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  JULY 31, 2022

 

   2022 Annual Report

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF | EFG | Cboe BZX

 

·  

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF | EFV | Cboe BZX


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of July 31, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Changes in consumer spending patterns and a tight labor market led to elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell as interest rates rose, particularly weighing on relatively high-valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were steeper. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose notably during the reporting period as investors reacted to higher inflation and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is growing faster than expected, raised interest rates four times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and began to reduce its balance sheet. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s statements led many analysts to anticipate that interest rates have room to rise before peaking, although investors’ inflation expectations began to decline near the end of the period.

The horrific war in Ukraine has significantly clouded the outlook for the global economy, leading to major volatility in energy and metals markets. Sanctions on Russia, Europe’s top energy supplier, and general wartime disruption have magnified supply problems for key commodities. We believe elevated energy prices will continue to exacerbate inflationary pressure while also constraining economic growth. Combating inflation without stifling a recovery, while buffering against ongoing supply and price shocks, will be an especially challenging environment for setting effective monetary policy. Despite the likelihood of more rate increases on the horizon, we believe the Fed will ultimately err on the side of protecting employment, even at the expense of higher inflation. In the meantime, however, we believe that we are likely to see a period of slowing growth paired with relatively high inflation.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Furthermore, the energy shock and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near-term. We take the opposite view on credit, where higher spreads provide near-term opportunities, while the likelihood of higher inflation leads us to take an underweight stance on credit in the long-term. We believe that investment-grade corporates, U.K. gilts, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

Total Returns as of July 31, 2022

 

     6-Month    12-Month

 

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

 

 

 

(7.81)%

 

 

(4.64)%

 

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

 

 

 

(6.42)    

 

 

(14.29)   

 

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia,

Far East Index)

 

 

 

(11.27)    

 

 

(14.32)   

 

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets

Index)

 

 

 

(16.24)    

 

 

(20.09)   

 

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

 

 

 

0.21   

 

 

0.22   

 

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

 

 

 

(6.38)   

 

 

(10.00)   

 

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

 

 

 

(6.14)   

 

 

(9.12)   

 

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

 

 

 

(3.95)   

 

 

(6.93)   

 

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

 

 

 

(6.58)   

 

 

(8.03)   

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  

Annual Report:

  

Market Overview

     4  

Fund Summary

     5  

About Fund Performance

     9  

Disclosure of Expenses

     9  

Schedules of Investments

     10  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     24  

Statements of Operations

     25  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     26  

Financial Highlights

     27  

Notes to Financial Statements

     29  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     38  

Important Tax Information

     39  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     40  

Supplemental Information

     44  

Trustee and Officer Information

     45  

General Information

     48  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     49  

 

 

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Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Global Market Overview

Global equity markets declined during the 12 months ended July 31, 2022 (“reporting period”). The MSCI ACWI, a broad global equity index that includes both developed and emerging markets, returned -10.48% in U.S. dollar terms for the reporting period.

For the first five months of the reporting period, economic recovery supported stocks in most regions of the world. The global economy continued to rebound from the impact of restrictions imposed at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, as mitigation and adaptation allowed most economic activity to continue. However, substantial challenges emerged at the beginning of 2022, which negatively affected stock prices. Inflation rose significantly in many countries, reducing consumers’ purchasing power and leading many central banks to tighten monetary policy. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presented a further challenge to the global economy, disrupting important commodities markets.

The U.S. economy grew briskly over the final half of 2021, powered primarily by consumer spending. Record-high personal savings rates allowed consumers to spend at an elevated level, releasing pent-up demand for goods and services. Growth subsequently stalled in the first half of 2022, and the economy contracted amid lower inventories and faltering business investment. Despite the economic downturn, unemployment declined substantially, falling to 3.5% in July 2022 — identical to the pre-pandemic rate in February 2020. Although high inflation negatively impacted consumer sentiment, which declined significantly, consumer spending continued to increase.

Rising inflation led to a shift in policy from the U.S. Federal Reserve (“the Fed”). As the reporting period began, the Fed was using accommodative monetary policy to stimulate the economy. Short-term interest rates were kept at near-zero levels, and the Fed used bond-buying programs to stabilize debt markets. However, rising prices led the Fed to tighten monetary policy during the reporting period in an attempt to prevent runaway inflation. The Fed slowed and then ended its bond-buying activities, finally reversing course as it began to reduce its balance sheet in June 2022. In March 2022, the Fed began to raise short-term interest rates, followed by three more increases for a total increase of 225 basis points, the most rapid rise in decades. Interest rates rose significantly in response, leading to higher borrowing costs for businesses.

Stocks declined in Europe and economic growth stalled, with the Eurozone economy slowing substantially beginning in the fourth quarter of 2021. Significantly higher inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine negatively impacted equities. Russia is an important trading partner with many European countries, and new sanctions imposed limits on certain types of trade with Russia. Investors became concerned that the sharp rise in energy prices during the reporting period would constrain economic growth, as Europe relies on imported energy for much of its industrial and heating needs. The European Central Bank (“ECB”) responded to elevated inflation by raising interest rates in July 2022, the first such increase in over a decade.

Despite relatively low inflation by global standards, Asia-Pacific stocks declined significantly. Chinese stocks faced significant headwinds amid regulatory interventions by the Chinese government and strict lockdowns following COVID-19 outbreaks. Japanese stocks also declined amid an economic contraction in the first quarter of 2022 and a sharp decline in the Japanese yen relative to the U.S. dollar. Emerging market stocks declined substantially, as higher interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar raised the cost of borrowing in many emerging economies.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of July 31, 2022    iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada, that exhibit growth characteristics, as represented by the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

      Average Annual Total Returns             Cumulative Total Returns  
     1 Year      5 Years      10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (18.92 )%       4.44      6.70       (18.92 )%       24.27      91.24

Fund Market

    (18.82      4.44        6.80         (18.82      24.25        93.15  

Index

    (19.11      4.56        6.92               (19.11      24.97        95.30  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication 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” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
 

Beginning
Account Value
(02/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(07/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(02/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(07/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
    

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 877.10        $ 1.72             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,023.00        $ 1.86        0.37

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of July 31, 2022  (continued)    iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Growth-oriented stocks in developed markets outside the U.S. and Canada declined during the reporting period, as higher inflation, rising interest rates, and weakening global economies sent markets lower. Rising interest rates typically pressure high-valuation growth-oriented stocks by lowering the current value of future earnings. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also increased investor uncertainty, as international sanctions on Russia disrupted global economic activity, unsettled commodities markets, and constrained companies that had connections to Russia. The combination of resilient consumer demand and persistent supply chain disruptions contributed to higher inflation in many countries. Inflationary pressure led some of the world’s central banks to adopt less accommodative stances regarding monetary policy. The Chinese government’s imposition of new lockdowns to quell the spread of COVID-19 pressured Asian stocks.

Japanese stocks detracted the most from the Index’s performance, particularly in the industrials and information technology sectors. Several companies in these sectors posted strong earnings but nevertheless detracted from the Index’s return due primarily to the weakness of the Japanese yen relative to the U.S. dollar. The Japanese yen hit a 24-year low in July 2022 against the U.S. dollar, weakening returns from the country as the Bank of Japan continued its low interest rate policy while some other central banks raised interest rates. Japan’s gross domestic product shrank in the first quarter as supply chain disruptions dampened exports and production. Lockdowns in China, Japan’s largest export market, idled factories and warehouses and slowed deliveries of goods.

European stocks, most notably in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, also detracted from the Index’s return. The decline of the euro, which reached parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time in 20 years, and a more modest weakening of the Swiss franc against the U.S. dollar devalued returns from the continent for U.S. investors. In addition, the war in Ukraine disrupted supply chains, clouded the outlook for economic growth, and contributed to record-high inflation across the Eurozone as commodities and oil prices soared. Late in the reporting period, the ECB and the Swiss central bank raised interest rates to fight growing inflation.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

 

   

Sector

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Industrials

    20.3

Health Care

    16.9  

Consumer Discretionary

    14.2  

Information Technology

    13.6  

Consumer Staples

    13.5  

Financials

    9.6  

Materials

    5.4  

Communication Services

    3.7  

Real Estate

    1.2  

Other (each representing less than 1%)

    1.6  

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds

 

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

 

   

Country/Geographic Region

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Japan

    21.9

Switzerland

    14.5  

France

    13.6  

United Kingdom

    9.9  

Australia

    7.9  

Netherlands

    6.9  

Germany

    5.1  

Denmark

    4.8  

Sweden

    4.5  

Hong Kong

    3.1  

 

 

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Fund Summary as of July 31, 2022    iShares® MSCI EAFE Value ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada, that exhibit value characteristics, as represented by the MSCI EAFE Value Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns  
     1 Year      5 Years      10 Years            1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Fund NAV

    (9.23 )%       0.32      4.31       (9.23 )%       1.63      52.50

Fund Market

    (9.47      0.28        4.34         (9.47      1.40        52.95  

Index

    (9.89      0.27        4.40               (9.89      1.35        53.88  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Past performance is not an indication 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” for more information.

