Goldman Sachs Funds

 

 

 
Annual Report      

August 31, 2022

 
     

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® ETFs

     

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (GEM)

     

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF (GSEU)

     

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF (GSIE)

     

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (GSJY)

     

ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GPAL)

     

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSLC)

     

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (GSSC)

     

ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (GLOV)

 

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® ETFs

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF (GEM)

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® EUROPE EQUITY ETF (GSEU)

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF (GSIE)

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® JAPAN EQUITY ETF (GSJY)

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® PARIS-ALIGNED CLIMATE U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF (GPAL)

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF (GSLC)

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY ETF (GSSC)

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® WORLD LOW VOL PLUS EQUITY ETF (GLOV)

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Investment Process

    1  

Portfolio Management Discussion and Performance Summaries

    4  

Schedules of Investments

    42  

Financial Statements

    106  

Financial Highlights

    114  

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (GEM)

    114  

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF (GSEU)

    115  

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF (GSIE)

    116  

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (GSJY)

    117  

ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GPAL)

    118  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSLC)

    119  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (GSSC)

    120  

ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (GLOV)

    121  

Notes to Financial Statements

    122  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    140  

Other Information

    145  

 

     
NOT FDIC-INSURED   May Lose Value   No Bank Guarantee


INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® ETFs

 

Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each of the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (each, a “Fund”), is to seek to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective underlying index (each, an “Index”).

Each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.

Each Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities within its applicable universe of issuers. Each Index is constructed using the patented ActiveBeta® Portfolio Construction Methodology, which was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns. These factors include value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). Given each Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track its Index, each Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

Each Index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis in accordance with the published rebalancing schedule of the applicable Reference Index. The rules-based process used to construct each Index incorporates the ActiveBeta® Turnover Minimization Technique, which seeks to reduce turnover within each Index.

For the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Index Provider”) constructs each respective Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves two steps.

Step 1

In the first step, individual factor subindexes for value, momentum, quality and low volatility (the “ActiveBeta® Factor Subindexes”) are created from the constituents of the applicable Reference Index, a market capitalization-weighted index. To construct each ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex, all constituents in the applicable Reference Index are assigned a “factor score” based on certain specified measurements (for example, in the case of the value factor, the factor score is based on a composite of book value-to-price, sales-to-price and free cash flow-to-price). Securities with a factor score that is above a fixed “Cut-off Score” receive an overweight in the applicable ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex relative to the applicable Reference Index and securities with a factor score that is below the Cut-off Score receive an underweight in the ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex relative to the applicable Reference Index. Accordingly, the magnitude of overweight or underweight that a security receives in constructing the applicable ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex is determined by its attractiveness when evaluated based on the relevant factor. Each Index only includes long positions (i.e., short positions are impermissible), so the smallest weight for any given security is zero.

Step 2

The ActiveBeta® Factor Subindexes are combined in equal weights to form each Index.

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

For the ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, the Index aims to meet the minimum requirements to be an “EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark” as defined by the European Commission Delegated Regulation C(2020)4757. An “EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark” is an index whose constituent companies are aligned with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty that seeks to combat climate change and its effects. The Index Provider constructs the Fund’s Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves three steps.

 

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Step 1

In the first step, the following types of issuers are excluded from the constituents of the Solactive US Large Cap Index (the “Reference Index”) per the requirements for an “EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark”: companies involved with controversial weapons or tobacco, companies that violate global norms as indicated by violations of the United Nations Global Compact principles or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and companies that derive more than 50% of revenue from fossil fuel activities or engage in activities that significantly obstruct the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that correspond to the EU’s six environmental objectives.

In addition, issuers who derive significant revenue from the following activities are excluded (revenue percentages are shown in parentheses): exploration, mining, extraction, distribution or refining of hard coal and lignite (≥ 1%); exploration, extraction, distribution or refining of oil fuels (≥ 10%); exploration, extraction, manufacturing or distribution of gaseous fuels (≥ 50%); and electricity generation with a greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of more than 100g CO2e/kWh (≥ 50%).

Step 2

In the second step, the ActiveBeta® Factor Subindexes are created from the Reference Index, a market capitalization-weighted index. To construct each ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex, all non-excluded constituents in the Reference Index are assigned a “factor score” based on certain specified measurements (for example, in the case of the value factor, the factor score is based on a composite of book value-to-price, sales-to-price and free cash flow-to-price). Securities with a factor score that is above a fixed “Cut-off Score” receive an overweight in the applicable ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex relative to the Reference Index and securities with a factor score that is below the Cut-off Score receive an underweight in the ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex relative to the Reference Index. Accordingly, the magnitude of overweight or underweight that a security receives in constructing the applicable ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex is determined by its attractiveness when evaluated based on the relevant factor. The ActiveBeta® Factor Subindexes are combined in equal weights to form the Factor Diversity Portfolio.

Step 3

In the third step, the weights of the individual issuers in the Factor Diversity Portfolio are adjusted upwards and downwards to target the following requirements: a 50-percent reduction in aggregate GHG emissions intensity relative to the Reference Index, where an issuer’s emission intensity is defined as the sum of the issuer’s direct and indirect emissions divided by the issuer’s enterprise value including cash; an inflation-adjusted seven-percent annualized reduction in absolute GHG emissions intensity; non-negative exposure to high carbon impact sectors relative to the Reference Index; and exposure to each of the four factors (value, momentum, quality, and low volatility) that are no lower than the corresponding factor exposures for the Factor Diversity Portfolio. The resulting Index only includes long positions (i.e., short positions are impermissible), so the smallest weight for any given security is zero.

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

For the ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF, the Index seeks to provide exposure to these factors with an emphasis on the low volatility factor. The Index Provider constructs the Fund’s Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves three steps.

Step 1

In the first step, the individual factor subindex for low volatility (the “ActiveBeta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex”) is created from the constituents of the Solactive GBS Developed Markets Large & Mid Cap Index (the “Reference Index”), a market capitalization-weighted index. To construct the ActiveBeta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex, an equal-weighted index is constructed by equally weighting stocks within sectors by country (e.g. U.S. Financials). The weight of a stock in the reweighted Reference Index is the average of its weight in the Reference Index and its weight in the equal-weighted index. Each constituent is then assigned a “factor score” based on a specified volatility measurement that is a function of the volatility in the daily total stock returns over the past 12 months. Securities with a factor score that is above a fixed “Cut-off Score” receive an overweight in the ActiveBeta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex relative to the reweighted Reference Index and securities with a factor score that is below the Cut-off Score receive an underweight in the ActiveBeta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex relative to the reweighted

 

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INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Reference Index. Accordingly, the magnitude of overweight or underweight that a security receives in constructing the ActiveBeta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex is determined by the performance of its factor score relative to the fixed “Cut-off Score.” The Index includes only long positions (i.e., short positions are impermissible), so the smallest weight for any given security is zero.

Step 2

In the second step, individual factor subindexes for value, momentum and quality (the “ActiveBeta® Value Factor Subindex, ActiveBeta® Momentum Factor Subindex and ActiveBeta® Quality Factor Subindex,” respectively) are created from the constituents of the ActiveBeta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex. To construct each of these subindexes, all constituents in the ActiveBeta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex are assigned a “factor score” based on certain specified measurements (i.e., in the case of the value factor, the factor score is based on a composite of book value-to-price, sales-to-price and free cash flow-to-price). Securities with a factor score that is above a fixed “Cut-off Score” receive an overweight in the applicable ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex relative to the ActiveBeta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex and securities with a factor score that is below the Cut-off Score receive an underweight the applicable ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex relative to the Active- Beta® Low Volatility Factor Subindex.

Step 3

In the third step, the ActiveBeta® Value Factor Subindex, ActiveBeta® Momentum Factor Subindex, and ActiveBeta® Quality Factor Subindex are combined in equal weights to form the Index.

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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the 12 months ended August 31, 2022, we continued to believe in the existence and persistence of certain equity common factors. We further believed that in capturing common factors, investment efficiency (risk-adjusted returns) can be improved by enhancing the informational efficiency and diversification of individual common factor portfolios. Additionally, we advocate the pursuit of factor diversification strategies, which combine individual common factor portfolios, as such strategies tend to dominate individual factors. A passive capture of informationally-efficient and diversified common factor strategies potentially delivers attractive after-cost information ratios.

 

Effective on April 4, 2022, Jamie McGregor no longer served as a portfolio manager for the Funds. In addition, effective the same date, Matthew Maillet began to serve as a portfolio manager for the Funds. Effective June 17, 2022, Matthew Maillet no longer served as a portfolio manager for the Funds. Raj Garigipati, Managing Director, continues to serve as a portfolio manager for the Funds, as he has since their inception.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -21.97% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -22.65% based on market price. The Index returned -21.84%, and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net, Unhedged) (“MSCI Emerging Markets Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned -21.80% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $39.33 per share on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $29.42 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $29.03 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit negative absolute returns that closely tracked the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Low Volatility contributed most positively to relative results, followed by Momentum. Quality detracted most from results during the Reporting Period, followed by Value. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the communication services, consumer discretionary and information technology sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the financials, industrials and real estate sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

   

From a country perspective, Index constituents in China, Russia and Qatar contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in India, Saudi Arabia and Thailand detracted the most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, underweight positions in Russian energy companies Gazprom and Lukoil and in Chinese e-commerce retailer Alibaba Group Holding contributed most positively (0.50%, 0.42% and 2.22% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each produced a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, underweight positions in Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries and Indian bank ICICI Bank and an overweight position in South Korean consumer goods company LG Household and Health Care detracted most (0.94%, 0.48% and 0.00%1 of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank each posted a positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period, and LG Household and Health Care delivered a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     

GS
ActiveBeta®
Emerging

Markets
Equity Index

     MSCI Emerging
Markets Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     11.45      11.31      14.17
  Consumer Staples     10.76        11.55        6.18  
  Energy     5.66        4.01        5.29  
  Financials     21.28        21.47        21.64  
  Health Care     4.63        4.75        3.92  
  Industrials     5.16        5.04        5.89  
  Information Technology     18.81        19.67        19.44  
  Materials     8.45        8.24        8.41  
  Real Estate     1.08        1.03        1.81  
  Communication Services     9.10        9.59        10.10  
    Utilities     3.15        3.34        3.14  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 1.0% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Country Name   Fund3      GS
ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity Index
     MSCI Emerging
Markets Index
 
  China     31.69      31.36      32.09
  Russia     3.00        
  Qatar     1.32        1.39        1.13  
  Mexico     2.08        2.33        2.00  
  Hungary     0.14        0.14        0.16  
  Greece     0.41        0.42        0.25  
  United Arab Emirates     1.56        1.60        1.31  
  Czech     0.19        0.20        0.14  
  Poland     0.68        0.69        0.54  
  Pakistan        
  Turkey     0.48        0.51        0.34  
  Argentina        
  Colombia     0.11        0.11        0.15  
  Brazil     5.20        5.11        5.29  
  Kuwait     0.79        0.78        0.85  
  Philippines     0.29        0.35        0.75  
  South Africa     3.73        3.88        3.40  
  Egypt     0.33        0.34        0.07  
  Peru     0.00        0.00        0.22  
  Korea     11.98        12.50        11.58  
  Taiwan     14.04        14.86        14.60  
  Indonesia     1.77        1.76        1.98  
  Chile     0.54        0.55        0.58  
  Malaysia     0.00        1.40        1.51  
  Thailand     1.54        1.41        1.97  
  Saudi Arabia     4.17        4.23        4.60  
    India     13.27        14.08        14.47  

 

  2    Country classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 1.0% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2022

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2022       
  Market Price1   $ 29.03  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 29.42  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    5.6      Information Technology      Taiwan
 

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    3.2        Communication Services      China
 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    3.0        Information Technology      South Korea
 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

    2.3        Consumer Discretionary      China
 

Infosys Ltd.

    1.0        Information Technology      India
 

Meituan, Class B

    1.0        Consumer Discretionary      China
 

Reliance Industries Ltd.

    1.0        Energy      India
 

Vale SA

    0.8        Materials      Brazil
 

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

    0.8        Financials      China
  JD.com, Inc., Class A     0.7        Consumer Discretionary      China

 

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2022

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on September 25, 2015 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net, Unhedged), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 25, 2015 through August 31, 2022.

 

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Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 25, 2015)

     -21.97%        -0.11%      4.75%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 25, 2015)

     -22.65%        -0.37%      4.56%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index

     -21.84%        0.12%      5.02%

 

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net, Unhedged)

     -21.80%        0.59%      5.86%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

 

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -24.81% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -25.51% based on market price. The Index returned -24.61%, and the MSCI Europe Index (Net, Unhedged) (“MSCI Europe Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned -21.57% during the same period.

 

      The Fund had an NAV of $37.99 per share on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $27.47 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $27.26 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

      The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the MSCI Europe Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the MSCI Europe Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the MSCI Europe Index.

 

      During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit negative absolute returns that underperformed the MSCI Europe Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Quality detracted most from relative results during the Reporting Period, followed by Momentum and Low Volatility. Value contributed positively to relative results during the Reporting Period. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the financials, energy and consumer discretionary sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Europe Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the information technology, real estate and communication services sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Europe Index during the Reporting Period.

 

     

From a country perspective, Index constituents in the U.K., Germany and Switzerland detracted the most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Europe Index during the

 

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  Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in the Netherlands, Spain and Denmark contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Europe Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Europe Index, overweight positions in German meal-kit provider HelloFresh and German shoe and fashion e-commerce retailer Zalando and an underweight position in U.K. financial services holding company HSBC Holdings detracted most (0.34%, 0.30% and 0.75% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). HelloFresh and Zalando each posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period, while HSBC Holdings generated a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Europe Index, overweight positions in Sweden-based tobacco company Swedish Match, Finland-based pharmaceuticals company Orion and Portugal-based food distribution and food manufacturing business Jeronimo Martins contributed most positively (0.66%, 0.00%1 and 0.00% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each generated a solid gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and reference index at the end of the Reporting Period? 2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     

GS
ActiveBeta®

Europe
Equity Index

     MSCI Europe
Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     12.26      11.62      10.39
  Consumer Staples     15.30        15.76        14.16  
  Energy     5.69        5.38        6.61  
  Financials     14.25        14.01        15.75  
  Health Care     15.82        16.16        15.56  
  Industrials     15.08        14.75        14.18  
  Information Technology     6.47        6.57        7.09  
  Materials     5.82        6.67        7.12  
  Real Estate     0.66        0.72        1.01  
  Communication Services     4.26        3.96        3.80  
    Utilities     4.41        4.39        4.34  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.5% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index.

 

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Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period? 2

 

    

Country Name

  Fund3     

GS

ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity Index

     MSCI Europe
Index
 
  Netherlands     7.57      6.82      6.45
  Spain     3.69        3.65        3.72  
  Denmark     4.52        4.69        4.36  
  Portugal     0.69        0.66        0.37  
  Ireland     1.06        0.55        0.97  
  Sweden     4.24        4.60        5.35  
  Finland     1.84        1.67        1.61  
  Norway     1.55        1.51        1.39  
  Italy     3.59        3.77        3.54  
  Belgium     1.18        1.06        1.48  
  Austria     0.56        0.62        0.26  
  France     18.70        19.16        17.73  
  Switzerland     15.96        15.77        16.39  
  Germany     12.49        12.44        11.85  
    UK     22.36        23.03        24.54  

 

  2    Country classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.5% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index.

 

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ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2022

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT  
     As of August 31, 2022       
  Market Price1   $ 27.26  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 27.47  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
  Nestle SA     3.3      Consumer Staples      United States
  Roche Holding AG     2.6        Health Care      United States
  Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B     2.2        Health Care      Denmark
  ASML Holding NV     2.0        Information Technology      Netherlands
  LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     1.9        Consumer Discretionary      France
  AstraZeneca PLC     1.8        Health Care      United Kingdom
  Novartis AG     1.8        Health Care      Switzerland
  Shell PLC     1.7        Energy      Netherlands
  TotalEnergies SE     1.2        Energy      France
    L’Oreal SA     1.1        Consumer Staples      France

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® EUROPE EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2022

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on March 2, 2016 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index and the MSCI Europe Index (Net, Unhedged), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from March 2, 2016 through August 31, 2022.    

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced March 2, 2016)

     -24.81%        1.14%      4.64%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced March 2, 2016)

     -25.51%        0.88%      4.51%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index

     -24.61%        1.25%      4.75%

 

MSCI Europe Index (Net, Unhedged)

     -21.57%        1.23%      4.69%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

 

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -20.18% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -20.53% based on market price. The Index returned -20.11%, and the MSCI World ex USA Index (Net, Unhedged, USD) (“MSCI World ex USA Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned -18.56% during the same period.

 

      The Fund had an NAV of $35.76 per share on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $27.64 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $27.52 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

      The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the MSCI World ex USA Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the MSCI World ex USA Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the MSCI World ex USA Index.

 

      During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit negative absolute returns that underperformed the MSCI World ex USA Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Quality detracted most from relative results during the Reporting Period, followed by Momentum. Value and Low Volatility contributed positively to relative results. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the financials, health care and energy sectors detracted the most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the information technology, communication services and real estate sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index during the Reporting Period.

 

     

From a country perspective, Index constituents in the U.K., Germany and Japan detracted the most from the Fund’s results relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index during the Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in Canada, the Netherlands and Singapore contributed most positively to

 

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  the Fund’s results relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index, overweight positions in German meal-kit provider HelloFresh and German shoe and fashion e-commerce retailer Zalando and an underweight position in U.K. financial services holding company HSBC Holdings detracted most (0.16%, 0.14% and 0.36% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). HelloFresh and Zalando each posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period, while HSBC Holdings generated a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index, underweight positions in Canadian e-commerce company Shopify and Singapore-based digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial service business Sea and an overweight position in Canadian supermarket retailer Loblaw contributed most positively (0.00%,1 0.00% and 0.00% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Shopify and Sea each generated a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period, and Loblaw posted a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

    

Sector Name

  Fund3     

GS

ActiveBeta®

International

Equity Index

     MSCI World ex
USA Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     11.21      10.92      10.67
  Consumer Staples     13.41        13.82        10.27  
  Energy     6.15        5.61        6.61  
  Financials     17.88        17.94        19.70  
  Health Care     11.66        11.82        11.63  
  Industrials     14.51        14.13        14.84  
  Information Technology     7.55        7.69        7.80  
  Materials     7.08        7.72        7.79  
  Real Estate     1.96        2.19        2.59  
  Communication Services     5.22        4.87        4.57  
    Utilities     3.38        3.30        3.53  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 2.2% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index.

 

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Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Country Name   Fund3      GS ActiveBeta®
International
Equity Index
     MSCI World ex
USA Index
 
  Canada     12.60      12.86      11.56
  Netherlands     4.21        3.71        3.60  
  Singapore     1.46        1.32        1.33  
  Spain     1.96        1.90        2.08  
  Denmark     2.59        2.61        2.43  
  Portugal     0.39        0.36        0.21  
  Ireland     0.77        0.33        0.54  
  Israel     1.10        0.99        0.75  
  Hong Kong     2.68        2.88        2.74  
  Sweden     2.35        2.57        2.99  
  Italy     1.97        2.21        1.97  
  Finland     1.12        0.92        0.90  
  New Zealand     0.21        0.14        0.17  
  Norway     0.88        0.79        0.77  
  Belgium     0.71        0.66        0.82  
  Austria     0.25        0.45        0.15  
  Australia     6.55        6.78        7.30  
  France     10.75        11.21        9.90  
  Switzerland     8.70        8.42        9.15  
  Japan     19.41        18.83        20.33  
  Germany     6.70        6.82        6.62  
    UK     12.61        13.22        13.70  

 

  2    Country classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 2.2% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2022

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2022  
  Market Price1   $ 27.52  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 27.64  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
  Nestle SA     1.8      Consumer Staples      United States
  Roche Holding AG     1.4        Health Care      United States
  Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B     1.2        Health Care      Denmark
  Shell PLC     1.2        Energy      Netherlands
  LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     1.1        Consumer Discretionary      France
  Novartis AG     0.9        Health Care      Switzerland
  ASML Holding NV     0.9        Information Technology      Netherlands
  AstraZeneca PLC     0.9        Health Care      United Kingdom
  BHP Group Ltd.     0.8        Materials      Australia
    Royal Bank of Canada     0.7        Financials      Canada
2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2022

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on November 6, 2015 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index and the MSCI World ex USA Index (Net, Unhedged, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from November 6, 2015 through August 31, 2022.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced November 6, 2015)

     -20.18%        2.07%      4.09%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced November 6, 2015)

     -20.53%        1.86%      4.02%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index

     -20.11%        2.13%      4.18%

 

MSCI World ex USA Index (Net, Unhedged, USD)

     -18.56%        2.08%      3.90%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -18.76% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -19.44% based on market price. The Index returned -18.91%, while the MSCI Japan Index (Unhedged) (“MSCI Japan Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned -18.96% during the same period.

 

      The Fund had an NAV of $37.91 per share on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $30.15 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $29.78 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

      The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the MSCI Japan Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the MSCI Japan Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the MSCI Japan Index.

 

      During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit negative absolute returns that closely tracked the MSCI Japan Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Value and Momentum contributed positively to results relative to the MSCI Japan Index. Quality detracted most from results relative to the MSCI Japan Index, followed by Low Volatility. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the industrials, energy and information technology sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Japan Index during the Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in the consumer discretionary, utilities and consumer staples sectors detracted most from results relative to the MSCI Japan Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A  

Relative to the MSCI Japan Index, overweight positions in integrated trading and investment company Marubeni, energy company Inpex and auto manufacturer Mazda Motor

 

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  contributed most positively (1.19%, 1.13% and 0.30% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Marubeni and Inpex each posted a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period, and Mazda Motor generated a single-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Japan Index, overweight positions in real estate business Iida Group Holdings and home appliance retailer Yamada Holdings and an underweight position in pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo detracted most (0.08%, 0.00%1 and 1.38% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Iida Group Holdings and Yamada Holdings each posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. Daiichi Sankyo delivered a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     

GS

ActiveBeta®

Japan
Equity Index

    

MSCI Japan

Index

 
  Consumer Discretionary     18.07      17.96      18.94
  Consumer Staples     7.53        7.47        6.54  
  Energy     1.76        1.54        0.93  
  Financials     10.99        11.09        10.17  
  Health Care     10.02        9.79        9.85  
  Industrials     21.28        20.94        22.58  
  Information Technology     14.78        15.15        13.49  
  Materials     3.59        4.38        4.60  
  Real Estate     2.51        2.55        3.46  
  Communication Services     8.82        8.56        8.37  
    Utilities     0.67        0.55        1.07  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 6.7% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index.

 

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ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2022

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2022  
  Market Price1   $ 29.78  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 30.15  

 

1   The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222     
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
  Toyota Motor Corp.     4.3      Consumer Discretionary      Japan
  Sony Group Corp.     2.8        Consumer Discretionary      Japan
  Honda Motor Co. Ltd.     2.2        Consumer Discretionary      Japan
  Mitsubishi Corp.     1.8        Industrials      Japan
  Keyence Corp.     1.8        Information Technology      Japan
  Mitsui & Co. Ltd.     1.6        Industrials      Japan
  KDDI Corp.     1.5        Communication Services      Japan
  Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.     1.5        Communication Services      Japan
  Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     1.5        Health Care      Japan
    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.     1.5        Financials      Japan

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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Performance Summary

August 31, 2022

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on March 2, 2016 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Index and the MSCI Japan Index (Unhedged), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from March 2, 2016 through August 31, 2022.    

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced March 2, 2016)

     -18.76%        1.85%      4.69%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced March 2, 2016)

     -19.44%        1.56%      4.50%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index

     -18.91%        1.65%      4.51%

 

MSCI Japan Index (Unhedged)

     -18.96%        1.97%      5.00%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned U.S. Large Cap Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the for the period since its inception on December 13, 2021 through August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -17.52% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -17.39% based on market price. The Index returned -17.46%, and the Solactive US Large Cap Index (“Solactive Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned -16.46% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $39.67 on December 13, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $32.50 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $32.55 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of large capitalization U.S. issuers. The Index is constructed using the patented ActiveBeta® Portfolio Construction Methodology, which was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns. These factors include Value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), Momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), Quality (i.e., profitability) and Low Volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track its Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Solactive Index.

 

   

The Index aims to meet the minimum requirements to be an “EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark” as defined by the European Commission Delegated Regulation C(2020)4757. An “EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark” is an index whose constituent companies are aligned with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty that seeks to combat climate change and its effects.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit negative absolute returns that underperformed the Solactive Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Low Volatility detracted most from results relative to the Solactive Index, followed by Momentum and Value. Quality contributed positively to results relative to the Solactive Index.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A  

Having no exposure to the energy sector detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the Solactive Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the utilities, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors also detracted from the Index’s results relative to the Solactive Index during the Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in the

 

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  information technology, communication services and health care sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the Solactive Index during the Reporting Period.

 

   

From a country perspective, Index constituents in the U.S. detracted most from the Fund’s results relative to the Solactive Index during the Reporting Period, followed at some distance by Index constituents in Curacao and Switzerland. Index constituents in Panama, Liberia and Bermuda contributed most positively to the Fund’s results relative to the Solactive Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Solactive Index, having no exposure to integrated energy companies Exxon Mobil and Chevron and an underweight position in e-commerce retailer behemoth Amazon.com detracted most (0.00%1, 0.00% and 0.00% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each of these holdings posted a return during the Reporting Period that outperformed the Solactive Index.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Solactive Index, underweight positions in entertainment content streaming company Netflix and payment transactions company PayPal Holdings and an overweight position in consumer staples company Hershey contributed most positively (0.03%, 0.23% and 0.48% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Netflix and PayPal Holdings each generated a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. Hershey delivered a double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the Solactive US Large Cap Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3    

GS
ActiveBeta®

Paris-Aligned
Climate U.S.
Large Cap
Equity Index

    Solactive
US Large
Cap Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     9.36     9.34     11.26
  Consumer Staples     8.66       8.66       6.68  
  Financials     11.76       11.74       10.47  
  Health Care     18.62       18.62       14.25  
  Industrials     5.14       5.15       7.84  
  Information Technology     31.67       31.69       28.37  
  Materials     2.20       2.20       2.07  
  Real Estate     4.79       4.80       2.90  
  Communication Services     7.13       7.14       8.25  
  Utilities     0.66       0.66       3.06  
    Energy                 4.84  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Country Name   Fund3     

GS
ActiveBeta®

Paris-Aligned
Climate U.S.
Large Cap
Equity Index

     Solactive
US Large
Cap Index
 
  Panama     0.00      0.00      0.02
  Liberia     0.00        0.00        0.03  
  Bermuda     0.15        0.15        0.09  
  Netherlands     0.00        0.00        0.16  
  U.K.     0.12        0.12        0.04  
  Ireland     1.55        1.55        1.67  
  Switzerland     0.36        0.36        0.26  
  Curacao     0.00        0.00        0.16  
    U.S.     97.83        97.83        97.56  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  2    Sector and country classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned U.S. Large Cap Equity Index.

 

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ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2022

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2022       
  Market Price1   $ 32.55  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 32.50  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222
     Holding   % of Net Assets         Line of Business      Country
  Apple, Inc.     7.8      Information Technology      United States
  Microsoft Corp.     5.9        Information Technology      United States
  Alphabet, Inc., Class C     2.0        Communication Services      United States
  Alphabet, Inc., Class A     1.9        Communication Services      United States
  Johnson & Johnson     1.4        Health Care      United States
  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B     1.4        Financials      United States
  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     1.3        Health Care      United States
  Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A     1.1        Communication Services      United States
  NVIDIA Corp.     1.0        Information Technology      United States
  CVS Health Corp.     0.9        Health Care      United States

 

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® PARIS-ALIGNED CLIMATE U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2022

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on December 13, 2021 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned U.S. Large Cap Equity Index (USD, Unhedged) and Solactive US Large Cap Index, respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from December 13, 2021 through August 31, 2022.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022*    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced December 13, 2021)

   -17.52%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced December 13, 2021)

   -17.39%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned U.S. Large Cap Equity Index (USD, Unhedged)

   -17.46%

 

Solactive US Large Cap Index

   -16.46%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -12.70% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -12.70% based on market price. The Index returned -12.64%, and the S&P 500 Index (Total Return, USD) (“S&P 500 Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, returned -11.23% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $90.95 on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $78.36 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $78.33 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the S&P 500 Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the S&P 500 Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the S&P 500 Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit negative absolute returns that underperformed the S&P 500 Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Quality detracted most from relative returns, followed by Value. Momentum and Low Volatility contributed positively to relative returns. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the energy, information technology and financials sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500 Index during the Reporting Period. Partially offsetting these detractors were Index constituents in consumer staples, communication services and industrials, which contributed positively to the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500 Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the S&P 500 Index, underweight positions in integrated energy companies Exxon Mobil and Chevron and in electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla detracted most (0.76%, 0.45% and 1.46% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each generated a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the S&P 500 Index, underweight positions in payment transactions company PayPal Holdings and entertainment content streaming company Netflix and an overweight position in auto parts retailer AutoZone contributed most positively (0.16%, 0.08% and 0.61% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). PayPal Holdings and Netflix each posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period, while AutoZone generated a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the S&P 500 Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund2     

GS

ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity Index

     S&P 500
Index
 
  Consumer
Discretionary
    13.22      13.22      11.43
  Consumer Staples     9.14        9.14        6.77  
  Energy     4.33        4.33        4.67  
  Financials     9.12        9.10        10.86  
  Health Care     14.95        14.92        14.07  
  Industrials     7.52        7.52        7.92  
  Information Technology     26.91        26.95        27.32  
  Materials     1.68        1.68        2.54  
  Real Estate     3.13        3.12        2.86  
  Communication Services     6.77        6.79        8.42  
    Utilities     3.23        3.23        3.13  

 

  1    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Standard & Poor’s. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.2% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2022

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2022  
  Market Price1   $ 78.33  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 78.36  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222
     Holding   % of Net Assets       Line of Business
  Apple, Inc.     6.4    Information Technology
  Microsoft Corp.     5.1      Information Technology
  Amazon.com, Inc.     2.8      Consumer Discretionary
  Alphabet, Inc., Class A     1.7      Communication Services
  Alphabet, Inc., Class C     1.6      Communication Services
  Tesla, Inc.     1.5      Consumer Discretionary
  UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     1.2      Health Care
  Johnson & Johnson     1.1      Health Care
  Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A     1.1      Communication Services
    Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B     1.0      Financials

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

 

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ACTIVEBETA® U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2022

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on September 17, 2015 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index and the S&P 500 Index (Total Return, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 17, 2015 through August 31, 2022.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 17, 2015)

     -12.70%        11.53%      11.60%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 17, 2015)

     -12.70%        11.52%      11.59%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index

     -12.64%        11.64%      11.71%

 

S&P 500 Index (Total Return, USD)

     -11.23%        11.82%      12.46%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -12.95% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -12.83% based on market price. The Index returned -12.77%, and the Russell 2000® Index, a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned -17.88% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $64.97 on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $55.87 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $55.92 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the Russell 2000® Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the Russell 2000® Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Russell 2000® Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit negative absolute returns but outperformed the Russell 2000® Index, as measured by NAV. All four underlying factors contributed positively to relative returns, led by Value and then followed by Low Volatility, Momentum and Quality. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the health care, information technology and financials sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the Russell 2000® Index during the Reporting Period. Partially offsetting these positive contributors were Index constituents in energy and real estate — the only two sectors to detract from the Index’s results relative to the Russell 2000® Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Russell 2000® Index, underweight positions in movie theater operator AMC Entertainment Holdings and medical genetic testing company Invitae and an overweight position in fiber optic management, protection and delivery products for communications networks manufacturer and distributor Clearfield contributed most positively (0.00%1, 0.00% and 0.28% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). AMC Entertainment Holdings and Invitae each posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. Clearfield generated a triple-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Russell 2000® Index, overweight positions in cloud-based real estate brokerage services provider eXp World Holdings and chiropractic clinics franchisor Joint and an underweight position in clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Karuna Therapeutics detracted most (0.19%, 0.00%1 and 0.07% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). eXp World Holdings and Joint each posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. Karuna Therapeutics generated a triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the Russell 2000® Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     

GS

ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity Index

     Russell 2000®
Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     10.85      10.80      10.39
  Consumer Staples     3.67        3.62        3.52  
  Energy     5.95        5.97        6.27  
  Financials     19.65        19.67        17.06  
  Health Care     13.10        13.08        17.66  
  Industrials     16.46        16.46        15.12  
  Information Technology     13.13        13.14        12.89  
  Materials     4.13        4.15        4.21  
  Real Estate     6.70        6.71        6.65  
  Communication Services     2.37        2.40        2.78  
    Utilities     4.00        3.99        3.44  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Russell Investments. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.6% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2022

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2022  
  Market Price1   $ 55.92  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 55.87  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222     
    

Holding

 

% of Net Assets

      

Line of Business

     Country
 

Murphy USA, Inc.

    0.4      Consumer Discretionary      United States
 

SM Energy Co.

    0.4        Energy      United States
 

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.

    0.3        Health Care      United States
 

Chord Energy Corp.

    0.3        Energy      United States
 

Shockwave Medical, Inc.

    0.3        Health Care      United States
 

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    0.3        Industrials      United States
 

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    0.3        Industrials      United States
 

Mr Cooper Group, Inc.

    0.3        Financials      United States
 

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.

    0.3        Health Care      United States
   

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

    0.3        Energy      United States

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2022

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on June 28, 2017 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index and the Russell 2000® Index, respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from June 28, 2017 through August 31, 2022.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced June 28, 2017)

     -12.95%        8.39%      7.72%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced June 28, 2017)

     -12.83%        8.79%      7.74%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index

     -12.77%        8.55%      7.89%

 

Russell 2000® Index

     -17.88%        6.95%      6.45%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.    

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the for the period since its inception on March 15, 2022 through August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -5.65% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -5.63% based on market price. The Index returned -5.79% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $40.57 on March 15, 2022 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $37.97 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $37.98 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is designed to deliver exposure to large and mid-capitalization equity securities of developed market issuers, including the United States. The Index is constructed using the patented ActiveBeta® Portfolio Construction Methodology, which was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns. These factors include Low Volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time), Value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), Momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), and Quality (i.e., profitability). The Index seeks to provide exposure to these factors with an emphasis on the low volatility factor. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track its Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Solactive Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted negative absolute returns but outperformed the Solactive Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Momentum and Low Volatility contributed positively to relative returns. Value and Quality detracted from relative returns.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the industrials, information technology and communication services sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the Solactive Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the energy sector detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the Solactive Index, followed at some distance by Index constituents in the real estate and health care sectors.

 

   

From a country perspective, Index constituents in the U.S. contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the Solactive Index during the Reporting Period, followed at some distance by Index constituents in Germany and Israel. Index constituents in the U.K., Belgium and Italy detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the Solactive Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Solactive Index, an underweight position in semiconductor company NVIDIA and overweight positions in auto parts retailers Genuine Parts and AutoZone contributed most positively (0.19%, 0.80% and 1.25% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). NVIDIA posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. Genuine Parts and AutoZone each generated a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Solactive Index, underweight positions in information technology giant Apple and integrated energy company Exxon Mobil and having no exposure to electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla detracted most (2.97%, 0.40% and 0.00%1 of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each of these holdings posted a gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the Solactive Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3    

GS
ActiveBeta®

World Low
Vol Plus
Equity Index

    Solactive GBS
Developed Markets
Large & Mid Cap
Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     10.44     10.44     11.35
  Consumer Staples     13.72       13.73       7.71  
  Energy     1.56       1.56       5.13  
  Financials     15.23       15.23       13.20  
  Health Care     12.25       12.24       13.28  
  Industrials     10.39       10.38       10.18  
  Information Technology     21.59       21.59       21.71  
  Materials     1.27       1.27       4.12  
  Real Estate     1.88       1.88       2.72  
  Communication Services     7.70       7.70       7.41  
    Utilities     3.98       3.98       3.20  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.
  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive Investments. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.
  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity Index.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Country Name   Fund3    

GS
ActiveBeta®

World Low
Vol Plus
Equity Index

    Solactive GBS
Developed Markets
Large & Mid Cap
Index
 
  U.S.     66.91     66.90     65.99
  Germany     1.29       1.29       1.92  
  Israel     1.46       1.46       0.32  
  Ireland     0.84       0.84       1.70  
  Netherlands     1.80       1.80       1.53  
  Spain     0.41       0.41       0.65  
  Guernsey     0.00       0.00       0.02  
  Australia     2.48       2.48       2.37  
  Singapore     0.76       0.76       0.42  
  Finland     0.42       0.42       0.35  
  Poland     0.00       0.00       0.06  
  Jersey     0.00       0.00       0.33  
  Sweden     1.60       1.60       0.94  
  Luxembourg     0.00       0.00       0.10  
  Cayman Islands     0.00       0.00       0.28  
  Panama     0.00       0.00       0.02  
  Liberia     0.00       0.00       0.02  
  Isle of Man     0.00       0.00       0.02  
  Faroe Islands     0.00       0.00       0.01  
  Bermuda     0.09       0.09       0.13  
  Curacao     0.09       0.09       0.11  
  Portugal     0.00       0.00       0.05  
  Japan     5.72       5.72       6.84  
  New Zealand     0.23       0.23       0.12  
  Austria     0.27       0.27       0.08  
  Canada     4.62       4.63       3.73  
  Denmark     0.03       0.03       0.73  
  Switzerland     2.60       2.60       2.78  
  Norway     0.75       0.75       0.29  
  Hong Kong     0.66       0.66       0.66  
  France     2.32       2.32       2.59  
  Italy     1.04       1.04       0.47  
  Belgium     0.53       0.53       0.22  
    U.K.     3.08       3.08       4.14  

 

  2    Country classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive Investments. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2022

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2022  
  Market Price1   $ 37.98  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 37.97  

 

1   The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222     
    

Holding

 

% of Net Assets

      

Line of Business

     Country
 

Apple, Inc.

    3.0      Information Technology      United States
 

Microsoft Corp.

    2.2        Information Technology      United States
 

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

    1.4        Consumer Discretionary      United States
 

AutoZone, Inc.

    1.3        Consumer Discretionary      United States
 

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    1.2        Communication Services      United States
 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B

    1.1        Financials      United States
 

Amazon.com, Inc.

    1.0        Consumer Discretionary      United States
 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1.0        Health Care      United States
 

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    1.0        Consumer Discretionary      United States
   

Johnson & Johnson

    1.0        Health Care      United States

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

38


ACTIVEBETA® WORLD LOW VOL PLUS EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2022

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022*    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced March 15, 2022)

   -5.65%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced March 15, 2022)

   -5.63%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Index Definitions and Industry Terms

 

Book Value: The total value of the company’s assets that shareholders would theoretically receive if a company were liquidated.

Free Cash Flow: A measure of financial performance calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures.

Alpha: The excess returns of a fund relative to the return of a benchmark index is the fund’s alpha.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of emerging market issuers. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index captures large and mid cap representation across 24 Emerging Markets countries. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of developed market issuers in Europe. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The MSCI Europe Index captures large and mid-cap representation across 15 Developed Markets countries. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of developed markets issuers outside of the United States. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The MSCI World ex USA Index captures large and mid cap representation across 22 of 23 Developed Markets countries. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of Japanese issuers. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The MSCI Japan Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid cap segments of the Japanese market. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of large capitalization U.S. issuers. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index aims to meet the minimum requirements to be an “EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark” as defined by the European Commission Delegated Regulation C(2020)4757. An “EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark” is an index whose constituent companies are aligned with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty that seeks to combat climate change and its effects. The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The S&P 500 Index is the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index of 500 stocks, an unmanaged index of common stock prices. The Index figures do not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of small capitalization U.S. issuers. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

 

40


FUND BASICS

 

Index Definitions and Industry Terms (continued)

 

The Russell 2000® Index is an unmanaged index of common stock prices that measures the performance of the 2000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index. The Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased small-cap barometer and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity set.

