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 | 811-09729 | |||||
iShares Trust | ||||||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) | ||||||
c/o: Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. 4400 Easton Way Suite 200 Columbus, Ohio | 43219 | |||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) | |||||
The Corporation Trust Company 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 | ||||||
(Name and address of agent for service) | ||||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (415) 670-2000 | |||||
Date of fiscal year end: | August 31, 2023 | |||||
Date of reporting period: | February 28, 2023 | |||||
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.
February
28,
2023
iShares
Trust
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
ETF
|
ESGU
|
NASDAQ
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
ETF
|
EGUS
|
Cboe
BZX
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
ETF
|
ESML
|
Cboe
BZX
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
ETF
|
EVUS
|
Cboe
BZX
iShares
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
|
SUSL
|
NASDAQ
iShares
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
ETF
|
PABU
|
NASDAQ
2023
Semi-Annual
Report
(Unaudited)
Dear
Shareholder,
Significant
economic
headwinds
emerged
during
the
12-month
reporting
period
ended
February
28,
2023,
as
investors
navigated
changing
economic
conditions
and
volatile
markets.
The
U.S.
economy
shrank
in
the
first
half
of
2022
before
returning
to
modest
growth
in
the
second
half
of
the
year,
marking
a
shift
to
a
more
challenging
post-reopening
economic
environment.
Changes
in
consumer
spending
patterns
and
a
tight
labor
market
led
to
elevated
inflation,
which
reached
a
40-year
high
before
beginning
to
moderate.
Moreover,
while
the
foremost
effect
of
Russia’s
invasion
of
Ukraine
has
been
a
severe
humanitarian
crisis,
the
ongoing
war
continued
to
present
challenges
for
both
investors
and
policymakers.
Equity
prices
fell
as
interest
rates
rose,
particularly
during
the
first
half
of
the
reporting
period.
Both
large-
and
small-capitalization
U.S.
stocks
fell,
although
equities
began
to
recover
in
the
second
half
of
the
period
as
inflation
eased
and
economic
growth
resumed.
Emerging
market
stocks
and
international
equities
from
developed
markets
declined
overall,
pressured
by
rising
interest
rates
and
a
strong
U.S.
dollar.
The
10-year
U.S.
Treasury
yield
rose
notably
during
the
reporting
period,
driving
its
price
down,
as
investors
reacted
to
fluctuating
inflation
data
and
attempted
to
anticipate
its
impact
on
future
interest
rate
changes.
The
corporate
bond
market
also
faced
inflationary
headwinds,
and
higher
interest
rates
led
to
rising
borrowing
costs
for
corporate
issuers.
The
U.S.
Federal
Reserve
(the
“Fed”),
acknowledging
that
inflation
has
been
more
persistent
than
expected,
raised
interest
rates
eight
times.
Furthermore,
the
Fed
wound
down
its
bond-buying
programs
and
accelerated
the
reduction
of
its
balance
sheet.
Restricted
labor
supply
kept
inflation
elevated
even
as
other
inflation
drivers,
such
as
goods
prices
and
energy
costs,
moderated.
While
economic
growth
slowed
in
the
last
year,
we
believe
that
taming
inflation
requires
a
more
substantial
decline
that
lowers
demand
to
a
level
more
in
line
with
the
economy’s
productive
capacity.
Although
the
Fed
has
decelerated
the
pace
of
interest
rate
hikes,
it
still
seems
determined
to
get
inflation
back
to
target.
With
this
in
mind,
we
believe
the
possibility
of
a
U.S.
recession
in
the
near-term
is
high,
but
the
dimming
economic
outlook
has
not
yet
been
fully
reflected
in
current
market
prices.
We
believe
investors
should
expect
a
period
of
higher
volatility
as
markets
adjust
to
the
new
economic
reality
and
policymakers
attempt
to
adapt
to
rapidly
changing
conditions.
Turmoil
in
the
banking
sector
shortly
following
the
end
of
the
period
highlighted
the
potential
for
the
knock-on
effects
of
substantially
higher
interest
rates
to
disrupt
markets
with
little
warning.
While
we
favor
an
overweight
to
equities
in
the
long
term,
several
factors
lead
us
to
take
an
underweight
stance
on
equities
overall
in
the
near
term.
Expectations
for
corporate
earnings
remain
elevated,
which
seems
inconsistent
with
the
possibility
of
a
recession
in
a
business
environment
characterized
by
higher
costs
and
reduced
pricing
power.
Nevertheless,
we
are
overweight
on
emerging
market
stocks
as
a
weaker
U.S.
dollar
provides
a
supportive
backdrop.
We
also
see
long-term
opportunities
in
credit,
where
valuations
are
appealing
and
higher
yields
provide
attractive
income,
although
we
are
neutral
on
credit
in
the
near
term,
as
we
believe
that
troubles
in
the
banking
sector
will
likely
lead
to
reduced
lending.
However,
we
believe
there
are
still
some
strong
opportunities
for
a
six-
to
twelve-month
horizon,
particularly
short-term
U.S.
Treasuries,
global
inflation-linked
bonds,
and
emerging
market
bonds
denominated
in
local
currency.
Overall,
our
view
is
that
investors
need
to
think
globally,
position
themselves
to
be
prepared
for
a
decarbonizing
economy,
and
be
nimble
as
market
conditions
change.
We
encourage
you
to
talk
with
your
financial
advisor
and
visit
iShares.com
for
further
insight
about
investing
in
today’s
markets.
Sincerely,
Rob
Kapito
President,
BlackRock,
Inc.
The
Markets
in
Review
Rob
Kapito
President,
BlackRock,
Inc.
Total
Returns
as
of
February
28,
2023
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Index
performance
is
shown
for
illustrative
purposes
only.
You
cannot
invest
directly
in
an
index.
6-Month
12-Month
U.S.
large
cap
equities
(S&P
500
®
Index)
1.26%
(7.69)%
U.S.
small
cap
equities
(Russell
2000
®
Index)
3.63
(6.02)
International
equities
(MSCI
Europe,
Australasia,
Far
East
Index)
12.58
(3.14)
Emerging
market
equities
(MSCI
Emerging
Markets
Index)
(2.29)
(15.28)
3-month
Treasury
bills
(ICE
BofA
3-Month
U.S.
Treasury
Bill
Index)
1.74
2.11
U.S.
Treasury
securities
(ICE
BofA
10-Year
U.S.
Treasury
Index)
(4.81)
(14.06)
U.S.
investment
grade
bonds
(Bloomberg
U.S.
Aggregate
Bond
Index)
(2.13)
(9.72)
Tax-exempt
municipal
bonds
(Bloomberg
Municipal
Bond
Index)
0.66
(5.10)
U.S.
high
yield
bonds
(Bloomberg
U.S.
Corporate
High
Yield
2%
Issuer
Capped
Index)
2.52
(5.45)
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Fund
Report
Table
of
Contents
Page
3
The
Markets
in
Review
...................................................................................................
2
Semi-Annual
Report:
Fund
Summary
........................................................................................................
4
About
Fund
Performance
..................................................................................................
10
Disclosure
of
Expenses
...................................................................................................
10
Schedules
of
Investments
.................................................................................................
11
Financial
Statements:
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities
.........................................................................................
47
Statements
of
Operations
................................................................................................
49
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets
........................................................................................
51
Financial
Highlights
.....................................................................................................
54
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
...............................................................................................
60
Board
Review
and
Approval
of
Investment
Advisory
Contract
...........................................................................
68
Statement
Regarding
Liquidity
Risk
Management
Program
.............................................................................
70
General
Information
.....................................................................................................
71
Glossary
of
Terms
Used
in
this
Report
..........................................................................................
72
iShares
®
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
ETF
4
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Fund
Summary
as
of
February
28,
2023
Investment
Objective
The
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
ETF
(the
“Fund”)
seeks
to
track
the
investment
results
of
an
index
composed
of
U.S.
companies
that
have
positive
environmental,
social
and
governance
characteristics,
as
identified
by
the
index
provider
while
exhibiting
risk
and
return
characteristics
similar
to
those
of
the
parent
index,
as
represented
by
the
MSCI
USA
Extended
ESG
Focus
Index
(the
“Index”).
The
Fund
invests
in
a
representative
sample
of
securities
included
in
the
Index
that
collectively
has
an
investment
profile
similar
to
the
Index.
Due
to
the
use
of
representative
sampling,
the
Fund
may
or
may
not
hold
all
of
the
securities
that
are
included
in
the
Index.
Performance
The
inception
date
of
the
Fund
was
December
1,
2016.
The
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
was
December
2,
2016.
Index
performance
through
May
31,
2018
reflects
the
performance
of
the
MSCI
USA
ESG
Focus
Index.
Index
performance
beginning
on
June
1,
2018
reflects
the
performance
of
the
MSCI
USA
Extended
ESG
Focus
Index.
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Performance
results
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
See
“About
Fund
Performance”
for
more
information.
Expense
Example
Portfolio
Information
Average
Annual
Total
Returns
Cumulative
Total
Returns
6-Month
Total
Returns
1
Year
5
Years
Since
Inception
1
Year
5
Years
Since
Inception
Fund
NAV
...................
0.68
%
(9.11
)
%
9.83
%
11.92
%
(9.11
)
%
59.82
%
102.02
%
Fund
Market
.................
0.51
(9.12
)
9.80
11.90
–
%
(9.12
)
59.62
101.84
Index
......................
0.75
(8.98
)
10.00
12.11
(8.98
)
61.06
104.27
Actual
Hypothetical
5%
Return
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
$
1,000.00
$
1,006.80
$
0.75
$
1,000.00
$
1,024.05
$
0.75
0.15
%
(a)
Expenses
are
equal
to
the
annualized
expense
ratio,
multiplied
by
the
average
account
value
over
the
period,
multiplied
by
181/365
(to
reflect
the
one-half
year
period
shown).
Other
fees,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
to
financial
intermediaries,
may
be
paid
which
are
not
reflected
in
the
tables
and
examples
above.
See
“Disclosure
of
Expenses”
for
more
information.
SECTOR
ALLOCATION
Sector
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Information
Technology
............................
28.6
%
Health
Care
...................................
14.3
Financials
.....................................
10.6
Consumer
Discretionary
...........................
10.2
Industrials
.....................................
9.3
Consumer
Staples
...............................
6.9
Communication
Services
...........................
6.8
Energy
.......................................
4.9
Real
Estate
....................................
3.0
Materials
.....................................
2.9
Utilities
.......................................
2.5
a
a
(a)
Excludes
money
market
funds.
TEN
LARGEST
HOLDINGS
Security
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Apple,
Inc.
....................................
6.5
%
Microsoft
Corp.
.................................
5.3
Amazon.com,
Inc.
...............................
2.4
NVIDIA
Corp.
..................................
1.7
Tesla,
Inc.
.....................................
1.6
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
C,
NVS
........................
1.4
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
A
............................
1.4
UnitedHealth
Group,
Inc.
...........................
1.4
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co.
...........................
1.2
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
.............................
1.2
aaa
aa
iShares
®
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
ETF
5
Fund
Summary
Fund
Summary
as
of
February
28,
2023
Investment
Objective
The
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA Growth
ETF
(the
“Fund”)
seeks
to
track
the
investment
results
of
an
index
composed
of
U.S.
large-
and
mid-capitalization
equities
that
exhibit
growth
characteristics
as
well
as
positive
environmental,
social
and
governance
characteristics,
as represented
by
the
MSCI
USA
Growth
Extended
ESG
Focus
Index
(the
“Index”).
The
Fund
invests
in
a
representative
sample
of
securities
included
in
the
Index
that
collectively
has
an
investment
profile
similar
to
the
Index.
Due
to
the
use
of
representative
sampling,
the
Fund
may
or
may
not
hold
all
of
the
securities
that
are
included
in
the
Index.
Performance
The
inception
date
of
the
Fund
was
January
31,
2023.
The
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
was
February
2,
2023.
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Performance
results
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
See
“About
Fund
Performance”
for
more
information.
Expense
Example
Portfolio
Information
Cumulative
Total
Returns
Since
Inception
Fund
NAV
.......................................................................................................
(1.50
)
%
Fund
Market
.....................................................................................................
–
%
(1.38
)
Index
..........................................................................................................
(1.46
)
Actual
Hypothetical
5%
Return
Beginning
Account
Value
(01/31/23)
(a)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(b)
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(b)
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
$
1,000.00
$
985.00
$
0.14
$
1,000.00
$
1,023.90
$
0.90
0.18
%
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Expenses
are
equal
to
the
annualized
expense
ratio,
multiplied
by
the
average
account
value
over
the
period,
multiplied
by
28/365
for
actual
expenses
and
181/365
for
hypothetical
expenses
(to
reflect
the
six
month
period
shown).
Other
fees,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
to
financial
intermediaries,
may
be
paid
which
are
not
reflected
in
the
tables
and
examples
above.
See
“Disclosure
of
Expenses”
for
more
information.
SECTOR
ALLOCATION
Sector
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Information
Technology
............................
46.1
%
Consumer
Discretionary
...........................
15.3
Health
Care
...................................
11.6
Communication
Services
...........................
9.7
Industrials
.....................................
6.1
Financials
.....................................
3.2
Consumer
Staples
...............................
2.5
Real
Estate
....................................
2.3
Energy
.......................................
1.7
Materials
.....................................
1.5
a
a
(a)
Excludes
money
market
funds.
TEN
LARGEST
HOLDINGS
Security
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Apple,
Inc.
....................................
12.8
%
Microsoft
Corp.
.................................
10.9
Amazon.com,
Inc.
...............................
4.9
NVIDIA
Corp.
..................................
3.5
Tesla,
Inc.
.....................................
3.2
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
A
............................
2.8
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
C,
NVS
........................
2.6
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
...........................
2.2
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
...............................
2.0
Mastercard,
Inc.,
Class
A
...........................
1.7
aaa
aa
iShares
®
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
ETF
6
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Fund
Summary
as
of
February
28,
2023
Investment
Objective
The
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
ETF
(the
“Fund”)
seeks
to
track
the
investment
results
of
an
optimized
index
designed
to
produce
investment
results
comparable
to
a
capitalization
weighted
index
of
small-capitalization
U.S.
companies,
while
reflecting
a
higher
allocation
to
those
companies
with
favorable
environmental,
social
and
governance
(“ESG”)
profiles
(as
determined
by
the
index
provider),
as
represented
by
the
MSCI
USA
Small
Cap
Extended
ESG
Focus
Index
(the
“Index”).
The
Fund
invests
in
a
representative
sample
of
securities
included
in
the
Index
that
collectively
has
an
investment
profile
similar
to
the
Index.
Due
to
the
use
of
representative
sampling,
the
Fund
may
or
may
not
hold
all
of
the
securities
that
are
included
in
the
Index.
Performance
The
inception
date
of
the
Fund
was
April
10,
2018.
The
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
was
April
12,
2018.
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Performance
results
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
See
“About
Fund
Performance”
for
more
information.
Expense
Example
Portfolio
Information
Average
Annual
Total
Returns
Cumulative
Total
Returns
6-Month
Total
Returns
1
Year
Since
Inception
1
Year
Since
Inception
Fund
NAV
...............................................
6.71
%
(3.52
)
%
8.49
%
(3.52
)
%
48.94
%
Fund
Market
.............................................
6.66
(3.59
)
8.50
–
%
(3.59
)
49.00
Index
..................................................
6.75
(3.52
)
8.62
(3.52
)
49.78
Actual
Hypothetical
5%
Return
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
$
1,000.00
$
1,067.10
$
0.87
$
1,000.00
$
1,023.95
$
0.85
0.17
%
(a)
Expenses
are
equal
to
the
annualized
expense
ratio,
multiplied
by
the
average
account
value
over
the
period,
multiplied
by
181/365
(to
reflect
the
one-half
year
period
shown).
Other
fees,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
to
financial
intermediaries,
may
be
paid
which
are
not
reflected
in
the
tables
and
examples
above.
See
“Disclosure
of
Expenses”
for
more
information.
SECTOR
ALLOCATION
Sector
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Industrials
.....................................
18.5
%
Financials
.....................................
14.9
Consumer
Discretionary
...........................
14.4
Information
Technology
............................
14.3
Health
Care
...................................
12.9
Real
Estate
....................................
6.7
Materials
.....................................
5.1
Energy
.......................................
4.9
Consumer
Staples
...............................
3.3
Utilities
.......................................
2.6
Communication
Services
...........................
2.4
a
a
(a)
Excludes
money
market
funds.
TEN
LARGEST
HOLDINGS
Security
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Comerica,
Inc.
..................................
0.4
%
EMCOR
Group,
Inc.
..............................
0.4
Flex
Ltd.
......................................
0.4
MDU
Resources
Group,
Inc.
........................
0.4
WillScot
Mobile
Mini
Holdings
Corp.,
Class
A
.............
0.4
Janus
Henderson
Group
PLC
.......................
0.3
Deckers
Outdoor
Corp.
............................
0.3
Synovus
Financial
Corp.
...........................
0.3
Builders
FirstSource
,
Inc.
..........................
0.3
Ingredion,
Inc.
..................................
0.3
aaa
aa
iShares
®
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
ETF
7
Fund
Summary
Fund
Summary
as
of
February
28,
2023
Investment
Objective
The
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA Value
ETF
(the
“Fund”)
seeks
to
track
the
investment
results
of
an
index
composed
of
U.S.
large-
and
mid-capitalization
equities
that
exhibit
value
characteristics
as
well
as
positive
environmental,
social
and
governance
characteristics,
as
represented
by
the
MSCI
USA
Value
Extended
ESG Focus
Index
(the
“Index”).
The
Fund
invests
in
a
representative
sample
of
securities
included
in
the
Index
that
collectively
has
an
investment
profile
similar
to
the
Index.
Due
to
the
use
of
representative
sampling,
the
Fund
may
or
may
not
hold
all
of
the
securities
that
are
included
in
the
Index.
Performance
The
inception
date
of
the
Fund
was
January
31,
2023.
The
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
was
February
2,
2023.
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Performance
results
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
See
“About
Fund
Performance”
for
more
information.
Expense
Example
Portfolio
Information
Cumulative
Total
Returns
Since
Inception
Fund
NAV
.......................................................................................................
(3.85
)
%
Fund
Market
.....................................................................................................
–
%
(3.75
)
Index
..........................................................................................................
(3.85
)
Actual
Hypothetical
5%
Return
Beginning
Account
Value
(01/31/23)
(a)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(b)
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(b)
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
$
1,000.00
$
961.50
$
0.14
$
1,000.00
$
1,023.90
$
0.90
0.18
%
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Expenses
are
equal
to
the
annualized
expense
ratio,
multiplied
by
the
average
account
value
over
the
period,
multiplied
by
28/365
for
actual
expenses
and
181/365
for
hypothetical
expenses
(to
reflect
the
six
month
period
shown).
Other
fees,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
to
financial
intermediaries,
may
be
paid
which
are
not
reflected
in
the
tables
and
examples
above.
See
“Disclosure
of
Expenses”
for
more
information.
SECTOR
ALLOCATION
Sector
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Financials
.....................................
17.4
%
Health
Care
...................................
17.0
Industrials
.....................................
12.3
Information
Technology
............................
11.9
Consumer
Staples
...............................
11.2
Energy
.......................................
8.3
Utilities
.......................................
5.0
Materials
.....................................
5.0
Consumer
Discretionary
...........................
4.5
Real
Estate
....................................
4.3
Communication
Services
...........................
3.1
a
a
(a)
Excludes
money
market
funds.
TEN
LARGEST
HOLDINGS
Security
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
UnitedHealth
Group,
Inc.
...........................
2.9
%
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co.
...........................
2.4
Exxon
Mobil
Corp.
...............................
2.3
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
.............................
2.2
Johnson
&
Johnson
..............................
2.0
PepsiCo,
Inc.
..................................
1.8
Merck
&
Co.,
Inc.
................................
1.7
Procter
&
Gamble
Co.
(The)
........................
1.7
Chevron
Corp.
..................................
1.6
Bank
of
America
Corp.
............................
1.5
aaa
aa
iShares
®
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
8
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Fund
Summary
as
of
February
28,
2023
Investment
Objective
The
iShares
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
(the
“Fund”)
seeks
to
track
the
investment
results
of
an
index
composed
of
U.S.
large-
and
mid-capitalization
stocks
of
companies
with
high
environmental,
social,
and
governance
performance
relative
to
their
sector
peers,
as
determined
by
the
index
provider,
as
represented
by
the
MSCI
USA
Extended
ESG
Leaders
Index
(the
“Index”).
The
Fund
invests
in
a
representative
sample
of
securities
included
in
the
Index
that
collectively
has
an
investment
profile
similar
to
the
Index.
Due
to
the
use
of
representative
sampling,
the
Fund
may
or
may
not
hold
all
of
the
securities
that
are
included
in
the
Index.
Performance
The
inception
date
of
the
Fund
was
May
7,
2019.
The
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
was
May
9,
2019.
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Performance
results
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
See
“About
Fund
Performance”
for
more
information.
Expense
Example
Portfolio
Information
Average
Annual
Total
Returns
Cumulative
Total
Returns
6-Month
Total
Returns
1
Year
Since
Inception
1
Year
Since
Inception
Fund
NAV
...............................................
