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APRIL 30, 2022 |
2022 Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited)
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iShares U.S. ETF Trust
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BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF | NEAR | Cboe BZX |
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BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF | MEAR | Cboe BZX |
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BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF | ICSH | Cboe BZX |
Dear Shareholder,
The 12-month reporting period as of April 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets which characterized 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter of 2022, ending the run of robust growth which followed reopening and the development of the COVID-19 vaccines. Rapid changes in consumer spending led to supply constraints and elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the invasion has presented challenges for both investors and policymakers.
Equity prices were mixed but mostly down, as persistently high inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates, particularly weighing on relatively high valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. Overall, small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, while large-capitalization U.S. stocks were nearly flat. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose during the reporting period as increasing inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is growing faster than expected, raised interest rates in March 2022, the first increase of this business cycle. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and raised the prospect of reversing the flow and reducing its balance sheet. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s new tone led many analysts to anticipate that the Fed will continue to raise interest rates multiple times throughout the year.
Looking ahead, however, the horrific war in Ukraine has significantly clouded the outlook for the global economy, leading to major volatility in energy and metal markets. Sanctions on Russia, Europe’s top energy supplier, and general wartime disruption are likely to drive already-high commodity prices even higher. We believe sharp increases in energy prices will exacerbate inflationary pressure while also constraining economic growth. Combating inflation without stifling a recovery, while buffering against ongoing supply and price shocks amid the ebb and flow of the pandemic, will be an especially challenging environment for setting effective monetary policy. Despite the likelihood of more rate increases on the horizon, we believe the Fed will err on the side of protecting employment, even at the expense of higher inflation.
In this environment, we favor an overweight to equities, as valuations have become more attractive and inflation-adjusted interest rates remain low. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and healthcare, are particularly attractive in the long term. We favor U.S. equities due to strong earnings momentum, while Japanese equities should benefit from supportive monetary and fiscal policy. We are underweight credit overall, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local- currency bonds offer potential opportunities for additional yield. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability and quality can help provide portfolio resilience.
Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Total Returns as of April 30, 2022 | ||||||||
6-Month |
12-Month |
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U.S.
large cap equities |
(9.65) | % | 0.21 | % | ||||
U.S.
small cap equities |
(18.38) | (16.87) | ||||||
International
equities |
(11.80) | (8.15) | ||||||
Emerging
market equities |
(14.15) | (18.33) | ||||||
3-month Treasury bills |
0.07 | 0.08 | ||||||
U.S.
Treasury securities |
(10.29) | (8.86) | ||||||
U.S.
investment grade bonds |
(9.47) | (8.51) | ||||||
Tax-exempt municipal
bonds |
(7.90) | (7.88) | ||||||
U.S.
high yield bonds |
(7.40) | (5.22) | ||||||
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
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T H I S P A G E I S N O T P A R T O F Y O U R F U N D R E P O R T |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2022 | BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF |
Investment Objective
The BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to maximize current income by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade fixed income securities and maintain a weighted average maturity that is less than three years. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.
Performance
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
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Fund NAV |
(0.86 | )% | (0.73 | )% | 1.43 | % | 1.26 | % | (0.73 | )% | 7.33 | % | 11.39 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(0.88 | ) | (0.75 | ) | 1.41 | 1.26 | (0.75 | ) | 7.24 | 11.34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloomberg Short-Term Government/Corporate Index |
(0.33 | ) | (0.28 | ) | 1.30 | 0.93 | (0.28 | ) | 6.64 | 8.31 |
The inception date of the Fund was 9/25/13. The first day of secondary market trading was 9/26/13.
The Bloomberg Short-Term Government/Corporate Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of government and corporate securities with less than 1 year remaining to maturity.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 7 for more information.
Expense Example
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Beginning Account Value (11/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (04/30/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Beginning Account Value (11/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (04/30/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Annualized Expense Ratio |
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 991.40 | $ | 1.23 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.60 | $ | 1.25 | 0.25 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY INVESTMENT TYPE
Investment Type |
Percent of Total Investments(a) |
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Corporate Bonds & Notes |
72.9% | |||
Asset-Backed Securities |
15.4 | |||
Collaterized Mortgage Obligations |
8.5 | |||
Commercial Paper |
2.4 | |||
Certificates of Deposit |
0.8 |
ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY
Moody’s Credit Rating* | Percent
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Aaa |
14.3% | |||
Aa |
2.4 | |||
A |
32.5 | |||
Baa |
34.1 | |||
Ba |
2.6 | |||
P-1 |
0.8 | |||
P-2 |
1.2 | |||
Not Rated |
12.1 |
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Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change. |
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Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2022 | BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF |
Investment Objective
The BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to maximize tax-free current income by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in municipal securities such that the interest on each bond is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax. Under normal circumstances, the effective duration of the Fund’s portfolio is expected to be 1.2 years or less, as calculated by the management team, and is not expected to exceed 1.5 years. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.
Performance
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
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Fund NAV |
(0.89 | )% | (0.96 | )% | 0.84 | % | 0.81 | % | (0.96 | )% | 4.27 | % | 5.94 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(0.82 | ) | (0.93 | ) | 0.84 | 0.82 | (0.93 | ) | 4.25 | 5.99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloomberg Municipal Bond: 1 Year (1-2) Index |
(1.99 | ) | (1.98 | ) | 0.85 | 0.81 | (1.98 | ) | 4.33 | 5.94 |
The inception date of the Fund was 3/3/15. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/5/15.
The Bloomberg Municipal Bond: 1 Year (1-2) Index is an unmanaged index comprised of national municipal bond issues having a maturity of at least one year and less than two years.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 7 for more information.
Expense Example
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Beginning Account Value (11/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (04/30/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Annualized Expense Ratio |
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 991.10 | $ | 1.23 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.60 | $ | 1.25 | 0.25 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY
S&P Credit Rating* | |
Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
AAA |
0.5 | % | ||
AA+ |
0.9 | |||
AA |
4.8 | |||
AA- |
2.2 | |||
A+ |
5.6 | |||
A |
37.1 | |||
A- |
2.5 | |||
BBB+ |
9.3 | |||
BBB |
2.0 | |||
BB+ |
0.6 | |||
Not Rated |
34.5 |
TEN LARGEST STATES
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Texas |
13.3 | % | ||
New Jersey |
13.0 | |||
Kentucky |
8.3 | |||
Georgia |
7.8 | |||
New York |
6.3 | |||
Pennsylvania |
5.1 | |||
Alabama |
4.2 | |||
Mississippi |
3.6 | |||
Illinois |
3.3 | |||
Indiana |
3.1 |
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Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by S&P Global Ratings, a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. S&P credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change. |
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Excludes money market funds. |
F U N D S U M M A R Y |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2022 | BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF |
Investment Objective
The BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade fixed- and floating-rate debt securities and maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity that is less than 180 days. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
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Fund NAV |
(0.50 | )% | (0.40 | )% | 1.54 | % | 1.20 | % | (0.40 | )% | 7.96 | % | 10.52 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(0.53 | ) | (0.47 | ) | 1.54 | 1.20 | (0.47 | ) | 7.96 | 10.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
ICE BofA US 6-Month Treasury Bill Index |
(0.07 | ) | (0.04 | ) | 1.25 | 0.89 | (0.04 | ) | 6.43 | 7.75 |
The inception date of the Fund was 12/11/13. The first day of secondary market trading was 12/13/13.
On 3/1/2021 the Fund began referencing the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA US 6-Month Treasury Bill Index. Historical index data prior to 3/1/2021 is for the 3pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA US 6-Month Treasury Bill Index. Index data on and after 3/1/2021 is for the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA US 6-Month Treasury Bill Index.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 7 for more information.
Expense Example
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Ending Account Value (04/30/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 995.00 | $ | 0.40 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.40 | $ | 0.40 | 0.08 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY INVESTMENT TYPE
Investment Type | |
Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
38.6 | % | ||
Commercial Paper |
37.5 | |||
Certificates of Deposit |
14.6 | |||
Repurchase Agreements |
4.4 | |||
Municipal Debt Obligations |
3.6 | |||
Asset-Backed Securities |
1.2 | |||
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations |
0.1 |
ALLOCATION BY CREDIT QUALITY
Moody’s Credit Rating* | |
Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
Aaa |
0.8 | % | ||
Aa |
13.0 | |||
A |
26.3 | |||
Baa |
10.8 | |||
P-1 |
23.2 | |||
P-2 |
9.4 | |||
A-1 |
1.7 | |||
Not Rated |
14.8 |
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Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change. |
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Excludes money market funds. |
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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.
Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.
Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.
The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in a Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
A B O U T F U N D P E R F O R M A N C E / S H A R E H O L D E R E X P E N S E S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
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Asset-Backed Securities |
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AGL Core CLO 4 Ltd., 2.13%, 04/20/33 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.070%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,400 | $ | 1,381,295 | ||||||||
AIG
CLO Ltd., 2.18%, 04/20/32 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US
+ |
USD | 1,000 | 1,003,523 | |||||||||
American
Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2018-9, Class A, 0.93%, 04/15/26,
(1 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 17,650 | 17,709,585 | |||||||||
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class A2, 0.28%, 06/18/24 (Call 04/18/24) |
USD | 2,520 | 2,517,197 | |||||||||
Anchorage Capital CLO 4-R Ltd., Series 2014-4RA, Class A, 1.33%, 01/28/31 (Call 07/28/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.050%)(a)(b) |
USD | 4,500 | 4,480,790 | |||||||||
Anchorage Capital CLO 7 Ltd., Series 2015-7A, Class AR2, 1.37%, 01/28/31 (Call 07/28/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.090%)(a)(b) |
USD | 13,840 | 13,780,858 | |||||||||
Apidos
CLO XII, 2.12%, 04/15/31 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + |
USD | 500 | 496,103 | |||||||||
ASSURANT
CLO Ltd., Series 2018-2A,
Class A, 2.10%, 04/20/31 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 250 | 247,747 | |||||||||
Atlas Senior Loan Fund III Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class AR, 1.30%, 11/17/27 (Call 05/17/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.830%)(a)(b) |
USD | 6,574 | 6,534,225 | |||||||||
Atrium XIII, Series 13A, Class A1, 2.36%, 11/21/30 (Call 07/23/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.180%)(a)(b) |
USD | 2,500 | 2,492,348 | |||||||||
Autoflorence of Amyloids 0.15%, 12/24/44 (Call 11/24/26)(b)(c) |
EUR | 10,320 | 10,917,268 | |||||||||
0.20%, 12/24/44 (Call 11/24/26)(b)(c) |
EUR | 898 | 938,976 | |||||||||
Bain Capital Credit CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class A1R, 2.03%, 07/20/30 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%)(a)(b) |
USD | 3,200 | 3,174,017 | |||||||||
Barings
Clo Ltd., 2.37%, 01/15/33 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US
+ |
USD | 3,850 | 3,823,511 | |||||||||
Barings
CLO Ltd., 2.13%, 04/20/31 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 550 | 543,586 | |||||||||
Benefit Street Partners CLO III Ltd., Series 2013-IIIA, Class A1R2, 2.06%, 07/20/29 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(a)(b) |
USD | 360 | 358,468 | |||||||||
Benefit Street Partners CLO VIII Ltd., Series 2015-8A, Class A1AR, 2.16%, 01/20/31 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.1%)(a)(b) |
USD | 750 | 746,293 | |||||||||
Benefit Street Partners Clo XII Ltd., 1.99%, 10/15/30 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.95%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,678 | 1,661,564 | |||||||||
Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust, 2.71%, 06/16/25(b) |
USD | 15,385 | 15,383,543 | |||||||||
Carlyle
C17 CLO Ltd., Series C17A, Class A1AR, 2.32%, 04/30/31 (Call
04/30/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + |
USD | 1,000 | 991,445 | |||||||||
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class A1R2, 2.01%, 04/17/31 (Call 07/17/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.970%)(a)(b) |
USD | 5,234 | 5,174,951 | |||||||||
Cbam
Ltd., Series 2018-7A,
Class A, 2.16%, 07/20/31 (Call 07/20/22), |
USD | 750 | 745,229 | |||||||||
Cedar Funding IX CLO Ltd., 2.04%, 04/20/31 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.98%)(a)(b) |
USD | 2,130 | 2,110,386 | |||||||||
Chesapeake Funding II LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A2, 1.20%, 08/15/32 (Call 05/15/23), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(a)(b) |
USD | 6,981 | 6,980,397 |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||||||
CIFC Funding Ltd. Series 2014-2RA, Class A1, 2.23%, 04/24/30 (Call 07/24/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.050%)(a)(b) |
USD | 250 | $ | 248,878 | ||||||||
Series 2015-2A, Class AR2, 2.05%, 04/15/30 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.010%)(a)(b) |
USD | 13,000 | 12,941,132 | |||||||||
Series 2018-1A, Class A, 2.04%, 04/18/31 (Call 07/18/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.0%)(a)(b) |
USD | 13,000 | 12,885,982 | |||||||||
Series 2018-2A, Class A1, 2.10%, 04/20/31 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.040%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,250 | 1,238,778 | |||||||||
Citibank
Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2019-A5, Class A5, 1.07%,
04/22/26, |
USD | 40,505 | 40,747,277 | |||||||||
College
Ave Student Loans LLC, Series 2021-A, Class A1, 1.56%,
07/25/51 |
USD | 245 | 243,531 | |||||||||
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class A, 1.00%, 05/15/30 (Call 11/15/24)(a) |
USD | 4,130 | 3,953,154 | |||||||||
Donlen Fleet Lease Funding 2 LLC, Series 2021-2, Class A2, 0.56%, 12/11/34(a) |
USD | 11,579 | 11,326,244 | |||||||||
Dowson Dwson |
||||||||||||
1.61%, 01/20/29(b) |
GBP | 4,129 | 5,193,440 | |||||||||
2.44%, 01/20/29(b) |
GBP | 646 | 812,408 | |||||||||
Dowson PLC Series 2021-2, Class A, 1.37%, 10/20/28 (Call 11/20/24), (Sterning Ovenight Index Average + 0.680%)(b)(c) |
GBP | 7,554 | 9,494,652 | |||||||||
Series 2021-2, Class B, 1.89%, 10/20/28 (Call 11/20/24), (Sterning Ovenight Index Average + 1.200%)(b)(c) |
GBP | 1,600 | 1,995,004 | |||||||||
Drive
Auto Receivables Trust, Series |
USD | 3,870 | 3,869,174 | |||||||||
Dryden 49 Senior Loan Fund, Series 2017-49A, Class AR, 1.99%, 07/18/30 (Call 07/18/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.95%)(a)(b) |
USD | 10,750 | 10,655,424 | |||||||||
Dryden 77 CLO Ltd., Series 2020-77A, Class XR, 1.48%, 05/20/34 (Call 05/20/23), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.0%)(a)(b) |
USD | 250 | 249,688 | |||||||||
Dryden XXVI Senior Loan Fund, Series 2013-26A, Class AR, 1.94%, 04/15/29 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b) |
USD | 15,023 | 14,893,746 | |||||||||
Dutch
Property Finance, Series 2021-2,
Class A, 0.29%, 04/28/59 |
EUR | 6,269 | 6,582,646 | |||||||||
Dutch Property Finance BV, 1.00%, 10/28/59(b) |
EUR | 8,498 | 8,937,768 | |||||||||
Elevation
CLO Ltd., Series 2014-2A,
Class A1R, 2.27%, 10/15/29 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR
US + |
USD | 480 | 478,459 | |||||||||
Elmwood CLO X Ltd., Series 2021-3A, Class A, 2.10%, 10/20/34 (Call 10/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%)(a)(b) |
USD | 13,000 | 12,781,584 | |||||||||
Elvet
Mortgages PLC, Series 2021-1,
Class A, 0.85%, 10/22/63 |
GBP | 10,830 | 13,526,096 | |||||||||
Enterprise Fleet Funding LLC, Series 2021-1, Class A2, 0.44%, 12/21/26 (Call 07/20/24)(a) |
USD | 10,141 | 9,883,634 | |||||||||
Galaxy
XV CLO Ltd., Series 2013-15A,
Class ARR, 2.01%, 10/15/30 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR
US + |
USD | 670 | 665,111 | |||||||||
Gilbert
Park CLO Ltd., 2.23%, 10/15/30 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 250 | 249,196 | |||||||||
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX Ltd., Series 2014-9A, Class AR2, 2.35%, 10/29/29 (Call 04/29/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.110%)(a)(b) |
USD | 16,240 | 16,185,993 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||||||
Gosforth
Funding PLC, Series 2018-1A,
Class A1, 0.63%, 08/25/60 (Call 08/25/23), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 1,147 | $ | 1,147,200 | ||||||||
Highbridge Loan Management, Series 3A-2014, Class A1R, 2.22%, 07/18/29 (Call 07/18/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,100 | 1,097,096 | |||||||||