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to large and mid-capitalization equity securities of developed market issuers, including the United States. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time), value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), and quality (i.e., profitability). The Index seeks to provide exposure to these factors with an emphasis on the low volatility factor. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS ACTIVEBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – 96.6%  
Brazil – 3.6%      
  759,166     Ambev SA (Consumer Staples)   $ 2,237,496  
  205,564     Atacadao SA (Consumer Staples)     783,611  
  688,107     B3 SA – Brasil Bolsa Balcao (Financials)     1,573,841  
  458,194     Banco Bradesco SA (Financials)     1,400,848  
  104,600     Banco do Brasil SA (Financials)     841,686  
  655,696     BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (Financials)     3,579,055  
  56,500     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (Utilities)     502,840  
  320,623     Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (Materials)     854,004  
  113,343     Energisa SA (Utilities)     925,164  
  129,001     Engie Brasil Energia SA (Utilities)     1,008,404  
  313,145     Equatorial Energia SA (Utilities)     1,461,464  
  55,700     Hypera SA (Health Care)     463,038  
  160,920     Klabin SA (Materials)     584,853  
  151,843     Lojas Renner SA (Consumer Discretionary)     775,774  
  194,931     Natura & Co. Holding SA (Consumer Staples)     542,541  
  560,909     Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Energy)     4,024,124  
  608,642     Raia Drogasil SA (Consumer Staples)     2,556,273  
  154,197     Suzano SA (Materials)     1,317,267  
  229,259     Telefonica Brasil SA (Communication Services)     1,820,443  
  191,910     TIM SA (Communication Services)     438,196  
  648,867     Vale SA (Materials)     8,077,962  
  269,214     WEG SA (Industrials)     1,469,999  
   

 

 

 
      37,238,883  

 

 

 
Chile – 0.5%      
  923,902     Cencosud SA (Consumer Staples)     1,296,941  
  269,280     Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA (Consumer Staples)     1,469,365  
  263,240     Empresas CMPC SA (Materials)     501,353  
  93,257     Empresas Copec SA (Energy)     807,719  
  6,868,372     Enel Americas SA (Utilities)     747,164  
   

 

 

 
      4,822,542  

 

 

 
China – 32.2%      
  64,790     360 DigiTech, Inc. ADR (Financials)     1,035,344  
  389,700     360 Security Technology, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     413,808  
  418,506     37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     1,236,658  
  1,299,869     3SBio, Inc. (Health Care)(a)     866,154  
  3,088,218     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,276,762  
  4,845,114     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,586,467  
  109,892     Aier Eye Hospital Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     468,992  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  516,500     Air China Ltd., Class H (Industrials)*   415,235  
  22,556     Airtac International Group (Industrials)*     610,633  
  1,938,955     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     23,295,573  
  32,274     Amlogic Shanghai Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)*     403,381  
  71,789     Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     332,413  
  159,592     Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     609,995  
  193,922     ANTA Sports Products Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,344,700  
  18,203     Autohome, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)     648,209  
  1,078,941     AVIC Industry-Finance Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     529,019  
  202,800     Baidu, Inc., Class A (Communication Services)*     3,656,102  
  2,071,275     Bank of Beijing Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,240,923  
  423,023     Bank of Changsha Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     418,510  
  3,322,389     Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,465,147  
  10,271,202     Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     3,611,805  
  2,197,507     Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,460,000  
  2,710,366     Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,547,034  
  1,498,049     Bank of Jiangsu Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,575,510  
  691,661     Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,065,553  
  1,133,935     Bank of Shanghai Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     972,149  
  1,578,865     BBMG Corp., Class A (Materials)     600,072  
  608,898     Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     1,815,325  
  1,384,978     Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd. (Utilities)     356,441  
  459,380     Beijing Originwater Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     367,181  
  52,592     Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     973,862  
  744,911     Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     500,314  
  78,405     BGI Genomics Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     686,743  
  21,824     Bloomage Biotechnology Corp. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     452,876  
  1,680,876     BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     902,183  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  2,309,423     Bosideng International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)   $ 1,300,528  
  24,955     BYD Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,042,502  
  64,196     BYD Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     1,980,962  
  189,689     By-health Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     513,190  
  412,796     Caitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     454,500  
  4,084,531     CGN Power Co. Ltd., Class H (Utilities)(a)     973,145  
  14,007     Changchun High & New Technology Industry Group, Inc., Class A (Health Care)     359,809  
  457,376     Changjiang Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     377,522  
  60,153     Chengxin Lithium Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     464,048  
  4,277,824     China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     588,628  
  3,068,134     China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,317,341  
  1,315,478     China Communications Services Corp. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     564,817  
  136,512     China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     279,325  
  1,323,773     China Construction Bank Corp., Class A (Financials)     1,060,009  
  12,706,349     China Construction Bank Corp., Class H (Financials)     7,883,947  
  1,428,307     China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     594,649  
  2,814,165     China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     864,093  
  1,750,854     China Feihe Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*(a)     1,452,195  
  331,742     China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     476,423  
  1,201,803     China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     658,409  
  537,636     China Hongqiao Group Ltd. (Materials)     524,700  
  705,510     China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,013,926  
  1,336,291     China Medical System Holdings Ltd. (Health Care)     1,981,746  
  608,635     China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     2,764,461  
  227,597     China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,157,209  
  589,294     China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     3,025,736  
  333,306     China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     501,094  
  197,316     China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     379,258  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  307,928     China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)   653,061  
  1,953,574     China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,020,210  
  3,315,279     China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,055,976  
  1,013,392     China National Building Material Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     960,604  
  678,188     China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     626,681  
  65,546     China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Tech Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     286,580  
  230,186     China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (Real Estate)     621,740  
  140,200     China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     426,485  
  193,740     China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     411,233  
  1,979,143     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class A (Energy)     1,225,920  
  4,369,330     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H (Energy)     2,065,298  
  1,544,323     China Power International Development Ltd. (Utilities)     865,735  
  654,231     China Railway Group Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     545,703  
  1,034,507     China Railway Group Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     593,116  
  655,997     China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     421,563  
  190,615     China Resources Beer Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,332,072  
  532,809     China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd. (Materials)     329,236  
  90,956     China Resources Gas Group Ltd. (Utilities)     355,186  
  146,757     China Resources Land Ltd. (Real Estate)     603,007  
  186,877     China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,070,533  
  179,760     China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     791,163  
  833,303     China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     2,622,369  
  1,077,442     China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     803,367  
  350,200     China State Construction International Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     405,131  
  751,435     China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     337,956  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   43


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  44,225     China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)   $ 1,254,214  
  12,912,662     China Tower Corp. Ltd., Class H (Communication Services)(a)     1,612,263  
  1,707,212     China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     739,538  
  1,969,085     China United Network Communications Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     1,014,028  
  378,575     China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     1,316,916  
  2,242,940     China Zheshang Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)*     1,057,446  
  69,902     Chongqing Brewery Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,132,661  
  836,129     Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     434,224  
  53,088     Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     724,290  
  1,212,863     CITIC Ltd. (Industrials)     1,253,218  
  158,166     CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     447,868  
  238,092     CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     484,141  
  11,363     Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     796,154  
  167,500     COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)*     342,603  
  294,406     COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     606,446  
  543,309     COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     815,429  
  1,088,306     Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)(b)     323,073  
  546,132     CRRC Corp. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     396,910  
  2,257,305     CRRC Corp. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     845,535  
  2,473,523     CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. (Health Care)     2,518,006  
  265,686     Daan Gene Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     680,638  
  1,471,525     Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)     673,064  
  464,414     Daqin Railway Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     434,532  
  14,458     Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (Information Technology)*     963,915  
  491,644     DHC Software Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     415,079  
  123,854     Dong-E-E-Jiao Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     615,537  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  967,922     Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)   615,368  
  364,092     Dongxing Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     438,904  
  323,115     Dongyue Group Ltd. (Materials)     364,741  
  70,459     Ecovacs Robotics Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     834,034  
  65,937     ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     961,057  
  199,100     ENN Natural Gas Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     593,238  
  510,457     Far East Horizon Ltd. (Financials)     386,964  
  566,631     FAW Jiefang Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     670,730  
  183,836     Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     383,750  
  625,293     Focus Media Information Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     549,684  
  359,982     Fosun International Ltd. (Industrials)     265,554  
  463,468     Founder Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     467,263  
  286,014     Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     385,443  
  70,549     Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     399,742  
  12,597     G-bits Network Technology Xiamen Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     521,437  
  1,305,843     GD Power Development Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)*     824,019  
  387,200     Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     784,380  
  111,848     Genscript Biotech Corp. (Health Care)*     362,669  
  135,746     GF Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     323,732  
  258,856     Giant Network Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     323,685  
  155,212     Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     234,928  
  85,183     Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai, Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     394,556  
  382,979     Guangdong Investment Ltd. (Utilities)     351,319  
  34,709     Guangdong Kinlong Hardware Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     480,691  
  256,497     Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,012,065  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  312,651     Guangzhou Haige Co.mmunications Group Inc Co., Class A (Information Technology)   $ 396,395  
  86,083     Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     832,540  
  114,350     Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     788,758  
  283,889     Guosen Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     380,932  
  204,779     Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     439,350  
  433,797     Guoyuan Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     460,633  
  640,222     Haidilao International Holding Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)(b)     1,517,181  
  246,124     Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     923,650  
  489,005     Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     1,607,411  
  152,189     Haitian International Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     374,226  
  309,338     Haitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     425,401  
  584,950     Haitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     383,813  
  83,806     Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     305,753  
  146,855     Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. (Health Care)(a)     293,753  
  234,368     Heilongjiang Agriculture Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     499,093  
  85,128     Hengan International Group Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     407,807  
  1,385,817     Hesteel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     486,495  
  55,730     Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     688,222  
  317,700     Hopson Development Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     437,154  
  26,276     Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     427,670  
  685,391     Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     542,860  
  128,402     Huadong Medicine Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     785,475  
  215,559     Huatai Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     410,883  
  375,474     Huatai Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     503,257  
  349,310     Huaxi Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     406,389  
  1,511,277     Huaxia Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,126,845  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  195,320     Huayu Automotive Systems Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)   528,991  
  103,948     Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     582,804  
  19,300     Huizhou Desay Sv Automotive Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     428,357  
  2,076,413     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,319,304  
  7,061,808     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     3,598,901  
  472,464     Industrial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,172,670  
  114,774     Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     595,052  
  282,353     Inner Mongolia Yuan Xing Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     348,561  
  124,863     Intco Medical Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     397,762  
  108,497     Jafron Biomedical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     739,099  
  234,080     JD.com, Inc., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     7,360,434  
  466,628     Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     400,110  
  282,422     Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,419,986  
  136,900     Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     442,065  
  28,151     JiuGui Liquor Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     609,529  
  355,661     Jiumaojiu International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)(b)     704,176  
  247,328     Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     391,431  
  354,824     Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     611,486  
  17,642     JOYY, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)     534,905  
  412,728     Kingboard Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,306,725  
  235,899     Kuaishou Technology (Communication Services)*(a)     2,067,800  
  10,869     Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     3,033,554  
  2,506,417     Lenovo Group Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,075,681  
  23,400     Li Auto, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     673,218  
  324,604     Li Ning Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,977,696  
  1,707,512     Liaoning Port Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     413,654  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  295,274     Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)(a)   $ 963,073  
  17,432     Luzhou Laojiao Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     592,231  
  413,055     Meituan, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)     9,988,449  
  1,238,474     Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     576,699  
  47,600     Muyuan Foods Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     404,771  
  225,111     NetEase, Inc. (Communication Services)     4,066,932  
  85,277     New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     356,396  
  185,640     New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     437,560  
  448,200     New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)*     1,341,942  
  40,200     Ningbo Orient Wires & Cables Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     417,946  
  40,000     Ningbo Tuopu Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     458,748  
  358,033     Nongfu Spring Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Staples)(a)     2,137,109  
  107,708     North Industries Group Red Arrow Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     477,640  
  400,759     Northeast Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     417,993  
  796,349     Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     518,689  
  574,820     People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. (The), Class A (Financials)     416,092  
  2,600,299     People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. (The), Class H (Financials)     805,051  
  2,956,839     PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     2,290,477  
  4,984,129     PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     2,355,902  
  1,994,664     PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     2,160,144  
  42,638     Pinduoduo, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     3,040,089  
  225,100     Ping An Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     416,335  
  134,260     Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     853,836  
  663,036     Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     3,915,442  
  1,520,119     Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     994,515  
  1,897,528     Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     1,136,266  
  540,012     Power Construction Corp. of China Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     604,753  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  26,703     Proya Cosmetics Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)   619,779  
  871,880     Qingdao Rural Commercial Bank Corp., Class A (Financials)     385,757  
  178,500     Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)*     719,847  
  221,199     SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     496,399  
  36,347     Sangfor Technologies, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     509,176  
  218,276     SDIC Power Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     353,051  
  839,697     Sealand Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     434,858  
  1,217,300     Seazen Group Ltd. (Real Estate)*     406,343  
  23,663     SG Micro Corp., Class A (Information Technology)     549,907  
  216,155     Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     564,410  
  193,508     Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     502,469  
  737,986     Shanghai International Port Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     579,165  
  198,441     Shanghai Lingang Holdings Corp. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     364,149  
  159,966     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     400,985  
  1,102,551     Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,162,760  
  478,099     Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     405,031  
  352,100     Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     409,635  
  243,700     Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Park Development Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     410,082  
  512,945     Shanxi Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     433,063  
  888,737     Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     631,723  
  30,334     Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,289,301  
  176,300     Shengyi Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     406,637  
  752,170     Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     456,089  
  347,632     Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     300,292  
  16,460     Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     712,740  
  20,866     Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     218,926  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  228,781     Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)   $ 709,885  
  459,262     Shimao Group Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)(b)(c)     258,629  
  188,294     Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     360,279  
  222,826     Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     693,993  
  314,066     Sichuan Road & Bridge Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     486,119  
  83,803     Sichuan Swellfun Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     887,198  
  68,592     Silergy Corp. (Information Technology)     1,201,135  
  325,400     Sinolink Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     407,839  
  270,104     Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)     601,543  
  829,288     Sinotrans Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     453,528  
  195,740     Smoore International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)(b)     351,137  
  404,700     SooChow Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     402,730  
  664,049     Southwest Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     378,573  
  237,920     Sunac China Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)*(c)     138,832  
  38,387     Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     527,715  
  82,600     Suzhou TA&A Ultra Clean Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     934,733  
  115,200     TAL Education Group ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     665,856  
  69,759     TBEA Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     250,760  
  660,944     TCL Technology Group Corp., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     397,896  
  781,771     Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Communication Services)     32,590,185  
  146,021     Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR (Communication Services)*     746,167  
  291,700     Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     399,453  
  1,197,818     Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp. (Consumer Staples)     2,130,444  
  174,023     Titan Wind Energy Suzhou Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     349,634  
  1,301,523     Topsports International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     1,029,763  
  12,077     Trip.com Group Ltd. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     310,620  
  60,700     Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Staples)     591,622  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  1,424,277     Uni-President China Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)   1,228,505  
  197,268     Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,290,281  
  1,938,165     Want Want China Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,368,026  
  246,701     Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     330,659  
  257,152     Wens Foodstuffs Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)*     884,834  
  414,844     Western Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     389,957  
  228,831     Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The) (Real Estate)     862,980  
  611,000     Wuchan Zhongda Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     407,714  
  30,841     Wuliangye Yibin Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     747,990  
  120,104     Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (Health Care)*(a)     1,066,557  
  554,900     XCMG Construction Machinery Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     419,382  
  438,385     Xiamen C & D, Inc., Class A (Industrials)     746,588  
  12,896     Xiamen Faratronic Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     332,504  
  129,685     Xiamen Intretech, Inc., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     382,835  
  604,550     Xiaomi Corp., Class B (Information Technology)*(a)     890,398  
  298,259     Yadea Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     570,765  
  153,200     Yankuang Energy Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     608,986  
  239,930     Yihai International Holding Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*(b)     605,874  
  24,737     YongXing Special Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     482,966  
  481,988     Youngor Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     447,480  
  26,996     Youngy Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)*     469,896  
  146,900     YTO Express Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     418,098  
  583,622     Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     731,679  
  66,018     Yum China Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,308,162  
  53,400     Yunnan Baiyao Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     405,600  
  31,912     Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     861,967  
  9,551     Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     417,021  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  650,727     Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)   $ 495,786  
  31,808     Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     408,585  
  363,817     Zhejiang Semir Garment Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     274,437  
  72,076     Zhejiang Supor Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     479,388  
  301,417     Zhejiang Weixing New Building Materials Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     912,093  
  52,879     Zhejiang Wolwo Bio-Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     355,004  
  225,574     Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,070,556  
  388,700     Zhongtai Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     417,821  
   

 

 

 
      330,354,044  

 

 

 
Colombia – 0.1%      
  1,036,435     Ecopetrol SA (Energy)     528,853  

 

 

 
Czech Republic – 0.2%      
  38,113     CEZ AS (Utilities)     1,543,461  
  21,333     Komercni banka AS (Financials)     502,860  
   

 

 

 
      2,046,321  

 

 

 
Egypt – 0.3%      
  1,028,053     Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE (Financials)     2,041,656  
  2,910,935     Eastern Co. SAE (Consumer Staples)     1,477,440  
   

 

 

 
      3,519,096  

 

 

 
Greece – 0.4%      
  643,054     Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (Financials)*     601,359  
  197,403     Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (Communication Services)     3,148,188  
  38,697     OPAP SA (Consumer Discretionary)     511,690  
   

 

 

 
      4,261,237  

 

 

 
Hong Kong – 0.3%      
  274,649     Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     262,792  
  54,824     Orient Overseas International Ltd. (Industrials)     1,535,297  
  2,660,852     Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. (Health Care)     1,403,508  
   

 

 

 
      3,201,597  

 

 

 
Hungary – 0.2%      
  107,253     MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC (Energy)     737,630  
  18,079     OTP Bank Nyrt (Financials)     383,956  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Hungary – (continued)      
  17,597     Richter Gedeon Nyrt (Health Care)   354,047  
   

 

 

 
      1,475,633  

 

 

 
India – 13.6%      
  22,138     ACC Ltd. (Materials)     640,724  
  22,618     Adani Enterprises Ltd. (Industrials)     909,281  
  27,504     Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Utilities)*     843,277  
  8,228     Adani Power Ltd. (Utilities)*     42,865  
  23,100     Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Utilities)     1,088,728  
  19,731     Adani Transmission Ltd. (Utilities)*     983,519  
  76,748     Asian Paints Ltd. (Materials)     3,275,920  
  179,814     Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (Health Care)     1,234,242  
  23,017     Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*(a)     1,312,617  
  107,594     Axis Bank Ltd. (Financials)     1,017,604  
  14,298     Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Financials)     1,314,714  
  2,210     Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Financials)     471,775  
  73,320     Berger Paints India Ltd. (Materials)     621,657  
  111,700     Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Industrials)     430,869  
  134,764     Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (Energy)     557,403  
  181,083     Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,655,902  
  169,098     Biocon Ltd. (Health Care)     659,510  
  55,438     Britannia Industries Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,614,807  
  42,200     Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     419,753  
  186,423     Cipla Ltd. (Health Care)     2,436,389  
  147,300     Coal India Ltd. (Energy)     435,274  
  108,428     Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,285,624  
  218,486     Dabur India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,604,724  
  39,854     Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (Health Care)     1,819,127  
  34,738     Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (Health Care)     1,855,877  
  274,740     GAIL India Ltd. (Utilities)     470,589  
  48,438     Grasim Industries Ltd. (Materials)     1,023,312  
  111,718     Havells India Ltd. (Industrials)     1,956,446  
  306,842     HCL Technologies Ltd. (Information Technology)     3,625,925  
  115,043     HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     832,800  
  228,234     Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Materials)     1,260,975  
  93,586     Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,132,778  
  178,743     Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. (Financials)     5,503,235  
  455,903     ICICI Bank Ltd. (Financials)     5,091,016  

 

 

 

 

48   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
India – (continued)      
  49,270     ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)   $ 798,842  
  1,932,856     Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (Energy)     1,739,270  
  544,412     Infosys Ltd. (Information Technology)     10,229,031  
  506,186     ITC Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,041,737  
  164,252     Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Materials)     895,800  
  58,755     JSW Steel Ltd. (Materials)     493,136  
  180,101     Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,396,915  
  26,692     Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Financials)     643,448  
  41,080     Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (Information Technology)(a)     2,399,767  
  77,850     Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Industrials)     1,883,591  
  136,223     Lupin Ltd. (Health Care)     1,147,105  
  146,682     Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,415,897  
  361,300     Marico Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,389,928  
  6,700     Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     765,826  
  32,724     Mindtree Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,361,747  
  26,276     Mphasis Ltd. (Information Technology)     704,683  
  63,809     Muthoot Finance Ltd. (Financials)     847,300  
  10,825     Nestle India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,714,603  
  694,829     NTPC Ltd. (Utilities)     1,434,113  
  221,756     Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (Energy)     386,812  
  5,363     Page Industries Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,445,140  
  9,912     PI Industries Ltd. (Materials)     428,648  
  72,321     Pidilite Industries Ltd. (Materials)     2,490,518  
  723,079     Power Grid Corp. Of India Ltd. (Utilities)     2,089,388  
  296,776     Reliance Industries Ltd. (Energy)     9,852,737  
  102,213     SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     1,709,721  
  39,441     Siemens Ltd. (Industrials)     1,431,346  
  16,070     SRF Ltd. (Materials)     514,390  
  176,311     State Bank of India (Financials)     1,178,799  
  87,082     Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Health Care)     978,736  
  178,472     Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Information Technology)     7,212,606  
  123,026     Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,253,591  
  8,356     Tata Elxsi Ltd. (Information Technology)     948,485  
  384,882     Tata Motors Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,281,930  
  171,713     Tata Power Co. Ltd. (The) (Utilities)     512,061  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
India – (continued)      
  2,185,872     Tata Steel Ltd. (Materials)   2,979,303  
  257,670     Tech Mahindra Ltd. (Information Technology)     3,489,619  
  16,170     Titan Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     530,055  
  75,164     Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Health Care)     1,466,754  
  18,629     UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Materials)     1,565,625  
  404,182     Vedanta Ltd. (Materials)     1,374,688  
  302,866     Wipro Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,576,304  
   

 

 

 
      139,429,253  

 

 

 
Indonesia – 1.8%      
  2,027,800     Adaro Energy Indonesia Tbk PT (Energy)     483,639  
  5,527,654     Aneka Tambang Tbk (Materials)     741,117  
  4,381,187     Astra International Tbk PT (Consumer Discretionary)     2,058,870  
  4,353,586     Bank Central Asia Tbk PT (Financials)     2,405,215  
  999,680     Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT (Financials)     596,070  
  695,352     Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Financials)     399,385  
  2,679,472     Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Financials)     783,487  
  234,549     Gudang Garam Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)     374,915  
  2,403,028     Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)     1,343,785  
  3,335,787     Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)     1,399,042  
  12,965,024     Kalbe Farma Tbk PT (Health Care)     1,467,491  
  2,929,502     Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk PT (Materials)*     844,754  
  5,150,848     Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)     756,534  
  11,521,369     Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Communication Services)     3,539,663  
  4,458,962     Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)     1,378,921  
   

 

 

 
      18,572,888  

 

 

 
Kuwait – 0.8%      
  354,724     Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC (Industrials)     969,890  
  332,759     Boubyan Bank KSCP (Financials)     902,269  
  1,072,232     Kuwait Finance House KSCP (Financials)     3,133,654  
  950,794     National Bank of Kuwait SAKP (Financials)     3,254,220  
   

 

 

 
      8,260,033  

 

 

 
Luxembourg – 0.1%      
  46,127     Reinet Investments SCA (Financials)     760,818  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Mexico – 2.1%      
  917,566     Alfa SAB de CV, Class A (Industrials)   $ 584,885  
  4,333,191     America Movil SAB de CV, Series L (Communication Services)     3,699,328  
  3,334,400     Cemex SAB de CV, Series CPO (Materials)*     1,238,463  
  375,161     Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     2,355,389  
  203,271     Gruma SAB de CV, Class B (Consumer Staples)     2,218,779  
  1,094,936     Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Series A (Consumer Staples)     3,605,144  
  363,167     Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O (Financials)     2,148,449  
  546,815     Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B (Materials)     2,073,938  
  1,196,330     Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     3,916,387  
   

 

 

 
      21,840,762  

 

 

 
Philippines – 0.3%      
  364,980     Bank of the Philippine Islands (Financials)     617,129  
  12,654     Globe Telecom, Inc. (Communication Services)     472,765  
  82,040     International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Industrials)     264,725  
  167,850     Manila Electric Co. (Utilities)     900,301  
  26,285     PLDT, Inc. (Communication Services)     785,905  
   

 

 

 
      3,040,825  

 

 

 
Poland – 0.7%      
  26,856     Bank Pekao SA (Financials)     373,151  
  16,684     CD Projekt SA (Communication Services)     299,086  
  33,198     Dino Polska SA (Consumer Staples)*(a)     2,431,572  
  24,857     KGHM Polska Miedz SA (Materials)     468,800  
  578     LPP SA (Consumer Discretionary)     1,045,758  
  451,813     PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (Utilities)*     690,549  
  115,825     Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (Financials)     580,544  
  209,297     Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (Financials)     1,256,005  
   

 

 

 
      7,145,465  

 

 

 
Qatar – 1.4%      
  589,801     Commercial Bank PSQC (The) (Financials)     1,187,133  
  104,230     Industries Qatar QSC (Industrials)     519,469  
  1,079,017     Masraf Al Rayan QSC (Financials)     1,339,531  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Qatar – (continued)      
  751,965     Ooredoo QPSC (Communication Services)   1,874,879  
  632,475     Qatar International Islamic Bank QSC (Financials)     2,068,450  
  371,598     Qatar Islamic Bank (Financials)     2,613,201  
  777,114     Qatar National Bank QPSC (Financials)     4,404,375  
   

 

 

 
      14,007,038  

 

 

 
Romania – 0.1%      
  132,406     NEPI Rockcastle S.A. (Real Estate)     704,895  

 

 

 
Russia – 0.0%      
  1,256,908     Gazprom PJSC (Energy)*(c)      
  35,708,229     Inter RAO UES PJSC (Utilities)(c)      
  62,206     LUKOIL PJSC (Energy)(c)      
  11,906     MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (Materials)(c)      
  824,628     Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC (Financials)*(c)      
  5,200     Novatek PJSC GDR (Energy)(c)      
  839,494     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC (Materials)(c)      
  127,440     PhosAgro PJSC GDR (Materials)(c)      
  820     PhosAgro PJSC (Materials)(c)      
  73,809     Polymetal International PLC (Materials)(c)      
  11,287     Polyus PJSC (Materials)(c)      
  90,086     Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC (Energy)(c)      
  1,661,273     Sberbank of Russia PJSC (Financials)*(c)      
  152,107     Severstal PAO (Materials)(c)      
  3,362,523     Surgutneftegas PJSC (Energy)(c)      
  277,377     Tatneft PJSC (Energy)(c)      
  29,482     TCS Group Holding PLC GDR (Financials)*(c)      
  799,132,583     VTB Bank PJSC (Financials)*(c)      
  69,395     X5 Retail Group NV GDR (Consumer Staples)(c)      
  41,484     Yandex NV, Class A (Communication Services)*(c)      
   

 

 

 
       

 

 

 
Saudi Arabia – 4.3%      
  54,322     Advanced Petrochemical Co. (Materials)     722,559  
  288,885     Al Rajhi Bank (Financials)*     6,932,010  
  82,200     Alinma Bank (Financials)     830,966  
  32,932     Almarai Co. JSC (Consumer Staples)     464,325  
  67,000     Arab National Bank (Financials)     534,717  
  46,100     Bank AlBilad (Financials)*     620,553  
  64,200     Bank Al-Jazira (Financials)     402,381  
  46,011     Banque Saudi Fransi (Financials)     608,951  
  27,463     Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Co. (Financials)     1,201,095  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Saudi Arabia – (continued)      
  147,052     Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. (Real Estate)*   $ 553,939  
  213,062     Etihad Etisalat Co. (Communication Services)     2,074,506  
  10,024     Jarir Marketing Co. (Consumer Discretionary)     458,667  
  195,316     Mobile Telecommunications Co Saudi Arabia (Communication Services)*     601,692  
  168,284     Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co. (Energy)*     775,387  
  87,205     Riyad Bank (Financials)     823,564  
  33,113     SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co. (Materials)     1,532,765  
  207,740     Sahara International Petrochemical Co. (Materials)     2,638,889  
  48,796     Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Materials)*     967,093  
  432,530     Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Energy)(a)     4,314,944  
  110,447     Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Materials)     2,944,078  
  63,136     Saudi British Bank (The) (Financials)     670,998  
  275,529     Saudi Electricity Co. (Utilities)     1,850,787  
  63,968     Saudi Industrial Investment Group (Materials)     435,643  
  96,700     Saudi Investment Bank (The) (Financials)     514,498  
  330,039     Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. (Materials)*     1,290,655  
  294,624     Saudi National Bank (The) (Financials)     5,478,643  
  231,347     Saudi Telecom Co. (Communication Services)     2,572,574  
  119,203     Savola Group (The) (Consumer Staples)     1,035,376  
   

 

 

 
      43,852,255  

 

 

 
Singapore – 0.0%      
  50,200     BOC Aviation Ltd. (Industrials)(a)     403,258  

 

 

 
South Africa – 3.7%      
  168,887     Absa Group Ltd. (Financials)     1,763,938  
  57,183     African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. (Materials)     792,706  
  4,620     Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (Materials)     324,927  
  127,500     Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (Health Care)     1,103,368  
  96,111     Bid Corp. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,832,912  
  48,828     Bidvest Group Ltd. (The) (Industrials)     615,779  
  8,111     Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     972,474  
  100,054     Clicks Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,749,436  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Africa – (continued)      
  32,542     Discovery Ltd. (Financials)*   234,532  
  614,739     FirstRand Ltd. (Financials)     2,314,414  
  172,198     Gold Fields Ltd. (Materials)     1,401,576  
  212,001     Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (Materials)     2,243,596  
  59,177     Kumba Iron Ore Ltd. (Materials)(b)     1,321,105  
  152,946     Mr Price Group Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,671,024  
  301,179     MTN Group Ltd. (Communication Services)     2,195,530  
  370,241     MultiChoice Group (Communication Services)     2,511,298  
  3,500     Naspers Ltd., Class N (Consumer Discretionary)     498,122  
  155,258     Nedbank Group Ltd. (Financials)(b)     1,847,312  
  687,719     Old Mutual Ltd. (Financials)     410,346  
  336,960     Pepkor Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     397,566  
  104,641     Remgro Ltd. (Financials)     781,904  
  291,157     Sanlam Ltd. (Financials)     910,826  
  46,391     Sasol Ltd. (Materials)*     903,166  
  243,879     Shoprite Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,329,863  
  572,493     Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. (Materials)     1,292,815  
  156,455     SPAR Group Ltd. (The) (Consumer Staples)     1,437,289  
  215,347     Standard Bank Group Ltd. (Financials)     1,935,980  
  170,422     Vodacom Group Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,261,337  
   

 

 

 
      38,055,141  

 

 

 
South Korea – 11.6%      
  16,750     Amorepacific Corp. (Consumer Staples)     1,540,316  
  43,647     AMOREPACIFIC Group (Consumer Staples)     1,138,859  
  11,024     BGF retail Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,322,831  
  4,595     Celltrion, Inc. (Health Care)     651,006  
  104,476     Cheil Worldwide, Inc. (Communication Services)     1,710,608  
  3,783     CJ CheilJedang Corp. (Consumer Staples)     1,152,534  
  14,207     CJ Corp. (Industrials)     830,614  
  13,524     CJ ENM Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     993,914  
  9,275     CJ Logistics Corp. (Industrials)*     821,717  
  32,553     Coway Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,550,317  
  10,204     DB Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     455,444  
  10,114     Doosan Bobcat, Inc. (Industrials)     262,387  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Korea – (continued)      
  32,724     Doosan Enerbility Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*   $ 497,876  
  11,560     Ecopro BM Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     969,707  
  6,599     E-MART, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     482,511  
  8,356     F&F Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     890,232  
  31,274     GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (Industrials)     704,954  
  49,082     GS Holdings Corp. (Industrials)     1,689,825  
  58,985     Hana Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     1,730,897  
  41,606     Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,180,477  
  1,800     Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     414,489  
  21,209     Hanwha Solutions Corp. (Materials)*     834,057  
  18,664     HMM Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     310,474  
  29,036     Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(b)     1,602,076  
  20,966     Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     755,532  
  7,465     Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,199,936  
  12,737     Hyundai Motor Co. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,866,436  
  22,518     Hyundai Steel Co. (Materials)     553,880  
  178,869     Industrial Bank of Korea (Financials)     1,279,785  
  16,548     Kakao Corp. (Communication Services)     908,096  
  42,047     Kangwon Land, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)*     834,621  
  57,236     KB Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     2,116,048  
  52,911     Kia Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,196,298  
  17,304     Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     789,162  
  49,489     Korea Electric Power Corp. (Utilities)*(b)     775,145  
  6,572     Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     279,085  
  3,279     Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     238,286  
  1,299     Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. (Materials)     652,632  
  26,780     Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     537,582  
  22,033     KT&G Corp. (Consumer Staples)     1,370,525  
  6,779     Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     658,869  
  4,374     L&F Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     753,771  
  2,204     LG Chem Ltd. (Materials)     1,041,403  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Korea – (continued)      
  61,493     LG Display Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)   717,200  
  34,602     LG Electronics, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,612,838  
  3,204     LG H&H Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,705,542  
  2,828     LG Innotek Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     727,324  
  194,298     LG Uplus Corp. (Communication Services)(b)     1,670,537  
  2,764     Lotte Chemical Corp. (Materials)     361,631  
  17,875     Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,320,362  
  16,070     Meritz Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     370,047  
  27,831     Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     797,966  
  426,921     Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,544,838  
  9,211     NAVER Corp. (Communication Services)     1,652,753  
  4,267     NCSoft Corp. (Communication Services)     1,207,476  
  97,526     NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     725,493  
  21,411     Orion Corp. (Consumer Staples)     1,575,150  
  11,709     Pearl Abyss Corp. (Communication Services)*     497,231  
  9,183     POSCO Holdings, Inc. (Materials)     1,750,712  
  27,695     S-1 Corp. (Industrials)     1,205,076  
  1,274     Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. (Health Care)*(a)     795,327  
  15,474     Samsung C&T Corp. (Industrials)     1,394,054  
  14,735     Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,542,297  
  689,610     Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     30,779,946  
  27,334     Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     479,221  
  11,278     Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,644,208  
  136,294     Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     608,333  
  3,940     Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,761,519  
  12,320     Samsung SDS Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,183,597  
  49,129     Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,245,167  
  23,291     SD Biosensor, Inc. (Health Care)     612,073  
  50,210     Seegene, Inc. (Health Care)(b)     1,184,349  
  71,158     Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,947,129  
  83,393     SK Hynix, Inc. (Information Technology)     5,935,489  
  27,294     SK Square Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     826,442  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Korea – (continued)      
  3,636     SKC Co. Ltd. (Materials)   $ 330,286  
  152,449     Woori Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     1,390,511  
  24,656     Yuhan Corp. (Health Care)     1,047,034  
   

 

 

 
      118,694,372  

 

 

 
Taiwan – 14.3%      
  172,879     Accton Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     1,610,224  
  887,735     Acer, Inc. (Information Technology)     641,648  
  185,806     Advantech Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,999,227  
  512,849     ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,438,926  
  493,401     Asia Cement Corp. (Materials)     701,095  
  125,248     Asustek Computer, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,049,306  
  1,470,157     AUO Corp. (Information Technology)     809,039  
  215,399     Catcher Technology Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     1,312,740  
  1,511,105     Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,211,736  
  258,398     Chailease Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,672,424  
  389,798     Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     453,991  
  5,400,539     China Development Financial Holding Corp. (Financials)     2,377,568  
  2,009,344     China Steel Corp. (Materials)     1,911,146  
  447,788     Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,780,118  
  1,575,239     Compal Electronics, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,177,386  
  2,998,921     CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,315,389  
  281,450     Delta Electronics, Inc. (Information Technology)     2,431,913  
  65,300     E Ink Holdings, Inc. (Information Technology)     513,818  
  13,669     eMemory Technology, Inc. (Information Technology)     621,982  
  1,370,176     E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,269,453  
  980,601     Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd. (Industrials)     2,844,750  
  627,124     Far Eastern New Century Corp. (Industrials)     674,770  
  276,929     Feng TAY Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,564,905  
  1,118,889     First Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     975,984  
  380,739     Formosa Plastics Corp. (Materials)     1,139,559  
  1,426,936     Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,690,961  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Taiwan – (continued)      
  34,129     Globalwafers Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)   544,943  
  1,312,927     Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     4,701,734  
  967,942     Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     739,372  
  1,911,818     Innolux Corp. (Information Technology)     760,016  
  907,809     Inventec Corp. (Information Technology)     690,457  
  10,378     Largan Precision Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     666,579  
  603,073     Lite-On Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     1,303,727  
  248,342     MediaTek, Inc. (Information Technology)     5,442,106  
  1,346,097     Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,587,676  
  420,888     Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,590,213  
  480,022     Nan Ya Plastics Corp. (Materials)     1,083,450  
  55,947     Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp. (Information Technology)     497,205  
  553,035     Nanya Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     970,253  
  138,723     Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,289,811  
  222,083     Novatek Microelectronics Corp. (Information Technology)     1,922,591  
  580,090     Pegatron Corp. (Information Technology)     1,212,114  
  874,024     Pou Chen Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     832,746  
  382,020     President Chain Store Corp. (Consumer Staples)     3,363,659  
  375,762     Quanta Computer, Inc. (Information Technology)     978,987  
  219,096     Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Information Technology)     2,490,586  
  2,161,014     SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,231,822  
  675,731     Synnex Technology International Corp. (Information Technology)     1,238,794  
  2,270,125     Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,133,664  
  651,460     Taiwan Cement Corp. (Materials)     841,146  
  717,672     Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     651,947  
  200,481     Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     656,030  
  3,442,608     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     57,117,603  
  106,307     Unimicron Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     529,134  
  1,580,334     Uni-President Enterprises Corp. (Consumer Staples)     3,426,761  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Taiwan – (continued)      
  2,238,173     United Microelectronics Corp. (Information Technology)*   $ 3,022,223  
  275,965     Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. (Information Technology)     674,556  
  157,889     Wan Hai Lines Ltd. (Industrials)     450,259  
  1,494,235     Winbond Electronics Corp. (Information Technology)     1,089,840  
  787,645     WPG Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,330,101  
  354,133     Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Industrials)     917,982  
  2,737,597     Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,825,814  
   

 

 

 
      146,995,959  

 

 

 
Tanzania – 0.0%      
  32,036     AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (Materials)(b)     431,604  

 

 

 
Thailand – 1.6%      
  372,216     Advanced Info Service PCL NVDR (Communication Services)     1,959,972  
  281,700     Airports of Thailand PCL NVDR (Industrials)*     562,048  
  1,816,600     Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL NVDR (Health Care)     1,457,266  
  84,800     Bumrungrad Hospital PCL NVDR (Health Care)     502,346  
  796,400     Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)     567,882  
  949,377     CP ALL PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)     1,601,280  
  58,000     Delta Electronics Thailand PCL NVDR (Information Technology)     833,514  
  144,200     Electricity Generating PCL NVDR (Utilities)     723,719  
  469,300     Gulf Energy Development PCL NVDR (Utilities)     659,626  
  303,700     Intouch Holdings PCL NVDR (Communication Services)     605,942  
  284,700     JMT Network Services PCL NVDR (Financials)     609,026  
  1,304,000     Krung Thai Bank PCL NVDR (Financials)     604,391  
  455,200     Krungthai Card PCL NVDR (Financials)     752,165  
  655,100     Muangthai Capital PCL NVDR (Financials)     763,572  
  138,200     PTT Exploration & Production PCL NVDR (Energy)     638,648  
  389,000     PTT Global Chemical PCL NVDR (Materials)     506,753  
  1,061,600     PTT PCL NVDR (Energy)     1,091,807  
  570,800     Ratch Group PCL NVDR (Utilities)     688,795  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Thailand – (continued)      
  62,700     Siam Cement PCL (The) NVDR (Materials)   615,608  
  862,400     Thai Union Group PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)     413,905  
   

 

 

 
      16,158,265  

 

 

 
Turkey – 0.5%      
  324,700     BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (Consumer Staples)     1,952,358  
  551,329     Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (Materials)     872,090  
  518,053     KOC Holding AS (Industrials)     1,298,941  
  660,822     Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS (Industrials)     900,007  
   

 

 

 
      5,023,396  

 

 

 
United Arab Emirates – 1.6%      
  699,400     Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (Financials)     1,727,054  
  490,028     Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC (Financials)     1,180,694  
  1,313,494     Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. for Distribution PJSC (Consumer Discretionary)     1,587,758  
  941,438     Aldar Properties PJSC (Real Estate)     1,235,412  
  1,028,292     Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC (Financials)     1,637,742  
  1,068,663     Emaar Properties PJSC (Real Estate)     1,821,328  
  550,868     Emirates NBD Bank PJSC (Financials)     2,002,175  
  392,231     Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. PJSC (Communication Services)     2,746,541  
  468,889     First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (Financials)     2,438,241  
   

 

 

 
      16,376,945  

 

 

 
United States – 0.3%      
  526,002     JBS SA (Consumer Staples)     3,004,130  
  11,500     Parade Technologies Ltd. (Information Technology)     326,062  
   

 

 

 
      3,330,192  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $957,308,056)   $ 990,531,570  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Description   Rate     Value  
Preferred Stocks – 2.2%  
Brazil – 1.4%        
  809,211     Banco Bradesco SA (Financials)     3.29   $ 2,961,328  
  119,063     Braskem SA, Class A (Materials)     30.35     699,762  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description   Rate         
Value
 
Preferred Stocks – (continued)  
Brazil – (continued)        
  44,200     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, Class B (Utilities)     3.33 %     $ 408,643  
  274,737     Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (Utilities)     9.62       641,636  
  111,664     Gerdau SA (Materials)     17.22     502,607  
  630,670     Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Financials)     3.15     3,141,786  
  770,355     Itausa SA (Financials)     6.16     1,360,500  
  720,396     Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Energy)     33.98     4,620,490  
     

 

 

 
        14,336,752  

 

 

 
Chile – 0.1%        
  8,256     Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Class B (Materials)     4.38       828,763  

 

 

 
Colombia – 0.0%        
  85,275     Bancolombia SA (Financials)     5.45       589,549  

 

 

 
Russia – 0.0%        
  3,212,489     Surgutneftegas PJSC (Energy)(c)     15.71        

 

 

 
South Korea – 0.7%        
  6,930     Hyundai Motor Co. (Consumer Discretionary)     5.48     483,398  
  6,639     Hyundai Motor Co. (Consumer Discretionary)     5.52     452,676  
  5,415     LG H&H Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3.33     1,483,756  
  120,170     Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     2.72     4,896,464  
     

 

 

 
        7,316,294  

 

 

 
  TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS    
  (Cost $21,413,328)     $ 23,071,358  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Description   Value  
Exchange-Traded Fund – 0.6%  
United States – 0.6%      
  257,264     iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF(b)  
  (Cost $7,732,868)   $ 5,742,132  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $986,454,252)   $ 1,019,345,060  

 

 

 
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 1.1%(d)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  10,851,775     2.154%   $ 10,851,775  
(Cost $10,851,775)      

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.5%  
  (Cost $997,306,027)   $ 1,030,196,835  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER
    ASSETS – (0.5)%
    (4,989,136

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 1,025,207,699  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(c)

  Significant unobservable inputs were used in the valuation of this portfolio security; i.e. Level 3.

(d)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR

 

American Depositary Receipt

GDR

 

—Global Depositary Receipt

NVDR

 

—Non-Voting Depository Receipt

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

 

 

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ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2022, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

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

Long position contracts:

                   

MSCI Emerging Markets Index Future

       64          09/16/22        $ 3,150,514        $ (8,434

 

Sector   % of Market
Value
 

 

 

Financials

    21.2

Information Technology

    19.2

Consumer Discretionary

    11.7

Consumer Staples

    11.0

Communication Services

    9.2

Materials

    7.8

Industrials

    5.2

Health Care

    4.7

Energy

    4.3

Utilities

    3.0

Real Estate

    1.0

Exchange-Traded Fund

    0.6

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

    1.1

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     100.0

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

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Shares    

Description

  Value  
Common Stocks – 98.7%  
Australia – 1.2%      
  12,680     Glencore PLC (Materials)*   $ 69,833  
  1,472     Rio Tinto PLC (Materials)     81,718  
   

 

 

 
      151,551  

 

 

 
Austria – 0.6%      
  507     Erste Group Bank AG (Financials)     11,461  
  376     Mondi PLC (Materials)     6,414  
  878     OMV AG (Energy)     35,562  
  121     Verbund AG (Utilities)     11,601  
  518     voestalpine AG (Materials)     10,480  
   

 

 

 
      75,518  

 

 

 
Belgium – 1.2%      
  199     Ageas SA/NV (Financials)     8,102  
  588     Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Consumer Staples)     28,585  
  57     D’ieteren Group (Consumer Discretionary)     8,637  
  124     Elia Group SA/NV (Utilities)     18,067  
  153     Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (Financials)     11,616  
  112     KBC Group NV (Financials)     5,336  
  361     Proximus SADP (Communication Services)     4,603  
  89     Sofina SA (Financials)     17,917  
  171     Solvay SA (Materials)     13,866  
  328     UCB SA (Health Care)     23,120  
  169     Warehouses De Pauw CVA REIT (Real Estate)     5,163  
   

 

 

 
      145,012  

 

 

 
Brazil – 0.1%      
  317     Yara International ASA (Materials)     13,461  

 

 

 
China – 0.1%      
  110     Prosus NV (Consumer Discretionary)*     6,830  

 

 

 
Denmark – 4.5%      
  24     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class A (Industrials)     56,331  
  25     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class B (Industrials)     60,013  
  184     Carlsberg AS, Class B (Consumer Staples)     24,027  
  115     Chr Hansen Holding A/S (Materials)     6,720  
  102     Coloplast A/S, Class B (Health Care)     11,697  
  1,622     Danske Bank A/S (Financials)     21,750  
  231     Demant A/S (Health Care)*     7,136  
  82     DSV A/S (Industrials)     12,157  
  31     Genmab A/S (Health Care)*     11,065  
  2,514     Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B (Health Care)     269,371  
  244     Novozymes A/S, Class B (Materials)     14,040  
  46     Orsted AS (Utilities)(a)     4,521  
  386     Pandora A/S (Consumer Discretionary)     23,333  
  29     ROCKWOOL A/S, Class B (Industrials)     6,001  
  964     Tryg A/S (Financials)     21,851  
  172     Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Industrials)     4,335  
   

 

 

 
      554,348  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Finland – 1.8%      
  342     Elisa OYJ (Communication Services)   18,316  
  2,843     Fortum OYJ (Utilities)     29,288  
  143     Kesko OYJ, Class B (Consumer Staples)     3,017  
  189     Kone OYJ, Class B (Industrials)     7,587  
  55     Neste OYJ (Energy)     2,724  
  7,268     Nokia OYJ (Information Technology)     36,630  
  3,095     Nordea Bank Abp (Financials)     28,859  
  1,149     Orion OYJ, Class B (Health Care)     52,188  
  606     Sampo OYJ, Class A (Financials)     27,482  
  587     Stora Enso OYJ, Class R (Materials)     8,780  
  319     UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Materials)     10,871  
   

 

 

 
      225,742  

 

 

 
France – 17.8%      
  65     Aeroports de Paris (Industrials)*     8,945  
  482     Air Liquide SA (Materials)     60,681  
  312     Airbus SE (Industrials)     30,711  
  97     Amundi SA (Financials)(a)     4,945  
  93     Arkema SA (Materials)     7,891  
  2,006     AXA SA (Financials)     47,453  
  333     BioMerieux (Health Care)     30,558  
  1,175     BNP Paribas SA (Financials)     54,923  
  4,295     Bollore SE (Communication Services)     20,627  
  535     Bouygues SA (Industrials)     15,763  
  791     Bureau Veritas SA (Industrials)     19,702  
  352     Capgemini SE (Information Technology)     61,234  
  3,140     Carrefour SA (Consumer Staples)     52,540  
  1,275     Cie de Saint-Gobain (Industrials)     51,732  
  690     Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Consumer Discretionary)     16,864  
  81     Covivio REIT (Real Estate)     4,545  
  2,573     Credit Agricole SA (Financials)     23,777  
  928     Danone SA (Consumer Staples)     49,000  
  142     Dassault Aviation SA (Industrials)     19,562  
  749     Dassault Systemes (Information Technology)     29,053  
  208     Edenred (Information Technology)     10,562  
  819     Eiffage SA (Industrials)     72,357  
  228     Electricite de France SA (Utilities)     2,736  
  2,920     Engie SA (Utilities)     34,847  
  304     EssilorLuxottica SA (Consumer Discretionary)     45,624  
  246     Eurazeo SE (Financials)     14,755  
  82     Gecina SA REIT (Real Estate)     7,334  
  1,076     Getlink SE (Industrials)     20,330  
  61     Hermes International (Consumer Discretionary)     78,667  
  788     Ipsen SA (Health Care)     75,711  
  80     Kering (Consumer Discretionary)     40,463  
  197     Klepierre SA REIT (Real Estate)*     4,061  
  1,972     La Francaise des Jeux SAEM (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     64,188  
  370     Legrand SA (Industrials)     26,892  
  389     L’Oreal SA (Consumer Staples)     134,265  
  355     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (Consumer Discretionary)     231,138  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2022

 

Shares    

Description

  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
France – (continued)      
  2,224     Orange SA (Communication Services)   $ 22,583  
  217     Pernod Ricard SA (Consumer Staples)     40,051  
  412     Publicis Groupe SA (Communication Services)     20,196  
  99     Remy Cointreau SA (Consumer Staples)     18,447  
  631     Renault SA (Consumer Discretionary)*     18,153  
  218     Safran SA (Industrials)     22,338  
  1,486     Sanofi (Health Care)     122,797  
  58     Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Health Care)     21,328  
  511     SEB SA (Consumer Discretionary)     38,024  
  1,802     Societe Generale SA (Financials)     40,009  
  137     Sodexo SA (Consumer Discretionary)     10,530  
  44     Teleperformance (Industrials)     12,579  
  165     Thales SA (Industrials)     19,935  
  2,858     TotalEnergies SE (Energy)     145,676  
  284     Ubisoft Entertainment SA (Communication Services)*     13,139  
  1,096     Veolia Environnement SA (Utilities)     24,554  
  595     Vinci SA (Industrials)     55,193  
  1,417     Vivendi SE (Communication Services)     12,901  
  764     Wendel SE (Financials)     60,307  
  242     Worldline SA (Information Technology)*(a)     10,413  
   

 

 

 
      2,203,589  

 

 

 
Germany – 11.8%      
  358     adidas AG (Consumer Discretionary)     53,379  
  343     Allianz SE (Financials)     58,144  
  589     BASF SE (Materials)     24,917  
  1,141     Bayer AG (Health Care)     60,350  
  518     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     38,269  
  121     Bechtle AG (Information Technology)     4,652  
  243     Beiersdorf AG (Consumer Staples)     24,581  
  324     Brenntag SE (Industrials)     21,314  
  106     Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Health Care)     13,238  
  4,556     Commerzbank AG (Financials)*     30,374  
  330     Covestro AG (Materials)(a)     9,995  
  556     Daimler Truck Holding AG (Industrials)*     14,271  
  4,129     Deutsche Bank AG (Financials)     34,556  
  173     Deutsche Boerse AG (Financials)     29,304  
  6,461     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Industrials)*     38,559  
  2,235     Deutsche Post AG (Industrials)     81,794  
  3,273     Deutsche Telekom AG (Communication Services)     61,834  
  2,801     E.ON SE (Utilities)     23,969  
  336     Evonik Industries AG (Materials)     6,283  
  439     Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     15,093  
  1,350     Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     33,476  
  400     GEA Group AG (Industrials)     13,953  
  99     Hannover Rueck SE (Financials)     14,624  
  627     HeidelbergCement AG (Materials)     28,435  
  1,741     HelloFresh SE (Consumer Staples)*     41,771  
  150     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     9,397  
  872     Infineon Technologies AG (Information Technology)     21,307  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Germany – (continued)      
  85     KION Group AG (Industrials)   3,404  
  321     Knorr-Bremse AG (Industrials)     15,606  
  90     LEG Immobilien SE (Real Estate)     6,816  
  1,111     Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Consumer Discretionary)     62,695  
  240     Merck KGaA (Health Care)     41,364  
  99     Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Financials)     23,713  
  750     Nemetschek SE (Information Technology)     44,420  
  619     Puma SE (Consumer Discretionary)     37,981  
  61     Rational AG (Industrials)     33,031  
  62     Rheinmetall AG (Industrials)     9,875  
  1,224     RWE AG (Utilities)     46,869  
  1,205     SAP SE (Information Technology)     102,921  
  107     Scout24 SE (Communication Services)(a)     6,191  
  737     Siemens AG (Industrials)     74,909  
  964     Siemens Energy AG (Industrials)     14,225  
  187     Siemens Healthineers AG (Health Care)(a)     9,163  
  177     Symrise AG (Materials)     18,572  
  4,653     Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (Communication Services)     12,095  
  1,186     Uniper SE (Utilities)(b)     6,422  
  329     United Internet AG (Communication Services)     7,460  
  127     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)     23,523  
  380     Vonovia SE (Real Estate)     10,317  
  1,582     Zalando SE (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)     36,763  
   

