UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-07899 and 811-07885
Name of Fund: BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.
BlackRock International Index Fund
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
Quantitative Master Series LLC
Master Small Cap Index Series
Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809
Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055
Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2016
Date of reporting period: 12/31/2016
Item 1 – Report to Stockholders
DECEMBER 31, 2016
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ANNUAL REPORT | | | | |
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.
Ø | BlackRock International Index Fund |
Ø | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
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Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee |
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2 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
Dear Shareholder,
The year 2016 started on a fraught note with worries about slowing growth in China, plunging oil prices and sliding share prices. Then reflationary expectations in the United States helped drive a second-half global growth pick-up and big market reversals. As such, higher-quality asset classes such as Treasury bonds, municipals and investment grade credit prevailed in the first half of the year, only to struggle in the second. In contrast, risk assets sold off at the start of the year and rebounded in the latter half, with some asset classes posting strong year-end returns.
A key takeaway from 2016’s market performance is that economics can trump politics. The global reflationary theme — governments taking policy action to support growth — was the dominant driver of 2016 asset returns, outweighing significant political upheavals and uncertainty. This trend accelerated after the U.S. election on expectations for an extra boost to U.S. growth via fiscal policy.
Markets were remarkably resilient during the year. Spikes in equity volatility after big surprises such as the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union and the outcome of the U.S. presidential election were short-lived. Instead, political surprises and initial sell-offs were seized upon as buying opportunities. We believe this reinforces the case for taking the long view rather than reacting to short-term market noise.
Asset returns varied widely in 2016. Perceived safe assets such as government bonds and low-volatility shares underperformed the higher-risk areas of the market. And the reversal of longstanding trends created opportunities, such as in the recovery of value stocks and commodities.
We expect some of these trends to extend into 2017 and see the potential for more flows into risk assets this year. Learn more by reading our market insights at blackrock.com.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC
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Total Returns as of December 31, 2016 | |
| | 6-month | | | 12-month | |
U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index) | | | 7.82 | % | | | 11.96 | % |
U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index) | | | 18.68 | | | | 21.31 | |
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) | | | 5.67 | | | | 1.00 | |
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) | | | 4.49 | | | | 11.19 | |
3-month Treasury bills (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index) | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.33 | |
U.S. Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index) | | | (7.51 | ) | | | (0.16 | ) |
U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) | | | (2.53 | ) | | | 2.65 | |
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (S&P Municipal Bond Index) | | | (3.43 | ) | | | 0.77 | |
U.S. high yield bonds
(Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | | | 7.40 | | | | 17.13 | |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. | |
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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2016 | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
BlackRock International Index Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to match the performance of the MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) (the “MSCI EAFE Index”) in U.S. dollars with net dividends as closely as possible before the deduction of Fund expenses. On May 19, 2016, the Board approved the conversion of the Fund, a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., from a “master-feeder” structure into a stand-alone mutual fund effective August 1, 2016.
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Portfolio Management Commentary | | |
How did the Fund perform?
• | | For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2016, the Fund’s Institutional Shares returned 0.99%, Investor A Shares returned 0.78% and Class K Shares returned 1.03%. The benchmark MSCI EAFE Index returned 1.00% for the same period. The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted, market-capitalization weighted index designed to measure equity performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. |
• | | Returns for the Fund’s respective share classes differ from the benchmark index based on individual share-class expenses. |
Describe the market environment.
• | | The year had its worst monthly start since 2008 as the markets struggled with weakness in China and plunging oil prices. Performance declined early in the reporting period as concerns about the slowing global economy rattled developed markets globally. Oil price stability toward the end of the first quarter helped decrease global volatility and fuel the recovery as well. |
• | | Performance of equity indexes was mixed in the second quarter amid recovering oil prices, uncertainty about a potential Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) rate hike and the U.K.’s referendum on European Union (“EU”) membership. The U.K.’s decision to leave the EU shocked investors globally and resulted in a sharp two-day selloff, after which developed markets rallied into the end of the month and recovered much of the losses. |
• | | Global equity markets broadly rallied during the third quarter as the Fed kept rates unchanged, Japan announced additional fiscal and monetary stimulus, and the Bank of England cut rates. However, weak macro data out of China, a terrorist attack in Thailand, flooding in Louisiana, and a more hawkish tone from Fed officials hindered some performance for the quarter. |
• | | Developed markets rallied in the last quarter of the year as global investors embraced the results of the U.S. election and strong macro data, although a stronger U.S. dollar subdued gains for U.S. investors. The year ended with a global equity rally as strong global economic data and continued optimism around president-elect Trump’s reflationary policies outweighed the effects of the European Central Bank’s decision to reduce the pace of its asset purchases and diplomatic tensions between the United States and other major powers. |
Describe recent portfolio activity.
• | | During the period, as changes were made to the composition of the MSCI EAFE Index, the Fund purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the benchmark index. |
Describe portfolio positioning at period end.
• | | The Fund remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark index, irrespective of the future direction of international markets. |
The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.
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Ten Largest Holdings | | Percent of Net Assets | |
Nestlé SA, Registered Shares | | | 2 | % |
Novartis AG, Registered Shares | | | 1 | |
HSBC Holdings PLC | | | 1 | |
Roche Holding AG | | | 1 | |
Toyota Motor Corp. | | | 1 | |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A | | | 1 | |
BP PLC | | | 1 | |
TOTAL SA | | | 1 | |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B | | | 1 | |
British American Tobacco PLC | | | 1 | |
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Geographic Allocation | | Percent of Net Assets | |
Japan | | | 23 | % |
United Kingdom | | | 15 | |
France | | | 10 | |
Germany | | | 9 | |
Switzerland | | | 9 | |
Australia | | | 7 | |
Netherlands | | | 5 | |
Hong Kong | | | 3 | |
Spain | | | 3 | |
Sweden | | | 3 | |
Italy | | | 2 | |
Denmark | | | 2 | |
Other1 | | | 6 | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities | | | 3 | |
| 1 | | Includes holdings within countries that are 1% or less of net assets. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for such countries. |
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4 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment |
| 1 | | Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including administration fees, if any. |
| 2 | | Prior to August 1, 2016, the Fund invested all of its assets in the Master International Index Series, a series of Quantative Master Series, LLC. The Master International Index Series invested in a statistically selected sample of equity securities included in the MSCI EAFE Index and in derivative instruments linked to the MSCI EAFE Index. |
| 3 | | A free-float adjusted, market-capitalization weighted index designed to measure equity performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. |
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Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2016 |
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| | 6-Month Total Returns | | | Average Annual Total Returns4 | |
| | | 1 Year | | | 5 Years | | | 10 Years | |
Institutional | | | 4.53 | % | | | 0.99 | % | | | 6.24 | % | | | 0.38 | % |
Investor A | | | 4.42 | | | | 0.78 | | | | 5.98 | | | | 0.11 | |
Class K | | | 4.57 | | | | 1.03 | | | | 6.30 | | | | 0.42 | |
MSCI EAFE Index | | | 5.67 | | | | 1.00 | | | | 6.53 | | | | 0.75 | |
| 4 | | See “About Fund Performance” on page 8 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related fees. |
| | | Past performance is not indicative of future results. |
| | | Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. |
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| | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2016 | | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2016 | | | Expenses Paid During the Period6 | | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2016 | | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2016 | | | Expenses Paid During the Period5 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | |
Institutional | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,045.30 | | | $ | 0.57 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,024.58 | | | $ | 0.56 | | | | 0.11 | % |
Investor A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,044.20 | | | $ | 1.90 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,023.28 | | | $ | 1.88 | | | | 0.37 | % |
Class K | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,045.70 | | | $ | 0.36 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,024.78 | | | $ | 0.36 | | | | 0.07 | % |
| 6 | | For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized net expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Because the Fund invested all of its assets in Master International Index prior to August 1, 2016, the expense example reflects the net expenses of both the Fund and Master International Index. |
| 7 | | Hypothetical 5% return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 366. |
| | | See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 8 for further information on how expenses were calculated. |
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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2016 | | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to match the performance of the Russell 2000® Index as closely as possible before the deduction of Fund expenses.
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Portfolio Management Commentary | | |
How did the Fund perform?
• | | For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2016, the Fund’s Institutional Shares returned 21.33%, Investor A Shares returned 21.04% and Class K Shares returned 21.32%. The benchmark Russell 2000® Index returned 21.31% for the same period. |
• | | The Fund invests all of its assets in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”), a series of Quantative Master Series LLC. |
Describe the market environment.
• | | The year started with U.S. stock prices falling due to fears of a global economic slowdown, oil prices cratering, and terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Jakarta and Pakistan. Domestic equity markets rebounded in the second quarter of 2016, despite increased volatility in June from the “Brexit”, i.e., the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union. |
• | | U.S. equities capitalized on the upward momentum from their second quarter rally, which continued through the second half of the reporting period, driven by a dovish Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) that kept rates unchanged and stronger-than-expected earnings releases versus analyst expectations. The U.S. economy continued to strengthen into the fourth |
| | quarter as seen by strong macro data and tightening of the U.S. labor market. As such, the Fed’s decision to raise rates by 25 basis points at the end of the reporting period did not come as a big surprise. |
• | | The U.S. election and the Fed were front and center in 2016. The year started with an increase in volatility as investors prepared for a possible Fed rate increase, and weighed probable outcomes of the U.S. election. While many people were shocked by the Trump win, markets did not experience the same type of volatility seen after the Brexit vote, with major U.S. indexes posting solid gains in November. |
Describe recent portfolio activity.
• | | During the period, as changes were made to the composition of the Russell 2000® Index, the Series purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the benchmark index. |
Describe portfolio positioning at period end.
• | | The Series remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark index, irrespective of the market’s future direction. |
The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.
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Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment | | |
| 1 | | Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including administration fees, if any. |
| 2 | | The Fund invests all of its assets in the Series. The Series may invest in a statistically selected sample of the stocks included in the Russell 2000® Index and in derivative instruments linked to the Russell 2000® Index. |
| 3 | | An unmanaged index that is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. |
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Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2016 | | |
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| | 6-Month Total Returns | | | Average Annual Total Returns4 | |
| | | 1 Year | | | 5 Years | | | 10 Years | |
Institutional | | | 18.62 | % | | | 21.33 | % | | | 14.44 | % | | | 6.90 | % |
Investor A | | | 18.49 | | | | 21.04 | | | | 14.18 | | | | 6.63 | |
Class K | | | 18.61 | | | | 21.32 | | | | 14.51 | | | | 6.96 | |
Russell 2000® Index | | | 18.68 | | | | 21.31 | | | | 14.46 | | | | 7.07 | |
| 4 | | See “About Fund Performance” on page 8 for a detailed description of share classes, including related fees, if any. |
| | | Past performance is not indicative of future results. |
| | | Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. |
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| | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2016 | | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2016 | | | Expenses Paid During the Period6 | | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2016 | | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2016 | | | Expenses Paid During the Period5 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | |
Institutional | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,186.20 | | | $ | 0.71 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,024.48 | | | $ | 0.66 | | | | 0.13 | % |
Investor A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,184.90 | | | $ | 2.14 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,023.18 | | | $ | 1.98 | | | | 0.39 | % |
Class K | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,186.10 | | | $ | 0.49 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,024.68 | | | $ | 0.46 | | | | 0.09 | % |
| 6 | | For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized net expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Because the Fund invests all of its assets in the Series, the expense example reflects the net expenses of both the Fund and the Series. |
| 7 | | Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 366. |
| | | See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 8 for further information on how expenses were calculated. |
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• | | Institutional and Class K Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors. Prior to March 31, 2011, Class K Shares’ performance results are those of Institutional Shares restated to reflect Class K Shares’ fees. |
• | | Investor A Shares are not subject to any sales charge and bear no ongoing distribution fee. These shares are subject to an ongoing service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. |
Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to www.blackrock.com/funds to obtain performance data current to the most recent month end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Figures
shown in the performance tables on the previous pages assume reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value (“NAV”) on the ex-dividend date. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager and/or Administrator”), the Funds’ investment adviser and/or administrator, has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of the Funds’ expenses. Without such waiver and/or reimbursement, the Funds’ performance would have been lower. The Manager and/or administrator is under no obligation to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees after the applicable termination date of such agreement. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and/or reimbursements.
Shareholders of these Funds may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, administration fees, service fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses and other fund expenses. The expense examples on the previous pages (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on July 1, 2016 and held through December 31, 2016) 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 mutual funds.
The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. 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 corresponding to their Fund and share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in these Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of 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 sales charges, if any. 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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Derivative Financial Instruments |
International Index Fund and the Series may invest in various derivative financial instruments. These instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, commodity, index, market, and/or other asset without owning or taking physical custody of securities, commodities and/or other referenced assets or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, commodity and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments may give rise to a form of economic leverage and involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the
counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the instrument. The Fund’s and Series’ successful use of a derivative financial instrument depends on the investment adviser’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of these instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund or Series can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Fund’s and Series’ investments in these instruments, if any, are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments December 31, 2016 | | BlackRock International Index Fund (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Australia — 7.1% | | | | | | | | |
AGL Energy Ltd. | | | 269,419 | | | $ | 4,286,578 | |
Alumina Ltd. | | | 784,345 | | | | 1,025,605 | |
Amcor Ltd. | | | 457,153 | | | | 4,920,255 | |
AMP Ltd. | | | 1,197,023 | | | | 4,341,413 | |
APA Group (a) | | | 443,354 | | | | 2,736,962 | |
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. | | | 205,692 | | | | 2,294,822 | |
ASX Ltd. | | | 73,533 | | | | 2,634,324 | |
Aurizon Holdings Ltd. | | | 765,573 | | | | 2,783,483 | |
AusNet Services | | | 804,849 | | | | 916,240 | |
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. | | | 1,154,945 | | | | 25,283,102 | |
Bank of Queensland Ltd. | | | 132,943 | | | | 1,136,135 | |
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd. | | | 159,193 | | | | 1,456,259 | |
BGP Holdings PLC (b) | | | 783,183 | | | | 8 | |
BHP Billiton Ltd. | | | 1,267,630 | | | | 22,709,374 | |
Boral Ltd. | | | 482,878 | | | | 1,879,882 | |
Brambles Ltd. | | | 619,174 | | | | 5,525,557 | |
Caltex Australia Ltd. | | | 101,701 | | | | 2,229,861 | |
Challenger Ltd. | | | 196,281 | | | | 1,585,932 | |
CIMIC Group Ltd. | | | 29,853 | | | | 751,135 | |
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. | | | 260,065 | | | | 1,896,644 | |
Cochlear Ltd. | | | 21,942 | | | | 1,936,613 | |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia | | | 672,012 | | | | 39,866,478 | |
Computershare Ltd. | | | 159,385 | | | | 1,430,013 | |
Crown Resorts Ltd. | | | 127,577 | | | | 1,063,270 | |
CSL Ltd. | | | 176,694 | | | | 12,778,476 | |
Dexus Property Group | | | 396,875 | | | | 2,753,198 | |
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. | | | 21,754 | | | | 1,017,288 | |
DUET Group (a) | | | 1,064,603 | | | | 2,102,412 | |
Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd. | | | 14,458 | | | | 325,834 | |
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. | | | 606,249 | | | | 2,533,514 | |
Goodman Group | | | 759,504 | | | | 3,900,528 | |
GPT Group | | | 747,674 | | | | 2,710,722 | |
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. | | | 199,302 | | | | 738,463 | |
Healthscope Ltd. | | | 572,674 | | | | 944,025 | |
Incitec Pivot Ltd. | | | 699,652 | | | | 1,810,409 | |
Insurance Australia Group Ltd. | | | 899,481 | | | | 3,878,856 | |
Lend Lease Group (a) | | | 212,775 | | | | 2,235,956 | |
Macquarie Group Ltd. | | | 117,228 | | | | 7,343,397 | |
Medibank Pvt Ltd. | | | 1,167,386 | | | | 2,371,733 | |
Mirvac Group | | | 1,395,790 | | | | 2,143,504 | |
National Australia Bank Ltd. | | | 1,050,126 | | | | 23,195,685 | |
Newcrest Mining Ltd. | | | 307,028 | | | | 4,402,489 | |
Oil Search Ltd. | | | 510,559 | | | | 2,627,725 | |
Orica Ltd. | | | 133,041 | | | | 1,690,835 | |
Origin Energy Ltd. | | | 691,591 | | | | 3,272,089 | |
Qantas Airways Ltd. | | | 159,123 | | | | 381,184 | |
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. | | | 561,273 | | | | 5,014,835 | |
Ramsay Health Care Ltd. | | | 52,761 | | | | 2,594,080 | |
REA Group Ltd. | | | 22,709 | | | | 902,458 | |
Rio Tinto Ltd. | | | 163,715 | | | | 7,013,729 | |
Santos Ltd. | | | 691,335 | | | | 1,991,483 | |
Scentre Group | | | 2,178,120 | | | | 7,291,217 | |
Seek Ltd. | | | 139,458 | | | | 1,493,616 | |
Sonic Healthcare Ltd. | | | 165,002 | | | | 2,539,379 | |
South32 Ltd. | | | 2,143,612 | | | | 4,219,812 | |
Stockland | | | 880,404 | | | | 2,908,573 | |
Suncorp Group Ltd. | | | 510,643 | | | | 4,972,196 | |
Sydney Airport (a) | | | 455,980 | | | | 1,968,211 | |
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. | | | 376,311 | | | | 1,303,730 | |
Tatts Group Ltd. | | | 575,404 | | | | 1,854,164 | |
Telstra Corp. Ltd. | | | 1,656,327 | | | | 6,086,468 | |
TPG Telecom Ltd. | | | 123,145 | | | | 604,539 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Australia (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Transurban Group (a) | | | 785,110 | | | $ | 5,843,022 | |
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. | | | 303,772 | | | | 2,336,804 | |
Vicinity Centres | | | 1,248,117 | | | | 2,691,585 | |
Vocus Communications Ltd. | | | 237,370 | | | | 661,010 | |
Wesfarmers Ltd. | | | 435,821 | | | | 13,228,004 | |
Westfield Corp. | | | 783,860 | | | | 5,300,019 | |
Westpac Banking Corp. | | | 1,315,164 | | | | 30,872,024 | |
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. | | | 298,850 | | | | 6,693,723 | |
Woolworths Ltd. | | | 490,330 | | | | 8,510,966 | |
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Austria — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Andritz AG | | | 24,967 | | | | 1,251,190 | |
Erste Group Bank AG (b) | | | 114,141 | | | | 3,337,159 | |
Immoeast (b) | | | 30,711 | | | | — | |
OMV AG | | | 57,180 | | | | 2,015,805 | |
Raiffeisen Bank International AG (b) | | | 39,292 | | | | 716,253 | |
Voestalpine AG | | | 46,828 | | | | 1,831,124 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 9,151,531 | |
Belgium — 1.1% | | | | | | | | |
Ageas | | | 73,375 | | | | 2,900,279 | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA | | | 302,627 | | | | 32,031,252 | |
Colruyt SA | | | 22,252 | | | | 1,099,804 | |
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA | | | 30,636 | | | | 2,566,743 | |
KBC Group NV | | | 97,074 | | | | 5,997,987 | |
Proximus | | | 67,796 | | | | 1,948,918 | |
Solvay SA | | | 28,104 | | | | 3,285,543 | |
Telenet Group Holding NV (b) | | | 25,183 | | | | 1,395,810 | |
UCB SA | | | 45,997 | | | | 2,942,932 | |
Umicore SA | | | 39,651 | | | | 2,255,801 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 56,425,069 | |
Denmark — 1.6% | | | | | | | | |
A.P. Moeller — Maersk A/S, Class A | | | 1,425 | | | | 2,150,493 | |
A.P. Moeller — Maersk A/S, Class B | | | 2,558 | | | | 4,077,358 | |
Carlsberg A/S, Class B | | | 38,881 | | | | 3,348,787 | |
Chr Hansen Holding A/S | | | 40,637 | | | | 2,247,443 | |
Coloplast A/S, Class B | | | 44,607 | | | | 3,004,663 | |
Danske Bank A/S | | | 271,383 | | | | 8,210,352 | |
DONG Energy A/S (b)(c) | | | 32,538 | | | | 1,230,800 | |
DSV A/S | | | 77,597 | | | | 3,446,101 | |
Genmab A/S (b) | | | 23,884 | | | | 3,956,445 | |
ISS A/S | | | 62,602 | | | | 2,109,868 | |
Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B | | | 753,443 | | | | 27,027,645 | |
Novozymes A/S, Class B | | | 85,953 | | | | 2,957,808 | |
Pandora A/S | | | 43,754 | | | | 5,711,646 | |
TDC A/S (b) | | | 292,491 | | | | 1,499,417 | |
Tryg A/S | | | 37,209 | | | | 671,940 | |
Vestas Wind Systems A/S | | | 89,018 | | | | 5,765,209 | |
William Demant Holding A/S (b) | | | 44,366 | | | | 770,613 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 78,186,588 | |
Finland — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
Elisa OYJ | | | 49,941 | | | | 1,621,157 | |
Fortum OYJ | | | 184,321 | | | | 2,817,561 | |
Kone OYJ, Class B | | | 133,486 | | | | 5,964,631 | |
Metso OYJ | | | 37,252 | | | | 1,059,779 | |
Neste Oil OYJ | | | 50,850 | | | | 1,945,905 | |
Nokia OYJ | | | 2,280,655 | | | | 10,938,392 | |
Nokian Renkaat OYJ | | | 39,688 | | | | 1,475,515 | |
Orion OYJ, Class B | | | 45,244 | | | | 2,010,274 | |
Sampo OYJ, Class A | | | 173,916 | | | | 7,774,504 | |
| | |
ADR | | American Depositary Receipts |
REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Finland (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Stora Enso OYJ, Class R | | | 241,099 | | | $ | 2,579,034 | |
UPM-Kymmene OYJ | | | 214,163 | | | | 5,237,474 | |
Wartsila OYJ | | | 55,993 | | | | 2,510,523 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 45,934,749 | |
France — 9.8% | | | | | | | | |
Accor SA | | | 68,090 | | | | 2,536,534 | |
Aeroports de Paris | | | 11,308 | | | | 1,210,938 | |
Air Liquide SA | | | 153,350 | | | | 17,052,325 | |
Airbus Group SE | | | 227,080 | | | | 14,998,331 | |
Alstom SA (b) | | | 51,884 | | | | 1,426,737 | |
ArcelorMittal (b) | | | 718,999 | | | | 5,282,856 | |
Arkema SA | | | 27,637 | | | | 2,701,535 | |
AtoS SE | | | 36,393 | | | | 3,835,733 | |
AXA SA | | | 760,031 | | | | 19,159,460 | |
BNP Paribas SA | | | 417,454 | | | | 26,565,902 | |
Bollore SA | | | 354,110 | | | | 1,246,849 | |
Bouygues SA | | | 82,799 | | | | 2,964,148 | |
Bureau Veritas SA | | | 109,522 | | | | 2,119,721 | |
Cap Gemini SA | | | 63,122 | | | | 5,317,972 | |
Carrefour SA | | | 217,354 | | | | 5,233,007 | |
Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA | | | 23,687 | | | | 1,134,952 | |
Christian Dior SE | | | 21,662 | | | | 4,538,444 | |
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin | | | 70,786 | | | | 7,868,485 | |
CNP Assurances | | | 70,636 | | | | 1,307,423 | |
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain | | | 200,322 | | | | 9,318,450 | |
Credit Agricole SA | | | 459,797 | | | | 5,691,681 | |
Danone SA | | | 234,467 | | | | 14,836,733 | |
Dassault Aviation SA | | | 883 | | | | 985,530 | |
Dassault Systemes SA | | | 51,722 | | | | 3,936,873 | |
Edenred | | | 73,835 | | | | 1,461,971 | |
Eiffage SA | | | 19,690 | | | | 1,371,438 | |
Electricite de France SA | | | 128,170 | | | | 1,304,112 | |
Engie SA | | | 588,499 | | | | 7,490,971 | |
Essilor International SA | | | 82,788 | | | | 9,340,823 | |
Eurazeo | | | 12,896 | | | | 753,921 | |
Eutelsat Communications SA | | | 66,765 | | | | 1,291,078 | |
Fonciere Des Regions | | | 13,150 | | | | 1,146,555 | |
Gecina SA | | | 17,273 | | | | 2,385,711 | |
Groupe Eurotunnel SE, Registered Shares | | | 154,181 | | | | 1,464,708 | |
Hermes International | | | 10,463 | | | | 4,292,106 | |
ICADE | | | 15,620 | | | | 1,113,275 | |
Iliad SA | | | 11,019 | | | | 2,116,168 | |
Imerys SA | | | 14,357 | | | | 1,087,716 | |
Ingenico Group SA | | | 24,107 | | | | 1,923,397 | |
JCDecaux SA | | | 23,090 | | | | 678,935 | |
Kering | | | 29,420 | | | | 6,599,011 | |
Klepierre | | | 81,313 | | | | 3,190,604 | |
L’Oreal SA | | | 99,468 | | | | 18,129,563 | |
Lagardere SCA | | | 51,741 | | | | 1,436,093 | |
Legrand SA | | | 103,321 | | | | 5,861,935 | |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | | 108,146 | | | | 20,620,372 | |
Natixis SA | | | 341,634 | | | | 1,923,865 | |
Orange SA | | | 772,557 | | | | 11,715,027 | |
Pernod Ricard SA | | | 80,632 | | | | 8,725,999 | |
Peugeot SA (b) | | | 176,805 | | | | 2,879,653 | |
Publicis Groupe SA | | | 74,265 | | | | 5,117,197 | |
Remy Cointreau SA | | | 7,151 | | | | 609,534 | |
Renault SA | | | 74,108 | | | | 6,582,035 | |
Rexel SA | | | 126,208 | | | | 2,073,582 | |
Safran SA | | | 120,431 | | | | 8,661,866 | |
Sanofi | | | 454,848 | | | | 36,781,373 | |
Schneider Electric SE | | | 217,551 | | | | 15,112,930 | |
SCOR SE | | | 72,714 | | | | 2,509,415 | |
SEB SA | | | 8,737 | | | | 1,183,897 | |
SES SA | | | 134,167 | | | | 2,952,048 | |
SFR Group SA (b) | | | 42,483 | | | | 1,197,709 | |
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France (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Societe BIC SA | | | 9,961 | | | $ | 1,353,467 | |
Societe Generale SA | | | 297,795 | | | | 14,647,585 | |
Sodexo SA | | | 35,068 | | | | 4,026,274 | |
Suez | | | 128,047 | | | | 1,886,706 | |
Technip SA | | | 41,306 | | | | 2,942,299 | |
Thales SA | | | 42,583 | | | | 4,125,471 | |
TOTAL SA | | | 882,679 | | | | 45,274,461 | |
Unibail-Rodamco SE | | | 38,126 | | | | 9,088,245 | |
Valeo SA | | | 93,377 | | | | 5,360,569 | |
Veolia Environnement SA | | | 185,322 | | | | 3,148,964 | |
Vinci SA | | | 195,925 | | | | 13,327,723 | |
Vivendi SA | | | 443,880 | | | | 8,419,031 | |
Wendel SA | | | 11,895 | | | | 1,431,380 | |
Zodiac Aerospace | | | 81,835 | | | | 1,876,557 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 481,265,944 | |
Germany — 8.8% | | | | | | | | |
adidas AG | | | 73,403 | | | | 11,576,987 | |
Allianz SE, Registered Shares | | | 179,868 | | | | 29,685,034 | |
Axel Springer AG | | | 22,539 | | | | 1,092,889 | |
BASF SE | | | 360,662 | | | | 33,424,857 | |
Bayer AG, Registered Shares | | | 324,934 | | | | 33,852,737 | |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | | | 127,409 | | | | 11,866,366 | |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares | | | 21,253 | | | | 1,623,094 | |
Beiersdorf AG | | | 37,520 | | | | 3,178,239 | |
Brenntag AG | | | 58,093 | | | | 3,220,026 | |
Commerzbank AG | | | 428,017 | | | | 3,258,835 | |
Continental AG | | | 42,615 | | | | 8,210,069 | |
Covestro AG (c) | | | 24,935 | | | | 1,706,742 | |
Daimler AG, Registered Shares | | | 379,258 | | | | 28,146,847 | |
Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares (b) | | | 545,713 | | | | 9,898,871 | |
Deutsche Boerse AG (b) | | | 75,627 | | | | 6,154,193 | |
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered Shares | | | 105,061 | | | | 1,354,313 | |
Deutsche Post AG, Registered Shares | | | 377,530 | | | | 12,381,110 | |
Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered Shares | | | 1,295,928 | | | | 22,234,497 | |
Deutsche Wohnen AG, Bearer Shares | | | 137,073 | | | | 4,299,498 | |
E.ON SE | | | 792,718 | | | | 5,576,725 | |
Evonik Industries AG | | | 62,158 | | | | 1,852,857 | |
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide | | | 16,908 | | | | 997,706 | |
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | | | 83,548 | | | | 7,061,554 | |
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA | | | 159,232 | | | | 12,421,819 | |
Fuchs Petrolub SE, Preference Shares | | | 28,016 | | | | 1,173,571 | |
GEA Group AG | | | 67,017 | | | | 2,689,421 | |
Hannover Rueck SE | | | 23,099 | | | | 2,495,325 | |
HeidelbergCement AG | | | 57,591 | | | | 5,360,568 | |
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | | | 41,294 | | | | 4,297,607 | |
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares | | | 68,766 | | | | 8,185,891 | |
Hochtief AG | | | 9,393 | | | | 1,311,385 | |
Hugo Boss AG | | | 30,553 | | | | 1,865,231 | |
Infineon Technologies AG | | | 441,865 | | | | 7,643,147 | |
Innogy SE (b)(c) | | | 50,940 | | | | 1,770,063 | |
K+S AG, Registered Shares | | | 71,063 | | | | 1,692,796 | |
Lanxess AG | | | 37,568 | | | | 2,460,074 | |
Linde AG | | | 72,331 | | | | 11,865,002 | |
MAN SE | | | 12,440 | | | | 1,234,748 | |
Merck KGaA | | | 50,677 | | | | 5,276,532 | |
Metro AG | | | 74,504 | | | | 2,476,299 | |
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG, Registered Shares | | | 62,585 | | | | 11,820,926 | |
OSRAM Licht AG | | | 38,507 | | | | 2,016,434 | |
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares | | | 56,618 | | | | 3,075,488 | |
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Registered Shares | | | 98,234 | | | | 3,781,221 | |
RWE AG (b) | | | 181,576 | | | | 2,253,112 | |
SAP SE | | | 386,001 | | | | 33,391,035 | |
Schaeffler AG | | | 78,399 | | | | 1,156,872 | |
Siemens AG, Registered Shares | | | 299,996 | | | | 36,731,493 | |
Symrise AG | | | 45,972 | | | | 2,793,153 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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10 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Germany (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG | | | 325,977 | | | $ | 1,393,357 | |
ThyssenKrupp AG | | | 140,800 | | | | 3,344,741 | |
TUI AG | | | 198,867 | | | | 2,847,207 | |
United Internet AG, Registered Shares | | | 42,689 | | | | 1,665,829 | |
Volkswagen AG | | | 13,486 | | | | 1,935,578 | |
Vonovia SE | | | 179,507 | | | | 5,828,118 | |
Zalando SE (b)(c) | | | 30,213 | | | | 1,150,941 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 432,059,030 | |
Hong Kong — 3.1% | | | | | | | | |
AIA Group Ltd. | | | 4,745,000 | | | | 26,580,727 | |
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. | | | 106,704 | | | | 1,128,437 | |
Bank of East Asia Ltd. | | | 464,932 | | | | 1,774,931 | |
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. | | | 1,451,400 | | | | 5,169,240 | |
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. | | | 704,263 | | | | 924,233 | |
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. | | | 264,500 | | | | 2,100,760 | |
Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd. | | | 1,065,939 | | | | 6,509,680 | |
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. | | | 1,045,439 | | | | 11,801,396 | |
CLP Holdings Ltd. | | | 638,687 | | | | 5,857,325 | |
First Pacific Co., Ltd. | | | 585,250 | | | | 408,272 | |
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. | | | 875,000 | | | | 3,789,730 | |
Hang Lung Group, Ltd. | | | 342,000 | | | | 1,186,704 | |
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. | | | 909,000 | | | | 1,916,762 | |
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. | | | 301,353 | | | | 5,588,463 | |
Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. | | | 410,742 | | | | 2,176,924 | |
HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd. (a)(c) | | | 1,282,000 | | | | 1,056,891 | |
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. (a) | | | 928,560 | | | | 1,137,348 | |
Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. | | | 3,057,162 | | | | 5,399,535 | |
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. | | | 447,502 | | | | 10,524,519 | |
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. | | | 437,300 | | | | 2,754,875 | |
Hysan Development Co., Ltd. | | | 206,791 | | | | 852,814 | |
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. | | | 98,500 | | | | 5,435,007 | |
Kerry Properties Ltd. | | | 190,500 | | | | 515,155 | |
Li & Fung Ltd. | | | 2,261,980 | | | | 991,332 | |
Link REIT | | | 871,914 | | | | 5,652,682 | |
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. — ADR | | | 83,947 | | | | 1,334,757 | |
MGM China Holdings Ltd. | | | 440,000 | | | | 908,880 | |
MTR Corp. Ltd. | | | 541,000 | | | | 2,622,893 | |
New World Development Co., Ltd. | | | 2,230,968 | | | | 2,350,563 | |
NWS Holdings Ltd. | | | 704,223 | | | | 1,144,772 | |
PCCW Ltd. | | | 1,747,000 | | | | 944,398 | |
Power Assets Holdings Ltd. | | | 549,500 | | | | 4,833,988 | |
Sands China Ltd. | | | 997,000 | | | | 4,301,231 | |
Shangri-La Asia Ltd. | | | 729,905 | | | | 768,628 | |
Sino Land Co., Ltd. | | | 1,173,263 | | | | 1,749,391 | |
SJM Holdings Ltd. | | | 538,000 | | | | 419,819 | |
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. | | | 563,324 | | | | 7,093,645 | |
Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A | | | 223,077 | | | | 2,122,749 | |
Swire Properties Ltd. | | | 456,600 | | | | 1,256,970 | |
Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd. | | | 526,500 | | | | 1,884,068 | |
WH Group Ltd. (c) | | | 3,031,500 | | | | 2,443,682 | |
Wharf Holdings Ltd. | | | 562,357 | | | | 3,725,038 | |
Wheelock & Co., Ltd. | | | 284,000 | | | | 1,593,877 | |
Wynn Macau Ltd. | | | 694,400 | | | | 1,097,721 | |
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. | | | 252,285 | | | | 914,459 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 154,745,271 | |
Ireland — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Bank of Ireland (b) | | | 10,455,168 | | | | 2,560,649 | |
CRH PLC | | | 324,873 | | | | 11,205,693 | |
DCC PLC | | | 36,689 | | | | 2,727,128 | |
Experian PLC | | | 371,888 | | | | 7,200,354 | |
James Hardie Industries PLC | | | 180,685 | | | | 2,852,191 | |
Kerry Group PLC, Class A | | | 63,157 | | | | 4,514,144 | |
Paddy Power Betfair PLC | | | 33,210 | | | | 3,533,770 | |
Ryanair Holdings PLC (b) | | | 9,354 | | | | 142,824 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 34,736,753 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Israel — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Azrieli Group Ltd. | | | 20,626 | | | $ | 895,176 | |
Bank Hapoalim BM | | | 385,846 | | | | 2,290,195 | |
Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (b) | | | 516,361 | | | | 2,122,027 | |
Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd. | | | 802,855 | | | | 1,522,875 | |
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (b) | | | 48,849 | | | | 4,125,786 | |
Elbit Systems Ltd. | | | 9,098 | | | | 919,071 | |
Frutarom Industries, Ltd. | | | 14,827 | | | | 756,803 | |
Israel Chemicals Ltd. | | | 165,989 | | | | 677,664 | |
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. | | | 47,961 | | | | 700,453 | |
Mobileye NV (b) | | | 70,038 | | | | 2,669,849 | |
NICE Ltd. | | | 22,742 | | | | 1,560,385 | |
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (b) | | | 6,231 | | | | 655,937 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. — ADR | | | 366,780 | | | | 13,295,775 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 32,191,996 | |
Italy — 1.8% | | | | | | | | |
Assicurazioni Generali SpA | | | 454,599 | | | | 6,738,228 | |
Atlantia SpA | | | 170,669 | | | | 3,993,029 | |
Enel SpA | | | 2,979,468 | | | | 13,096,840 | |
Eni SpA | | | 984,518 | | | | 15,960,094 | |
Ferrari NV | | | 47,660 | | | | 2,774,785 | |
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | | | 5,456,989 | | | | 13,727,525 | |
Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA (b) | | | 99,828 | | | | 1,398,118 | |
Luxottica Group SpA | | | 71,810 | | | | 3,859,531 | |
Mediobanca SpA | | | 206,008 | | | | 1,681,706 | |
Poste Italiane SpA (c) | | | 185,431 | | | | 1,230,698 | |
Prysmian SpA | | | 69,483 | | | | 1,780,872 | |
Saipem SpA (b) | | | 2,143,978 | | | | 1,199,153 | |
Snam SpA | | | 1,006,314 | | | | 4,138,819 | |
Telecom Italia SpA (b) | | | 4,174,325 | | | | 3,685,670 | |
Telecom Italia SpA, Non-Convertible Savings Shares (b) | | | 2,263,286 | | | | 1,642,677 | |
Tenaris SA | | | 183,350 | | | | 3,272,894 | |
Terna — Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA | | | 581,991 | | | | 2,661,644 | |
UniCredit SpA | | | 2,086,974 | | | | 5,993,224 | |
UnipolSai SpA | | | 560,158 | | | | 1,194,774 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 90,030,281 | |
Japan — 23.3% | | | | | | | | |
ABC-Mart, Inc. | | | 9,600 | | | | 543,088 | |
Acom Co., Ltd. (b) | | | 204,600 | | | | 893,428 | |
Aeon Co., Ltd. | | | 275,200 | | | | 3,889,564 | |
AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd. | | | 41,000 | | | | 726,197 | |
Aeon Mall Co., Ltd. | | | 33,350 | | | | 468,661 | |
Air Water, Inc. | | | 61,000 | | | | 1,098,836 | |
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. | | | 72,400 | | | | 3,132,705 | |
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. | | | 219,500 | | | | 4,416,899 | |
Alfresa Holdings Corp. | | | 83,600 | | | | 1,380,818 | |
Alps Electric Co., Ltd. | | | 68,000 | | | | 1,633,901 | |
Amada Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 127,600 | | | | 1,421,536 | |
ANA Holdings, Inc. | | | 453,000 | | | | 1,218,582 | |
Aozora Bank Ltd. | | | 507,000 | | | | 1,791,360 | |
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. | | | 413,100 | | | | 2,802,739 | |
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. | | | 152,500 | | | | 4,801,475 | |
Asahi Kasei Corp. | | | 474,000 | | | | 4,124,400 | |
Ashikaga Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 357,200 | | | | 1,320,186 | |
Asics Corp. | | | 64,300 | | | | 1,281,364 | |
Astellas Pharma, Inc. | | | 833,500 | | | | 11,563,438 | |
Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. | | | 81,600 | | | | 2,246,037 | |
Bank of Kyoto Ltd. | | | 106,000 | | | | 785,731 | |
Benesse Holdings, Inc. | | | 19,000 | | | | 522,025 | |
Bridgestone Corp. | | | 262,200 | | | | 9,434,156 | |
Brother Industries Ltd. | | | 107,700 | | | | 1,936,167 | |
Calbee, Inc. | | | 26,800 | | | | 838,334 | |
Canon, Inc. | | | 414,900 | | | | 11,684,488 | |
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. | | | 84,700 | | | | 1,193,687 | |
Central Japan Railway Co. | | | 55,300 | | | | 9,079,683 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Chiba Bank Ltd. | | | 295,000 | | | $ | 1,808,388 | |
