LOGO   OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

  

2022 Annual Report

 

 

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income ETF | IBHB | Cboe BZX

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iShares iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF | IBHC | Cboe BZX

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iShares iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income ETF | IBHD | Cboe BZX

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iShares iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF | IBHE | Cboe BZX

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iShares iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF | IBHF | Cboe BZX

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iShares iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF | IBHG | Cboe BZX

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iShares iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF | IBHH | Cboe BZX

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iShares iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF | IBHI | Cboe BZX

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended October 31, 2022, disrupting the economic recovery and strong financial markets of 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to moderate growth in the third quarter, marking a shift to a more challenging post-reopening economic environment. 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 as inflation decreased the value of future cash flows and investors shifted focus to balance sheet resilience. Both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, although declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were slightly steeper. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets also declined significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose notably during the reporting period, driving its price down, 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 has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates five times while indicating that additional rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and is accelerating the reduction of its balance sheet. As investors attempted to assess the Fed’s future trajectory, the Fed’s statements late in the reporting period led markets to believe that additional tightening is likely in the near term.

The pandemic’s restructuring of the economy brought an ongoing mismatch between supply and demand, contributing to the current inflationary regime. While growth has slowed in 2022, we believe that taming inflation requires a more dramatic economic decline to bring demand back to a lower level that is more in line with the economy’s capacity. The Fed has been raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, and seems set to overtighten in its effort to get inflation back to target. With this in mind, we believe the possibility of a U.S. recession in the near-term is high, and the outlook for Europe and the U.K. is also troubling. Investors should expect a period of higher volatility as markets adjust to the new economic reality and policymakers attempt to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

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. Rising input costs 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. However, we see better opportunities in credit, where higher spreads provide income opportunities and partially compensate for inflation risk. We believe that investment-grade corporates, 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, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, 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.

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of October 31, 2022

 

 
     
     6-Month     12-Month  
     

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

    (5.50)%       (14.61)%  
     

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

    (0.20)          (18.54)     
     

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

    (12.70)          (23.00)     
     

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    (19.66)          (31.03)     
     

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

    0.72           0.79      
     

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

    (8.24)          (17.68)     
     

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

    (6.86)          (15.68)     
     

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    (4.43)          (11.98)     
     

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

    (4.71)          (11.76)     

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

     21  

Disclosure of Expenses

     21  

Schedules of Investments

     22  

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     58  

Statements of Operations

     60  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     62  

Financial Highlights

     66  

Notes to Financial Statements

     74  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     84  

Important Tax Information

     85  

Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

     86  

Supplemental Information

     90  

Trustee and Officer Information

     91  

General Information

     94  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     95  

 

 

 


Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

U.S. Corporate Bond Market Overview

U.S. high-yield corporate bonds posted a negative returns for the 12 months ended October 31, 2022 (“reporting period”). The Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index, a broad measure of U.S. high-yield corporate bond performance, returned -10.82%.

A variety of factors weighed on the high-yield bond market during the period. First, and most important, a surge in inflation prompted the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) to tighten monetary policy by winding down its stimulative quantitative easing program and beginning to raise interest rates. The Fed hiked rates by a total of three percentage points over the 12-month period, bringing the benchmark fed funds rate to a range of 3.0% to 3.25%. This marked the largest move in such a short interval since 1980. Investors expected that the Fed would continue to raise rates until inflation showed signs of moving back to its longer-term 2% target, with market prices indicating the central bank would not stop tightening until rates reached the 4.5-5.0% range. These developments led to a spike in U.S. Treasury yields, with the 10-year note soaring from 1.55% at the start of the period to 4.05% by October 31, 2022.

High yield bonds were also pressured by rising spreads relative to U.S. Treasuries. At their peak in early July, spreads stood at their highest level in nearly two years. The spread widening was the result of an increase investor risk aversion that was driven, in part, by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and elevated volatility in the equity market. Investors also became more cautious on corporate credit given the prospect of slowing economic growth and a concurrent downturn in corporate earnings in 2023. High yield bond funds experienced significant outflows as a result, further weighing on prices. Together, these factors caused high-yield corporates to finish the 12-month period with a loss. However, the asset class outperformed investment-grade corporates due in part to its lower degree of interest-rate sensitivity.

While the market performed poorly, one notable outcome of the sell-off was that yields—as gauged by the ICE BofA US High Yield Index—climbed to the upper end of the range that has been in place since the 2008 global financial crisis. At the same time, the default rate remained well below the historical average. In addition, high-yield companies’ earlier efforts to refinance their debt at lower yields reduced the risk that a wave of maturing bonds would need to be replaced at higher yields.

At the industry level, banking and communications issues were the weakest performers in the annual period. On the other hand, energy—while posting a loss in absolute terms—strongly outperformed the larger category on the strength of rising oil prices. The transportation and capital goods industries also delivered positive relative performance. Higher-rated bonds in the asset class generally outpaced lower-rated securities amid investors’ search for relative “safe havens.”

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2022     iShares® iBonds® 2022 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares iBonds 2022 Term HighYield and Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield and other income generating corporate bonds maturing in 2022, as represented by the Bloomberg 2022 Term High Yield and Income 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     1.23      2.61       1.23      9.41

Fund Market

     1.03        2.62         1.03        9.45  

Index

     1.58        3.17               1.58        11.47  

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was May 7, 2019. The first day of secondary market trading was May 9, 2019.

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
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $      1,000.00        $       1,011.30        $        1.67             $       1,000.00        $       1,023.50        $       1.68          0.33

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 October 31, 2022 (continued)    iShares® iBonds® 2022 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Moody’s Credit Ratings*

   
Percent of
Net Assets
 
(a) 

A

    2.3

Baa

    29.4  

Ba

    4.1  

Not Rated

    2.0  

Short-Term and Other Assets

    62.2  

FIVE LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security(a)

   
Percent of
Net Assets
 
 

Morgan Stanley, 4.88%, 11/01/22

    3.0

Natwest Group PLC, 6.13%, 12/15/22

    2.0  

Sprint Communications LLC, 6.00%, 11/15/22

    1.9  

TransAlta Corp., 4.50%, 11/15/22

    1.9  

Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY, 3.30%, 11/16/22

    1.7  

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2022     iShares® iBonds® 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares iBonds 2023 Term HighYield and Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield and other income generating corporate bonds maturing in 2023, as represented by the Bloomberg 2023 Term High Yield and Income 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     (1.86 )%       2.67       (1.86 )%       9.62

Fund Market

     (1.80      2.71         (1.80      9.76  

Index

     (1.49      3.62               (1.49      13.17  

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was May 7, 2019. The first day of secondary market trading was May 9, 2019.

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
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $      1,000.00        $       1,003.30        $        1.77             $       1,000.00        $       1,023.40        $       1.79          0.35

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 October 31, 2022 (continued)    iShares® iBonds® 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Moody’s Credit Ratings*

   
Percent of
Net Assets
 
(a) 

A

    1.7

Baa

    53.6  

Ba

    20.3  

B

    11.5  

Caa

    3.7  

Not Rated

    3.6  

Short-Term and Other Assets

    5.6  

FIVE LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security(a)

   
Percent of
Net Assets
 
 

Sprint Corp., 7.88%, 09/15/23

    1.5

Ball Corp., 4.00%, 11/15/23

    1.5  

MGM Resorts International, 6.00%, 03/15/23

    1.3  

Albertsons Companies Inc./Safeway Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 3.50%, 02/15/23

    1.2  

Commerzbank AG, 8.13%, 09/19/23

    1.2  

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2022     iShares® iBonds® 2024 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares iBonds 2024 Term HighYield and Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield and other income generating corporate bonds maturing in 2024, as represented by the Bloomberg 2024 Term High Yield and Income 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      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     (4.21 )%       2.00       (4.21 )%       7.16

Fund Market

     (4.29      2.03         (4.29      7.26  

Index

     (5.08      2.33               (5.08      8.35  

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was May 7, 2019. The first day of secondary market trading was May 9, 2019.

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
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $      1,000.00        $       995.10        $        1.76             $       1,000.00        $       1,023.40        $       1.79          0.35

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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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Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Moody’s Credit Ratings*

   
Percent of
Net Assets
 
(a) 

Baa

    7.4

Ba

    41.0  

B

    36.3  

Caa

    9.6  

Ca

    0.2  

Not Rated

    1.9  

Short-Term and Other Assets

    3.6  

FIVE LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security(a)

   
Percent of
Net Assets
 
 

Las Vegas Sands Corp., 3.20%, 08/08/24

    3.0

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.02%, 06/26/24

    2.9  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 11/15/24

    2.9  

Sprint Corp., 7.13%, 06/15/24

    2.9  

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.,
5.50%, 04/15/24

    2.8  

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2022    iShares® iBonds® 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares iBonds 2025 Term HighYield and Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield and other income generating corporate bonds maturing in 2025, as represented by the Bloomberg 2025 Term High Yield and Income 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      Since
Inception
            1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

     (4.77 )%       2.33        (4.77 )%       8.38

Fund Market

     (4.89      2.35          (4.89      8.43  

Index

     (4.36      2.79                (4.36      10.07  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was May 7, 2019. The first day of secondary market trading was May 9, 2019.

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
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 980.00        $ 1.75               $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.40        $ 1.79          0.35

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 October 31, 2022 (continued)    iShares® iBonds® 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Moody’s Credit Ratings*

   
Percent of
Net Assets
 
(a) 

A

    0.2

Baa

    4.5  

Ba

    38.5  

B

    39.9  

Caa

    12.3  

Ca

    0.3  

Not Rated

    0.7  

Short-Term and Other Assets

    3.6  

FIVE LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security(a)   Percent of
Net Assets
 

Caesars Entertainment Inc., 6.25%, 07/01/25

    2.3

American Airlines Inc., 11.75%, 07/15/25

    1.9  

Uniti Group LP/Uniti Fiber Holdings Inc./CSL Capital LLC, 7.88%, 02/15/25

    1.6  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.50%, 03/01/25

    1.2  

Sands China Ltd., 5.63%, 08/08/25

    1.1  
  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2022    iShares® iBonds® 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares iBonds 2026 Term HighYield and Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield and other income generating corporate bonds maturing in 2026, as represented by the Bloomberg 2026 Term High Yield and Income 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     

Since

Inception

            1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (7.52 )%       (1.10 )%         (7.52 )%       (2.16 )% 

Fund Market

    (7.72      (1.12        (7.72      (2.19

Index

    (7.45      (0.82              (7.45      (1.61

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was November 10, 2020. The first day of secondary market trading was November 12, 2020.

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
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 967.60        $ 1.74               $ 1,000.00        $ 1,023.40        $ 1.79          0.35

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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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Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Moody’s Credit Ratings*

   
Percent of
Net Assets
 
(a) 

Baa

    3.3

Ba

    37.0  

B

    45.7  

Caa

    9.3  

Ca

    0.1  

Not Rated

    1.5  

Short-Term and Other Assets

    3.1  

FIVE LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security(a)   Percent of
Net Assets
 

TransDigm Inc., 6.25%, 03/15/26

    2.2

American Airlines Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.50%, 04/20/26

    2.1  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.25%, 12/01/26

    1.4  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.88%, 01/01/26

    1.2  

Newell Brands Inc., 4.45%, 04/01/26

    1.1  

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a)

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2022    iShares® iBonds® 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares iBonds 2027 Term HighYield and Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield and other income generating corporate bonds maturing in 2027, as represented by the Bloomberg 2027 Term High Yield and Income 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      Since
Inception
             1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (9.71 )%       (7.34 )%          (9.71 )%       (9.58 )% 

Fund Market

    (9.70      (7.34         (9.70      (9.57

Index

    (9.36      (7.00               (9.36      (9.10

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was July 7, 2021. The first day of secondary market trading was July 9, 2021.

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
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 957.20        $ 1.73               $ 1,000.00        $ 1,023.40        $ 1.79          0.35

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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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Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

Moody’s Credit Ratings*    

Percent of

Net Assets

 

(a) 

Baa

    0.8

Ba

    36.1  

B

    48.8  

Caa

    12.7  

Ca

    0.2  

Not Rated

    0.3  

Short-Term and Other Assets

    1.1  

FIVE LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security(a)   Percent of
Net Assets
 

Directv Financing LLC/Directv Financing Co-Obligor Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/27

    1.9

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.13%, 05/01/27

    1.7  

Carnival Corp., 5.75%, 03/01/27

    1.4  

TransDigm Inc., 5.50%, 11/15/27

    1.3  

Centene Corp., 4.25%, 12/15/27

    1.3  

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2022    iShares® iBonds® 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares iBonds 2028 Term HighYield and Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield and other income generating corporate bonds maturing in 2028, as represented by the Bloomberg 2028 Term High Yield and Income 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

 

    Cumulative Total Returns  
     Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (8.10 )% 

Fund Market

    (8.14

Index

    (8.17

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was March 8, 2022. The first day of secondary market trading was March 10, 2022.

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
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 949.30        $ 1.72             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,023.40        $ 1.79          0.35

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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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Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

Moody’s Credit Ratings*    
Percent of
Net Assets
 
(a) 

A

    1.9

Baa

    3.5  

Ba

    36.7  

B

    47.1  

Caa

    8.4  

Not Rated

    1.4  

Short-Term and Other Assets

    1.0  

FIVE LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security(a)   Percent of
Net Assets
 

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28

    1.4

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.00%, 02/01/28

    1.2  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.13%, 10/01/28

    1.2  

Carnival Holdings Bermuda Ltd., 10.38%, 05/01/28

    1.1  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.75%, 12/01/28

    1.1  

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2022     iShares® iBonds® 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield and other income generating corporate bonds maturing in 2029, as represented by the Bloomberg 2029 Term High Yield and Income 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

 

    Cumulative Total Returns  
     Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (10.06 )% 

Fund Market

    (10.03

Index

    (10.13

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was March 8, 2022. The first day of secondary market trading was March 10, 2022.

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
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
           

Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(10/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)  
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
  $ 1,000.00        $ 939.20        $ 1.71             $ 1,000.00        $ 1,023.40        $ 1.79          0.35

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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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Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

Moody’s Credit Ratings*    
Percent of
Net Assets
 
(a) 

Aaa

    0.1

Baa

    1.1  

Ba

    37.6  

B

    46.0  

Caa

    12.5  

Not Rated

    1.1  

Short-Term and Other Assets

    1.6  

FIVE LARGEST HOLDINGS    

 

Security(a)   Percent of
Net Assets
 

Mozart Debt Merger Sub Inc., 3.88%, 04/01/29

    1.8

Picard Midco Inc., 6.50%, 03/31/29

    1.7  

American Airlines Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.75%, 04/20/29

    1.3  

Mozart Debt Merger Sub Inc., 5.25%, 10/01/29

    0.9  

Altice France SA/France, 5.13%, 07/15/29

    0.9  

 

  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Moody’s credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of Ba or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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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. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.

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 the 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

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2022 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par
(000)

    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

Airlines — 0.6%

 

Southwest Airlines Co., 2.75%, 11/16/22(a)

  $ 650     $ 648,947  
   

 

 

 

Auto Manufacturers — 0.9%

 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.35%, 11/01/22

    955       955,000  
   

 

 

 

Banks — 8.1%

 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, 3.95%, 11/09/22

      1,015       1,014,797  

Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY, 3.30%, 11/16/22

    1,815       1,813,639  

Morgan Stanley, 4.88%, 11/01/22

    3,250       3,250,000  

Natwest Group PLC, 6.13%, 12/15/22

    2,130       2,127,188  

Synovus Financial Corp., 3.13%, 11/01/22

    625       625,000  
   

 

 

 
      8,830,624  
Chemicals — 2.5%  

Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC, 4.63%, 11/15/22(a)

    1,050       1,049,790  

Mosaic Co. (The), 3.25%, 11/15/22

    1,040       1,039,199  

RPM International Inc., 3.45%, 11/15/22(a)

    650       649,838  
   

 

 

 
      2,738,827  
Commercial Services — 1.4%  

North Queensland Export Terminal Pty Ltd., 4.45%, 12/15/22(b)

    1,500       1,473,525  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%

   

Discover Financial Services, 3.85%, 11/21/22

    950       948,983  
   

 

 

 

Electric — 6.5%

   

American Electric Power Co. Inc., Series F, 2.95%, 12/15/22 (Call 12/01/22)

    650       648,128  

DTE Energy Co.
2.25%, 11/01/22(a)

    965       965,000  

Series H, 0.55%, 11/01/22

    1,140       1,140,000  

Edison International, 3.13%, 11/15/22(a)

    825       824,142  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., 2.65%, 11/15/22 (Call 11/14/22)(a)

    1,470       1,468,486  

TransAlta Corp., 4.50%, 11/15/22(a)

    2,025       2,021,557  
   

 

 

 
      7,067,313  
Health Care - Products — 1.5%            

DH Europe Finance II Sarl, 2.05%, 11/15/22

    1,595       1,593,517  
   

 

 

 

Health Care - Services — 5.7%

   

CommonSpirit Health, 2.95%, 11/01/22(a)

    1,025       1,025,000  

Dignity Health, 3.13%, 11/01/22

    1,425       1,425,000  

Elevance Health Inc., 2.95%, 12/01/22

    1,465       1,463,242  

Humana Inc.
2.90%, 12/15/22

    1,050       1,047,134  

3.15%, 12/01/22

    1,235         1,233,851  
   

 

 

 
      6,194,227  
Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
    Value  
Insurance — 0.7%  

Aon Corp., 2.20%, 11/15/22

  $ 735     $ 734,258  
   

 

 

 

Mining — 0.9%

   

Southern Copper Corp., 3.50%, 11/08/22

    965       960,503  
   

 

 

 

Packaging & Containers — 1.3%

   

Graphic Packaging International LLC, 4.88%, 11/15/22(a)

    1,460       1,459,139  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 4.1%

   

AbbVie Inc.
2.30%, 11/21/22

    1,415       1,413,231  

2.90%, 11/06/22

    1,205       1,204,590  

Cigna Corp., 3.05%, 11/30/22

    915       913,939  

McKesson Corp., 2.70%, 12/15/22 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    870       867,677  
   

 

 

 
      4,399,437  
Software — 0.8%            

Autodesk Inc., 3.60%, 12/15/22
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    855       854,444  
   

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 1.9%

   

Sprint Communications LLC, 6.00%, 11/15/22

    2,077       2,077,353  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 37.8%
(Cost: $41,000,083)

      40,936,097  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 68.2%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.29%(c)(d)(e)

    9,828       9,826,262  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.97%(c)(d)

      64,040       64,040,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 68.2%
(Cost: $73,866,146)

 

    73,866,262  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 106.0%
(Cost: $114,866,229)

 

    114,802,359  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (6.0)%

 

    (6,541,365
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   108,260,994  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2022 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended October 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
10/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sale
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
10/31/22
     Shares
Held at
10/31/22
(000)
     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 6,234,299      $ 3,595,894 (a)     $      $ (3,703    $ (228    $ 9,826,262        9,828      $ 44,049 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     3,280,000        60,760,000 (a)                            64,040,000        64,040        312,750         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (3,703    $ (228    $ 73,866,262         $ 356,799      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
(b) 

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

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $        $ 40,936,097        $        $ 40,936,097  

Money Market Funds

     73,866,262                            73,866,262  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   73,866,262        $   40,936,097        $         —        $   114,802,359  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   

Aerospace & Defense — 3.0%

   

Boeing Co. (The)
1.17%, 02/04/23 (Call 12/01/22)

  $ 550     $ 543,570  

1.88%, 06/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)(a)

    205       200,435  

2.80%, 03/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)

    190       188,315  

4.51%, 05/01/23 (Call 04/01/23)(a)

      1,760       1,756,603  

L3Harris Technologies Inc., 3.85%, 06/15/23
(Call 05/15/23)

    500       495,270  

Northrop Grumman Corp., 3.25%, 08/01/23

    580       572,048  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., 3.70%, 12/15/23 (Call 09/15/23)

    220       217,151  

Spirit AeroSystems Inc., 3.95%, 06/15/23
(Call 05/15/23)(a)

    931       904,141  

Teledyne Technologies Inc., 0.65%, 04/01/23

    160       156,725  
   

 

 

 
          5,034,258  
Agriculture — 0.2%            

Reynolds American Inc., 4.85%, 09/15/23(a)

    385       383,298  
   

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.7%

   

Delta Air Lines Inc., 3.80%, 04/19/23
(Call 03/19/23)

    1,169       1,160,572  
   

 

 

 

Auto Manufacturers — 4.8%

   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.09%, 01/09/23

    250       248,822  

3.10%, 05/04/23

    365       360,317  

3.37%, 11/17/23

    1,025       993,143  

4.14%, 02/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)

    525       523,498  

4.38%, 08/06/23

    708       700,431  

General Motors Co.
4.88%, 10/02/23

    625       619,244  

5.40%, 10/02/23(a)

    620       617,570  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc.
1.70%, 08/18/23

    515       498,546  

3.70%, 05/09/23 (Call 03/09/23)

    310       306,987  

4.15%, 06/19/23 (Call 05/19/23)

    350       347,021  

4.25%, 05/15/23(a)

    290       288,153  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, 5.63%, 02/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    1,675       1,655,520  

Stellantis NV, 5.25%, 04/15/23

    1,000       996,030  
   

 

 

 
      8,155,282  
Banks — 5.3%            

Citigroup Inc., 3.50%, 05/15/23

    860       852,707  

Citizens Bank NA/Providence RI, 3.70%, 03/29/23 (Call 02/28/23)

    250       248,603  

Commerzbank AG, 8.13%, 09/19/23(b)

    2,075       2,082,076  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, 4.63%, 12/01/23(a)

    275       271,859  

Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.80%, 06/09/23

    1,205       1,173,116  

Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY, 3.95%, 02/27/23

    520       517,182  

Discover Bank
3.35%, 02/06/23 (Call 01/06/23)

    475       472,744  

4.20%, 08/08/23

    755       746,793  

Fifth Third Bancorp., 1.63%, 05/05/23 (Call 04/05/23)

    300       294,636  

First Horizon Corp., 3.55%, 05/26/23 (Call 04/26/23)

    275       271,975  

FNB Corp./PA, 2.20%, 02/24/23 (Call 01/24/23)(a)

    180       177,858  

Morgan Stanley, 4.10%, 05/22/23

    1,315       1,308,504  

NatWest Group PLC, 3.88%, 09/12/23(a)

    0        

Santander Holdings USA Inc., 3.40%, 01/18/23 (Call 12/18/22)(a)

    580       578,480  
   

 

 

 
      8,996,533  
Beverages — 0.3%            

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, 2.88%, 05/10/23 .

    150       147,366  

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Beverages (continued)

   

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., 3.13%, 12/15/23 (Call 10/15/23)

  $ 320     $ 313,533  
   

 

 

 
      460,899  
Biotechnology — 1.7%            

Amgen Inc., 2.25%, 08/19/23 (Call 06/19/23)

    455       445,058  

Gilead Sciences Inc.
0.75%, 09/29/23 (Call 11/14/22)

      1,002       964,275  

2.50%, 09/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)(a)

    460       449,958  

Illumina Inc., 0.55%, 03/23/23

    270       265,000  

Royalty Pharma PLC, 0.75%, 09/02/23

    700       672,735  
   

 

 

 
      2,797,026  

Building Materials — 0.7%

   

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc., 4.00%, 09/21/23 (Call 08/21/23)

    373       368,073  

Lennox International Inc., 3.00%, 11/15/23
(Call 09/15/23)

    220       214,660  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc., 0.65%, 07/15/23
(Call 12/01/22)

    415       401,496  

Mohawk Industries Inc., 3.85%, 02/01/23
(Call 11/01/22)

    200       200,000  
   

 

 

 
          1,184,229  
Chemicals — 2.8%            

Avient Corp., 5.25%, 03/15/23

    1,635       1,639,251  

DuPont de Nemours Inc., 4.21%, 11/15/23
(Call 10/15/23)

    1,725       1,706,611  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., 3.20%, 05/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    150       148,346  

LYB International Finance BV, 4.00%, 07/15/23

    305       301,502  

Mosaic Co. (The), 4.25%, 11/15/23
(Call 08/15/23)(a)

    620       613,459  

Nutrien Ltd., 1.90%, 05/13/23

    300       294,666  
   

 

 

 
      4,703,835  
Commercial Services — 1.9%            

ADT Security Corp. (The), 4.13%, 06/15/23

    1,920       1,899,628  

Equifax Inc., 3.95%, 06/15/23 (Call 05/15/23)

    240       237,830  

Global Payments Inc.
3.75%, 06/01/23 (Call 03/01/23)

    345       341,512  

4.00%, 06/01/23 (Call 05/01/23)

    355       351,997  

RELX Capital Inc., 3.50%, 03/16/23 (Call 02/16/23)

    465       462,075  
   

 

 

 
      3,293,042  
Computers — 2.3%            

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 5.45%, 06/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)

    497       496,215  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
2.25%, 04/01/23 (Call 03/01/23)

    570       563,388  

4.45%, 10/02/23 (Call 09/02/23)

    840       833,641  

Leidos Inc., 2.95%, 05/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)

    300       296,481  

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.75%, 06/01/23

    1,750       1,736,017  
   

 

 

 
      3,925,742  
Diversified Financial Services — 8.5%            

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust
1.15%, 10/29/23

    1,175       1,113,735  

3.30%, 01/23/23 (Call 12/23/22)

    300       298,350  

4.13%, 07/03/23 (Call 06/03/23)(a)

    300       296,229  

4.50%, 09/15/23 (Call 08/15/23)

    765       751,398  

Air Lease Corp.
2.25%, 01/15/23

    350       347,582  

2.75%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    200       198,886  

3.00%, 09/15/23 (Call 07/15/23)

    510       498,015  

3.88%, 07/03/23 (Call 06/03/23)

    320       316,128  

Aircastle Ltd.
4.40%, 09/25/23 (Call 08/25/23)(a)

    460       450,427  

5.00%, 04/01/23

    320       317,795  

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

   

Ally Financial Inc.
1.45%, 10/02/23 (Call 09/02/23)

  $ 815     $ 781,821  

3.05%, 06/05/23 (Call 05/05/23)

    550       541,365  

BGC Partners Inc., 5.38%, 07/24/23

    305       302,252  

Capital One Financial Corp.
2.60%, 05/11/23 (Call 04/11/23)(a)

    630       621,653  

3.20%, 01/30/23 (Call 12/30/22)

    725       722,260  

3.50%, 06/15/23

    575       569,020  

Capital One NA, 3.38%, 02/15/23

      1,000       995,420  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc., 5.50%, 10/18/23 (Call 01/18/23)

    285       284,350  

Navient Corp.
5.50%, 01/25/23(a)

    1,439       1,439,158  

7.25%, 09/25/23

    534       534,609  

OneMain Finance Corp.
5.63%, 03/15/23(a)

    1,470       1,469,574  

8.25%, 10/01/23(a)

    680       690,234  

TMX Finance LLC/TitleMax Finance Corp., 11.13%, 04/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)(b)

    565       547,965  

Western Union Co. (The), 4.25%, 06/09/23
(Call 05/09/23)

    180       178,695  
   

 

 

 
          14,266,921  
Electric — 5.3%            

American Electric Power Co. Inc., Series M, 0.75%, 11/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    285       272,209  

Black Hills Corp., 4.25%, 11/30/23
(Call 08/30/23)(a)

    330       326,839  

Consolidated Edison Inc., Series A, 0.65%, 12/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    415       396,134  

Duke Energy Corp., 3.95%, 10/15/23
(Call 07/15/23)(a)

    255       252,039  

Edison International, 2.95%, 03/15/23
(Call 01/15/23)

    225       222,869  

Eversource Energy
2.80%, 05/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)

    250       247,008  

Series N, 3.80%, 12/01/23 (Call 11/01/23)

    250       245,910  

Georgia Power Co., Series A, 2.10%, 07/30/23(a)

    430       420,488  

InterGen NV, 7.00%, 06/30/23 (Call 12/01/22)(b)

    1,475       1,444,217  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc.,
0.65%, 03/01/23

    1,330       1,311,939  

OGE Energy Corp., 0.70%, 05/26/23
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    300       292,305  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
1.70%, 11/15/23

    775       740,582  

3.25%, 06/15/23 (Call 03/15/23)(a)

    230       226,143  

3.85%, 11/15/23 (Call 08/15/23)

    215       210,008  

4.25%, 08/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)(a)

    360       356,360  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., 0.84%, 11/08/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    525       500,314  

Southern Co. (The), 2.95%, 07/01/23
(Call 05/01/23)(a)

    760       747,506  

WEC Energy Group Inc., 0.55%, 09/15/23(a)

    450       431,843  

Xcel Energy Inc., 0.50%, 10/15/23 (Call 09/15/23)

    315       300,778  
   

 

 

 
      8,945,491  
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.6%            

EnerSys, 5.00%, 04/30/23 (Call 01/30/23)(a)(b)

    960       951,734  
   

 

 

 

Electronics — 0.4%

   

Arrow Electronics Inc., 4.50%, 03/01/23
(Call 12/01/22)

    180       179,413  

Flex Ltd., 5.00%, 02/15/23(a)

    250       249,693  

Trimble Inc., 4.15%, 06/15/23 (Call 05/15/23)

    190       188,170  
   

 

 

 
      617,276  
Environmental Control — 0.2%            

Republic Services Inc., 4.75%, 05/15/23
(Call 02/15/23)(a)

    50       49,919  

Waste Management Inc., 2.40%, 05/15/23
(Call 03/15/23)

    250       246,555  
   

 

 

 
      296,474  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

Food — 2.2%

    

Albertsons Companies Inc./Safeway Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 3.50%, 02/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(b)

  $   2,100      $ 2,086,140  

Campbell Soup Co., 3.65%, 03/15/23
(Call 02/15/23)

    270        268,661  

Conagra Brands Inc.
0.50%, 08/11/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    350        336,938  

3.20%, 01/25/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    170        169,260  

Kellogg Co., 2.65%, 12/01/23

    350        342,874  

Kroger Co. (The), 3.85%, 08/01/23 (Call 05/01/23)(a)

    335        332,183  

Tyson Foods Inc., 3.90%, 09/28/23 (Call 08/28/23)(a)

    255        252,506  
    

 

 

 
       3,788,562  
Gas — 0.4%             

Eastern Energy Gas Holdings LLC,
3.55%, 11/01/23 (Call 08/01/23)(a)

    255        250,966  

National Fuel Gas Co., 3.75%, 03/01/23
(Call 12/01/22)

    300        297,855  

ONE Gas Inc., 0.85%, 03/11/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    0         

Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp., 2.45%, 10/01/23 (Call 08/01/23)(a)

    215        209,360  
    

 

 

 
       758,181  
Health Care - Products — 0.7%             

Baxter International Inc., 0.87%, 12/01/23

    505        482,169  

PerkinElmer Inc., 0.55%, 09/15/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    305        293,129  

Stryker Corp., 0.60%, 12/01/23 (Call 11/14/22)

    380        362,243  
    

 

 

 
       1,137,541  
Health Care - Services — 1.7%             

Aetna Inc.,
2.80%, 06/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)(a)

    830        817,940  

Anthem Inc., 0.45%, 03/15/23

    250        245,883  

Elevance Health Inc., 3.30%, 01/15/23

    625        623,025  

Humana Inc., 0.65%, 08/03/23
(Call 11/08/22)

    970        937,476  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings,
4.00%, 11/01/23 (Call 08/01/23)(a)

    190        187,663  
    

 

 

 
       2,811,987  
Holding Companies - Diversified — 1.3%             

Ares Capital Corp., 3.50%, 02/10/23 (Call 01/10/23)(a)

    465        462,410  

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, 3.65%, 07/14/23(a)

    240        236,674  

FS Energy & Power Fund, 7.50%, 08/15/23
(Call 05/15/23)(b) .