 

 

 
      1,456,174  

 

 

 
Hong Kong – 0.0%      
  472     Prudential PLC (Financials)     4,963  

 

 

 
Ireland – 0.7%      
  455     AerCap Holdings NV (Industrials)*     20,043  
  766     CRH PLC (Materials)     28,341  
  136     Kerry Group PLC, Class A (Consumer Staples)     14,065  
  227     Kingspan Group PLC (Industrials)     12,929  
  378     Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (Materials)     12,752  
   

 

 

 
      88,130  

 

 

 
Italy – 3.6%      
  1,693     Assicurazioni Generali SpA (Financials)     24,923  
  921     Atlantia SpA (Industrials)     21,143  
  579     Coca-Cola HBC AG (Consumer Staples)*     13,272  
  1,332     Davide Campari-Milano NV (Consumer Staples)     13,137  
  107     DiaSorin SpA (Health Care)     14,089  
  7,271     Enel SpA (Utilities)     34,331  
  5,225     Eni SpA (Energy)     62,039  
  216     Ferrari NV (Consumer Discretionary)     41,963  
  1,223     FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (Financials)     13,300  
  672     Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA (Communication Services)(a)     6,257  
  7,284     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Financials)     12,620  
  748     Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (Financials)     5,948  

 

 

 

 

58   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares    

Description

  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Italy – (continued)      
  912     Moncler SpA (Consumer Discretionary)   $ 40,938  
  598     Nexi SpA (Information Technology)*(a)     4,932  
  3,363     Poste Italiane SpA (Financials)(a)     27,026  
  470     Prysmian SpA (Industrials)     14,467  
  501     Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA (Health Care)     20,524  
  3,233     Snam SpA (Utilities)     15,396  
  170,174     Telecom Italia SpA (Communication Services)*     35,250  
  2,048     Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale (Utilities)     14,622  
  834     UniCredit SpA (Financials)     8,217  
   

 

 

 
      444,394  

 

 

 
Jordan – 0.1%      
  943     Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Health Care)     14,407  

 

 

 
Luxembourg – 0.7%      
  3,135     ArcelorMittal (Materials)     74,885  
  224     Eurofins Scientific SE (Health Care)     15,565  
   

 

 

 
      90,450  

 

 

 
Netherlands – 8.2%      
  464     ABN AMRO Bank NV (Financials)(a)(b)     4,467  
  10     Adyen NV (Information Technology)*(a)     15,536  
  5,302     Aegon NV (Financials)     23,821  
  244     Akzo Nobel NV (Materials)     15,467  
  15     Argenx SE (Health Care)*     5,634  
  70     ASM International NV (Information Technology)     19,082  
  503     ASML Holding NV (Information Technology)     245,132  
  120     Euronext NV (Financials)(a)     8,905  
  448     EXOR NV (Financials)     27,146  
  290     Heineken Holding NV (Consumer Staples)     20,646  
  237     Heineken NV (Consumer Staples)     21,386  
  122     IMCD NV (Industrials)     16,905  
  2,304     ING Groep NV (Financials)     20,309  
  565     JDE Peet’s NV (Consumer Staples)     17,453  
  3,435     Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Consumer Staples)     94,641  
  125     Koninklijke DSM NV (Materials)     16,007  
  6,875     Koninklijke KPN NV (Communication Services)     21,915  
  1,300     Koninklijke Philips NV (Health Care)     21,762  
  1,341     NN Group NV (Financials)     55,246  
  251     OCI NV (Materials)     9,450  
  849     Randstad NV (Industrials)     39,689  
  8,044     Shell PLC (Energy)     214,344  
  608     Universal Music Group NV (Communication Services)     12,109  
  632     Wolters Kluwer NV (Industrials)     61,924  
   

 

 

 
      1,008,976  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Norway – 1.4%      
  450     Aker BP ASA (Energy)   15,766  
  1,061     DNB Bank ASA (Financials)     20,313  
  1,362     Equinor ASA (Energy)     52,522  
  1,606     Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (Financials)     32,689  
  262     Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (Industrials)     8,976  
  424     Mowi ASA (Consumer Staples)     8,729  
  1,357     Norsk Hydro ASA (Materials)     9,366  
  1,850     Orkla ASA (Consumer Staples)     15,551  
  52     Salmar ASA (Consumer Staples)     3,456  
  902     Telenor ASA (Communication Services)     9,907  
   

 

 

 
      177,275  

 

 

 
Portugal – 0.7%      
  1,942     EDP – Energias de Portugal SA (Utilities)     9,299  
  3,371     Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (Consumer Staples)     74,913  
   

 

 

 
      84,212  

 

 

 
Singapore – 0.3%      
  950     STMicroelectronics NV (Information Technology)     33,191  

 

 

 
South Africa – 0.3%      
  950     Anglo American PLC (Materials)     30,764  

 

 

 
Spain – 3.7%      
  78     Acciona SA (Utilities)     15,302  
  757     ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Industrials)     16,906  
  23     Aena SME SA (Industrials)*(a)     2,830  
  336     Amadeus IT Group SA (Information Technology)*     17,778  
  7,644     Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Financials)     34,524  
  17,635     Banco Santander SA (Financials)     42,860  
  5,627     CaixaBank SA (Financials)     16,997  
  153     Cellnex Telecom SA (Communication Services)*(a)     5,965  
  658     Enagas SA (Utilities)     12,036  
  562     Endesa SA (Utilities)     9,664  
  550     Ferrovial SA (Industrials)     13,815  
  598     Grifols SA (Health Care)*(b)     7,243  
  6,685     Iberdrola SA (Utilities)     69,809  
  2,471     Industria de Diseno Textil SA (Consumer Discretionary)     53,546  
  800     Naturgy Energy Group SA (Utilities)(b)     22,106  
  1,336     Red Electrica Corp. SA (Utilities)     24,497  
  4,647     Repsol SA (Energy)     60,676  
  6,267     Telefonica SA (Communication Services)     25,938  
   

 

 

 
      452,492  

 

 

 
Sweden – 4.2%      
  166     Alfa Laval AB (Industrials)     4,457  
  57     Alleima AB (Materials)*     229  
  729     Assa Abloy AB, Class B (Industrials)     14,857  
  2,032     Atlas Copco AB, Class A (Industrials)     20,780  
  1,065     Atlas Copco AB, Class B (Industrials)     9,767  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2022

 

Shares    

Description

  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Sweden – (continued)      
  103     Boliden AB (Materials)   $ 3,328  
  296     Electrolux AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)     3,765  
  306     Epiroc AB, Class A (Industrials)     4,709  
  228     Epiroc AB, Class B (Industrials)     3,120  
  516     EQT AB (Financials)     11,661  
  416     Essity AB, Class B (Consumer Staples)     9,276  
  309     Getinge AB, Class B (Health Care)     5,758  
  4,005     H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)     41,831  
  2,019     Hexagon AB, Class B (Information Technology)     20,782  
  228     Holmen AB, Class B (Materials)     9,833  
  1,159     Husqvarna AB, Class B (Industrials)     7,848  
  382     Industrivarden AB, Class A (Financials)     8,521  
  390     Industrivarden AB, Class C (Financials)     8,612  
  1,237     Investor AB, Class A (Financials)     20,684  
  1,631     Investor AB, Class B (Financials)     25,876  
  177     L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B (Financials)     7,357  
  445     Lifco AB, Class B (Industrials)     6,966  
  955     Nibe Industrier AB, Class B (Industrials)     9,004  
  289     Sandvik AB (Industrials)     4,537  
  1,499     Securitas AB, Class B (Industrials)(b)     13,195  
  1,855     Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A (Financials)     18,605  
  760     Skanska AB, Class B (Industrials)     11,304  
  856     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B (Materials)     12,909  
  1,720     Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A (Financials)     14,167  
  1,142     Swedbank AB, Class A (Financials)     14,853  
  7,994     Swedish Match AB (Consumer Staples)     80,517  
  569     Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Health Care)*     12,607  
  1,486     Tele2 AB, Class B (Communication Services)     15,876  
  3,833     Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B (Information Technology)     28,831  
  4,007     Telia Co. AB (Communication Services)     14,162  
  279     Volvo AB, Class A (Industrials)     4,668  
  979     Volvo AB, Class B (Industrials)     15,586  
   

 

 

 
      520,838  

 

 

 
Switzerland – 8.4%      
  1,479     ABB Ltd. (Industrials)     40,872  
  199     Adecco Group AG (Industrials)     6,331  
  273     Alcon, Inc. (Health Care)     18,059  
  110     Baloise Holding AG (Financials)     15,937  
  9     Barry Callebaut AG (Consumer Staples)     18,481  
  3     Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (Consumer Staples)     31,784  
  508     Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Consumer Discretionary)     57,179  
  279     Clariant AG (Materials)*     5,177  
  761     Credit Suisse Group AG (Financials)     3,946  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Switzerland – (continued)      
  22     EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Materials)   15,520  
  60     Geberit AG (Industrials)     27,844  
  5     Givaudan SA (Materials)     16,031  
  577     Holcim AG (Materials)*     25,742  
  79     Julius Baer Group Ltd. (Financials)     3,841  
  244     Kuehne + Nagel International AG (Industrials)     56,503  
  655     Logitech International SA (Information Technology)     32,792  
  37     Lonza Group AG (Health Care)     19,843  
  2,702     Novartis AG (Health Care)     219,078  
  57     Partners Group Holding AG (Financials)     55,274  
  45     Schindler Holding AG (Industrials)     7,617  
  61     Schindler Holding AG Participation Certificates (Industrials)     10,669  
  26     SGS SA (Industrials)     57,437  
  205     SIG Group AG (Materials)*     4,827  
  51     Sika AG (Materials)     11,517  
  50     Sonova Holding AG (Health Care)     13,254  
  292     Straumann Holding AG (Health Care)     32,223  
  87     Swatch Group AG (The) – Bearer (Consumer Discretionary)     21,243  
  450     Swatch Group AG (The) – Registered (Consumer Discretionary)     20,592  
  47     Swiss Life Holding AG (Financials)     24,676  
  150     Swiss Prime Site AG (Real Estate)     12,957  
  44     Swisscom AG (Communication Services)     22,822  
  4,153     UBS Group AG (Financials)     66,085  
  38     VAT Group AG (Industrials)(a)     9,135  
  128     Zurich Insurance Group AG (Financials)     56,934  
   

 

 

 
      1,042,222  

 

 

 
United Kingdom – 18.3%      
  1,943     3i Group PLC (Financials)     27,481  
  7,501     abrdn PLC (Financials)     12,817  
  1,162     Admiral Group PLC (Financials)     28,692  
  408     Ashtead Group PLC (Industrials)     20,177  
  1,686     Associated British Foods PLC (Consumer Staples)     29,918  
  1,776     AstraZeneca PLC (Health Care)     219,964  
  7,801     Auto Trader Group PLC (Communication Services)(a)     59,165  
  5,359     Aviva PLC (Financials)     26,109  
  3,931     BAE Systems PLC (Industrials)     35,504  
  16,322     Barclays PLC (Financials)     31,242  
  2,115     Barratt Developments PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     10,516  
  130     Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     5,529  
  19,095     BP PLC (Energy)     98,097  
  2,436     British American Tobacco PLC (Consumer Staples)     97,834  
  1,189     British Land Co. PLC (The) REIT (Real Estate)     5,960  
  3,465     BT Group PLC (Communication Services)     6,076  
  701     Bunzl PLC (Industrials)     23,337  

 

 

 

 

60   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares    

Description

  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)      
  2,776     Burberry Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)   $ 56,463  
  2,248     CNH Industrial NV (Industrials)     27,533  
  448     Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC (Consumer Staples)     22,028  
  4,197     Compass Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     90,787  
  152     Croda International PLC (Materials)     11,896  
  208     DCC PLC (Industrials)     12,012  
  2,514     Diageo PLC (Consumer Staples)     110,108  
  474     Entain PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     7,021  
  985     Experian PLC (Industrials)     30,063  
  6,669     Haleon PLC (Consumer Staples)*     20,087  
  415     Halma PLC (Information Technology)     10,020  
  4,133     Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (Financials)     39,320  
  14,892     HSBC Holdings PLC (Financials)     91,632  
  1,942     Imperial Brands PLC (Consumer Staples)     42,855  
  1,502     Informa PLC (Communication Services)     9,557  
  209     InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     11,408  
  161     Intertek Group PLC (Industrials)     7,417  
  21,217     J Sainsbury PLC (Consumer Staples)     50,216  
  33,934     JD Sports Fashion PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     44,599  
  367     Johnson Matthey PLC (Materials)     8,605  
  12,540     Kingfisher PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     33,867  
  1,266     Land Securities Group PLC REIT (Real Estate)     9,584  
  5,780     Legal & General Group PLC (Financials)     16,982  
  72,888     Lloyds Banking Group PLC (Financials)     37,216  
  118     London Stock Exchange Group PLC (Financials)     11,124  
  2,069     M&G PLC (Financials)     4,713  
  8,233     Melrose Industries PLC (Industrials)     13,077  
  3,602     National Grid PLC (Utilities)     45,182  
  5,546     NatWest Group PLC (Financials)     15,904  
  445     Next PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     30,095  
  229     Persimmon PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     3,933  
  2,133     Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (Financials)     14,951  
  607     Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (Consumer Staples)     46,955  
  2,266     RELX PLC (Industrials)     59,643  
  2,342     Rentokil Initial PLC (Industrials)     14,198  
  2,672     Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (Industrials)*     2,394  
  5,449     Sage Group PLC (The) (Information Technology)     45,347  
  262     Schroders PLC (Financials)(b)     8,195  
  1,176     Segro PLC REIT (Real Estate)     12,904  
  718     Severn Trent PLC (Utilities)     23,284  
  1,415     Smith & Nephew PLC (Health Care)     16,720  
  908     Smiths Group PLC (Industrials)     15,753  
  69     Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (Industrials)     8,458  
  1,130     SSE PLC (Utilities)     21,728  
  1,469     St James’s Place PLC (Financials)     18,922  
  1,627     Standard Chartered PLC (Financials)     11,325  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)      
  4,173     Taylor Wimpey PLC (Consumer Discretionary)   5,259  
  20,062     Tesco PLC (Consumer Staples)     58,057  
  2,583     Unilever PLC (Consumer Staples)     117,984  
  1,634     United Utilities Group PLC (Utilities)     20,087  
  42,692     Vodafone Group PLC (Communication Services)     57,466  
  2,092     WPP PLC (Communication Services)     18,121  
   

 

 

 
      2,261,473  

 

 

 
United States – 9.0%  
  731     Ferguson PLC (Industrials)     84,940  
  5,413     GSK PLC (Health Care)     86,882  
  3,488     Nestle SA (Consumer Staples)     409,504  
  503     QIAGEN NV (Health Care)*     22,887  
  1,010     Roche Holding AG (Health Care)     326,404  
  112     Roche Holding AG (Health Care)     42,943  
  638     Schneider Electric SE (Industrials)     76,202  
  2,251     Stellantis NV (Consumer Discretionary)     30,227  
  288     Swiss Re AG (Financials)     22,481  
  690     Tenaris SA (Energy)     9,540  
   

 

 

 
      1,112,010  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $13,450,348)   $ 12,198,022  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Description   Rate     Value  
Preferred Stocks – 0.6%  
Germany – 0.6%        
  350     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     8.39   $ 24,372  
  157     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     2.94     10,142  
  18     Sartorius AG (Health Care)     0.30     7,528  
  244     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)     5.24     34,874  

 

 

 
  TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS    
  (Cost $101,110)     $ 76,916  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $13,551,458)     $ 12,274,938  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2022

 

Shares    

Dividend

Rate

  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.5%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  61,124     2.154%   $ 61,124  
  (Cost $61,124)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.8%  
  (Cost $13,612,582)   $ 12,336,062  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.2%
    27,400  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 12,363,462  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

CVA

 

—Dutch Certification

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2022, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

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

Long position contracts:

                 

MSCI Europe Index

     3          09/16/22        $ 81,885        $ (997

 

Sector   % of Market
Value
 

 

 

Health Care

    15.7

Consumer Staples

    15.2

Industrials

    15.0

Financials

    14.2

Consumer Discretionary

    12.2

Information Technology

    6.4

Materials

    5.8

Energy

    5.7

Utilities

    4.4

Communication Services

    4.2

Real Estate

    0.7

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

    0.5

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     100.0

 

 

 

62   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2022

 

Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – 99.2%  
Australia – 7.2%      
  43,485     Ampol Ltd. (Energy)   $ 1,030,870  
  278,747     APA Group (Utilities)     2,119,244  
  82,313     Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,014,540  
  31,073     ASX Ltd. (Financials)     1,671,150  
  386,716     Aurizon Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     988,872  
  388,135     Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (Financials)     6,074,744  
  772,066     BHP Group Ltd. (Materials)     21,489,172  
  668,997     BlueScope Steel Ltd. (Materials)     7,668,310  
  141,200     Brambles Ltd. (Industrials)     1,198,380  
  30,932     Cochlear Ltd. (Health Care)     4,544,325  
  616,193     Coles Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     7,417,892  
  251,301     Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Financials)     16,792,077  
  126,244     Computershare Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,137,701  
  37,672     CSL Ltd. (Health Care)     7,580,977  
  214,534     Dexus REIT (Real Estate)     1,283,954  
  246,273     Endeavour Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,227,412  
  568,767     Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (Materials)     7,182,295  
  1,777,048     Glencore PLC (Materials)*     9,786,774  
  86,265     Goodman Group REIT (Real Estate)     1,163,264  
  379,198     GPT Group (The) REIT (Real Estate)     1,094,428  
  206,904     Insurance Australia Group Ltd. (Financials)     659,570  
  214,482     Lottery Corp. Ltd. (The) (Consumer Discretionary)*     649,909  
  49,406     Macquarie Group Ltd. (Financials)     6,003,848  
  824,893     Medibank Pvt Ltd. (Financials)     2,098,026  
  13,696     Mineral Resources Ltd. (Materials)*     600,633  
  382,986     National Australia Bank Ltd. (Financials)     8,031,591  
  44,004     Newcrest Mining Ltd. (Materials)     534,860  
  63,575     Orica Ltd. (Materials)     674,242  
  354,354     Origin Energy Ltd. (Utilities)     1,532,872  
  135,134     QBE Insurance Group Ltd. (Financials)     1,118,179  
  15,773     Ramsay Health Care Ltd. (Health Care)     775,413  
  26,433     REA Group Ltd. (Communication Services)     2,311,352  
  77,512     Reece Ltd. (Industrials)     850,745  
  105,684     Rio Tinto Ltd. (Materials)     6,846,684  
  181,388     Rio Tinto PLC (Materials)     10,069,824  
  336,879     Santos Ltd. (Energy)     1,822,175  
  291,361     Scentre Group REIT (Real Estate)     587,243  
  90,458     Sonic Healthcare Ltd. (Health Care)     2,108,459  
  1,826,421     South32 Ltd. (Materials)     5,196,228  
  284,311     Stockland REIT (Real Estate)     705,572  
  357,839     Suncorp Group Ltd. (Financials)     2,673,951  
  864,931     Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Communication Services)     2,354,026  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Australia – (continued)      
  234,070     Transurban Group (Industrials)   2,240,116  
  72,019     Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     651,225  
  671,479     Vicinity Centres REIT (Real Estate)     890,744  
  264,045     Wesfarmers Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     8,509,566  
  434,551     Westpac Banking Corp. (Financials)     6,437,760  
  20,160     WiseTech Global Ltd. (Information Technology)     812,242  
  220,702     Woodside Energy Group Ltd. (Energy)     5,182,103  
  394,474     Woolworths Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     9,759,880  
   

 

 

 
      197,155,419  

 

 

 
Austria – 0.3%      
  36,824     Erste Group Bank AG (Financials)     832,398  
  48,119     Mondi PLC (Materials)     820,833  
  100,662     OMV AG (Energy)     4,077,169  
  20,661     Verbund AG (Utilities)     1,980,960  
   

 

 

 
      7,711,360  

 

 

 
Belgium – 0.7%      
  39,666     Ageas SA/NV (Financials)     1,614,990  
  84,764     Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Consumer Staples)     4,120,660  
  8,059     D’ieteren Group (Consumer Discretionary)     1,221,232  
  14,553     Elia Group SA/NV (Utilities)     2,120,433  
  21,181     Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (Financials)     1,608,041  
  9,635     Sofina SA (Financials)     1,939,633  
  31,613     Solvay SA (Materials)     2,563,421  
  42,884     UCB SA (Health Care)     3,022,853  
  31,153     Warehouses De Pauw CVA REIT (Real Estate)     951,681  
   

 

 

 
      19,162,944  

 

 

 
Brazil – 0.0%      
  24,818     Yara International ASA (Materials)     1,053,824  

 

 

 
Canada – 12.3%      
  91,300     Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (Utilities)     1,257,676  
  173,546     Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     7,479,334  
  76,767     AltaGas Ltd. (Utilities)     1,660,080  
  264,814     ARC Resources Ltd. (Energy)     3,666,064  
  83,520     Bank of Montreal (Financials)     7,732,743  
  149,411     Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (Financials)     8,285,146  
  157,320     Barrick Gold Corp. (Materials)     2,342,502  
  37,611     BCE, Inc. (Communication Services)     1,820,239  
  102,981     Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A (Financials)     4,968,188  
  35,131     Cameco Corp. (Energy)     1,026,890  

 

 

 

 

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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Canada – (continued)      
  29,491     Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (Real Estate)   $ 1,005,928  
  124,482     Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Financials)     5,903,770  
  42,152     Canadian National Railway Co. (Industrials)     5,027,276  
  141,584     Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Energy)     7,784,093  
  67,645     Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (Industrials)     5,078,540  
  23,949     Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     2,824,834  
  51,332     Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     1,574,923  
  29,751     CCL Industries, Inc., Class B (Materials)     1,463,469  
  470,347     Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Energy)     8,849,534  
  47,984     CGI, Inc. (Information Technology)*     3,810,580  
  8,908     Constellation Software, Inc. (Information Technology)     13,447,842  
  151,590     Dollarama, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     9,257,917  
  46,082     Emera, Inc. (Utilities)     2,138,365  
  453,709     Empire Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     12,960,640  
  176,583     Enbridge, Inc. (Energy)     7,302,791  
  10,736     Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     5,367,508  
  22,168     FirstService Corp. (Real Estate)     2,780,987  
  63,103     Fortis, Inc. (Utilities)     2,791,836  
  6,049     Franco-Nevada Corp. (Materials)     729,335  
  89,164     George Weston Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     10,222,949  
  98,520     Great-West Lifeco, Inc. (Financials)(a)     2,320,817  
  81,751     Hydro One Ltd. (Utilities)(b)     2,219,812  
  120,457     iA Financial Corp., Inc. (Financials)     6,489,189  
  55,350     IGM Financial, Inc. (Financials)     1,510,967  
  160,672     Imperial Oil Ltd. (Energy)     7,908,458  
  24,784     Intact Financial Corp. (Financials)     3,600,455  
  45,178     Keyera Corp. (Energy)     1,116,341  
  168,840     Loblaw Cos. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     14,964,309  
  42,677     Magna International, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,472,437  
  447,465     Manulife Financial Corp. (Financials)     7,762,985  
  64,036     Metro, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     3,377,831  
  70,556     National Bank of Canada (Financials)     4,681,285  
  62,833     Northland Power, Inc. (Utilities)     2,157,126  
  86,823     Nutrien Ltd. (Materials)     7,993,471  
  55,799     Onex Corp. (Financials)     2,767,368  
  35,067     Open Text Corp. (Information Technology)     1,107,759  
  28,210     Parkland Corp. (Energy)     694,480  
  80,989     Pembina Pipeline Corp. (Energy)     2,868,257  
  242,883     Power Corp. of Canada (Financials)     6,263,102  
  48,657     Quebecor, Inc., Class B (Communication Services)     1,054,062  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Canada – (continued)      
  17,343     Restaurant Brands International, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)   1,026,728  
  41,748     RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust REIT (Real Estate)     641,713  
  35,703     Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B (Communication Services)     1,541,696  
  211,246     Royal Bank of Canada (Financials)     19,700,270  
  120,380     Saputo, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     3,065,572  
  64,909     Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B (Communication Services)     1,669,315  
  93,785     Sun Life Financial, Inc. (Financials)     4,143,555  
  215,243     Suncor Energy, Inc. (Energy)     6,983,564  
  97,198     TC Energy Corp. (Energy)     4,697,359  
  160,178     Teck Resources Ltd., Class B (Materials)     5,440,377  
  101,610     TELUS Corp. (Communication Services)     2,295,070  
  13,993     Thomson Reuters Corp. (Industrials)     1,545,256  
  16,955     TMX Group Ltd. (Financials)     1,707,670  
  34,410     Toromont Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     2,671,137  
  245,219     Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) (Financials)     15,820,520  
  34,197     Tourmaline Oil Corp. (Energy)     2,027,640  
  150,029     West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (Materials)     13,460,910  
  97,871     WSP Global, Inc. (Industrials)     11,696,541  
   

 

 

 
      334,027,383  

 

 

 
Chile – 0.1%      
  656,742     Lundin Mining Corp. (Materials)     3,425,128  

 

 

 
China – 0.6%      
  1,429,149     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     4,934,473  
  1,240,127     Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,505,898  
  18,817     Prosus NV (Consumer Discretionary)*     1,168,399  
  2,254,311     SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     5,744,309  
  231,161     Wilmar International Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     669,407  
  749,926     Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     1,391,149  
   

 

 

 
      16,413,635  

 

 

 
Denmark – 2.6%      
  3,285     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class A (Industrials)     7,710,287  
  3,534     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class B (Industrials)     8,483,454  
  22,914     Carlsberg AS, Class B (Consumer Staples)     2,992,083  
  13,948     Chr Hansen Holding A/S (Materials)     815,046  
  22,627     Coloplast A/S, Class B (Health Care)     2,594,841  

 

 

 

 

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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Denmark – (continued)      
  172,410     Danske Bank A/S (Financials)   $ 2,311,916  
  52,977     Demant A/S (Health Care)*     1,636,662  
  11,437     DSV A/S (Industrials)     1,695,533  
  3,802     Genmab A/S (Health Care)*     1,357,068  
  297,339     Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B (Health Care)     31,859,329  
  28,816     Novozymes A/S, Class B (Materials)     1,658,138  
  51,930     Pandora A/S (Consumer Discretionary)     3,139,124  
  4,532     ROCKWOOL A/S, Class B (Industrials)     937,797  
  130,586     Tryg A/S (Financials)     2,959,959  
   

 

 

 
      70,151,237  

 

 

 
Finland – 1.1%      
  30,561     Elisa OYJ (Communication Services)     1,636,713  
  460,376     Fortum OYJ (Utilities)     4,742,730  
  23,157     Kone OYJ, Class B (Industrials)     929,558  
  10,826     Neste OYJ (Energy)     536,140  
  968,678     Nokia OYJ (Information Technology)     4,881,960  
  360,074     Nordea Bank Abp (Financials)     3,357,519  
  167,032     Orion OYJ, Class B (Health Care)     7,586,710  
  88,802     Sampo OYJ, Class A (Financials)     4,027,198  
  83,062     Stora Enso OYJ, Class R (Materials)     1,242,405  
  42,606     UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Materials)     1,451,931  
   

 

 

 
      30,392,864  

 

 

 
France – 10.3%      
  9,018     Aeroports de Paris (Industrials)*     1,240,963  
  46,425     Air Liquide SA (Materials)     5,844,670  
  31,040     Airbus SE (Industrials)     3,055,370  
  10,358     Arkema SA (Materials)     878,859  
  260,864     AXA SA (Financials)     6,170,886  
  41,012     BioMerieux (Health Care)     3,763,528  
  138,276     BNP Paribas SA (Financials)     6,463,435  
  1,312,173     Bollore SE (Communication Services)     6,301,721  
  62,772     Bouygues SA (Industrials)     1,849,428  
  71,860     Bureau Veritas SA (Industrials)     1,789,851  
  54,154     Capgemini SE (Information Technology)     9,420,639  
  448,794     Carrefour SA (Consumer Staples)     7,509,380  
  162,699     Cie de Saint-Gobain (Industrials)     6,601,341  
  67,154     Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Consumer Discretionary)     1,641,237  
  232,370     Credit Agricole SA (Financials)     2,147,333  
  93,582     Danone SA (Consumer Staples)     4,941,264  
  11,974     Dassault Aviation SA (Industrials)     1,649,543  
  102,740     Dassault Systemes (Information Technology)     3,985,192  
  31,828     Edenred (Information Technology)     1,616,235  
  102,326     Eiffage SA (Industrials)     9,040,260  
  47,020     Electricite de France SA (Utilities)     564,298  
  351,927     Engie SA (Utilities)     4,199,851  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
France – (continued)      
  38,617     EssilorLuxottica SA (Consumer Discretionary)   5,795,576  
  28,917     Eurazeo SE (Financials)     1,734,472  
  11,078     Gecina SA REIT (Real Estate)     990,857  
  122,225     Getlink SE (Industrials)     2,309,354  
  9,162     Hermes International (Consumer Discretionary)     11,815,481  
  111,289     Ipsen SA (Health Care)     10,692,682  
  10,049     Kering (Consumer Discretionary)     5,082,701  
  38,661     Klepierre SA REIT (Real Estate)*     796,949  
  209,776     La Francaise des Jeux SAEM (Consumer Discretionary)(b)     6,828,137  
  34,836     Legrand SA (Industrials)     2,531,921  
  52,406     L’Oreal SA (Consumer Staples)     18,088,197  
  44,969     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (Consumer Discretionary)     29,279,033  
  279,015     Orange SA (Communication Services)     2,833,131  
  20,202     Pernod Ricard SA (Consumer Staples)     3,728,657  
  96,870     Publicis Groupe SA (Communication Services)     4,748,623  
  16,606     Remy Cointreau SA (Consumer Staples)     3,094,170  
  87,527     Renault SA (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,518,046  
  20,387     Safran SA (Industrials)     2,088,965  
  168,664     Sanofi (Health Care)     13,937,737  
  11,707     Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Health Care)     4,305,011  
  77,243     SEB SA (Consumer Discretionary)     5,747,707  
  207,529     Societe Generale SA (Financials)     4,607,672  
  17,843     Sodexo SA (Consumer Discretionary)     1,371,489  
  4,817     Teleperformance (Industrials)     1,377,074  
  22,505     Thales SA (Industrials)     2,718,983  
  325,069     TotalEnergies SE (Energy)     16,569,201  
  63,506     Ubisoft Entertainment SA (Communication Services)*     2,938,128  
  10,414     Unibail – Rodamco-Westfield REIT (Real Estate)*     538,250  
  154,288     Veolia Environnement SA (Utilities)     3,456,615  
  76,618     Vinci SA (Industrials)     7,107,239  
  173,765     Vivendi SE (Communication Services)     1,582,000  
  74,933     Wendel SE (Financials)     5,914,888  
  63,451     Worldline SA (Information Technology)*(b)     2,730,137  
   

 

 

 
      280,534,367  

 

 

 
Germany – 6.3%      
  42,490     adidas AG (Consumer Discretionary)     6,335,385  
  42,982     Allianz SE (Financials)     7,286,121  
  49,010     BASF SE (Materials)     2,073,294  
  147,590     Bayer AG (Health Care)     7,806,321  
  58,032     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     4,287,275  
  20,980     Bechtle AG (Information Technology)     806,517  
  37,466     Beiersdorf AG (Consumer Staples)     3,789,999  
  37,975     Brenntag SE (Industrials)     2,498,113  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2022

 

Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Germany – (continued)      
  9,980     Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Health Care)   $ 1,246,396  
  406,627     Commerzbank AG (Financials)*     2,710,900  
  36,930     Covestro AG (Materials)(b)     1,118,505  
  63,038     Daimler Truck Holding AG (Industrials)*     1,617,975  
  425,178     Deutsche Bank AG (Financials)     3,558,397  
  28,120     Deutsche Boerse AG (Financials)     4,763,104  
  458,671     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Industrials)*     2,737,321  
  288,273     Deutsche Post AG (Industrials)     10,549,926  
  361,461     Deutsche Telekom AG (Communication Services)     6,828,821  
  264,917     E.ON SE (Utilities)     2,266,956  
  46,206     Evonik Industries AG (Materials)     863,969  
  64,726     Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     2,225,264  
  173,771     Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     4,308,976  
  43,800     GEA Group AG (Industrials)     1,527,855  
  12,353     Hannover Rueck SE (Financials)     1,824,727  
  99,103     HeidelbergCement AG (Materials)     4,494,352  
  175,054     HelloFresh SE (Consumer Staples)*     4,199,970  
  25,993     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     1,628,352  
  37,304     Infineon Technologies AG (Information Technology)     911,518  
  35,849     Knorr-Bremse AG (Industrials)     1,742,919  
  10,472     LEG Immobilien SE (Real Estate)     793,129  
  126,076     Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Consumer Discretionary)     7,114,655  
  30,603     Merck KGaA (Health Care)     5,274,467  
  2,989     MTU Aero Engines AG (Industrials)     528,833  
  13,028     Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Financials)     3,120,493  
  81,113     Nemetschek SE (Information Technology)     4,804,072  
  82,403     Puma SE (Consumer Discretionary)     5,056,138  
  5,992     Rational AG (Industrials)     3,244,601  
  10,486     Rheinmetall AG (Industrials)     1,670,201  
  194,299     RWE AG (Utilities)     7,439,971  
  132,413     SAP SE (Information Technology)     11,309,584  
  11,060     Scout24 SE (Communication Services)(b)     639,925  
  69,208     Siemens AG (Industrials)     7,034,371  
  171,120     Siemens Energy AG (Industrials)     2,525,123  
  23,872     Siemens Healthineers AG (Health Care)(b)     1,169,739  
  23,430     Symrise AG (Materials)     2,458,490  
  654,740     Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (Communication Services)     1,701,897  
  147,049     Uniper SE (Utilities)(a)     796,254  
  29,869     United Internet AG (Communication Services)     677,284  
  17,340     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)     3,211,755  
  46,854     Vonovia SE (Real Estate)     1,272,079  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Germany – (continued)      
  158,426     Zalando SE (Consumer Discretionary)*(b)   3,681,545  
   

 

 

 
      171,533,834  

 

 

 
Hong Kong – 1.9%      
  1,119,092     AIA Group Ltd. (Financials)     10,828,980  
  604,231     CK Asset Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     4,087,818  
  117,881     CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     717,903  
  139,951     CLP Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     1,207,143  
  73,804     Hang Seng Bank Ltd. (Financials)     1,156,589  
  1,381,293     HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd. (Utilities)     1,152,713  
  1,207,787     HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,621,903  
  937,000     Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     925,199  
  171,549     Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (Financials)     6,946,020  
  168,800     Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     816,992  
  46,959     Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     2,493,523  
  132,202     Link REIT (Real Estate)     1,024,926  
  206,499     MTR Corp. Ltd. (Industrials)     1,058,956  
  787,383     New World Development Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     2,573,163  
  250,123     Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     1,497,771  
  58,608     Prudential PLC (Financials)     616,222  
  378,391     Sino Land Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     554,412  
  100,646     Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (Real Estate)     1,183,565  
  162,716     Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     1,126,740  
  381,999     Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     4,535,990  
  9,525,407     WH Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(b)     6,504,925  
   

 

 

 
      52,631,453  

 

 

 
Ireland – 0.5%      
  75,474     AerCap Holdings NV (Industrials)*     3,324,630  
  91,274     CRH PLC (Materials)     3,377,066  
  15,829     Kerry Group PLC, Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,637,048  
  24,060     Kingspan Group PLC (Industrials)     1,370,322  
  78,479     Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (Materials)     2,647,584  
   

 

 

 
      12,356,650  

 

 

 
Israel – 1.1%      
  11,136     Azrieli Group Ltd. (Real Estate)     928,990  
  193,959     Bank Hapoalim BM (Financials)     2,023,291  
  231,864     Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (Financials)     2,464,703  

 

 

 

 

66   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Israel – (continued)      
  947,789     Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd. (Communication Services)   $ 1,604,128  
  27,141     Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Information Technology)*     3,263,434  
  5,568     Elbit Systems Ltd. (Industrials)     1,193,627  
  204,065     ICL Group Ltd. (Materials)(a)     1,963,078  
  279,105     Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,715,852  
  63,961     Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (Financials)     2,615,009  
  5,927     Nice Ltd. (Information Technology)*     1,286,979  
  642,192     Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR (Health Care)*     5,805,416  
  25,261     Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Information Technology)*     1,189,218  
  105,735     ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (Industrials)(a)     3,815,976  
   

 

 

 
      29,869,701  

 

 

 
Italy – 2.0%      
  221,969     Assicurazioni Generali SpA (Financials)     3,267,662  
  119,087     Atlantia SpA (Industrials)     2,733,846  
  97,162     Coca-Cola HBC AG (Consumer Staples)*     2,227,238  
  142,658     Davide Campari-Milano NV (Consumer Staples)     1,406,955  
  15,821     DiaSorin SpA (Health Care)     2,083,259  
  381,262     Enel SpA (Utilities)     1,800,152  
  687,143     Eni SpA (Energy)     8,158,817  
  28,785     Ferrari NV (Consumer Discretionary)     5,592,128  
  189,315     FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (Financials)     2,058,805  
  87,596     Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA (Communication Services)(b)     815,641  
  710,712     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Financials)     1,231,353  
  111,085     Moncler SpA (Consumer Discretionary)     4,986,357  
  151,893     Nexi SpA (Information Technology)*(b)     1,252,741  
  366,318     Poste Italiane SpA (Financials)(b)     2,943,862  
  77,870     Prysmian SpA (Industrials)     2,396,830  
  83,209     Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA (Health Care)     3,408,749  
  316,860     Snam SpA (Utilities)     1,508,978  
  13,544,894     Telecom Italia SpA (Communication Services)*     2,805,734  
  278,521     Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale (Utilities)     1,988,474  
  110,499     UniCredit SpA (Financials)     1,088,678  
   

 

 

 
      53,756,259  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – 19.3%      
  59,347     Advantest Corp. (Information Technology)   3,424,895  
  74,000     Aeon Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)     1,453,309  
  20,165     Aisin Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     604,405  
  65,998     Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Consumer Staples)     1,838,184  
  82,318     Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,774,911  
  42,624     Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     770,230  
  500,041     Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Health Care)     7,158,387  
  39,281     Azbil Corp. (Information Technology)     1,130,613  
  61,057     Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,618,089  
  79,715     Bridgestone Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,078,192  
  217,707     Brother Industries Ltd. (Information Technology)     4,202,589  
  111,334     Canon, Inc. (Information Technology)     2,678,441  
  58,010     Capcom Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,594,360  
  7,612     Central Japan Railway Co. (Industrials)     903,007  
  133,497     Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Utilities)     1,361,693  
  105,152     Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     2,737,555  
  171,989     Concordia Financial Group Ltd. (Financials)     548,380  
  405,183     CyberAgent, Inc. (Communication Services)     4,001,410  
  37,567     Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     795,919  
  57,618     Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     1,000,444  
  145,925     Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     4,418,014  
  16,477     Daikin Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     2,910,293  
  46,120     Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     4,571,245  
  41,277     Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     933,776  
  514     Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     1,193,926  
  238,571     Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Financials)     1,047,389  
  22,834     Denso Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,260,256  
  70,239     Dentsu Group, Inc. (Communication Services)     2,287,676  
  2,765     Disco Corp. (Information Technology)     682,150  
  11,283     East Japan Railway Co. (Industrials)     589,198  
  55,789     Eisai Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     2,292,732  
  446,992     ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (Energy)     1,688,332  
  4,279     FANUC Corp. (Industrials)     695,598  
  7,610     Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     4,498,752  
  12,517     Fuji Electric Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     548,084  

 

 

 

 

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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)      
  83,443     FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. (Information Technology)   $ 4,280,348  
  41,469     Fujitsu Ltd. (Information Technology)     4,955,340  
  1,162     GLP J REIT (Real Estate)     1,424,157  
  134,693     Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. (Communication Services)     1,215,516  
  18,503     Hamamatsu Photonics KK (Information Technology)     794,177  
  44,074     Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. (Industrials)     1,330,566  
  6,105     Hirose Electric Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     874,188  
  110,245     Hitachi Ltd. (Industrials)     5,563,744  
  100,229     Hitachi Metals Ltd. (Materials)*     1,513,286  
  432,048     Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     11,606,469  
  19,324     Hoshizaki Corp. (Industrials)     578,500  
  90,033     Hoya Corp. (Health Care)     9,254,970  
  65,974     Ibiden Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,132,108  
  47,646     Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (Energy)     1,254,520  
  624,516     Inpex Corp. (Energy)     7,226,140  
  288,356     Isuzu Motors Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,600,680  
  102,798     Ito En Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     4,553,145  
  304,347     ITOCHU Corp. (Industrials)(a)     8,437,190  
  41,516     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. (Information Technology)     1,058,677  
  46,055     Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (Financials)     692,528  
  913     Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest REIT (Real Estate)     728,424  
  172,321     Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,260,476  
  551,595     Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     3,825,055  
  171,800     Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     2,642,219  
  263     Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     1,223,697  
  183,485     Japan Tobacco, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     3,123,712  
  73,239     Kajima Corp. (Industrials)     776,109  
  250,252     Kakaku.com, Inc. (Communication Services)     4,673,778  
  140,708     Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The) (Utilities)     1,366,225  
  77,626     Kao Corp. (Consumer Staples)     3,390,625  
  241,964     KDDI Corp. (Communication Services)     7,465,320  
  14,196     Keyence Corp. (Information Technology)     5,411,121  
  52,960     Kikkoman Corp. (Consumer Staples)     3,270,244  
  20,609     Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     704,683  
  121,954     Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,018,564  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)      
  17,273     Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)   988,097  
  50,145     Komatsu Ltd. (Industrials)     1,059,873  
  47,749     Kose Corp. (Consumer Staples)     4,560,482  
  35,091     Kubota Corp. (Industrials)     550,698  
  30,014     Kyocera Corp. (Information Technology)     1,684,032  
  40,802     Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     922,736  
  64,530     Lixil Corp. (Industrials)     1,135,356  
  57,040     M3, Inc. (Health Care)     1,860,255  
  659,999     Marubeni Corp. (Industrials)     6,913,028  
  229,169     Mazda Motor Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,035,037  
  32,341     McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,159,493  
  50,345     MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,407,844  
  141,728     MISUMI Group, Inc. (Industrials)     3,527,225  
  149,436     Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp. (Materials)     790,165  
  251,290     Mitsubishi Corp. (Industrials)     8,273,310  
  160,417     Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Industrials)     1,641,490  
  114,078     Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     1,547,099  
  206,456     Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc. (Financials)     1,006,776  
  76,140     Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     2,951,678  
  1,075,509     Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     5,594,586  
  297,327     Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     7,005,013  
  85,467     Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     1,740,783  
  83,476     Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. (Industrials)(a)     2,200,936  
  184,198     Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     2,117,363  
  313,998     MonotaRO Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     5,717,085  
  86,692     MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (Financials)(a)     2,602,167  
  51,131     Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,786,248  
  191,817     NEC Corp. (Information Technology)     7,056,928  
  68,361     Nexon Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,375,357  
  60,343     NGK Insulators Ltd. (Industrials)     870,158  
  12,852     Nidec Corp. (Industrials)     864,433  
  57,379     Nihon M&A Center Holdings, Inc. (Industrials)     723,938  
  10,771     Nintendo Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     4,428,056  
  214     Nippon Building Fund, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     1,071,351  
  541     Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     1,367,867  

 

 

 

 

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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)      
  428,940     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Communication Services)   $ 11,662,217  
  93,950     Nippon Yusen KK (Industrials)(a)     7,244,909  
  22,065     Nissan Chemical Corp. (Materials)     1,125,335  
  68,513     Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     775,945  
  17,908     Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,286,663  
  37,116     Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,585,091  
  19,143     Nitto Denko Corp. (Materials)     1,190,353  
  181,637     Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     660,117  
  22,697     Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (Real Estate)     560,773  
  968     Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     1,188,484  
  61,428     Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,679,438  
  192,584     NTT Data Corp. (Information Technology)     2,742,368  
  119,010     Obayashi Corp. (Industrials)     829,314  
  5,372     Obic Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     804,880  
  201,301     Oji Holdings Corp. (Materials)     808,834  
  268,746     Olympus Corp. (Health Care)     5,835,350  
  50,484     Omron Corp. (Information Technology)     2,691,266  
  102,618     Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     2,463,572  
  37,162     Oracle Corp. Japan (Information Technology)     2,238,432  
  16,654     Oriental Land Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,504,858  
  139,912     ORIX Corp. (Financials)     2,317,316  
  59,773     Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     1,010,697  
  22,340     Otsuka Corp. (Information Technology)     730,029  
  90,787     Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     2,987,048  
  50,072     Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     904,818  
  190,017     Panasonic Holdings Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,553,033  
  239,257     Persol Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     4,867,122  
  269,891     Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     8,728,017  
  299,817     Renesas Electronics Corp. (Information Technology)*     2,863,536  
  395,627     Resona Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     1,462,072  
  696,068     Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     5,508,289  
  199,813     SBI Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     3,958,063  
  34,317     SCSK Corp. (Information Technology)     564,420  
  34,981     Secom Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     2,251,401  
  165,615     Seiko Epson Corp. (Information Technology)     2,623,557  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)      
  83,248     Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)   1,144,604  
  100,190     Sekisui House Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,715,788  
  130,960     Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)     5,227,064  
  115,491     Sharp Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     835,617  
  57,078     Shimadzu Corp. (Information Technology)     1,684,033  
  9,011     Shimano, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,613,367  
  22,962     Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     2,702,435  
  24,068     Shionogi & Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     1,181,307  
  148,233     Shiseido Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     5,661,993  
  144,405     Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The) (Financials)     839,606  
  2,252     SMC Corp. (Industrials)     1,081,935  
  358,232     SoftBank Corp. (Communication Services)     3,952,504  
  137,562     SoftBank Group Corp. (Communication Services)     5,519,350  
  61,252     Sompo Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     2,639,193  
  117,226     Sony Group Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     9,416,134  
  44,460     Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,946,779  
  322,009     Subaru Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     5,889,658  
  45,428     SUMCO Corp. (Information Technology)     625,915  
  545,148     Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     2,162,896  
  265,619     Sumitomo Corp. (Industrials)     3,765,131  
  59,396     Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     686,616  
  171,867     Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     5,199,713  
  54,502     Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     1,704,748  
  73,840     Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,716,566  
  54,415     Sysmex Corp. (Health Care)     3,376,968  
  134,507     Taisei Corp. (Industrials)     4,109,195  
  306,593     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     8,514,936  
  15,444     TDK Corp. (Information Technology)     547,573  
  51,928     Terumo Corp. (Health Care)     1,687,918  
  38,431     TIS, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,106,147  
  29,351     Tobu Railway Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     697,649  
  28,295     Toho Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,083,834  
  71,939     Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     4,043,633  
  208,918     Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc. (Utilities)*     819,848  
  27,228     Tokyo Electron Ltd. (Information Technology)(a)     8,673,677  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2022

