N-CSRS 1 d482162dncsrs.htm GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TRUST II Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II

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 811-23757

 

Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

200 West Street, New York, New York 10282

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Copies to:

Caroline Kraus, Esq.

 

Stephen H. Bier, Esq.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

 

Dechert LLP

200 West Street

 

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10282

 

New York, NY 10036

 

(Name and address of agents for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 902-1000

 

Date of fiscal year end: August 31

 

Date of reporting period: February 28, 2023

 

 

ITEM 1.

REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

    

The Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders is filed herewith.


Goldman Sachs Funds

 

 

 
Semi-Annual Report      

February 28, 2023

 
     

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

 

 

MarketBeta® is a registered trademark of GSAM.

 

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Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® ETFs

 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Market and Economic Review

    1  

Fund Basics

    3  

Schedule of Investments

    5  

Financial Statements

    15  

Financial Highlights

    18  

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

    18  

Notes to Financial Statements

    19  

Other Information

    27  

 

     
NOT FDIC-INSURED   May Lose Value   No Bank Guarantee


MARKET REVIEW

 

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

 

The following are highlights both of key factors affecting the U.S. equity market and of any key changes made to the Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF (the “Fund”) during the six months ended February 28, 2023 (the “Reporting Period”). A fuller review will appear in the Fund’s annual shareholder report covering the 12 months ended August 31, 2023.

Market and Economic Review

 

 

Overall, U.S. equities rose during the Reporting Period. The Standard & Poor’s 500® Index (the “S&P 500 Index”) ended the Reporting Period with a return of 1.26%. The Russell 3000® Index generated a return of 1.51%.

 

 

The market posted muted returns during the Reporting Period amid a backdrop of ongoing Federal Reserve (“Fed”) interest rate hikes to combat inflation, persistent recession worries, supply-chain disruptions, geopolitical tensions given the Russia/Ukraine war, and elevated concerns around China’s zero-COVID policy.

 

 

As the Reporting Period began in September 2022, the S&P 500 Index decreased primarily based on the noticeable tightening of financial conditions guided by expectations for a more aggressive global interest rate hiking cycle. Indeed, the Fed increased its “raise and hold” messaging as the end of September approached, a policy that received support on the back of higher than consensus expected August core inflation data and a still-tight labor market that showed only moderate signs of cooling off.

 

 

During the fourth quarter of 2022, the S&P 500 Index solidly increased, breaking its streak of three consecutive quarterly losses, attributable primarily to gains in October and November.

 

   

Investors continued to witness a variety of contradictory macroeconomic developments, highlighted by a noticeably hawkish Fed, consumer resilience, and economic data supporting the themes of slowing economic growth. (Hawkish tends to suggest higher interest rates; opposite of dovish.)

 

   

There was a dovish tilt surrounding consensus expectations for a reduction in the pace of monetary policy tightening, which was realized when the Fed announced a 50 basis point interest rate hike in December, following four successive 75 basis point increases. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.)

 

   

Positive inflation developments further supported market aspirations for a peak in the Fed tightening cycle, with October and November inflation data coming in lower than anticipated by most.

 

   

Despite the smaller interest rate hike, the Fed maintained its hawkish tone with its relentless higher-for-longer messaging that continued to be a headwind for the U.S. equities market.

 

   

Although the third quarter 2022 corporate earnings season provided disappointing results, companies emphasized a strong demand environment even against a backdrop of heightened macroeconomic uncertainty. Companies also focused on cost-cutting measures, as headlines of layoffs remained in the spotlight, especially within the information technology sector.

 

   

On the geopolitical front, the most constructive takeaways came from China’s zero-COVID pivot and pro-growth focus as well as Europe’s warmer than anticipated weather that helped settle concerns about an energy crisis there.

 

 

The S&P 500 Index rose in January 2023, rebounding from December 2022’s losses, gaining on a combination of heightened optimism around disinflationary signals, a cooling job market, positive reports about China’s economic reopening, better than consensus forecasted economic circumstances in Europe, improvements in supply-chain conditions and elevated hopes for the termination of the Fed’s tightening cycle. Collectively, these themes provided a strong case for the Fed’s soft landing scenario and the avoidance of a deep recession resulting from interest rate hikes. (A soft landing, in economics, is a cyclical downturn that avoids recession. It typically describes attempts by central banks to raise interest rates just enough to stop an economy from overheating and experiencing high inflation, without causing a significant increase in unemployment, or a hard landing.)

 

 

However, the S&P 500 Index then fell again in February 2023, giving back a portion of the prior month’s gains.

 

   

U.S. equities depreciated as the market’s modified Fed interest rate hike expectations and resilient economic data prompted a reduction in the progress of disinflation and heightened traction around several bearish themes. (Bearish refers to an expected downward movement in the prices of securities.)

 

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MARKET REVIEW

 

   

Early in February, the Fed raised the targeted federal funds rate by another 25 basis points as expected, and its accompanying statement seemed dovish. Still, Fed Chair Powell’s subsequent statement that further rate hikes will be necessary if economic data continues to come in stronger than expected shifted the Fed narrative more hawkish.

 

 

During the Reporting Period overall, value stocks meaningfully outperformed growth stocks within the large-cap and small-cap segments of the U.S. equity market, though growth stocks outpaced value stocks within the mid-cap segment.

 

 

The best performing sectors within the S&P 500 Index during the Reporting Period were materials, industrials, energy and financials, while the weakest performing sectors were utilities, consumer discretionary, real estate and communication services.

Fund Changes and Highlights

No material changes were made to the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

as of February 28, 2023

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of February 28, 2023       
  Market Price1   $ 34.63  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 34.58  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the Cboe NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on Cboe NYSE Arca, Inc. at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  PERFORMANCE REVIEW

 

     September 1, 2022–February 28, 2023   Fund Total Return
(based on NAV)2
     Fund Total Return
(based on Market Price)2
     Solactive
GBS
United States
1000 Index3
 
    Shares     1.39      1.39      1.28

 

2    Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

 

3    The Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF is not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Solactive GBS United States 1000 Index (“Solactive Index”) and/or Solactive Index trade mark or the Solactive Index Price at any time or in any other respect. The Solactive Indexes are calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Solactive Indexes are calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards the Fund, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Solactive Indexes to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of the Fund. Neither publication of a Solactive Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Solactive Index or Solactive Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with the Fund constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in the Fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in the Fund. Solactive AG is registered as a benchmark administrator under the Regulation (EU) 2016/2011 (BMR). Solactive appears on the ESMA register of administrators.

 

The returns set forth in the tables above represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted above. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown. In their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 2/28/234     
    

Holding

 

% of Net Assets

      

Line of Business

     Country
 

Apple, Inc.

    6.3      Information Technology      United States
 

Microsoft Corp.

    4.9        Information Technology      United States
 

Amazon.com, Inc.

    2.3        Consumer Discretionary      United States
 

Tesla, Inc.

    1.5        Consumer Discretionary      United States
 

NVIDIA Corp.

    1.5        Information Technology      United States
 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    1.4        Communication Services      United States
 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    1.3        Communication Services      United States
 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1.2        Energy      United States
 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1.2        Health Care      United States
   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1.1        Financials      United States

 

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4    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

5    Country and sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.1% of the Fund’s net assets as of February 28, 2023. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – 99.7%      
Communication Services – 7.3%  
  23,936     Activision Blizzard, Inc.   $ 1,825,120  
  199,027     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     17,924,372  
  175,712     Alphabet, Inc., Class C*     15,866,794  
  237,967     AT&T, Inc.     4,499,956  
  2,860     Bumble, Inc., Class A*     69,155  
  192     Cable One, Inc.     132,597  
  3,269     Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     1,201,717  
  143,250     Comcast Corp., Class A     5,324,602  
  8,338     DISH Network Corp., Class A*     95,136  
  9,176     Electronic Arts, Inc.     1,017,985  
  4,501     Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., Class A*     100,417  
  10,048     Fox Corp., Class A     351,881  
  4,555     Fox Corp., Class B     146,899  
  8,135     Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.*     222,574  
  2,602     IAC, Inc.*     135,148  
  12,864     Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)     457,186  
  3,753     Iridium Communications, Inc.*     230,322  
  533     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A*     46,227  
  3,998     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C*     346,507  
  785     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A*     47,697  
  6,453     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C*     437,965  
  2,530     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A*     81,947  
  5,014     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C*     161,551  
  5,170     Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*     372,550  
  34,218     Lumen Technologies, Inc.     116,341  
  9,290     Match Group, Inc.*     384,792  
  74,990     Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A*     13,118,751  
  14,642     Netflix, Inc.*     4,716,627  
  5,241     New York Times Co. (The), Class A     201,778  
  12,675     News Corp., Class A     217,376  
  3,853     News Corp., Class B     66,503  
  1,200     Nexstar Media Group, Inc.     223,080  
  6,740     Omnicom Group, Inc.     610,442  
  305     Paramount Global, Class A(a)     7,497  
  19,361     Paramount Global, Class B     414,713  
  19,329     Pinterest, Inc., Class A*     485,351  
  4,108     Playtika Holding Corp.*     39,437  
  11,466     ROBLOX Corp., Class A*     420,114  
  4,056     Roku, Inc.*     262,383  
  22,472     Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(a)     98,652  
  33,406     Snap, Inc., Class A*     339,071  
  3,974     Spotify Technology SA*     462,176  
  5,522     Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*     604,935  
  20,724     T-Mobile US, Inc.*     2,946,538  
  14,756     Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A*     825,746  
  140,332     Verizon Communications, Inc.     5,446,285  
  60,919     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     6,068,142  
  73,863     Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.*     1,153,740  
  3,936     Warner Music Group Corp., Class A     124,220  
  1,421     World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A     119,364  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Communication Services – (continued)  
  1,513     Ziff Davis, Inc.*   119,497  
  9,779     ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.*     236,358  
   

 

 

 
      90,926,214  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 11.0%  
  10,761     ADT, Inc.     81,138  
  1,970     Advance Auto Parts, Inc.     285,571  
  12,475     Airbnb, Inc., Class A*     1,537,918  
  297,367     Amazon.com, Inc.*     28,020,892  
  9,004     Aptiv PLC*     1,046,985  
  8,507     Aramark     313,058  
  2,793     Autoliv, Inc. (Sweden)     258,576  
  1,358     AutoNation, Inc.*     185,381  
  632     AutoZone, Inc.*     1,571,493  
  7,423     Bath & Body Works, Inc.     303,378  
  6,576     Best Buy Co., Inc.     546,531  
  1,292     Booking Holdings, Inc.*     3,261,008  
  7,782     BorgWarner, Inc.     391,279  
  2,409     Boyd Gaming Corp.     156,898  
  1,908     Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*     150,427  
  2,401     Brunswick Corp.     209,895  
  2,169     Burlington Stores, Inc.*     464,708  
  6,851     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*     347,757  
  4,225     Capri Holdings Ltd.*     209,433  
  5,260     CarMax, Inc.*     363,150  
  33,012     Carnival Corp.*     350,587  
  3,007     Chewy, Inc., Class A*     121,934  
  919     Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*     1,370,303  
  1,096     Choice Hotels International, Inc.     129,723  
  1,114     Churchill Downs, Inc.     273,799  
  1,080     Columbia Sportswear Co.     94,176  
  30,162     Coupang, Inc. (South Korea) *     467,813  
  1,983     Crocs, Inc.*     241,351  
  4,075     Darden Restaurants, Inc.     582,684  
  873     Deckers Outdoor Corp.*     363,474  
  1,914     Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.     246,198  
  128     Dillard’s, Inc., Class A     45,620  
  7,456     Dollar General Corp.     1,612,733  
  6,912     Dollar Tree, Inc.*     1,004,175  
  1,176     Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     345,756  
  8,772     DoorDash, Inc., Class A*     479,478  
  10,610     D.R. Horton, Inc.     981,213  
  12,642     DraftKings, Inc., Class A*     238,428  
  1,350     Dutch Bros, Inc., Class A*(a)     45,022  
  18,100     eBay, Inc.     830,790  
  4,171     Etsy, Inc.*     506,401  
  5,007     Expedia Group, Inc.*     545,613  
  1,811     Five Below, Inc.*     369,987  
  3,319     Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A*     304,717  
  131,775     Ford Motor Co.     1,590,524  
  1,407     Fox Factory Holding Corp.*     165,322  
  8,673     GameStop Corp., Class A*(a)     166,782  
  7,726     Gap, Inc. (The)     100,515  
  5,122     Garmin Ltd.     502,622  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   5


