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  MARCH 31, 2022

 

   2022 Annual Report

 

iShares Trust

 

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iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF | XVV | Cboe BZX

 

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iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF | XJH | Cboe BZX

 

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iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF | XJR | Cboe BZX


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of March 31, 2022 saw a continuation of the resurgent growth that followed the initial coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic reopening, albeit at a slower pace. The global economy weathered the emergence of several variant strains and the resulting peaks and troughs in infections amid optimism that increasing vaccinations and economic adaptation could help contain the pandemic’s disruptions. However, rapid changes in consumer spending led to supply constraints and elevated inflation. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the invasion has presented challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices were mixed, as persistently high inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates, which particularly weighed on relatively high valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. Overall, small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, while large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted a strong advance. International equities from developed markets gained slightly, although emerging market stocks declined, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose during the reporting period as the economy expanded rapidly and inflation reached its highest annualized reading in decades. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, although the improving economy assuaged credit concerns and high-yield corporate bonds consequently declined less than investment-grade corporate bonds.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is growing faster than expected, raised interest rates in March 2022, the first increase of this business cycle. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and raised the prospect of reversing the flow and reducing its balance sheet. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s new tone led many analysts to anticipate that the Fed will continue to raise interest rates multiple times throughout the year.

Looking ahead, however, the horrific war in Ukraine has significantly clouded the outlook for the global economy, leading to major volatility in energy and metal markets. Sanctions on Russia, Europe’s top energy supplier, and general wartime disruption are likely to drive already-high commodity prices even higher. Sharp increases in energy prices will exacerbate inflationary pressure while also constraining economic growth. Combating inflation without stifling a recovery, while buffering against ongoing supply and price shocks amid the ebb and flow of the pandemic, will be an especially challenging environment for setting effective monetary policy. Despite the likelihood of more rate increases on the horizon, we believe the Fed will err on the side of protecting employment, even at the expense of higher inflation.

In this environment, we favor an overweight to equities, as valuations have become more attractive and inflation-adjusted interest rates remain low. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long term. We favor U.S. equities due to strong earnings momentum, while Japanese equities should benefit from supportive monetary and fiscal policy. We are underweight credit overall, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities for additional yield. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability and quality can help provide portfolio resilience.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock, Inc.

 

Total Returns as of March 31, 2022

 

     
  6-Month   12-Month 
   

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

  5.92 %     15.65
   

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

  (5.55 )   (5.79 )
   

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

  (3.38 )   1.16
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (8.20 )   (11.37 )
   

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

  0.05   0.07
   

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

  (6.04 )   (3.31 )
   

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

  (5.92 )   (4.15 )
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  (5.55 )   (4.47 )
   

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

  (4.16 )   (0.66 )
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     

Page

 

The Markets in Review

   2

Market Overview

   4

Fund Summary

   5

About Fund Performance

   11

Shareholder Expenses

   11

Schedules of Investments

   12

Financial Statements

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   36

Statements of Operations

   37

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   38

Financial Highlights

   40

Notes to Financial Statements

   43

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   51

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

   52

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

   53

Supplemental Information

   54

Trustee and Officer Information

   55

General Information

   58

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   59

 

 

 


Market Overview

 

iShares Trust

Domestic Market Overview

U.S. stocks advanced for the 12 months ended March 31, 2022 (“reporting period”), when the Russell 3000® Index, a broad measure of U.S. equity market performance, returned 11.92%. The strengthening economy supported equities, as high consumer spending drove robust growth, and most remaining coronavirus pandemic-related restrictions were eased. Increased economic activity led to strong corporate earnings as companies reaped the benefits of the recovery. Nonetheless, significant challenges emerged, particularly during the second half of the reporting period, including high inflation, rising interest rates, and the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. economic recovery was powered primarily by consumers, who were supported by strong household balance sheets. Prior to the beginning of the reporting period, fiscal stimulus and business closures led to record-high personal savings rates. This allowed consumers to spend at an elevated level throughout much of the reporting period, as pent-up demand was released. The ensuing acceleration in economic activity allowed the U.S. to reach and then surpass its pre-pandemic output level. Hiring increased as businesses restored capacity, and unemployment decreased substantially, falling to 3.6% in March 2022.

The growing economy and rapid increases in consumer spending drove a significant rise in inflation. Supply chains for many goods were disrupted by the pandemic and were unable to quickly adapt to the rapid rebound in demand. In one prominent example of this dynamic, a global shortage of semiconductors created bottlenecks in the production of many goods, including automobiles. Consequently, the price of used cars rose sharply during the reporting period and was a notable factor in overall inflation. Oil prices also rose significantly as demand increased, and the supply of oil was constrained by a lack of investment. The strong job market led to higher wages, particularly at the lower end of the market. These factors led to higher prices in many areas of the economy. By the end of the reporting period the consumer price index, a widely used measure of prices in the U.S., grew at the fastest rate since 1982.

Rising inflation led to a shift in policy from the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”). As the reporting period began, the Fed was using accommodative monetary policy to stimulate the economy. Short-term interest rates were kept at near zero levels, and the Fed used bond-buying programs to stabilize debt markets. However, rising prices led the Fed to tighten monetary policy in the second half of the reporting period in an attempt to prevent runaway inflation. The Fed slowed and then ended its bond-buying activities and discussed plans to begin reducing its balance sheet by selling bonds later in 2022. In March 2022, it raised short-term interest rates and indicated that further increases could be necessary. Interest rates rose significantly in anticipation of further tightening, leading to higher borrowing costs for businesses.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 raised the prospect of substantial disruptions to the global economy and increased uncertainty in financial markets. The invasion was met with widespread condemnation and sanctions imposed by many countries on the Russian state, businesses, and individuals. This led to sharp volatility in energy markets, as Russia is a top producer of both oil and natural gas. Furthermore, both Russia and Ukraine are notable exporters of wheat, and the war’s disruption led to concerns surrounding food prices.

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P 500 Sustainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

      Average Annual Total Returns               Cumulative Total Returns    
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    14.74      23.54       14.74      38.00

Fund Market

    14.47        23.59         14.47        38.08  

Index

    14.81        23.69               14.81        38.21  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 9/22/20. The first day of secondary market trading was 9/24/20.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return  
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 


(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period


 (a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio


 
      $        1,000.00          $        1,046.80          $        0.41               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.50          $        0.40          0.08

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Investor interest in the environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) attributes of companies continued to grow during the reporting period as ESG investments reached a record level in 2021. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health was a motivating factor for many businesses to reexamine their ESG policies. In August 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a stock exchange’s rule change requiring disclosures designed to encourage diversity on the boards of public companies. A rule proposed by the Department of Labor in October 2021 would expand the ability of retirement plan sponsors to offer ESG products, reversing the stance of the prior administration.

In this environment, the stocks of large-capitalization U.S. companies, screened to exclude companies engaged in controversial activities, posted a strong advance for the reporting period. The information technology sector contributed the most to the Index’s relative return, driven primarily by the strong performance of the largest companies in the sector. These companies benefited from network effects, which allowed them to use existing products and services to make their offerings more attractive to new customers.

Stocks in the healthcare sector advanced, buoyed by earnings growth and a partial return to normalcy in medical care as the coronavirus pandemic abated. The financials sector also contributed to the Index’s return, as the strengthening economy and higher interest rates drove earnings growth.

In terms of relative performance, the Index slightly underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P 500 Index. Relative to the broader market, the controversial activities exclusion process leads to overweight positions in stocks with a lower environmental impact and fewer potentially socially harmful activities. Consequently, the Index achieved an MSCI ESG quality score of 7.8 and an MSCI ESG fund rating of AA. The Index held relatively overweight positions in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors and underweight positions in the energy and industrials sectors. The underweight in energy was the largest detractor from relative performance, while the overweight to information technology contributed slightly.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Information Technology

    30.9

Health Care

    13.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    13.3  

Financials

    11.7  

Communication Services

    10.3  

Industrials

    6.3  

Consumer Staples

    5.4  

Real Estate

    3.0  

Materials

    2.8  

Utilities

    1.5  

Energy

    1.1  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Apple Inc.

    7.8

Microsoft Corp.

    6.7  

Amazon.com Inc.

    4.1  

Tesla Inc.

    2.6  

Alphabet Inc., Class A

    2.4  

Alphabet Inc., Class C

    2.2  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2.0  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B

    1.9  

Meta Platforms Inc, Class A

    1.5  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    1.4  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of mid-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Sustainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns             Cumulative Total Returns    
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    2.88      29.02       2.88      47.42

Fund Market

    2.77        29.16         2.77        47.67  

Index

    3.01        29.29               3.01        47.86  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 9/22/20. The first day of secondary market trading was 9/24/20.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return  
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 


(a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)


 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)


 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period 


(a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio


 
      $        1,000.00          $        1,018.00          $        0.60               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.30          $        0.61          0.12

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Investor interest in the environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) attributes of companies continued to grow during the reporting period as ESG investments reached a record level in 2021. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health was a motivating factor for many businesses to reexamine their ESG policies. In August 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a stock exchange’s rule change requiring disclosures designed to encourage diversity on the boards of public companies. A rule proposed by the Department of Labor in October 2021 would expand the ability of retirement plan sponsors to offer ESG products, reversing the stance of the prior administration.

In this environment, the stocks of mid-capitalization U.S. companies, screened to exclude companies engaged in controversial activities, advanced for the reporting period. The real estate sector was the top contributor to the Index’s return amid a nationwide rise in both residential and commercial property prices. Despite rising interest rates, borrowing costs were historically low for much of the reporting period, benefiting the sector, which relies heavily on debt financing.

The financials sector was another source of strength, as premiums and income grew in the insurance industry, and many insurers were able to increase insurance rates in an environment of higher inflation. On the downside, stocks in the consumer discretionary sector declined amid slowing revenue growth and supply chain constraints.

In terms of relative performance, the Index underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index. Relative to the broader market, the controversial activities exclusion process leads to overweight positions in stocks with a lower environmental impact and fewer potentially socially harmful activities. Consequently, the Index achieved an MSCI ESG quality score of 6.3 and an MSCI ESG fund rating of A. The Index held relatively overweight positions in the industrials and financials sectors and underweight positions in the utilities and energy sectors. The underweight position in energy and stock selection in consumer discretionary were the largest detractors from relative performance, while stock selection in information technology contributed.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Industrials

    19.2

Information Technology

    15.0  

Financials

    14.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    14.2  

Real Estate

    10.7  

Health Care

    9.8  

Materials

    7.6  

Consumer Staples

    3.0  

Energy

    2.1  

Utilities

    1.9  

Communication Services

    1.8  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments
 
(a) 

Targa Resources Corp.

    0.8

Camden Property Trust

    0.8  

Alcoa Corp.

    0.8  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    0.7  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

    0.7  

Wolfspeed Inc.

    0.6  

Cognex Corp.

    0.6  

Darling Ingredients Inc.

    0.6  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    0.6  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    0.6  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022     iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Investment Objective

The iShares ESG Screened S&P Small Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization U.S. equities while applying screens for company involvement in controversies and controversial business activities, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Sustainability Screened Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns           Cumulative Total Returns    
     1 Year      Since
Inception
           1 Year      Since
Inception
 

Fund NAV

    (0.47 )%       33.10       (0.47 )%       54.59

Fund Market

    (0.52      33.10         (0.52      54.58  

Index

    (0.23      33.89               (0.23      55.94  

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

(SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

The inception date of the Fund was 9/22/20. The first day of secondary market trading was 9/24/20.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return           
 

 

 

     

 

 

      
     

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(10/01/21)
 
 
 
      

Ending
Account Value
(03/31/22)
 
 
 
      

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
 (a) 
      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 
      $        1,000.00          $        990.80          $        0.60               $        1,000.00          $        1,024.30          $        0.61          0.12

 

  (a) 

Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2022    (continued)    iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Portfolio Management Commentary

Investor interest in the environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) attributes of companies continued to grow during the reporting period as ESG investments reached a record level in 2021. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health was a motivating factor for many businesses to reexamine their ESG policies. In August 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a stock exchange’s rule change requiring disclosures designed to encourage diversity on the boards of public companies. A rule proposed by the Department of Labor in October 2021 would expand the ability of retirement plan sponsors to offer ESG products, reversing the stance of the prior administration.

In this environment, the stocks of small-capitalization U.S. companies, screened to exclude companies engaged in controversial activities, posted a slightly negative return for the reporting period. The consumer discretionary sector was the largest detractor from the Index’s return, as the Omicron COVID-19 variant led to reduced operating hours and temporary closures at restaurants. The healthcare sector also declined, as the stocks of many smaller companies in the sector weakened. Rising interest rates worked against companies early in the product development process, with investors seeking more predictable cash flows as the cost of borrowing increased. On the upside, the real estate sector benefited from a nationwide rise in both residential and commercial property prices, and increased production helped equipment manufacturers in the energy sector.

In terms of relative performance, the Index underperformed the broader market, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Relative to the broader market, the controversial activities exclusion process leads to overweight positions in stocks with a lower environmental impact and fewer potentially socially harmful activities. Consequently, the Index achieved an MSCI ESG quality score of 5.3 and an MSCI ESG fund rating of BBB. The Index held a relatively overweight position in the information technology sector and underweight positions in the energy and financials sectors. The underweight position and stock selection in energy detracted the most from relative performance, while stock selection in healthcare and financials contributed.

Portfolio Information

 

ALLOCATION BY SECTOR

 

   

Sector

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Financials

    17.5

Industrials

    16.4  

Information Technology

    14.6  

Health Care

    12.7  

Consumer Discretionary

    11.7  

Real Estate

    9.6  

Materials

    5.7  

Consumer Staples

    4.8  

Energy

    3.2  

Communication Services

    1.9  

Utilities

    1.9  

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   

Security

   
Percent of
Total Investments

(a) 

Independence Realty Trust Inc.

    0.6

Omnicell Inc.

    0.6  

Exponent Inc.

    0.6  

Innovative Industrial Properties Inc.

    0.6  

Vonage Holdings Corp.

    0.6  

Rogers Corp.

    0.6  

Matson Inc.

    0.6  

AMN Healthcare Services Inc.

    0.5  

UFP Industries Inc.

    0.5  

ExlService Holdings Inc.

    0.5  

 

  (a) 

Excludes money market funds.

 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.

Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

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

Shareholder Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in a Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%            

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

    2,507     $ 90,101  

TransDigm Group Inc.(a)

    348       226,736  
   

 

 

 
      316,837  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%            

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.

    857       92,307  

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

    1,118       115,333  

FedEx Corp.

    1,615       373,695  

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B

    4,800       1,029,408  
   

 

 

 
          1,610,743  
Airlines — 0.2%            

Alaska Air Group Inc.(a)

    820       47,568  

American Airlines Group Inc.(a)

    4,303       78,530  

Delta Air Lines Inc.(a)

    4,194       165,957  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    3,935       180,223  

United Airlines Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,148       99,581  
   

 

 

 
      571,859  
Auto Components — 0.1%            

Aptiv PLC(a)

    1,785       213,682  

BorgWarner Inc.

    1,542       59,984  
   

 

 

 
      273,666  
Automobiles — 3.0%            

Ford Motor Co.

    25,874       437,529  

General Motors Co.(a)

    9,578       418,942  

Tesla Inc.(a)

    5,511       5,938,654  
   

 

 

 
      6,795,125  
Banks — 3.7%            

Bank of America Corp.

    46,760       1,927,447  

Citigroup Inc.

    13,079       698,419  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

    2,838       128,646  

Comerica Inc.

    862       77,951  

Fifth Third Bancorp.

    4,493       193,379  

First Republic Bank/CA

    1,173       190,143  

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH

    9,491       138,758  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    19,380       2,641,882  

KeyCorp

    6,190       138,532  

M&T Bank Corp.

    849       143,905  

People’s United Financial Inc.

    2,711       54,193  

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    2,778       512,402  

Regions Financial Corp.