 

Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)      
  83,150     Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)   $ 1,566,729  
  49,830     Tokyu Corp. (Industrials)     596,342  
  128,191     TOPPAN, Inc. (Industrials)     2,026,088  
  117,377     Toray Industries, Inc. (Materials)     676,447  
  41,663     Toshiba Corp. (Industrials)     1,552,914  
  60,569     Tosoh Corp. (Materials)(a)     789,527  
  25,656     TOTO Ltd. (Industrials)     894,837  
  884,502     Toyota Motor Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     13,408,699  
  42,627     Trend Micro, Inc. (Information Technology)     2,650,638  
  56,310     Unicharm Corp. (Consumer Staples)     1,970,495  
  112,033     USS Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,991,339  
  225,879     Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     4,762,808  
  28,151     Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,671,291  
  14,483     Yamaha Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     570,440  
  60,925     Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     958,099  
  99,847     Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Information Technology)     1,761,053  
  269,605     ZOZO, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     6,048,487  
   

 

 

 
      525,734,058  

 

 

 
Jordan – 0.1%      
  130,477     Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Health Care)     1,993,437  

 

 

 
Luxembourg – 0.5%      
  424,592     ArcelorMittal (Materials)     10,142,163  
  34,330     Eurofins Scientific SE (Health Care)     2,385,369  
   

 

 

 
      12,527,532  

 

 

 
Netherlands – 4.7%      
  121,071     ABN AMRO Bank NV (Financials)(a)(b)     1,165,567  
  484     Adyen NV (Information Technology)*(b)     751,930  
  722,947     Aegon NV (Financials)     3,248,055  
  21,135     Akzo Nobel NV (Materials)     1,339,745  
  2,132     Argenx SE (Health Care)*     800,722  
  7,902     ASM International NV (Information Technology)     2,154,122  
  51,094     ASML Holding NV (Information Technology)     24,900,143  
  13,763     Euronext NV (Financials)(b)     1,021,347  
  59,308     EXOR NV (Financials)     3,593,736  
  53,519     Heineken Holding NV (Consumer Staples)     3,810,175  
  29,607     Heineken NV (Consumer Staples)     2,671,679  
  11,888     IMCD NV (Industrials)     1,647,258  
  371,317     ING Groep NV (Financials)     3,273,030  
  95,417     JDE Peet’s NV (Consumer Staples)     2,947,479  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Netherlands – (continued)      
  469,576     Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Consumer Staples)   12,937,793  
  13,243     Koninklijke DSM NV (Materials)     1,695,856  
  929,848     Koninklijke KPN NV (Communication Services)     2,963,978  
  182,737     Koninklijke Philips NV (Health Care)     3,059,090  
  152,703     NN Group NV (Financials)     6,290,965  
  36,672     OCI NV (Materials)     1,380,620  
  92,768     Randstad NV (Industrials)     4,336,721  
  1,175,790     Shell PLC (Energy)     31,330,631  
  64,699     Universal Music Group NV (Communication Services)     1,288,540  
  96,927     Wolters Kluwer NV (Industrials)     9,496,986  
   

 

 

 
      128,106,168  

 

 

 
New Zealand – 0.2%      
  179,686     Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd. (Health Care)     2,165,854  
  504,998     Spark New Zealand Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,678,109  
  32,630     Xero Ltd. (Information Technology)*     1,962,924  
   

 

 

 
      5,806,887  

 

 

 
Norway – 0.8%      
  50,764     Aker BP ASA (Energy)     1,778,554  
  143,467     DNB Bank ASA (Financials)     2,746,707  
  160,681     Equinor ASA (Energy)     6,196,260  
  235,919     Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (Financials)     4,801,987  
  38,962     Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (Industrials)     1,334,833  
  58,159     Mowi ASA (Consumer Staples)     1,197,270  
  258,243     Norsk Hydro ASA (Materials)     1,782,485  
  131,615     Orkla ASA (Consumer Staples)     1,106,324  
  11,694     Salmar ASA (Consumer Staples)     777,114  
  90,915     Telenor ASA (Communication Services)     998,547  
   

 

 

 
      22,720,081  

 

 

 
Portugal – 0.4%      
  231,884     EDP – Energias de Portugal SA (Utilities)     1,110,360  
  50,488     Galp Energia SGPS SA (Energy)     548,043  
  395,288     Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (Consumer Staples)     8,784,350  
   

 

 

 
      10,442,753  

 

 

 
Singapore – 1.6%      
  541,961     CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust REIT (Real Estate)     804,143  
  205,975     Capitaland Investment Ltd. (Real Estate)     544,798  
  95,180     City Developments Ltd. (Real Estate)     554,665  

 

 

 

 

70   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Singapore – (continued)      
  368,278     DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (Financials)   $ 8,605,736  
  177,340     Grab Holdings Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     505,419  
  369,122     Keppel Corp. Ltd. (Industrials)     1,923,530  
  679,261     Mapletree Logistics Trust REIT (Real Estate)     813,107  
  841,308     Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (Financials)     7,290,813  
  8,447     Sea Ltd. ADR (Communication Services)*     523,714  
  144,988     Singapore Airlines Ltd. (Industrials)*     552,890  
  1,271,685     Singapore Exchange Ltd. (Financials)     8,650,484  
  203,817     Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. (Industrials)     544,934  
  972,141     Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,825,682  
  151,986     STMicroelectronics NV (Information Technology)     5,310,063  
  237,822     United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Financials)     4,658,932  
  109,199     UOL Group Ltd. (Real Estate)     541,651  
  50,379     Venture Corp. Ltd. (Information Technology)     660,477  
   

 

 

 
      44,311,038  

 

 

 
South Africa – 0.2%      
  133,540     Anglo American PLC (Materials)     4,324,426  

 

 

 
Spain – 2.0%      
  8,708     Acciona SA (Utilities)     1,708,360  
  87,112     ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Industrials)     1,945,496  
  33,012     Amadeus IT Group SA (Information Technology)*     1,746,733  
  680,784     Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Financials)     3,074,712  
  1,533,403     Banco Santander SA (Financials)     3,726,805  
  772,089     CaixaBank SA (Financials)     2,332,228  
  20,730     Cellnex Telecom SA (Communication Services)*(b)     808,163  
  93,952     Enagas SA (Utilities)     1,718,472  
  69,982     Endesa SA (Utilities)     1,203,334  
  73,768     Ferrovial SA (Industrials)     1,852,952  
  49,404     Grifols SA (Health Care)*(a)     598,374  
  683,850     Iberdrola SA (Utilities)     7,141,198  
  351,997     Industria de Diseno Textil SA (Consumer Discretionary)     7,627,636  
  75,935     Naturgy Energy Group SA (Utilities)(a)     2,098,275  
  127,502     Red Electrica Corp. SA (Utilities)     2,337,903  
  731,634     Repsol SA (Energy)     9,552,995  
  891,144     Telefonica SA (Communication Services)     3,688,306  
   

 

 

 
      53,161,942  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Sweden – 2.3%      
  11,014     Alleima AB (Materials)*   44,333  
  75,224     Assa Abloy AB, Class B (Industrials)     1,533,025  
  334,220     Atlas Copco AB, Class A (Industrials)     3,417,872  
  155,105     Atlas Copco AB, Class B (Industrials)     1,422,504  
  29,890     Boliden AB (Materials)     965,717  
  53,951     Epiroc AB, Class A (Industrials)     830,328  
  51,541     Epiroc AB, Class B (Industrials)     705,261  
  121,576     EQT AB (Financials)     2,747,487  
  49,372     Essity AB, Class B (Consumer Staples)     1,100,896  
  31,553     Getinge AB, Class B (Health Care)     587,988  
  445,412     H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     4,652,148  
  82,239     Hexagon AB, Class B (Information Technology)     846,501  
  28,896     Holmen AB, Class B (Materials)     1,246,252  
  191,418     Husqvarna AB, Class B (Industrials)     1,296,132  
  47,794     Industrivarden AB, Class A (Financials)     1,066,159  
  57,589     Industrivarden AB, Class C (Financials)     1,271,662  
  140,667     Investor AB, Class A (Financials)(a)     2,352,112  
  217,979     Investor AB, Class B (Financials)     3,458,308  
  22,213     L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B (Financials)     923,344  
  34,357     Lifco AB, Class B (Industrials)     537,815  
  55,161     Sandvik AB (Industrials)     866,069  
  205,607     Securitas AB, Class B (Industrials)(a)     1,809,871  
  179,508     Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A (Financials)     1,800,440  
  59,050     Skanska AB, Class B (Industrials)     878,260  
  113,234     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B (Materials)     1,707,575  
  213,138     Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A (Financials)     1,755,496  
  140,250     Swedbank AB, Class A (Financials)     1,824,144  
  1,042,864     Swedish Match AB (Consumer Staples)     10,503,913  
  56,055     Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Health Care)*     1,242,006  
  178,841     Tele2 AB, Class B (Communication Services)     1,910,642  
  463,629     Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B (Information Technology)     3,487,273  
  581,063     Telia Co. AB (Communication Services)     2,053,591  
  49,430     Volvo AB, Class A (Industrials)     826,990  
  122,771     Volvo AB, Class B (Industrials)     1,954,499  
   

 

 

 
      63,626,613  

 

 

 
Switzerland – 4.6%      
  148,148     ABB Ltd. (Industrials)     4,094,013  
  25,756     Adecco Group AG (Industrials)     819,431  
  31,700     Alcon, Inc. (Health Care)     2,096,984  

 

 

 

 

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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Switzerland – (continued)      
  16,551     Baloise Holding AG (Financials)   $ 2,397,983  
  959     Barry Callebaut AG (Consumer Staples)     1,969,195  
  360     Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (Consumer Staples)     3,814,130  
  53,481     Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Consumer Discretionary)     6,019,661  
  40,226     Clariant AG (Materials)*     746,445  
  3,268     EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Materials)     2,305,464  
  6,330     Geberit AG (Industrials)     2,937,504  
  627     Givaudan SA (Materials)     2,010,229  
  87,478     Holcim AG (Materials)*     3,902,651  
  12,457     Julius Baer Group Ltd. (Financials)     605,651  
  33,352     Kuehne + Nagel International AG (Industrials)     7,723,297  
  64,272     Logitech International SA (Information Technology)     3,217,716  
  3,232     Lonza Group AG (Health Care)     1,733,315  
  314,806     Novartis AG (Health Care)     25,524,462  
  7,762     Partners Group Holding AG (Financials)     7,526,981  
  6,943     Schindler Holding AG (Industrials)     1,175,248  
  7,882     Schindler Holding AG Participation Certificates (Industrials)     1,378,613  
  2,678     SGS SA (Industrials)     5,916,049  
  6,128     Sika AG (Materials)     1,383,894  
  5,943     Sonova Holding AG (Health Care)     1,575,341  
  50,369     Straumann Holding AG (Health Care)     5,558,421  
  13,451     Swatch Group AG (The) – Bearer (Consumer Discretionary)     3,284,362  
  60,629     Swatch Group AG (The) – Registered (Consumer Discretionary)     2,774,416  
  5,982     Swiss Life Holding AG (Financials)     3,140,711  
  19,316     Swiss Prime Site AG (Real Estate)     1,668,465  
  5,603     Swisscom AG (Communication Services)     2,906,131  
  407,286     UBS Group AG (Financials)     6,481,020  
  5,178     VAT Group AG (Industrials)(b)     1,244,694  
  14,753     Zurich Insurance Group AG (Financials)     6,562,096  
   

 

 

 
      124,494,573  

 

 

 
United Kingdom – 10.4%      
  265,996     3i Group PLC (Financials)     3,762,131  
  1,048,796     abrdn PLC (Financials)     1,792,127  
  238,643     Admiral Group PLC (Financials)     5,892,478  
  22,751     Ashtead Group PLC (Industrials)     1,125,106  
  298,801     Associated British Foods PLC (Consumer Staples)     5,302,196  
  186,760     AstraZeneca PLC (Health Care)     23,130,905  
  1,151,714     Auto Trader Group PLC (Communication Services)(b)     8,735,000  
  765,223     Aviva PLC (Financials)     3,728,163  
  465,226     BAE Systems PLC (Industrials)     4,201,859  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)      
  2,110,568     Barclays PLC (Financials)   4,039,886  
  304,113     Barratt Developments PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     1,512,070  
  21,330     Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     907,156  
  2,384,255     BP PLC (Energy)     12,248,624  
  331,893     British American Tobacco PLC (Consumer Staples)     13,329,377  
  351,606     BT Group PLC (Communication Services)     616,557  
  79,354     Bunzl PLC (Industrials)     2,641,743  
  358,408     Burberry Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     7,289,924  
  865,566     CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     5,596,677  
  331,196     CNH Industrial NV (Industrials)     4,056,356  
  71,057     Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC (Consumer Staples)     3,493,873  
  501,055     Compass Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     10,838,488  
  14,959     Croda International PLC (Materials)     1,170,748  
  41,286     DCC PLC (Industrials)     2,384,246  
  226,502     Diageo PLC (Consumer Staples)     9,920,317  
  83,273     Entain PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     1,233,492  
  130,980     Experian PLC (Industrials)     3,997,672  
  772,189     Haleon PLC (Consumer Staples)*     2,325,818  
  61,300     Halma PLC (Information Technology)     1,480,071  
  419,283     Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (Financials)     3,988,890  
  1,584,856     HSBC Holdings PLC (Financials)     9,751,808  
  255,264     Imperial Brands PLC (Consumer Staples)     5,633,085  
  203,100     Informa PLC (Communication Services)     1,292,237  
  29,533     InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     1,612,044  
  26,550     Intertek Group PLC (Industrials)     1,223,077  
  3,010,271     J Sainsbury PLC (Consumer Staples)     7,124,599  
  3,660,358     JD Sports Fashion PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     4,810,760  
  36,948     Johnson Matthey PLC (Materials)     866,303  
  1,333,008     Kingfisher PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     3,600,077  
  203,289     Land Securities Group PLC REIT (Real Estate)     1,538,976  
  1,093,220     Legal & General Group PLC (Financials)     3,211,980  
  11,780,053     Lloyds Banking Group PLC (Financials)     6,014,752  
  13,092     London Stock Exchange Group PLC (Financials)     1,234,247  
  239,342     M&G PLC (Financials)     545,161  
  1,403,715     Melrose Industries PLC (Industrials)     2,229,541  

 

 

 

 

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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)      
  413,024     National Grid PLC (Utilities)   $ 5,180,813  
  587,364     NatWest Group PLC (Financials)     1,684,380  
  70,857     Next PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     4,791,950  
  232,658     Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (Financials)     1,630,823  
  72,179     Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (Consumer Staples)     5,583,490  
  268,325     RELX PLC (Industrials)     7,062,487  
  246,637     Rentokil Initial PLC (Industrials)     1,495,202  
  775,841     Sage Group PLC (The) (Information Technology)     6,456,604  
  35,024     Schroders PLC (Financials)(a)     1,095,466  
  124,412     Segro PLC REIT (Real Estate)     1,365,142  
  74,482     Severn Trent PLC (Utilities)     2,415,417  
  219,640     Smith & Nephew PLC (Health Care)     2,595,346  
  114,062     Smiths Group PLC (Industrials)     1,978,894  
  8,733     Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (Industrials)     1,070,538  
  147,917     SSE PLC (Utilities)     2,844,222  
  267,899     St James’s Place PLC (Financials)     3,450,822  
  229,285     Standard Chartered PLC (Financials)     1,595,974  
  1,052,665     Taylor Wimpey PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     1,326,547  
  2,254,178     Tesco PLC (Consumer Staples)     6,523,308  
  211,468     Unilever PLC (Consumer Staples)     9,659,253  
  139,738     United Utilities Group PLC (Utilities)     1,717,861  
  4,621,803     Vodafone Group PLC (Communication Services)     6,221,192  
  305,901     WPP PLC (Communication Services)     2,649,666  
   

 

 

 
      281,825,994  

 

 

 
United States – 5.0%      
  35,875     BRP, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,495,307  
  106,062     Ferguson PLC (Industrials)     12,324,102  
  634,793     GSK PLC (Health Care)     10,188,875  
  88,434     James Hardie Industries PLC CDI (Materials)     2,031,575  
  414,497     Nestle SA (Consumer Staples)     48,663,422  
  57,014     QIAGEN NV (Health Care)*     2,594,202  
  117,616     Roche Holding AG (Health Care)     38,010,232  
  12,640     Roche Holding AG (Health Care)(a)     4,846,445  
  69,457     Schneider Electric SE (Industrials)     8,295,892  
  256,897     Stellantis NV (Consumer Discretionary)     3,449,643  
  31,835     Swiss Re AG (Financials)     2,484,953  
  139,752     Tenaris SA (Energy)     1,932,255  
   

 

 

 
      137,316,903  

 

 

 
Zambia – 0.1%      
  76,583     First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (Materials)     1,359,032  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $2,761,597,364)   $ 2,697,927,495  

 

 

 

 

    
Shares
        
Description
      
Rate
        
Value
 
Preferred Stocks – 0.4%  
Germany – 0.4%        
  43,650     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     8.39   $ 3,039,539  
  27,691     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     2.94     1,788,743  
  3,257     Sartorius AG (Health Care)     0.30     1,362,104  
  25,783     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)     5.24     3,685,136  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $12,079,590)
    $ 9,875,522  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $2,773,676,954)     $ 2,707,803,017  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 2.2%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  59,641,107     2.154%   $ 59,641,107  
  (Cost $59,641,107)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 101.8%  
  (Cost $2,833,318,061)   $ 2,767,444,124  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
    OTHER ASSETS – (1.8)%
    (47,407,351

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 2,720,036,773  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR

 

American Depositary Receipt

CVA

 

—Dutch Certification

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   73


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ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2022, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
      

Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

 

Long position contracts:

                 

E-Mini MSCI EAFE Index Future

     103          09/16/22        $ 10,108,941        $ (699,376

 

Sector   % of Market
Value
 

 

 

Financials

    17.4

Industrials

    14.2

Consumer Staples

    13.1

Health Care

    11.4

Consumer Discretionary

    11.0

Information Technology

    7.4

Materials

    7.0

Energy

    6.0

Communication Services

    5.1

Utilities

    3.3

Real Estate

    1.9

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

    2.2

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     100.0

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – 99.9%  
Communication Services – 8.8%  
  943     Capcom Co. Ltd.   $ 25,918  
  3,618     CyberAgent, Inc.     35,730  
  1,388     Dentsu Group, Inc.     45,207  
  4,095     Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.(a)     36,955  
  1,292     Kakaku.com, Inc.     24,130  
  6,037     KDDI Corp.     186,260  
  182     Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. Ltd.     6,164  
  438     Konami Group Corp.     22,370  
  1,269     Nexon Co. Ltd.     25,531  
  348     Nintendo Co. Ltd.     143,066  
  6,535     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.     177,677  
  10,064     SoftBank Corp.     111,040  
  3,951     SoftBank Group Corp.     158,524  
  685     Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.     29,994  
  356     Toho Co. Ltd.     13,636  
  5,959     Z Holdings Corp.     17,839  
   

 

 

 
      1,060,041  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 18.1%  
  443     Aisin Corp.     13,278  
  1,015     Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.     76,770  
  1,819     Bridgestone Corp.     70,241  
  1,219     Denso Corp.     67,279  
  169     Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.(a)     99,907  
  88     Hikari Tsushin, Inc.     11,204  
  9,641     Honda Motor Co. Ltd.     258,994  
  658     Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.     10,077  
  3,655     Isuzu Motors Ltd.     45,640  
  154     Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.     5,316  
  4,054     Mazda Motor Corp.     36,000  
  532     McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.     19,073  
  3,775     Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.     14,975  
  349     Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.     33,710  
  379     Open House Group Co. Ltd.     14,955  
  461     Oriental Land Co. Ltd.     69,337  
  1,827     Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.     33,015  
  6,203     Panasonic Holdings Corp.     50,698  
  1,850     Rakuten Group, Inc.     9,021  
  1,955     Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.     26,880  
  2,040     Sekisui House Ltd.     34,936  
  2,114     Sharp Corp.     15,296  
  236     Shimano, Inc.     42,254  
  4,151     Sony Group Corp.     333,427  
  5,866     Subaru Corp.     107,291  
  1,917     Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.     22,160  
  696     Suzuki Motor Corp.     24,496  
  34,534     Toyota Motor Corp.     523,522  
  2,118     USS Co. Ltd.     37,647  
  409     Yamaha Corp.     16,109  
  1,250     Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.     26,141  
  1,321     ZOZO, Inc.     29,636  
   

 

 

 
      2,179,285  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 7.5%  
  1,764     Aeon Co. Ltd.(a)     34,644  
  2,478     Ajinomoto Co., Inc.     69,018  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Staples – (continued)  
  1,602     Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.   54,003  
  637     Ito En Ltd.     28,214  
  4,875     Japan Tobacco, Inc.     82,994  
  1,576     Kao Corp.     68,838  
  643     Kikkoman Corp.     39,705  
  3,214     Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.     53,198  
  320     Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     18,305  
  307     Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.     7,906  
  311     Kose Corp.     29,703  
  665     MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.     31,805  
  1,591     Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.     18,019  
  431     Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.     30,967  
  3,249     Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.     129,679  
  1,222     Shiseido Co. Ltd.     46,676  
  1,162     Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.     42,750  
  1,245     Unicharm Corp.     43,567  
  1,406     Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.     29,646  
  785     Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.     46,604  
   

 

 

 
      906,241  

 

 

 
Energy – 1.8%  
  9,494     ENEOS Holdings, Inc.(a)     35,860  
  1,499     Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.     39,469  
  11,792     Inpex Corp.     136,442  
   

 

 

 
      211,771  

 

 

 
Financials – 11.0%  
  1,439     Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)     7,806  
  4,247     Concordia Financial Group Ltd.     13,541  
  6,186     Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.     107,410  
  3,857     Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.     16,933  
  2,077     Japan Exchange Group, Inc.     31,232  
  2,517     Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.     18,411  
  15,605     Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.     108,213  
  5,779     Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.(a)     88,879  
  4,998     Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc.     24,373  
  33,715     Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.     175,379  
  7,882     Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.     90,604  
  2,120     MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.(a)     63,634  
  4,037     Nomura Holdings, Inc.     14,672  
  3,888     ORIX Corp.     64,396  
  8,968     Resona Holdings, Inc.     33,142  
  3,602     SBI Holdings, Inc.     71,351  
  2,313     Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)     13,448  
  1,790     Sompo Holdings, Inc.     77,127  
  4,017     Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.     121,531  
  1,288     Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.     40,287  
  1,116     T&D Holdings, Inc.     12,245  
  2,334     Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.     131,192  
   

 

 

 
      1,325,806  

 

 

 
Health Care – 10.0%  
  1,193     Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.     21,558  
  8,742     Astellas Pharma, Inc.     125,147  
  2,259     Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     58,812  
  5,488     Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.     166,154  

 

 

 

 

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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  1,371     Eisai Co. Ltd.   $ 56,343  
  1,240     Hoya Corp.     127,466  
  1,284     Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.     29,038  
  1,246     M3, Inc.     40,636  
  413     Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.     22,792  
  4,658     Olympus Corp.     101,140  
  2,931     Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     70,365  
  2,024     Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.     66,593  
  942     Shionogi & Co. Ltd.     46,235  
  702     Sysmex Corp.     43,566  
  6,336     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     175,968  
  1,693     Terumo Corp.     55,031  
   

 

 

 
      1,206,844  

 

 

 
Industrials – 21.2%  
  467     AGC, Inc.     16,002  
  312     ANA Holdings, Inc.*     6,049  
  216     Central Japan Railway Co.     25,624  
  1,326     Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.     28,093  
  98     Daifuku Co. Ltd.     5,790  
  611     Daikin Industries Ltd.     107,919  
  401     East Japan Railway Co.     20,940  
  331     FANUC Corp.     53,808  
  583     Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.     25,528  
  1,002     Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.     30,250  
  147     Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.     3,053  
  3,269     Hitachi Ltd.     164,977  
  345     Hoshizaki Corp.     10,328  
  5,366     ITOCHU Corp.     148,758  
  652     Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.*     12,106  
  1,236     Kajima Corp.     13,098  
  235     Keio Corp.     9,019  
  215     Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.     6,049  
  361     Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.     12,344  
  1,706     Komatsu Ltd.     36,058  
  2,101     Kubota Corp.     32,972  
  336     Kurita Water Industries Ltd.     13,234  
  1,039     Lixil Corp.     18,280  
  384     Makita Corp.     9,144  
  13,645     Marubeni Corp.     142,922  
  617     MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc.     10,762  
  1,437     MISUMI Group, Inc.     35,763  
  6,611     Mitsubishi Corp.     217,656  
  4,804     Mitsubishi Electric Corp.     49,158  
  3,021     Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.     117,113  
  8,229     Mitsui & Co. Ltd.     193,875  
  2,393     Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.(a)     63,094  
  1,930     MonotaRO Co. Ltd.     35,140  
  1,630     NGK Insulators Ltd.     23,505  
  788     Nidec Corp.     53,001  
  1,437     Nihon M&A Center Holdings, Inc.     18,130  
  129     NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, Inc.     7,156  
  1,361     Nippon Yusen KK(a)     104,953  
  2,474     Obayashi Corp.     17,240  
  572     Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.     7,885  
  2,867     Persol Holdings Co. Ltd.     58,322  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  4,854     Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.   156,974  
  837     Secom Co. Ltd.     53,870  
  692     SG Holdings Co. Ltd.     11,576  
  1,451     Shimizu Corp.     8,018  
  119     SMC Corp.     57,172  
  4,052     Sumitomo Corp.     57,437  
  1,736     Taisei Corp.     53,035  
  584     Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.     13,881  
  1,276     Tokyu Corp.     15,271  
  2,674     TOPPAN, Inc.     42,263  
  1,105     Toshiba Corp.     41,187  
  656     TOTO Ltd.     22,880  
  176     Toyota Industries Corp.     9,928  
  367     Toyota Tsusho Corp.     12,986  
  275     West Japan Railway Co.     10,776  
  726     Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.     11,417  
  570     Yaskawa Electric Corp.(a)     18,832  
   

 

 

 
      2,562,601  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 14.8%  
  810     Advantest Corp.     46,745  
  626     Azbil Corp.     18,018  
  2,669     Brother Industries Ltd.     51,522  
  4,327     Canon, Inc.     104,098  
  129     Disco Corp.     31,825  
  1,470     FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.     75,406  
  803     Fujitsu Ltd.     95,955  
  52     GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.     4,209  
  547     Hamamatsu Photonics KK     23,478  
  202     Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.     28,925  
  539     Ibiden Co. Ltd.     17,419  
  830     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.     21,165  
  569     Keyence Corp.     216,887  
  941     Kyocera Corp.     52,798  
  150     Lasertec Corp.     20,997  
  1,850     Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.     100,811  
  2,593     NEC Corp.     95,396  
  1,337     Nomura Research Institute Ltd.     36,553  
  3,881     NTT Data Corp.     55,265  
  129     Obic Co. Ltd.     19,328  
  710     Omron Corp.     37,850  
  381     Oracle Corp. Japan     22,949  
  657     Otsuka Corp.     21,469  
  5,114     Renesas Electronics Corp.*     48,844  
  6,628     Ricoh Co. Ltd.     52,450  
  263     Rohm Co. Ltd.     19,959  
  1,029     SCSK Corp.     16,924  
  3,185     Seiko Epson Corp.     50,455  
  1,128     Shimadzu Corp.     33,281  
  1,224     SUMCO Corp.     16,864  
  622     TDK Corp.     22,053  
  1,315     TIS, Inc.     37,849  
  549     Tokyo Electron Ltd.(a)     174,888  
  1,085     Trend Micro, Inc.     67,468  
  2,292     Yokogawa Electric Corp.     40,425  
   

 

 

 
      1,780,528  

 

 

 

 

76   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Materials – 3.6%  
  2,657     Asahi Kasei Corp.   $ 19,608  
  857     Hitachi Metals Ltd.*     12,939  
  373     JFE Holdings, Inc.(a)     4,036  
  324     JSR Corp.     7,315  
  3,012     Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.     15,926  
  301     Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.     6,829  
  389     Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp.     7,139  
  1,199     Nippon Steel Corp.(a)     19,102  
  833     Nissan Chemical Corp.     42,484  
  488     Nitto Denko Corp.     30,345  
  11,958     Oji Holdings Corp.     48,048  
  849     Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.     99,920  
  14,239     Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.     56,494  
  315     Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.     10,009  
  2,726     Toray Industries, Inc.     15,710  
  2,907     Tosoh Corp.(a)     37,893  
   

 

 

 
      433,797  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 2.5%  
  432     Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.     42,818  
  1,858     Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.     42,032  
  6     Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. REIT     13,937  
  10     GLP J REIT     12,256  
  1,041     Hulic Co. Ltd.     7,960  
  16     Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest REIT     12,765  
  3     Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT     13,959  
  2,657     Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.     36,034  
  2,085     Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.     42,467  
  3     Nippon Building Fund, Inc. REIT     15,019  
  5     Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. REIT     12,642  
  897     Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.     22,162  
  12     Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. REIT     14,733  
  514     Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.     12,681  
   

 

 

 
      301,465  

 

 

 
Utilities – 0.6%  
  1,477     Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.     15,066  
  1,490     Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)     14,467  
  1,179     Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.     19,936  
  1,088     Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc.*     4,269  
  1,327     Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.     25,004  
   

 

 

 
      78,742  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $12,104,492)   $ 12,047,121  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 7.1%(b)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  862,006     2.154%   $ 862,006  
  (Cost $862,006)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 107.0%  
  (Cost $12,966,498)   $ 12,909,127  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER
ASSETS – (7.0)%
    (850,354

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 12,058,773  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

 

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   77


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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – 99.6%      
Communication Services – 7.1%  
  56     Activision Blizzard, Inc.   $ 4,396  
  1,157     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     125,211  
  1,167     Alphabet, Inc., Class C*     127,378  
  1,400     AT&T, Inc.     24,556  
  27     Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     11,141  
  833     Comcast Corp., Class A     30,146  
  38     Electronic Arts, Inc.     4,821  
  27     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C*     2,746  
  20     Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*     1,807  
  9     Match Group, Inc.*     509  
  450     Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A*     73,319  
  10     Netflix, Inc.*     2,236  
  86     Omnicom Group, Inc.     5,753  
  59     Paramount Global, Class B     1,380  
  70     T-Mobile US, Inc.*     10,077  
  494     Verizon Communications, Inc.     20,654  
  105     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     11,768  
  281     Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.*     3,720  
  7     ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.*     318  
   

 

 

 
      461,936  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 9.3%  
  84     Advance Auto Parts, Inc.     14,166  
  21     AutoZone, Inc.*     44,503  
  332     Bath & Body Works, Inc.     12,394  
  127     Best Buy Co., Inc.     8,978  
  5     Booking Holdings, Inc.*     9,379  
  69     Burlington Stores, Inc.*     9,673  
  46     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*     1,983  
  7     CarMax, Inc.*     619  
  23     Darden Restaurants, Inc.     2,845  
  97     Dollar General Corp.     23,030  
  115     Dollar Tree, Inc.*     15,603  
  42     Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     15,618  
  38     DoorDash, Inc., Class A*     2,276  
  13     D.R. Horton, Inc.     925  
  272     eBay, Inc.     12,003  
  101     Etsy, Inc.*     10,667  
  59     Expedia Group, Inc.*     6,056  
  1,128     Ford Motor Co.     17,191  
  98     Garmin Ltd.     8,672  
  186     Genuine Parts Co.     29,018  
  2     Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.     255  
  188     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     54,223  
  214     Lennar Corp., Class A     16,574  
  124     Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     24,073  
  10     Marriott International, Inc., Class A     1,537  
  92     McDonald’s Corp.     23,210  
  523     MGM Resorts International     17,071  
  209     NIKE, Inc., Class B     22,248  
  2     NVR, Inc.*     8,280  
  63     O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     43,919  
  34     Pool Corp.     11,532  
  115     Ross Stores, Inc.     9,921  
  55     Starbucks Corp.     4,624  
  162     Target Corp.     25,975  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  379     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)   23,631  
  112     Tractor Supply Co.     20,737  
  86     Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     36,109  
  163     VF Corp.     6,756  
  87     Yum! Brands, Inc.     9,678  
   

 

 

 
      605,952  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 8.6%  
  444     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     39,023  
  130     Brown-Forman Corp., Class B     9,451  
  5     Bunge Ltd.     496  
  154     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     12,891  
  113     Clorox Co. (The)     16,310  
  561     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     34,619  
  331     Colgate-Palmolive Co.     25,888  
  214     Conagra Brands, Inc.     7,357  
  51     Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A     12,549  
  86     Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A     21,877  
  216     General Mills, Inc.     16,589  
  138     Hershey Co. (The)     31,005  
  161     Hormel Foods Corp.     8,095  
  51     J M Smucker Co. (The)     7,140  
  159     Kellogg Co.     11,566  
  436     Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.     16,620  
  91     Kimberly-Clark Corp.     11,604  
  403     Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     15,072  
  129     McCormick & Co., Inc.     10,845  
  259     Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     16,022  
  187     Monster Beverage Corp.*     16,611  
  271     PepsiCo, Inc.     46,685  
  366     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     50,486  
  211     Sysco Corp.     17,348  
  323     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A     24,348  
  670     Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     23,490  
  426     Walmart, Inc.     56,466  
   

 

 

 
      560,453  

 

 

 
Financials – 11.7%  
  259     Aflac, Inc.     15,390  
  199     Allstate Corp. (The)     23,979  
  634     Ally Financial, Inc.     21,049  
  114     American Express Co.     17,328  
  297     American International Group, Inc.     15,370  
  37     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     9,916  
  74     Aon PLC, Class A     20,665  
  66     Apollo Global Management, Inc.     3,668  
  196     Arch Capital Group Ltd.*     8,961  
  1,053     Bank of America Corp.     35,391  
  154     Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     6,396  
  323     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     90,698  
  6     BlackRock, Inc.     3,998  
  230     Blackstone, Inc.     21,606  
  136     Brown & Brown, Inc.     8,573  
  218     Capital One Financial Corp.     23,069  
  157     Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     11,139  
  78     Chubb Ltd.     14,746  

 

 

 

 

78   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)  
  49     Cincinnati Financial Corp.   $ 4,751  
  649     Citigroup, Inc.     31,678  
  81     Citizens Financial Group, Inc.     2,971  
  52     CME Group, Inc.     10,172  
  65     Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A*     4,342  
  138     Discover Financial Services     13,868  
  14     FactSet Research Systems, Inc.     6,067  
  86     Fifth Third Bancorp     2,937  
  14     First Republic Bank     2,126  
  109     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     7,010  
  88     Huntington Bancshares, Inc.     1,179  
  74     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     7,463  
  521     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     59,253  
  365     KeyCorp     6,457  
  92     KKR & Co., Inc.     4,652  
  26     LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.     5,755  
  28     M&T Bank Corp.     5,090  
  9     Markel Corp.*     10,747  
  135     Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     21,785  
  249     MetLife, Inc.     16,018  
  54     Moody’s Corp.     15,364  
  128     Morgan Stanley     10,908  
  2     MSCI, Inc.     898  
  108     Nasdaq, Inc.     6,429  
  18     Northern Trust Corp.     1,712  
  36     PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     5,688  
  107     Principal Financial Group, Inc.     7,999  
  110     Progressive Corp. (The)     13,491  
  185     Prudential Financial, Inc.     17,714  
  90     Raymond James Financial, Inc.     9,393  
  177     Regions Financial Corp.     3,836  
  27     S&P Global, Inc.     9,509  
  6     Signature Bank     1,046  
  12     State Street Corp.     820  
  528     Synchrony Financial     17,292  
  56     T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     6,720  
  65     Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     10,507  
  68     Truist Financial Corp.     3,185  
  100     US Bancorp     4,561  
  752     Wells Fargo & Co.     32,870  
  24     Willis Towers Watson PLC     4,964  
   

 

 

 
      761,169  

 

 

 
Health Care – 18.6%  
  269     Abbott Laboratories     27,613  
  348     AbbVie, Inc.     46,792  
  44     ABIOMED, Inc.*     11,408  
  83     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     10,645  
  33     Align Technology, Inc.*     8,042  
  4     Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     827  
  79     AmerisourceBergen Corp.     11,578  
  76     Amgen, Inc.     18,263  
  322     Avantor, Inc.*     8,021  
  123     Baxter International, Inc.     7,068  
  61     Becton Dickinson and Co.     15,398  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Health Care – (continued)  
  43     Biogen, Inc.*   8,401  
  6     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     535  
  13     Bio-Techne Corp.     4,314  
  214     Boston Scientific Corp.*     8,626  
  528     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     35,593  
  21     Cardinal Health, Inc.     1,485  
  31     Catalent, Inc.*     2,728  
  344     Centene Corp.*     30,871  
  31     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*     6,363  
  117     Cigna Corp.     33,164  
  18     Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)     5,174  
  609     CVS Health Corp.     59,773  
  104     Danaher Corp.     28,071  
  66     Dexcom, Inc.*     5,426  
  254     Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*     22,885  
  68     Elevance Health, Inc.     32,988  
  187     Eli Lilly & Co.     56,330  
  335     Gilead Sciences, Inc.     21,262  
  18     HCA Healthcare, Inc.     3,562  
  272     Hologic, Inc.*     18,376  
  17     Horizon Therapeutics PLC*     1,007  
  22     Humana, Inc.     10,599  
  47     IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     16,338  
  6     Illumina, Inc.*     1,210  
  12     Insulet Corp.*     3,066  
  33     Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     6,789  
  65     IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*     13,823  
  567     Johnson & Johnson     91,480  
  89     Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings     20,049  
  40     McKesson Corp.     14,680  
  146     Medtronic PLC     12,836  
  508     Merck & Co., Inc.     43,363  
  18     Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*     21,824  
  78     Moderna, Inc.*     10,317  
  11     Molina Healthcare, Inc.*     3,711  
  89     PerkinElmer, Inc.     12,020  
  1,229     Pfizer, Inc.     55,588  
  132     Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     16,541  
  36     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     20,918  
  57     ResMed, Inc.     12,535  
  182     Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A     7,609  
  12     Seagen, Inc.*     1,852  
  46     STERIS PLC     9,263  
  47     Stryker Corp.     9,644  
  15     Teleflex, Inc.     3,394  
  70     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     38,172  
  164     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     85,170  
  81     Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     22,823  
  3,960     Viatris, Inc.     37,818  
  64     Waters Corp.*     19,110  
  31     West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.     9,197  
  58     Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.     6,167  
  96     Zoetis, Inc.     15,027  
   

 

 

 
      1,205,522  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   79


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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – 5.1%  
  81     3M Co.   $ 10,072  
  39     AMETEK, Inc.     4,686  
  198     Carrier Global Corp.     7,746  
  6     Caterpillar, Inc.     1,108  
  23     Cintas Corp.     9,357  
  448     CSX Corp.     14,179  
  2     Deere & Co.     731  
  16     Delta Air Lines, Inc.*     497  
  34     Dover Corp.     4,249  
  95     Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.     9,775  
  463     Fastenal Co.     23,303  
  54     FedEx Corp.     11,384  
  93     General Electric Co.     6,830  
  30     IDEX Corp.     6,036  
  49     Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     9,547  
  20     J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     3,480  
  258     Masco Corp.     13,124  
  39     Norfolk Southern Corp.     9,482  
  36     Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     9,771  
  229     Otis Worldwide Corp.     16,538  
  55     PACCAR, Inc.     4,813  
  40     Parker-Hannifin Corp.     10,600  
  62     Plug Power, Inc.*     1,738  
  128     Republic Services, Inc.     18,268  
  16     Rockwell Automation, Inc.     3,791  
  293     Southwest Airlines Co.*     10,753  
  18     Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     1,586  
  6     TransUnion     443  
  22     Uber Technologies, Inc.*     633  
  80     Union Pacific Corp.     17,961  
  468     United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*     16,385  
  90     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     17,506  
  19     United Rentals, Inc.*     5,549  
  26     Verisk Analytics, Inc.     4,866  
  111     Waste Management, Inc.     18,762  
  23     Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.     2,016  
  41     W.W. Grainger, Inc.     22,753  
  30     Xylem, Inc.     2,733  
   

 

 

 
      333,051  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 31.5%  
  149     Accenture PLC, Class A     42,981  
  80     Adobe, Inc.*     29,875  
  262     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     22,236  
  135     Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     12,188  
  165     Amphenol Corp., Class A     12,132  
  42     Analog Devices, Inc.     6,364  
  3,240     Apple, Inc.     509,393  
  261     Applied Materials, Inc.     24,552  
  99     Arista Networks, Inc.*     11,868  
  34     Autodesk, Inc.*     6,859  
  78     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     19,064  
  73     Block, Inc.*     5,030  
  57     Broadcom, Inc.     28,449  
  25     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     4,279  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)  
  98     Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*   17,029  
  16     CDW Corp.     2,731  
  950     Cisco Systems, Inc.     42,484  
  100     Cognex Corp.     4,211  
  291     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     18,382  
  195     Corning, Inc.     6,692  
  30     Datadog, Inc., Class A*     3,149  
  169     Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C     6,471  
  129     DocuSign, Inc.*     7,510  
  33     Enphase Energy, Inc.*     9,453  
  23     Entegris, Inc.     2,182  
  9     EPAM Systems, Inc.*     3,839  
  183     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     16,721  
  197     Fiserv, Inc.*     19,934  
  36     FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*     7,651  
  251     Fortinet, Inc.*     12,221  
  68     Gartner, Inc.*     19,402  
  103     Global Payments, Inc.     12,796  
  2,312     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.     31,443  
  290     HP, Inc.     8,326  
  13     HubSpot, Inc.*     4,382  
  1,036     Intel Corp.     33,069  
  304     International Business Machines Corp.     39,049  
  59     Intuit, Inc.     25,475  
  120     Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     19,667  
  40     KLA Corp.     13,765  
  40     Lam Research Corp.     17,516  
  61     Marvell Technology, Inc.     2,856  
  100     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     32,437  
  140     Microchip Technology, Inc.     9,135  
  347     Micron Technology, Inc.     19,616  
  1,477     Microsoft Corp.     386,191  
  19     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     8,610  
  85     Motorola Solutions, Inc.     20,690  
  237     NetApp, Inc.     17,095  
  124     NortonLifeLock, Inc.     2,801  
  418     NVIDIA Corp.     63,093  
  280     ON Semiconductor Corp.*     19,256  
  173     Oracle Corp.     12,828  
  17     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     9,466  
  102     Paychex, Inc.     12,581  
  161     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     15,044  
  122     Qorvo, Inc.*     10,953  
  274     QUALCOMM, Inc.     36,242  
  17     Roper Technologies, Inc.     6,844  
  120     Salesforce, Inc.*     18,734  
  128     Seagate Technology Holdings PLC     8,571  
  24     ServiceNow, Inc.*     10,431  
  92     Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     9,067  
  276     SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.     15,390  
  24     Synopsys, Inc.*     8,304  
  13     Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*     4,789  
  158     Teradyne, Inc.     13,373  
  177     Texas Instruments, Inc.     29,242  
  86     Trimble, Inc.*     5,440  

 

 

 

 

80   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares         
Description
  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)  
  79     VeriSign, Inc.*   $ 14,395  
  198     Visa, Inc., Class A     39,345  
  73     VMware, Inc., Class A     8,470  
  462     Western Digital Corp.*     19,524  
  10     Workday, Inc., Class A*     1,646  
  40     Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*     12,066  
  19     Zendesk, Inc.*     1,459  
  45     Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A*     3,618  
   

 

 

 
      2,050,422  

 

 

 
Materials – 2.2%  
  17     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.     4,292  
  63     Alcoa Corp.     3,117  
  27     Avery Dennison Corp.     4,958  
  30     Ball Corp.     1,674  
  27     Celanese Corp.     2,993  
  39     CF Industries Holdings, Inc.     4,035  
  231     Corteva, Inc.     14,190  
  14     Crown Holdings, Inc.     1,268  
  153     Dow, Inc.     7,803  
  60     DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     3,339  
  35     Ecolab, Inc.     5,734  
  24     FMC Corp.     2,594  
  159     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     4,706  
  34     International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.     3,756  
  51     International Paper Co.     2,123  
  8     Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     2,782  
  151     Mosaic Co. (The)     8,134  
  180     Nucor Corp.     23,929  
  32     Packaging Corp. of America     4,382  
  26     PPG Industries, Inc.     3,302  
  57     Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     13,230  
  217     Steel Dynamics, Inc.     17,516  
  17     Vulcan Materials Co.     2,830  
   

 

 

 
      142,687  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 4.8%  
  112     Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT     17,181  
  51     American Tower Corp. REIT     12,957  
  35     AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT     7,032  
  88     Boston Properties, Inc. REIT     6,990  
  112     Camden Property Trust REIT     14,393  
  67     Crown Castle, Inc. REIT     11,446  
  50     Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     6,181  
  242     Duke Realty Corp. REIT     14,242  
  10     Equinix, Inc. REIT     6,574  
  100     Equity Residential REIT     7,318  
  42     Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT     11,132  
  64     Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT     12,719  
  244     Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT     6,405  
  218     Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT     7,909  
  158     Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT     8,312  
  255     Kimco Realty Corp. REIT     5,375  
  67     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT     11,100  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Real Estate – (continued)  
  133     Prologis, Inc. REIT   16,560  
  48     Public Storage REIT     15,880  
  171     Realty Income Corp. REIT     11,676  
  28     SBA Communications Corp. REIT     9,107  
  74     Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT     7,546  
  93     Sun Communities, Inc. REIT     14,295  
  133     UDR, Inc. REIT     5,968  
  215     Ventas, Inc. REIT     10,290  
  278     VICI Properties, Inc. REIT     9,171  
  131     Welltower, Inc. REIT     10,041  
  597     Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT     20,394  
  145     W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT     12,184  
   

 

 

 
      310,378  

 

 

 
Utilities – 0.7%  
  22     American Water Works Co., Inc.     3,266  
  199     Edison International     13,486  
  72     Entergy Corp.     8,302  
  207     NextEra Energy, Inc.     17,607  
   

 

 

