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2023 Prospectus |
• | iShares Global Energy ETF | IXC | NYSE ARCA |
Ticker: IXC | Stock Exchange: NYSE Arca |
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (ongoing expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investments)1 | ||||||
Management
Fees |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
Other
Expenses2 |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses | |||
___% | None | 0.00% | ___% |
1 | Operating expenses paid by BFA exclude acquired fund fees and expenses, if any. |
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||
$__ | $__ | $__ | $__ |
1 | The Fund’s year-to-date return as of June 30, 2023 was ___%. |
One Year | Five Years | Ten Years | |||
(Inception Date: 11/12/2001) | |||||
Return Before Taxes
|
___% | ___% | ___% | ||
Return After Taxes on Distributions2
|
___% | ___% | ___% | ||
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of
Fund Shares2
|
___% | ___% | ___% | ||
S&P Global 1200 Energy Index (Index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes)3 | ___% | ___% | ___% | ||
S&P Global 1200 Energy 4.5/22.5/45 Capped Index (Index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes)3 | ___% | ___% | ___% |
2 | After-tax returns in the table above are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares are calculated assuming that an investor has sufficient capital gains of the same character from other investments to offset any capital losses from the sale of Fund shares. As a result, Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares may exceed Fund returns before taxes and/or returns after taxes on distributions. |
3 | On April 20, 2023, the Fund’s Underlying Index changed from the S&P Global 1200 Energy Index to the S&P Global 1200 Energy 4.5/22.5/45 Capped Index. The inception date of the S&P Global 1200 Energy 4.5/22.5/45 Capped Index was January 30, 2023. |
■ | Government intervention in issuers' operations or structure; |
■ | A lack of market liquidity and market efficiency; |
■ | Greater securities price volatility; |
■ | Exchange rate fluctuations and exchange controls; |
■ | Less availability of public information about issuers; |
■ | Limitations on foreign ownership of securities; |
■ | Imposition of withholding or other taxes; |
■ | Imposition of restrictions on the expatriation of the funds or other assets of the Fund; |
■ | Higher transaction and custody costs and delays in settlement procedures; |
■ | Difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations; |
■ | Lower levels of regulation of the securities markets; |
■ | Weaker accounting, disclosure and reporting requirements and the risk of being delisted from U.S. exchanges; and |
■ | Legal principles relating to corporate governance, directors’ fiduciary duties and liabilities and stockholders’ rights in markets in which the Fund invests may differ from or may not be as extensive or protective as those that apply in the U.S. |
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