Expense Example

 

Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return         
 

Beginning
Account Value
(02/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(07/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(02/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(07/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
    

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 887.20        $ 1.68             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,023.00        $ 1.81        0.36

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Disclosure of Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of July 31, 2022  (continued)    iShares® MSCI EAFE Value ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Value-oriented stocks in developed markets outside the U.S. and Canada declined during the reporting period, as higher inflation, rising interest rates, and weakening global economies sent markets lower. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also increased investor uncertainty, as international sanctions on Russia disrupted global economic activity, unsettled commodities markets, and constrained companies that had connections to Russia. The combination of resilient consumer demand and persistent supply chain disruptions contributed to higher inflation in many countries. Inflationary pressure led some of the world’s central banks to adopt less accommodative stances regarding monetary policy. The Chinese government’s imposition of new lockdowns to quell the spread of COVID-19 pressured Asian stocks.

German stocks detracted the most from the Index’s performance, particularly in the industrials, consumer discretionary, and materials sectors. The weakening euro, which reached parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time in 20 years, devalued returns from Germany for U.S. investors. In addition, the war in Ukraine disrupted supply chains, clouded the economic outlook, and contributed to record-high inflation across the Eurozone as commodities and energy prices soared. Some companies incurred significant costs related to exiting the Russian market, which weighed on earnings. The ECB raised interest rates in July 2022 for the first time in 11 years to fight growing inflation. Similar factors negatively impacted stocks across Europe. In France, the financials and consumer discretionary sectors detracted the most, and in Italy, utilities and financials stocks led the decline.

Japanese stocks also weighed on the Index’s return, most notably in the consumer discretionary sector. The Japanese yen hit a 24-year low in July 2022 against the U.S. dollar, weakening returns from the country as the Bank of Japan continued its low interest rate policy while other central banks raised interest rates. Japan’s gross domestic product shrank in the first quarter as supply chain disruptions dampened exports and production. Lockdowns in China, Japan’s largest export market, idled factories and warehouses and slowed deliveries of goods.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Financials

    25.2

Industrials

    10.5  

Health Care

    9.8  

Materials

    9.4  

Consumer Discretionary

    8.7  

Energy

    8.7  

Consumer Staples

    8.2  

Communication Services

    6.1  

Utilities

    6.1  

Real Estate

    4.7  

Information Technology

    2.6  

 

  (a)

Excludes money market funds

 

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

   

Country/Geographic Region

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Japan

    22.9

United Kingdom

    20.2  

Germany

    10.1  

Australia

    9.6  

France

    8.6  

Switzerland

    6.7  

Spain

    3.3  

Italy

    3.1  

Hong Kong

    3.0  

Sweden

    2.2  

 

 

 

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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 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. 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.

Disclosure of 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 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 the 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

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Australia — 7.9%            

Ampol Ltd.

    326,133     $ 7,726,580  

APA Group

    817,223       6,700,698  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

    830,706       20,724,495  

ASX Ltd.

    274,883       17,085,287  

Brambles Ltd.

    1,980,499       15,940,445  

Cochlear Ltd.

    90,761       13,680,122  

Coles Group Ltd.

    1,841,472       24,252,806  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    1,176,102       83,523,707  

Computershare Ltd.

    750,396       13,257,237  

CSL Ltd.

    663,466       135,092,943  

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd.

    82,147       4,200,164  

Endeavour Group Ltd./Australia

    1,856,936       10,345,796  

Evolution Mining Ltd.

    2,549,904       4,710,382  

Goodman Group

    2,317,073       33,910,504  

IDP Education Ltd.(a)

    289,670       5,828,124  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

    330,371       42,281,993  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

    1,913,200       4,600,351  

Mineral Resources Ltd.

    235,254       8,964,139  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

    4,450,002       96,104,505  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

    1,227,976       16,548,519  

Northern Star Resources Ltd.

    1,599,921       8,792,572  

Orica Ltd.

    566,514       6,714,454  

Qantas Airways Ltd.(b)

    649,555       2,093,093  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

    1,023,834       8,278,439  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

    164,671       8,135,037  

REA Group Ltd.

    73,244       6,461,902  

Reece Ltd.(a)

    315,436       3,406,810  

SEEK Ltd.

    466,380       7,554,020  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

    629,188       15,151,800  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

    1,996,355       5,456,057  

Transurban Group

    4,229,125       43,228,795  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

    997,969       8,602,528  

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.

    298,115       5,397,270  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

    1,562,459       51,194,769  

WiseTech Global Ltd.

    203,428       7,204,324  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

    1,669,781       43,930,405  
   

 

 

 
          797,081,072  
Austria — 0.1%            

Verbund AG

    94,095       10,347,203  
   

 

 

 
Belgium — 0.8%            

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

    598,166       32,042,433  

D’ieteren Group

    34,508       5,663,663  

Elia Group SA/NV

    45,752       6,945,690  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

    91,546       8,103,201  

Sofina SA

    21,409       5,013,757  

UCB SA

    87,508       6,837,765  

Umicore SA

    287,999       10,432,005  

Warehouses De Pauw CVA

    206,095       7,006,034  
   

 

 

 
      82,044,548  
Denmark — 4.8%            

AP Moller-Maersk A/S, Class A

    2,751       7,369,860  

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

    48,693       6,298,045  

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

    145,885       9,548,583  

Coloplast A/S, Class B

    163,771       19,167,580  

Demant A/S(b)

    133,332       5,079,379  

DSV A/S

    264,443       44,558,884  

Genmab A/S(b)

    90,543       32,217,002  
Security   Shares     Value  
Denmark (continued)            

GN Store Nord A/S

    179,557     $ 6,252,911  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    2,319,120       270,116,610  

Novozymes A/S, Class B

    283,600       18,116,442  

Orsted A/S(c)

    91,496       10,651,656  

Pandora A/S

    131,382       9,760,593  

Rockwool A/S, Class B

    12,316       3,051,893  

Tryg A/S

    249,660       5,692,583  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    1,391,041       36,561,739  
   

 

 

 
      484,443,760  
Finland — 0.8%            

Elisa OYJ

    69,317       3,833,582  

Kesko OYJ, Class B

    377,671       9,340,999  

Kone OYJ, Class B

    162,420       7,422,827  

Neste OYJ

    582,857       29,971,255  

Nokia OYJ

    2,616,328       13,627,353  

Orion OYJ, Class B

    52,132       2,488,651  

Stora Enso OYJ, Class R

    760,744       11,765,429  
   

 

 

 
      78,450,096  
France — 13.5%            

Accor SA(b)

    153,738       3,989,333  

Aeroports de Paris(b)

    26,883       3,714,473  

Air Liquide SA

    720,248       99,021,401  

Airbus SE

    812,412       87,595,631  

BioMerieux

    57,420       6,214,988  

Bureau Veritas SA

    406,595       11,214,137  

Capgemini SE

    225,549       43,020,501  

Cie. de Saint-Gobain

    343,327       16,009,276  

Dassault Aviation SA

    34,759       4,971,323  

Dassault Systemes SE

    918,622       39,401,231  

Edenred

    344,173       17,666,572  

Eiffage SA(a)

    57,803       5,424,175  

EssilorLuxottica SA

    257,412       40,357,655  

Eurofins Scientific SE

    185,753       14,481,000  

Getlink SE

    601,833       12,045,281  

Hermes International

    43,604       59,822,238  

Ipsen SA

    52,368       5,297,397  

Kering SA

    103,198       59,079,922  

La Francaise des Jeux SAEM(c)

    143,370       5,120,893  

Legrand SA

    368,430       30,162,855  

L’Oreal SA

    331,837       125,453,407  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    382,327       265,470,279  

