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  FEBRUARY 28, 2023

 

 

  

   2023 Annual Report

 

iShares Trust

 

·  

iShares BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF | LQDB | NYSE Arca

 

·  

iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | USIG | NASDAQ

 

·  

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | IGSB | NASDAQ

 

·  

iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | IGIB | NASDAQ

 

·  

iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | IGLB | NYSE Arca


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

Significant economic headwinds emerged during the 12-month reporting period ended February 28, 2023, as investors navigated changing economic conditions and volatile markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first half of 2022 before returning to modest growth in the second half of the year, 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 before beginning to moderate. 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 during the first half of the reporting period. Both large-and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, although equities began to recover in the second half of the period as inflation eased and economic growth resumed. Emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets declined overall, pressured by rising interest rates and a strong U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose notably during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to fluctuating inflation data and attempted to anticipate its impact on future interest rate changes. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and higher interest rates led to rising borrowing costs for corporate issuers.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation has been more persistent than expected, raised interest rates eight times. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and accelerated the reduction of its balance sheet.

Restricted labor supply kept inflation elevated even as other inflation drivers, such as goods prices and energy costs, moderated. While economic growth slowed in the last year, we believe that taming inflation requires a more substantial decline that lowers demand to a level more in line with the economy’s productive capacity. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes, it still seems determined 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, but the dimming economic outlook has not yet been fully reflected in current market prices. We believe 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. Turmoil in the banking sector shortly following the end of the period highlighted the potential for the knock-on effects of substantially higher interest rates to disrupt markets with little warning.

While we favor an overweight to equities in the long term, several factors lead us to take an underweight stance on equities overall in the near term. Expectations for corporate earnings remain elevated, which seems inconsistent with the possibility of a recession in a business environment characterized by higher costs and reduced pricing power. Nevertheless, we are overweight on emerging market stocks as a weaker U.S. dollar provides a supportive backdrop. We also see long-term opportunities in credit, where valuations are appealing and higher yields provide attractive income, although we are neutral on credit in the near term, as we believe that troubles in the banking sector will likely lead to reduced lending. However, we believe there are still some strong opportunities for a six- to twelve-month horizon, particularly short-term U.S. Treasuries, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds denominated in local currency.

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.

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of February 28, 2023
     
     6-Month    12-Month 
   

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

    1.26%      (7.69)%
   

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

  3.63    (6.02)
   

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

  12.58     (3.14)
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (2.29)   (15.28)  
   

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

  1.74   2.11
   

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

  (4.81)   (14.06)  
   

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

  (2.13)   (9.72)
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  0.66   (5.10)
   

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

  2.52   (5.45)
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

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T H I S   P A G E   I S   N O T   P A R T   O F   Y O U R   F U N D   R E P O R T


Table of Contents

 

     Page  

 

 

The Markets in Review

     2  

Annual Report:

  

Market Overview

     4  

Fund Summary

     5  

About Fund Performance

     15  

Disclosure of Expenses

     15  

Schedules of Investments

     16  

Financial Statements

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     239  

Statements of Operations

     241  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     243  

Financial Highlights

     246  

Notes to Financial Statements

     251  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     261  

Important Tax Information

     262  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

     263  

Supplemental Information

     264  

Trustee and Officer Information

     266  

General Information

     269  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     270  

 

 

 

 


Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

U.S. Corporate Bond Market Overview

Investment-grade corporate bonds posted negative total returns during the 12 months ended February 28, 2023 (the “reporting period”). The Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index returned -12.11% for the reporting period and underperformed the -9.72% of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, a broad measure of the overall bond market.

The poor return for the fixed-income market reflected the backdrop of elevated inflation and rising short-term interest rates. Consumer price inflation—which began to rise in late 2021—took another leg higher following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, with year-over-year increases of over 8% in each month of March to September. While inflation showed signs of cooling in late 2022, it nonetheless remained in a range of 6.0% to 7.1% over the final four months of the period – well above the U.S. Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) stated target of 2%.

The Fed responded to rising inflation by winding down its stimulative quantitative easing program and beginning to raise interest rates aggressively. The Fed boosted short-term rates eight times over the course of the 12-month period, moving the benchmark fed funds rate from a range of 0.0% - 0.25% to 4.5% - 4.75%. This represented the fastest increase in such a short span of time in decades. In addition, the Fed’s communications repeatedly stated the central bank’s intent to remain steadfast in its commitment to fighting inflation. This approach quashed periodic hopes for a pivot toward a less restrictive policy, and it prompted investors to ratchet up their expectations for the likely “terminal rate;” in other words, the level at which the Fed could stop raising rates.

These circumstances created significant headwinds for the fixed-income market. The yield on the two-year U.S. Treasury note rose from 1.43% to 4.82% (as its price fell) over the course of the year, while the 10-year yield climbed from 1.83% to 3.92%. Rising Treasury yields, in turn, translated to poor performance across virtually all segments of the bond market.

Investment-grade corporate bonds underperformed Treasuries, with lower-quality and longer-dated securities experiencing the weakest returns. Investors’ reduced appetite for risk contributed to an increase in yield spreads versus government issues over the first eight months of the period, as did concerns that the combination of rising inflation and slowing economic growth would crimp both profit margins and earnings. Corporates experienced improving relative performance from November onward, however, offsetting most of the category’s previous shortfall. Notably, the absolute yields on corporate bonds increased considerably during the period. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the yield on the ICE BofA US Corporate Index climbed above 6% in October 2022—its highest level since mid-2009—and finished February 2023 at 5.58%, up from 3.12% a year earlier.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2023     iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of BBB (or its equivalent) fixed rate U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporate issuers, as represented by the iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade BBB 0+ 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

    (10.14 )%       (7.22 )%        (10.14 )%       (12.53 )% 

Fund Market

    (10.18      (7.18       (10.18      (12.45

Index

    (9.90      (7.12         (9.90      (12.36

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 5/18/21. The first day of secondary market trading was 5/20/21.

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

(09/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending
Account Value
(02/28/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(09/01/22)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(02/28/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized  
Expense  
Ratio  
 
 
 
      $      1,000.00          $        992.70          $      0.74               $      1,000.00          $      1,024.10          $      0.75          0.15%  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2023  (continued)    iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

S&P Credit Rating*

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

A

    0.8

A-

    3.0  

BBB+

    31.2  

BBB

    41.6  

BBB-

    22.6  

BB+

    0.4  

Not Rated

    0.4  

MATURITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Maturity

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

0-1 Year

    3.7

1-5 Years

    34.7  

5-10 Years

    28.3  

10-15 Years

    4.6  

15-20 Years

    5.7  

More than 20 Years

    23.0  
  *

Credit quality ratings shown reflect the ratings assigned by S&P Global Ratings, a widely used independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organization. S&P credit ratings are opinions of the credit quality of individual obligations or of an issuer’s general creditworthiness. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB or lower. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 
  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2023     iShares® Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds, as represented by the ICE BofA US Corporate Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

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

Fund NAV

    (9.99 )%      1.10     1.83        (9.99 )%      5.61     19.87

Fund Market

    (10.27     1.11       1.82          (10.27     5.66       19.75  

Index

    (10.02     1.20       1.99                (10.02     6.14       21.81  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

On March 01, 2021 the Fund began to track the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA US Corporate Index. Index data on and after March 01, 2021 is for the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA US Corporate Index. Historical index data from August 01, 2018 through February 28, 2021 is for the 3pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA US Corporate Index. Historical index data prior to August 01, 2018 is for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Credit Bond Index.

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

(09/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(02/28/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

           

Beginning

Account Value

(09/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(02/28/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

      

Annualized  

Expense  

Ratio  

 

 

 

      $      1,000.00          $        990.30          $      0.20               $      1,000.00          $      1,024.60          $      0.20          0.04%  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2023  (continued)    iShares® Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Moody’s Credit Rating*

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Aaa

    2.2

Aa

    6.5  

A

    40.7  

Baa

    47.0  

Ba

    1.5  

Not Rated

    2.1  

MATURITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Maturity

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

1-5 Years

    38.1

5-10 Years

    27.6  

10-15 Years

    6.7  

15-20 Years

    7.4  

More than 20 Years

    20.2  
  *

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 February 28, 2023     iShares® 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds with remaining maturities between one and five years, as represented by the ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

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

Fund NAV

    (3.32 )%      1.58     1.28        (3.32 )%      8.15     13.59

Fund Market

    (3.41     1.59       1.26          (3.41     8.23       13.38  

Index

    (3.62     1.63       1.47                (3.62     8.41       15.75  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

On March 01, 2021 the Fund began to track the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index. Index data on and after March 01, 2021 is for the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index. Historical index from August 01, 2020 through February 28, 2021 is for the 3pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index. Historical Index data prior to August 01, 2018 is for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1-3 Year Credit Bond Index.

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

(09/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(02/28/23)

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

           

Beginning

Account Value

(09/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(02/28/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

      

Annualized  

Expense  

Ratio  

 

 

 

      $      1,000.00          $        1,001.60          $      0.25               $      1,000.00          $      1,024.50          $      0.25          0.05%  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2023  (continued)    iShares® 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Moody’s Credit Rating*

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

Aaa

    2.1

Aa

    6.0  

A

    45.7  

Baa

    43.0  

Ba

    1.1  

Not Rated

    2.1  

MATURITY ALLOCATION

 

   
    Percent of  

Maturity

    Total Investments (a) 
   

1-2 Years

    22.1

2-3 Years

    30.6  

3-4 Years

    23.7  

4-5 Years

    18.5  

5-6 Years

    4.4  

6-7 Years

    0.2  

7-8 Years

    0.1  

8-9 Years

    0.2  

9-10 Years

    0.1  

21-22 Years

    0.1  
  *

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 February 28, 2023    iShares® 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds with remaining maturities between five and ten years, as represented by the ICE BofA 5-10 Year US Corporate Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

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

Fund NAV

    (9.47 )%       1.58      1.71             (9.47 )%       8.17      18.47

Fund Market

    (9.59      1.60        1.71         (9.59      8.24        18.44  

Index

    (9.59      1.64        1.85               (9.59      8.48        20.18  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

On March 01, 2021 the Fund began to track the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA 5-10 Year US Corporate Index. Index data on and after March 01, 2021 is for the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA 5-10 Year US Corporate Index. Historical index data from August 01, 2018 through February 28, 2021 is for the 3pm pricing variant of the ICE BofAML 5-10 Year US Corporate Index. Historical Index data prior to August 01, 2018 is for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Credit Bond Index.