    6,223       138,524  

Signature Bank/New York NY

    414       121,505  

SVB Financial Group(a)

    388       217,067  

Truist Financial Corp.

    8,819       500,037  

U.S. Bancorp.

    8,920       474,098  

Zions Bancorp. N.A.

    1,014       66,478  
   

 

 

 
      8,363,366  
Beverages — 1.6%            

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS

    1,214       81,362  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    25,594       1,586,828  

Constellation Brands Inc., Class A

    1,085       249,897  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    1,238       66,084  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    2,483       198,392  

PepsiCo Inc.

    9,099       1,522,991  
   

 

 

 
      3,705,554  
Biotechnology — 2.1%            

AbbVie Inc.

    11,629       1,885,177  

Amgen Inc.

    3,706       896,185  

Biogen Inc.(a)

    969       204,071  
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)            

Gilead Sciences Inc.

    8,265     $ 491,354  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    1,229       97,607  

Moderna Inc.(a)

    2,221       382,590  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    704       491,688  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,677       437,647  
   

 

 

 
          4,886,319  
Building Products — 0.5%            

A O Smith Corp.

    844       53,923  

Allegion PLC

    591       64,880  

Carrier Global Corp.

    5,602       256,964  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

    883       65,589  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    4,613       302,474  

Masco Corp.

    1,545       78,795  

Trane Technologies PLC

    1,541       235,311  
   

 

 

 
      1,057,936  
Capital Markets — 3.3%            

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    741       222,567  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    4,887       242,542  

BlackRock Inc.(b)

    942       719,848  

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

    719       82,268  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    9,902       834,838  

CME Group Inc.

    2,372       564,204  

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    250       108,537  

Franklin Resources Inc.

    1,886       52,657  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

    2,240       739,424  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

    3,712       490,429  

Invesco Ltd.

    2,288       52,761  

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

    252       85,730  

Moody’s Corp.

    1,070       361,029  

Morgan Stanley

    9,330       815,442  

MSCI Inc.

    537       270,047  

Nasdaq Inc.

    764       136,145  

Northern Trust Corp.

    1,367       159,187  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

    1,215       133,541  

S&P Global Inc.

    2,341       960,231  

State Street Corp.

    2,432       211,876  

T Rowe Price Group Inc.

    1,513       228,750  
   

 

 

 
      7,472,053  
Chemicals — 1.8%            

Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

    1,459       364,619  

Albemarle Corp.

    775       171,391  

Celanese Corp.

    712       101,723  

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

    1,419       146,242  

Corteva Inc.

    4,805       276,191  

Dow Inc.

    4,838       308,277  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    847       94,915  

Ecolab Inc.

    1,646       290,618  

FMC Corp.

    825       108,545  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    1,679       220,503  

Linde PLC

    3,373       1,077,437  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    1,740       178,907  

Mosaic Co. (The)

    2,431       161,662  

PPG Industries Inc.

    1,569       205,649  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    1,585       395,648  
   

 

 

 
      4,102,327  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%            

Cintas Corp.

    577       245,450  

Copart Inc.(a)

    1,411       177,038  

Republic Services Inc.

    1,378       182,585  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)

 

Rollins Inc.

    1,494     $ 52,365  

Waste Management Inc.

    2,537       402,114  
   

 

 

 
          1,059,552  
Communications Equipment — 1.0%  

Arista Networks Inc.(a)

    1,490       207,080  

Cisco Systems Inc.

    27,737       1,546,615  

F5 Inc.(a)

    401       83,789  

Juniper Networks Inc.

    2,066       76,773  

Motorola Solutions Inc.

    1,114       269,811  
   

 

 

 
      2,184,068  
Construction & Engineering — 0.1%  

Quanta Services Inc.

    940       123,713  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.1%            

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

    410       157,805  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    878       161,288  
   

 

 

 
      319,093  
Consumer Finance — 0.6%  

American Express Co.

    4,049       757,163  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    2,735       359,078  

Discover Financial Services

    1,901       209,471  

Synchrony Financial

    3,443       119,851  
   

 

 

 
      1,445,563  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  

Amcor PLC

    9,799       111,023  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    546       94,988  

Ball Corp.

    2,108       189,720  

International Paper Co.

    2,547       117,544  

Packaging Corp. of America

    611       95,383  

Sealed Air Corp.

    970       64,951  

Westrock Co.

    1,769       83,196  
   

 

 

 
      756,805  
Distributors — 0.1%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    929       117,073  

LKQ Corp.

    1,777       80,693  

Pool Corp.

    262       110,787  
   

 

 

 
      308,553  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B(a)

    12,053       4,253,624  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%  

AT&T Inc.

    47,168       1,114,580  

Lumen Technologies Inc.

    6,036       68,026  

Verizon Communications Inc.

    27,727       1,412,413  
   

 

 

 
      2,595,019  
Electric Utilities — 1.0%  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    2,156       121,275  

Edison International

    2,489       174,479  

Entergy Corp.

    1,334       155,745  

Eversource Energy

    2,255       198,868  

Exelon Corp.

    6,396       304,642  

FirstEnergy Corp.

    3,714       170,324  

NextEra Energy Inc.

    12,958       1,097,672  
   

 

 

 
          2,223,005  
Electrical Equipment — 0.6%  

AMETEK Inc.

    1,526       203,232  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    2,612       396,397  

Emerson Electric Co.

    3,915       383,866  

Generac Holdings Inc.(a)

    423       125,741  
Security   Shares     Value  

Electrical Equipment (continued)

 

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    767     $ 214,783  
   

 

 

 
          1,324,019  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    3,950       297,633  

CDW Corp./DE

    897       160,464  

Corning Inc.

    4,934       182,114  

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

    221       24,257  

Keysight Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,220       192,723  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    2,150       281,607  

Trimble Inc.(a)

    1,639       118,237  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    355       146,864  
   

 

 

 
      1,403,899  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%  

Baker Hughes Co.

    5,921       215,584  

Halliburton Co.

    5,950       225,326  

Schlumberger NV

    9,263       382,655  
   

 

 

 
      823,565  
Entertainment — 1.6%  

Activision Blizzard Inc.

    5,159       413,288  

Electronic Arts Inc.

    1,862       235,562  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

    877       103,170  

Netflix Inc.(a)

    2,880       1,078,819  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

    763       117,304  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)

    11,878       1,629,186  
   

 

 

 
      3,577,329  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.9%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

    961       193,401  

American Tower Corp.

    3,013       756,926  

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

    912       226,513  

Boston Properties Inc.

    945       121,716  

Crown Castle International Corp.

    2,853       526,664  

Digital Realty Trust Inc.

    1,866       264,599  

Duke Realty Corp.

    2,488       144,453  

Equinix Inc.

    594       440,522  

Equity Residential

    2,236       201,061  

Essex Property Trust Inc.

    430       148,556  

Extra Space Storage Inc.

    870       178,872  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    469       57,251  

Healthpeak Properties Inc.

    3,519       120,807  

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    4,683       90,991  

Iron Mountain Inc.

    1,906       105,611  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    4,038       99,739  

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

    744       155,831  

Prologis Inc.

    4,889       789,476  

Public Storage

    999       389,890  

Realty Income Corp.

    3,726       258,212  

Regency Centers Corp.

    1,027       73,266  

SBA Communications Corp.

    717       246,720  

Simon Property Group Inc.

    2,172       285,748  

UDR Inc.

    1,984       113,822  

Ventas Inc.

    2,613       161,379  

Vornado Realty Trust

    1,065       48,266  

Welltower Inc.

    2,876       276,499  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    4,909       186,051  
   

 

 

 
      6,662,842  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    2,922       1,682,634  

Kroger Co. (The)

    4,379       251,223  

Sysco Corp.

    3,351       273,609  

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

 

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

    4,756     $ 212,926  
   

 

 

 
          2,420,392  
Food Products — 1.1%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    3,667       330,984  

Campbell Soup Co.

    1,347       60,036  

Conagra Brands Inc.

    3,113       104,503  

General Mills Inc.

    3,951       267,562  

Hershey Co. (The)

    956       207,098  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    1,885       97,153  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    678       91,808  

Kellogg Co.

    1,637       105,570  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    4,678       184,266  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

    956       57,274  

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD, NVS

    1,638       163,472  

Mondelez International Inc., Class A

    9,188       576,823  

Tyson Foods Inc., Class A

    1,908       171,014  
   

 

 

 
      2,417,563  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    876       104,673  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.2%  

Abbott Laboratories

    11,640       1,377,710  

ABIOMED Inc.(a)

    300       99,372  

Align Technology Inc.(a)

    486       211,896  

Baxter International Inc.

    3,308       256,502  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    1,865       496,090  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    9,403       416,459  

Cooper Companies Inc. (The)

    324       135,299  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

    1,410       69,400  

Dexcom Inc.(a)

    641       327,936  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    4,125       485,595  

Hologic Inc.(a)

    1,646       126,446  

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.(a)

    559       305,806  

Intuitive Surgical Inc.(a)

    2,364       713,171  

Medtronic PLC

    8,866       983,683  

ResMed Inc.

    964       233,780  

STERIS PLC

    661       159,810  

Stryker Corp.

    2,219       593,250  

Teleflex Inc.

    308       109,288  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

    1,379       176,374  
   

 

 

 
      7,277,867  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    969       149,914  

Anthem Inc.

    1,592       782,022  

Cardinal Health Inc.

    1,840       104,328  

Centene Corp.(a)

    3,835       322,869  

Cigna Corp.

    2,134       511,328  

CVS Health Corp.

    8,623       872,734  

DaVita Inc.(a)

    393       44,452  

HCA Healthcare Inc.

    1,582       396,481  

Henry Schein Inc.(a)

    894       77,948  

Humana Inc.

    845       367,719  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    614       161,887  

McKesson Corp.

    981       300,313  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

    786       107,572  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    6,199       3,161,304  

Universal Health Services Inc., Class B

    484       70,156  
   

 

 

 
      7,431,027  
Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care Technology — 0.1%

 

Cerner Corp.

    1,936     $ 181,132  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%  

Booking Holdings Inc.(a)

    271       636,430  

Caesars Entertainment Inc.(a)

    1,413       109,310  

Carnival Corp.(a)

    5,377       108,723  

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(a)

    185       292,675  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    843       112,077  

Domino’s Pizza Inc.

    241       98,089  

Expedia Group Inc.(a)

    991       193,909  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,836       278,595  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    2,295       89,207  

Marriott International Inc./MD, Class A(a)

    1,808       317,756  

McDonald’s Corp.

    4,910       1,214,145  

MGM Resorts International

    2,489       104,389  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(c)

    2,755       60,279  

Penn National Gaming Inc.(a)(c)

    1,065       45,177  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

    1,490       124,832  

Starbucks Corp.

    7,598       691,190  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    689       54,941  

Yum! Brands Inc.

    1,887       223,666  
   

 

 

 
      4,755,390  
Household Durables — 0.3%  

DR Horton Inc.

    2,130       158,706  

Garmin Ltd.

    1,005       119,203  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    1,726       140,099  

Mohawk Industries Inc.(a)

    363       45,085  

Newell Brands Inc.

    2,553       54,660  

NVR Inc.(a)

    21       93,813  

PulteGroup Inc.

    1,643       68,842  

Whirlpool Corp.

    390       67,384  
   

 

 

 
      747,792  
Household Products — 1.5%  

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    1,598       158,809  

Clorox Co. (The)

    813       113,031  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    5,494       416,610  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    2,225       274,031  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    15,778           2,410,879  
   

 

 

 
      3,373,360  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%  

General Electric Co.

    7,261       664,382  

Roper Technologies Inc.

    693       327,255  
   

 

 

 
      991,637  
Insurance — 2.3%  

Aflac Inc.

    3,963       255,178  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    1,834       254,027  

American International Group Inc.

    5,474       343,603  

Aon PLC, Class A

    1,413       460,115  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

    1,378       240,599  

Assurant Inc.

    365       66,368  

Brown & Brown Inc.

    1,550       112,018  

Chubb Ltd.

    2,844       608,332  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    989       134,464  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    254       76,550  

Globe Life Inc.

    615       61,869  

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The)

    2,201       158,054  

Lincoln National Corp.

    1,099       71,831  

Loews Corp.

    1,159       75,126  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

    3,338       568,862  

 

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March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Insurance (continued)

 

MetLife Inc.

    4,566     $ 320,898  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

    1,604       117,750  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    3,845       438,292  

Prudential Financial Inc.

    2,492       294,480  

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

    1,581       288,896  

W R Berkley Corp.

    1,356       90,296  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    806       190,393  
   

 

 

 
      5,228,001  
Interactive Media & Services — 6.3%  

Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)

    1,984       5,518,198  

Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,830       5,111,172  

Match Group Inc.(a)

    1,865       202,800  

Meta Platforms Inc, Class A(a)

    15,158       3,370,533  

Twitter Inc.(a)

    5,282       204,361  
   

 

 

 
      14,407,064  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 4.3%  

Amazon.com Inc.(a)

    2,885       9,404,956  

eBay Inc.

    4,121       235,968  

Etsy Inc.(a)

    852       105,887  
   

 

 

 
      9,746,811  
IT Services — 4.7%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    4,173       1,407,261  

Akamai Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,083       129,299  

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

    2,777       631,879  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    759       118,184  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    3,458       310,079  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    1,614       52,665  

EPAM Systems Inc.(a)

    375       111,229  

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

    4,018       403,487  

Fiserv Inc.(a)

    3,946       400,124  

FleetCor Technologies Inc.(a)

    544       135,489  

Gartner Inc.(a)

    548       163,008  

Global Payments Inc.

    1,880       257,259  

International Business Machines Corp.

    5,937       771,929  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

    482       94,978  

Mastercard Inc., Class A

    5,694       2,034,922  

Paychex Inc.

    2,106       287,406  

PayPal Holdings Inc.(a)

    7,522       869,919  

VeriSign Inc.(a)

    639       142,152  

Visa Inc., Class A

    10,941       2,426,385  
   

 

 

 
      10,747,654  
Leisure Products — 0.0%  

Hasbro Inc.

    855       70,042  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.0%  

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    1,992       263,601  

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Class A(a)

    143       80,542  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    261       113,023  

Charles River Laboratories International Inc.(a)

    337       95,698  

Danaher Corp.

    4,196       1,230,813  

Illumina Inc.(a)

    1,033       360,930  

IQVIA Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,260       291,325  

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.(a)

    152       208,725  

PerkinElmer Inc.

    833       145,325  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

    2,599       1,535,099  

Waters Corp.(a)

    399       123,846  

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.

    491       201,659  
   

 

 

 
      4,650,586  
Security   Shares     Value  

Machinery — 1.7%

 

Caterpillar Inc.

    3,562     $ 793,685  

Cummins Inc.

    951       195,060  

Deere & Co.

    1,845       766,524  

Dover Corp.

    954       149,682  

Fortive Corp.

    2,363       143,977  

IDEX Corp.

    503       96,440  

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

    1,857       388,856  

Ingersoll Rand Inc.

    2,702       136,046  

Nordson Corp.

    358       81,295  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    2,799       215,383  

PACCAR Inc.

    2,275       200,359  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    847       240,345  

Pentair PLC

    1,095       59,360  

Snap-on Inc.

    354       72,740  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    1,080       150,973  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    1,236       118,866  

Xylem Inc./NY

    1,181       100,692  
   

 

 

 
          3,910,283  
Media — 1.1%  

Charter Communications Inc., Class A(a)

    788       429,870  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    29,445       1,378,615  

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)

    1,088       27,113  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    2,033       50,764  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

    1,639       51,874  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,087       82,332  

Fox Corp., Class B

    968       35,119  

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

    2,587       91,709  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

    2,585       57,258  

News Corp., Class B

    822       18,511  

Omnicom Group Inc.

    1,362       115,607  

Paramount Global, Class B, NVS

    4,049       153,093  
   

 

 

 
      2,491,865  
Metals & Mining — 0.5%            

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

    9,673       481,135  

Newmont Corp.