    1,565        1,568,161  
    

 

 

 
       2,267,245  

Home Builders — 1.2%

    

DR Horton Inc.
4.75%, 02/15/23

    115        114,929  

5.75%, 08/15/23 (Call 05/15/23)

    245        245,546  

KB Home, 7.63%, 05/15/23 (Call 11/15/22)

    955        956,079  

Lennar Corp., 4.88%, 12/15/23
(Call 09/15/23)

    265        262,941  

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 4.38%, 04/15/23 (Call 01/15/23) .

    440        436,986  
    

 

 

 
       2,016,481  

Insurance — 0.9%

    

Aon PLC, 4.00%, 11/27/23 (Call 08/27/23)(a)

    220        217,261  

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., 4.65%, 11/15/23

    190        187,507  

Equitable Holdings Inc., 3.90%, 04/20/23
(Call 03/20/23)(a)

    260        258,640  

Jackson Financial Inc., 1.13%, 11/22/23

    380        362,923  

Lincoln National Corp., 4.00%, 09/01/23

    300        297,747  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc., 4.70%, 09/15/23(a)

    255        254,457  
    

 

 

 
       1,578,535  
Internet — 0.2%             

eBay Inc., 2.75%, 01/30/23 (Call 12/30/22)

    380        377,834  
    

 

 

 

Iron & Steel — 0.7%

    

Commercial Metals Co., 4.88%, 05/15/23
(Call 02/15/23)(a)

    899        896,645  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Iron & Steel (continued)

   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., 4.50%, 04/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

  $ 320     $ 318,502  
   

 

 

 
      1,215,147  
Lodging — 3.5%            

Hyatt Hotels Corp., 1.30%, 10/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    600       576,156  

Marriott International Inc./MD, Series Z, 4.15%, 12/01/23 (Call 11/01/23)

    225       222,336  

MGM Resorts International, 6.00%, 03/15/23

    2,140       2,141,733  

Travel + Leisure Co., 3.90%, 03/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    1,270       1,259,281  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 4.25%, 05/30/23 (Call 02/28/23)(b)

    1,650       1,622,429  
   

 

 

 
      5,821,935  
Machinery — 0.6%            

CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 1.95%, 07/02/23(a)

    405       395,547  

CNH Industrial NV, 4.50%, 08/15/23(a)

    415       411,701  

Crane Holdings Co., 4.45%, 12/15/23 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    165       163,472  
   

 

 

 
      970,720  
Manufacturing — 0.4%            

Carlisle Companies Inc., 0.55%, 09/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    185       177,828  

General Electric Co., 3.10%, 01/09/23

    50       49,819  

Trane Technologies Global Holding Co. Ltd., 4.25%, 06/15/23.

    450       446,634  
   

 

 

 
      674,281  
Media — 3.1%            

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.00%, 03/01/23 (Call 11/16/22)(b)

    1,655       1,643,961  

Discovery Communications LLC, 2.95%, 03/20/23 (Call 02/20/23)(a)

    455       450,900  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.00%, 03/15/23

    2,103       2,076,692  

Thomson Reuters Corp., 4.30%, 11/23/23 (Call 08/23/23)

    380       376,143  

Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, 8.38%, 03/15/23

    625       632,606  
   

 

 

 
      5,180,302  
Mining — 0.7%            

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., 3.88%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    1,229       1,220,495  
   

 

 

 

Office & Business Equipment — 1.2%

   

Xerox Corp., 4.63%, 03/15/23 (Call 02/15/23)

    2,040       2,029,249  
   

 

 

 

Oil & Gas — 4.6%

   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., 2.95%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

    450       447,984  

Continental Resources Inc./OK, 4.50%, 04/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    410       408,155  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 2.70%, 02/15/23 (Call 11/15/22) .

    910       909,163  

Phillips 66, 3.70%, 04/06/23

    300       298,410  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 0.55%, 05/15/23(a)

    450       439,006  

Range Resources Corp., 5.00%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

      1,785       1,781,180  

Transocean Sentry Ltd., 5.38%, 05/15/23(a)(b)

    770       760,706  

Vantage Drilling International, 9.25%, 11/15/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    1,170       1,151,549  

W&T Offshore Inc., 9.75%, 11/01/23(a)(b)

    1,540       1,533,794  
   

 

 

 
          7,729,947  
Packaging & Containers — 2.3%            

Ball Corp., 4.00%, 11/15/23(a)

    2,500       2,450,175  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/23(b)

    1,390       1,385,816  
   

 

 

 
      3,835,991  
Pharmaceuticals — 3.8%            

AbbVie Inc.
2.85%, 05/14/23 (Call 03/14/23)

    590       583,545  

3.75%, 11/14/23 (Call 10/14/23)(a)

    795       784,713  

AmerisourceBergen Corp., 0.74%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    474       466,340  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

   

Cardinal Health Inc., 3.20%, 03/15/23(a)

  $ 310     $ 307,669  

Cigna Corp.
3.00%, 07/15/23 (Call 05/16/23)

    380       374,820  

3.75%, 07/15/23 (Call 06/15/23)

    750       743,250  

CVS Health Corp., 4.00%, 12/05/23 (Call 09/05/23)

    360       356,519  

Elanco Animal Health Inc., 5.77%, 08/28/23 (Call 07/28/23)

    600       597,474  

McKesson Corp., 2.85%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

    100       99,299  

Mylan Inc., 4.20%, 11/29/23 (Call 08/29/23)(a)

    345       338,497  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC, 2.88%, 09/23/23 (Call 07/23/23)

    682       667,085  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., 4.40%, 11/26/23 (Call 10/26/23)

    300       297,033  

Zoetis Inc., 3.25%, 02/01/23(a)

    760       756,496  
   

 

 

 
      6,372,740  

Pipelines — 8.4%

   

Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 3.38%, 02/01/23 (Call 11/01/22)

    110       110,000  

Buckeye Partners LP, 4.15%, 07/01/23 (Call 04/01/23)

    1,635       1,615,592  

DCP Midstream Operating LP, 3.88%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    1,370       1,361,931  

Enbridge Inc.
0.55%, 10/04/23

    315       301,149  

4.00%, 10/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)

    560       552,412  

Energy Transfer LP
3.45%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    20       19,915  

3.60%, 02/01/23

    400       398,132  

4.25%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

    700       696,773  

Series 5Y, 4.20%, 09/15/23 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

    400       395,328  

Energy Transfer LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 4.50%, 11/01/23 (Call 08/01/23)

    420       414,750  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 3.35%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

    775       770,272  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 3.45%, 02/15/23

    290       288,533  

3.50%, 09/01/23 (Call 06/01/23)(a)

    370       364,861  

Kinder Morgan Inc., 3.15%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    530       527,631  

MPLX LP, 4.50%, 07/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)(a)

    705       700,925  

NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 7.50%, 11/01/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

      1,444       1,408,275  

ONEOK Inc., 7.50%, 09/01/23 (Call 06/01/23)

    305       308,267  

ONEOK Partners LP, 5.00%, 09/15/23 (Call 06/15/23)(a)

    260       258,843  

PBF Logistics LP/PBF Logistics Finance Corp., 6.88%, 05/15/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    1,700       1,699,711  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.
2.85%, 01/31/23(a)

    170       168,880  

3.85%, 10/15/23 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    497       488,790  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.63%, 04/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)

    552       552,011  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 3.75%, 10/16/23 (Call 07/16/23)

    395       388,684  

Williams Companies Inc. (The), 4.50%, 11/15/23 (Call 08/15/23)

    380       376,542  
   

 

 

 
          14,168,207  

Real Estate — 1.7%

   

Newmark Group Inc., 6.13%, 11/15/23 (Call 10/15/23)

    1,765       1,758,699  

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 4.88%, 06/01/23(a)(b)

    1,115       1,115,959  
   

 

 

 
      2,874,658  

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.3%

   

American Tower Corp.
3.00%, 06/15/23

    400       394,284  

3.50%, 01/31/23

    600       597,978  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par
(000)

    Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

   

Boston Properties LP, 3.13%, 09/01/23 (Call 06/01/23)(a)

  $ 355     $ 347,787  

Brandywine Operating Partnership LP, 3.95%, 02/15/23(a)

    210       208,473  

Crown Castle Inc., 3.15%, 07/15/23 (Call 06/15/23)

    475       467,666  

Essex Portfolio LP, 3.25%, 05/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)

    205       203,046  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc., 5.38%, 11/01/23 (Call 08/01/23)

    345       340,508  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc., 4.38%, 08/01/23 (Call 06/01/23)

    215       212,878  

Piedmont Operating Partnership LP, 3.40%, 06/01/23 (Call 03/01/23)(a)

    200       197,148  

Service Properties Trust, 4.50%, 06/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

        1,610           1,586,671  

Starwood Property Trust Inc., 5.50%, 11/01/23 (Call 08/01/23)(b)

    1,005       992,719  
   

 

 

 
      5,549,158  
Retail — 2.9%            

AutoZone Inc.
2.88%, 01/15/23 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    110       109,480  

3.13%, 07/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)(a)

    360       354,794  

Brinker International Inc., 3.88%, 05/15/23(a)

    915       904,798  

Lowe’s Companies Inc., 3.88%, 09/15/23 (Call 06/15/23)

    305       301,758  

McDonald’s Corp., 3.35%, 04/01/23 (Call 03/01/23)(a)

    350       347,970  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc., 3.85%, 06/15/23 (Call 03/15/23)

    160       158,502  

Starbucks Corp.
3.10%, 03/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    450       447,485  

3.85%, 10/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)(a)

    515       509,031  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., 0.95%, 11/17/23 (Call 12/01/22)

    540       516,343  

Yum! Brands Inc., 3.88%, 11/01/23 (Call 08/01/23)(a)

    1,225       1,207,617  
   

 

 

 
      4,857,778  
Semiconductors — 1.2%            

Marvell Technology Inc., 4.20%, 06/22/23 (Call 05/22/23)(a)

    250       247,970  

Microchip Technology Inc.
2.67%, 09/01/23

    675       657,943  

4.33%, 06/01/23 (Call 05/01/23)

    705       700,495  

Skyworks Solutions Inc., 0.90%, 06/01/23 (Call 11/16/22)

    350       339,815  
   

 

 

 
      1,946,223  
Shipbuilding — 0.1%            

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., 0.67%, 08/16/23 (Call 11/14/22)

    250       240,708  
   

 

 

 

Software — 3.0%

   

Fidelity National Information Services Inc., 0.38%, 03/01/23

    450       443,246  

Fiserv Inc., 3.80%, 10/01/23 (Call 09/01/23)

    665       655,324  

Oracle Corp.
2.40%, 09/15/23 (Call 07/15/23)

    1,605       1,565,453  

2.63%, 02/15/23 (Call 01/15/23)

    705       700,439  

3.63%, 07/15/23(a)

    640       633,171  

Roper Technologies Inc., 3.65%, 09/15/23 (Call 08/15/23)

    490       483,409  

VMware Inc., 0.60%, 08/15/23

    675       649,876  
   

 

 

 
      5,130,918  
Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
    Value  

Telecommunications — 4.3%

   

British Telecommunications PLC, 4.50%, 12/04/23 (Call 11/04/23)

  $ 475     $ 468,801  

DKT Finance ApS, 9.38%, 06/17/23 (Call 11/14/22)(b)

      1,345       1,300,655  

Quebecor Media Inc., 5.75%, 01/15/23

    1,705       1,704,932  

Rogers Communications Inc.

   

3.00%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)

    270       267,800  

4.10%, 10/01/23 (Call 07/01/23)

    575       567,720  

Sprint Corp., 7.88%, 09/15/23

    2,474       2,514,277  

Vodafone Group PLC, 2.95%, 02/19/23(a)

    350       347,491  
   

 

 

 
      7,171,676  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.4%            

Mattel Inc., 3.15%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    697       691,731  
   

 

 

 

Transportation — 0.9%

   

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 4.45%, 03/15/23 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    240       239,537  

Kansas City Southern, 3.00%, 05/15/23 (Call 02/15/23)

    240       237,084  

Norfolk Southern Corp., 2.90%, 02/15/23

    290       287,964  

Ryder System Inc.

   

3.40%, 03/01/23 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    290       288,086  

3.75%, 06/09/23 (Call 05/09/23)(a)

    270       267,119  

3.88%, 12/01/23 (Call 11/01/23)

    200       196,862  
   

 

 

 
      1,516,652  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 94.4%
(Cost: $161,178,566)

      159,107,494  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 20.0%

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.29%(c)(d)(e)

    23,061       23,056,271  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.97%(c)(d)

    10,600       10,600,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 20.0%
(Cost: $33,656,919)

      33,656,271  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 114.4%
(Cost: $194,835,485)

      192,763,765  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (14.4)%

 

    (24,332,963
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   168,430,802  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)

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

 

 

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)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended October 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
10/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
10/31/22
    Shares
Held at
10/31/22
(000)
    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 5,910,354     $ 17,153,209 (a)    $     $ (5,771   $ (1,521   $ 23,056,271       23,061     $ 47,816 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    5,780,000       4,820,000 (a)                         10,600,000       10,600       39,717        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (5,771   $ (1,521   $ 33,656,271       $ 87,533     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b) 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $        $ 159,107,494        $        $ 159,107,494  

Money Market Funds

     33,656,271                            33,656,271  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   33,656,271        $   159,107,494        $             —        $   192,763,765  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2024 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   

Aerospace & Defense — 5.0%

   

Bombardier Inc., 7.50%, 12/01/24
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

  $   1,488     $ 1,484,250  

Howmet Aerospace Inc., 5.13%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)

    3,118       3,078,963  

Triumph Group Inc.
6.25%, 09/15/24 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    1,522       1,412,005  

8.88%, 06/01/24 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    1,510       1,525,930  
   

 

 

 
      7,501,148  
Airlines — 2.2%            

Delta Air Lines Inc., 2.90%, 10/28/24
(Call 09/28/24)(b)

    2,562       2,420,270  

United Airlines Holdings Inc., 5.00%, 02/01/24(b)

    837       824,027  
   

 

 

 
      3,244,297  
Apparel — 1.7%            

Hanesbrands Inc., 4.63%, 05/15/24
(Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    2,579       2,507,149  
   

 

 

 

Auto Manufacturers — 2.9%

   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.66%, 09/08/24(b)

    754       715,116  

3.81%, 01/09/24 (Call 11/09/23)

    730       705,866  

4.06%, 11/01/24 (Call 10/01/24)

    1,450       1,388,317  

5.58%, 03/18/24 (Call 02/18/24)

    1,545       1,526,244  
   

 

 

 
      4,335,543  
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.5%            

Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., 13.00%, 06/01/24(a)(b)

    670       687,822  
   

 

 

 

Banks — 3.6%

   

Freedom Mortgage Corp., 8.13%, 11/15/24(a)

    1,186       1,045,150  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.02%, 06/26/24(a)

    4,545       4,339,339  
   

 

 

 
      5,384,489  
Chemicals — 2.5%            

Cornerstone Chemical Co., 6.75%, 08/15/24(a)(b)

    1,281       962,428  

Methanex Corp., 4.25%, 12/01/24
(Call 09/01/24)(b)

    864       836,110  

Rayonier AM Products Inc., 5.50%, 06/01/24
(Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    1,022       1,005,249  

WR Grace Holdings LLC, 5.63%, 10/01/24(a)(b)

    869       851,603  
   

 

 

 
      3,655,390  
Commercial Services — 2.3%            

Grand Canyon University, 4.13%, 10/01/24(b)

    1,431       1,340,575  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance Inc., 5.25%, 04/15/24(a)(b)

    2,162       2,146,412  
   

 

 

 
      3,486,987  
Computers — 0.9%            

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.88%, 03/01/24
(Call 01/01/24)(b)

    1,432       1,403,489  
   

 

 

 

Distribution & Wholesale — 0.2%

   

Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/24(a)

    455       236,605  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 9.3%            

CNG Holdings Inc., 12.50%, 06/15/24(a)(b)

    885       743,400  

Enova International Inc., 8.50%, 09/01/24
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    733       688,214  

Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., 6.50%, 09/15/24, (7.25% PIK)(a)(c)

    4,362       3,497,069  

goeasy Ltd., 5.38%, 12/01/24 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    1,535       1,443,069  

Navient Corp.
5.88%, 10/25/24(b)

    1,467       1,426,687  

6.13%, 03/25/24(b)

    2,426       2,385,631  

OneMain Finance Corp., 6.13%, 03/15/24
(Call 09/15/23)

    3,725       3,640,107  
   

 

 

 
          13,824,177  
Electric — 1.3%            

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP, 4.25%, 07/15/24 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    1,990       1,930,400  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Electronics — 0.8%

   

Sensata Technologies BV, 5.63%, 11/01/24(a)(b)

  $   1,128     $     1,121,322  
   

 

 

 

Engineering & Construction — 0.7%

   

Fluor Corp., 3.50%, 12/15/24 (Call 09/15/24)

    1,083       1,027,594  
   

 

 

 

Entertainment — 4.8%

   

Live Nation Entertainment Inc., 4.88%, 11/01/24 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    1,632       1,585,243  

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, 7.88%, 10/15/24 (Call 11/16/22)(a)(b)

    975       980,187  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 4.88%, 07/31/24 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    2,695       2,608,841  

Universal Entertainment Corp., 8.50%, 12/11/24 (Call 12/11/23)(a)(b)

    2,175       1,986,449  
   

 

 

 
      7,160,720  

Environmental Control — 1.1%

   

Stericycle Inc., 5.38%, 07/15/24(a)(b)

    1,727       1,701,855  
   

 

 

 

Gas — 1.3%

   

AmeriGas Partners LP/AmeriGas Finance Corp., 5.63%, 05/20/24 (Call 03/20/24)

    1,969       1,926,844  
   

 

 

 

Health Care - Services — 2.6%

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
4.63%, 07/15/24 (Call 12/01/22)

    2,214       2,158,008  

4.63%, 09/01/24(a)

    1,748       1,702,325  
   

 

 

 
      3,860,333  

Holding Companies - Diversified — 3.3%

   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 4.75%, 09/15/24 (Call 06/15/24)

    3,147       3,038,366  

Stena AB, 7.00%, 02/01/24(a)

    1,105       1,041,915  

Stena International SA, 5.75%, 03/01/24(a)

    965       903,877  
   

 

 

 
      4,984,158  

Home Builders — 1.6%

   

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Taylor Morrison Holdings II Inc., 5.63%, 03/01/24
(Call 12/01/23)(a)(b)

    1,032       1,019,152  

TRI Pointe Group Inc./TRI Pointe Homes Inc., 5.88%, 06/15/24(b)

    1,337       1,318,081  
   

 

 

 
      2,337,233  
Internet — 0.6%            

Netflix Inc., 5.75%, 03/01/24

    820       826,478  
   

 

 

 

Iron & Steel — 0.6%

   

Infrabuild Australia Pty Ltd., 12.00%, 10/01/24(a)

    937       874,783  
   

 

 

 

Leisure Time — 0.9%

   

NCL Corp. Ltd., 3.63%, 12/15/24(a)

    1,623       1,417,122  
   

 

 

 

Lodging — 6.3%

   

Arrow Bidco LLC, 9.50%, 03/15/24(a)

    960       964,906  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., 3.20%, 08/08/24
(Call 07/08/24)

    4,641       4,413,498  

MGM China Holdings Ltd., 5.38%, 05/15/24(a)

    2,140       1,840,143  

Travel + Leisure Co., 5.65%, 04/01/24
(Call 02/01/24)

    917       902,264  

Wynn Macau Ltd., 4.88%, 10/01/24
(Call 11/11/22)(a)(b)

    1,725       1,319,263  
   

 

 

 
      9,440,074  

Machinery — 0.5%

   

Maxim Crane Works Holdings Capital LLC, 10.13%, 08/01/24 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    818       787,538  
   

 

 

 

Manufacturing — 1.6%

   

FXI Holdings Inc., 7.88%, 11/01/24(a)(b)

    1,441       1,238,251  

Trinity Industries Inc., 4.55%, 10/01/24
(Call 07/01/24)

    1,201       1,140,950  
   

 

 

 
      2,379,201  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2024 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par
(000)

    Value  

Media — 7.3%

   

AMC Networks Inc., 5.00%, 04/01/24

  $   1,198     $ 1,164,372  

Cengage Learning Inc., 9.50%, 06/15/24
(Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    1,670       1,582,392  

CSC Holdings LLC, 5.25%, 06/01/24(b)

    2,163       2,098,391  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 11/15/24

    4,663       4,300,685  

Videotron Ltd., 5.38%, 06/15/24
(Call 03/15/24)(a)(b)

    1,692       1,677,956  
   

 

 

 
          10,823,796  
Mining — 1.8%            

Compass Minerals International Inc., 4.88%, 07/15/24 (Call 05/15/24)(a)

    740       701,646  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 5.13%, 05/15/24 (Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    2,098       2,056,984  
   

 

 

 
      2,758,630  
Office & Business Equipment — 0.6%            

Xerox Corp., 3.80%, 05/15/24

    882       839,761  
   

 

 

 

Oil & Gas — 4.7%

   

Citgo Holding Inc., 9.25%, 08/01/24(a)(b)

    10       10,014  

Ensign Drilling Inc., 9.25%, 04/15/24(a)

    1,186       1,074,077  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.
2.90%, 08/15/24

    1,830       1,763,955  

6.95%, 07/01/24

    1,668       1,709,333  

Puma International Financing SA, 5.13%, 10/06/24 (Call 11/11/22)(a)

    1,620       1,512,805  

Transocean Guardian Ltd., 5.88%, 01/15/24(a)

    961       935,084  
   

 

 

 
      7,005,268  
Oil & Gas Services — 2.0%            

Oceaneering International Inc., 4.65%, 11/15/24(b)

    1,146       1,096,802  

Transocean Phoenix 2 Ltd., 7.75%, 10/15/24(a)

    490       486,731  

Transocean Proteus Ltd., 6.25%, 12/01/24
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    787       769,112  

Weatherford International Ltd., 11.00%, 12/01/24 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    670       688,177  
   

 

 

 
      3,040,822  
Packaging & Containers — 4.8%            

Graphic Packaging International LLC, 4.13%, 08/15/24 (Call 05/15/24)

    857       831,796  

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co., 5.50%, 04/15/24 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    4,250       4,164,617  

Sealed Air Corp., 5.13%, 12/01/24
(Call 09/01/24)(a)(b)

    1,208       1,194,603  

Trident TPI Holdings Inc., 9.25%, 08/01/24(a)

    999       934,015  
   

 

 

 
      7,125,031  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%            

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co., 3.90%, 12/15/24 (Call 09/15/24)

    1,980       1,884,980  
   

 

 

 

Pipelines — 2.5%

   

Buckeye Partners LP, 4.35%, 10/15/24
(Call 07/15/24)(b)

    920       879,851  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.00%, 08/01/24 (Call 05/01/24)

    911       862,371  

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 5.63%, 06/15/24 (Call 12/01/22)

    1,032       1,008,832  
Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
     Value  

Pipelines (continued)

    

Southeast Supply Header LLC, 4.25%, 06/15/24 (Call 03/15/24)(a)(b)

  $ 1,075      $ 968,102  
    

 

 

 
       3,719,156  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.9%             

Diversified Healthcare Trust, 4.75%, 05/01/24 (Call 11/01/23)

    736        637,141  

iStar Inc., 4.75%, 10/01/24 (Call 07/01/24)(b)

    2,137        2,119,455  

Service Properties Trust
4.35%, 10/01/24 (Call 09/01/24)

    2,365        2,171,945  

4.65%, 03/15/24 (Call 09/15/23)

    986        938,711  
    

 

 

 
       5,867,252  
Retail — 2.9%             

Brinker International Inc., 5.00%, 10/01/24 (Call 07/01/24)(a)(b)

    1,059        1,023,746  

Nordstrom Inc., 2.30%, 04/08/24
(Call 11/16/22)

    781        732,922  

QVC Inc., 4.85%, 04/01/24(b)

    1,761        1,692,004  

TPro Acquisition Corp., 11.00%, 10/15/24(a)

    879        861,613  
    

 

 

 
       4,310,285  
Telecommunications — 5.5%             

Sprint Corp., 7.13%, 06/15/24

    4,206        4,271,740  

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano, 5.30%, 05/30/24(a)

    4,221        3,975,042  
    

 

 

 
       8,246,782  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 96.4%
(Cost: $147,821,126)

       143,664,514  
    

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 15.6%

    

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.29%(d)(e)(f)

    20,370        20,365,980  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.97%(d)(e)

    2,860        2,860,000  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 15.6%
(Cost: $23,226,566)

 

     23,225,980  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments — 112.0%
(Cost: $171,047,692)

 

     166,890,494  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (12.0)%

 

     (17,853,566
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 149,036,928  
    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

(d) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f) 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2024 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended October 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
10/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sale
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
10/31/22
     Shares
Held at
10/31/22
(000)
     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 4,145,592      $ 16,226,773 (a)     $      $ (5,235    $ (1,150    $ 20,365,980        20,370      $ 83,053 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     610,000        2,250,000 (a)                             2,860,000        2,860        12,441         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (5,235    $ (1,150    $ 23,225,980         $ 95,494      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b) 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $        $ 143,664,514        $        $ 143,664,514  

Money Market Funds

     23,225,980                            23,225,980  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   23,225,980        $   143,664,514        $             —        $   166,890,494  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   
Advertising — 0.5%            

Clear Channel International BV,
6.63%, 08/01/25(a)(b)

  $ 185     $ 176,316  

Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 6.25%, 06/15/25(a)

    281       278,142  
   

 

 

 
      454,458  
Aerospace & Defense — 4.5%            

Bombardier Inc., 7.50%, 03/15/25(a)

    816       802,299  

Hexcel Corp., 4.95%, 08/15/25 (Call 05/15/25)

    220       213,514  

Howmet Aerospace Inc., 6.88%, 05/01/25
(Call 04/01/25)

    377       385,426  

Rolls-Royce PLC, 3.63%, 10/14/25
(Call 07/14/25)(a)

    620       547,249  

Spirit AeroSystems Inc.
5.50%, 01/15/25(a)

    310       300,384  

7.50%, 04/15/25(a)

    722       703,156  

TransDigm Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/25(a)

    643       654,278  

Triumph Group Inc., 7.75%, 08/15/25(b)

    308       233,634  
   

 

 

 
      3,839,940  
Airlines — 3.0%            

American Airlines Group Inc., 3.75%, 03/01/25(a)(b)

    324       285,434  

American Airlines Inc., 11.75%, 07/15/25(a)

    1,485       1,625,303  

Spirit Loyalty Cayman Ltd./Spirit IP Cayman Ltd., 8.00%, 09/20/25 (Call 09/20/23)(a)

    346       351,259  

U.S. Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A, 3.95%, 05/15/27

    150       133,302  

United Airlines Holdings Inc., 4.88%, 01/15/25(b)

    216       206,362  
   

 

 

 
          2,601,660  
Auto Manufacturers — 3.8%            

Aston Martin Capital Holdings Ltd., 10.50%, 11/30/25 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

    705       680,113  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.30%, 02/10/25 (Call 01/10/25)

    425       384,740  

3.38%, 11/13/25 (Call 10/13/25)

    745       676,982  

4.13%, 08/04/25

    445       413,628  

4.69%, 06/09/25 (Call 04/09/25)

    205       194,233  

5.13%, 06/16/25 (Call 05/16/25)

    565       545,253  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, 7.75%, 10/15/25(a)

    370       341,458  
   

 

 

 
      3,236,407  
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.8%            

Clarios Global LP, 6.75%, 05/15/25(a)

    272       272,334  

Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl, 5.75%, 04/15/25(a)

    281       274,576  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 9.50%, 05/31/25

    420       438,014  

ZF North America Capital Inc., 4.75%, 04/29/25(a)(b)

    560       525,594  
   

 

 

 
      1,510,518  
Banks — 1.2%            

Deutsche Bank AG, 4.50%, 04/01/25(b)

    755       701,750  

Freedom Mortgage Corp., 8.25%, 04/15/25(a)

    335       288,388  
   

 

 

 
      990,138  
Building Materials — 0.8%            

Jeld-Wen Inc.
4.63%, 12/15/25(a)

    252       209,578  

6.25%, 05/15/25(a)

    168       158,207  

Koppers Inc., 6.00%, 02/15/25(a)

    319       289,260  
   

 

 

 
      657,045  
Chemicals — 1.0%            

Avient Corp., 5.75%, 05/15/25(a)

    349       342,128  

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., 7.25%, 04/01/25(a)

    342       293,385  

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA/Trinseo Materials Finance Inc., 5.38%, 09/01/25(a)(b)

    310       239,788  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

Venator Finance Sarl/Venator Materials LLC, 5.75%, 07/15/25(a)

  $ 0     $  
   

 

 

 
      875,301  
Coal — 0.3%            

Alliance Resource Operating Partners LP/Alliance Resource Finance Corp., 7.50%, 05/01/25(a)

    250       245,145  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 2.4%            

Aptim Corp., 7.75%, 06/15/25(a)

    315       216,408  

Brink’s Co. (The), 5.50%, 07/15/25(a)

    281       273,683  

Picasso Finance Sub Inc., 6.13%, 06/15/25(a)

    312       311,332  

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc., 5.38%, 01/15/25(a)

    341       336,103  

Sabre GLBL Inc.
7.38%, 09/01/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    494       464,375  

9.25%, 04/15/25 (Call 03/16/25)(a)

    483       470,901  
   

 

 

 
      2,072,802  
Computers — 0.9%            

Diebold Nixdorf Inc., 9.38%, 07/15/25(a)(b)

    375       279,717  

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.75%, 01/01/25

    329       317,748  

Tempo Acquisition LLC/Tempo Acquisition Finance Corp., 5.75%, 06/01/25(a)(b)

    162       159,842  
   

 

 

 
      757,307  
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.6%            

G-III Apparel Group Ltd., 7.88%, 08/15/25(a)

    259       245,423  

KAR Auction Services Inc., 5.13%, 06/01/25(a)

    252       243,208  
   

 

 

 
      488,631  
Diversified Financial Services — 4.7%            

Ally Financial Inc., 5.75%, 11/20/25(b)

    629       607,061  

Enact Holdings Inc., 6.50%, 08/15/25 (Call 02/15/25)(a)

    434       427,703  

Enova International Inc., 8.50%, 09/15/25(a)

    238       216,078  

Finance of America Funding LLC, 7.88%, 11/15/25(a)