1.84
%
(8.61
)
%
10.81
%
(8.61
)
%
47.93
%
Fund
Market
.............................................
1.70
(8.52
)
10.79
–
%
(8.52
)
47.86
Index
..................................................
1.90
(8.52
)
10.91
(8.52
)
48.45
Actual
Hypothetical
5%
Return
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
$
1,000.00
$
1,018.40
$
0.50
$
1,000.00
$
1,024.30
$
0.50
0.10
%
(a)
Expenses
are
equal
to
the
annualized
expense
ratio,
multiplied
by
the
average
account
value
over
the
period,
multiplied
by
181/365
(to
reflect
the
one-half
year
period
shown).
Other
fees,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
to
financial
intermediaries,
may
be
paid
which
are
not
reflected
in
the
tables
and
examples
above.
See
“Disclosure
of
Expenses”
for
more
information.
SECTOR
ALLOCATION
Sector
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Information
Technology
............................
28.6
%
Health
Care
...................................
14.9
Financials
.....................................
11.6
Consumer
Discretionary
...........................
10.9
Industrials
.....................................
8.8
Communication
Services
...........................
8.6
Consumer
Staples
...............................
6.8
Materials
.....................................
3.1
Real
Estate
....................................
2.8
Energy
.......................................
2.6
Utilities
.......................................
1.3
a
a
(a)
Excludes
money
market
funds.
TEN
LARGEST
HOLDINGS
Security
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Microsoft
Corp.
.................................
10.2
%
NVIDIA
Corp.
..................................
3.3
Tesla,
Inc.
.....................................
3.2
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
A
............................
3.1
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
C,
NVS
........................
2.9
Johnson
&
Johnson
..............................
2.3
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
...............................
2.1
Procter
&
Gamble
Co.
(The)
........................
1.9
Mastercard,
Inc.,
Class
A
...........................
1.8
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
...........................
1.7
aaa
aa
iShares
®
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
ETF
9
Fund
Summary
Fund
Summary
as
of
February
28,
2023
Investment
Objective
The
iShares
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
ETF
(the
“Fund”)
seeks
to
track
the
investment
results
of
an
index
composed
of
U.S.
large-
and
mid-capitalization
stocks
that
is
designed
to
be
compatible
with
the
objectives
of
the
Paris
Agreement
by,
in
aggregate,
following
a
decarbonization
trajectory,
reducing
exposure
to
climate-related
transition
and
physical
risks
and
increasing
exposure
to
companies
favorably
positioned
for
the
transition
to
a
low-carbon
economy,
as
represented
by
the
MSCI
USA
Climate
Paris
Aligned
Benchmark
Extended
Select
Index
(the
“Index”).
The
Fund
invests
in
a
representative
sample
of
securities
included
in
the
Index
that
collectively
has
an
investment
profile
similar
to
the
Index.
Due
to
the
use
of
representative
sampling,
the
Fund
may
or
may
not
hold
all
of
the
securities
that
are
included
in
the
Index.
Performance
The
inception
date
of
the
Fund
was
February
8,
2022.
The
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
was
February
10,
2022.
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Performance
results
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
See
“About
Fund
Performance”
for
more
information.
Expense
Example
Portfolio
Information
Average
Annual
Total
Returns
Cumulative
Total
Returns
6-Month
Total
Returns
1
Year
Since
Inception
1
Year
Since
Inception
Fund
NAV
..............................................
0.12
%
(10.49
)
%
(12.67
)
%
(10.49
)
%
(13.32
)
%
Fund
Market
............................................
0.14
(10.35
)
(12.57
)
–
%
(10.35
)
(13.21
)
Index
.................................................
0.14
(10.44
)
(12.57
)
(10.44
)
(13.26
)
Actual
Hypothetical
5%
Return
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
$
1,000.00
$
1,001.20
$
0.50
$
1,000.00
$
1,024.30
$
0.50
0.10
%
(a)
Expenses
are
equal
to
the
annualized
expense
ratio,
multiplied
by
the
average
account
value
over
the
period,
multiplied
by
181/365
(to
reflect
the
one-half
year
period
shown).
Other
fees,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
to
financial
intermediaries,
may
be
paid
which
are
not
reflected
in
the
tables
and
examples
above.
See
“Disclosure
of
Expenses”
for
more
information.
SECTOR
ALLOCATION
Sector
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Information
Technology
............................
32.3
%
Health
Care
...................................
17.5
Consumer
Discretionary
...........................
12.2
Financials
.....................................
11.8
Industrials
.....................................
7.2
Real
Estate
....................................
7.0
Communication
Services
...........................
6.6
Consumer
Staples
...............................
2.4
Materials
.....................................
1.8
Utilities
.......................................
1.2
Energy
.......................................
0.0
(b)
a
a
(a)
Excludes
money
market
funds.
(b)
Rounds
to
less
than
0.1%.
TEN
LARGEST
HOLDINGS
Security
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Apple,
Inc.
....................................
8.0
%
Microsoft
Corp.
.................................
6.1
Amazon.com,
Inc.
...............................
2.5
Tesla,
Inc.
.....................................
2.2
NVIDIA
Corp.
..................................
2.1
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
C,
NVS
........................
1.8
Sherwin-Williams
Co.
(The)
.........................
1.7
McDonald's
Corp.
...............................
1.5
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
...............................
1.3
Prologis,
Inc.
...................................
1.3
aaa
aa
About
Fund
Performance
10
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Financial
markets
have
experienced
extreme
volatility
and
trading
in
many
instruments
has
been
disrupted.
These
circumstances
may
continue
for
an
extended
period
of
time
and
may
continue
to
affect
adversely
the
value
and
liquidity
of each
Fund’s
investments.
As
a
result,
current
performance
may
be
lower
or
higher
than
the
performance
data
quoted.
Performance
data
current
to
the
most
recent
month-end
is
available
at
iShares.com
.
Performance
results
assume
reinvestment
of
all
dividends
and
capital
gain
distributions
and
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
The
investment
return
and
principal
value
of
shares
will
vary
with
changes
in
market
conditions.
Shares
may
be
worth
more
or
less
than
their
original
cost
when
they
are
redeemed
or
sold
in
the
market.
Performance
for
certain
funds
may
reflect
a
waiver
of
a
portion
of
investment
advisory
fees.
Without
such
a
waiver,
performance
would
have
been
lower.
Net
asset
value
or
“NAV”
is
the
value
of
one
share
of
a
fund
as
calculated
in
accordance
with
the
standard
formula
for
valuing
mutual
fund
shares.
Beginning
August
10,
2020,
the
price
used
to
calculate
market
return
(“Market
Price”)
is
the
closing
price.
Prior
to
August
10,
2020,
Market
Price
was
determined
using
the
midpoint
between
the
highest
bid
and
the
lowest
ask
on
the
primary
stock
exchange
on
which
shares
of
a
fund
are
listed
for
trading,
as
of
the
time
that
such
fund’s
NAV
is
calculated.
Since
shares
of
a
fund
may
not
trade
in
the
secondary
market
until
after
the
fund’s
inception,
for
the
period
from
inception
to
the
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
in
shares
of
the
fund,
the
NAV
of
the
fund
is
used
as
a
proxy
for
the
Market
Price
to
calculate
market
returns.
Market
and
NAV
returns
assume
that
dividends
and
capital
gain
distributions
have
been
reinvested
at
Market
Price
and
NAV,
respectively.
An
index
is
a
statistical
composite
that
tracks
a
specified
financial
market
or
sector.
Unlike
a
fund,
an
index
does
not
actually
hold
a
portfolio
of
securities
and
therefore
does
not
incur
the
expenses
incurred
by
a
fund.
These
expenses
negatively
impact
fund
performance.
Also,
market
returns
do
not
include
brokerage
commissions
that
may
be
payable
on
secondary
market
transactions.
If
brokerage
commissions
were
included,
market
returns
would
be
lower.
Disclosure
of
Expenses
Shareholders
of
each
Fund
may
incur
the
following
charges:
(1)
transactional
expenses,
including
brokerage
commissions
on
purchases
and
sales
of
fund
shares
and
(2)
ongoing
expenses,
including
management
fees
and
other
fund
expenses.
The
expense
examples
shown
(which
are
based
on
a
hypothetical
investment
of
$1,000
invested
at
the
beginning
of
the
period
and
held
through
the
end
of
the
period)
are
intended
to
assist
shareholders
both
in
calculating
expenses
based
on
an
investment
in
each
Fund
and
in
comparing
these
expenses
with
similar
costs
of
investing
in
other
funds.
The
expense
examples
provide
information
about
actual
account
values
and
actual
expenses.
Annualized
expense
ratios
reflect
contractual
and
voluntary
fee
waivers,
if
any.
In
order
to
estimate
the
expenses
a
shareholder
paid
during
the
period
covered
by
this
report,
shareholders
can
divide
their
account
value
by
$1,000
and
then
multiply
the
result
by
the
number
under
the
heading
entitled
“Expenses
Paid
During
the Period.”
The
expense
examples
also
provide
information
about
hypothetical
account
values
and
hypothetical
expenses
based
on
a
fund’s
actual
expense
ratio
and
an
assumed
rate
of
return
of
5%
per
year
before
expenses.
In
order
to
assist
shareholders
in
comparing
the
ongoing
expenses
of
investing
in
the
Funds
and
other
funds,
compare
the
5%
hypothetical
examples
with
the
5%
hypothetical
examples
that
appear
in
the
shareholder
reports
of
the
other
funds.
The
expenses
shown
in
the
expense
examples
are
intended
to
highlight
shareholders’
ongoing
costs
only
and
do
not
reflect
any
transactional
expenses,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
paid
on
purchases
and
sales
of
fund
shares.
Therefore,
the
hypothetical
examples
are
useful
in
comparing
ongoing
expenses
only
and
will
not
help
shareholders
determine
the
relative
total
expenses
of
owning
different
funds.
If
these
transactional
expenses
were
included,
shareholder
expenses
would
have
been
higher.
iShares
®
ESG
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USA
ETF
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of
Investments
(unaudited)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
11
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
— 1.5%
Axon
Enterprise,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
109,108
$
21,855,424
Huntington
Ingalls
Industries,
Inc.
..............
236,397
50,872,634
L3Harris
Technologies,
Inc.
..................
283,405
59,852,302
Raytheon
Technologies
Corp.
................
1,427,219
139,995,912
Textron,
Inc.
(b)
...........................
265,970
19,290,804
291,867,076
a
Air
Freight
&
Logistics
— 0.9%
CH
Robinson
Worldwide,
Inc.
(b)
...............
304,923
30,480,103
Expeditors
International
of
Washington,
Inc.
.......
479,740
50,161,614
FedEx
Corp.
............................
93,650
19,031,553
United
Parcel
Service,
Inc.,
Class
B
............
368,538
67,254,500
166,927,770
a
Auto
Components
— 0.2%
Aptiv
PLC
(a)(b)
............................
283,478
32,962,822
a
Automobiles
— 1.8%
General
Motors
Co.
.......................
459,927
17,817,572
Rivian
Automotive,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.............
958,561
18,500,227
Tesla,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
1,475,052
303,432,947
339,750,746
a
Banks
— 3.9%
Bank
of
America
Corp.
.....................
4,448,326
152,577,582
Citigroup,
Inc.
...........................
1,317,376
66,777,789
First
Republic
Bank
.......................
151,642
18,653,482
Huntington
Bancshares,
Inc.
.................
2,502,833
38,343,402
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co.
....................
1,617,413
231,856,154
PNC
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
........
440,601
69,579,710
Regions
Financial
Corp.
....................
2,757,622
64,307,745
Truist
Financial
Corp.
......................
774,120
36,344,934
U.S.
Bancorp
...........................
446,546
21,313,641
Wells
Fargo
&
Co.
........................
1,166,937
54,577,643
754,332,082
a
Beverages
— 2.4%
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
......................
3,724,387
221,638,270
Keurig
Dr
Pepper,
Inc.
.....................
1,213,205
41,916,233
Molson
Coors
Beverage
Co.,
Class
B
...........
494,748
26,315,646
PepsiCo,
Inc.
...........................
977,208
169,574,904
459,445,053
a
Biotechnology
— 2.4%
AbbVie,
Inc.
............................
801,835
123,402,406
Alnylam
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
100,097
19,163,571
Amgen,
Inc.
............................
363,197
84,138,217
Biogen,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
132,507
35,758,339
Gilead
Sciences,
Inc.
......................
1,034,910
83,341,302
Horizon
Therapeutics
PLC
(a)
.................
180,846
19,800,829
Moderna,
Inc.
(a)
(b)
.........................
151,456
21,023,607
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)(b)
............
57,224
43,514,274
Vertex
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
121,726
35,335,841
465,478,386
a
Building
Products
— 1.3%
Allegion
PLC
............................
166,962
18,818,287
Carrier
Global
Corp.
.......................
857,947
38,633,353
Fortune
Brands
Innovations,
Inc.
..............
565,492
35,032,229
Johnson
Controls
International
PLC
............
1,105,923
69,363,491
Owens
Corning
..........................
194,957
19,064,845
Trane
Technologies
PLC
....................
397,183
73,466,940
254,379,145
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Capital
Markets
— 3.5%
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc.
...................
100,822
$
34,568,839
Bank
of
New
York
Mellon
Corp.
(The)
...........
836,496
42,560,916
BlackRock,
Inc.
(c)
.........................
73,823
50,895,791
Charles
Schwab
Corp.
(The)
.................
690,316
53,789,423
FactSet
Research
Systems,
Inc.
...............
51,879
21,506,439
Goldman
Sachs
Group,
Inc.
(The)
.............
214,584
75,458,463
Intercontinental
Exchange,
Inc.
...............
185,042
18,837,275
Invesco
Ltd.
............................
1,073,851
18,964,209
LPL
Financial
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
79,869
19,932,108
MarketAxess
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
55,138
18,826,870
Moody's
Corp.
...........................
158,312
45,934,227
Morgan
Stanley
..........................
1,119,424
108,024,416
Nasdaq,
Inc.
............................
751,727
42,141,816
Northern
Trust
Corp.
.......................
208,875
19,899,521
S&P
Global,
Inc.
.........................
215,878
73,657,574
State
Street
Corp.
........................
371,188
32,916,952
677,914,839
a
Chemicals
— 1.9%
Corteva,
Inc.
............................
315,906
19,677,785
Dow,
Inc.
..............................
696,598
39,845,406
DuPont
de
Nemours,
Inc.
...................
262,668
19,182,644
Ecolab,
Inc.
............................
550,196
87,684,736
International
Flavors
&
Fragrances,
Inc.
..........
342,566
31,927,151
Linde
PLC
.............................
248,888
86,705,113
Mosaic
Co.
(The)
.........................
394,774
20,998,029
PPG
Industries,
Inc.
.......................
282,631
37,324,250
Sherwin-Williams
Co.
(The)
..................
87,298
19,323,412
362,668,526
a
Commercial
Services
&
Supplies
— 0.2%
Cintas
Corp.
............................
44,912
19,692,565
Waste
Management,
Inc.
....................
129,145
19,340,755
39,033,320
a
Communications
Equipment
— 0.9%
Arista
Networks,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
139,915
19,406,210
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
.......................
2,374,687
114,982,345
Motorola
Solutions,
Inc.
....................
119,579
31,426,557
165,815,112
a
Construction
&
Engineering
— 0.1%
Quanta
Services,
Inc.
(b)
.....................
135,898
21,933,937
a
Consumer
Finance
— 0.7%
American
Express
Co.
.....................
464,639
80,842,540
Discover
Financial
Services
..................
242,479
27,157,648
Synchrony
Financial
.......................
992,037
35,425,641
143,425,829
a
Containers
&
Packaging
— 0.5%
Amcor
PLC
.............................
3,807,766
42,418,513
Avery
Dennison
Corp.
......................
121,671
22,167,240
Ball
Corp.
..............................
408,343
22,952,960
International
Paper
Co.
.....................
513,031
18,669,198
106,207,911
a
Distributors
— 0.4%
LKQ
Corp.
.............................
988,649
56,639,701
Pool
Corp.
.............................
50,870
18,153,468
74,793,169
a
Diversified
Financial
Services
— 0.4%
Berkshire
Hathaway,
Inc.,
Class
B
(a)
............
266,542
81,343,288
a
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
iShares
®
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Aware
MSCI
USA
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
12
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
— 0.9%
AT&T,
Inc.
..............................
3,628,512
$
68,615,162
Verizon
Communications,
Inc.
................
2,784,746
108,075,992
176,691,154
a
Electric
Utilities
— 1.1%
Eversource
Energy
.......................
914,826
68,941,287
Exelon
Corp.
............................
948,513
38,310,440
NextEra
Energy,
Inc.
......................
1,394,902
99,079,889
206,331,616
a
Electrical
Equipment
— 0.2%
Eaton
Corp.
PLC
.........................
113,856
19,916,830
Rockwell
Automation,
Inc.
...................
66,995
19,758,835
39,675,665
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
— 0.4%
Keysight
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
254,671
40,737,173
Trimble,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
549,938
28,629,772
69,366,945
a
Energy
Equipment
&
Services
— 0.5%
Baker
Hughes
Co.,
Class
A
..................
847,381
25,929,858
Halliburton
Co.
..........................
513,818
18,615,626
Schlumberger
Ltd.
........................
932,613
49,624,338
94,169,822
a
Entertainment
— 1.3%
Electronic
Arts,
Inc.
.......................
268,124
29,745,677
Netflix,
Inc.
(a)
............................
228,271
73,532,937
Walt
Disney
Co.
(The)
(a)
....................
1,241,618
123,677,569
Warner
Bros
Discovery,
Inc.,
Series
A
(a)(b)
.........
1,454,729
22,722,867
249,679,050
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
— 2.7%
Alexandria
Real
Estate
Equities,
Inc.
............
122,358
18,326,781
American
Tower
Corp.
.....................
363,029
71,883,372
AvalonBay
Communities,
Inc.
................
110,054
18,986,516
Boston
Properties,
Inc.
.....................
277,749
18,187,005
Crown
Castle,
Inc.
........................
390,266
51,027,280
Digital
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
....................
257,222
26,810,249
Equinix,
Inc.
............................
89,180
61,379,919
Healthpeak
Properties,
Inc.
..................
763,607
18,372,384
Iron
Mountain,
Inc.
........................
372,895
19,670,211
Prologis,
Inc.
............................
644,128
79,485,395
SBA
Communications
Corp.,
Class
A
............
69,195
17,945,723
Ventas,
Inc.
............................
795,116
38,682,393
Welltower,
Inc.
...........................
717,355
53,170,353
Weyerhaeuser
Co.
........................
754,842
23,588,813
517,516,394
a
Food
&
Staples
Retailing
— 0.9%
Costco
Wholesale
Corp.
....................
241,799
117,074,240
Kroger
Co.
(The)
.........................
829,731
35,794,595
Sysco
Corp.
............................
317,648
23,687,012
176,555,847
a
Food
Products
— 2.0%
Archer-Daniels-Midland
Co.
..................
460,583
36,662,407
Bunge
Ltd.
.............................
380,228
36,311,774
Campbell
Soup
Co.
.......................
389,523
20,457,748
Conagra
Brands,
Inc.
......................
565,622
20,594,297
Darling
Ingredients,
Inc.
(a)
...................
292,717
18,520,204
General
Mills,
Inc.
........................
1,240,162
98,605,281
Hormel
Foods
Corp.
.......................
444,402
19,722,561
Kellogg
Co.
.............................
1,152,143
75,972,309
McCormick
&
Co.,
Inc.,
NVS
.................
266,764
19,825,900
Security
Shares
Value
a
Food
Products
(continued)
Mondelez
International,
Inc.,
Class
A
............
561,259
$
36,582,862
383,255,343
a
Gas
Utilities
— 0.2%
UGI
Corp.
..............................
830,347
30,913,819
a
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
— 2.4%
Abbott
Laboratories
.......................
984,775
100,171,313
Baxter
International,
Inc.
....................
498,065
19,897,697
Becton
Dickinson
and
Co.
...................
108,216
25,382,063
Cooper
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
................
127,049
41,541,212
Dexcom,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
259,644
28,823,080
Edwards
Lifesciences
Corp.
(a)
................
628,412
50,549,461
Hologic,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
262,211
20,882,484
IDEXX
Laboratories,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.................
74,662
35,333,045
Insulet
Corp.
(a)(b)
..........................
83,281
23,015,537
Intuitive
Surgical,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
183,471
42,086,413
Medtronic
PLC
..........................
322,055
26,666,154
ResMed,
Inc.
...........................
92,679
19,740,627
STERIS
PLC
............................
124,544
23,418,008
457,507,094
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
— 3.3%
Cigna
Corp.
(The)
........................
232,348
67,868,851
CVS
Health
Corp.
........................
541,723
45,255,539
DaVita,
Inc.
(a)
............................
237,629
19,547,362
Elevance
Health,
Inc.
......................
176,141
82,728,143
HCA
Healthcare,
Inc.
......................
128,818
31,360,742
Humana,
Inc.
...........................
46,418
22,977,838
Laboratory
Corp.
of
America
Holdings
...........
105,312
25,207,480
McKesson
Corp.
.........................