KKR
CLO 21 Ltd., 2.04%, 04/15/31 |
USD | 5,590 | 5,541,046 | |||||||||
LCM
29 Ltd., Series 29A, Class AR, 2.11%, 04/15/31 (Call 07/15/22), |
USD | 2,600 | 2,568,460 | |||||||||
Madison Park Funding XIII Ltd., Series 2014-13A, Class AR2, 1.99%, 04/19/30 (Call 07/19/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.950%)(a)(b) |
USD | 3,902 | 3,875,791 | |||||||||
Madison Park Funding XVII Ltd., Series 2015-17A, Class AR2, 2.10%, 07/21/30 (Call 07/21/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(a)(b) |
USD | 800 | 795,045 | |||||||||
Madison Park Funding XXIII Ltd., Series 2017-23A, Class AR, 1.24%, 07/27/31 (Call 07/27/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.970%)(a)(b) |
USD | 13,200 | 13,096,362 | |||||||||
Madison
Park Funding XXVI Ltd., Series 2007-4A, Class AR, 1.50%,
07/29/30, |
USD | 4,875 | 4,880,057 | |||||||||
Madison Park Funding XXXVII Ltd., 2.11%, 07/15/33 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.070%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,750 | 1,725,991 | |||||||||
Mariner
CLO LLC, Series 2016-3A,
Class AR2, 2.17%, 07/23/29 (Call 07/23/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 1,058 | 1,053,228 | |||||||||
Navient Private Education Loan Trust Series 2017-A, Class A2B, 1.45%, 12/16/58 (Call 06/15/28), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b) |
USD | 503 | 501,027 | |||||||||
Series
2020-IA, Class A1B, 1.55%,
04/15/69 (Call 12/15/30), |
USD | 6,788 | 6,746,282 | |||||||||
Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust Series 2021-BA, Class A, 0.94%, 07/15/69 (Call 07/15/28)(a) |
USD | 6,640 | 6,202,463 | |||||||||
Series
2021-DA, Class A, 1.51%,
04/15/60 (Call 05/15/32), |
USD | 8,580 | 8,221,468 | |||||||||
Nelnet Student Loan Trust 1.28%,
04/20/62 (Call 04/20/31), |
USD | 3,321 | 3,302,698 | |||||||||
1.33%,
04/20/62 (Call 01/20/31), |
USD | 6,431 | 6,349,896 | |||||||||
Series
2021-A, Class A1, 1.39%,
04/20/62 (Call 02/20/29), |
USD | 8,030 | 7,963,557 | |||||||||
Series
2021-BA, Class AFL, 1.37%,
04/20/62 (Call 07/20/29), |
USD | 13,856 | 13,724,971 | |||||||||
Neuberger Berman CLO Ltd., Series 2013-14A, Class AR2, 2.27%, 01/28/30 (Call 07/28/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.99%)(a)(b) |
USD | 497 | 494,125 | |||||||||
Neuberger
Berman Loan Advisers CLO 33 Ltd., 2.12%, 10/16/33 (Call 10/16/22), |
USD | 2,050 | 2,023,770 | |||||||||
OCP CLO Ltd., Series 2017-13A, 2.00%, 07/15/30 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.96%)(a)(b) |
USD | 2,350 | 2,328,404 | |||||||||
Octagon Investment Partners XVII Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A1R2, 2.18%, 01/25/31 (Call 07/25/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.0%)(a)(b) |
USD | 3,000 | 2,976,446 | |||||||||
OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2016-3A, Class A, 3.83%, 06/18/31 (Call 05/18/22)(a) |
USD | 184 | 183,909 |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||||||
Palmer Square CLO Ltd. 2.04%,
10/17/31 (Call 07/19/22), |
USD | 1,800 | $ | 1,781,429 | ||||||||
Series
2015-2, 2.16%, 07/20/30 (Call
07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 3,650 | 3,632,292 | |||||||||
Series 2021-3A, Class A1, 1.38%, 01/15/35 (Call 01/15/24)(a)(b) |
USD | 500 | 491,218 | |||||||||
PFS Financing Corp. 0.87%, 02/15/26, (SOFR + 0.600%)(a)(b) |
USD | 22,642 | 22,601,059 | |||||||||
Series 2020-F, Class A, 0.93%, 08/15/24(a) |
USD | 3,274 | 3,264,657 | |||||||||
Pikes Peak CLO 1, Series 2018-1A, Class A, 2.36%, 07/24/31 (Call 07/24/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.180%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,500 | 1,493,466 | |||||||||
Prodigy
Finance CM2021-1 DAC, Series
2021-1A, Class A, 1.71%,
07/25/51 |
USD | 1,864 | 1,846,822 | |||||||||
Red & Black Auto Germany 8 UG, Class B, 0.20%, 09/15/30 (Call 11/15/25)(b)(c) |
EUR | 400 | 418,106 | |||||||||
Red & Black Auto Italy S.r.l., Class A, 0.16%, 12/28/31 (Call 09/28/25)(b)(c) |
EUR | 16,009 | 16,963,133 | |||||||||
Romark
WM-R Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class A1, 2.09%, 04/20/31
(Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + |
USD | 3,879 | 3,845,729 | |||||||||
RR
3 Ltd., Series 2018-3A,
Class A1R2, 2.13%, 01/15/30 (Call 07/15/22), |
USD | 2,000 | 1,989,862 | |||||||||
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class A3, 0.32%, 09/16/24 (Call 09/15/23) |
USD | 6,381 | 6,375,210 | |||||||||
Satus PLC |
||||||||||||
1.39%, 08/17/28 (Call 04/17/25), (Sterning Ovenight Index Average + 0.700%)(b)(c) |
GBP | 860 | 1,081,014 | |||||||||
1.89%, 08/17/28 (Call 04/17/25), (Sterning Ovenight Index Average + 1.200%)(b)(c) |
GBP | 400 | 499,655 | |||||||||
2.29%, 08/17/28 (Call 04/17/25), (Sterning Ovenight Index Average + 1.600%)(b)(c) |
GBP | 300 | 373,735 | |||||||||
Shackleton
Clo Ltd., Series 2017-11A, 1.60%,
08/15/30 (Call 05/15/22), |
USD | 2,750 | 2,738,013 | |||||||||
Shackleton
CLO Ltd., Series 2015-7R, 2.19%,
07/15/31 (Call 07/15/22), |
USD | 2,750 | 2,731,376 | |||||||||
Signal Peak CLO 2 LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class AR2, 2.04%, 04/20/29 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.98%(a)(b) |
USD | 1,522 | 1,513,701 | |||||||||
Silver Creek CLO Ltd., 2.30%, 07/20/30 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.240%)(a)(b) |
USD | 6,742 | 6,726,633 | |||||||||
SILVERSTONE
MASTER ISSUER SMI 2022 1X 2A REGS, 0.98%, 01/21/70 |
GBP | 3,485 | 4,345,527 | |||||||||
SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust |
||||||||||||
Series 2004-A, Class A3, 1.23%, 06/15/33 (Call 06/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.400%)(b) |
USD | 3,650 | 3,570,275 | |||||||||
Series 2004-B, Class A3, 1.16%, 03/15/24 (Call 03/15/24), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.330%)(b) |
USD | 3,639 | 3,624,772 | |||||||||
Series 2005-A, Class A4, 1.14%, 12/15/38 (Call 12/15/26), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.310%)(b) |
USD | 7,697 | 7,538,919 | |||||||||
Series 2005-B, Class A4, 1.16%, 06/15/39 (Call 06/15/26), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.330%)(b) |
USD | 5,384 | 5,195,472 | |||||||||
Series 2006-A, Class A5, 1.12%, 06/15/39 (Call 03/15/28), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.290%)(b) |
USD | 11,875 | 11,357,641 | |||||||||
Series 2006-B, Class A5, 1.10%, 12/15/39 (Call 06/15/27), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(b) |
USD | 8,508 | 8,136,654 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||||||
SMB Private Education Loan Trust |
||||||||||||
Series 2017-A, Class A2B, 1.45%, 09/15/34, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b) |
USD | 12,379 | $ | 12,386,643 | ||||||||
Series 2021-C, Class A1, 0.80%, 01/15/53, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.400%)(a)(b) |
USD | 2,541 | 2,540,090 | |||||||||
SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 16-C, Class A1, 1.77%, 10/27/36 (Call 12/25/22), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.100%)(a)(b) |
USD | 543 | 543,543 | |||||||||
Sound
Point Clo XV Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class ARR, 2.08%,
01/23/29 (Call 07/23/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 2,579 | 2,564,393 | |||||||||
Sound
Point CLO XXVIII Ltd., Series 2020 3A, Class A1, 2.46%, 01/25/32
(Call 07/25/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 1,250 | 1,243,233 | |||||||||
Southwick
Park CLO LLC, 2.12%, 07/20/32 (Call 01/20/23), |
USD | 8,760 | 8,635,000 | |||||||||
Symphony CLO XVI Ltd., Series 2015-16A, Class AR, 1.39%, 10/15/31 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%)(a)(b) |
USD | 500 | 496,248 | |||||||||
Tagus STC/Ulisses Finance No.2, 0.15%, 09/23/38 (Call 02/23/28)(b)(c) |
EUR | 12,100 | 12,823,936 | |||||||||
TCI-Symphony CLO Ltd., 1.26%, 10/13/32 (Call 01/13/23), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.020%)(a)(b) |
USD | 5,235 | 5,183,263 | |||||||||
TICP
CLO IX Ltd., Series 2017-9A,
Class A, 2.20%, 01/20/31 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 500 | 497,126 | |||||||||
Together Asset Backed Securitisation, 1.39%, 07/12/63 (Call 10/12/25)(b)(c) |
GBP | 2,886 | 3,598,205 | |||||||||
Verizon
Owner Trust, Series 2020-A,
Class A1B, 0.86%, 07/22/24 (Call 04/20/23), (1 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 6,484 | 6,484,624 | |||||||||
VOYA
CLO, Series 2017-2A,
Class A1R, 2.02%, 06/07/30 (Call 07/15/22), |
USD | 5,330 | 5,292,866 | |||||||||
Voya Ltd., Series 2012-4, 2.04%, 10/15/30 (Call 07/15/22), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(a)(b) |
USD | 13,000 | 12,906,093 | |||||||||
Wellfleet
CLO Ltd., Series 2016-1A,
Class AR, 1.97%, 04/20/28 (Call 07/20/22), (3 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 973 | 969,841 | |||||||||
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A2A, 0.39%, 10/15/24 (Call 02/15/24)(a) |
USD | 7,369 | 7,329,906 | |||||||||
|
|
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Total
Asset-Backed Securities — 13.7% |
|
608,662,976 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Certificates of Deposit |
||||||||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp./New York, 0.70%, 07/15/22 |
$ | 30,000 | 29,993,253 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Total
Certificates of Deposit — 0.7% |
|
29,993,253 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Collaterized Mortgage Obligations |
|
|||||||||||
Asset-Backed Securities — 1.2% | ||||||||||||
Arbor
Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes Ltd., 1.62%, 08/15/34 (Call 03/15/24),
(1 mo. LIBOR |
14,450 | 14,396,442 | ||||||||||
BDS
2021-FL9 Ltd., 1.62%, 11/16/38
(Call 10/16/23), (1 mo. LIBOR |
8,750 | 8,522,330 |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||||||
Asset-Backed Securities (continued) | ||||||||||||
FS
Rialto Issuer LLC, 2.20%, 01/19/39 |
$ | 5,000 | $ | 4,998,781 | ||||||||
HGI
CRE CLO Ltd., 1.55%, 09/17/36 |
5,380 | 5,318,409 | ||||||||||
KREF
Ltd., 1.97%, 02/17/39 |
9,360 | 9,150,272 | ||||||||||
LoanCore Issuer Ltd. |
||||||||||||
1.85%,
11/15/38 (Call 11/15/23), |
2,640 | 2,597,100 | ||||||||||
Series 2018-CRE1, Class A, 1.68%, 05/15/28 (Call 05/15/22), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.130%)(a)(b) |
1,463 | 1,457,357 | ||||||||||
MF1 Multifamily Housing Mortgage Loan Trust, 1.65%, 07/16/36 (Call 07/16/23), |
||||||||||||
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.1%)(a)(b) |
4,520 | 4,458,206 | ||||||||||
Multifamily Housing Mortgage Loan Trust, 1.62%, 02/19/37 (Call 03/17/24)(a)(b) |
1,860 | 1,825,125 | ||||||||||
NLY
Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-FL2, Class A, 1.85%,
02/15/36 |
1,990 | 1,986,803 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 6.4% | ||||||||||||
280
Park Avenue Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-280P, Class A, 1.37%,
09/15/34 (Call 05/15/22), (1 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 12,100 | 11,964,008 | |||||||||
AREIT CRE TRUST 11/24 1, 1.30%, 11/17/24(a)(b) |
USD | 1,975 | 1,957,341 | |||||||||
AREIT Trust, Series 2019-CRE3, Class A, 1.69%, 09/14/36, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.020%)(a)(b) |
USD | 6,813 | 6,778,451 | |||||||||
BAMLL
Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2018-DSNY, Class A,
1.25%, 09/15/34, (1 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 19,220 | 18,834,506 | |||||||||
BBCMS-TALL Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-TALL, Class A, 1.12%, 03/15/37, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.722%)(a)(b) |
USD | 8,630 | 8,376,705 | |||||||||
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust |
||||||||||||
1.24%, 10/15/38, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.69%)(a)(b) |
USD | 9,306 | 9,067,113 | |||||||||
1.53%, 02/15/39(a)(b) |
USD | 10,702 | 10,470,369 | |||||||||
Series
2018-BIOA, Class A, 1.23%, 03/15/37, (1 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 21,075 | 20,863,522 | |||||||||
BX Trust |
||||||||||||
1.30%, 10/15/36, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.89%)(a)(b) |
USD | 8,520 | 8,306,662 | |||||||||
Series
2019-CALM, Class A, 1.27%, 11/15/32, (1 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 6,798 | 6,712,798 | |||||||||
Series
2021, Class A, 1.83%, 06/15/23, |
USD | 2,070 | 2,041,536 | |||||||||
CEDR Commercial Mortgage Trust, 1.04%, 02/15/39(a)(b) |
USD | 5,410 | 5,267,973 | |||||||||
Chase Home Lending Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-ATR2, Class A11, 1.57%, 07/25/49 (Call 11/25/23), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,311 | 1,300,483 | |||||||||
Cold Storage Trust, Series 2020-ICE5, Class A, 1.45%, 11/15/37, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.900%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,843 | 1,821,684 | |||||||||
Commission, Series 2013- GAM, Class A2, 3.37%, 02/10/28 (Call 02/10/23)(a) |
USD | 6,407 | 6,354,820 | |||||||||
Commission Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-CR6, Class A3FL, 0.98%, 03/10/46 (Call 12/10/22), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.630%)(a)(b) |
USD | 788 | 787,928 | |||||||||
Credit
Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2019-ICE4, Class A,
1.38%, 05/15/36, (1 mo. LIBOR |
USD | 6,333 | 6,298,169 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued) | ||||||||||||
DBGS
Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-5BP,
Class A, 1.19%, 06/15/33 (Call 05/15/22), |
USD | 4,200 | $ | 4,136,834 | ||||||||
Extended
Stay America Trust, Series 2021-ESH, Class A, 1.48%,
07/15/38, |
USD | 6,192 | 6,106,362 | |||||||||
GCT
Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-GCT, Class A, 1.35%,
02/15/38, |
USD | 8,600 | 8,442,242 | |||||||||
GS
Mortgage Securities Corportation Trust, 1.50%, 10/15/36, |
USD | 10,360 | 10,146,811 | |||||||||
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 1.45%, 03/15/39 (Call 03/15/24)(a)(b) |
USD | 5,540 | 5,505,584 | |||||||||
JP
Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series
2019-BKWD, |
USD | 1,645 | 1,633,232 | |||||||||
KNDL
Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KNSQ, Class A,
1.35%, 05/15/36, |
USD | 8,533 | 8,447,240 | |||||||||
MED Trust LLC, 1.35%, 11/15/38(a)(b) |
USD | 4,260 | 4,187,899 | |||||||||
MF1 |
||||||||||||
1.37%, 12/15/34, (SOFR + 1.070%)(a)(b) |
USD | 1,230 | 1,229,201 | |||||||||
1.67%, 12/15/34, (SOFR + 1.370%)(a)(b) |
USD | 480 | 479,683 | |||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust |
||||||||||||
Series
2017-CLS, Class A, 1.25%,
11/15/34, |
USD | 14,512 | 14,438,981 | |||||||||
Series
2018-BOP, Class A, 1.40%,
08/15/33, |
USD | 5,549 | 5,512,184 | |||||||||
Series
2018-SUN, Class A, 1.45%,
07/15/35 (Call 07/15/22), |
|
USD |
|
|
19,045 |
|
|
18,663,355 |
| |||
MSCG
Trust, 1.45%, 10/15/37, |
USD | 5,300 | 5,253,281 | |||||||||
MTN Commercial Mortgage Trust, 1.45%, 03/15/39(a)(b) |
USD | 8,930 | 8,885,292 | |||||||||
Ready
Capital Mortgage Financing LLC, 1.76%, 01/25/37 (Call
02/25/24), |
USD | 8,560 | 8,567,046 | |||||||||
Rialto Real Estate Fund LP, 1.00%, 01/19/37(b) |
USD | 6,955 | 6,955,000 | |||||||||
Taurus CMBS, 1.11%, 08/17/31 (Call 08/17/26), (SOFR + 0.95%)(b)(c) |
GBP | 6,966 | 8,657,771 | |||||||||
TPGI
Trust, Series 2021 DGWD, Class A, 1.25%, 06/15/26, |
USD | 6,320 | 6,193,384 | |||||||||
Vita Scientia, 1.30%, 08/27/25(b) |
EUR | 5,709 | 6,022,711 | |||||||||
Wells
Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-SMP, Class A, 1.43%,
12/15/34, |
USD | 17,280 | 17,068,377 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Total
Collaterized Mortgage Obligations — 7.6% |
|
338,447,363 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Commercial Paper | ||||||||||||
Enel Finance America |
||||||||||||
0.00%, 06/27/22(d) |
$ | 13,800 | 13,773,018 | |||||||||
0.00%, 08/09/22(d) |
16,000 | 15,932,907 | ||||||||||
1.27%, 07/08/22(b) |
20,000 | 19,950,728 | ||||||||||
Energy Transfer Partners, 0.00%, 05/16/22(b)(d) |
30,000 | 29,986,216 | ||||||||||
GM Financial Co. Inc., 0.00%, 06/16/22(d) |
15,000 | 14,975,240 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Total
Commercial Paper — 2.1% |
94,618,109 | |||||||||||
|
|
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 0.1% | ||||||||
L3Harris
Technologies Inc., 3.85%, 06/15/23 |
$ 5,000 | $ | 5,040,771 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Agriculture — 0.3% | ||||||||
BAT Capital Corp. |
||||||||
1.39%,
08/15/22 (Call 07/15/22), |
10,000 | 10,005,948 | ||||||
2.76%, 08/15/22 (Call 07/15/22)(e) |
2,994 | 2,997,895 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
13,003,843 | ||||||||
Auto Manufacturers — 7.5% | ||||||||
American Honda Finance Corp. |
||||||||
1.95%, 05/20/22 |
14,773 | 14,779,217 | ||||||
2.20%, 06/27/22 |
6,136 | 6,143,958 | ||||||
BMW Finance NV, 2.25%, 08/12/22(a) |
16,350 | 16,351,108 | ||||||
BMW
U.S. Capital LLC |
22,230 | 22,070,135 | ||||||
0.80%, 04/01/24(a) |
12,000 | 11,458,029 | ||||||
1.12%, 04/01/25, (SOFR + 0.840%)(a)(b) |
11,100 | 11,132,271 | ||||||
Daimler
Finance North America LLC |
9,005 | 8,616,175 | ||||||
2.55%, 08/15/22(a) |
19,691 | 19,720,233 | ||||||
Daimler Trucks Finance North America LLC, 1.13%, 12/14/23(a)(e) |
15,000 | 14,500,293 | ||||||
General
Motors Financial Co. Inc. |
15,000 | 14,751,875 | ||||||
1.05%, 03/08/24(e) |
20,000 | 19,091,212 | ||||||
Hyundai
Capital America |
17,710 | 17,304,296 | ||||||
1.00%, 09/17/24(a) |
8,105 | 7,543,251 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Acceptance Co. LLC, 1.13%, 09/16/24(a)(e) |
10,520 | 9,776,521 | ||||||
Nissan
Motor Acceptance Corp. |
12,515 | 11,804,302 | ||||||
1.25%, 03/08/24, |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.640%)(a)(b)(e) |
4,375 | 4,352,865 | ||||||
3.88%, 09/21/23(a) |
4,000 | 3,998,416 | ||||||
Stellantis NV, 5.25%, 04/15/23 |
9,400 | 9,558,766 | ||||||
Volkswagen
Group of America Finance LLC |
44,345 | 43,905,785 | ||||||
0.88%, 11/22/23(a) |
14,000 | 13,440,740 | ||||||
2.70%, 09/26/22(a)(e) |
2,145 | 2,144,333 | ||||||
2.90%, 05/13/22(a)(e) |
35,500 | 35,515,633 | ||||||
4.25%, 11/13/23(a)(e) |
13,000 | 13,156,349 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
331,115,763 | ||||||||
Banks — 23.4% | ||||||||
Banco
Santander SA |
21,200 | 20,496,026 | ||||||
2.13%,
04/12/23, |
10,000 | 10,058,804 | ||||||
3.85%, 04/12/23 |
9,291 | 9,372,228 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
||||||||
3.00%, 12/20/23 (Call 12/20/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.790%)(b) |
58,985 | 58,846,706 | ||||||
3.30%, 01/11/23 |
25,000 | 25,201,082 | ||||||
3.55%, 03/05/24 (Call 03/05/23), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.780%)(b) |
30,000 | 30,019,139 | ||||||
3.86%, 07/23/24 (Call 07/23/23), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.940%)(b) |
10,000 | 10,023,319 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA, 2.13%, 11/21/22(a)(e) |
$ 20,000 | $ 19,972,910 | ||||||
Barclays Bank PLC, 1.70%, 05/12/22 |
15,000 | 15,002,855 | ||||||
Barclays PLC, 1.84%, 05/16/24 (Call 05/16/23), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.380%)(b) |
41,000 | 41,258,254 | ||||||
BPCE
SA (SOFR + 0.570%)(a)(b) |
3,110 | 3,089,059 | ||||||
2.04%,
09/12/23, |
15,000 | 15,121,500 | ||||||
3.00%, 05/22/22(a) |
17,993 | 18,005,844 | ||||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 0.45%, 06/22/23 |
27,480 | 26,765,569 | ||||||
Citigroup
Inc. |
||||||||
(SOFR + 1.667%)(b) |
15,000 | 14,778,455 | ||||||
1.91%, 10/27/22 (Call 09/27/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.690%)(b) |
10,000 | 10,014,510 | ||||||
2.70%, 10/27/22 (Call 09/27/22)(e) |
33,800 | 33,887,050 | ||||||
2.88%, 07/24/23 (Call 07/24/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.950%)(b)(e) |
13,250 | 13,247,547 | ||||||
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, 1.84%, 09/26/23, |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.860%)(a)(b) |
10,000 | 10,054,153 | ||||||
Credit Suisse AG/New York NY, 0.52%, 08/09/23 |
25,000 | 24,200,901 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.80%, 06/09/23 |
8,500 | 8,526,600 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., 3.80%, 09/15/22 |
19,380 | 19,489,874 | ||||||
Deutsche
Bank AG/New York NY |
||||||||
(SOFR + 2.159%)(b) |