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  45,730     General Motors Co.   $ 1,771,580  
  7,825     Gentex Corp.     223,404  
  4,636     Genuine Parts Co.     819,923  
  5,144     H&R Block, Inc.     189,299  
  4,437     Harley-Davidson, Inc.     210,979  
  4,335     Hasbro, Inc.     238,468  
  8,870     Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.     1,281,804  
  34,041     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     10,094,518  
  1,554     Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A*     180,637  
  11,036     Las Vegas Sands Corp.*     634,239  
  1,971     Lear Corp.     275,250  
  4,327     Leggett & Platt, Inc.     149,238  
  8,350     Lennar Corp., Class A     807,779  
  486     Lennar Corp., Class B     39,687  
  2,910     Levi Strauss & Co., Class A     52,205  
  3,093     Light & Wonder, Inc.*     193,653  
  893     Lithia Motors, Inc.     227,876  
  8,671     LKQ Corp.     496,762  
  20,109     Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     4,137,427  
  17,129     Lucid Group, Inc.*(a)     156,388  
  4,078     Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*     1,260,918  
  8,950     Macy’s, Inc.     183,117  
  9,295     Marriott International, Inc., Class A     1,573,086  
  1,176     Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.     179,916  
  11,780     Mattel, Inc.*     211,922  
  24,470     McDonald’s Corp.     6,457,878  
  1,607     MercadoLibre, Inc. (Brazil) *     1,960,540  
  10,248     MGM Resorts International     440,766  
  1,771     Mohawk Industries, Inc.*     182,147  
  696     Murphy USA, Inc.     177,543  
  12,651     Newell Brands, Inc.     185,843  
  41,501     NIKE, Inc., Class B     4,929,904  
  13,956     Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*     206,828  
  100     NVR, Inc.*     517,362  
  2,070     O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     1,718,307  
  5,087     Penn Entertainment, Inc.*     155,306  
  757     Penske Automotive Group, Inc.     109,122  
  2,780     Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A*     225,319  
  1,818     Polaris, Inc.     206,797  
  1,265     Pool Corp.     451,428  
  7,565     PulteGroup, Inc.     413,579  
  2,088     PVH Corp.     167,541  
  1,245     Ralph Lauren Corp.     147,147  
  595     RH*     177,923  
  17,288     Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A*     333,658  
  11,281     Ross Stores, Inc.     1,247,002  
  7,312     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.*     516,520  
  4,957     Service Corp. International     334,746  
  4,399     Skechers USA, Inc., Class A*     195,799  
  37,561     Starbucks Corp.     3,834,602  
  8,011     Tapestry, Inc.     348,559  
  15,341     Target Corp.     2,584,958  
  5,559     Tempur Sealy International, Inc.     237,592  
  89,785     Tesla, Inc.*     18,469,672  
  2,225     Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     225,927  
  1,700     Thor Industries, Inc.     154,683  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  35,992     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)   2,756,987  
  3,434     Toll Brothers, Inc.     205,834  
  1,062     TopBuild Corp.*     220,461  
  3,681     Tractor Supply Co.     858,630  
  1,674     Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     868,471  
  6,282     Under Armour, Inc., Class A*     62,380  
  6,376     Under Armour, Inc., Class C*     56,109  
  1,334     Vail Resorts, Inc.     311,476  
  11,641     VF Corp.     288,930  
  2,522     Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     102,116  
  5,672     Wendy’s Co. (The)     124,557  
  1,809     Whirlpool Corp.     249,606  
  2,197     Williams-Sonoma, Inc.     274,449  
  2,900     Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     223,358  
  3,197     Wynn Resorts Ltd.*     346,459  
  13,485     Yum China Holdings, Inc. (China)     791,974  
  9,406     Yum! Brands, Inc.     1,196,067  
   

 

 

 
      135,626,153  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 6.3%  
  4,427     Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A     88,009  
  59,829     Altria Group, Inc.     2,777,860  
  18,244     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     1,452,222  
  4,452     BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.*     319,654  
  312     Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A*     101,026  
  1,630     Brown-Forman Corp., Class A     105,820  
  10,199     Brown-Forman Corp., Class B     661,609  
  4,928     Bunge Ltd.     470,624  
  6,629     Campbell Soup Co.     348,155  
  1,241     Casey’s General Stores, Inc.     258,066  
  1,239     Celsius Holdings, Inc.*     112,501  
  8,136     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     681,634  
  4,113     Clorox Co. (The)     639,325  
  129,608     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     7,712,972  
  156     Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.     86,869  
  27,857     Colgate-Palmolive Co.     2,041,918  
  15,941     Conagra Brands, Inc.     580,412  
  5,519     Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A     1,234,600  
  14,799     Costco Wholesale Corp.     7,165,380  
  11,962     Coty, Inc., Class A*     135,171  
  5,298     Darling Ingredients, Inc.*     335,204  
  7,101     Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A     1,725,898  
  6,543     Flowers Foods, Inc.     182,419  
  19,651     General Mills, Inc.     1,562,451  
  4,900     Hershey Co. (The)     1,167,768  
  9,530     Hormel Foods Corp.     422,941  
  2,110     Ingredion, Inc.     209,734  
  3,385     J M Smucker Co. (The)     500,608  
  8,719     Kellogg Co.     574,931  
  29,365     Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.     1,014,561  
  11,262     Kimberly-Clark Corp.     1,408,313  
  26,028     Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     1,013,530  
  22,060     Kroger Co. (The)     951,668  
  4,769     Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.     479,952  
  649     Lancaster Colony Corp.     124,595  
  8,307     McCormick & Co., Inc.     617,376  

 

 

 

 

6   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Staples – (continued)  
  5,877     Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B   $ 312,598  
  45,503     Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     2,965,886  
  12,363     Monster Beverage Corp.*     1,258,059  
  2,870     Olaplex Holdings, Inc.*     14,120  
  45,967     PepsiCo, Inc.     7,976,654  
  5,124     Performance Food Group Co.*     289,967  
  51,728     Philip Morris International, Inc.     5,033,134  
  1,359     Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.*     31,787  
  1,757     Post Holdings, Inc.*     158,060  
  79,116     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     10,883,197  
  1,811     Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.     49,694  
  16,777     Sysco Corp.     1,251,061  
  9,468     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A     560,884  
  6,817     US Foods Holding Corp.*     255,842  
  23,785     Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     845,081  
  46,893     Walmart, Inc.     6,664,902  
   

 

 

 
      77,816,702  

 

 

 
Energy – 4.8%  
  10,630     Antero Midstream Corp.     112,040  
  8,808     Antero Resources Corp.*     230,770  
  10,708     APA Corp.     410,973  
  33,288     Baker Hughes Co.     1,018,613  
  6,603     ChampionX Corp.     201,854  
  8,243     Cheniere Energy, Inc.     1,296,954  
  4,267     Chesapeake Energy Corp.     344,816  
  63,348     Chevron Corp.     10,184,458  
  1,312     Chord Energy Corp.     176,621  
  2,430     Civitas Resources, Inc.     170,513  
  41,582     ConocoPhillips     4,297,500  
  25,522     Coterra Energy, Inc.     637,284  
  21,675     Devon Energy Corp.     1,168,716  
  5,851     Diamondback Energy, Inc.     822,534  
  3,232     DT Midstream, Inc.     162,246  
  8,177     EnLink Midstream LLC*     92,073  
  19,567     EOG Resources, Inc.     2,211,462  
  11,124     EQT Corp.     369,094  
  137,094     Exxon Mobil Corp.     15,068,002  
  27,997     Halliburton Co.     1,014,331  
  3,133     Helmerich & Payne, Inc.     131,837  
  9,284     Hess Corp.     1,250,555  
  1,430     Hess Midstream LP, Class A(a)     39,211  
  4,976     HF Sinclair Corp.     247,407  
  65,657     Kinder Morgan, Inc.     1,120,108  
  5,659     Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A     123,649  
  21,159     Marathon Oil Corp.     532,149  
  15,605     Marathon Petroleum Corp.     1,928,778  
  3,685     Matador Resources Co.     198,216  
  4,936     Murphy Oil Corp.     192,603  
  1,956     New Fortress Energy, Inc.     64,528  
  3,573     Noble Corp. PLC*     148,958  
  13,035     NOV, Inc.     285,206  
  30,290     Occidental Petroleum Corp.     1,773,782  
  14,840     ONEOK, Inc.     971,278  
  8,265     Ovintiv, Inc.     353,494  
  4,209     PBF Energy, Inc., Class A     183,975  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Energy – (continued)  
  3,041     PDC Energy, Inc.   204,082  
  15,748     Phillips 66     1,615,115  
  7,546     Pioneer Natural Resources Co.     1,512,294  
  6,175     Plains GP Holdings LP, Class A*     85,894  
  7,813     Range Resources Corp.     210,482  
  47,309     Schlumberger NV     2,517,312  
  4,034     SM Energy Co.     119,043  
  36,694     Southwestern Energy Co.*     194,478  
  7,427     Targa Resources Corp.     550,341  
  202     Texas Pacific Land Corp.     359,598  
  12,834     Valero Energy Corp.     1,690,623  
  2,477     Viper Energy Partners LP     70,917  
  633     Vitesse Energy, Inc.*     11,008  
  40,597     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     1,221,970  
   

 

 

 
      59,899,745  

 

 

 
Financials – 11.5%  
  1,245     Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.     198,465  
  18,863     Aflac, Inc.     1,285,513  
  18,946     AGNC Investment Corp. REIT     205,943  
  8,690     Allstate Corp. (The)     1,119,098  
  8,909     Ally Financial, Inc.     267,715  
  18,283     American Express Co.     3,181,059  
  2,398     American Financial Group, Inc.     321,596  
  24,781     American International Group, Inc.     1,514,367  
  3,543     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     1,214,788  
  15,587     Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT     322,339  
  6,573     Aon PLC, Class A     1,998,521  
  12,929     Apollo Global Management, Inc.     916,666  
  11,943     Arch Capital Group Ltd.*     836,010  
  5,128     Ares Management Corp., Class A     413,471  
  6,968     Arthur J Gallagher & Co.     1,305,455  
  1,746     Assurant, Inc.     222,423  
  233,574     Bank of America Corp.     8,011,588  
  24,700     Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     1,256,736  
  3,813     Bank OZK     175,512  
  43,328     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     13,222,839  
  4,645     BlackRock, Inc.     3,202,402  
  23,211     Blackstone, Inc.     2,107,559  
  14,863     Blue Owl Capital, Inc.     183,409  
  835     BOK Financial Corp.     87,408  
  7,806     Brown & Brown, Inc.     437,682  
  12,578     Capital One Financial Corp.     1,372,008  
  8,521     Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)     293,122  
  3,529     Cboe Global Markets, Inc.     445,254  
  50,821     Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     3,959,972  
  12,881     Chubb Ltd.     2,718,149  
  5,127     Cincinnati Financial Corp.     618,829  
  64,604     Citigroup, Inc.     3,274,777  
  16,333     Citizens Financial Group, Inc.     682,066  
  11,954     CME Group, Inc.     2,215,793  
  855     CNA Financial Corp.     37,432  
  4,810     Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A*(a)     311,832  
  4,343     Comerica, Inc.     304,444  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   7