    5,215       414,332  

Nucor Corp.

    1,798       267,272  
   

 

 

 
      1,162,739  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

    4,149       127,126  

Consolidated Edison Inc.

    2,249       212,935  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

    3,321       232,470  

Sempra Energy

    2,110       354,733  
   

 

 

 
      927,264  
Multiline Retail — 0.5%  

Dollar General Corp.

    1,517       337,730  

Dollar Tree Inc.(a)

    1,481       237,182  

Target Corp.

    3,155       669,554  
   

 

 

 
      1,244,466  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

    12,698       240,119  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    3,825       327,037  

ONEOK Inc.

    2,946       208,076  

Phillips 66

    3,085       266,513  

Valero Energy Corp.

    2,651       269,183  

Williams Companies Inc. (The)

    7,970       266,278  
   

 

 

 
      1,577,206  
Personal Products — 0.2%  

Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (The), Class A

    1,537       418,556  
   

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Pharmaceuticals — 2.9%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    14,351     $ 1,048,054  

Catalent Inc.(a)

    1,186       131,528  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    5,223       1,495,711  

Merck & Co. Inc.

    16,626       1,364,163  

Organon & Co.

    1,640       57,285  

Pfizer Inc.

    36,942       1,912,487  

Viatris Inc.

    8,022       87,279  

Zoetis Inc.

    3,127       589,721  
   

 

 

 
      6,686,228  
Professional Services — 0.2%  

Equifax Inc.

    811       192,288  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    2,332       63,524  

Robert Half International Inc.

    722       82,438  

Verisk Analytics Inc.

    1,060       227,508  
   

 

 

 
      565,758  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group Inc., Class A(a)

    2,212       202,442  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.1%  

CSX Corp.

    14,592       546,470  

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

    546       109,631  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    1,584       451,789  

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

    617       184,286  

Union Pacific Corp.

    4,186       1,143,657  
   

 

 

 
      2,435,833  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.6%  

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.(a)

    10,782       1,178,904  

Analog Devices Inc.

    3,470       573,175  

Applied Materials Inc.

    5,845       770,371  

Broadcom Inc.

    2,714       1,708,952  

Enphase Energy Inc.(a)

    886       178,777  

Intel Corp.

    26,820       1,329,199  

KLA Corp.

    991       362,765  

Lam Research Corp.

    920       494,601  

Microchip Technology Inc.

    3,690       277,267  

Micron Technology Inc.

    7,397       576,152  

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

    281       136,476  

NVIDIA Corp.

    16,436       4,484,727  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    1,750       323,890  

Qorvo Inc.(a)

    715       88,732  

QUALCOMM Inc.

    7,417       1,133,466  

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

    1,091       145,408  

SolarEdge Technologies Inc.(a)

    348       112,185  

Teradyne Inc.

    1,071       126,624  

Texas Instruments Inc.

    6,068       1,113,357  
   

 

 

 
      15,115,028  
Software — 9.8%  

Adobe Inc.(a)

    3,071       1,399,209  

ANSYS Inc.(a)

    575       182,649  

Autodesk Inc.(a)

    1,446       309,950  

Cadence Design Systems Inc.(a)

    1,831       301,126  

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.(a)

    881       60,225  

Citrix Systems Inc.

    817       82,435  

Fortinet Inc.(a)

    896       306,199  

Intuit Inc.

    1,824       877,052  

Microsoft Corp.

    49,370       15,221,265  

NortonLifeLock Inc.

    3,901       103,455  

Oracle Corp.

    10,406       860,888  

Paycom Software Inc.(a)

    314       108,763  
Security   Shares     Value  

Software (continued)

 

PTC Inc.(a)

    683     $ 73,573  

salesforce.com Inc.(a)

    6,411       1,361,184  

ServiceNow Inc.(a)

    1,321       735,652  

Synopsys Inc.(a)

    1,009       336,269  

Tyler Technologies Inc.(a)

    270       120,120  
   

 

 

 
      22,440,014  
Specialty Retail — 2.2%  

Advance Auto Parts Inc.

    421       87,130  

AutoZone Inc.(a)

    136       278,063  

Bath & Body Works Inc.

    1,703       81,403  

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    1,429       129,896  

CarMax Inc.(a)

    1,082       104,391  

Home Depot Inc. (The)

    6,834       2,045,621  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

    4,437       897,117  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.(a)

    440       301,383  

Ross Stores Inc.

    2,335       211,224  

TJX Companies Inc. (The)

    7,881       477,431  

Tractor Supply Co.

    753       175,728  

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc.(a)

    358       142,563  
   

 

 

 
      4,931,950  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.1%  

Apple Inc.

    102,057       17,820,173  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    8,594       143,606  

HP Inc.

    7,152       259,617  

NetApp Inc.

    1,486       123,338  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    1,330       119,567  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    2,032       100,889  
   

 

 

 
      18,567,190  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%  

Nike Inc., Class B

    8,429       1,134,206  

PVH Corp.

    461       35,317  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    305       34,599  

Tapestry Inc.

    1,780       66,127  

Under Armour Inc., Class A(a)

    1,222       20,799  

Under Armour Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

    1,355       21,084  

VF Corp.

    2,156       122,590  
   

 

 

 
      1,434,722  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

Fastenal Co.

    3,767       223,760  

United Rentals Inc.(a)

    478       169,790  
   

 

 

 
      393,550  
Water Utilities — 0.1%  

American Water Works Co. Inc.

    1,194       197,643  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

T-Mobile U.S. Inc.(a)

    3,869       496,586  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $239,951,218)

      227,966,748  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments            
Money Market Funds — 0.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.34%(b)(d)(e)

    12,356       12,354  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Money Market Funds (continued)  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.25%(b)(d)

    320,000     $ 320,000  
   

 

 

 
      332,354  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%
(Cost: $332,356)

 

    332,354  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 99.9%
(Cost: $240,283,574)

 

    228,299,102  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

    114,902  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  228,414,004  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
    

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

     Value at
03/31/22
     Shares
Held at
03/31/22
     Income     

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $      $ 12,532 (a)     $      $ (176    $ (2    $ 12,354        12,356      $ 428 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     60,000        260,000 (a)                            320,000        320,000        80         

BlackRock Inc.

     106,308        1,891,184        (1,166,362      15,977        (127,259      719,848        942        13,110         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 15,801      $ (127,261    $ 1,052,202         $ 13,618      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Long Contracts

           

Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index

     18        06/17/22      $ 408      $ 22,998  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

  

Futures contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $ 22,998  
  

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

   iShares® ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF

 

For the period ended March 31, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ (8,950
  

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:       

Futures contracts

   $ 22,244  
  

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 283,110      

 

 

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 227,966,748        $        $        $ 227,966,748  

Money Market Funds

     332,354                            332,354  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 228,299,102        $        $        $ 228,299,102  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ 22,998        $        $        $ 22,998  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%  

Axon Enterprise Inc.(a)

    2,401     $ 330,690  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    1,377       206,770  

Hexcel Corp.

    2,943       175,020  

Mercury Systems Inc.(a)

    1,989       128,191  

Woodward Inc.

    2,213       276,426  
   

 

 

 
      1,117,097  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%  

GXO Logistics Inc.(a)

    3,458       246,694  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.2%  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    11,157       166,797  
   

 

 

 
Auto Components — 1.5%  

Adient PLC(a)

    3,325       135,560  

Dana Inc.

    5,058       88,869  

Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)

    1,477       144,672  

Gentex Corp.

    8,298       242,053  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(a)

    9,857       140,856  

Lear Corp.

    2,095       298,726  

Visteon Corp.(a)

    982       107,166  
   

 

 

 
      1,157,902  
Automobiles — 0.5%  

Harley-Davidson Inc.

    5,399       212,720  

Thor Industries Inc.

    1,951       153,544  
   

 

 

 
      366,264  
Banks — 7.1%  

Associated Banc-Corp.

    5,248       119,444  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    1,464       122,859  

Bank OZK

    4,303       183,738  

Cadence Bank

    4,744       138,809  

Cathay General Bancorp.

    2,725       121,944  

Commerce Bancshares Inc.

    3,876       277,483  

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

    2,004       277,374  

East West Bancorp. Inc.

    4,993       394,547  

First Financial Bankshares Inc.

    4,567       201,496  

First Horizon Corp.

    18,732       440,015  

FNB Corp.

    11,919       148,391  

Fulton Financial Corp.

    5,791       96,246  

Glacier Bancorp. Inc.

    3,806       191,366  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

    3,074       160,309  

Home BancShares Inc./AR

    5,301       119,803  

International Bancshares Corp.

    1,962       82,816  

Old National Bancorp./IN

    10,518       172,285  

PacWest Bancorp.

    4,226       182,267  

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc.

    2,677       246,498  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc.

    3,269       226,803  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    5,189       254,261  

Texas Capital Bancshares Inc.(a)

    1,786       102,356  

UMB Financial Corp.

    1,512       146,906  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    7,599       143,317  

United Bankshares Inc./WV

    4,817       168,017  

Valley National Bancorp.

    14,783       192,475  

Webster Financial Corp.

    6,340       355,801  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    2,028       188,462  
   

 

 

 
      5,456,088  
Beverages — 0.2%  

Boston Beer Co. Inc. (The), Class A, NVS(a)

    331       128,584  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology — 1.6%  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    3,718     $ 170,991  

Exelixis Inc.(a)

    11,098       251,592  

Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    4,939       196,967  

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.(a)

    3,327       311,906  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    1,581       283,647  
   

 

 

 
      1,215,103  
Building Products — 2.5%  

Builders FirstSource Inc.(a)

    6,718       433,580  

Carlisle Companies Inc.

    1,835       451,263  

Lennox International Inc.

    1,181       304,533  

Owens Corning

    3,525       322,537  

Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc.

    1,523       166,068  

Trex Co. Inc.(a)

    4,038       263,803  
   

 

 

 
      1,941,784  
Capital Markets — 2.1%  

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

    1,435       202,263  

Evercore Inc., Class A

    1,363       151,729  

Federated Hermes Inc.

    3,489       118,835  

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., Class A

    3,107       204,783  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    6,007       210,365  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

    6,865       225,515  

SEI Investments Co.

    3,736       224,945  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    3,702       251,366  
   

 

 

 
      1,589,801  
Chemicals — 2.3%  

Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

    1,857       182,747  

Avient Corp.

    3,208       153,984  

Cabot Corp.

    1,984       135,725  

Chemours Co. (The)

    5,614       176,729  

Ingevity Corp.(a)

    1,381       88,481  

Minerals Technologies Inc.

    1,178       77,925  

NewMarket Corp.

    244       79,149  

RPM International Inc.

    4,548       370,389  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    1,424       175,095  

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    1,484       124,582  

Valvoline Inc.

    6,292       198,575  
   

 

 

 
      1,763,381  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%  

Brink’s Co. (The)

    1,724       117,232  

Clean Harbors Inc.(a)

    1,756       196,040  

IAA Inc.(a)

    4,731       180,961  

MillerKnoll Inc.

    2,656       91,791  

MSA Safety Inc.

    1,279       169,723  

Stericycle Inc.(a)

    3,226       190,076  

Tetra Tech Inc.

    1,894       312,397  
   

 

 

 
      1,258,220  
Communications Equipment — 1.0%  

Calix Inc.(a)

    1,924       82,559  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    5,442       329,949  

Lumentum Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,554       249,270  

Viasat Inc.(a)

    2,609       127,319  
   

 

 

 
      789,097  
Construction & Engineering — 1.6%  

AECOM

    4,958       380,824  

Dycom Industries Inc.(a)

    1,058       100,785  

EMCOR Group Inc.

    1,873       210,956  

MasTec Inc.(a)

    2,064       179,774  

MDU Resources Group Inc.

    7,133       190,094  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering (continued)  

Valmont Industries Inc.

    746     $ 177,996  
   

 

 

 
      1,240,429  
Construction Materials — 0.2%  

Eagle Materials Inc.

    1,395       179,062  
   

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.4%  

Navient Corp.

    5,609       95,577  

PROG Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,989       57,224  

SLM Corp.

    9,941       182,517  
   

 

 

 
      335,318  
Containers & Packaging — 0.9%  

AptarGroup Inc.

    2,309       271,308  

Greif Inc., Class A, NVS

    932       60,636  

Silgan Holdings Inc.

    2,990       138,228  

Sonoco Products Co.

    3,449       215,769  
   

 

 

 
      685,941  
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    142       86,829  

Grand Canyon Education Inc.(a)

    1,390       134,983  

H&R Block Inc.

    5,771       150,277  

Service Corp. International

    5,785       380,768  
   

 

 

 
      752,857  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%  

Iridium Communications Inc.(a)

    4,637       186,964  
   

 

 

 
Electric Utilities — 0.2%  

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

    3,846       162,724  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 2.0%  

Acuity Brands Inc.

    1,228       232,460  

EnerSys

    1,446       107,828  

Hubbell Inc.

    1,908       350,633  

nVent Electric PLC

    5,902       205,271  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

    2,378       353,799  

Sunrun Inc.(a)

    7,261       220,517  

Vicor Corp.(a)

    752       53,054  
   

 

 

 
      1,523,562  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.4%  

Arrow Electronics Inc.(a)

    2,388       283,288  

Avnet Inc.

    3,497       141,943  

Belden Inc.

    1,576       87,310  

Cognex Corp.

    6,202       478,484  

Coherent Inc.(a)

    870       237,823  

II-VI Inc.(a)

    3,730       270,388  

Jabil Inc.

    5,035       310,811  

Littelfuse Inc.

    865       215,740  

National Instruments Corp.

    4,679       189,921  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

    1,458       150,480  

Vishay Intertechnology Inc.

    4,656       91,258  

Vontier Corp.(b)

    5,950       151,070  
   

 

 

 
      2,608,516  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%  

ChampionX Corp.(a)

    7,089       173,539  

NOV Inc.

    13,774       270,108  
   

 

 

 
      443,647  
Entertainment — 0.1%  

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Class A

    1,537       95,970  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 10.2%  

American Campus Communities Inc.

    4,881       273,190  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Apartment Income REIT Corp.

    5,506     $ 294,351  

Brixmor Property Group Inc.

    10,448       269,663  

Camden Property Trust

    3,584       595,661  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    3,940       112,448  

Cousins Properties Inc.

    5,215       210,112  

Douglas Emmett Inc.

    6,157       205,767  

EastGroup Properties Inc.

    1,427       290,080  

EPR Properties

    2,623       143,504  

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.

    4,571       282,991  

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.

    5,175       142,209  

Highwoods Properties Inc.

    3,702       169,329  

Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.

    5,348       148,407  

JBG SMITH Properties

    4,004       116,997  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

    3,692       282,143  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    7,683       174,942  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    3,047       354,000  

Life Storage Inc.

    2,878       404,157  

Macerich Co. (The)

    7,473       116,878  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

    20,934       442,545  

National Retail Properties Inc.

    6,161       276,875  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

    2,874       180,372  

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.

    8,383       261,214  

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    8,296       162,021  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    4,609       112,828  

Physicians Realty Trust

    7,727       135,532  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    2,423       127,765  

PS Business Parks Inc.

    706       118,664  

Rayonier Inc.

    5,099       209,671  

Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.

    5,622       419,345  

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc.

    8,022       119,448  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    2,257       183,223  

Spirit Realty Capital Inc.

    4,480       206,170  

STORE Capital Corp.

    8,608       251,612  
   

 

 

 
      7,794,114  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.(a)

    4,770       322,500  

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.(a)

    3,065       100,471  

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.(a)

    3,938       125,937  
   

 

 

 
      548,908  
Food Products — 1.8%  

Darling Ingredients Inc.(a)

    5,676       456,237  

Flowers Foods Inc.

    7,006       180,124  

Hain Celestial Group Inc. (The)(a)

    3,209       110,389  

Ingredion Inc.

    2,345       204,367  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    712       106,195  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

    1,710       42,921  

Post Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,018       139,767  

Sanderson Farms Inc.

