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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF
April 30, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Advertising — 0.2%          
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.(a)   3,950   $9,717 
Entravision Communications Corp., Class A   1,366    7,062 
National CineMedia Inc.   2,169    4,794 
         21,573 
Commercial Services — 2.2%          
Graham Holdings Co., Class B   108    63,976 
John Wiley & Sons Inc., Class A   458    23,308 
Nielsen Holdings PLC   6,857    183,836 
Viad Corp.(a)   144    4,716 
         275,836 
Entertainment — 9.6%          
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., Class A(a)   8,899    136,155 
Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)   912    60,447 
Churchill Downs Inc.   387    78,538 
Cinemark Holdings Inc.(a)(b)   2,799    44,392 
DraftKings Inc., Class A(a)(b)   4,825    66,006 
IMAX Corp.(a)   1,728    27,337 
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a)   3,627    48,928 
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B, NVS(a)   6,837    85,941 
Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)(b)   2,440    255,907 
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.(a)   535    39,189 
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.(a)(b)   432    70,032 
Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)   546    19,967 
Reading International Inc., Class A, NVS(a)   405    1,616 
Scientific Games Corp./DE, Class A(a)   1,190    66,711 
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.(a)   1,071    72,228 
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)   1,683    64,409 
Warner Music Group Corp., Class A   1,573    46,828 
         1,184,631 
Home Furnishings — 0.8%          
Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A   1,269    98,309 
           
Internet — 14.7%          
Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)   125    285,274 
Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)   125    287,416 
fuboTV Inc.(a)   4,363    16,536 
IAC/InterActiveCorp.(a)   1,277    105,838 
Match Group Inc.(a)   807    63,874 
Netflix Inc.(a)   1,523    289,918 
Roku Inc.(a)(b)   2,607    242,190 
Twitter Inc.(a)   10,444    511,965 
Vimeo Inc.(a)   733    7,469 
         1,810,480 
Leisure Time — 0.1%          
Carnival Corp.(a)   424    7,335 
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)   784    1,176 
         8,511 
Lodging — 0.2%          
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)   571    20,231 
Marcus Corp. (The)(a)   270    4,247 
         24,478 
Media — 53.5%          
Altice USA Inc., Class A(a)   5,947    55,188 
AMC Networks Inc., Class A(a)   1,696    55,340 
Audacy Inc(a)   5,958    15,133 
Cable One Inc.   146    170,265 
Charter Communications Inc., Class A(a)   1,024    438,774 

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Media (continued)          
Comcast Corp., Class A   14,372   $571,431 
DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)   6,250    178,188 
Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.(a)   3,537    80,467 
EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A, NVS(a)   3,710    61,067 
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS   17,836    639,242 
Fox Corp., Class B   10,044    333,863 
Gannett Co. Inc.(a)   1,952    7,828 
Gray Television Inc.   5,164    95,637 
Hemisphere Media Group Inc.(a)   927    3,606 
iHeartMedia Inc., Class A(a)   2,029    32,444 
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)   690    74,285 
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a)   3,311    370,236 
Liberty Global PLC, Class A(a)   2,799    63,705 
Liberty Global PLC, Class C, NVS(a)   8,082    191,543 
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a)   349    3,225 
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C, NVS(a)   2,052    18,960 
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a)   648    27,106 
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C, NVS(a)   744    31,159 
New York Times Co. (The), Class A   1,064    40,772 
News Corp., Class A, NVS   13,139    260,941 
News Corp., Class B   3,888    77,410 
Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A   2,742    434,388 
Paramount Global, Class A   296    9,339 
Paramount Global, Class B, NVS   19,487    567,461 
Saga Communications Inc., Class A   243    5,523 
Scholastic Corp., NVS   486    17,909 
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Class A   3,266    72,636 
Sirius XM Holdings Inc.(b)   33,949    203,694 
TEGNA Inc.   12,787    281,953 
Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)   4,841    540,401 
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.(a)   24,196    439,157 
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A   2,450    143,056 
         6,613,332 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.5%          
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A   1,035    114,274 
Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.(a)   722    67,493 
         181,767 
Retail — 1.0%          
GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)   647    80,920 
Qurate Retail Inc. Series A(a)   10,632    44,761 
         125,681 
Software — 11.3%          
Activision Blizzard Inc.   7,237    547,117 
Daily Journal Corp.(a)   18    4,629 
Electronic Arts Inc.   4,112    485,422 
Playtika Holding Corp.(a)   628    11,040 
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)   1,944    232,327 
Xperi Holding Corp.   962    15,007 
Zynga Inc., Class A(a)   12,797    105,831 
         1,401,373 
Telecommunications — 0.5%          
AT&T Inc.   1,963    37,022 
Harmonic Inc.(a)(b)   1,044    8,665 
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.   677    13,676 
         59,363 
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 3.4%          
Hasbro Inc.   3,688    324,765 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF
April 30, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Toys, Games & Hobbies (continued)          
Mattel Inc.(a)   4,114   $100,012 
         424,777 
Total Common Stocks — 99.0%          
(Cost: $14,920,021)       12,230,111 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 4.9%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.38%(c)(d)(e)   496,945    496,945 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.34%(c)(d)   108,000    108,000 
         604,945 
Total Short-Term Investments — 4.9%          
(Cost: $604,752)        604,945 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 103.9%          
(Cost: $15,524,773)        12,835,056 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (3.9)%        (483,481)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $12,351,575 

 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

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


Affiliates

 

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

 

Affiliated Issuer  Value at
07/31/21
   Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sales
   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value at
04/30/22
   Shares
Held at
04/30/22
   Income   Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $924,521   $   $(426,854)(a)  $(904)  $182   $496,945    496,945   $3,243(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   118,000        (10,000)(a)           108,000    108,000    52     
                  $(904)  $182   $604,945        $3,295   $ 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).  

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

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

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

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

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

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

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held

 

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April 30, 2022  

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

 

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

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Investments                
Assets                
Common Stocks  $12,230,111   $   $   $12,230,111 
Money Market Funds   604,945            604,945 
   $12,835,056   $   $   $12,835,056 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
 
NVS Non-Voting Shares

 

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