LOGO

  JANUARY 31, 2022

 

  

2022 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

iShares U.S. ETF Trust

 

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iShares Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF  |  IECS  |  Cboe BZX

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iShares Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF  |  IEDI  |  Cboe BZX

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iShares Evolved U.S. Financials ETF  |  IEFN  |  Cboe BZX

·  

iShares Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples ETF  |  IEHS  |  Cboe BZX

·  

iShares Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF  |  IEIH  |  Cboe BZX

·  

iShares Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF  |  IEME  |  Cboe BZX

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iShares Evolved U.S. Technology ETF  |  IETC  |  Cboe BZX


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of January 31, 2022 saw a continuation of the resurgent growth that followed the initial coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic reopening, albeit at a slower pace. The global economy weathered the emergence of several variant strains and the resulting peaks and troughs in infections amid optimism that increasing vaccinations and economic adaptation could help contain the pandemic’s disruptions. Continued growth meant that the U.S. economy regained and then surpassed its pre-pandemic output. However, rapid changes in consumer spending led to supply constraints and elevated inflation.

Equity prices were mixed, as persistently high inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates, which particularly weighed on relatively high valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. Overall, small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined slightly, while large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted a strong advance. International equities from developed markets also gained, although emerging market stocks declined, 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 significantly during the reporting period as the economy expanded rapidly and inflation reached its highest annualized reading in decades. In the corporate bond market, the improving economy assuaged credit concerns and led to positive returns for high-yield corporate bonds, outpacing the modest negative return of investment-grade corporate bonds.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) maintained accommodative monetary policy during the reporting period by keeping near-zero interest rates. However, the Fed’s tone shifted late in the period, as it reduced its bond-buying program and raised the prospect of higher rates in 2022. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s new tone led many analysts to anticipate that the Fed will 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. Sanctions on Russia and general wartime disruption are likely to drive already-high commodity prices even further upwards, and we have already seen spikes in energy and metal markets. While this will exacerbate inflationary pressure, it could also constrain economic growth, making the Fed’s way forward less clear. Its challenge will be combating inflation without stifling a recovery that is now facing additional supply shocks.

In this environment, we favor an overweight to equities, as we believe low interest rates and continued economic growth will support further gains, albeit likely more modest than what we saw in 2021. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long term. U.S. and other developed-market equities have room for further growth, while we believe Chinese equities stand to gain from a more accommodative monetary and fiscal environment. We are underweight long-term credit, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.

In this environment, 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,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of January 31, 2022
     6-Month   12-Month

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

  3.44%   23.29%

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

  (8.41)     (1.21)  

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

  (3.43)     7.03  

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (4.59)     (7.23)  

3-month Treasury bills
(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

  0.01     0.04  

U.S. Treasury securities
(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

  (3.87)     (4.43)  

U.S. investment grade bonds
(Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

  (3.17)     (2.97)  

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(S&P Municipal Bond Index)

  (2.56)     (1.22)  

U.S. high yield bonds
(Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

  (1.55)     2.05  

 

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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Table of Contents

 

      Page  

The Markets in Review

     2  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     11  

Shareholder Expenses

     11  

Schedules of Investments

     12  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     36  

Statements of Operations

     38  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     40  

Financial Highlights

     44  

Notes to Financial Statements

     51  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

     59  

Supplemental Information

     60  

General Information

     61  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     62  

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide access to U.S. companies with consumer staples exposure, as classified using a proprietary classification system. 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

    

Since

Inception

          

1 Year

    

Since

Inception

 

Fund NAV

    4.75      19.06      11.92       19.06      54.62

Fund Market

    4.87        18.70        11.92         18.70        54.60  

S&P Total Market IndexTM

    0.73        18.50        15.31               18.50        73.24  

The inception date of the Fund was 3/21/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/23/18.

The S&P Total Market IndexTM is an unmanaged index designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks.

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 11 for more information.

Expense Example

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          
 

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 1,047.50        $ 0.93             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.30        $ 0.92          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). 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” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

   
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Beverages

    30.7

Food

    24.0  

Agriculture

    12.3  

Cosmetics & Personal Care

    10.8  

Retail

    10.0  

Packaging & Containers

    3.0  

Household Products & Wares

    2.2  

Chemicals

    2.0  

Pharmaceuticals

    1.7  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    3.3  

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    11.2

PepsiCo Inc.

    10.8  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    8.6  

Philip Morris International Inc.

    5.0  

Mondelez International Inc., Class A

    4.7  

Altria Group Inc.

    4.2  

Starbucks Corp.

    3.7  

General Mills Inc.

    3.4  

McDonald’s Corp.

    2.7  

Monster Beverage Corp.

    2.6  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of January 31, 2022    iShares® Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide access to U.S. companies with discretionary spending exposure, as classified using a proprietary classification system. 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (1.58 )%       13.34      17.55       13.34      86.94

Fund Market

    (1.60      13.03        17.54         13.03        86.85  

S&P Total Market IndexTM

    0.73        18.50        15.31               18.50        73.24  

The inception date of the Fund was 3/21/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/23/18.

The S&P Total Market IndexTM is an unmanaged index designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks.

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 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return           

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
      

Annualized  
Expense  
Ratio  
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00          $ 984.20          $ 0.90               $ 1,000.00          $ 1,024.30          $ 0.92          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). 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” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

   
Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Retail

    53.2

Internet

    22.3  

Apparel

    7.2  

Cosmetics & Personal Care

    4.0  

Lodging

    2.4  

Commercial Services

    1.5  

Food

    1.5  

Entertainment

    1.2  

Computers

    1.0  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    5.7  

 

  (a)

 Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security    

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Amazon.com Inc.

    17.4

Home Depot Inc. (The)

    8.7  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    6.0  

Walmart Inc.

    5.6  

Nike Inc., Class B

    4.4  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

    3.5  

Target Corp.

    3.3  

McDonald’s Corp.

    3.1  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    2.6  

TJX Companies Inc. (The)

    2.4  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of January 31, 2022    iShares® Evolved U.S. Financials ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Evolved U.S. Financials ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide access to U.S. companies with financials exposure, as classified using a proprietary classification system. 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    8.47      36.49      10.20       36.49      45.59

Fund Market

    8.53        36.19        10.21         36.19        45.66  

S&P Total Market IndexTM

    0.73        18.50        15.31               18.50        73.24  

The inception date of the Fund was 3/21/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/23/18.

Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.

The S&P Total Market IndexTM is an unmanaged index designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks.

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 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          
 

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 1,084.70        $ 1.00             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.20        $ 0.97          0.19

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). 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” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Banks

    42.5

Insurance

    23.0  

Diversified Financial Services

    17.9  

Commercial Services

    3.9  

Health Care - Services

    3.2  

Software

    2.4  

Pharmaceuticals

    1.8  

Private Equity

    1.4  

Machinery

    1.1  

Savings & Loans

    1.1  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.7  

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Bank of America Corp.

    4.7

Wells Fargo & Co.

    4.6  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    4.5  

Morgan Stanley

    3.2  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    3.1  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B

    3.0  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

    2.8  

Citigroup Inc.

    2.6  

Truist Financial Corp.

    2.2  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    2.1  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of January 31, 2022    iShares® Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide access to U.S. companies with healthcare staples exposure, as classified using a proprietary classification system. 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (2.95 )%       11.24      15.79       11.24      76.29

Fund Market

    (2.98      10.86        15.78         10.86        76.29  

S&P Total Market IndexTM

    0.73        18.50        15.31               18.50        73.24  

The inception date of the Fund was 3/21/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/23/18.

The S&P Total Market IndexTM is an unmanaged index designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks.

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 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          
 

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 970.50        $ 0.89             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.30        $ 0.92          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). 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” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Health Care - Products

    45.8

Health Care - Services

    27.2  

Pharmaceuticals

    20.1  

Biotechnology

    1.9  

Real Estate Investment Trusts

    1.2  

Electronics

    1.1  

Software

    1.0  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.7  

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 
   

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    13.9

Abbott Laboratories

    8.4  

Medtronic PLC

    4.8  

Danaher Corp.

    4.8  

Johnson & Johnson

    4.5  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

    3.9  

Intuitive Surgical Inc.

    3.7  

CVS Health Corp.

    3.6  

Anthem Inc.

    3.0  

AbbVie Inc.

    2.9  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of January 31, 2022     iShares® Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide access to U.S. companies with innovative healthcare exposure, as classified using a proprietary classification system. 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (5.69 )%       1.06      10.51       1.06      47.21

Fund Market

    (5.59      0.73        10.51         0.73        47.20  

S&P Total Market IndexTM

    0.73        18.50        15.31               18.50        73.24  

The inception date of the Fund was 3/21/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/23/18.

The S&P Total Market IndexTM is an unmanaged index designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks.

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 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 943.10        $ 0.88             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.30        $ 0.92          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). 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” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Pharmaceuticals

    48.9

Biotechnology

    45.4  

Health Care - Products

    3.4  

Health Care - Services

    2.0  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    0.3  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Johnson & Johnson

    10.3

Pfizer Inc.

    6.3  

AbbVie Inc.

    5.9  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    5.7  

Merck & Co. Inc.

    5.4  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    4.8  

Moderna Inc.

    4.7  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

    4.7  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

    4.5  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

    4.2  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of January 31, 2022     iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide access to U.S. companies with media and entertainment exposure, as classified using a proprietary classification system. 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (12.37 )%       (5.69 )%       9.16       (5.69 )%       40.34

Fund Market

    (12.33      (5.97      9.13         (5.97      40.21  

S&P Total Market IndexTM

    0.73        18.50        15.31               18.50        73.24  

The inception date of the Fund was 3/21/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/23/18.

The S&P Total Market IndexTM is an unmanaged index designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks.

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 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 876.30        $ 0.85             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.30        $ 0.92          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). 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” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Media

    54.7

Internet

    17.0  

Software

    10.9  

Entertainment

    9.0  

Toys, Games & Hobbies

    3.0  

Commercial Services

    1.5  

Real Estate Investment Trusts

    1.2  

Retail

    1.0  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.7  

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Fox Corp., Class A

    5.0

Comcast Corp., Class A

    5.0  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    4.8  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class B

    4.5  

Netflix Inc.

    4.5  

Charter Communications Inc., Class A

    4.2  

Activision Blizzard Inc.

    3.9  

Electronic Arts Inc.

    3.8  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C

    3.4  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

    3.1  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of January 31, 2022     iShares® Evolved U.S. Technology ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Evolved U.S. Technology ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide access to U.S. companies with technology exposure, as classified using a proprietary classification system. 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (0.41 )%       20.02      24.59       20.02      134.06

Fund Market

    (0.61      19.84        24.55         19.84        133.76  

S&P Total Market IndexTM

    0.73        18.50        15.31               18.50        73.24  

The inception date of the Fund was 3/21/18. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/23/18.

The S&P Total Market IndexTM is an unmanaged index designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks.

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 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

          

 

 

     

 

 

      
 

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(08/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(01/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00        $ 995.90        $ 0.91             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,024.30        $ 0.92          0.18

 

  (a) 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). 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” on page 11 for more information.

 

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

Sector    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Software

    31.0

Internet

    24.5  

Computers

    16.6  

Semiconductors

    12.8  

Diversified Financial Services

    5.3  

Commercial Services

    3.9  

Telecommunications

    2.1  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    3.8  

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security    
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Microsoft Corp.

    14.8

Apple Inc.

    11.9  

Amazon.com Inc.

    5.4  

Meta Platforms Inc, Class A

    5.0  

Alphabet Inc., Class A

    4.9  

Alphabet Inc., Class C

    4.8  

NVIDIA Corp.

    4.5  

Visa Inc., Class A

    2.3  

Mastercard Inc., Class A

    1.9  

Adobe Inc.

    1.9  

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

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 by 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.

Shareholder Expenses

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 (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) 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.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Agriculture — 12.2%            

Altria Group Inc.

    14,153     $ 720,105  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    4,818       361,350  

Bunge Ltd.

    912       90,160  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)

    870       55,480  

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

    169       4,703  

Philip Morris International Inc.

    8,303       853,964  

Universal Corp./VA

    124       6,749  

Vector Group Ltd.

    377       4,188  
   

 

 

 
      2,096,699  
Beverages — 30.5%            

Boston Beer Co. Inc. (The), Class A, NVS(a)

    70       29,458  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    372       23,302  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    2,797       188,602  

Celsius Holdings Inc.(a)

    447       21,335  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    31,375       1,914,189  

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.

    51       29,223  

Constellation Brands Inc., Class A

    982       233,470  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

    10,314       391,416  

MGP Ingredients Inc.

    110       8,323  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    1,500       71,490  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    5,133       445,134  

National Beverage Corp.

    300       13,401  

PepsiCo Inc.

    10,612       1,841,394  

Primo Water Corp.

    1,508       25,184  
   

 

 

 
      5,235,921  
Biotechnology — 0.8%            

Corteva Inc.

    2,899       139,384  
   

 

 

 
Chemicals — 2.0%            

Balchem Corp.

    162       23,804  

Ecolab Inc.

    142       26,902  

FMC Corp.

    63       6,953  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    1,842       242,997  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    361       14,422  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    240       20,338  
   

 

 

 
      335,416  
Commercial Services — 0.1%            

Medifast Inc.

    59       11,724  

WW International Inc.(a)(b)

    180       2,268  
   

 

 

 
      13,992  
Computers — 0.1%            

ExlService Holdings Inc.(a)

    99       11,932  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 10.8%            

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    4,372       360,472  

Coty Inc., Class A(a)

    1,840       15,603  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    150       6,870  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    9,107       1,461,218  
   

 

 

 
      1,844,163  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%            

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

    2       73  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.1%            

Energizer Holdings Inc.

    380       14,292  
   

 

 

 
Food — 23.8%            

B&G Foods Inc.

    770       23,947  

BellRing Brands Inc., Class A(a)

    278       6,772  

Security   Shares     Value  
Food (continued)            

Beyond Meat Inc.(a)(b)

    389     $ 25,336  

Calavo Growers Inc.

    110       4,555  

Cal-Maine Foods Inc.

    200       7,800  

Campbell Soup Co.

    2,223       98,079  

Conagra Brands Inc.

    5,429       188,712  

Flowers Foods Inc.

    1,190       33,475  

General Mills Inc.

    8,314       571,005  

Hain Celestial Group Inc. (The)(a)

    1,040       37,991  

Hershey Co. (The)

    1,753       345,464  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    2,439       115,779  

Hostess Brands Inc.(a)

    650       13,338  

Ingredion Inc.