    745       139,680  
   

 

 

 
      1,379,680  
Gas Utilities — 1.2%  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    3,369       154,502  

ONE Gas Inc.

    1,880       165,891  

Southwest Gas Holdings Inc.

    2,295       179,676  

Spire Inc.

    1,815       130,244  

UGI Corp.

    7,359       266,543  
   

 

 

 
      896,856  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.1%  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    5,661       275,747  

Globus Medical Inc., Class A(a)

    2,777       204,887  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

   

Haemonetics Corp.(a)

    1,794     $ 113,417  

ICU Medical Inc.(a)

    701       156,071  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)

    2,555       164,184  

LivaNova PLC(a)

    1,866       152,695  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    1,781       259,207  

Neogen Corp.(a)(b)

    3,799       117,161  

NuVasive Inc.(a)

    1,814       102,854  

Penumbra Inc.(a)

    1,231       273,442  

Quidel Corp.(a)

    1,331       149,684  

STAAR Surgical Co.(a)

    1,670       133,450  

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.(a)

    2,228       259,094  
   

 

 

 
      2,361,893  

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.8%

   

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc.(a)

    3,155       206,748  

Amedisys Inc.(a)

    1,143       196,927  

Chemed Corp.

    540       273,537  

Encompass Health Corp.

    3,490       248,174  

HealthEquity Inc.(a)

    2,935       197,936  

LHC Group Inc.(a)

    1,110       187,146  

Option Care Health Inc.(a)

    4,859       138,773  

Patterson Companies Inc.

    3,043       98,502  

Progyny Inc.(a)

    2,442       125,519  

R1 RCM Inc.(a)

    4,685       125,371  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(a)

    3,757       322,952  
   

 

 

 
      2,121,585  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.0%

   

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    2,878       189,315  

Choice Hotels International Inc.

    1,150       163,024  

Churchill Downs Inc.

    1,208       267,910  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.

    841       99,852  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    1,495       235,761  

Papa John’s International Inc.

    1,135       119,493  

Scientific Games Corp./DE, Class A(a)

    3,386       198,928  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    2,715       118,103  

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

    2,443       204,552  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    3,027       175,384  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    6,191       136,016  

Wingstop Inc.

    1,046       122,748  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    3,269       276,852  
   

 

 

 
      2,307,938  

Household Durables — 1.6%

   

Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)

    846       165,680  

KB Home

    3,007       97,367  

Leggett & Platt Inc.

    4,689       163,177  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a)

    4,311       117,345  

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

    6,753       188,544  

Toll Brothers Inc.

    3,942       185,353  

TopBuild Corp.(a)

    1,156       209,687  

Tri Pointe Homes Inc.(a)

    3,921       78,734  
   

 

 

 
      1,205,887  

Household Products — 0.1%

   

Energizer Holdings Inc.

    2,300       70,748  
   

 

 

 

Insurance — 4.3%

   

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    480       406,560  

American Financial Group Inc./OH

    2,334       339,877  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.(a)

    2,731       141,084  

CNO Financial Group Inc.

    4,356       109,292  

First American Financial Corp.

    3,855       249,881  
Security   Shares      Value  

Insurance (continued)

    

Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The)

    1,270      $ 189,891  

Kemper Corp.

    2,108        119,186  

Kinsale Capital Group Inc.

    753        171,699  

Mercury General Corp.

    938        51,590  

Old Republic International Corp.

    10,202        263,926  

Primerica Inc.

    1,405        192,232  

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

    2,356        257,888  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

    1,543        244,581  

RLI Corp.

    1,413        156,320  

Selective Insurance Group Inc.

    2,115        188,996  

Unum Group

    7,330        230,968  
    

 

 

 
       3,313,971  

Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%

    

TripAdvisor Inc.(a)

    3,475        94,242  

Yelp Inc.(a)

    2,407        82,103  

Ziff Davis Inc.(a)

    1,691        163,655  
    

 

 

 
       340,000  

IT Services — 2.4%

    

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    1,767        99,217  

Concentrix Corp.

    1,505        250,673  

Euronet Worldwide Inc.(a)

    1,856        241,559  

Genpact Ltd.

    5,980        260,190  

Kyndryl Holdings Inc.(a)

    6,290        82,525  

LiveRamp Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,421        90,521  

Maximus Inc.

    2,173        162,866  

Sabre Corp.(a)

    11,377        130,039  

Western Union Co. (The)

    13,814        258,874  

WEX Inc.(a)

    1,566        279,453  
    

 

 

 
       1,855,917  

Leisure Products — 0.9%

    

Brunswick Corp./DE

    2,711        219,293  

Callaway Golf Co.(a)

    4,111        96,280  

Polaris Inc.

    2,002        210,851  

YETI Holdings Inc.(a)

    3,074        184,378  
    

 

 

 
       710,802  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%

    

Azenta Inc.

    2,629        217,892  

Bruker Corp.

    3,573        229,744  

Medpace Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,011        165,389  

Repligen Corp.(a)

    1,804        339,314  

Syneos Health Inc.(a)

    3,638        294,496  
    

 

 

 
       1,246,835  

Machinery — 4.5%

    

AGCO Corp.

    2,152        314,257  

Colfax Corp.(a)

    4,769        189,758  

Crane Co.

    1,753        189,815  

Donaldson Co. Inc.

    4,357        226,259  

Flowserve Corp.

    4,570        164,063  

Graco Inc.

    5,962        415,671  

ITT Inc.

    3,025        227,510  

Kennametal Inc.

    2,914        83,370  

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.

    2,071        285,404  

Middleby Corp. (The)(a)

    1,950        319,683  

Oshkosh Corp.

    2,342        235,722  

Terex Corp.

    2,448        87,296  

Timken Co. (The)

    2,435        147,804  

Toro Co. (The)

    3,681        314,689  

Trinity Industries Inc.

    2,868        98,544  

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Machinery (continued)

    

Watts Water Technologies Inc., Class A

    967      $ 134,984  
    

 

 

 
       3,434,829  

Marine — 0.2%

    

Kirby Corp.(a)

    2,108        152,176  
    

 

 

 

Media — 1.0%

    

Cable One Inc.

    174        254,778  

John Wiley & Sons Inc., Class A

    1,535        81,401  

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

    5,863        268,760  

TEGNA Inc.

    7,762        173,869  
    

 

 

 
       778,808  

Metals & Mining — 3.9%

    

Alcoa Corp.

    6,458        581,414  

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)

    16,771        540,194  

Commercial Metals Co.

    4,260        177,301  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    2,197        402,820  

Royal Gold Inc.

    2,303        325,368  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

    6,612        551,639  

United States Steel Corp.

    9,153        345,434  

Worthington Industries Inc.

    1,143        58,762  
    

 

 

 
       2,982,932  

Multiline Retail — 1.0%

    

Kohl’s Corp.

    4,881        295,105  

Macy’s Inc.

    10,498        255,731  

Nordstrom Inc.

    3,912        106,054  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,059        88,455  
    

 

 

 
       745,345  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%

    

DTE Midstream LLC(a)

    3,394        184,159  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    14,262        120,371  

HF Sinclair Corp.

    5,244        208,973  

Targa Resources Corp.

    8,031        606,100  
    

 

 

 
       1,119,603  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%

    

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    3,085        191,640  
    

 

 

 

Personal Products — 0.3%

    

Coty Inc., Class A(a)

    12,063        108,447  

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., Class A

    1,748        83,694  
    

 

 

 
       192,141  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%

    

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    2,156        335,624  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    4,693        180,352  
    

 

 

 
       515,976  

Professional Services — 1.5%

    

ASGN Inc.(a)

    1,829        213,463  

FTI Consulting Inc.(a)

    1,203        189,136  

Insperity Inc.

    1,251        125,625  

KBR Inc.

    4,924        269,490  

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    1,902        178,636  

Science Applications International Corp.

    1,998        184,156  
    

 

 

 
       1,160,506  

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%

 

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.(a)

    1,770        423,844  
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail — 2.1%

    

Avis Budget Group Inc.(a)

    1,405        369,937  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

    5,822        293,778  

Landstar System Inc.

    1,321        199,246  
Security   Shares      Value  

Road & Rail (continued)

    

Ryder System Inc.

    1,889      $ 149,854  

Saia Inc.(a)

    924        225,290  

Werner Enterprises Inc.

    2,100        86,100  

XPO Logistics Inc.(a)

    3,460        251,888  
    

 

 

 
       1,576,093  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.0%

 

Amkor Technology Inc.

    3,517        76,389  

Cirrus Logic Inc.(a)

    2,010        170,428  

CMC Materials Inc.

    1,003        185,956  

First Solar Inc.(a)

    3,469        290,494  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(a)

    4,803        292,743  

MKS Instruments Inc.

    1,945        291,750  

Power Integrations Inc.

    2,074        192,218  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    2,261        156,778  

Silicon Laboratories Inc.(a)

    1,343        201,719  

SiTime Corp.(a)

    527        130,601  

SunPower Corp.(a)

    2,910        62,507  

Synaptics Inc.(a)

    1,386        276,507  

Universal Display Corp.

    1,520        253,764  

Wolfspeed Inc.(a)

    4,334        493,469  
    

 

 

 
       3,075,323  

Software — 4.0%

    

ACI Worldwide Inc.(a)

    4,124        129,865  

Aspen Technology Inc.(a)

    2,339        386,800  

Blackbaud Inc.(a)

    1,568        93,876  

CDK Global Inc.

    4,084        198,809  

CommVault Systems Inc.(a)

    1,563        103,705  

Digital Turbine Inc.(a)

    3,096        135,636  

Envestnet Inc.(a)

    1,258        93,646  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

    922        430,076  

Manhattan Associates Inc.(a)

    2,216        307,381  

Mimecast Ltd.(a)

    2,184        173,759  

NCR Corp.(a)(b)

    4,630        186,080  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    1,392        286,432  

Qualys Inc.(a)

    1,185        168,756  

SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc.(a)

    3,272        167,461  

Teradata Corp.(a)

    3,807        187,647  
    

 

 

 
       3,049,929  

Specialty Retail — 3.0%

    

American Eagle Outfitters Inc.

    5,382        90,418  

AutoNation Inc.(a)

    1,402        139,611  

Five Below Inc.(a)

    1,966        311,355  

Foot Locker Inc.

    3,064        90,878  

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)(b)

    2,170        361,479  

Gap Inc. (The)

    7,466        105,121  

Lithia Motors Inc.

    1,062        318,727  

Murphy USA Inc.

    804        160,768  

RH(a)(b)

    611        199,241  

Urban Outfitters Inc.(a)

    2,301        57,778  

Victoria’s Secret & Co.(a)

    2,549        130,917  

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

    2,559        371,055  
    

 

 

 
       2,337,348  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%

 

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    4,306        86,852  
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7%

    

Capri Holdings Ltd.(a)

    5,177        266,046  

Carter’s Inc.

    1,497        137,709  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    1,228        111,171  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)

 

Crocs Inc.(a)

    2,064      $ 157,690  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    956        261,724  

Hanesbrands Inc.

    12,250        182,402  

Skechers U.S.A. Inc., Class A(a)

    4,733        192,917  
    

 

 

 
       1,309,659  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%

    

Essent Group Ltd.

    3,881        159,936  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    11,242        152,329  

New York Community Bancorp. Inc.

    16,311        174,854  

Washington Federal Inc.

    2,287        75,059  
    

 

 

 
       562,178  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.1%

 

  

GATX Corp.

    1,246        153,669  

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A

    1,656        141,108  

Univar Solutions Inc.(a)

    5,997        192,743  

Watsco Inc.

    1,159        353,078  
    

 

 

 
       840,598  

Water Utilities — 0.5%

    

Essential Utilities Inc.

    8,068        412,517  
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.8%
(Cost: $77,255,015)

       76,515,233  
    

 

 

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 1.2%             

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.34%(c)(d)(e)

    815,435      $ 815,271  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.25%(c)(d)

    90,000        90,000  
    

 

 

 
       905,271  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 1.2%
(Cost: $905,160)

       905,271  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 101.0%
(Cost: $78,160,175)

       77,420,504  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.0)%

       (754,324
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   76,666,180  
    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

(b)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

 

(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

(e) 

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

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   Value at
03/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
03/31/22
    Shares
Held at
03/31/22
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

  $ 265,494     $ 550,386 (a)    $     $ (720   $ 111     $ 815,271       815,435     $ 1,384 (b)    $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

    20,000       70,000 (a)                        90,000       90,000       25        
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (720   $ 111     $ 905,271       $ 1,409     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

 

  (b) 

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

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

For the period ended March 31, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
     Equity
Contracts
 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 1,450  
  

 

 

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 76,515,233        $        $        $ 76,515,233  

Money Market Funds

     905,271                            905,271  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 77,420,504        $        $        $ 77,420,504  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%

   

AAR Corp.(a)

    872     $ 42,231  

Aerovironment Inc.(a)

    603       56,766  

Kaman Corp.

    728       31,654  

National Presto Industries Inc.

    132       10,157  

Park Aerospace Corp.

    516       6,734  

Triumph Group Inc.(a)

    1,689       42,698  
   

 

 

 
          190,240  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.8%            

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.(a)

    706       60,977  

Forward Air Corp.

    705       68,935  

Hub Group Inc., Class A(a)

    886       68,408  
   

 

 

 
      198,320  
Airlines — 0.5%            

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

    397       64,469  

Hawaiian Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    1,339       26,378  

SkyWest Inc.(a)

    1,317       37,996  
   

 

 

 
      128,843  
Auto Components — 1.3%            

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,965       23,008  

Dorman Products Inc.(a)

    744       70,702  

Gentherm Inc.(a)

    869       63,472  

LCI Industries

    661       68,619  

Motorcar Parts of America Inc.(a)

    509       9,076  

Patrick Industries Inc.

    588       35,456  

Standard Motor Products Inc.

    500       21,570  

XPEL Inc.(a)

    431       22,675  
   

 

 

 
      314,578  
Automobiles — 0.2%            

Winnebago Industries Inc.

    872       47,114  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 9.1%            

Allegiance Bancshares Inc.

    485       21,670  

Ameris Bancorp.

    1,720       75,474  

Banc of California Inc.

    1,414       27,375  

BancFirst Corp.

    494       41,106  

Bancorp. Inc. (The)(a)

    1,446       40,965  

BankUnited Inc.

    1,347       59,214  

Banner Corp.

    643       37,635  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Inc.

    581       16,832  

Brookline Bancorp. Inc.

    1,463       23,145  

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    464       12,946  

City Holding Co.

    125       9,837  

Columbia Banking System Inc.

    1,508       48,663  

Community Bank System Inc.

    1,032       72,395  

Customers Bancorp. Inc.(a)

    790       41,191  

CVB Financial Corp.

    3,420       79,378  

Dime Community Bancshares Inc.

    854       29,523  

Eagle Bancorp. Inc.

    630       35,916  

FB Financial Corp.

    932       41,399  

First BanCorp./Puerto Rico

    3,825       50,184  

First Bancorp./Southern Pines NC

    899       37,551  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    1,770       26,833  

First Financial Bancorp.

    2,281       52,577  

First Hawaiian Inc.

    3,333       92,957  

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    572       14,077  

Heritage Financial Corp./WA

    556       13,933  

Hilltop Holdings Inc.

    1,590       46,746  

HomeStreet Inc.

    398       18,857  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks (continued)            

Hope Bancorp Inc.

    2,807     $ 45,136  

Independent Bank Corp.

    1,153       94,189  

Independent Bank Group Inc.

    961       68,385  

Investors Bancorp. Inc.

    5,899       88,072  

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    658       48,034  

Meta Financial Group Inc.

    600       32,952  

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    486       19,576  

NBT Bancorp. Inc.

    823       29,735  

Northwest Bancshares Inc.

    1,978       26,723  

OFG Bancorp.

    952       25,361  

Pacific Premier Bancorp. Inc.

    1,854       65,539  

Park National Corp.