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)  
  3,818     Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   $ 252,561  
  2,606     Corebridge Financial, Inc.     52,693  
  207     Credit Acceptance Corp.*(a)     91,978  
  1,968     Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.     259,422  
  9,006     Discover Financial Services     1,008,672  
  4,674     East West Bancorp, Inc.     356,206  
  12,318     Equitable Holdings, Inc.     387,032  
  840     Erie Indemnity Co., Class A     197,728  
  3,494     Essent Group Ltd.     150,067  
  1,290     Everest Re Group Ltd.     495,321  
  1,272     FactSet Research Systems, Inc.     527,308  
  8,608     Fidelity National Financial, Inc.     343,115  
  22,784     Fifth Third Bancorp     827,059  
  3,304     First American Financial Corp.     187,601  
  346     First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A     253,881  
  4,573     First Financial Bankshares, Inc.     167,738  
  17,642     First Horizon Corp.     436,992  
  2,706     First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A     96,171  
  5,960     First Republic Bank     733,140  
  9,639     Franklin Resources, Inc.     284,061  
  3,684     Glacier Bancorp, Inc.     174,548  
  2,965     Globe Life, Inc.     360,811  
  11,263     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(b)     3,960,634  
  1,069     Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)     149,104  
  10,584     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     828,516  
  1,664     Houlihan Lokey, Inc.     159,245  
  47,410     Huntington Bancshares, Inc.     726,321  
  3,302     Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A     284,335  
  18,486     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     1,881,875  
  14,954     Invesco Ltd.     264,088  
  4,419     Janus Henderson Group PLC     121,346  
  5,380     Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.     203,310  
  96,924     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     13,894,055  
  31,053     KeyCorp     567,959  
  729     Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.     232,332  
  21,612     KKR & Co., Inc.     1,217,836  
  3,624     Lazard Ltd., Class A     135,393  
  5,107     Lincoln National Corp.     161,994  
  6,623     Loews Corp.     404,599  
  2,579     LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.     643,615  
  5,677     M&T Bank Corp.     881,581  
  423     Markel Corp.*     562,531  
  1,226     MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     418,618  
  16,525     Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     2,679,364  
  19,523     MetLife, Inc.     1,400,385  
  5,259     Moody’s Corp.     1,525,899  
  43,234     Morgan Stanley     4,172,081  
  853     Morningstar, Inc.     176,852  
  2,590     MSCI, Inc.     1,352,368  
  11,378     Nasdaq, Inc.     637,851  
  22,089     New York Community Bancorp, Inc.     196,150  
  6,655     Northern Trust Corp.     634,022  
  9,678     Old National Bancorp     171,010  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)  
  9,392     Old Republic International Corp.   247,667  
  3,720     OneMain Holdings, Inc.     160,295  
  2,474     Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.     183,299  
  13,392     PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     2,114,865  
  2,383     Popular, Inc. (Puerto Rico)     170,146  
  1,225     Primerica, Inc.     235,127  
  8,125     Principal Financial Group, Inc.     727,675  
  19,497     Progressive Corp. (The)     2,798,209  
  2,920     Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.     214,591  
  12,275     Prudential Financial, Inc.     1,227,500  
  6,486     Raymond James Financial, Inc.     703,472  
  31,068     Regions Financial Corp.     724,506  
  2,193     Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.     316,823  
  1,435     RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)     308,382  
  15,728     Rithm Capital Corp. REIT     143,125  
  1,451     RLI Corp.     200,107  
  20,718     Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A*     208,630  
  3,782     Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(a)     29,727  
  2,808     Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc.*     118,273  
  10,869     S&P Global, Inc.     3,708,503  
  4,033     SEI Investments Co.     242,988  
  1,969     Selective Insurance Group, Inc.     199,913  
  2,066     Signature Bank     237,693  
  8,274     SLM Corp.     118,980  
  25,273     SoFi Technologies, Inc.*     166,802  
  2,492     SouthState Corp.     201,055  
  9,736     Starwood Property Trust, Inc. REIT     186,542  
  11,522     State Street Corp.     1,021,771  
  3,354     Stifel Financial Corp.     224,148  
  1,954     SVB Financial Group*     562,967  
  14,973     Synchrony Financial     534,686  
  4,620     Synovus Financial Corp.     193,162  
  7,328     T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     822,788  
  1,718     TFS Financial Corp.     24,894  
  2,053     TPG, Inc.     67,790  
  3,681     Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A     260,946  
  7,798     Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     1,443,566  
  44,057     Truist Financial Corp.     2,068,476  
  4,402     United Bankshares, Inc.     179,470  
  5,808     Unum Group     258,746  
  44,765     US Bancorp     2,136,633  
  2,725     UWM Holdings Corp.(a)     11,609  
  14,270     Valley National Bancorp     165,247  
  3,166     Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A     58,191  
  3,216     Voya Financial, Inc.     239,560  
  6,685     W R Berkley Corp.     442,480  
  5,750     Webster Financial Corp.     305,440  
  127,224     Wells Fargo & Co.     5,950,266  
  3,547     Western Alliance Bancorp     263,329  
  3,587     Willis Towers Watson PLC     840,649  
  2,002     Wintrust Financial Corp.     184,444  
  4,924     Zions Bancorp NA     249,253  
   

 

 

 
      142,937,022  

 

 

 

 

8   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Health Care – 14.1%  
  2,956     10X Genomics, Inc., Class A*   $ 140,469  
  57,851     Abbott Laboratories     5,884,604  
  59,040     AbbVie, Inc.     9,086,256  
  2,985     Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*     216,442  
  9,861     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     1,399,966  
  7,092     agilon health, Inc.*     150,421  
  2,444     Align Technology, Inc.*     756,418  
  4,092     Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     783,413  
  5,714     AmerisourceBergen Corp.     888,870  
  17,799     Amgen, Inc.     4,123,316  
  3,129     Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     204,887  
  3,363     Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     108,625  
  21,556     Avantor, Inc.*     525,320  
  2,258     Azenta, Inc.*     99,104  
  1,304     Bausch + Lomb Corp.*(a)     22,742  
  16,811     Baxter International, Inc.     671,599  
  9,486     Becton Dickinson and Co.     2,224,941  
  4,781     Biogen, Inc.*     1,290,201  
  6,169     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     614,371  
  709     Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A*     338,789  
  5,205     Bio-Techne Corp.     378,091  
  47,755     Boston Scientific Corp.*     2,231,114  
  71,011     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     4,896,919  
  3,362     Bruker Corp.     231,709  
  8,712     Cardinal Health, Inc.     659,585  
  5,693     Catalent, Inc.*     388,376  
  18,742     Centene Corp.*     1,281,953  
  1,681     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*     368,711  
  487     Chemed Corp.     254,009  
  10,180     Cigna Group (The)     2,973,578  
  1,641     Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)     536,558  
  43,788     CVS Health Corp.     3,658,049  
  22,133     Danaher Corp.     5,478,581  
  1,705     DaVita, Inc.*     140,253  
  7,116     DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.     270,906  
  12,824     Dexcom, Inc.*     1,423,592  
  3,082     Doximity, Inc., Class A*     103,648  
  20,486     Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*     1,647,894  
  15,776     Elanco Animal Health, Inc.*     180,951  
  7,959     Elevance Health, Inc.     3,738,103  
  29,367     Eli Lilly & Co.     9,139,598  
  3,256     Encompass Health Corp.     184,029  
  1,754     Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     156,948  
  5,422     Envista Holdings Corp.*     209,614  
  5,884     Exact Sciences Corp.*     366,750  
  10,537     Exelixis, Inc.*     179,972  
  12,097     GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.*     919,372  
  41,896     Gilead Sciences, Inc.     3,373,885  
  2,560     Globus Medical, Inc., Class A*     149,350  
  4,472     Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*     214,611  
  7,033     HCA Healthcare, Inc.     1,712,184  
  2,766     HealthEquity, Inc.*     180,260  
  4,464     Henry Schein, Inc.*     349,576  
  8,112     Hologic, Inc.*     646,040  
  7,517     Horizon Therapeutics PLC*     823,036  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Health Care – (continued)  
  4,179     Humana, Inc.   2,068,689  
  2,740     IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     1,296,678  
  5,244     Illumina, Inc.*     1,044,605  
  6,148     Incyte Corp.*     473,273  
  949     Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*     246,674  
  2,309     Insulet Corp.*     638,115  
  2,425     Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*     134,878  
  2,673     Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.*     107,374  
  2,889     Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*     141,648  
  11,757     Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     2,696,938  
  4,559     Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     163,668  
  6,056     IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*     1,262,494  
  2,042     Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC*     286,697  
  87,307     Johnson & Johnson     13,380,671  
  923     Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.*     184,065  
  2,955     Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings     707,309  
  2,245     Lantheus Holdings, Inc.*     166,040  
  3,642     Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A*     53,719  
  1,633     Masimo Corp.*     273,217  
  4,627     McKesson Corp.     1,618,571  
  794     Medpace Holdings, Inc.*     153,941  
  44,413     Medtronic PLC     3,677,396  
  84,382     Merck & Co., Inc.     8,964,744  
  735     Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*     1,053,777  
  11,168     Moderna, Inc.*     1,550,230  
  1,934     Molina Healthcare, Inc.*     532,488  
  3,381     Natera, Inc.*     164,148  
  3,177     Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*     327,549  
  3,460     Novocure Ltd.*     266,316  
  4,264     Oak Street Health, Inc.*     150,946  
  5,176     Option Care Health, Inc.*     158,748  
  8,496     Organon & Co.     208,067  
  1,199     Penumbra, Inc.*     311,728  
  4,208     PerkinElmer, Inc.     524,191  
  4,479     Perrigo Co. PLC     168,813  
  187,443     Pfizer, Inc.     7,604,562  
  7,560     QIAGEN NV*     347,382  
  3,777     Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     522,586  
  1,618     QuidelOrtho Corp.*     140,669  
  5,110     R1 RCM, Inc.*     72,562  
  3,483     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     2,648,543  
  1,844     Repligen Corp.*     321,538  
  4,849     ResMed, Inc.     1,032,837  
  10,979     Roivant Sciences Ltd.*     88,820  
  12,469     Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A     447,014  
  2,797     Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*     341,598  
  4,583     Seagen, Inc.*     823,519  
  1,187     Shockwave Medical, Inc.*     225,815  
  2,427     Signify Health, Inc., Class A*     69,873  
  3,326     STERIS PLC     625,388  
  11,116     Stryker Corp.     2,922,174  
  3,413     Syneos Health, Inc.*     137,271  
  4,885     Teladoc Health, Inc.*     129,404  
  1,564     Teleflex, Inc.     372,592  
  3,554     Tenet Healthcare Corp.*     208,016  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   9


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Health Care – (continued)  
  13,088     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   $ 7,090,555  
  1,498     United Therapeutics Corp.*     368,568  
  31,121     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     14,811,729  
  2,045     Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B     273,151  
  4,673     Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     774,129  
  8,562     Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     2,485,463  
  40,418     Viatris, Inc.     460,765  
  1,978     Waters Corp.*     614,940  
  2,461     West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.     780,211  
  7,006     Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.     867,833  
  15,566     Zoetis, Inc.     2,599,522  
   

 

 

 
      174,345,993  

 

 