54,494
19,062,546
Molina
Healthcare,
Inc.
(a)
....................
67,660
18,628,828
Quest
Diagnostics,
Inc.
.....................
273,846
37,889,333
UnitedHealth
Group,
Inc.
....................
564,990
268,901,341
639,428,003
a
Health
Care
Technology
— 0.1%
Veeva
Systems,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..............
114,564
18,978,672
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
— 1.9%
Airbnb,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.....................
142,185
17,528,567
Booking
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
....................
26,376
66,573,024
Caesars
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)
................
379,901
19,283,775
Chipotle
Mexican
Grill,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
13,096
19,527,184
Hilton
Worldwide
Holdings,
Inc.
...............
462,412
66,823,158
Las
Vegas
Sands
Corp.
(a)
...................
348,872
20,049,674
McDonald's
Corp.
........................
178,354
47,069,404
Starbucks
Corp.
..........................
802,011
81,877,303
Vail
Resorts,
Inc.
.........................
113,464
26,492,709
365,224,798
a
Household
Products
— 1.5%
Clorox
Co.
(The)
.........................
131,271
20,404,764
Colgate-Palmolive
Co.
.....................
677,664
49,672,771
Kimberly-Clark
Corp.
......................
394,831
49,373,617
Procter
&
Gamble
Co.
(The)
.................
1,206,592
165,978,795
285,429,947
a
Industrial
Conglomerates
— 1.0%
3M
Co.
................................
652,901
70,343,554
General
Electric
Co.
.......................
540,786
45,809,982
Honeywell
International,
Inc.
.................
428,989
82,142,814
198,296,350
a
iShares
®
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
13
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Insurance
— 1.9%
Allstate
Corp.
(The)
.......................
145,369
$
18,720,620
Arch
Capital
Group
Ltd.
(a)
...................
335,584
23,490,880
Assurant,
Inc.
...........................
115,546
14,719,405
Chubb
Ltd.
.............................
162,624
34,316,917
Hartford
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
......
255,837
20,026,920
Marsh
&
McLennan
Companies,
Inc.
............
304,307
49,340,337
Progressive
Corp.
(The)
....................
395,400
56,747,808
Prudential
Financial,
Inc.
....................
912,814
91,281,400
Travelers
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
...............
366,252
67,800,570
376,444,857
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
— 3.8%
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
2,988,017
269,100,811
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
C,
NVS
(a)
................
2,985,500
269,590,650
Meta
Platforms,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
................
1,025,153
179,340,266
ZoomInfo
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...............
750,875
18,148,649
736,180,376
a
Internet
&
Direct
Marketing
Retail
— 2.6%
Amazon.com,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
4,987,568
469,978,533
MercadoLibre,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
28,670
34,977,400
504,955,933
a
IT
Services
— 4.9%
Accenture
PLC,
Class
A
....................
387,705
102,955,063
Akamai
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
348,482
25,299,793
Automatic
Data
Processing,
Inc.
...............
509,707
112,043,793
Block,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
......................
252,103
19,343,863
Fidelity
National
Information
Services,
Inc.
........
608,937
38,588,338
Fiserv,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
341,271
39,276,879
Gartner,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
57,297
18,782,530
GoDaddy,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
249,599
18,897,140
International
Business
Machines
Corp.
..........
656,725
84,914,542
Mastercard,
Inc.,
Class
A
....................
489,913
174,061,190
MongoDB,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...................
91,214
19,111,157
PayPal
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
531,432
39,113,395
Snowflake,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..................
124,934
19,287,311
Twilio,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
......................
335,322
22,536,992
VeriSign,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
95,571
18,811,240
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
(b)
.......................
905,420
199,138,075
952,161,301
a
Leisure
Products
— 0.2%
Hasbro,
Inc.
............................
720,871
39,655,114
a
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
— 2.1%
Agilent
Technologies,
Inc.
(b)
..................
380,085
53,960,667
Avantor,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
813,464
19,824,118
Danaher
Corp.
..........................
505,614
125,154,633
Illumina,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
106,126
21,140,299
IQVIA
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
......................
88,502
18,450,012
Mettler-Toledo
International,
Inc.
(a)
.............
14,311
20,517,824
Repligen
Corp.
(a)
.........................
100,068
17,448,857
Thermo
Fisher
Scientific,
Inc.
.................
139,223
75,425,452
Waters
Corp.
(a)
..........................
100,368
31,203,408
West
Pharmaceutical
Services,
Inc.
............
61,992
19,653,324
402,778,594
a
Machinery
— 2.2%
Caterpillar,
Inc.
..........................
262,234
62,818,155
Cummins,
Inc.
...........................
299,142
72,715,437
Deere
&
Co.
............................
146,189
61,288,276
Dover
Corp.
............................
175,181
26,259,632
Fortive
Corp.
(b)
...........................
355,777
23,716,095
IDEX
Corp.
.............................
180,377
40,581,217
Illinois
Tool
Works,
Inc.
.....................
83,474
19,462,798
Security
Shares
Value
a
Machinery
(continued)
Ingersoll
Rand,
Inc.
.......................
345,433
$
20,059,294
Pentair
PLC
............................
956,250
53,492,625
Toro
Co.
(The)
...........................
174,027
19,219,542
Xylem,
Inc.
.............................
337,207
34,614,299
434,227,370
a
Media
— 0.6%
Comcast
Corp.,
Class
A
....................
2,394,805
89,014,902
Interpublic
Group
of
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
.......
532,884
18,938,697
Paramount
Global,
Class
B,
NVS
..............
843,559
18,069,034
126,022,633
a
Metals
&
Mining
— 0.5%
Freeport-McMoRan,
Inc.
....................
642,140
26,308,476
Newmont
Corp.
..........................
571,939
24,942,260
Nucor
Corp.
............................
139,868
23,419,498
Steel
Dynamics,
Inc.
.......................
157,103
19,812,259
94,482,493
a
Multiline
Retail
— 0.4%
Dollar
Tree,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
134,990
19,611,347
Target
Corp.
............................
354,061
59,659,279
79,270,626
a
Multi-Utilities
— 1.0%
Consolidated
Edison,
Inc.
...................
662,108
59,159,350
Public
Service
Enterprise
Group,
Inc.
...........
1,836,833
110,999,818
Sempra
Energy
..........................
225,742
33,852,270
204,011,438
a
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
— 4.3%
Cheniere
Energy,
Inc.
......................
269,766
42,444,982
Chevron
Corp.
...........................
931,523
149,760,953
ConocoPhillips
..........................
801,012
82,784,590
EOG
Resources,
Inc.
......................
283,756
32,070,103
EQT
Corp.
.............................
622,774
20,663,641
Exxon
Mobil
Corp.
........................
1,959,763
215,397,551
Hess
Corp.
.............................
540,975
72,869,333
Marathon
Petroleum
Corp.
..................
260,092
32,147,371
Occidental
Petroleum
Corp.
..................
317,171
18,573,534
ONEOK,
Inc.
............................
1,149,658
75,245,116
Ovintiv,
Inc.
.............................
646,170
27,636,691
Phillips
66
..............................
220,733
22,638,377
Pioneer
Natural
Resources
Co.
...............
91,673
18,372,186
Valero
Energy
Corp.
.......................
219,526
28,918,160
839,522,588
a
Personal
Products
— 0.1%
Estee
Lauder
Companies,
Inc.
(The),
Class
A
......
79,443
19,308,621
a
Pharmaceuticals
— 4.0%
Bristol-Myers
Squibb
Co.
....................
1,357,320
93,600,787
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
...........................
448,770
139,666,200
Johnson
&
Johnson
.......................
1,226,397
187,957,604
Merck
&
Co.,
Inc.
.........................
1,547,571
164,413,943
Pfizer,
Inc.
.............................
2,955,323
119,897,454
Zoetis,
Inc.,
Class
A
.......................
419,272
70,018,424
775,554,412
a
Professional
Services
— 0.2%
Leidos
Holdings,
Inc.
......................
210,495
20,432,750
Robert
Half
International,
Inc.
.................
239,117
19,277,612
39,710,362
a
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
— 0.3%
CBRE
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.................
698,000
59,427,720
a
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
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28,
2023
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Net
Assets)
14
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Report
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Shareholders
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Shares
Value
a
Road
&
Rail
— 0.8%
CSX
Corp.
.............................
637,206
$
19,428,411
JB
Hunt
Transport
Services,
Inc.
..............
119,447
21,594,823
Norfolk
Southern
Corp.
.....................
100,567
22,609,473
Old
Dominion
Freight
Line,
Inc.
...............
56,328
19,109,837
Uber
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..................
900,513
29,951,063
Union
Pacific
Corp.
.......................
231,136
47,909,870
160,603,477
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
— 5.7%
Advanced
Micro
Devices,
Inc.
(a)
...............
887,325
69,725,999
Applied
Materials,
Inc.
.....................
597,389
69,386,732
Broadcom,
Inc.
..........................
152,892
90,862,187
Enphase
Energy,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
97,745
20,578,255
First
Solar,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
120,130
20,318,788
Intel
Corp.
.............................
2,952,488
73,605,526
Lam
Research
Corp.
......................
140,898
68,477,837
Marvell
Technology,
Inc.
....................
617,163
27,864,909
Micron
Technology,
Inc.
.....................
535,184
30,944,339
NVIDIA
Corp.
...........................
1,429,763
331,933,778
NXP
Semiconductors
NV
...................
315,930
56,387,186
ON
Semiconductor
Corp.
(a)(b)
.................
235,627
18,239,886
QUALCOMM,
Inc.
........................
571,150
70,554,160
Texas
Instruments,
Inc.
.....................
848,898
145,543,562
Wolfspeed,
Inc.
(a)(b)
........................
245,366
18,152,177
1,112,575,321
a
Software
— 9.6%
Adobe,
Inc.
(a)
............................
349,769
113,307,668
ANSYS,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
93,583
28,412,735
Autodesk,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
274,419
54,524,311
Black
Knight,
Inc.
(a)
........................
307,478
18,325,689
Cadence
Design
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
..............
237,566
45,835,984
Ceridian
HCM
Holding,
Inc.
(a)
.................
261,308
19,057,192
Gen
Digital,
Inc.
..........................
928,479
18,114,625
HubSpot,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.........................
54,769
21,187,935
Intuit,
Inc.
..............................
176,167
71,731,679
Microsoft
Corp.
..........................
4,119,108
1,027,387,917
Oracle
Corp.
............................
807,369
70,564,051
Palo
Alto
Networks,
Inc.
(a)
...................
115,111
21,683,459
PTC,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
175,623
22,010,830
Roper
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
52,882
22,749,836
Salesforce,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
661,155
108,171,570
ServiceNow,
Inc.
(a)
........................
136,892
59,160,616
Splunk,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
185,106
18,973,365
Synopsys,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
134,829
49,045,397
VMware,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
211,802
23,325,754
Workday,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...................
232,080
43,043,878
1,856,614,491
a
Specialty
Retail
— 2.2%
AutoZone,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
7,711
19,173,710
Best
Buy
Co.,
Inc.
........................
454,171
37,746,152
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
....................
655,228
194,301,311
Lowe's
Companies,
Inc.
....................
404,894
83,306,941
TJX
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
..................
504,423
38,638,802
Security
Shares
Value
a
Specialty
Retail
(continued)
Tractor
Supply
Co.
........................
126,643
$
29,540,746
Ulta
Beauty,
Inc.
(a)
........................
37,289
19,345,533
422,053,195
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
— 7.0%
Apple,
Inc.
.............................
8,474,802
1,249,270,563
Hewlett
Packard
Enterprise
Co.
...............
3,381,437
52,784,231
HP,
Inc.
...............................
931,405
27,495,076
Seagate
Technology
Holdings
PLC
.............
281,059
18,145,169
1,347,695,039
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
— 0.5%
Lululemon
Athletica,
Inc.
(a)
...................
68,421
21,155,773
Nike,
Inc.,
Class
B
........................
562,443
66,812,604
VF
Corp.
..............................
732,285
18,175,314
106,143,691
a
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
— 0.7%
Ferguson
PLC
...........................
372,166
53,629,121
United
Rentals,
Inc.
.......................
61,982
29,040,426
WW
Grainger,
Inc.
........................
83,425
55,763,773
138,433,320
a
Water
Utilities
— 0.2%
Essential
Utilities,
Inc.
......................
815,440
34,884,523
a
Wireless
Telecommunication
Services
— 0.1%
T-Mobile
U.S.,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
135,101
19,208,660
a
Total
Long-Term
Investments — 99.3%
(Cost:
$19,570,649,456)
..............................
19,229,225,685
a
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
—
0.6%
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares,
4.81%
(c)(d)(e)
......................
39,750,800
39,774,651
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares,
4.41%
(c)(d)
............................
70,844,519
70,844,519
a
Total
Short-Term
Securities — 0.6%
(Cost:
$110,598,482)
................................
110,619,170
Total
Investments
—
99.9%
(Cost:
$19,681,247,938)
..............................
19,339,844,855
Other
Assets
Less
Liabilities
—
0.1%
.....................
16,627,655
Net
Assets
—
100.0%
.................................
$
19,356,472,510
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
is
on
loan.
(c)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(d)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
(e)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
was
purchased
with
the
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities.
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15
Schedule
of
Investments
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Outstanding
as
of
Period
End
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:
For
the period
ended
February
28,
2023,
the
effect
of
derivative
financial
instruments
in
the
Statements
of
Operations
was
as
follows:
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
six
months
ended
February
28,
2023
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
08/31/22
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
02/28/23
Shares
Held
at
02/28/23
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
$
182,787,820
$
—
$
(143,015,432
)
(a)
$
80,119
$
(77,856
)
$
39,774,651
39,750,800
$
285,002
(b)
$
—
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
92,176,498
—
(21,331,979
)
(a)
—
—
70,844,519
70,844,519
1,450,052
56
BlackRock,
Inc.
...
117,271,979
4,580,319
(74,506,085
)
(9,493,278
)
13,042,856
50,895,791
73,823
1,540,260
—
$
(9,413,159
)
$
12,965,000
$
161,514,961
$
3,275,314
$
56
(a)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
(b)
All
or
a
portion
represents
securities
lending
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities,
net
of
fees
and
collateral
investment
expenses,
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities.
Futures
Contracts
Description
Number
of
Contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long
Contracts
S&P
500
E-Mini
Index
..................................................................
602
03/17/23
$
119,663
$
(429,489
)
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Liabilities
—
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
contracts
–
–
Unrealized
depreciation
on
futures
contracts
(a)
.............
$
—
$
—
$
429,489
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
429,489
(a)
Net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
futures
contracts
are
reported
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
In
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities,
only
current
day’s
variation
margin
is
reported
in
receivables
or
payables
and
the
net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
is
included
in
accumulated
earnings
(loss).
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
from
Futures
contracts
.................................
$
—
$
—
$
(1,007,937
)
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
(1,007,937
)
Net
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on
Futures
contracts
.................................
$
—
$
—
$
723,886
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
723,886
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
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Report
to
Shareholders
Average
Quarterly
Balances
of
Outstanding
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
For
more
information
about
the
Fund’s
investment
risks
regarding
derivative
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
For
a
description
of
the
input
levels
and
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
Futures
contracts
Average
notional
value
of
contracts
—
long
...................................................................................
$
108,602,213
a
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
.........................................
$
19,229,225,685
$
—
$
—
$
19,229,225,685
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
......................................
110,619,170
—
—
110,619,170
$
19,339,844,855
$
—
$
—
$
19,339,844,855
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
(a)
Liabilities
Equity
Contracts
...........................................
$
(429,489
)
$
—
$
—
$
(429,489
)
a
(a)
Derivative
financial
instruments
are
futures
contracts.
Futures
contracts
are
valued
at
the
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
the
instrument.
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Schedule
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February
28,
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(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
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Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
—
0
.2
%
Axon
Enterprise,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
44
$
8,814
a
Auto
Components
—
0
.2
%
Aptiv
PLC
(a)
.............................
77
8,954
a
Automobiles
—
3
.4
%
Lucid
Group,
Inc.
(a)
........................
389
3,552
Rivian
Automotive,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
..............
250
4,825
Tesla,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
614
126,306
134,683
a
Beverages
—
0
.1
%
Brown-Forman
Corp.
,
Class
B
,
NVS
............
63
4,087
a
Biotechnology
—
1
.3
%
Alnylam
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
43
8,232
Horizon
Therapeutics
PLC
(a)
.................
76
8,321
Incyte
Corp.
(a)
...........................
72
5,543
Moderna,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
55
7,635
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
.............
14
10,646
Vertex
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
46
13,353
53,730
a
Building
Products
—
1
.3
%
Allegion
PLC
............................
97
10,933
Lennox
International,
Inc.
...................
16
4,077
Trane
Technologies
PLC
....................
210
38,844
53,854
a
Capital
Markets
—
2
.0
%
FactSet
Research
Systems,
Inc.
...............
21
8,706
LPL
Financial
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
17
4,243
MarketAxess
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
21
7,170
Moody's
Corp.
...........................
48
13,927
Nasdaq,
Inc.
............................
272
15,248
S&P
Global,
Inc.
.........................
89
30,367
79,661
a
Chemicals
—
1
.0
%
Ecolab,
Inc.
............................
223
35,539
Sherwin-Williams
Co.
(The)
..................
19
4,206
39,745
a
Communications
Equipment
—
0
.3
%
Arista
Networks,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
33
4,577
Motorola
Solutions,
Inc.
....................
31
8,147
12,724
a
Construction
&
Engineering
—
0
.2
%
Quanta
Services,
Inc.
......................
60
9,684
a
Consumer
Finance
—
0
.8
%
American
Express
Co.
.....................
180
31,318
a
Containers
&
Packaging
—
0
.5
%
Avery
Dennison
Corp.
......................
43
7,834
Ball
Corp.
..............................
200
11,242
19,076
a
Distributors
—
0
.2
%
Pool
Corp.
.............................
20
7,137
a
Electrical
Equipment
—
0
.1
%
Plug
Power,
Inc.
(a)
........................
261
3,881
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
—
0
.8
%
Keysight
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
118
$
18,875
Trimble,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
257
13,380
32,255
a
Energy
Equipment
&
Services
—
0
.5
%
Schlumberger
Ltd.
........................
369
19,634
a
Entertainment
—
2
.2
%
Electronic
Arts,
Inc.
.......................
90
9,985
Netflix,
Inc.
(a)
............................
87
28,025
Walt
Disney
Co.
(The)
(a)
....................
515
51,299
89,309
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
—
1
.5
%
American
Tower
Corp.
.....................
79
15,643
Equinix,
Inc.
............................
36
24,778
SBA
Communications
Corp.
,
Class
A
............
16
4,149
Welltower,
Inc.
...........................
219
16,232
60,802
a
Food
&
Staples
Retailing
—
1
.2
%
Costco
Wholesale
Corp.
....................
87
42,124
Sysco
Corp.
............................
78
5,816
47,940
a
Food
Products
—
0
.4
%
Darling
Ingredients,
Inc.
(a)
...................
95
6,011
Hershey
Co.
(The)
........................
22
5,243
Lamb
Weston
Holdings,
Inc.
.................
54
5,434
16,688
a
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
—
2
.2
%
Cooper
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
................
49
16,022
Dexcom,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
86
9,547
Edwards
Lifesciences
Corp.
(a)
................
210
16,892
Hologic,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
82
6,530
IDEXX
Laboratories,
Inc.
(a)
...................
28
13,251
Insulet
Corp.
(a)
...........................
32
8,843
Intuitive
Surgical,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
43
9,864
Novocure
Ltd.
(a)
..........................
48
3,695
ResMed,
Inc.
...........................
19
4,047
88,691
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
—
2
.0
%
DaVita,
Inc.
(a)
............................
113
9,295
Elevance
Health,
Inc.
......................
86
40,392
HCA
Healthcare,
Inc.
......................
30
7,303
Humana,
Inc.
...........................
23
11,385
McKesson
Corp.
.........................
11
3,848
Molina
Healthcare,
Inc.
(a)
....................
29
7,985
80,208
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
—
2
.5
%
Booking
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
....................
10
25,240
Caesars
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)
................
98
4,975
Chipotle
Mexican
Grill,
Inc.
(a)
.................
2
2,982
Hilton
Worldwide
Holdings,
Inc.
...............
197
28,469
Las
Vegas
Sands
Corp.
(a)
...................
73
4,195
Starbucks
Corp.
..........................
225
22,970
Vail
Resorts,
Inc.
.........................
53
12,375
101,206
a
Household
Products
—
0
.7
%
Church
&
Dwight
Co.,
Inc.
...................
51
4,273
Colgate-Palmolive
Co.
.....................
310
22,723
26,996
a
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
iShares
®
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
18
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Industrial
Conglomerates
—
0
.3
%
General
Electric
Co.
.......................
146
$
12,368
a
Insurance
—
0
.5
%
Marsh
&
McLennan
Companies,
Inc.
............
32
5,188
Progressive
Corp.
(The)
....................
96
13,778
18,966
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
—
7
.4
%
Alphabet,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
....................
1,250
112,575
Alphabet,
Inc.
,
Class
C
,
NVS
(a)
................
1,173
105,922
Meta
Platforms,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
................
388
67,877
Snap,
Inc.
