publicly traded ETFs, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate. The Board also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Funds’ advisory fee structure, and the Funds’ expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board noted that the investment advisory fee rates under the Advisory Contract for the Funds was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Funds by BFA, such as payment of revenue to BTC, the Funds’ securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s profitability methodology), and payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Funds in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Funds. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions) are reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Funds and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

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

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are for financial reporting purposes and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and character of the distributions for tax reporting purposes will be reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV which is sent to shareholders shortly after calendar year-end.

 

      Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year
     % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year
 
iShares ETF    Net
Investment
Income
     Net
Realized
Capital
Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total Per
Share
     Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Capital
Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
 

Short Maturity Bond(a)

   $ 1.005607      $      $ 0.007293      $ 1.012900        99         1     100

Short Maturity Municipal Bond(a)

     0.622693               0.007764        0.630457        99             1       100  

Ultra Short-Term Bond(a)

     0.964044               0.008626        0.972670        99             1       100  

 

  (a)   

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

Premium/Discount Information

The Premium/Discount Information section is intended to present information about the differences between the daily market price on secondary markets for shares of a fund and that fund’s NAV. NAV is the price at which a fund issues and redeems shares. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The “Market Price” of a fund generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary securities exchange on which shares of such fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the fund’s NAV is calculated. A fund’s Market Price may be at, above or below its NAV. The NAV of a fund will fluctuate with changes in the value of its portfolio holdings. The Market Price of a fund will fluctuate in accordance with changes in its NAV, as well as market supply and demand.

Premiums or discounts are the differences (expressed as a percentage) between the NAV and Market Price of a fund on a given day, generally at the time the NAV is calculated. A premium is the amount that a fund is trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. A discount is the amount that a fund is trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV.

Premium/discount information for the Funds covering the most recently completed calendar year and the most recently completed calendar quarters since that year (or since the Fund began trading, if shorter) is publicly accessible, free of charge, at www.iShares.com.

The following information shows the frequency of distributions of premiums and discounts for the Funds for the immediately preceding five calendar years (or from the date a Fund began trading on the secondary market, if less than five years) through the date of the most recent calendar quarter-end. Each line in each table shows the number of trading days in which the Fund traded within the premium/discount range indicated. Premium/discount ranges with no trading days are omitted. The number of trading days in each premium/discount range is also shown as a percentage of the total number of trading days in the period covered by each table. All data presented here represents past performance, which cannot be used to predict future results.

iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF

Period Covered: September 26, 2013 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range    Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

     1,015        80.43

At NAV

     69        5.47  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

     178        14.10  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,262        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF

Period Covered: March 05, 2015 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range    Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

     545        60.49

At NAV

     34        3.77  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

     322        35.74  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     901        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

Period Covered: December 13, 2013 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range    Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 2.0% and Less than 2.5%

     1        0.08

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

     794        65.79  

At NAV

     57        4.72  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

     355        29.41  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,207        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

  

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. The President, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer and Secretary shall each hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify, and all other officers shall hold office until he or she resigns or is removed. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of closed-end funds, two complexes of open-end funds and one complex of exchange-traded funds (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the BlackRock Fund Complex referred to as the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares Trust, and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 343 funds as of October 31, 2018. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Mark K. Wiedman, Charles Park, Martin Small and Benjamin Archibald, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Wiedman, Mr. Park, Mr. Small and Mr. Archibald is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. The Board has designated Cecilia H. Herbert as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

Interested Trustees

       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

 

Robert S. Kapito(a) (61)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011).

  

 

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

  

 

Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009);Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2009).

 

Mark K. Wiedman(b) (47)

  

 

Trustee (since 2013).

  

 

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2016); Global Head of iShares (2011-2016); Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2011).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2013); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2013); Director of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (since 2008).

 

(a)  

Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b)  

Mark K. Wiedman is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

Independent Trustees

       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

 

Cecilia H. Herbert (69)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Independent Board Chair (since 2016).

  

 

Trustee and Member of the Finance, Technology and Quality Committee of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, WNET, a New York public media company (since 2011); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (since 1992) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School.

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares Trust (since 2016); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (since 2009); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (since 2015).

 

Jane D. Carlin (62)

  

 

Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).

  

 

Consultant (since 2012); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2015); Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (since 2012); Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since (2016).

 

Richard L. Fagnani (63)

  

 

Trustee (since 2017); Equity Plus Committee Chair (since 2017).

  

 

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

 

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Independent Trustees (continued)

       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

 

Charles A. Hurty (75)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Audit Committee Chair (since 2011).

  

 

Retired; Partner, KPMG LLP (1968-2001).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Director of SkyBridge Alternative Investments Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC (2 portfolios) (since 2002).

 

John E. Kerrigan (63)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2016).

  

 

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005).

 

Drew E. Lawton (59)

  

 

Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).

  

 

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

 

John E. Martinez (57)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2016).

  

 

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2003).

 

Madhav V. Rajan (54)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Nominating and Governance Committee Chair (since 2017).

  

 

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2011).

Officers

     
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

 

Martin Small (43)

  

 

President (since 2016).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of U.S. iShares (since 2015); Co-Head of the U.S. Financial Markets Advisory Group, BlackRock, Inc. (2008-2014).

 

Jack Gee (59)

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2011).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Senior Director of Fund Administration of Intermediary Investor Business, BGI (2009).

 

Charles Park (51)

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer (since 2011).

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and the Closed-End Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

 

Benjamin Archibald (43)

  

 

Secretary (since 2015).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2013); Secretary of the BlackRock-advised Mutual Funds (since 2012).

 

Steve Messinger (56)

  

 

Executive Vice President (since 2016).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014 and since 2016); Managing Director, Beacon Consulting Group (2014-2016).

 

Scott Radell (49)

  

 

Executive Vice President (since 2012).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Head of Portfolio Solutions, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

 

Alan Mason (57)

  

 

Executive Vice President (since 2016).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

 

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General Information

 

  

 

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

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to www.icsdelivery.com.

   

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

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

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The iShares Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The iShares Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The iShares Funds also disclose their complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the iShares website at www.iShares.com.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

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

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

  

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Fixed Income

 

AGM      Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
AMBAC      Ambac Assurance Corp.
BAM      Build America Mutual Assurance Co.
CLO      Collateralized Loan Obligation
COP      Certificates of Participation
FGIC      Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
GO      General Obligation
GOL      General Obligation Limited
LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate
NPFGC-FGIC      National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. — Financial
     Guaranty Insurance Co.
RB      Revenue Bond
SAP      Subject to Appropriations
SAW      State Aid Withholding
ST      Special Tax

Counterparty Abbreviations

 

UBS        UBS AG

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

 

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

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iShares U.S. ETF Trust

LOGO   iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF | LQDI | Cboe BZX

LOGO   iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF | HYGH | NYSE Arca

LOGO   iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF | LQDH | NYSE Arca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Table of Contents

 

      Page  

Market Overview

     5  

Fund Summary

     6  

About Fund Performance

     11  

Shareholder Expenses

     11  

Schedules of Investments

     12  

Financial Statements

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     20  

Statements of Operations

     21  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     22  

Financial Highlights

     24  

Notes to Financial Statements

     27  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     35  

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

     36  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     37  

Supplemental Information

     41  

Trustee and Officer Information

     43  

General Information

     45  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     46  

Additional Financial Information

     47  


Market Overview

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

 

U.S. Bond Market Overview

The U.S. bond market declined for the 12 months ended October 31, 2018 (“reporting period”). The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, a broad measure of U.S. fixed-income performance, returned -2.05%. The negative return for U.S. bonds was primarily due to a stronger U.S. economy and higher interest rates. Driven in part by the stimulative effect of federal tax reform legislation, the U.S. economy grew by 3% for the 12 months ended September 2018, its highest year-over-year growth rate in more than three years. Key components of the strengthening economy included the job market, where the unemployment rate declined to its lowest level since December 1969; industrial production, which increased at its sharpest year-over-year pace in nearly eight years; and retail sales, which accelerated for much of the reporting period before slowing in the last two months.

Faster economic growth led to higher inflation, though it remained low by historical standards. As measured by the consumer price index, the year-over-year U.S. inflation rate rose to 2.9% in mid-2018 — its fastest rate in more than six years — before falling back to 2.3% by the end of the reporting period. By comparison, the long-term historical average inflation rate is 3.3%.

In this environment, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) continued its efforts to normalize monetary policy. The Fed increased short-term interest rates four times during the reporting period, increasing its short-term interest rate target to 2.25%, the highest level in more than a decade. In addition, the Fed reduced its holdings of U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities by approximately 7% during the reporting period, after quadrupling its holdings in response to the 2008 financial crisis.

Interest rates increased broadly in response to the improving economy and higher inflation. Short-term interest rates increased the most, reflecting the Fed’s actions. For example, the yield of the two-year U.S. Treasury note increased from 1.60% to 2.87% during the reporting period. Longer-term interest rates rose to a lesser degree; the yield of the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond increased from 2.88% to 3.39%. These developments led to the narrowest yield difference, or spread, between short-term and longer-term U.S. Treasury securities in more than 11 years.

Higher interest rates had the most significant impact on U.S. Treasury securities, which typically have greater sensitivity to changes in interest rates compared with other higher-yielding sectors of the bond market. Consequently, the prices of U.S. Treasury bonds declined as interest rates increased during the reporting period. U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities also declined but to a lesser degree as the inflation rate increased.

Corporate bonds posted mixed returns for the reporting period. Despite the positive economic environment, investment-grade corporate bonds declined the most among the major bond sectors. In addition to higher interest rates, investor concerns about high corporate debt levels, a decline in average credit quality, and relatively high valuations contributed to the weakness in investment-grade corporate bonds. In contrast, high-yield corporate bonds, which have lower credit ratings, performed relatively well, as their higher yields buffered price declines. Strong investor demand for yield, lower issuance levels, and limited interest rate sensitivity contributed to the positive performance of high-yield corporate bonds.

Among securitized bonds, asset-backed securities (bonds backed by credit card receivables, auto loans, and other debt) posted positive returns for the reporting period, benefiting from their higher yields and relatively short maturities. Mortgage-backed securities, both residential and commercial, declined but to a lesser degree than the broader bond market.

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018

  

 

iShares® Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to mitigate the inflation risk of a portfolio composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund currently seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in one underlying fund, the iShares iBoxx $Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF. The Fund attempts to mitigate the inflation risk of the underlying fund by holding inflation swaps.

Performance

 

        

  Cumulative Total Returns    

             Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

       (1.34 )% 

Fund Market

       (1.26
Markit iBoxx® USD Liquid Investment Grade Inflation Hedged Index              (1.25

For the fiscal period ended 10/31/18, the Fund did not have six months of performance and therefore line graphs and portfolio management commentary are not presented.

The inception date of the Fund was 5/8/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 5/10/18.

The Markit iBoxx® USD Liquid Investment Grade Inflation Hedged Index is an unmanaged index that is designed to reflect the inflation hedged performance of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate debt.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

Beginning
Account Value
(05/08/18)
 
 
(a) 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (b)(c) 
 
   

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (b)(c) 
 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 (b) 
 
  $        1,000.00       $    986.60       $        0.24       $    1,000.00       $        1,025.00       $        0.26       0.05%  

 

  (a) 

The beginning of the period (commencement of operations) is May 08, 2018.

 
  (b) 

Annualized expense ratio and expenses paid during the period do not include fees and expenses of the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 
  (c) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (176 days for actual and 184 days for hypothetical expenses) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

Tables shown are for the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 

ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY

 

Moody’s Credit Rating*     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 
 

Aaa

     3.1

Aa

     7.4  

A

     39.8  

Baa

     46.3  

Ba

     3.0  

Not Rated

     0.4  

ALLOCATION BY MATURITY

 

Maturity     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 
 

1-5 Years

     22.2

5-10 Years

     39.9  

10-15 Years

     3.7  

15-20 Years

     8.7  

More than 20 Years

     25.5  
 

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to mitigate the interest rate risk of a portfolio composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund currently seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in one underlying fund, the iShares iBoxx $High Yield Corporate Bond ETF. The Fund attempts to mitigate the interest rate risk of the underlying fund by holding short positions in U.S. Treasury futures or interest rate swaps.

Performance

 

     Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
      1 Year      Since
Inception
            1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     3.93      2.82        3.93      13.11

Fund Market

     3.98        2.83          3.98        13.19  
Markit iBoxx® USD Liquid High Yield Interest Rate Hedged Swaps Index      4.01        3.44                4.01        16.12  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 5/27/14. The first day of secondary market trading was 5/28/14.

The Markit iBoxx® USD Liquid High Yield Interest Rate Hedged Swaps Index is an unmanaged index that reflects the duration hedged performance of U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate debt.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a)(b) 
 
   

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a)(b) 
 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 (a)  
 
  $        1,000.00       $    1,019.10       $        0.25       $    1,000.00       $        1,025.00       $        0.26       0.05

 

  (a) 

Annualized expense ratio and expenses paid during the period do not include fees and expenses of the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 
  (b) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 11 for more information.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018 (continued)

  

 

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Favorable credit and supply-and-demand conditions meant high-yield bonds posted a positive return for the reporting period. Both the Fund’s securities and the interest rate hedge contributed to the Fund’s return.

Rising interest rates during the reporting period meant positive returns from hedging activity, which was the largest contributor to the Fund’s return. Typically, increasing interest rates reduce the value of existing bonds, meaning a rise in interest rates detracts from bond fund performance. Conversely, falling interest rates usually serve to increase bond prices. An interest rate hedged fund attempts to avoid these fluctuations by offsetting interest rate risk, primarily using interest rate swaps and Treasury futures contracts.

The Fund’s interest rate hedge seeks near-zero interest rate sensitivity. Consequently, the Fund’s return was minimally affected by interest rate fluctuations during the reporting period. With interest rate sensitivity hedged, the Fund fluctuated based on direct exposure to the yield premium of high-yield corporate bonds, independent of rising interest rates.

High-yield corporate bonds benefited from the strength of the U.S. economy, record high corporate profits, and corporate tax cuts during the reporting period. In addition, strong investor demand for yield helped the performance of corporate bonds at the same time that the issuance of new high-yield bonds declined. Issuance declined as interest rates rose, making borrowing less attractive, and as companies turned to other sources of capital.

The 12-month high-yield corporate bond default rate stood at 3.4% in August 2018. That’s particularly notable because the level of corporate debt to economic growth reached a record high at the end of 2017. Such high levels of corporate debt in the past have been associated with high default rates.

In terms of the Fund’s underlying securities, pharmaceutical bonds contributed the most to the Fund’s performance, amid a wave of new drug approvals and a more innovation-friendly Food and Drug Administration. Healthcare bonds also contributed meaningfully to the Fund’s performance, due to strong performance by healthcare providers that experienced rising procedure and patient treatment volumes.

Portfolio Information

Tables shown are for the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 

ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY

 

Moody’s Credit Rating*     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 
 

Baa

     1.0

Ba

     44.1  

B

     38.8  

Caa

     13.9  

Ca

     0.7  

C

     0.1  

Not Rated

     1.4  

ALLOCATION BY MATURITY

 

Maturity     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 
 

0-1 Year

     0.1

1-5 Years.

     43.7  

5-10 Years

     55.2  

10-15 Years

     0.6  

More than 20 Years

     0.4  
 

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018    iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to mitigate the interest rate risk of a portfolio composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund currently seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in one underlying fund, the iShares iBoxx $Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF. The Fund attempts to mitigate the interest rate risk of the underlying fund by holding short positions in U.S. Treasury futures or interest rate swaps.

Performance

 

     Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
      1 Year      Since
Inception
            1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     2.08      1.71        2.08      7.80

Fund Market

     1.94        1.70          1.94        7.74  
Markit iBoxx® USD Liquid Investment Grade Interest Rate Hedged Swaps Index      2.43        2.56                2.43        11.83  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 5/27/14. The first day of secondary market trading was 5/28/14.

The Markit iBoxx® USD Liquid Investment Grade Interest Rate Hedged Swaps Index is an unmanaged index that is designed to reflect the duration hedged performance of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate debt.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a)(b) 
 
   

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a)(b) 
 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 (a) 
 
  $        1,000.00       $    1,009.10       $        0.51       $    1,000.00       $        1,024.70       $        0.51       0.10

 

  (a) 

Annualized expense ratio and expenses paid during the period do not include fees and expenses of the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 
  (b) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 11 for more information.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018 (continued)    iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

The Fund posted a positive return even as interest rates rose for the reporting period, as interest rate hedging offset the decline in investment-grade corporate bond prices. The interest rate hedge was the largest contributor to the Fund’s return. Typically, increasing interest rates reduce the value of existing bonds, meaning a rise in interest rates detracts from bond fund performance. Conversely, falling interest rates usually serve to increase bond prices. An interest rate hedged fund attempts to avoid these fluctuations by offsetting interest rate risk, primarily using interest rate swaps and Treasury futures contracts.

The Fund’s interest rate hedge seeks near-zero interest rate sensitivity and was successful within its targeted range. Consequently, the Fund’s return was minimally affected by interest rate fluctuations during the reporting period. With interest rate sensitivity hedged, the Fund fluctuated based on direct exposure to the yield premium of corporate bonds, independent of rising interest rates.

In terms of the Fund’s underlying securities, industrial bonds, which made upapproximately 64% of the Fund on average during the reporting period, were the largest detractors from the Fund’s return. Within the sector, companies in the pharmaceuticals and food and beverage industries detracted meaningfully from the Fund’s performance. Global food and beverage companies were negatively affected by currency fluctuations, especially in emerging markets, while pharmaceutical companies were affected by issues ranging from concerns over drug pricing to global regulations for multinational drug manufacturers.

Other detractors included the technology industry, which declined late in the reporting period amid investor concerns about future growth prospects, and energy, which declined despite rising energy prices, as the futures market reflected modest expectations for oil prices. Acquisitions among heavily indebted cable companies and weak car and truck sales despite pricing discounts led to poor performance in the communications and consumer cyclicals industries, which detracted from the Fund’s return.

Bonds in the financial sector also detracted significantly from the Fund’s return, driven by weak performance in the banking industry. Banks contended with deposit pricing pressures that could restrict growth in lending profits, as well as trade disputes and rising tariffs that dampened long-term growth expectations.

Portfolio Information

Tables shown are for the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 

ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY

 

Moody’s Credit Rating*     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 
 

Aaa

     3.1

Aa

     7.4  

A

     39.8  

Baa

     46.3  

Ba

     3.0  

Not Rated

     0.4  

ALLOCATION BY MATURITY

 

Maturity     
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 
 

1-5 Years.

     22.2

5-10 Years

     39.9  

10-15 Years

     3.7  

15-20 Years

     8.7  

More than 20 Years

     25.5  
 

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.ishares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Shareholder Expenses

As a shareholder of your Fund, you 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 and other fund expenses. The expense example, which is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) and held through the end of the period, is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses – The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. To estimate the expenses that you paid on your account over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your 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, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples 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.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Shares      Value  

Investment Companies

     

 

Exchange-Traded Funds — 97.9%

     

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF(a)

     84,841      $   9,521,705  
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 97.9%
(Cost: $9,717,070)

 

     9,521,705  
     

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

     

 

Money Market Funds — 0.3%

     

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(a)(b)

     25,445        25,445  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.3%
(Cost: $25,445)

 

     25,445  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 98.2%
(Cost: $9,742,515)

 

     9,547,150  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.8%

 

     177,830  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 9,724,980  
     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the period ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer     

Shares
Held at
05/08/18
 
 
(a) 
 
   
Shares
Purchased
 
 
   
Shares
Sold
 
 
   

Shares
Held at
10/31/18
 
 
 
    
Value at
10/31/18
 
 
     Income       

Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)

 
(b) 
 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)



 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

           25,445 (c)              25,445      $ 25,445      $ 1,229      $     $  

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

           84,856       (15     84,841        9,521,705        145,960        9       (195,365
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
            $ 9,547,150      $ 147,189      $ 9     $ (195,365
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The Fund commenced operations on May 08, 2018.

  (b) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  (c) 

Net of purchases and sales.

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

           

10-Year Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond

     2        12/19/18      $ 250      $ 1,060  

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     1        12/31/18        112        350  
           

 

 

 
            $ 1,410  
           

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

 

Centrally Cleared Inflation Swaps

 

Paid by the Fund

  

Received by the Fund

  

Termination

Date

    

Notional
Amount

(000)

    Value    

Upfront
Premium
Paid

(Received)

    

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Rate    Frequency    Reference    Frequency

2.21%

   At Termination    U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NSA    At Termination      05/15/21        $(1,892   $ (5,994   $ 20      $ (6,014

2.29

   At Termination    U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NSA    At Termination      05/15/23        (3,684     (22,959     56        (23,015

2.37

   At Termination    U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NSA    At Termination      05/15/28        (4,296     (46,760     100        (46,860

2.40

   At Termination    U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NSA    At Termination      05/15/48        (296     (5,309     15        (5,324
                

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 $ (81,022   $ 191      $ (81,213
                

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Centrally Cleared Swaps

 

      Premiums
Paid
     Premiums
Received
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Centrally Cleared Swaps(a)

     $191        $—        $—        $(81,213)  
                                     

 

  (a)    Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on centrally cleared swaps, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is net of any previously paid (received) swap premium amounts.

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of October 31, 2018, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Inflation
Linked
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

        

Futures contracts

        

Net unrealized appreciation(a)

   $ 1,410      $      $ 1,410  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

        

Swaps — centrally cleared

        

Net unrealized depreciation(a)

   $      $ 81,213      $ 81,213  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)    Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts and centrally cleared inflation swaps contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported separately within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

For the period ended October 31, 2018, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Inflation
Linked
Contracts
    Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

      

Futures contracts

     (1,596           (1,596

Swaps

           57       57  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (1,596   $ 57     $ (1,539
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

      

Futures contracts

     1,410             1,410  

Swaps

           (81,213     (81,213
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 1,410     $ (81,213   $  (79,803
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts:

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 420,145  

Interest rate swaps:

  

Average notional value — pays fixed rate

     10,168,000  
          

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments

          

Assets

          

Investment Companies

   $ 9,521,705      $     $      $ 9,521,705  

Money Market Funds

     25,445                     25,445  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 9,547,150      $     $      $ 9,547,150  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

          

Assets

          

Futures Contracts

   $ 1,410      $     $      $ 1,410  

Liabilities

          

Swaps

            (81,213            (81,213
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,410      $   (81,213   $      $ (79,803
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond  ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Investment Companies

 

Exchange-Traded Funds — 97.3%

 

 

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF(a)(b)

    4,801,259     $ 404,986,197  
   

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 97.3%

 

 

(Cost: $417,339,518)

 

    404,986,197  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 45.0%

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares,
2.36%(a)(c)(d)

    181,196,855       181,233,094  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares,
2.11%(a)(c)

    5,837,602       5,837,602  
   

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

187,070,696

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 45.0%

 

 

(Cost: $187,061,061)

 

    187,070,696  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 142.3%

 

 

(Cost: $604,400,579)

 

    592,056,893  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (42.3)%

 

    (175,878,421
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 416,178,472  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(d) 

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

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer     

Shares
Held at
10/31/17
 
 
 
    
Shares
Purchased
 
 
   
Shares
Sold
 
 
   

Shares
Held at
10/31/18

 
 
    
Value at
10/31/18
 
 
     Income      

Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)


(a) 
 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)



 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

     45,737,039        135,459,816 (b)             181,196,855      $ 181,233,094      $ 1,812,850 (c)     $ (8,419   $ 9,634  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     1,161,712        4,675,890 (b)              5,837,602        5,837,602        51,831              

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     1,526,823        3,700,732       (426,296     4,801,259        404,986,197        13,485,551       146,188       (12,805,535
            

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             $ 592,056,893      $ 15,350,232     $ 137,769     $ (12,795,901
            

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  (b) 

Net of purchases and sales.

  (c) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Paid by the Fund

  

Received by the Fund

   Effective
Date
     Termination
Date
    

Notional

Amount
(000)

    Value     

Upfront
Premium

Paid
(Received)

    

Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
Rate    Frequency    Rate(a)    Frequency

1.33%

   Semi-annual    2.56%    Quarterly      N/A        12/09/18        $(82,543   $ 89,398      $ 51,826      $ 37,572  

2.17

   Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        01/12/20        (120,460       1,098,440        717,108        381,332  

1.82

   Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        12/09/21          (112,924     4,328,104        1,717,844        2,610,260  

2.38

   Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        01/12/23        (68,491     2,024,216        1,065,512        958,704  

2.46

   Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        01/12/25        (90,001     3,564,495        1,981,945        1,582,550  

1.44

   Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/26        (6,600     838,920        716,775        122,145  

2.23

   Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        12/09/26        (28,975     2,031,203        634,380        1,396,823  

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps (continued)

 

Paid by the Fund

  

Received by the Fund

   Effective
Date
     Termination
Date
    

Notional

Amount
(000)

    Value    

Upfront
Premium

Paid
(Received)

   

Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
Rate    Frequency    Rate(a)    Frequency

3.25%

   Semi-annual    2.56%    Quarterly      N/A        10/18/28      $ (2,800   $ 914     $ 6,287     $ (5,373

3.33

   Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        10/24/48        (700     (507     (1,634     1,127  
                   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                    $ 13,975,183     $ 6,890,043     $ 7,085,140  
                   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)    Represents 3-month LIBOR. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Centrally Cleared Swaps

 

      Premiums
Paid
     Premiums
Received
    Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Centrally Cleared Swaps(a)

   $ 6,891,677        $(1,634     $7,090,513        $(5,373)  
                                    

 

  (a)    Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on centrally cleared swaps, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is net of any previously paid (received) swap premium amounts.

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of October 31, 2018, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Swaps — centrally cleared

  

Net unrealized appreciation(a)

   $ 7,090,513  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Swaps — centrally cleared

  

Net unrealized depreciation(a)

   $ 5,373  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a)    Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared interest rate swaps contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported separately within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Swaps

   $ 259,586  
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Swaps

   $ 6,573,837  
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

          

Interest rate swaps:

  

Average notional value — pays fixed rate

   $ 330,281,800  
          

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments

          

Assets

          

Investment Companies

   $ 404,986,197      $     $      $ 404,986,197  

Money Market Funds

     187,070,696                     187,070,696  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 592,056,893      $     $      $ 592,056,893  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

          

Assets

          

Swaps

   $      $ 7,090,513     $      $ 7,090,513  

Liabilities

          

Swaps

            (5,373            (5,373
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $   7,085,140     $      $ 7,085,140  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond  ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Investment Companies

 

Exchange-Traded Funds — 95.0%

 

 

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF(a)(b)

    1,824,319     $   204,743,321  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 95.0%

 

 

(Cost: $213,579,746)

 

    204,743,321  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 37.6%

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares,
2.36%(a)(c)(d)

    78,148,424       78,164,054  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares,
2.11%(a)(c)

    2,972,028       2,972,028  
   

 

 

 
      81,136,082  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 37.6%

 

 

(Cost: $81,132,454)

 

    81,136,082  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 132.6%

 

 

(Cost: $294,712,200)

 

    285,879,403  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (32.6)%

 

    (70,349,671
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   215,529,732  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(d) 

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

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer     

Shares
Held at
10/31/17

 
 
    
Shares
Purchased

 
   
Shares
Sold

 
   

Shares
Held at
10/31/18


 
    
Value at
10/31/18

 
     Income      

Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)


(a) 
 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)



 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

     32,012,834        46,135,590 (b)             78,148,424      $ 78,164,054      $ 138,228 (c)     $ 11,344     $ 6,774  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     282,604        2,689,424 (b)             2,972,028        2,972,028        38,352              

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

     617,766        2,316,938       (1,110,385     1,824,319        204,743,321        5,389,510       (611,073     (10,672,470
            

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             $ 285,879,403      $ 5,566,090     $ (599,729   $ (10,665,696
            

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  (b) 

Net of purchases and sales.

  (c) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Paid by the Fund

  

Received by the Fund

  

Effective

Date

    

Termination

Date

    

Notional
Amount

(000)

    Value    

Upfront
Premium
Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Rate   Frequency    Rate(a)    Frequency

1.17%

  Semi-annual    2.56%    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/21      $ (45,230   $ 2,602,372     $ 1,964,712     $ 637,660  

2.38

  Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        01/12/23        (29,191     862,725       651,404       211,321  

2.46

  Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        01/12/25        (22,281     882,440       694,534       187,906  

1.44

  Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/26        (58,515     7,437,788       6,612,711       825,077  

3.25

  Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        10/18/28        (6,800     2,220       120       2,100  

2.34

  Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/36        (37,498     5,235,860       3,897,759       1,338,101  

1.77

  Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/46        (26,116     7,743,574       6,459,817       1,283,757  

3.33

  Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly      N/A        10/24/48        (357     (259     (5,261     5,002  
                  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                   $ 24,766,720     $ 20,275,796     $ 4,490,924  
                  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)    Represents 3-month LIBOR. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

 

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Centrally Cleared Swaps

 

      Premiums
Paid
     Premiums
Received
    Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Centrally Cleared Swaps(a)

     $20,281,057        $(5,261     $4,490,924        $—  
                                    

 

  (a)    Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on centrally cleared swaps, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is net of any previously paid (received) swap premium amounts.

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of October 31, 2018, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Swaps — centrally cleared

  

Net unrealized appreciation(a)

     $4,490,924  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a)    Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared interest rate swaps contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported separately within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Swaps

     $6,007,170  
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Swaps

     $2,503,085  
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Interest rate swaps:

        

Average notional value — pays fixed rate

   $ 180,064,000  
          

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Investment Companies

   $ 204,743,321      $      $      $ 204,743,321  

Money Market Funds

     81,136,082                      81,136,082  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 285,879,403      $      $             —      $ 285,879,403  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

           

Assets

           

Swaps

   $      $     4,490,924      $      $ 4,490,924  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2018

 

      iShares
Inflation
Hedged
Corporate
Bond ETF
     iShares
Interest Rate
Hedged High
Yield Bond
ETF
     iShares
Interest Rate
Hedged
Corporate
Bond ETF
 

ASSETS

        

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

        

Affiliated(b)

   $ 9,547,150      $ 592,056,893      $ 285,879,403  

Cash

     26               984,996  

Cash pledged:

        

Futures contracts

     4,000                

Centrally cleared swaps

     169,000        4,450,000        5,978,000  

Receivables:

        

Securities lending income — Affiliated

            270,508        12,430  

Variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

     7,598        651,415        824,115  

Dividends

     201        12,964        6,865  

Other assets

                   7,703  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     9,727,975        597,441,780        293,693,512  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Bank overdraft

            3,423         

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

            181,243,117        78,145,950  

Payables:

        

Variation margin on futures contracts

     2,577                

Investment advisory fees

     418        16,768        17,830  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,995        181,263,308        78,163,780  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 9,724,980      $ 416,178,472      $ 215,529,732  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

        

Paid-in capital

   $ 10,000,000      $ 421,961,772      $ 216,698,697  

Accumulated loss

     (275,020      (5,783,300      (1,168,965
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 9,724,980      $ 416,178,472      $ 215,529,732  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     400,000        4,600,000        2,250,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

   $ 24.31      $ 90.47      $ 95.79  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

     Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

     None        None        None  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)   Securities loaned, at value

   $      $ 177,440,009      $ 76,263,652  

(b)   Investments, at cost — Affiliated

   $ 9,742,515      $ 604,400,579      $ 294,712,200  

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended October 31, 2018

 

      



iShares
Inflation
Hedged
Corporate
Bond ETF




(a)  
   



iShares
Interest Rate
Hedged High
Yield Bond
ETF




 
    



iShares
Interest Rate
Hedged
Corporate
Bond ETF




 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — Affiliated

   $ 147,189     $ 13,537,382      $ 5,427,862  

Interest — Unaffiliated

     2,248       5,779        9,934  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

           1,812,850        138,228  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

     149,437       15,356,011        5,576,024  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory fees

     9,657       1,812,668        496,559  

Proxy fees

           24        7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     9,657       1,812,692        496,566  

Less:

       

Investment advisory fees waived

     (7,243     (1,673,256      (331,046
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

     2,414       139,436        165,520  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     147,023       15,216,575        5,410,504  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — Unaffiliated

                  7,701  

Investments — Affiliated

     9       (139,493      (63,465

In-kind redemptions — Affiliated

           277,262        (536,264

Futures contracts

     (1,596             

Swaps

     57       259,586        6,007,170  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,530     397,355        5,415,142  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — Affiliated

     (195,365     (12,795,901      (10,665,696

Futures contracts

     1,410               

Swaps

     (81,213     6,573,837        2,503,085  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (275,168     (6,222,064      (8,162,611
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (276,698     (5,824,709      (2,747,469
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (129,675   $ 9,391,866      $ 2,663,035  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

For the period from May 08, 2018 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2018.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     iShares
Inflation Hedged
Corporate Bond
ETF
    iShares
Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond
ETF
 
     

Period From   
05/08/18(a)

to 10/31/18   

    Year Ended
10/31/18
    Year Ended  
10/31/17  
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

      

OPERATIONS

      

Net investment income

   $      147,023     $   15,216,575     $     9,097,978  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,530     397,355       2,697,589  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (275,168     (6,222,064     3,509,059  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (129,675     9,391,866       15,304,626  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(b)(c)

      

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

     (145,345     (14,460,293     (8,196,203
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

      

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     10,000,000       283,576,812       99,965,963  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

      

Total increase in net assets

     9,724,980       278,508,385       107,074,386  

Beginning of period

           137,670,087       30,595,701  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $   9,724,980     $ 416,178,472     $ 137,670,087  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

(b)

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

(c)

Prior year distribution character information has been modified or removed to conform with current year Regulation S-X presentation changes. Refer to Note 12 for this prior year information.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

    iShares
Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond
ETF
 
     Year Ended
10/31/18
    Year Ended  
10/31/17  
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $    5,410,504     $   1,780,775  

Net realized gain (loss)

    5,415,142       (208,187

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (8,162,611     2,453,218  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    2,663,035       4,025,806  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)(b)

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (4,886,158     (1,459,798
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    140,458,346       42,356,829  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase in net assets

    138,235,223       44,922,837  

Beginning of year

    77,294,509       32,371,672  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 215,529,732     $ 77,294,509  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

Prior year distribution character information has been modified or removed to conform with current year Regulation S-X presentation changes. Refer to Note 12 for this prior year information.

See notes to financial statements.

 

I N A N C I A L    T A  T E M E N T S

     23  


Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout the period)

 

    



iShares
Inflation
Hedged
Corporate
       Bond ETF
 
 
 
 
 
 
     

Period From
05/08/18(a)

to 10/31/18

        

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $25.00    

Net investment income(b)

     0.37    

Net realized and unrealized loss(c)

     (0.70  
  

 

 

   

Net decrease from investment operations

     (0.33  
  

 

 

   

Distributions(d)

    

From net investment income

     (0.36  
  

 

 

   

Total distributions

     (0.36  
  

 

 

   

Net asset value, end of period

     $24.31    
  

 

 

   

Total Return

    

Based on net asset value

     (1.34 )%(e)   
  

 

 

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

    

Total expenses(f)

     0.20 %(g)   
  

 

 

   

Total expenses after fees waived(f)

     0.05 %(g)   
  

 

 

   

Net investment income

     3.04 %(g)   
  

 

 

   

Supplemental Data

    

Net assets, end of period (000)

     $9,725    
  

 

 

   

Portfolio turnover rate(h)(i)

     0 %(e)(j)    
  

 

 

   

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

 

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) 

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

 

(d) 

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

 

(e) 

Not annualized.

 

(f) 

The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not include these indirect fees and expenses.

 

(g) 

Annualized.

 

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

 

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes the portfolio activity of the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. See the underlying fund’s financial highlights for its respective portfolio turnover rates.

 

(j) 

Rounds to less than 1%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF  
     Year Ended
10/31/18
    Year Ended
10/31/17
    Year Ended
10/31/16
    Year Ended
10/31/15
   

Period From   

05/27/14(a)

to 10/31/14   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $    91.78       $    87.42       $  87.66       $  96.93       $100.10  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     4.98       4.57       4.86       4.80       1.86  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     (1.46     4.21       (0.94     (9.29     (2.87
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     3.52       8.78       3.92       (4.49     (1.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

          

From net investment income

     (4.83     (4.42     (4.16     (4.74     (2.15

Return of capital

                       (0.04     (0.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (4.83     (4.42     (4.16     (4.78     (2.16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $    90.47       $    91.78       $  87.42       $  87.66       $  96.93  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

          

Based on net asset value

     3.93     10.26     4.73     (4.77 )%      (1.03 )%(e) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

          

Total expenses(f)

     0.65     0.65     0.65     0.65     0.65 %(g) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived(f)

     0.05     0.05     0.05     0.06     0.06 %(g) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     5.46     5.04     5.78     5.21     4.41 %(g) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (000)

     $416,178       $137,670       $30,596       $48,215       $43,619  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)(i)

     0 %(j)       0     0 %(j)       3     3 %(e)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

 

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) 

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

 

(d) 

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

 

(e) 

Not annualized.

 

(f) 

The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not include these indirect fees and expenses.

 

(g) 

Annualized.

 

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

 

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes the portfolio activity of the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. See the underlying fund’s financial highlights for its respective portfolio turnover rates.

 

(j) 

Rounds to less than 1%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF  
    

Year Ended

10/31/18

   

Year Ended

10/31/17

   

Year Ended

10/31/16

   

Year Ended

10/31/15

   

Period From   

05/27/14(a)

to 10/31/14   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $    96.62       $  92.49       $  92.13       $  97.95       $100.32  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     3.16       2.76       2.74       2.95       1.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     (1.16     3.73       (0.29     (5.82     (2.36
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     2.00       6.49       2.45       (2.87     (1.04
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

          

From net investment income

     (2.83     (2.36     (2.09     (2.81     (1.32

Return of capital

                       (0.14     (0.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (2.83     (2.36     (2.09     (2.95     (1.33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $    95.79       $  96.62       $  92.49       $  92.13       $  97.95  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

          

Based on net asset value

     2.08     7.11     2.70     (2.97 )%      (1.05 )%(e) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

          

Total expenses(f)

     0.30     0.30     0.30     0.30     0.30 %(g) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived(f)

     0.10     0.10     0.10     0.11     0.11 %(g) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     3.27     2.91     3.01     3.12     3.09 %(g) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (000)

     $215,530       $77,295       $32,372       $18,427       $  9,795  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)(i)

     2     0 %(j)       2     8     4 %(e)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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

(d) 

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

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not include these indirect fees and expenses.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes the portfolio activity of the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. See the underlying fund’s financial highlights for its respective portfolio turnover rates.

(j) 

Rounds to less than 1%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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1.  ORGANIZATION

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

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

 

iShares ETF    Diversification
Classification
 

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond(a)

     Non-diversified  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

     Diversified  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     Diversified  

 

  (a) 

The Fund commenced operations on May 08, 2018.

Currently each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in an iShares fund (an “underlying fund”). The financial statements and schedules of investments for the underlying funds should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ financial statements.

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions from the underlying funds, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued daily.

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

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

Recent Accounting Standards: In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13 “Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” which modifies disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Funds.

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

3.  INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fund determines the fair value of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

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

   

Exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s last traded price or official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the fund is primarily traded. Funds traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last traded price.

   

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

   

Futures contract notional values are determined based on that day’s last reported settlement price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

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

If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of an investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and the cost approach. Valuation techniques used under these approaches take into consideration inputs that include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other inputs, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Trust’s pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values, and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

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

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

   

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

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The fair value hierarchy for each Fund’s investments is included in its schedule of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

4.  SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

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

As of October 31, 2018, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government obligations. Cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, or its affiliates and is disclosed in the schedules of investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan for each Fund, if any, are also disclosed in its schedule of investments. The market value of any securities on loan as of October 31, 2018 and the value of the related cash collateral are disclosed in the statements of assets and liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by a fund under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. The value of the collateral is typically greater than the market value of the securities loaned, leaving the lender with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the fund can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

The following table is a summary of the securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA as of October 31, 2018:

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty     
Market Value of
Securities on Loan
 
 
    
Cash Collateral
Received
 
(a) 
 
   
Non-Cash Collateral
Received
 
 
     Net Amount  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

          

BNP Paribas New York Branch

   $ 7,062,119      $ 7,062,119     $      $  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     59,005,777        59,005,777               

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     42,175,000        42,175,000               

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     8,190,385        8,190,385               

Goldman Sachs & Co.

     14,288,890        14,288,890               

JPMorgan Securities LLC

     20,118,909        20,118,909               

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

     3,847,878        3,847,878               

UBS AG

     1,341,165        1,341,165               

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

     19,098,696        19,098,696               

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     2,311,190        2,311,190               
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 177,440,009      $ 177,440,009     $      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

          

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 12,513,645      $ 12,513,645     $      $  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

     63,750,007        63,750,007               
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 76,263,652      $ 76,263,652     $      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.

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

5.  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: U.S. Treasury futures are used by the iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF to mitigate the potential impact of interest rates on the performance of the bonds held by the Fund or its underlying fund. Futures contracts are standardized, exchange-traded agreements to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a set price on a future date. Depending on the terms of a contract, a futures contract is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to pledge to the executing broker which holds segregated from its own assets, an amount of cash, U.S. government securities or other high-quality debt and equity securities equal to the minimum initial margin requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Securities deposited as initial margin, if any, are designated in the schedule of investments and cash deposited, if any, is shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the statement of assets and liabilities.

Pursuant to the contract, a fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable or payable on futures contracts in the statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the statement of operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. Losses may arise if the notional value of a futures contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument during the term of the contract or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and the assets underlying such contracts.

Swaps: Swaps are financial agreements to exchange cash flows in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, on the same notional amount for a specified period of time. The iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF uses inflation swaps to mitigate the potential impact of inflation on the performance of the bonds held by the Fund or its underlying fund. The iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF and iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF use interest rate swaps to mitigate the potential impact of interest rates on the performance of the bonds held by each Fund or its underlying fund.

Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). Each Fund enters into centrally cleared swaps.

In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap agreement, the swap agreement is novated to a central counterparty (“CCP”) and the CCP becomes the Funds’ counterparty on the swap. Each Fund is required to interface with the CCP through a broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, each Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated on the schedule of investments and cash deposited is shown as cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps on the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

statement of assets and liabilities. The daily change in valuation of centrally cleared swaps is recorded as variation margin receivable or payable on centrally cleared swaps in the statement of assets and liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, are recorded as realized gains (losses) in the statement of operations. Upfront payments and receipts are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received in the statement of assets and liabilities and represent compensating factors between the stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (interest rate spreads and other relevant factors), at the time the swap was entered into by the Fund. These upfront payments and receipts are amortized over the term of the contract as a realized gain (loss) in the statement of the operations.

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

6.  INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

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

 

iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fee  

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

    0.20

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

    0.65  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

    0.30  

Expense Waivers: A fund may incur its pro rata share of fees and expenses attributable to its investments in other investment companies (“acquired fund fees and expenses”). The total of the investment advisory fee and acquired fund fees and expenses is a fund’s total annual operating expenses.

For the iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF, BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for the Fund through February 28, 2023 so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver is equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses attributable to the Fund’s investment in the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (“LQD”), after taking into account any fee waivers by LQD, plus 0.05%.

For the iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF, BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for the Fund through February 28, 2022 so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver is equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses attributable to the Fund’s investment in the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (“HYG”), after taking into account any fee waivers by HYG, plus 0.05%.

For the iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF, BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for the Fund through February 28, 2022 so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver is equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses attributable to the Fund’s investment in LQD, after taking into account any fee waivers by LQD, plus 0.10%.

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

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan in a money market fund managed by BFA, or its affiliates, however, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04% (the “collateral investment fees”). Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 80% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds the aggregate securities lending income generated across the iShares ETF Complex in the calendar year 2013, each Fund, pursuant to a securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income – affiliated – net in its statement of operations. For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

iShares ETF    Fees Paid
to BTC
 

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

     $  454,744  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     49,085  

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

Other Transactions: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock for 1940 Act purposes.

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

7.  PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended October 31, 2018, purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Purchases      Sales  

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

   $ 496,508      $ 1,734  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

       7,182,822          1,193,892  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     8,807,111        2,467,907  

For the year ended October 31, 2018, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

   $ 9,222,288      $  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

       312,273,784        35,695,202  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     259,829,843          124,978,356  

8.  INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of each Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of October 31, 2018, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of October 31, 2018, the following permanent differences attributable to the use of equalization and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions, were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF    Paid-in Capital      Accumulated
Loss
 

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

   $ 146,189      $ (146,189

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     267,272        (267,272

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Period Ended
10/31/18
 

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond
Ordinary income

   $ 145,345  
  

 

 

 

 

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iShares ETF    Year Ended
10/31/18
     Year Ended
10/31/17
 

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

     

Ordinary income

   $   14,460,293      $   8,196,203  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     

Ordinary income

   $ 4,818,154      $ 1,459,798  

Long-term capital gains

     68,004         
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 4,886,158      $ 1,459,798  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of October 31, 2018, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Undistributed
Ordinary Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term Capital Gains
     Capital Loss
Carryforwards
   

Net Unrealized   

Gains (Losses)(a)

     Total  

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

   $ 1,735      $      $ (177   $ (276,578)         $ (275,020

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

     299,732               (810,621     (5,272,411)           (5,783,300

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

            3,185,295              (4,354,260)           (1,168,965

 

  (a) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts.

As of October 31, 2018, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards, with no expiration dates, available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Non-Expiring  

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

   $ 177  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

       810,621  

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Funds utilized the following amounts of their capital loss carryforwards as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Utilized  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

   $ 690,315  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

       2,498,799  

As of October 31, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

   $ 9,742,515      $      $ (276,578   $ (276,578

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

       604,414,444          7,100,147          (12,372,558       (5,272,411

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     294,724,587        4,494,551        (8,848,811     (4,354,260

9.  PRINCIPAL RISKS

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

Market Risk: Market risk arises mainly from uncertainty about future values of financial instruments influenced by price, currency and interest rate movements. It represents the potential loss a fund may suffer through holding market positions in the face of market movements. A fund is exposed to market risk by its investment in equity, fixed income and/or financial derivative instruments or by its investment in underlying funds. The fair value of securities held by a fund may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuers of the securities including local, regional or global political, social or economic instability or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. The extent of a fund’s exposure to market risk is the market value of the investments held as shown in the fund’s schedule of investments.

Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of fixed income investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest

 

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rate changes, usually making their price more volatile than those of securities with shorter durations. Given the environment of historically low interest rates, a fund may be subject to a greater risk of price losses if interest rates rise.

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. BFA and its affiliates manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose a fund to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of a fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its statement of assets and liabilities.

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

10.  CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

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

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

      Period Ended
10/31/18
 
iShares ETF    Shares      Amount  

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

     

Shares sold

     400,000      $ 10,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

      Year Ended
10/31/18
    Year Ended
10/31/17
 
iShares ETF    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

        

Shares sold

     3,500,000     $  320,022,946       2,600,000     $  231,902,853  

Shares redeemed

     (400,000     (36,446,134     (1,450,000     (131,936,890
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     3,100,000     $  283,576,812       1,150,000     $    99,965,963  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

        

Shares sold

     2,800,000     $  271,201,190       450,000     $    42,356,829  

Shares redeemed

     (1,350,000     (130,742,844            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     1,450,000     $  140,458,346       450,000     $    42,356,829  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

11.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 16, 2016, investors in certain iShares funds (iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Select Dividend ETF, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF) filed a class action lawsuit against iShares Trust, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its advisory affiliates, and certain directors/trustees and officers of the Funds (collectively, “Defendants”) in California State Court. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to adequately disclose in the prospectuses issued by the funds noted above the risks of using stop-loss orders in the event of a ‘flash crash’, such as the one that occurred on May 6, 2010. On September 18, 2017, the court issued a Statement of Decision holding that the Plaintiffs lack standing to assert their claims. On October 11, 2017, the court entered final judgment dismissing all of the Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice. Plaintiffs have appealed the court’s decision.

 

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12.  REGULATION S-X AMENDMENTS

On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification. The Funds have adopted the amendments pertinent to Regulation S-X in this shareholder report. The amendments impacted certain disclosure presentation on the statement of assets and liabilities, statement of changes in net assets and notes to the financial statements.

Prior year distribution information in the statement of changes in net assets has been modified to conform to the current year presentation in accordance with the Regulation S-X changes.

Distributions for the year ended October 31, 2017 were classified as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Net
Investment Income
 

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

   $ 8,196,203  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     1,459,798  

13.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and

Shareholders of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF,

iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF and

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF, iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF and iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (three of the funds constituting iShares U.S. ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of October 31, 2018, the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of October 31, 2018, the results of each of their operations and changes in each of their net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF: statements of operations and changes in net assets for the period May 8, 2018 (commencement of
operations) through October 31, 2018.

 

 

iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF and iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF: statements of operations for the year ended
October 31, 2018 and statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018.

 

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

December 21, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

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Important Tax Information (unaudited)

 

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018, the Funds hereby designate the following maximum amounts allowable as interest-related dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations:

 

iShares ETF        Interest-Related
Dividends
 

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

   $ 104,202  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

     7,656,043  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     3,804,635  

The Funds hereby designate the following amounts of distributions from direct federal obligation interest for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018:

 

iShares ETF    Federal Obligation
Interest
 

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond

   $ 189  

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

     25,860  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

     18,737  

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percent of ordinary income dividends attribute to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisers to determine if any portion of the dividends received is exempt from state income tax.

The following distribution amounts are hereby designated for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018:

 

iShares ETF    20% Rate
Long-Term
Capital  Gain
Dividends
 

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond

   $ 934,417  

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

I. iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”) on behalf of the Fund. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Contract. At a meeting on May 11, 2018, a committee composed of all of the Independent Trustees (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or their independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At these meetings, the 15(c) Committee reviewed and discussed information provided in response to the 15(c) Committee’s initial requests, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on May 24, 2018, management presented additional information to the Board relating to the continuance of the Advisory Contract, including information requested by the 15(c) Committee during its initial meeting. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information at length. The Independent Trustees requested from management certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 12-14, 2018, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests. After extensive discussions, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Contract for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) economies of scale; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Trustees, to approve the Advisory Contract are discussed below.

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

The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

Because the Fund had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017, the Board did not review any performance information for the Fund.

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

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BFA: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent and proposed enhancements to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Contract for the coming year as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the June 12-14, 2018 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance policies and procedures.

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

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the profitability of the iShares complex to BlackRock, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Contract), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the iShares funds’ operations for the last calendar year. The Board did not consider the profitability of the Fund to BFA and its affiliates since the Fund had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology for the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during their meetings. The Board noted that the 15(c)Committee had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during its meetings. The Board further noted that it considered the supplemental information the 15(c) Committee requested, which BlackRock provided, regarding the methodology. The Board discussed the sources of direct and ancillary revenue with management, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock

 

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affiliate, from securities lending by the iShares funds. The Board noted that it expects to receive profitability information from BFA on at least an annual basis following the Fund’s launch and thus be in a position to evaluate whether any new or additional breakpoints or other adjustments in Fund fees would be appropriate.

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

Based on this review of the sharing of scale benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the information concerning the sharing of scale benefits supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with a similar investment strategy or investment mandate as the Fund. The Board further noted that BFA provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded ETF, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate. The Board also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Contract for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: Except as noted below, the Board did not consider the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue to be received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services to be provided to the Fund by BFA, since the Fund has not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017. The Board reviewed the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to other iShares funds by BFA, such as payment of revenue to BTC, the securities lending agent to the iShares funds, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s profitability methodology), and payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the iShares funds in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the iShares funds. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the iShares funds placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions) are reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

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

II. iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF and iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”) on behalf of the Funds. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Contract. At a meeting on May 11, 2018, a committee composed of all of the Independent Trustees (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or their independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At these meetings, the 15(c) Committee reviewed and discussed information provided in response to the 15(c) Committee’s initial requests, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on May 24, 2018, management presented additional information to the Board relating to the

 

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continuance of the Advisory Contract, including information requested by the 15(c) Committee during its initial meeting. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information at length. The Independent Trustees requested from management certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 12-14, 2018, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests. After extensive discussions, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the Funds, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Contract for the Funds, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of each Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to each Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) economies of scale; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Trustees, to approve the Advisory Contract are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Funds: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which each Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of each Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs (including, where applicable, funds sponsored by an “at cost” service provider), objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising such Fund’s applicable peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the applicable Peer Groups. The Board further noted that due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the various Peer Groups, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Funds in all instances.

The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Funds were higher than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in their respective Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as any particular Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of such Fund’s performance for the one-, three-, five-, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, to that of relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods.

The Board noted that each Fund is an actively managed ETF that does not seek to track the performance of a specified index and that the management team for the Funds manage each Fund’s portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. The Board further noted that, during the prior year, the Board received periodic reports on each Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its reference benchmark. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Funds generally performed in line with expectations relative to each Fund’s reference benchmark.

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

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BFA: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent and proposed enhancements to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Contract for the coming year as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Funds. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Funds. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the June 12-14, 2018 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance policies and procedures.

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

Costs of Services Provided to Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the profitability to BlackRock in managing the Funds, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Contract), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Funds’ operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology for the iShares funds, noting that the15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during their meetings. The Board further noted that it considered the supplemental information the 15(c) Committee requested, which BlackRock provided, regarding the methodology. The Board discussed the sources of direct and ancillary revenue with management, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Funds. The Board also discussed BFA’s profit margin as reflected in the Funds’ profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Contract and from other relationships between the Funds and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

 

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Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result from increases in the Funds’ assets, noting that the issue of economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ costs in providing services. The cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level of fixed and variable costs, as well as the nature of such costs, may impact the existence or size of scale benefits. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Contract for the Funds did not provide for breakpoints in the Funds’ investment advisory fee rates as the assets of the Funds increase. However, the Board noted that a breakpoint structure for the Funds may be appropriate should material economies of scale exist in the future that are not otherwise shared, and that it would continue to monitor the sharing of economies of scale to determine the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

Based on this review of the sharing of scale benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the information concerning the sharing of scale benefits supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with similar investment strategies or investment mandates as the Funds. The Board further noted that BFA provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Funds, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the Funds, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Funds, as publicly traded ETFs, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate. The Board also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Funds’ advisory fee structure, and the Funds’ expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board noted that the investment advisory fee rates under the Advisory Contract for the Funds was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Funds by BFA, such as payment of revenue to BTC, the Funds’ securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s profitability methodology), and payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Funds in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Funds. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions) are reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Funds and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

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

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are for financial reporting purposes and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and character of the distributions for tax reporting purposes will be reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV which is sent to shareholders shortly after calendar year-end.

 

      Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year
     % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year
 
iShares ETF    Net
Investment
Income
     Net Realized
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total Per
Share
     Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
 

Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond(a)

   $   0.359903      $      $   0.003460      $   0.363363        99         1     100

Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond

     4.833487                      4.833487        100                   100  

Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond(a)

     2.812869               0.014471        2.827340        99             1       100  

 

  (a)   

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

Premium/Discount Information

The Premium/Discount Information section is intended to present information about the differences between the daily market price on secondary markets for shares of a fund and that fund’s NAV. NAV is the price at which a fund issues and redeems shares. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The “Market Price” of a fund generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary securities exchange on which shares of such fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the fund’s NAV is calculated. A fund’s Market Price may be at, above or below its NAV. The NAV of a fund will fluctuate with changes in the value of its portfolio holdings. The Market Price of a fund will fluctuate in accordance with changes in its NAV, as well as market supply and demand.

Premiums or discounts are the differences (expressed as a percentage) between the NAV and Market Price of a fund on a given day, generally at the time the NAV is calculated. A premium is the amount that a fund is trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. A discount is the amount that a fund is trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV.

Premium/discount information for the Funds covering the most recently completed calendar year and the most recently completed calendar quarters since that year (or since the Fund began trading, if shorter) is publicly accessible, free of charge, at www.iShares.com.

The following information shows the frequency of distributions of premiums and discounts for the Funds for the immediately preceding five calendar years (or from the date a Fund began trading on the secondary market, if less than five years) through the date of the most recent calendar quarter-end. Each line in each table shows the number of trading days in which the Fund traded within the premium/discount range indicated. Premium/discount ranges with no trading days are omitted. The number of trading days in each premium/discount range is also shown as a percentage of the total number of trading days in the period covered by each table. All data presented here represents past performance, which cannot be used to predict future results.

iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

Period Covered: May 10, 2018 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range    Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 0.5% and Less than 1.0%

     2        2.02

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

     50        50.51  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

     47        47.47  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     99        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF

Period Covered: May 28, 2014 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range    Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 6.0%

     3        0.27

Greater than 2.5% and Less than 3.0%

     1        0.09  

Greater than 1.0% and Less than 1.5%

     7        0.64  

Greater than 0.5% and Less than 1.0%

     20        1.83  

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

     581        53.06  

At NAV

     66        6.03  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

     412        37.63  

Less than –0.5% and Greater than –1.0%

     3        0.27  

Less than –1.0% and Greater than –1.5%

     2        0.18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,095        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

Period Covered: May 28, 2014 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range    Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 6.0%

     16        1.46

Greater than 1.5% and Less than 2.0%

     1        0.09  

Greater than 1.0% and Less than 1.5%

     8        0.73  

Greater than 0.5% and Less than 1.0%

     10        0.91  

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

     630        57.54  

At NAV

     49        4.47  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

     375        34.25  

Less than –0.5% and Greater than –1.0%

     4        0.37  

Less than –6.0%

     2        0.18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,095        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

  

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. The President, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer and Secretary shall each hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify, and all other officers shall hold office until he or she resigns or is removed. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of closed-end funds, two complexes of open-end funds and one complex of exchange-traded funds (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the BlackRock Fund Complex referred to as the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares Trust, and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 343 funds as of October 31, 2018. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Mark K. Wiedman, Charles Park, Martin Small and Benjamin Archibald, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Wiedman, Mr. Park, Mr. Small and Mr. Archibald is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. The Board has designated Cecilia H. Herbert as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

Interested Trustees

 

       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

 

Robert S. Kapito(a) (61)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011).

  

 

President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006);Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).

  

 

Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009);Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2009).

 

Mark K. Wiedman(b) (47)

  

 

Trustee (since 2013).

  

 

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2016); Global Head of iShares (2011-2016); Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2011).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2013); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2013); Director of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (since 2008).

 

(a)   

Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b)   

Mark K. Wiedman is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

Independent Trustees

 

       
Name (Age)    Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

 

Cecilia H. Herbert (69)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Independent Board Chair (since 2016).

  

 

Trustee and Member of the Finance, Technology and Quality Committee of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, WNET, a New York public media company (since 2011); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (since 1992) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School.

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares Trust (since 2016); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (since 2009); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (since 2015).

 

Jane D. Carlin (62)

  

 

Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).

  

 

Consultant (since 2012); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2015); Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (since 2012); Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since (2016).

 

Richard L. Fagnani (63)

  

 

Trustee (since 2017); Equity Plus Committee Chair (since 2017).

  

 

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

 

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Independent Trustees (continued)

 

       
Name (Age)    Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

 

Charles A. Hurty (75)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Audit Committee Chair (since 2011).

  

 

Retired; Partner, KPMG LLP (1968-2001).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Director of SkyBridge Alternative Investments Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC (2 portfolios) (since 2002).

 

John E. Kerrigan (63)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2016).

  

 

Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005).

 

Drew E. Lawton (59)

  

 

Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).

  

 

Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

 

John E. Martinez (57)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2016).

  

 

Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2003).

 

Madhav V. Rajan (54)

  

 

Trustee (since 2011); Nominating and Governance Committee Chair (since 2017).

  

 

Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017);Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).

  

 

Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2011).

Officers

 

     
Name (Age)    Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years

 

Martin Small (43)

  

 

President (since 2016).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of U.S. iShares (since 2015); Co-Head of the U.S. Financial Markets Advisory Group, BlackRock, Inc. (2008-2014).

 

Jack Gee (59)

  

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2011).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Senior Director of Fund Administration of Intermediary Investor Business, BGI (2009).

 

Charles Park (51)

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer (since 2011).

  

 

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and the Closed-End Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

 

Benjamin Archibald (43)

  

 

Secretary (since 2015).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2013); Secretary of the BlackRock-advised Mutual Funds (since 2012).

 

Steve Messinger (56)

  

 

Executive Vice President (since 2016).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014 and since 2016); Managing Director, Beacon Consulting Group (2014-2016).

 

Scott Radell (49)

  

 

Executive Vice President (since 2012).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Head of Portfolio Solutions, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

 

Alan Mason (57)

  

 

Executive Vice President (since 2016).

  

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

 

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

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

  

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Fixed Income

 

CPI        Consumer Price Index
LIBOR        London Interbank Offered Rate

 

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Additional Financial Information

 

Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)

October 31, 2018

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

October 31, 2018

 

Audited Financial Statements

February 28, 2018

 

iShares Trust

 

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | HYG | NYSE Arca

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | LQD | NYSE Arca

 

 

 

 

 

 


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond  ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

Advertising — 0.4%

     

Lamar Media Corp.

     

5.00%, 05/01/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

   $     10,629      $         10,602,427  

5.38%, 01/15/24 (Call 01/15/19)(a)

     8,841        8,850,472  

5.75%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/21)(a)

     6,620        6,657,614  

Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp.

     

5.25%, 02/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,460        9,486,961  

5.63%, 02/15/24 (Call 02/15/19)(a)

     8,815        8,807,129  

5.88%, 03/15/25 (Call 09/15/19)(a)

     8,219        8,231,645  
     

 

 

 
        52,636,248  

Aerospace & Defense — 2.2%

 

Arconic Inc.

     

5.13%, 10/01/24 (Call 07/01/24)(a)

     21,234        20,870,262  

5.40%, 04/15/21 (Call 01/15/21)

     20,550        20,712,939  

5.87%, 02/23/22(a)

     10,613        10,756,739  

6.15%, 08/15/20(a)

     17,670        18,131,323  

Bombardier Inc.

     

5.75%, 03/15/22(a)(b)

     6,860        6,782,825  

6.00%, 10/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     19,306        18,992,277  

6.13%, 01/15/23(a)(b)

     19,874        19,646,278  

7.50%, 12/01/24 (Call 12/01/20)(a)(b)

     16,135        16,397,194  

7.50%, 03/15/25 (Call 03/15/20)(a)(b)

     26,391        26,391,000  

7.75%, 03/15/20(a)(b)

     13,064        13,507,137  

8.75%, 12/01/21(a)(b)

     24,883        26,808,322  

KLX Inc., 5.88%, 12/01/22 (Call 12/01/18)(a)(b)

     22,938        23,629,581  

TransDigm Inc.

     

5.50%, 10/15/20 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     8,785        8,770,358  

6.00%, 07/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     19,804        19,858,461  

6.38%, 06/15/26 (Call 06/15/21)

     16,240        15,915,200  

6.50%, 07/15/24 (Call 07/15/19)(a)

     20,599        20,766,367  

6.50%, 05/15/25 (Call 05/15/20)(a)

     12,383        12,290,127  

TransDigm UK Holdings PLC, 6.88%, 05/15/26 (Call 05/15/21)(a)(b)

     7,634        7,595,830  

Triumph Group Inc., 7.75%, 08/15/25 (Call 08/15/20)(a)

     8,754        8,228,760  
     

 

 

 
                316,050,980  

Agriculture — 0.1%

     

JBS Investments II GmbH, 7.00%, 01/15/26 (Call 01/15/22)

     8,400        8,295,000  
     

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.2%

     

Air Canada,
7.75%, 04/15/21(a)(b)

     8,541        9,151,681  

American Airlines Group Inc.

     

4.63%, 03/01/20(a)(b)

     8,843        8,848,372  

5.50%, 10/01/19(b)

     8,230        8,314,358  

United Continental Holdings Inc., 4.25%, 10/01/22(a)

     6,565        6,433,290  
     

 

 

 
        32,747,701  

Apparel — 0.2%

     

Hanesbrands Inc.

     

4.63%, 05/15/24 (Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

     17,507        16,788,483  

4.88%, 05/15/26 (Call 02/15/26)(a)(b)

     14,206        13,460,185  
     

 

 

 
        30,248,668  

Auto Manufacturers — 1.1%

     

Allison Transmission Inc.

     

4.75%, 10/01/27 (Call 10/01/22)(a)(b)

     5,642        5,176,535  

5.00%, 10/01/24 (Call 10/01/19)(a)(b)

     18,570        17,983,870  

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

     

4.50%, 04/15/20(a)

     24,912        24,948,506  

5.25%, 04/15/23

     25,814        25,717,197  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Auto Manufacturers (continued)

 

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC

     

3.50%, 03/15/20
(Call 12/15/19)(a)(b)

   $ 9,316      $         9,101,097  

4.25%, 11/15/19(a)(b)

     6,278        6,240,982  

4.50%, 10/01/27
(Call 07/01/27)(a)(b)

     7,617        6,045,994  

5.63%, 02/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     8,939        8,495,551  

Navistar International Corp., 6.63%, 11/01/25
(Call 11/01/20)(a)(b)

     19,154        19,521,119  

Tesla Inc., 5.30%, 08/15/25 (Call 08/15/20)(a)(b)

         30,775        27,376,926  
     

 

 

 
                150,607,777  

Auto Parts & Equiptment — 0.6%

 

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.

     

6.25%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)(a)

     11,083        10,561,033  

6.25%, 03/15/26
(Call 03/15/21)(a)

     5,754        5,444,723  

6.50%, 04/01/27
(Call 04/01/22)(a)

     8,512        8,107,680  

6.63%, 10/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     6,910        7,015,377  

Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl, 5.75%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)(a)(b)

     5,834        5,586,055  

Dana Inc., 5.50%, 12/15/24
(Call 12/15/19)(a)

     7,364        7,095,214  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

     

4.88%, 03/15/27
(Call 12/15/26)(a)

     11,434        10,167,837  

5.00%, 05/31/26
(Call 05/31/21)(a)

     16,024        14,501,720  

5.13%, 11/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     17,979        17,513,543  
     

 

 

 
        85,993,182  

Banks — 1.1%

     

BPCE SA, 12.50%,
(Call 09/30/19)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)

     4,439        4,755,057  

CIT Group Inc.

     

4.13%, 03/09/21
(Call 02/09/21)(a)

     7,078        7,045,699  

4.75%, 02/16/24
(Call 11/16/23)(a)

     7,685        7,581,999  

5.00%, 08/15/22(a)

     17,495        17,604,344  

5.00%, 08/01/23(a)

     11,363        11,396,142  

5.25%, 03/07/25
(Call 12/07/24)(a)

     9,600        9,668,572  

5.38%, 05/15/20(a)

     6,314        6,460,350  

6.13%, 03/09/28(a)

     6,173        6,397,432  

Deutsche Bank AG,
4.30%, 05/24/28
(Call 05/24/23)(d)(e)

     25,382        22,885,607  

Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY, 4.88%, 12/01/32
(Call 12/01/27)(a)(d)(e)

     16,235        13,755,756  

Fifth Third Bancorp., 5.10%, (Call 06/30/23)(a)(c)(d)(e)

     11,441        10,913,785  

Freedom Mortgage Corp.

     

8.13%, 11/15/24
(Call 11/15/20)(a)(b)

     6,229        5,747,365  

8.25%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/21)(b)

     12,720        11,740,560  

UniCredit SpA,
5.86%, 06/19/32
(Call 06/19/27)(b)(d)(e)

     17,008        14,576,458  
     

 

 

 
        150,529,126  

Building Materials — 0.7%

     

Griffon Corp.,
5.25%, 03/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     18,000        16,875,000  

Standard Industries Inc./NJ

     

4.75%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)(b)

     17,252        15,418,975  

5.00%, 02/15/27
(Call 02/15/22)(a)(b)

     9,643        8,775,130  

5.38%, 11/15/24
(Call 11/15/19)(a)(b)

     17,226        16,517,085  

5.50%, 02/15/23
(Call 02/15/19)(a)(b)

     7,536        7,371,512  

6.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     16,911        16,636,196  

Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., 6.13%, 07/15/23
(Call 11/16/18)(a)

     12,775        12,407,719  
     

 

 

 
        94,001,617  

Chemicals — 2.0%

     

Ashland LLC, 4.75%, 08/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)(a)

     20,086        19,910,248  

Blue Cube Spinco LLC

     

9.75%, 10/15/23
(Call 10/15/20)(a)

     10,580        11,743,800  

10.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)

     7,159        8,098,619  

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Chemicals (continued)

     

CF Industries Inc.

     

3.45%, 06/01/23(a)

   $     14,288      $ 13,528,950  

7.13%, 05/01/20

     7,789        8,090,824  

Chemours Co. (The)

     

5.38%, 05/15/27 (Call 02/15/27)(a)

     8,693        8,084,490  

6.63%, 05/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     13,622        13,928,495  

7.00%, 05/15/25 (Call 05/15/20)(a)

     13,226        13,582,630  

Hexion Inc.

     

6.63%, 04/15/20 (Call 12/03/18)

     27,360        24,213,600  

10.38%, 02/01/22 (Call 02/01/19)(b)

     11,571        10,350,622  

Hexion Inc./Hexion Nova Scotia Finance ULC, 9.00%, 11/15/20 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     7,395        4,289,100  

Huntsman International LLC

     

4.88%, 11/15/20 (Call 08/15/20)

     11,993        12,071,914  

5.13%, 11/15/22 (Call 08/15/22)(a)

     6,305        6,375,931  

NOVA Chemicals Corp.

     

4.88%, 06/01/24 (Call 03/03/24)(a)(b)

     17,794        16,370,480  

5.00%, 05/01/25 (Call 01/31/25)(a)(b)

     8,022        7,302,018  

5.25%, 08/01/23 (Call 12/03/18)(b)

     8,497        8,220,030  

5.25%, 06/01/27 (Call 03/03/27)(a)(b)

     17,975        16,116,142  

Olin Corp.

     

5.00%, 02/01/30 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

     8,219        7,321,074  

5.13%, 09/15/27 (Call 03/15/22)(a)

     10,015        9,360,687  

Platform Specialty Products Corp.

     

5.88%, 12/01/25 (Call 12/01/20)(a)(b)

     13,605        12,864,284  

6.50%, 02/01/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     18,634        18,872,515  

Tronox Finance PLC,
5.75%, 10/01/25 (Call 10/01/20)(a)(b)

     7,265        6,365,956  

Tronox Inc., 6.50%, 04/15/26 (Call 04/15/21)(a)(b)

     10,770        9,820,894  

WR Grace & Co.-Conn,
5.13%, 10/01/21(a)(b)

     12,958        13,055,185  
     

 

 

 
                279,938,488  

Coal — 0.1%

     

Peabody Energy Corp.

     

6.00%, 03/31/22 (Call 03/31/19)(b)

     6,789        6,766,724  

6.38%, 03/31/25 (Call 03/31/20)(a)(b)

     7,024        7,003,248  
     

 

 

 
        13,769,972  

Commercial Services — 3.6%

 

ADT Security Corp. (The)

     

3.50%, 07/15/22

     18,759        17,430,718  

4.13%, 06/15/23(a)

     10,926        10,133,865  

6.25%, 10/15/21(a)

     16,203        16,729,596  

APX Group Inc.

     

7.63%, 09/01/23 (Call 09/01/19)(a)

     6,925        6,163,250  

7.88%, 12/01/22 (Call 12/03/18)

     14,675        14,716,273  

8.75%, 12/01/20 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     11,383        11,161,032  

Ashtead Capital Inc.

     

4.13%, 08/15/25 (Call 08/15/20)(a)(b)

     857        794,868  

5.63%, 10/01/24 (Call 10/01/19)(b)

     483        495,075  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance Inc.

     

5.13%, 06/01/22 (Call 11/03/18)(a)(b)

     9,653        9,885,637  

5.50%, 04/01/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     12,738        12,387,705  

Hertz Corp. (The)

     

5.50%, 10/15/24 (Call 10/15/19)(a)(b)

     13,085        10,043,759  

5.88%, 10/15/20 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     12,918        12,608,713  

6.25%, 10/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     7,978        6,983,243  

7.38%, 01/15/21 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     8,371        8,266,363  

7.63%, 06/01/22
(Call 06/01/19)(a)(b)

     22,266        21,329,715  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Commercial Services (continued)

 

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC,
6.38%, 08/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

   $     20,191      $         20,184,943  

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg Sarl (The)

     

5.00%, 02/01/25
(Call 02/01/20)(a)(b)

     8,044        7,825,284  

5.50%, 10/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     9,275        9,321,375  

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co.

     

4.50%, 10/01/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     12,742        12,710,145  

5.00%, 04/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     40,436        39,249,123  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance Inc., 9.25%, 05/15/23 (Call 05/15/19)(a)(b)

     42,758        45,182,379  

Refinitiv U.S. Holdings Inc.

     

6.25%, 05/15/26
(Call 11/15/21)(a)(b)

     17,522        17,390,585  

8.25%, 11/15/26
(Call 11/15/21)(a)(b)

     22,126        21,462,220  

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.,
7.88%, 03/15/21(a)

     2,605        2,704,316  

Service Corp. International/U.S.

     

4.63%, 12/15/27 (Call 12/15/22)

     9,243        8,675,381  

5.38%, 01/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     7,241        7,297,769  

5.38%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)(a)

     13,178        13,326,252  

ServiceMaster Co. LLC (The), 5.13%, 11/15/24
(Call 11/15/19)(a)(b)

     11,535        11,111,310  

United Rentals North America Inc.

     

4.63%, 07/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     15,629        15,498,107  

4.63%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)

     12,699        11,739,829  

4.88%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

     28,402        25,588,782  

5.50%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/20)(a)

     12,445        12,164,988  

5.50%, 05/15/27
(Call 05/15/22)(a)

     16,615        15,762,443  

5.75%, 11/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)(a)

     14,106        14,158,897  

5.88%, 09/15/26
(Call 09/15/21)(a)

     16,251        15,893,478  

Verscend Escrow Corp., 9.75%, 08/15/26
(Call 08/15/21)(a)(b)

     19,123        19,144,513  
     

 

 

 
                505,521,931  

Computers — 1.9%

     

Banff Merger Sub Inc., 9.75%, 09/01/26
(Call 09/01/21)(b)

     24,840        23,980,951  

Dell Inc., 4.63%, 04/01/21(a)

     7,234        7,279,213  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

     

5.88%, 06/15/21
(Call 11/16/18)(a)(b)

     27,194        27,635,902  

7.13%, 06/15/24
(Call 06/15/19)(a)(b)

     27,945        29,520,900  

EMC Corp.

     

2.65%, 06/01/20

     33,632        32,677,463  

3.38%, 06/01/23
(Call 03/01/23)(a)

     16,769        15,663,084  

Exela Intermediate LLC/Exela Finance Inc.,
10.00%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/20)(a)(b)

     17,773        18,390,464  

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.

     

8.38%, 08/15/22
(Call 02/15/19)(a)(b)

     13,290        11,983,653  

9.25%, 03/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     13,150        11,637,750  

Leidos Holdings Inc., 4.45%, 12/01/20
(Call 09/01/20)(a)

     5,759        5,775,317  

NCR Corp.

     

4.63%, 02/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     7,136        7,013,384  

5.00%, 07/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,661        9,202,103  

5.88%, 12/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     6,194        6,187,253  

6.38%, 12/15/23
(Call 12/15/18)(a)

     11,697        11,623,894  

West Corp., 8.50%, 10/15/25 (Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     19,729        17,822,496  

Western Digital Corp.,
4.75%, 02/15/26
(Call 11/15/25)(a)

     39,638        36,615,602  
     

 

 

 
        273,009,429  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    E M I -  A N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L  D E R S


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.4%

 

Avon International Operations Inc., 7.88%, 08/15/22 (Call 08/15/19)(b)

   $ 8,123      $ 8,244,845  

Avon Products Inc.

     

6.60%, 03/15/20(a)

     6,383        6,355,075  

7.00%, 03/15/23(a)

     7,467        6,524,291  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

     

4.70%, 05/19/21(a)

         10,763        10,729,276  

4.70%, 05/24/22(a)

     8,897        8,677,956  

First Quality Finance Co. Inc.

     

4.63%, 05/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     9,460        9,298,392  

5.00%, 07/01/25
(Call 07/01/20)(b)

     5,739        5,279,880  
     

 

 

 
                55,109,715  

Diversified Financial Services — 4.2%

 

Ally Financial Inc.

     

3.75%, 11/18/19(a)

     11,829        11,804,159  

4.13%, 03/30/20(a)

     11,079        11,081,216  

4.13%, 02/13/22(a)

     9,387        9,235,635  

4.25%, 04/15/21(a)

     8,939        8,926,107  

4.63%, 05/19/22(a)

     6,538        6,521,655  

4.63%, 03/30/25(a)

     8,108        7,932,086  

5.13%, 09/30/24(a)

     10,572        10,724,917  

5.75%, 11/20/25
(Call 10/21/25)(a)

     18,627        19,092,675  

7.50%, 09/15/20(a)

     8,616        9,099,821  

8.00%, 03/15/20(a)

     16,207        17,016,449  

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.

     

5.88%, 02/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     23,812        23,772,710  

6.00%, 08/01/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     31,306        31,569,033  

6.25%, 02/01/22 (Call 02/01/19)

     21,490        21,704,900  

6.38%, 12/15/25 (Call 12/15/20)

     12,099        12,023,381  

6.75%, 02/01/24
(Call 02/01/20)(a)

     7,722        7,754,799  

Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp.

     

6.88%, 04/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     7,326        7,326,000  

7.25%, 08/15/24
(Call 08/15/20)(b)

     7,151        6,988,915  

7.38%, 04/01/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     10,074        10,167,185  

7.50%, 04/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     7,986        8,085,825  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/15/22
(Call 09/15/21)(a)(b)

     9,094        9,061,792  

5.25%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)(a)(b)

     5,449        5,032,379  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.

     

8.13%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/20)(a)(b)

     16,018        16,240,472  

9.13%, 07/15/26
(Call 07/15/21)(a)(b)

     11,745        11,915,303  

Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp.,

     

6.50%, 07/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,966        9,928,628  

Navient Corp.

     

4.88%, 06/17/19

     595        597,244  

5.00%, 10/26/20(a)

     9,423        9,463,048  

5.50%, 01/25/23(a)

     15,420        15,141,977  

5.88%, 03/25/21(a)

     12,656        12,814,200  

5.88%, 10/25/24

     9,520        8,972,600  

6.13%, 03/25/24(a)

     13,422        13,038,215  

6.50%, 06/15/22(a)

     19,012        19,344,710  

6.63%, 07/26/21(a)

     13,916        14,317,535  

6.75%, 06/25/25(a)

     8,734        8,505,981  

6.75%, 06/15/26(a)

     6,708        6,405,022  

7.25%, 01/25/22(a)

     11,436        11,904,980  

7.25%, 09/25/23(a)

     8,407        8,720,949  

8.00%, 03/25/20

     23,623        24,666,969  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

 

Quicken Loans Inc.

     

5.25%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)(b)

   $     17,141      $ 15,240,577  

5.75%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)(a)(b)

     21,088        20,357,723  

Springleaf Finance Corp.

     

5.25%, 12/15/19(a)

     10,479        10,574,621  

5.63%, 03/15/23(a)

     13,725        13,264,131  

6.13%, 05/15/22(a)

     17,550        17,621,888  

6.88%, 03/15/25(a)

     20,768        19,833,440  

7.13%, 03/15/26

     27,997        26,527,157  

7.75%, 10/01/21(a)

     10,932        11,551,935  

8.25%, 12/15/20(a)

     17,498        18,722,860  
     

 

 

 
                600,593,804  

Electric — 2.5%

     

AES Corp./VA

     

4.00%, 03/15/21(a)

     7,699        7,619,049  

4.50%, 03/15/23
(Call 03/15/20)(a)

     6,693        6,615,160  

4.88%, 05/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     13,248        13,115,520  

5.13%, 09/01/27
(Call 09/01/22)(a)

     8,095        7,993,813  

5.50%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)(a)

     8,070        8,075,044  

6.00%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)(a)

     6,921        7,071,099  

Calpine Corp.

     

5.25%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)(a)(b)

     19,027        17,504,840  

5.38%, 01/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     20,829        19,735,477  

5.50%, 02/01/24
(Call 02/01/19)(a)

     10,821        9,833,584  

5.75%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/19)(a)

     26,079        23,335,489  

5.88%, 01/15/24
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     7,627        7,607,933  

6.00%, 01/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     12,362        12,418,016  

Clearway Energy Operating LLC

     

5.38%, 08/15/24 (Call 08/15/19)

     7,118        7,042,371  

5.75%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/21)(b)

     4,128        4,066,080  

DPL Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/21 (Call 07/15/21)

     7,992        8,486,545  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP

     

4.25%, 09/15/24
(Call 07/15/24)(a)(b)

     9,400        8,963,370  

4.50%, 09/15/27
(Call 06/15/27)(a)(b)

     8,868        8,172,416  

NRG Energy Inc.

     

5.75%, 01/15/28(a)

     14,954        14,916,615  

6.25%, 05/01/24 (Call 05/01/19)

     14,009        14,344,971  

6.63%, 01/15/27
(Call 07/15/21)(a)

     21,851        22,561,157  

7.25%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)(a)

     16,856        17,937,594  

Talen Energy Supply LLC

     

4.60%, 12/15/21
(Call 09/15/21)(a)

     9,539        8,942,813  

6.50%, 06/01/25
(Call 06/01/20)(a)

     8,848        6,600,977  

9.50%, 07/15/22
(Call 07/15/20)(a)(b)

     7,425        7,536,375  

10.50%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/22)(b)

     10,682        9,314,704  

Vistra Energy Corp.

     

5.88%, 06/01/23 (Call 12/03/18)

     9,527        9,668,417  

7.38%, 11/01/22 (Call 12/03/18)

     31,179        32,387,186  

7.63%, 11/01/24 (Call 11/01/19)

     21,399        22,681,870  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 5.50%, 09/01/26
(Call 09/01/21)(b)

     15,692        15,395,475  
     

 

 

 
        359,943,960  

Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.1%

 

Energizer Gamma Acquisition Inc., 6.38%, 07/15/26
(Call 07/15/21)(a)(b)

     7,918        7,997,180  

Energizer Holdings Inc.,
5.50%, 06/15/25
(Call 06/15/20)(a)(b)

     11,935        11,583,344  
     

 

 

 
        19,580,524  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electronics — 0.2%

 

  

Sensata Technologies BV

     

4.88%, 10/15/23(a)(b)

   $ 7,926      $ 7,727,850  

5.00%, 10/01/25(a)(b)

         12,871        12,380,293  

5.63%, 11/01/24(a)(b)

     5,539        5,525,153  
     

 

 

 
                25,633,296  

Energy - Alternate Sources — 0.1%

 

  

TerraForm Power Operating LLC

     

4.25%, 01/31/23
(Call 10/31/22)(a)(b)

     8,814        8,362,282  

5.00%, 01/31/28
(Call 07/31/27)(a)(b)

     11,219        10,009,452  
     

 

 

 
        18,371,734  

Engineering & Construction — 0.3%

 

  

AECOM

     

5.13%, 03/15/27
(Call 12/15/26)(a)

     17,399        16,202,819  

5.88%, 10/15/24
(Call 07/15/24)(a)

     12,120        12,332,100  

Brand Industrial Services Inc., 8.50%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/20)(a)(b)

     17,434        17,172,490  
     

 

 

 
        45,707,409  

Entertainment — 1.8%

 

  

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.

     

5.75%, 06/15/25
(Call 06/15/20)(a)

     8,926        8,267,708  

5.88%, 11/15/26
(Call 11/15/21)(a)

     10,844        9,927,295  

6.13%, 05/15/27
(Call 05/15/22)(a)

     7,318        6,690,482  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC/CRC Finco Inc., 5.25%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     29,452        27,408,768  

Cinemark USA Inc.

     

4.88%, 06/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     14,297        13,957,446  

5.13%, 12/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     7,364        7,382,410  

Eldorado Resorts Inc.

     

6.00%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)(a)

     14,320        14,161,138  

6.00%, 09/15/26
(Call 09/15/21)(a)(b)

     10,573        10,364,976  

International Game Technology PLC

     

6.25%, 02/15/22
(Call 08/15/21)(a)(b)

     26,210        26,996,300  

6.25%, 01/15/27
(Call 07/15/26)(b)

     11,948        11,791,123  

6.50%, 02/15/25
(Call 08/15/24)(a)(b)

     18,762        19,012,159  

Scientific Games International Inc.

     

5.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     20,572        19,131,960  

10.00%, 12/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     37,919        39,720,152  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

     

4.88%, 07/31/24
(Call 07/31/19)(b)

     16,881        15,928,807  

5.50%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/22)(a)(b)

     7,567        7,152,836  

Stars Group Holdings BV/Stars Group US Co-Borrower LLC, 7.00%, 07/15/26
(Call 07/15/21)(a)(b)

     16,360        16,576,770  
     

 

 

 
        254,470,330  

Environmental Control — 0.3%

 

  

Covanta Holding Corp.

     

5.88%, 03/01/24
(Call 03/01/19)(a)

     5,291        5,256,196  

5.88%, 07/01/25 (Call 07/01/20)

     5,080        4,940,300  

6.00%, 01/01/27 (Call 01/01/22)

     6,644        6,411,460  

6.38%, 10/01/22
(Call 11/03/18)(a)

     7,212        7,352,814  

GFL Environmental Inc., 5.38%, 03/01/23
(Call 03/01/20)(a)(b)

     5,588        5,065,721  

Hulk Finance Corp., 7.00%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)(a)(b)

     6,884        6,355,916  

Tervita Escrow Corp., 7.63%, 12/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     9,666        9,823,073  
     

 

 

 
        45,205,480  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Food — 2.0%

 

  

Albertsons Companies LLC/Safeway Inc./New Albertson’s LP/Albertson’s LLC

     

5.75%, 03/15/25
(Call 09/15/19)(a)

   $     20,487      $ 18,085,266  

6.63%, 06/15/24
(Call 06/15/19)(a)

     21,702        20,532,128  

B&G Foods Inc.

     

4.63%, 06/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     10,327        10,275,365  

5.25%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)(a)

     16,428        15,609,534  

ESAL GmbH, 6.25%, 02/05/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     15,078        14,795,288  

JBS Investments GmbH, 7.25%, 04/03/24
(Call 04/03/19)(a)(b)

     15,769        15,948,372  

JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Finance Inc.

     

5.75%, 06/15/25
(Call 06/15/20)(a)(b)

     15,693        15,065,280  

5.88%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/19)(a)(b)

     13,886        13,629,109  

6.75%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/23)(a)(b)

     8,318        8,016,473  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

     

4.63%, 11/01/24
(Call 11/01/21)(a)(b)

     16,272        15,937,936  

4.88%, 11/01/26
(Call 11/01/21)(b)

     13,071        12,604,178  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

     

5.75%, 03/15/25
(Call 03/15/20)(a)(b)

     16,697        15,569,952  

5.88%, 09/30/27
(Call 09/30/22)(a)(b)

     12,929        11,720,914  

Post Holdings Inc.

     

5.00%, 08/15/26
(Call 08/15/21)(a)(b)

     29,729        27,347,303  

5.50%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)(a)(b)

     17,282        16,741,937  

5.63%, 01/15/28
(Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

     15,323        14,408,217  

5.75%, 03/01/27
(Call 03/01/22)(b)

     22,580        21,527,207  

TreeHouse Foods Inc.

     

4.88%, 03/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)

     657        648,116  

6.00%, 02/15/24
(Call 02/15/19)(a)(b)

     11,660        11,630,850  
     

 

 

 
                280,093,425  

Food Service — 0.3%

 

  

Aramark Services Inc.

     

4.75%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)(a)

     7,143        6,798,837  

5.00%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)(a)(b)

     9,343        9,223,517  

5.00%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)(b)

     19,475        18,476,906  

5.13%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)

     14,867        14,775,940  
     

 

 

 
        49,275,200  

Gas — 0.4%

 

  

AmeriGas Partners LP/AmeriGas Finance Corp.

     

5.50%, 05/20/25
(Call 02/20/25)(a)

     12,836        12,040,254  

5.63%, 05/20/24
(Call 03/20/24)(a)

     10,470        10,017,546  

5.75%, 05/20/27
(Call 02/20/27)(a)

     7,439        6,922,957  

5.88%, 08/20/26
(Call 05/20/26)(a)

     11,679        11,037,780  

NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp.

     

6.13%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)(a)

     570        518,700  

7.50%, 11/01/23
(Call 11/01/19)(a)

     10,278        10,074,735  
     

 

 

 
        50,611,972  

Health Care - Products — 1.5%

 

  

Avantor Inc.

     

6.00%, 10/01/24
(Call 10/01/20)(a)(b)

     25,084        24,986,017  

9.00%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)(a)(b)

     34,191        34,562,827  

DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp., 8.13%, 06/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     19,390        19,519,913  

Hologic Inc.

     

4.38%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     17,284        16,203,750  

4.63%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)(b)

     5,751        5,254,976  

Kinetic Concepts Inc./KCI USA Inc.

     

7.88%, 02/15/21
(Call 11/16/18)(a)(b)

     11,434        11,670,620  

12.50%, 11/01/21
(Call 05/01/19)(a)(b)

     6,261        6,771,272  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    E M I -  A N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L  D E R S


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Health Care - Products (continued)

 

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA, 4.75%, 04/15/23(a)

   $ 7,924      $ 6,481,585  

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC

     

4.88%, 04/15/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

         13,025        12,829,625  

5.50%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)(a)(b)

     11,721        9,431,068  

5.63%, 10/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     10,680        9,118,050  

5.75%, 08/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     16,849        15,003,268  

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc./Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics SA, 6.63%, 05/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(b)

     22,889        21,996,329  

Teleflex Inc.

     

4.63%, 11/15/27
(Call 11/15/22)(a)

     8,574        7,949,688  

4.88%, 06/01/26 (Call 06/01/21)

     5,073        4,936,210  
     

 

 

 
                206,715,198  

Health Care - Services — 7.8%

 

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., 5.63%, 02/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     12,483        12,498,604  

Centene Corp.

     

4.75%, 05/15/22 (Call 05/15/19)

     16,585        16,565,098  

4.75%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(a)

     20,143        19,891,212  

5.38%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)(a)(b)

     30,120        30,571,800  

5.63%, 02/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     22,710        23,023,682  

6.13%, 02/15/24
(Call 02/15/19)(a)

     16,543        17,268,824  

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc.

     

5.13%, 08/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     18,648        17,622,360  

6.25%, 03/31/23 (Call 03/31/20)

     53,046        48,786,406  

6.88%, 02/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     41,090        20,647,725  

8.13%, 06/30/24
(Call 06/30/21)(a)(b)

     22,599        17,740,215  

8.63%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/21)(a)(b)

     18,617        18,779,899  

11.00%, 06/30/23
(Call 06/30/20)(a)(b)(f)

     30,586        25,539,310  

DaVita Inc.

     

5.00%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)(a)

     25,099        23,597,939  

5.13%, 07/15/24 (Call 07/15/19)(a)

     29,177        27,818,446  

5.75%, 08/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     20,849        21,109,612  

Encompass Health Corp., 5.75%, 11/01/24
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     22,326        22,287,945  

Envision Healthcare Corp., 8.75%, 10/15/26
(Call 10/15/21)(a)(b)

     20,651        19,999,203  

HCA Healthcare Inc., 6.25%, 02/15/21(a)

     16,439        17,055,463  

HCA Inc.

     

4.25%, 10/15/19(a)

     5,832        5,859,702  

4.50%, 02/15/27
(Call 08/15/26)(a)

     20,809        20,162,764  

4.75%, 05/01/23(a)

     20,575        20,698,553  

5.00%, 03/15/24(a)

     33,998        34,465,472  

5.25%, 04/15/25(a)

     22,955        23,418,404  

5.25%, 06/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)(a)

     26,309        26,763,927  

5.38%, 02/01/25(a)

     43,612        43,791,293  

5.38%, 09/01/26 (Call 03/01/26)

     15,767        15,616,886  

5.63%, 09/01/28 (Call 03/01/28)

     17,516        17,340,840  

5.88%, 03/15/22(a)

     21,639        22,584,434  

5.88%, 05/01/23(a)

     20,069        20,808,442  

5.88%, 02/15/26
(Call 08/15/25)(a)

     23,840        24,385,936  

6.50%, 02/15/20(a)

     48,526        50,103,095  

7.50%, 02/15/22(a)

     32,436        35,249,823  

LifePoint Health Inc.

     

5.38%, 05/01/24
(Call 05/01/19)(a)

     7,171        7,515,567  

5.50%, 12/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     21,227        21,535,087  

5.88%, 12/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     7,132        7,461,855  

Molina Healthcare Inc., 5.38%, 11/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)(a)

     13,533        13,497,757  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Health Care - Services (continued)

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, 7.13%, 06/01/24 (Call 06/01/19)(a)(b)

   $     27,065      $ 27,577,611  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings Inc., 8.25%, 05/01/23 (Call 05/01/19)(a)(b)

     8,239        8,723,041  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     

4.38%, 10/01/21(a)

     15,876        15,630,716  

4.50%, 04/01/21(a)

     13,887        13,764,249  

4.63%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/20)(a)

     31,330        30,197,420  

4.75%, 06/01/20(a)

     6,862        6,863,838  

5.13%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)(a)

     23,611        22,625,241  

6.00%, 10/01/20(a)

     30,079        30,839,999  

6.75%, 06/15/23(a)

     32,078        31,841,425  

7.00%, 08/01/25
(Call 08/01/20)(a)

     8,098        7,943,696  

7.50%, 01/01/22
(Call 01/01/19)(b)

     12,459        13,013,052  

8.13%, 04/01/22(a)

     48,007        49,927,280  

WellCare Health Plans Inc.

     

5.25%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)(a)

     20,568        20,516,580  

5.38%, 08/15/26
(Call 08/15/21)(a)(b)

     12,232        12,216,710  
     

 

 

 
                1,103,744,438  

Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.0%

 

Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc., 7.75%, 01/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)

     6,295        6,433,931  
     

 

 

 

Home Builders — 1.6%

     

Beazer Homes USA Inc.

     

5.88%, 10/15/27
(Call 10/15/22)(a)

     6,402        5,169,615  

8.75%, 03/15/22
(Call 03/15/19)(a)

     7,491        7,532,194  

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc., 6.50%, 12/15/20 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     11,502        11,502,000  

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. Corp., 6.13%, 07/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     9,106        8,868,719  

K Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.

     

10.00%, 07/15/22
(Call 07/15/19)(a)(b)

     9,126        8,806,590  

10.50%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/20)(a)(b)

     5,773        5,284,701  

KB Home, 7.00%, 12/15/21 (Call 09/15/21)(a)

     8,660        8,986,324  

Lennar Corp.

     

4.13%, 01/15/22
(Call 10/15/21)(a)

     9,804        9,532,464  

4.50%, 11/15/19
(Call 08/15/19)(a)

     6,780        6,796,950  

4.50%, 04/30/24
(Call 01/31/24)(a)

     10,791        10,224,473  

4.75%, 04/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)(a)

     9,909        9,934,805  

4.75%, 11/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)(a)

     10,750        10,644,650  

4.75%, 05/30/25
(Call 02/28/25)(a)

     8,552        8,145,780  

4.75%, 11/29/27
(Call 05/29/27)(a)

     14,609        13,659,415  

4.88%, 12/15/23
(Call 09/15/23)(a)

     5,940        5,806,138  

5.88%, 11/15/24
(Call 05/15/24)(a)

     7,674        7,722,045  

Meritage Homes Corp., 6.00%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)(a)

     6,048        5,878,081  

PulteGroup Inc.

     

4.25%, 03/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)(a)

     10,912        10,885,811  

5.00%, 01/15/27 (Call 10/15/26)

     10,237        9,448,751  

5.50%, 03/01/26 (Call 12/01/25)

     10,605        10,392,900  

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Taylor Morrison Holdings II Inc., 5.25%, 04/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     7,798        7,778,505  

Toll Brothers Finance Corp.

     

4.35%, 02/15/28
(Call 11/15/27)(a)

     6,194        5,447,623  

4.38%, 04/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

     5,247        5,038,694  

4.88%, 03/15/27
(Call 12/15/26)(a)

     8,350        7,702,875  

5.88%, 02/15/22
(Call 11/15/21)(a)

     6,379        6,505,694  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Home Builders (continued)

   

TRI Pointe Group Inc./TRI Pointe Homes Inc., 5.88%, 06/15/24(a)

  $ 7,147     $ 6,664,578  

William Lyon Homes Inc., 5.88%, 01/31/25
(Call 01/31/20)

    7,715       6,798,844  
   

 

 

 
              221,159,219  

Home Furnishings — 0.1%

   

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

   

5.50%, 06/15/26 (Call 06/15/21)(a)

    9,885       9,046,123  

5.63%, 10/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)

    7,402       7,215,408  
   

 

 

 
      16,261,531  

Household Products & Wares — 0.4%

   

Kronos Acquisition Holdings Inc., 9.00%, 08/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

    15,589       13,854,724  

Prestige Brands Inc.

   

5.38%, 12/15/21 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

    5,251       5,190,916  

6.38%, 03/01/24 (Call 03/01/19)(a)(b)

    8,959       8,847,012  

Spectrum Brands Inc.

   

5.75%, 07/15/25 (Call 07/15/20)(a)

        17,170       16,697,825  

6.63%, 11/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

    8,707       8,904,214  
   

 

 

 
      53,494,691  

Insurance — 0.5%

   

Genworth Holdings Inc.

   

4.80%, 02/15/24

    4,327       3,742,855  

4.90%, 08/15/23

    4,912       4,334,840  

7.63%, 09/24/21

    12,475       12,693,312  

7.70%, 06/15/20(a)

    2,446       2,509,053  

HUB International Ltd., 7.00%, 05/01/26 (Call 05/01/21)(a)(b)

    22,880       22,305,140  

Radian Group Inc., 4.50%, 10/01/24 (Call 07/01/24)(a)

    8,498       8,179,325  

Voya Financial Inc., 5.65%, 05/15/53 (Call 05/15/23)(a)(d)(e)

    14,154       13,997,305  
   

 

 

 
      67,761,830  

Internet — 1.7%

   

Netflix Inc.

   

4.38%, 11/15/26(a)

    15,949       14,608,487  

4.88%, 04/15/28(b)

    25,881       23,745,817  

5.38%, 02/01/21(a)

    8,560       8,721,213  

5.50%, 02/15/22(a)

    11,820       12,055,100  

5.75%, 03/01/24(a)

    6,107       6,215,145  

5.88%, 02/15/25(a)

    12,616       12,820,064  

5.88%, 11/15/28(a)(b)

    31,863       31,305,397  

6.38%, 05/15/29(b)

    4,065       4,085,732  

Symantec Corp.

   

3.95%, 06/15/22 (Call 03/15/22)(a)

    5,442       5,240,436  

4.20%, 09/15/20(a)

    11,129       11,101,177  

5.00%, 04/15/25 (Call 04/15/20)(a)(b)

    19,848       18,735,841  

VeriSign Inc.

   

4.63%, 05/01/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

    12,480       12,478,440  

4.75%, 07/15/27 (Call 07/15/22)

    8,937       8,403,461  

5.25%, 04/01/25 (Call 01/01/25)(a)

    7,205       7,186,988  

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital Inc.

   

5.75%, 01/15/27 (Call 01/15/22)(b)

    28,326       27,765,145  

6.00%, 04/01/23 (Call 12/03/18)

    22,427       22,872,037  

6.38%, 05/15/25 (Call 05/15/20)(a)

    14,189       14,525,989  
   

 

 

 
      241,866,469  

Iron & Steel — 0.7%

   

AK Steel Corp.

   

7.00%, 03/15/27 (Call 03/15/22)(a)

    7,442       6,634,204  

7.63%, 10/01/21 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

    5,022       5,015,723  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Iron & Steel (continued)

   

Allegheny Technologies Inc.

   

5.95%, 01/15/21 (Call 10/15/20)(a)

  $ 7,397     $ 7,420,116  

7.88%, 08/15/23 (Call 05/15/23)(a)

    8,767       9,239,980  

ArcelorMittal, 5.25%, 08/05/20

    792       810,457  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

   

4.88%, 01/15/24 (Call 01/15/21)(a)(b)

    5,566       5,346,452  

5.75%, 03/01/25 (Call 03/01/20)(a)

        19,184       18,128,880  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

   

5.00%, 12/15/26 (Call 12/15/21)(a)

    5,328       5,203,088  

5.13%, 10/01/21 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

    10,084       10,134,420  

5.25%, 04/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)

    5,315       5,324,016  

5.50%, 10/01/24 (Call 10/01/19)(a)

    7,884       7,919,314  

U.S. Steel Corp.

   

6.25%, 03/15/26 (Call 03/15/21)

    9,521       8,973,542  

6.88%, 08/15/25 (Call 08/15/20)

    13,486       13,216,280  
   

 

 

 
              103,366,472  

Leisure Time — 0.3%

   

Sabre GLBL Inc.

   

5.25%, 11/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

    6,793       6,713,748  

5.38%, 04/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

    7,507       7,507,000  

Viking Cruises Ltd., 5.88%, 09/15/27 (Call 09/15/22)(a)(b)

    13,869       13,136,717  

VOC Escrow Ltd., 5.00%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/23)(a)(b)

    10,336       9,715,840  
   

 

 

 
      37,073,305  

Lodging — 2.2%

   

Boyd Gaming Corp.

   

6.00%, 08/15/26 (Call 08/15/21)(a)

    11,600       11,231,459  

6.38%, 04/01/26 (Call 04/01/21)(a)

    12,755       12,634,890  

6.88%, 05/15/23 (Call 11/16/18)(a)

    12,449       12,931,399  

Diamond Resorts International Inc.

   

7.75%, 09/01/23 (Call 09/01/19)(a)(b)

    8,166       8,359,943  

10.75%, 09/01/24 (Call 09/01/19)(a)(b)

    9,184       8,998,680  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc.

   

4.25%, 09/01/24 (Call 09/01/19)(a)

    17,400       16,612,650  

5.13%, 05/01/26 (Call 05/01/21)(a)(b)

    25,286       24,717,065  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp.

   

4.63%, 04/01/25 (Call 04/01/20)(a)

    15,742       15,269,740  

4.88%, 04/01/27 (Call 04/01/22)(a)

    9,597       9,157,638  

Jack Ohio Finance LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp., 6.75%, 11/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

    15,152       15,530,800  

MGM Resorts International

   

4.63%, 09/01/26 (Call 06/01/26)

    6,256       5,655,163  

5.25%, 03/31/20(a)

    6,682       6,765,525  

5.75%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)(a)

    16,811       16,358,903  

6.00%, 03/15/23(a)

    22,517       22,840,869  

6.63%, 12/15/21(a)

    21,999       22,997,409  

6.75%, 10/01/20(a)

    18,232       18,927,551  

7.75%, 03/15/22

    18,175       19,500,477  

Wyndham Destinations Inc.

   

3.90%, 03/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    3,896       3,596,148  

4.25%, 03/01/22 (Call 12/01/21)

    1,547       1,493,164  

4.50%, 04/01/27 (Call 01/01/27)

    9,160       8,474,099  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc., 5.38%, 04/15/26
(Call 04/15/21)(a)(b)

    4,137       4,007,719  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Lodging (continued)

     

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.

     

4.25%, 05/30/23
(Call 02/28/23)(a)(b)

   $ 7,590      $ 7,196,269  

5.25%, 05/15/27
(Call 02/15/27)(b)

     13,973        12,606,889  

5.50%, 03/01/25
(Call 12/01/24)(b)

     31,041        29,527,751  
     

 

 

 
                315,392,200  

Machinery — 0.2%

     

BlueLine Rental Finance Corp./BlueLine Rental LLC, 9.25%, 03/15/24
(Call 11/01/18)(a)(b)

     19,288        20,158,853  

Vertiv Group Corp., 9.25%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)(a)(b)

     13,473        13,371,953  
     

 

 

 
        33,530,806  

Media — 11.6%

     

Altice Financing SA

     

6.63%, 02/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     34,788        34,374,892  

7.50%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)(a)(b)

     45,902        43,276,121  

Altice Finco SA, 8.13%, 01/15/24 (Call 12/15/18)(a)(b)

     6,129        6,021,743  

Altice France SA/France

     

6.25%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)(a)(b)

     24,486        23,506,560  

7.38%, 05/01/26
(Call 05/01/21)(a)(b)

     87,052        83,420,191  

8.13%, 02/01/27
(Call 02/01/22)(b)

     29,246        28,880,425  

Altice Luxembourg SA

     

7.63%, 02/15/25
(Call 02/15/20)(a)(b)

     24,843        20,996,486  

7.75%, 05/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     47,661        44,384,306  

Altice U.S. Finance I Corp.

     

5.38%, 07/15/23
(Call 11/13/18)(b)

     20,313        20,236,826  

5.50%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)(b)

     27,189        26,483,717  

AMC Networks Inc.

     

4.75%, 12/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,816        9,671,061  

4.75%, 08/01/25
(Call 08/01/21)(a)

     13,795        12,806,194  

5.00%, 04/01/24
(Call 04/01/20)(a)

     16,739        16,010,017  

Cablevision Systems Corp.

     

5.88%, 09/15/22(a)

     10,185        10,222,939  

8.00%, 04/15/20(a)

     8,584        8,962,635  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

     

4.00%, 03/01/23
(Call 11/01/19)(b)

     6,843        6,497,643  

5.00%, 02/01/28
(Call 08/01/22)(a)(b)

     41,395        38,600,837  

5.13%, 02/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     15,106        15,020,085  

5.13%, 05/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     18,259        18,190,529  

5.13%, 05/01/27
(Call 05/01/22)(b)

     55,151        51,781,621  

5.25%, 03/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)

     7,535        7,554,693  

5.25%, 09/30/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     19,145        19,276,622  

5.38%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)(a)(b)

     11,560        11,315,663  

5.50%, 05/01/26
(Call 05/01/21)(a)(b)

     24,350        23,665,156  

5.75%, 09/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     7,236        7,280,095  

5.75%, 01/15/24
(Call 12/03/18)

     15,656        15,812,560  

5.75%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/21)(a)(b)

     41,974        41,541,143  

5.88%, 04/01/24
(Call 04/01/19)(a)(b)

         28,037        28,229,754  

5.88%, 05/01/27
(Call 05/01/21)(a)(b)

     13,434        13,198,905  

Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC/Cequel Capital Corp.

     

5.13%, 12/15/21
(Call 11/13/18)(b)

     13,709        13,671,712  

7.50%, 04/01/28
(Call 04/01/23)(b)

     18,556        19,292,673  

7.75%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/20)(a)(b)

     10,346        10,917,789  

Series 144S, 5.13%, 12/15/21 (Call 11/13/18)(a)(b)

     8,121        8,098,911  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc. 6.50%, 11/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     43,122        43,793,490  

Series B,
7.63%, 03/15/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     30,944        30,944,000  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Media (continued)

     

CSC Holdings LLC

     

5.25%, 06/01/24

   $     11,645      $         11,222,869  

5.38%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)(b)

     16,183        15,215,698  

5.50%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/22)(a)(b)

     20,754        19,899,423  

6.63%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     17,300        18,121,750  

6.75%, 11/15/21(a)

     16,060        16,789,606  

10.13%, 01/15/23
(Call 01/15/19)(a)(b)

     31,355        34,074,106  

10.88%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     28,557        32,911,942  

DISH DBS Corp.

     

5.00%, 03/15/23(a)

     24,662        21,579,250  

5.13%, 05/01/20

     18,931        18,978,327  

5.88%, 07/15/22(a)

     32,307        30,505,885  

5.88%, 11/15/24(a)

     35,194        29,772,656  

6.75%, 06/01/21(a)

     32,524        32,849,240  

7.75%, 07/01/26(a)

     32,890        29,148,434  

Gray Television Inc.

     

5.13%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)(a)(b)

     9,284        8,822,701  

5.88%, 07/15/26
(Call 07/15/21)(a)(b)

     11,856        11,365,695  

Meredith Corp., 6.88%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/21)(a)(b)

     24,113        24,113,000  

Nexstar Broadcasting Inc.

     

5.63%, 08/01/24
(Call 08/01/19)(a)(b)

     15,404        14,749,330  

5.88%, 11/15/22
(Call 11/13/18)(a)

     5,240        5,319,648  

Quebecor Media Inc., 5.75%, 01/15/23(a)

     13,325        13,340,143  

Sinclair Television Group Inc.

     

5.13%, 02/15/27
(Call 08/15/21)(a)(b)

     5,604        5,048,270  

5.38%, 04/01/21
(Call 11/16/18)(a)

     8,654        8,653,279  

5.63%, 08/01/24
(Call 08/01/19)(a)(b)

     11,204        10,729,205  

6.13%, 10/01/22
(Call 11/16/18)(a)

     7,898        8,036,215  

Sirius XM Radio Inc.

     

3.88%, 08/01/22
(Call 08/01/20)(a)(b)

     15,862        15,326,658  

4.63%, 05/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     7,212        6,997,142  

5.00%, 08/01/27
(Call 08/01/22)(a)(b)

     25,061        23,526,014  

5.38%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)(b)

     16,381        16,143,476  

5.38%, 07/15/26
(Call 07/15/21)(a)(b)

     17,259        16,870,673  

6.00%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/19)(a)(b)

     26,210        26,794,483  

TEGNA Inc.

     

5.13%, 07/15/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,620        9,634,800  

6.38%, 10/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     12,245        12,551,125  

Telenet Finance Luxembourg Note, 5.50%, 03/01/28
(Call 12/01/22)(b)

     17,725        16,395,625  

Tribune Media Co., 5.88%, 07/15/22
(Call 11/13/18)(a)

     17,714        18,001,853  

Unitymedia GmbH, 6.13%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(a)(b)

     14,847        15,259,004  

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH &Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH, 5.00%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(b)

     8,823        8,879,982  

Univision Communications Inc.

     

5.13%, 05/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     22,477        21,173,334  

5.13%, 02/15/25
(Call 02/15/20)(a)(b)

     23,775        21,873,000  

UPC Holding BV, 5.50%, 01/15/28 (Call 10/15/22)(a)(b)

     8,646        8,013,761  

UPCB Finance IV Ltd., 5.38%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(a)(b)

     18,955        18,428,051  

Viacom Inc.

     

5.88%, 02/28/57
(Call 02/28/22)(d)(e)

     10,165        9,767,641  

6.25%, 02/28/57
(Call 02/28/27)(a)(d)(e)

     10,295        9,883,200  

Videotron Ltd.

     

5.00%, 07/15/22

     12,361        12,376,451  

5.13%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/22)(a)(b)

     10,307        9,726,157  

5.38%, 06/15/24
(Call 03/15/24)(a)(b)

     9,496        9,484,130  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Media (continued)

     

Virgin Media Finance PLC

     

5.75%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(a)(b)

   $     5,259      $         5,060,692  

6.00%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)(a)(b)

     7,984        7,785,307  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC

     

5.25%, 01/15/21(a)

     6,892        6,978,150  

5.25%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/20)(a)(b)

     16,202        15,138,744  

5.50%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/19)(a)(b)

     5,897        5,734,833  

5.50%, 08/15/26
(Call 08/15/21)(a)(b)

     12,804        12,095,939  

Ziggo Bond Finance BV

     

5.88%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(a)(b)

     7,295        6,713,497  

6.00%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/22)(a)(b)

     10,283        9,139,016  

Ziggo BV, 5.50%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/22)(a)(b)

     32,932        30,164,796  
     

 

 

 
        1,641,102,200  

Metal Fabricate & Hardware 0.3%

 

Novelis Corp.

     

5.88%, 09/30/26
(Call 09/30/21)(a)(b)

     25,799        24,218,811  

6.25%, 08/15/24
(Call 08/15/19)(a)(b)

     19,720        19,432,418  
     

 

 

 
        43,651,229  

Mining 1.5%

     

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV

     

6.13%, 05/15/28
(Call 05/15/23)(b)

     7,524        7,490,411  

6.75%, 09/30/24
(Call 09/30/19)(a)(b)

     12,643        13,192,971  

7.00%, 09/30/26
(Call 09/30/21)(a)(b)

     8,121        8,539,739  

Aleris International Inc., 10.75%, 07/15/23 (Call 07/15/20)(a)(b)

     7,353        7,698,926  

Constellium NV

     

5.75%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)(b)

     7,372        7,012,615  

5.88%, 02/15/26
(Call 11/15/20)(a)(b)

     7,559        7,072,389  

6.63%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)(a)(b)

     10,128        9,929,660  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd.

     

4.75%, 05/15/22
(Call 02/15/22)(a)(b)

     13,903        13,434,860  

5.13%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)(a)(b)

     8,650        8,325,625  

5.13%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

     12,353        11,691,126  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

     

3.10%, 03/15/20(a)

     15,676        15,412,447  

3.55%, 03/01/22
(Call 12/01/21)(a)

     31,581        29,905,628  

3.88%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)

     32,117        29,782,094  

4.00%, 11/14/21

     8,851        8,613,129  

4.55%, 11/14/24
(Call 08/14/24)(a)

     14,814        13,721,468  

6.88%, 02/15/23
(Call 02/15/20)(a)

     10,917        11,432,828  

Teck Resources Ltd., 8.50%, 06/01/24 (Call 06/01/19)(b)

     9,924        10,746,865  
     

 

 

 
        214,002,781  

Office & Business Equipment 0.4%

 

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp.

     

5.00%, 09/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,366        9,292,562  

5.00%, 09/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)(a)

     10,461        10,121,017  

5.50%, 12/01/24
(Call 06/01/24)(a)

     9,914        9,926,393  

Pitney Bowes Inc.

     

3.88%, 10/01/21
(Call 09/01/21)(a)

     11,222        10,674,927  

4.38%, 05/15/22
(Call 04/15/22)

     9,352        8,506,423  

4.63%, 03/15/24
(Call 12/15/23)(a)

     2,785        2,443,838  

4.70%, 04/01/23
(Call 03/01/23)

     7,761        6,905,026  
     

 

 

 
        57,870,186  

Oil & Gas 9.9%

     

Antero Resources Corp.

     

5.00%, 03/01/25 (Call 03/01/20)

     10,593        10,288,451  

5.13%, 12/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     18,242        18,089,984  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil & Gas (continued)

     

5.38%, 11/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

   $     17,938      $         17,982,845  

5.63%, 06/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     12,858        12,839,249  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp.

     

7.00%, 11/01/26
(Call 11/01/21)(b)

     1,000        970,000  

10.00%, 04/01/22
(Call 04/01/20)(a)(b)

     17,121        18,836,392  

California Resources Corp.,
8.00%, 12/15/22
(Call 12/15/18)(a)(b)

     36,270        32,280,300  

Callon Petroleum Co.

     

6.13%, 10/01/24
(Call 10/01/19)(a)

     10,933        10,659,675  

6.38%, 07/01/26 (Call 07/01/21)

     5,986        5,941,105  

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., 6.50%, 04/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     17,242        16,595,425  

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc.

     

6.25%, 04/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     10,713        10,525,523  

7.50%, 09/15/20
(Call 11/19/18)(a)

     924        925,571  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     

4.88%, 04/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,566        9,096,668  

6.13%, 02/15/21

     10,812        10,899,003  

6.63%, 08/15/20(a)

     6,160        6,341,720  

7.00%, 10/01/24
(Call 04/01/21)(a)

     13,934        13,603,068  

7.50%, 10/01/26
(Call 10/01/21)

     6,890        6,752,200  

8.00%, 12/15/22
(Call 11/28/18)(a)(b)

     22,870        23,882,569  

8.00%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(a)

     20,706        20,964,825  

8.00%, 06/15/27
(Call 06/15/22)(a)

     21,673        21,564,635  

Citgo Holding Inc.,
10.75%, 02/15/20(b)

     30,299        31,662,455  

CNX Resources Corp., 5.88%, 04/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     24,045        23,710,774  

Continental Resources Inc./OK

     

3.80%, 06/01/24
(Call 03/01/24)(a)

     16,643        16,072,621  

4.38%, 01/15/28
(Call 10/15/27)(a)

     17,893        17,267,908  

4.50%, 04/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

     24,611        24,651,389  

5.00%, 09/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)

     26,252        26,508,482  

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance Inc., 5.63%, 10/15/25 (Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     20,881        19,863,051  

Denbury Resources Inc.

     

7.50%, 02/15/24
(Call 08/15/20)(a)(b)

     7,251        7,079,438  

9.00%, 05/15/21
(Call 12/15/18)(a)(b)

     10,392        10,846,650  

9.25%, 03/31/22
(Call 03/31/19)(a)(b)

     7,826        8,142,301  

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., 7.88%, 08/15/25 (Call 05/15/25)(a)

     9,034        8,898,490  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

     

4.75%, 11/01/24
(Call 11/01/19)(a)

     11,034        10,730,565  

5.38%, 05/31/25
(Call 05/31/20)

     16,873        16,788,635  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance Inc.

     

5.50%, 01/30/26
(Call 01/30/21)(a)(b)

     7,195        7,392,863  

5.75%, 01/30/28
(Call 01/30/23)(a)(b)

     9,422        9,709,077  

Ensco PLC

     

4.50%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)(a)

     8,932        7,234,920  

5.20%, 03/15/25
(Call 12/15/24)(a)

     10,634        8,734,381  

7.75%, 02/01/26
(Call 11/01/25)(a)

     18,547        17,295,077  

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance Inc.

     

6.38%, 06/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)

     200        118,438  

7.75%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)(a)(b)

     17,087        17,087,000  

8.00%, 11/29/24
(Call 11/30/19)(a)(b)

     7,949        7,736,080  

8.00%, 02/15/25
(Call 02/15/20)(a)(b)

     17,036        11,499,300  

9.38%, 05/01/24
(Call 05/01/20)(b)

     17,947        13,639,720  

Extraction Oil & Gas Inc.

     

5.63%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)(a)(b)

     12,815        10,972,844  

7.38%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/20)(a)(b)

     6,149        5,764,688  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil & Gas (continued)

     

Gulfport Energy Corp.

     

6.00%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)(a)

   $     12,630      $         11,840,625  

6.38%, 05/15/25
(Call 05/15/20)(a)

     10,435        9,842,441  

6.38%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/21)(a)

     6,019        5,606,135  

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co.

     

5.00%, 12/01/24
(Call 06/01/19)(a)(b)

     7,774        7,326,995  

5.75%, 10/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)(b)

     7,594        7,389,114  

6.25%, 11/01/28
(Call 11/01/23)(b)

     7,397        7,119,686  

Jones Energy Holdings LLC/Jones Energy Finance Corp.

     

6.75%, 04/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)

     5,405        2,691,521  

9.25%, 03/15/23
(Call 03/15/20)(b)

     9,491        9,491,000  

Matador Resources Co., 5.88%, 09/15/26 (Call 09/15/21)(a)(b)

     100        98,220  

MEG Energy Corp.

     

6.38%, 01/30/23
(Call 12/03/18)(b)

     13,542        13,083,900  

6.50%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(b)

     12,334        12,765,690  

7.00%, 03/31/24
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     17,233        16,931,422  

Murphy Oil Corp.

     

4.00%, 06/01/22 (Call 03/01/22)

     8,586        8,268,676  

4.45%, 12/01/22 (Call 09/01/22)

     9,614        9,373,650  

5.75%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)(a)

     10,076        10,023,101  

6.88%, 08/15/24
(Call 08/15/19)(a)

     8,552        8,901,206  

Nabors Industries Inc.

     

4.63%, 09/15/21(a)

     12,584        12,075,396  

5.00%, 09/15/20(a)

     11,939        11,886,933  

5.50%, 01/15/23
(Call 11/15/22)(a)

     10,614        9,977,160  

5.75%, 02/01/25
(Call 11/01/24)(a)

     11,898        10,931,288  

Newfield Exploration Co.

     

5.38%, 01/01/26
(Call 10/01/25)(a)

     11,959        12,071,175  

5.63%, 07/01/24(a)

     15,139        15,574,246  

5.75%, 01/30/22(a)

     13,057        13,411,987  

Noble Holding International Ltd.

     

7.75%, 01/15/24
(Call 10/15/23)(a)

     15,983        14,884,169  

7.88%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)(b)

     11,313        11,171,588  

7.95%, 04/01/25
(Call 01/01/25)(a)

     6,435        5,823,675  

Oasis Petroleum Inc.

     

6.25%, 05/01/26
(Call 05/01/21)(a)(b)

     5,620        5,485,521  

6.88%, 03/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)

     14,537        14,627,856  

Pacific Drilling First Lien Escrow Issuer Ltd., 8.38%, 10/01/23 (Call 10/01/20)(b)

     11,665        11,796,231  

Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp.

     

5.25%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)(b)

     7,518        7,255,724  

5.38%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(a)(b)

     9,322        9,105,543  

5.63%, 10/15/27
(Call 10/15/22)(a)(b)

     11,652        11,429,553  

6.25%, 06/01/24
(Call 06/01/19)(a)(b)

     5,930        6,093,075  

PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp.

     

7.00%, 11/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     7,221        7,465,792  

7.25%, 06/15/25
(Call 06/15/20)(a)

     11,090        11,415,423  

PDC Energy Inc.

     

5.75%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)

     9,642        8,846,535  

6.13%, 09/15/24
(Call 09/15/19)(a)

     5,696        5,439,680  

Precision Drilling Corp., 7.13%, 01/15/26 (Call 11/15/20)(b)

     5,736        5,678,056  

Puma International Financing SA

     

5.00%, 01/24/26
(Call 01/24/21)(b)

     10,852        8,888,331  

5.13%, 10/06/24
(Call 10/06/20)(b)

     9,844        8,275,113  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil & Gas (continued)

     

QEP Resources Inc.

     

5.25%, 05/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)

   $     11,118      $         10,623,646  

5.38%, 10/01/22
(Call 07/01/22)(a)

     7,283        7,131,870  

5.63%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)(a)

     8,011        7,540,354  

Range Resources Corp.

     

4.88%, 05/15/25
(Call 02/15/25)(a)

     13,441        12,430,481  

5.00%, 08/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)(a)

     8,348        8,164,307  

5.00%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)(a)

     12,638        12,227,265  

5.75%, 06/01/21
(Call 03/01/21)(a)

     7,551        7,629,942  

Rowan Companies Inc.

     

4.88%, 06/01/22
(Call 03/01/22)(a)

     10,015        9,589,363  

7.38%, 06/15/25
(Call 03/15/25)(a)

     8,959        8,488,653  

Sable Permian Resources Land LLC/AEPB Finance Corp.

     

7.13%, 11/01/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     10,025        6,065,125  

7.38%, 11/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     7,485        4,421,577  

13.00%, 11/30/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     5,668        6,029,335  

Sanchez Energy Corp.

     

6.13%, 01/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     19,454        7,149,345  

7.25%, 02/15/23
(Call 02/15/20)(a)(b)

     9,023        8,256,045  

7.75%, 06/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     8,360        4,216,575  

Seven Generations Energy Ltd.

     

5.38%, 09/30/25
(Call 09/30/20)(a)(b)

     11,720        10,928,900  

6.75%, 05/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     5,490        5,645,093  

6.88%, 06/30/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     5,960        6,099,754  

SM Energy Co.

     

5.00%, 01/15/24
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     6,707        6,359,133  

5.63%, 06/01/25
(Call 06/01/20)(a)

     7,399        7,092,368  

6.13%, 11/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     6,878        6,963,975  

6.63%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/22)(a)

     9,131        9,173,916  

6.75%, 09/15/26
(Call 09/15/21)(a)

     8,578        8,572,639  

Southwestern Energy Co.

     

4.10%, 03/15/22
(Call 12/15/21)(a)

     19,729        19,366,233  

6.20%, 01/23/25
(Call 10/23/24)(a)

     15,079        14,588,932  

7.50%, 04/01/26
(Call 04/01/21)(a)

     11,014        11,206,745  

7.75%, 10/01/27
(Call 10/01/22)(a)

     8,708        8,846,240  

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp.

     

4.88%, 01/15/23
(Call 01/15/20)(a)(b)

     18,209        17,542,716  

5.50%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/21)(a)(b)

     14,296        13,603,537  

5.88%, 03/15/28
(Call 03/15/23)(b)

     5,445        5,065,363  

Transocean Guardian Ltd., 5.88%, 01/15/24 (Call 07/15/21)(a)(b)

     11,676        11,522,089  

Transocean Inc.

     

5.80%, 10/15/22
(Call 07/15/22)(a)

     6,312        6,103,704  

7.25%, 11/01/25
(Call 11/01/21)(b)

     7,660        7,449,350  

7.50%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/21)(a)(b)

     11,426        11,162,964  

9.00%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/20)(b)

     20,623        21,654,150  

Transocean Pontus Ltd., 6.13%, 08/01/25 (Call 08/01/21)(b)

     9,367        9,308,456  

Ultra Resources Inc.

     

6.88%, 04/15/22
(Call 04/15/19)(a)(b)

     10,842        6,234,150  

7.13%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)(a)(b)

     9,018        3,967,920  

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

     

5.75%, 03/15/21
(Call 12/15/20)(a)

     14,468        14,594,595  

6.25%, 04/01/23
(Call 01/01/23)(a)

     6,011        6,046,257  

6.63%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)(a)

     16,739        16,765,225  

WPX Energy Inc.

     

5.25%, 09/15/24
(Call 06/15/24)

     10,002        9,826,003  

5.75%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)

     8,368        8,326,160  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil & Gas (continued)

     

6.00%, 01/15/22 (Call 10/15/21)

   $     7,857      $         8,024,854  

8.25%, 08/01/23 (Call 06/01/23)

     8,496        9,514,071  
     

 

 

 
        1,410,329,162  

Oil & Gas Services — 0.8%

     

KCA Deutag UK Finance PLC

     

9.63%, 04/01/23
(Call 04/01/20)(a)(b)

     6,922        6,504,776  

9.88%, 04/01/22
(Call 04/01/20)(a)(b)

     8,193        7,906,245  

McDermott Technology Americas Inc./McDermott Technology U.S. Inc., 10.63%, 05/01/24
(Call 05/01/21)(b)

     22,001        19,965,907  

SESI LLC

     

7.13%, 12/15/21 (Call 12/03/18)

     13,490        13,369,602  

7.75%, 09/15/24
(Call 09/15/20)(a)

     7,509        7,386,979  

Transocean Phoenix 2 Ltd., 7.75%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     8,210        8,496,936  

Transocean Proteus Ltd., 6.25%, 12/01/24
(Call 12/01/20)(a)(b)

     6,367        6,335,513  

Weatherford International LLC, 9.88%, 03/01/25
(Call 12/01/24)(a)(b)

     9,023        7,060,498  

Weatherford International Ltd.