 
Industrials – 9.3%  
  18,458     3M Co.     1,988,665  
  4,208     A O Smith Corp.     276,171  
  1,067     Acuity Brands, Inc.     206,955  
  2,519     Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.     223,511  
  4,614     AECOM     398,465  
  2,064     AGCO Corp.     290,632  
  3,446     Air Lease Corp.     149,143  
  4,222     Alaska Air Group, Inc.*     201,938  
  2,919     Allegion PLC     329,000  
  21,424     American Airlines Group, Inc.*     342,356  
  7,632     AMETEK, Inc.     1,080,386  
  1,611     ASGN, Inc.*     143,057  
  729     Avis Budget Group, Inc.*     160,132  
  2,249     Axon Enterprise, Inc.*     450,497  
  19,894     Boeing Co. (The)*     4,009,636  
  4,337     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.     410,844  
  4,822     Builders FirstSource, Inc.*     408,809  
  3,036     BWX Technologies, Inc.     185,530  
  776     CACI International, Inc., Class A*     227,368  
  1,713     Carlisle Cos., Inc.     442,331  
  27,898     Carrier Global Corp.     1,256,247  
  17,371     Caterpillar, Inc.     4,161,223  
  3,852     C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.     385,046  
  9,256     ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.*(a)     105,148  
  1,219     Chart Industries, Inc.*     162,736  
  2,872     Cintas Corp.     1,259,286  
  14,630     Clarivate PLC*     148,202  
  1,681     Clean Harbors, Inc.*     222,010  
  14,311     Copart, Inc.*     1,008,353  
  2,400     Core & Main, Inc., Class A*     55,944  
  13,448     CoStar Group, Inc.*     950,236  
  1,570     Crane Holdings Co.     188,055  
  70,069     CSX Corp.     2,136,404  
  4,694     Cummins, Inc.     1,141,018  
  1,274     Curtiss-Wright Corp.     222,682  
  9,159     Deere & Co.     3,839,819  
  21,359     Delta Air Lines, Inc.*     818,904  
  4,025     Donaldson Co., Inc.     254,581  
  4,668     Dover Corp.     699,733  
  8,719     Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.     104,715  
  13,237     Eaton Corp. PLC     2,315,548  
  1,566     EMCOR Group, Inc.     261,867  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – (continued)  
  19,703     Emerson Electric Co.   1,629,635  
  4,074     Equifax, Inc.     825,107  
  4,008     Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.*     194,628  
  5,290     Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.     553,122  
  1,670     Exponent, Inc.     171,843  
  19,108     Fastenal Co.     985,208  
  7,765     FedEx Corp.     1,578,003  
  11,634     Fortive Corp.     775,522  
  4,258     Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.     263,783  
  1,122     FTI Consulting, Inc.*     206,123  
  2,084     Generac Holdings, Inc.*     250,101  
  8,041     General Dynamics Corp.     1,832,624  
  36,160     General Electric Co.     3,063,114  
  5,507     Graco, Inc.     382,957  
  3,898     GXO Logistics, Inc.*     193,224  
  1,408     HEICO Corp.     233,123  
  2,471     HEICO Corp., Class A     321,601  
  4,962     Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*     91,847  
  2,798     Hexcel Corp.     204,114  
  22,408     Honeywell International, Inc.     4,290,684  
  12,503     Howmet Aerospace, Inc.     527,377  
  1,786     Hubbell, Inc.     449,250  
  1,308     Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.     281,482  
  4,445     IAA, Inc.*     181,845  
  2,514     IDEX Corp.     565,600  
  9,008     Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     2,100,305  
  13,511     Ingersoll Rand, Inc.     784,584  
  2,747     ITT, Inc.     249,675  
  4,182     Jacobs Solutions, Inc.     499,749  
  2,742     J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     495,726  
  22,866     Johnson Controls International PLC     1,434,156  
  4,534     KBR, Inc.     249,869  
  5,020     Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.     285,337  
  6,337     L3Harris Technologies, Inc.     1,338,311  
  1,189     Landstar System, Inc.     214,959  
  4,520     Leidos Holdings, Inc.     438,756  
  1,068     Lennox International, Inc.     272,158  
  1,903     Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.     319,571  
  8,753     Lockheed Martin Corp.     4,151,198  
  10,331     Lyft, Inc., Class A*     103,310  
  1,675     ManpowerGroup, Inc.     142,174  
  7,504     Masco Corp.     393,435  
  2,045     MasTec, Inc.*     199,837  
  6,728     MDU Resources Group, Inc.     214,287  
  1,780     Middleby Corp. (The)*     276,772  
  1,238     MSA Safety, Inc.     166,325  
  1,521     MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A     128,555  
  1,702     Nordson Corp.     373,827  
  7,730     Norfolk Southern Corp.     1,737,859  
  4,627     Northrop Grumman Corp.     2,147,437  
  5,533     nVent Electric PLC     253,633  
  3,335     Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     1,131,432  
  2,165     Oshkosh Corp.     193,096  

 

 

 

 

10   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – (continued)  
  13,918     Otis Worldwide Corp.   $ 1,177,741  
  3,102     Owens Corning     303,345  
  15,891     PACCAR, Inc.     1,147,330  
  4,270     Parker-Hannifin Corp.     1,502,399  
  5,466     Pentair PLC     305,768  
  19,169     Plug Power, Inc.*     285,043  
  4,714     Quanta Services, Inc.     760,840  
  49,099     Raytheon Technologies Corp.     4,816,121  
  953     RBC Bearings, Inc.*     219,009  
  2,200     Regal Rexnord Corp.     346,808  
  6,881     Republic Services, Inc.     887,167  
  3,527     Robert Half International, Inc.     284,347  
  3,827     Rockwell Automation, Inc.     1,128,697  
  8,620     Rollins, Inc.     303,424  
  882     Saia, Inc.*     238,907  
  1,807     Science Applications International Corp.     192,698  
  5,078     Sensata Technologies Holding PLC     256,845  
  1,486     SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.*     220,433  
  1,746     Snap-on, Inc.     434,195  
  19,764     Southwest Airlines Co.     663,675  
  5,079     Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     434,813  
  3,037     Stericycle, Inc.*     144,804  
  6,905     Sunrun, Inc.*     165,996  
  1,753     Tetra Tech, Inc.     239,968  
  6,939     Textron, Inc.     503,286  
  2,170     Timken Co. (The)     185,427  
  3,449     Toro Co. (The)     380,908  
  7,658     Trane Technologies PLC     1,416,500  
  1,736     TransDigm Group, Inc.     1,291,358  
  6,413     TransUnion     419,603  
  3,649     Trex Co., Inc.*     186,573  
  1,228     TriNet Group, Inc.*     101,764  
  63,949     Uber Technologies, Inc.*     2,126,944  
  1,985     UFP Industries, Inc.     169,777  
  298     U-Haul Holding Co.     19,135  
  3,347     U-Haul Holding Co.     186,194  
  20,500     Union Pacific Corp.     4,249,240  
  10,886     United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*     565,637  
  24,381     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     4,449,289  
  2,303     United Rentals, Inc.     1,079,025  
  5,403     Univar Solutions, Inc.*     187,754  
  696     Valmont Industries, Inc.     220,862  
  5,177     Verisk Analytics, Inc.     885,836  
  10,270     Vertiv Holdings Co.     166,888  
  13,694     Waste Management, Inc.     2,050,813  
  1,103     Watsco, Inc.     336,095  
  1,681     WESCO International, Inc.*     278,340  
  5,819     Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.     607,096  
  6,813     WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.*     350,188  
  1,975     Woodward, Inc.     195,525  
  1,504     W.W. Grainger, Inc.     1,005,319  
  3,724     XPO, Inc.*     124,233  
  6,002     Xylem, Inc.     616,105  
   

 

 

 
      114,787,520  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – 26.8%  
  21,986     Accenture PLC, Class A   5,838,382  
  15,500     Adobe, Inc.*     5,021,225  
  53,604     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     4,212,202  
  5,164     Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     374,906  
  2,152     Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (Japan) *     93,999  
  4,038     Amdocs Ltd.     369,921  
  3,121     Amkor Technology, Inc.     80,397  
  19,775     Amphenol Corp., Class A     1,532,958  
  16,962     Analog Devices, Inc.     3,112,018  
  2,895     ANSYS, Inc.*     878,951  
  531,175     Apple, Inc.     78,300,507  
  28,065     Applied Materials, Inc.     3,259,750  
  3,907     AppLovin Corp., Class A*     52,745  
  7,870     Arista Networks, Inc.*     1,091,569  
  2,042     Arrow Electronics, Inc.*     240,936  
  972     Aspen Technology, Inc.*     206,074  
  4,913     Atlassian Corp., Class A*     807,353  
  7,197     Autodesk, Inc.*     1,429,972  
  13,842     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     3,042,748  
  7,192     Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B     290,988  
  3,355     BILL Holdings, Inc.*     283,934  
  5,040     Black Knight, Inc.*     300,384  
  1,833     Blackline, Inc.*     125,304  
  17,847     Block, Inc.*     1,369,400  
  13,650     Broadcom, Inc.     8,112,059  
  3,900     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     549,042  
  9,072     Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*     1,750,352  
  5,438     CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.*     48,724  
  4,515     CDW Corp.     913,926  
  4,833     Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.*     352,471  
  4,891     Ciena Corp.*     235,844  
  125,459     Cisco Systems, Inc.     6,074,725  
  8,839     Cloudflare, Inc., Class A*     530,428  
  5,575     Cognex Corp.     264,367  
  17,156     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     1,074,480  
  3,945     Coherent Corp.*     170,148  
  1,284     Concentrix Corp.     175,703  
  4,204     Confluent, Inc., Class A*     102,536  
  25,514     Corning, Inc.     866,200  
  7,153     Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A*     863,296  
  8,919     Datadog, Inc., Class A*     682,482  
  7,784     Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C     316,342  
  2,992     Dlocal Ltd. (Uruguay) *     44,700  
  6,609     DocuSign, Inc.*     405,462  
  1,962     Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A     161,433  
  8,954     Dropbox, Inc., Class A*     182,662  
  7,630     DXC Technology Co.*     211,656  
  6,715     Dynatrace, Inc.*     285,589  
  2,581     Elastic NV*     152,331  
  4,445     Enphase Energy, Inc.*     935,806  
  4,948     Entegris, Inc.     421,718  
  1,862     EPAM Systems, Inc.*     572,844  
  1,567     Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*     170,568  
  1,065     ExlService Holdings, Inc.*     175,203  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   11