    504       47,729  

J&J Snack Foods Corp.

    130       19,720  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    1,248       175,444  

John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc.

    90       7,119  

Kellogg Co.

    3,153       198,639  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    6,041       216,268  

Kroger Co. (The)

    1,836       80,031  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

    1,198       76,924  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    170       26,991  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD, NVS

    2,141       214,764  

Mondelez International Inc., Class A

    11,941       800,405  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    711       29,997  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    300       8,391  

Post Holdings Inc.(a)

    687       72,698  

Sanderson Farms Inc.

    120       22,080  

Seaboard Corp.

    1       3,820  

Simply Good Foods Co. (The)(a)

    718       25,295  

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.(a)

    450       12,213  

Sysco Corp.

    3,186       248,986  

Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.

    154       5,228  

TreeHouse Foods Inc.(a)

    640       24,787  

Tyson Foods Inc., Class A

    2,728       247,948  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    1,052       37,093  

United Natural Foods Inc.(a)

    220       8,532  
   

 

 

 
      4,083,355  
Health Care - Products — 0.1%            

Neogen Corp.(a)

    540       19,694  
   

 

 

 
Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.0%            

Cannae Holdings Inc.(a)

    298       8,901  
   

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 2.2%            

ACCO Brands Corp.

    2       16  

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    1,148       117,842  

Clorox Co. (The)

    563       94,505  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)

    50       10,467  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    1,048       144,257  

WD-40 Co.

    23       5,112  
   

 

 

 
      372,199  
Housewares — 0.2%            

Newell Brands Inc.

    264       6,127  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    140       21,168  
   

 

 

 
      27,295  
Insurance — 0.1%            

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

    158       18,143  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 0.3%            

AGCO Corp.

    230       26,956  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

    170     $ 31,484  
   

 

 

 
      58,440  
Manufacturing — 0.1%            

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    120       16,200  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 0.7%            

ConocoPhillips

    1,378       122,118  
   

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 3.0%            

Amcor PLC

    1,537       18,459  

AptarGroup Inc.

    39       4,575  

Ball Corp.

    2,379       231,001  

Berry Global Group Inc.(a)

    619       41,733  

Crown Holdings Inc.

    911       104,218  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    1,924       36,383  

O-I Glass Inc.(a)

    780       10,382  

Packaging Corp. of America

    106       15,967  

Sealed Air Corp.

    243       16,504  

Silgan Holdings Inc.

    370       16,569  

Sonoco Products Co.

    420       23,789  
   

 

 

 
      519,580  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%            

Elanco Animal Health Inc.(a)

    1,468       38,227  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)

    459       19,512  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    131       4,987  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.(a)

    220       12,419  

Zoetis Inc.

    1,072       214,175  
   

 

 

 
      289,320  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.6%            

Americold Realty Trust

    841       23,926  

Douglas Elliman Inc., NVS

    188       1,459  

Equinix Inc.

    100       72,490  
   

 

 

 
      97,875  
Retail — 10.0%            

BJ’s Restaurants Inc.(a)

    61       1,835  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.(a)

    264       16,228  

Casey’s General Stores Inc.

    110       20,659  

Cheesecake Factory Inc. (The)(a)

    140       4,995  

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(a)

    150       222,837  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.

    50       5,957  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    177       24,757  
Security   Shares     Value  
Retail (continued)            

Domino’s Pizza Inc.

    82     $ 37,281  

Freshpet Inc.(a)

    262       24,374  

Jack in the Box Inc.

    90       8,195  

McDonald’s Corp.

    1,763       457,410  

Shake Shack Inc., Class A(a)

    101       6,673  

Starbucks Corp.

    6,383       627,577  

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

    84       7,173  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    710       16,351  

Wingstop Inc.

    90       13,793  

Yum China Holdings Inc.

    1,341       64,596  

Yum! Brands Inc.

    1,164       145,698  
   

 

 

 
      1,706,389  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.1%            

Mattel Inc.(a)

    677       14,163  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.5%
(Cost: $15,257,566)

      17,045,544  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 0.4%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.08%(c)(d)(e)

    6,122       6,124  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    70,000       70,000  
   

 

 

 
      76,124  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.4%
(Cost: $76,121)

      76,124  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 99.9%
(Cost: $15,333,687)

      17,121,668  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%

      13,224  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 17,134,892  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended January 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
07/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
01/31/22
     Shares
Held at
01/31/22
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 15,208      $      $ (9,077 )(a)     $ (6    $ (1    $ 6,124        6,122      $ 178 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     140,000               (70,000 )(a)                     70,000        70,000        3         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (6    $ (1    $ 76,124         $ 181      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

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

 

Fair Value 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

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 17,045,544        $        $        $ 17,045,544  

Money Market Funds

     76,124                            76,124  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 17,121,668        $        $        $ 17,121,668  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Common Stocks            
Advertising — 0.1%            

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

    647     $ 22,994  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.2%            

Alaska Air Group Inc.(a)

    312       17,079  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)(b)

    828       12,114  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    390       17,456  
   

 

 

 
      46,649  
Apparel — 7.1%            

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    790       47,455  

Carter’s Inc.

    420       39,111  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    216       20,060  

Crocs Inc.(a)

    408       41,869  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    193       61,804  

Hanesbrands Inc.

    2,208       35,549  

Kontoor Brands Inc.

    261       12,865  

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

    395       8,662  

Nike Inc., Class B

    7,799       1,154,798  

Oxford Industries Inc.

    144       11,864  

PVH Corp.

    512       48,645  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    361       40,013  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A(a)

    1,008       42,336  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    670       27,564  

Tapestry Inc.

    2,220       84,249  

Under Armour Inc., Class A(a)

    1,212       22,822  

Under Armour Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,236       19,764  

Urban Outfitters Inc.(a)

    600       17,232  

VF Corp.

    2,305       150,309  

Wolverine World Wide Inc.

    372       9,854  
   

 

 

 
      1,896,825  
Beverages — 0.2%            

Constellation Brands Inc., Class A

    234       55,633  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.1%            

American Woodmark Corp.(a)

    48       2,877  

Masco Corp.

    491       31,095  
   

 

 

 
      33,972  
Chemicals — 0.1%            

Valvoline Inc.

    504       16,602  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 1.5%            

Avis Budget Group Inc.(a)

    121       21,318  

Block Inc.(a)

    753       92,084  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.(a)

    60       7,705  

Cintas Corp.

    216       84,570  

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    120       16,067  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)

    108       9,037  

H&R Block Inc.

    672       15,362  

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    180       18,877  

Monro Inc.

    204       10,145  

PayPal Holdings Inc.(a)

    380       65,337  

PROG Holdings Inc.(a)

    403       16,043  

Rent-A-Center Inc./TX

    347       14,626  

Rollins Inc.

    540       16,659  

Terminix Global Holdings Inc.(a)

    408       17,601  

WW International Inc.(a)(b)

    108       1,361  
   

 

 

 
      406,792  
Computers — 1.0%            

Apple Inc.

    1,537       268,637  
   

 

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 3.9%  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    127     $ 10,471  

Coty Inc., Class A(a)

    359       3,045  

Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The), Class A

    1,071       333,927  

Inter Parfums Inc.

    94       9,303  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    4,293       688,812  
   

 

 

 
      1,045,558  
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.9%            

Fastenal Co.

    1,119       63,425  

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)

    348       9,455  

Leslie’s Inc.(a)

    493       10,269  

LKQ Corp.

    326       17,894  

Pool Corp.

    115       54,769  

SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc.(a)

    108       19,453  

WW Grainger Inc.

    144       71,296  
   

 

 

 
      246,561  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%            

LendingTree Inc.(a)

    12       1,462  

Mastercard Inc., Class A

    243       93,890  

Visa Inc., Class A

    451       102,003  
   

 

 

 
      197,355  
Entertainment — 1.2%            

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    2,233       35,862  

Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)

    788       59,998  

Churchill Downs Inc.

    119       25,026  

Cinemark Holdings Inc.(a)

    384       5,798  

DraftKings Inc., Class A(a)

    713       15,750  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

    540       59,136  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.(a)

    60       9,964  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    107       17,375  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)

    399       18,198  

Red Rock Resorts Inc., Class A

    348       15,493  

Scientific Games Corp./DE, Class A(a)

    132       7,616  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    204       8,056  

Vail Resorts Inc.

    156       43,228  
   

 

 

 
      321,500  
Food — 1.5%            

Beyond Meat Inc.(a)(b)

    99       6,448  

Flowers Foods Inc.

    540       15,190  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)(b)

    674       17,106  

Kroger Co. (The)

    5,305       231,245  

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

    463       19,534  

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.(a)

    756       20,518  

Sysco Corp.

    839       65,568  

U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)

    648       22,848  
   

 

 

 
      398,457  
Food Service — 0.1%            

Aramark

    960       32,918  
   

 

 

 
Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.0%            

Cannae Holdings Inc.(a)

    180       5,377  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.1%            

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)

    240       7,365  

Toll Brothers Inc.

    312       18,399  
   

 

 

 
      25,764  
Home Furnishings — 0.2%            

Sleep Number Corp.(a)(b)

    142       10,153  

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

    816       32,485  
   

 

 

 
      42,638  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Household Products & Wares — 0.2%  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)

    61     $ 12,769  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    312       42,947  
   

 

 

 
      55,716  
Housewares — 0.2%            

Newell Brands Inc.

    1,138       26,413  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    96       14,515  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)

    132       2,036  
   

 

 

 
      42,964  
Internet — 22.2%            

Airbnb Inc., Class A(a)

    1,283       197,543  

Amazon.com Inc.(a)

    1,536       4,594,898  

Booking Holdings Inc.(a)

    129       316,841  

Cars.com Inc.(a)

    180       2,804  

Chewy Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    273       12,998  

DoorDash Inc., Class A(a)

    926       105,092  

eBay Inc.

    1,477       88,723  

Etsy Inc.(a)

    348       54,664  

Expedia Group Inc.(a)

    445       81,564  

Groupon Inc.(a)

    72       2,199  

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV SP ADR(a)(b)

    886       8,771  

Lyft Inc., Class A(a)

    590       22,727  

Match Group Inc.(a)

    115       12,960  

MercadoLibre Inc.(a)(b)

    145       164,149  

Overstock.com Inc.(a)

    151       7,239  

Pinterest Inc., Class A(a)

    1,773       52,410  

Stitch Fix Inc., Class A(a)

    166       2,727  

Uber Technologies Inc.(a)

    2,745       102,663  

Wayfair Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    493       76,869  
   

 

 

 
      5,907,841  
Leisure Time — 0.9%            

Carnival Corp.(a)

    3,139       62,184  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)

    1,094       22,788  

Peloton Interactive Inc., Class A(a)

    873       23,859  

Planet Fitness Inc., Class A(a)

    624       55,311  

Polaris Inc.

    84       9,458  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    469       36,493  

YETI Holdings Inc.(a)

    295       19,346  
   

 

 

 
      229,439  
Lodging — 2.4%            

Boyd Gaming Corp.(a)

    250       14,865  

Choice Hotels International Inc.

    192       27,533  

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.(a)

    252       12,313  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,330       192,996  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)

    192       17,589  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    1,571       68,810  

Marriott International Inc./MD, Class A(a)

    859       138,402  

MGM Resorts International

    1,329       56,775  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    492       27,946  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    575       48,271  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    300       25,635  
   

 

 

 
      631,135  
Oil & Gas — 0.6%            

ConocoPhillips

    1,890       167,492  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%            

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)

    286       12,158  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.0%            

RE/MAX Holdings Inc., Class A

    84       2,500  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.2%  

Apple Hospitality REIT Inc.

    504     $ 8,130  

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    1,596       27,675  

Macerich Co. (The)

    272       4,499  

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    360       6,552  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc.(a)

    216       4,326  

Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.(a)

    96       8,486  
   

 

 

 
      59,668  
Retail — 52.9%            

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    623       24,297  

Academy Sports & Outdoors Inc.(a)

    525       20,422  

Advance Auto Parts Inc.

    432       100,012  

American Eagle Outfitters Inc.

    1,404       32,053  

AutoNation Inc.(a)(b)

    252       27,468  

AutoZone Inc.(a)

    132       262,198  

Bath & Body Works Inc.

    1,883       105,580  

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.(a)(b)

    1,029       16,711  

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    1,273       126,383  

Big Lots Inc.

    372       15,591  

BJ’s Restaurants Inc.(a)

    108       3,250  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.(a)

    841       51,696  

Bloomin’ Brands Inc.(a)

    576       11,710  

Boot Barn Holdings Inc.(a)

    261       24,004  

Brinker International Inc.(a)

    315       10,461  

Buckle Inc. (The)

    228       8,582  

Burlington Stores Inc.(a)

    543       128,653  

CarMax Inc.(a)

    723       80,376  

Carvana Co., Class A(a)(b)

    314       50,887  

Casey’s General Stores Inc.

    252       47,328  

Cheesecake Factory Inc. (The)(a)

    252       8,991  

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(a)

    140       207,981  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    3,168       1,600,252  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.

    168       20,016  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    804       112,455  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc.(a)

    253       9,055  

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.

    517       59,662  

Dollar General Corp.

    1,872       390,275  

Dollar Tree Inc.(a)

    1,825       239,476  

Domino’s Pizza Inc.

    250       113,662  

FirstCash Holdings Inc.

    228       15,892  

Five Below Inc.(a)

    468       76,752  

Floor & Decor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    657       71,429  

Foot Locker Inc.

    768       34,314  

Freshpet Inc.(a)

    119       11,071  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)

    365       39,759  

Gap Inc. (The)

    2,508       45,320  

Genuine Parts Co.

    372       49,562  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

    6,287       2,307,203  

Jack in the Box Inc.

    134       12,201  

Kohl’s Corp.

    1,369       81,743  

La-Z-Boy Inc.

    216       7,929  

Lithia Motors Inc.

    84       24,539  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

    3,900       925,665  

Lululemon Athletica Inc.(a)

    1,002       334,428  

Macy’s Inc.

    1,817       46,515  

McDonald’s Corp.

    3,115       808,187  

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A

    120       9,797  

Murphy USA Inc.

    144       28,319  

National Vision Holdings Inc.(a)

    300       12,264  

Nordstrom Inc.(a)

    937       21,082  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc.(a)

    490       23,491  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Retail (continued)  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.(a)

    479     $ 312,188  

Papa John’s International Inc.

    142       17,530  

PriceSmart Inc.