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
(09/01/22)

 


 

      


Ending

Account Value
(02/28/23)

 


 

      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(09/01/22)
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(02/28/23)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a) 
      

Annualized  
Expense  
Ratio  
 
 
 

 

    $        1,000.00          $      994.00          $        0.25               $      1,000.00          $      1,024.50          $      0.25          0.05%  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2023  (continued)    iShares® 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

 

Moody’s Credit Rating*

   

Percent of

Total Investments


(a) 

Aaa

    0.8

Aa

    4.5  

A

    38.6  

Baa

    51.5  

Ba

    2.4  

Not Rated

    2.2  

MATURITY ALLOCATION

 

 

Maturity

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

1-5 Years

    0.3

5-10 Years

    91.3  

10-15 Years

    7.3  

15-20 Years

    0.1  

More than 20 Years

    1.0  

 

  *

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 February 28, 2023  (continued)    iShares® 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds with remaining maturities greater than ten years, as represented by the ICE BofA 10+ Year US Corporate Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

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

Fund NAV

    (17.18 )%       0.30      2.18       (17.18 )%       1.50      24.07

Fund Market

    (17.68      0.37        2.15         (17.68      1.86        23.72  

Index

    (17.14      0.46        2.46               (17.14      2.30        27.48  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

On March 01, 2021 the Fund began to track the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA 10+ Year US Corporate Index. Index data on and after March 01, 2021 is for the 4pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA 10+ Year US Corporate Index. Historical index data from August 01, 2018 through February 28, 2021 is for the 3pm pricing variant of the ICE BofA 10+ Year US Corporate Index. Historical Index data prior to August 01, 2018 is for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit Index.

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
(09/01/22)

 


 

      

Ending

Account Value

(02/28/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

           

Beginning

Account Value

(09/01/22)

 

 

 

      

Ending

Account Value

(02/28/23)

 

 

 

      

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

      

Annualized  

Expense  

Ratio  

 

 

 

      $        1,000.00          $      973.30          $        0.24               $      1,000.00          $      1,024.50          $        0.25          0.05%  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2023  (continued)    iShares® 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Portfolio Information

 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

 

Moody’s Credit Rating*

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Aaa

    3.3

Aa

    8.7  

A

    37.6  

Baa

    47.3  

Ba

    1.5  

Not Rated

    1.6  

MATURITY ALLOCATION

 

 

Maturity

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

10-15 Years

    13.2

15-20 Years

    23.6  

More than 20 Years

    63.2  

 

  *

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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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

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   
Advertising — 0.2%            

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The), 5.40%, 10/01/48 (Call 04/01/48)

  $ 15     $ 14,196  

Omnicom Group Inc., 2.60%, 08/01/31 (Call 05/01/31)(a)

    34       27,914  
   

 

 

 
      42,110  
Aerospace & Defense — 3.1%            

Boeing Co. (The)

   

4.88%, 05/01/25 (Call 04/01/25)

        112       110,336  

5.04%, 05/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)

    60       59,065  

5.15%, 05/01/30 (Call 02/01/30)

    79       76,522  

5.71%, 05/01/40 (Call 11/01/39)

    37       35,398  

5.81%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)

    71       67,424  

5.93%, 05/01/60 (Call 11/01/59)

    37       34,561  

L3Harris Technologies Inc., 4.40%, 06/15/28 (Call 03/15/28)

    56       53,970  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

3.25%, 01/15/28 (Call 10/15/27)

    82       75,775  

4.03%, 10/15/47 (Call 04/15/47)

    34       27,973  

5.25%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)(a)

    19       18,682  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

2.82%, 09/01/51 (Call 03/01/51)

    37       24,183  

4.13%, 11/16/28 (Call 08/16/28)

    97       92,289  

4.50%, 06/01/42

    52       46,693  

4.63%, 11/16/48 (Call 05/16/48)

    49       44,348  
   

 

 

 
      767,219  
Agriculture — 1.9%            

Altria Group Inc.

   

4.40%, 02/14/26 (Call 12/14/25)(a)

    41       40,124  

4.80%, 02/14/29 (Call 11/14/28)

    30       28,729  

5.80%, 02/14/39 (Call 08/14/38)

    37       34,055  

5.95%, 02/14/49 (Call 08/14/48)

    75       66,793  

BAT Capital Corp.

   

2.73%, 03/25/31 (Call 12/25/30)

    15       11,673  

3.22%, 08/15/24 (Call 06/15/24)

    56       53,986  

3.56%, 08/15/27 (Call 05/15/27)

    71       64,712  

4.39%, 08/15/37 (Call 02/15/37)

    34       26,315  

4.54%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

    49       34,967  

4.74%, 03/16/32 (Call 12/16/31)

    34       30,446  

5.65%, 03/16/52 (Call 09/16/51)

    26       21,893  

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 2.75%, 05/14/31 (Call 02/14/31)(a)

    15       12,341  

Reynolds American Inc., 4.45%, 06/12/25 (Call 03/12/25)

    56       54,475  
   

 

 

 
      480,509  
Apparel — 0.1%            

VF Corp., 2.40%, 04/23/25 (Call 03/23/25)

    37       34,610  
   

 

 

 

Auto Manufacturers — 1.8%

   

General Motors Co.

   

6.25%, 10/02/43

    56       52,745  

6.60%, 04/01/36 (Call 10/01/35)

    37       36,940  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc.

   

1.25%, 01/08/26 (Call 12/08/25)

    150       132,600  

1.70%, 08/18/23

    112       110,089  

2.35%, 01/08/31 (Call 10/08/30)

    97       74,497  

2.90%, 02/26/25 (Call 01/26/25)

    37       35,058  
   

 

 

 
          441,929  
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.2%            

Aptiv PLC, 3.10%, 12/01/51 (Call 06/01/51)

    19       11,389  

Aptiv PLC/Aptiv Corp.

   

3.25%, 03/01/32 (Call 12/01/31)(a)

    11       9,172  

4.15%, 05/01/52 (Call 11/01/51)

    11       8,008  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Auto Parts & Equipment (continued)

   

BorgWarner Inc., 2.65%, 07/01/27 (Call 05/01/27)

  $ 26     $ 23,326  

Lear Corp., 5.25%, 05/15/49 (Call 11/15/48)

    7       5,882  
   

 

 

 
      57,777  
Banks — 8.1%            

Barclays PLC

   

2.67%, 03/10/32 (Call 03/10/31), (1 year CMT + 1.200%)(b)

        200       155,765  

3.65%, 03/16/25

    225       215,955  

Citigroup Inc.

   

3.50%, 05/15/23

    94       93,680  

4.45%, 09/29/27

    75       71,577  

4.60%, 03/09/26

    34       33,087  

4.75%, 05/18/46

    37       31,668  

6.63%, 06/15/32

    15       15,813  

6.68%, 09/13/43

    19       20,801  

Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY, 2.13%, 11/24/26 (Call 11/24/25), (1 day SOFR + 1.870%)(b)

    150       134,324  

Fifth Third Bancorp.

   

4.30%, 01/16/24 (Call 12/16/23)

    131       129,715  

4.77%, 07/28/30 (Call 07/28/29), (1 day SOFR + 2.127%)(b)

    5       4,787  

6.36%, 10/27/28 (Call 10/27/27), (1 day SOFR + 2.192%)(b)

    50       51,526  

8.25%, 03/01/38

    11       13,589  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

   

4.25%, 10/21/25

    37       35,875  

5.15%, 05/22/45

    50       46,315  

6.75%, 10/01/37

    82       86,875  

HSBC Holdings PLC, 4.25%, 08/18/25

    225       217,457  

KeyCorp, 4.79%, 06/01/33 (Call 06/01/32), (1 day SOFR + 2.060%)(b)

    60       56,519  

Morgan Stanley, 5.00%, 11/24/25

    82       81,102  

Santander Holdings USA Inc., 3.45%, 06/02/25 (Call 05/02/25)

    75       71,256  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, 1.09%, 03/15/25 (Call 03/15/24), (1 day SOFR + 0.787%)(b)

    225       213,166  

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

4.30%, 07/22/27

    79       76,138  

4.75%, 12/07/46

    55       47,210  

4.90%, 11/17/45

    90       79,417  

Westpac Banking Corp.

   

2.96%, 11/16/40

    22       14,940  

3.13%, 11/18/41

    19       13,034  
   

 

 

 
          2,011,591  
Beverages — 2.9%            

Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

   

4.70%, 02/01/36 (Call 08/01/35)

    90       84,539  

4.90%, 02/01/46 (Call 08/01/45)

    159       145,652  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

   

3.50%, 06/01/30 (Call 03/01/30)(a)

    52       47,401  

3.65%, 02/01/26 (Call 11/01/25)

    60       57,470  

4.60%, 04/15/48 (Call 10/15/47)

    38       33,499  

5.45%, 01/23/39 (Call 07/23/38)

    37       36,821  

5.55%, 01/23/49 (Call 07/23/48)

    67       67,357  

Constellation Brands Inc.