Pernod Ricard SA

    288,459       56,666,138  

Remy Cointreau SA

    31,885       6,299,111  

Safran SA

    470,605       51,726,798  

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

    37,823       15,130,689  

Schneider Electric SE

    744,676       102,991,542  

SEB SA

    12,351       1,039,836  

Sodexo SA

    122,299       9,937,232  

Teleperformance

    80,915       27,058,051  

Thales SA

    147,084       18,291,309  

Ubisoft Entertainment SA(b)

    65,618       2,793,647  

Valeo

    186,604       4,008,258  

Veolia Environnement SA

    916,226       22,915,583  

Vinci SA

    735,818       70,534,587  

Vivendi SE

    996,161       9,456,887  

Wendel SE

    36,484       3,357,974  

Worldline SA/France(b)(c)

    328,968       14,520,031  
   

 

 

 
          1,372,261,641  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Germany — 4.9%            

adidas AG

    238,064     $ 41,183,042  

Bechtle AG

    111,437       5,154,391  

Beiersdorf AG

    139,049       14,339,390  

Brenntag SE

    211,834       14,880,298  

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Bearer

    55,699       8,128,702  

Delivery Hero SE(b)(c)

    144,746       6,983,467  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    267,656       46,723,450  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered(a)(b)

    541,664       3,334,404  

Deutsche Post AG, Registered

    478,304       19,103,396  

Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered

    2,231,699       42,399,993  

E.ON SE

    1,086,637       9,767,889  

GEA Group AG

    212,403       7,928,491  

HelloFresh SE(b)

    228,741       6,322,339  

Infineon Technologies AG

    1,799,055       49,338,122  

Knorr-Bremse AG

    65,636       3,910,301  

Merck KGaA

    178,029       33,907,514  

MTU Aero Engines AG

    73,718       14,250,675  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered

    96,639       21,908,640  

Nemetschek SE

    80,167       5,366,905  

Puma SE

    145,947       9,854,890  

QIAGEN NV(b)

    318,358       15,955,075  

Rational AG

    7,082       4,936,474  

Rheinmetall AG

    59,657       10,939,726  

SAP SE

    503,290       46,943,221  

Scout24 SE(c)

    111,167       6,355,248  

Siemens Healthineers AG(c)

    389,399       19,954,217  

Symrise AG

    183,048       21,359,066  

Zalando SE(b)(c)

    307,998       8,671,104  
   

 

 

 
      499,900,430  
Hong Kong — 3.1%            

AIA Group Ltd.

    16,760,600       168,387,773  

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(c)

    2,536,000       7,022,019  

ESR Group Ltd.(b)(c)

    2,969,800       7,722,745  

Futu Holdings Ltd., ADR(b)

    116,405       4,842,448  

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

    3,090,000       18,382,635  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

    1,417,700       65,058,869  

Sands China Ltd.(b)

    3,758,800       8,816,416  

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,344,000       4,576,220  

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

    1,981,500       21,987,954  

WH Group Ltd.(c)

    4,676,500       3,541,686  

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.(a)

    1,114,000       2,197,179  
   

 

 

 
          312,535,944  
Ireland — 0.7%            

Flutter Entertainment PLC, Class DI(b)

    229,142       23,005,721  

James Hardie Industries PLC

    614,901       15,186,030  

Kerry Group PLC, Class A

    219,369       23,154,642  

Kingspan Group PLC

    212,908       13,781,125  
   

 

 

 
      75,127,518  
Israel — 0.7%            

Azrieli Group Ltd.

    20,945       1,678,887  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a)(b)

    142,396       17,742,542  

Elbit Systems Ltd.

    36,755       8,480,605  

ICL Group Ltd.

    979,026       8,921,293  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

    603,290       3,430,222  

Kornit Digital Ltd.(a)(b)

    65,620       1,785,520  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

    107,068       3,980,364  

Nice Ltd.(b)

    87,101       18,595,829  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.(b)

    151,051       7,200,289  
Security   Shares     Value  
Israel (continued)            

Wix.com Ltd.(a)(b)

    39,816     $ 2,362,283  
   

 

 

 
      74,177,834  
Italy — 1.0%            

Amplifon SpA

    172,754       5,712,652  

Atlantia SpA

    240,572       5,559,772  

DiaSorin SpA

    34,924       4,855,918  

Ferrari NV

    173,603       36,866,721  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

    297,483       3,697,108  

Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA(c)

    466,882       4,906,171  

Moncler SpA

    281,166       14,094,533  

Nexi SpA(b)(c)

    726,469       6,597,820  

Prysmian SpA

    352,545       11,209,836  

Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA

    144,871       6,424,926  

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano(a)(b)

    9,103,120       2,019,613  
   

 

 

 
      101,945,070  
Japan — 21.9%            

Advantest Corp.

    261,700       15,565,126  

Aeon Co. Ltd.

    449,900       9,073,094  

Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

    642,200       16,900,121  

ANA Holdings Inc.(b)

    111,000       2,072,223  

Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.

    298,200       5,516,707  

Astellas Pharma Inc.

    897,800       14,060,791  

Azbil Corp.

    157,900       4,753,286  

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.

    274,900       21,475,848  

Capcom Co. Ltd.

    241,200       6,704,764  

Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.

    312,100       3,329,299  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    925,500       25,999,872  

CyberAgent Inc.

    587,500       5,862,309  

Daifuku Co. Ltd.

    140,400       8,952,820  

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

    2,414,100       64,009,145  

Daikin Industries Ltd.

    343,900       60,312,573  

Denso Corp.

    594,500       32,516,214  

Disco Corp.

    38,800       9,479,992  

East Japan Railway Co.

    143,900       7,512,582  

Eisai Co. Ltd.

    347,300       15,904,545  

FANUC Corp.

    263,700       45,477,824  

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

    80,400       48,689,459  

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

    60,800       2,746,086  

Fujitsu Ltd.

    270,200       36,223,646  

GLP J-Reit

    2,949       3,878,389  

GMO Payment Gateway Inc.

    58,000       4,819,969  

Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc.

    162,900       1,675,532  

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

    194,800       8,851,882  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.

    315,800       9,160,324  

Hikari Tsushin Inc.

    8,500       936,600  

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

    27,600       3,965,166  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.

    147,800       3,260,743  

Hitachi Metals Ltd.(b)

    193,600       2,976,959  

Hoshizaki Corp.

    76,600       2,285,132  

Hoya Corp.

    508,200       50,917,389  

Ibiden Co. Ltd.

    151,900       4,482,803  

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

    282,600       3,099,727  

Ito En Ltd.

    73,400       3,458,703  

ITOCHU Corp.

    1,061,300             30,894,083  

Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.

    134,200       3,596,519  

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.(b)

    65,600       1,136,403  

Japan Exchange Group Inc.

    753,700       11,984,381  

JSR Corp.

    163,800       4,536,923  

Kakaku.com Inc.

    182,500       3,574,562  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Japan (continued)

   

Kao Corp.

    229,600     $ 9,986,313  

Keio Corp.

    142,211       5,445,273  

Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

    192,000       5,264,031  

Keyence Corp.

    267,448       106,000,901  

Kikkoman Corp.

    200,800       11,906,378  

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    83,400       2,756,115  

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    73,500       4,896,562  

Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.

    207,000       5,900,566  

Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. Ltd.

    81,850       2,857,411  

Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    144,200       4,740,098  

Komatsu Ltd.

    1,274,600       29,466,676  

Konami Group Corp.

    125,300       7,405,910  

Kose Corp.

    45,900       4,097,121  

Kubota Corp.

    492,400       8,175,484  

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

    143,900       5,836,519  

Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

    184,400       4,347,272  

Lasertec Corp.

    105,700       15,133,075  

M3 Inc.

    608,400       21,196,601  

Makita Corp.

    109,200       2,668,679  

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.

    119,000       4,466,717  

MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.

    499,400       8,983,269  

MISUMI Group Inc.

    389,900       9,700,049  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

    440,500       16,356,849  

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

    962,200       21,228,309  

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

    1,254,300       28,032,869  

MonotaRO Co. Ltd.

    345,900       6,176,160  

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    792,100       46,267,112  

NEC Corp.

    331,100       12,222,368  

Nexon Co. Ltd.

    679,500       15,426,078  

Nidec Corp.

    616,600       42,850,029  

Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc.

    419,500       5,613,764  

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

    151,400           67,702,000  

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,145,700       8,757,930  

Nippon Prologis REIT Inc.

    1,469       3,820,143  

Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp.