    168       11,997  

Qurate Retail Inc. Series A

    635       4,464  

RH(a)

    134       53,978  

Ross Stores Inc.

    2,824       276,046  

Sally Beauty Holdings Inc.(a)

    972       16,689  

Shake Shack Inc., Class A(a)

    144       9,514  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    431       37,122  

Starbucks Corp.

    4,419       434,476  

Target Corp.

    4,013       884,586  

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

    432       36,888  

TJX Companies Inc. (The)

    8,774       631,465  

Tractor Supply Co.

    827       180,542  

Ulta Beauty Inc.(a)

    459       166,957  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    627       35,005  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

    2,937       146,145  

Walmart Inc.

    10,543       1,474,017  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    1,020       23,491  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

    548       87,976  

Wingstop Inc.

    144       22,068  

Yum China Holdings Inc.

    2,056       99,038  

Yum! Brands Inc.

    1,775       222,177  
   

 

 

 
      14,081,308  
Software — 0.2%            

Intuit Inc.

    60       33,314  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    58       9,474  
   

 

 

 
      42,788  
Textiles — 0.0%  

UniFirst Corp./MA

    48       9,124  
   

 

 

 
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.2%  

Hasbro Inc.

    288       26,634  
Security   Shares     Value  
Toys, Games & Hobbies (continued)  

Mattel Inc.(a)

    910     $ 19,037  
   

 

 

 
      45,671  
Transportation — 0.5%            

FedEx Corp.

    504       123,913  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.4%
(Cost: $22,393,566)

      26,475,949  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 1.9%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.08%(c)(d)(e)

    348,320       348,424  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    145,000       145,000  
   

 

 

 
      493,424  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 1.9%
(Cost: $493,422)

      493,424  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 101.3%
(Cost: $22,886,988)

      26,969,373  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.3)%

      (341,343
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 26,628,030  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)

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

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended January 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
07/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
01/31/22
     Shares
Held at
01/31/22
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 168,573      $ 179,908 (a)     $      $ (56    $ (1    $ 348,424        348,320      $ 212 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     205,000               (60,000 )(a)                     145,000        145,000        7         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (56    $ (1    $ 493,424         $ 219      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b) 

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

Fair Value 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.

 

 

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)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 26,475,949        $        $        $ 26,475,949  

Money Market Funds

     493,424                            493,424  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 26,969,373        $        $        $ 26,969,373  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Financials ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Common Stocks            
Banks — 42.2%            

Ameris Bancorp

    64     $ 3,156  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    521       12,452  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

    210       8,551  

BancFirst Corp.

    70       5,246  

Bank of America Corp.

    10,235       472,243  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    142       12,222  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    1,789       106,016  

Bank OZK

    340       15,929  

BankUnited Inc.

    187       7,807  

Banner Corp.

    52       3,230  

BOK Financial Corp.

    79       8,101  

Cathay General Bancorp

    270       12,193  

Citigroup Inc.

    3,929       255,856  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

    1,187       61,095  

City Holding Co.

    40       3,208  

Columbia Banking System Inc.

    153       5,320  

Comerica Inc.

    396       36,741  

Commerce Bancshares Inc.

    318       21,913  

Community Bank System Inc.

    114       8,142  

ConnectOne Bancorp. Inc.

    114       3,649  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

    178       25,100  

CVB Financial Corp.

    243       5,353  

Eagle Bancorp. Inc.

    67       4,018  

East West Bancorp. Inc.

    396       34,191  

Eastern Bankshares Inc.

    423       9,006  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

    88       4,360  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,921       85,734  

First BanCorp./Puerto Rico

    372       5,413  

First Bancorp./Southern Pines NC

    71       3,118  

First Busey Corp.

    168       4,684  

First Citizens BancShares Inc./NC, Class A

    31       24,151  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    268       4,438  

First Financial Bancorp

    210       5,294  

First Financial Bankshares Inc.

    426       20,018  

First Hawaiian Inc.

    391       11,085  

First Horizon Corp.

    1,609       27,530  

First Interstate BancSystem Inc., Class A

    125       4,594  

First Midwest Bancorp. Inc.

    230       4,777  

Flagstar Bancorp. Inc.

    62       2,806  

FNB Corp.

    1,043       13,476  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    574       10,303  

Glacier Bancorp. Inc.

    258       13,398  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

    784       278,069  

Great Western Bancorp. Inc.

    127       3,922  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    253       13,338  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    78       2,097  

Heartland Financial USA Inc.

    107       5,567  

Heritage Financial Corp./WA

    75       1,820  

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

    240       7,927  

Home BancShares Inc./AR

    478       11,262  

Hope Bancorp Inc.

    282       4,723  

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH

    3,984       59,999  

Independent Bank Corp.

    89       7,507  

Independent Bank Group Inc.

    54       4,100  

International Bancshares Corp.

    202       8,490  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3,027       449,812  

KeyCorp

    2,758       69,115  

Lakeland Bancorp. Inc.

    198       3,748  

Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    67     $ 5,355  

Live Oak Bancshares Inc.

    83       4,885  

M&T Bank Corp.

    205       34,723  

Meta Financial Group Inc.

    57       3,389  

Morgan Stanley

    3,064       314,183  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    71       3,223  

NBT Bancorp. Inc.

    113       4,371  

Northern Trust Corp.

    526       61,353  

OFG Bancorp

    94       2,601  

Old National Bancorp./IN

    329       6,031  

PacWest Bancorp

    343       15,925  

Park National Corp.

    33       4,470  

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.

    221       21,373  

Popular Inc.

    234       20,866  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc.

    259       18,972  

Regions Financial Corp.

    2,663       61,089  

Renasant Corp.

    114       4,193  

S&T Bancorp. Inc.

    84       2,588  

Sandy Spring Bancorp. Inc.

    118       5,583  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    99       3,613  

ServisFirst Bancshares Inc.

    142       12,052  

Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A(a)

    104       11,205  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    177       5,062  

South State Corp.

    199       16,798  

Southside Bancshares Inc.

    85       3,561  

State Street Corp.

    895       84,577  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    159       92,840  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    445       22,143  

Texas Capital Bancshares Inc.(a)

    82       5,141  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    58       4,614  

Triumph Bancorp. Inc.(a)(b)

    35       3,062  

Truist Financial Corp.

    3,562       223,765  

Trustmark Corp.

    72       2,346  

U.S. Bancorp

    3,607       209,891  

UMB Financial Corp.

    142       13,980  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    598       12,127  

United Bankshares Inc./WV

    363       12,825  

United Community Banks Inc./GA

    128       4,530  

Valley National Bancorp

    892       12,417  

Veritex Holdings Inc.

    64       2,570  

Walker & Dunlop Inc.

    54       7,150  

Webster Financial Corp.

    280       15,907  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    8,574       461,281  

WesBanco Inc.

    155       5,501  

Westamerica Bancorp

    61       3,543  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    203       20,136  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    174       17,064  

Zions Bancorp. NA

    490       33,232  
   

 

 

 
      4,235,519  
Commercial Services — 3.9%  

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

    268       55,254  

Equifax Inc.

    118       28,292  

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    37       4,954  

EVERTEC Inc.

    100       4,364  

FleetCor Technologies Inc.(a)

    58       13,819  

FTI Consulting Inc.(a)

    31       4,520  

Global Payments Inc.

    235       35,222  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)

    35       2,929  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    57       1,807  

HealthEquity Inc.(a)

    55       2,939  

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Commercial Services (continued)            

Insperity Inc.

    43     $ 4,624  

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

    43       14,813  

Moody’s Corp.

    196       67,228  

Morningstar Inc.

    25       7,185  

S&P Global Inc.

    210       87,196  

Service Corp. International

    167       10,307  

Verisk Analytics Inc.

    191       37,461  

WEX Inc.(a)

    37       5,956  
   

 

 

 
      388,870  
Computers — 0.0%            

Genpact Ltd.

    100       4,975  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 17.8%            

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

    91       13,305  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    30       2,071  

Ally Financial Inc.

    686       32,736  

American Express Co.

    1,139       204,815  

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    281       85,511  

Apollo Global Management Inc.

    998       69,860  

Ares Management Corp., Class A

    207       16,502  

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., Class A

    106       4,580  

BGC Partners Inc., Class A

    325       1,372  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    1,006       147,610  

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

    151       17,898  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    3,572       313,264  

CME Group Inc.

    336       77,112  

Cohen & Steers Inc.

    54       4,511  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)

    24       12,949  

Discover Financial Services

    559       64,704  

Evercore Inc., Class A

    58       7,240  

Federated Hermes Inc.

    198       6,556  

Franklin Resources Inc.

    558       17,839  

Hamilton Lane Inc., Class A

    36       3,257  

Houlihan Lokey Inc.

    60       6,377  

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., Class A

    107       7,296  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

    658       83,342  

Invesco Ltd.

    504       11,421  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    418       15,424  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

    367       13,447  

KKR & Co. Inc.

    1,058       75,287  

LendingClub Corp.(a)

    248       4,653  

LendingTree Inc.(a)

    7       853  

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

    156       26,882  

Mastercard Inc., Class A

    92       35,547  

Moelis & Co., Class A

    61       3,445  

Mr Cooper Group Inc.(a)

    133       5,340  

Nasdaq Inc.

    157       28,136  

Navient Corp.

    407       7,094  

OneMain Holdings Inc.

    174       8,989  

PennyMac Financial Services Inc.

    100       6,270  

Piper Sandler Cos

    37       5,706  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

    466       49,335  

SEI Investments Co.

    229       13,422  

SLM Corp.

    931       17,075  

SoFi Technologies Inc.(a)

    383       4,780  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    276       20,672  

Synchrony Financial

    1,061       45,188  

T Rowe Price Group Inc.

    407       62,853  

Tradeweb Markets Inc., Class A

    82       6,951  

Upstart Holdings Inc.(a)

    91       9,920  
Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Financial Services (continued)            

Virtu Financial Inc., Class A

    151     $ 4,670  

Virtus Investment Partners Inc.

    17       4,449  

Visa Inc., Class A

    378       85,492  

Western Union Co. (The)

    432       8,169  
   

 

 

 
      1,782,177  
Electric — 0.1%            

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

    209       8,882  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.0%            

frontdoor Inc.(a)

    83       3,013  
   

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.2%            

International Paper Co.

    329       15,874  

Sylvamo Corp.(a)

    29       864  
   

 

 

 
      16,738  
Health Care - Services — 3.2%            

Anthem Inc.

    180       79,378  

Centene Corp.(a)

    163       12,675  

Humana Inc.

    7       2,747  

Molina Healthcare Inc.(a)

    42       12,200  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    445       210,294  
   

 

 

 
      317,294  
Home Builders — 0.2%            

MDC Holdings Inc.

    76       3,852  

NVR Inc.(a)

    4       21,309  
   

 

 

 
      25,161  
Household Products & Wares — 0.0%            

Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc.

    12       1,073  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 22.9%            

Aflac Inc.

    1,692       106,291  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    40       26,560  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    714       86,158  

American Financial Group Inc./OH

    209       27,229  

American International Group Inc.

    2,236       129,129  

American National Group Inc.

    34       6,419  

Aon PLC, Class A

    259       71,598  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

    845       39,140  

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

    84       4,770  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

    413       65,229  

Assurant Inc.

    89       13,573  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    127       6,768  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    202       11,510  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B(a)

    965       302,064  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.(a)

    232       12,632  

Brown & Brown Inc.

    497       32,941  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    415       48,899  

CNA Financial Corp.

    100       4,591  

CNO Financial Group Inc.

    313       7,806  

Employers Holdings Inc.

    56       2,190  

Enstar Group Ltd.(a)

    29       7,687  

Equitable Holdings Inc.

    904       30,411  

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A, NVS

    41       7,548  

Essent Group Ltd.

    275       12,551  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    107       30,324  

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

    624       31,418  

First American Financial Corp.

    286       21,310  

Genworth Financial Inc., Class A(a)

    1,014       3,955  

Globe Life Inc.

    280       28,644  

Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The)

    121       16,693  

 

 

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January 31, 2022

  

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    955     $ 68,636  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    85       3,231  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    48       1,359  

Kemper Corp.

    181       10,856  

Kinsale Capital Group Inc.

    59       11,819  

Lincoln National Corp.

    510       35,690  

Loews Corp.

    319       19,032  

Markel Corp.(a)

    29       35,750  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

    947       145,497  

Mercury General Corp.

    90       4,919  

MetLife Inc.

    1,090       73,095  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    979       14,861  

NMI Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    209       5,171  

Old Republic International Corp.

    569       14,584  

Palomar Holdings Inc.(a)

    59       3,112  

Primerica Inc.

    84       12,965  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

    755       55,160  

ProAssurance Corp.

    105       2,516  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    1,529       166,141  

Prudential Financial Inc.

    1,066       118,934  

Radian Group Inc.

    481       10,770  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    113       17,760  

RLI Corp.

    136       14,250  

Safety Insurance Group Inc.

    33       2,717  

Selective Insurance Group Inc.

    168       13,255  

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

    655       108,848  

Trupanion Inc.(a)

    37       3,524  

Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.

    64       1,103  

Unum Group

    592       15,025  

Voya Financial Inc.

    319       21,679  

W R Berkley Corp.

    394       33,293  

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

    10       10,410  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    182       42,581  
   

 

 

 
      2,294,581  
Leisure Time — 0.0%            

Harley-Davidson Inc.

    119       4,114  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 1.1%            

Caterpillar Inc.

    518       104,408  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

    294       6,133  
   

 

 

 
      110,541  
Media — 0.2%            

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    24       10,125  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    218       8,727  
   

 

 

 
      18,852  
Packaging & Containers — 0.1%            

Berry Global Group Inc.(a)

    99       6,675  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%            

Cigna Corp.

    275       63,377  

CVS Health Corp.

    844       89,894  

Viatris Inc.

    1,467       21,961  
   

 

 

 
      175,232  
Private Equity — 1.4%            

Blackstone Inc., NVS

    920       121,413  

Carlyle Group Inc. (The)

    306       15,621  
   

 

 

 
      137,034  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.5%            

AGNC Investment Corp.

    319       4,750  
Security   Shares     Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)            

Annaly Capital Management Inc.

    1,396     $ 11,029  

New Residential Investment Corp.

    402       4,281  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    188       1,081  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    738       29,837  
   

 

 

 
      50,978  
Retail — 0.3%            

FirstCash Holdings Inc.

    46       3,206  

McDonald’s Corp.

    101       26,205  
   

 

 

 
      29,411  
Savings & Loans — 1.1%            

Axos Financial Inc.(a)

    95       4,892  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Inc.