   

3.70%, 12/06/26 (Call 09/06/26)

    45       42,530  

3.75%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)

    22       16,347  

4.75%, 05/09/32 (Call 02/09/32)

    26       24,702  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

   

0.75%, 03/15/24 (Call 03/31/23)

    75       71,356  

2.25%, 03/15/31 (Call 12/15/30)

    37       29,634  

3.35%, 03/15/51 (Call 09/15/50)

    34       23,276  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Beverages (continued)

   

Molson Coors Beverage Co., 4.20%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

  $ 34     $ 26,456  
   

 

 

 
      707,040  
Biotechnology — 3.0%            

Amgen Inc.

   

2.20%, 02/21/27 (Call 12/21/26)

    49       43,903  

2.30%, 02/25/31 (Call 11/25/30)

    56       45,370  

2.77%, 09/01/53 (Call 03/01/53)

    37       22,251  

2.80%, 08/15/41 (Call 02/15/41)

    45       30,972  

3.63%, 05/22/24 (Call 02/22/24)

    94       92,019  

4.40%, 05/01/45 (Call 11/01/44)

    64       53,531  

4.66%, 06/15/51 (Call 12/15/50)

    56       48,219  

Baxalta Inc., 5.25%, 06/23/45 (Call 12/23/44)

    52       49,354  

Biogen Inc.

   

3.15%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)

    11       7,230  

3.25%, 02/15/51 (Call 08/15/50)

    30       20,269  

4.05%, 09/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)

    37       35,825  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

   

0.75%, 09/29/23 (Call 03/13/23)

    75       73,129  

1.65%, 10/01/30 (Call 07/01/30)

    86       68,033  

4.75%, 03/01/46 (Call 09/01/45)

    56       50,540  

4.80%, 04/01/44 (Call 10/01/43)

    41       37,672  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

   

1.75%, 09/15/30 (Call 06/15/30)

    7       5,437  

2.80%, 09/15/50 (Call 03/15/50)

    11       6,853  

Royalty Pharma PLC

   

1.20%, 09/02/25 (Call 08/02/25)

    37       33,130  

3.30%, 09/02/40 (Call 03/02/40)

    30       20,824  
   

 

 

 
      744,561  
Building Materials — 0.7%            

Carrier Global Corp.

   

2.24%, 02/15/25 (Call 01/15/25)

    21       19,724  

2.49%, 02/15/27 (Call 12/15/26)

    56       50,440  

3.58%, 04/05/50 (Call 10/05/49)

    37       26,521  

Johnson Controls International PLC/Tyco Fire & Security Finance SCA, 2.00%, 09/16/31 (Call 06/16/31)

    26       20,483  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

   

3.20%, 07/15/51 (Call 01/15/51)

    26       17,603  

3.50%, 12/15/27 (Call 09/15/27)

    19       17,830  

Vulcan Materials Co.

   

3.50%, 06/01/30 (Call 03/01/30)

    19       16,843  

4.50%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

    7       5,970  
   

 

 

 
          175,414  
Chemicals — 2.0%            

Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC

   

6.17%, 07/15/27 (Call 06/15/27)

        22       21,850  

6.33%, 07/15/29 (Call 05/15/29)(a)

    22       21,627  

CF Industries Inc., 5.38%, 03/15/44

    11       9,702  

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

   

2.10%, 11/15/30 (Call 08/15/30)

    37       29,864  

3.60%, 11/15/50 (Call 05/15/50)

    85       61,051  

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

   

4.73%, 11/15/28 (Call 08/15/28)

    60       58,881  

5.42%, 11/15/48 (Call 05/15/48)

    37       35,432  

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

4.50%, 12/01/28 (Call 09/01/28)(a)

    19       18,153  

4.65%, 10/15/44 (Call 04/15/44)

    15       12,488  

FMC Corp., 3.45%, 10/01/29 (Call 07/01/29)

    11       9,720  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., 5.00%, 09/26/48 (Call 03/26/48)

    15       12,463  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Chemicals (continued)            

LYB International Finance III LLC

   

3.80%, 10/01/60 (Call 04/01/60)

  $ 22     $ 14,642  

4.20%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)(a)

    37       27,757  

Mosaic Co. (The), 4.05%, 11/15/27 (Call 08/15/27)

    30       28,416  

Nutrien Ltd.

   

2.95%, 05/13/30 (Call 02/13/30)

    22       18,767  

3.95%, 05/13/50 (Call 11/13/49)

    11       8,378  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

   

3.45%, 06/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)(a)

    67       62,806  

4.50%, 06/01/47 (Call 12/01/46)

    34       28,294  

Westlake Corp., 5.00%, 08/15/46 (Call 02/15/46)

    19       15,988  
   

 

 

 
          496,279  
Commercial Services — 0.9%            

Block Financial LLC, 2.50%, 07/15/28 (Call 05/15/28)

    22       18,761  

Equifax Inc., 2.35%, 09/15/31 (Call 06/15/31)

    26       20,480  

Global Payments Inc.

   

1.20%, 03/01/26 (Call 02/01/26)

        161       140,803  

4.15%, 08/15/49 (Call 02/15/49)

    7       5,049  

Moody’s Corp., 2.00%, 08/19/31 (Call 05/19/31)(a)

    11       8,661  

RELX Capital Inc., 4.00%, 03/18/29 (Call 12/18/28)

    37       34,273  

Verisk Analytics Inc., 3.63%, 05/15/50 (Call 11/15/49)

    7       4,884  
   

 

 

 
      232,911  
Computers — 1.8%            

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

   

3.45%, 12/15/51 (Call 06/15/51)(c)

    22       13,401  

6.02%, 06/15/26 (Call 03/15/26)

    120       121,535  

8.10%, 07/15/36 (Call 01/15/36)

    26       29,162  

8.35%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/15/46)

    5       5,695  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

1.45%, 04/01/24 (Call 03/01/24)

    94       89,938  

6.35%, 10/15/45 (Call 04/15/45)

    19       18,628  

HP Inc.

   

2.20%, 06/17/25 (Call 05/17/25)

    30       28,074  

2.65%, 06/17/31 (Call 03/17/31)

    37       29,070  

4.75%, 01/15/28 (Call 12/15/27)

    49       47,164  

6.00%, 09/15/41(a)

    19       18,568  

Kyndryl Holdings Inc., 2.70%, 10/15/28 (Call 08/15/28)

    19       15,544  

Leidos Inc., 4.38%, 05/15/30 (Call 02/15/30)

    26       23,829  
   

 

 

 
      440,608  
Diversified Financial Services — 3.4%            

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.40%, 10/29/33 (Call 07/29/33)

    160       124,158  

Air Lease Corp.

   

0.70%, 02/15/24 (Call 01/15/24)

    56       53,364  

2.10%, 09/01/28 (Call 07/01/28)

    56       46,233  

2.88%, 01/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)(a)

    37       34,110  

Ally Financial Inc.

   

2.20%, 11/02/28 (Call 09/02/28)(a)

    56       45,640  

8.00%, 11/01/31

    19       20,451  

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

    112       111,448  

CI Financial Corp., 4.10%, 06/15/51 (Call 12/15/50)

    12       7,197  

Discover Financial Services, 4.10%, 02/09/27 (Call 11/09/26)(a)

    75       71,085  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc., 6.25%, 01/15/36

    34       35,290  

Nasdaq Inc.

   

1.65%, 01/15/31 (Call 10/15/30)

    37       28,307  

3.25%, 04/28/50 (Call 10/28/49)

    30       20,207  

Nomura Holdings Inc., 1.85%, 07/16/25

    200       182,472  

Synchrony Financial, 2.88%, 10/28/31 (Call 07/28/31)

    37       27,812  

 

 

S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

  17


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Diversified Financial Services (continued)            

Western Union Co. (The), 1.35%, 03/15/26 (Call 02/15/26)

  $ 37     $ 32,622  
   

 

 

 
      840,396  
Electric — 4.8%            

AEP Texas Inc., Series I, 2.10%, 07/01/30 (Call 04/01/30)

        30       24,156  

AES Corp. (The), 2.45%, 01/15/31 (Call 10/15/30)

    26       20,648  

Avangrid Inc., 3.20%, 04/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

    37       35,170  

Constellation Energy Generation LLC, 6.25%, 10/01/39

    19       19,562  

Dominion Energy Inc.

   

Series B, 3.30%, 04/15/41 (Call 10/15/40)

    19       14,079  

Series C, 3.38%, 04/01/30 (Call 01/01/30)

    60       52,472  

DTE Energy Co., Series C, 2.53%, 10/01/24(d)

    52       49,673  

Duke Energy Corp.

   

2.45%, 06/01/30 (Call 03/01/30)

    71       58,307  

3.50%, 06/15/51 (Call 12/15/50)

    30       20,925  

3.75%, 04/15/24 (Call 01/15/24)

    64       62,814  

3.75%, 09/01/46 (Call 03/01/46)

    37       27,245  

Emera U.S. Finance LP, 4.75%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

    19       14,913  

Entergy Corp., 2.40%, 06/15/31 (Call 03/05/31)

    19       15,014  

Eversource Energy, 2.90%, 03/01/27 (Call 02/01/27)

    64       58,564  

Exelon Corp.

   

4.05%, 04/15/30 (Call 01/15/30)

    26       23,841  

4.70%, 04/15/50 (Call 10/15/49)

    34       29,407  

Georgia Power Co.

   

5.13%, 05/15/52 (Call 11/15/51)

    19       17,679  

Series A, 3.25%, 03/15/51 (Call 09/15/50)

    34       22,947  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc.