,
Class
A
,
NVS
(a)
..................
386
3,918
ZoomInfo
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
................
278
6,719
297,011
a
Internet
&
Direct
Marketing
Retail
—
5
.2
%
Amazon.com,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
2,062
194,302
MercadoLibre,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
11
13,420
207,722
a
IT
Services
—
7
.5
%
Accenture
PLC
,
Class
A
....................
86
22,837
Akamai
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
179
12,995
Automatic
Data
Processing,
Inc.
...............
238
52,317
Block,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
......................
53
4,067
Gartner,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
15
4,917
GoDaddy,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
....................
71
5,376
Mastercard,
Inc.
,
Class
A
....................
197
69,992
MongoDB,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
...................
31
6,495
Okta,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
.......................
69
4,919
PayPal
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
197
14,499
Snowflake,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
...................
45
6,947
Twilio,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
......................
141
9,477
VeriSign,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
29
5,708
Visa,
Inc.
,
Class
A
........................
367
80,718
301,264
a
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
—
3
.8
%
Agilent
Technologies,
Inc.
...................
175
24,845
Avantor,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
410
9,992
Danaher
Corp.
..........................
207
51,239
Illumina,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
22
4,382
IQVIA
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
......................
20
4,169
Mettler-Toledo
International,
Inc.
(a)
.............
5
7,168
Repligen
Corp.
(a)
.........................
25
4,359
Thermo
Fisher
Scientific,
Inc.
.................
38
20,587
Waters
Corp.
(a)
..........................
56
17,410
West
Pharmaceutical
Services,
Inc.
............
20
6,341
150,492
a
Machinery
—
1
.1
%
Deere
&
Co.
............................
48
20,124
IDEX
Corp.
.............................
42
9,449
Xylem,
Inc.
.............................
120
12,318
41,891
a
Media
—
0
.1
%
Charter
Communications,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
.........
10
3,676
a
Multiline
Retail
—
0
.1
%
Dollar
Tree,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
28
4,068
a
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
—
1
.2
%
Cheniere
Energy,
Inc.
......................
106
16,678
Hess
Corp.
.............................
193
25,997
Security
Shares
Value
a
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
(continued)
Ovintiv,
Inc.
.............................
139
$
5,945
48,620
a
Personal
Products
—
0
.1
%
Estee
Lauder
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
,
Class
A
......
19
4,618
a
Pharmaceuticals
—
2
.3
%
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
...........................
185
57,576
Zoetis,
Inc.
,
Class
A
.......................
205
34,235
91,811
a
Professional
Services
—
0
.2
%
Robert
Half
International,
Inc.
.................
76
6,127
a
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
—
0
.7
%
CBRE
Group,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
.................
344
29,288
a
Road
&
Rail
—
1
.1
%
JB
Hunt
Transport
Services,
Inc.
..............
74
13,379
Old
Dominion
Freight
Line,
Inc.
...............
12
4,071
Uber
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
...................
336
11,175
Union
Pacific
Corp.
.......................
71
14,717
43,342
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
—
5
.8
%
Advanced
Micro
Devices,
Inc.
(a)
...............
349
27,424
Applied
Materials,
Inc.
.....................
137
15,913
Enphase
Energy,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
25
5,263
First
Solar,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
46
7,780
Lam
Research
Corp.
......................
48
23,329
NVIDIA
Corp.
...........................
602
139,760
QUALCOMM,
Inc.
........................
58
7,165
Wolfspeed,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
51
3,773
230,407
a
Software
—
18
.8
%
Adobe,
Inc.
(a)
............................
161
52,156
ANSYS,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
41
12,448
Autodesk,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
129
25,631
Black
Knight,
Inc.
(a)
........................
94
5,602
Cadence
Design
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
..............
104
20,066
Ceridian
HCM
Holding,
Inc.
(a)
.................
55
4,011
DocuSign,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
62
3,804
Fair
Isaac
Corp.
(a)
.........................
7
4,742
HubSpot,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
21
8,124
Intuit,
Inc.
..............................
71
28,910
Microsoft
Corp.
..........................
1,753
437,233
Oracle
Corp.
............................
51
4,457
Palo
Alto
Networks,
Inc.
(a)
...................
24
4,521
Paylocity
Holding
Corp.
(a)
...................
20
3,852
PTC,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
82
10,277
Salesforce,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
276
45,156
ServiceNow,
Inc.
(a)
........................
57
24,634
Splunk,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
73
7,483
Synopsys,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
51
18,552
VMware,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
....................
85
9,361
Workday,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
....................
117
21,700
752,720
a
Specialty
Retail
—
3
.0
%
AutoZone,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
2
4,973
Burlington
Stores,
Inc.
(a)
....................
20
4,285
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
....................
294
87,183
Tractor
Supply
Co.
........................
67
15,628
iShares
®
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
19
Schedule
of
Investments
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
For
a
description
of
the
input
levels
and
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
Security
Shares
Value
a
Specialty
Retail
(continued)
Ulta
Beauty,
Inc.
(a)
........................
15
$
7,782
119,851
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
—
12
.8
%
Apple,
Inc.
.............................
3,487
514,019
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
—
0
.7
%
Lululemon
Athletica,
Inc.
(a)
...................
23
7,111
Nike,
Inc.
,
Class
B
........................
182
21,620
28,731
a
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
—
1
.6
%
Ferguson
PLC
...........................
188
27,091
United
Rentals,
Inc.
.......................
13
6,091
WW
Grainger,
Inc.
........................
44
29,411
62,593
a
Total
Long-Term
Investments — 99.9%
(Cost:
$
4,062,080
)
..................................
4,000,662
Security
Shares
Value
a
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
—
0
.1
%
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
,
4.41
%
(b)
(c)
............................
3,570
$
3,570
a
Total
Short-Term
Securities — 0.1%
(Cost:
$
3,570
)
.....................................
3,570
Total
Investments
—
100.0%
(Cost:
$
4,065,650
)
..................................
4,004,232
Other
Assets
Less
Liabilities
—
0
.0
%
.....................
1,083
Net
Assets
—
100.0%
.................................
$
4,005,315
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(c)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
period
ended
February
28,
2023
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
01/31/23
(a)
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
02/28/23
Shares
Held
at
02/28/23
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
.........
$
—
$
3,570
(b)
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
3,570
3,570
$
20
$
—
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
.........................................
$
4,000,662
$
—
$
—
$
4,000,662
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
......................................
3,570
—
—
3,570
$
4,004,232
$
—
$
—
$
4,004,232
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
February
28,
2023
iShares
®
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
20
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
— 1.6%
AeroVironment,
Inc.
(a)
......................
9,538
$
817,788
BWX
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
47,549
2,905,719
Curtiss-Wright
Corp.
.......................
17,815
3,113,884
Ducommun,
Inc.
(a)
........................
14,384
773,859
Hexcel
Corp.
............................
49,196
3,588,848
Kaman
Corp.,
Class
A
......................
30,396
790,296
Kratos
Defense
&
Security
Solutions,
Inc.
(a)
.......
76,367
966,043
Leonardo
DRS,
Inc.
(a)
......................
56,810
738,530
Maxar
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
32,710
1,684,565
Mercury
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
....................
36,510
1,910,934
Moog,
Inc.,
Class
A
.......................
21,578
2,128,022
Spirit
AeroSystems
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
........
25,884
884,715
V2X,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
19,715
914,185
Virgin
Galactic
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...............
126,515
726,196
Woodward,
Inc.
..........................
14,598
1,445,202
23,388,786
a
Air
Freight
&
Logistics
— 0.2%
GXO
Logistics,
Inc.
(a)
......................
45,187
2,239,920
Hub
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...................
10,061
922,895
3,162,815
a
Airlines
— 0.2%
Alaska
Air
Group,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
44,529
2,129,822
Hawaiian
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..................
72,268
809,402
2,939,224
a
Auto
Components
— 1.1%
Adient
PLC
(a)
............................
21,246
907,629
American
Axle
&
Manufacturing
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
....
75,380
663,344
Autoliv,
Inc.
.............................
12,236
1,132,809
Dana,
Inc.
..............................
65,968
1,044,933
Dorman
Products,
Inc.
(a)
....................
8,741
813,175
Fox
Factory
Holding
Corp.
(a)(b)
................
8,876
1,042,930
Gentex
Corp.
...........................
26,644
760,686
Gentherm,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
18,003
1,143,371
Goodyear
Tire
&
Rubber
Co.
(The)
(a)
............
64,146
728,699
LCI
Industries
...........................
17,780
2,005,762
Luminar
Technologies,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..........
112,769
1,009,283
Modine
Manufacturing
Co.
(a)
.................
46,661
1,138,995
QuantumScape
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
...............
76,354
730,708
Visteon
Corp.
(a)
..........................
16,407
2,740,625
XPEL,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
12,071
806,463
16,669,412
a
Automobiles
— 0.6%
Fisker,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.....................
107,722
800,374
Harley-Davidson,
Inc.
......................
78,622
3,738,476
Thor
Industries,
Inc.
.......................
23,634
2,150,458
Winnebago
Industries,
Inc.
..................
23,889
1,518,385
Workhorse
Group,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...................
350,614
722,265
8,929,958
a
Banks
— 7.5%
Amalgamated
Financial
Corp.
................
45,936
1,081,793
Amerant
Bancorp,
Inc.,
Class
A
...............
28,791
817,664
Ameris
Bancorp
..........................
33,686
1,612,549
Associated
Banc-Corp.
.....................
63,186
1,462,756
Atlantic
Union
Bankshares
Corp.
..............
69,901
2,618,491
Banc
of
California,
Inc.
.....................
45,603
800,333
Bank
of
Hawaii
Corp.
......................
49,420
3,699,581
Bank
OZK
.............................
70,946
3,265,644
Banner
Corp.
...........................
26,994
1,700,082
Berkshire
Hills
Bancorp,
Inc.
.................
24,215
703,688
Security
Shares
Value
a
Banks
(continued)
BOK
Financial
Corp.
.......................
20,994
$
2,197,652
Byline
Bancorp,
Inc.
.......................
37,776
931,178
Cadence
Bank
..........................
69,173
1,837,235
Camden
National
Corp.
....................
22,112
909,909
Columbia
Banking
System,
Inc.
...............
35,234
1,047,507
Comerica,
Inc.
...........................
87,095
6,105,360
Commerce
Bancshares,
Inc.
.................
13,759
910,158
Community
Bank
System,
Inc.
................
24,925
1,521,671
East
West
Bancorp,
Inc.
....................
54,945
4,187,358
Eastern
Bankshares,
Inc.
...................
73,780
1,156,870
Enterprise
Financial
Services
Corp.
............
18,047
982,840
First
Financial
Bancorp
.....................
46,051
1,134,697
First
Hawaiian,
Inc.
.......................
83,853
2,293,380
First
Interstate
BancSystem,
Inc.,
Class
A
........
70,906
2,519,999
FNB
Corp.
.............................
130,666
1,864,604
Fulton
Financial
Corp.
......................
114,857
1,975,540
Glacier
Bancorp,
Inc.
......................
91,099
4,316,271
Hancock
Whitney
Corp.
....................
52,145
2,561,362
Hanmi
Financial
Corp.
.....................
22,353
527,978
Independent
Bank
Corp.
....................
61,321
2,341,923
International
Bancshares
Corp.
...............
36,133
1,753,535
National
Bank
Holdings
Corp.,
Class
A
..........
33,369
1,351,111
NBT
Bancorp,
Inc.
........................
21,610
877,150
OceanFirst
Financial
Corp.
..................
37,703
894,315
Old
National
Bancorp
......................
159,478
2,817,976
PacWest
Bancorp
........................
32,696
907,314
Park
National
Corp.
.......................
7,158
914,578
Pinnacle
Financial
Partners,
Inc.
...............
36,810
2,727,253
Popular,
Inc.
............................
23,220
1,657,908
Premier
Financial
Corp.
....................
35,334
876,990
QCR
Holdings,
Inc.
.......................
17,236
921,954
Sandy
Spring
Bancorp,
Inc.
..................
39,319
1,295,561
Seacoast
Banking
Corp.
of
Florida
.............
28,489
869,199
ServisFirst
Bancshares,
Inc.
.................
21,767
1,609,670
Southside
Bancshares,
Inc.
..................
24,102
920,455
SouthState
Corp.
.........................
31,177
2,515,360
Synovus
Financial
Corp.
....................
115,541
4,830,769
Texas
Capital
Bancshares,
Inc.
(a)
..............
15,718
1,041,003
Trustmark
Corp.
.........................
23,223
682,756
UMB
Financial
Corp.
......................
36,443
3,303,922
Umpqua
Holdings
Corp.
(a)
...................
157,461
2,780,761
United
Bankshares,
Inc.
....................
43,324
1,766,320
United
Community
Banks,
Inc.
................
34,109
1,129,349
Valley
National
Bancorp
....................
251,120
2,907,970
Veritex
Holdings,
Inc.
......................
4,591
122,396
Western
Alliance
Bancorp
...................
45,202
3,355,797
Wintrust
Financial
Corp.
....................
20,765
1,913,079
Zions
Bancorp
NA
........................
67,514
3,417,559
109,248,083
a
Beverages
— 0.2%
Boston
Beer
Co.,
Inc.
(The),
Class
A,
NVS
(a)(b)
......
2,209
715,274
Celsius
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
14,325
1,300,710
MGP
Ingredients,
Inc.
(b)
.....................
7,740
785,146
2,801,130
a
Biotechnology
— 4.5%
ACADIA
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
45,959
950,892
Agios
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
27,836
704,529
Akero
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
...................
16,711
760,518
Alector,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
79,844
681,868
Alkermes
PLC
(a)
..........................
57,434
1,535,785
Allogene
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
107,169
680,523
AnaptysBio,
Inc.
(a)
........................
28,958
721,054
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Assets)
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of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Biotechnology
(continued)
Anavex
Life
Sciences
Corp.
(a)(b)
...............
72,032
$
685,745
Apellis
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
27,568
1,805,153
Arcutis
Biotherapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...............
45,152
730,559
Arrowhead
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)(b)
............
34,651
1,119,227
Atara
Biotherapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
.................
173,189
701,415
Avidity
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)
...................
31,208
739,630
Beam
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
...................
23,445
943,427
BioCryst
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
75,181
665,352
Blueprint
Medicines
Corp.
(a)
..................
16,763
710,248
Bridgebio
Pharma,
Inc.
(a)
....................
59,659
681,306
Caribou
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.................
112,504
685,149
Celldex
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
..................
17,877
764,957
Cerevel
Therapeutics
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
...........
26,494
707,125
Chinook
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
.................
34,509
752,986
Crinetics
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
..............
37,688
740,192
CRISPR
Therapeutics
AG
(a)(b)
.................
24,970
1,231,520
Cytokinetics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.......................
30,115
1,305,786
Denali
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
..................
35,828
972,730
Dynavax
Technologies
Corp.
(a)
................
67,439
694,622
Exelixis,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
50,574
863,804
FibroGen,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
31,917
708,557
Halozyme
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...............
46,970
2,254,090
Ideaya
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)
...................
43,074
760,256
Immunovant,
Inc.
(a)
........................
41,923
732,395
Inovio
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...............
498,488
628,095
Insmed,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
37,647
767,246
Intellia
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.................
26,057
1,046,710
Ionis
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
.................
22,580
810,622
Iovance
Biotherapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
................
107,897
786,569
IVERIC
bio,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
50,315
1,045,546
Karuna
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
..................
11,227
2,238,888
Keros
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
...................
13,874
738,374
Kezar
Life
Sciences,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.................
118,065
742,629
Krystal
Biotech,
Inc.
(a)
......................
10,038
822,212
Kura
Oncology,
Inc.
(a)
......................
62,594
746,120
Kymera
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
23,238
729,208
Madrigal
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
..............
3,727
1,010,054
MannKind
Corp.
(a)
........................
139,656
737,384
Merus
NV
(a)(b)
............................
41,523
791,844
Mirati
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
...................
18,474
846,848
Myovant
Sciences,
Ltd.
(a)(b)
..................
27,726
747,493
Natera,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
31,808
1,544,278
Nurix
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
...................
75,966
716,359
Prometheus
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)
...............
9,381
1,148,141
Prothena
Corp.
PLC
(a)
......................
21,008
1,171,406
PTC
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
....................
16,470
719,245
RAPT
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
...................
27,137
799,185
Replimune
Group,
Inc.
(a)
....................
30,824
675,046
Rhythm
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
29,118
707,859
Rocket
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
39,679
762,234
Roivant
Sciences,
Ltd.
(a)
....................
130,609
1,056,627
Sarepta
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
27,287
3,332,561
SpringWorks
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
..............
25,474
812,621
Syndax
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
29,359
744,251
TG
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
40,984
656,564
Ultragenyx
Pharmaceutical,
Inc.
(a)
..............
31,296
1,392,359
uniQure
NV
(a)
...........................
37,158
778,832
Vaxcyte,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
29,474
1,207,550
Veracyte,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
29,495
725,872
Verve
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..................
36,467
692,873
Vir
Biotechnology,
Inc.
(a)
....................
28,975
660,630
Viridian
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
..................
22,882
749,614
Xencor,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
30,639
984,431
Security
Shares
Value
a
Biotechnology
(continued)
Xenon
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...............
27,367
$
1,079,902
66,345,682
a
Building
Products
— 1.3%
AAON,
Inc.
.............................
24,983
2,272,454
Advanced
Drainage
Systems,
Inc.
(b)
............
29,826
2,646,461
Armstrong
World
Industries,
Inc.
...............
29,672
2,339,637
AZEK
Co.,
Inc.
(The),
Class
A
(a)(b)
..............
48,126
1,159,355
Builders
FirstSource,
Inc.
(a)
..................
54,051
4,582,444
Gibraltar
Industries,
Inc.
(a)
...................
14,058
750,838
Resideo
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
109,443
2,007,185
Trex
Co.,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.........................
41,181
2,105,584
UFP
Industries,
Inc.
.......................
8,757
748,986
Zurn
Elkay
Water
Solutions
Corp.
..............
46,266
1,064,118
19,677,062
a
Capital
Markets
— 1.9%
Affiliated
Managers
Group,
Inc.
...............
20,588
3,281,933
Artisan
Partners
Asset
Management,
Inc.,
Class
A
...
33,653
1,109,539
Cohen
&
Steers,
Inc.
......................
10,756
778,304
Cowen,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
18,190
709,228
Diamond
Hill
Investment
Group,
Inc.
............
4,393
767,018
Donnelley
Financial
Solutions,
Inc.
(a)
............
24,044
1,017,302
Evercore,
Inc.,
Class
A
.....................
6,983
916,030
Interactive
Brokers
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
..........
28,714
2,472,562
Janus
Henderson
Group
PLC
................
179,693
4,934,370
Jefferies
Financial
Group,
Inc.
................
44,320
1,674,853
Morningstar,
Inc.
.........................
10,971
2,274,617
Open
Lending
Corp.
,
Class
A
(a)
................
86,474
612,236
Perella
Weinberg
Partners,
Class
A
.............
74,467
752,861
PJT
Partners,
Inc.,
Class
A
..................
12,143
957,840
Stifel
Financial
Corp.
......................
12,260
819,336
StoneX
Group,
Inc.
(a)
......................
8,804
887,707
Victory
Capital
Holdings,
Inc.
,
Class
A
...........
23,300
791,268
Virtu
Financial,
Inc.,
Class
A
..................
37,142
682,670
Virtus
Investment
Partners,
Inc.
...............
7,692
1,618,628
27,058,302
a
Chemicals
— 2.3%
Ashland,
Inc.
............................
12,243
1,246,093
Avient
Corp.
............................
40,090
1,749,127
Axalta
Coating
Systems
Ltd.
(a)(b)
...............
147,847
4,405,841
Balchem
Corp.
..........................
14,459
1,879,670
Cabot
Corp.
............................
17,063
1,357,020
Chemours
Co.
(The)
.......................
57,826
1,976,493
Element
Solutions,
Inc.
.....................
49,553
1,017,819
Ginkgo
Bioworks
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.......
424,127
623,467
Hawkins,
Inc.
...........................
18,867
767,321
HB
Fuller
Co.
...........................
16,961
1,183,199
Ingevity
Corp.
(a)
..........................
13,674
1,128,925
Innospec,
Inc.
...........................
17,280
1,891,469
Koppers
Holdings,
Inc.
.....................
30,780
1,104,694
Livent
Corp.
(a)
...........................
61,789
1,448,952
Minerals
Technologies,
Inc.
..................
23,002
1,397,372
Orion
Engineered
Carbons
SA
(b)
...............
62,388
1,590,894
Scotts
Miracle-Gro
Co.
(The),
Class
A
...........
12,359
1,019,618
Sensient
Technologies
Corp.
.................
15,201
1,146,003
Stepan
Co.
.............................
22,248
2,315,794
Trinseo
PLC
............................
33,191
769,367
Tronox
Holdings
PLC
......................
59,029
920,852
Valvoline,
Inc.
...........................
78,462
2,761,862
33,701,852
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of
Investments
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iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Commercial
Services
&
Supplies
— 1.1%
ABM
Industries,
Inc.
.......................
31,352
$
1,517,750
ACCO
Brands
Corp.