    75       2,219  

Brookline Bancorp. Inc.

    175       2,993  

Capitol Federal Financial Inc.

    292       3,250  

Investors Bancorp. Inc.

    501       8,176  

New York Community Bancorp. Inc.

    1,405       16,382  

Northwest Bancshares Inc.

    224       3,161  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

    145       3,291  

Pacific Premier Bancorp. Inc.

    95       3,634  

People’s United Financial Inc.

    1,139       22,074  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

    140       3,384  

Sterling Bancorp./DE

    676       17,772  

Washington Federal Inc.

    262       9,175  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    189       9,900  
   

 

 

 
      110,303  
Software — 2.4%            

Avalara Inc.(a)

    29       3,179  

Black Knight Inc.(a)

    72       5,371  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    136       21,654  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

    744       89,220  

Fiserv Inc.(a)

    415       43,866  

Loyalty Ventures Inc.(a)

    18       528  

MSCI Inc.

    66       35,384  

Paychex Inc.

    233       27,438  

SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.

    137       10,942  
   

 

 

 
      237,582  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.3%
(Cost: $8,182,420)

      9,959,005  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 0.6%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.08%(c)(d)(e)

    2,902       2,903  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    60,000       60,000  
   

 

 

 
      62,903  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.6%
(Cost: $62,903)

 

    62,903  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 99.9%
(Cost: $8,245,323)

      10,021,908  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

    12,563  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 10,034,471  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

 

 

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(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)

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

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended January 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
07/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
01/31/22
     Shares
Held at
01/31/22
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 4,412      $      $ (1,509 )(a)     $      $      $ 2,903        2,902      $ 8 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     60,000        0 (a)                             60,000        60,000        4         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $      $      $ 62,903         $ 12      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b)

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

Fair Value 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

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 9,959,005        $        $        $ 9,959,005  

Money Market Funds

     62,903                            62,903  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 10,021,908        $        $        $ 10,021,908  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Biotechnology — 1.9%

   

Amgen Inc.

    365     $ 82,906  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A(a)

    190       113,949  

Guardant Health Inc.(a)

    892       62,039  

Illumina Inc.(a)

    1,215       423,816  

Myriad Genetics Inc.(a)

    874       22,977  

NeoGenomics Inc.(a)

    1,404       31,646  

Veracyte Inc.(a)

    665       20,223  
   

 

 

 
      757,556  
Commercial Services — 0.4%            

AMN Healthcare Services Inc.(a)

    476       48,238  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.(a)

    304       39,036  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)

    287       24,016  

Progyny Inc.(a)

    498       20,169  

R1 RCM Inc.(a)

    928       22,068  

Strategic Education Inc.

    95       5,668  
   

 

 

 
      159,195  
Computers — 0.1%            

Maximus Inc.

    403       31,160  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.1%            

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    228       36,583  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.1%            

Novanta Inc.(a)

    341       47,092  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.1%            

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    2,112       294,244  

Fortive Corp.

    1,758       124,009  

OSI Systems Inc.(a)

    81       6,718  
   

 

 

 
      424,971  
Environmental Control — 0.0%            

Stericycle Inc.(a)

    265       15,566  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.0%            

Healthcare Services Group Inc.

    683       12,424  
   

 

 

 
Health Care - Products — 45.6%            

10X Genomics Inc., Class A(a)

    248       23,875  

Abbott Laboratories

    25,993       3,313,068  

ABIOMED Inc.(a)

    589       174,267  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)

    552       9,627  

Align Technology Inc.(a)

    402       198,974  

AngioDynamics Inc.(a)

    456       9,863  

AtriCure Inc.(a)

    456       29,932  

Avanos Medical Inc.(a)

    380       11,499  

Avantor Inc.(a)

    1,395       52,075  

Axogen Inc.(a)

    209       1,820  

Baxter International Inc.

    3,572       305,192  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    321       120,828  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    19,857       851,865  

Bruker Corp.

    722       48,085  

Cardiovascular Systems Inc.(a)

    399       7,010  

CareDx Inc.(a)(b)

    515       21,527  

Cooper Companies Inc. (The)

    627       249,734  

Cutera Inc.(a)

    133       4,842  

Danaher Corp.

    6,635       1,896,217  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

    1,595       85,205  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    8,721       952,333  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    1,080       46,699  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care - Products (continued)            

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)

    1,885     $ 143,939  

Glaukos Corp.(a)

    266       14,162  

Globus Medical Inc., Class A(a)

    1,121       74,804  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    456       22,048  

Henry Schein Inc.(a)

    1,364       102,709  

Hologic Inc.(a)

    2,828       198,639  

ICU Medical Inc.(a)

    190       40,538  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.(a)

    757       384,026  

Inari Medical Inc.(a)

    344       25,305  

Inspire Medical Systems Inc.(a)

    344       76,124  

Insulet Corp.(a)

    912       226,176  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)

    285       22,347  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    798       51,662  

Intersect ENT Inc.(a)

    209       5,727  

Intuitive Surgical Inc.(a)

    5,219       1,483,135  

iRhythm Technologies Inc.(a)

    358       44,689  

LeMaitre Vascular Inc.

    209       8,843  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    566       42,512  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    703       154,569  

Medtronic PLC

    18,528       1,917,463  

Merit Medical Systems Inc.(a)

    646       35,821  

NanoString Technologies Inc.(a)(b)

    434       15,068  

Natera Inc.(a)

    987       69,731  

Neogen Corp.(a)

    342       12,473  

Nevro Corp.(a)

    304       19,973  

Novocure Ltd.(a)

    649       44,554  

NuVasive Inc.(a)

    684       35,575  

Omnicell Inc.(a)

    379       56,903  

OraSure Technologies Inc.(a)

    663       5,868  

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings PLC(a)

    950       16,492  

Orthofix Medical Inc.(a)

    227       6,901  

Pacific Biosciences of California Inc.(a)(b)

    1,350       15,093  

Patterson Companies Inc.

    762       21,862  

Penumbra Inc.(a)

    535       120,915  

PerkinElmer Inc.

    895       154,092  

Quanterix Corp.(a)

    300       9,132  

Quidel Corp.(a)(b)

    478       49,406  

ResMed Inc.

    1,880       429,768  

Shockwave Medical Inc.(a)

    424       61,467  

Silk Road Medical Inc.(a)

    341       11,188  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    512       37,233  

STERIS PLC

    549       123,196  

Stryker Corp.

    4,654       1,154,425  

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.(a)

    648       76,535  

Teleflex Inc.

    593       183,943  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

    2,633       1,530,563  

Waters Corp.(a)

    343       109,801  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

    2,265       278,640  
   

 

 

 
      18,140,572  
Health Care - Services — 27.1%            

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.(a)

    946       49,807  

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)

    154       12,294  

agilon health Inc.(a)

    2,006       33,259  

Amedisys Inc.(a)

    477       64,443  

Anthem Inc.

    2,691       1,186,704  

Centene Corp.(a)

    6,857       533,200  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    171       56,389  

Chemed Corp.

    134       62,834  

Community Health Systems Inc.(a)

    1,541       19,555  

DaVita Inc.(a)

    991       107,395  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care - Services (continued)            

Encompass Health Corp.

    1,555     $ 96,472  

Ensign Group Inc. (The)

    325       24,515  

Fulgent Genetics Inc.(a)

    264       16,862  

HCA Healthcare Inc.

    3,269       784,723  

Humana Inc.

    1,522       597,385  

ICON PLC(a)(b)

    110       29,229  

Invitae Corp.(a)

    1,975       22,199  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,255       307,349  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    1,142       309,893  

LHC Group Inc.(a)

    400       49,640  

MEDNAX Inc.(a)

    1,275       31,174  

Medpace Holdings Inc.(a)

    135       23,957  

ModivCare Inc.(a)

    134       15,535  

Molina Healthcare Inc.(a)

    562       163,250  

Oak Street Health Inc.(a)

    1,541       26,783  

OPKO Health Inc.(a)

    3,823       11,966  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

    1,618       218,462  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    1,672       38,841  

Surgery Partners Inc.(a)

    475       20,268  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    228       20,648  

Teladoc Health Inc.(a)

    1,507       115,602  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    1,387       102,804  

U.S. Physical Therapy Inc.

    228       22,064  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    11,613       5,487,955  

Universal Health Services Inc., Class B

    949       123,427  
   

 

 

 
      10,786,883  
Household Products & Wares — 0.3%            

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    1,081       110,965  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 0.1%            

Colfax Corp.(a)

    626       25,741  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 20.0%            

AbbVie Inc.

    8,434       1,154,530  

AdaptHealth Corp.(a)

    753       14,232  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    1,296       176,515  

Bausch Health Companies Inc.(a)(b)

    1,062       26,093  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    3,753       953,787  

Cardinal Health Inc.

    3,002       154,813  

Cigna Corp.

    2,908       670,178  

Covetrus Inc.(a)

    650       11,746  

CVS Health Corp.

    13,323       1,419,033  

Dexcom Inc.(a)

    1,234       531,212  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    231       56,685  

Johnson & Johnson

    10,319       1,777,861  

McKesson Corp.

    1,346       345,545  

Merck & Co. Inc.

    721       58,747  

Option Care Health Inc.(a)

    1,008       23,557  

Owens & Minor Inc.

    648       27,274  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    282       10,736  

Pfizer Inc.

    8,589       452,554  

Premier Inc., Class A

    1,404       53,661  

Zoetis Inc.

    149       29,769  
   

 

 

 
      7,948,528  
Security   Shares     Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.2%            

Healthpeak Properties Inc.

    1,461     $ 51,676  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    4,389       99,894  

National Health Investors Inc.

    250       14,458  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

    986       31,039  

Physicians Realty Trust

    1,558       28,449  

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc.

    1,520       20,687  

Ventas Inc.

    2,419       128,255  

Welltower Inc.

    1,338       115,911  
   

 

 

 
      490,369  
Retail — 0.5%            

National Vision Holdings Inc.(a)

    362       14,798  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

    4,068       202,424  
   

 

 

 
      217,222  
Software — 1.0%            

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.(a)

    1,324       26,771  

Apollo Medical Holdings Inc.(a)

    445       22,909  

Cerner Corp.

    2,601       237,211  

Change Healthcare Inc.(a)

    1,877       36,939  

Evolent Health Inc., Class A(a)

    984       23,331  

Nuance Communications Inc.(a)

    243       13,426  

Outset Medical Inc.(a)

    498       18,521  

Phreesia Inc.(a)

    270       8,421  

Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc.(a)

    190       2,050  
   

 

 

 
      389,579  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.5%
(Cost: $33,527,817)

      39,594,406  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 0.8%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.08%(c)(d)(e)

    147,977       148,021  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    156,000       156,000  
   

 

 

 
      304,021  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.8%
(Cost: $304,021)

 

    304,021  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 100.3%
(Cost: $33,831,838)

 

    39,898,427  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.3)%

 

    (118,640
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 39,779,787  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended January 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
07/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
01/31/22
     Shares
Held at
01/31/22
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 175,635      $      $ (27,588 )(a)     $ (24    $ (2    $ 148,021        147,977      $ 81 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     1,006,000               (850,000 )(a)                     156,000        156,000        32         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (24    $ (2    $ 304,021         $ 113      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

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

 

Fair Value 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

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 39,594,406        $        $        $ 39,594,406  

Money Market Funds

     304,021                            304,021  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 39,898,427        $        $        $ 39,898,427  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Biotechnology — 45.0%

   

2seventy bio Inc.(a)

    798     $ 14,899  

Abeona Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    816       208  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    3,312       74,487  

Acorda Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    201       372  

Aduro Biotech Inc.(b)

    156       468  

Adverum Biotechnologies Inc.(a)

    1,823       3,008  

Agenus Inc.(a)

    2,088       5,763  

Alaunos Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    3,648       3,940  

Albireo Pharma Inc.(a)

    499       14,217  

Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc.(b)

    312       275  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(b)(c)

    624       287  

Allakos Inc.(a)

    815       5,509  

Allogene Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    2,090       23,931  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    4,160       572,416  

Amgen Inc.

    7,110           1,614,965  

Amicus Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    7,747       72,899  

AnaptysBio Inc.(a)

    408       13,044  

Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(a)

    2,160       28,253  

ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    168       6,791  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    2,418       97,373  

Applied Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    427       1,315  

Aprea Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    506       1,058  

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc.(a)

    522       13,640  

Arcus Biosciences Inc.(a)

    1,709       52,637  

Ardelyx Inc.(a)

    2,063       1,704  

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,899       174,670  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    3,245       171,206  

Assembly Biosciences Inc.(a)

    528       982  

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)

    2,330       35,789  

Athersys Inc.(a)

    5,906       5,847  

Avrobio Inc.(a)

    721       1,399  

Axsome Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    938       25,739  

Beam Therapeutics Inc.(a)(c)

    1,621       112,189  

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    5,610       86,675  

Biogen Inc.(a)

    4,276       966,376  

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.(a)(c)

    1,723       228,935  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    5,875       520,701  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A(a)

    48       28,787  

Bluebird Bio Inc.(a)

    2,395       18,897  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a)

    1,703       131,301  

Bridgebio Pharma Inc.(a)

    2,670       26,353  

C4 Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    794       19,397  

Calithera Biosciences Inc.(a)

    2,634       1,712  

Cara Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    864       10,005  

Cassava Sciences Inc.(a)(c)

    1,269       56,153  

Celldex Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,189       36,871  

Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,434       37,341  

Certara Inc.(a)

    620       16,573  

ChemoCentryx Inc.(a)

    1,769       47,568  

Chinook Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    219       2,825  

Contra Flexion Therape(b)

    936       580  

Cortexyme Inc.(a)

    427       2,596  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    822       15,528  

Cue Biopharma Inc.(a)

    986       7,287  

Cymabay Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,919       5,719  

CytomX Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    936       4,306  

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,345       11,338  

Denali Therapeutics Inc.(a)(c)

    2,455       84,010  
Security   Shares     Value  

Biotechnology (continued)

   

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)

    2,947     $ 38,223  

Editas Medicine Inc.(a)

    1,578       30,045  

Emergent BioSolutions Inc.(a)

    961       44,975  

Epizyme Inc.(a)

    2,279       2,803  

Esperion Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    744       3,192  

Exelixis Inc.(a)

    8,540       154,574  

Fate Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    2,496       103,609  

FibroGen Inc.(a)

    2,208       33,319  

Frequency Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    796       4,275  

Geron Corp.(a)

    2,952       3,306  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

    26,931           1,849,621  

Global Blood Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,801       51,959  