    190       115,037  

Navient Corp., 6.75%, 06/25/25

    314       300,055  

OneMain Finance Corp., 6.88%, 03/15/25(b)

    740       717,741  

PennyMac Financial Services Inc., 5.38%, 10/15/25(a)

    397       359,368  

PRA Group Inc., 7.38%, 09/01/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    185       177,644  

Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp., 6.38%, 06/15/25(a)

    200       176,780  

SLM Corp., 4.20%, 10/29/25 (Call 09/29/25)

    284       264,222  

StoneX Group Inc., 8.63%, 06/15/25(a)

    207       204,402  

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 5.50%, 11/15/25(a)

    506            457,379  
   

 

 

 
          4,023,470  
Electric — 0.8%            

DPL Inc., 4.13%, 07/01/25 (Call 04/01/25)

    268       253,595  

Drax Finco PLC, 6.63%, 11/01/25(a)

    240       223,265  

FirstEnergy Corp., 2.05%, 03/01/25 (Call 02/01/25)

    170       155,975  

NSG Holdings LLC/NSG Holdings Inc., 7.75%, 12/15/25(a)

    8       8,249  
   

 

 

 
      641,084  
Electrical Components & Equipment — 1.0%            

WESCO Distribution Inc., 7.13%, 06/15/25(a)

    878       886,789  
   

 

 

 

Electronics — 0.7%

   

Likewize Corp., 9.75%, 10/15/25(a)

    263       238,512  

Sensata Technologies BV, 5.00%, 10/01/25(a)

    406       395,018  
   

 

 

 
      633,530  
Engineering & Construction — 1.4%            

Artera Services LLC, 9.03%, 12/04/25
(Call 02/04/23)(a)

    565       472,911  

Brand Industrial Services Inc., 8.50%, 07/15/25(a)(b)

    612       440,664  

Tutor Perini Corp., 6.88%, 05/01/25(a)(b)

    305       244,561  
   

 

 

 
      1,158,136  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Entertainment — 6.1%

   

Banijay Entertainment SASU, 5.38%, 03/01/25(a)(b)

  $ 195     $ 180,827  

Caesars Entertainment Inc., 6.25%, 07/01/25(a)

    2,024       1,975,971  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC/CRC Finco Inc., 5.75%, 07/01/25(a)(b)

    640       625,741  

Cedar Fair LP/Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp./Millennium Op, 5.50%, 05/01/25(a)

    624       619,757  

Cinemark USA Inc., 8.75%, 05/01/25(a)(b)

    156       157,129  

International Game Technology PLC, 6.50%, 02/15/25 (Call 08/15/24)(a)(b)

    310       310,090  

Scientific Games International Inc., 8.63%, 07/01/25(a)

    355       365,874  

Six Flags Theme Parks Inc., 7.00%, 07/01/25(a)(b)

    235       237,416  

Vail Resorts Inc., 6.25%, 05/15/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    399       397,013  

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., 7.75%, 04/15/25(a)

    388       378,187  
   

 

 

 
      5,248,005  
Environmental Control — 0.8%            

GFL Environmental Inc.
3.75%, 08/01/25(a)

    445       420,520  

4.25%, 06/01/25(a)

    265       253,931  
   

 

 

 
      674,451  
Food — 1.8%            

B&G Foods Inc., 5.25%, 04/01/25

    550       499,626  

Chobani LLC/Chobani Finance Corp. Inc., 7.50%, 04/15/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    340       323,003  

Performance Food Group Inc., 6.88%, 05/01/25(a)(b)

    168       167,464  

U.S. Foods Inc., 6.25%, 04/15/25(a)(b)

    585       585,105  
   

 

 

 
      1,575,198  
Food Service — 1.5%            

Aramark Services Inc.
5.00%, 04/01/25(a)

    368       357,501  

6.38%, 05/01/25(a)(b)

    922       912,780  
   

 

 

 
      1,270,281  
Forest Products & Paper — 0.2%            

Clearwater Paper Corp., 5.38%, 02/01/25(a)(b)

    163       158,301  
   

 

 

 

Gas — 0.5%

   

AmeriGas Partners LP/AmeriGas Finance Corp., 5.50%, 05/20/25 (Call 02/20/25)

    438       418,943  
   

 

 

 

Hand & Machine Tools — 0.2%

   

Werner FinCo LP/Werner FinCo Inc., 8.75%, 07/15/25(a)(b)

    170       145,734  
   

 

 

 

Health Care - Services — 3.2%

   

Akumin Inc., 7.00%, 11/01/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    295       239,269  

Encompass Health Corp., 5.75%, 09/15/25(b)

    217       215,878  

Global Medical Response Inc., 6.50%, 10/01/25(a)

    380       293,907  

Legacy LifePoint Health LLC, 6.75%, 04/15/25(a)

    375       332,089  

ModivCare Inc., 5.88%, 11/15/25(a)

    309       295,206  

Prime Healthcare Services Inc., 7.25%, 11/01/25(a)

    535       466,611  

RP Escrow Issuer LLC, 5.25%, 12/15/25 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    488       367,156  

Surgery Center Holdings Inc., 6.75%, 07/01/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    236       222,491  

Team Health Holdings Inc., 6.38%, 02/01/25 (Call 11/16/22)(a)(b)

    380       288,219  
   

 

 

 
          2,720,826  
Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.6%            

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.38%, 12/15/25

    406       394,141  

Stena International SA, 6.13%, 02/01/25(a)

    170       159,584  
   

 

 

 
      553,725  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Home Builders — 0.7%

   

Empire Communities Corp., 7.00%, 12/15/25 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

  $ 297     $ 257,434  

Meritage Homes Corp., 6.00%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

    246       240,345  

New Home Co. Inc. (The), 7.25%, 10/15/25(a)(b)

    180       140,990  
   

 

 

 
      638,769  
Household Products & Wares — 0.3%            

Spectrum Brands Inc., 5.75%, 07/15/25(b)

    300       295,923  
   

 

 

 

Housewares — 0.9%

   

American Greetings Corp., 8.75%, 04/15/25(a)

    50       47,845  

CD&R Smokey Buyer Inc., 6.75%, 07/15/25(a)(b)

    436       414,178  

Newell Brands Inc., 4.88%, 06/01/25 (Call 05/01/25)

    320       308,739  
   

 

 

 
      770,762  
Insurance — 1.7%            

Acrisure LLC/Acrisure Finance Inc., 7.00%, 11/15/25(a)

    548       519,515  

AssuredPartners Inc., 7.00%, 08/15/25
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    313       301,898  

NMI Holdings Inc., 7.38%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/30/25)(a)

    250       250,682  

USI Inc./NY, 6.88%, 05/01/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    389       379,427  
   

 

 

 
      1,451,522  
Internet — 2.7%            

Netflix Inc.
3.63%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)(a)

    265       252,209  

5.88%, 02/15/25

    475       477,793  

NortonLifeLock Inc., 5.00%, 04/15/25 (Call 11/14/22)(a)

    623       605,712  

TripAdvisor Inc., 7.00%, 07/15/25(a)

    333       330,206  

Uber Technologies Inc., 7.50%, 05/15/25(a)

    604       604,066  
   

 

 

 
      2,269,986  
Leisure Time — 1.9%            

Constellation Merger Sub Inc., 8.50%, 09/15/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    267       238,041  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 11.50%, 06/01/25(a)(b)

    759       817,147  

Viking Cruises Ltd.
6.25%, 05/15/25(a)(b)

    154       134,287  

13.00%, 05/15/25(a)

    385       413,771  
   

 

 

 
      1,603,246  
Lodging — 5.4%            

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., 5.38%, 05/01/25(a)

    340       334,805  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., 2.90%, 06/25/25 (Call 05/25/25)

    310       280,321  

Marriott Ownership Resorts Inc., 6.13%, 09/15/25(a)(b)

    191       188,947  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd., 4.88%, 06/06/25(b)(c)

    500       350,515  

MGM China Holdings Ltd., 5.25%, 06/18/25 (Call 11/11/22)(a)

    310       246,475  

MGM Resorts International
5.75%, 06/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

    405       392,878  

6.75%, 05/01/25

    442       436,170  

Sands China Ltd., 5.63%, 08/08/25 (Call 06/08/25)

    1,100       972,994  

Sugarhouse HSP Gaming Prop Mezz LP/Sugarhouse HSP Gaming Finance Corp., 5.88%, 05/15/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    190       177,958  

Travel + Leisure Co., 6.60%, 10/01/25 (Call 07/01/25)

    218       213,245  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.50%, 03/01/25 (Call 12/01/24)(a)

    1,121       1,061,968  
   

 

 

 
      4,656,276  
Machinery — 0.3%            

Husky III Holding Ltd. , 13.00%, 02/15/25,
(13.75% PIK)(a)(d)

    286       269,269  
   

 

 

 

Manufacturing — 0.3%

   

Hillenbrand Inc., 5.75%, 06/15/25

    221       220,125  
   

 

 

 

Media — 1.5%

   

AMC Networks Inc., 4.75%, 08/01/25(b)

    508       466,192  

 

 

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)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Media (continued)            

Univision Communications Inc., 5.13%, 02/15/25(a)

  $ 848     $ 819,109  
   

 

 

 
      1,285,301  
Mining — 0.8%            

Arconic Corp., 6.00%, 05/15/25(a)(b)

    427       422,529  

Perenti Finance Pty Ltd., 6.50%, 10/07/25(a)

    275       252,849  
   

 

 

 
      675,378  
Office & Business Equipment — 0.5%            

Xerox Holdings Corp., 5.00%, 08/15/25
(Call 07/15/25)(a)

    460       415,969  
   

 

 

 

Oil & Gas — 6.8%

   

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., 11.00%, 04/15/25(a)

    347       361,161  

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance Inc., 5.63%, 10/15/25(a)

    675       652,705  

CVR Energy Inc., 5.25%, 02/15/25(a)

    402       387,745  

Laredo Petroleum Inc., 9.50%, 01/15/25(b)

    337       337,448  

Murphy Oil Corp., 5.75%, 08/15/25

    269       266,315  

Nabors Industries Inc., 5.75%, 02/01/25
(Call 11/01/24)

    337       324,339  

Neptune Energy Bondco PLC, 6.63%, 05/15/25(a)

    410       400,611  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.
5.50%, 12/01/25 (Call 09/01/25)

    379       380,307  

5.88%, 09/01/25 (Call 06/01/25)

    465       469,176  

8.00%, 07/15/25 (Call 04/15/25)

    265       281,213  

Par Petroleum LLC/Par Petroleum Finance Corp., 7.75%, 12/15/25(a)

    179       171,272  

PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 7.25%, 06/15/25

    438       433,340  

Range Resources Corp., 4.88%, 05/15/25
(Call 02/15/25)

    454       438,378  

SM Energy Co., 5.63%, 06/01/25

    251       244,386  

Southwestern Energy Co., 5.70%, 01/23/25
(Call 10/23/24)

    269       265,089  

Transocean Pontus Ltd., 6.13%, 08/01/25(a)

    211       202,045  

Vermilion Energy Inc., 5.63%, 03/15/25(a)(b)

    191       185,299  
   

 

 

 
      5,800,829  
Oil & Gas Services — 0.7%            

CSI Compressco LP/CSI Compressco Finance Inc., 7.50%, 04/01/25(a)(b)

    225       203,076  

KCA Deutag UK Finance PLC, 9.88%, 12/01/25
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    310       288,300  

KLX Energy Services Holdings Inc., 11.50%, 11/01/25(a)

    155       127,413  
   

 

 

 
      618,789  
Packaging & Containers — 3.1%            

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., 5.25%, 04/30/25(a)

    335       316,602  

Ball Corp., 5.25%, 07/01/25(b)

    559       551,454  

Matthews International Corp., 5.25%, 12/01/25
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    181       166,230  

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co., 7.25%, 04/15/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    801       720,892  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
5.38%, 01/15/25(a)

    186       174,410  

6.38%, 08/15/25(a)

    180       170,478  

Pactiv LLC, 7.95%, 12/15/25

    171       158,514  

Sealed Air Corp., 5.50%, 09/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)(a)(b)

    272       267,188  

Trident TPI Holdings Inc., 6.63%, 11/01/25(a)(b)

    169       145,340  
   

 

 

 
      2,671,108  
Pharmaceuticals — 2.0%            

Bausch Health Cos. Inc.
5.50%, 11/01/25(a)

    1,050       842,835  

11.00%, 09/30/28

    235       183,483  

14.00%, 10/15/30

    40       22,908  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd./HLF Financing Inc., 7.88%, 09/01/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    377       352,397  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, 10.00%, 04/15/25(a)

  $ 182     $ 123,025  

P&L Development LLC/PLD Finance Corp., 7.75%, 11/15/25(a)

    287       222,003  
   

 

 

 
      1,746,651  
Pipelines — 5.9%            

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 7.63%, 12/15/25 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    359       355,331  

Buckeye Partners LP, 4.13%, 03/01/25
(Call 02/01/25)(a)(b)

    341       321,147  

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 04/01/25

    342       333,573  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.15%, 06/01/25
(Call 03/01/25)(b)

    283       266,320  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6.00%, 07/01/25
(Call 04/01/25)(a)

    257       249,105  

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 6.50%, 10/01/25

    330       316,998  

Martin Midstream Partners LP/Martin Midstream Finance Corp., 11.50%, 02/28/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    191       184,472  

New Fortress Energy Inc., 6.75%, 09/15/25(a)

    770       756,101  

NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.13%, 03/01/25(b)

    238       185,659  

NuStar Logistics LP, 5.75%, 10/01/25 (Call 07/01/25)

    386       374,343  

Rattler Midstream LP, 5.63%, 07/15/25(a)

    251       258,061  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 3.60%, 05/15/25
(Call 04/15/25)(a)

    241       223,585  

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 04/15/25

    169       141,978  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp., 7.50%, 10/01/25(a)

    368       372,740  

Western Midstream Operating LP
3.35%, 02/01/25 (Call 01/01/25)

    454       431,541  

3.95%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

    244       231,839  
   

 

 

 
      5,002,793  
Real Estate — 0.8%            

Five Point Operating Co. LP/Five Point Capital Corp., 7.88%, 11/15/25(a)(b)

    393       327,911  

Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, 5.75%, 12/01/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    333       322,714  

WeWork Companies Inc., 7.88%, 05/01/25(a)

    0        
   

 

 

 
      650,625  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.1%            

Diversified Healthcare Trust, 9.75%, 06/15/25

    314       296,611  

HAT Holdings I LLC/HAT Holdings II LLC, 6.00%, 04/15/25(a)(b)

    248       236,431  

iStar Inc., 4.25%, 08/01/25 (Call 05/01/25)(b)

    317       307,014  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 5.25%, 10/01/25 (Call 11/16/22)(a)

    216       199,210  

New Residential Investment Corp., 6.25%, 10/15/25(a)

    344       301,805  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC/PK Domestic Property LLC/PK Finance Co-Issuer, 7.50%, 06/01/25(a)

    396       397,041  

Service Properties Trust
4.50%, 03/15/25 (Call 09/15/24)

    217       191,733  

7.50%, 09/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)

    490       477,642  

Starwood Property Trust Inc., 4.75%, 03/15/25 (Call 09/15/24)(b)

    311       293,404  

Uniti Group LP/Uniti Fiber Holdings Inc./CSL Capital LLC, 7.88%, 02/15/25(a)

    1,394       1,381,245  

XHR LP, 6.38%, 08/15/25(a)

    309       303,994  
   

 

 

 
      4,386,130  
Retail — 4.5%            

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc., 5.75%, 04/15/25(a)

    309       308,963  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par

(000)

    Value  

Retail (continued)

   

Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co., 8.75%, 07/15/25(a)(b)

  $ 228     $ 216,014  

Bath & Body Works Inc., 9.38%, 07/01/25(a)(b)

    202       210,466  

Carvana Co., 5.63%, 10/01/25(a)(b)

    267       174,885  

Dave & Buster’s Inc., 7.63%, 11/01/25(a)

    284       284,000  

eG Global Finance PLC
6.75%, 02/07/25(a)

    460       417,054  

8.50%, 10/30/25(a)

    390       358,937  

IRB Holding Corp., 7.00%, 06/15/25
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    439       439,176  

Penske Automotive Group Inc., 3.50%, 09/01/25(b)

    373       348,020  

QVC Inc., 4.45%, 02/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)

    380       332,234  

Rite Aid Corp., 7.50%, 07/01/25(a)

    298       209,968  

Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital Inc., 5.63%, 12/01/25 (Call 12/01/22)

    367       347,710  

Sizzling Platter LLC/Sizzling Platter Finance Corp., 8.50%, 11/28/25(a)(b)

    221       194,374  
   

 

 

 
          3,841,801  
Semiconductors — 0.3%            

ams-OSRAM AG, 7.00%, 07/31/25(a)(b)

    270       242,031  
   

 

 

 

Software — 1.8%

   

Boxer Parent Co. Inc., 7.13%, 10/02/25(a)

    375       369,135  

PTC Inc., 3.63%, 02/15/25(a)

    324       309,083  

Veritas U.S. Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 7.50%, 09/01/25(a)

    1,067       897,187  
   

 

 

 
      1,575,405  
Telecommunications — 3.2%            

CommScope Technologies LLC,
6.00%, 06/15/25(a)(b)

    757       712,556  

Intrado Corp., 8.50%, 10/15/25 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    345       301,658  

Lumen Technologies Inc., 5.63%, 04/01/25
(Call 01/01/25)(b)

    120       115,376  

Qwest Corp., 7.25%, 09/15/25

    253       255,634  

Sprint Corp., 7.63%, 02/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)

    885       913,807  

ViaSat Inc., 5.63%, 09/15/25 (Call 11/14/22)(a)

    446       411,069  
   

 

 

 
      2,710,100  
Transportation — 0.5%            

Western Global Airlines LLC, 10.38%, 08/15/25(a)(b)

    187       157,390  

XPO Logistics Inc., 6.25%, 05/01/25(a)(b)

    278       281,089  
   

 

 

 
      438,479  
Security  

Par/

Shares

(000)

    Value  

Trucking & Leasing — 0.4%

   

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC,
6.50%, 10/01/25(a)

  $ 383     $ 368,408  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 96.4%
(Cost: $85,915,240)

      82,443,500  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 16.5%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.29%(e)(f)(g)

    11,995       11,992,444  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.97%(e)(f)

    2,080       2,080,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 16.5%
(Cost: $14,072,618)

      14,072,444  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 112.9%
(Cost: $99,987,858)

      96,515,944  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (12.9)%

      (11,046,529
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $     85,469,415  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(d) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

(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.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended October 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
10/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
10/31/22
     Shares
Held at
10/31/22
(000)
     Income     Capital Gain
Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 3,718,076      $ 8,279,056 (a)    $      $ (3,735    $ (953    $ 11,992,444        11,995      $ 41,001 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     1,120,000        960,000 (a)                           2,080,000        2,080        10,208        
          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
           $     (3,735    $     (953      $14,072,444           $51,209     $     —  
          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)   

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b)   

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

           

Assets

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $      $ 82,443,500      $      $ 82,443,500  

Money Market Funds

     14,072,444                      14,072,444  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 14,072,444      $ 82,443,500      $         —      $ 96,515,944  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   
Advertising — 0.2%            

Summer BC Bidco B LLC, 5.50%, 10/31/26
(Call 07/15/23)(a)

  $ 80     $ 64,042  
   

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 4.0%

   

Bombardier Inc., 7.13%, 06/15/26 (Call 06/15/23)(a)

    263       249,968  

F-Brasile SpA/F-Brasile U.S. LLC, Series XR, 7.38%, 08/15/26(a)(b)

    110       87,067  

Spirit AeroSystems Inc., 3.85%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)

    69       61,703  

TransDigm Inc.
6.25%, 03/15/26(a)(b)

    781       770,144  

6.38%, 06/15/26

    186       179,174  

TransDigm UK Holdings PLC, 6.88%, 05/15/26

    90       87,927  
   

 

 

 
          1,435,983  
Agriculture — 0.5%            

Turning Point Brands Inc., 5.63%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/23)(a)(b)

    60       52,349  

Vector Group Ltd., 10.50%, 11/01/26(a)

    124       122,374  
   

 

 

 
      174,723  
Airlines — 5.4%            

Air Canada, 3.88%, 08/15/26 (Call 02/15/26)(a)

    265       234,382  

Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2020-1, Class C, 10.50%, 07/15/26(a)

    55       56,211  

American Airlines Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.50%, 04/20/26(a)

    768       731,935  

American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A, 3.70%, 04/01/28

    89       74,339  

Delta Air Lines Inc., 7.38%, 01/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)(b)

    180       184,044  

Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd./HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd., 5.75%, 01/20/26 (Call 01/20/24)(a)

    263       242,641  

United Airlines Inc., 4.38%, 04/15/26
(Call 10/15/25)(a)

    425       388,854  
   

 

 

 
      1,912,406  
Apparel — 0.8%            

Hanesbrands Inc., 4.88%, 05/15/26
(Call 02/15/26)(a)(b)

    202       185,401  

Under Armour Inc., 3.25%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/15/26)(b)

    128       110,024  
   

 

 

 
      295,425  
Auto Manufacturers — 2.9%            

Ford Motor Co., 4.35%, 12/08/26 (Call 09/08/26)(b)

    332       309,042  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.70%, 08/10/26 (Call 07/10/26)

    315       272,837  

4.39%, 01/08/26

    220       203,693  

4.54%, 08/01/26 (Call 06/01/26)

    135       124,577  

JB Poindexter & Co. Inc., 7.13%, 04/15/26(a)

    117       111,520  
   

 

 

 
      1,021,669  
Auto Parts & Equipment — 2.0%            

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., 4.88%, 08/15/26(a)(b)

    155       138,480  

Clarios Global LP/Clarios US Finance Co., 6.25%, 05/15/26(a)(b)

    189       184,339  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 5.00%, 05/31/26(b)

    189       181,516  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 4.75%, 09/15/26, (5.50% PIK)(a)(c)

    105       89,464  

Tenneco Inc., 5.00%, 07/15/26(b)

    104       103,596  
   

 

 

 
      697,395  
Banks — 1.0%            

Freedom Mortgage Corp., 7.63%, 05/01/26
(Call 05/01/23)(a)

    131       103,431  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.71%, 01/15/26(a)

    260       236,504  
   

 

 

 
      339,935  
Chemicals — 1.5%            

Consolidated Energy Finance SA, 6.50%, 05/15/26(a)

    50       45,559  

GPD Companies Inc., 10.13%, 04/01/26(a)(b)

    106       95,128  

INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC., 3.38%, 01/15/26 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    105       88,568  

Mativ Holdings Inc., 6.88%, 10/01/26(a)

    81       74,273  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

Polar U.S. Borrower LLC/Schenectady International Group Inc., 6.75%, 05/15/26 (Call 05/15/23)(a)

  $ 57     $ 28,438  

Rayonier AM Products Inc., 7.63%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    98       85,167  

SCIL USA Holdings LLC, Class-H, 5.38%, 11/01/26
(Call 11/01/23)(a)

    165       131,746  
   

 

 

 
      548,879  
Coal — 0.2%            

Coronado Finance Pty Ltd., 10.75%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/23)(a)

    59       61,705  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services — 6.0%

   

Albion Financing 1 SARL/Aggreko Holdings Inc., 6.13%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    110       94,032  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp., 6.63%, 07/15/26 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    412       394,387  

Alta Equipment Group Inc., 5.63%, 04/15/26(a)

    67       57,839  

Block Inc., 2.75%, 06/01/26 (Call 05/01/26)(b)

    206       184,352  

Cimpress PLC, 7.00%, 06/15/26(a)

    100       59,777  

CoreCivic Inc., 8.25%, 04/15/26 (Call 04/15/24)(b)

    142       144,461  

CPI CG Inc., 8.63%, 03/15/26 (Call 03/15/23)(a)

    68       64,001  

Graham Holdings Co., 5.75%, 06/01/26(a)

    103       100,455  

Hertz Corp. (The), 4.63%, 12/01/26 (Call 12/01/23)(a)

    103       87,764  

Legends Hospitality Holding Co. LLC/Legends Hospitality Co-Issuer Inc., 5.00%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    85       74,269  

MoneyGram International Inc., 5.38%, 08/01/26
(Call 08/01/23)(a)

    91       90,812  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance Inc., 5.75%, 04/15/26(a)

    299       292,305  

Shift4 Payments LLC/Shift4 Payments Finance Sub Inc., 4.63%, 11/01/26(a)(b)

    99       91,271  

Verscend Escrow Corp., 9.75%, 08/15/26
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    243       243,680  

WASH Multifamily Acquisition Inc., 5.75%, 04/15/26
(Call 04/15/23)(a)

    181       168,998  
   

 

 

 
      2,148,403  
Computers — 0.8%            

Vericast Corp., 11.00%, 09/15/26 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    269       264,712  
   

 

 

 

Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.8%

   

Coty Inc.
5.00%, 04/15/26 (Call 04/15/23)(a)

    193       181,823  

6.50%, 04/15/26(a)(b)

    109       103,827  
   

 

 

 
      285,650  
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.1%            

Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc., 9.00%, 11/15/26(a)

    75       47,599  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 3.4%

   

Avation Capital SA, 8.25%, 05/15/21 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    75       59,982  

Brightsphere Investment Group Inc., 4.80%, 07/27/26

    60       53,600  

Credit Acceptance Corp., 6.63%, 03/15/26

    92       87,072  

goeasy Ltd., 4.38%, 05/01/26(a)

    60       52,015  

Home Point Capital Inc., 5.00%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

    0        

Jefferson Capital Holdings LLC, 6.00%, 08/15/26
(Call 08/15/23)(a)

    69       57,525  

LFS Topco LLC, 5.88%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    63       49,825  

Navient Corp., 6.75%, 06/15/26

    104       98,127  

OneMain Finance Corp., 7.13%, 03/15/26

    345       332,138  

PHH Mortgage Corp., 7.88%, 03/15/26 (Call 03/15/23)(a)

    83       68,857  

Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer Inc., 2.88%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    252       211,168  

SLM Corp., 3.13%, 11/02/26 (Call 10/02/26)

    104       91,205  

World Acceptance Corp., 7.00%, 11/01/26
(Call 11/01/23)(a)

    67       41,970  
   

 

 

 
      1,203,484  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Electric — 1.4%            

Calpine Corp., 5.25%, 06/01/26(a)(b)

  $ 84     $ 80,142  

FirstEnergy Corp., Series A, 1.60%, 01/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)

    60       52,237  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP, 3.88%, 10/15/26 (Call 07/15/26)(a)

    101       93,614  

Terraform Global Operating LP, 6.13%, 03/01/26(a)

    86       79,149  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 5.50%, 09/01/26(a)(b)

    214       205,277  
   

 

 

 
      510,419  
Energy - Alternate Sources — 0.7%            

Enviva Partners LP/Enviva Partners Finance Corp., 6.50%, 01/15/26(a)(b)

    160       153,477  

Sunnova Energy Corp., 5.88%, 09/01/26
(Call 09/01/23)(a)(b)

    92       81,133  
   

 

 

 
      234,610  
Engineering & Construction — 0.4%            

Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings Inc., 6.00%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    86       78,372  

INNOVATE Corp., 8.50%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    73       54,013  
   

 

 

 
          132,385  
Entertainment — 2.3%            

CCM Merger Inc., 6.38%, 05/01/26(a)

    66       60,577  

Cinemark USA Inc., 5.88%, 03/15/26 (Call 03/15/23)(a)

    85       71,675  

Empire Resorts Inc., 7.75%, 11/01/26 (Call 11/01/23)(a)

    55       45,209  

Golden Entertainment Inc., 7.63%, 04/15/26(a)(b)

    81       80,116  

International Game Technology PLC, 4.13%, 04/15/26 (Call 04/15/23)(a)

    140       129,885  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc., 5.63%, 03/15/26(a)(b)

    82       78,588  

Merlin Entertainments Ltd., 5.75%, 06/15/26
(Call 03/17/26)(a)

    65       60,451  

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, 8.00%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    250       210,748  

Raptor Acquisition Corp./Raptor Co-Issuer LLC, 4.88%, 11/01/26(a)(b)

    82       72,641  
   

 

 

 
      809,890  
Environmental Control — 0.6%            

GFL Environmental Inc., 5.13%, 12/15/26 (Call 12/15/22)(a)(b)

    124       118,261  

Waste Pro USA Inc., 5.50%, 02/15/26(a)

    105       97,119  
   

 

 

 
      215,380  
Food — 1.1%            

Albertsons Companies Inc./Safeway Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC
3.25%, 03/15/26(a)

    159       143,146  

7.50%, 03/15/26(a)

    128       131,203  

FAGE International SA/FAGE USA Dairy Industry Inc., 5.63%, 08/15/26(a)(b)

    60       53,187  

H-Food Holdings LLC/Hearthside Finance Co. Inc., 8.50%, 06/01/26(a)

    0        

Sigma Holdco BV, 7.88%, 05/15/26(a)

    90       55,256  
   

 

 

 
      382,792  
Forest Products & Paper — 0.3%            

Mercer International Inc., 5.50%, 01/15/26

    68       63,996  

Resolute Forest Products Inc., 4.88%, 03/01/26
(Call 03/01/23)(a)

    57       56,325  
   

 

 

 
      120,321  
Gas — 0.4%            

AmeriGas Partners LP/AmeriGas Finance Corp., 5.88%, 08/20/26 (Call 05/20/26)

    152       142,831  
   

 

 

 

Health Care - Services — 4.8%

   

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc., 8.00%, 03/15/26(a)(b)

    455       392,306  

Hadrian Merger Sub Inc., 8.50%, 05/01/26(a)

    66       60,012  

IQVIA Inc., 5.00%, 10/15/26(a)(b)

    220       210,313  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings Inc./LifePoint Health Inc., 9.75%, 12/01/26 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    308       246,000  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
Health Care - Services (continued)             

Select Medical Corp., 6.25%, 08/15/26(a)(b)

  $ 258      $ 246,150  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.88%, 01/01/26(a)

    447        422,513  

U.S. Acute Care Solutions LLC, 6.38%, 03/01/26 (Call 03/01/23)(a)

    160        144,872  
    

 

 

 
           1,722,166  
Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.7%             

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.25%, 05/15/26

    267        256,419  
    

 

 

 

Home Builders — 0.5%

    

Forestar Group Inc., 3.85%, 05/15/26
(Call 05/15/23)(a)

    92        79,054  

K Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.
7.75%, 02/15/26(a)(b)

    51        49,040  

10.50%, 02/15/26(a)(b)

    61        58,978  
    

 

 

 
       187,072  
Housewares — 1.3%             

Newell Brands Inc., 4.45%, 04/01/26
(Call 01/01/26)

    440        409,222  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The), 5.25%, 12/15/26(b)

    59        54,875  
    

 

 

 
       464,097  
Insurance — 1.2%             

Acrisure LLC/Acrisure Finance Inc., 10.13%, 08/01/26(a)(b)

    84        83,852  

Hub International Ltd., 7.00%, 05/01/26
(Call 11/14/22)(a)

    357        352,338  
    

 

 

 
       436,190  
Internet — 2.4%             

Cogent Communications Group Inc., 3.50%, 05/01/26 (Call 02/01/26)(a)