.......................
130,464
739,731
Deluxe
Corp.
............................
39,263
724,010
Healthcare
Services
Group,
Inc.
...............
56,720
752,674
HNI
Corp.
..............................
25,327
791,469
IAA,
Inc.
(a)
..............................
65,714
2,688,360
KAR
Auction
Services,
Inc.
(a)
.................
77,318
1,104,874
Liquidity
Services,
Inc.
(a)
....................
57,505
728,013
Matthews
International
Corp.,
Class
A
...........
30,189
1,152,012
MillerKnoll,
Inc.
..........................
43,663
1,042,236
Montrose
Environmental
Group,
Inc.
(a)
...........
18,372
894,533
MSA
Safety,
Inc.
.........................
10,274
1,380,312
Pitney
Bowes,
Inc.
........................
26,949
116,959
Tetra
Tech,
Inc.
..........................
13,086
1,791,343
VSE
Corp.
.............................
13,828
793,865
16,218,141
a
Communications
Equipment
— 0.8%
ADTRAN
Holdings,
Inc.
....................
43,737
763,210
Calix,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
24,978
1,277,625
Ciena
Corp.
(a)
...........................
58,396
2,815,855
CommScope
Holding
Co.,
Inc.
(a)
...............
106,666
772,262
Digi
International,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
22,475
749,991
Harmonic,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
91,052
1,200,976
Infinera
Corp.
(a)(b)
.........................
162,690
1,150,218
Lumentum
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
..................
25,079
1,349,501
Ribbon
Communications,
Inc.
(a)
...............
165,085
736,279
Viasat,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
22,679
720,285
11,536,202
a
Construction
&
Engineering
— 2.5%
Ameresco,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..................
13,477
592,314
API
Group
Corp.
(a)
........................
49,918
1,172,574
Arcosa,
Inc.
............................
17,869
1,082,861
Argan,
Inc.
.............................
20,512
797,096
Comfort
Systems
USA,
Inc.
..................
24,624
3,581,314
Dycom
Industries,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...................
10,457
880,584
EMCOR
Group,
Inc.
.......................
35,030
5,857,717
Fluor
Corp.
(a)
............................
39,186
1,436,951
Granite
Construction,
Inc.
...................
21,774
940,637
Great
Lakes
Dredge
&
Dock
Corp.
(a)
............
122,964
705,198
MasTec,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
22,380
2,186,974
MDU
Resources
Group,
Inc.
.................
164,998
5,255,186
MYR
Group,
Inc.
(a)
........................
22,933
2,765,949
Primoris
Services
Corp.
....................
37,448
1,029,820
Sterling
Infrastructure,
Inc.
(a)
.................
21,757
836,774
Valmont
Industries,
Inc.
.....................
8,129
2,579,576
WillScot
Mobile
Mini
Holdings
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
.....
99,457
5,112,090
36,813,615
a
Construction
Materials
— 0.2%
Summit
Materials,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
..............
104,837
3,096,885
a
Consumer
Finance
— 0.8%
Bread
Financial
Holdings,
Inc.
................
18,136
744,846
Credit
Acceptance
Corp.
(a)(b)
..................
1,563
694,503
Encore
Capital
Group,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
25,982
1,342,750
Green
Dot
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
..................
13,074
247,491
OneMain
Holdings,
Inc.
.....................
46,509
2,004,073
PRA
Group,
Inc.
(a)
........................
37,850
1,610,896
PROG
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
32,377
800,359
SLM
Corp.
.............................
145,003
2,085,143
SoFi
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..................
167,057
1,102,576
Upstart
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
39,892
738,401
11,371,038
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Containers
&
Packaging
— 1.0%
AptarGroup,
Inc.
.........................
32,033
$
3,738,892
Berry
Global
Group,
Inc.
....................
35,425
2,199,892
Graphic
Packaging
Holding
Co.
...............
168,602
4,012,728
Greif,
Inc.,
Class
A
........................
11,146
791,923
Greif,
Inc.,
Class
B
........................
11,253
925,897
Myers
Industries,
Inc.
......................
41,037
1,060,396
O-I
Glass,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
45,545
1,012,010
Sonoco
Products
Co.
......................
23,379
1,380,764
15,122,502
a
Diversified
Consumer
Services
— 1.3%
2U,
Inc.
(a)
..............................
75,309
674,769
ADT,
Inc.
..............................
103,498
780,375
Adtalem
Global
Education,
Inc.
(a)
..............
18,713
732,052
Bright
Horizons
Family
Solutions,
Inc.
(a)
..........
28,397
2,238,819
Carriage
Services,
Inc.
.....................
28,300
959,936
Chegg,
Inc.
(a)
............................
88,767
1,410,508
Coursera,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
57,071
643,190
European
Wax
Center,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...........
42,908
792,082
Frontdoor,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
44,488
1,256,786
Grand
Canyon
Education,
Inc.
(a)
...............
10,618
1,202,913
H&R
Block,
Inc.
..........................
58,664
2,158,835
Rover
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
188,349
787,299
Service
Corp.
International
..................
55,757
3,765,270
Stride,
Inc.
(a)
............................
19,797
840,779
18,243,613
a
Diversified
Financial
Services
— 0.4%
A-Mark
Precious
Metals,
Inc.
.................
23,310
683,216
Jackson
Financial,
Inc.,
Class
A
...............
21,935
995,410
Voya
Financial,
Inc.
.......................
55,209
4,112,519
5,791,145
a
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
— 0
.7%
Bandwidth,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...................
28,898
459,478
Cogent
Communications
Holdings,
Inc.
..........
21,521
1,393,269
Frontier
Communications
Parent,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.........
60,233
1,647,975
Globalstar,
Inc.
(a)(b)
........................
623,152
797,635
Iridium
Communications,
Inc.
(a)
................
57,502
3,528,898
Lumen
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
303,729
1,032,679
Radius
Global
Infrastructure,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
......
69,100
941,833
9,801,767
a
Electric
Utilities
— 0.3%
Hawaiian
Electric
Industries,
Inc.
..............
93,622
3,787,010
a
Electrical
Equipment
— 1.7%
Acuity
Brands,
Inc.
........................
19,322
3,747,695
Array
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
...................
41,255
773,119
Atkore,
Inc.
(a)
............................
18,592
2,714,804
AZZ,
Inc.
..............................
28,849
1,172,712
Blink
Charging
Co.
(a)(b)
......................
71,432
646,460
Bloom
Energy
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
................
63,044
1,367,424
ChargePoint
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..........
81,678
927,862
FREYR
Battery
SA
(a)(b)
.....................
84,461
766,906
FuelCell
Energy,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
207,135
691,831
nVent
Electric
PLC
........................
56,195
2,575,979
Regal
Rexnord
Corp.
......................
26,006
4,099,586
Shoals
Technologies
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.......
42,102
1,033,183
Stem,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
77,000
628,320
SunPower
Corp.
(a)
........................
45,976
690,559
Sunrun,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
80,050
1,924,402
Vertiv
Holdings
Co.,
Class
A
.................
106,654
1,733,127
25,493,969
a
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28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
23
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
— 3.4%
Advanced
Energy
Industries,
Inc.
(b)
.............
10,751
$
1,000,703
Avnet,
Inc.
.............................
61,957
2,770,098
Badger
Meter,
Inc.
........................
31,363
3,814,368
Belden,
Inc.
............................
16,856
1,422,309
Benchmark
Electronics,
Inc.
.................
52,704
1,253,828
Coherent
Corp.
(a)
.........................
39,809
1,716,962
CTS
Corp.
.............................
28,468
1,232,949
ePlus,
Inc.
(a)
............................
13,986
757,622
Fabrinet
(a)
..............................
8,379
1,021,149
Flex
Ltd.
(a)
..............................
233,714
5,319,331
Insight
Enterprises,
Inc.
(a)
...................
21,175
2,835,756
IPG
Photonics
Corp.
(a)
.....................
6,913
851,958
Itron,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
31,262
1,743,482
Jabil,
Inc.
..............................
35,304
2,931,291
Kimball
Electronics,
Inc.
(a)
...................
40,445
1,011,529
Knowles
Corp.
(a)
.........................
59,436
1,009,223
Littelfuse,
Inc.
...........................
9,343
2,417,314
Methode
Electronics,
Inc.
...................
28,340
1,381,008
Mirion
Technologies,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...........
95,185
864,280
National
Instruments
Corp.
..................
57,589
2,908,820
Novanta,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
17,491
2,744,513
OSI
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
9,398
869,785
PAR
Technology
Corp.
(a)(b)
...................
21,896
747,748
Plexus
Corp.
(a)
...........................
21,866
2,096,731
Rogers
Corp.
(a)
..........................
12,508
1,841,178
TD
SYNNEX
Corp.
........................
7,586
732,201
Vishay
Precision
Group,
Inc.
(a)
................
18,905
824,258
Vontier
Corp.
............................
52,483
1,373,480
49,493,874
a
Energy
Equipment
&
Services
— 1.6%
Archrock,
Inc.
...........................
113,179
1,252,891
Cactus,
Inc.,
Class
A
......................
28,788
1,322,809
ChampionX
Corp.
........................
87,531
2,675,823
Core
Laboratories
NV
(b)
.....................
46,249
1,103,964
Dril-Quip,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
32,275
1,105,419
Expro
Group
Holdings
NV
(a)(b)
.................
39,907
907,086
Helmerich
&
Payne,
Inc.
....................
26,614
1,119,917
Liberty
Energy,
Inc.,
Class
A
.................
46,364
707,051
NexTier
Oilfield
Solutions,
Inc.
(a)
...............
76,461
698,089
Noble
Corp.
PLC,
Class
A
(a)
..................
22,897
954,576
NOV,
Inc.
..............................
163,890
3,585,913
Oceaneering
International,
Inc.
(a)
..............
50,518
1,055,321
Patterson-UTI
Energy,
Inc.
..................
53,310
730,347
TechnipFMC
PLC
(a)
.......................
234,657
3,587,905
Transocean,
Ltd.
(a)(b)
.......................
171,917
1,201,700
Weatherford
International
PLC
(a)
...............
27,356
1,822,457
23,831,268
a
Entertainment
— 0.4%
AMC
Entertainment
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.....
160,261
1,144,263
Cinemark
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..................
64,042
871,612
IMAX
Corp.
(a)
...........................
52,399
966,238
Lions
Gate
Entertainment
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
........
73,354
778,286
World
Wrestling
Entertainment,
Inc.,
Class
A
......
18,163
1,525,692
5,286,091
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
— 5.9%
Acadia
Realty
Trust
.......................
46,525
677,869
Alexander
&
Baldwin,
Inc.
...................
74,036
1,382,252
American
Assets
Trust,
Inc.
..................
42,083
1,061,754
Americold
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
..................
79,106
2,325,716
Apartment
Income
REIT
Corp.
................
49,791
1,882,100
Brandywine
Realty
Trust
....................
315,936
1,860,863
Brixmor
Property
Group,
Inc.
.................
180,241
4,080,656
Security
Shares
Value
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
(continued)
City
Office
REIT,
Inc.
......................
82,421
$
697,282
Corporate
Office
Properties
Trust
..............
171,778
4,368,315
Cousins
Properties,
Inc.
....................
60,562
1,483,163
CubeSmart
.............................
78,125
3,671,094
DiamondRock
Hospitality
Co.
.................
86,041
750,277
Douglas
Emmett,
Inc.
......................
116,705
1,649,042
Easterly
Government
Properties,
Inc.
...........
98,964
1,494,356
Elme
Communities
........................
76,315
1,420,222
Empire
State
Realty
Trust,
Inc.,
Class
A
..........
99,271
723,686
EPR
Properties
..........................
24,799
1,012,791
Essential
Properties
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
...........
85,725
2,208,276
Federal
Realty
Investment
Trust
...............
38,657
4,127,794
First
Industrial
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
...............
25,008
1,319,172
Four
Corners
Property
Trust,
Inc.
..............
35,884
974,251
Highwoods
Properties,
Inc.
..................
89,464
2,370,796
Hudson
Pacific
Properties,
Inc.
................
126,338
1,166,100
Innovative
Industrial
Properties,
Inc.
............
8,533
754,403
iStar,
Inc.
..............................
90,720
698,544
JBG
SMITH
Properties
.....................
106,172
1,831,467
Kilroy
Realty
Corp.
........................
61,158
2,202,911
Kite
Realty
Group
Trust
.....................
77,572
1,684,864
Life
Storage,
Inc.
.........................
33,961
4,092,980
Macerich
Co.
(The)
.......................
125,261
1,496,869
National
Retail
Properties,
Inc.
................
84,896
3,847,487
Omega
Healthcare
Investors,
Inc.
..............
106,932
2,864,708
Outfront
Media,
Inc.
.......................
77,950
1,360,227
Park
Hotels
&
Resorts,
Inc.
..................
97,753
1,344,104
Phillips
Edison
&
Co.,
Inc.
(b)
..................
25,820
880,204
Physicians
Realty
Trust
.....................
217,461
3,224,947
Piedmont
Office
Realty
Trust,
Inc.,
Class
A
........
111,962
1,024,452
PotlatchDeltic
Corp.
.......................
38,503
1,777,298
Rayonier,
Inc.
...........................
25,442
854,342
Rexford
Industrial
Realty,
Inc.
................
58,371
3,529,111
Ryman
Hospitality
Properties,
Inc.
.............
23,869
2,214,327
Sabra
Health
Care
REIT,
Inc.
.................
91,402
1,088,598
SITE
Centers
Corp.
.......................
104,543
1,397,740
SL
Green
Realty
Corp.
.....................
30,146
1,026,471
STAG
Industrial,
Inc.
......................
37,370
1,257,127
Sunstone
Hotel
Investors,
Inc.
................
72,481
766,124
Uniti
Group,
Inc.
.........................
307,544
1,688,417
Xenia
Hotels
&
Resorts,
Inc.
.................
62,912
883,284
86,498,833
a
Food
&
Staples
Retailing
— 1.4%
Andersons,
Inc.
(The)
......................
20,116
917,893
BJ's
Wholesale
Club
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
............
49,061
3,522,580
Casey's
General
Stores,
Inc.
.................
21,160
4,400,222
Chefs'
Warehouse,
Inc.
(The)
(a)
...............
21,305
693,478
Grocery
Outlet
Holding
Corp.
(a)
................
24,817
671,300
PriceSmart,
Inc.
..........................
13,994
975,662
SpartanNash
Co.
.........................
32,077
858,380
Sprouts
Farmers
Market,
Inc.
(a)
................
93,874
2,843,443
U.S.
Foods
Holding
Corp.
(a)
..................
109,772
4,119,743
United
Natural
Foods,
Inc.
(a)
..................
31,440
1,280,551
20,283,252
a
Food
Products
— 1.3%
B&G
Foods,
Inc.
.........................
60,774
770,006
Cal-Maine
Foods,
Inc.
......................
14,257
809,798
Flowers
Foods,
Inc.
.......................
121,400
3,384,632
Fresh
Del
Monte
Produce,
Inc.
................
27,317
854,476
Freshpet,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.........................
24,132
1,500,528
Hain
Celestial
Group,
Inc.
(The)
(a)
(b)
.............
66,976
1,194,182
Hostess
Brands,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..............
32,979
814,581
Ingredion,
Inc.
...........................
45,775
4,550,035
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
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28,
2023
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2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Food
Products
(continued)
Lancaster
Colony
Corp.
....................
3,848
$
738,739
Mission
Produce,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
62,572
720,829
Post
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
11,235
1,010,701
Simply
Good
Foods
Co.
(The)
(a)(b)
..............
20,248
775,296
TreeHouse
Foods,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...................
28,651
1,397,882
Vital
Farms,
Inc.
(a)
........................
50,006
808,097
19,329,782
a
Gas
Utilities
— 1.1%
Chesapeake
Utilities
Corp.
..................
5,003
640,834
National
Fuel
Gas
Co.
.....................
40,107
2,297,329
New
Jersey
Resources
Corp.
.................
73,056
3,728,048
Northwest
Natural
Holding
Co.
................
35,346
1,708,626
ONE
Gas,
Inc.
...........................
45,667
3,660,667
Southwest
Gas
Holdings,
Inc.
................
30,447
1,918,465
Spire,
Inc.
..............................
29,042
2,044,557
15,998,526
a
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
— 3.0%
Alphatec
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
....................
69,720
1,032,553
AngioDynamics,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
57,705
714,388
Artivion,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
56,978
754,389
AtriCure,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
25,819
994,031
Cardiovascular
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
................
38,253
753,967
Cerus
Corp.
(a)
...........................
248,265
710,038
CONMED
Corp.
..........................
11,197
1,077,039
Embecta
Corp.
..........................
24,965
797,632
Envista
Holdings
Corp.
(a)
....................
53,344
2,062,279
Establishment
Labs
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........
11,764
843,008
Glaukos
Corp.
(a)
..........................
19,814
935,815
Globus
Medical,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...............
15,052
878,134
Haemonetics
Corp.
(a)
......................
22,330
1,736,604
Heska
Corp.
(a)
...........................
9,088
740,036
Inari
Medical,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
21,077
1,185,792
Inogen,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
32,870
515,073
Inspire
Medical
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
...............
9,015
2,343,269
Integer
Holdings
Corp.
(a)
....................
10,741
805,360
Integra
LifeSciences
Holdings
Corp.
(a)(b)
..........
22,598
1,256,901
iRhythm
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
10,770
1,267,414
Lantheus
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
...................
21,139
1,563,440
LivaNova
PLC
(a)
..........................
16,773
793,698
Merit
Medical
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
.................
32,884
2,320,953
Neogen
Corp.
(a)
..........................
46,692
825,981
Nevro
Corp.
(a)
...........................
19,088
600,127
Orthofix
Medical,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
35,916
739,870
Outset
Medical,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.....................
30,701
700,290
Paragon
28,
Inc.
(a)
........................
42,422
747,051
Penumbra,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
14,240
3,702,258
QuidelOrtho
Corp.
(a)
.......................
16,914
1,470,503
Shockwave
Medical,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.................
13,342
2,538,182
SI-BONE,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
45,906
907,791
Sight
Sciences,
Inc.
(a)
......................
62,787
689,401
Silk
Road
Medical,
Inc.
(a)
....................
14,190
751,928
STAAR
Surgical
Co.
(a)
......................
15,886
879,925
Tandem
Diabetes
Care,
Inc.
(a)
................
29,921
1,072,967
TransMedics
Group,
Inc.
(a)
...................
11,369
910,316
Treace
Medical
Concepts,
Inc.
(a)
...............
34,365
737,473
Varex
Imaging
Corp.
(a)
.....................
40,827
722,230
44,078,106
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
— 2.9%
Acadia
Healthcare
Co.,
Inc.
(a)
.................
32,780
2,376,878
Accolade,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
63,774
708,529
AdaptHealth
Corp.
(a)
.......................
33,211
531,044
Addus
HomeCare
Corp.
(a)
...................
7,226
785,033
Security
Shares
Value
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
(continued)
Agiliti,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
44,102
$
840,584
agilon
health,
Inc.
(a)(b)
......................
70,455
1,494,350
Amedisys,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
13,802
1,269,094
AMN
Healthcare
Services,
Inc.
(a)
...............
19,416
1,747,634
Apollo
Medical
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
................
21,634
755,027
Brookdale
Senior
Living,
Inc.
(a)
................
243,176
785,458
Castle
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)
...................
29,081
732,260
Chemed
Corp.
...........................
4,198
2,189,593
CorVel
Corp.
(a)
...........................
7,132
1,285,757
Cross
Country
Healthcare,
Inc.
(a)
..............
27,705
732,797
Encompass
Health
Corp.
...................
45,167
2,552,839
Enhabit,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
47,957
736,140
Ensign
Group,
Inc.
(The)
....................
17,860
1,598,113
Fulgent
Genetics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...................
22,723
745,087
Guardant
Health,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
27,002
834,092
HealthEquity,
Inc.
(a)
........................
21,674
1,412,494
ModivCare,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
7,675
753,608
National
Research
Corp.
....................
26,350
1,189,966
Oak
Street
Health,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...................
34,797
1,231,814
Option
Care
Health,
Inc.
(a)
...................
46,186
1,416,525
Owens
&
Minor,
Inc.
(a)
......................
43,227
662,670
Patterson
Companies,
Inc.
..................
51,262
1,359,468
Premier,
Inc.,
Class
A
......................
80,238
2,582,861
Privia
Health
Group,
Inc.
(a)
...................
39,846
1,112,899
Progyny,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
30,153
1,132,547
R1
RCM,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
107,645
1,528,559
RadNet,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
35,970
848,352
Select
Medical
Holdings
Corp.
................
28,921
786,362
Signify
Health,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...............
36,892
1,062,121
Surgery
Partners,
Inc.
(a)
....................
21,082
705,193
Tenet
Healthcare
Corp.
(a)
....................
26,165
1,531,437
42,017,185
a
Health
Care
Technology
— 0.3%
Doximity,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
26,622
895,298
NextGen
Healthcare,
Inc.
(a)
..................
40,942
741,460
Teladoc
Health,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.....................
75,262
1,993,690
Veradigm,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
42,589
707,403
4,337,851
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
— 3.0%
Accel
Entertainment,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
............