GlycoMimetics Inc.(a)

    1,105       1,315  

Gossamer Bio Inc.(a)

    1,536       14,730  

Guardant Health Inc.(a)

    957       66,559  

Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.(a)(c)

    3,818       132,141  

Homology Medicines Inc.(a)(c)

    1,027       3,820  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    6,284       586,486  

ImmunoGen Inc.(a)

    4,558       25,753  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    5,613       417,214  

Inhibrx Inc.(a)

    692       18,380  

Innoviva Inc.(a)

    1,416       22,698  

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(c)

    5,524       22,869  

Insmed Inc.(a)

    3,237       73,415  

Instil Bio Inc.(a)

    1,523       17,682  

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    815       13,358  

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.(a)

    2,326       110,462  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    3,981       126,596  

Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.(a)

    3,999       66,583  

IVERIC bio Inc.(a)

    3,022       42,127  

Karuna Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    503       55,863  

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    2,252       20,043  

Keros Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    351       16,276  

Kezar Life Sciences Inc.(a)

    1,124       14,814  

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Class A(a)

    668       7,502  

Kodiak Sciences Inc.(a)

    816       47,899  

Krystal Biotech Inc.(a)

    334       19,706  

Kymera Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    877       36,834  

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co.(a)

    552       2,556  

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,272       4,032  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    504       62,814  

MacroGenics Inc.(a)

    1,609       19,871  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    1,561       45,144  

MEI Pharma Inc.(a)

    4,028       7,774  

Mersana Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,916       9,139  

Mirati Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,595       190,283  

Moderna Inc.(a)

    11,008       1,863,985  

Molecular Templates Inc.(a)

    1,083       3,336  

Myriad Genetics Inc.(a)

    840       22,084  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)

    5,688       63,251  

NextCure Inc.(a)

    406       2,261  

Novavax Inc.(a)

    2,266       212,324  

Nurix Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,072       19,961  

Omeros Corp.(a)

    1,128       6,768  

Pieris Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,536       5,591  

Precigen Inc.(a)

    1,056       2,724  

Prothena Corp. PLC(a)

    1,054       35,920  

Provention Bio Inc.(a)(c)

    1,218       6,528  

PTC Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,560       62,743  

Puma Biotechnology Inc.(a)

    936       2,303  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Biotechnology (continued)

   

Radius Health Inc.(a)

    1,200     $ 9,096  

Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Class A(a)

    1,511       17,890  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    2,731       1,662,059  

REGENXBIO Inc.(a)

    816       21,542  

Relay Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,886       41,737  

Replimune Group Inc.(a)

    701       13,901  

REVOLUTION Medicines Inc.(a)

    1,820       39,166  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    4,296       10,998  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(c)

    625       10,400  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

    7,124       285,031  

Rubius Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    983       6,635  

Sage Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,566       61,732  

Sana Biotechnology Inc.(a)

    2,025       17,739  

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    3,792       22,866  

Scholar Rock Holding Corp.(a)

    790       14,070  

Seagen Inc.(a)

    4,074       547,994  

Solid Biosciences Inc.(a)

    385       470  

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    6,168       21,280  

SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    828       46,103  

Stoke Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    482       9,134  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,153       18,840  

TG Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,131       47,796  

Theravance Biopharma Inc.(a)

    1,174       10,695  

Travere Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,128       31,020  

Turning Point Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,057       39,352  

Twist Bioscience Corp.(a)

    308       18,301  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    1,868       130,629  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    1,128       227,709  

UroGen Pharma Ltd.(a)

    385       2,972  

Vaxart Inc.(a)

    1,911       9,459  

Vericel Corp.(a)

    575       20,459  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    7,330       1,781,556  

Verve Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    579       16,687  

Viking Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,558       5,780  

Vir Biotechnology Inc.(a)

    2,647       90,872  

WaVe Life Sciences Ltd.(a)

    504       1,104  

Xencor Inc.(a)

    1,440       49,493  

Y-mAbs Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    696       6,883  

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,056       60,276  
   

 

 

 
          17,901,258  

Chemicals — 0.0%

   

Codexis Inc.(a)

    1,081       22,161  
   

 

 

 

Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.1%

   

Universal Display Corp.

    336       51,579  
   

 

 

 

Health Care - Products — 3.4%

   

10X Genomics Inc., Class A(a)

    556       53,526  

Abbott Laboratories

    506       64,495  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(a)

    1,508       26,300  

Axogen Inc.(a)

    336       2,927  

Baxter International Inc.

    2,271       194,034  

CareDx Inc.(a)

    410       17,138  

Cerus Corp.(a)

    3,620       19,403  

Cooper Companies Inc. (The)

    211       84,041  

Exact Sciences Corp.(a)

    1,637       125,001  

Glaukos Corp.(a)

    624       33,222  

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    312       15,085  

ICU Medical Inc.(a)

    120       25,603  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.(a)

    78       39,570  
Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care - Products (continued)

   

Inspire Medical Systems Inc.(a)

    268     $ 59,306  

Insulet Corp.(a)

    191       47,368  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    408       26,414  

Intersect ENT Inc.(a)

    432       11,837  

Intuitive Surgical Inc.(a)

    150       42,627  

Lantheus Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,246       31,661  

Lantheus Holdings Inc. New(b)(c)

    1,001        

NanoString Technologies Inc.(a)

    428       14,860  

Natera Inc.(a)

    456       32,216  

Nevro Corp.(a)

    336       22,075  

Novocure Ltd.(a)

    1,466       100,641  

Penumbra Inc.(a)

    121       27,347  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    698       138,441  

ResMed Inc.

    382       87,325  
   

 

 

 
      1,342,463  

Health Care - Services — 2.0%

   

Catalent Inc.(a)

    1,724       179,175  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    505       166,529  

ICON PLC(a)(c)

    287       76,262  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)

    988       241,961  

Medpace Holdings Inc.(a)

    239       42,413  

OPKO Health Inc.(a)

    5,496       17,203  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    672       60,856  
   

 

 

 
      784,399  

Pharmaceuticals — 48.4%

   

AbbVie Inc.

    17,004           2,327,678  

Aclaris Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    816       8,911  

Aeglea BioTherapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,561       6,712  

Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,080       7,949  

Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,942       59,988  

Akebia Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,920       9,791  

Alector Inc.(a)

    1,922       30,483  

Alkermes PLC(a)

    4,033       102,842  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    474       64,559  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    3,217       14,251  

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    792       18,287  

Anika Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    240       7,632  

Antares Pharma Inc.(a)

    3,552       11,970  

Arvinas Inc.(a)

    1,278       91,364  

AstraZeneca PLC

    4,238       246,694  

Athenex Inc.(a)

    1,945       1,984  

Bausch Health Companies Inc.(a)(c)

    5,328       130,909  

Bioxcel Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    390       6,591  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    29,159       1,892,128  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,801       10,374  

Clovis Oncology Inc.(a)

    1,392       2,840  

Coherus Biosciences Inc.(a)

    1,847       22,829  

Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    648       11,567  

Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    576       1,745  

Contra Adamas Pharmace

    552       33  

Contra Adamas Pharmace

    552       33  

Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.(a)(c)

    1,344       591  

Corcept Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    2,640       49,553  

Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    360       475  

Cytokinetics Inc.(a)(c)

    2,329       77,300  

Dexcom Inc.(a)

    435       187,259  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc./DE(a)

    336       15,436  

Elanco Animal Health Inc.(a)

    4,965       129,289  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    9,180       2,252,680  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

   

Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    408     $ 24,243  

Endo International PLC(a)

    3,580       11,420  

G1 Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    528       5,322  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings Inc.(a)

    402       14,416  

Heron Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,968       17,141  

Intellia Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    2,264       214,107  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    3,600       40,140  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    1,612       223,923  

Johnson & Johnson

    23,552       4,057,774  

Jounce Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    432       3,231  

Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,468       1,299  

Kura Oncology Inc.(a)

    1,747       24,615  

Lannett Co. Inc.(a)

    696       1,065  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    238       13,704  

MediciNova Inc.(a)

    984       2,381  

Merck & Co. Inc.

    25,931       2,112,858  

Morphic Holding Inc.(a)

    316       13,408  

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.(a)

    2,735       216,120  

Ocugen Inc.(a)

    5,388       19,127  

Ocular Therapeutix Inc.(a)

    1,949       11,031  

Odonate Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    384       465  

Organon & Co.

    3,105       99,081  

Pacira BioSciences Inc.(a)

    912       57,246  

Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    744       3,013  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    1,892       72,028  

Pfizer Inc.

    46,715       2,461,413  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.(a)

    384       21,677  

Protagonist Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,104       32,336  

Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc., Class A(a)

    745       20,949  

Relmada Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    384       7,062  

Revance Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,877       25,020  

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,054       7,810  

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    2,396       171,482  

Seres Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    1,422       11,860  

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    2,681       1,880  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(c)

    1,320       40,722  

Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)(c)

    1,136       7  

Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,389       2,750  

TherapeuticsMD Inc.(a)

    3,840       1,165  

Tricida Inc.(a)

    768       7,795  
Security   Shares     Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

   

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,344     $ 20,375  

Viatris Inc.

    15,646       234,221  

Voyager Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    768       2,197  

Zoetis Inc.

    5,453       1,089,455  

Zogenix Inc.(a)

    1,728       44,945  
   

 

 

 
      19,267,006  

Software — 0.1%

   

Schrodinger Inc.(a)

    1,012       28,690  
   

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 0.0%

   

InterDigital Inc.

    216       14,910  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.0%
(Cost: $35,893,867)

      39,412,466  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   

Money Market Funds — 2.1%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.08%(d)(e)(f)

    514,495       514,649  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(d)(e) 

    322,000       322,000  
   

 

 

 
      836,649  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 2.1%
(Cost: $836,584)

      836,649  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 101.1%
(Cost: $36,730,451)

      40,249,115  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.1)%

      (439,198
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 39,809,917  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(c)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f)

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended January 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
07/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
01/31/22
    Shares
Held at
01/31/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 370,601       $144,154 (a)     $     $ (77   $ (29   $ 514,649       514,495     $  624 (b)     $  —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    592,000             (270,000 )(a)                   322,000       322,000       20        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (77   $ (29   $ 836,649       $ 644     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

   iShares® Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF

 

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

           

Common Stocks

   $ 39,410,790      $ 66      $ 1,610      $ 39,412,466  

Money Market Funds

     836,649                      836,649  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 40,247,439      $             66      $         1,610      $ 40,249,115  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Advertising — 0.1%

   

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.(a)

    4,389     $ 13,430  

National CineMedia Inc.

    2,410       6,363  
   

 

 

 
      19,793  

Commercial Services — 1.5%

   

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    120       71,415  

John Wiley & Sons Inc., Class A

    509       25,832  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    7,619       143,694  

Viad Corp.(a)

    160       6,027  
   

 

 

 
      246,968  

Entertainment — 8.9%

   

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    9,888       158,801  

Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)

    1,013       77,130  

Churchill Downs Inc.

    430       90,429  

Cinemark Holdings Inc.(a)

    3,110       46,961  

DraftKings Inc., Class A(a)

    5,361       118,425  

IMAX Corp.(a)

    1,920       33,120  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(a)

    4,030       63,190  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B, NVS(a)

    7,597       110,764  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

    2,711       296,882  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.(a)

    594       42,073  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.(a)

    480       79,714  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)

    607       27,685  

Reading International Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    450       2,003  

Scientific Games Corp./DE, Class A(a)

    1,322       76,279  

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.(a)

    1,190       70,900  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    1,870       73,846  

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

    1,748       74,290  
   

 

 

 
          1,442,492  

Home Furnishings — 0.8%

   

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Class A

    1,410       123,869  
   

 

 

 

Internet — 16.9%

   

Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)

    139       376,144  

Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    139       377,242  

fuboTV Inc.(a)

    4,848       52,067  

IAC/InterActiveCorp.(a)(b)

    1,419       193,750  

Match Group Inc.(a)

    897       101,092  

Netflix Inc.(a)

    1,692       722,721  

Roku Inc., Class A(a)

    2,897       475,253  

Twitter Inc.(a)

    11,604       435,266  

Vimeo Inc.(a)

    814       11,925  
   

 

 

 
      2,745,460  

Leisure Time — 0.1%

   

Carnival Corp.(a)

    471       9,330  

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    871       1,960  
   

 

 

 
      11,290  

Lodging — 0.2%

   

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    635       27,813  

Marcus Corp. (The)(a)

    300       5,055  
   

 

 

 
      32,868  

Media — 54.4%

   

Altice USA Inc., Class A(a)

    6,608       95,287  

AMC Networks Inc., Class A(a)

    1,884       80,315  

Audacy Inc(a)

    6,620       16,020  

Cable One Inc.

    162       250,246  

Charter Communications Inc., Class A(a)

    1,138       675,221  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    15,969       798,290  
Security   Shares     Value  

Media (continued)

   

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    8,361     $ 233,356  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    17,997       492,218  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    6,944       218,042  

Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.(a)

    3,930       123,284  

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

    1,518       9,199  

EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A(a)

    4,122       84,501  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    19,818       804,809  

Fox Corp., Class B

    11,160       414,929  

Gannett Co. Inc.(a)

    2,169       10,541  

Gray Television Inc.

    5,738       119,637  

Hemisphere Media Group Inc.(a)

    1,030       6,685  

iHeartMedia Inc., Class A(a)

    2,255       45,438  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(a)

    767       112,250  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C, NVS(a)

    3,679       546,000  

Liberty Global PLC, Class A(a)

    3,110       84,343  

Liberty Global PLC, Class C, NVS(a)

    8,980       242,819  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(a)

    388       4,245  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C, NVS(a)

    2,280       24,647  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(a)

    720       33,300  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C, NVS(a)

    827       38,480  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    1,182       47,315  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    14,599       324,682  

News Corp., Class B

    4,320       96,077  

Nexstar Media Group Inc., Class A

    3,047       503,913  

Saga Communications Inc., Class A

    270       5,989  

Scholastic Corp.

    540       22,151  

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Class A

    3,629       99,725  

Sirius XM Holdings Inc.(b)

    37,721       239,906  

TEGNA Inc.

    14,208       275,067  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class A

    329       12,035  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class B, NVS

    21,652       724,259  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)

    5,379       769,036  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

    2,722       135,937  
   

 

 

 
          8,820,194  

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.2%

   

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    1,150       127,374  

Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.(a)

    802       70,897  
   

 

 

 
      198,271  

Retail — 1.0%

   

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)

    719       78,321  

Qurate Retail Inc. Series A

    11,813       83,045  
   

 

 

 
      161,366  

Software — 10.9%

   

Activision Blizzard Inc.