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)  
  2,006     F5, Inc.*   $ 286,818  
  813     Fair Isaac Corp.*     550,718  
  19,641     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     1,244,650  
  3,378     First Solar, Inc.*     571,355  
  19,579     Fiserv, Inc.*     2,253,347  
  2,313     Five9, Inc.*     152,658  
  2,389     FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*     513,133  
  14,996     Flex Ltd.*     341,309  
  22,063     Fortinet, Inc.*     1,311,425  
  2,566     Gartner, Inc.*     841,160  
  19,051     Gen Digital, Inc.     371,685  
  6,066     Genpact Ltd.     289,530  
  2,598     Gitlab, Inc., Class A*     114,416  
  8,952     Global Payments, Inc.     1,004,414  
  2,501     GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.*     163,415  
  1,378     Globant SA*     227,480  
  5,197     GoDaddy, Inc., Class A*     393,465  
  2,715     Guidewire Software, Inc.*     190,620  
  2,338     HashiCorp, Inc., Class A*     68,270  
  42,668     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.     666,047  
  32,762     HP, Inc.     967,134  
  1,544     HubSpot, Inc.*     597,312  
  3,702     Informatica, Inc., Class A*     63,860  
  137,866     Intel Corp.     3,436,999  
  30,187     International Business Machines Corp.     3,903,179  
  9,128     Intuit, Inc.     3,716,739  
  1,011     IPG Photonics Corp.*     124,596  
  4,312     Jabil, Inc.     358,025  
  2,423     Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.     397,954  
  10,713     Juniper Networks, Inc.     329,746  
  5,931     Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     948,723  
  4,718     KLA Corp.     1,789,915  
  4,544     Lam Research Corp.     2,208,429  
  4,522     Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*     384,189  
  813     Littelfuse, Inc.     210,348  
  2,210     Lumentum Holdings, Inc.*     118,920  
  2,059     Manhattan Associates, Inc.*     295,981  
  16,364     Marqeta, Inc., Class A*     94,911  
  28,385     Marvell Technology, Inc.     1,281,583  
  28,259     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     10,040,140  
  2,009     Maximus, Inc.     164,899  
  18,012     Microchip Technology, Inc.     1,459,512  
  36,361     Micron Technology, Inc.     2,102,393  
  245,382     Microsoft Corp.     61,203,178  
  2,209     MKS Instruments, Inc.     214,118  
  552     Monday.com Ltd.*     85,405  
  2,229     MongoDB, Inc.*     467,020  
  1,495     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     724,014  
  5,566     Motorola Solutions, Inc.     1,462,800  
  4,327     National Instruments Corp.     218,557  
  7,183     NetApp, Inc.     463,663  
  1,159     Novanta, Inc.*     181,859  
  7,634     Nutanix, Inc., Class A*     215,661  
  78,799     NVIDIA Corp.     18,293,976  
  4,975     Okta, Inc.*     354,668  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)  
  14,377     ON Semiconductor Corp.*   1,112,924  
  51,593     Oracle Corp.     4,509,228  
  57,377     Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A*     449,836  
  9,914     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     1,867,500  
  10,761     Paychex, Inc.     1,188,014  
  1,701     Paycom Software, Inc.*     491,691  
  2,073     Paycor HCM, Inc.*     51,348  
  1,368     Paylocity Holding Corp.*     263,490  
  37,997     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     2,796,579  
  2,390     Procore Technologies, Inc.*     160,106  
  3,624     PTC, Inc.*     454,196  
  9,457     Pure Storage, Inc., Class A*     269,903  
  3,365     Qorvo, Inc.*     339,495  
  37,406     QUALCOMM, Inc.     4,620,763  
  3,509     Qualtrics International, Inc., Class A*     59,372  
  1,135     Qualys, Inc.*     134,100  
  2,816     RingCentral, Inc., Class A*     93,041  
  3,528     Roper Technologies, Inc.     1,517,746  
  32,374     Salesforce, Inc.*     5,296,710  
  3,704     Samsara, Inc., Class A*     61,709  
  6,409     Seagate Technology Holdings PLC     413,765  
  7,011     SentinelOne, Inc., Class A*     112,106  
  6,749     ServiceNow, Inc.*     2,916,715  
  1,083     Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*     193,348  
  5,331     Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     594,780  
  4,257     Smartsheet, Inc., Class A*     187,393  
  9,104     Snowflake, Inc., Class A*     1,405,476  
  1,850     SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.*     588,152  
  5,434     Splunk, Inc.*     556,985  
  7,339     SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.     430,799  
  1,312     Synaptics, Inc.*     154,304  
  5,063     Synopsys, Inc.*     1,841,717  
  1,400     TD SYNNEX Corp.     135,128  
  10,581     TE Connectivity Ltd.     1,347,173  
  1,544     Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*     664,028  
  3,688     Tenable Holdings, Inc.*     163,120  
  5,185     Teradyne, Inc.     524,411  
  30,295     Texas Instruments, Inc.     5,194,078  
  2,952     Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.*     21,727  
  10,181     Toast, Inc., Class A*     192,625  
  8,200     Trimble, Inc.*     426,892  
  5,771     Twilio, Inc., Class A*     387,869  
  1,373     Tyler Technologies, Inc.*     441,076  
  138     Ubiquiti, Inc.     37,025  
  10,376     UiPath, Inc., Class A*     153,980  
  10,089     Unity Software, Inc.*     307,109  
  1,458     Universal Display Corp.     198,069  
  3,071     VeriSign, Inc.*     604,465  
  54,100     Visa, Inc., Class A     11,898,754  
  7,582     VMware, Inc., Class A*     835,006  
  10,535     Western Digital Corp.*     405,387  
  12,779     Western Union Co. (The)     165,616  
  1,429     WEX, Inc.*     275,526  
  4,119     Wolfspeed, Inc.*     304,724  
  6,671     Workday, Inc., Class A*     1,237,270  
  1,716     Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*     515,229  

 

 

 

 

12   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)  
  7,174     Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A*   $ 535,109  
  2,869     Zscaler, Inc.*     376,269  
   

 

 

 
      332,036,997  

 

 

 
Materials – 2.9%  
  7,391     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.     2,113,678  
  3,908     Albemarle Corp.     993,844  
  5,862     Alcoa Corp.     286,886  
  49,640     Amcor PLC     552,990  
  2,167     AptarGroup, Inc.     252,932  
  1,659     Ashland, Inc.     168,853  
  2,689     Avery Dennison Corp.     489,909  
  7,352     Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.*     219,090  
  10,409     Ball Corp.     585,090  
  4,112     Berry Global Group, Inc.     255,355  
  3,286     Celanese Corp.     381,932  
  6,528     CF Industries Holdings, Inc.     560,690  
  16,928     Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.*     361,074  
  3,868     Commercial Metals Co.     200,169  
  23,651     Corteva, Inc.     1,473,221  
  3,937     Crown Holdings, Inc.     340,590  
  23,471     Dow, Inc.     1,342,541  
  15,209     DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     1,110,713  
  1,213     Eagle Materials, Inc.     170,208  
  3,989     Eastman Chemical Co.     339,863  
  8,431     Ecolab, Inc.     1,343,648  
  4,188     FMC Corp.     540,880  
  47,534     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     1,947,468  
  10,156     Graphic Packaging Holding Co.     241,713  
  5,858     Huntsman Corp.     171,874  
  8,513     International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.     793,412  
  11,840     International Paper Co.     430,858  
  16,371     Linde PLC (United Kingdom)     5,703,165  
  5,947     Livent Corp.*     139,457  
  2,160     Louisiana-Pacific Corp.     126,382  
  8,604     LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A     825,898  
  2,062     Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     742,052  
  11,344     Mosaic Co. (The)     603,387  
  3,440     MP Materials Corp.*     120,400  
  26,490     Newmont Corp.     1,155,229  
  8,517     Nucor Corp.     1,426,086  
  4,557     Olin Corp.     263,167  
  3,041     Packaging Corp. of America     415,766  
  7,841     PPG Industries, Inc.     1,035,482  
  1,942     Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.     481,305  
  2,187     Royal Gold, Inc.     259,794  
  4,256     RPM International, Inc.     377,209  
  4,798     Sealed Air Corp.     233,279  
  7,938     Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     1,757,076  
  2,779     Silgan Holdings, Inc.     148,399  
  3,242     Sonoco Products Co.     191,473  
  2,848     Southern Copper Corp. (Mexico)     209,869  
  5,519     Steel Dynamics, Inc.     696,001  
  6,935     United States Steel Corp.     212,419  
  5,810     Valvoline, Inc.     204,512  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Materials – (continued)  
  4,328     Vulcan Materials Co.   782,978  
  1,066     Westlake Corp.     127,003  
  8,391     Westrock Co.     263,477  
   

 

 

 
      36,170,746  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 3.0%  
  2,913     Agree Realty Corp. REIT     206,182  
  5,435     Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT     814,054  
  9,577     American Homes 4 Rent, Class A REIT     297,079  
  15,520     American Tower Corp. REIT     3,073,115  
  8,988     Americold Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     264,247  
  5,000     Apartment Income REIT Corp. REIT     189,000  
  4,575     AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT     789,279  
  4,771     Boston Properties, Inc. REIT     312,405  
  9,962     Brixmor Property Group, Inc. REIT     225,540  
  3,525     Camden Property Trust REIT     404,529  
  10,131     CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     862,553  
  5,033     Cousins Properties, Inc. REIT     123,258  
  14,407     Crown Castle, Inc. REIT     1,883,715  
  7,459     CubeSmart REIT     350,498  
  9,599     Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     1,000,504  
  5,674     Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT     80,174  
  1,435     EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT     234,293  
  3,083     Equinix, Inc. REIT     2,121,936  
  5,686     Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. REIT     389,548  
  12,242     Equity Residential REIT     765,370  
  2,148     Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT     489,873  
  4,407     Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT     725,613  
  2,681     Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT     286,277  
  4,398     First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     231,995  
  8,224     Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. REIT     443,109  
  12,636     Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     246,402  
  17,905     Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT     430,794  
  3,465     Highwoods Properties, Inc. REIT     91,823  
  23,623     Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT     396,866  
  20,382     Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT     637,141  
  9,633     Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT     508,141  
  1,559     Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.*     271,983  
  3,854     Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT     138,821  
  20,212     Kimco Realty Corp. REIT     416,569  
  2,891     Lamar Advertising Co., Class A REIT     302,283  
  2,820     Life Storage, Inc. REIT     339,866  
  7,128     Macerich Co. (The) REIT     85,180  
  19,724     Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT     203,157  
  3,834     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT     613,823  
  5,923     National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT     268,430  
  2,807     National Storage Affiliates Trust REIT     118,736  
  7,797     Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT     208,882  
  30,767     Prologis, Inc. REIT     3,796,648  
  5,087     Public Storage REIT     1,520,759  
  4,851     Rayonier, Inc. REIT     162,897  
  20,898     Realty Income Corp. REIT     1,336,427  
  5,669     Regency Centers Corp. REIT     356,580  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   13


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Real Estate – (continued)  
  6,127     Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. REIT   $ 370,438  
  3,571     SBA Communications Corp. REIT     926,139  
  10,841     Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT     1,323,578  
  4,641     Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. REIT     191,116  
  5,981     STAG Industrial, Inc. REIT     201,201  
  4,067     Sun Communities, Inc. REIT     582,150  
  10,816     UDR, Inc. REIT     463,358  
  13,291     Ventas, Inc. REIT     646,607  
  32,134     VICI Properties, Inc. REIT     1,077,453  
  5,898     Vornado Realty Trust REIT     116,663  
  15,782     Welltower, Inc. REIT     1,169,762  
  24,525     Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT     766,406  
  6,851     W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT     556,027  
  1,352     Zillow Group, Inc., Class A*     55,905  
  5,316     Zillow Group, Inc., Class C*     223,272  
   

 

 

 
      37,686,429  

 

 

 
Utilities – 2.7%  
  21,861     AES Corp. (The)     539,530  
  8,375     Alliant Energy Corp.     429,386  
  8,588     Ameren Corp.     710,313  
  17,156     American Electric Power Co., Inc.     1,509,213  
  6,063     American Water Works Co., Inc.     851,124  
  4,692     Atmos Energy Corp.     529,305  
  2,365     Avangrid, Inc.     92,306  
  4,258     Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A     118,585  
  20,968     CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     583,330  
  1,154     Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A     34,285  
  2,718     Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C     85,372  
  9,659     CMS Energy Corp.     569,591  
  11,844     Consolidated Edison, Inc.     1,058,261  
  10,923     Constellation Energy Corp.     818,023  
  27,801     Dominion Energy, Inc.     1,546,292  
  6,819     DTE Energy Co.     748,113  
  25,698     Duke Energy Corp.     2,422,293  
  12,753     Edison International     844,376  
  6,773     Entergy Corp.     696,739  
  7,907     Essential Utilities, Inc.     338,261  
  7,564     Evergy, Inc.     444,839  
  11,524     Eversource Energy     868,449  
  32,864     Exelon Corp.     1,327,377  
  18,133     FirstEnergy Corp.     716,979  
  1,678     IDACORP, Inc.     173,505  
  3,007     National Fuel Gas Co.     172,241  
  2,879     NextEra Energy Partners LP     190,763  
  66,263     NextEra Energy, Inc.     4,706,661  
  13,514     NiSource, Inc.     370,689  
  7,621     NRG Energy, Inc.     249,893  
  6,670     OGE Energy Corp.     238,252  
  58,028     PG&E Corp.*     906,397  
  3,770     Pinnacle West Capital Corp.     277,774  
  23,904     PPL Corp.     647,081  
  16,644     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.     1,005,797  
  10,502     Sempra Energy     1,574,880  
  36,021     Southern Co. (The)     2,271,484  
  2,158     Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.     135,976  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Utilities – (continued)  
  6,968     UGI Corp.   259,419  
  13,217     Vistra Corp.     290,642  
  10,528     WEC Energy Group, Inc.     933,412  
  18,251     Xcel Energy, Inc.     1,178,467  
   

 

 

 
      33,465,675  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $465,021,943)   $ 1,235,699,196  

 

 

 
Shares     Dividend
Rate
      
Value
 
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.1%(b)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  1,002,540     4.475%   $ 1,002,540  
  (Cost $1,002,540)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.8%  
  (Cost $466,024,483)   $ 1,236,701,736  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.2%
    2,504,853  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 1,239,206,589  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

