Annual Report
Year Ended: October 31, 2022
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF
Dimensional International Value ETF
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
Shareholder Letter
December 2022
Dear Shareholder,
For more than four decades, Dimensional has been innovating on behalf of investors, using financial science to pursue higher expected returns across a range of market conditions.
We start with what clients are seeking and determine how best to deliver strategies to meet those needs through a systematic approach designed to add value over indexing. Every day, we manage our strategies through a flexible process that allows us to consistently focus on reducing costs and controlling risks. We believe in sensible ideas that we can implement well. And we’re committed to continuing to enhance the investment solutions and services we provide to empower financial professionals. We start with what clients are seeking and determine how best to deliver strategies to meet those needs through a systematic approach designed to add value over indexing. Every day, we manage our strategies through a flexible process that allows us to consistently focus on reducing costs and controlling risks. We believe in sensible ideas that we can implement well. And we’re committed to continuing to enhance the investment solutions and services we provide to empower financial professionals.
On behalf of everyone at Dimensional, we thank you for entrusting us with your investments.
Sincerely,
David P. Butler |
Gerard O’Reilly | |
Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer |
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT
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This report is submitted for the information of each Fund’s shareholders. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
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DEFINITIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS AND FOOTNOTES
(Unaudited)
Summary Schedules of Investments | ||
Investment Abbreviations | ||
ADR | American Depositary Receipt | |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt | |
PLC | Public Limited Company | |
SA | Special Assessment | |
Investment Footnotes | ||
† | See Note B to Financial Statements | |
‡ | Calculated as a percentage of total net assets. Percentages shown parenthetically next to the category headings have been calculated as a percentage of total investments. “Other Securities” are those securities that are not among the top 50 holdings in unaffiliated issuers of the Fund or do not represent more than 1.0% of the net assets of the Fund. Some of the individual securities within this category may include Total or Partial Securities on Loan and/or Non-Income Producing Securities | |
# | Total or Partial Securities on Loan | |
* | Non-Income Producing Securities | |
@ | Security purchased with cash collateral received from Securities on Loan | |
§ | Affiliated Fund | |
Financial Highlights | ||
(a) | Computed using average shares outstanding | |
(b) | Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, if any, and redemption on the last day of the period at net asset value. This percentage is not an indication of the performance of a shareholder’s investment in the Fund based on market value due to differences between the market price of the shares and the net asset value per share of the Fund | |
(c) | Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, if any, and redemption on the last day of the period at market value. Market value is determined by the composite closing price. Composite closing security price is defined as the last reported sale price from any primary listing market (e.g., NYSE Arca) or participating regional exchanges or markets. The composite closing price is the last reported sale price from any of the eligible sources, regardless of volume and not an average price and may have occurred on a date prior to the close of the reporting period. Market value may be greater or less than net asset value, depending on the Fund’s closing price on the listing market | |
(d) | Excludes impact of in-kind transactions | |
All Statements, Schedules and Notes to Financial Statements | ||
— | Amounts designated as — are either zero or rounded to zero | |
SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
(Unaudited)
Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF vs.
Russell 3000® Index
October 31, 2012-October 31, 2022
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Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Fund Market Price”) is the market closing price as determined by the fund’s listing exchange.
FTSERussell data © FTSERussell 2022, all rights reserved. | |||||||||||
Average
Annual Total Return |
One Year |
Five Years |
Ten Years |
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Fund Net Asset Value | -15.30% | 10.17% | 12.62% | |||||||||
Fund Market Price | -15.19% | 10.19% | 12.63% |
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF vs.
Russell 2000® Index
October 31, 2012-October 31, 2022
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Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Fund Market Price”) is the market closing price as determined by the fund’s listing exchange.
FTSERussell data © FTSERussell 2022, all rights reserved. | |||||||||||
Average
Annual Total Return |
One Year |
Five Years |
Ten Years |
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Fund Net Asset Value | -10.58% | 6.31% | 10.69% | |||||||||
Fund Market Price | -10.55% | 6.34% | 10.71% |
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
PERFORMANCE CHARTS
(Unaudited)
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF vs.
Russell 2000® Value Index
October 31, 2012-October 31, 2022
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Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Fund Market Price”) is the market closing price as determined by the fund’s listing exchange.
FTSERussell data © FTSERussell 2022, all rights reserved. | |||||||||||
Average
Annual Total Return |
One Year |
Five Years |
Ten Years |
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Fund Net Asset Value | -3.07% | 6.62% | 10.88% | |||||||||
Fund Market Price | -3.05% | 6.64% | 10.90% |
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF vs.
Russell 3000® Index
October 31, 2012-October 31, 2022
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Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Fund Market Price”) is the market closing price as determined by the fund’s listing exchange.
FTSERussell data © FTSERussell 2022, all rights reserved. | |||||||||||
Average
Annual Total Return |
One Year | Five Years |
Ten Years |
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Fund Net Asset Value | -11.95% | 9.06% | 11.94% | |||||||||
Fund Market Price | -12.01% | 9.07% | 11.95% |
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
PERFORMANCE CHARTS
(Unaudited)
Dimensional U.S. Marketwide Value ETF (NAV) vs.
Russell 3000 Value Index
October 31, 2012-October 31, 2022
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Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Fund Market Price”) is the market closing price as determined by the fund’s listing exchange.
FTSERussell data © FTSERussell 2022, all rights reserved. | |||||||||||
Average
Annual Total Return |
One Year |
Five Years |
Ten Years |
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Fund Net Asset Value | -6.28% | 7.25% | 11.15% | |||||||||
Fund Market Price | -6.29% | 7.25% | 11.15% |
Dimensional International Value ETF vs.
MSCI World ex USA Index (net dividends),
MSCI World ex USA Value Index (net dividends)
October 31, 2012-October 31, 2022
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As of February 28, 2022, the Portfolio changed its benchmark from the MSCI World ex USA Index (net dividends) to the MSCI World ex USA Value Index (net dividends) because this index better reflects the universe of securities in which the ETF invests.
Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Fund Market Price”) is the market closing price as determined by the fund’s listing exchange.
MSCI data © MSCI 2022, all rights reserved. | |||||||||||
Average
Annual Total Return |
One Year |
Five Years |
Ten Years |
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Fund Net Asset Value | -13.97% | -0.09% | 4.00% | |||||||||
Fund Market Price | -14.08% | -0.05% | 4.02% |
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
PERFORMANCE CHARTS
(Unaudited)
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF vs.
MSCI All Country World ex USA Index (net dividends)
October 31, 2012-October 31, 2022
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Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The price used to calculate market return (“Fund Market Price”) is the market closing price as determined by the fund’s listing exchange.
MSCI data © MSCI 2022, all rights reserved. | |||||||||||
Average
Annual Total Return |
One Year |
Five Years |
Ten Years |
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Fund Net Asset Value | -22.87% | -0.65% | 4.01% | |||||||||
Fund Market Price | -22.69% | -0.61% | 4.03% |
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
U.S. Equity Market Review | 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
U.S. equities had negative returns for the period. The broad U.S. equity market, as measured by the Russell 3000® Index, lost approximately -16.52%. As measured by Russell indices, small-cap stocks underperformed large-cap stocks, and mid-cap stocks, a subset of the large-cap universe, underperformed large-cap stocks but outperformed small-cap stocks. Value stocks outperformed growth stocks as measured by the Russell indices.
Total Return for 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
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Russell 3000® Index |
-16.52 | % | ||
Russell 1000® Index (large-cap stocks) |
-16.38 | % | ||
Russell Midcap® Index (mid-cap stocks) |
-17.17 | % | ||
Russell 2000® Index (small-cap stocks) |
-18.54 | % | ||
Russell Microcap® Index (micro-cap stocks) |
-22.29 | % | ||
Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index SM |
-19.97 | % |
Total Return for 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
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Russell 1000® Value Index (large-cap value stocks) |
-7.00 | % | ||
Russell 1000® Growth Index (large-cap growth stocks) |
-24.60 | % | ||
Russell 2000® Value Index (small-cap value stocks) |
-10.73 | % | ||
Russell 2000® Growth Index (small-cap growth stocks) |
-26.02 | % |
Source: Frank Russell Company is the source and owner of the trademarks, service marks, and copyrights related to the Russell Indexes.
Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF
The Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF invests in a broadly diversified group of U.S. securities while considering the federal tax implications of investment decisions. The ETF generally excludes small cap stocks with the lowest profitability and highest relative price. The ETF also generally excludes certain small cap companies that have high asset growth. The investment strategy is process driven, emphasizing broad diversification. As of October 31, 2022, the ETF held approximately 2,380 securities. Average cash exposure throughout the year was less than 1% of the ETF’s assets.
For the 12 months ended October 31, 2022, total returns were -15.30% for the ETF and -16.52% for the Russell 3000® Index, the ETF’s benchmark. The ETF’s exclusion of stocks with high asset growth contributed positively to performance relative to the benchmark, as those stocks underperformed. The ETF’s exclusion of stocks with the lowest profitability and highest relative price also contributed positively to relative performance, as those stocks underperformed.
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF
The Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF invests in a broadly diversified group of U.S. small-cap stocks while considering the federal tax implications of investment decisions. The ETF generally excludes stocks with the lowest profitability and highest relative price. Additionally, the ETF generally excludes certain companies with high asset growth. The investment strategy is process driven, emphasizing broad diversification. As of October 31, 2022, the ETF held approximately 1,990 securities. Average cash exposure throughout the year was less than 1% of the ETF’s assets.
For the 12 months ended October 31, 2022, total returns were -10.58% for the ETF and -18.54% for the Russell 2000® Index, the ETF’s benchmark. The ETF’s exclusion of stocks with the lowest profitability and highest relative price contributed positively to performance relative to the benchmark, as those stocks underperformed. The
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ETF’s exclusion of stocks with high asset growth also contributed positively to relative performance, as those securities underperformed.
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF
The Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF invests in a broadly diversified group of U.S. small- and mid-cap value stocks with higher profitability, while considering the federal tax implications of investment decisions. Additionally, the ETF generally excludes certain companies with high asset growth. The investment strategy is process driven, emphasizing broad diversification. As of October 31, 2022, the ETF held approximately 1,630 securities. Average cash exposure throughout the year was less than 1% of the ETF’s assets.
For the 12 months ended October 31, 2022, total returns were -3.07% for the ETF and -10.73% for the Russell 2000® Value Index, the ETF’s benchmark. The ETF’s emphasis on higher-profitability stocks within the small- and mid-cap value segment of the U.S. market contributed positively to relative performance, as these stocks outperformed. With low relative price (value) stocks outperforming high relative price (growth) stocks for the period, the ETF’s greater emphasis on value stocks as compared to the benchmark also contributed positively to the ETF’s relative performance. Additionally, the ETF’s exclusion of real estate investment trusts (REITs) contributed positively to relative performance, as REITs generally underperformed. The ETF’s exclusion of stocks with high asset growth also contributed positively to relative performance, as those stocks underperformed.
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
The Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF invests in a broadly diversified group of U.S. securities with increased exposure to smaller market capitalization stocks, lower relative price (value) stocks, and higher-profitability stocks relative to the market while considering federal tax implications of investment decisions. The investment strategy is process driven, emphasizing broad diversification. As of October 31, 2022, the ETF held approximately 2,690 securities. Average cash exposure throughout the year was less than 1% of the ETF’s assets.
For the 12 months ended October 31, 2022, total returns were -11.95% for the ETF and -16.52% for the Russell 3000® Index, the ETF’s benchmark. With low relative price (value) stocks outperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the ETF’s emphasis on value stocks contributed positively to relative performance. The ETF’s emphasis on higher-profitability stocks also contributed positively to relative performance, as higher-profitability value stocks outperformed lower-profitability growth stocks.
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF
The Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF invests in a broadly diversified group of U.S. low relative price (value) stocks while considering the federal tax implications of investment decisions. The investment strategy is process driven, emphasizing broad diversification with increased exposure to stocks with smaller market capitalizations, lower relative price (value), and higher profitability within the value segment of the U.S. market. As of October 31, 2022, the Portfolio held approximately 1,200 securities. Average cash exposure throughout the year was less than 1% of the Portfolio’s assets.
For the 12 months ended October 31, 2022, total returns were -6.28% for the ETF and -7.25% for the Russell 3000® Value Index, the ETF’s benchmark. The ETF’s emphasis on higher-profitability stocks within the value segment of the U.S. market contributed positively to relative performance, as these stocks outperformed. Additionally, the ETF’s exclusion of real estate investment trusts (REITs) contributed positively to relative performance, as REITs generally underperformed.
International Equity Market Review | 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
Performance of non-U.S. developed markets was negative for the period. As measured by the MSCI World ex USA indices, small-cap stocks underperformed large-cap stocks, and mid-cap stocks, a subset of the large-cap universe, underperformed large-cap stocks but outperformed small-cap stocks. Value stocks outperformed growth stocks as measured by the MSCI World ex USA indices.
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Total Return for 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
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Return in U.S. Dollars | ||||
MSCI World ex USA Index |
-22.04 | % | ||
MSCI World ex USA Mid Cap Index |
-27.57 | % | ||
MSCI World ex USA Small Cap Index |
-29.13 | % | ||
MSCI World ex USA Value Index |
-15.27 | % | ||
MSCI World ex USA Growth Index |
-28.78 | % |
For the 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022, the U.S. dollar appreciated against all non-U.S. developed markets currencies. Overall, currency movements had a negative impact on the U.S. dollar-denominated returns of developed markets.
Total Return for 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
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Ten Largest Foreign Developed Markets by Market Cap | Local Return | Return in U.S. Dollars | ||||||
Japan |
-1.81 | % | -24.67 | % | ||||
United Kingdom |
4.27 | % | -12.42 | % | ||||
Canada |
-5.29 | % | -13.94 | % | ||||
France |
-6.77 | % | -20.38 | % | ||||
Switzerland |
-11.30 | % | -19.01 | % | ||||
Australia |
-0.54 | % | -15.30 | % | ||||
Germany |
-21.22 | % | -32.72 | % | ||||
Netherlands |
-28.51 | % | -38.71 | % | ||||
Sweden |
-16.17 | % | -34.85 | % | ||||
Denmark |
-7.88 | % | -21.38 | % |
Source: Returns are of MSCI standard indices net of foreign withholding taxes on dividends. Copyright MSCI 2022, all rights reserved.
Emerging markets had negative performance for the period and underperformed both U.S. and non-U.S. developed markets. As measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets indices, small-cap stocks outperformed large-cap stocks, and mid-cap stocks, a subset of the large-cap universe, outperformed large-cap stocks but underperformed small-cap stocks. Value stocks outperformed growth stocks as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets indices.
Total Return for 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
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Return in U.S. Dollars | ||||
MSCI Emerging Markets Index |
-31.03 | % | ||
MSCI Emerging Markets Mid Cap Index |
-24.80 | % | ||
MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index |
-23.42 | % | ||
MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index |
-25.21 | % | ||
MSCI Emerging Markets Growth Index |
-36.11 | % |
For the 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022, the U.S. dollar appreciated against most emerging markets currencies and depreciated against others. Overall, currency movements had a negative impact on the U.S. dollar denominated returns of emerging markets.
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Total Return for 12 Months Ended October 31, 2022 |
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Ten Largest Emerging Markets by Market Cap | Local Return | Return in U.S. | ||||||
Dollars |
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China |
-46.31 | % | -47.90 | % | ||||
India |
2.93 | % | -6.89 | % | ||||
Taiwan |
-24.11 | % | -34.50 | % | ||||
Korea |
-19.88 | % | -34.28 | % | ||||
Brazil |
15.95 | % | 24.57 | % | ||||
Saudi Arabia |
2.18 | % | 2.00 | % | ||||
South Africa |
0.77 | % | -16.66 | % | ||||
Mexico |
1.99 | % | 5.56 | % | ||||
Indonesia |
16.58 | % | 5.89 | % | ||||
Thailand |
4.97 | % | -8.48 | % |
Source: Returns are of MSCI standard indices net of foreign withholding taxes on dividends. Copyright MSCI 2022, all rights reserved.
For Portfolios investing in non-U.S. equities traded outside of the U.S. market time zone, differences in the valuation timing and methodology between a Portfolio and its benchmark index may impact relative performance over the referenced period. The Portfolios price foreign exchange rates at the closing of the U.S. market, while their benchmark indices use rates at 4 p.m. London time. The Portfolios also may use fair value pricing to price certain portfolio securities at the closing of the U.S. market, while benchmark indices may use local market closing prices. For the one-year period ended October 31, 2022, these differences generally detracted from non-US developed markets Portfolios’ relative performance and were not material to emerging markets Portfolios’ relative performance.
Dimensional International Value ETF
The Dimensional International Value ETF invests in a broadly diversified group of developed ex U.S. large company value stocks while considering the federal tax implications of investment decisions. The investment strategy is process driven, emphasizing broad diversification, with increased exposure to stocks with smaller total market capitalizations, lower relative price (value), and higher-profitability within the large-cap value segment of developed ex U.S. markets. As of October 31, 2022, the ETF held approximately 570 securities in 22 eligible developed markets. Average cash exposure throughout the year was less than 1% of the ETF’s assets.
For the 12 months ended October 31, 2022, total returns were -13.97% for the ETF, -15.27% for the MSCI World ex USA Value Index, and -22.04% for the MSCI World ex USA Index (net dividends). As of February 28, 2022, the Portfolio changed its benchmark from the MSCI World ex USA Index (net dividends) to the MSCI World ex USA Value Index (net dividends) because this index better reflects the universe of securities in which the ETF invests. With low relative price (value) stocks outperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the ETF’s focus on value stocks contributed positively to performance relative to the benchmarks. The ETF’s exclusion of real estate investment trusts (REITs) also contributed positively to relative performance, as those stocks generally underperformed.
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core 2 Equity ETF
The Dimensional World ex U.S. Core 2 Equity ETF invests in a broadly diversified group of stocks in developed ex U.S. and emerging markets, with increased exposure to stocks with smaller market capitalization, lower relative price, and higher profitability, while considering potential federal tax implications of investment decisions. The investment strategy is process driven, emphasizing broad diversification. As of October 31, 2022, the ETF held approximately 9,820 securities in 45 eligible developed and emerging markets. Average cash exposure throughout the year was less than 1% of the ETF’s assets.
For the 12 months ended October 31, 2022, total returns were -22.87% for the ETF and -24.73% for the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index (net dividends), the ETF’s benchmark. The ETF’s greater emphasis on low relative price (value) stocks contributed positively to relative performance, as value stocks outperformed high relative price (growth) stocks in developed ex U.S. and emerging markets.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
(Unaudited)
The following Expense Tables are shown so that you can understand the impact of fees on your investment. All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports, among others. Operating expenses and legal and audit services, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund. A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs, in dollars, of investing in the fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The Expense Tables below illustrate your fund’s costs in two ways.
Actual Fund Return
This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the fund’s actual return and “Expenses Paid During Period” reflects the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, a $7,500 account value divided by $1,000 = 7.5), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
This section is intended to help you compare your fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. The hypothetical “Ending Account Value” and “Expenses Paid During Period” are derived from the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed 5% annual return before expenses. In this case, because the return used is not the fund’s actual return, the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the SEC requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% annual return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions, if applicable. The “Annualized Expense Ratio” represents the actual expenses for the six-month period indicated.
For the period ended October 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
EXPENSE TABLES |
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Beginning Account Value 5/1/2022 |
Ending Account Value 10/31/2022 |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During Period(a) |
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Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF |
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Actual Fund Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 951.00 | 0.09 | % | $ | 0.44 | ||||||||
Hypothetical 5% Annual Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.75 | 0.09 | % | $ | 0.46 | ||||||||
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF |
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Actual Fund Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,009.40 | 0.26 | % | $ | 1.32 | ||||||||
Hypothetical 5% Annual Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.89 | 0.26 | % | $ | 1.33 |
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DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES
CONTINUED
Beginning Account Value 5/1/2022 |
Ending Account Value 10/31/2022 |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During Period(a) |
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Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF |
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Actual Fund Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.80 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.43 | ||||||||
Hypothetical 5% Annual Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.79 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.43 | ||||||||
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
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Actual Fund Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 967.60 | 0.17 | % | $ | 0.84 | ||||||||
Hypothetical 5% Annual Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.35 | 0.17 | % | $ | 0.87 | ||||||||
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF |
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Actual Fund Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 999.40 | 0.21 | % | $ | 1.06 | ||||||||
Hypothetical 5% Annual Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.15 | 0.21 | % | $ | 1.07 | ||||||||
Dimensional International Value ETF |
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Actual Fund Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 893.10 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.34 | ||||||||
Hypothetical 5% Annual Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.79 | 0.28 | % | $ | 1.43 | ||||||||
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
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Actual Fund Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 850.20 | 0.32 | % | $ | 1.49 | ||||||||
Hypothetical 5% Annual Return |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.59 | 0.32 | % | $ | 1.63 |
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Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the six-month period, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period (184), then divided by the number of days in the year (365) to reflect the six-month period. |
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
(Unaudited)
The SEC requires that all funds file a complete Schedule of Investments with the SEC for their first and third fiscal quarters as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. For Dimensional ETF Trust, this would be for the fiscal quarters ending January 31 and July 31. Such Form N-PORT filing must be made within 60 days of the end of the quarter. Dimensional ETF Trust filed its most recent Form N-PORT with the SEC on September 29, 2022. They are available upon request, without charge, by calling collect: (512) 306-7400; by mailing a request to Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, TX 78746; or by visiting the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
SEC regulations permit a fund to include in its reports to shareholders a “Summary Schedule of Portfolio Holdings” in lieu of a full Schedule of Investments. The Summary Schedule of Portfolio Holdings reports the fund’s 50 largest holdings in unaffiliated issuers and any investments that exceed one percent of the fund’s net assets at the end of the reporting period. The regulations also require that the Summary Schedule of Portfolio Holdings identify each category of investments that are held.