    377       49,530  

Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA

    107       7,928  

Renasant Corp.

    885       29,603  

S&T Bancorp. Inc.

    729       21,564  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

    1,529       53,546  

ServisFirst Bancshares Inc.

    1,276       121,590  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

    2,209       57,920  

Southside Bancshares Inc.

    626       25,560  

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    310       24,264  

Triumph Bancorp. Inc.(a)

    618       58,104  

United Community Banks Inc./GA

    2,724       94,795  

Veritex Holdings Inc.

    1,290       49,239  

Westamerica Bancorp.

    473       28,616  
   

 

 

 
          2,234,340  
Beverages — 0.7%            

Celsius Holdings Inc.(a)

    999       55,125  

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.

    121       60,119  

MGP Ingredients Inc.

    327       27,988  

National Beverage Corp.

    610       26,535  
   

 

 

 
      169,767  
Biotechnology — 2.1%            

Anika Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    382       9,592  

Avid Bioservices Inc.(a)

    1,610       32,796  

Coherus Biosciences Inc.(a)

    1,666       21,508  

Cytokinetics Inc.(a)

    2,193       80,724  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc./DE(a)

    297       14,698  

Emergent BioSolutions Inc.(a)

    1,252       51,407  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    478       34,024  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    437       49,158  

Myriad Genetics Inc.(a)

    2,088       52,618  

Organogenesis Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    1,637       12,474  

REGENXBIO Inc.(a)

    984       32,659  

uniQure NV(a)

    937       16,932  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,448       16,377  

Vericel Corp.(a)

    1,224       46,781  

Xencor Inc.(a)

    1,529       40,794  
   

 

 

 
      512,542  
Building Products — 1.8%            

AAON Inc.

    1,083       60,356  

American Woodmark Corp.(a)(b)

    433       21,196  

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

    650       30,849  

Gibraltar Industries Inc.(a)

    854       36,679  

Griffon Corp.

    1,236       24,757  

Insteel Industries Inc.

    505       18,680  

PGT Innovations Inc.(a)

    1,559       28,031  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    873       18,324  

Resideo Technologies Inc.(a)

    3,775       89,958  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Building Products (continued)            

UFP Industries Inc.

    1,618     $ 124,845  
   

 

 

 
      453,675  
Capital Markets — 1.0%            

B. Riley Financial Inc.

    421       29,453  

Blucora Inc.(a)

    1,274       24,907  

BrightSphere Investment Group Inc.

    916       22,213  

Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc.(a)

    763       25,378  

Greenhill & Co. Inc.

    349       5,399  

Piper Sandler Cos

    369       48,431  

StoneX Group Inc.(a)

    447       33,181  

Virtus Investment Partners Inc.

    186       44,638  

WisdomTree Investments Inc.

    2,829       16,606  
   

 

 

 
          250,206  
Chemicals — 3.0%            

AdvanSix Inc.

    735       37,551  

American Vanguard Corp.

    713       14,488  

Balchem Corp.

    847       115,785  

Ferro Corp.(a)

    2,163       47,024  

FutureFuel Corp.

    680       6,616  

GCP Applied Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,411       44,334  

Hawkins Inc.

    491       22,537  

HB Fuller Co.

    1,381       91,243  

Innospec Inc.

    644       59,602  

Koppers Holdings Inc.

    554       15,246  

Livent Corp.(a)(b)

    4,224       110,120  

Quaker Chemical Corp.

    351       60,656  

Stepan Co.

    557       55,037  

Tredegar Corp.

    680       8,153  

Trinseo PLC

    1,015       48,639  
   

 

 

 
      737,031  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.4%            

ABM Industries Inc.

    1,760       81,030  

Brady Corp., Class A, NVS

    1,263       58,439  

CoreCivic Inc.(a)

    3,145       35,130  

Deluxe Corp.

    1,114       33,687  

GEO Group Inc. (The)(a)

    3,026       20,002  

Harsco Corp.(a)

    2,071       25,349  

Healthcare Services Group Inc.

    1,949       36,193  

HNI Corp.

    1,139       42,200  

Interface Inc.

    1,544       20,952  

KAR Auction Services Inc.(a)

    3,167       57,164  

Matthews International Corp., Class A

    825       26,697  

Pitney Bowes Inc.

    1,838       9,558  

U.S. Ecology Inc.(a)(b)

    817       39,118  

UniFirst Corp./MA

    398       73,343  

Viad Corp.(a)

    534       19,032  
   

 

 

 
      577,894  
Communications Equipment — 1.4%            

ADTRAN Inc.

    1,293       23,856  

CalAmp Corp.(a)

    950       6,945  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    698       10,952  

Digi International Inc.(a)

    915       19,691  

Extreme Networks Inc.(a)

    3,378       41,245  

Harmonic Inc.(a)

    2,676       24,860  

NETGEAR Inc.(a)

    761       18,781  

NetScout Systems Inc.(a)

    1,930       61,914  

Plantronics Inc.(a)

    1,118       44,049  

Viavi Solutions Inc.(a)

    6,013       96,689  
   

 

 

 
      348,982  
Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering — 1.1%            

Arcosa Inc.

    1,263     $ 72,307  

Comfort Systems USA Inc.

    942       83,847  

Granite Construction Inc.

    1,198       39,294  

MYR Group Inc.(a)

    441       41,472  

NV5 Global Inc.(a)

    310       41,323  
   

 

 

 
      278,243  
Consumer Finance — 0.8%            

Encore Capital Group Inc.(a)

    648       40,649  

Enova International Inc.(a)

    893       33,907  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    875       24,045  

LendingTree Inc.(a)

    300       35,901  

PRA Group Inc.(a)

    1,140       51,391  

World Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)

    108       20,719  
   

 

 

 
      206,612  
Containers & Packaging — 0.3%            

Myers Industries Inc.

    947       20,455  

O-I Glass Inc.(a)

    4,068       53,616  
   

 

 

 
      74,071  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%            

Adtalem Global Education Inc.(a)

    1,302       38,682  

American Public Education Inc.(a)

    495       10,514  

Perdoceo Education Corp.(a)

    1,833       21,043  

Strategic Education Inc.

    592       39,297  

WW International Inc.(a)

    1,383       14,148  
   

 

 

 
      123,684  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%            

ATN International Inc.

    289       11,525  

Cogent Communications Holdings Inc.

    1,109       73,582  

Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,865       11,004  
   

 

 

 
      96,111  
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%            

AZZ Inc.

    646       31,163  

Encore Wire Corp.

    530       60,457  

Powell Industries Inc.

    237       4,603  
   

 

 

 
      96,223  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.2%  

Advanced Energy Industries Inc.

    985       84,789  

Arlo Technologies Inc.(a)

    2,204       19,527  

Badger Meter Inc.

    765       76,278  

Benchmark Electronics Inc.

    916       22,937  

CTS Corp.

    842       29,756  

ePlus Inc.(a)

    702       39,354  

Fabrinet(a)

    967       101,661  

FARO Technologies Inc.(a)

    476       24,714  

Insight Enterprises Inc.(a)

    912       97,876  

Itron Inc.(a)

    1,184       62,373  

Knowles Corp.(a)

    2,400       51,672  

Methode Electronics Inc.

    974       42,126  

OSI Systems Inc.(a)

    429       36,517  

PC Connection Inc.

    288       15,088  

Plexus Corp.(a)

    735       60,130  

Rogers Corp.(a)

    490       133,133  

Sanmina Corp.(a)

    1,662       67,178  

ScanSource Inc.(a)

    666       23,170  

TTM Technologies Inc.(a)

    2,728       40,429  
   

 

 

 
          1,028,708  
Energy Equipment & Services — 2.0%            

Archrock Inc.

    3,504       32,342  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)            

Bristow Group Inc.(a)

    606     $ 22,471  

Core Laboratories NV

    1,210       38,272  

DMC Global Inc.(a)

    504       15,372  

Dril-Quip Inc.(a)

    925       34,549  

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.(a)

    3,687       17,624  

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

    2,758       117,987  

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)

    203       31,002  

Oil States International Inc.(a)

    1,625       11,294  

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.

    5,624       87,060  

ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)

    2,216       30,869  

RPC Inc.(a)

    1,838       19,611  

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,949       36,368  
   

 

 

 
          494,821  
Entertainment — 0.2%            

Cinemark Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,783       48,090  

Marcus Corp. (The)(a)

    579       10,249  
   

 

 

 
      58,339  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 8.7%  

Acadia Realty Trust

    2,312       50,101  

Agree Realty Corp.

    1,863       123,629  

Alexander & Baldwin Inc.

    1,896       43,968  

American Assets Trust Inc.

    1,377       52,174  

Armada Hoffler Properties Inc.

    1,760       25,696  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    4,473       63,248  

CareTrust REIT Inc.

    2,537       48,964  

Centerspace

    392       38,463  

Chatham Lodging Trust(a)

    1,268       17,486  

Community Healthcare Trust Inc.

    613       25,875  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.(a)

    5,506       55,611  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    6,248       19,994  

Easterly Government Properties Inc.

    2,252       47,607  

Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc.

    3,178       80,403  

Four Corners Property Trust Inc.

    2,022       54,675  

Franklin Street Properties Corp., Class C

    2,471       14,579  

Getty Realty Corp.

    1,031       29,507  

Global Net Lease Inc.

    2,709       42,613  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A(a)

    875       7,945  

Independence Realty Trust Inc.

    5,769       152,532  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    1,710       38,766  

Innovative Industrial Properties Inc.

    670       137,618  

iStar Inc.

    1,816       42,512  

LTC Properties Inc.

    1,029       39,586  

LXP Industrial Trust

    7,394       116,086  

NexPoint Residential Trust Inc.

    594       53,644  

Office Properties Income Trust

    1,266       32,574  

Orion Office REIT Inc.

    1,480       20,720  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

    3,174       61,544  

RPT Realty

    2,204       30,349  

Safehold Inc.

    368       20,406  

Saul Centers Inc.

    339       17,865  

Service Properties Trust

    4,291       37,889  

SITE Centers Corp.

    4,694       78,437  

Summit Hotel Properties Inc.(a)

    2,783       27,719  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc.

    2,718       46,722  

Uniti Group Inc.

    6,172       84,927  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    335       19,554  

Urban Edge Properties

    2,879       54,989  

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., Class A

    791       14,879  

Veris Residential Inc.(a)

    2,092       36,380  

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

    2,213       56,431  
Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Whitestone REIT

    1,200     $ 15,900  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc.(a)

    2,985       57,581  
   

 

 

 
          2,138,148  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%            

Andersons Inc. (The)

    795       39,957  

Chefs’ Warehouse Inc. (The)(a)

    852       27,775  

PriceSmart Inc.

    629       49,609  

SpartanNash Co.

    940       31,010  

United Natural Foods Inc.(a)

    1,519       62,811  
   

 

 

 
      211,162  
Food Products — 1.8%            

B&G Foods Inc.

    1,697       45,785  

Calavo Growers Inc.

    460       16,767  

Cal-Maine Foods Inc.

    979       54,060  

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

    870       22,542  

Hostess Brands Inc.(a)

    3,618       79,379  

J&J Snack Foods Corp.

    390       60,489  

John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc.

    233       19,442  

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(a)

    158       8,143  

Simply Good Foods Co. (The)(a)

    2,212       83,946  

Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.

    466       16,291  

TreeHouse Foods Inc.(a)

    1,458       47,035  
   

 

 

 
      453,879  
Gas Utilities — 0.7%            

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    280       38,573  

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

    803       41,531  

South Jersey Industries Inc.

    2,940       101,577  
   

 

 

 
      181,681  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.4%            

AngioDynamics Inc.(a)

    1,012       21,798  

Artivion Inc.(a)

    1,028       21,979  

Avanos Medical Inc.(a)

    1,260       42,210  

BioLife Solutions Inc.(a)

    784       17,820  

Cardiovascular Systems Inc.(a)

    1,061       23,979  

CONMED Corp.

    765       113,641  

Cutera Inc.(a)

    425       29,325  

Glaukos Corp.(a)

    1,226       70,887  

Heska Corp.(a)

    280       38,718  

Inogen Inc.(a)

    532       17,247  

Integer Holdings Corp.(a)

    863       69,532  

Lantheus Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,770       97,899  

LeMaitre Vascular Inc.

    502       23,328  

Meridian Bioscience Inc.(a)

    1,138       29,543  

Merit Medical Systems Inc.(a)

    1,328       88,339  

Mesa Laboratories Inc.(b)

    137       34,919  

Natus Medical Inc.(a)

    892       23,442  

OraSure Technologies Inc.(a)

    1,907       12,929  

Orthofix Medical Inc.(a)

    516       16,873  

Surmodics Inc.(a)

    367       16,636  

Tactile Systems Technology Inc.(a)

    525       10,584  

Varex Imaging Corp.(a)

    1,035       22,035  

Zynex Inc.

    592       3,688  
   

 

 

 
      847,351  
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.7%            

Addus HomeCare Corp.(a)

    416       38,809  

AMN Healthcare Services Inc.(a)

    1,236       128,952  

Apollo Medical Holdings Inc.(a)

    988       47,888  

Community Health Systems Inc.(a)

    3,246       38,530  

CorVel Corp.(a)

    246       41,436  

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (continued)            

Covetrus Inc.(a)

    2,702     $ 45,367  

Cross Country Healthcare Inc.(a)

    919       19,915  

Ensign Group Inc. (The)

    1,368       123,134  

Fulgent Genetics Inc.(a)

    507       31,642  

Hanger Inc.(a)

    956       17,523  

Joint Corp. (The)(a)

    375       13,271  

MEDNAX Inc.(a)(b)

    2,228       52,313  

ModivCare Inc.(a)

    322       37,156  

Owens & Minor Inc.(b)

    1,973       86,851  

Pennant Group Inc. (The)(a)

    716       13,339  

RadNet Inc.(a)

    1,219       27,269  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    2,770       66,452  

Tivity Health Inc.(a)

    1,158       37,253  

U.S. Physical Therapy Inc.

    337       33,515  
   

 

 

 
      900,615  
Health Care Technology — 1.3%            

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.(a)

    3,186       71,749  

Computer Programs & Systems Inc.(a)

    381       13,125  

HealthStream Inc.(a)

    656       13,068  

NextGen Healthcare Inc.(a)

    1,468       30,696  

Omnicell Inc.(a)

    1,149       148,784  

OptimizeRx Corp.(a)

    465       17,535  

Simulations Plus Inc.

    411       20,953  
   

 

 

 
      315,910  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%            

BJ’s Restaurants Inc.(a)

    606       17,150  

Bloomin’ Brands Inc.

    2,123       46,579  

Brinker International Inc.(a)

    1,166       44,494  

Cheesecake Factory Inc. (The)(a)

    1,268       50,454  

Chuy’s Holdings Inc.(a)

    515       13,905  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc.(a)

    1,013       49,738  

Dine Brands Global Inc.

    448       34,921  

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.(a)

    514       5,973  

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc.(a)

    454       3,394  

Jack in the Box Inc.

    552       51,562  

Monarch Casino & Resort Inc.(a)(b)

    343       29,920  

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.(a)

    417       7,031  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc.

    830       18,990  

Shake Shack Inc., Class A(a)

    1,023       69,462  
   

 

 

 
      443,573  
Household Durables — 2.0%            

Cavco Industries Inc.(a)

    223       53,710  

Century Communities Inc.

    777       41,624  

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

    572       14,912  

Installed Building Products Inc.

    614       51,877  

iRobot Corp.(a)(b)

    705       44,697  

La-Z-Boy Inc.

    1,148       30,273  

LGI Homes Inc.(a)

    558       54,505  

M/I Homes Inc.(a)

    761       33,750  

MDC Holdings Inc.

    1,478       55,928  

Meritage Homes Corp.(a)

    975       77,249  

Tupperware Brands Corp.(a)

    1,278       24,857  

Universal Electronics Inc.(a)

    347       10,840  
   

 

 

 
      494,222  
Household Products — 0.5%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.(a)

    259       11,386  

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A, NVS(a)

    1,036       42,248  

WD-40 Co.