LP

 

—Limited Partnership

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

14   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

        MarketBeta® U.S.
1000 Equity ETF
 
  Assets:  
 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $463,849,129)(a)

  $ 1,231,738,562  
 

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $1,172,814)

    3,960,634  
 

Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost

    1,002,540  
 

Cash

    1,734,963  
 

Receivables:

 
 

Dividends

    1,868,968  
 

Securities lending income

    5,306  
 

Foreign tax reclaims

    5,305  
  Total assets     1,240,316,278  
   
  Liabilities:  
 

Payables:

 
 

Upon return of securities loaned

    1,002,540  
 

Management fees

    107,149  
  Total liabilities     1,109,689  
   
  Net Assets:  
 

Paid-in capital

    463,515,994  
 

Total distributable earnings

    775,690,595  
  NET ASSETS   $ 1,239,206,589  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING  
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    35,837,538  
 

Net asset value per share:

    $34.58  

 

  (a)   Includes loaned securities having a market value of $1,006,594.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   15


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

        MarketBeta® U.S.
1000 Equity ETF
 
  Investment income:  
 

Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $4,618)

  $ 10,034,170  
 

Dividends — affiliated issuers

    28,375  
 

Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer

    14,156  
  Total investment income     10,076,701  
   
  Expenses:  
 

Management fees

    644,960  
 

Trustee fees

    22,351  
  Total expenses     667,311  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME     9,409,390  
   
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):  
 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    (6,146,021
 

Investments — affiliated issuers

    (15,272
 

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated issuers

    8,543,938  
 

In-kind redemptions — affiliated issuers

    29,882  
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

 
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    4,284,299  
 

Investments — affiliated issuers

    186,390  
  Net realized and unrealized gain     6,883,216  
  NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ 16,292,606  

 

16   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

        MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF  
        For the
Six Months Ended
February 28, 2023
(Unaudited)
     For the Period
April 5, 2022
*
to
August 31, 2022
 
  From operations:     
 

Net investment income

  $ 9,409,390      $ 7,622,092  
 

Net realized gain

    2,412,527        229,649,854  
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    4,470,689        766,206,564  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     16,292,606        1,003,478,510  
      
  Distributions to shareholders:     
 

From distributable earnings

    (13,139,475      (4,149,270
      
  From share transactions:     
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    18,571,257        492,848,852  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (18,535,509      (256,160,382
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     35,748        236,688,470  
  TOTAL INCREASE     3,188,879        1,236,017,710  
      
  Net assets:     
 

Beginning of period

  $ 1,236,017,710      $  
 

End of period

  $ 1,239,206,589      $ 1,236,017,710  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   17


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF  
        For the
Six Months Ended
February 28, 2023
(Unaudited)
    For the Period
April 5, 2022
*
to
August 31, 2022
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:    
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 34.49     $ 39.49  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.26       0.21  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.20       (5.09 )(b) 
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    0.46       (4.88
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.28     (0.12
 

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains

    (0.09      
 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.37     (0.12
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 34.58     $ 34.49  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 34.63     $ 34.54  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(c)     1.39     (12.36 )% 
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 1,239,207     $ 1,236,018  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.11 %(d)      0.11 %(d) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.56 %(d)      1.47 %(d) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    5     25

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Per Share net realized and unrealized loss may not correspond with the aggregate realized and change in unrealized gains and losses in the Fund’s investments due to in-kind purchases processed at original security cost.
  (c)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (d)   Annualized.
  (e)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions, short-term transactions and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

18   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Notes to Financial Statements

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF (the “Fund”) is a diversified series of the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II (the “Trust”) which is an open-end management investment company. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust and was established by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated September 13, 2021.

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive GBS United States 1000 Index (the “Index”).

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to a management agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Trust. The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). Shares of the Fund is listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. Market prices for the Fund’s shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Fund issues and redeems shares at its respective NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares, or multiples thereof, referred to as “Creation Units”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash. Shares generally trade in the secondary market in quantities less than a Creation Unit at market prices that change throughout the day. Only those that have entered into an authorized participant agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) may do business directly with the Fund.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. The Fund is an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

A.  Investment Valuation — The Fund’s valuation policy is to value investments at fair value.

B.  Investment Income and Investments — Investment income includes interest income, dividend income, and securities lending income, if any. Interest income is accrued daily and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recognized on ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign securities, as soon as such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Investment transactions are reflected on trade date. Realized gains and losses are calculated using identified cost. Investment transactions are recorded on the following business day for daily NAV calculations. Investment income is recorded net of any foreign withholding taxes, less any amounts reclaimable. The Fund may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains, and is payable upon sale of such investments. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gain and/or a return of capital. A return of capital is recorded by the Fund as a reduction to the cost basis of the REIT.

For derivative contracts, unrealized gains and losses are recorded daily and become realized gains and losses upon disposition or termination of the contract.

C.  Expenses — Expenses incurred directly by the Fund are charged to the Fund, and certain expenses incurred by the Trust that may not solely relate to the Fund are allocated to the Fund and the other applicable funds of the Trust on a straight-line and/or pro-rata basis, depending upon the nature of the expenses, and are accrued daily.

D.  Federal Taxes and Distributions to Shareholders — It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute each year substantially all of its investment company taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, the Fund is not required to make any provisions for the payment of federal income tax. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gains distributions, if any, are declared and paid quarterly and annually, respectively.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Net capital losses, if any, are carried forward to future fiscal years and may be used to the extent allowed by the Code to offset any future capital gains. Losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. Utilization of capital loss carryforwards will reduce the requirement of future capital gains distributions.

The characterization of distributions to shareholders for financial reporting purposes is determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from GAAP. The source of the Fund’s distributions may be shown in the accompanying financial statements as either from distributable earnings or capital. Certain components of the Fund’s net assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities reflect permanent GAAP/tax differences based on the appropriate tax character.

E.  Foreign Currency Translation  — The accounting records and reporting currency of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rates at the close of each business day. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is included within net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. Changes in the value of other assets and liabilities as a result of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statement of Operations within net change in unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the date the transaction occurred, the effects of which are included within net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions.

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   

U.S. GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Fund’s policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. 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). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly;

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including GSAM’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement).

The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has approved Valuation Procedures that govern the valuation of the portfolio investments held by the Fund including investments for which market quotations are not readily available. With respect to the Fund’s investments that do not have readily available market quotations, the Trustees have designated GSAM as the valuation designee to perform fair valuations pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Valuation Designee”). GSAM has day-to-day responsibility for implementing and maintaining internal controls and procedures related to the valuation of the Fund’s investments. To assess the continuing appropriateness of pricing sources and methodologies, GSAM regularly performs price verification procedures and issues challenges as necessary to third party pricing vendors or brokers, and any differences are reviewed in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

A.  Level 1 and Level 2 Fair Value Investments — The valuation techniques and significant inputs used in determining the fair values for investments classified as Level 1 and Level 2 are as follows:

Equity Securities — Equity securities traded on a United States (“U.S.”) securities exchange or the NASDAQ system, or those located on certain foreign exchanges, including but not limited to the Americas, are valued daily at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded. If there is no sale or official closing price or such price is believed by GSAM to not represent fair value, equity securities will be valued at the valid closing bid price for long positions and at the valid closing ask price for short positions (i.e. where there is sufficient volume, during normal exchange trading hours). If no valid bid/ask price is available, the equity security will be valued pursuant to the Valuation Procedures and consistent with applicable regulatory guidance. To the extent these investments are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. Certain equity securities containing unique attributes may be classified as Level 2.

Unlisted equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date, or if no sale occurs, at the last bid price for long positions or the last ask price for short positions, and are generally classified as Level 2

B.  Level 3 Fair Value Investments — To the extent that significant inputs to valuation models and other alternative pricing sources are unobservable, or if quotations are not readily available, or if GSAM believes that such quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may be determined under the Valuation Procedures. GSAM, consistent with its procedures and applicable regulatory guidance, may make an adjustment to the most recent valuation prices of either domestic or foreign securities in light of significant events to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities at the time of determining the Fund’s NAV. To the extent investments are valued using single source broker quotations obtained directly from the broker or passed through from third party pricing vendors, such investments are classified as Level 3 investments.

C.  Fair Value Hierarchy — The following is a summary of the Fund’s investments classified in the fair value hierarchy as of February 28, 2023:

 

MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

            

Asia

   $ 1,353,786        $         —        $         —  

Europe

     5,961,741                    

North America

     1,226,378,428                    

South America

     2,005,241                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     1,002,540                    
Total    $ 1,236,701,736        $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table.

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

A.  Management Agreement — Under the Agreement, GSAM manages the Fund, subject to the general supervision of the Trustees.

As compensation for the services rendered pursuant to the Agreement, the assumption of the expenses related thereto and administration of the Fund’s business affairs, including providing facilities, GSAM is entitled to a management fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to an annual percentage rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. 1000 EQUITY ETF

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

The Fund operates under a unitary management fee structure. Under the unitary fee structure, GSAM is responsible for paying substantially all the expenses of the Fund, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings, litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. As the Funds directly pay fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, the management fee collected by GSAM will be reduced by an amount equal to the fees and expenses paid by the Funds to the independent Trustees

For the six months ended February 28, 2023, contractual and effective net unitary management fees with GSAM were at the following rates:

 

            Contractual Unitary Management Fee      Effective Net Unitary
Management
Fee
*
 
Fund            First
$300 million
     Next
$700 million
     Next
$4 billion
     Over
$5 billion
 

MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

            0.15      0.10      0.09      0.08      0.11

 

*   Effective Net Unitary Management Fee includes the impact of management fee waivers, if any.

B.  Other Transactions with Affiliates — For the six months ended February 28, 2023, Goldman Sachs did not earn any brokerage commissions from portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund.

The following table provides information about the Fund’s investments in the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. as of and for the six months ended February 28, 2023.

 

Fund    Beginning
value as of
August 31,
2022
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from
Sales
    Realized
Gain
     Change in
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Ending
value as of
February 28,
2023
     Shares as of
February 28,
2023
     Dividend
Income
 

MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

     3,945,799      $ 44,612        (230,777     14,610        186,390        3,960,634        11,263        28,375  

 

5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS

The Trust issues and redeems shares of the Fund only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without an initial sales load, at NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined in the Statement of Additional Information), of an order in proper form. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions (each an “Authorized Participant”). An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party” or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation; or (2) a Depository Trust Company participant; which, in either case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor. Retail investors will typically not qualify as an Authorized Participant or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Fund. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market at market prices with the assistance of a broker and may be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees. Fixed creation and redemption transaction fees are imposed in connection with creations and redemptions.

 

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5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay a variable charge to compensate the Fund for certain transaction costs (e.g. 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 sale of shares” in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

 

     MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF  
     For the Six Months Ended
February 28, 2023
(Unaudited)
       For the period April 5, 2022*
through August 31, 2022
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity                  

Shares Sold

     550,000        $ 18,571,257          42,987,538        $ 492,848,852  

Shares Redeemed

     (550,000        (18,535,509        (7,150,000        (256,160,382

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

            $ 35,748          35,837,538        $ 236,688,470  

 

*   Commencement of operations.

 

6. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of long-term securities for the six months ended February 28, 2023, were $63,584,333 and $65,323,240, respectively.

The purchases and sales from in-kind creation and redemption transactions for the six months ended February 28, 2023, were $13,583,246 and $15,365,521, respectively.

 

7. TAX INFORMATION

As of February 28, 2023, the Fund’s aggregate security unrealized gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

      MarketBeta® U.S. 1000
Equity ETF
 

Tax Cost

   $ 466,313,138  

Gross unrealized gain

     776,314,365  

Gross unrealized loss

     (5,925,767

Net unrealized gains (losses)

   $ 770,388,598  

 

The difference between GAAP-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable primarily to wash and differences in the tax treatment of passive foreign investment company investments.

