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