    109        98,695  

Millennium Escrow Corp., 6.63%, 08/01/26 (Call 08/01/23)(a)(b)

    171        123,146  

Netflix Inc., 4.38%, 11/15/26

    200        190,764  

Photo Holdings Merger Sub Inc., 8.50%, 10/01/26(a)

    170        112,144  

Uber Technologies Inc., 8.00%, 11/01/26(a)

    330        331,079  
    

 

 

 
       855,828  
Iron & Steel — 0.9%             

Baffinland Iron Mines Corp./Baffinland Iron Mines LP, 8.75%, 07/15/26(a)(b)

    127        116,083  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., 6.75%, 03/15/26(a)

    191        189,638  
    

 

 

 
       305,721  
Leisure Time — 3.4%             

Carnival Corp.
7.63%, 03/01/26 (Call 03/01/24)(a)(b)

    312        234,861  

10.50%, 02/01/26 (Call 08/01/23)(a)(b)

    162        158,746  

Life Time Inc.
5.75%, 01/15/26 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    197        183,214  

8.00%, 04/15/26 (Call 02/01/23)(a)(b)

    106        93,088  

NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.88%, 03/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)(a)

    308        252,221  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
4.25%, 07/01/26 (Call 01/01/26)(a)(b)

    139        110,707  

5.50%, 08/31/26 (Call 02/28/26)(a)

    217        177,215  
    

 

 

 
       1,210,052  
Lodging — 2.8%             

Genting New York LLC, 3.30%, 02/15/26
(Call 01/15/26)(a)

    105        92,214  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., 3.50%, 08/18/26
(Call 06/18/26)

    226        196,934  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd., 5.25%, 04/26/26(d)

    95        59,899  

MGM China Holdings Ltd., 5.88%, 05/15/26(a)

    160        122,568  

MGM Resorts International, 4.63%, 09/01/26 (Call 06/01/26)(b)

    94        85,312  

Sands China Ltd., 4.30%, 01/08/26
(Call 12/08/25)

    200        162,290  

Travel + Leisure Co., 6.63%, 07/31/26
(Call 04/30/26)(a)(b)

    138        134,655  

Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.50%, 01/15/26(a)

    210        145,820  
    

 

 

 
       999,692  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  
Machinery — 1.1%             

Manitowoc Co. Inc. (The), 9.00%, 04/01/26(a)

  $ 64      $ 58,278  

Stevens Holding Co. Inc., 6.13%, 10/01/26 (Call 10/01/23)(a)(b)

    103        103,249  

Titan Acquisition Ltd./Titan Co-Borrower LLC, 7.75%, 04/15/26(a)

    142        118,469  

Weir Group PLC (The), 2.20%, 05/13/26 (Call 04/13/26)(a)

    145        124,235  
    

 

 

 
       404,231  
Manufacturing — 1.1%             

EnPro Industries Inc., 5.75%, 10/15/26

    82        79,311  

FXI Holdings Inc., 12.25%, 11/15/26(a)

    165        143,166  

Gates Global LLC/Gates Corp., 6.25%, 01/15/26(a)(b)

    130        124,943  

Hillenbrand Inc., 5.00%, 09/15/26
(Call 07/15/26)

    63        59,534  
    

 

 

 
       406,954  
Media — 6.0%             

Beasley Mezzanine Holdings LLC, 8.63%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/23)(a)(b)

    66        48,085  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.50%, 05/01/26(a)

    162        155,748  

Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc., 6.75%, 07/01/26(a)(b)

    83        72,053  

DISH DBS Corp.
5.25%, 12/01/26 (Call 06/01/26)(a)

    593        514,884  

7.75%, 07/01/26

    429        362,411  

Gannett Holdings LLC, 6.00%, 11/01/26 (Call 11/01/23)(a)(b)

    81        60,635  

Gray Television Inc., 5.88%, 07/15/26(a)

    146        137,820  

iHeartCommunications Inc., 6.38%, 05/01/26

        170        161,607  

Radiate Holdco LLC/Radiate Finance Inc., 4.50%, 09/15/26 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    198        169,062  

Sirius XM Radio Inc., 3.13%, 09/01/26 (Call 09/01/23)(a)

    213        190,356  

Spanish Broadcasting System Inc., 9.75%, 03/01/26 (Call 09/01/23)(a)

    68        41,885  

TEGNA Inc., 4.75%, 03/15/26
(Call 03/15/23)(a)

    125        123,379  

Townsquare Media Inc., 6.88%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    111        104,784  
    

 

 

 
           2,142,709  
Mining — 1.3%             

Constellium SE, 5.88%, 02/15/26(a)

    45        41,863  

Hudbay Minerals Inc., 4.50%, 04/01/26 (Call 04/01/23)(d)

    135        118,630  

JW Aluminum Continuous Cast Co., 10.25%, 06/01/26(a)

    74        75,312  

Novelis Corp., 3.25%, 11/15/26
(Call 11/15/23)(a)

    163        143,523  

Taseko Mines Ltd., 7.00%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/23)(a)(b)

    89        73,605  
    

 

 

 
       452,933  
Oil & Gas — 9.2%             

Aethon United BR LP/Aethon United Finance Corp., 8.25%, 02/15/26
(Call 02/15/23)(a)

    169        172,446  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 7.00%, 11/01/26(a)

    137        134,972  

Berry Petroleum Co. LLC, 7.00%, 02/15/26(a)

    84        76,418  

California Resources Corp., 7.13%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/01/23)(a)(b)

    126        124,325  

Callon Petroleum Co., 6.38%, 07/01/26

    74        71,235  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.50%, 02/01/26 (Call 02/05/23)(a)

    119        115,187  

Civitas Resources Inc., 5.00%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    94        86,654  

Colgate Energy Partners III LLC, 7.75%, 02/15/26 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    64        63,784  

Energy Ventures Gom LLC/EnVen Finance Corp., 11.75%, 04/15/26
(Call 04/15/23)(a)

    0         

Gulfport Energy Corp., 8.00%, 05/17/26 (Call 05/17/24)

    100        99,704  

Harbour Energy PLC, 5.50%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    90        81,116  

Independence Energy Finance LLC, 7.25%, 05/01/26 (Call 05/01/23)(a)

    155        143,741  

Ithaca Energy North Sea PLC, 9.00%, 07/15/26 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    130        128,537  
Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  
Oil & Gas (continued)             

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC/Magnolia Oil & Gas Finance Corp., 6.00%, 08/01/26(a)(b)

  $ 97      $ 94,724  

Matador Resources Co., 5.88%, 09/15/26(b)

    192        188,640  

Moss Creek Resources Holdings Inc., 7.50%, 01/15/26(a)

    153        140,732  

Nabors Industries Ltd., 7.25%, 01/15/26(a)

    125        120,540  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., 6.38%, 06/01/26 (Call 06/01/23)(a)

    88        86,116  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.
3.40%, 04/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)(b)

    60        56,793  

5.55%, 03/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)(b)

    223        226,176  

PDC Energy Inc., 5.75%, 05/15/26

    161        154,512  

Penn Virginia Holdings LLC., 9.25%, 08/15/26 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

    91        89,802  

Permian Resources Operating LLC, 5.38%, 01/15/26(a)

    66        61,007  

Petrofac Ltd., 9.75%, 11/15/26
(Call 11/15/23)(a)

    131        96,939  

Precision Drilling Corp., 7.13%, 01/15/26(a)

    69        67,982  

Puma International Financing SA, 5.00%, 01/24/26(a)

    200        178,726  

SM Energy Co., 6.75%, 09/15/26

    93        92,170  

Strathcona Resources Ltd., 6.88%, 08/01/26 (Call 08/01/23)(a)

    111        93,959  

Talos Production Inc., 12.00%, 01/15/26 (Call 01/15/23)

    138        146,360  

Tap Rock Resources LLC, 7.00%, 10/01/26 (Call 10/01/23)(a)(b)

        104        97,558  
    

 

 

 
           3,290,855  
Oil & Gas Services — 0.6%             

USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp., 6.88%, 04/01/26

    162        155,505  

Welltec International ApS, 8.25%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)(b)

    45        43,635  
    

 

 

 
       199,140  
Packaging & Containers — 3.0%             

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., 4.13%, 08/15/26(a)

    255        219,364  

Ball Corp., 4.88%, 03/15/26
(Call 12/15/25)(b)

    161        154,480  

Berry Global Inc., 4.50%, 02/15/26(a)(b)

    73        68,307  

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. V, 4.25%, 09/30/26
(Call 03/31/26)

    82        76,044  

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI, 4.75%, 02/01/26(b)

    181        173,454  

Crown Cork & Seal Co. Inc., 7.38%, 12/15/26

    85        86,618  

LABL Inc., 6.75%, 07/15/26(a)

    156        148,763  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV, 5.50%, 08/15/26(a)(b)

    165        151,704  
    

 

 

 
       1,078,734  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%             

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co., 4.38%, 03/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)

    140        131,224  

PRA Health Sciences Inc., 2.88%, 07/15/26 (Call 07/15/23)(a)(b)

    105        95,471  
    

 

 

 
       226,695  
Pipelines — 5.7%             

Antero Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream Finance Corp., 7.88%, 05/15/26 (Call 05/15/23)(a)

    119        121,319  

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 6.63%, 07/15/26(a)

    64        61,053  

Buckeye Partners LP, 3.95%, 12/01/26 (Call 09/01/26)

    133        116,606  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.85%, 07/15/26 (Call 04/15/26)(b)

    113        106,329  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.13%, 12/01/26 (Call 09/01/26)

    115        101,906  

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 6.25%, 05/15/26

    79        73,984  

Hess Midstream Operations LP,
5.63%, 02/15/26(a)

    175        171,579  

New Fortress Energy Inc., 6.50%, 09/30/26 (Call 03/31/23)(a)

    323        313,378  

NGL Energy Operating LLC/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 7.50%, 02/01/26
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

    443        401,075  

NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 7.50%, 04/15/26(b)

    70        51,110  

Northriver Midstream Finance LP, 5.63%, 02/15/26(a)

    113        106,988  

NuStar Logistics LP, 6.00%, 06/01/26 (Call 03/01/26)

    106        102,724  

 

 

C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S  T M E N T S

  39


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    
Par

(000)

    Value  
Pipelines (continued)            

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 8.50%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

  $     155     $ 148,839  

TransMontaigne Partners LP/TLP Finance Corp., 6.13%, 02/15/26

    69       59,062  

Western Midstream Operating LP, 4.65%, 07/01/26 (Call 04/01/26)

    101       95,482  
   

 

 

 
          2,031,434  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.4%            

Brookfield Property REIT Inc./BPR Cumulus LLC/BPR Nimbus LLC/GGSI Sellco LL, 5.75%, 05/15/26(a)(b)

    207       192,543  

HAT Holdings I LLC/HAT Holdings II LLC, 3.38%, 06/15/26 (Call 03/15/26)(a)(b)

    219       178,577  

iStar Inc., 5.50%, 02/15/26(b)

    67       66,889  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., 5.25%, 08/01/26(b)

    114       102,936  

RLJ Lodging Trust LP, 3.75%, 07/01/26
(Call 07/01/23)(a)

    94       86,003  

Service Properties Trust

   

4.75%, 10/01/26 (Call 08/01/26)

    96       78,303  

5.25%, 02/15/26 (Call 08/15/25)

    80       69,191  

Starwood Property Trust Inc., 3.63%, 07/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)(a)

    93       81,113  
   

 

 

 
      855,555  
Retail — 4.2%            

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., 4.50%, 11/15/26(a)

    71       65,299  

CEC Entertainment LLC, 6.75%, 05/01/26
(Call 05/01/23)(a)

    134       125,827  

Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 5.38%, 04/01/26 (Call 04/01/23)(a)(b)

    139       126,148  

Guitar Center Inc., 8.50%, 01/15/26
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

    122       106,615  

LSF9 Atlantis Holdings LLC/Victra Finance Corp., 7.75%, 02/15/26 (Call 02/15/23)(a)(b)

    176       160,146  

NMG Holding Co. Inc./Neiman Marcus Group LLC, 7.13%, 04/01/26 (Call 04/01/23)(a)

    242       230,159  

Rite Aid Corp., 8.00%, 11/15/26 (Call 01/15/23)(a)(b)

    184       119,517  

Specialty Building Products Holdings LLC/SBP Finance Corp., 6.38%, 09/30/26(a)

    159       128,785  

Staples Inc., 7.50%, 04/15/26(a)

    431       374,849  

White Cap Parent LLC, 8.25%, 03/15/26, (9.00% PIK)(a)(c)

    68       58,560  
   

 

 

 
      1,495,905  
Software — 1.8%            

ACI Worldwide Inc., 5.75%, 08/15/26(a)

    89       85,280  

Boxer Parent Co. Inc., 9.13%, 03/01/26(a)

    76       72,710  

Camelot Finance SA, 4.50%, 11/01/26(a)

    157       146,605  

Consensus Cloud Solutions Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    71       63,899  

CWT Travel Group Inc., 8.50%, 11/19/26
(Call 11/19/22)(a)(b)

    135       116,070  

Fair Isaac Corp., 5.25%, 05/15/26
(Call 02/15/26)(a)(b)

    96       94,707  

Skillz Inc., 10.25%, 12/15/26 (Call 12/15/23)(a)

    66       44,740  
   

 

 

 
      624,011  
Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
    Value  
Telecommunications — 4.6%            

CommScope Inc., 6.00%, 03/01/26(a)

  $ 331     $ 320,090  

Connect Finco Sarl/Connect U.S. Finco LLC, 6.75%, 10/01/26(a)

    315       295,980  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

   

5.25%, 08/01/26

    169       161,299  

6.63%, 08/01/26

    153       144,140  

Iliad Holding SASU, 6.50%, 10/15/26 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    250       231,725  

Lumen Technologies Inc., 5.13%, 12/15/26 (Call 12/15/22)(a)(b)

    159       136,138  

Sprint Corp., 7.63%, 03/01/26 (Call 11/01/25)

    335       349,043  
   

 

 

 
      1,638,415  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.3%            

Mattel Inc., 3.38%, 04/01/26 (Call 04/01/23)(a)

    131       119,980  
   

 

 

 
Water — 0.2%            

Solaris Midstream Holdings LLC, 7.63%, 04/01/26 (Call 04/01/23)(a)

    86       82,280  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 96.9%
(Cost: $36,886,748)

      34,537,706  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 19.7%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.29%(e)(f)(g)

      6,535       6,533,406  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.97%(e)(f)

    490       490,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 19.7%
(Cost: $7,023,784)

 

    7,023,406  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 116.6%
(Cost: $43,910,532)

 

    41,561,112  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (16.6)%

 

    (5,927,103
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   35,634,009  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

(d) 

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(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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2 0 2 2    H A R E S     N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E  H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended October 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
10/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
10/31/22
    Shares
Held at
10/31/22
(000)
    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 1,830,858     $ 4,704,989 (a)    $     $ (2,063   $ (378   $ 6,533,406       6,535     $ 14,549 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    520,000             (30,000 )(a)                  490,000       490       2,486        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (2,063   $ (378   $ 7,023,406       $ 17,035     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b) 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $        $ 34,537,706        $        $ 34,537,706  

Money Market Funds

     7,023,406                            7,023,406  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   7,023,406        $ 34,537,706        $             —        $ 41,561,112  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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  

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   
Advertising — 1.5%            

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., 5.13%, 08/15/27(a)(b)

  $     105     $ 94,489  

Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 5.00%, 08/15/27(a)(b)

    55       49,545  

Terrier Media Buyer Inc., 8.88%, 12/15/27
(Call 12/15/22)(a)

    86       72,824  
   

 

 

 
          216,858  
Aerospace & Defense — 4.0%            

Bombardier Inc., 7.88%, 04/15/27(a)

    160       152,026  

Hexcel Corp., 4.20%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)

    30       27,281  

Howmet Aerospace Inc., 5.90%, 02/01/27

    55       54,556  

Moog Inc., 4.25%, 12/15/27 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    40       35,793  

Rolls-Royce PLC, 5.75%, 10/15/27 (Call 07/15/27)(a)

    85       76,959  

TransDigm Inc.
5.50%, 11/15/27

    222       201,618  

7.50%, 03/15/27

    45       44,376  
   

 

 

 
      592,609  
Agriculture — 0.3%            

Darling Ingredients Inc., 5.25%, 04/15/27(a)

    44       42,346  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.6%            

Allegiant Travel Co., 7.25%, 08/15/27
(Call 08/15/24)(a)

    45       42,407  

American Airlines Pass Through Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A, 3.38%, 11/01/28(b)

    53       43,072  
   

 

 

 
      85,479  
Apparel — 0.3%            

William Carter Co. (The), 5.63%, 03/15/27(a)

    40       38,456  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 2.6%            

Allison Transmission Inc., 4.75%, 10/01/27(a)

    35       32,282  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.82%, 11/02/27 (Call 08/02/27)

    63       54,656  

4.13%, 08/17/27 (Call 06/17/27)

    105       93,207  

4.27%, 01/09/27 (Call 11/09/26)

    78       70,494  

4.95%, 05/28/27 (Call 04/28/27)

    125       114,518  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, 4.50%, 10/01/27 (Call 07/01/27)(a)(b)

    40       28,316  
   

 

 

 
      393,473  
Auto Parts & Equipment — 2.1%            

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., 6.50%, 04/01/27(b)

    41       37,843  

Clarios Global LP/Clarios US Finance Co., 8.50%, 05/15/27 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    165       162,259  

Dana Inc., 5.38%, 11/15/27 (Call 11/15/22)

    35       31,689  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 4.88%, 03/15/27 (Call 12/15/26)(b)

    60       54,604  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 6.00%, 05/15/27, (6.75% PIK)(a)(c)

    36       30,932  
   

 

 

 
      317,327  
Banks — 0.3%            

Freedom Mortgage Corp., 6.63%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    50       37,283  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 1.0%            

Eco Material Technologies Inc., 7.88%, 01/31/27
(Call 01/31/24)(a)(b)

    45       42,102  

Jeld-Wen Inc., 4.88%, 12/15/27 (Call 12/15/22)(a)(b)

    35       26,092  

Standard Industries Inc./NJ, 5.00%, 02/15/27(a)

    70       63,979  

Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., 6.50%, 03/15/27(a)(b)

    25       24,032  
   

 

 

 
      156,205  
Chemicals — 2.2%            

Cerdia Finanz GmbH, 10.50%, 02/15/27
(Call 02/15/24)(a)

    50       40,547  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

Axalta Coating Systems LLC/Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B BV, 4.75%, 06/15/27
(Call 06/15/23)(a)(b)

  $     40     $ 36,618  

Cheever Escrow Issuer LLC, 7.13%, 10/01/27
(Call 10/01/24)(a)

    25       22,914  

Chemours Co. (The), 5.38%, 05/15/27 (Call 02/15/27)(b)

    40       35,804  

HB Fuller Co., 4.00%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)

    25       22,891  

Methanex Corp., 5.13%, 10/15/27 (Call 04/15/27)

    60       54,698  

Olin Corp., 5.13%, 09/15/27

    40       37,502  

SPCM SA, 3.13%, 03/15/27 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    25       21,846  

WR Grace Holdings LLC, 4.88%, 06/15/27
(Call 06/15/23)(a)

    60       52,491  
   

 

 

 
          325,311  
Commercial Services — 5.0%            

Albion Financing 1 SARL/Aggreko Holdings Inc., 8.75%, 04/15/27 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    40       34,337  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp., 9.75%, 07/15/27(a)(b)

    89       77,386  

AMN Healthcare Inc., 4.63%, 10/01/27(a)

    40       37,419  

APX Group Inc., 6.75%, 02/15/27 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

    50       48,870  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance Inc. 5.75%, 07/15/27(a)(b)

    33       30,195  

5.75%, 07/15/27(a)

    30       27,375  

Brink’s Co. (The), 4.63%, 10/15/27(a)

    50       46,007  

CoreCivic Inc., 4.75%, 10/15/27 (Call 07/15/27)

    20       16,786  

Garda World Security Corp.
4.63%, 02/15/27 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

    48       42,710  

9.50%, 11/01/27(a)

    50       45,305  

Herc Holdings Inc., 5.50%, 07/15/27(a)

    100       94,622  

Korn Ferry, 4.63%, 12/15/27 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    35       31,800  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance Inc., 3.38%, 08/31/27 (Call 08/31/26)(a)

    87       75,560  

Service Corp. International/U.S., 4.63%, 12/15/27
(Call 12/15/22)

    45       41,816  

Sotheby’s, 7.38%, 10/15/27 (Call 11/14/22)(a)(b)

    65       62,891  

United Rentals North America Inc., 5.50%, 05/15/27

    39       38,066  
   

 

 

 
      751,145  
Computers — 1.2%            

NCR Corp., 5.75%, 09/01/27(a)(b)

    40       38,587  

Presidio Holdings Inc., 4.88%, 02/01/27
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

    45       41,528  

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.88%, 06/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)

    40       36,996  

Unisys Corp., 6.88%, 11/01/27 (Call 11/01/23)(a)

    40       33,585  

Vericast Corp./Harland Clarke/Checks in the Mail/Valassis Comm/Valassis Direct, 13.00%, 10/15/27(a)

    20       22,808  
   

 

 

 
      173,504  
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.8%            

BCPE Empire Holdings Inc., 7.63%, 05/01/27
(Call 05/01/23)(a)

    55       50,093  

IAA Inc., 5.50%, 06/15/27(a)

    41       38,439  

Univar Solutions USA Inc., 5.13%, 12/01/27
(Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

    40       37,021  
   

 

 

 
      125,553  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.6%            

Advisor Group Holdings Inc., 10.75%, 08/01/27(a)

    30       29,957  

AG TTMT Escrow Issuer LLC, 8.63%, 09/30/27
(Call 09/30/24)(a)

    44       44,170  

Castlelake Aviation Finance DAC, 5.00%, 04/15/27
(Call 04/15/24)(a)

    35       29,743  

LPL Holdings Inc., 4.63%, 11/15/27(a)

    30       27,743  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc., 6.00%, 01/15/27 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    52       46,620  

Navient Corp., 5.00%, 03/15/27 (Call 09/15/26)

    60       50,589  

OneMain Finance Corp., 3.50%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/24)

    63       51,884  

Oxford Finance LLC/Oxford Finance Co-Issuer II Inc., 6.38%, 02/01/27 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    35       32,455  

 

 

42  

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Diversified Financial Services (continued)  

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 5.75%, 06/15/27
(Call 06/15/24)(a)

  $ 45     $ 36,870  

VistaJet Malta Finance PLC/XO Management Holding Inc., 7.88%, 05/01/27(a)(b)

    45       40,899  
   

 

 

 
          390,930  
Electric — 3.0%  

Enerflex Ltd., 9.00%, 10/15/27

    50       48,636  

FirstEnergy Corp., Series B, 4.15%, 07/15/27
(Call 04/15/27)

      124       116,156  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP, 4.50%, 09/15/27 (Call 06/15/27)(a)

    45       41,919  

NRG Energy Inc., 6.63%, 01/15/27(b)

    28       28,014  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC

   

5.00%, 07/31/27(a)

    110       101,477  

5.63%, 02/15/27(a)

    110       104,834  
   

 

 

 
      441,036  
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.1%  

EnerSys, 4.38%, 12/15/27 (Call 09/15/27)(a)(b)

    25       21,926  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.8%  

AECOM, 5.13%, 03/15/27 (Call 12/15/26)(b)

    85       80,436  

Promontoria Holding 264 BV, 7.88%, 03/01/27
(Call 03/01/24)(a)

    35       31,852  
   

 

 

 
      112,288  
Entertainment — 4.7%  

Affinity Gaming, 6.88%, 12/15/27 (Call 12/01/23)(a)(b)

    47       39,637  

Caesars Entertainment Inc., 8.13%, 07/01/27
(Call 07/01/23)(a)(b)

    150       145,917  

Cedar Fair LP/Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp./Millennium Op, 5.38%, 04/15/27

    41       38,550  

Churchill Downs Inc., 5.50%, 04/01/27(a)

    52       49,741  

International Game Technology PLC, 6.25%, 01/15/27 (Call 07/15/26)(a)

    63       62,424  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.
4.75%, 10/15/27(a)(b)

    80       71,230  

6.50%, 05/15/27 (Call 05/15/23)(a)

    101       100,467  

Motion Bondco DAC, 6.63%, 11/15/27(a)(b)

    35       29,319  

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment LLC/Peninsula Pacific Entertainment Finance Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/27(a)

    60       64,292  

Penn Entertainment Inc., 5.63%, 01/15/27(a)(b)

    35       31,881  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.50%, 04/15/27(a)

    41       36,881  

Speedway Motorsports LLC/Speedway Funding II Inc., 4.88%, 11/01/27(a)

    30       26,123  
   

 

 

 
      696,462  
Environmental Control — 0.5%  

Clean Harbors Inc., 4.88%, 07/15/27(a)

    45       42,380  

Harsco Corp., 5.75%, 07/31/27(a)(b)

    40       28,357  
   

 

 

 
      70,737  
Food — 1.8%  

Albertsons Companies Inc./Safeway Inc./New

   

Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 4.63%, 01/15/27
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

    116       107,585  

B&G Foods Inc., 5.25%, 09/15/27(b)

    45       37,730  

Performance Food Group Inc., 5.50%, 10/15/27(a)

    88       83,766  

Post Holdings Inc., 5.75%, 03/01/27(a)

    40       38,750  
   

 

 

 
      267,831  
Gas — 0.3%  

AmeriGas Partners LP/AmeriGas Finance Corp., 5.75%, 05/20/27 (Call 02/20/27)

    42       38,770  
   

 

 

 

Health Care - Products — 0.3%

 

Teleflex Inc., 4.63%, 11/15/27

    40       37,675  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Health Care - Services — 5.4%  

Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc., 5.00%, 07/15/27(a)

  $ 40     $ 37,624  

Centene Corp., 4.25%, 12/15/27 (Call 12/15/22)

      205       189,117  

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc.

   

5.63%, 03/15/27 (Call 12/15/23)(a)(b)

    160       127,574  

8.00%, 12/15/27 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    60       48,514  

IQVIA Inc., 5.00%, 05/15/27(a)

    90       85,711  

Legacy LifePoint Health LLC, 4.38%, 02/15/27
(Call 12/01/22)(a)

    50       39,478  

Surgery Center Holdings Inc., 10.00%, 04/15/27(a)

    45       43,703  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

   

5.13%, 11/01/27(a)

    125       114,565  

6.25%, 02/01/27(a)

    129       123,938  
   

 

 

 
      810,224  
Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.7%  

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.25%, 05/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)

    120       110,480  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 1.7%  

Beazer Homes USA Inc., 5.88%, 10/15/27(b)

    31       26,029  

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. LLC, 6.25%, 09/15/27(a)

    50       43,650  

Century Communities Inc., 6.75%, 06/01/27

    41       39,167  

KB Home, 6.88%, 06/15/27 (Call 12/15/26)(b)

    25       24,188  

Mattamy Group Corp., 5.25%, 12/15/27
(Call 12/15/22)(a)

    41       35,069  

Meritage Homes Corp., 5.13%, 06/06/27 (Call 12/06/26)

    25       22,518  

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc., 5.88%, 06/15/27
(Call 03/15/27)(a)

    41       38,555  

Tri Pointe Homes Inc., 5.25%, 06/01/27 (Call 12/01/26)

    25       21,672  
   

 

 

 
      250,848  
Housewares — 0.3%  

Newell Brands Inc., 6.38%, 09/15/27 (Call 06/15/27)(b)

    45       44,063  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.3%  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC/Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer

   

4.25%, 10/15/27 (Call 10/15/23)(a)(b)

    64       57,831  

6.75%, 10/15/27 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    114       104,195  

GTCR AP Finance Inc., 8.00%, 05/15/27(a)(b)

    40       38,148  
   

 

 

 
          200,174  
Internet — 3.1%  

Cablevision Lightpath LLC, 3.88%, 09/15/27
(Call 09/15/23)(a)

    40       34,231  

Cogent Communications Group Inc., 7.00%, 06/15/27
(Call 06/15/24)(a)

    40       38,231  

Getty Images Inc., 9.75%, 03/01/27(a)

    25       24,755  

Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC/GD Finance Co. Inc., 5.25%, 12/01/27(a)

    50       47,269  

GrubHub Holdings Inc., 5.50%, 07/01/27(a)

    43       28,865  

Match Group Holdings II LLC, 5.00%, 12/15/27
(Call 12/15/22)(a)

    37       33,255  

Northwest Fiber LLC/Northwest Fiber Finance Sub Inc., 4.75%, 04/30/27 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    30       27,003  

NortonLifeLock Inc., 6.75%, 09/30/27 (Call 09/30/24)(a)

    65       64,122  

Twitter Inc., 3.88%, 12/15/27 (Call 09/15/27)(a)(b)

    62       62,544  

Uber Technologies Inc., 7.50%, 09/15/27(a)

    100       99,619  
   

 

 

 
      459,894  
Iron & Steel — 1.2%  

Allegheny Technologies Inc., 5.88%, 12/01/27
(Call 12/01/22)

    30       27,347  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., 5.88%, 06/01/27

    45       41,858  

Mineral Resources Ltd.

   

8.00%, 11/01/27 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

    55       54,081  

8.13%, 05/01/27(a)

    60       59,711  
   

 

 

 
      182,997  

 

 

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)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Leisure Time — 4.2%            

Carnival Corp.

   

5.75%, 03/01/27 (Call 12/01/26)(a)

  $     295     $ 204,736  

9.88%, 08/01/27 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    76       70,858  

Lindblad Expeditions LLC, 6.75%, 02/15/27 (Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    32       28,665  

NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.88%, 02/15/27 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    85       75,958  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

   

5.38%, 07/15/27 (Call 10/15/26)(a)(b)

    85       66,699  

7.50%, 10/15/27

    25       20,900  

11.63%, 08/15/27 (Call 08/15/24)(a)(b)

    105       102,037  

Viking Cruises Ltd., 5.88%, 09/15/27(a)(b)

    70       55,947  
   

 

 

 
      625,800  
Lodging — 3.1%            

Boyd Gaming Corp., 4.75%, 12/01/27 (Call 12/01/22)

    85       77,891  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 4.88%, 04/01/27

    50       47,470  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd., 5.63%, 07/17/27(d)

    52       31,653  

MGM China Holdings Ltd., 4.75%, 02/01/27 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    65       47,005  

MGM Resorts International, 5.50%, 04/15/27 (Call 01/15/27)

    58       53,471  

Sands China Ltd., 2.80%, 03/08/27 (Call 02/08/27)

    60       43,752  

Studio City Co. Ltd., 7.00%, 02/15/27 (Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       23,999  

Travel + Leisure Co., 6.00%, 04/01/27 (Call 01/01/27)

    35       32,672  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.25%, 05/15/27 (Call 02/15/27)(a)(b)

    75       65,321  

Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.50%, 10/01/27(a)(b)

    63       38,079  
   

 

 

 
      461,313  
Machinery — 1.0%            

Granite US Holdings Corp., 11.00%, 10/01/27(a)(b)

    27       25,246  

TK Elevator U.S. Newco Inc., 5.25%, 07/15/27 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    130       116,562  
   

 

 

 
      141,808  
Manufacturing — 0.2%            

Amsted Industries Inc., 5.63%, 07/01/27(a)

    35       32,509  
   

 

 

 
Media — 10.1%            

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.13%, 05/01/27(a)

    275       254,809  

CSC Holdings LLC, 5.50%, 04/15/27(a)

    110       103,605  

Directv Financing LLC/Directv Financing Co-Obligor Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/27
(Call 08/15/23)(a)

    315       283,506  

Gray Television Inc., 7.00%, 05/15/27(a)(b)

    65       61,918  

iHeartCommunications Inc.