A fund is required to file a complete Schedule of Investments with the SEC on Form N-CSR within ten days after mailing the annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. It will be available upon request, without charge, by calling collect: (512) 306-7400; by mailing a request to Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, TX 78746; or by visiting the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The SEC requires that all funds present their categories of portfolio holdings in a table, chart, or graph format in their annual and semi-annual shareholder reports, whether or not a Schedule of Investments is used. The following table, which presents portfolio holdings as a percentage of total investments before short-term investments and collateral for loaned securities, is provided in compliance with this requirement. The categories shown below represent broad industry sectors. Each industry sector consists of one or more specific industry classifications.
Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF |
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Communication Services |
7.1 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
11.1 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
6.7 | % | ||
Energy |
5.6 | % | ||
Financials |
12.6 | % | ||
Health Care |
15.2 | % | ||
Industrials |
9.6 | % | ||
Information Technology |
26.1 | % | ||
Materials |
2.9 | % | ||
Real Estate |
0.1 | % | ||
Utilities |
3.0 | % | ||
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100.0 | % |
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF |
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Communication Services |
2.5 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
13.0 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
4.1 | % | ||
Energy |
6.9 | % | ||
Financials |
21.2 | % | ||
Health Care |
10.4 | % | ||
Industrials |
20.7 | % | ||
InformationTechnology |
11.5 | % | ||
Materials |
6.2 | % | ||
Real Estate |
0.5 | % | ||
Utilities |
3.0 | % | ||
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100.0 | % |
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF |
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Communication Services |
2.8 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
13.9 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
5.0 | % | ||
Energy |
8.5 | % | ||
Financials |
28.8 | % | ||
Health Care |
4.4 | % | ||
Industrials |
19.1 | % | ||
Information Technology |
8.6 | % | ||
Materials |
7.9 | % | ||
Real Estate |
0.6 | % | ||
Utilities |
0.4 | % | ||
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100.0 | % |
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
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Communication Services |
5.3 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
10.2 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
6.4 | % | ||
Energy |
7.0 | % | ||
Financials |
15.2 | % | ||
Health Care |
13.6 | % | ||
Industrials |
13.5 | % | ||
Information Technology |
21.9 | % | ||
Materials |
4.5 | % | ||
Real Estate |
0.3 | % | ||
Utilities |
2.1 | % | ||
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100.0 | % |
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF |
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Communication Services |
8.0 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
5.1 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
6.5 | % | ||
Energy |
15.0 | % | ||
Financials |
21.2 | % | ||
Health Care |
19.3 | % | ||
Industrials |
13.2 | % | ||
Information Technology |
6.4 | % | ||
Materials |
4.9 | % | ||
Real Estate |
0.3 | % | ||
Utilities |
0.1 | % | ||
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100.0 | % |
Dimensional International Value ETF |
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Communication Services |
3.6 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
12.3 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
5.1 | % | ||
Energy |
15.1 | % | ||
Financials |
28.2 | % | ||
Health Care |
5.7 | % | ||
Industrials |
10.9 | % | ||
Information Technology |
1.4 | % | ||
Materials |
14.3 | % | ||
Real Estate |
2.2 | % | ||
Utilities |
1.2 | % | ||
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100.0 | % |
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DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
CONTINUED
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
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Communication Services |
5.2 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
11.7 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
7.6 | % | ||
Energy |
7.8 | % | ||
Financials |
16.0 | % | ||
Health Care |
6.9 | % | ||
Industrials |
15.9 | % | ||
Information Technology |
10.7 | % | ||
Materials |
12.8 | % | ||
Real Estate |
2.4 | % | ||
Utilities |
3.0 | % | ||
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100.0 | % |
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SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
October 31, 2022
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage of Net Assets‡ |
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COMMON STOCKS — (98.2%) |
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COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (7.0%) |
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* |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A |
894,563 | $ | 84,545,149 | 1.6% | |||||||||
* |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C |
883,389 | 83,621,603 | 1.5% | ||||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A |
674,578 | 21,411,106 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
* |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A |
344,302 | 32,075,174 | 0.6% | ||||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
630,836 | 23,574,341 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
* |
Walt Disney Co. (The) |
266,744 | 28,418,906 | 0.5% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
116,897,148 | 2.1% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES |
390,543,427 | 7.1% | ||||||||||||
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CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (10.9%) |
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* |
Amazon.com, Inc. |
1,323,768 | 135,606,794 | 2.5% | ||||||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) |
160,786 | 47,613,558 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. |
106,090 | 20,682,245 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
McDonald’s Corp. |
110,964 | 30,255,444 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
* |
Tesla, Inc. |
385,114 | 87,628,840 | 1.6% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
283,838,347 | 5.1% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
605,625,228 | 11.1% | ||||||||||||
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CONSUMER STAPLES — (6.6%) |
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Coca-Cola Co. (The) |
626,081 | 37,470,948 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. |
67,355 | 33,778,533 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
PepsiCo., Inc. |
216,631 | 39,335,857 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
370,755 | 49,929,576 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Walmart, Inc. |
221,214 | 31,485,389 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
174,509,644 | 3.2% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES |
366,509,947 | 6.7% | ||||||||||||
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ENERGY — (5.5%) |
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Chevron Corp. |
294,194 | 53,219,695 | 1.0% | |||||||||||
ConocoPhillips |
194,845 | 24,568,006 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
639,181 | 70,827,647 | 1.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
155,745,539 | 2.8% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL ENERGY |
304,360,887 | 5.6% | ||||||||||||
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FINANCIALS — (12.4%) |
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Bank of America Corp. |
1,118,597 | 40,314,236 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
* |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B |
285,329 | 84,197,735 | 1.6% | ||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
456,187 | 57,424,820 | 1.1% | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
537,892 | 24,737,653 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
480,824,835 | 8.6% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL FINANCIALS |
687,499,279 | 12.6% | ||||||||||||
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HEALTH CARE — (14.9%) |
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Abbott Laboratories |
258,823 | 25,607,948 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. |
273,987 | 40,111,697 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Amgen, Inc. |
81,748 | 22,100,572 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
303,112 | 23,482,087 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Danaher Corp. |
98,433 | 24,772,633 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. |
128,988 | 46,705,265 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
399,024 | 69,418,205 | 1.3% | |||||||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
389,810 | 39,448,772 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Pfizer, Inc. |
855,512 | 39,824,084 | 0.7% |
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DIMENSIONAL U.S. EQUITY ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage of Net Assets‡ |
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HEALTH CARE — (Continued) |
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. |
59,261 | $ | 30,458,376 | 0.6% | ||||||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
143,680 | 79,763,952 | 1.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
388,042,927 | 6.9% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL HEALTH CARE |
829,736,518 | 15.1% | ||||||||||||
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INDUSTRIALS — (9.4%) |
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Honeywell International, Inc. |
106,817 | 21,792,804 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. |
220,700 | 20,926,774 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
479,237,520 | 8.7% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL INDUSTRIALS |
521,957,098 | 9.5% | ||||||||||||
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — (25.6%) |
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Accenture PLC, Class A |
96,961 | 27,527,228 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
* |
Adobe, Inc. |
66,176 | 21,077,056 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Apple, Inc. |
2,443,020 | 374,612,687 | 6.9% | |||||||||||
Broadcom, Inc. |
62,698 | 29,475,584 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
636,685 | 28,924,600 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A |
135,257 | 44,388,642 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Microsoft Corp. |
1,053,555 | 244,561,722 | 4.5% | |||||||||||
NVIDIA Corp. |
351,294 | 47,414,151 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Oracle Corp. |
290,585 | 22,685,971 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
* |
salesforce.com, Inc. |
145,671 | 23,684,648 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
135,784 | 21,810,984 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A |
253,623 | 52,540,541 | 1.0% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
488,217,704 | 8.8% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
1,426,921,518 | 26.1% | ||||||||||||
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MATERIALS — (2.9%) |
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# |
Linde PLC |
80,933 | 24,065,428 | 0.5% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
135,103,427 | 2.4% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL MATERIALS |
159,168,855 | 2.9% | ||||||||||||
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REAL ESTATE — (0.1%) |
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Other Securities |
7,090,976 | 0.1% | ||||||||||||
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UTILITIES — (2.9%) |
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NextEra Energy, Inc. |
307,550 | 23,835,125 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
140,094,004 | 2.6% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL UTILITIES |
163,929,129 | 3.0% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
5,463,342,862 | 99.8% | ||||||||||||
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PREFERRED STOCK — (0.0%) |
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INDUSTRIALS — (0.0%) |
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Other Securities |
83,565 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK |
83,565 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
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RIGHTS/WARRANTS — (0.0%) |
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CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (0.0%) |
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Other Securities |
15 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
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HEALTH CARE — (0.0%) |
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Other Securities |
4,792 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
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DIMENSIONAL U.S. EQUITY ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage of Net Assets‡ |
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INDUSTRIALS — (0.0%) |
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Other Securities |
$ | 1,805 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
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TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS |
6,612 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — (98.2%) |
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(Cost $2,228,091,047) |
5,463,433,039 | |||||||||||||
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SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — (1.8%) |
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@§ |
The DFA Short Term Investment Fund |
8,576,849 | 99,229,856 | 1.8% | ||||||||||
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS — (100.0%) |
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(Cost $2,327,320,903) |
$ | 5,562,662,895 | 101.6% | |||||||||||
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Summary of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022, based on their valuation inputs, is as follows (see Security Valuation Note):
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Investments in Securities (Market Value) | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
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Communication Services |
$390,542,717 | $— | $710 | $390,543,427 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
605,625,228 | — | — | 605,625,228 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
366,509,947 | — | — | 366,509,947 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
304,360,887 | — | — | 304,360,887 | ||||||||||||
Financials |
687,499,279 | — | — | 687,499,279 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
829,697,347 | — | 39,171 | 829,736,518 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
521,957,098 | — | — | 521,957,098 | ||||||||||||
Information Technology |
1,426,921,518 | — | — | 1,426,921,518 | ||||||||||||
Materials |
159,168,855 | — | — | 159,168,855 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate |
7,090,976 | — | — | 7,090,976 | ||||||||||||
Utilities |
163,929,129 | — | — | 163,929,129 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stock |
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Industrials |
83,565 | — | — | 83,565 | ||||||||||||
Rights/Warrants |
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Consumer Discretionary |
— | — | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
— | 2,218 | 2,574 | 4,792 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
— | 1,805 | — | 1,805 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral |
— | 99,229,856 | — | 99,229,856 | ||||||||||||
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Total Investments |
$5,463,386,546 | $99,233,879 | $42,470 | $5,562,662,895 | ||||||||||||
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A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the reporting period in relation to net assets. |
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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL U.S. SMALL CAP ETF
SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
October 31, 2022
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage of Net Assets‡ |
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COMMON STOCKS — (92.8%) |
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COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (2.3%) |
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. |
77,573 | $ | 13,288,255 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
101,517,032 | 2.2% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES |
114,805,287 | 2.5% | ||||||||||||
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CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (12.1%) |
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Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. |
91,624 | 13,538,362 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
# |
Murphy USA, Inc. |
73,973 | 23,265,248 | 0.5% | ||||||||||
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. |
123,899 | 12,259,806 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
559,466,097 | 11.9% | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
608,529,513 | 13.0% | ||||||||||||
|
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CONSUMER STAPLES — (3.8%) |
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Other Securities |
189,599,385 | 4.0% | ||||||||||||
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ENERGY — (6.4%) |
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Matador Resources Co. |
213,050 | 14,157,172 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
PDC Energy, Inc. |
181,915 | 13,123,348 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Range Resources Corp. |
507,320 | 14,448,474 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
279,257,900 | 6.0% | ||||||||||||
|
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|
|
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TOTAL ENERGY |
320,986,894 | 6.9% | ||||||||||||
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|
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FINANCIALS — (19.7%) |
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American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. |
260,653 | 11,228,931 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Cadence Bank |
441,982 | 12,220,802 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Cathay General BanCorp |
287,958 | 13,130,885 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
# |
Glacier BanCorp, Inc. |
240,514 | 13,776,642 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Hancock Whitney Corp. |
194,706 | 10,878,224 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The) |
82,923 | 12,147,390 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Independent Bank Corp. |
131,872 | 11,474,183 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Primerica, Inc. |
79,716 | 11,534,905 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
RLI Corp. |
112,503 | 14,633,265 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. |
150,758 | 14,786,345 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
SouthState Corp. |
120,815 | 10,925,300 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
UMB Financial Corp. |
139,976 | 11,648,803 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. |
296,099 | 12,539,793 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
831,402,971 | 17.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL FINANCIALS |
992,328,439 | 21.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
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|
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HEALTH CARE — (9.7%) |
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* |
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. |
181,368 | 14,745,218 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
* |
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. |
116,516 | 14,622,758 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Ensign Group, Inc. (The) |
133,939 | 12,025,043 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
* |
Medpace Holdings, Inc. |
56,782 | 12,604,468 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
* |
Option Care Health, Inc. |
362,547 | 10,970,672 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
421,411,237 | 9.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL HEALTH CARE |
486,379,396 | 10.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (19.2%) |
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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. |
100,548 | 12,506,160 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
* |
ASGN, Inc. |
132,971 | 11,273,281 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
* |
Builders FirstSource, Inc. |
198,651 | 12,248,821 | 0.3% |
19
DIMENSIONAL U.S. SMALL CAP ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage of Net Assets‡ |
||||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (Continued) |
| |||||||||||||
#* |
Chart Industries, Inc. |
73,572 | $ | 16,397,727 | 0.4% | |||||||||
* |
Clean Harbors, Inc. |
103,727 | 12,702,408 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. |
101,466 | 12,508,728 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
EMCOR Group, Inc. |
112,648 | 15,894,633 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
#* |
FTI Consulting, Inc. |
95,450 | 14,854,883 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
# |
KBR, Inc. |
258,851 | 12,883,014 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
# |
Landstar System, Inc. |
69,485 | 10,854,947 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
#* |
MasTec, Inc. |
176,383 | 13,595,602 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
* |
Saia, Inc. |
69,430 | 13,806,850 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Timken Co. (The) |
184,431 | 13,148,086 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Triton International, Ltd. |
186,629 | 11,326,514 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
UFP Industries, Inc. |
167,553 | 11,934,800 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Valmont Industries, Inc. |
47,520 | 15,169,334 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
757,092,987 | 16.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS |
968,198,775 | 20.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — (10.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Amkor Technology, Inc. |
577,511 | 12,006,454 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
* |
Calix, Inc. |
163,420 | 12,034,249 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
* |
Cirrus Logic, Inc. |
165,924 | 11,136,819 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
* |
ExlService Holdings, Inc. |
89,270 | 16,233,749 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
* |
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. |
238,105 | 11,550,474 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
* |
Novanta, Inc. |
85,690 | 12,116,566 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
462,381,235 | 9.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
537,459,546 | 11.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
MATERIALS — (5.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Commercial Metals Co. |
340,660 | 15,500,030 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
# |
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. |
250,050 | 14,165,333 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
257,853,700 | 5.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL MATERIALS |
287,519,063 | 6.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
REAL ESTATE — (0.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
22,792,932 | 0.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
UTILITIES — (2.8%) |
| |||||||||||||
# |
Ormat Technologies, Inc. |
120,095 | 10,862,593 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
130,853,428 | 2.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL UTILITIES |
141,716,021 | 3.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
4,670,315,251 | 99.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
197,046 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
206,478 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,093,257 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS |
1,496,781 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
20
DIMENSIONAL U.S. SMALL CAP ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage of Net Assets‡ |
||||||||||||
RIGHTS/WARRANTS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
$ | 4,777 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HEALTH CARE — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
617,704 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS |
622,481 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — (92.8%) |
|
|||||||||||||
(Cost $2,918,470,756) |
4,672,434,513 | |||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — (7.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
@§ |
The DFA Short Term Investment Fund |
31,410,331 | 363,401,830 | 7.8% | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — (100.0%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $3,281,872,586) |
$ | 5,035,836,343 | 107.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Summary of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022, based on their valuation inputs, is as follows (see Security Valuation Note):
Investments in Securities (Market Value) | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Communication Services |
$ | 114,758,627 | $ | — | $ | 46,660 | $ | 114,805,287 | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
608,529,513 | — | — | 608,529,513 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
189,508,159 | — | 91,226 | 189,599,385 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
320,986,894 | — | — | 320,986,894 | ||||||||||||
Financials |
992,285,902 | — | 42,537 | 992,328,439 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
485,520,871 | — | 858,525 | 486,379,396 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
968,198,775 | — | — | 968,198,775 | ||||||||||||
Information Technology |
537,459,546 | — | — | 537,459,546 | ||||||||||||
Materials |
287,519,063 | — | — | 287,519,063 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate |
22,792,932 | — | — | 22,792,932 | ||||||||||||
Utilities |
141,716,021 | — | — | 141,716,021 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Communication Services |
197,046 | — | — | 197,046 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
206,478 | — | — | 206,478 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
1,093,257 | — | — | 1,093,257 | ||||||||||||
Rights/Warrants |
||||||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
— | — | 4,777 | 4,777 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
— | 59,612 | 558,092 | 617,704 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral |
— | 363,401,830 | — | 363,401,830 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total Investments |
$4,670,773,084 | $ | 363,461,442 | $ | 1,601,817 | $ | 5,035,836,343 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the reporting period in relation to net assets.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
21
DIMENSIONAL U.S. TARGETED VALUE ETF
SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
October 31, 2022
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage of Net Assets‡ |
||||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — (94.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (2.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
News Corp., Class A |
1,554,238 | $ | 26,219,995 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. |
142,276 | 24,371,879 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
140,297,420 | 1.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES |
190,889,294 | 2.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (13.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
#* |
AutoNation, Inc. |
372,184 | 39,566,881 | 0.6% | ||||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc., Class A |
1,030,312 | 38,667,609 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
# |
Dillard’s, Inc., Class A |
151,535 | 49,823,193 | 0.7% | ||||||||||
# |
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. |
352,775 | 39,376,745 | 0.6% | ||||||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. |
861,693 | 34,459,103 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Toll Brothers, Inc. |
659,837 | 28,425,778 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
768,191,491 | 10.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