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 279,500 | | | | 3,889,349 | |
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | | 82,700 | | | | 2,372,170 | |
Chugoku Bank Ltd. | | | 58,000 | | | | 831,813 | |
Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 105,900 | | | | 1,239,518 | |
Concordia Financial Group Ltd. | | | 483,000 | | | | 2,324,254 | |
Credit Saison Co., Ltd. | | | 61,200 | | | | 1,089,108 | |
CYBERDYNE, Inc. (b)(d) | | | 29,900 | | | | 421,621 | |
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | | | 219,000 | | | | 2,160,796 | |
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. | | | 415,900 | | | | 6,914,951 | |
Daicel Corp. | | | 128,600 | | | | 1,413,834 | |
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. | | | 237,700 | | | | 4,853,650 | |
Daikin Industries Ltd. | | | 90,200 | | | | 8,263,121 | |
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. | | | 26,300 | | | | 3,953,881 | |
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. | | | 219,800 | | | | 5,994,026 | |
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. | | | 464 | | | | 1,176,313 | |
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. | | | 622,000 | | | | 3,830,105 | |
DeNA Co., Ltd. | | | 40,900 | | | | 893,872 | |
Denso Corp. | | | 188,900 | | | | 8,171,144 | |
Dentsu, Inc. | | | 80,413 | | | | 3,781,284 | |
Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 41,300 | | | | 1,524,188 | |
East Japan Railway Co. | | | 129,949 | | | | 11,204,034 | |
Eisai Co., Ltd. | | | 97,100 | | | | 5,564,544 | |
Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. | | | 50,000 | | | | 1,147,578 | |
FamilyMart UNY Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 28,900 | | | | 1,923,007 | |
FANUC Corp. | | | 75,600 | | | | 12,647,455 | |
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. | | | 20,400 | | | | 7,283,348 | |
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. | | | 260,800 | | | | 1,346,692 | |
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. | | | 247,700 | | | | 10,092,390 | |
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. | | | 167,800 | | | | 6,353,877 | |
Fujitsu Ltd. | | | 744,000 | | | | 4,119,935 | |
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. | | | 331,000 | | | | 1,467,978 | |
Hachijuni Bank Ltd. | | | 186,400 | | | | 1,078,577 | |
Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. | | | 101,700 | | | | 1,252,250 | |
Hamamatsu Photonics KK | | | 49,800 | | | | 1,308,011 | |
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. | | | 90,800 | | | | 2,907,490 | |
Hikari Tsushin, Inc. | | | 9,100 | | | | 847,101 | |
Hino Motors Ltd. | | | 114,900 | | | | 1,167,390 | |
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. | | | 13,800 | | | | 1,706,586 | |
Hiroshima Bank Ltd. | | | 218,000 | | | | 1,015,840 | |
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. | | | 21,600 | | | | 1,078,854 | |
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. | | | 35,600 | | | | 888,087 | |
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | | | 39,000 | | | | 843,137 | |
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. | | | 23,400 | | | | 941,158 | |
Hitachi Ltd. | | | 1,926,000 | | | | 10,385,262 | |
Hitachi Metals Ltd. | | | 89,400 | | | | 1,203,629 | |
Hokuriku Electric Power Co. | | | 77,700 | | | | 869,077 | |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | | | 633,600 | | | | 18,498,137 | |
Hoshizaki Corp. | | | 20,000 | | | | 1,583,383 | |
Hoya Corp. | | | 156,400 | | | | 6,557,760 | |
Hulic Co., Ltd. | | | 121,900 | | | | 1,081,545 | |
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. | | | 41,500 | | | | 1,100,801 | |
IHI Corp. (b) | | | 624,000 | | | | 1,616,096 | |
Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 65,000 | | | | 1,232,220 | |
Inpex Corp. | | | 353,800 | | | | 3,536,516 | |
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. | | | 141,805 | | | | 1,526,905 | |
Isuzu Motors Ltd. | | | 226,000 | | | | 2,857,660 | |
ITOCHU Corp. | | | 599,700 | | | | 7,940,480 | |
J. Front Retailing Co., Ltd. | | | 95,500 | | | | 1,285,782 | |
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. | | | 47,480 | | | | 1,385,503 | |
Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. (d) | | | 15,200 | | | | 549,237 | |
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. | | | 192,900 | | | | 2,751,194 | |
Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. | | | 173,200 | | | | 2,075,550 | |
Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 171,800 | | | | 2,139,164 | |
Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp. | | | 351 | | | | 1,384,804 | |
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. | | | 497 | | | | 2,714,265 | |
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp. | | | 1,057 | | | | 2,142,766 | |
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Japan Tobacco, Inc. | | | 436,700 | | | $ | 14,334,080 | |
JFE Holdings, Inc. | | | 208,700 | | | | 3,156,050 | |
JGC Corp. | | | 91,700 | | | | 1,661,264 | |
JSR Corp. | | | 66,200 | | | | 1,042,011 | |
JTEKT Corp. | | | 77,400 | | | | 1,234,204 | |
JX Holdings, Inc. | | | 786,760 | | | | 3,324,389 | |
Kajima Corp. | | | 376,800 | | | | 2,602,600 | |
Kakaku.com, Inc. | | | 58,700 | | | | 969,906 | |
Kamigumi Co., Ltd. | | | 74,000 | | | | 704,800 | |
Kaneka Corp. | | | 87,000 | | | | 707,651 | |
Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (b) | | | 278,500 | | | | 3,036,109 | |
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. | | | 77,700 | | | | 1,429,186 | |
Kao Corp. | | | 198,600 | | | | 9,400,703 | |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. | | | 622,000 | | | | 1,946,963 | |
KDDI Corp. | | | 728,900 | | | | 18,406,892 | |
Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 199,000 | | | | 1,305,323 | |
Keikyu Corp. | | | 208,000 | | | | 2,409,300 | |
Keio Corp. | | | 250,000 | | | | 2,053,547 | |
Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. | | | 59,000 | | | | 1,428,618 | |
Keyence Corp. | | | 17,792 | | | | 12,174,169 | |
Kikkoman Corp. | | | 65,000 | | | | 2,073,906 | |
Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 675,000 | | | | 2,572,212 | |
Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 328,100 | | | | 5,325,463 | |
Kobe Steel Ltd. (b) | | | 132,100 | | | | 1,256,031 | |
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | | | 45,900 | | | | 2,423,978 | |
Komatsu Ltd. | | | 357,400 | | | | 8,095,160 | |
Konami Holdings Corp. | | | 32,300 | | | | 1,303,572 | |
Konica Minolta, Inc. | | | 158,400 | | | | 1,569,854 | |
Kose Corp. | | | 9,500 | | | | 787,627 | |
Kubota Corp. | | | 405,400 | | | | 5,777,278 | |
Kuraray Co., Ltd. | | | 152,200 | | | | 2,282,324 | |
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. | | | 48,700 | | | | 1,071,433 | |
Kyocera Corp. | | | 124,100 | | | | 6,152,940 | |
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. | | | 95,000 | | | | 1,310,371 | |
Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc. | | | 198,600 | | | | 2,151,526 | |
Kyushu Financial Group, Inc. | | | 168,300 | | | | 1,140,317 | |
Lawson, Inc. | | | 27,900 | | | | 1,958,350 | |
LINE Corp. (b) | | | 16,800 | | | | 573,530 | |
Lion Corp. | | | 93,000 | | | | 1,524,397 | |
LIXIL Group Corp. | | | 101,300 | | | | 2,295,991 | |
M3, Inc. | | | 72,900 | | | | 1,832,780 | |
Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. | | | 20,100 | | | | 1,044,478 | |
Makita Corp. | | | 41,300 | | | | 2,759,619 | |
Marubeni Corp. | | | 621,700 | | | | 3,516,381 | |
Marui Group Co., Ltd. | | | 85,100 | | | | 1,239,875 | |
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. | | | 16,500 | | | | 536,187 | |
Mazda Motor Corp. | | | 213,580 | | | | 3,477,931 | |
McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. | | | 20,700 | | | | 541,489 | |
Medipal Holdings Corp. | | | 60,200 | | | | 948,277 | |
Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 42,700 | | | | 3,340,346 | |
Minebea Co., Ltd. | | | 118,300 | | | | 1,103,883 | |
Miraca Holdings, Inc. | | | 18,800 | | | | 840,848 | |
MISUMI Group, Inc. | | | 106,300 | | | | 1,746,159 | |
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. | | | 500,900 | | | | 3,238,648 | |
Mitsubishi Corp. | | | 584,600 | | | | 12,416,109 | |
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | | | 758,000 | | | | 10,543,144 | |
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. | | | 482,000 | | | | 9,574,772 | |
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. | | | 59,000 | | | | 1,005,326 | |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. | | | 1,258,200 | | | | 5,719,829 | |
Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. | | | 31,000 | | | | 437,048 | |
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. | | | 37,900 | | | | 1,159,255 | |
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. | | | 238,700 | | | | 1,356,917 | |
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. | | | 103,700 | | | | 2,030,435 | |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | | | 5,008,574 | | | | 30,889,486 | |
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd. | | | 157,100 | | | | 810,280 | |
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. | | | 684,900 | | | | 9,384,712 | |
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | | | 390,000 | | | | 1,747,410 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. | | | 359,000 | | | $ | 8,311,028 | |
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. | | | 534,000 | | | | 1,473,876 | |
Mixi, Inc. | | | 14,600 | | | | 531,995 | |
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | | | 9,583,664 | | | | 17,198,216 | |
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. | | | 196,370 | | | | 6,081,098 | |
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | | | 76,200 | | | | 10,175,498 | |
Nabtesco Corp. | | | 50,600 | | | | 1,172,958 | |
Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. | | | 393,000 | | | | 1,897,479 | |
NEC Corp. | | | 998,000 | | | | 2,639,634 | |
Nexon Co., Ltd. | | | 61,100 | | | | 882,967 | |
NGK Insulators Ltd. | | | 109,400 | | | | 2,117,640 | |
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. | | | 70,700 | | | | 1,567,048 | |
NH Foods Ltd. | | | 64,000 | | | | 1,726,499 | |
Nidec Corp. | | | 92,000 | | | | 7,920,340 | |
Nikon Corp. | | | 143,700 | | | | 2,231,723 | |
Nintendo Co., Ltd. | | | 44,400 | | | | 9,229,667 | |
Nippon Building Fund, Inc. | | | 516 | | | | 2,860,532 | |
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. | | | 205,500 | | | | 1,108,766 | |
Nippon Express Co., Ltd. | | | 331,000 | | | | 1,777,228 | |
Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 69,000 | | | | 1,872,986 | |
Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. | | | 531 | | | | 1,085,826 | |
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. | | | 311,000 | | | | 6,888,292 | |
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. | | | 269,300 | | | | 11,336,220 | |
Nippon Yusen KK | | | 646,000 | | | | 1,196,319 | |
Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd. | | | 47,700 | | | | 1,590,020 | |
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | | | 940,300 | | | | 9,432,282 | |
Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. | | | 69,840 | | | | 1,046,475 | |
Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 19,900 | | | | 1,043,829 | |
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 30,200 | | | | 3,443,250 | |
Nitto Denko Corp. | | | 66,310 | | | | 5,076,765 | |
NOK Corp. | | | 30,900 | | | | 624,971 | |
Nomura Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,463,400 | | | | 8,651,859 | |
Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. | | | 57,800 | | | | 980,863 | |
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. | | | 1,513 | | | | 2,289,969 | |
Nomura Research Institute Ltd. | | | 45,870 | | | | 1,394,063 | |
NSK Ltd. | | | 196,600 | | | | 2,270,626 | |
NTT Data Corp. | | | 52,400 | | | | 2,531,528 | |
NTT Docomo, Inc. | | | 536,200 | | | | 12,196,012 | |
Obayashi Corp. | | | 247,300 | | | | 2,361,059 | |
Obic Co., Ltd. | | | 27,700 | | | | 1,208,162 | |
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. | | | 120,500 | | | | 2,381,075 | |
Oji Holdings Corp. | | | 278,000 | | | | 1,130,515 | |
Olympus Corp. | | | 116,100 | | | | 4,000,196 | |
Omron Corp. | | | 73,600 | | | | 2,812,621 | |
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | | 166,600 | | | | 3,630,983 | |
Oracle Corp. Japan | | | 12,100 | | | | 608,680 | |
Oriental Land Co., Ltd. | | | 86,800 | | | | 4,899,136 | |
ORIX Corp. | | | 522,000 | | | | 8,124,538 | |
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. | | | 739,000 | | | | 2,835,586 | |
Otsuka Corp. | | | 23,400 | | | | 1,091,476 | |
Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 153,600 | | | | 6,690,876 | |
Panasonic Corp. | | | 848,200 | | | | 8,602,574 | |
Park24 Co., Ltd. | | | 33,300 | | | | 901,742 | |
Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. | | | 7,000 | | | | 577,102 | |
Rakuten, Inc. | | | 370,300 | | | | 3,628,142 | |
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 145,300 | | | | 5,823,097 | |
Resona Holdings, Inc. | | | 902,756 | | | | 4,626,639 | |
Ricoh Co., Ltd. | | | 284,600 | | | | 2,404,238 | |
Rinnai Corp. | | | 11,700 | | | | 941,424 | |
Rohm Co., Ltd. | | | 32,300 | | | | 1,853,146 | |
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. | | | 10,100 | | | | 1,976,906 | |
Sankyo Co., Ltd. | | | 13,200 | | | | 425,590 | |
Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | | 142,600 | | | | 1,739,908 | |
SBI Holdings, Inc. | | | 71,440 | | | | 907,712 | |
Secom Co., Ltd. | | | 82,100 | | | | 5,998,563 | |
Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc. | | | 77,132 | | | | 1,146,183 | |
Seibu Holdings, Inc. | | | 60,100 | | | | 1,076,023 | |
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Seiko Epson Corp. | | | 116,800 | | | $ | 2,465,947 | |
Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. | | | 156,100 | | | | 2,484,883 | |
Sekisui House Ltd. | | | 240,400 | | | | 3,994,077 | |
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 292,000 | | | | 11,104,518 | |
Seven Bank Ltd. | | | 223,800 | | | | 639,928 | |
Sharp Corp. (b) | | | 692,000 | | | | 1,601,123 | |
Shimadzu Corp. | | | 95,000 | | | | 1,509,263 | |
Shimamura Co., Ltd. | | | 10,000 | | | | 1,246,828 | |
Shimano, Inc. | | | 30,700 | | | | 4,808,626 | |
Shimizu Corp. | | | 198,000 | | | | 1,807,337 | |
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | | | 152,100 | | | | 11,770,856 | |
Shinsei Bank Ltd. | | | 712,000 | | | | 1,191,420 | |
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. | | | 115,900 | | | | 5,539,199 | |
Shiseido Co., Ltd. | | | 152,700 | | | | 3,859,337 | |
Shizuoka Bank Ltd. | | | 230,000 | | | | 1,930,283 | |
Showa Shell Sekiyu KK | | | 52,700 | | | | 489,606 | |
SMC Corp. | | | 22,500 | | | | 5,353,299 | |
Softbank Group Corp. | | | 379,100 | | | | 25,086,568 | |
Sohgo Security Services Co., Ltd. | | | 26,100 | | | | 1,001,815 | |
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings, Inc. | | | 144,675 | | | | 4,885,861 | |
Sony Corp. | | | 502,900 | | | | 14,051,992 | |
Sony Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | 80,400 | | | | 1,253,309 | |
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. | | | 51,400 | | | | 1,400,273 | |
Start Today Co., Ltd. | | | 63,000 | | | | 1,085,256 | |
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. | | | 595,000 | | | | 2,820,494 | |
Sumitomo Corp. | | | 469,000 | | | | 5,505,783 | |
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. | | | 55,600 | | | | 954,336 | |
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. | | | 313,600 | | | | 4,515,624 | |
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. | | | 195,000 | | | | 1,252,126 | |
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | | | 187,000 | | | | 2,385,687 | |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | | 522,650 | | | | 19,904,060 | |
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | | | 131,382 | | | | 4,700,678 | |
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. | | | 136,000 | | | | 3,610,438 | |
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. | | | 79,300 | | | | 1,254,712 | |
Sundrug Co., Ltd. | | | 14,800 | | | | 1,023,290 | |
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. | | | 53,100 | | | | 2,199,487 | |
Suruga Bank Ltd. | | | 59,200 | | | | 1,321,787 | |
Suzuken Co., Ltd. | | | 24,000 | | | | 783,901 | |
Suzuki Motor Corp. | | | 138,900 | | | | 4,876,622 | |
Sysmex Corp. | | | 66,200 | | | | 3,825,000 | |
T&D Holdings, Inc. | | | 216,200 | | | | 2,853,278 | |
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. | | | 439,000 | | | | 1,384,011 | |
Taisei Corp. | | | 406,000 | | | | 2,835,084 | |
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 12,300 | | | | 1,019,657 | |
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. | | | 37,200 | | | | 429,737 | |
Takashimaya Co., Ltd. | | | 124,000 | | | | 1,020,735 | |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | | 275,600 | | | | 11,433,546 | |
TDK Corp. | | | 45,600 | | | | 3,126,711 | |
Teijin Ltd. | | | 77,000 | | | | 1,555,838 | |
Terumo Corp. | | | 137,400 | | | | 5,065,291 | |
THK Co., Ltd. | | | 50,300 | | | | 1,110,802 | |
Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. | | | 344,000 | | | | 1,705,339 | |
Toho Co., Ltd. | | | 38,700 | | | | 1,091,686 | |
Toho Gas Co., Ltd. | | | 165,000 | | | | 1,340,102 | |
Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 175,900 | | | | 2,217,385 | |
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | | | 266,800 | | | | 10,923,605 | |
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc. (b) | | | 623,800 | | | | 2,510,612 | |
Tokyo Electron Ltd. | | | 61,800 | | | | 5,812,249 | |
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. | | | 769,000 | | | | 3,471,372 | |
Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. | | | 98,100 | | | | 1,309,679 | |
Tokyu Corp. | | | 399,000 | | | | 2,927,927 | |
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. | | | 209,500 | | | | 1,233,863 | |
TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK | | | 102,000 | | | | 1,074,083 | |
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. | | | 203,000 | | | | 1,935,646 | |
Toray Industries, Inc. | | | 578,700 | | | | 4,673,306 | |
Toshiba Corp. (b) | | | 1,581,000 | | | | 3,818,971 | |
Toto Ltd. | | | 59,100 | | | | 2,334,364 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd. | | | 65,200 | | | $ | 1,212,441 | |
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. | | | 34,500 | | | | 1,248,186 | |
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | | | 28,900 | | | | 674,502 | |
Toyota Industries Corp. | | | 61,400 | | | | 2,919,277 | |
Toyota Motor Corp. | | | 1,046,288 | | | | 61,342,187 | |
Toyota Tsusho Corp. | | | 81,900 | | | | 2,128,761 | |
Trend Micro, Inc. | | | 41,400 | | | | 1,469,441 | |
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. | | | 12,800 | | | | 1,211,425 | |
Unicharm Corp. | | | 151,300 | | | | 3,304,430 | |
United Urban Investment Corp. | | | 1,325 | | | | 2,021,237 | |
USS Co., Ltd. | | | 89,600 | | | | 1,423,364 | |
West Japan Railway Co. | | | 66,000 | | | | 4,042,890 | |
Yahoo! Japan Corp. | | | 548,400 | | | | 2,100,350 | |
Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. | | | 41,200 | | | | 1,906,175 | |
Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. | | | 214,300 | | | | 1,153,887 | |
Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc. | | | 99,000 | | | | 1,077,824 | |
Yamaha Corp. | | | 68,600 | | | | 2,091,789 | |
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. | | | 115,200 | | | | 2,526,226 | |
Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 128,200 | | | | 2,598,742 | |
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. | | | 51,100 | | | | 985,179 | |
Yaskawa Electric Corp. | | | 107,700 | | | | 1,669,883 | |
Yokogawa Electric Corp. | | | 80,800 | | | | 1,166,538 | |
Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. | | | 39,900 | | | | 713,222 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,148,914,278 | |
Luxembourg — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Eurofins Scientific SE | | | 4,242 | | | | 1,807,278 | |
RTL Group SA (b) | | | 14,198 | | | | 1,040,190 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,847,468 | |
Mexico — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Fresnillo PLC | | | 95,911 | | | | 1,424,698 | |
Netherlands — 5.0% | | | | | | | | |
ABN AMRO Group NV (c) | | | 106,910 | | | | 2,367,176 | |
Aegon NV | | | 682,760 | | | | 3,750,842 | |
AerCap Holdings NV (b) | | | 64,421 | | | | 2,680,558 | |
Akzo Nobel NV | | | 95,474 | | | | 5,965,862 | |
Altice NV Class A (b) | | | 129,723 | | | | 2,567,201 | |
Altice NV Class B (b) | | | 50,125 | | | | 997,382 | |
ASML Holding NV | | | 146,538 | | | | 16,422,570 | |
CNH Industrial NV | | | 393,676 | | | | 3,415,925 | |
EXOR NV | | | 40,614 | | | | 1,746,683 | |
Gemalto NV | | | 34,153 | | | | 1,972,529 | |
Heineken Holding NV | | | 39,946 | | | | 2,777,867 | |
Heineken NV | | | 89,178 | | | | 6,682,813 | |
ING Groep NV | | | 1,533,531 | | | | 21,590,198 | |
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | | | 501,778 | | | | 10,568,949 | |
Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV | | | 38,152 | | | | 1,323,572 | |
Koninklijke DSM NV | | | 75,752 | | | | 4,539,609 | |
Koninklijke KPN NV | | | 1,365,391 | | | | 4,037,628 | |
Koninklijke Philips NV | | | 367,067 | | | | 11,221,943 | |
Koninklijke Vopak NV | | | 23,924 | | | | 1,128,736 | |
NN Group NV | | | 117,296 | | | | 3,970,766 | |
NXP Semiconductor NV (b) | | | 114,835 | | | | 11,254,978 | |
QIAGEN NV (b) | | | 89,561 | | | | 2,509,799 | |
Randstad Holding NV | | | 48,608 | | | | 2,632,977 | |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A | | | 1,694,936 | | | | 46,786,185 | |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B | | | 1,467,524 | | | | 42,164,749 | |
Unilever NV CVA | | | 642,876 | | | | 26,408,583 | |
Wolters Kluwer NV | | | 120,701 | | | | 4,365,652 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 245,851,732 | |
New Zealand — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Auckland International Airport Ltd. | | | 398,759 | | | | 1,729,617 | |
Contact Energy Ltd. | | | 333,423 | | | | 1,078,190 | |
Fletcher Building Ltd. | | | 270,933 | | | | 1,990,749 | |
Mercury NZ Ltd. | | | 263,786 | | | | 541,911 | |
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New Zealand (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Meridian Energy Ltd. | | | 382,399 | | | $ | 689,824 | |
Ryman Healthcare Ltd. | | | 173,120 | | | | 974,777 | |
Spark New Zealand Ltd. | | | 619,457 | | | | 1,465,771 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8,470,839 | |
Norway — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
DNB ASA | | | 378,184 | | | | 5,614,253 | |
Gjensidige Forsikring ASA | | | 67,716 | | | | 1,073,543 | |
Marine Harvest ASA (b) | | | 152,278 | | | | 2,753,260 | |
Norsk Hydro ASA | | | 546,945 | | | | 2,610,420 | |
Orkla ASA | | | 305,174 | | | | 2,761,436 | |
Schibsted ASA, Class A | | | 36,434 | | | | 833,873 | |
Schibsted ASA, Class B | | | 44,513 | | | | 942,079 | |
Statoil ASA | | | 443,520 | | | | 8,094,982 | |
Telenor ASA | | | 271,727 | | | | 4,055,989 | |
Yara International ASA | | | 71,073 | | | | 2,795,945 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 31,535,780 | |
Portugal — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
EDP — Energias de Portugal SA | | | 838,206 | | | | 2,551,119 | |
Galp Energia SGPS SA | | | 157,892 | | | | 2,353,891 | |
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA | | | 119,702 | | | | 1,856,535 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6,761,545 | |
Singapore — 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust | | | 957,546 | | | | 1,497,068 | |
CapitaLand Commercial Trust Ltd. | | | 1,029,200 | | | | 1,048,518 | |
CapitaLand Ltd. | | | 1,088,149 | | | | 2,261,295 | |
CapitaLand Mall Trust | | | 943,700 | | | | 1,224,029 | |
City Developments Ltd. | | | 148,635 | | | | 848,227 | |
ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd. | | | 786,516 | | | | 1,336,505 | |
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | | | 667,407 | | | | 7,962,726 | |
Genting Singapore PLC | | | 2,125,227 | | | | 1,322,737 | |
Global Logistic Properties Ltd. | | | 1,194,800 | | | | 1,809,184 | |
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. | | | 3,277,251 | | | | 970,314 | |
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust | | | 1,842,900 | | | | 799,669 | |
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. | | | 33,956 | | | | 964,349 | |
Keppel Corp. Ltd. | | | 564,477 | | | | 2,246,585 | |
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. | | | 1,217,198 | | | | 7,475,592 | |
SATS, Ltd. | | | 261,000 | | | | 874,115 | |
SembCorp Industries Ltd. | | | 550,790 | | | | 1,080,150 | |
Singapore Airlines Ltd. | | | 248,309 | | | | 1,654,208 | |
Singapore Exchange Ltd. | | | 311,000 | | | | 1,533,605 | |
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. | | | 298,085 | | | | 724,898 | |
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. | | | 605,913 | | | | 1,345,787 | |
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. | | | 3,060,832 | | | | 7,677,896 | |
StarHub Ltd. | | | 299,257 | | | | 579,316 | |
Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust | | | 1,055,100 | | | | 1,200,674 | |
United Overseas Bank Ltd. | | | 501,947 | | | | 7,051,798 | |
UOL Group Ltd. | | | 244,199 | | | | 1,006,728 | |
Wilmar International Ltd. | | | 706,470 | | | | 1,745,304 | |
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd. | | | 1,357,383 | | | | 761,097 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 59,002,374 | |
Spain — 3.0% | | | | | | | | |
Abertis Infraestructuras SA | | | 283,236 | | | | 3,957,232 | |
ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA | | | 77,417 | | | | 2,443,094 | |
Aena SA (c) | | | 28,449 | | | | 3,875,923 | |
Amadeus IT Group SA | | | 174,738 | | | | 7,925,089 | |
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | | | 2,583,356 | | | | 17,409,042 | |
Banco de Sabadell SA | | | 2,070,906 | | | | 2,877,678 | |
Banco Popular Espanol SA | | | 1,297,836 | | | | 1,250,460 | |
Banco Santander SA | | | 5,746,410 | | | | 29,894,382 | |
Bankia SA | | | 1,975,057 | | | | 2,012,671 | |
Bankinter SA | | | 311,208 | | | | 2,406,715 | |
CaixaBank SA | | | 1,285,867 | | | | 4,237,929 | |
Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA | | | 267,745 | | | | 1,313,176 | |
Enagas SA | | | 21,783 | | | | 552,052 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Spain (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Endesa SA | | | 122,923 | | | $ | 2,599,584 | |
Ferrovial SA | | | 216,906 | | | | 3,868,355 | |
Gas Natural SDG SA | | | 135,535 | | | | 2,549,858 | |
Grifols SA | | | 119,482 | | | | 2,371,883 | |
Iberdrola SA | | | 2,092,844 | | | | 13,703,699 | |
Industria de Diseno Textil SA | | | 431,555 | | | | 14,701,339 | |
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA | | | 340,384 | | | | 1,833,696 | |
Mapfre SA | | | 452,406 | | | | 1,378,073 | |
Red Electrica Corp. SA | | | 65,428 | | | | 1,232,674 | |
Repsol SA | | | 440,148 | | | | 6,185,460 | |
Telefonica SA | | | 1,827,534 | | | | 16,872,444 | |
Zardoya Otis SA | | | 79,739 | | | | 672,902 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 148,125,410 | |
Sweden — 2.7% | | | | | | | | |
Alfa Laval AB | | | 130,565 | | | | 2,153,716 | |
Assa Abloy AB, Class B | | | 389,921 | | | | 7,214,954 | |
Atlas Copco AB, A Shares | | | 269,411 | | | | 8,173,000 | |
Atlas Copco AB, B Shares | | | 157,096 | | | | 4,271,037 | |
Boliden AB | | | 111,775 | | | | 2,903,354 | |
Electrolux AB, Class B | | | 92,205 | | | | 2,283,091 | |
Getinge AB, Class B | | | 69,458 | | | | 1,112,925 | |
Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B | | | 372,006 | | | | 10,312,418 | |
Hexagon AB, Class B | | | 106,020 | | | | 3,776,001 | |
Husqvarna AB, Class B | | | 152,365 | | | | 1,182,215 | |
ICA Gruppen AB | | | 33,272 | | | | 1,012,728 | |
Industrivarden AB, Class C | | | 72,727 | | | | 1,352,556 | |
Investor AB, Class B | | | 173,616 | | | | 6,468,955 | |
Kinnevik AB | | | 100,329 | | | | 2,396,375 | |
L E Lundbergforetagen AB, -B Shares | | | 14,706 | | | | 900,353 | |
Lundin Petroleum AB (b) | | | 67,425 | | | | 1,461,209 | |
Millicom International Cellular SA | | | 22,529 | | | | 960,060 | |
Nordea Bank AB | | | 1,177,336 | | | | 13,045,616 | |
Sandvik AB | | | 423,411 | | | | 5,223,225 | |
Securitas AB, Class B | | | 111,648 | | | | 1,751,293 | |
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A | | | 591,455 | | | | 6,180,814 | |
Skanska AB, Class B | | | 131,261 | | | | 3,090,457 | |
SKF AB, Class B | | | 146,220 | | | | 2,681,114 | |
Svenska Cellulosa AB, B Shares | | | 248,535 | | | | 6,995,393 | |
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A | | | 589,127 | | | | 8,159,673 | |
Swedbank AB, Class A | | | 350,567 | | | | 8,446,726 | |
Swedish Match AB | | | 71,413 | | | | 2,265,791 | |
Tele2 AB, Class B | | | 129,728 | | | | 1,037,303 | |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B | | | 1,214,574 | | | | 7,118,582 | |
TeliaSonera AB | | | 1,037,695 | | | | 4,168,620 | |
Volvo AB, Class B | | | 601,949 | | | | 7,007,896 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 135,107,450 | |
Switzerland — 8.8% | | | | | | | | |
ABB Ltd., Registered Shares (b) | | | 753,197 | | | | 15,848,552 | |
Actelion Ltd., Registered Shares (b) | | | 39,547 | | | | 8,546,439 | |
Adecco SA, Registered Shares | | | 61,435 | | | | 4,010,277 | |
Aryzta AG (b) | | | 30,407 | | | | 1,337,187 | |
Baloise Holding AG, Registered Shares | | | 20,462 | | | | 2,574,832 | |
Barry Callebaut AG, Registered Shares (b) | | | 776 | | | | 948,054 | |
Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Registered Shares | | | 202,018 | | | | 13,351,477 | |
Coca-Cola HBC AG (b) | | | 61,174 | | | | 1,332,080 | |
Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered Shares (b) | | | 768,365 | | | | 10,980,725 | |
Dufry AG (b) | | | 19,568 | | | | 2,435,707 | |
EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered Shares | | | 2,905 | | | | 1,475,247 | |
Galenica AG | | | 1,599 | | | | 1,801,830 | |
Geberit AG, Registered Shares | | | 14,545 | | | | 5,823,188 | |
Givaudan SA, Registered Shares | | | 3,780 | | | | 6,918,049 | |
Glencore PLC (b) | | | 4,735,237 | | | | 15,999,811 | |
Julius Baer Group Ltd. (b) | | | 85,865 | | | | 3,803,968 | |
Kuehne & Nagel International AG, Registered Shares | | | 19,217 | | | | 2,536,619 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Switzerland (continued) | | | | | | | | |
LafargeHolcim Ltd. (b) | | | 181,319 | | | $ | 9,517,810 | |
Lindt & Spruengli AG | | | 391 | | | | 2,023,205 | |
Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered Shares | | | 38 | | | | 2,308,697 | |
Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares (b) | | | 19,703 | | | | 3,405,251 | |
Nestle SA, Registered Shares | | | 1,219,380 | | | | 87,353,415 | |
Novartis AG, Registered Shares | | | 874,933 | | | | 63,628,138 | |
Pargesa Holding SA, Bearer Shares | | | 14,124 | | | | 918,048 | |
Partners Group Holding AG | | | 7,430 | | | | 3,478,262 | |
Roche Holding AG | | | 275,272 | | | | 62,748,959 | |
Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates | | | 16,895 | | | | 2,975,431 | |
Schindler Holding AG, Registered Shares | | | 7,428 | | | | 1,296,545 | |
SGS SA, Registered Shares | | | 2,249 | | | | 4,569,434 | |
Sika AG, Bearer Shares | | | 872 | | | | 4,183,729 | |
Sonova Holding AG, Registered Shares | | | 19,935 | | | | 2,411,927 | |
STMicroelectronics NV | | | 269,152 | | | | 3,050,689 | |
Swatch Group AG, Bearer Shares | | | 11,493 | | | | 3,566,997 | |
Swatch Group AG, Registered Shares | | | 23,157 | | | | 1,413,233 | |
Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered Shares (b) | | | 12,402 | | | | 3,503,301 | |
Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered Shares (b) | | | 27,660 | | | | 2,263,323 | |
Swiss Re AG | | | 125,536 | | | | 11,877,317 | |
Swisscom AG, Registered Shares | | | 10,466 | | | | 4,678,240 | |
Syngenta AG, Registered Shares | | | 35,842 | | | | 14,161,267 | |
UBS Group AG, Registered Shares | | | 1,443,042 | | | | 22,562,609 | |
Zurich Insurance Group AG (b) | | | 58,256 | | | | 16,009,903 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 433,629,772 | |
United Arab Emirates — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Mediclinic International PLC | | | 125,689 | | | | 1,193,906 | |
United Kingdom — 15.5% | | | | | | | | |
3i Group PLC | | | 395,655 | | | | 3,422,569 | |
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC | | | 320,575 | | | | 1,013,590 | |
Admiral Group PLC | | | 87,399 | | | | 1,965,521 | |
Anglo American PLC (b) | | | 564,744 | | | | 7,979,173 | |
Antofagasta PLC | | | 161,562 | | | | 1,337,677 | |
Ashtead Group PLC | | | 185,181 | | | | 3,599,988 | |
Associated British Foods PLC | | | 142,588 | | | | 4,811,213 | |
AstraZeneca PLC | | | 498,819 | | | | 27,239,374 | |
Auto Trader Group PLC (c) | | | 426,256 | | | | 2,143,010 | |
Aviva PLC | | | 1,550,728 | | | | 9,237,108 | |
Babcock International Group PLC | | | 92,563 | | | | 1,085,709 | |
BAE Systems PLC | | | 1,283,067 | | | | 9,332,440 | |
Barclays PLC | | | 6,642,794 | | | | 18,230,125 | |
Barratt Developments PLC | | | 352,834 | | | | 2,005,900 | |
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC | | | 55,587 | | | | 1,921,577 | |
BHP Billiton PLC | | | 817,387 | | | | 13,015,264 | |
BP PLC | | | 7,359,713 | | | | 46,097,023 | |
British American Tobacco PLC | | | 730,465 | | | | 41,399,370 | |
British Land Co. PLC | | | 378,540 | | | | 2,937,660 | |
BT Group PLC | | | 3,353,950 | | | | 15,140,733 | |
Bunzl PLC | | | 122,835 | | | | 3,188,958 | |
Burberry Group PLC | | | 168,822 | | | | 3,111,206 | |
Capita PLC | | | 253,120 | | | | 1,655,047 | |
Carnival PLC | | | 70,377 | | | | 3,565,960 | |
Centrica PLC | | | 2,147,102 | | | | 6,183,744 | |
Cobham PLC | | | 597,887 | | | | 1,203,811 | |
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC | | | 82,063 | | | | 2,590,009 | |
Compass Group PLC | | | 641,184 | | | | 11,850,069 | |
Croda International PLC | | | 50,517 | | | | 1,986,811 | |
Diageo PLC | | | 993,292 | | | | 25,775,762 | |
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC | | | 569,933 | | | | 2,593,848 | |
Dixons Carphone PLC | | | 437,899 | | | | 1,912,517 | |
easyJet PLC | | | 78,213 | | | | 967,449 | |
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV | | | 373,636 | | | | 3,398,901 | |
G4S PLC | | | 679,699 | | | | 1,964,584 | |
GKN PLC | | | 630,516 | | | | 2,569,915 | |
GlaxoSmithKline PLC | | | 1,912,345 | | | | 36,733,250 | |
Hammerson PLC | | | 305,226 | | | | 2,151,095 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
United Kingdom (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | | | 115,669 | | | $ | 1,721,197 | |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | | | 50,179 | | | | 1,169,556 | |
HSBC Holdings PLC | | | 7,793,963 | | | | 62,886,449 | |
IMI PLC | | | 111,940 | | | | 1,431,577 | |
Imperial Brands PLC | | | 375,061 | | | | 16,345,358 | |
Inmarsat PLC | | | 155,332 | | | | 1,437,224 | |
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | | | 70,385 | | | | 3,147,202 | |
Intertek Group PLC | | | 62,142 | | | | 2,663,282 | |
Intu Properties PLC | | | 389,576 | | | | 1,349,380 | |
Investec PLC | | | 227,765 | | | | 1,493,819 | |
ITV PLC | | | 1,359,022 | | | | 3,450,563 | |
J. Sainsbury PLC | | | 639,490 | | | | 1,965,439 | |
Johnson Matthey PLC | | | 73,990 | | | | 2,895,024 | |
Kingfisher PLC | | | 822,611 | | | | 3,544,124 | |
Land Securities Group PLC | | | 286,183 | | | | 3,759,620 | |
Legal & General Group PLC | | | 2,269,768 | | | | 6,914,562 | |
Lloyds Banking Group PLC | | | 25,046,320 | | | | 19,232,475 | |
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | | | 127,517 | | | | 4,557,595 | |
Marks & Spencer Group PLC | | | 654,702 | | | | 2,820,249 | |
Meggitt PLC | | | 341,331 | | | | 1,927,561 | |
Merlin Entertainments PLC (c) | | | 248,144 | | | | 1,369,876 | |
Mondi PLC | | | 140,924 | | | | 2,877,984 | |
National Grid PLC | | | 1,460,438 | | | | 17,063,373 | |
NEX Group PLC | | | 27 | | | | 155 | |
Next PLC | | | 52,801 | | | | 3,239,111 | |
Old Mutual PLC | | | 1,958,830 | | | | 4,994,954 | |
Pearson PLC | | | 307,236 | | | | 3,082,692 | |
Persimmon PLC | | | 114,776 | | | | 2,504,139 | |
Petrofac Ltd. | | | 116,652 | | | | 1,248,363 | |
Provident Financial PLC | | | 60,648 | | | | 2,121,003 | |
Prudential PLC | | | 1,021,618 | | | | 20,388,902 | |
Randgold Resources Ltd. | | | 34,302 | | | | 2,635,334 | |
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | | | 250,479 | | | | 21,217,555 | |
RELX NV | | | 388,380 | | | | 6,532,505 | |
RELX PLC | | | 427,034 | | | | 7,609,955 | |
Rio Tinto PLC | | | 482,505 | | | | 18,421,067 | |
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (b) | | | 755,992 | | | | 6,209,337 | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (b) | | | 1,442,544 | | | | 3,985,969 | |
Royal Mail PLC | | | 376,544 | | | | 2,140,421 | |
RSA Insurance Group PLC | | | 379,711 | | | | 2,738,214 | |
Sage Group PLC | | | 405,318 | | | | 3,267,277 | |
Schroders PLC | | | 49,049 | | | | 1,801,467 | |
Segro PLC | | | 287,065 | | | | 1,623,643 | |
Severn Trent PLC | | | 95,270 | | | | 2,603,612 | |
Shire PLC | | | 348,384 | | | | 19,892,457 | |
Sky PLC | | | 411,612 | | | | 5,017,932 | |
Smith & Nephew PLC | | | 356,285 | | | | 5,347,558 | |
Smiths Group PLC | | | 149,175 | | | | 2,596,704 | |
SSE PLC | | | 389,711 | | | | 7,441,164 | |
St. James’s Place PLC | | | 199,892 | | | | 2,493,408 | |
Standard Chartered PLC (b) | | | 1,287,208 | | | | 10,497,069 | |
Standard Life PLC | | | 833,364 | | | | 3,816,132 | |
Tate & Lyle PLC | | | 203,762 | | | | 1,773,268 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
United Kingdom (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Taylor Wimpey PLC | | | 1,361,237 | | | $ | 2,567,404 | |
Tesco PLC (b) | | | 3,284,610 | | | | 8,375,089 | |
TP ICAP PLC | | | 98,023 | | | | 523,442 | |
Travis Perkins PLC | | | 104,893 | | | | 1,875,087 | |
Unilever PLC | | | 508,820 | | | | 20,576,608 | |
United Utilities Group PLC | | | 251,822 | | | | 2,791,268 | |
Vodafone Group PLC | | | 10,490,611 | | | | 25,816,102 | |
Weir Group PLC | | | 77,079 | | | | 1,791,254 | |
Whitbread PLC | | | 75,686 | | | | 3,520,773 | |
William Hill PLC | | | 398,465 | | | | 1,423,216 | |
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC | | | 834,006 | | | | 2,368,810 | |
Wolseley PLC | | | 98,961 | | | | 6,041,186 | |
Worldpay Group PLC (c) | | | 673,397 | | | | 2,235,739 | |
WPP PLC | | | 510,116 | | | | 11,351,823 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 761,840,617 | |
Total Common Stocks — 96.3% | | | | | | | 4,748,176,995 | |
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Total Preferred Securities | | | | | | |
| | |
Preferred Stock — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Germany — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares, 0.00% | | | 74,238 | | | | 10,387,167 | |
Total Preferred Securities — 0.2% | | | | | | | 10,387,167 | |
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Rights | | | | | | |
Spain — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Repsol SA (Expires 01/17/22) (b) | | | 440,148 | | | | 163,089 | |
Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $4,744,038,231) — 96.5% | | | | | | | 4,758,727,251 | |
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Short-Term Securities | | | | | | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.36% (e)(f) | | | 25,377,782 | | | | 25,377,782 | |
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| | Investment
Value (000) | | | | |
SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.95% (e)(f)(g) | | $ | 1,767 | | | | 1,766,823 | |
Total Short-Term Securities (Cost $27,144,593) — 0.6% | | | | | | | 27,144,605 | |
Total Investments (Cost — $4,771,182,824) — 97.1% | | | | 4,785,871,856 | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 2.9% | | | | | | | 144,414,188 | |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 4,930,286,044 | |
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Notes to Schedule of Investments |
(a) | | A security contractually bound to one or more other securities to form a single saleable unit which cannot be sold separately. |
(b) | | Non-income producing security. |
(c) | | Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
(d) | | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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16 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
(e) | | During the year ended December 31, 2016, investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Shares/ Investment Value Held at December 31, 2015 | | | Shares/
Investment Value Purchased | | | Shares/
Investment Value Sold | | | Shares/
Investment Value Held at December 31, 2016 | | | Value at December 31, 2016 | | | Income | | | Realized Gain | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class | | | — | | | | 25,377,782 | 1 | | | — | | | $ | 25,377,782 | | | $ | 25,377,782 | | | $ | 23,820 | | | $ | 71 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | 3,032,475 | 2 | | | — | | | | (3,032,475 | )3 | | | — | | | | — | | | | 27,522 | | | | — | |
SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series | | $ | 5,230,513 | 2 | | | — | | | $ | (3,463,867 | )3 | | $ | 1,766,646 | | | | 1,766,823 | | | | 364,179 | 4 | | | 116 | |
iShares MSCI EAFE | | | — | | | | 14,141,762 | | | | (14,141,762 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,245,870 | |
Total | | | $ | 27,144,605 | | | $ | 415,521 | | | $ | 2,246,057 | |
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1 Represents net shares purchased by the Fund and Master International Index. 2 Represents net shares/investment value held by Master International Index as of December 31, 2015. 3 Represents net shares/investment value sold by the Fund and Master International Index. 4 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. | |
(f) | | Current yield as of period end. |
(g) | | Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End |
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Futures Contracts | | | | |
Contracts Long | | | Issue | | Expiration | | Notional Value | | | Unrealized Appreciation | |
| 1,778 | | | Euro STOXX 50 Index | | March 2017 | | $ | 61,332,740 | | | $ | 737,221 | |
| 439 | | | FTSE 100 Index | | March 2017 | | $ | 38,142,157 | | | | 516,384 | |
| 467 | | | Nikkei 225 Index | | March 2017 | | $ | 38,099,209 | | | | 16,041 | |
| 204 | | | SPI 200 Index | | March 2017 | | $ | 20,724,421 | | | | 244,977 | |
| Total | | | $ | 1,514,623 | |
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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:
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Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments | | | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
Futures contracts | | | Net unrealized appreciation | 1 | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 1,514,623 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 1,514,623 | |
For the year ended December 31, 2016, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operation was as follows:
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Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: | | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | | | | |
Futures contracts | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 17,683,310 | 2 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 17,683,310 | | | | | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 676,991 | 2 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 676,991 | | | | | |