   

5.25%, 08/15/27(a)

    63       57,419  

8.38%, 05/01/27(b)

    110       98,893  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 6.75%, 10/15/27(a)

    97       90,495  

Midcontinent Communications/Midcontinent Finance Corp., 5.38%, 08/15/27(a)

    30       27,303  

Nexstar Media Inc., 5.63%, 07/15/27(a)

    150       141,204  

Scripps Escrow Inc., 5.88%, 07/15/27(a)(b)

    35       31,702  

Sinclair Television Group Inc., 5.13%, 02/15/27(a)

    25       20,995  

Sirius XM Radio Inc., 5.00%, 08/01/27(a)

    125       115,000  

Univision Communications Inc., 6.63%, 06/01/27 (Call 06/01/23)(a)

    125       123,363  

Videotron Ltd., 5.13%, 04/15/27(a)

    50       47,083  

Ziggo Bond Co. BV, 6.00%, 01/15/27(a)(b)

    55       49,762  
   

 

 

 
          1,507,057  
Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.3%            

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc., 5.00%, 09/30/27(a)

    30       27,803  

Park-Ohio Industries Inc., 6.63%, 04/15/27

    30       21,015  
   

 

 

 
      48,818  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Mining — 0.8%            

Compass Minerals International Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/27 (Call 12/01/22)(a)(b)

  $ 40     $ 37,900  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 4.50%, 09/15/27 (Call 06/15/27)(a)

        50       44,877  

New Gold Inc., 7.50%, 07/15/27 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    35       30,272  
   

 

 

 
      113,049  
Office & Business Equipment — 0.1%            

Pitney Bowes Inc., 6.88%, 03/15/27 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    34       21,806  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 5.2%            

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 9.00%, 11/01/27 (Call 11/01/26)(a)

    30       36,475  

Baytex Energy Corp., 8.75%, 04/01/27
(Call 04/01/23)(a)

    40       41,235  

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., 8.13%, 01/15/27 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

    25       23,809  

Centennial Resource Production LLC, 6.88%, 04/01/27(a)

    30       29,101  

CNX Resources Corp., 7.25%, 03/14/27(a)

    33       32,740  

Earthstone Energy Holdings LLC, 8.00%, 04/15/27 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    45       42,564  

MEG Energy Corp., 7.13%, 02/01/27 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    100       101,764  

Moss Creek Resources Holdings Inc., 10.50%, 05/15/27(a)

    45       43,379  

Murphy Oil Corp., 5.88%, 12/01/27 (Call 12/01/22)

    45       43,715  

Nabors Industries Inc., 7.38%, 05/15/27
(Call 05/15/24)(a)

    60       59,118  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 8.50%, 07/15/27 (Call 01/15/27)

    40       43,800  

Parkland Corp., 5.88%, 07/15/27(a)

    40       37,852  

SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 01/15/27

    35       34,277  

Southwestern Energy Co., 7.75%, 10/01/27

    30       30,889  

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp., 6.00%, 04/15/27

    50       48,988  

Transocean Inc., 11.50%, 01/30/27 (Call 07/30/23)(a)

    60       60,274  

Transocean Poseidon Ltd., 6.88%, 02/01/27(a)

    41       39,355  

Viper Energy Partners LP, 5.38%, 11/01/27(a)

    35       32,935  
   

 

 

 
      782,270  
Oil & Gas Services — 0.9%            

Archrock Partners LP/Archrock Partners Finance Corp., 6.88%, 04/01/27(a)

    40       38,278  

CGG SA, 8.75%, 04/01/27 (Call 04/01/24)(a)

    45       39,160  

USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp., 6.88%, 09/01/27(b)

    65       62,012  
   

 

 

 
      139,450  
Packaging & Containers — 3.6%            

ARD Finance SA, 6.50%, 06/30/27, (7.25% PIK)(a)(c)

    75       53,805  

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC, 6.00%, 06/15/27
(Call 06/15/24)(a)

    50       47,974  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc.

   

5.25%, 08/15/27(a)

    65       45,691  

5.25%, 08/15/27(a)(b)

    85       60,891  

Berry Global Inc., 5.63%, 07/15/27(a)(b)

    40       37,978  

Graphic Packaging International LLC, 4.75%, 07/15/27 (Call 04/15/27)(a)

    25       23,067  

LABL Inc., 10.50%, 07/15/27(a)

    59       54,055  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., 6.63%, 05/13/27 (Call 05/15/23)(a)(b)

    52       49,727  

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer Inc./Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Gro, 4.00%, 10/15/27 (Call 10/15/23)(a)(b)

    85       75,226  

Sealed Air Corp., 4.00%, 12/01/27 (Call 09/01/27)(a)

    35       31,375  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV, 8.50%, 08/15/27(a)(b)

    60       56,924  
   

 

 

 
          536,713  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%            

Bausch Health Cos. Inc.

   

5.75%, 08/15/27(a)

    42       26,694  

 

 

44  

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par
(000)

    Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)            

6.13%, 02/01/27 (Call 02/01/24)(a)(b)

  $     85     $ 56,041  

Horizon Therapeutics USA Inc., 5.50%, 08/01/27(a)

    50       48,094  
   

 

 

 
          130,829  
Pipelines — 3.6%            

Antero Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 03/01/27(a)

    55       52,366  

Buckeye Partners LP, 4.13%, 12/01/27 (Call 09/01/27)

    35       30,359  

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp., 5.63%, 05/01/27(a)

    50       47,033  

EQM Midstream Partners LP

   

6.50%, 07/01/27 (Call 01/01/27)(a)

    77       75,064  

7.50%, 06/01/27 (Call 06/01/24)(a)(b)

    40       39,570  

FTAI Infra Escrow Holdings LLC, 10.50%, 06/01/27 (Call 06/01/25)(a)

    40       39,312  

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 8.00%, 01/15/27 (Call 01/15/24)

    85       82,522  

Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp., 7.00%, 08/01/27

    35       33,567  

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp., 6.38%, 04/15/27 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    35       33,803  

Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC, 6.75%, 01/15/27(a)

    35       31,759  

NuStar Logistics LP, 5.63%, 04/28/27 (Call 01/28/27)

    45       41,793  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp., 6.00%, 03/01/27 (Call 03/01/23)(a)

    35       33,235  
   

 

 

 
      540,383  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.1%            

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc., 3.75%, 01/15/27 (Call 10/15/26)(a)(b)

    35       29,778  

Brookfield Property REIT Inc./BPR Cumulus LLC/BPR Nimbus LLC/GGSI Sellco LL, 4.50%, 04/01/27 (Call 10/01/23)(a)(b)

    65       55,444  

Global Net Lease Inc./Global Net Lease Operating Partnership LP, 3.75%, 12/15/27 (Call 09/15/27)(a)

    40       32,290  

Iron Mountain Inc., 4.88%, 09/15/27(a)

    85       78,423  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 4.25%, 02/01/27 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    55       46,491  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., 5.00%, 10/15/27(b)

    116       99,182  

RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp., 4.75%, 10/15/27

    60       55,396  

SBA Communications Corp., 3.88%, 02/15/27 (Call 02/15/23)

    125       112,971  

Service Properties Trust

   

4.95%, 02/15/27 (Call 08/15/26)

    35       28,367  

5.50%, 12/15/27 (Call 09/15/27)

    39       33,596  

Starwood Property Trust Inc., 4.38%, 01/15/27
(Call 07/15/26)(a)

    44       38,892  
   

 

 

 
      610,830  
Retail — 2.6%            

Academy Ltd., 6.00%, 11/15/27 (Call 11/15/23)(a)(b)

    35       33,390  

Bath & Body Works Inc., 6.69%, 01/15/27

    25       23,562  

BCPE Ulysses Intermediate Inc., 7.75%, 04/01/27 (Call 04/01/23), (8.50% PIK)(a)(c)

    34       22,506  

Carvana Co., 5.50%, 04/15/27 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    45       21,771  

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC, 4.75%, 06/01/27(a)

    62       59,309  

Lithia Motors Inc., 4.63%, 12/15/27 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    35       31,556  

Murphy Oil USA Inc., 5.63%, 05/01/27

    25       24,000  

Nordstrom Inc., 4.00%, 03/15/27 (Call 12/15/26)(b)

    30       25,619  

Patrick Industries Inc., 7.50%, 10/15/27(a)(b)

    25       22,901  

QVC Inc., 4.75%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)

    50       39,634  

Staples Inc., 10.75%, 04/15/27(a)(b)

    85       61,714  

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 5.88%, 03/01/27

    30       28,483  
   

 

 

 
      394,445  
Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
     Value  
Semiconductors — 0.3%             

Amkor Technology Inc.,
6.63%, 09/15/27(a)(b)

  $ 45      $ 44,419  
    

 

 

 
Software — 1.1%             

SS&C Technologies Inc., 5.50%, 09/30/27(a)(b)

        170        157,993  
    

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 6.3%             

Altice France Holding SA, 10.50%, 05/15/27(a)

    135        105,118  

Altice France SA/France, 8.13%, 02/01/27(a)

    145        132,818  

CommScope Inc., 8.25%, 03/01/27(a)(b)

    85        75,629  

CommScope Technologies LLC, 5.00%, 03/15/27(a)

    63        51,089  

Frontier Communications Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 10/15/27 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    95        88,119  

Level 3 Financing Inc.

    

3.40%, 03/01/27 (Call 01/01/27)(a)

    60        51,723  

4.63%, 09/15/27(a)

    85        73,958  

LogMeIn Inc., 5.50%, 09/01/27 (Call 09/01/23)(a)

    80        46,617  

Lumen Technologies Inc., 4.00%, 02/15/27 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

    105        89,371  

Maxar Technologies Inc., 7.75%, 06/15/27 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    40        39,382  

Nokia OYJ, 4.38%, 06/12/27

    40        36,806  

ViaSat Inc., 5.63%, 04/15/27(a)

    50        46,215  

Zayo Group Holdings Inc., 4.00%, 03/01/27 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    125        96,544  
    

 

 

 
       933,389  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.3%             

Mattel Inc., 5.88%, 12/15/27
(Call 12/15/22)(a)

    52        50,554  
    

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.3%             

Watco Cos. LLC/Watco Finance Corp., 6.50%, 06/15/27 (Call 06/15/23)(a)

    52        49,048  
    

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.2%             

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 9.75%, 08/01/27 (Call 08/01/23)(a)

    35        35,643  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.9%
(Cost: $16,264,458)

         14,750,010  
    

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities             
Money Market Funds — 19.2%             

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.29%(e)(f)(g)

    2,836        2,835,467  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.97%(e)(f)

    20        20,000  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 19.2%
(Cost: $2,855,572)

 

     2,855,467  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments — 118.1%
(Cost: $19,120,030)

 

     17,605,477  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (18.1)%

 

     (2,698,017
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 14,907,460  
    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

(d) 

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(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)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended October 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
10/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
10/31/22
    Shares
Held at
10/31/22
(000)
    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 508,415     $ 2,327,909 (a)    $     $ (752   $ (105   $ 2,835,467       2,836     $ 6,630 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    250,000             (230,000 )(a)                  20,000       20       718        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (752   $ (105   $ 2,855,467       $ 7,348     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b) 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $        $ 14,750,010        $        $ 14,750,010  

Money Market Funds

     2,855,467                            2,855,467  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   2,855,467        $ 14,750,010        $             —        $ 17,605,477  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   
Advertising — 1.1%            

Advantage Sales & Marketing Inc., 6.50%, 11/15/28
(Call 11/15/23)(a)(b)

  $     50     $ 42,541  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., 7.75%, 04/15/28 (Call 04/15/24)(a)(b)

    60       48,950  

Lamar Media Corp., 3.75%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)

    35       30,590  
   

 

 

 
          122,081  
Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%            

Bombardier Inc., 6.00%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    45       40,097  

Howmet Aerospace Inc., 6.75%, 01/15/28

    20       19,972  

Spirit AeroSystems Inc., 4.60%, 06/15/28 (Call 03/15/28)

    45       32,252  
   

 

 

 
      92,321  
Airlines — 0.2%            

Delta Air Lines Inc., 4.38%, 04/19/28 (Call 01/19/28)

    30       26,767  
   

 

 

 

Auto Manufacturers — 1.3%

   

Ford Motor Co., 6.63%, 10/01/28

    25       24,656  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 2.90%, 02/16/28 (Call 12/16/27)

    45       36,540  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, 5.88%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    40       29,477  

PM General Purchaser LLC, 9.50%, 10/01/28
(Call 10/01/23)(a)(b)

    40       34,348  

Wabash National Corp., 4.50%, 10/15/28 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    25       20,589  
   

 

 

 
      145,610  
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.9%            

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., 6.88%, 07/01/28
(Call 07/01/23)

    25       23,110  

Dana Inc., 5.63%, 06/15/28 (Call 06/15/23)(b)

    25       22,618  

Dealer Tire LLC/DT Issuer LLC, 8.00%, 02/01/28
(Call 08/01/23)(a)

    30       26,286  

Titan International Inc., 7.00%, 04/30/28 (Call 04/30/24)

    25       23,289  
   

 

 

 
      95,303  
Biotechnology — 0.3%            

Emergent BioSolutions Inc., 3.88%, 08/15/28 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

    0        

Grifols Escrow Issuer SA, 4.75%, 10/15/28 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    40       31,277  
   

 

 

 
      31,277  
Building Materials — 2.9%            

Camelot Return Merger Sub Inc., 8.75%, 08/01/28(a)

    45       37,501  

CP Atlas Buyer Inc., 7.00%, 12/01/28
(Call 12/01/23)(a)

    30       21,626  

Griffon Corp., 5.75%, 03/01/28 (Call 03/01/23)

    60       54,969  

James Hardie International Finance DAC, 5.00%, 01/15/28 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    25       22,670  

Masonite International Corp., 5.38%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

    30       27,482  

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc.
5.25%, 07/15/28 (Call 07/15/24)(a)(b)

    35       30,459  

9.75%, 07/15/28 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    20       17,147  

SRM Escrow Issuer LLC, 6.00%, 11/01/28
(Call 11/01/23)(a)

    70       59,888  

Standard Industries Inc./NJ, 4.75%, 01/15/28 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    60       52,586  
   

 

 

 
      324,328  
Chemicals — 3.8%            

ASP Unifrax Holdings Inc, 5.25%, 09/30/28
(Call 09/30/24)(a)

    50       40,201  

Chemours Co. (The), 5.75%, 11/15/28
(Call 11/15/23)(a)

    50       42,491  

Consolidated Energy Finance SA, 5.63%, 10/15/28
(Call 10/15/24)(a)

    30       25,284  

CVR Partners LP/CVR Nitrogen Finance Corp., 6.13%, 06/15/28 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    35       31,687  

Element Solutions Inc., 3.88%, 09/01/28
(Call 09/01/23)(a)

    50       42,478  

HB Fuller Co., 4.25%, 10/15/28 (Call 10/15/23)

    20       17,406  

Herens Holdco Sarl, 4.75%, 05/15/28
(Call 05/15/24)(a)

    20       16,377  
Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

Illuminate Buyer LLC/Illuminate Holdings IV Inc., 9.00%, 07/01/28 (Call 07/01/23)(a)

  $     30     $     25,369  

Ingevity Corp., 3.88%, 11/01/28 (Call 11/01/23)(a)

    35       29,699  

Innophos Holdings Inc., 9.38%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/23)(a)

    15       14,288  

Iris Holdings Inc., 10.00%, 12/15/28 (Call 06/15/25)(a)

    25       21,429  

Minerals Technologies Inc., 5.00%, 07/01/28 (Call 07/01/23)(a)

    25       21,690  

Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp., 4.25%, 10/01/28
(Call 10/01/24)(a)

    50       41,030  

SCIH Salt Holdings Inc., 4.88%, 05/01/28
(Call 05/01/24)(a)

    65       56,484  
   

 

 

 
      425,913  
Coal — 0.2%            

Warrior Met Coal Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/28 (Call 12/01/24)(a)

    20       19,890  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services — 5.3%

   

Adtalem Global Education Inc., 5.50%, 03/01/28
(Call 03/01/24)(a)

    26       23,712  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp./Atlas Luxco 4 Sarl, 4.63%, 06/01/28 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    120       99,813  

ASGN Inc., 4.63%, 05/15/28 (Call 05/15/23)(a)

    35       31,107  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance Inc., 4.75%, 04/01/28 (Call 04/01/24)(a)(b)

    30       26,339  

CoreLogic Inc., 4.50%, 05/01/28 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    45       30,336  

Gartner Inc., 4.50%, 07/01/28 (Call 07/01/23)(a)

    45       41,705  

Grand Canyon University, 5.13%, 10/01/28 (Call 08/01/28)

    25       22,530  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC
5.50%, 09/01/28 (Call 09/01/24)(a)

    65       56,397  

5.75%, 11/01/28 (Call 11/01/23)(a)

    80       61,813  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance Inc., 6.25%, 01/15/28 (Call 01/15/23)(a)(b)

    80       74,087  

United Rentals North America Inc., 4.88%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)

    100       93,000  

Williams Scotsman International Inc., 4.63%, 08/15/28
(Call 08/15/23)(a)

    30       27,157  
   

 

 

 
      587,996  
Computers — 1.6%            

Ahead DB Holdings LLC, 6.63%, 05/01/28 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    25       20,321  

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., 3.88%, 09/01/28 (Call 09/01/23)(a)

    40       35,249  

KBR Inc., 4.75%, 09/30/28(a)

    15       13,138  

NCR Corp., 5.00%, 10/01/28(a)

    40       33,907  

Presidio Holdings Inc., 8.25%, 02/01/28 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    35       31,183  

Science Applications International Corp., 4.88%, 04/01/28 (Call 04/01/23)(a)

    25       22,836  

Virtusa Corp., 7.13%, 12/15/28 (Call 12/15/23)(a)

    25       17,989  
   

 

 

 
      174,623  
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.4%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co., 5.50%, 06/01/28
(Call 06/01/23)(a)

    45       42,317  
   

 

 

 

Distribution & Wholesale — 0.9%

   

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc., 4.00%, 01/15/28 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    40       35,360  

H&E Equipment Services Inc., 3.88%, 12/15/28 (Call 12/15/23)(a)

    75       63,430  
   

 

 

 
      98,790  
Diversified Financial Services — 4.2%            

AG Issuer LLC, 6.25%, 03/01/28 (Call 03/01/23)(a)

    30       28,159  

Burford Capital Global Finance LLC, 6.25%, 04/15/28
(Call 04/15/24)(a)(b)

    25       21,861  

Coinbase Global Inc., 3.38%, 10/01/28 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    60       39,722  

GPS Hospitality Holding Co. LLC/GPS Finco Inc., 7.00%, 08/15/28 (Call 08/15/24)(a)

    0        

Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 5.00%, 08/15/28 (Call 08/15/24)(a)

    60       47,155  

 

 

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)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  
Diversified Financial Services (continued)            

Midcap Financial Issuer Trust, 6.50%, 05/01/28
(Call 05/01/24)(a)

  $     60     $     51,005  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc., 5.50%, 08/15/28
(Call 08/15/23)(a)

    55       44,857  

Navient Corp., 4.88%, 03/15/28 (Call 06/15/27)

    30       23,927  

NFP Corp.
4.88%, 08/15/28 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

    35       30,597  

6.88%, 08/15/28 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

    125       107,723  

OneMain Finance Corp.

   

3.88%, 09/15/28 (Call 09/15/24)

    35       27,327  

6.63%, 01/15/28 (Call 07/15/27)(b)

    50       45,476  
   

 

 

 
      467,809  
Electric — 3.5%            

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC, 4.13%, 06/15/28 (Call 06/15/25)(a)

    25       21,326  

Calpine Corp.
4.50%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

    75       67,512  

5.13%, 03/15/28 (Call 03/15/23)(a)

    85       75,624  

Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 4.75%, 03/15/28
(Call 03/15/23)(a)(b)

    50       46,379  

NRG Energy Inc., 5.75%, 01/15/28 (Call 01/15/23)

    50       47,596  

Pattern Energy Operations LP/Pattern Energy Operations Inc., 4.50%, 08/15/28
(Call 08/15/23)(a)(b)

    40       35,945  

PG&E Corp., 5.00%, 07/01/28 (Call 07/01/23)(b)

    60       54,402  

Pike Corp., 5.50%, 09/01/28 (Call 09/01/23)(a)

    45       38,394  
   

 

 

 
      387,178  
Electrical Components & Equipment — 1.0%            

Energizer Holdings Inc., 4.75%, 06/15/28(a)

    35       29,099  

WESCO Distribution Inc., 7.25%, 06/15/28 (Call 06/15/23)(a)

    80       81,136  
   

 

 

 
      110,235  
Energy - Alternate Sources — 0.3%            

TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 5.00%, 01/31/28
(Call 07/31/27)(a)

    40       37,482  
   

 

 

 

Engineering & Construction — 0.6%

   

Fluor Corp., 4.25%, 09/15/28 (Call 06/15/28)

    35       30,504  

Railworks Holdings LP/Railworks Rally Inc., 8.25%, 11/15/28 (Call 11/15/24)(a)(b)

    20       18,429  

Weekley Homes LLC/Weekley Finance Corp., 4.88%, 09/15/28 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    25       20,353  
   

 

 

 
      69,286  
Entertainment — 1.4%            

Cedar Fair LP/Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp./Millennium Op, 6.50%, 10/01/28 (Call 10/01/23)

    20       18,798  

Churchill Downs Inc., 4.75%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

    40       35,434  

Cinemark USA Inc., 5.25%, 07/15/28 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

    50       38,372  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc., 3.75%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    30       26,163  

Scientific Games International Inc., 7.00%, 05/15/28
(Call 05/15/23)(a)

    40       38,705  
   

 

 

 
      157,472  
Environmental Control — 1.0%            

GFL Environmental Inc.
3.50%, 09/01/28 (Call 03/01/28)(a)

    45       38,126  

4.00%, 08/01/28 (Call 08/01/23)(a)(b)

    45       38,587  

Madison IAQ LLC, 4.13%, 06/30/28 (Call 06/30/24)(a)

    40       33,387  
   

 

 

 
          110,100  
Food — 2.1%            

Albertsons Companies Inc./Safeway Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 5.88%, 02/15/28(a)

    45       42,311  

C&S Group Enterprises LLC, 5.00%, 12/15/28
(Call 12/15/23)(a)

    25       18,518  
Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  
Food (continued)            

Chobani LLC/Chobani Finance Corp. Inc., 4.63%, 11/15/28 (Call 11/15/23)(a)

  $     25     $     21,795  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., 4.88%, 05/15/28
(Call 11/15/27)(a)

    30       28,093  

Post Holdings Inc., 5.63%, 01/15/28 (Call 12/01/22)(a)

    55       51,463  

SEG Holding LLC/SEG Finance Corp., 5.63%, 10/15/28(a)

    20       18,676  

TreeHouse Foods Inc., 4.00%, 09/01/28 (Call 09/01/23)

    30       25,318  

United Natural Foods Inc., 6.75%, 10/15/28
(Call 10/15/23)(a)

    30       29,009  
   

 

 

 
          235,183  
Food Service — 0.8%            

Aramark Services Inc., 5.00%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

    70       63,813  

TKC Holdings Inc., 6.88%, 05/15/28 (Call 05/15/24)(a)

    25       20,947  
   

 

 

 
      84,760  
Forest Products & Paper — 0.6%            

Ahlstrom-Munksjo Holding 3 Oy, 4.88%, 02/04/28
(Call 02/04/24)(a)

    20       15,952  

Clearwater Paper Corp., 4.75%, 08/15/28
(Call 08/15/23)(a)

    15       13,148  

Domtar Corp., 6.75%, 10/01/28 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    40       34,155  
   

 

 

 
      63,255  
Health Care - Products — 1.2%            

Avantor Funding Inc., 4.63%, 07/15/28
(Call 07/15/23)(a)

    95       85,814  

Hologic Inc., 4.63%, 02/01/28 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

    25       23,369  

Teleflex Inc., 4.25%, 06/01/28 (Call 06/01/23)(a)

    30       27,145  
   

 

 

 
      136,328  
Health Care - Services — 3.7%            

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., 5.50%, 07/01/28
(Call 07/01/23)(a)

    25       23,193  

Akumin Escrow Inc., 7.50%, 08/01/28 (Call 08/01/24)(a)

    25       17,987  

Cano Health LLC, 6.25%, 10/01/28 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    20       16,176  

Centene Corp., 2.45%, 07/15/28 (Call 05/15/28)

    86       70,738  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc., 4.25%, 05/01/28 (Call 05/01/23)(a)(b)

    30       27,290  

Encompass Health Corp., 4.50%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)

    50       44,707  

Molina Healthcare Inc., 4.38%, 06/15/28
(Call 06/15/23)(a)

    45       40,449  

Radiology Partners Inc., 9.25%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

    0        

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
4.63%, 06/15/28 (Call 06/15/23)(a)

    35       30,848  

6.13%, 10/01/28 (Call 10/01/23)(a)(b)

    155       134,388  
   

 

 

 
      405,776  
Home Builders — 1.4%            

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., 6.63%, 01/15/28 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    15       12,825  

Forestar Group Inc., 5.00%, 03/01/28 (Call 03/01/23)(a)

    20       16,575  

Installed Building Products Inc., 5.75%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

    20       17,712  

M/I Homes Inc., 4.95%, 02/01/28 (Call 02/01/23)

    25       21,461  

Shea Homes LP/Shea Homes Funding Corp., 4.75%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)(a)(b)

    30       25,299  

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc., 5.75%, 01/15/28
(Call 10/15/27)(a)

    30       27,517  

Tri Pointe Homes Inc., 5.70%, 06/15/28 (Call 12/15/27)

    20       17,347  

Winnebago Industries Inc., 6.25%, 07/15/28(a)

    20       18,686  
   

 

 

 
      157,422  
Household Products & Wares — 0.2%            

Central Garden & Pet Co., 5.13%, 02/01/28
(Call 01/01/23)(b)

    20       18,352  
   

 

 

 

Insurance — 0.6%

   

MGIC Investment Corp., 5.25%, 08/15/28 (Call 08/15/23)

    40       36,289  

Sagicor Financial Co. Ltd., 5.30%, 05/13/28
(Call 05/13/24)(a)

    30       27,440  
   

 

 

 
      63,729  

 

 

48  

2 0 2 2    H A R E S     N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E  H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments   (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  
Internet — 4.0%            

Acuris Finance Us Inc./Acuris Finance SARL, 5.00%, 05/01/28 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

  $     20     $     16,298  

ANGI Group LLC, 3.88%, 08/15/28 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

    30       21,868  

Arches Buyer Inc.
4.25%, 06/01/28 (Call 12/01/23)(a)

    60       49,255  

6.13%, 12/01/28 (Call 12/01/23)(a)(b)

    30       23,156  

Cablevision Lightpath LLC, 5.63%, 09/15/28
(Call 09/15/23)(a)(b)

    25       19,858  

Cars.com Inc., 6.38%, 11/01/28 (Call 11/01/23)(a)

    25       21,665  

ION Trading Technologies Sarl, 5.75%, 05/15/28
(Call 05/15/24)(a)

    25       20,126  

Match Group Holdings II LLC, 4.63%, 06/01/28
(Call 06/01/23)(a)(b)

    30       26,657  

Netflix Inc.
4.88%, 04/15/28

    95       90,300  

5.88%, 11/15/28

    115       114,237  

Northwest Fiber LLC/Northwest Fiber Finance Sub Inc., 6.00%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    20       15,698  

Uber Technologies Inc., 6.25%, 01/15/28(a)(b)

    30       28,802  
   

 

 

 
      447,920  
Iron & Steel — 0.2%            

Carpenter Technology Corp., 6.38%, 07/15/28
(Call 07/15/23)

    25       23,384  
   

 

 

 

Leisure Time — 3.6%

   

Carnival Corp., 4.00%, 08/01/28 (Call 05/01/28)(a)

    145       116,996  

Carnival Holdings Bermuda Ltd., 10.38%, 05/01/28

    125       126,760  

NCL Finance Ltd., 6.13%, 03/15/28 (Call 12/15/27)(a)

    35       27,207  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
3.70%, 03/15/28 (Call 12/15/27)

    30       21,616  

5.50%, 04/01/28(a)

    90       69,301  

VOC Escrow Ltd., 5.00%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/23)(a)

    40       33,329  
   

 

 

 
          395,209  

Lodging — 3.2%

   

Full House Resorts Inc., 8.25%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    25       21,917  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., 5.75%, 05/01/28
(Call 05/01/23)(a)(b)

    30       28,953  

Marriott Ownership Resorts Inc., 4.75%, 01/15/28

    20       17,381  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd., 5.75%, 07/21/28
(Call 07/21/23)(a)

    60       34,241  

MGM Resorts International, 4.75%, 10/15/28
(Call 07/15/28)

    45       39,072  

Sands China Ltd., 5.90%, 08/08/28 (Call 05/08/28)

    120       94,548  

Station Casinos LLC, 4.50%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/23)(a)

    40       34,448  

Studio City Finance Ltd., 6.50%, 01/15/28
(Call 07/15/23)(a)

    25       10,535  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc., 4.38%, 08/15/28
(Call 08/15/23)(a)(b)

    30       26,400  

Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.63%, 08/26/28 (Call 08/26/23)(a)

    80       47,244  
   

 

 

 
      354,739  

Machinery — 1.2%

   

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc., 4.13%, 12/15/28 (Call 12/15/23)(a)(b)

    20       17,103  

BWX Technologies Inc., 4.13%, 06/30/28
(Call 06/30/23)(a)(b)

    25       22,065  

GrafTech Finance Inc., 4.63%, 12/15/28
(Call 12/15/23)(a)

    30       24,303  

TK Elevator Holdco GmbH, 7.63%, 07/15/28
(Call 07/15/23)(a)

    25       20,673  

Vertiv Group Corp., 4.13%, 11/15/28
(Call 11/15/24)(a)(b)

    50       43,482  
   

 

 

 
      127,626  

Manufacturing — 0.4%

   

LSB Industries Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/28 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    45       40,971  
   

 

 

 

Media — 8.4%

   

Altice Financing SA, 5.00%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

    70       55,927  

Block Communications Inc., 4.88%, 03/01/28
(Call 03/01/23)(a)

    20       17,367  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.00%, 02/01/28(a)

    150       135,348  
Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  
Media (continued)            

CSC Holdings LLC
5.38%, 02/01/28 (Call 02/01/23)(a)

  $ 60     $ 55,330  

7.50%, 04/01/28 (Call 04/01/23)(a)