998,510,800 | 13.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONSUMER STAPLES — (4.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Bunge, Ltd. |
322,419 | 31,822,755 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
* |
Darling Ingredients, Inc. |
344,909 | 27,068,458 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
* |
Hostess Brands, Inc. |
878,187 | 23,254,392 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
* |
Post Holdings, Inc. |
270,010 | 24,414,304 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
250,377,020 | 3.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES |
356,936,929 | 5.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
ENERGY — (8.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
HF Sinclair Corp. |
579,620 | 35,455,355 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
* |
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A |
731,708 | 32,378,079 | 0.5% | ||||||||||
* |
TechnipFMC PLC |
2,455,415 | 26,002,845 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
516,103,987 | 7.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL ENERGY |
609,940,266 | 8.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
FINANCIALS — (27.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. |
621,090 | 26,756,557 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. |
506,464 | 29,977,604 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
First Horizon Corp. |
1,214,647 | 29,770,998 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Invesco, Ltd. |
1,746,387 | 26,754,649 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Lincoln National Corp. |
435,590 | 23,465,233 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Old National BanCorp |
1,235,684 | 24,169,979 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Old Republic International Corp. |
1,151,385 | 26,723,646 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Popular, Inc. |
403,750 | 28,553,200 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. |
353,218 | 25,279,812 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. |
205,118 | 30,187,216 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. |
577,043 | 24,437,771 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
# |
Voya Financial, Inc. |
500,641 | 34,223,819 | 0.5% | ||||||||||
Webster Financial Corp. |
627,218 | 34,032,849 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
# |
Zions BanCorp NA |
520,138 | 27,015,968 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,679,797,709 | 23.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL FINANCIALS |
2,071,147,010 | 28.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HEALTH CARE — (4.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
#* |
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. |
295,622 | 24,034,069 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
300,565,848 | 4.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL HEALTH CARE |
324,599,917 | 4.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
22
DIMENSIONAL U.S. TARGETED VALUE ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (18.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
AGCO Corp. |
343,853 | $ | 42,696,227 | 0.6% | ||||||||||
# |
AMERCO |
53,660 | 30,864,695 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
* |
Builders FirstSource, Inc. |
412,837 | 25,455,529 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
# |
GATX Corp. |
239,727 | 25,101,814 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. |
815,618 | 39,174,133 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Owens Corning |
323,011 | 27,652,972 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. |
290,616 | 41,279,097 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Triton International, Ltd. |
425,698 | 25,835,612 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
* |
WESCO International, Inc. |
216,339 | 29,805,024 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,081,511,115 | 14.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS |
1,369,376,218 | 19.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — (8.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
* |
Arrow Electronics, Inc. |
425,743 | 43,110,736 | 0.6% | ||||||||||
Avnet, Inc. |
581,137 | 23,355,896 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Concentrix Corp. |
201,827 | 24,669,314 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
#* |
Sanmina Corp. |
437,635 | 24,529,442 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
TD SYNNEX Corp. |
266,179 | 24,358,040 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
474,975,252 | 6.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
614,998,680 | 8.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
MATERIALS — (7.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
Commercial Metals Co. |
672,462 | 30,597,021 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Huntsman Corp. |
977,948 | 26,169,888 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Olin Corp. |
540,102 | 28,598,401 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. |
343,173 | 69,142,496 | 1.0% | |||||||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. |
431,894 | 40,619,631 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
# |
Westlake Corp. |
251,824 | 24,338,790 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
350,914,292 | 4.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL MATERIALS |
570,380,519 | 7.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
REAL ESTATE — (0.6%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
45,573,985 | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
UTILITIES — (0.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
25,224,085 | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
7,177,577,703 | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
303,447 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
288,307 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,772,388 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS |
2,364,142 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
23
DIMENSIONAL U.S. TARGETED VALUE ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
RIGHTS/WARRANTS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
$ | 8,487 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HEALTH CARE — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
141,661 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS |
150,148 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL
INVESTMENT SECURITIES — (94.4%) |
7,180,091,993 | |||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — (5.6%) |
||||||||||||||
@§ |
The DFA Short Term Investment Fund |
36,481,230 | 422,069,586 | 5.9% | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — (100.0%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $5,364,402,782) |
$ | 7,602,161,579 | 105.8% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Summary of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022, based on their valuation inputs, is as follows (see Security Valuation Note):
|
| |||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities (Market Value) | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Communication Services |
$ | 190,764,908 | $ | — | $ | 124,386 | $ | 190,889,294 | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
998,510,800 | — | — | 998,510,800 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
356,824,018 | — | 112,911 | 356,936,929 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
609,940,266 | — | — | 609,940,266 | ||||||||||||
Financials |
2,070,960,336 | — | 186,674 | 2,071,147,010 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
323,357,957 | — | 1,241,960 | 324,599,917 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
1,369,376,218 | — | — | 1,369,376,218 | ||||||||||||
Information Technology |
614,998,680 | — | — | 614,998,680 | ||||||||||||
Materials |
570,380,519 | — | — | 570,380,519 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate |
45,573,985 | — | — | 45,573,985 | ||||||||||||
Utilities |
25,224,085 | — | — | 25,224,085 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Communication Services |
303,447 | — | — | 303,447 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
288,307 | — | — | 288,307 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
1,772,388 | — | — | 1,772,388 | ||||||||||||
Rights/Warrants |
||||||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
— | — | 8,487 | 8,487 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
— | 97 | 141,564 | 141,661 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral |
— | 422,069,586 | — | 422,069,586 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total Investments |
$ | 7,178,275,914 | $ | 422,069,683 | $ | 1,815,982 | $ | 7,602,161,579 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the reporting period in relation to net assets.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
24
DIMENSIONAL U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
October 31, 2022
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — (96.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (5.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
* |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A |
1,281,376 | $ | 121,102,846 | 0.8% | |||||||||
* |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C |
1,193,549 | 112,981,348 | 0.7% | ||||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A |
1,931,790 | 61,315,015 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
* |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A |
910,267 | 84,800,474 | 0.6% | ||||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
2,060,724 | 77,009,256 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
358,371,165 | 2.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES |
815,580,104 | 5.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (9.9%) |
||||||||||||||
* |
Amazon.com, Inc. |
1,657,852 | 169,830,359 | 1.1% | ||||||||||
Home Depot, Inc. (The) |
242,536 | 71,822,186 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,332,863,637 | 8.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
1,574,516,182 | 10.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONSUMER STAPLES — (6.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) |
1,168,656 | 69,944,062 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. |
152,359 | 76,408,038 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
PepsiCo., Inc. |
564,285 | 102,462,870 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) |
883,813 | 119,023,097 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Walmart, Inc. |
488,622 | 69,545,569 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
558,511,967 | 3.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES |
995,895,603 | 6.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
ENERGY — (6.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Chevron Corp. |
532,714 | 96,367,963 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
ConocoPhillips |
675,332 | 85,152,612 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. |
317,905 | 43,400,391 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
1,537,231 | 170,340,567 | 1.1% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
680,894,308 | 4.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL ENERGY |
1,076,155,841 | 7.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
FINANCIALS — (14.7%) |
||||||||||||||
American Express Co. |
347,468 | 51,581,625 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
2,214,906 | 79,825,212 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
* |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B |
473,335 | 139,676,425 | 0.9% | ||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
1,022,301 | 128,687,250 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley |
554,960 | 45,601,063 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
1,080,835 | 49,707,602 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,853,773,480 | 12.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL FINANCIALS |
2,348,852,657 | 15.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HEALTH CARE — (13.1%) |
||||||||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. |
623,183 | 91,233,991 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Amgen, Inc. |
180,696 | 48,851,164 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
845,380 | 65,491,589 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Cigna Corp. |
135,228 | 43,686,758 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
CVS Health Corp. |
485,516 | 45,978,365 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. |
107,817 | 58,951,101 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. |
264,096 | 95,626,521 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
577,715 | 45,327,519 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
1,009,678 | 175,653,682 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
907,398 | 91,828,678 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Pfizer, Inc. |
2,023,527 | 94,195,182 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. |
89,103 | 45,796,269 | 0.3% |
25
DIMENSIONAL U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
HEALTH CARE — (Continued) |
| |||||||||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
285,377 | $ | 158,427,042 | 1.0% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,033,148,249 | 6.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL HEALTH CARE |
|
2,094,196,110 | 13.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (13.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. |
246,103 | 53,271,455 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
# |
Deere & Co. |
116,022 | 45,923,828 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
Union Pacific Corp. |
324,761 | 64,023,384 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B |
273,997 | 45,968,477 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,873,034,915 | 12.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS |
2,082,222,059 | 13.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — (21.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A |
217,227 | 61,670,745 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Apple, Inc. |
4,973,659 | 762,660,871 | 5.0% | |||||||||||
Broadcom, Inc. |
170,592 | 80,198,711 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
1,454,593 | 66,082,160 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Intel Corp. |
1,862,574 | 52,952,979 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
International Business Machines Corp. |
374,905 | 51,845,612 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A |
310,669 | 101,955,352 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Microsoft Corp. |
2,379,778 | 552,417,867 | 3.6% | |||||||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. |
521,144 | 61,317,803 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
369,507 | 59,353,909 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
# |
Visa, Inc., Class A |
587,590 | 121,725,144 | 0.8% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,400,730,695 | 8.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
3,372,911,848 | 21.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
MATERIALS — (4.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
688,587,591 | 4.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
REAL ESTATE — (0.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
41,882,943 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
UTILITIES — (2.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
319,359,709 | 2.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
15,410,160,647 | 99.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
209,128 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
704,970 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS |
914,098 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
RIGHTS/WARRANTS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
2,568 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HEALTH CARE — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
313,797 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
12,896 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS |
329,261 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
26
DIMENSIONAL U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — (96.5%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $8,851,357,408) |
$ | 15,411,404,006 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — (3.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
@§ |
The DFA Short Term Investment Fund |
48,085,162 | 556,321,285 | 3.6% | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — (100.0%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $9,407,678,693) |
$ | 15,967,725,291 | 103.4% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Summary of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022, based on their valuation inputs, is as follows (see Security Valuation Note):
Investments in Securities (Market Value) | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Communication Services |
$ | 815,565,684 | $ | — | $ | 14,420 | $ | 815,580,104 | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
1,574,516,182 | — | — | 1,574,516,182 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
995,877,712 | — | 17,891 | 995,895,603 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
1,076,155,841 | — | — | 1,076,155,841 | ||||||||||||
Financials |
2,348,847,407 | — | 5,250 | 2,348,852,657 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
2,093,800,563 | — | 395,547 | 2,094,196,110 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
2,081,742,323 | — | 479,736 | 2,082,222,059 | ||||||||||||
Information Technology |
3,372,911,848 | — | — | 3,372,911,848 | ||||||||||||
Materials |
688,587,591 | — | — | 688,587,591 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate |
41,882,943 | — | — | 41,882,943 | ||||||||||||
Utilities |
319,359,709 | — | — | 319,359,709 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Communication Services |
209,128 | — | — | 209,128 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
704,970 | — | — | 704,970 | ||||||||||||
Rights/Warrants |
||||||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
— | — | 2,568 | 2,568 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
— | 6,854 | 306,943 | 313,797 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
— | 12,896 | — | 12,896 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral |
— | 556,321,285 | — | 556,321,285 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total Investments |
$ | 15,410,161,901 | $ | 556,341,035 | $ | 1,222,355 | $ | 15,967,725,291 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the reporting period in relation to net assets.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
27
DIMENSIONAL US MARKETWIDE VALUE ETF
SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
October 31, 2022
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — (99.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (7.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. |
496,359 | $ | 36,134,935 | 0.5% | ||||||||||
AT&T, Inc. |
5,465,814 | 99,641,789 | 1.3% | |||||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A |
5,504,935 | 174,726,637 | 2.2% | |||||||||||
* |
T-Mobile US, Inc. |
369,873 | 56,057,952 | 0.7% | ||||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
1,577,504 | 58,951,324 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
* |
Walt Disney Co. (The) |
596,022 | 63,500,184 | 0.8% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
143,402,819 | 1.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES |
632,415,640 | 8.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (5.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Ford Motor Co. |
2,663,090 | 35,605,513 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
General Motors Co. |
1,118,054 | 43,883,619 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
322,258,375 | 4.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
401,747,507 | 5.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CONSUMER STAPLES — (6.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. |
618,580 | 59,989,888 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A |
2,069,443 | 127,229,356 | 1.6% | |||||||||||
Walmart, Inc. |
1,096,449 | 156,057,586 | 2.0% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
169,345,957 | 2.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES |
512,622,787 | 6.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
ENERGY — (14.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Chevron Corp. |
1,243,415 | 224,933,774 | 2.9% | |||||||||||
ConocoPhillips |
1,456,396 | 183,636,972 | 2.3% | |||||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
2,545,004 | 282,011,893 | 3.6% | |||||||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
1,016,486 | 115,493,139 | 1.5% | |||||||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
411,696 | 29,889,130 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Phillips 66 |
718,172 | 74,898,158 | 1.0% | |||||||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. |
126,543 | 32,446,891 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Valero Energy Corp. |
511,778 | 64,253,728 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
174,123,786 | 2.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL ENERGY |
1,181,687,471 | 14.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
FINANCIALS — (21.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
5,982,096 | 215,594,740 | 2.7% | |||||||||||
* |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B |
483,035 | 142,538,798 | 1.8% | ||||||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. |
340,383 | 36,087,406 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Citigroup, Inc. |
1,456,485 | 66,794,402 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) |
204,152 | 70,332,406 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
2,196,722 | 276,523,365 | 3.5% | |||||||||||
Morgan Stanley |
1,143,195 | 93,936,333 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
Regions Financial Corp. |
1,321,817 | 29,013,883 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Travelers Cos, Inc. (The) |
166,639 | 30,738,230 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
1,591,894 | 73,211,205 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
641,983,127 | 8.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL FINANCIALS |
1,676,753,895 | 21.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HEALTH CARE — (19.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Abbott Laboratories |
899,228 | 88,969,618 | 1.1% | |||||||||||
# |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
729,772 | 56,535,437 | 0.7% |
28
DIMENSIONAL US MARKETWIDE VALUE ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
HEALTH CARE — (Continued) |
| |||||||||||||
Cigna Corp. |
291,357 | $ | 94,125,792 | 1.2% | ||||||||||
CVS Health Corp. |
1,511,614 | 143,149,846 | 1.8% | |||||||||||
Danaher Corp. |
369,238 | 92,926,127 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. |
458,552 | 250,722,477 | 3.2% | |||||||||||
Humana, Inc. |
197,343 | 110,133,181 | 1.4% | |||||||||||
Medtronic PLC |
828,832 | 72,390,187 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Pfizer, Inc. |
3,801,308 | 176,950,887 | 2.2% | |||||||||||
* |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
38,969 | 29,178,039 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. |
428,087 | 220,023,875 | 2.8% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
189,780,605 | 2.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL HEALTH CARE |
1,524,886,071 | 19.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (13.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
CSX Corp. |
2,969,203 | 86,285,039 | 1.1% | |||||||||||
Eaton Corp PLC |
270,942 | 40,660,266 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
General Electric Co. |
399,195 | 31,061,363 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. |
128,188 | 31,594,496 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. |
536,009 | 122,247,573 | 1.6% | |||||||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. |
377,761 | 35,819,298 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. |
422,724 | 56,061,657 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
637,459,881 | 8.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS |
1,041,189,573 | 13.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — (6.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Intel Corp. |
3,357,022 | 95,440,135 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. |
898,688 | 48,619,021 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
362,733,562 | 4.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
506,792,718 | 6.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
MATERIALS — (4.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Linde PLC |
179,350 | 53,329,723 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
333,538,540 | 4.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL MATERIALS |
386,868,263 | 4.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
REAL ESTATE — (0.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
20,533,010 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
UTILITIES — (0.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
11,362,666 | 0.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
7,896,859,601 | 99.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCK — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
INDUSTRIALS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
305,478 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK |
305,478 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
RIGHT/WARRANT — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
2,745 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL RIGHT/WARRANT |
2,745 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — (99.3%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $3,964,587,441) |
7,897,167,824 | |||||||||||||
|
|
29
DIMENSIONAL US MARKETWIDE VALUE ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — (0.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
@§ |
The DFA Short Term Investment Fund |
4,975,274 | $ | 57,561,428 | 0.7% | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — (100.0%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $4,022,148,869) |
$ | 7,954,729,252 | 100.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Summary of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022, based on their valuation inputs, is as follows (see Security Valuation Note):
Investments in Securities (Market Value) | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Communication Services |
$ | 632,142,898 | $ | — | $ | 272,742 | $ | 632,415,640 | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
401,747,507 | — | — | 401,747,507 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
512,603,821 | — | 18,966 | 512,622,787 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
1,181,687,471 | — | — | 1,181,687,471 | ||||||||||||
Financials |
1,676,738,145 | — | 15,750 | 1,676,753,895 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
1,524,886,071 | — | — | 1,524,886,071 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
1,041,189,573 | — | — | 1,041,189,573 | ||||||||||||
Information Technology |
506,792,718 | — | — | 506,792,718 | ||||||||||||
Materials |
386,868,263 | — | — | 386,868,263 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate |
20,533,010 | — | — | 20,533,010 | ||||||||||||
Utilities |
11,362,666 | — | — | 11,362,666 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stock |
||||||||||||||||
Industrials |
305,478 | — | — | 305,478 | ||||||||||||
Right/Warrant |
||||||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
— | — | 2,745 | 2,745 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral |
— | 57,561,428 | — | 57,561,428 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total Investments |
$ | 7,896,857,621 | $ | 57,561,428 | $ | 310,203 | $ | 7,954,729,252 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the reporting period in relation to net assets.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
30
DIMENSIONAL INTERNATIONAL VALUE ETF
SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
October 31, 2022
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — (97.6%) |
| |||||||||||||
AUSTRALIA — (7.6%) |
| |||||||||||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. |
2,568,551 | $ | 41,981,382 | 1.1% | ||||||||||
National Australia Bank, Ltd. |
1,973,464 | 40,911,924 | 1.1% | |||||||||||
Santos, Ltd. |
3,870,605 | 19,057,997 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Westpac Banking Corp. |
2,493,366 | 38,440,668 | 1.0% | |||||||||||
Woodside Energy Group, Ltd. |
1,171,432 | 26,951,685 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
124,142,899 | 3.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL AUSTRALIA |
291,486,555 | 7.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
AUSTRIA — (0.1%) |
||||||||||||||
Other Securities |
2,957,436 | 0.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
BELGIUM — (0.6%) |
||||||||||||||
Other Securities |
24,252,913 | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CANADA — (10.6%) |
| |||||||||||||
Bank of Montreal |
456,627 | 42,046,214 | 1.1% | |||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia (The) |