   

2.25%, 06/01/30 (Call 03/01/30)

    94       76,020  

4.45%, 06/20/25

    52       50,823  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

   

3.25%, 06/01/31 (Call 03/01/31)

    49       39,951  

3.50%, 08/01/50 (Call 02/01/50)(a)

    41       25,785  

4.00%, 12/01/46 (Call 06/01/46)

    19       12,945  

4.55%, 07/01/30 (Call 01/01/30)

    67       60,509  

4.95%, 07/01/50 (Call 01/01/50)

    49       38,579  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., 2.45%, 11/15/31 (Call 08/15/31)

    22       17,570  

Sempra Energy

   

3.40%, 02/01/28 (Call 10/01/27)

    26       23,791  

4.00%, 02/01/48 (Call 08/01/47)

    26       20,090  

Southern Co. (The)

   

2.95%, 07/01/23 (Call 05/01/23)

    64       63,496  

3.25%, 07/01/26 (Call 04/01/26)

    94       87,545  

4.40%, 07/01/46 (Call 01/01/46)

    41       33,596  

WEC Energy Group Inc., 2.20%, 12/15/28 (Call 10/15/28)

    22       18,676  

Xcel Energy Inc., 2.60%, 12/01/29 (Call 06/01/29)

    52       43,936  
   

 

 

 
          1,180,728  
Electronics — 0.5%            

Agilent Technologies Inc., 2.30%, 03/12/31 (Call 12/12/30)

    19       15,396  

Amphenol Corp., 2.20%, 09/15/31 (Call 06/15/31)

    19       15,122  

Arrow Electronics Inc., 2.95%, 02/15/32 (Call 11/15/31)

    19       15,260  

Flex Ltd., 4.88%, 06/15/29 (Call 03/15/29)

    15       14,151  

Jabil Inc., 3.95%, 01/12/28 (Call 10/12/27)

    30       27,782  

Keysight Technologies Inc., 3.00%, 10/30/29 (Call 07/30/29)

    11       9,478  

TD SYNNEX Corp., 2.65%, 08/09/31 (Call 05/09/31)

    22       17,106  

Vontier Corp., 2.95%, 04/01/31 (Call 01/01/31)

    25       19,058  
   

 

 

 
      133,353  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Entertainment — 0.7%            

Magallanes Inc.

   

4.28%, 03/15/32 (Call 12/15/31)(c)

  $ 90     $ 77,559  

5.14%, 03/15/52 (Call 09/15/51)(c)

        116       90,904  
   

 

 

 
      168,463  
Environmental Control — 0.5%            

Republic Services Inc., 3.38%, 11/15/27 (Call 08/15/27)

    56       51,861  

Waste Connections Inc.

   

2.20%, 01/15/32 (Call 10/15/31)

    15       11,857  

2.95%, 01/15/52 (Call 07/15/51)

    19       12,463  

3.20%, 06/01/32 (Call 03/01/32)

    19       16,232  

Waste Management Inc.

   

1.50%, 03/15/31 (Call 12/15/30)

    37       28,490  

4.15%, 07/15/49 (Call 01/15/49)

    15       13,021  
   

 

 

 
          133,924  
Food — 2.6%            

Campbell Soup Co.

   

4.15%, 03/15/28 (Call 12/15/27)

    26       24,821  

4.80%, 03/15/48 (Call 09/15/47)

    7       6,186  

Conagra Brands Inc.

   

1.38%, 11/01/27 (Call 09/01/27)

    64       53,264  

5.40%, 11/01/48 (Call 05/01/48)

    15       13,637  

General Mills Inc.

   

3.00%, 02/01/51 (Call 08/01/50)

    7       4,886  

4.00%, 04/17/25 (Call 02/17/25)

    37       36,026  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

   

2.13%, 03/15/32 (Call 12/15/31)

    19       14,910  

4.38%, 03/15/45

    7       5,913  

Kellogg Co.

   

3.40%, 11/15/27 (Call 08/15/27)

    37       34,494  

4.50%, 04/01/46(a)

    7       6,028  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

   

4.38%, 06/01/46 (Call 12/01/45)

    101       82,778  

5.00%, 07/15/35 (Call 01/15/35)

    37       35,321  

Kroger Co. (The)

   

2.20%, 05/01/30 (Call 02/01/30)

    37       29,914  

3.95%, 01/15/50 (Call 07/15/49)(a)

    19       14,706  

4.45%, 02/01/47 (Call 08/01/46)

    15       12,507  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD

   

0.90%, 02/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)

    41       36,058  

1.85%, 02/15/31 (Call 11/15/30)

    11       8,526  

Mondelez International Inc.

   

1.50%, 05/04/25 (Call 04/04/25)

    26       23,969  

1.88%, 10/15/32 (Call 07/15/32)

    19       14,365  

2.63%, 09/04/50 (Call 03/04/50)

    19       11,951  

Sysco Corp.

   

3.15%, 12/14/51 (Call 06/14/51)

    15       9,837  

3.30%, 07/15/26 (Call 04/15/26)

    26       24,433  

5.95%, 04/01/30 (Call 01/01/30)

    15       15,545  

6.60%, 04/01/50 (Call 10/01/49)

    22       24,069  

Tyson Foods Inc.

   

3.95%, 08/15/24 (Call 05/15/24)

    30       29,400  

4.35%, 03/01/29 (Call 12/01/28)

    37       35,112  

5.10%, 09/28/48 (Call 03/28/48)

    26       23,466  
   

 

 

 
      632,122  
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%            

International Paper Co., 4.40%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

    30       25,250  
   

 

 

 
Gas — 0.3%            

National Fuel Gas Co., 2.95%, 03/01/31 (Call 12/01/30)

    19       15,115  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Gas (continued)            

NiSource Inc.

   

3.60%, 05/01/30 (Call 02/01/30)

  $ 30     $ 26,691  

4.38%, 05/15/47 (Call 11/15/46)

    37       30,800  
   

 

 

 
      72,606  
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.1%            

Regal Rexnord Corp., 6.40%, 04/15/33
(Call 01/15/33)(c)

    35       34,368  
   

 

 

 
Health Care - Products — 1.1%            

Baxter International Inc.

   

1.92%, 02/01/27 (Call 01/01/27)

        86       74,930  

2.54%, 02/01/32 (Call 11/01/31)(a)

    25       19,333  

3.13%, 12/01/51 (Call 06/01/51)(a)

    7       4,241  

Boston Scientific Corp.

   

1.90%, 06/01/25 (Call 05/01/25)(a)

    26       24,149  

2.65%, 06/01/30 (Call 03/01/30)(a)

    7       5,979  

4.70%, 03/01/49 (Call 09/01/48)

    11       9,943  

Koninklijke Philips NV, 6.88%, 03/11/38

    19       20,941  

PerkinElmer Inc., 1.90%, 09/15/28 (Call 07/15/28)

    34       28,284  

Smith & Nephew PLC, 2.03%, 10/14/30 (Call 07/14/30)

    11       8,643  

Stryker Corp.

   

1.15%, 06/15/25 (Call 05/15/25)

    15       13,669  

3.50%, 03/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)

    37       35,330  

4.63%, 03/15/46 (Call 09/15/45)

    19       16,782  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc., 2.60%, 11/24/31 (Call 08/24/31)(a)

    15       12,155  
   

 

 

 
          274,379  
Health Care - Services — 2.9%            

Aetna Inc.

   

3.88%, 08/15/47 (Call 02/15/47)

    22       16,517  

6.63%, 06/15/36

    19       20,357  

Centene Corp.

   

2.63%, 08/01/31 (Call 05/01/31)

    56       43,646  

4.63%, 12/15/29 (Call 12/15/24)

    75       68,698  

Elevance Health Inc.

   

1.50%, 03/15/26 (Call 02/15/26)

    75       67,052  

2.55%, 03/15/31 (Call 12/15/30)

    56       46,429  

3.60%, 03/15/51 (Call 09/15/50)

    94       69,613  

HCA Inc.

   

3.13%, 03/15/27 (Call 02/15/27)(c)

    26       23,658  

3.50%, 09/01/30 (Call 03/01/30)

    60       51,508  

3.50%, 07/15/51 (Call 01/15/51)

    56       36,325  

4.13%, 06/15/29 (Call 03/15/29)

    64       58,265  

5.25%, 06/15/49 (Call 12/15/48)

    34       29,309  

5.38%, 02/01/25

    56       55,461  

Humana Inc.

   

3.70%, 03/23/29 (Call 02/23/29)

    41       37,239  

3.85%, 10/01/24 (Call 07/01/24)

    37       36,112  

3.95%, 08/15/49 (Call 02/15/49)

    19       14,796  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

   

1.55%, 06/01/26 (Call 05/01/26)

    11       9,744  

4.70%, 02/01/45 (Call 08/01/44)

    11       9,372  

Quest Diagnostics Inc., 4.20%, 06/30/29 (Call 03/30/29)

    26       24,545  

Universal Health Services Inc., 2.65%, 01/15/32 (Call 10/15/31)

    15       11,730  
   

 

 

 
      730,376  
Holding Companies - Diversified — 0.9%            

Ares Capital Corp., 2.15%, 07/15/26 (Call 06/15/26)

    75       64,669  

Blackstone Private Credit Fund

   

3.25%, 03/15/27 (Call 02/15/27)

    45       38,765  

4.70%, 03/24/25

    37       35,726  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Holding Companies - Diversified (continued)            

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, 2.85%, 09/30/28 (Call 07/30/28)

  $ 25     $ 20,190  

FS KKR Capital Corp., 3.13%, 10/12/28 (Call 08/12/28)

    34       27,883  

Owl Rock Capital Corp., 3.40%, 07/15/26 (Call 06/15/26)

    37       32,928  
   

 

 

 
      220,161  
Home Builders — 0.2%            

DR Horton Inc., 2.50%, 10/15/24 (Call 09/15/24)

    37       35,325  

Lennar Corp., 4.75%, 11/29/27 (Call 05/29/27)

    22       21,099  
   

 

 

 
      56,424  
Home Furnishings — 0.0%            

Whirlpool Corp., 4.60%, 05/15/50 (Call 11/15/49)

    11       8,843  
   

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 0.2%            

Avery Dennison Corp., 2.25%, 02/15/32 (Call 11/15/31)

    15       11,520  

Clorox Co. (The), 1.80%, 05/15/30 (Call 02/15/30)

    30       23,951  
   

 

 

 
      35,471  
Insurance — 2.0%            

American International Group Inc.