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contract, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. 2 Includes $9,032,965 and $(1,181,516) in realized gain/loss and unrealized gain/loss, respectively, allocated from Master International Index through July 31, 2016. | |
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments |
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Futures contracts: | | | | |
Average notional value of contracts — long | | $ | 99,548,677 | 1 |
| 1 | | The number represents the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments held at the Fund or Master International Index, prior to August 1, 2016. |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
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Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End |
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy:
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| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Assets: | |
Investments: | |
Common Stocks: | |
Australia | | | — | | | $ | 348,743,906 | | | $ | 8 | | | $ | 348,743,914 | |
Austria | | | — | | | | 9,151,531 | | | | — | | | | 9,151,531 | |
Belgium | | $ | 32,031,252 | | | | 24,393,817 | | | | — | | | | 56,425,069 | |
Denmark | | | — | | | | 78,186,588 | | | | — | | | | 78,186,588 | |
Finland | | | — | | | | 45,934,749 | | | | — | | | | 45,934,749 | |
France | | | — | | | | 481,265,944 | | | | — | | | | 481,265,944 | |
Germany | | | 1,770,063 | | | | 430,288,967 | | | | — | | | | 432,059,030 | |
Hong Kong | | | 1,334,757 | | | | 153,410,514 | | | | — | | | | 154,745,271 | |
Ireland | | | 4,656,968 | | | | 30,079,785 | | | | — | | | | 34,736,753 | |
Israel | | | 20,747,347 | | | | 11,444,649 | | | | — | | | | 32,191,996 | |
Italy | | | 2,912,404 | | | | 87,117,877 | | | | — | | | | 90,030,281 | |
Japan | | | — | | | | 1,148,914,278 | | | | — | | | | 1,148,914,278 | |
Luxembourg | | | — | | | | 2,847,468 | | | | — | | | | 2,847,468 | |
Mexico | | | — | | | | 1,424,698 | | | | — | | | | 1,424,698 | |
Netherlands | | | 13,935,536 | | | | 231,916,196 | | | | — | | | | 245,851,732 | |
New Zealand | | | — | | | | 8,470,839 | | | | — | | | | 8,470,839 | |
Norway | | | — | | | | 31,535,780 | | | | — | | | | 31,535,780 | |
Portugal | | | — | | | | 6,761,545 | | | | — | | | | 6,761,545 | |
Singapore | | | 874,115 | | | | 58,128,259 | | | | — | | | | 59,002,374 | |
Spain | | | — | | | | 148,125,410 | | | | — | | | | 148,125,410 | |
Sweden | | | — | | | | 135,107,450 | | | | — | | | | 135,107,450 | |
Switzerland | | | — | | | | 433,629,772 | | | | — | | | | 433,629,772 | |
United Arab Emirates | | | — | | | | 1,193,906 | | | | — | | | | 1,193,906 | |
United Kingdom | | | 523,597 | | | | 761,317,020 | | | | — | | | | 761,840,617 | |
Preferred Stock | | | — | | | | 10,387,167 | | | | — | | | | 10,387,167 | |
Rights | | | 163,089 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 163,089 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | 25,377,782 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 25,377,782 | |
| | | | |
SubTotal | | $ | 104,326,910 | | | $ | 4,679,778,115 | | | $ | 8 | | | $ | 4,784,105,033 | |
| | | | |
Investments Valued at NAV1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,766,823 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 4,785,871,856 | |
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| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Derivative Financial Instruments2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Assets: | |
Equity contracts | | $ | 1,514,623 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 1,514,623 | |
1 As of December 31, 2016, certain of the Fund’s investments were valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy. 2 Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. | |
During the year ended December 31, 2016, there were no transfers between levels.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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18 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | | |
| | | | | | | | |
December 31, 2016 | | BlackRock International Index Fund | | | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund | |
| | | | | | | | |
Assets | |
Investments at value — unaffiliated (including securities loaned at value of $1,016,353)1 | | $ | 4,758,727,251 | | | | — | |
Investments at value — from Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”)2 | | | — | | | $ | 406,357,180 | |
Investments at value — affiliated3 | | | 27,144,605 | | | | — | |
Foreign currency at value4 | | | 126,780,023 | | | | — | |
Cash pledged for futures contracts | | | 5,917,875 | | | | — | |
Receivables: | |
Capital shares sold | | | 23,181,970 | | | | 1,077,559 | |
Dividends — unaffiliated | | | 9,633,501 | | | | — | |
Investments sold | | | 1,360,825 | | | | — | |
Variation margin on futures contracts | | | 234,258 | | | | — | |
Securities lending income — affiliated | | | 48,749 | | | | — | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 5,522 | | | | — | |
From the Administrator | | | — | | | | 6,253 | |
Withdrawals from the Series | | | — | | | | 2,611,689 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 147,841 | | | | 43,003 | |
| | | | |
Total assets | | | 4,953,182,420 | | | | 410,095,684 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Liabilities | |
Cash collateral on securities loaned at value | | | 1,766,695 | | | | — | |
Payables: | |
Capital shares redeemed | | | 18,998,911 | | | | 3,689,248 | |
Variation margin on futures contracts | | | 763,592 | | | | — | |
Professional fees | | | 104,586 | | | | — | |
Investment advisory fees | | | 41,559 | | | | — | |
Officer’s and Directors’ fees | | | 28,049 | | | | — | |
Service fees | | | 48,837 | | | | 24,941 | |
Administration fees | | | — | | | | 527 | |
Other affiliates | | | 14,395 | | | | — | |
Other accrued expenses | | | 1,129,752 | | | | 81,196 | |
| | | | |
Total liabilities | | | 22,896,376 | | | | 3,795,912 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 4,930,286,044 | | | $ | 406,299,772 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 5,151,148,156 | | | $ | 333,797,516 | |
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income | | | (5,856,612 | ) | | | 362,733 | |
Undistributed net realized gain (accumulated net realized loss) | | | (231,059,676 | ) | | | 27,402,249 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 16,054,176 | | | | 44,737,274 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 4,930,286,044 | | | $ | 406,299,772 | |
| | | | |
Institutional: | |
Net assets | | $ | 649,763,133 | | | $ | 229,491,342 | |
| | | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.0001 par value | | | 55,995,334 | | | | 12,921,212 | |
| | | | |
Net asset value | | $ | 11.60 | | | $ | 17.76 | |
| | | | |
Shares authorized | | | 1.208 billion | | | | 208 million | |
| | | | |
Investor A: | |
Net assets | | $ | 238,052,891 | | | $ | 116,722,078 | |
| | | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.0001 par value | | | 20,629,304 | | | | 6,566,123 | |
| | | | |
Net asset value | | $ | 11.54 | | | $ | 17.78 | |
| | | | |
Shares authorized | | | 208 million | | | | 208 million | |
| | | | |
Class K: | |
Net assets | | $ | 4,042,470,020 | | | $ | 60,086,352 | |
| | | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.0001 par value | | | 348,173,358 | | | | 3,376,971 | |
| | | | |
Net asset value | | $ | 11.61 | | | $ | 17.79 | |
| | | | |
Shares authorized | | | 1.208 billion | | | | 1.208 billion | |
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1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated | | $ | 4,744,038,231 | | | | — | |
2 Investments at cost — from Master Small Cap Index Series | | | — | | | $ | 361,619,906 | |
3 Investments at cost — affiliated | | $ | 27,144,593 | | | | — | |
4 Foreign currency at cost | | $ | 126,709,153 | | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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Year Ended December 31, 2016 | | BlackRock International Index Fund | | | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investment Income | |
Dividends — unaffiliated | | $ | 43,204,422 | | | | — | |
Securities lending — affiliated — net | | | 112,153 | | | | — | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 24,304 | | | | — | |
Interest — unaffiliated | | | 1,154 | | | | — | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | (2,489,502 | ) | | | — | |
Net investment income allocated from Master International Index/the Series: | |
Dividends — unaffiliated | | | 91,662,709 | | | $ | 4,048,275 | |
Securities lending — affiliated — net | | | 252,026 | | | | 558,814 | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 27,038 | | | | 65,004 | |
Interest — unaffiliated | | | — | | | | 833 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | (10,400,906 | ) | | | (1,519 | ) |
Expenses | | | (967,751 | ) | | | (215,981 | ) |
Fees waived | | | 7,731 | | | | 26,828 | |
| | | | |
Total Investment Income | | | 121,433,378 | | | | 4,482,254 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory | | | 179,649 | | | | — | |
Administration | | | 203,749 | | | | 119,257 | |
Service and distribution — class specific | | | 488,401 | | | | 242,591 | |
Transfer agent — class specific | | | 953,717 | | | | 135,640 | |
Accounting services | | | 217,435 | | | | — | |
Custodian | | | 271,190 | | | | — | |
Officer and Directors | | | 70,784 | | | | 21 | |
Printing | | | 159,118 | | | | 29,308 | |
Professional | | | 78,592 | | | | 58,712 | |
Registration | | | 139,996 | | | | 72,588 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 62,013 | | | | 10,590 | |
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Total expenses | | | 2,824,644 | | | | 668,707 | |
Less: | |
Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager | | | (6,761 | ) | | | — | |
Fees waived by the Administrator | | | (73,679 | ) | | | (117,740 | ) |
Fees reimbursed by the Administrator | | | — | | | | (47,044 | ) |
Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific | | | (355,810 | ) | | | (32,564 | ) |
Fees paid indirectly | | | (46 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly | | | 2,388,348 | | | | 471,359 | |
| | | | |
Net investment income | | | 119,045,030 | | | | 4,010,895 | |
| | | | |
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Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss) allocated from the Series from: | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, foreign currency transactions and capital gain distributions from investment companies — affiliated | | | — | | | | 3,092,483 | |
Net realized gain (loss) allocated from Master International Index Series for the period January 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016 from: | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | (173,866,087 | ) | | | — | |
Futures contracts | | | 9,032,965 | | | | — | |
Foreign currency transactions | | | 4,167,690 | | | | — | |
| | | | |
| | | (160,665,432 | ) | | | 3,092,483 | |
| | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) from: | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | 1,008,420 | | | | — | |
Investments — affiliated | | | 2,245,986 | | | | — | |
Futures contracts | | | 8,650,345 | | | | — | |
Foreign currency transactions | | | (7,233,087 | ) | | | — | |
Capital gain distributions from investment companies — affiliated | | | 71 | | | | — | |
| | | | |
| | | 4,671,735 | | | | — | |
| | | | |
| | | (155,993,697 | ) | | | 3,092,483 | |
| | | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) allocated from Master Small Cap Index Series on investments, futures contracts and foreign currency translations | | | — | | | | 58,844,843 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) allocated from Master International Index Series for the period January 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016 from: | | | | | | | | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | 189,418,651 | | | | — | |
Futures contracts | | | (1,181,516 | ) | | | — | |
Foreign currency translations | | | 294,718 | | | | — | |
| | | | |
| | | 188,531,853 | | | | 58,844,843 | |
| | | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | (32,663,289 | ) | | | — | |
Investments — affiliated | | | 12 | | | | — | |
Futures contracts | | | 1,858,507 | | | | — | |
Foreign currency translations | | | (345,120 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | |
| | | (31,149,890 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | |
| | | 157,381,963 | | | | 58,844,843 | |
| | | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 1,388,266 | | | | 61,937,326 | |
| | | | |
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 120,433,296 | | | $ | 65,948,221 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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20 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | |
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| | BlackRock International Index Fund | | | | | | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund | |
| | Year Ended December 31, | | | | | | Year Ended December 31, | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 119,045,030 | | | $ | 74,354,152 | | | | | | | $ | 4,010,895 | | | $ | 2,591,228 | |
Net realized gain (loss) | | | (155,993,697 | ) | | | (62,073,557 | ) | | | | | | | 3,092,483 | | | | 34,918,848 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 157,381,963 | | | | (120,265,106 | ) | | | | | | | 58,844,843 | | | | (49,576,309 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | 120,433,296 | | | | (107,984,511 | ) | | | | | | | 65,948,221 | | | | (12,066,233 | ) |
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Distributions to Shareholders1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From net investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Institutional | | | (17,200,955 | ) | | | (63,271,021 | ) | | | | | | | (2,573,983 | ) | | | (1,402,219 | ) |
Investor A | | | (5,855,782 | ) | | | (3,190,483 | ) | | | | | | | (1,110,447 | ) | | | (528,291 | ) |
Class K | | | (109,944,264 | ) | | | (2,423,152 | ) | | | | | | | (571,127 | ) | | | (69,493 | ) |
From net realized gain: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Institutional | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | (7,238,603 | ) | | | (3,470,794 | ) |
Investor A | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | (3,836,781 | ) | | | (2,316,445 | ) |
Class K | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | (1,583,983 | ) | | | (180,488 | ) |
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Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | | | (133,001,001 | ) | | | (68,884,656 | ) | | | | | | | (16,914,924 | ) | | | (7,967,730 | ) |
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Capital Share Transactions | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | | 1,958,596,053 | | | | 1,047,843,791 | | | | | | | | 112,849,771 | | | | 130,987,610 | |
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Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total increase in net assets | | | 1,946,028,348 | | | | 870,974,624 | | | | | | | | 161,883,068 | | | | 110,953,647 | |
Beginning of year | | | 2,984,257,696 | | | | 2,113,283,072 | | | | | | | | 244,416,704 | | | | 133,463,057 | |
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End of year | | $ | 4,930,286,044 | | | $ | 2,984,257,696 | | | | | | | $ | 406,299,772 | | | $ | 244,416,704 | |
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Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income, end of year | | $ | (5,856,612 | ) | | $ | 700,709 | | | | | | | $ | 362,733 | | | $ | 600,536 | |
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1 Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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Financial Highlights | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
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| | Institutional | |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of year | | $ | 11.81 | | | $ | 12.21 | | | $ | 13.11 | | | $ | 11.06 | | | $ | 9.63 | |
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Net investment income1 | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.33 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | (0.16 | ) | | | (0.46 | ) | | | (1.04 | ) | | | 2.04 | | | | 1.45 | |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 0.12 | | | | (0.12 | ) | | | (0.80 | ) | | | 2.36 | | | | 1.78 | |
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Distributions from net investment income2 | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.28 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) |
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Net asset value, end of year | | $ | 11.60 | | | $ | 11.81 | | | $ | 12.21 | | | $ | 13.11 | | | $ | 11.06 | |
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Total Return3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | 0.99% | | | | (0.91 | )% | | | (6.13 | )% | | | 21.52% | | | | 18.58% | |
| | | | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets4,5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | 0.15% | | | | 0.12% | | | | 0.16% | | | | 0.40% | | | | 0.42% | |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly | | | 0.11% | | | | 0.09% | | | | 0.11% | | | | 0.35% | | | | 0.34% | |
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Net investment income | | | 2.44% | | | | 2.68% | | | | 1.91% | | | | 2.64% | | | | 3.22% | |
| | | | |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of year (000) | | $ | 649,763 | | | $ | 2,702,936 | | | $ | 1,764,794 | | | $ | 71,826 | | | $ | 52,589 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | 42% | 6 | | | 9% | 7 | | | 6% | 7 | | | 8% | 7 | | | 21% | 7 |
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| 1 | | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. |
| 3 | | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| 4 | | Includes the Fund’s share of Master International Index’s allocated expenses and/or net investment income. |
| 5 | | Includes the Fund’s share of Master International Index’s allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| 6 | | Portfolio turnover rate includes transactions from Master International Index prior to August 1, 2016. |
| 7 | | Portfolio turnover rate of Master International Index. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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22 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Financial Highlights (continued) | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
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| | Investor A | |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of year | | $ | 11.75 | | | $ | 12.12 | | | $ | 13.02 | | | $ | 10.99 | | | $ | 9.57 | |
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Net investment income1 | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.41 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.30 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | (0.23 | ) | | | (0.46 | ) | | | (1.25 | ) | | | 2.02 | | | | 1.45 | |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 0.09 | | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.84 | ) | | | 2.31 | | | | 1.75 | |
| | | | |
Distributions from net investment income2 | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.23 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.28 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) |
| | | | |
Net asset value, end of year | | $ | 11.54 | | | $ | 11.75 | | | $ | 12.12 | | | $ | 13.02 | | | $ | 10.99 | |
| | | | |
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Total Return3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | 0.78% | | | | (1.14 | )% | | | (6.45 | )% | | | 21.20% | | | | 18.33% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets4,5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | 0.38% | | | | 0.42% | | | | 0.52% | | | | 0.69% | | | | 0.69% | |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly | | | 0.37% | | | | 0.37% | | | | 0.43% | | | | 0.60% | | | | 0.60% | |
| | | | |
Net investment income | | | 2.78% | | | | 2.54% | | | | 3.13% | | | | 2.41% | | | | 2.90% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of year (000) | | $ | 238,053 | | | $ | 168,008 | | | $ | 332,475 | | | $ | 308,624 | | | $ | 223,754 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | 42% | 6 | | | 9% | 7 | | | 6% | 7 | | | 8% | 7 | | | 21% | 7 |
| | | | |
| 1 | | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. |
| 3 | | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| 4 | | Includes the Fund’s share of Master International Index’s allocated expenses and/or net investment income. |
| 5 | | Includes the Fund’s share of Master International Index’s allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| 6 | | Portfolio turnover rate includes transactions from Master International Index prior to August 1, 2016. |
| 7 | | Portfolio turnover rate of Master International Index. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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Financial Highlights (concluded) | | BlackRock International Index Fund |
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| | Class K | |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Per Share Operating Performance | |
Net asset value, beginning of year | | $ | 11.82 | | | $ | 12.21 | | | $ | 13.11 | | | $ | 11.06 | | | $ | 9.63 | |
| | | | |
Net investment income1 | | | 0.38 | | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.22 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | (0.26 | ) | | | (0.38 | ) | | | (1.14 | ) | | | 2.09 | | | | 1.57 | |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 0.12 | | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.80 | ) | | | 2.37 | | | | 1.79 | |
| | | | |
Distributions from net investment income2 | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.36 | ) |
| | | | |
Net asset value, end of year | | $ | 11.61 | | | $ | 11.82 | | | $ | 12.21 | | | $ | 13.11 | | | $ | 11.06 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return3 | |
Based on net asset value | | | 1.03% | | | | (0.81 | )% | | | (6.12 | )% | | | 21.57% | | | | 18.65% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets4,5 | |
Total expenses | | | 0.07% | | | | 0.12% | | | | 0.15% | | | | 0.36% | | | | 0.33% | |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly | | | 0.07% | | | | 0.07% | | | | 0.11% | | | | 0.30% | | | | 0.29% | |
| | | | |
Net investment income | | | 3.25% | | | | 2.25% | | | | 2.65% | | | | 2.29% | | | | 2.11% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Supplemental Data | |
Net assets, end of year (000) | | $ | 4,042,470 | | | $ | 113,314 | | | $ | 16,014 | | | $ | 2,336 | | | $ | 710 | |
| | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 42% | 6 | | | 9% | 7 | | | 6% | 7 | | | 8% | 7 | | | 21% | 7 |
| | | | |
| 1 | | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. |
| 3 | | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| 4 | | Includes the Fund’s share of Master International Index’s allocated expenses and/or net investment income. |
| 5 | | Includes the Fund’s share of Master International Index’s allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| 6 | | Portfolio turnover rate includes transactions from Master International Index prior to August 1, 2016. |
| 7 | | Portfolio turnover rate of Master International Index. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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24 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Financial Highlights | | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
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| | Institutional | |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Per Share Operating Performance | |
Net asset value, beginning of year | | $ | 15.32 | | | $ | 16.60 | | | $ | 17.51 | | | $ | 12.99 | | | $ | 11.51 | |
| | | | |
Net investment income1 | | | 0.23 | | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.20 | | | | 0.22 | | | | 0.24 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 3.03 | | | | (0.97 | ) | | | 0.56 | | | | 4.83 | | | | 1.61 | |
| | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 3.26 | | | | (0.73 | ) | | | 0.76 | | | | 5.05 | | | | 1.85 | |
| | | | |
Distributions:2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From net investment income | | | (0.22 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.26 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) |
From net realized gain | | | (0.60 | ) | | | (0.41 | ) | | | (1.41 | ) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | |
Total distributions | | | (0.82 | ) | | | (0.55 | ) | | | (1.67 | ) | | | (0.53 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) |
| | | | |
Net asset value, end of year | | $ | 17.76 | | | $ | 15.32 | | | $ | 16.60 | | | $ | 17.51 | | | $ | 12.99 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return3 | |
Based on net asset value | | | 21.33% | | | | (4.43 | )% | | | 4.81% | | | | 39.14% | | | | 16.10% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets4,5 | |
Total expenses | | | 0.19% | 6 | | | 0.22% | | | | 0.35% | | | | 0.51% | | | | 0.60% | |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | 0.14% | 6 | | | 0.16% | | | | 0.23% | | | | 0.29% | | | | 0.28% | |
| | | | |
Net investment income | | | 1.44% | 6 | | | 1.47% | | | | 1.17% | | | | 1.45% | | | | 1.88% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Supplemental Data | |
Net assets, end of year (000) | | $ | 229,491 | | | $ | 148,148 | | | $ | 46,988 | | | $ | 60,707 | | | $ | 44,328 | |
| | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate of the Series | | | 39% | | | | 37% | | | | 21% | | | | 22% | | | | 68% | |
| | | | |
| 1 | | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. |
| 3 | | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| 4 | | Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income. |
| 5 | | Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| 6 | | Excludes expenses incurred indirectly of 0.01% as a result of the Series’ investments in underlying funds. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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Financial Highlights (continued) | | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
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| | Investor A | |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Per Share Operating Performance | |
Net asset value, beginning of year | | $ | 15.34 | | | $ | 16.61 | | | $ | 17.52 | | | $ | 13.01 | | | $ | 11.51 | |
| | | | |
Net investment income1 | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.16 | | | | 0.19 | | | | 0.21 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 3.03 | | | | (0.95 | ) | | | 0.56 | | | | 4.82 | | | | 1.62 | |
| | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 3.21 | | | | (0.77 | ) | | | 0.72 | | | | 5.01 | | | | 1.83 | |
| | | | |
Distributions:2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From net investment income | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.22 | ) | | | (0.16 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) |
From net realized gain | | | (0.60 | ) | | | (0.41 | ) | | | (1.41 | ) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | |
Total distributions | | | (0.77 | ) | | | (0.50 | ) | | | (1.63 | ) | | | (0.50 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) |
| | | | |
Net asset value, end of year | | $ | 17.78 | | | $ | 15.34 | | | $ | 16.61 | | | $ | 17.52 | | | $ | 13.01 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return3 | |
Based on net asset value | | | 21.04% | | | | (4.66 | )% | | | 4.54% | | | | 38.72% | | | | 15.96% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets4,5 | |
Total expenses | | | 0.49% | 6 | | | 0.53% | | | | 0.63% | | | | 0.77% | | | | 0.88% | |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | 0.41% | 6 | | | 0.43% | | | | 0.48% | | | | 0.55% | | | | 0.55% | |
| | | | |
Net investment income | | | 1.14% | 6 | | | 1.09% | | | | 0.95% | | | | 1.20% | | | | 1.64% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Supplemental Data | |
Net assets, end of year (000) | | $ | 116,722 | | | $ | 87,930 | | | $ | 83,859 | | | $ | 83,118 | | | $ | 49,303 | |
| | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate of the Series | | | 39% | | | | 37% | | | | 21% | | | | 22% | | | | 68% | |
| | | | |
| 1 | | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. |
| 3 | | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| 4 | | Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income. |
| 5 | | Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| 6 | | Excludes expenses incurred indirectly of 0.01% as a result of the Series’ investments in underlying funds. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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26 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Financial Highlights (concluded) | | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
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| | Class K | |
| | Year Ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Per Share Operating Performance | |
Net asset value, beginning of year | | $ | 15.35 | | | $ | 16.62 | | | $ | 17.53 | | | $ | 13.01 | | | $ | 11.51 | |
| | | | |
Net investment income1 | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.23 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.25 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 3.02 | | | | (0.97 | ) | | | 0.54 | | | | 4.81 | | | | 1.62 | |
| | | | |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 3.26 | | | | (0.72 | ) | | | 0.77 | | | | 5.06 | | | | 1.87 | |
| | | | |
Distributions:2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From net investment income | | | (0.22 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.20 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) |
From net realized gain | | | (0.60 | ) | | | (0.41 | ) | | | (1.41 | ) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | |
Total distributions | | | (0.82 | ) | | | (0.55 | ) | | | (1.68 | ) | | | (0.54 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) |
| | | | |
Net asset value, end of year | | $ | 17.79 | | | $ | 15.35 | | | $ | 16.62 | | | $ | 17.53 | | | $ | 13.01 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return3 | |
Based on net asset value | | | 21.32% | | | | (4.41 | )% | | | 4.87% | | | | 39.14% | | | | 16.30% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets4,5 | |
Total expenses | | | 0.17% | 6 | | | 0.21% | | | | 0.32% | | | | 0.49% | | | | 0.68% | |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | 0.10% | 6 | | | 0.13% | | | | 0.18% | | | | 0.25% | | | | 0.25% | |
| | | | |
Net investment income | | | 1.48% | 6 | | | 1.50% | | | | 1.35% | | | | 1.57% | | | | 1.99% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Supplemental Data | |
Net assets, end of year (000) | | $ | 60,086 | | | $ | 8,338 | | | $ | 2,617 | | | $ | 1,196 | | | $ | 40 | |
| | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate of the Series | | | 39% | | | | 37% | | | | 21% | | | | 22% | | | | 68% | |
| | | | |
| 1 | | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 2 | | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. |
| 3 | | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| 4 | | Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income. |
| 5 | | Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%. |
| 6 | | Excludes expenses incurred indirectly of 0.01% as a result of the Series’ investments in underlying funds. |
| | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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| | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | 27 |
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Notes to Financial Statements | | BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. |
1. Organization:
BlackRock International Index Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund are each a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. The following are referred to herein collectively as the “Funds” or individually, a “Fund”:
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Fund Name | | Herein Referred To As | | Diversification Classification |
BlackRock International Index Fund | | International Index | | Diversified |
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund | | Small Cap Index | | Diversified |
Small Cap Index seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing all of its assets in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”), a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), an affiliate of Small Cap Index, which has the same investment objectives and strategies as Small Cap Index. The value of Small Cap Index’s investment in the Series reflects Small Cap Index’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The performance of Small Cap Index is directly affected by the performance of the Series. At December 31, 2016, the percentage of the Series owned by the Small Cap Index was 61.0%. The financial statements of the Series, including the Schedule of Investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Small Cap Index’s financial statements.
Prior to August 1, 2016, International Index invested all of its assets in Master International Index Series (“Master International Index”), an affiliate of International Index, which had the same investment objective and strategies as International Index. The value of International Index’s investment in Master International Index reflected International Index’s proportionate interest in the net assets of Master International Index. The performance of International Index was directly affected by the performance of Master International Index. As of July 31, 2016, International Index owned 100% of Master International Index. For the period January 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016, Master International Index allocated $80,580,847, $(160,665,432) and $188,531,853 from net investment income, net realized losses and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, to International Index.
On August 1, 2016, International Index ceased to invest in Master International Index as part of a “master-feeder” structure and began to operate as a stand-alone fund. In connection with this change, International Index entered into a management agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the terms of which are substantially the same as the management agreement between BlackRock Advisors, LLC and Master International Index, including the management fee rate. International Index received net assets of $3,542,759,348, which included net unrealized appreciation of $47,204,065, in exchange for its ownership in Master International Index which included net unrealized appreciation of $60,197,540. The cost basis for the investments received from Master International Index was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of International Index’s realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes. The change into a stand-alone structure did not result in a change in net assets of International Index and did not create a taxable event for International Index.
The Funds offer multiple classes of shares. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions, except that certain classes bear expenses related to the shareholder servicing and distribution of such shares. Institutional and Class K Shares are sold only to certain eligible investors. Investor A Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures. The Board of Directors of the Corporation and Board of Directors of the Master LLC are referred to throughout this report as the “Board of Directors” or the “Board” and the members are referred to as “Directors.”
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Share Class | | Initial Sales Charge | | | CDSC | | | Conversion Privilege | |
Institutional Shares | | | No | | | | No | | | | None | |
Investor A Shares | | | No | | | | No | | | | None | |
Class K Shares | | | No | | | | No | | | | None | |
The Funds, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager” and/or the “Administrator”) or its affiliates, are included in a complex of open-end funds referred to as the Equity-Liquidity Complex.
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:
Foreign Currency: International Index’s books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the investments denominated in that currency will lose value; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.
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International Index does not isolate the portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of investments held or sold for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. International Index reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.
Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where International Index enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, International Index may segregate or designate on its books and records 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, International Index 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.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For International Index, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when International Index is informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, some 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. For Small Cap Index, for financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from the Series are accounted for on a trade date basis. Small Cap Index records its proportionate share of the Series’ income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses on a daily basis. Prior to August 1, 2016, International Index, for financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from Master International Index were accounted for on a trade date basis. International Index recorded its proportionate share of Master International Index’s income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses on a daily basis. In addition, the Funds accrue their own expenses. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
Distributions: Distributions paid by the Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.
Recent Accounting Standard: In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued “Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per Share” which eliminates the requirement to categorize investments within the fair value hierarchy when fair value is based on the NAV per share and no quoted market value is available and have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy. As of December 31, 2016, certain investments of International Index were valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.
In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update “Restricted Cash” which will require entities to include the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents in the beginning and ending cash balances in the Statement of Cash Flows. The guidance will be applied retrospectively and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years. Management is evaluating the impact, if any, of this guidance on the International Index’s presentation in the Statement of Cash Flows.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, a Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against a Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund or its classes are charged to that Fund or the applicable class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager and/or Administrator, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses directly related to the Funds and other shared expenses prorated to the Funds are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets or other appropriate methods.
Through May 31, 2016, the Funds had an arrangement with their custodian whereby credits were earned on uninvested cash balances, which could be used to reduce custody fees and/or overdraft charges. Credits previously earned may have been utilized until December 31, 2016. Under current arrangements effective June 1, 2016, the Funds no longer earn credits on uninvested cash, and may incur charges on uninvested cash balances and overdrafts, subject to certain conditions.
3. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements:
Investment Valuation Policies: U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Small Cap Index’s policy is to value its financial instruments at fair value. Small Cap Index records its investment in the Series at fair value based on Small Cap Index’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. Prior to August 1, 2016, International Index recorded its investment in Master International Index at fair value based on International Index’s proportionate interest in the net
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assets of Master International Index. Valuation of securities held by the Series is discussed in Note 3 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report. International Index’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) (or if the reporting date falls on a day the NYSE is closed, investments are valued at fair value as of the period end). U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. International Index determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. 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 the International Index’s assets and liabilities:
• | | Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at the official closing price each day, if available. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the official closing price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur between the foreign market close and the close of trading on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of International Index’s net assets. Each business day, International Index uses a pricing service to assist with the valuation of certain foreign exchange-traded equity securities and foreign exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) options (the “Systematic Fair Value Price”). Using current market factors, the Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities and foreign options at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets. |
• | | International Index values its investment in SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon its pro rata ownership in the underlying fund’s net assets. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments may follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. |
• | | Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds are valued at net asset value (“NAV”) each business day. |
• | | Futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. |
• | | Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of trading on the NYSE. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of trading on the NYSE. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. |
If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investments, or in the event that the 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, or its delegate, 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 will include Market approach, Income approach and the Cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and 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 International Index 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 Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of Corporation’s pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis. As a result of the inherent uncertainty in valuation of these investments, the fair values may differ from the values that would have been used had an active market existed.