     

4.50%, 04/15/22
(Call 01/15/22)(a)

     10,324        7,667,720  

7.75%, 06/15/21
(Call 05/15/21)(a)

     12,458        10,355,713  

8.25%, 06/15/23
(Call 03/15/23)(a)

     12,162        9,303,930  

9.88%, 02/15/24
(Call 11/15/23)(a)

     14,753        11,507,340  
     

 

 

 
        115,861,159  

Packaging & Containers — 3.1%

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc.

     

4.25%, 09/15/22
(Call 03/15/19)(a)(b)

     11,236        10,867,085  

4.63%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/19)(a)(b)

     16,143        15,739,425  

6.00%, 02/15/25
(Call 02/15/20)(a)(b)

     28,630        26,840,625  

7.25%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)(a)(b)

     27,132        27,280,377  

Ball Corp.

     

4.00%, 11/15/23(a)

     16,365        15,881,465  

4.38%, 12/15/20(a)

     17,608        17,630,010  

4.88%, 03/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)(a)

     13,090        12,910,013  

5.00%, 03/15/22(a)

     13,190        13,387,850  

5.25%, 07/01/25(a)

     16,607        16,724,005  

Berry Global Inc.

     

4.50%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/21)(a)(b)

     8,544        7,970,617  

5.13%, 07/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     11,358        11,288,105  

5.50%, 05/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,640        9,652,050  

6.00%, 10/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)

     7,196        7,334,800  

BWAY Holding Co.

     

5.50%, 04/15/24
(Call 04/15/20)(a)(b)

     24,641        23,630,719  

7.25%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)(a)(b)

     23,910        22,714,500  

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV,

     

4.50%, 01/15/23(a)

     16,895        16,542,155  

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. V,

     

4.25%, 09/30/26
(Call 03/31/26)(a)

     6,162        5,586,413  

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI,

     

4.75%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)(a)(b)

     14,131        13,336,131  

Flex Acquisition Co. Inc.

     

6.88%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)(a)(b)

     9,706        9,060,281  

7.88%, 07/15/26
(Call 07/15/21)(b)

     8,324        8,035,157  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.

     

5.00%, 01/15/22(a)(b)

     7,855        7,775,468  

5.88%, 08/15/23(b)

     10,472        10,432,730  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Packaging & Containers (continued)

 

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer Lu

     

5.13%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/19)(a)(b)

   $     27,561      $         26,975,329  

5.75%, 10/15/20
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     52,582        52,581,847  

6.88%, 02/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)

     437        440,261  

7.00%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/19)(a)(b)

     13,696        13,701,707  

Sealed Air Corp.

     

4.88%, 12/01/22
(Call 09/01/22)(a)(b)

     6,397        6,322,635  

5.13%, 12/01/24
(Call 09/01/24)(a)(b)

     6,415        6,254,053  

5.25%, 04/01/23
(Call 01/01/23)(a)(b)

     6,618        6,560,093  

5.50%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)(a)(b)

     6,703        6,619,145  

6.50%, 12/01/20
(Call 09/01/20)(a)(b)

     5,475        5,663,203  
     

 

 

 
        435,738,254  

Pharmaceuticals — 3.2%

     

Bausch Health Companies Inc.

     

5.50%, 03/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(b)

     15,660        14,786,116  

5.50%, 11/01/25
(Call 11/01/20)(b)

     27,690        27,185,233  

5.63%, 12/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(b)

     13,966        13,732,891  

5.88%, 05/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     54,217        51,935,370  

6.13%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)(a)(b)

     54,323        50,090,331  

6.50%, 03/15/22
(Call 03/15/19)(b)

     20,907        21,664,879  

7.00%, 03/15/24
(Call 03/15/20)(a)(b)

     34,247        35,761,348  

7.50%, 07/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     29,744        30,190,160  

9.00%, 12/15/25
(Call 12/15/21)(b)

     25,723        26,825,413  

Bausch Health Companies Inc./U.S.

     

8.50%, 01/31/27
(Call 07/31/22)(a)(b)

     11,774        12,038,915  

9.25%, 04/01/26
(Call 04/01/22)(a)(b)

     24,602        25,852,601  

Elanco Animal Health Inc.

     

3.91%, 08/27/21(a)(b)

     6,073        6,065,487  

4.27%, 08/28/23
(Call 07/28/23)(a)(b)

     12,340        12,277,057  

4.90%, 08/28/28
(Call 05/28/28)(a)(b)

     13,933        13,961,237  

Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco Inc.

     

6.00%, 07/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     26,503        22,774,741  

6.00%, 02/01/25
(Call 02/01/20)(a)(b)

     20,297        16,998,737  

Endo Finance LLC, 5.75%, 01/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     11,785        10,694,887  

Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco Inc., 5.38%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     12,698        10,840,917  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV

     

2.80%, 07/21/23

     17,100        15,112,125  

3.15%, 10/01/26

     16,532        13,473,580  

6.00%, 04/15/24 (Call 01/15/24)

     5,000        4,968,750  

6.75%, 03/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)

     10,050        10,269,844  
     

 

 

 
        447,500,619  

Pipelines — 3.4%

     

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp.,

     

6.13%, 11/15/22

(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     17,272        17,596,465  

Buckeye Partners LP, 6.38%, 01/22/78
(Call 01/22/23)(a)(d)(e)

     5,858        5,338,103  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC

     

5.13%, 06/30/27
(Call 01/01/27)(a)

     25,426        24,917,734  

5.88%, 03/31/25
(Call 10/02/24)(a)

     25,081        25,805,214  

7.00%, 06/30/24
(Call 01/01/24)(a)

     20,870        22,570,383  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

     

5.25%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)(a)

     24,211        23,779,802  

5.63%, 10/01/26
(Call 10/01/21)(b)

     19,600        19,269,250  
 

 

  

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pipelines (continued)

     

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.

     

5.75%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)(a)

   $     7,100      $         7,072,635  

6.25%, 04/01/23
(Call 11/16/18)(a)

     11,335        11,492,881  

DCP Midstream Operating LP

     

3.88%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)

     7,903        7,598,405  

4.75%, 09/30/21
(Call 06/30/21)(a)(b)

     7,079        7,088,871  

5.35%, 03/15/20(a)(b)

     8,961        9,061,811  

5.38%, 07/15/25
(Call 04/15/25)(a)

     7,789        7,898,435  

5.85%, 05/21/43
(Call 05/21/23)(b)(d)(e)

     8,913        7,960,289  

Energy Transfer LP

     

4.25%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)(a)

     16,680        16,525,960  

5.50%, 06/01/27
(Call 03/01/27)

     17,245        17,546,787  

5.88%, 01/15/24
(Call 10/15/23)(a)

     18,950        19,897,500  

7.50%, 10/15/20

     19,255        20,410,300  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.40%, 04/01/24 (Call 01/01/24)

     8,000        7,710,000  

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp.

     

6.00%, 05/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)

     5,221        4,932,213  

6.25%, 05/15/26 (Call 02/15/21)

     6,461        5,843,167  

6.50%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)(a)

     10,645        9,846,625  

6.75%, 08/01/22 (Call 12/03/18)

     12,205        12,236,558  

NGPL PipeCo LLC

     

4.38%, 08/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)(a)(b)

     11,151        11,011,613  

4.88%, 08/15/27
(Call 02/15/27)(b)

     10,931        10,533,385  

NuStar Logistics LP

     

4.80%, 09/01/20

     6,374        6,358,065  

5.63%, 04/28/27
(Call 01/28/27)(a)

     8,316        7,952,175  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 5.63%, 04/15/20(a)(b)

     6,860        7,008,862  

SemGroup Corp./Rose Rock Finance Corp., 5.63%, 07/15/22 (Call 11/16/18)(a)

     7,983        7,684,635  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.

     

5.50%, 09/15/24
(Call 09/15/19)(a)(b)

     13,340        13,394,194  

5.50%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)(b)

     14,490        14,272,650  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.

     

4.13%, 11/15/19 (Call 12/03/18)

     10,448        10,441,731  

4.25%, 11/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)

     9,385        9,012,416  

5.00%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

     13,029        12,325,072  

5.13%, 02/01/25
(Call 02/01/20)(a)

     9,095        8,867,625  

5.25%, 05/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)

     8,097        8,063,876  

5.38%, 02/01/27
(Call 02/01/22)(a)

     8,494        8,260,925  

5.88%, 04/15/26
(Call 04/15/21)(a)(b)

     16,794        16,870,099  

6.75%, 03/15/24 (Call 09/15/19)

     9,830        10,296,925  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

     

3.70%, 01/15/23 (Call 10/15/22)

     433        424,934  

4.55%, 06/24/24
(Call 03/24/24)(a)

     720        725,106  
     

 

 

 
        475,903,676  

Real Estate — 0.4%

     

Howard Hughes Corp. (The), 5.38%, 03/15/25 (Call 03/15/20)(a)(b)

     18,249        17,519,040  

Kennedy-Wilson Inc., 5.88%, 04/01/24 (Call 04/01/19)(a)

     20,606        19,747,416  

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp.

     

4.88%, 06/01/23
(Call 03/01/23)(a)(b)

     7,676        6,969,808  

5.25%, 12/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     9,102        8,942,715  
     

 

 

 
        53,178,979  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.7%

 

CBL & Associates LP

     

5.25%, 12/01/23
(Call 09/01/23)(a)

   $     6,228      $         5,223,345  

5.95%, 12/15/26
(Call 09/15/26)(a)

     11,606        9,641,685  

CyrusOne LP/CyrusOne Finance Corp.

     

5.00%, 03/15/24
(Call 03/15/20)(a)

     13,332        13,270,101  

5.38%, 03/15/27
(Call 03/15/22)(a)

     9,070        9,024,650  

Equinix Inc.

     

5.38%, 01/01/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     11,942        12,157,944  

5.38%, 04/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     16,636        16,906,335  

5.38%, 05/15/27
(Call 05/15/22)(a)

     21,807        21,573,914  

5.75%, 01/01/25
(Call 01/01/20)(a)

     7,689        7,821,635  

5.88%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/21)(a)

     17,924        18,151,038  

ESH Hospitality Inc., 5.25%, 05/01/25 (Call 05/01/20)(a)(b)

     22,766        21,570,785  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc.

     

4.88%, 11/01/20 (Call 08/01/20)

     100        101,125  

5.25%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

     422        424,114  

5.75%, 06/01/28 (Call 03/03/28)

     418        422,441  

Iron Mountain Inc.

     

4.38%, 06/01/21
(Call 11/13/18)(a)(b)

     8,236        8,177,662  

4.88%, 09/15/27
(Call 09/15/22)(b)

     15,064        13,419,513  

5.25%, 03/15/28
(Call 12/27/22)(a)(b)

     14,061        12,626,778  

5.75%, 08/15/24
(Call 11/13/18)(a)

     19,054        18,696,737  

6.00%, 08/15/23
(Call 11/13/18)(a)

     11,798        12,078,202  

iStar Inc.

     

4.63%, 09/15/20
(Call 06/15/20)(a)

     6,733        6,671,772  

5.25%, 09/15/22
(Call 09/15/19)(a)

     5,068        4,892,996  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer Inc.

     

4.50%, 09/01/26
(Call 06/01/26)(a)

     7,843        7,137,130  

5.63%, 05/01/24
(Call 02/01/24)(a)

     18,082        18,149,807  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp.

     

5.00%, 10/15/27 (Call 10/15/22)

     23,222        21,821,713  

5.25%, 08/01/26 (Call 08/01/21)

     9,322        8,961,425  

6.38%, 03/01/24
(Call 03/01/19)(a)

     10,062        10,459,907  

SBA Communications Corp.

     

4.00%, 10/01/22 (Call 10/01/19)

     13,175        12,664,469  

4.88%, 07/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     11,344        11,273,100  

4.88%, 09/01/24
(Call 09/01/19)(a)

     18,856        18,072,952  

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

     

3.63%, 02/01/21
(Call 11/01/20)(a)(b)

     7,183        6,972,897  

4.75%, 03/15/25
(Call 09/15/24)(a)

     8,495        8,110,576  

5.00%, 12/15/21
(Call 09/15/21)(a)

     10,281        10,229,578  

Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance Inc./CSL Capital LLC

     

6.00%, 04/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     8,033        7,711,680  

7.13%, 12/15/24
(Call 12/15/19)(a)(b)

     9,767        8,657,748  

8.25%, 10/15/23
(Call 04/15/19)(a)

     19,789        18,651,132  
     

 

 

 
        381,726,886  

Retail — 3.1%

     

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc.

     

4.25%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/20)(a)(b)

     25,167        23,656,980  

4.63%, 01/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     21,559        21,346,105  

5.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)(a)(b)

     47,064        44,004,840  

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., 4.88%, 11/01/25 (Call 11/01/20)(a)(b)

     22,457        20,155,158  

Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp.

     

6.50%, 05/01/21
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     8,760        7,824,557  

6.75%, 01/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     8,735        7,579,796  

6.75%, 06/15/23
(Call 06/15/19)(a)

     8,513        7,385,028  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Retail (continued)

     

Golden Nugget Inc.

     

6.75%, 10/15/24 (Call 10/15/19)(a)(b)

   $     23,703      $         23,643,742  

8.75%, 10/01/25 (Call 10/01/20)(b)

     10,312        10,595,580  

JC Penney Corp. Inc.

     

5.88%, 07/01/23 (Call 07/01/19)(a)(b)

     9,084        7,806,999  

8.63%, 03/15/25 (Call 03/15/21)(a)(b)

     5,631        3,624,956  

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC

     

4.75%, 06/01/27 (Call 06/01/22)(a)(b)

     11,380        10,641,316  

5.00%, 06/01/24 (Call 06/01/19)(a)(b)

     19,366        19,099,718  

5.25%, 06/01/26 (Call 06/01/21)(a)(b)

     18,187        17,829,460  

L Brands Inc.

     

5.25%, 02/01/28(a)

     8,256        7,038,090  

5.63%, 02/15/22(a)

     17,452        17,665,787  

5.63%, 10/15/23(a)

     8,979        8,874,844  

6.63%, 04/01/21

     13,979        14,546,567  

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC, 8.00%, 10/15/21 (Call 12/03/18)(b)

     15,456        9,350,880  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

     

5.50%, 05/15/26 (Call 05/15/21)(a)

     7,737        7,328,182  

5.75%, 10/01/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)

     9,120        9,239,700  

PetSmart Inc.

     

5.88%, 06/01/25 (Call 06/01/20)(a)(b)

     23,094        18,071,055  

7.13%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     30,344        21,013,220  

8.88%, 06/01/25 (Call 06/01/20)(a)(b)

     11,418        7,957,938  

QVC Inc.

     

4.38%, 03/15/23(a)

     12,687        12,457,832  

4.45%, 02/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)(a)

     10,029        9,535,480  

4.85%, 04/01/24(a)

     10,071        9,917,718  

5.13%, 07/02/22(a)

     7,634        7,725,898  

Rite Aid Corp., 6.13%, 04/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     29,670        25,238,044  

Staples Inc., 8.50%, 09/15/25 (Call 09/15/20)(a)(b)

     17,103        15,478,215  

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 5.50%, 06/01/24 (Call 06/01/19)(a)

     9,647        9,140,533  
     

 

 

 
        435,774,218  

Semiconductors — 0.6%

     

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC

     

3.88%, 09/01/22(b)

     16,156        15,590,540  

4.13%, 06/15/20(a)(b)

     8,588        8,554,865  

4.13%, 06/01/21(a)(b)

     22,895        22,694,669  

4.63%, 06/15/22(a)(b)

     5,882        5,837,885  

4.63%, 06/01/23(a)(b)

     14,489        14,362,221  

Sensata Technologies UK Financing Co. PLC, 6.25%, 02/15/26 (Call 02/15/21)(a)(b)

     11,859        12,066,532  
     

 

 

 
        79,106,712  

Software — 2.9%

     

CDK Global Inc.

     

4.88%, 06/01/27 (Call 06/01/22)(a)

     9,714        9,131,160  

5.00%, 10/15/24 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

     8,114        8,010,141  

5.88%, 06/15/26 (Call 06/15/21)(a)

     8,038        8,098,285  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC/Change Healthcare Finance Inc., 5.75%, 03/01/25 (Call 03/01/20)(a)(b)

     17,952        17,548,080  

First Data Corp.

     

5.00%, 01/15/24 (Call 01/15/19)(a)(b)

     32,790        32,462,100  

5.38%, 08/15/23 (Call 11/13/18)(a)(b)

     21,237        21,422,824  

5.75%, 01/15/24 (Call 01/15/19)(a)(b)

     37,040        37,234,327  

7.00%, 12/01/23 (Call 12/01/18)(a)(b)

     56,189        58,267,993  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Software (continued)

     

Infor U.S.Inc.

     

5.75%, 08/15/20
(Call 11/16/18)(a)(b)

   $     10,275      $         10,360,625  

6.50%, 05/15/22
(Call 11/16/18)(a)

     28,405        28,413,877  

IQVIA Inc.

     

4.88%, 05/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(b)

     13,316        13,216,130  

5.00%, 10/15/26
(Call 10/15/21)(a)(b)

     18,545        17,769,715  

MSCI Inc.

     

4.75%, 08/01/26
(Call 08/01/21)(a)(b)

     9,451        9,068,717  

5.25%, 11/15/24
(Call 11/15/19)(a)(b)

     13,905        13,965,122  

5.38%, 05/15/27
(Call 05/15/22)(a)(b)

     8,097        8,016,030  

5.75%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)(a)(b)

     13,276        13,611,588  

Nuance Communications Inc.

     

5.38%, 08/15/20
(Call 12/03/18)(b)

     492        492,307  

5.63%, 12/15/26 (Call 12/15/21)

     8,400        8,153,523  

Open Text Corp.

     

5.63%, 01/15/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     12,767        12,809,628  

5.88%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)(a)(b)

     13,957        13,979,204  

Rackspace Hosting Inc., 8.63%, 11/15/24 (Call 11/15/19)(a)(b)

     20,418        19,127,519  

Solera LLC/Solera Finance Inc., 10.50%, 03/01/24 (Call 03/01/19)(a)(b)

     34,825        37,786,170  

Veritas U.S. Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd.

     

7.50%, 02/01/23
(Call 02/01/19)(a)(b)

     7,703        7,327,479  

10.50%, 02/01/24
(Call 02/01/19)(a)(b)

     14,144        12,142,079  
     

 

 

 
        418,414,623  

Telecommunications — 9.2%

 

Anixter Inc., 5.13%, 10/01/21(a)

     7,815        7,863,844  

C&W Senior Financing DAC

     

6.88%, 09/15/27
(Call 09/15/22)(a)(b)

     12,094        11,519,535  

7.50%, 10/15/26
(Call 10/15/21)(b)

     8,209        8,229,523  

CenturyLink Inc.

     

5.63%, 04/01/25
(Call 01/01/25)(a)

     9,240        8,840,370  

Series S, 6.45%, 06/15/21(a)

     19,653        20,087,003  

Series T, 5.80%, 03/15/22(a)

     22,938        22,945,168  

Series V, 5.63%, 04/01/20

     15,515        15,697,379  

Series W, 6.75%, 12/01/23(a)

     11,216        11,434,712  

Series Y, 7.50%, 04/01/24
(Call 01/01/24)(a)

     16,166        16,893,470  

Cincinnati Bell Inc., 7.00%, 07/15/24 (Call 09/15/19)(a)(b)

     11,176        10,030,460  

CommScope Inc.

     

5.00%, 06/15/21
(Call 11/13/18)(a)(b)

     9,804        9,762,333  

5.50%, 06/15/24
(Call 06/15/19)(b)

     9,866        9,545,355  

CommScope Technologies LLC

     

5.00%, 03/15/27
(Call 03/15/22)(a)(b)

     12,082        10,777,748  

6.00%, 06/15/25
(Call 06/15/20)(a)(b)

     26,886        26,146,635  

Frontier Communications Corp.

     

6.88%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/24)(a)

     12,140        6,843,925  

7.13%, 01/15/23

     13,501        8,981,540  

7.63%, 04/15/24

     11,212        6,755,230  

8.50%, 04/01/26
(Call 04/01/21)(b)

     26,816        24,951,451  

8.75%, 04/15/22

     7,879        6,098,346  

10.50%, 09/15/22 (Call 06/15/22)

     38,249        31,890,104  

11.00%, 09/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)

     60,475        44,524,719  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

     

5.25%, 08/01/26(a)

     14,113        13,421,757  

6.63%, 08/01/26(a)

     11,166        10,635,615  

7.63%, 06/15/21(a)

     16,358        17,402,867  

Inmarsat Finance PLC

     

4.88%, 05/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     17,660        17,247,934  

6.50%, 10/01/24
(Call 10/01/19)(a)(b)

     7,689        7,591,691  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security        
Par
(000)
     Value  

Telecommunications (continued)

     

Intelsat Connect Finance SA, 9.50%, 02/15/23
(Call 08/15/20)(b)

   $     21,924      $         21,047,040  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

     

5.50%, 08/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     34,294        30,731,234  

7.50%, 04/01/21
(Call 11/01/18)(a)

     17,814        18,026,284  

8.00%, 02/15/24
(Call 02/15/19)(b)

     23,305        24,353,725  

8.50%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/20)(b)

     43,410        42,771,873  

9.50%, 09/30/22(a)(b)

     8,203        9,504,437  

9.75%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/21)(b)

     24,296        25,349,839  

Intelsat Luxembourg SA

     

7.75%, 06/01/21 (Call 12/03/18)

     1,200        1,134,000  

8.13%, 06/01/23 (Call 12/17/18)

     15,374        12,873,324  

Koninklijke KPN NV, 7.00%, 03/28/73
(Call 03/28/23)(a)(b)(d)(e)

     10,986        11,448,511  

Level 3 Financing Inc.

     

5.13%, 05/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     13,131        13,073,552  

5.25%, 03/15/26
(Call 03/15/21)(a)

     12,944        12,380,289  

5.38%, 08/15/22
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     17,980        17,980,000  

5.38%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)(a)

     14,607        14,427,021  

5.38%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)(a)

     14,639        14,296,509  

5.63%, 02/01/23
(Call 12/03/18)(a)

     10,314        10,330,932  

6.13%, 01/15/21
(Call 12/03/18)

     11,508        11,533,893  

Nokia OYJ

     

3.38%, 06/12/22

     9,226        8,799,298  

4.38%, 06/12/27

     7,038        6,619,239  

Qwest Corp., 6.75%, 12/01/21(a)

     16,336        17,129,462  

Sprint Communications Inc.

     

6.00%, 11/15/22

     37,631        38,030,829  

7.00%, 03/01/20(a)(b)

     15,405        15,963,431  

7.00%, 08/15/20

     25,827        26,730,945  

11.50%, 11/15/21

     15,439        17,986,435  

Sprint Corp.

     

7.13%, 06/15/24

     41,642        42,564,370  

7.25%, 09/15/21

     39,803        41,643,889  

7.63%, 02/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)

     24,023        24,959,731  

7.63%, 03/01/26 (Call 11/01/25)

     26,097        27,140,880  

7.88%, 09/15/23

     70,107        74,839,222  

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano, 5.30%, 05/30/24(a)(b)

     25,702        24,230,561  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, 4.13%, 05/15/22(a)

     18,076        17,730,721  

T-Mobile USA Inc.

     

4.00%, 04/15/22
(Call 03/16/22)(a)

     8,601        8,488,112  

4.50%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)

     16,902        15,798,088  

4.75%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

     24,197        22,382,225  

5.13%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)

     8,783        8,666,984  

5.38%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/22)

     8,627        8,415,639  

6.00%, 03/01/23
(Call 11/13/18)

     21,979        22,555,949  

6.00%, 04/15/24
(Call 04/15/19)

     17,151        17,626,426  

6.38%, 03/01/25
(Call 09/01/19)(a)

     29,742        30,671,437  

6.50%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)(a)

     17,157        17,768,934  

6.50%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/21)(a)

     33,396        35,232,780  

Wind Tre SpA, 5.00%, 01/20/26 (Call 11/03/20)(b)

     33,610        28,526,487  

Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp.

     

8.63%, 10/31/25
(Call 10/31/20)(b)

     11,657        10,870,153  

9.00%, 06/30/25
(Call 06/30/21)(b)

     20,035        14,425,200  

10.50%, 06/30/24
(Call 06/30/20)(a)(b)

     7,212        5,830,451  
     

 

 

 
        1,309,009,055  
Security    Par/
Shares
(000)
     Value  

Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.2%

 

  

Mattel Inc., 6.75%, 12/31/25 (Call 12/31/20)(a)(b)

   $ 25,579      $ 24,405,106  
     

 

 

 

Transportation — 0.2%

     

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc./Navios Maritime Finance II U.S. Inc., 7.38%, 01/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(a)(b)

     11,242        8,483,025  

XPO Logistics Inc.

     

6.13%, 09/01/23 (Call 09/01/19)(a)(b)

     7,367        7,558,542  

6.50%, 06/15/22 (Call 12/03/18)(b)

     19,434        19,895,558  
     

 

 

 
        35,937,125  

Trucking & Leasing — 0.6%

     

Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd.

     

5.13%, 10/01/23 (Call 09/01/23)(a)(b)

     16,771        16,456,544  

5.50%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)(b)

     7,506        7,455,960  

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd.

     

4.50%, 03/15/23 (Call 02/15/23)(a)(b)

     17,931        17,056,864  

5.25%, 08/15/22(a)(b)

     29,920        29,695,600  

5.50%, 02/15/24(a)(b)

     20,086        19,818,701  
     

 

 

 
        90,483,669  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes — 97.9%
(Cost: $14,701,911,854)

 

     13,874,742,697  
     

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments

 

  

Money Market Funds — 24.8%

 

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 2.36%(g)(h)(i)

       3,373,259        3,373,933,168  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(g)(h)

     148,167        148,166,777  
     

 

 

 
        3,522,099,945  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 24.8%
(Cost: $3,521,495,377)

 

     3,522,099,945  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 122.7%
(Cost: $18,223,407,231)

 

     17,396,842,642  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (22.7)%

 

     (3,219,720,267 ) 
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $   14,177,122,375  
     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(d) 

Security is issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Reference index and spread are provided if the rate is currently floating.

(e) 

Variable or floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

(f) 

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

(g) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(h) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(i) 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

 

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $      $ 13,874,742,697      $      $ 13,874,742,697  

Money Market Funds

     3,522,099,945                      3,522,099,945  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $   3,522,099,945      $   13,874,742,697      $                 —      $   17,396,842,642  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

Advertising — 0.2%

 

Omnicom Group Inc./Omnicom Capital Inc.

     

3.60%, 04/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)(a)

   $     22,166      $         20,827,400  

3.63%, 05/01/22

     11,137        10,992,986  

3.65%, 11/01/24 (Call 08/01/24)

     10,209        9,829,824  

WPP Finance 2010

     

3.75%, 09/19/24

     6,959        6,621,264  

4.75%, 11/21/21(a)

     8,506        8,649,445  
     

 

 

 
        56,920,919  

Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%

 

General Dynamics Corp.

     

2.25%, 11/15/22 (Call 08/15/22)(a)

     7,610        7,289,694  

3.38%, 05/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)

     12,691        12,639,864  

3.50%, 05/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)(a)

     13,769        13,620,920  

3.75%, 05/15/28 (Call 02/15/28)(a)

     14,429        14,263,181  

L3 Technologies Inc.

     

3.85%, 06/15/23 (Call 05/15/23)(a)

     3,088        3,077,593  

4.40%, 06/15/28 (Call 03/15/28)(a)

     4,295        4,284,599  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     

2.90%, 03/01/25 (Call 12/01/24)(a)

     12,960        12,259,813  

3.35%, 09/15/21(a)

     8,355        8,405,582  

3.55%, 01/15/26 (Call 10/15/25)(a)

     20,650        20,142,045  

3.80%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)(a)

     8,873        7,891,434  

4.07%, 12/15/42(a)

     9,347        8,713,660  

4.09%, 09/15/52 (Call 03/15/52)

     17,089        15,445,653  

4.70%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)(a)

     14,226        14,469,845  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     

2.55%, 10/15/22 (Call 09/15/22)(a)

     9,629        9,261,812  

2.93%, 01/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)(a)

     19,181        18,066,440  

3.20%, 02/01/27 (Call 11/01/26)

     5,286        4,906,152  

3.25%, 08/01/23(a)

     14,374        14,038,987  

3.25%, 01/15/28 (Call 10/15/27)

     22,068        20,410,665  

4.03%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)(a)

     27,162        24,289,792  

4.75%, 06/01/43

     9,662        9,615,100  

Raytheon Co., 2.50%, 12/15/22 (Call 09/15/22)

     11,222        10,820,028  

Rockwell Collins Inc.

     

2.80%, 03/15/22 (Call 02/15/22)

     13,048        12,666,698  

3.20%, 03/15/24 (Call 01/15/24)

     10,473        10,035,318  

3.50%, 03/15/27 (Call 12/15/26)

     17,215        16,177,307  

4.35%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)(a)

     13,046        11,964,420  

United Technologies Corp.

     

1.95%, 11/01/21 (Call 10/01/21)

     6,089        5,810,048  

2.65%, 11/01/26 (Call 08/01/26)

     20,338        18,188,965  

2.80%, 05/04/24 (Call 03/04/24)

     15,214        14,276,284  

3.10%, 06/01/22(a)

     33,869        33,181,297  

3.13%, 05/04/27 (Call 02/04/27)

     4,145        3,813,686  

3.65%, 08/16/23 (Call 07/16/23)(a)

     27,185        26,927,468  

3.75%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

     15,202        12,740,099  

3.95%, 08/16/25 (Call 06/16/25)(a)

     19,300        19,086,808  

4.13%, 11/16/28 (Call 08/16/28)(a)

     33,669        33,112,765  

4.15%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/16/44)

     10,829        9,675,014  

4.45%, 11/16/38 (Call 05/16/38)

     12,495        12,033,543  

4.50%, 06/01/42

     41,688        39,466,196  

4.63%, 11/16/48 (Call 05/16/48)(a)

     27,765        26,676,534  

5.70%, 04/15/40

     11,642        12,733,486  

6.13%, 07/15/38(a)

     12,413        14,195,326  
     

 

 

 
        586,674,121  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Agriculture — 1.4%

 

Altria Group Inc.

     

2.63%, 09/16/26 (Call 06/16/26)(a)

   $ 235      $ 211,134  

2.85%, 08/09/22(a)

         24,264                23,556,598  

3.88%, 09/16/46 (Call 03/16/46)(a)

     15,190        12,527,801  

4.00%, 01/31/24

     17,202        17,287,053  

4.25%, 08/09/42

     8,442        7,428,940  

4.75%, 05/05/21

     1,100        1,131,589  

5.38%, 01/31/44(a)

     28,625        29,127,025  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., 2.50%, 08/11/26 (Call 05/11/26)

     9,728        8,785,039  

BAT Capital Corp.

     

2.76%, 08/15/22 (Call 07/15/22)(b)

     23,871        22,832,518  

3.22%, 08/15/24 (Call 06/15/24)(a)(b)

     31,612        29,828,659  

3.56%, 08/15/27 (Call 05/15/27)(a)(b)

     40,462        37,052,352  

4.39%, 08/15/37 (Call 02/15/37)(b)

     30,332        26,941,395  

4.54%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)(b)

     29,654        25,782,872  

Philip Morris International Inc.

     

2.38%, 08/17/22 (Call 07/17/22)(a)

     6,836        6,536,957  

2.50%, 08/22/22(a)

     17,165        16,479,044  

2.50%, 11/02/22 (Call 10/02/22)(a)

     4,253        4,076,474  

2.75%, 02/25/26 (Call 11/25/25)(a)

     16,154        14,879,255  

2.90%, 11/15/21(a)

     9,278        9,105,835  

3.25%, 11/10/24(a)

     3,854        3,734,066  

3.38%, 08/11/25 (Call 05/11/25)(a)

     9,744        9,390,981  

3.88%, 08/21/42(a)

     3,662        3,111,928  

4.13%, 03/04/43

     15,238        13,462,200  

4.25%, 11/10/44

     10,518        9,475,659  

4.38%, 11/15/41(a)

     6,710        6,132,892  

4.88%, 11/15/43(a)

     11,476        11,208,327  

6.38%, 05/16/38

     16,149        18,688,889  

Reynolds American Inc.

     

4.00%, 06/12/22(a)

     11,028        11,042,265  

4.45%, 06/12/25 (Call 03/12/25)

     27,174        27,014,037  

5.70%, 08/15/35 (Call 02/15/35)(a)

     4,890        5,006,432  

5.85%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)(a)

     28,540        29,302,589  
     

 

 

 
        441,140,805  

Airlines — 0.0%

 

Delta Air Lines Inc., 3.63%, 03/15/22
(Call 02/15/22)(a)

     8,169        8,038,898  
     

 

 

 

Apparel — 0.1%

 

NIKE Inc.

     

2.38%, 11/01/26 (Call 08/01/26)

     14,224        12,790,138  

3.88%, 11/01/45 (Call 05/01/45)(a)

     15,104        13,842,490  
     

 

 

 
        26,632,628  

Auto Manufacturers — 1.9%

 

Daimler Finance North America LLC, 8.50%, 01/18/31(a)

     17,386        23,642,277  

Ford Motor Co.

     

4.35%, 12/08/26 (Call 09/08/26)(a)

     21,545        19,540,003  

4.75%, 01/15/43

     23,328        18,378,501  

5.29%, 12/08/46 (Call 06/08/46)(a)

     20,313        17,012,137  

7.45%, 07/16/31(a)

     24,784        26,083,903  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

     

2.98%, 08/03/22 (Call 07/03/22)

     550        515,647  

3.10%, 05/04/23(a)

     9,307        8,584,968  

3.22%, 01/09/22(a)

     3,120        2,980,895  

3.34%, 03/28/22 (Call 02/28/22)(a)

     4,028        3,850,258  

3.66%, 09/08/24

     10,163        9,247,494  

3.81%, 01/09/24 (Call 11/09/23)(a)

     4,782        4,447,437  

3.82%, 11/02/27 (Call 08/02/27)(a)

     10,142        8,649,321  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Auto Manufacturers (continued)

 

4.13%, 08/04/25

   $     12,049      $ 11,048,231  

4.14%, 02/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)

     8,465        8,207,319  

4.25%, 09/20/22(a)

     17,866        17,552,395  

4.38%, 08/06/23(a)

     10,816        10,477,758  

4.39%, 01/08/26

     21,354        19,576,593  

5.88%, 08/02/21(a)

     10,231        10,574,026  

General Motors Co.

     

4.20%, 10/01/27 (Call 07/01/27)

     6,535        5,975,599  

4.88%, 10/02/23(a)

     21,229        21,493,467  

5.00%, 10/01/28 (Call 07/01/28)(a)

     11,555        11,068,582  

5.00%, 04/01/35(a)

     5,307        4,647,220  

5.15%, 04/01/38 (Call 10/01/37)

     14,309        12,604,399  

5.20%, 04/01/45(a)

     12,431        10,756,587  

5.40%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)(a)

     6,176        5,453,711  

5.95%, 04/01/49 (Call 10/01/48)

     11,210        10,416,892  

6.25%, 10/02/43

     16,660        15,950,246  

6.60%, 04/01/36 (Call 10/01/35)(a)

     9,365        9,574,681  

6.75%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)(a)

     9,127        9,215,942  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc.

     

3.15%, 06/30/22 (Call 05/30/22)(a)

     18,493        17,732,836  

3.25%, 01/05/23 (Call 12/05/22)(a)

     123        117,389  

3.45%, 01/14/22 (Call 12/14/21)

     14,456        14,075,654  

3.45%, 04/10/22 (Call 02/10/22)(a)

     20,100        19,523,438  

3.50%, 11/07/24 (Call 09/07/24)(a)

     8,451        7,854,036  

3.70%, 05/09/23 (Call 03/09/23)

     14,904        14,427,355  

3.95%, 04/13/24 (Call 02/13/24)(a)

     11,355        10,892,303  

4.00%, 01/15/25 (Call 10/15/24)

     16,767        15,822,035  

4.00%, 10/06/26 (Call 07/06/26)(a)

     11,161        10,212,122  

4.15%, 06/19/23 (Call 05/19/23)(a)

     19,609        19,230,984  

4.30%, 07/13/25 (Call 04/13/25)(a)

     11,929        11,348,008  

4.35%, 04/09/25 (Call 02/09/25)(a)

     12,075        11,641,344  

4.35%, 01/17/27 (Call 10/17/26)

     12,892        11,996,604  

5.25%, 03/01/26 (Call 12/01/25)

     17,224        17,174,538  

Toyota Motor Corp., 3.42%, 07/20/23

     525        521,462  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

     

2.15%, 09/08/22(a)

     4,466        4,247,542  

2.60%, 01/11/22

     15,805        15,421,673  

3.20%, 01/11/27(a)

     11,198        10,608,912  

3.30%, 01/12/22

     13,305        13,260,560  

3.40%, 09/15/21(a)

     9,656        9,692,529  

3.45%, 09/20/23(a)

     10,450        10,352,760  
     

 

 

 
                583,680,573  

Banks — 26.7%

 

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd./New York NY

     

2.30%, 06/01/21(a)

     14,920        14,447,746  

2.55%, 11/23/21(a)

     9,304        9,006,075  

2.63%, 05/19/22(a)

     647        623,470  

3.70%, 11/16/25

     11,702        11,498,988  

Banco Santander SA

     

3.13%, 02/23/23

     7,097        6,687,734  

3.50%, 04/11/22(a)

     15,672        15,288,378  

3.80%, 02/23/28

     11,670        10,365,385  

3.85%, 04/12/23(a)

     4,575        4,430,132  

4.25%, 04/11/27(a)

     19,112        17,753,842  

4.38%, 04/12/28

     14,847        13,799,225  

5.18%, 11/19/25(a)

     2,498        2,469,972  

Bank of America Corp.

     

2.33%, 10/01/21 (Call 10/01/20)(c)(d)

     1,541        1,504,344  

2.50%, 10/21/22 (Call 10/21/21)(a)

     17,801        16,925,874  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

 

2.82%, 07/21/23 (Call 07/21/22)(a)(c)(d)

   $ 11,129      $ 10,702,793  

2.88%, 04/24/23 (Call 04/24/22)(a)(c)(d)

     14,798        14,306,381  

3.00%, 12/20/23 (Call 12/20/22)(c)(d)

     32,926        31,678,375  

3.09%, 10/01/25 (Call 10/01/24)(c)(d)

     15,444        14,467,877  

3.12%, 01/20/23 (Call 01/20/22)(a)(c)(d)

     17,717        17,319,368  

3.25%, 10/21/27 (Call 10/21/26)(a)

     21,932        20,140,618  

3.30%, 01/11/23(a)

     48,798        47,704,227  

3.37%, 01/23/26 (Call 01/23/25)(c)(d)

     28,103        26,881,618  

3.42%, 12/20/28 (Call 12/20/27)(a)(c)(d)

     69,489        64,099,593  

3.50%, 04/19/26

     24,969        23,742,895  

3.55%, 03/05/24 (Call 03/05/23)(c)(d)

     4,718        4,628,954  

3.59%, 07/21/28 (Call 07/21/27)(a)(c)(d)

     29,093        27,338,509  

3.71%, 04/24/28 (Call 04/24/27)(c)(d)

     31,329        29,719,783  

3.82%, 01/20/28 (Call 01/20/27)(a)(c)(d)

     29,139        27,950,053  

3.86%, 07/23/24 (Call 07/23/23)(c)(d)

     18,725        18,574,236  

3.88%, 08/01/25(a)

     21,924        21,568,371  

3.95%, 01/23/49 (Call 01/23/48)(a)(c)(d)

     10,264        8,999,932  

3.97%, 03/05/29 (Call 03/05/28)(a)(c)(d)

     31,195        29,973,663  

4.00%, 04/01/24(a)

     34,719        34,658,179  

4.00%, 01/22/25

     30,017        29,220,415  

4.10%, 07/24/23(a)

     27,008        27,217,552  

4.13%, 01/22/24

     32,521        32,699,531  

4.20%, 08/26/24(a)

     43,615        43,250,448  

4.24%, 04/24/38 (Call 04/24/37)(a)(c)(d)

     26,031        24,538,096  

4.25%, 10/22/26(a)

     23,514        22,855,961  

4.27%, 07/23/29 (Call 07/23/28)(a)(c)(d)

     32,726        32,221,535  

4.44%, 01/20/48 (Call 01/20/47)(c)(d)

     26,357        25,096,587  

4.45%, 03/03/26(a)

     24,310        24,036,680  

4.88%, 04/01/44(a)

     951        957,972  

5.00%, 01/21/44(a)

     19,292        19,717,983  

5.70%, 01/24/22

     7,002        7,427,923  

5.88%, 02/07/42(a)

     12,620        14,405,186  

6.11%, 01/29/37

     24,329        27,203,671  

7.75%, 05/14/38

     16,584        21,645,349  

Series L, 3.95%, 04/21/25(a)

     34,731        33,677,539  

Series L, 4.18%, 11/25/27 (Call 11/25/26)(a)

         31,474        30,254,855  

Bank of America N.A., 6.00%, 10/15/36(a)

     11,600        13,177,887  

Bank of Montreal

     

2.35%, 09/11/22(a)

     10,051        9,596,824  

2.55%, 11/06/22 (Call 10/06/22)(a)

     10,947        10,507,386  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     

2.20%, 08/16/23 (Call 06/16/23)(a)

     4,788        4,469,013  

2.45%, 08/17/26 (Call 05/17/26)(a)

     13,195        11,869,837  

2.60%, 02/07/22 (Call 01/07/22)(a)

     11,587        11,266,389  

2.66%, 05/16/23 (Call 05/16/22)(c)(d)

     35        33,759  

2.80%, 05/04/26 (Call 02/04/26)(a)

     16,412        15,181,057  

2.95%, 01/29/23 (Call 12/29/22)(a)

     13,390        13,032,774  

3.25%, 05/16/27 (Call 02/16/27)(a)

     18,041        17,084,712  

3.30%, 08/23/29 (Call 05/23/29)

     8,462        7,817,975  

3.40%, 01/29/28 (Call 10/29/27)(a)

     10,950        10,478,491  

3.44%, 02/07/28 (Call 02/07/27)(c)(d)

     762        730,682  

3.45%, 08/11/23(a)

     7,790        7,699,296  

3.50%, 04/28/23(a)

     10,418        10,339,631  

3.55%, 09/23/21 (Call 08/23/21)(a)

     1,800        1,803,864  

3.65%, 02/04/24 (Call 01/05/24)

     15,335        15,229,718  

Series G, 3.00%, 02/24/25 (Call 01/24/25)

     7,142        6,777,053  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

     

2.45%, 09/19/22(a)

     5,511        5,284,427  

2.70%, 03/07/22(a)

     16,123                15,688,635  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

 

2.80%, 07/21/21(a)

   $     10,955      $         10,775,877  

4.50%, 12/16/25(a)

     12,088        11,942,105  

Barclays PLC

     

3.65%, 03/16/25

     22,507        20,942,923  

3.68%, 01/10/23 (Call 01/10/22)(a)

     12,749        12,340,662  

4.34%, 05/16/24 (Call 05/16/23)(a)(c)(d)

     19,730        19,364,719  

4.34%, 01/10/28 (Call 01/10/27)

     18,663        17,376,722  

4.38%, 09/11/24

     10,338        9,846,495  

4.38%, 01/12/26(a)

     32,479        31,174,062  

4.84%, 05/09/28 (Call 05/07/27)(a)

     18,489        17,086,480  

4.95%, 01/10/47(a)

     17,781        15,906,566  

4.97%, 05/16/29 (Call 05/16/28)(a)(c)(d)

     18,996        18,436,403  

5.20%, 05/12/26(a)

     30,499        29,622,178  

5.25%, 08/17/45(a)

     15,588        14,607,456  

BB&T Corp.

     

2.05%, 05/10/21 (Call 04/09/21)(a)

     2,907        2,810,579  

2.75%, 04/01/22 (Call 03/01/22)(a)

     9,717        9,460,149  

2.85%, 10/26/24 (Call 09/26/24)(a)

     18,646        17,634,908  

3.70%, 06/05/25 (Call 05/05/25)

     14,730        14,611,345  

BNP Paribas SA

     

3.25%, 03/03/23

     9,936        9,710,722  

4.25%, 10/15/24(a)

     9,360        9,180,734  

BPCE SA

     

2.75%, 12/02/21

     12,976        12,616,923  

4.00%, 04/15/24(a)

     15,491        15,447,252  

Branch Banking & Trust Co.

     

2.63%, 01/15/22 (Call 12/15/21)

     3,176        3,094,892  

3.63%, 09/16/25 (Call 08/16/25)(a)

     25,395        24,672,700  

3.80%, 10/30/26 (Call 09/30/26)

     4,527        4,439,029  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     

2.55%, 06/16/22

     13,147        12,657,536  

3.50%, 09/13/23

     6,795        6,709,902  

Capital One Financial Corp.

     

3.05%, 03/09/22 (Call 02/09/22)(a)

     3,822        3,730,448  

3.20%, 01/30/23 (Call 12/30/22)(a)

     26,668        25,777,089  

3.20%, 02/05/25 (Call 01/05/25)(a)

     3,180        2,964,530  

3.30%, 10/30/24 (Call 09/30/24)

     25,503        24,077,642  

3.50%, 06/15/23(a)

     7,348        7,183,550  

3.75%, 04/24/24 (Call 03/24/24)(a)

     3,225        3,136,355  

3.75%, 07/28/26 (Call 06/28/26)(a)

     27,027        24,795,135  

3.75%, 03/09/27 (Call 02/09/27)(a)

     24,314        22,561,457  

3.80%, 01/31/28 (Call 12/31/27)(a)

     10,715        9,906,683  

4.20%, 10/29/25 (Call 09/29/25)(a)

     17,934        17,262,637  

4.25%, 04/30/25 (Call 03/31/25)(a)

     3,437        3,388,930  

Capital One N.A.

     

2.25%, 09/13/21 (Call 08/13/21)

     10,707        10,269,652  

2.65%, 08/08/22 (Call 07/08/22)(a)

     4,803        4,596,173  

Citigroup Inc.

     

2.70%, 10/27/22 (Call 09/27/22)(a)

     12,506        11,962,183  

2.75%, 04/25/22 (Call 03/25/22)(a)

     21,873        21,124,292  

2.88%, 07/24/23 (Call 07/24/22)(a)(c)(d)

     31,492        30,276,566  

2.90%, 12/08/21 (Call 11/08/21)(a)

     37,653        36,754,193  

3.14%, 01/24/23 (Call 01/24/22)(a)(c)(d)

     15,107        14,764,178  

3.20%, 10/21/26 (Call 07/21/26)

     37,733        34,658,028  

3.30%, 04/27/25(a)

     20,553        19,523,254  

3.40%, 05/01/26(a)

     18,407        17,262,116  

3.50%, 05/15/23(a)

     18,818        18,411,542  

3.52%, 10/27/28 (Call 10/27/27)(a)(c)(d)

     33,798        31,255,262  

3.67%, 07/24/28 (Call 07/24/27)(a)(c)(d)

     36,396        34,110,586  

3.70%, 01/12/26

     19,579        18,780,974  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

 

3.75%, 06/16/24

   $ 673      $ 662,047  

3.88%, 10/25/23(a)

         12,642                12,598,417  

3.88%, 03/26/25(a)

     17,473        16,816,471  

3.88%, 01/24/39 (Call 01/24/38)(a)(c)(d)

     13,914        12,335,227  

3.89%, 01/10/28 (Call 01/10/27)(c)(d)

     37,240        35,593,158  

4.00%, 08/05/24(a)

     1,929        1,904,680  

4.04%, 06/01/24 (Call 06/01/23)(c)(d)

     15,726        15,684,795  

4.05%, 07/30/22

     14,890        14,927,770  

4.08%, 04/23/29 (Call 04/23/28)(c)(d)

     28,688        27,664,665  

4.13%, 07/25/28(a)

     18,135        17,175,388  

4.28%, 04/24/48 (Call 04/24/47)(a)(c)(d)

     9,773        8,968,774  

4.30%, 11/20/26(a)

     8,453        8,217,078  

4.40%, 06/10/25(a)

     31,101        30,756,074  

4.45%, 09/29/27

     44,736        43,524,939  

4.50%, 01/14/22(a)

     32,626        33,333,146  

4.60%, 03/09/26(a)

     17,093        16,984,706  

4.65%, 07/30/45

     15,628        14,966,992  

4.65%, 07/23/48 (Call 06/23/48)

     24,002        23,190,176  

4.75%, 05/18/46(a)

     19,509        18,164,026  

5.30%, 05/06/44(a)

     10,103        10,136,686  

5.50%, 09/13/25(a)

     12,533        13,160,511  

5.88%, 01/30/42

     10,131        11,446,012  

6.63%, 06/15/32(a)

     9,048        10,490,389  

6.68%, 09/13/43

     8,340        9,839,972  

8.13%, 07/15/39(a)

     27,237        37,863,265  

Citizens Bank N.A./Providence RI, 2.55%, 05/13/21 (Call 04/13/21)(a)

     2,726        2,650,792  

Citizens Financial Group Inc., 4.30%, 12/03/25 (Call 11/03/25)(a)

     10,518        10,245,001  

Compass Bank, 2.88%, 06/29/22 (Call 05/29/22)(a)

     3,873        3,713,295  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA

     

3.75%, 07/21/26

     26,680        24,865,912  

3.88%, 02/08/22

     29,328        29,460,126  

3.95%, 11/09/22(a)

     18,715        18,519,829  

4.38%, 08/04/25(a)

     18,318        17,932,871  

4.63%, 12/01/23(a)

     23,123        23,278,937  

5.25%, 05/24/41(a)

     19,718        21,413,018  

5.25%, 08/04/45(a)

     13,954        14,158,020  

5.75%, 12/01/43(a)

     9,609        10,428,679  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY

     

2.75%, 01/10/22

     7,327        7,117,377  

2.75%, 01/10/23(a)

     13,298        12,760,327  

3.38%, 05/21/25(a)

     13,893        13,434,977  

Credit Suisse AG/New York NY

     

3.00%, 10/29/21(a)

     1,875        1,838,089  

3.63%, 09/09/24

     33,169        32,367,391  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

     

3.75%, 03/26/25

     35,467        33,935,836  

3.80%, 09/15/22(a)

     20,631        20,391,441  

3.80%, 06/09/23(a)

     23,226        22,822,708  

4.55%, 04/17/26(a)

     26,894        26,649,792  

4.88%, 05/15/45(a)

     24,612        24,013,680  

Deutsche Bank AG

     

3.38%, 05/12/21(a)

     2,043        1,987,130  

4.10%, 01/13/26(a)

     803        752,772  

4.25%, 10/14/21

     1,515        1,502,925  

Deutsche Bank AG/London, 3.70%, 05/30/24(a)

     16,869        15,743,355  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

 

Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY

     

3.30%, 11/16/22

   $ 7,187      $ 6,771,846  

3.70%, 05/30/24

     3,103        2,891,891  

3.95%, 02/27/23

         12,944                12,451,485  

Discover Bank

     

3.20%, 08/09/21 (Call 07/09/21)

     6,961        6,843,182  

3.35%, 02/06/23 (Call 01/06/23)

     8,613        8,316,918  

3.45%, 07/27/26 (Call 04/27/26)(a)

     15,737        14,432,525  

4.20%, 08/08/23

     12,955        12,917,617  

4.65%, 09/13/28 (Call 06/13/28)(a)

     2,440        2,403,060  

Fifth Third Bancorp.

     

3.95%, 03/14/28 (Call 02/14/28)(a)

     10,670        10,373,276  

4.30%, 01/16/24 (Call 12/16/23)

     5,680        5,710,610  

8.25%, 03/01/38(a)

     6,739        8,936,975  

Fifth Third Bank/Cincinnati OH, 3.85%, 03/15/26 (Call 02/15/26)

     21,711        21,033,115  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

     

2.35%, 11/15/21 (Call 11/15/20)(a)

     27,347        26,304,880  

2.88%, 10/31/22 (Call 10/31/21)(c)(d)

     31,622        30,734,835  

2.91%, 06/05/23 (Call 06/05/22)(a)(c)(d)

     19,352        18,654,716  

2.91%, 07/24/23 (Call 07/24/22)(a)(c)(d)

     27,993        26,921,036  

3.00%, 04/26/22 (Call 04/26/21)

     38,841        37,801,491  

3.20%, 02/23/23 (Call 01/23/23)(a)

     18,556        18,018,316  

3.27%, 09/29/25 (Call 09/29/24)(c)(d)

     32,383        30,669,748  

3.50%, 01/23/25 (Call 10/23/24)

     34,284        32,817,985  

3.50%, 11/16/26 (Call 11/16/25)

     31,192        29,166,725  

3.63%, 01/22/23(a)

     32,788        32,397,606  

3.69%, 06/05/28 (Call 06/05/27)(a)(c)(d)

     31,261        29,305,281  

3.75%, 05/22/25 (Call 02/22/25)(a)

     31,700        30,683,371  

3.75%, 02/25/26 (Call 11/25/25)(a)

     24,259        23,266,426  

3.81%, 04/23/29 (Call 04/23/28)(c)(d)

     30,596        28,737,137  

3.85%, 07/08/24 (Call 04/08/24)(a)

     33,370        32,677,746  

3.85%, 01/26/27 (Call 01/26/26)(a)

     29,405        28,171,319  

4.00%, 03/03/24

     34,066        33,795,237  

4.02%, 10/31/38 (Call 10/31/37)(a)(c)(d)

     27,917        24,889,893  

4.22%, 05/01/29 (Call 05/01/28)(a)(c)(d)

     44,443        43,120,172  

4.25%, 10/21/25

     24,175        23,500,237  

4.41%, 04/23/39 (Call 04/23/38)(c)(d)

     18,600        17,447,006  

4.75%, 10/21/45 (Call 04/21/45)

     21,469        20,831,083  

4.80%, 07/08/44 (Call 01/08/44)(a)

     26,316        25,665,640  

5.15%, 05/22/45

     21,367        20,904,415  

5.25%, 07/27/21

     15,091        15,695,352  

5.75%, 01/24/22

     49,352        52,146,661  

5.95%, 01/15/27

     9,559        10,304,291  

6.25%, 02/01/41(a)

     25,385        29,404,832  

6.45%, 05/01/36

     855        966,447  

6.75%, 10/01/37(a)

     64,337        75,135,715  

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

     

5.63%, 08/15/35(a)

     10,852        11,732,195  

5.88%, 11/01/34

     8,553        9,473,958  

HSBC Holdings PLC

     

2.65%, 01/05/22

     34,518        33,364,263  

2.95%, 05/25/21

     13,909        13,667,373  

3.03%, 11/22/23 (Call 11/22/22)(a)(c)(d)

     14,754        14,171,300  

3.26%, 03/13/23 (Call 03/13/22)(c)(d)

     32,092        31,343,862  

3.60%, 05/25/23(a)

     24,125        23,736,146  

3.90%, 05/25/26

     39,732        38,073,928  

3.95%, 05/18/24 (Call 05/18/23)(a)(c)(d)

     5,960        5,892,492  

4.00%, 03/30/22(a)

     26,630        26,862,863  

4.04%, 03/13/28 (Call 03/13/27)(a)(c)(d)

     13,697        13,091,165  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

 

4.25%, 03/14/24(a)

   $     28,673      $         28,301,117  

4.25%, 08/18/25

     23,329        22,665,827  

4.29%, 09/12/26
(Call 09/12/25)(a)(c)(d)

     5,000        4,934,162  

4.30%, 03/08/26

     43,434        42,748,885  

4.38%, 11/23/26(a)

     26,101        25,281,781  

4.58%, 06/19/29 (Call 06/19/28)(a)(c)(d)

     25,986        25,725,197  

4.88%, 01/14/22(a)

     7,027        7,253,363  

5.25%, 03/14/44(a)

     27,496        27,504,351  

6.10%, 01/14/42(a)

     8,560        9,933,300  

6.50%, 05/02/36

     23,343        26,722,018  

6.50%, 09/15/37

     31,473        36,169,870  

6.80%, 06/01/38(a)

     21,415        25,463,129  

HSBC USA Inc.,
3.50%, 06/23/24(a)

     12,134        11,806,962  

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH, 2.30%, 01/14/22
(Call 12/14/21)(a)

     7,838        7,497,568  

ING Groep NV

     

3.15%, 03/29/22

     19,798        19,251,124  

3.95%, 03/29/27(a)

     25,540        24,245,891  

4.10%, 10/02/23

     7,315        7,271,441  

4.55%, 10/02/28

     10,000        9,806,286  

JPMorgan Chase &Co.

     

2.30%, 08/15/21
(Call 08/15/20)(a)

     1,800        1,741,969  

2.70%, 05/18/23
(Call 03/18/23)(a)

     19,457        18,576,991  

2.78%, 04/25/23
(Call 04/25/22)(c)(d)

     21,104        20,420,104  

2.95%, 10/01/26
(Call 07/01/26)(a)

     40,834        37,388,884  

2.97%, 01/15/23 (Call 01/15/22)

     16,128        15,620,068  

3.13%, 01/23/25
(Call 10/23/24)(a)

     31,206        29,597,986  

3.20%, 01/25/23

     24,892        24,339,885  

3.20%, 06/15/26 (Call 03/15/26)

     26,071        24,378,007  

3.22%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/24)(a)(c)(d)

     23,517        22,620,297  

3.25%, 09/23/22(a)

     36,815        36,329,697  

3.30%, 04/01/26 (Call 01/01/26)

     31,287        29,533,755  

3.38%, 05/01/23

     17,986        17,532,605  

3.51%, 01/23/29
(Call 01/23/28)(a)(c)(d)

     29,943        27,991,606  

3.54%, 05/01/28
(Call 05/01/27)(a)(c)(d)

     19,422        18,335,207  

3.56%, 04/23/24
(Call 04/23/23)(c)(d)

     25,843        25,428,310  

3.63%, 05/13/24

     20,274        19,946,988  

3.63%, 12/01/27 (Call 12/01/26)

     13,226        12,321,133  

3.78%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/27)(a)(c)(d)

     34,639        33,361,018  

3.80%, 07/23/24
(Call 07/23/23)(a)(c)(d)

     21,425        21,256,822  

3.88%, 02/01/24

     14,998        14,989,414  

3.88%, 09/10/24(a)

     25,524        25,048,110  

3.88%, 07/24/38
(Call 07/24/37)(a)(c)(d)

     33,286        30,107,643  

3.90%, 07/15/25
(Call 04/15/25)(a)

     30,756        30,315,863  

3.90%, 01/23/49
(Call 01/23/48)(a)(c)(d)

     18,422        15,996,558  

3.96%, 11/15/48
(Call 11/15/47)(a)(c)(d)

     25,528        22,415,616  

4.01%, 04/23/29
(Call 04/23/28)(a)(c)(d)

     35,196        34,082,022  

4.03%, 07/24/48
(Call 07/24/47)(a)(c)(d)

     15,498        13,728,888  

4.13%, 12/15/26(a)

     24,624        24,094,333  

4.20%, 07/23/29
(Call 07/23/28)(a)(c)(d)

     29,705        29,205,207  

4.25%, 10/01/27(a)

     18,117        17,772,757  

4.26%, 02/22/48
(Call 02/22/47)(c)(d)

     23,624        21,779,327  

4.35%, 08/15/21

     18,536        18,940,821  

4.50%, 01/24/22(a)

     30,130        30,961,739  

4.85%, 02/01/44(a)

     14,513        14,626,109  

4.95%, 06/01/45(a)

     21,639        21,843,019  

5.40%, 01/06/42(a)

     15,663        16,920,875  

5.50%, 10/15/40(a)

     11,503        12,570,212  

5.60%, 07/15/41

     22,485        24,899,855  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

     

5.63%, 08/16/43

   $ 15,570      $ 17,132,435  

6.40%, 05/15/38(a)

         31,845                38,229,588  

KeyBank N.A./Cleveland OH

     

2.30%, 09/14/22(a)

     3,830        3,647,204  

3.30%, 06/01/25(a)

     4,996        4,786,703  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

     

2.91%, 11/07/23 (Call 11/07/22)(a)(c)(d)

     32,690        31,068,239  

3.00%, 01/11/22(a)

     20,342        19,731,179  

3.10%, 07/06/21(a)

     3,499        3,434,732  

3.57%, 11/07/28 (Call 11/07/27)(a)(c)(d)

     18,460        16,636,049  

3.75%, 01/11/27

     16,239        15,027,262  

4.05%, 08/16/23(a)

     16,400        16,245,468  

4.34%, 01/09/48(a)

     16,051        13,339,277  

4.38%, 03/22/28(a)

     16,967        16,241,902  

4.45%, 05/08/25(a)

     19,825        19,740,990  

4.50%, 11/04/24(a)

     12,307        12,023,599  

4.55%, 08/16/28(a)

     17,300        16,745,326  

4.58%, 12/10/25

     17,836        17,196,854  

4.65%, 03/24/26

     20,350        19,686,126  

5.30%, 12/01/45(a)

     3,006        2,913,002  

M&T Bank Corp., 3.55%, 07/26/23 (Call 06/26/23)

     2,505        2,481,779  

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., 2.90%, 02/06/25 (Call 01/06/25)

     2,316        2,186,107  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

     

2.67%, 07/25/22(a)

     25,380        24,463,455  

2.76%, 09/13/26(a)

     15,280        13,779,593  

3.00%, 02/22/22(a)

     5,495        5,380,281  

3.29%, 07/25/27(a)

     21,106        19,690,642  

3.46%, 03/02/23(a)

     13,549        13,340,648  

3.68%, 02/22/27

     16,191        15,562,020  

3.76%, 07/26/23(a)

     19,700        19,570,057  

3.78%, 03/02/25

     870        855,735  

3.85%, 03/01/26

     36,987        36,120,813  

3.96%, 03/02/28

     2,215        2,172,572  

4.05%, 09/11/28

     10,000        9,859,015  

4.29%, 07/26/38(a)

     9,000        8,716,298  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

     

2.27%, 09/13/21

     15,019        14,433,387  

2.60%, 09/11/22

     5,977        5,703,016  

2.84%, 09/13/26(a)

     12,909        11,691,246  

2.95%, 02/28/22

     18,020        17,534,202  

3.17%, 09/11/27

     18,179        16,715,196  

3.55%, 03/05/23(a)

     6,375        6,288,302  

3.92%, 09/11/24 (Call 09/11/23)(a)(c)(d)

     10,000        9,954,023  

4.02%, 03/05/28(a)

     11,023        10,812,543  

4.25%, 09/11/29 (Call 09/11/28)(c)(d)

     10,950        10,810,095  

Morgan Stanley

     

2.63%, 11/17/21(a)

     40,798        39,578,821  

2.75%, 05/19/22(a)

     39,014        37,710,355  

3.13%, 01/23/23

     32,175        31,168,244  

3.13%, 07/27/26(a)

     33,157        30,414,886  

3.59%, 07/22/28 (Call 07/22/27)(c)(d)

     37,673        35,259,766  

3.63%, 01/20/27

     46,019        43,469,442  

3.70%, 10/23/24(a)

     35,792        34,898,689  

3.74%, 04/24/24 (Call 04/24/23)(c)(d)

     28,900        28,530,343  

3.75%, 02/25/23(a)

     31,609        31,377,217  

3.77%, 01/24/29 (Call 01/24/28)(c)(d)

     49,006        46,413,921  

3.88%, 01/27/26(a)

     36,344        35,185,422  

3.95%, 04/23/27(a)

     20,742        19,585,113  

3.97%, 07/22/38 (Call 07/22/37)(c)(d)

     14,976        13,520,252  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

     

4.00%, 07/23/25(a)

   $ 31,997      $ 31,417,397  

4.10%, 05/22/23(a)

     20,525        20,478,741  

4.30%, 01/27/45

     31,369        28,983,108  

4.35%, 09/08/26(a)

     25,615        25,003,601  

4.38%, 01/22/47(a)

     28,926        26,956,585  

4.46%, 04/22/39 (Call 04/22/38)(c)(d)

     19,183        18,382,597  

4.88%, 11/01/22(a)

     17,860        18,403,830  

5.00%, 11/24/25(a)

     18,058        18,476,440  

5.50%, 07/28/21

     2,025        2,118,495  

6.38%, 07/24/42(a)

     23,674        28,489,917  

7.25%, 04/01/32(a)

     9,230        11,662,971  

Series F, 3.88%, 04/29/24

         35,308                34,882,828  

National Australia Bank Ltd./New York

     

2.50%, 05/22/22

     12,479        11,957,582  

2.50%, 07/12/26

     11,079        9,890,419  

2.80%, 01/10/22

     11,098        10,789,443  

3.00%, 01/20/23(a)

     13,116        12,711,335  

3.38%, 01/14/26

     7,658        7,296,839  

3.63%, 06/20/23(a)

     7,215        7,157,414  

Northern Trust Corp., 3.95%, 10/30/25

     17,791        17,930,988  

PNC Bank N.A.

     

2.45%, 07/28/22 (Call 06/28/22)(a)(e)

     1,367        1,313,908  

2.55%, 12/09/21 (Call 11/09/21)(a)(e)

     7,262        7,059,464  

2.63%, 02/17/22 (Call 01/18/22)(e)

     23,297        22,615,826  

2.70%, 11/01/22 (Call 10/01/22)(a)(e)

     7,819        7,509,483  

2.95%, 01/30/23 (Call 12/30/22)(e)

     2,273        2,191,664  

2.95%, 02/23/25 (Call 01/24/25)(e)

     7,737        7,315,041  

3.10%, 10/25/27 (Call 09/25/27)(a)(e)

     26,937        25,083,707  

3.25%, 06/01/25 (Call 05/02/25)(e)

     17,433        16,745,950  

3.50%, 06/08/23 (Call 05/09/23)(e)

     5,545        5,508,056  

3.80%, 07/25/23 (Call 06/25/23)(e)

     7,459        7,415,454  

4.05%, 07/26/28(a)(e)

     16,180        15,884,086  

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

     

3.15%, 05/19/27 (Call 04/19/27)(e)

     3,083        2,891,429  

3.30%, 03/08/22 (Call 02/06/22)(a)(e)

     10,626        10,517,405  

3.90%, 04/29/24 (Call 03/29/24)(a)(e)

     3,045        3,011,355  

Regions Financial Corp., 2.75%, 08/14/22 (Call 07/14/22)(a)

     17,581        16,876,250  

Royal Bank of Canada

     

2.75%, 02/01/22(a)

     8,674        8,471,185  

3.70%, 10/05/23

     5,000        4,971,852  

4.65%, 01/27/26(a)

     18,869        19,026,601  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

     

1.00%, 01/27/30 (Call 01/27/29)(c)(d)

     5,300        5,198,397  

3.50%, 05/15/23 (Call 05/15/22)(c)(d)

     11,216        10,795,990  

3.88%, 09/12/23

     38,163        36,671,632  

4.52%, 06/25/24 (Call 06/25/23)(c)(d)

     9,500        9,399,819  

4.80%, 04/05/26

     25,028        24,678,444  

4.89%, 05/18/29 (Call 05/18/28)(c)(d)

     22,450        21,857,372  

5.13%, 05/28/24

     23,863        23,540,482  

6.00%, 12/19/23(a)

     21,045        21,623,737  

6.10%, 06/10/23(a)

     15,528        15,993,390  

6.13%, 12/15/22

     29,815        30,802,851  

Santander Holdings USA Inc.

     

3.40%, 01/18/23 (Call 12/18/22)

     8,138        7,755,740  

3.70%, 03/28/22 (Call 02/28/22)

     22,297        21,891,516  

4.40%, 07/13/27 (Call 04/14/27)

     17,655        16,483,573  

4.50%, 07/17/25 (Call 04/17/25)(a)

     11,538        11,324,362  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

 

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC

     

2.88%, 08/05/21

   $ 1,800      $ 1,744,012  

3.37%, 01/05/24
(Call 01/05/23)(c)(d)

         14,677                14,007,465  

3.57%, 01/10/23 (Call 01/10/22)

     17,136        16,533,342  

3.82%, 11/03/28
(Call 11/03/27)(c)(d)

     10,674        9,622,783  

Santander UK PLC, 4.00%, 03/13/24

     12,375        12,304,045  

State Street Corp.

     

2.65%, 05/19/26(a)

     12,341        11,289,678  

3.10%, 05/15/23(a)

     7,280        7,066,489  

3.30%, 12/16/24

     12,881        12,482,086  

3.55%, 08/18/25

     11,140        10,879,989  

3.70%, 11/20/23(a)

     4,558        4,546,625  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., 3.20%, 07/18/22

     3,259        3,196,121  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

     

2.06%, 07/14/21(a)

     850        816,096  

2.44%, 10/19/21(a)

     5,709        5,518,608  

2.63%, 07/14/26

     27,157        24,341,867  

2.78%, 07/12/22(a)

     25,382        24,481,444  

2.78%, 10/18/22

     16,208        15,586,772  

2.85%, 01/11/22

     3,688        3,590,071  

3.01%, 10/19/26

     20,575        18,885,373  

3.10%, 01/17/23(a)

     22,995        22,353,283  

3.35%, 10/18/27(a)

     7,268        6,796,829  

3.36%, 07/12/27

     22,298        20,896,896  

3.45%, 01/11/27(a)

     20,739        19,619,793  

3.54%, 01/17/28

     14,730        13,968,101  

3.75%, 07/19/23(a)

     3,125        3,106,136  

3.78%, 03/09/26(a)

     21,843        21,251,891  

4.31%, 10/16/28(a)

     5,000        5,036,391  

SunTrust Bank/Atlanta GA

     

2.45%, 08/01/22 (Call 07/01/22)

     12,580        12,028,826  

3.30%, 05/15/26 (Call 04/15/26)

     13,253        12,382,185  

SunTrust Banks Inc.

     

2.70%, 01/27/22 (Call 12/27/21)

     7,435        7,183,287  

4.00%, 05/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

     12,903        12,851,434  

Synchrony Bank, 3.00%, 06/15/22 (Call 05/15/22)

     9,289        8,858,719  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     

1.80%, 07/13/21(a)

     10,907        10,460,377  

3.50%, 07/19/23(a)

     1,152        1,145,655  

U.S. Bancorp.

     

2.95%, 07/15/22 (Call 06/15/22)(a)

     21,271        20,725,622  

3.00%, 03/15/22 (Call 02/15/22)(a)

     6,533        6,430,567  

3.10%, 04/27/26 (Call 03/27/26)(a)

     10,793        10,081,432  

3.60%, 09/11/24 (Call 08/11/24)(a)

     4,931        4,841,964  

3.70%, 01/30/24 (Call 12/29/23)(a)

     4,978        4,980,362  

3.90%, 04/26/28 (Call 03/24/28)(a)

     9,705        9,648,814  

4.13%, 05/24/21 (Call 04/23/21)(a)

     2,208        2,244,776  

Series V, 2.38%, 07/22/26 (Call 06/22/26)(a)

     22,765        20,416,663  

Series V, 2.63%, 01/24/22 (Call 12/23/21)

     12,052        11,734,744  

Series X, 3.15%, 04/27/27 (Call 03/27/27)(a)

     29,627        27,914,708  

U.S. Bank N.A./Cincinnati OH

     

2.80%, 01/27/25 (Call 12/27/24)(a)

     10,279        9,682,023  

2.85%, 01/23/23 (Call 12/23/22)

     22,234        21,583,689  

3.40%, 07/24/23 (Call 06/23/23)

     550        544,578  

Wachovia Corp., 5.50%, 08/01/35(a)

     11,827        12,504,790  

Wells Fargo &Co.

     

2.10%, 07/26/21(a)

     6,053        5,809,246  

2.63%, 07/22/22(a)

     50,137        48,071,461  

3.00%, 02/19/25

     26,693        24,970,386  

3.00%, 04/22/26

     48,195        44,359,815  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

 

3.00%, 10/23/26

   $ 50,241      $ 45,940,079  

3.07%, 01/24/23 (Call 01/24/22)(a)

         51,533        49,951,267  

3.30%, 09/09/24(a)

     34,567        33,165,592  

3.50%, 03/08/22(a)

     32,662        32,351,606  

3.55%, 09/29/25(a)

     38,034        36,503,006  

3.58%, 05/22/28 (Call 05/22/27)(a)(c)(d)

     32,053        30,461,286  

3.90%, 05/01/45(a)

     18,489        16,596,172  

4.10%, 06/03/26

     25,751        25,088,543  

4.13%, 08/15/23(a)

     6,680        6,690,698  

4.30%, 07/22/27

     19,088        18,708,078  

4.40%, 06/14/46(a)

     12,378        11,181,521  

4.65%, 11/04/44(a)

     27,942        26,279,781  

4.75%, 12/07/46(a)

     32,745        31,103,716  

4.90%, 11/17/45(a)

     25,467        24,703,003  

5.38%, 02/07/35

     5,783        6,229,095  

5.38%, 11/02/43

     25,291        25,938,996  

5.61%, 01/15/44(a)

     29,318        31,112,259  

Series M, 3.45%, 02/13/23

     31,276        30,543,516  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

     

3.55%, 08/14/23 (Call 07/14/23)

     5,505        5,452,297  

5.85%, 02/01/37

     9,921        11,090,846  

6.60%, 01/15/38

     18,246        22,098,092  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

2.00%, 08/19/21(a)

     10,006        9,588,114  

2.10%, 05/13/21

     4,062        3,920,554  

2.50%, 06/28/22

     7,644        7,325,823  

2.70%, 08/19/26(a)

     18,394        16,660,274  

2.75%, 01/11/23

     892        856,877  

2.80%, 01/11/22

     15,482        15,078,160  

2.85%, 05/13/26(a)

     26,121        23,968,846  

3.35%, 03/08/27(a)

     17,662        16,681,946  

3.40%, 01/25/28(a)

     12,900        12,174,614  

3.65%, 05/15/23(a)

     4,833        4,808,854  
     

 

 

 
                8,335,483,119  

Beverages — 3.4%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

     

2.63%, 01/17/23

     9,385        8,889,211  

3.30%, 02/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

     73,801        71,831,724  

3.65%, 02/01/26 (Call 11/01/25)(a)

     140,940        133,796,653  

3.70%, 02/01/24

     13,377        13,130,174  

4.00%, 01/17/43(a)

     4,003        3,349,859  

4.63%, 02/01/44

     8,488        7,709,897  

4.70%, 02/01/36 (Call 08/01/35)(a)

     74,062        70,364,832  

4.90%, 02/01/46 (Call 08/01/45)(a)

     141,583        133,803,312  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

     

2.50%, 07/15/22

     35,741        34,076,702  

3.50%, 01/12/24 (Call 12/12/23)(a)

     25,128        24,446,825  

3.75%, 01/15/22(a)

     27,985        27,966,678  

3.75%, 07/15/42(a)

     4,364        3,544,894  

4.00%, 04/13/28 (Call 01/13/28)(a)

     35,393        34,011,204  

4.38%, 04/15/38 (Call 10/15/37)(a)

     21,539        19,577,484  

4.44%, 10/06/48 (Call 04/06/48)(a)

     20,036        17,579,520  

4.60%, 04/15/48 (Call 10/15/47)(a)

     29,062        26,206,420  

4.75%, 04/15/58 (Call 10/15/57)(a)

     18,273        16,273,927  

4.95%, 01/15/42(a)

     12,033        11,565,274  

8.20%, 01/15/39

     10,282        13,766,494  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     

1.55%, 09/01/21(a)

     1,749        1,671,977  

2.25%, 09/01/26(a)

     11,725        10,506,408  

2.50%, 04/01/23(a)

     12,665        12,224,159  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Beverages (continued)

 

2.88%, 10/27/25(a)

   $     17,031      $ 16,148,351  

3.20%, 11/01/23(a)

     17,613        17,404,596  

3.30%, 09/01/21(a)

     12,535        12,588,932  

Constellation Brands Inc., 4.25%, 05/01/23(a)

     15,044        15,162,341  

Diageo Capital PLC, 2.63%, 04/29/23 (Call 01/29/23)(a).

     17,905        17,187,271  

Diageo Investment Corp., 2.88%, 05/11/22(a)

     6,281        6,158,410  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

     

4.06%, 05/25/23 (Call 04/25/23)(b)

     20,117        19,995,409  

4.42%, 05/25/25 (Call 03/25/25)(b)

     12,659        12,616,430  

4.60%, 05/25/28 (Call 02/25/28)(a)(b)

     29,117        28,638,695  

5.09%, 05/25/48 (Call 11/25/47)(a)(b)

     12,280        11,758,748  

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

     

2.10%, 07/15/21 (Call 06/15/21)

     8,861        8,487,337  

3.00%, 07/15/26 (Call 04/15/26)(a)

     25,320        22,546,898  

4.20%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)(a)

     22,769        19,185,162  

5.00%, 05/01/42(a)

     8,392        7,928,024  

PepsiCo Inc.

     

1.70%, 10/06/21 (Call 09/06/21)

     2,253        2,155,350  

2.25%, 05/02/22 (Call 04/02/22)

     10,863        10,470,798  

2.38%, 10/06/26 (Call 07/06/26)

     7,621        6,852,402  

2.75%, 03/05/22(a)

     10,842        10,637,421  

2.75%, 03/01/23

     11,991        11,642,256  

2.75%, 04/30/25 (Call 01/30/25)(a)

     8,739        8,253,780  

2.85%, 02/24/26 (Call 11/24/25)(a)

     3,230        3,020,825  

3.00%, 08/25/21(a)

     2,803        2,783,189  

3.00%, 10/15/27 (Call 07/15/27)(a)

     12,124        11,355,575  

3.10%, 07/17/22 (Call 05/17/22)

     7,140        7,068,687  

3.45%, 10/06/46 (Call 04/06/46)(a)

     14,703        12,546,242  

3.60%, 03/01/24 (Call 12/01/23)

     14,754        14,759,589  

4.00%, 03/05/42

     7,020        6,590,908  

4.00%, 05/02/47 (Call 11/02/46)(a)

     10,767        10,098,979  

4.45%, 04/14/46 (Call 10/14/45)(a)

     22,928        23,013,327  

5.50%, 01/15/40

     75        88,699  
     

 

 

 
                1,053,438,259  

Biotechnology — 2.1%

 

Amgen Inc.

     

2.25%, 08/19/23 (Call 06/19/23)

     1,948        1,814,100  

2.60%, 08/19/26 (Call 05/19/26)

     16,102        14,372,218  

2.65%, 05/11/22 (Call 04/11/22)

     14,075        13,574,836  

3.13%, 05/01/25 (Call 02/01/25)(a)

     12,326        11,628,692  

3.20%, 11/02/27 (Call 08/02/27)(a)

     14,659        13,467,151  

3.63%, 05/15/22 (Call 02/15/22)(a)

     9,386        9,359,907  

3.63%, 05/22/24 (Call 02/22/24)(a)

     21,067        20,774,965  

3.88%, 11/15/21 (Call 08/15/21)(a)

     10,474        10,553,906  

4.40%, 05/01/45 (Call 11/01/44)(a)

     25,132        22,870,437  

4.56%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

     18,504        17,024,463  

4.66%, 06/15/51 (Call 12/15/50)

     50,642        46,687,164  

5.15%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

     9,881        9,954,518  

Baxalta Inc.

     

4.00%, 06/23/25 (Call 03/23/25)

     12,637        12,300,580  

5.25%, 06/23/45 (Call 12/23/44)

     8,852        8,873,511  

Biogen Inc.

     

3.63%, 09/15/22

     7,584        7,541,978  

4.05%, 09/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)(a)

     23,167        22,936,067  

5.20%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)

     25,535        25,574,702  

Celgene Corp.

     

2.75%, 02/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)

     6,238        5,932,311  

3.25%, 08/15/22

     8,026        7,848,058  

3.25%, 02/20/23 (Call 01/20/23)(a)

     5,285        5,122,270  

3.45%, 11/15/27 (Call 08/15/27)(a)

     9,690        8,772,259  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Biotechnology (continued)

 

3.55%, 08/15/22

   $ 6,399      $ 6,323,836  

3.63%, 05/15/24 (Call 02/15/24)

         17,431        16,936,157  

3.88%, 08/15/25 (Call 05/15/25)

     30,656        29,530,063  

3.90%, 02/20/28 (Call 11/20/27)(a)

     23,335        21,896,075  

4.35%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

     14,895        12,460,515  

4.55%, 02/20/48 (Call 08/20/47)

     12,549        10,859,234  

4.63%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

     5,934        5,208,074  

5.00%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)(a)

     22,565        20,773,240  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

     

2.50%, 09/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)

     3,045        2,879,515  

2.95%, 03/01/27 (Call 12/01/26)(a)

     17,260        15,774,406  

3.25%, 09/01/22 (Call 07/01/22)(a)

     10,138        10,021,837  

3.50%, 02/01/25 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

     26,692        25,910,226  

3.65%, 03/01/26 (Call 12/01/25)(a)

     36,870        35,655,760  

3.70%, 04/01/24 (Call 01/01/24)(a)

     28,177        27,952,114  

4.00%, 09/01/36 (Call 03/01/36)(a)

     5,807        5,304,577  

4.15%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)(a)

     22,687        20,072,575  

4.40%, 12/01/21 (Call 09/01/21)(a)

     8,483        8,715,377  

4.50%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)(a)

     23,618        22,041,718  

4.60%, 09/01/35 (Call 03/01/35)

     7,166        7,055,014  

4.75%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)(a)

     28,469        27,474,236  

4.80%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)(a)

     19,143        18,684,338  

5.65%, 12/01/41 (Call 06/01/41)

     15,958        17,314,483  
     

 

 

 
        665,827,463  

Chemicals — 0.9%

 

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     

3.00%, 11/15/22 (Call 08/15/22)(a)

     15,836        15,363,067  

3.50%, 10/01/24 (Call 07/01/24)(a)

     8,228        7,979,041  

4.13%, 11/15/21 (Call 08/15/21)(a)

     8,179        8,293,913  

4.38%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)(a)

     12,991        11,479,917  

5.25%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)(a)

     11,428        11,435,768  

7.38%, 11/01/29

     11,425        13,900,521  

9.40%, 05/15/39(a)

     10,808        15,699,895  

Eastman Chemical Co.

     

3.60%, 08/15/22 (Call 05/15/22)

     12,534        12,450,784  

3.80%, 03/15/25 (Call 12/15/24)(a)

     645        624,842  

4.65%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

     8,899        7,980,354  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     

2.80%, 02/15/23(a)

     8,148        7,878,594  

4.15%, 02/15/43(a)

     6,595        5,910,479  

LYB International Finance BV

     

4.00%, 07/15/23(a)

     6,128        6,102,974  

4.88%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)(a)

     14,101        12,876,490  

5.25%, 07/15/43

     11,817        11,394,183  

LYB International Finance II BV, 3.50%, 03/02/27 (Call 12/02/26)(a)

     9,908        9,013,712  

LyondellBasell Industries NV

     

4.63%, 02/26/55 (Call 08/26/54)(a)

     16,604        13,933,252  

5.75%, 04/15/24 (Call 01/15/24)

     13,704        14,637,293  

6.00%, 11/15/21 (Call 08/17/21)

     4,577        4,825,860  

Mosaic Co. (The), 4.25%, 11/15/23 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

     14,518        14,553,315  

Rohm & Haas Co., 7.85%, 07/15/29(a)

     11,518        14,412,646  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     

2.75%, 06/01/22 (Call 05/01/22)(a)

     14,942        14,361,884  

3.45%, 06/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)(a)

     20,466        18,903,703  

4.50%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)(a)

     12,660        11,360,390  
     

 

 

 
                265,372,877  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Commercial Services — 0.2%

 

Automatic Data Processing Inc., 3.38%, 09/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)(a)

   $     14,300      $ 14,142,084  

Ecolab Inc.

     

2.70%, 11/01/26 (Call 08/01/26)(a)

     10,857        9,929,720  

3.95%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     301        274,612  

4.35%, 12/08/21

     5,586        5,723,627  

5.50%, 12/08/41(a)

     703        790,010  

S&P Global Inc., 4.40%, 02/15/26 (Call 11/15/25)

     14,263        14,499,515  

Total System Services Inc., 4.80%, 04/01/26 (Call 01/01/26)

     9,208        9,347,570  
     

 

 

 
                54,707,138  

Computers — 3.4%

 

Apple Inc.

     

1.55%, 08/04/21 (Call 07/04/21)(a)

     12,980        12,404,499  

2.10%, 09/12/22 (Call 08/12/22)

     3,009        2,866,994  

2.15%, 02/09/22(a)

     13,658        13,160,761  

2.30%, 05/11/22 (Call 04/11/22)(a)

     12,834        12,379,674  

2.40%, 01/13/23 (Call 12/13/22)(a)

     4,051        3,881,762  

2.40%, 05/03/23(a)

     69,349        66,128,793  

2.45%, 08/04/26 (Call 05/04/26)(a)

     27,807        25,267,715  

2.50%, 02/09/22 (Call 01/09/22)

     9,393        9,150,263  

2.50%, 02/09/25(a)

     17,920        16,698,021  

2.70%, 05/13/22

     15,216        14,866,738  

2.75%, 01/13/25 (Call 11/13/24)

     19,657        18,658,086  

2.85%, 02/23/23 (Call 12/23/22)

     16,438        16,015,808  

2.85%, 05/11/24 (Call 03/11/24)(a)

     22,759        21,841,302  

2.90%, 09/12/27 (Call 06/12/27)(a)

     27,216        25,209,645  

3.00%, 02/09/24 (Call 12/09/23)

     24,179        23,460,347  

3.00%, 06/20/27 (Call 03/20/27)(a)

     8,607        8,052,330  

3.00%, 11/13/27 (Call 08/13/27)(a)

     7,899        7,368,126  

3.20%, 05/13/25(a)

     22,328        21,623,514  

3.20%, 05/11/27 (Call 02/11/27)(a)

     17,131        16,272,077  

3.25%, 02/23/26 (Call 11/23/25)(a)

     37,563        36,167,786  

3.35%, 02/09/27 (Call 11/09/26)(a)

     25,202        24,252,998  

3.45%, 05/06/24(a)

     24,227        23,979,751  

3.45%, 02/09/45

     18,846        16,118,460  

3.75%, 09/12/47 (Call 03/12/47)

     17,021        15,241,134  

3.75%, 11/13/47 (Call 05/13/47)(a)

     11,645        10,432,969  

3.85%, 05/04/43(a)

     48,903        45,054,388  

3.85%, 08/04/46 (Call 02/04/46)(a)

     17,957        16,384,044  

4.25%, 02/09/47 (Call 08/09/46)(a)

     15,628        15,171,520  

4.38%, 05/13/45(a)

     26,725        26,600,518  

4.45%, 05/06/44(a)

     12,252        12,309,049  

4.50%, 02/23/36 (Call 08/23/35)(a)

     21,235        22,082,930  

4.65%, 02/23/46 (Call 08/23/45)

     46,142        47,585,409  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

     

4.42%, 06/15/21 (Call 05/15/21)(a)(b)

     13,199        13,306,712  

5.45%, 06/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)(b)

     36,352        37,611,019  

6.02%, 06/15/26 (Call 03/15/26)(b)

     57,334        59,446,087  

8.10%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)(b)

     19,667        22,281,197  

8.35%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)(a)(b)

     21,404        24,855,277  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     

4.40%, 10/15/22 (Call 08/15/22)(a)

     10,231        10,424,476  

4.90%, 10/15/25 (Call 07/15/25)(a)

     34,778        35,281,711  

6.20%, 10/15/35 (Call 04/15/35)(a)

     9,355        9,270,399  

6.35%, 10/15/45 (Call 04/15/45)(a)

     15,208        14,864,479  

HP Inc.

     

4.30%, 06/01/21

     9,219        9,376,959  

6.00%, 09/15/41

     13,597        13,453,379  

IBM Credit LLC, 3.00%, 02/06/23(a)

     9,540        9,285,348  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Computers (continued)

 

International Business Machines Corp.

     

1.88%, 08/01/22(a)

   $     15,427      $ 14,479,935  

2.50%, 01/27/22(a)

     10,578        10,230,213  

2.88%, 11/09/22(a)

     13,121        12,733,368  

3.38%, 08/01/23

     14,807        14,593,268  

3.45%, 02/19/26(a)

     19,010        18,336,090  

3.63%, 02/12/24(a)

     27,933        27,684,972  

4.00%, 06/20/42(a)

     19,590        17,799,701  

Seagate HDD Cayman

     

4.25%, 03/01/22 (Call 02/01/22)

     2,608        2,498,386  

4.75%, 06/01/23(a)

     9,446        8,970,605  

4.75%, 01/01/25(a)

     14,949        13,641,764  
     

 

 

 
                1,047,112,756  

Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.4%

 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     

1.70%, 11/03/21

     3,759        3,594,408  

2.15%, 08/11/22(a)

     11,075        10,624,436  

2.30%, 02/06/22(a)

     10,101        9,807,776  

2.45%, 11/03/26(a)

     8,314        7,584,250  

2.85%, 08/11/27(a)

     11,751        10,975,407  

3.10%, 08/15/23(a)

     15,496        15,333,596  

5.55%, 03/05/37

     765        904,325  

Unilever Capital Corp.

     

2.20%, 05/05/22 (Call 04/05/22)

     6,724        6,438,873  

2.90%, 05/05/27 (Call 02/05/27)

     16,536        15,296,028  

3.50%, 03/22/28 (Call 12/22/27)(a)

     19,900        19,137,472  

5.90%, 11/15/32(a)

     12,185        14,640,000  
     

 

 

 
        114,336,571  

Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%

 

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust

     

3.50%, 01/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)

     4,885        4,552,850  

3.65%, 07/21/27 (Call 04/21/27)(a)

     16,672        14,994,795  

3.95%, 02/01/22 (Call 01/01/22)

     12,025        11,899,176  

5.00%, 10/01/21(a)

     4,451        4,559,709  

Air Lease Corp., 3.00%, 09/15/23 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

     10,640        10,032,643  

American Express Co.

     

2.50%, 08/01/22 (Call 07/01/22)(a)

     22,605        21,652,369  

2.65%, 12/02/22

     25,043        23,979,354  

3.00%, 10/30/24 (Call 09/29/24)(a)

     22,407        21,201,349  

3.40%, 02/27/23 (Call 01/27/23)

     11,171        10,951,555  

3.70%, 08/03/23 (Call 07/03/23)(a)

     1,120        1,109,751  

4.05%, 12/03/42(a)

     13,115        12,274,525  

American Express Credit Corp.

     

2.70%, 03/03/22 (Call 01/31/22)(a)

     23,671        22,963,912  

3.30%, 05/03/27 (Call 04/03/27)(a)

     26,366        25,106,791  

Ameriprise Financial Inc., 4.00%, 10/15/23

     10,451        10,544,144  

Brookfield Finance Inc., 4.70%, 09/20/47 (Call 03/20/47)(a)

     13,834        12,707,311  

Brookfield Finance LLC, 4.00%, 04/01/24 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

     15,492        15,310,143  

Capital One Bank USA N.A., 3.38%, 02/15/23

     13,112        12,687,717  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     

2.65%, 01/25/23 (Call 12/25/22)

     4,420        4,256,215  

3.85%, 05/21/25 (Call 03/21/25)(a)

     13,970        13,960,992  

CME Group Inc.

     

3.00%, 09/15/22

     3,481        3,420,062  

3.00%, 03/15/25 (Call 12/15/24)(a)

     11,559        10,999,006  

5.30%, 09/15/43 (Call 03/15/43)(a)

     10,048        11,220,541  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

 

Discover Financial Services, 4.10%, 02/09/27
(Call 11/09/26)(a)

   $ 15,904      $ 14,984,183  

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co.

     

3.37%, 11/15/25(a)

     23,698        21,746,399  

4.42%, 11/15/35(a)

         141,211                125,276,228  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

     

3.75%, 12/01/25 (Call 09/01/25)(a)

     21,784        21,512,600  

3.75%, 09/21/28 (Call 06/21/28)(a)

     2,090        2,039,005  

4.00%, 10/15/23(a)

     4,463        4,539,701  

4.25%, 09/21/48 (Call 03/21/48)

     11,027        10,281,143  

International Lease Finance Corp., 5.88%, 08/15/22(a)

     7,406        7,796,030  

Jefferies Group LLC/Jefferies Group Capital Finance Inc.

     

4.15%, 01/23/30

     8,746        7,634,384  

4.85%, 01/15/27

     10,140        9,729,211  

Mastercard Inc.

     

2.95%, 11/21/26 (Call 08/21/26)

     12,779        12,008,357  

3.38%, 04/01/24(a)

     17,182        17,010,750  

ORIX Corp., 2.90%, 07/18/22(a)

     1,526        1,471,618  

Synchrony Financial

     

3.70%, 08/04/26 (Call 05/04/26)

     329        290,439  

3.75%, 08/15/21 (Call 06/15/21)

     1,610        1,587,699  

3.95%, 12/01/27 (Call 09/01/27)

     22,615        19,939,116  

4.25%, 08/15/24 (Call 05/15/24)

     6,478        6,147,511  

4.50%, 07/23/25 (Call 04/23/25)

     11,362        10,766,883  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     

2.95%, 04/01/22 (Call 02/01/22)(a)

     9,634        9,419,119  

3.30%, 04/01/27 (Call 01/01/27)(a)

     7,959        7,489,732  

Visa Inc.

     

2.15%, 09/15/22 (Call 08/15/22)

     12,912        12,320,806  

2.75%, 09/15/27 (Call 06/15/27)(a)

     4,020        3,700,225  

2.80%, 12/14/22 (Call 10/14/22)

     24,575        23,925,932  

3.15%, 12/14/25 (Call 09/14/25)(a)

     46,016        44,164,712  

3.65%, 09/15/47 (Call 03/15/47)(a)

     8,336        7,447,384  

4.15%, 12/14/35 (Call 06/14/35)(a)

     17,620        17,598,276  

4.30%, 12/14/45 (Call 06/14/45)

     43,442        42,939,593  
     

 

 

 
        744,151,946  

Electric — 2.1%

 

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

     

3.80%, 07/15/48 (Call 01/15/48)

     2,784        2,419,870  

4.45%, 01/15/49 (Call 07/15/48)(b)

     12,940        12,426,532  

4.50%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)(a)

     8,226        7,971,471  

5.15%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)(a)

     9,644        10,163,821  

6.13%, 04/01/36

     22,395        26,354,302  

Commonwealth Edison Co., 4.00%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)(a)

     940        873,509  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.

     

4.45%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)(a)

     11,612        11,446,140  

4.63%, 12/01/54 (Call 06/01/54)(a)

     10,948        10,636,964  

Dominion Energy Inc., 3.90%, 10/01/25 (Call 07/01/25)(a)

     18,972        18,544,049  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

     

3.88%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

     597        541,360  

5.30%, 02/15/40(a)

     3,240        3,571,758  

Duke Energy Corp.

     

1.80%, 09/01/21 (Call 08/01/21)(a)

     3,872        3,693,028  

2.65%, 09/01/26 (Call 06/01/26)(a)

     21,882        19,560,348  

3.15%, 08/15/27 (Call 05/15/27)(a)

     4,618        4,242,516  

3.75%, 04/15/24 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

     5,561        5,507,341  

3.75%, 09/01/46 (Call 03/01/46)(a)

     29,258        24,942,881  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electric (continued)

 

Duke Energy Florida LLC, 6.40%, 06/15/38(a)

   $ 6,065      $ 7,530,894  

Emera U.S. Finance LP

     

2.70%, 06/15/21 (Call 05/15/21)

     5,777        5,602,199  

3.55%, 06/15/26 (Call 03/15/26)

     12,473        11,573,800  

4.75%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

         11,699                10,939,786  

Entergy Corp., 2.95%, 09/01/26 (Call 06/01/26)

     9,076        8,236,677  

Exelon Corp.

     

3.40%, 04/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)

     9,627        9,058,047  

3.50%, 06/01/22 (Call 05/01/22)(a)

     13,498        13,153,839  

3.95%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)(a)

     15,648        15,371,752  

4.45%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)(a)

     8,302        7,764,777  

5.10%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     1,783        1,823,356  

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

     

5.60%, 06/15/42 (Call 12/15/41)(a)

     14,152        14,165,103  

6.25%, 10/01/39(a)

     12,205        12,900,651  

FirstEnergy Corp.

     

Series B, 3.90%, 07/15/27 (Call 04/15/27)

     21,685        20,768,453  

Series B, 4.25%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

     16,588        16,754,477  

Series C, 4.85%, 07/15/47 (Call 01/15/47)(a)

     6,550        6,386,460  

Series C, 7.38%, 11/15/31

     16,013        20,124,964  

Florida Power & Light Co., 3.95%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)(a)

     720        667,154  

Fortis Inc./Canada, 3.06%, 10/04/26 (Call 07/04/26)

     13,563        12,262,479  

Georgia Power Co., 4.30%, 03/15/42(a)

     11,870        10,843,233  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc., 3.55%, 05/01/27 (Call 02/01/27)(a)

     19,554        18,585,001  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC, 7.00%, 09/01/22

     13,025        14,631,810  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

     

3.30%, 12/01/27 (Call 09/01/27)

     22,078        19,595,563  

3.95%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     12,745        10,262,291  

5.40%, 01/15/40

     11,054        10,994,819  

5.80%, 03/01/37

     8,301        8,641,897  

6.05%, 03/01/34

     38,660        41,244,247  

Sempra Energy

     

2.90%, 02/01/23 (Call 01/01/23)(a)

     1,385        1,329,651  

3.25%, 06/15/27 (Call 03/15/27)

     12,567        11,571,875  

3.40%, 02/01/28 (Call 10/01/27)(a)

     15,299        14,147,007  

3.80%, 02/01/38 (Call 08/01/37)

     11,765        10,305,485  

4.00%, 02/01/48 (Call 08/01/47)(a)

     11,539        10,030,354  

6.00%, 10/15/39(a)

     6,367        7,148,604  

Southern California Edison Co.

     

4.00%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)

     12,681        11,571,256  

4.65%, 10/01/43 (Call 04/01/43)(a)

     11,241        11,233,407  

Series C, 4.13%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     6,940        6,422,700  

Southern Co. (The)

     

2.35%, 07/01/21 (Call 06/01/21)

     3,104        3,011,025  

2.95%, 07/01/23 (Call 05/01/23)(a)

     20,633        19,702,693  

3.25%, 07/01/26 (Call 04/01/26)(a)

     25,489        23,627,034  

4.40%, 07/01/46 (Call 01/01/46)

     18,822        17,301,084  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

     

Series A, 3.15%, 01/15/26 (Call 10/15/25)(a)

     8,957        8,581,059  

Series A, 3.50%, 03/15/27 (Call 12/15/26)

     9,694        9,379,787  
     

 

 

 
        658,142,640  

Electronics — 0.1%

 

Fortive Corp.

     

2.35%, 06/15/21 (Call 05/15/21)(a)

     4,070        3,930,406  

3.15%, 06/15/26 (Call 03/15/26)(a)

     11,657        10,805,449  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electronics (continued)

 

Honeywell International Inc.

     

1.85%, 11/01/21 (Call 10/01/21)(a)

   $     17,634      $ 16,891,467  

2.50%, 11/01/26 (Call 08/01/26)(a)

     16,279        14,919,170  
     

 

 

 
                46,546,492  

Environmental Control — 0.1%

 

Republic Services Inc.

     

3.55%, 06/01/22 (Call 03/01/22)(a)

     10,958        10,896,987  

3.95%, 05/15/28 (Call 02/15/28)(a)

     9,765        9,561,032  

Waste Management Inc.

     

3.15%, 11/15/27 (Call 08/15/27)(a)

     4,948        4,637,454  

4.10%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)(a)

     8,012        7,568,983  
     

 

 

 
        32,664,456  

Food — 1.7%

 

Campbell Soup Co.

     

3.65%, 03/15/23 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

     9,726        9,424,961  

3.95%, 03/15/25 (Call 01/15/25)(a)

     8,336        7,901,544  

4.15%, 03/15/28 (Call 12/15/27)(a)

     14,677        13,560,645  

4.80%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)(a)

     3,003        2,546,253  

Conagra Brands Inc.

     

3.20%, 01/25/23 (Call 10/25/22)

     10,000        9,669,268  

4.30%, 05/01/24 (Call 04/01/24)

     10,085        10,103,328  

4.60%, 11/01/25 (Call 09/01/25)

     10,000        10,012,870  

4.85%, 11/01/28 (Call 08/01/28)(a)

     10,000        9,965,883  

5.30%, 11/01/38 (Call 05/01/38)

     10,000        9,678,960  

5.40%, 11/01/48 (Call 05/01/48)(a)

     13,250        12,669,384  

General Mills Inc.

     

3.15%, 12/15/21 (Call 09/15/21)(a)

     4,736        4,663,782  

3.20%, 02/10/27 (Call 11/10/26)(a)

     7,128        6,429,592  

3.70%, 10/17/23 (Call 09/17/23)

     9,273        9,137,021  

4.00%, 04/17/25 (Call 02/17/25)(a)

     7,128        6,983,620  

4.20%, 04/17/28 (Call 01/17/28)(a)

     20,802        20,074,184  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     

3.50%, 10/15/21(a)

     6,731        6,714,853  

3.50%, 03/15/25(a)

     16,954        16,137,563  

Kellogg Co.

     

3.25%, 04/01/26(a)

     12,102        11,195,399  

Series B, 7.45%, 04/01/31(a)

     1,687        2,082,758  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

     

3.00%, 06/01/26 (Call 03/01/26)(a)

     28,265        25,355,624  

3.50%, 06/06/22(a)

     22,257        22,012,954  

3.50%, 07/15/22 (Call 05/15/22)(a)

     15,390        15,195,678  

3.95%, 07/15/25 (Call 04/15/25)(a)

     30,726        29,658,603  

4.00%, 06/15/23 (Call 05/15/23)(a)

     18,798        18,696,656  

4.38%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)(a)

     34,023        28,297,273  

4.63%, 01/30/29 (Call 10/30/28)(a)

     10,466        10,200,687  

5.00%, 07/15/35 (Call 01/15/35)

     10,232        9,668,887  

5.00%, 06/04/42(a)

     24,245        22,223,003  

5.20%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)(a)

     18,287        17,111,369  

6.50%, 02/09/40

     7,659        8,286,212  

6.88%, 01/26/39

     11,072        12,531,916  

Kroger Co. (The)

     

2.65%, 10/15/26 (Call 07/15/26)(a)

     13,699        12,000,698  

4.45%, 02/01/47 (Call 08/01/46)(a)

     17,542        15,228,200  

McCormick &Co. Inc./MD

     

2.70%, 08/15/22 (Call 07/15/22)(a)

     3,780        3,630,195  

3.40%, 08/15/27 (Call 05/15/27)

     8,411        7,902,526  

Mondelez International Inc., 3.63%, 05/07/23
(Call 04/07/23)

     3,730        3,684,649  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Food (continued)

 

Sysco Corp.

     

3.25%, 07/15/27 (Call 04/15/27)(a)

   $ 10,454      $ 9,647,352  

3.30%, 07/15/26 (Call 04/15/26)(a)

     12,361        11,571,967  

3.75%, 10/01/25 (Call 07/01/25)

     11,141        10,838,174  

Tyson Foods Inc.

     

3.55%, 06/02/27 (Call 03/02/27)(a)

     15,633        14,569,046  

3.95%, 08/15/24 (Call 05/15/24)(a)

     12,183        12,104,288  

4.50%, 06/15/22 (Call 03/15/22)(a)

     10,173        10,404,742  

4.55%, 06/02/47 (Call 12/02/46)(a)

         10,741        9,681,140  
     

 

 

 
                519,453,707  

Forest Products & Paper — 0.2%

 

International Paper Co.

     

3.00%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)(a)

     13,429        12,076,107  

3.65%, 06/15/24 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

     10,290        10,185,354  

4.35%, 08/15/48 (Call 02/15/48)

     20,901        17,906,578  

4.40%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)(a)

     9,382        8,091,677  

4.75%, 02/15/22 (Call 11/15/21)

     8,828        9,112,511  

4.80%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)

     8,590        7,882,461  

7.30%, 11/15/39(a)

     1,042        1,252,367  
     

 

 

 
        66,507,055  

Gas — 0.1%

 

NiSource Inc.

     

3.49%, 05/15/27 (Call 02/15/27)

     10,556        9,910,234  

3.95%, 03/30/48 (Call 09/30/47)(a)

     5,521        4,733,852  

4.38%, 05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)

     11,132        10,207,751  

4.80%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)(a)

     13,410        13,047,453  
     

 

 

 
        37,899,290  

Health Care - Products — 1.9%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     

2.55%, 03/15/22(a)

     4,880        4,720,098  

2.90%, 11/30/21 (Call 10/30/21)(a)

     36,840        36,158,408  

2.95%, 03/15/25 (Call 12/15/24)(a)

     3,890        3,671,691  

3.40%, 11/30/23 (Call 09/30/23)(a)

     7,974        7,885,756  

3.75%, 11/30/26 (Call 08/30/26)

     18,970        18,637,539  

4.75%, 11/30/36 (Call 05/30/36)(a)

     29,044        29,619,731  

4.90%, 11/30/46 (Call 05/30/46)

     40,036        41,256,157  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     

2.89%, 06/06/22 (Call 05/06/22)

     22,728        21,953,373  

3.13%, 11/08/21(a)

     10,123        9,923,556  

3.36%, 06/06/24 (Call 04/06/24)(a)

     21,303        20,345,170  

3.70%, 06/06/27 (Call 03/06/27)

     34,109        32,040,187  

3.73%, 12/15/24 (Call 09/15/24)

     19,779        19,171,350  

4.67%, 06/06/47 (Call 12/06/46)(a)

     16,120        15,110,438  

4.69%, 12/15/44 (Call 06/15/44)

     10,993        10,203,287  

Boston Scientific Corp.

     

3.85%, 05/15/25(a)

     13,275        13,097,175  

4.00%, 03/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)

     12,929        12,608,709  

Medtronic Global Holdings SCA, 3.35%, 04/01/27
(Call 01/01/27)

     14,039        13,449,831  

Medtronic Inc.

     

3.15%, 03/15/22(a)

     24,403        24,135,799  

3.50%, 03/15/25

     52,150        51,041,286  

3.63%, 03/15/24 (Call 12/15/23)(a)

     2,432        2,421,041  

4.38%, 03/15/35

     24,178        24,072,054  

4.63%, 03/15/45(a)

     53,308        53,975,661  

Stryker Corp.

     

3.38%, 11/01/25 (Call 08/01/25)

     7,081        6,726,139  

3.50%, 03/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)

     11,772        11,232,434  

4.63%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)(a)

     13,446        13,040,405  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Health Care - Products (continued)

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

     

2.95%, 09/19/26 (Call 06/19/26)

   $     14,682      $ 13,407,642  

3.00%, 04/15/23 (Call 02/15/23)

     16,977        16,356,935  

3.15%, 01/15/23 (Call 10/15/22)(a)

     4,112        4,001,627  

3.20%, 08/15/27 (Call 05/15/27)

     19,130        17,630,527  

3.30%, 02/15/22(a)

     4,255        4,233,614  

3.60%, 08/15/21 (Call 05/15/21)(a)

     2,753        2,751,167  

4.10%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

     9,213        8,252,739  

4.15%, 02/01/24 (Call 11/01/23)(a)

     10,908        11,007,879  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

     

3.15%, 04/01/22 (Call 02/01/22)

     2,898        2,819,437  

3.55%, 04/01/25 (Call 01/01/25)(a)

     28,754        27,149,990  
     

 

 

 
                604,108,832  

Health Care - Services — 2.1%

 

Aetna Inc.

     

2.75%, 11/15/22 (Call 08/15/22)

     9,771        9,369,642  

2.80%, 06/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)(a)

     14,832        14,143,869  

3.50%, 11/15/24 (Call 08/15/24)(a)

     10,332        10,041,319  

3.88%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)(a)

     5,431        4,591,869  

6.63%, 06/15/36

     8,245        9,811,235  

Anthem Inc.

     

2.95%, 12/01/22 (Call 11/01/22)

     11,417        11,024,681  

3.13%, 05/15/22

     11,366        11,108,277  

3.30%, 01/15/23

     15,223        14,856,710  

3.35%, 12/01/24 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

     8,668        8,326,971  

3.50%, 08/15/24 (Call 05/15/24)

     13,456        13,060,037  

3.65%, 12/01/27 (Call 09/01/27)(a)

     15,389        14,380,288  

4.10%, 03/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)

     13,860        13,402,336  

4.38%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     13,279        11,968,837  

4.55%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)(a)

     10,307        9,566,542  

4.63%, 05/15/42(a)

     8,811        8,314,459  

4.65%, 01/15/43

     11,001        10,405,981  

4.65%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

     9,608        9,082,286  

5.85%, 01/15/36

     553        603,666  

Cigna Corp.

     

3.05%, 10/15/27 (Call 07/15/27)

     1,407        1,246,993  

3.25%, 04/15/25 (Call 01/15/25)(a)

     7,068        6,654,207  

3.88%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)(a)

     5,691        4,613,687  

4.00%, 02/15/22 (Call 11/15/21)(a)

     3,945        3,969,567  

Halfmoon Parent Inc.

     

3.75%, 07/15/23 (Call 06/15/23)(a)(b)

     36,685        36,385,944  

4.13%, 11/15/25 (Call 09/15/25)(b)

     29,715        29,332,767  

4.38%, 10/15/28 (Call 07/15/28)(b)

     46,125        45,032,589  

4.80%, 08/15/38 (Call 02/15/38)(b)

     30,965        29,813,018  

4.90%, 12/15/48 (Call 06/15/48)(a)(b)

     40,145        38,074,096  

Humana Inc., 4.95%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

     7,133        7,146,707  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 4.15%, 05/01/47
(Call 11/01/46)(a)

     5,149        4,896,386  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     

3.60%, 02/01/25 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

     19,155        18,412,355  

4.70%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)(a)

     8,239        7,664,633  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     

2.38%, 10/15/22(a)

     10,094        9,655,451  

2.88%, 12/15/21(a)

     9,552        9,406,575  

2.88%, 03/15/22 (Call 12/15/21)(a)

     18,812        18,443,317  

2.88%, 03/15/23

     5,149        4,994,262  

2.95%, 10/15/27(a)

     12,298        11,356,509  

3.10%, 03/15/26

     7,719        7,306,789  

3.35%, 07/15/22(a)

     16,084        15,954,829  

3.38%, 04/15/27(a)

     1,619        1,552,795  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Health Care - Services (continued)

 

3.45%, 01/15/27(a)

   $ 7,599      $ 7,323,730  

3.50%, 06/15/23(a)

     4,290        4,272,596  

3.75%, 07/15/25

     25,536        25,312,611  

3.75%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)(a)

     10,965        9,663,601  

3.85%, 06/15/28(a)

     14,847        14,677,835  

4.20%, 01/15/47 (Call 07/15/46)

     8,498        8,047,384  

4.25%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)(a)

     11,958        11,415,950  

4.25%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)(a)

     1,509        1,444,121  

4.25%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)(a)

         23,480        22,381,070  

4.63%, 07/15/35

     10,379        10,648,599  

4.75%, 07/15/45(a)

     24,083        24,565,674  

5.80%, 03/15/36

     6,966        7,976,668  

6.88%, 02/15/38(a)

     13,236        17,148,624  
     

 

 

 
                660,850,944  

Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.0%

 

Ares Capital Corp., 3.50%, 02/10/23 (Call 01/10/23)

     1,207        1,149,954  
     

 

 

 

Housewares — 0.2%

 

Newell Brands Inc.

     

3.85%, 04/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)

     21,522        20,799,528  

4.20%, 04/01/26 (Call 01/01/26)(a)

     28,961        26,601,040  

5.50%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)(a)

     25,069        21,630,145  
     

 

 

 
        69,030,713  

Insurance — 1.9%

 

Aflac Inc., 3.63%, 11/15/24

     4,141        4,086,823  

American International Group Inc.

     

3.75%, 07/10/25 (Call 04/10/25)

     18,863        18,047,254  

3.88%, 01/15/35 (Call 07/15/34)

     6,291        5,411,959  

3.90%, 04/01/26 (Call 01/01/26)

     21,950        20,979,391  

4.13%, 02/15/24(a)

     15,777        15,689,414  

4.20%, 04/01/28 (Call 01/01/28)(a)

     10,503        10,121,135  

4.38%, 01/15/55 (Call 07/15/54)

     6,515        5,334,533  

4.50%, 07/16/44 (Call 01/16/44)(a)

     23,975        21,246,336  

4.75%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)(a)

     12,967        11,915,947  

4.80%, 07/10/45 (Call 01/10/45)(a)

     12,920        12,016,738  

4.88%, 06/01/22

     17,165        17,636,514  

6.25%, 05/01/36

     6,567        7,218,215  

Aon PLC, 3.88%, 12/15/25
(Call 09/15/25)(a)

     14,098        13,792,674  

Athene Holding Ltd., 4.13%, 01/12/28 (Call 10/12/27)(a)

     13,646        12,449,820  

AXA Equitable Holdings Inc.

     

3.90%, 04/20/23 (Call 03/20/23)(b)

     11,947        11,801,967  

4.35%, 04/20/28 (Call 01/20/28)(a)(b)

     15,251        14,586,659  

5.00%, 04/20/48 (Call 10/20/47)(b)

     9,758        8,704,607  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

     

3.00%, 05/15/22

     4,985        4,929,683  

4.20%, 08/15/48 (Call 02/15/48)(a)

     28,210        26,889,967  

5.75%, 01/15/40(a)

     9,803        11,333,909  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

     

2.75%, 03/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)

     28,119        27,296,350  

3.13%, 03/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)(a)

     33,251        31,653,559  

4.50%, 02/11/43(a)

     11,324        11,369,006  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.

     

3.70%, 06/22/27 (Call 03/22/27)(a)

     21,185        18,229,735  

4.70%, 06/22/47 (Call 12/22/46)

     20,391        15,738,441  

Chubb Corp. (The), 6.00%, 05/11/37(a)

     12,079        14,304,122  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc.

     

2.88%, 11/03/22 (Call 09/03/22)(a)

     8,741        8,530,016  

3.15%, 03/15/25(a)

     11,585        11,114,683  

3.35%, 05/03/26 (Call 02/03/26)

     10,409        10,003,811  

4.35%, 11/03/45 (Call 05/03/45)

     17,003        16,748,011  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Insurance (continued)

 

Manulife Financial Corp.

     

4.15%, 03/04/26

   $     12,524      $ 12,422,668  

5.38%, 03/04/46(a)

     10,779        11,494,242  

MetLife Inc.

     

3.60%, 04/10/24(a)

     9,440        9,375,874  

4.05%, 03/01/45(a)

     13,451        12,011,684  

4.13%, 08/13/42

     4,131        3,739,330  

4.60%, 05/13/46 (Call 11/13/45)(a)

     4,638        4,513,283  

4.88%, 11/13/43(a)

     9,839        9,954,405  

5.70%, 06/15/35

     10,450        11,625,380  

5.88%, 02/06/41

     6,107        6,974,847  

6.38%, 06/15/34(a)

     8,453        9,963,564  

Series D, 4.37%, 09/15/23

     15,513        15,972,481  

Progressive Corp. (The), 4.13%, 04/15/47
(Call 10/15/46)

     10,754        10,116,843  

Prudential Financial Inc.

     

3.91%, 12/07/47 (Call 06/07/47)(a)

     7,677        6,655,987  

3.94%, 12/07/49 (Call 06/07/49)(a)

     19,221        16,622,257  

4.60%, 05/15/44

     13,420        13,037,518  

5.70%, 12/14/36

     5,199        5,747,799  

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

     

5.35%, 11/01/40(a)

     8,697        9,643,116  

6.25%, 06/15/37(a)

     9,519        11,547,595  
     

 

 

 
                600,600,152  

Internet — 1.3%

 

Alphabet Inc.

     

2.00%, 08/15/26 (Call 05/15/26)

     28,484        25,220,947  

3.38%, 02/25/24(a)

     13,337        13,306,824  

Amazon.com Inc.

     

2.40%, 02/22/23 (Call 01/22/23)

     18,336        17,513,431  

2.50%, 11/29/22 (Call 08/29/22)

     15,583        14,998,589  

2.80%, 08/22/24 (Call 06/22/24)

     24,517        23,375,055  

3.15%, 08/22/27 (Call 05/22/27)(a)

     53,802        50,596,455  

3.30%, 12/05/21 (Call 10/05/21)(a)

     2,973        2,972,582  

3.80%, 12/05/24 (Call 09/05/24)(a)

     9,725        9,772,547  

3.88%, 08/22/37 (Call 02/22/37)(a)

     37,033        34,924,315  

4.05%, 08/22/47 (Call 02/22/47)(a)

     44,587        41,633,463  

4.25%, 08/22/57 (Call 02/22/57)(a)

     21,258        19,918,752  

4.80%, 12/05/34 (Call 06/05/34)

     29,998        31,561,361  

4.95%, 12/05/44 (Call 06/05/44)(a)

     13,009        13,983,430  

5.20%, 12/03/25 (Call 09/03/25)

     3,990        4,317,933  

Booking Holdings Inc., 3.60%, 06/01/26 (Call 03/01/26)(a)

     14,481        13,825,228  

eBay Inc.

     

2.60%, 07/15/22 (Call 04/15/22)(a)

     7,303        7,010,922  

2.75%, 01/30/23 (Call 12/30/22)(a)

     10,994        10,520,994  

3.45%, 08/01/24 (Call 05/01/24)

     10,228        9,814,630  

3.60%, 06/05/27 (Call 03/05/27)(a)

     10,077        9,327,775  

3.80%, 03/09/22 (Call 02/09/22)

     12,435        12,460,697  

4.00%, 07/15/42 (Call 01/15/42)

     10,471        8,007,894  

Expedia Group Inc.

     

3.80%, 02/15/28 (Call 11/15/27)

     18,309        16,574,233  

5.00%, 02/15/26 (Call 11/15/25)

     6,661        6,684,838  
     

 

 

 
        398,322,895  

Machinery — 0.5%

 

ABB Finance USA Inc.

     

2.88%, 05/08/22(a)

     17,097        16,714,974  

3.80%, 04/03/28 (Call 01/03/28)

     1,515        1,497,130  

4.38%, 05/08/42

     4,966        4,845,225  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Machinery (continued)

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 1.70%, 08/09/21(a)

   $ 8,996      $ 8,596,077  

Caterpillar Inc.

     

3.40%, 05/15/24 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

     10,418        10,311,211  

3.80%, 08/15/42(a)

     20,337        18,526,055  

5.20%, 05/27/41

     9,279        10,138,705  

Deere & Co.

     

2.60%, 06/08/22 (Call 03/08/22)(a)

     6,886        6,684,493  

3.90%, 06/09/42 (Call 12/09/41)(a)

     15,774        14,881,323  

John Deere Capital Corp., 2.80%, 03/06/23(a)

     17,744        17,198,097  

Wabtec Corp.

     

4.15%, 03/15/24 (Call 02/15/24)

     15,005        14,637,036  

4.70%, 09/15/28 (Call 06/15/28)(a)

         17,095        16,513,038  
     

 

 

 
                140,543,364  

Manufacturing — 0.9%

 

3M Co.

     

2.88%, 10/15/27 (Call 07/15/27)

     2,970        2,767,926  

3.63%, 09/14/28 (Call 06/14/28)(a)

     7,000        6,899,089  

5.70%, 03/15/37(a)

     1,410        1,637,922  

Eaton Corp.

     

2.75%, 11/02/22(a)

     16,851        16,266,873  

4.15%, 11/02/42

     8,352        7,626,635  

General Electric Co.

     

2.70%, 10/09/22(a)

     40,002        37,808,090  

3.10%, 01/09/23

     13,128        12,584,795  

3.15%, 09/07/22(a)

     9,435        9,109,637  

3.38%, 03/11/24(a)

     4,849        4,608,606  

3.45%, 05/15/24 (Call 02/13/24)

     1,322        1,259,151  

4.13%, 10/09/42

     23,231        18,898,181  

4.50%, 03/11/44(a)

     29,396        25,185,605  

4.65%, 10/17/21(a)

     16,708        17,014,236  

5.88%, 01/14/38(a)

     35,125        35,793,176  

6.15%, 08/07/37

     12,477        13,081,673  

6.88%, 01/10/39(a)

     22,350        25,384,082  

Series A, 6.75%, 03/15/32

     31,422        35,501,999  

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

     

2.65%, 11/15/26 (Call 08/15/26)(a)

     8,416        7,695,706  

3.90%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)(a)

     16,090        15,109,405  
     

 

 

 
        294,232,787  

Media — 4.7%

 

21st Century Fox America Inc.

     

3.00%, 09/15/22(a)

     15,401        15,005,869  

6.15%, 03/01/37

     18,278        21,987,694  

6.15%, 02/15/41(a)

     15,518        18,824,070  

6.20%, 12/15/34(a)

     7,579        9,117,926  

6.40%, 12/15/35(a)

     12,584        15,380,522  

6.65%, 11/15/37(a)

     13,308        16,940,533  

CBS Corp.

     

3.50%, 01/15/25 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

     195        184,219  

4.00%, 01/15/26 (Call 10/15/25)

     22,421        21,607,501  

7.88%, 07/30/30(a)

     5,095        6,240,075  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter
Communications Operating Capital

     

3.75%, 02/15/28 (Call 11/15/27)

     16,330        14,773,318  

4.20%, 03/15/28 (Call 12/15/27)(a)

     17,593        16,513,251  

4.46%, 07/23/22 (Call 05/23/22)(a)

     34,117        34,523,374  

4.50%, 02/01/24 (Call 01/01/24)(a)

     6,335        6,345,374  

4.91%, 07/23/25 (Call 04/23/25)

     55,593        55,874,134  

5.38%, 04/01/38 (Call 10/01/37)(a)

     10,519        9,726,925  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Media (continued)

 

5.38%, 05/01/47 (Call 11/01/46)

   $     32,073      $         28,905,788  

5.75%, 04/01/48
(Call 10/01/47)(a)

     19,359        18,206,789  

6.38%, 10/23/35
(Call 04/23/35)(a)

     25,344        26,102,761  

6.48%, 10/23/45
(Call 04/23/45)(a)

     43,271        44,141,141  

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc.,
9.46%, 11/15/22(a)

     12,108        14,686,979  

Comcast Corp.

     

2.35%, 01/15/27
(Call 10/15/26)(a)

     13,800        12,064,582  

2.75%, 03/01/23
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

     12,582        12,106,894  

2.85%, 01/15/23

     6,714        6,491,478  

3.00%, 02/01/24 (Call 01/01/24)

     17,866        17,198,047  

3.13%, 07/15/22

     9,117        8,971,498  

3.15%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)(a)

     19,597        18,363,367  

3.15%, 02/15/28
(Call 11/15/27)(a)

     16,412        15,060,140  

3.20%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)

     18,081        14,881,337  

3.30%, 02/01/27 (Call 11/01/26)

     8,182        7,658,942  

3.38%, 02/15/25
(Call 11/15/24)(a)

     15,792        15,284,819  

3.38%, 08/15/25
(Call 05/15/25)(a)

     16,403        15,791,001  

3.40%, 07/15/46
(Call 01/15/46)(a)

     21,877        17,307,450  

3.55%, 05/01/28
(Call 02/01/28)(a)

     13,394        12,648,503  

3.60%, 03/01/24(a)

     10,417        10,320,956  

3.70%, 04/15/24
(Call 03/15/24)(a)

     32,665        32,528,235  

3.90%, 03/01/38 (Call 09/01/37)

     12,483        11,143,664  

3.95%, 10/15/25
(Call 08/15/25)(a)

     28,275        28,222,929  

3.97%, 11/01/47 (Call 05/01/47)

     20,111        17,475,258  

4.00%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

     7,690        6,707,454  

4.00%, 03/01/48
(Call 09/01/47)(a)

     17,725        15,464,538  

4.00%, 11/01/49 (Call 05/01/49)

     18,473        15,869,593  

4.05%, 11/01/52 (Call 05/01/52)

     15,558        13,294,642  

4.15%, 10/15/28
(Call 07/15/28)(a)

     43,600        43,205,974  

4.20%, 08/15/34 (Call 02/15/34)

     16,674        15,662,215  

4.25%, 10/15/30
(Call 07/15/30)(a)

     15,341        15,135,423  

4.25%, 01/15/33(a)

     23,841        22,929,735  

4.40%, 08/15/35 (Call 02/15/35)

     8,564        8,152,895  

4.60%, 10/15/38 (Call 04/15/38)

     35,000        34,233,707  

4.60%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

     20,037        19,150,030  

4.65%, 07/15/42(a)

     16,823        16,065,245  

4.70%, 10/15/48 (Call 04/15/48)

     52,265        50,743,942  

4.75%, 03/01/44

     16,376        15,970,258  

4.95%, 10/15/58 (Call 04/15/58)

     25,000        24,462,403  

5.65%, 06/15/35

     3,506        3,819,107  

6.40%, 05/15/38(a)

     3,411        3,992,541  

6.45%, 03/15/37

     10,042        11,763,380  

6.50%, 11/15/35(a)

     6,800        7,995,392  

6.95%, 08/15/37(a)

     12,544        15,376,807  

7.05%, 03/15/33

     8,839        10,902,386  

Discovery Communications LLC

     

2.95%, 03/20/23 (Call 02/20/23)

     12,728        12,092,716  

3.95%, 03/20/28
(Call 12/20/27)(a)

     24,112        22,412,186  

4.88%, 04/01/43(a)

     7,682        6,815,337  

5.00%, 09/20/37
(Call 03/20/37)(a)

     22,002        20,511,127  

5.20%, 09/20/47
(Call 03/20/47)(a)

     21,838        20,154,561  

6.35%, 06/01/40

     1,886        1,986,893  

NBCUniversal Media LLC

     

2.88%, 01/15/23

     11,208        10,853,614  

4.45%, 01/15/43

     17,502        16,317,510  

5.95%, 04/01/41(a)

     4,208        4,693,118  

Time Warner Cable LLC

     

4.00%, 09/01/21 (Call 06/01/21)

     3,433        3,432,964  

4.50%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

     19,946        15,988,219  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Media (continued)

 

5.50%, 09/01/41 (Call 03/01/41)

   $ 7,339      $ 6,707,780  

5.88%, 11/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)(a)

         10,199                9,745,175  

6.55%, 05/01/37

     16,253        16,793,087  

6.75%, 06/15/39

     21,456        22,446,300  

7.30%, 07/01/38

     19,275        21,250,051  

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

     

8.38%, 03/15/23(a)

     14,277        16,450,119  

8.38%, 07/15/33(a)

     11,354        13,773,076  

Viacom Inc.