17,000 | 16,535,119 | ||||||
Series
E, 0.55%, 11/08/23, |
13,790 | 13,709,632 | ||||||
DNB Bank ASA, 1.11%, 03/28/25 (Call 03/28/24), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.390%)(a)(b)(e) |
15,000 | 15,014,250 | ||||||
Federation
des Caisses Desjardins du Quebec, 0.48%, 05/21/24, |
20,000 | 19,855,392 | ||||||
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc. (The) |
25,000 | 24,545,447 | ||||||
1.22%, 12/06/23 (Call 12/06/22) |
28,860 | 28,028,386 | ||||||
2.11%,
11/29/23, |
13,800 | 13,963,564 | ||||||
2.18%, 07/24/23 (Call 07/24/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.000%)(b) |
5,000 | 4,999,192 | ||||||
3.20%, 02/23/23 (Call 01/23/23)(e) |
7,583 | 7,609,697 | ||||||
HSBC
Holdings PLC |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.534%)(b) |
11,120 | 10,702,284 | ||||||
1.98%, 03/11/25 (Call 03/11/24), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.230%)(b)(e) |
13,000 | 12,993,569 | ||||||
3.60%, 05/25/23(e) |
10,000 | 10,074,433 | ||||||
Series
., 0.63%, 11/22/24 (Call 11/22/23), |
6,570 | 6,491,423 | ||||||
Huntington National Bank (The), 2.50%, 08/07/22 (Call 07/07/22)(e) |
15,430 | 15,436,432 | ||||||
JPMorgan
Chase & Co. |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.580%)(b) |
2,000 | 1,954,835 | ||||||
1.51%, 06/01/24 (Call 06/01/23), |
||||||||
(SOFR + 1.455%)(b) |
33,590 | 33,056,172 | ||||||
3.25%, 09/23/22 |
5,000 | 5,028,651 | ||||||
3.56%, 04/23/24 (Call 04/23/23), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.730%)(b) |
29,600 | 29,605,618 | ||||||
KeyBank N.A./Cleveland OH, 0.43%, 06/14/24 (Call 06/14/23), (SOFR + 0.320%)(b) |
4,625 | 4,491,870 |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Mitsubishi
UFJ Financial Group Inc. (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.790%)(b) |
$ 3,000 | $ 3,002,216 | ||||||
2.62%, 07/18/22(e) |
5,000 | 5,010,505 | ||||||
2.67%, 07/25/22(e) |
5,000 | 5,011,055 | ||||||
Mizuho
Financial Group Inc. |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.630%)(b)(e) |
10,000 | 9,978,783 | ||||||
1.37%,
03/05/23, |
3,000 | 3,010,349 | ||||||
1.65%, 09/13/23 (Call 09/13/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.850%)(b)(e) |
25,000 | 25,036,118 | ||||||
3.55%, 03/05/23(e) |
20,000 | 20,128,741 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley |
||||||||
0.53%, 01/25/24 (Call 01/25/23), |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.455%)(b) |
41,100 | 40,246,621 | ||||||
0.56%, 11/10/23 (Call 11/10/22), |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.466%)(b) |
5,500 | 5,424,495 | ||||||
2.58%, 10/24/23 (Call 10/24/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.400%)(b) |
23,700 | 23,784,591 | ||||||
3.74%, 04/24/24 (Call 04/24/23), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.847%)(b) |
20,000 | 19,990,698 | ||||||
3.75%, 02/25/23(e) |
25,000 | 25,187,139 | ||||||
National Bank of Canada, 0.54%, 08/06/24, |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.490%)(b)(e) |
8,695 | 8,626,294 | ||||||
Natwest
Group PLC |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.470%)(b) |
9,895 | 9,893,906 | ||||||
2.52%, 06/25/24 (Call 06/25/23), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.550%)(b) |
3,000 | 3,018,308 | ||||||
3.50%,
05/15/23 (Call 05/15/22), |
8,500 | 8,500,414 | ||||||
3.88%, 09/12/23(e) |
20,000 | 20,058,097 | ||||||
Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken AB, 1.45%, 12/12/22, |
15,000 | 15,042,552 | ||||||
Sumitomo
Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.800%)(b)(e) |
4,000 | 4,013,966 | ||||||
2.78%, 07/12/22(e) |
5,000 | 5,011,902 | ||||||
UBS AG/London, 0.50%, 08/09/24, |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.450%)(a)(b) |
15,725 | 15,596,746 | ||||||
UBS
Group AG |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.220%)(a)(b) |
20,000 | 20,009,055 | ||||||
3.49%, 05/23/23 (Call 05/23/22)(a) |
20,000 | 20,026,237 | ||||||
Wells
Fargo & Co., 2.47%, 10/31/23 (Call 10/31/22), |
14,000 | 14,054,316 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,041,191,455 | ||||||||
Beverages — 0.3% | ||||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., 0.75%, 03/15/24 |
||||||||
(Call 05/31/22)(e) |
11,955 | 11,407,116 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Biotechnology — 0.6% | ||||||||
Gilead Sciences Inc., 0.75%, 09/29/23 |
||||||||
(Call 05/10/22)(e) |
25,438 | 24,610,097 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Building Materials — 0.2% | ||||||||
Martin Marietta Materials Inc., 0.65%, 07/15/23 (Call 07/15/22)(e) |
8,800 | 8,576,639 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Chemicals — 0.4% | ||||||||
DuPont de Nemours Inc., 4.21%, 11/15/23 |
||||||||
(Call 10/15/23) |
2,000 | 2,025,994 |
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2 0 2 2 I S H A R E S S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Chemicals (continued) | ||||||||
International
Flavors & Fragrances Inc. |
$ 5,300 | $ | 5,269,266 | |||||
3.20%, 05/01/23 (Call 02/01/23) |
9,000 | 9,011,220 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The), 2.75%, 06/01/22 (Call 05/31/22)(e) |
1,254 | 1,254,805 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
17,561,285 | ||||||||
Computers — 0.5% | ||||||||
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 5.45%, 06/15/23 (Call 04/15/23) |
10,523 | 10,752,512 | ||||||
International
Business Machines Corp. |
7,500 | 7,504,284 | ||||||
2.88%, 11/09/22(e) |
3,679 | 3,693,059 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
21,949,855 | ||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 6.2% | ||||||||
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global |
||||||||
Aviation Trust 1.15%, 10/29/23(e) |
35,000 | 33,404,907 | ||||||
4.63%, 07/01/22(e) |
20,500 | 20,565,526 | ||||||
Air
Lease Corp. |
4,840 | 4,587,981 | ||||||
1.18%,
12/15/22, |
28,600 | 28,566,029 | ||||||
3.88%, 07/03/23 (Call 06/03/23) |
6,138 | 6,159,038 | ||||||
American
Express Co. |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.930%)(b)(e) |
8,930 | 8,989,856 | ||||||
1.16%, 02/27/23 (Call 01/27/23), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.650%)(b)(e) |
4,000 | 4,004,181 | ||||||
2.50%, 08/01/22 (Call 07/01/22)(e) |
15,000 | 15,024,362 | ||||||
3.40%, 02/27/23 (Call 01/27/23)(e) |
22,382 | 22,543,611 | ||||||
3.40%, 02/22/24 (Call 01/22/24)(e) |
25,000 | 25,064,604 | ||||||
Aviation Capital Group LLC, 3.88%, 05/01/23 |
||||||||
(Call 04/01/23)(a) |
20,240 | 20,191,629 | ||||||
Capital
One Financial Corp. |
14,000 | 13,968,443 | ||||||
3.20%, 01/30/23 (Call 12/30/22)(e) |
10,000 | 10,062,069 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 0.55%, 03/18/24 |
||||||||
(Call 02/18/24), (SOFR + 0.500%)(b) |
34,500 | 34,456,644 | ||||||
International Lease Finance Corp., 5.88%, 08/15/22(e) |
21,825 | 22,002,305 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial, 4.38%, 03/19/24 |
||||||||
(Call 02/19/24)(e) |
6,250 | 6,301,695 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
275,892,880 | ||||||||
Electric — 3.3% | ||||||||
Dominion
Energy Inc., Series D, 1.36%, |
10,975 | 10,955,648 | ||||||
Duke
Energy Corp. |
13,865 | 13,812,413 | ||||||
3.05%, 08/15/22 (Call 05/31/22)(e) |
17,045 | 17,066,679 | ||||||
NextEra
Energy Capital Holdings Inc. |
5,580 | 5,573,397 | ||||||
0.65%, 03/01/23(e) |
24,670 | 24,272,967 | ||||||
0.68%, 11/03/23 (Call 05/31/22), |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.400%)(b) |
24,300 | 24,166,981 | ||||||
0.75%, 02/22/23 (Call 05/31/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.270%)(b) |
26,954 | 26,879,223 | ||||||
Southern California Edison Co., 0.07%, 04/03/23 |
26,240 | 25,677,969 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
148,405,277 |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Food — 0.3% | ||||||||
General
Mills Inc. (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.010%)(b)(e) |
$ 2,696 | $ | 2,726,466 | |||||
2.60%, 10/12/22 (Call 09/12/22)(e) |
9,135 | 9,139,707 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
11,866,173 | ||||||||
Gas — 0.6% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp., 0.63%, 03/09/23 |
||||||||
(Call 05/16/22)(e) |
7,875 | 7,736,545 | ||||||
ONE
Gas Inc., 0.85%, 03/11/23 |
20,000 | 19,650,288 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
27,386,833 | ||||||||
Health Care - Products — 0.4% | ||||||||
Baxter International Inc., 0.49%, 11/29/24, |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.440%)(a)(b) |
6,430 | 6,398,296 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., 0.82%, 10/18/24 |
||||||||
(Call 10/18/22), (SOFR + 0.530%)(b) |
12,850 | 12,796,159 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
19,194,455 | ||||||||
Health Care - Services — 1.7% | ||||||||
Anthem
Inc. |
4,555 | 4,571,317 | ||||||
3.13%, 05/15/22 |
27,616 | 27,631,027 | ||||||
Humana Inc., 0.65%, 08/03/23 (Call 05/09/22) |
43,100 | 41,831,160 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
74,033,504 | ||||||||
Home Builders — 0.1% | ||||||||
Lennar Corp., 4.50%, 04/30/24 (Call 01/31/24)(e) |
4,500 | 4,566,331 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Products & Wares — 0.2% | ||||||||
Avery Dennison Corp., 0.85%, 08/15/24 |
||||||||
(Call 08/15/22)(e) |
10,440 | 9,836,278 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Insurance — 0.4% | ||||||||
MassMutual Global Funding II, 0.92%, 03/21/25, (SOFR + 0.270%)(a)(b) |
3,996 | 4,004,233 | ||||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 0.96%, 03/21/25, (SOFR + 0.910%)(a)(b) |
8,745 | 8,775,172 | ||||||
New York Life Global Funding, 2.90%, 01/17/24(a) |
5,000 | 4,974,700 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
17,754,105 | ||||||||
Internet — 0.3% | ||||||||
Amazon.com Inc., 3.00%, 04/13/25(b)(e) |
14,825 | 14,778,005 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery — 0.3% | ||||||||
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 1.02%, 05/15/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.510%)(b) |
9,600 | 9,626,006 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation Inc., 0.35%, 08/15/23 |
||||||||
(Call 08/15/22), (SOFR + 0.25000%) |
3,870 | 3,751,519 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
13,377,525 | ||||||||
Manufacturing — 0.6% | ||||||||
Carlisle Companies Inc., 0.55%, 09/01/23 (Call 09/01/22) |
9,115 | 8,801,123 | ||||||
General Electric Co., 2.70%, 10/09/22 |
17,655 | 17,697,232 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
26,498,355 | ||||||||
Media — 2.3% | ||||||||
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital 2.94%,
02/01/24 (Call 01/01/24), |
18,300 | 18,639,087 | ||||||
4.46%, 07/23/22 (Call 05/31/22)(e) |
74,155 | 74,282,030 | ||||||
4.50%, 02/01/24 (Call 01/01/24) |
10,000 | 10,123,210 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
103,044,327 | ||||||||
Oil & Gas — 0.5% | ||||||||
ConocoPhillips Co., 2.40%, 03/07/25 (Call 03/07/23) |
5,365 | 5,220,632 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
13 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security |
Par |
Value | ||||||
Oil & Gas (continued) | ||||||||
Phillips 66, 0.90%, 02/15/24 (Call 05/31/22)(e) |
$ 19,400 | $ | 18,628,701 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
23,849,333 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 5.4% | ||||||||
AbbVie
Inc. |
21,924 | 21,920,538 | ||||||
2.90%, 11/06/22(e) |
50,000 | 50,132,701 | ||||||
Bayer
U.S. Finance II LLC |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.010%)(a)(b) |
32,500 | 32,651,716 | ||||||
3.88%, 12/15/23 (Call 11/15/23)(a) |
15,000 | 15,118,865 | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 2.60%, 05/16/22 |
10,400 | 10,406,871 | ||||||
Cigna
Corp. |
9,360 | 8,920,107 | ||||||
3.05%, 11/30/22 (Call 10/31/22)(e) |
19,937 | 20,029,674 | ||||||
CVS
Health Corp. |
15,000 | 15,037,587 | ||||||
3.50%, 07/20/22 (Call 05/20/22)(e) |
33,390 | 33,423,423 | ||||||
Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC, 2.88%, 09/23/23 (Call 07/23/23)(e) |
9,760 | 9,736,004 | ||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., 4.40%, 11/26/23 (Call 10/26/23) |
20,000 | 20,310,683 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
237,688,169 | ||||||||
Pipelines — 1.4% | ||||||||
Enbridge
Inc. |
3,130 | 3,123,849 | ||||||
0.55%, 10/04/23(e) |
2,805 | 2,702,168 | ||||||
2.15%, 02/16/24 |
7,980 | 7,798,535 | ||||||
4.00%, 10/01/23 (Call 07/01/23) |
6,000 | 6,057,256 | ||||||
Energy
Transfer LP |
10,000 | 10,020,049 | ||||||
3.60%, 02/01/23 (Call 11/01/22)(e) |
6,400 | 6,411,515 | ||||||
4.25%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(e) |
8,000 | 8,060,333 | ||||||
Kinder
Morgan Energy Partners LP |
7,123 | 7,137,713 | ||||||
4.30%, 05/01/24 (Call 02/01/24)(e) |
4,820 | 4,874,647 | ||||||
Kinder
Morgan Inc., 3.15%, 01/15/23 |
6,309 | 6,325,868 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
62,511,933 | ||||||||
Retail — 1.2% | ||||||||
7-Eleven Inc. |
34,000 | 33,400,342 | ||||||
0.80%, 02/10/24 (Call 05/31/22)(a)(e) |
15,600 | 14,862,015 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp., 0.47%, 02/14/24 (Call 02/14/23), (SOFR + 0.420%)(b) |
4,130 | 4,133,872 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
52,396,229 | ||||||||
Semiconductors — 0.1% | ||||||||
Analog
Devices Inc., 0.52%, 10/01/24, |
5,025 | 5,001,108 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Software — 3.3% | ||||||||
Fidelity National Information Services Inc., 0.38%, 03/01/23(e) |
32,634 | 32,026,458 | ||||||
Fiserv Inc. |
||||||||
3.50%, 10/01/22 (Call 07/01/22)(e) |
25,675 | 25,746,409 | ||||||
3.80%, 10/01/23 (Call 09/01/23) |
11,769 | 11,878,406 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. |
||||||||
2.40%, 09/15/23 (Call 07/15/23) |
8,000 | 7,924,816 | ||||||
2.50%, 10/15/22(e) |
23,441 | 23,450,825 | ||||||
2.63%, 02/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)(e) |
10,780 | 10,784,006 |
Security |
Par/ Shares (000) |
Value | ||||||
Software (continued) | ||||||||
VMware Inc., 0.60%, 08/15/23(e) |
$ 34,000 | $ | 32,897,056 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
144,707,976 | ||||||||
Telecommunications — 1.5% | ||||||||
AT&T
Inc. |
||||||||
(SOFR + 0.640%)(b) |
22,000 | 21,978,902 | ||||||
1.98%,
06/12/24, |
15,000 | 15,186,891 | ||||||
Rogers Communications Inc., 2.95%, 03/15/25 (Call 03/15/23)(a) |
9,385 | 9,150,873 | ||||||
Verizon
Communications Inc. |
12,440 | 12,416,918 | ||||||
1.61%, 05/15/25 (Call 03/15/25), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.100%)(b) |
10,000 | 10,111,326 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
68,844,910 | ||||||||
Transportation — 1.0% | ||||||||
Ryder
System Inc. |
20,000 | 20,025,266 | ||||||
3.65%, 03/18/24 (Call 02/18/24)(e) |
19,000 | 18,933,901 | ||||||
3.88%, 12/01/23 (Call 11/01/23)(e) |
5,000 | 5,039,284 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
43,998,451 | ||||||||
Trucking & Leasing — 0.7% | ||||||||
Penske
Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance |
10,000 | 9,966,446 | ||||||
4.13%, 08/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)(a) |
15,000 | 15,104,947 | ||||||
4.88%, 07/11/22(a) |
4,901 | 4,928,870 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
30,000,263 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 65.1% |
2,890,089,244 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Money Market Funds |
||||||||
BlackRock
Cash Funds: Institutional, |
60,065 | 60,065,271 | ||||||
BlackRock
Cash Funds: Treasury, |
446,610 | 446,610,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Money Market Funds — 11.4% |
506,675,271 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 100.6% |
4,468,486,216 | |||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.6)% |
(27,505,864 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
$ | 4,440,980,352 | ||||||
|
|
(a) |
Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
(b) |
Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available. |
(c) |
This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. |
(d) |
Zero-coupon bond. |
(e) |
All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(f) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(g) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(h) |
All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended April 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 10/31/21 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change
in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value at 04/30/22 |
Shares Held at 04/30/22 (000) |
Income | Capital
Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares |
$ | 49,889,059 | $ | 10,193,143 | (a) | $ | — | $ | (20,226 | ) | $ | 3,295 | $ | 60,065,271 | 60,065 | $ | 36,943 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
208,310,000 | 238,300,000 | (a) | — | — | — | 446,610,000 | 446,610 | 153,334 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | (20,226 | ) | $ | 3,295 | $ | 506,675,271 | $ | 190,277 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(b) |
All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||
USD 9,116,021 | EUR 8,473,000 | BBP | 06/15/22 | $ | 159,832 | |||||||||
USD 58,080,902 | EUR 52,860,000 | DB | 06/15/22 | 2,206,455 | ||||||||||
USD 53,202,546 | GBP 40,763,000 | BBP | 06/15/22 | 1,943,335 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
4,309,622 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation |
$ | 4,309,622 | ||||||||||||
|
|
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts |
||||
Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments |
||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
$ | 4,309,622 | ||
|
|
For the period ended April 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts |
||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
$ | 5,697,209 | ||
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
$ | 3,837,887 | ||
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts: |
||||
Average amounts purchased — in USD |
$ | 486,450 | ||
Average amounts sold — in USD |
$ | 104,111,245 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments - Offsetting as of Period End
The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:
Assets | Liabilities | |||||||
Derivative Financial Instruments: |
||||||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
$ | 4,309,622 | $ | — | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
4,309,622 | — | ||||||
Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”) |
— | — | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA |
4,309,622 | — | ||||||
|
|
|
|
The following table presents the Fund’s derivative assets by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Fund:
Counterparty | |
Derivative Assets Subject to an MNA by |
|
|
Derivatives Available for Offset |
|
|
Non-Cash Collateral Received |
|
|
Cash Collateral Received |
|
|
Net Amount of Derivative Assets |
(a)(b) | |||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
$2,103,167 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $2,103,167 | ||||||||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
2,206,455 | — | — | — | 2,206,455 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
$4,309,622 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ 4,309,622 | |||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default. |
(b) |
Net amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be collateralized. |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Investments |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Asset-Backed Securities |
$ | — | $ | 608,662,976 | $ | — | $ | 608,662,976 | ||||||||
Certificates of Deposit |
— | 29,993,253 | — | 29,993,253 | ||||||||||||
Collaterized Mortgage Obligations |
— | 338,447,363 | — | 338,447,363 | ||||||||||||
Commercial Paper |
— | 94,618,109 | — | 94,618,109 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
— | 2,890,089,244 | — | 2,890,089,244 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds |
506,675,271 | — | — | 506,675,271 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 506,675,271 | $ | 3,961,810,945 | $ | — | $ | 4,468,486,216 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts |
$ | — | $ | 4,309,622 | $ | — | $ | 4,309,622 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Derivative financial instruments are forward foreign currency exchange contracts. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Municipal Debt Obligations |