   

3.90%, 04/01/26 (Call 01/01/26)

        50       47,965  

4.38%, 06/30/50 (Call 12/30/49)

    30       25,105  

Aon Corp., 2.80%, 05/15/30 (Call 02/15/30)

    37       31,582  

Aon Global Ltd., 4.75%, 05/15/45 (Call 11/15/44)

    26       23,015  

Arch Capital Group Ltd., 3.64%, 06/30/50 (Call 12/30/49)

    19       13,562  

Athene Holding Ltd.

   

3.50%, 01/15/31 (Call 10/15/30)

    15       12,578  

3.95%, 05/25/51 (Call 11/25/50)

    19       13,251  

Brighthouse Financial Inc., 4.70%, 06/22/47 (Call 12/22/46)

    15       11,584  

Brown & Brown Inc., 2.38%, 03/15/31 (Call 12/15/30)

    19       14,608  

CNA Financial Corp., 3.45%, 08/15/27 (Call 05/10/27)

    45       41,648  

Corebridge Financial Inc.

   

3.85%, 04/05/29 (Call 02/05/29)(c)

    37       33,393  

4.40%, 04/05/52 (Call 10/05/51)(c)

    19       15,109  

Equitable Holdings Inc.

   

4.35%, 04/20/28 (Call 01/20/28)

    26       24,676  

5.00%, 04/20/48 (Call 10/20/47)

    12       10,565  

Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc., 3.13%, 10/15/52 (Call 04/15/52)

    16       10,339  

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 3.38%, 03/03/31 (Call 12/03/30)

    41       33,574  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

   

2.80%, 08/19/29 (Call 05/19/29)

    26       22,391  

3.60%, 08/19/49 (Call 02/19/49)

    19       14,157  

Jackson Financial Inc., 4.00%, 11/23/51 (Call 05/23/51)

    7       4,650  

Lincoln National Corp.

   

3.05%, 01/15/30 (Call 10/15/29)

    22       18,490  

7.00%, 06/15/40

    7       7,499  

Markel Corp.

   

3.45%, 05/07/52 (Call 11/07/51)

    9       6,187  

5.00%, 04/05/46

    15       13,158  

Old Republic International Corp., 3.85%, 06/11/51 (Call 12/11/50)

    7       5,001  

Willis North America Inc.

   

3.88%, 09/15/49 (Call 03/15/49)

    7       5,055  

4.50%, 09/15/28 (Call 06/15/28)

    34       32,292  
   

 

 

 
          491,434  
Internet — 1.0%            

eBay Inc.

   

3.60%, 06/05/27 (Call 03/05/27)(a)

    94       88,624  

3.65%, 05/10/51 (Call 11/10/50)

    7       5,012  

Expedia Group Inc.

   

3.25%, 02/15/30 (Call 11/15/29)

    37       31,175  

 

 

S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

  19


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Internet (continued)            

5.00%, 02/15/26 (Call 11/15/25)

  $ 56     $ 55,191  

Netflix Inc., 5.88%, 11/15/28

    60       60,750  

VeriSign Inc., 2.70%, 06/15/31 (Call 03/15/31)

    7       5,645  
   

 

 

 
      246,397  
Iron & Steel — 0.1%            

ArcelorMittal SA, 4.25%, 07/16/29(a)

    26       24,123  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.1%            

Marriott International Inc./MD, Series EE, 5.75%, 05/01/25 (Call 04/01/25)

    23       23,179  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 0.5%            

CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 1.88%, 01/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)

    52       47,357  

Flowserve Corp., 2.80%, 01/15/32 (Call 10/15/31)

    7       5,402  

IDEX Corp., 2.63%, 06/15/31 (Call 03/15/31)

    19       15,685  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

   

2.57%, 02/15/30 (Call 11/15/29)

    34       28,639  

3.11%, 02/15/40 (Call 08/15/39)

    11       8,187  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp., 4.95%, 09/15/28 (Call 06/15/28)

    22       21,238  
   

 

 

 
      126,508  
Manufacturing — 0.8%            

Carlisle Companies Inc., 3.75%, 12/01/27 (Call 09/01/27)

    34       31,826  

Eaton Corp.

   

3.10%, 09/15/27 (Call 06/15/27)

    19       17,509  

4.15%, 11/02/42

    30       25,519  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

3.25%, 06/14/29 (Call 03/14/29)

    60       53,392  

3.30%, 11/21/24 (Call 08/21/24)

    37       35,791  

4.00%, 06/14/49 (Call 12/14/48)

    22       17,608  

Teledyne Technologies Inc., 2.75%, 04/01/31 (Call 01/01/31)

    25       20,449  
   

 

 

 
          202,094  
Media — 3.8%            

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital

   

2.80%, 04/01/31 (Call 01/01/31)

        116       90,838  

3.70%, 04/01/51 (Call 10/01/50)(a)

    64       39,093  

3.85%, 04/01/61 (Call 10/01/60)

    49       28,747  

3.95%, 06/30/62 (Call 12/30/61)

    45       26,910  

4.91%, 07/23/25 (Call 04/23/25)

    112       109,550  

5.38%, 05/01/47 (Call 11/01/46)

    45       35,822  

6.48%, 10/23/45 (Call 04/23/45)

    75       67,772  

Discovery Communications LLC

   

3.95%, 03/20/28 (Call 12/20/27)

    49       44,674  

4.00%, 09/15/55 (Call 03/15/55)

    45       28,898  

5.20%, 09/20/47 (Call 03/20/47)

    37       29,375  

Fox Corp.

   

4.71%, 01/25/29 (Call 10/25/28)

    37       35,335  

5.58%, 01/25/49 (Call 07/25/48)

    22       19,946  

Paramount Global

   

4.38%, 03/15/43

    22       15,250  

4.75%, 05/15/25 (Call 04/15/25)

    67       65,710  

4.95%, 01/15/31 (Call 11/15/30)(a)

    34       30,550  

4.95%, 05/19/50 (Call 11/19/49)

    26       19,188  

Thomson Reuters Corp., 5.85%, 04/15/40

    5       4,858  

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

    150       150,152  

Time Warner Cable LLC

   

6.55%, 05/01/37

    41       39,182  

6.75%, 06/15/39

    64       61,674  
   

 

 

 
      943,524  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Mining — 0.5%            

Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.70%, 05/30/41

  $ 26     $ 25,929  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

   

4.13%, 03/01/28 (Call 03/01/23)

    26       24,052  

5.40%, 11/14/34 (Call 05/14/34)(a)

    22       20,789  

5.45%, 03/15/43 (Call 09/15/42)(a)

    22       19,945  

Newmont Corp., 4.88%, 03/15/42 (Call 09/15/41)

    44       39,864  
   

 

 

 
          130,579  
Office & Business Equipment — 0.2%            

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 3.28%, 12/01/28 (Call 10/01/28)

    41       35,399  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 3.2%            

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   

3.85%, 06/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)

    37       34,804  

6.25%, 03/15/38

    15       15,106  

Cenovus Energy Inc.

   

3.75%, 02/15/52 (Call 08/15/51)

    19       13,352  

6.75%, 11/15/39

    28       29,227  

Continental Resources Inc./OK, 4.90%, 06/01/44 (Call 12/01/43)

    12       8,950  

Devon Energy Corp.

   

4.50%, 01/15/30 (Call 01/15/25)

    19       17,630  

5.00%, 06/15/45 (Call 12/15/44)

    19       16,082  

5.60%, 07/15/41 (Call 01/15/41)

    15       13,833  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

   

3.50%, 12/01/29 (Call 09/01/29)

    37       32,821  

4.40%, 03/24/51 (Call 09/24/50)(a)

    15       11,578  

EQT Corp., 5.70%, 04/01/28 (Call 03/01/28)

    35       34,426  

Hess Corp.

   

5.60%, 02/15/41

    26       24,275  

7.30%, 08/15/31

    27       29,262  

Marathon Oil Corp., 6.60%, 10/01/37

    19       18,870  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

   

4.70%, 05/01/25 (Call 04/01/25)

    75       73,936  

6.50%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

    15       15,474  

Phillips 66

   

3.85%, 04/09/25 (Call 03/09/25)

        150       145,643  

4.88%, 11/15/44 (Call 05/15/44)

    52       47,102  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 1.13%, 01/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)(a)

    112       99,759  

Suncor Energy Inc., 3.75%, 03/04/51 (Call 09/04/50)

    49       35,878  

Valero Energy Corp.

   

2.80%, 12/01/31 (Call 09/01/31)

    37       30,007  

3.65%, 12/01/51 (Call 06/01/51)

    19       13,471  

6.63%, 06/15/37

    30       31,768  
   

 

 

 
      793,254  
Oil & Gas Services — 0.4%            

Halliburton Co.

   

2.92%, 03/01/30 (Call 12/01/29)(a)

    19       16,413  

4.85%, 11/15/35 (Call 05/15/35)

    15       13,975  

5.00%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)(a)

    30       26,446  

7.45%, 09/15/39

    19       21,313  

NOV Inc.