    8,041       635,319  

Daily Journal Corp.(a)

    20       6,480  

Electronic Arts Inc.

    4,569       606,124  

Playtika Holding Corp.(a)

    698       11,887  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    2,160       352,814  

Xperi Holding Corp.

    1,069       18,034  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)

    14,219       128,966  
   

 

 

 
      1,759,624  

Telecommunications — 0.5%

   

AT&T Inc.

    2,181       55,615  

Harmonic Inc.(a)(b)

    1,160       12,482  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    752       17,123  
   

 

 

 
      85,220  

Toys, Games & Hobbies — 2.9%

   

Hasbro Inc.

    4,098       378,983  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Toys, Games & Hobbies (continued)

 

Mattel Inc.(a)

    4,571     $ 95,625  
   

 

 

 
      474,608  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.4%
(Cost: $16,048,874)

      16,122,023  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   

Money Market Funds — 5.0%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.08%(c)(d)(e)

    644,773       644,966  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    158,000       158,000  
   

 

 

 
      802,966  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 5.0%
(Cost: $802,957)

      802,966  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 104.4%
(Cost: $16,851,831)

      16,924,989  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (4.4)%

      (710,138 ) 
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 16,214,851  
   

 

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended January 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
07/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
01/31/22
    Shares
Held at
01/31/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 924,521     $     $ (279,422 )(a)    $ (131   $ (2   $ 644,966       644,773     $ 1,020 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    118,000       40,000 (a)                        158,000       158,000       4        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (131   $ (2   $ 802,966       $ 1,024     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

 

Fair Value 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

               

Common Stocks

   $ 16,122,023        $        $      $ 16,122,023  

Money Market Funds

     802,966                          802,966  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 16,924,989        $        $      $ 16,924,989  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Technology ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Advertising — 0.3%

   

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

    3,063     $ 108,859  

Omnicom Group Inc.

    1,508       113,643  

Trade Desk Inc. (The), Class A(a)

    4,203       292,276  
   

 

 

 
      514,778  

Aerospace & Defense — 0.0%

   

L3Harris Technologies Inc.

    307       64,252  
   

 

 

 

Banks — 0.3%

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2,964       440,450  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology — 0.2%

   

Illumina Inc.(a)

    569       198,479  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    531       39,469  
   

 

 

 
      237,948  

Commercial Services — 3.9%

   

2U Inc.(a)

    364       5,875  

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

    3,882       800,352  

Block Inc.(a)

    3,732       456,386  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    680       52,176  

Chegg Inc.(a)

    1,401       37,084  

CoStar Group Inc.(a)

    3,153       221,215  

Equifax Inc.

    728       174,545  

FleetCor Technologies Inc.(a)

    520       123,895  

Gartner Inc.(a)

    832       244,517  

Global Payments Inc.

    1,713       256,744  

IHS Markit Ltd.

    2,341       273,405  

Korn Ferry

    416       27,614  

LiveRamp Holdings Inc.(a)

    52       2,322  

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

    156       53,739  

Moody’s Corp.

    676       231,868  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    1,766       33,307  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    515       105,050  

PayPal Holdings Inc.(a)

    9,817       1,687,935  

Robert Half International Inc.

    572       64,785  

S&P Global Inc.

    1,248       518,195  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    1,612       14,750  

TransUnion

    1,248       128,694  

Verisk Analytics Inc.

    780       152,981  
   

 

 

 
      5,667,434  

Computers — 16.5%

   

Accenture PLC, Class A

    5,557       1,964,844  

Apple Inc.

    98,754       17,260,224  

CACI International Inc., Class A(a)

    156       38,604  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    4,995       426,673  

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    2,129       384,582  

Dell Technologies Inc., Class C(a)

    2,080       118,165  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    2,912       87,593  

EPAM Systems Inc.(a)

    416       198,074  

Fortinet Inc.(a)

    1,664       494,607  

Genpact Ltd.

    1,196       59,501  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    13,106       214,021  

HP Inc.

    8,574       314,923  

International Business Machines Corp.

    10,798       1,442,289  

Kyndryl Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,159       36,444  

Lumentum Holdings Inc.(a)

    312       31,662  

NCR Corp.(a)

    832       31,666  

NetApp Inc.

    2,810       243,093  

Pure Storage Inc., Class A(a)

    1,144       30,305  
Security   Shares     Value  

Computers (continued)

   

Qualys Inc.(a)

    416     $ 53,306  

Rapid7 Inc.(a)

    680       65,504  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    1,872       200,585  

Varonis Systems Inc.(a)

    1,447       53,915  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    2,496       129,143  

Zscaler Inc.(a)

    989       254,282  
   

 

 

 
      24,134,005  

Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.2%

   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    1,539       246,933  
   

 

 

 

Distribution & Wholesale — 0.1%

   

Copart Inc.(a)

    624       80,652  

KAR Auction Services Inc.(a)

    468       6,655  
   

 

 

 
      87,307  

Diversified Financial Services — 5.3%

   

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

    520       61,636  

CME Group Inc.

    1,768       405,756  

Coinbase Global Inc., Class A(a)

    1,520       289,028  

Discover Financial Services

    416       48,152  

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., Class A

    312       21,275  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

    3,016       382,006  

Invesco Ltd.

    1,146       25,968  

Mastercard Inc., Class A

    7,192       2,778,845  

Nasdaq Inc.

    572       102,508  

SEI Investments Co.

    624       36,573  

Tradeweb Markets Inc., Class A

    1,510       128,003  

Visa Inc., Class A

    15,092       3,413,358  

Western Union Co. (The)

    2,028       38,349  
   

 

 

 
      7,731,457  

Electronics — 0.5%

   

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    830       115,636  

Allegion PLC

    317       38,905  

Coherent Inc.(a)

    104       26,882  

Flex Ltd.(a)

    3,015       48,783  

Garmin Ltd.

    469       58,353  

Keysight Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,092       184,351  

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.(a)

    51       75,107  

National Instruments Corp.

    988       40,725  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    208       21,751  

Trimble Inc.(a)

    1,352       97,560  
   

 

 

 
      708,053  

Energy - Alternate Sources — 0.1%

   

Enphase Energy Inc.(a)

    734       103,105  

SolarEdge Technologies Inc.(a)

    275       65,511  

Sunrun Inc.(a)(b)

    1,082       28,056  
   

 

 

 
      196,672  

Health Care - Products — 0.2%

   

10X Genomics Inc., Class A(a)

    406       39,086  

Align Technology Inc.(a)

    322       159,377  

Avantor Inc.(a)

    3,204       119,605  
   

 

 

 
      318,068  

Health Care - Services — 0.2%

   

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    304       100,247  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)

    572       140,083  

Teladoc Health Inc.(a)

    849       65,127  
   

 

 

 
      305,457  

Insurance — 0.3%

   

Aon PLC, Class A

    677       187,150  

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Technology ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Insurance (continued)

   

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

    1,404     $ 215,710  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    454       106,218  
   

 

 

 
      509,078  

Internet — 24.4%

   

Airbnb Inc., Class A(a)

    2,319       357,056  

Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)

    2,653       7,179,204  

Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    2,588       7,023,754  

Amazon.com Inc.(a)

    2,618       7,831,669  

Anaplan Inc.(a)

    1,399       67,544  

Booking Holdings Inc.(a)

    212       520,700  

CDW Corp./DE

    1,144       216,273  

DoorDash Inc., Class A(a)

    2,301       261,141  

eBay Inc.

    5,530       332,187  

Etsy Inc.(a)

    903       141,843  

Expedia Group Inc.(a)

    676       123,904  

F5 Inc.(a)

    676       140,351  

GoDaddy Inc., Class A(a)

    1,196       90,549  

IAC/InterActiveCorp.(a)

    561       76,599  

Lyft Inc., Class A(a)

    1,980       76,270  

Mandiant Inc.(a)

    1,612       24,325  

Match Group Inc.(a)

    1,601       180,433  

MercadoLibre Inc.(a)(b)

    297       336,222  

Meta Platforms Inc, Class A(a)

    23,147       7,251,029  

Mimecast Ltd.(a)

    648       51,652  

Netflix Inc.(a)

    1,286       549,302  

NortonLifeLock Inc.

    5,146       133,847  

Okta Inc.(a)

    2,025       400,727  

Palo Alto Networks Inc.(a)

    1,040       538,096  

Pinterest Inc., Class A(a)

    2,879       85,103  

Q2 Holdings Inc.(a)

    518       33,800  

Robinhood Markets Inc., Class A(a)

    4,267       60,378  

Roku Inc., Class A(a)

    693       113,687  

Snap Inc., Class A, NVS(a)

    11,469       373,201  

Twitter Inc.(a)

    5,981       224,347  

Uber Technologies Inc.(a)

    11,436       427,706  

Upwork Inc.(a)

    2,798       76,106  

VeriSign Inc.(a)

    932       202,412  

Zendesk Inc.(a)

    884       87,083  

Zillow Group Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    728       36,749  
   

 

 

 
      35,625,249  

Leisure Time — 0.0%

   

Peloton Interactive Inc., Class A(a)

    1,393       38,071  
   

 

 

 

Machinery — 0.1%

   

Cognex Corp.

    1,040       69,118  

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    208       60,158  
   

 

 

 
      129,276  

Manufacturing — 0.0%

   

Axon Enterprise Inc.(a)

    431       60,310  
   

 

 

 

Media — 0.1%

   

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    260       109,691  
   

 

 

 

Office & Business Equipment — 0.1%

   

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    416       211,794  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%

   

Zoetis Inc.

    415       82,913  
   

 

 

 

Private Equity — 0.1%

   

Blackstone Inc., NVS

    970       128,011  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Real Estate — 0.1%

   

CBRE Group Inc., Class A(a)

    1,087     $ 110,157  

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.(a)

    208       52,164  
   

 

 

 
      162,321  

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.3%

   

Digital Realty Trust Inc.

    985       146,992  

Equinix Inc.

    407       295,034  

Iron Mountain Inc.

    1,404       64,472  
   

 

 

 
      506,498  

Retail — 0.2%

   

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    728       72,276  

Carvana Co., Class A(a)

    353       57,207  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

    381       139,819  
   

 

 

 
      269,302  

Semiconductors — 12.7%

   

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.(a)

    11,651       1,331,127  

Analog Devices Inc.

    3,268       535,854  

Applied Materials Inc.

    4,481       619,185  

Broadcom Inc.

    3,357       1,966,799  

Intel Corp.

    24,625       1,202,193  

KLA Corp.

    884       344,115  

Lam Research Corp.

    736       434,181  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    1,266       69,909  

Marvell Technology Inc.

    7,540       538,356  

Microchip Technology Inc.

    3,328       257,853  

Micron Technology Inc.

    7,964       655,198  

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

    312       125,714  

NVIDIA Corp.

    26,445       6,475,323  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    1,971       404,922  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    2,807       165,613  

Qorvo Inc.(a)

    783       107,490  

QUALCOMM Inc.

    7,990       1,404,322  

Silicon Laboratories Inc.(a)

    364       60,129  

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

    1,149       168,351  

Synaptics Inc.(a)

    653       137,359  

Teradyne Inc.

    1,191       139,859  

Texas Instruments Inc.

    5,100       915,399  

Wolfspeed Inc.(a)

    884       83,308  

Xilinx Inc.

    2,184       422,713  
   

 

 

 
      18,565,272  

Software — 30.9%

   

ACI Worldwide Inc.(a)

    1,040       35,745  

Activision Blizzard Inc.

    5,081       401,450  

Adobe Inc.(a)

    5,154       2,753,782  

Akamai Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,560       178,698  

Alteryx Inc., Class A(a)

    781       44,572  

ANSYS Inc.(a)

    728       247,527  

Appian Corp.(a)

    616       34,724  

Aspen Technology Inc.(a)

    520       78,083  

Autodesk Inc.(a)

    2,181       544,792  

Avalara Inc.(a)

    677       74,213  

Bentley Systems Inc., Class B

    1,560       62,665  

Bill.com Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,059       199,314  

Black Knight Inc.(a)

    728       54,309  

Blackbaud Inc.(a)

    468       31,890  

Blackline Inc.(a)

    832       76,436  

Box Inc., Class A(a)

    1,404       36,687  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    728       115,912  

Cadence Design Systems Inc.(a)

    2,548       387,653  

CDK Global Inc.

    988       42,454  

 

 

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)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Technology ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Software (continued)

 

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.(a)

    1,455     $ 110,318  

Cerner Corp.

    1,508       137,530  

Citrix Systems Inc.

    1,456       148,425  

Clarivate PLC(a)

    3,412       56,161  

Cloudflare Inc., Class A(a)

    1,975       190,390  

CommVault Systems Inc.(a)

    468       31,571  

Concentrix Corp.

    328       65,925  

Consensus Cloud Solutions Inc.(a)

    121       6,861  

Coupa Software Inc.(a)

    832       111,713  

Datadog Inc., Class A(a)

    3,497       510,947  

DocuSign Inc.(a)

    2,030       255,313  

Dropbox Inc., Class A(a)

    3,117       77,146  

Dynatrace Inc.(a)

    2,348       128,811  

Elastic NV(a)

    676       63,037  

Electronic Arts Inc.

    1,924       255,238  

Everbridge Inc.(a)

    469       23,975  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    260       128,697  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

    3,798       455,456  

Fiserv Inc.(a)

    4,512       476,918  

Five9 Inc.(a)

    776       97,543  

Guidewire Software Inc.(a)(b)

    676       68,168  

HubSpot Inc.(a)

    523       255,642  

Intuit Inc.

    2,475       1,374,194  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

    624       104,713  

Manhattan Associates Inc.(a)

    676       90,496  

Microsoft Corp.

    69,033       21,467,882  

MicroStrategy Inc., Class A(a)

    157       57,778  

MongoDB Inc.(a)

    518       209,847  

MSCI Inc.

    624       334,539  

New Relic Inc.(a)

    468       49,205  

Nuance Communications Inc.(a)

    2,451       135,418  

Nutanix Inc., Class A(a)

    2,338       63,921  

Oracle Corp.

    21,602       1,753,218  

Palantir Technologies Inc., Class A(a)

    21,629       296,534  

Paychex Inc.

    2,390       281,446  

Paycom Software Inc.(a)

    468       156,920  

Pegasystems Inc.

    416       41,276  

PTC Inc.(a)

    1,248       145,092  

RingCentral Inc., Class A(a)

    724       127,779  

Roper Technologies Inc.