743,301 | 35,916,304 | 1.0% | |||||||||||
# |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
534,553 | 24,246,028 | 0.6% | ||||||||||
Manulife Financial Corp. |
1,040,017 | 17,212,281 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Nutrien, Ltd. |
359,705 | 30,395,072 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. |
861,644 | 29,631,937 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
# |
Teck Resources, Ltd., Class B |
625,215 | 19,031,545 | 0.5% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
207,667,724 | 5.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CANADA |
406,147,105 | 10.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CHINA — (0.1%) |
||||||||||||||
Other Securities |
3,345,971 | 0.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
DENMARK — (1.9%) |
||||||||||||||
DSV A/S |
132,045 | 17,880,519 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
54,457,650 | 1.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL DENMARK |
72,338,169 | 1.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
FINLAND — (1.1%) |
||||||||||||||
Other Securities |
41,757,164 | 1.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
FRANCE — (10.3%) |
||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA |
601,169 | 28,219,810 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Cie de Saint-Gobain |
659,628 | 26,990,383 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA |
928,169 | 23,676,891 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Engie SA |
1,543,825 | 20,070,839 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Orange SA |
2,417,725 | 23,013,777 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Sanofi |
232,495 | 20,067,196 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Societe Generale SA |
805,059 | 18,479,621 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
TotalEnergies SE |
2,284,015 | 124,382,754 | 3.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
107,966,798 | 3.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL FRANCE |
392,868,069 | 10.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
GERMANY — (6.5%) |
||||||||||||||
BASF SE |
677,857 | 30,439,551 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG |
306,827 | 24,114,572 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG |
879,811 | 50,956,152 | 1.4% | |||||||||||
Volkswagen AG, Preference |
196,831 | 25,161,468 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
117,464,459 | 3.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL GERMANY |
248,136,202 | 6.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
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DIMENSIONAL INTERNATIONAL VALUE ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
HONG KONG — (1.8%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
$ | 70,011,132 | 1.9% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
IRELAND — (0.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
17,515,959 | 0.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
ISRAEL — (0.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
27,113,313 | 0.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
ITALY — (2.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
80,520,075 | 2.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
JAPAN — (19.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
973,788 | 22,098,341 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Mitsubishi Corp. |
715,800 | 19,412,587 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. |
4,141,334 | 19,489,778 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
1,013,094 | 26,705,031 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. |
4,041,340 | 55,997,172 | 1.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
595,634,657 | 15.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL JAPAN |
739,337,566 | 19.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
NETHERLANDS — (3.6%) |
| |||||||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV |
1,448,000 | 40,429,338 | 1.1% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
98,575,321 | 2.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL NETHERLANDS |
139,004,659 | 3.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
NEW ZEALAND — (0.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
9,742,510 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
NORWAY — (0.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
34,820,925 | 0.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PORTUGAL — (0.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
5,582,619 | 0.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SINGAPORE — (1.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
43,258,477 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SPAIN — (2.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Banco Santander SA |
9,679,380 | 25,083,599 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Repsol SA |
1,343,843 | 18,255,885 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
40,952,436 | 1.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL SPAIN |
84,291,920 | 2.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SWEDEN — (2.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
101,347,438 | 2.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SWITZERLAND — (8.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Registered |
334,551 | 32,741,369 | 0.9% | |||||||||||
Holcim AG |
522,309 | 23,736,811 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Novartis AG, Registered |
354,588 | 28,664,671 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Novartis AG, Sponsored ADR |
802,302 | 65,090,761 | 1.7% | |||||||||||
Swisscom AG, Registered |
34,648 | 17,113,671 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
UBS Group AG |
1,374,597 | 21,825,977 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Zurich Insurance Group AG |
126,979 | 54,217,464 | 1.4% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
95,858,377 | 2.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL SWITZERLAND |
339,249,101 | 9.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
32
DIMENSIONAL INTERNATIONAL VALUE ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
UNITED KINGDOM — (14.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Anglo American PLC |
590,887 | $ | 17,745,999 | 0.5% | ||||||||||
Aviva PLC |
3,669,095 | 17,662,178 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
# |
Barclays PLC, Sponsored ADR |
2,449,351 | 16,949,509 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
# |
BP PLC, Sponsored ADR |
1,016,907 | 33,842,665 | 0.9% | ||||||||||
British American Tobacco PLC |
1,247,060 | 49,298,031 | 1.3% | |||||||||||
Glencore PLC |
8,481,339 | 48,775,877 | 1.3% | |||||||||||
# |
HSBC Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR |
1,437,097 | 37,235,183 | 1.0% | ||||||||||
Lloyds Banking Group PLC |
50,647,998 | 24,503,240 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Shell PLC, ADR |
2,991,666 | 166,426,380 | 4.4% | |||||||||||
Vodafone Group PLC |
21,773,316 | 25,479,706 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
113,713,127 | 3.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM |
551,631,895 | 14.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
3,726,717,173 | 99.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — (97.6%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $3,808,594,318) |
3,726,717,173 | |||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — (2.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
@§ |
The DFA Short Term Investment Fund |
7,945,138 | 91,921,276 | 2.4% | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — (100.0%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $3,900,515,594) |
$ | 3,818,638,449 | 101.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Summary of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022, based on their valuation inputs, is as follows (see Security Valuation Note):
Investments in Securities (Market Value) | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Australia |
$ | 288,911,792 | $ | 2,574,763 | $ | — | $ | 291,486,555 | ||||||||
Austria |
2,957,436 | — | — | 2,957,436 | ||||||||||||
Belgium |
24,252,913 | — | — | 24,252,913 | ||||||||||||
Canada |
406,147,105 | — | — | 406,147,105 | ||||||||||||
China |
3,345,971 | — | — | 3,345,971 | ||||||||||||
Denmark |
72,338,169 | — | — | 72,338,169 | ||||||||||||
Finland |
41,757,164 | — | — | 41,757,164 | ||||||||||||
France |
392,868,069 | — | — | 392,868,069 | ||||||||||||
Germany |
248,136,202 | — | — | 248,136,202 | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong |
70,011,132 | — | — | 70,011,132 | ||||||||||||
Ireland |
17,515,959 | — | — | 17,515,959 | ||||||||||||
Israel |
27,113,313 | — | — | 27,113,313 | ||||||||||||
Italy |
80,520,075 | — | — | 80,520,075 | ||||||||||||
Japan |
739,337,566 | — | — | 739,337,566 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands |
139,004,659 | — | — | 139,004,659 | ||||||||||||
New Zealand |
9,742,510 | — | — | 9,742,510 | ||||||||||||
Norway |
34,820,925 | — | — | 34,820,925 | ||||||||||||
Portugal |
5,582,619 | — | — | 5,582,619 | ||||||||||||
Singapore |
43,258,477 | — | — | 43,258,477 | ||||||||||||
Spain |
84,291,920 | — | — | 84,291,920 | ||||||||||||
Sweden |
101,347,438 | — | — | 101,347,438 | ||||||||||||
Switzerland |
339,249,101 | — | — | 339,249,101 | ||||||||||||
United Kingdom |
551,631,895 | — | — | 551,631,895 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral |
— | 91,921,276 | — | 91,921,276 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total Investments |
$ | 3,724,142,410 | $ | 94,496,039 | $ | — | $ | 3,818,638,449 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
33
DIMENSIONAL WORLD EX U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
SUMMARY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
October 31, 2022
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — (97.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
AUSTRALIA — (4.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
BHP Group, Ltd. |
326,632 | $ | 7,803,210 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
# |
BHP Group, Ltd., Sponsored ADR |
197,986 | 9,467,691 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
113,690 | 7,610,158 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
National Australia Bank, Ltd. |
371,643 | 7,704,539 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
173,529,072 | 4.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL AUSTRALIA |
206,114,670 | 4.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
AUSTRIA — (0.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
16,253,802 | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
BELGIUM — (0.8%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
33,205,491 | 0.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
BRAZIL — (1.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Vale SA |
616,919 | 7,892,472 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
74,960,481 | 1.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL BRAZIL |
82,852,953 | 1.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CANADA — (8.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. |
62,381 | 7,388,406 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
# |
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. |
304,343 | 18,242,319 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
National Bank of Canada |
117,438 | 7,986,180 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Nutrien, Ltd. |
98,669 | 8,337,530 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Royal Bank of Canada |
165,456 | 15,299,716 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Royal Bank of Canada |
94,909 | 8,770,411 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. |
273,243 | 9,396,827 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Tourmaline Oil Corp. |
150,317 | 8,458,878 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
283,277,059 | 6.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CANADA |
367,157,326 | 8.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CHILE — (0.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
5,742,682 | 0.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CHINA — (7.6%) |
| |||||||||||||
China Construction Bank Corp., Class H |
21,357,200 | 11,345,379 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Tencent Holdings, Ltd. |
562,000 | 14,719,670 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
306,916,153 | 7.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CHINA |
332,981,202 | 7.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
COLOMBIA — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,472,213 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CZECHIA — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,316,094 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
DENMARK — (1.6%) |
| |||||||||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B |
162,189 | 17,636,658 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
50,832,132 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL DENMARK |
68,468,790 | 1.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
34
DIMENSIONAL WORLD EX U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
EGYPT — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
$ | 267,209 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
FINLAND — (1.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
45,876,691 | 1.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
FRANCE — (5.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE |
27,933 | 17,641,197 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Orange SA |
891,338 | 8,484,445 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
TotalEnergies SE |
445,930 | 24,284,430 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Vinci SA |
80,548 | 7,418,004 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
168,897,602 | 3.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL FRANCE |
226,725,678 | 5.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
GERMANY — (4.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Bayer AG, Registered |
161,316 | 8,485,197 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Deutsche Telekom AG |
648,767 | 12,288,094 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG |
194,512 | 11,265,582 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
175,063,947 | 4.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL GERMANY |
207,102,820 | 4.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
GREECE — (0.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
3,802,097 | 0.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HONG KONG — (1.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
AIA Group, Ltd. |
1,302,400 | 9,863,587 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
49,337,096 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL HONG KONG |
59,200,683 | 1.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HUNGARY — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
1,951,982 | 0.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDIA — (5.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Infosys, Ltd. |
474,556 | 8,815,210 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Reliance Industries, Ltd. |
252,448 | 7,775,560 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
240,912,713 | 5.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INDIA |
257,503,483 | 6.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDONESIA — (0.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
32,133,613 | 0.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
IRELAND — (0.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
# |
CRH PLC, Sponsored ADR |
238,781 | 8,646,260 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
14,015,271 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL IRELAND |
22,661,531 | 0.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
ISRAEL — (0.8%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
33,583,734 | 0.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
ITALY — (1.8%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
77,644,567 | 1.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
JAPAN — (14.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Hitachi, Ltd. |
182,100 | 8,282,006 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
KDDI Corp. |
357,700 | 10,576,859 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Sony Group Corp. |
142,900 | 9,602,618 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. |
1,344,600 | 18,630,899 | 0.5% |
35
DIMENSIONAL WORLD EX U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
JAPAN —(Continued) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
$ | 597,899,553 | 13.8% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL JAPAN |
644,991,935 | 15.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF — (3.8%) |
| |||||||||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
671,272 | 27,992,247 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., GDR |
10,449 | 10,799,042 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
126,298,216 | 2.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
165,089,505 | 3.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
MALAYSIA — (0.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
22,082,255 | 0.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
MEXICO — (0.8%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
34,898,422 | 0.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
NETHERLANDS — (2.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
ASML Holding NV, Sponsored NYS |
29,767 | 14,062,526 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV |
368,832 | 10,298,090 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
67,272,755 | 1.6% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL NETHERLANDS |
91,633,371 | 2.1% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
NEW ZEALAND — (0.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
11,670,681 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
NORWAY — (0.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Equinor ASA |
227,828 | 8,334,676 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
23,200,949 | 0.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL NORWAY |
31,535,625 | 0.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PERU — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
551,054 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PHILIPPINES — (0.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
9,870,228 | 0.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
POLAND — (0.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
9,808,247 | 0.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PORTUGAL — (0.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
8,804,018 | 0.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
QATAR — (0.3%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
13,508,800 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
RUSSIAN FEDERATION — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
— | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SAUDI ARABIA — (1.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
52,193,364 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SINGAPORE — (0.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
30,059,777 | 0.7% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SOUTH AFRICA — (1.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
61,246,482 | 1.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
36
DIMENSIONAL WORLD EX U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
SPAIN — (1.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Repsol SA |
538,993 | $ | 7,322,131 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
Other Securities |
54,305,065 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL SPAIN |
61,627,196 | 1.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SWEDEN — (1.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
83,667,532 | 1.9% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SWITZERLAND — (5.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
ABB, Ltd., Registered |
320,031 | 8,902,986 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Nestle SA, Registered |
312,936 | 34,096,969 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
Novartis AG, Sponsored ADR |
266,420 | 21,614,655 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Roche Holding AG |
66,958 | 22,250,195 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
150,500,001 | 3.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL SWITZERLAND |
237,364,806 | 5.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TAIWAN — (4.9%) |
| |||||||||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
902,465 | 10,922,844 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR |
294,861 | 18,148,695 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
187,534,669 | 4.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL TAIWAN |
216,606,208 | 5.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
THAILAND — (0.7%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
32,206,748 | 0.8% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TURKEY — (0.2%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
10,795,287 | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — (0.4%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
16,657,872 | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
UNITED KINGDOM — (8.1%) |
| |||||||||||||
Anglo American PLC |
246,681 | 7,408,525 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
AstraZeneca PLC, Sponsored ADR |
186,935 | 10,993,647 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
BP PLC, Sponsored ADR |
546,840 | 18,198,835 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Glencore PLC |
1,731,073 | 9,955,339 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
# |
Rio Tinto PLC, Sponsored ADR |
143,573 | 7,659,620 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
Shell PLC, ADR |
414,955 | 23,083,947 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
Unilever PLC, Sponsored ADR |
222,631 | 10,131,937 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Other Securities |
268,633,621 | 6.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM |
356,065,471 | 8.3% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
UNITED STATES — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
964,321 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
4,287,918,516 | 99.5% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCK — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
PHILIPPINES — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
36,836 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK |
36,836 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
RIGHTS/WARRANTS — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
AUSTRALIA — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
709 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
37
DIMENSIONAL WORLD EX U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
CONTINUED
Shares |
Value† |
Percentage |
||||||||||||
BRAZIL — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
$ | 6,557 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
HONG KONG — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
75 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
INDONESIA — (0.0%) |
||||||||||||||
Other Securities |
176 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
ITALY — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
— | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
6,158 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
MALAYSIA — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
9,650 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SAUDI ARABIA — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
8,902 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
SINGAPORE — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
— | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TAIWAN — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
10,378 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
THAILAND — (0.0%) |
| |||||||||||||
Other Securities |
96,342 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS |
138,947 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — (97.5%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $4,413,609,636) |
4,288,094,299 | |||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — (2.5%) |
| |||||||||||||
@§ |
The DFA Short Term Investment Fund |
9,393,608 | 108,679,350 | 2.5% | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — (100.0%) |
||||||||||||||
(Cost $4,522,288,986) |
$ | 4,396,773,649 | 102.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Summary of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2022, based on their valuation inputs, is as follows (see Security Valuation Note): |
| |||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities (Market Value) | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||||||||||
Australia |
$ | 205,427,719 | $ | 686,951 | $ | — | $ | 206,114,670 | ||||||||
Austria |
15,967,589 | 286,213 | — | 16,253,802 | ||||||||||||
Belgium |
33,205,491 | — | — | 33,205,491 | ||||||||||||
Brazil |
82,852,953 | — | — | 82,852,953 | ||||||||||||
Canada |
367,157,326 | — | — | 367,157,326 | ||||||||||||
Chile |
5,742,682 | — | — | 5,742,682 | ||||||||||||
China |
331,761,285 | 1,137,813 | 82,104 | 332,981,202 | ||||||||||||
Colombia |
1,457,822 | 14,391 | — | 1,472,213 | ||||||||||||
Czechia |
1,316,094 | — | — | 1,316,094 | ||||||||||||
Denmark |
68,468,790 | — | — | 68,468,790 | ||||||||||||
Egypt |
267,209 | — | — | 267,209 |
38
DIMENSIONAL WORLD EX U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 ETF
CONTINUED
Investments in Securities (Market Value) | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Finland |
$ | 45,876,691 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 45,876,691 | ||||||||
France |
226,724,135 | — | 1,543 | 226,725,678 | ||||||||||||
Germany |
207,102,820 | — | — | 207,102,820 | ||||||||||||
Greece |
3,798,580 | — | 3,517 | 3,802,097 | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong |
59,105,357 | 1,719 | 93,607 | 59,200,683 | ||||||||||||
Hungary |
1,951,982 | — | — | 1,951,982 | ||||||||||||
India |
257,287,165 | 215,985 | 333 | 257,503,483 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia |
32,057,840 | 61,191 | 14,582 | 32,133,613 | ||||||||||||
Ireland |
22,661,531 | — | — | 22,661,531 | ||||||||||||
Israel |
33,583,734 | — | — | 33,583,734 | ||||||||||||
Italy |
77,644,567 | — | — | 77,644,567 | ||||||||||||
Japan |
644,991,935 | — | — | 644,991,935 | ||||||||||||
Korea, Republic of |
164,841,727 | 164,708 | 83,070 | 165,089,505 | ||||||||||||
Malaysia |
22,082,255 | — | — | 22,082,255 | ||||||||||||
Mexico |
34,897,853 | — | 569 | 34,898,422 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands |
91,633,371 | — | — | 91,633,371 | ||||||||||||
New Zealand |
11,670,681 | — | — | 11,670,681 | ||||||||||||
Norway |
31,535,625 | — | — | 31,535,625 | ||||||||||||
Peru |
551,054 | — | — | 551,054 | ||||||||||||
Philippines |
9,870,092 | 136 | — | 9,870,228 | ||||||||||||
Poland |
9,698,540 | 109,707 | — | 9,808,247 | ||||||||||||
Portugal |
8,804,018 | — | — | 8,804,018 | ||||||||||||
Qatar |
13,508,800 | — | — | 13,508,800 | ||||||||||||
Russian Federation |
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia |
52,193,364 | — | — | 52,193,364 | ||||||||||||
Singapore |
29,967,508 | — | 92,269 | 30,059,777 | ||||||||||||
South Africa |
61,246,482 | — | — | 61,246,482 | ||||||||||||
Spain |
61,501,974 | 125,222 | — | 61,627,196 | ||||||||||||
Sweden |
83,667,532 | — | — | 83,667,532 | ||||||||||||
Switzerland |
237,360,604 | 4,202 | — | 237,364,806 | ||||||||||||
Taiwan |
216,552,975 | 47,131 | 6,102 | 216,606,208 | ||||||||||||
Thailand |
4,649,950 | 27,556,798 | — | 32,206,748 | ||||||||||||
Turkey |
10,795,287 | — | — | 10,795,287 | ||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates |
16,588,592 | 69,280 | — | 16,657,872 | ||||||||||||
United Kingdom |
356,065,471 | — | — | 356,065,471 | ||||||||||||
United States |
964,321 | — | — | 964,321 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stock |
||||||||||||||||
Philippines |
36,836 | — | — | 36,836 | ||||||||||||
Rights/Warrants |
||||||||||||||||
Australia |
709 | — | — | 709 | ||||||||||||
Brazil |
4,175 | 2,382 | — | 6,557 | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong |
75 | — | — | 75 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia |
176 | — | — | 176 | ||||||||||||
Italy |
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Korea, Republic of |
— | 6,158 | — | 6,158 | ||||||||||||
Malaysia |
9,650 | — | — | 9,650 | ||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia |
— | 8,902 | — | 8,902 | ||||||||||||
Singapore |
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Taiwan |
— | 10,378 | — | 10,378 | ||||||||||||
Thailand |
67,798 | 28,544 | — | 96,342 | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral |
— | 108,679,350 | — | 108,679,350 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total Investments |
$ | 4,257,178,792 | $ | 139,217,161 | $ | 377,696 | $ | 4,396,773,649 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the reporting period in relation to net assets.