     

4.25%, 09/01/23 (Call 06/01/23)

     17,189        17,220,559  

4.38%, 03/15/43

     11,426        9,345,288  

5.85%, 09/01/43 (Call 03/01/43)

     18,567        18,482,533  

6.88%, 04/30/36(a)

     14,171        15,647,630  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     

1.85%, 07/30/26(a)

     8,671        7,544,954  

2.35%, 12/01/22(a)

     14,496        13,877,854  

2.75%, 08/16/21

     1,768        1,741,510  

2.95%, 06/15/27(a)

     10,184        9,568,208  

3.00%, 02/13/26(a)

     12,895        12,286,312  

3.15%, 09/17/25

     12,872        12,398,986  

4.13%, 06/01/44(a)

     10,803        10,269,762  

Warner Media LLC

     

2.95%, 07/15/26 (Call 04/15/26)

     11,492        10,232,303  

3.55%, 06/01/24 (Call 03/01/24)

     14,353        13,876,165  

3.60%, 07/15/25 (Call 04/15/25)

     19,119        18,080,699  

3.80%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)

     19,911        18,659,699  

4.85%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)(a)

     4,414        3,914,243  
     

 

 

 
        1,475,075,548  

Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.1%

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

     

2.50%, 01/15/23 (Call 10/15/22)

     9,548        9,154,332  

3.25%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

     7,936        7,640,855  
     

 

 

 
        16,795,187  

Mining — 0.5%

 

Barrick Gold Corp., 5.25%, 04/01/42

     12,725        12,751,086  

Barrick North America Finance LLC

     

5.70%, 05/30/41(a)

     9,697        10,328,852  

5.75%, 05/01/43

     12,006        12,855,840  

Barrick PD Australia Finance Pty Ltd., 5.95%, 10/15/39 .

     9,688        10,350,029  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

     

2.88%, 02/24/22(a)

     1,955        1,920,717  

4.13%, 02/24/42

     9,527        9,075,217  

5.00%, 09/30/43(a)

     27,652        29,612,925  

Newmont Mining Corp.

     

3.50%, 03/15/22 (Call 12/15/21)

     6,862        6,779,975  

4.88%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)(a)

     10,119        9,484,531  

6.25%, 10/01/39

     6,870        7,557,471  

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 6.13%, 12/15/33(a)

     4,356        5,135,663  

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.

     

3.75%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

     12,753        12,643,679  

5.20%, 11/02/40(a)

     17,881        19,215,790  

7.13%, 07/15/28(a)

     6,496        7,991,119  

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC, 4.13%, 08/21/42 (Call 02/21/42)(a)

     9,411        8,891,625  
     

 

 

 
        164,594,519  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Office & Business Equipment — 0.0%

 

Xerox Corp.

     

3.63%, 03/15/23 (Call 02/15/23)

   $ 5,124      $ 4,692,795  

4.50%, 05/15/21

         3,753                3,717,019  
     

 

 

 
        8,409,814  

Oil &Gas — 5.7%

 

Anadarko Finance Co., Series B, 7.50%, 05/01/31

     6,340        7,487,295  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     

5.55%, 03/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)

     16,654        17,346,635  

6.20%, 03/15/40

     6,484        6,822,819  

6.45%, 09/15/36

     17,175        18,585,196  

6.60%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)(a)

     10,361        11,500,794  

Apache Corp.

     

3.25%, 04/15/22 (Call 01/15/22)

     10,116        9,899,172  

4.25%, 01/15/44 (Call 07/15/43)

     11,905        9,958,434  

4.75%, 04/15/43 (Call 10/15/42)

     23,049        20,483,540  

5.10%, 09/01/40 (Call 03/01/40)

     14,298        13,358,061  

6.00%, 01/15/37

     9,593        10,064,669  

BP Capital Markets PLC

     

2.11%, 09/16/21 (Call 08/16/21)

     5,866        5,652,994  

2.50%, 11/06/22(a)

     10,528        10,093,803  

2.75%, 05/10/23(a)

         21,193        20,398,284  

3.02%, 01/16/27 (Call 10/16/26)(a)

     5,481        5,077,572  

3.06%, 03/17/22(a)

     13,947        13,745,142  

3.12%, 05/04/26 (Call 02/04/26)

     10,814        10,148,524  

3.22%, 11/28/23 (Call 09/28/23)

     12,266        11,941,136  

3.22%, 04/14/24 (Call 02/14/24)(a)

     14,016        13,621,609  

3.25%, 05/06/22(a)

     19,321        19,102,551  

3.28%, 09/19/27 (Call 06/19/27)(a)

     18,164        17,067,788  

3.51%, 03/17/25(a)

     9,098        8,850,393  

3.54%, 11/04/24

     11,413        11,222,451  

3.56%, 11/01/21(a)

     12,451        12,484,565  

3.59%, 04/14/27 (Call 01/14/27)

     6,367        6,126,658  

3.72%, 11/28/28 (Call 08/28/28)(a)

     10,400        10,087,068  

3.81%, 02/10/24(a)

     14,633        14,660,168  

3.99%, 09/26/23(a)

     12,647        12,809,124  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     

2.95%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

     11,480        11,029,296  

3.85%, 06/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)(a)

     17,179        16,282,691  

4.95%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)(a)

     8,523        8,332,275  

6.25%, 03/15/38(a)

     16,166        18,193,808  

Cenovus Energy Inc.

     

4.25%, 04/15/27 (Call 01/15/27)(a)

     16,953        15,959,515  

4.45%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

     5,033        4,146,037  

5.25%, 06/15/37 (Call 12/15/36)

     1,859        1,745,225  

5.40%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)(a)

     23,129        21,665,170  

6.75%, 11/15/39

     13,768        14,693,968  

Chevron Corp.

     

2.10%, 05/16/21 (Call 04/15/21)(a)

     6,288        6,101,871  

2.36%, 12/05/22 (Call 09/05/22)(a)

     21,721        20,842,755  

2.57%, 05/16/23 (Call 03/16/23)(a)

     12,810        12,289,309  

2.90%, 03/03/24 (Call 01/03/24)

     8,478        8,180,252  

2.95%, 05/16/26 (Call 02/16/26)(a)

     35,029        32,912,958  

3.19%, 06/24/23 (Call 03/24/23)(a)

     35,271        34,695,758  

3.33%, 11/17/25 (Call 08/17/25)

     4,733        4,590,074  

Concho Resources Inc.

     

3.75%, 10/01/27 (Call 07/01/27)

     19,738        18,555,650  

4.30%, 08/15/28 (Call 05/15/28)

     6,130        5,976,933  

4.88%, 10/01/47 (Call 04/01/47)

     5,281        5,012,827  

ConocoPhillips, 6.50%, 02/01/39(a)

     34,378        43,000,456  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil &Gas (continued)

 

ConocoPhillips Co.

     

4.30%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

   $ 4,964      $ 4,873,672  

4.95%, 03/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)(a)

         23,687              25,145,276  

ConocoPhillips Holding Co., 6.95%, 04/15/29 .

     19,472        23,968,848  

Devon Energy Corp.

     

3.25%, 05/15/22 (Call 02/15/22)

     11,009        10,709,775  

4.75%, 05/15/42 (Call 11/15/41)

     10,145        9,123,269  

5.00%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     6,908        6,422,425  

5.60%, 07/15/41 (Call 01/15/41)

     7,735        7,683,477  

5.85%, 12/15/25 (Call 09/15/25)

     947        1,010,023  

Encana Corp., 6.50%, 08/15/34

     12,225        13,645,717  

EOG Resources Inc.

     

2.63%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

     19,515        18,689,037  

4.15%, 01/15/26 (Call 10/15/25)(a)

     8,145        8,219,913  

EQT Corp.

     

3.00%, 10/01/22 (Call 09/01/22)(a)

     14,424        13,828,763  

3.90%, 10/01/27 (Call 07/01/27)(a)

     12,319        11,212,261  

4.88%, 11/15/21

     5,778        5,914,419  

Equinor ASA

     

2.45%, 01/17/23

     10,903        10,458,773  

2.65%, 01/15/24

     16,171        15,417,047  

2.75%, 11/10/21

     379        372,659  

3.15%, 01/23/22(a)

     2,505        2,481,736  

3.70%, 03/01/24(a)

     18,416        18,432,232  

3.95%, 05/15/43

     6,520        6,015,974  

4.80%, 11/08/43(a)

     4,777        5,001,840  

5.10%, 08/17/40

     9,462        10,176,570  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     

2.40%, 03/06/22 (Call 01/06/22)

     11,875        11,508,984  

2.71%, 03/06/25 (Call 12/06/24)

     24,579        23,199,064  

2.73%, 03/01/23 (Call 01/01/23)

     17,024        16,551,458  

3.04%, 03/01/26 (Call 12/01/25)

     37,924        36,182,014  

3.18%, 03/15/24 (Call 12/15/23)(a)

     6,977        6,853,829  

3.57%, 03/06/45 (Call 09/06/44)

     6,732        5,987,472  

4.11%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)(a)

     29,357        28,332,356  

Hess Corp.

     

4.30%, 04/01/27 (Call 01/01/27)

     15,576        14,661,773  

5.60%, 02/15/41

     18,157        17,340,954  

6.00%, 01/15/40

     11,797        11,466,141  

Husky Energy Inc., 4.00%, 04/15/24 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

     5,431        5,365,631  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     

2.80%, 11/01/22 (Call 08/01/22)

     10,779        10,270,046  

3.85%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

     12,667        12,154,593  

4.40%, 07/15/27 (Call 04/15/27)

     17,263        16,818,937  

6.60%, 10/01/37

     9,028        10,246,054  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     

3.63%, 09/15/24 (Call 06/15/24)

     7,378        7,190,924  

4.75%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)(a)

     14,607        13,435,108  

5.13%, 12/15/26 (Call 09/15/26)

     237        242,854  

6.50%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)(a)

     12,367        13,881,314  

Noble Energy Inc.

     

4.15%, 12/15/21 (Call 09/15/21)(a)

     12,613        12,704,447  

5.05%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

     15,745        14,360,078  

5.25%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

     14,446        13,496,930  

6.00%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

     8,138        8,269,639  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     

2.70%, 02/15/23 (Call 11/15/22)

     19,520        18,749,196  

3.00%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)(a)

     3,296        3,083,121  

3.13%, 02/15/22 (Call 11/15/21)(a)

     2,995        2,955,119  

3.40%, 04/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)

     9,085        8,780,448  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil &Gas (continued)

 

3.50%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)(a)

   $ 5,942      $ 5,837,120  

4.10%, 02/15/47 (Call 08/15/46)(a)

         11,343              10,418,256  

4.20%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     11,654        10,861,004  

4.40%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)(a)

     19,263        18,484,823  

4.63%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)(a)

     11,055        10,957,605  

Petro-Canada,
6.80%, 05/15/38(a)

     10,415        12,529,792  

Phillips 66

     

3.90%, 03/15/28 (Call 12/15/27)(a)

     12,899        12,350,457  

4.30%, 04/01/22

     22,249        22,673,798  

4.65%, 11/15/34 (Call 05/15/34)

     17,312        16,740,792  

4.88%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

     17,655        17,120,650  

5.88%, 05/01/42

     18,098        19,968,014  

Shell International Finance BV

     

1.75%, 09/12/21(a)

     7,537        7,222,550  

2.25%, 01/06/23

     16,330        15,536,520  

2.38%, 08/21/22(a)

     15,171        14,623,407  

2.50%, 09/12/26

     18,576        16,848,883  

2.88%, 05/10/26

     21,005        19,616,151  

3.25%, 05/11/25(a)

     38,822        37,489,606  

3.40%, 08/12/23(a)

     5,784        5,745,920  

3.75%, 09/12/46

     10,298        9,142,398  

4.00%, 05/10/46(a)

     21,198        19,550,523  

4.13%, 05/11/35

     15,113        14,686,628  

4.38%, 05/11/45(a)

     31,386        30,756,915  

4.55%, 08/12/43(a)

     18,932        19,028,830  

5.50%, 03/25/40

     6,626        7,484,694  

6.38%, 12/15/38

     25,874        32,069,783  

Suncor Energy Inc.

     

3.60%, 12/01/24 (Call 09/01/24)

     12,174        11,940,410  

4.00%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)(a)

     9,194        8,059,420  

6.50%, 06/15/38

     11,933        14,027,232  

6.85%, 06/01/39

     4,042        4,913,667  

Total Capital Canada Ltd., 2.75%, 07/15/23

     1,912        1,841,999  

Total Capital International SA

     

2.70%, 01/25/23(a)

     14,947        14,424,000  

2.75%, 06/19/21

     8,983        8,862,566  

2.88%, 02/17/22

     11,905        11,683,266  

3.70%, 01/15/24(a)

     6,508        6,514,046  

3.75%, 04/10/24

     9,025        9,053,577  

Total Capital SA, 3.88%, 10/11/28(a)

     20,000        20,064,782  

Valero Energy Corp.

     

3.40%, 09/15/26 (Call 06/15/26)

     14,733        13,589,009  

4.35%, 06/01/28 (Call 03/01/28)

     11,780        11,513,819  

6.63%, 06/15/37

     13,210        15,117,935  

7.50%, 04/15/32

     4,203        5,175,995  
     

 

 

 
        1,770,222,305  

Oil &Gas Services — 0.7%

 

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC, 5.13%, 09/15/40

     2,808        2,766,588  

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC/Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc.

     

2.77%, 12/15/22 (Call 11/15/22)

     12,613        12,135,387  

3.34%, 12/15/27 (Call 09/15/27)(a)

     21,430        19,539,311  

4.08%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

     27,115        22,683,625  

Halliburton Co.

     

3.50%, 08/01/23 (Call 05/01/23)(a)

     13,859        13,641,002  

3.80%, 11/15/25 (Call 08/15/25)(a)

     34,791        33,811,254  

4.75%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)

     10,276        9,929,805  

4.85%, 11/15/35 (Call 05/15/35)

     6,160        6,151,337  

5.00%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)(a)

     34,428        34,478,692  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil &Gas Services (continued)

 

6.70%, 09/15/38(a)

   $ 2,633      $ 3,140,987  

7.45%, 09/15/39

     5,771        7,436,761  

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

     

2.60%, 12/01/22 (Call 09/01/22)

     12,861                12,165,630  

3.95%, 12/01/42 (Call 06/01/42)

         11,977        9,827,188  

Schlumberger Investment SA, 3.65%, 12/01/23 (Call 09/01/23)(a)

     15,601        15,615,181  
     

 

 

 
        203,322,748  

Pharmaceuticals — 7.2%

 

AbbVie Inc.

     

2.85%, 05/14/23 (Call 03/14/23)(a)

     17,535        16,756,458  

2.90%, 11/06/22(a)

     27,800        26,856,404  

3.20%, 11/06/22 (Call 09/06/22)(a)

     7,654        7,475,305  

3.20%, 05/14/26 (Call 02/14/26)(a)

     26,541        24,312,947  

3.60%, 05/14/25 (Call 02/14/25)(a)

     49,221        46,970,089  

3.75%, 11/14/23 (Call 10/14/23)

     17,345        17,157,553  

4.25%, 11/14/28 (Call 08/14/28)

     22,636        21,811,592  

4.30%, 05/14/36 (Call 11/14/35)

     17,717        15,822,201  

4.40%, 11/06/42

     30,864        26,947,223  

4.45%, 05/14/46 (Call 11/14/45)

     19,881        17,229,568  

4.50%, 05/14/35 (Call 11/14/34)(a)

     29,714        27,370,368  

4.70%, 05/14/45 (Call 11/14/44)(a)

     31,120        28,170,621  

4.88%, 11/14/48 (Call 05/14/48)

     25,410        23,424,638  

Allergan Finance LLC, 3.25%, 10/01/22 (Call 07/01/22) .

     25,471        24,727,634  

Allergan Funding SCS

     

3.45%, 03/15/22 (Call 01/15/22)

     37,863        37,234,054  

3.80%, 03/15/25 (Call 12/15/24)(a)

     46,254        44,552,528  

3.85%, 06/15/24 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

     12,205        11,940,778  

4.55%, 03/15/35 (Call 09/15/34)(a)

     33,474        31,398,374  

4.75%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

     17,749        16,549,771  

4.85%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)(a)

     18,497        17,414,439  

AstraZeneca PLC

     

2.38%, 06/12/22 (Call 05/12/22)

     12,194        11,623,254  

3.13%, 06/12/27 (Call 03/12/27)(a)

     7,665        7,010,273  

3.38%, 11/16/25

     21,516        20,432,777  

3.50%, 08/17/23 (Call 07/17/23)(a)

     11,436        11,241,222  

4.00%, 01/17/29 (Call 10/17/28)(a)

     12,218        11,781,125  

4.00%, 09/18/42(a)

     17,307        15,090,839  

4.38%, 11/16/45(a)

     11,101        10,175,576  

4.38%, 08/17/48 (Call 02/17/48)(a)

     8,785        8,000,258  

6.45%, 09/15/37

     33,761        39,674,931  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     

2.00%, 08/01/22(a)

     5,036        4,775,555  

3.25%, 02/27/27

     9,127        8,716,604  

Cardinal Health Inc.

     

2.62%, 06/15/22 (Call 05/15/22)(a)

     12,725        12,162,513  

3.08%, 06/15/24 (Call 04/15/24)

     11,860        11,106,707  

3.41%, 06/15/27 (Call 03/15/27)(a)

     14,423        13,061,563  

CVS Health Corp.

     

2.75%, 12/01/22 (Call 09/01/22)(a)

     11,692        11,170,795  

2.88%, 06/01/26 (Call 03/01/26)(a)

     20,429        18,460,380  

3.50%, 07/20/22 (Call 05/20/22)(a)

     12,510        12,353,596  

3.70%, 03/09/23 (Call 02/09/23)(a)

     75,709        74,691,721  

3.88%, 07/20/25 (Call 04/20/25)(a)

     23,840        23,167,516  

4.00%, 12/05/23 (Call 09/05/23)

     13,570        13,481,259  

4.10%, 03/25/25 (Call 01/25/25)

     67,534        66,622,379  

4.30%, 03/25/28 (Call 12/25/27)

     103,584        100,984,953  

4.78%, 03/25/38 (Call 09/25/37)(a)

     72,645        69,999,385  

5.05%, 03/25/48 (Call 09/25/47)(a)

     104,774        102,111,818  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

 

5.13%, 07/20/45 (Call 01/20/45)

   $     38,761      $       37,981,582  

5.30%, 12/05/43
(Call 06/05/43)(a)

     2,225        2,225,068  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     

2.35%, 05/15/22(a)

     5,013        4,845,388  

2.75%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)(a)

     8,755        8,263,527  

3.10%, 05/15/27
(Call 02/15/27)(a)

     11,886        11,316,455  

3.70%, 03/01/45
(Call 09/01/44)(a)

     8,461        7,650,844  

3.95%, 05/15/47
(Call 11/15/46)(a)

     15,580        14,580,844  

Express Scripts Holding Co.

     

3.00%, 07/15/23
(Call 05/15/23)(a)

     12,765        12,207,826  

3.40%, 03/01/27
(Call 12/01/26)(a)

     18,959        17,409,913  

3.50%, 06/15/24
(Call 03/15/24)(a)

     9,566        9,266,104  

3.90%, 02/15/22

     11,877        11,887,435  

4.50%, 02/25/26
(Call 11/27/25)(a)

     18,034        18,130,314  

4.75%, 11/15/21(a)

     12,404        12,742,593  

4.80%, 07/15/46
(Call 01/15/46)(a)

     18,113        17,075,589  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

     

2.80%, 03/18/23(a)

     4,646        4,494,118  

3.38%, 05/15/23(a)

     17,258        17,085,418  

3.63%, 05/15/25(a)

     23,506        23,264,039  

3.88%, 05/15/28(a)

     25,954        25,913,180  

6.38%, 05/15/38(a)

     32,568        40,321,552  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC, 2.85%, 05/08/22

     24,815        24,244,506  

Johnson & Johnson

     

2.25%, 03/03/22
(Call 02/03/22)(a)

     4,698        4,560,369  

2.45%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)

     24,864        22,922,248  

2.63%, 01/15/25
(Call 11/15/24)(a)

     16,395        15,570,982  

2.90%, 01/15/28
(Call 10/15/27)

     22,553        20,983,456  

2.95%, 03/03/27
(Call 12/03/26)

     5,298        5,014,040  

3.38%, 12/05/23(a)

     5,199        5,225,558  

3.40%, 01/15/38
(Call 07/15/37)(a)

     18,648        16,725,626  

3.50%, 01/15/48
(Call 07/15/47)(a)

     10,968        9,609,342  

3.55%, 03/01/36
(Call 09/01/35)(a)

     11,047        10,175,661  

3.63%, 03/03/37
(Call 09/03/36)(a)

     16,970        15,732,948  

3.70%, 03/01/46
(Call 09/01/45)(a)

     22,202        20,120,804  

3.75%, 03/03/47
(Call 09/03/46)(a)

     15,811        14,469,705  

4.38%, 12/05/33
(Call 06/05/33)(a)

     3,709        3,870,662  

5.95%, 08/15/37

     15,993        19,395,709  

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., 4.13%, 11/15/25
(Call 08/15/25)(a)

     10,388        10,388,995  

Merck & Co. Inc.

     

2.35%, 02/10/22

     2,810        2,732,686  

2.40%, 09/15/22 (Call 06/15/22)

     8,978        8,645,623  

2.75%, 02/10/25
(Call 11/10/24)(a)

     33,662        31,894,469  

2.80%, 05/18/23(a)

     19,367        18,822,766  

3.70%, 02/10/45
(Call 08/10/44)(a)

     27,390        24,893,799  

4.15%, 05/18/43(a)

     7,573        7,369,046  

Mylan Inc.

     

4.55%, 04/15/28
(Call 01/15/28)(a)(b)

     12,109        11,178,180  

5.20%, 04/15/48
(Call 10/15/47)(a)(b)

     1,250        1,052,689  

Mylan NV

     

3.95%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)(a)

     24,686        22,652,688  

3.95%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)(b)

     1,937        1,780,897  

5.25%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

     15,162        12,959,152  

Novartis Capital Corp.

     

2.40%, 05/17/22
(Call 04/17/22)(a)

     9,778        9,435,285  

2.40%, 09/21/22(a)

     20,414        19,650,026  

3.00%, 11/20/25 (Call 08/20/25)

     17,724        16,849,406  

3.10%, 05/17/27
(Call 02/17/27)(a)

     8,212        7,781,143  

3.40%, 05/06/24(a)

     27,681        27,440,898  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

 

4.00%, 11/20/45 (Call 05/20/45)

   $     21,629      $ 20,592,787  

4.40%, 05/06/44(a)

     20,157        20,460,282  

Pfizer Inc.

     

2.20%, 12/15/21(a)

     6,787        6,576,614  

2.75%, 06/03/26(a)

     15,833        14,726,422  

3.00%, 06/15/23(a)

     11,740        11,520,174  

3.00%, 12/15/26(a)

     21,285        20,107,480  

3.20%, 09/15/23 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

     5,000        4,942,812  

3.40%, 05/15/24(a)

     16,313        16,181,550  

3.60%, 09/15/28 (Call 06/15/28)

     10,695        10,419,004  

4.00%, 12/15/36(a)

     11,778        11,291,569  

4.10%, 09/15/38 (Call 03/15/38)(a)

     5,000        4,816,740  

4.13%, 12/15/46(a)

     8,547        8,128,896  

4.20%, 09/15/48 (Call 03/15/48)(a)

     15,145        14,557,834  

4.30%, 06/15/43

     8,485        8,265,975  

4.40%, 05/15/44

     5,752        5,677,989  

7.20%, 03/15/39(a)

     22,931        30,891,375  

Sanofi, 3.38%, 06/19/23 (Call 05/19/23)

     2,110        2,098,876  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC

     

2.40%, 09/23/21 (Call 08/23/21)(a)

     2,946        2,830,270  

2.88%, 09/23/23 (Call 07/23/23)

     31,873        30,044,013  

3.20%, 09/23/26 (Call 06/23/26)(a)

     36,683        33,263,363  

Wyeth LLC

     

5.95%, 04/01/37(a)

     24,214        28,432,701  

6.50%, 02/01/34

     6,563        8,025,532  

Zoetis Inc.

     

3.00%, 09/12/27 (Call 06/12/27)

     9,242        8,438,671  

3.25%, 02/01/23 (Call 11/01/22)(a)

     12,990        12,707,870  

3.95%, 09/12/47 (Call 03/12/47)

     903        786,283  

4.50%, 11/13/25 (Call 08/13/25)

     11,503        11,742,166  

4.70%, 02/01/43 (Call 08/01/42)(a)

     13,880        13,625,412  
     

 

 

 
          2,263,983,357  

Pipelines — 3.5%

 

Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 5.25%, 01/15/25 (Call 01/15/21)

     350        357,000  

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc., 4.50%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)(a)

     12,652        12,711,755  

Enable Midstream Partners LP, 4.95%, 05/15/28 (Call 02/15/28)(a)

     12,395        12,143,320  

Enbridge Inc.

     

4.25%, 12/01/26 (Call 09/01/26)(a)

     11,300        11,085,824  

5.50%, 12/01/46 (Call 05/29/46)(a)

     9,041        9,438,951  

Energy Transfer Operating LP

     

3.60%, 02/01/23 (Call 11/01/22)(a)

     6,550        6,377,675  

4.05%, 03/15/25 (Call 12/15/24)

     15,035        14,453,407  

4.65%, 06/01/21 (Call 03/01/21)

     2,941        2,990,544  

4.75%, 01/15/26 (Call 10/15/25)(a)

     19,145        18,870,062  

4.95%, 06/15/28 (Call 03/15/28)(a)

     2,662        2,629,035  

5.15%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)(a)

     16,405        14,449,322  

5.20%, 02/01/22 (Call 11/01/21)

     2,422        2,503,528  

5.30%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)(a)

     11,196        10,093,509  

6.13%, 12/15/45 (Call 06/15/45)(a)

     11,039        10,954,500  

6.50%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

     16,598        17,276,012  

Series 30Y, 6.00%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)(a)

     4,659        4,617,809  

Energy Transfer Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 5.88%, 03/01/22 (Call 12/01/21)(a)

     8,036        8,450,378  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

     

3.35%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

     13,990        13,689,807  

3.70%, 02/15/26 (Call 11/15/25)(a)

     15,143        14,629,904  

3.75%, 02/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)(a)

     14,246        13,957,095  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pipelines (continued)

 

3.90%, 02/15/24 (Call 11/15/23)

   $     11,654      $       11,643,985  

3.95%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)

     10        9,770  

4.15%, 10/16/28
(Call 07/16/28)(a)

     10,000        9,813,454  

4.25%, 02/15/48
(Call 08/15/47)(a)

     20,617        18,174,679  

4.45%, 02/15/43
(Call 08/15/42)(a)

     12,136        11,131,576  

4.80%, 02/01/49
(Call 08/01/48)

     4,925        4,732,486  

4.85%, 08/15/42 (Call 02/15/42)

     9,027        8,691,287  

4.85%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     15,044        14,487,914  

4.90%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

     11,564        11,221,901  

5.10%, 02/15/45 (Call 08/15/44)

     14,170        14,096,612  

5.95%, 02/01/41

     9,861        10,808,367  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 5.50%, 07/15/28
(Call 04/15/28)(a)

     10,215        10,171,646  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

     

3.95%, 09/01/22
(Call 06/01/22)(a)

     7,780        7,781,075  

5.50%, 03/01/44
(Call 09/01/43)

     7,709        7,557,289  

6.95%, 01/15/38

     17,304        19,748,254  

Kinder Morgan Inc./DE

     

3.15%, 01/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)

     15,513        14,969,463  

4.30%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)(a)

     17,457        17,342,288  

4.30%, 03/01/28
(Call 12/01/27)(a)

     21,170        20,510,690  

5.05%, 02/15/46
(Call 08/15/45)

     7,080        6,638,185  

5.20%, 03/01/48
(Call 09/01/47)(a)

     10,233        9,891,149  

5.30%, 12/01/34
(Call 06/01/34)

     12,666        12,575,626  

5.55%, 06/01/45
(Call 12/01/44)(a)

     23,555        23,730,756  

7.75%, 01/15/32

     11,606        14,125,218  

MPLX LP

     

4.00%, 03/15/28
(Call 12/15/27)(a)

     18,404        17,268,525  

4.13%, 03/01/27
(Call 12/01/26)

     20,259        19,322,394  

4.50%, 07/15/23
(Call 04/15/23)(a)

     12,666        12,850,647  

4.50%, 04/15/38
(Call 10/15/37)

     23,767        21,169,186  

4.70%, 04/15/48
(Call 10/15/47)

     21,181        18,600,853  

4.88%, 12/01/24
(Call 09/01/24)

     16,664        17,094,504  

4.88%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)(a)

     11,728        11,956,244  

5.20%, 03/01/47
(Call 09/01/46)

     8,103        7,603,776  

ONEOK Inc., 4.55%, 07/15/28 (Call 04/15/28)(a)

     7,871        7,711,082  

ONEOK Partners LP, 3.38%, 10/01/22 (Call 07/01/22)

     8,912        8,714,931  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

     

3.60%, 11/01/24
(Call 08/01/24)

     7,451        7,062,511  

3.65%, 06/01/22
(Call 03/01/22)(a)

     9,892        9,690,917  

4.50%, 12/15/26
(Call 09/15/26)

     11,537        11,178,390  

4.65%, 10/15/25
(Call 07/15/25)

     15,503        15,309,657  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

     

4.20%, 03/15/28
(Call 09/15/27)

     20,255        19,288,028  

5.00%, 03/15/27
(Call 09/15/26)(a)

     11,352        11,445,487  

5.63%, 04/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)

     18,912        19,904,740  

5.63%, 03/01/25
(Call 12/01/24)(a)

     18,120        18,953,022  

5.75%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/15/24)(a)

     18,556        19,646,167  

5.88%, 06/30/26
(Call 12/31/25)(a)

     20,823        22,195,750  

6.25%, 03/15/22
(Call 12/15/21)(a)

     4,362        4,641,783  

Spectra Energy Partners LP, 4.75%, 03/15/24 (Call 12/15/23)

     11,018        11,197,170  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

     

4.00%, 10/01/27
(Call 07/01/27)(a)

     13,517        12,486,956  

5.35%, 05/15/45
(Call 11/15/44)

     14,018        12,638,364  

5.40%, 10/01/47
(Call 04/01/47)

     25,609        23,361,459  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

     

2.50%, 08/01/22(a)

     15,251        14,569,663  

4.25%, 05/15/28
(Call 02/15/28)(a)

     15,037        14,758,010  

4.63%, 03/01/34
(Call 12/01/33)

     8,967        8,609,217  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pipelines (continued)

 

4.88%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)(a)

   $     14,544      $       14,946,219  

4.88%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)

     18,002        17,403,754  

5.10%, 03/15/49
(Call 09/15/48)(a)

     3,000        2,996,881  

6.10%, 06/01/40(a)

     11,276        12,485,212  

6.20%, 10/15/37(a)

     13,071        14,602,721  

7.63%, 01/15/39

     11,917        15,235,083  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, 7.85%, 02/01/26
(Call 11/01/25)(a)

     10,250        12,301,706  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

     

3.35%, 08/15/22 (Call 05/15/22)

     8,923        8,699,952  

3.60%, 03/15/22 (Call 01/15/22)

     20,589        20,288,594  

3.75%, 06/15/27
(Call 03/15/27)(a)

     22,835        21,282,099  

3.90%, 01/15/25 (Call 10/15/24)

     10,726        10,359,420  

4.00%, 09/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)

     5,195        5,021,273  

4.30%, 03/04/24
(Call 12/04/23)(a)

     17,839        17,833,465  

4.85%, 03/01/48
(Call 09/01/47)(a)

     9,863        9,002,315  

5.10%, 09/15/45
(Call 03/15/45)(a)

     14,919        14,031,612  

6.30%, 04/15/40

     15,606        16,763,060  
     

 

 

 
            1,094,015,906  

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.1%

 

American Tower Corp.

     

3.38%, 10/15/26 (Call 07/15/26)(a)

     8,649        7,949,367  

3.50%, 01/31/23(a)

     8,879        8,693,545  

3.55%, 07/15/27
(Call 04/15/27)(a)

     3,894        3,578,835  

4.00%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

     16,671        16,232,541  

5.00%, 02/15/24

     15,799        16,366,227  

Boston Properties LP

     

2.75%, 10/01/26 (Call 07/01/26)

     10,584        9,493,530  

3.20%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/24)(a)

     6,019        5,718,928  

3.65%, 02/01/26
(Call 11/03/25)(a)

     8,936        8,584,411  

3.85%, 02/01/23 (Call 11/01/22)

     6,961        6,953,871  

4.13%, 05/15/21
(Call 02/15/21)(a)

     2,289        2,316,151  

CC Holdings GS V LLC/Crown Castle GS III Corp.,

     

3.85%, 04/15/23

     13,970        13,823,485  

Crown Castle International Corp.

     

3.15%, 07/15/23
(Call 06/15/23)(a)

     9,868        9,457,726  

3.20%, 09/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)(a)

     10,036        9,465,042  

3.65%, 09/01/27 (Call 06/01/27)

     25,035        23,156,336  

3.70%, 06/15/26 (Call 03/15/26)

     11,129        10,507,630  

3.80%, 02/15/28 (Call 11/15/27)

     11,269        10,487,462  

4.45%, 02/15/26
(Call 11/15/25)(a)

     11,324        11,218,648  

4.88%, 04/15/22(a)

     5,811        5,978,974  

5.25%, 01/15/23

     18,163        18,941,532  

Digital Realty Trust LP, 3.70%, 08/15/27 (Call 05/15/27)

     3,675        3,433,546  

ERP Operating LP

     

4.50%, 07/01/44
(Call 01/01/44)(a)

     10,473        10,231,728  

4.63%, 12/15/21 (Call 09/15/21)

     2,037        2,094,250  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc.

     

5.25%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

     13,465        13,532,460  

5.30%, 01/15/29 (Call 10/15/28)

     10,250        10,070,625  

5.38%, 04/15/26(a)

     4,642        4,612,987  

HCP Inc.

     

3.88%, 08/15/24 (Call 05/17/24)

     9,353        9,070,652  

4.00%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)(a)

     12,746        12,341,727  

4.25%, 11/15/23 (Call 08/15/23)

     6,184        6,157,890  

Realty Income Corp., 3.25%, 10/15/22
(Call 07/15/22)(a)

     2,607        2,563,860  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security      Par
(000)
     Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

 

Simon Property Group LP

     

3.25%, 11/30/26
(Call 08/30/26)(a)

   $     12,023      $ 11,313,756  

3.30%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)(a)

     19,403        18,434,140  

3.38%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)

     13,395        13,004,946  

3.38%, 06/15/27
(Call 03/15/27)(a)

     3,161        2,989,921  

3.38%, 12/01/27
(Call 09/01/27)(a)

     1,444        1,358,629  

Welltower Inc.,
4.00%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

     14,155        13,805,914  

Weyerhaeuser Co.,
7.38%, 03/15/32(a)

     16,548        20,326,873  
     

 

 

 
              354,268,145  

Retail — 3.4%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     

2.30%, 05/18/22
(Call 04/18/22)

     7,470        7,203,945  

2.75%, 05/18/24
(Call 03/18/24)(a)

     15,666        15,079,239  

3.00%, 05/18/27
(Call 02/18/27)(a)

     13,850        13,006,426  

Dollar General Corp.,
3.25%, 04/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

     11,005        10,658,055  

Dollar Tree Inc.

     

3.70%, 05/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)

     13,336        12,978,891  

4.00%, 05/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

     15,379        14,793,640  

4.20%, 05/15/28
(Call 02/15/28)(a)

     19,873        18,836,708  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

     

2.13%, 09/15/26
(Call 06/15/26)(a)

     10,939        9,684,652  

2.63%, 06/01/22 (Call 05/01/22)

     17,920        17,491,483  

2.70%, 04/01/23
(Call 01/01/23)(a)

     18,773        18,181,170  

2.80%, 09/14/27
(Call 06/14/27)(a)

     13,548        12,486,938  

3.00%, 04/01/26
(Call 01/01/26)(a)

     10,840        10,274,506  

3.35%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)(a)

     11,343        11,063,797  

3.50%, 09/15/56 (Call 03/15/56)

     3,791        3,066,076  

3.75%, 02/15/24
(Call 11/15/23)(a)

     12,243        12,384,833  

3.90%, 06/15/47
(Call 12/15/46)(a)

     6,430        5,845,324  

4.20%, 04/01/43
(Call 10/01/42)(a)

     13,809        13,208,434  

4.25%, 04/01/46
(Call 10/01/45)(a)

     21,904        21,039,587  

4.40%, 03/15/45
(Call 09/15/44)(a)

     11,161        10,966,847  

4.88%, 02/15/44
(Call 08/15/43)(a)

     14,150        14,858,222  

5.88%, 12/16/36(a)

     37,514        43,890,761  

5.95%, 04/01/41
(Call 10/01/40)(a)

     16,418        19,539,027  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

     

2.50%, 04/15/26
(Call 01/15/26)(a)

     10,894        9,891,632  

3.10%, 05/03/27
(Call 02/03/27)(a)

     18,517        17,355,736  

3.12%, 04/15/22
(Call 01/15/22)(a)

     5,914        5,845,823  

3.38%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)(a)

     2,780        2,692,234  

3.70%, 04/15/46
(Call 10/15/45)(a)

     18,704        16,130,346  

4.05%, 05/03/47
(Call 11/03/46)

     18,401        16,645,778  

4.38%, 09/15/45
(Call 03/15/45)(a)

     10,126        9,614,882  

4.65%, 04/15/42
(Call 10/15/41)

     10,945        10,852,016  

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., 2.88%, 02/15/23 (Call 11/15/22)(a)

     12,056        11,286,727  

McDonald’s Corp.

     

2.63%, 01/15/22

     20,523        19,911,661  

3.35%, 04/01/23 (Call 03/01/23)(a)

     8,545        8,402,117  

3.50%, 03/01/27 (Call 12/01/26)(a)

     10,498        9,991,520  

3.70%, 01/30/26 (Call 10/30/25)

     23,614        23,012,816  

3.80%, 04/01/28 (Call 01/01/28)

     14,630        14,180,599  

4.45%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)(a)

     5,587        5,219,232  

4.45%, 09/01/48 (Call 03/01/48)(a)

     6,545        6,126,337  

4.70%, 12/09/35 (Call 06/09/35)(a)

     10,193        10,190,771  

4.88%, 12/09/45 (Call 06/09/45)(a)

     21,841        21,724,238  

6.30%, 10/15/37(a)

     11,692        13,613,867  

6.30%, 03/01/38(a)

     18,088        21,116,582  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Retail (continued)

 

Starbucks Corp.

     

3.10%, 03/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)

   $     13,419      $ 13,067,197  

3.50%, 03/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)(a)

     1,298        1,218,534  

3.80%, 08/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)(a)

     12,720        12,414,005  

3.85%, 10/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)(a)

     8,917        8,934,122  

4.00%, 11/15/28 (Call 08/15/28)(a)

     9,800        9,520,554  

4.50%, 11/15/48 (Call 05/15/48)

     12,840        11,904,860  

Target Corp.

     

2.50%, 04/15/26(a)

     13,914        12,704,141  

2.90%, 01/15/22(a)

     8,957        8,855,673  

3.50%, 07/01/24(a)

     12,345        12,348,701  

3.63%, 04/15/46(a)

     14,810        12,808,868  

3.90%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)(a)

     9,406        8,433,627  

4.00%, 07/01/42(a)

     18,605        17,344,909  

TJX Companies Inc. (The), 2.25%, 09/15/26 (Call 06/15/26)(a)

     11,962        10,677,523  

Walgreen Co., 3.10%, 09/15/22(a)

     8,938        8,693,706  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

     

3.30%, 11/18/21 (Call 09/18/21)(a)

     8,790        8,687,859  

3.45%, 06/01/26 (Call 03/01/26)

     22,162        20,495,238  

3.80%, 11/18/24 (Call 08/18/24)(a)

     28,336        27,653,882  

4.80%, 11/18/44 (Call 05/18/44)(a)

     21,885        20,180,452  

Walmart Inc.

     

2.35%, 12/15/22 (Call 11/15/22)(a)

     15,660        15,034,220  

2.55%, 04/11/23 (Call 01/11/23)(a)

     22,763        21,847,743  

2.65%, 12/15/24 (Call 10/15/24)

     10,584        10,037,680  

3.30%, 04/22/24 (Call 01/22/24)(a)

     19,052        18,834,733  

3.40%, 06/26/23 (Call 05/26/23)

     31,415        31,294,080  

3.55%, 06/26/25 (Call 04/26/25)(a)

     24,649        24,657,090  

3.63%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)(a)

     19,448        17,243,371  

3.70%, 06/26/28 (Call 03/26/28)

     33,650        33,063,339  

3.95%, 06/28/38 (Call 12/28/37)(a)

     20,242        19,341,970  

4.00%, 04/11/43 (Call 10/11/42)(a)

     1,327        1,246,993  

4.05%, 06/29/48 (Call 12/29/47)(a)

     38,240        36,357,208  

4.30%, 04/22/44 (Call 10/22/43)(a)

     1,851        1,817,129  

5.25%, 09/01/35(a)

     22,436        24,937,589  

5.63%, 04/01/40

     2,640        3,074,068  

5.63%, 04/15/41

     12,284        14,333,905  

5.88%, 04/05/27

     1,302        1,483,290  

6.20%, 04/15/38

     615        756,570  
     

 

 

 
          1,071,648,304  

Semiconductors — 1.8%

 

Analog Devices Inc.

     

3.50%, 12/05/26 (Call 09/05/26)(a)

     12,212        11,516,963  

3.90%, 12/15/25 (Call 09/15/25)(a)

     10,895        10,634,549  

Applied Materials Inc.

     

3.30%, 04/01/27 (Call 01/01/27)(a)

     15,740        14,851,871  

4.35%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)(a)

     11,662        10,973,455  

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.

     

2.65%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

     8,677        8,131,494  

3.00%, 01/15/22 (Call 12/15/21)(a)

     40,830        39,486,411  

3.13%, 01/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)

     12,319        11,260,262  

3.50%, 01/15/28 (Call 10/15/27)(a)

     25,450        22,453,563  

3.63%, 01/15/24 (Call 11/15/23)

     27,248        26,110,701  

3.88%, 01/15/27 (Call 10/15/26)(a)

     58,379        53,583,235  

Intel Corp.

     

2.35%, 05/11/22 (Call 04/11/22)(a)

     10,501        10,153,217  

2.60%, 05/19/26 (Call 02/19/26)(a)

     10,781        9,942,597  

2.70%, 12/15/22

     15,316        14,884,032  

2.88%, 05/11/24 (Call 03/11/24)

     20,658        19,859,114  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Semiconductors (continued)

 

3.10%, 07/29/22(a)

  $ 10,732     $       10,625,141  

3.15%, 05/11/27 (Call 02/11/27)(a)

    16,977       16,190,875  

3.70%, 07/29/25 (Call 04/29/25)(a)

    27,232       27,118,494  

3.73%, 12/08/47 (Call 06/08/47)(a)

    30,020       26,680,389  

4.00%, 12/15/32

    11,725       11,762,495  

4.10%, 05/19/46 (Call 11/19/45)(a)

    17,570       16,668,673  

4.10%, 05/11/47 (Call 11/11/46)(a)

    20,848       19,737,661  

4.80%, 10/01/41(a)

    1,480       1,550,487  

NVIDIA Corp.

   

2.20%, 09/16/21 (Call 08/16/21)(a)

    2,226       2,155,474  

3.20%, 09/16/26 (Call 06/16/26)

    11,149       10,425,774  

QUALCOMM Inc.

   

2.60%, 01/30/23 (Call 12/30/22)(a)

    7,985       7,633,426  

2.90%, 05/20/24 (Call 03/20/24)

    15,711       14,876,711  

3.00%, 05/20/22(a)

    17,303       16,919,604  

3.25%, 05/20/27 (Call 02/20/27)(a)

    22,772       21,055,351  

3.45%, 05/20/25 (Call 02/20/25)

    25,602       24,574,717  

4.30%, 05/20/47 (Call 11/20/46)(a)

    20,840       18,710,552  

4.65%, 05/20/35 (Call 11/20/34)

    17,521       17,225,126  

4.80%, 05/20/45 (Call 11/20/44)(a)

    19,437       18,704,419  

Texas Instruments Inc., 4.15%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)(a)

        21,534       20,578,896  
   

 

 

 
          567,035,729  
Software — 3.8%

 

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

   

2.25%, 08/15/21 (Call 07/15/21)

    76       73,133  

3.00%, 08/15/26 (Call 05/15/26)(a)

    16,637       15,102,147  

3.50%, 04/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    2,024       1,990,898  

5.00%, 10/15/25 (Call 07/15/25)(a)

    10,683       11,100,680  

Fiserv Inc.

   

3.80%, 10/01/23 (Call 09/01/23)(a)

    500       499,542  

3.85%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

    17,956       17,625,619  

Microsoft Corp.

   

1.55%, 08/08/21 (Call 07/08/21)

    2,276       2,179,048  

2.00%, 08/08/23 (Call 06/08/23)(a)

    23,427       21,965,528  

2.13%, 11/15/22(a)

    3,414       3,271,264  

2.38%, 02/12/22 (Call 01/12/22)

    21,320       20,729,803  

2.38%, 05/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)

    9,475       9,076,635  

2.40%, 02/06/22 (Call 01/06/22)(a)

    16,287       15,859,883  

2.40%, 08/08/26 (Call 05/08/26)(a)

    47,190       43,036,747  

2.65%, 11/03/22 (Call 09/03/22)(a)

    7,373       7,184,910  

2.70%, 02/12/25 (Call 11/12/24)(a)

    29,244       27,706,271  

2.88%, 02/06/24 (Call 12/06/23)

    32,672       31,736,735  

3.13%, 11/03/25 (Call 08/03/25)(a)

    28,182       27,230,376  

3.30%, 02/06/27 (Call 11/06/26)(a)

    46,847       45,397,821  

3.45%, 08/08/36 (Call 02/08/36)

    23,066       21,204,447  

3.50%, 02/12/35 (Call 08/12/34)

    17,294       16,137,436  

3.50%, 11/15/42

    5,969       5,335,121  

3.63%, 12/15/23 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    22,681       22,852,788  

3.70%, 08/08/46 (Call 02/08/46)(a)

    56,595       52,136,055  

3.75%, 02/12/45 (Call 08/12/44)(a)

    24,563       22,763,728  

3.95%, 08/08/56 (Call 02/08/56)

    27,595       25,677,564  

4.00%, 02/12/55 (Call 08/12/54)(a)

    23,869       22,422,990  

4.10%, 02/06/37 (Call 08/06/36)(a)

    27,204       27,248,952  

4.20%, 11/03/35 (Call 05/03/35)

    16,176       16,359,031  

4.45%, 11/03/45 (Call 05/03/45)

    38,503       39,677,322  

4.50%, 10/01/40(a)

    14,584       15,158,836  

4.50%, 02/06/57 (Call 08/06/56)(a)

    25,416       26,143,078  

4.75%, 11/03/55 (Call 05/03/55)(a)

    6,508       6,987,697  

5.20%, 06/01/39(a)

    3,384       3,816,368  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Software (continued)

 

5.30%, 02/08/41(a)

  $     14,704     $       16,878,769  

Series 30Y, 4.25%, 02/06/47 (Call 08/06/46)(a)

    34,696       34,899,832  

Oracle Corp.

   

1.90%, 09/15/21 (Call 08/15/21)(a)

    1,478       1,417,863  

2.40%, 09/15/23 (Call 07/15/23)

    27,069       25,574,215  

2.50%, 05/15/22 (Call 03/15/22)

    31,527       30,493,690  

2.50%, 10/15/22

    30,680       29,554,256  

2.63%, 02/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)

    14,501       13,960,178  

2.65%, 07/15/26 (Call 04/15/26)

    40,033       36,568,608  

2.95%, 11/15/24 (Call 09/15/24)

    26,725       25,508,165  

2.95%, 05/15/25 (Call 02/15/25)(a)

    25,470       24,111,957  

3.25%, 11/15/27 (Call 08/15/27)(a)

    35,340       33,409,743  

3.40%, 07/08/24 (Call 04/08/24)

    25,600       25,138,657  

3.63%, 07/15/23(a)

    14,233       14,246,261  

3.80%, 11/15/37 (Call 05/15/37)

    23,337       21,262,408  

3.85%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)

    18,591       17,155,234  

3.90%, 05/15/35 (Call 11/15/34)(a)

    12,874       12,016,191  

4.00%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)(a)

    39,217       35,367,761  

4.00%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)(a)

    27,916       25,093,103  

4.13%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)(a)

    25,683       23,650,478  

4.30%, 07/08/34 (Call 01/08/34)

    17,168       16,855,560  

4.38%, 05/15/55 (Call 11/15/54)(a)

    2,104       1,969,070  

4.50%, 07/08/44 (Call 01/08/44)(a)

    9,175       8,943,378  

5.38%, 07/15/40(a)

    27,714       30,342,091  

6.13%, 07/08/39(a)

    10,866       12,917,971  

6.50%, 04/15/38(a)

    10,607       13,051,146  

salesforce.com Inc.

   

3.25%, 04/11/23 (Call 03/11/23)(a)

    4,899       4,840,894  

3.70%, 04/11/28 (Call 01/11/28)

    13,479       13,133,313  

VMware Inc.

   

2.95%, 08/21/22 (Call 07/21/22)(a)

    4,854       4,645,540  

3.90%, 08/21/27 (Call 05/21/27)

    19,716       17,983,015  
   

 

 

 
          1,196,677,800  
Telecommunications — 6.9%

 

AT&T Inc.

   

2.63%, 12/01/22 (Call 09/01/22)

    8,733       8,305,937  

3.00%, 02/15/22(a)

    18,486       18,042,879  

3.00%, 06/30/22 (Call 04/30/22)(a)

    19,053       18,484,984  

3.20%, 03/01/22 (Call 02/01/22)(a)

    15,841       15,562,271  

3.40%, 05/15/25 (Call 02/15/25)(a)

    62,964       59,042,955  

3.60%, 02/17/23 (Call 12/17/22)(a)

    17,825       17,556,531  

3.80%, 03/15/22(a)

    15,573       15,549,545  

3.80%, 03/01/24 (Call 01/01/24)(a)

    14,659       14,379,627  

3.88%, 08/15/21(a)

    800       802,941  

3.90%, 03/11/24 (Call 12/11/23)(a)

    15,038       14,814,274  

3.95%, 01/15/25 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    16,124       15,667,565  

4.10%, 02/15/28 (Call 11/15/27)(a)(b)

    32,315       30,718,636  

4.13%, 02/17/26 (Call 11/17/25)(a)

    27,929       27,051,705  

4.25%, 03/01/27 (Call 12/01/26)(a)

    25,834       25,036,466  

4.30%, 02/15/30(b)

    41,232       38,741,068  

4.30%, 12/15/42 (Call 06/15/42)

    27,291       22,465,777  

4.35%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    31,086       25,318,627  

4.45%, 04/01/24 (Call 01/01/24)(a)

    19,168       19,344,763  

4.50%, 05/15/35 (Call 11/15/34)(a)

    36,075       32,510,534  

4.50%, 03/09/48 (Call 09/09/47)(a)

    52,279       43,390,064  

4.55%, 03/09/49 (Call 09/09/48)

    27,357       22,633,663  

4.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

    36,006       31,118,369  

4.80%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)(a)

    32,707       28,623,358  

4.90%, 08/15/37 (Call 02/14/37)(b)

    9,931       9,103,254  

5.15%, 03/15/42

    11,664       10,731,279  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Telecommunications (continued)

   

5.15%, 11/15/46(b)

  $ 24,101     $ 21,845,132  

5.15%, 02/15/50 (Call 08/14/49)(b)

    30,920       27,757,586  

5.25%, 03/01/37 (Call 09/01/36)

    32,843       31,350,913  

5.35%, 09/01/40(a)

    21,548       20,548,046  

5.45%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)(a)

    27,390       25,964,019  

5.55%, 08/15/41(a)

    8,688       8,388,307  

5.65%, 02/15/47 (Call 08/15/46)

    17,163       16,651,882  

5.70%, 03/01/57 (Call 09/01/56)

    9,368       8,984,845  

6.00%, 08/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)

    17,242       17,561,799  

6.38%, 03/01/41(a)

    7,470       7,890,676  

British Telecommunications PLC,
9.63%, 12/15/30

        27,423             38,157,210  

Cisco Systems Inc.

   

2.20%, 09/20/23 (Call 07/20/23)(a)

    16,379       15,442,323  

2.50%, 09/20/26 (Call 06/20/26)(a)

    15,559       14,180,132  

2.95%, 02/28/26(a)

    13,163       12,481,145  

3.63%, 03/04/24

    13,419       13,472,918  

5.50%, 01/15/40(a)

    20,679       23,818,810  

5.90%, 02/15/39

    22,954       27,587,540  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 8.75%, 06/15/30

    45,048       59,829,163  

Motorola Solutions Inc., 3.75%, 05/15/22

    1,732       1,704,554  

Orange SA

   

4.13%, 09/14/21(a)

    12,110       12,337,907  

5.38%, 01/13/42(a)

    7,289       7,766,330  

5.50%, 02/06/44 (Call 08/06/43)(a)

    5,484       5,925,540  

9.00%, 03/01/31(a)

    32,635       44,898,192  

Rogers Communications Inc.

   

4.10%, 10/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)

    10,148       10,249,174  

4.30%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)(a)

    5,314       4,923,542  

5.00%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)(a)

    20,207       20,394,675  

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

   

4.10%, 03/08/27(a)

    24,540       23,345,184  

4.57%, 04/27/23(a)

    9,492       9,689,339  

4.67%, 03/06/38

    13,802       12,366,472  

4.90%, 03/06/48(a)

    18,016       15,971,386  

5.21%, 03/08/47(a)

    34,979       32,665,545  

7.05%, 06/20/36(a)

    18,628       21,611,727  

Telefonica Europe BV, 8.25%, 09/15/30(a)

    8,896       11,218,181  

Verizon Communications Inc.

   

2.63%, 08/15/26(a)

    35,091       31,472,507  

3.13%, 03/16/22

    2,425       2,388,740  

3.38%, 02/15/25

    49,373       47,661,297  

3.50%, 11/01/24 (Call 08/01/24)(a)

    40,343       39,415,664  

3.85%, 11/01/42 (Call 05/01/42)(a)

    4,946       4,131,694  

4.13%, 03/16/27(a)

    46,790       46,316,785  

4.13%, 08/15/46(a)

    16,084       13,880,288  

4.15%, 03/15/24 (Call 12/15/23)

    7,930       8,036,120  

4.27%, 01/15/36

    34,515       31,744,871  

4.33%, 09/21/28

        178,176       176,344,440  

4.40%, 11/01/34 (Call 05/01/34)

    24,464       23,091,411  

4.50%, 08/10/33(a)

    21,813       21,063,952  

4.52%, 09/15/48(a)

    58,783       53,802,258  

4.67%, 03/15/55

    57,019       51,478,025  

4.75%, 11/01/41

    6,576       6,202,085  

4.81%, 03/15/39(a)

    11,386       11,020,903  

4.86%, 08/21/46(a)

    51,167       48,788,395  

5.01%, 04/15/49

    49,206       47,799,697  

5.01%, 08/21/54(a)

    62,331       59,329,095  

5.15%, 09/15/23

    3,290       3,486,007  

5.25%, 03/16/37

    29,967       30,797,338  

Security

  Par
(000)
    Value  

Telecommunications (continued)

   

5.50%, 03/16/47(a)

  $     13,478     $ 14,058,481  

6.55%, 09/15/43

    5,691       6,560,292  

Vodafone Group PLC

   

2.50%, 09/26/22(a)

    12,625       12,010,604  

2.95%, 02/19/23

    16,791       16,082,022  

3.75%, 01/16/24(a)

    22,655       22,128,718  

4.13%, 05/30/25(a)

    20,645       20,195,608  

4.38%, 05/30/28(a)

    41,585       40,037,502  

4.38%, 02/19/43

    13,119       11,075,717  

5.00%, 05/30/38(a)

    15,116       14,191,830  

5.25%, 05/30/48(a)

    36,189       34,209,096  

6.15%, 02/27/37

    24,266       25,610,572  
   

 

 

 
          2,166,389,280  

Transportation — 1.1%

   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

   

3.85%, 09/01/23 (Call 06/01/23)

    2,725       2,757,889  

3.90%, 08/01/46 (Call 02/01/46)(a)

    11,358       10,258,798  

4.05%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

    8,793       8,131,145  

4.13%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)(a)

    7,536       7,057,444  

4.15%, 04/01/45 (Call 10/01/44)(a)

    12,789       12,050,848  

4.15%, 12/15/48 (Call 06/15/48)(a)

    10,617       9,982,917  

4.45%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)(a)

    9,878       9,732,219  

4.55%, 09/01/44 (Call 03/01/44)

    9,041       9,025,270  

4.90%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)(a)

    8,581       8,954,147  

5.75%, 05/01/40 (Call 11/01/39)(a)

    8,762       10,042,548  

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.,
6.13%, 09/15/15 (Call 03/15/15)

    2,686       3,001,226  

CSX Corp.

   

2.60%, 11/01/26 (Call 08/01/26)(a)

    439       392,877  

3.25%, 06/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)

    15,145       14,089,821  

3.80%, 03/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)(a)

    10,926       10,537,586  

3.80%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)(a)

    3,765       3,242,949  

4.10%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    12,408       11,182,202  

4.30%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)(a)

    12,244       11,291,107  

FedEx Corp.

   

3.25%, 04/01/26 (Call 01/01/26)(a)

    12,389       11,708,809  

4.00%, 01/15/24(a)

    8,040       8,161,608  

4.05%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

    21,044       17,820,661  

4.40%, 01/15/47 (Call 07/15/46)(a)

    9,545       8,565,437  

4.55%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

    8,239       7,591,912  

4.75%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)(a)

    19,181       18,202,541  

5.10%, 01/15/44(a)

    8,522       8,444,047  

Union Pacific Corp.

   

3.80%, 10/01/51 (Call 04/01/51)(a)

    9,374       7,806,372  

3.95%, 09/10/28 (Call 06/10/28)

    23,173       22,757,592  

4.16%, 07/15/22 (Call 04/15/22)

    7,050       7,199,283  

4.38%, 09/10/38 (Call 03/10/38)

    9,130       8,876,711  

4.50%, 09/10/48 (Call 03/10/48)(a)

    17,164       16,628,923  

United Parcel Service Inc.

   

2.45%, 10/01/22

    4,064       3,908,404  

2.50%, 04/01/23 (Call 03/01/23)

    17,284       16,586,610  

3.05%, 11/15/27 (Call 08/15/27)(a)

    12,445       11,668,364  

3.75%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)(a)

    12,621       11,065,991  

6.20%, 01/15/38

    20,975       25,240,583  
   

 

 

 
      353,964,841  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    E M I -  A N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L  D E R S


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate  Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
    Value  

Water — 0.1%

 

American Water Capital Corp.

   

3.75%, 09/01/47 (Call 03/01/47)

  $ 18,656     $ 16,320,767  

6.59%, 10/15/37(a)

    1,762       2,169,771  
   

 

 

 
      18,490,538  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes — 98.7%
(Cost: $33,001,335,220)

      30,838,465,375  
   

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 9.3%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SLAgency Shares, 2.36%(e)(f)(g)

      2,754,937       2,755,488,032  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SLAgency Shares, 2.11%(e)(f)

    144,476       144,475,838  
   

 

 

 
      2,899,963,870  
   

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 9.3%
(Cost: $2,899,449,783)

      2,899,963,870  
   

 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 108.0%
(Cost: $35,900,785,003)

      33,738,429,245  

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (8.0)%

      (2,490,397,672
   

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%     $   31,248,031,573  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

Security is issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Reference index and spread are provided if the rate is currently floating.

(d) 

Variable or floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(g)

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

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

        Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                   

Assets

                   

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     $        $ 30,838,465,375        $                     —        $ 30,838,465,375  

Money Market Funds

       2,899,963,870                            2,899,963,870  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
     $ 2,899,963,870        $ 30,838,465,375        $        $ 33,738,429,245  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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

  


Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2018

 

      iShares
iBoxx $ High Yield
Corporate Bond
ETF
            iShares
iBoxx $ Investment
Grade Corporate
Bond ETF
 

ASSETS

       

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

       

Unaffiliated(b)

   $ 13,875,347,265        $ 30,698,840,340  

Affiliated(c)

     3,521,495,377          3,039,588,905  

Cash

     29,756          944,201  

Receivables:

       

Investments sold

     8,292,152          202,125,079  

Securities lending income — Affiliated

     1,756,741          662,848  

Capital shares sold

              3,165,260  

Securities related to in-kind transactions

     19,501,527          552,190  

Dividends

     237,785          185,719  

Interest

     223,363,181          333,693,316  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total assets

     17,650,023,784          34,279,757,858  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

     3,372,835,626          2,754,820,988  

Payables:

       

Investments purchased

     86,661,916          272,335,801  

Capital shares redeemed

     2,919,961          40,776  

Securities related to in-kind transactions

     4,460,965          531,980  

Investment advisory fees

     6,022,941          3,996,740  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     3,472,901,409          3,031,726,285  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 14,177,122,375        $ 31,248,031,573  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

       

Paid-in capital

   $ 15,820,056,840        $ 33,742,076,332  

Accumulated loss

     (1,642,934,465        (2,494,044,759
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 14,177,122,375        $ 31,248,031,573  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     168,100,000          278,400,000  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value

   $ 84.34        $ 112.24  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares authorized

     Unlimited          Unlimited  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Par value

     None          None  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

(a)  Securities loaned, at value

   $ 3,210,788,492        $ 2,604,461,120  

(b)  Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

   $ 14,701,911,854        $ 32,861,196,098  

(c)  Investments, at cost — Affiliated

   $ 3,521,495,377        $ 3,039,588,905  

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    E M I -  A N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L  D E R S


Schedule of Investments

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 97.41%

 

ADVERTISING — 0.36%

     

Lamar Media Corp.

     

5.00%, 05/01/23
(Call 05/01/18)a

   $     8,605      $         8,787,857  

5.38%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)a

     7,711        7,951,969  

5.75%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)a

     5,753        5,955,553  

5.88%, 02/01/22
(Call 03/19/18)a

     9,231        9,417,928  

Outfront Media Capital LLC/

     

Outfront Media Capital Corp.

     

5.25%, 02/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     8,669        8,874,889  

5.63%, 02/15/24
(Call 02/15/19)

     7,744        7,840,800  

5.88%, 03/15/25
(Call 09/15/19)a

     6,245        6,338,675  
     

 

 

 
        55,167,671  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 1.25%

 

Arconic Inc.

     

5.13%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)a

     20,588        21,250,334  

5.40%, 04/15/21
(Call 01/15/21)

     21,794        22,615,634  

5.72%, 02/23/19

     5,041        5,204,833  

5.87%, 02/23/22a

     9,913        10,477,545  

6.15%, 08/15/20a

     22,495        23,810,957  

KLX Inc.

     

5.88%, 12/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     19,302        19,904,182  

TransDigm Inc.

     

5.50%, 10/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,948        8,017,545  

6.00%, 07/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     18,232        18,665,010  

6.38%, 06/15/26
(Call 06/15/21)a

     17,665        18,052,159  

6.50%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/19)a

     21,967        22,624,953  

6.50%, 05/15/25
(Call 05/15/20)a

     11,622        11,912,550  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Triumph Group Inc.

     

7.75%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)

   $     8,721      $         9,026,235  
     

 

 

 
        191,561,937  

AIRLINES — 0.22%

     

Air Canada

     

7.75%, 04/15/21a,b

     6,145        6,764,389  

American Airlines Group Inc.

     

4.63%, 03/01/20b

     7,520        7,595,200  

5.50%, 10/01/19b

     11,436        11,689,943  

United Continental Holdings Inc.

     

4.25%, 10/01/22a

     7,784        7,782,784  
     

 

 

 
        33,832,316  

APPAREL — 0.21%

     

Hanesbrands Inc.

     

4.63%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/15/24)a,b

     16,487        16,365,408  

4.88%, 05/15/26
(Call 02/15/26)a,b

     15,935        15,656,138  
     

 

 

 
        32,021,546  

AUTO MANUFACTURERS — 0.89%

 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

     

4.50%, 04/15/20a

     24,900        25,169,652  

5.25%, 04/15/23a

     25,705        26,456,293  

Jaguar Land Rover

     

Automotive PLC

     

3.50%, 03/15/20
(Call 12/15/19)a,b

     8,445        8,337,749  

4.13%, 12/15/18a,b

     1,371        1,376,762  

4.25%, 11/15/19a,b

     6,922        6,960,648  

4.50%, 10/01/27
(Call 07/01/27)b

     8,367        7,980,026  

5.63%, 02/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     9,272        9,454,129  

Navistar International Corp.

     

6.63%, 11/01/25
(Call 11/01/20)a,b

     19,356        19,892,806  

Tesla Inc.

     

5.30%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)a,b

     32,045        30,363,118  
     

 

 

 
        135,991,183  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT — 1.07%

 

Allison Transmission Inc.

     

4.75%, 10/01/27
(Call 10/01/22)a,b

   $     8,174      $         7,999,026  

5.00%, 10/01/24
(Call 10/01/19)a,b

     17,809        18,053,874  

American Axle &
Manufacturing Inc.

     

6.25%, 03/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     6,048        6,134,365  

6.25%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)a

     14,213        14,676,344  

6.50%, 04/01/27
(Call 04/01/22)a

     8,469        8,748,213  

6.63%, 10/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     8,006        8,246,180  

Dana Financing
Luxembourg Sarl

     

5.75%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)a,b

     5,460        5,603,352  

Dana Inc.

     

5.50%, 12/15/24
(Call 12/15/19)a

     7,405        7,545,731  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Co. (The)

     

4.88%, 03/15/27
(Call 12/15/26)a

     12,679        12,491,351  

5.00%, 05/31/26
(Call 05/31/21)a

     18,043        18,004,940  

5.13%, 11/15/23
(Call 11/15/18)a

     16,032        16,341,188  

ZF North America Capital Inc.

     

4.00%, 04/29/20a,b

     9,397        9,536,644  

4.50%, 04/29/22b

     9,291        9,523,958  

4.75%, 04/29/25b

     20,033        20,572,088  
     

 

 

 
        163,477,254  

BANKS — 1.76%

     

BPCE SA

     

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 12.980%)
12.50%,
(Call 09/30/19)a,b,c,d

     7,428        8,421,495  

CIT Group Inc.

     

3.88%, 02/19/19a

     13,588        13,668,169  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.00%, 08/15/22

   $     18,336      $         18,892,191  

5.00%, 08/01/23

     11,978        12,333,257  

5.38%, 05/15/20

     7,634        7,894,510  

Deutsche Bank AG

     

(5 year USD Swap + 2.248%)

     

4.30%, 05/24/28
(Call 05/24/23)a,d

     26,195        25,361,245  

Deutsche Bank AG/New
York NY

     

(5 year USD ICE
Swap + 2.553%)

     

4.88%, 12/01/32
(Call 12/01/27)d

     18,501        17,284,054  

Fifth Third Bancorp.

     

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.033%)

     

5.10%, (Call 06/30/23)a,c,d

     11,300        11,215,250  

Royal Bank of Scotland

     

Group PLC

     

5.13%, 05/28/24a

     38,573        39,488,981  

6.00%, 12/19/23a

     34,469        36,769,244  

6.10%, 06/10/23a

     16,805        17,948,767  

6.13%, 12/15/22

     39,802        42,355,927  

UniCredit SpA

     

(5 year USD ICE
Swap + 3.703%)

     

5.86%, 06/19/32
(Call 06/19/27)a,b,d

     17,194        17,638,259  
     

 

 

 
        269,271,349  

BEVERAGES — 0.00%

     

Cott Holdings Inc.

     

5.50%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)b

     425        423,343  
     

 

 

 
        423,343  

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.01%

 

Concordia International Corp.

     

9.50%, 10/21/22
(Call 12/15/18)b,e

     9,503        855,270  
     

 

 

 
        855,270  

BUILDING MATERIALS — 0.55%

 

Builders FirstSource Inc.

     

5.63%, 09/01/24
(Call 09/01/19)a,b

     271        275,743  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Griffon Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

   $     13,370      $         13,376,685  

Standard Industries Inc./NJ

     

4.75%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)b

     16,727        16,099,737  

5.00%, 02/15/27
(Call 02/15/22)b

     9,095        8,998,366  

5.38%, 11/15/24
(Call 11/15/19)a,b

     17,468        17,861,030  

5.50%, 02/15/23
(Call 02/15/19)a,b

     8,064        8,300,492  

6.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a,b

     18,745        19,705,681  
     

 

 

 
        84,617,734  

CHEMICALS — 1.95%

 

Ashland LLC

     

4.75%, 08/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)a

     18,527        18,851,222  

Blue Cube Spinco Inc.

     

9.75%, 10/15/23
(Call 10/15/20)a

     12,556        14,550,246  

10.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a

     7,977        9,512,573  

CF Industries Inc.

     

3.45%, 06/01/23a

     12,153        11,757,314  

7.13%, 05/01/20

     8,603        9,180,980  

Chemours Co. (The)

     

5.38%, 05/15/27
(Call 02/15/27)a

     9,194        9,216,985  

6.63%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)

     19,801        20,768,067  

7.00%, 05/15/25
(Call 05/15/20)a

     12,016        12,935,687  

Hexion Inc.

     

6.63%, 04/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     24,786        23,195,168  

10.38%, 02/01/22
(Call 02/01/19)b

     10,314        10,067,059  

Hexion Inc./Hexion Nova Scotia Finance ULC

     

9.00%, 11/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     10,065        8,096,034  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Huntsman International LLC

     

4.88%, 11/15/20
(Call 08/15/20)

   $     9,797      $         10,054,171  

5.13%, 11/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)

     6,379        6,571,095  

NOVA Chemicals Corp.

     

4.88%, 06/01/24
(Call 03/03/24)a,b

     19,945        19,695,687  

5.00%, 05/01/25
(Call 01/31/25)a,b

     8,368        8,272,553  

5.25%, 08/01/23
(Call 08/01/18)a,b

     6,980        7,103,557  

5.25%, 06/01/27
(Call 03/03/27)a,b

     17,539        17,039,081  

Olin Corp.

     

5.00%, 02/01/30
(Call 02/01/24)

     9,232        8,915,804  

5.13%, 09/15/27
(Call 03/15/22)

     7,626        7,537,928  

Platform Specialty Products Corp.

     

5.88%, 12/01/25
(Call 12/01/20)a,b

     14,341        14,247,274  

6.50%, 02/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     17,207        17,680,192  

Tronox Finance LLC

     

7.50%, 03/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)b

     14,245        14,751,793  

Tronox Finance PLC

     

5.75%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)a,b

     6,606        6,566,175  

WR Grace & Co.-Conn

     

5.13%, 10/01/21a,b

     10,449        10,814,715  
     

 

 

 
        297,381,360  

COAL — 0.15%

 

Murray Energy Corp.

     

11.25%, 04/15/21
(Call 04/15/18)b

     16,806        7,562,700  

Peabody Energy Corp.

     

6.00%, 03/31/22
(Call 03/31/19)b

     6,900        7,084,959  

6.38%, 03/31/25
(Call 03/31/20)a,b

     7,352        7,643,782  
     

 

 

 
        22,291,441  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

COMMERCIAL SERVICES — 3.43%

 

ADT Corp. (The)

     

3.50%, 07/15/22

   $     17,920      $         17,116,801  

4.13%, 06/15/23

     13,581        13,232,733  

6.25%, 10/15/21

     16,547        17,612,213  

APX Group Inc.

     

6.38%, 12/01/19
(Call 04/02/18)a

     317        321,755  

7.63%, 09/01/23
(Call 09/01/19)a

     9,060        9,610,207  

7.88%, 12/01/22
(Call 12/01/18)

     14,646        15,451,530  

8.75%, 12/01/20
(Call 04/02/18)

     14,350        14,507,408  

Ashtead Capital Inc.

     

4.13%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)a,b

     11,307        11,052,592  

4.38%, 08/15/27
(Call 08/15/22)a,b

     8,483        8,218,530  

5.63%, 10/01/24
(Call 10/01/19)a,b

     9,716        10,138,218  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance Inc.

     

5.13%, 06/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     6,263        6,262,511  

5.50%, 04/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     12,140        12,087,334  

Hertz Corp. (The)

     

5.50%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)a,b

     14,159        12,243,405  

5.88%, 10/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     10,563        10,479,678  

6.25%, 10/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,372        6,977,368  

7.38%, 01/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,550        7,510,362  

7.63%, 06/01/22
(Call 06/01/19)a,b

     21,957        22,573,818  

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC

     

6.38%, 08/01/23
(Call 08/01/18)a,b

     19,716        19,863,870  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg Sarl (The)

     

5.00%, 02/01/25
(Call 02/01/20)a,b

   $     9,593      $         9,576,612  

5.50%, 10/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     9,618        9,834,405  

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co.

     

4.50%, 10/01/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     12,099        12,137,314  

5.00%, 04/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     39,483        39,927,184  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance Inc.

     

9.25%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/19)a,b

     57,138        62,208,997  

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.

     

6.00%, 04/01/24a

     362        350,688  

7.88%, 03/15/21

     6,316        6,587,062  

Service Corp. International/U.S.

     

4.63%, 12/15/27
(Call 12/15/22)a

     9,524        9,283,505  

5.38%, 01/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     6,482        6,590,573  

5.38%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)a

     14,016        14,471,520  

ServiceMaster Co. LLC (The)

     

5.13%, 11/15/24
(Call 11/15/19)a,b

     13,698        13,458,285  

United Rentals North America Inc.

     

4.63%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/18)a

     16,753        17,129,942  

4.63%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a

     12,999        12,664,208  

4.88%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)a

     29,054        28,297,678  

5.50%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/20)a

     13,921        14,356,031  

5.50%, 05/15/27
(Call 05/15/22)

     19,811        20,219,941  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.75%, 11/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)a

   $     14,997      $         15,507,648  

5.88%, 09/15/26
(Call 09/15/21)a

     15,851        16,610,203  
     

 

 

 
        524,472,129  

COMPUTERS — 1.63%

 

Dell Inc.

     

4.63%, 04/01/21a

     5,754        5,790,721  

5.88%, 06/15/19a

     8,858        9,095,217  

Dell International LLC/ EMC Corp.

     

5.88%, 06/15/21
(Call 06/15/18)a,b

     28,324        29,067,505  

7.13%, 06/15/24
(Call 06/15/19)a,b

     27,466        29,643,230  

EMC Corp.

     

2.65%, 06/01/20

     32,567        31,646,982  

3.38%, 06/01/23
(Call 03/01/23)

     16,956        15,557,130  

Exela Intermediate LLC/Exela Finance Inc.

     

10.00%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/20)a,b

     18,595        18,525,269  

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.

     

8.38%, 08/15/22
(Call 02/15/19)a,b

     15,725        16,295,031  

9.25%, 03/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     11,006        11,391,210  

Leidos Holdings Inc.

     

4.45%, 12/01/20
(Call 09/01/20)a

     6,649        6,807,978  

NCR Corp.

     

4.63%, 02/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,835        7,780,435  

5.00%, 07/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     9,292        9,321,867  

5.88%, 12/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     5,779        5,899,740  

6.38%, 12/15/23
(Call 12/15/18)a

     10,831        11,264,240  

West Corp.

     

8.50%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a,b

     18,623        18,064,310  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Western Digital Corp.

     

4.75%, 02/15/26
(Call 11/15/25)a

   $     22,119      $         22,312,541  
     

 

 

 
        248,463,406  

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE — 0.38%

 

Avon International Operations Inc.

     

7.88%, 08/15/22
(Call 08/15/19)a,b

     8,361        8,622,281  

Avon Products Inc.

     

6.60%, 03/15/20a

     6,997        7,012,743  

7.00%, 03/15/23a

     7,794        7,068,184  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

     

4.70%, 05/19/21a

     9,632        9,660,094  

4.70%, 05/24/22a

     9,031        9,031,000  

First Quality Finance Co. Inc.

     

4.63%, 05/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     9,803        9,775,769  

5.00%, 07/01/25
(Call 07/01/20)a,b

     7,172        7,010,630  
     

 

 

 
        58,180,701  

DISTRIBUTION & WHOLESALE — 0.12%

 

HD Supply Inc.

     

5.75%, 04/15/24
(Call 04/15/19)a,b

     16,892        17,710,206  
     

 

 

 
        17,710,206  

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 3.96%

 

Aircastle Ltd.

     

4.13%, 05/01/24
(Call 02/01/24)a

     10,210        10,031,697  

4.63%, 12/15/18a

     201        202,720  

5.00%, 04/01/23a

     9,091        9,385,457  

5.13%, 03/15/21a

     7,140        7,344,000  

5.50%, 02/15/22

     7,913        8,248,412  

6.25%, 12/01/19a

     7,228        7,526,155  

Ally Financial Inc.

     

3.50%, 01/27/19a

     222        222,788  

3.75%, 11/18/19a

     11,385        11,447,617  

4.13%, 03/30/20a

     11,099        11,209,990  

4.13%, 02/13/22a

     9,896        9,905,719  

4.25%, 04/15/21a

     8,552        8,626,744  

4.63%, 05/19/22a

     5,880        5,978,000  

4.63%, 03/30/25a

     7,790        7,827,559  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.13%, 09/30/24a

   $     13,330      $         13,817,058  

5.75%, 11/20/25
(Call 10/20/25)a

     17,819        18,652,038  

7.50%, 09/15/20a

     11,060        12,032,359  

8.00%, 12/31/18a

     9        9,341  

8.00%, 03/15/20a

     22,731        24,630,509  

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.

     

5.88%, 02/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     23,596        23,654,990  

6.00%, 08/01/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     28,119        28,593,148  

6.25%, 02/01/22
(Call 02/01/19)a

     15,629        15,863,435  

6.38%, 12/15/25
(Call 12/15/20)a

     13,006        13,030,922  

6.75%, 02/01/24
(Call 02/01/20)a

     7,924        8,073,401  

Intelsat Connect Finance SA

     

12.50%, 04/01/22
(Call 06/01/18)b

     12,614        10,185,805  

Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp.

     

6.88%, 04/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     7,163        7,185,384  

7.25%, 08/15/24
(Call 08/15/20)a,b

     7,550        7,673,173  

7.38%, 04/01/20
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     8,631        8,671,031  

7.50%, 04/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     6,154        6,330,928  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/15/22
(Call 09/15/21)a,b

     7,460        7,479,471  

5.25%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)b

     8,154        7,922,352  

Nationstar Mortgage LLC/ Nationstar Capital Corp.

     

6.50%, 07/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     9,034        9,215,583  

7.88%, 10/01/20
(Call 04/02/18)

     5,630        5,774,269  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Navient Corp.

     

4.88%, 06/17/19a

   $     15,898      $         16,054,198  

5.00%, 10/26/20a

     6,954        7,001,441  

5.50%, 01/25/23a

     16,227        16,076,813  

5.88%, 03/25/21a

     9,371        9,625,618  

5.88%, 10/25/24a

     9,714        9,612,445  

6.13%, 03/25/24a

     14,550        14,687,706  

6.50%, 06/15/22

     15,574        16,213,183  

6.63%, 07/26/21

     13,549        14,141,769  

6.75%, 06/25/25a

     9,200        9,450,010  

7.25%, 01/25/22a

     13,078        13,965,200  

7.25%, 09/25/23a

     11,198        11,883,478  

8.00%, 03/25/20a

     25,424        27,235,460  

8.45%, 06/15/18a

     189        191,454  

OneMain Financial Holdings LLC

     

7.25%, 12/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)b

     428        442,552  

Quicken Loans Inc.

     

5.25%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)a,b

     18,689        18,034,885  

5.75%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)a,b

     21,090        21,218,297  

Springleaf Finance Corp.

     

5.25%, 12/15/19a

     10,699        10,892,346  

5.63%, 03/15/23a

     14,451        14,306,490  

6.13%, 05/15/22a

     16,934        17,349,791  

7.75%, 10/01/21a

     11,710        12,746,452  

8.25%, 12/15/20a

     15,915        17,331,121  
     

 

 

 
        605,212,764  

ELECTRIC — 2.78%

     

AES Corp./VA

     

4.88%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)a

     12,432        12,560,464  

5.13%, 09/01/27
(Call 09/01/22)a

     10,108        10,246,985  

5.50%, 03/15/24
(Call 03/15/19)

     12,860        13,144,857  

5.50%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)a

     8,866        9,087,650  

6.00%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)

     10,154        10,663,973  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

7.38%, 07/01/21
(Call 06/01/21)

   $     11,286      $         12,379,155  

8.00%, 06/01/20

     204        223,380  

Calpine Corp.

     

5.25%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)a,b

     21,400        20,799,668  

5.38%, 01/15/23
(Call 10/15/18)a

     19,756        19,254,075  

5.50%, 02/01/24
(Call 02/01/19)a

     10,201        9,561,313  

5.75%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/19)a

     27,455        25,694,327  

5.88%, 01/15/24
(Call 11/01/18)a,b

     7,610        7,743,907  

6.00%, 01/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     11,833        12,202,781  

DPL Inc.

     

7.25%, 10/15/21
(Call 07/15/21)a

     12,277        13,366,584  

Dynegy Inc.

     

5.88%, 06/01/23
(Call 06/01/18)

     9,452        9,688,300  

7.38%, 11/01/22
(Call 11/01/18)a

     31,442        33,134,815  

7.63%, 11/01/24
(Call 11/01/19)

     21,489        23,091,194  

8.00%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)b

     12,849        13,938,758  

8.13%, 01/30/26
(Call 07/30/20)a,b

     16,047        17,581,494  

Enel SpA
(5 year USD Swap + 5.880%)

     

8.75%, 09/24/73
(Call 09/24/23)b,d

     1,407        1,692,621  

IPALCO Enterprises Inc.

     

3.45%, 07/15/20
(Call 06/15/20)a

     6,022        6,008,526  

3.70%, 09/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)

     6,728        6,570,632  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP

     

4.25%, 09/15/24
(Call 07/15/24)a,b

     9,349        9,195,780  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.50%, 09/15/27
(Call 06/15/27)a,b

   $     9,696      $         9,289,307  

NRG Energy Inc.

     

5.75%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)a,b

     14,953        14,708,846  

6.25%, 07/15/22
(Call 07/15/18)a

     15,577        16,110,028  

6.25%, 05/01/24
(Call 05/01/19)

     11,932        12,344,648  

6.63%, 01/15/27
(Call 07/15/21)a

     22,403        23,131,098  

7.25%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)a

     16,361        17,409,740  

Talen Energy Supply LLC

     

4.60%, 12/15/21
(Call 09/15/21)a

     9,291        8,501,265  

6.50%, 06/01/25
(Call 06/01/20)a

     12,312        9,516,150  

9.50%, 07/15/22
(Call 07/15/20)a,b

     6,062        6,062,000  

10.50%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/22)b

     11,006        10,318,125  
     

 

 

 
        425,222,446  

ELECTRONICS — 0.00%

     

Ingram Micro Inc.

     

5.45%, 12/15/24
(Call 09/15/24)a

     345        341,759  
     

 

 

 
        341,759  

ENERGY – ALTERNATE SOURCES — 0.12%

 

TerraForm Power Operating LLC

     

4.25%, 01/31/23
(Call 10/31/22)b

     7,002        6,841,829  

5.00%, 01/31/28
(Call 07/31/27)b

     11,964        11,650,843  
     

 

 

 
        18,492,672  

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION — 0.42%

 

AECOM

     

5.13%, 03/15/27
(Call 12/15/26)a

     16,829        16,256,346  

5.75%, 10/15/22
(Call 03/16/18)a

     13,410        13,997,676  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.88%, 10/15/24
(Call 07/15/24)a

   $     16,163      $         16,889,850  

Brand Industrial Services Inc.

     

8.50%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/20)a,b

     16,355        16,820,095  
     

 

 

 
        63,963,967  

ENTERTAINMENT — 2.11%

 

  

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.

     

5.75%, 06/15/25
(Call 06/15/20)a

     9,442        9,149,733  

5.88%, 11/15/26
(Call 11/15/21)a

     10,985        10,614,256  

6.13%, 05/15/27
(Call 05/15/22)a

     8,328        8,082,446  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC/ CRC Finco Inc.

     

5.25%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a,b

     29,868        29,195,970  

Cinemark USA Inc.

     

4.88%, 06/01/23
(Call 06/01/18)a

     15,638        15,559,810  

5.13%, 12/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     5,721        5,811,821  

Eldorado Resorts Inc.

     

6.00%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)a

     15,660        16,095,788  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc.

     

4.38%, 04/15/21

     5,330        5,367,957  

4.88%, 11/01/20
(Call 08/01/20)a

     15,710        16,063,475  

5.38%, 11/01/23
(Call 08/01/23)

     10,441        10,897,794  

5.38%, 04/15/26

     17,548        18,094,808  

International Game Technology PLC

     

5.63%, 02/15/20
(Call 11/15/19)a,b

     10,948        11,309,284  

6.25%, 02/15/22
(Call 08/15/21)a,b

     26,367        27,822,271  

6.50%, 02/15/25
(Call 08/15/24)a,b

     18,840        20,277,935  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Regal Entertainment Group

     

5.75%, 03/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

   $     11,594      $         11,909,523  

Scientific Games International Inc.

     

5.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a,b

     15,041        14,871,789  

7.00%, 01/01/22
(Call 03/02/18)b

     14,779        15,554,898  

10.00%, 12/01/22
(Call 12/01/18)a

     36,606        39,797,128  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

     

4.88%, 07/31/24
(Call 07/31/19)b

     16,958        16,925,196  

5.50%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/22)a,b

     8,269        8,292,939  

WMG Acquisition Corp.

     

6.75%, 04/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     10,276        10,661,350  
     

 

 

 
        322,356,171  

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL — 0.29%

 

Clean Harbors Inc.

     

5.13%, 06/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     12,466        12,528,330  

5.25%, 08/01/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     5,827        5,848,851  

Covanta Holding Corp.

     

5.88%, 03/01/24
(Call 03/01/19)a

     7,281        7,332,877  

5.88%, 07/01/25
(Call 07/01/20)

     6,678        6,686,348  

6.38%, 10/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     5,368        5,479,020  

GFL Environmental Inc.

     

5.38%, 03/01/23
(Call 03/01/20)b

     6,987        6,978,266  
     

 

 

 
        44,853,692  

FOOD — 1.54%

     

Albertsons Companies LLC/ Safeway Inc./New Albertson’s Inc./Albertson’s LLC

     

5.75%, 03/15/25
(Call 09/15/19)a

     21,558        18,755,460  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

6.63%, 06/15/24
(Call 06/15/19)a

   $     22,221      $         20,469,707  

B&G Foods Inc.

     

4.63%, 06/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     11,409        11,363,047  

5.25%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)a

     16,882        16,248,925  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

     

4.63%, 11/01/24
(Call 11/01/21)a,b

     15,554        15,690,098  

4.88%, 11/01/26
(Call 11/01/21)a,b

     14,570        14,570,000  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

     

5.75%, 03/15/25
(Call 03/15/20)a,b

     14,635        14,561,825  

5.88%, 09/30/27
(Call 09/30/22)a,b

     13,940        13,553,862  

Post Holdings Inc.

     

5.00%, 08/15/26
(Call 08/15/21)a,b

     31,629        30,038,061  

5.50%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)a,b

     16,551        16,629,321  

5.63%, 01/15/28
(Call 12/01/22)a,b

     17,879        17,446,082  

5.75%, 03/01/27
(Call 03/01/22)a,b

     25,385        25,112,111  

TreeHouse Foods Inc.

     

4.88%, 03/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     5,681        5,659,696  

6.00%, 02/15/24
(Call 02/15/19)a,b

     14,448        14,755,020  
     

 

 

 
        234,853,215  

FOOD SERVICE — 0.39%

 

Aramark Services Inc.

     

4.75%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)a

     9,760        9,632,876  

5.00%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)b

     11,353        11,423,048  

5.00%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)b

     19,052        18,980,555  

5.13%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)

     19,035        19,401,355  
     

 

 

 
        59,437,834  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

GAS — 0.42%

     

AmeriGas Partners LP/ AmeriGas Finance Corp.

     

5.50%, 05/20/25
(Call 02/20/25)

   $     13,408      $         13,273,920  

5.63%, 05/20/24
(Call 03/20/24)a

     12,176        12,230,653  

5.75%, 05/20/27
(Call 02/20/27)a

     9,164        9,049,450  

5.88%, 08/20/26
(Call 05/20/26)a

     11,064        11,050,170  

NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp.

     

6.13%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)a

     8,028        7,726,244  

7.50%, 11/01/23
(Call 11/01/19)

     10,093        10,152,139  
     

 

 

 
        63,482,576  

HEALTH CARE – PRODUCTS — 1.32%

 

Avantor Inc.

     

6.00%, 10/01/24
(Call 10/01/20)a,b

     26,809        26,809,000  

9.00%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)a,b

     35,041        35,128,017  

DJO Finco Inc./DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp.

     

8.13%, 06/15/21
(Call 06/15/18)a,b

     17,852        17,316,440  

Hologic Inc.

     

4.38%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a,b

     14,272        13,933,040  

4.63%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)b

     6,844        6,607,169  

Kinetic Concepts Inc./KCI USA Inc.

     

7.88%, 02/15/21
(Call 03/16/18)a,b

     9,347        9,623,162  

12.50%, 11/01/21
(Call 05/01/19)a,b

     6,670        7,518,757  

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA

     

4.75%, 04/15/23a

     8,676        6,845,698  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC

     

4.88%, 04/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

   $     11,403      $         11,103,671  

5.50%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)a,b

     12,268        9,850,342  

5.63%, 10/15/23
(Call 10/15/18)a,b

     12,970        10,894,800  

5.75%, 08/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     13,906        12,313,130  

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc./ Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics SA

     

6.63%, 05/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     23,364        23,217,975  

Teleflex Inc.

     

4.63%, 11/15/27
(Call 11/15/22)a

     11,380        11,089,404  
     

 

 

 
        202,250,605  

HEALTH CARE – SERVICES — 7.41%

 

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.

     

5.63%, 02/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     11,603        11,904,098  

Centene Corp.

     

4.75%, 05/15/22
(Call 05/15/19)

     16,121        16,386,173  

4.75%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a

     23,421        23,327,848  

5.63%, 02/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     24,009        24,649,601  

6.13%, 02/15/24
(Call 02/15/19)a

     16,035        16,809,250  

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc.

     

5.13%, 08/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     17,946        16,569,495  

6.25%, 03/31/23
(Call 03/31/20)

     54,949        49,742,203  

6.88%, 02/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     49,275        32,028,750  

7.13%, 07/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     20,078        16,954,365  

8.00%, 11/15/19
(Call 04/02/18)a

     32,897        30,993,810  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

DaVita Inc.

     

5.00%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)a

   $     27,102      $         26,550,282  

5.13%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/19)a

     32,633        32,337,169  

5.75%, 08/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     20,962        21,523,019  

Encompass Health Corp.

     

5.75%, 11/01/24
(Call 04/02/18)a

     20,955        21,125,259  

Envision Healthcare Corp.

     

5.13%, 07/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     13,167        13,247,922  

5.63%, 07/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     16,879        17,168,053  

6.25%, 12/01/24
(Call 12/01/19)a,b

     8,537        8,947,823  

HCA Healthcare Inc.

     

6.25%, 02/15/21a

     16,241        17,113,954  

HCA Inc.

     

3.75%, 03/15/19a

     23,675        23,823,679  

4.25%, 10/15/19a

     8,858        8,966,352  

4.50%, 02/15/27
(Call 08/15/26)a

     19,121        18,617,580  

4.75%, 05/01/23a

     19,696        20,040,680  

5.00%, 03/15/24a

     33,066        33,689,936  

5.25%, 04/15/25a

     22,143        22,755,190  

5.25%, 06/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)a

     23,610        24,155,981  

5.38%, 02/01/25a

     44,863        45,648,102  

5.88%, 03/15/22a

     25,996        27,602,217  

5.88%, 05/01/23a

     24,573        25,859,964  

5.88%, 02/15/26
(Call 08/15/25)a

     25,771        26,710,567  

6.50%, 02/15/20

     49,951        52,579,117  

7.50%, 02/15/22

     33,772        37,444,705  

Kindred Healthcare Inc.

     

6.38%, 04/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)

     9,087        9,215,808  

8.00%, 01/15/20

     11,339        12,114,007  

8.75%, 01/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     9,444        10,029,389  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

LifePoint Health Inc.

     

5.38%, 05/01/24
(Call 05/01/19)a

   $     8,163      $         7,903,938  

5.50%, 12/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     17,539        17,678,765  

5.88%, 12/01/23
(Call 12/01/18)a

     9,751        9,745,442  

Molina Healthcare Inc.

     

5.38%, 11/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)

     12,125        12,140,156  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC

     

7.13%, 06/01/24
(Call 06/01/19)a,b

     28,257        29,650,584  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     

4.38%, 10/01/21a

     17,767        17,678,165  

4.50%, 04/01/21a

     14,531        14,495,537  

4.63%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/20)b

     34,454        33,032,772  

4.75%, 06/01/20

     7,026        7,115,581  

5.13%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)a,b

     24,770        24,034,641  

5.50%, 03/01/19a

     7,229        7,330,042  

6.00%, 10/01/20a

     30,485        31,761,255  

6.75%, 06/15/23a

     31,573        31,484,201  

7.00%, 08/01/25
(Call 08/01/20)a,b

     7,606        7,586,985  

7.50%, 01/01/22
(Call 01/01/19)a,b

     11,279        11,921,198  

8.13%, 04/01/22a

     46,370        48,919,423  

WellCare Health Plans Inc.

     

5.25%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)a

     21,706        21,924,241  
     

 

 

 
        1,131,035,274  

HOLDING COMPANIES – DIVERSIFIED — 0.07%

 

Leucadia National Corp.

     

5.50%, 10/18/23
(Call 01/18/23)a

     10,042        10,562,745  
     

 

 

 
        10,562,745  

HOME BUILDERS — 1.67%

 

Beazer Homes USA Inc.

     

5.88%, 10/15/27
(Call 10/15/22)a

     7,371        7,015,226  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

8.75%, 03/15/22
(Call 03/15/19)a

   $     8,445      $         9,099,487  

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.

     

6.50%, 12/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     8,930        9,086,275  

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. Corp.

     

6.13%, 07/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     7,535        7,764,190  

K Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.

     

10.00%, 07/15/22
(Call 07/15/19)b

     8,565        9,346,556  

10.50%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/20)a,b

     8,385        9,186,816  

KB Home

     

4.75%, 05/15/19
(Call 02/15/19)a

     5,287        5,339,870  

7.00%, 12/15/21
(Call 09/15/21)a

     7,890        8,514,625  

Lennar Corp.

     

4.13%, 01/15/22
(Call 10/15/21)a

     9,158        9,066,420  

4.50%, 06/15/19
(Call 04/16/19)a

     6,914        6,993,777  

4.50%, 11/15/19
(Call 08/15/19)a

     8,691        8,788,774  

4.50%, 04/30/24
(Call 01/31/24)a

     10,190        10,122,066  

4.75%, 04/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)a

     7,562        7,703,788  

4.75%, 11/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)

     9,009        9,104,345  

4.75%, 05/30/25
(Call 02/28/25)

     7,882        7,852,443  

4.75%, 11/29/27
(Call 05/29/27)b

     14,749        14,306,530  

4.88%, 12/15/23
(Call 09/15/23)a

     5,989        6,070,788  

5.25%, 06/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)a,b

     6,740        6,874,800  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.88%, 11/15/24
(Call 05/15/24)b

   $     7,337      $         7,832,248  

8.38%, 05/15/18b

     286        288,860  

8.38%, 01/15/21a,b

     7,239        8,075,105  

PulteGroup Inc.

     

4.25%, 03/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)

     9,808        9,911,738  

5.00%, 01/15/27
(Call 10/15/26)a

     12,427        12,293,668  

5.50%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)a

     11,839        12,037,858  

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Taylor Morrison Holdings II Inc.

     

5.25%, 04/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     8,379        8,454,221  

Toll Brothers Finance Corp.

     

4.35%, 02/15/28
(Call 11/15/27)

     1,264        1,188,818  

4.38%, 04/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)a

     7,426        7,441,250  

4.88%, 03/15/27
(Call 12/15/26)a

     9,753        9,704,235  

5.88%, 02/15/22
(Call 11/15/21)a

     8,809        9,345,193  

TRI Pointe Group Inc./TRI Pointe Homes Inc.

     

4.38%, 06/15/19a

     7,076        7,085,828  

5.88%, 06/15/24a

     8,332        8,568,879  
     

 

 

 
        254,464,677  

HOME FURNISHINGS — 0.11%

 

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

     

5.50%, 06/15/26
(Call 06/15/21)a

     10,731        10,570,035  

5.63%, 10/15/23
(Call 10/15/18)

     6,527        6,571,601  
     

 

 

 
        17,141,636  

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES — 0.28%

 

Kronos Acquisition Holdings Inc.

     

9.00%, 08/15/23
(Call 08/15/18)a,b

     15,332        14,850,480  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Spectrum Brands Inc.

     

5.75%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/20)a

   $     19,273      $         19,935,509  

6.63%, 11/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     8,255        8,546,505  
     

 

 

 
        43,332,494  

INSURANCE — 0.46%

 

Genworth Holdings Inc.

     

4.80%, 02/15/24a

     9,221        7,883,955  

4.90%, 08/15/23

     5,136        4,407,330  

7.20%, 02/15/21

     364        355,037  

7.63%, 09/24/21

     10,327        10,120,460  

7.70%, 06/15/20

     5,757        5,752,572  

HUB International Ltd.

     

7.88%, 10/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)b

     20,456        21,063,287  

Radian Group Inc.

     

4.50%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)a

     7,851        7,833,728  

Voya Financial Inc.

     

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.580%)

     

5.65%, 05/15/53
(Call 05/15/23)a,d

     12,375        12,777,187  
     

 

 

 
        70,193,556  

INTERNET — 1.48%

 

Netflix Inc.

     

4.38%, 11/15/26a

     15,932        15,294,720  

4.88%, 04/15/28a,b

     28,502        27,942,529  

5.38%, 02/01/21a

     8,461        8,785,338  

5.50%, 02/15/22

     11,183        11,631,873  

5.75%, 03/01/24

     6,003        6,314,747  

5.88%, 02/15/25

     13,885        14,671,030  

Symantec Corp.

     

3.95%, 06/15/22
(Call 03/15/22)a

     6,806        6,803,676  

4.20%, 09/15/20a

     10,148        10,354,318  

5.00%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)a,b

     19,354        19,668,502  

VeriSign Inc.

     

4.63%, 05/01/23
(Call 05/01/18)a

     11,536        11,665,780  

4.75%, 07/15/27
(Call 07/15/22)a

     10,673        10,406,175  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.25%, 04/01/25
(Call 01/01/25)a

   $     10,550      $         10,815,399  

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital Inc.

     

5.75%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/22)b

     29,008        29,153,040  

6.00%, 04/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     25,720        26,703,255  

6.38%, 05/15/25
(Call 05/15/20)a

     14,884        15,516,570  
     

 

 

 
        225,726,952  

IRON & STEEL — 1.13%

     

AK Steel Corp.

     

7.00%, 03/15/27
(Call 03/15/22)a

     7,007        7,115,937  

7.63%, 10/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     6,269        6,472,743  

Allegheny Technologies Inc.

     

5.95%, 01/15/21
(Call 10/15/20)a

     6,988        7,135,767  

7.88%, 08/15/23
(Call 05/15/23)a

     8,045        8,764,740  

ArcelorMittal

     

5.50%, 08/05/20a

     10,914        11,391,488  

5.75%, 03/01/21

     13,185        13,888,749  

6.13%, 06/01/25a

     10,385        11,441,551  

6.50%, 02/25/22

     11,279        12,252,547  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

     

4.88%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/21)b

     7,034        6,886,803  

5.75%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)a,b

     18,980        18,283,276  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

     

5.00%, 12/15/26
(Call 12/15/21)a

     7,906        8,033,484  

5.13%, 10/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     10,281        10,442,559  

5.25%, 04/15/23
(Call 04/15/18)

     5,989        6,097,839  

5.50%, 10/01/24
(Call 10/01/19)a

     8,208        8,503,488  

U.S. Steel Corp.

     

6.88%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)a

     14,781        15,497,828  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

7.38%, 04/01/20a

   $     5,928      $         6,336,921  

8.38%, 07/01/21
(Call 07/01/18)b

     12,677        13,636,293  
     

 

 

 
        172,182,013  

LEISURE TIME — 0.18%

     

Sabre GLBL Inc.

     

5.25%, 11/15/23
(Call 11/15/18)a,b

     7,452        7,507,890  

5.38%, 04/15/23
(Call 04/15/18)a,b

     8,026        8,086,195  

Viking Cruises Ltd.

     

5.88%, 09/15/27
(Call 09/15/22)b

     5,443        5,306,925  

VOC Escrow Ltd.

     

5.00%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/23)b

     6,045        5,886,319  
     

 

 

 
        26,787,329  

LODGING — 1.79%

     

Boyd Gaming Corp.

     

6.38%, 04/01/26
(Call 04/01/21)a

     14,311        15,049,943  

6.88%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)a

     11,526        12,150,325  

Diamond Resorts International Inc.

     

7.75%, 09/01/23
(Call 09/01/19)b

     8,240        8,900,986  

10.75%, 09/01/24
(Call 09/01/19)b

     9,730        10,569,212  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc.

     

4.25%, 09/01/24
(Call 09/01/19)a

     17,804        17,494,210  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/ Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp.

     

4.63%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)a

     16,310        16,391,550  

4.88%, 04/01/27
(Call 04/01/22)

     12,342        12,318,859  

Jack Ohio Finance LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp.

     

6.75%, 11/15/21
(Call 11/15/18)a,b

     14,365        14,899,183  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

MGM Resorts International

     

4.63%, 09/01/26
(Call 06/01/26)

   $     8,650      $         8,437,147  

5.25%, 03/31/20a

     7,468        7,684,572  

6.00%, 03/15/23

     22,426        23,824,120  

6.63%, 12/15/21a

     20,474        22,123,181  

6.75%, 10/01/20a

     16,470        17,561,137  

7.75%, 03/15/22a

     16,237        18,163,791  

8.63%, 02/01/19

     10,464        10,974,120  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.

     

4.25%, 05/30/23
(Call 02/28/23)a,b

     8,718        8,789,154  

5.25%, 05/15/27
(Call 02/15/27)a,b

     15,309        15,080,838  

5.50%, 03/01/25
(Call 12/01/24)b

     32,331        32,694,724  
     

 

 

 
        273,107,052  

MACHINERY — 0.31%

 

BlueLine Rental Finance Corp./ BlueLine Rental LLC

     

9.25%, 03/15/24
(Call 03/15/20)a,b

     18,920        20,480,900  

CNH Industrial NV

     

4.50%, 08/15/23

     11,751        12,004,099  

Vertiv Group Corp.

     

9.25%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)a,b

     13,723        14,529,226  
     

 

 

 
        47,014,225  

MANUFACTURING — 0.98%

 

Bombardier Inc.

     

5.75%, 03/15/22b

     7,322        7,278,783  

6.00%, 10/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     20,534        20,482,665  

6.13%, 01/15/23a,b

     23,007        23,064,517  

7.50%, 12/01/24
(Call 12/01/20)a,b

     18,337        19,081,941  

7.50%, 03/15/25
(Call 03/15/20)a,b

     26,435        27,087,849  

7.75%, 03/15/20a,b

     13,737        14,679,077  

8.75%, 12/01/21a,b

     24,843        27,288,572  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Gates Global LLC/Gates Global Co.

     

6.00%, 07/15/22
(Call 03/16/18)a,b

   $     11,215      $         11,411,262  
     

 

 

 
        150,374,666  

MEDIA — 12.46%

     

Altice Financing SA

     

6.63%, 02/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)b

     35,928        35,827,833  

7.50%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)b

     48,589        48,978,426  

Altice Finco SA

     

8.13%, 01/15/24
(Call 12/15/18)a,b

     5,863        5,987,065  

Altice Luxembourg SA

     

7.63%, 02/15/25
(Call 02/15/20)a,b

     24,692        21,780,648  

7.75%, 05/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     52,466        49,055,710  

Altice U.S. Finance I Corp.

     

5.38%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/18)b

     19,370        19,708,975  

5.50%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)b

     26,126        25,885,641  

AMC Networks Inc.

     

4.75%, 12/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)

     9,872        9,969,980  

4.75%, 08/01/25
(Call 08/01/21)a

     12,252        11,853,810  

5.00%, 04/01/24
(Call 04/01/20)a

     16,088        16,058,749  

Cablevision Systems Corp.

     

5.88%, 09/15/22a

     10,784        10,818,448  

8.00%, 04/15/20a

     8,552        9,071,133  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

     

4.00%, 03/01/23
(Call 11/01/19)a,b

     7,555        7,356,681  

5.00%, 02/01/28
(Call 08/01/22)a,b

     43,447        41,124,758  

5.13%, 02/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     17,438        17,743,165  

5.13%, 05/01/23
(Call 05/01/18)a,b

     21,656        22,062,050  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S h a r e s    A n n u a l    R  e p o r t    t o    S h a r e h o l d e r s


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.13%, 05/01/27
(Call 05/01/22)b

   $     54,885      $         52,849,864  

5.25%, 03/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,206        7,300,579  

5.25%, 09/30/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     22,377        22,796,569  

5.38%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)a,b

     14,066        14,094,923  

5.50%, 05/01/26
(Call 05/01/21)b

     26,201        26,170,979  

5.75%, 09/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,479        7,631,696  

5.75%, 01/15/24
(Call 07/15/18)

     15,620        15,939,234  

5.75%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/21)b

     41,750        42,324,062  

5.88%, 04/01/24
(Call 04/01/19)a,b

     27,684        28,594,804  

5.88%, 05/01/27
(Call 05/01/21)a,b

     12,056        12,236,840  

Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC/Cequel Capital Corp.

     

5.13%, 12/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     21,282        21,214,470  

6.38%, 09/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)b

     17,263        17,478,787  

7.75%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/20)b

     11,044        11,789,470  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc.

     

6.50%, 11/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     47,073        48,427,270  

Series B

     

7.63%, 03/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     33,109        32,892,136  

CSC Holdings LLC

     

5.25%, 06/01/24

     13,987        13,451,199  

5.38%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)b

     16,117        15,704,002  

5.50%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/22)a,b

     22,091        21,759,635  

6.63%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)b

     16,601        17,493,304  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

6.75%, 11/15/21a

   $     16,889      $         17,789,332  

8.63%, 02/15/19a

     6,476        6,751,230  

10.13%, 01/15/23
(Call 01/15/19)b

     28,186        31,481,995  

10.88%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a,b

     26,223        30,975,919  

DISH DBS Corp.

     

5.00%, 03/15/23a

     26,339        24,149,571  

5.13%, 05/01/20a

     17,688        17,694,803  

5.88%, 07/15/22a

     34,112        33,109,960  

5.88%, 11/15/24a

     34,697        32,360,289  

6.75%, 06/01/21a

     34,567        35,578,085  

7.75%, 07/01/26a

     36,784        36,278,220  

7.88%, 09/01/19a

     23,052        24,319,860  

Gray Television Inc.

     

5.13%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)a,b

     7,914        7,754,929  

5.88%, 07/15/26
(Call 07/15/21)a,b

     11,277        11,150,134  

iHeartCommunications Inc.

     

9.00%, 12/15/19
(Call 04/02/18)e

     30,084        23,843,920  

9.00%, 03/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)e

     30,440        24,199,800  

9.00%, 09/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)e

     17,715        13,979,349  

10.63%, 03/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)e

     19,578        15,494,356  

11.25%, 03/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)e

     10,911        8,674,245  

11.25%, 03/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)b,e

     11,032        8,274,000  

LIN Television Corp.

     

5.88%, 11/15/22
(Call 03/12/18)

     5,842        6,028,546  

Meredith Corp.

     

6.88%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)b

     23,977        24,677,639  

Nexstar Broadcasting Inc.

     

5.63%, 08/01/24
(Call 08/01/19)a,b

     15,602        15,661,158  

Quebecor Media Inc.

     

5.75%, 01/15/23a

     15,333        15,888,821  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

SFR Group SA

     

6.00%, 05/15/22
(Call 04/03/18)b

   $     68,707      $         66,838,170  

6.25%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)b

     24,037        22,315,576  

7.38%, 05/01/26
(Call 05/01/21)b

     90,033        86,845,328  

Sinclair Television Group Inc.

     

5.13%, 02/15/27
(Call 08/15/21)a,b

     6,320        6,079,614  

5.38%, 04/01/21
(Call 03/16/18)a

     8,665        8,763,466  

5.63%, 08/01/24
(Call 08/01/19)a,b

     13,256        13,436,764  

6.13%, 10/01/22
(Call 03/16/18)a

     7,585        7,797,802  

Sirius XM Radio Inc.

     

3.88%, 08/01/22
(Call 08/01/20)b

     18,251        17,954,421  

4.63%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)a,b

     7,353        7,334,618  

5.00%, 08/01/27
(Call 08/01/22)b

     27,194        26,457,497  

5.38%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)b

     17,506        17,746,707  

5.38%, 07/15/26
(Call 07/15/21)a,b

     17,302        17,506,020  

6.00%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/19)a,b

     23,600        24,685,968  

TEGNA Inc.

     

5.13%, 10/15/19
(Call 04/02/18)

     361        365,964  

5.13%, 07/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     8,848        8,964,130  

6.38%, 10/15/23
(Call 10/15/18)a

     10,061        10,478,811  

Telenet Finance Luxembourg Note

     

5.50%, 03/01/28
(Call 12/01/22)b

     20,600        19,835,740  

Tribune Media Co.

     

5.88%, 07/15/22
(Call 07/15/18)a

     17,379        17,683,132  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Unitymedia GmbH

     

6.13%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

   $     14,993      $         15,742,650  

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH

     

5.00%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

     9,207        9,369,912  

Univision Communications Inc.

     

5.13%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)a,b

     23,083        21,871,142  

5.13%, 02/15/25
(Call 02/15/20)a,b

     25,017        23,109,454  

UPC Holding BV

     

5.50%, 01/15/28
(Call 10/15/22)b

     8,530        8,018,200  

UPCB Finance IV Ltd.

     

5.38%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

     19,473        19,326,952  

Viacom Inc.

     

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.895%)

     

5.88%, 02/28/57
(Call 02/28/22)d

     12,911        13,004,357  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.899%)

     

6.25%, 02/28/57
(Call 02/28/27)a,d

     9,698        9,940,450  

Videotron Ltd.

     

5.00%, 07/15/22a

     13,125        13,387,500  

5.13%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/22)a,b

     9,926        10,005,904  

5.38%, 06/15/24
(Call 03/15/24)a,b

     9,649        10,011,899  

Virgin Media Finance PLC

     

5.75%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

     6,178        6,073,746  

6.00%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)a,b

     7,991        8,028,467  

6.38%, 04/15/23
(Call 04/15/18)a,b

     8,503        8,747,461  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC

     

5.25%, 01/15/21a

     7,971        8,236,700  

5.25%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

     19,023        18,629,330  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.50%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/19)a,b

   $     5,779      $         5,807,895  

5.50%, 08/15/26
(Call 08/15/21)a,b

     12,559        12,353,660  

Ziggo Bond Finance BV

     

5.88%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

     6,957        6,692,286  

6.00%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/22)a,b

     12,157        11,565,942  

Ziggo Secured Finance BV

     

5.50%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/22)a,b

     34,451        33,029,896  
     

 

 

 
        1,903,592,587  

METAL FABRICATE & HARDWARE — 0.32%

 

Novelis Corp.

     

5.88%, 09/30/26
(Call 09/30/21)a,b

     28,127        28,408,270  

6.25%, 08/15/24
(Call 08/15/19)a,b

     19,969        20,542,895  
     

 

 

 
        48,951,165  

MINING — 1.83%

     

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV

     

6.75%, 09/30/24
(Call 09/30/19)a,b

     13,865        14,881,246  

7.00%, 09/30/26
(Call 09/30/21)a,b

     9,599        10,362,421  

Aleris International Inc.

     

7.88%, 11/01/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     8,506        8,418,813  

9.50%, 04/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)b

     13,038        13,647,526  

Constellium NV

     

5.75%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)a,b

     7,624        7,680,386  

5.88%, 02/15/26
(Call 11/15/20)a,b

     8,604        8,690,040  

6.63%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)a,b

     9,852        10,209,135  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd.

     

4.75%, 05/15/22
(Call 02/15/22)a,b

     11,559        11,573,449  

5.13%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/15/24)a,b

     11,726        11,697,532  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

     

3.10%, 03/15/20

   $     15,995      $         15,775,569  

3.55%, 03/01/22
(Call 12/01/21)a

     33,854        32,894,960  

3.88%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)a

     34,860        33,845,574  

4.00%, 11/14/21

     9,636        9,570,355  

4.55%, 11/14/24
(Call 08/14/24)a

     15,001        14,700,165  

6.75%, 02/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     3,411        3,516,883  

6.88%, 02/15/23
(Call 02/15/20)

     11,825        12,717,861  

Kinross Gold Corp.

     

4.50%, 07/15/27
(Call 04/15/27)a,b

     8,400        8,137,374  

5.13%, 09/01/21
(Call 06/01/21)

     8,578        8,856,785  

5.95%, 03/15/24
(Call 12/15/23)a

     7,890        8,421,694  

Lundin Mining Corp.

     

7.88%, 11/01/22
(Call 11/01/18)b

     147        155,444  

Teck Resources Ltd.

     

3.75%, 02/01/23
(Call 11/01/22)a

     12,168        11,857,777  

4.75%, 01/15/22
(Call 10/15/21)

     10,774        10,999,608  

8.50%, 06/01/24
(Call 06/01/19)b

     9,191        10,227,429  
     

 

 

 
        278,838,026  

OFFICE & BUSINESS EQUIPMENT — 0.21%

 

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp.

     

5.00%, 09/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,902        8,004,597  

5.00%, 09/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)a

     11,367        11,431,585  

5.50%, 12/01/24
(Call 06/01/24)

     11,914        12,390,560  
     

 

 

 
        31,826,742  

OIL & GAS — 9.31%

     

Antero Resources Corp.

     

5.00%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)a

     11,522        11,599,552  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.13%, 12/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

   $     17,618      $         17,807,732  

5.38%, 11/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     15,542        15,878,402  

5.63%, 06/01/23
(Call 06/01/18)a

     12,830        13,135,656  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp.

     

10.00%, 04/01/22
(Call 04/01/20)a,b

     27,288        29,224,397  

California Resources Corp.

     

8.00%, 12/15/22
(Call 12/15/18)a,b

     39,828        31,563,690  

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp.

     

6.50%, 04/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     14,864        14,529,560  

11.50%, 01/15/21
(Call 04/15/18)a,b

     5,923        6,637,380  

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc.

     

6.25%, 04/15/23
(Call 04/15/18)a

     10,843        10,838,072  

7.50%, 09/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

     8,587        8,758,740  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     

4.88%, 04/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     8,939        8,383,665  

6.13%, 02/15/21a

     10,689        10,760,260  

6.63%, 08/15/20

     6,070        6,250,279  

8.00%, 12/15/22
(Call 12/15/18)a,b

     23,109        24,639,971  

8.00%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

     22,949        22,538,335  

8.00%, 06/15/27
(Call 06/15/22)a,b

     22,401        21,490,959  

Citgo Holding Inc.

     

10.75%, 02/15/20b

     27,799        29,786,628  

CNX Resources Corp.

     

5.88%, 04/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     32,528        32,763,828  

8.00%, 04/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,431        7,846,672  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Continental Resources Inc./OK

     

3.80%, 06/01/24
(Call 03/01/24)a

   $     16,840      $         16,286,929  

4.38%, 01/15/28
(Call 10/15/27)a,b

     18,398        17,961,047  

4.50%, 04/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)a

     26,644        26,853,446  

5.00%, 09/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     31,823        32,301,141  

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance Inc.

     

5.63%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)a,b

     17,006        16,696,271  

Denbury Resources Inc.

     

9.00%, 05/15/21
(Call 12/15/18)a,b

     12,821        13,142,526  

9.25%, 03/31/22
(Call 03/31/19)a,b

     14,109        14,427,810  

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

     

7.88%, 08/15/25
(Call 05/15/25)a

     9,983        10,160,822  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

     

4.75%, 11/01/24
(Call 11/01/19)a

     9,426        9,337,396  

5.38%, 05/31/25
(Call 05/31/20)a

     9,070        9,141,804  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance Inc.

     

5.50%, 01/30/26
(Call 01/30/21)a,b

     11,458        11,372,065  

5.75%, 01/30/28
(Call 01/30/23)a,b

     8,304        8,304,000  

Ensco PLC

     

4.50%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)a

     10,659        8,610,104  

5.20%, 03/15/25
(Call 12/15/24)a

     12,898        10,697,279  

7.75%, 02/01/26

     17,163        16,144,445  

8.00%, 01/31/24
(Call 10/31/23)

     270        267,300  

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance Inc.

     

6.38%, 06/15/23
(Call 06/15/18)

     888        479,520  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

8.00%, 11/29/24
(Call 11/30/19)a,b

   $     7,919      $         8,156,570  

8.00%, 02/15/25
(Call 02/15/20)b

     16,959        11,701,710  

9.38%, 05/01/24
(Call 05/01/20)b

     18,403        13,526,205  

Extraction Oil & Gas Inc.

     

5.63%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)b

     10,014        9,816,849  

Gulfport Energy Corp.

     

6.00%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)a

     11,315        11,094,357  

6.38%, 05/15/25
(Call 05/15/20)a

     9,537        9,384,775  

6.38%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/21)a,b

     7,973        7,858,587  

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co.

     

5.00%, 12/01/24
(Call 06/01/19)a,b

     8,054        8,104,338  

5.75%, 10/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)b

     8,946        9,045,524  

Jones Energy Holdings LLC/ Jones Energy Finance Corp.

     

6.75%, 04/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)

     6,600        4,273,500  

9.25%, 03/15/23
(Call 03/15/20)b

     7,336        7,207,620  

Jupiter Resources Inc.

     

8.50%, 10/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     18,109        8,601,775  

MEG Energy Corp.

     

6.38%, 01/30/23
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     13,137        11,245,570  

6.50%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

     13,517        13,263,556  

7.00%, 03/31/24
(Call 09/30/18)a,b

     18,541        15,787,799  

Murphy Oil Corp.

     

4.00%, 06/01/22
(Call 03/01/22)

     8,138        7,945,853  

4.45%, 12/01/22
(Call 09/01/22)a

     10,334        10,199,658  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.75%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)a

   $     9,900      $         9,853,470  

6.88%, 08/15/24
(Call 08/15/19)a

     9,193        9,645,337  

Nabors Industries Inc.

     

4.63%, 09/15/21a

     10,888        10,630,260  

5.00%, 09/15/20a

     11,053        11,081,696  

5.50%, 01/15/23
(Call 11/15/22)a

     9,247        9,162,477  

5.75%, 02/01/25
(Call 11/01/24)a,b

     15,054        14,367,161  

Newfield Exploration Co.

     

5.38%, 01/01/26
(Call 10/01/25)a

     12,468        12,868,223  

5.63%, 07/01/24a

     18,496        19,456,009  

5.75%, 01/30/22a

     11,463        12,075,829  

Noble Holding International Ltd.

     

7.70%, 04/01/25
(Call 01/01/25)a

     7,362        6,515,370  

7.75%, 01/15/24
(Call 10/15/23)a

     16,248        14,826,300  

7.88%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)a,b

     11,145        11,127,614  

Oasis Petroleum Inc.

     

6.88%, 03/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     14,451        14,830,339  

Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp.

     

5.25%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)b

     8,700        8,569,500  

5.38%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a,b

     11,577        11,488,688  

5.63%, 10/15/27
(Call 10/15/22)a,b

     12,062        11,984,900  

6.25%, 06/01/24
(Call 06/01/19)a,b

     5,606        5,806,032  

PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp.

     

7.00%, 11/15/23
(Call 11/15/18)

     7,749        8,020,215  

7.25%, 06/15/25
(Call 06/15/20)a

     12,881        13,299,925  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

PDC Energy Inc.

     

5.75%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)a,b

   $     11,015      $         10,901,545  

6.13%, 09/15/24
(Call 09/15/19)a

     6,077        6,213,733  

Precision Drilling Corp.

     

5.25%, 11/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)a

     8,145        7,742,501  

7.13%, 01/15/26
(Call 11/15/20)b

     6,074        6,115,759  

Puma International Financing SA

     

5.00%, 01/24/26
(Call 01/24/21)b

     4,825        4,712,417  

5.13%, 10/06/24
(Call 10/06/20)b

     12,725        12,849,705  

QEP Resources Inc.

     

5.25%, 05/01/23
(Call 02/01/23)a

     13,583        13,453,163  

5.38%, 10/01/22
(Call 07/01/22)a

     7,430        7,515,909  

5.63%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)a

     8,598        8,447,535  

6.88%, 03/01/21a

     333        354,090  

Range Resources Corp.

     

4.88%, 05/15/25
(Call 02/15/25)a

     13,998        13,387,708  

5.00%, 08/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)

     9,064        8,889,500  

5.00%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)a

     14,609        14,206,987  

5.75%, 06/01/21
(Call 03/01/21)a

     7,369        7,545,242  

Rowan Companies Inc.

     

4.88%, 06/01/22
(Call 03/01/22)a

     11,132        10,431,191  

7.38%, 06/15/25
(Call 03/15/25)a

     9,319        9,206,396  

RSP Permian Inc.

     

5.25%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/20)a

     8,242        8,293,512  

6.63%, 10/01/22
(Call 04/03/18)

     10,937        11,386,722  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Sanchez Energy Corp.

     

6.13%, 01/15/23
(Call 07/15/18)a

   $     21,125      $         16,028,594  

7.25%, 02/15/23
(Call 02/15/20)b

     8,000        8,090,635  

7.75%, 06/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     11,833        11,263,537  

Seven Generations Energy Ltd.

     

5.38%, 09/30/25
(Call 09/30/20)a,b

     13,416        13,181,220  

6.75%, 05/01/23
(Call 05/01/18)b

     6,688        6,971,480  

6.88%, 06/30/23
(Call 06/30/18)a,b

     6,224        6,510,564  

SM Energy Co.

     

5.00%, 01/15/24
(Call 07/15/18)a

     9,475        8,966,508  

5.63%, 06/01/25
(Call 06/01/20)a

     9,663        9,194,344  

6.13%, 11/15/22
(Call 11/15/18)a

     8,631        8,703,202  

6.75%, 09/15/26
(Call 09/15/21)a

     8,339        8,361,286  

Southwestern Energy Co.

     

4.10%, 03/15/22
(Call 12/15/21)a

     16,826        15,776,712  

6.70%, 01/23/25
(Call 10/23/24)

     17,088        16,718,947  

7.50%, 04/01/26
(Call 04/01/21)a

     10,969        11,071,834  

7.75%, 10/01/27
(Call 10/01/22)a

     8,405        8,554,089  

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp.

     

4.88%, 01/15/23
(Call 01/15/20)b

     13,560        13,461,676  

5.50%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/21)b

     12,605        12,593,577  

5.88%, 03/15/28
(Call 03/15/23)b

     8,171        8,174,972  

Transocean Inc.

     

5.80%, 10/15/22
(Call 07/15/22)a

     8,219        8,013,525  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

7.50%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/21)a,b

   $     13,084      $         13,210,751  

8.38%, 12/15/21a

     321        349,890  

9.00%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/20)b

     21,885        23,476,221  

Ultra Resources Inc.

     

6.88%, 04/15/22
(Call 04/15/19)a,b

     11,214        10,176,705  

7.13%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)a,b

     11,146        9,699,342  

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

     

5.75%, 03/15/21
(Call 12/15/20)a

     13,242        13,573,050  

6.25%, 04/01/23
(Call 01/01/23)a

     7,668        7,811,775  

6.63%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)b

     19,052        19,375,884  

WPX Energy Inc.

     

5.25%, 09/15/24
(Call 06/15/24)

     12,293        12,300,013  

6.00%, 01/15/22
(Call 10/15/21)

     17,834        18,522,444  

7.50%, 08/01/20
(Call 07/01/20)

     418        448,590  

8.25%, 08/01/23
(Call 06/01/23)

     9,303        10,540,009  
     

 

 

 
        1,422,216,265  

OIL & GAS SERVICES — 0.66%

 

CGG SA

     

6.50%, 06/01/21a,e,f

     6,202        3,318,070  

6.88%, 01/15/22a,e,f

     5,118        2,738,130  

SESI LLC

     

7.13%, 12/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     12,072        12,309,442  

7.75%, 09/15/24
(Call 09/15/20)a,b

     8,067        8,385,554  

Transocean Phoenix 2 Ltd.

     

7.75%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/20)a,b

     7,788        8,386,379  

Transocean Proteus Ltd.

     

6.25%, 12/01/24
(Call 12/01/20)a,b

     7,746        7,946,155  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Weatherford International LLC

     

9.88%, 03/01/25
(Call 12/01/24)b

   $     10,395      $         10,291,050  

Weatherford International Ltd.

     

4.50%, 04/15/22
(Call 01/15/22)a

     9,650        8,468,803  

7.75%, 06/15/21
(Call 05/15/21)a

     12,962        12,962,000  

8.25%, 06/15/23
(Call 03/15/23)a

     12,928        12,477,048  

9.88%, 02/15/24
(Call 11/15/23)a

     12,892        12,847,431  
     

 

 

 
        100,130,062  

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS — 2.82%

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc.

     

4.25%, 09/15/22
(Call 03/15/19)a,b

     11,619        11,577,992  

4.63%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/19)a,b

     17,617        17,592,882  

6.00%, 06/30/21
(Call 03/12/18)b

     6,344        6,472,100  

6.00%, 02/15/25
(Call 02/15/20)a,b

     29,516        30,239,142  

7.25%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/19)a,b

     25,673        27,566,384  

Ball Corp.

     

4.00%, 11/15/23a

     15,986        15,819,004  

4.38%, 12/15/20a

     16,061        16,373,436  

5.00%, 03/15/22a

     12,309        12,760,776  

5.25%, 07/01/25a

     18,663        19,578,683  

Berry Global Inc.