For investments in equity or debt issued by privately-held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and other Fair Valued Investments, the fair valuation approaches that are used by third party pricing services utilize one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs.
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Market approach | | (i) recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers; (ii) recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and (iii) market multiples of comparable issuers. |
Income approach | | (i) future cash flows discounted to present and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks; (ii) quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and (iii) other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates. |
Cost approach | | (i) audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company; (ii) changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company; (iii) relevant news and other public sources; and (iv) known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company. |
Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”) or a hybrid of those techniques are used in allocating enterprise value of the company, as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of OPM and PWERM techniques involve a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.
The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards as other investments held by International Index. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date International Index is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price International Index could receive upon the sale of the investment.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:
• | | Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that International Index 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) |
• | | Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including International Index’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative 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 Private Companies. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. Level 3 investments may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the Global Valuation Committee in the absence of market information.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Corporation’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investments and derivative financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4. Securities and Other Investments:
Preferred Stock: Preferred stock has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally in receiving dividends as well), but is subordinated to the liabilities of the issuer in all respects. As a general rule, the market value of preferred stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk, while the market price of convertible preferred stock generally also reflects some element of conversion value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield characteristics. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.
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Securities Lending: International Index may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with International Index collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by International Index is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current 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 market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of International Index and any additional required collateral is delivered to International Index, or excess collateral returned by International Index, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, International Index 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.
The market value of any securities on loan, all of which were classified as common stocks in International Index’s Schedule of Investments, and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value-unaffiliated, and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), if any, is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by International Index 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, International Index, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When 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 International Index 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 International Index’s securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | | $ | 233,446 | | | $ | (233,446 | ) | | | — | |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | | | 417,391 | | | | (417,391 | ) | | | — | |
SG Americas Securities LLC | | | 365,516 | | | | (365,516 | ) | | | — | |
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Total | | $ | 1,016,353 | | | $ | (1,016,353 | ) | | | — | |
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| 1 | | Cash collateral with a value of $1,766,695 has been received in connection with securities lending agreements. Collateral received in excess of the value of securities loaned from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes. |
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, International Index benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BIM. BIM’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned if the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. International Index could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.
5. Derivative Financial Instruments:
International Index engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase its returns and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk. Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.
Futures Contracts: International Index invests in long and/or short positions in futures and options on futures contracts to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk), changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
Futures contracts are agreements between International Index 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, International Index is required to deposit
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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.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, is shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, International Index agrees 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 value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value 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, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
6. Investment Advisory and Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) for 1940 Act purposes.
Investment Advisory and Administration: Effective August 1, 2016, the Corporation, on behalf of International Index, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, International Index’s investment adviser, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of International Index’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of International Index. For such services, International Index pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to 0.01% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. Prior to August 1, 2016, International Index paid an administration fee of 0.01% of the average daily value of International Index’s net assets.
The Corporation, on behalf of Small Cap Index, entered into an Administration Agreement with the Administrator, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, Small Cap Index pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.04% of the average daily net assets of Small Cap Index. Small Cap Index does not pay an investment advisory fee or investment management fee.
Service Fees: The Corporation, on behalf of the Funds, entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Distribution Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. Pursuant to the Distribution Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, each Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the relevant share class of each Fund as follows:
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Investor A | | | 0.25% | | | | 0.25% | |
BRIL and broker-dealers, pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, provide shareholder servicing to the Funds. The ongoing service fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing related services to the shareholders.
For the year ended December 31, 2016, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:
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Investor A | | $ | 488,401 | | | $ | 242,591 | |
Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide Small Cap Index with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to sub-accounts they service. For these services, these entities receive an asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds paid the following amounts to affiliates of BlackRock in return for these services, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:
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| | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Class K | | | Total | |
Small Cap Index | | $ | 403 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 403 | |
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The Manager and/or Administrator maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Funds. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing subscriptions and redemptions based upon instructions from shareholders. For the year ended December 31, 2016, each Fund reimbursed the Manager and/or Administrator the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:
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| | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Class K | | | Total | |
International Index | | $ | 5,486 | | | $ | 2,709 | | | $ | 6,722 | | | $ | 14,917 | |
Small Cap Index | | | — | | | $ | 2,959 | | | $ | 162 | | | $ | 3,121 | |
For the year ended December 31, 2016, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each class of each Fund:
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| | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Class K | | | Total | |
International Index | | $ | 509,725 | | | $ | 137,275 | | | $ | 306,717 | | | $ | 953,717 | |
Small Cap Index | | $ | 55,004 | | | $ | 76,756 | | | $ | 3,880 | | | $ | 135,640 | |
Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: With respect to each Fund, the Manager and/or Administrator contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of each Fund’s business (“expense limitation”). The current expense limitations as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets are as follows:
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Institutional | | | 0.12% | |
Investor A | | | 0.37% | |
Class K | | | 0.07% | |
Prior to October 5, 2016, for Small Cap Index, the expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets were as follows:
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Institutional | | | 0.17% | |
Investor A | | | 0.42% | |
Class K | | | 0.12% | |
The Manager and/or Administrator has agreed not to reduce or discontinue these contractual expense limitations prior to May 1, 2018, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”) or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Funds. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Manager and/or Administrator waived and/or reimbursed the following amounts, which are shown as fees waived by the Administrator, fees reimbursed by the Administrator, fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager and transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific, respectively, in the Statements of Operations.
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| | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Class K | | | Total | |
International Index | | $ | 37,722 | | | $ | 4,128 | | | $ | 31,829 | | | $ | 73,679 | |
Small Cap Index | | $ | 97,017 | | | $ | 53,841 | | | $ | 13,926 | | | $ | 164,784 | |
For the year ended December 31, 2016, for International Index, the Manager waived and/or reimbursed $146, which is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations.
For the year ended December 31, 2016, the amounts shown as transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed-class specific were as follows:
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| | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Class K | | | Total | |
International Index | | $ | 242,739 | | | $ | 23,323 | | | $ | 89,748 | | | $ | 355,810 | |
Small Cap Index | | | — | | | $ | 28,696 | | | $ | 3,868 | | | $ | 32,564 | |
With respect to International Index, the Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds. This amount is included in fees waived by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the amount waived was $6,181.
Effective September 1, 2016, the Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its advisory fee payable by International Index with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets invested in equity or fixed-income mutual funds or exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee. Prior to September 1, 2016, the Manager did not waive such fees. This voluntary waiver may be reduced or discontinued at any time without notice. International Index waived $434 pursuant to these arrangements.
Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an exemptive order which permits BIM, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for International Index, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. International Index is responsible for expenses in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment expenses”). The cash collateral is invested in a private investment company managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BIM has agreed to cap the collateral investment expenses of the private investment company to an annual rate of 0.04%. The investment adviser to the private investment company will not charge any advisory fees with respect to shares purchased by International Index.
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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 expenses. International Index retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, BIM may lend securities only when the difference between the borrower rebate rate and the risk free rate exceeds a certain level (such securities, the “specials only securities”).
Pursuant to such agreement, International Index retains 80% of securities lending income. In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across certain funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, International Index, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of the calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 85% of securities lending income.
The share of securities lending income earned by International Index is shown as securities lending — affiliated — net in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2016, International Index paid BIM the following amounts in total for securities lending agent services and collateral investment fees:
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International Index | | $ | 91,048 | |
Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, each Fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by each Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. Each Fund is currently permitted to borrow and lend under the Interfund Lending Program.
A Fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets, but no more than 5% of its net assets, to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A Fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets or any lower threshold provided for by the Fund’s investment restrictions. If a Fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.
During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.
Officers and Directors: Certain officers and/or directors of the Corporation are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager and/or Administrator for a portion of the compensation paid to the Corporations’ Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Officer in the Statements of Operations.
Other Transactions: International Index may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common directors. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the purchase and sale transactions which resulted in net realized gains (losses) with an affiliated fund in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
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Purchases | | Sales | | Net Realized Loss |
$99,083,288 | | $450,528 | | $(49,570) |
7. Purchases and Sales:
For International Index, for the year ended December 31, 2016, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities were $3,422,611,379 and $1,587,879,095, respectively, including purchases and sales of investments of $1,185,893,972 and $718,874,015, respectively, from Master International Index prior to August 1, 2016.
8. Income Tax Information:
It is the Funds’ 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 their taxable income to their shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
Each Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on each Fund’s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2016. The statutes of limitations on each Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.
Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of December 31, 2016, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.
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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 net asset values per share. As of period end, the following permanent differences attributable to the income recognized from partnership interests, foreign currency transactions, the character of proceeds from redeemed shares, and the expiration of capital loss carryforwards were reclassified to the following accounts:
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| | International Index | | | Small Cap Index | |
Paid in capital | | $ | (18,669,139 | ) | | $ | 2,572,596 | |
Undistributed net investment income | | $ | 7,398,650 | | | $ | 6,859 | |
Accumulated net realized loss | | $ | 11,270,489 | | | $ | (2,579,455 | ) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
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| | | | | International Index | | | Small Cap Index | |
Ordinary income1 | | | 12/31/16 | | | $ | 133,001,001 | | | $ | 7,403,968 | |
| | | 12/31/15 | | | $ | 68,884,656 | | | $ | 2,021,900 | |
Long-term capital gains1 | | | 12/31/16 | | | | — | | | | 12,080,673 | |
| | | 12/31/15 | | | | — | | | | 5,945,830 | |
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Total | | | 12/31/16 | | | $ | 133,001,001 | | | $ | 19,484,641 | |
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| | | 12/31/15 | | | $ | 68,884,656 | | | $ | 7,967,730 | |
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| 1 | | Distribution amounts may include a portion of the proceeds from redeemed shares. |
As of period ended, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:
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| | International Index | | | Small Cap Index | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | | | | | — | | | $ | 362,733 | |
Capital loss carryforwards | | | | | | $ | (166,665,666 | ) | | | — | |
Net unrealized gains (losses)1 | | | | | | | (50,462,143 | ) | | | 72,139,523 | |
Qualified late-year losses2 | | | | | | | (3,734,303 | ) | | | — | |
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Total | | | | | | $ | (220,862,112 | ) | | $ | 72,502,256 | |
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| 1 | | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the timing of income recognition on partnership interests, the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies. |
| 2 | | The Fund has elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year. |
As of period end, International Index had a capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:
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Expires December 31, | | International Index | |
No expiration date1 | | | | | | $ | 160,069,480 | |
2017 | | | | | | | 6,596,186 | |
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Total | | | | | | $ | 166,665,666 | |
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| 1 | | Must be utilized prior to losses subject to expiration. |
As of December 31, 2016, International Index’s gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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Tax cost | | $ | 4,836,429,129 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 221,202,248 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (271,759,521 | ) |
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Net unrealized depreciation | | $ | (50,557,273 | ) |
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9. Bank Borrowings:
International Index, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.1 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, International Index may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including International Index, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.6 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.12% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April 2017 unless extended or renewed. Prior to April 21, 2016, the credit agreement had a fee per annum of 0.06% on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. Participating Funds paid administration, legal and arrangement fees, which, if
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applicable, are included in miscellaneous expenses in the Statements of Operations. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the year ended December 31, 2016, International Index did not borrow under the credit agreement.
10. Principal Risks:
In the normal course of business, International Index invests in securities and enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer to meet all its obligations, including the ability to pay principal and interest when due (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by International Index may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers of securities owned by International Index. Changes arising from the general economy, the overall market and local, regional or global political and/or social instability, as well as currency, interest rate and price fluctuations, may also affect the securities’ value.
On October 11, 2016, BlackRock implemented certain changes required by amendments to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, which governs the operations of U.S. money market funds. International Index 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 and which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
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. International Index may invest in illiquid investments and may experience difficulty in selling those investments in a timely manner at the price that they believe 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 International Index’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 International Index may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which International Index invests.
The price a Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from International Index’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore International Index’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by International Index, and International Index could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. International Index’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers.
Counterparty Credit Risk: Similar to issuer credit risk, International Index 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. The Fund manages 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 Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s 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 Fund.
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 Fund 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, the 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 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 Fund.
Concentration Risk: International Index invests a significant portion of its assets in securities of issuers located in Europe or with significant exposure to European issuers or countries. The European financial markets have recently experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns about economic downturns in, or rising government debt levels of, several European countries. These events may spread to other countries in Europe and may affect the value and liquidity of certain of the Fund’s investments.
The United Kingdom voted on June 23, 2016 to withdraw from the European Union, which may introduce significant new uncertainties and instability in the financial markets across Europe.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued) | | BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. |
International Index invests a significant portion of its assets in securities of issuers located in Asia or with significant exposure to Asian issuers or countries. The Asian financial markets have recently experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns in several Asian countries regarding monetary policy, government intervention in the markets, rising government debt levels or economic downturns. These events may spread to other countries in Asia and may affect the value and liquidity of certain of the Fund’s investments.
As of period end, International Index’s investments had the following industry classifications:
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Industry | | Percent of Net Assets | |
Bank | | | 12 | % |
Pharmaceuticals | | | 8 | |
Insurance | | | 6 | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | | | 5 | |
Other1 | | | 69 | |
| 1 | | All other industries held was less than 5% of net assets. |
11. Capital Share Transactions:
Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:
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| | Year Ended December 31, 2016 | | | | | | Year Ended December 31, 2015 | |
International Index | | Shares | | | Amount | | | | | | Shares | | | Amount | |
Institutional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 46,940,980 | | | $ | 539,320,569 | | | | | | | | 129,253,779 | | | $ | 1,676,077,062 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 1,417,534 | | | | 16,387,510 | | | | | | | | 5,397,919 | | | | 62,660,086 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (221,253,679 | ) | | | (2,359,024,651 | ) | | | | | | | (50,322,944 | ) | | | (632,293,953 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | (172,895,165 | ) | | $ | (1,803,316,572 | ) | | | | | | | 84,328,754 | | | $ | 1,106,443,195 | |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 12,259,774 | | | $ | 140,963,736 | | | | | | | | 10,737,540 | | | $ | 135,131,083 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 506,036 | | | | 5,814,683 | | | | | | | | 272,793 | | | | 3,158,559 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (6,435,224 | ) | | | (74,118,861 | ) | | | | | | | (24,137,174 | ) | | | (298,272,532 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | 6,330,586 | | | $ | 72,659,558 | | | | | | | | (13,126,841 | ) | | $ | (159,982,890 | ) |
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Class K | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 470,599,166 | | | $ | 5,227,329,648 | | | | | | | | 9,109,639 | | | $ | 111,769,916 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 7,791,229 | | | | 90,071,735 | | | | | | | | 145,522 | | | | 1,687,623 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (139,807,306 | ) | | | (1,628,148,316 | ) | | | | | | | (976,141 | ) | | | (12,074,053 | ) |
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Net increase | | | 338,583,089 | | | $ | 3,689,253,067 | | | | | | | | 8,279,020 | | | $ | 101,383,486 | |
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Total Net Increase | | | 172,018,510 | | | $ | 1,958,596,053 | | | | | | | | 79,480,933 | | | $ | 1,047,843,791 | |
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Small Cap Index | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Institutional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 9,719,997 | | | $ | 152,952,403 | | | | | | | | 10,457,624 | | | $ | 172,750,723 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 548,537 | | | | 9,697,642 | | | | | | | | 309,095 | | | | 4,805,308 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (7,016,158 | ) | | | (110,173,690 | ) | | | | | | | (3,928,047 | ) | | | (64,210,331 | ) |
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Net increase | | | 3,252,376 | | | $ | 52,476,355 | | | | | | | | 6,838,672 | | | $ | 113,345,700 | |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 2,332,975 | | | $ | 36,799,680 | | | | | | | | 2,588,913 | | | $ | 43,034,640 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 269,661 | | | | 4,760,921 | | | | | | | | 172,798 | | | | 2,734,164 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (1,768,237 | ) | | | (28,054,830 | ) | | | | | | | (2,077,241 | ) | | | (34,522,308 | ) |
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Net increase | | | 834,399 | | | $ | 13,505,771 | | | | | | | | 684,470 | | | $ | 11,246,496 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) | | BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. |
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| | Year Ended December 31, 2016 | | | | | | Year Ended December 31, 2015 | |
Small Cap Index (concluded) | | Shares | | | Amount | | | | | | Shares | | | Amount | |
Class K | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 3,338,773 | | | $ | 54,919,479 | | | | | | | | 437,622 | | | $ | 7,261,825 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 121,360 | | | | 2,155,111 | | | | | | | | 15,971 | | | | 249,981 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (626,556 | ) | | | (10,206,945 | ) | | | | | | | (67,612 | ) | | | (1,116,392 | ) |
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Net increase | | | 2,833,577 | | | $ | 46,867,645 | | | | | | | | 385,981 | | | $ | 6,395,414 | |
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Total Net Increase | | | 6,920,352 | | | $ | 112,849,771 | | | | | | | | 7,909,123 | | | $ | 130,987,610 | |
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12. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were 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 | | BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. |
To the Shareholders of BlackRock International Index Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund and Board of Directors of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of BlackRock International Index Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund, each a series included in BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., (the “Funds”) including the schedule of investments of International Index Fund as of December 31, 2016, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock International Index Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund, each of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., as of December 31, 2016, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 23, 2017
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Important Tax Information (Unaudited) |
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds.
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| | Payable Date | | | International Index | | | Small Cap Index | |
Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals1,2 | |
| 7/21/2016
12/16/2016 |
| |
| 100.00%
85.33% |
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| 73.79%
47.09% |
|
Dividends Qualifying for the Dividend Received Deduction for Corporations1 | |
| 7/21/2016
12/16/2016 |
| |
| —
— |
| |
| 69.36%
44.84% |
|
Foreign Source Income2 | |
| 7/21/2016
12/16/2016 |
| |
| 100.00%
100.00% |
| |
| —
— |
|
Foreign Taxes Paid Per Share3 | |
| 7/21/2016
12/16/2016 |
| |
| $0.000291
$0.031728 |
| |
| —
— |
|
| 1 | | The Fund hereby designates the percentage indicated above or the maximum amount allowable by law. |
| 2 | | Expressed as a percentage of the cash distribution grossed-up for foreign taxes. |
| 3 | | The foreign taxes paid represent taxes incurred by the Funds on income received by the Fund from foreign sources. Foreign taxes paid may be included in taxable income with an offsetting deduction from gross income or may be taken as a credit for taxes paid to foreign governments. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the appropriate treatment of foreign taxes paid. |
Additionally, Small Cap Index Fund distributed long-term capital gains of $0.074233 and $0.46844 per share to shareholders of record on July 20, 2016 and December 15, 2016, respectively.
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Series Portfolio Information as of December 31, 2016 | | Quantitative Master Series LLC |
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Ten Largest Holdings | | Percent of Net Assets | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | | | 0.4 | % |
Microsemi Corp. | | | 0.3 | |
Webster Financial Corp. | | | 0.3 | |
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | | | 0.3 | |
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. | | | 0.2 | |
RSP Permian, Inc. | | | 0.2 | |
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | | | 0.2 | |
Aspen Technology, Inc. | | | 0.2 | |
EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | 0.2 | |
XPO Logistics, Inc. | | | 0.2 | |
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Sector Allocation | | Percent of Net Assets | |
Financials | | | 19 | % |
Information Technology | | | 16 | |
Industrials | | | 14 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 12 | |
Health Care | | | 12 | |
Real Estate | | | 8 | |
Materials | | | 5 | |
Energy | | | 4 | |
Utilities | | | 3 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 3 | |
Telecommunication Services | | | 1 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | 7 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | | (4 | ) |
For Series compliance purposes, the Series’ sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.
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Schedule of Investments December 31, 2016 | | Master Small Cap Index Series (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Advertising Agencies — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Cogint, Inc. (a) | | | 4,766 | | | $ | 16,443 | |
Marchex, Inc., Class B (a) | | | 9,758 | | | | 25,859 | |
MDC Partners, Inc., Class A | | | 16,915 | | | | 110,793 | |
National CineMedia, Inc. | | | 21,290 | | | | 313,602 | |
QuinStreet, Inc. (a) | | | 13,109 | | | | 49,290 | |
Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,011 | | | | 55,644 | |
Viad Corp. | | | 6,956 | | | | 306,759 | |
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| | | | | | | 878,390 | |
Aerospace — 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
AAR Corp. | | | 11,197 | | | | 370,061 | |
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 20,213 | | | | 362,823 | |
Aerovironment, Inc. (a) | | | 6,728 | | | | 180,512 | |
Astronics Corp. (a) | | | 6,643 | | | | 224,799 | |
Cubic Corp. | | | 8,613 | | | | 412,993 | |
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | | | 15,031 | | | | 1,478,449 | |
Ducommun, Inc. (a) | | | 3,426 | | | | 87,569 | |
Esterline Technologies Corp. (a) | | | 10,232 | | | | 912,695 | |
Kaman Corp. | | | 9,076 | | | | 444,089 | |
KLX, Inc. (a) | | | 18,848 | | | | 850,233 | |
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 19,781 | | | | 146,379 | |
Moog, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 11,205 | | | | 735,944 | |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 11,621 | | | | 1,429,383 | |
Triumph Group, Inc. | | | 16,681 | | | | 442,047 | |
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| | | | | | | 8,077,976 | |
Agriculture, Fishing & Ranching — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Alico, Inc. | | | 1,015 | | | | 27,557 | |
Andersons, Inc. | | | 9,201 | | | | 411,285 | |
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (b) | | | 10,489 | | | | 463,352 | |
Calavo Growers, Inc. | | | 5,290 | | | | 324,806 | |
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. | | | 11,156 | | | | 676,388 | |
Limoneira Co. | | | 3,873 | | | | 83,308 | |
Sanderson Farms, Inc. | | | 6,948 | | | | 654,780 | |
Seaboard Corp. (a) | | | 90 | | | | 355,679 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,997,155 | |
Air Transport — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a) | | | 16,645 | | | | 265,654 | |
Allegiant Travel Co. | | | 4,520 | | | | 752,128 | |
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 8,310 | | | | 433,367 | |
Bristow Group, Inc. | | | 11,655 | | | | 238,694 | |
Era Group, Inc. (a) | | | 6,888 | | | | 116,889 | |
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 17,995 | | | | 1,025,715 | |
PHI, Inc. (a) | | | 3,821 | | | | 68,855 | |
SkyWest, Inc. | | | 17,365 | | | | 632,954 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,534,256 | |
Alternative Energy — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 7,361 | | | | 40,486 | |
Atlantica Yield PLC | | | 20,264 | | | | 392,109 | |
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 133,900 | | | | 163,358 | |
EnerNOC, Inc. (a) | | | 8,865 | | | | 53,190 | |
EP Energy Corp., Class A (a) | | | 12,255 | | | | 80,270 | |
Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a) | | | 7,300 | | | | 73,365 | |
Green Plains, Inc. | | | 12,359 | | | | 344,198 | |
REX American Resources Corp. (a) | | | 2,072 | | | | 204,610 | |
TerraForm Global, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 30,295 | | | | 119,665 | |
TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 29,469 | | | | 377,498 | |
Vivint Solar, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 7,937 | | | | 20,239 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,868,988 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Aluminum — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Century Aluminum Co. (a) | | | 17,144 | | | $ | 146,753 | |
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | | | 6,015 | | | | 467,305 | |
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| | | | | | | 614,058 | |
Asset Management & Custodian — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A | | | 4,608 | | | | 68,291 | |
B. Riley Financial, Inc. | | | 3,026 | | | | 55,830 | |
Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Class A | | | 6,201 | | | | 53,019 | |
Cohen & Steers, Inc. | | | 7,282 | | | | 244,675 | |
Cowen Group, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 8,523 | | | | 132,106 | |
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. | | | 1,240 | | | | 260,871 | |
Fifth Street Asset Management, Inc. | | | 1,579 | | | | 10,579 | |
Financial Engines, Inc. | | | 18,957 | | | | 696,670 | |
GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A | | | 1,534 | | | | 47,385 | |
KCG Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 18,231 | | | | 241,561 | |
Manning & Napier, Inc. | | | 5,048 | | | | 38,112 | |
Medley Management, Inc. (b) | | | 1,457 | | | | 14,424 | |
OM Asset Management PLC | | | 14,728 | | | | 213,556 | |
Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | 3,469 | | | | 64,523 | |
PJT Partners, Inc., Class A | | | 5,835 | | | | 180,185 | |
Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Class A | | | 4,681 | | | | 52,006 | |
Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc., Class A | | | 2,757 | | | | 36,255 | |
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. | | | 1,563 | | | | 184,512 | |
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A | | | 28,525 | | | | 556,523 | |
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. | | | 2,807 | | | | 168,392 | |
Wins Finance Holdings, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 443 | | | | 79,740 | |
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. | | | 38,726 | | | | 431,408 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,830,623 | |
Auto Parts — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 26,887 | | | | 518,919 | |
Dana, Inc. | | | 51,384 | | | | 975,268 | |
Dorman Products, Inc. (a) | | | 9,137 | | | | 667,549 | |
Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 10,078 | | | | 103,904 | |
Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a) | | | 8,496 | | | | 235,764 | |
Gentherm, Inc. (a) | | | 12,390 | | | | 419,402 | |
Horizon Global Corp. (a) | | | 6,394 | | | | 153,456 | |
Meritor, Inc. (a) | | | 27,868 | | | | 346,121 | |
Metaldyne Performance Group, Inc. | | | 4,940 | | | | 113,373 | |
Standard Motor Products, Inc. | | | 7,270 | | | | 386,909 | |
Stoneridge, Inc. (a) | | | 8,789 | | | | 155,477 | |
Superior Industries International, Inc. | | | 8,644 | | | | 227,769 | |
Tenneco, Inc. (a) | | | 19,267 | | | | 1,203,610 | |
Tower International, Inc. | | | 8,047 | | | | 228,133 | |
Unique Fabricating, Inc. | | | 1,757 | | | | 25,652 | |
Workhorse Group, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,137 | | | | 22,147 | |
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| | | | | | | 5,783,453 | |
Auto Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. | | | 19,061 | | | | 740,520 | |
Back Office Support, HR & Consulting — 1.8% | | | | | | | | |
Advisory Board Co. (a) | | | 13,972 | | | | 464,569 | |
Angie’s List, Inc. (a) | | | 13,247 | | | | 109,023 | |
Barrett Business Services, Inc. | | | 2,316 | | | | 148,456 | |
CBIZ, Inc. (a) | | | 16,729 | | | | 229,187 | |
CEB, Inc. | | | 11,441 | | | | 693,325 | |
Convergys Corp. | | | 31,045 | | | | 762,465 | |
CRA International, Inc. | | | 2,703 | | | | 98,930 | |
DHI Group, Inc. (a) | | | 16,605 | | | | 103,781 | |
ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 11,123 | | | | 561,044 | |
Forrester Research, Inc. | | | 3,346 | | | | 143,711 | |
FTI Consulting, Inc. (a) | | | 14,756 | | | | 665,200 | |
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REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
CVR | | Contingent Value Rights |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | Master Small Cap Index Series |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Back Office Support, HR & Consulting (continued) | | | | | | | | |
GP Strategies Corp. (a) | | | 4,113 | | | $ | 117,632 | |
Hackett Group, Inc. | | | 8,055 | | | | 142,251 | |
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | | | 6,010 | | | | 145,141 | |
Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a) | | | 7,435 | | | | 376,583 | |
ICF International, Inc. (a) | | | 6,229 | | | | 343,841 | |
Insperity, Inc. | | | 5,306 | | | | 376,461 | |
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A | | | 10,311 | | | | 236,328 | |
Kforce, Inc. | | | 9,917 | | | | 229,083 | |
Korn/Ferry International | | | 19,441 | | | | 572,149 | |
Liquidity Services, Inc. (a) | | | 8,361 | | | | 81,520 | |
MAXIMUS, Inc. | | | 22,188 | | | | 1,237,869 | |
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (a) | | | 16,258 | | | | 425,634 | |
NV5 Global Inc. (a) | | | 2,457 | | | | 82,064 | |
On Assignment, Inc. (a) | | | 17,780 | | | | 785,165 | |
Patriot National, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,725 | | | | 17,321 | |
Paylocity Holding Corp. (a) | | | 7,479 | | | | 224,445 | |
PFSweb, Inc. (a) | | | 5,043 | | | | 42,865 | |
Resources Connection, Inc. | | | 14,920 | | | | 287,210 | |
RPX Corp. (a) | | | 21,229 | | | | 229,273 | |
ServiceSource International, Inc. (a) | | | 20,208 | | | | 114,781 | |
Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a) | | | 13,366 | | | | 385,743 | |
TeleTech Holdings, Inc. | | | 6,755 | | | | 206,027 | |
TriNet Group, Inc. (a) | | | 14,485 | | | | 371,106 | |
TrueBlue, Inc. (a) | | | 14,423 | | | | 355,527 | |
WageWorks, Inc. (a) | | | 12,568 | | | | 911,180 | |
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Banks: Diversified — 11.0% | | | | | | | | |
1st Source Corp. | | | 5,430 | | | | 242,504 | |
Access National Corp. (b) | | | 2,690 | | | | 74,674 | |
ACNB Corp. | | | 2,027 | | | | 63,344 | |
Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. (a) | | | 3,666 | | | | 132,526 | |
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (a) | | | 11,687 | | | | 262,957 | |
American National Bankshares, Inc. | | | 2,668 | | | | 92,846 | |
Ameris Bancorp | | | 11,535 | | | | 502,926 | |
Ames National Corp. | | | 2,643 | | | | 87,219 | |
Arrow Financial Corp. | | | 3,684 | | | | 149,202 | |
Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a) | | | 5,755 | | | | 109,345 | |
Bancfirst Corp. | | | 2,683 | | | | 249,653 | |
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA | | | 10,387 | | | | 305,793 | |
Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 17,555 | | | | 137,982 | |
BancorpSouth, Inc. | | | 29,865 | | | | 927,308 | |
Bank of Marin Bancorp | | | 1,993 | | | | 139,012 | |
Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. | | | 4,116 | | | | 129,407 | |
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. | | | 30,347 | | | | 1,595,949 | |
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. | | | 1,910 | | | | 62,075 | |
Banner Corp. | | | 10,189 | | | | 568,648 | |
Bar Harbor Bankshares | | | 2,022 | | | | 95,701 | |
Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. | | | 23,819 | | | | 438,270 | |
BNC Bancorp | | | 13,786 | | | | 439,773 | |
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | 27,834 | | | | 460,653 | |
Bridge Bancorp, Inc. | | | 6,352 | | | | 240,741 | |
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp. | | | 5,484 | | | | 231,151 | |
C&F Financial Corp. | | | 1,151 | | | | 57,377 | |
Camden National Corp. | | | 5,324 | | | | 236,652 | |
Capital City Bank Group, Inc. | | | 3,482 | | | | 71,311 | |
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | | | 43,901 | | | | 722,610 | |
Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 1,440 | | | | 31,622 | |
Cardinal Financial Corp. | | | 10,730 | | | | 351,837 | |
Carolina Financial Corp. | | | 3,378 | | | | 104,009 | |
Cascade Bancorp (a) | | | 10,653 | | | | 86,502 | |
Cathay General Bancorp | | | 25,709 | | | | 977,713 | |
Centerstate Banks, Inc. | | | 15,803 | | | | 397,762 | |
Central Pacific Financial Corp. | | | 10,366 | | | | 325,700 | |
Central Valley Community Bancorp | | | 3,041 | | | | 60,698 | |
Century Bancorp, Inc., Class A | | | 976 | | | | 58,560 | |
Charter Financial Corp. | | | 4,092 | | | | 68,214 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Banks: Diversified (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Chemical Financial Corp. | | | 22,481 | | | $ | 1,217,796 | |
Chemung Financial Corp. (b) | | | 813 | | | | 29,553 | |
Citizens & Northern Corp. | | | 3,803 | | | | 99,639 | |
City Holding Co. | | | 5,006 | | | | 338,406 | |
CNB Financial Corp. | | | 4,658 | | | | 124,555 | |
CoBiz Financial, Inc. | | | 12,258 | | | | 207,038 | |
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | | | 2,725 | | | | 77,935 | |
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | | | 20,235 | | | | 904,100 | |
Community Bank System, Inc. | | | 14,774 | | | | 912,885 | |
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. | | | 6,146 | | | | 304,842 | |
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. | | | 11,383 | | | | 295,389 | |
County Bancorp, Inc. | | | 1,834 | | | | 49,463 | |
CU Bancorp (a) | | | 5,413 | | | | 193,785 | |
Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 8,421 | | | | 301,640 | |
CVB Financial Corp. | | | 35,136 | | | | 805,668 | |
Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 10,681 | | | | 651,007 | |
Enterprise Bancorp, Inc. | | | 3,058 | | | | 114,858 | |
Enterprise Financial Services Corp. | | | 6,623 | | | | 284,789 | |
Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 1,693 | | | | 56,953 | |
EverBank Financial Corp. | | | 35,605 | | | | 692,517 | |
Farmers Capital Bank Corp. | | | 2,385 | | | | 100,289 | |
Farmers National Banc Corp. | | | 8,299 | | | | 117,846 | |