||||||||
Alabama — 4.3% | ||||||||
Black
Belt Energy Gas District RB |
$ | 170 | $ | 170,330 | ||||
4.00%, 12/01/22 |
240 | 243,144 | ||||||
4.00%, 12/01/22 |
750 | 758,653 | ||||||
4.00%, 06/01/23 |
240 | 244,391 | ||||||
4.00%, 12/01/24 |
1,250 | 1,277,215 | ||||||
Series
A, VRDN, 4.00%, 08/01/47 (Put |
4,000 | 4,016,064 | ||||||
Columbia Industrial Development Board RB, VRDN, 0.39%, 12/01/37 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
3,300 | 3,300,000 | ||||||
Southeast Alabama Gas Supply District (The) RB, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/22 |
1,500 | 1,502,301 | ||||||
Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District RB |
||||||||
Series A, 4.00%, 10/01/22 |
355 | 357,606 | ||||||
Series A, 4.00%, 10/01/23 |
450 | 456,100 | ||||||
Series B, 4.00%, 06/01/24 |
1,200 | 1,221,662 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
13,547,466 | ||||||||
California — 0.6% | ||||||||
California County Tobacco Securitization Agency RB, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/22 |
545 | 546,058 | ||||||
State of California GO, 5.00%, 12/01/24 |
1,190 | 1,267,883 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,813,941 | ||||||||
Colorado — 0.1% | ||||||||
City & County of Denver Co. Airport System Revenue RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/23 |
250 | 259,571 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Connecticut — 2.0% | ||||||||
Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority RB, 4.00%, 07/01/22 |
500 | 501,707 | ||||||
State of Connecticut GO |
||||||||
Series A, 3.00%, 01/15/23 |
2,000 | 2,017,876 | ||||||
Series C, VRDN, 0.48%, 05/15/34 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
1,920 | 1,920,000 | ||||||
Series C, 3.00%, 06/01/22 |
900 | 901,140 | ||||||
Series C, 5.00%, 07/15/22 |
900 | 906,547 | ||||||
State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue ST, Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/22 |
200 | 200,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,447,270 | ||||||||
District of Columbia — 2.7% | ||||||||
District of Columbia RB, VRDN, 0.55%, 04/01/38 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
2,890 | 2,890,000 | ||||||
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority RB, 5.00%, 10/01/22 |
1,200 | 1,215,068 | ||||||
Tender
Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, VRDN, 0.49%, 10/01/53 |
4,525 | 4,525,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,630,068 | ||||||||
Florida — 2.8% | ||||||||
County of Martin FL RB, VRDN, 0.40%, 07/15/22 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
500 | 500,000 | ||||||
County of Miami-Dade FL Aviation Revenue RB, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/23 |
2,500 | 2,584,407 | ||||||
County of Palm Beach FL RB, VRDN, 0.48%, 07/01/32 (Put 05/02/22)(a)(b) |
2,800 | 2,800,000 | ||||||
Florida Development Finance Corp. RB, VRDN, 0.30%, 12/01/56 (Put 05/31/22)(a)(b) |
2,150 | 2,144,432 | ||||||
Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority RB, 0.40%, 08/01/23 |
1,000 | 967,265 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,996,104 |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Georgia — 7.9% | ||||||||
Bartow County Development Authority RB, VRDN, 1.55%, 08/01/43 (Put 08/19/22)(a)(b) |
$ | 2,000 | $ | 1,995,994 | ||||
Burke County Development Authority RB, VRDN, 2.25%, 10/01/32 (Put 05/25/23)(a)(b) |
2,000 | 1,985,544 | ||||||
City of Atlanta GA TA, 5.00%, 12/01/22 |
3,975 | 4,040,063 | ||||||
Main Street Natural Gas Inc. RB |
||||||||
Series A, VRDN, 4.00%, 04/01/48 (Put 06/01/23)(a)(b) |
5,685 | 5,775,869 | ||||||
Series D, VRDN, 1.14%, 08/01/48 (Put 09/01/23)(a)(b) |
5,000 | 4,975,170 | ||||||
Monroe County Development Authority RB, VRDN, 0.39%, 06/01/49 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
3,700 | 3,700,000 | ||||||
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia RB, VRDN, 0.46%, 01/01/48 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
1,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, VRDN, 0.49%, 01/01/44 (Put 07/01/28) (AGM)(a)(b)(c) |
1,700 | 1,700,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
25,172,640 | ||||||||
Illinois — 3.4% | ||||||||
County of Cook IL GO, 4.00%, 11/15/22 |
1,395 | 1,411,630 | ||||||
Illinois Development Finance Authority RB, VRDN, 0.48%, 02/01/33 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
2,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||
Illinois Finance Authority RB, VRDN, 0.45%, 01/01/37 (Put 05/02/22)(a)(b) |
3,300 | 3,300,000 | ||||||
Tender
Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates GO, VRDN, 0.48%, 03/01/33 |
4,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
10,711,630 | ||||||||
Indiana — 3.2% | ||||||||
City of Rockport IN RB, VRDN, 1.35%, 07/01/25 (Put 09/01/22)(a)(b) |
2,250 | 2,245,529 | ||||||
Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/23 |
1,800 | 1,851,027 | ||||||
Tender
Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, VRDN, 0.59%, 04/01/30 |
6,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
10,096,556 | ||||||||
Iowa — 1.0% | ||||||||
Iowa Finance Authority RB, VRDN, 0.49%, 12/01/41 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b)(c) |
3,200 | 3,200,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Kansas — 2.2% | ||||||||
City of Burlington KS RB |
||||||||
Series A, VRDN, 0.67%, 09/01/35 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
4,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||
Series B, VRDN, 0.67%, 09/01/35 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
3,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
7,000,000 | ||||||||
Kentucky — 8.4% | ||||||||
County of Meade KY RB |
||||||||
VRDN, 0.60%, 08/01/61 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
7,600 | 7,600,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.59%, 08/01/61 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
7,500 | 7,500,000 | ||||||
Kentucky Public Energy Authority RB |
||||||||
4.00%, 02/01/23 |
1,000 | 1,013,616 | ||||||
Series A, VRDN, 4.00%, 04/01/48 (Put 01/02/24)(a)(b) |
3,930 | 4,004,065 | ||||||
Kentucky State Property & Building Commission RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/22 |
1,000 | 1,016,571 | ||||||
Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Government RB, VRDN, 0.52%, 06/01/33 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
5,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, VRDN, 0.47%, 12/01/41 (Put 12/01/27) (AGM)(a)(b)(c) |
500 | 500,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
26,634,252 | ||||||||
Louisiana — 3.0% | ||||||||
Consolidated Govt of the City of Baton Rouge & Parish of E Baton Rouge Sales Tax RB, 5.00%, 08/01/22 (AGM) |
465 | 469,236 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Louisiana (continued) | ||||||||
Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District RB, VRDN, 1.00%, 12/01/51 (Put 12/01/24)(a)(b) |
$ | 4,325 | $ | 4,091,761 | ||||
Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority RB, VRDN, 1.65%, 09/01/27 (Put 12/01/23)(a)(b) |
400 | 392,594 | ||||||
Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District RB, 4.00%, 07/03/23 (Call 04/01/23) |
2,325 | 2,362,358 | ||||||
Parish
of St Charles LA RB, 4.00%, 12/01/40 |
2,345 | 2,348,661 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
9,664,610 | ||||||||
Massachusetts — 1.9% | ||||||||
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority RB 5.00%, 07/01/22 |
1,445 | 1,451,835 | ||||||
5.00%, 01/01/24 |
2,500 | 2,582,732 | ||||||
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency RB |
||||||||
Series A, 0.30%, 12/01/23 (Call 06/01/22) |
1,000 | 951,862 | ||||||
Series A, 0.40%, 06/01/24 (Call 06/01/23) |
1,000 | 959,541 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
5,945,970 | ||||||||
Michigan — 2.1% | ||||||||
Michigan
Finance Authority RB |
665 | 644,694 | ||||||
5.00%, 10/15/22 |
3,250 | 3,289,552 | ||||||
5.00%, 11/01/22 |
240 | 243,867 | ||||||
5.00%, 12/01/22 |
1,390 | 1,415,583 | ||||||
Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/22 |
1,000 | 1,001,776 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,595,472 | ||||||||
Minnesota — 0.6% | ||||||||
City of Minneapolis MN RB, Class C, 0.33%, 11/15/48 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
2,050 | 2,050,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Mississippi — 3.6% | ||||||||
Mississippi Business Finance Corp. RB |
||||||||
VRDN, 0.33%, 12/01/30 (Put 05/02/22)(a)(b) |
1,600 | 1,600,000 | ||||||
Series A, VRDN, 0.47%, 12/01/30 (Put 05/02/22)(a)(b) |
10,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
11,600,000 | ||||||||
Missouri — 1.0% | ||||||||
City of Kansas City MO RB, 5.00%, 09/01/22 |
810 | 818,307 | ||||||
County of Greene MO COP, Series A, 3.00%, 03/01/23 |
350 | 353,409 | ||||||
RBC Municipal Products Inc. Trust RB, VRDN, 0.49%, 09/01/39 (Put 05/06/22)(a)(b)(c) |
2,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,171,716 | ||||||||
Nebraska — 0.9% | ||||||||
Central Plains Energy Project RB, VRDN, 5.00%, 03/01/50 (Put 10/01/23)(a)(b) |
1,000 | 1,028,529 | ||||||
County of Douglas NE RB, 0.97%, 07/01/35 |
2,000 | 1,950,722 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,979,251 | ||||||||
Nevada — 0.8% | ||||||||
County of Clark Department of Aviation RB, 5.00%, 07/01/22 |
2,165 | 2,176,806 | ||||||
Nevada Housing Division RB, 0.25%, 12/01/22 (Call 05/20/22) |
485 | 480,648 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,657,454 | ||||||||
New Jersey — 13.2% | ||||||||
Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority RB, 3.00%, 07/01/22 |
4,000 | 4,009,496 | ||||||
New
Jersey Economic Development Authority RB |
200 | 200,768 | ||||||
5.25%, 09/01/24 (c) |
7,600 | 8,004,457 | ||||||
Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/22 |
2,000 | 2,007,336 | ||||||
Series AAA, 5.00%, 06/15/22 |
1,000 | 1,003,838 | ||||||
Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/23 (SAP) |
1,450 | 1,498,634 |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
New Jersey (continued) | ||||||||
Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/24 |
$ | 1,010 | $ | 1,062,325 | ||||
Series NN, 5.00%, 03/01/23 |
1,000 | 1,022,281 | ||||||
Series UU, 5.00%, 06/15/22 |
2,000 | 2,007,676 | ||||||
Series UU, 5.00%, 06/15/23 |
1,575 | 1,617,741 | ||||||
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority RB, 5.00%, 10/01/23 |
1,500 | 1,549,686 | ||||||
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority RB, 5.00%, 12/01/24 |
500 | 525,060 | ||||||
New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency RB, 4.00%, 04/01/23 |
1,290 | 1,309,149 | ||||||
New
Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority RB |
220 | 220,854 | ||||||
Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/22 |
2,750 | 2,760,266 | ||||||
Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/24 |
1,575 | 1,653,378 | ||||||
Series A, 5.50%, 12/15/22 |
1,430 | 1,461,396 | ||||||
Series A, 5.50%, 12/15/22 (AGM-CR) |
190 | 194,194 | ||||||
Series A, 5.50%, 12/15/23 |
155 | 161,782 | ||||||
Series B, 5.25%, 12/15/22 (AMBAC) |
910 | 928,134 | ||||||
Series D, 5.00%, 12/15/23 |
470 | 487,395 | ||||||
Series D, 5.25%, 12/15/23 |
1,275 | 1,327,197 | ||||||
State of New Jersey GO, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/23 |
1,290 | 1,311,985 | ||||||
Tobacco
Settlement Financing Corp. RB, |
3,000 | 3,008,067 | ||||||
Township of Deptford NJ RB, Series A, 1.00%, 07/13/22 |
1,478 | 1,477,297 | ||||||
Township of Evesham NJ GO, 1.00%, 06/14/22 |
988 | 987,090 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
41,797,482 | ||||||||
New Mexico — 0.2% | ||||||||
New Mexico Municipal Energy Acquisition Authority RB, Series A, 4.00%, 05/01/22 |
600 | 600,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
New York — 6.4% | ||||||||
Albany Industrial Development Agency RB, VRDN, 0.55%, 07/01/32 (Put 05/05/22)(a)(b) |
900 | 900,000 | ||||||
Amherst Development Corp. RB, VRDN, 0.51%, 02/01/35 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
1,720 | 1,720,000 | ||||||
City of New York NY GO, VRDN, 0.35%, 12/01/47 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
2,400 | 2,400,000 | ||||||
Nassau Health Care Corp. RB, Series C, 5.00%, 08/01/23 (GTD) |
1,425 | 1,470,415 | ||||||
New York City Housing Development Corp. RB, 0.45%, 11/01/25 (FHA) |
1,560 | 1,444,189 | ||||||
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue RB, VRDN, 0.36%, 02/01/44 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
3,200 | 3,200,000 | ||||||
New York Transportation Development Corp. RB 5.00%, 12/01/22 |
495 | 502,761 | ||||||
Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/23 |
1,250 | 1,285,794 | ||||||
Tender
Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates GO, VRDN, 0.47%, 09/01/26
(Put |
2,195 | 2,195,000 | ||||||
Tender
Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, VRDN, 0.47%, 07/01/50
(Put |
2,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||
Town of Newburgh NY GOL, 1.00%, 05/18/22 |
820 | 819,773 | ||||||
Town
of Oyster Bay NY GOL |
425 | 431,819 | ||||||
5.00%, 08/15/22 (BAM) |
715 | 722,189 | ||||||
Village of Kings Point NY RB, 1.00%, 07/22/22 |
1,300 | 1,299,156 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
20,391,096 | ||||||||
North Carolina — 0.2% | ||||||||
North Carolina Medical Care Commission RB, VRDN, 0.47%, 10/01/35 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
500 | 500,000 | ||||||
|
|
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
North Dakota — 2.2% | ||||||||
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency RB, VRDN, 0.44%, 07/01/36 (Put 05/06/22)(a)(b) |
$ | 6,875 | $ | 6,875,000 | ||||
|
|
|||||||
Ohio — 2.1% | ||||||||
Akron Bath Copley Joint Township Hospital District RB |
||||||||
5.00%, 11/15/22 |
225 | 228,295 | ||||||
5.00%, 11/15/23 |
325 | 337,185 | ||||||
City of Cleveland OH GOL, Series A, 2.00%, 12/01/22 |
300 | 300,832 | ||||||
Ohio
Higher Educational Facility Commission RB, VRDN, 0.41%, 01/01/39 |
5,975 | 5,975,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,841,312 | ||||||||
Oregon — 1.9% | ||||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority RB, VRDN, 0.32%, 08/01/34 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
6,100 | 6,100,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pennsylvania — 5.2% | ||||||||
Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority RB, 1.00%, 11/15/23(a)(b) |
1,500 | 1,500,005 | ||||||
Butler County Industrial Development Authority/PA RB, VRDN, 0.53%, 05/01/34 (Put 05/02/22)(a)(b) |
2,200 | 2,200,000 | ||||||
Connellsville Area School District GOL, 4.00%, 08/15/22 (BAM SAW) |
500 | 503,561 | ||||||
Ephrata Area School District GO, 3.00%, 03/01/24 |
1,000 | 1,007,895 | ||||||
General
Authority of Southcentral Pennsylvania RB, VRDN, 0.38%, 06/01/37 |
3,300 | 3,300,000 | ||||||
Muhlenberg School District GOL, 4.00%, 05/15/22 (SAW) |
700 | 700,614 | ||||||
Pennsylvania
Economic Development Financing Authority RB, VRDN, 0.75%, 12/01/37 |
3,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency RB 5.00%, 10/01/25 |
500 | 539,509 | ||||||
Series 133, 5.00%, 10/01/22 |
380 | 385,353 | ||||||
Philadelphia Gas Works Co. RB, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/22 |
1,315 | 1,325,932 | ||||||
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority RB, 5.00%, 06/01/22 |
360 | 361,001 | ||||||
Tender
Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, VRDN, 0.47%, 10/01/41 |
1,620 | 1,620,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
16,443,870 | ||||||||
Puerto Rico — 1.0% | ||||||||
Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority RB, 5.00%, 12/01/22 |
3,000 | 3,052,932 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
South Carolina — 0.3% | ||||||||
South Carolina Public Service Authority RB, VRDN, 0.50%, 01/01/36 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
900 | 900,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
South Dakota — 0.6% | ||||||||
South
Dakota Housing Development Authority RB, VRDN, 0.45%, 11/01/62 |
1,780 | 1,780,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Tennessee — 0.6% | ||||||||
Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Health & Educational Facility RB, 5.00%, 05/01/22 |
535 | 535,000 | ||||||
Tennergy Corp./TN |
||||||||
Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/22 |
335 | 337,375 | ||||||
Series A, 4.00%, 03/01/23 |
375 | 380,114 | ||||||
Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/23 |
320 | 325,633 | ||||||
Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp. RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/23 |
250 | 256,942 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,835,064 |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Texas — 13.5% | ||||||||
Fort Bend Independent School District RB |
||||||||
0.55%, 05/27/22 |
$ | 5,000 | $ | 4,999,244 | ||||
0.60%, 05/27/22 |
5,000 | 4,999,313 | ||||||
Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. RB, VRDN, 5.00%, 06/01/32 (Put 09/01/22)(a)(b) |
4,000 | 4,071,820 | ||||||
Port
of Arthur Navigation District Industrial Development Corp. RB |
7,000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.49%, 06/01/41 (Put 05/02/22)(a)(b) |
3,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||
State of Texas GO |
||||||||
VRDN, 0.47%, 12/01/43 (Put 05/06/22)(a)(b) |
9,700 | 9,700,000 | ||||||
Series A, VRDN, 0.47%, 06/01/44 (Put 05/02/22)(a)(b) |
410 | 410,000 | ||||||
Series A, VRDN, 0.47%, 06/01/45 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
2,910 | 2,910,000 | ||||||
Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. RB, VRDN, 0.32%, 10/01/41 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
1,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||
Tender
Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates RB, VRDN, 0.54%, 06/15/27 |
1,500 | 1,500,000 | ||||||
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. III RB |
||||||||
5.00%, 12/15/22 |
2,000 | 2,030,104 | ||||||
5.00%, 12/15/23 |
1,150 | 1,183,122 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
42,803,603 | ||||||||
Virginia — 0.1% | ||||||||
Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority RB, 5.00%, 05/15/23 |
300 | 308,728 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Washington — 0.3% | ||||||||
King County Housing Authority RB, 3.00%, 06/01/22 |
250 | 250,290 | ||||||
Washington Health Care Facilities Authority RB, VRDN, 5.00%, 08/01/49 (Put 02/01/25)(a)(b) |
800 | 840,096 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,090,386 | ||||||||
Wisconsin — 1.0% | ||||||||
Public Finance Authority RB, 5.00%, 06/01/22 |
175 | 175,462 | ||||||
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority RB, VRDN, 0.62%, 08/15/54 (Put 01/01/26)(a)(b) |
2,000 | 1,956,224 | ||||||
Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority RB, VRDN, 0.44%, 03/01/41 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(b) |
1,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,131,686 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Municipal Debt Obligations — 101.3% |
|
321,625,130 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 101.3% |
|
321,625,130 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.3)% | (4,063,007) | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $317,562,123 | |||||||
|
|
(a) |
Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available. |
(b) |
Variable rate security. Rate as of period end and maturity is the date the principal owed can be recovered through demand. |
(c) |
Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended April 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 10/31/21 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change
in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value at 04/30/22 |
Shares Held at 04/30/22 (000) |
Income | Capital
Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds: MuniCash(a) |
$ | — | $ | — | $ (3)(b) | $ | 3 | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 11 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) As of period end, the entity is no longer held.