105,083
961,509
Boyd
Gaming
Corp.
.......................
23,896
1,556,346
Brinker
International,
Inc.
(a)
..................
32,485
1,234,430
Cheesecake
Factory,
Inc.
(The)
...............
19,370
725,213
Churchill
Downs,
Inc.
(b)
.....................
9,519
2,339,580
Dave
&
Buster's
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)
...........
17,319
693,106
Denny's
Corp.
(a)
..........................
59,595
695,474
Dine
Brands
Global,
Inc.
....................
9,986
765,627
DraftKings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...................
128,840
2,429,922
Everi
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
......................
78,607
1,492,747
Hilton
Grand
Vacations,
Inc.
(a)
................
58,757
2,805,059
Hyatt
Hotels
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
16,286
1,893,085
Jack
in
the
Box,
Inc.
.......................
9,186
720,182
Light
&
Wonder,
Inc.
(a)
......................
28,034
1,755,209
Marriott
Vacations
Worldwide
Corp.
.............
16,837
2,575,893
Norwegian
Cruise
Line
Holdings
Ltd.
(a)(b)
.........
138,545
2,053,237
Penn
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)
...................
47,839
1,460,525
Planet
Fitness,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
................
41,545
3,367,222
Playa
Hotels
&
Resorts
NV
(a)
.................
99,224
885,078
SeaWorld
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..............
27,650
1,786,190
Shake
Shack,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.................
13,445
750,097
Six
Flags
Entertainment
Corp.
(a)
...............
33,105
873,972
Texas
Roadhouse,
Inc.
.....................
12,011
1,219,597
Travel
+
Leisure
Co.
.......................
43,431
1,821,930
iShares
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Small-Cap
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of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
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28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
25
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
(continued)
Wendy's
Co.
(The)
........................
83,542
$
1,834,582
Wingstop,
Inc.
...........................
11,118
1,893,951
Wyndham
Hotels
&
Resorts,
Inc.
..............
43,727
3,367,854
43,957,617
a
Household
Durables
— 1.6%
Cavco
Industries,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
2,646
754,110
Century
Communities,
Inc.
..................
21,780
1,302,662
Ethan
Allen
Interiors,
Inc.
...................
29,142
861,146
Helen
of
Troy
Ltd.
(a)
.......................
11,710
1,319,600
Installed
Building
Products,
Inc.
...............
8,776
1,012,575
iRobot
Corp.
(a)
...........................
19,569
804,090
KB
Home
..............................
42,807
1,509,803
Leggett
&
Platt,
Inc.
.......................
81,088
2,796,725
LGI
Homes,
Inc.
(a)
........................
6,718
700,755
MDC
Holdings,
Inc.
.......................
21,927
811,299
Meritage
Homes
Corp.
.....................
15,832
1,729,329
Skyline
Champion
Corp.
(a)
...................
17,475
1,195,465
Sonos,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
56,501
1,097,814
Taylor
Morrison
Home
Corp.
(a)
................
40,307
1,444,200
Tempur
Sealy
International,
Inc.
...............
30,723
1,313,101
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
.........................
15,181
909,949
TopBuild
Corp.
(a)
.........................
13,224
2,745,170
Tri
Pointe
Homes,
Inc.
(a)
....................
39,009
929,975
23,237,768
a
Household
Products
— 0.1%
Spectrum
Brands
Holdings,
Inc.
...............
12,481
799,033
WD-40
Co.
.............................
4,276
741,587
1,540,620
a
Independent
Power
and
Renewable
Electricity
Producers
— 0.7%
Clearway
Energy,
Inc.,
Class
A
................
26,946
800,566
Clearway
Energy,
Inc.,
Class
C
...............
73,994
2,324,151
Montauk
Renewables,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
70,358
693,730
NextEra
Energy
Partners,
LP
.................
45,346
3,004,626
Ormat
Technologies,
Inc.
(b)
..................
22,608
1,910,828
Sunnova
Energy
International,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........
52,569
934,677
9,668,578
a
Insurance
— 2.8%
Argo
Group
International
Holdings,
Ltd.
..........
35,598
1,034,122
Assured
Guaranty
Ltd.
.....................
16,722
1,043,620
Axis
Capital
Holdings
Ltd.
...................
46,120
2,800,406
CNO
Financial
Group,
Inc.
...................
136,391
3,494,337
Employers
Holdings,
Inc.
....................
10,148
450,673
First
American
Financial
Corp.
................
48,728
2,766,776
Genworth
Financial,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.............
111,625
695,424
Hanover
Insurance
Group,
Inc.
(The)
...........
21,289
2,969,390
Horace
Mann
Educators
Corp.
................
23,179
856,696
Kemper
Corp.
...........................
24,476
1,507,722
Kinsale
Capital
Group,
Inc.
..................
6,120
1,950,444
Lincoln
National
Corp.
.....................
51,069
1,619,909
Primerica,
Inc.
...........................
18,399
3,531,504
ProAssurance
Corp.
.......................
30,564
607,918
Reinsurance
Group
of
America,
Inc.
............
25,927
3,745,674
RenaissanceRe
Holdings
Ltd.
................
14,941
3,210,821
Ryan
Specialty
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
........
28,604
1,204,800
Selective
Insurance
Group,
Inc.
...............
38,655
3,924,642
Trupanion,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
13,106
778,234
Unum
Group
............................
68,526
3,052,833
41,245,945
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
— 0.4%
Bumble,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
32,505
785,971
TripAdvisor,
Inc.
(a)
........................
33,350
719,359
Security
Shares
Value
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
(continued)
Vimeo,
Inc.
(a)
............................
176,936
$
677,665
Yelp,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
30,883
927,108
Ziff
Davis,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
26,507
2,093,523
5,203,626
a
Internet
&
Direct
Marketing
Retail
— 0.1%
Wayfair,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
....................
21,133
855,675
a
IT
Services
— 1.7%
Affirm
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
................
54,819
746,635
Concentrix
Corp.
.........................
16,989
2,324,775
CSG
Systems
International,
Inc.
...............
35,815
2,012,803
DigitalOcean
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
21,035
672,699
DXC
Technology
Co.
(a)
.....................
88,816
2,463,756
Euronet
Worldwide,
Inc.
(a)
...................
7,743
842,826
EVERTEC,
Inc.
..........................
22,034
811,072
ExlService
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
..................
14,301
2,352,657
Fastly,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
......................
49,740
690,889
Kyndryl
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
59,170
928,377
Marqeta,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
123,859
718,382
Maximus,
Inc.
...........................
11,644
955,739
Perficient,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
9,902
701,062
Shift4
Payments,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...............
14,501
935,314
Squarespace,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.................
32,272
755,488
Verra
Mobility
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
................
46,470
800,678
Western
Union
Co.
(The)
...................
182,109
2,360,133
WEX,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
20,888
4,027,415
25,100,700
a
Leisure
Products
— 0.8%
Brunswick
Corp.
.........................
23,755
2,076,662
Malibu
Boats,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.................
13,148
785,724
Mattel,
Inc.
(a)
............................
126,243
2,271,112
Peloton
Interactive,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.............
68,650
886,958
Polaris,
Inc.
.............................
13,619
1,549,161
Topgolf
Callaway
Brands
Corp.
(a)
..............
96,514
2,237,195
YETI
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
......................
40,560
1,581,029
11,387,841
a
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
— 0.7%
10X
Genomics,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...............
22,872
1,086,878
Adaptive
Biotechnologies
Corp.
(a)
..............
78,864
674,287
Azenta,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
23,033
1,010,918
Bruker
Corp.
............................
12,181
839,515
CryoPort,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
35,420
767,197
Medpace
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
...................
6,753
1,309,272
NeoGenomics,
Inc.
(a)
......................
71,915
1,211,768
Pacific
Biosciences
of
California,
Inc.
(a)
..........
69,055
627,019
Sotera
Health
Co.
(a)
.......................
43,077
718,955
Syneos
Health,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
................
42,160
1,695,675
9,941,484
a
Machinery
— 4.2%
AGCO
Corp.
............................
23,799
3,351,137
Alamo
Group,
Inc.
........................
8,655
1,578,585
Allison
Transmission
Holdings,
Inc.
.............
51,608
2,451,380
Altra
Industrial
Motion
Corp.
.................
27,622
1,699,582
Astec
Industries,
Inc.
......................
16,464
741,374
Barnes
Group,
Inc.
........................
20,758
874,742
Chart
Industries,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
15,854
2,116,509
Columbus
McKinnon
Corp.
..................
22,679
841,845
Donaldson
Co.,
Inc.
.......................
40,448
2,558,336
Energy
Recovery,
Inc.
(a)
....................
48,208
1,063,951
Enerpac
Tool
Group
Corp.,
Class
A
.............
29,132
784,525
EnPro
Industries,
Inc.
......................
9,639
1,036,193
ESCO
Technologies,
Inc.
...................
10,502
978,681
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
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Small-Cap
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26
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Machinery
(continued)
Evoqua
Water
Technologies
Corp.
(a)
............
59,513
$
2,889,951
Federal
Signal
Corp.
......................
35,787
1,888,480
Flowserve
Corp.
.........................
45,631
1,582,939
Franklin
Electric
Co.,
Inc.
...................
22,685
2,168,005
Gates
Industrial
Corp.
PLC
(a)
.................
60,224
845,545
Hillenbrand,
Inc.
.........................
26,045
1,227,761
Hyliion
Holdings
Corp.
(a)
....................
234,636
664,020
ITT,
Inc.
...............................
19,255
1,750,087
John
Bean
Technologies
Corp.
................
14,442
1,601,473
Lincoln
Electric
Holdings,
Inc.
................
14,404
2,418,864
Lindsay
Corp.
...........................
7,726
1,162,686
Luxfer
Holdings
PLC
......................
50,760
841,093
Manitowoc
Co.,
Inc.
(The)
(a)(b)
.................
55,610
1,051,585
Middleby
Corp.
(The)
(a)
.....................
13,838
2,151,671
Mueller
Water
Products,
Inc.,
Class
A
...........
132,597
1,839,120
Oshkosh
Corp.
..........................
49,407
4,406,610
Proto
Labs,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
22,656
712,305
Shyft
Group,
Inc.
(The)
.....................
25,028
648,976
SPX
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
....................
19,365
1,364,071
Tennant
Co.
............................
30,351
2,149,458
Terex
Corp.
(a)
...........................
15,871
939,722
Timken
Co.
(The)
.........................
16,220
1,385,999
Trinity
Industries,
Inc.
......................
27,066
755,412
Wabash
National
Corp.
.....................
34,848
954,835
Watts
Water
Technologies,
Inc.,
Class
A
..........
20,483
3,589,236
61,066,744
a
Media
— 0.8%
Cable
One,
Inc.
..........................
2,912
2,011,056
EW
Scripps
Co.
(The),
Class
A
(a)
..............
62,782
792,309
iHeartMedia,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
..................
98,280
713,513
John
Wiley
&
Sons,
Inc.,
Class
A
..............
22,140
985,009
New
York
Times
Co.
(The),
Class
A
.............
54,012
2,079,462
Nexstar
Media
Group,
Inc.
...................
13,686
2,544,227
TEGNA,
Inc.
............................
127,185
2,213,019
WideOpenWest,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
63,420
693,181
12,031,776
a
Metals
&
Mining
— 1.4%
Alpha
Metallurgical
Resources,
Inc.
............
4,375
733,862
Arconic
Corp.
(a)
..........................
38,853
1,027,273
ATI,
Inc.
(a)
..............................
44,929
1,826,364
Commercial
Metals
Co.
.....................
63,997
3,311,845
Compass
Minerals
International,
Inc.
............
22,839
879,987
Hecla
Mining
Co.
.........................
145,234
747,955
Kaiser
Aluminum
Corp.
.....................
8,524
676,124
Materion
Corp.
..........................
12,431
1,388,294
MP
Materials
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
................
22,099
773,465
Piedmont
Lithium,
Inc.
(a)
(b)
...................
10,265
666,199
Royal
Gold,
Inc.
..........................
33,980
4,036,484
Ryerson
Holding
Corp.
.....................
18,927
680,047
Schnitzer
Steel
Industries,
Inc.,
Class
A
..........
37,718
1,233,001
United
States
Steel
Corp.
...................
65,451
2,004,764
19,985,664
a
Mortgage
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
— 0.5%
AGNC
Investment
Corp.
....................
169,545
1,842,954
Hannon
Armstrong
Sustainable
Infrastructure
Capital,
Inc.
................................
50,127
1,574,489
KKR
Real
Estate
Finance
Trust,
Inc.
............
49,544
718,388
Starwood
Property
Trust,
Inc.
.................
128,050
2,453,438
6,589,269
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Multiline
Retail
— 0.5%
Big
Lots,
Inc.
............................
44,940
$
644,889
Dillard's,
Inc.,
Class
A
(b)
.....................
1,877
668,982
Franchise
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
................
26,655
741,276
Kohl's
Corp.
............................
45,305
1,270,352
Macy's,
Inc.
............................
106,896
2,187,092
Nordstrom,
Inc.
..........................
51,919
1,011,382
Ollie's
Bargain
Outlet
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........
12,623
726,327
7,250,300
a
Multi-Utilities
— 0.3%
Avista
Corp.
............................
76,973
3,165,130
Unitil
Corp.
.............................
13,942
757,329
3,922,459
a
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
— 3.2%
Antero
Midstream
Corp.
....................
178,291
1,879,187
Antero
Resources
Corp.
(a)
...................
110,486
2,894,733
Berry
Corp.
.............................
83,185
784,435
California
Resources
Corp.
..................
24,385
1,029,047
Callon
Petroleum
Co.
(a)(b)
....................
19,452
753,960
Chord
Energy
Corp.
.......................
15,544
2,092,533
Civitas
Resources,
Inc.
.....................
20,057
1,407,400
Clean
Energy
Fuels
Corp.
(a)(b)
.................
149,608
837,805
CNX
Resources
Corp.
(a)
....................
107,247
1,646,241
Delek
U.S.
Holdings,
Inc.
...................
40,148
1,010,525
Denbury,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
15,792
1,316,579
DT
Midstream,
Inc.
........................
60,494
3,036,799
EnLink
Midstream
LLC
.....................
150,605
1,695,812
Enviva,
Inc.
.............................
24,457
1,065,347
Equitrans
Midstream
Corp.
..................
181,964
1,097,243
Excelerate
Energy,
Inc.
.....................
34,316
741,569
Green
Plains,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
13,938
483,230
Kinetik
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
................
25,777
766,866
Kosmos
Energy
Ltd.
(a)
......................
330,662
2,602,310
Matador
Resources
Co.
....................
30,496
1,640,380
Murphy
Oil
Corp.
.........................
60,395
2,356,613
New
Fortress
Energy,
Inc.,
Class
A
.............
19,165
632,253
Par
Pacific
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
..................
29,503
819,593
PBF
Energy,
Inc.,
Class
A
...................
36,016
1,574,259
PDC
Energy,
Inc.
.........................
43,196
2,898,884
Permian
Resources
Corp.,
Class
A
.............
92,051
995,071
Range
Resources
Corp.
....................
107,213
2,888,318
SM
Energy
Co.
..........................
51,992
1,534,284
Southwestern
Energy
Co.
(a)
..................
397,951
2,109,140
Talos
Energy,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
41,032
730,780
Uranium
Energy
Corp.
(a)
....................
189,785
702,205
World
Fuel
Services
Corp.
...................
36,368
998,302
47,021,703
a
Paper
&
Forest
Products
— 0.2%
Louisiana-Pacific
Corp.
.....................
30,217
1,767,997
Sylvamo
Corp.
..........................
16,535
815,671
2,583,668
a
Personal
Products
— 0.3%
BellRing
Brands,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
31,361
968,428
Coty,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.......................
96,414
1,089,478
Edgewell
Personal
Care
Co.
.................
27,859
1,189,579
Herbalife
Nutrition
Ltd.
(a)
....................
37,321
722,162
Medifast,
Inc.
...........................
6,739
755,644
4,725,291
a
Pharmaceuticals
— 1.4%
Aclaris
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
..................
57,251
713,347
Amphastar
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
.............
24,074
766,998
Arvinas,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
22,142
678,652
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Net
Assets)
27
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Pharmaceuticals
(continued)
ATAI
Life
Sciences
NV
(a)(b)
...................
412,973
$
693,795
Atea
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
.................
181,535
642,634
Axsome
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
14,208
968,844
Cassava
Sciences,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..................
28,449
702,690
Collegium
Pharmaceutical,
Inc.
(a)
..............
28,429
754,221
Corcept
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
.................
33,832
704,721
DICE
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
(b)
..................
25,657
765,605
Fulcrum
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
.................
59,297
358,154
Harmony
Biosciences
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
...........
15,181
668,419
Intra-Cellular
Therapies,
Inc.
(a)
................
33,071
1,621,471
NGM
Biopharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
161,990
767,833
Nuvation
Bio,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
355,520
689,709
Organon
&
Co.
..........................
73,743
1,805,966
Perrigo
Co.
PLC
.........................
57,164
2,154,511
Pliant
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..................
28,711
914,732
Provention
Bio,
Inc.
(a)
......................
80,045
664,373
Reata
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.........
17,679
551,054
Revance
Therapeutics,
Inc.
(a)
.................
39,663
1,376,306
Tarsus
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
46,991
727,891
Tilray
Brands,
Inc.
(a)(b)
......................
246,691
698,136
Ventyx
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)
...................
17,060
737,845
21,127,907
a
Professional
Services
— 1.9%
ASGN,
Inc.
(a)
............................
28,822
2,559,394
CACI
International,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
............
4,885
1,431,305
Exponent,
Inc.
...........................
12,080
1,243,032
First
Advantage
Corp.
(a)
.....................
56,459
819,220
FTI
Consulting,
Inc.
(a)
......................
19,163
3,520,435
Huron
Consulting
Group,
Inc.
(a)
................
11,335
795,604
ICF
International,
Inc.
......................
15,305
1,522,694
Insperity,
Inc.
............................
12,867
1,596,666
KBR,
Inc.
..............................
33,693
1,856,821
Kelly
Services,
Inc.,
Class
A,
NVS
.............
54,251
907,619
Kforce,
Inc.
.............................
12,605
787,686
Korn
Ferry
.............................
25,966
1,451,240
ManpowerGroup,
Inc.
......................
30,219
2,564,989
NV5
Global,
Inc.
(a)
........................
5,933
624,270
Science
Applications
International
Corp.
.........
12,099
1,290,237
Sterling
Check
Corp.
(a)(b)
....................
60,729
772,473
TriNet
Group,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
32,065
2,657,227
TrueBlue,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
63,832
1,193,658
Upwork,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
64,005
725,817
28,320,387
a
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
— 0.8%
Anywhere
Real
Estate,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
120,093
695,338
Cushman
&
Wakefield
PLC
(a)
.................
83,384
1,078,989
DigitalBridge
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
..............
52,133
639,672
Howard
Hughes
Corp.
(The)
(a)(b)
...............
27,066
2,249,726
Jones
Lang
LaSalle,
Inc.
(a)
...................
23,028
4,017,465
Kennedy-Wilson
Holdings,
Inc.
................
44,047
736,025
Marcus
&
Millichap,
Inc.
....................
22,372
768,926
St.
Joe
Co.
(The)
.........................
18,830
806,489
10,992,630
a
Road
&
Rail
— 1.4%
ArcBest
Corp.
...........................
14,479
1,392,880
Avis
Budget
Group,
Inc.
(a)
...................
9,839
2,161,235
Hertz
Global
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.................
65,614
1,214,515
Landstar
System,
Inc.
......................
22,381
4,046,261
Lyft,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.......................
97,728
977,280
RXO,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
70,220
1,444,425
Ryder
System,
Inc.
........................
26,427
2,587,467
Saia,
Inc.
(a)(b)
............................
9,885
2,677,550
Security
Shares
Value
a
Road
&
Rail
(continued)
Schneider
National,
Inc.,
Class
B
..............
41,730
$
1,170,944
Werner
Enterprises,
Inc.
....................
50,007
2,322,825
XPO,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
29,355
979,283
20,974,665
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
— 2.3%
Ambarella,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
11,218
1,057,970
Axcelis
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
11,765
1,512,273
Cirrus
Logic,
Inc.
(a)
........................
34,185
3,512,509
Ichor
Holdings,
Ltd.
(a)
......................
32,106
1,057,893
Impinj,
Inc.
(a)
............................
5,648
749,038
Kulicke
&
Soffa
Industries,
Inc.
................
32,921
1,754,689
Lattice
Semiconductor
Corp.
(a)
................
51,743
4,396,085
MKS
Instruments,
Inc.
.....................
18,563
1,799,312
Onto
Innovation,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
31,225
2,575,126
PDF
Solutions,
Inc.
(a)
......................
22,445
840,341
Power
Integrations,
Inc.
....................
23,410
1,925,472
Rambus,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
46,361
2,050,547
Silicon
Laboratories,
Inc.
(a)
...................
14,283
2,549,944
SiTime
Corp.
(a)
...........................
6,009
746,017
SMART
Global
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..............
43,866
732,562
Synaptics,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
14,586
1,715,459
Universal
Display
Corp.
....................
21,827
2,965,198
Veeco
Instruments,
Inc.