    237,800       4,009,945  

Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.

    66,400       4,109,601  

Nissan Chemical Corp.

    176,400       9,019,884  

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

    86,300       6,250,370  

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

    110,200       11,659,003  

Nitto Denko Corp.

    197,000       12,685,867  

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

    463,170       13,915,618  

NTT Data Corp.

    870,100       13,168,963  

Obic Co. Ltd.

    95,400       15,251,563  

Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

    406,400       5,828,757  

Olympus Corp.

    1,697,900       36,338,719  

Omron Corp.

    256,400       14,339,938  

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    507,400       14,267,529  

Open House Group Co. Ltd.

    113,500       4,951,461  

Oracle Corp. Japan

    53,800       3,355,409  

Oriental Land Co. Ltd./Japan

    274,200       41,631,430  

Otsuka Corp.

    79,800       2,488,618  

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

    535,900       19,143,929  

Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.

    524,300       8,163,597  

Persol Holdings Co. Ltd.

    242,900       5,028,462  

Rakuten Group Inc.

    606,200       3,005,259  

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,985,200       74,192,942  

Renesas Electronics Corp.(b)

    1,606,200       15,298,810  

Rohm Co. Ltd.

    120,000       8,905,273  

SCSK Corp.

    140,800       2,479,523  

Secom Co. Ltd.

    186,100       12,429,631  
Security   Shares     Value  

Japan (continued)

   

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

    182,200     $ 2,563,456  

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

    398,500       7,605,186  

Shimadzu Corp.

    325,400       11,577,383  

Shimano Inc.

    100,000       16,704,621  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

    517,500       66,288,765  

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

    181,300       9,299,139  

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

    549,000       22,582,136  

SMC Corp.

    78,900       38,884,782  

Sony Group Corp.

    1,735,300       147,201,870  

Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.

    117,900       5,470,535  

SUMCO Corp.

    480,900       6,729,099  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

    223,000       7,011,968  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    94,600       3,732,674  

Sysmex Corp.

    231,300       16,193,735  

T&D Holdings Inc.

    367,100       4,154,852  

TDK Corp.

    533,500       16,802,394  

Terumo Corp.

    886,500       30,268,293  

TIS Inc.

    312,700       8,866,334  

Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.

    260,400       6,183,167  

Toho Co. Ltd./Tokyo

    98,300       3,903,566  

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.

    865,400       50,660,446  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc.(b)

    742,900       2,923,582  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

    205,700       70,800,591  

Tokyu Corp.

    732,600       8,982,831  

Toshiba Corp.

    535,000       21,703,625  

TOTO Ltd.

    96,100       3,273,344  

Trend Micro Inc/Japan

    91,400       5,311,638  

Unicharm Corp.

    555,400       20,117,831  

USS Co. Ltd.

    150,300       2,949,264  

Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.

    127,400       2,845,467  

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

    176,400       10,742,670  

Yamaha Corp.

    193,600       8,257,824  

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

    143,800       2,777,803  

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

    402,400       7,041,598  

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

    329,400       11,536,870  

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

    204,400       3,624,680  

Z Holdings Corp.

    2,391,000       8,450,364  

ZOZO Inc.

    172,200       3,719,810  
   

 

 

 
          2,217,979,440  
Netherlands — 6.9%            

Adyen NV(b)(c)

    29,813       53,626,784  

Akzo Nobel NV

    250,418       16,853,252  

Argenx SE(b)

    43,359       15,839,104  

ASM International NV

    64,243       19,733,628  

ASML Holding NV

    559,786       321,741,413  

Davide Campari-Milano NV

    723,608       8,033,395  

Euronext NV(c)

    124,291       10,127,052  

Heineken Holding NV

    49,108       3,880,453  

Heineken NV

    357,076       35,202,982  

IMCD NV

    78,801       12,619,892  

JDE Peet’s NV

    139,879       4,056,826  

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV(b)(c)

    88,681       1,625,457  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    240,697       38,547,397  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    610,208       12,629,017  

OCI NV

    146,343       5,080,537  

Prosus NV, Class N

    1,143,127       74,571,877  

Universal Music Group NV

    1,004,767       22,744,406  

Wolters Kluwer NV

    361,510       39,260,803  
   

 

 

 
      696,174,275  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

New Zealand — 0.3%

   

Auckland International Airport Ltd.(b)

    1,730,946     $ 8,127,993  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

    797,600       10,666,005  

Xero Ltd.(b)

    185,753       12,237,164  
   

 

 

 
      31,031,162  
Norway — 0.4%            

Adevinta ASA(b)

    406,921       3,094,372  

Aker BP ASA

    412,290       14,325,572  

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA

    124,298       4,580,223  

Mowi ASA

    570,007       13,152,962  

Salmar ASA

    81,691       5,851,421  
   

 

 

 
      41,004,550  
Portugal — 0.1%            

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

    391,726       9,067,260  
   

 

 

 
Singapore — 1.4%            

Capitaland Investment Ltd/Singapore

    3,591,000       10,217,573  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,248,500       28,488,706  

Genting Singapore Ltd.

    8,396,100       4,903,641  

Grab Holdings Ltd., Class A(a)(b)

    1,509,133       4,451,942  

Sea Ltd., ADR(a)(b)

    495,295       37,800,914  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.(a)(b)

    1,206,800       4,774,281  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

    657,000       4,709,764  

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

    2,161,100       6,301,248  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

    11,388,800       21,537,050  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    570,900       11,390,216  

Venture Corp. Ltd.(a)

    382,600       4,874,408  
   

 

 

 
          139,449,743  
Spain — 1.4%            

Acciona SA

    34,189       7,035,087  

Aena SME SA(b)(c)

    103,572       13,100,785  

Amadeus IT Group SA(b)

    402,034       23,442,684  

Cellnex Telecom SA(c)

    748,878       33,496,626  

EDP Renovaveis SA

    259,586       6,751,645  

Ferrovial SA

    432,744       11,588,072  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

    1,503,161       36,507,203  

Repsol SA

    702,544       8,752,472  

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA(b)

    330,489       6,080,752  
   

 

 

 
      146,755,326  
Sweden — 4.5%            

Alfa Laval AB

    405,734       12,132,181  

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

    1,380,628       32,618,746  

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

    3,701,085       43,263,313  

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

    2,163,409       22,472,818  

Embracer Group AB(a)(b)

    884,890       6,743,325  

Epiroc AB, Class A

    909,700       16,085,028  

Epiroc AB, Class B

    539,678       8,572,019  

EQT AB

    448,985       12,186,932  

Evolution AB(c)

    251,750       24,427,499  

Fastighets AB Balder, Class B(b)

    875,520       5,592,887  

Getinge AB, Class B

    316,779       7,148,409  

Hexagon AB, Class B

    2,683,181       31,593,228  

Holmen AB, Class B

    84,968       3,491,499  

Industrivarden AB, Class A

    114,281       2,981,824  

Industrivarden AB, Class C

    135,372       3,492,631  

Indutrade AB

    373,288       8,773,595  

Investment AB Latour, Class B

    205,676       5,117,492  

Investor AB, Class A

    688,734       14,160,559  

Investor AB, Class B

    2,508,840       46,819,268  

Kinnevik AB, Class B(b)

    329,926       5,942,585  
Security   Shares     Value  

Sweden (continued)

   

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

    37,323     $ 1,771,330  

Lifco AB, Class B

    323,291       6,293,181  

Nibe Industrier AB, Class B

    2,085,139       21,005,909  

Sagax AB, Class B

    263,721       6,796,642  

Sandvik AB

    1,470,834       27,101,851  

Sinch AB(a)(b)(c)

    778,326       1,973,354  

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B

    413,659       6,047,520  

Swedish Match AB

    2,177,964       22,800,060  

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB(b)

    234,452       5,148,796  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

    4,022,358       30,595,034  

Volvo AB, Class A

    278,063       5,181,294  

Volvo Car AB, Class B(a)(b)

    825,930       6,149,690  
   

 

 

 
      454,480,499  
Switzerland — 14.5%            

ABB Ltd., Registered

    1,470,303       44,696,623  

Alcon Inc.