   

3.60%, 12/01/29 (Call 09/01/29)

    7       6,225  

3.95%, 12/01/42 (Call 06/01/42)

    7       5,079  
   

 

 

 
      89,451  
Packaging & Containers — 0.3%            

Amcor Flexibles North America Inc., 2.69%, 05/25/31 (Call 02/25/31)

    25       20,171  

Sonoco Products Co., 2.85%, 02/01/32 (Call 11/01/31)

    25       20,426  

 

 

20  

2 0 2 3   I S H A R E S   A N N U A L   R E P O R T   T O   S H A R E H O L D E R S


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Packaging & Containers (continued)

   

WRKCo Inc.

   

3.00%, 06/15/33 (Call 03/15/33)(a)

  $ 26     $ 20,929  

4.90%, 03/15/29 (Call 12/15/28)(a)

    19       18,223  
   

 

 

 
      79,749  
Pharmaceuticals — 6.1%            

AbbVie Inc.

   

2.60%, 11/21/24 (Call 10/21/24)

    94       89,652  

2.95%, 11/21/26 (Call 09/21/26)(a)

        176       162,292  

4.05%, 11/21/39 (Call 05/21/39)

    60       50,576  

4.25%, 11/21/49 (Call 05/21/49)

    71       58,775  

4.50%, 05/14/35 (Call 11/14/34)

    56       51,892  

4.70%, 05/14/45 (Call 11/14/44)

    71       62,811  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   

2.70%, 03/15/31 (Call 12/15/30)

    26       21,588  

4.30%, 12/15/47 (Call 06/15/47)

    7       5,888  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

   

1.96%, 02/11/31 (Call 11/11/30)

    34       26,805  

3.36%, 06/06/24 (Call 04/06/24)

    37       36,065  

3.79%, 05/20/50 (Call 11/20/49)

    17       13,028  

4.67%, 06/06/47 (Call 12/06/46)

    15       13,120  

Cardinal Health Inc., 4.37%, 06/15/47 (Call 12/15/46)

    7       5,587  

Cigna Group (The)

   

3.40%, 03/15/51 (Call 09/15/50)

    37       25,937  

4.13%, 11/15/25 (Call 09/15/25)

    112       108,917  

4.38%, 10/15/28 (Call 07/15/28)

    56       53,733  

4.80%, 07/15/46 (Call 01/16/46)

    71       62,465  

CVS Health Corp.

   

2.13%, 09/15/31 (Call 06/15/31)

    49       38,409  

3.88%, 07/20/25 (Call 04/20/25)

    90       87,174  

4.30%, 03/25/28 (Call 12/25/27)

    86       82,168  

4.78%, 03/25/38 (Call 09/25/37)

    94       85,350  

5.05%, 03/25/48 (Call 09/25/47)

    105       94,111  

Mylan Inc., 5.20%, 04/15/48 (Call 10/15/47)

    26       19,818  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., 5.00%, 11/26/28 (Call 08/26/28)

    150       148,009  

Viatris Inc.

   

2.70%, 06/22/30 (Call 03/22/30)

    49       38,828  

4.00%, 06/22/50 (Call 12/22/49)(a)

    30       19,276  

Zoetis Inc.

   

2.00%, 05/15/30 (Call 02/15/30)

    37       30,243  

4.70%, 02/01/43 (Call 08/01/42)

    26       23,448  
   

 

 

 
          1,515,965  
Pipelines — 6.5%            

Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 3.40%, 02/15/31 (Call 11/15/30)

    15       12,716  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC

   

2.74%, 12/31/39 (Call 07/04/39)

    19       15,038  

5.88%, 03/31/25 (Call 10/02/24)

    75       75,264  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 3.25%, 01/31/32 (Call 01/31/27)

    35       28,125  

Enbridge Inc.

   

2.50%, 08/01/33 (Call 05/01/33)

    34       26,238  

4.00%, 11/15/49 (Call 05/15/49)

    45       33,896  

Energy Transfer LP

   

3.75%, 05/15/30 (Call 02/15/30)

    52       46,103  

4.15%, 09/15/29 (Call 06/15/29)

    22       20,062  

5.00%, 05/15/44 (Call 11/15/43)

    37       30,400  

5.00%, 05/15/50 (Call 11/15/49)

    75       61,389  

5.15%, 03/15/45 (Call 09/15/44)

    37       31,091  

5.50%, 06/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)

    19       18,883  

5.88%, 01/15/24 (Call 10/15/23)

    37       37,128  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Pipelines (continued)

   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

   

2.80%, 01/31/30 (Call 10/31/29)

  $ 56     $ 47,975  

3.20%, 02/15/52 (Call 08/15/51)

    41       27,362  

3.75%, 02/15/25 (Call 11/15/24)

    37       35,906  

3.95%, 01/31/60 (Call 07/31/59)

    19       13,949  

4.20%, 01/31/50 (Call 07/31/49)

    26       20,786  

4.25%, 02/15/48 (Call 08/15/47)

    26       21,037  

4.45%, 02/15/43 (Call 08/15/42)

    26       22,152  

4.85%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)

    19       16,864  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.95%, 01/15/38

    26       27,643  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

   

3.60%, 02/15/51 (Call 08/15/50)

    49       33,012  

4.30%, 06/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

        112       109,430  

5.55%, 06/01/45 (Call 12/01/44)

    30       27,077  

7.75%, 01/15/32

    34       37,914  

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

   

3.95%, 03/01/50 (Call 09/01/49)

    15       10,993  

4.25%, 09/15/46 (Call 03/15/46)

    15       11,519  

MPLX LP

   

2.65%, 08/15/30 (Call 05/15/30)

    37       30,350  

4.50%, 04/15/38 (Call 10/15/37)

    37       31,489  

5.50%, 02/15/49 (Call 08/15/48)

    37       33,156  

ONEOK Inc.

   

5.20%, 07/15/48 (Call 01/15/48)

    34       28,817  

5.85%, 01/15/26 (Call 12/15/25)

    37       37,288  

6.35%, 01/15/31 (Call 10/15/30)

    27       27,588  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

   

3.55%, 12/15/29 (Call 09/15/29)

    41       35,543  

4.90%, 02/15/45 (Call 08/15/44)

    11       8,660  

5.15%, 06/01/42 (Call 12/01/41)

    11       8,971  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

   

4.50%, 05/15/30 (Call 11/15/29)

    52       48,694  

5.63%, 03/01/25 (Call 12/01/24)

    52       51,945  

Targa Resources Corp.

   

4.20%, 02/01/33 (Call 12/01/32)

    45       39,101  

6.25%, 07/01/52 (Call 01/01/52)

    11       10,451  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

   

1.00%, 10/12/24 (Call 09/12/24)(a)

    37       34,340  

2.50%, 10/12/31 (Call 07/12/31)

    34       26,920  

4.25%, 05/15/28 (Call 02/15/28)

    15       14,183  

5.10%, 03/15/49 (Call 09/15/48)

    26       23,485  

6.20%, 10/15/37

    26       26,770  

7.63%, 01/15/39

    26       29,984  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

   

2.60%, 03/15/31 (Call 12/15/30)

    41       33,242  

4.55%, 06/24/24 (Call 03/24/24)

    67       66,080  

5.10%, 09/15/45 (Call 03/15/45)

    71       62,393  
   

 

 

 
          1,609,402  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.3%            

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

   

2.00%, 05/18/32 (Call 02/18/32)

    60       45,868  

4.00%, 02/01/50 (Call 08/01/49)

    34       26,162  

American Tower Corp.

   

3.10%, 06/15/50 (Call 12/15/49)

    34       21,105  

3.38%, 10/15/26 (Call 07/15/26)

    37       34,387  

3.80%, 08/15/29 (Call 05/15/29)

    109       98,217  

Boston Properties LP, 2.90%, 03/15/30 (Call 12/15/29)

    79       64,805  

Brixmor Operating Partnership LP, 2.50%, 08/16/31 (Call 05/16/31)

    30       23,195  

Crown Castle Inc., 2.90%, 04/01/41 (Call 10/01/40)

    30       20,367  

 

 

S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

  21


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)  

Crown Castle International Corp.

   

3.20%, 09/01/24 (Call 07/01/24)

  $     150     $ 144,801  

3.80%, 02/15/28 (Call 11/15/27)

    71       66,016  

Digital Realty Trust LP, 3.70%, 08/15/27 (Call 05/15/27)

    64       59,334  

Equinix Inc.

   

2.15%, 07/15/30 (Call 04/15/30)

    67       53,519  

2.95%, 09/15/51 (Call 03/15/51)

    7       4,364  

Essex Portfolio LP, 2.65%, 03/15/32 (Call 12/15/31)(a)

    30       23,761  

Federal Realty Investment Trust, 4.50%, 12/01/44 (Call 06/01/44)

    15       12,044  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc.

   

5.30%, 01/15/29 (Call 10/15/28)

    30       28,307  

5.38%, 04/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)

    26       25,376  

Healthcare Realty Holdings LP, 3.75%, 07/01/27 (Call 04/01/27)

    56       52,031  

Healthpeak Properties Interim Inc.