    358       65,596  
   

 

 

 
          119,230  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance — 2.4%            

Ambac Financial Group Inc.(a)

    1,204     $ 12,522  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    2,154       85,966  

AMERISAFE Inc.

    506       25,133  

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    1,824       116,116  

eHealth Inc.(a)

    629       7,806  

Employers Holdings Inc.

    224       9,188  

Genworth Financial Inc., Class A(a)

    8,775       33,169  

HCI Group Inc.

    208       14,181  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    715       29,908  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    666       16,477  

Palomar Holdings Inc.(a)(b)

    631       40,378  

ProAssurance Corp.

    1,040       27,955  

Safety Insurance Group Inc.

    276       25,075  

SiriusPoint Ltd.(a)

    2,235       16,718  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    516       31,275  

Trupanion Inc.(a)

    897       79,941  

United Fire Group Inc.

    564       17,523  

Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.

    742       10,010  
   

 

 

 
          599,341  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%            

Cars.com Inc.(a)

    1,698       24,502  

QuinStreet Inc.(a)

    1,322       15,335  
   

 

 

 
      39,837  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.3%            

Liquidity Services Inc.(a)

    704       12,052  

PetMed Express Inc.

    545       14,061  

Shutterstock Inc.

    608       56,593  
   

 

 

 
      82,706  
IT Services — 1.7%            

CSG Systems International Inc.

    850       54,035  

EVERTEC Inc.

    1,562       63,933  

ExlService Holdings Inc.(a)

    871       124,788  

Perficient Inc.(a)

    861       94,787  

TTEC Holdings Inc.

    479       39,527  

Unisys Corp.(a)

    1,756       37,947  
   

 

 

 
      415,017  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%            

NeoGenomics Inc.(a)

    3,219       39,111  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 4.5%            

Alamo Group Inc.

    259       37,242  

Albany International Corp., Class A

    847       71,419  

Astec Industries Inc.

    595       25,585  

Barnes Group Inc.

    1,218       48,951  

CIRCOR International Inc.(a)

    527       14,029  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

    1,577       34,520  

EnPro Industries Inc.

    539       52,676  

ESCO Technologies Inc.

    680       47,546  

Federal Signal Corp.

    1,597       53,899  

Franklin Electric Co. Inc.

    1,020       84,701  

Greenbrier Companies Inc. (The)

    851       43,835  

Hillenbrand Inc.

    1,904       84,100  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    831       98,449  

Lindsay Corp.

    287       45,062  

Meritor Inc.(a)

    1,850       65,804  

Proto Labs Inc.(a)

    721       38,141  

SPX Corp.(a)

    1,187       58,650  

SPX FLOW Inc.

    1,097       94,583  

Standex International Corp.

    320       31,974  

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Tennant Co.

    485     $ 38,218  

Titan International Inc.(a)

    1,337       19,694  

Wabash National Corp.

    1,273       18,891  
   

 

 

 
          1,107,969  
Marine — 0.5%            

Matson Inc.

    1,099       132,561  
   

 

 

 
Media — 0.8%            

AMC Networks Inc., Class A(a)

    764       31,041  

EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A(a)

    1,495       31,081  

Gannett Co. Inc.(a)

    3,700       16,687  

Loyalty Ventures Inc.(a)

    528       8,728  

Scholastic Corp.

    793       31,942  

TechTarget Inc.(a)

    697       56,652  

Thryv Holdings Inc.(a)

    441       12,401  
   

 

 

 
      188,532  
Metals & Mining — 1.9%            

Allegheny Technologies Inc.(a)

    3,327       89,297  

Arconic Corp.(a)

    2,783       71,300  

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    1,262       52,979  

Century Aluminum Co.(a)

    1,319       34,703  

Compass Minerals International Inc.

    891       55,946  

Haynes International Inc.

    324       13,802  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    415       39,076  

Materion Corp.

    534       45,785  

Olympic Steel Inc.

    247       9,500  

SunCoke Energy Inc.

    2,172       19,353  

TimkenSteel Corp.(a)

    1,075       23,521  
   

 

 

 
      455,262  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment — 1.4%            

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc.

    3,454       48,114  

ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc.

    2,345       19,698  

Ellington Financial Inc.

    1,426       25,312  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc.

    1,142       15,965  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.

    1,398       15,546  

Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.

    8,150       18,582  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

    1,179       24,299  

New York Mortgage Trust Inc.

    9,915       36,190  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    2,480       41,887  

Ready Capital Corp.

    1,757       26,460  

Redwood Trust Inc.

    2,998       31,569  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    8,990       49,715  
   

 

 

 
      353,337  
Multi-Utilities — 0.4%            

Avista Corp.

    1,840       83,076  

Unitil Corp.

    418       20,850  
   

 

 

 
      103,926  
Multiline Retail — 0.1%            

Big Lots Inc.

    798       27,611  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0%            

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    733       10,621  

Green Plains Inc.(a)

    1,009       31,289  

Par Pacific Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,189       15,481  

PBF Energy Inc., Class A(a)

    2,483       60,511  

Renewable Energy Group Inc.(a)

    1,314       79,694  

REX American Resources Corp.(a)

    136       13,545  

World Fuel Services Corp.

    1,651       44,643  
   

 

 

 
      255,784  
Security   Shares     Value  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%            

Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)

    442     $ 12,389  

Glatfelter Corp.

    1,157       14,324  

Mercer International Inc.

    1,047       14,605  

Neenah Inc.

    436       17,292  

Sylvamo Corp.(a)

    922       30,684  
   

 

 

 
      89,294  
Personal Products — 0.8%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    1,414       51,851  

elf Beauty Inc.(a)

    1,254       32,391  

Inter Parfums Inc.

    465       40,943  

Medifast Inc.

    304       51,917  

USANA Health Sciences Inc.(a)

    304       24,153  
   

 

 

 
      201,255  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%            

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    963       34,572  

ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    333       9,360  

Cara Therapeutics Inc.(a)(b)

    1,088       13,219  

Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.(a)

    899       18,304  

Corcept Therapeutics Inc.(a)

    2,492       56,120  

Endo International PLC(a)

    6,188       14,294  

Innoviva Inc.(a)

    1,635       31,637  

Nektar Therapeutics(a)

    4,825       26,007  

Pacira BioSciences Inc.(a)

    1,165       88,913  

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

    539       10,753  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.(a)

    1,312       69,457  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.(a)

    1,390       44,925  
   

 

 

 
      417,561  
Professional Services — 1.4%            

Exponent Inc.

    1,362       147,164  

Forrester Research Inc.(a)

    291       16,418  

Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.

    512       20,265  

Kelly Services Inc., Class A, NVS

    942       20,432  

Korn Ferry

    1,423       92,410  

Resources Connection Inc.

    795       13,626  

TrueBlue Inc.(a)

    928       26,810  
   

 

 

 
      337,125  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%            

Douglas Elliman Inc., NVS

    1,717       12,534  

Marcus & Millichap Inc.

    653       34,400  

RE/MAX Holdings Inc., Class A

    491       13,615  

Realogy Holdings Corp.(a)

    3,048       47,793  

St Joe Co. (The)

    862       51,065  
   

 

 

 
          159,407  
Road & Rail — 0.4%            

ArcBest Corp.

    650       52,325  

Heartland Express Inc.

    1,217       17,123  

Marten Transport Ltd.

    1,563       27,759  
   

 

 

 
      97,207  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.7%  

Axcelis Technologies Inc.(a)

    871       65,787  

CEVA Inc.(a)

    601       24,431  

Cohu Inc.(a)

    1,273       37,681  

Diodes Inc.(a)

    1,177       102,387  

FormFactor Inc.(a)

    2,045       85,951  

Ichor Holdings Ltd.(a)

    743       26,466  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc.

    1,629       91,257  

MaxLinear Inc.(a)

    1,847       107,772  

Onto Innovation Inc.(a)

    1,288       111,914  

PDF Solutions Inc.(a)

    777       21,655  

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

Photronics Inc.(a)

    1,622     $ 27,525  

Rambus Inc.(a)

    2,859       91,173  

SMART Global Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,230       31,771  

Ultra Clean Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,174       49,766  

Veeco Instruments Inc.(a)

    1,320       35,891  
   

 

 

 
            911,427  
Software — 2.9%            

8x8 Inc.(a)

    3,094       38,953  

Agilysys Inc.(a)

    508       20,259  

Alarm.com Holdings Inc.(a)

    1,204       80,018  

Bottomline Technologies DE Inc.(a)

    1,011       57,304  

Consensus Cloud Solutions Inc.(a)

    416       25,014  

Ebix Inc.

    623       20,652  

InterDigital Inc.

    802       51,168  

LivePerson Inc.(a)

    1,764       43,077  

OneSpan Inc.(a)

    910       13,140  

Progress Software Corp.

    1,155       54,389  

SPS Commerce Inc.(a)

    940       123,328  

Vonage Holdings Corp.(a)

    6,600       133,914  

Xperi Holding Corp.

    2,733       47,336  
   

 

 

 
      708,552  
Specialty Retail — 3.9%            

Aaron’s Co. Inc. (The)

    818       16,425  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(a)

    1,477       47,249  

America’s Car-Mart Inc./TX(a)

    157       12,648  

Asbury Automotive Group Inc.(a)

    605       96,921  

Barnes & Noble Education Inc.(a)

    951       3,405  

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.(a)

    2,519       56,753  

Boot Barn Holdings Inc.(a)

    776       73,557  

Buckle Inc. (The)

    768       25,375  

Caleres Inc.

    996       19,253  

Cato Corp. (The), Class A

    495       7,257  

Chico’s FAS Inc.(a)

    3,199       15,355  

Children’s Place Inc. (The)(a)

    355       17,502  

Conn’s Inc.(a)

    508       7,828  

Designer Brands Inc. , Class A(a)

    1,613       21,792  

Genesco Inc.(a)

    359       22,836  

Group 1 Automotive Inc.

    450       75,524  

Guess? Inc.

    1,019       22,265  

Haverty Furniture Companies Inc.

    394       10,803  

Hibbett Inc.

    334       14,810  

LL Flooring Holdings Inc.(a)

    770       10,795  

MarineMax Inc.(a)(b)

    576       23,190  

Monro Inc.

    877       38,886  

ODP Corp. (The)(a)

    1,200       54,996  

Rent-A-Center Inc./TX

    1,581       39,825  

Sally Beauty Holdings Inc.(a)

    2,878       44,983  

Shoe Carnival Inc.

    454       13,239  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    1,376       100,035  

Sleep Number Corp.(a)

    592       30,020  

Sonic Automotive Inc., Class A

    542       23,040  

Zumiez Inc.(a)

    511       19,525  
   

 

 

 
      966,092  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%  

3D Systems Corp.(a)

    3,339       55,695  

Diebold Nixdorf Inc.(a)

    1,894       12,747  
   

 

 

 
      68,442  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%            

Fossil Group Inc.(a)

    1,257       12,118  
Security   Shares     Value  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)            

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(a)

    1,143     $ 30,918  

Kontoor Brands Inc.

    1,244       51,439  

Movado Group Inc.

    426       16,635  

Oxford Industries Inc.

    415       37,558  

Steven Madden Ltd.

    2,000       77,280  

Unifi Inc.(a)

    369       6,679  

Vera Bradley Inc.(a)

    672       5,154  

Wolverine World Wide Inc.

    2,153       48,572  
   

 

 

 
      286,353  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.1%            

Axos Financial Inc.(a)

    1,392       64,575  

Capitol Federal Financial Inc.

    3,357       36,524  

Flagstar Bancorp. Inc.

    1,309       55,501  

Mr Cooper Group Inc.(a)

    1,964       89,696  

NMI Holdings Inc., Class A(a)

    2,242       46,230  

Northfield Bancorp. Inc.

    1,127       16,184  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

    1,475       34,515  

TrustCo Bank Corp. NY

    223       7,120  

Walker & Dunlop Inc.

    771       99,783  

WSFS Financial Corp.

    1,587       73,986  
   

 

 

 
      524,114  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.3%            

Applied Industrial Technologies Inc.

    1,005       103,173  

Boise Cascade Co.

    1,028       71,415  

DXP Enterprises Inc./TX(a)

    454       12,299  

GMS Inc.(a)

    1,126       56,041  

NOW Inc.(a)

    2,890       31,877  

Veritiv Corp.(a)

    362       48,360  
   

 

 

 
      323,165  
Water Utilities — 0.7%            

American States Water Co.

    966       85,993  

California Water Service Group

    1,375       81,510  
   

 

 

 
      167,503  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%            

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    1,306       30,796  

Telephone and Data Systems Inc.

    2,583       48,767  
   

 

 

 
      79,563  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 97.0%
(Cost: $25,033,001)

      23,864,169  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 4.7%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.34%(c)(d)(e)

    405,675       405,593  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 0.25%(c)(d)

    760,000       760,000  
   

 

 

 
      1,165,593  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 4.7%
(Cost: $1,165,527)

 

    1,165,593  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 101.7%
(Cost: $26,198,528)

 

    25,029,762  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.7)%

      (413,828
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   24,615,934  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

 

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(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)

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

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
03/31/21
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
03/31/22
     Shares
Held at
03/31/22
     Income     

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 250,662      $ 155,301 (a)     $      $ (436    $ 66      $ 405,593        405,675      $ 746 (b)     $  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     520,000        240,000 (a)                            760,000        760,000        177         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (436    $ 66      $ 1,165,593         $ 923      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
Reference Entity    Payment
Frequency
  Counterparty(a)     Termination
Date
     Net Notional      Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Net Value of
Reference
Entity
    

Gross

Notional

Amount

Net Asset

Percentage

 

 

 

Equity Securities Long

   Monthly     Goldman Sachs Bank USA(b)       02/27/23      $ 203,095      $ (1,365 )(c)    $ 201,657        0.8
   Monthly     HSBC Bank PLC(d)       02/10/23        295,908        11,185 (e)      300,265        1.2  
   Monthly     JPMorgan Chase Bank NA(f)       02/08/23        190,321        5,165 (g)       193,910        0.8  
            

 

 

   

 

 

    
             $ 14,985     $ 695,832     
            

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

  (a)

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 
  (c)

Amount includes $73 of net dividends and financing fees.

 
  (e) 

Amount includes $6,828 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 
  (g) 

Amount includes $1,576 of net dividends, payable for referenced securities purchased and financing fees.

 

The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

    (b)   (d)   (f)  
  Range:   65 basis points   65 basis points   65 basis points       
         Benchmarks:               USD - 1D Overnight Fed Funds Effective Rate           USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate           USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate  
    (FEDL01)   (OBFR01)   (OBFR01)  

 

 

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The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Goldman Sachs Bank USA as of March 31, 2022 expiration 2/27/2023.

 

     Shares     Value    

% of

Basket
Value

 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Banks                  

Allegiance Bancshares Inc.

    7     $ 313       0.2%  

Bancorp. Inc. (The)(a)

    31       878       0.4     

BankUnited Inc.

    56       2,462       1.2     

Banner Corp.

    37       2,166       1.1     

Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Inc.

    395       11,443       5.7     

Brookline Bancorp. Inc.

    304       4,809       2.4     

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    60       1,674       0.8     

City Holding Co.

    129       10,152       5.0     

Columbia Banking System Inc.

    8       258       0.1     

Community Bank System Inc.

    377       26,447       13.1     

Eagle Bancorp. Inc.

    76       4,333       2.1     

First BanCorp./Puerto Rico

    56       735       0.4     

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    25       379       0.2     

First Financial Bancorp.

    180       4,149       2.1     

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    67       1,649       0.8     

Heritage Financial Corp./WA

    166       4,160       2.1     

HomeStreet Inc.

    7       332       0.2     

Hope Bancorp Inc.

    18       289       0.1     

Independent Bank Corp.

    11       899       0.4     

NBT Bancorp. Inc.