FB Financial Corp. (a) | | | 2,494 | | | | 64,719 | |
Fidelity Southern Corp. | | | 6,842 | | | | 161,950 | |
Financial Institutions, Inc. | | | 4,574 | | | | 156,431 | |
First Bancorp, Inc. | | | 3,341 | | | | 110,587 | |
First Bancorp, North Carolina | | | 6,487 | | | | 176,057 | |
First BanCorp, Puerto Rico (a) | | | 41,126 | | | | 271,843 | |
First Busey Corp. | | | 10,619 | | | | 326,853 | |
First Business Financial Services, Inc. | | | 2,613 | | | | 61,980 | |
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A | | | 2,591 | | | | 919,805 | |
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. | | | 30,226 | | | | 428,605 | |
First Community Bancshares, Inc. | | | 5,156 | | | | 155,402 | |
First Community Financial Partners, Inc. (a) | | | 4,742 | | | | 55,481 | |
First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. | | | 4,683 | | | | 106,070 | |
First Financial Bancorp | | | 20,779 | | | | 591,163 | |
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. | | | 22,085 | | | | 998,242 | |
First Financial Corp. | | | 3,533 | | | | 186,542 | |
First Foundation, Inc. (a) | | | 4,449 | | | | 126,797 | |
First Internet Bancorp | | | 1,767 | | | | 56,544 | |
First Interstate Bancsystem, Inc., Class A | | | 6,683 | | | | 284,362 | |
First Merchants Corp. | | | 13,860 | | | | 521,829 | |
First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. | | | 2,632 | | | | 89,488 | |
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. | | | 28,399 | | | | 716,507 | |
First NBC Bank Holding Co. (a) | | | 5,355 | | | | 39,092 | |
First Northwest Bancorp (a) | | | 3,960 | | | | 61,776 | |
First of Long Island Corp. | | | 7,056 | | | | 201,449 | |
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 7,364 | | | | 198,386 | |
FNB Corp. | | | 72,063 | | | | 1,155,170 | |
Franklin Financial Network, Inc. (a) | | | 4,016 | | | | 168,070 | |
Fulton Financial Corp. | | | 59,066 | | | | 1,110,441 | |
German American Bancorp, Inc. | | | 5,516 | | | | 290,197 | |
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | | | 26,370 | | | | 955,385 | |
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. | | | 20,432 | | | | 890,631 | |
Guaranty Bancorp | | | 6,103 | | | | 147,693 | |
Hancock Holding Co. | | | 26,085 | | | | 1,124,263 | |
Hanmi Financial Corp. | | | 10,751 | | | | 375,210 | |
HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 4,861 | | | | 94,012 | |
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. | | | 7,976 | | | | 382,848 | |
Heritage Commerce Corp. | | | 8,470 | | | | 122,222 | |
Heritage Oaks Bancorp | | | 8,133 | | | | 100,280 | |
Home BancShares, Inc. | | | 41,529 | | | | 1,153,260 | |
Hope Bancorp, Inc. | | | 44,564 | | | | 975,506 | |
Horizon Bancorp | | | 6,467 | | | | 181,076 | |
Iberiabank Corp. | | | 15,278 | | | | 1,279,532 | |
Independent Bank Corp. | | | 15,333 | | | | 759,922 | |
Independent Bank Group, Inc. | | | 3,838 | | | | 239,491 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Banks: Diversified (continued) | | | | | | | | |
International Bancshares Corp. | | | 19,092 | | | $ | 778,954 | |
Janus Capital Group, Inc. | | | 50,113 | | | | 665,000 | |
Lake Sunapee Bank Group | | | 2,726 | | | | 64,306 | |
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. | | | 15,016 | | | | 292,812 | |
Lakeland Financial Corp. | | | 8,233 | | | | 389,915 | |
LCNB Corp. | | | 2,841 | | | | 66,053 | |
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. | | | 6,669 | | | | 123,377 | |
Macatawa Bank Corp. (b) | | | 8,561 | | | | 89,120 | |
MainSource Financial Group, Inc. | | | 8,932 | | | | 307,261 | |
MB Financial, Inc. | | | 25,922 | | | | 1,224,296 | |
MBT Financial Corp. | | | 6,131 | | | | 69,587 | |
Mercantile Bank Corp. | | | 5,252 | | | | 198,000 | |
Merchants Bancshares, Inc. | | | 1,879 | | | | 101,842 | |
Middleburg Financial Corp. | | | 1,526 | | | | 53,029 | |
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. | | | 1,302 | | | | 47,106 | |
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A | | | 8,298 | | | | 264,623 | |
National Bankshares, Inc. | | | 2,225 | | | | 96,676 | |
National Commerce Corp. (a) | | | 2,881 | | | | 107,029 | |
NBT Bancorp, Inc. | | | 14,363 | | | | 601,522 | |
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. (a) | | | 2,554 | | | | 121,800 | |
Northrim BanCorp, Inc. | | | 2,202 | | | | 69,583 | |
OFG Bancorp | | | 14,216 | | | | 186,230 | |
Old Line Bancshares, Inc. | | | 2,828 | | | | 67,815 | |
Old National Bancorp | | | 46,524 | | | | 844,411 | |
Old Second Bancorp, Inc. | | | 9,377 | | | | 103,616 | |
Opus Bank | | | 5,640 | | | | 169,482 | |
Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. | | | 2,428 | | | | 54,387 | |
Pacific Continental Corp. | | | 6,721 | | | | 146,854 | |
Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (a) | | | 5,653 | | | | 41,267 | |
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 9,416 | | | | 332,856 | |
Paragon Commercial Corp. (a) | | | 497 | | | | 21,729 | |
Park National Corp. | | | 4,494 | | | | 537,752 | |
Park Sterling Corp. | | | 17,053 | | | | 184,002 | |
Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp. | | | 5,209 | | | | 160,854 | |
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. | | | 1,510 | | | | 76,255 | |
People’s Utah Bancorp | | | 4,235 | | | | 113,710 | |
Peoples Bancorp, Inc. | | | 5,674 | | | | 184,178 | |
Peoples Financial Services Corp. | | | 2,292 | | | | 111,620 | |
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | | | 14,809 | | | | 1,026,264 | |
Preferred Bank | | | 4,204 | | | | 220,374 | |
Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. | | | 3,144 | | | | 63,194 | |
PrivateBancorp, Inc. | | | 26,717 | | | | 1,447,794 | |
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | | | 22,821 | | | | 1,638,091 | |
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | | | 21,225 | | | | 600,667 | |
QCR Holdings, Inc. | | | 3,939 | | | | 170,559 | |
Renasant Corp. | | | 13,852 | | | | 584,831 | |
Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A | | | 3,255 | | | | 128,703 | |
Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 17,710 | | | | 147,878 | |
S&T Bancorp, Inc. | | | 11,643 | | | | 454,543 | |
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. | | | 8,088 | | | | 323,439 | |
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a) | | | 9,766 | | | | 215,438 | |
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. | | | 15,622 | | | | 584,888 | |
Shore Bancshares, Inc. | | | 4,291 | | | | 65,438 | |
Sierra Bancorp | | | 3,656 | | | | 97,213 | |
Simmons First National Corp., Class A | | | 9,948 | | | | 618,268 | |
South State Corp. | | | 8,284 | | | | 724,022 | |
Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (a) | | | 2,023 | | | | 72,828 | |
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. | | | 3,786 | | | | 61,863 | |
Southside Bancshares, Inc. | | | 9,030 | | | | 340,160 | |
Southwest Bancorp, Inc. | | | 5,990 | | | | 173,710 | |
State Bank Financial Corp. | | | 12,017 | | | | 322,777 | |
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. | | | 7,284 | | | | 341,984 | |
Stonegate Bank | | | 3,995 | | | | 166,711 | |
Suffolk Bancorp | | | 3,760 | | | | 161,003 | |
Summit Financial Group, Inc. (b) | | | 2,784 | | | | 76,644 | |
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a) | | | 17,101 | | | | 1,340,718 | |
Tompkins Financial Corp. | | | 4,918 | | | | 464,948 | |
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TowneBank | | | 18,909 | | | $ | 628,724 | |
Trico Bancshares | | | 8,219 | | | | 280,925 | |
Tristate Capital Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 7,232 | | | | 159,827 | |
Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 5,086 | | | | 132,999 | |
TrustCo Bank Corp. NY | | | 30,185 | | | | 264,119 | |
Trustmark Corp. | | | 23,433 | | | | 835,386 | |
UMB Financial Corp. | | | 15,309 | | | | 1,180,630 | |
Umpqua Holdings Corp. | | | 76,268 | | | | 1,432,313 | |
Union Bankshares Corp. | | | 14,730 | | | | 526,450 | |
Union Bankshares, Inc. (b) | | | 1,355 | | | | 61,585 | |
United Bankshares, Inc. | | | 22,543 | | | | 1,042,614 | |
United Community Banks, Inc. | | | 24,657 | | | | 730,340 | |
United Community Financial Corp. | | | 15,098 | | | | 134,976 | |
Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania | | | 9,618 | | | | 297,196 | |
Valley National Bancorp | | | 85,581 | | | | 996,163 | |
Veritex Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 2,890 | | | | 77,192 | |
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. | | | 5,090 | | | | 285,294 | |
WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc. | | | 2,803 | | | | 81,259 | |
Webster Financial Corp. | | | 31,159 | | | | 1,691,311 | |
WesBanco, Inc. | | | 13,631 | | | | 586,951 | |
West BanCorp., Inc. | | | 5,052 | | | | 124,784 | |
Westamerica BanCorp | | | 8,358 | | | | 525,969 | |
Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | 17,566 | | | | 1,274,765 | |
Xenith Bankshares, Inc. (a) | | | 2,497 | | | | 70,415 | |
Yadkin Financial Corp. | | | 16,920 | | | | 579,679 | |
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Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending — 1.9% | | | | | | | | |
Astoria Financial Corp. | | | 32,306 | | | | 602,507 | |
Banc of California, Inc. | | | 16,897 | | | | 293,163 | |
Bank Mutual Corp. | | | 13,836 | | | | 130,750 | |
BankFinancial Corp. | | | 5,048 | | | | 74,811 | |
Bear State Financial, Inc. | | | 6,083 | | | | 61,742 | |
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | | | 11,389 | | | | 419,685 | |
BofI Holding, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 20,834 | | | | 594,811 | |
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. | | | 23,609 | | | | 387,188 | |
BSB Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 2,871 | | | | 83,115 | |
Clifton Bancorp, Inc. | | | 7,376 | | | | 124,802 | |
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. | | | 10,415 | | | | 209,342 | |
ESSA Bancorp, Inc. | | | 3,002 | | | | 47,191 | |
First Defiance Financial Corp. | | | 2,917 | | | | 148,009 | |
First Financial Northwest, Inc. | | | 2,488 | | | | 49,113 | |
Flushing Financial Corp. | | | 9,536 | | | | 280,263 | |
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. | | | 3,542 | | | | 193,570 | |
Greene County Bancorp, Inc. | | | 637 | | | | 14,587 | |
Heritage Financial Corp. | | | 11,836 | | | | 304,777 | |
Hingham Institution for Savings | | | 464 | | | | 91,306 | |
Home Bancorp, Inc. | | | 1,905 | | | | 73,552 | |
HomeStreet, Inc. (a) | | | 8,162 | | | | 257,919 | |
Investors Bancorp, Inc. | | | 101,061 | | | | 1,409,801 | |
Kearny Financial Corp. | | | 29,490 | | | | 458,569 | |
Ladder Capital Corp. | | | 13,770 | | | | 188,924 | |
LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc. | | | 15,484 | | | | 666,741 | |
Meridian Bancorp, Inc. | | | 17,745 | | | | 335,380 | |
MutualFirst Financial, Inc. | | | 1,789 | | | | 59,216 | |
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | | | 14,413 | | | | 287,828 | |
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | | | 33,263 | | | | 599,732 | |
OceanFirst Financial Corp. | | | 8,886 | | | | 266,847 | |
Ocwen Financial Corp. (a) | | | 33,078 | | | | 178,290 | |
Oritani Financial Corp. | | | 13,250 | | | | 248,438 | |
Provident Bancorp, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 1,130 | | | | 20,227 | |
Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,316 | | | | 46,830 | |
SI Financial Group, Inc. | | | 3,707 | | | | 57,088 | |
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. | | | 2,000 | | | | 70,760 | |
Sterling Bancorp | | | 43,804 | | | | 1,025,014 | |
Territorial Bancorp, Inc. | | | 2,476 | | | | 81,312 | |
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. | | | 17,184 | | | | 312,061 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Washington Federal, Inc. | | | 31,041 | | | $ | 1,066,258 | |
Waterstone Financial, Inc. | | | 8,405 | | | | 154,652 | |
Western New England Bancorp, Inc. | | | 9,468 | | | | 88,526 | |
WSFS Financial Corp. | | | 9,700 | | | | 449,595 | |
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Beverage: Brewers & Distillers — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A (a) | | | 3,069 | | | | 521,269 | |
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (a) | | | 4,113 | | | | 69,510 | |
Primo Water Corp. (a) | | | 6,882 | | | | 84,511 | |
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Beverage: Soft Drinks — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated | | | 1,616 | | | | 289,021 | |
Farmer Bros. Co. (a) | | | 2,654 | | | | 97,402 | |
National Beverage Corp. | | | 4,072 | | | | 207,998 | |
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Biotechnology — 4.0% | | | | | | | | |
Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a) | | | 9,396 | | | | 239,786 | |
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 14,752 | | | | 277,338 | |
Aduro Biotech, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 11,700 | | | | 133,380 | |
Advaxis, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 11,756 | | | | 84,173 | |
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (a) | | | 8,807 | | | | 25,540 | |
Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc. (a) | | | 8,340 | | | | 43,201 | |
Agenus, Inc. (a) | | | 23,899 | | | | 98,464 | |
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 8,626 | | | | 176,402 | |
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 11,907 | | | | 123,952 | |
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (a) | | | 8,632 | | | | 161,936 | |
Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 15,940 | | | | 331,552 | |
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 11,822 | | | | 411,406 | |
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 56,414 | | | | 280,378 | |
Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (a)(b) | | | 10,887 | | | | 43,112 | |
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 2,606 | | | | 157,976 | |
Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 11,872 | | | | 7,706 | |
Applied Genetic Technologies Corp. (a) | | | 4,350 | | | | 40,672 | |
Aptevo Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 5,222 | | | | 12,742 | |
Ardelyx, Inc. (a) | | | 10,279 | | | | 145,962 | |
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 80,342 | | | | 114,086 | |
Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 62,647 | | | | 779,329 | |
Array BioPharma, Inc. (a) | | | 56,774 | | | | 499,043 | |
Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 7,440 | | | | 34,224 | |
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 7,616 | | | | 108,147 | |
Athersys, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 26,234 | | | | 40,138 | |
Audentes Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 2,160 | | | | 39,463 | |
Avexis, Inc. (a) | | | 2,051 | | | | 97,894 | |
Axovant Sciences Ltd. (a) | | | 8,093 | | | | 100,515 | |
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 6,890 | | | | 93,842 | |
Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 29,597 | | | | 39,956 | |
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 24,558 | | | | 155,452 | |
BioTelemetry, Inc. (a) | | | 8,889 | | | | 198,669 | |
Biotime, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 23,807 | | | | 85,943 | |
Bluebird Bio, Inc. (a) | | | 14,448 | | | | 891,442 | |
Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a) | | | 6,546 | | | | 183,615 | |
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 31,478 | | | | 111,432 | |
Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,833 | | | | 50,212 | |
ChemoCentryx, Inc. (a) | | | 7,164 | | | | 53,014 | |
Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,911 | | | | 40,674 | |
Clearside Biomedical, Inc. (a) | | | 2,671 | | | | 23,879 | |
Clovis Oncology, Inc. (a) | | | 10,773 | | | | 478,537 | |
Codexis, Inc. (a) | | | 10,854 | | | | 49,928 | |
Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a) | | | 10,078 | | | | 283,696 | |
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a) | | | 5,729 | | | | 89,200 | |
Curis, Inc. (a) | | | 37,654 | | | | 115,974 | |
Cytokinetics, Inc. (a) | | | 11,754 | | | | 142,811 | |
CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 6,827 | | | | 75,029 | |
CytRx Corp. (a)(b) | | | 31,752 | | | | 11,818 | |
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Dermira, Inc. (a) | | | 8,404 | | | $ | 254,893 | |
Dimension Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,685 | | | | 20,380 | |
Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)(b) | | | 13,438 | | | | 53,080 | |
Edge Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 5,635 | | | | 70,437 | |
Editas Medicine, Inc. (a) | | | 2,356 | | | | 38,238 | |
Eiger Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 1,304 | | | | 15,192 | |
Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. (a) | | | 11,114 | | | | 364,984 | |
Enzo Biochem, Inc. (a) | | | 12,893 | | | | 89,477 | |
Epizyme, Inc. (a) | | | 13,248 | | | | 160,301 | |
Exact Sciences Corp. (a) | | | 35,811 | | | | 478,435 | |
Exelixis, Inc. (a) | | | 79,654 | | | | 1,187,641 | |
FibroGen, Inc. (a) | | | 17,861 | | | | 382,225 | |
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 9,165 | | | | 459,258 | |
Flex Pharma, Inc. (a) | | | 3,846 | | | | 20,307 | |
Fortress Biotech, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 13,017 | | | | 35,146 | |
Foundation Medicine, Inc. (a) | | | 4,744 | | | | 83,969 | |
Galena Biopharma, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,917 | | | | 7,599 | |
GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. (a) | | | 14,960 | | | | 183,110 | |
Genomic Health, Inc. (a) | | | 6,155 | | | | 180,895 | |
Geron Corp. (a)(b) | | | 49,876 | | | | 103,243 | |
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 5,474 | | | | 79,099 | |
GlycoMimetics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,006 | | | | 24,437 | |
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 37,147 | | | | 367,012 | |
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 10,393 | | | | 136,148 | |
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 30,859 | | | | 46,288 | |
Ignyta, Inc. (a) | | | 10,274 | | | | 54,452 | |
ImmunoGen, Inc. (a) | | | 27,176 | | | | 55,439 | |
Immunomedics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 33,949 | | | | 124,593 | |
INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 14,313 | | | | 752,864 | |
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 21,806 | | | | 151,334 | |
Insmed, Inc. (a) | | | 21,209 | | | | 280,595 | |
Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 7,986 | | | | 73,471 | |
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 2,361 | | | | 30,953 | |
Invitae Corp. (a) | | | 10,077 | | | | 80,011 | |
Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 3,349 | | | | 17,917 | |
Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 9,569 | | | | 89,949 | |
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 25,899 | | | | 151,768 | |
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 14,524 | | | | 200,867 | |
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 6,753 | | | | 686,172 | |
Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. (a) | | | 18,439 | | | | 128,151 | |
Loxo Oncology, Inc. (a) | | | 4,394 | | | | 141,113 | |
MacroGenics, Inc. (a) | | | 10,963 | | | | 224,084 | |
MannKind Corp. (a)(b) | | | 103,344 | | | | 65,799 | |
MediciNova, Inc. (a) | | | 10,073 | | | | 60,740 | |
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 40,047 | | | | 163,392 | |
Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. (a) | | | 6,269 | | | | 73,661 | |
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 3,599 | | | | 17,095 | |
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 22,277 | | | | 335,269 | |
Myovant Sciences, Ltd. (a) | | | 3,866 | | | | 48,093 | |
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a) | | | 22,953 | | | | 382,626 | |
NantKwest, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 5,219 | | | | 29,853 | |
Natera, Inc. (a) | | | 8,631 | | | | 101,069 | |
Nektar Therapeutics (a) | | | 48,185 | | | | 591,230 | |
Neos Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 3,801 | | | | 22,236 | |
NewLink Genetics Corp. (a) | | | 6,978 | | | | 71,734 | |
Novan, Inc. (a) | | | 1,741 | | | | 47,042 | |
Novavax, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 87,507 | | | | 110,259 | |
Omeros Corp. (a)(b) | | | 13,313 | | | | 132,065 | |
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 6,848 | | | | 52,798 | |
Ophthotech Corp. (a) | | | 10,032 | | | | 48,454 | |
Organovo Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 33,798 | | | | 114,575 | |
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 5,696 | | | | 27,967 | |
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a) | | | 26,307 | | | | 99,967 | |
PDL BioPharma, Inc. | | | 55,912 | | | | 118,533 | |
Penumbra, Inc. (a) | | | 8,617 | | | | 549,765 | |
Pfenex, Inc. (a) | | | 6,080 | | | | 55,146 | |
PharmAthene, Inc. (a) | | | 21,732 | | | | 70,629 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Biotechnology (continued) | | | | | | | | |
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a) | | | 8,181 | | | $ | 450,937 | |
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 27,764 | | | | 239,881 | |
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 2,522 | | | | 55,459 | |
Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 2,810 | | | | 34,451 | |
Prothena Corp. PLC (a) | | | 11,771 | | | | 579,015 | |
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 10,931 | | | | 119,257 | |
Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a) | | | 9,481 | | | | 291,067 | |
Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 3,195 | | | | 48,532 | |
RadNet, Inc. (a) | | | 11,753 | | | | 75,807 | |
REGENXBIO, Inc. (a) | | | 6,649 | | | | 123,339 | |
Regulus Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 12,087 | | | | 27,196 | |
Repligen Corp. (a) | | | 11,499 | | | | 354,399 | |
Retrophin, Inc. (a) | | | 12,443 | | | | 235,546 | |
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 35,625 | | | | 84,787 | |
Rockwell Medical, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 15,863 | | | | 103,903 | |
RTI Surgical, Inc. (a) | | | 18,144 | | | | 58,968 | |
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 10,227 | | | | 522,191 | |
Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (a) | | | 22,835 | | | | 69,647 | |
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 16,948 | | | | 464,884 | |
Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (a) | | | 1,874 | | | | 32,139 | |
Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 5,962 | | | | 59,024 | |
Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 8,559 | | | | 41,939 | |
Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 6,534 | | | | 326,047 | |
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 5,745 | | | | 61,471 | |
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 7,792 | | | | 105,582 | |
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 62,066 | | | | 377,982 | |
Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 27,513 | | | | 20,981 | |
Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 1,755 | | | | 21,341 | |
TESARO, Inc. (a) | | | 10,020 | | | | 1,347,490 | |
Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 2,533 | | | | 2,477 | |
Trevena, Inc. (a) | | | 14,533 | | | | 85,454 | |
Trovagene, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 8,835 | | | | 18,553 | |
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 12,020 | | | | 191,719 | |
Veracyte, Inc. (a) | | | 4,544 | | | | 35,171 | |
Versartis, Inc. (a) | | | 10,917 | | | | 162,663 | |
Vital Therapies, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 7,428 | | | | 32,312 | |
vTv Therapeutics, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 1,667 | | | | 8,052 | |
XBiotech, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 6,242 | | | | 63,169 | |
Xencor, Inc. (a) | | | 12,327 | | | | 324,447 | |
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 41,825 | | | | 223,764 | |
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Building Materials — 1.0% | | | | | | | | |
Armstrong Flooring, Inc. (a) | | | 7,643 | | | | 152,172 | |
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a) | | | 28,588 | | | | 313,610 | |
Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (a) | | | 8,174 | | | | 234,185 | |
Continental Building Products, Inc. (a) | | | 12,058 | | | | 278,540 | |
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 10,723 | | | | 446,613 | |
Griffon Corp. | | | 10,383 | | | | 272,035 | |
Headwaters, Inc. (a) | | | 25,442 | | | | 598,396 | |
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (a) | | | 49,963 | | | | 945,800 | |
LSI Industries, Inc. | | | 7,679 | | | | 74,793 | |
Masonite International Corp. (a) | | | 10,682 | | | | 702,876 | |
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 8,894 | | | | 139,191 | |
Patrick Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 4,912 | | | | 374,786 | |
PGT Innovations, Inc. (a) | | | 15,664 | | | | 179,353 | |
Quanex Building Products Corp. | | | 13,221 | | | | 268,386 | |
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | | | 14,347 | | | | 627,681 | |
Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 26,909 | | | | 640,165 | |
Trex Co., Inc. (a) | | | 10,218 | | | | 658,039 | |
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Building: Climate Control — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
AAON, Inc. | | | 13,666 | | | | 451,662 | |
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | | | 12,574 | | | | 418,714 | |
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Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a) | | | 20,641 | | | $ | 950,931 | |
Forterra, Inc. (a) | | | 6,421 | | | | 139,079 | |
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Casinos & Gambling — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Boyd Gaming Corp. (a) | | | 27,929 | | | | 563,328 | |
Caesars Acquisition Co., Class A (a) | | | 16,493 | | | | 222,655 | |
Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)(b) | | | 18,387 | | | | 156,290 | |
Century Casinos, Inc. (a) | | | 7,490 | | | | 61,643 | |
Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a) | | | 9,395 | | | | 159,245 | |
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (a) | | | 8,701 | | | | 214,828 | |
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a) | | | 3,496 | | | | 90,127 | |
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a) | | | 25,479 | | | | 351,355 | |
Scientific Games Corp., Class A (a) | | | 18,782 | | | | 262,948 | |
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Cement — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
US Concrete, Inc. (a) | | | 4,915 | | | | 321,933 | |
Chemicals: Diversified — 1.5% | | | | | | | | |
Aceto Corp. | | | 11,474 | | | | 252,084 | |
AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 8,262 | | | | 21,894 | |
American Vanguard Corp. | | | 9,257 | | | | 177,272 | |
Chemours Co. | | | 62,795 | | | | 1,387,141 | |
Chemtura Corp. (a) | | | 22,013 | | | | 730,832 | |
CSW Industrials, Inc. (a) | | | 4,753 | | | | 175,148 | |
GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 24,959 | | | | 667,653 | |
Hawkins, Inc. | | | 3,159 | | | | 170,428 | |
Ingevity Corp. (a) | | | 14,866 | | | | 815,549 | |
Innophos Holdings, Inc. | | | 6,570 | | | | 343,348 | |
KMG Chemicals, Inc. | | | 2,977 | | | | 115,775 | |
Landec Corp. (a) | | | 8,836 | | | | 121,937 | |
LSB Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 6,859 | | | | 57,753 | |
Olin Corp. | | | 56,749 | | | | 1,453,342 | |
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 14,022 | | | | 140,220 | |
PolyOne Corp. | | | 29,095 | | | | 932,204 | |
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. | | | 14,959 | | | | 231,266 | |
Sensient Technologies Corp. | | | 15,192 | | | | 1,193,787 | |
TerraVia Holdings, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 27,252 | | | | 31,340 | |
Tronox Ltd., Class A | | | 22,200 | | | | 228,882 | |
Univar, Inc. (a) | | | 14,590 | | | | 413,918 | |
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Chemicals: Specialty — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Balchem Corp. | | | 11,123 | | | | 933,442 | |
Calgon Carbon Corp. | | | 17,231 | | | | 292,927 | |
FutureFuel Corp. | | | 8,238 | | | | 114,508 | |
Innospec, Inc. | | | 8,015 | | | | 549,028 | |
Kraton Corp. (a) | | | 10,085 | | | | 287,221 | |
Quaker Chemical Corp. | | | 4,375 | | | | 559,737 | |
Stepan Co. | | | 6,654 | | | | 542,168 | |
Valhi, Inc. | | | 9,498 | | | | 32,863 | |
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Coal — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Westmoreland Coal Co. (a) | | | 5,945 | | | | 105,048 | |
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Blue Hills Bancorp, Inc. | | | 8,153 | | | | 152,869 | |
Green Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 6,862 | | | | 104,302 | |
HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (a) | | | 5,451 | | | | 141,181 | |
Sun Bancorp, Inc. | | | 3,582 | | | | 93,132 | |
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Commercial Finance & Mortgage Companies — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Capital Bank Financial Corp., Class A | | | 8,438 | | | | 331,192 | |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C | | | 2,867 | | | | 164,193 | |
Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,524 | | | | 49,407 | |
Meta Financial Group, Inc. | | | 2,830 | | | | 291,207 | |
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Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 11,273 | | | $ | 203,590 | |
NewStar Financial, Inc. (a) | | | 8,053 | | | | 74,490 | |
On Deck Capital, Inc. (a) | | | 16,046 | | | | 74,293 | |
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (a)(c) | | | 3,162 | | | | 52,647 | |
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | 6,066 | | | | 339,696 | |
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (a) | | | 9,438 | | | | 294,466 | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Aqua Metals, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 4,390 | | | | 57,553 | |
ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 14,227 | | | | 72,273 | |
Collectors Universe, Inc. | | | 2,595 | | | | 55,092 | |
Hill International, Inc. (a) | | | 11,007 | | | | 47,880 | |
Information Services Group, Inc. (a) | | | 11,737 | | | | 42,723 | |
LifeLock, Inc. (a) | | | 29,467 | | | | 704,851 | |
National Research Corp., Class A | | | 2,738 | | | | 52,022 | |
National Research Corp., Class B | | | 262 | | | | 10,917 | |
Weight Watchers International, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 9,218 | | | | 105,546 | |
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Commercial Services: Rental & Leasing — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Aircastle Ltd. | | | 16,239 | | | | 338,583 | |
CAI International, Inc. (a) | | | 5,470 | | | | 47,425 | |
GATX Corp. | | | 14,009 | | | | 862,674 | |
GMS, Inc. (a) | | | 2,255 | | | | 66,026 | |
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | | | 10,923 | | | | 253,960 | |
Marlin Business Services Corp. | | | 2,944 | | | | 61,530 | |
McGrath RentCorp | | | 8,041 | | | | 315,127 | |
Mobile Mini, Inc. | | | 15,052 | | | | 455,323 | |
Neff Corp., Class A (a) | | | 3,212 | | | | 45,289 | |
NOW, Inc. (a) | | | 37,524 | | | | 768,116 | |
PHH Corp. (a) | | | 18,115 | | | | 274,624 | |
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B (a) | | | 2,370 | | | | 73,162 | |
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a) | | | 3,816 | | | | 132,530 | |
Triton International, Ltd. | | | 13,825 | | | | 218,435 | |
Willis Lease Finance Corp. (a) | | | 1,223 | | | | 31,284 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,944,088 | |
Commercial Vehicles & Parts — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Blue Bird Corp. (a)(b) | | | 1,689 | | | | 26,095 | |
Cooper-Standard Holding, Inc. (a) | | | 5,157 | | | | 533,131 | |
Miller Industries, Inc. | | | 3,561 | | | | 94,188 | |
Modine Manufacturing Co. (a) | | | 16,232 | | | | 241,857 | |
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (a) | | | 5,985 | | | | 161,116 | |
Navistar International Corp. (a) | | | 16,705 | | | | 524,036 | |
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 9,884 | | | | 315,299 | |
Spartan Motors, Inc. | | | 10,847 | | | | 100,335 | |
Strattec Security Corp. | | | 1,119 | | | | 45,096 | |
Wabash National Corp. (a) | | | 22,143 | | | | 350,302 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,391,455 | |
Communications Equipment — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Aerohive Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 8,081 | | | | 46,062 | |
Communications Technology — 1.7% | | | | | | | | |
ADTRAN, Inc. | | | 16,781 | | | | 375,055 | |
Anixter International, Inc. (a) | | | 10,160 | | | | 823,468 | |
Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B | | | 2,994 | | | | 92,515 | |
Black Box Corp. | | | 4,851 | | | | 73,978 | |
Calix, Inc. (a) | | | 13,629 | | | | 104,943 | |
Ciena Corp. (a) | | | 47,711 | | | | 1,164,626 | |
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. | | | 7,307 | | | | 86,588 | |
Datalink Corp. (a) | | | 6,624 | | | | 74,586 | |
Digi International, Inc. (a) | | | 8,512 | | | | 117,040 | |
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (a) | | | 21,920 | | | | 628,008 | |
Extreme Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 35,776 | | | | 179,953 | |
Finisar Corp. (a) | | | 36,848 | | | | 1,115,389 | |
General Cable Corp. | | | 16,545 | | | | 315,182 | |
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Harmonic, Inc. (a) | | | 25,096 | | | $ | 125,480 | |
Infinera Corp. (a) | | | 47,779 | | | | 405,644 | |
Intelsat SA (a) | | | 9,061 | | | | 24,193 | |
InterDigital, Inc. | | | 11,947 | | | | 1,091,358 | |
Ixia (a) | | | 21,877 | | | | 352,220 | |
KVH Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 4,697 | | | | 55,425 | |
Loral Space & Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 4,215 | | | | 173,026 | |
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 17,481 | | | | 675,641 | |
NeoPhotonics Corp. (a) | | | 10,098 | | | | 109,159 | |
NETGEAR, Inc. (a) | | | 11,409 | | | | 620,079 | |
Numerex Corp., Class A (a) | | | 4,427 | | | | 32,760 | |
Plantronics, Inc. | | | 11,252 | | | | 616,160 | |
Quantenna Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 2,498 | | | | 45,289 | |
Rightside Group Ltd. (a) | | | 3,730 | | | | 30,847 | |
RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 19,892 | | | | 409,775 | |
ShoreTel, Inc. (a) | | | 22,102 | | | | 158,029 | |
Sonus Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 15,610 | | | | 98,343 | |
TeleNav, Inc. (a) | | | 10,859 | | | | 76,556 | |
ViaSat, Inc. (a) | | | 17,943 | | | | 1,188,185 | |
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| | | | | | | 11,439,500 | |
Computer Services Software & Systems — 4.9% | | | | | | | | |
A10 Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 14,438 | | | | 119,980 | |
ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a) | | | 40,752 | | | | 739,649 | |
Acxiom Corp. (a) | | | 27,394 | | | | 734,159 | |
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 3,371 | | | | 93,815 | |
ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 6,657 | | | | 29,224 | |
American Software, Inc., Class A | | | 8,532 | | | | 88,136 | |
Appfolio, Inc., Class A (a)(b) | | | 2,431 | | | | 57,979 | |
Aspen Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 26,973 | | | | 1,474,884 | |
Autobytel, Inc. (a) | | | 2,405 | | | | 32,347 | |
Avid Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 10,710 | | | | 47,124 | |
Bankrate, Inc. (a) | | | 15,553 | | | | 171,861 | |
Barracuda Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 7,183 | | | | 153,932 | |
Bazaarvoice, Inc. (a) | | | 26,889 | | | | 130,412 | |
Benefitfocus, Inc. (a) | | | 4,216 | | | | 125,215 | |
Blackbaud, Inc. | | | 16,341 | | | | 1,045,824 | |
Blackline, Inc. (a) | | | 3,469 | | | | 95,848 | |
Blucora, Inc. (a) | | | 14,836 | | | | 218,831 | |
Bottomline Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 13,780 | | | | 344,776 | |
Box, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 16,870 | | | | 233,818 | |
Brightcove, Inc. (a) | | | 10,007 | | | | 80,556 | |
BroadSoft, Inc. (a) | | | 9,995 | | | | 412,294 | |
CACI International, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 8,403 | | | | 1,044,493 | |
Callidus Software, Inc. (a) | | | 20,778 | | | | 349,070 | |
CommVault Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 13,615 | | | | 699,811 | |
ComScore, Inc. (a) | | | 16,271 | | | | 513,838 | |
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a) | | | 17,796 | | | | 752,949 | |
Coupa Software, Inc. (a) | | | 3,005 | | | | 75,155 | |
CSG Systems International, Inc. | | | 10,954 | | | | 530,174 | |
Digimarc Corp. (a) | | | 3,165 | | | | 94,950 | |
EarthLink Holdings Corp. | | | 43,519 | | | | 245,447 | |
Ebix, Inc. | | | 8,537 | | | | 487,036 | |
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 23,842 | | | | 221,731 | |
Envestnet, Inc. (a) | | | 14,096 | | | | 496,884 | |
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 16,772 | | | | 1,078,607 | |
ePlus, Inc. (a) | | | 2,172 | | | | 250,214 | |
Everbridge, Inc. (a) | | | 3,198 | | | | 59,003 | |
Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 5,187 | | | | 76,768 | |
Exa Corp. (a) | | | 4,666 | | | | 71,670 | |
Guidance Software, Inc. (a) | | | 7,561 | | | | 53,532 | |
Hortonworks, Inc. (a) | | | 14,725 | | | | 122,365 | |
HubSpot, Inc. (a) | | | 9,808 | | | | 460,976 | |
Imperva, Inc. (a) | | | 9,733 | | | | 373,747 | |
IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 13,532 | | | | 182,953 | |
Jive Software, Inc. (a) | | | 19,275 | | | | 83,846 | |
KEYW Holding Corp. (a) | | | 12,416 | | | | 146,385 | |
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LendingClub Corp. (a) | | | 111,499 | | | $ | 585,370 | |
Limelight Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 21,125 | | | | 53,235 | |
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 19,268 | | | | 111,754 | |
LivePerson, Inc. (a) | | | 17,440 | | | | 131,672 | |
LogMeIn, Inc. | | | 8,720 | | | | 841,916 | |
Majesco (a)(b) | | | 1,856 | | | | 11,284 | |
Mantech International Corp., Class A | | | 8,457 | | | | 357,308 | |
Mentor Graphics Corp. | | | 36,738 | | | | 1,355,265 | |
Mercury Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 13,190 | | | | 398,602 | |
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 3,338 | | | | 658,921 | |
MINDBODY, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 4,771 | | | | 101,622 | |
Mitek Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 9,921 | | | | 61,014 | |
Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. | | | 13,883 | | | | 275,578 | |
NCI, Inc. | | | 1,697 | | | | 23,673 | |
Netscout Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 31,478 | | | | 991,557 | |
New Relic, Inc. (a) | | | 7,511 | | | | 212,186 | |
NIC, Inc. | | | 21,604 | | | | 516,336 | |
Nimble Storage, Inc. (a) | | | 20,659 | | | | 163,619 | |
PDF Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 9,372 | | | | 211,339 | |
Pegasystems, Inc. | | | 12,208 | | | | 439,488 | |
Perficient, Inc. (a) | | | 12,292 | | | | 214,987 | |
Progress Software Corp. | | | 16,988 | | | | 542,427 | |
Proofpoint, Inc. (a) | | | 14,243 | | | | 1,006,268 | |
PROS Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 8,244 | | | | 177,411 | |
Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 8,793 | | | | 253,678 | |
QAD, Inc., Class A | | | 3,088 | | | | 93,875 | |
Rapid7, Inc. (a) | | | 6,552 | | | | 79,738 | |
RealNetworks, Inc. (a) | | | 7,404 | | | | 35,983 | |
RealPage, Inc. (a) | | | 18,298 | | | | 548,940 | |
Reis, Inc. | | | 2,951 | | | | 65,660 | |
Sapiens International Corp. NV | | | 7,965 | | | | 114,218 | |
Science Applications International Corp. | | | 14,541 | | | | 1,233,077 | |
SecureWorks Corp. (a) | | | 1,643 | | | | 17,399 | |
Shutterstock, Inc. (a) | | | 6,458 | | | | 306,884 | |
SPS Commerce, Inc. (a) | | | 5,651 | | | | 394,948 | |
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 13,975 | | | | 535,242 | |
SYNNEX Corp. | | | 10,023 | | | | 1,212,983 | |
Syntel, Inc. | | | 11,343 | | | | 224,478 | |
Tangoe, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 9,552 | | | | 75,270 | |
TechTarget, Inc. (a) | | | 5,621 | | | | 47,947 | |
TiVo Corp. (a) | | | 40,829 | | | | 853,326 | |
Unisys Corp. (a) | | | 17,286 | | | | 258,426 | |
Varonis Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 3,521 | | | | 94,363 | |
VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (a) | | | 9,883 | | | | 134,903 | |
Verint Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 22,017 | | | | 776,099 | |
VirnetX Holding Corp. (a)(b) | | | 16,588 | | | | 36,494 | |
Virtusa Corp. (a) | | | 9,667 | | | | 242,835 | |
Web.com Group, Inc. (a) | | | 14,680 | | | | 310,482 | |
Workiva, Inc. (a) | | | 7,219 | | | | 98,539 | |
Xactly Corp. (a) | | | 7,584 | | | | 83,424 | |
Zix Corp. (a) | | | 17,716 | | | | 87,517 | |
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Computer Technology — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
3D Systems Corp. (a) | | | 36,155 | | | | 480,500 | |
Cray, Inc. (a) | | | 13,787 | | | | 285,391 | |
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. | | | 24,418 | | | | 614,113 | |
Immersion Corp. (a) | | | 9,671 | | | | 102,803 | |
Impinj, Inc. (a) | | | 2,241 | | | | 79,197 | |
Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a) | | | 12,456 | | | | 503,720 | |
PC Connection, Inc. | | | 3,686 | | | | 103,540 | |
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 25,396 | | | | 287,229 | |
Radisys Corp. (a) | | | 12,325 | | | | 54,600 | |
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (a) | | | 6,807 | | | | 91,554 | |
Silicom Ltd. | | | 1,892 | | | | 77,742 | |
Stratasys Ltd. (a) | | | 16,695 | | | | 276,135 | |
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a) | | | 13,093 | | | | 367,258 | |
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Synaptics, Inc. (a) | | | 12,371 | | | $ | 662,838 | |
USA Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 12,406 | | | | 53,346 | |
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Construction — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Aegion Corp. (a) | | | 11,944 | | | | 283,073 | |
EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | 20,593 | | | | 1,457,161 | |
Granite Construction, Inc. | | | 13,620 | | | | 749,100 | |
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (a) | | | 19,186 | | | | 80,581 | |
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 8,755 | | | | 87,112 | |
Primoris Services Corp. | | | 13,717 | | | | 312,473 | |
Tutor Perini Corp. (a) | | | 12,857 | | | | 359,996 | |
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Consumer Electronics — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Universal Electronics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,812 | | | | 310,614 | |
XO Group, Inc. (a) | | | 8,293 | | | | 161,299 | |
ZAGG, Inc. (a) | | | 9,149 | | | | 64,958 | |
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Consumer Lending — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a) | | | 7,852 | | | | 224,960 | |
Enova International, Inc. (a) | | | 9,183 | | | | 115,247 | |
Ezcorp, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 16,576 | | | | 176,534 | |
FirstCash, Inc. | | | 16,529 | | | | 776,863 | |
LendingTree, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 2,206 | | | | 223,578 | |
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a) | | | 4,860 | | | | 129,859 | |
MGIC Investment Corp. (a) | | | 117,872 | | | | 1,201,116 | |
MoneyGram International, Inc. (a) | | | 9,886 | | | | 116,754 | |
Nelnet, Inc., Class A | | | 6,890 | | | | 349,667 | |
PRA Group, Inc. (a) | | | 16,405 | | | | 641,435 | |
Regional Management Corp. (a) | | | 3,527 | | | | 92,690 | |
World Acceptance Corp. (a) | | | 2,127 | | | | 136,724 | |
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Consumer Services: Miscellaneous — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 5,357 | | | | 173,835 | |
Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc. | | | 15,533 | | | | 669,006 | |
CPI Card Group, Inc. (b) | | | 6,933 | | | | 28,772 | |
Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (a) | | | 7,790 | | | | 132,430 | |
Nutrisystem, Inc. | | | 9,892 | | | | 342,758 | |
Sotheby’s | | | 17,119 | | | | 682,363 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
AEP Industries, Inc. | | | 1,321 | | | | 153,368 | |
Greif, Inc., Class A | | | 8,693 | | | | 446,038 | |
Greif, Inc., Class B | | | 1,881 | | | | 127,062 | |
Multi Packaging Solutions International Ltd. (a) | | | 7,082 | | | | 100,989 | |
Myers Industries, Inc. | | | 7,171 | | | | 102,545 | |
UFP Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 2,228 | | | | 56,703 | |
Veritiv Corp. (a) | | | 2,731 | | | | 146,791 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,133,496 | |
Cosmetics — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Avon Products, Inc. (a) | | | 152,184 | | | | 767,007 | |
elf Beauty, Inc. (a) | | | 3,310 | | | | 95,792 | |
Inter Parfums, Inc. | | | 6,411 | | | | 209,960 | |
Revlon, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 3,902 | | | | 113,743 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,186,502 | |
Diversified Financial Services — 1.0% | | | | | | | | |
Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA (a) | | | 4,056 | | | | 107,849 | |
Associated Capital Group, Inc., Class A | | | 1,596 | | | | 52,429 | |
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 19,418 | | | | 731,573 | |
California First National Bancorp | | | 691 | | | | 10,814 | |
Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A | | | 13,412 | | | | 921,404 | |
FBR & Co. | | | 2,203 | | | | 28,639 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 10,186 | | | $ | 485,872 | |
FNFV Group (a) | | | 22,873 | | | | 313,360 | |
Greenhill & Co., Inc. | | | 9,654 | | | | 267,416 | |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. | | | 15,412 | | | | 292,674 | |
Hennessy Advisors, Inc. | | | 1,136 | | | | 36,068 | |
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. | | | 4,265 | | | | 132,727 | |
HRG Group, Inc. (a) | | | 41,042 | | | | 638,614 | |
Liberty Tax, Inc. | | | 2,255 | | | | 30,217 | |
MBIA, Inc. (a) | | | 44,914 | | | | 480,580 | |
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. | | | 2,807 | | | | 105,543 | |
Moelis & Co., Class A | | | 6,181 | | | | 209,536 | |
Piper Jaffray Cos. (a) | | | 4,932 | | | | 357,570 | |
Planet Payment, Inc. (a) | | | 14,493 | | | | 59,131 | |
Real Industry, Inc. (a) | | | 8,745 | | | | 53,345 | |
Stifel Financial Corp. (a) | | | 22,077 | | | | 1,102,746 | |
Tiptree Financial, Inc., Class A | | | 7,855 | | | | 48,308 | |
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| | | | | | | 6,466,415 | |
Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Barnes Group, Inc. | | | 17,275 | | | | 819,180 | |
Federal Signal Corp. | | | 20,454 | | | | 319,287 | |
Harsco Corp. | | | 27,415 | | | | 372,844 | |
Lydall, Inc. (a) | | | 5,630 | | | | 348,216 | |
OSI Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 5,940 | | | | 452,153 | |
Raven Industries, Inc. | | | 12,370 | | | | 311,724 | |
Standex International Corp. | | | 4,311 | | | | 378,721 | |
TriMas Corp. (a) | | | 15,360 | | | | 360,960 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,363,085 | |
Diversified Materials & Processing — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Belden, Inc. | | | 14,478 | | | | 1,082,520 | |
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. | | | 7,968 | | | | 503,339 | |
CLARCOR, Inc. | | | 16,203 | | | | 1,336,261 | |
Encore Wire Corp. | | | 6,924 | | | | 300,155 | |
Energous Corp. (a)(b) | | | 4,685 | | | | 78,942 | |
Insteel Industries, Inc. | | | 6,065 | | | | 216,157 | |
Koppers Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 6,980 | | | | 281,294 | |
NL Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 1,868 | | | | 15,224 | |
Tredegar Corp. | | | 8,316 | | | | 199,584 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,013,476 | |