    155       67,760  

SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,287       49,794  

salesforce.com Inc.(a)

    11,290       2,626,393  

ServiceNow Inc.(a)

    2,292       1,342,608  

Smartsheet Inc., Class A(a)

    1,564       97,312  

Snowflake Inc., Class A(a)

    3,941       1,087,322  

Splunk Inc.(a)

    1,929       239,042  

SPS Commerce Inc.(a)

    821       101,681  

SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc.

    1,352       107,984  

Synopsys Inc.(a)

    1,456       452,088  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    625       102,087  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    2,444       98,591  

Twilio Inc., Class A(a)

    2,323       478,817  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)            

Tyler Technologies Inc.(a)

    312     $ 147,826  

UiPath Inc., Class A(a)

    3,150       115,069  

Unity Software Inc.(a)

    2,517       264,663  

Veeva Systems Inc., Class A(a)

    1,393       329,500  

Verint Systems Inc.(a)

    624       32,030  

VMware Inc., Class A

    2,321       298,202  

Workday Inc., Class A(a)

    2,444       618,356  

Workiva Inc.(a)

    879       103,968  

Ziff Davis Inc.(a)

    364       38,242  

Zoom Video Communications Inc., Class A(a)

    2,525       389,557  

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.(a)

    3,066       162,069  

Zynga Inc., Class A(a)

    5,668       51,409  
   

 

 

 
      45,149,319  

Telecommunications — 2.1%

   

Arista Networks Inc.(a)

    2,496       310,278  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    1,248       82,755  

Cisco Systems Inc.

    41,582       2,314,870  

CommScope Holding Co. Inc.(a)

    832       7,813  

Juniper Networks Inc.

    3,692       128,555  

Motorola Solutions Inc.

    832       192,974  
   

 

 

 
      3,037,245  

Transportation — 0.1%

   

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

    676       77,388  

FedEx Corp.

    472       116,046  
   

 

 

 
          193,434  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.4%
(Cost: $111,761,876)

      145,430,598  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 0.9%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.08%(c)(d)(e)

    406,106       406,228  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)

    860,000       860,000  
   

 

 

 
      1,266,228  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.9%
(Cost: $1,266,228)

      1,266,228  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 100.3%
(Cost: $113,028,104)

      146,696,826  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.3)%

      (403,319
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 146,293,507  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

  

iShares® Evolved U.S. Technology ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended January 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
07/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
01/31/22
    Shares
Held at
01/31/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 105,468     $ 300,822 (a)     $     $ (62   $     $ 406,228       406,106     $  220 (b)     $  —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    890,000             (30,000 )(a)                   860,000       860,000       19        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (62   $     $ 1,266,228       $ 239     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

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

 

Fair Value 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

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 145,430,598        $        $        $ 145,430,598  

Money Market Funds

     1,266,228                            1,266,228  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 146,696,826        $             —        $             —        $ 146,696,826  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (unaudited)

January 31, 2022

 

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Consumer
Staples ETF

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Discretionary
Spending ETF

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Financials
ETF

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Healthcare
Staples ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

               

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

               

Unaffiliated(b)

    $ 17,045,544       $ 26,475,949       $ 9,959,005       $ 39,594,406  

Affiliated(c)

      76,124         493,424         62,903         304,021  

Cash

      3,886         1,088         5,990         6,322  

Receivables:

               

Investments sold

                      4,565          

Securities lending income — Affiliated

      45         32         1         19  

Dividends

      18,001         9,942         6,288         29,201  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total assets

               17,143,600                  26,980,435                  10,038,752                  39,933,969  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

               

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

      6,122         348,242         2,904         148,037  

Payables:

               

Investment advisory fees

      2,586         4,163         1,377         6,145  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      8,708         352,405         4,281         154,182  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    $ 17,134,892       $ 26,628,030       $ 10,034,471       $ 39,779,787  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

               

Paid-in capital

    $ 15,416,651       $ 22,102,969       $ 8,269,925       $ 33,757,115  

Accumulated earnings

      1,718,241         4,525,061         1,764,546         6,022,672  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    $ 17,134,892       $ 26,628,030       $ 10,034,471       $ 39,779,787  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

      500,000         600,000         300,000         950,000  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value

    $ 34.27       $ 44.38       $ 33.45       $ 41.87  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares authorized

      Unlimited         Unlimited         Unlimited         Unlimited  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Par value

      None         None         None         None  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

(a) Securities loaned, at value

    $ 6,640       $ 364,193       $ 2,974       $ 150,227  

(b) Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

    $ 15,257,566       $ 22,393,566       $ 8,182,420       $ 33,527,817  

(c)  Investments, at cost — Affiliated

    $ 76,121       $ 493,422       $ 62,903       $ 304,021  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (unaudited) (continued)

January 31, 2022

 

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Innovative
Healthcare

ETF

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Media and
Entertainment
ETF

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Technology

ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

           

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

           

Unaffiliated(b)

    $ 39,412,466       $ 16,122,023       $ 145,430,598  

Affiliated(c)

      836,649         802,966         1,266,228  

Cash

      9,062                 7,861  

Receivables:

           

Securities lending income — Affiliated

      157         423         63  

Dividends

      72,835         3,956         17,676  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total assets

               40,331,169                  16,929,368                  146,722,426  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

           

Bank overdraft

              66,739          

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

      515,103         645,277         406,272  

Payables:

           

Investment advisory fees

      6,149         2,501         22,647  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      521,252         714,517         428,919  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    $ 39,809,917       $ 16,214,851       $ 146,293,507  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

           

Paid-in capital

    $ 35,745,039       $ 16,461,827       $ 110,790,112  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

      4,064,878         (246,976       35,503,395  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    $ 39,809,917       $ 16,214,851       $ 146,293,507  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

      1,200,000         500,000         2,600,000  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value

    $ 33.17       $ 32.43       $ 56.27  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares authorized

      Unlimited         Unlimited         Unlimited  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Par value

      None         None         None  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

(a) Securities loaned, at value

    $ 522,154       $ 654,222       $ 428,058  

(b) Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

    $ 35,893,867       $ 16,048,874       $ 111,761,876  

(c)  Investments, at cost — Affiliated

    $ 836,584       $ 802,957       $ 1,266,228  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations  (unaudited)

Six Months Ended January 31, 2022

 

   

iShares
Evolved

U.S. Consumer
Staples ETF

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Discretionary
Spending ETF

   

iShares
Evolved

U.S. Financials
ETF

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Healthcare
Staples ETF

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

               

Dividends — Unaffiliated

    $ 191,380       $ 117,990       $ 71,454       $ 159,728  

Dividends — Affiliated

      3         7         4         32  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

      178         212         8         81  

Foreign taxes withheld

      (24               (23        
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment income

      191,537         118,209         71,443         159,841  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES

               

Investment advisory fees

      13,792         22,941         6,511         33,325  

Miscellaneous

      218                 217         217  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses

      14,010         22,941         6,728         33,542  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

               177,527                  95,268                  64,715                  126,299  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

               

Net realized gain (loss) from:

               

Investments — Unaffiliated

      8,631         459,355         9,899         (91,957

Investments — Affiliated

      (6       (56               (24
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

      8,625         459,299         9,899         (91,981
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

               

Investments — Unaffiliated

      487,918         (1,194,616       470,667         (1,304,763

Investments — Affiliated

      (1       (1               (2
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      487,917         (1,194,617       470,667         (1,304,765
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      496,542         (735,318       480,566         (1,396,746
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ 674,069       $ (640,050     $ 545,281       $ (1,270,447
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations  (unaudited) (continued)

Six Months Ended January 31, 2022

 

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Innovative
Healthcare

ETF

   

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Media and
Entertainment
ETF

         

iShares

Evolved

U.S. Technology
ETF

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

           

Dividends — Unaffiliated

    $ 269,454       $ 39,662       $ 412,346  

Dividends — Affiliated

      20         4         19  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

      624         1,020         220  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investment income

               270,098                  40,686                  412,585  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

EXPENSES

           

Investment advisory fees

      37,679         16,049         134,133  

Miscellaneous

              217         218  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses

      37,679         16,266         134,351  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      232,419         24,420         278,234  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

           

Net realized gain (loss) from:

           

Investments — Unaffiliated

      598,491         (197,412       573,361  

Investments — Affiliated

      (77       (131       (62

In-kind redemptions — Unaffiliated

                      1,576,636  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

      598,414         (197,543       2,149,935  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

           

Investments — Unaffiliated

      (3,329,266       (2,132,672       (3,312,934

Investments — Affiliated

      (29       (2        
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      (3,329,295       (2,132,674       (3,312,934
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

      (2,730,881       (2,330,217       (1,162,999
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ (2,498,462     $ (2,305,797     $ (884,765
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

          iShares
Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF
           iShares
Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending
ETF
 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
          Six Months
Ended
01/31/22
(unaudited)
          Year Ended
07/31/21
          Six Months
Ended
01/31/22
(unaudited)
          Year Ended
07/31/21
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

               

OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income

    $ 177,527       $ 391,716       $ 95,268       $ 187,745  

Net realized gain

      8,625         1,823,303         459,299         1,792,839  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      487,917         480,418         (1,194,617       3,689,056  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      674,069         2,695,437         (640,050       5,669,640  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

               

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (214,441       (377,726       (95,305       (182,616
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      1,741,757         2,756,445         4,731,128         5,164,697  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

               

Total increase in net assets

      2,201,385         5,074,156         3,995,773         10,651,721  

Beginning of period

      14,933,507         9,859,351         22,632,257         11,980,536  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 17,134,892       $ 14,933,507       $ 26,628,030       $ 22,632,257  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

       

iShares

Evolved U.S. Financials ETF

          

iShares

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples
ETF

 
 

 

      

 

 

 
        Six Months
Ended
01/31/22
(unaudited)
           Year Ended
07/31/21
           Six Months
Ended
01/31/22
(unaudited)
           Year Ended
07/31/21
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                  

OPERATIONS

                  

Net investment income

    $ 64,715        $ 111,485        $ 126,299        $ 194,707  

Net realized gain (loss)

      9,899          3,090          (91,981        1,001,141  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      470,667          2,107,873          (1,304,765        5,124,434  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

           545,281                   2,222,448                   (1,270,447                 6,320,282  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

                  

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (70,771        (109,149        (164,281        (166,995
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                  

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      3,331,765                   6,539,870          13,514,706  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

                  

Total increase in net assets

      3,806,275          2,113,299          5,105,142          19,667,993  

Beginning of period

      6,228,196          4,114,897          34,674,645          15,006,652  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 10,034,471        $ 6,228,196        $ 39,779,787        $ 34,674,645  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

       

iShares

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare
ETF

          

iShares

Evolved U.S. Media and
Entertainment ETF

 
 

 

      

 

 

 
        Six Months
Ended
01/31/22
(unaudited)
           Year Ended
07/31/21
           Six Months
Ended
01/31/22
(unaudited)
           Year Ended
07/31/21
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                  

OPERATIONS

                  

Net investment income

    $ 232,419        $ 435,435        $ 24,420        $ 105,029  

Net realized gain (loss)

           598,414                   785,765                   (197,543                 2,196,957  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      (3,329,295        5,285,722          (2,132,674        1,724,157  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      (2,498,462        6,506,922          (2,305,797        4,026,143  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

                  

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (761,865        (885,686        (172,334        (103,291
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                  

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      3,671,174          12,756,828                   5,551,639  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

                  

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      410,847          18,378,064          (2,478,131        9,474,491  

Beginning of period

      39,399,070          21,021,006          18,692,982          9,218,491  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 39,809,917        $ 39,399,070        $ 16,214,851        $ 18,692,982  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets   (continued)

 

   

iShares

Evolved U.S. Technology ETF

 
 

 

 

 
    Six Months
Ended
01/31/22
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
07/31/21
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 278,234     $ 437,300  

Net realized gain

    2,149,935       10,101,984  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (3,312,934     22,445,624  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (884,765     32,984,908  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (883,353     (431,621
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    17,365,211       18,787,708  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase in net assets

    15,597,093       51,340,995  

Beginning of period

    130,696,414       79,355,419  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 146,293,507     $ 130,696,414  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

        iShares Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF  
 

 

 
    Six Months Ended                                            Period From  
  01/31/22

 

    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended          03/21/18 (a) 
    (unaudited)     07/31/21     07/31/20     07/31/19     to 07/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

           

  $ 33.19                $ 28.17                $ 27.58                $ 25.03                $ 24.62  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.39          0.74          0.70          0.66          0.31 (c)  

Net realized and unrealized gain(d)

      1.17          5.03          0.51          2.80          0.26  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

      1.56          5.77          1.21          3.46          0.57  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(e)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.48        (0.75        (0.62        (0.85        (0.16

From net realized gain

                                 (0.06         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.48        (0.75        (0.62        (0.91        (0.16
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 34.27        $ 33.19        $ 28.17        $ 27.58        $ 25.03  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(f)

                       

Based on net asset value

      4.75 %(g)         20.76        4.56        14.23        2.34 %(g) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(h)

                       

Total expenses

      0.18 %(i)         0.18        0.18        0.18        0.18 %(i) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.32 %(i)         2.39        2.58        2.59        3.58 %(c)(i) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 17,135        $ 14,934        $ 9,859        $ 4,137        $ 3,755  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(j)

      5 %(g)          5        13        9        0 %(g)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

Includes a special distribution from Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. Excluding such special distribution, the net investment income would have been $0.21 per share and 2.39% of average net assets.

 
(d) 

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.

 
(e) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(f) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(g) 

Not annualized.

(h) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(i) 

Annualized.

(j) 

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)

 

        iShares Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF  
 

 

 
    Six Months Ended                                            Period From  
  01/31/22

 

    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended          03/21/18 (a) 
    (unaudited)     07/31/21     07/31/20     07/31/19     to 07/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

           

  $ 45.26                $ 34.23                $ 29.47                $ 26.84                $ 24.95  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.17          0.35          0.35          0.39          0.12  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      (0.88        11.01          4.90          2.70          1.86  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (0.71        11.36          5.25          3.09          1.98  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.17        (0.33        (0.33        (0.41        (0.09

From net realized gain

                        (0.16        (0.05         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.17        (0.33        (0.49        (0.46        (0.09
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 44.38        $ 45.26        $ 34.23        $ 29.47        $ 26.84  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

                       

Based on net asset value

      (1.58 )%(f)         33.32        18.11        11.73        7.96 %(f) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                       

Total expenses

      0.18 %(h)         0.18        0.18        0.18        0.18 %(h) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.75 %(h)         0.86        1.16        1.42        1.25 %(h) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 26,628        $ 22,632        $ 11,981        $ 5,895        $ 5,369  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

      6 %(f)          4        10        11        0 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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.