    60       51,875  

DISH DBS Corp.
5.75%, 12/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)(a)

        155           125,099  

7.38%, 07/01/28 (Call 07/01/23)

    60       45,608  

GCI LLC, 4.75%, 10/15/28 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    35       29,557  

iHeartCommunications Inc., 4.75%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)(b)

    30       26,172  

McGraw-Hill Education Inc., 5.75%, 08/01/28
(Call 08/01/24)(a)

    55       48,419  

Nexstar Media Inc., 4.75%, 11/01/28 (Call 11/01/23)(a)

    60       52,643  

Radiate Holdco LLC/Radiate Finance Inc., 6.50%, 09/15/28 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    60       37,765  

Sirius XM Radio Inc., 4.00%, 07/15/28
(Call 07/15/24)(a)

    120       103,582  

TEGNA Inc., 4.63%, 03/15/28 (Call 03/15/23)

    60       57,095  

UPC Holding BV, 5.50%, 01/15/28(a)(b)

    25       21,877  

Urban One Inc., 7.38%, 02/01/28 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    50       43,761  

Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes IV DAC, 5.00%, 07/15/28 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    30       25,663  
   

 

 

 
      933,088  

Mining — 1.5%

   

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, 6.13%, 05/15/28
(Call 05/15/23)(a)

    30       28,365  

Arconic Corp., 6.13%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

    55       51,535  

Century Aluminum Co., 7.50%, 04/01/28
(Call 04/01/24)(a)(b)

    15       12,898  

Constellium SE, 5.63%, 06/15/28 (Call 06/15/23)(a)

    20       17,584  

Hecla Mining Co., 7.25%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)

    30       28,538  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 4.63%, 03/01/28
(Call 03/01/23)(a)

    30       26,246  
   

 

 

 
      165,166  

Office & Business Equipment — 0.3%

   

Xerox Holdings Corp., 5.50%, 08/15/28
(Call 07/15/28)(a)(b)

    45       35,537  
   

 

 

 

Office Furnishings — 0.1%

   

Interface Inc., 5.50%, 12/01/28 (Call 12/01/23)(a)

    20       15,997  
   

 

 

 

Oil & Gas — 4.7%

   

Apache Corp., 4.38%, 10/15/28 (Call 07/15/28)

    20       17,950  

Callon Petroleum Co., 8.00%, 08/01/28
(Call 08/01/24)(a)(b)

    40       39,888  

CVR Energy Inc., 5.75%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

    25       22,948  

Encino Acquisition Partners Holdings LLC, 8.50%, 05/01/28 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    45       42,570  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance Inc., 5.75%, 01/30/28 (Call 01/30/23)(a)

    60       58,413  

Global Marine Inc., 7.00%, 06/01/28

    20       13,020  

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co., 6.25%, 11/01/28 (Call 11/01/23)(a)

    35       32,959  

Laredo Petroleum Inc., 10.13%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)

    20       19,698  

Murphy Oil Corp., 6.38%, 07/15/28 (Call 07/15/24)

    32       31,310  

Nabors Industries Ltd., 7.50%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

    25       23,069  

Northern Oil and Gas Inc., 8.13%, 03/01/28
(Call 03/01/24)(a)

    45       42,709  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 6.38%, 09/01/28
(Call 03/01/28)

    35       35,464  

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc., 3.95%, 02/01/28
(Call 11/01/27)

    30       26,439  

PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 6.00%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)

    50       45,408  

SM Energy Co., 6.50%, 07/15/28 (Call 07/15/24)

    25       24,338  

Southwestern Energy Co., 8.38%, 09/15/28
(Call 09/15/23)

    20       20,758  

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp., 5.88%, 03/15/28
(Call 03/15/23)

    25       23,805  
   

 

 

 
      520,746  

Oil & Gas Services — 1.1%

   

Archrock Partners LP/Archrock Partners Finance Corp., 6.25%, 04/01/28 (Call 04/01/23)(a)

    50       46,496  

 

 

C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S  T M E N T S

  49


Schedule of Investments   (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  
Oil & Gas Services (continued)            

Bristow Group Inc., 6.88%, 03/01/28 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

  $     25     $     23,522  

Oceaneering International Inc., 6.00%, 02/01/28
(Call 11/01/27)

    20       17,826  

Weatherford International Ltd., 6.50%, 09/15/28
(Call 09/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       28,825  
   

 

 

 
      116,669  
Packaging & Containers — 1.9%            

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC, 3.25%, 09/01/28
(Call 05/15/24)(a)

    35       28,766  

Cascades Inc./Cascades USA Inc., 5.38%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

    25       21,378  

Graham Packaging Co. Inc., 7.13%, 08/15/28
(Call 08/15/23)(a)

    30       24,639  

Graphic Packaging International LLC, 3.50%, 03/15/28(a)

    25       21,654  

Intelligent Packaging Ltd. Finco Inc./Intelligent Packaging Ltd. Co-Issuer LLC, 6.00%, 09/15/28(a)

    45       33,583  

LABL Inc., 5.88%, 11/01/28 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

    30       26,158  

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC/Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer Inc., 4.38%, 10/15/28
(Call 10/15/24)(a)

    30       26,245  

Silgan Holdings Inc., 4.13%, 02/01/28

    35       32,058  
   

 

 

 
      214,481  
Pharmaceuticals — 3.7%            

AdaptHealth LLC, 6.13%, 08/01/28 (Call 08/01/23)(a)

    20       18,514  

Bausch Health Cos. Inc.
4.88%, 06/01/28 (Call 06/01/24)(a)(b)

    100       61,366  

11.00%, 09/30/28

    110       85,886  

Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH, 5.50%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    30       24,870  

Elanco Animal Health Inc., 6.40%, 08/28/28
(Call 05/28/28)

    45       40,576  

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, 11.50%, 12/15/28 (Call 06/15/27)(a)

    50       45,569  

Organon & Co./Organon Foreign Debt Co.-Issuer BV, 4.13%, 04/30/28 (Call 04/30/24)(a)

    125       110,021  

Prestige Brands Inc., 5.13%, 01/15/28
(Call 01/15/23)(a)

    25       23,227  
   

 

 

 
          410,029  

Pipelines — 4.5%

   

Antero Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 01/15/28 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    40       37,886  

Buckeye Partners LP, 4.50%, 03/01/28
(Call 12/01/27)(a)

    30       26,095  

Cheniere Energy Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/28 (Call 10/15/23)

    120       110,713  

Delek Logistics Partners LP/Delek Logistics Finance Corp., 7.13%, 06/01/28 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    25       22,627  

EnLink Midstream LLC, 5.63%, 01/15/28
(Call 07/15/27)(a)

    30       28,742  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 5.50%, 07/15/28
(Call 04/15/28)

    50       44,748  

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 7.75%, 02/01/28 (Call 02/01/23)(b)

    40       38,136  

Harvest Midstream I LP, 7.50%, 09/01/28
(Call 09/01/23)(a)

    50       48,118  

Hess Midstream Operations LP, 5.13%, 06/15/28
(Call 06/15/23)(a)

    35       32,203  

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp., 5.00%, 02/01/28 (Call 02/01/23)(a)(b)

    30       27,278  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp., 5.50%, 01/15/28 (Call 01/15/23)(a)

    45       40,310  

Western Midstream Operating LP
4.50%, 03/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)

    25       22,943  

4.75%, 08/15/28 (Call 05/15/28)

    25       23,111  
   

 

 

 
      502,910  

Real Estate — 0.7%

   

Cushman & Wakefield U.S. Borrower, LLC, 6.75%, 05/15/28(a)(b)

    40       38,034  

Howard Hughes Corp. (The), 5.38%, 08/01/28
(Call 08/01/23)(a)

    45       38,810  
   

 

 

 
      76,844  
Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.0%            

American Finance Trust Inc./American Finance Operating Partner LP, 4.50%, 09/30/28 (Call 06/30/28)(a)

  $ 30     $ 22,373  

CTR Partnership LP/CareTrust Capital Corp., 3.88%, 06/30/28 (Call 03/30/28)(a)

    25       21,219  

Diversified Healthcare Trust, 4.75%, 02/15/28
(Call 08/15/27)

    30       20,455  

Iron Mountain Inc.
5.00%, 07/15/28 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    30       26,826  

5.25%, 03/15/28 (Call 12/27/22)(a)

    50       46,010  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC/PK Domestic Property LLC/PK Finance Co-Issuer, 5.88%, 10/01/28
(Call 10/01/23)(a)

    45       40,827  

Service Properties Trust, 3.95%, 01/15/28 (Call 07/15/27)

    25       18,376  

Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance Inc./CSL Capital LLC, 4.75%, 04/15/28 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    35       28,776  
   

 

 

 
      224,862  
Retail — 4.3%            

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc.
3.88%, 01/15/28(a)

    95       83,577  

4.38%, 01/15/28(a)

    45       39,559  

Asbury Automotive Group Inc., 4.50%, 03/01/28
(Call 03/01/23)

    25       21,691  

At Home Group Inc., 4.88%, 07/15/28 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    20       14,531  

Bath & Body Works Inc., 5.25%, 02/01/28

    30       26,525  

FirstCash Inc., 4.63%, 09/01/28 (Call 09/01/23)(a)

    30       25,997  

Group 1 Automotive Inc., 4.00%, 08/15/28 (Call 08/15/23)(a)

    45       37,044  

Ken Garff Automotive LLC, 4.88%, 09/15/28
(Call 09/15/23)(a)

    25       20,933  

Michaels Companies Inc. (The), 5.25%, 05/01/28
(Call 11/01/23)(a)

    50       35,569  

Nordstrom Inc., 6.95%, 03/15/28(b)

    20       18,576  

PetSmart Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., 4.75%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/24)(a)

    70       63,808  

QVC Inc., 4.38%, 09/01/28 (Call 06/01/28)

    30       21,750  

SRS Distribution Inc., 4.63%, 07/01/28 (Call 07/01/24)(a)

    40       35,191  

White Cap Buyer LLC, 6.88%, 10/15/28 (Call 10/15/23)(a)(b)

    40       33,992  
   

 

 

 
      478,743  

Semiconductors — 0.5%

   

Entegris Inc., 4.38%, 04/15/28 (Call 04/15/23)(a)

    25       21,976  

ON Semiconductor Corp., 3.88%, 09/01/28
(Call 09/01/23)(a)

    40       35,252  
   

 

 

 
      57,228  

Software — 2.8%

   

Black Knight InfoServ LLC, 3.63%, 09/01/28
(Call 09/01/23)(a)

    60       52,182  

Castle U.S. Holding Crop., 9.50%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/23)(a)

    0        

Clarivate Science Holdings Corp., 3.88%, 07/01/28
(Call 06/30/24)(a)

    55       47,639  

Consensus Cloud Solutions Inc., 6.50%, 10/15/28
(Call 10/15/26)(a)

    30       26,535  

Fair Isaac Corp., 4.00%, 06/15/28 (Call 12/15/22)(a)

    55       49,743  

Helios Software Holdings Inc./ION Corporate Solutions Finance Sarl, 4.63%, 05/01/28 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    20       15,429  

MicroStrategy Inc., 6.13%, 06/15/28 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    30       25,715  

Open Text Corp., 3.88%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

    55       47,188  

PTC Inc., 4.00%, 02/15/28 (Call 02/15/23)(a)

    30       27,366  

Rackspace Technology Global Inc., 3.50%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    35       23,157  
   

 

 

 
      314,954  

Telecommunications — 6.6%

   

Altice France Holding SA, 6.00%, 02/15/28
(Call 02/15/23)(a)

    75       48,460  

Altice France SA/France, 5.50%, 01/15/28(a)

    65       51,572  

CommScope Inc., 7.13%, 07/01/28 (Call 07/01/23)(a)(b)

    45       38,160  

Consolidated Communications Inc.
5.00%, 10/01/28 (Call 10/01/23)(a)

    25       19,379  

6.50%, 10/01/28 (Call 10/01/23)(a)

    45       36,970  

 

 

50  

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security       
Par
(000)
    Value  
Telecommunications (continued)            

Frontier Communications Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 05/01/28 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

  $     95     $     83,113  

Frontier Florida LLC, Series E, 6.86%, 02/01/28

    20       18,620  

Iliad Holding SASU, 7.00%, 10/15/28
(Call 10/15/24)(a)

    55       49,750  

Level 3 Financing Inc., 4.25%, 07/01/28
(Call 07/01/23)(a)

    70       57,689  

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28

    150       154,761  

Switch Ltd., 3.75%, 09/15/28 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    35       35,350  

ViaSat Inc., 6.50%, 07/15/28(a)

    25       20,910  

Windstream Escrow LLC/Windstream Escrow Finance Corp., 7.75%, 08/15/28
(Call 08/15/23)(a)

    85       73,579  

Zayo Group Holdings Inc., 6.13%, 03/01/28
(Call 03/01/23)(a)(b)

    65       43,214  
   

 

 

 
      731,527  
Transportation — 0.5%            

Cargo Aircraft Management Inc., 4.75%, 02/01/28
(Call 02/01/23)(a)

    40       35,721  

Danaos Corp., 8.50%, 03/01/28 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

    20       18,527  
   

 

 

 
      54,248  
Trucking & Leasing — 0.5%            

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 5.50%, 05/01/28
(Call 05/01/24)(a)

    60       51,215  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.0%
(Cost: $12,003,496)

          10,985,676  
   

 

 

 

Security  

    
Shares

(000)

    Value  

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 12.9%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.29%(c)(d)(e)

    1,305     $ 1,305,194  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.97%(c)(d)

    120       120,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 12.9%
(Cost: $1,425,298)

      1,425,194  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 111.9%
(Cost: $13,428,794)

 

    12,410,870  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (11.9)%

 

    (1,317,939
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   11,092,931  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended October 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
03/08/22
 
(a) 
   
Purchases
at Cost
 
 
   
Proceeds
from Sale
 
 
   
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
 
   


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 
   
Value at
10/31/22
 
 
   


Shares
Held at
10/31/22
(000)
 
 
 
 
    Income      

Capital Gain
Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 
 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $     $ 1,305,389 (b)    $     $ (91   $ (104   $ 1,305,194       1,305     $ 3,636 (c)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

          120,000 (b)                        120,000       120       829        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (91   $ (104   $ 1,425,194       $ 4,465     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(c) 

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $        $ 10,985,676        $        $ 10,985,676  

Money Market Funds

     1,425,194                            1,425,194  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   1,425,194        $ 10,985,676        $             —        $ 12,410,870  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   

Advertising — 1.2%

   

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., 7.50%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)(b)

  $ 55     $ 43,242  

Lamar Media Corp., 4.88%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)

    20       18,094  

Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 4.25%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)(a)(b)

    25       20,552  

Stagwell Global LLC, 5.63%, 08/15/29
(Call 08/15/24)(a)(b)

    55       47,310  
   

 

 

 
          129,198  
Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%            

Howmet Aerospace Inc., 3.00%, 01/15/29 (Call 11/15/28)

    35       29,127  

TransDigm Inc.
4.63%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)(b)

    65       55,398  

4.88%, 05/01/29 (Call 05/01/24)(b)

    40       34,064  
   

 

 

 
      118,589  
Agriculture — 0.4%            

Vector Group Ltd., 5.75%, 02/01/29
(Call 02/01/24)(a)

    45       39,401  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 2.4%            

American Airlines Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.75%, 04/20/29(a)

        155       141,050  

Delta Air Lines Inc., 3.75%, 10/28/29 (Call 07/28/29)

    30       24,790  

United Airlines Inc., 4.63%, 04/15/29(a)

    105       90,145  
   

 

 

 
      255,985  
Apparel — 0.5%            

Crocs Inc., 4.25%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    20       16,011  

Kontoor Brands Inc., 4.13%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/15/24)(a)

    20       16,095  

Wolverine World Wide Inc., 4.00%, 08/15/29 (Call 08/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       23,906  
   

 

 

 
      56,012  
Auto Manufacturers — 1.3%            

Allison Transmission Inc., 5.88%, 06/01/29
(Call 06/01/24)(a)

    25       23,316  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.90%, 02/10/29 (Call 12/10/28)

    40       31,436  

5.11%, 05/03/29 (Call 02/03/29)

    75       67,007  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, 5.50%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

    25       17,632  
   

 

 

 
      139,391  
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.7%            

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., 5.00%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(b)

    30       24,397  

Dornoch Debt Merger Sub Inc., 6.63%, 10/15/29

   

(Call 10/15/24)(a)

    35       23,287  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 5.00%, 07/15/29

   

(Call 04/15/29)

    45       39,056  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 6.38%, 05/15/29 (Call 05/15/24), (7.13% PIK)(a)(c)

    20       17,061  

Real Hero Merger Sub 2 Inc., 6.25%, 02/01/29

   

(Call 02/01/24)(a)

    30       21,717  

Tenneco Inc.
5.13%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    25       24,793  

7.88%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

    30       29,808  
   

 

 

 
      180,119  
Beverages — 0.6%            

Primo Water Holdings Inc., 4.38%, 04/30/29
(Call 04/30/24)(a)

    40       33,571  

Triton Water Holdings Inc., 6.25%, 04/01/29
(Call 04/01/24)(a)

    43       32,661  
   

 

 

 
      66,232  
Building Materials — 0.7%            

Louisiana-Pacific Corp., 3.63%, 03/15/29
(Call 03/15/24)(a)

    20       16,264  

PGT Innovations Inc., 4.38%, 10/01/29(a)(b)

    30       24,928  

Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., 5.25%, 01/15/29 (Call 07/15/23)(a)

    40       36,636  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Building Materials (continued)            

Victors Merger Corp., 6.38%, 05/15/29
(Call 05/15/24)(a)

  $ 0     $  
   

 

 

 
      77,828  
Chemicals — 3.0%            

ASP Unifrax Holdings Inc, 7.50%, 09/30/29
(Call 09/30/24)(a)

    20       13,416  

Axalta Coating Systems LLC, 3.38%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    30       24,775  

Chemours Co. (The), 4.63%, 11/15/29
(Call 11/15/24)(a)

    35       27,274  

Diamond BC BV, 4.63%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    25       18,332  

EverArc Escrow Sarl, 5.00%, 10/30/29
(Call 10/30/24)(a)

    35       28,624  

LSF11 A5 HoldCo LLC, 6.63%, 10/15/29 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    20       15,738  

Methanex Corp., 5.25%, 12/15/29 (Call 09/15/29)

    35       30,183  

Olin Corp., 5.63%, 08/01/29 (Call 08/01/24)

    35       32,901  

Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp., 6.25%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)(b)

    20       13,855  

SCIH Salt Holdings Inc., 6.63%, 05/01/29
(Call 05/01/24)(a)(b)

    35       28,406  

Tronox Inc., 4.63%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    55       42,688  

WR Grace Holdings LLC, 5.63%, 08/15/29
(Call 08/15/24)(a)

    60       46,382  
   

 

 

 
          322,574  
Coal — 0.2%            

SunCoke Energy Inc., 4.88%, 06/30/29
(Call 06/30/24)(a)

    25       20,510  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 5.3%            

ADT Security Corp. (The), 4.13%, 08/01/29
(Call 08/01/28)(a)

    50       42,859  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp., 6.00%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    50       34,842  

AMN Healthcare Inc., 4.00%, 04/15/29
(Call 04/15/24)(a)

    20       17,324  

APi Escrow Corp., 4.75%, 10/15/29 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    15       12,556  

APi Group DE Inc., 4.13%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

    20       16,031  

APX Group Inc., 5.75%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

          40       31,563  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance Inc., 5.38%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

    30       25,957  

Carriage Services Inc., 4.25%, 05/15/29 (Call 05/15/24)(a)(b)

    20       15,097  

Deluxe Corp., 8.00%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    25       20,895  

Garda World Security Corp., 6.00%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    25       19,504  

Gartner Inc., 3.63%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    30       25,854  

HealthEquity Inc., 4.50%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)(b)

    30       26,216  

Hertz Corp. (The), 5.00%, 12/01/29 (Call 12/01/24)(a)

    55       43,772  

Metis Merger Sub LLC, 6.50%, 05/15/29 (Call 05/15/24)(a)

    40       32,211  

NESCO Holdings II Inc., 5.50%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    50       43,752  

Paysafe Finance PLC/Paysafe Holdings U.S. Corp., 4.00%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    20       14,399  

PECF USS Intermediate Holding III Corp., 8.00%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/15/24)(a)

    30       20,103  

PROG Holdings Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/29
(Call 11/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       24,382  

Rent-A-Center Inc./TX, 6.38%, 02/15/29
(Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    25       19,424  

Service Corp. International/U.S., 5.13%, 06/01/29

   

(Call 06/01/24)(b)

    40       37,300  

Sotheby’s/Bidfair Holdings Inc., 5.88%, 06/01/29

   

(Call 06/01/24)(a)

    15       12,555  

StoneMor Inc., 8.50%, 05/15/29 (Call 05/15/24)(a)

    20       16,431  

TriNet Group Inc., 3.50%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

    30       24,854  
   

 

 

 
      577,881  
Computers — 1.9%            

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., 4.00%, 07/01/29
(Call 07/01/24)(a)

    30       26,192  

Conduent Business Services LLC/Conduent State & Local Solutions Inc., 6.00%, 11/01/29
(Call 11/01/24)(a)

    30       24,606  

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., 3.00%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)

    40       33,916  

NCR Corp.
5.13%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    65       54,499  

6.13%, 09/01/29 (Call 09/01/24)(a)

    25       23,948  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Computers (continued)            

Seagate HDD Cayman
3.13%, 07/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)

  $     25     $ 18,558  

4.09%, 06/01/29 (Call 03/01/29)

    25       20,021  
   

 

 

 
          201,740  
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.4%            

Coty Inc./HFC Prestige Products Inc./HFC Prestige International U.S. LLC, 4.75%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/25)(a)

    25       21,688  

Edgewell Personal Care Co., 4.13%, 04/01/29 (Call 04/01/24)(a)

    30       25,640  
   

 

 

 
      47,328  
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.3%            

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc., 3.88%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/15/24)(a)(b)

    20       16,410  

Resideo Funding Inc., 4.00%, 09/01/29 (Call 09/01/24)(a)

    15       12,273  
   

 

 

 
      28,683  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.6%            

Aretec Escrow Issuer Inc., 7.50%, 04/01/29 (Call 04/01/24)(a)

    20       16,404  

Armor Holdco Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/15/24)(a)

    20       14,936  

Cobra AcquisitionCo LLC, 6.38%, 11/01/29 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

    20       13,301  

Hightower Holding LLC, 6.75%, 04/15/29(a)

    15       12,288  

Jane Street Group/JSG Finance Inc., 4.50%, 11/15/29

   

(Call 11/15/24)(a)

    30       26,430  

LPL Holdings Inc., 4.00%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    45       39,392  

Navient Corp., 5.50%, 03/15/29 (Call 06/15/28)

    40       31,882  

OneMain Finance Corp., 5.38%, 11/15/29 (Call 05/15/29)

    40       32,780  

PennyMac Financial Services Inc., 4.25%, 02/15/29

   

(Call 02/15/24)(a)

    35       26,512  

PRA Group Inc., 5.00%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    20       16,015  

Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer Inc., 3.63%, 03/01/29(a)

    40       30,998  

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 5.50%,
04/15/29(a)(b)

    35       26,556  
   

 

 

 
      287,494  
Electric — 1.6%            

Calpine Corp., 4.63%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    35       29,741  

DPL Inc., 4.35%, 04/15/29 (Call 01/15/29)

    20       17,110  

Leeward Renewable Energy Operations LLC, 4.25%, 07/01/29 (Call 07/01/24)(a)

    20       16,216  

NRG Energy Inc.
3.38%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    25       20,916  

5.25%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    35       31,805  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 4.38%, 05/01/29 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    65       55,707  
   

 

 

 
      171,495  
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.3%            

Energizer Holdings Inc., 4.38%, 03/31/29
(Call 09/30/23)(a)

    40       32,371  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.9%            

II-VI Inc., 5.00%, 12/15/29(a)(b)

    55       47,112  

Imola Merger Corp., 4.75%, 05/15/29
(Call 05/15/24)(a)

    105       91,053  

Sensata Technologies BV, 4.00%, 04/15/29(a)

    50       42,078  

TTM Technologies Inc., 4.00%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

    30       25,355  
   

 

 

 
      205,598  
Engineering & Construction — 1.1%            

Arcosa Inc., 4.38%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    20       17,306  

Dycom Industries Inc., 4.50%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    25       21,856  

Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc., 5.63%, 06/01/29

   

(Call 06/01/24)(a)

    20       14,822  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp., 5.25%, 06/01/29

   

(Call 06/01/24)(a)

    20       15,732  

MasTec Inc., 6.63%, 08/15/29

    15       14,932  

TopBuild Corp., 3.63%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    20       16,037  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Engineering & Construction (continued)            

VM Consolidated Inc., 5.50%, 04/15/29
(Call 04/15/24)(a)(b)

  $     15     $ 13,061  
   

 

 

 
          113,746  
Entertainment — 4.5%            

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., 7.50%, 02/15/29

   

(Call 02/15/25)(a)

    50       34,388  

Boyne USA Inc., 4.75%, 05/15/29 (Call 05/15/24)(a)

    35       30,622  

Caesars Entertainment Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/29

   

(Call 10/15/24)(a)(b)

    65       52,015  

Cedar Fair LP, 5.25%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)

    30       26,393  

Everi Holdings Inc., 5.00%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

    20       17,426  

International Game Technology PLC, 5.25%, 01/15/29

   

(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    40       37,183  

Jacobs Entertainment Inc., 6.75%, 02/15/29
(Call 02/15/25)(a)

    25       22,080  

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC, 5.50%, 04/15/29(a)

    50       37,937  

Midwest Gaming Borrower LLC, 4.88%, 05/01/29

   

(Call 05/01/24)(a)

    40       34,100  

Penn National Gaming Inc., 4.13%, 07/01/29

   

(Call 07/01/24)(a)(b)

    20       15,901  

Premier Entertainment Sub LLC/Premier Entertainment Finance Corp., 5.63%, 09/01/29 (Call 09/01/24)(a)

    40       29,770  

Resorts World Las Vegas LLC, 4.63%, 04/16/29

   

(Call 01/16/29)(d)

    50       34,662  

Scientific Games International Inc., 7.25%, 11/15/29

   

(Call 11/15/24)(a)

    25       24,154  

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc., 5.25%, 08/15/29

   

(Call 08/15/24)(a)

    35       30,412  

WMG Acquisition Corp., 3.75%, 12/01/29
(Call 12/01/24)(a)

    30       25,319  

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., 5.13%, 10/01/29 (Call 07/01/29)(a)

    40       31,882  
   

 

 

 
      484,244  
Environmental Control — 1.6%            

Clean Harbors Inc., 5.13%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

    15       13,911  

Covanta Holding Corp., 4.88%, 12/01/29
(Call 12/01/24)(a)

    40       34,176  

GFL Environmental Inc.
4.38%, 08/15/29 (Call 08/15/24)(a)

    30       25,447  

4.75%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)(b)

    40       34,934  

Madison IAQ LLC, 5.88%, 06/30/29 (Call 06/30/24)(a)

    55       37,836  

Stericycle Inc., 3.88%, 01/15/29 (Call 11/15/23)(a)

    25       21,715  
   

 

 

 
      168,019  
Food — 2.2%            

Albertsons Companies Inc./Safeway Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 3.50%, 03/15/29 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    70       57,916  

Performance Food Group Inc., 4.25%, 08/01/29

   

(Call 08/01/24)(a)

    50       42,525  

Post Holdings Inc., 5.50%, 12/15/29 (Call 12/15/24)(a)

    65       58,520  

Simmons Foods Inc./Simmons Prepared Foods Inc./Simmons Pet Food Inc./Simmons Feed, 4.63%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

    45       37,552  

U.S. Foods Inc., 4.75%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    45       40,040  
   

 

 

 
      236,553  
Food Service — 0.2%            

TKC Holdings Inc., 10.50%, 05/15/29
(Call 05/15/24)(a)(b)

    35       24,119  
   

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.7%            

Glatfelter Corp., 4.75%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

    30       19,321  

Mercer International Inc., 5.13%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)

    47       39,167  

Sylvamo Corp., 7.00%, 09/01/29 (Call 09/01/24)(a)

    22       20,643  
   

 

 

 
      79,131  
Health Care - Products — 3.4%            

Avantor Funding Inc., 3.88%, 11/01/29
(Call 11/01/24)(a)(b)

    40       33,765  

Hologic Inc., 3.25%, 02/15/29 (Call 09/28/23)(a)

    50       42,507  

 

 

C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S  T M E N T S

  53


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Health Care - Products (continued)            

Mozart Debt Merger Sub Inc.
3.88%, 04/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

  $     235     $ 191,948  

5.25%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    130       101,332  
   

 

 

 
          369,552  
Health Care - Services — 2.5%            

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., 5.00%, 04/15/29 (Call 10/15/23)(a)

    25       22,523  

AHP Health Partners Inc., 5.75%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

    15       11,626  

Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc., 3.13%, 02/15/29

   

(Call 02/15/24)(a)

    30       24,561  

Centene Corp., 4.63%, 12/15/29 (Call 12/15/24)

    34       30,764  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc., 3.75%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)(a)(b)

    25       21,638  

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc., 6.00%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

    50       37,261  

Lifepoint Health Inc., 5.38%, 01/15/29
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    25       15,890  

ModivCare Escrow Issuer Inc., 5.00%, 10/01/29

   

(Call 10/01/24)(a)

    25       21,438  

Syneos Health Inc., 3.63%, 01/15/29
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    30       24,738  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.25%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)(b)

    70       58,973  
   

 

 

 
      269,412  
Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.7%            

Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, 5.25%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    50       42,968  

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 4.38%, 02/01/29 (Call 08/01/28)

    40       33,570  
   

 

 

 
      76,538  
Home Builders — 1.3%            

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., 4.63%, 08/01/29 (Call 08/01/24)(a)

    20       15,020  

Beazer Homes USA Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/29 (Call 10/15/24)

    20       16,551  

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. LLC, 5.00%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    20       15,269  

Century Communities Inc., 3.88%, 08/15/29 (Call 02/15/29)(a)

    25       19,700  

KB Home, 4.80%, 11/15/29 (Call 05/15/29)

    15       12,288  

LGI Homes Inc., 4.00%, 07/15/29 (Call 01/15/29)(a)

    15       11,486  

Meritage Homes Corp., 3.88%, 04/15/29 (Call 10/15/28)(a)

    25       20,266  

Shea Homes LP/Shea Homes Funding Corp., 4.75%, 04/01/29 (Call 04/01/24)(a)

    15       12,222  

Thor Industries Inc., 4.00%, 10/15/29
(Call 10/15/24)(a)

    25       20,213  
   

 

 

 
      143,015  
Home Furnishings — 0.3%            

Tempur Sealy International Inc., 4.00%, 04/15/29

   

(Call 04/15/24)(a)

    40       32,264  
   

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 0.3%            

ACCO Brands Corp., 4.25%, 03/15/29
(Call 03/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       23,830  

Spectrum Brands Inc., 5.00%, 10/01/29
(Call 10/01/24)(a)

    15       12,253  
   

 

 