(b) Represents net amount purchased (sold).
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Investments |
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Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Municipal Debt Obligations |
$ | — | $ | 321,625,130 | $ | — | $ | 321,625,130 | ||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Asset-Backed Securities |
|
|||||||
CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2.81%, 05/15/25 |
$ | 3,752 | $ | 3,751,689 | ||||
Series 20-4, Class A2A, 0.31%, 01/16/24 (Call 06/15/24) |
1,662 | 1,660,499 | ||||||
Ford
Credit Auto Lease Trust |
7,361 | 7,296,796 | ||||||
3.06%, 10/15/24 |
4,343 | 4,344,384 | ||||||
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, 0.73%, 09/15/24 (Call 08/15/25) |
11,021 | 10,905,104 | ||||||
Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, 1.44%, 10/15/24 (Call 05/15/25) |
14,164 | 14,043,266 | ||||||
Hyundai
Auto Lease Securitization Trust |
14,741 | 14,580,326 | ||||||
0.81%, 04/15/24 (Call 06/15/24)(a) |
10,000 | 9,861,733 | ||||||
Toyota Auto Receivables, 2.35%, 01/15/25 |
9,455 | 9,432,001 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Asset-Backed Securities — 1.2% |
75,875,798 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Certificates of Deposit |
| |||||||
Banco Santander SA, 0.62%, 08/01/22 |
10,000 | 9,982,436 | ||||||
Banco Santander SA/New York, 0.75%, 10/19/22, (SOFR + 0.450%)(b) |
10,000 | 10,000,139 | ||||||
Bank of Montreal, 0.50%, 11/28/22 |
7,000 | 6,935,419 | ||||||
Barclays Bank PLC, 1.65%, 03/03/23 |
15,000 | 14,896,899 | ||||||
Barclays
Bank PLC/NY, 0.57%, 02/03/23, |
30,000 | 29,958,136 | ||||||
Bayerische
Landesbank/New York |
15,000 | 14,821,625 | ||||||
1.38%, 01/27/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.160%)(b) |
22,500 | 22,486,494 | ||||||
BNP Paribas NY, 0.20%, 09/08/22 |
35,000 | 34,841,396 | ||||||
Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce |
6,000 | 5,950,437 | ||||||
1.39%, 09/12/22 |
35,000 | 35,001,361 | ||||||
Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce/New York NY |
22,000 | 21,996,495 | ||||||
0.56%, 03/03/23, (SOFR + 0.280%)(b) |
30,000 | 29,957,026 | ||||||
0.58%, 01/06/23, (SOFR + 0.300%)(b) |
10,000 | 9,991,483 | ||||||
Credit Industriel et Commercial/New York, 0.37%, 05/06/22, |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.5000%)(b) |
7,000 | 6,999,838 | ||||||
Credit Suisse AG/New York NY, 0.50%, 10/28/22 |
15,000 | 14,885,213 | ||||||
Kookmin
Bank/New York |
25,000 | 24,965,230 | ||||||
0.60%, 02/09/23, (SOFR + 0.320%)(b) |
10,000 | 9,986,935 | ||||||
0.60%, 02/21/23, (SOFR + 0.320%)(b) |
20,000 | 19,972,128 | ||||||
0.68%, 12/02/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.180%)(b) |
10,000 | 10,002,880 | ||||||
1.35%, 10/24/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.170%)(b) |
5,000 | 5,000,737 | ||||||
Landesbank
Baden-Wuerttemberg |
10,000 | 9,927,814 | ||||||
0.81%, 06/03/22, (SOFR + 0.28000%) |
8,000 | 7,996,013 | ||||||
Lloyds
Bank Corp. |
6,700 | 6,677,059 | ||||||
0.40%, 12/01/22 |
16,000 | 15,845,779 | ||||||
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets PLC, 0.23%, 06/30/22 |
15,000 | 14,980,635 | ||||||
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets PLC/New York NY, 0.55%, 02/03/23, (SOFR + 0.280%)(b) |
25,000 | 24,972,292 | ||||||
Mitsubishi
UFJ Financial Group, 0.25%, 05/05/22, |
8,000 | 7,999,778 | ||||||
Mizuho
Bank Ltd./New York NY, 0.46%, 07/25/22, |
11,500 | 11,495,807 |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
MUFG
Bank Ltd. |
$ | 7,000 | $ | 6,985,690 | ||||
0.30%, 10/31/22 |
7,500 | 7,440,330 | ||||||
0.32%, 08/08/22 |
5,000 | 4,985,744 | ||||||
MUFG
Bank Ltd/New York NY |
15,000 | 14,983,183 | ||||||
0.55%, 01/27/23, (SOFR + 0.280%)(b) |
25,000 | 24,971,663 | ||||||
Natix NY, 0.56%, 06/17/22, (SOFR + 0.180%)(b) |
12,000 | 11,999,163 | ||||||
Natixis
SA/New York NY, 0.56%, 02/07/23, |
10,000 | 9,987,810 | ||||||
Nordea
Bank Abp/New York NY, 0.46%, 10/27/22, |
20,000 | 19,979,828 | ||||||
Oversea
Chinese Bannking Corp., 0.17%, 06/03/22, |
10,130 | 10,123,821 | ||||||
Royal
Bank of Canada |
18,000 | 17,933,956 | ||||||
0.37%, 11/10/22 |
10,000 | 9,910,767 | ||||||
0.40%, 11/15/22 |
15,000 | 14,863,004 | ||||||
0.53%, 01/11/23, (SOFR + 0.250%)(b) |
18,000 | 17,976,174 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Canada/New York NY, 0.41%, 05/24/22, (SOFR + 0.130%)(b) |
10,000 | 9,999,797 | ||||||
Standard
Chartered Bank/New York |
30,000 | 29,953,549 | ||||||
0.63%, 05/01/23, (SOFR + 0.350%)(b) |
25,000 | 24,964,987 | ||||||
0.69%, 07/28/23, (SOFR + 0.420%)(b) |
15,000 | 14,994,400 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., 2.70%, 04/25/23 |
50,000 | 49,970,811 | ||||||
Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corp./New York |
20,000 | 19,971,846 | ||||||
0.70%, 07/15/22 |
10,000 | 9,997,751 | ||||||
Sumitomo
Mitsui Trust Bank, 0.25%, 05/11/22, |
5,000 | 4,999,617 | ||||||
Svenska
Handelsbanken/New York NY |
10,000 | 9,993,875 | ||||||
0.72%, 10/27/22, (SOFR + 0.190%)(b) |
15,000 | 14,984,871 | ||||||
Toronto
Dominion Bank |
20,000 | 19,964,584 | ||||||
0.73%, 12/30/22 |
8,000 | 7,917,643 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion
Bank |
25,000 | 24,975,142 | ||||||
1.75%, 10/21/22 |
15,000 | 14,987,087 | ||||||
2.69%, 04/28/23 |
10,000 | 9,999,291 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank/NY, 0.34%, 10/28/22 |
7,000 | 6,943,114 | ||||||
UBS AG/Stamford Branch, 1.68%, 10/20/22 |
5,000 | 4,996,245 | ||||||
Westpac Banking Corp., 2.25%, 01/23/23 |
30,000 | 29,989,956 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Certificates of Deposit — 14.6% |
|
920,273,183 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Commercial Paper |
||||||||
Amcor
Flexibles North America |
30,000 | 29,992,980 | ||||||
1.09%, 06/09/22(c) |
30,000 | 29,962,895 | ||||||
Ameren
Corp. |
22,614 | 22,608,325 | ||||||
1.03%, 06/02/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,985,451 | ||||||
American
Electric Power Inc. |
28,250 | 28,248,189 | ||||||
0.59%, 05/04/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,998,358 | ||||||
American Honda Financial, 1.26%, 07/06/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,952,664 | ||||||
Amphenol Corp., 0.65%, 05/10/22(c) |
19,000 | 18,996,255 | ||||||
Antalis SA, 1.40%, 08/04/22(c) |
25,000 | 24,912,228 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
ANZ
New Zealand International Ltd. |
$ | 30,000 | $ | 29,999,092 | ||||
1.86%, 10/21/22(c) |
25,000 | 24,776,389 | ||||||
ASB
Bank Ltd., 0.84%, 09/15/22, |
18,250 | 18,280,323 | ||||||
ASB Finance Ltd., 1.53%, 09/12/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,913,640 | ||||||
AT&T Inc., 0.78%, 05/17/22(c) |
66,300 | 66,274,276 | ||||||
AT+T Inc., 1.55%, 08/16/22(c) |
45,000 | 44,789,358 | ||||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 1.20%, 07/28/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,970,000 | ||||||
Avery
Dennison Corp. |
5,250 | 5,249,367 | ||||||
0.67%, 05/10/22(c) |
7,965 | 7,963,382 | ||||||
Barclays
Bank PLC, Series 10-10.51%,
07/22/22, |
10,000 | 9,998,670 | ||||||
Base
Aktiengesellsch |
10,000 | 9,940,325 | ||||||
2.14%, 10/03/22(c) |
17,400 | 17,239,051 | ||||||
Baxter International, 0.56%, 05/02/22(c) |
37,037 | 37,035,262 | ||||||
Bedford
Row Funding Corp., 0.44%, 06/27/22, |
15,000 | 14,995,920 | ||||||
Bell Canada, 0.66%, 05/12/22(c) |
30,000 | 29,992,872 | ||||||
BNZ Financial Funding Ltd., 0.82%, 06/13/22(c) |
7,500 | 7,492,313 | ||||||
BNZ International Funding Ltd., 0.94%, 07/01/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,983,585 | ||||||
BPCE
SA |
15,000 | 14,951,198 | ||||||
2.43%, 03/01/23(c) |
13,500 | 13,227,125 | ||||||
2.51%, 02/22/23(c) |
10,000 | 9,795,600 | ||||||
Brookfield Infrastructure Holdings, 0.58%, 05/03/22(c) |
19,316 | 19,314,762 | ||||||
Brookfield Renewable, 0.81%, 05/19/22(c) |
12,000 | 11,994,580 | ||||||
Church & Dwight Co. Inc., 0.93%, 05/25/22(c) |
14,060 | 14,050,607 | ||||||
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. |
18,000 | 17,938,383 | ||||||
2.20%, 01/03/23(c) |
20,000 | 19,699,817 | ||||||
2.60%, 04/11/23(c) |
30,000 | 29,267,541 | ||||||
Collateralized
Commercial Paper Flex Co. LLC |
15,000 | 14,947,561 | ||||||
0.92%, 06/24/22(c) |
30,000 | 29,955,153 | ||||||
Collateralized
Commercial Paper V Co. |
18,750 | 18,634,497 | ||||||
1.66%, 10/14/22(c) |
12,650 | 12,543,622 | ||||||
1.70%, 10/21/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,865,250 | ||||||
Commonwealth
Bank of Australia |
15,000 | 15,000,000 | ||||||
1.77%, 10/21/22(c) |
5,000 | 4,957,465 | ||||||
Crown Point Capital Co., 0.30%, 10/04/22(a) |
10,000 | 9,939,342 | ||||||
Disney (walt) Co. (The), 1.69%, 09/30/22(c) |
5,000 | 4,964,174 | ||||||
DNB
Bank ASA |
5,000 | 4,958,696 | ||||||
1.86%, 11/07/22(c) |
5,000 | 4,950,933 | ||||||
2.41%, 03/02/23(c) |
10,000 | 9,798,915 | ||||||
DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral, 1.36%, 08/12/22(c) |
6,260 | 6,235,260 | ||||||
Enbridge
Inc. |
10,000 | 9,997,686 | ||||||
0.95%, 05/18/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,990,004 | ||||||
1.37%, 07/05/22(c) |
30,000 | 29,923,843 | ||||||
Enel
Finance America |
8,860 | 8,849,496 | ||||||
1.08%, 06/10/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,987,400 | ||||||
1.27%, 07/08/22(c) |
12,000 | 11,970,437 | ||||||
1.36%, 07/21/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,953,209 | ||||||
1.45%, 08/03/22(c) |
15,100 | 15,042,016 |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
1.68%, 09/07/22(c) |
$ | 10,000 | $ | 9,939,376 | ||||
1.73%, 09/15/22(c) |
28,000 | 27,814,698 | ||||||
1.97%, 10/21/22(c) |
15,500 | 15,352,696 | ||||||
Eversource Energy, 0.74%, 05/17/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,996,325 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, 0.89%, 05/23/22(c) |
6,429 | 6,425,194 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs International, 1.93%, 11/10/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,896,488 | ||||||
Hyundai Capital America, 0.70%, 05/11/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,995,327 | ||||||
ING
U.S Funding LLC. |
25,000 | 24,994,962 | ||||||
0.64%, 05/17/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,996,825 | ||||||
Intercontinental
Exchange Inc., 0.91%, 05/17/22, |
9,499 | 9,494,678 | ||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities, 0.22%, 09/30/22, |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.17000 %)(a) |
10,000 | 9,938,104 | ||||||
Kookmin Bank, 2.63%, 04/25/23(c) |
25,000 | 24,356,467 | ||||||
Kookmin Bank/New York, 1.44%, 08/22/22, |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.35%)(c) |
6,000 | 5,972,496 | ||||||
La Fayette Asset Security, 0.79%, 06/10/22(c) |
32,000 | 31,967,968 | ||||||
Lloyds Bank Corp, 1.88%, 10/31/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,856,317 | ||||||
Mackinac Funding, 0.56%, 05/03/22(c) |
7,000 | 6,999,710 | ||||||
Macquarie
Bank Ltd. |
15,000 | 14,990,631 | ||||||
0.45%, 09/20/22, (SOFR + 0.180%)(a)(b) |
10,000 | 9,992,691 | ||||||
0.59%, 02/28/23, (SOFR + 0.3%)(a)(b) |
25,000 | 24,967,325 | ||||||
1.45%, 08/01/22, (SOFR + 0.180%)(c) |
5,000 | 4,981,135 | ||||||
2.01%, 11/01/22, (SOFR + 0.350%)(c) |
10,000 | 9,897,442 | ||||||
Mitsubishi
HC Capital America Inc. |
2,000 | 1,999,906 | ||||||
0.66%, 05/09/22(c) |
5,000 | 4,999,086 | ||||||
0.74%, 05/12/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,994,692 | ||||||
0.76%, 05/16/22(c) |
12,536 | 12,531,519 | ||||||
National
Australia Bank Ltd. |
30,000 | 29,841,075 | ||||||
1.57%, 09/26/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,870,000 | ||||||
1.76%, 10/11/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.41 %)(c) |
20,000 | 19,839,583 | ||||||
2.39%, 02/24/23(c) |
17,000 | 16,667,253 | ||||||
National
Bank of Canada |
8,000 | 7,997,076 | ||||||
1.86%, 10/31/22, (SOFR + 0.33%)(c) |
10,000 | 9,905,239 | ||||||
National
Grid Holdings, 1.06%, 06/07/22, |
14,500 | 14,483,349 | ||||||
NatWest
Market PLC |
15,600 | 15,555,523 | ||||||
1.34%, 07/26/22(c) |
25,000 | 24,918,294 | ||||||
Nieuw Amsterdam Recv, 0.59%, 05/03/22(c) |
30,000 | 29,998,690 | ||||||
Nordea
Bank Abp, 1.72%, 10/21/22, |
10,000 | 9,916,972 | ||||||
Nutrien
Ltd. |
14,880 | 14,873,929 | ||||||
1.05%, 05/31/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,985,960 | ||||||
Oscar AcquisitionCo LLC/Oscar Finance Inc., 0.70%, 05/12/22, (SOFR + 0.33%)(c) |
26,787 | 26,780,277 | ||||||
Regatta Funding Co. LLC, 1.81%, 10/28/22(c) |
5,000 | 4,953,236 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Canada, 1.75%, 09/12/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,868,684 | ||||||
Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken AB |
7,000 | 6,990,900 | ||||||
1.69%, 09/12/22(c) |
40,000 | 39,746,738 | ||||||
1.92%, 10/24/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.645 %)(c) |
15,000 | 14,859,083 | ||||||
1.93%, 10/26/22(c) |
30,000 | 29,713,500 | ||||||
Societe
Generale SA |
10,000 | 9,938,270 | ||||||
0.37%, 05/03/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,999,592 | ||||||
1.47%, 08/31/22, (SOFR + 0.42000%)(c) |
15,000 | 14,924,205 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Stanley Works (The), 0.69%, 05/23/22(c) |
$ | 15,000 | $ | 14,993,100 | ||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., 1.33%, 07/21/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,954,315 | ||||||
Suncor Energy Inc., 0.61%, 05/05/22(c) |
17,775 | 17,773,205 | ||||||
Swedbank
AB |
20,000 | 19,928,853 | ||||||
1.41%, 08/15/22(c) |
12,000 | 11,949,528 | ||||||
1.83%, 10/17/22(c) |
35,000 | 34,698,921 | ||||||
1.88%, 10/24/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,861,679 | ||||||
1.90%, 10/26/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,812,000 | ||||||
Telus Corp., 1.26%, 07/06/22(c) |
9,250 | 9,228,107 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., 1.02%, 06/01/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,981,300 | ||||||
Toronto Dominion Bank, 1.29%, 08/03/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,931,627 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion
Bank |
15,000 | 14,798,307 | ||||||
2.50%, 02/17/23(c) |
20,000 | 19,599,670 | ||||||
Transcanada
Pipelines Ltd. |
20,000 | 19,999,062 | ||||||
0.61%, 05/05/22(c) |
30,000 | 29,996,970 | ||||||
1.35%, 07/20/22, (SOFR + 0.2%)(c) |
20,000 | 19,938,637 | ||||||
UBS AG London, 1.64%, 09/01/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,943,333 | ||||||
UBS
AG/London |
10,000 | 9,991,147 | ||||||
1.51%, 08/18/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,953,627 | ||||||
UBS AG/LONDON, 0.77%, 05/31/22(c) |
25,000 | 24,982,822 | ||||||
Verizon
Communications Inc. |
19,394 | 19,390,455 | ||||||
0.67%, 05/10/22(c) |
25,000 | 24,994,882 | ||||||
1.25%, 07/05/22(c) |
30,000 | 29,930,376 | ||||||
VW
CR Inc. |
10,000 | 9,996,425 | ||||||
0.78%, 05/17/22(c) |
15,000 | 14,994,180 | ||||||
1.15%, 06/21/22(c) |
20,000 | 19,966,051 | ||||||
VW
Credit Inc. |
19,500 | 19,402,231 | ||||||
1.57%, 08/24/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,949,235 | ||||||
Walt
Disney Co. (The) |
16,940 | 16,921,290 | ||||||
1.05%, 07/15/22(c) |
10,950 | 10,925,478 | ||||||
Waste
Management Inc. |
21,600 | 21,527,964 | ||||||
1.43%, 08/02/22(c) |
4,805 | 4,786,906 | ||||||
1.47%, 08/09/22(c) |
19,720 | 19,638,201 | ||||||
1.61%, 09/08/22(c) |
25,000 | 24,853,333 | ||||||
Wec Energy Group Inc., 0.61%, 05/05/22(c) |
10,000 | 9,998,990 | ||||||
Westpac Banking Corp./NY, 1.71%, 10/14/22(c) |
5,000 | 4,960,520 | ||||||
Westpac Securities NZ Ltd., 1.00%, 07/01/22(c) |
7,250 | 7,237,389 | ||||||
|
|
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Total Commercial Paper — 37.5% | ||||||||
(Cost: $2,369,594,301) |
2,367,025,344 | |||||||
|
|
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Corporate Bonds & Notes |
| |||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 0.1% | ||||||||
Raytheon
Technologies Corp., 3.65%, 08/16/23 |
4,000 | 4,027,791 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Agriculture — 0.3% | ||||||||
Cargill
Inc. |
10,165 | 9,694,625 | ||||||
3.50%, 04/22/25 (Call 04/22/23)(a) |
6,825 | 6,817,179 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
16,511,804 |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Auto Manufacturers — 5.2% | ||||||||
American
Honda Finance Corp. |
$ | 8,820 | $ | 8,815,666 | ||||
0.65%, 09/08/23 |
20,000 | 19,404,953 | ||||||
0.75%, 08/09/24 |
3,235 | 3,060,447 | ||||||
0.88%, 07/07/23 |
7,025 | 6,878,059 | ||||||
1.03%, 09/08/23, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.420%)(b) |
5,790 | 5,792,890 | ||||||
2.20%, 06/27/22 |
10,100 | 10,113,099 | ||||||
BMW Finance NV, 2.25%, 08/12/22(a) |
1,890 | 1,890,128 | ||||||
BMW
U.S. Capital LLC |
19,960 | 19,816,460 | ||||||
0.75%, 08/12/24(a) |
2,925 | 2,769,225 | ||||||
0.80%, 04/01/24(a) |
3,350 | 3,198,700 | ||||||
0.81%, 04/01/24, (SOFR + 0.530%)(a)(b)(e) |
15,615 | 15,590,937 | ||||||
Daimler
Finance North America LLC |
26,690 | 25,537,558 | ||||||
1.75%, 03/10/23(a)(e) |
13,184 | 13,052,588 | ||||||
2.55%, 08/15/22(a) |
2,247 | 2,250,336 | ||||||
Daimler Trucks Finance North America LLC, 1.13%, 12/14/23(a) |