    688,134       54,158,954  

Bachem Holding AG, Class A

    43,279       2,918,453  

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered

    4,920       10,901,058  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

    1,469       16,245,174  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered

    149       17,182,991  

Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered

    719,486       86,753,823  

Clariant AG, Registered

    195,352       3,660,025  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered

    1,449,388       8,430,460  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered

    9,694       7,697,857  

Geberit AG, Registered

    49,244       25,935,665  

Givaudan SA, Registered

    12,726       44,484,454  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered

    74,894       20,170,551  

Logitech International SA, Registered

    238,831       13,437,149  

Lonza Group AG, Registered

    102,709       62,421,530  

Nestle SA, Registered

    3,876,705       475,002,089  

Partners Group Holding AG

    31,764       34,678,218  

Roche Holding AG, Bearer

    36,816       15,008,581  

Roche Holding AG, NVS

    967,569       321,237,278  

Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

    28,232       5,518,193  

Schindler Holding AG, Registered

    21,228       4,030,916  

SGS SA, Registered

    4,385       10,701,450  

Siemens Energy AG(b)

    297,798       4,948,654  

Sika AG, Registered

    199,851       49,380,675  

Sonova Holding AG, Registered

    73,970       26,642,645  

STMicroelectronics NV

    941,406       35,626,121  

Straumann Holding AG

    153,217       20,722,674  

Swiss Re AG

    207,992       15,607,054  

Temenos AG, Registered

    87,990       6,983,987  

VAT Group AG(c)

    37,319       10,866,224  

Vifor Pharma AG(b)

    59,522       10,399,232  
   

 

 

 
          1,466,448,758  
United Kingdom — 9.9%            

Ashtead Group PLC

    611,996       34,449,076  

Associated British Foods PLC

    490,162       10,011,738  

AstraZeneca PLC

    1,066,866       140,336,842  

Auto Trader Group PLC(c)

    1,301,437       10,033,446  

AVEVA Group PLC

    166,090       4,805,067  

Barclays PLC

    8,020,958       15,364,647  

Bunzl PLC

    464,215       17,422,291  

Burberry Group PLC

    550,026       12,091,529  

CNH Industrial NV

    1,411,191       18,179,890  

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

    283,549       15,345,672  

Compass Group PLC

    2,457,110       57,585,896  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
United Kingdom (continued)            

Croda International PLC

    192,239     $ 17,580,256  

Diageo PLC

    3,188,601       151,049,949  

Entain PLC(b)

    807,129       11,876,945  

Experian PLC

    1,269,050       44,432,300  

Ferguson PLC

    301,854       37,972,838  

Halma PLC

    523,305       14,737,774  

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

    239,091       5,053,666  

Informa PLC(b)

    2,059,518       14,978,140  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

    253,690       15,037,496  

Intertek Group PLC

    222,031       11,866,491  

JD Sports Fashion PLC

    3,551,395       5,640,900  

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

    458,527       44,748,878  

Melrose Industries PLC

    6,020,871       11,851,838  

Next PLC

    182,145       15,163,897  

NMC Health PLC, NVS(d)

    50,450       1  

Ocado Group PLC(a)(b)

    396,817       4,079,379  

Prudential PLC

    3,787,767       46,719,780  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    491,740       39,887,359  

RELX PLC

    2,664,286       78,888,018  

Rentokil Initial PLC

    2,560,498       16,906,861  

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC(b)

    11,523,029       12,593,966  

Sage Group PLC (The)

    911,099       7,851,954  

Segro PLC

    1,076,273       14,398,358  

Severn Trent PLC

    223,849       8,047,780  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    423,916       5,435,092  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

    101,284       14,778,240  

Tesco PLC

    3,678,595       11,797,753  

Whitbread PLC

    139,066       4,426,446  
   

 

 

 
      1,003,428,449  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.6%
(Cost: $10,010,508,784)

 

        10,094,134,578  
   

 

 

 
Preferred Stocks            
Germany — 0.2%            

Sartorius AG, Preference Shares, NVS

    33,638       15,046,252  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks — 0.2%
(Cost: $10,287,829)

 

    15,046,252  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%
(Cost: $10,020,796,613)

 

    10,109,180,830  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 0.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 1.93%(e)(f)(g)

    30,383,933     $ 30,380,895  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 1.81%(e)(f)

    2,190,000       2,190,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%
(Cost: $32,565,899)

 

    32,570,895  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 100.1%
(Cost: $10,053,362,512)

 

    10,141,751,725  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

    (6,133,786
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   10,135,617,939  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(g) 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended July 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 Sale
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
07/31/22
    Shares
Held at
07/31/22
    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 9,848,791     $ 20,560,457 (a)    $     $ (27,633   $ (720   $ 30,380,895       30,383,933     $ 247,861 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    3,140,000             (950,000 )(a)                  2,190,000       2,190,000       10,711        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (27,633   $ (720   $ 32,570,895       $ 258,572     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
  Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                             

TOPIX Index

     68          09/08/22        $   9,881   $ 3,986  

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     281          09/16/22        10,607     647,581  

FTSE 100 Index

     63          09/16/22        5,656     150,473  
              

 

 

 
               $ 802,040  
              

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

     
Commodity
Contracts
 
 
    
Credit
Contracts
 
 
    
Equity
Contracts
 
 
    


Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
 
 
 
 
    

Interest
Rate
Contracts
 
 
 
    
Other
Contracts
 
 
     Total  
               

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

    $            —        $            —        $802,040        $            —        $            —        $            —        $802,040  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended July 31, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

     
Commodity
Contracts
 
 
    
Credit
Contracts
 
 
    
Equity
Contracts
 
 
   


Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
 
 
 
 
    

Interest
Rate
Contracts
 
 
 
    
Other
Contracts
 
 
     Total  
               

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                  

Futures contracts

    $            —        $            —        $(1,261,118)       $            —        $            —        $            —        $(1,261,118)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                  

Futures contracts

    $            —        $            —        $1,059,818       $            —        $            —        $            —        $1,059,818  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure (continued)

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

   

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $38,713,496

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

   $ 94,730,553        $ 9,999,404,024        $ 1        $ 10,094,134,578  

Preferred Stocks

              15,046,252                   15,046,252  

Money Market Funds

     32,570,895                            32,570,895  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     127,301,448        $ 10,014,450,276        $                 1        $ 10,141,751,725  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Futures Contracts

   $        $ 802,040        $        $ 802,040  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Australia — 9.6%

   

APA Group

    1,197,144     $ 9,815,804  

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

    3,734,684       10,570,259  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

    5,704,460       92,191,265  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., New

    383,614       6,137,914  

BHP Group Ltd.

    10,212,034       279,455,945  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

    993,651       11,671,801  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    1,721,078       122,226,487  

Dexus

    2,176,227       14,624,255  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

    3,410,295       43,885,578  

Glencore PLC

    19,948,658       113,062,988  

GPT Group (The)

    3,847,247       12,377,361  

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

    4,984,070       15,682,693  

Lendlease Corp. Ltd.

    1,383,312       10,021,594  

Lottery Corp. Ltd. (The)(a)

    4,502,166       14,281,316  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

    257,980       33,017,149  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

    2,816,896       6,773,317  

Mirvac Group

    7,918,644       11,996,635  

Origin Energy Ltd.

    3,666,053       15,391,424  

Qantas Airways Ltd.(a)

    944,152       3,042,388  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

    1,498,345       12,115,203  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

    128,674       6,356,722  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

    748,761       51,877,567  

Rio Tinto PLC

    2,261,550       136,528,590  

Santos Ltd.

    6,489,601       33,735,411  

Scentre Group

    10,479,523       21,475,082  

South32 Ltd.

    9,340,957       25,459,844  

Stockland

    4,794,769       12,992,321  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

    2,549,322       20,132,731  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

    5,368,629       14,672,512  

Vicinity Centres

    7,771,847       11,371,727  

Westpac Banking Corp.

    7,062,403       106,946,967  

Woodside Energy Group Ltd.