(a)
...................
86,219
1,833,878
33,774,313
a
Software
— 5.4%
A10
Networks,
Inc.
........................
51,406
782,399
ACI
Worldwide,
Inc.
(a)
......................
78,117
2,019,324
Adeia,
Inc.
.............................
72,227
712,158
Agilysys,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
10,787
861,989
Alarm.com
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
..................
14,302
726,971
Altair
Engineering,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
..............
31,601
2,024,360
Alteryx,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
....................
15,901
1,038,494
Appfolio,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...................
6,014
794,209
Appian
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
16,931
701,790
Asana,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
......................
47,416
701,283
Blackbaud,
Inc.
(a)(b)
........................
18,170
1,011,887
Blackline,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
27,304
1,866,501
Box,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.......................
77,420
2,581,957
Cerence,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
31,020
849,328
CommVault
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
..................
19,112
1,125,315
Dolby
Laboratories,
Inc.,
Class
A
..............
42,560
3,501,837
DoubleVerify
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
36,527
959,564
Duck
Creek
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
...............
52,374
991,964
E2open
Parent
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
........
129,899
805,374
Elastic
NV
(a)
............................
34,040
2,009,041
Envestnet,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
14,847
928,086
Everbridge,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
22,311
729,123
Five9,
Inc.
(a)
............................
28,531
1,883,046
Freshworks,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.................
54,544
814,887
Gitlab,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.....................
21,175
932,547
Guidewire
Software,
Inc.
(a)
...................
36,804
2,584,009
Intapp,
Inc.
(a)
............................
19,663
778,262
InterDigital,
Inc.
..........................
14,447
1,054,487
Jamf
Holding
Corp.
(a)(b)
.....................
36,263
769,501
JFrog
Ltd.
(a)(b)
...........................
31,985
735,655
LivePerson,
Inc.
(a)
........................
52,583
532,140
Manhattan
Associates,
Inc.
(a)
.................
21,196
3,046,925
MicroStrategy,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
3,350
878,604
Model
N,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
30,195
1,002,474
Momentive
Global,
Inc.
(a)
....................
96,936
668,858
N-able,
Inc.
(a)
............................
74,691
884,341
nCino,
Inc.
(a)
............................
25,686
699,943
NCR
Corp.
(a)
............................
45,878
1,171,265
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of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
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28,
2023
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Small-Cap
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iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Software
(continued)
New
Relic,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
28,358
$
2,069,283
Nutanix,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
90,752
2,563,744
PagerDuty,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
33,500
1,000,310
Paycor
HCM,
Inc.
(a)(b)
......................
28,550
707,184
Pegasystems,
Inc.
(b)
.......................
19,704
913,872
Progress
Software
Corp.
....................
44,188
2,538,159
PROS
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
31,911
832,558
Q2
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
........................
22,535
727,430
Qualys,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
8,818
1,041,847
Rapid7,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
17,747
839,433
RingCentral,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
..................
41,466
1,370,037
Samsara,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...................
47,656
793,949
Smartsheet,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
..................
43,961
1,935,163
Sprout
Social,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
19,394
1,182,646
SPS
Commerce,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
17,135
2,581,216
Sumo
Logic,
Inc.
(a)
........................
67,894
805,902
Tenable
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
....................
34,816
1,539,912
Teradata
Corp.
(a)
.........................
45,973
1,873,859
Varonis
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
34,055
922,209
Verint
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
......................
44,433
1,660,906
Workiva,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...................
30,757
2,743,524
Xperi,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
72,811
851,161
Zuora,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
......................
94,004
796,214
78,450,416
a
Specialty
Retail
— 3.3%
Aaron's
Co.,
Inc.
(The)
.....................
57,639
827,120
Abercrombie
&
Fitch
Co.,
Class
A
(a)
.............
25,043
736,515
American
Eagle
Outfitters,
Inc.
................
54,748
786,729
America's
Car-Mart,
Inc.
(a)
...................
7,987
678,575
Arko
Corp.
.............................
92,586
742,540
Asbury
Automotive
Group,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..............
7,004
1,590,608
AutoNation,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
11,727
1,600,853
Boot
Barn
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
...................
11,649
902,215
Caleres,
Inc.
............................
29,242
763,509
Camping
World
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(b)
.........
29,109
664,558
Chico's
FAS,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.......................
144,961
833,526
Five
Below,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
21,518
4,396,127
Floor
&
Decor
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.........
34,098
3,130,537
Foot
Locker,
Inc.
.........................
39,525
1,728,033
GameStop
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.................
90,681
1,743,796
Gap,
Inc.
(The)
..........................
113,497
1,476,596
Genesco,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
16,567
745,018
Group
1
Automotive,
Inc.
(b)
...................
8,921
1,972,165
Hibbett,
Inc.
............................
11,715
842,660
Leslie's,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
84,096
1,060,451
Lithia
Motors,
Inc.
........................
11,118
2,837,091
MarineMax,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
22,523
756,322
Monro,
Inc.
.............................
20,115
1,014,601
Murphy
USA,
Inc.
(b)
.......................
10,465
2,669,517
National
Vision
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
...............
37,184
1,389,194
ODP
Corp.
(The)
(a)
........................
16,161
731,770
Petco
Health
&
Wellness
Co.,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.....
73,449
756,525
RH
(a)(b)
................................
4,693
1,403,348
Sally
Beauty
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.................
58,050
934,024
Signet
Jewelers
Ltd.
(b)
21,587
1,546,061
Sleep
Number
Corp.
(a)
.....................
22,328
889,994
TravelCenters
of
America,
Inc.
(a)
...............
10,530
888,205
Upbound
Group,
Inc.
......................
26,755
718,372
Victoria's
Secret
&
Co.
(a)
....................
28,981
1,148,807
Williams-Sonoma,
Inc.
.....................
30,077
3,757,219
48,663,181
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
— 0.4%
Avid
Technology,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
24,570
$
714,004
Pure
Storage,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
97,450
2,781,223
Super
Micro
Computer,
Inc.
(a)
.................
10,978
1,075,515
Xerox
Holdings
Corp.
......................
114,637
1,890,364
6,461,106
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
— 2.0%
Allbirds,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
....................
278,009
795,106
Capri
Holdings
Ltd.
(a)
......................
37,685
1,868,045
Carter's,
Inc.
............................
17,999
1,356,945
Columbia
Sportswear
Co.
...................
22,427
1,955,634
Crocs,
Inc.
(a)
............................
23,917
2,910,938
Deckers
Outdoor
Corp.
(a)
....................
11,815
4,919,175
Hanesbrands,
Inc.
........................
236,716
1,344,547
Kontoor
Brands,
Inc.
.......................
20,786
1,083,990
Levi
Strauss
&
Co.,
Class
A
..................
43,791
785,611
Movado
Group,
Inc.
.......................
22,331
773,099
Oxford
Industries,
Inc.
.....................
6,583
774,227
PVH
Corp.
.............................
33,760
2,708,902
Ralph
Lauren
Corp.,
Class
A
.................
14,184
1,676,407
Steven
Madden,
Ltd.
......................
41,862
1,519,591
Tapestry,
Inc.
............................
83,394
3,628,473
Under
Armour,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.................
82,055
814,806
Wolverine
World
Wide,
Inc.
..................
48,186
807,115
29,722,611
a
Thrifts
&
Mortgage
Finance
— 1.0%
Essent
Group
Ltd.
........................
27,297
1,172,406
Federal
Agricultural
Mortgage
Corp.,
Class
C
......
13,863
1,966,605
MGIC
Investment
Corp.
....................
211,450
2,909,552
Mr
Cooper
Group,
Inc.
(a)
....................
32,286
1,499,039
New
York
Community
Bancorp,
Inc.
............
168,932
1,500,116
PennyMac
Financial
Services,
Inc.
.............
23,448
1,417,901
Radian
Group,
Inc.
........................
95,002
2,028,293
Rocket
Companies,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.............
83,801
658,676
Walker
&
Dunlop,
Inc.
......................
9,889
862,617
WSFS
Financial
Corp.
.....................
11,214
559,691
14,574,896
a
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
— 2.1%
Air
Lease
Corp.,
Class
A
....................
31,625
1,368,730
Applied
Industrial
Technologies,
Inc.
............
8,068
1,152,594
Beacon
Roofing
Supply,
Inc.
(a)
................
22,271
1,447,615
Boise
Cascade
Co.
.......................
20,838
1,440,114
Core
&
Main,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
31,697
738,857
GATX
Corp.
............................
13,673
1,491,588
GMS,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
17,673
1,072,928
Herc
Holdings,
Inc.
........................
10,302
1,479,264
McGrath
RentCorp
........................
21,045
2,164,268
MRC
Global,
Inc.
(a)
........................
64,682
724,438
NOW,
Inc.
(a)
............................
56,297
723,416
Rush
Enterprises,
Inc.,
Class
A
...............
16,337
925,981
SiteOne
Landscape
Supply,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.............
24,032
3,564,907
Titan
Machinery,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
20,924
958,110
Triton
International,
Ltd.,
Class
A
..............
27,763
1,913,981
Univar
Solutions,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
35,954
1,249,402
Veritiv
Corp.
............................
7,333
1,110,510
Watsco,
Inc.
............................
9,560
2,913,028
WESCO
International,
Inc.
...................
22,741
3,765,455
30,205,186
a
Water
Utilities
— 0.3%
American
States
Water
Co.
..................
24,881
2,221,873
California
Water
Service
Group
...............
16,826
963,120
Middlesex
Water
Co.
......................
7,796
596,394
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(continued)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
29
Schedule
of
Investments
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Outstanding
as
of
Period
End
Security
Shares
Value
a
Water
Utilities
(continued)
SJW
Group
.............................
11,309
$
864,460
4,645,847
a
Wireless
Telecommunication
Services
— 0.2%
Gogo,
Inc.
(a)
............................
47,125
775,677
Shenandoah
Telecommunications
Co.
...........
40,736
795,167
Telephone
and
Data
Systems,
Inc.
.............
68,506
869,341
2,440,185
a
Total
Common
Stocks — 99.3%
(Cost:
$1,454,847,475)
...............................
1,450,023,019
a
Preferred
Stocks
Entertainment
— 0
.0%
AMC
Entertainment
Holdings,
Inc.,
Preferred
Equity
Unit
Series
A
(a)
.........................
313,232
648,390
a
Total
Preferred
Stocks — 0.0%
(Cost:
$650,896)
...................................
648,390
Total
Long-Term
Investments — 99.3%
(Cost:
$1,455,498,371)
...............................
1,450,671,409
Security
Shares
Value
a
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
—
7.2%
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares,
4.81%
(c)(d)(e)
......................
98,930,217
$
98,989,575
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares,
4.41%
(c)(d)
............................
5,556,505
5,556,505
a
Total
Short-Term
Securities — 7.2%
(Cost:
$104,469,126)
................................
104,546,080
Total
Investments
—
106.5%
(Cost:
$1,559,967,497)
...............................
1,555,217,489
Liabilities
in
Excess
of
Other
Assets
—
(6.5)%
...............
(94,963,272)
Net
Assets
—
100.0%
.................................
$
1,460,254,217
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
is
on
loan.
(c)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(d)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
(e)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
was
purchased
with
the
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities.
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
six
months
ended
February
28,
2023
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
08/31/22
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
02/28/23
Shares
Held
at
02/28/23
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
$
85,575,153
$
13,381,159
(a)
$
—
$
690
$
32,573
$
98,989,575
98,930,217
$
772,988
(b)
$
—
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
..
4,174,100
1,382,405
(a)
—
—
—
5,556,505
5,556,505
61,908
2
$
690
$
32,573
$
104,546,080
$
834,896
$
2
(a)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
(b)
All
or
a
portion
represents
securities
lending
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities,
net
of
fees
and
collateral
investment
expenses,
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities.
Futures
Contracts
Description
Number
of
Contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long
Contracts
Russell
2000
E-Mini
Index
...............................................................
45
03/17/23
$
4,273
$
53,874
S&P
MidCap
400
E-Mini
Index
............................................................
10
03/17/23
2,603
(20,239
)
$
33,635
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Investments
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(continued)
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28,
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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:
For
the period
ended
February
28,
2023,
the
effect
of
derivative
financial
instruments
in
the
Statements
of
Operations
was
as
follows:
Average
Quarterly
Balances
of
Outstanding
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
For
more
information
about
the
Fund’s
investment
risks
regarding
derivative
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
For
a
description
of
the
input
levels
and
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Assets
—
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
contracts
Unrealized
appreciation
on
futures
contracts
(a)
.............
$
—
$
—
$
33,635
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
33,635
(a)
Net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
futures
contracts
are
reported
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
In
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities,
only
current
day’s
variation
margin
is
reported
in
receivables
or
payables
and
the
net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
is
included
in
accumulated
earnings
(loss).
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
from
Futures
contracts
..................................
$
—
$
—
$
(24,713
)
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
(24,713
)
Net
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on
Futures
contracts
..................................
$
—
$
—
$
284,261
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
284,261
Futures
contracts
Average
notional
value
of
contracts
—
long
...................................................................................
$
6,344,935
a
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
.........................................
$
1,446,533,030
$
—
$
—
$
1,450,023,019
Preferred
Stocks
.........................................
648,390
—
—
648,390
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
......................................
104,546,080
—
—
104,546,080
$
1,551,727,500
$
—
$
—
$
1,555,217,489
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
(a)
Assets
Equity
Contracts
...........................................
$
53,874
$
—
$
—
$
53,874
Liabilities
Equity
Contracts
...........................................
(20,239
)
—
—
(20,239
)
$
33,635
$
—
$
—
$
33,635
a
(a)
Derivative
financial
instruments
are
futures
contracts.
Futures
contracts
are
valued
at
the
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
the
instrument.
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Security
Shares
Value
a
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
—
2
.3
%
Huntington
Ingalls
Industries,
Inc.
..............
73
$
15,709
L3Harris
Technologies,
Inc.
..................
88
18,585
Raytheon
Technologies
Corp.
................
489
47,966
Textron,
Inc.
............................
92
6,673
88,933
a
Air
Freight
&
Logistics
—
1
.7
%
CH
Robinson
Worldwide,
Inc.
................
122
12,195
Expeditors
International
of
Washington,
Inc.
.......
195
20,389
FedEx
Corp.
............................
31
6,300
United
Parcel
Service,
Inc.
,
Class
B
............
153
27,921
66,805
a
Auto
Components
—
0
.3
%
Aptiv
PLC
(a)
.............................
71
8,256
Lear
Corp.
.............................
28
3,910
12,166
a
Automobiles
—
0
.2
%
Ford
Motor
Co.
..........................
313
3,778
General
Motors
Co.
.......................
93
3,603
7,381
a
Banks
—
7
.6
%
Bank
of
America
Corp.
.....................
1,751
60,059
Citigroup,
Inc.
...........................
476
24,129
First
Republic
Bank
.......................
36
4,428
Huntington
Bancshares,
Inc.
.................
915
14,018
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co.
....................
653
93,608
PNC
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
........
171
27,004
Regions
Financial
Corp.
....................
1,076
25,092
SVB
Financial
Group
(a)
.....................
13
3,745
Truist
Financial
Corp.
......................
289
13,569
U.S.
Bancorp
...........................
193
9,212
Wells
Fargo
&
Co.
........................
473
22,122
296,986
a
Beverages
—
4
.6
%
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
......................
1,463
87,063
Keurig
Dr
Pepper,
Inc.
.....................
418
14,442
Molson
Coors
Beverage
Co.
,
Class
B
...........
176
9,361
PepsiCo,
Inc.
...........................
402
69,759
180,625
a
Biotechnology
—
3
.4
%
AbbVie,
Inc.
............................
323
49,709
Amgen,
Inc.
............................
138
31,969
Biogen,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
44
11,874
Gilead
Sciences,
Inc.
......................
407
32,776
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
.............
7
5,323
131,651
a
Building
Products
—
2
.0
%
Allegion
PLC
............................
67
7,552
Carrier
Global
Corp.
.......................
373
16,796
Fortune
Brands
Innovations,
Inc.
..............
204
12,638
Johnson
Controls
International
PLC
............
472
29,604
Lennox
International,
Inc.
...................
15
3,822
Owens
Corning
..........................
77
7,530
77,942
a
Capital
Markets
—
5
.2
%
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc.
...................
24
8,229
Bank
of
New
York
Mellon
Corp.
(The)
...........
336
17,096
Security
Shares
Value
a
Capital
Markets
(continued)
BlackRock,
Inc.
(b)
.........................
32
$
22,062
Charles
Schwab
Corp.
(The)
.................
282
21,973
CME
Group,
Inc.
,
Class
A
...................
21
3,893
Goldman
Sachs
Group,
Inc.
(The)
.............
89
31,297
Intercontinental
Exchange,
Inc.
...............
78
7,940
Invesco
Ltd.
............................
376
6,640
Morgan
Stanley
..........................
455
43,908
Nasdaq,
Inc.
............................
253
14,183
Northern
Trust
Corp.
.......................
83
7,907
State
Street
Corp.
........................
146
12,947
T
Rowe
Price
Group,
Inc.
...................
37
4,154
202,229
a
Chemicals
—
3
.1
%
Air
Products
and
Chemicals,
Inc.
..............
15
4,290
Dow,
Inc.
..............................
270
15,444
DuPont
de
Nemours,
Inc.
...................
79
5,769
Ecolab,
Inc.
............................
181
28,846
International
Flavors
&
Fragrances,
Inc.
..........
116
10,811
Linde
PLC
.............................
105
36,579
Mosaic
Co.
(The)
.........................
112
5,957
PPG
Industries,
Inc.
.......................
102
13,470
121,166
a
Communications
Equipment
—
1
.2
%
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
.......................
982
47,548
a
Construction
Materials
—
0
.1
%
Martin
Marietta
Materials,
Inc.
................
11
3,959
a
Consumer
Finance
—
0
.6
%
Discover
Financial
Services
..................
103
11,536
Synchrony
Financial
.......................
367
13,106
24,642
a
Containers
&
Packaging
—
0
.7
%
Amcor
PLC
.............................
1,379
15,362
Avery
Dennison
Corp.
......................
42
7,652
International
Paper
Co.
.....................
154
5,604
28,618
a
Distributors
—
0
.6
%
LKQ
Corp.
.............................
375
21,484
a
Diversified
Financial
Services
—
1
.1
%
Berkshire
Hathaway,
Inc.
,
Class
B
(a)
............
125
38,148
Equitable
Holdings,
Inc.
....................
132
4,147
42,295
a
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
—
1
.6
%
AT&T,
Inc.
..............................
1,326
25,075
Verizon
Communications,
Inc.
................
1,008
39,120
64,195
a
Electric
Utilities
—
2
.2
%
Constellation
Energy
Corp.
..................
47
3,520
Eversource
Energy
.......................
329
24,793
Exelon
Corp.
............................
406
16,398
NextEra
Energy,
Inc.
......................
558
39,635
84,346
a
Electrical
Equipment
—
0
.4
%
Eaton
Corp.
PLC
.........................
38
6,648
Emerson
Electric
Co.
......................
54
4,466
Rockwell
Automation,
Inc.
...................
14
4,129
15,243
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Investments
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Shares
Value
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
—
0
.3
%
TE
Connectivity
Ltd.
.......................
30
$
3,820
Trimble,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
152
7,913
11,733
a
Energy
Equipment
&
Services
—
0
.3
%
Baker
Hughes
Co.
,
Class
A
..................
318
9,731
Halliburton
Co.
..........................
104
3,768
13,499
a
Entertainment
—
0
.4
%
Electronic
Arts,
Inc.
.......................
99
10,983
Warner
Bros
Discovery,
Inc.
,
Series
A
(a)
..........
261
4,077
15,060
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
—
4
.3
%
Alexandria
Real
Estate
Equities,
Inc.
............
45
6,740
American
Tower
Corp.
.....................
109
21,583
AvalonBay
Communities,
Inc.
................
31
5,348
Boston
Properties,
Inc.
.....................
63
4,125
Crown
Castle,
Inc.
........................
156
20,397
Digital
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
....................
105
10,944
Healthpeak
Properties,
Inc.
..................
294
7,074
Host
Hotels
&
Resorts,
Inc.
..................
230
3,864
Iron
Mountain,
Inc.
........................
129
6,805
Prologis,
Inc.
............................
270
33,318
Regency
Centers
Corp.
....................
63
3,963
Ventas,
Inc.
............................
322
15,665
Welltower,
Inc.
...........................
254
18,826
Weyerhaeuser
Co.
........................
342
10,688
169,340
a
Food
&
Staples
Retailing
—
0
.4
%
Kroger
Co.
(The)
.........................
295
12,726
Walgreens
Boots
Alliance,
Inc.
................
110
3,909
16,635
a
Food
Products
—
3
.4
%
Archer-Daniels-Midland
Co.
..................
192
15,283
Bunge
Ltd.
.............................
154
14,707
Campbell
Soup
Co.
.......................
79
4,149
Conagra
Brands,
Inc.
......................
190
6,918
General
Mills,
Inc.
........................
465
36,972
Hormel
Foods
Corp.
.......................
159
7,057
Kellogg
Co.
.............................