 
      42,661  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.6%  
  (Cost $7,694,125)   $ 6,474,231  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.4%
    25,486  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 6,499,717  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   81


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Schedule of Investments

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – 99.8%      
Communication Services – 6.8%      
  167,499     Activision Blizzard, Inc.   $ 13,146,997  
  1,794,583     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     194,209,772  
  1,742,730     Alphabet, Inc., Class C*     190,218,979  
  1,833,763     AT&T, Inc.     32,164,203  
  53,651     Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     22,138,012  
  1,601,866     Comcast Corp., Class A     57,971,531  
  186,019     Electronic Arts, Inc.     23,600,231  
  73,577     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C*     7,482,781  
  171,589     Match Group, Inc.*     9,699,926  
  755,399     Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A*     123,077,159  
  42,264     Netflix, Inc.*     9,448,540  
  146,139     Omnicom Group, Inc.     9,776,699  
  39,002     Roku, Inc.*     2,652,136  
  54,035     Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*     6,622,530  
  116,722     T-Mobile US, Inc.*     16,803,299  
  794,773     Verizon Communications, Inc.     33,229,459  
  255,616     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     28,649,441  
  440,081     Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.*     5,826,672  
   

 

 

 
      786,718,367  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 13.2%      
  94,589     Advance Auto Parts, Inc.     15,951,489  
  2,557,884     Amazon.com, Inc.*     324,262,955  
  33,304     AutoZone, Inc.*     70,578,170  
  505,360     Bath & Body Works, Inc.     18,865,089  
  372,149     Best Buy Co., Inc.     26,307,213  
  7,299     Booking Holdings, Inc.*     13,691,537  
  63,299     Burlington Stores, Inc.*     8,873,887  
  140,119     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*     6,041,931  
  2,602     Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*     4,154,874  
  88,867     Darden Restaurants, Inc.     10,993,737  
  173,727     Dollar General Corp.     41,246,264  
  184,246     Dollar Tree, Inc.*     24,998,497  
  88,888     Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     33,053,892  
  78,995     D.R. Horton, Inc.     5,620,494  
  446,743     eBay, Inc.     19,714,769  
  116,957     Etsy, Inc.*     12,351,829  
  67,452     Expedia Group, Inc.*     6,923,948  
  3,610,213     Ford Motor Co.     55,019,646  
  125,815     Garmin Ltd.     11,133,369  
  209,043     Genuine Parts Co.     32,612,798  
  53,390     Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.     6,799,750  
  381,407     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     110,005,407  
  402,000     Lennar Corp., Class A     31,134,900  
  358,944     Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     69,685,388  
  40,751     Marriott International, Inc., Class A     6,265,059  
  176,837     McDonald’s Corp.     44,612,438  
  768,466     MGM Resorts International     25,082,730  
  394,297     NIKE, Inc., Class B     41,972,916  
  1,492     NVR, Inc.*     6,176,969  
  77,897     O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     54,303,557  
  58,765     Pool Corp.     19,932,500  
  78,080     Ross Stores, Inc.     6,735,962  
  182,947     Starbucks Corp.     15,380,354  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)      
  918,773     Stellantis NV(a)   12,311,558  
  285,363     Target Corp.     45,755,103  
  615,021     Tesla, Inc.*     169,505,938  
  394,376     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     24,589,344  
  174,672     Tractor Supply Co.     32,340,521  
  70,723     Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     29,694,466  
  203,579     VF Corp.     8,438,349  
  262,058     Yum! Brands, Inc.     29,151,332  
   

 

 

 
      1,532,270,929  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 9.1%      
  509,065     Altria Group, Inc.     22,969,013  
  598,733     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     52,622,643  
  251,975     Brown-Forman Corp., Class B     18,318,583  
  74,088     Bunge Ltd.     7,347,307  
  178,618     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     14,952,113  
  181,206     Clorox Co. (The)     26,155,274  
  770,017     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     47,517,749  
  441,690     Colgate-Palmolive Co.     34,544,575  
  355,497     Conagra Brands, Inc.     12,221,987  
  59,963     Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A     14,753,896  
  172,324     Costco Wholesale Corp.     89,970,360  
  143,240     Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A     36,437,391  
  268,060     General Mills, Inc.     20,587,008  
  179,142     Hershey Co. (The)     40,247,833  
  164,333     Hormel Foods Corp.     8,262,663  
  56,628     J M Smucker Co. (The)     7,927,354  
  165,491     Kellogg Co.     12,037,815  
  375,432     Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.     14,311,468  
  180,973     Kimberly-Clark Corp.     23,077,677  
  619,232     Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     23,159,277  
  1,510,428     Kroger Co. (The)     72,409,918  
  136,926     McCormick & Co., Inc.     11,511,369  
  271,015     Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     16,764,988  
  256,437     Monster Beverage Corp.*     22,779,299  
  437,112     PepsiCo, Inc.     75,301,284  
  564,614     Philip Morris International, Inc.     53,914,991  
  597,088     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     82,362,319  
  308,314     Sysco Corp.     25,349,577  
  560,819     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A     42,274,536  
  1,154,956     Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     40,492,757  
  670,861     Walmart, Inc.     88,922,626  
   

 

 

 
      1,059,505,650  

 

 

 
Energy – 4.3%      
  269,984     APA Corp.     10,559,074  
  257,809     Baker Hughes Co.     6,512,255  
  116,240     Cheniere Energy, Inc.     18,619,323  
  331,889     Chevron Corp.     52,458,375  
  234,851     ConocoPhillips     25,704,442  
  274,518     Coterra Energy, Inc.     8,485,351  
  303,487     Devon Energy Corp.     21,432,252  
  97,779     Diamondback Energy, Inc.     13,031,985  
  127,432     EOG Resources, Inc.     15,457,502  

 

 

 

 

82   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Energy – (continued)      
  202,643     EQT Corp.   $ 9,686,336  
  919,108     Exxon Mobil Corp.     87,857,534  
  286,355     Halliburton Co.     8,627,876  
  72,455     Hess Corp.     8,751,115  
  994,423     Kinder Morgan, Inc.     18,217,829  
  396,480     Marathon Oil Corp.     10,145,923  
  318,113     Marathon Petroleum Corp.     32,049,885  
  390,034     Occidental Petroleum Corp.     27,692,414  
  146,787     ONEOK, Inc.     8,987,768  
  238,065     Phillips 66     21,297,295  
  61,217     Pioneer Natural Resources Co.     15,501,369  
  171,101     Schlumberger NV     6,527,503  
  144,807     Targa Resources Corp.     9,880,182  
  411,918     Valero Energy Corp.     48,243,836  
  485,830     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     16,532,795  
   

 

 

 
      502,260,219  

 

 

 
Financials – 9.1%      
  165,868     Aflac, Inc.     9,855,876  
  170,533     Allstate Corp. (The)     20,549,226  
  676,494     Ally Financial, Inc.     22,459,601  
  125,998     American Express Co.     19,151,696  
  317,945     American International Group, Inc.     16,453,654  
  47,820     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     12,816,238  
  105,656     Aon PLC, Class A     29,505,495  
  78,728     Apollo Global Management, Inc.     4,375,702  
  294,697     Arch Capital Group Ltd.*     13,473,547  
  136,611     Arthur J Gallagher & Co.     24,804,459  
  1,439,034     Bank of America Corp.     48,365,933  
  388,577     Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     16,137,603  
  432,343     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     121,401,914  
  16,979     BlackRock, Inc.     11,314,636  
  343,981     Blackstone, Inc.     32,313,575  
  204,371     Brown & Brown, Inc.     12,883,548  
  253,738     Capital One Financial Corp.     26,850,555  
  277,710     Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     19,703,524  
  117,644     Chubb Ltd.     22,240,598  
  56,387     Cincinnati Financial Corp.     5,467,283  
  772,625     Citigroup, Inc.     37,711,826  
  308,070     Citizens Financial Group, Inc.     11,300,008  
  63,376     CME Group, Inc.     12,396,979  
  57,912     Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A*     3,868,522  
  111,687     Discover Financial Services     11,223,427  
  32,667     FactSet Research Systems, Inc.     14,155,918  
  26,094     First Republic Bank     3,961,852  
  205,632     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     13,224,194  
  119,434     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     12,044,919  
  702,756     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     79,924,440  
  318,549     KeyCorp     5,635,132  
  117,051     KKR & Co., Inc.     5,918,098  
  47,364     LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.     10,483,074  
  37,746     M&T Bank Corp.     6,861,468  
  9,483     Markel Corp.*     11,323,745  
  191,877     Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     30,963,191  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)      
  341,278     MetLife, Inc.   21,954,414  
  125,126     Moody’s Corp.     35,600,849  
  162,154     Morgan Stanley     13,818,764  
  8,003     MSCI, Inc.     3,595,268  
  202,069     Nasdaq, Inc.     12,029,168  
  33,051     Northern Trust Corp.     3,142,820  
  49,787     PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     7,866,346  
  153,321     Principal Financial Group, Inc.     11,462,278  
  228,944     Progressive Corp. (The)     28,079,982  
  127,291     Prudential Financial, Inc.     12,188,113  
  127,918     Raymond James Financial, Inc.     13,350,802  
  213,941     Regions Financial Corp.     4,636,101  
  37,962     S&P Global, Inc.     13,369,457  
  46,260     State Street Corp.     3,161,871  
  627,723     Synchrony Financial     20,557,928  
  112,038     T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     13,444,560  
  96,590     Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     15,612,808  
  97,733     Truist Financial Corp.     4,577,814  
  166,872     US Bancorp     7,611,032  
  908,011     Wells Fargo & Co.     39,689,161  
  35,583     Willis Towers Watson PLC     7,359,632  
   

 

 

 
      1,054,230,624  

 

 

 
Health Care – 14.9%      
  374,229     Abbott Laboratories     38,414,607  
  540,699     AbbVie, Inc.     72,702,388  
  51,162     ABIOMED, Inc.*     13,265,283  
  140,528     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     18,022,716  
  43,302     Align Technology, Inc.*     10,552,697  
  28,056     Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     5,798,334  
  102,968     AmerisourceBergen Corp.     15,090,990  
  186,402     Amgen, Inc.     44,792,401  
  181,520     Avantor, Inc.*     4,521,663  
  154,338     Baxter International, Inc.     8,868,261  
  45,326     Becton Dickinson and Co.     11,441,189  
  107,646     Biogen, Inc.*     21,031,875  
  193,957     Boston Scientific Corp.*     7,818,407  
  807,226     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     54,415,105  
  57,560     Cardinal Health, Inc.     4,070,643  
  531,515     Centene Corp.*     47,698,156  
  33,330     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*     6,840,982  
  204,772     Cigna Corp.     58,042,623  
  21,041     Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)     6,048,025  
  788,787     CVS Health Corp.     77,419,444  
  148,378     Danaher Corp.     40,048,706  
  96,570     Dexcom, Inc.*     7,939,020  
  369,999     Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*     33,336,910  
  91,756     Elevance Health, Inc.     44,511,753  
  288,460     Eli Lilly & Co.     86,892,806  
  451,355     Gilead Sciences, Inc.     28,647,502  
  16,418     HCA Healthcare, Inc.     3,248,630  
  182,844     Hologic, Inc.*     12,352,941  
  46,911     Humana, Inc.     22,600,782  
  86,972     IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     30,233,207  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   83


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Health Care – (continued)      
  35,076     Insulet Corp.*   $ 8,960,866  
  58,023     Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     11,937,652  
  66,118     IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*     14,060,654  
  819,710     Johnson & Johnson     132,252,011  
  85,474     Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings     19,254,728  
  64,956     McKesson Corp.     23,838,852  
  141,248     Medtronic PLC     12,418,524  
  687,170     Merck & Co., Inc.     58,656,831  
  28,095     Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*     34,064,064  
  123,032     Moderna, Inc.*     16,273,443  
  28,250     Molina Healthcare, Inc.*     9,530,702  
  103,256     PerkinElmer, Inc.     13,945,755  
  1,319,617     Pfizer, Inc.     59,686,277  
  117,959     Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     14,781,442  
  49,836     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     28,957,706  
  111,969     ResMed, Inc.     24,624,222  
  190,455     Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A     7,962,924  
  101,904     Seagen, Inc.*     15,722,768  
  45,516     STERIS PLC     9,166,012  
  74,890     Stryker Corp.     15,367,428  
  122,933     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     67,037,824  
  263,172     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     136,673,115  
  41,520     Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     8,275,766  
  115,290     Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     32,484,110  
  5,468,976     Viatris, Inc.     52,228,721  
  62,393     Waters Corp.*     18,630,550  
  54,612     West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.     16,202,834  
  30,515     Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.     3,244,355  
  166,561     Zoetis, Inc.     26,071,793  
   

 

 

 
      1,728,979,975  

 

 

 
Industrials – 7.5%      
  162,489     3M Co.(a)     20,205,507  
  120,071     AMETEK, Inc.     14,427,731  
  366,298     Carrier Global Corp.     14,329,578  
  73,860     Caterpillar, Inc.     13,642,681  
  71,702     Cintas Corp.     29,171,242  
  68,312     Copart, Inc.*     8,173,531  
  262,033     CSX Corp.     8,293,344  
  83,860     Cummins, Inc.     18,060,928  
  35,696     Deere & Co.     13,037,964  
  81,723     Dover Corp.     10,212,106  
  63,228     Eaton Corp. PLC     8,639,474  
  228,152     Emerson Electric Co.     18,649,144  
  16,803     Equifax, Inc.     3,171,566  
  126,320     Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.     12,997,065  
  758,588     Fastenal Co.     38,179,734  
  112,856     FedEx Corp.     23,791,173  
  154,683     Fortive Corp.     9,796,074  
  109,211     General Dynamics Corp.     25,001,674  
  207,682     General Electric Co.     15,252,166  
  103,205     Honeywell International, Inc.     19,541,867  
  46,828     IDEX Corp.     9,422,262  
  116,935     Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     22,782,446  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – (continued)      
  145,000     Jacobs Solutions, Inc.   18,064,100  
  19,972     J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     3,475,527  
  296,256     Johnson Controls International PLC     16,039,300  
  49,988     L3Harris Technologies, Inc.     11,406,762  
  250,638     Leidos Holdings, Inc.     23,823,142  
  68,623     Lockheed Martin Corp.     28,829,209  
  249,669     Masco Corp.     12,700,662  
  33,756     Norfolk Southern Corp.     8,207,096  
  59,735     Northrop Grumman Corp.     28,552,733  
  54,512     Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     14,795,102  
  116,578     Otis Worldwide Corp.     8,419,263  
  68,616     PACCAR, Inc.     6,004,586  
  65,137     Parker-Hannifin Corp.     17,261,305  
  59,888     Quanta Services, Inc.     8,462,174  
  282,255     Raytheon Technologies Corp.     25,332,386  
  153,273     Republic Services, Inc.     21,875,123  
  27,317     Rockwell Automation, Inc.     6,472,490  
  451,392     Southwest Airlines Co.*     16,566,086  
  529,019     Textron, Inc.     33,000,205  
  52,295     Trane Technologies PLC     8,057,091  
  92,811     Union Pacific Corp.     20,836,998  
  789,481     United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*     27,639,730  
  157,227     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     30,582,224  
  14,353     United Rentals, Inc.*     4,191,650  
  47,231     Verisk Analytics, Inc.     8,839,754  
  153,823     Waste Management, Inc.     26,000,702  
  340,428     Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.     29,838,514  
  82,136     W.W. Grainger, Inc.     45,580,552  
  41,778     Xylem, Inc.     3,805,976  
   

 

 

 
      871,439,699  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 26.9%      
  296,548     Accenture PLC, Class A     85,542,236  
  163,329     Adobe, Inc.*     60,993,582  
  369,980     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     31,400,203  
  127,484     Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     11,509,256  
  189,674     Amphenol Corp., Class A     13,946,729  
  70,645     Analog Devices, Inc.     10,704,837  
  16,201     ANSYS, Inc.*     4,022,708  
  4,732,379     Apple, Inc.     744,024,626  
  360,429     Applied Materials, Inc.     33,905,556  
  115,506     Arista Networks, Inc.*     13,846,859  
  118,949     Autodesk, Inc.*     23,996,771  
  119,386     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     29,179,132  
  41,885     Block, Inc.*     2,886,295  
  111,114     Broadcom, Inc.     55,458,109  
  67,708     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     11,589,578  
  273,888     Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*     47,593,518  
  53,506     CDW Corp.     9,133,474  
  1,165,875     Cisco Systems, Inc.     52,137,930  
  361,199     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     22,816,941  
  177,065     Corning, Inc.     6,076,871  

 

 

 

 

84   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)      
  29,317     Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A*   $ 5,353,577  
  55,372     Datadog, Inc., Class A*     5,811,291  
  132,055     Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C     5,056,386  
  198,743     DocuSign, Inc.*     11,570,817  
  59,858     Entegris, Inc.     5,679,327  
  28,958     EPAM Systems, Inc.*     12,350,587  
  237,876     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     21,734,730  
  262,101     Fiserv, Inc.*     26,522,000  
  31,011     FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*     6,590,768  
  620,975     Fortinet, Inc.*     30,235,273  
  80,190     Gartner, Inc.*     22,879,811  
  124,767     Global Payments, Inc.     15,499,804  
  2,732,737     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.     37,165,223  
  461,080     HP, Inc.     13,237,607  
  27,970     HubSpot, Inc.*     9,427,009  
  1,191,868     Intel Corp.     38,044,427  
  465,377     International Business Machines Corp.     59,777,676  
  99,714     Intuit, Inc.     43,054,511  
  95,019     Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     15,572,664  
  52,938     KLA Corp.     18,217,554  
  77,579     Lam Research Corp.     33,972,620  
  200,760     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     65,120,521  
  176,480     Microchip Technology, Inc.     11,515,320  
  456,321     Micron Technology, Inc.     25,795,826  
  2,258,185     Microsoft Corp.     590,447,632  
  19,485     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     8,830,212  
  106,048     Motorola Solutions, Inc.     25,813,144  
  212,547     NetApp, Inc.     15,331,015  
  107,434     NortonLifeLock, Inc.     2,426,934  
  652,716     NVIDIA Corp.     98,520,953  
  321,695     ON Semiconductor Corp.*     22,122,965  
  313,541     Oracle Corp.     23,249,065  
  42,855     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     23,862,093  
  171,025     Paychex, Inc.     21,094,224  
  193,047     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     18,038,312  
  138,988     Qorvo, Inc.*     12,478,343  
  282,415     QUALCOMM, Inc.     37,355,032  
  26,293     Roper Technologies, Inc.     10,585,036  
  227,526     Salesforce, Inc.*     35,521,359  
  248,219     Seagate Technology Holdings PLC     16,620,744  
  65,409     ServiceNow, Inc.*     28,428,060  
  152,075     Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     14,986,991  
  33,357     Splunk, Inc.*     3,003,131  
  341,885     SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.     19,063,508  
  117,988     Synopsys, Inc.*     40,826,208  
  26,319     Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*     9,694,867  
  160,674     Teradyne, Inc.     13,599,447  
  312,175     Texas Instruments, Inc.     51,574,432  
  98,801     Trimble, Inc.*     6,249,163  
  10,012     Tyler Technologies, Inc.*     3,719,558  
  122,605     VeriSign, Inc.*     22,341,083  
  379,701     Visa, Inc., Class A     75,450,386  
  113,549     VMware, Inc., Class A     13,175,091  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)      
  613,022     Western Digital Corp.*   25,906,310  
  39,711     Workday, Inc., Class A*     6,534,842  
  23,727     Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*     7,157,012  
  38,085     Zendesk, Inc.*     2,923,785  
  62,696     Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A*     5,040,758  
   

 

 

 
      3,122,922,235  

 

 

 
Materials – 1.7%      
  29,421     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.     7,427,331  
  25,686     Albemarle Corp.     6,882,820  
  107,355     Alcoa Corp.     5,311,925  
  44,335     Avery Dennison Corp.     8,140,793  
  68,028     Ball Corp.     3,796,643  
  27,628     Celanese Corp.     3,062,840  
  93,224     CF Industries Holdings, Inc.     9,644,955  
  197,755     Corteva, Inc.     12,148,090  
  156,337     Dow, Inc.     7,973,187  
  51,019     DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     2,838,697  
  36,390     Eastman Chemical Co.     3,311,490  
  33,477     Ecolab, Inc.     5,484,537  
  21,818     International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.     2,410,453  
  362,766     International Paper Co.     15,098,321  
  39,695     LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A     3,294,685  
  11,100     Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     3,859,581  
  135,124     Mosaic Co. (The)     7,279,130  
  73,708     Newmont Corp.     3,048,563  
  300,084     Nucor Corp.     39,893,167  
  21,661     Packaging Corp. of America     2,965,824  
  60,957     PPG Industries, Inc.     7,740,320  
  94,249     Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     21,875,193  
  143,702     Steel Dynamics, Inc.     11,599,625  
   

 

 

 
      195,088,170  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 3.1%      
  81,132     Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT     12,445,649  
  54,867     American Tower Corp. REIT     13,938,961  
  45,764     AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT     9,194,445  
  52,405     Boston Properties, Inc. REIT     4,162,529  
  109,753     Camden Property Trust REIT     14,104,358  
  453,836     CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     35,834,890  
  85,884     Crown Castle, Inc. REIT     14,671,564  
  52,414     Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     6,479,943  
  320,118     Duke Realty Corp. REIT     18,838,944  
  9,149     Equinix, Inc. REIT     6,014,278  
  140,603     Equity Residential REIT     10,289,327  
  35,576     Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT     9,429,775  
  85,359     Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT     16,963,394  
  165,279     Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT     4,338,574  
  246,552     Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT     8,944,907  
  104,719     Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT     5,509,267  
  89,486     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT     14,825,146  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   85


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Real Estate – (continued)      
  190,772     Prologis, Inc. REIT   $ 23,753,022  
  67,296     Public Storage REIT     22,263,536  
  177,310     Realty Income Corp. REIT     12,106,727  
  34,333     SBA Communications Corp. REIT     11,166,808  
  65,521     Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT     6,681,832  
  104,605     Sun Communities, Inc. REIT     16,078,834  
  181,280     UDR, Inc. REIT     8,134,034  
  160,562     Ventas, Inc. REIT     7,684,497  
  291,807     VICI Properties, Inc. REIT     9,626,713  
  124,333     Welltower, Inc. REIT     9,530,124  
  481,376     Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT     16,443,804  
  142,972     W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT     12,013,937  
   

 

 

 
      361,469,819  

 

 

 
Utilities – 3.2%      
  477,212     AES Corp. (The)     12,145,045  
  208,813     Alliant Energy Corp.     12,745,946  
  146,212     Ameren Corp.     13,542,155  
  173,838     American Electric Power Co., Inc.     17,418,568  
  49,022     American Water Works Co., Inc.     7,277,316  
  104,497     Atmos Energy Corp.     11,847,870  
  446,653     CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     14,082,969  
  139,284     CMS Energy Corp.     9,407,241  
  200,662     Consolidated Edison, Inc.     19,612,704  
  148,684     Constellation Energy Corp.     12,131,128  
  179,824     Dominion Energy, Inc.     14,709,603  
  100,166     DTE Energy Co.     13,055,636  
  168,036     Duke Energy Corp.     17,964,729  
  225,768     Edison International     15,300,297  
  92,030     Entergy Corp.     10,611,059  
  214,029     Evergy, Inc.     14,667,407  
  102,094     Eversource Energy     9,156,811  
  498,375     Exelon Corp.     21,883,646  
  312,194     FirstEnergy Corp.     12,347,273  
  311,464     NextEra Energy, Inc.     26,493,128  
  506,904     PG&E Corp.*     6,250,126  
  261,347     PPL Corp.     7,599,971  
  185,371     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.     11,930,478  
  98,218     Sempra Energy     16,203,023  
  281,938     Southern Co. (The)     21,728,962  
  98,116     WEC Energy Group, Inc.     10,119,684  
  185,110     Xcel Energy, Inc.     13,744,418  
   

 

 

 
      373,977,193  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $9,526,533,417)   $ 11,588,862,880  

 

 

 
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.2%(b)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  20,073,500     2.154%   20,073,500  
  (Cost $20,073,500)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.0%  
  (Cost $9,546,606,917)   $ 11,608,936,380  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.0%
    7,557,567  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 11,616,493,947  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

86   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – 97.4%      
Communication Services – 2.3%      
  22,137     Advantage Solutions, Inc.*   $ 80,579  
  5,474     AMC Networks, Inc., Class A*     146,649  
  10,905     Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (The)*(a)     114,721  
  2,078     Audacy, Inc.*     1,146  
  3,164     Bumble, Inc., Class A*     79,258  
  22,770     Cargurus, Inc.*     425,799  
  27,271     Cars.com, Inc.*     347,705  
  7,957     Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.     423,710  
  20,997     Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.*     120,523  
  32,087     DHI Group, Inc.*     163,644  
  11,070     EchoStar Corp., Class A*     203,799  
  19,192     EverQuote, Inc., Class A*     166,011  
  18,974     EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A*     283,661  
  88,031     Gannett Co., Inc.*     204,232  
  15,529     Gogo, Inc.*     230,761  
  19,672     Gray Television, Inc.     375,735  
  14,368     IDT Corp., Class B*     367,390  
  7,961     iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A*     70,455  
  10,903     Iridium Communications, Inc.*     483,984  
  13,039     John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A     600,185  
  12,439     Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A (Chile)*     87,073  
  29,736     Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (Chile)*     207,260  
  4,888     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class A*(a)     137,353  
  4,548     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class C*     124,342  
  9,185     Magnite, Inc.*     69,163  
  9,303     Marcus Corp. (The)     149,685  
  21,282     Ooma, Inc.*     257,512  
  29,420     Playstudios, Inc.*     106,500  
  4,772     PubMatic, Inc., Class A*     93,388  
  12,381     QuinStreet, Inc.*     148,696  
  7,573     Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., Class A*     104,280  
  12,535     Scholastic Corp.     575,482  
  7,745     Shutterstock, Inc.     429,150  
  5,702     Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A     125,957  
  65,114     Skillz, Inc.*(a)     86,602  
  25,618     Stagwell, Inc.*     173,690  
  3,966     TechTarget, Inc.*     257,393  
  40,971     TEGNA, Inc.     876,779  
  14,723     Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.     239,543  
  10,115     Thryv Holdings, Inc.*     258,742  
  91,882     TrueCar, Inc.*     200,303  
  7,379     United States Cellular Corp.*     210,966  
  6,820     WideOpenWest, Inc.*     121,396  
  22,087     Yelp, Inc.*     754,713  
  6,518     Ziff Davis, Inc.*     503,711  
  5,195     ZipRecruiter, Inc., Class A*     86,653  
   

 

 

 
      11,276,279  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 10.5%      
  20,810     1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A*     180,631  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)      
  20,285     2U, Inc.*   144,429  
  11,904     Aaron’s Co., Inc. (The)     141,658  
  22,913     Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A*     329,718  
  12,230     Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.     526,868  
  10,163     Acushnet Holdings Corp.     484,267  
  13,682     Adient PLC*     454,242  
  16,599     Adtalem Global Education, Inc.*     625,616  
  31,403     American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.*     325,021  
  18,465     American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.     207,916  
  14,853     American Public Education, Inc.*     153,431  
  4,532     Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*     790,743  
  103,647     Beachbody Co., Inc. (The)*     120,231  
  9,692     Beazer Homes USA, Inc.*     138,014  
  16,302     Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*(a)     155,358  
  11,273     Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.(a)     137,982  
  11,425     Big Lots, Inc.     235,012  
  4,576     BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*     114,766  
  12,256     Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.     247,816  
  8,129     Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp.     169,408  
  4,889     Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.*     325,705  
  7,396     Brinker International, Inc.*     181,276  
  10,396     Buckle, Inc. (The)     335,583  
  4,982     Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.     76,324  
  15,866     Caleres, Inc.     404,900  
  12,287     Callaway Golf Co.*     271,911  
  5,656     Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)     170,359  
  21,636     CarParts.com, Inc.*     140,201  
  8,113     Carriage Services, Inc.     287,281  
  1,139     Cavco Industries, Inc.*     266,537  
  5,289     Century Communities, Inc.     246,943  
  5,471     Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)     167,522  
  4,627     Chegg, Inc.*     91,059  
  33,961     Chico’s FAS, Inc.*     192,898  
  4,556     Children’s Place, Inc. (The)*     192,172  
  4,764     Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.*     106,380  
  7,008     Citi Trends, Inc.*     141,562  
  9,705     Clarus Corp.     147,225  
  12,098     Conn’s, Inc.*     116,262  
  18,885     Container Store Group, Inc. (The)*     128,040  
  47,360     ContextLogic, Inc., Class A*     61,568  
  1,885     Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.     203,467  
  12,566     Crocs, Inc.*     926,114  
  25,578     Dana, Inc.     395,692  
  4,083     Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.*     168,791  
  17,770     Denny’s Corp.*     167,927  
  12,474     Designer Brands, Inc., Class A     212,806  
  21,647     Destination XL Group, Inc.*     119,275  
  2,709     Dillard’s, Inc., Class A     802,514  
  1,910     Dine Brands Global, Inc.     127,206  
  8,458     Dorman Products, Inc.*     766,718  
  10,564     Duluth Holdings, Inc., Class B*     93,703  
  1,400     Duolingo, Inc.*     131,628  
  12,280     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.*     111,134  
  19,895     Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.     472,904  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)      
  12,933     Everi Holdings, Inc.*   $ 239,261  
  4,631     Foot Locker, Inc.     170,606  
  41,572     Fossil Group, Inc.*     175,850  
  5,959     Fox Factory Holding Corp.*     555,438  
  4,533     Franchise Group, Inc.     153,623  
  21,124     Frontdoor, Inc.*     495,992  
  12,289     Funko, Inc., Class A*     273,676  
  9,562     Genesco, Inc.*     541,018  
  11,212     Gentherm, Inc.*     671,599  
  11,262     G-III Apparel Group Ltd.*     237,290  
  5,228     Golden Entertainment, Inc.*     200,023  
  46,483     Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)*     652,156  
  31,771     GoPro, Inc., Class A*     193,485  
  849     Graham Holdings Co., Class B     480,050  
  6,753     Green Brick Partners, Inc.*     164,503  
  4,055     Group 1 Automotive, Inc.     724,182  
  6,777     Groupon, Inc.*     67,160  
  8,876     Guess?, Inc.(a)     155,064  
  14,958     Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.     401,174  
  4,185     Helen of Troy Ltd.*     517,392  
  7,571     Hibbett, Inc.     443,661  
  9,927     Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*     404,823  
  2,212     Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A*     88,679  
  21,931     Inspired Entertainment, Inc.*     229,618  
  4,404     Installed Building Products, Inc.     398,826  
  16,215     International Game Technology PLC     290,897  
  6,845     iRobot Corp.*(a)     403,034  
  3,750     Jack in the Box, Inc.     299,475  
  4,015     Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A     245,477  
  13,690     KB Home     392,219  
  11,003     Kontoor Brands, Inc.     409,642  
  9,443     Lands’ End, Inc.*     130,502  
  24,108     Laureate Education, Inc.     265,670  
  15,677     La-Z-Boy, Inc.     413,716  
  6,710     LCI Industries     777,488  
  1,957     LGI Homes, Inc.*     185,739  
  5,815     Lifetime Brands, Inc.     51,870  
  9,559     Light & Wonder, Inc.*     470,590  
  10,617     LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.*     86,422  
  4,353     Lovesac Co. (The)*     134,290  
  6,625     M/I Homes, Inc.*     286,465  
  5,629     Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A*     337,909  
  2,542     Marine Products Corp.     25,242  
  8,688     MarineMax, Inc.*     315,722  
  15,072     MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.*     363,084  
  5,403     MDC Holdings, Inc.     167,925  
  6,295     Meritage Homes Corp.*     493,213  
  14,654     Modine Manufacturing Co.*     219,517  
  3,895     Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.*     235,219  
  3,211     Monro, Inc.     148,701  
  9,156     Movado Group, Inc.     291,985  
  6,141     Murphy USA, Inc.     1,781,934  
  9,870     National Vision Holdings, Inc.*     327,980  
  9,722     ODP Corp. (The)*     347,562  
  4,091     OneWater Marine, Inc., Class A*     163,026  
  7,831     Overstock.com, Inc.*     204,389  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)      
  6,714     Oxford Industries, Inc.   716,585  
  8,840     Papa John’s International, Inc.     714,537  
  6,966     Patrick Industries, Inc.     368,989  
  65,639     Perdoceo Education Corp.*     760,100  
  8,345     PetMed Express, Inc.     171,657  
  26,592     Qurate Retail, Inc.Series A     82,435  
  3,476     RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.     226,670  
  8,439     Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A     322,539  
  22,317     Rent-A-Center, Inc.     576,671  
  5,733     Revolve Group, Inc.*     134,668  
  27,584     Rush Street Interactive, Inc.*     133,507  
  25,344     Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*     377,119  
  4,948     SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.*     248,637  
  17,286     Shoe Carnival, Inc.     411,234  
  9,137     Signet Jewelers Ltd.     597,286  
  7,877     Skyline Champion Corp.*     446,390  
  9,687     Sleep Number Corp.*     401,332  
  23,174     Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.     308,214  
  4,137     Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A     220,047  
  24,893     Sonos, Inc.*     374,391  
  18,963     Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.*     150,945  
  12,392     Standard Motor Products, Inc.     454,786  
  18,080     Steven Madden Ltd.     526,309  
  34,598     Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A*     173,682  
  15,334     Stoneridge, Inc.*     291,346  
  4,264     Strategic Education, Inc.     275,881  
  23,411     Stride, Inc.*     892,896  
  7,443     Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.     388,897  
  22,324     Taylor Morrison Home Corp.*     560,556  
  9,295     Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     825,024  
  3,550     TravelCenters of America, Inc.*     191,984  
  23,596     Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.*     408,919  
  27,809     Tupperware Brands Corp.*     312,573  
  10,837     Udemy, Inc.*     161,038  
  3,502     Unifi, Inc.*     39,783  
  11,382     Universal Technical Institute, Inc.*     78,081  
  8,224     Urban Outfitters, Inc.*     165,549  
  13,944     Vista Outdoor, Inc.*     392,105  
  2,555     Visteon Corp.*     306,166  
  7,611     Wingstop, Inc.     866,588  
  2,365     Winmark Corp.     488,065  
  10,374     Winnebago Industries, Inc.     597,335  
  14,353     Wolverine World Wide, Inc.     280,458  
  44,031     WW International, Inc.*     229,842  
  8,386     XPEL, Inc.*     574,693  
  12,431     Zumiez, Inc.*     322,709  
   

 

 

 
      50,885,985  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 3.5%      
  2,290     Alico, Inc.     77,746  
  3,891     Andersons, Inc. (The)     144,084  
  11,381     B&G Foods, Inc.(a)     246,512  
  9,568     Beauty Health Co. (The)*     110,989  
  10,032     BellRing Brands, Inc.*     237,658  
  4,031     Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.     216,102  
  9,708     Celsius Holdings, Inc.*     1,004,681  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Staples – (continued)      
  5,410     Central Garden & Pet Co.*   $ 215,967  
  8,923     Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A*     336,932  
  4,123     Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)*     137,461  
  2,353     Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.     1,116,099  
  10,656     Edgewell Personal Care Co.     415,158  
  6,957     elf Beauty, Inc.*     265,270  
  4,883     Energizer Holdings, Inc.     137,212  
  8,847     Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.     241,877  
  8,446     Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)*     171,116  
  18,177     Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.*     474,238  
  35,257     Hostess Brands, Inc.*     817,257  
  10,209     Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A     893,594  
  4,034     Inter Parfums, Inc.     316,750  
  1,826     J & J Snack Foods Corp.     272,129  
  4,656     John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.     375,879  
  3,614     Lancaster Colony Corp.     609,140  
  2,248     Landec Corp.*     23,604  
  2,847     Medifast, Inc.     357,242  
  2,016     MGP Ingredients, Inc.     220,671  
  12,129     National Beverage Corp.     672,674  
  10,927     Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     447,351  
  2,614     PriceSmart, Inc.     165,388  
  34,284     Primo Water Corp.     450,492  
  19,201     Rite Aid Corp.*     137,863  
  9,028     Simply Good Foods Co. (The)*     275,805  
  18,581     SpartanNash Co.     565,420  
  24,721     Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*     714,437  
  2,740     Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.     98,174  
  11,196     TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*     521,734  
  5,524     Turning Point Brands, Inc.     128,820  
  17,704     United Natural Foods, Inc.*     780,392  
  7,800     Universal Corp.     398,112  
  5,670     USANA Health Sciences, Inc.*     365,828  
  7,809     Utz Brands, Inc.     130,098  
  37,072     Vector Group Ltd.     363,306  
  8,331     Village Super Market, Inc., Class A     183,115  
  14,641     Vital Farms, Inc.*     189,601  
  3,106     WD-40 Co.     587,531  
  5,934     Weis Markets, Inc.     461,131  
   

 

 

 
      17,072,640  

 

 

 
Energy – 5.8%      
  40,266     Alto Ingredients, Inc.*     173,949  
  35,329     Amplify Energy Corp.*     263,201  
  3,169     Arch Resources, Inc.     461,343  
  6,782     Archaea Energy, Inc.*     134,012  
  44,677     Archrock, Inc.     330,163  
  10,518     Berry Corp.     96,240  
  15,989     Borr Drilling Ltd. (United Arab Emirates)*(a)     64,116  
  4,724     Brigham Minerals, Inc., Class A     140,539  
  7,129     Bristow Group, Inc.*     206,812  
  8,487     Cactus, Inc., Class A     339,056  
  11,839     California Resources Corp.     591,476  
  7,072     Callon Petroleum Co.*     300,984  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Energy – (continued)      
  48,504     Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A*   399,188  
  3,263     Centrus Energy Corp., Class A*     162,530  
  24,381     ChampionX Corp.     531,750  
  11,499     Chord Energy Corp.     1,627,683  
  10,573     Civitas Resources, Inc.     710,400  
  25,568     CNX Resources Corp.*     451,787  
  63,357     Comstock Resources, Inc.*     1,241,797  
  12,957     CONSOL Energy, Inc.     930,053  
  4,382     CVR Energy, Inc.     143,116  
  11,280     Delek US Holdings, Inc.     318,660  
  4,996     Denbury, Inc.*     444,294  
  34,626     DHT Holdings, Inc.     270,429  
  11,729     Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.*     83,393  
  17,747     Dorian LPG Ltd.     258,219  
  5,535     Dril-Quip, Inc.*     122,490  
  5,295     Earthstone Energy, Inc., Class A*     80,484  
  6,708     Empire Petroleum Corp.*(a)     99,010  
  20,171     Energy Fuels, Inc.*(a)     163,789  
  58,182     Equitrans Midstream Corp.     539,347  
  3,654     FLEX LNG Ltd. (Norway)(a)     120,838  
  7,014     Golar LNG Ltd. (Cameroon)*     191,272  
  4,484     Green Plains, Inc.*     164,249  
  1,142     Gulfport Energy Corp.*     111,642  
  53,204     Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.*     229,841  
  8,241     Helmerich & Payne, Inc.     352,303  
  6,330     International Seaways, Inc.     186,925  
  2,527     Kinetik Holdings, Inc.     93,170  
  44,456     Kosmos Energy Ltd. (Ghana)*     314,304  
  5,992     Laredo Petroleum, Inc.*     465,039  
  11,775     Liberty Energy, Inc.*     176,625  
  58,212     Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A     1,389,520  
  20,820     Matador Resources Co.     1,240,872  
  20,774     Murphy Oil Corp.     809,563  
  3,113     Nabors Industries Ltd.*     412,504  
  4,009     NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A     180,285  
  15,384     National Energy Services Reunited Corp.*     107,996  
  26,693     NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.*     250,113  
  2,820     Noble Corp.*     85,587  
  6,449     Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.     204,046  
  20,557     Oceaneering International, Inc.*     181,929  
  26,937     Oil States International, Inc.*     131,991  
  13,598     Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.     202,610  
  16,419     PBF Energy, Inc., Class A*     560,873  
  12,295     Peabody Energy Corp.*     303,195  
  41,619     ProPetro Holding Corp.*     381,230  
  9,476     Ranger Oil Corp., Class A     369,469  
  5,607     REX American Resources Corp.*     169,892  
  37,954     Ring Energy, Inc.*     122,971  
  59,287     RPC, Inc.     471,332  
  19,159     SandRidge Energy, Inc.*     401,956  
  6,157     Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (Monaco)     256,131  
  21,765     SFL Corp. Ltd. (Norway)     232,886  
  10,906     SilverBow Resources, Inc.*     433,623  
  5,338     Sitio Royalties Corp.     135,799  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Energy – (continued)      
  38,602     SM Energy Co.   $ 1,701,190  
  16,805     Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., Class A     179,813  
  27,382     Talos Energy, Inc.*     567,629  
  43,098     Tellurian, Inc.*     172,392  
  47,468     TETRA Technologies, Inc.*     188,923  
  4,086     Tidewater, Inc.*     90,546  
  45,006     Uranium Energy Corp.*     203,427  
  20,077     US Silica Holdings, Inc.*     281,680  
  57,571     VAALCO Energy, Inc.     288,431  
  3,715     Valaris Ltd.*     189,391  
  7,488     Vertex Energy, Inc.*(a)     63,648  
  89,053     W&T Offshore, Inc.*     578,844  
  3,756     Weatherford International PLC*     105,694  
  14,816     World Fuel Services Corp.     382,253  
   

 

 

 
      28,116,752  

 

 