    3,801,111       85,830,906  
   

 

 

 
        1,365,721,756  
Austria — 0.2%            

Erste Group Bank AG

    694,214       17,600,182  

OMV AG

    301,467       12,839,456  

voestalpine AG

    239,246       5,387,013  
   

 

 

 
      35,826,651  
Belgium — 0.8%            

Ageas SA/NV

    328,387       14,332,547  

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

    872,550       46,740,578  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

    72,599       6,426,106  

KBC Group NV

    504,470       26,422,606  

Proximus SADP

    304,969       4,225,954  

Solvay SA

    151,731       13,326,977  

UCB SA

    128,115       10,010,746  
   

 

 

 
      121,485,514  
Denmark — 0.8%            

AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class A

    2,182       5,845,523  

AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class B, NVS

    10,737       29,315,587  

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

    131,995       17,072,483  

Danske Bank A/S

    1,393,493       19,487,021  

Orsted A/S(b)

    254,511       29,629,313  

Tryg A/S

    362,248       8,259,741  
   

 

 

 
      109,609,668  
Finland — 1.7%            

Elisa OYJ

    185,674       10,268,715  
Security   Shares     Value  
Finland (continued)            

Fortum OYJ

    924,605     $ 10,378,035  

Kone OYJ, Class B

    445,969       20,381,422  

Nokia OYJ

    7,094,476       36,952,145  

Nordea Bank Abp

    6,674,655       65,811,867  

Orion OYJ, Class B

    142,563       6,805,600  

Sampo OYJ, Class A

    1,001,985       43,288,489  

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

    1,076,498       34,113,962  

Wartsila OYJ Abp

    950,638       8,352,811  
   

 

 

 
      236,353,046  
France — 8.5%            

Accor SA(a)

    122,747       3,185,150  

Aeroports de Paris(a)

    21,556       2,978,432  

Alstom SA

    641,288       15,240,653  

Amundi SA(b)

    124,600       6,765,133  

ArcelorMittal SA

    1,229,429       30,334,849  

Arkema SA

    120,425       11,408,528  

AXA SA

    3,907,709       90,043,420  

BNP Paribas SA

    2,240,879       105,875,458  

Bollore SE

    1,796,901       9,072,300  

Bouygues SA

    460,933       13,933,881  

Carrefour SA

    1,246,880       21,249,383  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

    1,370,060       38,340,532  

Cie. de Saint-Gobain

    499,989       23,314,396  

Covivio

    94,928       6,003,586  

Credit Agricole SA(c)

    2,512,458       23,149,359  

Danone SA

    1,317,782       72,661,386  

Eiffage SA

    83,628       7,847,566  

Electricite de France SA(c)

    1,144,059       13,893,737  

Engie SA

    3,683,972       45,579,346  

EssilorLuxottica SA

    202,183       31,698,723  

Eurazeo SE

    87,484       6,248,764  

Gecina SA

    92,260       9,459,473  

Klepierre SA

    432,048       9,600,126  

Orange SA

    4,007,974       40,955,207  

Publicis Groupe SA

    458,235       24,385,132  

Renault SA(a)

    389,771       11,523,336  

Sanofi

    2,294,033       227,966,135  

SEB SA

    33,425       2,814,065  

Societe Generale SA

    1,606,315       35,991,721  

TotalEnergies SE

    5,001,336       255,455,008  

Ubisoft Entertainment SA(a)

    96,319       4,100,724  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield(a)

    238,592       13,548,384  

Valeo

    144,743       3,109,083  
   

 

 

 
        1,217,732,976  
Germany — 9.3%            

Allianz SE, Registered

    823,952       149,634,698  

Aroundtown SA(c)

    2,005,686       6,432,304  

BASF SE

    1,852,720       82,566,789  

Bayer AG, Registered

    1,981,758       115,596,413  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    666,460       54,458,663  

Commerzbank AG(a)

    2,150,761       14,735,139  

Continental AG

    222,366       15,841,610  

Covestro AG(b)

    390,951       13,184,971  

Daimler Truck Holding AG(a)

    909,271       24,845,790  

Delivery Hero SE(a)(b)

    117,387       5,663,495  

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered

    4,174,100       36,510,651  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered(a)(c)

    430,057       2,647,367  

Deutsche Post AG, Registered

    1,299,602       51,905,925  

Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered

    3,255,906       61,858,876  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Germany (continued)            

E.ON SE

    2,943,169     $ 26,456,440  

Evonik Industries AG

    421,097       8,981,867  

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

    413,959       15,346,898  

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

    844,766       21,616,680  

Hannover Rueck SE

    121,802       17,277,251  

HeidelbergCement AG

    296,564       15,106,080  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    210,314       13,261,306  

KION Group AG

    147,503       6,727,997  

Knorr-Bremse AG

    52,471       3,125,989  

LEG Immobilien SE

    147,397       13,390,317  

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

    1,618,536       95,451,512  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered

    141,552       32,090,687  

RWE AG

    1,295,771       53,305,356  

SAP SE

    1,369,179       127,707,032  

Siemens AG, Registered

    1,543,189       172,133,414  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

    2,090,260       5,557,226  

Uniper SE(c)

    186,678       1,247,270  

United Internet AG, Registered

    194,712       5,128,942  

Volkswagen AG

    59,269       11,739,269  

Vonovia SE

    1,409,768       46,973,177  
   

 

 

 
        1,328,507,401  
Hong Kong — 2.9%            

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

    7,436,000       26,898,352  

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.(c)

    4,020,000       7,950,585  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

    4,026,500       28,506,521  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

    5,418,000       35,939,093  

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

    1,282,000       8,039,132  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

    3,323,500       28,181,849  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

    4,059,088       7,405,783  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.(c)

    1,535,800       24,773,399  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

    2,919,794       10,164,228  

HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd., Class SS

    5,420,500       4,902,680  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd., Class SS

    7,613,000       10,666,690  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.(c)

    23,184,650       24,486,055  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

    2,296,200       11,935,785  

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

    430,300       22,726,645  

Link REIT

    4,240,400       35,510,505  

MTR Corp. Ltd.

    3,131,000       16,580,224  

New World Development Co. Ltd.

    3,035,250       10,149,563  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

    2,804,000       18,359,876  

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

    6,952,000       10,329,539  

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

    969,000       3,299,373  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

    2,924,500       34,910,138  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

    1,006,000       5,729,291  

Swire Properties Ltd.

    2,350,800       5,601,321  

WH Group Ltd.(b)

    10,892,500       8,249,292  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.

    3,377,419       15,033,592  

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

    2,406,000       4,745,433  
   

 

 

 
      421,074,944  
Ireland — 0.5%            

CRH PLC

    1,545,175       59,294,763  

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

    503,812       18,261,874  
   

 

 

 
      77,556,637  
Israel — 0.8%            

Azrieli Group Ltd.

    56,840       4,556,121  

Bank Hapoalim BM

    2,606,346       24,291,155  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    3,107,140       30,212,614  
Security   Shares     Value  
Israel (continued)            

CyberArk Software Ltd.(a)(c)

    80,546     $ 10,481,451  

Isracard Ltd.

    1       3  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

    1,617,543       9,197,121  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

    159,332       5,923,333  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR(a)(c)

    2,228,822       20,906,350  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)(c)

    56,502       3,352,264  

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.

    170,536       8,496,103  
   

 

 

 
        117,416,515  
Italy — 3.1%            

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

    2,229,136       33,324,791  

Atlantia SpA

    651,084       15,046,965  

Enel SpA

    16,406,030       82,707,132  

Eni SpA

    5,090,980       61,196,527  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

    796,140       9,894,399  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    33,244,387       59,035,658  

Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA

    1,226,408       10,518,546  

Poste Italiane SpA(b)

    1,059,721       8,901,989  

Snam SpA

    4,177,854       20,962,517  

Stellantis NV

    4,406,285       63,275,363  

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano(a)(c)

    6,989,946       1,550,785  

Tenaris SA

    955,987       13,378,114  

Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale

    2,838,768       21,733,050  

UniCredit SpA

    4,265,575       42,185,198  
   

 

 

 
      443,711,034  
Japan — 22.8%            

Aeon Co. Ltd.

    662,400       13,358,563  

AGC Inc.

    391,400       14,267,792  

Aisin Corp.

    296,200       8,796,720  

ANA Holdings Inc.(a)

    160,600       2,998,189  

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

    921,100       32,023,276  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    2,534,800       20,335,190  

Astellas Pharma Inc.

    2,440,300       38,218,477  

Bridgestone Corp.

    1,152,200       44,942,545  

Brother Industries Ltd.

    480,000       8,991,087  

Canon Inc.

    2,018,100       47,743,844  

Central Japan Railway Co.

    289,900       33,946,384  

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

    1,066,900       5,917,940  

Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.

    851,200       9,080,100  

Concordia Financial Group Ltd.

    2,189,100       7,447,313  

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

    446,400       9,850,855  

Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc.

    2,024,400       35,214,190  

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

    124,800       11,831,359  

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

    1,204,800       29,768,282  

Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp.

    4,430       10,662,103  

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

    2,754,800       12,716,776  

Dentsu Group Inc.

