0001752724-19-133902.txt : 20190926 0001752724-19-133902.hdr.sgml : 20190926 20190926165608 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-133902 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-EX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190926 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iShares U.S. ETF Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001524513 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-EX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22649 FILM NUMBER: 191118586 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 0001524513 S000042862 iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF C000132817 iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF LQDH ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-127895 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_11111928402745645.htm iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

July 31, 2019

  

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Investment Companies

   
Exchange-Traded Funds — 98.6%            

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF(a)(b)

    1,081,901     $ 134,512,752  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 98.6%
(Cost: $127,546,942)

      134,512,752  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 47.5%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.45%(a)(c)(d)

    62,639,171       62,670,490  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.25%(a)(c)

    2,064,000       2,064,000  
   

 

 

 
      64,734,490  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 47.5%
(Cost: $64,734,618)

 

    64,734,490  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 146.1%
(Cost: $192,281,560)

 

    199,247,242  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (46.1)%

      (62,890,992
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  136,356,250  
   

 

 

 

 

 

(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 nine months ended July 31, 2019, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   

Shares

Held at

10/31/18

    

Shares

Purchased

    

Shares

Sold

    

Shares

Held at

07/31/19

    

Value at

07/31/19

     Income     

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

     78,148,424               (15,509,253 )(a)       62,639,171      $ 62,670,490      $ 64,230 (b)      $ (1,278    $ (3,755

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     2,972,028               (908,028 )(a)        2,064,000        2,064,000        45,002                

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

     1,824,319        845,488        (1,587,906      1,081,901        134,512,752        5,613,472        4,318,467        15,802,234  
              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
               $ 199,247,242      $ 5,722,704      $ 4,317,189      $ 15,798,479  
              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Net of purchases and sales.

 
  (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.

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

 
Paid by the Fund   

Received by the Fund

   Effective      Termination     

Notional

Amount

     

 

    

Upfront

Premium

Paid

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

 
Rate            Frequency         Rate(a)                Frequency      Date        Date        (000)       Value        (Received)        (Depreciation)  

 

 
1.17%    Semi-annual    2.27%    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/21        $(9,011   $ 152,710      $ 224,813      $ (72,103
2.38    Semi-annual    2.27    Quarterly      N/A        01/12/23        (24,778     (444,452      318,326        (762,778
2.46    Semi-annual    2.27    Quarterly      N/A        01/12/25        (16,581     (543,528      505,125        (1,048,653
1.44    Semi-annual    2.27    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/26        (32,814     989,982        2,817,525        (1,827,543
3.25    Semi-annual    2.27    Quarterly      N/A        10/18/28        (9,382     (1,048,406      (514,728      (533,678
2.34    Semi-annual    2.27    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/36        (23,220     (739,663      1,379,196        (2,118,859

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

July 31, 2019

  

iShares® Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps (continued)

 

 

 
Paid by the Fund   

    Received by the Fund    

   Effective      Termination     

Notional

Amount

     

 

    

Upfront

Premium

Paid

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

 
Rate    Frequency    Rate(a)    Frequency      Date        Date        (000)       Value        (Received)        (Depreciation)  

 

 
1.77%    Semi-annual    2.27%    Quarterly      N/A        12/08/46        $(9,687     $857,863        $2,459,179        $(1,601,316
3.33                Semi-annual        2.27                Quarterly      N/A        10/24/48        (5,527     (1,417,772      (616,790      (800,982
                   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                      $(2,193,266      $6,572,646        $(8,765,912
                   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents 3-month LIBOR. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period-end.

 

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 July 31, 2019. 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

   $ 134,512,752        $        $        $ 134,512,752  

Money Market Funds

     64,734,490                            64,734,490  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 199,247,242        $        $        $ 199,247,242  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Swaps

   $        $ (8,765,912      $        $ (8,765,912
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Fixed Income
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate

 

 

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