39
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OCTOBER 31, 2022
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF |
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF |
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF |
||||||||||
ASSETS: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities at Value (including $961, $3,532 and $4,109 of securities on loan, respectively) |
$ | 5,463,433 | $ | 4,672,435 | $ | 7,180,092 | ||||||
Collateral from Securities on Loan Invested in Affiliate at Value (Cost of $99,230, $363,402 and $422,070, respectively) (Note G) |
99,230 | 363,402 | 422,070 | |||||||||
Cash |
7,111 | 5,372 | 7,718 | |||||||||
Receivables: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities Sold |
456 | 500 | 1,228 | |||||||||
Dividends and Interest |
3,953 | 1,420 | 2,874 | |||||||||
Receivable for Capital Shares Issued |
9 | 43 | 30 | |||||||||
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets |
1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total Assets |
5,574,193 | 5,043,172 | 7,614,013 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES: |
||||||||||||
Payables: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities Purchased |
106 | 539 | 1,826 | |||||||||
Upon Return of Securities Loaned |
99,230 | 363,402 | 422,070 | |||||||||
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities: |
||||||||||||
Advisory Fee |
340 | 887 | 1,488 | |||||||||
Administration and Accounting |
143 | 84 | 144 | |||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Custodian |
9 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||
Transfer Agent |
3 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
Trustee |
14 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||
Other Expenses |
84 | 121 | 157 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total Liabilities |
99,930 | 365,058 | 425,718 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 5,474,263 | $ | 4,678,114 | $ | 7,188,295 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
SHARES OUTSTANDING, $0.01 PAR VALUE |
130,165 | 89,786 | 162,179 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share |
$ | 42.06 | $ | 52.10 | $ | 44.32 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Investment Securities at Cost |
$ | 2,228,091 | $ | 2,918,471 | $ | 4,942,333 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |
||||||||||||
Paid-In Capital |
$ | 2,327,481 | $ | 2,988,193 | $ | 5,005,286 | ||||||
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) |
3,146,782 | 1,689,921 | 2,183,009 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 5,474,263 | $ | 4,678,114 | $ | 7,188,295 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
40
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OCTOBER 31, 2022
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF |
Dimensional International Value ETF |
||||||||||
ASSETS: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities at Value (including $5,773, $567 and $1,119 of securities on loan, respectively) |
$ | 15,411,404 | $ | 7,897,168 | $ | 3,726,717 | ||||||
Collateral from Securities on Loan Invested in Affiliate at Value (Cost of $556,321, $57,561 and $91,921, respectively) (Note G) |
556,321 | 57,561 | 91,921 | |||||||||
Foreign Currencies at Value |
— | — | 2,606 | |||||||||
Cash |
12,332 | 3,951 | 5,888 | |||||||||
Receivables: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities Sold |
5,079 | 1,438 | 529 | |||||||||
Dividends and Interest |
11,846 | 6,709 | 13,735 | |||||||||
Receivable for Capital Shares Issued |
25 | 22 | 551 | |||||||||
Receivable for Tax Reclaims |
— | — | 9,195 | |||||||||
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets |
2 | 432 | — | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total Assets |
15,997,009 | 7,967,281 | 3,851,142 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES: |
||||||||||||
Payables: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities Purchased |
173 | 3,620 | 273 | |||||||||
Upon Return of Securities Loaned |
556,321 | 57,561 | 91,921 | |||||||||
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities: |
||||||||||||
Advisory Fee |
1,971 | 1,259 | 728 | |||||||||
Administration and Accounting |
423 | 362 | 161 | |||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer |
3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Custodian |
20 | 83 | 95 | |||||||||
Transfer Agent |
9 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
Trustee |
32 | 13 | 7 | |||||||||
Other Expenses |
324 | 366 | 295 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total Liabilities |
559,276 | 63,270 | 93,486 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 15,437,733 | $ | 7,904,011 | $ | 3,757,656 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
SHARES OUTSTANDING, $0.01 PAR VALUE |
631,989 | 236,330 | 135,645 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share |
$ | 24.43 | $ | 33.44 | $ | 27.70 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Investment Securities at Cost |
$ | 8,851,357 | $ | 3,964,587 | $ | 3,808,594 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Foreign Currencies at Cost |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,599 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |
||||||||||||
Paid-In Capital |
$ | 9,148,458 | $ | 7,583,443 | $ | 4,209,707 | ||||||
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) |
6,289,275 | 320,568 | (452,051 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 15,437,733 | $ | 7,904,011 | $ | 3,757,656 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OCTOBER 31, 2022
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
||||||||||||
ASSETS: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities at Value (including $1,453 of securities on loan) |
$ | 4,288,094 | ||||||||||
Collateral from Securities on Loan Invested in Affiliate at Value (Cost of $108,679) (Note G) |
108,679 | |||||||||||
Foreign Currencies at Value |
9,308 | |||||||||||
Cash |
1,363 | |||||||||||
Receivables: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities Sold |
317 | |||||||||||
Dividends and Interest |
10,016 | |||||||||||
Receivable for Capital Shares Issued |
1 | |||||||||||
Receivable for Tax Reclaims |
5,414 | |||||||||||
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets |
14 | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Total Assets |
4,423,206 | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
LIABILITIES: |
||||||||||||
Payables: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities Purchased |
316 | |||||||||||
Upon Return of Securities Loaned |
108,679 | |||||||||||
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities: |
||||||||||||
Advisory Fee |
900 | |||||||||||
Administration and Accounting |
181 | |||||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer |
1 | |||||||||||
Custodian |
699 | |||||||||||
Transfer Agent |
8 | |||||||||||
Trustee |
10 | |||||||||||
Other Expenses |
329 | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Total Liabilities |
111,123 | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 4,312,083 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
SHARES OUTSTANDING, $0.01 PAR VALUE |
219,818 | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share |
$ | 19.62 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Investment Securities at Cost |
$ | 4,413,610 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Foreign Currencies at Cost |
$ | 9,394 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |
||||||||||||
Paid-In Capital |
$ | 4,543,193 | ||||||||||
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) |
(231,110 | ) | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 4,312,083 | ||||||||||
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022
(Amounts in thousands)
Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF (a) |
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (a) |
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (a) |
||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: |
||||||||||||
Dividends (Net of Foreign Taxes Withheld of ($15), ($39) and ($86), respectively) |
$ | 83,960 | $ | 61,004 | $ | 121,058 | ||||||
Income from Securities Lending |
195 | 544 | 555 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total Investment Income |
84,155 | 61,548 | 121,613 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
EXPENSES: |
||||||||||||
Investment Management Fees (Note D) |
4,541 | 11,454 | 18,750 | |||||||||
Administration and Accounting |
273 | 200 | 320 | |||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer |
3 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Filing Fees |
5 | 18 | 28 | |||||||||
Transfer Agency |
1 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
Trustees’ Fees & Expenses |
29 | 21 | 32 | |||||||||
Professional Fees |
144 | 108 | 155 | |||||||||
Other Expenses |
232 | 202 | 299 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total Expenses |
5,228 | 12,015 | 19,597 | |||||||||
Fees Paid Indirectly (Note D) |
(12 | ) | (14 | ) | (21 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Expenses |
5,216 | 12,001 | 19,576 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
78,939 | 49,547 | 102,037 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
||||||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities Sold |
(72,112 | ) | (71,064 | ) | (51,299 | ) | ||||||
In-Kind Transactions |
73,834 | 213,343 | 822,794 | |||||||||
Futures Contracts |
— | 273 | — | |||||||||
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities |
(1,021,542 | ) | (661,303 | ) | (1,069,427 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
(1,019,820 | ) | (518,751 | ) | (297,932 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
$ | (940,881 | ) | $ | (469,204 | ) | $ | (195,895 | ) | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Portion of income is from investment in affiliated fund. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
43
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022
(Amounts in thousands)
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF (a) |
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF (a)(b) |
Dimensional International Value ETF (a) |
||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: |
||||||||||||
Dividends (Net of Foreign Taxes Withheld of ($55), ($21) and ($20,639), respectively) |
$ | 234,926 | $ | 166,041 | $ | 156,910 | ||||||
Non-cash Dividends |
— | — | 15,988 | |||||||||
Income from Securities Lending |
715 | 94 | 670 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total Investment Income |
235,641 | 166,135 | 173,568 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
EXPENSES: |
||||||||||||
Investment Management Fees (Note D) |
23,481 | 15,950 | 10,000 | |||||||||
Administration and Accounting |
685 | 178 | 175 | |||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer |
8 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
Custodian |
— | 103 | 318 | |||||||||
Filing Fees |
30 | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
Transfer Agency |
— | 563 | 16 | |||||||||
Trustees’ Fees & Expenses |
71 | — | 20 | |||||||||
Organization Fees |
— | 160 | — | |||||||||
Professional Fees |
413 | 454 | 288 | |||||||||
Other Expenses |
603 | 515 | 235 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total Expenses |
25,291 | 17,928 | 11,071 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Fees Paid Indirectly (Note D) |
(33 | ) | — | (24 | ) | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Expenses |
25,258 | 17,928 | 11,047 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
210,383 | 148,207 | 162,521 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
||||||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities Sold and Foreign Currency Transactions |
(282,256 | ) | (56,543 | ) | 33,507 | |||||||
In-Kind Transactions |
321,057 | 457,312 | — | |||||||||
Futures Contracts |
— | — | 2,060 | |||||||||
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||||||||||
Investment Securities and Foreign Currency Translations |
(2,095,906 | ) | (1,068,720 | ) | (777,475 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
(2,057,105 | ) | (667,951 | ) | (741,908 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
$ | (1,846,722 | ) | $ | (519,744 | ) | $ | (579,387 | ) | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Portion of income is from investment in affiliated fund. |
(b) |
During the fiscal year the Fund converted from a Mutual Fund to an ETF pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. See Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information about the Reorganization. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
44
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022
(Amounts in thousands)
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF (a) |
||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: |
||||
Dividends (Net of Foreign Taxes Withheld of ($20,077)) |
$ | 155,395 | ||
Non-cash Dividends |
9,384 | |||
Income from Securities Lending |
2,315 | |||
|
|
|||
Total Investment Income |
167,094 | |||
|
|
|||
EXPENSES: |
||||
Investment Management Fees (Note D) |
11,562 | |||
Administration and Accounting |
220 | |||
Chief Compliance Officer |
3 | |||
Custodian |
1,445 | |||
Filing Fees |
44 | |||
Transfer Agency |
15 | |||
Trustees’ Fees & Expenses |
27 | |||
Professional Fees |
338 | |||
Other Expenses |
363 | |||
|
|
|||
Total Expenses |
14,017 | |||
|
|
|||
Fees Paid Indirectly (Note D) |
(5 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net Expenses |
14,012 | |||
|
|
|||
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
153,082 | |||
|
|
|||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||
Investment Securities Sold and Foreign Currency Transactions* |
(37,397 | ) | ||
In-Kind Transactions |
10,196 | |||
Futures Contracts |
974 | |||
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Investment Securities and Foreign Currency Translations |
(1,339,804 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
(1,366,031 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
$ | (1,212,949 | ) | |
|
|
(a) |
Portion of income is from investment in affiliated fund. |
* |
Net of foreign capital gain taxes withheld of $94 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
45
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
(Amounts in thousands)
Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF | Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF | |||||||||||||||
Year ended October 31, 2022 |
Year ended October 31, 2021 |
Year ended October 31, 2022 |
Year ended October 31, 2021 |
|||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Operations: |
||||||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
$ | 78,939 | $ | 64,175 | $ | 49,547 | $ | 37,839 | ||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on: |
||||||||||||||||
Investment Securities Sold |
(72,112 | ) | 4,833 | (71,064 | ) | 179,860 | ||||||||||
In-Kind Transactions |
73,834 | — | 213,343 | — | ||||||||||||
Futures |
— | — | 273 | — | ||||||||||||
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||||||||||||||
Investment Securities |
(1,021,542 | ) | 1,759,540 | (661,303 | ) | 1,319,390 | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
(940,881 | ) | 1,828,548 | (469,204 | ) | 1,537,089 | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Distributions: |
||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions |
(77,302 | ) | (63,460 | ) | (138,807 | ) | (31,370 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions |
(77,302 | ) | (63,460 | ) | (138,807 | ) | (31,370 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Capital Share Transactions: |
||||||||||||||||
Shares Issued |
537,391 | 387,665 | 1,290,719 | 393,443 | ||||||||||||
Dividends Reinvested |
— | 34,001 | — | 16,598 | ||||||||||||
Cost of Shares Redeemed |
(86,185 | ) | (343,507 | ) | (294,832 | ) | (342,665 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Capital Share Transactions |
451,206 | 78,159 | 995,887 | 67,376 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets |
(566,977 | ) | 1,843,247 | 387,876 | 1,573,095 | |||||||||||
Net Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Beginning of Period |
6,041,240 | 4,197,993 | 4,290,238 | 2,717,143 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
End of Period |
$ | 5,474,263 | $ | 6,041,240 | $ | 4,678,114 | $ | 4,290,238 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Share Transactions: |
||||||||||||||||
Issued |
12,040 | 8,862 | 24,240 | 7,126 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested |
— | 817 | — | 328 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed |
(1,880 | ) | (8,153 | ) | (5,700 | ) | (6,614 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Shares |
10,160 | 1,526 | 18,540 | 840 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
46
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
(Amounts in thousands)
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF | Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF | |||||||||||||||
Year ended October 31, 2022 |
Year ended October 31, 2021 |
Year ended October 31, 2022 |
Year ended October 31, 2021 |
|||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Operations: |
||||||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
$ | 102,037 | $ | 85,944 | $ | 210,383 | $ | 157,107 | ||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on: |
||||||||||||||||
Investment Securities Sold |
(51,299 | ) | 125,594 | (282,256 | ) | 68,049 | ||||||||||
In-Kind Transactions |
822,794 | — | 321,057 | — | ||||||||||||
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||||||||||||||
Investment Securities |
(1,069,427 | ) | 2,294,406 | (2,095,906 | ) | 4,211,180 | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
(195,895 | ) | 2,505,944 | (1,846,722 | ) | 4,436,336 | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Distributions: |
||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions |
(107,145 | ) | (69,616 | ) | (199,823 | ) | (138,569 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions |
(107,145 | ) | (69,616 | ) | (199,823 | ) | (138,569 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Capital Share Transactions: |
||||||||||||||||
Shares Issued |
2,280,354 | 689,104 | 3,421,282 | 1,511,919 | ||||||||||||
Dividends Reinvested |
— | 38,245 | — | 67,133 | ||||||||||||
Cost of Shares Redeemed |
(1,238,223 | ) | (582,963 | ) | (394,942 | ) | (948,003 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Capital Share Transactions |
1,042,131 | 144,386 | 3,026,340 | 631,049 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets |
739,091 | 2,580,714 | 979,795 | 4,928,816 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Beginning of Period |
6,449,204 | 3,868,490 | 14,457,938 | 9,529,122 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
End of Period |
$ | 7,188,295 | $ | 6,449,204 | $ | 15,437,733 | $ | 14,457,938 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Share Transactions: |
||||||||||||||||
Issued |
51,500 | 16,164 | 134,100 | 59,797 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested |
— | 996 | — | 2,821 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed |
(28,050 | ) | (14,771 | ) | (16,100 | ) | (39,217 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Shares |
23,450 | 2,389 | 118,000 | 23,401 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
47
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
(Amounts in thousands)
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF (a) | Dimensional International Value ETF | |||||||||||||||
Year ended October 31, 2022 |
Year ended October 31, 2021 |
Year ended October 31, 2022 |
Year ended October 31, 2021 |
|||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Operations: |
||||||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
$ | 148,207 | $ | 37,588 | $ | 162,521 | $ | 110,177 | ||||||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on: |
||||||||||||||||
Investment Securities Sold and Foreign Currency Transactions |
(56,543 | ) | 17,512 | 33,507 | 154,431 | |||||||||||
In-Kind Transactions |
457,312 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Futures |
— | — | 2,060 | — | ||||||||||||
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||||||||||||||
Investment Securities and Foreign Currency |
(1,068,720 | ) | 744,602 | (777,475 | ) | 886,334 | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
(519,744 | ) | 799,702 | (579,387 | ) | 1,150,942 | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Distributions: |
||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions |
(137,580 | ) | (33,697 | ) | (175,333 | ) | (81,899 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions |
(137,580 | ) | (33,697 | ) | (175,333 | ) | (81,899 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Capital Share Transactions: |
||||||||||||||||
Shares Issued |
1,137,436 | 619,168 | 895,407 | 476,851 | ||||||||||||
Shares Issued in Reorganization |
— | 5,546,391 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Share Issues in Lieu of Cash Distributions |
63,135 | 33,496 | — | 62,669 | ||||||||||||
Cost of Shares Redeemed |
(960,008 | ) | (208,075 | ) | — | (384,302 | ) | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Capital Share Transactions |
240,563 | 5,990,980 | 895,407 | 155,218 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Change in Net Assets |
(416,761 | ) | 6,756,985 | 140,687 | 1,224,261 | |||||||||||
Net Assets: |
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Beginning of Period |
8,320,772 | 1,563,787 | 3,616,969 | 2,392,708 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 7,904,011 | $ | 8,320,772 | $ | 3,757,656 | $ | 3,616,969 | ||||||||
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34,127 | 17,677 | 28,500 | 21,950 | ||||||||||||
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— | 154,324 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions |
1,736 | 1,005 | — | 2,212 | ||||||||||||
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(28,628 | ) | (6,307 | ) | — | (122,094 | ) | |||||||||
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7,235 | 166,699 | 28,500 | (97,932 | ) | |||||||||||
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During the fiscal year 2022, the Fund converted from a Mutual Fund to an ETF pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. See Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information about the Reorganization. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
(Amounts in thousands)
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$ | 153,082 | $ | 102,233 | ||||
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(37,397 | ) | 86,550 | |||||
In-Kind Transactions |
10,196 | — | ||||||
Futures |
974 | — | ||||||
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(1,339,804 | ) | 943,482 | |||||
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(1,212,949 | ) | 1,132,265 | |||||
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(156,347 | ) | (79,477 | ) | ||||
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(156,347 | ) | (79,477 | ) | ||||
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1,043,843 | 712,699 | ||||||
Dividends Reinvested |
— | 57,429 | ||||||
Cost of Shares Redeemed |
(26,868 | ) | (352,850 | ) | ||||
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1,016,975 | 417,278 | ||||||
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(352,321 | ) | 1,470,066 | |||||
Net Assets: |
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4,664,404 | 3,194,338 | ||||||
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$ | 4,312,083 | $ | 4,664,404 | ||||
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44,000 | 37,328 | ||||||
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— | 2,568 | ||||||
Redeemed |
(1,400 | ) | (185,130 | ) | ||||
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42,600 | (145,234 | ) | |||||
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Net of foreign capital gain taxes withheld for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 of $94. |
** |
Net of foreign capital gain taxes withheld for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021 of $6,856. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
(for a share outstanding throughout each period.)
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period |
$ | 50.34 | $ | 35.43 | $ | 32.60 | $ | 29.44 | $ | 28.01 | $ | 60.22 | $ | 38.59 | $ | 42.03 | $ | 42.82 | $ | 44.35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Investment Income (Loss) |
0.63 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.62 | 0.55 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Gains (Losses) on Securities (Realized and Unrealized) |
(8.29 | ) | 14.91 | 2.83 | 3.25 | 1.40 | (6.88 | ) | 21.53 | (2.74 | ) | 0.35 | (0.30 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total from Investment Operations |
(7.66 | ) | 15.45 | 3.36 | 3.77 | 1.87 | (6.26 | ) | 22.08 | (2.34 | ) | 0.76 | 0.09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Investment Income |
(0.62 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.53 | ) | (0.56 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (0.57 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (0.39 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (0.38 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized Gains |
— | — | — | (0.05 | ) | — | (1.29 | ) | — | (0.71 | ) | (1.17 | ) | (1.24 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Distributions |
(0.62 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.53 | ) | (0.61 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (1.86 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (1.10 | ) | (1.55 | ) | (1.62 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period |
$ | 42.06 | $ | 50.34 | $ | 35.43 | $ | 32.60 | $ | 29.44 | $ | 52.10 | $ | 60.22 | $ | 38.59 | $ | 42.03 | $ | 42.82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Return at NAV (b) |
(15.30 | )% | 43.83 | % | 10.47 | % | 13.03 | % | 6.68 | % | (10.58 | )% | 57.38 | % | (5.68 | )% | 2.18 | % | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Return at Market (c) |
(15.19 | )% | 43.80 | % | — | % | — | % | — | % | (10.55 | )% | 57.51 | % | — | % | — | % | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets, End of Year (thousands) |
$ | 5,474,263 | $ | 6,041,240 | $ | 4,197,993 | $ | 4,010,197 | $ | 3,562,284 | $ | 4,678,114 | $ | 4,290,238 | $ | 2,717,143 | $ | 3,115,850 | $ | 2,985,680 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets |
0.09 | % | 0.17 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.21 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.39 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Fees Waived, Expenses Reimbursed, Previously Waived Fees Recovered by Advisor and/or Fees Paid Indirectly) |
0.09 | % | 0.17 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.21 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.39 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets |
1.39 | % | 1.21 | % | 1.57 | % | 1.71 | % | 1.58 | % | 1.15 | % | 1 | % | 1.04 | % | 0.99 | % | 0.86 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover Rate (d) |
4 | % | 1 | % | 2 | % | 2 | % | 1 | % | 9 | % | 11 | % | 12 | % | 11 | % | 12 | % |
See page 3 for the Definitions of Abbreviations and Footnotes.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(for a share outstanding throughout each period.)
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period |
$ | 46.49 | $ | 28.37 | $ | 34.02 | $ | 35.17 | $ | 37.94 | $ | 28.13 | $ | 19.42 | $ | 19.24 | $ | 17.87 | $ | 17.56 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Investment Income (Loss) |
0.68 | 0.64 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Gains (Losses) on Securities (Realized and Unrealized) |
(2.13 | ) | 18.00 | (5.03 | ) | 0.05 | (1.33 | ) | (3.72 | ) | 8.67 | 0.51 | 1.48 | 0.44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total from Investment Operations |
(1.45 | ) | 18.64 | (4.58 | ) | 0.50 | (0.92 | ) | (3.35 | ) | 8.99 | 0.81 | 1.78 | 0.72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Investment Income |
(0.69 | ) | (0.52 | ) | (0.43 | ) | (0.43 | ) | (0.40 | ) | (0.35 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.27 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized Gains |
(0.03 | ) | — | (0.64 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (1.45 | ) | — | — | (0.35 | ) | (0.10 | ) | (0.14 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Distributions |
(0.72 | ) | (0.52 | ) | (1.07 | ) | (1.65 | ) | (1.85 | ) | (0.35 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.41 | ) | (0.41 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period |
$ | 44.32 | $ | 46.49 | $ | 28.37 | $ | 34.02 | $ | 35.17 | $ | 24.43 | $ | 28.13 | $ | 19.42 | $ | 19.24 | $ | 17.87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Return at NAV (b) |
(3.07 | )% | 65.98 | % | (13.70 | )% | 1.93 | % | (2.66 | )% | (11.95 | )% | 46.47 | % | 4.31 | % | 10.25 | % | 4.05 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Return at Market (c) |
(3.05 | )% | 66.13 | % | — | % | — | % | — | % | (12.01 | )% | 46.57 | % | — | % | — | % | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets, End of Year (thousands) |
$ | 7,188,295 | $ | 6,449,204 | $ | 3,868,490 | $ | 4,743,286 | $ | 4,603,040 | $ | 15,437,733 | $ | 14,457,938 | $ | 9,529,122 | $ | 10,121,793 | $ | 9,113,032 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets |
0.29 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.45 | % | 0.45 | % | 0.44 | % | 0.17 | % | 0.21 | % | 0.24 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.23 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Fees Waived, Expenses Reimbursed, Previously Waived Fees Recovered by Advisor and/or Fees Paid Indirectly) |
0.29 | % | — | — | — | — | 0.17 | % | 0.21 | % | 0.24 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.23 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets |
1.52 | % | 1.53 | % | 1.55 | % | 1.36 | % | 1.07 | % | 1.43 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.59 | % | 1.64 | % | 1.49 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover Rate (d) |
8 | % | 6 | % | 14 | % | 24 | % | 14 | % | 6 | % | 2 | % | 3 | % | 6 | % | 1 | % |
See page 3 for the Definitions of Abbreviations and Footnotes.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(for a share outstanding throughout each period.)