Diversified Media — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
EW Scripps Co., Class A (a) | | | 20,387 | | | | 394,081 | |
Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. (a) | | | 2,092 | | | | 23,430 | |
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| | | | | | | 417,511 | |
Diversified Retail — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Big Lots, Inc. | | | 15,342 | | | | 770,322 | |
Duluth Holdings, Inc., Class B (a)(b) | | | 3,182 | | | | 80,823 | |
Etsy, Inc. (a) | | | 35,668 | | | | 420,169 | |
Fred’s, Inc., Class A (b) | | | 11,597 | | | | 215,240 | |
Gaia, Inc. (a) | | | 2,142 | | | | 18,528 | |
HSN, Inc. | | | 10,660 | | | | 365,638 | |
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 7,196 | | | | 204,726 | |
Overstock.com, Inc. (a) | | | 4,348 | | | | 76,090 | |
PriceSmart, Inc. | | | 6,954 | | | | 580,659 | |
Sears Holdings Corp. (a)(b) | | | 3,869 | | | | 35,943 | |
Tuesday Morning Corp. (a) | | | 16,090 | | | | 86,886 | |
Winmark Corp. | | | 798 | | | | 100,668 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,955,692 | |
Drug & Grocery Store Chains — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (a) | | | 15,925 | | | | 200,655 | |
Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A | | | 4,858 | | | | 233,670 | |
PetMed Express, Inc. | | | 6,468 | | | | 149,217 | |
Smart & Final Stores, Inc. (a) | | | 7,682 | | | | 108,316 | |
Supervalu, Inc. (a) | | | 90,475 | | | | 422,518 | |
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Village Super Market, Inc., Class A | | | 2,267 | | | $ | 70,050 | |
Weis Markets, Inc. | | | 3,308 | | | | 221,107 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,405,533 | |
Education Services — 0.8% | | | | | | | | |
2U, Inc. (a) | | | 12,448 | | | | 375,307 | |
American Public Education, Inc. (a) | | | 5,118 | | | | 125,647 | |
Apollo Education Group, Inc. (a) | | | 29,244 | | | | 289,516 | |
Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (a) | | | 5,948 | | | | 60,253 | |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 15,025 | | | | 1,052,051 | |
Cambium Learning Group, Inc. (a) | | | 3,388 | | | | 16,906 | |
Capella Education Co. | | | 3,853 | | | | 338,293 | |
Career Education Corp. (a) | | | 23,063 | | | | 232,706 | |
Chegg, Inc. (a) | | | 31,420 | | | | 231,880 | |
DeVry Education Group, Inc. | | | 21,820 | | | | 680,784 | |
Franklin Covey Co. (a) | | | 3,421 | | | | 68,933 | |
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a) | | | 15,463 | | | | 903,812 | |
HealthStream, Inc. (a) | | | 8,898 | | | | 222,895 | |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (a) | | | 42,209 | | | | 457,968 | |
K12, Inc. (a) | | | 12,759 | | | | 218,944 | |
Rosetta Stone, Inc. (a) | | | 6,701 | | | | 59,706 | |
Strayer Education, Inc. (a) | | | 3,607 | | | | 290,832 | |
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| | | | | | | 5,626,433 | |
Electronic Components — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
Acacia Research Corp. | | | 15,133 | | | | 98,364 | |
American Superconductor Corp. (a) | | | 3,180 | | | | 23,437 | |
AVX Corp. | | | 15,963 | | | | 249,502 | |
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (a) | | | 15,669 | | | | 259,949 | |
InvenSense, Inc. (a) | | | 28,018 | | | | 358,350 | |
Methode Electronics, Inc. | | | 12,364 | | | | 511,251 | |
Novanta, Inc. (a) | | | 12,440 | | | | 261,240 | |
NVE Corp. | | | 1,558 | | | | 111,288 | |
Park Electrochemical Corp. | | | 6,344 | | | | 118,316 | |
Rogers Corp. (a) | | | 6,106 | | | | 469,002 | |
Sanmina Corp. (a) | | | 25,550 | | | | 936,407 | |
ScanSource, Inc. (a) | | | 8,605 | | | | 347,212 | |
Sparton Corp. (a) | | | 3,108 | | | | 74,126 | |
Tech Data Corp. (a) | | | 12,183 | | | | 1,031,656 | |
TTM Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 24,796 | | | | 337,969 | |
Universal Display Corp. (a) | | | 14,466 | | | | 814,436 | |
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| | | | | | | 6,002,505 | |
Electronic Entertainment — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Glu Mobile, Inc. (a) | | | 34,679 | | | | 67,277 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a) | | | 28,661 | | | | 1,412,701 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,479,978 | |
Electronics — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Agilysys, Inc. (a) | | | 5,140 | | | | 53,250 | |
Coherent, Inc. (a) | | | 8,300 | | | | 1,140,296 | |
Control4 Corp. (a) | | | 6,462 | | | | 65,912 | |
Daktronics, Inc. | | | 12,000 | | | | 128,400 | |
II-VI, Inc. (a) | | | 20,816 | | | | 617,194 | |
Integer Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 10,464 | | | | 308,165 | |
iRobot Corp. (a) | | | 9,062 | | | | 529,674 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,842,891 | |
Energy Equipment — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Dynegy, Inc. (a) | | | 39,907 | | | | 337,613 | |
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 9,276 | | | | 16,233 | |
Matador Resources Co. (a) | | | 29,168 | | | | 751,368 | |
Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 12,425 | | | | 165,377 | |
Sunrun, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 20,959 | | | | 111,292 | |
TPI Composites, Inc. (a) | | | 2,220 | | | | 35,609 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,417,492 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Geospace Technologies Corp. (a) | | | 4,208 | | | $ | 85,675 | |
Pioneer Energy Services Corp. (a) | | | 25,600 | | | | 175,360 | |
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| | | | | | | 261,035 | |
Engineering & Contracting Services — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Argan, Inc. | | | 4,530 | | | | 319,591 | |
Dycom Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 10,507 | | | | 843,607 | |
Engility Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 6,903 | | | | 232,631 | |
Exponent, Inc. | | | 8,729 | | | | 526,359 | |
HC2 Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 10,928 | | | | 64,803 | |
IES Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 2,553 | | | | 48,890 | |
Layne Christensen Co. (a) | | | 6,239 | | | | 67,818 | |
MasTec, Inc. (a) | | | 22,730 | | | | 869,422 | |
Mistras Group, Inc. (a) | | | 5,928 | | | | 152,231 | |
MYR Group, Inc. (a) | | | 5,689 | | | | 214,362 | |
Power Solutions International, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 1,853 | | | | 13,898 | |
Tetra Tech, Inc. | | | 19,801 | | | | 854,413 | |
VSE Corp. | | | 2,915 | | | | 113,219 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,321,244 | |
Entertainment — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | 10,315 | | | | 347,100 | |
Ascent Capital Group, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 3,253 | | | | 52,894 | |
Empire Resorts, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 1,122 | | | | 25,525 | |
Golden Entertainment, Inc. | | | 3,405 | | | | 41,235 | |
IMAX Corp. (a) | | | 20,549 | | | | 645,239 | |
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (a) | | | 21,137 | | | | 306,486 | |
Reading International, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 5,585 | | | | 92,711 | |
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A (b) | | | 12,346 | | | | 227,166 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,738,356 | |
Environmental, Maintenance, & Security Service — 0.7% | |
ABM Industries, Inc. | | | 19,224 | | | | 785,108 | |
Brink’s Co. | | | 15,634 | | | | 644,903 | |
G&K Services, Inc., Class A | | | 6,780 | | | | 653,931 | |
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | | | 24,194 | | | | 947,679 | |
MSA Safety, Inc. | | | 10,968 | | | | 760,411 | |
SP Plus Corp. (a) | | | 5,701 | | | | 160,483 | |
UniFirst Corp. | | | 5,212 | | | | 748,704 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,701,219 | |
Financial Data & Systems — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Cardtronics PLC, Class A (a) | | | 15,661 | | | | 854,621 | |
Cass Information Systems, Inc. | | | 3,794 | | | | 279,125 | |
EVERTEC, Inc. | | | 21,719 | | | | 385,512 | |
Fair Isaac Corp. | | | 10,656 | | | | 1,270,408 | |
Green Dot Corp., Class A (a) | | | 14,491 | | | | 341,263 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,130,929 | |
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (a) | | | 3,384 | | | | 40,236 | |
Foods — 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc. | | | 8,022 | | | | 238,895 | |
Amplify Snack Brands, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 9,566 | | | | 84,276 | |
B&G Foods, Inc. | | | 22,499 | | | | 985,456 | |
Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (a) | | | 6,435 | | | | 101,673 | |
Dean Foods Co. | | | 32,207 | | | | 701,468 | |
Freshpet, Inc. (a) | | | 7,642 | | | | 77,566 | |
Inventure Foods, Inc. (a) | | | 6,609 | | | | 65,099 | |
J&J Snack Foods Corp. | | | 5,208 | | | | 694,903 | |
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | | | 3,199 | | | | 225,178 | |
Lancaster Colony Corp. | | | 6,430 | | | | 909,138 | |
Lifeway Foods, Inc. (a) | | | 1,252 | | | | 14,411 | |
Medifast, Inc. | | | 3,633 | | | | 151,242 | |
Natural Health Trends Corp. (b) | | | 2,480 | | | | 61,628 | |
Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. | | | 2,785 | | | | 41,775 | |
Nutraceutical International Corp. | | | 2,719 | | | | 95,029 | |
Omega Protein Corp. (a) | | | 7,195 | | | | 180,235 | |
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Performance Food Group Co. (a) | | | 12,839 | | | $ | 308,136 | |
Seneca Foods Corp., Class A (a) | | | 2,227 | | | | 89,191 | |
Snyders-Lance, Inc. | | | 27,643 | | | | 1,059,833 | |
SpartanNash Co. | | | 12,584 | | | | 497,571 | |
Synutra International, Inc. (a) | | | 7,297 | | | | 39,039 | |
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | | | 5,925 | | | | 235,519 | |
United Natural Foods, Inc. (a) | | | 17,417 | | | | 831,139 | |
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| | | | | | | 7,688,400 | |
Forest Products — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Boise Cascade Co. (a) | | | 13,344 | | | | 300,240 | |
Deltic Timber Corp. | | | 3,642 | | | | 280,689 | |
Universal Forest Products, Inc. | | | 6,902 | | | | 705,246 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,286,175 | |
Forms & Bulk Printing Services — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Deluxe Corp. | | | 16,710 | | | | 1,196,603 | |
Ennis, Inc. | | | 8,419 | | | | 146,070 | |
InnerWorkings, Inc. (a) | | | 12,750 | | | | 125,587 | |
Multi-Color Corp. | | | 4,667 | | | | 362,159 | |
Quad/Graphics, Inc. | | | 9,943 | | | | 267,268 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,097,687 | |
Fruit & Grain Processing — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
MGP Ingredients, Inc. | | | 4,444 | | | | 222,111 | |
Funeral Parlors & Cemeteries — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Carriage Services, Inc. | | | 5,029 | | | | 144,031 | |
Hillenbrand, Inc. | | | 20,365 | | | | 780,998 | |
Matthews International Corp., Class A | | | 11,031 | | | | 847,732 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,772,761 | |
Gas Pipeline — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
SemGroup Corp., Class A | | | 23,302 | | | | 972,859 | |
Glass — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | | | 9,647 | | | | 516,693 | |
Gold — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Coeur Mining, Inc. (a) | | | 60,699 | | | | 551,754 | |
Gold Resource Corp. | | | 16,332 | | | | 71,044 | |
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| | | | | | | 622,798 | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Inogen, Inc. (a) | | | 5,558 | | | | 373,331 | |
Health Care Facilities — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
AAC Holdings, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,366 | | | | 24,370 | |
Adeptus Health, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 4,832 | | | | 36,916 | |
Capital Senior Living Corp. (a) | | | 9,503 | | | | 152,523 | |
Ensign Group, Inc. | | | 17,458 | | | | 387,742 | |
Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | | 12,972 | | | | 55,131 | |
HealthSouth Corp. | | | 31,278 | | | | 1,289,905 | |
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. | | | 28,961 | | | | 227,344 | |
National Healthcare Corp. | | | 3,755 | | | | 284,591 | |
Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 36,188 | | | | 479,491 | |
Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (a) | | | 9,125 | | | | 422,214 | |
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. | | | 4,374 | | | | 307,055 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,667,282 | |
Health Care Management Services — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
BioScrip, Inc. (a) | | | 35,967 | | | | 37,406 | |
Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (b) | | | 3,679 | | | | 86,824 | |
Magellan Health, Inc. (a) | | | 7,919 | | | | 595,905 | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | | 14,980 | | | | 812,815 | |
Triple-S Management Corp., Class B (a) | | | 7,810 | | | | 161,667 | |
Universal American Corp. (a) | | | 14,177 | | | | 141,061 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,835,678 | |
Health Care Services — 1.8% | | | | | | | | |
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (a) | | | 7,529 | | | | 156,227 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Health Care Services (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Addus HomeCare Corp. (a) | | | 2,497 | | | $ | 87,520 | |
Air Methods Corp. (a) | | | 12,104 | | | | 385,513 | |
Almost Family, Inc. (a) | | | 2,756 | | | | 121,540 | |
Amedisys, Inc. (a) | | | 9,508 | | | | 405,326 | |
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a) | | | 16,409 | | | | 630,926 | |
Argos Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 5,592 | | | | 27,401 | |
Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 6,891 | | | | 64,017 | |
Care.com, Inc. (a) | | | 4,960 | | | | 42,507 | |
Catalent, Inc. (a) | | | 35,549 | | | | 958,401 | |
Chemed Corp. | | | 5,537 | | | | 888,190 | |
Civitas Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 5,217 | | | | 103,818 | |
Corvel Corp. (a) | | | 3,257 | | | | 119,206 | |
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | | 10,530 | | | | 164,373 | |
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 9,230 | | | | 175,555 | |
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 23,743 | | | | 589,064 | |
HealthEquity, Inc. (a) | | | 14,618 | | | | 592,321 | |
Healthways, Inc. (a) | | | 11,421 | | | | 259,828 | |
HMS Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 28,524 | | | | 517,996 | |
LHC Group, Inc. (a) | | | 4,996 | | | | 228,317 | |
Medidata Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 19,136 | | | | 950,485 | |
MiMedx Group, Inc. (a) | | | 34,897 | | | | 309,188 | |
NantHealth, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 2,407 | | | | 23,926 | |
NeoGenomics, Inc. (a) | | | 17,679 | | | | 151,509 | |
Nobilis Health Corp. (a)(b) | | | 18,014 | | | | 37,829 | |
Omnicell, Inc. (a) | | | 12,080 | | | | 409,512 | |
OvaScience, Inc. (a) | | | 10,956 | | | | 16,763 | |
PharMerica Corp. (a) | | | 11,135 | | | | 280,045 | |
Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A | | | 6,177 | | | | 180,986 | |
Quality Systems, Inc. | | | 17,647 | | | | 232,058 | |
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | | | 14,915 | | | | 939,794 | |
Surgery Partners, Inc. (a) | | | 6,178 | | | | 97,921 | |
T2 Biosystems, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 4,473 | | | | 23,528 | |
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a) | | | 2,132 | | | | 31,937 | |
Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 23,291 | | | | 1,011,994 | |
Teladoc, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 6,935 | | | | 114,428 | |
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 11,468 | | | | 46,216 | |
WebMD Health Corp. (a) | | | 12,939 | | | | 641,386 | |
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| | | | | | | 12,017,551 | |
Health Care: Miscellaneous — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 2,707 | | | | 97,641 | |
Providence Service Corp. (a) | | | 4,320 | | | | 164,376 | |
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| | | | | | | 262,017 | |
Home Building — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (a) | | | 10,407 | | | | 138,413 | |
Century Communities, Inc. (a) | | | 5,044 | | | | 105,924 | |
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 41,597 | | | | 113,560 | |
Installed Building Products, Inc. (a) | | | 6,895 | | | | 284,763 | |
KB Home | | | 29,391 | | | | 464,672 | |
LGI Homes, Inc. (a) | | | 5,064 | | | | 145,489 | |
M/I Homes, Inc. (a) | | | 8,267 | | | | 208,163 | |
MDC Holdings, Inc. | | | 14,095 | | | | 361,678 | |
Meritage Homes Corp. (a) | | | 12,959 | | | | 450,973 | |
New Home Co., Inc. (a) | | | 4,484 | | | | 52,508 | |
Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A (a) | | | 12,567 | | | | 242,040 | |
Tile Shop Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 12,081 | | | | 236,184 | |
TopBuild Corp. (a) | | | 13,059 | | | | 464,900 | |
TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a) | | | 53,175 | | | | 610,449 | |
UCP, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,828 | | | | 34,077 | |
WCI Communities, Inc. (a) | | | 8,500 | | | | 199,325 | |
William Lyon Homes, Class A (a) | | | 7,884 | | | | 150,033 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,263,151 | |
Hotel/Motel — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Belmond Ltd., Class A (a) | | | 28,406 | | | | 379,220 | |
Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 5,210 | | | | 92,998 | |
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La Quinta Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 28,919 | | | $ | 410,939 | |
Marcus Corp. | | | 7,241 | | | | 228,091 | |
Red Lion Hotels Corp. (a) | | | 4,916 | | | | 41,049 | |
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A | | | 10,383 | | | | 240,782 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,393,079 | |
Household Appliances — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
National Presto Industries, Inc. | | | 1,606 | | | | 170,878 | |
Household Equipment & Products — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Central Garden & Pet Co. (a) | | | 3,329 | | | | 110,157 | |
Central Garden and Pet Co., Class A (a) | | | 11,418 | | | | 352,816 | |
CSS Industries, Inc. | | | 2,793 | | | | 75,606 | |
Helen of Troy Ltd. (a) | | | 9,820 | | | | 829,299 | |
Libbey, Inc. | | | 7,276 | | | | 141,591 | |
Novocure Ltd. (a)(b) | | | 16,642 | | | | 130,640 | |
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. (a) | | | 2,721 | | | | 12,789 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,652,898 | |
Household Furnishings — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
American Woodmark Corp. (a) | | | 4,683 | | | | 352,396 | |
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. | | | 3,404 | | | | 103,481 | |
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | | | 8,915 | | | | 328,518 | |
Flexsteel Industries, Inc. | | | 2,150 | | | | 132,590 | |
Hooker Furniture Corp. | | | 3,666 | | | | 139,125 | |
Kirkland’s, Inc. (a) | | | 4,826 | | | | 74,851 | |
La-Z-Boy, Inc. | | | 16,623 | | | | 516,144 | |
Lifetime Brands, Inc. | | | 3,753 | | | | 66,616 | |
RH (a) | | | 13,129 | | | | 403,060 | |
Select Comfort Corp. (a) | | | 15,743 | | | | 356,107 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,472,888 | |
Insurance: Life — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | | | 28,101 | | | | 633,397 | |
Citizens, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 19,355 | | | | 190,066 | |
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | | | 58,675 | | | | 1,123,626 | |
FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A | | | 3,483 | | | | 272,197 | |
Fidelity & Guaranty Life | | | 4,649 | | | | 110,181 | |
Independence Holding Co. | | | 2,509 | | | | 49,051 | |
National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A | | | 822 | | | | 255,478 | |
Primerica, Inc. | | | 15,369 | | | | 1,062,766 | |
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. (a) | | | 23,284 | | | | 268,930 | |
Trupanion, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 4,656 | | | | 72,261 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4,037,953 | |
Insurance: Multi-Line — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 3,971 | | | | 71,677 | |
Crawford & Co., Class B | | | 3,680 | | | | 46,221 | |
eHealth, Inc. (a) | | | 5,891 | | | | 62,739 | |
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | | | 13,933 | | | | 596,332 | |
James River Group Holdings Ltd. | | | 5,126 | | | | 212,985 | |
Kemper Corp. | | | 13,602 | | | | 602,569 | |
Maiden Holdings Ltd. | | | 23,155 | | | | 404,055 | |
PICO Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 7,275 | | | | 110,216 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,106,794 | |
Insurance: Property-Casualty — 1.8% | | | | | | | | |
AMERISAFE, Inc. | | | 6,272 | | | | 391,059 | |
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. | | | 9,931 | | | | 654,453 | |
Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B | | | 3,136 | | | | 79,027 | |
Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. | | | 2,490 | | | | 45,941 | |
Donegal Group, Inc., Class A | | | 3,409 | | | | 59,589 | |
EMC Insurance Group, Inc. | | | 3,007 | | | | 90,240 | |
Employers Holdings, Inc. | | | 10,980 | | | | 434,808 | |
Enstar Group Ltd. (a) | | | 3,879 | | | | 766,878 | |
Essent Group Ltd. (a) | | | 26,001 | | | | 841,652 | |
Federated National Holding Co. | | | 4,352 | | | | 81,339 | |
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 163,659 | | | | 623,541 | |
Global Indemnity, Ltd. (a) | | | 2,955 | | | | 112,911 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Class A (a) | | | 10,430 | | | $ | 237,804 | |
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (a) | | | 4,957 | | | | 57,650 | |
HCI Group, Inc. | | | 2,767 | | | | 109,241 | |
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. | | | 8,976 | | | | 140,654 | |
Hilltop Holdings, Inc. | | | 25,919 | | | | 772,386 | |
Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. | | | 3,834 | | | | 337,009 | |
Investors Title Co. | | | 522 | | | | 82,570 | |
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | | | 2,387 | | | | 81,182 | |
National General Holdings Corp. | | | 16,736 | | | | 418,233 | |
Navigators Group, Inc. | | | 3,740 | | | | 440,385 | |
NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 16,620 | | | | 177,003 | |
OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., Class A | | | 7,947 | | | | 127,549 | |
Radian Group, Inc. | | | 73,824 | | | | 1,327,356 | |
RLI Corp. | | | 13,226 | | | | 834,957 | |
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. | | | 4,808 | | | | 354,350 | |
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | | | 16,390 | | | | 705,589 | |
State Auto Financial Corp. | | | 5,345 | | | | 143,299 | |
State National Cos., Inc. | | | 10,407 | | | | 144,241 | |
Stewart Information Services Corp. | | | 8,311 | | | | 382,971 | |
United Fire Group, Inc. | | | 7,192 | | | | 353,631 | |
United Insurance Holdings Corp. | | | 5,642 | | | | 85,420 | |
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. | | | 11,315 | | | | 321,346 | |
WMIH Corp. (a) | | | 66,733 | | | | 103,436 | |
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| | | | | | | 11,919,700 | |
International Trade & Diversified Logistic — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Global Sources Ltd. (a) | | | 2,183 | | | | 19,319 | |
Radiant Logistics, Inc. (a) | | | 10,744 | | | | 41,902 | |
Vectrus, Inc. (a) | | | 3,581 | | | | 85,407 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 146,628 | |
Internet Software & Services — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Amber Road, Inc. (a) | | | 5,840 | | | | 53,027 | |
ChannelAdvisor Corp. (a) | | | 7,626 | | | | 109,433 | |
Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc. (a) | | | 15,398 | | | | 99,471 | |
Gogo, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 18,460 | | | | 170,201 | |
GrubHub, Inc. (a) | | | 27,841 | | | | 1,047,379 | |
MeetMe, Inc. (a) | | | 13,581 | | | | 66,955 | |
Quotient Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 21,996 | | | | 236,457 | |
TrueCar, Inc. (a) | | | 18,734 | | | | 234,175 | |
Zendesk, Inc. (a) | | | 27,471 | | | | 582,385 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,599,483 | |
Leisure Time — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
Acushnet Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 7,695 | | | | 151,668 | |
American Outdoor Brands Corp. (a) | | | 18,560 | | | | 391,245 | |
Callaway Golf Co. | | | 32,081 | | | | 351,608 | |
Churchill Downs, Inc. | | | 4,685 | | | | 704,858 | |
ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. | | | 22,034 | | | | 316,188 | |
Escalade, Inc. | | | 3,599 | | | | 47,507 | |
ILG, Inc. | | | 39,287 | | | | 713,845 | |
International Speedway Corp., Class A | | | 8,613 | | | | 316,958 | |
Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A | | | 1,557 | | | | 61,797 | |
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Series A (a) | | | 24,759 | | | | 372,623 | |
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 4,879 | | | | 46,107 | |
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. | | | 7,763 | | | | 658,690 | |
Nautilus, Inc. (a) | | | 11,292 | | | | 208,902 | |
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A | | | 8,960 | | | | 180,096 | |
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. | | | 22,618 | | | | 428,159 | |
Speedway Motorsports, Inc. | | | 3,839 | | | | 83,191 | |
Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. | | | 6,284 | | | | 331,167 | |
Travelport Worldwide Ltd. | | | 41,291 | | | | 582,203 | |
West Marine, Inc. (a) | | | 6,251 | | | | 65,448 | |
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| | | | | | | 6,012,260 | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
WaVe Life Sciences Ltd. (a) | | | 2,433 | | | | 63,623 | |
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Luxury Items — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Movado Group, Inc. | | | 5,071 | | | $ | 145,791 | |
Machinery: Agricultural — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Alamo Group, Inc. | | | 3,261 | | | | 248,162 | |
Lindsay Corp. | | | 3,609 | | | | 269,268 | |
Titan International, Inc. | | | 14,510 | | | | 162,657 | |
Titan Machinery, Inc. (a) | | | 5,862 | | | | 85,409 | |
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| | | | | | | 765,496 | |
Machinery: Construction & Handling — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Astec Industries, Inc. | | | 6,550 | | | | 441,863 | |
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | | | 7,879 | | | | 265,128 | |
NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A | | | 1,240 | | | | 112,282 | |
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| | | | | | | 819,273 | |
Machinery: Engines — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Briggs & Stratton Corp. | | | 14,398 | | | | 320,499 | |
Machinery: Industrial — 1.5% | | | | | | | | |
Actuant Corp., Class A | | | 20,654 | | | | 535,971 | |
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. | | | 8,615 | | | | 317,894 | |
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | | | 12,530 | | | | 744,282 | |
Chart Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 10,397 | | | | 374,500 | |
Columbus McKinnon Corp. | | | 6,720 | | | | 181,709 | |
DXP Enterprises, Inc. (a) | | | 5,335 | | | | 185,338 | |
EnPro Industries, Inc. | | | 7,290 | | | | 491,054 | |
ExOne Co. (a)(b) | | | 3,344 | | | | 31,233 | |
Gencor Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 2,098 | | | | 32,939 | |
Graham Corp. | | | 3,072 | | | | 68,045 | |
Hardinge, Inc. | | | 4,240 | | | | 46,979 | |
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. | | | 3,273 | | | | 208,719 | |
John Bean Technologies Corp. | | | 9,992 | | | | 858,812 | |
Joy Global, Inc. | | | 33,784 | | | | 945,952 | |
Kadant, Inc. | | | 3,711 | | | | 227,113 | |
Kennametal, Inc. | | | 27,284 | | | | 852,898 | |
Manitowoc Co., Inc. (a) | | | 43,701 | | | | 261,332 | |
Milacron Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 4,987 | | | | 92,908 | |
MTS Systems Corp. | | | 5,737 | | | | 325,288 | |
Omega Flex, Inc. | | | 1,029 | | | | 57,377 | |
Proto Labs, Inc. (a) | | | 8,352 | | | | 428,875 | |
SPX Corp. (a) | | | 15,767 | | | | 373,993 | |
SPX FLOW, Inc. (a) | | | 11,727 | | | | 375,968 | |
Supreme Industries, Inc., Class A | | | 4,316 | | | | 67,761 | |
Tennant Co. | | | 5,932 | | | | 422,358 | |
Woodward, Inc. | | | 18,034 | | | | 1,245,248 | |
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| | | | | | | 9,754,546 | |
Machinery: Specialty — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Albany International Corp., Class A | | | 9,731 | | | | 450,545 | |
Hurco Cos., Inc. | | | 2,129 | | | | 70,470 | |
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| | | | | | | 521,015 | |
Manufactured Housing — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Cavco Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 2,885 | | | | 288,067 | |
Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies — 2.0% | | | | | | | | |
American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 2,980 | | | | 63,414 | |
AngioDynamics, Inc. (a) | | | 8,889 | | | | 149,957 | |
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,893 | | | | 239,561 | |
AtriCure, Inc. (a) | | | 10,331 | | | | 202,178 | |
Atrion Corp. | | | 447 | | | | 226,718 | |
Avinger, Inc. (a) | | | 7,088 | | | | 26,226 | |
AxoGen, Inc. (a) | | | 8,280 | | | | 74,520 | |
Cantel Medical Corp. | | | 12,353 | | | | 972,799 | |
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 10,922 | | | | 264,422 | |
Cerus Corp. (a) | | | 33,315 | | | | 144,920 | |
Community Health Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 38,086 | | | | 212,901 | |
CONMED Corp. | | | 9,374 | | | | 414,050 | |
Cotiviti Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 4,232 | | | | 145,581 | |
CryoLife, Inc. | | | 10,337 | | | | 197,954 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Cutera, Inc. (a) | | | 3,811 | | | $ | 66,121 | |
Endologix, Inc. (a) | | | 26,470 | | | | 151,408 | |
Entellus Medical, Inc. (a) | | | 2,684 | | | | 50,915 | |
Exactech, Inc. (a) | | | 3,386 | | | | 92,438 | |
Halyard Health, Inc. (a) | | | 15,872 | | | | 586,947 | |
ICU Medical, Inc. (a) | | | 5,108 | | | | 752,664 | |
Insulet Corp. (a) | | | 20,558 | | | | 774,625 | |
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 10,446 | | | | 896,162 | |
Intersect ENT, Inc. (a) | | | 8,468 | | | | 102,463 | |
Invacare Corp. | | | 10,430 | | | | 136,112 | |
InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (a)(b) | | | 10,661 | | | | 44,776 | |
IRIDEX Corp. (a) | | | 2,518 | | | | 35,403 | |
K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 8,443 | | | | 169,198 | |
Landauer, Inc. | | | 3,189 | | | | 153,391 | |
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | | | 4,323 | | | | 109,545 | |
Meridian Bioscience, Inc. | | | 14,392 | | | | 254,738 | |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 14,672 | | | | 388,808 | |
NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 5,464 | | | | 121,847 | |
Neogen Corp. (a) | | | 12,971 | | | | 856,086 | |
NuVasive, Inc. (a) | | | 17,208 | | | | 1,159,131 | |
Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 5,922 | | | | 49,567 | |
OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 17,848 | | | | 156,705 | |
Orthofix International NV (a) | | | 6,027 | | | | 218,057 | |
Owens & Minor, Inc. | | | 22,515 | | | | 794,554 | |
Quidel Corp. (a) | | | 8,843 | | | | 189,417 | |
Quorum Health Corp. (a) | | | 9,733 | | | | 70,759 | |
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (a) | | | 3,830 | | | | 7,545 | |
Senseonics Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 8,663 | | | | 23,130 | |
Staar Surgical Co. (a) | | | 13,202 | | | | 143,242 | |
SurModics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,318 | | | | 109,677 | |
TransEnterix, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 21,069 | | | | 27,390 | |
Utah Medical Products, Inc. | | | 1,146 | | | | 83,372 | |
Vascular Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 5,761 | | | | 323,192 | |
ViewRay, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 2,026 | | | | 6,341 | |
Wright Medical Group NV (a) | | | 36,580 | | | | 840,608 | |
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| | | | | | | 13,281,535 | |
Medical Equipment — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
Abaxis, Inc. | | | 7,497 | | | | 395,617 | |
Accuray, Inc. (a) | | | 26,285 | | | | 120,911 | |
Analogic Corp. | | | 4,246 | | | | 352,206 | |
ConforMIS, Inc. (a) | | | 12,595 | | | | 102,019 | |
Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 14,191 | | | | 9,911 | |
Cynosure, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 8,063 | | | | 367,673 | |
Fluidigm Corp. (a) | | | 9,529 | | | | 69,371 | |
Glaukos Corp. (a) | | | 6,319 | | | | 216,742 | |
Haemonetics Corp. (a) | | | 18,069 | | | | 726,374 | |
iRadimed Corp. (a) | | | 1,212 | | | | 13,453 | |
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 2,584 | | | | 77,520 | |
Luminex Corp. (a) | | | 13,615 | | | | 275,431 | |
Masimo Corp. (a) | | | 14,173 | | | | 955,260 | |
Natus Medical, Inc. (a) | | | 11,053 | | | | 384,644 | |
Nevro Corp. (a) | | | 8,358 | | | | 607,292 | |
NxStage Medical, Inc. (a) | | | 21,603 | | | | 566,215 | |
Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 2,089 | | | | 18,488 | |
Oxford Immunotec Global PLC (a) | | | 7,498 | | | | 112,095 | |
Spectranetics Corp. (a) | | | 14,567 | | | | 356,891 | |
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 1,621 | | | | 26,601 | |
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a) | | | 6,602 | | | | 14,194 | |
Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. (a) | | | 12,015 | | | | 522,893 | |
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| | | | | | | 6,291,801 | |
Medical Services — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 2,014 | | | | 23,302 | |
PAREXEL International Corp. (a) | | | 18,154 | | | | 1,193,081 | |
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Metal Fabricating — 0.8% | | | | | | | | |
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | | | 11,924 | | | $ | 245,634 | |
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. | | | 2,898 | | | | 48,542 | |
DMC Global, Inc. | | | 4,513 | | | | 71,531 | |
Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc. | | | 7,326 | | | | 251,282 | |
Haynes International, Inc. | | | 4,071 | | | | 175,012 | |
Lawson Products, Inc. (a) | | | 1,881 | | | | 44,768 | |
MRC Global, Inc. (a) | | | 31,727 | | | | 642,789 | |
Mueller Industries, Inc. | | | 19,961 | | | | 797,642 | |
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Series A | | | 53,794 | | | | 715,998 | |
NN, Inc. | | | 8,629 | | | | 164,383 | |
RBC Bearings, Inc. (a) | | | 7,890 | | | | 732,271 | |
Rexnord Corp. (a) | | | 29,321 | | | | 574,398 | |
Worthington Industries, Inc. | | | 15,519 | | | | 736,221 | |
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| | | | | | | 5,200,471 | |
Metals & Minerals: Diversified — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. (a) | | | 76,272 | | | | 641,448 | |
Commercial Metals Co. | | | 39,872 | | | | 868,412 | |
Ferroglobe PLC | | | 47,704 | | | | 267,133 | |
Hecla Mining Co. | | | 132,748 | | | | 695,599 | |
Materion Corp. | | | 6,858 | | | | 271,577 | |
Minerals Technologies, Inc. | | | 11,986 | | | | 925,918 | |
Oil-Dri Corp. of America | | | 1,622 | | | | 61,977 | |
Ring Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 14,300 | | | | 185,757 | |
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 22,218 | | | | 251,952 | |
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. | | | 25,470 | | | | 1,443,640 | |
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. | | | 648 | | | | 49,086 | |
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| | | | | | | 5,662,499 | |
Office Supplies & Equipment — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
ACCO Brands Corp. (a) | | | 35,971 | | | | 469,422 | |
Eastman Kodak Co. (a) | | | 5,712 | | | | 88,536 | |
Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (a) | | | 16,625 | | | | 729,173 | |
Essendant, Inc. | | | 12,813 | | | | 267,792 | |
Herman Miller, Inc. | | | 20,920 | | | | 715,464 | |
HNI Corp. | | | 15,674 | | | | 876,490 | |
Kimball International, Inc., Class B | | | 12,145 | | | | 213,266 | |
Knoll, Inc. | | | 16,293 | | | | 455,063 | |
Steelcase, Inc., Class A | | | 29,189 | | | | 522,483 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,337,689 | |
Offshore Drilling & Other Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. | | | 21,032 | | | | 276,150 | |
Seadrill Ltd. (a)(b) | | | 128,450 | | | | 438,015 | |
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| | | | | | | 714,165 | |
Oil Well Equipment & Services — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Dawson Geophysical Co. (a) | | | 6,925 | | | | 55,677 | |
Fairmount Santrol Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 30,801 | | | | 363,144 | |
Flotek Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 17,909 | | | | 168,165 | |
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 20,296 | | | | 446,512 | |
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a) | | | 38,228 | | | | 337,171 | |
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (a) | | | 9,405 | | | | 67,904 | |
Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (a) | | | 10,591 | | | | 70,960 | |
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. (a) | | | 2,902 | | | | 44,110 | |
Matrix Service Co. (a) | | | 10,665 | | | | 242,095 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | | | 81,768 | | | | 604,266 | |
Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (a) | | | 3,991 | | | | 128,311 | |
Newpark Resources, Inc. (a) | | | 27,184 | | | | 203,880 | |
Oil States International, Inc. (a) | | | 18,437 | | | | 719,043 | |
Parker Drilling Co. (a) | | | 39,751 | | | | 103,353 | |
RigNet, Inc. (a) | | | 4,052 | | | | 93,804 | |
SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 5,410 | | | | 385,625 | |
Smart Sand, Inc. (a) | | | 4,316 | | | | 71,430 | |
Tesco Corp. | | | 15,112 | | | | 124,674 | |
TETRA Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 29,667 | | | | 148,928 | |
Willbros Group, Inc. (a) | | | 16,055 | | | | 52,018 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,431,070 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Archrock, Inc. | | | 23,640 | | | $ | 312,048 | |
Ardmore Shipping Corp. | | | 9,092 | | | | 67,281 | |
CARBO Ceramics, Inc. (a) | | | 7,882 | | | | 82,446 | |
DHT Holdings, Inc. | | | 30,474 | | | | 126,162 | |
Dorian LPG Ltd. (a) | | | 7,639 | | | | 62,716 | |
EXCO Resources, Inc. (a) | | | 44,510 | | | | 38,888 | |
Exterran Corp. (a) | | | 10,954 | | | | 261,800 | |
Frontline Ltd. | | | 21,315 | | | | 151,550 | |
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp. | | | 27,958 | | | | 47,529 | |
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (a) | | | 9,442 | | | | 89,699 | |
Plug Power, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 60,153 | | | | 72,184 | |
RSP Permian, Inc. (a) | | | 33,634 | | | | 1,500,749 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,813,052 | |
Oil: Crude Producers — 1.3% | | | | | | | | |
Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (a) | | | 40,565 | | | | 104,252 | |
Bill Barrett Corp. (a) | | | 15,726 | | | | 109,925 | |
California Resources Corp. (a)(b) | | | 11,760 | | | | 250,370 | |
Callon Petroleum Co. (a) | | | 50,307 | | | | 773,218 | |
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a) | | | 21,768 | | | | 813,035 | |
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 2,058 | | | | 245,437 | |
Contango Oil & Gas Co. (a) | | | 7,317 | | | | 68,341 | |
CVR Energy, Inc. | | | 5,230 | | | | 132,790 | |
Denbury Resources, Inc. (a) | | | 119,173 | | | | 438,557 | |
Earthstone Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 280 | | | | 3,847 | |
Eclipse Resources Corp. (a) | | | 18,737 | | | | 50,028 | |
Erin Energy Corp. (a)(b) | | | 3,671 | | | | 11,196 | |
Evolution Petroleum Corp. | | | 8,985 | | | | 89,850 | |
Isramco, Inc. (a) | | | 229 | | | | 28,465 | |
Jones Energy, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 18,965 | | | | 94,825 | |
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (a) | | | 16,222 | | | | 44,610 | |
Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a) | | | 80,531 | | | | 1,219,239 | |
ONE Gas, Inc. | | | 17,756 | | | | 1,135,674 | |
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., Class A | | | 13,547 | | | | 51,885 | |
Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc., Class A | | | 5,092 | | | | 119,917 | |
PDC Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 19,228 | | | | 1,395,568 | |
Sanchez Energy Corp. (a) | | | 18,635 | | | | 168,274 | |
Synergy Resources Corp. (a) | | | 62,903 | | | | 560,466 | |
Unit Corp. (a) | | | 17,162 | | | | 461,143 | |
W&T Offshore, Inc. (a) | | | 9,465 | | | | 26,218 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8,397,130 | |
Oil: Refining & Marketing — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. | | | 562 | | | | 22,283 | |
Alon USA Energy, Inc. | | | 10,418 | | | | 118,557 | |
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a) | | | 33,568 | | | | 96,004 | |
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc. | | | 20,949 | | | | 504,242 | |
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 10,177 | | | | 147,974 | |
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a) | | | 12,671 | | | | 122,909 | |
Trecora Resources (a) | | | 6,709 | | | | 92,920 | |
Western Refining, Inc. | | | 27,996 | | | | 1,059,649 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,164,538 | |
Paints & Coatings — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Chase Corp. | | | 2,660 | | | | 222,243 | |
Ferro Corp. (a) | | | 28,318 | | | | 405,797 | |
HB Fuller Co. | | | 17,431 | | | | 842,092 | |
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | | | 6,875 | | | | 82,087 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,552,219 | |
Paper — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Clearwater Paper Corp. (a) | | | 5,747 | | | | 376,716 | |
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. | | | 30,332 | | | | 668,820 | |
Neenah Paper, Inc. | | | 5,789 | | | | 493,223 | |
PH Glatfelter Co. | | | 14,765 | | | | 352,736 | |
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. | | | 10,260 | | | | 467,138 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,358,633 | |
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Personal Care — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Lifevantage Corp. (a) | | | 4,334 | | | $ | 35,322 | |
Orchids Paper Products Co. | | | 2,936 | | | | 76,864 | |
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a) | | | 3,629 | | | | 222,095 | |
WD-40 Co. | | | 4,753 | | | | 555,626 | |
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| | | | | | | 889,907 | |
Pharmaceuticals — 1.9% | | | | | | | | |
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 10,893 | | | | 28,322 | |
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 38,585 | | | | 159,356 | |
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 3,917 | | | | 106,307 | |
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 5,557 | | | | 93,913 | |
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 9,784 | | | | 370,324 | |
Agile Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,444 | | | | 25,331 | |
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 12,299 | | | | 226,548 | |
Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 12,123 | | | | 10,913 | |
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 10,979 | | | | 78,829 | |
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 19,637 | | | | 30,437 | |
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,526 | | | | 23,801 | |
Biospecifics Technologies Corp. (a) | | | 1,816 | | | | 101,151 | |
Cambrex Corp. (a) | | | 11,419 | | | | 616,055 | |
Cempra, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 14,762 | | | | 41,334 | |
Chimerix, Inc. (a) | | | 13,640 | | | | 62,744 | |
ChromaDex Corp. (a) | | | 8,281 | | | | 27,410 | |
Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 5,645 | | | | 58,087 | |
Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 24,500 | | | | 177,870 | |
Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 869 | | | | 12,427 | |
Depomed, Inc. (a) | | | 20,680 | | | | 372,654 | |
Durect Corp. (a) | | | 42,874 | | | | 57,451 | |
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 3,069 | | | | 243,494 | |
Egalet Corp. (a)(b) | | | 7,464 | | | | 57,100 | |
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 5,174 | | | | 173,329 | |
Endocyte, Inc. (a) | | | 13,580 | | | | 34,629 | |
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,555 | | | | 57,029 | |
Heska Corp. (a) | | | 1,976 | | | | 141,482 | |
Horizon Pharma PLC (a) | | | 57,760 | | | | 934,557 | |
Immune Design Corp. (a) | | | 4,834 | | | | 26,587 | |
Impax Laboratories, Inc. (a) | | | 25,100 | | | | 332,575 | |
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 15,613 | | | | 21,078 | |
Innoviva, Inc. (a) | | | 27,678 | | | | 296,155 | |
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp. (a) | | | 5,954 | | | | 36,319 | |
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a) | | | 11,313 | | | | 170,713 | |
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 43,777 | | | | 669,350 | |
Kite Pharma, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 13,277 | | | | 595,341 | |
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. (a) | | | 4,499 | | | | 78,867 | |
Lannett Co., Inc. (a)(b) | | | 9,621 | | | | 212,143 | |
Lipocine, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 4,616 | | | | 16,987 | |
Medicines Co. (a) | | | 24,130 | | | | 818,972 | |
MyoKardia, Inc. (a) | | | 4,716 | | | | 61,072 | |
Otonomy, Inc. (a) | | | 7,920 | | | | 125,928 | |
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 12,392 | | | | 400,262 | |
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 6,071 | | | | 93,493 | |
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 16,879 | | | | 378,765 | |
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 18,256 | | | | 951,138 | |
Radius Health, Inc. (a) | | | 10,697 | | | | 406,807 | |
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 1,898 | | | | 41,433 | |
Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 6,774 | | | | 140,222 | |
Sciclone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 16,513 | | | | 178,340 | |
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 25,700 | | | | 113,851 | |
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 15,974 | | | | 403,344 | |
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 1,279 | | | | 9,170 | |
Teligent, Inc. (a) | | | 13,803 | | | | 91,238 | |
TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 11,718 | | | | 54,489 | |
TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 51,352 | | | | 296,301 | |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a) | | | 13,610 | | | | 433,887 | |
Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 6,079 | | | | 24,316 | |
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a) | | | 12,898 | | | | 906,858 | |
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,083 | | | | 52,017 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Pharmaceuticals (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Zafgen, Inc. (a) | | | 6,536 | | | $ | 20,784 | |
Zogenix, Inc. (a) | | | 7,997 | | | | 97,164 | |
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| | | | | | | 12,878,850 | |
Photography — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
GoPro, Inc., Class A (a)(b) | | | 34,328 | | | | 298,997 | |
Plastics — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
A. Schulman, Inc. | | | 9,822 | | | | 328,546 | |
Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 7,278 | | | | 118,268 | |