 
Financials – 19.2%      
  3,825     1st Source Corp.     180,502  
  2,543     ACNB Corp.     90,429  
  3,609     Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.     152,877  
  11,424     A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.     353,116  
  5,027     Amerant Bancorp, Inc.     131,657  
  21,329     American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.     810,502  
  4,374     American National Bankshares, Inc.     144,036  
  14,281     Ameris Bancorp     666,637  
  7,934     AMERISAFE, Inc.     379,404  
  25,442     Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT     296,399  
  24,672     Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     369,587  
  15,518     Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT     204,682  
  4,930     Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.     96,776  
  20,718     ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT     147,098  
  8,438     Arrow Financial Corp.     270,944  
  18,601     Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A     627,970  
  23,747     Associated Banc-Corp.     475,890  
  11,173     Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.     362,564  
  3,151     Atlanticus Holdings Corp.*     89,709  
  23,177     Axos Financial, Inc.*     968,335  
  8,818     B. Riley Financial, Inc.     438,872  
  5,645     Banc of California, Inc.     95,288  
  6,744     BancFirst Corp.     727,408  
  11,372     Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E (Panama)     166,031  
  14,911     Bancorp, Inc. (The)*     353,689  
  2,518     Bank First Corp.     204,638  
  3,972     Bank of Marin Bancorp     122,735  
  21,021     Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The) (Bermuda)     685,705  
  14,570     BankUnited, Inc.     539,818  
  5,494     Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.     173,171  
  5,886     Banner Corp.     357,633  
  4,122     BayCom Corp.     76,710  
  12,366     BCB Bancorp, Inc.     222,588  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)      
  6,553     Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.   184,860  
  30,653     BGC Partners, Inc., Class A     123,225  
  20,937     Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     606,754  
  7,788     Blucora, Inc.*     156,383  
  7,456     Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.     109,380  
  8,215     Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.     315,702  
  16,461     Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.     281,318  
  13,647     Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc. REIT     88,023  
  15,740     Brookline Bancorp, Inc.     196,278  
  4,415     BRP Group, Inc., Class A*     138,631  
  5,656     Byline Bancorp, Inc.     123,357  
  32,143     Cadence Bank     819,004  
  1,690     Cambridge Bancorp     138,969  
  8,826     Camden National Corp.     399,200  
  6,143     Cannae Holdings, Inc.*     132,750  
  8,681     Capital City Bank Group, Inc.     277,184  
  16,213     Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.     146,890  
  17,224     Cathay General Bancorp     722,375  
  3,248     CBTX, Inc.     96,790  
  9,375     Central Pacific Financial Corp.     204,281  
  52,004     Chimera Investment Corp. REIT     442,034  
  566     Citizens & Northern Corp.     13,584  
  6,420     City Holding Co.     545,764  
  10,835     Civista Bancshares, Inc.     229,160  
  5,067     Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.(a)     86,595  
  7,384     CNB Financial Corp.     194,347  
  25,574     CNO Financial Group, Inc.     470,817  
  9,090     Cohen & Steers, Inc.     648,844  
  5,622     Colony Bankcorp, Inc.     79,383  
  11,451     Columbia Banking System, Inc.     342,957  
  6,927     Columbia Financial, Inc.*     147,753  
  8,503     Community Bank System, Inc.     555,926  
  5,345     Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.     225,826  
  7,032     ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.     176,011  
  14,171     Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.*     164,950  
  13,176     Cowen, Inc., Class A     506,617  
  1,428     Crawford & Co., Class A(a)     8,682  
  17,575     Curo Group Holdings Corp.     115,995  
  16,414     Customers Bancorp, Inc.*     569,402  
  18,611     CVB Financial Corp.     488,353  
  1,850     Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.     316,442  
  9,529     Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.     297,877  
  12,120     Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.*     514,494  
  20,206     Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT     313,395  
  9,144     Eagle Bancorp, Inc.     443,758  
  15,584     Eastern Bankshares, Inc.     302,330  
  17,627     Ellington Financial, Inc. REIT     258,764  
  11,190     Employers Holdings, Inc.     438,200  
  10,271     Enact Holdings, Inc.     260,883  
  12,378     Encore Capital Group, Inc.*     676,829  
  17,680     Enova International, Inc.*     617,739  
  1,540     Enstar Group Ltd.*     291,445  
  6,206     Enterprise Financial Services Corp.     283,738  
  3,852     Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.     143,988  
  24,215     Essent Group Ltd.     968,358  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)      
  13,745     EZCORP, Inc., Class A*   $ 120,269  
  3,741     Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc.     106,843  
  12,219     Farmers National Banc Corp.     174,610  
  9,245     FB Financial Corp.     366,287  
  8,321     Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C     908,986  
  24,879     Federated Hermes, Inc.     847,379  
  10,500     Financial Institutions, Inc.     273,315  
  38,109     First BanCorp. (Puerto Rico)     544,959  
  6,178     First Bancorp, Inc. (The)     179,162  
  4,342     First Bancshares, Inc. (The)     129,826  
  8,321     First BankCorp     302,968  
  9,963     First Busey Corp.     229,149  
  7,790     First Business Financial Services, Inc.     259,251  
  22,614     First Commonwealth Financial Corp.     304,837  
  20,103     First Financial Bancorp     433,823  
  25,799     First Financial Bankshares, Inc.     1,096,715  
  4,256     First Financial Corp.     197,904  
  11,452     First Foundation, Inc.     217,130  
  5,051     First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.     112,536  
  5,153     First Internet Bancorp     188,961  
  10,807     First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A     435,090  
  13,897     First Merchants Corp.     553,379  
  4,799     First Mid Bancshares, Inc.     169,645  
  9,336     First of Long Island Corp. (The)     171,876  
  2,916     First Western Financial, Inc.*     77,361  
  5,636     FirstCash Holdings, Inc.     439,383  
  19,482     Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.     750,641  
  13,265     Flushing Financial Corp.     273,922  
  4,709     Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A*     184,357  
  32,256     Fulton Financial Corp.     523,515  
  4,777     FVCBankcorp, Inc.*     92,005  
  100,882     Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A*     425,722  
  10,408     German American Bancorp, Inc.     390,924  
  19,026     Glacier Bancorp, Inc.     964,238  
  14,078     Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT     132,615  
  6,597     Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.     387,772  
  4,507     Green Dot Corp., Class A*     91,447  
  3,349     Greene County Bancorp, Inc.     178,167  
  8,583     Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A     597,205  
  12,474     Hancock Whitney Corp.     601,621  
  12,103     Hanmi Financial Corp.     299,186  
  4,998     Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT     197,521  
  15,359     HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.     209,497  
  8,492     Heartland Financial USA, Inc.     379,338  
  18,752     Heritage Commerce Corp.     211,710  
  6,479     Heritage Financial Corp.     168,389  
  21,251     Hilltop Holdings, Inc.     561,026  
  1,269     Hingham Institution For Savings (The)     376,766  
  3,886     Home Bancorp, Inc.     151,709  
  29,733     Home BancShares, Inc.     699,617  
  9,528     HomeStreet, Inc.     331,670  
  6,123     HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.     142,176  
  27,761     Hope Bancorp, Inc.     401,702  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)      
  11,554     Horace Mann Educators Corp.   413,287  
  13,328     Horizon Bancorp, Inc.     252,166  
  10,481     Houlihan Lokey, Inc.     822,758  
  13,705     Independent Bank Corp. of Michigan     281,227  
  7,402     Independent Bank Corp.     579,058  
  6,595     Independent Bank Group, Inc.     444,239  
  10,941     International Bancshares Corp.     456,568  
  1,231     Investors Title Co.     181,388  
  13,344     Jackson Financial, Inc., Class A     417,133  
  11,763     Kearny Financial Corp.     133,628  
  4,488     Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.     1,138,067  
  10,972     KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. REIT     211,321  
  10,617     Ladder Capital Corp. REIT     117,424  
  12,378     Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.     201,638  
  9,201     Lakeland Financial Corp.     693,203  
  7,268     LendingClub Corp.*     94,993  
  7,876     Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.     285,426  
  20,920     Macatawa Bank Corp.     199,158  
  33,800     MBIA, Inc.*     398,502  
  7,370     Mercantile Bank Corp.     243,800  
  2,338     Mercury General Corp.     74,582  
  1,896     Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.*     135,735  
  25,830     MFA Financial, Inc. REIT     282,322  
  5,733     Midland States Bancorp, Inc.     143,841  
  4,724     MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.     144,082  
  13,610     Moelis & Co., Class A     566,993  
  33,924     Mr Cooper Group, Inc.*     1,434,985  
  5,716     National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A     229,383  
  836     National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A     159,099  
  47,527     Navient Corp.     731,441  
  8,976     NBT Bancorp, Inc.     348,089  
  5,338     Nelnet, Inc., Class A     449,673  
  76,824     New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT     215,107  
  7,764     Nexpoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT     159,317  
  4,617     Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.*     353,570  
  17,798     NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A*     365,393  
  6,661     Northeast Bank     258,247  
  17,382     Northwest Bancshares, Inc.     244,565  
  8,552     OceanFirst Financial Corp.     166,251  
  15,539     OFG Bancorp (Puerto Rico)     422,661  
  43,849     Old National Bancorp     731,840  
  16,505     Old Second Bancorp, Inc.     226,449  
  19,253     Open Lending Corp., Class A*     186,947  
  9,676     Oportun Financial Corp.*     49,444  
  7,505     Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A     272,431  
  3,326     Origin Bancorp, Inc.     135,867  
  11,323     Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.     370,941  
  4,384     Park National Corp.     577,943  
  10,008     Parke Bancorp, Inc.     221,977  
  11,528     Pathward Financial, Inc.     379,963  
  11,340     PCB Bancorp     212,965  
  6,149     PCSB Financial Corp.     113,818  
  7,735     Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.     260,437  
  17,492     PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.     929,175  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)      
  11,847     PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust REIT   $ 175,928  
  14,330     Peoples Bancorp, Inc.     428,324  
  4,040     Peoples Financial Services Corp.     196,667  
  3,787     Piper Sandler Cos.     433,877  
  6,897     PJT Partners, Inc., Class A     477,410  
  9,366     PRA Group, Inc.*     345,980  
  8,223     Preferred Bank     557,848  
  7,835     Premier Financial Corp.     211,702  
  9,487     Primis Financial Corp.     124,375  
  9,807     ProAssurance Corp.     209,772  
  13,978     PROG Holdings, Inc.*     259,152  
  15,915     Provident Financial Services, Inc.     369,705  
  16,536     Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Class A     157,423  
  6,585     QCR Holdings, Inc.     367,772  
  42,106     Radian Group, Inc.     888,858  
  14,438     Ready Capital Corp. REIT     189,138  
  37,745     Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT     292,524  
  6,710     Regional Management Corp.     226,060  
  8,868     Renasant Corp.     295,659  
  6,070     Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A     257,975  
  6,545     RLI Corp.     718,379  
  8,320     S&T Bancorp, Inc.     246,605  
  5,007     Safety Insurance Group, Inc.     450,880  
  11,431     Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.     440,322  
  8,727     Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida     282,057  
  12,974     Selective Insurance Group, Inc.     1,030,395  
  14,454     ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.     1,219,339  
  7,158     Shore Bancshares, Inc.     136,360  
  7,195     Sierra Bancorp     149,080  
  1,881     Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A*     171,397  
  16,674     Simmons First National Corp., Class A     393,340  
  25,081     SiriusPoint Ltd. (Bermuda)*     112,112  
  374     SmartFinancial, Inc.     9,384  
  6,170     Southern First Bancshares, Inc.*     265,989  
  6,619     Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.     349,020  
  6,627     Southside Bancshares, Inc.     249,705  
  10,047     SouthState Corp.     784,068  
  10,153     StepStone Group, Inc., Class A     277,075  
  10,423     Stewart Information Services Corp.     527,821  
  7,195     Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.     476,741  
  6,360     StoneX Group, Inc.*     590,462  
  109     Summit Financial Group, Inc.     3,109  
  6,697     Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*     395,324  
  3,736     Tompkins Financial Corp.     267,647  
  13,870     Towne Bank     395,156  
  14,269     TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. REIT     132,131  
  9,091     TriCo Bancshares     429,004  
  6,877     Triumph Bancorp, Inc.*     425,755  
  5,798     TrustCo Bank Corp.     193,305  
  12,818     Trustmark Corp.     404,280  
  53,145     Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT     257,753  
  8,731     UMB Financial Corp.     781,163  
  17,858     United Bankshares, Inc.     662,532  
  18,117     United Community Banks, Inc.     607,463  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)      
  3,255     United Fire Group, Inc.   95,795  
  6,967     Unity Bancorp, Inc.     195,285  
  12,898     Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.     154,002  
  6,881     Univest Financial Corp.     170,649  
  69,994     Valley National Bancorp     813,330  
  10,138     Veritex Holdings, Inc.     305,255  
  2,470     Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.     472,388  
  9,954     Walker & Dunlop, Inc.     999,979  
  14,850     Washington Federal, Inc.     475,349  
  6,799     Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.     344,233  
  16,763     Waterstone Financial, Inc.     289,832  
  11,652     WesBanco, Inc.     398,615  
  12,988     West BanCorp, Inc.     319,635  
  5,226     Westamerica BanCorp     292,395  
  2,402     World Acceptance Corp.*     279,208  
  15,056     WSFS Financial Corp.     727,958  
   

 

 

 
      92,707,823  

 

 

 
Health Care – 12.8%      
  23,395     AbCellera Biologics, Inc. (Canada) *     249,859  
  31,859     ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     523,443  
  15,262     AdaptHealth Corp.*     274,258  
  3,633     Addus HomeCare Corp.*     324,136  
  44,372     Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     670,017  
  31,031     Alector, Inc.*     321,171  
  51,558     Alkermes PLC*     1,220,378  
  38,038     Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*     646,646  
  11,230     Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.*     126,113  
  13,352     AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*     1,370,449  
  92,084     Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     199,822  
  23,945     Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     708,772  
  15,685     AngioDynamics, Inc.*     347,266  
  3,536     ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     130,443  
  12,543     Anika Therapeutics, Inc.*     283,472  
  3,745     Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     226,610  
  3,307     Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.*     142,631  
  16,500     Arcus Biosciences, Inc.*     397,320  
  6,144     Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     243,978  
  7,916     Arvinas, Inc.*     335,163  
  25,939     Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     194,543  
  7,225     AtriCure, Inc.*     329,605  
  233     Atrion Corp.     140,720  
  10,857     Avanos Medical, Inc.*     267,408  
  3,205     Axonics, Inc.*     231,561  
  2,794     Beam Therapeutics, Inc.*     152,552  
  19,620     BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     272,718  
  9,586     Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.*     1,431,669  
  5,067     Blueprint Medicines Corp.*     371,006  
  16,155     Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.*     213,408  
  11,754     CareDx, Inc.*     230,261  
  94,879     Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     1,284,662  
  4,163     Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.*     126,555  
  3,705     Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.*     107,816  
  24,916     Cerus Corp.*     102,405  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Health Care – (continued)      
  3,472     ChemoCentryx, Inc.*   $ 177,003  
  30,145     Coherus Biosciences, Inc.*     337,021  
  33,641     Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     591,409  
  13,800     Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.*     421,038  
  4,999     CONMED Corp.     442,761  
  63,076     Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.*     1,628,622  
  3,644     CorVel Corp.*     566,205  
  17,083     Covetrus, Inc.*     356,522  
  28,297     Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.*     718,178  
  14,450     CTI BioPharma Corp.*     90,746  
  19,041     Cue Health, Inc.*     63,407  
  14,760     Cutera, Inc.*     704,790  
  6,560     Cytokinetics, Inc.*     347,418  
  33,695     Dynavax Technologies Corp.*     386,482  
  10,277     Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     336,777  
  7,009     Embecta Corp.     223,727  
  20,474     Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.*     491,785  
  3,683     Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     224,221  
  9,871     Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     841,996  
  11,851     Evolent Health, Inc., Class A*     435,524  
  7,663     Evolus, Inc.*     73,641  
  35,948     Figs, Inc., Class A*     415,559  
  10,404     Fulgent Genetics, Inc.*     452,262  
  3,320     Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.*     225,428  
  4,249     Haemonetics Corp.*     318,802  
  20,045     Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*     816,433  
  15,005     Hanger, Inc.*     279,543  
  16,562     Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.*     727,237  
  8,200     HealthEquity, Inc.*     541,856  
  9,514     HealthStream, Inc.*     210,545  
  7,537     Inari Medical, Inc.*     522,691  
  2,751     Innovage Holding Corp.*     10,096  
  43,432     Innoviva, Inc.*     571,565  
  4,191     Inogen, Inc.*     119,988  
  17,244     Inotiv, Inc.*     337,465  
  7,145     Insmed, Inc.*     175,910  
  4,605     Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*     881,811  
  6,830     Integer Holdings Corp.*     430,768  
  3,993     Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.*     239,820  
  5,872     Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*     295,127  
  2,855     iRadimed Corp.     95,785  
  6,554     iRhythm Technologies, Inc.*     966,387  
  63,176     Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     679,774  
  23,300     iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.*     516,794  
  12,498     IVERIC bio, Inc.*     122,980  
  10,858     Joint Corp. (The)*     198,050  
  1,231     Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.*     313,979  
  71,187     Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.*     360,206  
  10,700     Lantheus Holdings, Inc.*     843,160  
  9,277     LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.     458,098  
  5,645     LHC Group, Inc.*     911,498  
  3,688     Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     340,734  
  6,920     LivaNova PLC*     389,250  
  24,874     MannKind Corp.*     90,790  
  6,803     Medpace Holdings, Inc.*     1,004,191  
  25,717     Meridian Bioscience, Inc.*     838,117  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Health Care – (continued)      
  7,980     Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*   472,655  
  896     Mesa Laboratories, Inc.     153,091  
  90,831     MiMedx Group, Inc.*     320,633  
  4,018     ModivCare, Inc.*     435,230  
  84,693     Multiplan Corp.*     298,119  
  37,756     Myriad Genetics, Inc.*     843,469  
  5,336     National HealthCare Corp.     370,585  
  8,369     National Research Corp.     285,467  
  13,745     Neogen Corp.*(a)     287,271  
  12,188     NeoGenomics, Inc.*     122,489  
  6,268     Nevro Corp.*     284,066  
  37,244     NextGen Healthcare, Inc.*     638,362  
  11,881     NuVasive, Inc.*     505,061  
  8,340     Omnicell, Inc.*     853,099  
  142,351     OPKO Health, Inc.*     310,325  
  20,145     Option Care Health, Inc.*     623,689  
  69,299     Organogenesis Holdings, Inc.*     248,783  
  16,339     Orthofix Medical, Inc.*     325,146  
  20,316     Owens & Minor, Inc.     599,525  
  10,707     Pacira BioSciences, Inc.*     561,903  
  21,413     Patterson Cos., Inc.     597,209  
  15,263     Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.*     271,987  
  11,837     PetIQ, Inc.*     110,558  
  20,014     Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A     296,407  
  16,848     Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.*     852,172  
  5,927     Progyny, Inc.*     238,325  
  3,472     Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.*     181,620  
  8,497     Prothena Corp. PLC (Ireland) *     234,262  
  7,624     PTC Therapeutics, Inc.*     380,743  
  14,433     R1 RCM, Inc.*     315,361  
  45,824     Radius Health, Inc.*     3,666  
  9,669     RadNet, Inc.*     194,250  
  16,602     REGENXBIO, Inc.*     489,759  
  6,244     SeaSpine Holdings Corp.*     39,962  
  15,242     Select Medical Holdings Corp.     390,805  
  5,206     Shockwave Medical, Inc.*     1,545,453  
  8,511     SI-BONE, Inc.*     140,432  
  6,769     Silk Road Medical, Inc.*     269,609  
  9,542     STAAR Surgical Co.*     902,578  
  34,136     Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     1,168,475  
  6,605     Surgery Partners, Inc.*     181,836  
  6,738     Surmodics, Inc.*     227,003  
  8,175     Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     193,012  
  19,202     Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.*     158,417  
  19,139     Travere Therapeutics, Inc.*     512,160  
  6,762     UFP Technologies, Inc.*     628,798  
  2,691     US Physical Therapy, Inc.     222,304  
  53,646     Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     567,575  
  12,431     Varex Imaging Corp.*     262,170  
  4,382     Vaxcyte, Inc.*     114,633  
  8,274     Veracyte, Inc.*     168,790  
  23,878     Vericel Corp.*     595,756  
  33,097     Vir Biotechnology, Inc.*     786,054  
  6,160     Xencor, Inc.*     162,562  
  9,611     Zimvie, Inc.*     146,279  
  22,258     Zynex, Inc.     198,987  
   

 

 

 
      61,649,745  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – 16.1%      
  6,871     AAON, Inc.   $ 394,945  
  8,095     AAR Corp.*     347,114  
  12,580     ABM Industries, Inc.     583,712  
  28,167     ACCO Brands Corp.     167,030  
  7,386     Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.*     318,115  
  1,587     AeroVironment, Inc.*     140,688  
  7,609     Air Transport Services Group, Inc.*     229,259  
  3,160     Alamo Group, Inc.     413,202  
  4,331     Albany International Corp., Class A     381,951  
  27,169     Alight, Inc., Class A*     214,092  
  1,795     Allegiant Travel Co.*     173,218  
  10,856     Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.     380,177  
  12,043     Altra Industrial Motion Corp.     457,032  
  4,802     Ameresco, Inc., Class A*     330,618  
  3,388     American Woodmark Corp.*     175,600  
  26,344     API Group Corp.*     409,649  
  10,461     Apogee Enterprises, Inc.     427,227  
  13,666     Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.     1,448,869  
  8,705     ArcBest Corp.     701,014  
  8,784     Arcosa, Inc.     513,425  
  3,369     Argan, Inc.     116,534  
  6,959     Array Technologies, Inc.*     145,443  
  12,360     ASGN, Inc.*     1,195,212  
  7,268     Astec Industries, Inc.     277,492  
  15,164     Atkore, Inc.*     1,279,993  
  6,586     Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*     658,073  
  5,029     Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc.*     42,847  
  5,151     AZZ, Inc.     219,484  
  22,683     Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.*     181,010  
  7,381     Barnes Group, Inc.     229,180  
  2,619     Barrett Business Services, Inc.     211,196  
  12,321     Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*     676,546  
  5,208     Bloom Energy Corp., Class A*     132,335  
  8,379     Blue Bird Corp.*     99,459  
  8,783     BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.*     615,688  
  18,758     Boise Cascade Co.     1,169,186  
  14,299     Brady Corp., Class A     665,475  
  9,355     BrightView Holdings, Inc.*     94,673  
  5,140     Brink’s Co. (The)     284,139  
  12,720     Caesarstone Ltd.     129,617  
  5,395     Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A*     442,012  
  14,489     CBIZ, Inc.*     632,590  
  3,970     Chart Industries, Inc.*     769,624  
  8,062     Cimpress PLC (Ireland)*     270,722  
  5,658     CIRCOR International, Inc.*     92,225  
  8,408     Columbus McKinnon Corp.     257,537  
  11,880     Comfort Systems USA, Inc.     1,192,039  
  34,951     CoreCivic, Inc.*     333,083  
  19,262     Costamare, Inc. (Monaco)     217,275  
  4,026     Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.     113,211  
  4,647     CRA International, Inc.     424,782  
  4,388     CSW Industrials, Inc.     555,521  
  13,665     Daseke, Inc.*     82,810  
  16,752     Deluxe Corp.     322,309  
  4,557     Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.*     181,095  
  3,402     Douglas Dynamics, Inc.     98,998  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – (continued)      
  2,605     Ducommun, Inc.*   114,620  
  15,076     DXP Enterprises, Inc.*     400,720  
  4,085     Dycom Industries, Inc.*     458,010  
  5,281     Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.     229,407  
  12,654     EMCOR Group, Inc.     1,504,814  
  7,653     Encore Wire Corp.     995,655  
  22,935     Energy Recovery, Inc.*     526,129  
  8,183     Enerpac Tool Group Corp.     158,750  
  4,025     EnerSys     251,039  
  7,442     Ennis, Inc.     157,994  
  4,492     EnPro Industries, Inc.     406,796  
  3,505     ESCO Technologies, Inc.     285,412  
  15,883     Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.*     557,176  
  4,545     Exponent, Inc.     426,594  
  8,853     Federal Signal Corp.     352,969  
  10,525     First Advantage Corp.*     145,666  
  16,470     Fluor Corp.*     435,467  
  6,193     Forrester Research, Inc.*     257,567  
  10,543     Forward Air Corp.     1,023,093  
  12,209     Franklin Covey Co.*     580,782  
  11,945     Franklin Electric Co., Inc.     1,037,423  
  3,569     GATX Corp.     344,801  
  12,735     Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.     174,597  
  70,215     GEO Group, Inc. (The)*     574,359  
  5,857     Gibraltar Industries, Inc.*     245,115  
  12,464     Global Industrial Co.     374,917  
  23,803     GMS, Inc.*     1,147,305  
  6,969     Golden Ocean Group Ltd. (Norway) (a)     66,833  
  3,979     Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)     105,085  
  62,993     GrafTech International Ltd.     370,399  
  7,828     Granite Construction, Inc.     234,683  
  16,959     Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.*     162,298  
  5,830     Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)     166,213  
  9,098     Griffon Corp.     285,222  
  7,130     H&E Equipment Services, Inc.     225,736  
  8,778     Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.*     131,582  
  12,135     Healthcare Services Group, Inc.     170,739  
  7,530     Heartland Express, Inc.     114,080  
  5,416     Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.     154,139  
  3,442     Helios Technologies, Inc.     188,002  
  3,629     Herc Holdings, Inc.     408,371  
  6,913     Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.*     225,156  
  14,362     Hillenbrand, Inc.     598,465  
  17,372     HNI Corp.     555,904  
  12,224     Hub Group, Inc., Class A*     975,597  
  32,865     Hudson Technologies, Inc.*     272,780  
  6,026     Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*     403,139  
  6,549     ICF International, Inc.     665,116  
  8,397     IES Holdings, Inc.*     255,185  
  9,095     Insperity, Inc.     991,537  
  7,022     Insteel Industries, Inc.     202,936  
  23,575     Interface, Inc.     263,333  
  11,827     JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.*     131,871  
  35,498     Joby Aviation, Inc.*(a)     188,139  
  6,139     John Bean Technologies Corp.     633,913  
  4,443     Kadant, Inc.     797,208  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – (continued)      
  5,381     Kaman Corp.   $ 170,685  
  15,412     KAR Auction Services, Inc.*     225,015  
  16,906     Kelly Services, Inc., Class A     272,356  
  10,521     Kennametal, Inc.     246,612  
  17,006     Kforce, Inc.     930,568  
  32,487     Kimball International, Inc., Class B     248,526  
  10,596     Korn Ferry     645,508  
  6,925     Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.*     86,840  
  24,842     Legalzoom.com, Inc.*     255,873  
  17,096     Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (Canada) *     123,262  
  30,129     Lightning eMotors, Inc.*(a)     85,566  
  2,068     Lindsay Corp.     331,625  
  11,847     Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)*     113,139  
  5,590     ManTech International Corp., Class A     536,137  
  7,827     Marten Transport Ltd.     155,053  
  4,950     Masonite International Corp.*     405,009  
  12,180     Matson, Inc.     897,179  
  7,167     Matthews International Corp., Class A     179,247  
  5,848     Maxar Technologies, Inc.     139,358  
  2,593     McGrath RentCorp     219,160  
  3,781     Miller Industries, Inc.     88,891  
  13,414     MillerKnoll, Inc.     371,300  
  5,216     Moog, Inc., Class A     391,096  
  28,494     MRC Global, Inc.*     277,247  
  16,946     Mueller Industries, Inc.     1,070,479  
  21,526     Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A     242,813  
  5,718     MYR Group, Inc.*     531,431  
  1,420     National Presto Industries, Inc.     96,872  
  5,576     Northwest Pipe Co.*     176,536  
  66,785     NOW, Inc.*     809,434  
  7,041     NV5 Global, Inc.*     991,091  
  2,991     Omega Flex, Inc.     302,151  
  3,841     PAM Transportation Services, Inc.*     114,116  
  10,949     Parsons Corp.*     453,070  
  21,218     PGT Innovations, Inc.*     443,881  
  26,648     Pitney Bowes, Inc.     77,013  
  5,495     Powell Industries, Inc.     135,507  
  2,470     Preformed Line Products Co.     192,166  
  12,537     Primoris Services Corp.     254,125  
  4,933     Proto Labs, Inc.*     189,427  
  15,366     Quanex Building Products Corp.     342,662  
  37,523     Radiant Logistics, Inc.*     262,661  
  2,384     RBC Bearings, Inc.*     573,781  
  3,998     Red Violet, Inc.*     75,922  
  24,381     Resideo Technologies, Inc.*     507,612  
  29,834     Resources Connection, Inc.     582,956  
  16,066     REV Group, Inc.     185,080  
  13,953     Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A     656,628  
  6,421     Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B     325,159  
  46,430     Safe Bulkers, Inc. (Greece)     148,112  
  3,729     Saia, Inc.*     771,269  
  13,766     Shyft Group, Inc. (The)     329,696  
  11,438     Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.     1,059,616  
  19,003     Skillsoft Corp.*     61,190  
  7,119     SkyWest, Inc.*     151,564  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – (continued)      
  7,567     SP Plus Corp.*   250,770  
  8,248     SPX Technologies, Inc.*     470,631  
  2,420     Standex International Corp.     218,792  
  33,487     Steelcase, Inc., Class A     374,385  
  8,185     Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.*     206,999  
  7,928     Tennant Co.     478,455  
  12,464     Terex Corp.     414,054  
  9,610     Textainer Group Holdings Ltd. (China)     291,952  
  5,049     Titan International, Inc.*     70,838  
  14,659     Titan Machinery, Inc.*     451,204  
  6,922     Transcat, Inc.*     512,851  
  6,392     TriNet Group, Inc.*     526,701  
  6,201     Trinity Industries, Inc.     151,180  
  8,434     Triton International Ltd. (Bermuda)     502,582  
  25,713     TrueBlue, Inc.*     528,145  
  17,300     Tutor Perini Corp.*     117,294  
  16,044     UFP Industries, Inc.     1,273,733  
  2,891     UniFirst Corp.     521,132  
  18,041     Upwork, Inc.*     313,913  
  6,940     V2X, Inc.*     240,540  
  10,841     Veritiv Corp.*     1,292,139  
  7,314     Vicor Corp.*     520,318  
  47,865     View, Inc.*     85,200  
  12,376     Wabash National Corp.     203,585  
  7,773     Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A     1,076,716  
  9,389     Werner Enterprises, Inc.     373,588  
  8,350     Willdan Group, Inc.*     190,046  
  26,519     Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.     731,394  
   

 

 

 
      77,625,599  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 12.7%      
  9,905     3D Systems Corp.*     100,338  
  33,030     8x8, Inc.*     172,086  
  53,491     A10 Networks, Inc.     743,525  
  19,512     ACI Worldwide, Inc.*     462,434  
  18,085     ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.     420,295  
  7,022     Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.     630,505  
  10,940     Agilysys, Inc.*     566,364  
  10,115     Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.*     673,659  
  10,426     Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.*     403,069  
  9,989     Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A*     519,528  
  5,421     Ambarella, Inc.*     367,977  
  12,201     American Software, Inc., Class A     206,563  
  39,788     Amkor Technology, Inc.     800,932  
  5,242     Appfolio, Inc., Class A*     531,434  
  8,732     Appian Corp.*     409,531  
  14,428     Arlo Technologies, Inc.*     87,867  
  10,160     Asana, Inc., Class A*     194,564  
  22,709     Avaya Holdings Corp.*(a)     36,107  
  26,296     Avid Technology, Inc.*     719,196  
  11,759     Axcelis Technologies, Inc.*     787,147  
  8,101     Badger Meter, Inc.     767,084  
  7,038     Belden, Inc.     460,848  
  11,214     Benchmark Electronics, Inc.     307,824  
  20,779     Benefitfocus, Inc.*     153,972  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)      
  7,993     Blackbaud, Inc.*   $ 418,034  
  4,837     Blackline, Inc.*     328,626  
  32,155     Box, Inc., Class A*     827,991  
  38,229     Brightcove, Inc.*     253,841  
  17,311     Calix, Inc.*     1,018,752  
  8,650     Cambium Networks Corp.*     168,329  
  35,027     Casa Systems, Inc.*     135,905  
  4,826     Cass Information Systems, Inc.     177,018  
  8,584     Cerence, Inc.*     171,766  
  5,748     CEVA, Inc.*     168,244  
  29,743     ChannelAdvisor Corp.*     448,822  
  11,160     Clearfield, Inc.*     1,295,788  
  13,463     Cohu, Inc.*     361,212  
  12,665     CommScope Holding Co., Inc.*     143,115  
  13,187     CommVault Systems, Inc.*     715,922  
  9,491     Comtech Telecommunications Corp.     107,153  
  87,277     Conduent, Inc.*     356,963  
  3,175     Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.*     159,861  
  57,007     Core Scientific, Inc.*(a)     125,415  
  6,872     Corsair Gaming, Inc.*     105,760  
  7,939     Couchbase, Inc.*     131,708  
  12,223     CSG Systems International, Inc.     707,101  
  6,695     CTS Corp.     283,332  
  24,732     Cvent Holding Corp.*     125,144  
  4,796     CyberOptics Corp.*     255,339  
  14,976     Digi International, Inc.*     495,855  
  10,146     Digital Turbine, Inc.*     187,397  
  2,629     DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.*(a)     110,655  
  13,564     Diodes, Inc.*     965,350  
  10,671     Domo, Inc., Class B*     205,523  
  14,511     Ebix, Inc.     377,576  
  50,963     Edgio, Inc.*     187,544  
  19,288     eGain Corp.*     177,642  
  6,159     Envestnet, Inc.*     322,547  
  8,587     ePlus, Inc.*     404,619  
  13,532     EVERTEC, Inc. (Puerto Rico)     454,675  
  6,101     Evo Payments, Inc., Class A*     203,285  
  6,803     ExlService Holdings, Inc.*     1,140,931  
  75,233     Extreme Networks, Inc.*     1,078,089  
  7,412     Fabrinet (Thailand)*     762,250  
  5,634     FARO Technologies, Inc.*     189,021  
  19,605     FormFactor, Inc.*     574,034  
  11,356     Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.*     229,505  
  22,118     Hackett Group, Inc. (The)     454,083  
  25,470     Harmonic, Inc.*     286,792  
  6,712     I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A*     156,792  
  14,253     Identiv, Inc.*     212,655  
  9,587     Impinj, Inc.*     855,927  
  18,534     Infinera Corp.*     101,566  
  35,192     Information Services Group, Inc.     203,058  
  60,591     Inseego Corp.*     163,596  
  8,459     Insight Enterprises, Inc.*     770,784  
  5,377     InterDigital, Inc.     269,710  
  12,408     International Money Express, Inc.*     277,939  
  4,872     Itron, Inc.*     231,810  
  10,137     Kimball Electronics, Inc.*     218,351  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)      
  20,065     Knowles Corp.*   303,985  
  16,368     Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Singapore)     688,111  
  7,199     LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.*     142,900  
  6,404     MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.*     353,181  
  9,482     Marqeta, Inc., Class A*     73,865  
  13,072     Maximus, Inc.     792,032  
  17,126     MaxLinear, Inc.*     615,337  
  9,890     Methode Electronics, Inc.     400,149  
  761     MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A*     176,217  
  20,913     Mitek Systems, Inc.*     213,731  
  11,344     Model N, Inc.*     339,186  
  18,664     Momentive Global, Inc.*     132,328  
  20,030     MoneyGram International, Inc.*     206,309  
  24,013     Napco Security Technologies, Inc.*     712,226  
  9,804     NETGEAR, Inc.*     231,276  
  18,175     NetScout Systems, Inc.*     576,875  
  5,903     Novanta, Inc.*     789,172  
  14,888     OneSpan, Inc.*     171,361  
  12,804     Onto Innovation, Inc.*     908,956  
  3,912     OSI Systems, Inc.*     325,948  
  109,686     Paysafe Ltd.*     180,982  
  10,856     PC Connection, Inc.     539,326  
  4,515     PDF Solutions, Inc.*     119,106  
  9,631     Perficient, Inc.*     752,181  
  27,203     Photronics, Inc.*     457,010  
  7,897     Ping Identity Holding Corp.*     222,222  
  6,329     Plexus Corp.*     593,217  
  11,035     Power Integrations, Inc.     789,334  
  12,701     Progress Software Corp.     611,299  
  5,637     PROS Holdings, Inc.*     117,531  
  6,981     Qualys, Inc.*     1,060,414  
  40,002     Rackspace Technology, Inc.*     178,409  
  24,546     Rambus, Inc.*     633,041  
  8,277     Rapid7, Inc.*     475,928  
  9,975     Remitly Global, Inc.*     109,725  
  17,660     Repay Holdings Corp.*     164,061  
  44,944     Ribbon Communications, Inc.*     157,753  
  15,691     Rimini Street, Inc.*     79,083  
  1,742     Rogers Corp.*     436,406  
  14,831     Sanmina Corp.*     719,600  
  9,321     Sapiens International Corp. NV (Israel)     206,181  
  8,993     ScanSource, Inc.*     260,527  
  8,944     SecureWorks Corp., Class A*     93,018  
  11,776     Semtech Corp.*     543,933  
  5,328     ShotSpotter, Inc.*     173,853  
  4,386     Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*     549,697  
  2,015     SiTime Corp.*     214,416  
  24,894     SMART Global Holdings, Inc.*     456,805  
  6,627     Sprout Social, Inc., Class A*     397,885  
  8,150     SPS Commerce, Inc.*     995,278  
  10,495     Squarespace, Inc., Class A*     220,395  
  40,924     StoneCo Ltd., Class A (Brazil) *     387,960  
  6,071     Super Micro Computer, Inc.*     395,101  
  8,993     Synaptics, Inc.*     1,039,681  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)      
  13,249     Tenable Holdings, Inc.*   $ 524,793  
  5,068     TTEC Holdings, Inc.     265,310  
  30,878     TTM Technologies, Inc.*     485,711  
  12,690     Turtle Beach Corp.*     119,159  
  12,325     Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*     360,753  
  21,605     Unisys Corp.*     201,143  
  15,079     Upland Software, Inc.*     157,877  
  18,062     Varonis Systems, Inc.*     493,996  
  10,677     Veeco Instruments, Inc.*     225,712  
  13,245     Verint Systems, Inc.*     642,250  
  14,395     Veritone, Inc.*(a)     105,803  
  18,053     Verra Mobility Corp.*     287,765  
  39,289     Viavi Solutions, Inc.*     553,189  
  25,613     Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     503,808  
  8,086     Vishay Precision Group, Inc.*     277,431  
  7,875     Workiva, Inc.*     534,634  
  21,786     Xerox Holdings Corp.     362,083  
  34,262     Xperi Holding Corp.     545,108  
  37,152     Yext, Inc.*     165,326  
  30,835     Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A*     215,845  
  24,386     Zuora, Inc., Class A*     187,284  
   

 

 

 
      61,483,034  

 

 

 
Materials – 4.1%      
  9,275     AdvanSix, Inc.     336,311  
  5,548     Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.     871,868  
  17,123     American Vanguard Corp.     341,261  
  5,932     Arconic Corp.*     149,546  
  7,861     ATI, Inc.*     235,280  
  17,351     Avient Corp.     760,494  
  4,438     Balchem Corp.     585,017  
  9,094     Cabot Corp.     654,495  
  8,753     Carpenter Technology Corp.     297,339  
  5,241     Chase Corp.     462,047  
  4,938     Clearwater Paper Corp.*     210,062  
  27,959     Commercial Metals Co.     1,132,619  
  3,049     Compass Minerals International, Inc.     123,454  
  18,501     Constellium SE*     246,433  
  16,708     GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.*     524,965  
  5,732     Greif, Inc., Class A     384,331  
  2,944     Hawkins, Inc.     112,814  
  8,905     HB Fuller Co.     577,578  
  39,385     Hecla Mining Co.     155,177  
  7,386     Ingevity Corp.*     518,054  
  7,217     Innospec, Inc.     674,501  
  3,961     Intrepid Potash, Inc.*     185,098  
  2,785     Kaiser Aluminum Corp.     199,852  
  5,125     Koppers Holdings, Inc.     117,004  
  6,801     Kronos Worldwide, Inc.     87,597  
  11,772     Livent Corp.*     378,823  
  5,416     LSB Industries, Inc.*     85,464  
  4,285     Materion Corp.     369,838  
  6,618     Mativ Holdings, Inc.     156,317  
  6,352     Minerals Technologies, Inc.     370,068  
  32,930     Myers Industries, Inc.     636,208  
  21,341     Novagold Resources, Inc. (Canada)*     94,541  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Materials – (continued)      
  26,682     O-I Glass, Inc.*   347,133  
  9,171     Olympic Steel, Inc.     241,381  
  24,654     Orion Engineered Carbons SA (Germany)     415,666  
  9,805     Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.     108,835  
  11,312     Perimeter Solutions SA*     110,292  
  1,832     Piedmont Lithium, Inc.*     112,027  
  1,200     Quaker Chemical Corp.     209,184  
  22,204     Ramaco Resources, Inc.     234,030  
  38,147     Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.*     172,424  
  16,077     Resolute Forest Products, Inc.*     325,720  
  16,083     Ryerson Holding Corp.     458,365  
  14,693     Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A     485,457  
  8,284     Sensient Technologies Corp.     659,986  
  3,946     Stepan Co.     411,292  
  15,521     Summit Materials, Inc., Class A*     441,107  
  32,982     SunCoke Energy, Inc.     217,351  
  4,552     Sylvamo Corp.     202,291  
  20,699     TimkenSteel Corp.*     317,523  
  11,748     Tredegar Corp.     119,947  
  9,803     TriMas Corp.     269,779  
  6,794     Trinseo PLC     180,245  
  23,228     Tronox Holdings PLC, Class A     339,826  
  2,015     United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.     207,122  
  18,085     Warrior Met Coal, Inc.     588,667  
  7,068     Worthington Industries, Inc.     360,397  
   

 

 

 
      19,570,503  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 6.5%      
  12,820     Acadia Realty Trust REIT     204,223  
  8,068     Agree Realty Corp. REIT     607,682  
  25,186     Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. REIT     471,734  
  552     Alexander’s, Inc. REIT     130,769  
  8,468     American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT     235,072  
  70,346     Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.*     687,280  
  55,432     Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A REIT*     490,019  
  37,393     Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. REIT     594,923  
  11,190     Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. REIT     146,925  
  3,406     Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. REIT     90,770  
  27,719     Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT     142,753  
  28,505     Brandywine Realty Trust REIT     228,895  
  22,438     Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. REIT     429,463  
  9,205     BRT Apartments Corp. REIT     219,723  
  17,253     CareTrust REIT, Inc. REIT     371,630  
  6,508     CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. REIT     188,341  
  2,688     Centerspace REIT     202,621  
  16,947     Chatham Lodging Trust REIT*     206,075  
  15,191     City Office REIT, Inc. REIT     175,456  
  6,222     Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. REIT     229,530  
  233,260     Compass, Inc., Class A*     667,124  
  18,005     Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT     465,249  
  11,521     CTO Realty Growth, Inc. REIT     243,208  
  64,460     Cushman & Wakefield PLC*     964,322  
  21,983     DiamondRock Hospitality Co. REIT*     191,912  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Real Estate – (continued)      
  13,737     DigitalBridge Group, Inc.*   $ 244,519  
  93,499     Diversified Healthcare Trust REIT     136,508  
  42,128     Douglas Elliman, Inc.     194,210  
  14,602     Easterly Government Properties, Inc. REIT     262,106  
  40,790     Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     284,306  
  10,691     Equity Commonwealth REIT*     281,280  
  11,910     Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     269,642  
  67,937     eXp World Holdings, Inc.     878,425  
  11,613     Farmland Partners, Inc. REIT     168,505  
  11,492     Forestar Group, Inc.*     142,960  
  15,846     Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. REIT     426,099  
  33,134     Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT     93,107  
  3,882     FRP Holdings, Inc.*     223,293  
  8,811     Getty Realty Corp. REIT     265,035  
  11,794     Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT     224,912  
  6,378     Gladstone Land Corp. REIT     149,947  
  9,906     Global Medical REIT, Inc. REIT     107,381  
  23,280     Global Net Lease, Inc. REIT     320,566  
  31,102     Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT*     301,689  
  22,950     Independence Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     446,377  
  13,631     Industrial Logistics Properties Trust REIT     102,096  
  2,876     Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. REIT     263,787  
  5,134     InvenTrust Properties Corp. REIT     134,819  
  20,140     iStar, Inc. REIT     277,328  
  18,484     Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.     324,579  
  37,910     Kite Realty Group Trust REIT     733,938  
  7,413     LTC Properties, Inc. REIT     332,770  
  39,478     LXP Industrial Trust REIT     397,149  
  28,824     Macerich Co. (The) REIT     275,846  
  24,629     Marcus & Millichap, Inc.     920,632  
  7,053     National Health Investors, Inc. REIT     462,042  
  29,331     Necessity Retail REIT, Inc. (The) REIT     218,809  
  5,635     NETSTREIT Corp. REIT     110,784  
  33,154     Newmark Group, Inc., Class A     339,828  
  7,292     NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. REIT     385,163  
  67,610     Offerpad Solutions, Inc.*(a)     102,767  
  18,282     Office Properties Income Trust REIT     321,215  
  13,312     Orion Office REIT, Inc. REIT     131,389  
  16,708     Outfront Media, Inc. REIT     295,732  
  43,854     Paramount Group, Inc. REIT     303,908  
  16,445     Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT     289,761  
  9,902     Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. REIT     323,498  
  32,424     Physicians Realty Trust REIT     540,184  
  28,357     Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     334,045  
  6,679     Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. REIT     135,383  
  11,793     Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     175,126  
  24,850     PotlatchDeltic Corp. REIT     1,153,537  
  15,348     RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A     349,320  
  57,768     Redfin Corp.*     473,120  
  20,819     Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. REIT     348,718  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Real Estate – (continued)      
  23,679     RLJ Lodging Trust REIT   285,569  
  11,487     RMR Group, Inc. (The), Class A     299,121  
  24,888     RPT Realty REIT     239,671  
  4,474     Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. REIT*     367,852  
  36,611     Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT     548,067  
  2,606     Saul Centers, Inc. REIT     115,420  
  37,738     Service Properties Trust REIT     258,128  
  26,461     SITE Centers Corp. REIT     342,935  
  6,081     St Joe Co. (The)     232,294  
  24,016     STAG Industrial, Inc. REIT     739,693  
  31,383     Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT     246,670  
  23,791     Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT*     259,084  
  22,631     Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT     348,970  
  10,520     Terreno Realty Corp. REIT     641,615  
  11,344     UMH Properties, Inc. REIT     204,646  
  45,100     Uniti Group, Inc. REIT     423,489  
  3,106     Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT     158,064  
  12,725     Urban Edge Properties REIT     200,164  
  5,590     Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A REIT     93,465  
  24,834     Veris Residential, Inc. REIT*     333,769  
  10,772     Washington Real Estate Investment Trust REIT     211,239  
  22,425     Whitestone REIT     220,662  
  16,916     Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT*     268,288  
   

 

 

 
      31,602,714  

 

 

 
Utilities – 3.9%      
  11,787     ALLETE, Inc.     697,555  
  11,308     American States Water Co.     938,225  
  7     Artesian Resources Corp., Class A     382  
  14,004     Avista Corp.     568,982  
  12,643     Black Hills Corp.     954,294  
  23,546     Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A (Canada)     1,120,790  
  9,214     California Water Service Group     539,295  
  4,709     Chesapeake Utilities Corp.     594,747  
  30,161     Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A     1,039,951  
  35,116     Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C     1,302,804  
  7,610     MGE Energy, Inc.     586,122  
  3,189     Middlesex Water Co.     283,088  
  34,107     Montauk Renewables, Inc.*     605,399  
  17,096     New Jersey Resources Corp.     754,617  
  5,605     Northwest Natural Holding Co.     266,854  
  11,156     NorthWestern Corp.     591,045  
  10,822     ONE Gas, Inc.     847,038  
  10,499     Ormat Technologies, Inc.     981,446  
  12,146     Otter Tail Corp.     917,509  
  18,104     PNM Resources, Inc.     858,673  
  20,055     Portland General Electric Co.     1,036,242  
  18,841     Pure Cycle Corp.*     194,439  
  5,477     SJW Group     352,171  
  16,145     South Jersey Industries, Inc.     546,508  
  10,877     Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.     846,774  
  9,531     Spire, Inc.     666,122  

 

 

 

 

98   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Utilities – (continued)      
  6,848     Sunnova Energy International, Inc.*   $ 172,707  
  5,320     Unitil Corp.     277,119  
  4,836     Via Renewables, Inc.     41,251  
  5,063     York Water Co. (The)     222,620  
   

 

 

 
      18,804,769  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $(468,735,799))   $ 470,795,843  

 

 

 
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.6%(b)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  2,801,299     2.154%   $ 2,801,299  
  (Cost $2,801,299)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 98.0%  
  (Cost $(471,537,098))   $ 473,597,142  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 2.0%
    9,672,649  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 483,269,791  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

— Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2022, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
      

Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

 

Long position contracts:

                 

E-Mini Russell 2000 Index

     114          09/16/22        $ 10,502,127        $ 12,093  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   99


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – 99.7%      
Australia – 2.5%      
  13,015     ASX Ltd. (Financials)   $ 699,965  
  225,288     Coles Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,712,076  
  83,988     Computershare Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,422,176  
  30,723     EBOS Group Ltd. (Health Care)     727,834  
  293,696     Medibank Pvt Ltd. (Financials)     746,984  
  42,089     National Australia Bank Ltd. (Financials)     882,647  
  11,961     Sonic Healthcare Ltd. (Health Care)     278,795  
  951,122     Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Communication Services)     2,588,606  
  77,725     Wesfarmers Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,504,899  
  51,000     Woolworths Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,261,817  
   

 

 

 
      13,825,799  

 

 

 
Austria – 0.3%      
  15,601     ANDRITZ AG (Industrials)     721,315  
  7,888     Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (Financials)     187,587  
  24,250     Wienerberger AG (Materials)     569,136  
   

 

 

 
      1,478,038  

 

 

 
Belgium – 0.5%      
  4,780     Ackermans & van Haaren NV (Industrials)     700,792  
  4,317     Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV (Consumer Staples)     120,158  
  10,103     Solvay SA (Materials)     819,228  
  9,510     Telenet Group Holding NV (Communication Services)     135,504  
  6,246     UCB SA (Health Care)     440,275  
  23,545     Warehouses De Pauw CVA REIT (Real Estate)     719,267  
   

 

 

 
      2,935,224  

 

 

 
Canada – 4.6%      
  8,509     Bank of Montreal (Financials)     787,810  
  19,042     Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (Financials)     1,055,918  
  24,593     BCE, Inc. (Communication Services)     1,190,214  
  25,699     Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Financials)     1,218,819  
  4,835     Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     148,343  
  32,787     CGI, Inc. (Information Technology)*     2,603,732  
  2,946     Emera, Inc. (Utilities)     136,705  
  28,077     Enbridge, Inc. (Energy)     1,161,156  
  10,118     Fortis, Inc. (Utilities)     447,646  
  2,742     George Weston Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     314,379  
  58,868     Great-West Lifeco, Inc. (Financials)     1,386,742  
  7,933     Hydro One Ltd. (Utilities)(a)     215,407  
  2,604     Intact Financial Corp. (Financials)     378,292  
  51,101     Loblaw Cos. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     4,529,088  
  12,102     Metro, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     638,368  
  16,690     National Bank of Canada (Financials)     1,107,357  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Canada – (continued)      
  21,072     Open Text Corp. (Information Technology)   665,660  
  6,004     Pembina Pipeline Corp. (Energy)     212,634  
  89,111     Power Corp. of Canada (Financials)     2,297,861  
  7,039     RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust REIT (Real Estate)     108,197  
  17,927     Royal Bank of Canada (Financials)     1,671,827  
  24,171     Sun Life Financial, Inc. (Financials)     1,067,909  
  10,929     TC Energy Corp. (Energy)     528,174  
  37,741     TELUS Corp. (Communication Services)     852,458  
  16,223     Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) (Financials)     1,046,641  
   