    437,800       15,293,034  

East Japan Railway Co.

    396,900       20,720,944  

ENEOS Holdings Inc.

    6,167,050       23,856,629  

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

    165,700       7,483,987  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

    725,700       41,453,451  

GLP J-Reit

    4,288       5,639,380  

Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc.

    239,000       2,458,270  

Hikari Tsushin Inc.

    27,600       3,041,194  

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

    22,190       3,187,936  

Hitachi Ltd.

    1,953,600       98,906,949  

Hitachi Metals Ltd.(a)

    153,500       2,360,347  

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

    3,288,600       84,277,536  

Hoshizaki Corp.

    109,400       3,263,622  

Hulic Co. Ltd.

    772,700       6,197,123  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Japan (continued)             

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.

    423,183      $ 11,004,790  

Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    294,900        4,828,224  

Inpex Corp.

    2,090,200        23,957,397  

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

    771,000        8,456,791  

ITOCHU Corp.

    835,800        24,329,855  

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.(a)

    191,400        3,315,662  

Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest

    14,050        11,449,216  

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.(c)

    829,400        6,634,917  

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

    4,937,700        35,550,606  

Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.

    401,500        6,491,393  

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

    2,527        12,202,785  

Japan Tobacco Inc.

    2,420,900        43,468,740  

JFE Holdings Inc.

    997,400        11,245,533  

JSR Corp.

    127,400        3,528,718  

Kajima Corp.

    849,900        9,702,205  

Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. (The)

    1,426,000        14,457,826  

Kao Corp.

    620,500        26,988,271  

KDDI Corp.

    3,254,400        104,343,608  

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    224,200        7,409,124  

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,659,300        27,292,747  

Kubota Corp.

    1,339,300        22,236,852  

Kyocera Corp.

    646,800        35,954,879  

Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

    275,500        6,494,975  

Lixil Corp.

    599,000        12,396,446  

Makita Corp.

    292,700        7,153,135  

Marubeni Corp.

    3,144,100        29,247,255  

Mazda Motor Corp.

    1,154,900        9,735,311  

MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.

    230,100        12,013,522  

Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.

    2,590,100        14,565,496  

Mitsubishi Corp.

    2,547,100        75,697,970  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

    3,892,500        41,082,327  

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

    2,385,500        35,428,509  

Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc.

    1,327,500        6,432,933  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

    24,111,400        135,855,484  

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

    1,407,900        31,061,460  

Mitsui Chemicals Inc.

    370,200        7,797,979  

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

    695,300        19,065,754  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

    4,865,620        58,029,201  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc.

    898,408        29,136,573  

NGK Insulators Ltd.

    478,000        6,991,335  

Nippon Building Fund Inc.

    3,097        16,428,801  

Nippon Express Holdings Inc.

    154,800        9,250,136  

Nippon Prologis REIT Inc.

    2,147        5,583,286  

Nippon Steel Corp.

    1,623,800        24,162,516  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    2,411,200        68,876,696  

Nippon Yusen KK

    324,600        25,497,756  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

    4,690,800        17,838,460  

Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

    405,830        4,995,541  

Nomura Holdings Inc.

    5,874,600        22,414,603  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc.

    238,400        5,783,432  

Nomura Real Estate Master Fund Inc.

    8,528        10,683,795  

Obayashi Corp.

    1,305,900        9,604,158  

Oji Holdings Corp.

    1,633,000        6,808,229  

ORIX Corp.

    2,407,700        42,909,594  

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

    759,200        13,648,971  

Otsuka Corp.

    115,300        3,595,709  

Panasonic Holdings Corp.

    4,453,400        36,767,873  

Rakuten Group Inc.

    885,600        4,390,395  

Resona Holdings Inc.

    4,367,900        16,974,738  

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

    1,152,900        9,272,844  
Security   Shares      Value  
Japan (continued)             

SBI Holdings Inc/Japan

    501,500      $ 10,174,145  

SCSK Corp.

    110,600        1,947,693  

Secom Co. Ltd.

    147,700        9,864,893  

Seiko Epson Corp.

    568,000        8,532,879  

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

    493,500        6,943,279  

Sekisui House Ltd.

    1,238,700        21,939,106  

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,519,800        61,947,363  

Sharp Corp./Japan

    492,200        3,961,718  

Shimizu Corp.

    1,109,200        6,287,657  

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

    268,000        13,746,107  

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)

    897,700        5,432,357  

SoftBank Corp.

    5,793,400        66,984,748  

SoftBank Group Corp.

    2,433,300        102,215,084  

Sompo Holdings Inc.

    631,100        28,166,754  

Subaru Corp.

    1,237,100        21,526,659  

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

    2,994,400        11,767,782  

Sumitomo Corp.

    2,271,200        31,932,963  

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

    1,446,300        16,124,491  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

    177,100        5,568,697  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

    2,633,500        82,618,400  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.

    682,005        22,403,350  

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

    625,800        17,280,254  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    139,800        5,516,150  

Suzuki Motor Corp.

    743,400        24,368,154  

T&D Holdings Inc.

    532,700        6,029,119  

Taisei Corp.

    383,600        12,239,450  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    3,031,800        88,953,593  

Toho Co. Ltd./Tokyo

    80,100        3,180,831  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings
Inc.(a)

    2,047,300        8,056,871  

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

    802,700        15,765,756  

Toppan Inc.

    527,200        8,970,546  

Toray Industries Inc.

    2,787,600        15,268,625  

Tosoh Corp.

    522,700        6,813,498  

TOTO Ltd.

    142,300        4,847,002  

Toyota Industries Corp.

    296,400        18,047,633  

Toyota Motor Corp.

    21,392,780        347,226,722  

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

    429,800        14,668,833  

Trend Micro Inc/Japan

    134,500        7,816,360  

USS Co. Ltd.

    220,400        4,324,803  

West Japan Railway Co.

    442,800        16,264,361  

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

    394,600        7,622,539  

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

    164,500        2,917,123  

Z Holdings Corp.

    1,870,800        6,611,853  
    

 

 

 
       3,247,650,925  
Malta — 0.0%             

BGP Holdings PLC, NVS(a)(d)

    2,256,851        23  
    

 

 

 
Netherlands — 2.1%             

ABN AMRO Bank NV, CVA(b)

    858,977        8,759,756  

Aegon NV

    3,619,768        15,898,761  

AerCap Holdings NV(a)(c)

    275,692        12,367,543  

Argenx SE(a)

    34,050        12,438,513  

EXOR NV

    219,527        15,439,866  

Heineken Holding NV

    133,077        10,515,579  

ING Groep NV

    7,875,032        76,496,675  

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

    243,235        4,458,316  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

    2,109,318        58,087,927  

Koninklijke KPN NV

    6,638,120        21,899,094  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    892,670        18,474,921  

NN Group NV

    574,900        26,975,684  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Netherlands (continued)            

Randstad NV

    244,926     $ 12,379,290  
   

 

 

 
      294,191,925  
New Zealand — 0.2%            

Mercury NZ Ltd.

    1,394,052       5,332,132  

Meridian Energy Ltd.

    2,620,831       8,224,808  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

    3,754,622       12,073,268  
   

 

 

 
      25,630,208  
Norway — 1.3%            

DNB Bank ASA

    1,874,290       36,971,810  

Equinor ASA

    1,971,342       75,904,322  

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

    409,236       8,559,478  

Norsk Hydro ASA

    2,717,344       18,410,632  

Orkla ASA

    1,520,491       13,125,290  

Telenor ASA

    1,405,455       17,068,053  

Yara International ASA

    338,949       14,445,107  
   

 

 

 
      184,484,692  
Portugal — 0.3%            

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

    5,677,587       28,722,360  

Galp Energia SGPS SA

    1,015,277       10,716,837  
   

 

 

 
      39,439,197  
Singapore — 1.5%            

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

    6,884,200       14,817,954  

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust

    10,884,904       17,195,099  

City Developments Ltd.

    839,300       4,715,384  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,829,300       41,741,601  

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

    2,983,700       14,907,111  

Mapletree Commercial Trust

    4,648,100       6,402,628  

Mapletree Logistics Trust(c)

    6,673,300       8,517,085  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.(c)

    6,830,500       57,886,421  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.(a)(c)

    962,600       3,808,190  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

    260,500       1,867,418  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    1,547,700       30,878,679  

UOL Group Ltd.

    970,100       5,241,332  

Wilmar International Ltd.