     

4.50%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/21)b

     10,951        10,649,847  

5.13%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/18)a

     12,501        12,745,825  

5.50%, 05/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,590        7,789,238  

6.00%, 10/15/22
(Call 10/15/18)

     5,319        5,529,386  

BWAY Holding Co.

     

5.50%, 04/15/24
(Call 04/15/20)a,b

     26,254        26,844,715  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

7.25%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)a,b

   $     22,218      $         22,876,208  

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV

     

4.50%, 01/15/23a

     19,799        19,957,392  

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. V

     

4.25%, 09/30/26
(Call 03/31/26)a

     7,754        7,329,911  

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI

     

4.75%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)b

     2,300        2,265,822  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.

     

5.00%, 01/15/22a,b

     7,361        7,508,220  

5.88%, 08/15/23b

     14,131        14,688,211  

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./ Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/ Reynolds Group Issuer Lu

     

5.13%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/19)a,b

     28,251        28,780,706  

5.75%, 10/15/20
(Call 04/03/18)a

     52,244        52,889,573  

6.88%, 02/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     3,987        4,036,525  

7.00%, 07/15/24
(Call 07/15/19)a,b

     12,933        13,628,149  

Sealed Air Corp.

     

4.88%, 12/01/22
(Call 09/01/22)a,b

     6,168        6,340,870  

5.13%, 12/01/24
(Call 09/01/24)a,b

     7,510        7,735,300  

5.25%, 04/01/23
(Call 01/01/23)a,b

     6,482        6,660,255  

5.50%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)a,b

     7,380        7,716,293  

6.50%, 12/01/20
(Call 09/01/20)a,b

     6,180        6,579,125  
     

 

 

 
        430,531,970  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

PHARMACEUTICALS — 2.44%

 

Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/ Endo Finco Inc.

     

6.00%, 07/15/23
(Call 07/15/18)b

   $     26,702      $         20,026,500  

6.00%, 02/01/25
(Call 02/01/20)a,b

     21,295        15,279,163  

Endo Finance LLC

     

5.75%, 01/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     11,565        9,454,388  

Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco Inc.

     

5.38%, 01/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     12,442        9,318,644  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

     

5.38%, 03/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)b

     27,359        27,290,602  

5.50%, 03/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)b

     15,595        13,821,069  

5.50%, 11/01/25
(Call 11/01/20)b

     28,509        28,153,615  

5.63%, 12/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     15,277        14,448,701  

5.88%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)b

     56,596        50,370,440  

6.13%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)a,b

     56,434        49,661,920  

6.50%, 03/15/22
(Call 03/15/19)b

     20,426        21,319,638  

6.75%, 08/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)b

     11,323        11,066,210  

7.00%, 03/15/24
(Call 03/15/20)a,b

     35,176        37,154,650  

7.25%, 07/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)b

     11,653        11,333,175  

7.50%, 07/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     26,887        26,996,992  

9.00%, 12/15/25
(Call 12/15/21)a,b

     26,594        26,774,610  
     

 

 

 
        372,470,317  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

PIPELINES — 3.10%

     

Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp.

     

5.25%, 01/15/25
(Call 01/15/21)

   $     573      $         588,070  

5.50%, 10/15/19
(Call 09/15/19)

     368        379,518  

6.25%, 10/15/22
(Call 10/15/18)a

     145        151,887  

Buckeye Partners LP

     

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.084%)

     

6.38%, 01/22/78
(Call 01/22/23)d

     6,966        6,943,923  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC

     

5.13%, 06/30/27
(Call 01/01/27)a

     25,131        25,367,528  

5.88%, 03/31/25
(Call 10/02/24)

     25,623        27,061,245  

7.00%, 06/30/24
(Call 01/01/24)a

     22,678        25,399,360  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

     

5.25%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)a,b

     26,605        26,871,050  

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.

     

5.75%, 04/01/25
(Call 04/01/20)a

     8,323        8,424,957  

6.25%, 04/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     10,550        10,870,621  

DCP Midstream Operating LP

     

3.88%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)

     11,545        11,254,932  

4.75%, 09/30/21
(Call 06/30/21)a,b

     9,420        9,578,056  

5.35%, 03/15/20a,b

     9,480        9,711,312  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.850%)

     

5.85%, 05/21/43
(Call 05/21/23)b,d

     8,369        7,908,705  

Energy Transfer Equity LP

     

4.25%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)a

     16,340        16,033,625  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.50%, 06/01/27
(Call 03/01/27)a

   $     16,459      $         16,964,140  

5.88%, 01/15/24
(Call 10/15/23)a

     19,726        20,796,135  

7.50%, 10/15/20

     19,548        21,144,900  

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp.

     

6.00%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)

     6,274        6,266,157  

6.25%, 05/15/26
(Call 02/15/21)a

     7,839        7,582,092  

6.50%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)a

     8,635        8,591,054  

6.75%, 08/01/22
(Call 08/01/18)

     11,139        11,431,399  

NGPL PipeCo LLC

     

4.38%, 08/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)a,b

     10,886        10,914,349  

4.88%, 08/15/27
(Call 02/15/27)a,b

     11,640        11,756,400  

NuStar Logistics LP

     

4.80%, 09/01/20

     6,856        6,881,710  

5.63%, 04/28/27
(Call 01/28/27)a

     9,901        9,814,366  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC

     

5.63%, 04/15/20a,b

     19,217        19,961,659  

6.00%, 01/15/19a,b

     177        181,425  

SemGroup Corp./Rose Rock Finance Corp.

     

5.63%, 07/15/22
(Call 03/16/18)a

     5,836        5,773,712  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/ Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.

     

5.50%, 09/15/24
(Call 09/15/19)a,b

     11,809        12,207,318  

5.50%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)b

     13,164        13,216,656  

Targa Resources Partners LP/ Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.

     

4.13%, 11/15/19
(Call 04/02/18)

     10,847        10,894,908  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.25%, 11/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)

   $     9,552      $         9,315,759  

5.00%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)a,b

     13,108        12,731,145  

5.13%, 02/01/25
(Call 02/01/20)a

     7,275        7,228,882  

5.25%, 05/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)

     8,918        9,068,536  

5.38%, 02/01/27
(Call 02/01/22)a

     8,031        8,050,249  

6.75%, 03/15/24
(Call 09/15/19)a

     9,122        9,671,854  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

     

3.70%, 01/15/23
(Call 10/15/22)

     15,485        15,020,286  

4.55%, 06/24/24
(Call 03/24/24)a

     20,702        20,810,087  
     

 

 

 
        472,819,967  

REAL ESTATE — 0.30%

     

Howard Hughes Corp. (The)

     

5.38%, 03/15/25
(Call 03/15/20)a,b

     18,159        17,863,916  

Kennedy-Wilson Inc.

     

5.88%, 04/01/24b

     2,810        2,771,363  

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp.

     

4.50%, 04/15/19b

     6,196        6,288,940  

4.88%, 06/01/23
(Call 03/01/23)a,b

     9,828        9,491,279  

5.25%, 12/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     9,500        9,618,750  
     

 

 

 
        46,034,248  

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS — 2.59%

 

CyrusOne LP/CyrusOne Finance Corp.

     

5.00%, 03/15/24
(Call 03/15/20)

     11,617        11,718,649  

5.38%, 03/15/27
(Call 03/15/22)

     10,105        10,154,959  

Equinix Inc.

     

5.38%, 01/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     12,038        12,489,425  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.38%, 04/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)

   $     16,598      $         17,009,924  

5.38%, 05/15/27
(Call 05/15/22)a

     22,577        23,056,761  

5.75%, 01/01/25
(Call 01/01/20)a

     8,315        8,686,947  

5.88%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/21)a

     19,473        20,397,967  

ESH Hospitality Inc.

     

5.25%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)a,b

     24,150        24,089,625  

Felcor Lodging LP

     

5.63%, 03/01/23
(Call 03/09/18)

     346        352,488  

6.00%, 06/01/25
(Call 06/01/20)

     152        155,610  

Iron Mountain Inc.

     

4.38%, 06/01/21
(Call 06/01/18)a,b

     7,745        7,791,646  

4.88%, 09/15/27
(Call 09/15/22)b

     17,639        16,624,757  

5.25%, 03/15/28
(Call 12/27/22)a,b

     14,243        13,572,826  

5.75%, 08/15/24
(Call 04/02/18)a

     15,496        15,422,042  

6.00%, 08/15/23
(Call 08/15/18)a

     9,246        9,604,283  

iStar Inc.

     

4.63%, 09/15/20
(Call 06/15/20)a

     5,891        5,902,782  

5.00%, 07/01/19
(Call 04/02/18)a

     10,765        10,762,309  

5.25%, 09/15/22
(Call 09/15/19)a

     8,373        8,190,887  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/ MGP Finance Co-Issuer Inc.

     

4.50%, 09/01/26
(Call 06/01/26)a

     8,068        7,725,110  

5.63%, 05/01/24
(Call 02/01/24)a

     19,937        20,607,382  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

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Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/ MPT Finance Corp.

   

5.00%, 10/15/27
(Call 10/15/22)a

  $     23,811     $         23,104,787  

5.25%, 08/01/26
(Call 08/01/21)a

    8,156       8,074,440  

6.38%, 03/01/24
(Call 03/01/19)a

    7,522       7,902,801  

SBA Communications Corp.

   

4.00%, 10/01/22
(Call 10/01/19)a,b

    14,659       14,326,883  

4.88%, 07/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

    12,762       12,914,688  

4.88%, 09/01/24
(Call 09/01/19)a

    19,900       19,601,500  

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

   

3.63%, 02/01/21
(Call 11/01/20)b

    7,511       7,445,279  

4.75%, 03/15/25
(Call 09/15/24)a,b

    10,097       9,740,163  

5.00%, 12/15/21
(Call 09/15/21)a

    10,921       11,140,195  

Uniti Group LP/Uniti Fiber Holdings Inc./CSL Capital LLC

   

7.13%, 12/15/24
(Call 12/15/19)b

    9,435       8,456,119  

Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance Inc./CSL Capital LLC

   

6.00%, 04/15/23
(Call 04/15/18)a,b

    9,211       8,911,643  

8.25%, 10/15/23
(Call 04/15/19)a

    20,793       19,441,455  
   

 

 

 
      395,376,332  

RETAIL — 3.73%

   

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc.

   

4.25%, 05/15/24
(Call 05/15/20)a,b

    28,593       27,383,753  

4.63%, 01/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)b

    21,236       21,364,302  

5.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 10/15/20)b

    50,027       48,784,665  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Beacon Escrow Corp.

     

4.88%, 11/01/25
(Call 11/01/20)b

   $     21,695      $         21,155,337  

Claire’s Stores Inc.

     

9.00%, 03/15/19
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

     17,628        12,119,250  

Dollar Tree Inc.

     

5.25%, 03/01/20
(Call 03/01/18)

     12,065        12,214,808  

5.75%, 03/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     41,017        42,570,215  

Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp.

     

6.50%, 05/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,962        7,535,148  

6.75%, 01/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     7,113        6,612,665  

6.75%, 06/15/23
(Call 06/15/19)a

     8,200        7,482,500  

Golden Nugget Inc.

     

6.75%, 10/15/24
(Call 10/15/19)a,b

     23,233        23,784,784  

8.75%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/20)b

     10,568        11,098,601  

JC Penney Corp. Inc.

     

5.65%, 06/01/20a

     5,625        5,593,359  

5.88%, 07/01/23
(Call 07/01/19)a,b

     10,307        9,852,461  

8.13%, 10/01/19

     67        70,266  

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC

     

4.75%, 06/01/27
(Call 06/01/22)a,b

     12,201        11,892,519  

5.00%, 06/01/24
(Call 06/01/19)a,b

     17,119        17,262,207  

5.25%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)a,b

     17,457        17,633,249  

L Brands Inc.

     

5.25%, 02/01/28

     9,101        8,743,054  

5.63%, 02/15/22a

     15,984        16,642,141  

5.63%, 10/15/23a

     8,531        8,943,687  

6.63%, 04/01/21a

     16,139        17,243,553  

7.00%, 05/01/20

     6,716        7,163,734  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC

   

8.00%, 10/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

  $     15,308     $         9,261,340  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

   

5.50%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/21)a

    7,495       7,457,525  

5.75%, 10/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

    8,524       8,745,091  

PetSmart Inc.

   

5.88%, 06/01/25
(Call 06/01/20)a,b

    24,215       18,778,733  

7.13%, 03/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    30,660       19,542,684  

8.88%, 06/01/25
(Call 06/01/20)a,b

    12,901       8,208,261  

QVC Inc.

   

3.13%, 04/01/19a

    5,310       5,307,835  

4.38%, 03/15/23a

    13,071       13,046,270  

4.45%, 02/15/25
(Call 11/15/24)a

    12,308       12,174,826  

4.85%, 04/01/24a

    10,523       10,658,728  

5.13%, 07/02/22a

    8,473       8,761,018  

Rite Aid Corp.

   

6.13%, 04/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    31,001       31,233,508  

6.75%, 06/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a

    13,702       13,982,549  

9.25%, 03/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

    13,968       14,125,140  

Staples Inc.

   

8.50%, 09/15/25
(Call 09/15/20)a,b

    18,435       17,697,600  

Suburban Propane Partners LP/ Suburban Energy Finance Corp.

   

5.50%, 06/01/24
(Call 06/01/19)a

    7,927       7,728,825  
   

 

 

 
      569,856,191  

SEMICONDUCTORS — 1.09%

 

Micron Technology Inc.

   

5.25%, 01/15/24
(Call 05/01/18)b

    8,269       8,489,753  

5.50%, 02/01/25
(Call 08/01/19)

    7,092       7,352,308  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

5.63%, 01/15/26
(Call 05/01/20)b

  $     362     $         374,670  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC

   

3.75%, 06/01/18b

    400       400,250  

3.88%, 09/01/22a,b

    18,318       18,316,855  

4.13%, 06/15/20a,b

    9,966       10,135,847  

4.13%, 06/01/21a,b

    20,940       21,264,570  

4.63%, 06/15/22a,b

    6,551       6,735,701  

4.63%, 06/01/23a,b

    15,305       15,756,077  

5.75%, 03/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    7,377       7,595,795  

Qorvo Inc.

   

6.75%, 12/01/23
(Call 12/01/18)a

    7,771       8,263,973  

7.00%, 12/01/25
(Call 12/01/20)a

    9,308       10,122,450  

Sensata Technologies BV

   

4.88%, 10/15/23a,b

    11,489       11,675,696  

5.00%, 10/01/25a,b

    15,403       15,528,149  

5.63%, 11/01/24a,b

    7,833       8,373,869  

Sensata Technologies UK Financing Co. PLC

   

6.25%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/21)a,b

    15,813       16,783,743  
   

 

 

 
      167,169,706  

SHIPBUILDING — 0.01%

 

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

   

5.00%, 11/15/25
(Call 11/15/20)a,b

    1,260       1,336,381  
   

 

 

 
      1,336,381  

SOFTWARE — 3.02%

 

BMC Software Finance Inc.

   

8.13%, 07/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)b

    32,817       32,908,366  

CDK Global Inc.

   

4.88%, 06/01/27
(Call 06/01/22)b

    10,269       10,188,902  

5.00%, 10/15/24
(Call 07/15/24)a

    7,332       7,423,650  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC/Change Healthcare Finance Inc.

   

5.75%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/20)a,b

  $     17,927     $         17,882,182  

First Data Corp.

   

5.00%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)a,b

    34,456       34,734,167  

5.38%, 08/15/23
(Call 08/15/18)a,b

    21,819       22,282,654  

5.75%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)a,b

    39,653       40,446,060  

7.00%, 12/01/23
(Call 12/01/18)a,b

    56,137       59,084,192  

Infor U.S. Inc.

   

5.75%, 08/15/20
(Call 03/16/18)a,b

    7,459       7,628,900  

6.50%, 05/15/22
(Call 05/15/18)a

    30,024       30,702,542  

MSCI Inc.

   

4.75%, 08/01/26
(Call 08/01/21)a,b

    9,025       8,974,234  

5.25%, 11/15/24
(Call 11/15/19)a,b

    13,347       13,636,057  

5.75%, 08/15/25
(Call 08/15/20)a,b

    14,554       15,245,315  

Nuance Communications Inc.

   

5.38%, 08/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    6,200       6,251,150  

5.63%, 12/15/26
(Call 12/15/21)

    9,186       9,298,992  

Open Text Corp.

   

5.63%, 01/15/23
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    12,674       13,174,623  

5.88%, 06/01/26
(Call 06/01/21)a,b

    17,050       17,668,063  

Quintiles IMS Inc.

   

4.88%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/18)b

    12,071       12,327,173  

5.00%, 10/15/26
(Call 10/15/21)b

    19,021       19,062,276  

Rackspace Hosting Inc.

   

8.63%, 11/15/24
(Call 11/15/19)a,b

    22,395       23,322,377  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

Solera LLC/Solera Finance Inc.

 

 

10.50%, 03/01/24
(Call 03/01/19)b

  $     33,400     $         37,626,770  

Veritas U.S. Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd.

   

7.50%, 02/01/23
(Call 02/01/19)a,b

    7,521       7,590,795  

10.50%, 02/01/24
(Call 02/01/19)a,b

    13,700       13,083,500  
   

 

 

 
      460,542,940  

TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 9.42%

 

 

Anixter Inc.

   

5.13%, 10/01/21a

    6,318       6,491,745  

C&W Senior Financing DAC

   

6.88%, 09/15/27
(Call 09/15/22)b

    12,235       12,647,931  

CenturyLink Inc.

   

5.63%, 04/01/25
(Call 01/01/25)a

    10,090       9,149,243  

5.80%, 03/15/22a

    24,422       24,052,278  

6.45%, 06/15/21a

    21,257       21,765,584  

Series V

   

5.63%, 04/01/20

    18,182       18,445,374  

Series W

   

6.75%, 12/01/23a

    11,944       11,752,625  

Series Y

   

7.50%, 04/01/24
(Call 01/01/24)a

    17,091       17,210,282  

CommScope Inc.

   

5.00%, 06/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    9,634       9,790,553  

5.50%, 06/15/24
(Call 06/15/19)b

    11,476       11,690,288  

CommScope Technologies LLC

 

 

5.00%, 03/15/27
(Call 03/15/22)a,b

    13,099       12,786,534  

6.00%, 06/15/25
(Call 06/15/20)a,b

    24,881       25,737,698  

Frontier Communications Corp.

 

 

6.25%, 09/15/21
(Call 06/15/21)a

    12,073       10,322,415  

6.88%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/24)a

    13,594       8,296,338  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

7.13%, 03/15/19

  $     5,993     $         6,082,895  

7.13%, 01/15/23a

    16,761       11,162,028  

7.63%, 04/15/24a

    12,287       7,787,695  

8.13%, 10/01/18

    6,968       7,077,964  

8.50%, 04/15/20

    10,531       10,308,413  

8.75%, 04/15/22

    8,138       6,408,675  

8.88%, 09/15/20
(Call 06/15/20)a

    345       344,244  

9.25%, 07/01/21

    8,880       8,192,910  

10.50%, 09/15/22
(Call 06/15/22)a

    38,630       32,997,607  

11.00%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)a

    62,620       48,608,775  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

   

5.25%, 08/01/26a

    13,736       13,432,664  

6.50%, 06/15/19a

    15,148       15,667,661  

6.63%, 08/01/26a

    14,394       14,789,835  

7.63%, 06/15/21a

    14,398       15,500,989  

Inmarsat Finance PLC

   

4.88%, 05/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    16,705       16,542,961  

6.50%, 10/01/24
(Call 10/01/19)a,b

    6,510       6,660,544  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

   

5.50%, 08/01/23
(Call 08/01/18)a

    34,942       28,907,227  

7.25%, 10/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)

    38,259       35,593,744  

7.50%, 04/01/21
(Call 04/02/18)

    18,808       17,134,218  

8.00%, 02/15/24
(Call 02/15/19)a,b

    22,520       23,646,000  

9.50%, 09/30/22b

    8,132       9,311,140  

9.75%, 07/15/25
(Call 07/15/21)b

    26,493       25,084,614  

Intelsat Luxembourg SA

   

7.75%, 06/01/21
(Call 04/03/18)

    31,784       17,957,960  

8.13%, 06/01/23
(Call 06/01/18)

    16,526       8,717,465  

Koninklijke KPN NV

   

(10 year USD Swap + 5.330%)

   

7.00%, 03/28/73
(Call 03/28/23)a,b,d

    11,447       12,690,635  
Security   

Principal

(000s)

     Value  

Level 3 Financing Inc.

     

5.13%, 05/01/23
(Call 05/01/18)

   $     12,388      $         12,357,030  

5.25%, 03/15/26
(Call 03/15/21)a

     13,426        12,862,854  

5.38%, 08/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)

     16,923        17,090,115  

5.38%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)a

     14,282        14,204,215  

5.38%, 05/01/25
(Call 05/01/20)a

     14,067        13,984,133  

5.63%, 02/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

     10,389        10,505,876  

6.13%, 01/15/21
(Call 04/02/18)

     9,707        9,858,672  

Level 3 Parent LLC

     

5.75%, 12/01/22
(Call 04/02/18)a

     424        427,127  

Nokia OYJ

     

3.38%, 06/12/22

     11,136        10,842,566  

4.38%, 06/12/27a

     9,697        9,330,211  

5.38%, 05/15/19

     5,754        5,901,206  

Qwest Corp.

     

6.75%, 12/01/21

     7,467        7,967,523  

SoftBank Group Corp.

     

4.50%, 04/15/20a,b

     43,485        43,919,850  

Sprint Communications Inc.

     

6.00%, 11/15/22

     40,241        39,670,487  

7.00%, 03/01/20a,b

     17,510        18,540,901  

7.00%, 08/15/20

     24,633        25,731,220  

11.50%, 11/15/21

     16,177        19,092,537  

Sprint Corp.

     

7.13%, 06/15/24a

     42,074        41,783,689  

7.25%, 09/15/21a

     38,190        39,846,713  

7.63%, 02/15/25
(Call 11/15/24)a

     26,070        26,101,821  

7.63%, 03/01/26
(Call 11/01/25)

     27,376        27,341,780  

7.88%, 09/15/23a

     71,814        74,143,230  

T-Mobile USA Inc.

     

4.00%, 04/15/22
(Call 03/16/22)

     8,540        8,550,675  

4.50%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/21)

     16,802        16,441,726  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security       
Principal
(000s)
    Value  

4.75%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)a

  $     28,949     $         28,169,852  

5.13%, 04/15/25
(Call 04/15/20)

    9,018       9,103,349  

5.38%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/22)

    8,998       9,204,472  

6.00%, 03/01/23
(Call 09/01/18)a

    20,600       21,347,741  

6.00%, 04/15/24
(Call 04/15/19)

    17,646       18,379,412  

6.38%, 03/01/25
(Call 09/01/19)a

    28,104       29,613,623  

6.50%, 01/15/24
(Call 01/15/19)a

    15,396       16,150,997  

6.50%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/21)a

    34,014       36,468,392  

6.63%, 04/01/23
(Call 04/01/18)a

    29,543       30,588,822  

6.84%, 04/28/23
(Call 04/28/18)

    8,668       9,029,889  

Telecom Italia Capital SA

   

7.18%, 06/18/19a

    13,133       13,760,757  

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano

   

5.30%, 05/30/24a,b

    25,696       26,663,454  

Telefonaktiebolaget
LM Ericsson

   

4.13%, 05/15/22a

    15,961       15,802,469  

Wind Tre SpA

   

5.00%, 01/20/26
(Call 11/03/20)a,b

    35,884       30,949,950  

Windstream Services LLC/
Windstream Finance Corp.

   

6.38%, 08/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a

    7,540       4,335,500  

6.38%, 08/01/23
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    412       236,900  

7.75%, 10/15/20
(Call 04/02/18)a

    8,743       7,455,836  

8.63%, 10/31/25
(Call 10/31/20)a,b

    10,199       9,536,065  

8.75%, 12/15/24
(Call 12/15/22)a,b

    22,246       14,237,440  
   

 

 

 
      1,438,278,828  
Security   Principal
or Shares
(000s)
    Value  

TOYS, GAMES & HOBBIES — 0.13%

 

Mattel Inc.

   

6.75%, 12/31/25
(Call 12/31/20)a,b

  $     18,847     $         19,176,823  
   

 

 

 
      19,176,823  

TRANSPORTATION — 0.32%

 

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc./
Navios Maritime Finance II
U.S. Inc.

   

7.38%, 01/15/22
(Call 04/02/18)a,b

    13,278       10,879,661  

XPO Logistics Inc.

   

6.13%, 09/01/23
(Call 09/01/19)a,b

    10,818       11,241,706  

6.50%, 06/15/22
(Call 06/15/18)b

    25,919       26,923,361  
   

 

 

 
      49,044,728  

TRUCKING & LEASING — 0.45%

 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd.

   

4.50%, 03/15/23
(Call 02/15/23)a,b

    15,096       14,567,640  

5.25%, 08/15/22a,b

    31,229       31,307,072  

5.50%, 02/15/24a,b

    23,020       23,135,100  
   

 

 

 
      69,009,812  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost: $15,509,332,324)

 

    14,875,312,256  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 24.37%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 24.37%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,

   

SL Agency Shares

   

1.58%g,h,i

    3,511,252       3,511,603,089  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,

   

SL Agency Shares

   

1.32%g,h

    210,259       210,258,882  
   

 

 

 
      3,721,861,971  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $3,721,516,722)

 

    3,721,861,971  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

              Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES — 121.78%

      $ 18,597,174,227  

(Cost: $19,230,849,046)

     

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (21.78)%

        (3,325,719,294
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

      $ 15,271,454,933  
     

 

 

 

 

a 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

b 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

c 

Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date.

d 

Variable rate security. Security may be issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end.

e 

Issuer is in default of interest payments.

f 

CGG, as part of the implementation of its financial restructuring plan, issued on February 21, 2018 second lien secured senior notes in exchange for part of the accrued interest claim under the senior notes held by the Fund. CGG also issued warrants in favor of the subscribers to the second lien notes. The holdings of CGG disclosed in the schedule of investments represents the pre-restructure senior notes.

g 

Affiliate of the Fund.

h 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

i 

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

 

 

Affiliates (Note 2)

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended February 28, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer    Shares
held at
02/28/17
(000s)
     Shares
purchased
(000s)
    Shares
sold
(000s)
    Shares
held at
02/28/18
(000s)
     Value at
02/28/18
     Income     Net realized
gain (loss) a
     Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

     4,921,986              (1,410,734 )b      3,511,252      $ 3,511,603,089      $ 26,256,146 c     $ 158,098      $ (1,286,322

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     196,104        14,155 b             210,259        210,258,882        1,695,537               
            

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
             $ 3,721,861,971      $ 27,951,683     $ 158,098      $ (1,286,322
            

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                                      

 

  a 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  b 

Net of purchases and sales.

  c 

Includes the Fund’s portion of securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, see Note 1.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of February 28, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Corporate bonds & notes

   $      $ 14,875,312,256      $      $ 14,875,312,256  

Money market funds

     3,721,861,971                      3,721,861,971  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,721,861,971      $ 14,875,312,256      $      $ 18,597,174,227  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

See notes to financial statements.

 

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

           


Schedule of Investments

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 99.08%

 

ADVERTISING — 0.20%

 

Omnicom Group Inc.

     

3.60%, 04/15/26
(Call 01/15/26)

   $     20,367      $       19,880,251  

3.63%, 05/01/22a

     14,977        15,148,246  

3.65%, 11/01/24
(Call 08/01/24)

     9,417        9,368,973  

WPP Finance 2010

     

3.75%, 09/19/24

     11,899        11,886,608  

4.75%, 11/21/21

     7,970        8,386,298  
     

 

 

 
        64,670,376  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 1.43%

 

General Dynamics Corp.

     

2.25%, 11/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)a

     7,283        7,026,764  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     

2.90%, 03/01/25
(Call 12/01/24)

     4,254        4,092,944  

3.35%, 09/15/21a

     15,873        16,033,686  

3.55%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)a

     27,124        27,123,873  

3.80%, 03/01/45
(Call 09/01/44)a

     17,325        16,327,690  

4.07%, 12/15/42a

     15,574        15,341,043  

4.09%, 09/15/52
(Call 03/15/52)a

     11,539        11,198,294  

4.70%, 05/15/46
(Call 11/15/45)

     18,656        20,211,403  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     

2.55%, 10/15/22
(Call 09/15/22)

     19,999        19,340,339  

2.93%, 01/15/25
(Call 11/15/24)a

     13,140        12,603,977  

3.20%, 02/01/27
(Call 11/01/26)a

     8,613        8,264,481  

3.25%, 08/01/23a

     16,379        16,275,270  

3.25%, 01/15/28
(Call 10/15/27)

     23,654        22,591,209  

4.03%, 10/15/47
(Call 04/15/47)a

     23,507        22,601,778  

4.75%, 06/01/43a

     10,666        11,420,359  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Raytheon Co.

     

2.50%, 12/15/22
(Call 09/15/22)a

   $ 8,310      $ 8,110,056  

Rockwell Collins Inc.

     

2.80%, 03/15/22
(Call 02/15/22)a

         14,798              14,447,601  

3.20%, 03/15/24
(Call 01/15/24)

     13,371        13,091,346  

3.50%, 03/15/27
(Call 12/15/26)a

     22,930        22,279,237  

4.35%, 04/15/47
(Call 10/15/46)

     9,318        9,315,933  

United Technologies Corp.

     

1.95%, 11/01/21
(Call 10/01/21)a

     6,018        5,785,383  

2.65%, 11/01/26
(Call 08/01/26)a

     16,025        14,787,290  

2.80%, 05/04/24
(Call 03/04/24)a

     8,292        7,940,840  

3.10%, 06/01/22a

     30,589        30,484,116  

3.13%, 05/04/27
(Call 02/04/27)

     16,749        15,887,983  

3.75%, 11/01/46
(Call 05/01/46)

     11,660        10,650,723  

4.15%, 05/15/45
(Call 11/16/44)

     9,618        9,383,128  

4.50%, 06/01/42a

     43,519        44,659,320  

5.70%, 04/15/40a

     13,387        15,901,938  

6.13%, 07/15/38

     11,560        14,301,474  
     

 

 

 
        467,479,478  

AGRICULTURE — 1.51%

 

Altria Group Inc.

     

2.63%, 09/16/26
(Call 06/16/26)a

     235        217,291  

2.85%, 08/09/22a

     29,243        28,731,019  

3.88%, 09/16/46
(Call 03/16/46)a

     14,001        12,932,575  

4.00%, 01/31/24

     20,587        21,172,494  

4.25%, 08/09/42a

     8,559        8,411,789  

4.75%, 05/05/21a

     10,492        11,048,575  

5.38%, 01/31/44

     22,902        26,157,036  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     

2.50%, 08/11/26
(Call 05/11/26)a

     7,032        6,441,994  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

BAT Capital Corp.

     

2.76%, 08/15/22
(Call 07/15/22)b

   $     25,274      $       24,558,953  

3.22%, 08/15/24
(Call 06/15/24)b

     34,219        33,043,454  

3.56%, 08/15/27
(Call 05/15/27)b

     43,803        41,859,430  

4.39%, 08/15/37
(Call 02/15/37)a,b

     34,994        34,583,128  

4.54%, 08/15/47
(Call 02/15/47)a,b

     28,720        27,935,327  

Philip Morris International Inc.

 

1.88%, 02/25/21
(Call 01/25/21)a

     2,386        2,310,201  

2.38%, 08/17/22
(Call 07/17/22)a

     11,731        11,307,200  

2.50%, 08/22/22a

     8,479        8,215,523  

2.50%, 11/02/22
(Call 10/02/22)

     899        868,880  

2.75%, 02/25/26
(Call 11/25/25)a

     5,221        4,927,020  

2.90%, 11/15/21a

     7,367        7,317,027  

3.25%, 11/10/24

     13,450        13,237,034  

3.38%, 08/11/25
(Call 05/11/25)

     13,080        12,874,194  

3.88%, 08/21/42a

     13,961        13,099,382  

4.13%, 03/04/43

     9,626        9,334,249  

4.25%, 11/10/44a

     16,988        16,919,228  

4.38%, 11/15/41a

     9,854        9,932,251  

4.88%, 11/15/43a

     7,936        8,555,455  

6.38%, 05/16/38

     17,671        22,767,230  

Reynolds American Inc.

     

4.00%, 06/12/22a

     5,633        5,753,572  

4.45%, 06/12/25
(Call 03/12/25)

     32,857        33,890,041  

5.70%, 08/15/35
(Call 02/15/35)a

     5,309        6,041,499  

5.85%, 08/15/45
(Call 02/15/45)

     25,115        29,144,350  
     

 

 

 
        493,587,401  

APPAREL — 0.07%

 

NIKE Inc.

     

2.38%, 11/01/26
(Call 08/01/26)a

     11,772        10,883,779  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.88%, 11/01/45
(Call 05/01/45)a

   $     11,091      $       10,890,357  
     

 

 

 
        21,774,136  

AUTO MANUFACTURERS — 2.17%

 

  

American Honda Finance Corp.

 

1.70%, 09/09/21a

     7,176        6,870,399  

Daimler Finance North America LLC

     

8.50%, 01/18/31a

     17,849        25,939,331  

Ford Motor Co.

     

4.35%, 12/08/26
(Call 09/08/26)a

     18,780        18,476,694  

4.75%, 01/15/43a

     27,812        25,600,248  

5.29%, 12/08/46
(Call 06/08/46)a

     17,714        17,383,173  

7.45%, 07/16/31a

     18,467        22,529,576  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

     

3.10%, 05/04/23a

     10,726        10,318,934  

3.20%, 01/15/21a

     11,563        11,478,503  

3.22%, 01/09/22a

     20,381        20,055,601  

3.34%, 03/18/21

     22,683        22,569,020  

3.34%, 03/28/22
(Call 02/28/22)

     3,097        3,050,515  

3.66%, 09/08/24a

     20,874        20,215,160  

3.81%, 01/09/24
(Call 11/09/23)a

     8,992        8,857,126  

3.82%, 11/02/27
(Call 08/02/27)a

     10,996        10,289,964  

4.13%, 08/04/25a

     7,272        7,140,735  

4.25%, 09/20/22a

     18,025        18,342,474  

4.38%, 08/06/23a

     13,760        14,020,126  

4.39%, 01/08/26a

     12,235        12,152,906  

5.75%, 02/01/21a

     17,248        18,305,906  

5.88%, 08/02/21a

     23,658        25,364,321  

General Motors Co.

     

4.20%, 10/01/27
(Call 07/01/27)

     5,007        4,921,626  

4.88%, 10/02/23a

     21,516        22,526,919  

5.00%, 04/01/35

     13,556        13,509,956  

5.15%, 04/01/38
(Call 10/01/37)

     7,389        7,386,164  

5.20%, 04/01/45a

     17,173        16,902,354  

5.40%, 04/01/48
(Call 10/01/47)a

     8,659        8,757,894  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

6.25%, 10/02/43

   $     25,589      $       28,811,251  

6.60%, 04/01/36
(Call 10/01/35)

     11,996        13,915,806  

6.75%, 04/01/46
(Call 10/01/45)

     11,570        13,610,040  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc.

     

3.15%, 06/30/22
(Call 05/30/22)a

     12,062        11,790,183  

3.20%, 07/06/21
(Call 06/06/21)a

     22,456        22,284,198  

3.45%, 01/14/22
(Call 12/14/21)

     14,472        14,390,759  

3.45%, 04/10/22
(Call 02/10/22)

     16,419        16,291,635  

3.50%, 11/07/24
(Call 09/07/24)a

     4,783        4,619,888  

3.70%, 05/09/23
(Call 03/09/23)a

     14,601        14,508,859  

3.95%, 04/13/24
(Call 02/13/24)

     19,734        19,681,004  

4.00%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/24)a

     9,371        9,278,121  

4.00%, 10/06/26
(Call 07/06/26)a

     10,138        9,880,567  

4.20%, 03/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)a

     21,487        21,979,706  

4.30%, 07/13/25
(Call 04/13/25)a

     13,606        13,641,106  

4.35%, 01/17/27
(Call 10/17/26)

     14,675        14,596,019  

4.38%, 09/25/21a

     14,737        15,153,400  

5.25%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)a

     10,093        10,683,017  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

     

1.90%, 04/08/21a

     14,019        13,618,372  

2.15%, 09/08/22a

     2,435        2,343,368  

2.60%, 01/11/22

     14,376        14,160,190  

3.20%, 01/11/27a

     7,319        7,188,917  

3.30%, 01/12/22a

     13,491        13,621,633  

3.40%, 09/15/21a

     10,313        10,470,425  
     

 

 

 
        709,484,089  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

BANKS — 27.93%

 

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd./New York NY

     

2.30%, 06/01/21a

   $     15,676      $       15,287,477  

2.55%, 11/23/21a

     7,307        7,145,113  

2.63%, 05/19/22a

     647        631,024  

2.70%, 11/16/20

     11,979        11,886,556  

3.70%, 11/16/25a

     10,709        10,835,871  

Banco Santander SA

     

3.13%, 02/23/23

     7,766        7,553,443  

3.50%, 04/11/22a

     12,602        12,565,699  

3.80%, 02/23/28a

     7,763        7,458,051  

4.25%, 04/11/27a

     19,381        19,341,507  

5.18%, 11/19/25a

     16,470        17,255,716  

Bank of America Corp.

     

2.15%, 11/09/20
(Call 11/09/19)

     2,158        2,114,354  

2.50%, 10/21/22
(Call 10/21/21)a

     32,533        31,387,357  

2.63%, 04/19/21a

     36,892        36,396,551  

3.25%, 10/21/27
(Call 10/21/26)a

     48,360        45,820,147  

3.30%, 01/11/23a

     59,218        58,996,519  

3.50%, 04/19/26a

     39,681        39,084,495  

3.88%, 08/01/25

     32,047        32,440,185  

4.00%, 04/01/24

     33,332        34,144,727  

4.00%, 01/22/25a

     36,583        36,776,564  

4.10%, 07/24/23

     31,423        32,488,117  

4.13%, 01/22/24

     33,119        34,266,441  

4.18%, 11/25/27
(Call 11/25/26)a

     13,250        13,234,859  

4.20%, 08/26/24a

     34,133        34,842,878  

4.25%, 10/22/26a

     22,305        22,513,469  

4.45%, 03/03/26a

     21,211        21,721,328  

4.88%, 04/01/44

     951        1,045,923  

5.00%, 01/21/44

     23,480        26,269,022  

5.70%, 01/24/22

     10,857        11,834,659  

5.88%, 02/07/42

     17,640        21,874,283  

6.11%, 01/29/37a

     25,016        30,171,142  

7.75%, 05/14/38

     13,512        19,215,503  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.630%)

     

2.33%, 10/01/21
(Call 10/01/20)c

     5,983        5,872,977  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.790%)

     

3.00%, 12/20/23
(Call 12/20/22)a,b,c

   $     36,569      $       35,844,096  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.810%)

     

3.37%, 01/23/26
(Call 01/23/25)c

     25,983        25,409,106  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.930%)

     

2.82%, 07/21/23
(Call 07/21/22)c

     15,117        14,753,687  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.021%)

     

2.88%, 04/24/23
(Call 04/24/22)c

     19,496        19,105,899  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.040%)

     

3.42%, 12/20/28
(Call 12/20/27)a,b,c

     77,626        74,586,337  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.090%)

     

3.09%, 10/01/25
(Call 10/01/24)c

     11,276        10,850,676  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.160%)

     

3.12%, 01/20/23
(Call 01/20/22)c

     15,084        14,964,603  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.190%)

     

3.95%, 01/23/49
(Call 01/23/48)a,c

     21,014        20,033,558  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.370%)

     

3.59%, 07/21/28
(Call 07/21/27)a,c

     26,968        26,277,997  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.512%)

     

3.71%, 04/24/28
(Call 04/24/27)a,c

     29,323        28,843,270  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.575%)

     

3.82%, 01/20/28
(Call 01/20/27)a,c

     23,296        23,095,228  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.814%)

     

4.24%, 04/24/38
(Call 04/24/37)a,c

     19,605        19,910,871  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.990%)

     

4.44%, 01/20/48
(Call 01/20/47)a,c

     25,347        26,243,822  

Series L

     

3.95%, 04/21/25

     38,987        38,923,892  

Bank of America N.A.

     

6.00%, 10/15/36a

     2,903        3,595,508  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Bank of Montreal

     

1.90%, 08/27/21a

   $     17,083      $       16,406,433  

2.35%, 09/11/22a

     20,396        19,631,807  

2.55%, 11/06/22
(Call 10/06/22)a

     14,205        13,777,903  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     

2.05%, 05/03/21
(Call 04/03/21)a

     12,126        11,773,641  

2.20%, 08/16/23
(Call 06/16/23)

     20,099        18,978,867  

2.45%, 11/27/20
(Call 10/27/20)

     1,884        1,858,563  

2.45%, 08/17/26
(Call 05/17/26)a

     13,378        12,237,958  

2.50%, 04/15/21
(Call 03/15/21)a

     13,809        13,596,230  

2.60%, 02/07/22
(Call 01/07/22)a

     11,295        11,061,924  

2.80%, 05/04/26
(Call 02/04/26)a

     10,150        9,569,890  

2.95%, 01/29/23
(Call 12/29/22)

     6,984        6,901,612  

3.00%, 02/24/25
(Call 01/24/25)a

     15,661        15,180,846  

3.25%, 05/16/27
(Call 02/16/27)a

     9,858        9,547,130  

3.30%, 08/23/29
(Call 05/23/29)

     10,259        9,724,156  

3.40%, 01/29/28
(Call 10/29/27)

     9,738        9,507,384  

3.55%, 09/23/21
(Call 08/23/21)a

     15,605        15,851,841  

3.65%, 02/04/24
(Call 01/05/24)a

     13,725        13,952,143  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.634%)

     

2.66%, 05/16/23
(Call 05/16/22)a,c

     2,662        2,594,752  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.069%)

     

3.44%, 02/07/28
(Call 02/07/27)a,c

     762        748,901  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

     

2.45%, 03/22/21a

     18,701        18,393,311  

2.45%, 09/19/22a

     2,669        2,579,923  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

2.70%, 03/07/22a

   $     26,185      $     25,668,674  

2.80%, 07/21/21a

     10,959        10,861,910  

4.38%, 01/13/21a

     4,564        4,732,765  

4.50%, 12/16/25a

     17,909        18,271,433  

Barclays PLC

     

3.20%, 08/10/21a

     6,720        6,645,833  

3.25%, 01/12/21a

     6,567        6,525,383  

3.65%, 03/16/25a

     34,488        33,215,807  

3.68%, 01/10/23
(Call 01/10/22)

     12,988        12,870,269  

4.34%, 01/10/28
(Call 01/10/27)a

     9,443        9,381,367  

4.38%, 09/11/24a

     10,712        10,512,195  

4.38%, 01/12/26a

     28,932        28,977,117  

4.84%, 05/09/28
(Call 05/07/27)a

     28,847        28,396,381  

4.95%, 01/10/47a

     24,061        24,682,334  

5.20%, 05/12/26a

     30,034        30,497,821  

5.25%, 08/17/45a

     18,199        19,536,879  

BB&T Corp.

     

2.05%, 05/10/21
(Call 04/09/21)a

     14,091        13,681,327  

2.75%, 04/01/22
(Call 03/01/22)a

     15,909        15,656,389  

2.85%, 10/26/24
(Call 09/26/24)a

     7,879        7,603,989  

BNP Paribas SA

     

4.25%, 10/15/24a

     13,190        13,465,443  

5.00%, 01/15/21

     11,070        11,640,649  

BNP Paribas/BNP Paribas U.S. Medium-Term Note Program LLC

     

3.25%, 03/03/23a

     17,957        17,831,170  

BPCE SA

     

2.65%, 02/03/21a

     8,848        8,798,886  

2.75%, 12/02/21

     20,232        19,801,651  

4.00%, 04/15/24a

     22,218        22,753,985  

Branch Banking & Trust Co.

     

2.63%, 01/15/22
(Call 12/15/21)a

     15,784        15,495,914  

3.63%, 09/16/25
(Call 08/16/25)

     9,505        9,513,768  

3.80%, 10/30/26
(Call 09/30/26)a

     2,574        2,599,133  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     

2.55%, 06/16/22a

   $     11,122      $     10,829,925  

Capital One Financial Corp.

     

3.05%, 03/09/22
(Call 02/09/22)

     2,292        2,255,696  

3.20%, 01/30/23
(Call 12/30/22)

     24,380        23,923,331  

3.20%, 02/05/25
(Call 01/05/25)a

     5,705        5,484,044  

3.30%, 10/30/24
(Call 09/30/24)

     11,654        11,309,998  

3.50%, 06/15/23a

     6,075        6,046,653  

3.75%, 04/24/24
(Call 03/24/24)a

     3,036        3,029,261  

3.75%, 07/28/26
(Call 06/28/26)a

     36,472        34,789,324  

3.75%, 03/09/27
(Call 02/09/27)a

     12,823        12,452,678  

3.80%, 01/31/28
(Call 12/31/27)

     19,381        18,812,768  

4.20%, 10/29/25
(Call 09/29/25)a

     21,721        21,602,922  

4.75%, 07/15/21a

     7,810        8,184,621  

Capital One N.A.

     

2.25%, 09/13/21
(Call 08/13/21)

     17,958        17,322,906  

2.65%, 08/08/22
(Call 07/08/22)

     4,565        4,403,338  

2.95%, 07/23/21
(Call 06/23/21)a

     19,725        19,504,402  

Citigroup .Inc.

     

2.35%, 08/02/21a

     27,641        26,901,907  

2.70%, 03/30/21

     30,359        29,982,670  

2.70%, 10/27/22
(Call 09/27/22)

     7,779        7,555,253  

2.75%, 04/25/22
(Call 03/25/22)a

     33,806        33,038,269  

2.90%, 12/08/21
(Call 11/08/21)a

     30,010        29,617,106  

3.20%, 10/21/26
(Call 07/21/26)a

     46,198        44,078,353  

3.30%, 04/27/25a

     24,537        23,874,776  

3.40%, 05/01/26a

     31,482        30,601,363  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.50%, 05/15/23a

   $     22,095      $       21,969,969  

3.70%, 01/12/26a

     38,657        38,443,536  

3.75%, 06/16/24

     673        676,968  

3.88%, 10/25/23a

     10,156        10,337,171  

3.88%, 03/26/25a

     11,669        11,581,918  

4.00%, 08/05/24a

     14,166        14,288,136  

4.05%, 07/30/22a

     18,341        18,711,175  

4.13%, 07/25/28a

     36,663        36,330,639  

4.30%, 11/20/26a

     18,302        18,495,330  

4.40%, 06/10/25

     15,713        16,081,883  

4.45%, 09/29/27a

     53,947        54,977,525  

4.50%, 01/14/22a

     38,628        40,300,952  

4.60%, 03/09/26a

     18,348        18,922,691  

4.65%, 07/30/45a

     3,260        3,474,999  

4.75%, 05/18/46

     31,272        32,016,302  

5.30%, 05/06/44

     12,089        13,333,709  

5.50%, 09/13/25a

     14,084        15,382,601  

5.88%, 01/30/42a

     14,644        18,148,418  

6.63%, 06/15/32a

     14,163        17,387,683  

6.68%, 09/13/43a

     10,834        14,056,443  

8.13%, 07/15/39

     24,248        36,666,186  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.722%)

     

3.14%, 01/24/23 (Call 01/24/22)c

     9,990        9,905,787  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.950%)

     

2.88%, 07/24/23 (Call 07/24/22)a,c

     13,901        13,572,001  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.151%)

     

3.52%, 10/27/28 (Call 10/27/27)c

     25,113        24,233,500  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.168%)

     

3.88%, 01/24/39 (Call 01/24/38)c

     15,708        15,147,812  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.390%)

     

3.67%, 07/24/28 (Call 07/24/27)c

     23,455        22,973,933  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.563%)

     

3.89%, 01/10/28 (Call 01/10/27)a,c

     27,205        27,114,290  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.839%)

     

4.28%, 04/24/48 (Call 04/24/47)a,c

     4,167        4,196,590  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Citizens Bank

     

N.A./Providence RI

     

2.55%, 05/13/21
(Call 04/13/21)

   $ 2,727      $       2,674,601  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

     

4.30%, 12/03/25
(Call 11/03/25)a

     9,880        10,053,014  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York NY

     

2.40%, 11/02/20

     5,241        5,158,924  

2.55%, 03/15/21

     2,180        2,148,600  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA

     

3.75%, 07/21/26a

         21,286        20,660,343  

3.88%, 02/08/22a

     41,340        42,266,905  

3.95%, 11/09/22a

     22,484        22,772,740  

4.38%, 08/04/25a

     20,617        20,972,738  

4.63%, 12/01/23a

     25,399        26,441,162  

5.25%, 05/24/41a

     18,076        21,439,620  

5.25%, 08/04/45a

     8,286        9,187,363  

5.75%, 12/01/43a

     9,362        11,065,784  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY

     

2.50%, 01/19/21a

     8,211        8,073,858  

2.75%, 01/10/22a

     10,881        10,702,882  

2.75%, 01/10/23

     17,707        17,262,066  

3.38%, 05/21/25a

     16,175        15,956,696  

Credit Suisse AG/New York NY

     

3.00%, 10/29/21

     24,638        24,495,484  

3.63%, 09/09/24a

     39,237        39,156,709  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

     

3.45%, 04/16/21a

     18,015        18,079,330  

3.75%, 03/26/25a

     26,811        26,442,909  

3.80%, 09/15/22a

     26,510        26,748,028  

3.80%, 06/09/23a

     22,314        22,427,150  

4.55%, 04/17/26a

       28,829        29,838,574  

4.88%, 05/15/45a

     20,884        22,230,199  

Deutsche Bank AG

     

3.13%, 01/13/21

     7,155        7,088,979  

3.38%, 05/12/21a

     28,758        28,603,541  

4.10%, 01/13/26a

     803        785,300  

4.25%, 10/14/21a

     22,726        23,198,905  

Deutsche Bank AG/London

     

3.70%, 05/30/24a

     15,701        15,332,520  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY

   

3.30%, 11/16/22a

  $     12,986     $       12,676,949  

3.95%, 02/27/23

    15,000       14,955,502  

Discover Bank

   

3.20%, 08/09/21
(Call 07/09/21)

    6,963       6,922,640  

3.45%, 07/27/26
(Call 04/27/26)a

    5,255       4,980,232  

4.20%, 08/08/23

    7,427       7,640,714  

Fifth Third Bancorp.

   

4.30%, 01/16/24
(Call 12/16/23)a

    3,401       3,510,947  

8.25%, 03/01/38

    13,241       19,160,086  

Fifth Third Bank/Cincinnati OH

   

2.25%, 06/14/21
(Call 05/14/21)a

    2,550       2,485,583  

2.88%, 10/01/21
(Call 09/01/21)a

    15,518       15,389,089  

3.85%, 03/15/26
(Call 02/15/26)a

    3,029       3,013,107  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

   

2.35%, 11/15/21
(Call 11/15/20)a

    31,211       30,199,086  

2.60%, 12/27/20
(Call 12/27/19)

    2,932       2,896,782  

2.63%, 04/25/21
(Call 03/25/21)a

    22,715       22,332,557  

2.88%, 02/25/21
(Call 01/25/21)a

    16,884       16,765,093  

3.00%, 04/26/22
(Call 04/26/21)a

    38,652       38,084,152  

3.20%, 02/23/23
(Call 01/23/23)

    25,234       24,852,787  

3.50%, 01/23/25
(Call 10/23/24)a

    29,092       28,506,884  

3.50%, 11/16/26
(Call 11/16/25)a

    31,861       30,682,780  

3.63%, 01/22/23a

    37,065       37,300,033  

3.75%, 05/22/25
(Call 02/22/25)a

    37,804       37,587,387  

3.75%, 02/25/26
(Call 11/25/25)a

    27,620       27,271,869  

3.85%, 07/08/24
(Call 04/08/24)a

    32,895       33,115,683  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

3.85%, 01/26/27
(Call 01/26/26)a

  $     29,511     $       29,104,471  

4.00%, 03/03/24a

    33,681       34,283,711  

4.25%, 10/21/25a

    11,801       11,891,463  

4.75%, 10/21/45
(Call 04/21/45)a

    29,238       31,068,714  

4.80%, 07/08/44
(Call 01/08/44)a

    21,158       22,604,545  

5.15%, 05/22/45a

    11,746       12,653,349  

5.25%, 07/27/21a

    39,355       41,893,787  

5.75%, 01/24/22a

    53,819       58,366,474  

5.95%, 01/15/27

    9,352       10,543,827  

6.13%, 02/15/33a

    22,887       27,567,936  

6.25%, 02/01/41a

    31,418       39,993,967  

6.45%, 05/01/36

    855       1,045,676  

6.75%, 10/01/37

    68,691       86,568,588  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.821%)

   

2.88%, 10/31/22
(Call 10/31/21)c

    41,288       40,490,551  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.990%)

   

2.91%, 07/24/23
(Call 07/24/22)c

    25,848       25,154,085  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.053%)

   

2.91%, 06/05/23
(Call 06/05/22)a,c

    15,123       14,739,284  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.158%)

   

3.81%, 04/23/29
(Call 04/23/28)a,c

    33,941       33,161,351  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.201%)

   

3.27%, 09/29/25
(Call 09/29/24)c

    32,861       31,753,571  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.373%)

   

4.02%, 10/31/38
(Call 10/31/37)c

    27,392       26,415,453  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.510%)

   

3.69%, 06/05/28
(Call 06/05/27)a,c

    31,202       30,262,658  

HSBC Bank USA N.A./New York NY

   

5.63%, 08/15/35a

    6,572       7,821,596  

5.88%, 11/01/34a

    10,377       12,625,507  

HSBC Holdings PLC

   

2.65%, 01/05/22a

    28,104       27,358,488  

2.95%, 05/25/21a

    33,221       32,895,192  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

3.40%, 03/08/21a

  $     40,750     $       40,956,953  

3.60%, 05/25/23a

    20,037       20,115,257  

3.90%, 05/25/26a

    34,010       34,032,154  

4.00%, 03/30/22a

    24,988       25,602,150  

4.25%, 03/14/24a

    22,271       22,516,981  

4.25%, 08/18/25a

    21,437       21,380,576  

4.30%, 03/08/26a

    48,108       49,477,620  

4.38%, 11/23/26a

    17,615       17,697,683  

4.88%, 01/14/22a

    6,914       7,284,526  

5.10%, 04/05/21a

    31,856       33,594,700  

5.25%, 03/14/44a

    29,807       32,671,637  

6.10%, 01/14/42

    6,948       8,923,960  

6.50%, 05/02/36a

    24,039       29,626,015  

6.50%, 09/15/37a

    25,497       31,701,445  

6.80%, 06/01/38a

    25,049       32,199,708  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.923%)

   

3.03%, 11/22/23
(Call 11/22/22)a,c

    11,968       11,718,555  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.055%)

   

3.26%, 03/13/23
(Call 03/13/22)a,c

    17,348       17,214,389  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.546%)

   

4.04%, 03/13/28
(Call 03/13/27)a,c

    6,735       6,750,443  

HSBC USA Inc.

   

3.50%, 06/23/24a

    12,088       12,024,265  

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH

   

2.30%, 01/14/22
(Call 12/14/21)a

    7,028       6,770,077  

3.15%, 03/14/21
(Call 02/14/21)a

    22,061       22,089,794  

ING Groep NV

   

3.15%, 03/29/22a

    19,677       19,455,718  

3.95%, 03/29/27a

    23,133       23,115,188  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

2.30%, 08/15/21
(Call 08/15/20)a

    25,875       25,183,993  

2.40%, 06/07/21
(Call 05/07/21)a

    18,379       18,015,752  

2.55%, 03/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)a

    33,665       33,224,860  

2.70%, 05/18/23
(Call 03/18/23)a

    28,327       27,509,055  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

2.95%, 10/01/26
(Call 07/01/26)a

  $     46,123     $       43,384,479  

2.97%, 01/15/23
(Call 01/15/22)a

    23,800       23,418,162  

3.13%, 01/23/25
(Call 10/23/24)a

    33,278       32,307,946  

3.20%, 01/25/23a

    30,673       30,533,778  

3.20%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)

    25,486       24,495,112  

3.25%, 09/23/22a

    36,040       36,003,899  

3.30%, 04/01/26
(Call 01/01/26)a

    33,991       32,911,871  

3.38%, 05/01/23a

    26,835       26,647,877  

3.63%, 05/13/24a

    25,631       25,736,830  

3.63%, 12/01/27
(Call 12/01/26)a

    19,801       19,104,668  

3.88%, 02/01/24a

    21,445       21,925,544  

3.88%, 09/10/24a

    37,305       37,607,797  

3.90%, 07/15/25
(Call 04/15/25)a

    35,446       35,981,819  

4.13%, 12/15/26a

    27,005       27,325,798  

4.25%, 10/01/27a

    18,694       19,059,511  

4.35%, 08/15/21a

    36,977       38,428,595  

4.50%, 01/24/22a

    44,200       46,261,705  

4.63%, 05/10/21a

    23,087       24,194,082  

4.85%, 02/01/44

    10,791       11,866,539  

4.95%, 06/01/45a

    15,154       16,329,729  

5.40%, 01/06/42a

    19,179       22,578,679  

5.50%, 10/15/40

    8,425       10,014,133  

5.60%, 07/15/41a

    23,332       28,116,658  

5.63%, 08/16/43

    14,520       16,897,527  

6.40%, 05/15/38a

    31,304       40,769,966  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.935%)

   

2.78%, 04/25/23
(Call 04/25/22)c

    16,551       16,218,990  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.945%)

   

3.51%, 01/23/29
(Call 01/23/28)c

    11,022       10,677,127  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.155%)

   

3.22%, 03/01/25
(Call 03/01/24)a,c

    20,088       19,695,115  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.220%)

   

3.90%, 01/23/49
(Call 01/23/48)a,c

    20,396       19,252,141  
 

 

C H E D U L E S    OF     N V E S T M E N T S

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.337%)

     

3.78%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/27)a,c

   $     23,697      $       23,578,724  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.360%)

     

3.88%, 07/24/38
(Call 07/24/37)a,c

     35,357        34,223,274  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.380%)

     

3.54%, 05/01/28
(Call 05/01/27)a,c

     16,073        15,700,357  

3.96%, 11/15/48
(Call 11/15/47)a,c

     21,983        20,990,125  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.460%)

     

4.03%, 07/24/48
(Call 07/24/47)a,c

     20,968        20,252,056  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.580%)

     

4.26%, 02/22/48
(Call 02/22/47)a,c

     23,961        23,918,853  

KeyBank N.A./Cleveland OH

     

3.30%, 06/01/25a

     3,847        3,799,486  

KeyCorp

     

5.10%, 03/24/21a

     2,640        2,796,521  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

     

3.00%, 01/11/22a

     15,323        15,079,631  

3.10%, 07/06/21

     7,921        7,864,663  

3.57%, 11/07/28
(Call 11/07/27)a

     27,334        25,937,424  

3.75%, 01/11/27a

     20,951        20,388,432  

4.34%, 01/09/48a

     19,184        18,126,597  

4.50%, 11/04/24a

     12,923        13,112,428  

4.58%, 12/10/25

     20,346        20,562,075  

4.65%, 03/24/26a

     24,022        24,421,265  

5.30%, 12/01/45a

     1,981        2,165,832  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.810%)

     

2.91%, 11/07/23
(Call 11/07/22)a,c

     28,330        27,396,640  

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.

     

2.90%, 02/06/25
(Call 01/06/25)a

     1,422        1,373,241  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

     

2.19%, 09/13/21

     18,735        18,116,691  

2.67%, 07/25/22a

     16,508        16,043,549  

2.76%, 09/13/26a

     11,715        10,831,854  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

2.95%, 03/01/21a

   $     41,223      $       41,094,475  

3.00%, 02/22/22a

     4,277        4,226,001  

3.29%, 07/25/27a

     22,238        21,279,031  

3.68%, 02/22/27a

     17,403        17,201,571  

3.85%, 03/01/26a

     38,893        39,008,660  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

     

2.27%, 09/13/21

     16,025        15,487,352  

2.60%, 09/11/22a

     15,480        14,910,986  

2.84%, 09/13/26a

     9,023        8,375,527  

2.95%, 02/28/22

     19,471        19,139,495  

3.17%, 09/11/27a

     19,770        18,693,873  

Morgan Stanley

     

2.50%, 04/21/21a

     32,644        32,081,319  

2.63%, 11/17/21a

     37,702        36,898,186  

2.75%, 05/19/22a

     39,730        38,841,756  

3.13%, 01/23/23

     33,772        33,274,062  

3.13%, 07/27/26

     41,423        39,277,993  

3.63%, 01/20/27

     36,301        35,541,100  

3.70%, 10/23/24a

     35,399        35,406,051  

3.75%, 02/25/23a

     26,372        26,746,609  

3.88%, 01/27/26a

     42,943        43,080,366  

3.95%, 04/23/27a

     24,154        23,750,964  

4.00%, 07/23/25a

     41,410        41,997,186  

4.10%, 05/22/23a

     17,396        17,704,671  

4.30%, 01/27/45a

     30,669        30,774,753  

4.35%, 09/08/26

     30,297        30,805,990  

4.38%, 01/22/47a

     40,989        41,536,588  

4.88%, 11/01/22a

     25,151        26,532,295  

5.00%, 11/24/25a

     21,393        22,772,183  

5.50%, 07/28/21a

     36,464        39,104,829  

5.75%, 01/25/21a

     15,654        16,782,860  

6.38%, 07/24/42a

     24,959        32,277,104  

7.25%, 04/01/32a

     12,084        16,002,659  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.140%)

     

3.77%, 01/24/29
(Call 01/24/28)a,c

     38,249        37,444,539  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.340%)

     

3.59%, 07/22/28
(Call 07/22/27)a,c

     33,516        32,412,033  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.455%)

     

3.97%, 07/22/38
(Call 07/22/37)a,c

     8,891        8,643,160  

Series F

     

3.88%, 04/29/24a

     36,284        36,684,877  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

National Australia Bank Ltd./New York

     

1.88%, 07/12/21

   $     13,879      $       13,334,294  

2.50%, 05/22/22

     2,831        2,745,421  

2.50%, 07/12/26a

     23,925        21,875,522  

2.63%, 01/14/21

     3,147        3,111,004  

2.80%, 01/10/22

     14,078        13,882,738  

3.00%, 01/20/23

     9,603        9,450,511  

3.38%, 01/14/26

     8,460        8,281,413  

Northern Trust Corp.

     

3.95%, 10/30/25a

     20,638        21,188,250  

PNC Bank N.A.

     

2.15%, 04/29/21
(Call 03/30/21)d

     14,331        13,953,359  

2.45%, 07/28/22
(Call 06/28/22)a,d

     1,367        1,325,817  

2.55%, 12/09/21
(Call 11/09/21)a,d

     11,815        11,571,759  

2.63%, 02/17/22
(Call 01/18/22)a,d

     17,722        17,366,403  

2.70%, 11/01/22
(Call 10/01/22)d

     21,889        21,260,576  

2.95%, 01/30/23
(Call 12/30/22)d

     11,926        11,697,578  

2.95%, 02/23/25
(Call 01/24/25)d

     13,200        12,746,573  

3.10%, 10/25/27
(Call 09/25/27)d

     2,938        2,805,908  

3.25%, 06/01/25
(Call 05/02/25)d

     18,440        18,083,479  

3.80%, 07/25/23
(Call 06/25/23)a,d

     12,012        12,220,101  

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

     

3.15%, 05/19/27
(Call 04/19/27)d

     3,494        3,356,304  

3.30%, 03/08/22
(Call 02/06/22)a,d

     10,630        10,687,939  

3.90%, 04/29/24
(Call 03/29/24)d

     7,596        7,729,985  

Regions Financial Corp.

     

2.75%, 08/14/22
(Call 07/14/22)a

     15,289        14,924,256  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Royal Bank of Canada

     

2.50%, 01/19/21a

   $     13,222      $       13,082,037  

2.75%, 02/01/22a

     6,302        6,228,320  

4.65%, 01/27/26a

     27,895        28,918,163  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

     

3.88%, 09/12/23a

     40,882        40,605,760  

4.80%, 04/05/26a

     22,482        23,242,505  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.480%)

     

3.50%, 05/15/23
(Call 05/15/22)a,c

     366        360,422  

Santander Holdings USA Inc.

     

3.70%, 03/28/22
(Call 02/28/22)b

     23,538        23,524,899  

4.40%, 07/13/27
(Call 06/13/27)a,b

     5,831        5,798,142  

4.50%, 07/17/25
(Call 04/17/25)

     3,804        3,858,587  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC

     

2.88%, 08/05/21

     21,204        20,781,008  

3.13%, 01/08/21

     11,330        11,270,207  

3.57%, 01/10/23
(Call 01/10/22)a

     23,531        23,329,603  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.400%)

     

3.82%, 11/03/28
(Call 11/03/27)a,c

     18,876        18,049,278  

Santander UK PLC

     

4.00%, 03/13/24a

     9,950        10,127,797  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

     

1.88%, 09/13/21a

     15,964        15,242,414  

2.63%, 03/15/21a

     14,953        14,746,614  

State Street Corp.

     

1.95%, 05/19/21

     3,605        3,491,836  

2.65%, 05/19/26a

     7,831        7,313,222  

3.10%, 05/15/23a

     6,306        6,207,361  

3.30%, 12/16/24a

     18,011        17,949,862  

3.55%, 08/18/25a

     12,943        12,979,200  

3.70%, 11/20/23a

     9,692        9,947,238  

4.38%, 03/07/21a

     4,556        4,743,555  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

     

3.20%, 07/18/22a

     8,577        8,514,107  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

     

2.06%, 07/14/21

   $     19,100      $       18,441,273  

2.44%, 10/19/21a

     17,640        17,182,362  

2.63%, 07/14/26a

     30,794        28,206,032  

2.78%, 07/12/22a

     27,022        26,371,780  

2.78%, 10/18/22a

     15,993        15,549,089  

2.85%, 01/11/22

     13,028        12,806,217  

2.93%, 03/09/21a

     18,174        18,101,924  

3.01%, 10/19/26a

     19,905        18,743,653  

3.10%, 01/17/23

     750        739,580  

3.35%, 10/18/27a

     10,571        10,166,606  

3.36%, 07/12/27a

     26,029        25,087,221  

3.45%, 01/11/27a

     17,535        17,047,320  

3.54%, 01/17/28

     14,695        14,338,327  

3.78%, 03/09/26

     15,289        15,263,788  

SunTrust Bank/Atlanta GA

     

2.45%, 08/01/22
(Call 07/01/22)

     2,361        2,286,111  

3.30%, 05/15/26
(Call 04/15/26)

     9,987        9,596,128  

SunTrust Banks Inc.

     

2.70%, 01/27/22
(Call 12/27/21)

     2,809        2,755,541  

2.90%, 03/03/21
(Call 02/03/21)

     11,898        11,846,248  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB

     

1.88%, 09/07/21a

     9,924        9,500,327  

2.45%, 03/30/21a

     23,732        23,257,229  

Synchrony Bank

     

3.00%, 06/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)a

     17,303        16,897,712  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     

1.80%, 07/13/21

     10,911        10,499,472  

2.13%, 04/07/21a

     25,285        24,653,730  

2.50%, 12/14/20a

     5,488        5,433,912  

U.S. Bancorp.

     

2.35%, 01/29/21
(Call 12/29/20)a

     6,368        6,275,693  

2.63%, 01/24/22
(Call 12/23/21)a

     10,748        10,569,734  

2.95%, 07/15/22
(Call 06/15/22)a

     12,275        12,140,579  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.00%, 03/15/22
(Call 02/15/22)a

   $     1,623      $       1,620,020  

3.10%, 04/27/26
(Call 03/27/26)a

     7,864        7,501,867  

3.70%, 01/30/24
(Call 12/29/23)a

     13,074        13,316,476  

4.13%, 05/24/21
(Call 04/23/21)a

     3,109        3,221,876  

Series F

     

3.60%, 09/11/24
(Call 08/11/24)a

     13,134        13,257,022  

Series V

     

2.38%, 07/22/26
(Call 06/22/26)a

     24,999        22,745,210  

Series X

     

3.15%, 04/27/27
(Call 03/27/27)a

     19,835        19,071,237  

U.S. Bank N.A./Cincinnati OH

     

2.80%, 01/27/25
(Call 12/27/24)a

     14,698        14,102,296  

2.85%, 01/23/23
(Call 12/23/22)a

     13,139        12,971,319  

Wachovia Corp.

     

5.50%, 08/01/35a

     9,244        10,456,959  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

2.10%, 07/26/21a

     37,194        35,904,741  

2.50%, 03/04/21a

     32,051        31,479,845  

2.63%, 07/22/22a

     44,577        43,249,359  

3.00%, 01/22/21a

     6,952        6,936,877  

3.00%, 02/19/25a

     41,179        39,526,034  

3.00%, 04/22/26

     55,224        52,242,451  

3.00%, 10/23/26a

     52,199        49,206,478  

3.07%, 01/24/23
(Call 01/24/22)a

     47,687        47,045,948  

3.30%, 09/09/24a

     25,814        25,429,356  

3.50%, 03/08/22a

     29,471        29,667,707  

3.55%, 09/29/25

     38,003        37,652,696  

3.90%, 05/01/45a

     13,661        13,148,327  

4.10%, 06/03/26

     24,888        24,926,835  

4.13%, 08/15/23

     14,706        15,044,316  

4.30%, 07/22/27a

     27,368        27,775,583  

4.40%, 06/14/46a

     11,824        11,627,472  

4.60%, 04/01/21a

     33,389        34,840,153  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.65%, 11/04/44

   $     30,098      $       30,663,298  

4.75%, 12/07/46a

     34,622        35,812,768  

4.90%, 11/17/45a

     21,485        22,719,745  

5.38%, 02/07/35a

     10,780        12,595,310  

5.38%, 11/02/43a

     32,692        36,632,125  

5.61%, 01/15/44

     22,778        26,294,960  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.310%)

     

3.58%, 05/22/28
(Call 05/22/27)a,c

     27,135        26,471,503  

Series M
3.45%, 02/13/23a

     26,217        26,030,692  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

     

5.85%, 02/01/37

     11,165        13,577,966  

6.60%, 01/15/38a

     14,951        19,716,823  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

2.00%, 08/19/21

     19,992        19,325,679  

2.10%, 05/13/21

     15,497        15,044,957  

2.50%, 06/28/22a

     4,389        4,256,553  

2.60%, 11/23/20

     19,802        19,604,265  

2.70%, 08/19/26a

     18,413        17,062,707  

2.80%, 01/11/22

     14,899        14,717,219  

2.85%, 05/13/26a

     24,072        22,631,077  

3.35%, 03/08/27a

     14,349        13,910,446  

3.40%, 01/25/28a

     17,097        16,587,773  
     

 

 

 
        9,120,956,609  

BEVERAGES — 3.40%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

     

2.63%, 01/17/23a

     5,850        5,669,454  

2.65%, 02/01/21
(Call 01/01/21)a

     89,340        88,542,623  

3.30%, 02/01/23
(Call 12/01/22)a

     67,310        67,116,369  

3.65%, 02/01/26
(Call 11/01/25)a

     143,396        141,886,298  

3.70%, 02/01/24a

     4,066        4,127,445  

4.00%, 01/17/43a

     9,856        9,255,503  

4.63%, 02/01/44

     6,200        6,374,598  

4.70%, 02/01/36
(Call 08/01/35)a

     78,815        83,047,894  

4.90%, 02/01/46
(Call 08/01/45)a

     145,832        155,337,356  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

     

2.50%, 07/15/22a

   $     33,489      $       32,547,996  

3.75%, 01/15/22a

     36,848        37,628,061  

3.75%, 07/15/42a

     14,762        13,363,548  

4.44%, 10/06/48
(Call 04/06/48)a

     19,809        19,795,623  

4.95%, 01/15/42

     12,671        13,611,666  

8.20%, 01/15/39

     18,213        27,145,014  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     

1.55%, 09/01/21a

     1,750        1,679,579  

2.25%, 09/01/26a

     15,924        14,724,316  

2.50%, 04/01/23a

     8,739        8,528,283  

2.88%, 10/27/25a

     23,607        22,946,955  

3.15%, 11/15/20

     12,919        13,068,916  

3.20%, 11/01/23a

     6,500        6,565,898  

3.30%, 09/01/21

     11,439        11,612,007  

Constellation Brands Inc.

     

4.25%, 05/01/23a

     2,723        2,818,388  

Diageo Capital PLC

     

2.63%, 04/29/23
(Call 01/29/23)

     11,511        11,170,055  

Diageo Investment Corp.

     

2.88%, 05/11/22a

     14,774        14,654,604  

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

     

2.10%, 07/15/21
(Call 06/15/21)

     15,785        15,226,831  

3.00%, 07/15/26
(Call 04/15/26)a

     25,187        23,513,576  

4.20%, 07/15/46
(Call 01/15/46)a

     31,765        29,757,357  

5.00%, 05/01/42a

     6,561        6,920,385  

Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co. Inc.

     

Series B

     

7.00%, 03/01/29a

     12,522        16,411,000  

PepsiCo Inc.

     

1.70%, 10/06/21
(Call 09/06/21)

     2,254        2,160,589  

2.25%, 05/02/22
(Call 04/02/22)a

     12,497        12,153,980  

2.38%, 10/06/26
(Call 07/06/26)a

     8,487        7,800,024  

2.75%, 03/05/22a

     17,072        16,905,133  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

2.75%, 03/01/23a

   $     19,119      $       18,906,292  

2.75%, 04/30/25
(Call 01/30/25)a

     13,868        13,329,727  

2.85%, 02/24/26
(Call 11/24/25)a

     10,452        10,015,078  

3.00%, 08/25/21a

     2,804        2,814,253  

3.00%, 10/15/27
(Call 07/15/27)a

     16,598        15,944,772  

3.10%, 07/17/22
(Call 05/17/22)

     5,391        5,413,125  

3.13%, 11/01/20a

     3,758        3,795,370  

3.45%, 10/06/46
(Call 04/06/46)a

     19,872        18,099,712  

3.60%, 03/01/24
(Call 12/01/23)a

     9,981        10,170,452  

4.00%, 03/05/42a

     5,638        5,662,267  

4.00%, 05/02/47
(Call 11/02/46)a

     9,435        9,438,256  

4.45%, 04/14/46
(Call 10/14/45)a

     23,363        25,005,403  

4.88%, 11/01/40a

     11,640        13,200,446  

5.50%, 01/15/40a

     12,838        15,762,245  
     

 

 

 
        1,111,624,722  

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 2.36%

 

  

Amgen Inc.

     

1.85%, 08/19/21
(Call 07/19/21)a

     1,646        1,579,331  

2.25%, 08/19/23
(Call 06/19/23)a

     9,399        8,868,706  

2.60%, 08/19/26
(Call 05/19/26)a

     22,452        20,531,840  

2.65%, 05/11/22
(Call 04/11/22)a

     20,130        19,660,808  

3.13%, 05/01/25
(Call 02/01/25)

     18,162        17,556,755  

3.63%, 05/15/22
(Call 02/15/22)a

     13,631        13,806,695  

3.63%, 05/22/24
(Call 02/22/24)a

     18,524        18,621,503  

3.88%, 11/15/21
(Call 08/15/21)a

     9,116        9,334,831  

4.10%, 06/15/21
(Call 03/15/21)a

     27,971        28,849,130  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.40%, 05/01/45
(Call 11/01/44)a

   $     19,188      $       18,953,145  

4.56%, 06/15/48
(Call 12/15/47)

     16,091        16,162,373  

4.66%, 06/15/51
(Call 12/15/50)a

     45,933        46,395,086  

5.15%, 11/15/41
(Call 05/15/41)a

     12,206        13,641,722  

Baxalta Inc.

     

4.00%, 06/23/25
(Call 03/23/25)

     21,183        21,095,124  

5.25%, 06/23/45
(Call 12/23/44)a

     10,035        10,832,314  

Biogen Inc.

     

3.63%, 09/15/22a

     15,652        15,858,581  

4.05%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)a

     23,877        24,427,009  

5.20%, 09/15/45
(Call 03/15/45)

     19,796        21,547,863  

Celgene Corp.

     

2.75%, 02/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)a

     5,117        4,953,143  

3.25%, 08/15/22a

     14,037        13,938,314  

3.25%, 02/20/23
(Call 01/20/23)

     10,000        9,905,194  

3.45%, 11/15/27
(Call 08/15/27)a

     13,724        13,037,615  

3.55%, 08/15/22a

     12,869        12,932,636  

3.63%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/15/24)a

     12,238        12,155,214  

3.88%, 08/15/25
(Call 05/15/25)a

     32,563        32,475,741  

3.90%, 02/20/28
(Call 11/20/27)

     10,000        9,836,344  

4.35%, 11/15/47
(Call 05/15/47)a

     15,435        14,558,030  

4.55%, 02/20/48
(Call 08/20/47)

     10,000        9,721,357  

4.63%, 05/15/44
(Call 11/15/43)a

     14,088        13,860,872  

5.00%, 08/15/45
(Call 02/15/45)

     24,741        25,601,398  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

     

2.50%, 09/01/23
(Call 07/01/23)a

     1,451        1,390,553  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

2.95%, 03/01/27
(Call 12/01/26)a

   $     20,779      $       19,576,253  

3.25%, 09/01/22
(Call 07/01/22)a

     3,556        3,564,353  

3.50%, 02/01/25
(Call 11/01/24)a

     24,921        24,822,450  

3.65%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)a

     36,180        36,133,773  

3.70%, 04/01/24
(Call 01/01/24)a

     27,655        28,082,773  

4.00%, 09/01/36
(Call 03/01/36)a

     13,174        13,005,570  

4.15%, 03/01/47
(Call 09/01/46)a

     21,039        20,350,520  

4.40%, 12/01/21
(Call 09/01/21)a

     7,486        7,830,620  

4.50%, 04/01/21
(Call 01/01/21)a

     7,032        7,335,732  

4.50%, 02/01/45
(Call 08/01/44)

     23,935        24,402,819  

4.60%, 09/01/35
(Call 03/01/35)a

     15,505        16,436,644  

4.75%, 03/01/46
(Call 09/01/45)

     26,216        27,679,582  

4.80%, 04/01/44
(Call 10/01/43)

     21,868        23,167,569  

5.65%, 12/01/41
(Call 06/01/41)

     12,811        15,057,034  
     

 

 

 
        769,534,919  

CHEMICALS — 1.08%

     

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     

3.00%, 11/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)a

     13,235        13,035,333  

3.50%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)a

     17,266        17,220,133  

4.13%, 11/15/21
(Call 08/15/21)a

     3,112        3,214,896  

4.25%, 11/15/20
(Call 08/15/20)a

     10,888        11,212,553  

4.38%, 11/15/42
(Call 05/15/42)a

     13,858        13,853,071  

5.25%, 11/15/41
(Call 05/15/41)

     10,804        11,905,217  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

7.38%, 11/01/29a

   $ 7,774      $ 10,109,276  

9.40%, 05/15/39

         10,193              16,452,810  

Eastman Chemical Co.

     

3.60%, 08/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)a

     6,779        6,852,092  

3.80%, 03/15/25
(Call 12/15/24)a

     645        655,102  

4.65%, 10/15/44
(Call 04/15/44)a

     9,954        10,312,809  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     

2.80%, 02/15/23a

     15,465        15,198,221  

3.63%, 01/15/21a

     9,218        9,409,765  

4.15%, 02/15/43a

     8,367        8,229,722  

LYB International Finance BV

     

4.00%, 07/15/23a

     11,135        11,356,598  

4.88%, 03/15/44
(Call 09/15/43)

     13,177        13,811,437  

5.25%, 07/15/43a

     9,691        10,686,236  

LYB International Finance II BV

     

3.50%, 03/02/27
(Call 12/02/26)a

     15,833        15,383,477  

LyondellBasell Industries NV

     

4.63%, 02/26/55
(Call 08/26/54)a

     8,054        7,872,642  

5.75%, 04/15/24
(Call 01/15/24)

     15,216        16,849,327  

6.00%, 11/15/21
(Call 08/17/21)

     8,921        9,696,762  

Monsanto Co.

     

3.38%, 07/15/24
(Call 04/15/24)a

     11,674        11,546,138  

4.40%, 07/15/44
(Call 01/15/44)a

     9,724        9,604,908  

4.70%, 07/15/64
(Call 01/15/64)

     10,714        10,671,058  

Mosaic Co. (The)

     

4.25%, 11/15/23
(Call 08/15/23)a

     8,613        8,839,721  

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.

     

3.63%, 03/15/24
(Call 12/15/23)

     8,081        8,090,877  

Rohm & Haas Co.

     

7.85%, 07/15/29a

     10,122        13,559,771  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     

2.75%, 06/01/22
(Call 05/01/22)a

   $     17,831      $       17,378,802  

3.45%, 06/01/27
(Call 03/01/27)a

     22,167        21,350,603  

4.50%, 06/01/47
(Call 12/01/46)a

     12,921        12,881,918  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

     

3.60%, 08/15/26
(Call 05/15/26)

     6,290        6,118,628  
     

 

 

 
        353,359,903  

COMMERCIAL SERVICES — 0.18%

 

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

     

3.38%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)

     13,646        13,686,942  

Ecolab Inc.

     

2.70%, 11/01/26
(Call 08/01/26)a

     13,567        12,597,018  

3.95%, 12/01/47
(Call 06/01/47)b

     596        569,162  

4.35%, 12/08/21

     5,538        5,784,304  

5.50%, 12/08/41

     703        830,348  

S&P Global Inc.

     

4.40%, 02/15/26
(Call 11/15/25)

     11,711        12,330,813  

Total System Services Inc.

     

3.80%, 04/01/21
(Call 03/01/21)a

     5,997        6,072,897  

4.80%, 04/01/26
(Call 01/01/26)a

     7,694        8,093,361  
     

 

 

 
        59,964,845  

COMPUTERS — 3.87%

 

Apple Inc.

     

1.55%, 08/04/21
(Call 07/04/21)

     16,686        15,976,104  

2.10%, 09/12/22
(Call 08/12/22)

     4,337        4,165,835  

2.15%, 02/09/22a

     8,788        8,530,171  

2.25%, 02/23/21
(Call 01/23/21)

     24,322        23,951,072  

2.30%, 05/11/22
(Call 04/11/22)

     15,039        14,631,678  

2.40%, 01/13/23
(Call 12/13/22)a

     8,461        8,203,611  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

2.40%, 05/03/23a

   $     64,649      $       62,523,871  

2.45%, 08/04/26
(Call 05/04/26)a

     45,623        42,186,270  

2.50%, 02/09/22
(Call 01/09/22)a

     13,774        13,543,974  

2.50%, 02/09/25a

     21,343        20,169,314  

2.70%, 05/13/22a

     10,498        10,378,008  

2.75%, 01/13/25
(Call 11/13/24)

     17,478        16,790,756  

2.85%, 05/06/21a

     36,900        36,932,970  

2.85%, 02/23/23
(Call 12/23/22)a

     13,346        13,201,208  

2.85%, 05/11/24
(Call 03/11/24)a

     23,698        23,116,212  

2.90%, 09/12/27
(Call 06/12/27)a

     24,073        22,789,960  

3.00%, 02/09/24
(Call 12/09/23)a

     22,126        21,793,411  

3.00%, 06/20/27
(Call 03/20/27)a

     12,967        12,406,049  

3.00%, 11/13/27
(Call 08/13/27)a

     17,745        16,950,196  

3.20%, 05/13/25a

     17,221        16,981,186  

3.20%, 05/11/27
(Call 02/11/27)

     34,141        33,198,169  

3.25%, 02/23/26
(Call 11/23/25)a

     34,407        33,846,145  

3.35%, 02/09/27
(Call 11/09/26)

     34,317        33,803,858  

3.45%, 05/06/24a

     34,302        34,555,567  

3.45%, 02/09/45a

     24,282        22,076,706  

3.75%, 09/12/47
(Call 03/12/47)a

     12,821        12,202,651  

3.75%, 11/13/47
(Call 05/13/47)a

     18,417        17,561,494  

3.85%, 05/04/43a

     38,578        37,574,640  

3.85%, 08/04/46
(Call 02/04/46)a

     26,469        25,611,632  

4.25%, 02/09/47
(Call 08/09/46)

     15,892        16,361,648  

4.38%, 05/13/45

     27,939        29,296,749  

4.45%, 05/06/44a

     8,806        9,333,550  

4.50%, 02/23/36
(Call 08/23/35)a

     14,498        15,743,941  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.65%, 02/23/46
(Call 08/23/45)

   $     41,906      $       45,632,713  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

     

4.42%, 06/15/21
(Call 05/15/21)a,b

     47,485        48,503,473  

5.45%, 06/15/23
(Call 04/15/23)a,b

     45,275        47,784,140  

6.02%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)a,b

     50,393        53,765,451  

8.10%, 07/15/36
(Call 01/15/36)b

     21,880        26,828,267  

8.35%, 07/15/46
(Call 01/15/46)a,b

     27,254        34,511,064  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     

4.40%, 10/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)a

     17,138        17,796,351  

4.90%, 10/15/25
(Call 07/15/25)a

     31,884        32,999,959  

6.20%, 10/15/35
(Call 04/15/35)a

     11,745        12,476,799  

6.35%, 10/15/45
(Call 04/15/45)a

     11,153        11,698,510  

HP Inc.

     

4.30%, 06/01/21

     14,222        14,698,002  

4.38%, 09/15/21a

     13,490        13,978,061  

4.65%, 12/09/21a

     21,209        22,226,302  

6.00%, 09/15/41a

     14,792        15,698,689  

International Business Machines Corp.

     

1.88%, 08/01/22

     12,697        12,057,116  

2.25%, 02/19/21a

     10,611        10,425,409  

2.50%, 01/27/22a

     10,366        10,166,238  

2.88%, 11/09/22a

     9,415        9,289,055  

3.30%, 01/27/27a

     1,282        1,264,848  

3.38%, 08/01/23a

     11,816        11,901,613  

3.45%, 02/19/26a

     21,024        21,072,301  

3.63%, 02/12/24a

     20,146        20,471,894  

4.00%, 06/20/42a

     14,480        14,560,145  

4.70%, 02/19/46a

     1,372        1,538,873  

Seagate HDD Cayman

     

4.25%, 03/01/22
(Call 02/01/22)a,b

     15,222        15,063,996  

4.75%, 06/01/23a

     4,209        4,220,274  

4.75%, 01/01/25a

     6,645        6,436,495  
     

 

 

 
        1,263,454,644  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE — 0.37%

 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     

1.70%, 11/03/21a

   $     3,685      $       3,542,123  

2.15%, 08/11/22a

     6,313        6,113,493  

2.30%, 02/06/22

     4,079        3,987,457  

2.45%, 11/03/26a

     13,177        12,214,074  

2.85%, 08/11/27a

     11,588        11,027,480  

3.10%, 08/15/23a

     14,846        14,891,401  

5.55%, 03/05/37

     15,962        20,062,820  

Unilever Capital Corp.

     

2.20%, 05/05/22
(Call 04/05/22)a

     11,512        11,168,466  

2.90%, 05/05/27
(Call 02/05/27)a

     14,716        14,014,828  

4.25%, 02/10/21

     7,973        8,300,051  

5.90%, 11/15/32a

     11,429        14,282,281  
     

 

 

 
        119,604,474  

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 2.43%

 

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/ AerCap Global Aviation Trust

     

3.65%, 07/21/27
(Call 04/21/27)a

     21,690        20,420,309  

3.95%, 02/01/22
(Call 01/01/22)a

     8,584        8,673,603  

4.50%, 05/15/21

     12,680        13,079,081  

5.00%, 10/01/21a

     4,043        4,233,752  

Air Lease Corp.

     

3.00%, 09/15/23
(Call 07/15/23)a

     10,990        10,656,816  

American Express Co.

     

2.50%, 08/01/22
(Call 07/01/22)

     18,058        17,455,153  

2.65%, 12/02/22a

     19,015        18,483,101  

3.00%, 10/30/24
(Call 09/29/24)a

     27,064        26,053,612  

3.40%, 02/27/23
(Call 01/27/23)

     15,000        14,982,892  

4.05%, 12/03/42

     12,631        12,501,242  

American Express Credit Corp.

     

2.25%, 05/05/21
(Call 04/04/21)a

     4,808        4,689,522  

2.70%, 03/03/22
(Call 01/31/22)a

     23,293        22,856,340  
 

 

C H E D U L E S    OF     N V E S T M E N T S

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.30%, 05/03/27
(Call 04/03/27)a

   $     21,035      $       20,376,954  

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

     

4.00%, 10/15/23a

     9,743        10,071,970  

Brookfield Finance Inc.

     

4.70%, 09/20/47
(Call 03/20/47)

     11,555        11,285,945  

Capital One Bank USA N.A.

     

3.38%, 02/15/23a

     12,907        12,739,674  

CME Group Inc.

     

3.00%, 09/15/22a

     4,289        4,269,120  

3.00%, 03/15/25
(Call 12/15/24)a

     9,732        9,484,530  

5.30%, 09/15/43
(Call 03/15/43)a

     8,246        9,935,975  

Discover Financial Services

     

4.10%, 02/09/27
(Call 11/09/26)a

     14,408        14,236,659  

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co.

     

3.37%, 11/15/25a

     22,842        21,948,734  

4.42%, 11/15/35a

     150,983        148,015,474  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

     

2.75%, 12/01/20
(Call 11/01/20)

     1,408        1,403,271  

3.75%, 12/01/25
(Call 09/01/25)a

     20,186        20,489,531  

4.00%, 10/15/23a

     10,830        11,218,037  

International Lease Finance Corp.

     

5.88%, 08/15/22a

     13,814        15,060,468  

8.25%, 12/15/20a

     1,540        1,732,284  

Jefferies Group LLC

     

6.88%, 04/15/21

     6,814        7,493,878  

Jefferies Group LLC/Jefferies Group Capital Finance Inc.

     

4.15%, 01/23/30

     16,866        16,002,699  

4.85%, 01/15/27

     8,030        8,285,355  

Mastercard Inc.

     

2.95%, 11/21/26
(Call 08/21/26)a

     12,721        12,233,160  

3.38%, 04/01/24

     13,924        13,950,861  

Synchrony Financial

     

3.70%, 08/04/26
(Call 05/04/26)a

     329        313,841  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.75%, 08/15/21
(Call 06/15/21)a

   $     9,957      $       10,082,309  

4.25%, 08/15/24
(Call 05/15/24)a

     25,195        25,379,906  

4.50%, 07/23/25
(Call 04/24/25)a

     15,569        15,786,354  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     

2.95%, 04/01/22
(Call 02/01/22)a

     1,940        1,924,964  

3.30%, 04/01/27
(Call 01/01/27)a

     20,200        19,665,534  

Visa Inc.

     

2.15%, 09/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)a

     10,690        10,280,958  

2.75%, 09/15/27
(Call 06/15/27)a

     13,408        12,617,605  

2.80%, 12/14/22
(Call 10/14/22)a

     24,169        23,852,850  

3.15%, 12/14/25
(Call 09/14/25)a

     51,711        50,695,644  

3.65%, 09/15/47
(Call 03/15/47)a

     11,405        10,895,352  

4.15%, 12/14/35
(Call 06/14/35)a

     23,283        24,462,067  

4.30%, 12/14/45
(Call 06/14/45)a

     40,498        43,042,218  
     

 

 

 
        793,319,604  

ELECTRIC — 1.92%

 

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

     

3.80%, 07/15/48
(Call 01/15/48)a,b

     5,969        5,644,668  

4.50%, 02/01/45
(Call 08/01/44)a

     11,451        12,078,074  

5.15%, 11/15/43
(Call 05/15/43)a

     7,892        9,099,447  

6.13%, 04/01/36

     24,352        31,018,233  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.

     

4.45%, 03/15/44
(Call 09/15/43)a

     10,750        11,441,436  

4.63%, 12/01/54
(Call 06/01/54)a

     9,932        10,658,031  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Dominion Energy Inc.

     

3.90%, 10/01/25
(Call 07/01/25)

   $     8,953      $       9,037,199  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

     

3.88%, 03/15/46
(Call 09/15/45)

     597        585,933  

5.30%, 02/15/40a

     5,227        6,236,709  

Duke Energy Corp.

     

1.80%, 09/01/21
(Call 08/01/21)

     3,873        3,705,638  

2.65%, 09/01/26
(Call 06/01/26)

     24,011        22,000,280  

3.15%, 08/15/27
(Call 05/15/27)

     2,669        2,524,431  

3.75%, 04/15/24
(Call 01/15/24)a

     15,062        15,252,454  

3.75%, 09/01/46
(Call 03/01/46)a

     29,813        27,253,664  

Duke Energy Florida LLC

     

6.40%, 06/15/38a

     12,250        16,283,219  

Emera U.S. Finance LP

     

2.70%, 06/15/21
(Call 05/15/21)

     17,677        17,373,771  

3.55%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)

     14,153        13,587,275  

4.75%, 06/15/46
(Call 12/15/45)

     13,974        14,031,847  

Entergy Corp.

     

2.95%, 09/01/26
(Call 06/01/26)

     1,684        1,582,207  

Exelon Corp.

     

3.40%, 04/15/26
(Call 01/15/26)a

     12,627        12,270,762  

3.50%, 06/01/22
(Call 05/01/22)

     14,492        14,457,889  

3.95%, 06/15/25
(Call 03/15/25)

     9,118        9,194,365  

4.45%, 04/15/46
(Call 10/15/45)a

     1,961        1,990,548  

5.10%, 06/15/45
(Call 12/15/44)a

     1,784        1,982,313  

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

     

5.60%, 06/15/42
(Call 12/15/41)a

     16,282        17,032,087  

6.25%, 10/01/39a

     9,862        11,043,085  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

FirstEnergy Corp.

     

Series B

     

3.90%, 07/15/27
(Call 04/15/27)

   $     12,129      $       11,995,718  

4.25%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)

     14,108        14,496,012  

Series C

     

4.85%, 07/15/47
(Call 01/15/47)a

     11,306        11,854,263  

7.38%, 11/15/31

     18,963        24,879,456  

Fortis Inc./Canada

     

3.06%, 10/04/26
(Call 07/04/26)

     24,785        23,023,411  

Georgia Power Co.

     

4.30%, 03/15/42a

     15,390        15,719,331  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc.

     

3.55%, 05/01/27
(Call 02/01/27)a

     14,317        14,013,324  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

     

7.00%, 09/01/22

     9,945        11,469,645  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

     

3.30%, 12/01/27
(Call 09/01/27)a,b

     9,990        9,414,287  

3.95%, 12/01/47
(Call 06/01/47)a,b

     9,990        9,011,071  

5.40%, 01/15/40a

     8,954        9,971,683  

5.80%, 03/01/37a

     11,407        13,199,137  

6.05%, 03/01/34a

     40,167        47,139,622  

Southern California Edison Co.

     

4.00%, 04/01/47
(Call 10/01/46)

     7,240        7,211,763  

4.65%, 10/01/43
(Call 04/01/43)a

     10,243        11,110,096  

Southern Co. (The)

     

2.35%, 07/01/21
(Call 06/01/21)

     16,971        16,493,406  

2.95%, 07/01/23
(Call 05/01/23)a

     15,883        15,401,300  

3.25%, 07/01/26
(Call 04/01/26)a

     27,016        25,693,180  

4.40%, 07/01/46
(Call 01/01/46)a

     25,256        25,266,565  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

     

Series A

     

3.15%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)

   $     7,385      $       7,183,860  

3.50%, 03/15/27
(Call 12/15/26)a

     4,605        4,567,881  
     

 

 

 
        626,480,576  

ELECTRONICS — 0.25%

     

Fortive Corp.

     

2.35%, 06/15/21
(Call 05/15/21)

     4,071        3,966,103  

3.15%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)a

     13,707        13,279,269  

Honeywell International Inc.

     

1.85%, 11/01/21
(Call 10/01/21)a

     20,114        19,424,148  

2.50%, 11/01/26
(Call 08/01/26)a

     13,945        12,878,823  

4.25%, 03/01/21a

     8,957        9,310,192  

Koninklijke Philips NV

     

3.75%, 03/15/22

     22,459        22,892,991  

6.88%, 03/11/38a

     47        61,827  
     

 

 

 
        81,813,353  

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION — 0.07%

 

ABB Finance USA Inc.

     

2.88%, 05/08/22a

     19,527        19,413,363  

4.38%, 05/08/42

     4,344        4,477,270  
     

 

 

 
        23,890,633  

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL — 0.09%

 

Republic Services Inc.

     

3.55%, 06/01/22
(Call 03/01/22)a

     10,117        10,210,915  

Waste Management Inc.

     

3.15%, 11/15/27
(Call 08/15/27)a

     13,499        12,912,426  

4.10%, 03/01/45
(Call 09/01/44)

     5,649        5,598,953  
     

 

 

 
        28,722,294  

FOOD — 1.18%

     

General Mills Inc.

     

3.15%, 12/15/21
(Call 09/15/21)a

     19,472        19,474,450  

3.20%, 02/10/27
(Call 11/10/26)a

     4,955        4,721,668  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     

3.50%, 10/15/21a

   $     5,575      $       5,658,065  

3.50%, 03/15/25a

     19,293        19,152,966  

Kellogg Co.

     

3.25%, 04/01/26

     10,551        10,056,113  

Series B

     

7.45%, 04/01/31a

     1,188        1,536,150  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

     

3.00%, 06/01/26
(Call 03/01/26)a

     25,279        23,243,181  

3.50%, 06/06/22 a

     21,432        21,457,663  

3.50%, 07/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)a

     10,733        10,724,844  

3.95%, 07/15/25
(Call 04/15/25)a

     26,556        26,300,072  

4.38%, 06/01/46
(Call 12/01/45)a

     30,921        28,258,609  

5.00%, 07/15/35
(Call 01/15/35)a

     16,564        17,114,014  

5.00%, 06/04/42a

     26,034        25,883,201  

5.20%, 07/15/45
(Call 01/15/45)a

     24,088        24,543,680  

6.50%, 02/09/40a

     12,862        15,247,125  

6.88%, 01/26/39

     10,468        12,864,692  

Kroger Co. (The)

     

2.65%, 10/15/26
(Call 07/15/26)a

     15,594        14,073,930  

4.45%, 02/01/47
(Call 08/01/46)a

     11,283        10,614,473  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD

     

2.70%, 08/15/22
(Call 07/15/22)a

     9,412        9,206,237  

3.40%, 08/15/27
(Call 05/15/27)a

     1,007        978,378  

Sysco Corp.

     

3.25%, 07/15/27
(Call 04/15/27)a

     4,600        4,432,782  

3.30%, 07/15/26
(Call 04/15/26)

     14,905        14,502,195  

3.75%, 10/01/25
(Call 07/01/25)a

     7,618        7,703,536  

Tyson Foods Inc.

     

3.55%, 06/02/27
(Call 03/02/27)a

     16,610        16,164,292  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

3.95%, 08/15/24
(Call 05/15/24)

  $     13,574     $       13,776,007  

4.50%, 06/15/22
(Call 03/15/22)a

    16,331       17,057,829  

4.55%, 06/02/47
(Call 12/02/46)a

    10,354       10,463,963  
   

 

 

 
      385,210,115  

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER — 0.22%

 

International Paper Co.

   

3.00%, 02/15/27
(Call 11/15/26)

    13,483       12,563,617  

3.65%, 06/15/24
(Call 03/15/24)a

    13,946       14,039,098  

4.35%, 08/15/48
(Call 02/15/48)a

    8,603       8,392,868  

4.40%, 08/15/47
(Call 02/15/47)a

    16,304       16,012,915  

4.75%, 02/15/22
(Call 11/15/21)

    7,831       8,243,943  

4.80%, 06/15/44
(Call 12/15/43)a

    10,695       11,137,975  

7.30%, 11/15/39a

    1,042       1,392,925  
   

 

 

 
      71,783,341  

GAS — 0.28%

 

NiSource Inc.

   

3.49%, 05/15/27
(Call 02/15/27)a

    6,218       6,080,210  

3.95%, 03/30/48
(Call 09/30/47)

    3,092       2,924,585  

4.38%, 05/15/47
(Call 11/15/46)a

    23,791       24,130,133  

4.80%, 02/15/44
(Call 08/15/43)a

    7,828       8,389,419  

Sempra Energy

   

2.90%, 02/01/23
(Call 01/01/23)

    1,385       1,354,250  

3.25%, 06/15/27
(Call 03/15/27)a

    12,163       11,610,440  

3.40%, 02/01/28
(Call 10/01/27)

    14,747       14,102,841  

4.00%, 02/01/48
(Call 08/01/47)

    10,352       9,695,239  

6.00%, 10/15/39

    10,615       12,930,916  
   

 

 

 
      91,218,033  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

HEALTH CARE – PRODUCTS — 2.16%

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

2.55%, 03/15/22a

  $     2,411     $       2,348,797  

2.90%, 11/30/21
(Call 10/30/21)a

    36,407       36,126,404  

2.95%, 03/15/25
(Call 12/15/24)a

    16,499       15,667,652  

3.25%, 04/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)

    11,536       11,457,444  

3.40%, 11/30/23
(Call 09/30/23)

    17,560       17,507,483  

3.75%, 11/30/26
(Call 08/30/26)a

    43,894       43,487,814  

4.75%, 11/30/36
(Call 05/30/36)

    13,802       14,736,451  

4.90%, 11/30/46
(Call 05/30/46)a

    39,226       42,316,252  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

   

2.89%, 06/06/22
(Call 05/06/22)a

    18,743       18,233,320  

3.13%, 11/08/21a

    11,883       11,739,103  

3.36%, 06/06/24
(Call 04/06/24)a

    23,228       22,435,821  

3.70%, 06/06/27
(Call 03/06/27)a

    28,218       27,048,240  

3.73%, 12/15/24
(Call 09/15/24)a

    18,261       18,003,797  

4.67%, 06/06/47
(Call 12/06/46)a

    18,664       18,569,103  

4.69%, 12/15/44
(Call 06/15/44)a

    13,479       13,471,243  

Boston Scientific Corp.

   

3.85%, 05/15/25

    9,061       9,080,752  

4.00%, 03/01/28
(Call 12/01/27)

    5,000       4,981,194  

Medtronic Global Holdings SCA

   

3.35%, 04/01/27
(Call 01/01/27)

    7,591       7,479,143  

Medtronic Inc.

   

3.15%, 03/15/22a

    23,301       23,342,462  

3.50%, 03/15/25

    43,746       43,679,545  

3.63%, 03/15/24
(Call 12/15/23)a

    14,626       14,850,965  
 

 

C H E D U L E S    OF     N V E S T M E N T S

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

4.38%, 03/15/35a

  $     31,147     $       32,850,028  

4.63%, 03/15/45a

    56,927       62,065,578  

Stryker Corp.

   

2.63%, 03/15/21
(Call 02/15/21)

    6,610       6,534,754  

3.38%, 11/01/25
(Call 08/01/25)

    11,944       11,796,830  

3.50%, 03/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)a

    13,388       13,309,106  

4.63%, 03/15/46
(Call 09/15/45)

    12,135       12,842,094  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

   

2.95%, 09/19/26
(Call 06/19/26)a

    17,001       15,916,941  

3.00%, 04/15/23
(Call 02/15/23)a

    16,153       15,866,651  

3.15%, 01/15/23
(Call 10/15/22)a

    12,732       12,590,437  

3.20%, 08/15/27
(Call 05/15/27)

    6,801       6,453,074  

3.30%, 02/15/22a

    11,463       11,479,126  

3.60%, 08/15/21
(Call 05/15/21)a

    13,306       13,518,638  

4.10%, 08/15/47
(Call 02/15/47)a

    7,311       7,010,147  

4.15%, 02/01/24
(Call 11/01/23)a

    16,715       17,210,050  

4.50%, 03/01/21a

    10,765       11,220,602  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

   

3.15%, 04/01/22
(Call 02/01/22)a

    10,427       10,271,267  

3.55%, 04/01/25
(Call 01/01/25)a

    28,708       27,821,615  
   

 

 

 
      705,319,923  

HEALTH CARE – SERVICES — 1.43%

 

Aetna Inc.

   

2.75%, 11/15/22
(Call 08/15/22)a

    10,933       10,584,091  

2.80%, 06/15/23
(Call 04/15/23)

    18,436       17,683,205  

3.50%, 11/15/24
(Call 08/15/24)

    10,991       10,762,963  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

3.88%, 08/15/47
(Call 02/15/47)a

  $     8,964     $       7,965,417  

6.63%, 06/15/36

    9,006       11,254,106  

Anthem Inc.

   

2.95%, 12/01/22
(Call 11/01/22)a

    7,337       7,170,002  

3.13%, 05/15/22a

    14,504       14,352,935  

3.30%, 01/15/23a

    10,272       10,181,770  

3.35%, 12/01/24
(Call 10/01/24)

    5,210       5,088,991  

3.50%, 08/15/24
(Call 05/15/24)a

    14,295       14,164,271  

3.65%, 12/01/27
(Call 09/01/27)a

    15,044       14,578,320  

4.38%, 12/01/47
(Call 06/01/47)a

    15,214       14,872,262  

4.63%, 05/15/42a

    13,340       13,527,756  

4.65%, 01/15/43a

    10,916       11,097,071  

4.65%, 08/15/44
(Call 02/15/44)a

    8,656       8,801,259  

5.85%, 01/15/36

    553       644,444  

Cigna Corp.

   

3.05%, 10/15/27
(Call 07/15/27)

    1,407       1,295,299  

3.25%, 04/15/25
(Call 01/15/25)

    2,915       2,800,235  

3.88%, 10/15/47
(Call 04/15/47)

    18,702       16,612,435  

4.00%, 02/15/22
(Call 11/15/21)a

    3,946       4,045,988  

Humana Inc.

   

4.95%, 10/01/44
(Call 04/01/44)

    8,899       9,400,530  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

   

4.15%, 05/01/47
(Call 11/01/46)a

    2,284       2,349,421  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

   

3.60%, 02/01/25
(Call 11/01/24)a

    19,065       18,786,763  

4.70%, 02/01/45
(Call 08/01/44)a

    11,030       11,047,070  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

   

2.13%, 03/15/21a

    9,713       9,517,037  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

2.38%, 10/15/22

  $     14,783           $ 14,270,550  

2.88%, 12/15/21a

    9,441       9,397,105  

2.88%, 03/15/22
(Call 12/15/21)a

    14,576       14,463,727  

2.88%, 03/15/23a

    9,984       9,796,332  

2.95%, 10/15/27a

    10,397       9,874,269  

3.10%, 03/15/26a

    16,633       16,108,946  

3.35%, 07/15/22a

    7,964       8,037,926  

3.38%, 04/15/27a

    1,620       1,592,571  

3.45%, 01/15/27a

    19,654       19,471,188  

3.75%, 07/15/25a

    26,938       27,298,013  

3.75%, 10/15/47
(Call 04/15/47)a

    4,920       4,613,627  

4.20%, 01/15/47
(Call 07/15/46)a

    13,939       14,110,996  

4.25%, 03/15/43
(Call 09/15/42)

    11,464       11,704,297  

4.25%, 04/15/47
(Call 10/15/46)a

    2,410       2,457,379  

4.63%, 07/15/35

    8,071       8,789,650  

4.75%, 07/15/45a

    22,375       24,574,342  

5.80%, 03/15/36

    5,918       7,280,798  

6.88%, 02/15/38a

    10,157       13,906,935  
   

 

 

 
      466,332,292  

HOUSEWARES — 0.24%

 

Newell Brands Inc.

   

3.15%, 04/01/21
(Call 03/01/21)

    13,327       13,200,280  

3.85%, 04/01/23
(Call 02/01/23)a

    19,249       19,148,747  

4.20%, 04/01/26
(Call 01/01/26)a

    17,377       17,199,882  

5.50%, 04/01/46
(Call 10/01/45)a

    25,957       27,520,974  
   

 

 

 
      77,069,883  

INSURANCE — 1.74%

 

Aflac Inc.

   

3.63%, 11/15/24a

    12,118       12,241,387  

American International Group Inc.

   

3.30%, 03/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)a

    18,852       18,907,193  

3.75%, 07/10/25
(Call 04/10/25)

    15,636       15,554,698  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

3.88%, 01/15/35
(Call 07/15/34)a

  $     20,928     $       19,774,463  

3.90%, 04/01/26
(Call 01/01/26)a

    17,662       17,618,338  

4.13%, 02/15/24a

    15,598       15,993,924  

4.38%, 01/15/55
(Call 07/15/54)

    5,562       5,178,500  

4.50%, 07/16/44
(Call 01/16/44)a

    25,842       25,624,423  

4.80%, 07/10/45
(Call 01/10/45)

    12,364       12,805,622  

4.88%, 06/01/22a

    17,016       17,980,654  

6.25%, 05/01/36

    10,130       12,299,328  

Aon PLC

   

3.88%, 12/15/25
(Call 09/15/25)

    4,600       4,653,136  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

   

3.00%, 05/15/22a

    6,070       6,070,304  

4.25%, 01/15/21

    2,520       2,618,196  

5.75%, 01/15/40a

    12,291       15,257,700  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

   

2.20%, 03/15/21
(Call 02/15/21)a

    5,029       4,940,639  

2.75%, 03/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)a

    36,100       35,510,653  

3.13%, 03/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)a

    31,950       31,132,083  

4.50%, 02/11/43a

    4,860       5,239,758  

Chubb Corp. (The)

   

6.00%, 05/11/37a

    11,833       14,959,889  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc.

   

2.30%, 11/03/20
(Call 10/03/20)a

    1,219       1,205,758  

2.88%, 11/03/22
(Call 09/03/22)a

    8,744       8,661,528  

3.15%, 03/15/25a

    14,299       14,051,953  

3.35%, 05/03/26
(Call 02/03/26)

    10,413       10,263,252  

4.35%, 11/03/45
(Call 05/03/45)

    17,009       17,860,073  

Manulife Financial Corp.

   

4.15%, 03/04/26a

    14,488       14,806,777  

5.38%, 03/04/46a

    7,893       9,217,944  
 

 

C H E D U L E S    OF     N V E S T M E N T S

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

MetLife Inc.

   

3.60%, 04/10/24a

  $     21,480     $       21,579,605  

4.05%, 03/01/45a

    14,069       13,607,836  

4.13%, 08/13/42a

    8,884       8,726,597  

4.60%, 05/13/46
(Call 11/13/45)a

    5,340       5,621,727  

4.75%, 02/08/21a

    13,321       13,967,375  

4.88%, 11/13/43a

    8,993       9,799,756  

5.70%, 06/15/35a

    12,966       15,595,345  

5.88%, 02/06/41a

    6,762       8,269,459  

6.38%, 06/15/34a

    11,448       14,558,339  

Series D

   

4.37%, 09/15/23a

    17,278       18,131,595  

Prudential Financial Inc.

   

3.91%, 12/07/47
(Call 06/07/47)b

    14,861       14,028,304  

3.94%, 12/07/49
(Call 06/07/49)b

    13,868       13,069,639  

4.60%, 05/15/44a

    11,531       12,223,826  

5.70%, 12/14/36a

    4,302       5,178,785  

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

   

5.35%, 11/01/40

    8,015       9,609,447  

6.25%, 06/15/37a

    9,654       12,529,206  
   

 

 

 
      566,925,014  

INTERNET — 1.28%

 

Alphabet Inc.

   

2.00%, 08/15/26
(Call 05/15/26)a

    22,678       20,571,597  

3.38%, 02/25/24a

    14,397       14,622,290  

3.63%, 05/19/21a

    4,567       4,710,064  

Amazon.com Inc.

   

2.40%, 02/22/23
(Call 01/22/23)b

    17,237       16,653,846  

2.50%, 11/29/22
(Call 08/29/22)a

    16,429       16,013,529  

2.80%, 08/22/24
(Call 06/22/24)a,b

    29,809       28,850,721  

3.15%, 08/22/27
(Call 05/22/27)a,b

    45,490       43,829,856  

3.30%, 12/05/21
(Call 10/05/21)a

    12,513       12,683,323  

3.80%, 12/05/24
(Call 09/05/24)a

    18,148       18,599,058  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

3.88%, 08/22/37
(Call 02/22/37)a,b

  $     43,201     $       43,093,084  

4.05%, 08/22/47
(Call 02/22/47)a,b

    35,491       35,274,980  

4.25%, 08/22/57
(Call 02/22/57)a,b

    29,998       29,906,971  

4.80%, 12/05/34
(Call 06/05/34)a

    12,426       13,726,554  

4.95%, 12/05/44
(Call 06/05/44)a

    23,369       26,383,872  

eBay Inc.

   

2.60%, 07/15/22
(Call 04/15/22)a

    16,262       15,750,191  

2.75%, 01/30/23
(Call 12/30/22)

    6,226       6,020,920  

2.88%, 08/01/21
(Call 06/01/21)a

    11,579       11,460,756  

3.45%, 08/01/24
(Call 05/01/24)

    9,671       9,538,659  

3.60%, 06/05/27
(Call 03/05/27)a

    10,091       9,730,123  

3.80%, 03/09/22
(Call 02/09/22)

    12,703       12,934,861  

4.00%, 07/15/42
(Call 01/15/42)a

    11,206       9,932,583  

Expedia Inc.

   

3.80%, 02/15/28
(Call 11/15/27)a

    20,126       18,713,843  
   

 

 

 
      419,001,681  

LODGING — 0.06%

 

Marriott International Inc./MD

   

2.30%, 01/15/22
(Call 12/15/21)

    11,024       10,712,905  

Series R

   

3.13%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)a

    8,928       8,471,018  
   

 

 

 
      19,183,923  

MACHINERY — 0.29%

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

   

1.70%, 08/09/21

    11,960       11,463,664  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

Caterpillar Inc.

   

3.40%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/15/24)a

  $     5,936     $       5,994,245  

3.80%, 08/15/42a

    21,549       21,450,051  

3.90%, 05/27/21

    1,443       1,487,325  

5.20%, 05/27/41a

    13,819       16,509,080  

Deere & Co.

   

2.60%, 06/08/22
(Call 03/08/22)a

    16,016       15,710,890  

3.90%, 06/09/42
(Call 12/09/41)a

    9,828       10,035,436  

John Deere Capital Corp.

   

2.80%, 03/06/23

    11,744       11,522,380  
   

 

 

 
      94,173,071  

MANUFACTURING — 1.09%

 

3M Co.

   

5.70%, 03/15/37

    3,381       4,239,434  

Eaton Corp.

   

2.75%, 11/02/22a

    23,600       23,137,162  

4.15%, 11/02/42a

    9,832       9,659,545  

General Electric Co.

   

2.70%, 10/09/22a

    39,287       38,068,313  

3.10%, 01/09/23a

    15,846       15,566,795  

3.15%, 09/07/22a

    18,459       18,231,137  

3.38%, 03/11/24

    2,855       2,804,003  

3.45%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/13/24)

    1,322       1,302,270  

4.13%, 10/09/42a

    20,567       19,222,763  

4.50%, 03/11/44a

    23,419       23,152,410  

4.63%, 01/07/21a

    5,322       5,525,890  

4.65%, 10/17/21a

    15,389       16,122,820  

5.30%, 02/11/21

    14,577       15,387,841  

5.88%, 01/14/38a

    29,059       33,895,455  

6.15%, 08/07/37a

    19,925       23,781,021  

6.88%, 01/10/39

    30,318       39,215,278  

Series A

   

6.75%, 03/15/32a

    32,200       39,974,777  

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

   

2.65%, 11/15/26
(Call 08/15/26)a

    15,956       14,978,853  

3.90%, 09/01/42
(Call 03/01/42)a

    12,982       13,076,400  
   

 

 

 
      357,342,167  
Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

MEDIA — 4.12%

 

21st Century Fox America Inc.

   

3.00%, 09/15/22

  $     12,115     $       11,975,905  

4.50%, 02/15/21a

    16,890       17,636,602  

6.15%, 03/01/37

    14,037       17,476,805  

6.15%, 02/15/41a

    14,610       18,291,955  

6.20%, 12/15/34

    12,147       15,048,456  

6.40%, 12/15/35a

    15,031       19,011,606  

6.65%, 11/15/37a

    14,206       18,483,154  

CBS Corp.

   

3.50%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/24)a

    195       190,611  

4.00%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)a

    9,311       9,278,528  

7.88%, 07/30/30a

    7,967       10,442,454  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital

   

3.75%, 02/15/28
(Call 11/15/27)

    11,594       10,710,370  

4.20%, 03/15/28
(Call 12/15/27)a

    9,235       8,865,143  

4.46%, 07/23/22
(Call 05/23/22)a

    38,575       39,456,215  

4.91%, 07/23/25
(Call 04/23/25)a

    57,163       58,845,198  

5.38%, 05/01/47
(Call 11/01/46)a

    32,695       32,533,032  

6.38%, 10/23/35
(Call 04/23/35)a

    25,606       28,803,455  

6.48%, 10/23/45
(Call 04/23/45)a

    45,788       51,563,781  

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc.

   

9.46%, 11/15/22

    13,723       17,411,609  

Comcast Corp.

   

2.35%, 01/15/27
(Call 10/15/26)a

    19,052       17,096,825  

2.75%, 03/01/23
(Call 02/01/23)a

    10,176       9,947,019  

2.85%, 01/15/23a

    5,467       5,375,291  

3.00%, 02/01/24
(Call 01/01/24)a

    30,018       29,348,794  

3.13%, 07/15/22a

    10,310       10,302,863  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.15%, 03/01/26 (Call 12/01/25)a

   $     25,608      $       24,684,378  

3.15%, 02/15/28 (Call 11/15/27)a

     31,411        29,852,154  

3.20%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)a

     12,866        11,308,771  

3.30%, 02/01/27 (Call 11/01/26)

     16,502        15,962,107  

3.38%, 02/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)a

     10,896        10,734,296  

3.38%, 08/15/25 (Call 05/15/25)a

     16,906        16,636,266  

3.40%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)a

     20,469        17,499,010  

3.55%, 05/01/28 (Call 02/01/28)

     14,985        14,706,756  

3.60%, 03/01/24

     8,783        8,856,191  

3.90%, 03/01/38 (Call 09/01/37)

     24,985        23,874,477  

3.97%, 11/01/47 (Call 05/01/47)a

     28,972        27,096,735  

4.00%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)a

     3,469        3,253,238  

4.00%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     17,572        16,438,641  

4.00%, 11/01/49 (Call 05/01/49)

     36,023        33,478,649  

4.05%, 11/01/52 (Call 05/01/52)

     29,003        27,014,679  

4.20%, 08/15/34 (Call 02/15/34)a

     7,662        7,694,996  

4.25%, 01/15/33a

     13,177        13,502,531  

4.40%, 08/15/35 (Call 02/15/35)a

     3,806        3,870,704  

4.60%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)a

     20,631        21,303,719  

4.65%, 07/15/42a

     16,021        16,643,212  

4.75%, 03/01/44a

     11,071        11,662,075  

5.65%, 06/15/35

     481        565,291  

6.40%, 05/15/38

     386        490,487  

6.45%, 03/15/37

     9,413        12,051,334  

6.50%, 11/15/35

     1,761        2,246,621  

6.95%, 08/15/37

     12,166        16,406,574  

7.05%, 03/15/33

     7,763        10,113,481  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Discovery Communications LLC

     

2.95%, 03/20/23 (Call 02/20/23)a

   $     19,762      $       19,134,677  

3.95%, 03/20/28 (Call 12/20/27)a

     14,409        13,868,426  

4.88%, 04/01/43a

     3,835        3,658,193  

5.00%, 09/20/37 (Call 03/20/37)

     19,449        19,397,970  

5.20%, 09/20/47 (Call 03/20/47)a

     23,108        22,907,970  

6.35%, 06/01/40

     955        1,078,435  

NBCUniversal Media LLC

     

2.88%, 01/15/23a

     9,238        9,090,270  

4.38%, 04/01/21a

     22,364        23,298,214  

4.45%, 01/15/43

     12,726        12,841,785  

5.95%, 04/01/41a

     1,025        1,247,180  

Time Warner Cable LLC

     

4.00%, 09/01/21 (Call 06/01/21)a

     8,892        9,003,353  

4.50%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

     24,034        21,464,160  

5.50%, 09/01/41 (Call 03/01/41)a

     6,203        6,235,669  

5.88%, 11/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)a

     7,549        7,951,553  

6.55%, 05/01/37

     12,845        14,498,152  

6.75%, 06/15/39

     19,647        22,586,270  

7.30%, 07/01/38a

     18,395        22,189,020  

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

     

8.38%, 03/15/23

     13,112        15,744,803  

8.38%, 07/15/33a

     10,631        14,028,175  

Time Warner Inc.

     

2.95%, 07/15/26 (Call 04/15/26)

     8,878        8,139,904  

3.55%, 06/01/24 (Call 03/01/24)

     12,625        12,482,176  

3.60%, 07/15/25 (Call 04/15/25)

     17,597        17,127,401  

3.80%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)a

     34,454        33,434,417  

4.75%, 03/29/21a

     7,238        7,575,768  

4.85%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)a

     8,832        8,858,265  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

6.10%, 07/15/40

   $     1,462      $       1,692,353  

6.25%, 03/29/41

     1,036        1,223,335  

Viacom Inc.

     

4.25%, 09/01/23 (Call 06/01/23)

     16,365        16,795,504  

4.38%, 03/15/43a

     3,378        3,050,411  

5.85%, 09/01/43 (Call 03/01/43)a

     17,340        18,892,199  

6.88%, 04/30/36a

     19,685        23,402,026  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     

1.85%, 07/30/26a

     14,710        13,056,452  

2.30%, 02/12/21a

     9,197        9,072,164  

2.35%, 12/01/22a

     11,260        10,912,759  

2.75%, 08/16/21

     6,830        6,807,908  

2.95%, 06/15/27a

     14,042        13,509,930  

3.00%, 02/13/26a

     10,154        9,893,226  

3.15%, 09/17/25a

     7,800        7,705,744  

4.13%, 06/01/44a

     6,805        7,051,332  
     

 

 

 
        1,346,950,593  

METAL FABRICATE & HARDWARE — 0.06%

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

     

2.50%, 01/15/23 (Call 10/15/22)a

     12,693        12,417,906  

3.25%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

     8,052        7,990,562  
     

 

 

 
        20,408,468  

MINING — 0.60%

 

Barrick Gold Corp.

     

5.25%, 04/01/42

     6,248        6,937,875  

Barrick North America Finance LLC

     

5.70%, 05/30/41

     13,218        15,379,327  

5.75%, 05/01/43a

     5,545        6,570,081  

Barrick PD Australia Finance Pty Ltd.

     

5.95%, 10/15/39a

     14,103        16,598,489  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

     

2.88%, 02/24/22a

     1,656        1,647,279  

4.13%, 02/24/42a

     13,278        13,566,875  

5.00%, 09/30/43a

     31,354        36,145,017  

Newmont Mining Corp.

     

3.50%, 03/15/22 (Call 12/15/21)

     4,481        4,487,536  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.88%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)a

   $     13,824      $       14,659,965  

6.25%, 10/01/39a

     11,813        14,479,481  

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.

     

6.13%, 12/15/33a

     4,232        5,219,130  

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.

     

3.75%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

     19,921        20,285,718  

5.20%, 11/02/40a

     17,736        20,725,486  

7.13%, 07/15/28

     5,298        6,828,314  

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

     

2.88%, 08/21/22 (Call 05/21/22)

     35        34,627  

4.13%, 08/21/42 (Call 02/21/42)

     13,370        13,653,317  
     

 

 

 
        197,218,517  

OFFICE & BUSINESS EQUIPMENT — 0.03%

 

Xerox Corp.

     

3.63%, 03/15/23 (Call 02/15/23)a

     6,602        6,446,766  

4.50%, 05/15/21a

     3,754        3,846,040  
     

 

 

 
        10,292,806  

OIL & GAS — 6.22%

 

Anadarko Finance Co.

     

7.50%, 05/01/31

     9,649        12,082,945  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     

4.85%, 03/15/21 (Call 02/15/21)a

     8,315        8,674,226  

5.55%, 03/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)a

     16,117        17,565,615  

6.20%, 03/15/40a

     8,458        9,884,415  

6.45%, 09/15/36

     20,712        24,727,833  

6.60%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)a

     11,275        14,003,794  

Apache Corp.

     

3.25%, 04/15/22 (Call 01/15/22)

     15,879        15,737,448  

4.25%, 01/15/44 (Call 07/15/43)

     10,497        9,646,630  

4.75%, 04/15/43 (Call 10/15/42)

     22,467        22,015,317  

5.10%, 09/01/40 (Call 03/01/40)

     14,957        15,357,406  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

6.00%, 01/15/37

   $     7,438      $       8,425,978  

BP Capital Markets PLC

     

2.11%, 09/16/21
(Call 08/16/21)

     12,742        12,352,102  

2.50%, 11/06/22a

     14,783        14,350,449  

2.75%, 05/10/23a

     24,478        23,910,176  

3.02%, 01/16/27
(Call 10/16/26)a

     17,157        16,359,407  

3.06%, 03/17/22

     14,624        14,610,353  

3.12%, 05/04/26
(Call 02/04/26)

     21,670        20,950,989  

3.22%, 11/28/23
(Call 09/28/23)a

     5,716        5,676,749  

3.22%, 04/14/24
(Call 02/14/24)

     9,407        9,319,017  

3.25%, 05/06/22a

     22,823        22,910,574  

3.28%, 09/19/27
(Call 06/19/27)a

     12,663        12,278,339  

3.51%, 03/17/25a

     14,804        14,804,299  

3.54%, 11/04/24a

     8,742        8,762,364  

3.56%, 11/01/21

     11,856        12,092,926  

3.59%, 04/14/27
(Call 01/14/27)a

     11,180        11,119,252  

3.72%, 11/28/28
(Call 08/28/28)a

     6,097        6,119,790  

3.81%, 02/10/24a

     14,440        14,779,262  

3.99%, 09/26/23a

     13,954        14,448,238  

4.74%, 03/11/21a

     17,142        18,013,606  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     

2.95%, 01/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)

     11,893        11,584,002  

3.85%, 06/01/27
(Call 03/01/27)

     18,548        18,191,593  

4.95%, 06/01/47
(Call 12/01/46)a

     8,171        8,535,733  

6.25%, 03/15/38a

     14,138        16,990,587  

Cenovus Energy Inc.