 

 

 
      25,771,337  

 

 

 
Denmark – 0.0%      
  6,231     Tryg A/S (Financials)     141,236  

 

 

 
Finland – 0.4%      
  9,552     Elisa OYJ (Communication Services)     511,563  
  22,923     Orion OYJ, Class B (Health Care)     1,041,179  
  16,857     Sampo OYJ, Class A (Financials)     764,470  
   

 

 

 
      2,317,212  

 

 

 
France – 2.3%      
  2,929     Air Liquide SA (Materials)     368,746  
  53,551     AXA SA (Financials)     1,266,779  
  3,603     Bouygues SA (Industrials)     106,154  
  9,441     Capgemini SE (Information Technology)     1,642,358  
  70,288     Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Consumer Discretionary)     1,717,831  
  12,927     Dassault Systemes (Information Technology)     501,427  
  5,209     Legrand SA (Industrials)     378,596  
  6,335     L’Oreal SA (Consumer Staples)     2,186,558  
  249,953     Orange SA (Communication Services)     2,538,034  
  11,826     Sanofi (Health Care)     977,255  
  10,105     Thales SA (Industrials)     1,220,854  
   

 

 

 
      12,904,592  

 

 

 
Germany – 1.3%      
  4,335     Allianz SE (Financials)     734,850  
  7,989     Beiersdorf AG (Consumer Staples)     808,154  
  2,778     Deutsche Boerse AG (Financials)     470,551  
  108,033     Deutsche Telekom AG (Communication Services)     2,040,989  
  38,356     Evonik Industries AG (Materials)     717,188  
  1,433     Hannover Rueck SE (Financials)     211,676  
  3,388     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     212,244  
  796     Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Financials)     190,660  
  6,010     SAP SE (Information Technology)     513,323  
  8,408     Symrise AG (Materials)     882,245  
  11,538     Talanx AG (Financials)     409,552  
   

 

 

 
      7,191,432  

 

 

 

 

100   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Hong Kong – 0.2%      
  47,482     CLP Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)   $ 409,554  
  56,147     Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     55,440  
  116,403     Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     697,037  
   

 

 

 
      1,162,031  

 

 

 
Ireland – 0.0%      
  1,285     Kerry Group PLC, Class A (Consumer Staples)     132,896  

 

 

 
Israel – 1.5%      
  116,971     Bank Hapoalim BM (Financials)     1,220,188  
  143,231     Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (Financials)     1,522,538  
  12,444     Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Information Technology)*     1,496,267  
  11,218     First International Bank Of Israel Ltd. (The) (Financials)     524,740  
  196,218     Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,206,288  
  120,155     Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd. (Real Estate)     443,567  
  32,383     Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (Financials)     1,323,960  
  57,411     Shufersal Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     394,022  
   

 

 

 
      8,131,570  

 

 

 
Italy – 1.0%      
  164,338     Assicurazioni Generali SpA (Financials)     2,419,261  
  104,565     Eni SpA (Energy)     1,241,556  
  184,025     Hera SpA (Utilities)     462,616  
  15,637     Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA (Health Care)     640,587  
  107,445     Snam SpA (Utilities)     511,684  
  41,532     Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale (Utilities)     296,514  
  92,110     UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (Financials)     205,249  
   

 

 

 
      5,777,467  

 

 

 
Japan – 5.7%      
  6,854     Brother Industries Ltd. (Information Technology)     132,309  
  39,232     Canon, Inc. (Information Technology)     943,832  
  269     Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     624,837  
  10,665     Ezaki Glico Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     278,886  
  40,310     FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. (Information Technology)     2,067,768  
  7,574     Hitachi Metals Ltd. (Materials)*     114,354  
  93,199     Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     646,292  
  124,440     Japan Tobacco, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     2,118,510  
  60,759     KDDI Corp. (Communication Services)     1,874,599  
  19,821     Kyocera Corp. (Information Technology)     1,112,121  
  18,410     McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     660,037  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Japan – (continued)      
  13,461     MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)   643,798  
  39,632     Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc. (Financials)     193,264  
  113,052     Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     1,299,537  
  20,356     MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     611,010  
  237,260     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Communication Services)     6,450,734  
  51,525     Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     583,547  
  14,284     Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     342,919  
  9,798     Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     322,371  
  13,705     Secom Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     882,063  
  84,536     Sekisui House Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,447,708  
  252,043     SoftBank Corp. (Communication Services)     2,780,882  
  11,748     Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     355,427  
  105,590     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     2,932,527  
  39,083     Teijin Ltd. (Materials)     415,852  
  29,912     Trend Micro, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,859,992  
  8,119     USS Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     144,312  
   

 

 

 
      31,839,488  

 

 

 
Netherlands – 1.9%      
  1,454     Akzo Nobel NV (Materials)     92,169  
  3,921     HAL Trust (Financials)     492,057  
  152,671     Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Consumer Staples)     4,206,403  
  3,134     Koninklijke DSM NV (Materials)     401,330  
  132,505     Koninklijke KPN NV (Communication Services)     422,372  
  48,048     NN Group NV (Financials)     1,979,452  
  29,776     Wolters Kluwer NV (Industrials)     2,917,476  
   

 

 

 
      10,511,259  

 

 

 
New Zealand – 0.2%      
  163,844     Fletcher Building Ltd. (Industrials)     562,536  
  15,621     Mainfreight Ltd. (Industrials)     713,504  
   

 

 

 
      1,276,040  

 

 

 
Norway – 0.7%      
  36,256     DNB Bank ASA (Financials)     694,129  
  41,859     Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (Financials)     852,014  
  16,823     Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (Industrials)     576,354  
  37,340     SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA (Financials)     428,177  
  92,516     Storebrand ASA (Financials)     744,107  
  80,338     Telenor ASA (Communication Services)     882,377  
   

 

 

 
      4,177,158  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   101


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Singapore – 0.8%      
  93,804     Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (Financials)   $ 812,910  
  175,832     Singapore Exchange Ltd. (Financials)     1,196,076  
  382,924     Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Communication Services)     719,132  
  37,227     United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Financials)     729,277  
  98,981     UOL Group Ltd. (Real Estate)     490,967  
  21,667     Venture Corp. Ltd. (Information Technology)     284,058  
   

 

 

 
      4,232,420  

 

 

 
Spain – 0.4%      
  47,460     Naturgy Energy Group SA (Utilities)     1,311,439  
  54,309     Red Electrica Corp. SA (Utilities)     995,821  
   

 

 

 
      2,307,260  

 

 

 
Sweden – 1.6%      
  25,159     Axfood AB (Consumer Staples)     760,691  
  977     Industrivarden AB, Class A (Financials)     21,794  
  107,637     Investor AB, Class A (Financials)     1,799,813  
  31,431     Investor AB, Class B (Financials)     498,663  
  67,345     Securitas AB, Class B (Industrials)     592,810  
  14,720     Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A (Financials)     147,640  
  79,495     Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A (Financials)     654,755  
  44,955     Swedbank AB, Class A (Financials)     584,701  
  54,341     Tele2 AB, Class B (Communication Services)     580,550  
  233,958     Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B (Information Technology)     1,759,759  
  432,366     Telia Co. AB (Communication Services)     1,528,067  
   

 

 

 
      8,929,243  

 

 

 
Switzerland – 1.4%      
  1,113     Geberit AG (Industrials)     516,499  
  18,602     Novartis AG (Health Care)     1,508,250  
  1,112     SGS SA (Industrials)     2,456,552  
  2,758     Swisscom AG (Communication Services)     1,430,503  
  6,028     TE Connectivity Ltd. (Information Technology)     760,794  
  2,924     Zurich Insurance Group AG (Financials)     1,300,588  
   

 

 

 
      7,973,186  

 

 

 
United Kingdom – 3.1%      
  295,456     BAE Systems PLC (Industrials)     2,668,519  
  15,771     British American Tobacco PLC (Consumer Staples)     633,390  
  24,522     Bunzl PLC (Industrials)     816,352  
  389,622     CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     2,519,263  
  13,808     Diageo PLC (Consumer Staples)     604,762  
  278,516     Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (Financials)     667,284  
  181,228     Haleon PLC (Consumer Staples)*     545,855  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
United Kingdom – (continued)      
  7,195     Halma PLC (Information Technology)   173,721  
  950     Linde PLC (Materials)     268,717  
  93,342     National Grid PLC (Utilities)     1,170,846  
  111,183     RELX PLC (Industrials)     2,926,408  
  229,043     Sage Group PLC (The) (Information Technology)     1,906,112  
  33,605     Segro PLC REIT (Real Estate)     368,739  
  14,258     Severn Trent PLC (Utilities)     462,380  
  436,864     Tesco PLC (Consumer Staples)     1,264,230  
  2,438     United Utilities Group PLC (Utilities)     29,971  
   

 

 

 
      17,026,549  

 

 

 
United States – 69.3%      
  9,198     3M Co. (Industrials)     1,143,771  
  7,687     Abbott Laboratories (Health Care)     789,071  
  22,261     AbbVie, Inc. (Health Care)     2,993,214  
  15,799     Accenture PLC, Class A (Information Technology)     4,557,380  
  6,693     Adobe, Inc. (Information Technology)*     2,499,434  
  29,587     Aflac, Inc. (Financials)     1,758,060  
  1,090     Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Health Care)     139,792  
  13,311     Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Information Technology)*     1,201,717  
  1,764     Alleghany Corp. (Financials)*     1,483,841  
  2,497     Alliant Energy Corp. (Utilities)     152,417  
  22,813     Allstate Corp. (The) (Financials)     2,748,966  
  29,016     Alphabet, Inc., Class A (Communication Services)*     3,140,111  
  28,065     Alphabet, Inc., Class C (Communication Services)*     3,063,295  
  12,228     Altria Group, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     551,727  
  46,056     Amazon.com, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)*     5,838,519  
  27,602     Amcor PLC (Materials)     331,500  
  25,583     Amdocs Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,186,579  
  10,943     Ameren Corp. (Utilities)     1,013,541  
  10,002     American Electric Power Co., Inc. (Utilities)     1,002,200  
  9,951     AmerisourceBergen Corp. (Health Care)     1,458,419  
  2,184     AMETEK, Inc. (Industrials)     262,429  
  3,723     Amgen, Inc. (Health Care)     894,637  
  25,740     Amphenol Corp., Class A (Information Technology)     1,892,662  
  1,050     Analog Devices, Inc. (Information Technology)     159,106  
  299,238     Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT (Financials)     1,930,085  
  11,391     Aon PLC, Class A (Financials)     3,181,051  
  105,317     Apple, Inc. (Information Technology)     16,557,939  
  11,443     Arch Capital Group Ltd. (Financials)*     523,174  
  40,815     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (Consumer Staples)     3,587,230  
  8,236     Arthur J Gallagher & Co. (Financials)     1,495,410  
  81,781     AT&T, Inc. (Communication Services)     1,434,439  
  3,361     Atmos Energy Corp. (Utilities)     381,070  
  14,477     Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (Information Technology)     3,538,324  

 

 

 

 

102   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
United States – (continued)      
  3,296     AutoZone, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)*   $ 6,984,916  
  10,365     Bank of America Corp. (Financials)     348,368  
  18,502     Baxter International, Inc. (Health Care)     1,063,125  
  5,016     Becton Dickinson and Co. (Health Care)     1,266,139  
  22,198     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (Financials)*     6,233,198  
  45,261     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (Health Care)     3,051,044  
  2,135     Broadcom, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,065,600  
  6,019     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,030,272  
  3,428     Brown-Forman Corp., Class B (Consumer Staples)     249,216  
  3,828     Campbell Soup Co. (Consumer Staples)     192,855  
  11,380     CDW Corp. (Information Technology)     1,942,566  
  10,927     CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (Utilities)     344,528  
  16,558     C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (Industrials)     1,890,096  
  12,717     Chevron Corp. (Energy)     2,010,049  
  3,029     Chubb Ltd. (Financials)     572,632  
  16,180     Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (Consumer Staples)     1,354,428  
  2,796     Cintas Corp. (Industrials)     1,137,525  
  95,362     Cisco Systems, Inc. (Information Technology)     4,264,589  
  31,057     Citigroup, Inc. (Financials)     1,515,892  
  1,238     CME Group, Inc. (Financials)     242,165  
  9,134     CMS Energy Corp. (Utilities)     616,910  
  45,466     Coca-Cola Co. (The) (Consumer Staples)     2,805,707  
  42,272     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (Information Technology)     2,670,322  
  64,160     Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Consumer Staples)     5,017,954  
  30,018     Comcast Corp., Class A (Communication Services)     1,086,351  
  7,218     Conagra Brands, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     248,155  
  18,625     Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Utilities)     1,820,407  
  2,032     Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (Consumer Staples)     499,974  
  6,765     Constellation Energy Corp. (Utilities)     551,956  
  800     Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) (Health Care)     229,952  
  41,818     Corning, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,435,194  
  5,377     Costco Wholesale Corp. (Consumer Staples)     2,807,332  
  3,657     CSX Corp. (Industrials)     115,744  
  2,125     Cummins, Inc. (Industrials)     457,661  
  44,987     CVS Health Corp. (Health Care)     4,415,474  
  57,654     Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (Information Technology)     2,207,572  
  14,014     Dollar General Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,327,204  
  3,184     Dominion Energy, Inc. (Utilities)     260,451  
  5,553     Dover Corp. (Industrials)     693,903  
  6,902     DTE Energy Co. (Utilities)     899,607  
  7,643     Duke Energy Corp. (Utilities)     817,113  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
United States – (continued)      
  29,443     Duke Realty Corp. REIT (Real Estate)   1,732,721  
  772     Ecolab, Inc. (Materials)     126,477  
  4,912     Edison International (Utilities)     332,886  
  2,556     Elevance Health, Inc. (Health Care)     1,239,941  
  5,924     Eli Lilly & Co. (Health Care)     1,784,487  
  1,354     Emerson Electric Co. (Industrials)     110,676  
  2,284     Entergy Corp. (Utilities)     263,345  
  7,353     Evergy, Inc. (Utilities)     503,901  
  30,059     Exelon Corp. (Utilities)     1,319,891  
  1,593     Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (Industrials)     163,904  
  3,900     Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     775,047  
  23,150     Exxon Mobil Corp. (Energy)     2,212,908  
  11,010     F5, Inc. (Information Technology)*     1,729,231  
  74,677     Fastenal Co. (Industrials)     3,758,493  
  16,978     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,551,280  
  11,493     FirstEnergy Corp. (Utilities)     454,548  
  16,529     Fiserv, Inc. (Information Technology)*     1,672,569  
  3,946     FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (Information Technology)*     838,643  
  7,437     Fortive Corp. (Industrials)     470,985  
  18,646     General Dynamics Corp. (Industrials)     4,268,629  
  18,319     General Mills, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     1,406,899  
  28,398     Genuine Parts Co. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,430,372  
  51,264     Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Health Care)     3,253,726  
  144,981     GSK PLC (Health Care)     2,327,047  
  11,523     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) (Financials)     741,044  
  17,534     Henry Schein, Inc. (Health Care)*     1,287,171  
  22,441     Hershey Co. (The) (Consumer Staples)     5,041,819  
  237,550     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (Information Technology)     3,230,680  
  8,863     Hologic, Inc. (Health Care)*     598,784  
  19,843     Home Depot, Inc. (The) (Consumer Discretionary)     5,723,118  
  7,922     Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (Industrials)     1,543,443  
  36,955     Intel Corp. (Information Technology)     1,179,604  
  5,309     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (Financials)     535,413  
  33,973     International Business Machines Corp. (Information Technology)     4,363,832  
  20,192     International Paper Co. (Materials)     840,391  
  2,140     Intuit, Inc. (Information Technology)     924,009  
  6,930     Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     251,420  
  4,274     IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (Health Care)*     908,909  
  4,035     J M Smucker Co. (The) (Consumer Staples)     564,860  
  33,956     Johnson & Johnson (Health Care)     5,478,461  
  13,398     JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Financials)     1,523,755  
  6,820     Kellogg Co. (Consumer Staples)     496,087  
  22,199     Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     846,226  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   103


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
United States – (continued)      
  17,626     Keysight Technologies, Inc. (Information Technology)*   $ 2,888,725  
  8,304     Kimberly-Clark Corp. (Consumer Staples)     1,058,926  
  8,333     Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Energy)     152,661  
  31,872     Kraft Heinz Co. (The) (Consumer Staples)     1,192,013  
  3,156     L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (Industrials)     720,168  
  9,295     Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (Health Care)     2,093,885  
  17,251     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A (Communication Services)*     716,607  
  33,780     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C (Communication Services)*     1,397,141  
  3,591     Lockheed Martin Corp. (Industrials)     1,508,615  
  27,775     Loews Corp. (Financials)     1,536,235  
  21,842     Lowe’s Cos., Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,240,406  
  1,587     Markel Corp. (Financials)*     1,895,053  
  28,667     Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. (Financials)     4,625,994  
  46,558     Masco Corp. (Industrials)     2,368,405  
  851     Mastercard, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     276,039  
  8,960     McCormick & Co., Inc. (Consumer Staples)     753,267  
  15,075     McDonald’s Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,803,121  
  7,406     McKesson Corp. (Health Care)     2,718,002  
  8,997     Merck & Co., Inc. (Health Care)     767,984  
  15,879     Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (Communication Services)*     2,587,165  
  46,898     Microsoft Corp. (Information Technology)     12,262,420  
  2,709     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     448,800  
  28,959     Mondelez International, Inc., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,791,404  
  2,227     Monster Beverage Corp. (Consumer Staples)*     197,824  
  13,444     Moody’s Corp. (Financials)     3,825,087  
  17,290     Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Information Technology)     4,208,559  
  12,216     Nasdaq, Inc. (Financials)     727,218  
  13,114     Nestle SA (Consumer Staples)     1,539,630  
  47,420     NiSource, Inc. (Utilities)     1,399,364  
  4,513     Northrop Grumman Corp. (Industrials)     2,157,169  
  13,019     NortonLifeLock, Inc. (Information Technology)     294,099  
  7,151     NVIDIA Corp. (Information Technology)     1,079,372  
  1,427     Omnicom Group, Inc. (Communication Services)     95,466  
  3,205     Oracle Corp. (Information Technology)     237,651  
  11,378     O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)*     7,931,831  
  9,154     Otis Worldwide Corp. (Industrials)     661,102  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
United States – (continued)      
  30,791     Paychex, Inc. (Information Technology)   3,797,762  
  30,273     PepsiCo, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     5,215,130  
  28,370     Pfizer, Inc. (Health Care)     1,283,175  
  34,824     Philip Morris International, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     3,325,344  
  17,867     PPL Corp. (Utilities)     519,572  
  24,168     Procter & Gamble Co. (The) (Consumer Staples)     3,333,734  
  7,447     Progressive Corp. (The) (Financials)     913,375  
  7,847     Prologis, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     977,030  
  2,463     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (Utilities)     158,519  
  4,127     Public Storage REIT (Real Estate)     1,365,335  
  19,029     Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (Health Care)     2,384,524  
  7,453     Raytheon Technologies Corp. (Industrials)     668,907  
  12,989     Realty Income Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     886,889  
  4,166     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Health Care)*     2,420,696  
  21,154     Republic Services, Inc. (Industrials)     3,019,099  
  5,492     Roche Holding AG-BR (Health Care)     2,105,750  
  9,088     Roche Holding AG-Genusschein (Health Care)     2,936,990  
  1,158     Roper Technologies, Inc. (Information Technology)     466,188  
  1,802     Salesforce, Inc. (Information Technology)*     281,328  
  2,040     Sempra Energy (Utilities)     336,539  
  4,753     Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) (Materials)     1,103,171  
  18,639     Southern Co. (The) (Utilities)     1,436,508  
  35,332     SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,970,112  
  494     Stryker Corp. (Health Care)     101,369  
  1,449     Swiss Re AG (Financials)     113,105  
  23,196     Target Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,719,247  
  16,472     Texas Instruments, Inc. (Information Technology)     2,721,339  
  407     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Health Care)     221,945  
  26,704     TJX Cos., Inc. (The) (Consumer Discretionary)     1,664,994  
  8,986     Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) (Financials)     1,452,497  
  28,098     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A (Consumer Staples)     2,118,027  
  785     UDR, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     35,223  
  1,454     Union Pacific Corp. (Industrials)     326,438  
  710     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B (Industrials)     138,102  
  11,111     UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (Health Care)     5,770,276  
  21,511     VeriSign, Inc. (Information Technology)*     3,919,734  
  67,195     Verizon Communications, Inc. (Communication Services)     2,809,423  
  6,463     Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Health Care)*     1,821,015  
  3,057     Visa, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     607,456  

 

 

 

 

104   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
United States – (continued)      
  11,031     VMware, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)   $ 1,279,927  
  15,765     W R Berkley Corp. (Financials)     1,021,572  
  39,809     Walmart, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     5,276,683  
  1,601     Waste Connections, Inc. (Industrials)     223,548  
  24,746     Waste Management, Inc. (Industrials)     4,182,816  
  34,641     Williams Cos., Inc. (The) (Energy)     1,178,833  
  14,639     W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     1,230,115  
  8,185     W.W. Grainger, Inc. (Industrials)     4,542,184  
  3,104     Xcel Energy, Inc. (Utilities)     230,472  
  35,753     Yum! Brands, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,977,164  
  4,422     Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (Information Technology)*     1,333,852  
  7,343     Zoetis, Inc. (Health Care)     1,149,400  
   

 

 

 
      386,672,729  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.7%  
  (Cost $611,056,466)   $ 556,714,166  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.3%
    1,397,619  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 558,111,785  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Investment Abbreviations:

CVA

 

—Dutch Certification

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

Sector   % of Market Value  

Information Technology

    21.6

Financials

    15.2

Consumer Staples

    13.7

Health Care

    12.2

Consumer Discretionary

    10.4

Industrials

    10.4

Communication Services

    7.7

Utilities

    4.0

Real Estate

    1.9

Energy

    1.6

Materials

    1.3

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     100.0

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   105


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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

August 31, 2022

 

            
ActiveBeta®
Emerging Markets
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
 
  Assets:

 

 

Investments at value (cost $986,454,252, $13,551,458, $2,773,676,954 and $12,104,492, respectively)(a)

  $ 1,019,345,060      $ 12,274,938      $ 2,707,803,017      $ 12,047,121  
 

Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost

    10,851,775        61,124        59,641,107        862,006  
 

Cash

    19,197,048        14,717        5,094,743        14,808  
 

Foreign currency, at value (cost $797,840, $—, $230,661 and $—, respectively)

    796,648               230,262         
 

Variation margin on futures contracts

    12,172                       
 

Receivables:

          
 

Investments sold

    26,558,920        490,444        123,549,995        404,083  
 

Dividends

    2,996,996        28,628        7,073,420        15,414  
 

Collateral on futures contracts

    215,608        6,786        511,186        586  
 

Foreign tax reclaims

    36,450        65,238        4,181,901        1,465  
 

Reimbursement from investment adviser

    33,182                       
 

Securities lending income

    12,433        47        47,809        84  
  Total assets     1,080,056,292        12,941,922        2,908,133,440        13,345,567  
            
  Liabilities:           
 

Variation margin on futures contracts

           815        74,715        53  
 

Payables:

          
 

Investments purchased

    37,968,693        512,458        127,744,385        422,058  
 

Upon return of securities loaned

    10,851,775        61,124        59,641,107        862,006  
 

Foreign capital gains tax

    4,710,745                       
 

Management fees

    354,916        1,979        596,705        2,624  
 

Foreign bank overdraft (cost $—, $642, $— and $53, respectively)

           627               53  
 

Accrued expenses

    962,464        1,457        39,755         
  Total liabilities     54,848,593        578,460        188,096,667        1,286,794  
            
  Net Assets:           
 

Paid-in capital

    1,039,565,105        17,293,117        3,007,031,632        13,637,976  
 

Total distributable loss

    (14,357,406      (4,929,655      (286,994,859      (1,579,203
  NET ASSETS   $ 1,025,207,699      $ 12,363,462      $ 2,720,036,773      $ 12,058,773  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING           
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    34,850,000        450,000        98,400,000        400,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

    $29.42        $27.47        $27.64        $30.15  

 

  (a)   Includes loaned securities having a market value of $10,222,440, $57,277, $55,201,321 and $763,312 for ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, respectively.

 

106   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

        ActiveBeta®
Paris-Aligned Climate
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
World Low Vol Plus
Equity ETF
 
  Assets:

 

 

Investments at value (cost $7,694,125, $(9,526,533,417), $(468,735,799) and $611,056,466, respectively)(a)

  $ 6,474,231      $ 11,588,862,880      $ 470,795,843      $ 556,714,166  
 

Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost

           20,073,500        2,801,299         
 

Cash

    11,271        9,406,261        11,332,767        136,546  
 

Foreign currency, at value (cost $—, $—, $— and $15,696, respectively)

                         15,703  
 

Receivables:

          
 

Dividends

    9,721        19,216,659        448,763        1,173,953  
 

Reimbursement from investment adviser

    4,494                       
 

Securities lending income

           6,539        8,664         
 

Investments sold

           31,267,967        145,992         
 

Collateral on futures contracts

                  689,700         
 

Foreign tax reclaims

                  612        195,119  
 

Fund shares sold

           3,917,807                
  Total assets     6,499,717        11,672,751,613        486,223,640        558,235,487  
            
  Liabilities:           
 

Variation margin on futures contracts

                  66,690         
 

Payables:

          
 

Upon return of securities loaned

           20,073,500        2,801,299         
 

Investments purchased

           3,908,496               106  
 

Fund shares redeemed

           31,342,456                
 

Management fees

           933,214        85,757        123,596  
 

Accrued expenses

                  103         
  Total liabilities            56,257,666        2,953,849        123,702  
            
  Net Assets:           
 

Paid-in capital

    7,934,654        10,129,972,437        501,548,262        616,984,063  
 

Total distributable earnings (loss)

    (1,434,937      1,486,521,510        (18,278,471      (58,872,278
  NET ASSETS   $ 6,499,717      $ 11,616,493,947      $ 483,269,791      $ 558,111,785  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING           
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    200,000        148,252,500        8,650,000        14,700,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

    $32.50        $78.36        $55.87        $37.97  

 

  (a)   Includes loaned securities having a market value of $–, $19,576,550, $2,668,209 and $– for ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF, respectively.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   107


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Statements of Operations

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

            
ActiveBeta®
Emerging Markets
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
 
  Investment income:           
 

Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $5,162,379, $101,675, $10,619,678 and $42,924, respectively)

  $ 40,341,971      $ 533,697      $ 86,518,517      $ 312,311  
 

Non cash dividend income

    5,488,848        58,743        10,005,057         
 

Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer

    191,387        6,490        949,937        1,348  
  Total investment income     46,022,206        598,930        97,473,511        313,659  
            
  Expenses:           
 

Management fees

    4,917,381        36,942        7,479,335        25,169  
 

Custody, accounting and administrative services

    953,794                       
 

Printing and mailing costs

    157,463                       
 

Professional fees

    111,967                       
 

Trustee fees

    50,364        9,363        91,888        9,236  
 

Shareholder meeting expense

    2,715                      160  
 

Other

    42,289                       
  Total expenses     6,235,973        46,305        7,571,223        34,565  
 

Less — expense reductions

    (701,206                     
  Net expenses     5,534,767        46,305        7,571,223        34,565  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME     40,487,439        552,625        89,902,288        279,094  
            
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):           
 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    (14,278,743      (556,166      (109,543,632      (647,512
 

In-kind redemptions

    1,631,509        644,518        28,658,572         
 

Futures contracts

    5,293        (9,410      (1,700,360      (2,732
 

Foreign currency transactions

    (731,435      (5,981      (1,255,044      (15,638
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

          
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers (including the effects of the foreign capital gains tax liability of $4,710,745, $–, $– and $–, respectively)

    (329,772,434      (5,662,524      (684,824,404      (2,431,934
 

Futures contracts

    (8,434      (2,937      (699,376       
 

Foreign currency translations

    (37,875      (11,679      (665,803      (206
  Net realized and unrealized loss     (343,192,119      (5,604,179      (770,030,047      (3,098,022
  NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ (302,704,680    $ (5,051,554    $ (680,127,759    $ (2,818,928

 

108   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Operations (continued)

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

        ActiveBeta®
Paris-Aligned Climate
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
*
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
World Low Vol Plus
Equity ETF
**
 
  Investment income:           
 

Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $42, $156,052, $7,966 and $634,507, respectively)

  $ 73,647      $ 189,564,080      $ 6,319,517      $ 6,881,589  
 

Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer

    47        193,039        73,328         
  Total investment income     73,694        189,757,119        6,392,845        6,881,589  
            
  Expenses:           
 

Management fees

    4,143        11,440,073        881,346        605,778  
 

Trustee fees

    6,079        367,330        21,230        11,387  
 

Shareholder meeting expense

           35,675        1,044         
  Total expenses     10,222        11,843,078        903,620        617,165  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME     63,472        177,914,041        5,489,225        6,264,424  
            
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):           
 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    (230,839      (132,442,486      (11,571,653      (6,311,600
 

In-kind redemptions

           776,953,360        15,993,686         
 

Futures contracts

           2,794,530        (530,869       
 

Foreign currency transactions

           (582             (67,045
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

          
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    (1,219,894      (2,623,690,334      (71,334,494      (54,342,300
 

Futures contracts

           (498,672      (38,563       
 

Foreign currency translations

                         (18,429
  Net realized and unrealized loss     (1,450,733      (1,976,884,184      (67,481,893      (60,739,374
  NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ (1,387,261    $ (1,798,970,143    $ (61,992,668    $ (54,474,950

 

  *   For the period December 13, 2021 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022.
  **   For the period March 15, 2022 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   109


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

            
    
ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
           ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2022
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
           For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2022
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 
  From operations:             
 

Net investment income

  $ 40,487,439      $ 28,374,315        $ 552,625      $ 460,405  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (13,373,376      299,505,967          72,961        279,554  
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

    (329,818,743      (6,490,407              (5,677,140      4,206,895  
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (302,704,680      321,389,875                (5,051,554      4,946,854  
              
  Distributions to shareholders:             
 

From distributable earnings

    (53,609,786      (31,408,924              (658,039      (469,425
              
  From share transactions:             
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    46,098,249        267,346,093          1,790,294         
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (52,865,514      (879,514,184              (4,610,459       
  Net decrease in net assets resulting from share transactions     (6,767,265      (612,168,091              (2,820,165       
  TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)     (363,081,731      (322,187,140              (8,529,758      4,477,429  
              
  Net assets:             
 

Beginning of year

  $ 1,388,289,430      $ 1,710,476,570              $ 20,893,220      $ 16,415,791  
 

End of year

  $ 1,025,207,699      $ 1,388,289,430              $ 12,363,462      $ 20,893,220  

 

110   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

            
    
ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF
          ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2022
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
          For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2022
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 
  From operations:          
 

Net investment income

  $ 89,902,288     $ 52,804,228       $ 279,094     $ 348,150  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (83,840,464     6,273,922         (665,882     1,910,900  
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

    (686,189,583     477,457,409               (2,432,140     1,170,747  
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (680,127,759     536,535,559               (2,818,928     3,429,797  
           
  Distributions to shareholders:          
 

From distributable earnings

    (93,382,329     (47,566,749             (285,200     (325,392
           
  From share transactions:          
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    495,342,351       860,704,407                
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (95,030,975                         (7,502,475
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     400,311,376       860,704,407                     (7,502,475
  TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)     (373,198,712     1,349,673,217               (3,104,128     (4,398,070
           
  Net assets:          
 

Beginning of year

  $ 3,093,235,485     $ 1,743,562,268             $ 15,162,901     $ 19,560,971  
 

End of year

  $ 2,720,036,773     $ 3,093,235,485             $ 12,058,773     $ 15,162,901  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   111


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

        ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate
U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
          ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
        For the Period
December 13, 2021
*
to
August 31, 2022
          For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2022
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 
  From operations:        
 

Net investment income

  $ 63,472       $ 177,914,041     $ 145,156,213  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (230,839       647,304,822       746,188,521  
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

    (1,219,894             (2,624,189,006     2,324,876,490  
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (1,387,261             (1,798,970,143     3,216,221,224  
         
  Distributions to shareholders:        
 

From distributable earnings

    (47,676             (174,777,118     (138,466,225
         
  From share transactions:        
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    7,934,654         1,516,359,247       1,810,335,563  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

                  (1,695,965,517     (1,546,137,807
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     7,934,654               (179,606,270     264,197,756  
  TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)     6,499,717               (2,153,353,531     3,341,952,755  
         
  Net assets:        
 

Beginning of year

  $             $ 13,769,847,478     $ 10,427,894,723  
 

End of year

  $ 6,499,717             $ 11,616,493,947     $ 13,769,847,478  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

112   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

        ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF           ActiveBeta® World Low Vol
Plus Equity ETF
 
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2022
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
          For the Period
March 15, 2022
*
to
August 31, 2022
 
  From operations:                                                  
 

Net investment income

  $ 5,489,225     $ 2,761,059       $ 6,264,424  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    3,891,164       30,941,317         (6,378,645
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

    (71,373,057     64,943,544               (54,360,729
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (61,992,668     98,645,920               (54,474,950
         
  Distributions to shareholders:        
 

From distributable earnings

    (5,603,655     (2,434,684             (4,397,328
         
  From share transactions:        
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    176,204,999       224,466,695         616,984,063  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (37,882,026     (60,618,621              
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     138,322,973       163,848,074               616,984,063  
  TOTAL INCREASE     70,726,650       260,059,310               558,111,785  
         
  Net assets:        
 

Beginning of year

  $ 412,543,141     $ 152,483,831             $  
 

End of year

  $ 483,269,791     $ 412,543,141             $ 558,111,785  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   113


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Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

        ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 39.33     $ 33.28     $ 31.12     $ 32.98     $ 33.73  
 

Net investment income(a)

    1.13       0.67       0.80 (b)      0.75       0.77  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (9.55     6.07       2.17       (1.79     (0.84
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    (8.42     6.74       2.97       (1.04     (0.07
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (1.49     (0.69     (0.81     (0.82     (0.68
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 29.42     $ 39.33     $ 33.28     $ 31.12     $ 32.98  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 29.03     $ 39.16     $ 33.28     $ 31.14     $ 32.87  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(c)     (21.97 )%      20.49     9.55     (3.21 )%      (0.28 )% 
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 1,025,208     $ 1,388,289     $ 1,710,477     $ 1,699,201     $ 1,688,540  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.45     0.45     0.45     0.45     0.45
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.51     0.51     0.52     0.51     0.51
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    3.29     1.76     2.55 %(b)      2.37     2.19
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    18     46     38     28     28

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.03 per share and 0.09% of average net assets.
  (c)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

114   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

        ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 37.99     $ 29.85     $ 28.59     $ 30.82     $ 30.39  
 

Net investment income(a)

    1.01       0.84       0.58       0.89       0.95  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (10.29     8.15       1.27       (1.84     0.37  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    (9.28     8.99       1.85       (0.95     1.32  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (1.24     (0.85     (0.59     (1.28     (0.89
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 27.47     $ 37.99     $ 29.85     $ 28.59     $ 30.82  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 27.26     $ 38.05     $ 29.81     $ 28.62     $ 30.73  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     (24.81 )%      30.45     6.69     (3.15 )%      4.40
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 12,363     $ 20,893     $ 16,416     $ 18,584     $ 73,963  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.98     2.47     2.01     3.07     3.02
 

Portfolio turnover rate(c)

    19     19     18     17     23

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (c)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   115


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

        ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 35.76     $ 28.72     $ 27.70     $ 29.42     $ 28.38  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.96       0.75       0.57       0.86       0.76  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (8.07     6.97       1.05       (1.78     1.02  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    (7.11     7.72       1.62       (0.92     1.78  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (1.01     (0.68     (0.60     (0.80     (0.74
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 27.64     $ 35.76     $ 28.72     $ 27.70     $ 29.42  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 27.52     $ 35.75     $ 28.63     $ 27.73     $ 29.45  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     (20.18 )%      27.12     5.96     (3.09 )%      6.30
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 2,720,037     $ 3,093,235     $ 1,743,562     $ 1,545,601     $ 1,094,462  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.97     2.31     2.08     3.10     2.56
 

Portfolio turnover rate(c)

    18     21     20     17     16

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (c)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

116   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

        ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 37.91     $ 32.60     $ 30.59     $ 32.99     $ 30.71  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.70       0.60       0.66       0.82       0.54  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (7.75     5.25       2.15       (2.29     2.36  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    (7.05     5.85       2.81       (1.47     2.90  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.71     (0.54     (0.80     (0.93     (0.62
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 30.15     $ 37.91     $ 32.60     $ 30.59     $ 32.99  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 29.78     $ 37.75     $ 32.51     $ 30.52     $ 32.90  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     (18.76 )%      18.02     9.15     (4.32 )%      9.42
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 12,059     $ 15,163     $ 19,561     $ 24,468     $ 52,778  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.03     1.64     2.09     2.64     1.62
 

Portfolio turnover rate(c)

    21     21     18     33     23

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (c)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout The Period

 

        ActiveBeta® Paris-
Aligned Climate U.S.
Large Cap Equity ETF
 
        For the Period
December 13, 2021
*
to
August 31, 2022
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:  
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 39.67  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.32  
 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (7.25
 

Total loss from investment operations

    (6.93
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.24
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 32.50  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 32.55  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     (17.52 )% 
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 6,500  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.20 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.24 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    19

 

  *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

118   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

        ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 90.95     $ 70.70     $ 59.09     $ 58.75     $ 49.16  
 

Net investment income(a)

    1.17       0.96       1.06       1.03       0.96  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (12.61     20.21       11.62       0.30       9.56  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    (11.44     21.17       12.68       1.33       10.52  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (1.15     (0.92     (1.07     (0.99     (0.93
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 78.36     $ 90.95     $ 70.70     $ 59.09     $ 58.75  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 78.33     $ 90.91     $ 70.61     $ 59.07     $ 58.75  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     (12.70 )%      30.21     21.81     2.42     21.65
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 11,616,494     $ 13,769,847     $ 10,427,895     $ 6,606,050     $ 3,980,297  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.09     0.09     0.09     0.09     0.09
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.36     1.22     1.72     1.82     1.78
 

Portfolio turnover rate(c)

    12     16     17     16     16

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (c)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year

 

        ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 64.97     $ 43.57     $ 42.84     $ 49.49     $ 39.65  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.74 (b)      0.53 (c)      0.51       0.57       0.56  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (9.07     21.35       0.78       (6.66     9.79  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    (8.33     21.88       1.29       (6.09     10.35  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.77     (0.48     (0.56     (0.56     (0.51
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 55.87     $ 64.97     $ 43.57     $ 42.84     $ 49.49  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 55.92     $ 64.94     $ 43.63     $ 42.84     $ 49.55  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(d)     (12.95 )%      50.45     3.13     (12.28 )%      26.28
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 483,270     $ 412,543     $ 152,484     $ 96,399     $ 47,014  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.22 %(b)      0.90 %(c)      1.21     1.32     1.24
 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    20     25     20     20     27

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.21 per share and 0.34% of average net assets.
  (c)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.09 per share and 0.16% of average net assets.
  (d)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (e)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

120   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout The Period

 

        ActiveBeta®
World Low Vol
Plus Equity ETF
 
        For the Period
March 15, 2022
*
to
August 31, 2022
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:  
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 40.57  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.47  
 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (2.76
 

Total loss from investment operations

    (2.29
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.31
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 37.97  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 37.98  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     (5.65 )% 
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 558,112  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.25 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.54 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    13

 

  *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

August 31, 2022

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), consisting of multiple series. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on December 16, 2009. The following table lists those series of the Trust that are included in this report (collectively, the “Funds” or individually a “Fund”) along with their respective diversification status under the Act:

 

Fund          Diversification
Classification

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

The investment objective of each Fund is to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective Index.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to management agreements (each, an “Agreement” and together, the “Agreements”) with the Trust. Each Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), except for ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF, which are listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. Market prices for the Funds’ shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem shares at their respective NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares, or multiples thereof, referred to as “Creation Units”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash. Shares generally trade in the secondary market in quantities less than a Creation Unit at market prices that change throughout the day. Only those that have entered into an authorized participant agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) may do business directly with the Funds.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. Each Fund is an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

A.  Investment Valuation — The Funds’ valuation policy is to value investments at fair value.

B.  Investment Income and Investments — Investment income includes interest income, dividend income, and securities lending income, if any. Interest income is accrued daily and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recognized on ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign securities, as soon as such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Investment transactions are reflected on trade date. Realized gains and losses are calculated using identified cost. Investment transactions are recorded on the following business day for daily NAV calculations. Investment income is recorded net of any

 

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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

foreign withholding taxes, less any amounts reclaimable. The Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. These reclaims, if any, are recorded when the amount is known and there are no significant uncertainties on collectability. Such amounts recovered, if any, are reflected as other income in the Statements of Operations. Any foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains, and is payable upon sale of such investments. Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gain and/or a return of capital. A return of capital is recorded by the Funds as a reduction to the cost basis of the REIT.

For derivative contracts, unrealized gains and losses are recorded daily and become realized gains and losses upon disposition or termination of the contract.

C.  Expenses — Expenses incurred directly by a Fund are charged to the Fund, and certain expenses incurred by the Trust are allocated across the applicable Funds on a straight-line and/or pro-rata basis, depending upon the nature of the expenses, and are accrued daily.

D.  Federal Taxes and Distributions to Shareholders — It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute each year substantially all of its investment company taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, each Fund is not required to make any provisions for the payment of federal income tax. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. For each Fund, income distributions, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Capital gains distributions, if any, are declared and paid at least annually.

Net capital losses, if any, are carried forward to future fiscal years and may be used to the extent allowed by the Code to offset any future capital gains. Losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. Utilization of capital loss carryforwards will reduce the requirement of future capital gains distributions.

The characterization of distributions to shareholders for financial reporting purposes is determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from GAAP. The source of each Fund’s distributions may be shown in the accompanying financial statements as either from distributable earnings or capital. Certain components of the Funds’ net assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities reflect permanent GAAP/tax differences based on the appropriate tax character.

E.  Foreign Currency Translation — The accounting records and reporting currency of a Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rates at the close of each business day. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is included within net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. Changes in the value of other assets and liabilities as a result of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statements of Operations within net change in unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the date the transaction occurred, the effects of which are included within net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions.

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

U.S. GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Funds’ policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 

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August 31, 2022

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly;

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including GSAM’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement).

The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has approved Valuation Procedures that govern the valuation of the portfolio investments held by the Funds, including investments for which market quotations are not readily available. With respect to the Funds’ investments that do not have readily available market quotations, the Trustees have designated the Adviser as the valuation designee to perform fair valuations pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Valuation Designee”). GSAM has day-to-day responsibility for implementing and maintaining internal controls and procedures related to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. To assess the continuing appropriateness of pricing sources and methodologies, GSAM regularly performs price verification procedures and issues challenges as necessary to third party pricing vendors or brokers, and any differences are reviewed in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.

A.  Level 1 and Level 2 Fair Value Investments — The valuation techniques and significant inputs used in determining the fair values for investments classified as Level 1 and Level 2 are as follows:

Equity Securities — Equity securities traded on a United States (“U.S.”) securities exchange or the NASDAQ system, or those located on certain foreign exchanges, including but not limited to the Americas, are valued daily at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded. If there is no sale or official closing price or such price is believed by GSAM to not represent fair value, equity securities will be valued at the valid closing bid price for long positions and at the valid closing ask price for short positions (i.e. where there is sufficient volume, during normal exchange trading hours). If no valid bid/ask price is available, the equity security will be valued pursuant to the Valuation Procedures and consistent with applicable regulatory guidance. To the extent these investments are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. Certain equity securities containing unique attributes may be classified as Level 2.

Unlisted equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date, or if no sale occurs, at the last bid price for long positions or the last ask price for short positions, and are generally classified as Level 2.

Underlying Funds (including Money Market Funds) — Underlying funds (“Underlying Funds”) include other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Investments in the Underlying Funds (except ETFs) are valued at the NAV per share on the day of valuation. ETFs are valued daily at the last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which the investment is traded. Because the Funds invest in Underlying Funds that fluctuate in value, the Funds’ shares will correspondingly fluctuate in value. Underlying Funds are generally classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. To the extent that underlying ETFs are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. For information regarding an Underlying Fund’s accounting policies and investment holdings, please see the Underlying Fund’s shareholder report.

Derivative Contracts — A derivative is an instrument whose value is derived from underlying assets, indices, reference rates or a combination of these factors. A Fund enters into derivative transactions to hedge against changes in interest rates, securities prices, and/or currency exchange rates, to increase total return, or to gain access to certain markets or attain exposure to other underliers. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of a Fund and cash collateral received, if any, is reported separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as either due to broker/receivable for collateral on certain derivative contracts. Non-cash collateral pledged by a Fund, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments.

Exchange-traded derivatives, including futures and options contracts, are generally valued at the last sale or settlement price on the exchange where they are principally traded. Exchange-traded options without settlement prices are generally valued at the last bid price for long positions and the last ask price for short positions on the exchange where they are principally traded. Exchange-traded derivatives typically fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) and centrally cleared derivatives are valued using market transactions and other market evidence, including market-based inputs to models, calibration to market-clearing transactions, broker or dealer quotations, or other alternative pricing sources. Where models are

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

used, the selection of a particular model to value OTC and centrally cleared derivatives depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the instrument, as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, yield curves, credit curves, measures of volatility, voluntary and involuntary prepayment rates, loss severity rates and correlations of such inputs. For OTC and centrally cleared derivatives that trade in liquid markets, model inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. OTC and centrally cleared derivatives are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when significant inputs are corroborated by market evidence.

Futures Contracts — Futures contracts are contracts to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity or security. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund deposits cash or securities in an account on behalf of the broker in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. Subsequent payments are made or received by a Fund equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable with a corresponding offset to unrealized gains or losses.