Trinseo SA | | | 9,435 | | | | 559,495 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,006,309 | |
Power Transmission Equipment — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 13,641 | | | | 746,845 | |
Generac Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 22,418 | | | | 913,309 | |
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 10,738 | | | | 54,979 | |
Powell Industries, Inc. | | | 2,926 | | | | 114,114 | |
Vicor Corp. (a) | | | 5,494 | | | | 82,959 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,912,206 | |
Precious Metals & Minerals — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater Mining Co. (a) | | | 42,747 | | | | 688,654 | |
Printing & Copying Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 12,728 | | | | 157,955 | |
Cimpress NV (a) | | | 8,684 | | | | 795,541 | |
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| | | | | | | 953,496 | |
Producer Durables: Miscellaneous — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. (a) | | | 7,497 | | | | 166,583 | |
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. | | | 2,759 | | | | 117,534 | |
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| | | | | | | 284,117 | |
Production Technology Equipment — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 9,547 | | | | 138,909 | |
Brooks Automation, Inc. | | | 23,127 | | | | 394,778 | |
Cohu, Inc. | | | 8,643 | | | | 120,138 | |
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 9,057 | | | | 53,617 | |
Entegris, Inc. (a) | | | 49,132 | | | | 879,463 | |
MKS Instruments, Inc. | | | 18,305 | | | | 1,087,317 | |
Nanometrics, Inc. (a) | | | 9,412 | | | | 235,865 | |
Photronics, Inc. (a) | | | 22,524 | | | | 254,521 | |
Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 11,288 | | | | 263,575 | |
Tessera Holding Corp. | | | 17,077 | | | | 754,803 | |
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 10,472 | | | | 101,578 | |
Ultratech, Inc. (a) | | | 7,075 | | | | 169,659 | |
Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a) | | | 13,503 | | | | 393,612 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,847,835 | |
Publishing — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Daily Journal Corp. (a) | | | 360 | | | | 87,048 | |
Eros International PLC (a)(b) | | | 9,675 | | | | 126,259 | |
Media General, Inc. (a) | | | 38,170 | | | | 718,741 | |
Meredith Corp. | | | 12,573 | | | | 743,693 | |
New Media Investment Group, Inc. | | | 15,671 | | | | 250,579 | |
New York Times Co., Class A | | | 44,126 | | | | 586,876 | |
Scholastic Corp. | | | 9,276 | | | | 440,517 | |
Time, Inc. | | | 34,848 | | | | 622,037 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,575,750 | |
Radio & TV Broadcasters — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Class A (a) | | | 23,953 | | | | 61,080 | |
Entercom Communications Corp., Class A | | | 8,576 | | | | 131,213 | |
Entravision Communications Corp., Class A | | | 21,454 | | | | 150,178 | |
Formula One Group, Class A (a) | | | 7,925 | | | | 248,449 | |
Formula One Group, Class C (a) | | | 15,556 | | | | 487,370 | |
Gannett Co., Inc. | | | 40,149 | | | | 389,847 | |
Gray Television, Inc. (a) | | | 22,298 | | | | 241,933 | |
Liberty Braves Group, Class A (a) | | | 3,275 | | | | 67,105 | |
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Liberty Braves Group, Class C (a) | | | 10,373 | | | $ | 213,580 | |
MSG Networks, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 20,262 | | | | 435,633 | |
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Class A | | | 10,438 | | | | 660,725 | |
Radio One, Inc., Class D (a) | | | 6,576 | | | | 19,070 | |
Saga Communications, Inc., Class A | | | 1,177 | | | | 59,203 | |
Salem Media Group, Inc., Class A | | | 2,902 | | | | 18,138 | |
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A | | | 23,101 | | | | 770,418 | |
Townsquare Media, Inc. (a) | | | 3,245 | | | | 33,780 | |
TRONC, Inc. | | | 8,793 | | | | 121,959 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,109,681 | |
Railroad Equipment — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
American Railcar Industries, Inc. | | | 2,575 | | | | 116,622 | |
FreightCar America, Inc. | | | 4,000 | | | | 59,720 | |
Greenbrier Cos., Inc. | | | 9,179 | | | | 381,387 | |
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| | | | | | | 557,729 | |
Real Estate — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
AV Homes, Inc. (a) | | | 4,186 | | | | 66,139 | |
Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. | | | 1,365 | | | | 72,918 | |
Forestar Group, Inc. (a) | | | 11,262 | | | | 149,785 | |
HFF, Inc., Class A | | | 12,244 | | | | 370,381 | |
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | | | 29,038 | | | | 595,279 | |
RMR Group, Inc., Class A | | | 2,368 | | | | 93,536 | |
St. Joe Co. (a) | | | 16,500 | | | | 313,500 | |
Stratus Properties, Inc. (a) | | | 2,165 | | | | 70,904 | |
Tejon Ranch Co. (a) | | | 4,623 | | | | 117,563 | |
Trinity Place Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 6,302 | | | | 58,419 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,908,424 | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 8.1% | | | | | | | | |
Acadia Realty Trust | | | 27,650 | | | | 903,602 | |
AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. | | | 9,274 | | | | 158,678 | |
Agree Realty Corp. | | | 8,636 | | | | 397,688 | |
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. | | | 16,513 | | | | 740,938 | |
Alexander’s, Inc. | | | 739 | | | | 315,457 | |
Altisource Residential Corp. | | | 17,454 | | | | 192,692 | |
American Assets Trust, Inc. | | | 14,266 | | | | 614,579 | |
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. | | | 30,717 | | | | 158,807 | |
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. | | | 24,830 | | | | 412,675 | |
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. | | | 9,493 | | | | 130,339 | |
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. | | | 11,384 | | | | 165,865 | |
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. | | | 12,755 | | | | 276,656 | |
Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. | | | 7,928 | | | | 108,217 | |
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. | | | 26,296 | | | | 204,057 | |
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. | | | 6,705 | | | | 91,993 | |
Capstead Mortgage Corp. | | | 33,400 | | | | 340,346 | |
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | | | 22,429 | | | | 343,612 | |
Catchmark Timber Trust, Inc., Class A | | | 13,045 | | | | 146,887 | |
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | | | 59,726 | | | | 686,849 | |
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 27,882 | | | | 182,069 | |
Chatham Lodging Trust | | | 12,574 | | | | 258,396 | |
Chesapeake Lodging Trust | | | 20,381 | | | | 527,053 | |
City Office REIT, Inc. | | | 7,341 | | | | 96,681 | |
Colony Capital, Inc., Class A | | | 37,911 | | | | 767,698 | |
Colony Starwood Homes | | | 23,081 | | | | 664,964 | |
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. | | | 4,381 | | | | 100,894 | |
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. | | | 4,017 | | | | 140,113 | |
Coresite Realty Corp. | | | 11,517 | | | | 914,104 | |
Cousins Properties, Inc. | | | 117,402 | | | | 999,091 | |
CYS Investments, Inc. | | | 52,536 | | | | 406,103 | |
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | | | 71,461 | | | | 823,945 | |
DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. | | | 25,492 | | | | 1,119,864 | |
Dynex Capital, Inc. | | | 15,567 | | | | 106,167 | |
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | | | 11,730 | | | | 234,835 | |
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | | | 10,385 | | | | 766,828 | |
Education Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 25,139 | | | | 1,063,380 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Farmland Partners, Inc. (b) | | | 6,283 | | | $ | 70,118 | |
FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. | | | 46,878 | | | | 375,493 | |
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 40,494 | | | | 1,135,857 | |
First Potomac Realty Trust | | | 19,581 | | | | 214,804 | |
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | | | 11,641 | | | | 238,873 | |
Franklin Street Properties Corp. | | | 35,976 | | | | 466,249 | |
Geo Group, Inc. | | | 25,698 | | | | 923,329 | |
Getty Realty Corp. | | | 9,350 | | | | 238,331 | |
Gladstone Commercial Corp. | | | 9,046 | | | | 181,825 | |
Global Medical REIT, Inc. | | | 5,648 | | | | 50,380 | |
Global Net Lease, Inc. | | | 58,696 | | | | 459,590 | |
Government Properties Income Trust | | | 17,876 | | | | 340,806 | |
Gramercy Property Trust | | | 148,115 | | | | 1,359,696 | |
Great Ajax Corp. | | | 5,343 | | | | 70,902 | |
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 39,017 | | | | 1,182,995 | |
Hersha Hospitality Trust | | | 14,468 | | | | 311,062 | |
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. | | | 36,678 | | | | 1,275,661 | |
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 20,718 | | | | 184,805 | |
InfraREIT, Inc. | | | 14,187 | | | | 254,089 | |
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. | | | 40,146 | | | | 586,132 | |
Investors Real Estate Trust | | | 42,185 | | | | 300,779 | |
iStar, Inc. (a) | | | 23,954 | | | | 296,311 | |
Kite Realty Group Trust | | | 28,258 | | | | 663,498 | |
LaSalle Hotel Properties | | | 36,876 | | | | 1,123,612 | |
Lexington Realty Trust | | | 80,998 | | | | 874,778 | |
LTC Properties, Inc. | | | 13,440 | | | | 631,411 | |
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. | | | 32,213 | | | | 934,821 | |
MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 7,805 | | | | 86,635 | |
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | | | 100,870 | | | | 1,240,701 | |
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. | | | 23,128 | | | | 352,471 | |
Monogram Residential Trust, Inc. | | | 57,508 | | | | 622,237 | |
MTGE Investment Corp. | | | 15,275 | | | | 239,817 | |
National Health Investors, Inc. | | | 12,801 | | | | 949,450 | |
National Storage Affiliates Trust | | | 11,717 | | | | 258,594 | |
New Residential Investment Corp. | | | 83,512 | | | | 1,312,809 | |
New Senior Investment Group, Inc. | | | 26,510 | | | | 259,533 | |
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. | | | 37,147 | | | | 245,170 | |
New York REIT, Inc. | | | 56,647 | | | | 573,268 | |
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. | | | 6,048 | | | | 135,112 | |
NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. | | | 18,797 | | | | 236,278 | |
One Liberty Properties, Inc. | | | 4,637 | | | | 116,481 | |
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. | | | 8,473 | | | | 91,763 | |
Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. | | | 3,428 | | | | 63,487 | |
Parkway, Inc. (a) | | | 14,780 | | | | 328,855 | |
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | | | 25,635 | | | | 762,641 | |
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust | | | 23,015 | | | | 436,364 | |
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (c) | | | 22,641 | | | | 370,633 | |
Physicians Realty Trust | | | 47,948 | | | | 909,094 | |
Potlatch Corp. | | | 13,910 | | | | 579,351 | |
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Class A | | | 9,271 | | | | 138,231 | |
PS Business Parks, Inc. | | | 6,777 | | | | 789,656 | |
QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | | | 16,552 | | | | 821,807 | |
RAIT Financial Trust | | | 22,437 | | | | 75,388 | |
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust | | | 27,192 | | | | 450,843 | |
Redwood Trust, Inc. | | | 26,313 | | | | 400,221 | |
Resource Capital Corp. | | | 10,203 | | | | 84,991 | |
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. | | | 36,246 | | | | 765,878 | |
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | | | 22,488 | | | | 521,497 | |
RLJ Lodging Trust | | | 42,848 | | | | 1,049,347 | |
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | | | 22,046 | | | | 538,363 | |
Saul Centers, Inc. | | | 3,414 | | | | 227,406 | |
Select Income REIT | | | 21,761 | | | | 548,377 | |
Seritage Growth Properties, Class A (b) | | | 8,156 | | | | 348,343 | |
Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. | | | 11,211 | | | | 192,157 | |
STAG Industrial, Inc. | | | 26,005 | | | | 620,739 | |
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | | | 28,625 | | | | 458,859 | |
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | | | 74,824 | | | | 1,141,066 | |
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Terreno Realty Corp. | | | 15,743 | | | $ | 448,518 | |
Tier REIT, Inc. | | | 15,947 | | | | 277,318 | |
UMH Properties, Inc. | | | 8,478 | | | | 127,594 | |
Universal Health Realty Income Trust | | | 2,701 | | | | 177,159 | |
Urban Edge Properties | | | 30,245 | | | | 832,040 | |
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A | | | 6,772 | | | | 163,273 | |
Walter Investment Management Corp. (a)(b) | | | 5,571 | | | | 26,462 | |
Washington Prime Group, Inc. | | | 68,041 | | | | 708,307 | |
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust | | | 26,155 | | | | 855,007 | |
Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. | | | 13,498 | | | | 135,925 | |
Whitestone REIT | | | 10,270 | | | | 147,683 | |
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 35,456 | | | | 688,555 | |
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| | | | | | | 54,240,083 | |
Recreational Vehicles & Boats — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Arctic Cat, Inc. | | | 4,473 | | | | 67,184 | |
Camping World Holdings, Inc. | | | 4,188 | | | | 136,487 | |
LCI Industries | | | 8,134 | | | | 876,438 | |
Malibu Boats, Inc. (a) | | | 6,072 | | | | 115,854 | |
Marine Products Corp. | | | 3,962 | | | | 54,953 | |
MCBC Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,293 | | | | 33,432 | |
Winnebago Industries, Inc. | | | 9,170 | | | | 290,231 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,574,579 | |
Rental & Leasing Services: Consumer — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Rent-A-Center, Inc., Class A | | | 16,972 | | | | 190,935 | |
Restaurants — 2.0% | | | | | | | | |
Biglari Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 340 | | | | 160,888 | |
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (a) | | | 8,004 | | | | 314,557 | |
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. | | | 35,509 | | | | 640,227 | |
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. | | | 6,779 | | | | 360,711 | |
Bojangles’, Inc. (a) | | | 3,272 | | | | 61,023 | |
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a) | | | 6,175 | | | | 953,420 | |
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (a) | | | 11,266 | | | | 171,807 | |
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. | | | 15,579 | | | | 932,871 | |
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | | | 6,555 | | | | 1,094,554 | |
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a) | | | 13,110 | | | | 738,093 | |
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. (a) | | | 8,201 | | | | 115,798 | |
Denny’s Corp. (a) | | | 25,987 | | | | 333,413 | |
DineEquity, Inc. | | | 6,183 | | | | 476,091 | |
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 6,798 | | | | 83,615 | |
Ellie Mae, Inc. (a) | | | 11,237 | | | | 940,312 | |
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. (a) | | | 9,160 | | | | 273,426 | |
Fogo De Chao, Inc. (a) | | | 1,664 | | | | 23,878 | |
Habit Restaurants, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 4,521 | | | | 77,987 | |
J Alexander’s Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 4,381 | | | | 47,096 | |
Jack in the Box, Inc. | | | 11,147 | | | | 1,244,451 | |
Jamba, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 4,221 | | | | 43,476 | |
Kona Grill, Inc. (a) | | | 2,435 | | | | 30,559 | |
Luby’s, Inc. (a) | | | 5,241 | | | | 22,432 | |
Nathan’s Famous, Inc. (a) | | | 1,059 | | | | 68,729 | |
Noodles & Co. (a)(b) | | | 3,790 | | | | 15,539 | |
Papa John’s International, Inc. | | | 9,372 | | | | 802,056 | |
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. (a) | | | 7,263 | | | | 439,266 | |
Potbelly Corp. (a) | | | 7,842 | | | | 101,162 | |
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a) | | | 4,480 | | | | 252,672 | |
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (a) | | | 20,067 | | | | 64,816 | |
Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. | | | 12,365 | | | | 226,280 | |
Shake Shack, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 5,868 | | | | 210,016 | |
Sonic Corp. | | | 15,739 | | | | 417,241 | |
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | | | 22,670 | | | | 1,093,601 | |
Wingstop, Inc. | | | 5,192 | | | | 153,631 | |
Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc. (a) | | | 6,282 | | | | 150,705 | |
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| | | | | | | 13,136,399 | |
Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Brady Corp., Class A | | | 15,929 | | | | 598,134 | |
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CIRCOR International, Inc. | | | 5,591 | | | $ | 362,744 | |
Energy Recovery, Inc. (a) | | | 11,244 | | | | 116,375 | |
ESCO Technologies, Inc. | | | 8,607 | | | | 487,587 | |
Gorman-Rupp Co. | | | 5,778 | | | | 178,829 | |
Sun Hydraulics Corp. | | | 7,943 | | | | 317,482 | |
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 10,565 | | | | 201,686 | |
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A | | | 9,652 | | | | 629,310 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,892,147 | |
Scientific Instruments: Electrical — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. | | | 2,225 | | | | 47,593 | |
Atkore International Group, Inc. (a) | | | 4,035 | | | | 96,477 | |
AZZ, Inc. | | | 8,772 | | | | 560,531 | |
EnerSys | | | 14,861 | | | | 1,160,644 | |
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | | | 16,142 | | | | 627,924 | |
Littelfuse, Inc. | | | 7,587 | | | | 1,151,479 | |
Preformed Line Products Co. | | | 866 | | | | 50,332 | |
Taser International, Inc. (a) | | | 17,635 | | | | 427,472 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,122,452 | |
Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Badger Meter, Inc. | | | 9,567 | | | | 353,501 | |
FARO Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 6,546 | | | | 235,656 | |
Itron, Inc. (a) | | | 11,690 | | | | 734,716 | |
Mesa Laboratories, Inc. | | | 977 | | | | 119,927 | |
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (a) | | | 4,022 | | | | 76,016 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,519,816 | |
Scientific Instruments: Pollution Control — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Ceco Environmental Corp. | | | 9,626 | | | | 134,283 | |
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a) | | | 57,532 | | | | 742,738 | |
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (a) | | | 4,350 | | | | 68,295 | |
Team, Inc. (a) | | | 9,853 | | | | 386,730 | |
TRC Cos., Inc. (a) | | | 6,550 | | | | 69,430 | |
U.S. Ecology, Inc. | | | 7,391 | | | | 363,268 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,764,744 | |
Securities Brokerage & Services — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
BGC Partners, Inc., Class A | | | 76,011 | | | | 777,592 | |
Gain Capital Holdings, Inc. | | | 12,505 | | | | 82,283 | |
INTL. FCStone, Inc. (a) | | | 5,278 | | | | 209,009 | |
Investment Technology Group, Inc. | | | 10,047 | | | | 198,328 | |
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc. (a) | | | 34,978 | | | | 85,346 | |
Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A | | | 8,779 | | | | 140,025 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,492,583 | |
Semiconductors & Components — 2.8% | | | | | | | | |
Acacia Communications, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 1,712 | | | | 105,716 | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) | | | 257,681 | | | | 2,922,103 | |
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a) | | | 5,915 | | | | 125,812 | |
Amkor Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 33,850 | | | | 357,118 | |
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a) | | | 29,607 | | | | 244,258 | |
Cavium, Inc. (a) | | | 22,336 | | | | 1,394,660 | |
CEVA, Inc. (a) | | | 6,871 | | | | 230,522 | |
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a) | | | 21,373 | | | | 1,208,429 | |
Diodes, Inc. (a) | | | 12,990 | | | | 333,453 | |
DSP Group, Inc. (a) | | | 6,999 | | | | 91,337 | |
Emcore Corp. | | | 8,298 | | | | 72,193 | |
Exar Corp. (a) | | | 14,185 | | | | 152,914 | |
FormFactor, Inc. (a) | | | 23,485 | | | | 263,032 | |
GigPeak, Inc. (a) | | | 18,816 | | | | 47,416 | |
Inphi Corp. (a) | | | 13,991 | | | | 624,278 | |
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 46,522 | | | | 1,096,058 | |
Intersil Corp., Class A | | | 46,030 | | | | 1,026,469 | |
IXYS Corp. | | | 8,052 | | | | 95,819 | |
Kopin Corp. (a) | | | 20,545 | | | | 58,348 | |
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a) | | | 40,952 | | | | 301,407 | |
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 7,894 | | | | 365,334 | |
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MaxLinear, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 18,929 | | | $ | 412,652 | |
Microsemi Corp. (a) | | | 38,950 | | | | 2,102,132 | |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | | 13,303 | | | | 1,089,915 | |
Power Integrations, Inc. | | | 9,591 | | | | 650,749 | |
Rambus, Inc. (a) | | | 36,840 | | | | 507,287 | |
Semtech Corp. (a) | | | 22,726 | | | | 717,005 | |
Sigma Designs, Inc. (a) | | | 11,772 | | | | 70,632 | |
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a) | | | 14,316 | | | | 930,540 | |
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. | | | 47,683 | | | | 772,465 | |
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| | | | | | | 18,370,053 | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Ambarella, Inc. (a) | | | 11,126 | | | | 602,250 | |
Xcerra Corp. (a) | | | 17,414 | | | | 133,043 | |
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| | | | | | | 735,293 | |
Shipping — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
GasLog Ltd. | | | 13,475 | | | | 216,948 | |
Gener8 Maritime, Inc. (a) | | | 13,182 | | | | 59,055 | |
Golar LNG Ltd. | | | 33,628 | | | | 771,426 | |
International Seaways, Inc. (a) | | | 5,814 | | | | 81,629 | |
Matson, Inc. | | | 14,601 | | | | 516,729 | |
Nordic American Tankers Ltd. | | | 33,416 | | | | 280,694 | |
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. | | | 56,088 | | | | 254,079 | |
Ship Finance International Ltd. | | | 21,824 | | | | 324,086 | |
Teekay Corp. | | | 16,219 | | | | 130,239 | |
Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A | | | 38,877 | | | | 87,862 | |
Tidewater, Inc. | | | 17,312 | | | | 59,034 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,781,781 | |
Software — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Actua Corp. (a) | | | 11,742 | | | | 164,388 | |
Castlight Health, Inc., Class B (a) | | | 12,975 | | | | 64,226 | |
Five9, Inc. (a) | | | 10,756 | | | | 152,628 | |
Gigamon, Inc. (a) | | | 10,982 | | | | 500,230 | |
Globant SA (a) | | | 8,756 | | | | 292,013 | |
Instructure, Inc. (a) | | | 3,489 | | | | 68,210 | |
MobileIron, Inc. (a) | | | 14,122 | | | | 52,957 | |
Model N, Inc. (a) | | | 7,511 | | | | 66,472 | |
Park City Group, Inc. (a) | | | 4,300 | | | | 54,610 | |
Paycom Software, Inc. (a) | | | 15,322 | | | | 696,998 | |
pdvWireless, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 3,396 | | | | 76,580 | |
Qualys, Inc. (a) | | | 9,304 | | | | 294,471 | |
Rubicon Project, Inc. (a) | | | 12,297 | | | | 91,244 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,575,027 | |
Specialty Retail — 2.6% | | | | | | | | |
1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 8,661 | | | | 92,673 | |
Aaron’s, Inc. | | | 22,730 | | | | 727,133 | |
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A | | | 23,264 | | | | 279,168 | |
America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (a) | | | 2,590 | | | | 113,313 | |
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | | | 57,064 | | | | 865,661 | |
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a) | | | 6,783 | | | | 418,511 | |
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (a) | | | 58,880 | | | | 364,467 | |
At Home Group, Inc. (a) | | | 3,032 | | | | 44,358 | |
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (a) | | | 13,192 | | | | 151,312 | |
Barnes & Noble, Inc. | | | 21,561 | | | | 240,405 | |
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. | | | 5,771 | | | | 100,127 | |
Blue Nile, Inc. | | | 3,827 | | | | 155,491 | |
BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 18,794 | | | | 366,483 | |
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 4,129 | | | | 51,695 | |
Buckle, Inc. | | | 9,883 | | | | 225,332 | |
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 4,129 | | | | 56,774 | |
Caleres, Inc. | | | 14,483 | | | | 475,332 | |
Cato Corp., Class A | | | 8,776 | | | | 263,982 | |
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | | | 45,418 | | | | 653,565 | |
Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. | | | 6,468 | | | | 652,945 | |
Citi Trends, Inc. | | | 4,668 | | | | 87,945 | |
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Conn’s, Inc. (a) | | | 6,618 | | | $ | 83,718 | |
Container Store Group, Inc. (a) | | | 5,891 | | | | 37,408 | |
Destination XL Group, Inc. (a) | | | 11,563 | | | | 49,143 | |
DSW, Inc., Class A | | | 23,501 | | | | 532,298 | |
Express, Inc. (a) | | | 25,377 | | | | 273,057 | |
Finish Line, Inc., Class A | | | 14,282 | | | | 268,644 | |
Five Below, Inc. (a) | | | 18,589 | | | | 742,816 | |
Francesca’s Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 13,119 | | | | 236,536 | |
FTD Cos., Inc. (a) | | | 5,725 | | | | 136,484 | |
Genesco, Inc. (a) | | | 6,949 | | | | 431,533 | |
GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A | | | 23,380 | | | | 258,115 | |
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | | | 7,042 | | | | 548,853 | |
Guess?, Inc. | | | 21,117 | | | | 255,516 | |
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. | | | 6,073 | | | | 143,930 | |
Hibbett Sports, Inc. (a) | | | 7,776 | | | | 290,045 | |
Lands’ End, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 4,832 | | | | 73,205 | |
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A | | | 8,250 | | | | 798,847 | |
Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 8,628 | | | | 135,805 | |
MarineMax, Inc. (a) | | | 8,150 | | | | 157,702 | |
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. | | | 11,065 | | | | 632,918 | |
Office Depot, Inc. | | | 194,442 | | | | 878,878 | |
Party City Holdco, Inc. (a) | | | 8,842 | | | | 125,556 | |
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. | | | 30,142 | | | | 257,413 | |
Regis Corp. (a) | | | 12,212 | | | | 177,318 | |
RetailMeNot, Inc. (a) | | | 12,654 | | | | 117,682 | |
Shoe Carnival, Inc. | | | 4,671 | | | | 126,024 | |
Shutterfly, Inc. (a) | | | 11,696 | | | | 586,905 | |
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A | | | 11,117 | | | | 254,579 | |
Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 8,591 | | | | 80,669 | |
Stage Stores, Inc. | | | 8,255 | | | | 36,074 | |
Stamps.com, Inc. (a) | | | 5,617 | | | | 643,989 | |
Stein Mart, Inc. | | | 9,911 | | | | 54,312 | |
Systemax, Inc. | | | 3,784 | | | | 33,186 | |
Tailored Brands, Inc. | | | 16,520 | | | | 422,086 | |
Tilly’s, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 4,177 | | | | 55,095 | |
Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (a) | | | 8,344 | | | | 198,170 | |
Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)(b) | | | 10,682 | | | | 374,404 | |
Zumiez, Inc. (a) | | | 6,319 | | | | 138,070 | |
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| | | | | | | 17,033,655 | |
Steel — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
AK Steel Holding Corp. (a) | | | 107,451 | | | | 1,097,075 | |
Allegheny Technologies, Inc. | | | 36,732 | | | | 585,141 | |
Carbonite, Inc. (a) | | | 5,911 | | | | 96,940 | |
Carpenter Technology Corp. | | | 15,657 | | | | 566,314 | |
Handy & Harman Ltd. (a) | | | 1,051 | | | | 26,853 | |
Olympic Steel, Inc. | | | 3,045 | | | | 73,780 | |
Ryerson Holding Corp. (a) | | | 4,016 | | | | 53,614 | |
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A | | | 8,962 | | | | 230,323 | |
TimkenSteel Corp. (a) | | | 15,216 | | | | 235,544 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,965,584 | |
Technology: Miscellaneous — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Apptio Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,581 | | | | 47,826 | |
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (a) | | | 16,818 | | | | 512,949 | |
CTS Corp. | | | 10,795 | | | | 241,808 | |
Fabrinet (a) | | | 11,798 | | | | 475,459 | |
Kimball Electronics, Inc. (a) | | | 9,201 | | | | 167,458 | |
Plexus Corp. (a) | | | 11,310 | | | | 611,193 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,056,693 | |
Telecommunications Equipment — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (a) | | | 5,400 | | | | 126,576 | |
CalAmp Corp. (a) | | | 11,768 | | | | 170,636 | |
Clearfield, Inc. (a) | | | 3,630 | | | | 75,141 | |
Inteliquent, Inc. | | | 11,197 | | | | 256,635 | |
Knowles Corp. (a) | | | 29,943 | | | | 500,347 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Telecommunications Equipment (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Oclaro, Inc. (a) | | | 37,926 | | | $ | 339,438 | |
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 9,047 | | | | 522,917 | |
Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 79,462 | | | | 649,999 | |
Vocera Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 8,134 | | | | 150,398 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,792,087 | |
Textile Products — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Culp, Inc. | | | 3,500 | | | | 130,025 | |
Interface, Inc. | | | 21,996 | | | | 408,026 | |
Unifi, Inc. (a) | | | 5,125 | | | | 167,229 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 705,280 | |
Textiles Apparel & Shoes — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Columbia Sportswear Co. | | | 9,353 | | | | 545,280 | |
Crocs, Inc. (a) | | | 24,136 | | | | 165,573 | |
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a) | | | 11,254 | | | | 623,359 | |
Delta Apparel, Inc. (a) | | | 2,401 | | | | 49,773 | |
Fossil Group, Inc. (a) | | | 14,257 | | | | 368,686 | |
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a) | | | 14,596 | | | | 431,458 | |
Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (a) | | | 14,113 | | | | 131,815 | |
Oxford Industries, Inc. | | | 5,167 | | | | 310,692 | |
Perry Ellis International, Inc. (a) | | | 4,188 | | | | 104,323 | |
Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (a) | | | 13,152 | | | | 61,551 | |
Steven Madden Ltd. (a) | | | 21,339 | | | | 762,869 | |
Superior Uniform Group, Inc. | | | 2,476 | | | | 48,579 | |
Vera Bradley, Inc. (a) | | | 6,586 | | | | 77,188 | |
Vince Holding Corp. (a) | | | 6,862 | | | | 27,791 | |
Weyco Group, Inc. | | | 2,072 | | | | 64,854 | |
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. | | | 33,561 | | | | 736,664 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4,510,455 | |
Tobacco — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Alliance One International, Inc. (a) | | | 2,927 | | | | 56,198 | |
Turning Point Brands, Inc. (a) | | | 1,734 | | | | 21,242 | |
Universal Corp. | | | 7,547 | | | | 481,121 | |
Vector Group Ltd. | | | 32,053 | | | | 728,885 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,287,446 | |
Toys — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (a) | | | 4,759 | | | | 24,509 | |
Transportation Miscellaneous — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Costamare, Inc. | | | 10,970 | | | | 61,432 | |
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (a) | | | 10,000 | | | | 250,500 | |
Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 11,354 | | | | 496,738 | |
Scorpio Bulkers, Inc. (a) | | | 17,709 | | | | 89,430 | |
Textainer Group Holdings Ltd. | | | 7,632 | | | | 56,858 | |
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 19,069 | | | | 285,082 | |
XPO Logistics, Inc. (a) | | | 33,748 | | | | 1,456,564 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,696,604 | |
Truckers — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
ArcBest Corp. | | | 8,445 | | | | 233,504 | |
Celadon Group, Inc. | | | 9,272 | | | | 66,295 | |
Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 3,907 | | | | 75,561 | |
Forward Air Corp. | | | 10,072 | | | | 477,211 | |
FRP Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 1,989 | | | | 74,985 | |
Heartland Express, Inc. | | | 15,586 | | | | 317,331 | |
Knight Transportation, Inc. | | | 22,963 | | | | 758,927 | |
Marten Transport Ltd. | | | 7,461 | | | | 173,841 | |
PAM Transportation Services, Inc. (a) | | | 846 | | | | 21,979 | |
Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 10,373 | | | | 107,776 | |
Saia, Inc. (a) | | | 8,518 | | | | 376,070 | |
Swift Transportation Co. (a) | | | 25,829 | | | | 629,194 | |
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,888 | | | | 47,219 | |
USA Truck, Inc. (a) | | | 2,812 | | | | 24,493 | |
Werner Enterprises, Inc. | | | 15,028 | | | | 405,005 | |
YRC Worldwide, Inc. (a) | | | 10,674 | | | | 141,751 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3,931,142 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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58 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | Master Small Cap Index Series |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Utilities: Electrical — 1.7% | | | | | | | | |
ALLETE, Inc. | | | 16,971 | | | $ | 1,089,368 | |
Atlantic Power Corp. | | | 40,171 | | | | 100,428 | |
Avista Corp. | | | 21,594 | | | | 863,544 | |
Black Hills Corp. | | | 17,625 | | | | 1,081,117 | |
El Paso Electric Co. | | | 13,712 | | | | 637,608 | |
Empire District Electric Co. | | | 14,910 | | | | 508,282 | |
Genie Energy Ltd. (a) | | | 3,302 | | | | 18,987 | |
IDACORP, Inc. | | | 17,159 | | | | 1,382,157 | |
MGE Energy, Inc. | | | 12,234 | | | | 798,880 | |
NorthWestern Corp. | | | 16,818 | | | | 956,440 | |
NRG Yield, Inc., Class A | | | 12,306 | | | | 189,020 | |
NRG Yield, Inc., Class C | | | 21,456 | | | | 339,005 | |
Otter Tail Corp. | | | 12,890 | | | | 525,912 | |
Pattern Energy Group, Inc. | | | 22,547 | | | | 428,168 | |
PNM Resources, Inc. | | | 27,967 | | | | 959,268 | |
Portland General Electric Co. | | | 30,506 | | | | 1,321,825 | |
Spark Energy, Inc., Class A | | | 1,581 | | | | 47,904 | |
Unitil Corp. | | | 4,600 | | | | 208,564 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 11,456,477 | |
Utilities: Gas Distributors — 1.0% | | | | | | | | |
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | | | 5,317 | | | | 355,973 | |
Delta Natural Gas Co., Inc. | | | 2,148 | | | | 63,001 | |
New Jersey Resources Corp. | | | 29,241 | | | | 1,038,056 | |
Northwest Natural Gas Co. | | | 9,428 | | | | 563,794 | |
South Jersey Industries, Inc. | | | 27,445 | | | | 924,622 | |
Southwest Gas Corp. | | | 16,093 | | | | 1,233,046 | |
Spire, Inc. | | | 15,242 | | | | 983,871 | |
WGL Holdings, Inc. | | | 17,173 | | | | 1,309,956 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6,472,319 | |
Utilities: Miscellaneous — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Ormat Technologies, Inc. | | | 13,220 | | | | 708,856 | |
Utilities: Telecommunications — 1.1% | | | | | | | | |
8x8, Inc. (a) | | | 29,900 | | | | 427,570 | |
ATN International, Inc. | | | 3,601 | | | | 288,548 | |
Boingo Wireless, Inc. (a) | | | 11,830 | | | | 144,208 | |
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (a) | | | 14,621 | | | | 326,779 | |
Cogent Communications Group, Inc. | | | 14,552 | | | | 601,725 | |
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | 16,727 | | | | 449,120 | |
Fairpoint Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 6,998 | | | | 130,863 | |
General Communication, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 9,539 | | | | 185,534 | |
Globalstar, Inc. (a) | | | 141,259 | | | | 223,189 | |
GTT Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 9,096 | | | | 261,510 | |
Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc. (a) | | | 1,864 | | | | 46,190 | |
IDT Corp., Class B | | | 5,733 | | | | 106,290 | |
Iridium Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 28,551 | | | | 274,090 | |
j2 Global, Inc. | | | 16,174 | | | | 1,323,033 | |
Lumos Networks Corp. (a) | | | 6,219 | | | | 97,141 | |
NeuStar, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 5,171 | | | | 172,711 | |
NII Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 19,047 | | | | 40,951 | |
ORBCOMM, Inc. (a) | | | 21,223 | | | | 175,514 | |
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. | | | 15,717 | | | | 429,074 | |
Spok Holdings, Inc. | | | 6,730 | | | | 139,647 | |
Straight Path Communications, Inc., Class B (a)(b) | | | 3,062 | | | | 103,832 | |
Vonage Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 64,805 | | | | 443,914 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Utilities: Telecommunications (continued) | | | | | | | | |
West Corp. | | | 14,893 | | | $ | 368,751 | |
Windstream Holdings, Inc. (b) | | | 32,787 | | | | 240,329 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7,000,513 | |
Utilities: Water — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
American States Water Co. | | | 12,374 | | | | 563,760 | |
AquaVenture Holdings, Ltd. (a) | | | 2,652 | | | | 65,054 | |
Artesian Resources Corp., Class A | | | 2,420 | | | | 77,295 | |
California Water Service Group | | | 16,227 | | | | 550,095 | |
Connecticut Water Service, Inc. | | | 3,544 | | | | 197,932 | |
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. | | | 4,660 | | | | 50,561 | |
Global Water Resources, Inc. (b) | | | 2,173 | | | | 19,774 | |
Middlesex Water Co. | | | 5,187 | | | | 222,730 | |
SJW Corp. | | | 5,562 | | | | 311,361 | |
York Water Co. | | | 4,206 | | | | 160,669 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,219,231 | |
Total Common Stocks — 96.9% | | | | | | | 645,829,321 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Other Interests — 0.0% | | Investment Value (000) | | | | |
Gerber Scientific, Inc. (d) | | $ | 13 | | | | 129 | |
| | | | | | | | |
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| | |
Rights — 0.0% | | Shares | | | | |
Biotechnology — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Dyax Corp., CVR, (Expires 12/31/19) (a) | | | 39,009 | | | | 43,300 | |
Utilities: Telecommunications — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Leap Wireless, CVR, (Expires 07/16/18) (a) | | | 28,200 | | | | 89,535 | |
Total Rights — 0.0% | | | | | | | 132,835 | |
Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $491,379,037) — 96.9% | | | | | | | 645,962,285 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Short-Term Securities | | Shares | | | | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.36% (c)(e) | | | 37,279,916 | | | | 37,279,916 | |
| | |
| | Investment Value
(000) | | | | |
SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.95% (c)(e)(f) | | $ | 8,715 | | | | 8,715,424 | |
Total Short-Term Securities (Cost $45,994,760) — 6.9% | | | | | | | 45,995,340 | |
Total Investments (Cost — $537,373,797) — 103.8% | | | | | | | 691,957,625 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.8)% | | | | | | | (25,267,618 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 666,690,007 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Notes to Schedule of Investments | | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | Master Small Cap Index Series |
(c) | | During the year ended December 31, 2016, investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Series for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Affiliate | | Shares/ Investment Value Held at December 31, 2015 | | | Shares/ Investment Value Purchased | | | Shares/ Investment Value Sold | | | Shares/ Investment Value Held at December 31, 2016 | | | Value at December 31, 2016 | | | Income | | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class | | | — | | | | 37,279,916 | 1 | | | — | | | | 37,279,916 | | | $ | 37,279,916 | | | $ | 18,841 | | | $ | 207 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | 232,669 | | | | — | | | | (232,669 | )2 | | | — | | | | — | | | | 56,505 | | | | — | |
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. | | | 3,162 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,162 | | | | 52,647 | | | | — | | | | — | |
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | | | 15,395 | | | | 8,050 | | | | (804 | ) | | | 22,641 | | | | 370,633 | | | | 38,673 | | | | (5,115 | ) |
SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series | | $ | 10,324,484 | | | | — | | | $ | (1,609,931 | )2 | | $ | 8,714,553 | | | | 8,715,424 | | | | 1,016,450 | 3 | | | 235 | |
Total | | | | | | | $ | 46,418,620 | | | $ | 1,130,469 | | | $ | (4,673 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 Represents net shares purchased. | |
2 Represents net shares/investment value sold. | |
3 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. | |
(d) | | Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities. |
(e) | | Current yield as of period end. |
(f) | | Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
|
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End |
Futures Contracts
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Contracts Long | | | Issue | | Expiration | | Notional Value | | Unrealized Depreciation | |
| 265 | | | Russell 2000 E-Mini Index | | March 2017 | | $17,978,925 | | $ | (66,231 | ) |
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure |
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments | | | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
Futures contracts | | | Net unrealized depreciation | 1 | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 66,231 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 66,231 | |
For the year ended December 31, 2016, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operation was as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: | | | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
Futures contracts | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 5,797,384 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 5,797,384 | |
| |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | | | | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | (43,878 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | (43,878 | ) |
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contract, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. | |
| | |
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments |
| | | | |
Futures contracts: | | | | |
Average notional value of contracts — long | | $ | 12,056,671 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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60 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | | Master Small Cap Index Series |
For more information about the Series’ investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
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Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End |
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following tables summarize the Series’ investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Assets: | |
Investments: | |
Long-Term Investments:1 | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 645,829,321 | | | | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 645,829,321 | |
Other Interests | | | — | | | | — | | | | 129 | | | | 129 | |
Rights | | | — | | | | — | | | | 132,835 | | | | 132,835 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | 37,279,916 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 37,279,916 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
SubTotal | | $ | 683,109,237 | | | | — | | | $ | 132,964 | | | $ | 683,242,201 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments Valued at NAV2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,715,424 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 691,957,625 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative Financial Instruments 3 | |
Liabilities: | |
Equity contracts | | $ | (66,231 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | (66,231 | ) |
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1 See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry. | |
2 As of December 31, 2016, certain of the Series’ investments were valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy. | |
3 Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. | |
During the year ended December 31, 2016, there were no transfers between levels.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | Master Small Cap Index Series |
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December 31, 2016 | | | |
| | | | |
Assets | |
Investments at value — unaffiliated (including securities loaned at value of $8,085,571) (cost — $490,874,426) | | $ | 645,539,005 | |
Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $46,499,371) | | | 46,418,620 | |
Cash pledged for futures contracts | | | 1,804,000 | |
Receivables: | |
Contributions from investors | | | 9,141,322 | |
Dividends — unaffiliated | | | 785,476 | |
Securities lending income — affiliated | | | 75,686 | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 18,499 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 2,269 | |
| | | | |
Total assets | | | 703,784,877 | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Liabilities | |
Cash collateral on securities loaned at value | | | 8,714,610 | |
Payables: | |
Investments purchased | | | 11,032,316 | |
Withdrawals to investors | | | 16,880,056 | |
Other accrued expenses | | | 259,959 | |
Variation margin on futures contracts | | | 190,552 | |
Investment advisory fees | | | 7,804 | |
Directors’ fees | | | 5,495 | |
Other affiliates | | | 4,078 | |
| | | | |
Total liabilities | | | 37,094,870 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 666,690,007 | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Net Assets Consist of | |
Investors’ capital | | $ | 512,172,410 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 154,517,597 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 666,690,007 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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62 | | BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. | | DECEMBER 31, 2016 | | |
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Statement of Operations | | Master Small Cap Index Series |
| | | | |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 | | | |
| | | | |
Investment Income | |
Dividends — unaffiliated | | $ | 7,295,061 | |
Securities lending — affiliated — net | | | 1,016,450 | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 114,019 | |
Interest — unaffiliated | | | 1,367 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | (2,833 | ) |
| | | | |
Total investment income | | | 8,424,064 | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Expenses | |
Custodian | | | 119,196 | |
Accounting services | | | 105,167 | |
Professional | | | 55,737 | |
Investment advisory | | | 54,232 | |
Directors | | | 23,855 | |
Pricing | | | 19,532 | |
Printing | | | 14,650 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 4,039 | |
| | | | |
Total expenses | | | 396,408 | |
Less: | |
Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager | | | (50,118 | ) |
Fees paid indirectly | | | (325 | ) |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly | | | 345,965 | |
| | | | |
Net investment income | | | 8,078,099 | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss) from: | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | (3,070,434 | ) |
Investments — affiliated | | | (4,880 | ) |
Futures contracts | | | 5,797,384 | |
Foreign currency transactions | | | (21 | ) |
Capital gain distributions from investment companies—affiliated | | | 207 | |
| | | | |
| | | 2,722,256 | |
| | | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | 108,593,255 | |
Investments — affiliated | | | 41,615 | |
Futures contracts | | | (43,878 | ) |