     

4.25%, 04/15/27
(Call 01/15/27)a

     20,721        20,200,721  

5.25%, 06/15/37
(Call 12/15/36)a

     1,860        1,855,438  

5.40%, 06/15/47
(Call 12/15/46)a

     23,058        23,086,696  

6.75%, 11/15/39

     8,451        9,720,568  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Chevron Corp.

     

2.10%, 05/16/21
(Call 04/15/21)

   $     6,290      $       6,179,804  

2.36%, 12/05/22
(Call 09/05/22)a

     19,746        19,140,270  

2.57%, 05/16/23
(Call 03/16/23)a

     20,181        19,603,579  

2.90%, 03/03/24
(Call 01/03/24)a

     22,004        21,550,698  

2.95%, 05/16/26
(Call 02/16/26)a

     30,077        28,849,097  

3.19%, 06/24/23
(Call 03/24/23)a

     28,641        28,713,058  

3.33%, 11/17/25
(Call 08/17/25)

     1,869        1,851,505  

Concho Resources Inc.

     

3.75%, 10/01/27
(Call 07/01/27)a

     10,353        10,060,282  

4.88%, 10/01/47
(Call 04/01/47)

     11,322        11,738,372  

ConocoPhillips

     

6.50%, 02/01/39a

     32,728        42,671,153  

ConocoPhillips Co.

     

2.40%, 12/15/22
(Call 09/15/22)

     14,670        14,199,149  

3.35%, 11/15/24
(Call 08/15/24)

     12,563        12,464,519  

4.30%, 11/15/44
(Call 05/15/44)a

     7,455        7,640,744  

4.95%, 03/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)a

     20,561        22,370,845  

ConocoPhillips Holding Co.

     

6.95%, 04/15/29

     18,729        23,737,528  

Devon Energy Corp.

     

3.25%, 05/15/22
(Call 02/15/22)

     6,167        6,124,837  

4.75%, 05/15/42
(Call 11/15/41)a

     14,059        14,164,769  

5.00%, 06/15/45
(Call 12/15/44)

     12,341        12,925,386  

5.60%, 07/15/41
(Call 01/15/41)

     19,246        21,470,574  

5.85%, 12/15/25
(Call 09/15/25)a

     947        1,075,366  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

7.95%, 04/15/32

   $     5,787      $       7,774,019  

Devon Financing Co. LLC

     

7.88%, 09/30/31

     1,800        2,399,133  

Encana Corp.

     

6.50%, 08/15/34

     7,933        9,505,315  

EOG Resources Inc.

     

2.63%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)a

     16,609        16,023,923  

4.10%, 02/01/21a

     4,791        4,924,396  

4.15%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)a

     4,673        4,813,415  

EQT Corp.

     

3.00%, 10/01/22
(Call 09/01/22)a

     11,628        11,323,186  

3.90%, 10/01/27
(Call 07/01/27)a

     17,050        16,271,674  

4.88%, 11/15/21

     5,210        5,450,096  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     

2.22%, 03/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)a

     21,887        21,542,188  

2.40%, 03/06/22
(Call 01/06/22)

     14,423        14,097,336  

2.71%, 03/06/25
(Call 12/06/24)a

     25,679        24,703,475  

2.73%, 03/01/23
(Call 01/01/23)a

     9,251        9,135,213  

3.04%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)a

     29,788        29,179,655  

3.18%, 03/15/24
(Call 12/15/23)a

     3,383        3,395,661  

3.57%, 03/06/45
(Call 09/06/44)a

     15,054        14,274,472  

4.11%, 03/01/46
(Call 09/01/45)a

     34,547        36,006,611  

Hess Corp.

     

4.30%, 04/01/27
(Call 01/01/27)a

     12,880        12,589,819  

5.60%, 02/15/41

     15,866        16,302,055  

6.00%, 01/15/40

     10,224        10,826,593  

Husky Energy Inc.

     

4.00%, 04/15/24
(Call 01/15/24)a

     5,263        5,334,384  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     

2.80%, 11/01/22
(Call 08/01/22)a

   $     10,499      $       10,126,378  

3.85%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)

     10,628        10,492,818  

4.40%, 07/15/27
(Call 04/15/27)a

     11,485        11,663,145  

6.60%, 10/01/37

     13,455        16,205,481  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     

3.63%, 09/15/24
(Call 06/15/24)

     6,091        6,083,115  

4.75%, 09/15/44
(Call 03/15/44)

     12,810        12,567,076  

5.13%, 03/01/21a

     11,180        11,804,321  

6.50%, 03/01/41
(Call 09/01/40)a

     14,768        17,957,260  

Noble Energy Inc.

     

4.15%, 12/15/21
(Call 09/15/21)

     11,488        11,774,961  

5.05%, 11/15/44
(Call 05/15/44)

     9,541        9,941,091  

5.25%, 11/15/43
(Call 05/15/43)

     9,779        10,421,935  

6.00%, 03/01/41
(Call 09/01/40)

     11,803        13,613,966  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     

2.70%, 02/15/23
(Call 11/15/22)

     9,905        9,718,633  

3.00%, 02/15/27
(Call 11/15/26)a

     15,079        14,377,079  

3.13%, 02/15/22
(Call 11/15/21)

     3,304        3,311,588  

3.40%, 04/15/26
(Call 01/15/26)a

     17,543        17,319,799  

3.50%, 06/15/25
(Call 03/15/25)

     15,617        15,609,543  

4.10%, 02/15/47
(Call 08/15/46)a

     9,006        8,884,094  

4.40%, 04/15/46
(Call 10/15/45)a

     15,404        15,856,463  

4.63%, 06/15/45
(Call 12/15/44)

     8,215        8,693,516  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Series 1

     

4.10%, 02/01/21
(Call 11/01/20)a

   $     11,345      $       11,717,783  

Phillips 66

     

4.30%, 04/01/22a

     23,670        24,580,478  

4.65%, 11/15/34
(Call 05/15/34)a

     13,005        13,489,843  

4.88%, 11/15/44
(Call 05/15/44)a

     20,137        21,181,885  

5.88%, 05/01/42a

     16,409        19,438,387  

Shell International Finance BV

     

1.75%, 09/12/21a

     7,540        7,230,454  

1.88%, 05/10/21

     16,183        15,663,647  

2.25%, 11/10/20a

     1,558        1,535,553  

2.25%, 01/06/23a

     10,181        9,763,127  

2.38%, 08/21/22a

     8,781        8,535,961  

2.50%, 09/12/26

     14,607        13,572,091  

2.88%, 05/10/26a

     27,290        26,128,398  

3.25%, 05/11/25

     40,670        40,162,666  

3.40%, 08/12/23a

     3,427        3,461,635  

3.75%, 09/12/46a

     17,400        16,559,924  

4.00%, 05/10/46a

     29,002        28,716,899  

4.13%, 05/11/35

     18,521        19,068,807  

4.38%, 05/11/45a

     36,526        38,220,799  

4.55%, 08/12/43a

     16,337        17,514,777  

5.50%, 03/25/40a

     12,039        14,505,512  

6.38%, 12/15/38a

     35,450        46,751,460  

Statoil ASA

     

2.45%, 01/17/23a

     14,639        14,165,452  

2.65%, 01/15/24

     16,022        15,507,522  

2.75%, 11/10/21

     379        376,014  

3.15%, 01/23/22a

     3,509        3,524,549  

3.70%, 03/01/24a

     11,797        12,016,338  

3.95%, 05/15/43

     5,202        5,144,647  

4.80%, 11/08/43a

     10,868        12,146,767  

5.10%, 08/17/40

     9,741        11,217,210  

Suncor Energy Inc.

     

3.60%, 12/01/24
(Call 09/01/24)

     8,986        8,891,155  

4.00%, 11/15/47
(Call 05/15/47)

     429        413,530  

6.50%, 06/15/38a

     17,364        22,316,473  

6.80%, 05/15/38

     14,425        18,986,618  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

6.85%, 06/01/39a

   $     13,366      $       18,145,279  

Total Capital Canada Ltd.

     

2.75%, 07/15/23a

     16,988        16,597,225  

Total Capital International SA

     

2.70%, 01/25/23a

     13,856        13,562,010  

2.75%, 06/19/21a

     9,987        9,942,213  

2.88%, 02/17/22a

     7,891        7,833,287  

3.70%, 01/15/24a

     10,978        11,209,672  

3.75%, 04/10/24a

     19,313        19,768,586  

Valero Energy Corp.

     

3.40%, 09/15/26
(Call 06/15/26)a

     17,825        17,072,229  

6.63%, 06/15/37a

     15,960        19,775,709  

7.50%, 04/15/32

     11,424        14,870,325  
     

 

 

 
        2,031,254,149  

OIL & GAS SERVICES — 0.69%

 

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC

     

5.13%, 09/15/40

     1,139        1,255,237  

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC/ Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc.

     

2.77%, 12/15/22
(Call 11/15/22)

     10,072        9,835,410  

3.34%, 12/15/27
(Call 09/15/27)

     19,916        19,013,088  

4.08%, 12/15/47
(Call 06/15/47)

     14,245        13,376,918  

Halliburton Co.

     

3.50%, 08/01/23
(Call 05/01/23)a

     18,892        18,951,177  

3.80%, 11/15/25
(Call 08/15/25)a

     30,582        30,604,704  

4.75%, 08/01/43
(Call 02/01/43)a

     15,639        16,207,883  

4.85%, 11/15/35
(Call 05/15/35)a

     14,159        15,086,223  

5.00%, 11/15/45
(Call 05/15/45)a

     25,207        27,241,815  

6.70%, 09/15/38a

     10,400        13,278,445  

7.45%, 09/15/39a

     7,872        10,823,816  

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

     

2.60%, 12/01/22
(Call 09/01/22)

     20,647        19,751,484  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.95%, 12/01/42
(Call 06/01/42)

   $     10,901      $       9,403,197  

Schlumberger Investment SA

     

3.65%, 12/01/23
(Call 09/01/23)a

     19,678        20,066,210  
     

 

 

 
        224,895,607  

PHARMACEUTICALS — 6.20%

 

AbbVie Inc.

     

2.30%, 05/14/21
(Call 04/14/21)a

     22,549        22,024,458  

2.85%, 05/14/23
(Call 03/14/23)a

     19,017        18,463,352  

2.90%, 11/06/22a

     39,745        38,906,516  

3.20%, 11/06/22
(Call 09/06/22)a

     7,495        7,448,154  

3.20%, 05/14/26
(Call 02/14/26)a

     25,957        24,773,205  

3.60%, 05/14/25
(Call 02/14/25)a

     42,097        41,601,325  

4.30%, 05/14/36
(Call 11/14/35)a

     16,611        16,697,979  

4.40%, 11/06/42

     31,603        31,257,810  

4.45%, 05/14/46
(Call 11/14/45)a

     25,105        25,057,361  

4.50%, 05/14/35
(Call 11/14/34)a

     33,407        34,347,748  

4.70%, 05/14/45
(Call 11/14/44)

     29,879        30,795,840  

Actavis Inc.

     

3.25%, 10/01/22
(Call 07/01/22)

     17,918        17,667,689  

Allergan Funding SCS

     

3.45%, 03/15/22
(Call 01/15/22)a

     35,359        35,286,394  

3.80%, 03/15/25
(Call 12/15/24)a

     50,637        49,922,745  

3.85%, 06/15/24
(Call 03/15/24)a

     18,032        17,997,819  

4.55%, 03/15/35
(Call 09/15/34)

     32,015        31,846,054  

4.75%, 03/15/45
(Call 09/15/44)

     14,571        14,520,730  

4.85%, 06/15/44
(Call 12/15/43)

     18,880        19,044,941  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

AstraZeneca PLC

     

2.38%, 06/12/22
(Call 05/12/22)a

   $     8,984      $       8,698,972  

3.13%, 06/12/27
(Call 03/12/27)a

     13,147        12,578,536  

3.38%, 11/16/25a

     30,079        29,551,817  

4.00%, 09/18/42a

     18,343        17,474,564  

4.38%, 11/16/45a

     8,888        8,959,541  

6.45%, 09/15/37a

     30,097        38,582,148  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     

2.00%, 08/01/22a

     3,446        3,297,626  

3.25%, 02/27/27a

     17,761        17,518,053  

Cardinal Health Inc.

     

2.62%, 06/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)a

     5,791        5,598,509  

3.08%, 06/15/24
(Call 04/15/24)a

     4,513        4,327,183  

3.41%, 06/15/27
(Call 03/15/27)a

     28,693        27,001,189  

CVS Health Corp.

     

2.13%, 06/01/21
(Call 05/01/21)a

     20,468        19,738,836  

2.75%, 12/01/22
(Call 09/01/22)a

     20,037        19,297,953  

2.88%, 06/01/26
(Call 03/01/26)a

     38,759        35,414,098  

3.50%, 07/20/22
(Call 05/20/22)a

     22,170        22,101,628  

3.88%, 07/20/25
(Call 04/20/25)a

     38,535        38,060,422  

4.00%, 12/05/23
(Call 09/05/23)a

     8,864        8,975,775  

4.88%, 07/20/35
(Call 01/20/35)

     128        132,171  

5.13%, 07/20/45
(Call 01/20/45)a

     40,264        42,087,025  

5.30%, 12/05/43
(Call 06/05/43)

     1,432        1,528,661  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     

2.35%, 05/15/22a

     9,301        9,050,942  

2.75%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)a

     9,128        8,807,928  

3.10%, 05/15/27
(Call 02/15/27)a

     11,693        11,387,536  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.70%, 03/01/45
(Call 09/01/44)

   $     13,858      $       13,375,349  

3.95%, 05/15/47
(Call 11/15/46)a

     8,441        8,463,433  

Express Scripts Holding Co.

     

3.00%, 07/15/23
(Call 05/15/23)a

     15,648        15,118,659  

3.40%, 03/01/27
(Call 12/01/26)a

     21,528        20,365,423  

3.50%, 06/15/24
(Call 03/15/24)

     17,593        17,223,953  

3.90%, 02/15/22a

     14,281        14,535,679  

4.50%, 02/25/26
(Call 11/27/25)a

     24,121        24,881,709  

4.75%, 11/15/21a

     13,730        14,385,200  

4.80%, 07/15/46
(Call 01/15/46)a

     5,901        5,880,484  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

     

2.80%, 03/18/23a

     20,039        19,660,616  

6.38%, 05/15/38a

     32,065        42,456,289  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC

     

2.85%, 05/08/22

     26,974        26,741,260  

Johnson & Johnson

     

1.65%, 03/01/21
(Call 02/01/21)a

     3,979        3,871,826  

2.25%, 03/03/22
(Call 02/03/22)a

     3,643        3,565,466  

2.45%, 03/01/26
(Call 12/01/25)a

     36,010        33,954,333  

2.63%, 01/15/25
(Call 11/15/24)

     11,430        11,027,625  

2.90%, 01/15/28
(Call 10/15/27)a

     14,473        13,899,037  

2.95%, 03/03/27
(Call 12/03/26)a

     15,939        15,453,431  

3.38%, 12/05/23a

     4,611        4,722,873  

3.40%, 01/15/38
(Call 07/15/37)a

     15,286        14,610,582  

3.50%, 01/15/48
(Call 07/15/47)a

     11,807        11,081,815  

3.55%, 03/01/36
(Call 09/01/35)a

     13,706        13,416,391  

3.63%, 03/03/37
(Call 09/03/36)a

     21,400        21,156,072  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.70%, 03/01/46
(Call 09/01/45)a

   $     21,708      $       21,197,532  

3.75%, 03/03/47
(Call 09/03/46)a

     10,372        10,205,621  

4.38%, 12/05/33
(Call 06/05/33)

     10,219        11,106,290  

5.95%, 08/15/37a

     14,122        18,182,679  

McKesson Corp.

     

3.80%, 03/15/24
(Call 12/15/23)a

     4,024        4,062,180  

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

     

4.13%, 11/15/25
(Call 08/15/25)a

     10,077        10,254,795  

Merck & Co. Inc.

     

2.35%, 02/10/22a

     4,297        4,213,805  

2.40%, 09/15/22
(Call 06/15/22)a

     7,516        7,342,389  

2.75%, 02/10/25
(Call 11/10/24)a

     30,347        29,274,910  

2.80%, 05/18/23a

     22,229        21,968,294  

3.70%, 02/10/45
(Call 08/10/44)a

     29,897        28,955,098  

3.88%, 01/15/21
(Call 10/15/20)a

     2,490        2,562,457  

4.15%, 05/18/43

     16,997        17,614,761  

Mylan NV

     

3.15%, 06/15/21
(Call 05/15/21)a

     26,289        26,055,438  

3.95%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)b

     1,938        1,878,910  

3.95%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)a

     36,063        34,944,423  

5.25%, 06/15/46
(Call 12/15/45)a

     9,926        10,017,642  

Novartis Capital Corp.

     

2.40%, 05/17/22
(Call 04/17/22)a

     5,346        5,225,703  

2.40%, 09/21/22a

     15,199        14,811,661  

3.00%, 11/20/25
(Call 08/20/25)a

     22,886        22,370,539  

3.10%, 05/17/27
(Call 02/17/27)

     19,943        19,525,503  

3.40%, 05/06/24a

     28,543        28,826,061  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.00%, 11/20/45
(Call 05/20/45)a

   $     18,811      $       19,066,892  

4.40%, 05/06/44a

     19,923        21,499,254  

Pfizer Inc.

     

1.95%, 06/03/21a

     8,851        8,634,861  

2.20%, 12/15/21a

     10,126        9,896,486  

2.75%, 06/03/26a

     19,219        18,244,483  

3.00%, 06/15/23a

     9,895        9,882,913  

3.00%, 12/15/26a

     17,797        17,172,888  

3.40%, 05/15/24a

     16,513        16,700,735  

4.00%, 12/15/36a

     12,023        12,338,244  

4.13%, 12/15/46a

     14,505        14,877,825  

4.30%, 06/15/43a

     10,948        11,443,511  

4.40%, 05/15/44a

     12,677        13,488,693  

7.20%, 03/15/39a

     28,441        41,096,070  

Sanofi

     

4.00%, 03/29/21a

     19,837        20,472,030  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC

     

2.40%, 09/23/21
(Call 08/23/21)a

     44,024        42,529,332  

2.88%, 09/23/23
(Call 07/23/23)a

     35,249        33,806,858  

3.20%, 09/23/26
(Call 06/23/26)a

     40,097        37,352,789  

Wyeth LLC

     

5.95%, 04/01/37a

     23,199        29,506,305  

6.50%, 02/01/34a

     8,731        11,344,070  

Zoetis Inc.

     

3.00%, 09/12/27
(Call 06/12/27)a

     6,631        6,218,303  

3.25%, 02/01/23
(Call 11/01/22)a

     17,487        17,397,877  

3.95%, 09/12/47
(Call 03/12/47)a

     903        857,018  

4.50%, 11/13/25
(Call 08/13/25)

     9,842        10,385,171  

4.70%, 02/01/43
(Call 08/01/42)

     12,839        13,525,919  
     

 

 

 
        2,026,013,956  

PIPELINES — 3.22%

     

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc.

     

4.50%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)

     12,062        12,399,933  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Enbridge Inc.

     

4.25%, 12/01/26
(Call 09/01/26)a

   $     15,583      $       15,696,588  

5.50%, 12/01/46
(Call 05/29/46)a

     9,284        10,481,786  

Energy Transfer LP

     

3.60%, 02/01/23
(Call 11/01/22)

     14,293        14,073,691  

4.05%, 03/15/25
(Call 12/15/24)a

     17,476        17,232,406  

4.65%, 06/01/21
(Call 03/01/21)a

     7,944        8,213,184  

4.75%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)a

     11,674        11,861,807  

5.15%, 03/15/45
(Call 09/15/44)

     15,637        14,682,349  

5.20%, 02/01/22
(Call 11/01/21)a

     11,471        12,066,205  

5.30%, 04/15/47
(Call 10/15/46)a

     8,593        8,252,841  

6.13%, 12/15/45
(Call 06/15/45)

     9,297        9,871,384  

6.50%, 02/01/42
(Call 08/01/41)

     14,353        15,847,434  

Energy Transfer LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.

     

5.88%, 03/01/22
(Call 12/01/21)

     13,660        14,620,711  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     

4.15%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)

     2,313        2,268,115  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

     

3.35%, 03/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)a

     2,835        2,828,256  

3.70%, 02/15/26
(Call 11/15/25)

     12,121        12,062,986  

3.75%, 02/15/25
(Call 11/15/24)

     13,861        13,922,877  

3.90%, 02/15/24
(Call 11/15/23)

     9,083        9,227,589  

3.95%, 02/15/27
(Call 11/15/26)a

     10        10,103  

4.25%, 02/15/48
(Call 08/15/47)

     15,000        14,384,756  
 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.45%, 02/15/43
(Call 08/15/42)

   $     14,545      $       14,363,971  

4.85%, 08/15/42
(Call 02/15/42)

     6,734        7,006,864  

4.85%, 03/15/44
(Call 09/15/43)

     17,530        18,274,762  

4.90%, 05/15/46
(Call 11/15/45)

     12,036        12,729,589  

5.10%, 02/15/45
(Call 08/15/44)

     16,785        18,168,928  

5.95%, 02/01/41

     8,489        10,049,137  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

     

3.50%, 03/01/21
(Call 01/01/21)

     11,725        11,766,523  

3.95%, 09/01/22
(Call 06/01/22)

     13,401        13,582,160  

5.50%, 03/01/44
(Call 09/01/43)

     7,613        7,922,350  

6.95%, 01/15/38

     11,171        13,488,492  

Kinder Morgan Inc./DE

     

3.15%, 01/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)a

     15,813        15,452,764  

4.30%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)

     16,996        17,187,599  

4.30%, 03/01/28
(Call 12/01/27)

     5,000        4,983,100  

5.05%, 02/15/46
(Call 08/15/45)

     9,835        9,643,105  

5.30%, 12/01/34
(Call 06/01/34)

     11,363        11,724,702  

5.55%, 06/01/45
(Call 12/01/44)a

     17,969        18,777,341  

7.75%, 01/15/32

     11,599        14,759,947  

MPLX LP

     

4.00%, 03/15/28
(Call 12/15/27)

     15,000        14,740,452  

4.13%, 03/01/27
(Call 12/01/26)a

     13,690        13,605,661  

4.50%, 07/15/23
(Call 04/15/23)a

     9,311        9,634,332  

4.50%, 04/15/38
(Call 10/15/37)

     20,000        19,468,436  

4.70%, 04/15/48
(Call 10/15/47)

     15,000        14,521,306  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.88%, 12/01/24
(Call 09/01/24)a

   $     15,036      $       15,829,692  

4.88%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)a

     11,801        12,376,517  

5.20%, 03/01/47
(Call 09/01/46)a

     16,089        16,705,894  

ONEOK Partners LP

     

3.38%, 10/01/22
(Call 07/01/22)

     6,369        6,291,148  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

     

3.60%, 11/01/24
(Call 08/01/24)

     6,013        5,739,663  

3.65%, 06/01/22
(Call 03/01/22)

     8,955        8,855,680  

4.50%, 12/15/26
(Call 09/15/26)a

     10,782        10,707,797  

4.65%, 10/15/25
(Call 07/15/25)a

     10,306        10,412,835  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

     

4.20%, 03/15/28
(Call 09/15/27)

     15,873        15,560,743  

5.00%, 03/15/27
(Call 09/15/26)a

     20,672        21,435,522  

5.63%, 02/01/21
(Call 11/01/20)a

     17,449        18,406,950  

5.63%, 04/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)a

     24,592        26,310,632  

5.63%, 03/01/25
(Call 12/01/24)a

     27,655        29,804,734  

5.75%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/15/24)a

     24,637        26,569,093  

5.88%, 06/30/26
(Call 12/31/25)a

     21,690        23,690,909  

6.25%, 03/15/22
(Call 12/15/21)a

     9,364        10,203,628  

Spectra Energy Partners LP

     

4.75%, 03/15/24
(Call 12/15/23)

     14,790        15,526,477  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

     

4.00%, 10/01/27
(Call 07/01/27)a

     10,615        10,116,178  

5.35%, 05/15/45
(Call 11/15/44)

     8,624        8,309,948  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

5.40%, 10/01/47
(Call 04/01/47)a

   $     19,946      $       19,535,124  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

     

2.50%, 08/01/22a

     12,712        12,357,396  

4.63%, 03/01/34
(Call 12/01/33)a

     17,921        18,964,904  

4.88%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)a

     8,313        9,011,398  

6.10%, 06/01/40a

     9,135        11,293,564  

6.20%, 10/15/37a

     13,190        16,232,329  

7.63%, 01/15/39a

     15,552        22,153,824  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC

     

7.85%, 02/01/26
(Call 11/01/25)a

     17,365        21,568,830  

Williams Partners LP

     

3.35%, 08/15/22
(Call 05/15/22)

     8,501        8,389,729  

3.60%, 03/15/22
(Call 01/15/22)

     17,915        17,939,443  

3.75%, 06/15/27
(Call 03/15/27)a

     19,604        19,041,828  

3.90%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/24)

     6,106        6,064,015  

4.00%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)a

     11,799        11,752,809  

4.30%, 03/04/24
(Call 12/04/23)

     16,175        16,541,909  

5.10%, 09/15/45
(Call 03/15/45)

     11,675        12,097,208  

6.30%, 04/15/40

     16,262        19,226,177  

Williams Partners LP/ACMP

     

Finance Corp.

     

4.88%, 03/15/24
(Call 03/28/18)

     4,470        4,670,584  
     

 

 

 
        1,051,551,633  

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS — 1.12%

 

American Tower Corp.

     

3.30%, 02/15/21
(Call 01/15/21)a

     10,687        10,722,664  

3.38%, 10/15/26
(Call 07/15/26)a

     16,256        15,384,027  

3.50%, 01/31/23a

     2,576        2,575,974  

3.55%, 07/15/27
(Call 04/15/27)a

     8,097        7,713,814  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.00%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)a

   $     22,768      $       22,809,779  

4.70%, 03/15/22a

     374        392,112  

5.00%, 02/15/24

     8,791        9,396,432  

Boston Properties LP

     

2.75%, 10/01/26
(Call 07/01/26)a

     22,715        20,925,590  

3.65%, 02/01/26
(Call 11/03/25)a

     18,131        17,959,593  

3.85%, 02/01/23
(Call 11/01/22)

     6,260        6,409,079  

4.13%, 05/15/21
(Call 02/15/21)

     2,290        2,363,255  

CC Holdings GS V LLC/Crown
Castle GS III Corp.

     

3.85%, 04/15/23a

     9,702        9,766,971  

Crown Castle International Corp.

     

2.25%, 09/01/21
(Call 08/01/21)a

     459        445,003  

3.15%, 07/15/23
(Call 06/15/23)

     475        464,628  

3.20%, 09/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)a

     4,328        4,166,553  

3.40%, 02/15/21
(Call 01/15/21)a

     5,095        5,126,915  

3.65%, 09/01/27
(Call 06/01/27)a

     13,944        13,340,045  

3.70%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)a

     7,044        6,808,270  

4.45%, 02/15/26
(Call 11/15/25)

     13,791        14,044,486  

4.88%, 04/15/22

     22,404        23,567,935  

5.25%, 01/15/23a

     26,309        28,198,020  

ERP Operating LP

     

4.50%, 07/01/44
(Call 01/01/44)a

     7,886        8,215,684  

4.63%, 12/15/21
(Call 09/15/21)

     5,125        5,405,445  

HCP Inc.

     

3.88%, 08/15/24
(Call 05/17/24)a

     12,864        12,887,665  

4.00%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)a

     13,070        13,114,927  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.25%, 11/15/23
(Call 08/15/23)

   $     7,593      $       7,829,448  

5.38%, 02/01/21
(Call 11/03/20)a

     1,602        1,695,186  

Simon Property Group LP

     

3.25%, 11/30/26
(Call 08/30/26)a

     12,588        12,137,397  

3.30%, 01/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)a

     18,689        18,173,522  

3.38%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)a

     15,996        15,868,817  

3.38%, 06/15/27
(Call 03/15/27)a

     1,732        1,678,631  

4.38%, 03/01/21
(Call 12/01/20)a

     10,967        11,413,686  

Welltower Inc.

     

4.00%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)a

     19,727        19,898,161  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     

7.38%, 03/15/32a

     11,727        15,402,584  
     

 

 

 
        366,302,298  

RETAIL — 2.69%

     

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     

2.15%, 05/18/21
(Call 04/18/21)a

     3,651        3,584,682  

2.30%, 05/18/22
(Call 04/18/22)a

     3,007        2,925,198  

2.75%, 05/18/24
(Call 03/18/24)

     12,635        12,320,948  

3.00%, 05/18/27
(Call 02/18/27)a

     10,836        10,482,949  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

     

2.00%, 04/01/21
(Call 03/01/21)a

     17,135        16,744,634  

2.13%, 09/15/26
(Call 06/15/26)a

     18,173        16,369,204  

2.63%, 06/01/22
(Call 05/01/22)

     9,650        9,520,649  

2.70%, 04/01/23
(Call 01/01/23)a

     13,102        12,857,289  

2.80%, 09/14/27
(Call 06/14/27)a

     15,847        14,944,778  

3.00%, 04/01/26
(Call 01/01/26)a

     20,746        20,098,136  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.35%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)a

   $     18,262      $       18,185,332  

3.50%, 09/15/56
(Call 03/15/56)a

     13,157        11,560,574  

3.75%, 02/15/24
(Call 11/15/23)a

     6,135        6,311,829  

3.90%, 06/15/47
(Call 12/15/46)a

     3,460        3,399,606  

4.20%, 04/01/43
(Call 10/01/42)a

     8,263        8,481,554  

4.25%, 04/01/46
(Call 10/01/45)a

     15,991        16,558,853  

4.40%, 04/01/21
(Call 01/01/21)a

     11,602        12,130,120  

4.40%, 03/15/45
(Call 09/15/44)

     11,817        12,505,200  

4.88%, 02/15/44
(Call 08/15/43)

     13,255        14,963,501  

5.88%, 12/16/36a

     34,752        44,406,815  

5.95%, 04/01/41
(Call 10/01/40)a

     14,962        19,154,269  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

     

2.50%, 04/15/26
(Call 01/15/26)a

     16,686        15,405,289  

3.10%, 05/03/27
(Call 02/03/27)a

     20,470        19,594,781  

3.12%, 04/15/22
(Call 01/15/22)

     3,500        3,527,561  

3.38%, 09/15/25
(Call 06/15/25)

     9,756        9,628,950  

3.70%, 04/15/46
(Call 10/15/45)

     20,150        18,644,392  

4.05%, 05/03/47
(Call 11/03/46)a

     16,870        16,719,729  

4.38%, 09/15/45
(Call 03/15/45)a

     6,942        7,193,347  

4.65%, 04/15/42
(Call 10/15/41)a

     8,169        8,793,478  

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

     

2.88%, 02/15/23
(Call 11/15/22)a

     9,371        8,728,355  

McDonald’s Corp.

     

2.63%, 01/15/22a

     17,241        16,946,310  

3.50%, 03/01/27
(Call 12/01/26)a

     14,639        14,402,440  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.70%, 01/30/26
(Call 10/30/25)a

   $     20,554      $       20,586,681  

4.70%, 12/09/35
(Call 06/09/35)a

     8,015        8,568,570  

4.88%, 12/09/45
(Call 06/09/45)a

     22,619        24,515,574  

6.30%, 10/15/37a

     11,344        14,456,024  

6.30%, 03/01/38a

     9,977        12,710,724  

Starbucks Corp.

     

2.10%, 02/04/21
(Call 01/04/21)a

     5,935        5,825,385  

3.10%, 03/01/23
(Call 02/01/23)

     5,000        4,990,950  

3.50%, 03/01/28
(Call 12/01/27)

     5,000        4,963,700  

3.85%, 10/01/23
(Call 07/01/23)a

     14,304        14,874,771  

Target Corp.

     

2.50%, 04/15/26a

     18,000        16,704,428  

2.90%, 01/15/22a

     7,185        7,190,326  

3.50%, 07/01/24a

     8,778        8,920,331  

3.63%, 04/15/46a

     11,847        10,817,263  

3.90%, 11/15/47
(Call 05/15/47)

     9,855        9,419,601  

4.00%, 07/01/42a

     16,256        15,886,345  

TJX Companies Inc. (The)

     

2.25%, 09/15/26
(Call 06/15/26)a

     21,511        19,440,756  

2.75%, 06/15/21
(Call 04/15/21)a

     504        503,476  

Walgreen Co.

     

3.10%, 09/15/22a

     17,947        17,632,260  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

     

3.30%, 11/18/21
(Call 09/18/21)a

     18,284        18,324,088  

3.45%, 06/01/26
(Call 03/01/26)a

     22,058        20,866,566  

3.80%, 11/18/24
(Call 08/18/24)a

     25,521        25,305,738  

4.80%, 11/18/44
(Call 05/18/44)a

     17,178        17,074,953  

Walmart Inc.

     

2.35%, 12/15/22
(Call 11/15/22)a

     18,519        18,009,894  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

2.55%, 04/11/23
(Call 01/11/23)a

   $     27,049      $       26,475,096  

2.65%, 12/15/24
(Call 10/15/24)

     18,294        17,753,553  

3.30%, 04/22/24
(Call 01/22/24)

     16,406        16,576,056  

3.63%, 12/15/47
(Call 06/15/47)a

     16,981        16,486,596  

4.00%, 04/11/43
(Call 10/11/42)

     2,507        2,590,704  

4.30%, 04/22/44
(Call 10/22/43)a

     4,832        5,211,542  

5.25%, 09/01/35

     16,463        19,723,856  

5.63%, 04/01/40

     5,037        6,404,078  

5.63%, 04/15/41

     17,701        22,640,777  

5.88%, 04/05/27

     1,302        1,543,716  
     

 

 

 
        880,085,130  

SEMICONDUCTORS — 1.97%

 

  

Analog Devices Inc.

     

3.50%, 12/05/26
(Call 09/05/26)a

     11,123        10,850,428  

3.90%, 12/15/25
(Call 09/15/25)

     11,203        11,329,396  

Applied Materials Inc.

     

3.30%, 04/01/27
(Call 01/01/27)a

     13,500        13,198,584  

4.30%, 06/15/21a

     8,651        9,069,926  

4.35%, 04/01/47
(Call 10/01/46)a

     12,174        12,685,942  

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.

     

2.65%, 01/15/23
(Call 12/15/22)a

     11,522        10,926,140  

3.00%, 01/15/22
(Call 12/15/21)

     54,592        53,347,805  

3.13%, 01/15/25
(Call 11/15/24)

     21,247        19,937,547  

3.50%, 01/15/28
(Call 10/15/27)

     19,315        17,891,316  

3.63%, 01/15/24
(Call 11/15/23)

     26,462        25,841,294  

3.88%, 01/15/27
(Call 10/15/26)

     65,689        63,041,674  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Intel Corp.

     

2.35%, 05/11/22
(Call 04/11/22)a

   $ 8,539      $ 8,344,199  

2.60%, 05/19/26
(Call 02/19/26)

         17,090            16,083,698  

2.70%, 12/15/22a

     15,682        15,469,426  

2.88%, 05/11/24
(Call 03/11/24)a

     19,118        18,692,179  

3.10%, 07/29/22a

     16,732        16,839,583  

3.15%, 05/11/27
(Call 02/11/27)a

     14,194        13,840,929  

3.30%, 10/01/21a

     16,077        16,372,540  

3.70%, 07/29/25
(Call 04/29/25)a

     27,121        27,689,882  

3.73%, 12/08/47
(Call 06/08/47)b

     43,904        42,063,487  

4.00%, 12/15/32a

     10,531        10,937,101  

4.10%, 05/19/46
(Call 11/19/45)a

     16,692        17,017,788  

4.10%, 05/11/47
(Call 11/11/46)a

     16,636        16,972,501  

NVIDIA Corp.

     

2.20%, 09/16/21
(Call 08/16/21)a

     15,993        15,546,637  

3.20%, 09/16/26
(Call 06/16/26)a

     8,436        8,173,483  

QUALCOMM Inc.

     

2.60%, 01/30/23
(Call 12/30/22)a

     21,057        20,039,227  

2.90%, 05/20/24
(Call 03/20/24)a

     29,743        28,124,609  

3.00%, 05/20/22a

     18,829        18,446,502  

3.25%, 05/20/27
(Call 02/20/27)a

     26,040        24,356,644  

3.45%, 05/20/25
(Call 02/20/25)a

     16,501        15,986,966  

4.30%, 05/20/47
(Call 11/20/46)a

     17,813        16,457,933  

4.65%, 05/20/35
(Call 11/20/34)

     16,064        16,292,920  

4.80%, 05/20/45
(Call 11/20/44)a

     12,623        12,660,095  
     

 

 

 
        644,528,381  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

SOFTWARE — 4.23%

     

Activision Blizzard Inc.

     

3.40%, 09/15/26
(Call 06/15/26)a

   $ 7,527      $ 7,304,417  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

 

2.25%, 08/15/21
(Call 07/15/21)

     9,357        9,069,494  

3.00%, 08/15/26
(Call 05/15/26)

         15,622            14,560,679  

3.50%, 04/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)

     2,025        2,028,475  

5.00%, 10/15/25
(Call 07/15/25)

     6,012        6,443,735  

Fiserv Inc.

     

3.85%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)

     10,719        10,818,321  

Microsoft Corp.

     

1.55%, 08/08/21
(Call 07/08/21)

     36,218        34,785,238  

2.00%, 11/03/20
(Call 10/03/20)a

     1,130        1,111,933  

2.00%, 08/08/23
(Call 06/08/23)a

     17,448        16,537,197  

2.13%, 11/15/22a

     2,447        2,364,798  

2.38%, 02/12/22
(Call 01/12/22)

     19,152        18,775,690  

2.38%, 05/01/23
(Call 02/01/23)a

     2,901        2,810,719  

2.40%, 02/06/22
(Call 01/06/22)a

     16,019        15,720,681  

2.40%, 08/08/26
(Call 05/08/26)a

     52,539        48,746,546  

2.65%, 11/03/22
(Call 09/03/22)

     2,582        2,544,184  

2.70%, 02/12/25
(Call 11/12/24)a

     30,217        29,144,393  

2.88%, 02/06/24
(Call 12/06/23)

     29,532        29,016,673  

3.13%, 11/03/25
(Call 08/03/25)a

     33,629        33,174,437  

3.30%, 02/06/27
(Call 11/06/26)a

     52,681        52,202,098  

3.45%, 08/08/36
(Call 02/08/36)

     28,556        27,663,991  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.50%, 02/12/35
(Call 08/12/34)a

   $     31,379      $       30,730,333  

3.50%, 11/15/42

     11,537        10,966,753  

3.63%, 12/15/23
(Call 09/15/23)a

     16,333        16,755,002  

3.70%, 08/08/46
(Call 02/08/46)a

     59,945        58,268,908  

3.75%, 02/12/45
(Call 08/12/44)

     20,670        20,287,152  

3.95%, 08/08/56
(Call 02/08/56)a

     25,757        25,524,396  

4.00%, 02/12/55
(Call 08/12/54)

     25,463        25,486,189  

4.10%, 02/06/37
(Call 08/06/36)

     31,710        33,335,730  

4.20%, 11/03/35
(Call 05/03/35)

     11,146        11,847,645  

4.45%, 11/03/45
(Call 05/03/45)

     35,575        38,985,600  

4.50%, 10/01/40

     10,503        11,547,781  

4.50%, 02/06/57
(Call 08/06/56)a

     21,214        23,188,815  

4.75%, 11/03/55
(Call 05/03/55)a

     16,337        18,576,968  

5.20%, 06/01/39

     11,309        13,517,945  

5.30%, 02/08/41a

     12,511        15,200,660  

Series 30Y

     

4.25%, 02/06/47
(Call 08/06/46)

     34,722        37,003,965  

Oracle Corp.

     

1.90%, 09/15/21
(Call 08/15/21)a

     49,529        47,825,153  

2.40%, 09/15/23
(Call 07/15/23)a

     26,537        25,354,065  

2.50%, 05/15/22
(Call 03/15/22)a

     26,846        26,255,082  

2.50%, 10/15/22a

     22,171        21,610,324  

2.63%, 02/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)a

     15,404        15,025,856  

2.65%, 07/15/26
(Call 04/15/26)a

     37,726        35,255,849  

2.80%, 07/08/21a

     7,611        7,592,190  

2.95%, 11/15/24
(Call 09/15/24)a

     30,500        29,631,894  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

2.95%, 05/15/25
(Call 02/15/25)a

   $     34,000      $       32,924,784  

3.25%, 11/15/27
(Call 08/15/27)a

     40,012        38,876,059  

3.40%, 07/08/24
(Call 04/08/24)a

     25,246        25,331,031  

3.63%, 07/15/23a

     15,122        15,433,624  

3.80%, 11/15/37
(Call 05/15/37)a

     22,754        22,446,737  

3.85%, 07/15/36
(Call 01/15/36)a

     16,433        16,378,066  

3.90%, 05/15/35
(Call 11/15/34)

     15,612        15,658,816  

4.00%, 07/15/46
(Call 01/15/46)a

     34,571        34,214,290  

4.00%, 11/15/47
(Call 05/15/47)a

     26,578        26,318,665  

4.13%, 05/15/45
(Call 11/15/44)a

     27,305        27,511,000  

4.30%, 07/08/34
(Call 01/08/34)

     22,297        23,477,595  

4.38%, 05/15/55
(Call 11/15/54)a

     14,773        15,335,275  

4.50%, 07/08/44
(Call 01/08/44)a

     12,445        13,260,085  

5.38%, 07/15/40

     29,999        35,934,563  

6.13%, 07/08/39a

     14,060        18,331,580  

6.50%, 04/15/38

     17,127        23,036,942  

VMware Inc.

     

2.95%, 08/21/22
(Call 07/21/22)a

     17,233        16,579,635  

3.90%, 08/21/27
(Call 05/21/27)a

     15,996        15,146,361  
     

 

 

 
        1,380,793,062  

TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 7.63%

 

AT&T Inc.

     

2.63%, 12/01/22
(Call 09/01/22)

     21,532        20,746,140  

2.80%, 02/17/21
(Call 01/17/21)a

     14,419        14,313,979  

2.85%, 02/14/23
(Call 01/14/23)a

     4,784        4,752,616  

3.00%, 02/15/22a

     16,462        16,238,614  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

3.00%, 06/30/22
(Call 04/30/22)

   $     35,685      $       35,065,298  

3.20%, 03/01/22
(Call 02/01/22)a

     17,247        17,129,936  

3.40%, 08/14/24
(Call 06/14/24)

     3,255        3,234,600  

3.40%, 05/15/25
(Call 02/15/25)a

     56,431        54,211,693  

3.60%, 02/17/23
(Call 12/17/22)a

     34,369        34,485,559  

3.80%, 03/15/22

     16,319        16,572,560  

3.80%, 03/01/24
(Call 01/01/24)a

     12,345        12,352,540  

3.88%, 08/15/21a

     18,000        18,365,380  

3.90%, 03/11/24
(Call 12/11/23)

     20,298        20,416,289  

3.90%, 08/14/27
(Call 05/14/27)a

     27,059        26,862,749  

3.95%, 01/15/25
(Call 10/15/24)a

     17,910        17,876,892  

4.10%, 02/15/28
(Call 11/15/27)b

     40,756        39,948,685  

4.13%, 02/17/26
(Call 11/17/25)a

     34,354        34,330,852  

4.25%, 03/01/27
(Call 12/01/26)a

     20,296        20,330,020  

4.30%, 02/15/30
(Call 11/15/29)a,b

     26,258        25,590,175  

4.30%, 12/15/42
(Call 06/15/42)a

     27,838        25,393,576  

4.35%, 06/15/45
(Call 12/15/44)

     33,408        29,860,141  

4.45%, 05/15/21

     11,969        12,420,648  

4.45%, 04/01/24
(Call 01/01/24)a

     22,318        23,050,267  

4.50%, 05/15/35
(Call 11/15/34)a

     30,391        29,253,720  

4.50%, 03/09/48
(Call 09/09/47)a

     50,797        46,190,058  

4.55%, 03/09/49
(Call 09/09/48)a

     29,864        27,290,246  

4.75%, 05/15/46
(Call 11/15/45)a

     37,390        35,312,256  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.80%, 06/15/44
(Call 12/15/43)

   $     30,367      $       29,016,233  

4.90%, 08/14/37
(Call 02/14/37)a

     29,190        29,163,402  

5.00%, 03/01/21

     6,276        6,599,610  

5.15%, 03/15/42a

     7,446        7,479,295  

5.15%, 11/15/46
(Call 05/15/46)a,b

     34,570        34,572,070  

5.15%, 02/14/50
(Call 08/14/49)a

     48,573        48,319,716  

5.25%, 03/01/37
(Call 09/01/36)a

     31,965        33,179,267  

5.30%, 08/14/58
(Call 02/14/58)a

     24,897        24,797,833  

5.35%, 09/01/40a

     22,700        23,448,160  

5.45%, 03/01/47
(Call 09/01/46)a

     18,414        19,158,305  

5.55%, 08/15/41a

     17,684        18,971,335  

5.65%, 02/15/47
(Call 08/15/46)a

     11,025        11,774,409  

5.70%, 03/01/57
(Call 09/01/56)a

     6,827        7,252,069  

6.00%, 08/15/40
(Call 05/15/40)a

     17,133        19,046,340  

6.38%, 03/01/41a

     13,971        16,221,035  

British Telecommunications PLC

     

9.13%, 12/15/30

     32,304        46,941,505  

Cisco Systems Inc.

     

1.85%, 09/20/21
(Call 08/20/21)a

     18,793        18,135,766  

2.20%, 02/28/21a

     24,832        24,387,698  

2.20%, 09/20/23
(Call 07/20/23)a

     2,646        2,521,473  

2.50%, 09/20/26
(Call 06/20/26)a

     19,160        17,877,272  

2.95%, 02/28/26a

     12,524        12,138,283  

3.63%, 03/04/24a

     9,236        9,438,942  

5.50%, 01/15/40a

     26,500        33,001,147  

5.90%, 02/15/39a

     25,748        33,369,817  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

     

8.75%, 06/15/30

     41,833        59,666,688  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

Orange SA

     

4.13%, 09/14/21

   $     12,114      $       12,606,840  

5.38%, 01/13/42a

     13,334        15,253,776  

5.50%, 02/06/44
(Call 08/06/43)a

     9,716        11,264,297  

9.00%, 03/01/31a

     31,536        46,672,656  

Rogers Communications Inc.

     

4.10%, 10/01/23
(Call 07/01/23)a

     9,077        9,361,490  

5.00%, 03/15/44
(Call 09/15/43)a

     14,112        15,411,334  

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

     

4.10%, 03/08/27a

     25,403        25,221,165  

4.57%, 04/27/23a

     6,262        6,615,878  

5.21%, 03/08/47a

     26,113        27,418,444  

5.46%, 02/16/21a

     18,615        19,833,812  

7.05%, 06/20/36a

     21,807        27,693,333  

Telefonica Europe BV

     

8.25%, 09/15/30a

     17,718        24,023,276  

Verizon Communications Inc.

     

1.75%, 08/15/21

     10,581        10,126,328  

2.45%, 11/01/22
(Call 08/01/22)

     15,539        14,965,393  

2.63%, 08/15/26a

     23,425        21,342,143  

2.95%, 03/15/22a

     41,964        41,478,611  

3.00%, 11/01/21
(Call 09/01/21)a

     9,102        9,064,807  

3.13%, 03/16/22a

     26,438        26,287,407  

3.38%, 02/15/25

     68,320        66,813,394  

3.45%, 03/15/21a

     5,758        5,836,042  

3.50%, 11/01/21a

     15,220        15,388,931  

3.50%, 11/01/24
(Call 08/01/24)a

     38,111        37,750,241  

3.85%, 11/01/42
(Call 05/01/42)a

     12,075        10,503,700  

4.13%, 03/16/27a

     43,195        43,793,458  

4.13%, 08/15/46a

     28,330        25,267,853  

4.15%, 03/15/24
(Call 12/15/23)a

     24,854        25,587,228  

4.27%, 01/15/36a

     37,670        36,363,073  

4.40%, 11/01/34
(Call 05/01/34)a

     36,731        35,889,996  

4.50%, 08/10/33a

     10,563        10,590,276  

4.52%, 09/15/48

     60,465        57,073,180  

4.60%, 04/01/21

     17,207        17,995,786  
Security    Principal
(000s)
     Value  

4.67%, 03/15/55a

   $     73,555      $       68,819,801  

4.75%, 11/01/41a

     7,978        7,941,568  

4.81%, 03/15/39a

     22,496        22,845,646  

4.86%, 08/21/46a

     60,336        60,113,976  

5.01%, 04/15/49a

     43,010        43,493,325  

5.01%, 08/21/54a

     61,486        60,635,759  

5.15%, 09/15/23

     72,111        78,111,255  

5.25%, 03/16/37

     39,125        41,536,168  

5.50%, 03/16/47a

     17,573        19,168,103  

6.55%, 09/15/43

     9,019        11,285,475  

Vodafone Group PLC

     

2.50%, 09/26/22

     14,741        14,286,395  

2.95%, 02/19/23a

     24,482        24,035,598  

4.38%, 02/19/43a

     16,884        16,253,906  

6.15%, 02/27/37a

     18,652        22,281,125  
     

 

 

 
        2,492,375,407  

TRANSPORTATION — 0.95%

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

 

3.85%, 09/01/23
(Call 06/01/23)

     1,756        1,813,983  

3.90%, 08/01/46
(Call 02/01/46)

     9,816        9,620,662  

4.13%, 06/15/47
(Call 12/15/46)a

     10,795        10,982,095  

4.15%, 04/01/45
(Call 10/01/44)a

     16,320        16,502,206  

4.45%, 03/15/43
(Call 09/15/42)a

     7,018        7,405,062  

4.55%, 09/01/44
(Call 03/01/44)

     8,794        9,392,982  

4.90%, 04/01/44
(Call 10/01/43)a

     15,181        16,989,517  

5.75%, 05/01/40
(Call 11/01/39)a

     7,344        9,023,397  

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

     

6.13%, 09/15/15
(Call 03/15/15)a

     10,914        13,359,743  

CSX Corp.

     

2.60%, 11/01/26
(Call 08/01/26)a

     439        400,815  

3.25%, 06/01/27
(Call 03/01/27)a

     10,576        10,108,093  

3.80%, 03/01/28
(Call 12/01/27)

     10,000        9,950,982  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

3.80%, 11/01/46
(Call 05/01/46)a

  $ 1,890     $ 1,725,435  

4.10%, 03/15/44
(Call 09/15/43)a

    11,028       10,561,722  

4.30%, 03/01/48
(Call 09/01/47)

    10,000       9,861,330  

FedEx Corp.

   

3.25%, 04/01/26
(Call 01/01/26)a

    3,248       3,161,744  

4.00%, 01/15/24a

    7,226       7,450,808  

4.05%, 02/15/48
(Call 08/15/47)

    10,000       9,379,362  

4.40%, 01/15/47
(Call 07/15/46)a

    17,862       17,708,492  

4.55%, 04/01/46
(Call 10/01/45)a

    17,047       17,269,509  

4.75%, 11/15/45
(Call 05/15/45)

    11,552       12,031,675  

5.10%, 01/15/44

    7,299       7,960,821  

Union Pacific Corp.

   

3.80%, 10/01/51
(Call 04/01/51)a

    13,994       13,317,365  

4.16%, 07/15/22
(Call 04/15/22)

    5,558       5,807,237  

United Parcel Service Inc.

   

2.45%, 10/01/22a

    13,447       13,114,160  

2.50%, 04/01/23
(Call 03/01/23)

    600       581,846  

3.05%, 11/15/27
(Call 08/15/27)

    15,893       15,228,263  

3.13%, 01/15/21a

    11,915       12,039,446  

3.75%, 11/15/47
(Call 05/15/47)a

    15,263       14,551,283  

6.20%, 01/15/38a

    18,686       24,194,575  
   

 

 

 
      311,494,610  

WATER — 0.05%

   

American Water Capital Corp.

   

3.75%, 09/01/47
(Call 03/01/47)

    14,007       13,447,794  

6.59%, 10/15/37

    1,037       1,382,323  
   

 

 

 
      14,830,117  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost: $33,490,821,284)

 

    32,362,276,233  
Security   Shares
(000s)
    Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 10.82%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 10.82%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

1.58%d,e,f

    3,425,888     $ 3,426,231,013  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

1.32%d,e

    107,658       107,657,990  
   

 

 

 
      3,533,889,003  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

 

 

(Cost: $3,533,713,532)

      3,533,889,003  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 109.90%
(Cost: $37,024,534,816)

      35,896,165,236  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (9.90)%

 

    (3,233,884,839
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 32,662,280,397  
   

 

 

 

 

a 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

b 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

c 

Variable rate security. Security may be issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end.

d 

Affiliate of the Fund.

e 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

f 

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

 

 

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iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Affiliates (Note 2)

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended February 28, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer  

Principal/

shares

held at

02/28/17

(000s)

   

Principal/

shares

purchased

(000s)

   

Principal/

shares

sold

(000s)

   

Principal/

shares

held at

02/28/18

(000s)

   

Value at

02/28/18

    Income    

Net realized

gain (loss) a

   

Change in

unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,

               

SL Agency Shares

    2,651,900       773,988 b             3,425,888     $ 3,426,231,013     $ 8,933,002 c      $ (161,621   $ (740,478

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,

               

SL Agency Shares

    212,138             (104,480) b        107,658       107,657,990       1,499,106              

PNC Bank N.A.
2.15%, 04/29/21

  $ 16,670     $ 6,675     $ (9,014)     $ 14,331       13,953,359       255,628       (134,241     (125,436

2.30%, 06/01/20

    9,030       6,850       (15,880)                   62,991       (16,335     51,307  

2.40%, 10/18/19

    3,720             (3,720)                   1,880       19,172       (33,375

2.45%, 11/05/20

    6,910       4,421       (11,331)                   166,256       (84,632     67,194  

2.45%, 07/28/22

          1,375       (8)       1,367       1,325,817       13,427       (97     (43,371

2.55%, 12/09/21

    8,460       8,500       (5,145)       11,815       11,571,759       332,084       (91,476     (251,768

2.60%, 07/21/20

    7,440       550       (7,990)                   138,222       13,129       (28,418

2.63%, 02/17/22

          19,056       (1,334)       17,722       17,366,403       379,429       (20,686     (455,641

2.70%, 11/01/22

    6,492       16,740       (1,343)       21,889       21,260,576       337,776       (12,744     (585,978

2.95%, 01/30/23

    12,353       4,313       (4,740)       11,926       11,697,578       332,656       76,807       (280,569

2.95%, 02/23/25

    12,330       4,345       (3,475)       13,200       12,746,573       346,969       (23,747     (337,275

3.10%, 10/25/27

          2,960       (22)       2,938       2,805,908       22,607       (97     (113,138

3.25%, 06/01/25

    13,240       7,605       (2,405)       18,440       18,083,479       391,078       (2,373     (573,390

3.80%, 07/25/23

    10,023       2,850       (861)       12,012       12,220,101       323,162       (350     (278,380

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (The)
3.15%, 05/19/27

          11,720       (8,226)       3,494       3,356,304       196,259       (180,425     (158,115

3.30%, 03/08/22

    10,229       500       (99)       10,630       10,687,939       281,505       171       (226,932

3.90%, 04/29/24

    10,260       4,035       (6,699)       7,596       7,729,985       231,059       116,089       (269,044

4.38%, 08/11/20

    8,704             (8,704)                   159,489       8,396       10,501  

5.13%, 02/08/20

    5,025             (5,025)                   59,751       86,547       (66,686
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 3,678,694,784     $ 14,464,336     $ (408,513   $ (4,438,992
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                          

 

  a 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  b 

Net of purchases and sales.

  c 

Includes the Fund’s portion of securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® iBOXX $ INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, see Note 1.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of February 28, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

     

 

Level 1

     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Corporate bonds & notes

   $      $ 32,362,276,233      $      $ 32,362,276,233  

Money market funds

     3,533,889,003                      3,533,889,003  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,533,889,003      $ 32,362,276,233      $     —      $ 35,896,165,236  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                  

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

iSHARES® TRUST

February 28, 2018

 

      iShares iBoxx
$ High Yield
Corporate
Bond ETF
    iShares iBoxx
$ Investment
Grade Corporate
Bond ETF
 

ASSETS

    

Investments in securities, at cost:

    

Unaffiliated

   $ 15,509,332,324     $ 33,341,550,588  

Affiliated (Note 2)

     3,721,516,722       3,682,984,228  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of investments in securities

   $ 19,230,849,046     $ 37,024,534,816  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in securities, at fair value (including securities on loana) (Note 1):

    

Unaffiliated

   $ 14,875,312,256     $ 32,217,470,452  

Affiliated (Note 2)

     3,721,861,971       3,678,694,784  

Cash

     9,660,987       24,293  

Receivables:

    

Investment securities sold

     3,078,054       35,464,724  

Due from custodian (Note 4)

     16,798,347       1,469,678  

Dividends and interest

     245,715,479       326,675,097  

Capital shares sold

     10,772,574       502,905  

Capital shares redeemed

     8,000        
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

     18,883,207,668       36,260,301,933  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

    

Payables:

    

Investment securities purchased

     92,544,259       166,632,803  

Collateral for securities on loan (Note 1)

     3,510,925,856       3,425,958,133  

Capital shares redeemed

           1,460,907  

Securities related to in-kind transactions (Note 4)

     2,613,506       145,620  

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     5,669,114       3,824,073  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     3,611,752,735       3,598,021,536  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 15,271,454,933     $ 32,662,280,397  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets consist of:

    

Paid-in capital

   $ 16,631,872,292     $ 33,780,770,634  

Undistributed net investment income

     62,019,010       102,140,732  

Accumulated net realized loss

     (788,761,550     (92,261,389

Net unrealized depreciation

     (633,674,819     (1,128,369,580
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 15,271,454,933     $ 32,662,280,397  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstandingb

     177,300,000       278,900,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 86.13     $ 117.11  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

a 

Securities on loan with values of $3,361,283,974 and $3,277,481,901, respectively. See Note 1.

b 

No par value, unlimited number of shares authorized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

iSHARES® TRUST

Year ended February 28, 2018

 

     

iShares iBoxx

$ High Yield

Corporate

Bond ETF

    iShares iBoxx
$ Investment
Grade Corporate
Bond ETF
 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

    

Dividends — affiliated (Note 2)

   $ 1,695,537     $ 1,499,106  

Interest — unaffiliated

     978,643,794       1,194,867,523  

Interest — affiliated (Note 2)

           4,032,228  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net (Note 2)

     26,256,146       8,933,002  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     1,006,595,477       1,209,331,859  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

    

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     89,108,367       52,238,868  

Proxy fees

     419,641       683,525  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     89,528,008       52,922,393  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     917,067,469       1,156,409,466  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

    

Net realized gain (loss) from:

    

Investments — unaffiliated

     (26,132,028     11,583,728  

Investments — affiliated (Note 2)

     158,098       (309,458

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated

     237,872,825       262,688,840  

In-kind redemptions — affiliated (Note 2)

           (99,055
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     211,898,895       273,864,055  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

    

Investments — unaffiliated

     (570,992,133     (748,625,142

Investments — affiliated (Note 2)

     (1,286,322     (4,438,992
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (572,278,455     (753,064,134
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (360,379,560     (479,200,079
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 556,687,909     $ 677,209,387  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

iSHARES® TRUST

 

     iShares iBoxx
$ High Yield
Corporate
Bond ETF
    iShares iBoxx
$ Investment
Grade Corporate
Bond ETF
 
      Year ended
February 28, 2018
    Year ended
February 28, 2017
    Year ended
February 28, 2018
    Year ended
February 28, 2017
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

        

OPERATIONS:

        

Net investment income

   $ 917,067,469     $ 913,370,596     $ 1,156,409,466     $ 958,129,337  

Net realized gain

     211,898,895       163,704,895       273,864,055       651,742,555  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (572,278,455     1,590,409,253       (753,064,134     47,173,262  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     556,687,909       2,667,484,744       677,209,387       1,657,045,154  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

        

From net investment income

     (936,329,183     (894,276,174     (1,129,426,920     (950,827,137
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

     (936,329,183     (894,276,174     (1,129,426,920     (950,827,137
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

        

Proceeds from shares sold

     20,454,486,063       26,246,586,037       25,559,315,034       25,263,588,527  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (23,397,888,488     (24,969,218,372     (23,683,010,110     (19,802,911,391
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

     (2,943,402,425     1,277,367,665       1,876,304,924       5,460,677,136  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     (3,323,043,699     3,050,576,235       1,424,087,391       6,166,895,153  

NET ASSETS

        

Beginning of year

     18,594,498,632       15,543,922,397       31,238,193,006       25,071,297,853  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 15,271,454,933     $ 18,594,498,632     $ 32,662,280,397     $ 31,238,193,006  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income included in net assets at end of year

   $ 62,019,010     $ 81,280,724     $ 102,140,732     $ 75,158,186  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

        

Shares sold

     234,300,000       310,500,000       213,200,000       210,900,000  

Shares redeemed

     (268,100,000     (295,900,000     (198,100,000     (165,500,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (33,800,000     14,600,000       15,100,000       45,400,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

iSHARES® TRUST

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF  
            Year ended
Feb. 28, 2018
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2017
    Year ended
Feb. 29, 2016
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2015
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2014
 

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

            $ 88.08     $ 79.10     $ 91.71     $ 94.64     $ 93.71  
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from investment operations:

                   

Net investment incomea

              4.42       4.64       4.79       4.96       5.58  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

              (1.92     8.89       (12.62     (2.89     0.98  
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

              2.50       13.53       (7.83     2.07       6.56  
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

                   

Net investment income

              (4.45     (4.55     (4.78     (5.00     (5.63
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

              (4.45     (4.55     (4.78     (5.00     (5.63
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

            $ 86.13     $ 88.08     $ 79.10     $ 91.71     $ 94.64  
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

              2.87     17.54     (8.76 )%      2.22     7.31
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental data:

                   

Net assets, end of year (000s)

            $ 15,271,455     $ 18,594,499     $ 15,543,922     $ 18,021,179     $ 13,580,859  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

              0.49     0.49     0.50     0.50     0.50

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

              5.05     5.46     5.60     5.37     6.01

Portfolio turnover ratec

              17     13     11     11     11

 

a 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

 

b 

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

 

c 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF  
            Year ended
Feb. 28, 2018
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2017
    Year ended
Feb. 29, 2016
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2015
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2014
 

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

            $ 118.42     $ 114.80     $ 121.46     $ 117.02     $ 120.06  
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from investment operations:

                   

Net investment incomea

              3.86       3.88       4.00       4.06       4.25  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

              (1.39     3.63       (6.70     4.42       (2.94
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

              2.47       7.51       (2.70     8.48       1.31  
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

                   

Net investment income

              (3.78     (3.89     (3.96     (4.04     (4.35
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

              (3.78     (3.89     (3.96     (4.04     (4.35
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

            $ 117.11     $ 118.42     $ 114.80     $ 121.46     $ 117.02  
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

              2.06     6.57     (2.19 )%      7.35     1.19
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental data:

                   

Net assets, end of year (000s)

            $ 32,662,280     $ 31,238,193     $ 25,071,298     $ 22,044,157     $ 16,898,301  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

              0.15     0.15     0.15     0.15     0.15

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

              3.22     3.24     3.44     3.42     3.66

Portfolio turnover ratec

              10     11     13     9     6

 

a 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

 

b 

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

 

c 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

iSHARES® TRUST

 

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was established as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated December 16, 1999.

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

 

iShares ETF   

Diversification

Classification

      

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

     Diversified     

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

     Diversified     

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of its underlying index. The investment adviser uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective.

Pursuant to the Trust’s organizational documents, the Funds’ officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred.

 

1.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

SECURITY VALUATION

Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Funds. The investments of each Fund are valued pursuant to policies and procedures developed by the Global Valuation Committee and approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”).

 

   

Fixed income investments are valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by dealers or prices (including evaluated prices) supplied by approved independent third-party pricing services. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information and by other methods, which may include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; general market conditions; and/or other factors and assumptions. Pricing services

 

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iSHARES® TRUST

 

 

generally value fixed income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots.

 

   

Open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the fair value of such investment or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board. The fair valuation approaches that may be utilized by the Global Valuation Committee to determine fair value include market approach, income approach and the cost approach. The valuation techniques used under these approaches take into consideration inputs that include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other inputs, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates. Valuations based on such inputs are reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Trust’s pricing vendors, a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices, reviews of large movements in market values, and reviews of market related activity.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s NAV and the prices used by the Fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the Fund’s performance and the performance of the Fund’s underlying index.

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. Inputs may be based on independent market data (“observable inputs”) or they may be internally developed (“unobservable inputs”). These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

   

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The fair value hierarchy for each Fund’s investments is included in its schedule of investments.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® TRUST

 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of values determined for financial instruments are based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INCOME RECOGNITION

Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, and payment-in-kind interest income, if any, are recognized daily on the accrual basis. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source.

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

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

LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

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

Cash received as collateral for securities on loan may be reinvested in certain short-term instruments either directly on behalf of a fund or through one or more joint accounts or money market funds, including those managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, or its affiliates. As of February 28, 2018, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government obligations. Cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BFA and is disclosed in the schedules of investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan for each Fund are also disclosed in its schedule of investments. The total value of any securities on loan as of February 28, 2018 and the total value of the related cash collateral are disclosed in the statements of assets and liabilities. Income earned by the Funds from securities lending is disclosed in the statements of operations.

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Funds benefit from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of securities loaned if the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an

 

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investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (“MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, a Fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. The value of the collateral is typically greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, leaving the lender with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and a Fund can reinvest cash collateral, or, upon an event of default, resell or re-pledge the collateral.

The following table is a summary of securities lending agreements which are subject to offset under an MSLA as of February 28, 2018:

 

iShares ETF
and Counterparty
   Market Value of
Securities on Loan
     Cash Collateral 
Received a
     Net
Amount
 

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

        

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 609,064,269      $ 609,064,269      $  

BMO Capital Markets

     18,790,453        18,790,453         

BNP Paribas New York Branch

     99,059,381        99,059,381         

BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage Inc.

     9,630,226        9,630,226         

BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International Ltd.

     46,694,888        46,694,888         

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     471,665,321        471,665,321         

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     255,555,497        255,555,497         

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     146,639,870        146,639,870         

Goldman Sachs & Co.

     612,171,103        612,171,103         

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     25,994,715        25,994,715         

Jefferies LLC

     17,065,053        17,065,053         

JPMorgan Securities LLC

     335,720,249        335,720,249         

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

     83,067,186        83,067,186         

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     73,616,664        73,616,664         

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     906,293        906,293         

Nomura Securities International Inc.

     27,370,076        27,370,076         

RBC Capital Markets LLC

     427,671,486        427,671,486         

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     2,217,966        2,217,966         

SG Americas Securities LLC

     12,068,250        12,068,250         

State Street Bank & Trust Company

     1,679,720        1,679,720         

UBS Securities LLC

     15,439,452        15,439,452         

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     69,195,856        69,195,856         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 3,361,283,974      $ 3,361,283,974      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                            

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® TRUST

 

iShares ETF
and Counterparty
   Market Value of
Securities on Loan
    

Cash Collateral 

Received a

     Net
Amount
 

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

        

Barclays Capital Inc.

     $ 134,784,716        $ 134,784,716      $  

BMO Capital Markets

     55,062,234        55,062,234         

BNP Paribas New York Branch

     105,746,757        105,746,757         

BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage Inc.

     14,858,485        14,858,485         

BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International Ltd.

     61,867,682        61,867,682         

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     263,552,270        263,552,270         

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     119,656,580        119,656,580         

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     159,377,869        159,377,869         

Goldman Sachs & Co.

     191,399,812        191,399,812         

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     392,589,106        392,589,106         

Jefferies LLC

     53,184,523        53,184,523         

JPMorgan Securities LLC

     407,662,710        407,662,710         

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

     109,721,186        109,721,186         

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     325,921,220        325,921,220         

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     75,692,060        75,692,060         

Nomura Securities International Inc.

     9,974,885        9,974,885         

RBC Capital Markets LLC

     560,300,854        560,300,854         

RBS Securities Inc.

     5,765,594        5,765,594         

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     1,935,724        1,935,724         

SG Americas Securities LLC

     12,050,081        12,050,081         

State Street Bank & Trust Company

     1,398,340        1,398,340         

UBS Securities LLC

     27,234,318        27,234,318         

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     187,744,895        187,744,895         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     $3,277,481,901        $3,277,481,901      $       —  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                            

 

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Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.

RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARD

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update “Premium Amortization on Purchase Callable Debt Securities” which amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities. Under the new guidance, premium amortization of purchased callable debt securities that have explicit, non-contingent call features and are callable at fixed prices will be amortized to the earliest call date. The guidance will be applied on a modified retrospective basis and is effective for fiscal years, and their interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Funds.

 

2.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® TRUST

 

For its investment advisory services to the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

       Investment Advisory Fee      Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets
        0.5000 %     

First $19 billion

        0.4750 a      

Over $19 billion, up to and including $33 billion

        0.4513 a      

Over $33 billion, up to and including $47 billion

        0.4287 a      

Over $47 billion

 

  a  

Investment advisory fee level reflects a 5% reduction (rounded to the fourth decimal place) from the investment advisory fee at the prior aggregate average daily net asset level.

For its investment advisory services to the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

       Investment Advisory Fee      Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets
        0.1500 %     

First $121 billion

        0.1425 a      

Over $121 billion, up to and including $181 billion

        0.1354 a      

Over $181 billion, up to and including $231 billion

        0.1287 a      

Over $231 billion, up to and including $281 billion

        0.1222 a      

Over $281 billion

 

  a  

Investment advisory fee level reflects a 5% reduction (rounded to the fourth decimal place) from the investment advisory fee at the prior aggregate average daily net asset level.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan in a money market fund managed by BFA, however, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04% (the “collateral investment fees”). Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Funds retain a portion of securities lending income and remit the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 80% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees. In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds the aggregate securities lending income generated across the iShares ETF Complex in the calendar year 2013, each Fund, pursuant to a securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® TRUST

 

For the year ended February 28, 2018, the total of securities lending agent services and collateral investment fees paid were as follows:

 

       iShares ETF    Fees Paid
to BTC
 
 

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

   $ 7,683,835  
 

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

     3,279,008  

BlackRock Investments, LLC, an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

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

For the year ended February 28, 2018, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       iShares ETF    Sales  
 

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

   $ 20,084  
 

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

     1,359,786,147  

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is included in “Dividends – affiliated” in the statements of operations.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder of BlackRock and is considered to be an affiliate of the Funds for 1940 Act purposes.

Certain trustees and officers of the Trust are also officers of BTC and/or BFA.

 

3.

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) for the year ended February 28, 2018 were as follows:

 

      U.S. Government Obligations      Other Securities  
iShares ETF    Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

   $      $      $ 3,240,342,667      $ 3,028,213,411  

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

     97,755,671        98,536,640        4,376,217,275        3,257,521,884  

In-kind transactions (see Note 4) for the year ended February 28, 2018 were as follows:

 

       iShares ETF    In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 
 

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

   $ 19,821,965,493      $ 22,862,475,294  
 

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

     24,357,401,244        23,362,573,520  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® TRUST

 

4.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for each Fund are disclosed in detail in the statements of changes in net assets.

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

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind contributions are reflected as “Due from custodian” and securities related to in-kind redemptions are reflected as “Securities related to in-kind transactions” in the statements of assets and liabilities.

 

5.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

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

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

MARKET RISK

Market risk arises mainly from uncertainty about future values of financial instruments influenced by price, currency and interest rate movements. It represents the potential loss a fund may suffer through holding market positions in the face of market movements. A fund is exposed to market risk by its investment in equity, fixed income and/or financial derivative instruments or by its investment in underlying funds. The fair value of securities held by a fund may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuers of the securities including local, regional or global political, social or economic instability or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. The extent of a fund’s exposure to market risk is the market value of the investments held as shown in the fund’s schedule of investments.

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® TRUST

 

Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves certain considerations and risks not typically associated with securities of U.S. issuers. Such risks include, but are not limited to: differences in accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; higher inflation rates, greater social, economic and political uncertainties; possible nationalization or expropriation of assets; less availability of public information about issuers; imposition of withholding or other taxes; higher transaction and custody costs and delays in settlement procedures; and lower level of regulation of the securities markets and issuers. Non-U.S. securities may be less liquid, more difficult to value, and have greater price volatility due to exchange rate fluctuations. These and other risks are heightened for investments in issuers from countries with less developed capital markets.

Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of fixed income investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes, usually making their prices more volatile than those of securities with shorter durations. Given the environment of historically low interest rates, a fund may be subject to a greater risk of price losses if interest rates rise.

CREDIT RISK

Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. BFA and its affiliates manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose a fund to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of a fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its statement of assets and liabilities.

High yield securities that are rated below investment-grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) or are unrated may be deemed speculative, involve greater levels of risk than higher-rated securities of similar maturity and are more likely to default. High yield securities may be issued by less creditworthy issuers, and issuers of high yield securities may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations. High yield securities are subject to extreme price fluctuations, may be less liquid than higher rated fixed-income securities, even under normal economic conditions, and frequently have redemption features.

 

6.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of each Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® TRUST

 

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. The following permanent differences as of February 28, 2018, attributable to the expiration of capital loss carryforwards and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions, were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF      Paid-in
Capital
       Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain/Accumulated
Net Realized Loss
 

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

     $ 236,635,659        $ (236,635,659)  

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

       251,876,729          (251,876,729)  

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017 was as follows:

 

    iShares ETF      2018        2017  

    

 

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

         
 

Ordinary income

     $ 936,329,183        $ 894,276,174  
      

 

 

      

 

 

 
 

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

         
 

Ordinary income

     $ 1,129,426,920        $ 950,827,137  
      

 

 

      

 

 

 
 

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF      Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
       Capital
Loss
Carryforwards
      

Net  

Unrealized  
Gains (Losses)
 a

     Total  

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

     $ 66,631,496        $ (790,277,051)        $ (636,771,804    $ (1,360,417,359)  

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

       102,140,732          (86,788,495)          (1,133,842,474)        (1,118,490,237)  

 

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The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and the accrual of income on securities in default.

As of February 28, 2018, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as

follows:

 

       iShares ETF      Non-Expiring  
  iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond        $790,277,051  
  iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond        86,788,495  

For the year ended February 28, 2018, the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF utilized $18,455,658 of its

capital loss carryforwards.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® TRUST

 

As of February 28, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF      Tax Cost        Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
       Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
       Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond

     $ 19,232,274,645        $ 8,010,815        $ (643,111,233)        $ (635,100,418)  

iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond

       37,030,007,710          40,635,663          (1,174,478,137)          (1,133,842,474)  

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of February 28, 2018, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

7.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 16, 2016, investors (the “Plaintiffs”) in certain iShares funds (iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Select Dividend ETF, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF) filed a putative class action lawsuit against iShares Trust, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its advisory affiliates, and certain directors/trustees and officers of the Funds (collectively, “Defendants”) in California State Court. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to adequately disclose in the prospectuses issued by the funds noted above the risks of using stop-loss orders in the event of a ‘flash crash’, such as the one that occurred on May 6, 2010. On September 18, 2017, the court issued a Statement of Decision holding that the Plaintiffs lack standing to assert their claims. On October 11, 2017, the court entered final judgment dismissing all of the Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice. Plaintiffs have appealed the court’s decision.

 

8.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and Shareholders of

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (two of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of February 28, 2018, the related statements of operations for the year ended February 28, 2018, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended February 28, 2018 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of February 28, 2018, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended February 28, 2018 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

April 19, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

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Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

 

 

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

 

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2018    

 

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

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Table of Contents

 

      Page  

Market Overview

     5  

Fund Summary

     6  

About Fund Performance

     8  

Shareholder Expenses

     8  

Schedule of Investments

     9  

Financial Statements

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     11  

Statement of Operations

     12  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     13  

Financial Highlights

     14  

Notes to Financial Statements

     15  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     21  

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

     22  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     23  

Supplemental Information

     25  

Trustee and Officer Information

     26  

General Information

     28  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     29  

Additional Financial Information

     30  


Market Overview

 

 

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

U.S. Bond Market Overview

The U.S. bond market declined for the 12 months ended October 31, 2018 (“reporting period”). The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, a broad measure of U.S. fixed-income performance, returned -2.05%. The negative return for U.S. bonds was primarily due to a stronger U.S. economy and higher interest rates. Driven in part by the stimulative effect of federal tax reform legislation, the U.S. economy grew by 3% for the 12 months ended September 2018, its highest year-over-year growth rate in more than three years. Key components of the strengthening economy included the job market, where the unemployment rate declined to its lowest level since December 1969; industrial production, which increased at its sharpest year-over-year pace in nearly eight years; and retail sales, which accelerated for much of the reporting period before slowing in the last two months.

Faster economic growth led to higher inflation, though it remained low by historical standards. As measured by the consumer price index, the year-over-year U.S. inflation rate rose to 2.9% in mid-2018 — its fastest rate in more than six years — before falling back to 2.3% by the end of the reporting period. By comparison, the long-term historical average inflation rate is 3.3%.

In this environment, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) continued its efforts to normalize monetary policy. The Fed increased short-term interest rates four times during the reporting period, increasing its short-term interest rate target to 2.25%, the highest level in more than a decade. In addition, the Fed reduced its holdings of U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities by approximately 7% during the reporting period, after quadrupling its holdings in response to the 2008 financial crisis.

Interest rates increased broadly in response to the improving economy and higher inflation. Short-term interest rates increased the most, reflecting the Fed’s actions. For example, the yield of the two-year U.S. Treasury note increased from 1.60% to 2.87% during the reporting period. Longer-term interest rates rose to a lesser degree; the yield of the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond increased from 2.88% to 3.39%. These developments led to the narrowest yield difference, or spread, between short-term and longer-term U.S. Treasury securities in more than 11 years.

Higher interest rates had the most significant impact on U.S. Treasury securities, which typically have greater sensitivity to changes in interest rates compared with other higher-yielding sectors of the bond market. Consequently, the prices of U.S. Treasury bonds declined as interest rates increased during the reporting period. U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities also declined but to a lesser degree as the inflation rate increased.

Corporate bonds posted mixed returns for the reporting period. Despite the positive economic environment, investment-grade corporate bonds declined the most among the major bond sectors. In addition to higher interest rates, investor concerns about high corporate debt levels, a decline in average credit quality, and relatively high valuations contributed to the weakness in investment-grade corporate bonds. In contrast, high-yield corporate bonds, which have lower credit ratings, performed relatively well, as their higher yields buffered price declines. Strong investor demand for yield, lower issuance levels, and limited interest rate sensitivity contributed to the positive performance of high-yield corporate bonds.

Among securitized bonds, asset-backed securities (bonds backed by credit card receivables, auto loans, and other debt) posted positive returns for the reporting period, benefiting from their higher yields and relatively short maturities. Mortgage-backed securities, both residential and commercial, declined but to a lesser degree than the broader bond market.

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018

 

  

iShares® Interest Rate  Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) (formerly the iShares Interest Rate Hedged 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF) seeks to mitigate the interest rate risk of a portfolio composed of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds with remaining maturities greater than ten years. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund currently seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in one underlying fund, the iShares Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (formerly the iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF). The Fund attempts to mitigate the interest rate risk of the underlying fund by holding short positions in U.S. Treasury futures or interest rate swaps.

Performance

 

         Average Annual Total Returns                      Cumulative Total Returns      
      1 Year    

Since

Inception

              1 Year    

Since

Inception

 

Fund NAV

     2.66     3.92         2.66     13.44

Fund Market

     2.46       3.91           2.46       13.39  

Index(a)

     2.96       4.62           2.96       15.94  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit Interest Rate Swaps Hedged Index

     2.82       4.58           2.82       15.79  

ICE Q70A Custom Index(b)

     N/A       N/A               N/A       N/A  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 7/22/15. The first day of secondary market trading was 7/23/15.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit Interest Rate Swaps Hedged Index is an unmanaged index that consists of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit Index plus interest rate swaps that intend to hedge the interest rate exposure of the existing Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit Index.

The ICE Q70A Custom Index is an unmanaged index that consists of the ICE BofAML 10+ Year US Corporate Index plus interest rate swaps that intend to hedge the interest rate exposure of the ICE BofAML 10+ Year US Corporate Index.

 

  (a) 

Reference Index performance through July 31, 2018 reflects the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit Interest Rate Swaps Hedged Index. Index performance beginning on August 1, 2018 reflects the performance of the ICE Q70A Custom Index, which, effective as of August 1, 2018, replaced the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit Interest Rate Swaps Hedged Index as the reference index of the Fund. The ICE Q70A Custom Index more accurately reflects the investment strategy of the Fund because the underlying fund traces the ICE BofAML 10+ Year US Corporate Index as of August 1, 2018.

  (b) 

The inception date of the ICE Q70A Custom Index was December 31, 2017. The cumulative total return of this index for the period December 31, 2017 through October 31, 2018 was 0.85%.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 8 for more information.

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018 (continued)

 

  

 

iShares® Interest Rate  Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           
Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
       Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
       Expenses
Paid During
the Period (a)
           Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)
       Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
       Expenses
Paid During
the Period (a)
       Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
  $  1,000.00          $1,005.30          $0.51               $1,000.00          $1,024.70          $0.51          0.10

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 8 for more information.

Portfolio Management Commentary

The Fund posted a positive return for the reporting period, as interest rate hedging offset the increase in interest rates and decline in long-term investment-grade corporate bond prices. The interest rate hedge was the largest contributor to the Fund’s return. Increasing interest rates reduce the value of existing bonds, meaning a rise in interest rates typically detracts from bond fund performance. Conversely, falling interest rates usually serve to increase bond prices. An interest rate hedged fund attempts to avoid these fluctuations by offsetting interest rate risk, primarily using interest rate swaps and Treasury futures contracts.

The Fund’s interest rate hedge seeks near-zero interest rate sensitivity. Consequently, the Fund’s return was minimally affected by interest rate fluctuations during the reporting period. With interest rate sensitivity hedged, the Fund fluctuated based on direct exposure to the yield premium of long-term corporate bonds.

In terms of the Fund’s underlying securities, industrial bonds, which made upapproximately 62% of the Fund on average during the reporting period, were the largest detractors from the Fund’s return. Within the sector, consumer non-cyclical companies detracted the mostfrom the Fund’s performance, particularly in the pharmaceuticals and food and beverage industries. Global food and beverage companies were negatively affected by currency fluctuations, especially in emerging markets, while pharmaceutical companies were affected by issues ranging from concerns over drug pricing to global regulations for multinational drug manufacturers. The utilities sector also detracted from the Fund’s performance, as Moody’s Investors Service placed a negative outlook on the regulated utilities industry. Bonds issued by energy companies declined despite rising energy prices. Acquisitions in the heavily indebted cable industry and credit downgrades for two large multinational manufacturing companies also detracted from the Fund’s performance in the communications and capital goods industries.

Bonds in the financial sector also detracted significantly from the Fund’s return, driven by weak performance in the banking industry. Banks contended with deposit pricing pressures that could restrict growth in lending profits, as well as trade disputes and rising tariffs that dampened long-term growth expectations.

Portfolio Information

Tables shown are for the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 

ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY  
Moody’s Credit Rating*    Percent of
Total Investments(a)
 

Aaa

     3.0

Aa

     6.6  

A

     36.1  

Baa

     49.8  

Ba

     3.3  

Not Rated

     1.2  
ALLOCATION BY MATURITY  
Maturity    Percent of
Total Investments(a)
 

5-10 Years

     0.2

10-15 Years

     8.8  

15-20 Years

     21.6  

More than 20 Years

     69.4  
 

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

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About Fund Performance

 

 

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.ishares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Shareholder Expenses

As a shareholder of your Fund, you 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 and other fund expenses. The expense example, which is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) and held through the end of the period, is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses – The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. To estimate the expenses that you paid on your account over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your 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, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples 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.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Interest Rate  Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Investment Companies

 

Exchange-Traded Funds — 93.1%

 

 

iShares Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF(a)(b)

    966,877     $ 53,971,075  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 93.1%
(Cost: $57,123,639)

 

    53,971,075  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments    

Money Market Funds — 17.0%

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 2.36%(a)(c)(d)

    9,059,128       9,060,940  

BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(a)(c)

    770,488       770,488  
   

 

 

 
      9,831,428  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 17.0%
(Cost: $9,832,318)

 

    9,831,428  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 110.1%
(Cost: $66,955,957)

 

    63,802,503  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (10.1)%

 

    (5,848,975
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   57,953,528  
   

 

 

 

    

    

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(d) 

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

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Shares
Held at
10/31/17
     Shares
Purchased
    Shares
Sold
    Shares
Held at
10/31/18
     Value at
10/31/18
     Income    

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)(a)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

            9,059,128 (b)             9,059,128      $ 9,060,940      $ 44,026 (c)     $ (170   $ (890

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     13,582        756,906 (b)             770,488        770,488        9,160              

iShares Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

     237,854        754,054       (25,031     966,877        53,971,075        1,275,194       (71,063     (3,953,188
            

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             $ 63,802,503      $ 1,328,380     $ (71,233   $ (3,954,078
            

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  (b) 

Net of purchases and sales.

  (c) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Paid by the Fund      Received by the Fund     

Effective

Date

  

Termination

Date

    

Notional
Amount

(000)

            

Upfront
Premium
Paid

(Received)

    

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Rate   Frequency        Rate(a)       Frequency      Value  
2.38%     Semi-annual        2.56%       Quarterly      N/A      01/12/23      $ (6,356    $ 187,848      $ 166,810      $ 21,038  
2.47     Semi-annual        2.56       Quarterly      N/A      01/12/25        (100      3,961        3,897        64  
1.44     Semi-annual        2.56       Quarterly      N/A      12/08/26        (8,566      1,088,816        586,100        502,716  
3.25     Semi-annual        2.56       Quarterly      N/A      10/18/28        (2,100      686        371        315  
2.34     Semi-annual        2.56       Quarterly      N/A      12/08/36        (25,822      3,605,549        2,363,712        1,241,837  
1.77     Semi-annual        2.56       Quarterly      N/A      12/08/46        (13,647      4,046,430        3,585,386        461,044  
3.33     Semi-annual        2.56       Quarterly      N/A      10/24/48        (3,674      (2,662      (32,694      30,032  
                  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                   $ 8,930,628      $ 6,673,582      $ 2,257,046  
                  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents 3-month LIBOR. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Interest Rate  Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

 

Balances Reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for Centrally Cleared Swaps

 

      Premiums
Paid
     Premiums
Received
    Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Centrally Cleared Swaps(a)

     $6,706,276        $(32,694     $2,257,046        $—  

 

  (a) 

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on centrally cleared swaps, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is net of any previously paid (received) swap premium amounts.

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of October 31, 2018, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Swaps — centrally cleared

  

Net unrealized appreciation(a)

   $ 2,257,046  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared interest rate swaps contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported separately within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Swaps

   $ 1,511,712  
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Swaps

   $ 1,469,289  
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Interest rate swaps:

        

Average notional value — pays fixed rate

   $ 38,155,019  

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Investment Companies

   $ 53,971,075      $      $      $ 53,971,075  

Money Market Funds

     9,831,428                      9,831,428  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 63,802,503      $      $      $ 63,802,503  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

           

Assets

           

Swaps

   $      $ 2,257,046      $      $ 2,257,046  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2018

 

    

iShares
Interest Rate
Hedged

Long-Term
Corporate
Bond ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

  

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

  

Affiliated(b)

   $ 63,802,503  

Cash pledged:

  

Centrally cleared swaps

     2,846,000  

Receivables:

  

Securities lending income — Affiliated

     15,398  

Variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

     356,842  

Dividends

     1,937  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     67,022,680  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Bank overdraft

     2,546  

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

     9,062,000  

Payables:

  

Investment advisory fees

     4,606  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     9,069,152  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 57,953,528  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 58,033,894  

Accumulated loss

     (80,366
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 57,953,528  
  

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     2,250,000  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value

   $ 25.76  
  

 

 

 

Shares authorized

     Unlimited  
  

 

 

 

Par value

     None  
  

 

 

 

(a)   Securities loaned, at value

   $ 8,797,232  

(b)   Investments, at cost — Affiliated

   $ 66,955,957  

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended October 31, 2018

 

    

iShares
Interest Rate
Hedged

Long-Term
Corporate
Bond ETF

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

  

Dividends — Affiliated

   $ 1,284,354  

Interest — Unaffiliated

     2,843  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

     44,026  
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     1,331,223  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES

  

Investment advisory fees

     117,695  

Proxy fees

     1  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     117,696  

Less:

  

Investment advisory fees waived

     (84,068
  

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

     33,628  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1,297,595  
  

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments — Affiliated

     (71,233

Swaps

     1,511,712  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     1,440,479  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments — Affiliated

     (3,954,078

Swaps

     1,469,289  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (2,484,789
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (1,044,310
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 253,285  
  

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     iShares
Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term
Corporate Bond ETF
 
     Year Ended
10/31/18
    Year Ended
10/31/17
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    

OPERATIONS

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,297,595     $ 429,980  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,440,479       (29,043

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (2,484,789     825,105  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     253,285       1,226,042  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)(b)

    

From net investment income

     (1,132,375     (352,551

Return of capital

           (7,976
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

     (1,132,375     (360,527
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

    

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     43,246,927       6,296,970  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    

Total increase in net assets

     42,367,837       7,162,485  

Beginning of year

     15,585,691       8,423,206  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 57,953,528     $ 15,585,691  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

Prior year distribution character information has been modified or removed to conform with current year Regulation S-X presentation changes. Refer to Note 12 for this prior year information.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF  
           Period From  
     Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended       07/22/15 (a)  
     10/31/18     10/31/17     10/31/16     to 10/31/15  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 25.98     $ 24.07     $ 24.08     $ 25.10  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     1.01       0.91       0.89       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

     (0.32     1.78       (0.28     (1.09
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     0.69       2.69       0.61       (0.83
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

        

From net investment income

     (0.91     (0.76     (0.60     (0.13

Return of capital

           (0.02     (0.02     (0.06
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (0.91     (0.78     (0.62     (0.19
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 25.76     $ 25.98     $ 24.07     $ 24.08  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

        

Based on net asset value

     2.66     11.36     2.49 %(e)      (3.19 )%(e)(f) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

        

Total expenses(g)

     0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(h) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived(g)

     0.10     0.10     0.10     0.12 %(h) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     3.86     3.62     3.78     3.80 %(h) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

        

Net assets, end of period (000)

   $ 57,954     $ 15,586     $ 8,423     $ 8,429  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)(j)

     5     6     9     4 %(f) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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

(d) 

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

(e) 

The total return disclosed is based on the net asset value (“NAV”) calculated daily for the creation and redemption of shares in the Fund, which may differ from the NAV calculated for financial reporting purposes. Based on the NAV calculated for financial reporting purposes, the total returns for the year ended October 31, 2016 and the period ended October 31, 2015 were 2.62% and -3.31%, respectively.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not include these indirect fees and expenses.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

(j) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes the portfolio activity of the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. See the underlying fund’s financial highlights for its respective portfolio turnover rates.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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1.

ORGANIZATION

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

These financial statements relate only to the following fund (the “Fund”):

 

iShares ETF      Diversification  
Classification  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond(a)

       Diversified    

 

   (a)  

Formerly the iShares Interest Rate Hedged 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF.

Currently the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in an iShares fund (an “underlying fund”). The financial statements and schedule of investments for the underlying fund should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions from the underlying funds, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued daily.

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

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.

Recent Accounting Standards: In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13 “Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” which modifies disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Fund.

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

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fund determines the fair value of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

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

   

Exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s last traded price or official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the fund is primarily traded. Funds traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last traded price.

   

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

   

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

If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of an investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price

 

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is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and the cost approach. Valuation techniques used under these approaches take into consideration inputs that include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other inputs, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Trust’s pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values, and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

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

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

   

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

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The fair value hierarchy for the Fund’s investments is included in its schedule of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

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

As of October 31, 2018, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government obligations. Cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, or its affiliates and is disclosed in the schedule of investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan for the Fund, if any, are also disclosed in its schedule of investments. The market value of any securities on loan as of October 31, 2018 and the value of the related cash collateral are disclosed in the statement of assets and liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by a fund under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. The value of the collateral is typically greater than the market value of the securities loaned, leaving the lender with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the fund can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities.

 

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The following table is a summary of the securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA as of October 31, 2018:

 

 

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty

   
Market Value of
Securities on Loan
 
      
Cash Collateral
Received
 
(a) 
 
    
Non-Cash Collateral
Received
 
 
       Net Amount  

 

 

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

              

JPMorgan Securities LLC

  $ 8,797,232        $ 8,797,232      $        $  
 

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

   (a)  

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.

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

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Swaps: Swaps are financial agreements to exchange cash flows in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, on the same notional amount for a specified period of time. Interest rate swaps are used by the Fund to mitigate the potential impact of interest rates on the performance of the bonds held by the Fund or its underlying fund.

Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). The Fund enters into centrally cleared swaps.

In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap agreement, the swap agreement is novated to a central counterparty (“CCP”) and the CCP becomes the Fund’s counterparty on the swap. The Fund is required to interface with the CCP through a broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated on the schedule of investments and cash deposited is shown as cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps on the statement of assets and liabilities. The daily change in valuation of centrally cleared swaps is recorded as variation margin receivable or payable on centrally cleared swaps in the statement of assets and liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, are recorded as realized gains (losses) in the statement of operations. Upfront payments and receipts are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received in the statement of assets and liabilities and represent compensating factors between the stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (interest rate spreads and other relevant factors), at the time the swap was entered into by the Fund. These upfront payments and receipts are amortized over the term of the contract as a realized gain (loss) in the statement of the operations.

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

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

For its investment advisory services to the Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee of 0.35%, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund.

Expense Waivers: A fund may incur its pro rata share of fees and expenses attributable to its investments in other investment companies (“acquired fund fees and expenses”). The total of the investment advisory fee and acquired fund fees and expenses are a fund’s total annual operating expenses. BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for the Fund through February 28, 2022 so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver is equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses attributable to the Fund’s investment in the iShares Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (“IGLB”), after taking into account any fee waivers by IGLB, plus 0.10%.

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC, an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for the Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Fund.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Fund, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational

 

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costs directly related to securities lending. The Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan in a money market fund managed by BFA, or its affiliates, however, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04% (the “collateral investment fees”). Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, the Fund retains 80% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds the aggregate securities lending income generated across the iShares ETF Complex in the calendar year 2013, the Fund, pursuant to a securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by the Fund is shown as securities lending income – affiliated – net in its statement of operations. For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Fund paid BTC $10,339 for securities lending agent services.

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

Other Transactions: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock for 1940 Act purposes.

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

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended October 31, 2018, purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF      Purchases        Sales    

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

     $ 4,337,298        $ 1,508,261    

For the year ended October 31, 2018, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF      In-kind
Purchases
       In-kind  
Sales  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

     $ 40,352,741        $  —    

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of October 31, 2018, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF      Year Ended
10/31/18
       Year Ended
10/31/17
 

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

         

Ordinary income

     $ 1,132,375        $ 352,551  

Return of capital

                7,976  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
     $ 1,132,375        $ 360,527  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

As of October 31, 2018, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

         Undistributed          Undistributed          Net Unrealized           
iShares ETF        Ordinary Income          Long-Term Capital Gains          Gains (Losses) (a)        Total    

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

     $ 9,750        $ 897,920        $ (988,036)      $ (80,366)    

 

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   (a)  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Fund utilized $758,135 of its capital loss carryforwards.

As of October 31, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF      Tax Cost        Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
       Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
       Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

     $ 67,047,585        $ 2,257,046        $ (3,245,082)        $ (988,036)  

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

Market Risk: Market risk arises mainly from uncertainty about future values of financial instruments influenced by price, currency and interest rate movements. It represents the potential loss a fund may suffer through holding market positions in the face of market movements. A fund is exposed to market risk by its investment in equity, fixed income and/or financial derivative instruments or by its investment in underlying funds. The fair value of securities held by a fund may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuers of the securities including local, regional or global political, social or economic instability or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. The extent of a fund’s exposure to market risk is the market value of the investments held as shown in the fund’s schedule of investments.

Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of fixed income investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes, usually making their price more volatile than those of securities with shorter durations. Given the environment of historically low interest rates, a fund may be subject to a greater risk of price losses if interest rates rise.

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. BFA and its affiliates manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose a fund to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of a fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its statement of assets and liabilities.

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

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

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

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

 

 
       Year Ended
10/31/18
       Year Ended
10/31/17
 
iShares ETF      Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

 

 

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

                   

Shares sold

       1,650,000        $ 43,246,927          250,000        $ 6,296,970  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trust’s administrator, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also

 

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pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

 

11.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 16, 2016, investors in certain iShares funds (iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Select Dividend ETF, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF) filed a class action lawsuit against iShares Trust, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its advisory affiliates, and certain directors/trustees and officers of the Funds (collectively, “Defendants”) in California State Court. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to adequately disclose in the prospectuses issued by the funds noted above the risks of using stop-loss orders in the event of a ‘flash crash’, such as the one that occurred on May 6, 2010. On September 18, 2017, the court issued a Statement of Decision holding that the Plaintiffs lack standing to assert their claims. On October 11, 2017, the court entered final judgment dismissing all of the Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice. Plaintiffs have appealed the court’s decision.

 

12.

REGULATION S-X AMENDMENTS

On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification. The Fund has adopted the amendments pertinent to Regulation S-X in this shareholder report. The amendments impacted certain disclosure presentation on the statement of assets and liabilities, statement of changes in net assets and notes to the financial statements.

Prior year distribution information in the statement of changes in net assets has been modified to conform to the current year presentation in accordance with the Regulation S-X changes.

Distributions for the year ended October 31, 2017 were classified as follows:

 

iShares ETF      Net
Investment Income
       Return of  
capital  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

     $ 352,551        $ 7,976    

 

13.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and

Shareholders of iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (one of the funds constituting iShares U.S. ETF Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2018, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2018, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2018 and for the period July 22, 2015 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2015 (hereafter referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2018, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018 and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2018 and for the period July 22, 2015 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2015 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

December 21, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

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Important Tax Information (unaudited)

 

 

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018, the Fund hereby designates the following maximum amount allowable as interest-related dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations:

 

iShares ETF      Interest-Related  
Dividends  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

     $ 876,210    

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percent of ordinary income dividends attribute to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisers to determine if any portion of the dividends received is exempt from state income tax.

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

 

I. iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”) on behalf of the Fund. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Contract. At a meeting on May 11, 2018, a committee composed of all of the Independent Trustees (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or their independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At these meetings, the 15(c) Committee reviewed and discussed information provided in response to the 15(c) Committee’s initial requests, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on May 24, 2018, management presented additional information to the Board relating to the continuance of the Advisory Contract, including information requested by the 15(c) Committee during its initial meeting. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information at length. The Independent Trustees requested from management certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 12-14, 2018, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests. After extensive discussions, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Contract for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) economies of scale; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Trustees, to approve the Advisory Contract are discussed below.

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

The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were higher than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-, three-, five-, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, to that of relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods.

The Board noted that the Fund is an actively managed ETF that does not seek to track the performance of a specified index and that the management team for the Fund manages the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. The Board further noted that, during the prior year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its reference benchmark. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with expectations relative to the Fund’s reference benchmark.

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

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BFA: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent and proposed enhancements to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Contract for the coming year as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the June 12-14, 2018 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance policies and procedures.

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

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract (continued)

 

 

Costs of Services Provided to Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Contract), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology for the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during their meetings. The Board further noted that it considered the supplemental information the 15(c) Committee requested, which BlackRock provided, regarding the methodology. The Board discussed the sources of direct and ancillary revenue with management, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Contract and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

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

Based on this review of the sharing of scale benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the information concerning the sharing of scale benefits supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with similar investment strategy or investment mandate as the Fund. The Board further noted that BFA provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded ETF, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate. The Board also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Contract for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, such as payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s profitability methodology), and payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions) are reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

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

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are for financial reporting purposes and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and character of the distributions for tax reporting purposes will be reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV which is sent to shareholders shortly after calendar year-end.

 

     

Total Cumulative Distributions

for the Fiscal Year

            

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative

Distributions for the Fiscal Year

        
  

 

 

       

 

 

   
iShares ETF    Net
Investment
Income
     Net Realized
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total Per
Share
             Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
        

Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond

   $ 0.907750      $      $      $ 0.907750                 100             100        

Premium/Discount Information

The Premium/Discount Information section is intended to present information about the differences between the daily market price on secondary markets for shares of a fund and that fund’s NAV. NAV is the price at which a fund issues and redeems shares. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The “Market Price” of a fund generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary securities exchange on which shares of such fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the fund’s NAV is calculated. A fund’s Market Price may be at, above or below its NAV. The NAV of a fund will fluctuate with changes in the value of its portfolio holdings. The Market Price of a fund will fluctuate in accordance with changes in its NAV, as well as market supply and demand.

Premiums or discounts are the differences (expressed as a percentage) between the NAV and Market Price of a fund on a given day, generally at the time the NAV is calculated. A premium is the amount that a fund is trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. A discount is the amount that a fund is trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV.

Premium/discount information for the Fund covering the most recently completed calendar year and the most recently completed calendar quarters since that year (or since the Fund began trading, if shorter) is publicly accessible, free of charge, at www.iShares.com.

The following information shows the frequency of distributions of premiums and discounts for the Fund for the immediately preceding five calendar years (or from the date the Fund began trading on the secondary market, if less than five years) through the date of the most recent calendar quarter-end. Each line in the table shows the number of trading days in which the Fund traded within the premium/discount range indicated. Premium/discount ranges with no trading days are omitted. The number of trading days in each premium/discount range is also shown as a percentage of the total number of trading days in the period covered by each table. All data presented here represents past performance, which cannot be used to predict future results.

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Period Covered: July 23, 2015 through September 30, 2018

 

 

 
Premium/Discount Range      Number
of Days
       Percentage of    
Total Days    
 

 

 

Greater than 1.5% and Less than 2.0%

       1          0.12%   

Greater than 1.0% and Less than 1.5%

       8          1.00      

Greater than 0.5% and Less than 1.0%

       33          4.11      

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

       418          52.06      

At NAV

       20          2.49      

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

       304          37.86      

Less than –0.5% and Greater than –1.0%

       17          2.12      

Less than –1.0% and Greater than –1.5%

       1          0.12      

Less than –1.5% and Greater than –2.0%

       1          0.12      
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
       803          100.00%   
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. The President, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer and Secretary shall each hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify, and all other officers shall hold office until he or she resigns or is removed. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of closed-end funds, two complexes of open-end funds and one complex of exchange-traded funds (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the BlackRock Fund Complex referred to as the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares Trust, and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 343 funds as of October 31, 2018. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Mark K. Wiedman, Charles Park, Martin Small and Benjamin Archibald, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Wiedman, Mr. Park, Mr. Small and Mr. Archibald is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. The Board has designated Cecilia H. Herbert as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

          Interested Trustees     
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Robert S. Kapito(a) (61)

   Trustee (since 2011).    President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).    Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2009).

Mark K. Wiedman(b) (47)

   Trustee (since 2013).    Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2016); Global Head of iShares (2011-2016); Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2011).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2013); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2013); Director of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (since 2008).

 

(a)   

Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b)   

Mark K. Wiedman is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

          Independent Trustees     
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Cecilia H. Herbert (69)

  

Trustee (since 2011);

Independent Board Chair (since 2016).

   Trustee and Member of the Finance, Technology and Quality Committee of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, WNET, a New York public media company (since 2011); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (since 1992) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School.    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares Trust (since 2016); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (since 2009); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (since 2015).

Jane D. Carlin (62)

  

Trustee (since 2015);

Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).

   Consultant (since 2012); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2015); Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (since 2012); Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since (2016).

Richard L. Fagnani (63)

  

Trustee (since 2017);

Equity Plus Committee Chair (since 2017).

   Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (continued)

 

 

          Independent Trustees (continued)     
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Charles A. Hurty (75)

  

Trustee (since 2011);

Audit Committee Chair (since 2011).

   Retired; Partner, KPMG LLP (1968-2001).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Director of SkyBridge Alternative Investments Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC (2 portfolios) (since 2002).

John E. Kerrigan (63)

  

Trustee (since 2011);

Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2016).

   Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005).

Drew E. Lawton (59)

  

Trustee (since 2017);

15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).

   Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

John E. Martinez (57)

  

Trustee (since 2011);

Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2016).

   Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2003).

Madhav V. Rajan (54)

  

Trustee (since 2011);

Nominating and Governance Committee Chair (since 2017).

   Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2011).

 

Officers
     
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

Martin Small (43)

   President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of U.S. iShares (since 2015); Co-Head of the U.S. Financial Markets Advisory Group, BlackRock, Inc. (2008-2014).

Jack Gee (59)

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2011).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Senior Director of Fund Administration of Intermediary Investor Business, BGI (2009).

Charles Park (51)

   Chief Compliance Officer (since 2011).    Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and the Closed-End Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Benjamin Archibald (43)

   Secretary (since 2015).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2013); Secretary of the BlackRock-advised Mutual Funds (since 2012).

Steve Messinger (56)

   Executive Vice President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014 and since 2016); Managing Director, Beacon Consulting Group (2014-2016).

Scott Radell (49)

   Executive Vice President (since 2012).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Head of Portfolio Solutions, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

Alan Mason (57)

   Executive Vice President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Fixed Income

 

LIBOR                London Interbank Offered Rate

 

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Additional Financial Information

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

October 31, 2018

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

October 31, 2018

Audited Financial Statements

February 28, 2018

iShares Trust

iShares Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF | IGLB | NYSE Arca

 

 

 



Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

  

Advertising 0.1%

 

  

WPP Finance 2010

     

5.13%, 09/07/42

   $ 130      $ 121,218  

5.63%, 11/15/43

     254        249,793  
     

 

 

 
        371,011  

Aerospace & Defense 2.0%

     

Boeing Co. (The)

     

3.38%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

     200        170,149  

3.55%, 03/01/38 (Call 09/01/37)(a)

     130        119,339  

3.65%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)

     200        178,111  

3.85%, 11/01/48 (Call 05/01/48)

     75        69,401  

5.88%, 02/15/40

     250        300,070  

6.63%, 02/15/38

     16        20,661  

6.88%, 03/15/39

     182        242,132  

General Dynamics Corp., 3.60%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)(a)

     300        272,068  

Harris Corp.

     

4.85%, 04/27/35 (Call 10/27/34)

     175        177,641  

5.05%, 04/27/45 (Call 10/27/44)

     200        205,947  

6.15%, 12/15/40

     100        115,656  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     

3.60%, 03/01/35 (Call 09/01/34)

     350        315,888  

3.80%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

     450        401,193  

4.07%, 12/15/42

     390        363,657  

4.09%, 09/15/52 (Call 03/15/52)

     545        492,719  

4.50%, 05/15/36 (Call 11/15/35)

     250        251,116  

4.70%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)(a)

     300        304,096  

Series B, 6.15%, 09/01/36(a)

     250        293,438  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     

3.85%, 04/15/45 (Call 10/15/44)

     95        82,992  

4.03%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)

     675        601,978  

4.75%, 06/01/43

     300        299,277  

5.05%, 11/15/40

     100        103,365  

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., 7.75%, 02/15/31

     250        326,081  

Raytheon Co.

     

4.20%, 12/15/44 (Call 06/15/44)

     100        98,842  

4.70%, 12/15/41

     250        264,649  

4.88%, 10/15/40

     137        147,157  

Rockwell Collins Inc.

     

4.35%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)

     400        370,401  

4.80%, 12/15/43 (Call 06/15/43)

     150        148,242  

United Technologies Corp.

     

3.75%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

     420        349,500  

4.05%, 05/04/47 (Call 11/04/46)

     370        323,976  

4.13%, 11/16/28 (Call 08/16/28)

     500        491,097  

4.15%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/16/44)

     400        357,025  

4.50%, 06/01/42

       1,165        1,103,224  

4.63%, 11/16/48 (Call 05/16/48)(a)

     775        745,542  

5.40%, 05/01/35

     121        128,278  

5.70%, 04/15/40

     280        306,093  

6.05%, 06/01/36

     150        169,351  

6.13%, 07/15/38

     200        227,608  

7.50%, 09/15/29

     330        413,908  
     

 

 

 
          11,351,868  

Agriculture 1.2%

     

Altria Group Inc.

     

3.88%, 09/16/46 (Call 03/16/46)

     425        351,684  

4.25%, 08/09/42

     375        329,890  

4.50%, 05/02/43

     350        319,409  

5.38%, 01/31/44

     500        509,127  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Agriculture (continued)

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     

4.02%, 04/16/43

   $     349      $ 324,930  

4.54%, 03/26/42

     378        380,314  

BAT Capital Corp.

     

4.39%, 08/15/37 (Call 02/15/37)(b)

     930        824,335  

4.54%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)(b)

     725        631,272  

Philip Morris International Inc.

     

3.88%, 08/21/42

     275        234,537  

4.13%, 03/04/43

     325        286,988  

4.25%, 11/10/44

     425        382,618  

4.38%, 11/15/41

     200        182,722  

4.50%, 03/20/42

     230        216,124  

4.88%, 11/15/43(a)

     250        245,370  

6.38%, 05/16/38

     525        606,344  

Reynolds American Inc.

     

5.70%, 08/15/35 (Call 02/15/35)

     250        255,477  

5.85%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

     635        652,216  

6.15%, 09/15/43

     150        158,406  

7.25%, 06/15/37

     103        122,555  
     

 

 

 
          7,014,318  

Apparel 0.2%

     

NIKE Inc.

     

3.38%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

     255        214,185  

3.63%, 05/01/43 (Call 11/01/42)

     400        355,253  

3.88%,11/01/45 (Call 05/01/45)

     225        207,527  

VF Corp., 6.45%, 11/01/37

     125        153,060  
     

 

 

 
        930,025  

Auto Manufacturers 0.9%

     

Daimler Finance North America LLC, 8.50%,01/18/31

     575        783,955  

Ford Motor Co.

     

4.75%, 01/15/43

     500        393,339  

5.29%, 12/08/46 (Call 06/08/46)

     600        504,119  

6.63%, 10/01/28

     216        222,163  

7.40%, 11/01/46

     144        150,954  

7.45%, 07/16/31

     725        763,015  

General Motors Co.

     

5.00%, 04/01/35

     405        353,826  

5.15%, 04/01/38 (Call 10/01/37)

     400        353,139  

5.20%, 04/01/45(a)

     330        285,732  

5.40%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)(a)

     250        220,782  

6.25%, 10/02/43

     400        382,816  

6.60%, 04/01/36 (Call 10/01/35)

     425        434,923  

6.75%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

     340        347,387  
     

 

 

 
        5,196,150  

Auto Parts & Equiptment 0.0%

     

Aptiv PLC, 4.40%, 10/01/46 (Call 04/01/46)

     100        86,709  

BorgWarner Inc., 4.38%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

     185        168,698  
     

 

 

 
        255,407  

Banks 7.8%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     

3.95%, 01/23/49 (Call 01/23/48)(a)(c)(d)

     675        593,232  

4.24%, 04/24/38 (Call 04/24/37)(a)(c)(d)

     500        472,467  

4.44%, 01/20/48 (Call 01/20/47)(c)(d)

     450        428,589  

4.88%, 04/01/44

     100        100,711  

5.00%, 01/21/44

     325        332,293  

5.88%, 02/07/42

     450        513,389  

6.11%, 01/29/37

     900        1,006,342  

7.75%, 05/14/38

     675        883,421  

Series L, 4.75%, 04/21/45

     8        7,864  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

     

Bank of America N.A., 6.00%, 10/15/36

   $ 400      $ 454,188  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     

3.00%, 10/30/28 (Call 07/30/28)

     135        122,182  

3.30%, 08/23/29 (Call 05/23/29)

     750        693,356  

Barclays PLC

     

4.95%, 01/10/47(a)

     500        445,687  

5.25%, 08/17/45

     500        469,169  

BNP Paribas SA, 7.20%,
(Call 06/25/37)(b)(c)(d)(e)

     200        208,368  

Citigroup Inc.

     

3.88%, 01/24/39 (Call 01/24/38)(c)(d)

     100        88,716  

4.28%, 04/24/48 (Call 04/24/47)(c)(d)

     325        297,955  

4.65%, 07/30/45

     475        454,251  

4.65%, 07/23/48 (Call 06/23/48)

     350        337,999  

4.75%, 05/18/46

     550        512,906  

5.30%, 05/06/44

     320        322,418  

5.88%, 02/22/33

     50        54,400  

5.88%, 01/30/42

     475        536,563  

6.00%, 10/31/33

     200        219,992  

6.13%, 08/25/36

     282        309,502  

6.63%, 06/15/32

     560        650,674  

6.68%, 09/13/43

     425        500,574  

8.13%, 07/15/39

     720        1,005,297  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 4.32%, 01/10/48(a)(b)

     550        477,819  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA

     

5.25%, 05/24/41(a)

     645        701,471  

5.25%, 08/04/45

     291        295,473  

5.75%, 12/01/43

     350        381,237  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., 4.88%, 05/15/45(a)

     636        620,142  

Fifth Third Bancorp., 8.25%, 03/01/38

     405        541,139  

First Republic Bank/CA, 4.38%, 08/01/46 (Call 02/01/46)

     250        224,432  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

     

4.02%, 10/31/38 (Call 10/31/37)(c)(d)

     575        512,380  

4.41%, 04/23/39 (Call 04/23/38)(c)(d)

     650        609,977  

4.75%, 10/21/45 (Call 04/21/45)

     600        583,797  

4.80%, 07/08/44 (Call 01/08/44)

     525        512,429  

5.15%, 05/22/45

     600        587,513  

6.25%, 02/01/41

     775        899,654  

6.45%, 05/01/36

     25        28,129  

6.75%, 10/01/37(a)

       1,750          2,042,724  

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

     

5.63%, 08/15/35

     350        376,947  

7.00%, 01/15/39

     250        311,429  

HSBC Holdings PLC

     

5.25%, 03/14/44(a)

     350        350,163  

6.10%, 01/14/42

     225        261,687  

6.50%, 05/02/36

     800        917,069  

6.50%, 09/15/37

     700        807,129  

6.80%, 06/01/38

     800        949,025  

7.63%, 05/17/32

     300        371,631  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

3.88%, 07/24/38 (Call 07/24/37)(c)(d)

     850        769,115  

3.90%, 01/23/49 (Call 01/23/48)(a)(c)(d)

     30        25,932  

3.96%, 11/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)(c)(d)

     825        722,914  

4.03%, 07/24/48 (Call 07/24/47)(c)(d)

     500        444,311  

4.26%, 02/22/48 (Call 02/22/47)(c)(d)

     500        460,416  

4.85%, 02/01/44

     200        201,613  

4.95%, 06/01/45(a)

     660        667,014  

5.40%, 01/06/42

     500        540,222  

5.50%, 10/15/40

     550        604,828  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Banks (continued)

     

5.60%, 07/15/41

   $ 610      $ 673,741  

5.63%, 08/16/43

     500        547,682  

6.40%, 05/15/38

     760        913,839  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

     

4.34%, 01/09/48

     675        560,970  

5.30%, 12/01/45

     200        192,680  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., 4.29%, 07/26/38

     225        219,139  

Morgan Stanley

     

4.30%, 01/27/45

     825        759,063  

4.38%, 01/22/47

     900        839,121  

4.46%, 04/22/39 (Call 04/22/38)(c)(d)

     500        478,119  

6.38%, 07/24/42

     550        664,763  

7.25%, 04/01/32

     600        758,516  

Regions Financial Corp., 7.38%, 12/10/37

     235        294,939  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 1.00%, 01/27/30 (Call 01/27/29)(c)(d)

     200        195,890  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, 5.63%, 09/15/45(a)(b)

     200        198,643  

Standard Chartered PLC, 5.70%, 03/26/44(b)

     700        698,614  

UBS AG/London, 4.50%, 06/26/48(a)(b)

     400        401,416  

Wachovia Corp., 5.50%, 08/01/35

     500        527,255  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

3.90%, 05/01/45(a)

     600        539,269  

4.40%, 06/14/46(a)

     750        679,373  

4.65%, 11/04/44

     765        719,583  

4.75%, 12/07/46

     875        831,577  

4.90%, 11/17/45

     600        582,018  

5.38%, 02/07/35(a)

     465        501,789  

5.38%, 11/02/43(a)

     635        653,740  

5.61%, 01/15/44

     750        798,457  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A., 6.60%, 01/15/38

     250        303,612  

Wells Fargo Capital X, 5.95%, 12/01/86

     200        209,000  
     

 

 

 
          44,565,074  

Beverages 2.5%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

     

4.00%, 01/17/43

     315        265,064  

4.63%, 02/01/44

     425        386,617  

4.70%, 02/01/36 (Call 08/01/35)

     2,000        1,904,707  

4.90%, 02/01/46 (Call 08/01/45)

       3,250        3,061,476  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

     

3.75%, 07/15/42

     350        284,324  

4.38%, 04/15/38 (Call 10/15/37)

     240        218,156  

4.44%, 10/06/48 (Call 04/06/48)

     550        483,752  

4.60%, 04/15/48 (Call 10/15/47)(a)

     885        796,053  

4.75%, 04/15/58 (Call 10/15/57)(a)

     350        312,252  

4.95%, 01/15/42

     550        527,041  

8.00%, 11/15/39

     236        313,715  

8.20%, 01/15/39

     350        470,240  

Bacardi Ltd., 5.30%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)(b)

     425        395,221  

Brown-Forman Corp., 4.50%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)

     118        120,850  

Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV, 5.25%, 11/26/43

     271        283,024  

Constellation Brands Inc.

     

4.10%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

     350        294,394  

5.25%, 11/15/48 (Call 05/15/48)

     40        40,038  

Diageo Capital PLC

     

3.88%, 04/29/43 (Call 10/29/42)

     100        93,702  

5.88%, 09/30/36

     250        290,910  

Diageo Investment Corp.

     

4.25%, 05/11/42(a)

     250        247,694  

7.45%, 04/15/35

     11        14,712  

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, 4.38%, 05/10/43

     200        187,383  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Beverages (continued)

     

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

     

4.42%, 12/15/46 (Call 06/15/46)

   $ 75      $ 65,728  

4.50%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

     350        307,558  

4.99%, 05/25/38 (Call 11/25/37)(b)

     400        385,541  

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

     

4.20%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

     450        379,962  

5.00%, 05/01/42(a)

     500        473,883  

PepsiCo Inc.

     

3.45%, 10/06/46 (Call 04/06/46)

     540        461,538  

3.60%, 08/13/42

     200        177,781  

4.00%, 03/05/42

     207        195,020  

4.00%, 05/02/47 (Call 11/02/46)(a)

     200        187,965  

4.25%, 10/22/44 (Call 04/22/44)

     250        243,134  

4.45%, 04/14/46 (Call 10/14/45)

     300        302,273  

4.60%, 07/17/45 (Call 01/17/45)

     250        258,414  

Pernod Ricard SA, 5.50%, 01/15/42(b)

     100        107,468  
     

 

 

 
          14,537,590  

Biotechnology 1.5%

     

Amgen Inc.

     

4.40%, 05/01/45 (Call 11/01/44)

     940        855,217  

4.56%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)(a)

     500        458,276  

4.66%, 06/15/51 (Call 12/15/50)

       1,385        1,282,356  

4.95%, 10/01/41

     245        242,317  

5.15%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

     410        421,717  

Baxalta Inc., 5.25%, 06/23/45 (Call 12/23/44)

     125        125,613  

Biogen Inc., 5.20%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)

     505        505,932  

Celgene Corp.

     

4.35%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

     400        333,612  

4.55%, 02/20/48 (Call 08/20/47)

     350        301,283  

4.63%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

     500        448,750  

5.00%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

     575        537,670  

5.25%, 08/15/43

     225        220,762  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

     

4.00%, 09/01/36 (Call 03/01/36)

     75        68,485  

4.15%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)(a)

     550        487,854  

4.50%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

     450        421,083  

4.60%, 09/01/35 (Call 03/01/35)

     450        446,957  

4.75%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)(a)

     590        570,402  

4.80%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

     635        619,824  

5.65%, 12/01/41 (Call 06/01/41)

     405        446,996  
     

 

 

 
        8,795,106  

Building Materials 0.4%

     

Johnson Controls International PLC

     

4.50%, 02/15/47 (Call 08/15/46)

     225        206,655  

4.63%, 07/02/44 (Call 01/02/44)(f)

     75        70,430  

4.95%, 07/02/64 (Call 01/02/64)(f)

     332        304,457  

5.13%, 09/14/45 (Call 03/14/45)

     270        267,791  

6.00%, 01/15/36(a)

     100        110,712  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc., 4.25%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

     250        200,710  

Masco Corp., 4.50%, 05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)

     100        82,770  

Owens Corning

     

4.30%, 07/15/47 (Call 01/15/47)

     300        229,973  

7.00%, 12/01/36

     173        193,071  

Vulcan Materials Co.

     

4.50%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

     325        272,872  

4.70%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)(b)

     175        150,996  
     

 

 

 
        2,090,437  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Chemicals 1.5%

     

Albemarle Corp., 5.45%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

   $     110      $ 110,838  

Braskem America Finance Co., 7.13%, 07/22/41 (Call 01/22/41)

     200        222,250  

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     

4.25%, 10/01/34 (Call 04/01/34)

     390        356,110  

4.38%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)

     365        321,855  

4.63%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)(a)

     200        183,481  

5.25%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

     300        300,270  

7.38%, 11/01/29

     210        255,794  

9.40%, 05/15/39

     180        261,359  

Eastman Chemical Co.

     

4.65%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

     450        404,936  

4.80%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)

     208        192,328  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     

4.15%, 02/15/43(a)

     248        222,525  

4.90%, 01/15/41

     420        418,487  

5.60%, 12/15/36

     11        11,721  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

     

4.38%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

     200        176,067  

5.00%, 09/26/48 (Call 03/26/48)

     85        83,389  

Lubrizol Corp. (The), 6.50%, 10/01/34

     120        148,764  

LYB International Finance BV

     

4.88%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     350        320,062  

5.25%, 07/15/43

     240        231,183  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, 4.63%, 02/26/55 (Call 08/26/54)

     390        327,879  

Methanex Corp., 5.65%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

     150        140,647  

Mexichem SAB de CV, 5.88%, 09/17/44

     200        183,228  

Mosaic Co. (The)

     

5.45%, 11/15/33 (Call 05/15/33)(a)

     333        341,342  

5.63%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

     200        198,428  

Nutrien Ltd.

     

4.13%, 03/15/35 (Call 09/15/34)

     337        304,169  

4.90%, 06/01/43 (Call 12/01/42)

     275        260,938  

5.25%, 01/15/45 (Call 07/15/44)

     4        3,947  

5.63%, 12/01/40

     200        209,000  

5.88%, 12/01/36

     101        108,069  

6.13%, 01/15/41 (Call 07/15/40)

     225        240,791  

Praxair Inc., 3.55%, 11/07/42 (Call 05/07/42)

     300        268,505  

Rohm & Haas Co., 7.85%, 07/15/29

     100        125,671  

RPM International Inc., 4.25%, 01/15/48 (Call 07/15/47)

     150        125,094  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     

4.00%, 12/15/42 (Call 06/15/42)(a)

     200        167,375  

4.50%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

     625        561,045  

Syngenta Finance NV, 5.68%, 04/24/48 (Call 10/24/47)

     250        213,950  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

     

4.38%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

     305        259,984  

5.00%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

     225        210,878  
     

 

 

 
          8,472,359  

Commercial Services 1.3%

     

California Institute of Technology

     

4.32%, 08/01/45

     12        11,970  

4.70%, 11/01/11

     100        97,930  

Cleveland Clinic Foundation (The), 4.86%, 01/01/14

     200        199,282  

DP World Ltd.

     

5.63%, 09/25/48

     200        188,920  

6.85%, 07/02/37(a)(b)

     600        668,010  

Ecolab Inc.

     

3.70%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

     50        43,548  

3.95%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     430        392,500  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Commercial Services (continued)

     

5.50%, 12/08/41

   $ 66      $ 74,512  

ERAC USA Finance LLC, 7.00%, 10/15/37(b)

       1,000        1,221,609  

George Washington University (The)

     

4.87%, 09/15/45

     16        17,084  

Series 2018, 4.13%, 09/15/48 (Call 03/15/48)

     500        482,679  

Johns Hopkins University, Series 2013, 4.08%, 07/01/53

     11        10,356  

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

     

3.96%, 07/01/38

     9        8,806  

4.68%, 12/31/99

     150        154,024  

5.60%, 07/01/11

     375        460,041  

Moody’s Corp., 5.25%, 07/15/44

     250        268,693  

Northwestern University, 4.64%, 12/01/44

     355        381,397  

President and Fellows of Harvard College

     

3.15%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

     375        318,333  

3.30%, 07/15/56 (Call 01/15/56)

     250        205,386  

Princeton University, 5.70%, 03/01/39

     350        423,763  

S&P Global Inc.

     

4.50%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)

     100        96,806  

6.55%, 11/15/37

     161        196,271  

University of Notre Dame du Lac

     

Series 2015, 3.44%, 02/15/45

     9        8,240  

Series 2017, 3.39%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

     200        178,377  

University of Southern California

     

3.03%, 10/01/39

     275        239,233  

5.25%, 10/01/11

     250        277,399  

Verisk Analytics Inc., 5.50%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     111        112,306  

Western Union Co. (The), 6.20%, 11/17/36

     175        172,420  

William Marsh Rice University

     

3.57%, 05/15/45

     301        275,524  

3.77%, 05/15/55

     125        110,469  
     

 

 

 
          7,295,888  

Computers 1.7%

     

Apple Inc.

     

3.45%, 02/09/45

     425        364,797  

3.75%, 09/12/47 (Call 03/12/47)

     400        358,885  

3.75%, 11/13/47 (Call 05/13/47)(a)

     250        224,379  

3.85%, 05/04/43(a)

     800        735,973  

3.85%, 08/04/46 (Call 02/04/46)

     550        502,669  

4.25%, 02/09/47 (Call 08/09/46)

     450        437,255  

4.38%, 05/13/45

     625        622,616  

4.45%, 05/06/44

     425        424,815  

4.50%, 02/23/36 (Call 08/23/35)

     525        545,950  

4.65%, 02/23/46 (Call 08/23/45)

     1,050        1,083,135  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

     

8.10%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)(b)

     450        507,901  

8.35%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)(a)(b)

     650        755,347  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     

6.20%, 10/15/35 (Call 04/15/35)

     380        377,885  

6.35%, 10/15/45 (Call 04/15/45)

     465        454,847  

HP Inc., 6.00%, 09/15/41

     470        463,386  

International Business Machines Corp.