    3,936,400       11,470,300  
   

 

 

 
      219,449,202  
Spain — 3.3%            

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

    477,973       11,489,350  

Amadeus IT Group SA(a)

    334,555       19,507,969  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

    13,604,347       61,650,401  

Banco Santander SA

    35,233,520       88,149,699  

CaixaBank SA

    8,962,243       26,911,232  

EDP Renovaveis SA

    206,192       5,362,906  

Enagas SA

    186,158       3,674,509  

Endesa SA

    702,226       12,871,395  

Ferrovial SA

    382,193       10,234,411  

Grifols SA(c)

    665,951       9,717,306  

Iberdrola SA

    11,797,891       125,983,465  

Iberdrola SA, NVS

    333,436       3,554,424  

Naturgy Energy Group SA(c)

    335,246       9,833,465  

Red Electrica Corp. SA

    389,421       7,656,166  

Repsol SA

    1,908,384       23,775,133  

Telefonica SA

    11,195,637       49,973,860  
   

 

 

 
      470,345,691  
Sweden — 2.2%            

Boliden AB

    552,416       18,461,117  

Electrolux AB, Class B

    461,297       6,653,665  

Essity AB, Class B

    1,228,268       31,265,655  

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

    1,475,284       18,875,577  
Security   Shares     Value  
Sweden (continued)            

Holmen AB, Class B

    67,921     $ 2,791,005  

Husqvarna AB, Class B

    841,224       6,704,330  

Industrivarden AB, Class A

    95,959       2,503,766  

Industrivarden AB, Class C

    108,133       2,789,858  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

    100,988       4,792,838  

Securitas AB, Class B

    640,498       6,476,919  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

    3,279,443       35,527,606  

Skanska AB, Class B

    683,321       11,657,424  

SKF AB, Class B

    776,532       13,068,597  

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B

    615,042       8,991,654  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

    2,930,089       26,347,099  

Swedbank AB, Class A

    1,819,234       25,196,672  

Tele2 AB, Class B

    1,161,076       13,263,707  

Telia Co. AB

    5,365,367       19,821,526  

Volvo AB, Class B

    3,031,742       54,431,964  
   

 

 

 
      309,620,979  
Switzerland — 6.7%            

ABB Ltd., Registered

    1,159,473       35,247,515  

Adecco Group AG, Registered

    324,698       11,438,138  

Baloise Holding AG, Registered

    92,717       14,772,513  

Clariant AG, Registered

    155,785       2,918,716  

Coca-Cola HBC AG, Class DI

    411,170       10,119,555  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered

    3,511,798       20,426,603  

Holcim AG

    1,114,132       52,240,139  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

    446,937       23,111,132  

Novartis AG, Registered

    4,419,821       379,793,582  

Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

    40,999       8,013,616  

Schindler Holding AG, Registered

    17,070       3,241,367  

SGS SA, Registered

    6,444       15,726,372  

Siemens Energy AG(a)

    443,624       7,371,916  

Swatch Group AG (The), Bearer

    59,316       15,790,916  

Swatch Group AG (The), Registered

    107,966       5,391,681  

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered

    63,594       33,688,048  

Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered

    155,475       14,158,111  

Swiss Re AG

    303,225       22,753,033  

Swisscom AG, Registered

    52,076       28,154,229  

UBS Group AG, Registered

    7,095,111       115,936,402  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    303,519       132,494,641  
   

 

 

 
      952,788,225  
United Kingdom — 20.1%            

3i Group PLC

    1,976,132       30,704,640  

abrdn PLC

    4,057,996       8,227,272  

Admiral Group PLC

    364,738       8,524,503  

Anglo American PLC

    2,564,283       92,685,621  

Antofagasta PLC

    799,069       11,369,698  

AstraZeneca PLC

    1,562,840       205,577,860  

Aviva PLC

    5,707,380       27,639,834  

BAE Systems PLC

    6,347,396       59,657,513  

Barclays PLC

    21,972,090       42,088,914  

Barratt Developments PLC

    2,071,485       12,701,715  

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

    227,363       11,782,737  

BP PLC

    39,282,643       192,259,455  

British American Tobacco PLC

    4,391,877       172,089,692  

British Land Co. PLC (The)

    1,787,449       10,747,461  

BT Group PLC

    13,961,157       27,563,829  

DCC PLC

    199,753       13,041,735  

GSK PLC

    8,204,158       172,371,023  

Haleon PLC(a)

    10,230,227       36,353,520  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

    735,997       7,619,603  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Value ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
United Kingdom (continued)            

HSBC Holdings PLC

    40,855,117     $ 255,914,692  

Imperial Brands PLC

    1,822,886       40,023,886  

J Sainsbury PLC

    3,553,462       9,585,714  

Johnson Matthey PLC

    376,470       9,842,614  

Kingfisher PLC

    4,151,263       13,134,060  

Land Securities Group PLC

    1,427,722       12,758,165  

Legal & General Group PLC

    12,019,249       38,383,675  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    143,213,572       79,291,352  

M&G PLC

    5,265,939       13,726,733  

Mondi PLC

    981,004       18,616,724  

National Grid PLC

    7,352,934       101,246,912  

NatWest Group PLC

    11,363,143       34,512,776  

Ocado Group PLC(a)

    591,156       6,077,233  

Pearson PLC

    1,379,560       12,768,175  

Persimmon PLC

    645,663       14,892,999  

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

    1,506,236       11,867,060  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    719,518       58,363,511  

Sage Group PLC (The)

    732,113       6,309,432  

Schroders PLC

    256,646       9,308,987  

Segro PLC

    854,131       11,426,547  

Severn Trent PLC

    178,933       6,432,968  

Shell PLC

    15,348,707       409,446,904  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    1,155,570       14,815,741  

Smiths Group PLC

    783,559       14,787,476  

SSE PLC

    2,151,190       46,462,246  

St. James’s Place PLC

    1,110,791       16,685,267  

Standard Chartered PLC

    5,265,257       36,291,777  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

    7,399,765       11,517,575  

Tesco PLC

    9,999,566       32,069,964  

Unilever PLC

    5,166,273       251,612,412  

United Utilities Group PLC

    1,377,974       18,308,500  

Vodafone Group PLC

    54,345,601       80,086,784  

Whitbread PLC

    202,932       6,459,289  

WPP PLC

    2,294,987       24,768,380  
   

 

 

 
      2,870,803,155  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 98.7%
(Cost: $15,413,175,036)

      14,089,400,364  
   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

   
Germany — 0.8%            

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares, NVS

    116,049       8,811,031  
Security   Shares      Value  
Germany (continued)             

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares, NVS

    359,457      $ 22,963,298  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares, NVS

    309,049        22,369,495  

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares, NVS

    373,563        52,818,014  
    

 

 

 
       106,961,838  
    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks — 0.8%
(Cost: $142,869,027)

       106,961,838  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.5%
(Cost: $15,556,044,063)

       14,196,362,202  
    

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

    
Money Market Funds — 0.4%             

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 1.93%(e)(f)(g)

    57,877,939        57,872,151  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 1.81%(e)(f)

    3,960,000        3,960,000  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.4%
(Cost: $61,825,185)

       61,832,151  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 99.9%
(Cost: $15,617,869,248)

 

     14,258,194,353  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

       15,119,098  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 14,273,313,451  
    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(g) 

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

 

 

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  (continued)

July 31, 2022

  

iShares® MSCI EAFE Value ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended July 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 Sale
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
07/31/22
     Shares
Held at
07/31/22
     Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 23,325,094      $ 34,567,302 (a)     $      $ (18,089    $ (2,156    $ 57,872,151        57,877,939      $ 1,185,719 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     4,010,000               (50,000 )(a)                     3,960,000        3,960,000        57,256         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (18,089    $ (2,156    $ 61,832,151         $ 1,242,975      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

                 

TOPIX Index

     118          09/08/22        $ 17,147        $ 221,030  

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     660          09/16/22          24,912          1,608,171  

FTSE 100 Index

     341          09/16/22          30,614          961,510  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 2,790,711  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts

                                

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $        $        $ 2,790,711        $        $        $        $ 2,790,711  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended July 31, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
       Credit
Contracts
       Equity
Contracts
       Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
       Interest
Rate
Contracts
       Other
Contracts
       Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ 623,103        $        $        $        $ 623,103  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $ 3,579,132        $        $        $        $ 3,579,132