    310       11,200       5.6     

Northwest Bancshares Inc.

    84       1,135       0.6     

Pacific Premier Bancorp. Inc.

    236       8,343       4.1     

Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA

    118       8,743       4.3     

Renasant Corp.

    10       335       0.2     

S&T Bancorp. Inc.

    7       207       0.1     

Simmons First National Corp.

    41       1,075       0.5     

Southside Bancshares Inc.

    171       6,982       3.5     

Trustmark Corp.

    19       577       0.3     

Westamerica Bancorp.

    114       6,897       3.4     
   

 

 

   
      123,021    
   

 

 

   
Commercial Services & Supplies                  

Pitney Bowes Inc.

    364       1,893       0.9     
   

 

 

   
Gas Utilities                  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    10       1,378       0.7     
   

 

 

   
Insurance                  

Employers Holdings Inc.

    68       2,789       1.4     

Genworth Financial Inc., Class A(a)

    40       151       0.1     

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    6       148       0.1     

ProAssurance Corp.

    50       1,344       0.6     

Safety Insurance Group Inc.

    33       2,998       1.5     
   

 

 

   
      7,430    
   

 

 

   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Green Plains Inc.(a)

    384       11,908       5.9     
   

 

 

   
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

    510       11,934       5.9     

TrustCo Bank Corp. NY

    39       1,245       0.6     

WSFS Financial Corp.

    125       5,828       2.9     
   

 

 

   
      19,007    
   

 

 

   
     Shares     Value    

% of

Basket
Value

 
Water Utilities                  

Middlesex Water Co.

    352     $ 37,020       18.4     
   

 

 

   

Total Reference Entity — Long

      201,657    
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity — Goldman Sachs Bank USA

 

  $ 201,657    
   

 

 

   

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with HSBC Bank PLC as of March 31, 2022 expiration 2/10/2023.

 

     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Banks                  

Bancorp. Inc. (The)(a)

    23     $ 652       0.2%  

BankUnited Inc.

    729       32,047       10.7     

Banner Corp.

    120       7,024       2.3     

Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Inc.

    296       8,575       2.8     

Brookline Bancorp. Inc.

    118       1,867       0.6     

City Holding Co.

    141       11,097       3.7     

Columbia Banking System Inc.

    499       16,103       5.3     

Eagle Bancorp. Inc.

    46       2,622       0.9     

First Bancorp./Southern Pines NC

    6       251       0.1     

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    551       8,353       2.8     

Hanmi Financial Corp.

    156       3,839       1.3     

Heritage Financial Corp./WA

    196       4,912       1.6     

Hope Bancorp Inc.

    312       5,017       1.7     

Independent Bank Corp.

    55       4,493       1.5     

Lakeland Financial Corp.

    3       219       0.1     

National Bank Holdings Corp.

    36       1,450       0.5     

Northwest Bancshares Inc.

    1,248       16,860       5.6     

OFG Bancorp.

    346       9,217       3.1     

Pacific Premier Bancorp. Inc.

    338       11,948       4.0     

Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA

    15       1,111       0.4     

Renasant Corp.

    563       18,832       6.3     

S&T Bancorp. Inc.

    293       8,667       2.9     

Simmons First National Corp.

    697       18,275       6.1     

Southside Bancshares Inc.

    49       2,001       0.6     

Trustmark Corp.

    71       2,158       0.7     

Westamerica Bancorp.

    115       6,958       2.3     
   

 

 

   
      204,548    
   

 

 

   
Commercial Services & Supplies                  

GEO Group Inc. (The)(a)

    177       1,170       0.4     

Pitney Bowes Inc.

    2,125       11,050       3.7     
   

 

 

   
      12,220    
   

 

 

   
Consumer Finance                  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    81       2,226       0.7     
   

 

 

   
Gas Utilities                  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

    170       23,419       7.8     
   

 

 

   
Insurance                  

Employers Holdings Inc.

    188       7,712       2.6     

Genworth Financial Inc., Class A(a)

    1,120       4,234       1.4     

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    58       2,426       0.8     

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

    303       7,496       2.5     

ProAssurance Corp.

    321       8,628       2.9     

 

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     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Safety Insurance Group Inc.

    63     $ 5,724       1.9  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    41       2,485       0.8  
   

 

 

   
      38,705    
   

 

 

   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels                  

Green Plains Inc.(a)

    8       248       0.1  
   

 

 

   
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

    11       257       0.1  

TrustCo Bank Corp. NY

    238       7,599       2.5  
   

 

 

   
      7,856    
   

 

 

   
Water Utilities                  

Middlesex Water Co.

    105       11,043       3.7  
   

 

 

   

Total Reference Entity — Long

      300,265    
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity — HSBC Bank PLC

    $ 300,265    
   

 

 

   

The following table represents the individual long positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as of March 31, 2022 expiration 2/8/2023.

 

     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Reference Entity — Long

     
Banks                  

Allegiance Bancshares Inc.

    2     $ 89       0.0%  

Ameris Bancorp.

    9       395       0.2     

BankUnited Inc.

    107       4,704       2.4     

Banner Corp.

    95       5,560       2.9     

Brookline Bancorp. Inc.

    144       2,278       1.2     

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    201       5,608       2.9     

Columbia Banking System Inc.

    17       549       0.3     

Customers Bancorp. Inc.

    2       104       0.1     

CVB Financial Corp.

    122       2,832       1.5     

Eagle Bancorp. Inc.

    83       4,732       2.4     

First BanCorp./Puerto Rico

    1,395       18,302       9.4     

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    118       1,789       0.9     
     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

HomeStreet Inc.

    120     $ 5,686       2.9  

Independent Bank Corp.

    18       1,470       0.8  

Meta Financial Group Inc.

    180       9,886       5.1  

National Bank Holdings Corp.

    261       10,513       5.4  

Pacific Premier Bancorp. Inc.

    40       1,414       0.7  

Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA

    113       8,372       4.3  

Trustmark Corp.

    1,522       46,254       23.9  

United Community Banks Inc./GA

    16       557       0.3  
   

 

 

   
      131,094    
   

 

 

   
Consumer Finance                  

Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)

    474       13,026       6.7  
   

 

 

   
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)                  

Service Properties Trust

    25       221       0.1  
   

 

 

   
Health Care Technology                  

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.(a)

    18       405       0.2  
   

 

 

   
Insurance                  

Employers Holdings Inc.

    251       10,296       5.3  

Genworth Financial Inc., Class A(a)

    3,330       12,587       6.5  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    309       12,925       6.7  

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    146       8,849       4.5  
   

 

 

   
      44,657    
   

 

 

   
Multi-Utilities                  

Avista Corp.

    10       452       0.3  
   

 

 

   
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance                  

Axos Financial Inc.(a)

    8       371       0.2  

Capitol Federal Financial Inc.

    19       207       0.1  

Flagstar Bancorp. Inc.

    82       3,477       1.8  
   

 

 

   
      4,055    
   

 

 

   

Total Reference Entity — Long

      193,910    
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity — JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

 

  $ 193,910    
   

 

 

   

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

Balances Reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Total Return Swaps

 

    

Premiums

Paid

    

Premiums

Received

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

Total Return Swaps

    $—        $—        $16,350        $(1,365

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

     Equity
Contracts
 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Swaps — OTC

 

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums paid

  $ 16,350  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Swaps — OTC

 

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums received

  $ 1,365  
 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

For the period ended March 31, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

    

Equity

Contracts

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

 

Futures contracts

  $ 748  

Swaps

    (55,251
 

 

 

 
  $ (54,503
 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

Swaps

  $ 31,904  
 

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts:

       

Average notional value of contracts — long

  $ 22,008  

Total return swaps:

 

Average notional value

  $ 599,444  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments - Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     Assets      Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments:

    

Swaps - OTC(a)

  $ 16,350      $ 1,365  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities

    16,350        1,365  

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

            
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

    16,350        1,365  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums (paid/received) in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The following tables present the Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received and pledged by the Fund:

 

 

 

Counterparty

    


Derivative

Assets

Subject to

an MNA by
Counterparty

 

 

 


 

  


 

Derivatives
Available

for Offset


 

(a) 

 

 

Non-Cash

Collateral

Received

 

 

 

  

 

Cash

Collateral

Received

 

 

 

  

 


Net Amount

of Derivative
Assets


(b)  

 

 

HSBC Bank PLC

   $ 11,185      $         —     $         —      $         —      $ 11,185  

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

     5,165                            5,165  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 16,350      $         —     $         —      $         —      $ 16,350  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
             

 

 
Counterparty     


Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to

an MNA by

Counterparty

 
 
 

 

 

  


 

Derivatives
Available

for Offset


 

(a) 

 

 

Non-Cash

Collateral

Pledged

 

 

 

  

 

Cash

Collateral

Pledged

 

 

 

  

 

Net Amount

of Derivative

Liabilities

 

 

(c) 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 1,365      $         —     $         —      $         —      $ 1,365  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

 
  (b) 

Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

 
  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

March 31, 2022

  

iShares® ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

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

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 23,864,169        $        $        $ 23,864,169  

Money Market Funds

     1,165,593                            1,165,593  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 25,029,762        $        $        $ 25,029,762  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Swaps

   $        $ 16,350        $        $ 16,350  

Liabilities

                 

Swaps

              (1,365                 (1,365
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $ 14,985        $        $ 14,985  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps. Swaps are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2022

 

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P 500 ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P Mid-Cap
ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P

Small-Cap

ETF

 

 

 

ASSETS

     

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a):

     

Unaffiliated(b)

  $ 227,246,900     $ 76,515,233     $ 23,864,169  

Affiliated(c)

    1,052,202       905,271       1,165,593  

Cash

    6,295       2,864       7,970  

Cash pledged:

     

Futures contracts

    22,000              

Receivables:

     

Securities lending income — Affiliated

    8       598       86  

Capital shares sold

          23,223        

Dividends

    119,509       73,062       26,125  

Unrealized appreciation on:

     

OTC swaps

                16,350  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    228,446,914       77,520,251       25,080,293  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

    12,532       815,885       405,970  

Payables:

     

Investments purchased

          30,846       54,526  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    5,753       1        

Investment advisory fees

    14,625       7,339       2,498  

Unrealized depreciation on:

     

OTC swaps

                1,365  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    32,910       854,071       464,359  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 228,414,004     $ 76,666,180     $ 24,615,934  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

     

Paid-in capital

  $ 241,149,327     $ 78,568,380     $ 26,512,462  

Accumulated loss

    (12,735,323     (1,902,200     (1,896,528
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 228,414,004     $ 76,666,180     $ 24,615,934  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    6,650,000       2,100,000       650,000  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 34.35     $ 36.51     $ 37.87  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Par value

    None       None       None  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 12,228     $ 793,500     $ 396,076  

(b) Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated

  $ 239,114,388     $ 77,255,015     $ 25,033,001  

(c)  Investments, at cost — Affiliated

  $ 1,169,186     $ 905,160     $ 1,165,527  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2022

 

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P 500 ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P Mid-Cap
ETF

   

iShares

ESG

Screened

S&P

Small-Cap

ETF

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends — Unaffiliated

  $ 2,296,286     $ 642,312     $ 186,653  

Dividends — Affiliated

    13,194       59       201  

Securities lending income — Affiliated — net

    424       1,350       722  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (504           (158
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    2,309,400       643,721       187,418  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

     

Investment advisory fees

    153,634       57,273       20,075  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    153,634       57,273       20,075  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2,155,766       586,448       167,343  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investments — Unaffiliated

    (700,345     (1,103,061     (647,472

Investments — Affiliated

    (984     (720     (436

In-kind redemptions — Unaffiliated

    28,584,124       2,236,565       2,053,993  

In-kind redemptions — Affiliated

    16,785              

Futures contracts

    (8,950     1,450       748  

Swaps

                (55,251
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain

    27,890,630       1,134,234       1,351,582  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

     

Investments — Unaffiliated

    (13,173,014     (2,007,719     (2,365,775

Investments — Affiliated

    (127,261     111       66  

Futures contracts

    22,244              

Swaps

                31,904  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (13,278,031     (2,007,608     (2,333,805
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    14,612,599       (873,374     (982,223
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 16,768,365     $ (286,926   $ (814,880
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    iShares
ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF
           iShares
ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF
 
   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
      

Period From
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 
(a)  

 

      
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
      

Period From
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 
(a)  

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                

OPERATIONS

                

Net investment income

  $ 2,155,766        $ 74,190        $ 586,448        $ 75,611  

Net realized gain

    27,890,630          222,607          1,134,234          1,982,039  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (13,278,031        1,316,557          (2,007,608        1,267,937  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    16,768,365          1,613,354          (286,926        3,325,587  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(b)

                

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (2,164,851        (69,238        (598,577        (72,947
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    183,536,895          28,729,479          57,811,412          16,487,631  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

                

Total increase in net assets

    198,140,409          30,273,595          56,925,909          19,740,271  

Beginning of period

    30,273,595                   19,740,271           
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 228,414,004        $ 30,273,595        $ 76,666,180        $ 19,740,271  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

 

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

    iShares
ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap
ETF
 
   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
      

Period From
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 
(a)  

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

      

OPERATIONS

      

Net investment income

  $ 167,343        $ 43,432  

Net realized gain

    1,351,582          1,750,921  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (2,333,805        1,180,024  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (814,880        2,974,377  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(b)

      

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (297,928        (54,674
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

      

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    16,027,431          6,781,608  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

      

Total increase in net assets

    14,914,623          9,701,311  

Beginning of period

    9,701,311           
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 24,615,934        $ 9,701,311  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

 

(b)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF  
 

 

 

 
   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    

Period From
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 30.27      $ 25.29  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.39        0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain(c)

    4.07        4.91  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    4.46        5.12  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

    

From net investment income

    (0.38      (0.14
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.38      (0.14
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 34.35      $ 30.27  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

    

Based on net asset value

    14.74      20.27 %(f) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

    

Total expenses

    0.08      0.08 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.12      1.37 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

    

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 228,414      $ 30,274  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    3      6 %(f)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

 

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

 

(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

 

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

(f) 

Not annualized.

 

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

 

(h) 

Annualized.

 

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF  
 

 

 

 
   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    

Period From
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 35.89      $ 25.19  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.46        0.22  

Net realized and unrealized gain(c)

    0.58        10.66  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    1.04        10.88  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

    

From net investment income

    (0.42      (0.18
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.42      (0.18
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 36.51      $ 35.89  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

    

Based on net asset value

    2.88      43.29 %(f) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

    

Total expenses

    0.12      0.12 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.23      1.29 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

    

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 76,666      $ 19,740  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    26      11 %(f)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

 

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

 

(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

 

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

(f) 

Not annualized.

 

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

 

(h) 

Annualized.

 

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF  
 

 

 

 
   
Year Ended
03/31/22
 
 
    

Period From
09/22/20

to 03/31/21

 
(a)  

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 38.81      $ 25.18  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.39        0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(c)

    (0.55      13.69  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (0.16      13.89  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(d)

    

From net investment income

    (0.78      (0.26
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.78      (0.26
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 37.87      $ 38.81  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

    

Based on net asset value

    (0.47 )%       55.32 %(f) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

    

Total expenses

    0.12      0.12 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.00      1.13 %(h) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

    

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 24,616      $ 9,701  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

    34      18 %(f)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

 

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) 

The amounts reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities.

 

(d) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

 

(e) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

(f) 

Not annualized.

 

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

 

(h) 

Annualized.

 

(i) 

Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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1.

ORGANIZATION

iShares Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios.

These financial statements relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

iShares ETF    Diversification
Classification
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

     Non-diversified  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

     Non-diversified  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

     Non-diversified  

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Upon notification from issuers or as estimated by management, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Other foreign taxes”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of March 31, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where a Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts and swaps) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, a Fund may segregate or designate on its books and record cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investment to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.

In-kind Redemptions: For financial reporting purposes, in-kind redemptions are treated as sales of securities resulting in realized capital gains or losses to the Funds. Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Funds, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments

 

 

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using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published NAV.