     

4.00%, 06/20/42

     600        544,090  

4.70%, 02/19/46(a)

     250        250,594  

5.60%, 11/30/39

     360        404,261  

5.88%, 11/29/32

     241        278,823  

Seagate HDD Cayman, 5.75%, 12/01/34 (Call 06/01/34)

     150        127,614  
     

 

 

 
        9,465,222  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Cosmetics & Personal Care 0.4%

     

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     

3.70%, 08/01/47 (Call 02/01/47)(a)

   $ 175      $ 158,748  

4.00%, 08/15/45(a)

     280        267,473  

Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The)

     

4.15%, 03/15/47 (Call 09/15/46)

     125        121,002  

4.38%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     350        346,953  

6.00%, 05/15/37

     180        212,852  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The), 3.50%, 10/25/47(a)

     450        404,175  

Unilever Capital Corp., 5.90%, 11/15/32

     425        511,409  
     

 

 

 
        2,022,612  

Distribution & Wholesale 0.1%

     

WW Grainger Inc.

     

3.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

     250        215,349  

4.20%, 05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)

     150        137,787  

4.60%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     200        195,067  
     

 

 

 
        548,203  

Diversified Financial Services 1.6%

     

American Express Co., 4.05%, 12/03/42

     370        346,086  

Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC, 4.45%, 07/15/45(b)

     400        363,161  

Brookfield Finance Inc., 4.70%, 09/20/47 (Call 03/20/47)

     215        198,186  

Carlyle Holdings II Finance LLC, 5.63%, 03/30/43(b)

     85        82,058  

CME Group Inc.

     

4.15%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

     100        95,188  

5.30%, 09/15/43 (Call 03/15/43)

     100        112,025  

Credit Suisse USA Inc., 7.13%, 07/15/32(a)

     368        461,477  

FMR LLC, 6.50%, 12/14/40(b)

     500        603,919  

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co., 4.42%, 11/15/35

       3,500          3,079,402  

Invesco Finance PLC, 5.38%, 11/30/43

     41        43,708  

Jefferies Group LLC

     

6.25%, 01/15/36

     100        99,271  

6.50%, 01/20/43

     225        225,102  

Jefferies Group LLC/Jefferies Group Capital Finance Inc., 4.15%, 01/23/30

     700        611,462  

KKR Group Finance Co. II LLC, 5.50%, 02/01/43 (Call 08/01/42)(b)

     500        503,637  

Legg Mason Inc., 5.63%, 01/15/44

     200        195,549  

Mastercard Inc.

     

3.80%, 11/21/46 (Call 05/21/46)

     150        137,988  

3.95%, 02/26/48 (Call 08/26/47)

     145        136,968  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

     

4.02%, 11/01/32 (Call 05/01/32)

     50        49,761  

4.40%, 11/01/48 (Call 05/01/48)(a)

     65        64,430  

Series C, 8.00%, 03/01/32

     271        367,772  

Raymond James Financial Inc., 4.95%, 07/15/46

     250        240,651  

Visa Inc.

     

3.65%, 09/15/47 (Call 03/15/47)

     275        246,258  

4.15%, 12/14/35 (Call 06/14/35)

     650        649,297  

4.30%, 12/14/45 (Call 06/14/45)

     500        494,468  
     

 

 

 
        9,407,824  

Electric 12.3%

     

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC, 4.88%, 04/23/30(b)

     800        793,856  

AEP Transmission Co. LLC

     

3.75%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     300        264,671  

4.00%, 12/01/46 (Call 06/01/46)

     150        138,493  

4.25%, 09/15/48 (Call 03/15/48)

     250        239,023  

Alabama Power Co.

     

3.75%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

     150        132,484  

3.85%, 12/01/42

     50        45,078  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    H A R E S    E M I  - A N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H  O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electric (continued)

     

4.15%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

   $     302      $ 284,263  

4.30%, 01/02/46 (Call 07/02/45)

     325        314,969  

6.00%, 03/01/39

     270        318,041  

6.13%, 05/15/38

     200        236,763  

Ameren Illinois Co.

     

3.70%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     225        201,401  

4.15%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

     350        338,381  

Appalachian Power Co.

     

4.40%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)(a)

     11        10,549  

4.45%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

     200        193,033  

7.00%, 04/01/38

     100        125,649  

Series L, 5.80%, 10/01/35

     25        27,951  

Arizona Public Service Co.

     

3.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

     275        243,234  

4.35%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

     45        43,856  

4.50%, 04/01/42 (Call 10/01/41)

     301        301,266  

5.05%, 09/01/41 (Call 03/01/41)

     125        133,481  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

     

3.80%, 07/15/48 (Call 01/15/48)(a)

     675        584,669  

4.45%, 01/15/49 (Call 07/15/48)(a)(b)

     575        551,120  

4.50%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

     400        387,732  

5.15%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

     120        126,889  

5.95%, 05/15/37

     350        406,957  

6.13%, 04/01/36

     900          1,060,799  

Black Hills Corp.

     

4.20%, 09/15/46 (Call 03/15/46)

     150        133,407  

4.35%, 05/01/33 (Call 02/01/33)

     275        266,598  

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC

     

3.55%, 08/01/42 (Call 02/01/42)

     225        200,506  

3.95%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     140        130,634  

4.50%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

     200        203,553  

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, 4.97%, 05/01/46 (Call 11/01/45)

     150        144,114  

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. (The), 5.95%, 12/15/36

     100        112,579  

CMS Energy Corp.

     

4.70%, 03/31/43 (Call 09/30/42)

     100        98,080  

4.88%, 03/01/44 (Call 09/01/43)

     150        153,679  

Comision Federal de Electricidad, 6.13%, 06/16/45(b)

     400        389,204  

Commonwealth Edison Co.

     

3.65%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

     100        88,014  

3.70%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

     200        176,998  

3.75%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

     50        44,540  

3.80%, 10/01/42 (Call 04/01/42)

     200        180,313  

4.00%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)(a)

     500        464,596  

4.35%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

     100        97,702  

4.60%, 08/15/43 (Call 02/15/43)

     100        103,005  

4.70%, 01/15/44 (Call 07/15/43)

     200        206,700  

Connecticut Light & Power Co. (The), 4.30%, 04/15/44 (Call 10/15/43)

     50        50,165  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.

     

3.85%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

     370        334,121  

3.95%, 03/01/43 (Call 09/01/42)

     300        275,321  

4.30%, 12/01/56 (Call 06/01/56)

     205        188,003  

4.45%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     260        257,427  

4.50%, 12/01/45 (Call 06/01/45)

     207        205,994  

4.50%, 05/15/58 (Call 11/15/57)

     175        166,885  

5.50%, 12/01/39

     200        224,555  

5.70%, 06/15/40

     320        368,147  

07-A, 6.30%, 08/15/37

     233        282,301  

Series 05-A, 5.30%, 03/01/35

     100        107,666  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electric (continued)

     

Series 06-A, 5.85%, 03/15/36

   $     125      $     144,202  

Series 06-B, 6.20%, 06/15/36

     311        369,594  

Series 08-B, 6.75%, 04/01/38

     200        252,501  

Series 12-A, 4.20%, 03/15/42

     8        7,682  

Series 2017, 3.88%, 06/15/47
(Call 12/15/46)

     210        189,485  

Consumers Energy Co.

     

3.25%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

     200        166,183  

3.95%, 05/15/43 (Call 11/15/42)

     75        70,560  

3.95%, 07/15/47 (Call 01/15/47)

     200        186,805  

4.05%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)

     100        95,467  

4.35%, 04/15/49 (Call 10/15/48)

     100        99,332  

Delmarva Power & Light Co., 4.15%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

     250        235,958  

Dominion Energy Inc.

     

4.70%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

     75        73,309  

7.00%, 06/15/38

     230        283,544  

Series B, 5.95%, 06/15/35

     125        138,562  

Series C, 4.05%, 09/15/42
(Call 03/15/42)

     400        355,160  

Series C, 4.90%, 08/01/41
(Call 02/01/41)

     62        61,741  

Series E, 6.30%, 03/15/33

     275        317,625  

Series F, 5.25%, 08/01/33

     405        427,106  

DTE Electric Co.

     

3.70%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

     200        179,016  

3.70%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)

     135        119,861  

4.05%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)

     90        85,477  

4.30%, 07/01/44 (Call 01/01/44)

     103        102,641  

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/43 (Call 10/01/42)

     208        198,531  

DTE Energy Co., 6.38%, 04/15/33

     135        157,185  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

     

3.70%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     250        219,052  

3.75%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

     165        147,015  

3.88%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

     250        227,804  

3.95%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     250        228,605  

4.00%, 09/30/42 (Call 03/30/42)

     250        233,393  

4.25%, 12/15/41 (Call 06/15/41)

     300        289,496  

5.30%, 02/15/40

     260        288,526  

6.00%, 01/15/38

     57        67,720  

6.05%, 04/15/38

     300        358,766  

6.10%, 06/01/37

     200        235,695  

6.45%, 10/15/32

     86        105,022  

Series A, 6.00%, 12/01/28(a)

     16        18,397  

Duke Energy Corp.

     

3.75%, 09/01/46 (Call 03/01/46)

     285        243,069  

4.80%, 12/15/45 (Call 06/15/45)

     201        199,339  

Duke Energy Florida LLC

     

3.40%, 10/01/46 (Call 04/01/46)

     230        191,729  

3.85%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)

     280        254,806  

5.65%, 04/01/40

     150        172,775  

6.35%, 09/15/37

     100        123,417  

6.40%, 06/15/38

     250        311,976  

Duke Energy Indiana LLC

     

3.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

     100        88,484  

6.12%, 10/15/35

     250        296,285  

6.35%, 08/15/38

     46        56,898  

6.45%, 04/01/39

     300        373,704  

Duke Energy Progress LLC

     

3.70%, 10/15/46 (Call 04/15/46)

     250        218,574  

4.10%, 05/15/42 (Call 11/15/41)

     150        141,004  

4.10%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

     186        175,046  

4.15%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

     300        285,249  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electric (continued)

     

4.20%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

   $ 250      $     237,851  

4.38%, 03/30/44 (Call 09/30/43)

     300        294,974  

6.30%, 04/01/38

     250        304,018  

El Paso Electric Co.

     

5.00%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)(a)

     100        98,289  

6.00%, 05/15/35(a)

     150        165,821  

Electricite de France SA

     

4.75%, 10/13/35 (Call 04/13/35)(a)(b)

     625        590,614  

4.88%, 01/22/44(b)

     1,000        930,661  

5.00%, 09/21/48 (Call 03/21/48)

       1,000        922,414  

Emera U.S. Finance LP, 4.75%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

     585        547,071  

Enel Finance International NV

     

4.75%, 05/25/47(b)

     500        416,021  

4.88%, 06/14/29(a)(b)

     1,000        935,052  

6.00%, 10/07/39(a)(b)

     275        276,859  

Entergy Louisiana LLC

     

3.05%, 06/01/31 (Call 03/01/31)

     180        161,635  

4.00%, 03/15/33 (Call 12/15/32)

     500        492,727  

4.20%, 09/01/48 (Call 03/01/48)

     200        192,946  

4.95%, 01/15/45 (Call 01/15/25)

     100        97,629  

Exelon Corp.

     

4.45%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)

     450        421,271  

4.95%, 06/15/35 (Call 12/15/34)

     375        377,936  

5.10%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     69        70,520  

5.63%, 06/15/35

     400        430,736  

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

     

5.60%, 06/15/42 (Call 12/15/41)

     270        267,917  

5.75%, 10/01/41 (Call 04/01/41)

     20        20,018  

6.25%, 10/01/39

     325        343,619  

FirstEnergy Corp.

     

Series C, 4.85%, 07/15/47
(Call 01/15/47)

     800        779,022  

Series C, 7.38%, 11/15/31

     600        758,051  

Florida Power & Light Co.

     

3.70%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     305        272,835  

3.80%, 12/15/42 (Call 06/15/42)

     200        184,029  

3.95%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     105        97,346  

4.05%, 06/01/42 (Call 12/01/41)

     200        192,184  

4.05%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

     250        239,688  

4.13%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

     225        219,169  

4.13%, 06/01/48 (Call 12/01/47)

     260        250,888  

4.95%, 06/01/35

     200        213,468  

5.25%, 02/01/41 (Call 08/01/40)

     200        223,806  

5.65%, 02/01/37

     96        110,684  

5.69%, 03/01/40(a)

     124        145,817  

5.95%, 02/01/38

     350        421,173  

Georgia Power Co.

     

4.30%, 03/15/42

     550        502,564  

4.30%, 03/15/43

     246        225,540  

Series 10-C, 4.75%, 09/01/40

     263        256,547  

Iberdrola International BV, 6.75%, 07/15/36

     150        175,826  

Indiana Michigan Power Co.

     

4.25%, 08/15/48 (Call 02/15/48)

     250        239,612  

6.05%, 03/15/37

     105        122,099  

Series K, 4.55%, 03/15/46
(Call 09/15/45)

     150        148,361  

Series L, 3.75%, 07/01/47
(Call 01/01/47)

     250        220,855  

Interstate Power & Light Co.

     

3.70%, 09/15/46 (Call 03/15/46)

     325        281,390  

6.25%, 07/15/39

     5        6,055  

ITC Holdings Corp., 5.30%, 07/01/43 (Call 01/01/43)

     75        81,074  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electric (continued)

     

Kansas City Power & Light Co.

     

4.20%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

   $ 225      $ 209,253  

5.30%, 10/01/41 (Call 04/01/41)

     195        210,320  

Kentucky Utilities Co., 5.13%, 11/01/40 (Call 05/01/40)

     314        348,888  

MidAmerican Energy Co.

     

3.65%, 08/01/48 (Call 02/01/48)

     340        300,871  

4.25%, 05/01/46 (Call 11/01/45)

     111        107,424  

4.40%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

     225        224,154  

4.80%, 09/15/43 (Call 03/15/43)

     200        212,564  

5.75%, 11/01/35

     11        12,686  

6.75%, 12/30/31

     11        13,798  

Minejesa Capital BV, 5.63%, 08/10/37(b)

     500        439,942  

Mississippi Power Co., Series 12-A, 4.25%, 03/15/42

     250        224,648  

National Grid USA, 5.80%, 04/01/35

     180        200,427  

Nevada Power Co., Series N, 6.65%, 04/01/36

     200        251,827  

New England Power Co., 3.80%, 12/05/47 (Call 06/05/47)(a)(b)

     900        805,841  

Northern States Power Co./MN

     

3.40%, 08/15/42 (Call 02/15/42)(a)

     350        304,172  

3.60%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

     50        44,268  

4.00%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

     90        85,583  

4.13%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

     7        6,764  

5.35%, 11/01/39

     5        5,621  

6.25%, 06/01/36

     106        129,466  

NorthWestern Corp., 4.18%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

     161        155,109  

NSTAR Electric Co.

     

4.40%, 03/01/44 (Call 09/01/43)

     100        99,475  

5.50%, 03/15/40

     241        272,180  

Oglethorpe Power Corp.

     

4.55%, 06/01/44

     500        474,954  

5.25%, 09/01/50

     25        24,819  

5.38%, 11/01/40

     175        189,685  

5.95%, 11/01/39

     5        5,731  

Ohio Edison Co., 6.88%, 07/15/36

     290        367,168  

Ohio Power Co., 4.15%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)(a)

     300        289,302  

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 4.15%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)

     200        186,926  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

     

3.80%, 09/30/47 (Call 03/30/47)

     100        91,561  

4.55%, 12/01/41 (Call 06/01/41)

     150        154,639  

5.25%, 09/30/40

     305        340,128  

5.30%, 06/01/42 (Call 12/01/41)

     285        317,753  

7.25%, 01/15/33

     200        263,600  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

     

3.95%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     300        241,759  

4.00%, 12/01/46 (Call 06/01/46)

     150        121,950  

4.25%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

     11        9,341  

4.30%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

     50        42,880  

4.60%, 06/15/43 (Call 12/15/42)

     13        11,675  

4.75%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)

     175        159,254  

5.13%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

     345        330,734  

5.40%, 01/15/40

     350        349,596  

5.80%, 03/01/37

     225        235,994  

6.05%, 03/01/34(a)

       1,300          1,391,980  

6.25%, 03/01/39

     400        430,374  

6.35%, 02/15/38

     50        54,376  

PacifiCorp

     

4.10%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

     95        90,019  

4.13%, 01/15/49 (Call 07/15/48)(a)

     250        235,982  

6.00%, 01/15/39

     350        419,636  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electric (continued)

     

6.10%, 08/01/36(a)

   $ 105      $     125,743  

6.25%, 10/15/37

     50        61,277  

6.35%, 07/15/38

     150        184,547  

PECO Energy Co.

  

3.90%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     250        230,036  

4.15%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

     200        189,607  

5.95%, 10/01/36

     111        132,217  

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT, 6.15%, 05/21/48(a)(b)

       1,000        972,994  

Potomac Electric Power Co.

  

4.15%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

     116        110,890  

6.50%, 11/15/37

     175        215,887  

PPL Capital Funding Inc.

  

4.00%, 09/15/47 (Call 03/15/47)

     250        217,014  

4.70%, 06/01/43 (Call 12/01/42)

     50        48,468  

5.00%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     300        301,909  

PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

  

3.95%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

     200        185,376  

4.15%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

     205        197,869  

6.25%, 05/15/39

     161        196,909  

Progress Energy Inc., 7.75%, 03/01/31

     359        464,703  

PSEG Power LLC, 8.63%, 04/15/31

     200        257,905  

Public Service Co. of Colorado

  

3.60%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

     200        178,591  

3.80%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

     300        274,318  

4.10%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

     250        242,726  

4.30%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     150        146,434  

4.75%, 08/15/41 (Call 02/15/41)

     5        5,093  

6.50%, 08/01/38

     100        126,404  

Series 17, 6.25%, 09/01/37

     60        73,666  

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, Series G, 6.63%, 11/15/37

     50        61,196  

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

  

3.60%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     220        192,757  

3.65%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)

     75        67,855  

3.80%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)

     225        206,879  

3.95%, 05/01/42 (Call 11/01/41)

     250        234,670  

4.05%, 05/01/48 (Call 11/01/47)

     155        147,068  

4.15%, 11/01/45 (Call 05/01/45)

     25        23,801  

5.50%, 03/01/40

     50        57,414  

5.80%, 05/01/37

     150        174,640  

Puget Sound Energy Inc.

  

4.30%, 05/20/45 (Call 11/20/44)

     111        108,718  

5.64%, 04/15/41 (Call 10/15/40)

     235        271,606  

5.76%, 10/01/39

     200        230,441  

5.80%, 03/15/40

     56        65,356  

6.27%, 03/15/37

     5        6,063  

San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

  

4.15%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)

     100        94,388  

4.50%, 08/15/40

     100        100,232  

6.00%, 06/01/39

     163        193,271  

Series RRR, 3.75%, 06/01/47
(Call 12/01/46)

     200        177,240  

Saudi Electricity Global Sukuk Co. 3, 5.50%, 04/08/44(b)

     600        606,312  

Sempra Energy

  

3.80%, 02/01/38 (Call 08/01/37)

     900        784,086  

4.00%, 02/01/48 (Call 08/01/47)

     500        434,873  

6.00%, 10/15/39

     425        477,582  

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

  

4.10%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

     250        221,770  

4.35%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

     100        94,200  

4.50%, 06/01/64 (Call 12/01/63)

     250        215,750  

4.60%, 06/15/43 (Call 12/15/42)

     116        111,851  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electric (continued)

     

5.10%, 06/01/65 (Call 12/01/64)(a)

   $     190      $     182,638  

5.30%, 05/15/33

     5        5,221  

5.45%, 02/01/41 (Call 08/01/40)

     35        37,525  

6.05%, 01/15/38

     248        276,800  

Southern California Edison Co.

     

4.00%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)

     400        364,646  

4.05%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

     95        87,212  

4.50%, 09/01/40 (Call 03/01/40)

     48        47,310  

4.65%, 10/01/43 (Call 04/01/43)

     200        201,619  

5.50%, 03/15/40

     217        239,479  

5.63%, 02/01/36

     150        166,835  

6.00%, 01/15/34

     266        304,981  

6.05%, 03/15/39

     150        175,095  

6.65%, 04/01/29

     250        292,284  

Series 04-G, 5.75%, 04/01/35

     105        117,451  

Series 05-E, 5.35%, 07/15/35

     150        161,223  

Series 06-E, 5.55%, 01/15/37

     355        391,874  

Series 08-A, 5.95%, 02/01/38

     150        172,314  

Series 13-A, 3.90%, 03/15/43
(Call 09/15/42)

     205        183,407  

Series C, 3.60%, 02/01/45
(Call 08/01/44)

     200        168,571  

Southern Co. (The)

     

4.25%, 07/01/36 (Call 01/01/36)

     250        233,002  

4.40%, 07/01/46 (Call 01/01/46)

     300        275,642  

Southern Power Co.

     

5.15%, 09/15/41

     325        319,636  

5.25%, 07/15/43

     50        49,284  

Southwestern Electric Power Co.

     

6.20%, 03/15/40

     150        171,890  

Series J, 3.90%, 04/01/45 (Call 10/01/44)

     300        263,425  

Series L, 3.85%, 02/01/48
(Call 08/01/47)

     100        85,872  

Southwestern Public Service Co.

     

3.40%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

     360        302,358  

3.70%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

     250        224,168  

4.50%, 08/15/41 (Call 02/15/41)

     100        101,311  

Series 6, 4.40%, 11/15/48
(Call 05/15/48)

     250        244,122  

State Grid Overseas Investment 2016 Ltd., 4.00%, 05/04/47(b)

     500        452,799  

Tampa Electric Co.

     

4.10%, 06/15/42 (Call 12/15/41)

     75        69,285  

4.20%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

     250        232,231  

4.35%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

     150        142,089  

4.45%, 06/15/49 (Call 12/15/48)

     150        144,210  

Toledo Edison Co. (The), 6.15%, 05/15/37

     200        235,679  

TransAlta Corp., 6.50%, 03/15/40

     100        97,740  

Union Electric Co.

     

3.90%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

     250        233,293  

8.45%, 03/15/39

     111        162,461  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

     

4.00%, 01/15/43 (Call 07/15/42)

     116        107,755  

4.45%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)

     150        147,777  

8.88%, 11/15/38

     400        601,930  

Series A, 6.00%, 05/15/37

     50        59,109  

Series B, 4.20%, 05/15/45
(Call 11/15/44)

     7        6,622  

Series B, 6.00%, 01/15/36

     250        292,031  

Series D, 4.65%, 08/15/43
(Call 02/15/43)

     71        72,012  

Westar Energy Inc.

     

4.10%, 04/01/43 (Call 10/01/42)

     5        4,745  

4.13%, 03/01/42 (Call 09/01/41)

     300        289,869  

4.25%, 12/01/45 (Call 06/01/45)

     200        192,968  

4.63%, 09/01/43 (Call 03/01/43)

     105        105,112  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Electric (continued)

     

Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 4.30%, 10/15/48 (Call 04/15/48)(a)

   $ 120      $ 116,581  

Wisconsin Power & Light Co., 6.38%, 08/15/37

     225        275,674  

Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 4.75%, 11/01/44 (Call 05/01/44)

     205        214,330  

Xcel Energy Inc., 6.50%, 07/01/36

     100        123,565  
     

 

 

 
          70,218,231  

Electronics 0.2%

     

Corning Inc.

     

4.38%, 11/15/57 (Call 05/15/57)

     250        203,194  

4.70%, 03/15/37

     50        46,993  

4.75%, 03/15/42(a)

     100        93,791  

5.35%, 11/15/48

     100        99,804  

5.75%, 08/15/40

     200        213,892  

Fortive Corp., 4.30%, 06/15/46
(Call 12/15/45)

     225        206,461  

Honeywell International Inc., 3.81%, 11/21/47 (Call 05/21/47)

     250        231,387  

Tyco Electronics Group SA, 7.13%, 10/01/37

     200        257,429  
     

 

 

 
        1,352,951  

Engineering & Construction 0.2%

 

Mexico City Airport Trust, 5.50%, 07/31/47 (Call 01/31/47)(a)(b)

       1,200        960,000  
     

 

 

 

Environmental Control 0.1%

     

Republic Services Inc., 5.70%, 05/15/41 (Call 11/15/40)

     30        33,507  

Waste Management Inc.

     

3.90%, 03/01/35 (Call 09/01/34)

     250        235,472  

4.10%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

     275        259,690  
     

 

 

 
        528,669  

Food 2.0%

     

Ahold Finance USA LLC, 6.88%, 05/01/29

     11        12,664  

Campbell Soup Co.

     

3.80%, 08/02/42

     56        41,379  

4.80%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)(a)

     355        301,100  

Conagra Brands Inc.

     

5.30%, 11/01/38 (Call 05/01/38)

     600        581,119  

7.00%, 10/01/28

     150        173,411  

8.25%, 09/15/30

     100        127,025  

General Mills Inc.

     

4.15%, 02/15/43 (Call 08/15/42)

     5        4,271  

4.55%, 04/17/38 (Call 10/17/37)

     250        229,515  

4.70%, 04/17/48 (Call 10/17/47)(a)

     200        182,027  

5.40%, 06/15/40

     165        164,484  

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, 4.70%, 11/10/47 (Call 05/10/47)

     200        175,450  

Hershey Co. (The), 3.38%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

     100        84,452  

Ingredion Inc., 6.63%, 04/15/37

     50        60,097  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     

4.25%, 03/15/35

     400        365,009  

4.38%, 03/15/45

     100        89,024  

Kellogg Co.

     

4.50%, 04/01/46(a)

     225        201,309  

Series B, 7.45%, 04/01/31

     320        397,023  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV, 5.70%, 10/01/40

     400        420,863  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

     

4.38%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)

     1,210        1,006,723  

4.63%, 01/30/29 (Call 10/30/28)

     750        731,503  

5.00%, 07/15/35 (Call 01/15/35)

     400        379,066  

5.00%, 06/04/42

     500        458,419  

5.20%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)

     325        305,200  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Food (continued)

     

6.50%, 02/09/40

   $     400      $ 433,986  

6.88%, 01/26/39

     405        458,766  

Kroger Co. (The)

     

3.88%, 10/15/46 (Call 04/15/46)

     250        198,573  

4.45%, 02/01/47 (Call 08/01/46)(a)

     215        187,476  

5.00%, 04/15/42 (Call 10/15/41)

     100        94,148  

5.15%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)

     325        312,196  

5.40%, 07/15/40 (Call 01/15/40)

     200        198,604  

6.90%, 04/15/38

     300        346,005  

7.50%, 04/01/31

     150        179,532  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD, 4.20%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

     200        180,575  

Mondelez International Inc., 4.63%, 05/07/48 (Call 11/07/47)

     275        256,450  

Nestle Holdings Inc.

     

3.90%, 09/24/38 (Call 03/24/38)(a)(b)

     250        236,725  

4.00%, 09/24/48 (Call 03/24/48)

     500        467,903  

Sysco Corp.

     

4.45%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     150        139,874  

4.50%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

     296        277,274  

4.85%, 10/01/45 (Call 04/01/45)

     100        98,492  

5.38%, 09/21/35

     150        160,552  

Tyson Foods Inc.

     

4.88%, 08/15/34 (Call 02/15/34)

     400        392,250  

5.10%, 09/28/48 (Call 03/23/48)

     45        43,871  

5.15%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

     325        321,486  
     

 

 

 
          11,475,871  

Forest Products & Paper 0.5%

     

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA, 5.50%, 11/02/47 (Call 05/02/47)

     200        192,500  

Georgia-Pacific LLC

     

7.75%, 11/15/29

     335        436,619  

8.88%, 05/15/31

     189        270,854  

International Paper Co.

     

4.35%, 08/15/48 (Call 02/15/48)

     250        214,191  

4.40%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)(a)

     400        343,935  

4.80%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)

     240        219,277  

5.00%, 09/15/35 (Call 03/15/35)

     50        48,825  

5.15%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

     175        168,119  

6.00%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

     400        422,315  

7.30%, 11/15/39(a)

     330        396,702  

Suzano Austria GmbH, 7.00%, 03/16/47 (Call 09/16/46)

     200        208,600  
     

 

 

 
        2,921,937  

Gas 0.8%

     

Atmos Energy Corp.

     

4.13%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

     400        380,486  

4.15%, 01/15/43 (Call 07/15/42)

     145        137,755  

4.30%, 10/01/48 (Call 04/01/48)

     100        97,301  

5.50%, 06/15/41 (Call 12/15/40)

     5        5,640  

Brooklyn Union Gas Co. (The), 4.27%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)(a)(b)

     800        763,996  

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.

     

4.10%, 09/01/47 (Call 03/01/47)

     165        146,006  

5.85%, 01/15/41 (Call 07/15/40)

     335        375,455  

Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC

     

4.60%, 12/15/44 (Call 06/15/44)

     225        216,450  

4.80%, 11/01/43 (Call 05/01/43)

     115        112,800  

NiSource Inc.

     

3.95%, 03/30/48 (Call 09/30/47)

     145        124,848  

4.80%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)

     195        191,477  

5.25%, 02/15/43 (Call 08/15/42)

     475        492,561  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    H A R E S    E M I  - A N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H  O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Gas (continued)

     

5.65%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

   $ 276      $ 297,994  

5.95%, 06/15/41 (Call 12/15/40)

     200        222,575  

ONE Gas Inc., 4.66%, 02/01/44
(Call 08/01/43)

     225        232,081  

Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc., 4.65%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)

     153        154,469  

Southern California Gas Co., 3.75%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

     5        4,493  

Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp.

  

3.95%, 10/01/46 (Call 04/01/46)

     250        213,556  

4.40%, 06/01/43 (Call 12/01/42)

     71        65,932  

4.40%, 05/30/47 (Call 11/30/46)

     90        82,529  

5.88%, 03/15/41 (Call 09/15/40)

     325        360,602  

Southwest Gas Corp., 3.80%, 09/29/46 (Call 03/29/46)

     100        87,869  
     

 

 

 
          4,766,875  

Hand & Machine Tools 0.1%

  

Snap-On Inc., 4.10%, 03/01/48
(Call 09/01/47)

     195        181,732  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

  

4.85%, 11/15/48

     100        99,494  

5.20%, 09/01/40

     200        212,767  
     

 

 

 
        493,993  

Health Care - Products 1.7%

  

Abbott Laboratories

  

4.75%, 11/30/36 (Call 05/30/36)(a)

     685        698,273  

4.75%, 04/15/43 (Call 10/15/42)

     350        350,316  

4.90%, 11/30/46 (Call 05/30/46)

     650        669,754  

5.30%, 05/27/40

     250        265,938  

6.00%, 04/01/39

     300        345,540  

Baxter International Inc., 3.50%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

     450        363,402  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

  

4.67%, 06/06/47 (Call 12/06/46)

     485        455,400  

4.69%, 12/15/44 (Call 06/15/44)

     500        467,074  

5.00%, 11/12/40

     100        97,795  

Boston Scientific Corp.

  

7.00%, 11/15/35

     130        159,630  

7.38%, 01/15/40

     150        192,207  

Danaher Corp., 4.38%, 09/15/45
(Call 03/15/45)

     100        97,433  

Koninklijke Philips NV, 5.00%, 03/15/42

     419        438,089  

Medtronic Inc.

  

4.38%, 03/15/35

     775        771,877  

4.50%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

     86        84,237  

4.63%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     435        435,061  

4.63%, 03/15/45

       1,225        1,240,876  

5.55%, 03/15/40

     370        415,658  

6.50%, 03/15/39

     100        122,626  

Stryker Corp.

  

4.10%, 04/01/43 (Call 10/01/42)

     405        362,132  

4.38%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

     120        110,979  

4.63%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)(a)

     180        174,827  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

  

4.10%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

     300        269,449  

5.30%, 02/01/44 (Call 08/01/43)

     250        265,453  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

  

4.25%, 08/15/35 (Call 02/15/35)

     300        268,534  

4.45%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

     100        89,214  

5.75%, 11/30/39(a)

     200        209,986  
     

 

 

 
        9,421,760  

Health Care - Services 2.7%

  

Aetna Inc.

  

3.88%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)(a)

     250        210,929  

4.13%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)

     200        175,108  

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Health Care - Services (continued)

     

4.50%, 05/15/42 (Call 11/15/41)

   $ 250      $     232,083  

4.75%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     225        212,514  

6.63%, 06/15/36

     290        339,964  

6.75%, 12/15/37

     135        160,823  

Anthem Inc.

     

4.38%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     600        542,502  

4.55%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     475        440,532  

4.63%, 05/15/42(a)

     500        473,836  

4.65%, 01/15/43

     420        396,666  

4.65%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

     200        191,262  

5.10%, 01/15/44

     75        75,257  

Ascension Health

     

3.95%, 11/15/46

     608        566,476  

4.85%, 11/15/53

     11        11,746  

Baylor Scott & White Holdings

     

3.97%, 11/15/46 (Call 05/15/46)

     250        228,024  

4.19%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

     166        156,249  

Catholic Health Initiatives, 4.35%, 11/01/42

     325        285,541  

Cigna Corp., 3.88%, 10/15/47
(Call 04/15/47)

     450        364,479  

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Series B, 4.18%, 08/01/48 (Call 02/01/48)

     200        189,949  

Dignity Health

     

4.50%, 11/01/42

     100        90,972  

5.27%, 11/01/64

     100        95,725  

Hackensack Meridian Health Inc., 4.21%, 07/01/48 (Call 01/01/48)

     50        47,058  

Halfmoon Parent Inc.

     

4.80%, 08/15/38 (Call 02/15/38)(b)

       1,000        962,624  

4.90%, 12/15/48 (Call 06/15/48)(b)

     700        665,306  

Humana Inc.

     

4.63%, 12/01/42 (Call 06/01/42)

     235        225,446  

4.80%, 03/15/47 (Call 09/15/46)

     180        176,741  

4.95%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

     250        251,283  

Johns Hopkins Health System Corp. (The), 3.84%, 05/15/46

     60        55,508  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

     

4.15%, 05/01/47 (Call 11/01/46)

     650        618,395  

4.88%, 04/01/42

     100        107,229  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 4.70%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

     300        278,479  

Mayo Clinic, Series 2013, 4.00%, 11/15/47

     11        10,374  

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

     

4.13%, 07/01/52

     275        259,137  

Series 2015, 4.20%, 07/01/55

     300        285,616  

Montefiore Medical Center, Series 18-C, 5.25%, 11/01/48

     100        95,243  

Mount Sinai Hospitals Group Inc., Series 2017, 3.98%, 07/01/48

     150        132,860  

New York and Presbyterian Hospital (The)

     

4.02%, 08/01/45

     21        19,692  

4.06%, 08/01/56

     350        324,503  

Northwell Healthcare Inc., 3.98%, 11/01/46 (Call 11/01/45)

     400        352,785  

Providence St Joseph Health Obligated Group, Series I, 3.74%, 10/01/47

     250        218,946  

Quest Diagnostics Inc., 4.70%, 03/30/45
(Call 09/30/44)

     272        255,050  

Stanford Health Care, Series 2018, 3.80%, 11/15/48 (Call 05/15/48)

     250        227,149  

Texas Health Resources, 4.33%, 11/15/55

     9        8,739  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     

3.75%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)

     200        176,125  

3.95%, 10/15/42 (Call 04/15/42)

     82        75,304  

4.20%, 01/15/47 (Call 07/15/46)

     250        236,719  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Health Care - Services (continued)

     

4.25%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

   $     425      $ 407,227  

4.25%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)

     275        263,491  

4.25%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

     375        357,449  

4.38%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

     200        195,439  

4.63%, 07/15/35

     350        359,978  

4.63%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

     100        100,625  

4.75%, 07/15/45

     800        816,457  

5.70%, 10/15/40 (Call 04/15/40)

     100        114,748  

5.80%, 03/15/36

     250        287,403  

5.95%, 02/15/41 (Call 08/15/40)

     200        235,999  

6.50%, 06/15/37

     100        123,841  

6.63%, 11/15/37

     111        139,559  

6.88%, 02/15/38

     300        388,880  
     

 

 

 
          15,298,044  

Home Furnishings 0.1%

     

Whirlpool Corp., 4.50%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)

     395        334,584  
     

 

 

 

Household Products & Wares 0.1%

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     

3.20%, 07/30/46 (Call 01/30/46)(a)

     200        164,744  

3.90%, 05/04/47 (Call 11/04/46)(a)

     310        287,256  

5.30%, 03/01/41

     31        34,560  

6.63%, 08/01/37(a)

     295        374,635  
     

 

 

 
        861,195  

Housewares 0.1%

     

Newell Brands Inc.

     

5.38%, 04/01/36 (Call 10/01/35)

     200        179,434  

5.50%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

     550        474,139  
     

 

 

 
        653,573  

Insurance 5.0%

     

ACE Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 04/01/30

     100        139,163  

Aflac Inc.

     

4.00%, 10/15/46 (Call 04/15/46)

     250        223,164  

4.75%, 01/15/49 (Call 07/15/48)

     100        98,513  

6.45%, 08/15/40

     65        77,375  

Alleghany Corp., 4.90%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)

     125        119,695  

Allstate Corp. (The)

     

4.20%, 12/15/46 (Call 06/15/46)

     45        42,383  

4.50%, 06/15/43

     320        316,244  

5.35%, 06/01/33(a)

     68        74,873  

5.55%, 05/09/35

     376        422,323  

5.95%, 04/01/36

     50        58,465  

American Financial Group Inc./OH, 4.50%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

     200        178,631  

American International Group Inc.

     

3.88%, 01/15/35 (Call 07/15/34)

     740        634,634  

4.38%, 01/15/55 (Call 07/15/54)

     300        245,656  

4.50%, 07/16/44 (Call 01/16/44)(a)

     375        332,315  

4.70%, 07/10/35 (Call 01/10/35)

     300        282,711  

4.75%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)

     325        299,415  

4.80%, 07/10/45 (Call 01/10/45)

     300        279,129  

6.25%, 05/01/36

     450        495,110  

Aon PLC

     

4.60%, 06/14/44 (Call 03/14/44)

     200        188,425  

4.75%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

     246        236,900  

Arch Capital Group U.S. Inc., 5.14%, 11/01/43

     220        226,291  

Assurant Inc., 6.75%, 02/15/34

     100        113,105  

AXA Equitable Holdings Inc., 5.00%, 04/20/48 (Call 10/20/47)(b)

     550        490,152  
Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  

Insurance (continued)

     

AXA SA, 8.60%, 12/15/30

   $ 840      $     1,066,800  

AXIS Specialty Finance PLC, 5.15%, 04/01/45

     75        70,848  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

     

4.20%, 08/15/48 (Call 02/15/48)

     225        214,533  

4.30%, 05/15/43

     118        115,136  

4.40%, 05/15/42

     385        381,443  

5.75%, 01/15/40

     250        288,565  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 4.50%, 02/11/43(a)

     175        175,925  

Brighthouse Financial Inc., 4.70%, 06/22/47 (Call 12/22/46)

     425        327,861  

Chubb Corp. (The), 6.00%, 05/11/37

     210        248,314  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc.

     

4.15%, 03/13/43

     350        335,929  

4.35%, 11/03/45 (Call 05/03/45)

     600        592,175  

Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc., 4.87%, 06/01/44

     200        192,785  

Farmers Exchange Capital III, 5.45%, 10/15/54 (Call 10/15/34)(b)(c)(d)

     60        58,038  

Farmers Insurance Exchange, 4.75%, 11/01/57 (Call 11/01/37)(b)(c)(d)

     300        264,702  

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (The), 4.85%, 01/24/77(b)

     200        189,158  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

     

4.30%, 04/15/43

     14        12,879  

4.40%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     100        92,812  

5.95%, 10/15/36

     295        329,317  

6.10%, 10/01/41

     375        429,572  

Liberty Mutual Group Inc., 4.85%, 08/01/44(b)

     750        723,222  

Lincoln National Corp.

     

4.35%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     400        358,658  

6.15%, 04/07/36

     175        197,035  

6.30%, 10/09/37

     16        18,326  

7.00%, 06/15/40

     100        122,946  

Loews Corp.

     

4.13%, 05/15/43 (Call 11/15/42)

     200        181,049  

6.00%, 02/01/35

     150        168,426  

Manulife Financial Corp., 5.38%, 03/04/46

     350        374,794  

Markel Corp.

     

4.30%, 11/01/47 (Call 05/01/47)

     100        87,398  

5.00%, 04/05/46

     150        146,854  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

     

4.20%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     235        211,424  

4.35%, 01/30/47 (Call 07/30/46)

     172        159,945  

5.88%, 08/01/33

     150        171,529  

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., 4.50%, 04/15/65(b)

     500        450,765  

MetLife Inc.

     

4.05%, 03/01/45

     650        582,955  

4.13%, 08/13/42

     500        454,186  

4.60%, 05/13/46 (Call 11/13/45)(a)

     375        365,854  

4.72%, 12/15/44

     300        295,848  

4.88%, 11/13/43

     475        484,081  

5.70%, 06/15/35

     550        612,679  

6.38%, 06/15/34(a)

     100        118,390  

6.40%, 12/15/36 (Call 12/15/31)

     445        461,465  

6.50%, 12/15/32(a)

     315        383,978  

10.75%, 08/01/69 (Call 08/01/34)

     66        100,650  

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 6.80%, 06/15/36

     75        90,088  

Nationwide Financial Services Inc., 5.30%, 11/18/44(b)

     350        355,248  

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 9.38%, 08/15/39(b)

     500        757,832  

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. (The), 6.06%, 03/30/40(a)(b)

         1,000        1,199,158  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Insurance (continued)

     

Pacific Life Insurance Co., 4.30%, 10/24/67

     

(Call 10/24/47)(a)(b)(c)(d)

   $ 600      $ 525,690  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

     

4.35%, 05/15/43

     300        275,564  

4.63%, 09/15/42

     5        4,819  

6.05%, 10/15/36

     191        218,910  

Progressive Corp. (The)

     

3.70%, 01/26/45

     150        131,586  

4.13%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)

     200        187,560  

4.20%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     300        286,727  

4.35%, 04/25/44

     136        133,330  

6.25%, 12/01/32

     200        241,403  

Prudential Financial Inc.

     

3.91%, 12/07/47 (Call 06/07/47)

     200        173,914  

3.94%, 12/07/49 (Call 06/07/49)

     300        259,853  

4.42%, 03/27/48 (Call 09/27/47)

     250        235,241  

4.60%, 05/15/44(a)

     275        267,472  

5.70%, 12/14/36

     350        385,142  

6.63%, 06/21/40

     5        6,131  

Sompo International Holdings Ltd., 7.00%, 07/15/34(a)

     175        200,218  

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, 4.27%,

     

05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)(b)

       1,250          1,170,674  

Transatlantic Holdings Inc., 8.00%, 11/30/39

     150        200,018  

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

     

3.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

     250        221,860  

4.00%, 05/30/47 (Call 11/30/46)

     200        185,563  

4.05%, 03/07/48 (Call 09/07/47)(a)

     210        195,941  

4.30%, 08/25/45 (Call 02/25/45)

     150        146,576  

4.60%, 08/01/43

     66        66,853  

5.35%, 11/01/40

     200        222,154  

6.25%, 06/15/37

     225        273,321  

6.75%, 06/20/36

     275        348,589  

Travelers Property Casualty Corp., 6.38%, 03/15/33

     335        409,392  

Unum Group, 5.75%, 08/15/42

     210        213,920  

Voya Financial Inc.

     

4.80%, 06/15/46

     100        94,674  

5.70%, 07/15/43

     200        213,886  

WR Berkley Corp., 4.75%, 08/01/44

     200        191,014  

XLIT Ltd., 5.50%, 03/31/45

     226        231,115  
     

 

 

 
          28,515,357  

Internet 0.9%

     

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

     

4.00%, 12/06/37 (Call 06/06/37)

     300        264,010  

4.20%, 12/06/47 (Call 06/06/47)

     700        605,855  

4.50%, 11/28/34 (Call 05/28/34)

     600        573,482  

Amazon.com Inc.

     

3.88%, 08/22/37 (Call 02/22/37)

     100        94,343  

4.05%, 08/22/47 (Call 02/22/47)

     1,000        929,592  

4.25%, 08/22/57 (Call 02/22/57)

     900        842,277  

4.80%, 12/05/34 (Call 06/05/34)

     860        905,022  

4.95%, 12/05/44 (Call 06/05/44)

     360        386,666  

eBay Inc., 4.00%, 07/15/42 (Call 01/15/42)

     525        406,407  
     

 

 

 
        5,007,654  

Iron & Steel 0.5%

     

ArcelorMittal, 7.00%, 10/15/39

     250        276,648  

Nucor Corp.

     

5.20%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)

     199        209,729  

6.40%, 12/01/37

     291        345,755  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Iron & Steel (continued)

     

Vale Overseas Ltd.

     

6.88%, 11/21/36

   $ 850      $ 943,747  

6.88%, 11/10/39

     400        448,600  

8.25%, 01/17/34

     355        435,319  
     

 

 

 
          2,659,798  

Leisure Time 0.0%

     

Harley-Davidson Inc., 4.63%, 07/28/45 (Call 01/28/45)

     100        89,998  
     

 

 

 

Machinery 0.5%

     

ABB Finance USA Inc., 4.38%, 05/08/42

     357        349,383  

Caterpillar Inc.

     

3.80%, 08/15/42

     810        738,575  

4.30%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

     100        99,080  

4.75%, 05/15/64 (Call 11/15/63)

     225        222,910  

5.20%, 05/27/41

     335        366,730  

5.30%, 09/15/35

     11        12,012  

6.05%, 08/15/36(a)

     111        130,402  

Cummins Inc., 4.88%, 10/01/43 (Call 04/01/43)(a)

     175        182,299  

Deere & Co.

     

3.90%, 06/09/42 (Call 12/09/41)

     145        137,214  

5.38%, 10/16/29(a)

     200        221,671  

7.13%, 03/03/31

     101        126,911  

Dover Corp., 5.38%, 03/01/41 (Call 12/01/40)

     250        266,217  

Xylem Inc./NY, 4.38%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)(a)

     225        208,929  
     

 

 

 
        3,062,333  

Manufacturing 1.5%

     

3M Co.

     

3.13%, 09/19/46 (Call 03/19/46)

     250        203,495  

3.63%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)

     265        235,606  

3.88%, 06/15/44

     150        139,582  

5.70%, 03/15/37

     150        174,180  

Crane Co., 4.20%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     45        40,141  

Eaton Corp.

     

4.00%, 11/02/32

     800        774,009  

4.15%, 11/02/42

     250        229,150  

General Electric Co.

     

4.13%, 10/09/42

     775        639,306  

4.50%, 03/11/44

     700        603,726  

5.88%, 01/14/38

     750        774,299  

6.15%, 08/07/37

     405        433,387  

6.88%, 01/10/39

     500        573,409  

Series A, 6.75%, 03/15/32

       1,030        1,163,400  

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

     

3.90%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)

     300        283,845  

4.88%, 09/15/41 (Call 03/15/41)

     200        212,733  

Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd.

     

4.30%, 02/21/48 (Call 08/21/47)

     150        137,335  

5.75%, 06/15/43

     150        166,631  

Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance SA, 4.65%, 11/01/44

     

(Call 05/01/44)

     140        135,843  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     

4.10%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)

     75        70,868  

4.20%, 11/21/34 (Call 05/21/34)

     100        97,556  

4.45%, 11/21/44 (Call 05/21/44)

     200        198,252  

Series A, 6.25%, 05/15/38

     100        121,962  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  

Manufacturing (continued)

     

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV

     

3.30%, 09/15/46(a)(b)

   $ 150      $ 123,763  

4.20%, 03/16/47(a)(b)

         1,250            1,204,285  

4.40%, 05/27/45(b)

     100        99,441  
     

 

 

 
        8,836,204  

Media 5.5%

     

21st Century Fox America Inc.

     

4.75%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)

     275        283,460  

4.95%, 10/15/45 (Call 04/15/45)

     200        212,417  

5.40%, 10/01/43

     75        84,257  

6.15%, 03/01/37

     475        569,334  

6.15%, 02/15/41(a)

     500        606,188  

6.20%, 12/15/34

     500        596,961  

6.40%, 12/15/35

     302        368,067  

6.55%, 03/15/33

     275        334,379  

6.65%, 11/15/37

     300        380,973  

6.90%, 08/15/39

     36        46,077  

7.75%, 12/01/45

     150        216,552  

7.85%, 03/01/39

     200        279,088  

8.15%, 10/17/36

     100        140,107  

CBS Corp.

     

4.60%, 01/15/45 (Call 07/15/44)

     200        180,209  

4.85%, 07/01/42 (Call 01/01/42)

     135        125,729  

4.90%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

     245        226,700  

5.50%, 05/15/33

     150        153,848  

5.90%, 10/15/40 (Call 04/15/40)

     50        52,532  

7.88%, 07/30/30(a)

     200        245,488  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital

     

5.38%, 04/01/38 (Call 10/01/37)

     400        367,145  

5.38%, 05/01/47 (Call 11/01/46)

     700        630,031  

5.75%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)(a)

     445        421,127  

6.38%, 10/23/35 (Call 04/23/35)

     550        567,998  

6.48%, 10/23/45 (Call 04/23/45)

     1,125        1,142,053  

6.83%, 10/23/55 (Call 04/23/55)

     250        260,486  

Comcast Corp.

     

3.20%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)

     625        510,929  

3.40%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

     550        433,746  

3.90%, 03/01/38 (Call 09/01/37)

     300        267,986  

3.97%, 11/01/47 (Call 05/01/47)

     565        491,072  

4.00%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     50        43,637  

4.00%, 11/01/49 (Call 05/01/49)

     715        612,209  

4.05%, 11/01/52 (Call 05/01/52)

     300        256,100  

4.20%, 08/15/34 (Call 02/15/34)

     580        545,259  

4.25%, 10/15/30 (Call 07/15/30)

     295        290,960  

4.25%, 01/15/33

     1,400        1,356,006  

4.40%, 08/15/35 (Call 02/15/35)

     555        527,446  

4.50%, 01/15/43

     200        188,602  

4.60%, 10/15/38 (Call 04/15/38)

     1,000        978,461  

4.60%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

     610        583,130  

4.65%, 07/15/42(a)

     250        238,888  

4.70%, 10/15/48 (Call 04/15/48)

     1,000        972,589  

4.75%, 03/01/44

     275        268,659  

4.95%, 10/15/58 (Call 04/15/58)

     750        734,418  

5.65%, 06/15/35

     111        120,992  

6.40%, 05/15/38

     62        72,969  

6.45%, 03/15/37

     100        116,194  

6.50%, 11/15/35

     475        560,689  

6.95%, 08/15/37

     75        92,210  

7.05%, 03/15/33

     161        198,172  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Media (continued)

     

Cox Communications Inc., 8.38%, 03/01/39(a)(b)

   $     750      $ 941,465  

Discovery Communications LLC

  

4.88%, 04/01/43

     150        132,545  

4.95%, 05/15/42

     225        202,097  

5.00%, 09/20/37 (Call 03/20/37)

     375        350,006  

5.20%, 09/20/47 (Call 03/20/47)(a)

     400        369,955  

6.35%, 06/01/40

     375        398,596  

Grupo Televisa SAB

  

5.00%, 05/13/45 (Call 11/13/44)

     500        431,250  

6.63%, 01/15/40

     300        319,407  

Historic TW Inc., 6.63%, 05/15/29

     100        114,743  

NBCUniversal Media LLC

  

4.45%, 01/15/43

     250        232,513  

5.95%, 04/01/41

     700        780,465  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

  

5.50%, 08/15/35

     150        152,381  

5.65%, 11/23/43 (Call 05/23/43)

     125        128,852  

5.85%, 04/15/40(a)

     250        263,734  

Time Warner Cable LLC

  

4.50%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

     400        321,512  

5.50%, 09/01/41 (Call 03/01/41)

     500        455,614  

5.88%, 11/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)

     400        381,073  

6.55%, 05/01/37

     450        466,223  

6.75%, 06/15/39(a)

     315        329,574  

7.30%, 07/01/38

     550        606,613  

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP, 8.38%, 07/15/33

     300        364,400  

Time Warner Inc., 7.70%, 05/01/32

     125        155,686  

Viacom Inc.

  

4.38%, 03/15/43

     475        388,720  

5.25%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

     200        183,865  

5.85%, 09/01/43 (Call 03/01/43)

     350        345,689  

6.88%, 04/30/36

     450        496,912  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

  

3.00%, 07/30/46

     125        98,798  

3.70%, 12/01/42

     200        177,312  

4.13%, 06/01/44(a)

     200        190,295  

4.38%, 08/16/41

     250        245,757  

7.00%, 03/01/32

     200        252,580  

Series E, 4.13%, 12/01/41

     200        189,468  

Warner Media LLC

  

4.65%, 06/01/44 (Call 12/01/43)

     460        396,258  

4.85%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)

     175        156,578  

4.90%, 06/15/42

     175        156,022  

5.35%, 12/15/43

     325        305,899  

5.38%, 10/15/41

     350        334,932  

6.10%, 07/15/40

     100        103,470  

6.25%, 03/29/41

     200        211,544  
     

 

 

 
          31,085,332  

Metal Fabricate & Hardware 0.1%

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

  

3.90%, 01/15/43 (Call 07/15/42)

     166        152,933  

4.38%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     86        84,835  

Timken Co. (The), 4.50%, 12/15/28 (Call 09/15/28)

     100        97,305  

Valmont Industries Inc., 5.00%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

     60        52,699  
     

 

 

 
        387,772  

Mining 1.4%

  

Barrick Gold Corp., 5.25%, 04/01/42

     345        347,698  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Mining (continued)

     

Barrick North America Finance LLC

     

5.70%, 05/30/41

   $ 375      $ 399,120  

5.75%, 05/01/43

     300        321,339  

Barrick PD Australia Finance Pty Ltd., 5.95%, 10/15/39

     325        350,568  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

     

4.13%, 02/24/42

     440        419,028  

5.00%, 09/30/43

     450        484,520  

Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile

     

4.25%, 07/17/42(b)

     600        530,823  

4.50%, 08/01/47 (Call 02/01/47)(b)

       1,000        924,260  

Goldcorp Inc., 5.45%, 06/09/44 (Call 12/09/43)

     286        285,110  

Newmont Mining Corp.

     

4.88%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

     300        281,355  

5.88%, 04/01/35(a)

     125        135,193  

6.25%, 10/01/39(a)

     450        494,949  

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.

     

5.75%, 06/01/35

     11        12,263  

6.13%, 12/15/33

     11        12,994  

7.25%, 03/15/31

     275        343,628  

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., 5.20%, 11/02/40

     385        414,940  

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

     

4.13%, 08/21/42 (Call 02/21/42)(a)

     263        248,597  

4.75%, 03/22/42 (Call 09/22/41)(a)

     330        339,594  

Southern Copper Corp.

     

5.25%, 11/08/42

     375        365,199  

5.88%, 04/23/45

     375        390,835  

6.75%, 04/16/40

     450        511,991  

7.50%, 07/27/35

     300        360,375  

Vale Canada Ltd., 7.20%, 09/15/32

     100        109,400  
     

 

 

 
          8,083,779  

Office & Business Equipment 0.0%

     

Xerox Corp., 6.75%, 12/15/39(a)

     70        61,240  
     

 

 

 

Oil & Gas 8.0%

     

Anadarko Finance Co., Series B, 7.50%, 05/01/31

     225        269,270  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     

4.50%, 07/15/44 (Call 01/15/44)

     430        375,850  

6.20%, 03/15/40

     250        263,235  

6.45%, 09/15/36

     330        357,386  

6.60%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

     470        519,714  

Apache Corp.

     

4.25%, 01/15/44 (Call 07/15/43)

     390        327,070  

4.38%, 10/15/28 (Call 07/15/28)

     200        192,231  

4.75%, 04/15/43 (Call 10/15/42)

     300        266,419  

5.10%, 09/01/40 (Call 03/01/40)

     330        307,273  

6.00%, 01/15/37

     422        446,654  

7.75%, 12/15/29

     100        122,747  

BP Capital Markets PLC, 3.72%, 11/28/28 (Call 08/28/28)

     250        243,038  

Burlington Resources Finance Co.

     

7.20%, 08/15/31

     300        379,902  

7.40%, 12/01/31

     350        453,840  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     

4.95%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

     350        341,517  

5.85%, 02/01/35

     150        162,560  

6.25%, 03/15/38

     325        366,163  

6.45%, 06/30/33

     200        226,467  

6.50%, 02/15/37

     50        57,582  

6.75%, 02/01/39

     25        29,482  

7.20%, 01/15/32

     300        358,279  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil & Gas (continued)

     

Cenovus Energy Inc.

  

5.25%, 06/15/37 (Call 12/15/36)

   $ 550      $ 516,830  

5.40%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)(a)

     450        421,844  

6.75%, 11/15/39

     400        427,196  

CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd., 4.25%, 05/09/43

     400        367,623  

CNOOC Nexen Finance 2014 ULC, 4.88%, 04/30/44

     400        404,101  

Concho Resources Inc., 4.88%, 10/01/47 (Call 04/01/47)(a)

     485        458,423  

Conoco Funding Co., 7.25%, 10/15/31

     300        379,905  

ConocoPhillips

  

5.90%, 10/15/32

     13        15,137  

5.90%, 05/15/38

     175        207,154  

6.50%, 02/01/39(a)

     725        906,443  

ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Co. I, 5.95%, 10/15/36

     100        116,845  

ConocoPhillips Co.

  

4.30%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

     200        196,460  

5.95%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

     175        213,017  

ConocoPhillips Holding Co., 6.95%, 04/15/29

       1,100          1,355,907  

Devon Energy Corp.

  

4.75%, 05/15/42 (Call 11/15/41)

     278        249,532  

5.00%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     250        230,873  

5.60%, 07/15/41 (Call 01/15/41)

     525        521,676  

Ecopetrol SA

  

5.88%, 05/28/45

     300        285,900  

7.38%, 09/18/43

     475        531,406  

Encana Corp.

  

6.50%, 08/15/34

     500        555,572  

6.50%, 02/01/38

     400        455,615  

6.63%, 08/15/37

     30        34,042  

7.20%, 11/01/31

     100        117,664  

EOG Resources Inc., 3.90%, 04/01/35 (Call 10/01/34)

     300        280,794  

Equinor ASA

  

3.95%, 05/15/43

     325        303,134  

4.25%, 11/23/41

     350        339,927  

4.80%, 11/08/43

     300        316,031  

5.10%, 08/17/40

     230        251,020  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

  

3.57%, 03/06/45 (Call 09/06/44)

     100        88,909  

4.11%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)(a)

     875        844,418  

Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA, 7.29%, 08/16/37(b)

     800        881,496  

Hess Corp.

  

5.60%, 02/15/41

     475        453,939  

5.80%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)

     200        193,678  

6.00%, 01/15/40

     250        246,265  

7.13%, 03/15/33

     225        252,545  

7.30%, 08/15/31

     250        280,833  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, 6.38%, 10/24/48(b)

     800        811,675  

Kerr-McGee Corp., 7.88%, 09/15/31

     14        16,990  

Marathon Oil Corp.

  

5.20%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

     250        245,343  

6.60%, 10/01/37

     450        510,913  

6.80%, 03/15/32

     26        30,390  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

  

4.50%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)(b)

     300        265,058  

4.75%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)

     250        229,395  

5.00%, 09/15/54 (Call 03/15/54)

     250        231,074  

6.50%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

     425        476,992  

Motiva Enterprises LLC,
6.85%, 01/15/40(a)(b)

     250        265,722  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil & Gas (continued)

     

Nexen Energy ULC

     

6.40%, 05/15/37

   $ 400      $ 473,744  

7.50%, 07/30/39

     400        534,265  

7.88%, 03/15/32

     160        211,719  

Noble Energy Inc.

     

4.95%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

     50        45,362  

5.05%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

     350        321,920  

5.25%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

     375        349,291  

6.00%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

     400        415,222  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     

4.10%, 02/15/47 (Call 08/15/46)

     400        368,894  

4.20%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     75        69,954  

4.40%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)

     400        386,204  

4.63%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     450        450,701  

Pertamina Persero PT, 6.45%, 05/30/44(b)

       1,400          1,389,574  

Petro-Canada

     

5.35%, 07/15/33

     125        135,779  

5.95%, 05/15/35

     11        12,273  

6.80%, 05/15/38

     510        615,695  

Petroleos del Peru SA, 4.75%, 06/19/32(b)

     600        555,900  

Petroleos Mexicanos

     

5.50%, 06/27/44

     750        581,250  

5.63%, 01/23/46

     875        677,950  

6.38%, 01/23/45

     1,250        1,040,638  

6.50%, 06/02/41

     1,050        899,115  

6.63%, 06/15/35

     700        640,500  

6.63%, 06/15/38

     300        267,750  

6.75%, 09/21/47

     2,100        1,802,430  

Petronas Capital Ltd.,
4.50%, 03/18/45(b)

     400        389,453  

Phillips 66

     

4.65%, 11/15/34 (Call 05/15/34)(a)

     510        499,131  

4.88%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

     515        499,715  

5.88%, 05/01/42

     440        479,786  

Shell International Finance BV

     

3.75%, 09/12/46

     200        177,734  

4.00%, 05/10/46

     725        669,178  

4.13%, 05/11/35

     625        608,390  

4.38%, 05/11/45

     1,025        1,009,237  

4.55%, 08/12/43(a)

     450        454,034  

5.50%, 03/25/40(a)

     300        341,076  

6.38%, 12/15/38

     945        1,192,040  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012 Ltd., 4.88%, 05/17/42(b)

     700        703,933  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2018 Ltd., 4.60%, 09/12/48

     700        676,386  

Suncor Energy Inc.

     

4.00%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

     85        76,269  

5.95%, 12/01/34

     150        169,608  

6.50%, 06/15/38

     415        487,453  

6.85%, 06/01/39

     400        493,088  

Tosco Corp., 8.13%, 02/15/30

     61        80,964  

Valero Energy Corp.

     

4.90%, 03/15/45(a)

     275        262,353  

6.63%, 06/15/37

     520        595,437  

7.50%, 04/15/32

     275        336,935  
     

 

 

 
          45,300,715  

Oil & Gas Services 0.6%

     

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC, 5.13%, 09/15/40

     400        403,128  

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC/Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc., 4.08%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

     500        418,349  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Oil & Gas Services (continued)

     

Halliburton Co.

     

4.50%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

   $ 200      $ 189,182  

4.75%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)

     350        336,360  

4.85%, 11/15/35 (Call 05/15/35)

     350        351,584  

5.00%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

     700        703,058  

6.70%, 09/15/38

     21        24,977  

7.45%, 09/15/39

     375        486,505  

National Oilwell Varco Inc., 3.95%, 12/01/42 (Call 06/01/42)

     400        326,836  
     

 

 

 
        3,239,979  

Packaging & Containers 0.1%

     

Sonoco Products Co., 5.75%, 11/01/40 (Call 05/01/40)

     128        137,272  

WestRock MWV LLC

     

7.95%, 02/15/31

     101        128,073  

8.20%, 01/15/30

     275        351,051  
     

 

 

 
        616,396  

Pharmaceuticals 5.6%

     

AbbVie Inc.

     

4.30%, 05/14/36 (Call 11/14/35)

     575        513,974  

4.40%, 11/06/42

     650        570,969  

4.45%, 05/14/46 (Call 11/14/45)

     575        503,064  

4.50%, 05/14/35 (Call 11/14/34)(a)

     850        783,943  

4.70%, 05/14/45 (Call 11/14/44)

     1,150        1,036,756  

4.88%, 11/14/48 (Call 05/14/48)

     250        231,131  

Allergan Funding SCS

     

4.55%, 03/15/35 (Call 09/15/34)

     900        847,757  

4.75%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

     350        327,998  

4.85%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)(a)

     500        470,461  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     

4.25%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

     250        217,306  

4.30%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

     150        130,374  

AstraZeneca PLC

     

4.00%, 01/17/29 (Call 10/17/28)

     625        602,533  

4.00%, 09/18/42

     395        345,271  

4.38%, 11/16/45

     330        303,206  

4.38%, 08/17/48 (Call 02/17/48)

     300        273,975  

6.45%, 09/15/37

     700        823,636  

Bayer U.S. Finance II LLC

     

4.20%, 07/15/34 (Call 01/15/34)(b)

     350        310,116  

4.38%, 12/15/28 (Call 09/15/28)(b)

       1,500          1,449,060  

4.40%, 07/15/44 (Call 01/15/44)(b)

     275        234,219  

4.65%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)(b)

     74        66,032  

4.70%, 07/15/64 (Call 01/15/64)(b)

     250        200,601  

4.88%, 06/25/48 (Call 12/25/47)(a)(b)

     750        699,443  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     

3.25%, 08/01/42

     49        41,254  

4.50%, 03/01/44 (Call 09/01/43)(a)

     250        256,145  

Cardinal Health Inc.

     

4.37%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)(a)

     245        205,488  

4.50%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

     245        206,193  

4.60%, 03/15/43

     200        172,853  

CVS Health Corp.

     

4.78%, 03/25/38 (Call 09/25/37)

     1,900        1,828,201  

4.88%, 07/20/35 (Call 01/20/35)

     350        338,937  

5.05%, 03/25/48 (Call 09/25/47)(a)

     2,250        2,193,888  

5.13%, 07/20/45 (Call 01/20/45)

     935        917,123  

5.30%, 12/05/43 (Call 06/05/43)(a)

     273        273,857  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

     

Eli Lilly & Co.

     

3.70%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

   $ 165      $ 150,043  

3.95%, 05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)

     180        169,960  

5.55%, 03/15/37(a)

     166        191,479  

Express Scripts Holding Co.

     

4.80%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

     650        610,868  

6.13%, 11/15/41

     100        109,625  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

     

4.20%, 03/18/43(a)

     235        229,996  

5.38%, 04/15/34

     200        223,080  

6.38%, 05/15/38

     650        810,465  

Johnson & Johnson

     

3.40%, 01/15/38 (Call 07/15/37)

     100        89,878  

3.50%, 01/15/48 (Call 07/15/47)(a)

     150        130,889  

3.55%, 03/01/36 (Call 09/01/35)

     550        510,065  

3.63%, 03/03/37 (Call 09/03/36)

     180        166,779  

3.70%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)

     500        453,784  

3.75%, 03/03/47 (Call 09/03/46)

     300        274,148  

4.38%, 12/05/33 (Call 06/05/33)

     300        311,852  

4.50%, 09/01/40

     100        102,514  

4.50%, 12/05/43 (Call 06/05/43)

     300        307,197  

4.85%, 05/15/41

     186        199,226  

4.95%, 05/15/33

     311        344,194  

5.85%, 07/15/38

     100        120,699  

5.95%, 08/15/37

     350        426,973  

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

     

4.60%, 06/01/44 (Call 12/01/43)(a)

     153        155,603  

5.90%, 11/01/39

     175        204,022  

Merck & Co. Inc.

     

3.60%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

     261        236,424  

3.70%, 02/10/45 (Call 08/10/44)

     625        567,562  

4.15%, 05/18/43

     645        626,326  

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., 5.75%, 11/15/36

     25        29,367  

Mylan Inc.

     

5.20%, 04/15/48 (Call 10/15/47)(b)

     75        63,848  

5.40%, 11/29/43 (Call 05/29/43)

     350        312,828  

Mylan NV, 5.25%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

       475        409,130  

Novartis Capital Corp.

     

3.70%, 09/21/42

     200        183,804  

4.00%, 11/20/45 (Call 05/20/45)

     375        357,824  

4.40%, 05/06/44(a)

     325        330,077  

Pfizer Inc.

     

4.00%, 12/15/36

     360        345,236  

4.13%, 12/15/46

     325        310,473  

4.30%, 06/15/43

     300        291,737  

4.40%, 05/15/44(a)

     375        370,236  

5.60%, 09/15/40

     100        114,860  

7.20%, 03/15/39

     925        1,247,020  

Pharmacia LLC, 6.60%, 12/01/28

     500        599,569  

Wyeth LLC

     

5.95%, 04/01/37

     750        881,034  

6.00%, 02/15/36

     71        84,419  

6.50%, 02/01/34

     68        83,024  

Zoetis Inc.

     

3.95%, 09/12/47 (Call 03/12/47)

     220        191,743  

4.45%, 08/20/48 (Call 02/20/48)

     25        23,730  

4.70%, 02/01/43 (Call 08/01/42)

     400        391,119  
     

 

 

 
          31,720,493  

Pipelines 4.6%

     

Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC, 4.60%, 11/02/47(b)

       1,000        945,440  

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pipelines (continued)

     

Buckeye Partners LP

     

5.60%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

   $     100      $ 87,402  

5.85%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

     175          159,673  

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc., 5.80%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

     175        189,368  

Enable Midstream Partners LP, 5.00%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

     125        108,557  

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

     

5.50%, 09/15/40 (Call 03/15/40)

     200        204,718  

Series B, 7.50%, 04/15/38

     300        371,362  

Enbridge Inc.

     

4.50%, 06/10/44 (Call 12/10/43)

     250        226,014  

5.50%, 12/01/46 (Call 05/29/46)(a)

     250        261,532  

Energy Transfer Operating LP

     

4.90%, 03/15/35 (Call 09/15/34)

     100        89,282  

5.15%, 02/01/43 (Call 08/01/42)

     200        175,647  

5.15%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)(a)

     250        220,527  

5.30%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)

     400        359,614  

6.13%, 12/15/45 (Call 06/15/45)

     300        297,954  

6.50%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

     250        258,958  

7.50%, 07/01/38

     275        317,062  

Energy Transfer Partners LP

     

6.05%, 06/01/41 (Call 12/01/40)

     50        49,141  

6.63%, 10/15/36

     135        143,735  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

     

4.25%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

     275        243,338  

4.45%, 02/15/43 (Call 08/15/42)

     325        297,325  

4.85%, 08/15/42 (Call 02/15/42)

     370        356,832  

4.85%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     450        432,665  

4.90%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

     350        339,841  

4.95%, 10/15/54 (Call 04/15/54)

     200        177,631  

5.10%, 02/15/45 (Call 08/15/44)

     425        422,319  

5.70%, 02/15/42

     265        283,391  

5.95%, 02/01/41

     250        273,336  

6.13%, 10/15/39

     250        282,149  

7.55%, 04/15/38

     150        190,324  

Series D, 6.88%, 03/01/33

     200        240,369  

Series H, 6.65%, 10/15/34

     141        166,186  

EQT Midstream Partners LP, Series 30Y, 6.50%, 07/15/48 (Call 01/15/48)(a)

     200        200,430  

GNL Quintero SA, 4.63%, 07/31/29

     400        386,500  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

     

4.70%, 11/01/42 (Call 05/01/42)

     250        220,669  

5.00%, 08/15/42 (Call 02/15/42)

     375        343,467  

5.00%, 03/01/43 (Call 09/01/42)

     300        274,505  

5.40%, 09/01/44 (Call 03/01/44)

     235        227,762  

5.50%, 03/01/44 (Call 09/01/43)

     180        175,229  

5.80%, 03/15/35

     300        311,412  

6.38%, 03/01/41

     230        247,894  

6.55%, 09/15/40

     100        109,240  

6.95%, 01/15/38

     500        572,700  

7.30%, 08/15/33

     36        42,105  

7.40%, 03/15/31

     118        135,301  

7.50%, 11/15/40

     50        59,793  

7.75%, 03/15/32

     100        121,286  

Kinder Morgan Inc./DE

     

5.05%, 02/15/46 (Call 08/15/45)

     430        403,515  

5.20%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

     250        242,069  

5.30%, 12/01/34 (Call 06/01/34)

     300        297,140  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pipelines (continued)

     

5.55%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

   $ 450      $ 450,366  

7.75%, 01/15/32

     325        398,827  

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

     

4.20%, 10/03/47 (Call 04/03/47)

     160        140,760  

4.25%, 09/15/46 (Call 03/15/46)

     200        178,324  

5.15%, 10/15/43 (Call 04/15/43)

     250        250,904  

MPLX LP

     

4.50%, 04/15/38 (Call 10/15/37)

     700        623,729  

4.70%, 04/15/48 (Call 10/15/47)

     450        395,196  

5.20%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)

     425        401,962  

ONEOK Inc., 4.95%, 07/13/47 (Call 01/06/47)

     250        236,325  

ONEOK Partners LP

     

6.13%, 02/01/41 (Call 08/01/40)

     225        235,248  

6.20%, 09/15/43 (Call 03/15/43)

     125        133,378  

6.65%, 10/01/36

     150        170,153  

6.85%, 10/15/37

     300        339,457  

Phillips 66 Partners LP

     

4.68%, 02/15/45 (Call 08/15/44)

     75        68,002  

4.90%, 10/01/46 (Call 04/01/46)(a)

     350        323,224  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

     

4.30%, 01/31/43 (Call 07/31/42)

     90        72,013  

4.70%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)

     250        216,090  

4.90%, 02/15/45 (Call 08/15/44)

     450        393,303  

5.15%, 06/01/42 (Call 12/01/41)

     25        22,269  

6.65%, 01/15/37

     200        213,696  

Spectra Energy Partners LP

     

4.50%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

     340        309,121  

5.95%, 09/25/43 (Call 03/25/43)

     150        164,043  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

     

4.95%, 01/15/43 (Call 07/15/42)

     250        214,257  

5.30%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

     275        246,466  

5.35%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

     100        89,831  

5.40%, 10/01/47 (Call 04/01/47)

       1,000          916,298  

6.10%, 02/15/42

     175        172,710  

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC, 7.00%, 10/15/28

     275        316,682  

Texas Eastern Transmission LP, 7.00%, 07/15/32

     200        238,831  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

     

4.63%, 03/01/34 (Call 12/01/33)

     400        382,422  

4.75%, 05/15/38 (Call 11/15/37)

     100        96,258  

4.88%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)

     500        482,795  

5.00%, 10/16/43 (Call 04/16/43)

     360        351,383  

5.60%, 03/31/34

     200        214,256  

5.85%, 03/15/36

     100        106,433  

6.10%, 06/01/40

     279        311,713  

6.20%, 10/15/37

     200        222,803  

7.25%, 08/15/38

     325        391,530  

7.63%, 01/15/39

     200        255,476  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC

     

4.45%, 08/01/42 (Call 02/01/42)

     400        361,239  

4.60%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     490        457,122  

5.40%, 08/15/41 (Call 02/15/41)

     76        79,295  

Western Gas Partners LP

     

5.45%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

     350        315,881  

5.50%, 08/15/48 (Call 02/15/48)

     150        134,053  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

     

4.90%, 01/15/45 (Call 07/15/44)

     225        208,043  

5.10%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)

     200        188,995  

5.40%, 03/04/44 (Call 09/04/43)

     225        216,478  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Pipelines (continued)

     

5.80%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

   $ 50      $ 51,901  

6.30%, 04/15/40

       585        621,465  
     

 

 

 
          25,923,715  

Private Equity 0.0%

     

Apollo Management Holdings LP, 5.00%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)(b)

     75        70,353  

Carlyle Finance LLC, 5.65%, 09/15/48 (Call 03/15/48)(b)

     250        240,877  
     

 

 

 
        311,230  

Real Estate 0.0%

     

WEA Finance LLC, 4.63%, 09/20/48 (Call 03/20/48)

     100        94,785  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.9%

     

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., 4.70%, 07/01/30 (Call 04/01/30)

     300        299,608  

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

     

3.90%, 10/15/46 (Call 04/15/46)

     195        172,424  

4.15%, 07/01/47 (Call 01/01/47)

     150        138,080  

ERP Operating LP

     

4.50%, 07/01/44 (Call 01/01/44)

     100        97,814  

4.50%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

     315        308,465  

Essex Portfolio LP, 4.50%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

     100        94,134  

Federal Realty Investment Trust, 4.50%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

     197        189,548  

HCP Inc., 6.75%, 02/01/41 (Call 08/01/40)

     150        180,152  

Kilroy Realty LP, 4.25%, 08/15/29 (Call 05/15/29)

     14        13,386  

Kimco Realty Corp.

     

4.25%, 04/01/45 (Call 10/01/44)

     250        216,556  

4.45%, 09/01/47 (Call 03/01/47)

     200        178,751  

Realty Income Corp., 4.65%, 03/15/47 (Call 09/15/46)

     230        225,022  

Regency Centers LP, 4.40%, 02/01/47 (Call 08/01/46)

     200        182,357  

Simon Property Group LP

     

4.25%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)(a)

     14        13,111  

4.25%, 11/30/46 (Call 05/30/46)(a)

     80        75,087  

4.75%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

     235        237,452  

6.75%, 02/01/40 (Call 11/01/39)

     395        496,769  

Trust F/1401, 6.95%, 01/30/44 (Call 07/30/43)

     200        198,852  

Ventas Realty LP

     

4.38%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

     177        156,562  

4.40%, 01/15/29 (Call 10/15/28)

     500        488,992  

5.70%, 09/30/43 (Call 03/30/43)

     11        11,718  

Welltower Inc.

     

4.95%, 09/01/48 (Call 03/01/48)

     250        239,292  

6.50%, 03/15/41 (Call 09/15/40)

     100        115,253  

Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.38%, 03/15/32

     515        631,913  
     

 

 

 
        4,961,298  

Retail 2.8%

     

Darden Restaurants Inc., 4.55%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

     75        67,261  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

     

3.50%, 09/15/56 (Call 03/15/56)

     345        279,222  

3.90%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

     100        90,909  

4.20%, 04/01/43 (Call 10/01/42)

     100        95,800  

4.25%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

     465        447,119  

4.40%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

     475        467,647  

4.88%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)

     525        552,834  

5.40%, 09/15/40 (Call 03/15/40)

     21        23,618  

5.88%, 12/16/36

     925        1,082,229  

5.95%, 04/01/41 (Call 10/01/40)

     507        605,899  

Kohl’s Corp., 5.55%, 07/17/45 (Call 01/17/45)

     100        93,355  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    H A R E S    E M I  - A N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H  O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Retail (continued)

     

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

     

3.70%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)(a)

   $ 525      $ 452,888  

4.05%, 05/03/47 (Call 11/03/46)

     460        415,305  

4.25%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)

     275        256,469  

4.38%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)

     350        335,304  

4.65%, 04/15/42 (Call 10/15/41)

     300        298,308  

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

     

4.30%, 02/15/43 (Call 08/15/42)

     50        35,404  

4.50%, 12/15/34 (Call 06/15/34)

     180        143,397  

5.13%, 01/15/42 (Call 07/15/41)

     75        60,940  

6.38%, 03/15/37

     265        253,681  

6.90%, 04/01/29

     150        157,348  

McDonald’s Corp.

     

3.63%, 05/01/43

     11        9,186  

3.70%, 02/15/42

     355        299,781  

4.45%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)

     150        140,278  

4.60%, 05/26/45 (Call 11/26/44)

     420        401,339  

4.70%, 12/09/35 (Call 06/09/35)

     400        402,246  

4.88%, 07/15/40

     6        5,970  

4.88%, 12/09/45 (Call 06/09/45)

     500        500,169  

5.70%, 02/01/39

     275        300,642  

6.30%, 10/15/37

     300        353,480  

6.30%, 03/01/38

     275        323,184  

Nordstrom Inc., 5.00%, 01/15/44 (Call 07/15/43)

     150        133,858  

Starbucks Corp.

     

3.75%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

     135        111,314  

4.30%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     175        157,217  

4.50%, 11/15/48 (Call 05/15/48)

     275        255,572  

Target Corp.

     

3.63%, 04/15/46

     475        410,876  

3.90%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)(a)

     269        241,989  

4.00%, 07/01/42

     450        419,279  

Walgreen Co., 4.40%, 09/15/42

     250        220,615  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

     

4.50%, 11/18/34 (Call 05/18/34)

     170        159,289  

4.65%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)

     200        181,899  

4.80%, 11/18/44 (Call 05/18/44)

     550        507,520  

Walmart Inc.

     

3.63%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)(a)

     150        132,833  

3.95%, 06/28/38 (Call 12/28/37)(a)

     550        526,403  

4.00%, 04/11/43 (Call 10/11/42)

     400        376,037  

4.05%, 06/29/48 (Call 12/29/47)(a)

       1,150        1,093,697  

4.30%, 04/22/44 (Call 10/22/43)

     250        246,758  

5.00%, 10/25/40

     100        108,119  

5.25%, 09/01/35

     320        358,560  

5.63%, 04/01/40

     135        158,327  

5.63%, 04/15/41

     550        650,905  

6.20%, 04/15/38

     60        73,739  

6.50%, 08/15/37

     100        127,086  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 4.75%, 10/02/43 (Call 04/02/43)

     75        78,257  
     

 

 

 
          15,681,361  

Semiconductors 0.8%

     

Analog Devices Inc., 5.30%, 12/15/45 (Call 06/15/45)(a)

     195        199,167  

Applied Materials Inc.

     

4.35%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)(a)

     310        291,889  

5.10%, 10/01/35 (Call 04/01/35)

     350        367,339  

5.85%, 06/15/41(a)

     230        264,469  

Intel Corp.

     

3.73%, 12/08/47 (Call 06/08/47)

     500        445,764  

4.00%, 12/15/32

     325        326,971  
Security    Par
(000)
     Value  

Semiconductors (continued)

     

4.10%, 05/19/46 (Call 11/19/45)

   $ 660      $ 628,174  

4.10%, 05/11/47 (Call 11/11/46)

     175        166,013  

QUALCOMM Inc.

     

4.30%, 05/20/47 (Call 11/20/46)(a)

     475        425,813  

4.65%, 05/20/35 (Call 11/20/34)

     565        555,445  

4.80%, 05/20/45 (Call 11/20/44)

     410        396,444  

Texas Instruments Inc., 4.15%, 05/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)

     300        287,718  
     

 

 

 
        4,355,206  

Software 2.9%

     

Activision Blizzard Inc., 4.50%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

     75        68,652  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc., 4.50%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

     250        230,837  

Microsoft Corp.

     

3.45%, 08/08/36 (Call 02/08/36)

     650        598,086  

3.50%, 02/12/35 (Call 08/12/34)

     600        560,452  

3.50%, 11/15/42

     250        223,536  

3.70%, 08/08/46 (Call 02/08/46)

     640        589,054  

3.75%, 05/01/43 (Call 11/01/42)

     250        233,353  

3.75%, 02/12/45 (Call 08/12/44)

     610        566,239  

3.95%, 08/08/56 (Call 02/08/56)

     820        762,929  

4.00%, 02/12/55 (Call 08/12/54)

     700        656,336  

4.10%, 02/06/37 (Call 08/06/36)

     450        450,903  

4.20%, 11/03/35 (Call 05/03/35)

     475        481,649  

4.45%, 11/03/45 (Call 05/03/45)

     925        955,273  

4.50%, 10/01/40

     520        539,909  

4.50%, 02/06/57 (Call 08/06/56)

     775        798,958  

4.75%, 11/03/55 (Call 05/03/55)

     285        307,436  

4.88%, 12/15/43 (Call 06/15/43)

     300        327,261  

5.20%, 06/01/39

     347        396,420  

5.30%, 02/08/41

     350        402,246  

Series 30Y, 4.25%, 02/06/47 (Call 08/06/46)

     700        706,290  

Oracle Corp.

     

3.25%, 05/15/30 (Call 02/15/30)

     300        278,606  

3.80%, 11/15/37 (Call 05/15/37)

     550        501,346  

3.85%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)(a)

     525        484,166  

3.90%, 05/15/35 (Call 11/15/34)

     525        489,451  

4.00%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

     700        630,725  

4.00%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

     675        607,013  

4.13%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

     600        550,996  

4.30%, 07/08/34 (Call 01/08/34)

     800        783,803  

4.38%, 05/15/55 (Call 11/15/54)

     489        458,474  

4.50%, 07/08/44 (Call 01/08/44)

     450        440,088  

5.38%, 07/15/40(a)

     650        717,379  

6.13%, 07/08/39(a)

     425        506,141  

6.50%, 04/15/38

     90        110,972  
     

 

 

 
          16,414,979  

Telecommunications 7.3%

     

America Movil SAB de CV

     

4.38%, 07/16/42

     443        409,325  

6.13%, 11/15/37

     125        140,500  

6.13%, 03/30/40(a)

     750        856,092  

6.38%, 03/01/35

     165        188,724  

AT&T Inc.

     

4.30%, 02/15/30(b)

       1,250        1,174,387  

4.30%, 12/15/42 (Call 06/15/42)

     500        410,244  

4.35%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     700        573,982  

4.50%, 05/15/35 (Call 11/15/34)

     980        884,158  

4.50%, 03/09/48 (Call 09/09/47)

     1,100        914,347  

4.55%, 03/09/49 (Call 09/09/48)

     700        580,575  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  

Telecommunications (continued)

     

4.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)(a)

   $     1,130      $ 975,764  

4.80%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)

     1,025        899,788  

4.90%, 08/15/37 (Call 02/14/37)(b)

     25        22,933  

5.15%, 03/15/42

     375        345,041  

5.15%, 11/15/46(b)

     575        523,605  

5.15%, 02/15/50 (Call 08/14/49)(b)

     825        740,388  

5.25%, 03/01/37 (Call 09/01/36)

     1,075        1,026,444  

5.35%, 09/01/40

     650        619,819  

5.45%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)(a)

     800        758,926  

5.55%, 08/15/41

     140        135,171  

5.65%, 02/15/47 (Call 08/15/46)

     725        704,210  

5.70%, 03/01/57 (Call 09/01/56)

     600        575,712  

6.00%, 08/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)

     300        306,738  

6.35%, 03/15/40

     225        237,635  

6.38%, 03/01/41

     375        395,583  

AT&T Mobility LLC, 7.13%, 12/15/31

     25        27,964  

Bell Canada Inc., 4.46%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)(a)

     280        267,571  

British Telecommunications PLC, 9.63%, 12/15/30

     1,000          1,392,510  

Cisco Systems Inc.

     

5.50%, 01/15/40

     650        750,052  

5.90%, 02/15/39

     575        695,305  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

     

4.75%, 06/21/38 (Call 12/21/37)(a)

     200        189,883  

8.75%, 06/15/30

     1,075        1,428,142  

9.25%, 06/01/32(a)

     219        311,720  

Juniper Networks Inc., 5.95%, 03/15/41

     150        146,056  

Koninklijke KPN NV, 8.38%, 10/01/30

     350        449,428  

Motorola Solutions Inc., 5.50%, 09/01/44

     195        177,236  

Orange SA

     

5.38%, 01/13/42

     200        214,116  

5.50%, 02/06/44 (Call 08/06/43)

     325        353,364  

9.00%, 03/01/31

     800        1,100,487  

Rogers Communications Inc.

     

4.30%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)(a)

     460        426,197  

4.50%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

     150        143,464  

5.00%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     350        353,344  

5.45%, 10/01/43 (Call 04/01/43)

     21        22,250  

7.50%, 08/15/38

     200        258,606  

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

     

4.67%, 03/06/38

     250        224,110  

4.90%, 03/06/48

     350        311,636  

5.21%, 03/08/47

     750        699,558  

7.05%, 06/20/36

     750        872,689  

Telefonica Europe BV, 8.25%, 09/15/30

     500        631,138  

TELUS Corp., 4.60%, 11/16/48 (Call 05/16/48)

     100        95,715  

Verizon Communications Inc.

     

3.85%, 11/01/42 (Call 05/01/42)

     476        395,705  

4.13%, 08/15/46

     600        516,956  

4.27%, 01/15/36

     1,250        1,144,435  

4.40%, 11/01/34 (Call 05/01/34)

     850        801,281  

4.50%, 08/10/33

     1,300        1,263,426  

4.52%, 09/15/48(a)

     1,575        1,441,696  

4.67%, 03/15/55

     1,500        1,353,916  

4.75%, 11/01/41

     200        187,387  

4.81%, 03/15/39

     680        658,159  

4.86%, 08/21/46

     1,200        1,141,687  

5.01%, 04/15/49

     1,000        973,206  

5.01%, 08/21/54

     1,600        1,530,535  

5.25%, 03/16/37

     150        154,216  

5.50%, 03/16/47(a)

     530        552,246  
Security   

Par

(000)

     Value  

Telecommunications (continued)

     

6.55%, 09/15/43

   $ 250      $ 288,088  

7.75%, 12/01/30

     125        158,317  

Vodafone Group PLC

     

4.38%, 02/19/43(a)

     475        401,203  

5.00%, 05/30/38

     300        282,365  

5.25%, 05/30/48(a)

       1,000        944,146  

6.15%, 02/27/37

     250        263,744  

6.25%, 11/30/32(a)

     350        384,345  

7.88%, 02/15/30

     425        520,943  
     

 

 

 
          41,300,634  

Toys, Games & Hobbies 0.1%

     

Hasbro Inc.

     

5.10%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

     200        179,918  

6.35%, 03/15/40

     200        209,265  
     

 

 

 
        389,183  

Transportation 3.1%

     

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

     

3.90%, 08/01/46 (Call 02/01/46)

     390        353,371  

4.05%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

     300        277,857  

4.13%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

     10        9,391  

4.15%, 04/01/45 (Call 10/01/44)

     300        283,214  

4.38%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)(a)

     250        244,146  

4.40%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)(a)

     250        245,913  

4.45%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

     121        119,287  

4.55%, 09/01/44 (Call 03/01/44)

     450        451,058  

4.70%, 09/01/45 (Call 03/01/45)

     295        299,262  

4.90%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

     100        104,351  

4.95%, 09/15/41 (Call 03/15/41)

     114        119,775  

5.05%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

     56        59,182  

5.15%, 09/01/43 (Call 03/01/43)

     100        107,743  

5.40%, 06/01/41 (Call 12/01/40)

     250        276,149  

5.75%, 05/01/40 (Call 11/01/39)(a)

     300        345,247  

6.15%, 05/01/37

     210        249,540  

6.20%, 08/15/36

     350        417,121  

Canadian National Railway Co.

     

3.20%, 08/02/46 (Call 02/02/46)(a)

     300        247,109  

3.65%, 02/03/48 (Call 08/03/47)

     250        220,457  

4.45%, 01/20/49

     100        99,986  

6.20%, 06/01/36

     50        59,798  

6.25%, 08/01/34

     111        133,694  

6.38%, 11/15/37

     175        214,265  

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

     

4.80%, 09/15/35 (Call 03/15/35)

     197        202,088  

4.80%, 08/01/45 (Call 02/01/45)

     100        102,651  

5.95%, 05/15/37

     16        18,255  

6.13%, 09/15/15 (Call 03/15/15)

     275        307,434  

7.13%, 10/15/31

     650        807,871  

CSX Corp.

     

3.80%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

     250        215,395  

3.95%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)

     50        42,611  

4.10%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

     200        179,998  

4.25%, 11/01/66 (Call 05/01/66)

     300        255,662  

4.30%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)(a)

     250        230,589  

4.40%, 03/01/43 (Call 09/01/42)

     325        303,836  

4.50%, 08/01/54 (Call 02/01/54)

     250        229,455  

4.75%, 05/30/42 (Call 11/30/41)

     250        247,446  

5.50%, 04/15/41 (Call 10/15/40)

     120        127,472  

6.00%, 10/01/36

     250        285,066  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   

    

Par
(000)

     Value  

Transportation (continued)

     

6.15%, 05/01/37

   $     105      $ 121,659  

6.22%, 04/30/40

     105        123,021  

FedEx Corp.

     

3.88%, 08/01/42

     150        126,669  

3.90%, 02/01/35

     300        272,134  

4.05%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

     325        274,443  

4.10%, 04/15/43

     152        131,557  

4.10%, 02/01/45

     250        214,786  

4.55%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

     400        368,741  

4.75%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

     500        474,833  

4.90%, 01/15/34

     280        285,131  

5.10%, 01/15/44

     300        296,164  

Kansas City Southern

     

4.30%, 05/15/43 (Call 11/15/42)

     100        90,906  

4.70%, 05/01/48 (Call 11/01/47)

     100        96,545  

4.95%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

     245        243,387  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     

3.94%, 11/01/47 (Call 05/01/47)

     200        176,648  

3.95%, 10/01/42 (Call 04/01/42)

     40        35,724  

4.05%, 08/15/52 (Call 02/15/52)

     295        261,538  

4.15%, 02/28/48 (Call 08/28/47)

     325        297,415  

4.45%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

     225        214,988  

4.65%, 01/15/46 (Call 07/15/45)

     95        93,649  

4.84%, 10/01/41

     450        455,337  

Union Pacific Corp.

     

3.35%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

     150        119,657  

3.38%, 02/01/35 (Call 08/01/34)(a)

     300        262,227  

3.60%, 09/15/37 (Call 03/15/37)

     450        394,846  

3.88%, 02/01/55 (Call 08/01/54)

     225        189,588  

4.00%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)(a)

     250        226,527  

4.05%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

     300        273,551  

4.05%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)

     200        179,919  

4.15%, 01/15/45 (Call 07/15/44)

     75        68,425  

4.30%, 06/15/42 (Call 12/15/41)

     250        236,036  

4.38%, 11/15/65 (Call 05/15/65)

     96        84,432  

4.50%, 09/10/48 (Call 03/10/48)

     550        532,817  

4.75%, 09/15/41 (Call 03/15/41)

     158        157,671  

4.80%, 09/10/58 (Call 03/10/58)

     85        83,000  

4.82%, 02/01/44 (Call 08/01/43)

     320        323,815  

6.63%, 02/01/29

     250        296,078  

United Parcel Service Inc.

     

3.40%, 11/15/46 (Call 05/15/46)

     110        90,016  

3.63%, 10/01/42(a)

     105        91,430  

3.75%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

     100        87,743  

4.88%, 11/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)

     330        343,472  

6.20%, 01/15/38

     600        726,368  
     

 

 

 
          17,916,638  

Trucking & Leasing — 0.0%

     

GATX Corp., 5.20%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)(a)

     150        150,108  
     

 

 

 
Security    Par/
Shares
(000)
     Value  

Unknown BI — 0.1%

     

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. (The), 4.55%, 11/15/30

   $ 250      $ 249,922  

Standard Chartered PLC, 5.30%, 01/09/43

     200        189,691  

Tiffany & Co., 4.90%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

     150        136,590  
     

 

 

 
        576,203  

Water — 0.2%

     

American Water Capital Corp.

     

3.75%, 09/01/47 (Call 03/01/47)

     200        174,311  

4.00%, 12/01/46 (Call 06/01/46)

     95        87,077  

4.30%, 12/01/42 (Call 06/01/42)

     16        15,510  

4.30%, 09/01/45 (Call 03/01/45)

     350        335,738  

6.59%, 10/15/37

     324        399,716  

Veolia Environnement SA, 6.75%, 06/01/38

     179        211,539  
     

 

 

 
        1,223,891  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes — 96.6%

 

  

(Cost: $597,079,829)

          549,573,058  
     

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments      

Money Market Funds — 11.2%

     

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 2.36%(g)(h)(i)

     50,421        50,430,669  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(g)(h)

       13,612        13,611,702  
     

 

 

 
        64,042,371  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 11.2%

 

  

(Cost: $64,035,322)

        64,042,371  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 107.8%

 

  

(Cost: $661,115,151)

        613,615,429  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (7.8)%

 

     (44,541,240
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $   569,074,189  
     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

Security is issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Reference index and spread are provided if the rate is currently floating.

(d) 

Variable or floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

(e) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(f) 

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

(g) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(h) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(i) 

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

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

(Formerly iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF)

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

        Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                   

Assets

                   

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     $        $ 549,573,058        $        $ 549,573,058  

Money Market Funds

       64,042,371                            64,042,371  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
     $  64,042,371        $ 549,573,058        $         —        $ 613,615,429  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

October 31, 2018

 

      iShares
Long-Term
Corporate
Bond ETF
 

ASSETS

  

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

  

Unaffiliated(b)

   $ 549,573,058  

Affiliated(c)

     64,042,371  

Cash

     11,549  

Receivables:

  

Investments sold

     7,653,085  

Securities lending income — Affiliated

     11,566  

Variation margin on futures contracts

     22  

Dividends

     22,193  

Interest

     7,330,731  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     628,644,575  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

     50,416,813  

Payables:

  

Investments purchased

     9,121,763  

Capital shares redeemed

     3,814  

Investment advisory fees

     27,996  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     59,570,386  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 569,074,189  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 636,326,082  

Accumulated loss

     (67,251,893
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 569,074,189  
  

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     10,200,000  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value

   $ 55.79  
  

 

 

 

Shares authorized

     Unlimited  
  

 

 

 

Par value

     None  
  

 

 

 

(a) Securities loaned, at value

   $ 47,601,870  

(b) Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

   $ 597,079,828  

(c) Investments, at cost — Affiliated

   $ 64,035,323  

 

I N A N C I A L   S T A T E M E N T S

  


Schedule of Investments

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 86.06%

 

ADVERTISING — 0.04%

   

WPP Finance 2010

   

5.13%, 09/07/42

  $ 55     $ 57,018  

5.63%, 11/15/43

    229       254,474  
   

 

 

 
      311,492  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 1.73%

   

Boeing Co. (The)

   

3.38%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

    125       113,930  

3.55%, 03/01/38 (Call 09/01/37)

    130       125,424  

3.65%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)

    300       285,759  

5.88%, 02/15/40

    250       316,808  

6.63%, 02/15/38

    16       21,662  

6.88%, 03/15/39a

    182       258,731  

General Dynamics Corp.

   

3.60%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)a

    300       285,399  

Harris Corp.

   

4.85%, 04/27/35 (Call 10/27/34)

    275       294,082  

5.05%, 04/27/45 (Call 10/27/44)

    100       109,161  

6.15%, 12/15/40

    50       62,477  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

3.60%, 03/01/35 (Call 09/01/34)

    550       522,159  

3.80%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

    350       329,357  

4.07%, 12/15/42a

    325       320,668  

4.09%, 09/15/52 (Call 03/15/52)

    350       341,401  

4.50%, 05/15/36 (Call 11/15/35)

    250       265,530  

4.70%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

    600       650,826  

Series B
6.15%, 09/01/36

    250       313,815  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

3.85%, 04/15/45 (Call 10/15/44)

    345       324,303  

4.03%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)

    675       649,188  

4.75%, 06/01/43

    250       269,555  

5.05%, 11/15/40

    250       277,978  

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.

   

7.75%, 02/15/31

    450       609,174  

Raytheon Co.

   

4.20%, 12/15/44 (Call 06/15/44)

    100       105,278  

4.70%, 12/15/41

    300       335,631  

4.88%, 10/15/40a

    137       157,251  

Rockwell Collins Inc.

   

4.35%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)

    250       248,345  

4.80%, 12/15/43 (Call 06/15/43)

    261       282,439  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

United Technologies Corp.

   

3.75%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

  $ 700     $ 642,747  

4.05%, 05/04/47 (Call 11/04/46)a

    250       240,808  

4.15%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/16/44)

    650       633,886  

4.50%, 06/01/42

    1,250       1,286,137  

5.40%, 05/01/35

    121       137,573  

5.70%, 04/15/40

    280       333,228  

6.05%, 06/01/36

    100       121,892  

6.13%, 07/15/38

    200       249,058  

6.70%, 08/01/28

    500       620,350  

7.50%, 09/15/29

    164       216,173  
   

 

 

 
      12,358,183  

AGRICULTURE — 1.43%

   

Altria Group Inc.

   

3.88%, 09/16/46 (Call 03/16/46)a

    350       324,527  

4.25%, 08/09/42

    650       642,233  

4.50%, 05/02/43

    350       356,720  

5.38%, 01/31/44

    650       745,050  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

4.02%, 04/16/43

    799       772,697  

4.54%, 03/26/42

    378       392,802  

BAT Capital Corp.

   

4.39%, 08/15/37 (Call 02/15/37)b

    1,150       1,137,361  

4.54%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)b

    1,000       971,840  

Philip Morris International Inc.

   

3.88%, 08/21/42a

    76       71,404  

4.13%, 03/04/43

    425       413,483  

4.25%, 11/10/44

    850       848,631  

4.38%, 11/15/41

    436       440,517  

4.50%, 03/20/42

    100       102,681  

4.88%, 11/15/43

    200       216,254  

6.38%, 05/16/38

    725       938,817  

Reynolds American Inc.

   

5.70%, 08/15/35 (Call 02/15/35)

    225       256,181  

5.85%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

    750       872,542  

6.15%, 09/15/43

    300       359,682  

7.25%, 06/15/37

    253       336,376  
   

 

 

 
      10,199,798  

AIRLINES — 0.16%

   

American Airlines Pass Through Trust

   

Series 2016-2, Class AA
3.20%, 12/15/29

    80       76,611  

Series 2016-3, Class AA
3.00%, 04/15/30

    632       600,474  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

United Airlines Pass Through Trust

   

Series 2016-2, Class AA
2.88%, 04/07/30

  $ 500     $ 473,330  
   

 

 

 
      1,150,415  

APPAREL — 0.12%

   

NIKE Inc.

   

3.38%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

    200       180,450  

3.63%, 05/01/43 (Call 11/01/42)

    300       284,325  

3.88%, 11/01/45 (Call 05/01/45)

    175       172,364  

VF Corp.

   

6.45%, 11/01/37

    150       189,336  
   

 

 

 
      826,475  

AUTO MANUFACTURERS — 0.95%

 

Daimler Finance North America LLC

   

8.50%, 01/18/31

    700       1,021,188  

Ford Motor Co.

   

4.75%, 01/15/43

    1,000       923,140  

5.29%, 12/08/46 (Call 06/08/46)a

    650       638,839  

6.63%, 10/01/28

    16       18,484  

7.40%, 11/01/46

    114       144,977  

7.45%, 07/16/31

    650       794,397  

General Motors Co.

   

5.00%, 04/01/35

    400       401,048  

5.15%, 04/01/38 (Call 10/01/37)

    250       250,433  

5.20%, 04/01/45

    600       590,244  

5.40%, 04/01/48 (Call 10/01/47)a

    250       253,573  

6.25%, 10/02/43

    350       390,674  

6.60%, 04/01/36 (Call 10/01/35)

    750       870,472  

6.75%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

    400       470,704  
   

 

 

 
      6,768,173  

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT — 0.05%

 

Aptiv PLC

   

4.40%, 10/01/46 (Call 04/01/46)a

    150       145,518  

BorgWarner Inc.

   

4.38%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

    185       181,219  
   

 

 

 
      326,737  

BANKS — 8.23%

   

Bank of America Corp.

   

4.88%, 04/01/44

    800       885,376  

5.00%, 01/21/44

    700       788,984  

5.88%, 02/07/42

    750       936,322  

6.11%, 01/29/37

    900       1,085,769  

7.75%, 05/14/38

    600       856,932  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.190%)
3.95%, 01/23/49 (Call 01/23/48)c

  $ 600     $ 573,936  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.814%)
4.24%, 04/24/38 (Call 04/24/37)c

    500       508,870  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.990%)
4.44%, 01/20/48 (Call 01/20/47)c

    800       830,000  

Series L
4.75%, 04/21/45

    8       8,463  

Bank of America N.A.

   

6.00%, 10/15/36

    350       432,513  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

   

3.00%, 10/30/28 (Call 07/30/28)

    85       79,169  

3.30%, 08/23/29 (Call 05/23/29)

    250       237,620  

Barclays PLC

   

4.84%, 05/09/28 (Call 05/07/27)

    600       590,856  

4.95%, 01/10/47

    750       771,202  

5.25%, 08/17/45

    600       645,216  

Citigroup Inc.

   

4.13%, 07/25/28

    575       570,871  

4.65%, 07/30/45a

    475       508,036  

4.75%, 05/18/46

    700       716,821  

5.30%, 05/06/44

    550       609,669  

5.88%, 01/30/42a

    600       748,602  

6.00%, 10/31/33

    200       235,392  

6.13%, 08/25/36

    282       334,931  

6.63%, 06/15/32

    450       553,550  

6.68%, 09/13/43

    375       491,708  

8.13%, 07/15/39

    800       1,218,816  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.839%)
4.28%, 04/24/48 (Call 04/24/47)a,c

    325       327,727  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA

   

5.25%, 05/24/41

    575       680,708  

5.25%, 08/04/45

    541       600,413  

5.75%, 12/01/43

    350       415,205  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

   

4.88%, 05/15/45a

    786       833,970  

Fifth Third Bancorp.

   

8.25%, 03/01/38

    400       583,164  

First Republic Bank/CA

   

4.38%, 08/01/46 (Call 02/01/46)

    250       246,225  

Goldman Sachs Capital I

   

6.35%, 02/15/34a

    475       572,209  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

   

4.75%, 10/21/45 (Call 04/21/45)

  $ 750     $ 798,157  

4.80%, 07/08/44 (Call 01/08/44)

    850       911,897  

5.15%, 05/22/45

    890       963,087  

6.13%, 02/15/33a

    750       903,112  

6.25%, 02/01/41a

    1,150       1,458,591  

6.75%, 10/01/37

    2,100       2,652,678  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.158%)
3.81%, 04/23/29 (Call 04/23/28)c

    1,000       976,120  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.373%)
4.02%, 10/31/38 (Call 10/31/37)a,c

    1,025       989,381  

HSBC Bank USA N.A./New York NY

   

5.63%, 08/15/35

    350       417,099  

HSBC Holdings PLC

   

5.25%, 03/14/44

    800       879,648  

6.10%, 01/14/42

    225       289,798  

6.50%, 05/02/36

    900       1,111,518  

6.50%, 09/15/37

    800       994,624  

6.80%, 06/01/38

    700       900,928  

7.63%, 05/17/32

    300       389,091  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

4.85%, 02/01/44

    550       608,712  

4.95%, 06/01/45a

    775       836,667  

5.40%, 01/06/42a

    875       1,036,219  

5.50%, 10/15/40

    837       996,733  

5.60%, 07/15/41

    846       1,023,795  

5.63%, 08/16/43

    475       557,731  

6.40%, 05/15/38

    750       980,692  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.360%)
3.88%, 07/24/38 (Call 07/24/37)c

    750       724,785  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.380%)
3.96%, 11/15/48 (Call 11/15/47)c

    750       713,497  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.460%)
4.03%, 07/24/48 (Call 07/24/47)c

    709       685,532  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.580%)
4.26%, 02/22/48 (Call 02/22/47)c

    750       749,265  

KfW

   

0.00%, 04/18/36d

    700       387,926  

0.00%, 06/29/37d

    750       397,433  

2.88%, 04/03/28

    1,375       1,355,805  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

   

4.34%, 01/09/48a

    600       569,826  

5.30%, 12/01/45a

    400       438,936  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Morgan Stanley

   

4.30%, 01/27/45a

  $ 1,000     $ 1,000,000  

4.38%, 01/22/47

    950       962,673  

6.38%, 07/24/42

    1,050       1,366,323  

7.25%, 04/01/32a

    700       927,864  

Regions Financial Corp.

   

7.38%, 12/10/37

    325       427,317  

Wachovia Corp.

   

5.50%, 08/01/35

    400       453,124  

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

3.90%, 05/01/45a

    900       866,565  

4.40%, 06/14/46

    550       540,881  

4.65%, 11/04/44

    1,100       1,125,278  

4.75%, 12/07/46

    1,000       1,035,390  

4.90%, 11/17/45

    1,000       1,059,720  

5.38%, 02/07/35

    300       348,147  

5.38%, 11/02/43

    975       1,093,843  

5.61%, 01/15/44

    1,020       1,180,079  

Wells Fargo Capital X

   

5.95%, 12/01/86

    200       219,400  
   

 

 

 
      58,785,132  

BEVERAGES — 2.54%

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

   

4.00%, 01/17/43

    200       189,656  

4.63%, 02/01/44

    345       354,971  

4.70%, 02/01/36 (Call 08/01/35)

    2,250       2,364,795  

4.90%, 02/01/46 (Call 08/01/45)a

    4,000       4,266,800  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

   

3.75%, 07/15/42

    650       591,688  

4.44%, 10/06/48 (Call 04/06/48)

    833       835,499  

4.95%, 01/15/42

    750       808,927  

8.00%, 11/15/39

    136       201,855  

8.20%, 01/15/39

    600       900,576  

Brown-Forman Corp.

   

4.50%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)

    118       125,783  

Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV

   

5.25%, 11/26/43

    271       310,013  

Constellation Brands Inc.

   

4.10%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

    125       115,863  

4.50%, 05/09/47 (Call 11/09/46)

    200       199,222  

Diageo Capital PLC

   

3.88%, 04/29/43 (Call 10/29/42)

    136       135,217  

5.88%, 09/30/36

    350       442,043  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Diageo Investment Corp.

   

4.25%, 05/11/42

  $ 450     $ 471,591  

7.45%, 04/15/35

    11       15,835  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

   

4.50%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)b

    250       245,363  

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

   

4.38%, 05/10/43

    364       365,565  

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

   

4.20%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

    600       562,014  

5.00%, 05/01/42

    650       688,382  

Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co. Inc.

   

Series B
7.00%, 03/01/29

    501       655,614  

PepsiCo Inc.

   

3.45%, 10/06/46 (Call 04/06/46)a

    605       549,624  

3.60%, 08/13/42a

    400       376,268  

4.00%, 03/05/42

    207       208,695  

4.00%, 05/02/47 (Call 11/02/46)a

    250       251,210  

4.25%, 10/22/44 (Call 04/22/44)

    350       364,991  

4.45%, 04/14/46 (Call 10/14/45)

    675       724,417  

4.60%, 07/17/45 (Call 01/17/45)

    250       272,988  

4.88%, 11/01/40

    200       227,440  

5.50%, 01/15/40

    246       302,196  
   

 

 

 
      18,125,101  

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 1.62%

   

Amgen Inc.

   

4.40%, 05/01/45 (Call 11/01/44)

    1,200       1,190,868  

4.56%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

    1,100       1,106,347  

4.66%, 06/15/51 (Call 12/15/50)

    1,325       1,344,530  

4.95%, 10/01/41

    150       162,261  

5.15%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

    175       194,642  

Baxalta Inc.

   

5.25%, 06/23/45 (Call 12/23/44)

    350       378,697  

Biogen Inc.

   

5.20%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)

    700       761,453  

Celgene Corp.

   

4.35%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

    250       235,143  

4.55%, 02/20/48 (Call 08/20/47)

    250       242,785  

4.63%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)a

    500       495,390  

5.00%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)a

    600       620,388  

5.25%, 08/15/43

    450       485,352  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

   

4.00%, 09/01/36 (Call 03/01/36)

  $ 50     $ 49,414  

4.15%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)

    800       774,688  

4.50%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

    1,025       1,042,691  

4.60%, 09/01/35 (Call 03/01/35)

    550       584,930  

4.75%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)

    750       792,232  

4.80%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

    550       582,874  

5.65%, 12/01/41 (Call 06/01/41)

    450       530,631  
   

 

 

 
      11,575,316  

BUILDING MATERIALS — 0.34%

   

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

4.50%, 02/15/47 (Call 08/15/46)a

    250       258,685  

4.63%, 07/02/44 (Call 01/02/44)e

    250       263,275  

4.95%, 07/02/64 (Call 01/02/64)e

    107       111,760  

5.13%, 09/14/45 (Call 03/14/45)a

    250       281,520  

6.00%, 01/15/36

    100       121,242  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

   

4.25%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

    300       278,646  

Masco Corp.

   

4.50%, 05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)

    150       144,729  

Owens Corning

   

4.30%, 07/15/47 (Call 01/15/47)

    300       276,015  

7.00%, 12/01/36

    173       217,653  

Vulcan Materials Co.

   

4.50%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)a

    200       192,854  

4.70%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)b

    250       248,483  
   

 

 

 
      2,394,862  

CHEMICALS — 1.49%

   

Agrium Inc.

   

4.13%, 03/15/35 (Call 09/15/34)

    87       84,638  

4.90%, 06/01/43 (Call 12/01/42)

    250       261,880  

5.25%, 01/15/45 (Call 07/15/44)

    254       276,123  

6.13%, 01/15/41 (Call 07/15/40)

    225       269,278  

7.13%, 05/23/36a

    100       129,256  

Albemarle Corp.

   

5.45%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

    150       168,038  

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

   

4.25%, 10/01/34 (Call 04/01/34)

    425       427,809  

4.38%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)

    400       399,672  

4.63%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

    351       361,751  

5.25%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

    400       441,976  

7.38%, 11/01/29

    333       435,594  

9.40%, 05/15/39

    300       485,382  
 

 

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iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

4.65%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

  $ 375     $ 387,757  

4.80%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)

    208       221,387  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

   

4.15%, 02/15/43a

    398       392,277  

4.90%, 01/15/41

    345       372,793  

5.60%, 12/15/36

    11       12,879  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

   

4.38%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

    200       199,062  

Lubrizol Corp. (The)

   

6.50%, 10/01/34

    120       154,546  

LYB International Finance BV

   

4.88%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    401       421,487  

5.25%, 07/15/43

    300       330,099  

LyondellBasell Industries NV

   

4.63%, 02/26/55 (Call 08/26/54)a

    380       372,712  

Methanex Corp.

   

5.65%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

    150       152,358  

Monsanto Co.

   

3.95%, 04/15/45 (Call 10/15/44)

    150       139,854  

4.20%, 07/15/34 (Call 01/15/34)

    250       248,875  

4.40%, 07/15/44 (Call 01/15/44)a

    475       468,754  

4.65%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

    24       24,678  

4.70%, 07/15/64 (Call 01/15/64)

    300       296,448  

Mosaic Co. (The)

   

5.45%, 11/15/33 (Call 05/15/33)a

    208       221,012  

5.63%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

    200       209,098  

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.

   

5.63%, 12/01/40

    350       400,074  

5.88%, 12/01/36

    101       117,621  

Praxair Inc.

   

3.55%, 11/07/42 (Call 05/07/42)

    300       287,328  

Rohm & Haas Co.

   

7.85%, 07/15/29

    100       134,095  

RPM International Inc.

   

4.25%, 01/15/48 (Call 07/15/47)

    150       139,127  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

   

4.00%, 12/15/42 (Call 06/15/42)

    200       187,296  

4.50%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

    650       649,987  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

   

4.38%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

    105       100,767  

5.00%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

    225       236,578  
   

 

 

 
      10,620,346  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

COMMERCIAL SERVICES — 0.64%

   

California Institute of Technology

   

4.32%, 08/01/45

  $ 12     $ 12,878  

4.70%, 11/01/11

    100       105,469  

Cleveland Clinic Foundation (The)

   

4.86%, 01/01/14

    200       207,934  

Ecolab Inc.

   

3.95%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)b

    525       502,325  

5.50%, 12/08/41

    41       48,427  

George Washington University (The)

   

4.87%, 09/15/45

    16       17,927  

Johns Hopkins University

   

Series 2013
4.08%, 07/01/53

    11       10,965  

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

   

3.96%, 07/01/38

    9       9,324  

4.68%, 07/01/14

    400       427,076  

5.60%, 07/01/11

    375       467,861  

Moody’s Corp.

   

5.25%, 07/15/44a

    250       285,492  

President and Fellows of Harvard College

   

3.15%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

    375       338,816  

3.30%, 07/15/56 (Call 01/15/56)

    250       225,000  

Princeton University

   

5.70%, 03/01/39

    350       445,781  

S&P Global Inc.

   

6.55%, 11/15/37

    161       205,433  

University of Notre Dame du Lac

   

Series 2015
3.44%, 02/15/45

    9       8,398  

University of Southern California

   

3.03%, 10/01/39

    275       246,293  

5.25%, 10/01/11

    250       290,290  

Verisk Analytics Inc.

   

5.50%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    111       120,856  

Western Union Co. (The)

   

6.20%, 11/17/36

    175       183,785  

William Marsh Rice University

   

3.57%, 05/15/45

    451       434,047  
   

 

 

 
      4,594,377  
 

 

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iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

COMPUTERS — 1.71%

   

Apple Inc.

   

3.45%, 02/09/45

  $ 750     $ 684,263  

3.75%, 09/12/47 (Call 03/12/47)

    500       476,590  

3.75%, 11/13/47 (Call 05/13/47)a

    500       476,335  

3.85%, 05/04/43

    750       731,895  

3.85%, 08/04/46 (Call 02/04/46)

    845       818,737  

4.25%, 02/09/47 (Call 08/09/46)

    500       515,350  

4.38%, 05/13/45

    750       786,067  

4.45%, 05/06/44

    725       770,559  

4.50%, 02/23/36 (Call 08/23/35)

    500       545,440  

4.65%, 02/23/46 (Call 08/23/45)

    1,300       1,418,469  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

   

8.10%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)b

    600       736,008  

8.35%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)b

    850       1,075,241  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

6.20%, 10/15/35 (Call 04/15/35)

    250       268,058  

6.35%, 10/15/45 (Call 04/15/45)

    650       684,794  

HP Inc.

   

6.00%, 09/15/41

    450       475,772  

International Business Machines Corp.

   

4.00%, 06/20/42

    425       427,597  

4.70%, 02/19/46a

    400       450,868  

5.60%, 11/30/39

    300       371,094  

5.88%, 11/29/32

    341       426,809  

Seagate HDD Cayman

   

5.75%, 12/01/34 (Call 06/01/34)a

    100       94,881  
   

 

 

 
      12,234,827  

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE — 0.41%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

3.70%, 08/01/47 (Call 02/01/47)a

    275       261,211  

4.00%, 08/15/45

    250       249,762  

Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The)

   

4.15%, 03/15/47 (Call 09/15/46)a

    125       128,483  

4.38%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    250       264,135  

6.00%, 05/15/37

    150       188,909  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

   

3.50%, 10/25/47a

    300       281,616  

5.55%, 03/05/37

    700       878,248  

Unilever Capital Corp.

   

5.90%, 11/15/32

    525       659,337  
   

 

 

 
      2,911,701  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

DISTRIBUTION & WHOLESALE — 0.11%

 

WW Grainger Inc.

   

3.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

  $ 250     $ 231,978  

4.20%, 05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)

    150       151,386  

4.60%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    400       425,132  
   

 

 

 
      808,496  

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 1.50%

 

American Express Co.

   

4.05%, 12/03/42

    500       495,875  

AXA Financial Inc.

   

7.00%, 04/01/28

    14       17,135  

Brookfield Finance Inc.

   

4.70%, 09/20/47 (Call 03/20/47)

    350       340,273  

CME Group Inc.

   

5.30%, 09/15/43 (Call 03/15/43)a

    100       121,716  

Credit Suisse USA Inc.

   

7.13%, 07/15/32

    368       490,150  

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co.

   

4.42%, 11/15/35

    4,500       4,416,345  

Invesco Finance PLC

   

5.38%, 11/30/43

    41       47,627  

Jefferies Group LLC

   

6.25%, 01/15/36

    300       330,888  

6.50%, 01/20/43

    150       168,221  

Jefferies Group LLC/Jefferies Group Capital Finance Inc.

   

4.15%, 01/23/30

    250       237,545  

Legg Mason Inc.

   

5.63%, 01/15/44

    250       267,438  

Mastercard Inc.

   

3.80%, 11/21/46 (Call 05/21/46)a

    150       147,102  

3.95%, 02/26/48 (Call 08/26/47)

    145       146,195  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

   

4.02%, 11/01/32 (Call 05/01/32)

    150       152,261  

Series C
8.00%, 03/01/32

    271       381,210  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

   

4.95%, 07/15/46

    250       270,060  

Visa Inc.

   

3.65%, 09/15/47 (Call 03/15/47)a

    300       286,782  

4.15%, 12/14/35 (Call 06/14/35)

    1,000       1,053,640  

4.30%, 12/14/45 (Call 06/14/45)

    1,250       1,324,850  
   

 

 

 
      10,695,313  
 

 

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iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

ELECTRIC — 9.05%

   

AEP Transmission Co. LLC

   

3.75%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)b

  $ 300     $ 288,471  

4.00%, 12/01/46 (Call 06/01/46)a

    150       150,570  

Alabama Power Co.

   

3.75%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

    400       387,060  

3.85%, 12/01/42

    50       49,076  

4.15%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

    302       308,889  

4.30%, 01/02/46 (Call 07/02/45)a

    300       314,652  

6.00%, 03/01/39

    270       338,153  

6.13%, 05/15/38

    200       251,112  

Ameren Illinois Co.

   

3.70%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

    475       457,648  

4.15%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

    350       361,704  

Appalachian Power Co.

   

4.40%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)a

    11       11,492  

4.45%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

    300       315,927  

7.00%, 04/01/38a

    100       136,744  

Arizona Public Service Co.

   

3.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

    275       264,206  

4.50%, 04/01/42 (Call 10/01/41)

    251       268,515  

5.05%, 09/01/41 (Call 03/01/41)

    100       113,712  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

   

4.50%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)a

    400       419,652  

5.15%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

    370       427,968  

5.95%, 05/15/37

    350       436,380  

6.13%, 04/01/36

    1,600       2,037,376  

Black Hills Corp.

   

4.20%, 09/15/46 (Call 03/15/46)

    150       147,311  

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC

   

3.55%, 08/01/42 (Call 02/01/42)

    325       306,923  

3.95%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

    140       140,444  

4.50%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

    200       218,534  

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC

   

4.97%, 05/01/46 (Call 11/01/45)

    150       151,571  

CMS Energy Corp.

   

4.88%, 03/01/44 (Call 09/01/43)

    150       164,217  

Commonwealth Edison Co.

   

3.70%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

    200       191,052  

3.80%, 10/01/42 (Call 04/01/42)

    311       302,687  

4.35%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

    100       105,470  

4.60%, 08/15/43 (Call 02/15/43)

    233       254,236  

4.70%, 01/15/44 (Call 07/15/43)

    261       290,498  

5.90%, 03/15/36

    500       621,675  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.

   

4.30%, 12/01/56 (Call 06/01/56)a

  $     130     $     132,890  

5.50%, 12/01/39

    200       241,514  

6.30%, 08/15/37

    8       10,370  

3.85%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)a

    500       487,985  

3.95%, 03/01/43 (Call 09/01/42)

    450       447,039  

4.45%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    476       506,892  

4.50%, 12/01/45 (Call 06/01/45)

    207       223,144  

5.70%, 06/15/40

    335       414,459  

Series 05-A
5.30%, 03/01/35

    100       115,366  

Series 06-A
5.85%, 03/15/36

    325       397,270  

Series 06-B
6.20%, 06/15/36

    311       394,650  

Series 08-B
6.75%, 04/01/38

    200       275,048  

Series 12-A
4.20%, 03/15/42

    8       8,208  

Series 2017
3.88%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

    150       146,972  

Consumers Energy Co.

   

3.25%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

    200       178,384  

3.95%, 05/15/43 (Call 11/15/42)a

    75       75,526  

3.95%, 07/15/47 (Call 01/15/47)

    250       252,552  

Delmarva Power & Light Co.

   

4.15%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

    250       254,575  

Dominion Energy Inc.

   

4.70%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)a

    75       79,015  

6.30%, 03/15/33a

    275       335,382  

7.00%, 06/15/38

    230       303,634  

Series B
5.95%, 06/15/35

    375       449,370  

Series C
4.05%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

    155       149,282  

4.90%, 08/01/41 (Call 02/01/41)

    62       66,802  

Series F
5.25%, 08/01/33

    475       530,010  

DTE Electric Co.

   

3.70%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

    216       208,548  

3.70%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)

    385       369,939  

4.30%, 07/01/44 (Call 01/01/44)

    103       108,503  

Series A
4.00%, 04/01/43 (Call 10/01/42)a

    208       208,936  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

DTE Energy Co.

   

6.38%, 04/15/33

  $ 135     $     166,794  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

   

3.70%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

    250       239,503  

3.75%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

    315       303,562  

3.88%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

    250       246,710  

3.95%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

    250       248,480  

4.00%, 09/30/42 (Call 03/30/42)

    250       251,382  

4.25%, 12/15/41 (Call 06/15/41)

    300       313,860  

5.30%, 02/15/40a

    510       607,104  

6.00%, 01/15/38

    57       72,243  

6.05%, 04/15/38

    550       704,885  

6.10%, 06/01/37

    500       628,125  

6.45%, 10/15/32

    86       108,759  

Series A
6.00%, 12/01/28

    16       19,015  

Duke Energy Corp.

   

3.75%, 09/01/46 (Call 03/01/46)a

    400       364,032  

4.80%, 12/15/45 (Call 06/15/45)

    126       136,392  

Duke Energy Florida LLC

   

3.40%, 10/01/46 (Call 04/01/46)

    230       207,672  

3.85%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)

    280       274,190  

5.65%, 04/01/40

    100       124,319  

6.35%, 09/15/37

    100       131,976  

6.40%, 06/15/38

    200       266,632  

Duke Energy Florida Project Finance LLC

   

Series 2026
2.54%, 09/01/31

    200       187,050  

Duke Energy Indiana LLC

   

3.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

    450       428,395  

6.12%, 10/15/35

    250       314,510  

6.35%, 08/15/38

    46       60,599  

6.45%, 04/01/39

    300       400,551  

Duke Energy Progress LLC

   

3.70%, 10/15/46 (Call 04/15/46)

    300       286,689  

4.10%, 05/15/42 (Call 11/15/41)

    300       305,439  

4.10%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

    186       189,463  

4.15%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)a

    300       307,320  

4.20%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)a

    250       257,297  

4.38%, 03/30/44 (Call 09/30/43)a

    300       319,302  

6.30%, 04/01/38

    250       329,305  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

El Paso Electric Co.

   

5.00%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

  $ 200     $     204,218  

6.00%, 05/15/35

    150       172,694  

Emera U.S. Finance LP

   

4.75%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

    450       451,629  

Entergy Louisiana LLC

   

3.05%, 06/01/31 (Call 03/01/31)a

    150       138,579  

3.25%, 04/01/28 (Call 01/01/28)

    150       145,056  

4.95%, 01/15/45 (Call 01/15/25)

    100       101,153  

Entergy Mississippi Inc.

   

2.85%, 06/01/28 (Call 03/01/28)a

    250       232,840  

Exelon Corp.

   

4.45%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)

    675       687,508  

4.95%, 06/15/35 (Call 12/15/34)

    375       410,959  

5.10%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)a

    69       76,922  

5.63%, 06/15/35a

    300       352,512  

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

   

5.60%, 06/15/42 (Call 12/15/41)a

    450       470,479  

5.75%, 10/01/41 (Call 04/01/41)

    20       21,163  

6.25%, 10/01/39

    500       559,105  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

Series C
4.85%, 07/15/47 (Call 01/15/47)

    450       471,951  

7.38%, 11/15/31

    450       593,028  

Florida Power & Light Co.