   

2.13%, 12/01/28 (Call 10/01/28)

    30       25,263  

3.00%, 01/15/30 (Call 10/15/29)

    19       16,345  

Kimco Realty Corp., 2.70%, 10/01/30 (Call 07/01/30)

    34       28,108  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc., 3.25%, 04/15/33 (Call 01/15/33)

    30       21,412  

Ventas Realty LP, 4.75%, 11/15/30
(Call 08/15/30)(a)

    41       38,662  

VICI Properties LP

   

4.38%, 05/15/25

    56       53,921  

5.63%, 05/15/52 (Call 11/15/51)

    7       6,224  

Welltower OP LLC

   

2.80%, 06/01/31 (Call 03/01/31)

    56       45,389  

4.95%, 09/01/48 (Call 03/01/48)

    11       9,338  

Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.38%, 03/15/32

    15       16,663  
   

 

 

 
          1,064,984  
Retail — 3.5%            

AutoNation Inc., 3.85%, 03/01/32 (Call 12/01/31)

    22       18,441  

AutoZone Inc.

   

3.13%, 07/15/23 (Call 04/15/23)

    56       55,499  

4.75%, 08/01/32 (Call 05/01/32)

    26       24,781  

Best Buy Co. Inc., 1.95%, 10/01/30
(Call 07/01/30)(a)

    19       14,892  

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc., 4.10%, 01/15/52 (Call 07/15/51)

    11       7,251  

Dollar General Corp., 3.50%, 04/03/30 (Call 01/03/30)

    34       30,311  

Dollar Tree Inc., 4.00%, 05/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

    56       54,381  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

   

1.70%, 10/15/30 (Call 07/15/30)

    56       43,636  

2.50%, 04/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)

    75       69,387  

3.70%, 04/15/46 (Call 10/15/45)

    82       60,384  

4.25%, 04/01/52 (Call 10/01/51)

    56       43,888  

5.00%, 04/15/33 (Call 01/15/33)(a)

    26       25,022  

McDonald’s Corp.

   

3.60%, 07/01/30 (Call 04/01/30)

    71       64,661  

3.63%, 09/01/49 (Call 03/01/49)

    75       56,317  

3.70%, 01/30/26 (Call 10/30/25)

    75       72,281  

4.88%, 12/09/45 (Call 06/09/45)

    26       23,714  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc., 3.90%, 06/01/29 (Call 03/01/29)(a)

    52       47,964  

Starbucks Corp.

   

2.55%, 11/15/30 (Call 08/15/30)

    37       30,861  

3.00%, 02/14/32 (Call 11/14/31)

    30       25,457  

3.50%, 11/15/50 (Call 05/15/50)

    41       29,661  

3.80%, 08/15/25 (Call 06/15/25)

    56       54,300  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., 4.80%, 11/18/44 (Call 05/18/44)

    15       12,367  
   

 

 

 
      865,456  
Semiconductors — 2.5%            

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., 3.88%, 01/15/27 (Call 10/15/26)

    154       145,227  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Semiconductors (continued)  

Broadcom Inc.

   

2.45%, 02/15/31 (Call 11/15/30)(c)

  $ 105     $ 83,148  

3.14%, 11/15/35 (Call 08/15/35)(c)

    67       49,421  

3.42%, 04/15/33 (Call 01/15/33)(c)

    60       48,292  

3.50%, 02/15/41 (Call 08/15/40)(c)

    52       37,166  

4.00%, 04/15/29 (Call 02/15/29)(c)

    22       19,930  

Marvell Technology Inc., 2.95%, 04/15/31 (Call 01/15/31)

    11       8,829  

Microchip Technology Inc., 4.25%, 09/01/25 (Call 09/01/23)

    56       54,147  

Micron Technology Inc.

   

3.48%, 11/01/51 (Call 05/01/51)

    15       9,338  

4.66%, 02/15/30 (Call 11/15/29)

    34       31,212  

6.75%, 11/01/29 (Call 09/01/29)

    25       25,761  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC/NXP USA Inc.

   

3.25%, 05/11/41 (Call 11/11/40)

    19       13,193  

3.25%, 11/30/51 (Call 05/30/51)

    15       9,465  

3.88%, 06/18/26 (Call 04/18/26)

    22       20,879  

4.30%, 06/18/29 (Call 03/18/29)

    26       24,004  

5.00%, 01/15/33 (Call 10/15/32)

    22       20,633  

Qorvo Inc., 1.75%, 12/15/24 (Call 03/13/23)(c)

    25       23,123  
   

 

 

 
      623,768  
Software — 4.9%            

Activision Blizzard Inc., 2.50%, 09/15/50 (Call 03/15/50)

    15       9,311  

Autodesk Inc., 2.40%, 12/15/31 (Call 09/15/31)(a)

    26       20,646  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., 2.60%, 05/01/31 (Call 02/01/31)

    19       15,382  

Electronic Arts Inc., 2.95%, 02/15/51 (Call 08/15/50)

    15       9,531  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

   

1.15%, 03/01/26 (Call 02/01/26)

    112       98,179  

3.10%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

    7       4,821  

Fiserv Inc.

   

2.75%, 07/01/24 (Call 06/01/24)

    94       90,503  

3.20%, 07/01/26 (Call 05/01/26)

    19       17,732  

3.50%, 07/01/29 (Call 04/01/29)

    45       40,169  

4.40%, 07/01/49 (Call 01/01/49)

    26       20,944  

Oracle Corp.

   

1.65%, 03/25/26 (Call 02/25/26)(a)

    41       36,629  

2.50%, 04/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

    75       70,739  

2.88%, 03/25/31 (Call 12/25/30)

    214       177,291  

3.40%, 07/08/24 (Call 04/08/24)

    131       127,515  

3.60%, 04/01/40 (Call 10/01/39)

    35       25,797  

3.65%, 03/25/41 (Call 09/25/40)

    135       99,243  

3.95%, 03/25/51 (Call 09/25/50)

    150       107,495  

4.10%, 03/25/61 (Call 09/25/60)

    56       38,962  

Roper Technologies Inc.

   

1.00%, 09/15/25 (Call 08/15/25)

    56       50,434  

1.75%, 02/15/31 (Call 11/15/30)

    15       11,559  

ServiceNow Inc., 1.40%, 09/01/30 (Call 06/01/30)

    19       14,459  

VMware Inc., 3.90%, 08/21/27 (Call 05/21/27)

    75       69,997  

Workday Inc., 3.50%, 04/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)

    56       52,312  
   

 

 

 
          1,209,650  
Telecommunications — 9.0%            

AT&T Inc.

   

2.30%, 06/01/27 (Call 04/01/27)

        105       93,540  

2.75%, 06/01/31 (Call 03/01/31)

    75       62,007  

3.50%, 06/01/41 (Call 12/01/40)

    75       56,258  

3.50%, 09/15/53 (Call 03/15/53)

    135       92,366  

3.65%, 06/01/51 (Call 12/01/50)

    67       47,755  

3.65%, 09/15/59 (Call 03/15/59)

    124       83,518  

3.80%, 12/01/57 (Call 06/01/57)

    19       13,304  

4.50%, 05/15/35 (Call 11/15/34)

    64       57,491  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Par

(000)

    Value  
Telecommunications (continued)  

4.50%, 03/09/48 (Call 09/09/47)

  $ 75     $ 61,396  

Bell Telephone Co. of Canada or Bell Canada (The), Series US-4, 3.65%, 03/17/51 (Call 09/17/50)

    37       27,136  

British Telecommunications PLC, 9.63%, 12/15/30

    41       49,591  

Corning Inc.

   

4.38%, 11/15/57 (Call 05/15/57)

    15       11,963  

5.45%, 11/15/79 (Call 05/15/79)

    7       6,124  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 8.75%, 06/15/30

    49       58,025  

Motorola Solutions Inc.

   

2.75%, 05/24/31 (Call 02/24/31)

    25       19,885  

4.60%, 02/23/28 (Call 11/23/27)

    26       25,133  

5.60%, 06/01/32 (Call 03/01/32)

    11       10,710  

Orange SA

   

5.38%, 01/13/42

    22       21,769  

9.00%, 03/01/31

    34       41,522  

Rogers Communications Inc.

   

3.63%, 12/15/25 (Call 09/15/25)

    30       28,467  

3.70%, 11/15/49 (Call 05/15/49)

    19       13,304  

5.00%, 03/15/44 (Call 09/15/43)(a)

    56       48,363  

Telefonica Emisiones SA

   

4.67%, 03/06/38(a)

    100       82,782  

7.05%, 06/20/36

    11       11,537  

TELUS Corp., 4.60%, 11/16/48 (Call 05/16/48)

    11       9,664  

T-Mobile USA Inc.

   

2.55%, 02/15/31 (Call 11/15/30)

    60       48,940  

3.00%, 02/15/41 (Call 08/15/40)

    56       38,878  

3.30%, 02/15/51 (Call 08/15/50)

    52       34,699  

3.50%, 04/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

    112       107,287  

3.60%, 11/15/60 (Call 05/15/60)

    45       29,958  

3.75%, 04/15/27 (Call 02/15/27)

    116       108,998  

3.88%, 04/15/30 (Call 01/15/30)

    109       98,767  

4.50%, 04/15/50 (Call 10/15/49)

    19       15,725  

Verizon Communications Inc.

   

1.45%, 03/20/26 (Call 02/20/26)

        116       103,753  

1.68%, 10/30/30 (Call 07/30/30)

    37       28,608  

2.55%, 03/21/31 (Call 12/21/30)

    150       122,690  

2.99%, 10/30/56 (Call 04/30/56)

    75       45,731  

3.40%, 03/22/41 (Call 09/22/40)(a)

    82       61,575  

3.55%, 03/22/51 (Call 09/22/50)

    94       67,632  

3.70%, 03/22/61 (Call 09/22/60)

    56       39,226  

4.33%, 09/21/28

    187       179,075  

4.86%, 08/21/46

    37       33,423  

Vodafone Group PLC, 6.15%, 02/27/37

    41       42,330  
   

 

 

 
          2,240,905  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.1%            

Hasbro Inc., 3.55%, 11/19/26 (Call 09/19/26)

    37       34,362  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.7%            

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

   

2.05%, 03/05/30 (Call 12/05/29)

    64       52,515  

3.10%, 12/02/51 (Call 06/02/51)

    30       20,342  
Security   Par/
Shares
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Transportation (continued)  

6.13%, 09/15/2115 (Call 03/15/2115)

  $ 11     $ 11,180  

CSX Corp.