 
      36,083  
Housewares — 0.4%            

Newell Brands Inc., 6.63%, 09/15/29 (Call 06/15/29)

    25       24,431  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The), 4.50%, 10/15/29

   

(Call 10/15/24)(b)

    20       16,218  
   

 

 

 
      40,649  
Insurance — 1.7%            

Acrisure LLC/Acrisure Finance Inc.
4.25%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    35       28,600  

6.00%, 08/01/29 (Call 08/01/24)(a)

    25       20,694  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC/Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer, 5.88%, 11/01/29 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

    25       21,231  

AmWINS Group Inc., 4.88%, 06/30/29
(Call 06/30/24)(a)(b)

    40       34,668  

AssuredPartners Inc., 5.63%, 01/15/29
(Call 12/15/23)(a)

    30       24,670  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Insurance (continued)            

BroadStreet Partners Inc., 5.88%, 04/15/29
(Call 04/15/24)(a)

  $     40     $ 32,333  

Hub International Ltd., 5.63%, 12/01/29
(Call 12/01/24)(a)

    30       25,785  
   

 

 

 
          187,981  
Internet — 2.0%            

Endurance International Group Holdings Inc., 6.00%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    35       22,777  

Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC/GD Finance Co. Inc., 3.50%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

    40       33,154  

Match Group Holdings II LLC, 5.63%, 02/15/29

   

(Call 02/15/24)(a)

    20       17,867  

Netflix Inc.
5.38%, 11/15/29(a)

    45       43,086  

6.38%, 05/15/29

    40       40,793  

Uber Technologies Inc., 4.50%, 08/15/29
(Call 08/15/24)(a)(b)

    75       64,296  
   

 

 

 
      221,973  
Iron & Steel — 1.1%            

Allegheny Technologies Inc., 4.88%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)

    15       12,603  

Big River Steel LLC/BRS Finance Corp., 6.63%, 01/31/29 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    40       37,882  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., 4.63%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

    25       21,526  

TMS International Corp./DE, 6.25%, 04/15/29(a)

    20       13,771  

U.S. Steel Corp., 6.88%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)(b)

    33       30,289  
   

 

 

 
      116,071  
Leisure Time — 2.5%            

Carnival Corp., 6.00%, 05/01/29 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

    105       69,468  

MajorDrive Holdings IV LLC, 6.38%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    30       21,144  

NCL Corp. Ltd., 7.75%, 02/15/29 (Call 11/15/28)(a)

    30       23,918  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
8.25%, 01/15/29 (Call 04/01/25)(a)

    50       49,841  

9.25%, 01/15/29 (Call 04/01/25)(a)

    50       50,748  

Viking Cruises Ltd., 7.00%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    25       19,907  

Viking Ocean Cruises Ship VII Ltd., 5.63%, 02/15/29

   

(Call 02/15/24)(a)

    17       13,262  

Vista Outdoor Inc., 4.50%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    25       19,571  
   

 

 

 
      267,859  
Lodging — 1.7%            

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., 3.75%, 05/01/29

   

(Call 05/01/24)(a)

    40       34,126  

Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Esc, 5.00%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    45       38,726  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., 3.90%, 08/08/29
(Call 05/08/29)

    40       32,270  

Marriott Ownership Resorts Inc., 4.50%, 06/15/29

   

(Call 06/15/24)(a)

    25       20,925  

Travel + Leisure Co., 4.50%, 12/01/29 (Call 09/01/29)(a)

    35       28,493  

Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.13%, 12/15/29 (Call 12/15/24)(a)

    50       29,093  
   

 

 

 
      183,633  
Machinery — 0.7%            

BWX Technologies Inc., 4.13%, 04/15/29
(Call 04/15/24)(a)

    20       17,305  

Mueller Water Products Inc., 4.00%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    25       21,714  

OT Merger Corp., 7.88%, 10/15/29 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    15       9,596  

Terex Corp., 5.00%, 05/15/29 (Call 05/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       26,760  
   

 

 

 
      75,375  
Media — 7.3%            

Altice Financing SA, 5.75%, 08/15/29 (Call 08/15/24)(a)

    105       82,685  

AMC Networks Inc., 4.25%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)

    50       38,785  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
5.38%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    80       71,529  

6.38%, 09/01/29 (Call 09/01/25)(a)

    80       74,107  

CSC Holdings LLC, 6.50%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    90       84,739  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.13%, 06/01/29

    80       54,074  

 

 

54  

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Media (continued)            

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 5.13%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

  $     40     $ 33,776  

Liberty Interactive LLC, 8.50%, 07/15/29

    15       9,462  

McGraw-Hill Education Inc., 8.00%, 08/01/29 (Call 08/01/24)(a)

    40       34,064  

News Corp., 3.88%, 05/15/29 (Call 05/15/24)(a)

    50       42,985  

Scripps Escrow II Inc., 3.88%, 01/15/29
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    30       24,918  

Sirius XM Radio Inc., 5.50%, 07/01/29
(Call 07/01/24)(a)

    65       59,940  

TEGNA Inc., 5.00%, 09/15/29 (Call 09/15/24)

    55       52,510  

Univision Communications Inc., 4.50%, 05/01/29

   

(Call 05/01/24)(a)

    55       46,400  

Videotron Ltd., 3.63%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)(b)

    25       20,965  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.50%, 05/15/29

   

(Call 05/15/24)(a)

    70       63,696  
   

 

 

 
          794,635  
Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.2%            

Roller Bearing Co of America Inc., 4.38%, 10/15/29

   

(Call 10/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       26,350  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 0.7%            

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, 4.13%, 03/31/29 (Call 03/31/24)(a)

    25       21,310  

Coeur Mining Inc., 5.13%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    18       13,986  

Constellium SE, 3.75%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    25       19,602  

Hudbay Minerals Inc., 6.13%, 04/01/29
(Call 04/01/24)(d)

    30       24,834  
   

 

 

 
      79,732  
Office & Business Equipment — 0.1%            

Pitney Bowes Inc., 7.25%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    20       12,746  
   

 

 

 

 

Office Furnishings — 0.2%

           

Steelcase Inc., 5.13%, 01/18/29 (Call 10/18/28)

    25       21,881  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 5.3%            

Antero Resources Corp., 7.63%, 02/01/29
(Call 02/01/24)(a)

    30       30,596  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 5.88%, 06/30/29 (Call 09/01/24)(a)

    20       17,633  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
5.88%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/05/24)(a)

    25       23,625  

6.75%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    50       49,222  

CNX Resources Corp., 6.00%, 01/15/29
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    25       23,357  

Colgate Energy Partners III LLC, 5.88%, 07/01/29

   

(Call 07/01/24)(a)

    35       32,663  

Comstock Resources Inc., 6.75%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)(a)

    65       62,241  

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance Inc., 5.00%, 05/01/29 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    20       18,314  

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co., 5.75%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    30       27,455  

Laredo Petroleum Inc., 7.75%, 07/31/29 (Call 07/31/24)(a)(b)

    20       19,216  

MEG Energy Corp., 5.88%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    30       28,758  

Murphy Oil Corp., 7.05%, 05/01/29

    10       9,919  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 08/15/29 (Call 05/15/29)

    15       13,510  

Parkland Corp., 4.50%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    40       33,672  

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc., 5.15%, 11/15/29
(Call 08/15/29)(b)

    20       17,625  

Precision Drilling Corp., 6.88%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/25)(a)

    20       18,379  

Range Resources Corp., 8.25%, 01/15/29
(Call 01/15/24)

    30       31,118  

Rockcliff Energy II LLC, 5.50%, 10/15/29 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    40       35,703  

Southwestern Energy Co., 5.38%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)

    35       32,594  

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp., 4.50%, 05/15/29

   

(Call 05/15/24)

    40       34,561  

Teine Energy Ltd., 6.88%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    20       17,889  
   

 

 

 
      578,050  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Packaging & Containers — 1.2%            

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC, 4.00%, 09/01/29 (Call 05/15/24)(a)(b)

  $     50     $ 38,078  

Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings Inc., 6.63%, 04/15/29

   

(Call 04/15/25)(a)

    25       23,716  

Graphic Packaging International LLC, 3.50%, 03/01/29

   

(Call 09/01/28)(a)

    20       16,989  

LABL Inc., 8.25%, 11/01/29 (Call 11/01/24)(a)

    25       20,012  

Sealed Air Corp., 5.00%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/25)(a)(b)

    20       18,259  

TriMas Corp., 4.13%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    20       17,194  
   

 

 

 
          134,248  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%            

180 Medical Inc., 3.88%, 10/15/29 (Call 10/07/24)(a)

    30       25,354  

AdaptHealth LLC, 4.63%, 08/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    25       21,294  

HLF Financing Sarl LLC/Herbalife International Inc., 4.88%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    30       22,495  

Jazz Securities DAC, 4.38%, 01/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

    75       66,524  

Option Care Health Inc., 4.38%, 10/31/29 (Call 10/31/24)(a)(b)

    25       21,529  

Owens & Minor Inc., 4.50%, 03/31/29 (Call 03/31/24)(a)

    25       19,421  
   

 

 

 
      176,617  
Pipelines — 3.8%            

Antero Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream Finance Corp., 5.38%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    40       36,486  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 4.50%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)

    75       66,218  

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.

   

6.00%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    35       32,851  

8.00%, 04/01/29 (Call 04/01/24)(a)

    25       25,247  

DT Midstream Inc., 4.13%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    55       47,532  

EnLink Midstream LLC, 5.38%, 06/01/29 (Call 03/01/29)

    25       23,072  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.50%, 01/15/29 (Call 07/15/28)(a)

    40       34,002  

Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp., 6.88%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)

    17       15,476  

ITT Holdings LLC, 6.50%, 08/01/29 (Call 08/01/24)(a)

    65       52,322  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 4.95%, 07/15/29

   

(Call 04/15/29)(a)

    30       26,402  

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, 3.88%, 08/15/29

   

(Call 02/15/29)(a)

    65       56,234  
   

 

 

 
      415,842  

 

Real Estate — 1.1%

           

Howard Hughes Corp. (The), 4.13%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    35       27,718  

Hunt Cos. Inc., 5.25%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    35       28,455  

Kennedy-Wilson Inc., 4.75%, 03/01/29 (Call 03/01/24)

    30       24,269  

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 5.75%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

    50       35,906  
   

 

 

 
      116,348  

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.2%

           

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc., 4.63%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    25       19,665  

Iron Mountain Inc., 4.88%, 09/15/29 (Call 09/15/24)(a)

    50       43,090  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 4.75%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    35       27,976  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., 4.63%, 08/01/29 (Call 08/01/24)

    45       35,952  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC/PK Domestic Property LLC/PK Finance Co-Issuer, 4.88%, 05/15/29 (Call 05/15/24)(a)

    40       34,190  

RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp., 4.50%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       26,311  

RLJ Lodging Trust LP, 4.00%, 09/15/29
(Call 09/15/24)(a)

    25       20,939  

SBA Communications Corp., 3.13%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)

    75       60,771  

Service Properties Trust, 4.95%, 10/01/29 (Call 07/01/29)

    25       18,264  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par
(000)

    Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)            

Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance Inc./CSL Capital LLC, 6.50%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

  $     60     $ 43,197  

XHR LP, 4.88%, 06/01/29 (Call 06/01/24)(a)

    25       21,765  
   

 

 

 
          352,120  
Retail — 6.8%            

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc., 3.50%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)

    40       33,500  

Arko Corp., 5.13%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/15/24)(a)

    25       19,809  

Asbury Automotive Group Inc., 4.63%, 11/15/29

   

(Call 11/15/24)(a)

    40       32,893  

Bath & Body Works Inc., 7.50%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(b)

    25       23,711  

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., 4.13%, 05/15/29(a)

    20       16,558  

Bloomin’ Brands Inc./OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, 5.13%, 04/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    15       12,710  

BlueLinx Holdings Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/15/24)(a)

    15       12,312  

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., 5.88%, 07/01/29

   

(Call 07/01/24)(a)

    15       10,455  

Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 5.88%, 04/01/29 (Call 04/01/24)(a)

    45       37,736  

Fertitta Entertainment LLC/Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co. Inc., 4.63%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/25)(a)

    50       43,476  

Foot Locker Inc., 4.00%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    20       15,296  

Foundation Building Materials Inc., 6.00%, 03/01/29

   

(Call 03/01/24)(a)

    20       13,993  

Gap Inc. (The), 3.63%, 10/01/29 (Call 10/01/24)(a)

    40       28,102  

GYP Holdings III Corp., 4.63%, 05/01/29 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    20       15,800  

LBM Acquisition LLC, 6.25%, 01/15/29
(Call 01/15/24)(a)

    45       31,437  

LCM Investments Holdings II LLC, 4.88%, 05/01/29

   

(Call 05/01/24)(a)

    50       42,319  

Lithia Motors Inc., 3.88%, 06/01/29
(Call 06/01/24)(a)(b)

    40       32,392  

Macy’s Retail Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 04/01/29 (Call 04/01/24)(a)

    25       21,652  

Murphy Oil USA Inc., 4.75%, 09/15/29 (Call 09/15/24)

    25       22,596  

Papa John’s International Inc., 3.88%, 09/15/29

   

(Call 09/15/24)(a)(b)

    25       20,354  

Park River Holdings Inc.
5.63%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    20       12,702  

6.75%, 08/01/29 (Call 08/01/24)(a)

    20       13,207  

Patrick Industries Inc., 4.75%, 05/01/29 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    20       15,190  

Penske Automotive Group Inc., 3.75%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)

    25       20,528  

PetSmart Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., 7.75%, 02/15/29 (Call 02/15/24)(a)(b)

    60       56,332  

Sonic Automotive Inc., 4.63%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/15/24)(a)(b)

    35       27,547  

SRS Distribution Inc.
6.00%, 12/01/29 (Call 12/01/24)(a)

    45       36,702  

6.13%, 07/01/29 (Call 07/01/24)(a)(b)

    25       20,537  

Superior Plus LP/Superior General Partner Inc., 4.50%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)(a)

    30       25,228  

Victoria’s Secret & Co., 4.63%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)

    30       23,871  
   

 

 

 
      738,945  
Semiconductors — 0.3%            

Entegris Inc., 3.63%, 05/01/29 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    25       20,439  

Synaptics Inc., 4.00%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)(b)

    20       16,576  
   

 

 

 
      37,015  
Software — 4.5%            

Central Parent Inc./CDK Global Inc., 7.25%, 06/15/29

   

(Call 06/15/25)(a)

    40       38,205  

Clarivate Science Holdings Corp., 4.88%, 07/01/29

   

(Call 06/30/24)(a)

    50       41,689  

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The), 5.00%, 12/15/29

   

(Call 12/15/24)(a)

    25       21,188  

Elastic NV, 4.13%, 07/15/29 (Call 07/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       25,069  

MSCI Inc., 4.00%, 11/15/29 (Call 11/15/24)(a)(b)

    50       43,414  
Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
    Value  
Software (continued)            

Open Text Corp., 3.88%, 12/01/29 (Call 12/01/24)(a)

  $ 45     $ 35,667  

Picard Midco Inc., 6.50%, 03/31/29
(Call 09/30/25)(a)(b)

        210       182,196  

Playtika Holding Corp., 4.25%, 03/15/29
(Call 03/15/24)(a)(b)

    30       24,984  

Rocket Software Inc., 6.50%, 02/15/29
(Call 02/15/24)(a)

    30       23,957  

Twilio Inc., 3.63%, 03/15/29 (Call 03/15/24)

    30       24,755  

ZoomInfo Technologies LLC/ZoomInfo Finance Corp., 3.88%, 02/01/29 (Call 02/01/24)(a)(b)

    35       29,479  
   

 

 

 
          490,603  
Telecommunications — 4.9%            

Altice France SA, 5.50%, 10/15/29 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    100       76,226  

Altice France SA/France
5.13%, 01/15/29 (Call 09/15/23)(a)

    30       22,905  

5.13%, 07/15/29 (Call 04/15/24)(a)

    125       94,227  

CommScope Inc., 4.75%, 09/01/29 (Call 09/01/24)(a)

    65       55,030  

Frontier Communications Holdings LLC
5.88%, 11/01/29 (Call 11/01/24)

    40       31,442  

6.75%, 05/01/29 (Call 05/01/24)(a)

    55       45,336  

Level 3 Financing Inc.
3.63%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

    45       34,336  

3.75%, 07/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

    45       34,294  

3.88%, 11/15/29 (Call 08/15/29)(a)

    37       30,421  

Lumen Technologies Inc.
4.50%, 01/15/29 (Call 01/15/24)(a)

    50       35,317  

5.38%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    25       18,350  

Switch Ltd., 4.13%, 06/15/29 (Call 06/15/24)(a)

    30       30,104  

Viavi Solutions Inc., 3.75%, 10/01/29
(Call 10/01/24)(a)

    25       20,710  
   

 

 

 
      528,698  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.2%            

Mattel Inc., 3.75%, 04/01/29 (Call 04/01/24)(a)(b)

    30       25,961  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.7%            

Carriage Purchaser Inc., 7.88%, 10/15/29 (Call 10/15/24)(a)

    15       11,139  

First Student Bidco Inc./First Transit Parent Inc., 4.00%, 07/31/29 (Call 07/31/24)(a)

    40       32,548  

Seaspan Corp., 5.50%, 08/01/29 (Call 08/01/24)(a)(b)

    40       30,929  
   

 

 

 
      74,616  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.4%
(Cost: $12,061,968)

 

    10,689,053  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 14.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 3.29%(e)(f)(g)

    1,467       1,466,336  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 2.97%(e)(f)

    70       70,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 14.1%
(Cost: $1,536,474)

      1,536,336  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 112.5%
(Cost: $13,598,442)

      12,225,389  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (12.5)%

      (1,359,614
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 10,865,775  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

October 31, 2022

  

iShares® iBonds® 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF

 

(d) 

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(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.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended October 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

03/08/22

 

(a) 

   

Purchases

at Cost

 

 

   

Proceeds

from Sale

 

 

    

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

 

    

Value at

10/31/22

 

 

    


Shares

Held at

10/31/22
(000)

 

 


 

     Income      

Capital Gain

Distributions from

Underlying Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $     $ 1,466,633 (b)    $      $ (159    $ (138    $ 1,466,336        1,467      $ 3,059 (c)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

           70,000 (b)                            70,000        70        1,001        
         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (159    $ (138    $ 1,536,336         $ 4,060     $  
         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(c)

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

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $        $ 10,689,053        $        $ 10,689,053  

Money Market Funds

     1,536,336                            1,536,336  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  1,536,336        $ 10,689,053        $             —        $ 12,225,389  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.    

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2022

 

   

iShares

iBonds 2022

Term High

Yield and

Income ETF

   

iShares

iBonds 2023

Term High

Yield and

Income ETF

   

iShares

iBonds 2024

Term High

Yield and

Income ETF

   

iShares

iBonds 2025

Term High

Yield and

Income ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

       

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 40,936,097     $ 159,107,494     $ 143,664,514     $ 82,443,500  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    73,866,262       33,656,271       23,225,980       14,072,444  

Cash

    12,447       150,558       3,118       10,300  

Foreign currency, at value(d)

          4       64        

Receivables:

       

Investments sold

    2,496,009       2,119,368       251,973       396,885  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    9,924       9,245       14,357       8,618  

Capital shares sold

                112,179       15,190  

Dividends — affiliated

    144,429       16,185       2,493       3,758  

Interest — unaffiliated

    654,003       1,857,079       2,278,423       1,495,348  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    118,119,171       196,916,204       169,553,101       98,446,043  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

    9,830,490       23,063,907       20,372,299       11,997,753  

Payables:

       

Investments purchased

          5,363,582       108,839       956,973  

Capital shares redeemed

          10,987              

Investment advisory fees

    27,687       46,926       35,035       21,902  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    9,858,177       28,485,402       20,516,173       12,976,628  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 108,260,994     $ 168,430,802     $ 149,036,928     $ 85,469,415  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

       

Paid-in capital

  $ 108,533,132     $ 173,552,128     $ 154,476,950     $ 90,324,536  

Accumulated loss

    (272,138     (5,121,326     (5,440,022     (4,855,121
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 108,260,994     $ 168,430,802     $ 149,036,928     $ 85,469,415  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

       

Shares outstanding

    4,500,000       7,200,000       6,600,000       3,800,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 24.06     $ 23.39     $ 22.58     $ 22.49  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None       None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 41,000,083     $ 161,178,566     $ 147,821,126     $ 85,915,240  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 7,329,875     $ 21,548,328     $ 19,564,051     $ 11,149,124  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 73,866,146     $ 33,656,919     $ 23,226,566     $ 14,072,618  

(d) Foreign currency, at cost

  $     $ 4     $ 68     $  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (continued)

October 31, 2022

 

   

iShares

iBonds 2026

Term High

Yield and

Income ETF

   

iShares

iBonds 2027

Term High

Yield and

Income ETF

   

iShares

iBonds 2028

Term High

Yield and

Income ETF

   

iShares

iBonds 2029

Term High

Yield and

Income ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

       

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 34,537,706     $ 14,750,010     $ 10,985,676     $ 10,689,053  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    7,023,406       2,855,467       1,425,194       1,536,336  

Cash

    9,703       2,123       6,162       875  

Receivables:

       

Investments sold

    344,117       20,014       115,752       151,062  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    2,971       1,395       781       680  

Capital shares sold

          8              

Dividends — affiliated

    999       102       194       146  

Interest — unaffiliated

    575,379       262,856       178,878       165,361  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    42,494,281       17,891,975       12,712,637       12,543,513  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

    6,536,015       2,836,324       1,305,389       1,466,634  

Payables:

       

Investments purchased

    314,087       143,840       311,079       207,930  

Investment advisory fees

    10,170       4,351       3,238       3,174  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    6,860,272       2,984,515       1,619,706       1,677,738  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 35,634,009     $ 14,907,460     $ 11,092,931     $ 10,865,775  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

       

Paid-in capital

  $ 38,454,881     $ 16,765,001     $ 12,245,249     $ 12,510,534  

Accumulated loss

    (2,820,872     (1,857,541     (1,152,318     (1,644,759
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 35,634,009     $ 14,907,460     $ 11,092,931     $ 10,865,775  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

       

Shares outstanding

    1,600,000       700,000       500,000       500,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 22.27     $ 21.30     $ 22.19     $ 21.73  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None       None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 36,886,748     $ 16,264,458     $ 12,003,496     $ 12,061,968  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 6,282,361     $ 2,739,637     $ 1,251,989     $ 1,403,664  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 7,023,784     $ 2,855,572     $ 1,425,298     $ 1,536,474  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended October 31, 2022

 

    iShares
iBonds 2022
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
    iShares
iBonds 2023
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
    iShares
iBonds 2024
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
    iShares
iBonds 2025
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — affiliated

  $ 313,476     $ 40,027     $ 12,944     $ 10,584  

Interest — unaffiliated

    1,427,067       3,449,883       3,618,206       2,776,544  

Payment-in-kind interest — unaffiliated

          387,793              

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    43,323       47,506       82,550       40,625  

Other income — unaffiliated

    (9,398     1,136       6,040       1,613  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    1,774,468       3,926,345       3,719,740       2,829,366  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    302,433       410,259       257,073       173,145  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    302,433       410,259       257,073       173,145  

Less:

       

Investment advisory fees waived

    (12,592     (2,383     (818     (584
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    289,841       407,876       256,255       172,561  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,484,627       3,518,469       3,463,485       2,656,805  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (18,980     (2,951,415     (866,120     (679,921

Investments — affiliated

    (3,703     (5,771     (5,235     (3,735

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(a)

    3,538       206,186             (21,964
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (19,145     (2,751,000     (871,355     (705,620
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (263,514     (2,461,380     (4,793,073     (4,043,715

Investments — affiliated

    (228     (1,521     (1,150     (953

Foreign currency translations

                (4      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (263,742     (2,462,901     (4,794,227     (4,044,668
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (282,887     (5,213,901     (5,665,582     (4,750,288
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 1,201,740     $ (1,695,432   $ (2,202,097   $ (2,093,483
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations  (continued)

Year Ended October 31, 2022

 

   



iShares
iBonds 2026
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
 
 
 
 
 
   



iShares
iBonds 2027
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
 
 
 
 
 
   



iShares
iBonds 2028
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
 
 
 
 
(a) 
   



iShares
iBonds 2029
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
 
 
 
 
(a) 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — affiliated

  $ 2,645     $ 765     $ 829     $ 1,001  

Interest — unaffiliated

    1,425,764       616,361       450,378       467,801  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    14,390       6,583       3,636       3,059  

Other income — unaffiliated

    1,160       250             445  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    1,443,959       623,959       454,843       472,306  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    86,982       45,897       24,083       25,593  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    86,982       45,897       24,083       25,593  

Less:

       

Investment advisory fees waived

    (183     (60     (57     (64
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    86,799       45,837       24,026       25,529  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,357,160       578,122       430,817       446,777  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (477,078     (276,113     (195,501     (331,349

Investments — affiliated

    (2,063     (752     (91     (159

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated(b)

    (47,210     (155,198            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (526,351     (432,063     (195,592     (331,508
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (2,517,088     (1,389,961     (1,017,820     (1,372,915

Investments — affiliated

    (378     (105     (104     (138
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (2,517,466     (1,390,066     (1,017,924     (1,373,053
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (3,043,817     (1,822,129     (1,213,516     (1,704,561
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (1,686,657   $ (1,244,007   $ (782,699   $ (1,257,784
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

For the period from March 8, 2022 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2022.

(b) 

See Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

iShares

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and
Income ETF

               

iShares

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and
Income ETF

 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
    Year Ended
10/31/22
    Year Ended
10/31/21
           Year Ended
10/31/22
    Year Ended
10/31/21
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

          

OPERATIONS

          

Net investment income

  $ 1,484,627     $ 1,279,552        $ 3,518,469     $ 2,061,878  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (19,145     505,905          (2,751,000     554,555  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (263,742     (132,806        (2,462,901     161,331  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    1,201,740       1,652,651          (1,695,432     2,777,764  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

          

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (1,447,264     (1,338,242        (3,422,061     (1,956,106
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

          

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    38,421,226       50,744,075          90,001,831       66,191,647  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

          

Total increase in net assets

    38,175,702       51,058,484          84,884,338       67,013,305  

Beginning of period

    70,085,292       19,026,808          83,546,464       16,533,159  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 108,260,994     $ 70,085,292        $ 168,430,802     $ 83,546,464  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares
iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and
Income ETF
    iShares
iBonds 2025 Term High Yield
and Income ETF
 
    Year Ended
10/31/22
    Year Ended
10/31/21
    Year Ended
10/31/22
    Year Ended
10/31/21
 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 3,463,485     $ 1,292,686     $ 2,656,805     $ 1,248,401  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (871,355     165,396       (705,620     120,442  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (4,794,227     535,648       (4,044,668     372,759  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (2,202,097     1,993,730       (2,093,483     1,741,602  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (3,121,614     (1,275,100     (2,544,114     (1,311,182
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    102,633,210       41,654,956       50,288,336       22,540,953  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase in net assets

    97,309,499       42,373,586       45,650,739       22,971,373  

Beginning of period

    51,727,429       9,353,843       39,818,676       16,847,303  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 149,036,928     $ 51,727,429     $ 85,469,415     $ 39,818,676  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares
iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and
Income ETF
    iShares
iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and
Income ETF
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/22
 
 
   

Period From
11/10/20

to 10/31/21

 
(a)  

 

   
Year Ended
10/31/22
 
 
   

Period From
07/07/21

to 10/31/21

 
(a)  

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income

  $ 1,357,160     $ 672,208     $ 578,122     $ 124,912  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (526,351     (59,096     (432,063     119  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (2,517,466     168,046       (1,390,066     (124,487
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,686,657     781,158       (1,244,007     544  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(b)

       

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (1,299,480     (663,103     (676,024     (93,252
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    18,299,537       20,202,554       4,402,345       12,517,854  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       

Total increase in net assets

    15,313,400       20,320,609       2,482,314       12,425,146  

Beginning of period

    20,320,609             12,425,146        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 35,634,009     $ 20,320,609     $ 14,907,460     $ 12,425,146  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

    iShares
iBonds 2028
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
    iShares
iBonds 2029
Term High
Yield and
Income ETF
 
   

Period From
03/08/22

to 10/31/22

 
(a)  

 

   

Period From
03/08/22

to 10/31/22

 
(a)  

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

 

Net investment income

  $ 430,817     $ 446,777  

Net realized loss

    (195,592     (331,508

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (1,017,924     (1,373,053
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

    (782,699     (1,257,784
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(b)

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (369,619     (386,975
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

 

 

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    12,245,249       12,510,534  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

 

 

Total increase in net assets

    11,092,931       10,865,775  

Beginning of period

           
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 11,092,931     $ 10,865,775  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income ETF  
   
Year Ended
10/31/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/21
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/20
 
 
   

Period From
05/07/19

to 10/31/19

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 24.17     $ 23.78     $ 24.59     $ 25.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.41       0.66       1.32       0.64  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (0.11     0.57       (0.83     (0.51
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    0.30       1.23       0.49       0.13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (0.41     (0.84     (1.30     (0.54
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 24.06     $ 24.17     $ 23.78     $ 24.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

    1.23     5.22     2.15     0.56 %(f)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

    0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.34     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.72     2.72     5.61     5.34 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 108,261     $ 70,085     $ 19,027     $ 9,838  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    1     33     68     14
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

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

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF  
   
Year Ended
10/31/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/21
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/20
 
 
   

Period From
05/07/19

to 10/31/19

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 24.57     $ 23.62     $ 24.73     $ 25.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.71       1.08       1.33       0.69  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (1.17     1.04       (1.08     (0.40
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (0.46     2.12       0.25       0.29  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (0.72     (1.17     (1.36     (0.56
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 23.39     $ 24.57     $ 23.62     $ 24.73  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

    (1.86 )%      9.12     1.16     1.19 %(f) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

    0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(h) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(h) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.00     4.40     5.67     5.73 %(h) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 168,431     $ 83,546     $ 16,533     $ 12,364  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    19     46     51     9
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

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

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income ETF  
   
Year Ended
10/31/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/21
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/20
 
 
   

Period From
05/07/19

to 10/31/19

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 24.63     $ 23.38     $ 25.21     $ 25.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    1.09       1.08       1.33       0.68  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (2.12     1.33       (1.79     0.09  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (1.03     2.41       (0.46     0.77  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (1.02     (1.16     (1.37     (0.56
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 22.58     $ 24.63     $ 23.38     $ 25.21  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       

Based on net asset value

    (4.21 )%      10.42     (1.72 )%      3.08 %(f) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

       

Total expenses

    0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(h) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(h) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    4.72     4.39     5.61     5.55 %(h) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 149,037     $ 51,727     $ 9,354     $ 12,604  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    24     44     42     10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

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

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF  
   
Year Ended
10/31/22
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/21
 
 
   
Year Ended
10/31/20
 
 
   

Period From
05/07/19

to 10/31/19

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 24.89     $ 24.07     $ 25.13     $ 25.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    1.26       1.14       1.37       0.71  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (2.43     0.95       (0.99     0.00 (d)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (1.17     2.09       0.38       0.71  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(e)

    (1.23     (1.27     (1.44     (0.58
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 22.49     $ 24.89     $ 24.07     $ 25.13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(f)

       

Based on net asset value

    (4.77 )%      8.77     1.71     2.87 %(g) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(h)

       

Total expenses

    0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(i)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.35     0.35     0.35     0.35 %(i)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    5.37     4.58     5.73     5.84 %(i)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 85,469     $ 39,819     $ 16,847     $ 12,565  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(j)

    20     29     42     5
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

Rounds to less than $0.01.