   

3.70%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

    525       505,081  

3.80%, 12/15/42 (Call 06/15/42)

    200       196,102  

4.05%, 06/01/42 (Call 12/01/41)

    200       203,604  

4.05%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

    400       408,008  

4.13%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

    225       232,061  

4.95%, 06/01/35

    200       225,958  

5.25%, 02/01/41 (Call 08/01/40)

    200       238,572  

5.65%, 02/01/37

    96       117,553  

5.69%, 03/01/40

    124       154,945  

5.95%, 02/01/38

    350       445,599  

Georgia Power Co.

   

4.30%, 03/15/42

    625       640,694  

4.30%, 03/15/43

    21       21,254  

5.40%, 06/01/40

    200       231,936  

5.95%, 02/01/39

    114       139,429  

Series 10-C
4.75%, 09/01/40

    263       282,246  
 

 

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iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Iberdrola International BV

   

6.75%, 07/15/36

  $ 250     $   313,955  

Indiana Michigan Power Co.

   

6.05%, 03/15/37

    105       129,910  

Series K
4.55%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

    300       322,128  

Interstate Power & Light Co.

   

3.70%, 09/15/46 (Call 03/15/46)

    325       304,483  

6.25%, 07/15/39

    5       6,355  

John Sevier Combined Cycle Generation LLC

   

4.63%, 01/15/42

    229       245,234  

Kansas City Power & Light Co.

   

4.20%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

    225       227,016  

5.30%, 10/01/41 (Call 04/01/41)

    250       288,230  

Kentucky Utilities Co.

   

5.13%, 11/01/40 (Call 05/01/40)

    314       366,391  

MidAmerican Energy Co.

   

3.65%, 08/01/48 (Call 02/01/48)

    650       615,140  

4.25%, 05/01/46 (Call 11/01/45)

    111       116,251  

4.40%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)a

    225       240,617  

4.80%, 09/15/43 (Call 03/15/43)a

    200       226,210  

5.75%, 11/01/35

    11       13,371  

6.75%, 12/30/31

    11       14,340  

Mississippi Power Co.

   

Series 12-A
4.25%, 03/15/42

    350       323,092  

Nevada Power Co.

   

6.65%, 04/01/36

    100       132,326  

Northern States Power Co./MN

   

3.40%, 08/15/42 (Call 02/15/42)

    350       324,198  

3.60%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

    50       47,160  

4.00%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

    90       90,527  

4.13%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

    7       7,185  

5.35%, 11/01/39

    5       5,941  

6.25%, 06/01/36

    106       136,559  

NorthWestern Corp.

   

4.18%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

    161       163,059  

NSTAR Electric Co.

   

4.40%, 03/01/44 (Call 09/01/43)

    100       107,093  

5.50%, 03/15/40

    241       290,424  

Oglethorpe Power Corp.

   

5.25%, 09/01/50a

    25       26,763  

5.38%, 11/01/40

    175       196,378  

5.95%, 11/01/39

    5       5,998  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Ohio Edison Co.

   

6.88%, 07/15/36

  $ 200     $   261,986  

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.

   

4.15%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)

    200       206,180  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

   

3.80%, 09/30/47 (Call 03/30/47)a,b

    350       338,394  

4.55%, 12/01/41 (Call 06/01/41)

    150       162,684  

5.25%, 09/30/40

    305       360,129  

5.30%, 06/01/42 (Call 12/01/41)

    225       267,633  

7.25%, 01/15/33

    200       274,538  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

   

3.95%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)a,b

    300       270,081  

4.00%, 12/01/46 (Call 06/01/46)a

    350       322,588  

4.25%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

    11       10,477  

4.30%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

    107       102,741  

4.45%, 04/15/42 (Call 10/15/41)

    200       198,446  

4.60%, 06/15/43 (Call 12/15/42)

    13       13,109  

4.75%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)

    225       228,722  

5.13%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

    300       321,507  

5.40%, 01/15/40

    275       305,844  

5.80%, 03/01/37a

    466       539,395  

6.05%, 03/01/34a

    1,250       1,463,450  

6.25%, 03/01/39

    400       487,152  

6.35%, 02/15/38

    71       86,898  

PacifiCorp

   

4.10%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

    245       250,218  

6.00%, 01/15/39

    300       386,457  

6.10%, 08/01/36

    105       133,490  

6.25%, 10/15/37

    50       65,066  

6.35%, 07/15/38

    150       197,709  

PECO Energy Co.

   

3.90%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

    250       248,618  

4.15%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

    200       205,154  

5.95%, 10/01/36

    111       139,101  

Potomac Electric Power Co.

   

4.15%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

    66       67,797  

6.50%, 11/15/37

    175       231,215  

PPL Capital Funding Inc.

   

4.00%, 09/15/47 (Call 03/15/47)a

    250       237,513  

4.70%, 06/01/43 (Call 12/01/42)

    400       422,164  

5.00%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    300       328,437  

PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

   

3.95%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

    200       199,472  

6.25%, 05/15/39

    61       80,357  
 

 

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iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Progress Energy Inc.

   

7.75%, 03/01/31

  $ 34     $   46,244  

PSEG Power LLC

   

8.63%, 04/15/31

    300       391,356  

Public Service Co. of Colorado

   

3.60%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

    200       188,874  

3.80%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

    400       389,620  

4.30%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    300       315,381  

6.25%, 09/01/37a

    60       77,939  

6.50%, 08/01/38

    100       133,924  

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

   

3.60%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)

    220       207,920  

3.65%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)

    75       72,067  

3.80%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)

    225       220,601  

3.95%, 05/01/42 (Call 11/01/41)

    200       202,088  

5.50%, 03/01/40a

    107       130,438  

5.80%, 05/01/37

    100       123,162  

Puget Sound Energy Inc.

   

4.30%, 05/20/45 (Call 11/20/44)

    111       116,381  

5.64%, 04/15/41 (Call 10/15/40)

    235       288,415  

5.76%, 10/01/39

    200       246,084  

5.80%, 03/15/40

    56       69,976  

6.27%, 03/15/37

    5       6,446  

San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

   

4.50%, 08/15/40a

    100       109,377  

6.00%, 06/01/39

    163       208,668  

Series RRR
3.75%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

    200       194,712  

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

   

4.10%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)a

    250       238,713  

4.35%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

    100       99,153  

4.50%, 06/01/64 (Call 12/01/63)

    250       236,578  

4.60%, 06/15/43 (Call 12/15/42)

    116       118,972  

5.10%, 06/01/65 (Call 12/01/64)

    150       156,797  

5.30%, 05/15/33a

    5       5,487  

6.05%, 01/15/38

    248       295,943  

Southern California Edison Co.

   

4.00%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)

    350       350,973  

4.05%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

    50       50,441  

4.50%, 09/01/40 (Call 03/01/40)a

    48       51,191  

4.65%, 10/01/43 (Call 04/01/43)

    350       382,056  

5.50%, 03/15/40a

    217       264,937  

5.63%, 02/01/36

    75       89,651  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

5.75%, 04/01/35

  $ 105     $   127,266  

6.00%, 01/15/34

    266       327,590  

6.05%, 03/15/39

    150       192,027  

6.65%, 04/01/29

    250       303,330  

Series 05-E
5.35%, 07/15/35

    300       350,370  

Series 06-E
5.55%, 01/15/37

    130       155,505  

Series 08-A
5.95%, 02/01/38

    200       251,868  

Series 13-A
3.90%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

    205       202,296  

Series C
3.60%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

    200       187,074  

Southern Co. (The)

   

4.25%, 07/01/36 (Call 01/01/36)

    250       250,852  

4.40%, 07/01/46 (Call 01/01/46)

    550       551,336  

Southern Power Co.

   

5.15%, 09/15/41

    250       269,925  

Southwestern Electric Power Co.

   

3.90%, 04/01/45 (Call 10/01/44)

    300       288,162  

6.20%, 03/15/40

    100       126,230  

Series L
3.85%, 02/01/48 (Call 08/01/47)

    100       95,570  

Southwestern Public Service Co.

   

3.40%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

    500       450,495  

3.70%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

    250       238,463  

4.50%, 08/15/41 (Call 02/15/41)

    100       107,106  

Tampa Electric Co.

   

4.10%, 06/15/42 (Call 12/15/41)

    75       72,716  

4.35%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

    150       151,232  

Toledo Edison Co. (The)

   

6.15%, 05/15/37

    200       247,848  

TransAlta Corp.

   

6.50%, 03/15/40

    100       98,853  

Union Electric Co.

   

3.90%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

    250       248,428  

8.45%, 03/15/39

    111       172,666  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

   

4.00%, 01/15/43 (Call 07/15/42)

    116       115,046  

4.20%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

    7       7,175  

4.45%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)

    300       319,572  

8.88%, 11/15/38

    300       492,960  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Series A
6.00%, 05/15/37

  $ 395     $ 494,895  

Series B
6.00%, 01/15/36

    250       310,325  

Series D
4.65%, 08/15/43 (Call 02/15/43)a

    71       77,514  

Westar Energy Inc.

   

4.10%, 04/01/43 (Call 10/01/42)

    105       106,659  

4.13%, 03/01/42 (Call 09/01/41)

    300       304,179  

4.25%, 12/01/45 (Call 06/01/45)

    200       207,996  

Wisconsin Power & Light Co.

   

6.38%, 08/15/37

    140       181,476  

Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

   

4.75%, 11/01/44 (Call 05/01/44)

    205       230,240  

Xcel Energy Inc.

   

6.50%, 07/01/36

    50       64,991  
   

 

 

 
      64,702,440  

ELECTRONICS — 0.35%

 

Corning Inc.

   

4.38%, 11/15/57 (Call 05/15/57)

    350       328,825  

4.75%, 03/15/42

    200       212,322  

5.75%, 08/15/40

    200       234,186  

Fortive Corp.

   

4.30%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

    225       227,018  

Honeywell International Inc.

   

3.81%, 11/21/47 (Call 05/21/47)a

    661       645,691  

Koninklijke Philips NV

   

5.00%, 03/15/42a

    519       574,357  

Tyco Electronics Group SA

   

7.13%, 10/01/37

    200       275,740  
   

 

 

 
      2,498,139  

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION — 0.05%

 

ABB Finance USA Inc.

   

4.38%, 05/08/42

    357       367,653  
   

 

 

 
      367,653  

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL — 0.10%

 

Waste Management Inc.

   

3.90%, 03/01/35 (Call 09/01/34)

    250       249,993  

4.10%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

    433       430,670  

7.00%, 07/15/28

    18       22,630  
   

 

 

 
      703,293  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

FOOD — 1.47%

 

Ahold Finance USA LLC

   

6.88%, 05/01/29

  $ 11     $ 13,199  

Campbell Soup Co.

   

3.80%, 08/02/42

    6       5,345  

Conagra Brands Inc.

   

7.00%, 10/01/28

    150       180,459  

8.25%, 09/15/30

    200       267,938  

General Mills Inc.

   

4.15%, 02/15/43 (Call 08/15/42)

    5       4,827  

5.40%, 06/15/40

    401       458,207  

Hershey Co. (The)

   

3.38%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

    100       89,120  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

   

4.25%, 03/15/35

    500       503,535  

4.38%, 03/15/45

    100       99,459  

Kellogg Co.

   

4.50%, 04/01/46

    175       173,703  

Series B
7.45%, 04/01/31

    275       353,064  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

   

5.70%, 10/01/40

    500       564,410  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

   

4.38%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)

    1,310       1,197,026  

5.00%, 07/15/35 (Call 01/15/35)

    350       364,161  

5.00%, 06/04/42

    900       895,320  

5.20%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)

    700       713,237  

6.50%, 02/09/40

    400       474,988  

6.88%, 01/26/39

    300       369,435  

Kroger Co. (The)

   

3.88%, 10/15/46 (Call 04/15/46)

    250       216,008  

4.45%, 02/01/47 (Call 08/01/46)a

    225       211,253  

5.00%, 04/15/42 (Call 10/15/41)

    100       101,096  

5.15%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)

    250       258,035  

5.40%, 07/15/40 (Call 01/15/40)

    200       211,956  

6.90%, 04/15/38

    350       435,232  

7.50%, 04/01/31

    250       315,685  

McCormick &Co. Inc./MD

   

4.20%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

    200       197,976  

Mondelez International Inc.

   

6.50%, 02/09/40

    222       278,108  

Sysco Corp.

   

4.50%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

    226       231,203  

4.85%, 10/01/45 (Call 04/01/45)

    100       107,502  

5.38%, 09/21/35

    258       292,827  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Tyson Foods Inc.

   

4.88%, 08/15/34 (Call 02/15/34)

  $ 376     $ 403,918  

5.15%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

    445       492,570  
   

 

 

 
      10,480,802  

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER — 0.44%

 

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA

   

5.50%, 11/02/47 (Call 05/02/47)b

    200       204,104  

Georgia-Pacific LLC

   

7.75%, 11/15/29

    500       681,585  

8.88%, 05/15/31

    14       20,936  

International Paper Co.

   

4.35%, 08/15/48 (Call 02/15/48)

    276       269,221  

4.40%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

    750       737,190  

4.80%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)

    200       208,800  

5.00%, 09/15/35 (Call 03/15/35)

    50       54,314  

5.15%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

    150       164,187  

6.00%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)a

    325       387,185  

7.30%, 11/15/39

    330       443,032  
   

 

 

 
      3,170,554  

GAS — 0.83%

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

   

4.13%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

    500       508,780  

4.15%, 01/15/43 (Call 07/15/42)

    100       101,641  

5.50%, 06/15/41 (Call 12/15/40)

    5       5,988  

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.

   

4.10%, 09/01/47 (Call 03/01/47)a

    165       162,053  

5.85%, 01/15/41 (Call 07/15/40)

    100       121,703  

Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC

   

4.60%, 12/15/44 (Call 06/15/44)a

    225       233,123  

4.80%, 11/01/43 (Call 05/01/43)

    115       121,223  

KeySpan Corp.

   

5.80%, 04/01/35

    180       212,503  

NiSource Inc.

   

4.80%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)

    615       664,225  

5.25%, 02/15/43 (Call 08/15/42)a

    225       254,938  

5.65%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

    276       330,148  

5.95%, 06/15/41 (Call 12/15/40)

    200       242,698  

ONE Gas Inc.

   

4.66%, 02/01/44 (Call 08/01/43)a

    225       245,327  

Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc.

   

4.65%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)

    153       163,191  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Sempra Energy

   

3.80%, 02/01/38 (Call 08/01/37)

  $ 635     $ 602,291  

4.00%, 02/01/48 (Call 08/01/47)

    450       421,290  

6.00%, 10/15/39

    250       309,010  

Southern California Gas Co.

   

3.75%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

    5       4,885  

Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp.

   

3.95%, 10/01/46 (Call 04/01/46)

    450       418,360  

4.40%, 06/01/43 (Call 12/01/42)

    6       6,044  

4.40%, 05/30/47 (Call 11/30/46)

    90       90,531  

5.88%, 03/15/41 (Call 09/15/40)

    450       533,124  

Southwest Gas Corp.

   

3.80%, 09/29/46 (Call 03/29/46)

    200       190,050  
   

 

 

 
      5,943,126  

HAND & MACHINE TOOLS — 0.06%

 

Snap-On Inc.

   

4.10%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

    195       195,478  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

   

5.20%, 09/01/40

    200       223,840  
   

 

 

 
      419,318  

HEALTH CARE – PRODUCTS — 1.52%

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

4.75%, 11/30/36 (Call 05/30/36)

    950       1,015,531  

4.75%, 04/15/43 (Call 10/15/42)

    350       371,518  

4.90%, 11/30/46 (Call 05/30/46)

    850       918,025  

5.30%, 05/27/40

    550       617,325  

6.00%, 04/01/39

    450       545,755  

Baxter International Inc.

   

3.50%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

    200       173,708  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

   

4.67%, 06/06/47 (Call 12/06/46)a

    600       598,152  

4.69%, 12/15/44 (Call 06/15/44)a

    500       501,525  

5.00%, 11/12/40

    100       104,391  

Boston Scientific Corp.

   

7.00%, 11/15/35

    100       129,196  

7.38%, 01/15/40

    200       267,448  

Danaher Corp.

   

4.38%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)

    100       106,151  

Medtronic Inc.

   

4.38%, 03/15/35

    1,000       1,055,220  

4.50%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

    86       90,205  

4.63%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    350       380,992  

4.63%, 03/15/45

    1,800       1,954,656  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

5.55%, 03/15/40

  $ 250     $   299,453  

6.50%, 03/15/39

    100       132,034  

Stryker Corp.

   

4.10%, 04/01/43 (Call 10/01/42)

    250       243,943  

4.38%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

    100       100,911  

4.63%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

    450       477,526  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

   

4.10%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)a

    400       384,464  

5.30%, 02/01/44 (Call 08/01/43)a

    150       170,930  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

   

4.45%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

    50       47,208  

5.75%, 11/30/39

    150       168,473  
   

 

 

 
      10,854,740  

HEALTH CARE – SERVICES — 2.01%

 

Aetna Inc.

   

3.88%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

    385       340,941  

4.13%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/15/42)

    200       187,560  

4.50%, 05/15/42 (Call 11/15/41)

    250       244,998  

4.75%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    225       231,190  

6.63%, 06/15/36

    200       251,878  

6.75%, 12/15/37a

    185       239,446  

Anthem Inc.

   

4.38%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)a

    750       732,937  

4.55%, 03/01/48

    250       249,455  

4.63%, 05/15/42

    400       404,656  

4.65%, 01/15/43

    300       306,582  

4.65%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

    200       204,314  

5.10%, 01/15/44

    375       404,340  

Ascension Health

   

3.95%, 11/15/46

    508       505,379  

4.85%, 11/15/53

    11       12,149  

Baylor Scott & White Holdings

   

3.97%, 11/15/46 (Call 05/15/46)

    250       245,080  

4.19%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

    16       16,415  

Catholic Health Initiatives

   

4.35%, 11/01/42

    400       365,856  

Cigna Corp.

   

3.88%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)a

    425       377,757  

Dignity Health

   

4.50%, 11/01/42

    100       93,592  

5.27%, 11/01/64

    100       99,944  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Humana Inc.

   

4.63%, 12/01/42 (Call 06/01/42)

  $ 200     $   203,918  

4.80%, 03/15/47 (Call 09/15/46)

    175       182,880  

4.95%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)

    275       291,181  

Johns Hopkins Health System Corp. (The)

   

3.84%, 05/15/46

    60       58,252  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

   

4.15%, 05/01/47 (Call 11/01/46)

    650       665,749  

4.88%, 04/01/42a

    300       340,794  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

   

4.70%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

    398       398,410  

Mayo Clinic

   

Series 2013
4.00%, 11/15/47

    11       10,621  

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

   

4.13%, 07/01/52

    25       24,873  

Series 2015
4.20%, 07/01/55

    550       559,443  

New York and Presbyterian Hospital (The)

   

4.02%, 08/01/45

    21       20,733  

4.06%, 08/01/56

    350       341,575  

Northwell Healthcare Inc.

   

3.98%, 11/01/46 (Call 11/01/45)

    400       372,136  

Providence St Joseph Health Obligated Group

   

Series I
3.74%, 10/01/47

    250       229,690  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

   

4.70%, 03/30/45 (Call 09/30/44)

    22       22,345  

Texas Health Resources

   

4.33%, 11/15/55

    9       9,048  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

   

3.75%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)

    350       328,604  

3.95%, 10/15/42 (Call 04/15/42)

    7       6,823  

4.20%, 01/15/47 (Call 07/15/46)a

    250       253,213  

4.25%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

    350       358,568  

4.25%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)a

    276       284,145  

4.38%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

    550       572,550  

4.63%, 07/15/35

    200       217,884  

4.63%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

    100       107,181  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

4.75%, 07/15/45

  $ 825     $   910,313  

5.70%, 10/15/40 (Call 04/15/40)

    100       123,005  

5.80%, 03/15/36

    525       648,133  

5.95%, 02/15/41 (Call 08/15/40)

    300       379,584  

6.50%, 06/15/37a

    100       132,512  

6.63%, 11/15/37

    111       147,787  

6.88%, 02/15/38

    500       684,550  
   

 

 

 
      14,400,969  

HOME FURNISHINGS — 0.01%

 

Whirlpool Corp.

   

4.50%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)

    100       99,036  
   

 

 

 
      99,036  

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES — 0.11%

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

3.20%, 07/30/46 (Call 01/30/46)

    150       130,702  

3.90%, 05/04/47 (Call 11/04/46)a

    250       246,967  

5.30%, 03/01/41

    6       7,107  

6.63%, 08/01/37

    275       371,715  
   

 

 

 
      756,491  

HOUSEWARES — 0.15%

 

Newell Brands Inc.

   

5.38%, 04/01/36 (Call 10/01/35)

    350       372,131  

5.50%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

    650       688,382  
   

 

 

 
      1,060,513  

INSURANCE — 3.35%

 

ACE Capital Trust II

   

9.70%, 04/01/30

    100       146,464  

Aflac Inc.

   

4.00%, 10/15/46 (Call 04/15/46)a

    250       241,280  

Alleghany Corp.

   

4.90%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)

    150       155,972  

Allstate Corp. (The)

   

4.20%, 12/15/46 (Call 06/15/46)

    45       45,641  

4.50%, 06/15/43

    500       531,490  

5.35%, 06/01/33

    68       76,952  

5.55%, 05/09/35

    326       382,196  

5.95%, 04/01/36

    50       61,347  

American Financial Group Inc./OH

   

4.50%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

    200       197,988  

American International Group Inc.

   

3.88%, 01/15/35 (Call 07/15/34)

    575       542,938  

4.38%, 01/15/55 (Call 07/15/54)

    350       326,956  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

4.50%, 07/16/44 (Call 01/16/44)

  $ 725     $   719,961  

4.70%, 07/10/35 (Call 01/10/35)

    500       519,210  

4.80%, 07/10/45 (Call 01/10/45)

    250       259,810  

6.25%, 05/01/36

    400       486,024  

Aon PLC

   

4.60%, 06/14/44 (Call 03/14/44)

    400       412,208  

4.75%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

    246       259,085  

Arch Capital Group U.S. Inc.

   

5.14%, 11/01/43

    500       557,790  

Assurant Inc.

   

6.75%, 02/15/34

    200       238,632  

AXA SA

   

8.60%, 12/15/30

    650       903,773  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

   

4.30%, 05/15/43a

    118       123,951  

4.40%, 05/15/42

    325       344,883  

5.75%, 01/15/40

    200       250,228  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

   

4.50%, 02/11/43a

    525       568,034  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.

   

4.70%, 06/22/47 (Call 12/22/46)a,b

    500       466,105  

Chubb Corp. (The)

   

6.00%, 05/11/37

    485       612,245  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc.

   

4.15%, 03/13/43

    350       359,439  

4.35%, 11/03/45 (Call 05/03/45)

    600       636,402  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

   

6.92%, 05/15/28

    11       13,630  

Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc.

   

4.87%, 06/01/44

    200       199,774  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

   

4.30%, 04/15/43a

    14       14,066  

5.95%, 10/15/36a

    200       240,398  

6.10%, 10/01/41

    200       249,376  

Lincoln National Corp.

   

6.15%, 04/07/36

    175       210,093  

6.30%, 10/09/37

    16       19,597  

7.00%, 06/15/40

    300       405,201  

Loews Corp.

   

4.13%, 05/15/43 (Call 11/15/42)

    200       197,386  

6.00%, 02/01/35

    150       182,039  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Manulife Financial Corp.

   

5.38%, 03/04/46a

  $     300     $     351,297  

Markel Corp.

   

4.30%, 11/01/47 (Call 05/01/47)

    100       95,753  

5.00%, 04/05/46

    150       159,495  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

   

4.20%, 03/01/48

    185       184,604  

4.35%, 01/30/47 (Call 07/30/46)a

    172       176,303  

5.88%, 08/01/33

    150       181,665  

MetLife Inc.

   

4.05%, 03/01/45

    450       436,972  

4.13%, 08/13/42

    400       396,104  

4.60%, 05/13/46 (Call 11/13/45)a

    350       368,721  

4.72%, 12/15/44

    450       484,164  

4.88%, 11/13/43

    400       436,812  

5.70%, 06/15/35

    450       545,166  

6.40%, 12/15/66 (Call 12/15/31)

    545       614,422  

6.50%, 12/15/32

    450       569,250  

10.75%, 08/01/69 (Call 08/01/34)

    16       25,902  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

   

4.35%, 05/15/43

    450       453,519  

4.63%, 09/15/42

    5       5,152  

6.05%, 10/15/36

    166       203,264  

Progressive Corp. (The)

   

3.70%, 01/26/45

    100       95,096  

4.13%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)

    476       480,051  

4.35%, 04/25/44

    136       142,125  

6.25%, 12/01/32

    100       124,973  

Prudential Financial Inc.

   

3.91%, 12/07/47 (Call 06/07/47)b

    700       662,186  

3.94%, 12/07/49 (Call 06/07/49)b

    455       431,850  

4.60%, 05/15/44

    300       317,967  

5.70%, 12/14/36

    300       362,745  

6.63%, 06/21/40

    5       6,679  

Sompo International Holdings Ltd.

   

7.00%, 07/15/34

    175       213,743  

Transatlantic Holdings Inc.

   

8.00%, 11/30/39

    150       197,874  

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

   

3.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

    350       336,472  

4.00%, 05/30/47 (Call 11/30/46)a

    275       275,116  

4.05%, 03/07/48

    210       208,664  

4.30%, 08/25/45 (Call 02/25/45)

    175       182,798  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

4.60%, 08/01/43

  $ 66     $ 71,944  

5.35%, 11/01/40

    200       240,512  

6.25%, 06/15/37

    500       649,525  

6.75%, 06/20/36

    50       67,423  

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.

   

6.38%, 03/15/33

    110       137,999  

Unum Group

   

5.75%, 08/15/42

    250       294,273  

Voya Financial Inc.

   

4.80%, 06/15/46

    100       103,430  

5.70%, 07/15/43

    200       232,318  

WR Berkley Corp.

   

4.75%, 08/01/44

    50       51,219  

XLIT Ltd.

   

5.50%, 03/31/45

    226       240,638  
   

 

 

 
      23,974,749  

INTERNET — 0.87%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

   

4.00%, 12/06/37 (Call 06/06/37)a

    300       286,653  

4.20%, 12/06/47 (Call 06/06/47)a

    800       762,856  

4.50%, 11/28/34 (Call 05/28/34)

    600       623,220  

Amazon.com Inc.

   

4.05%, 08/22/47 (Call 02/22/47)b

    1,150       1,142,916  

4.25%, 08/22/57 (Call 02/22/57)b

    1,225       1,224,706  

4.80%, 12/05/34 (Call 06/05/34)

    860       950,575  

4.95%, 12/05/44 (Call 06/05/44)

    810       917,916  

eBay Inc.

   

4.00%, 07/15/42 (Call 01/15/42)a

    325       289,104  
   

 

 

 
      6,197,946  

IRON & STEEL — 0.49%

 

Nucor Corp.

   

5.20%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)a

    199       228,538  

6.40%, 12/01/37

    286       364,784  

Vale Overseas Ltd.

   

6.88%, 11/21/36a

    1,000       1,203,280  

6.88%, 11/10/39

    525       636,337  

8.25%, 01/17/34

    255       331,321  

Vale SA

   

5.63%, 09/11/42

    705       759,736  
   

 

 

 
      3,523,996  

LEISURE TIME — 0.02%

 

Harley-Davidson Inc.

   

4.63%, 07/28/45 (Call 01/28/45)a

    150       154,131  
   

 

 

 
      154,131  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

MACHINERY — 0.46%

 

Caterpillar Inc.

   

3.80%, 08/15/42a

  $ 810     $ 804,840  

4.30%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

    200       216,366  

4.75%, 05/15/64 (Call 11/15/63)a

    225       250,731  

5.20%, 05/27/41

    425       508,177  

5.30%, 09/15/35

    11       12,979  

6.05%, 08/15/36

    111       141,807  

Cummins Inc.

   

4.88%, 10/01/43 (Call 04/01/43)

    150       167,764  

Deere & Co.

   

3.90%, 06/09/42 (Call 12/09/41)a

    600       612,366  

5.38%, 10/16/29

    200       233,766  

7.13%, 03/03/31

    111       148,352  

Xylem Inc./NY

   

4.38%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

    200       201,796  
   

 

 

 
      3,298,944  

MANUFACTURING — 1.47%

 

3M Co.

   

3.13%, 09/19/46 (Call 03/19/46)

    200       175,470  

3.63%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)

    355       340,157  

3.88%, 06/15/44

    150       150,039  

5.70%, 03/15/37

    150       188,505  

Crane Co.

   

4.20%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

    45       44,142  

Dover Corp.

   

5.38%, 03/01/41 (Call 12/01/40)

    300       348,018  

Eaton Corp.

   

4.00%, 11/02/32

    800       793,288  

4.15%, 11/02/42

    100       98,595  

General Electric Co.

   

4.13%, 10/09/42

    650       607,230  

4.50%, 03/11/44a

    1,000       990,050  

5.88%, 01/14/38a

    1,200       1,405,368  

6.15%, 08/07/37a

    600       715,956  

6.88%, 01/10/39

    700       908,712  

Series A
6.75%, 03/15/32

    1,100       1,366,002  

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

   

3.90%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)

    450       453,789  

4.88%, 09/15/41 (Call 03/15/41)

    350       399,245  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd.

   

4.30%, 02/21/48 (Call 08/21/47)

  $ 250     $ 250,325  

5.75%, 06/15/43

    236       284,404  

Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance SA

   

4.65%, 11/01/44 (Call 05/01/44)

    150       157,625  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

4.10%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)

    400       405,712  

4.20%, 11/21/34 (Call 05/21/34)

    100       103,886  

4.45%, 11/21/44 (Call 05/21/44)

    200       213,940  

Series A
6.25%, 05/15/38

    100       128,834  
   

 

 

 
      10,529,292  

MEDIA — 4.88%

 

21st Century Fox America Inc.

   

4.75%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)

    350       376,274  

4.95%, 10/15/45 (Call 04/15/45)

    200       222,360  

5.40%, 10/01/43

    300       351,135  

6.15%, 03/01/37

    400       498,688  

6.15%, 02/15/41

    750       946,192  

6.20%, 12/15/34

    500       619,520  

6.40%, 12/15/35

    302       381,964  

6.55%, 03/15/33

    300       378,189  

6.65%, 11/15/37

    300       392,952  

6.90%, 08/15/39

    11       14,808  

7.75%, 12/01/45

    350       533,778  

7.85%, 03/01/39

    200       292,142  

8.15%, 10/17/36

    100       146,671  

CBS Corp.

   

4.60%, 01/15/45 (Call 07/15/44)

    200       194,460  

4.85%, 07/01/42 (Call 01/01/42)

    250       249,280  

4.90%, 08/15/44 (Call 02/15/44)

    175       179,305  

5.50%, 05/15/33

    350       377,202  

5.90%, 10/15/40 (Call 04/15/40)

    150       171,873  

7.88%, 07/30/30

    350       461,093  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital

   

5.38%, 05/01/47 (Call 11/01/46)

    700       691,593  

6.38%, 10/23/35 (Call 04/23/35)

    1,175       1,324,002  

6.48%, 10/23/45 (Call 04/23/45)

    1,400       1,574,272  

6.83%, 10/23/55 (Call 04/23/55)a

    250       290,413  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Comcast Corp.

   

3.20%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)

  $     850     $     744,600  

3.40%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

    400       342,480  

3.90%, 03/01/38 (Call 09/01/37)

    250       238,828  

3.97%, 11/01/47 (Call 05/01/47)

    936       874,851  

4.00%, 11/01/49 (Call 05/01/49)

    860       799,783  

4.05%, 11/01/52 (Call 05/01/52)a

    350       326,795  

4.20%, 08/15/34 (Call 02/15/34)

    850       853,247  

4.25%, 01/15/33

    900       921,186  

4.40%, 08/15/35 (Call 02/15/35)

    500       508,430  

4.50%, 01/15/43

    500       507,760  

4.60%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)

    885       917,046  

4.65%, 07/15/42

    660       685,390  

4.75%, 03/01/44

    600       633,606  

5.65%, 06/15/35

    111       130,634  

6.40%, 05/15/38

    47       59,566  

6.50%, 11/15/35

    475       610,517  

7.05%, 03/15/33

    161       209,748  

Discovery Communications LLC

   

4.88%, 04/01/43

    225       214,250  

4.95%, 05/15/42

    175       166,385  

5.00%, 09/20/37 (Call 03/20/37)

    460       459,149  

5.20%, 09/20/47 (Call 03/20/47)a

    650       645,931  

6.35%, 06/01/40

    500       563,415  

Grupo Televisa SAB

   

5.00%, 05/13/45 (Call 11/13/44)

    450       428,985  

6.13%, 01/31/46 (Call 07/31/45)a

    400       445,576  

6.63%, 01/15/40

    300       350,649  

NBCUniversal Media LLC

   

4.45%, 01/15/43

    500       504,310  

5.95%, 04/01/41

    700       851,795  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

   

5.50%, 08/15/35

    150       162,810  

5.65%, 11/23/43 (Call 05/23/43)

    125       144,250  

5.85%, 04/15/40a

    350       404,579  

Time Warner Cable LLC

   

4.50%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

    650       574,444  

5.50%, 09/01/41 (Call 03/01/41)

    300       303,462  

5.88%, 11/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)

    650       690,189  

6.55%, 05/01/37

    350       396,676  

6.75%, 06/15/39

    675       775,271  

7.30%, 07/01/38

    650       785,343  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

   

8.38%, 07/15/33

  $     450     $ 597,177  

Time Warner Inc.

   

4.65%, 06/01/44 (Call 12/01/43)

    300       293,442  

4.85%, 07/15/45 (Call 01/15/45)

    250       251,595  

4.90%, 06/15/42

    400       404,380  

5.35%, 12/15/43

    325       348,075  

5.38%, 10/15/41

    250       267,630  

6.10%, 07/15/40

    350       405,146  

6.25%, 03/29/41

    200       237,918  

Viacom Inc.

   

4.38%, 03/15/43

    350       314,814  

5.25%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

    200       203,186  

5.85%, 09/01/43 (Call 03/01/43)

    450       492,777  

6.88%, 04/30/36

    500       594,270  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

   

3.00%, 07/30/46

    125       106,318  

3.70%, 12/01/42

    325       315,503  

4.13%, 06/01/44a

    300       311,034  

4.38%, 08/16/41

    250       266,175  

7.00%, 03/01/32

    200       268,458  

Series E
4.13%, 12/01/41

    300       309,597  
   

 

 

 
      34,887,597  

METAL FABRICATE & HARDWARE — 0.02%

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

   

3.90%, 01/15/43 (Call 07/15/42)

    166       163,017  

4.38%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    11       11,654  
   

 

 

 
      174,671  

MINING — 1.25%

 

Barrick Gold Corp.

   

5.25%, 04/01/42

    300       333,492  

Barrick North America Finance LLC

   

5.70%, 05/30/41

    450       524,263  

5.75%, 05/01/43

    355       420,753  

Barrick PD Australia Finance Pty Ltd.

   

5.95%, 10/15/39

    400       469,712  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

   

4.13%, 02/24/42

    600       615,828  

5.00%, 09/30/43

    875       1,008,000  

Goldcorp Inc.

   

5.45%, 06/09/44 (Call 12/09/43)

    161       180,159  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Newmont Mining Corp.

   

4.88%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)a

  $     365     $ 386,053  

5.88%, 04/01/35a

    125       145,314  

6.25%, 10/01/39

    400       489,376  

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.

   

5.75%, 06/01/35

    11       13,294  

6.13%, 12/15/33

    11       13,630  

7.25%, 03/15/31

    275       351,838  

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.

   

5.20%, 11/02/40

    600       701,328  

7.13%, 07/15/28

    200       256,968  

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

   

4.13%, 08/21/42 (Call 02/21/42)

    338       344,980  

4.75%, 03/22/42 (Call 09/22/41)a

    330       364,944  

Southern Copper Corp.

   

5.25%, 11/08/42

    600       638,394  

5.88%, 04/23/45

    450       516,919  

6.75%, 04/16/40

    500       625,850  

7.50%, 07/27/35

    300       391,959  

Vale Canada Ltd.

   

7.20%, 09/15/32

    100       113,705  
   

 

 

 
      8,906,759  

OFFICE & BUSINESS EQUIPMENT — 0.02%

 

Xerox Corp.

   

6.75%, 12/15/39a

    150       160,761  
   

 

 

 
      160,761  

OIL & GAS — 6.95%

 

Anadarko Finance Co.

   

7.50%, 05/01/31

    425       535,819  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

   

4.50%, 07/15/44 (Call 01/15/44)

    325       311,961  

6.20%, 03/15/40

    500       588,570  

6.45%, 09/15/36

    550       659,576  

6.60%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)a

    545       680,394  

Apache Corp.

   

4.25%, 01/15/44 (Call 07/15/43)

    340       313,888  

4.75%, 04/15/43 (Call 10/15/42)

    750       740,497  

5.10%, 09/01/40 (Call 03/01/40)

    450       462,852  

6.00%, 01/15/37

    600       680,142  

BP Capital Markets PLC

   

3.72%, 11/28/28 (Call 08/28/28)a

    350       351,715  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Burlington Resources Finance Co.

   

7.20%, 08/15/31

  $     300     $ 388,989  

7.40%, 12/01/31

    300       393,615  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   

4.95%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

    500       521,585  

5.85%, 02/01/35

    150       170,300  

6.25%, 03/15/38

    450       543,344  

6.45%, 06/30/33

    200       239,884  

7.20%, 01/15/32

    300       376,677  

Cenovus Energy Inc.

   

5.25%, 06/15/37 (Call 12/15/36)

    650       650,682  

5.40%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

    725       727,661  

6.75%, 11/15/39

    250       286,505  

CNOOC Nexen Finance 2014 ULC

   

4.88%, 04/30/44a

    600       645,258  

Concho Resources Inc.

   

4.88%, 10/01/47 (Call 04/01/47)

    250       259,160  

Conoco Funding Co.

   

7.25%, 10/15/31

    300       397,827  

ConocoPhillips

   

5.90%, 10/15/32

    13       15,529  

6.50%, 02/01/39

    750       979,980  

ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Co. I

   

5.95%, 10/15/36

    350       429,086  

ConocoPhillips Co.

   

4.15%, 11/15/34 (Call 05/15/34)

    350       353,297  

4.30%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

    600       617,400  

5.95%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)a

    175       220,794  

ConocoPhillips Holding Co.

   

6.95%, 04/15/29

    850       1,084,141  

Devon Energy Corp.

   

4.75%, 05/15/42 (Call 11/15/41)a

    750       755,497  

5.00%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    450       470,277  

5.60%, 07/15/41 (Call 01/15/41)

    425       475,069  

7.95%, 04/15/32

    80       107,434  

Devon Financing Co. LLC

   

7.88%, 09/30/31

    50       66,331  

Ecopetrol SA

   

5.88%, 05/28/45

    550       551,881  

7.38%, 09/18/43

    450       536,202  

Encana Corp.

   

6.50%, 08/15/34

    500       596,215  

6.50%, 02/01/38

    550       663,063  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security   Principal
(000s)
    Value  

EOG Resources Inc.

   

3.90%, 04/01/35 (Call 10/01/34)

  $ 300     $ 296,520  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

3.57%, 03/06/45 (Call 09/06/44)

    250       237,333  

4.11%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)a

    1,175       1,224,984  

Hess Corp.

   

5.60%, 02/15/41

    500       514,170  

5.80%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)a

    350       369,450  

6.00%, 01/15/40

    200       211,608  

7.13%, 03/15/33

    225       271,517  

7.30%, 08/15/31

    500       608,085  

Kerr-McGee Corp.

   

7.88%, 09/15/31

    14       18,165  

Marathon Oil Corp.

   

5.20%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

    200       210,024  

6.60%, 10/01/37

    475       572,370  

6.80%, 03/15/32

    26       31,014  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

   

4.75%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)

    400       392,924  

5.00%, 09/15/54 (Call 03/15/54)

    200       195,222  

6.50%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)a

    400       486,076  

Nexen Energy ULC

   

6.40%, 05/15/37

    600       744,198  

7.50%, 07/30/39

    400       562,192  

7.88%, 03/15/32

    160       219,029  

Noble Energy Inc.

   

5.05%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

    300       310,935  

5.25%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

    500       532,240  

6.00%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

    500       576,460  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   

4.10%, 02/15/47 (Call 08/15/46)a

    400       396,468  

4.40%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)

    365       379,199  

4.63%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    450       476,591  

Petroleos Mexicanos

   

5.50%, 06/27/44

    1,150       1,031,734  

5.63%, 01/23/46

    1,250       1,121,650  

6.38%, 01/23/45

    1,300       1,264,679  

6.50%, 06/02/41

    1,300       1,287,013  

6.63%, 06/15/35

    1,400       1,450,722  

6.63%, 06/15/38

    300       304,545  

6.75%, 09/21/47

    1,450       1,473,765  

6.75%, 09/21/47b

    300       305,373  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Phillips 66

   

4.65%, 11/15/34 (Call 05/15/34)

  $ 550     $ 576,345  

4.88%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

    860       904,582  

5.88%, 05/01/42

    240       285,562  

Shell International Finance BV

   

3.75%, 09/12/46

    670       638,255  

4.00%, 05/10/46

    1,225       1,209,957  

4.13%, 05/11/35

    565       582,628  

4.38%, 05/11/45

    1,100       1,156,661  

4.55%, 08/12/43

    800       858,608  

5.50%, 03/25/40

    300       361,506  

6.38%, 12/15/38

    650       859,222  

Statoil ASA

   

3.95%, 05/15/43

    500       495,055  

4.25%, 11/23/41

    100       103,331  

4.80%, 11/08/43a

    300       337,557  

5.10%, 08/17/40

    230       265,903  

Suncor Energy Inc.

   

4.00%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

    85       81,971  

5.35%, 07/15/33

    125       141,070  

5.95%, 12/01/34

    150       182,091  

5.95%, 05/15/35

    11       13,345  

6.50%, 06/15/38

    400       515,980  

6.80%, 05/15/38

    750       994,170  

6.85%, 06/01/39

    575       772,737  

Tosco Corp.

   

8.13%, 02/15/30

    61       83,884  

Valero Energy Corp.

   

4.90%, 03/15/45

    350       371,679  

6.63%, 06/15/37

    575       716,157  

7.50%, 04/15/32

    200       261,538  
   

 

 

 
      49,695,146  

OIL & GAS SERVICES — 0.60%

 

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC

   

5.13%, 09/15/40a

    515       568,004  

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC/Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc.

   

4.08%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

    355       333,395  

Halliburton Co.

   

4.50%, 11/15/41 (Call 05/15/41)

    350       351,869  

4.75%, 08/01/43 (Call 02/01/43)

    500       519,715  

4.85%, 11/15/35 (Call 05/15/35)

    775       830,164  

5.00%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

    675       729,061  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

6.70%, 09/15/38a

  $ 21     $ 27,169  

7.45%, 09/15/39

    375       515,377  

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

   

3.95%, 12/01/42 (Call 06/01/42)

    500       434,345  
   

 

 

 
      4,309,099  

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS — 0.08%

 

Sonoco Products Co.

   

5.75%, 11/01/40 (Call 05/01/40)

    128       145,395  

WestRock MWV LLC

   

7.95%, 02/15/31

    11       14,858  

8.20%, 01/15/30

    300       406,497  
   

 

 

 
      566,750  

PHARMACEUTICALS — 4.56%

 

AbbVie Inc.

   

4.30%, 05/14/36 (Call 11/14/35)

    850       851,479  

4.40%, 11/06/42

    950       942,105  

4.45%, 05/14/46 (Call 11/14/45)

    800       798,208  

4.50%, 05/14/35 (Call 11/14/34)

    800       823,416  

4.70%, 05/14/45 (Call 11/14/44)

    1,000       1,032,990  

Allergan Funding SCS

   

4.55%, 03/15/35 (Call 09/15/34)

    1,450       1,446,215  

4.75%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

    445       442,121  

4.85%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)

    450       455,967  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   

4.25%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

    250       233,533  

4.30%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

    250       234,460  

AstraZeneca PLC

   

4.00%, 09/18/42

    425       405,323  

4.38%, 11/16/45

    775       784,253  

6.45%, 09/15/37

    700       895,986  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

   

3.25%, 08/01/42a

    49       44,037  

4.50%, 03/01/44 (Call 09/01/43)

    330       357,248  

Cardinal Health Inc.

   

4.37%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)a

    250       235,453  

4.50%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

    200       191,612  

4.60%, 03/15/43

    400       392,420  

CVS Health Corp.

   

4.88%, 07/20/35 (Call 01/20/35)

    600       621,696  

5.13%, 07/20/45 (Call 01/20/45)

    1,550       1,619,672  

5.30%, 12/05/43 (Call 06/05/43)

    173       185,589  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

3.70%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

  $ 475     $ 458,541  

3.95%, 05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)

    305       307,681  

5.55%, 03/15/37

    166       202,771  

Express Scripts Holding Co.

   

4.80%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)a

    350       350,532  

6.13%, 11/15/41a

    350       406,613  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

   

4.20%, 03/18/43

    305       317,136  

5.38%, 04/15/34

    200       232,914  

6.38%, 05/15/38

    1,150       1,526,636  

Johnson & Johnson

   

3.50%, 01/15/48 (Call 07/15/47)

    650       612,553  

3.55%, 03/01/36 (Call 09/01/35)

    800       787,552  

3.70%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)

    825       806,611  

3.75%, 03/03/47 (Call 09/03/46)

    450       443,165  

4.38%, 12/05/33 (Call 06/05/33)

    550       596,959  

4.50%, 09/01/40

    450       500,004  

4.50%, 12/05/43 (Call 06/05/43)a

    300       331,167  

4.85%, 05/15/41

    11       12,620  

4.95%, 05/15/33

    261       302,358  

5.85%, 07/15/38

    213       274,727  

5.95%, 08/15/37

    200       259,784  

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

   

4.60%, 06/01/44 (Call 12/01/43)

    153       155,219  

5.90%, 11/01/39

    250       296,103  

Merck &Co. Inc.

   

3.60%, 09/15/42 (Call 03/15/42)

    11       10,513  

3.70%, 02/10/45 (Call 08/10/44)

    1,100       1,069,123  

4.15%, 05/18/43

    900       935,109  

Mylan Inc.

   

5.40%, 11/29/43 (Call 05/29/43)

    300       311,181  

Mylan NV

   

5.25%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)a

    410       414,084  

Novartis Capital Corp.

   

3.70%, 09/21/42

    125       120,701  

4.00%, 11/20/45 (Call 05/20/45)a

    850       866,507  

4.40%, 05/06/44

    600       650,130  

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co.

   

4.90%, 12/15/44 (Call 06/15/44)

    162       159,576  

Pfizer Inc.

   

4.00%, 12/15/36

    260       267,722  

4.13%, 12/15/46a

    530       545,704  
 

 

   2 0 1 8    i S H A R E S    N N U A L     E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

4.30%, 06/15/43

  $ 300     $   314,364  

4.40%, 05/15/44

    550       586,482  

5.60%, 09/15/40a

    100       121,199  

7.20%, 03/15/39

    1,015       1,473,658  

Pharmacia LLC

   

6.60%, 12/01/28

    500       631,570  

Wyeth LLC

   

5.95%, 04/01/37

    925       1,176,452  

6.00%, 02/15/36

    21       26,392  

6.50%, 02/01/34

    43       55,921  

Zoetis Inc.

   

3.95%, 09/12/47 (Call 03/12/47)

    170       161,201  

4.70%, 02/01/43 (Call 08/01/42)

    490       519,856  
   

 

 

 
      32,592,874  

PIPELINES — 4.11%

 

Buckeye Partners LP

   

5.60%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

    100       101,370  

5.85%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

    200       210,666  

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc.

   

5.80%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

    175       203,007  

Enable Midstream Partners LP

   

5.00%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

    125       118,739  

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

   

5.50%, 09/15/40 (Call 03/15/40)

    200       212,028  

Series B
7.50%, 04/15/38

    300       381,384  

Enbridge Inc.

   

4.50%, 06/10/44 (Call 12/10/43)

    200       195,242  

5.50%, 12/01/46 (Call 05/29/46)a

    250       281,750  

Energy Transfer LP

   

4.90%, 03/15/35 (Call 09/15/34)

    170       162,804  

5.15%, 02/01/43 (Call 08/01/42)

    200       188,854  

5.15%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

    400       375,732  

5.30%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)

    600       581,106  

6.05%, 06/01/41 (Call 12/01/40)

    50       52,606  

6.13%, 12/15/45 (Call 06/15/45)

    410       437,085  

6.50%, 02/01/42 (Call 08/01/41)

    600       662,472  

6.63%, 10/15/36

    135       151,523  

7.50%, 07/01/38

    375       455,636  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

   

5.05%, 04/01/45 (Call 10/01/44)

    150       142,077  

5.45%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

    300       300,327  

5.60%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

    100       100,614  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

   

4.25%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

  $     250     $     239,970  

4.45%, 02/15/43 (Call 08/15/42)

    525       519,613  

4.85%, 08/15/42 (Call 02/15/42)

    325       339,092  

4.85%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    550       575,564  

4.90%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

    600       633,480  

4.95%, 10/15/54 (Call 04/15/54)

    200       207,986  

5.10%, 02/15/45 (Call 08/15/44)

    550       595,270  

5.70%, 02/15/42

    200       232,812  

5.95%, 02/01/41

    250       294,598  

6.13%, 10/15/39

    145       174,902  

7.55%, 04/15/38

    150       201,426  

Series D
6.88%, 03/01/33

    200       251,776  

Series H
6.65%, 10/15/34

    111       138,232  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

   

4.70%, 11/01/42 (Call 05/01/42)

    250       235,260  

5.00%, 08/15/42 (Call 02/15/42)

    250       244,515  

5.00%, 03/01/43 (Call 09/01/42)

    100       97,813  

5.40%, 09/01/44 (Call 03/01/44)

    210       213,908  

5.50%, 03/01/44 (Call 09/01/43)

    400       412,864  

5.80%, 03/15/35

    650       707,525  

6.38%, 03/01/41

    230       261,526  

6.55%, 09/15/40

    100       115,285  

6.95%, 01/15/38

    800       973,832  

7.30%, 08/15/33

    36       43,949  

7.40%, 03/15/31

    118       142,347  

7.50%, 11/15/40

    300       378,888  

7.75%, 03/15/32

    100       124,176  

Kinder Morgan Inc./DE

   

5.05%, 02/15/46 (Call 08/15/45)

    405       398,508  

5.20%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

    250       251,298  

5.30%, 12/01/34 (Call 06/01/34)

    275       282,136  

5.55%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

    850       892,661  

7.75%, 01/15/32

    325       413,816  

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

   

4.20%, 10/03/47 (Call 04/03/47)

    130       125,184  

4.25%, 09/15/46 (Call 03/15/46)a

    250       242,390  

5.15%, 10/15/43 (Call 04/15/43)

    250       272,860  

MPLX LP

   

4.50%, 04/15/38 (Call 10/15/37)

    750       730,432  

4.70%, 04/15/48 (Call 10/15/47)

    750       726,607  

5.20%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)a

    350       364,196  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

ONEOK Inc.

   

4.95%, 07/13/47 (Call 01/06/47)

  $     350     $     354,574  

ONEOK Partners LP

   

6.13%, 02/01/41 (Call 08/01/40)

    225       259,605  

6.20%, 09/15/43 (Call 03/15/43)

    25       29,384  

6.65%, 10/01/36

    400       480,952  

6.85%, 10/15/37

    300       368,655  

Phillips 66 Partners LP

   

4.90%, 10/01/46 (Call 04/01/46)a

    450       453,541  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

   

4.70%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)

    250       226,938  

4.90%, 02/15/45 (Call 08/15/44)

    200       187,452  

5.15%, 06/01/42 (Call 12/01/41)

    350       335,598  

6.65%, 01/15/37

    275       313,987  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

   

4.20%, 03/15/28 (Call 09/15/27)

    400       392,344  

Spectra Energy Partners LP

   

4.50%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

    300       293,598  

5.95%, 09/25/43 (Call 03/25/43)

    150       175,908  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

   

4.95%, 01/15/43 (Call 07/15/42)

    250       231,463  

5.30%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

    250       242,365  

5.40%, 10/01/47 (Call 04/01/47)

    500       489,585  

6.10%, 02/15/42

    175       186,037  

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC

   

7.00%, 10/15/28

    275       327,852  

Texas Eastern Transmission LP

   

7.00%, 07/15/32

    200       249,324  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

   

4.63%, 03/01/34 (Call 12/01/33)a

    700       742,161  

5.00%, 10/16/43 (Call 04/16/43)a

    310       343,734  

5.60%, 03/31/34

    300       344,472  

5.85%, 03/15/36

    100       120,152  

6.10%, 06/01/40

    174       216,637  

6.20%, 10/15/37

    300       373,728  

7.25%, 08/15/38

    300       410,901  

7.63%, 01/15/39a

    450       639,418  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC

   

4.45%, 08/01/42 (Call 02/01/42)

    350       345,695  

5.40%, 08/15/41 (Call 02/15/41)

    26       29,265  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Western Gas Partners LP

   

5.45%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

  $     300     $ 306,933  

Williams Partners LP

   

4.90%, 01/15/45 (Call 07/15/44)

    225       226,350  

5.10%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)

    550       568,645  

5.40%, 03/04/44 (Call 09/04/43)

    275       293,747  

5.80%, 11/15/43 (Call 05/15/43)

    50       56,746  

6.30%, 04/15/40

    335       396,087  
   

 

 

 
      29,385,552  

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS — 0.59%

 

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

   

3.90%, 10/15/46 (Call 04/15/46)

    200       190,040  

4.15%, 07/01/47 (Call 01/01/47)a

    150       148,765  

ERP Operating LP

   

4.50%, 07/01/44 (Call 01/01/44)

    100       104,257  

4.50%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

    325       339,066  

Essex Portfolio LP

   

4.50%, 03/15/48

    150       150,801  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

   

4.50%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

    267       275,755  

HCP Inc.

   

6.75%, 02/01/41 (Call 08/01/40)

    155       197,053  

Kilroy Realty LP

   

4.25%, 08/15/29 (Call 05/15/29)

    14       13,900  

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

4.25%, 04/01/45 (Call 10/01/44)

    300       283,293  

4.45%, 09/01/47 (Call 03/01/47)

    250       240,302  

Realty Income Corp.

   

4.65%, 03/15/47 (Call 09/15/46)

    250       260,655  

Regency Centers LP

   

4.40%, 02/01/47 (Call 08/01/46)

    200       195,404  

Simon Property Group LP

   

4.25%, 10/01/44 (Call 04/01/44)a

    14       13,955  

4.25%, 11/30/46 (Call 05/30/46)

    80       79,790  

4.75%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)a

    235       250,531  

6.75%, 02/01/40 (Call 11/01/39)

    385       512,701  

Ventas Realty LP

   

4.38%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

    147       142,611  

5.70%, 09/30/43 (Call 03/30/43)

    11       12,819  

Welltower Inc.

   

6.50%, 03/15/41 (Call 09/15/40)

    200       251,736  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

7.38%, 03/15/32

    400       525,996  
   

 

 

 
      4,189,430  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

RETAIL — 2.54%

 

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

   

4.92%, 08/01/34 (Call 02/01/34)

  $     200     $ 174,366  

5.17%, 08/01/44 (Call 02/01/44)a

    289       243,445  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

   

4.55%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

    75       73,959  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

   

3.50%, 09/15/56 (Call 03/15/56)

    550       486,277  

4.20%, 04/01/43 (Call 10/01/42)

    171       176,202  

4.25%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

    600       620,730  

4.40%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

    700       740,131  

4.88%, 02/15/44 (Call 08/15/43)

    600       675,252  

5.40%, 09/15/40 (Call 03/15/40)

    21       25,135  

5.88%, 12/16/36

    900       1,148,499  

5.95%, 04/01/41 (Call 10/01/40)

    700       896,266  

Kohl’s Corp.

   

5.55%, 07/17/45 (Call 01/17/45)

    100       98,165  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

   

3.70%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)

    300       277,584  

4.05%, 05/03/47 (Call 11/03/46)

    700       685,804  

4.25%, 09/15/44 (Call 03/15/44)

    300       302,994  

4.38%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)a

    450       463,698  

4.65%, 04/15/42 (Call 10/15/41)

    300       322,260  

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

   

4.50%, 12/15/34 (Call 06/15/34)

    125       109,048  

6.90%, 04/01/29

    150       158,774  

McDonald’s Corp.

   

3.63%, 05/01/43

    11       9,970  

3.70%, 02/15/42

    250       229,828  

4.45%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)a

    75       76,817  

4.60%, 05/26/45 (Call 11/26/44)

    250       261,255  

4.70%, 12/09/35 (Call 06/09/35)

    900       963,171  

4.88%, 07/15/40

    6       6,526  

4.88%, 12/09/45 (Call 06/09/45)

    650       707,297  

5.70%, 02/01/39

    275       330,132  

6.30%, 10/15/37

    300       382,377  

6.30%, 03/01/38

    225       287,735  

Nordstrom Inc.

   

5.00%, 01/15/44 (Call 07/15/43)

    150       144,777  

6.95%, 03/15/28

    175       184,004  

QVC Inc.

   

5.45%, 08/15/34 (Call 02/15/34)a

    175       166,999  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Starbucks Corp.

   

3.75%, 12/01/47 (Call 06/01/47)a

  $ 100     $ 94,776  

4.30%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    100       103,947  

Target Corp.

   

3.63%, 04/15/46

    500       457,045  

3.90%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

    600       574,080  

4.00%, 07/01/42a

    700       686,602  

Walgreen Co.

   

4.40%, 09/15/42a

    125       117,799  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

   

4.50%, 11/18/34 (Call 05/18/34)

    150       148,125  

4.65%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)a

    350       341,218  

4.80%, 11/18/44 (Call 05/18/44)

    450       448,834  

Walmart Inc.

   

3.63%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

    1,000       970,890  

4.00%, 04/11/43 (Call 10/11/42)

    650       669,656  

4.30%, 04/22/44 (Call 10/22/43)a

    750       806,835  

5.63%, 04/15/41

    1,000       1,281,620  
   

 

 

 
      18,130,904  

SEMICONDUCTORS — 0.75%

 

Analog Devices Inc.

   

5.30%, 12/15/45 (Call 06/15/45)

    200       228,952  

Applied Materials Inc.

   

4.35%, 04/01/47 (Call 10/01/46)a

    195       203,295  

5.10%, 10/01/35 (Call 04/01/35)

    350       404,009  

5.85%, 06/15/41

    400       501,416  

Intel Corp.

   

3.73%, 12/08/47 (Call 06/08/47)b

    1,725       1,654,292  

4.00%, 12/15/32

    300       313,008  

4.10%, 05/19/46 (Call 11/19/45)

    750       765,998  

QUALCOMM Inc.

   

4.30%, 05/20/47 (Call 11/20/46)

    350       325,759  

4.65%, 05/20/35 (Call 11/20/34)

    500       506,145  

4.80%, 05/20/45 (Call 11/20/44)

    450       451,413  
   

 

 

 
      5,354,287  

SOFTWARE — 3.08%

 

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

   

4.50%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

    250       246,175  

Microsoft Corp.

   

3.45%, 08/08/36 (Call 02/08/36)

    1,250       1,212,425  

3.50%, 02/12/35 (Call 08/12/34)

    975       956,260  

3.50%, 11/15/42

    500       476,040  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

3.70%, 08/08/46 (Call 02/08/46)

  $     1,500     $ 1,458,870  

3.75%, 05/01/43 (Call 11/01/42)

    400       394,956  

3.75%, 02/12/45 (Call 08/12/44)

    450       442,220  

3.95%, 08/08/56 (Call 02/08/56)

    650       648,473  

4.00%, 02/12/55 (Call 08/12/54)

    825       824,720  

4.10%, 02/06/37 (Call 08/06/36)

    455       478,451  

4.20%, 11/03/35 (Call 05/03/35)

    400       426,372  

4.45%, 11/03/45 (Call 05/03/45)

    1,000       1,096,830  

4.50%, 10/01/40

    415       455,753  

4.50%, 02/06/57 (Call 08/06/56)

    1,000       1,094,680  

4.75%, 11/03/55 (Call 05/03/55)

    600       683,700  

4.88%, 12/15/43 (Call 06/15/43)

    300       345,465  

5.20%, 06/01/39

    322       383,711  

5.30%, 02/08/41

    750       910,605  

Series 30Y
4.25%, 02/06/47 (Call 08/06/46)

    760       810,798  

Oracle Corp.

   

3.25%, 05/15/30 (Call 02/15/30)a

    300       287,529  

3.80%, 11/15/37 (Call 05/15/37)

    250       247,000  

3.85%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)a

    750       749,093  

3.90%, 05/15/35 (Call 11/15/34)

    900       904,113  

4.00%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)a

    1,000       986,280  

4.00%, 11/15/47 (Call 05/15/47)

    900       890,460  

4.13%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

    950       956,697  

4.30%, 07/08/34 (Call 01/08/34)

    925       974,543  

4.38%, 05/15/55 (Call 11/15/54)

    379       393,743  

4.50%, 07/08/44 (Call 01/08/44)a

    550       586,086  

5.38%, 07/15/40

    875       1,057,446  

6.13%, 07/08/39

    400       523,176  

6.50%, 04/15/38

    65       88,031  
   

 

 

 
      21,990,701  

TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 7.58%

 

America Movil SAB de CV

   

4.38%, 07/16/42a

    643       647,417  

6.13%, 11/15/37

    125       149,380  

6.13%, 03/30/40

    900       1,084,266  

6.38%, 03/01/35

    265       320,907  

AT&T Inc.

   

4.30%, 12/15/42 (Call 06/15/42)

    800       728,552  

4.35%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    800       717,000  

4.50%, 05/15/35 (Call 11/15/34)

    1,100       1,062,105  

4.50%, 03/09/48 (Call 09/09/47)

    1,250       1,138,813  

4.55%, 03/09/49 (Call 09/09/48)a

    1,300       1,188,395  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

4.75%, 05/15/46 (Call 11/15/45)

  $     1,800     $     1,700,514  

4.80%, 06/15/44 (Call 12/15/43)

    1,200       1,148,220  

4.90%, 08/14/37 (Call 02/14/37)

    2,150       2,154,579  

5.15%, 03/15/42

    666       673,046  

5.15%, 11/15/46 (Call 05/15/46)b

    1,250       1,250,462  

5.15%, 02/14/50 (Call 08/14/49)

    1,500       1,495,515  

5.25%, 03/01/37 (Call 09/01/36)

    750       777,083  

5.30%, 08/14/58 (Call 02/14/58)

    1,000       998,180  

5.35%, 09/01/40

    650       669,682  

5.45%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)

    1,200       1,250,712  

5.65%, 02/15/47 (Call 08/15/46)

    950       1,013,565  

5.70%, 03/01/57 (Call 09/01/56)

    600       640,116  

6.00%, 08/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)

    359       398,551  

6.35%, 03/15/40

    325       377,224  

6.38%, 03/01/41

    500       583,430  

British Telecommunications PLC

   

9.13%, 12/15/30

    1,000       1,451,040  

Cisco Systems Inc.

   

5.50%, 01/15/40

    750       934,530  

5.90%, 02/15/39

    800       1,039,904  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

   

8.75%, 06/15/30

    1,500       2,144,055  

9.25%, 06/01/32

    219       337,262  

Juniper Networks Inc.

   

5.95%, 03/15/41a

    200       207,876  

Koninklijke KPN NV

   

8.38%, 10/01/30

    450       597,672  

Motorola Solutions Inc.

   

5.50%, 09/01/44

    200       199,006  

Orange SA

   

5.38%, 01/13/42

    400       462,064  

5.50%, 02/06/44 (Call 08/06/43)

    425       494,789  

9.00%, 03/01/31

    900       1,323,954  

Rogers Communications Inc.

   

4.30%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

    400       395,752  

4.50%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

    150       152,102  

5.00%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    425       465,426  

5.45%, 10/01/43 (Call 04/01/43)

    21       24,279  

7.50%, 08/15/38

    200       272,632  

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

   

4.67%, 03/06/38

    210       210,076  

5.21%, 03/08/47a

    1,200       1,258,092  

7.05%, 06/20/36

    600       763,674  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Telefonica Europe BV

   

8.25%, 09/15/30

  $ 250     $ 341,688  

Verizon Communications Inc.

   

3.85%, 11/01/42 (Call 05/01/42)

    801       697,206  

4.13%, 08/15/46

    495       442,010  

4.27%, 01/15/36

    1,250       1,199,363  

4.40%, 11/01/34 (Call 05/01/34)

    1,450       1,422,218  

4.50%, 08/10/33

    250       251,363  

4.52%, 09/15/48a

    2,000       1,890,080  

4.67%, 03/15/55

    2,000       1,868,300  

4.75%, 11/01/41

    515       514,238  

4.81%, 03/15/39

    1,100       1,107,667  

4.86%, 08/21/46

    1,875       1,867,537  

5.01%, 04/15/49

    1,850       1,876,288  

5.01%, 08/21/54

    2,150       2,117,083  

5.50%, 03/16/47

    780       853,546  

6.55%, 09/15/43

    700       876,519  

Vodafone Group PLC

   

4.38%, 02/19/43

    950       910,689  

6.15%, 02/27/37

    250       299,450  

6.25%, 11/30/32

    325       381,924  

7.88%, 02/15/30

    250       328,055  
   

 

 

 
      54,147,123  

TOYS, GAMES & HOBBIES — 0.05%

 

Hasbro Inc.

   

5.10%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

    151       149,002  

6.35%, 03/15/40

    200       231,106  
   

 

 

 
      380,108  

TRANSPORTATION — 2.89%

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

   

3.90%, 08/01/46 (Call 02/01/46)

    390       381,958  

4.05%, 06/15/48 (Call 12/15/47)

    250       250,050  

4.15%, 04/01/45 (Call 10/01/44)

    625       632,787  

4.38%, 09/01/42 (Call 03/01/42)

    250       261,827  

4.40%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

    500       523,570  

4.45%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)

    11       11,639  

4.55%, 09/01/44 (Call 03/01/44)

    500       534,405  

4.70%, 09/01/45 (Call 03/01/45)

    275       301,183  

4.90%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

    200       225,032  

4.95%, 09/15/41 (Call 03/15/41)

    114       127,766  

5.05%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

    56       63,511  

5.15%, 09/01/43 (Call 03/01/43)a

    173       199,377  

5.40%, 06/01/41 (Call 12/01/40)

    375       442,455  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

5.75%, 05/01/40 (Call 11/01/39)

  $     300     $     367,878  

6.15%, 05/01/37

    245       311,179  

6.20%, 08/15/36

    300       382,506  

Canadian National Railway Co.

   

3.20%, 08/02/46 (Call 02/02/46)

    250       223,330  

3.65%, 02/03/48 (Call 08/03/47)

    100       95,824  

6.20%, 06/01/36

    50       64,469  

6.25%, 08/01/34

    111       143,651  

6.38%, 11/15/37

    175       233,571  

6.90%, 07/15/28a

    300       382,176  

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

   

4.80%, 09/15/35 (Call 03/15/35)

    197       217,303  

4.80%, 08/01/45 (Call 02/01/45)a

    100       111,388  

5.95%, 05/15/37

    16       19,906  

6.13%, 09/15/15 (Call 03/15/15)

    200       245,402  

7.13%, 10/15/31

    650       845,975  

CSX Corp.

   

3.80%, 11/01/46 (Call 05/01/46)

    250       228,367  

3.95%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)

    250       229,330  

4.10%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    275       263,868  

4.25%, 11/01/66 (Call 05/01/66)

    300       273,813  

4.30%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

    250       246,957  

4.40%, 03/01/43 (Call 09/01/42)

    200       200,882  

4.50%, 08/01/54 (Call 02/01/54)

    400       391,852  

4.75%, 05/30/42 (Call 11/30/41)

    250       262,490  

5.50%, 04/15/41 (Call 10/15/40)

    70       80,371  

6.00%, 10/01/36

    450       547,785  

6.15%, 05/01/37

    105       129,876  

6.22%, 04/30/40

    105       131,207  

FedEx Corp.

   

3.88%, 08/01/42

    500       468,000  

3.90%, 02/01/35

    300       289,086  

4.05%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

    500       470,985  

4.10%, 04/15/43

    152       145,149  

4.10%, 02/01/45

    350       332,864  

4.55%, 04/01/46 (Call 10/01/45)

    500       508,680  

4.75%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

    450       469,372  

4.90%, 01/15/34

    200       214,902  

5.10%, 01/15/44

    301       329,526  

Kansas City Southern

   

4.30%, 05/15/43 (Call 11/15/42)

    100       98,438  

4.95%, 08/15/45 (Call 02/15/45)a

    200       214,742  
 

 

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

  


Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

3.94%, 11/01/47 (Call 05/01/47)b

  $     200     $ 193,182  

3.95%, 10/01/42 (Call 04/01/42)

    40       38,697  

4.05%, 08/15/52 (Call 02/15/52)b

    250       238,837  

4.15%, 02/28/48 (Call 08/28/47)

    500       494,190  

4.45%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    175       181,365  

4.65%, 01/15/46 (Call 07/15/45)

    50       53,391  

4.84%, 10/01/41

    400       438,460  

Union Pacific Corp.

   

3.35%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

    150       135,240  

3.38%, 02/01/35 (Call 08/01/34)

    200       189,826  

3.60%, 09/15/37 (Call 03/15/37)

    445       429,946  

3.88%, 02/01/55 (Call 08/01/54)

    400       377,796  

4.00%, 04/15/47 (Call 10/15/46)a

    350       352,051  

4.05%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

    225       227,646  

4.05%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)

    200       203,850  

4.15%, 01/15/45 (Call 07/15/44)

    75       76,825  

4.30%, 06/15/42 (Call 12/15/41)

    450       468,535  

4.38%, 11/15/65 (Call 05/15/65)

    96       97,658  

4.75%, 09/15/41 (Call 03/15/41)

    158       174,838  

4.82%, 02/01/44 (Call 08/01/43)

    220       246,748  

6.63%, 02/01/29

    250       313,485  

United Parcel Service Inc.

   

3.40%, 11/15/46 (Call 05/15/46)

    110       98,757  

3.63%, 10/01/42a

    105       99,589  

4.88%, 11/15/40 (Call 05/15/40)

    330       371,082  

6.20%, 01/15/38

    810       1,053,931  
   

 

 

 
      20,684,585  

TRUCKING & LEASING — 0.02%

 

GATX Corp.

   

5.20%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)a

    150       163,545  
   

 

 

 
      163,545  

WATER — 0.21%

 

American Water Capital Corp.

   

3.75%, 09/01/47 (Call 03/01/47)

    200       192,434  

4.00%, 12/01/46 (Call 06/01/46)

    95       95,245  

4.30%, 12/01/42 (Call 06/01/42)

    16       16,672  

4.30%, 09/01/45 (Call 03/01/45)a

    500       524,815  

6.59%, 10/15/37

    239       320,203  

United Utilities PLC

   

6.88%, 08/15/28

    200       240,492  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Veolia Environnement SA

   

6.75%, 06/01/38

  $ 100     $ 129,094  
   

 

 

 
      1,518,955  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost: $626,714,209)

 

    615,061,723  

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONSf — 5.24%

 

CANADA — 0.16%

 

Hydro-Quebec

   

9.50%, 11/15/30

    200       307,040  

Province of Quebec Canada

   

7.50%, 09/15/29a

    600       822,954  
   

 

 

 
      1,129,994  

CHILE — 0.10%

 

Chile Government International Bond

   

3.63%, 10/30/42

    250       234,688  

3.86%, 06/21/47a

    500       475,280  
   

 

 

 
      709,968  

COLOMBIA — 0.68%

 

Colombia Government International Bond

   

5.00%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)a

    1,200       1,195,068  

5.63%, 02/26/44 (Call 08/26/43)

    1,050       1,135,753  

6.13%, 01/18/41a

    1,000       1,141,320  

7.38%, 09/18/37a

    700       894,047  

10.38%, 01/28/33a

    300       473,946  
   

 

 

 
      4,840,134  

HUNGARY — 0.11%

 

Hungary Government International Bond

   

7.63%, 03/29/41a

    550       798,067  
   

 

 

 
      798,067  

INDONESIA — 0.11%

 

Indonesia Government International Bond

   

4.35%, 01/11/48a

    800       760,064  
   

 

 

 
      760,064  

ISRAEL — 0.17%

 

Israel Government International Bond

   

4.13%, 01/17/48

    400       387,056  

4.50%, 01/30/43

    800       820,744  
   

 

 

 
      1,207,800  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

ITALY — 0.13%

 

Republic of Italy Government
International Bond

   

5.38%, 06/15/33

  $ 850     $     971,185  
   

 

 

 
      971,185  

MEXICO — 1.44%

 

Mexico Government
International Bond

   

4.35%, 01/15/47a

    900       817,884  

4.60%, 01/23/46

    1,000       936,230  

4.60%, 02/10/48a

    750       704,213  

4.75%, 03/08/44

    2,000       1,923,240  

5.55%, 01/21/45

    1,250       1,341,987  

5.75%, 10/12/10

    900       908,550  

6.05%, 01/11/40

    1,100       1,237,599  

6.75%, 09/27/34

    875       1,084,396  

7.50%, 04/08/33

    427       563,593  

8.30%, 08/15/31

    500       755,380  
   

 

 

 
      10,273,072  

PANAMA — 0.36%

 

Panama Government
International Bond

   

4.50%, 05/15/47a

    800       816,448  

6.70%, 01/26/36a

    700       891,079  

9.38%, 04/01/29

    600       878,250  
   

 

 

 
      2,585,777  

PERU — 0.43%

 

Peruvian Government
International Bond

   

5.63%, 11/18/50a

    975       1,169,113  

6.55%, 03/14/37a

    600       774,516  

8.75%, 11/21/33a

    750       1,132,740  
   

 

 

 
      3,076,369  

PHILIPPINES — 0.88%

 

Philippine Government
International Bond

   

3.70%, 02/02/42

    800       752,128  

3.95%, 01/20/40a

    1,000       978,540  

5.00%, 01/13/37

    800       892,928  

6.38%, 01/15/32

    700       866,544  

6.38%, 10/23/34a

    700       887,376  

7.75%, 01/14/31

    900       1,221,138  

9.50%, 02/02/30

    450       675,094  
   

 

 

 
      6,273,748  

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

SOUTH KOREA — 0.07%

 

Korea International Bond

   

4.13%, 06/10/44a

  $ 500     $     541,060  
   

 

 

 
      541,060  

SUPRANATIONAL — 0.23%

 

Asian Development Bank

   

5.82%, 06/16/28

    310       374,185  

European Investment Bank

   

4.88%, 02/15/36

    300       369,603  

Inter-American Development Bank

   

3.20%, 08/07/42

    100       97,000  

3.88%, 10/28/41

    250       271,080  

4.38%, 01/24/44

    250       291,670  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

   

4.75%, 02/15/35

    200       243,614  
   

 

 

 
      1,647,152  

URUGUAY — 0.37%

 

Uruguay Government
International Bond

   

4.13%, 11/20/45

    300       283,809  

5.10%, 06/18/50a

    1,600       1,668,336  

7.63%, 03/21/36a

    500       689,985  
   

 

 

 
      2,642,130  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost: $39,135,665)

 

    37,456,520  

MUNICIPAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 6.29%

 

CALIFORNIA — 2.24%

 

Alameda County Joint Powers
Authority RB BAB

   

Series A
7.05%, 12/01/44

    135       193,400  

Bay Area Toll Authority RB BAB

   

Series F-2
6.26%, 04/01/49

    400       554,092  

Series S-1
7.04%, 04/01/50

    700       1,045,716  

Series S-3
6.91%, 10/01/50

    100       146,858  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

City of San Francisco CA Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue RB BAB

   

6.95%, 11/01/50

  $ 220     $     312,508  

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue RB BAB

   

Series B
5.87%, 06/01/40

    250       311,508  

Los Angeles Community College District/CA GO BAB

   

6.75%, 08/01/49

    300       436,365  

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority RB BAB

   

Series A
5.74%, 06/01/39

    300       360,972  

Los Angeles County Public Works
Financing Authority RB BAB

   

7.62%, 08/01/40

    200       293,272  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power System Revenue RB BAB

   

Series A
6.60%, 07/01/50

    350       507,931  

Series D
6.57%, 07/01/45

    200       283,694  

Los Angeles Unified School District/ CA GO BAB

   

5.75%, 07/01/34

    750       918,517  

Series RY
6.76%, 07/01/34

    390       518,969  

Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Revenue RB BAB
Series H

   

6.55%, 05/15/48

    450       602,356  

San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission RB BAB

   

5.91%, 04/01/48

    200       262,428  

San Diego County Water Authority Financing Corp. RB BAB

   

Series B
6.14%, 05/01/49

    300       402,225  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

State of California GO BAB

   

7.30%, 10/01/39

  $ 800     $     1,152,632  

7.35%, 11/01/39

    550       798,044  

7.50%, 04/01/34

    1,000       1,429,300  

7.55%, 04/01/39

    1,400       2,108,722  

7.60%, 11/01/40

    550       846,840  

7.63%, 03/01/40

    300       452,277  

7.95%, 03/01/36 (Call 03/01/20)

    750       826,920  

University of California RB

   

Series AD
4.86%, 05/15/12

    450       466,709  

University of California RB BAB

   

5.77%, 05/15/43

    200       250,812  

5.95%, 05/15/45

    400       504,768  
   

 

 

 
      15,987,835  

CONNECTICUT — 0.03%

 

State of Connecticut GO

   

Series A
5.85%, 03/15/32a

    200       233,814  
   

 

 

 
      233,814  

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — 0.03%

 

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority RB

   

4.81%, 10/01/14

    200       215,310  
   

 

 

 
      215,310  

GEORGIA — 0.16%

 

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia RB BAB

   

Project J, Series 2010-A

   

6.64%, 04/01/57

    350       427,955  

Project P, Series 2010-A

   

7.06%, 04/01/57

    600       696,834  
   

 

 

 
      1,124,789  

ILLINOIS — 0.79%

 

Chicago Transit Authority RB

   

Series A
6.90%, 12/01/40

    600       785,952  

Series B
6.90%, 12/01/40

    225       294,732  

Chicago Transit Authority RB BAB

   

Series B
6.20%, 12/01/40

    120       149,041  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

County of Cook IL GO BAB

   

6.23%, 11/15/34

  $ 200     $ 246,158  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority RB BAB

   

6.18%, 01/01/34

    150       183,501  

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago GOL BAB

   

5.72%, 12/01/38

    350       434,028  

State of Illinois GO

   

5.10%, 06/01/33a

    3,400       3,203,990  

State of Illinois GO BAB

   

Series 3
6.73%, 04/01/35

    300       314,859  
   

 

 

 
      5,612,261  

KANSAS — 0.02%

 

State of Kansas Department of Transportation RB BAB

   

4.60%, 09/01/35

    150       161,699  
   

 

 

 
      161,699  

KENTUCKY — 0.03%

 

Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District RB BAB

   

6.25%, 05/15/43

    145       189,369  
   

 

 

 
      189,369  

MARYLAND — 0.03%

 

Maryland State Transportation Authority RB BAB

   

5.89%, 07/01/43

    200       251,628  
   

 

 

 
      251,628  

MASSACHUSETTS — 0.21%

 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts GOL BAB

   

4.91%, 05/01/29

    240       269,352  

Series E
5.46%, 12/01/39

    450       544,734  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Transportation Fund Revenue RB BAB

   

Series A
5.73%, 06/01/40

    240       298,498  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

Massachusetts School Building Authority RB BAB

   

Series B
5.72%, 08/15/39

  $     300     $ 364,194  
   

 

 

 
      1,476,778  

NEVADA — 0.02%

 

County of Clark Department of Aviation RB BAB

   

Series C
6.82%, 07/01/45

    120       176,707  
   

 

 

 
      176,707  

NEW JERSEY — 0.56%

 

New Jersey Economic Development Authority RB

   

Series A
7.43%, 02/15/29 (NPFGC)

    675       831,614  

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority RB BAB

   

7.10%, 01/01/41

    725       1,028,782  

Series F
7.41%, 01/01/40a

    750       1,098,930  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority RB BAB

   

Series C
5.75%, 12/15/28

    700       783,804  

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey RB BAB

   

5.67%, 05/01/40

    200       233,654  
   

 

 

 
      3,976,784  

NEW YORK — 0.96%

 

City of New York NY GO BAB

   

Series C-1
5.52%, 10/01/37

    185       223,254  

Series F1
6.27%, 12/01/37

    325       427,892  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority RB BAB

   

Series 2010-A
6.67%, 11/15/39

    225       303,476  

Series A
5.87%, 11/15/39

    300       368,742  

Series E
6.81%, 11/15/40

    200       273,478  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue RB BAB

   

5.51%, 08/01/37

  $     200     $ 241,782  

5.57%, 11/01/38

    250       302,523  

New York City Water & Sewer System RB BAB

   

5.44%, 06/15/43

    275       339,790  

5.75%, 06/15/41

    275       352,753  

5.88%, 06/15/44

    300       393,531  

6.01%, 06/15/42

    200       265,710  

New York State Dormitory Authority RB BAB

   

5.63%, 03/15/39

    350       417,007  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey RB

   

4.93%, 10/01/51

    850       981,359  

Series 174
4.46%, 10/01/62

    835       897,717  

Series 182
5.31%, 08/01/46 (Call 08/01/24)

    700       763,609  

Series 192
4.81%, 10/15/65

    300       338,964  
   

 

 

 
      6,891,587  

OHIO — 0.30%

 

American Municipal Power Inc. RB BAB

   

Series B
8.08%, 02/15/50

    600       980,130  

Ohio State University (The) RB

   

Series A
3.80%, 12/01/46

    300       287,997  

4.80%, 06/01/11

    200       211,740  

Ohio State University (The) RB BAB

   

Series C
4.91%, 06/01/40

    200       229,816  

Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund RB BAB

   

Series B-2
4.88%, 12/01/34

    400       439,452  
   

 

 

 
      2,149,135  
Security  

Principal

(000s)

    Value  

OREGON — 0.12%

 

Oregon School Boards Association GOL

   

Series B
5.55%, 06/30/28 (NPFGC)

  $     200     $     226,120  

5.68%, 06/30/28 (NPFGC)

    350       399,416  

State of Oregon Department of Transportation RB BAB

   

Series 2010-A
5.83%, 11/15/34

    175       214,944  
   

 

 

 
      840,480  

PENNSYLVANIA — 0.05%

 

Commonwealth Financing Authority RB

   

Series A
4.14%, 06/01/38a

    350       356,646  
   

 

 

 
      356,646  

TEXAS — 0.68%

 

City of Houston TX GOL

   

Series A
6.29%, 03/01/32

    390       448,157  

City of San Antonio TX Electric & Gas Systems Revenue RB

   

4.43%, 02/01/42

    200       217,524  

5.81%, 02/01/41

    240       295,639  

Dallas Area Rapid Transit RB BAB

   

6.00%, 12/01/44

    425       551,722  

Dallas Convention Center Hotel Development Corp. RB BAB

   

7.09%, 01/01/42

    100       131,378  

Dallas County Hospital District GOL BAB

   

Series C
5.62%, 08/15/44

    200       241,904  

Dallas Independent School District GO BAB

   

Series C
6.45%, 02/15/35 (Call 02/15/21) (PSF)

    550       606,358  

North Texas Tollway Authority RB BAB

   

Series B
6.72%, 01/01/49a

    200       286,354  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Security  

Principal

or Shares

(000s)

    Value  

State of Texas GO BAB

   

5.52%, 04/01/39

  $ 425     $ 536,597  

Series A
4.68%, 04/01/40

    200       223,602  

Texas Transportation Commission State Highway Fund RB BAB

   

Series B
5.18%, 04/01/30

    800       922,648  

University of Texas System (The) RB BAB

   

Series B
6.28%, 08/15/41 (Call 08/15/19)

    370       388,948  
   

 

 

 
      4,850,831  

WASHINGTON — 0.06%

 

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority RB BAB

   

5.49%, 11/01/39

    150       178,329  

State of Washington GO BAB
Series F

   

5.14%, 08/01/40

    240       285,506  
   

 

 

 
      463,835  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost: $45,033,104)

 

    44,959,488  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 12.82%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 12.82%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,

   

SL Agency Shares
1.58%g,h,i

    79,862       79,869,885  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,

   

SL Agency Shares
1.32%g,h

    11,712       11,711,876  
   

 

 

 
      91,581,761  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $91,575,906)

 

    91,581,761  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES — 110.41%
(Cost: $802,458,884)

 

    789,059,492  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (10.41)%

 

    (74,377,209
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 714,682,283  
   

 

 

 

 

BAB — Build America Bond

GO — General Obligation

GOL — General Obligation Limited

PSF — Permanent School Fund

RB — Revenue Bond

Insured by:

NPFGC — National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.

 

a   

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

b    Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.
c    Variable rate security. Security may be issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end.
d    Zero-coupon bond.
e    Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.
f    Investments are denominated in U.S. dollars.
g    Affiliate of the Fund.
h    Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.
i   All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

Affiliates (Note 2)

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended February 28, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer    Shares
held at
02/28/17
(000s)
     Shares
purchased
(000s)
    Shares
sold
(000s)
     Shares
held at
02/28/18
(000s)
     Value at
02/28/18
     Income     Net realized
gain (loss) 
a
    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

     66,179      $  13,683 b     $      $ 79,862      $ 79,869,885      $ 206,794 c     $ (3,116   $ (19,482

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     11,390        322 b              11,712        11,711,876        76,740              
             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
              $ 91,581,761      $ 283,534     $ (3,116   $ (19,482
             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                      

 

  a   

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  b   

Net of purchases and sales.

  c   

Includes the Fund’s portion of securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, see Note 1.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of February 28, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments

           

Assets

           

Corporate bonds & notes

   $      $ 615,061,723      $      $ 615,061,723  

Foreign government obligations

            37,456,520               37,456,520  

Municipal debt obligations

            44,959,488               44,959,488  

Money market funds

     91,581,761                      91,581,761  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 91,581,761      $ 697,477,731      $      $ 789,059,492  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

February 28, 2018

 

   

ASSETS

  

Investments in securities, at cost:

  

Unaffiliated

   $ 710,882,978  

Affiliated (Note 2)

     91,575,906  
  

 

 

 

Total cost of investments in securities

   $ 802,458,884  
  

 

 

 

Investments in securities, at fair value (including securities on loana ) (Note 1):

  

Unaffiliated

   $ 697,477,731  

Affiliated (Note 2)

     91,581,761  

Cash

     338  

Receivables:

  

Investment securities sold

     1,357,534  

Dividends and interest

     8,816,727  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     799,234,091  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Payables:

  

Investment securities purchased

     4,169,487  

Collateral for securities on loan (Note 1)

     79,859,323  

Capital shares redeemed

     407,641  

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     115,357  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     84,551,808  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 714,682,283  
  

 

 

 

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 736,679,346  

Undistributed net investment income

     2,575,074  

Accumulated net realized loss

     (11,172,745

Net unrealized depreciation

     (13,399,392
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 714,682,283  
  

 

 

 

Shares outstandingb

     11,900,000  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 60.06  
  

 

 

 

 

a 

Securities on loan with a value of $77,208,031. See Note 1.

b 

No par value, unlimited number of shares authorized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

Year ended February 28, 2018

 

   

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

  

Dividends — affiliated (Note 2)

   $ 76,740  

Interest — unaffiliated

     33,981,842  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net (Note 2)

     206,794  
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     34,265,376  
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES

  

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     1,613,351  

Proxy fees

     17,974  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     1,631,325  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     32,634,051  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments — unaffiliated

     500,809  

Investments — affiliated (Note 2)

     (3,116

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated

     5,075,558  
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     5,573,251  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

  

Investments — unaffiliated

     (977,841

Investments — affiliated (Note 2)

     (19,482
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (997,323
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

     4,575,928  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 37,209,979  
  

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

      Year ended
February 28, 2018
    Year ended
February 28, 2017
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    

OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 32,634,051     $ 39,108,463  

Net realized gain

     5,573,251       7,341,421  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (997,323     33,040,354  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     37,209,979       79,490,238  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

From net investment income

     (32,962,172     (38,936,880
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

     (32,962,172     (38,936,880
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold

     141,236,309       314,843,654  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (261,560,124     (310,186,638
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

     (120,323,815     4,657,016  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     (116,076,008     45,210,374  

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of year

     830,758,291       785,547,917  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 714,682,283     $ 830,758,291  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income included in net assets at end of year

   $ 2,575,074     $ 2,903,195  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

    

Shares sold

     2,300,000       5,200,000  

Shares redeemed

     (4,300,000     (5,200,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

     (2,000,000      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

      Year ended
Feb. 28, 2018
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2017
    Year ended
Feb. 29, 2016
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2015
    Year ended
Feb. 28, 2014
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 59.77     $ 56.51     $ 62.53     $ 57.87     $ 61.05  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from investment operations:

          

Net investment incomea

     2.48       2.48       2.55       2.59       2.68  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     0.30       3.25       (6.02     4.59       (3.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     2.78       5.73       (3.47     7.18       (0.35
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

          

Net investment income

     (2.49     (2.47     (2.55     (2.52     (2.74

Net realized gain

                             (0.09
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (2.49     (2.47     (2.55     (2.52     (2.83
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 60.06     $ 59.77     $ 56.51     $ 62.53     $ 57.87  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     4.65     10.21     (5.53 )%      12.64     (0.41 )%c 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental data:

          

Net assets, end of year (000s)

   $ 714,682     $ 830,758     $ 785,548     $ 850,376     $ 283,548  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     4.05     4.10     4.40     4.28     4.67

Portfolio turnover rated

     12     10     11     23     12

 

a 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b 

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

c 

Includes payment from an affiliate. Not including these proceeds, the Fund’s total return would have been -0.43%.

d 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”),as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was established as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated December 16, 1999.

These financial statements relate only to the following fund (the “Fund”):

 

iShares ETF    Diversification
Classification
    

10+ Year Credit Bond

   Diversified   

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of its underlying index. The investment adviser uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

Pursuant to the Trust’s organizational documents, the Fund’s officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

 

1.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

SECURITY VALUATION

The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Fund. The investments of the Fund are valued pursuant to policies and procedures developed by the Global Valuation Committee and approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”).

 

   

Fixed income investments are valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by dealers or prices (including evaluated prices) supplied by approved independent third-party pricing services. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information and by other methods, which may include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; general market conditions; and/or other factors and assumptions. Pricing services generally value fixed income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

   

Open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the fair value of such investment or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board. The fair valuation approaches that may be utilized by the Global Valuation Committee to determine fair value include market approach, income approach and the cost approach. The valuation techniques used under these approaches take into consideration inputs that include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other inputs, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates. Valuations based on such inputs are reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Trust’s pricing vendors, a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices, reviews of large movements in market values, and reviews of market related activity.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate the Fund’s NAV and the prices used by the Fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the Fund’s performance and the performance of the Fund’s underlying index.

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. Inputs may be based on independent market data (“observable inputs”) or they may be internally developed (“unobservable inputs”). These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

   

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The fair value hierarchy for the Fund’s investments is included in its schedule of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of values determined for financial instruments are based on the pricing

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

transparency of the financial instruments and are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INCOME RECOGNITION

Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, and payment-in-kind interest income, if any, are recognized daily on the accrual basis. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source.

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.

LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

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

Cash received as collateral for securities on loan may be reinvested in certain short-term instruments either directly on behalf of a fund or through one or more joint accounts or money market funds, including those managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, or its affiliates. As of February 28, 2018, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government obligations. Cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BFA and is disclosed in the schedule of investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan for the Fund are also disclosed in its schedule of investments. The total value of any securities on loan as of February 28, 2018 and the total value of the related cash collateral are disclosed in the statement of assets and liabilities. Income earned by the Fund from securities lending is disclosed in the statement of operations.

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

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Fund under Master Securities Lending Agreements (“MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. The value of the collateral is typically greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, leaving the lender with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Fund can reinvest cash collateral, or, upon an event of default, resell or re-pledge the collateral.

The following table is a summary of securities lending agreements which are subject to offset under an MSLA as of February 28, 2018:

 

Counterparty    Market Value of
Securities on Loan
     Cash Collateral
Received
 a
     Net
Amount
 

BNP Paribas New York Branch

   $ 860,634      $ 860,634      $  

BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage Inc.

     372,523        372,523         

BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International Ltd.

     1,432,040        1,432,040         

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     14,043,095        14,043,095         

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     5,176,874        5,176,874         

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     4,523,464        4,523,464         

Goldman Sachs & Co.

     5,029,905        5,029,905         

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     3,999,670        3,999,670         

Jefferies LLC

     709,784        709,784         

JPMorgan Securities LLC

     9,047,218        9,047,218         

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

     12,187,244        12,187,244         

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     7,467,686        7,467,686         

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     2,238,142        2,238,142         

Nomura Securities International Inc.

     1,195,068        1,195,068         

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     1,471,942        1,471,942         

SG Americas Securities LLC

     321,102        321,102         

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

     7,131,640        7,131,640         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 77,208,031      $ 77,208,031      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                            

 

  a 

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.

RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARD

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update “Premium Amortization on Purchase Callable Debt Securities” which amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities. Under the new guidance, premium amortization of purchased callable debt securities that have explicit, non-contingent call features and are callable at fixed prices will be amortized to the earliest call date. The guidance will be applied on a modified retrospective basis and is effective for fiscal years, and their interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Fund.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

2.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

For its investment advisory services to the Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee of 0.20%, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”),an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Fund, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan in a money market fund managed by BFA, however, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04% (the “collateral investment fees”). Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, the Fund retains 80% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees. In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds the aggregate securities lending income generated across the iShares ETF Complex in the calendar year 2013, the Fund, pursuant to a securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

For the year ended February 28, 2018, the Fund paid to BTC securities lending agent services and collateral investment fees in the amount of $76,394.

BlackRock Investments, LLC, an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for the Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Fund.

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

For the year ended February 28, 2018, the purchases and sales transactions executed by the Fund pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were $895,642 and $935,700, respectively.

The Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is included in “Dividends – affiliated” in the statement of operations.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder of BlackRock and is considered to be an affiliate of the Fund for 1940 Act purposes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

Certain trustees and officers of the Trust are also officers of BTC and/or BFA.

 

3.

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) for the year ended February 28, 2018 were as follows:

 

 

    
U.S. Government Obligations             Other Securities            
Purchases    Sales             Purchases      Sales         

 

    
$1,002,072      $989,568           $95,561,226        $95,881,986     

 

    

In-kind purchases and sales (see Note 4) for the year ended February 28, 2018, were $134,679,151 and $248,268,173, respectively.

 

4.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by the Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for the Fund are disclosed in detail in the statements of changes in net assets.

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

 

5.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

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

MARKET RISK

Market risk arises mainly from uncertainty about future values of financial instruments influenced by price, currency and interest rate movements. It represents the potential loss a fund may suffer through holding market positions in the face of market

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

movements. A fund is exposed to market risk by its investment in equity, fixed income and/or financial derivative instruments or by its investment in underlying funds. The fair value of securities held by a fund may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuers of the securities including local, regional or global political, social or economic instability or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. The extent of a fund’s exposure to market risk is the market value of the investments held as shown in the fund’s schedule of investments.

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

Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves certain considerations and risks not typically associated with securities of U.S. issuers. Such risks include, but are not limited to: differences in accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; higher inflation rates, greater social, economic and political uncertainties; possible nationalization or expropriation of assets; less availability of public information about issuers; imposition of withholding or other taxes; higher transaction and custody costs and delays in settlement procedures; and lower level of regulation of the securities markets and issuers. Non-U.S. securities may be less liquid, more difficult to value, and have greater price volatility due to exchange rate fluctuations. These and other risks are heightened for investments in issuers from countries with less developed capital markets.

Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of fixed income investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes, usually making their prices more volatile than those of securities with shorter durations. Given the environment of historically low interest rates, a fund may be subject to a greater risk of price losses if interest rates rise.

CREDIT RISK

Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. BFA and its affiliates manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose a fund to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of a fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its statement of assets and liabilities.

 

6.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. The following permanent differences as of

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

iSHARES® 10+ YEAR CREDIT BOND ETF

 

February 28, 2018, attributable to the realized gains (losses)from in-kind redemptions, were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

Paid-in

Capital

    

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income/Distributions

in Excess of Net

Investment Income

    

Undistributed

Net Realized

Gain/Accumulated

Net Realized Loss

              
  $5,003,709      $      $ (5,003,709     

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017 was as follows:

 

      2018      2017                                                                               

Ordinary income

   $ 32,962,172      $ 38,936,880        
  

 

 

    

 

 

       
                         

As of February 28, 2018, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

Undistributed

Ordinary

Income

  

Capital

Loss

Carryforwards

  

Net

Unrealized

Gains(Losses) a

   Total                                                    
$2,575,074    $(11,026,354)    $(13,545,783)    $(21,997,063)      

 

  a  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

As of February 28, 2018, the Fund had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards in the amount of $11,026,354 available to offset future realized capital gains.

For the year ended February 28, 2018, the Fund utilized $603,250 of its capital loss carryforwards.

As of February 28, 2018, the cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for federal income tax purposes was $802,605,275. Net unrealized depreciation was $13,545,783, of which $7,184,501 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and 20,730,284 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of February 28, 2018, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

7.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 16, 2016, investors (the “Plaintiffs”) in certain iShares funds (iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Select Dividend ETF, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF) filed a putative class action lawsuit against iShares Trust, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its advisory affiliates, and certain directors/trustees and officers of the Funds (collectively, “Defendants”) in California State Court. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to adequately disclose in the prospectuses issued by the funds noted above the risks of using stop-loss orders in the event of a ‘flash crash’, such as the one that occurred on May 6, 2010. On September 18, 2017, the court issued a Statement of Decision

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and Shareholders of

iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF (one of the funds constituting iShares Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of February 28, 2018, the related statement of operations for the year ended February 28, 2018, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended February 28, 2018 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of February 28, 2018, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended February 28, 2018 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

April 19, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

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For more information visit www.iShares.com or call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737)

 

 

 

 

This report is intended for the Fund’s shareholders. It may not be distributed to prospective investors unless it is preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus.

 

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

 

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

 

The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Bloomberg Index Services Limited or ICE Data Indices, LLC, nor do these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. BlackRock is not affiliated with the companies listed above.

 

©2018 BlackRock, Inc. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

 
   

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OCTOBER 31, 2018    

 

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

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iShares U.S. ETF Trust

 

   

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF | EMBH | NYSE Arca

 

 

 

 

 

 


Table of Contents

 

     Page  

 

 

Market Overview

     5  

Fund Summary

     6  

About Fund Performance

     8  

Shareholder Expenses

     8  

Schedule of Investments

     9  

Financial Statements

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     12  

Statement of Operations

     13  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     14  

Financial Highlights

     15  

Notes to Financial Statements

     16  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     22  

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

     23  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     24  

Supplemental Information

     26  

Trustee and Officer Information

     27  

General Information

     29  

Additional Financial Information

     30  

 

 

       


Market Overview

 

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

Global Bond Market Overview

Global investment-grade bonds declined for the 12 months ended October 31, 2018 (“reporting period”). The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, a broad measure of global bond market performance, returned -2.05% in U.S. dollar terms for the reporting period.

The negative return for global bonds was driven primarily by rising global interest rates and mixed economic data. After a strong 2017, global economic growth eased in 2018 as areas of weakness appeared in several regions of the world. In addition, the global fixed-income markets were affected by a number of external developments, including escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and several of its trading partners (most notably China and Europe), as well as geopolitical conflicts in Turkey and the Middle East.

Regionally, the U.S. bond market declined as a strengthening U.S. economy led to higher interest rates. Driven in part by the stimulative effect of federal tax reform legislation, the U.S. economy grew by 3% for the 12 months ended September 2018, its highest year-over-year growth rate in more than three years. Faster economic growth drove the inflation rate to its highest level in more than six years in mid-2018. In this environment, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) increased short-term interest rates four times during the reporting period, increasing its short-term interest rate target to 2.25%, the highest level in more than a decade. From a sector perspective, corporate bonds declined the most amid investor concerns about high corporate debt levels, a decline in average credit quality, and relatively high valuations. In contrast, asset-backed securities (bonds backed by credit card receivables, auto loans, and other debt) advanced for the reporting period, benefiting from their higher yields and relatively short maturities.

The smaller decline in European bond markets was driven in part by a slowdown in economic activity. After improving notably in 2017, economic growth in the Eurozone slowed markedly through the first three quarters of 2018. In particular, growth in the Italian economy slowed significantly following a debt-heavy budget proposed by Italy’s new populist government, which led to a sharp increase in the country’s bond yields late in the reporting period. Other major Eurozone economies, such as Germany and France, also weakened, but to a lesser extent. Despite the economic slowdown, the European Central Bank (“ECB”) reaffirmed its plan to end its quantitative easing measures by the end of 2018, though the ECB intends to maintain its zero interest-rate policy. In the U.K., slowing economic growth and concerns about the economic impact of Brexit when it takes effect in early 2019 kept bond yields relatively stable, leading to positive returns for British bonds.

Asia-Pacific bond markets also declined modestly for the reporting period as economic growth in the region slowed. In Japan, the nation’s longest period of sustained expansion in more than 20 years came to an end when the Japanese economy contracted in the first quarter of 2018. Japanese bond yields increased slightly during the reporting period but remained near historically low levels. In South Korea, bond yields declined as the nation’s economy grew at its slowest pace in nine years. In contrast, Australian bond yields increased as the country’s economy grew at its fastest rate in six years, benefiting from strong consumer spending and increasing commodities prices.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018    iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to mitigate the interest rate risk of a portfolio composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, emerging market bonds. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund currently seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in one underlying fund, the iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF. The Fund attempts to mitigate the interest rate risk of the underlying fund by holding short positions in U.S. Treasury futures or interest rate swaps.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns            Cumulative Total Returns  
     1 Year      Since
Inception
            1 Year     Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (0.51 )%       4.17        (0.51 )%      14.33

Fund Market

    (0.58      4.15          (0.58     14.28  

J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Swap Hedged Index

    0.34        4.67                0.34       16.13  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 7/22/15. The first day of secondary market trading was 7/23/15.

The J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Swap Hedged Index is an unmanaged index that consists of the J.P. Morgan EMBI® Global Core Index plus interest rate swaps that intend to hedge the interest rate exposure of the J.P. Morgan EMBI® Global Core Index.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 8 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual         Hypothetical 5% Return      
    Beginning        Ending        Expenses         Beginning        Ending        Expenses     Annualized    
    Account Value        Account Value        Paid During         Account Value        Account Value        Paid During     Expense    
    05/01/18          (10/31/18)          the Period  (a)(b)         (05/01/18)          (10/31/18)          the Period  (a)(b)     Ratio (a) 
      $       1,000.00         $ 988.50          $ 0.50          $ 1,000.00         $ 1,024.70          $ 0.51     0.10% 

 

  (a) 

Annualized expense ratio and expenses paid during the period do not include fees and expenses of the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 
  (b) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 8 for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018  (continued)   

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

The Fund posted a negative return for the reporting period, as rising U.S. interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar weighed on emerging market bond prices. In terms of the Fund’s underlying securities, debt issued by Venezuela, where an ongoing financial crisis led to a significant economic contraction, was the largest detractor to the Fund’s performance. Hyperinflation and insufficient inflows of foreign currency drove Venezuela to default on some of its U.S. dollar-denominated debt. Similarly, Argentina’s debt was negatively affected by the declining Argentine peso, which lowered investors’ confidence in the government’s ability to service its foreign-currency-denominated bonds.

Turkish bonds were significant detractors from the Fund’s performance. High inflation, the depreciation of the Turkish lira, and large trade deficits put pressure on Turkey’s relatively low reserves of foreign currency. Mexican bonds, which have a particularly high rate of foreign ownership, were adversely affected by the depreciation of the Mexican peso and the cancellation of a bond-financed airport project. High foreign ownership also worked against Indonesian debt as foreign investors shifted capital out of Indonesia in search of higher yields.

In that environment, the interest rate hedge was the largest contributor to the Fund’s return. Increasing interest rates reduce the value of existing bonds, meaning a rise in interest rates typically detracts from bond fund performance. Conversely, falling interest rates usually serve to increase bond prices. An interest rate hedged fund attempts to avoid these fluctuations by offsetting interest rate risk, primarily using interest rate swaps and Treasury futures contracts. Rising interest rates during the reporting period meant positive returns from hedging activity.

The Fund’s interest rate hedge seeks near-zero interest rate sensitivity. Consequently, the Fund’s return was minimally affected by interest rate fluctuations during the reporting period. With interest rate sensitivity hedged, the Fund fluctuated based on direct exposure to the yield premium of emerging market bonds, independent of rising interest rates.

Portfolio Information

Tables shown are for the underlying fund in which the Fund invests.

 

ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY

 

 
Moody’s Credit Rating*  

Percent of    

Total Investments(a)

 

 

 

A

    15.2%  

Baa

    34.3     

Ba

    20.7     

B

    20.5     

Caa

    4.2     

C

    0.7     

Not Rated

    4.4     

 

 

TEN LARGEST COUNTRIES

 

 
Country   Percent of    
Total Investments(a)
 

 

 

Mexico

    5.9%  

Indonesia

    5.0     

Russia

    4.0     

Turkey

    4.0     

China

    4.0     

Philippines

    3.9     

Brazil

    3.8     

Argentina

    3.6     

Colombia

    3.6     

Kazakhstan

    3.3     

 

 
 

 

*

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

(a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.ishares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Shareholder Expenses

As a shareholder of your Fund, you 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 and other fund expenses. The expense example, which is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) and held through the end of the period, is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses – The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. To estimate the expenses that you paid on your account over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your 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, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples 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.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

 

 

Investment Companies

    

Exchange-Traded Funds — 96.2%

    

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF(a)

    127,721      $   13,367,280  
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 96.2%
(Cost: $13,953,982)

       13,367,280  
    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    

Money Market Funds — 1.1%

    

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(a)(b)

    159,121        159,121  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 1.1%
(Cost: $159,121)

 

     159,121  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 97.3%
(Cost: $14,113,103)

 

     13,526,401  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.7%

 

     376,069  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 13,902,470  
    

 

 

 
    

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

 

 

Affiliated Issuer

   

Shares
Held at
10/31/17
 
 
 
    
Shares
Purchased
 
 
   
Shares
Sold
 
 
   

Shares
Held at
10/31/18
 
 
 
    
Value at
10/31/18
 
 
     Income      

Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)

 
(a) 
 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

           0 (b)                   $      $ 407 (c)      $ 218     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    16,670        142,451 (b)              159,121        159,121        892              

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

    22,057        105,892       (228     127,721        13,367,280        218,769       (403     (662,390
           

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
            $ 13,526,401      $ 220,068     $ (185   $ (662,390
           

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

 
  (b) 

Net of purchases and sales.

 
  (c) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

 
                   

Effective

Date

  

Termination

Date

  

Notional

Amount

(000)

    

Value

    

Upfront
Premium

Paid

(Received)

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Paid by the Fund   

Received by the Fund

Rate    Frequency      Rate    Frequency

 

 
1.01%    Semi-annual   

2.56%

   Quarterly    N/A    12/08/18    $ (706    $ 1,006      $ 496      $ 510  
1.17    Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly    N/A    12/08/21      (5,445      313,286        261,143        52,143  
2.47    Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly    N/A    01/12/25      (1,545      61,190        54,734        6,456  
1.44    Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly    N/A    12/08/26      (3,699      470,177        358,369        111,808  
3.25    Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly    N/A    10/18/28      (472      154        1,115        (961
2.34    Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly    N/A    12/08/36      (1,560      217,823        192,761        25,062  
2.41    Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly    N/A    06/19/37      (509      67,422        4,747        62,675  
1.77    Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly    N/A    12/08/46      (1,141      338,163        287,842        50,321  
3.33    Semi-annual    2.56    Quarterly    N/A    10/24/48      (5      (4      (12      8  
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                     $ 1,469,217      $ 1,161,195      $ 308,022  
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF

 

Balances Reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for Centrally Cleared Swaps

 

     Premiums
Paid
     Premiums
Received
    Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Centrally Cleared Swaps(a)

    $1,161,207        $(12     $308,983        $(961

 

  (a)  

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on centrally cleared swaps, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is net of any previously paid (received) swap premium amounts.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of October 31, 2018, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
 

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Swaps — centrally cleared

 

Net unrealized appreciation(a)

  $ 308,983  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Swaps — centrally cleared

 

Net unrealized depreciation(a)

  $ 961  
 

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared interest rate swaps contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported separately within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

 

Swaps

  $ 6,603  
 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

Swaps

  $ 273,268  
 

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps:

 

Average notional value — pays fixed rate

  $ 6,863,290    

 

 

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

 

 

Investments

         

Assets

         

Investment Companies

  $ 13,367,280      $     $      $ 13,367,280  

Money Market Funds

    159,121                     159,121  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 13,526,401      $     $      $ 13,526,401  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

         

Assets

         

Swaps

  $      $ 308,983     $      $ 308,983  

Liabilities

         

Swaps

           (961            (961
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $      $   308,022     $         —      $ 308,022  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2018

 

 

    iShares
Interest Rate
Hedged
Emerging
Markets
Bond ETF
 

 

 

ASSETS

 

Investments in securities, at value:

 

Affiliated(a)

  $ 13,526,401  

Cash pledged:

 

Centrally cleared swaps

    331,000  

Receivables:

 

Variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

    46,385  

Dividends

    166  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    13,903,952  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Bank overdraft

    424  

Payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

    1,058  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    1,482  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 13,902,470  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 14,190,030  

Accumulated loss

    (287,560
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 13,902,470  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    550,000  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 25.28  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

    None  
 

 

 

 

(a)   Investments, at cost — Affiliated

  $ 14,113,103  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended October 31, 2018

 

 

    iShares
Interest
Rate
Hedged
Emerging
Markets
Bond ETF
 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — Affiliated

  $ 219,661  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

    407  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    220,068  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory fees

    39,535  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    39,535  

Less:

 

Investment advisory fees waived

    (34,264
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    5,271  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    214,797  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments — Affiliated

    (185

Swaps

    6,603  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gain

    6,418  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — Affiliated

    (662,390

Swaps

    273,268  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (389,122
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (382,704
 

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (167,907
 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares
Interest Rate Hedged Emerging
Markets Bond ETF
 
 

 

 

 
    Year Ended
10/31/18
    Year Ended
10/31/17
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 214,797     $ 127,615  

Net realized gain

    6,418       204,015  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (389,122     (35,069
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (167,907     296,561  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)(b)

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (205,131     (114,001
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

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

    11,631,104       (44,387
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase in net assets

    11,258,066       138,173  

Beginning of year

    2,644,404       2,506,231  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 13,902,470     $ 2,644,404  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

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

(b)  

Prior year distribution character information has been modified or removed to conform with current year Regulation S-X presentation changes. Refer to Note 12 for this prior year information.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF  
 

 

 

 
          Period From  
    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended       07/22/15 (a)  
    10/31/18       10/31/17       10/31/16       to 10/31/15  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 26.44     $ 25.06     $ 24.20     $ 25.05  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    1.06       1.11       1.17       0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (1.19     1.24       0.61       (0.95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (0.13     2.35       1.78       (0.62
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

       

From net investment income

    (1.03     (0.97     (0.89     (0.23

Return of capital

                (0.03     (0.00 )(e) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.03     (0.97     (0.92     (0.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 25.28     $ 26.44     $ 25.06     $ 24.20  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

       

Based on net asset value

    (0.51 )%      9.57     7.49     (2.43 )%(f) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

       

Total expenses(g)

    0.75     0.75     0.75     0.75 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived(g)

    0.10     0.10     0.10     0.12 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    4.07     4.32     4.82     4.86 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 13,902     $ 2,644     $ 2,506     $ 2,420  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)(j)

    0 %(k)       2     3     0 %(f)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)   

Commencement of operations.

(b)   

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)   

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

(d)   

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

(e)   

Rounds to less than $0.01.

(f)   

Not annualized.

(g)   

The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not include these indirect fees and expenses.

(h)   

Annualized.

(i)   

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

(j)   

Portfolio turnover rate excludes the portfolio activity of the underlying fund in which the Fund is invested. See the underlying fund’s financial highlights for its respective portfolio turnover rates.

(k)   

Rounds to less than 1%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.    ORGANIZATION

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

These financial statements relate only to the following fund (the “Fund”):

 

iShares ETF   Diversification
Classification
 
Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond     Diversified (a)  

 

  (a)   

The Fund’s classification changed from non-diversified to diversified during the reporting period.

Currently the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in an iShares fund (an “underlying fund”). The financial statements and schedule of investments for the underlying fund should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

2.    SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions from the underlying funds, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued daily.

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

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.

Recent Accounting Standards: In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13 “Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” which modifies disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Fund.

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

3.    INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fund determines the fair value of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

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

   

Exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s last traded price or official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the fund is primarily traded. Funds traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last traded price.

   

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

   

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

If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of an investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and the cost approach. Valuation techniques used under these approaches take into consideration inputs that include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other inputs, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Trust’s pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values, and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

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

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

   

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

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The fair value hierarchy for the Fund’s investments is included in its schedule of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

4.    SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

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

As of October 31, 2018, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government obligations. Cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Fund’s investment adviser, or its affiliates and is disclosed in the schedule of investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan for the Fund, if any, are also disclosed in its schedule of investments. The market value of any securities on loan as of October 31, 2018 and the value of the related cash collateral are disclosed in the statement of assets and liabilities.

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

5.    DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Swaps: Swaps are financial agreements to exchange cash flows in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, on the same notional amount for a specified period of time. Interest rate swaps are used by the Fund to mitigate the potential impact of interest rates on the performance of the bonds held by the Fund or its underlying fund.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). The Fund enters into centrally cleared swaps.

In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap agreement, the swap agreement is novated to a central counterparty (“CCP”) and the CCP becomes the Fund’s counterparty on the swap. The Fund is required to interface with the CCP through a broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated on the schedule of investments and cash deposited is shown as cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps on the statement of assets and liabilities. The daily change in valuation of centrally cleared swaps is recorded as variation margin receivable or payable on centrally cleared swaps in the statement of assets and liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, are recorded as realized gains (losses) in the statement of operations. Upfront payments and receipts are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received in the statement of assets and liabilities and represent compensating factors between the stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (interest rate spreads and other relevant factors), at the time the swap was entered into by the Fund. These upfront payments and receipts are amortized over the term of the contract as a realized gain (loss) in the statement of the operations.

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

6.    INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

For its investment advisory services to the Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee of 0.75%, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund.

Expense Waivers: A fund may incur its pro rata share of fees and expenses attributable to its investments in other investment companies (“acquired fund fees and expenses”). The total of the investment advisory fee and acquired fund fees and expenses is a fund’s total annual operating expenses. BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for the Fund through February 28, 2022 so that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver is equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses attributable to the Fund’s investment in the iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (“EMB”), after taking into account any fee waivers by EMB, plus 0.10%.

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC, an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for the Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Fund.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Fund, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan in a money market fund managed by BFA, or its affiliates, however, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04% (the “collateral investment fees”). Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, the Fund retains 80% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds the aggregate securities lending income generated across the iShares ETF Complex in the calendar year 2013, the Fund, pursuant to a securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by the Fund is shown as securities lending income – affiliated – net in its statement of operations. For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Fund paid BTC $151 for securities lending agent services.

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

Other Transactions: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock for 1940 Act purposes.

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

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

7.    PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended October 31, 2018, purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales    

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 243,381      $ 26,044    

For the year ended October 31, 2018, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind  
Sales  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 11,248,609      $ —    

8.    INCOME TAX INFORMATION

The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of October 31, 2018, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of October 31, 2018, the following permanent differences attributable to distributions paid in excess of taxable income, were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF   Paid-in Capital     Accumulated  
Loss  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

  $ (4,240   $ 4,240    

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Year Ended
10/31/18
     Year Ended
10/31/17
 

 

 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond Ordinary income

  $ 205,131      $ 114,001  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of October 31, 2018, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF

   
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
 
 
   
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses
 
)(a) 
    Total    

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

  $ (8,340   $ (279,220   $ (287,560 )   

 

  (a)   

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

As of October 31, 2018, the Fund had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards in the amount of $8,340 available to offset future realized capital gains.

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Fund utilized $20,726 of its capital loss carryforwards.

As of October 31, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF

    Tax Cost      
Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
 
 
    
Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 
   

Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation
 
 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 14,113,643     $ 308,983      $ (588,203   $ (279,220

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

9.    PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

Market Risk: Market risk arises mainly from uncertainty about future values of financial instruments influenced by price, currency and interest rate movements. It represents the potential loss a fund may suffer through holding market positions in the face of market movements. A fund is exposed to market risk by its investment in equity, fixed income and/or financial derivative instruments or by its investment in underlying funds. The fair value of securities held by a fund may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuers of the securities including local, regional or global political, social or economic instability or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. The extent of a fund’s exposure to market risk is the market value of the investments held as shown in the fund’s schedule of investments.

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. BFA and its affiliates manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose a fund to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of a fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its statement of assets and liabilities.

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

10.  CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

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

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

 

 
    Year Ended
10/31/18
     Year Ended
10/31/17
 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares      Amount      Shares     Amount  

 

 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

         

Shares sold

    450,000      $ 11,631,104        100,000     $ 2,536,871  

Shares redeemed

                  (100,000     (2,581,258
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    450,000      $ 11,631,104            $ (44,387
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

11.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 16, 2016, investors in certain iShares funds (iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Select Dividend ETF, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF) filed a class action lawsuit against iShares Trust, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its advisory affiliates, and certain directors/trustees and officers of the Funds (collectively, “Defendants”) in California State Court. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to adequately disclose in the prospectuses issued by the funds noted above the risks of using stop-loss orders in the event of a ‘flash crash’, such as the one that occurred on May 6, 2010. On September 18, 2017, the court issued a Statement of Decision holding that the Plaintiffs lack standing to assert their claims. On October 11, 2017, the court entered final judgment dismissing all of the Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice. Plaintiffs have appealed the court’s decision.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

12.  REGULATION S-X AMENDMENTS

On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification. The Fund has adopted the amendments pertinent to Regulation S-X in this shareholder report. The amendments impacted certain disclosure presentation on the statement of assets and liabilities, statement of changes in net assets and notes to the financial statements.

Prior year distribution information in the statement of changes in net assets has been modified to conform to the current year presentation in accordance with the Regulation S-X changes.

Distributions for the year ended October 31, 2017 were classified as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Net  
Investment Income  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 114,001    

13.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and

Shareholders of iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF (one of the funds constituting iShares U.S. ETF Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2018, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2018, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2018 and for the period July 22, 2015 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2015 (hereafter referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2018, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018 and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2018 and for the period July 22, 2015 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2015 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

December 21, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)

 

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018, the Fund intends to pass through to its shareholders foreign source income earned and foreign taxes paid by the underlying funds:

 

iShares ETF   Foreign Source
Income Earned
     Foreign  
Taxes Paid  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 218,772      $ 2    

The Fund hereby designates the following amount of distributions from direct federal obligation interest for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018:

 

iShares ETF    Federal Obligation  
Interest  
 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond

   $ 438    

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percent of ordinary income dividends attribute to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisers to determine if any portion of the dividends received is exempt from state income tax.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

I. iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”) on behalf of the Fund. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Contract. At a meeting on May 11, 2018, a committee composed of all of the Independent Trustees (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or their independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At these meetings, the 15(c) Committee reviewed and discussed information provided in response to the 15(c) Committee’s initial requests, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on May 24, 2018, management presented additional information to the Board relating to the continuance of the Advisory Contract, including information requested by the 15(c) Committee during its initial meeting. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information at length. The Independent Trustees requested from management certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 12-14, 2018, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests. After extensive discussions, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Contract for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) economies of scale; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Trustees, to approve the Advisory Contract are discussed below.

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

The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-, three-, five-, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, to that of relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods.

The Board noted that the Fund is an actively managed ETF that does not seek to track the performance of a specified index and that the management team for the Fund manages the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. The Board further noted that, during the prior year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its reference benchmark. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with expectations relative to the Fund’s reference benchmark.

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

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BFA: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent and proposed enhancements to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Contract for the coming year as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the June 12-14, 2018 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance policies and procedures.

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

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract  (continued)

 

Costs of Services Provided to Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Contract), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology for the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during their meetings. The Board further noted that it considered the supplemental information the 15(c) Committee requested, which BlackRock provided, regarding the methodology. The Board discussed the sources of direct and ancillary revenue with management, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Contract and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

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

Based on this review of the sharing of scale benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the information concerning the sharing of scale benefits supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with similar investment strategy or investment mandate as the Fund. The Board further noted that BFA provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded ETF, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate. The Board also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Contract for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, such as payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s profitability methodology), and payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions) are reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

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

 

 

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Supplemental Information  (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are for financial reporting purposes and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and character of the distributions for tax reporting purposes will be reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV which is sent to shareholders shortly after calendar year-end.

 

    

Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year

                   % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year
 
iShares ETF   Net
Investment
Income
     Net Realized
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total Per
Share
             Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
 

Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond(a)

  $ 1.029274      $      $ 0.003971      $ 1.033245                 100         0 %(b)      100

 

  (a)   

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

  (b)   

Rounds to less than 1%.

Premium/Discount Information

The Premium/Discount Information section is intended to present information about the differences between the daily market price on secondary markets for shares of a fund and that fund’s NAV. NAV is the price at which a fund issues and redeems shares. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The “Market Price” of a fund generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary securities exchange on which shares of such fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the fund’s NAV is calculated. A fund’s Market Price may be at, above or below its NAV. The NAV of a fund will fluctuate with changes in the value of its portfolio holdings. The Market Price of a fund will fluctuate in accordance with changes in its NAV, as well as market supply and demand.

Premiums or discounts are the differences (expressed as a percentage) between the NAV and Market Price of a fund on a given day, generally at the time the NAV is calculated. A premium is the amount that a fund is trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. A discount is the amount that a fund is trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV.

Premium/discount information for the Fund covering the most recently completed calendar year and the most recently completed calendar quarters since that year (or since the Fund began trading, if shorter) is publicly accessible, free of charge, at www.iShares.com.

The following information shows the frequency of distributions of premiums and discounts for the Fund for the immediately preceding five calendar years (or from the date the Fund began trading on the secondary market, if less than five years) through the date of the most recent calendar quarter-end. Each line in the table shows the number of trading days in which the Fund traded within the premium/discount range indicated. Premium/discount ranges with no trading days are omitted. The number of trading days in each premium/discount range is also shown as a percentage of the total number of trading days in the period covered by each table. All data presented here represents past performance, which cannot be used to predict future results.

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Period Covered: July 23, 2015 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range   Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 2.5% and Less than 3.0%

    1        0.12

Greater than 1.0% and Less than 1.5%

    3        0.37  

Greater than 0.5% and Less than 1.0%

    10        1.25  

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

    313        38.99  

At NAV

    23        2.86  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

    451        56.17  

Less than –0.5% and Greater than –1.0%

    1        0.12  

Less than –1.5% and Greater than –2.0%

    1        0.12  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
    803        100.00
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. The President, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer and Secretary shall each hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify, and all other officers shall hold office until he or she resigns or is removed. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of closed-end funds, two complexes of open-end funds and one complex of exchange-traded funds (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the BlackRock Fund Complex referred to as the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares Trust, and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 343 funds as of October 31, 2018. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Mark K. Wiedman, Charles Park, Martin Small and Benjamin Archibald, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Wiedman, Mr. Park, Mr. Small and Mr. Archibald is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. The Board has designated Cecilia H. Herbert as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

Interested Trustees

       
Name (Age)   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Robert S. Kapito(a) (61)   Trustee (since 2011).    President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).    Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2009).
Mark K. Wiedman(b) (47)   Trustee (since 2013).    Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2016); Global Head of iShares (2011-2016); Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2011).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2013); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2013); Director of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (since 2008).

 

(a) 

Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b) 

Mark K. Wiedman is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

Independent Trustees

       
Name (Age)   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Cecilia H. Herbert (69)  

Trustee (since 2011);

Independent Board Chair (since 2016).

   Trustee and Member of the Finance, Technology and Quality Committee of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, WNET, a New York public media company (since 2011); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (since 1992) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School.    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares Trust (since 2016); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (since 2009); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (since 2015).
Jane D. Carlin (62)  

Trustee (since 2015);

Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).

   Consultant (since 2012); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2015); Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (since 2012); Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since (2016).
Richard L. Fagnani (63)  

Trustee (since 2017);

Equity Plus Committee Chair (since 2017).

   Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees  (continued)

       
Name (Age)   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Charles A. Hurty (75)

 

Trustee (since 2011);

Audit Committee Chair (since 2011).

   Retired; Partner, KPMG LLP (1968-2001).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Director of SkyBridge Alternative Investments Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC (2 portfolios) (since 2002).

John E. Kerrigan (63)

 

Trustee (since 2011);

Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2016).

   Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005).

Drew E. Lawton (59)

 

Trustee (since 2017);

15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).

   Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

John E. Martinez (57)

 

Trustee (since 2011);

Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2016).

   Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2003).

Madhav V. Rajan (54)

 

Trustee (since 2011);

Nominating and Governance Committee Chair (since 2017).

   Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2011).
Officers
Name (Age)   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years

Martin Small (43)

  President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of U.S. iShares (since 2015); Co-Head of the U.S. Financial Markets Advisory Group, BlackRock, Inc. (2008-2014).

Jack Gee (59)

  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2011).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Senior Director of Fund Administration of Intermediary Investor Business, BGI (2009).

Charles Park (51)

  Chief Compliance Officer (since 2011).    Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and the Closed-End Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Benjamin Archibald (43)

  Secretary (since 2015).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2013); Secretary of the BlackRock-advised Mutual Funds (since 2012).

Steve Messinger (56)

  Executive Vice President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014 and since 2016); Managing Director, Beacon Consulting Group (2014-2016).

Scott Radell (49)

  Executive Vice President (since 2012).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Head of Portfolio Solutions, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

Alan Mason (57)

  Executive Vice President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

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

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to www.icsdelivery.com.