GSAM has reviewed the Fund’s tax positions for all open tax years (the current and prior year, as applicable) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Such open tax year remains subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities.

 

8. SECURITIES LENDING

The Fund may lend its securities through a securities lending agent, the Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), to certain qualified borrowers. In accordance with the Fund’s securities lending procedures, the Fund receives cash collateral at least equal to the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

February 28, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

8. SECURITIES LENDING (continued)

 

market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund, at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Fund may experience delay in the recovery of its securities or incur a loss should the borrower of the securities breach its agreement with the Fund or become insolvent at a time when the collateral is insufficient to cover the cost of repurchasing securities on loan. Dividend income received from securities on loan may not be subject to withholding taxes and therefore withholding taxes paid may differ from the amounts listed in the Statement of Operations. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and as such 1) the remaining contractual maturities of the outstanding securities lending transactions are considered to be overnight and continuous and 2) the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

The Fund invests the cash collateral received in connection with securities lending transactions in the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund (“Government Money Market Fund”), an affiliated series of the Goldman Sachs Trust. The Government Money Market Fund is registered under the Act as an open end investment company, is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the Act, and is managed by GSAM, for which GSAM may receive a management fee of up to 0.16% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Government Money Market Fund.

In the event of a default by a borrower with respect to any loan, BNYM may exercise any and all remedies provided under the applicable borrower agreement to make the Fund whole. These remedies include purchasing replacement securities by applying the collateral held from the defaulting broker against the purchase cost of the replacement securities. If BNYM is unable to purchase replacement securities, BNYM will indemnify the Fund by paying the Fund an amount equal to the market value of the securities loaned minus the value of cash collateral received from the borrower for the loan, subject to an exclusion for any shortfalls resulting from a loss of value in such cash collateral due to reinvestment risk. The Fund’s master netting agreements with certain borrowers provide the right, in the event of a default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. However, in the event of a default by a borrower, a resolution authority could determine that such rights are not enforceable due to the restrictions or prohibitions against the right of set-off that may be imposed in accordance with a particular jurisdiction’s bankruptcy or insolvency laws. The Fund’s loaned securities were all subject to enforceable Securities Lending Agreements and the value of the collateral was at least equal to the value of the cash received. The amount of the Fund’s overnight and continuous agreements, which represent the gross amounts of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions outstanding as of February 28, 2023, are disclosed as “Payable upon return of securities loaned” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, where applicable.

The Fund and BNYM received compensation relating to the lending of the Fund’s securities. The amounts earned, if any, by the Fund for the six months ended February 28, 2023, are reported under Investment Income on the Statement of Operations.

The following table provides information about the Fund’s investment in the Government Money Market Fund for the six months ended February 28, 2023:

 

Fund    Beginning value
as of August 31,
2022
       Purchases at
Cost
       Proceeds
from Sales
       Ending value
as of February 28,
2023
 

MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

   $        $ 2,636,428        $ (1,633,888      $ 1,002,540  

 

9. OTHER RISKS

The Fund’s risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Index Risk — Solactive AG (the “Index Provider”) constructs the Fund’s Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology. The Fund will be negatively affected by general declines in the securities and asset classes represented in its Index. In addition, because the Fund is not “actively” managed, unless a specific security is removed from an Index, the Fund generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an

 

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9. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. The Fund also does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. Therefore, the Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers. The Index Provider relies on third party data it believes to be reliable in constructing the Index, but it does not guarantee the accuracy or availability of such third party data. Errors in index data, index computation or the construction of an Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. In addition, neither the Fund, the Investment Adviser, the Calculation Agent nor the Index Provider can guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the Index.

Market and Credit Risks — In the normal course of business, the Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk). The value of the securities in which the Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats could also significantly impact the Fund and its investments. Additionally, the Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

Market Trading Risk — The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The Investment Adviser cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities of a Fund’s Index trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time.

Tracking Error Risk — Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of its Index. The performance of the Fund may diverge from that of its Index for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, the Fund’s holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, changes to its Index or the need to meet new or existing regulatory requirements. Unlike the Fund, the returns of the Index are not reduced by investment and other operating expenses, including the trading costs associated with implementing changes to its portfolio of investments. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions.

 

10. INDEMNIFICATIONS

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Trustees, officers, employees and agents are indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act and state law, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of 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. However, GSAM believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events after the Statement of Assets and Liabilities date have been evaluated, and GSAM has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act. The Program seeks to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk, i.e., the risk that a Fund is unable to satisfy redemption requests without significantly diluting remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Trust has designated GSAM, the Fund’s investment adviser, to administer the Program. Certain aspects of the Program rely on third parties to perform certain functions, including the provision of market data and application of models.

The Program is comprised of various components designed to support the assessment and/or management of liquidity risk,

including: (1) the periodic assessment (no less frequently than annually) of certain factors that influence the Fund’s liquidity risk;

(2) the periodic classification (no less frequently than monthly) of the Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity categories that reflect an estimate of their liquidity under current market conditions; (3) a 15% limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4); (4) for a Fund that does not invest primarily in “highly liquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4), the determination of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will generally be invested in highly liquid investments (a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum”); and (5) periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees.

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees on February 2, 2023 GSAM provided a written report to the Board addressing the

operation, and the adequacy and effectiveness of the implementation, of the Program, including, as applicable, the operation of any Highly Liquid Investment Minimum and any material changes to the Program, for the period from January 1, 2022 through

December 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”). Among other things, the annual report discussed: (1) the results of stress tests

designed to assess liquidity under a hypothetical stressed scenario involving elevated redemptions; (2) an assessment of the

methodologies used to classify investments into one of four liquidity categories; (3) the efficiency of the arbitrage function during

the Reporting Period; (4) the impact of local holidays in non-U.S. jurisdictions; and (5) the impact of geopolitical, market and economic developments and events on liquidity and liquidity risk. The report concluded that the Program continues to be reasonably designed to assess and manage liquidity risk and was adequately and effectively implemented during the Reporting Period.

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to your

Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks to which it may be subject.

 

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Fund Expenses (Unaudited) — Six Month Period  Ended February 28, 2023

 

As a shareholder you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in Shares of the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Shares of the Fund.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from September 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023, which represents a period of 181 days in a 365 day year.

Actual Expenses — The first line under each share class in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid 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 in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes — The second line under each share class in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual net expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges, redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is 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.

 

     MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF*  
     Beginning
Account Value
9/1/2022
    Ending
Account Value
2/28/2023
    Expenses Paid for the
6 months ended
2/28/2023
*
 

Actual based on NAV

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,013.92     $ 0.55  

Hypothetical 5% return

    1,000.00       1,024.25     0.55  

 

  +   Hypothetical expenses are based on the Fund’s actual annualized net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses.  

 

  *   Expenses for each share class are calculated using the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six months ended February 28, 2023. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the annualized net expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the fiscal year. The annualized net expense ratios for the period were as follows:  

 

Fund          

MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

       0.11%  

 

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Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Management Agreement for Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF (Unaudited)

 

Background

The Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF (the “Fund”) is an investment portfolio of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II (the “Trust”). The Board of Trustees oversees the management of the Trust and reviews the investment performance and expenses of the Fund at regularly scheduled meetings held throughout the year. In addition, the Board of Trustees determines annually whether to approve the continuance of the Trust’s investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Investment Adviser”) on behalf of the Fund.

The Management Agreement was most recently approved for continuation until September 30, 2023 by the Board of Trustees, including those Trustees who are not parties to the Management Agreement or “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of any party thereto (the “Independent Trustees”), at a meeting held on September 19-20, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”).

The review process undertaken by the Trustees spans the course of the year and culminates with the Annual Meeting. To assist the Trustees in their deliberations, the Trustees have established a Contract Review Committee (the “Committee”), comprised of the Independent Trustees. The Committee held four meetings over the course of the year since the Management Agreement was last approved in 2021. At those Committee meetings, regularly scheduled Board or other committee meetings, and/or the Annual Meeting, matters relevant to the renewal of the Management Agreement were considered by the Board, or the Independent Trustees, as applicable. With respect to the Fund, such matters included:

  (a)   the nature and quality of the advisory, administrative, and other services provided to the Fund by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, including information about:
  (i)   the structure, staff, and capabilities of the Investment Adviser and its portfolio management teams;
  (ii)   the groups within the Investment Adviser and its affiliates that support the portfolio management teams or provide other types of necessary services, including fund services groups (e.g., accounting and financial reporting, tax, shareholder services, and operations); controls and risk management groups (e.g., legal, compliance, valuation oversight, credit risk management, internal audit, compliance testing, market risk analysis, finance, and central funding); sales and distribution support groups, and others (e.g., information technology and training);
  (iii)   trends in employee headcount;
  (iv)   the Investment Adviser’s financial resources and ability to hire and retain talented personnel and strengthen its operations; and
  (v)   the parent company’s support of the Investment Adviser and its registered fund business, as expressed by the firm’s senior management;
  (b)   information on general investment outlooks in the markets in which the Fund invests;
  (c)   the terms of the Management Agreement entered into by the Trust on behalf of the Fund;
  (d)   fee and expense information for the Fund, including the relative management fee and expense levels of the Fund as compared to those of comparable funds managed by other advisers, as provided by the Outside Data Provider;
  (e)   with respect to the expense comparison data provided by the Outside Data Provider, its processes in producing that data for the Fund;
  (f)   the undertakings of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to implement fee waivers;
  (g)   whether the Fund’s existing management fee schedule adequately addressed any economies of scale;
  (h)   a summary of the “fall-out” benefits derived by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund;
  (i)   a summary of potential benefits derived by the Fund as a result of its relationship with the Investment Adviser;
  (j)   portfolio manager ownership of Fund shares; the manner in which portfolio manager compensation is determined; and the number and types of accounts managed by the portfolio managers;
  (k)   the nature and quality of the services provided to the Fund by its unaffiliated service providers, and the Investment Adviser’s general oversight and evaluation (including reports on due diligence) of those service providers as part of the administrative services provided under the Management Agreement; and
  (l)   the Investment Adviser’s processes and policies addressing various types of potential conflicts of interest; its approach to risk management; the annual review of the effectiveness of the Fund’s compliance program; and periodic compliance reports.

The presentations made at the Board and Committee meetings and at the Annual Meeting encompassed the Fund and other registered funds for which the Board of Trustees has responsibility. In evaluating the Management Agreement at the Annual Meeting, the Trustees relied upon their knowledge, resulting from their meetings and other interactions throughout the year, of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, their services, and the Fund. In conjunction with these meetings, the Trustees received written

 

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Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Management Agreement for Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF (Unaudited) (continued)

 

materials and oral presentations on the topics covered, and the Investment Adviser addressed the questions and concerns of the Trustees, including concerns regarding the investment performance of certain of the funds they oversee. The Independent Trustees were advised by their independent legal counsel regarding their responsibilities and other regulatory requirements related to the approval and continuation of registered fund investment management agreements under applicable law. In addition, the Investment Adviser and its affiliates provided the Independent Trustees with a written response to a formal request for information sent on behalf of the Independent Trustees by their independent legal counsel. During the course of their deliberations, the Independent Trustees met in executive sessions with their independent legal counsel, without representatives of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates present.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of the Services Provided Under the Management Agreement

As part of their review, the Trustees considered the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the Fund by the Investment Adviser. In this regard, the Trustees considered both the investment advisory services and non-advisory services that are provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees noted the transition in the leadership and changes in personnel of various of the Investment Adviser’s portfolio management teams that had occurred in recent periods, and the ongoing recruitment efforts aimed at bringing high quality investment talent to the Investment Adviser. They also noted the Investment Adviser’s commitment to maintaining high quality systems and expending substantial resources to respond to ongoing changes to the market, regulatory and control environment in which the Fund and its service providers operate, including developments associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical events, and economic sanctions, as well as the efforts of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to combat cyber security risks. The Trustees considered that under the Management Agreement, the Fund pays a single fee to the Investment Adviser, and the Investment Adviser pays the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings, litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. The Trustees also considered information about the Fund’s structure, investment objective, strategies and other characteristics. In particular, they noted that the Fund is a passively-managed ETF that seeks to track an index developed and maintained by a third-party service provider. The Trustees noted the experience and capabilities of the key personnel of the Investment Adviser who provide services to the Fund. In particular, the Trustees considered the Investment Adviser’s extensive experience in managing quantitative investment strategies. They also considered information regarding the Investment Adviser’s business continuity planning and remote operations capabilities. The Trustees concluded that the Investment Adviser continued to commit substantial financial and operational resources to the Fund and expressed confidence that the Investment Adviser would continue to do so in the future. The Trustees also recognized that the Investment Adviser had made significant commitments to address regulatory compliance requirements applicable to the Fund and the Investment Adviser and its affiliates.