(e) 

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

(f) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(g) 

Not annualized.

(h) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. (i) Annualized.

(j) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF  
   
Year Ended
10/31/22
 
 
   

Period From
11/10/20

to 10/31/21

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 25.40     $ 25.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    1.28       1.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (3.15     0.37  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (1.87     1.43  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (1.26     (1.03
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 22.27     $ 25.40  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

   

Based on net asset value

    (7.52 )%      5.79 %(f)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

   

Total expenses

    0.35     0.35 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.35     0.35 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    5.46     4.26 %(h)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

   

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 35,634     $ 20,321  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    15     35
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

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

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF  
   
Year Ended
10/31/22
 
 
    

Period From
07/07/21

to 10/31/21

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 24.85      $ 25.00  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    1.01        0.25  

Net realized and unrealized loss(c)

    (3.36      (0.21
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (2.35      0.04  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (1.20      (0.19
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 21.30      $ 24.85  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

    

Based on net asset value

    (9.71 )%       0.15 %(f) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

    

Total expenses

    0.35      0.35 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.35      0.35 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    4.41      3.19 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

    

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 14,907      $ 12,425  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    13      3
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

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

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares
iBonds
2028
Term
High
Yield and
Income
ETF
 
   

Period
From
03/08/22

to

10/31/22

 
 
(a)  

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 25.00  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.94  

Net realized and unrealized loss(c)

    (2.95
 

 

 

 

Net decrease from investment operations

    (2.01
 

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income

    (0.80
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 22.19  
 

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

 

Based on net asset value

    (8.10 )%(e) 
 

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

 

Total expenses

    0.35 %(g) 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.35 %(g) 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    6.26 %(g) 
 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 11,093  
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    8
 

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

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

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares
iBonds
2029
Term
High
Yield and
Income
ETF
 
   


Period
From
03/08/22

to
10/31/22

 
 
(a)  


 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 25.00  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.91  

Net realized and unrealized loss(c)

    (3.41
 

 

 

 

Net decrease from investment operations

    (2.50
 

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

    (0.77
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 21.73  
 

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

 

Based on net asset value

    (10.06 )%(f) 
 

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

 

Total expenses

    0.35 %(h) 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    0.35 %(h) 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    6.11 %(h) 
 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 10,866  
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    14
 

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

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

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.     ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

iShares ETF  

Diversification    

Classification    

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

  Diversified(a)

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

  Diversified(a)

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

  Diversified(a)

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

  Diversified(a)

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

  Non-diversified    

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

  Non-diversified    

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

  Non-diversified    

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

  Non-diversified    

 

  (a)   

The Fund’s classification changed from non-diversified to diversified during the reporting period.

2.     SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, and payment-in-kind interest are recognized daily on an accrual basis.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

3.     INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) of each Fund has approved the designation of BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under BFA’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. BFA has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

 

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Fixed-income investments for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or third-party pricing services. Pricing services generally value fixed income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data (e.g., recent representative bids and offers), market data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information. Certain fixed-income securities, including asset-backed and mortgage related securities may be valued based on valuation models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. The amortized cost method of valuation may be used with respect to debt obligations with sixty days or less remaining to maturity unless BFA determines such method does not represent fair value.

 

   

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

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee, in accordance with BFA’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

4.     SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BFA, or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral.

 

 

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In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty    

Securities Loaned

at Value

 

 

    

Cash Collateral

Received

 

(a)  

   

Non-Cash Collateral

Received, at Fair Value

 

(a) 

    Net Amount  

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

        

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 545,490      $ (545,490   $     $  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    1,984,373        (1,984,373            

BNP Paribas SA

    150,352        (150,352            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    739,467        (739,467            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    3,707,893        (3,707,893            

Morgan Stanley

    202,300        (202,300            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 7,329,875      $ (7,329,875   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

        

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 1,120,069      $ (1,120,069   $     $  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    98,770        (98,770            

BNP Paribas SA

    357,057        (357,057            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    926,222        (926,222            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    1,387,298        (1,387,298            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    731,303        (731,303            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    4,799,612        (4,799,612            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    8,418,025        (8,418,025            

Jefferies LLC

    270,397        (270,397            

Morgan Stanley

    2,055,160        (2,055,160            

Pershing LLC

    547,143        (547,143            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    837,272        (837,272            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 21,548,328      $ (21,548,328   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

        

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 3,334,974      $ (3,334,974   $     $  

BofA Securities, Inc.

    710,830        (710,830            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    126,389        (126,389            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    180,413        (180,413            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    9,733,501        (9,733,501            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    3,886,835        (3,886,835            

Jefferies LLC

    899,629        (899,629            

Morgan Stanley

    378,863        (378,863            

Pershing LLC

    22,604        (22,604            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    96,671        (96,671            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    193,342        (193,342            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 19,564,051      $ (19,564,051   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

        

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 1,227,328      $ (1,227,328   $     $  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    9,319        (9,319            

BNP Paribas SA

    243,548        (243,548            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    604,676        (604,676            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    41,587        (41,587            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    212,239        (212,239            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    5,402,822        (5,402,822            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    3,205,313        (3,205,313            

Jefferies LLC

    8,336        (8,336            

Morgan Stanley

    31,016        (31,016            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    162,940        (162,940            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 11,149,124      $ (11,149,124   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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iShares ETF and Counterparty    

Securities Loaned

at Value

 

 

    

Cash Collateral

Received

 

(a)  

   

Non-Cash Collateral

Received, at Fair Value

 

(a) 

    Net Amount  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 645,351      $ (645,351   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    192,338        (192,338            

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

    167,086        (167,086            

BNP Paribas SA

    338,613        (338,613            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    232,288        (232,288            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    2,672,034        (2,672,034            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    1,395,050        (1,395,050            

Jefferies LLC

    219,845        (219,845            

Morgan Stanley

    171,724        (171,724            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    90,286        (90,286            

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    157,746        (157,746            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 6,282,361      $ (6,282,361   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

        

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 324,968      $ (324,968   $     $  

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    209,621        (209,621            

BofA Securities, Inc.

    269,319        (269,319            

Citadel Clearing LLC

    79,305        (79,305            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    46,398        (46,398            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    1,144,236        (1,144,236            

Jefferies LLC

    140,988        (140,988            

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    19,800        (19,800            

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    303,244        (303,244            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    149,938        (149,938            

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    51,820        (51,820            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 2,739,637      $ (2,739,637   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

        

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

  $ 38,201      $ (38,201   $     $  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    974,479        (974,479            

Jefferies LLC

    63,719        (63,719            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    30,376        (30,376            

Wells Fargo Securities LLC

    145,214        (145,214            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 1,251,989      $ (1,251,989   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

        

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

  $ 121,719      $ (121,719   $     $  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    1,131,219        (1,131,219            

Jefferies LLC

    113,028        (113,028            

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc.

    37,698        (37,698            
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 1,403,664      $ (1,403,664   $     $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

5.    INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

For its investment advisory services to each Fund, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee of 0.35%, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund.

 

 

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Expense Waivers: A fund may incur its pro rata share of fees and expenses attributable to its investments in other investment companies (“acquired fund fees and expenses”). The total of the investment advisory fee and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, is a fund’s total annual operating expenses. Total expenses as shown in the Statements of Operations does not include acquired fund fees and expenses.

BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fee for each Fund through the termination date of such Fund, in an amount equal to acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, attributable to each Fund’s investments in other funds advised by BFA or its affiliates.

These amounts are included in investment advisory fees waived in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended October 31, 2022, the amounts waived in investment advisory fees pursuant to these arrangements were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Amounts Waived    

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

  $              12,592    

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

  2,383    

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

  818    

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

  584    

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

  183    

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

  60    

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

  57    

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

  64    

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC, an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 82% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income – affiliated – net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

iShares ETF   Amounts  

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

  $ 12,087  

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    15,729  

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    22,377  

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    11,781  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    4,567  

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    2,038  

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    1,054  

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

    906  

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

 

 

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Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

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

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

  $      $   655,602      $ (36,543

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    33,922                

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    470,072                

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends – affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

6.     PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended October 31, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

  $ 511,071      $ 40,694,135  

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    21,533,278        48,886,884  

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    20,317,208        22,543,659  

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    11,636,532        12,859,805  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    4,191,156        4,364,547  

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    2,143,817        1,869,112  

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    8,361,345        860,294  

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

    9,147,509        1,694,974  

For the year ended October 31, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
     In-kind
Sales
 

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

  $ 41,038,352      $ 4,013,940  

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    100,576,054        11,165,820  

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    100,844,691         

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    54,074,268        4,140,469  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    20,203,099        2,319,668  

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    6,583,710        2,264,173  

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    4,650,144         

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

    4,887,901         

7.     INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of October 31, 2022, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

 

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U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of October 31, 2022, permanent differences attributable to realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

iShares ETF   Paid-in Capital     Accumulated
Earnings (Loss)
 

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

  $ 3,538     $ (3,538

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    204,426       (204,426

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    (21,964     21,964  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    (47,210     47,210  

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    (155,198     155,198  

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:    

 

iShares ETF   Year Ended
10/31/22
     Year Ended
10/31/21
 

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

    

Ordinary income

  $ 1,447,264      $ 1,338,242  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    

Ordinary income

  $ 3,422,061      $ 1,956,106  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    

Ordinary income

  $ 3,121,614      $ 1,275,100  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    

Ordinary income

  $ 2,544,114      $ 1,311,182  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    

Ordinary income

  $ 1,299,480      $ 663,103  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    

Ordinary income

  $ 676,024      $ 93,252  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
    
iShares ETF           Period Ended
10/31/22
 

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    

Ordinary income

     $ 369,619  
    

 

 

 

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

    

Ordinary income

     $ 386,975  
    

 

 

 

As of October 31, 2022, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:    

 

iShares ETF    
Undistributed
Ordinary Income
 
 
    

Non-expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
 
 
(a) 
   
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
 
(b) 
    Total  

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

  $ 223,342      $ (417,837   $ (77,643   $ (272,138

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    437,504        (3,350,761     (2,208,069     (5,121,326

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    611,123        (1,721,311     (4,329,834     (5,440,022

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    419,975        (1,571,118     (3,703,978     (4,855,121

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    198,721        (554,974     (2,464,619     (2,820,872

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    81,066        (302,074     (1,636,533     (1,857,541

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    62,883        (193,964     (1,021,237     (1,152,318

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

    61,420        (319,627     (1,386,552     (1,644,759

 

  (a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
  (b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and amortization methods for premiums and discounts on fixed income securities.    

 

 

 

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As of October 31, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

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

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

  $ 114,880,002      $ 8,752      $ (86,395   $ (77,643

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    194,971,834        212,331        (2,420,400     (2,208,069

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    171,220,324        170,692        (4,500,522     (4,329,830

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    100,219,922        274,320        (3,978,298     (3,703,978

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    44,025,731        139,907        (2,604,526     (2,464,619

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    19,242,010        124,406        (1,760,939     (1,636,533

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    13,432,107        8,605        (1,029,842     (1,021,237

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

    13,611,941        8,806        (1,395,358     (1,386,552

8.     PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: Each Fund may be exposed to prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled during periods of declining interest rates, which would force each Fund to reinvest in lower yielding securities. Each Fund may also be exposed to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that income from each Fund’s portfolio will decline if each Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called fixed-income securities at market interest rates that are below each Fund portfolio’s current earnings rate.

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that BFA believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in high yield securities. High yield securities that are rated below investment-grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) or are unrated may be deemed speculative, involve greater levels of risk than higher-rated securities of similar maturity and are more likely to default. High yield securities may be issued by less creditworthy issuers, and issuers of high yield securities may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations. High yield securities are subject to extreme price fluctuations, may be less liquid than higher rated fixed-income securities, even under normal economic conditions, and frequently have redemption features.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in fixed-income securities and/or use derivatives tied to the fixed-income markets. Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of such investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. The Funds may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically

 

 

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low interest rates. The Federal Reserve has recently begun to raise the federal funds rate as part of its efforts to address inflation. There is a risk that interest rates will continue to rise, which will likely drive down the prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities, and could negatively impact the Funds’ performance.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

9.     CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

     Year Ended
10/31/22
    Year Ended
10/31/21
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares      Amount  

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

        

Shares sold

    1,800,000     $ 43,224,413       2,100,000      $ 50,744,075  

Shares redeemed

    (200,000     (4,803,187             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
    1,600,000     $ 38,421,226       2,100,000      $ 50,744,075  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

        

Shares sold

    4,300,000     $ 102,006,289       2,700,000      $ 66,191,647  

Shares redeemed

    (500,000     (12,004,458             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
    3,800,000     $ 90,001,831       2,700,000      $ 66,191,647  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

        

Shares sold

    4,500,000     $ 102,633,210       1,700,000      $ 41,654,956  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

        

Shares sold

    2,400,000     $ 54,972,737       900,000      $ 22,540,953  

Shares redeemed

    (200,000     (4,684,401             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
    2,200,000     $ 50,288,336       900,000      $ 22,540,953  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

        

Shares sold

    900,000     $ 20,685,709       800,000      $ 20,202,554  

Shares redeemed

    (100,000     (2,386,172             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
    800,000     $ 18,299,537       800,000      $ 20,202,554  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

        

Shares sold

    300,000     $ 6,707,849       500,000      $ 12,517,854  

Shares redeemed

    (100,000     (2,305,504             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
    200,000     $ 4,402,345       500,000      $ 12,517,854  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
                   Period Ended
10/31/22
 
iShares ETF                 Shares      Amount  

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

        

Shares sold

 

    500,000      $ 12,245,249  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

        

Shares sold

 

    500,000      $ 12,510,534  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trust’s administrator, to offset transfer and other

 

 

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transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

10.     SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds’ financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and the following items were noted:

Planned Fund Liquidation: In accordance with its prospectus and its investment objective, the iShares iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income ETF ceased trading after the close of business on December 15, 2022, when all of the bonds included in the Fund’s underlying index matured. Proceeds of the liquidation are currently scheduled to be sent to shareholders on December 21, 2022.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   

 

To the Board of Trustees of

iShares Trust and Shareholders of each of the eight funds listed in the table below

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (eight of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of October 31, 2022, the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of October 31, 2022, the results of each of their operations and the changes in each of their net assets for the periods indicated in the table below, and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America

 

 

iShares iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income ETF (1)

iShares iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income ETF (1)

iShares iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income ETF (1)

iShares iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF (1)

iShares iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF (2)

iShares iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF (3)

iShares iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF (4)

iShares iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF (4)

 

 

(1) 

Statements of operations for the year ended October 31, 2022 and statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2022.

(2) 

Statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2022, and statements of changes in net assets for the year ended October 31, 2022 and the period November 10, 2020 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2021.

(3) 

Statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2022, and statements of changes in net assets for the year ended October 31, 2022 and the period July 7, 2021 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2021.

(4) 

Statement of operations and statement of changes in net assets for the period March 8, 2022 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2022.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 22, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)   

 

The Funds hereby designate the following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, of distributions from direct federal obligation interest for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022:

 

iShares ETF   Federal Obligation
Interest
 

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

    $9,236  

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    1,246  

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    374  

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    232  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    65  

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    5  

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percent of ordinary income dividends attributable to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisers to determine if any portion of the dividends received is exempt from state income tax.

The Funds hereby designate the following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, as interest income eligible to be treated as a Section 163(j) interest dividend for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022:

 

iShares ETF   Interest Dividends  

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

    $1,363,517  

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    3,402,362  

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    3,237,030  

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    2,626,012  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    1,338,372  

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    648,909  

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    407,852  

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

    424,513  

The Funds hereby designate the following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, as interest-related dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022:

 

iShares ETF   Interest-Related
Dividends
 

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income

    $1,102,372  

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income

    3,207,563  

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income

    2,597,628  

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income

    2,491,963  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income

    1,227,264  

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    626,769  

iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income

    376,067  

iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income

    392,403  

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract

 

iShares iBonds 2022 Term HighYield and Income ETF, iShares iBonds 2023 Term HighYield and Income ETF, iShares iBonds 2024 Term HighYield and Income ETF, iShares iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income ETF, iShares iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF, iShares iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income ETF, (each the “Fund”)

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required annually to consider and approve the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Fund. The Board’s consideration entails a year-long process whereby the Board and its committees (composed solely of Independent Board Members) assess BlackRock’s services to the Fund, including investment management; fund accounting; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; legal and compliance services; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Advisory Agreement. At meetings on May 3, 2022 and May 18, 2022, a committee composed of all of the Independent Board Members (the “15(c) Committee”), with independent counsel, met with management and reviewed and discussed information provided in response to initial requests of the 15(c) Committee and/or its independent counsel, and requested certain additional information, which management agreed to provide. At a meeting held on June 13-15, 2022, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the additional information provided by management in response to these requests.

After extensive discussions and deliberations, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA and their cumulative experience as Board Members. The Board noted its satisfaction with the extent and quality of information provided and its frequent interactions with management, as well as the detailed responses and other information provided by BFA. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses and performance of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services provided to the Fund and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, none of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement are discussed below.

Expenses and Performance of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components, including gross and net total expenses, fees and expenses of another fund in which the Fund invests (if applicable), and waivers/reimbursements (if applicable) of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable expense peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board noted that, due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances. The Board also noted that the investment advisory fee rate and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

In addition, to the extent that any of the comparison funds included in the Peer Group, excluding iShares funds, track the same index as the Fund, Broadridge also provided, and the Board reviewed, a comparison of the Fund’s performance for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, and since inception periods, as applicable, and for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, to that of such relevant comparison fund(s) for the same periods. The Board noted that the Fund seeks to track its specified underlying index and that, during the year, the Board received periodic reports on the Fund’s short- and longer-term performance in comparison with its underlying index. Such periodic comparative performance information, including additional detailed information as requested by the Board, was also considered. The Board noted that the Fund generally performed in line with its underlying index over the relevant periods.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level and the historical performance of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided: Based on management’s representations, including information about recent enhancements and initiatives with respect to the iShares business, including with respect to capital markets support and analysis, technology, portfolio management, product design and quality, compliance and risk management, global public policy and other services, the Board expected that there would be no diminution in the scope of services required of or provided by BFA under the Advisory Agreement for the coming year as compared with the scope of services provided by BFA during prior years. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time, including during the past year, to support the iShares funds and their shareholders and have made significant investments into the iShares business. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to the Fund. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and appropriate, and has provided information and made relevant officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources available to them in managing the Fund. In addition to the above considerations, the Board reviewed and considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, provided at the May 3, 2022 meeting and throughout the year, and matters related to BFA’s portfolio compliance program.

Based on review of this information, and the performance information discussed above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract  (continued)

 

Costs of Services Provided to the Fund and Profits Realized by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board reviewed information about the estimated profitability to BlackRock in managing the Fund, based on the fees payable to BFA and its affiliates (including fees under the Advisory Agreement), and other sources of revenue and expense to BFA and its affiliates from the Fund’s operations for the last calendar year. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology for calculating estimated profitability of the iShares funds, noting that the 15(c) Committee and the Board had focused on the methodology and profitability presentation. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors, including, among other things, fee waivers by BFA, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at individual fund levels is challenging. The Board discussed with management the sources of direct and ancillary revenue, including the revenues to BTC, a BlackRock affiliate, from securities lending by the Fund. The Board also discussed BFA’s estimated profit margin as reflected in the Fund’s profitability analysis and reviewed information regarding potential economies of scale (as discussed below).

Based on this review, the Board concluded that the information considered with respect to the profits realized by BFA and its affiliates under the Advisory Agreement and from other relationships between the Fund and BFA and/or its affiliates, if any, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Economies of Scale: The Board reviewed information and considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, noting that the issue of potential economies of scale had been focused on by the 15(c) Committee and the Board during their meetings and addressed by management. The 15(c) Committee and the Board received information regarding BlackRock’s historical estimated profitability, including BFA’s and its affiliates’ estimated costs in providing services. The estimated cost information distinguished, among other things, between fixed and variable costs, and showed how the level and nature of fixed and variable costs may impact the existence or size of scale benefits, with the Board recognizing that potential economies of scale are difficult to measure. The 15(c) Committee and the Board reviewed information provided by BFA regarding the sharing of scale benefits with the iShares funds through various means, including, as applicable, through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints, waivers, or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Agreement for the Fund did not provide for breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

The Board concluded that this review of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board received and considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”). The Board acknowledged BFA’s representation that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts.

The Board received detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts generally differ from the Fund, including in terms of the types of services and generally more extensive services provided to the Fund, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board also acknowledged management’s assertion that, for certain iShares funds, and for client segmentation purposes, BlackRock has launched an iShares fund that may provide a similar investment exposure at a lower investment advisory fee rate.

The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement and noted that the investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund was generally higher than the investment advisory/management fee rates for certain of the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) and concluded that the differences appeared to be consistent with the factors discussed.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: The Board reviewed other benefits or ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Fund by BFA, both direct and indirect, including, but not limited to, payment of revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, for loaning portfolio securities (which was included in the profit margins reviewed by the Board pursuant to BFA’s estimated profitability methodology), payment of advisory fees or other fees to BFA (or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services or other services, and BlackRock’s profile in the investment community. The Board also noted the revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that permits a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate under the Advisory Agreement does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the coming year.

 

 

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iShares iBonds 2028 Term High Yield and Income ETF,iShares iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF

Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”), is required to consider and approve the proposed Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and BFA (the “Advisory Contract”) on behalf of the Fund. The Independent Trustees requested, and BFA provided, such information as the Independent Board Members, with advice from independent counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the proposed Advisory Contract. At a meeting held on December 9 – December 10, 2021, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, approved the selection of BFA as investment adviser and approved the proposed Advisory Contract for the Fund, based on a review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. The Board also considered information previously provided by BFA, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), as applicable, at prior Board meetings. The Independent Board Members were advised by their independent counsel throughout the process, including about the legal standards applicable to their review. In approving the Advisory Contract for the Fund, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered various factors, including: (i) the expenses of the Fund; (ii) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by BFA; (iii) the costs of services to be provided to the Fund and the availability of information related to profits to be realized by BFA and its affiliates; (iv) potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits; (v) the fees and services provided for other comparable funds/accounts managed by BFA and its affiliates; and (vi) other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates. The material factors, no one of which was controlling, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board, including the Independent Board Members, to approve the Advisory Contract are discussed below.

Expenses of the Fund: The Board reviewed statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, regarding the expense ratio components of the Fund in comparison with the same information for other ETFs, objectively selected by Broadridge as comprising the Fund’s applicable peer group pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary ETF methodology (the “Peer Group”). The Board was provided with a detailed description of the proprietary ETF methodology used by Broadridge to determine the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board further noted that due to the limitations in providing comparable funds in the Peer Group, the statistical information provided in Broadridge’s report may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund in all instances.

The Board also noted that the overall fund expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the overall fund expenses (net of any waivers and reimbursements) of the funds in its Peer Group, excluding iShares funds.

Based on this review, the other factors considered at the meeting, and their general knowledge of ETF pricing, the Board concluded that the investment advisory fee rate and expense level of the Fund supported the Board’s approval of the Advisory Contract.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services: The Board reviewed the scope of services to be provided by BFA under the Advisory Contract. In reviewing the scope of these services, the Board considered BFA’s investment philosophy and experience, noting that BFA and its affiliates have committed significant resources over time and have made significant investments into the iShares business to support the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board considered representations by BFA, BTC, and BlackRock that the scope and quality of services to be provided to the Fund would be similar to the scope and quality of services provided to other iShares funds. The Board also considered BFA’s compliance program and its compliance record with respect to other iShares funds. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, and on other occasions as necessary and relevant, and has provided information and made appropriate officers and other employees of BFA (and its affiliates) available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters. The Board also reviewed the background and experience of the persons who will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, as well as the resources that will be available to them in managing the Fund. The Board also considered detailed presentations regarding BFA’s investment performance, investment and risk management processes and strategies, which were provided throughout the year with respect to other iShares funds.

Based on review of this information, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided to the Fund under the Advisory Contract supported the Board’s approval of the Advisory Contract.

Costs of Services to be Provided to the Fund and Profits to be Realized by BFA and Affiliates: The Board did not consider the profitability of the Fund to BFA based on the fees payable under the Advisory Contract or revenue to be received by BFA or its affiliates in connection with services to be provided to the Fund since the proposed relationship had not yet commenced. The Board noted that it expects to receive profitability information from BFA periodically following the Fund’s launch and will thus be in a position to evaluate whether any new or additional breakpoints or other adjustments in Fund fees would be appropriate.

Economies of Scale: The Board considered information that it had previously received regarding economies of scale, efficiencies and scale benefits shared with the iShares funds through relatively low fee rates established at inception, breakpoints and waivers or other fee reductions, as well as through additional investment in the iShares business and the provision of improved or additional infrastructure and services to the iShares funds and their shareholders. The Board noted that the Advisory Contract for the Fund did not provide for any breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee rate as the assets of the Fund increase. However, the Board noted that it would continue to assess the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future.

This consideration of potential economies of scale and the sharing of related benefits, as well as the other factors considered at the meeting, supported the Board’s approval of the Advisory Contract.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and its Affiliates: The Board considered information regarding the investment advisory/management fee rates for other funds/accounts in the U.S. for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory/management services, including open-end funds registered under the 1940 Act (including sub-advised funds), collective trust funds, and institutional separate accounts (collectively, the “Other Accounts”), and acknowledged BFA’s assertion that the iShares funds are fundamentally different investment vehicles from the Other Accounts. The Board noted that BFA and its affiliates do not manage Other Accounts with substantially the same investment objective and strategy as the Fund and that track the same index as the Fund. The Board further noted that BFA previously provided the Board with detailed information regarding how the Other Accounts (particularly institutional clients) generally differ from the iShares

 

 

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funds, including in terms of the different and generally more extensive services provided to the iShares funds, as well as other significant differences. In that regard, the Board considered that the pricing of services to institutional clients is typically based on a number of factors beyond the nature and extent of the specific services to be provided and often depends on the overall relationship between the client and its affiliates and the adviser and its affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the relative complexity and inherent risks and challenges of managing and providing other services to the Fund, as a publicly traded investment vehicle, as compared to the Other Accounts, particularly those that are institutional clients, in light of differing regulatory requirements and client-imposed mandates. The Board considered the “all-inclusive” nature of the Fund’s advisory fee structure, and the Fund’s expenses borne by BFA under this arrangement.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or its Affiliates: Except as noted below, the Board did not consider the “fallout” benefits or ancillary revenue to be received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services to be provided to the Fund by BFA since the proposed relationship had not yet commenced. However, the Board noted that BFA generally does not use soft dollars or consider the value of research or other services that may be provided to BFA (including its affiliates) in selecting brokers for portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Board considered the potential payment of advisory fees and/or administration fees to BFA(or its affiliates) in connection with any investments by the Fund in other funds for which BFA (or its affiliates) provides investment advisory services and/or administration services. The Board also noted the potential revenue to be received by BFA and/or its affiliates pursuant to an agreement that would permit a service provider to use certain portions of BlackRock’s technology platform to service accounts managed by BFA and/or its affiliates, including the iShares funds. The Board also considered the potential for revenue to BTC, the Fund’s securities lending agent, and its affiliates in the event of any loaning of portfolio securities of the Fund. The Board further noted that any portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund placed through a BFA affiliate or purchased from an underwriting syndicate in which a BFA affiliate participates (including associated commissions), will be reported to the Board pursuant to Rule 17e-1 or Rule 10f-3, as applicable, under the 1940 Act. The Board concluded that any such ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Fund and thus would not alter the Board’s conclusion with respect to the appropriateness of approving the Advisory Contract.

Conclusion: Based on a review of the factors described above, as well as such other factors as deemed appropriate by the Board, the Board, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund investment advisory fee rate under theAdvisory Contract does not constitute a fee that is so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services to be rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded to approve the Advisory Contract.

 

 

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Supplemental Information  (unaudited)

 

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

October 31, 2022

 

     Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year
    % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year
 
iShares ETF   Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
    Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
 

iBonds 2022 Term High Yield and Income(a)

  $ 0.405237     $     $ 0.001029     $ 0.406266       100         0 %(b)      100

iBonds 2023 Term High Yield and Income(a)

    0.720699             0.000315       0.721014       100             0 (b)      100  

iBonds 2024 Term High Yield and Income(a)

    1.023953             0.000516       1.024469       100             0 (b)      100  

iBonds 2025 Term High Yield and Income(a)

    1.223557             0.003613       1.227170       100             0 (b)      100  

iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income(a)

    1.257217             0.002076       1.259293       100             0 (b)      100  

iBonds 2027 Term High Yield and Income

    1.202144                   1.202144       100                   100  

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

Rounds to less than 1%.

 

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (unaudited)

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fundis included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 379 funds as of October 31, 2022. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Robert S.

Kapito(a) (65)

  

Trustee

(since 2009).

   President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).    Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Salim Ramji(b)

(52)

  

Trustee

(since 2019).

   Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019).

(a) Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b) Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

John E.

Kerrigan (67)

   Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).    Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).

Jane D.

Carlin (66)

   Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).    Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).

Richard L.

Fagnani (67)

   Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).   

Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016).

   Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Independent Trustees (continued)
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Cecilia H.

Herbert (73)

   Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).    Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018) and Investment Committee (since 2011); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (since 1992) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015-2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Trustee of Thrivent Church Loan and Income Fund (since 2019).

Drew E.

Lawton (63)

   Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).    Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017).

John E.

Martinez (61)

   Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).    Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).

Madhav V.

Rajan (58)

   Trustee (since 2011); Fixed-Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).    Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011).
Officers
     
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Armando

Senra (51)

   President (since 2019).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2007); Head of U.S., Canada and Latam iShares, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2019); Head of Latin America Region, BlackRock, Inc. (2006-2019); Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (1994-2006).

Trent

Walker (48)

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Charles

Park (55)

   Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006).    Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).

Marisa

Rolland (42)

   Secretary (since 2022).    Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Vice President, BlackRock, Inc. (2010-2017).

Rachel

Aguirre (40)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).

Jennifer

Hsui (46)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

James

Mauro (52)

   Executive Vice President (since 2022).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

 

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Effective March 18, 2022, Rachel Aguirre, Jennifer Hsui, and James Mauro have replaced Scott Radell, Alan Mason, and Marybeth Leithead as Executive Vice Presidents.

 

Effective June 15, 2022, Marisa Rolland replaced Deepa Damre Smith as Secretary.

 

 

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General Information

 

Electronic Delivery

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

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

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

Householding

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

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
PIK   Payment-in-kind
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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This report is intended for the Funds’ shareholders. It may not be distributed to prospective investors unless it is preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Bloomberg Index Services Limited, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.

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