   

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

Householding

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

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The iShares Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The iShares Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The iShares Funds also disclose their complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the iShares website at www.iShares.com.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

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

 

 

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Additional Financial Information

Audited Financial Statements

October 31, 2018

iShares Trust

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | EMB | NASDAQ

 

 

 

 


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2018

  

 

iShares® J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond  ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes(a)

 

Azerbaijan — 0.5%

 

Southern Gas Corridor CJSC,
6.88%, 03/24/26(b)

  $   75,307     $ 80,446,703  
   

 

 

 
Chile — 1.0%  

Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile

   

3.63%, 08/01/27 (Call 05/01/27)(b)

    45,249       42,112,113  

4.50%, 09/16/25(b)

    68,054       67,650,781  

4.50%, 08/01/47 (Call 02/01/47)(b)

    37,363       34,418,982  
   

 

 

 
      144,181,876  
China — 3.4%  

Amber Circle Funding Ltd., 3.25%, 12/04/22(b)

    15,147       14,699,860  

Charming Light Investments Ltd.,
4.38%, 12/21/27(b)

    14,900       13,786,732  

China Development Bank

   

2.13%, 06/01/21(b)

    9,744       9,360,894  

2.63%, 01/24/22(b)

    19,400       18,732,547  

China Development Bank Corp./Hong Kong,
3.02%, 03/06/22,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.700%)(b)(c)

    24,010       24,009,849  

China Great Wall International Holdings III Ltd., 3.13%, 08/31/22(b)

    11,270       10,739,372  

China Minmetals Corp.,
3.75%, (Call 11/13/22)(b)(c)(d)(e)

    11,975       11,002,031  

CNAC HK Finbridge Co. Ltd.

   

3.50%, 07/19/22(b)

    25,360       24,461,630  

4.13%, 03/14/21(b)

    2,400       2,387,719  

4.13%, 07/19/27(b)

    16,453       15,190,316  

4.63%, 03/14/23(b)

    24,425       24,342,783  

5.13%, 03/14/28(b)

    28,980       28,498,355  

CNOOC Curtis Funding No. 1 Pty Ltd.,
4.50%, 10/03/23(b)

    22,596       22,954,178  

CNOOC Finance 2015 USA LLC,
4.38%, 05/02/28

    4,700       4,668,610  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012 Ltd.

   

3.90%, 05/17/22(b)

    31,745       31,655,206  

4.88%, 05/17/42(b)

    15,079       15,224,021  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd., 4.38%, 10/17/23(b)

    23,040       23,331,785  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2014 Ltd., 4.38%, 04/10/24(b)

    22,144       22,341,046  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2015 Ltd., 3.25%, 04/28/25(b)

    16,672       15,571,128  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2016 Ltd., 2.00%, 09/29/21(b)

    15,265       14,504,098  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2017 Ltd.

   

2.50%, 09/13/22 (b)

    31,750       30,106,296  

3.00%, 04/12/22(b)

    17,000       16,489,810  

3.63%, 04/12/27(b)

    12,340       11,598,202  

State Grid Overseas Investment 2013 Ltd., 3.13%, 05/22/23(b)

    5,431       5,252,416  

State Grid Overseas Investment 2014 Ltd., 4.13%, 05/07/24(b)

    19,566       19,695,631  

State Grid Overseas Investment 2016 Ltd. 2.75%, 05/04/22(b)

    25,835       24,898,187  

3.50%, 05/04/27(b)

    37,528       35,198,652  

Three Gorges Finance I Cayman Islands Ltd., 3.15%, 06/02/26(b)

    12,534       11,546,451  
   

 

 

 
      502,247,805  
Indonesia — 1.1%  

Pelabuhan Indonesia II PT, 4.25%, 05/05/25(b)

    10,828       10,124,180  

Pertamina Persero PT

   

4.30%, 05/20/23(b)

    9,278       9,024,358  

4.88%, 05/03/22(b)

    20,424       20,653,770  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Indonesia (continued)  

5.25%, 05/23/21(b)

  $   11,427     $ 11,698,391  

5.63%, 05/20/43(b)

    19,591       17,656,389  

6.00%, 05/03/42(b)

    11,704       11,067,654  

6.45%, 05/30/44(b)

    20,605       20,501,975  

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT

   

4.13%, 05/15/27(b)

    15,587       14,086,751  

5.25%, 10/24/42(b)

    15,726       13,838,880  

5.45%, 05/21/28(b)

    16,443       16,258,016  

5.50%, 11/22/21(b)

    8,160       8,435,400  

6.15%, 05/21/48(b)

    12,200       11,879,750  
   

 

 

 
      165,225,514  
Kazakhstan — 1.6%  

Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC,
4.13%, 12/10/22(b)

    34,837       34,192,516  

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Finance BV, 6.95%, 07/10/42(b)

    36,630       39,651,975  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC

   

4.75%, 04/19/27(b)

    34,750       33,968,125  

5.38%, 04/24/30(b)

    41,938       41,623,465  

5.75%, 04/19/47(b)

    41,434       39,465,885  

6.38%, 10/24/48(b)

    51,190       51,893,862  
   

 

 

 
      240,795,828  
Malaysia — 1.0%  

Petronas Capital Ltd.

   

3.50%, 03/18/25(b)

    59,323       57,380,581  

4.50%, 03/18/45(b)

    44,286       43,081,421  

7.88%, 05/22/22(b)

    42,170       47,818,756  
   

 

 

 
      148,280,758  
Mexico — 3.3%  

Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC/Cayman Islands,
4.38%, 10/14/25(b)

    8,124       7,799,040  

Comision Federal de Electricidad

   

4.75%, 02/23/27(b)

    8,950       8,457,750  

4.88%, 05/26/21(b)

    6,556       6,556,000  

4.88%, 01/15/24(b)

    14,067       13,855,995  

Mexico City Airport Trust

   

3.88%, 04/30/28 (Call 01/30/28)(b)

    8,845       7,109,788  

4.25%, 10/31/26 (Call 07/31/26)(b)

    7,200       6,015,600  

5.50%, 10/31/46 (Call 04/30/46)(b)

    8,240       6,509,600  

5.50%, 07/31/47 (Call 01/31/47)(b)

    25,886       20,424,054  

Petroleos Mexicanos

   

3.50%, 01/30/23

    23,121       21,248,199  

4.25%, 01/15/25

    9,235       8,308,730  

4.50%, 01/23/26

    11,527       10,174,652  

4.63%, 09/21/23

    18,653       17,738,816  

4.88%, 01/24/22

    10,111       9,918,891  

4.88%, 01/18/24

    12,388       11,821,249  

5.35%, 02/12/28(b)

    12,648       11,237,116  

5.38%, 03/13/22

    16,396       16,303,363  

5.50%, 01/21/21

    20,791       20,957,328  

5.50%, 06/27/44

    6,069       4,710,758  

5.63%, 01/23/46

    27,788       21,532,921  

5.98%, 03/11/22,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.650%)(c)

    11,285       11,708,187  

6.35%, 02/12/48(b)

    24,567       20,324,279  

6.38%, 02/04/21

    7,424       7,596,088  

6.38%, 01/23/45

    31,020       25,839,970  

6.50%, 03/13/27

    54,234       52,498,512  

6.50%, 01/23/29(f)

    7,380       7,047,900  

6.50%, 06/02/41

    34,896       29,895,403  

6.63%, 06/15/35

    26,790       24,512,850  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

  iShares® J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

October 31, 2018

  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Mexico (continued)  

6.75%, 09/21/47

  $   53,519     $ 45,935,358  

6.88%, 08/04/26

    34,730       34,591,080  
   

 

 

 
      490,629,477  
Oman — 0.2%  

Lamar Funding Ltd., 3.96%, 05/07/25(b)

    25,275       22,115,625  
   

 

 

 

Peru — 0.5%

   

Petroleos del Peru SA

   

4.75%, 06/19/32(b)

    35,730       33,103,845  

5.63%, 06/19/47(b)

    34,839       32,966,404  
   

 

 

 
      66,070,249  
Philippines — 0.2%  

Power Sector Assets & Liabilities Management Corp., 7.39%, 12/02/24(b)

    27,005       31,292,044  
   

 

 

 
Russia — 0.3%  

Vnesheconombank Via VEB Finance PLC

   

5.94%, 11/21/23(b)

    22,800       21,660,000  

6.03%, 07/05/22(b)

    13,023       12,541,149  

6.80%, 11/22/25(b)

    16,558       16,164,747  
   

 

 

 
      50,365,896  
South Africa — 1.0%  

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

   

5.75%, 01/26/21(b )

    33,496       32,122,664  

6.35%, 08/10/28(b)

    33,495       32,280,806  

6.75%, 08/06/23(b)

    27,806       26,034,758  

7.13%, 02/11/25(b)

    30,122       28,164,070  

Transnet SOC Ltd., 4.00%, 07/26/22(b)

    22,749       21,281,690  
   

 

 

 
      139,883,988  
Venezuela — 0.4%  

Petroleos de Venezuela SA

   

5.38%, 04/12/27(b)(g)

    40,822       7,245,816  

5.50%, 04/12/37(b)(g)

    29,323       5,342,651  

6.00%, 05/16/24(b)(g)

    61,999       11,035,780  

6.00%, 11/15/26(b)(g)

    58,591       10,106,868  

9.00%, 11/17/21(b)(g)

    33,233       6,812,765  

9.75%, 05/17/35 (b)(g)

    34,952       7,383,659  

12.75%, 02/17/22(b)(g)

    45,066       9,506,778  
   

 

 

 
      57,434,317  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes — 14.5%
(Cost: $2,329,199,313)

 

    2,138,970,080  
   

 

 

 

Foreign Government Obligations(a)

 

Angola — 1.2%  

Angolan Government International Bond

   

8.25%, 05/09/28(b)

    55,680       55,611,514  

9.38%, 05/08/48(b)

    64,870       65,113,262  

9.50%, 11/12/25(b)

    49,524       54,538,305  
   

 

 

 
      175,263,081  
Argentina — 3.5%  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond

 

 

2.50%, 12/31/38(h)

    64,792       36,283,379  

4.63%, 01/11/23

    32,860       27,717,410  

5.63%, 01/26/22

    42,745       38,470,500  

5.88%, 01/11/28

    63,152       49,037,528  

6.63%, 07/06/28

    16,509       13,165,928  

6.88%, 04/22/21

    59,059       56,548,993  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Argentina (continued)  

6.88%, 01/26/27

  $   54,486     $ 45,495,810  

6.88%, 01/11/48

    44,230       32,619,625  

7.13%, 07/06/36

    24,864       19,083,120  

7.13%, 06/28/17

    36,933       27,515,085  

7.50%, 04/22/26

    76,845       67,140,694  

7.63%, 04/22/46

    37,737       29,717,887  

8.28%, 12/31/33

    84,262       72,382,495  
   

 

 

 
      515,178,454  
Azerbaijan — 0.7%  

Republic of Azerbaijan International Bond

   

3.50%, 09/01/32(b)

    38,216       31,337,120  

4.75%, 03/18/24(b)

    43,544       42,836,410  

State Oil Co. of the Azerbaijan Republic,
4.75%, 03/13/23(b)

    32,707       32,298,163  
   

 

 

 
      106,471,693  
Bolivia — 0.2%  

Bolivian Government International Bond,
4.50%, 03/20/28(b)

    33,962       30,353,538  
   

 

 

 
Brazil — 3.7%  

Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social, 5.75%, 09/26/23(b)

    24,458       25,229,038  

Brazil Minas SPE via State of Minas Gerais, 5.33%, 02/15/28(b)

    21,311       20,618,393  

Brazilian Government International Bond

   

2.63%, 01/05/23

    44,313       40,989,525  

4.25%, 01/07/25

    85,414       82,424,510  

4.63%, 01/13/28 (Call 10/13/27)

    60,736       57,091,840  

4.88%, 01/22/21

    36,620       37,205,920  

5.00%, 01/27/45

    58,862       49,076,192  

5.63%, 01/07/41

    37,733       34,855,859  

5.63%, 02/21/47

    59,137       53,445,064  

6.00%, 04/07/26

    42,898       44,935,655  

7.13%, 01/20/37

    35,339       38,828,726  

8.25%, 01/20/34

    34,332       40,940,910  

8.88%, 04/15/24

    16,181       19,494,060  
   

 

 

 
      545,135,692  
Chile — 0.8%  

Chile Government International Bond

   

3.24%, 02/06/28 (Call 11/06/27)

    66,144       61,910,784  

3.86%, 06/21/47

    57,637       52,161,485  
   

 

 

 
      114,072,269  
China — 0.5%  

China Government International Bond

   

2.13%, 11/02/22(b)

    12,760       12,195,082  

2.63%, 11/02/27(b)

    5,340       4,891,608  

Export-Import Bank of China (The)

   

2.00%, 04/26/21(b)

    13,102       12,567,027  

2.63%, 03/14/22(b)

    9,150       8,845,047  

2.88%, 04/26/26(b)

    16,028       14,548,827  

3.63%, 07/31/24(b)

    24,487       23,962,192  
   

 

 

 
      77,009,783  
Colombia — 3.6%  

Colombia Government International Bond

   

2.63%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

    25,354       23,851,776  

3.88%, 04/25/27 (Call 01/25/27)

    60,052       57,109,452  

4.00%, 02/26/24 (Call 11/26/23)

    53,160       52,455,630  

4.38%, 07/12/21

    40,298       40,872,247  
 

 

 

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October 31, 2018

  

 

iShares® J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond  ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Colombia (continued)  

4.50%, 01/28/26 (Call 10/28/25)

  $ 39,325     $ 39,315,169  

4.50%, 03/15/29 (Call 12/15/28)

    14,530       14,315,683  

5.00%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    103,950       98,596,575  

5.63%, 02/26/44 (Call 08/26/43)

    57,111       58,681,552  

6.13%, 01/18/41

    53,143       57,580,440  

7.38%, 09/18/37

    45,473       55,181,485  

8.13%, 05/21/24

    25,735       30,341,565  
   

 

 

 
      528,301,574  
Costa Rica — 0.6%  

Costa Rica Government International Bond

   

4.25%, 01/26/23(b)

    38,149       33,237,317  

7.00%, 04/04/44(b)

    28,950       23,775,187  

7.16%, 03/12/45(b)

    36,352       30,308,480  
   

 

 

 
      87,320,984  
Croatia — 1.2%  

Croatia Government International Bond

   

5.50%, 04/04/23(b)

    55,142       57,899,100  

6.00%, 01/26/24(b)

    58,711       63,114,325  

6.38%, 03/24/21(b)

    47,475       49,848,750  
   

 

 

 
      170,862,175  
Dominican Republic — 3.1%  

Dominican Republic International Bond

   

5.50%, 01/27/25(b)

    52,143       51,412,998  

5.88%, 04/18/24(b)

    32,030       32,470,413  

5.95%, 01/25/27(b)

    51,980       51,655,125  

6.00%, 07/19/28(b)

    59,142       58,476,652  

6.50%, 02/15/48(b)

    33,136       31,147,840  

6.85%, 01/27/45(b)

    70,949       69,352,647  

6.88%, 01/29/26(b)

    49,800       52,290,000  

7.45%, 04/30/44(b)

    50,168       52,224,888  

7.50%, 05/06/21(b)

    50,002       51,639,566  
   

 

 

 
      450,670,129  
Ecuador — 2.9%  

Ecuador Government International Bond

   

7.88%, 01/23/28(b)

    96,326       80,913,840  

7.95%, 06/20/24(b)

    65,983       59,384,700  

8.75%, 06/02/23(b)

    40,581       38,491,079  

8.88%, 10/23/27(b)

    87,282       77,462,775  

9.63%, 06/02/27(b)

    38,763       35,855,775  

9.65%, 12/13/26(b)

    56,245       52,589,075  

10.75%, 03/28/22(b)

    77,413       79,928,922  
   

 

 

 
      424,626,166  
Egypt — 2.8%  

Egypt Government International Bond

   

5.58%, 02/21/23(b)

    56,379       54,053,366  

5.88%, 06/11/25(b)

    48,129       45,000,615  

6.13%, 01/31/22(b)

    81,245       80,229,437  

6.59%, 02/21/28(b)

    40,977       37,596,398  

7.50%, 01/31/27(b)

    63,149       61,728,148  

7.90%, 02/21/48(b)

    48,779       43,718,179  

8.50%, 01/31/47(b)

    94,959       89,617,556  
   

 

 

 
      411,943,699  
El Salvador — 0.2%  

El Salvador Government International Bond, 7.65%, 06/15/35(b)

    35,554       32,531,910  
   

 

 

 
Ethiopia — 0.2%  

Ethiopia International Bond,
6.63%, 12/11/24(b)

    33,732       32,846,535  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Gabon — 0.3%  

Gabon Government International Bond,
6.38%, 12/12/24(b)

  $   49,390     $ 44,944,900  
   

 

 

 
Ghana — 0.9%  

Ghana Government International Bond

   

7.63%, 05/16/29(b)

    32,275       30,741,938  

7.88%, 08/07/23(b)

    34,298       34,966,898  

8.13%, 01/18/26(b)

    34,082       34,209,807  

8.63%, 06/16/49(b)

    35,190       32,990,625  
   

 

 

 
      132,909,268  
Hungary — 2.5%  

Hungary Government International Bond

   

5.38%, 02/21/23

    74,990       78,712,503  

5.38%, 03/25/24

    61,966       65,714,943  

5.75%, 11/22/23

    70,864       75,882,943  

6.38%, 03/29/21

    88,476       93,801,371  

7.63%, 03/29/41

    42,124       57,078,862  
   

 

 

 
      371,190,622  
India — 0.4%  

Export-Import Bank of India

   

3.38%, 08/05/26(b)

    30,950       27,992,468  

3.88%, 02/01/28(b)

    35,122       32,193,334  
   

 

 

 
      60,185,802  
Indonesia — 3.8%  

Indonesia Government International Bond

   

2.95%, 01/11/23

    14,730       13,883,025  

3.38%, 04/15/23(b)

    7,967       7,598,527  

3.50%, 01/11/28

    10,915       9,809,856  

3.75%, 04/25/22(b)

    23,931       23,452,380  

3.85%, 07/18/27(b)

    18,800       17,343,000  

4.10%, 04/24/28

    19,458       18,266,197  

4.13%, 01/15/25(b)

    25,284       24,241,035  

4.35%, 01/08/27(b)

    26,539       25,444,266  

4.35%, 01/11/48

    20,509       17,612,104  

4.63%, 04/15/43(b)

    14,762       13,082,823  

4.75%, 01/08/26(b)

    36,482       35,980,372  

4.75%, 07/18/47(b)

    8,850       7,965,000  

4.88%, 05/05/21(b)

    21,207       21,578,123  

5.13%, 01/15/45(b)

    12,039       11,301,611  

5.25%, 01/17/42(b)

    26,325       25,239,094  

5.25%, 01/08/47(b)

    14,117       13,534,674  

5.38%, 10/17/23(b)

    13,068       13,492,710  

5.88%, 01/15/24(b)

    24,902       26,178,228  

5.95%, 01/08/46(b)

    13,855       14,528,284  

6.63%, 02/17/37(b)

    19,403       21,707,106  

6.75%, 01/15/44(b)

    17,291       19,863,036  

7.75%, 01/17/38(b)

    28,499       35,445,631  

8.50%, 10/12/35(b)

    14,594       19,136,382  

Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III

   

3.30%, 11/21/22(b)

    7,836       7,571,535  

3.40%, 03/29/22(b)

    17,325       16,870,219  

3.75%, 03/01/23(b)

    12,100       11,737,000  

4.15%, 03/29/27(b)

    22,400       20,972,000  

4.33%, 05/28/25(b)

    20,559       19,890,832  

4.35%, 09/10/24(b)

    13,435       13,166,300  

4.40%, 03/01/28(b)

    20,906       19,730,037  

4.55%, 03/29/26(b)

    18,650       18,043,875  
   

 

 

 
      564,665,262  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

  iShares® J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

October 31, 2018

  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 
Iraq — 0.8%  

Iraq International Bond

   

5.80%, 01/15/28 (Call 12/16/18)(b)

  $ 91,621     $ 84,062,267  

6.75%, 03/09/23(b)

    37,414       36,431,883  
   

 

 

 
      120,494,150  
Ivory Coast — 0.8%  

Ivory Coast Government International Bond

   

5.75%, 12/31/32 (Call 12/31/18)(b)(h)

    57,981       52,400,193  

6.13%, 06/15/33(b)

    49,262       42,611,630  

6.38%, 03/03/28(b)

    31,661       29,246,849  
   

 

 

 
      124,258,672  
Jamaica — 1.1%  

Jamaica Government International Bond

   

6.75%, 04/28/28

    62,538       67,619,212  

7.88%, 07/28/45

    34,346       39,798,428  

8.00%, 03/15/39

    41,838       48,532,080  
   

 

 

 
      155,949,720  
Jordan — 0.7%  

Jordan Government International Bond

   

5.75%, 01/31/27(b)

    33,734       30,993,113  

6.13%, 01/29/26(b)

    35,773       34,163,215  

7.38%, 10/10/47(b)

    33,802       30,464,052  
   

 

 

 
      95,620,380  
Kazakhstan — 1.6%  

Kazakhstan Government International Bond

   

3.88%, 10/14/24(b)

    53,818       53,952,545  

4.88%, 10/14/44(b)

    34,015       33,334,700  

5.13%, 07/21/25(b)

    87,999       92,618,948  

6.50%, 07/21/45(b)

    51,756       61,589,640  
   

 

 

 
      241,495,833  
Kenya — 0.9%  

Kenya Government International Bond

   

6.88%, 06/24/24(b)

    65,326       63,611,192  

7.25%, 02/28/28(b)

    30,720       28,953,600  

8.25%, 02/28/48(b)

    40,395       36,860,438  
   

 

 

 
      129,425,230  
Lebanon — 2.2%  

Lebanon Government International Bond

   

6.00%, 01/27/23(b)

    47,738       40,935,335  

6.10%, 10/04/22(b)

    44,708       38,840,075  

6.60%, 11/27/26(b)

    50,174       40,390,070  

6.65%, 02/26/30(b)

    46,523       36,055,325  

6.75%, 11/29/27(b)

    33,428       26,700,615  

6.85%, 03/23/27(b)

    45,475       36,664,219  

7.00%, 03/23/32(b)

    36,532       28,357,965  

8.25%, 04/12/21(b)

    81,383       77,619,036  
   

 

 

 
      325,562,640  
Lithuania — 0.8%  

Lithuania Government International Bond

   

6.13%, 03/09/21(b)

    47,385       50,105,373  

6.63%, 02/01/22(b)

    58,262       63,578,407  
   

 

 

 
      113,683,780  
Malaysia — 1.1%  

1MDB Global Investments Ltd.,
4.40%, 03/09/23(b)

    103,500       95,220,000  

Malaysia Sovereign Sukuk Bhd,
3.04%, 04/22/25(b)

    31,159       29,469,653  

Malaysia Sukuk Global Bhd,
3.18%, 04/27/26(b)

    32,401       30,489,801  
   

 

 

 
      155,179,454  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 
Mexico — 2.5%  

Mexico Government International Bond

   

3.60%, 01/30/25

  $   20,356     $ 19,236,420  

3.63%, 03/15/22

    23,484       23,225,676  

3.75%, 01/11/28

    26,166       24,111,969  

4.00%, 10/02/23

    31,390       30,981,930  

4.13%, 01/21/26

    17,301       16,660,863  

4.15%, 03/28/27

    27,116       25,841,548  

4.35%, 01/15/47

    22,908       19,185,450  

4.60%, 01/23/46

    26,267       22,852,290  

4.60%, 02/10/48

    19,657       17,081,933  

4.75%, 03/08/44

    43,396       38,405,460  

5.55%, 01/21/45

    24,713       24,428,800  

5.75%, 10/12/10

    18,576       17,206,020  

6.05%, 01/11/40

    31,864       33,138,560  

6.75%, 09/27/34

    26,060       29,838,700  

8.30%, 08/15/31

    19,976       26,343,350  
   

 

 

 
      368,538,969  
Mongolia — 0.2%  

Mongolia Government International Bond,
5.13%, 12/05/22(b)

    31,370       29,644,650  
   

 

 

 
Morocco — 0.3%  

Morocco Government International Bond,
4.25%, 12/11/22(b)

    47,740       47,381,950  
   

 

 

 
Nigeria — 1.5%  

Nigeria Government International Bond

   

6.50%, 11/28/27(b)

    54,177       49,707,397  

7.14%, 02/23/30(b)

    44,675       41,045,156  

7.63%, 11/28/47(b)

    54,339       47,954,167  

7.70%, 02/23/38(b)

    45,770       41,250,213  

7.88%, 02/16/32(b)

    45,749       44,033,413  
   

 

 

 
      223,990,346  
Oman — 3.0%  

Oman Government International Bond

   

3.63%, 06/15/21(b)

    32,842       32,020,950  

3.88%, 03/08/22(b)

    36,211       34,853,088  

4.13%, 01/17/23(b)

    22,013       21,077,448  

4.75%, 06/15/26(b)

    62,847       57,819,240  

5.38%, 03/08/27(b)

    60,528       57,047,640  

5.63%, 01/17/28(b)

    62,845       59,859,862  

6.50%, 03/08/47(b)

    65,816       58,740,780  

6.75%, 01/17/48(b)

    62,616       56,980,560  

Oman Sovereign Sukuk SAOC

   

4.40%, 06/01/24(b)

    49,291       46,456,767  

5.93%, 10/31/25(f)

    10,925       10,914,075  
   

 

 

 
      435,770,410  
Pakistan — 1.0%  

Pakistan Government International Bond

   

6.88%, 12/05/27(b)

    59,412       54,710,431  

8.25%, 04/15/24(b)

    33,845       34,521,900  

Third Pakistan International Sukuk Co. Ltd. (The)

   

5.50%, 10/13/21(b)

    28,179       27,253,883  

5.63%, 12/05/22(b)

    32,433       30,916,109  
   

 

 

 
      147,402,323  
Panama — 2.0%  

Panama Government International Bond

   

3.75%, 03/16/25 (Call 12/16/24)

    48,161       46,956,975  

3.88%, 03/17/28 (Call 12/17/27)

    35,408       33,920,864  

4.00%, 09/22/24 (Call 06/22/24)

    52,995       52,663,781  
 

 

 

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October 31, 2018

  

 

iShares® J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

 

 
Panama (continued)  

4.50%, 05/15/47

  $ 38,575      $ 36,144,775  

4.50%, 04/16/50 (Call 10/16/49)

    66,215        61,149,553  

6.70%, 01/26/36

    58,159        69,878,038  
    

 

 

 
       300,713,986  
Paraguay — 0.3%  

Paraguay Government International Bond, 6.10%, 08/11/44(b)

    37,908        38,135,448  
    

 

 

 
Peru — 2.6%  

Peruvian Government International Bond

    

4.13%, 08/25/27

    45,521        45,805,506  

5.63%, 11/18/50

    91,469        102,422,413  

6.55%, 03/14/37

    38,072        46,409,768  

7.35%, 07/21/25

    57,706        69,535,730  

8.75%, 11/21/33

    77,808        111,168,180  
    

 

 

 
       375,341,597  
Philippines — 3.6%  

Philippine Government International Bond

    

3.00%, 02/01/28

    59,501        54,101,284  

3.70%, 03/01/41

    36,509        32,493,010  

3.70%, 02/02/42

    59,300        52,702,875  

3.95%, 01/20/40

    37,859        34,972,251  

4.00%, 01/15/21

    22,163        22,356,926  

4.20%, 01/21/24

    44,165        44,551,444  

5.00%, 01/13/37

    22,692        24,019,028  

5.50%, 03/30/26

    26,524        28,712,230  

6.38%, 01/15/32

    21,764        26,035,185  

6.38%, 10/23/34

    36,588        44,545,890  

7.75%, 01/14/31

    38,814        50,991,893  

9.50%, 02/02/30

    43,819        63,044,586  

10.63%, 03/16/25

    39,260        53,246,375  
    

 

 

 
       531,772,977  
Poland — 2.6%  

Republic of Poland Government International Bond

 

3.00%, 03/17/23

    53,540        52,140,465  

3.25%, 04/06/26

    64,236        61,458,435  

4.00%, 01/22/24

    64,534        65,131,585  

5.00%, 03/23/22

    120,104        125,673,631  

5.13%, 04/21/21

    68,996        71,680,634  
    

 

 

 
       376,084,750  
Romania — 1.6%  

Romanian Government International Bond

    

4.38%, 08/22/23(b)

    52,070        51,874,738  

4.88%, 01/22/24(b)

    34,748        35,312,655  

5.13%, 06/15/48(b)

    44,694        41,286,083  

6.13%, 01/22/44(b)

    35,198        38,013,840  

6.75%, 02/07/22(b)

    69,953        75,374,357  
    

 

 

 
       241,861,673  
Russia — 3.6%  

Russian Foreign Bond-Eurobond

    

4.25%, 06/23/27(b)

    45,600        43,103,400  

4.38%, 03/21/29(b)

    21,200        20,055,200  

4.50%, 04/04/22(b)

    27,800        28,036,300  

4.75%, 05/27/26(b)

    57,600        56,736,000  

4.88%, 09/16/23(b)

    58,200        59,436,750  

5.25%, 06/23/47(b)

    124,800        115,190,400  

5.63%, 04/04/42(b)

    50,800        51,689,000  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

 

 
Russia (continued)  

5.88%, 09/16/43(b)

  $   28,000      $ 29,365,000  

7.50%, 03/31/30(b)(h)

    59,755        65,282,018  

12.75%, 06/24/28(b)

    39,210        62,049,825  
    

 

 

 
       530,943,893  
Senegal — 0.4%  

Senegal Government International Bond

    

6.25%, 05/23/33(b)

    35,549        30,572,140  

6.75%, 03/13/48(b)

    39,148        32,248,165  
    

 

 

 
       62,820,305  
Serbia — 0.6%  

Serbia International Bond,
7.25%, 09/28/21(b)

    79,226        85,266,983  
    

 

 

 
Slovakia — 0.3%  

Slovakia Government International Bond, 4.38%, 05/21/22(b)

    40,989        42,303,107  
    

 

 

 
South Africa — 2.1%  

Republic of South Africa Government International Bond

    

4.30%, 10/12/28

    48,189        41,081,122  

4.67%, 01/17/24

    26,557        25,428,328  

4.85%, 09/27/27

    30,753        27,869,906  

4.88%, 04/14/26

    35,462        32,802,350  

5.00%, 10/12/46

    25,089        20,008,478  

5.38%, 07/24/44

    24,750        20,542,500  

5.65%, 09/27/47

    37,150        31,298,875  

5.88%, 05/30/22

    23,417        23,914,611  

5.88%, 09/16/25

    60,409        59,578,376  

5.88%, 06/22/30

    31,570        29,715,263  
    

 

 

 
       312,239,809  
Sri Lanka — 1.8%  

Sri Lanka Government International Bond

    

5.75%, 04/18/23(b)

    44,684        40,217,834  

5.88%, 07/25/22(b)

    38,017        35,042,930  

6.20%, 05/11/27(b)

    53,181        45,536,231  

6.25%, 07/27/21(b)

    32,365        30,719,240  

6.75%, 04/18/28(b)

    45,494        39,802,473  

6.83%, 07/18/26(b)

    36,177        32,378,415  

6.85%, 11/03/25(b)

    50,536        45,671,910  
    

 

 

 
       269,369,033  
Trinidad And Tobago — 0.2%  

Trinidad & Tobago Government International Bond, 4.50%, 08/04/26(b)

    35,128        32,360,089  
    

 

 

 
Tunisia — 0.2%  

Banque Centrale de Tunisie International Bond, 5.75%, 01/30/25(b)

    32,346        27,332,370  
    

 

 

 
Turkey — 3.9%  

Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama AS

    

4.25%, 06/08/21(b)

    15,418        14,531,465  

4.49%, 11/25/24(b)

    11,650        10,164,625  

5.00%, 04/06/23(b)

    15,817        14,670,268  

Turkey Government International Bond

    

3.25%, 03/23/23

    28,368        24,325,560  

4.25%, 04/14/26

    17,011        14,034,075  

4.88%, 10/09/26

    39,977        33,930,479  

4.88%, 04/16/43

    35,712        25,444,800  

5.13%, 03/25/22

    16,506        15,556,905  

5.13%, 02/17/28

    27,700        23,371,875  

5.63%, 03/30/21

    24,076        23,474,100  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

  iShares® J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

October 31, 2018

  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par
(000)

    Value  

 

 
Turkey (continued)  

5.75%, 03/22/24

  $ 32,076     $ 29,950,965  

5.75%, 05/11/47

    45,479       34,677,737  

6.00%, 03/25/27

    39,284       35,552,020  

6.00%, 01/14/41

    37,021       29,431,695  

6.13%, 10/24/28

    22,950       20,568,937  

6.25%, 09/26/22

    29,656       28,766,320  

6.63%, 02/17/45

    36,912       31,282,920  

6.75%, 05/30/40

    21,068       18,276,490  

6.88%, 03/17/36

    44,768       39,787,560  

7.25%, 12/23/23

    5,925       5,880,563  

7.25%, 03/05/38

    22,136       20,392,790  

7.38%, 02/05/25

    37,851       37,614,431  

8.00%, 02/14/34

    32,996       32,913,510  

11.88%, 01/15/30

    12,399       16,072,204  
   

 

 

 
      580,672,294  
Ukraine — 2.7%  

Ukraine Government International Bond

   

7.38%, 09/25/32(b)

    101,156       84,262,948  

7.75%, 09/01/21(b)

    51,377       50,554,968  

7.75%, 09/01/22(b)

    48,416       46,963,520  

7.75%, 09/01/23(b)

    48,365       46,116,027  

7.75%, 09/01/24(b)

    41,041       38,527,239  

7.75%, 09/01/25(b)

    46,605       42,818,344  

7.75%, 09/01/26(b)

    51,051       46,150,104  

7.75%, 09/01/27(b)

    43,489       38,879,166  

9.75%, 11/01/28(f)

    6,275       6,196,280  
   

 

 

 
      400,468,596  
Uruguay — 2.4%  

Uruguay Government International Bond

   

4.38%, 10/27/27

    80,908       79,896,650  

4.50%, 08/14/24

    42,876       43,411,737  

4.98%, 04/20/55

    64,431       59,598,173  

5.10%, 06/18/50

    133,180       125,855,383  

7.63%, 03/21/36

    34,677       44,646,638  
   

 

 

 
      353,408,581  
Venezuela — 0.6%  

Venezuela Government International Bond

   

6.00%, 12/09/20(b)(g)

    11,317       2,744,373  

7.00%, 03/31/38(b)(g)

    22,298       5,351,520  

7.65%, 04/21/25(b)(g)

    19,893       4,873,785  

8.25%, 10/13/24(b)(g)

    39,401       9,948,778  

9.00%, 05/07/23(b)(g)

    26,989       6,747,350  

9.25%, 09/15/27(g)

    50,131       12,532,750  

9.25%, 05/07/28(b)(g)

    23,020       5,755,000  

9.38%, 01/13/34(g)

    17,694       5,042,790  
Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Venezuela (continued)  

11.75%, 10/21/26(b)(g)

  $   34,873     $ 8,936,206  

11.95%, 08/05/31(b)(g)

    64,749       16,510,995  

12.75%, 08/23/22(b)(g)

    37,576       9,610,036  
   

 

 

 
      88,053,583  
Vietnam — 0.3%  

Vietnam Government International Bond,
4.80%, 11/19/24(b)

    40,015       40,360,329  
   

 

 

 
Zambia — 0.3%  

Zambia Government International Bond

   

8.50%, 04/14/24(b)

    34,360       23,407,750  

8.97%, 07/30/27(b)

    38,984       26,362,930  
   

 

 

 
      49,770,680  
   

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligations — 83.7%
(Cost: $13,343,159,702)

 

    12,330,162,126  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 0.4%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(i)(j)

    62,171       62,171,218  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.4%
(Cost: $62,171,218)

 

    62,171,218  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 98.6%
(Cost: $15,734,530,233)

 

    14,531,303,424  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.4%

      213,427,072  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 14,744,730,496  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Investments are denominated in U.S. dollars.

(b) 

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c) 

Variable or floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

(d) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(e) 

Security is issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Reference index and spread are provided if the rate is currently floating.

(f) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(g) 

Issuer is in default of interest payments.

(h) 

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

(i) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(j) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

 

 
    Shares             Shares                          Change in  
    Held at             Held at                          Unrealized  
    10/31/17      Net Activity      10/31/18      Value at             Net Realized     Appreciation  

Affiliated Issuer

    (000)        (000)        (000)        10/31/18        Income        Gain (Loss) (a)       (Depreciation)  

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    37,553        24,618        62,171      $ 62,171,218      $ 673,335      $     $  
          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2018

   iShares® J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

 

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

          

Assets

          

Corporate Bonds & Notes

  $      $ 2,138,970,080      $      $ 2,138,970,080  

Foreign Government Obligations

           12,330,162,126               12,330,162,126  

Money Market Funds

    62,171,218                      62,171,218  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $   62,171,218      $ 14,469,132,206      $      $ 14,531,303,424  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2018

 

 

   


iShares
J.P. Morgan USD
Emerging Markets
Bond ETF
 
 
 
 

 

 

ASSETS

 

Investments in securities, at value:

 

Unaffiliated(a)

  $ 14,469,132,206  

Affiliated(b)

    62,171,218  

Cash

    4,198,720  

Receivables:

 

Investments sold

    21,338,229  

Capital shares sold

    283,169  

Securities related to in-kind transactions

    63,796,687  

Dividends

    103,615  

Interest

    202,909,207  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    14,823,933,051  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Payables:

 

Investments purchased

    74,253,505  

Capital shares redeemed

    62,951  

Investment advisory fees

    4,886,099  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    79,202,555  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 14,744,730,496  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 16,117,433,484  

Accumulated loss

    (1,372,702,988
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 14,744,730,496  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    141,000,000  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 104.57  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

    None  
 

 

 

 

(a)   Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

  $ 15,672,359,015  

(b)   Investments, at cost — Affiliated

  $ 62,171,218  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended October 31, 2018

 

 

   


iShares
J.P. Morgan USD
Emerging Markets
Bond ETF
 
 
 
 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — Affiliated

  $ 673,335  

Interest — Unaffiliated

    632,275,082  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (619
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    632,947,798  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory fees

    49,813,146  

Proxy fees

    1,192  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    49,814,338  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    583,133,460  

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments — Unaffiliated

    (77,126,032

In-kind redemptions — Unaffiliated

    (10,095,166
 

 

 

 

Net realized loss

    (87,221,198
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — Unaffiliated

    (1,252,248,328
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (1,252,248,328
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (1,339,469,526
 

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (756,336,066
 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

    
iShares
J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
 
 
  

 

 

 
    
Year Ended
10/31/18
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/17
 
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    

OPERATIONS

    

Net investment income

   $ 583,133,460     $ 486,867,268  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (87,221,198     56,149,030  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (1,252,248,328     11,132,447  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (756,336,066     554,148,745  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)(b)

    

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

     (560,509,063     (472,368,085
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

    

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

     4,133,365,853       2,197,133,548  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS(b)

    

Total increase in net assets

     2,816,520,724       2,278,914,208  

Beginning of year

     11,928,209,772       9,649,295,564  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 14,744,730,496     $ 11,928,209,772  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  

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

(b)  

Prior year distribution character information and undistributed net investment income has been modified or removed to conform with current year Regulation S-X presentation changes. Refer to Note 10 for this prior year information.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

    iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF  
 

 

 

 
   
Year Ended
10/31/18
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/17
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/16
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/15
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/14
 
 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 115.92     $ 114.74     $ 108.36     $ 114.15     $ 110.96  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    5.07       5.33       5.39       5.08       4.86  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)

    (11.50     1.02       6.57       (5.75     3.17  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (6.43     6.35       11.96       (0.67     8.03  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

         

From net investment income

    (4.92     (5.17     (5.58     (5.12     (4.84
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (4.92     (5.17     (5.58     (5.12     (4.84
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 104.57     $ 115.92     $ 114.74     $ 108.36     $ 114.15  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

         

Based on net asset value

    (5.68 )%      5.74     11.35     (0.55 )%      7.45
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

         

Total expenses

    0.39     0.54     0.59     0.60     0.60
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.39     0.40     0.40     0.40     0.59
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    4.60     4.69     4.81     4.61     4.35
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 14,744,730     $ 11,928,210     $ 9,649,296     $ 4,464,443     $ 5,147,968  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    15     26     32     24     52
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)   

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)   

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

(c)   

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

(d)   

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.    ORGANIZATION

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

These financial statements relate only to the following fund (the “Fund”):

 

iShares ETF   Diversification 
Classification 
 

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

    Non-diversified   

2.    SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, and payment-in-kind interest income, if any, are recognized daily on the accrual basis. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source.

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

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.

Recent Accounting Standards: In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update “Premium Amortization on Purchase Callable Debt Securities” which amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities. Under the new guidance, premium amortization of purchased callable debt securities that have explicit, non-contingent call features and are callable at fixed prices will be amortized to the earliest call date. The guidance will be applied on a modified retrospective basis and is effective for fiscal years, and their interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Fund.

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13 “Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” which modifies disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Fund.

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

3.    INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fund determines the fair value of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

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

   

Fixed-income investments are valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or prices (including evaluated prices) supplied by approved independent third-party pricing services. Pricing services generally value fixed income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information and by other methods, which may include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; general market conditions; and/or other factors and assumptions.

   

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

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of an investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and the cost approach. Valuation techniques used under these approaches take into consideration inputs that include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other inputs, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Trust’s pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values, and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

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

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

   

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

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The fair value hierarchy for the Fund’s investments is included in its schedule of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

4.    INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

For its investment advisory services to the Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Fund, based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of the Fund and certain other iShares funds, as follows:

 

Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fee  

First $19 billion

    0.4000

Over $19 billion, up to and including $33 billion

    0.3800  

Over $33 billion, up to and including $47 billion

    0.3610  

Over $47 billion

    0.3430  

Each reduced investment advisory fee level reflects a 5% reduction (rounded to the fourth decimal place) from the investment advisory fee at the prior aggregate average daily net asset level.

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC, an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for the Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Fund.

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

Other Transactions: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock for 1940 Act purposes.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

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

For the year ended October 31, 2018, transactions executed by the Fund pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales    

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 16,018,276      $ 7,435,448    

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

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

5.    PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended October 31, 2018, purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales    

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 2,014,906,777      $ 1,857,744,582    

For the year ended October 31, 2018, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind  
Sales  
 

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 10,618,189,494      $ 6,595,257,701    

6.    INCOME TAX INFORMATION

The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of October 31, 2018, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of October 31, 2018, the following permanent differences attributable to the expiration of capital loss carryforwards and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions, were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF   Paid-in Capital     Accumulated  
Loss  
 

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

  $ (36,990,700   $ 36,990,700    

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
10/31/18
     Year Ended
10/31/17
 

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Ordinary income

  $ 560,509,063      $ 472,368,085  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of October 31, 2018, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF

   
Undistributed
Ordinary Income
 
 
   
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
 
 
   
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses
 
)(a) 
    Total    

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 162,539,318     $ (160,819,685   $ (1,374,422,621)     $ (1,372,702,988)   

 

  (a)  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and the accrual of income on securities in default.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

As of October 31, 2018, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Non-Expiring    

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

   $ 160,819,685    

As of October 31, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF

    Tax Cost      
Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
 
 
    
Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 
   

Net Unrealized  
Appreciation  
(Depreciation)  
 
 
 

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

  $ 15,803,375,620     $ 2,626,886      $ (1,274,699,082   $ (1,272,072,196)   

7.    PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

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

Market Risk: Market risk arises mainly from uncertainty about future values of financial instruments influenced by price, currency and interest rate movements. It represents the potential loss a fund may suffer through holding market positions in the face of market movements. A fund is exposed to market risk by its investment in equity, fixed income and/or financial derivative instruments or by its investment in underlying funds. The fair value of securities held by a fund may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuers of the securities including local, regional or global political, social or economic instability or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. The extent of a fund’s exposure to market risk is the market value of the investments held as shown in the fund’s schedule of investments.

Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves certain considerations and risks not typically associated with securities of U.S. issuers. Such risks include, but are not limited to: differences in accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; higher inflation rates, greater social, economic and political uncertainties; possible nationalization or expropriation of assets; less availability of public information about issuers; imposition of withholding or other taxes; higher transaction and custody costs and delays in settlement procedures; and lower level of regulation of the securities markets and issuers. Non-U.S. securities may be less liquid, more difficult to value, and have greater price volatility due to exchange rate fluctuations. These and other risks are heightened for investments in issuers from countries with less developed capital markets.

Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of fixed income investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes, usually making their price more volatile than those of securities with shorter durations. Given the environment of historically low interest rates, a fund may be subject to a greater risk of price losses if interest rates rise.

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. BFA and its affiliates manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose a fund to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of a fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its statement of assets and liabilities.

High yield securities that are rated below investment-grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) or are unrated may be deemed speculative, involve greater levels of risk than higher-rated securities of similar maturity and are more likely to default. High yield securities may be issued by less creditworthy issuers, and issuers of high yield securities may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations. High yield securities are subject to extreme price fluctuations, may be less liquid than higher rated fixed-income securities, even under normal economic conditions, and frequently have redemption features.

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

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

8.    CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

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

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

 

 
    Year Ended
10/31/18
    Year Ended
10/31/17
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 

 

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

       

Shares sold

    98,900,000     $ 10,877,622,219       85,200,000     $ 9,694,660,077  

Shares redeemed

    (60,800,000     (6,744,256,366     (66,400,000     (7,497,526,529
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    38,100,000     $ 4,133,365,853       18,800,000     $ 2,197,133,548  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

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

9.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 16, 2016, investors in certain iShares funds (iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Select Dividend ETF, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF) filed a class action lawsuit against iShares Trust, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its advisory affiliates, and certain directors/trustees and officers of the Funds (collectively, “Defendants”) in California State Court. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to adequately disclose in the prospectuses issued by the funds noted above the risks of using stop-loss orders in the event of a ‘flash crash’, such as the one that occurred on May 6, 2010. On September 18, 2017, the court issued a Statement of Decision holding that the Plaintiffs lack standing to assert their claims. On October 11, 2017, the court entered final judgment dismissing all of the Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice. Plaintiffs have appealed the court’s decision.

10.  REGULATION S-X AMENDMENTS

On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification. The Fund has adopted the amendments pertinent to Regulation S-X in this shareholder report. The amendments impacted certain disclosure presentation on the statement of assets and liabilities, statement of changes in net assets and notes to the financial statements.

Prior year distribution information and undistributed net investment income in the statement of changes in net assets has been modified to conform to the current year presentation in accordance with the Regulation S-X changes.

Distributions for the year ended October 31, 2017 were classified as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Net  
Investment Income  
 

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

   $ 472,368,085    

Undistributed net investment income as of October 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Undistributed  
net investment income  
 

J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond

   $ 37,564,496    

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

11.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and

Shareholders of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (one of the funds constituting iShares Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2018, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2018, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2018 (hereafter referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2018, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2018 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

December 21, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Fixed Income

 

LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

For more information visit www.iShares.com or call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737)

 

 

 

 

This report is intended for the Fund’s shareholders. It may not be distributed to prospective investors unless it is preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus.

 

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

 

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

 

©2018 BlackRock, Inc. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

 
   

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OCTOBER 31, 2018    

 

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

  LOGO

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

 

   

iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF | CMDY | NYSE Arca

 

   

iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF | COMT | NASDAQ

 

   

iShares Gold Strategy ETF | IAUF | Cboe BZX

 

 

 

 

 


Table of Contents

 

      Page  

Market Overview

     5  

Fund Summary

     6  

About Fund Performance

     11  

Shareholder Expenses

     11  

Consolidated Schedules of Investments

     12  

Consolidated Financial Statements

  

Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     21  

Consolidated Statements of Operations

     22  

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     23  

Consolidated Financial Highlights

     24  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

     27  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     35  

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

     36  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     37  

Supplemental Information

     43  

Trustee and Officer Information

     45  

General Information

     47  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     48  

 

 

       


Market Overview

 

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

Global Bond Market Overview

Global investment-grade bonds declined for the 12 months ended October 31, 2018 (“reporting period”). The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, a broad measure of global bond market performance, returned -2.05% in U.S. dollar terms for the reporting period.

The negative return for global bonds was driven primarily by rising global interest rates and mixed economic data. After a strong 2017, global economic growth eased in 2018 as areas of weakness appeared in several regions of the world. In addition, the global fixed-income markets were affected by a number of external developments, including escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and several of its trading partners (most notably China and Europe), as well as geopolitical conflicts in Turkey and the Middle East.

Regionally, the U.S. bond market declined as a strengthening U.S. economy led to higher interest rates. Driven in part by the stimulative effect of federal tax reform legislation, the U.S. economy grew by 3% for the 12 months ended September 2018, its highest year-over-year growth rate in more than three years. Faster economic growth drove the inflation rate to its highest level in more than six years in mid-2018. In this environment, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) increased short-term interest rates four times during the reporting period, increasing its short-term interest rate target to 2.25%, the highest level in more than a decade. From a sector perspective, corporate bonds declined the most amid investor concerns about high corporate debt levels, a decline in average credit quality, and relatively high valuations. In contrast, asset-backed securities (bonds backed by credit card receivables, auto loans, and other debt) advanced for the reporting period, benefiting from their higher yields and relatively short maturities.

The smaller decline in European bond markets was driven in part by a slowdown in economic activity. After improving notably in 2017, economic growth in the Eurozone slowed markedly through the first three quarters of 2018. In particular, growth in the Italian economy slowed significantly following a debt-heavy budget proposed by Italy’s new populist government, which led to a sharp increase in the country’s bond yields late in the reporting period. Other major Eurozone economies, such as Germany and France, also weakened, but to a lesser extent. Despite the economic slowdown, the European Central Bank (“ECB”) reaffirmed its plan to end its quantitative easing measures by the end of 2018, though the ECB intends to maintain its zero interest-rate policy. In the U.K., slowing economic growth and concerns about the economic impact of Brexit when it takes effect in early 2019 kept bond yields relatively stable, leading to positive returns for British bonds.

Asia-Pacific bond markets also declined modestly for the reporting period as economic growth in the region slowed. In Japan, the nation’s longest period of sustained expansion in more than 20 years came to an end when the Japanese economy contracted in the first quarter of 2018. Japanese bond yields increased slightly during the reporting period but remained near historically low levels. In South Korea, bond yields declined as the nation’s economy grew at its slowest pace in nine years. In contrast, Australian bond yields increased as the country’s economy grew at its fastest rate in six years, benefiting from strong consumer spending and increasing commodities prices.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018    iShares® Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide exposure, on a total return basis, to a diversified group of commodities. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in exchange-traded futures contracts on the Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Index. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

Performance

 

                Cumulative Total Returns  
                Since  
                    Inception  

Fund NAV

          (4.46 )% 

Fund Market

          (4.30

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Index

            (4.36

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 4/3/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 4/5/18.

The Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Index is an unmanaged index that aims to reflect the performance of a diversified group of commodities, while also seeking to minimize the effect of contango and maximize the effect of backwardation in connection with periodically switching or “rolling” into new futures contracts.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual         Hypothetical 5% Return      
    Beginning        Ending        Expenses         Beginning        Ending        Expenses     Annualized    
    Account Value        Account Value        Paid During         Account Value        Account Value        Paid During     Expense    
    05/01/18          (10/31/18)          the Period  (a)         (05/01/18)          (10/31/18)          the Period  (a)     Ratio    
      $      1,000.00         $ 930.50          $ 0.49          $ 1,000.00         $ 1,024.70          $ 0.51     0.10% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 11 for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018  (continued)    iShares® Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

The Fund declined during the abbreviated reporting period from its inception on April 3, 2018, to October 31, 2018. Commodities prices were mixed amid concerns about the effects of economic and political tensions on world trade and economic growth. The Fund used commodities futures with the intent of providing investors total returns consistent with investment in a broad basket of commodities. Some of the Fund’s largest exposures were to gold, natural gas, West Texas Intermediate crude oil, Brent crude oil, and corn.

Gold prices declined during the reporting period in response to a supply and demand imbalance caused in part by the stronger U.S. dollar. Gold is priced in U.S. dollars, so the stronger currency made gold more expensive for foreign buyers. In terms of supply, gold mine output was the highest on record in the third quarter of 2018.

In energy markets, natural gas prices rose steadily throughout the reporting period. Natural gas inventories reached their lowest level in a decade, even as warm weather drove demand. Looking at crude oil, both Brent and West Texas Intermediate finished the abbreviated reporting period fractionally higher after rising sharply to a four-year high in early October and then declining sharply thereafter. The two generally trade together, with slight differences in pricing reflecting regional and quality differences. Much of the volatility in prices can be attributed to changing perceptions around supply. Early in the reporting period, traders focused on potential disruptions to output from Venezuela and Iran. However, oil prices declined sharply in October after Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. increased production ahead of the resumption of U.S. sanctions against Iran. Looking at agricultural commodities, corn prices declined during the reporting period amid concern over excess supply and the effects of the growing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY INVESTMENT TYPE  
     Percent of  
Investment Type   Net Assets  

Commercial Paper

    69.3

Money Market Funds

    19.5  

U. S. Treasury Obligations

    8.6  

Cash

    3.1  

Other assets, less liabilities

    (0.5
COMMODITIES EXPOSURE  
     Percent of  
Sector Exposure(a)   Exposure  

Energy Futures

    34.0

Agriculture Futures

    30.5  

Industrial Metals Futures

    15.1  

Precious Metals Futures

    14.4  

Livestock Futures

    6.0  

 

(a) 

Represents the sector allocation of the Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Index.

 
 
 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018    iShares® Commodities Select Strategy ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF (the “Fund”) seeks total return by providing investors with broad commodity exposure. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns         Cumulative Total Returns  
          Since               Since  
    1 Year     Inception         1 Year     Inception  

Fund NAV

    9.06 %(a)      (5.07 )%          9.06 %(a)      (18.98 )% 

Fund Market

    8.91       (5.16       8.91       (19.29

S&P GSCITM Commodity Total Return Index

    11.47       (10.18       11.47       (35.20

S&P GSCITM Dynamic Roll Reduced Energy 70/30 Futures/Equity Blend

    5.68       N/A           5.68       N/A  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSETVALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 10/15/14. The first day of secondary market trading was 10/16/14.

The S&P GSCITM Commodity Total Return Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of general commodity price movements and inflation in the world economy.

The S&P GSCITM Dynamic Roll Reduced Energy 70/30 Futures/Equity Blend is an unmanaged index that is designed to measure the performance of a multi-asset allocation strategy that consists of a futures-based commodities index and an equity-based index that is based on various commodity-related GICS subsectors. The inception date of this index was April 17, 2017. The average annual and cumulative total returns for the period April 17, 2017 through October 31, 2018 were 7.16% and 11.20%, respectively.

 

  (a) 

The NAV total return presented in the table for the one-year period differs from the same period return disclosed in the financial highlights. The total return in the financial highlights is calculated in the same manner but differs due to certain adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual         Hypothetical 5% Return      
    Beginning        Ending        Expenses         Beginning        Ending        Expenses     Annualized    
    Account Value        Account Value        Paid During         Account Value        Account Value        Paid During     Expense    
    05/01/18          (10/31/18)          the Period  (a)         (05/01/18)          (10/31/18)          the Period  (a)     Ratio    
      $      1,000.00         $ 976.70          $ 2.39          $ 1,000.00         $ 1,022.80          $ 2.45      0.48% 

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 11 for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018  (continued)    iShares® Commodities Select Strategy ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

The Fund posted a positive return for the reporting period, reflecting increased prices for many leading commodities. Approximately 70% of the Fund’s exposure was in commodities futures, which contributed the most to the Fund’s return for the reporting period. Some of the Fund’s largest futures positions included West Texas Intermediate crude oil, Brent crude oil, copper, corn, and cattle.

Oil prices were volatile, but rose for much of the reporting period. Prices reached a four-year high in early October 2018 due to concerns about supply disruptions in Venezuela and Iran at a time when Saudi Arabian output was thought to be near peak capacity. However, they declined sharply for the remainder of the reporting period amid a slowdown in global growth and increased oil production ahead of the resumption of U.S. sanctions against Iran. Ultimately, the U.S. granted many countries exemptions for purchasing Iranian oil, which eased concerns about supply.

Agricultural commodity prices generally declined during the reporting period amid concern over excess supply and the effects of the growing trade dispute between the U.S. and China. Copper prices, which also declined, faced similar concerns since China imports more copper than any other country.

Approximately 30% of the Fund was invested in commodities stocks, which detracted modestly from the Fund’s return for the reporting period. Energy detracted the most, led by oil and gas exploration and production companies. Investors were concerned about capital allocation decisions in the industry as many exploration and production companies announced plans to increase capital spending. Even as oil prices rose overall, integrated oil and gas stocks detracted due to disappointing earnings and output. The leading equity contributors were diversified metals and mining companies, which benefited from strong pricing for high-quality iron ore resulting from Chinese environmental regulations intended to reduce steel mill pollution.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR AND INVESTMENT TYPE

 

 

 

Sector and
Investment Type

   

Percent of   

Net Assets   

 

 

 

 

Energy Equities

    13.8%  

Specialty Chemicals Equities

    4.6     

Industrial Metals Equities

    4.4     

Agriculture Equities

    4.5     

Precious Metals Equities

    1.1     

Short-term

    83.8     

Cash

    3.4     

Other Assets, Less Liabilities

    (15.6)    

 

 

COMMODITY-LINKED FUTURES

 

 

 

Sector Exposure(a)

   
Percent of   
Net Assets   
 
 

 

 

Energy Futures

    34.0%  

Agriculture Futures

    16.5     

Industrial Metals Futures

    9.9     

Livestock Futures

    6.9     

Precious Metals Futures

    4.0     

 

 

 

(a)   

Exposures are calculated as the current notional value of the futures contracts as a percentage of net assets.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2018    iShares® Gold Strategy ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Gold Strategy ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide exposure, on a total return basis, to the price performance of gold. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

Performance

 

        Cumulative Total Returns      
 

 

 

 
    Since    
    Inception    
 

 

 

Fund NAV

    (6.48)%  

Fund Market

    (6.30)     

Bloomberg Composite Gold Index

    (7.89)     

 

 

For the fiscal period ended 10/31/18, the Fund did not have six months of performance and therefore line graphs and portfolio management commentary are not presented.

The inception date of the Fund was 6/6/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 6/8/18.

The Bloomberg Composite Gold Index is an unmanaged index comprised of exchange -traded gold futures contracts and one or more exchange-traded products backed by or linked to physical gold. The index is designed to track the price performance of gold.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

       

 

 

     

 

 

   
 

Beginning
Account Value
(06/06/18)


(a) 
 
           

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)


 
           

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/18)


 
           

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/18)
 

 
           

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


(b) 
 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio


 
  $        1,000.00               $         999.10               $        0.76               $     1,000.00               $     1,024.20               $       0.97       0.19

 

  (a) 

The beginning of the period (commencement of operations) is June 06, 2018.

 
  (b) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (147 days for actual and 184 days for hypothetical expenses) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). See “Shareholder Expenses” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY INVESTMENT TYPE

 

 

 

Investment Type

   

Percent of   

Net Assets   

 

 

 

 

U. S. Treasury Obligations

    59.8%  

Commercial Paper

    19.7     

Grantor Trust

    20.9     

Cash

    5.5     

Other assets, less liabilities

    (5.9)    

 

 

COMMODITY-LINKED FUTURES

 

 

 

Sector Exposure(a)

   
Percent of   
Net Assets   
 
 

 

 

Gold Futures

    75.3%  

 

 

 

(a)   

Exposures are calculated as the current notional value of the futures contracts as a percentage of net assets.

 

 

 

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About Fund Performance   

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.ishares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Shareholder Expenses

As a shareholder of your Fund, you 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 and other fund expenses. The expense example, which is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) and held through the end of the period, is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses – The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. To estimate the expenses that you paid on your account over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your 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, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples 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.

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments

  iShares® Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF

October 31, 2018

  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par

     Value  

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    

Commercial Paper — 69.3%

    

Bell Canada Inc., 2.54%, 11/27/18(a)

  $   1,750,000      $ 1,746,674  

CAFCO LLC, 2.38%, 12/19/18(a)

    1,700,000        1,694,514  

CAN AST & CAN Ltd. JT, 2.34%, 12/18/18(a)

    1,700,000        1,694,646  

Danske Corp., 2.24%, 11/05/18(a)

    1,800,000        1,799,434  

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt, 2.25%, 11/16/18(a)

    1,600,000        1,598,402  

Hyundai Capital America, 2.49%, 11/21/18(a)

    1,700,000        1,697,539  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., 2.51%,
11/16/18(a)

    1,000,000        998,910  

McKesson Corp., 2.49%, 11/15/18(a)

    400,000        399,590  

NBCUniversal Enterprise Inc., 2.37%, 11/01/18(a)

    900,000        899,941  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc., 2.58%, 12/05/18(a)

    1,600,000        1,596,085  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp., 2.24%, 11/26/18(a)

    1,500,000        1,497,430  

Nordea Bank AB, 2.25%,
12/14/18(a)

    1,300,000        1,296,430  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC, 2.50%, 11/26/18(a)

    1,600,000        1,597,120  

PACCAR Financial Corp., 2.27%, 11/19/18(a)

    1,300,000        1,298,444  

Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services
PLC, 2.26%, 11/14/18(a)

    1,250,000        1,248,902  

Telstra Corp. Ltd., 2.44%, 12/17/18(a)

    1,700,000        1,694,374  

TELUS Corp., 2.56%, 11/29/18(a)

    1,500,000        1,496,981  

Thunder Bay Funding LLC, 2.29%, 12/04/18(a)

    1,000,000        997,810  

Total Capital Canada Ltd., 2.34%, 12/04/18(a)

    1,700,000        1,696,245  

United Technologies Corp., 2.50%, 11/28/18(a)

    1,200,000        1,197,670  
    

 

 

 
       28,147,141  
Security  

Par/

Shares

     Value  

 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations — 8.6%

 

  

U.S. Treasury Bill
2.18%, 11/23/18(a)

  $   1,500,000      $ 1,498,028  

2.18%, 12/18/18(a)

    1,000,000        997,206  

2.19%, 12/11/18(a)

    1,000,000        997,608  
    

 

 

 
       3,492,842  

Money Market Funds — 19.5%

    

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(b)(c)

    7,904,926        7,904,926  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 97.4%
(Costs: $39,547,462)

 

       39,544,909  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 97.4%
(Cost: $39,547,462)

 

     39,544,909  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.6%

 

     1,061,912  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 40,606,821  
    

 

 

 

 

(a)    Rates are discount rates or a range of discount rates at the time of purchase.
(b)    Affiliate of the Fund.
(c)    Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.
 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the period ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

 

 

Affiliated Issuer

   

Shares
Held at
04/03/18


(a) 
 
    Net Activity       

Shares
Held at
10/31/18


 
    
Value at
10/31/18

 
     Income       
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)

(b) 
 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)



 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

          7,904,926        7,904,926      $ 7,904,926      $ 59,629      $     $  
         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

The Fund commenced operations on April 03, 2018.

 
  (b) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

Description

   
Number of
Contracts

 
    
Expiration
Date

 
    

Notional
Amount
(000)


 
    


Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)



 

 

 

Long Contracts

          

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Index

    1,917        12/19/18        $40,454        $     (173,742)  
          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of October 31, 2018, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
   

Commodity

Contracts

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

 

Net unrealized depreciation(a)

  $ 173,742  
 

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported separately within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

  iShares® Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF

October 31, 2018

 

 

For the period ended October 31, 2018, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
   

Commodity

Contracts

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

 

Futures contracts

  $ (2,480,909
 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

Futures contracts

  $ (173,742
 

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $ 44,056,230  

 

 

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Investments

         

Assets

         

Commercial Paper

  $     $ 28,147,141      $      $ 28,147,141  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

          3,492,842               3,492,842  

Money Market Funds

      7,904,926                     7,904,926  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 7,904,926     $ 31,639,983      $      $ 39,544,909  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

         

Liabilities

         

Futures Contracts

  $ (173,742   $      $      $ (173,742)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Commodities Select Strategy ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Agricultural & Farm Machinery — 1.6%

 

AGCO Corp.

    11,839     $ 663,457  

CNH Industrial NV

    176,945       1,838,458  

Deere & Co.

    57,285       7,758,680  

Lindsay Corp.

    1,913       182,921  

Toro Co. (The)

    18,736       1,055,399  
   

 

 

 
      11,498,915  
Agricultural Products — 1.1%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    99,680       4,709,880  

Bunge Ltd.

    25,122       1,552,540  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)

    29,325       605,854  

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

    5,381       177,734  

Ingredion Inc.

    12,649       1,279,826  
   

 

 

 
      8,325,834  
Aluminum — 0.1%  

Alcoa Corp.(a)

    17,102       598,399  

Constellium NV, Class A(a)(b)

    10,719       97,114  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    1,523       145,249  
   

 

 

 
      840,762  
Coal & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%  

Arch Coal Inc., Class A

    789       75,665  

Cameco Corp.

    15,937       170,845  

CONSOL Energy Inc.(a)

    1,127       44,900  

Peabody Energy Corp.

    3,332       118,119  
   

 

 

 
      409,529  
Copper — 0.3%  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

    132,907       1,548,366  

Southern Copper Corp.

    7,790       298,669  
   

 

 

 
      1,847,035  
Diversified Metals & Mining — 2.3%  

BHP Billiton Ltd., ADR

    147,178       6,796,680  

BHP Billiton PLC, ADR

    96,863       3,898,736  

Compass Minerals International Inc.

    3,101       150,429  

Materion Corp.

    1,855       105,420  

Rio Tinto PLC, ADR

    105,006       5,175,746  

Teck Resources Ltd., Class B(b)

    46,274       956,483  
   

 

 

 
      17,083,494  
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals — 1.8%  

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

    41,577       1,996,943  

FMC Corp.

    23,975       1,871,968  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    63,152       1,953,923  

Nutrien Ltd.(b)

    109,586       5,800,387  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    7,009       467,780  

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, ADR

    16,507       723,172  
   

 

 

 
      12,814,173  
Gold — 1.0%  

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.(b)

    21,484       759,674  

Barrick Gold Corp.(b)

    107,056       1,343,553  

Cia. de Minas Buenaventura SAA, ADR, NVS

    19,896       275,361  

Franco-Nevada Corp.

    17,077       1,066,117  

Goldcorp Inc.

    79,733       719,192  

Kinross Gold Corp.(a)(b)

    114,548       296,679  

Newmont Mining Corp.

    48,925       1,512,761  

Randgold Resources Ltd., ADR

    8,607       675,994  

Royal Gold Inc.

    6,008       460,393  
   

 

 

 
      7,109,724  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Integrated Oil & Gas — 7.6%  

BP PLC, ADR

    134,102     $ 5,816,004  

Cenovus Energy Inc.(b)

    41,062       347,385  

Chevron Corp.

    77,239       8,623,734  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., ADR

    10,300       830,798  

Ecopetrol SA, ADR(b)

    9,933       231,042  

Eni SpA, ADR(b)

    51,272       1,811,953  

Equinor ASA, ADR(b)

    44,012       1,131,108  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    170,663       13,598,428  

Imperial Oil Ltd.

    9,656       301,653  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    30,825       2,067,433  

PetroChina Co. Ltd., ADR

    8,497       617,222  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, ADR(b)

    60,071       976,154  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, ADR

    92,654       5,854,806  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B, ADR

    75,489       4,960,382  

Suncor Energy Inc.

    65,614       2,185,602  

Total SA, ADR

    101,805       5,965,773  
   

 

 

 
      55,319,477  
Oil & Gas Drilling — 0.1%  

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.(a)

    2,601       36,882  

Ensco PLC, Class A

    17,600       125,664  

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

    4,387       273,266  

Nabors Industries Ltd.

    13,105       65,132  

Noble Corp. PLC(a)

    9,936       49,879  

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.

    8,860       147,430  

Rowan Companies PLC, Class A(a)

    5,116       81,396  

Transocean Ltd.(a)

    17,296       190,429  

Unit Corp.(a)

    2,178       50,377  
   

 

 

 
      1,020,455  
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services — 0.9%  

Apergy Corp.(a)

    3,114       121,415  

Archrock Inc.

    5,210       53,455  

Baker Hughes a GE Co.

    16,769       447,565  

C&J Energy Services Inc.(a)

    2,560       48,077  

Cactus Inc., Class A(a)

    1,517       50,759  

Core Laboratories NV

    1,780       151,727  

Dril-Quip Inc.(a)

    1,511       64,308  

Halliburton Co.

    35,493       1,230,897  

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.(a)

    5,605       47,755  

McDermott International Inc.(a)

    7,269       56,189  

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

    15,409       567,051  

Oceaneering International Inc.(a)

    3,968       75,154  

Oil States International Inc.(a)

    2,416       53,804  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    2,960       52,244  

Schlumberger Ltd.

    55,793       2,862,739  

Superior Energy Services Inc.(a)

    6,221       48,710  

TechnipFMC PLC

    17,205       452,492  

Tenaris SA, ADR

    9,506       277,860  

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.

    3,119       43,666  

Weatherford International PLC(a)(b)

    40,147       54,198  
   

 

 

 
      6,760,065  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production — 2.7%  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    20,658       1,099,006  

Antero Resources Corp.(a)

    8,935       141,977  

Apache Corp.

    15,403       582,696  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    17,763       430,398  

California Resources Corp.(a)

    1,947       61,019  

Callon Petroleum Co.(a)

    9,162       91,345  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

    49,248       1,345,455  

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc.(a)

    3,430       62,460  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

  iShares® Commodities Select Strategy ETF

October 31, 2018

  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (continued)

 

Centennial Resource Development Inc./DE, Class A(a)(b)

    7,717     $ 147,858  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.(a)

    36,733       128,933  

Cimarex Energy Co.

    3,839       305,085  

CNOOC Ltd., ADR

    6,485       1,097,586  

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

    8,578       134,246  

Concho Resources Inc.(a)

    8,081       1,123,986  

ConocoPhillips

    46,843       3,274,326  

Continental Resources Inc./OK(a)

    3,482       183,432  

Crescent Point Energy Corp.

    22,116       104,388  

Denbury Resources Inc.(a)

    18,547       63,987  

Devon Energy Corp.

    20,553       665,917  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

    3,971       446,182  

Encana Corp.(b)

    38,504       394,281  

Energen Corp.(a)

    3,299       237,429  

EOG Resources Inc.

    23,347       2,459,373  

EQT Corp.

    10,630       361,101  

Extraction Oil & Gas Inc.(a)

    4,663       37,257  

Gulfport Energy Corp.(a)

    6,351       57,858  

Hess Corp.

    10,138       581,921  

Kosmos Energy Ltd.(a)

    10,307       66,892  

Laredo Petroleum Inc.(a)(b)

    6,155       32,252  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp.(a)

    3,293       40,998  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    34,398       653,218  

Matador Resources Co.(a)

    4,171       120,292  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    6,546       208,556  

Newfield Exploration Co.(a)

    8,047       162,549  

Noble Energy Inc.

    19,457       483,506  

Oasis Petroleum Inc.(a)

    10,755       108,195  

Parsley Energy Inc., Class A(a)

    10,586       247,924  

PDC Energy Inc.(a)

    2,660       112,917  

Penn Virginia Corp.(a)

    539       37,072  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    6,876       1,012,629  

QEP Resources Inc.(a)

    9,541       85,010  

Range Resources Corp.

    8,336       132,126  

SM Energy Co.

    4,154       101,108  

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

    23,848       127,348  

SRC Energy Inc.(a)

    9,765       69,136  

Whiting Petroleum Corp.(a)

    3,662       136,593  

WPX Energy Inc.(a)

    15,897       254,988  
   

 

 

 
      19,812,811  

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing — 0.9%

 

Cosan Ltd., Class A

    5,431       45,349  

CVR Energy Inc.

    1,175       50,525  

Delek U.S. Holdings Inc.

    3,109       114,162  

HollyFrontier Corp.

    6,527       440,181  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    27,027       1,904,052  

PBF Energy Inc., Class A

    4,825       201,926  

Phillips 66

    17,217       1,770,252  

Renewable Energy Group Inc.(a)

    1,502       46,682  

Valero Energy Corp.

    17,228       1,569,299  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    2,736       87,552  
   

 

 

 
      6,229,980  

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation — 1.3%

 

Cheniere Energy Inc.(a)

    8,918       538,736  

Enbridge Inc.

    69,147       2,151,163  

Golar LNG Ltd.(b)

    4,070       108,995  

Kinder Morgan Inc./DE

    76,554       1,302,949  

ONEOK Inc.

    16,595       1,088,632  

Pembina Pipeline Corp.

    20,369       658,326  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation (continued)

 

SemGroup Corp., Class A

    2,642     $ 48,851  

Ship Finance International Ltd.

    3,840       48,000  

Targa Resources Corp.

    9,083       469,319  

TransCanada Corp.

    36,593       1,380,288  

Ultrapar Participacoes SA, ADR

    17,475       206,205  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

    48,788       1,187,012  
   

 

 

 
      9,188,476  

Silver — 0.1%

 

Coeur Mining Inc.(a)

    18,270       87,331  

Hecla Mining Co.

    43,704       104,890  

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

    40,685       668,454  
   

 

 

 
      860,675  

Specialty Chemicals — 4.6%

 

A Schulman Inc.(c)

    1,888       3,606  

Albemarle Corp.

    19,314       1,916,335  

Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

    11,118       822,510  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

    38,142       941,345  

Balchem Corp.

    5,737       537,270  

Celanese Corp.

    24,034       2,329,856  

Ecolab Inc.

    45,275       6,933,866  

Ferro Corp.(a)(b)

    14,967       253,541  

GCP Applied Technologies Inc.(a)

    12,837       333,377  

HB Fuller Co.

    9,014       400,762  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    7,490       682,189  

Innospec Inc.

    4,344       290,701  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., New

    18,025       2,607,497  

Kraton Corp.(a)

    5,672       156,207  

Minerals Technologies Inc.

    6,280       343,830  

NewMarket Corp.

    1,591       614,062  

Platform Specialty Products Corp.(a)

    41,581       449,906  

PolyOne Corp.

    14,237       459,998  

PPG Industries Inc.

    43,099       4,529,274  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    2,372       426,723  

RPM International Inc.

    23,766       1,453,766  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    7,533       488,590  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    14,634       5,758,040  

Stepan Co.

    3,607       297,902  

WR Grace & Co.

    11,974       775,795  
   

 

 

 
      33,806,948  

Steel — 1.7%

 

AK Steel Holding Corp.(a)

    28,908       106,960  

Allegheny Technologies Inc.(a)

    11,515       298,123  

ArcelorMittal(b)

    58,696       1,460,944  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    4,330       188,831  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)

    27,299       293,737  

Commercial Metals Co.

    10,720       204,323  

Nucor Corp.

    29,016       1,715,426  

POSCO, ADR

    29,429       1,695,699  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    6,636       523,713  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    21,535       852,786  

Ternium SA

    4,856       154,615  

U.S. Steel Corp.

    16,255       431,245  

Vale SA, ADR

    285,978       4,318,268  

Warrior Met Coal Inc.

    4,015       112,420  

Worthington Industries Inc.

    3,701       154,998  
   

 

 

 
      12,512,088  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 28.2%
(Cost: $222,990,969)

 

    205,440,441  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Commodities Select Strategy ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Shares/

Par

    Value  

 

 

Preferred Stocks

 

Integrated Oil & Gas — 0.2%  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Preference Shares, ADR(b)

    88,123     $ 1,305,983  
   

 

 

 
Steel — 0.0%  

Gerdau SA, Preference Shares, ADR(b)

    95,657       416,108  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks — 0.2%
(Cost: $1,2231351)

 

    1,722,091  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Certificates of Deposit — 9.5%  

Barclays Bank PLC/New York,
2.64%, 11/16/18, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.360%)(d)

  $ 7,000,000       7,001,190  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
2.54%, 11/13/18, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.260%)(d)

    500,000       500,052  

Citibank N.A./New York, 2.51%, 03/14/19

    10,500,000       10,493,918  

Credit Industriel et Commercial/New York, 2.56%, 11/15/18, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.280%)(d)

    7,000,000       7,000,889  

Lloyds Bank Crop./NY, 2.47%, 03/08/19

    5,000,000       4,997,921  

Mizuho Bank Ltd., 2.45%, 01/31/19

    10,000,000       9,994,885  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.,
2.75%, 03/04/19

    4,250,000       4,250,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp./New York, 2.60%, 04/18/19, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.150%)(d)

    15,000,000       14,999,255  

Svenska Handelsbanken/New York NY,
2.55%, 12/17/18, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.260%)(d)

    9,750,000       9,753,286  
   

 

 

 
      68,991,396  
Commercial Paper — 41.5%  

Antalis SA, 2.53%, 01/10/19(e)

    3,830,000       3,811,577  

AT&T Inc., 2.84%, 12/06/18(e)

    3,600,000       3,590,935  

Bayerische Landbank NY, 2.62%, 01/11/19(e)

    13,000,000       12,936,404  

Bedford Row Funding Corp.,
2.79%, 05/02/19(e)

    3,500,000       3,452,358  

Bell Canada Inc., 2.54%, 11/27/18(e)

    7,000,000       6,986,697  

BPCE, 2.64%, 02/08/19(e)

    7,200,000       7,149,260  

CAN AST & CAN Ltd. JT, 2.34%, 12/18/18(e)

    12,000,000       11,962,208  

Chariot Funding LLC, 2.77%, 04/02/19(e)

    5,000,000       4,942,156  

Danske Corp., 2.24%, 11/05/18(e)

    12,200,000       12,196,162  

General Electric Co., 2.72%, 01/11/19(e)

    5,600,000       5,569,984  

Hyundai Capital America, 2.49%, 11/21/18(e)

    4,750,000       4,743,123  

JPMorgan Securities LLC

   

2.53%, 02/22/2019(e)

    7,000,000       6,942,854  

2.56%, 01/28/2019(e)

    6,750,000       6,707,697  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

   

2.48%, 11/28/2018(e)

    12,900,000       12,876,006  

2.51%, 11/16/2018(e)

    7,000,000       6,992,372  

Matchpoint Finance PLC, 2.44%, 01/08/19(e)

    10,000,000       9,951,930  

McKesson Corp., 2.49%, 11/15/18(e)

    11,300,000       11,288,418  

Mizuho Bank Ltd., 2.42%, 11/30/18(e)

    7,000,000       6,987,108  

Mont Blanc Capital Corp, 2.43%, 01/15/19(e)

    7,000,000       6,963,573  

Natixis SA/New York NY, 2.49%, 12/19/18(e)

    10,250,000       10,218,191  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc.,
2.58%, 12/05/18(e)

    4,000,000       3,990,212  
Security  

Par/

Shares

    Value  

 

 
Commercial Paper (continued)  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp., 2.24%, 11/26/18(e)

  $ 7,450,000     $ 7,437,237  

Nutrien Ltd., 2.46%, 11/06/18(e)

    1,750,000       1,749,190  

Old Line Funding LLC,
2.75%, 06/05/19(e)

    4,000,000       3,932,368  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd., 2.47%, 02/26/19(e)

    10,000,000       9,916,220  

Rogers Communications Inc.,
2.72%, 01/24/19(e)

    4,000,000       3,974,566  

Ryder System Inc., 2.51%, 11/26/18(e)

    15,000,000       14,973,003  

Societe Generale SA, 2.88%, 09/03/19(e)

    5,000,000       4,876,750  

Standard Chartered Bank/New York,
2.31%, 12/07/18(e)

    6,540,000       6,524,654  

Suncor Energy Inc., 2.58%, 12/17/18(e)

    20,750,000       20,681,859  

Swedbank AB, 2.31%, 12/03/18(e)

    5,200,000       5,189,532  

Telstra Corp. Ltd., 2.44%, 12/17/18(e)

    5,000,000       4,983,452  

TELUS Corp., 2.56%, 11/29/18(e)

    4,000,000       3,991,951  

Thunder Bay Funding LLC,
2.29%, 12/04/18(e)

    5,000,000       4,989,049  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.,
2.48%, 12/10/18(e)

    4,800,000       4,787,504  

Versailles Commercial paper LLC,
2.41%, 12/03/18(e)

    10,450,000       10,427,707  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.,
2.44%, 11/27/18(e)

    15,000,000       14,973,567  

VW Credit Inc., 2.65%, 01/02/19(e)

    15,300,000       15,229,850  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.,
2.84%, 02/22/19(e)

    4,000,000       3,964,761  
   

 

 

 
      302,862,445  
U.S. Treasury Obligations — 4.1%  

U.S. Treasury Bill

   

2.19%, 11/29/18(e)

    15,000,000       14,974,858  

2.33%, 01/31/19(e)

    15,000,000       14,913,550  
   

 

 

 
      29,888,408  
Money Market Funds — 28.7%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 2.36%(f)(g)(h)

    13,372,232       13,374,906  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(f)(g)

    195,565,236       195,565,236  
   

 

 

 
      208,940,142  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 83.8%
(Costs: $610,711,089)

 

    610,682,391  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 112.2%
(Cost: $834,925,409)

 

    817,844,923  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (12.2)%

 

    (89,106,297
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 728,738,626  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

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

(d) 

Variable or floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

(e) 

Rates are discount rates or a range of discount rates at the time of purchase.

(f) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(g) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(h) 

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

 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

  iShares® Commodities Select Strategy ETF

October 31, 2018

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

 

 

Affiliated Issuer

    

Shares
Held at
10/31/17
 
 
 
     Net Activity       

Shares
Held at
10/31/18
 
 
 
    
Value at
10/31/18
 
 
     Income       
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
(a) 
 
    


Change in

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 
 

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

     1,078,969        12,293,263        13,372,232      $ 13,374,906      $ 50,996 (b)       $ (666    $ 400  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     20,267,041        175,298,195        195,565,236        195,565,236        1,223,244                
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 208,940,142      $ 1,274,240      $ (666    $ 400  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

 
  (b) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

Description

    
Number of
Contracts
 
 
    
Expiration
Date
 
 
    

Notional
Amount
(000)
 
 
 
    


Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

Aluminum

     505        01/14/19      $ 24,600      $ (1,427,828

Brent Crude Oil

     1,038        10/31/19        76,604        (6,166,891

Cattle Feeder

     120        01/31/19        9,007        (190,888

Cocoa

     110        03/14/19        2,478        103,000  

Coffee

     124        12/18/18        5,241        98,240  

Copper

     198        01/14/19        29,680        202,079  

Corn

     1,778        12/13/19        35,360        572,468  

Cotton

     283        12/06/18        10,876        (675,950

Gasoline RBOB

     221        05/31/19        18,557        (2,402,015

Gold

     217        04/26/19        26,622        (934,540

KC HRW Wheat

     508        07/12/19        13,703        (2,016,101

Lead

     100        12/17/18        4,807        (234,791

Lean Hogs

     407        12/14/18        9,516        497,841  

Lean Hogs

     118        02/14/19        3,083        (2,920

Live Cattle

     582        04/30/19        28,716        531,813  

Low Sulphur Gasoil

     319        12/10/20        21,221        (944,847

Natural Gas

     405        03/27/19        10,874        202,344  

Nickel

     72        12/17/18        4,954        (1,238,850

NY Harbor ULSD

     187        03/29/19        17,456        10,813  

Silver

     38        12/27/18        2,714        (342,865

Soybean

     481        11/14/19        21,735        (581,172

Sugar

     802        06/28/19        11,991        918,214  

Wheat

     719        07/12/19        19,197        (2,446,867

WTI Crude Oil

     1,603        05/19/20        102,913        203,572  

Zinc

     125        01/14/19        7,804        463,384  
           

 

 

 
            $ (15,802,757
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of October 31, 2018, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
    
Commodity
Contracts
 
 

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Net unrealized appreciation(a)

   $ 3,803,768  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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October 31, 2018

  

iShares® Commodities Select Strategy ETF

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure (continued)

 

 

 
    
Commodity
Contracts
 
 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Net unrealized depreciation(a)

   $ 19,606,525  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported separately within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
    
Commodity
Contracts
 
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 57,347,537  
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Futures contracts

   $ (24,292,188
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 385,968,287  

 

 

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Investments

           

Assets

           

Common Stocks

   $ 205,436,835      $      $ 3,606      $ 205,440,441  

Preferred Stocks

     1,722,091                      1,722,091  

Certificates of Deposit

            68,991,396               68,991,396  

Commercial Paper

            302,862,445               302,862,445  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

            29,888,408               29,888,408  

Money Market Funds

     208,940,142                      208,940,142  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 416,099,068      $ 401,742,249      $         3,606      $ 817,844,923  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

           

Assets

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 3,803,768      $      $      $ 3,803,768  

Liabilities

           

Futures Contracts

     (19,606,525                    (19,606,525
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ (15,802,757    $      $      $ (15,802,757
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments

  iShares® Gold Strategy ETF

October 31, 2018

  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares/
Par
     Value  

 

 

Grantor Trust

    

Grantor Trust — 20.9%

    

iShares Gold Trust(a)(b)

    84,019      $ 980,501  
    

 

 

 

Total Grantor Trust
(Cost: $1,035,866)

       980,501  
    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    

Commercial Paper — 19.7%

    

Bell Canada Inc., 2.54%, 11/27/18(c)

  $ 250,000            249,525  

Hyundai Capital America,
2.49%, 11/21/18(c)

    250,000        249,638  

PACCAR Financial Corp.,
2.27%, 11/19/18(c)

    170,000        169,796  

United Technologies Corp.,
2.50%, 11/28/18(c)

      250,000        249,515  
    

 

 

 
       918,474  

U.S. Treasury Obligations — 59.8%

    

U.S. Treasury Bill

    

2.05%, 11/01/18(c)

    525,000        525,000  

2.14%, 11/15/18(c)

    725,000        724,404  

2.18%, 11/23/18(c)

    800,000        798,948  

2.18%, 12/18/18(c)

    250,000        249,302  
Security   Par/
Shares
     Value  

 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations (continued)

    

2.19%, 11/29/18(c)

  $ 250,000      $ 249,580  

2.19%, 12/11/18(c)

      250,000        249,402  
    

 

 

 
       2,796,636  

Money Market Funds — .00%

    

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 2.11%(a)(d)

    1,592        1,592  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 79.5%
(Costs: $3,716,771)

 

     3,716,702  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 100.4%
(Cost: $4,752,637)

 

     4,697,203  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.4)%

       (20,952
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 4,676,251  
    

 

 

 

 

(a)   

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b)   

Non-income producing security.

(c)   

Rates are discount rates or a range of discount rates at the time of purchase.

(d)   

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the period ended October 31, 2018, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

 

 

Affiliated Issuer

   

Shares
Held at
06/06/18
 
 
(a) 
 
   
Shares
Purchased
 
 
   
Shares
Sold
 
 
   

Shares
Held at
10/31/18
 
 
 
    
Value at
10/31/18
 
 
     Income       

Net
Realized
Gain (Loss
 
 
)(b) 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

          1,592 (c)              1,592      $ 1,592      $ 3,155      $     $  

iShares Gold Trust

          108,338       (24,319     84,019        980,501               (16,897     (55,365
          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
           $ 982,093      $ 3,155      $ (16,897   $ (55,365
          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

The Fund commenced operations on June 06, 2018.

  (b)  

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

  (c)  

Net of purchases and sales.

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description   Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

          

Gold

    29        12/27/18      $ 3,524      $ (52,828
          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of October 31, 2018, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
    Commodity
Contracts
 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

 

Net unrealized depreciation(a)

  $ 52,828  
 

 

 

 

 

  (a)   

Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported separately within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2018

   iShares® Gold Strategy ETF

 

For the period ended October 31, 2018, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
    Commodity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

 

Futures contracts

  $ (226,200
 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

Futures contracts

  $ (52,828
 

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $ 3,550,470      

 

 

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

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2018. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1     Level 2              Level 3      Total  

 

 

Investments

         

Assets

         

Grantor Trust

  $   980,501     $      $      $ 980,501  

Commercial Paper

          918,474               918,474  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

          2,796,636               2,796,636  

Money Market Funds

    1,592                     1,592  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 982,093     $ 3,715,110      $      $ 4,697,203  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

         

Liabilities

         

Futures Contracts

  $ (52,828   $      $      $ (52,828
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)  

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2018

 

    iShares
Bloomberg
Roll Select
Commodity
Strategy ETF
     iShares
Commodities
Select
Strategy ETF
    iShares
Gold
Strategy ETF
 

 

 

ASSETS

      

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

      

Unaffiliated(b)

  $ 31,639,983      $ 608,904,781     $ 3,715,110  

Affiliated(c)

    7,904,926        208,940,142       982,093  

Cash

           16,341       148,892  

Cash pledged:

      

Futures contracts

    1,278,000        25,066,566       110,000  

Foreign currency, at value(d)

           259        

Receivables:

      

Investments sold

           112,729        

Securities lending income — Affiliated

           7,499        

Dividends

    10,098        516,687       364  

Tax reclaims

           11,204        

Prepaid expenses

    6,414               

Receivable from affiliate

           1,669,892        
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    40,839,421        845,246,100       4,956,459  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

      

Bank overdraft

    251               

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

           13,375,230        

Payables:

      

Investments purchased

           98,228,685       249,580  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    222,372        4,594,717       29,879  

Investment advisory fees

    9,977        308,842       749  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    232,600        116,507,474       280,208  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 40,606,821      $ 728,738,626     $ 4,676,251  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

      

Paid-in capital

  $ 40,287,358      $ 743,621,525     $ 4,758,904  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    319,463        (14,882,899     (82,653
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 40,606,821      $ 728,738,626     $ 4,676,251  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    850,000        19,600,000       100,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 47.77      $ 37.18     $ 46.76  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None        None       None  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Securities loaned, at value

  $      $ 13,134,006     $  

(b)  Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

  $ 31,642,536      $ 625,985,677     $ 3,715,179  

(c)  Investments, at cost — Affiliated

  $ 7,904,926      $ 208,939,732     $ 1,037,458  

(d)  Foreign currency, at cost

  $      $ 259     $  

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

Year Ended October 31, 2018

 

   



iShares
Bloomberg
Roll Select
Commodity
Strategy ETF
 
 
 
 
(a)  
   


iShares
Commodities
Select
Strategy ETF
 
 
 
 
   


iShares
Gold
Strategy
ETF
 
 
 
(b)   

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends — Unaffiliated

  $     $ 4,327,290     $  

Dividends — Affiliated

    59,629       1,223,244       3,155  

Interest — Unaffiliated

    520,338       6,597,081       28,345  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

          50,996        

Foreign taxes withheld

    (12,117     (470,504     (384
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    567,850       11,728,107       31,116  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

     

Investment advisory fees

    75,370       2,626,652       4,749  

Proxy fees

          24        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    75,370       2,626,676       4,749  

Less:

     

Investment advisory fees waived

    (48,205     (3,896     (1,127
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    27,165       2,622,780       3,622  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    540,685       9,105,327       27,494  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investments — Unaffiliated(c)

    510       1,373,381       116  

Investments — Affiliated

          (666     (16,897

In-kind redemptions — Unaffiliated

          2,644,079        

Futures contracts

    (2,480,909     57,347,537       (226,200

Foreign currency transactions

          (142      

Payment by affiliate

          1,669,892        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (2,480,399     63,034,081       (242,981
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

     

Investments — Unaffiliated

    (2,553     (20,983,825     (69

Investments — Affiliated

          400       (55,365

Futures contracts

    (173,742     (24,292,188     (52,828

Foreign currency translations

          (22      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (176,295     (45,275,635     (108,262
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2,656,694     17,758,446       (351,243
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (2,116,009   $ 26,863,773     $ (323,749
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  For the period from April 03, 2018 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2018.

     

(b)  For the period from June 06, 2018 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2018.

     

(c)  Net of foreign capital gain tax of

  $     $ (2   $  

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares
Bloomberg Roll
Select
Commodity
Strategy ETF
    iShares
Commodities Select Strategy ETF
    iShares
Gold Strategy
ETF
 
    Period From           Period From  
    04/03/18 (a)       Year Ended       Year Ended       06/06/18 (a)  
    to 10/31/18       10/31/18       10/31/17       to 10/31/18  

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 540,685     $ 9,105,327     $ 1,920,197     $ 27,494  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (2,480,399     63,034,081       6,349,412       (242,981

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (176,295     (45,275,635     14,891,942       (108,262
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (2,116,009     26,863,773       23,161,551       (323,749
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(b)(c)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

          (19,895,785     (1,863,172      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

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

    42,722,830       462,814,807       (83,162,362     5,000,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS(c)

       

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    40,606,821       469,782,795       (61,863,983     4,676,251  

Beginning of period

          258,955,831       320,819,814        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 40,606,821     $ 728,738,626     $ 258,955,831     $ 4,676,251  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)   

Commencement of operations.

(b)  

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

(c)   

Prior year distribution character information and undistributed net investment income has been modified or removed to conform with current year Regulation S-X presentation changes. Refer to Note 12 for this prior year information.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout the period)

 

 

iShares
Bloomberg
Roll

Select
Commodity
Strategy
ETF

 
 

 

 

 
   

Period

From

 

 

    04/03/18 (a)  
    to  
    10/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.00  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.58  

Net realized and unrealized loss(c)

    (2.81
 

 

 

 

Net decrease from investment operations

    (2.23
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 47.77  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

 

Based on net asset value

    (4.46 )%(d) 
 

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Total expenses

    0.28 %(e) 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.10 %(e) 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.01 %(e) 
 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 40,607  
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    0 %(d)  
 

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Annualized.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF

 
 

 

 

 
            Period From  
    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended       10/15/14 (a)  
    10/31/18       10/31/17       10/31/16       10/31/15       to 10/31/14  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 35.97     $ 32.41     $ 32.97     $ 50.68     $ 50.04  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(b)

    0.63       0.31       0.16       0.26       (0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    2.62       3.58       (0.57     (17.35     0.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    3.25       3.89       (0.41     (17.09     0.64  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

         

From net investment income

    (2.04     (0.33     (0.15     (0.61      

Return of capital

                      (0.01      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (2.04     (0.33     (0.15     (0.62      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 37.18     $ 35.97     $ 32.41     $ 32.97     $ 50.68  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return

         

Based on net asset value

    9.29 %(e)       12.08     (1.23 )%      (33.88 )%      1.28 %(f)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

         

Total expenses

    0.48     0.48     0.48     0.48     0.48 %(g)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.48     0.48     0.48     0.48     0.48 %(g)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    1.66     0.93     0.51     0.68     (0.23 )%(g) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 728,739     $ 258,956     $ 320,820     $ 253,857     $ 20,273  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    167     44     43     76     0 %(f)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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

(d) 

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

(e) 

Includes payment received from an affiliate, which impacted the Fund’s total return. Excluding the payment from an affiliate, the Fund’s total return would have been 9.06%.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout the period)

 

    iShares Gold  
    Strategy ETF  
 

 

 

 
    Period From  
    06/06/18 (a)  
    to 10/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.00  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.27  

Net realized and unrealized loss(c)

    (3.51
 

 

 

 

Net decrease from investment operations

    (3.24
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 46.76  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

 

Based on net asset value

    (6.48 )%(d) 
 

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Total expenses

    0.25 %(e) 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.19 %(e) 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.45 %(e) 
 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 4,676  
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    13 %(d)  
 

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

 

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) 

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

 

(d) 

Not annualized.

 

(e) 

Annualized.

 

(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

1.    ORGANIZATION

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

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

 

     Diversification      
iShares ETF   Classification      

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy(a)

    Non-diversified      

Commodities Select Strategy

    Diversified      

Gold Strategy(b)

    Non-diversified      

 

  (a) 

The Fund commenced operations on April 03, 2018.

 

 

  (b) 

The Fund commenced operations on June 06, 2018.

 

Basis of Consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements for each Fund include the accounts of its wholly-owned subsidiary in the Cayman Islands (each, a “Subsidiary”) that invests in certain “commodity-linked instruments” and cash and cash equivalents in accordance with each Fund’s investment objective. In compliance with Sub-chapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, each Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in its Subsidiary. Intercompany accounts and transactions, if any, have been eliminated. Each Fund’s commodity-linked instruments held in its Subsidiary are intended to provide the Fund with exposure to applicable commodity markets or commodities consistent with current U.S. federal income tax laws applicable to investment companies such as the Fund. Each Subsidiary has the same investment objective as its Fund.

2.    SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source. Any taxes withheld that are reclaimable from foreign tax authorities are reflected in tax reclaims receivable. Distributions received by the Funds may include a return of capital that is estimated by management. Such amounts are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains. Upon notification from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be re-designated as a return of capital or capital gain. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date and recorded as non-cash dividend income at fair value. Interest income is accrued daily. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, and payment- in-kind interest income, if any, are recognized daily on the accrual basis.

Foreign Currency Translation: The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in non-U.S. currencies are translated to U.S. dollars using prevailing market rates as quoted by one or more data service providers. Purchases and sales of investments, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

Each Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of investments. Such fluctuations are reflected by the Funds as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments for financial reporting purposes. Each Fund reports realized currency gain (loss) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its consolidated statement of operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of October 31, 2018, if any, are disclosed in the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities.

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

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

 

 

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Net income and realized gains from investments held by each Subsidiary are treated as ordinary income for tax purposes. If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary in any taxable year, the loss will generally not be available to offset the Fund’s ordinary income and/or capital gains for that year.

Recent Accounting Standards: In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13 “Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” which modifies disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance to the Funds.

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

3.    INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fund determines the fair value of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

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

   

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

   

Fixed-income investments are valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or prices (including evaluated prices) supplied by approved independent third-party pricing services. Pricing services generally value fixed income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information and by other methods, which may include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; general market conditions; and/or other factors and assumptions.

   

Exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s last traded price or official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the fund is primarily traded. Funds traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last traded price.

   

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

   

Futures contract notional values are determined based on that day’s last reported settlement price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of an investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and the cost approach. Valuation techniques used under these approaches take into consideration inputs that include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other inputs, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Trust’s pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values, and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

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

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

   

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

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification

 

 

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is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The fair value hierarchy for each Fund’s investments is included in its consolidated schedule of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

4.    SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

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

As of October 31, 2018, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government obligations. Cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, or its affiliates and is disclosed in the consolidated schedules of investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan for each Fund, if any, are also disclosed in its consolidated schedule of investments. The market value of any securities on loan as of October 31, 2018 and the value of the related cash collateral are disclosed in the consolidated statements of assets and liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by a fund under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. The value of the collateral is typically greater than the market value of the securities loaned, leaving the lender with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the fund can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities.

The following table is a summary of the securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA as of October 31, 2018:

 

 

 
    Market Value of      Cash Collateral     Non-Cash Collateral         

iShares ETF and Counterparty

    Securities on Loan        Received (a)        Received        Net Amount  

 

 

Commodities Select Strategy

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 1,772,888      $ 1,772,888     $      $  

Barclays Capital Inc.

    1,177,971        1,177,971               

BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International Ltd.

    248,040        236,994              (11,046 )(b) 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

    17,488        17,488               

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    2,812,280        2,812,280               

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

    8,123        8,123               

HSBC Bank PLC

    5,946,156        5,946,156               

JPMorgan Securities LLC

    356,614        356,614               

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

    394,281        394,281               

State Street Bank & Trust Company

    250,015        250,015               

UBS AG

    150,150        150,150               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 13,134,006      $  13,122,960     $                 —      $ (11,046
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s consolidated statement of assets and liabilities.

 

 

  (b) 

Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by a counterparty.

 

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

 

 

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5.    DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: The Funds invest in commodity futures contracts to gain exposure to the applicable commodities markets. Futures contracts are standardized, exchange-traded agreements to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a set price on a future date. Depending on the terms of a contract, a futures contract is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to pledge to the executing broker which holds segregated from its own assets, an amount of cash, U.S. government securities or other high-quality debt and equity securities equal to the minimum initial margin requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Securities deposited as initial margin, if any, are designated in the consolidated schedule of investments and cash deposited, if any, is shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities.

Pursuant to the contract, a fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable or payable on futures contracts in the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the consolidated statement of operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. Losses may arise if the notional value of a futures contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument during the term of the contract or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and the assets underlying such contracts.

6.    INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

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

 

iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fee  

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy

    0.28

Commodities Select Strategy

    0.48  

Gold Strategy

    0.25  

Expense Waivers: A fund may incur its pro rata share of fees and expenses attributable to its investments in other investment companies (“acquired fund fees and expenses”). BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for the iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF through February 29, 2024 in an amount equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, attributable to the Fund’s investments in other registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates. Additionally, BFA has voluntarily waived a portion of its investment advisory fee for the Fund in the amount of $3,896.

For the period ended October 31, 2018, BFA voluntarily waived its investment advisory fees for the iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF in the amount of $48,205.

BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for the iShares Gold Strategy ETF through February 29, 2024 in an amount equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, attributable to the Fund’s investments in other exchange-traded products sponsored by BFA or its affiliates, provided that the waiver be no greater than the Fund’s investment advisory fee of 0.25%.

Each Subsidiary has entered into a separate contract with BFA under which BFA provides investment advisory services to the Subsidiary but does not receive separate compensation from the Subsidiary for providing it with such services. Each Subsidiary has also entered into separate arrangements that provide for the provision of other services to the Subsidiary (including administrative, custody, transfer agency and other services), and BFA pays the costs and expenses related to the provision of those services.

Sub-Adviser: BFA has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock International Limited (the “Sub-Adviser”),an affiliate of BFA, under which BFA pays the Sub-Adviser for services it provides to the iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF and its Subsidiary.

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

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan in a money market fund managed by BFA, or its affiliates, however, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04% (the “collateral investment fees”). Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the

 

 

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reinvestment of cash collateral (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 80% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in a given calendar year exceeds the aggregate securities lending income generated across the iShares ETF Complex in the calendar year 2013, each Fund, pursuant to a securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income – affiliated – net in its consolidated statement of operations. For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

iShares ETF   Fees Paid  
to BTC  
 

Commodities Select Strategy

  $  13,590    

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

Other Transactions: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock for 1940 Act purposes.

During the year ended October 31, 2018, iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF accrued for a reimbursement of $1,669,892 from an affiliate, which is included in payment by affiliate in the consolidated statement of operations, related to an operating event.

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

7.    PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended October 31, 2018, purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales    

Commodities Select Strategy

  $  301,406,319      $  262,029,734    

Gold Strategy

    139,950        285,631    

For the year ended October 31, 2018, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    

In-kind  

Sales  

 

Commodities Select Strategy

  $  149,663,507      $  16,605,944    

Gold Strategy

    1,198,445        —    

8.    INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of each Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of October 31, 2018, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ consolidated financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of October 31, 2018, the following permanent differences attributable to the use of equalization, realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions and the character of income (losses) from Subsidiary were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF   Paid-in Capital     Accumulated  
Earnings (Loss)  
 

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy

  $  (2,435,472   $ 2,435,472    

Commodities Select Strategy

    24,112,997       (24,112,997)   

Gold Strategy

    (241,096     241,096    

 

 

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The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
10/31/18
     Year Ended
10/31/17
 

Commodities Select Strategy

    

Ordinary income

  $ 19,895,785      $  1,863,172  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of October 31, 2018, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    
Undistributed
Ordinary Income
 
 
    
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
 
 
   
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
 
(a) 
 
    Total    

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy

  $ 495,758      $     $ (176,295   $ 319,463    

Commodities Select Strategy

    38,473,502        (19,737,468     (33,618,933     (14,882,899)   

Gold Strategy

    25,609              (108,262     (82,653)   

 

  (a)  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

As of October 31, 2018, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards, with no expiration dates, available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Non-Expiring    

Commodities Select Strategy

  $ 19,737,468    

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF utilized $873,952 of its capital loss carryforwards.

A fund may own shares in certain foreign investment entities, referred to, under U.S. tax law, as “passive foreign investment companies.” Such fund may elect to mark-to-market annually the shares of each passive foreign investment company and would be required to distribute to shareholders any such marked-to-market gains.

As of October 31, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized  
Appreciation  
(Depreciation)  
 

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy

  $ 39,547,462      $ 136      $ (2,689   $ (2,553)   

Commodities Select Strategy

    835,661,092        6,722,155        (26,774,330     (20,052,175)   

Gold Strategy

    4,752,637        18        (55,452     (55,434)   

9.    PRINCIPAL RISKS

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

Market Risk: Market risk arises mainly from uncertainty about future values of financial instruments influenced by price, currency and interest rate movements. It represents the potential loss a fund may suffer through holding market positions in the face of market movements. A fund is exposed to market risk by its investment in equity, fixed income and/or financial derivative instruments or by its investment in underlying funds. The fair value of securities held by a fund may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuers of the securities including local, regional or global political, social or economic instability or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. The extent of a fund’s exposure to market risk is the market value of the investments held as shown in the fund’s consolidated schedule of investments.

Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves certain considerations and risks not typically associated with securities of U.S. issuers. Such risks include, but are not limited to: differences in accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; higher inflation rates, greater social, economic and political uncertainties; possible nationalization or expropriation of assets; less availability of public information about issuers; imposition of withholding or other taxes; higher transaction and custody costs and delays in settlement procedures; and lower level of regulation of the securities markets and issuers. Non-U.S. securities may be less liquid, more difficult to value, and have greater price volatility due to exchange rate fluctuations. These and other risks are heightened for investments in issuers from countries with less developed capital markets.

Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of fixed income investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (continued)

 

rate changes, usually making their price more volatile than those of securities with shorter durations. Given the environment of historically low interest rates, a fund may be subject to a greater risk of price losses if interest rates rise.

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or the counterparty to a financial transaction, including derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements or loans of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely interest and/or principal payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. BFA and its affiliates manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose a fund to issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of a fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to those financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in its consolidated statement of assets and liabilities.

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

The iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF and iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF (“COMT”) have substantial exposure to certain commodity markets through investments in commodity-linked instruments and for COMT, through commodity-related equities as well. Any negative changes in commodity markets that may be due to changes in supply and demand for the commodities, market events, regulatory developments or other factors that the Funds cannot control could have an adverse impact on the Funds’ portfolios.

The iShares Gold Strategy ETF has substantial exposure to gold through its investments in gold investments and the Fund’s portfolio may be adversely affected by changes or trends in the price of gold, which historically has been volatile. Governments, central banks, or other large holders can influence the production and sale of gold, which may adversely affect the performance of the Fund.

10.    CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

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

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

 

 
                        

Period Ended

10/31/18

 
          

 

 

 
iShares ETF                        Shares     Amount  

 

 

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy

            

Shares sold

             1,000,000       $50,058,752  

Shares redeemed

             (150,000     (7,335,922
          

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

             850,000       $42,722,830  
          

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 
   

Year Ended

10/31/18

          

Year Ended

10/31/17

 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount            Shares     Amount  

 

 

Commodities Select Strategy

          

Shares sold

    13,900,000     $ 519,754,209          4,200,000     $ 143,234,708  

Shares redeemed

    (1,500,000     (56,939,402        (6,900,000     (226,397,070
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    12,400,000     $ 462,814,807          (2,700,000   $ (83,162,362
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 
                        

Period Ended

10/31/18

 
          

 

 

 
iShares ETF                        Shares      Amount  

 

 

Gold Strategy

             

Shares sold

             100,000        $5,000,000  
          

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (continued)

 

11.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 16, 2016, investors in certain iShares funds (iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF, iShares Select Dividend ETF, iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF, iShares Morningstar Large-Cap ETF, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF) filed a class action lawsuit against iShares Trust, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its advisory affiliates, and certain directors/trustees and officers of the Funds (collectively, “Defendants”) in California State Court. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to adequately disclose in the prospectuses issued by the funds noted above the risks of using stop-loss orders in the event of a ‘flash crash’, such as the one that occurred on May 6, 2010. On September 18, 2017, the court issued a Statement of Decision holding that the Plaintiffs lack standing to assert their claims. On October 11, 2017, the court entered final judgment dismissing all of the Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice. Plaintiffs have appealed the court’s decision.

12.    REGULATION S-X AMENDMENTS

On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification. The Funds have adopted the amendments pertinent to Regulation S-X in this shareholder report. The amendments impacted certain disclosure presentation on the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities, consolidated statement of changes in net assets and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Prior year distribution information and undistributed net investment income in the consolidated statement of changes in net assets has been modified to conform to the current year presentation in accordance with the Regulation S-X changes.

Distributions for the year ended October 31, 2017 were classified as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Net    

Investment Income    

 

 

 

Commodities Select Strategy

    $             1,863,172      

 

 

Undistributed net investment income as of October 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Undistributed    

net investment income    

 

 

 

Commodities Select Strategy

    $                 11,803,090      

 

 

13.    SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and

Shareholders of iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF,

iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF and iShares Gold Strategy ETF

Opinions on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of assets and liabilities, including the consolidated schedules of investments, of iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF, iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF and iShares Gold Strategy ETF and their subsidiaries (three of the funds constituting iShares U.S. ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of October 31, 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations and changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the consolidated financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of October 31, 2018, the results of each of their operations and changes in each of their net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF: consolidated statements of operations and changes in net assets for the period April 3, 2018 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2018.

 

 

iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF: consolidated statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2018 and consolidated statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2018.

 

 

iShares Gold Strategy ETF: consolidated statements of operations and changes in net assets for the period June 6, 2018 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2018.

 

Basis for Opinions

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

December 21, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)

 

For corporate shareholders, the percentage of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018 that qualified for the dividends-received deduction were as follows:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Dividends-Received   

Deduction   

 

 

 

Commodities Select Strategy

    4.04%  

 

 

The following maximum amounts are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Qualified Dividend  

Income  

 

 

 

Commodities Select Strategy

  $ 4,097,803    

 

 

The Fund hereby designates the following amount of distributions from direct federal obligation interest for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018:

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Federal Obligation  

Interest  

 

 

 

Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy

  $ 29,392    

Commodities Select Strategy

    405,376    

Gold Strategy

    1,375    

 

 

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percent of ordinary income dividends attribute to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisers to determine if any portion of the dividends received is exempt from state income tax.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

I. iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”) on behalf of the Fund. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Contract. At a meeting on May 11, 2018, a committee composed of all of the Independent Trustees (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or their independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At these meetings, the 15(c) Committee reviewed and discussed information provided in response to the 15(c) Committee’s initial requests, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on May 24, 2018, management presented additional information to the Board relating to the continuance of the Advisory Contract, including information requested by the 15(c) Committee during its initial meeting. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information at length. The Independent Trustees requested from management certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 12-14, 2018, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests. After extensive discussions, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Contract for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) economies of scale; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Trustees, to approve the Advisory Contract are discussed below.

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

The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

Because the Fund had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017, the Board did not review any performance information for the Fund.

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

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BFA: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent and proposed enhancements to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Contract for the coming year as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the June 12-14, 2018 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance policies and procedures.

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

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the profitability of the iShares complex to BlackRock, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Contract), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the iShares funds’ operations for the last calendar year. The Board did not consider the profitability of the Fund to BFA and its affiliates since the Fund had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology for the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during their meetings. The Board noted that the 15(c)Committee had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during its meetings. The Board further noted that it considered the supplemental information the 15(c) Committee requested, which BlackRock provided, regarding the methodology. The Board discussed the sources of direct and ancillary revenue with management, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock

 

 

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affiliate, from securities lending by the iShares funds. The Board noted that it expects to receive profitability information from BFA on at least an annual basis following the Fund’s launch and thus be in a position to evaluate whether any new or additional breakpoints or other adjustments in Fund fees would be appropriate.

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

Based on this review of the sharing of scale benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the information concerning the sharing of scale benefits supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with a similar investment strategy or investment mandate as the Fund. The Board further noted that BFA provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded ETF, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate. The Board also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Contract for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: Except as noted below, the Board did not consider the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue to be received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services to be provided to the Fund by BFA, since the Fund has not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017. The Board reviewed the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to other iShares funds by BFA, such as payment of revenue to BTC, the securities lending agent to the iShares funds, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s profitability methodology), and payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the iShares funds in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the iShares funds. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the iShares funds placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions) are reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

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

II. iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”), and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between BFA and BlackRock International Limited (“BIL”) (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”), on behalf of the Fund. The Advisory Contract and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to hereafter as the “Advisory Agreements”. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreements. At a meeting on May 11, 2018, a committee composed of all of the Independent Trustees (the “15(c) Committee”),with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or their independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At these meetings, the 15(c)Committee reviewed and discussed information provided

 

 

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in response to the 15(c) Committee’s initial requests, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on May 24, 2018, management presented additional information to the Board relating to the continuance of the Advisory Agreements, including information requested by the 15(c) Committee during its initial meeting. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information at length. The Independent Trustees requested from management certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 12-14, 2018, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests. After extensive discussions, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreements for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Agreements for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) economies of scale; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Trustees, to approve the Advisory Agreements are discussed below.

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

The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds. The Board also noted that BFA pays BIL for its sub-advisory services, and that there are no additional fees imposed on the Fund in respect of the services provided under the Sub-Advisory Agreement.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-, three-, five-, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, to that of relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods.

The Board noted that the Fund is an actively managed ETF that does not seek to track the performance of a specified index and that the management team for the Fund manages the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. The Board further noted that, during the prior year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its reference benchmark. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with expectations relative to the Fund’s reference benchmark.

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

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BFA: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent and proposed enhancements to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA (and any services provided by BIL on BFA’s behalf or at BFA’s direction) under the Advisory Agreements for the coming year as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA and BIL during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered the investment philosophy and experience of BFA and BIL, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board also considered the compliance program of BFA and BIL and their compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the June 12-14, 2018 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s and BIL’s portfolio compliance policies and procedures.

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

Costs of Services Provided to Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Contract), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology for the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during their meetings. The Board further noted that it considered the supplemental information the 15(c) Committee requested, which BlackRock provided, regarding the methodology. The Board discussed the sources of direct and ancillary revenue with management,

 

 

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including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Contract and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, were within a reasonable range in light of the factors and other information considered.

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

Based on this review of the sharing of scale benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the information concerning the sharing of scale benefits supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreements for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with similar investment strategy or investment mandate as the Fund. The Board further noted that BFA provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded ETF, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate. The Board also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Contract for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, such as payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s profitability methodology), and payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions) are reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreements for the coming year.

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

III. iShares Gold Strategy ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Trustees”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”) on behalf of the Fund. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Contract. At a meeting on May 11, 2018, a committee composed of all of the Independent Trustees (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or their independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At these meetings, the 15(c) Committee reviewed and discussed information provided in response to the 15(c) Committee’s initial requests, and requested certain additional

 

 

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information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on May 24, 2018, management presented additional information to the Board relating to the continuance of the Advisory Contract, including information requested by the 15(c) Committee during its initial meeting. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information at length. The Independent Trustees requested from management certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 12-14, 2018, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests. After extensive discussions, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Contract for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) economies of scale; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Trustees, to approve the Advisory Contract are discussed below.

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

The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

Because the Fund had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017, the Board did not review any performance information for the Fund.

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

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by BFA: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent and proposed enhancements to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Contract for the coming year as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies provided at the June 12-14, 2018 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance policies and procedures.

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

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the profitability of the iShares complex to BlackRock, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Contract), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the iShares funds’ operations for the last calendar year. The Board did not consider the profitability of the Fund to BFA and its affiliates since the Fund had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology for the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during their meetings. The Board noted that the 15(c) Committee had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation during its meetings. The Board further noted that it considered the supplemental information the 15(c) Committee requested, which BlackRock provided, regarding the methodology. The Board discussed the sources of direct and ancillary revenue with management, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the iShares funds. The Board noted that it expects to receive profitability information from BFA on at least an annual basis following the Fund’s launch and thus be in a position to evaluate whether any new or additional breakpoints or other adjustments in Fund fees would be appropriate.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result from increases in the Fund’s assets, noting that the issue of economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ costs in providing services. The cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level of fixed and variable costs, as well as the nature of such costs, may impact the existence or size of scale benefits. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their

 

 

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shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Contract for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that a breakpoint structure for the Fund may be appropriate should material economies of scale exist in the future that are not otherwise shared, and that it would continue to monitor the sharing of economies of scale to determine the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

Based on this review of the sharing of scale benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the information concerning the sharing of scale benefits supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with a similar investment strategy or investment mandate as the Fund. The Board further noted that BFA provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded ETF, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate. The Board also considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement. The Board noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Contract for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: Except as noted below, the Board did not consider the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue to be received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services to be provided to the Fund by BFA, since the Fund has not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017. The Board reviewed the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to other iShares funds by BFA, such as payment of revenue to BTC, the securities lending agent to the iShares funds, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s profitability methodology), and payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the iShares funds in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the iShares funds. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the iShares funds placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions) are reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Contract for the coming year.

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

 

 

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Supplemental Information  (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are for financial reporting purposes and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and character of the distributions for tax reporting purposes will be reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV which is sent to shareholders shortly after calendar year-end.

 

     Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year
             % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year
 
 

 

 

       

 

 

 
iShares ETF  

Net

Investment

Income

    

Net Realized

Capital Gains

    

Return of

Capital

    

Total Per

Share

            

Net

Investment

Income

   

Net Realized

Capital Gains

   

Return of

Capital

   

Total Per

Share

 

Commodities Select Strategy

  $ 2.044803        $                —        $          —        $2.044803                 100             100

Premium/Discount Information

The Premium/Discount Information section is intended to present information about the differences between the daily market price on secondary markets for shares of a fund and that fund’s NAV. NAV is the price at which a fund issues and redeems shares. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The “Market Price” of a fund generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary securities exchange on which shares of such fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the fund’s NAV is calculated. A fund’s Market Price may be at, above or below its NAV. The NAV of a fund will fluctuate with changes in the value of its portfolio holdings. The Market Price of a fund will fluctuate in accordance with changes in its NAV, as well as market supply and demand.

Premiums or discounts are the differences (expressed as a percentage) between the NAV and Market Price of a fund on a given day, generally at the time the NAV is calculated. A premium is the amount that a fund is trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. A discount is the amount that a fund is trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV.

Premium/discount information for the Funds covering the most recently completed calendar year and the most recently completed calendar quarters since that year (or since the Fund began trading, if shorter) is publicly accessible, free of charge, at www.iShares.com.

The following information shows the frequency of distributions of premiums and discounts for the Funds for the immediately preceding five calendar years (or from the date a Fund began trading on the secondary market, if less than five years) through the date of the most recent calendar quarter-end. Each line in each table shows the number of trading days in which the Fund traded within the premium/discount range indicated. Premium/discount ranges with no trading days are omitted. The number of trading days in each premium/discount range is also shown as a percentage of the total number of trading days in the period covered by each table. All data presented here represents past performance, which cannot be used to predict future results.

iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF

Period Covered: April 05, 2018 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range  

Number

of Days

    

Percentage of

Total Days

 

Greater than 6.0%

    1        0.81

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

    87        70.15  

At NAV

    4        3.23  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

    32        25.81  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
    124        100.00
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF

Period Covered: October 16, 2014 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range   Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 6.0%

    1        0.10

Greater than 1.0% and Less than 1.5%

    1        0.10  

Greater than 0.5% and Less than 1.0%

    4        0.40  

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

    424        42.57  

At NAV

    45        4.52  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

    503        50.50  

Less than –0.5% and Greater than –1.0%

    17        1.71  

Less than –1.0% and Greater than –1.5%

    1        0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
    996        100.00
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

iShares Gold Strategy ETF

Period Covered: June 08, 2018 through September 30, 2018

 

Premium/Discount Range   Number
of Days
     Percentage of
Total Days
 

Greater than 0.0% and Less than 0.5%

    48        60.75

At NAV

    1        1.27  

Less than 0.0% and Greater than –0.5%

    29        36.71  

Less than –2.0% and Greater than –2.5%

    1        1.27  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
    79        100.00
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. The President, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer and Secretary shall each hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify, and all other officers shall hold office until he or she resigns or is removed. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of closed-end funds, two complexes of open-end funds and one complex of exchange-traded funds (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the BlackRock Fund Complex referred to as the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares Trust, and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 343 funds as of October 31, 2018. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Mark K. Wiedman, Charles Park, Martin Small and Benjamin Archibald, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Wiedman, Mr. Park, Mr. Small and Mr. Archibald is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. The Board has designated Cecilia H. Herbert as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

Interested Trustees

       
Name (Age)   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Robert S. Kapito(a) (61)   Trustee (since 2011).    President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).    Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2009).
Mark K. Wiedman(b) (47)   Trustee (since 2013).    Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2016); Global Head of iShares (2011-2016); Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2011).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2013); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2013); Director of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (since 2008).

 

(a)   

Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b)   

Mark K. Wiedman is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

Independent Trustees

       
Name (Age)   Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Cecilia H. Herbert (69)  

Trustee (since 2011);

Independent Board Chair (since 2016).

   Trustee and Member of the Finance, Technology and Quality Committee of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, WNET, a New York public media company (since 2011); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (since 1992) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School.    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares Trust (since 2016); Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (since 2009); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (since 2015).
Jane D. Carlin (62)  

Trustee (since 2015);

Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).

   Consultant (since 2012); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2015); Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (since 2012); Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since (2016).
Richard L. Fagnani (63)  

Trustee (since 2017);

Equity Plus Committee Chair (since 2017).

   Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees  (continued)

       
Name (Age)   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Charles A. Hurty (75)

 

Trustee (since 2011);

Audit Committee Chair

(since 2011).

   Retired; Partner, KPMG LLP (1968-2001).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Director of SkyBridge Alternative Investments Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC (2 portfolios) (since 2002).
       

John E. Kerrigan (63)

 

Trustee (since 2011);

Securities Lending Committee Chair

(since 2016).

   Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005).

Drew E. Lawton (59)

 

Trustee (since 2017);

15(c) Committee Chair

(since 2017).

   Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).
       

John E. Martinez (57)

 

Trustee (since 2011);

Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2016).

   Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2003).

Madhav V. Rajan (54)

 

Trustee (since 2011);

Nominating and Governance Committee Chair (since 2017).

   Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2011).
Officers
Name (Age)   Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

Martin Small (43)

  President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of U.S. iShares (since 2015); Co-Head of the U.S. Financial Markets Advisory Group, BlackRock, Inc. (2008-2014).

Jack Gee (59)

  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2011).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Senior Director of Fund Administration of Intermediary Investor Business, BGI (2009).

Charles Park (51)

  Chief Compliance Officer (since 2011).    Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and the Closed-End Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Benjamin Archibald (43)

  Secretary (since 2015).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2013); Secretary of the BlackRock-advised Mutual Funds (since 2012).

Steve Messinger (56)

  Executive Vice President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2007-2014 and since 2016); Managing Director, Beacon Consulting Group (2014-2016).

Scott Radell (49)

  Executive Vice President (since 2012).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Head of Portfolio Solutions, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

Alan Mason (57)

  Executive Vice President (since 2016).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009).

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

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

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to www.icsdelivery.com.

   

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

Householding

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

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The iShares Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The iShares Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The iShares Funds also disclose their complete schedule of portfolio holdings on a daily basis on the iShares website at www.iShares.com.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

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

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipt
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

Portfolio Abbreviations - Fixed Income

 

LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate

 

 

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For more information visit www.iShares.com or call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737)

 

 

 

 

This report is intended for the Funds’ shareholders. It may not be distributed to prospective investors unless it is preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus.

 

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

 

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

 

©2018 BlackRock, Inc. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

 
   

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Item 2.

Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics was amended to clarify an inconsistency in to whom persons covered by the code should report suspected violations of the code. The amendment clarifies that such reporting should be made to BlackRock’s General Counsel, and retains the alternative option of anonymous reporting following “whistleblower” policies. Other non-material changes were also made in connection with this amendment. During the period covered by this report, there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-474-2737.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the registrant has more than one audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined under Item 3(b) and 3(c), serving on its audit committee. The audit committee financial experts serving on the registrant’s audit committee are Charles A. Hurty, Richard L. Fagnani (began serving on the audit committee effective as of June 20, 2017 and was designated as an audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee effective as of September 15, 2017), John E. Kerrigan, and Madhav V. Rajan, all of whom are independent, as that term is defined under Item 3(a)(2).


Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The principal accountant fees disclosed in items 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 4(d) and 4(g) are for the eleven series of the registrant for which the fiscal year-end is October 31, 2018 (the “Funds”), and whose annual financial statements are reported in Item 1.

 

  (a)

Audit Fees – The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Funds’ annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $119,550 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2017 and $157,950 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018.

 

  (b)

Audit-Related Fees – There were no fees billed for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2017 and October 31, 2018 for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Fund’s financial statements and are not reported under (a) of this Item.

 

  (c)

Tax Fees – The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for the Funds were $34,029 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2017 and $41,591 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. These services related to the review of the Funds’ tax returns and excise tax calculations.

 

  (d)

All Other Fees – There were no other fees billed in each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2017 and October 31, 2018 for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in (a) through (c) of this Item.

 

  (e)

(1) The registrant’s audit committee charter, as amended, provides that the audit committee is responsible for the approval, prior to appointment, of the engagement of the principal accountant to annually audit and provide their opinion on the registrant’s financial statements. The audit committee must also approve, prior to appointment, the engagement of the principal accountant to provide non-audit services to the registrant or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the registrant’s investment adviser (“Adviser Affiliate”) that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.

(2) There were no services described in (b) through (d) above that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

  (f)

None of the hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the Funds’ financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018 were attributable to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

 

  (g)

The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the Funds, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the last two fiscal years were $34,029 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2017 and $41,591 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018.

 

  (h)

The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, if any, is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence, and has determined that the provision of these services, if any, does not compromise the principal accountant’s independence.


Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

(a) The registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934 and has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant’s audit committee members are Charles A. Hurty, Richard L. Fagnani (began serving on the audit committee effective as of June 20, 2017), John E. Kerrigan, and Madhav V. Rajan.

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 6.

Investments.

 

  (a)

Schedules of investments are included as part of the reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

  (b)

Not applicable.

 

Item 7.

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

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 9.

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

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 11.

Controls and Procedures.

(a) The President (the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (the registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act of 1934.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.

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

Not applicable to the registrant.


Item 13.

Exhibits.

(a) (1) Code of Ethics is not filed as an exhibit; please refer to Item 2.

(a) (2) Section 302 Certifications are attached.

(a) (3) Not applicable.

(a) (4) Not applicable.

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached.


SIGNATURES

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

 

iShares U.S. ETF Trust
By:  

/s/ Martin Small

  Martin Small, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date:     December 28, 2018

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/ Martin Small

  Martin Small, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date:     December 28, 2018

 

By:  

/s/ Jack Gee

  Jack Gee, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date:     December 28, 2018