Foreign currency translations | | | 19 | |
| | | | |
| | | 108,591,011 | |
| | | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 111,313,267 | |
| | | | |
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 119,391,366 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | Master Small Cap Index Series |
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| | Year Ended December 31, | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Operations | |
Net investment income | | $ | 8,078,099 | | | $ | 11,709,468 | |
Net realized gain | | | 2,722,256 | | | | 170,580,210 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 108,591,011 | | | | (219,673,337 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | 119,391,366 | | | | (37,383,659 | ) |
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Capital Transactions | |
Proceeds from contributions | | | 368,640,654 | | | | 561,488,890 | |
Value of withdrawals | | | (286,783,928 | ) | | | (759,598,222 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital transactions | | | 81,856,726 | | | | (198,109,332 | ) |
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Net Assets | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | 201,248,092 | | | | (235,492,991 | ) |
Beginning of year | | | 465,441,915 | | | | 700,934,906 | |
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End of year | | $ | 666,690,007 | | | $ | 465,441,915 | |
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| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2012 | |
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Total Return | |
Total return | | | 21.49% | | | | (4.33 | )% | | | 5.05% | | | | 39.11% | | | | 16.52% | |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets | |
Total expenses | | | 0.07% | 1 | | | 0.08% | | | | 0.09% | | | | 0.07% | | | | 0.14% | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and paid indirectly | | | 0.06% | 1 | | | 0.07% | | | | 0.08% | | | | 0.06% | | | | 0.08% | |
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Net investment income | | | 1.49% | 1 | | | 1.39% | | | | 1.45% | | | | 1.46% | | | | 2.13% | |
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Supplemental Data | |
Net assets, end of year (000) | | $ | 666,690 | | | $ | 465,442 | | | $ | 700,935 | | | $ | 859,398 | | | $ | 581,771 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | 39% | | | | 37% | | | | 21% | | | | 22% | | | | 68% | |
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| 1 | | Excludes expenses incurred indirectly of 0.01% as a result of the Series’ investments in underlying funds. |
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1. Organization:
Master Small Cap Index Series (“Master Small Cap Index”) (the “Series”) is a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”) which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Master LLC is classified as diversified. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors of the Master LLC (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations.
The Series, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, is included in a complex of open-end funds referred to as the Equity-Liquidity Complex.
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. The Series 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:
Foreign Currency: The Series’ books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the investments denominated in that currency will lose value; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.
The Series does not isolate the portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of investments held or sold for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statement of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. The Series reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.
Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where the Series enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts), that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, the Series may segregate or designate on its books and records 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 Series 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.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Series is informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, some 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.
Recent Accounting Standard: In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued “Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per Share” which eliminates the requirement to categorize investments within the fair value hierarchy when fair value is based on the NAV per share and no quoted market value is available. As of December 31, 2016, certain investments of the Series were valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.
In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update “Restricted Cash” which will require entities to include the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents in the beginning and ending cash balances in the Statement of Cash Flows. The guidance will be applied retrospectively and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years. Management is evaluating the impact, if any, of this guidance on the Series’ presentation in the Statement of Cash Flows.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Series enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Series’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Series, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
Other: Expenses directly related to the Series are charged to the Series. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.
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Through May 31, 2016, the Series had an arrangement with its custodian whereby credits were earned on uninvested cash balances, which could be used to reduce custody fees and/or overdraft charges. Credits previously earned may have been utilized until December 31, 2016. Under current arrangements effective June 1, 2016, the Series no longer earns credits on uninvested cash, and may incur charges on uninvested cash balances and overdrafts, subject to certain conditions.
3. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements:
Investment Valuation Policies: The Series’ investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time)(or if the reporting date falls on a day the NYSE is closed, investments are valued at fair value as of the period end.) U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the Series would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Series determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. 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 Series’s assets and liabilities:
• | | Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at the official closing price each day, if available. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the official closing price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur between the foreign market close and the close of trading on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of the Series’ net assets. Each business day, the Series uses a pricing service to assist with the valuation of certain foreign exchange-traded equity securities and foreign exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) options (the “Systematic Fair Value Price”). Using current market factors, the Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities and foreign options at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets. |
• | | Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds are valued at net asset value (“NAV”) or each business day. |
• | | The Series values its investment in SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon their pro rata ownership in the underlying fund’s net assets. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments may follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. |
• | | Futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. |
• | | Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of trading on the NYSE. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of trading on the NYSE. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. |
If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investments, or in the event that the 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, or its delegate, 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 will include Market approach, Income approach and the Cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and 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 the Series 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 Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Series’ pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis. As a result of the inherent uncertainty in valuation of these investments, the fair values may differ from the values that would have been used had an active market existed.
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For investments in equity or debt issued by privately-held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and other Fair Valued Investments, the fair valuation approaches that are used by third party pricing services utilize one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs.
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Market approach | | (i) recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers; (ii) recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and (iii) market multiples of comparable issuers. |
Income approach | | (i) future cash flows discounted to present and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks; (ii) quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and (iii) other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates. |
Cost approach | | (i) audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company; (ii) changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company; (iii) relevant news and other public sources; and (iv) known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company. |
Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”) or a hybrid of those techniques are used in allocating enterprise value of the company, as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of OPM and PWERM techniques involve a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.
The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards as other investments held by the Series. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date the Series is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price the Series could receive upon the sale of the investment.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:
• | | Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Series 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) |
• | | Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Series’ own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative 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 private companies. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. Level 3 investments may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the Global Valuation Committee in the absence of market information.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Series’ policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investments and derivative financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4. Securities and Other Investments:
Securities Lending: The Series may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Series collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by the Series is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current 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
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least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Series and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Series, or excess collateral returned by the Series, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Series 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.
The market value of any securities on loan, all of which were classified as common stocks in the Series’ Schedule of Investments, and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value-unaffiliated, and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”) if any, is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Series 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 Series, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When 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 Series 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 Series’ securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
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Barclays Capital, Inc. | | $ | 379,353 | | | $ | (379,353 | ) | | | — | |
BNP Paribas S.A. | | | 286,997 | | | | (286,997 | ) | | | — | |
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | | | 207,175 | | | | (207,175 | ) | | | — | |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. | | | 374,827 | | | | (374,827 | ) | | | — | |
Deutsche Bank AG. | | | 1,033,131 | | | | (1,033,131 | ) | | | — | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. | | | 1,100,854 | | | | (1,100,854 | ) | | | — | |
JP Morgan Securities LLC | | | 219,304 | | | | (219,304 | ) | | | — | |
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. | | | 1,046,587 | | | | (1,046,587 | ) | | | — | |
Morgan Stanley | | | 1,507,776 | | | | (1,507,776 | ) | | | — | |
National Financial Services LLC | | | 295,537 | | | | (295,537 | ) | | | — | |
SG Americas Securities LLC | | | 900,027 | | | | (900,027 | ) | | | — | |
UBS Securities LLC | | | 734,003 | | | | (734,003 | ) | | | — | |
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Total | | $ | 8,085,571 | | | $ | (8,085,571 | ) | | | — | |
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| 1 | | Cash collateral with a value of $8,714,610 has been received in connection with securities lending agreements. Collateral received in excess of the value of securities loaned from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes. |
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, the Series benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BIM. BIM’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned if the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Series could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.
5. Derivative Financial Instruments:
The Series engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Series and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk. Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.
Futures Contracts: The Series invests in long and/or short positions in futures and options on futures contracts to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to changes in interest rates (interest rate risk), changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk).
Futures contracts are agreements between the Series 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 Series is required to deposit initial margin with the
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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.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, is shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Series agrees 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value 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, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
6. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) for 1940 Act purposes.
Investment Advisory: The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Series’ investment adviser, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’ portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Series.
For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to 0.01% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets.
Waivers and Reimbursements: With respect to the Series, the Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Series’ business (“expense limitation”). The current expense limitation as a percentage of average daily net assets is 0.07%. Prior to October 5, 2016, the expense limitation as a percentage of average daily net assets was 0.08%. The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual expense limitation prior to May 1, 2018, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Series, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”) or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Manager waived $35,656, which is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations.
With respect to the Series, the Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the amount waived was $14,462.
Effective September 1, 2016, the Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of the Series’ assets invested in equity or fixed-income mutual funds or exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee. Prior to September 1, 2016, the Manager did not waive such fees. This voluntary waiver may be reduced or discontinued at any time without notice.
For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Series reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations. The reimbursement was $6,023.
Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an exemptive order which permits BIM, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Series, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Series is responsible for expenses in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment expenses”). The cash collateral is invested in a private investment company managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BIM has agreed to cap the collateral investment expenses of the private investment company to an annual rate of 0.04%. The investment adviser to the private investment company will not charge any advisory fees with respect to shares purchased by the Series.
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 expenses. The Series retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, BIM may lend securities only when the difference between the borrower rebate rate and the risk free rate exceeds a certain level (such securities, the “specials only securities”).
Pursuant to such agreement, the Series retains 80% of securities lending income. In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across certain funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Series, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of the calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 85% of securities lending income.
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The share of securities lending income earned by the Series is shown as securities lending — affiliated – net in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Series paid BIM the following amounts in total for securities lending agent services and collateral investment fees:
Officers and Directors: Certain officers and/or directors of the Master LLC are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates.
Other Transactions: The Series may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common directors. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the purchase and sale transactions and any resulted in net realized gains (losses) with an affiliated fund in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:
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Purchases | | Sales | | | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | |
$33,673,951 | | $ | 19,880,873 | | | $ | 7,272,873 | |
7. Purchases and Sales:
For the year ended December 31, 2016, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities were $290,533,232 and $208,020,566, respectively.
8. Income Tax Information:
The Series is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Series is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Series. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Series’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Series can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The Series files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Series’ U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2016. The statutes of limitations on the Series’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.
Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Series as of December 31, 2016, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Series’ financial statements.
As of December 31, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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Tax cost | | $ | 541,983,666 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 181,403,678 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (31,429,719 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 149,973,959 | |
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9. Bank Borrowings:
The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.1 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Series may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Series can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.6 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.12% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April 2017 unless extended or renewed. Prior to April 21, 2016, the credit agreement had a fee per annum of 0.06% on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. Participating Funds paid administration, legal and arrangement fees, which, if applicable, are included in miscellaneous expenses in the Statement of Operations. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Series did not borrow under the credit agreement.
10. Principal Risks:
In the normal course of business, the Series invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer to meet all its obligations, including the ability to pay principal and interest when due (issuer credit risk). The value of securities
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) | | Master Small Cap Index Series |
held by the Series may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers of securities owned by the Series. Changes arising from the general economy, the overall market and local, regional or global political and/or social instability, as well as currency, interest rate and price fluctuations, may also affect the securities’ value.
On October 11, 2016, BlackRock implemented certain changes required by amendments to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, which governs the operations of U.S. money market funds. The Series 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 and which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
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. The Series may invest in illiquid investments and may experience difficulty in selling those 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 the Series’ 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 the Series may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Series invests.
The price the Series could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from the Series’ valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the Series’ results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by the Series, and the Series could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. The Series’ ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers.
Counterparty Credit Risk: Similar to issuer credit risk, the Series 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. The Series manages 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 Series to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.
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 Series 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, the Series 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 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 Series.
As of period end, the Series’ investments had the following industry classifications:
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Industry | | Percent of Net Assets | |
Banks. | | | 11% | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts | | | 7 | |
Other1 | | | 82 | |
| 1 | | All other industries held was less than 5% of net assets. |
11. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through the date the financial statements were 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 | | Master Small Cap Opinion |
To the Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC and the Investors of Master Small Cap Index Series:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments of Master Small Cap Index Series, one of the series included in the Quantitative Master Series LLC, (the “Series”) as of December 31, 2016, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Series’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Series is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Series’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Master Small Cap Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC, as of December 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 23, 2017
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement | | |
At an in-person meeting on May 19, 2016 (the “May 19 Meeting”), the Board of Directors of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), with respect to BlackRock International Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), with respect to Master International Index Series (the “Master Fund”), a series of the Master LLC, approved the conversion of the Fund from a feeder fund that invests its assets into the Master Fund into a stand-alone fund that makes direct investments. In connection with the conversion, the Board of Directors of the Master LLC also approved the termination of the Master Fund.
At the May 19 Meeting, the Board of Directors of the Corporation considered the initial approval of the proposed investment advisory agreement between BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) and the Corporation, on behalf of the Fund (the “Agreement”). The Board of the Corporation was informed that the Agreement was substantively the same as the investment advisory agreement in place at that time between the Manager and the Master LLC with respect to the Master Fund (the “Existing Agreement”).
On the date of the May 19 Meeting, the Board of the Corporation consisted of fifteen individuals, thirteen of whom were not “interested persons” of the Corporation as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Board of the Corporation is required to consider the initial approval of the Agreement.
The Board of the Master LLC met in person on April 21, 2016 (the “April Meeting”) and on May 18-20, 2016 (the “May Meeting”) to consider the approval of the Existing Agreement on behalf of the Master Fund. Because the Fund was a “feeder” fund that invested all of its investable assets in the Master Fund, the Board of the Corporation also considered the approval of the Existing Agreement with respect to the Master Fund. At the May Meeting, the Board of the Master LLC, including the independent board members, approved the continuation of the Existing Agreement with respect to the Master Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2017. The Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the Existing Agreement with respect to the Master Fund and found the Existing Agreement to be satisfactory.
The materials reviewed and the factors considered by the Board of the Corporation at the May 19 Meeting in connection with approval of the proposed Agreement were substantially the same as the materials reviewed and the factors the Board of the Corporation considered at the April Meeting and the May Meeting with respect to consideration of the approval of the Existing Agreement. A discussion of the basis for the Board of the Master LLC’s approval and the Board of the Corporation’s consideration of the Existing Agreement at the May Meeting is included in the semi-annual shareholder report of the Fund for the period ended June 30, 2016.
Following discussion, at the May 19 Meeting the Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, approved the Agreement between the Manager and the Corporation with respect to the Fund for a two-year term beginning on the effective date of the Agreement. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreement were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at its decision to approve the Agreement, the Board of the Corporation did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination.
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Name, Address2 and Year of Birth | | Position(s) Held with the Corporation/ Master LLC | | Length of Time Served4 | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | | Number of BlackRock- Advised Registered Investment Companies (“RICs”) Consisting of Investment Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen | | Public Company and Other Investment Company Directorships Held During Past Five Years |
Independent Directors3 | | | | | | | | |
Rodney D. Johnson 1941 | | Chair of the Board and Director | | Since 2007 | | President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. from 1987 to 2013; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 2004 to 2012; Director, The Committee of Seventy (civic) from 2006 to 2012; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center from 2004 to 2011; Director, The Mainstay (non-profit) since 2016. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
Susan J. Carter 1956 | | Director | | Since 2016 | | Director, Pacific Pension Institute since 2014; Advisory Board Member, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business since 1997; Senior Advisor, Commonfund Capital, Inc. (“CCI”) (investment adviser) in 2015; Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 2013 to 2014; President & Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 1997 to 2013; Advisory Board Member, Girls Who Invest since 2015; Advisory Board Member, Bridges Ventures since 2016; Trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation since 2017. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
Collette Chilton 1958 | | Director | | Since 2015 | | Chief Investment Officer, Williams College since 2006; Chief Investment Officer, Lucent Asset Management Corporation from 1998 to 2006. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
Neil A. Cotty 1954 | | Director | | Since 2016 | | Bank of America Corporation from 1996 to 2015, serving in various senior finance leadership roles, including Chief Accounting Officer, from 2009 to 2015, Chief Financial Officer of Global Banking, Markets and Wealth Management from 2008 to 2009, Chief Accounting Officer from 2004 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Consumer Bank from 2003 to 2004, Chief Financial Officer of Global Corporate Investment Bank from 1999 to 2002. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
Cynthia A. Montgomery 1952 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, McLean Hospital from 2005 to 2012. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing) |
Joseph P. Platt 1947 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investments) since 1998; Director, WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit) since 2001; Chair, Basic Health International (non-profit) since 2015. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); Consol Energy Inc. |
Robert C. Robb, Jr. 1945 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981 and Principal since 2010. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
Mark Stalnecker 1951 | | Director | | Since 2015 | | Chief Investment Officer, University of Delaware from 1999 to 2013; Trustee, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate from 2001 to 2015; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System since 2002; Member of the Investment Committee, Christiana Care Health System since 2009; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Community Foundation from 2013 to 2014; Director, SEI Private Trust Co. from 2001 to 2014. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
Kenneth L. Urish 1951 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Past-Chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since founding in 2001; Principal, UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013; Trustee, The Holy Family Institute from 2001 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
Claire A. Walton 1957 | | Director | | Since 2016 | | Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Square Asset Management, LP from 1998 to 2015; General Partner of Neon Liberty Capital Management, LLC since 2003; Director, Boston Hedge Fund Group since 2009; Director, Woodstock Ski Runners since 2013; Director, Massachusetts Council on Economic Education from 2013 to 2015. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
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Officers and Directors1 (continued) | | |
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Name, Address2 and Year of Birth | | Position(s) Held with the Corporation/ Master LLC | | Length of Time Served4 | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | | Number of BlackRock- Advised Registered Investment Companies (“RICs”) Consisting of Investment Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen | | Public Company and Other Investment Company Directorships Held During Past Five Years |
Independent Directors3 (concluded) | | | | | | | | |
Frederick W. Winter 1945 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Director, Alkon Corporation since 1992; Dean Emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Dean and Professor from 1997 to 2005, Professor until 2013. | | 26 RICs consisting of 146 Portfolios | | None |
Interested Directors5 | | | | | | | | |
Barbara G. Novick 1960 | | Director | | Since 2015 | | Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Chair of BlackRock’s Government Relations Steering Committee since 2009; Head of the Global Client Group of BlackRock, Inc. from 1988 to 2008. | | 100 RICs consisting of 220 Portfolios | | None |
John M. Perlowski 1964 | | Director, President and Chief Executive Officer | | Since 2015 (Director); Since 2010 (President and Chief Executive Officer) | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Fund & Accounting Services since 2009; Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 2003 to 2009; Treasurer of Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds from 2003 to 2009 and Senior Vice President thereof from 2007 to 2009; Advisory Director of Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds from 2002 to 2009; Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009. | | 128 RICs consisting of 318 Portfolios | | None |
| | 1 As of February 23, 2017. |
| | 2 The address of each Director is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. |
| | 3 Independent Directors serve until their resignation, retirement, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 75. The Board has determined to extend the terms of Independent Directors on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate. |
| | 4 Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new fund boards in 2007. As a result, although the chart shows certain Independent Directors as joining the Board in 2007, those Independent Directors first became members of the boards of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Rodney D. Johnson, 1995; Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; Robert C. Robb, Jr., 1999; Kenneth L. Urish, 1999; and Frederick W. Winter, 1999. |
| | 5 Ms. Novick and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Corporation/Master LLC based on their positions with BlackRock and its affiliates. Mr. Perlowski and Ms. Novick are also board members of certain complexes of BlackRock registered open-end and closed-end funds. Mr. Perlowski is also a board member of the BlackRock Equity-Bond Complex and the BlackRock Closed-End Complex, and Ms. Novick is a board member of the BlackRock Closed-End Complex. |
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Officers and Directors (concluded) | | |
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Name, Address1 and Year of Birth | | Position(s) Held with the Corporation/ Master LLC | | Length of Time Served as an Officer | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years |
Officers Who Are Not Directors2 | | | | |
Thomas Callahan 1968 | | Vice President | | Since 2016 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2013; Head of BlackRock’s Global Cash Management Business since 2016; Co-Head of the Global Cash Management Business from 2014 to 2016; Deputy Head of the Global Cash Management Business from 2013 to 2014; Member of the Cash Management Group Executive Committee since 2013; Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Liffe U.S. from 2008 to 2013. |
Jennifer McGovern 1977 | | Vice President | | Since 2014 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group since 2013; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2010. |
Neal J. Andrews 1966 | | Chief Financial Officer | | Since 2007 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. from 1992 to 2006. |
Jay M. Fife 1970 | | Treasurer | | Since 2007 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007; Director of BlackRock, Inc. in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the MLIM and Fund Asset Management, L.P. advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006. |
Charles Park 1967 | | Chief Compliance Officer | | Since 2014 | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and the Closed-End Complex from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and the Closed-End Complex since 2014; Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for the BFA-advised iShares® exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012. |
Fernanda Piedra 1969 | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | | Since 2015 | | Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2014; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Regional Head of Financial Crime for the Americas at BlackRock, Inc. since 2014; Head of Regulatory Changes and Remediation for the Asset Wealth Management Division of Deutsche Bank from 2010 to 2014; Vice President of Goldman Sachs (Anti-Money Laundering/Suspicious Activities Group) from 2004 to 2010. |
Benjamin Archibald 1975 | | Secretary | | Since 2012 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2014; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2013; Secretary of the iShares® exchange traded funds since 2015; Secretary of the BlackRock-advised mutual funds since 2012. |
| | 1 The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. |
| | 2 Officers of the Corporation/Master LLC serve at the pleasure of the Board. |
| | Further information about the Corporation’s/Master LLC’s Officers and Directors is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling (800) 441-7762. |
Effective December 31, 2016, David O. Beim and Dr. Matina S. Horner resigned as Directors of the Corporation/Master LLC.
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Investment Adviser and Administrator BlackRock Advisors, LLC Wilmington, DE 19809 | | Accounting Agent and Custodian State Street Bank and Trust Company Boston, MA 02110 | | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Deloitte & Touche LLP Boston, MA 02116 | | Distributor BlackRock Investments, LLC New York, NY 10022 | | Address of the Funds 100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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| | Transfer Agent BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. Wilmington, DE 19809 | | | | Legal Counsel Sidley Austin LLP New York, NY 10019 | | |
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Householding
The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Funds at (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Funds/Series file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’/Series’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room or how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Funds’/Series’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds/Series use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available upon request and without charge (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information about how the Funds/Series voted proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’/Series’ portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762; and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family
BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed income and tax-exempt investing. Visit http://www.blackrock.com for more information.
Account Information
Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM ET on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.
Automatic Investment Plans
Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.
Systematic Withdrawal Plans
Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.
Retirement Plans
Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.
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Additional Information (concluded) | | |
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BlackRock Privacy Principles | | |
BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.
If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.
BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.
BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.
We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.
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This report is intended for current holders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of a Fund unless preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.
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Item 2 – | Code of Ethics – Each registrant (or “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics was amended to update certain information and to make other non-material changes. During the period covered by this report, there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. Each registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-441-7762. |
Item 3 – | Audit Committee Financial Expert – Each registrant’s board of directors (the “board of directors”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent: Kenneth L. Urish |
Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification.
Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) in each of the last two fiscal years for the services rendered to the Funds:
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| | (a) Audit Fees | | (b) Audit-Related Fees1 | | (c) Tax Fees2 | | (d) All Other Fees3 |
Entity Name | | Current Fiscal Year End | | Previous Fiscal Year End | | Current Fiscal Year End | | Previous Fiscal Year End | | Current Fiscal Year End | | Previous Fiscal Year End | | Current Fiscal Year End | | Previous Fiscal Year End |
BlackRock International Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. | | $7,538 | | $7,538 | | $0 | | $0 | | $9,282 | | $9,282 | | $0 | | $0 |
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. | | $7,538 | | $7,538 | | $0 | | $0 | | $11,424 | | $11424 | | $0 | | $0 |
Master Small Cap Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC | | $30,000 | | $39,463 | | $0 | | $0 | | $17,340 | | $17,340 | | $0 | | $0 |
The following table presents fees billed by D&T that were required to be approved by each registrant’s audit committee (each a “Committee”) for services that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Fund and that are rendered on behalf of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“Investment Adviser” or “BlackRock”) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Fund Service Providers”):
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| | Current Fiscal Year End | | Previous Fiscal Year End |
(b) Audit-Related Fees1 | | $0 | | $0 |
(c) Tax Fees2 | | $0 | | $0 |
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(d) All Other Fees3 | | $2,129,000 | | $2,391,000 |
1 The nature of the services includes assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of financial statements not included in Audit Fees.
2 The nature of the services includes tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
3 Aggregate fees borne by BlackRock in connection with the review of compliance procedures and attestation thereto performed by D&T with respect to all of the registered closed-end funds and some of the registered open-end funds advised by BlackRock.
(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:
Each Committee has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the registrant’s Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the Investment Adviser and Fund Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are (a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and (b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless the Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrants which have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the registrant will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 per project. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels.
Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the registrant’s Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee for ratification. The Committee may delegate to the Committee Chairman the authority to approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels.
(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by either Committee pursuant to the de minimus exception in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not Applicable
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrant, the Investment Adviser and the Fund Service Providers were:
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Entity Name | | Current Fiscal Year End | | Previous Fiscal Year End | | |
BlackRock International Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. | | $9,282 | | $9,282 | | |
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. | | $11,424 | | $11424 | | |
Master Small Cap Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC | | $17,340 | | $17,340 | | |
Additionally, SSAE 16 Review (Formerly, SAS No. 70) fees for the current and previous fiscal years of $2,129,000 and $2,391,000, respectively, were billed by D&T to the Investment Adviser.
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(h) Each Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser and the Fund Service Providers that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.
Item 5 – | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable |
(a) The registrants’ Schedules of Investments are included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.
Item 7 – | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 8 – | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 9 – | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable |
Item 10 – | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
Item 11 – Controls and Procedures
(a) – The registrants’ principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(b) – There were no changes in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12 – Exhibits attached hereto
(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – See Item 2
(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto
(a)(3) – Not Applicable
(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC
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By: | | /s/ John M. Perlowski |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC |
Date: March 6, 2017
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of each registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By: | | /s/ John M. Perlowski |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC |
Date: March 6, 2017
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By: | | /s/ Neal J. Andrews |
| | Neal J. Andrews |
| | Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of |
| | BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC |
Date: March 6, 2017
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