4,000 | 3,866,745 | ||||||
Hyundai
Capital America |
21,620 | 21,124,724 | ||||||
0.80%, 01/08/24(a) |
3,000 | 2,858,227 | ||||||
2.38%, 02/10/23(a) |
7,560 | 7,520,264 | ||||||
2.85%, 11/01/22(a) |
8,440 | 8,453,403 | ||||||
Hyundai Capital Services Inc., 0.75%, 09/15/23(a) |
20,000 | 19,304,718 | ||||||
PACCAR Financial Corp., 0.80%, 06/08/23 |
2,760 | 2,709,279 | ||||||
Toyota
Motor Credit Corp. |
6,580 | 6,559,333 | ||||||
0.47%, 02/13/23, (SOFR + 0.200%)(b)(e) |
22,277 | 22,250,732 | ||||||
0.50%, 06/18/24 |
4,000 | 3,783,960 | ||||||
0.56%, 09/13/24, (SOFR + 0.290%)(b) |
12,000 | 11,940,188 | ||||||
0.58%, 06/13/22, (SOFR + 0.300%)(b) |
15,000 | 14,998,650 | ||||||
0.62%, 10/14/22, (SOFR + 0.340%)(b) |
13,000 | 12,998,828 | ||||||
0.90%, 03/22/24, (SOFR + 0.320%)(b) |
10,000 | 10,031,632 | ||||||
2.50%, 03/22/24 |
15,000 | 14,837,458 | ||||||
2.90%, 03/30/23 |
10,000 | 10,032,130 | ||||||
Volkswagen
Group of America Finance LLC, 0.75%, |
15,025 | 14,876,185 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
326,317,502 | ||||||||
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.0% | ||||||||
Aptiv
PLC / Aptiv Corp., 2.40%, 02/18/25 |
3,275 | 3,149,185 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Banks — 12.4% | ||||||||
Banco
Santander SA, 0.70%, 06/30/24 |
8,200 | 7,927,708 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
||||||||
0.52%,
06/14/24 (Call 06/14/23), |
18,580 | 17,965,990 | ||||||
2.82%, 07/21/23 (Call 07/21/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.930%)(b) |
20,834 | 20,831,216 | ||||||
3.00%,
12/20/23 (Call 12/20/22), |
10,000 | 9,976,554 | ||||||
3.30%, 01/11/23 |
10,000 | 10,080,433 | ||||||
Series
2025, 0.81%, 02/04/25 (Call 02/04/24), |
15,000 | 14,908,500 | ||||||
BPCE SA |
||||||||
1.40%,
05/31/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US |
7,006 | 7,005,977 | ||||||
2.75%, 01/11/23(a)(e) |
4,000 | 3,999,828 | ||||||
Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce |
3,480 | 3,481,346 | ||||||
3.50%, 09/13/23 |
4,500 | 4,532,117 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Citigroup Inc., 2.88%, 07/24/23 (Call 07/24/22), |
||||||||
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.950%)(b) |
$ | 20,000 | $ | 19,996,297 | ||||
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, 0.40%, 01/15/23 (Call 07/15/22) |
12,000 | 11,898,435 | ||||||
Credit
Suisse AG/New York NY |
14,000 | 13,961,523 | ||||||
0.50%, 02/02/24 |
5,335 | 5,076,628 | ||||||
0.60%, 01/19/24, (SOFR + 0.540%)(b) |
10,000 | 9,946,690 | ||||||
0.67%, 02/02/24, (SOFR + 0.390%)(b) |
15,000 | 14,892,016 | ||||||
1.00%, 05/05/23 |
5,000 | 4,895,011 | ||||||
Deutsche
Bank AG/New York NY |
20,815 | 20,058,027 | ||||||
Series E, 0.55%, 11/08/23, (SOFR + 0.500%)(b) |
16,220 | 16,125,470 | ||||||
DNB Bank ASA |
||||||||
1.12%,
12/02/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + |
5,000 | 5,007,039 | ||||||
2.15%, 12/02/22(a) |
14,382 | 14,377,149 | ||||||
Fifth
Third Bank NA, 1.80%, 01/30/23 |
4,560 | 4,544,429 | ||||||
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc. (The) |
20,000 | 19,636,357 | ||||||
1.22%, 12/06/23 (Call 12/06/22) |
12,000 | 11,654,214 | ||||||
0.63%,
11/17/23 (Call 11/17/22), |
10,000 | 9,846,574 | ||||||
0.74%,
11/17/23 (Call 11/17/22), |
7,000 | 6,975,655 | ||||||
HSBC
Holdings PLC, 1.16%, 11/22/24 |
6,995 | 6,708,807 | ||||||
JPMorgan
Chase & Co. |
4,000 | 3,909,670 | ||||||
0.86%,
03/16/24 (Call 03/16/23), |
20,000 | 19,930,900 | ||||||
KeyBank N.A./Cleveland OH |
||||||||
0.43%,
06/14/24 (Call 06/14/23), |
10,000 | 9,712,151 | ||||||
0.59%,
06/14/24 (Call 06/14/23), |
15,565 | 15,409,225 | ||||||
Kookmin
Bank/New York, 0.60%, 11/03/22, |
11,000 | 10,992,764 | ||||||
Kookmin
Bank/Seoul, 0.50%, 08/03/22, |
10,535 | 10,532,316 | ||||||
Korea
Development Bank (The), 0.84%, 02/18/23, |
16,455 | 16,447,801 | ||||||
Lloyds Bank PLC, 2.25%, 08/14/22 |
10,000 | 10,014,291 | ||||||
Macquarie
Bank Ltd. |
15,000 | 14,950,944 | ||||||
2.10%, 10/17/22(a) |
9,450 | 9,444,731 | ||||||
Mitsubishi
UFJ Financial Group Inc. |
8,400 | 8,417,649 | ||||||
2.67%, 07/25/22 |
35,637 | 35,715,796 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley |
||||||||
0.53%,
01/25/24 (Call 01/25/23), (SOFR + |
10,000 | 9,792,365 | ||||||
0.56%,
11/10/23 (Call 11/10/22), |
15,000 | 14,794,076 | ||||||
0.73%,
04/05/24 (Call 04/05/23), |
30,000 | 29,210,476 | ||||||
0.90%,
01/24/25 (Call 01/24/24), |
15,000 | 14,853,743 | ||||||
3.62%,
04/17/25 (Call 04/17/24), |
6,865 | 6,829,504 | ||||||
3.75%, 02/25/23 |
15,384 | 15,499,158 | ||||||
National
Australia Bank Ltd., 1.21%, 12/13/22, |
3,500 | 3,503,747 | ||||||
National Australia Bank Ltd./New York, 1.88%, 12/13/22 |
4,460 | 4,455,501 | ||||||
Nordea Bank Abp, 1.00%, 06/09/23(a) |
3,135 | 3,061,221 | ||||||
Nordea Bank Abp/New York NY, 0.30%, 01/27/23 |
8,000 | 7,937,456 | ||||||
Santander
UK PLC, 2.10%, 01/13/23, |
2,105 | 2,097,569 | ||||||
Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken AB |
3,000 | 3,008,510 | ||||||
2.20%, 12/12/22(a) |
2,845 | 2,841,051 |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) | ||||||||
Sumitomo
Mitsui Financial Group Inc. |
$ | 3,580 | $ | 3,416,767 | ||||
3.10%, 01/17/23 |
2,659 | 2,669,358 | ||||||
Sumitomo
Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. |
15,000 | 14,906,357 | ||||||
0.80%, 09/12/23, (SOFR + 0.44%)(a) |
12,744 | 12,344,801 | ||||||
0.80%, 09/16/24(a) |
12,000 | 11,229,504 | ||||||
2.55%, 03/10/25(a) |
10,000 | 9,687,234 | ||||||
Suncorp-Metway
Ltd., 2.80%, 05/04/22, |
895 | 895,043 | ||||||
Svenska
Handelsbanken AB, 0.63%, 06/30/23, |
6,310 | 6,143,256 | ||||||
Swedbank
AB |
14,500 | 13,992,645 | ||||||
1.30%, 06/02/23(a) |
6,680 | 6,561,644 | ||||||
Truist Bank |
||||||||
0.48%,
01/17/24 (Call 01/17/23), |
45,000 | 44,652,150 | ||||||
1.25%, 03/09/23 (Call 02/09/23) |
15,000 | 14,839,598 | ||||||
UBS
AG/London |
4,440 | 4,324,693 | ||||||
0.45%, 02/09/24(a) |
7,000 | 6,661,922 | ||||||
0.50%, 08/09/24, (SOFR + 0.450%)(a)(b) |
8,470 | 8,400,918 | ||||||
0.54%, 02/09/24, (SOFR + 0.360%)(a)(b) |
5,000 | 4,980,480 | ||||||
0.55%, 06/01/23, (SOFR + 0.320%)(a)(b) |
8,470 | 8,455,178 | ||||||
0.70%, 08/09/24(a) |
4,330 | 4,081,618 | ||||||
1.38%,
01/13/25 (Call 12/13/24), |
6,970 | 6,591,347 | ||||||
Westpac
Banking Corp. |
12,445 | 12,381,937 | ||||||
1.02%, 11/18/24(e) |
3,550 | 3,363,025 | ||||||
2.00%, 01/13/23 |
2,375 | 2,370,138 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
782,622,218 | ||||||||
Beverages — 0.8% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC, 0.50%, 05/05/23(a) |
52,207 | 50,866,797 | ||||||
PepsiCo Inc., 0.75%, 05/01/23 |
1,615 | 1,588,736 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
52,455,533 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.2% | ||||||||
Gilead
Sciences Inc., 0.75%, 09/29/23 |
15,971 | 15,451,209 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Chemicals — 0.1% | ||||||||
Ecolab Inc., 0.90%, 12/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(e) |
8,800 | 8,526,244 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.3% | ||||||||
GSK
Consumer Healthcare Capital US LLC, 1.17%, |
2,150 | 2,152,310 | ||||||
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital US LLC., 3.02%, 03/24/24 (Call 03/24/23)(a) |
9,235 | 9,142,060 | ||||||
Unilever
Capital Corp., 0.63%, 08/12/24 |
5,975 | 5,649,786 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
16,944,156 | ||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
American
Express Co. |
10,000 | 9,927,500 | ||||||
0.75%, 11/03/23 |
10,000 | 9,704,172 | ||||||
0.98%,
03/04/25 (Call 02/01/25), |
8,235 | 8,290,197 | ||||||
1.44%, 04/17/25, (SOFR + 0.950%) |
10,000 | 10,007,700 | ||||||
3.38%, 05/03/24 |
7,600 | 7,593,935 | ||||||
LSEGA
Financing PLC, 0.65%, 04/06/24 |
3,895 | 3,688,487 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
49,211,991 | ||||||||
Electric — 4.2% | ||||||||
Dominion
Energy Inc., Series D, 1.36%, 09/15/23 |
30,560 | 30,506,113 |
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BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Electric (continued) | ||||||||
Duke
Energy Corp. |
$ | 14,765 | $ | 14,708,999 | ||||
2.40%, 08/15/22 (Call 07/15/22) |
6,610 | 6,616,193 | ||||||
Eversource Energy, 0.45%, 08/15/23, (SOFR + 0.250%)(b) |
23,850 | 23,788,122 | ||||||
Florida Power & Light Co. |
||||||||
0.44%, 05/10/23 (Call 05/31/22), (SOFR + 0.250%)(b) |
11,020 | 10,988,007 | ||||||
0.66%, 01/12/24 (Call 07/12/22), (SOFR + 0.250%)(b) |
8,240 | 8,208,674 | ||||||
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp, 0.58%, 08/07/23, (SOFR + 0.330%)(b) |
16,150 | 16,128,731 | ||||||
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., |
||||||||
Series
D, 0.61%, 10/18/24, |
5,000 | 4,981,501 | ||||||
NextEra
Energy Capital Holdings Inc. |
9,305 | 9,293,989 | ||||||
0.65%, 03/01/23 |
6,888 | 6,777,146 | ||||||
0.68%, 11/03/23, (SOFR + 0.400%)(b) |
30,000 | 29,835,779 | ||||||
0.75%,
02/22/23 (Call 05/31/22), |
45,000 | 44,875,159 | ||||||
2.94%, 03/21/24 (Call 09/21/22) |
15,000 | 14,889,951 | ||||||
PPL Electric Utilities Corp. |
||||||||
0.61%,
06/24/24 (Call 06/24/22), |
8,065 | 8,017,979 | ||||||
1.22%,
09/28/23, |
8,710 | 8,673,975 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group Inc., 0.55%, 09/15/23 |
21,955 | 21,191,414 | ||||||
Xcel Energy Inc., 0.50%, 10/15/23 (Call 09/15/23) |
7,560 | 7,289,006 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
266,770,738 | ||||||||
Electronics — 0.1% | ||||||||
Honeywell
International Inc., 0.48%, 08/19/22 |
3,666 | 3,654,887 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Food — 0.7% | ||||||||
Hormel
Foods Corp., 0.65%, 06/03/24 |
12,125 | 11,559,446 | ||||||
Nestle
Holdings Inc., 0.61%, 09/14/24 |
35,000 | 32,941,080 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
44,500,526 | ||||||||
Gas — 0.7% | ||||||||
Atmos
Energy Corp. |
8,175 | 8,031,271 | ||||||
1.02%,
03/09/23 (Call 05/31/22), |
23,770 | 23,782,123 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 0.70%, 03/02/23 (Call 05/31/22) |
15,935 | 15,600,141 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
47,413,535 | ||||||||
Health Care - Products — 0.9% | ||||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
||||||||
0.64%,
04/18/23 (Call 05/31/22), |
20,000 | 19,969,110 | ||||||
0.80%, 10/18/23 (Call 10/18/22) |
30,000 | 29,088,224 | ||||||
0.82%,
10/18/24 (Call 10/18/22), |
9,215 | 9,176,389 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
58,233,723 | ||||||||
Health Care - Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
Roche Holdings Inc. |
||||||||
0.49%, 03/05/24, (SOFR + 0.240%)(a)(b) |
5,370 | 5,359,005 | ||||||
0.59%, 09/11/23, (SOFR + 0.240%)(a)(b) |
15,000 | 15,006,138 | ||||||
1.88%, 03/08/24(a) |
15,000 | 14,718,158 | ||||||
UnitedHealth
Group Inc., 0.55%, 05/15/24 |
15,135 | 14,408,200 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
49,491,501 | ||||||||
Household Products & Wares — 0.1% | ||||||||
Church &
Dwight Co. Inc., 2.45%, 08/01/22 |
2,000 | 2,001,842 | ||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 2.38%, 06/24/22 (Call 05/24/22), (SOFR + 0.24%)(a) |
3,000 | 3,002,013 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
5,003,855 |
Security |
Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Insurance — 3.3% |
||||||||
Athene Global Funding, 2.51%, 03/08/24(a) |
$ | 10,000 | $ | 9,749,663 | ||||
Brighthouse
Financial Global Funding |
23,890 | 23,833,511 | ||||||
1.20%, 12/15/23(a) |
17,000 | 16,397,403 | ||||||
Jackson National Life Global Funding, 0.88%, 01/06/23, (SOFR + 0.600%)(a)(b) |
26,000 | 26,010,617 | ||||||
MassMutual Global Funding II, 0.85%, 06/09/23, (SOFR + 0.55%)(a)(e) |
8,328 | 8,153,966 | ||||||
MET Tower Global Funding, 0.83%, 01/17/23, (SOFR + 0.550%)(a)(b) |
22,000 | 22,018,834 | ||||||
Metropolitan
Life Global Funding I |
3,590 | 3,385,704 | ||||||
0.60%, 09/08/22, (SOFR + 0.350%)(a)(b) |
23,000 | 23,014,260 | ||||||
0.60%, 01/07/24, (SOFR + 0.320%)(a)(b) |
27,000 | 26,883,050 | ||||||
0.85%, 01/13/23, (SOFR + 0.570%)(a)(b) |
16,460 | 16,474,979 | ||||||
Principal
Life Global Funding II |
635 | 629,714 | ||||||
0.75%, 08/23/24(a) |
660 | 617,929 | ||||||
Protective
Life Global Funding |
15,000 | 14,830,149 | ||||||
0.63%, 10/13/23(a) |
4,820 | 4,654,754 | ||||||
0.85%, 03/31/23(a) |
9,525 | 9,525,003 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
206,179,536 | ||||||||
Internet — 0.3% | ||||||||
Amazon.com
Inc. |
9,205 | 9,010,132 | ||||||
3.00%, 04/13/25 |
10,000 | 9,968,300 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
18,978,432 | ||||||||
Machinery — 1.7% | ||||||||
Caterpillar
Financial Services Corp. |
10,000 | 9,953,900 | ||||||
0.54%, 09/13/24, (SOFR + 0.270%)(b) |
15,620 | 15,500,288 | ||||||
0.95%, 05/13/22 |
12,000 | 11,998,254 | ||||||
0.95%, 01/10/24 |
20,000 | 19,380,429 | ||||||
1.13%, 05/13/22, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.735%)(b) |
5,000 | 5,000,406 | ||||||
John
Deere Capital Corp. |
7,330 | 7,304,081 | ||||||
0.48%, 10/11/24, (SOFR + 0.200%)(b)(e) |
14,290 | 14,292,275 | ||||||
0.55%, 07/05/22 |
11,060 | 11,033,864 | ||||||
0.90%, 01/10/24 |
3,605 | 3,488,905 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation Inc., 0.35%, 08/15/23 (Call 08/15/22), (SOFR + 0.25000%) |
9,050 | 8,772,933 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
106,725,335 | ||||||||
Manufacturing — 0.3% | ||||||||
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV, 0.48%, 03/11/24, (SOFR + 0.43%)(a)(b) |
18,980 | 18,998,681 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Oil & Gas — 0.9% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp., 1.14%, 05/11/23 |
4,510 | 4,451,036 | ||||||
Chevron
USA Inc., 0.58%, 08/11/23, |
37,065 | 37,026,405 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips
Co., 2.13%, 03/08/24 |
16,000 | 15,734,630 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
57,212,071 | ||||||||
Oil & Gas Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
Schlumberger Finance Canada Ltd., 2.65%, 11/20/22 (Call 10/20/22)(a) |
2,500 | 2,504,719 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 0.6% | ||||||||
AbbVie Inc., 3.25%, 10/01/22 (Call 07/01/22) |
12,685 | 12,712,294 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals (continued) | ||||||||
AstraZeneca
PLC |
$ | 24,000 | $ | 23,441,226 | ||||
2.38%, 06/12/22 |
764 | 764,652 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
36,918,172 | ||||||||
Pipelines — 1.0% | ||||||||
Enbridge
Inc. |
11,350 | 11,327,694 | ||||||
0.55%, 10/04/23(e) |
5,380 | 5,182,768 | ||||||
0.83%, 02/16/24, (SOFR + 0.630%)(b) |
10,125 | 10,137,465 | ||||||
2.15%, 02/16/24 |
5,530 | 5,404,248 | ||||||
2.90%, 07/15/22 (Call 06/15/22) |
5,000 | 5,007,388 | ||||||
TransCanada
PipeLines Ltd., 1.00%, 10/12/24 |
27,205 | 25,532,422 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
62,591,985 | ||||||||
Retail — 0.5% |
||||||||
Amazon.com Inc., 2.73%, 04/13/24 |
20,000 | 19,978,006 | ||||||
McDonald’s
Corp., 3.35%, 04/01/23 |
1,263 | 1,271,549 | ||||||
Starbucks
Corp., 0.47%, 02/14/24 |
11,515 | 11,525,797 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
32,775,352 | ||||||||
Savings & Loans — 0.5% | ||||||||
Nationwide
Building Society |
16,520 | 15,754,351 | ||||||
2.00%, 01/27/23, (SOFR + 0.18000%)(a) |
15,890 | 15,808,906 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
31,563,257 | ||||||||
Semiconductors — 0.8% | ||||||||
Analog
Devices Inc., 0.52%, 10/01/24, |
15,330 | 15,257,112 | ||||||
NVIDIA
Corp. |
28,000 | 27,314,412 | ||||||
0.58%, 06/14/24 |
5,305 | 5,048,589 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
47,620,113 | ||||||||
Software — 0.2% | ||||||||
Adobe Inc., 1.70%, 02/01/23 |
4,010 | 3,986,398 | ||||||
Roper Technologies Inc., 0.45%, 08/15/22 |
2,390 | 2,377,513 | ||||||
salesforce.com Inc., 0.63%, 07/15/24 (Call 07/15/22) |
9,415 | 8,920,020 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
15,283,931 | ||||||||
Telecommunications — 0.7% | ||||||||
Bell Telephone Co. of Canada or Bell Canada (The), Series US-3, 0.75%, 03/17/24 |
21,081 | 20,131,137 | ||||||
NTT Finance Corp., 0.58%, 03/01/24(a) |
6,005 | 5,725,094 | ||||||
Verizon
Communications Inc. |
3,580 | 3,438,925 | ||||||
0.80%, 03/22/24, (SOFR + 0.500%)(b) |
16,955 | 16,923,540 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
46,218,696 | ||||||||
Transportation — 0.1% | ||||||||
Ryder System Inc., 2.88%, 06/01/22 |
4,899 | 4,905,189 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 38.6% |
2,438,761,867 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Municipal Debt Obligations |
||||||||
Alabama — 0.1% | ||||||||
Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority |
|
|||||||
0.23%, 09/01/22 |
3,035 | 3,025,734 | ||||||
0.45%, 09/01/23 |
3,545 | 3,445,102 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,470,836 | ||||||||
Arizona — 0.0% | ||||||||
County of Pima AZ COP, 0.48%, 12/01/22 |
1,020 | 1,012,893 | ||||||
|
|
Security | Par (000) |
Value | ||||||
California — 0.5% | ||||||||
California Health Facilities Financing Authority RB, 0.42%, 06/01/22 |
$ | 2,400 | $ | 2,398,874 | ||||
County of Fresno CA, 0.25%, 06/30/22, (SOFR + 0.89%) |
19,900 | 19,878,548 | ||||||
Mizuho
Floater/Residual Trust RB, 0.62%, 07/01/39 |