 
(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

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)

 

        iShares Evolved U.S. Financials ETF  
 

 

 
    Six Months Ended                                            Period From  
  01/31/22

 

    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended          03/21/18 (a) 
    (unaudited)     07/31/21     07/31/20     07/31/19     to 07/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

           

  $ 31.14                $ 20.57                $ 24.86                $ 24.59                $ 24.98  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.30          0.56          0.56          0.50          0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      2.33          10.56          (4.29        0.27          (0.43
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      2.63          11.12          (3.73        0.77          (0.28
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.32        (0.55        (0.56        (0.50        (0.11
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.32        (0.55        (0.56        (0.50        (0.11
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 33.45        $ 31.14        $ 20.57        $ 24.86        $ 24.59  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

                       

Based on net asset value

      8.47 %(f)         54.68        (15.10 )%         3.35        (1.11 )%(f)(g) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(h)

                       

Total expenses

      0.19 %(i)         0.18        0.19        0.18        0.18 %(i) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.79 %(i)         2.10        2.47        2.15        1.65 %(i) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 10,034        $ 6,228        $ 4,115        $ 4,971        $ 4,919  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(j)

      4 %(f)          2        8        10        13 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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.

 
(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Includes payment received from an affiliate, which impacted the Fund’s total return. Excluding the payment from an affiliate, the Fund’s total return would have been -1.40%.

(h) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(i) 

Annualized.

(j) 

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)

 

        iShares Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples ETF  
 

 

 
    Six Months Ended                                            Period From  
  01/31/22

 

    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended          03/21/18 (a) 
    (unaudited)     07/31/21     07/31/20     07/31/19     to 07/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

           

  $ 43.34                $ 33.35                $ 29.46                $ 27.48                $ 24.86  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.15          0.33          0.31          0.27          0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      (1.42        9.96          4.07          2.11          2.60  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (1.27        10.29          4.38          2.38          2.68  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.20        (0.30        (0.25        (0.28        (0.06

From net realized gain

                        (0.24        (0.12         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.20        (0.30        (0.49        (0.40        (0.06
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 41.87        $ 43.34        $ 33.35        $ 29.46        $ 27.48  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

                       

Based on net asset value

      (2.95 )%(f)         31.06        15.04        8.77        10.77 %(f) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                       

Total expenses

      0.18 %(h)         0.18        0.18        0.18        0.18 %(h)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.68 %(h)         0.86        1.02        0.95        0.87 %(h)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 39,780        $ 34,675        $ 15,007        $ 7,365        $ 5,495  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

      3 %(f)          2        12        12        0 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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.

 
(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

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)

 

        iShares Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF  
 

 

 
    Six Months Ended                                            Period From  
  01/31/22

 

    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended          03/21/18 (a) 
    (unaudited)     07/31/21     07/31/20     07/31/19     to 07/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

           

  $ 35.82                $ 30.03                $ 24.74                $ 26.03                $ 24.97  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.20          0.45          0.43          0.37          0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      (2.22        6.29          5.72          (1.15        1.04  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (2.02        6.74          6.15          (0.78        1.15  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.22        (0.39        (0.38        (0.36        (0.09

From net realized gain

      (0.41        (0.56        (0.48        (0.15         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.63        (0.95        (0.86        (0.51        (0.09
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 33.17        $ 35.82        $ 30.03        $ 24.74        $ 26.03  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

                       

Based on net asset value

      (5.69 )%(f)         22.81        25.31        (3.04 )%         4.62 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                       

Total expenses

      0.18 %(h)         0.18        0.18        0.18        0.18 %(h)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.11 %(h)         1.37        1.53        1.45        1.25 %(h)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 39,810        $ 39,399        $ 21,021        $ 4,949        $ 5,206  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

      7 %(f)          6        24        8        3 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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.

(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

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)

 

        iShares Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF  
 

 

 
    Six Months Ended                                            Period From  
  01/31/22

 

    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended          03/21/18 (a) 
    (unaudited)     07/31/21     07/31/20     07/31/19     to 07/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

           

  $ 37.39                $ 26.34                $ 28.22                $ 26.38                $ 25.05  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.05          0.23          0.20          0.26          0.10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      (4.67        11.05          (0.86        1.97          1.29  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (4.62        11.28          (0.66        2.23          1.39  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.31        (0.23        (0.21        (0.26        (0.06

From net realized gain

      (0.03                 (1.01        (0.13         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.34        (0.23        (1.22        (0.39        (0.06
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 32.43        $ 37.39        $ 26.34        $ 28.22        $ 26.38  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

                       

Based on net asset value

      (12.37 )%(f)         43.02        (2.33 )%         8.64        5.54 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                       

Total expenses

      0.18 %(h)         0.18        0.18        0.18        0.18 %(h)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.27 %(h)         0.67        0.79        0.99        1.04 %(h)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 16,215        $ 18,693        $ 9,218        $ 7,056        $ 5,277  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

      5 %(f)          4        16        10        0 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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.

 
(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

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)

 

        iShares Evolved U.S. Technology ETF  
 

 

 
    Six Months Ended                                            Period From  
  01/31/22

 

    Year Ended       Year Ended       Year Ended          03/21/18 (a) 
    (unaudited)     07/31/21     07/31/20     07/31/19     to 07/31/18  

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

           

  $ 56.82                $ 40.70                $ 29.95                $ 26.33                $ 24.89  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.11          0.21          0.24          0.23          0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

      (0.32        16.12          10.80          3.73          1.43  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (0.21        16.33          11.04          3.96          1.49  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.13        (0.21        (0.24        (0.27        (0.05

From net realized gain

      (0.21                 (0.05        (0.07         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.34        (0.21        (0.29        (0.34        (0.05
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 56.27        $ 56.82        $ 40.70        $ 29.95        $ 26.33  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

                       

Based on net asset value

      (0.41 )%(f)         40.24        37.15        15.27        6.00 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                       

Total expenses

      0.18 %(h)          0.18        0.18        0.18        0.18 %(h)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.37 %(h)          0.44        0.72        0.85        0.70 %(h)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 146,294        $ 130,696        $ 79,355        $ 16,470        $ 5,266  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

      6 %(f)          6        5        7        0 %(f)  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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.

 
(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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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”):

 

   
iShares ETF  

Diversification    

Classification    

 

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

    Non-diversified      

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

    Non-diversified      

Evolved U.S. Financials

    Diversified      

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

    Non-diversified      

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

    Non-diversified      

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment

    Non-diversified      

Evolved U.S. Technology

    Non-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. 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. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

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 January 31, 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.

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.

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

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited)  (continued)

 

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:

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

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:

   

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

   

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

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, (including the 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

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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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:

 

 

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty

   
Market Value of
Securities on Loan
 
 
    
Cash Collateral
Received
 
(a)  
    
Non-Cash Collateral
Received
 
 
     Net Amount  

 

 

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

          

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

  $ 4,556      $ 4,275      $      $ (281 )(b)  

Morgan Stanley

    2,084        1,848               (236 )(b)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 6,640      $ 6,123      $      $ (517
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

          

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

  $ 680      $ 680      $      $  

Morgan Stanley

    57,394        53,779               (3,615 )(b)  

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    24,437        23,660               (777 )(b)  

SG Americas Securities LLC

    19,615        19,005               (610 )(b)  

Toronto Dominion Bank

    27,141        27,141                

UBS AG

    57,534        55,305               (2,229 )(b)  

UBS Securities LLC

    15,507        15,283               (224 )(b)  

Virtu Americas LLC

    161,885        153,054               (8,831 )(b)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 364,193      $ 347,907      $      $ (16,286
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Financials

          

UBS Securities LLC

  $ 2,974      $ 2,903      $      $ (71 )(b)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

          

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

  $ 13,332      $ 12,671      $      $ (661 )(b)  

HSBC Bank PLC

    23,096        23,096                

Morgan Stanley

    14,936        14,026               (910 )(b)  

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    28,698        28,698                

UBS AG

    48,889        48,889                

UBS Securities LLC

    21,276        20,002               (1,274 )(b)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 150,227      $ 147,382      $      $ (2,845
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

          

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

  $ 1,747      $ 1,689      $      $ (58 )(b)  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    114,199        114,199                

HSBC Bank PLC

    28,501        28,501                

Jefferies LLC

    22,638        21,853               (785 )(b)  

Morgan Stanley

    135,607        132,394               (3,213 )(b)  

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    51,018        51,018                

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    15,988        15,117               (871 )(b)  

UBS AG

    76,503        74,156               (2,347 )(b)  

UBS Securities LLC

    75,953        71,879               (4,074 )(b)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 522,154      $ 510,806      $      $ (11,348
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment

          

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

  $ 415,484      $ 401,196      $      $ (14,288 )(b)  

Morgan Stanley

    232,540        232,540                

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    1,237        1,236               (1 )(b)  

UBS Securities LLC

    4,961        4,961                
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 654,222      $ 639,933      $      $ (14,289
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Technology

          

Morgan Stanley

  $ 67,462      $ 66,057      $      $ (1,405 )(b)  

SG Americas Securities LLC

    27,771        25,701               (2,070 )(b)  

UBS AG

    61,131        57,758               (3,373 )(b)  

Virtu Americas LLC

    271,694        256,713               (14,981 )(b)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 428,058      $ 406,229      $      $ (21,829
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of January 31, 2022. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by a counterparty.

 

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

 

 

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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.

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:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fee  

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

    0.18

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

    0.18  

Evolved U.S. Financials

    0.18  

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

    0.18  

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

    0.18  

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment

    0.18  

Evolved U.S. Technology

    0.18  

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 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 81% 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 81% 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.

Prior to January 1, 2022, each Fund retained 77% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained was not 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 the iShares ETF Complex in a calendar year exceeded a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, retained for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained could never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

 

 

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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 January 31, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF  

Fees Paid    

to BTC    

 

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

  $ 58      

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

    89      

Evolved U.S. Financials

    3      

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

    36      

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

    250      

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment

    354      

Evolved U.S. Technology

    95      

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 January 31, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

  $      $ 410,147      $ 23,901  

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

    118,453        721,570        358,884  

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

    1,163,867        184,558        (56,026

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

    163,550        2,006,117        278,338  

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment

    133,264                

Evolved U.S. Technology

    957,795        3,692,425        39,328  

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.

 

6.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended January 31, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

  $ 780,209      $ 735,258  

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

    1,648,200        1,491,004  

Evolved U.S. Financials

    519,232        260,563  

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

    2,284,545        1,072,999  

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

    2,816,668        3,018,824  

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment

    849,641        888,793  

Evolved U.S. Technology

    9,489,459        9,923,847  

For the six months ended January 31, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

  $ 1,724,833      $  

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

    4,642,967         

Evolved U.S. Financials

    3,067,118         

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

    6,139,370         

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

    3,600,809         

Evolved U.S. Technology

    20,219,838        2,982,016  

 

7.

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 January 31, 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 July 31, 2021, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Non-Expiring  

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

  $ 89,251  

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

    25,529  

Evolved U.S. Financials

    21,832  

As of January 31, 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:

 

         
iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

  $ 15,336,880      $ 2,016,615      $ (231,827    $ 1,784,788  

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

    22,886,988        4,531,937        (449,552      4,082,385  

Evolved U.S. Financials

    8,253,212        1,862,838        (94,142      1,768,696  

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

    33,833,266        6,914,988        (849,827      6,065,161  

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

    36,759,604        6,424,732        (2,935,221      3,489,511  

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment

    16,852,559        1,390,084        (1,317,654      72,430  

Evolved U.S. Technology

    113,029,788        36,477,060        (2,810,022      33,667,038  

 

8.

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: 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. The duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

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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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 securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio.

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.

 

9.

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

01/31/22

        

Year Ended

07/31/21

 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
iShares ETF   Shares          Amount           Shares          Amount  

 

 

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples

                

Shares sold

    50,000           $ 1,741,757          450,000           $ 13,332,379  

Shares redeemed

                      (350,000        (10,575,934
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase

    50,000        $ 1,741,757          100,000        $ 2,756,445  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending

                

Shares sold

    100,000        $ 4,731,128          250,000        $ 9,369,893  

Shares redeemed

                      (100,000        (4,205,196
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase

    100,000        $ 4,731,128          150,000        $ 5,164,697  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Financials

                

Shares sold

    100,000        $ 3,331,765                 $  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples

                

Shares sold

    150,000        $ 6,539,870          400,000        $ 15,662,808  

Shares redeemed

                      (50,000        (2,148,102
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase

    150,000        $ 6,539,870          350,000        $ 13,514,706  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare

                

Shares sold

    100,000        $ 3,671,174          400,000        $ 12,756,828  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment

                

Shares sold

           $          300,000        $ 10,739,995  

Shares redeemed

                      (150,000        (5,188,356
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase

           $          150,000        $ 5,551,639  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Evolved U.S. Technology

                

Shares sold

    350,000        $ 20,355,339          800,000        $ 39,917,886  

Shares redeemed

    (50,000        (2,990,128        (450,000        (21,130,178
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase

    300,000        $ 17,365,211          350,000        $ 18,787,708  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited)  (continued)

 

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.

 

10.

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 iShares Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples ETF, iShares Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending ETF, iShares Evolved U.S. Financials ETF, iShares Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples ETF, iShares Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare ETF, iShares Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment ETF and iShares Evolved U.S. Technology 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)

 

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.

January 31, 2022

 

       
   

Total Cumulative Distributions

for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

         

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative

Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
iShares 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
 

Evolved U.S. Consumer Staples(a)

  $ 0.407524     $     $ 0.069011     $ 0.476535         86         14     100

Evolved U.S. Discretionary Spending(a)

    0.172782             0.000992       0.173774         99             1       100  

Evolved U.S. Financials(a)

    0.303587             0.012924       0.316511         96             4       100  

Evolved U.S. Healthcare Staples(a)

    0.164509             0.034587       0.199096         83             17       100  

Evolved U.S. Innovative Healthcare(a)

    0.181875       0.412057       0.040956       0.634888         29       65       6       100  

Evolved U.S. Media and Entertainment(a)

    0.301077       0.031434       0.012157       0.344668         87       9       4       100  

Evolved U.S. Technology(a)

    0.129135       0.207145       0.002691       0.338971               38       61       1       100  

 

  (a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for email notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

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 - Equity

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipt
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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