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period |
$ | 36.32 | $ | 25.06 | $ | 28.74 | $ | 28.02 | $ | 28.30 | $ | 33.76 | $ | 11.67 | $ | 14.61 | $ | 14.61 | $ | 16.39 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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0.64 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.58 | 1.34 | 0.78 | 0.30 | 0.51 | 0.47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Gains (Losses) on Securities (Realized and Unrealized) |
(2.93 | ) | 11.26 | (3.22 | ) | 1.66 | 0.63 | (5.95 | ) | 22.06 | (2.88 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (1.79 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total from Investment Operations |
(2.29 | ) | 11.80 | (2.65 | ) | 2.26 | 1.21 | (4.61 | ) | 22.84 | (2.58 | ) | 0.50 | (1.32 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Investment Income |
(0.59 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.55 | ) | (0.56 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (1.45 | ) | (0.75 | ) | (0.36 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.46 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized Gains |
— | — | (0.48 | ) | (0.98 | ) | (0.95 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Distributions |
(0.59 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (1.03 | ) | (1.54 | ) | (1.49 | ) | (1.45 | ) | (0.75 | ) | (0.36 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.46 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period |
$ | 33.44 | $ | 36.32 | $ | 25.06 | $ | 28.74 | $ | 28.02 | $ | 27.70 | $ | 33.76 | $ | 11.67 | $ | 14.61 | $ | 14.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Return at NAV (b) |
(6.28 | )% | 47.30 | % | (9.41 | )% | 8.82 | % | 4.27 | % | (13.97 | )% | 48.18 | % | (17.77 | )% | 3.52 | % | (8.27 | )% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Return at Market (c) |
(6.29 | )% | — | % | — | % | — | % | — | % | (14.08 | )% | 48.68 | % | — | % | — | % | — | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets, End of Year (thousands) |
$ | 7,904,011 | $ | 8,320,772 | $ | 1,563,787 | $ | 1,917,021 | $ | 1,841,678 | $ | 3,757,656 | $ | 3,616,969 | $ | 2,392,708 | $ | 3,821,142 | $ | 3,668,647 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets |
0.22 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.24 | % | 0.24 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.29 | % | 0.48 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.54 | % | 0.53 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Fees Waived, Expenses Reimbursed, Previously Waived Fees Recovered by Advisor and/or Fees Paid Indirectly) |
0.22 | % | 0.41 | % | 0.44 | % | 0.44 | % | 0.42 | % | 0.29 | % | 0.48 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.55 | % | 0.53 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets |
1.86 | % | 1.62 | % | 2.18 | % | 2.18 | % | 1.98 | % | 4.31 | % | 3.34 | % | 2.34 | % | 3.58 | % | 2.89 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover Rate (d) |
3 | % | — | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12 | % | 14 | % | 16 | % | 17 | % | 21 | % |
See page 3 for the Definitions of Abbreviations and Footnotes.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period |
$ | 26.32 | $ | 9.91 | $ | 10.64 | $ | 10.11 | $ | 11.53 | ||||||||||
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Net Investment Income (Loss) |
0.76 | 0.45 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 0.29 | |||||||||||||||
Net Gains (Losses) on Securities (Realized and Unrealized) |
(6.69 | ) | 16.41 | (0.72 | ) | 0.53 | (1.44 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total from Investment Operations |
(5.93 | ) | 16.86 | (0.50 | ) | 0.83 | (1.15 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net Investment Income |
(0.77 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.30 | ) | (0.27 | ) | ||||||||||
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(0.77 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.30 | ) | (0.27 | ) | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period |
$ | 19.62 | $ | 26.32 | $ | 9.91 | $ | 10.64 | $ | 10.11 | ||||||||||
Total Return at NAV (b) |
(22.87 | )% | 35.23 | % | (4.69 | )% | 8.40 | % | (10.19 | )% | ||||||||||
Total Return at Market (c) |
(22.69 | )% | 35.23 | % | — | % | — | % | — | % | ||||||||||
Net Assets, End of Year (thousands) |
$ | 4,312,083 | $ | 4,664,404 | $ | 3,194,338 | $ | 3,957,333 | $ | 3,348,703 | ||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets |
0.30 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.37 | % | 0.36 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Fees Waived, Expenses Reimbursed, Previously Waived Fees Recovered by Advisor and/or Fees Paid Indirectly) |
0.30 | % | 0.39 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.36 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets |
3.28 | % | 2.39 | % | 2.17 | % | 2.95 | % | 2.47 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover Rate (d) |
8 | % | 10 | % | 8 | % | 8 | % | 6 | % |
See page 3 for the Definitions of Abbreviations and Footnotes.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUST
A. ORGANIZATION
The Dimensional ETF Trust (the “Trust”) was organized on June 16, 2020 as a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). As of October 31, 2022, the Trust is comprised of twenty-four operational exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest (“Shares”) for each fund representing interests in separate portfolios of securities. The accompanying financial statements are those of the following (individually referred to as a “Fund” or collectively as the “Funds”):
Fund |
Short Name | |
Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF |
US Equity ETF | |
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF |
US Small Cap ETF | |
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF |
US Targeted Value ETF | |
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
US Core Equity 2 ETF | |
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF |
US Marketwide Value ETF | |
Dimensional International Value ETF |
International Value ETF | |
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
The assets of each Fund are segregated and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the Fund in which Shares are held. The Funds are investment companies and, accordingly, follow the accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, “Financial Services – Investment Companies”.
The Fund identified below as “Acquiring Fund” became a series of the Trust as of the date indicated following a reorganization (“Reorganization”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as shown below, which resulted in the conversion of the corresponding “Target Fund” organized as a mutual fund to an ETF. The Acquiring Fund was established as a “shell” fund, organized solely in connection with the Reorganization for the purpose of acquiring the assets and liabilities of the corresponding Target Fund and continuing the operations of the Target Fund as an ETF. The Acquiring Fund had no performance history prior to the Reorganization.
Acquiring Fund |
Target Fund |
Date | ||
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF |
Tax- Managed U.S. Marketwide Value Portfolio |
May 6, 2022 |
The Reorganization was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of shares (with an exception for fractional mutual fund shares) of the Acquiring Fund for shares of the Target Fund of equivalent aggregate net asset value.
Fees and expenses incurred to effect the Reorganization were borne by the Target Fund. The Reorganization did not result in a material change to the Target Fund’s investment portfolio as compared to the Acquiring Fund. There are no material differences in accounting policies of the Target Fund as compared to the Acquiring Fund.
The Acquiring Fund did not purchase or sell securities following the Reorganization for purposes of realigning its investment portfolio. Accordingly, the acquisition of the Target Fund did not affect the Acquiring Fund’s portfolio turnover ratios for the year ended October 31, 2022.
The Board is responsible for establishing the Trust’s policies and for overseeing the management of the Trust. Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties that provide general indemnification. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust and/or its affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on prior experience, the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.
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B. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. Market prices for the Shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in large blocks of Shares called “Creation Units”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in-kind. Once created, Shares generally trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day in amounts less than a Creation Unit. Shares of each Fund may be purchased or redeemed directly only by certain financial institutions (“Authorized Participants”). An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a DTC participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with the funds’ distributor (the “Distributor”). Most retail investors do not qualify as Authorized Participants nor have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they are unable to purchase or redeem the Shares directly from a Fund.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
1. SECURITY VALUATION
The Funds hold investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be expected to be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques used to determine fair value are further described below.
Security values are ordinarily obtained through the use of independent pricing services in accordance with Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act pursuant to procedures approved by the Board. Pursuant to these procedures, the Funds may use a pricing service, bank, or broker-dealer experienced in such matters to value the Funds’ securities. When reliable market quotations are not readily available for any security, the fair value of that security will be determined by a committee established by the Advisor, with input from certain third-party pricing services and others, in accordance with Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act pursuant to procedures approved by the Board. The fair valuation process is designed to value the subject security at the price the Funds would reasonably expect to receive upon its current sale. Additional consideration is given to securities that have experienced a decrease in the volume or level of activity or to circumstances that indicate that a transaction is not orderly.
The Trust has a three-tier fair value hierarchy that is dependent upon the various “inputs” used to determine the value of the Funds’ investments. The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
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Level 1 – Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. |
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Level 2 – Other observable pricing inputs at the measurement date (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). |
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Level 3 – Significant unobservable pricing inputs at the measurement date (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.
Rights and warrants are valued at the last sales price on a national securities exchange. If these instruments are not scheduled to trade for a certain period they are generally valued intrinsically based on the terms of the issuance and the price of the underlying security. These instruments are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy unless intrinsic value is used and then would be categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
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Equity securities traded on a securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the principal exchange. Equity securities quoted by Nasdaq are valued at the Nasdaq official closing price. If there is no reported sale on the principal exchange or official closing price of the day, and in the case of over-the-counter securities, the Funds value the securities at the mean between the most recent quoted bid and asked prices. In each of these situations, securities are typically categorized as Level 1 and Level 2, respectively, in the fair value hierarchy.
With respect to the World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF and the International Value ETF (the “International Funds”), the prices of securities traded in foreign currencies will be expressed in U.S. dollars by using the mid-rate prices for the U.S. dollar as quoted by generally recognized reliable sources at 4 p.m. London time. Because the International Funds own securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges which may trade on days when the International Funds do not price their shares, the NAVs of the International Funds may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or redeem shares.
Derivative Instruments: Forward currency contracts are valued using the sum of the spot rate, the available forward point quotation nearest and prior to settlement date, and the linear interpolation of the available forward point quotations nearest to, before and after the settlement date. Futures contracts are valued using the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. The value of such futures contracts held by the Fund is determined each day as of such exchange close. Swap agreements will be valued at the price provided by an independent third-party pricing service or source.
Securities for which no market quotations are readily available (including restricted securities), or for which market quotations have become unreliable, are valued in good faith at fair value in accordance with Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act pursuant to procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may also be used if events that have a significant effect on the value of an investment (as determined in the discretion of the Advisor) occur before the NAV is calculated. When fair value pricing is used, the prices of securities used by the Funds may differ from the quoted or published prices for the same securities on their primary markets or exchanges. These securities are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
2. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND RELATED INCOME
Investment transactions are accounted for no later than the first calculation of the NAV on the business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date on the last business day of the reporting period. Securities gains and losses are calculated on the identified cost basis. Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Dividends, less foreign tax withholding, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Investment income from non-U.S. sources received by a Fund is generally subject to non-U.S. withholding taxes at rates ranging up to 30%. Such withholding taxes may be reduced or eliminated under the terms of applicable U.S. income tax treaties. Such taxes are accrued on a daily basis and due upon sale of individual securities.
3. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATIONS
The accounting records of the International Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities of a Fund denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the date of the transactions. The International Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are disclosed as net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations on the Statements of Operations. Any realized gains or losses from these fluctuations are disclosed as net realized gains or losses from investment transactions and foreign currency translations on the Statements of Operations.
4. RESTRICTED SECURITIES
A restricted security is a security that cannot be offered for public sale without prior registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) (absent an exemption). Whether a restricted security is illiquid is determined pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Funds’ liquidity risk management program. Not all restricted securities are considered illiquid.
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5. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds intend to distribute to their shareholders net investment income, if any, at least quarterly and net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. The amount of dividends from net investment income and net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
6. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Each eligible Trustee (each a “Trustee” and collectively, the “Trustees”) of the Trust may elect to participate in the Fee Deferral Plan for Independent Directors and Trustees (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, effective January 1, 2002, such Trustees may defer payment of all or a portion of their total fees earned as a Trustee. These deferred amounts may be treated as though such amounts had been invested in shares of the following funds: the U.S. Large Cap Value Portfolio, U.S. Core Equity 1 Portfolio, U.S. Large Company Portfolio, U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio, U.S. Micro Cap Portfolio, DFA International Value Portfolio, International Core Equity Portfolio, Emerging Markets Portfolio, Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio, DFA Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio, and/or DFA Two-Year Global Fixed Income Portfolio. Contributions made under the Plan and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and income are included in Trustees’ Fees & Expenses.
Each Trustee has the option to receive the distribution of proceeds by one of the following methods: lump sum, annual installments over a period of agreed-upon years, or quarterly installments over a period of agreed-upon years. Each Trustee shall have the right in a notice of election (the “Notice”) to defer the receipt of the Trustee’s deferred compensation until a date specified by such Trustee in the Notice, which date may not be sooner than the earlier of: (i) the first business day of January following the year in which such Trustee ceases to be a member of the Board and (ii) five years following the effective date of the Trustee’s first deferral election. If a Trustee who elects to defer fees fails to designate in the Notice a time or date as of which payment of the Trustee’s deferred fee account shall commence, payment of such amount shall commence as of the first business day of January following the year in which the Trustee ceases to be a member of the Board (unless the Trustee files an amended Notice selecting a different distribution date).
C. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
All open derivative positions at year end are reflected on each Fund’s Summary Schedule of Portfolio Holdings. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Funds, including the primary underlying risk exposure related to each instrument type.
1. FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS
The Dimensional International Value ETF and Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions, including foreign currency forward contracts, in connection with the settlement of foreign securities or to transfer cash balances from one currency to another currency. The decision to hedge a Fund’s currency exposure with respect to a foreign market will be based primarily on the Fund’s existing exposure to a given foreign currency. Each contract is valued daily and the change in value is recorded by a Fund as an unrealized gain or loss, which is presented in the Fund’s Statement of Operations as the change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation of forward currency contracts. When the contract is closed or offset with the same counterparty, a Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the change in the value of the contract when it was opened and the value at the time it was closed or offset. This is presented in the Statement of Operations as a net realized gain or loss on forward currency contracts. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. As of October 31, 2022, there were no forward currency contracts outstanding. During the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds had limited activity in forward currency contracts.
2. FUTURES CONTRACTS
Each Fund may purchase or sell futures and options on futures contracts for equity securities and indices to increase or decrease market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Fund.
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Upon entering into futures contracts, the Funds are required to pledge to the broker an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin deposit). Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin”, are made or received each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the fair value of the underlying security. The Funds recognize an unrealized gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. Should market conditions move unexpectedly, the Funds may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (generally equity price risk related to stock futures, interest rate risk related to bond futures, and foreign currency risk related to currency futures) and exposure to loss in excess of the amounts reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the securities held by the Funds and the prices of futures contracts, the possibility of an illiquid market, and the possibility that the Fund could lose more than the initial margin requirements. The Funds entering into stock index futures are subject to equity price risk from those futures contracts. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded futures is minimal because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange- traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. The gross notional amount of futures contracts outstanding as of October 31, 2022, and the monthly average notional amount for these contracts for the year ended October 31, 2022, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
Outstanding Notional Amount |
Monthly Average Notional Amount |
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Futures Contracts: | Long | Short | Long | Short | ||||||||||||
International Value ETF |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 14,075 | $ | — |
Summary of Derivative Instruments:
The following summary of the realized and change in unrealized gains and losses from the Funds’ derivative instrument holdings categorized by primary risk exposure for the year ended October 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):
Realized Gain (Loss) from: Futures Contracts |
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Equity Risk Exposure: |
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US Small Cap ETF |
$ | 273 | ||
International Value ETF |
2,060 | |||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
974 |
Currency Rate Risk Exposure:
The Funds had limited activity in forward foreign currency contracts during the year ended October 31, 2022, and no such contracts were outstanding as of October 31, 2022. Net realized and changes in unrealized gain or loss on such contracts were minimal during the year ended October 31, 2022, and are included in Net Realized Gain (Loss) from Investment Securities Sold and Foreign Currency Transactions and Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investment Securities and Foreign Currency Translations, respectively, on the accompanying Statements of Operations.
D. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1. INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Advisor”), serves as the investment advisor to the Funds pursuant to an investment management agreement. Subject at all times to the oversight and approval of the Board, the Advisor is responsible for the overall management of the Funds. Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. and DFA Australia Limited serve as Sub-Advisors for, International Value ETF, and World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF.
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For the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds’ investment management fee was accrued daily and paid monthly to the Advisor based on the following effective annual rate of average daily net assets:
Management Fee | ||||
US Equity ETF |
0.08 | % | ||
US Small Cap ETF* |
0.27 | % | ||
US Targeted Value ETF* |
0.28 | % | ||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
0.16 | % | ||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
0.20 | % | ||
International Value ETF* |
0.27 | % | ||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
0.25 | % |
* |
The management fees payable by the following Funds were reduced as follows: |
Management Fee Prior to February 28, 2022 |
Management Fee Effective February 28, 2022 |
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US Small Cap ETF |
0.30 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
0.30 | % | 0.27 | % | ||||
International Value ETF |
0.30 | % | 0.25 | % |
Pursuant to a Fee Waiver and Expense Assumption Agreement (the “Fee Waiver Agreement”), the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive certain fees, and in certain instances, assume certain expenses of the US Equity ETF, US Core Equity 2 ETF, US Marketwide Value ETF, and World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF as described in the notes below. The Fee Waiver Agreement will remain in effect through February 28, 2023, and may only be terminated by the Trust’s Board of Trustees prior to that date and shall continue in effect from year to year thereafter unless terminated by the Trust or the Advisor. During the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds had expense limits based on a percentage of average net assets on an annualized basis, as listed below. The net amount of waived fees/expenses assumed during the year ended October 31, 2022 are also reflected below (amounts in thousands). At any time that the ETF Fund Expenses (defined below) of a Fund are less than the applicable Expense Limitation Amount listed below, the Advisor retains the right to recover fees previously waived and/or expenses previously assumed to the extent that the expense ratio following such recovery would be less than the Expense Limitation Amount that was in place when such prior year fees were waived and/or expenses assumed and less than the current Expense Limitation Amount in place for the Fund. The Trust, on behalf of a Fund, is also not obligated to reimburse the Advisor for fees previously waived or expenses previously assumed by the Advisor more than thirty-six months before the date of recovery.
Expense Limitation Amount |
Waived Fees/ Expenses Assumed |
Recovery of Previously Waived Fees/ Expenses Assumed |
Previously Waived Fees/Expenses Assumed Subject to Future Recovery |
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US Equity ETF (1) |
0.22 | % | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF (2) |
0.30 | % | — | — | — | |||||||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF (2) |
0.24 | % | — | — | — | |||||||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF (3) |
0.39 | % | — | — | — |
(1) |
The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and assume the ordinary operating expenses of the Fund (excluding the expenses that the Fund incurs indirectly through its investment in other investment companies) (“ETF Fund Expenses”) to the extent necessary to limit the ETF Fund Expenses of the Fund, on an annualized basis, to the rate listed above as percentage of average net assets (the “Expense Limitation Amount”). |
(2) |
The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and assume the ordinary operating expenses of the Fund (excluding the expenses that the Fund incurs indirectly through its investment in other investment companies) (“ETF Fund Expenses”) to the extent necessary to limit the ETF Fund Expenses of the Fund, on an annualized basis, to the rate listed above as percentage of average net assets (the “Expense Limitation Amount”). |
(3) |
The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and to assume the expenses of the Fund (including the expenses that the Fund bears as a shareholder of other funds managed by the Advisor but excluding the expenses that the Fund incurs |
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indirectly through investment of its securities lending cash collateral in The DFA Short Term Investment Fund and its investment in unaffiliated investment companies) (“ETF Fund Expenses”) to the extent necessary to limit the ETF Fund Expenses of the Fund, on an annualized basis, to the rate listed above as percentage of average net assets (the “Expense Limitation Amount”). |
2. EARNED INCOME CREDIT
Additionally, certain Funds have entered into arrangements with their custodian whereby net interest earned on uninvested cash balances was used to reduce a portion of each Fund’s custody expenses. Custody expense in the accompanying financial statements is presented before reduction for credits. The impact of such credits is generally less than one basis point of each Fund’s net assets. During the year ended October 31, 2022, expenses reduced were as follows (amounts in thousands):
Fees Paid Indirectly |
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US Equity ETF |
$ | 12 | ||
US Small Cap ETF |
14 | |||
US Targeted Value ETF |
21 | |||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
33 | |||
International Value ETF |
24 | |||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
5 |
3. ADMINISTRATION, ACCOUNTING, TRANSFER AGENT, AND CUSTODIAN FEES
Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. serves as the Funds’ Administrator and Fund Accountant pursuant to a Services Agreement with the Trust. Citibank, N.A. serves as the Funds’ Custodian and Transfer Agent pursuant to a Global Custodial and Agency Services Agreement with the Trust. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC serves as stock transfer agent for the Acquiring Fund listed above. Prior to the Reorganization, State Street Bank and Trust Company provided accounting and administration services, dividend disbursing, and transfer agent services for the Target Fund.
4. DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES FEES
DFA Securities, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Advisor, is the principal underwriter and distributor for the Funds’ Shares. The Distributor does not maintain any secondary market in the Funds’ shares.
5. FEES PAID TO OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
Certain Officers and Trustees of the Advisor are also Officers and Trustees of the Trust; however, such Officers and Trustees (with the exception of the CCO, with respect to the Funds) receive no compensation from the Trust. For the year ended October 31, 2022, the total related amounts paid by the Trust to the CCO was $18 (in thousands). The total related amounts paid by each of the Funds are included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations.
E. DEFERRED COMPENSATION:
As of October 31, 2022, the total liability for deferred compensation to Trustees is included in Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as follows (amounts in thousands):
US Equity ETF |
$ | 1 | ||
US Small Cap ETF |
1 | |||
US Targeted Value ETF |
2 | |||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
3 | |||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
2 | |||
International Value ETF |
1 | |||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
1 |
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F. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
Each Fund has qualified and intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and net capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal income taxes.
Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from those amounts determined under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These book/tax differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent that these differences are permanent, they are charged or credited to paid-in capital or distributable earnings, undistributed net investment income or accumulated net realized gains or losses, as appropriate, in the period that the differences arise. Accordingly, the permanent differences as of October 31, 2022 can occur as a result of realized gains on securities considered to be “passive foreign investment companies,” non-deductible expenses, net foreign currency gains/losses, the use of accumulated earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemptions of shares as part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes, and were reclassified to the accounts mentioned above. These reclassifications had no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.