10,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||
Port of Oakland RB, 0.82%, 05/01/23, (SOFR + 0.38%) |
400 | 392,660 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
32,670,082 | ||||||||
Connecticut — 0.0% | ||||||||
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority RB, Class A4, 0.30%, 11/15/22 (Call 05/31/22) |
580 | 575,419 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Hawaii — 0.1% | ||||||||
State of Hawaii GO, 0.43%, 10/01/22 |
4,945 | 4,923,123 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
New York — 2.9% | ||||||||
City
of New York NY GO, Class D, 0.43%, 08/01/22, |
5,575 | 5,563,655 | ||||||
Deutsche
Bank Spears/Lifers Trust, 0.94%, 04/01/31 |
51,500 | 51,500,000 | ||||||
Long
Island Power Authority RB |
6,800 | 6,691,255 | ||||||
0.76%, 03/01/23 (Call 06/01/22), (SOFR + 0.28000%) |
1,290 | 1,271,739 | ||||||
Mizuho
Floater/Residual Trust RB |
13,000 | 13,000,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.59%, 07/01/25 Put (a)(f) |
28,230 | 28,230,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.74%, 09/01/27 Put (a)(f) |
11,000 | 11,000,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.59%, 02/15/41 (Put 05/31/22)(a)(f) |
5,484 | 5,484,126 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.59%, 11/01/56 (Put 05/31/22)(a)(f) |
250 | 250,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.74%, 09/01/26 (Put 05/31/22)(a)(f) |
6,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.74%, 03/01/31 Put (a)(f) |
18,000 | 18,000,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.74%, 03/01/31 Put (a)(f) |
8,640 | 8,640,000 | ||||||
New York State Dormitory Authority RB, 2.01%, 03/15/23 |
1,765 | 1,758,748 | ||||||
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey RB, Series AAA, 1.09%, 07/01/23 |
12,570 | 12,337,279 | ||||||
Taxable
Municipal Funding Trust RB |
6,870 | 6,870,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.94%, 01/16/25 (Put 04/29/22)(a)(f) |
1,085 | 1,085,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.94%, 02/01/31 Put (a)(f) |
400 | 400,000 | ||||||
VRDN, 0.94%, 11/15/54 (Put 11/15/26)(a)(f) |
1,010 | 1,010,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
179,091,802 | ||||||||
Texas — 0.0% | ||||||||
City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue RB, 0.88%, |
690 | 689,624 | ||||||
State
of Texas GO |
545 | 542,506 | ||||||
0.31%, 10/01/22 |
515 | 512,643 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,744,773 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Municipal Debt Obligations — 3.6% |
226,488,928 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Repurchase Agreements(b)(g) |
||||||||
Bank
of America Securities Inc., 0.64%, 05/02/22 |
35,000 | 35,000,000 |
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2 0 2 2 I S H A R E S S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security |
Par |
Value | ||||||
Bank of America Securities Inc., 0.92%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $7,000,537, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 3.00%, due to 10/25/58, par and fair value of $10,733,517 and $8,400,000, respectively) |
$ | 7,000 | $ | 7,000,000 | ||||
BNP Paribas, 0.65%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $20,001,083, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 1.45% to 9.75%, due 3/15/23 to 10/10/79, par and fair value of $23,029,182 and $21,936,791, respectively) |
20,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 0.59%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $9,000,443, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 0.91% to 3.85%, due to 5/1/38 to 9/20/71, par and fair value of $162,563,543 and $9,334,123, respectively) |
9,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 0.61%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $12,000,610, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 0.63% to 3.50%, due 6/2/26 to 12/25/57, par and fair value of $14,905,000 and $12,558,347, respectively) |
12,000 | 12,000,000 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 0.89%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $35,002,596, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 0.00% to 9.50%, due 8/15/25 to 7/25/51, par and fair value of $46,018,894 and $40,250,000, respectively) |
35,000 | 35,000,000 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 0.80%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $60,004,000, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 1.70% to 9.15%, due 6/6/22 to 11/15/41, par and fair value of $67,191,000 and $63,000,498, respectively) |
60,000 | 60,000,000 | ||||||
Mizuho Securities USA Inc., 0.87%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $11,000,798, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 0.00% to 5.29%, due 3/10/23 to 5/25/65, par and fair value of $21,180,000 and $12,499,887, respectively) |
11,000 | 11,000,000 | ||||||
Mizuho Securities USA LLC, 0.77%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $6,000,385, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 4.75%, due to 2/15/41, par and fair value of $4,897,000 and $6,120,088, respectively) |
6,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||
Wells Fargo Securities, 0.47%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $35,001,371, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 1.53% to 4.75%, due 7/10/22 to 4/25/60, par and fair value of $67,610,132 and $38,213,175, respectively) |
35,000 | 35,000,000 | ||||||
Wells Fargo Securities, 1.08%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $25,002,250, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 0.00% to 6.02%, due 1/15/25 to 5/15/48, par and fair value of $45,222,738 and $28,750,000, respectively) |
25,000 | 25,000,000 |
Security | Par/ Shares (000) |
Value | ||||||
Wells Fargo Securities, 1.10%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $22,002,017, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 2.75%, due to 4/12/27, par and fair value of $22,411,000 and $22,440,103, respectively) |
$ | 22,000 | $ | 22,000,000 | ||||
Wells Fargo Securities, 1.30%, 05/02/22 (Purchased on 04/29/22 to be repurchased at $3,000,325, collateralized by non-agency mortgage-backed security, 4.55%, due to 11/14/24, par and fair value of $3,182,000 and $3,300,638, respectively) |
3,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||
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Total
Repurchase Agreements — 4.4% |
280,000,000 | |||||||
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|
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U.S. Government Obligations |
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U.S. Government Obligations — 0.2% |
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U.S. Treasury Note/Bond, 0.25%, 09/30/23 |
10,000 | 9,691,406 | ||||||
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Total
U.S. Government Obligations — 0.2% |
9,691,406 | |||||||
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|
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Money Market Funds |
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.38%(h)(i)(j) |
17,089 | 17,089,282 | ||||||
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Total
Money Market Funds — 0.3% |
17,089,282 | |||||||
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|
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Total Investments in Securities — 100.4% (Cost: $6,378,633,720) |
6,335,205,808 | |||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.4)% |
(25,323,213 | ) | ||||||
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Net Assets — 100.0% |
$ | 6,309,882,595 | ||||||
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(a) |
Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
(b) |
Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available. |
(c) |
Rates are discount rates or a range of discount rates as of period end. |
(d) |
Zero-coupon bond. |
(e) |
All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(f) |
Variable rate security. Rate as of period end and maturity is the date the principal owed can be recovered through demand. |
(g) |
Maturity date represents next reset date. |
(h) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(i) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(j) |
All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) April 30, 2022 |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended April 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 10/31/21 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change
in |
Value at 04/30/22 |
Shares |
Income | Capital
Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds |
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares |
$ | 17,719,634 | $ | — | $ | (612,533 | )(a) | $ | (21,904 | ) | $ | 4,085 | $ | 17,089,282 | 17,089 | $ | 40,689 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c) |
— | — | 0 | (a) | — | — | — | — | 470 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | (21,904 | ) | $ | 4,085 | $ | 17,089,282 | $ | 41,159 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(a) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(b) |
All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
(c) |
As of period end, the entity is no longer held. |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total |
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Investments |
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Assets |
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Asset-Backed Securities |
$ | — | $ | 75,875,798 | $ | — | $ | 75,875,798 | ||||||||
Certificates of Deposit |
— | 920,273,183 | — | 920,273,183 | ||||||||||||
Commercial Paper |
— | 2,367,025,344 | — | 2,367,025,344 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds & Notes |
— | 2,438,761,867 | — | 2,438,761,867 | ||||||||||||
Municipal Debt Obligations |
— | 226,488,928 | — | 226,488,928 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements |
— | 280,000,000 | — | 280,000,000 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Government Obligations |
— | 9,691,406 | — | 9,691,406 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds |
17,089,282 | — | — | 17,089,282 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 17,089,282 | $ | 6,318,116,526 | $ | — | $ | 6,335,205,808 | |||||||||
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See notes to financial statements.
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2 0 2 2 I S H A R E S S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)
April 30, 2022
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF |
BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF |
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ASSETS |
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Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a): |
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Unaffiliated(b) |
$ | 3,961,810,945 | $ | 321,625,130 | $ | 6,038,116,526 | ||||||
Affiliated(c) |
506,675,271 | — | 17,089,282 | |||||||||
Repurchase agreements, at value — Unaffiliated(d) |
— | — | 280,000,000 | |||||||||
Cash |
21,079,505 | 64,737 | 967,276 | |||||||||
Foreign currency, at value(e) |
2,580,366 | — | — | |||||||||
Receivables: |
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Investments sold |
13,736,772 | — | — | |||||||||
Securities lending income — Affiliated |
9,490 | — | 7,917 | |||||||||
Dividends |
164,772 | 11,084 | 1,086,463 | |||||||||
Interest |
15,845,376 | 1,805,085 | 5,248,681 | |||||||||
Unrealized appreciation on: |
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Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
4,309,622 | — | — | |||||||||
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|
|
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Total assets |
4,526,212,119 | 323,506,036 | 6,342,516,145 | |||||||||
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|
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LIABILITIES |
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Collateral on securities loaned, at value |
60,047,061 | — | 17,107,130 | |||||||||
Payables: |
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Investments purchased |
24,296,844 | 5,880,283 | 7,599,240 | |||||||||
Capital shares redeemed |
— | — | 7,513,148 | |||||||||
Investment advisory fees |
887,862 | 63,630 | 414,032 | |||||||||
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|
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Total liabilities |
85,231,767 | 5,943,913 | 32,633,550 | |||||||||
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|
|
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NET ASSETS |
$ | 4,440,980,352 | $ | 317,562,123 | $ | 6,309,882,595 | ||||||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |
||||||||||||
Paid-in capital |
$ | 4,523,263,867 | $ | 320,287,356 | $ | 6,351,570,380 | ||||||
Accumulated loss |
(82,283,515 | ) | (2,725,233 | ) | (41,687,785 | ) | ||||||
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|
|
|
|
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NET ASSETS |
$ | 4,440,980,352 | $ | 317,562,123 | $ | 6,309,882,595 | ||||||
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|
|
|
|
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Shares outstanding |
89,750,000 | 6,400,000 | 125,950,000 | |||||||||
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|
|
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Net asset value |
$ | 49.48 | $ | 49.62 | $ | 50.10 | ||||||
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Shares authorized |
Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | |||||||||
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Par value |
None | None | None | |||||||||
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(a) Securities loaned, at value |
$ | 57,902,319 | $ | — | $ | 16,698,288 | ||||||
(b) Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated |
$ | 4,021,262,018 | $ | 324,336,707 | $ | 6,081,548,523 | ||||||
(c) Investments, at cost — Affiliated |
$ | 506,663,262 | $ | — | $ | 17,085,197 | ||||||
(d) Repurchase agreements, at cost — Unaffiliated |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 280,000,000 | ||||||
(e) Foreign currency, at cost |
$ | 2,576,556 | $ | — | $ | — |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S |
29 |
Statements of Operations (unaudited)
Six Months Ended April 30, 2022
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF |
BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF |
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF |
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INVESTMENT INCOME |
||||||||||||
Dividends — Affiliated |
$ | 155,420 | $ | 11 | $ | 3,355 | ||||||
Interest — Unaffiliated |
19,982,140 | 755,902 | 16,426,605 | |||||||||
Securities lending income — Affiliated — net |
34,857 | — | 37,804 | |||||||||
Foreign taxes withheld |
(190 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total investment income |
20,172,227 | 755,913 | 16,467,764 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
EXPENSES |
||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees |
5,767,340 | 375,734 | 2,437,715 | |||||||||
Professional fees |
217 | 217 | 217 | |||||||||
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|
|
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|
|
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Total expenses |
5,767,557 | 375,951 | 2,437,932 | |||||||||
Less: |
||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees waived |
(62,388 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
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|
|
|
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Total expenses after fees waived |
5,705,169 | 375,951 | 2,437,932 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net investment income |
14,467,058 | 379,962 | 14,029,832 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) |
||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: |
||||||||||||
Investments — Unaffiliated |
(957,422 | ) | — | 22,867 | ||||||||
Investments — Affiliated |
(20,226 | ) | 3 | (21,904 | ) | |||||||
In-kind redemptions — Unaffiliated |
13,315 | — | — | |||||||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
5,697,209 | — | — | |||||||||
Foreign currency transactions |
244,447 | — | — | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net realized gain |
4,977,323 | 3 | 963 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: |
||||||||||||
Investments — Unaffiliated |
(63,111,093 | ) | (3,121,040 | ) | (45,350,476 | ) | ||||||
Investments — Affiliated |
3,295 | — | 4,085 | |||||||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
3,837,887 | — | — | |||||||||
Foreign currency translations |
(903 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(59,270,814 | ) | (3,121,040 | ) | (45,346,391 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net realized and unrealized loss |
(54,293,491 | ) | (3,121,037 | ) | (45,345,428 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
$ | (39,826,433 | ) | $ | (2,741,075 | ) | $ | (31,315,596 | ) | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to financial statements.