Investment Performance

The Trustees noted that the Fund had launched on April 5, 2022 and did not yet have a meaningful performance history.

Unitary Fee Structure and Profitability

The Trustees considered the unitary management fee rate payable by the Fund, noting that the Management Agreement provides for a unitary fee structure, pursuant to which the Fund pays a single fee to the Investment Adviser, and the Investment Adviser then pays all of the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses. In addition, the Trustees considered information on the services rendered by the Investment Adviser to the Fund, which included both advisory and non-advisory services that were directed to the needs and operations of the Fund as an ETF.

In particular, the Trustees reviewed analyses prepared by a third-party fund data provider engaged as part of the contract review process (the “Outside Data Provider”) regarding the expense ranking of the Fund. The analyses provided a comparison of the Fund’s management fee to those of a relevant peer group and category universe; an expense analysis which compared the Fund’s overall net and gross expenses to a peer group and a category universe; and data comparing the Fund’s net expenses to the peer and category medians. The Trustees also considered information previously provided regarding fees and expenses of comparable ETFs advised by other, unaffiliated investment management firms. The comparisons of the Fund’s fee rate and expense ratio were prepared by the Investment Adviser and certain third-party providers of mutual fund and ETF data. In particular, the Trustees referred to an analysis comparing the Fund’s management fee rate and net expense ratio to those of relevant peer funds. The Trustees concluded that the comparisons provided by the Outside Data Provider and the Investment Adviser were useful in evaluating the reasonableness of the management fees and total expenses paid by the Fund.

The Trustees noted that license fees would be payable by the Investment Adviser to Solactive AG for the use of its index.

 

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Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Management Agreement for Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Economies of Scale

The Trustees noted that the Fund, unlike many other ETFs, has management fee breakpoints. The Trustees considered the breakpoints in the fee rate payable under the Management Agreement at the following annual percentage rates of the average daily net assets of the Fund:

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Management Fee Annual Rate  

First $300 million

     0.15

Next $700 million

     0.10  

Next $4 billion

     0.09  

Over $5 billion

     0.08  

The Trustees noted that the breakpoints were designed to share potential economies of scale, if any, with the Fund and its shareholders as assets under management reach those asset levels. The Trustees considered the amount of assets in the Fund and information comparing fee rates charged by the Investment Adviser with fee rates charged to other funds in the peer group. Upon reviewing these matters, the Trustees concluded that the fee breakpoints represented a means of assuring that benefits of scalability, if any, would be passed along to shareholders at the specified asset levels. They also noted that the Investment Adviser had passed along savings to shareholders of the Fund, which had asset levels above the second breakpoint during the year.

Other Benefits to the Investment Adviser and Its Affiliates

The Trustees also considered the other benefits derived (or expected to be derived) by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund as stated above, including: (a) trading efficiencies resulting from aggregation of orders of the Fund with those for other funds or accounts managed by the Investment Adviser; (b) the Investment Adviser’s ability to leverage the infrastructure designed to service the Fund on behalf of its other clients; (c) the Investment Adviser’s ability to cross-market other products and services to Fund shareholders; (d) the Investment Adviser’s ability to negotiate better pricing with custodians on behalf of its other clients, as a result of the relationship with the Fund; (e) the investment of cash and cash collateral in money market funds managed by the Investment Adviser that will result in increased assets under management for those money market funds; and (f) the possibility that the working relationship between the Investment Adviser and the Fund’s third-party service providers may cause those service providers to be more likely to do business with other areas of Goldman Sachs. In the course of considering the foregoing, the Independent Trustees requested and received further information quantifying certain of these fall-out benefits.

Other Benefits to the Fund and Its Shareholders

The Trustees also noted that the Fund receives certain other potential benefits as a result of its relationship with the Investment Adviser, including: (a) trading efficiencies resulting from aggregation of orders of the Fund with those of other funds or accounts managed by the Investment Adviser; (b) enhanced servicing and pricing from vendors due to the volume of business generated by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates; (c) the Investment Adviser’s ability to negotiate favorable terms with derivatives counterparties on behalf of the Fund as a result of the size and reputation of the Goldman Sachs organization; (d) the Investment Adviser’s ability to hire and retain qualified personnel to provide services to the Fund because of the reputation of the Goldman Sachs organization; (e) the Fund’s access, through the Investment Adviser, to certain firm-wide resources (e.g., proprietary risk management systems and databases), subject to certain restrictions; and (f) the Fund’s access to certain affiliated distribution channels. They considered the competitive nature of the ETF marketplace, noting that many of the Funds’ shareholders invested in the Funds in part because of the Funds’ relationship with the Investment Adviser and have a general expectation that the relationship will continue.

Conclusion

In connection with their consideration of the Management Agreement, the Trustees gave weight to each of the factors described above, but did not identify any particular factor as controlling their decision. After deliberation and consideration of all of the information provided, including the factors described above, the Trustees concluded, in the exercise of their business judgment, that the unitary fee paid by the Fund was reasonable in light of the services provided to it by the Investment Adviser, the Investment Adviser’s costs and the Fund’s current and reasonably foreseeable asset levels. The Trustees unanimously concluded that the Investment Adviser’s continued management likely would benefit the Fund and its shareholders and that the Management Agreement with respect to the Fund should be approved and continued until September 30, 2023.

 

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FUNDS PROFILE

 

Goldman Sachs ETFs

 

 

LOGO

 

Goldman Sachs is a premier financial services firm, known since 1869 for creating thoughtful and customized investment solutions in complex global markets.

Today, the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, including private institutions, public entities and individuals. With approximately $2.30 trillion in assets under supervision as of December 31, 2022, Goldman Sachs Asset Management has portfolio management teams located around the world and our investment professionals bring firsthand knowledge of local markets to every investment decision. Assets under supervision includes assets under management and other client assets for which Goldman Sachs does not have full discretion. Goldman Sachs Asset Management leverages the resources of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC subject to legal, internal and regulatory restrictions.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Defensive Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Emerging Markets USD Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Community Municipal Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Health Care Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Consumer Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Real Estate and Infrastructure Equity ETF

 

INDEX DISCLAIMERS

The Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Small Cap Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. 1000 Equity ETF are not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index, the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index, Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Small Cap Index, Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index, Solactive GBS United States 1000 Index (“Solactive Indexes”) and/ or Solactive Index trade mark or the Solactive Index Price at any time or in any other respect. The Solactive Indexes are calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Solactive Indexes are calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards the Funds, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Solactive Indexes to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of the Funds. Neither publication of a Solactive Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Solactive Index or Solactive Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with a Fund constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in this fund. Solactive AG is registered as a benchmark administrator under the Regulation (EU) 2016/2011 (BMR). Solactive appears on the ESMA register of administrators.


TRUSTEES

Cheryl K. Beebe, Chair

Lawrence Hughes

John F. Killian

Steven D. Krichmar

Linda A. Lang

Michael Latham

James A. McNamara

Lawrence W. Stranghoener

 

OFFICERS

James A. McNamara, President

Joseph F. DiMaria, Principal Financial Officer, Principal

Accounting Officer and Treasurer

Caroline L. Kraus, Secretary

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Transfer Agent

 

ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Distributor

 

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.

Investment Adviser

Visit our Website at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282

The reports concerning the Fund included in this shareholder report may contain certain forward-looking statements about the factors that may affect the performance of the Fund in the future. These statements are based on Fund management’s predictions and expectations concerning certain future events and their expected impact on the Funds, such as performance of the economy as a whole and of specific industry sectors, changes in the levels of interest rates, the impact of developing world events, and other factors that may influence the future performance of the Fund. Management believes these forward-looking statements to be reasonable, although they are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Actual events may cause adjustments in portfolio management strategies from those currently expected to be employed.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, are available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-621-2550; and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC’’) web site at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund will file portfolio holdings information for each month in a fiscal quarter within 60 days after the end of the relevant fiscal quarter on the Form N-PORT. Portfolio holdings information for the third month of each fiscal quarter will be made available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. Portfolio holdings information may be obtained upon request and without charge by calling 1-800-621-2550.

Fund holdings and allocations shown are as of February 28, 2023 and may not be representative of future investments. Fund holdings should not be relied on in making investment decisions and should not be construed as research or investment advice regarding particular securities. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

Economic and market forecasts presented herein reflect our judgment as of the date of this presentation and are subject to change without notice. These forecasts do not take into account the specific investment objectives, restrictions, tax and financial situation or other needs of any specific client. Actual data will vary and may not be reflected here. These forecasts are subject to high levels of uncertainty that may affect actual performance. Accordingly, these forecasts should be viewed as merely representative of a broad range of possible outcomes. These forecasts are estimated, based on assumptions, and are subject to significant revision and may change materially as economic and market conditions change. Goldman Sachs has no obligation to provide updates or changes to these forecasts. Case studies and examples are for illustrative purposes only.

ETF Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their net asset value (“NAV”) only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor of the Goldman Sachs ETF Funds. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is unaffiliated with Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

This material is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Prospectus or summary prospectus, if applicable. Investors should consider a Fund’s objective, risks, and charges and expenses, and read the summary prospectus, if available, and/or the Prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. The summary prospectus, if available, and the Prospectus contain this and other information about a Fund and may be obtained from your authorized dealer or from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC by calling 1-800-621-2550.

© 2023 Goldman Sachs. All rights reserved. 313757-OTU-1778222 MKTBETAUS1000SAR-23


ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party (the “Code of Ethics”).

(b) Not applicable.

(c) During the period covered by this report, no amendments were made to the provisions of the Code of Ethics.

(d) During the period covered by this report, the registrant did not grant any waivers, including an implicit waiver, from any provision of the Code of Ethics.

(e) Not applicable.

(f) A copy of the Code of Ethics is available as provided in Item 13(a)(1) of this report.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the registrant has at least one “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR) serving on its audit committee. Michael Latham is the “audit committee financial expert” and is “independent” (as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR).

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

The information required by this Item is only required in an annual report on this Form N-CSR.


ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

    

The Registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The members of the Audit Committee are Michael Latham, Cheryl K. Beebe, Lawrence Hughes, John F. Killian, Steven D. Krichmar, Linda A. Lang, and Lawrence W. Stranghoener, each a Trustee of the Registrant.

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 

    

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

    

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

    

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

 

    

Not applicable.


ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

    

There have been 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 registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

    

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS.

 

(a)(1)      Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II’s Code of Ethics for Principal Executive and Senior Financial Officers is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 13(a)(1) of the registrant’s Form N-CSR filed on November 3, 2022.
(a)(2)    Exhibit 99.CERT    Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
(a)(3)      Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
(a)(4)      There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.
(b)    Exhibit 99.906CERT                Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.


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.

 

    Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II
By:   /s/ James A. McNamara
 

 

 

 

James A. McNamara

  President/Chief Executive Officer
  Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II
Date:    

May 3, 2023

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/ James A. McNamara
 

 

 

 

James A. McNamara

  President/Chief Executive Officer
  Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II
Date:    

May 3, 2023

By:   /s/ Joseph F. DiMaria
 

 

 

 

Joseph F. DiMaria

  Principal Financial Officer
  Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II
Date:    

May 3, 2023