The tax character of dividends and distributions declared and paid during the year ended October 31, 2021 and October 31, 2022, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
Net Investment Income and Short-Term Capital Gains |
Long-Term Capital Gains |
Tax-Exempt Income |
Total | |||||||||||||
US Equity ETF |
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2021 |
$ | 63,460 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 63,460 | ||||||||
2022 |
77,302 | — | — | |
77,302 |
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US Small Cap ETF |
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2021 |
31,370 | — | — | 31,370 | ||||||||||||
2022 |
45,954 | 92,853 | — | 138,807 | ||||||||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
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2021 |
69,616 | — | — | 69,616 | ||||||||||||
2022 |
102,520 | 4,625 | — | 107,145 | ||||||||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
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2021 |
138,569 | — | — | 138,569 | ||||||||||||
2022 |
199,823 | — | — | 199,823 | ||||||||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
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2021 |
33,697 | — | — | 33,697 | ||||||||||||
2022 |
137,580 | — | — | 137,580 | ||||||||||||
International Value ETF |
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2021 |
81,899 | — | — | 81,899 | ||||||||||||
2022 |
175,333 | — | — | 175,333 | ||||||||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
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2021 |
79,477 | — | — | 79,477 | ||||||||||||
2022 |
156,347 | — | — | 156,347 |
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As of October 31, 2022, the following net investment income and short-term capital gains and long-term capital gains distributions designated for federal income tax purposes are due to the use of accumulated earnings and profits distributed to shareholders upon redemption of shares (amounts in thousands):
Net Investment Income and Short-Term Capital Gains |
Long-Term Capital Gains |
Total | ||||||||||
US Equity ETF |
$ | (678 | ) | $ | — | $ | (678 | ) | ||||
US Small Cap ETF |
(1,184 | ) | — | (1,184 | ) | |||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
(7,946 | ) | — | (7,946 | ) | |||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
(8,475 | ) | — | (8,475 | ) | |||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
(14,681 | ) | — | (14,681 | ) | |||||||
International Value ETF |
— | — | — | |||||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
(172,215 | ) | — | (172,215 | ) |
As of October 31, 2022, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) were as follows (amounts in thousands):
Undistributed Net Investment Income and Short-Term Capital Gains |
Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains |
Capital Loss Carryforwards |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Total
Net Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses) |
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US Equity ETF |
$ | 7,956 | $ | — | $ | (94,466 | ) | $ | 3,233,290 | $ | 3,146,780 | |||||||||
US Small Cap ETF |
— | — | (67,052 | ) | 1,756,972 | 1,689,920 | ||||||||||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
— | — | (47,255 | ) | 2,230,263 | 2,183,008 | ||||||||||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
15,581 | — | (295,374 | ) | 6,569,067 | 6,289,274 | ||||||||||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
222 | — | (62,897 | ) | 383,242 | 320,567 | ||||||||||||||
International Value ETF |
19,637 | — | (384,832 | ) | (86,857 | ) | (452,052 | ) | ||||||||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
23,544 | — | (118,692 | ) | (135,783 | ) | (230,931 | ) |
For federal income tax purposes, the Funds measure their capital loss carryforwards annually at October 31, their fiscal year end. Capital loss carryforwards may be carried forward and applied against future capital gains. As of October 31, 2022, the Funds had the following capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains with no expiration date (amounts in thousands):
Unlimited | Total | |||||||
US Equity ETF |
$ | 94,466 | $ | 94,466 | ||||
US Small Cap ETF |
67,052 | 67,052 | ||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
47,255 | 47,255 | ||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
295,374 | 295,374 | ||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
62,897 | 62,897 | ||||||
International Value ETF |
384,832 | 384,832 | ||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
118,692 | 118,692 |
During the year ended October 31, 2022, the following Fund used the following capital loss carryforwards to offset realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes (amounts in thousands):
International Value ETF |
$ | 35,695 |
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As of October 31, 2022, the total cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes were different from amounts reported for financial reporting purposes, as follows (amounts in thousands):
Tax Cost of Securities |
Unrealized Appreciation |
Unrealized Depreciation |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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US Equity ETF |
$ | 2,329,374 | $ | 3,233,288 | $ | — | $ | 3,233,288 | ||||||||
US Small Cap ETF |
3,278,864 | 1,859,834 | (102,862 | ) | 1,756,972 | |||||||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
5,371,898 | 2,230,263 | — | 2,230,263 | ||||||||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
9,398,658 | 6,571,784 | (2,717 | ) | 6,569,067 | |||||||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
4,019,930 | 4,044,151 | (109,352 | ) | 3,934,799 | |||||||||||
International Value ETF |
3,904,302 | 400,968 | (486,632 | ) | (85,664 | ) | ||||||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
4,531,907 | 665,546 | (800,499 | ) | (134,953 | ) |
The difference between GAAP-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) can occur as a result of wash sales, net mark-to-market gains (losses) on regulated futures contracts, net mark-to-market gains (losses) on foreign currency contracts, and differences in the tax treatment of passive foreign investment company investments.
ASC 740 Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions and has concluded that no additional provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is more likely than not that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Funds’ federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
G. SECURITIES LENDING
As of October 31, 2022, the Funds had securities on loan to brokers/dealers for which the Funds received cash collateral. Additionally, the Funds received non-cash collateral consisting of short- and/or long-term U.S. Treasuries and U.S. government agency securities as follows (amounts in thousands):
Non-Cash Collateral Market Value |
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US Core Equity 2 ETF |
$ | 39,560 | ||
International Value ETF |
27,074 | |||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
46,166 |
Each Fund with securities on loan invests the cash collateral, as described below, and records a liability for the return of the collateral during the period the securities are on loan. Loans of securities are expected at all times to be secured by collateral in an amount (i) equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities with respect to securities of the U.S. government or its agencies, (ii) generally equal to 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities with respect to U.S. securities, and (iii) generally equal to 105% of the current market value of the loaned securities with respect to foreign securities. However, daily market fluctuations could cause the Funds’ collateral to be lower or higher than the expected thresholds. If this were to occur, the collateral would be adjusted the next business day to ensure adequate collateralization. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. If the borrower fails to return loaned securities, cash collateral being maintained by the borrower is insufficient to cover the value of loaned securities, and such collateral insufficiency is not the result of investment losses, the lending agent has agreed to pay the amount of the shortfall to the Fund or, at the option of the lending agent, to replace the securities. In the event of the bankruptcy of the borrower, the Fund could experience delay in recovering the loaned securities or only recover cash or a security of equivalent value.
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Subject to its stated investment policies, a Fund with securities on loan will generally invest the cash collateral received for the loaned securities in The DFA Short Term Investment Fund (the “Money Market Series”), an affiliated registered money market fund advised by the Advisor for which the Advisor receives a management fee of 0.05% of the average daily net assets of the Money Market Series. Income received from the Money Market Series is netted with fees for securities lending and collateral investment expenses and with other payments to and from borrowers of securities. The Funds also may invest the cash collateral received for the loaned securities in securities of the U.S. government or its agencies, repurchase agreements collateralized by securities of the U.S. government or its agencies, and affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds that are registered or unregistered. For purposes of this paragraph, agencies include both agency debentures and agency mortgage-backed securities. Additionally, a Fund will be able to terminate the loan at any time and will receive reasonable interest on the loan, as well as amounts equal to any dividends, interest or, other distributions on the loaned securities. However, dividend income received from loaned securities may not be eligible for taxation at qualified dividend income rates.
The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of October 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):
Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements | ||||||||||||||||||||
Overnight and Continuous |
< 30 days | Between 30 & 90 days |
> 90 days | Total | ||||||||||||||||
US Equity ETF |
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Common Stocks |
$ | 99,230 | — | — | — | $ | 99,230 | |||||||||||||
US Small Cap ETF |
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Common Stocks |
363,402 | — | — | — | 363,402 | |||||||||||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
422,070 | — | — | — | 422,070 | |||||||||||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
556,321 | — | — | — | 556,321 | |||||||||||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
57,561 | — | — | — | 57,561 | |||||||||||||||
International Value ETF |
||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
91,921 | — | — | — | 91,921 | |||||||||||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
108,679 | — | — | — | 108,679 |
H. AFFILIATED TRADES
Cross trades for the year ended October 31, 2022, if any, were executed by the Funds pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust to ensure compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Cross trading is the buying or selling of fund securities between series of investment companies, or between a series of an investment company and another entity, that are or could be considered affiliates by virtue of a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common Officers. At its regularly scheduled meetings, the CCO certifies to the Board that the 17a-7 transactions entered into by the Funds complied with the Rule 17a-7 Procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
For the year ended October 31, 2022, cross trades by the Funds under Rule 17a-7 were as follows (amounts in thousands):
Purchases | Sales | Realized Gain (Loss) | ||||||||||
US Equity ETF |
$ | 45,616 | $ | 41,752 | $ | (17,889 | ) | |||||
US Small Cap ETF |
71,073 | 81,292 | (30,949 | ) | ||||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
64,543 | 200,096 | (56,502 | ) | ||||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
119,139 | 178,298 | (97,657 | ) | ||||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
49,029 | 33,064 | (10,237 | ) | ||||||||
International Value ETF |
41,008 | 22,657 | (2,814 | ) | ||||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
32,639 | 38,455 | (3,316 | ) |
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I. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments, for the year ended October 31, 2022 were as follows (amounts in thousands):
Purchases | Sales | |||||||
US Equity ETF |
$ | 214,210 | $ | 168,907 | ||||
US Small Cap ETF |
366,495 | 446,383 | ||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
582,296 | 440,976 | ||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
983,387 | 742,455 | ||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
329,252 | 240,204 | ||||||
International Value ETF |
528,999 | 443,249 | ||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
788,988 | 356,871 |
In-kind transactions for the year ended October 31, 2022 were as follows (amounts in thousands):
Purchases | Sales | |||||||
US Equity ETF |
$ | 529,434 | $ | 85,890 | ||||
US Small Cap ETF |
1,277,265 | 292,688 | ||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
2,269,829 | 1,233,851 | ||||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
3,373,258 | 391,250 | ||||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
770,014 | 570,439 | ||||||
International Value ETF |
783,510 | — | ||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
587,282 | 22,016 |
There were no purchases or sales of U.S. government securities during the year ended October 31, 2022.
J. CAPITAL SHARES TRANSACTIONS
Shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof at net asset value. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in shares for each Fund are disclosed in detail on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a Fund generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated basket of securities, which constitutes an optimized representation of the securities of that Fund’s specified universe, and an amount of cash. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may be charged a transaction fee to cover the transfer and other transactional costs it incurs to issue or redeem Creation Units. The Advisor may increase, decrease or otherwise modify the creation transaction fee to an amount that, in its judgment, is necessary or appropriate to recoup for the Fund the costs it may incur as a result of such purchases, or to otherwise eliminate or reduce so far as practicable any dilution of the value of the Shares.
Such transactions fees are treated as increases in capital and are disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Changes in Net Assets.
From time to time, settlement of securities related to subscriptions-in-kind or redemptions-in-kind may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind contributions are reflected as “Due from custodian” and securities related to in-kind redemptions are reflected as “Securities payable related to in-kind transactions” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
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K. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
In accordance with the Funds’ investment objectives and policies, the Funds may invest in certain financial instruments that have off-balance sheet risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the financial statements and concentrations of credit and market risk. These instruments and their significant corresponding risks are described below:
Foreign Market Risks: Investments in foreign markets may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with investments in the United States of America, including the possibility of future political and economic developments and the level of foreign governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets. These markets are generally smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States of America. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of international securities held by the Funds may be inhibited.
L. LINE OF CREDIT AND INTERFUND LENDING PROGRAM
The Trust, together with other Dimensional-advised funds, has entered into a $700 million unsecured line of credit with its custodian bank effective January 2, 2022. A line of credit with similar terms was in effect through January 1, 2022. Each Fund is permitted to borrow, subject to its investment limitations, up to a maximum of the lower of one-quarter of such portfolio’s net assets or $500 million, as long as total borrowings under the line of credit do not exceed $700 million in the aggregate. Each Fund is individually, and not jointly, liable for its particular advances under the line of credit. Borrowings under the line of credit are charged interest at rates agreed upon by the parties at the time of borrowing. There is no commitment fee on the unused portion of the line of credit. The line of credit agreement expires on January 1, 2023.
For the year ended October 31, 2022, borrowings by the Funds under the line of credit were as follows (amounts in thousands, except percentages and days):
Weighted Average Interest Rate |
Weighted Average Loan Balance |
Number of Days Outstanding* |
Interest Expense Incurred |
Maximum Amount Borrowed During the Year |
Outstanding Borrowings as of 10/31/22 |
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US Small Cap ETF |
2.91 | % | $ | 487 | 4 | — | $ | 869 | — | |||||||||||||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
1.91 | % | 1,843 | 4 | — | 6,122 | — | |||||||||||||||||
International Value ETF |
3.08 | % | 194 | 4 | — | 194 | — | |||||||||||||||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
2.98 | % | 671 | 10 | — | 927 | — |
* |
Number of Days Outstanding represents the total of single or consecutive days during the year ended October 31, 2022, that the Fund’s available line of credit was used. |
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC (the “Order”), the Funds may participate in an interfund lending program among certain portfolios managed by the Advisor (funds that operate as feeder funds do not participate in the program). The program allows the participating funds to borrow money from and loan money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes, subject to the conditions in the Order. A loan can only be made through the program if the interfund loan rate on that day is more favorable to both the borrowing and lending funds as compared to rates available through short-term bank loans or investments in overnight repurchase agreements and money market funds, respectively, as detailed in the Order. Further, a fund may participate in the program only if and to the extent that such participation is consistent with its investment objectives and limitations. Interfund loans have a maximum duration of seven days and may be called on one business day’s notice.
The Funds did not us the interfund lending program during the period ended October 31, 2022.
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M. RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01, with further amendments to Topic 848. The amendments in the ASUs provide optional temporary accounting recognition and financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021 and 2023. The ASUs are effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management has reviewed the requirements and determined the adoption of these ASUs will not have a material impact on the Funds’ financial statements.
In October 2020, the SEC adopted new regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies. Rule 18f-4 (the “Derivatives Rule”) imposes limits on the amount of derivatives contracts a Fund could enter, eliminates the asset segregation framework previously used by a Fund to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, and requires funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure to establish and maintain a derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager. The Derivatives Rule became effective February 19, 2021 and the Funds began complying with the Derivatives Rule on August 19, 2022.
On December 3, 2020, the SEC adopted new Rule 2a-5 (the “Valuation Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, establishing an updated regulatory framework for fund valuation. The Valuation Rule, in part, provides a framework for good faith fair value determination and permits a Board to designate fair value determinations to a fund’s investment adviser. Further, the SEC rescinded previously issued guidance on related issues. The Valuation Rule became effective on March 8, 2021 and the Funds began complying with the Valuation Rule on August 1, 2022.
N. OTHER
The Funds are subject to claims and suits that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business (for example, claw back litigation against former shareholders of fund companies that filed for bankruptcy, such as the now ended litigation involving The Tribune Company and the ongoing litigation involving Nine West). Although management currently believes that resolving claims against the Funds, individually or in aggregate, will not have a material adverse impact on the Funds’ financial position, results of operations, or cash flows, these matters are subject to inherent uncertainties and management’s view of these matters may change in the future.
As of October 31, 2022, the following number of shareholders held the following approximate percentages of the Funds’ outstanding shares. The following shareholders are omnibus accounts, which typically hold shares for the benefit of several other underlying investors.
Number of Shareholders |
Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Shares |
|||||||
US Equity ETF |
1 | 100 | % | |||||
US Small Cap ETF |
1 | 100 | % | |||||
US Targeted Value ETF |
1 | 100 | % | |||||
US Core Equity 2 ETF |
1 | 100 | % | |||||
US Marketwide Value ETF |
2 | 100 | % | |||||
International Value ETF |
1 | 100 | % | |||||
World ex US Core Equity 2 ETF |
1 | 100 | % |
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O. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date on which the financial statements were issued and has determined that there are no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of The Dimensional ETF Trust and Shareholders of Dimensional US Equity ETF, Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF, Dimensional US Targeted Value ETF, Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF, Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF, Dimensional International Value ETF, and Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
Opinions on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the summary schedules of portfolio holdings, of Dimensional US Equity ETF, Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF, Dimensional US Targeted Value ETF, Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF, Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF, Dimensional International Value ETF, and Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF (seven of the funds constituting The Dimensional ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of October 31, 2022, the related statements of operations for the year ended October 31, 2022, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2022, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2022 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of October 31, 2022, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2022, and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2022 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinions
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and transfer agent of the investee fund; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 22, 2022
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in Dimensional Fund Advisors L.P. investment company group since 1981.
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Trustees/Directors
Each Board of Trustees/Directors (each, the “Board” and collectively, the “Boards”) of The DFA Investment Trust Company (“DFAITC”), DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc. (“DFAIDG”), Dimensional Investment Group Inc. (“DIG”), Dimensional ETF Trust (“ETF Trust”), and Dimensional Emerging Markets Value Fund (“DEM”) (each, the “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) is responsible for establishing the Funds’ policies and for overseeing the management of the Funds. The Trustees/ Directors of the Funds, including all of the disinterested Trustees/Directors, have adopted written procedures to monitor potential conflicts of interest that might develop between portfolios of the Funds (the “Feeder Portfolios”) that invest in certain series of DFAITC or DEM (the “Master Funds”).
Each Board has four standing committees, an Audit Committee, a Nominating and Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”), a Mutual Funds-ETF Relations Committee, and an Investment Strategy Committee (the “Strategy Committee”). The Audit Committee is composed of Reena Aggarwal, George M. Constantinides, Francis A. Longstaff, Abbie J. Smith and Ingrid M. Werner. Each member of the Audit Committee is a disinterested Trustee/Director. The Audit Committee oversees the Fund’s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, the Fund’s internal controls, the Fund’s financial statements and the independent audits thereof and performs other oversight functions as requested by the Board. The Audit Committee recommends the appointment of each Fund’s independent registered certified public accounting firm and acts as a liaison between the Fund’s independent registered certified public accounting firm and the full Board. There were three Audit Committee meetings held during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.
Each Board’s Nominating Committee is composed of Reena Aggarwal, George M. Constantinides, Douglas W. Diamond, Francis A. Longstaff, and Heather E. Tookes. Each member of the Nominating Committee is a disinterested Trustee/Director. The Nominating Committee for each Board makes recommendations for nominations of disinterested and interested members on the Board to the disinterested Board members and to the full Board. The Nominating Committee works closely with other disinterested Trustees to evaluate a candidate’s qualification for Board membership and the independence of such candidate from the Advisor and other principal service providers. The Nominating Committee also periodically reviews the Board governance practices, policies, procedures, and operations; reviews the membership of each committee of the Board; reviews and makes recommendations regarding the Independent Trustees’ compensation; oversees the annual self-assessment of the Board and each committee; considers and recommends to the Board, the selection of “independent legal counsel” (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act); and monitors and considers corporate governance issues that may arise from time to time. There were three Nominating Committee meetings held during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.
Each Board’s Strategy Committee is composed of Gerard K. O’Reilly, Douglas W. Diamond, Darrell Duffie, and Heather E. Tookes. The Strategy Committee assists the Board in carrying out its fiduciary duties with respect to the oversight of the Fund and its performance. At the request of the Board or the Advisor, the Strategy Committee (i) reviews the design of possible new series of the Fund, (ii) reviews performance of existing portfolios of the Funds and discusses and recommends possible enhancements to the portfolios’ investment strategies, (iii) reviews proposals by the Advisor to modify or enhance the investment strategies or policies of each portfolio, and (iv) considers issues relating to investment services for each portfolio of the Fund. There were four Strategy Committee meetings held during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.
The Mutual Funds-ETF Relations Committee is comprised of George M. Constantinides, Darrell Duffie, and Ingrid M. Werner. At the request of the Board, the Mutual Funds-ETF Relations Committee (i) reviews any newly-proposed expenses to be borne by the ETFs in the Dimensional ETF Trust (“Dimensional ETFs”), portfolios in the DFA mutual fund complex (“Fund Complex”) or changes to the existing expense allocations among the Dimensional ETFs, portfolios in the Fund Complex, and the Advisor, (ii) considers any conflicts of interest that may arise in the operations of the Dimensional ETFs and the portfolios in the Fund Complex, (iii) reviews and considers relevant information relating to the operations of the Dimensional ETFs, and (iv) considers asset flows and
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performance differences between the similarly managed mutual funds and ETFs of the Funds. There were two Mutual Funds-ETF Relations Committee meetings held for the Trust during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.
Certain biographical information for each disinterested Trustee/Director and interested Trustee/Director of the Funds is set forth in the tables below, including a description of each Trustee/Director’s experience as a Trustee/ Director of the Funds and as a Director or Trustee of other funds, as well as other recent professional experience.
The statements of additional information (together, “SAI”) of the Funds include additional information about each Trustee/Director. You may obtain copies of the SAI and prospectus of each Fund advised by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP by calling collect (512) 306-7400 or by mailing a request to Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, TX 78746. Prospectuses are also available at http://us.dimensional.com.