30 |
2 0 2 2 I S H A R E S S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF |
BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF | |||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended 04/30/22 (unaudited) |
Year Ended 10/31/21 |
Six Months Ended 04/30/22 (unaudited) |
Year Ended 10/31/21 |
|||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS |
||||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 14,467,058 | $ | 35,445,063 | $ | 379,962 | $ | 964,192 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
4,977,323 | 5,840,631 | 3 | (4,755 | ) | |||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(59,270,814 | ) | (9,550,521 | ) | (3,121,040 | ) | (395,104 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
(39,826,433 | ) | 31,735,173 | (2,741,075 | ) | 564,333 | ||||||||||
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|
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|
|
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders |
(15,103,815 | ) | (39,578,305 | ) | (301,036 | ) | (1,005,763 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions |
(358,289,432 | ) | 464,293,661 | 27,435,233 | 2,519,567 | |||||||||||
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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NET ASSETS |
||||||||||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
(413,219,680 | ) | 456,450,529 | 24,393,122 | 2,078,137 | |||||||||||
Beginning of period |
4,854,200,032 | 4,397,749,503 | 293,169,001 | 291,090,864 | ||||||||||||
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
End of period |
$ | 4,440,980,352 | $ | 4,854,200,032 | $ | 317,562,123 | $ | 293,169,001 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S |
31 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF | ||||||||
Six Months Ended 04/30/22 (unaudited) |
Year Ended 10/31/21 |
|||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
||||||||
OPERATIONS |
||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 14,029,832 | $ | 23,822,908 | ||||
Net realized gain |
963 | 115,920 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(45,346,391 | ) | (9,452,665 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
(31,315,596 | ) | 14,486,163 | |||||
|
|
|
|
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) |
||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders |
(12,399,875 | ) | (24,852,336 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
||||||||
Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions |
546,936,084 | 894,302,572 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
NET ASSETS |
||||||||
Total increase in net assets |
503,220,613 | 883,936,399 | ||||||
Beginning of period |
5,806,661,982 | 4,922,725,583 | ||||||
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|
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End of period |
$ | 6,309,882,595 | $ | 5,806,661,982 | ||||
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
32 |
2 0 2 2 I S H A R E S S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended 04/30/22 (unaudited) |
Year Ended 10/31/21 |
Year Ended 10/31/20 |
Year Ended 10/31/19 |
Year Ended 10/31/18 |
Year Ended 10/31/17 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 50.07 | $ | 50.15 | $ | 50.36 | $ | 50.12 | $ | 50.25 | $ | 50.17 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Net investment income(a) |
0.15 | 0.38 | 0.91 | 1.37 | 1.11 | 0.74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) |
(0.58 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (0.16 | ) | 0.21 | (0.23 | ) | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||
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|
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations |
(0.43 | ) | 0.35 | 0.75 | 1.58 | 0.88 | 0.78 | |||||||||||||||||
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Distributions(c) |
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From net investment income |
(0.16 | ) | (0.43 | ) | (0.96 | ) | (1.34 | ) | (1.01 | ) | (0.70 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total distributions |
(0.16 | ) | (0.43 | ) | (0.96 | ) | (1.34 | ) | (1.01 | ) | (0.70 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 49.48 | $ | 50.07 | $ | 50.15 | $ | 50.36 | $ | 50.12 | $ | 50.25 | ||||||||||||
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Total Return(d) |
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Based on net asset value |
(0.86 | )%(e) | 0.70 | % | 1.51 | % | 3.19 | % | 1.78 | % | 1.57 | % | ||||||||||||
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) |
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Total expenses |
0.25 | %(g) | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||||
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Total expenses after fees waived |
0.25 | %(g) | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||||
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Net investment income |
0.63 | %(g) | 0.76 | % | 1.81 | % | 2.73 | % | 2.21 | % | 1.47 | % | ||||||||||||
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Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000) |
$ | 4,440,980 | $ | 4,854,200 | $ | 4,397,750 | $ | 6,260,259 | $ | 4,981,818 | $ | 2,909,738 | ||||||||||||
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Portfolio turnover rate(h) |
18 | %(e) | 55 | % | 67 | %(i) | 58 | %(i) | 48 | % | 56 | % | ||||||||||||
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(a) |
Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) |
The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(c) |
Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) |
Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) |
Not annualized. |
(f) |
Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(g) |
Annualized. |
(h) |
Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
(i) |
Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions (“MDRs”). |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S |
33 |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Six Months Ended 04/30/22 (unaudited) |
Year Ended 10/31/21 |
Year Ended 10/31/20 |
Year Ended 10/31/19 |
Year Ended 10/31/18 |
Year Ended 10/31/17 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 50.11 | $ | 50.19 | $ | 50.13 | $ | 49.85 | $ | 50.01 | $ | 50.02 | ||||||||||||
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Net investment income(a) |
0.06 | 0.17 | 0.51 | 0.81 | 0.68 | 0.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) |
(0.50 | ) | (0.07 | ) | 0.13 | 0.26 | (0.21 | ) | (0.03 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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(0.44 | ) | 0.10 | 0.64 | 1.07 | 0.47 | 0.46 | |||||||||||||||||
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(0.05 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.79 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.47 | ) | ||||||||||||
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(0.05 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.79 | ) | (0.63 | ) | (0.47 | ) | ||||||||||||
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$ | 49.62 | $ | 50.11 | $ | 50.19 | $ | 50.13 | $ | 49.85 | $ | 50.01 | ||||||||||||
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(0.89 | )%(e) | 0.19 | % | 1.29 | % | 2.16 | % | 0.95 | % | 0.93 | % | ||||||||||||
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0.25 | %(g) | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||||
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0.25 | %(g) | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||||
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0.25 | %(g) | 0.34 | % | 1.02 | % | 1.63 | % | 1.35 | % | 0.99 | % | ||||||||||||
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Net assets, end of period (000) |
$ | 317,562 | $ | 293,169 | $ | 291,091 | $ | 210,532 | $ | 127,111 | $ | 52,507 | ||||||||||||
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43 | %(e) | 52 | % | 108 | % | 170 | % | 221 | % | 163 | % | ||||||||||||
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Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) |
The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(c) |
Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) |
Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) |
Not annualized. |
(f) |
Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(g) |
Annualized. |
(h) |
Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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Year Ended 10/31/21 |
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$ | 50.45 | $ | 50.54 | $ | 50.41 | $ | 50.15 | $ | 50.12 | $ | 50.04 | ||||||||||||
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0.11 | 0.22 | 0.69 | 1.38 | 1.16 | 0.71 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b) |
(0.36 | ) | (0.07 | ) | 0.25 | 0.23 | (0.16 | ) | 0.02 | |||||||||||||||
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(0.25 | ) | 0.15 | 0.94 | 1.61 | 1.00 | 0.73 | |||||||||||||||||
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(0.10 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.81 | ) | (1.35 | ) | (0.97 | ) | (0.65 | ) | ||||||||||||
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(0.10 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.81 | ) | (1.35 | ) | (0.97 | ) | (0.65 | ) | ||||||||||||
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$ | 50.10 | $ | 50.45 | $ | 50.54 | $ | 50.41 | $ | 50.15 | $ | 50.12 | ||||||||||||
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(0.50 | )%(e) | 0.29 | % | 1.89 | % | 3.25 | % | 2.02 | % | 1.47 | % | ||||||||||||
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0.08 | %(g) | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||||
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0.46 | %(g) | 0.44 | % | 1.36 | % | 2.74 | % | 2.33 | % | 1.43 | % | ||||||||||||
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Net assets, end of period (000) |
$ | 6,309,883 | $ | 5,806,662 | $ | 4,922,726 | $ | 2,195,391 | $ | 601,794 | $ | 187,932 | ||||||||||||
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19 | %(e) | 47 | % | 54 | % | 16 | % | 32 | % | 11 | % | ||||||||||||
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Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) |
The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(c) |
Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) |
Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) |
Not annualized. |
(f) |
Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(g) |
Annualized. |
(h) |
Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S |
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) |
1. |
ORGANIZATION |
iShares U.S. ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.
These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):
BlackRock ETF |
Diversification Classification |
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Short Maturity Municipal Bond |
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Ultra Short-Term Bond |
Diversified |
2. |
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:
Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed (the “trade dates”). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.
Foreign Currency Translation: Each Fund’s books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using prevailing market rates as quoted by one or more data service providers. Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the investments denominated in that currency will lose value; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.
Each Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of investments for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. Each Fund reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of April 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.
Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where a Fund enters into certain investments (e.g.,forward foreign currency exchange contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, a Fund may segregate or designate on its books and record cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investment to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.
In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.
Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued) |
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
3. |
INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:
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Fixed-income investments for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or third-party pricing services. Pricing services generally value fixed income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data (e.g., recent representative bids and offers), market data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information. Certain fixed-income securities, including asset-backed and mortgage related securities may be valued based on valuation models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. The amortized cost method of valuation may be used with respect to debt obligations with sixty days or less remaining to maturity unless the Manager determines such method does not represent fair value. |
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Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV. |
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Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued based on that day’s prevailing forward exchange rate for the underlying currencies. |
• |
Repurchase agreements are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. |
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
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Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access; |
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Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and |
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Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, (including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments). |
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4. |
SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS |
Zero-Coupon Bonds: Zero-coupon bonds are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. These bonds may experience greater volatility in market value than other debt obligations of similar maturity which provide for regular interest payments.
N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S |
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued) |
Repurchase Agreements: Repurchase agreements are commitments to purchase a security from a counterparty who agrees to repurchase the same security at a mutually agreed upon date and price. On a daily basis, the counterparty is required to maintain collateral subject to the agreement and in value no less than the agreed upon repurchase amount. Repurchase agreements may be traded bilaterally, in a tri-party arrangement or may be centrally cleared through a sponsoring agent. Subject to the custodial undertaking associated with a tri-party repurchase arrangement and for centrally cleared agreements, a third party custodian maintains accounts to hold collateral for a fund and its counterparties. Typically, a fund and counterparty are not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use the collateral absent a default by the counterparty or the fund. In the event the counterparty defaults and the fair value of the collateral declines, a fund could experience losses, delays and costs in liquidating the collateral.
Repurchase agreements are entered into by a fund under Master Repurchase Agreements (each, an “MRA”). The MRA permits the fund, under certain circumstances including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables with collateral held by and/or posted to the counterparty. As a result, one single net payment is created. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of the MRA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Based on the terms of the MRA, the fund receives securities as collateral with a market value in excess of the repurchase price at maturity. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRA counterparty, the fund would recognize a liability with respect to such excess collateral. The liability reflects the fund’s obligation under bankruptcy law to return the excess to the counterparty.
The following table summarizes the open repurchase agreements as of April 30, 2022 which are subject to offset under an MRA:
BlackRock ETF and Counterparty |
Market Value of Repurchase Agreements |
Cash Collateral Received |
Non-Cash Collateral Received(a) |
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Bank of America Securities Inc. |
$ | 42,000,000 | $ | — | $ | 42,000,000 | $ | — | ||||||||
BNP Paribas |
20,000,000 | — | 20,000,000 | — | ||||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
21,000,000 | — | 21,000,000 | — | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
35,000,000 | — | 35,000,000 | — | ||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Inc. |
60,000,000 | — | 60,000,000 | — | ||||||||||||
Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
17,000,000 | — | 17,000,000 | — | ||||||||||||
Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
85,000,000 | — | 85,000,000 | — | ||||||||||||
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Collateral received in excess of the market value of repurchase agreements is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities. |
Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued) |
As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
BlackRock ETF and Counterparty |
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Barclays Bank PLC |
$ | 4,417,836 | $ | 4,417,836 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. |
301,047 | 301,047 | — | — | ||||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
849,841 | 849,841 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
696,240 | 696,240 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
165,356 | 165,356 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
9,139,436 | 9,139,436 | — | — | ||||||||||||
HSBC Securities (USA), Inc. |
859,535 | 859,535 | — | — | ||||||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
22,231,152 | 22,231,152 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Jefferies LLC |
100,722 | 100,722 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd. |
344,574 | 344,574 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Morgan Stanley |
10,779,402 | 10,779,402 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
8,017,178 | 8,017,178 | — | — | ||||||||||||
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$ | 57,902,319 | $ | 57,902,319 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||
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Barclays Capital, Inc. |
$ | 6,549,850 | $ | 6,549,850 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
354,383 | 354,383 | — | — | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA |
469,004 | 469,004 | — | — | ||||||||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
863,931 | 863,931 | — | — | ||||||||||||
HSBC Securities (USA), Inc. |
4,895,513 | 4,895,513 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Nomura Securities International, Inc. |
3,352,055 | 3,352,055 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
213,552 | 213,552 | — | — | ||||||||||||
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$ | 16,698,288 | $ | 16,698,288 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||
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(a) |
Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities. |
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.
5. |
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a specified date. These contracts help to manage the overall exposure to the currencies in which some of the investments held by the Funds are denominated and in some cases, may be used to obtain exposure to a particular market.The contracts are traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) and not on an organized exchange.
The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without the delivery of foreign currency. The use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk that the value of a contract changes unfavorably due to movements in the value of the referenced foreign currencies, and such value may exceed the amount(s) reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Cash amounts pledged for forward foreign currency exchange contracts are considered restricted and are included in cash pledged as collateral for OTC derivatives in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. A Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund.
Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of
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the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency, or other events.
For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement, and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.
Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of their agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.
For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
6. |
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES |
Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).
For its investment advisory services to each Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:
BlackRock ETF | Investment Advisory Fee | |
Short Maturity Bond |
0.25% | |
Short Maturity Municipal Bond |
0.25 | |
Ultra Short-Term Bond |
0.08 |
Expense Waivers: A fund may incur its pro rata share of fees and expenses attributable to its investments in other investment companies (“acquired fund fees and expenses”). The total of the investment advisory fee and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, is a fund’s total annual operating expenses. Total expenses as shown in the Statement of Operations does not include acquired fund fees and expenses.
BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fees for the BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF through February 28, 2025 in an amount equal to the acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, attributable to the Fund’s investments in other registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates.
This amount is included in investment advisory fees waived in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended April 30, 2022, the amounts waived in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement were as follows:
BlackRock ETF | Amounts waived | |
Short Maturity Bond |
$ 62,388 |
Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC, an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.
Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution
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fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.
Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.
Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 82% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.
The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income – affiliated – net in its Statements of Operations. For the six months ended April 30, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:
BlackRock ETF |
Fees Paid to BTC | |
Short Maturity Bond |
$ 14,617 | |
Ultra Short-Term Bond |
13,308 |
Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.
Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.
For the six months ended April 30, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
BlackRock ETF |
Purchases |
Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) | |||
Short Maturity Municipal Bond |
$1,600,085 | $8,100,503 | $ — |
Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends – affiliated in the Statements of Operations.
7. |
PURCHASES AND SALES |
For the six months ended April 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
Other Securities | ||||||||
BlackRock ETF |
Purchases | Sales | ||||||
Short Maturity Bond |
$ | 694,851,244 | $ | 1,133,701,165 | ||||
Short Maturity Municipal Bond |
142,293,246 | 122,225,000 | ||||||
Ultra Short-Term Bond |
559,694,500 | 472,960,977 |
For the six months ended April 30, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:
BlackRock ETF |
In-kind Purchases |
In-kind Sales | ||
Short Maturity Bond |
$ — | $8,317,718 |
8. |
INCOME TAX INFORMATION |
Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.
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Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of April 30, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.
As of October 31, 2021, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:
BlackRock ETF | Non-Expiring | |||
Short Maturity Bond |
$ | 31,169,742 | ||
Short Maturity Municipal Bond |
119,615 | |||
Ultra Short-Term Bond |
1,276,656 |
As of April 30, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
BlackRock ETF |
Tax Cost |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation |
Gross Unrealized Depreciation |
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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Short Maturity Bond |
$ | 4,531,434,180 | $ | 7,918,265 | $ | (66,556,607 | ) | $ | (58,638,342 | ) | ||||||
Short Maturity Municipal Bond |
324,365,109 | 27,680 | (2,767,659 | ) | (2,739,979 | ) | ||||||||||
Ultra Short-Term Bond |
6,379,178,049 | 919,802 | (44,892,043 | ) | (43,972,241 | ) |
9. |
PRINCIPAL RISKS |
In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.
The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
Market Risk: Each Fund may be exposed to prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled during periods of declining interest rates, which would force each Fund to reinvest in lower yielding securities. Each Fund may also be exposed to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that income from each Fund’s portfolio will decline if each Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called fixed-income securities at market interest rates that are below each Fund portfolio’s current earnings rate.
Municipal securities are subject to the risk that litigation, legislation or other political events, local business or economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, or the bankruptcy of the issuer could have a significant effect on an issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and/or interest or otherwise affect the value of such securities. Municipal securities can be significantly affected by political or economic changes, including changes made in the law after issuance of the securities, as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to, taxation, legislative changes or the rights of municipal security holders, including in connection with an issuer insolvency. Municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets can be negatively affected by the discontinuance of the tax benefits supporting the project or assets or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from the assets. Municipal securities may be less liquid than taxable bonds, and there may be less publicly available information on the financial condition of municipal security issuers than for issuers of other securities.
An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.
Valuation Risk: The price each Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from each Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs.
Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.
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A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.
Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in high yield securities. High yield securities that are rated below investment-grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) or are unrated may be deemed speculative, involve greater levels of risk than higher-rated securities of similar maturity and are more likely to default. High yield securities may be issued by less creditworthy issuers, and issuers of high yield securities may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations. High yield securities are subject to extreme price fluctuations, may be less liquid than higher rated fixed-income securities, even under normal economic conditions, and frequently have redemption features.
The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in fixed-income securities and/or use derivatives tied to the fixed-income markets. Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of such investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. The Funds may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically low rates.
Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a Fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.
LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.
10. |
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.
Transactions in capital shares were as follows:
Six Months Ended
04/30/22 |
Year Ended
10/31/21 |
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Short Maturity Bond |
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Shares sold |
7,550,000 | $ | 375,625,789 | 18,900,000 | $ | 948,305,065 | ||||||||||
Shares redeemed |
(14,750,000 | ) | (733,915,221 | ) | (9,650,000 | ) | (484,011,404) | |||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) |
(7,200,000 | ) | $ | (358,289,432 | ) | 9,250,000 | $ | 464,293,661 | ||||||||
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Short Maturity Municipal Bond |
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Shares sold |
800,000 | $ | 39,905,125 | 1,250,000 | $ | 62,769,891 | ||||||||||
Shares redeemed |
(250,000 | ) | (12,469,892 | ) | (1,200,000 | ) | (60,250,324) | |||||||||
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550,000 | $ | 27,435,233 | 50,000 | $ | 2,519,567 | ||||||||||
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Ultra Short-Term Bond |
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Shares sold |
19,300,000 | $ | 970,870,390 | 30,000,000 | $ | 1,515,394,891 | ||||||||||
Shares redeemed |
(8,450,000 | ) | (423,934,306 | ) | (12,300,000 | ) | (621,092,319) | |||||||||
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10,850,000 | $ | 546,936,084 | 17,700,000 | $ | 894,302,572 | ||||||||||
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The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trust’s administrator, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.
From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
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11. |
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited) |
In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares U.S. ETF Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF, BlackRock Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF and BlackRock Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2021 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 (the “Program Reporting Period”).
The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays and the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries.
The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:
a) |
The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes. |
b) |
Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections. |
c) |
Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. While the ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing, certain of the ETFs have the flexibility to draw on a line of credit to meet redemption requests or facilitate settlements. |
d) |
The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs and reviewed any persistent deviations from long-term averages. |
e) |
The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review. |
As part of BlackRock’s continuous review of the effectiveness of the Program, the Committee made the following material changes to the Program: (1) updates to certain model components in the Program’s methodology; and (2) certain iShares Funds entered into a $800 million credit agreement with a group of lenders that replaced a previous liquidity facility. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.
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Supplemental Information (unaudited)
Regulation Regarding Derivatives
On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies (“Rule 18f-4”). The Funds will be required to implement and comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager.
Section 19(a) Notices
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
April 30, 2022
Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date |
% Breakdown of the Total
Cumulative Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date |
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BlackRock ETF | Net Investment Income |
Net Realized Capital Gains |
Return of Capital |
Total Per Share |
Net Investment Income |
Net Realized Capital Gains |
Return of Capital |
Total Per Share |
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Short Maturity Bond |
$ | 0.161800 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 0.161800 | 100 | % | — | % | — | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Ultra Short-Term Bond |
0.102204 | — | — | 0.102204 | 100 | — | — | 100 |
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Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records
A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.
A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.
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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
Portfolio Abbreviations - Fixed Income | ||
AGM | Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. | |
AGM-CR | AGM Insured Custodial Receipt | |
AMBAC | Ambac Assurance Corp. | |
BAM | Build America Mutual Assurance Co. | |
CLO | Collateralized Loan Obligation | |
COP | Certificates of Participation | |
CR | Custodian Receipt | |
FHA | Federal Housing Administration | |
GO | General Obligation | |
GOL | General Obligation Limited | |
GTD | Guaranteed | |
LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate | |
MO | Moral Obligation | |
RB | Revenue Bond | |
Currency Abbreviations | ||
EUR | Euro | |
GBP | British Pound | |
USD | United States Dollar |
Portfolio Abbreviations - Fixed Income (continued) | ||
SAP | Subject to Appropriations | |
SAW | State Aid Withholding | |
SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | |
ST | Special Tax | |
TA | Tax Allocation | |
Counterparty Abbreviations | ||
ANZ | Australia and New Zealand Bank Group | |
BBP | Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale | |
DB | Deutsche Bank AG London | |
GS | Goldman Sachs & Co. | |
UBS | UBS AG |
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