B.  Level 3 Fair Value Investments — To the extent that significant inputs to valuation models and other alternative pricing sources are unobservable, or if quotations are not readily available, or if GSAM believes that such quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, the fair value of a Fund’s investments may be determined under the Valuation Procedures. GSAM, consistent with its procedures and applicable regulatory guidance, may make an adjustment to the most recent valuation prices of either domestic or foreign securities in light of significant events to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities at the time of determining a Fund’s NAV. To the extent investments are valued using single source broker quotations obtained directly from the broker or passed through from third party pricing vendors, such investments are classified as Level 3 investments.

C.  Fair Value Hierarchy — The following is a summary of the Funds’ investments and derivatives classified in the fair value hierarchy as of August 31, 2022:

ACTIVEBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 42,005,841        $        $  

Asia

     847,814,402          23,474,559          397,461 (b) 

Europe

     16,394,369                    

North America

     30,913,086                    

South America

     43,419,041          14,926,301           

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     10,851,775                    
Total    $ 991,398,514        $ 38,400,860        $ 397,461  
Derivative Type                            
Liabilities(c)             

Futures Contracts

   $ (8,434      $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table. The Fund utilizes fair value model prices provided by an independent third-party fair value service for certain international equity securities resulting in a Level 2 classification.
(b)   Amount represents valuations of Russian positions for which GSAM has determined include significant unobservable inputs as of August 31, 2022. To the extent that the same positions were held as of the Fund’s prior fiscal year end, August 31, 2021, they were classified as Level 1.
(c)   Amount shown represents unrealized gain (loss) at fiscal year end.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

ACTIVEBETA® EUROPE EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 30,764        $        $  

Asia

     59,391                    

Europe

     10,826,378          81,383           

North America

     1,112,010                    

Oceania

     151,551                    

South America

     13,461                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     61,124                    
Total    $ 12,254,679        $ 81,383        $  
Derivative Type                            
Liabilities(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ (997      $        $  
ACTIVEBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 5,683,458        $        $  

Asia

     670,953,323                    

Europe

     1,341,339,603          11,041,089           

North America

     469,312,711          2,031,575           

Oceania

     202,962,306                    

South America

     4,478,952                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     59,641,107                    
Total    $ 2,754,371,460        $ 13,072,664        $  
Derivative Type                            
Liabilities(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ (699,376      $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table. The Fund utilizes fair value model prices provided by an independent third-party fair value service for certain international equity securities resulting in a Level 2 classification.
(b)   Amount shown represents unrealized gain (loss) at fiscal year end.

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

ACTIVEBETA® JAPAN EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Asia

   $ 12,047,121        $        $  

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     862,006                    
Total    $ 12,909,127        $        $  
ACTIVEBETA® PARIS-ALIGNED CLIMATE U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

North America

   $ 6,474,231        $        $  
Total    $ 6,474,231        $        $  
ACTIVEBETA® U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

North America

   $ 11,588,862,880        $        $  

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     20,073,500                    
Total    $ 11,608,936,380        $        $  
ACTIVEBETA® U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 505,576        $        $  

Asia

     2,012,609                    

Europe

     1,962,725                    

North America

     465,628,975          3,666           

South America

     682,292                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     2,801,299                    
Total    $ 473,593,476        $ 3,666        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table. The Fund utilizes fair value model prices provided by an independent third-party fair value service for certain international equity securities resulting in a Level 2 classification.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

ACTIVEBETA® U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY ETF (continued)

 

Derivative Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ 12,093        $        $  
ACTIVEBETA® WORLD LOW VOL PLUS EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Asia

   $ 45,365,509        $        $  

Europe

     83,802,752                    

North America

     412,444,066                    

Oceania

     15,101,839                    
Total    $ 556,714,166        $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table. The Fund utilizes fair value model prices provided by an independent third-party fair value service for certain international equity securities resulting in a Level 2 classification.
(b)   Amount shown represents unrealized gain (loss) at fiscal year end.

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Schedules of Investments.

 

4. INVESTMENTS IN DERIVATIVES

The following tables set forth, by certain risk types, the gross value of derivative contracts (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) as of August 31, 2022. These instruments were used as part of the Funds’ investment strategies and to obtain and/or manage exposure related to the risks below. The values in the tables below exclude the effects of cash collateral received or posted pursuant to these derivative contracts, and therefore are not representative of the Funds’ net exposure.

 

Risk   Fund      Statement of Assets and Liabilities        Assets (Liabilities)(a)  

Equity

  Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF        Variation Margin on Futures Contracts        $ (8,434

Equity

  Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF        Variation Margin on Futures Contracts          (997

Equity

  Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF        Variation Margin on Futures Contracts          (699,376

Equity

  Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF        Variation Margin on Futures Contracts          12,093  

 

(a)   Includes unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts described in the Additional Investment Information sections of the Schedules of Investments. Only the variation margin as of August 31, 2022 is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following tables set forth, by certain risk types, the Funds’ gains (losses) related to these derivatives and their indicative volumes for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022. These gains (losses) should be considered in the context that these derivative contracts may have been executed to create investment opportunities and/or economically hedge certain investments, and

 

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4. INVESTMENTS IN DERIVATIVES (continued)

 

accordingly, certain gains (losses) on such derivative contracts may offset certain (losses) gains attributable to investments. These gains (losses) are included in “Net realized gain (loss)” or “Net change in unrealized gain (loss)” on the Statements of Operations:

 

Risk                Fund          Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
from Futures
Contracts
     Net Change in
Unrealized Gain
(Loss) on
Futures Contracts
 
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF    $ 5,293      $ (8,434
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF      (9,410      (2,937
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF      1,700,360        (699,376
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF      (2,732       
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF      2,794,530        (498,672
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF      (530,869      (38,563

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the relevant values for each derivative type was as follows:

 

            Fund           Average
Number of
Contracts(a)
 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

       78  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

       3  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

       80  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

       5  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

       62  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

       52  

 

(a)   Amount disclosed represents average number of contracts for the months that the Fund held such derivatives during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022.

 

5. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

A.  Management Agreement — Under the Agreements, GSAM manages the Funds, subject to the general supervision of the Trustees.

As compensation for the services rendered pursuant to the Agreements, the assumption of the expenses related thereto and administration of the Funds’ business affairs, including providing facilities, GSAM is entitled to a management fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

For each Fund except the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, the Funds operate under a unitary management fee structure. Under the unitary fee structure, GSAM is responsible for paying substantially all the expenses of each such Fund, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings and litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. As the Funds directly pay fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, the management fee collected by GSAM will be reduced by an amount equal to the fees and expenses paid by the Funds to the independent Trustees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

5. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, unitary management fees with GSAM were at the following rates for each Fund except the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF:

 

Fund           Unitary
Management Fee

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

         0.25%

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

         0.25%

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

         0.25%

ActiveBeta®  Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

         0.20%

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

         0.09%

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

         0.20%

ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

         0.25%

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, contractual and effective net management fees with GSAM were at the following rate for the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF:

 

Fund           Contractual and Effective Net
Management Fee

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

         0.40%

B.  Other Expense Agreements and Affiliated Transactions — GSAM has agreed to reduce or limit certain “Other Expenses” of the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage fees, expenses of shareholder meetings, litigation and indemnification, and extraordinary expenses) to the extent such expenses exceed, on an annual basis, a percentage rate of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Such Other Expense reimbursements, if any, are accrued daily and paid monthly. In addition, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse GSAM for prior fiscal year expense reimbursements, if any. The Other Expense limitation as an annual percentage rate of average daily net assets for the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF is 0.05%. This Other Expense limitation will remain in effect permanently and GSAM may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Trustees.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, these expense reimbursements amounted to $701,206.

 

6. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS

The Trust issues and redeems shares of the Funds only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without an initial sales load, at NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined in the Statement of Additional Information), of an order in proper form. Shares of the Funds may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions (each an “Authorized Participant”). An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party” or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation; or (2) a Depository Trust Company participant; which, in either case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor. Retail investors will typically not qualify as an Authorized Participant or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Funds. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market at market prices with the assistance of a broker and may be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees. Fixed creation and redemption transaction fees are imposed in connection with creations and redemptions.

Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay a variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (e.g. taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact

 

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6. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Proceeds from sale of shares” in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

 

    ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2022
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    1,200,000     $ 45,853,209        6,800,000     $ 265,763,520  

Shares Redeemed

    (1,650,000     (52,865,514      (22,900,000     (879,193,841

NET DECREASE IN SHARES

    (450,000   $ (7,012,305      (16,100,000   $ (613,430,321
    ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2022

    

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2021

 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    50,000     $ 1,790,247            $  

Shares Redeemed

    (150,000     (4,610,459             

NET DECREASE IN SHARES

    (100,000   $ (2,820,212          $  
    ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2022

    

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2021

 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    15,100,000     $ 495,288,336        25,800,000     $ 860,606,084  

Shares Redeemed

    (3,200,000     (95,030,974             

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    11,900,000     $ 400,257,362        25,800,000     $ 860,606,084  
    ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2022

    

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2021

 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

        $            $  

Shares Redeemed

                 (200,000     (7,502,453

NET DECREASE IN SHARES

        $        (200,000   $ (7,502,453

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

6. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

    ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2022

    

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2021

 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    200,001     $ 7,934,694            $  

Shares Redeemed

    (1     (40             

NET DECREASE IN SHARES

    200,000     $ 7,934,654            $  
    ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2022

    

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2021

 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    17,200,000     $ 1,516,359,247        22,700,000     $ 1,810,334,871  

Shares Redeemed

    (20,350,000     (1,695,965,517      (18,800,000     (1,546,137,808

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    (3,150,000   $ (179,606,270      3,900,000     $ 264,197,063  
    ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2022

    

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2021

 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    2,950,000     $ 176,204,999        3,800,000     $ 224,465,356  

Shares Redeemed

    (650,000     (37,882,026      (950,000     (60,618,621

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    2,300,000     $ 138,322,973        2,850,000     $ 163,846,735  
    ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
   

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2022

    

For the Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2021

 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    14,700,000     $ 616,984,063            $  

Shares Redeemed

                        

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    14,700,000     $ 616,984,063            $  

 

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7. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

 

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of long-term securities for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, were as follows:

 

Fund         Purchases        Sales  

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

       $ 218,605,854        $ 235,021,084  

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

         3,399,768          3,480,886  

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

         571,559,375          530,523,831  

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

         2,873,954          2,882,851  

ActiveBeta®  Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

         1,397,343          1,396,925  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity  ETF

         1,581,861,098          1,564,265,806  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity  ETF

         100,298,000          89,779,312  

ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

         78,745,429          72,331,762  

The purchases and sales from in-kind creation and redemption transactions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, were as follows:

 

Fund         Purchases        Sales  

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

       $ 3,199,262        $ 10,389,406  

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

         1,764,893          4,575,043  

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

         443,149,143          93,102,591  

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

                   

ActiveBeta®  Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

         7,927,747           

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity  ETF

         1,481,235,171          1,662,892,663  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity  ETF

         157,818,504          37,624,227  

ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

         611,142,456           

 

8. SECURITIES LENDING

The Funds may lend their securities through a securities lending agent, the Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), to certain qualified borrowers. In accordance with the Funds’ securities lending procedures, the Funds receive cash collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Funds, at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may experience delay in the recovery of their securities or incur a loss should the borrower of the securities breach its agreement with the Funds or become insolvent at a time when the collateral is insufficient to cover the cost of repurchasing securities on loan. Dividend income received from securities on loan may not be subject to withholding taxes and therefore withholding taxes paid may differ from the amounts listed in the Statements of Operations. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and as such 1) the remaining contractual maturities of the outstanding securities lending transactions are considered to be overnight and continuous and 2) the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

8. SECURITIES LENDING (continued)

 

The Funds invest the cash collateral received in connection with securities lending transactions in the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund (“Government Money Market Fund”), an affiliated series of the Goldman Sachs Trust. The Government Money Market Fund is registered under the Act as an open end investment company, is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the Act, and is managed by GSAM, for which GSAM may receive a management fee of up to 0.16% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Government Money Market Fund.

In the event of a default by a borrower with respect to any loan, BNYM may exercise any and all remedies provided under the applicable borrower agreement to make the Funds whole. These remedies include purchasing replacement securities by applying the collateral held from the defaulting broker against the purchase cost of the replacement securities. If BNYM is unable to purchase replacement securities, BNYM will indemnify the Funds by paying the Funds an amount equal to the market value of the securities loaned minus the value of cash collateral received from the borrower for the loan, subject to an exclusion for any shortfalls resulting from a loss of value in such cash collateral due to reinvestment risk. The Funds’ master netting agreements with certain borrowers provide the right, in the event of a default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. However, in the event of a default by a borrower, a resolution authority could determine that such rights are not enforceable due to the restrictions or prohibitions against the right of set-off that may be imposed in accordance with a particular jurisdiction’s bankruptcy or insolvency laws. The Funds’ loaned securities were all subject to enforceable Securities Lending Agreements and the value of the collateral was at least equal to the value of the cash received. The amounts of the Funds’ overnight and continuous agreements, which represent the gross amounts of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions outstanding as of August 31, 2022, are disclosed as “Payable upon return of securities loaned” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, where applicable.

Both the Funds and BNYM received compensation relating to the lending of the Funds’ securities. The amounts earned, if any, by the Funds for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, are reported under Investment Income on the Statements of Operations.

The following table provides information about the Funds’ investment in the Government Money Market Fund for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022:

 

Fund    Beginning value as
of August 31, 2021
*
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Ending value as of
August 31, 2022
 

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

   $ 8,722,462      $ 125,816,478      $ (123,687,165    $ 10,851,775  

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

     184,641        5,378,010        (5,501,527      61,124  

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

     37,762,053        623,069,473        (601,190,419      59,641,107  

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

     82,494        4,601,560        (3,822,048      862,006  

ActiveBeta®  Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF*

            73,148        (73,148       

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     9,566,002        249,967,630        (239,460,132      20,073,500  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

     5,108,816        38,272,436        (40,579,953      2,801,299  

 

*   Beginning value is as of December 13, 2021 (commencement of operations) for ActiveBeta Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF.

 

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9. TAX INFORMATION

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended August 31, 2022 and August 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022         
     ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Paris-Aligned Climate
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
World Low Vol
Plus
Equity ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

               

Ordinary Income

  $ 53,609,786     $ 658,039     $ 93,382,329     $ 285,200     $ 47,676     $ 174,777,118     $ 5,603,655     $ 4,397,328  

Total taxable distributions

  $ 53,609,786     $ 658,039     $ 93,382,329     $ 285,200     $ 47,676     $ 174,777,118     $ 5,603,655     $ 4,397,328  

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021  
     ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Paris-Aligned Climate
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
World Low Vol
Plus
Equity ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

               

Ordinary Income

  $ 31,408,924     $ 469,425     $ 47,566,749     $ 325,392     $     $ 138,466,225     $ 2,434,684     $  

Total taxable distributions

  $ 31,408,924     $ 469,425     $ 47,566,749     $ 325,392     $     $ 138,466,225     $ 2,434,684     $  

As of August 31, 2022, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax-basis were as follows:

 

     ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Paris-Aligned Climate
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
World Low Vol
Plus
Equity ETF
 

Undistributed ordinary income—net

  $ 6,814,704     $ 40,229     $ 10,949,380     $     $ 15,796     $ 30,968,860     $ 365,901     $ 1,867,096  

Total undistributed earnings

  $ 6,814,704     $ 40,229     $ 10,949,380     $     $ 15,796     $ 30,968,860     $ 365,901     $ 1,867,096  

Capital loss carryforwards(1):

               

Perpetual Short-Term

  $ (18,537,592   $ (908,605   $ (32,894,979   $ (352,828   $     $ (204,920,817   $ (11,445,206   $  

Perpetual Long-Term

          (2,093,602     (70,797,369     (447,827           (218,687,721     (2,653,039      

Timing differences (Post October Capital Loss Deferral/Late Year Ordinary Loss Deferral)

    (15,871,468     (620,899     (115,057,817     (671,682     (230,446     (101,511,677           (5,625,554

Unrealized gains (losses)—net

    13,236,950       (1,346,778     (79,194,072     (106,866     (1,220,287     1,980,672,865       (4,546,127     (55,113,820

Total accumulated earnings (losses) net

  $ (14,357,406   $ (4,929,655   $ (286,994,857   $ (1,579,203   $ (1,434,937   $ 1,486,521,510     $ (18,278,471   $ (58,872,278

 

(1)   The ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, and ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, utilized $454, $22,400, $40,928 and $513,181 respectively, of capital losses in the current fiscal year.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

9. TAX INFORMATION (continued)

 

As of August 31, 2022, the Funds’ aggregate security unrealized gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Paris-Aligned
Climate
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF*
    ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
World Low
Vol Plus
Equity ETF**
 

Tax Cost

  $ 1,012,217,799     $ 13,671,700     $ 2,845,177,242     $ 13,015,737     $ 7,694,518     $ 9,628,263,515     $ 478,155,362     $ 611,809,557  

Gross unrealized gain

    211,733,554       1,351,639       307,462,886       1,397,955       126,123       2,043,444,802       64,092,371       7,435,834  

Gross unrealized loss

    (198,496,604     (2,698,417     (386,656,958     (1,504,821     (1,346,410     (62,771,937     (68,638,498     (62,549,654

Net unrealized gains (losses)

  $ 13,236,950     $ (1,346,778   $ (79,194,072   $ (106,866   $ (1,220,287   $ 1,980,672,865     $ (4,546,127   $ (55,113,820

 

*   ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF commenced operations on December 13, 2021.
**   ActiveBeta® World Vol Equity ETF commenced operations on March 15, 2022.

The difference between GAAP-basis and tax basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable primarily to wash sales, net mark to market gains/(losses) on regulated futures, differences in the tax treatment of partnership investments, and passive foreign investment company investments.

In order to present components of the Funds’ capital accounts on a tax-basis, certain reclassifications have been recorded to the Funds’ accounts. These reclassifications have no impact on the net asset value of the Funds and result primarily from redemption in-kind transactions.

 

Fund         Paid-in
Capital
       Total
Distributable
Earnings
 

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

       $ 1,059,102        $ (1,059,102

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

       $ 567,560        $ (567,560

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

       $ 26,783,340        $ (26,783,340

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

       $        $  

ActiveBeta®  Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

       $        $  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

       $ 765,767,626        $ (765,767,626

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

       $ 15,541,995        $ (15,541,995

ActiveBeta® World Vol Equity ETF

       $        $  

GSAM has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years (the current and prior three years, as applicable) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Such open tax years remain subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities.

 

10. OTHER RISKS

The Funds’ risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Derivatives Risk — The Funds’ use of derivatives may result in loss. Derivative instruments, which may pose risks in addition to and greater than those associated with investing directly in securities, currencies or other instruments, may be illiquid or less liquid, volatile, difficult to price and leveraged so that small changes in the value of the underlying instruments may produce disproportionate losses to the Funds. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment

 

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10. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

techniques and risks different from those associated with investments in more traditional securities and instruments. Losses from derivatives can also result from a lack of correlation between changes in the value of derivative instruments and the portfolio assets (if any) being hedged.

Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk — Investing in foreign markets may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation; less public information; less stringent investor protections; less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards; and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which a Fund invests. The imposition of sanctions, exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), confiscation of assets and property, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the U.S. or other governments, or from problems in registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. The type and severity of sanctions and other similar measures, including counter sanctions and other retaliatory actions, that may be imposed could vary broadly in scope, and their impact is impossible to predict. For example, the imposition of sanctions and other similar measures could, among other things, cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by the sanctioned country or companies located in or economically tied to the sanctioned country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world. Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent a Fund from buying and selling securities (in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of securities transactions, and significantly impact a Fund’s liquidity and performance. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which a Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. To the extent that a Fund also invests in securities of issuers located in, or economically tied to, emerging markets, these risks may be more pronounced.

Foreign Custody Risk — A Fund invests in foreign securities, and as such the Fund may hold such securities and cash with foreign banks, agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund’s custodian (each a “Foreign Custodian”). Some foreign custodians may be recently organized or new to the foreign custody business. In some countries, Foreign Custodians may be subject to little or no regulatory oversight over, or independent evaluation of, their operations. Further, the laws of certain countries may place limitations on a Fund’s ability to recover its assets if a Foreign Custodian enters bankruptcy. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks than investments in more developed markets. Custody services in emerging market countries are very often undeveloped and may be considerably less well regulated than in more developed countries, and thus may not afford the same level of investor protection as would apply in developed countries.

Index Risk — GSAM (the “Index Provider”) constructs each Fund’s index (an “Index”) in accordance with a rules-based methodology. A Fund will be negatively affected by general declines in the securities and asset classes represented in its Index. In addition, because the Funds are not “actively” managed, unless a specific security is removed from an Index, a Fund generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on a Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. A Fund also does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. Therefore, a Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers. The Index Provider relies on third party data it believes to be reliable in constructing each Index, but it does not guarantee the accuracy or availability of such third party data. Errors in index data, index computation or the construction of an Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the applicable Fund and its shareholders. In addition, neither a Fund, the Investment Adviser, the Calculation Agent nor the Index Provider can guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the Index. Furthermore, the index providers for the reference indices upon which the Funds’ Indexes are based may delay or change a scheduled rebalancing or reconstitution of an index or the implementation of certain rules at their sole discretion. In such circumstances, a Fund, in replicating the composition of an index, may have more or less exposure to a particular sector or individual company than had the index been constructed in accordance with its stated methodology.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2022

 

10. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk — As a shareholder of another investment company, including an ETF, a Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any net management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, in addition to the fees and expenses regularly borne by the Fund. ETFs are subject to risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or a discount to their NAV; and (ii) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.

Market and Credit Risks — In the normal course of business, a Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk). The value of the securities in which a Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats could also significantly impact a Fund and its investments.

Additionally, a Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

Market Trading Risk — Each Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The Investment Adviser cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities of a Fund’s Index trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time.

Tracking Error Risk — Tracking error is the divergence of a Fund’s performance from that of its Index. The performance of a Fund may diverge from that of its Index for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, a Fund’s holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, changes to its Index or the need to meet new or existing regulatory requirements. Unlike a Fund, the returns of an Index are not reduced by investment and other operating expenses, including the trading costs associated with implementing changes to its portfolio of investments. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions.

 

11. INDEMNIFICATIONS

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Trustees, officers, employees and agents are indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act and state law, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, GSAM believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

12. OTHER MATTERS

In late February 2022, Russia began an invasion of Ukraine. Following such invasion, the United States, the European Union, and other countries and entities imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russia and related entities. The ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF has limited market value in Russian and Ukrainian securities, which are being valued to reflect the limited liquidity and transferability in the current environment. With the closure of local Russian markets and imposition of sanctions in late February and early March, there are currently limited portfolio management actions possible as many of these assets are either sanctioned and/or cannot be transferred or settled. These sanctions and the current environment could impair the ability of the Funds to buy, sell, hold, receive, deliver or otherwise transact in certain securities and other instruments. The full impact of the

 

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12. OTHER MATTERS (continued)

 

sanctions and the Russia-Ukraine conflict on these Funds, the financial markets and the global economy is not yet known. Management is continuing to monitor these developments and evaluate other impacts they may have on the Funds.

 

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date have been evaluated, and GSAM has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust and Shareholders of Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds indicated in the table below (eight of the funds constituting Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of August 31, 2022, the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of August 31, 2022, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Fund    Statement of
operations
   Statements of
changes in net assets
   Financial
highlights
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF    For the year ended August 31, 2022    For the two years ended August 31, 2022    For each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2022
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF    For the period December 13, 2021 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022
ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF    For the period March 15, 2022 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

 

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Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

October 25, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Goldman Sachs fund complex since 2000.

 

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Voting Results of Special Meeting of Shareholders (Unaudited)

 

A Special Meeting (the “Meeting”) of the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (“the Trust”) was held on December 3, 2021 to consider and act upon the proposal below. Each Fund has amortized its respective share of the proxy, shareholder meeting and other related costs and GSAM has agreed to reimburse the Fund in an amount equal to the portion of the increase in the Fund’s total expense ratio that exceeds a specified percentage.

At the Meeting, Cheryl K. Beebe, Lawrence Hughes, John F. Killian, Steven D. Krichmar and Linda A. Lang were elected to the Trust’s Board of Trustees. In electing trustees, the Trust’s shareholders voted as follows:

 

Proposal 1.

Election of Trustees

   For      Against/Withheld      Abstain  

Cheryl K. Beebe

     264,924,160        15,294,512        0  

Lawrence Hughes

     279,548,931        669,741        0  

John F. Killian

     264,883,857        15,334,814        0  

Steven D. Krichmar

     279,552,751        665,920        0  

Linda A. Lang

     279,620,511        598,160        0  
        

 

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Statement Regarding Basis for Initial Approval of Management Agreement for the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (Unaudited)

 

Background

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (the “Fund”) is a newly-organized investment portfolio of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (the “Trust”) that commenced investment operations on March 15, 2022. At a meeting held on December 1, 2021 (the “Meeting”) in connection with the Fund’s organization, the Board of Trustees, including all of the Trustees present who are not parties to the Fund’s investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) or “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of any party thereto (the “Independent Trustees”) approved the Management Agreement with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Investment Adviser”) on behalf of the Fund.

At the Meeting, the Trustees reviewed the Management Agreement with respect to the Fund, including information regarding the terms of the Management Agreement; the nature, extent and quality of the Investment Adviser’s anticipated services; the fees and expenses to be paid by the Fund; a comparison of the Fund’s proposed management fee and anticipated expenses with those paid by other similar exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); potential benefits to be derived by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund; and potential benefits to be derived by the Fund from its relationship with the Investment Adviser. Various information was also provided at prior meetings at which the Fund was discussed.

In connection with the Meeting, the Trustees received written materials and oral presentations on the topics covered, and were advised by their independent legal counsel regarding their responsibilities and other regulatory requirements related to the approval of registered fund investment management agreements under applicable law. In evaluating the Management Agreement at the Meeting, the Trustees relied upon information included in a presentation made by the Investment Adviser at the Meeting and information received at prior Board meetings, as well as on their knowledge of the Investment Adviser resulting from their meetings and other interactions over time.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of the Services Provided Under the Management Agreement

As part of their review, the Trustees considered the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the Fund by the Investment Adviser. In this regard, the Trustees considered both the investment advisory services and non-advisory services that would be provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees noted the ongoing recruitment efforts aimed at bringing high quality investment talent to the Investment Adviser. They also noted the significant resources that the Investment Adviser devotes to risk management and the control environment in which the Fund would operate, the Investment Adviser’s commitment to maintaining high quality systems and expending substantial resources to respond to ongoing changes to the market, regulatory and control environment in which the Fund and its service providers would operate, including developments associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical events, and economic sanctions, as well as the efforts of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to combat cyber security risks. The Trustees considered that under the Management Agreement, the Fund pays a single management fee to the Investment Adviser, and the Investment Adviser pays all of the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings and litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. The Trustees also considered information about the Fund’s structure, investment objective, strategies and other characteristics. In particular, they noted that the Fund would operate as a passively-managed ETF that seeks to track a proprietary index created by the Investment Adviser. The Trustees noted the experience and capabilities of the key personnel of the Investment Adviser who would provide services to the Fund. In particular, the Trustees considered the Investment Adviser’s extensive experience in managing quantitative investment strategies and its expertise in developing “smart beta” products. The Trustees also considered information regarding the Investment Adviser’s business continuity planning and remote operations capabilities. The Trustees concluded that the Investment Adviser would be able to commit substantial financial and operational resources to the Fund. They also considered that although the Fund was new (and therefore had no performance data to evaluate), the Investment Adviser has committed substantial financial and operational resources to ETFs and has extensive experience managing other types of registered investment companies. The Trustees also recognized that the Investment Adviser had made significant commitments to address regulatory compliance requirements applicable to the Fund and the Investment Adviser and its affiliates.

Unitary Fee Structure and Profitability

The Trustees considered the unitary management fee rate payable by the Fund, noting that the Management Agreement provides for a unitary fee structure, pursuant to which the Fund pays a single management fee to the Investment Adviser and the Investment Adviser then pays all of the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses. In addition, the Trustees considered information on the services to be rendered by the Investment Adviser to the Fund, which would include both advisory and non-advisory services directed to the needs and operations of the Fund as an ETF. The Trustees noted that no license fees would be payable to the

 

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Statement Regarding Basis for Initial Approval of Management Agreement for the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Investment Adviser by the Fund for use of the index created by the Investment Adviser. The Trustees also considered information provided regarding fees and expenses of comparable ETFs advised by other, unaffiliated investment management firms. The comparisons of the Fund’s unitary management fee rate and projected expense ratio were prepared by the Investment Adviser and a third-party provider of mutual fund and ETF data. In particular, the Trustees referred to an analysis comparing the Fund’s unitary management fee rate and projected expense ratio to those of relevant peer funds. The Trustees concluded that the comparisons were useful in evaluating the reasonableness of the management fee and total expenses to be paid by the Fund. The Trustees concluded that the Investment Adviser’s management of the Fund likely would benefit the Fund and its shareholders.

In addition, the Trustees recognized that there was not yet profitability data to evaluate for the Fund, but considered the Investment Adviser’s representations that (i) such data would be provided after the Fund commenced operations, and (ii) the Fund was not expected to be profitable to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates initially.

Economies of Scale

The Trustees noted that the Fund, similar to many other ETFs, would not have management fee breakpoints. The Trustees considered the Fund’s projected asset levels and information comparing the fee rates charged by the Investment Adviser with fee rates charged to other ETFs in the Fund’s peer group.

Other Benefits to the Investment Adviser and Its Affiliates

The Trustees also considered the other benefits expected to be derived by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund as stated above, including: (a) the Investment Adviser’s ability to leverage the infrastructure designed to service the Fund on behalf of its other clients; (b) the Investment Adviser’s ability to cross-market other products and services to Fund shareholders; (c) fees earned by the Investment Adviser for managing the fund in which the Funds’ securities lending cash collateral is invested; (d) the Investment Adviser’s ability to negotiate better pricing with custodians on behalf of its other clients, as a result of the relationship with the Fund; and (e) the possibility that the working relationship between the Investment Adviser and the Fund’s third party service providers may cause those service providers to be more likely to do business with other areas of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”).

Other Benefits to the Fund and Its Shareholders

The Trustees also noted that the Fund is expected to receive certain potential benefits as a result of its relationship with the Investment Adviser, including: (a) enhanced servicing from vendors due to the volume of business generated by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates; (b) the Investment Adviser’s ability to hire and retain qualified personnel to provide services to the Fund because of the reputation of the Goldman Sachs organization; and (c) the Fund’s access to certain affiliated distribution channels.

Conclusion

In connection with their consideration of the Management Agreement, the Trustees gave weight to each of the factors described above, but did not identify any particular factor as controlling their decision. After deliberation and consideration of all of the information provided, including the factors described above, the Trustees concluded, in the exercise of their business judgment, that the unitary management fee to be paid by the Fund was reasonable in light of the services to be provided to it by the Investment Adviser, the Investment Adviser’s costs and the Fund’s reasonably foreseeable asset levels. The Trustees unanimously concluded that the engagement of the Investment Adviser likely would benefit the Fund and its shareholders and that the Management Agreement should be approved for an initial two-year period from its effective date.

 

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Fund Expenses — Six Month Period Ended 8/31/2022 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in Shares of the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Shares of a Fund.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period from from March 1, 2022 through August 31, 2022, which represents a period of 184 days of a 365 day year (or less where indicated).

Actual Expenses — The first line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the six months. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000=8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes — The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF  
     Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/22
    Expenses
Paid
**
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/22
    Expenses
Paid
**
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/22
    Expenses
Paid
**
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/22
    Expenses
Paid
**
 

Actual based on NAV

  $ 1,000     $ 853.70     $ 2.10     $ 1,000     $ 825.69     $ 1.15     $ 1,000     $ 859.40     $ 1.17     $ 1,000     $ 879.00     $ 1.18  

Hypothetical 5% return

    1,000       1,022.94     2.29       1,000       1,023.95     1.28       1,000       1,023.95     1.28       1,000       1,023.95     1.28  
     ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S.
Large Cap Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF  
     Beginning
Account
Value
12/13/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/22
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/22
    Expenses
Paid
**
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/22
    Expenses
Paid
**
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/15/22
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/22
    Expenses
Paid
***
 

Actual based on NAV

  $ 1,000     $ 892.61     $ 0.95     $ 1,000     $ 912.98     $ 0.43     $ 1,000     $ 908.86     $ 0.96     $ 1,000     $ 943.50     $ 1.13  

Hypothetical 5% return

    1,000       1,024.20     1.02       1,000       1,024.75     0.46       1,000       1,024.20     1.02       1,000       1,022.12     1.18  

 

  +   Hypothetical expenses are based on the Fund’s actual annualized net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses.  

 

  *   The Fund commenced operations on December 13, 2021. Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the ending value for the period, multiplied by 262/365, which represents a period of 78 days of a 365 day year (to reflect the Fund’s commencement of operation).  

 

  **   Expenses for each Fund are calculated using the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six months ended February 28, 2022. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the annualized net expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the most recent fiscal year; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the fiscal year. The annualized net expense ratio for the period is as follows:  

 

  ***   The Fund commenced operations on March 15, 2022. Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the ending value for the period, multiplied by 170/365, which represents a period of 78 days of a 365 day year (to reflect the Fund’s commencement of operations).  

 

Fund        

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

     0.45

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

     0.25  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

     0.25  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

     0.25  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     0.20  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     0.09  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

     0.20  

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF

     0.25  

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

Independent Trustees

 

Name,

Address and Age1

  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
 

Term of

Office and

Length of
Time Served2

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
 

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee4

Cheryl K. Beebe

Age: 66

  Chair of the Board of Trustees   Since 2021  

Ms. Beebe is retired. She is Director, Packaging Corporation of America (2008-Present); Director, The Mosaic Company (2019-Present); Director, HanesBrands Inc. (2020-Present); and was formerly Director, Convergys Corporation (a global leader in customer experience outsourcing) (2015-2018); and formerly held the position of Executive Vice President, (2010-2014); and Chief Financial Officer, Ingredion, Inc. (a leading global ingredient solutions company) (2004-2014).

 

Chair of the Board of Trustees — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  68   Packaging Corporation of America (producer of container board); The Mosaic Company (producer of phosphate and potash fertilizer); HanesBrands Inc. (a multinational clothing company)

Lawrence Hughes

Age: 64

  Trustee   Since 2021  

Mr. Hughes is retired. Formerly, he held senior management positions with BNY Mellon Wealth Management, a division of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (a financial services company) (1991-2015), most recently as Chief Executive Officer (2010-2015). He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors, (2012-Present) and formerly served as Chairman (2012-2019), Ellis Memorial and Eldredge House (a not-for-profit organization). Previously, Mr. Hughes served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs Trust II (February 2016-April 2016).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  68   None

John F. Killian

Age: 67

  Trustee   Since 2021  

Mr. Killian is retired. He is Director, Consolidated Edison, Inc. (2007-Present); and was formerly Director, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (2011-2022). Previously, he held senior management positions with Verizon Communications, Inc., including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2009-2010); and President, Verizon Business, Verizon Communications, Inc. (2005-2009).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  68   Consolidated Edison, Inc. (a utility holding company)

Steven D. Krichmar

Age: 64

  Trustee   Since 2021  

Mr. Krichmar is retired. Formerly, he held senior management and governance positions with Putnam Investments, LLC, a financial services company (2001-2016). He was most recently Chief of Operations and a member of the Operating Committee of Putnam Investments, LLC and Principal Financial Officer of The Putnam Funds. Previously, Mr. Krichmar served as an Audit Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and its predecessor company (1990-2001).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  68   None
         

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Independent Trustees

 

Name,

Address and Age1

  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
 

Term of

Office and

Length of
Time Served2

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
 

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee4

Linda A. Lang

Age: 64

  Trustee   Since 2016  

Ms. Lang is retired. She was formerly Chair of the Board of Directors (2016-2019); and Member of the Board of Directors, WD-40 Company (a global consumer products company) (2004-2019); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2014); and Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jack in the Box, Inc. (a restaurant company) (2003-2005). Previously, Ms. Lang served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (February 2016-March 2016).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  69   None

Michael Latham

Age: 56

  Trustee   Since 2015  

Mr. Latham is retired. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Director of FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company) (2021-Present). Formerly, Mr. Latham held senior management positions with the iShares exchange-traded fund business owned by BlackRock, Inc., including Chairman (2011-2014); Global Head (2010-2011); U.S. Head (2007-2010); and Chief Operating Officer (2003-2007).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  69   FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company)

Lawrence W. Stranghoener

Age: 68

  Trustee   Since 2015  

Mr. Stranghoener is retired. He is Chairman, Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials) (2003-Present); and was formerly Director, Aleris Corporation and Aleris International, Inc. (a producer of aluminum rolled products) (2011-2020); Interim Chief Executive Officer (2014) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2004-2014), Mosaic Company (a fertilizer manufacturing company).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Chair of the Board of Trustees — Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund

  69   Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials)
         

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Interested Trustee*

 

Name,

Address and Age1

  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
 

Term of

Office and

Length of
Time Served2

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
 

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee4

James A. McNamara

Age: 59

  President and Trustee   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993 - April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  172   None
         
*   Mr. McNamara is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he holds a position with Goldman Sachs and owns securities issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Interested Trustee holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.
1    Each Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Trustee, c/o Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282, Attn: Caroline Kraus. Information is provided as of August 31, 2022.
2    Each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term, until the earliest of: (a) the election of his or her successor; (b) the date the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Board or shareholders, in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust; or (c) the termination of the Trust. The Board has adopted policies which provide that each Independent Trustee shall retire as of December 31st of the calendar year in which he or she reaches (a) his or her 74th birthday or (b) the 15th anniversary of the date he or she became a Trustee, whichever is earlier, unless a waiver of such requirements shall have been adopted by a majority of the other Trustees. These policies may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder vote.
3    The Goldman Sachs Fund Complex includes certain other companies listed above for each respective Trustee. As of August 31, 2022, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust consisted of 46 portfolios (29 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II consisted of 2 portfolios (1 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust consisted of 88 portfolios; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust consisted of 15 portfolios (12 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust II consisted of 18 portfolios (16 of which offered shares to the public); and Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund, Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund each consisted of one portfolio. Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund did not offer shares to the public.
4    This column includes only directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the Act.

 

Additional information about the Trustees is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States of America): 1-800-526-7384.

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Officers of the Trust*

 

Name, Address and Age1   Positions Held
with the Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served2
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

James A. McNamara

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 59

  Trustee and President   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Caroline L. Kraus

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 45

  Secretary   Since 2014  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2016-Present); Vice President, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2015); Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs (January 2020-Present); Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (2012-December 2019); Assistant General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2011); and Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP (2002-2006).

 

Secretary — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit LLC; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLC; Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Joseph F. DiMaria

30 Hudson Street

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Age: 54

 

Treasurer, Principal

Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

  Since 2017 (Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer since 2019)  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (November 2015-Present) and Vice President-Mutual Fund Administration, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (May 2010-October 2015).

 

Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Trust II (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

     
*   Represents a partial list of officers of the Trust. Additional information about all the officers is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States): 1-800-621-2550.
1    Information is provided as of August 31, 2022.
2    Officers hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each officer holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta ETFs — Tax Information (Unaudited)

From distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the total amount of income received by the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF from sources within foreign countries and possessions of the United States was $0.9244, $0.8317, $0.5623 and $0.9741 per share, respectively, all of which is attributable to qualified passive income. The percentage of net investment income dividends paid from foreign sources by the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF was 83.15%, 79.20%, 83.94% and 95.55%, respectively. The total amount of taxes paid by the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF to foreign countries was $0.1760, $0.1078, $0.0569, and $0.1491 per share, respectively.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, 44.29%, 74.22%, 79.11%, 98.55%, 100%, 82.62%, 100% and 100% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate US Large Cap Equity ETF, and ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF, respectively, qualify for the reduced tax rate under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, 98.06%, 90.89%, 100% and 43.77% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate US Large Cap Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF qualify for the dividends received deduction available to corporations.

For the year ended August 31, 2022, 8.69% of the dividend paid from net investment company taxable income by ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF qualifies as section 199A dividends.

 

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FUNDS PROFILE

 

Goldman Sachs ETFs

 

 

LOGO

 

Goldman Sachs is a premier financial services firm, known since 1869 for creating thoughtful and customized investment solutions in complex global markets.

Today, the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, including private institutions, public entities and individuals. With approximately $2.27 trillion in assets under supervision as of June 30, 2022, Goldman Sachs Asset Management has portfolio management teams located around the world and our investment professionals bring firsthand knowledge of local markets to every investment decision. Assets under supervision includes assets under management and other client assets for which Goldman Sachs does not have full discretion. Goldman Sachs Asset Management leverages the resources of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC subject to legal, internal and regulatory restrictions.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Paris-Aligned Climate U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Emerging Markets USD Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. 1000 Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Health Care Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Consumer Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Real Estate and Infrastructure Equity ETF

INDEX DISCLAIMERS

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index, MSCI Europe Index, MSCI World ex USA Index and MSCI Japan Index (the “MSCI Indices”) were used by GSAM as the reference universe for selection of the companies included in the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index and Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index (the “ActiveBeta® Indices”), respectively. MSCI Inc. does not in any way sponsor, support, promote or endorse the ActiveBeta® Indices or the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF or Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (the “ActiveBeta® ETFs” or the “Funds”). MSCI Inc. was not and is not involved in any way in the creation, calculation, maintenance or review of the ActiveBeta® Indices. The MSCI Indices were provided on an “as is” basis. MSCI Inc., its affiliates and any other person or entity involved in or related to compiling, computing or creating the MSCI Indices (collectively, the “MSCI Parties”) expressly disclaim all warranties (including, without limitation, any warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose). Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall any MSCI Party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including without limitation lost profits) or any other damages in connection with the MSCI Indices, the ActiveBeta® ETFs or the ActiveBeta® Indices.

The Russell 2000® Index was used by Goldman Sachs Asset Management or its affiliate as the starting universe for selection of the companies included in the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index. Frank Russell Company (“Russell”) does not in any way sponsor, support, promote or endorse the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index or the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF. In no event shall any Russell Party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including without limitation lost profits) or any other damages in connection with the Russell 2000® Index or the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index.

The ActiveBeta® Indices are trademarks of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and have been licensed for use by Goldman Sachs ETF Trust.

Solactive US Large Cap Index intends to track the performance of the large cap segment in the United States. Constituents are selected and weighted based on free-float market capitalization. The index is calculated as a total return index in USD and reconstituted semi-annually with quarterly IPO reviews.

Solactive GBS Developed Markets Large & Mid Cap Index is part of the Solactive Global Benchmark Series which includes benchmark indices for developed and emerging market countries. The index intends to track the performance of the large and mid cap segment covering approximately the largest 85% of the free-float market capitalization in the developed European market. It is calculated as a total return index in EUR and weighted by free-float market capitalization.

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P., THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., AND GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC (COLLECTIVELY, “GOLDMAN SACHS”) DOES NOT GUARANTEE NOR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE OWNERS OR SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUNDS OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE ADVISABILITY OF INVESTING IN SECURITIES GENERALLY OR IN A FUND PARTICULARLY OR THE ABILITY OF THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES TO TRACK GENERAL MARKET PERFORMANCE. GOLDMAN SACHS, IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE INDEX PROVIDER OF THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES, LICENSES CERTAIN TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES TO THE FUNDS. GOLDMAN SACHS HAS NO OBLIGATION TO TAKE THE NEEDS OF THE FUNDS OR THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUNDS INTO CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING, COMPOSING OR CALCULATING THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES. GOLDMAN SACHS OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES MAY HOLD LONG OR SHORT POSITIONS IN SECURITIES HELD BY A FUND OR IN RELATED DERIVATIVES.

GOLDMAN SACHS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. GOLDMAN SACHS HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN OR IN THE CALCULATION THEREOF. GOLDMAN SACHS MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE MARKS, THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY A FUND, THE SHAREHOLDERS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM USE OF THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, GOLDMAN SACHS HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.


TRUSTEES

Cheryl K. Beebe, Chair

Lawrence Hughes

John F. Killian

Steven D. Krichmar

Linda A. Lang

Michael Latham

James A. McNamara

Lawrence W. Stranghoener

 

OFFICERS

James A. McNamara, President

Joseph F. DiMaria, Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

Caroline L. Kraus, Secretary

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Transfer Agent

 

ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

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GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.

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The reports concerning the Funds included in this shareholder report may contain certain forward-looking statements about the factors that may affect the performance of the Funds in the future. These statements are based on Fund management’s predictions and expectations concerning certain future events and their expected impact on the Funds, such as performance of the economy as a whole and of specific industry sectors, changes in the levels of interest rates, the impact of developing world events, and other factors that may influence the future performance of the Funds. Management believes these forward-looking statements to be reasonable, although they are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Actual events may cause adjustments in portfolio management strategies from those currently expected to be employed.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how a Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-621-2550; and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) web site at http://www.sec.gov.

The Funds will file their portfolio holdings information for each month in a fiscal quarter within 60 days after the end of the relevant fiscal quarter on the Form N-PORT. Portfolio holdings information for the third month of each fiscal quarter will be made available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. Portfolio holdings information may be obtained upon request and without charge by calling 1-800-621-2550.

Fund holdings and allocations shown are as of August 31, 2022 and may not be representative of future investments. Fund holdings should not be relied on in making investment decisions and should not be construed as research or investment advice regarding particular securities. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

Economic and market forecasts presented herein reflect our judgment as of the date of this presentation and are subject to change without notice. These forecasts do not take into account the specific investment objectives, restrictions, tax and financial situation or other needs of any specific client. Actual data will vary and may not be reflected here. These forecasts are subject to high levels of uncertainty that may affect actual performance. Accordingly, these forecasts should be viewed as merely representative of a broad range of possible outcomes. These forecasts are estimated, based on assumptions, and are subject to significant revision and may change materially as economic and market conditions change. Goldman Sachs has no obligation to provide updates or changes to these forecasts. Case studies and examples are for illustrative purposes only.

ETF Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their net asset value (“NAV”) only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor of the Goldman Sachs ETF Funds. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is unaffiliated with Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

This material is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Prospectus or summary prospectus, if applicable. Investors should consider a Fund’s objective, risks, and charges and expenses, and read the summary prospectus, if available, and/or the Prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. The summary prospectus, if available, and the Prospectus contain this and other information about a Fund and may be obtained from your authorized dealer or from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC by calling 1-800-621-2550.

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