Disinterested Directors/Trustees
Name,
Address and Year of Birth |
Position |
Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years |
Portfolios within the DFA Fund Complex2 Overseen |
Other Directorships of Public Companies Held During Past 5 Years | |||||
Reena Aggarwal c/o Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One Austin, TX 78746 1957 |
Director/ Trustee | Since December 2021 | Robert E. McDonough Professor of Business Administration and Finance, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University (since 2003); Director, Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy (since 2010); and Vice Provost of Faculty (2016-2020), Georgetown University. | 147 portfolios in 5 investment companies | Director, Cohen & Steers (asset management firm) (since 2017) and Director, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (private business development company) (since 2019). Formerly, Director, New York Life Investment Management IndexIQ (2008-2021) (22 funds); Director, REAN Cloud (technology) (2015-2018); Director, FBR & Co. (investment banking) (2011- 2017); and Director, Brightwood Capital Advisors, L.P. (private equity) (2013-2020). | |||||
George M. Constantinides University of Chicago Booth School of Business 5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 1947 |
Director/ Trustee | DFAIDG — Since 1983; DIG & DEM — Since 1993; DFAITC — Since 1992; ETF Trust - Since 2020 | Leo Melamed Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 1978). | 147 portfolios in 5 investment companies | None | |||||
Douglas W. Diamond c/o
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One
Austin, TX 78746 |
Director/ Trustee | DFAIDG, DIG, DEM & DFAITC — Since 2017; ETF Trust - Since 2020 | Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 1979). Formerly, Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (1990-2019). | 147 portfolios in 5 investment companies | None | |||||
Darrell Duffie c/o
Dimensional Fund
Advisors LP 1954 |
Director/ Trustee | DFAIDG, DIG, DEM & DFAITC —Since 2019; ETF Trust - Since 2020 | Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance, Stanford University (since 1984) and Director, TNB Inc. (bank) (since 2020). | 147 portfolios in 5 investment companies | Formerly, Director, Moody’s Corporation (financial information and information technology) (2008-2018). |
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Name,
Address and Year of Birth |
Position |
Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years |
Portfolios within the DFA Fund Complex2 Overseen |
Other Directorships of Public Companies Held During Past 5 Years | |||||
Francis A. Longstaff c/o Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One Austin, TX 78746 1956 |
Director/ Trustee | Since December 2021 |
Allstate Professor of Insurance and Finance, UCLA, Anderson School of Management; Consultant, NERA Economic Consulting (since 2018); Consultant, Charles River Associates (economic consulting firm) (since 2013); Consultant, Simplex Holdings, Inc. (technology firm) (since 1998); and Expert Witness, Analysis Group (economic consulting firm) (since 2012). |
147 portfolios in 5 investment companies | None | |||||
Abbie J. Smith University of Chicago Booth School of Business 5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 1953 |
Director/ Trustee | DFAIDG, DIG, DEM & DFAITC — Since 2000; ETF Trust - Since 2020 | Boris and Irene Stern Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting and James S. Ely, III Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 1980). | 147 portfolios in 5 investment companies |
Director (since 2000) and formerly, Lead Director (2014- 2017), HNI Corporation (office furniture); Director, Ryder System Inc. (transportation, logistics and supply-chain management) (since 2003); and Trustee, UBS Funds (2 investment companies within the fund complex) (13 portfolios) (since 2009). | |||||
Heather E. Tookes Yale School of Management 165 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 1974 |
Director/ Trustee | Since December 2021 | Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management (since 2004). | 147 portfolios in 5 investment companies |
Director, Payoneer Inc. (digital payments) (since 2021); Director, Ariel Investments LLC (since 2017); and Director, Community Foundation of Greater New Haven (community foundation and grant-making) (since 2022). Formerly, Director, KCG Holdings (trading company) (January 2017-July 2017). |
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Name,
Address and Year of Birth |
Position |
Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years |
Portfolios within the DFA Fund Complex2 Overseen |
Other Directorships of Public Companies Held During Past 5 Years | |||||
Ingrid M. Werner c/o Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One Austin, TX 78746 1961 |
Director/ Trustee | DFAIDG, DIG, DEM & DFAITC — Since 2019; ETF Trust - Since 2020 |
Martin and Andrew Murrer Professor of Finance, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University (since 1998). Adjunct Member, the Prize Committee for the Swedish Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (annual award for significant scientific research contribution) (since 2018). Director, American Finance Association (global association of academic researchers and practitioners in finance) (since January 2019). Member, Scientific Board, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (institute supporting academic research in finance) (since 2020). Chair, Economic Advisory Committee, FINRA (since 2017). Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Swedish House of Finance (institute supporting academic research in finance) (since 2014). Member, Scientific Board, Danish Finance Institute (institute supporting academic research in finance) (since 2017). Fellow, Center for Analytical Finance (academic research) (since 2015). Associate Editor, Journal of Finance (since 2016). Formerly, President, Western Finance Association (global association of academic researchers and practitioners in finance) (2018-2019). Formerly, Member, Academic Board, Mistra Financial Systems (organization funding academic research on environment, governance and climate/sustainability in finance) (2016-2021). |
147 portfolios in 5 investment companies | Director, Fourth Swedish AP Fund (pension fund asset management) (since 2017). |
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Interested Directors/Trustees
The following interested Directors are described as such because each is deemed to be an “interested person,” as that term is defined under the 1940 Act, due to his position with the Advisor.
Name, Address and Year of Birth |
Position | Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years |
Portfolios Overseen |
Other Directorships
of Public Companies Held During Past 5 Years | |||||
David
P. Butler Austin, TX 78746 1964 |
Director Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Director since December 2021 Co-Chief Executive Officer since 2017 (DFAIDG, DIG, DEM & DFAITC); 2020 (ETF Trust) |
Co-Chief Executive Officer of Dimensional Emerging Markets Value Fund (“DEM”), DFAIDG, Dimensional Investment Group Inc. (“DIG”), The DFA Investment Trust Company (“DFAITC”), Dimensional Holdings Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Dimensional Investment LLC, and DFA Securities LLC (collectively with DEM, DFAIDG, DIG and DFAITC, the “DFA Entities”) (since 2017), DFA Canada LLC (since 2018), Dimensional Holdings LLC (since 2017), and Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020); Chief Executive Officer of Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC (since 2018); Director (since 2017) of Dimensional Holdings Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC, Dimensional Japan Ltd., Dimensional Advisors Ltd., Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd., and DFA Australia Limited; Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer (since 2017) of Dimensional Cayman Commodity Fund I Ltd.; Chief Executive Officer of Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC (since 2018); Head of Global Financial Advisor Services for Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (since 2007) and Dimensional Investment LLC (since 2017); Formerly, Vice President (2007 – 2017) of all the DFA Entities; Formerly, Head of Global Advisor Services for Dimensional Investment LLC (2011-2017). |
147 portfolios in 5 investment companies | None |
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Name, Address and Year of Birth |
Position | Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years |
Portfolios Overseen |
Other Directorships
of During Past 5 Years | |||||
Gerard K. O’Reilly c/o Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, TX 78746 1976 |
Chairman and Director Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer |
Chairman and Director since December 2021 Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer since 2017 (DFAIDG, DIG, DEM & DFAITC); 2020 (ETF Trust) |
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the DFA Entities (since 2017) and Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020); Co-Chief Executive Officer of Dimensional Canada LLC (since 2018); Chief Investment Officer of Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC (since 2017); Director, Chief Investment Officer (since 2017) and Vice President (since 2014) of DFA Australia Limited; Chief Investment Officer (since 2018) and Vice President (since 2016) of Dimensional Japan Ltd.; Director, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer (since 2017) of Dimensional Cayman Commodity Fund I Ltd.; Director of Dimensional Funds plc (since 2014), Dimensional Fund II plc (since 2014), Dimensional Holdings Inc. (since 2017), Dimensional Advisors Ltd. (since 2017), and Dimensional Ireland Limited (since 2018). Formerly, Executive Vice President (2017) and Co-Chief Investment Officer (2014 – 2017) of the DFA Entities; Formerly, Vice President (2007 – 2017) of the DFA Entities; Formerly, Vice President and Co-Chief Investment Officer (2014 – 2017) of Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC. Formerly, Director of Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. (2017-2018) and Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. (2018-2021). |
147 portfolios in 5 investment companies |
None |
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Each Director/Trustee holds office for an indefinite term until his or her successor is elected and qualified. |
2 |
Each Director/Trustee is a director or trustee of each of the five registered investment companies within the DFA Fund Complex, which include: the Fund; DIG; DFAITC; DEM; and Dimensional ETF Trust. Each disinterested Director/Trustee also serves on the Independent Review Committee of the Dimensional Funds, mutual funds registered in the provinces of Canada and managed by the Advisor’s affiliate, Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC. |
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Officers
Below is the name, year of birth, information regarding positions with the Funds and the principal occupation for each officer of the Funds. The address of each officer is 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, TX 78746. Each of the officers listed below holds the same office (except as otherwise noted) in the DFA Entities.
Name and Year of Birth |
Position | Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years | |||
Valerie A. Brown 1967 |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary | Since 2001 |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary of • all the DFA Entities (since 2001) • DFA Australia Limited (since 2002) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. (since 2002) • Dimensional Cayman Commodity Fund I Ltd. (since 2010) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. (since 2012) • Dimensional Hong Kong Limited (since 2012) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) Director, Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2003) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC | |||
Ryan P. Buechner 1982 |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary | Since 2019 |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary of • DFAIDG, DIG, DFAITC and DEM (since 2019) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) Vice President (since January 2018) of • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Investment LLC • DFA Securities LLC | |||
Stephen A. Clark 1972 |
Executive Vice President | Since 2017 |
Executive Vice President of • all the DFA Entities (since 2017) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) Director and Vice President (since 2016) of • Dimensional Japan Ltd. Chairman (since 2018) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC President and Director (since 2016) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC Vice President (since 2008) and Director (since 2016) of • DFA Australia Limited Director (since 2016) of • Dimensional Advisors Ltd. • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. • Dimensional Hong Kong Limited Vice President of • Dimensional Advisors Ltd. (since 2016) • Dimensional Hong Kong Limited (since 2016) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. (since 2019) Formerly, Director (2016-2021) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. Formerly, Vice President (2004-2017) of • all the DFA Entities Formerly, Vice President (2010-2016) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC Formerly, Vice President (2016-2019) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. Formerly, Interim Chief Executive Officer (2019-2020) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. Formerly, Head of Institutional, North America (2012-2013) and Head of Global Institutional Services (2014-2018) for • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP |
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Name and Year of Birth |
Position | Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years | |||
Lisa M. Dallmer 1972 |
Chief Operating Officer | Since June 2021 |
Chief Operating Officer (since June 2021) of • the DFA Fund Complex Executive Vice President (since January 2020) • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Investment LLC • DFA Securities LLC Chief Operating Officer (since December 2019) • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Investment LLC • DFA Securities LLC Vice President (since 2020) of • DFA Australia Limited • Dimensional Advisors Ltd. • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. • Dimensional Ireland Limited • Dimensional Japan Ltd. Formerly, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (June 2020-June 2021) of • the DFA Fund Complex Formerly, Senior Vice President, Business Operations (March 2019-October 2019) at • Delphix Inc. Formerly, Chief Operating Officer Global Technology & Operations, Managing Director (2014-2018) of • BlackRock Inc. | |||
Bernard J. Grzelak 1971 |
Vice President | Since June 2021 |
Vice President (since June 2021) of • the DFA Fund Complex Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (since September 2020) of • DFA Australia Limited • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC • DFA Securities LLC • Dimensional Advisors Ltd. • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • Dimensional Hong Kong Limited • Dimensional Investment LLC Vice President (since March 2021) of • Dimensional Ireland Limited Formerly, Partner (2008-2020), Chief Operating Officer, Global Funds and Risk (2018-2020), Chief Operations Officer (2016-2018), and Director of Fund Administration (2003-2016) of • Lord Abbett & Co. LLC Formerly, Chief Financial Officer (2017-2020), and Treasurer (2003-2017) of • Lord Abbett Family of Funds | |||
Eric Hall 1978 |
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer | Since June 2021 |
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (since June 2021) of • the DFA Fund Complex Formerly, Data Integrity Team Lead (December 2019-April 2021) of • Clearwater Analytics Formerly, Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (March 2015-November 2019) at • INVESCO, U.S. (formerly, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.) | |||
Jeff J. Jeon 1973 |
Vice President | Since 2004 |
Vice President (since 2004) of • all the DFA Entities Vice President (since 2020) of • Dimensional ETF Trust Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2010) of • Dimensional Cayman Commodity Fund I Ltd. Formerly, Assistant Secretary (2017-2019) of • all the DFA Entities |
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Name and Year of Birth |
Position | Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years | |||
Joy Lopez 1971 |
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer | Vice President since 2015 and Assistant Treasurer since 2017 |
Vice President of • all the DFA Entities (since 2015) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. (since 2015) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) • DFA Australia Limited (since 2020) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC (since 2020) • Dimensional Ireland Limited (since 2020) Assistant Treasurer of • DFAIDG, DIG, DFAITC and DEM (since 2017) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) | |||
Kenneth M. Manell 1972 |
Vice President | Since 2010 |
Vice President of • all the DFA Entities (since 2010) • Dimensional Cayman Commodity Fund I Ltd. (since 2010) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) | |||
Jan Miller 1963 |
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer |
Since June 2021 |
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (since June 2021) of • the DFA Fund Complex Formerly, Director (May 2019-January 2021) at • INVESCO, U.S. (formerly, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.) Formerly, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (September 2012-May 2019) at • OppenheimerFunds, Inc. | |||
Catherine L. Newell 1964 |
President and General Counsel | President since 2017 and General Counsel since 2001 |
President of • DFAIDG, DIG, DFAITC and DEM (since 2017) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) General Counsel of • all the DFA Entities (since 2001) • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (since 2006) • Dimensional Holdings Inc (since 2006) • Dimensional Investment LLC (since 2009) • DFA Canada LLC (since 2009) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) Executive Vice President (since 2017) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • DFA Securities LLC • Dimensional Investment LLC Secretary of • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (since 2006) • Dimensional Holdings Inc. (since 2006) • DFA Securities LLC (since 2006) • Dimensional Investment LLC (since 2009) Vice President (since 1997) and Secretary (since 2002) of • DFA Australia Limited • Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. Vice President and Secretary of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC (since 2003) • DFA Canada LLC (since 2009) • Dimensional Cayman Commodity Fund I Ltd. (since 2010) • Dimensional Japan Ltd. (since 2012) • Dimensional Advisors Ltd (since 2014) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. (since 2012) Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2012) of • Dimensional Hong Kong Limited Director of • Dimensional Australia Limited (since 2007) • Dimensional Funds plc (since 2002) • Dimensional Funds II plc (since 2006) • Director of Dimensional Japan Ltd. (since 2012) • Dimensional Advisors Ltd. (since 2012) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd. (since 2012) • Dimensional Hong Kong Limited (since 2012) • Dimensional Ireland Limited (since 2018) Formerly, Vice President and Secretary (2010-2014) of • Dimensional SmartNest (US) LLC Formerly, Vice President (1997-2017) and Secretary (2000-2017) of • DFAIDG, DIG, DFAITC and DEM Formerly, Vice President of • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1997-2017) • Dimensional Holdings Inc. (2006-2017) • DFA Securities LLC (1997-2017) • Dimensional Investment LLC (2009-2017) Formerly, Director (2002-2021) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. |
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Name and Year of Birth |
Position | Term of Office1 and Length of Service |
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years | |||
Selwyn J. Notelovitz 1961 |
Vice President | Since September 2021 |
Vice President (since September 2021) of • the DFA Fund Complex Vice President (since December 2012) and Chief Compliance Officer (since July 2020) of • DFA Securities LLC • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • Dimensional Investment LLC Chief Compliance Officer (since July 2020) of: • DFA Australia Limited • Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC Formerly, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (2013-2020) of: • DFA Fund Complex • DFA Securities LLC • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • Dimensional Investment LLC Formerly, Vice President (2013-2020) of: • DFA Fund Complex Formerly, Director (2019-2021) of: • Dimensional Ireland Limited | |||
Carolyn L. O 1974 |
Vice President and Secretary | Vice President since 2010 and Secretary since 2017 |
Vice President and Secretary of • DFAIDG, DIG, DFAITC and DEM (since 2010 and 2017, respectively) • Dimensional ETF Trust (since 2020) Vice President (since 2010) and Assistant Secretary (since 2016) of • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • Dimensional Investment LLC Vice President of • DFA Securities LLC (since 2010) • Dimensional Cayman Commodity Fund I Ltd. (since 2010) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC (since 2016) Assistant Secretary (since 2016) of • DFA Securities LLC | |||
Randy C. Olson 1980 |
Chief Compliance Officer | Since 2020 |
Chief Compliance Officer (since 2020) • the DFA Fund Complex • Vice President (since 2016) of • DFA Securities LLC • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP • Dimensional Holdings Inc. • Dimensional Investment LLC Formerly, Vice President-Senior Compliance Officer • Dimensional Investment Advisors LP (January 2020-August 2020 and July 2014-March 2017) Formerly, Vice President-Head of Compliance & Operations Asia Ex-Japan • Dimensional Investment Advisors LP (April 2017-January 2020) | |||
James J. Taylor 1983 |
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer | Since 2020 |
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (since 2020) of • the DFA Fund Complex Vice President • Dimensional Holdings Inc. (since 2016) • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (since 2016) • Dimensional Investment LLC (since 2016) • DFA Securities LLC (since 2016) • Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC (since 2020) |
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Each officer holds office for an indefinite term at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. |
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TAX NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
(Unaudited)
The following information is solely for informational purposes. Each Fund is designating the U.S. federal income tax character of the following items with respect to distributions paid or expected to be paid to shareholders related to the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022. All designations are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly are subject to change. For each classification below and including “Section 163(j) interest dividends” as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.163(j)-1(b)(35) and “Section 199A dividends” as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.199A -3(d), it is the intent of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, shareholders generally must report distributions received from a Fund on a calendar-year basis, which therefore may include distributions with respect to portions of two fiscal years of the Fund. Annual statements needed by shareholders concerning the tax status of distributions received for the calendar year 2022 (e.g., IRS Form 1099-DIV) will be provided in early 2023. Shareholders should refer to these statements in preparing their calendar year 2022 tax returns. Please consult your tax advisor for the proper treatment of this information. Unless otherwise noted, the amounts in the table are expressed as a percentage of the distributions paid with respect to the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.
Dimensional ETF Trust |
Net Investment Income Distribution |
Short-term Capital Gain Distribution |
Long-Term Capital Gain Distribution |
Return of Capital |
Tax-Exempt Interest |
Total Distributions |
Qualifying For Corporate Dividends Received Deduction(1) |
Qualifying Dividend Income(2) |
U.S. Government Interest(3) |
Foreign Tax Credit(4) |
Foreign Source Income(5) |
Qualifying Interest Income(6) |
Qualifying Short-Term Capital Gain(7) |
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Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF |
100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF |
32 | % | 0 | % | 68 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF |
96 | % | 0 | % | 4 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF |
100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensional International Value ETF |
100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 9 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF |
100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 88 | % | 0 | % | 8 | % | 100 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % |
(1) |
Qualified Dividends represents the amount that qualifies for the corporate dividends-received deduction under Section 243 of the Internal Revenue Code and is reflected as a percentage of estimated ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions) for the calendar year 2022. |
(2) |
Qualified Dividend Income represents the amount that qualifies for the reduced capital gain tax rate under Section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code and is reflected as a percentage of estimated ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions) for the calendar year 2022. |
(3) |
U.S. Government Interest represents the amount of interest that was derived from direct U.S. Government obligations and distributed during the fiscal year. This amount is reflected as a percentage of total estimated ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions) for the calendar year 2022. Generally, interest from direct U.S. Government obligations is exempt from state income tax. Please consult your tax advisor for the availability of a state tax exemption based on your individual circumstances. |
(4) |
Foreign Tax Credit represents the amount of dividends that qualify for the foreign tax credit pass through under Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code and is reflected as a percentage of “investment company taxable income” (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code). |
(5) |
Foreign Source Income represents the amount of dividends derived from foreign sources and is reflected as a percentage of “investment company taxable income” (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code). |
(6) |
Qualified Net Interest Income represents the amount of interest income available as interest-related dividends generally exempt from withholding taxes for non-U.S. shareholders under Section 871(k)(1) of the Internal |
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Revenue Code. The information is reflected as a percentage estimated ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions) for the calendar year 2022. |
(7) |
Qualified Short-Term Capital Gain represents the amount available as short-term capital gain dividends generally exempt from withholding taxes for non-U.S. shareholders under Section 871(k)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. The information is reflected as a percentage of estimated ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions) for the calendar year 2022. |
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VOTING PROXIES ON FUND PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses in voting proxies relating to securities held in the portfolio is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling collect: (512) 306-7400; (2) from the Advisor’s website at http://us.dimensional.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Advisor votes these proxies is available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and from the Advisor’s website at https://www.dimensional.com/us-en/who-we-are/investment-stewardship and reflects the twelve-month period beginning July 1st and ending June 30th.
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