   

2.50%, 05/15/51 (Call 11/15/50)(a)

    112       68,827  

3.35%, 11/01/25 (Call 08/01/25)

    37       35,269  

4.25%, 03/15/29 (Call 12/15/28)

    56       53,141  

FedEx Corp.

   

3.10%, 08/05/29 (Call 05/05/29)

    56       49,368  

3.25%, 05/15/41 (Call 11/15/40)

    37       26,612  

4.75%, 11/15/45 (Call 05/15/45)

    51       43,547  

Kansas City Southern, 3.50%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)

    15       10,890  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

3.05%, 05/15/50 (Call 11/15/49)

    49       32,460  

3.16%, 05/15/55 (Call 11/15/54)

    37       24,267  
   

 

 

 
      428,418  
Trucking & Leasing — 0.1%            

GATX Corp., 3.10%, 06/01/51 (Call 12/01/50)

    19       11,836  
   

 

 

 
Water — 0.0%            

Essential Utilities Inc., 3.35%, 04/15/50 (Call 10/15/49)

    15       10,422  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 96.6%
(Cost: $28,661,727)

          23,980,281  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 8.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 4.81%(e)(f)(g)

        1,368       1,369,056  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 4.41%(e)(f)

    690       690,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 8.3%
(Cost: $2,057,819)

 

    2,059,056  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 104.9%
(Cost: $30,719,546)

 

    26,039,337  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.9)%

 

    (1,205,856
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 24,833,481  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(c) 

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

(d) 

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(g) 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended February 28, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

02/28/22

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

02/28/23

   

Shares

Held at

02/28/23

(000)

    Income    

Capital Gain

Distributions from

Underlying Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 3,635,476     $     $ (2,265,868 )(a)    $ (2,050   $ 1,498     $ 1,369,056       1,368     $ 6,828 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    2,810,000             (2,120,000 )(a)                  690,000       690       18,638       1  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (2,050   $ 1,498     $ 2,059,056       $ 25,466     $ 1  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $        $ 23,980,281        $        $ 23,980,281  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     2,059,056                            2,059,056  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 2,059,056        $ 23,980,281        $        $ 26,039,337  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

February 28, 2023

  

iShares® Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

Advertising — 0.1%            

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

   

2.40%, 03/01/31 (Call 12/01/30)

  $ 430     $ 345,039  

3.38%, 03/01/41 (Call 09/01/40)

    984       716,607  

4.20%, 04/15/24

    261       255,929  

4.65%, 10/01/28 (Call 07/01/28)

    703       674,912  

4.75%, 03/30/30 (Call 12/30/29)

    630       600,808  

5.40%, 10/01/48 (Call 04/01/48)

    798       756,671  

Omnicom Group Inc.

   

2.45%, 04/30/30 (Call 01/30/30)(a)

    583       485,336  

2.60%, 08/01/31 (Call 05/01/31)(a)

    925       759,808  

4.20%, 06/01/30 (Call 03/01/30)(a)

    837       781,848  

Omnicom Group Inc./Omnicom Capital Inc.

   

3.60%, 04/15/26 (Call 01/15/26)

        1,945       1,852,682  

3.65%, 11/01/24 (Call 08/01/24)

    768       745,226  

WPP Finance 2010, 3.75%, 09/19/24

    823       798,240  
   

 

 

 
          8,773,106  
Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%  

Airbus SE

   

3.15%, 04/10/27 (Call 01/10/27)(b)

    725       675,425  

3.95%, 04/10/47 (Call 10/10/46)(a)(b)

    705       589,079  

BAE Systems Finance Inc., 7.50%, 07/01/27(a)(b)

    450       481,661  

BAE Systems Holdings Inc.

   

3.80%, 10/07/24(b)

    855       832,004  

3.85%, 12/15/25 (Call 09/15/25)(a)(b)

    1,217       1,168,027  

4.75%, 10/07/44(a)(b)

    282       252,901  

BAE Systems PLC

   

1.90%, 02/15/31 (Call 11/15/30)(b)

    1,470       1,157,655  

3.00%, 09/15/50 (Call 03/15/50)(b)

    360       238,558  

3.40%, 04/15/30 (Call 01/15/30)(b)

    1,325       1,179,948  

5.80%, 10/11/41(b)

    1,130       1,137,804  

Boeing Co. (The)

   

2.20%, 02/04/26 (Call 03/31/23)

    5,520       5,014,092  

2.25%, 06/15/26 (Call 03/15/26)

    611       550,896  

2.50%, 03/01/25 (Call 12/01/24)

    397       372,550  

2.60%, 10/30/25 (Call 07/30/25)(a)

    705       653,572  

2.70%, 02/01/27 (Call 12/01/26)

    545       493,665  

2.75%, 02/01/26 (Call 01/01/26)

    695       644,128  

2.80%, 03/01/24 (Call 02/01/24)(a)

    427       415,304  

2.80%, 03/01/27 (Call 12/01/26)

    727       658,526  

2.85%, 10/30/24 (Call 07/30/24)

    616       589,129  

2.95%, 02/01/30 (Call 11/01/29)

    995       847,076  

3.10%, 05/01/26 (Call 03/01/26)

    1,275       1,187,024  

3.20%, 03/01/29 (Call 12/01/28)

    1,485       1,306,163  

3.25%, 02/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)

    368       333,178  

3.25%, 03/01/28 (Call 12/01/27)(a)

    558       506,462  

3.25%, 02/01/35 (Call 11/01/34)

    406       312,525  

3.30%, 03/01/35 (Call 09/01/34)

    453       341,986  

3.38%, 06/15/46 (Call 12/15/45)

    310       206,589  

3.45%, 11/01/28 (Call 08/01/28)(a)

    752       677,290  

3.50%, 03/01/39 (Call 09/01/38)

    427       316,046  

3.50%, 03/01/45 (Call 09/01/44)

    568       388,736  

3.55%, 03/01/38 (Call 09/01/37)

    195       146,702  

3.60%, 05/01/34 (Call 02/01/34)

    718       580,684  

3.63%, 02/01/31 (Call 11/01/30)

    1,140       999,236  

3.63%, 03/01/48 (Call 09/01/47)

    458       311,250  

3.65%, 03/01/47 (Call 09/01/46)(a)

    380       262,481  

3.75%, 02/01/50 (Call 08/01/49)

    1,598       1,124,199  

3.83%, 03/01/59 (Call 09/01/58)

    824       553,004  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Aerospace & Defense (continued)  

3.85%, 11/01/48 (Call 05/01/48)

  $ 611     $ 435,627  

3.90%, 05/01/49 (Call 11/01/48)

    1,082       779,768  

3.95%, 08/01/59 (Call 02/01/59)

    1,018       707,061  

4.88%, 05/01/25 (Call 04/01/25)

    3,083       3,039,841  

5.04%, 05/01/27 (Call 03/01/27)

    2,130       2,097,956  

5.15%, 05/01/30 (Call 02/01/30)

        4,410       4,267,408  

5.71%, 05/01/40 (Call 11/01/39)

    3,140       2,989,339  

5.81%, 05/01/50 (Call 11/01/49)

    5,799           5,516,161  

5.88%, 02/15/40(a)

    385       375,422  

5.93%, 05/01/60 (Call 11/01/59)

    3,682       3,438,321  

6.13%, 02/15/33(a)

    709       727,538  

6.63%, 02/15/38(a)

    492       513,624  

6.88%, 03/15/39

    588       628,612  

7.95%, 08/15/24

    170       176,212  

General Dynamics Corp.

   

1.15%, 06/01/26 (Call 05/01/26)

    679       601,108  

2.13%, 08/15/26 (Call 05/15/26)(a)

    775       706,333  

2.25%, 06/01/31 (Call 03/01/31)

    760       632,848  

2.38%, 11/15/24 (Call 09/15/24)

    764       727,640  

2.63%, 11/15/27 (Call 08/15/27)

    595       539,640  

2.85%, 06/01/41 (Call 12/01/40)

    700       525,133  

3.25%, 04/01/25 (Call 03/01/25)

    916       882,133  

3.50%, 05/15/25 (Call 03/15/25)

    981       948,887  

3.50%, 04/01/27 (Call 02/01/27)

    643       609,563  

3.60%, 11/15/42 (Call 05/14/42)(a)

    114       94,539  

3.63%, 04/01/30 (Call 01/01/30)

    775       722,109  

3.75%, 05/15/28 (Call 02/15/28)

    701       666,446  

4.25%, 04/01/40 (Call 10/01/39)

    907       823,160  

4.25%, 04/01/50 (Call 10/01/49)

    905       807,776  

Hexcel Corp.

   

4.20%, 02/15/27 (Call 11/15/26)

    90       84,890  

4.95%, 08/15/25 (Call 05/15/25)

    145       141,430  

L3Harris Technologies Inc.

   

1.80%, 01/15/31 (Call 10/15/30)

    778       606,469  

2.90%, 12/15/29 (Call 09/15/29)

    489       419,689  

3.83%, 04/27/25 (Call 01/27/25)(a)

    1,046       1,010,667  

3.85%, 12/15/26 (Call 09/15/26)

    989       944,791  

3.95%, 05/28/24 (Call 02/28/24)

    372       364,796  

4.40%, 06/15/28 (Call 03/15/28)

    2,129       2,055,212  

4.85%, 04/27/35 (Call 10/27/34)

    537       509,709