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a fund’s NAV and the prices used by the fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the fund’s performance and the performance of the fund’s underlying index.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, (including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: Each Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an approved bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund or excess collateral is returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested in money market funds managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, or its affiliates is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are also disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When

 

 

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the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

 

 

iShares ETF and Counterparty

   
Market Value of
Securities on Loan
 
 
    
Cash Collateral
Received
 
(a)  
   
Non-Cash Collateral
Received
 
 
     Net Amount  

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

         

BNP Paribas SA

  $ 6,586      $ 6,454     $      $ (132 )(b)  

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

    5,642        5,642               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 12,228      $ 12,096     $      $ (132
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 339,323      $ 339,323     $      $  

BofA Securities, Inc.

    16,076        16,076               

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    295,688        295,688               

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    142,413        142,413               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 793,500      $ 793,500     $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

         

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 20,853      $ 20,853     $      $  

BofA Securities, Inc.

    164,563        164,563               

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    87,881        87,881               

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    83,564        83,564               

Jefferies LLC

    39,215        39,215               
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 396,076      $ 396,076     $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.

 

 

  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of March 31, 2022. Additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by a counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, each Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value of the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of the loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by each Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees

 

 

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received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid. Total return swaps are entered into by the iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket or underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instruments or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency, or other events.

For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement, and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Funds. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Funds on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. A Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from the counterparty are not fully collateralized, each Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Funds have delivered collateral to a counterparty and stand ready to perform under the terms of their agreement with such counterparty, each Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory Fees: Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, BFA manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Funds, except (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) distribution fees; (iv) the advisory fee payable to BFA; and (v) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the independent trustees).

 

 

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For its investment advisory services to each of the following Funds, BFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly by the Funds, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:

 

   
iShares ETF   Investment Advisory Fee  

ESG Screened S&P 500

    0.08

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    0.12  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    0.12  

Distributor: BlackRock Investments, LLC, an affiliate of BFA, is the distributor for each Fund. Pursuant to the distribution agreement, BFA is responsible for any fees or expenses for distribution services provided to the Funds.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), an affiliate of BFA, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BTC bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending, including any custodial costs. Each Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment fees”). The cash collateral is invested in a money market fund, BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional or BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, managed by BFA, or its affiliates. However, BTC has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees each Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. The SL Agency Shares of such money market fund will not be subject to a sales load, distribution fee or service fee. The money market fund in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value redeemed or temporarily restrict redemptions for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the money market fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment fees. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BTC as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees) and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees generated across all 1940 Act iShares exchange-traded funds (the “iShares ETF Complex”) in that calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment fees), and the amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment fees.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income – affiliated – net in its Statements of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2022, the Funds paid BTC the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
iShares ETF   Fees Paid
to BTC
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 170  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    456  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    287  

Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

For the year ended March 31, 2022, transactions executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 704,465      $   1,318,361      $ (146,598

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

      2,290,950        2,109,309        (327,671

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    384,976        332,474        (32,222

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. The income earned on these temporary cash investments is shown as dividends – affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

A fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track its underlying index, may invest in shares of other iShares funds that invest in securities in the fund’s underlying index.

 

 

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7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended March 31, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Purchases      Sales  

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 7,029,671      $ 6,151,860  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

      12,920,036          12,435,625  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    9,185,365        5,573,164  

For the year ended March 31, 2022, in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   In-kind
Purchases
    

In-kind

Sales

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 538,880,996      $ 356,524,104  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    68,370,686        11,106,751  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    23,681,028        11,632,750  

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

Each Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Trust’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of March 31, 2022 and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of March 31, 2022, permanent differences attributable to distributions paid in excess of taxable income, certain deemed distributions and realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

     
iShares ETF   Paid-in Capital      Accumulated
Loss
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 28,615,906      $   (28,615,906

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    2,222,132        (2,222,132

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    2,039,733        (2,039,733

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

     
iShares ETF   Year Ended
03/31/22
     Period Ended
03/31/21
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

    

Ordinary income

  $ 2,164,851      $ 69,238  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    

Ordinary income

  $ 598,577      $ 72,947  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    

Ordinary income

  $ 297,928      $ 54,674  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2022, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    

Non-expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
 
 
(a) 
   
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
 
(b) 
   
Qualified
Late-Year Losses
 
(c) 
    Total  

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $     $ (12,735,323   $     $   (12,735,323

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    (322,579     (1,579,621           (1,902,200

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    (296,856     (1,560,792     (38,880     (1,896,528

 

  (a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 

 

  (b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures contracts, accounting for swap agreements and characterization of corporate actions.

 

 

  (c) 

The Fund has elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

 

 

 

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For the year ended March 31, 2022, the Funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryforwards:

 

   
iShares ETF   Utilized  

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 34,318  

As of March 31, 2022, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

         
iShares ETF   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $   241,034,425      $ 5,858,157      $ (18,593,480   $ (12,735,323

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    79,000,125        4,240,147        (5,819,768     (1,579,621

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    26,590,554        1,340,116        (2,900,908     (1,560,792

 

9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, each Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including, among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate or price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

BFA uses a “passive” or index approach to try to achieve each Fund’s investment objective following the securities included in its underlying index during upturns as well as downturns. BFA does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. Divergence from the underlying index and the composition of the portfolio is monitored by BFA.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, the duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause a fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a fund invests.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into

 

 

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bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a Fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) at NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable.

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

 

 
    Year Ended
03/31/22
    Period Ended
03/31/21
 
iShares ETF   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 

 

ESG Screened S&P 500

       

Shares sold

    15,950,000     $ 540,500,596       1,050,000     $ 30,222,032  

Shares redeemed

    (10,300,000     (356,963,701     (50,000     (1,492,553
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    5,650,000     $ 183,536,895       1,000,000     $ 28,729,479  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

       

Shares sold

    1,850,000     $ 68,955,535       800,000     $ 24,979,421  

Shares redeemed

    (300,000     (11,144,123     (250,000     (8,491,790
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    1,550,000     $ 57,811,412       550,000     $ 16,487,631  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

       

Shares sold

    700,000     $ 27,779,582       400,000     $ 12,170,388  

Shares redeemed

    (300,000     (11,752,151     (150,000     (5,388,780
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    400,000     $ 16,027,431       250,000     $ 6,781,608  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund in the Trust generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash. Certain funds in the Trust may be offered in Creation Units solely or partially for cash in U.S. dollars. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trust’s administrator, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (i.e., stamp taxes, taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in shares sold in the table above.

From time to time, settlement of securities related to in-kind contributions or in-kind redemptions may be delayed. In such cases, securities related to in-kind transactions are reflected as a receivable or a payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust and

Shareholders of iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF, iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF, iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (three of the funds constituting iShares Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2022, the related statements of operations for the year ended March 31, 2022 and the statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year ended March 31, 2022 and for the period September 22, 2020 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2021, including the related notes (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 March 31, 2022, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in each of their net assets and each of the financial highlights for the year ended March 31, 2022 and for the period September 22, 2020 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 24, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.

 

 

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Important Tax Information (unaudited)

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 2,102,147  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    494,894  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    162,798  

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022:

 

iShares ETF   Qualified Business
Income
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

  $ 51,164  

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    50,710  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    20,963  

The following percentage, or maximum percentage allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

iShares ETF   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

ESG Screened S&P 500

    94.42

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap

    83.86

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap

    75.89

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), iShares Trust (the “Trust”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for iShares ESG Screened S&P 500 ETF, iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF and iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (the “Funds” or “ETFs”), each a series of the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, met on December 9, 2021 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), the investment adviser to the Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including extended market holidays and the imposition of capital controls in certain non-U.S. countries.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure, with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Derivative exposure was also considered in the calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Finally, a factor for consideration under the Liquidity Rule is a Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes. However, the Funds do not borrow for investment purposes.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each ETF’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered that ETFs generally do not hold more than de minimis amounts of cash. While the ETFs generally do not engage in borrowing, certain of the ETFs have the flexibility to draw on a line of credit to meet redemption requests or facilitate settlements.

 

  d)

The relationship between an ETF’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, ETF shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants. The Committee monitored the prevailing bid/ask spread and the ETF price premium (or discount) to NAV for all ETFs and reviewed any persistent deviations from long-term averages.

 

  e)

The effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. In reviewing the linkage between the composition of custom baskets accepted by an ETF and any significant change in the liquidity profile of such ETF, the Committee reviewed changes in the proportion of each ETF’s portfolio comprised of less liquid and illiquid holdings to determine if applicable thresholds were met requiring enhanced review.

As part of BlackRock’s continuous review of the effectiveness of the Program, the Committee made the following material changes to the Program: (1) updates to certain model components in the Program’s methodology; and (2) certain iShares Funds entered into a $800 million credit agreement with a group of lenders that replaced a previous liquidity facility. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Regulation Regarding Derivatives

On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies (“Rule 18f-4”). The Funds will be required to implement and comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager.

Section 19(a) Notices

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are estimates and are being provided pursuant to regulatory requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will inform them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

March 31, 2022

 

     Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year
    % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year
 
iShares ETF   Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
    Net
Investment
Income
    Net Realized
Capital Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total Per
Share
 

ESG Screened S&P 500(a)

  $ 0.375404     $     $ 0.006374     $ 0.381778       98         2     100

ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap(a)

    0.401577             0.021615       0.423192       95             5       100  

ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap(a)

    0.732644             0.052029       0.784673       93             7       100  

 

  (a) 

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in the Fund is returned to the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will incrementally reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

 

Premium/Discount Information

Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by BFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes incapacitated. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal. Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust are referred to as independent trustees (“Independent Trustees”).

The registered investment companies advised by BFA or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into one complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds and ETFs (the “BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex”), one complex of closed-end funds and open-end non-index fixed-income funds (including ETFs) (the “BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex”) and one complex of ETFs (“Exchange-Traded Fund Complex”) (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Each Fund is included in the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex. Each Trustee also serves as a Director of iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust and, as a result, oversees all of the funds within the Exchange-Traded Fund Complex, which consists of 378 funds as of March 31, 2022. With the exception of Robert S. Kapito, Salim Ramji and Charles Park, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The address of Mr. Kapito, Mr. Ramji and Mr. Park is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. The Board has designated John E. Kerrigan as its Independent Board Chair. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and officers may be found in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

Interested Trustees
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Robert S. Kapito(a) (65)    Trustee (since 2009).    President, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (since its formation in 1998) and BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities (since 1988); Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (since 2009); President of Board of Directors, Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund (since 2002).    Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2009); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2009).
Salim Ramji(b) (51)    Trustee (since 2019).    Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Global Head of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investments Business (since 2019); Head of BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Business (2015-2019); Global Head of Corporate Strategy, BlackRock, Inc. (2014-2015); Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company (2010-2014).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2019); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2019); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2019).

 

(a) 

Robert S. Kapito is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

(b) 

Salim Ramji is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to his affiliations with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Independent Trustees
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
John E. Kerrigan (66)    Trustee (since 2005); Independent Board Chair (since 2022).    Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Independent Board Chair of iShares, Inc. and iShares Trust and iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2022).
Jane D. Carlin (66)    Trustee (since 2015); Risk Committee Chair (since 2016).    Consultant (since 2012); Member of the Audit Committee (2012-2018), Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (2017-2018) and Director of PHH Corporation (mortgage solutions) (2012-2018); Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Holding Company Governance & Assurance and the Global Head of Operational Risk Management of Morgan Stanley (2006-2012).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2015); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2015); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2015); Member of the Audit Committee (since 2016), Chair of the Audit Committee (since 2020) and Director of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (since 2016).
Richard L. Fagnani (67)    Trustee (since 2017); Audit Committee Chair (since 2019).    Partner, KPMG LLP (2002-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees (continued)
       
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
Cecilia H. Herbert (73)    Trustee (since 2005); Nominating and Governance and Equity Plus Committee Chairs (since 2022).    Chair of the Finance Committee (since 2019) and Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit and Quality Committees of Stanford Health Care (since 2016); Trustee of WNET, New York’s public media company (since 2011) and Member of the Audit Committee (since 2018) and Investment Committee (since 2011); Chair (1994-2005) and Member (since 1992) of the Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco; Trustee of Forward Funds (14 portfolios) (2009-2018); Trustee of Salient MF Trust (4 portfolios) (2015-2018); Director (1998-2013) and President (2007-2011) of the Board of Directors, Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (2002-2011) and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee (2006-2010) of the Thacher School; Director of the Senior Center of Jackson Hole (since 2020).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2005); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2005); Trustee of Thrivent Church Loan and Income Fund (since 2019).
Drew E. Lawton (63)    Trustee (since 2017); 15(c) Committee Chair (since 2017).    Senior Managing Director of New York Life Insurance Company (2010-2015).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2017); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2017); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2017).
John E. Martinez (60)    Trustee (since 2003); Securities Lending Committee Chair (since 2019).    Director of Real Estate Equity Exchange, Inc. (since 2005); Director of Cloudera Foundation (2017-2020); and Director of Reading Partners (2012-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2003); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2003).
Madhav V. Rajan (57)    Trustee (since 2011); Fixed Income Plus Committee Chair (since 2019).    Dean, and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (since 2017); Advisory Board Member (since 2016) and Director (since 2020) of C.M. Capital Corporation; Chair of the Board for the Center for Research in Security Prices, LLC (since 2020); Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2001-2017); Professor of Law (by courtesy), Stanford Law School (2005-2017); Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2010-2016).    Director of iShares, Inc. (since 2011); Trustee of iShares U.S. ETF Trust (since 2011); Trustee of iShares Trust (since 2011).

 

Officers
     
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

Armando Senra (50)    President (since 2019).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2007); Head of U.S., Canada and Latam iShares, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2019); Head of Latin America Region, BlackRock, Inc. (2006-2019); Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (1994-2006).
Trent Walker (47)    Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since 2020).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since September 2019); Chief Financial Officer of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Funds II, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V and BlackRock Funds VI (since 2021); Executive Vice President of PIMCO (2016-2019); Senior Vice President of PIMCO (2008-2015); Treasurer (2013-2019) and Assistant Treasurer (2007-2017) of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.
Charles Park (54)    Chief Compliance Officer (iShares, Inc. and iShares Trust, since 2006; iShares U.S. ETF Trust, since 2011).    Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex (since 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of BFA (since 2006).
Deepa Damre Smith (46)    Secretary (since 2019).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2014); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2013).
Rachel Aguirre (39)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2018); Director, BlackRock, Inc. (2009-2018); Head of U.S. iShares Product (since 2022); Head of EII U.S. Product Engineering (since 2021); Co-Head of EII’s Americas Portfolio Engineering (2020-2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering 2021); Head of Developed Markets Portfolio Engineering (2016-2019).
Jennifer Hsui (45)    Executive Vice President (since 2022).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2009); Co-Head of Index Equity (since 2022).

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Officers (continued)
     
Name (Age)    Position(s)   

Principal Occupation(s)

During the Past 5 Years

James Mauro (51)    Executive Vice President (since 2021).    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2010); Head of Fixed Income Index Investments in the Americas and Head of San Francisco Core Portfolio Management (since 2020).

 

Effective March 18, 2022, Rachel Aguirre, Jennifer Hsui, and James Mauro have replaced Scott Radell, Alan Mason, and Marybeth Leithead as Executive Vice Presidents.

 

 

 

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General Information   

 

Electronic Delivery

Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.

To enroll in electronic delivery:

 

   

Go to icsdelivery.com.

   

If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor.

Householding

Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents and Rule 30e-3 notices can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at iShares.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the iShares Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the iShares Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737; (2) on the iShares website at iShares.com; and (3) on the SEC website at sec.gov.

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund Prospectus. The Fund discloses its portfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report  

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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This report is intended for the Funds’ shareholders. It may not be distributed to prospective investors unless it is preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

The iShares Funds are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BlackRock”).

The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. BlackRock is not affiliated with the company listed above.

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