418
27,563
McCormick
&
Co.,
Inc.
,
NVS
.................
98
7,283
Mondelez
International,
Inc.
,
Class
A
............
198
12,906
132,838
a
Gas
Utilities
—
0
.3
%
UGI
Corp.
..............................
320
11,914
a
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
—
2
.3
%
Abbott
Laboratories
.......................
409
41,603
Baxter
International,
Inc.
....................
107
4,275
Becton
Dickinson
and
Co.
...................
45
10,555
Medtronic
PLC
..........................
144
11,923
STERIS
PLC
............................
68
12,786
Stryker
Corp.
...........................
15
3,943
Teleflex,
Inc.
............................
16
3,812
88,897
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
—
5
.1
%
Centene
Corp.
(a)
.........................
55
3,762
Cigna
Corp.
(The)
........................
100
29,210
CVS
Health
Corp.
........................
234
19,548
HCA
Healthcare,
Inc.
......................
33
8,034
Security
Shares
Value
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
(continued)
Laboratory
Corp.
of
America
Holdings
...........
44
$
10,532
Quest
Diagnostics,
Inc.
.....................
101
13,974
UnitedHealth
Group,
Inc.
....................
237
112,798
197,858
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
—
0
.7
%
Aramark
...............................
104
3,827
McDonald's
Corp.
........................
23
6,070
MGM
Resorts
International
..................
90
3,871
Starbucks
Corp.
..........................
147
15,007
28,775
a
Household
Products
—
2
.7
%
Clorox
Co.
(The)
.........................
37
5,751
Colgate-Palmolive
Co.
.....................
202
14,807
Kimberly-Clark
Corp.
......................
152
19,008
Procter
&
Gamble
Co.
(The)
.................
481
66,166
105,732
a
Industrial
Conglomerates
—
1
.5
%
3M
Co.
................................
250
26,935
Honeywell
International,
Inc.
.................
169
32,360
59,295
a
Insurance
—
2
.9
%
Allstate
Corp.
(The)
.......................
41
5,280
American
International
Group,
Inc.
.............
69
4,217
Arch
Capital
Group
Ltd.
(a)
...................
86
6,020
Chubb
Ltd.
.............................
72
15,194
Hartford
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
......
73
5,714
Marsh
&
McLennan
Companies,
Inc.
............
67
10,863
MetLife,
Inc.
............................
55
3,945
Prudential
Financial,
Inc.
....................
380
38,000
Travelers
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
...............
123
22,770
112,003
a
Internet
&
Direct
Marketing
Retail
—
0
.1
%
eBay,
Inc.
..............................
82
3,764
a
IT
Services
—
2
.7
%
Accenture
PLC
,
Class
A
....................
99
26,290
Akamai
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
90
6,534
Fidelity
National
Information
Services,
Inc.
........
236
14,955
Fiserv,
Inc.
(a)
............................
140
16,113
International
Business
Machines
Corp.
..........
266
34,394
Twilio,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
......................
83
5,578
103,864
a
Leisure
Products
—
0
.3
%
Hasbro,
Inc.
............................
243
13,367
a
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
—
0
.2
%
Illumina,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
29
5,777
a
Machinery
—
3
.6
%
Caterpillar,
Inc.
..........................
108
25,872
Cummins,
Inc.
...........................
112
27,225
Dover
Corp.
............................
81
12,142
Fortive
Corp.
............................
140
9,332
Graco,
Inc.
.............................
56
3,894
IDEX
Corp.
.............................
60
13,499
Illinois
Tool
Works,
Inc.
.....................
33
7,694
Ingersoll
Rand,
Inc.
.......................
142
8,246
Pentair
PLC
............................
365
20,418
Xylem,
Inc.
.............................
124
12,729
141,051
a
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Value
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of
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(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
33
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Media
—
1
.0
%
Comcast
Corp.
,
Class
A
....................
814
$
30,256
Interpublic
Group
of
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
.......
159
5,651
Paramount
Global
,
Class
B
,
NVS
..............
215
4,605
40,512
a
Metals
&
Mining
—
1
.0
%
Alcoa
Corp.
.............................
81
3,964
Freeport-McMoRan,
Inc.
....................
207
8,481
Newmont
Corp.
..........................
244
10,641
Nucor
Corp.
............................
60
10,046
Steel
Dynamics,
Inc.
.......................
51
6,432
39,564
a
Multiline
Retail
—
0
.6
%
Target
Corp.
............................
134
22,579
a
Multi-Utilities
—
2
.1
%
Consolidated
Edison,
Inc.
...................
263
23,499
Public
Service
Enterprise
Group,
Inc.
...........
716
43,268
Sempra
Energy
..........................
101
15,146
81,913
a
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
—
7
.9
%
Chevron
Corp.
...........................
393
63,183
ConocoPhillips
..........................
366
37,826
EOG
Resources,
Inc.
......................
137
15,484
EQT
Corp.
.............................
136
4,512
Exxon
Mobil
Corp.
........................
826
90,786
Kinder
Morgan,
Inc.
,
Class
P
.................
370
6,312
Marathon
Petroleum
Corp.
..................
118
14,585
Occidental
Petroleum
Corp.
..................
126
7,379
ONEOK,
Inc.
............................
469
30,696
Ovintiv,
Inc.
.............................
271
11,591
Phillips
66
..............................
92
9,435
Pioneer
Natural
Resources
Co.
...............
28
5,611
Valero
Energy
Corp.
.......................
88
11,592
308,992
a
Pharmaceuticals
—
6
.1
%
Bristol-Myers
Squibb
Co.
....................
572
39,445
Johnson
&
Johnson
.......................
517
79,236
Merck
&
Co.,
Inc.
.........................
639
67,887
Pfizer,
Inc.
.............................
1,237
50,185
236,753
a
Professional
Services
—
0
.2
%
Leidos
Holdings,
Inc.
......................
79
7,668
a
Road
&
Rail
—
0
.4
%
CSX
Corp.
.............................
221
6,738
Norfolk
Southern
Corp.
.....................
38
8,543
15,281
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
—
5
.8
%
Analog
Devices,
Inc.
.......................
39
7,155
Applied
Materials,
Inc.
.....................
97
11,267
Broadcom,
Inc.
..........................
64
38,035
Intel
Corp.
.............................
1,090
27,174
Lam
Research
Corp.
......................
35
17,010
Marvell
Technology,
Inc.
....................
235
10,610
Security
Shares
Value
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
(continued)
Micron
Technology,
Inc.
.....................
199
$
11,506
NXP
Semiconductors
NV
...................
117
20,882
ON
Semiconductor
Corp.
(a)
..................
48
3,716
QUALCOMM,
Inc.
........................
142
17,541
Texas
Instruments,
Inc.
.....................
331
56,750
Wolfspeed,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
49
3,625
225,271
a
Software
—
1
.0
%
Black
Knight,
Inc.
(a)
........................
68
4,053
Gen
Digital,
Inc.
..........................
311
6,068
Oracle
Corp.
............................
219
19,140
Roper
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
19
8,174
37,435
a
Specialty
Retail
—
1
.6
%
Best
Buy
Co.,
Inc.
........................
160
13,298
Lowe's
Companies,
Inc.
....................
159
32,714
TJX
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
..................
194
14,860
60,872
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
—
0
.9
%
Hewlett
Packard
Enterprise
Co.
...............
1,408
21,979
HP,
Inc.
...............................
353
10,420
Seagate
Technology
Holdings
PLC
.............
57
3,680
36,079
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
—
0
.1
%
VF
Corp.
..............................
155
3,847
a
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
—
0
.1
%
Fastenal
Co.
............................
87
4,486
a
Water
Utilities
—
0
.5
%
American
Water
Works
Co.,
Inc.
...............
33
4,633
Essential
Utilities,
Inc.
......................
312
13,347
17,980
a
Total
Long-Term
Investments — 99.7%
(Cost:
$
4,043,743
)
..................................
3,888,848
a
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
—
0
.1
%
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
,
4.41
%
(b)
(c)
............................
3,908
3,908
a
Total
Short-Term
Securities — 0.1%
(Cost:
$
3,908
)
.....................................
3,908
Total
Investments
—
99.8%
(Cost:
$
4,047,651
)
..................................
3,892,756
Other
Assets
Less
Liabilities
—
0
.2
%
.....................
6,973
Net
Assets
—
100.0%
.................................
$
3,899,729
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(c)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
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to
Shareholders
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
For
a
description
of
the
input
levels
and
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
period
ended
February
28,
2023
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
01/31/23
(a)
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
02/28/23
Shares
Held
at
02/28/23
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
..
$
—
$
3,908
(b)
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
3,908
3,908
$
18
$
—
BlackRock,
Inc.
....
—
43,278
(
17,235
)
(
1,748
)
(
2,233
)
22,062
32
—
—
$
(
1,748
)
$
(
2,233
)
$
25,970
$
18
$
—
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
.........................................
$
3,888,848
$
—
$
—
$
3,888,848
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
......................................
3,908
—
—
3,908
$
3,892,756
$
—
$
—
$
3,892,756
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(unaudited)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
35
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Common
Stocks
Air
Freight
&
Logistics
— 0.9%
CH
Robinson
Worldwide,
Inc.
................
20,749
$
2,074,070
Expeditors
International
of
Washington,
Inc.
.......
28,052
2,933,117
United
Parcel
Service,
Inc.,
Class
B
............
128,533
23,455,987
28,463,174
a
Airlines
— 0.0%
Delta
Air
Lines,
Inc.
(a)
......................
27,958
1,071,910
a
Auto
Components
— 0.3%
Aptiv
PLC
(a)
.............................
47,560
5,530,277
BorgWarner,
Inc.
.........................
41,768
2,100,095
Lear
Corp.
.............................
10,335
1,443,283
9,073,655
a
Automobiles
— 3.2%
Rivian
Automotive,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.............
55,832
1,077,558
Tesla,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
473,138
97,329,218
98,406,776
a
Banks
— 1.9%
Citizens
Financial
Group,
Inc.
................
87,097
3,637,171
First
Republic
Bank
.......................
32,335
3,977,528
Huntington
Bancshares,
Inc.
.................
253,216
3,879,269
KeyCorp
...............................
163,776
2,995,463
PNC
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
........
71,095
11,227,322
Regions
Financial
Corp.
....................
164,222
3,829,657
SVB
Financial
Group
(a)
.....................
10,404
2,997,497
Truist
Financial
Corp.
......................
233,983
10,985,502
U.S.
Bancorp
...........................
248,818
11,876,083
Webster
Financial
Corp.
....................
31,109
1,652,510
57,058,002
a
Beverages
— 2.9%
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
......................
724,189
43,096,487
Keurig
Dr
Pepper,
Inc.
.....................
137,533
4,751,765
PepsiCo,
Inc.
...........................
242,856
42,142,802
89,991,054
a
Biotechnology
— 2.1%
Amgen,
Inc.
............................
93,948
21,763,993
Biogen,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
25,486
6,877,652
BioMarin
Pharmaceutical,
Inc.
(a)
...............
32,646
3,251,215
Gilead
Sciences,
Inc.
......................
221,092
17,804,539
Vertex
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
45,248
13,135,042
62,832,441
a
Building
Products
— 1.0%
A
O
Smith
Corp.
.........................
22,739
1,492,360
Allegion
PLC
............................
15,339
1,728,859
Carrier
Global
Corp.
.......................
147,822
6,656,425
Fortune
Brands
Innovations,
Inc.
..............
22,863
1,416,363
Johnson
Controls
International
PLC
............
121,046
7,592,005
Lennox
International,
Inc.
...................
5,642
1,437,751
Masco
Corp.
............................
39,584
2,075,389
Owens
Corning
..........................
16,474
1,610,992
Trane
Technologies
PLC
....................
40,695
7,527,354
31,537,498
a
Capital
Markets
— 5.2%
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc.
...................
18,759
6,431,898
Bank
of
New
York
Mellon
Corp.
(The)
...........
135,054
6,871,548
BlackRock,
Inc.
(c)
.........................
26,445
18,231,976
Carlyle
Group,
Inc.
(The)
....................
35,660
1,226,704
Cboe
Global
Markets,
Inc.
...................
18,627
2,350,169
Security
Shares
Value
a
Capital
Markets
(continued)
Charles
Schwab
Corp.
(The)
.................
256,071
$
19,953,052
CME
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
...................
63,411
11,753,863
FactSet
Research
Systems,
Inc.
...............
6,692
2,774,169
Franklin
Resources,
Inc.
....................
52,432
1,545,171
Intercontinental
Exchange,
Inc.
...............
98,459
10,023,126
Invesco
Ltd.
............................
59,463
1,050,117
LPL
Financial
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
14,074
3,512,307
MarketAxess
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
6,675
2,279,179
Moody's
Corp.
...........................
29,036
8,424,795
Morgan
Stanley
..........................
223,443
21,562,249
Nasdaq,
Inc.
............................
60,592
3,396,788
Northern
Trust
Corp.
.......................
34,813
3,316,634
Raymond
James
Financial,
Inc.
...............
34,119
3,700,547
S&P
Global,
Inc.
.........................
58,700
20,028,440
State
Street
Corp.
........................
64,534
5,722,875
T
Rowe
Price
Group,
Inc.
...................
39,620
4,448,534
158,604,141
a
Chemicals
— 2.0%
Celanese
Corp.
..........................
19,075
2,217,087
Ecolab,
Inc.
............................
45,244
7,210,536
International
Flavors
&
Fragrances,
Inc.
..........
44,757
4,171,352
Linde
PLC
.............................
87,065
30,330,834
Mosaic
Co.
(The)
.........................
60,018
3,192,358
PPG
Industries,
Inc.
.......................
41,373
5,463,718
Sherwin-Williams
Co.
(The)
..................
43,396
9,605,705
62,191,590
a
Commercial
Services
&
Supplies
— 0.4%
Copart,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
75,564
5,324,240
Republic
Services,
Inc.
.....................
38,845
5,008,286
Rollins,
Inc.
.............................
39,336
1,384,627
11,717,153
a
Communications
Equipment
— 1.4%
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
.......................
724,156
35,063,633
Motorola
Solutions,
Inc.
....................
29,497
7,752,107
42,815,740
a
Construction
&
Engineering
— 0.1%
Quanta
Services,
Inc.
......................
25,238
4,073,413
a
Construction
Materials
— 0.1%
Martin
Marietta
Materials,
Inc.
................
10,956
3,942,736
a
Consumer
Finance
— 1.0%
Ally
Financial,
Inc.
........................
52,644
1,581,952
American
Express
Co.
.....................
111,925
19,473,831
Discover
Financial
Services
..................
47,978
5,373,536
Synchrony
Financial
.......................
79,419
2,836,052
29,265,371
a
Containers
&
Packaging
— 0.3%
Amcor
PLC
.............................
261,869
2,917,221
Ball
Corp.
..............................
55,023
3,092,843
International
Paper
Co.
.....................
60,391
2,197,628
Westrock
Co.
...........................
44,558
1,399,121
9,606,813
a
Distributors
— 0.3%
Genuine
Parts
Co.
........................
24,821
4,389,842
LKQ
Corp.
.............................
44,741
2,563,212
Pool
Corp.
.............................
6,884
2,456,624
9,409,678
a
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
iShares
®
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
36
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Diversified
Financial
Services
— 0.1%
Equitable
Holdings,
Inc.
....................
65,594
$
2,060,963
a
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
— 0.9%
Verizon
Communications,
Inc.
................
740,323
28,731,936
a
Electric
Utilities
— 0.5%
Edison
International
.......................
67,412
4,463,349
Eversource
Energy
.......................
61,398
4,626,953
Exelon
Corp.
............................
175,172
7,075,197
16,165,499
a
Electrical
Equipment
— 0.7%
Eaton
Corp.
PLC
.........................
70,105
12,263,468
Generac
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...................
11,158
1,339,072
Plug
Power,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.......................
92,007
1,368,144
Rockwell
Automation,
Inc.
...................
20,324
5,994,157
20,964,841
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
— 0.4%
Cognex
Corp.
...........................
30,275
1,435,641
Keysight
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
31,476
5,034,901
Trimble,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
43,716
2,275,855
Zebra
Technologies
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
............
9,138
2,743,684
11,490,081
a
Energy
Equipment
&
Services
— 0.8%
Baker
Hughes
Co.,
Class
A
..................
176,534
5,401,941
Halliburton
Co.
..........................
160,066
5,799,191
Schlumberger
Ltd.
........................
249,957
13,300,212
24,501,344
a
Entertainment
— 1.5%
Electronic
Arts,
Inc.
.......................
48,666
5,399,006
Take-Two
Interactive
Software,
Inc.
(a)
............
29,582
3,240,708
Walt
Disney
Co.
(The)
(a)
....................
321,360
32,010,669
Warner
Bros
Discovery,
Inc.,
Series
A
(a)(b)
.........
406,877
6,355,419
47,005,802
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
— 2.6%
American
Tower
Corp.
.....................
82,075
16,251,671
Boston
Properties,
Inc.
.....................
26,237
1,717,999
Crown
Castle,
Inc.
........................
76,336
9,980,932
Equinix,
Inc.
............................
16,312
11,227,060
Healthpeak
Properties,
Inc.
..................
95,069
2,287,360
Prologis,
Inc.
............................
162,716
20,079,154
SBA
Communications
Corp.,
Class
A
............
19,054
4,941,655
Ventas,
Inc.
............................
70,290
3,419,608
Welltower,
Inc.
...........................
83,294
6,173,751
Weyerhaeuser
Co.
........................
129,726
4,053,938
80,133,128
a
Food
&
Staples
Retailing
— 0.2%
Kroger
Co.
(The)
.........................
119,367
5,149,492
a
Food
Products
— 0.8%
Bunge
Ltd.
.............................
26,406
2,521,773
Campbell
Soup
Co.
.......................
36,710
1,928,009
Conagra
Brands,
Inc.
......................
84,397
3,072,895
General
Mills,
Inc.
........................
104,664
8,321,834
Hormel
Foods
Corp.
.......................
52,826
2,344,418
Kellogg
Co.
.............................
45,232
2,982,598
McCormick
&
Co.,
Inc.,
NVS
.................
43,968
3,267,702
24,439,229
a
Gas
Utilities
— 0.1%
Atmos
Energy
Corp.
.......................
24,838
2,801,975
Security
Shares
Value
a
Gas
Utilities
(continued)
UGI
Corp.
..............................
36,498
$
1,358,820
4,160,795
a
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
— 1.7%
Align
Technology,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
13,027
4,031,857
Baxter
International,
Inc.
....................
89,178
3,562,661
Dentsply
Sirona,
Inc.
......................
37,548
1,429,452
Dexcom,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
68,088
7,558,449
Edwards
Lifesciences
Corp.
(a)
................
108,838
8,754,929
Hologic,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
43,334
3,451,120
IDEXX
Laboratories,
Inc.
(a)
...................
14,629
6,923,028
Insulet
Corp.
(a)
...........................
12,270
3,390,937
Novocure
Ltd.
(a)(b)
.........................
16,776
1,291,249
ResMed,
Inc.
...........................
25,751
5,484,963
STERIS
PLC
............................
17,599
3,309,140
Teleflex,
Inc.
............................
8,293
1,975,641
51,163,426
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
— 2.3%
AmerisourceBergen
Corp.
...................
27,303
4,247,255
Cardinal
Health,
Inc.
.......................
46,208
3,498,408
Cigna
Corp.
(The)
........................
53,894
15,742,437
DaVita,
Inc.
(a)
............................
9,498
781,305
Elevance
Health,
Inc.
......................
42,150
19,796,591
HCA
Healthcare,
Inc.
......................
37,377
9,099,431
Humana,
Inc.
...........................
22,281
11,029,541
Laboratory
Corp.
of
America
Holdings
...........
15,618
3,738,324
Quest
Diagnostics,
Inc.
.....................
20,076
2,777,715
70,711,007
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
— 1.4%
Hilton
Worldwide
Holdings,
Inc.
...............
47,675
6,889,514
McDonald's
Corp.
........................
129,212
34,100,339
Vail
Resorts,
Inc.
.........................
7,054
1,647,039
42,636,892
a
Household
Durables
— 0.0%
Newell
Brands,
Inc.
.......................
68,449
1,005,516
a
Household
Products
— 2.6%
Clorox
Co.
(The)
.........................
21,651
3,365,431
Colgate-Palmolive
Co.
.....................
139,866
10,252,178
Kimberly-Clark
Corp.
......................
59,530
7,444,226
Procter
&
Gamble
Co.
(The)
.................
417,719
57,461,426
78,523,261
a
Industrial
Conglomerates
— 0.3%
3M
Co.
................................
97,435
10,497,647
a
Insurance
— 3.5%
Aflac,
Inc.
..............................
104,126
7,096,187
Allstate
Corp.
(The)
.......................
46,750
6,020,465
American
International
Group,
Inc.
.............
130,969
8,003,516
Arch
Capital
Group
Ltd.
(a)
...................
65,262
4,568,340
Arthur
J
Gallagher
&
Co.
....................
37,166
6,963,050
Assurant,
Inc.
...........................
9,040
1,151,606
Chubb
Ltd.
.............................
73,163
15,438,856
Hartford
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
......
56,073
4,389,394
Loews
Corp.
............................
35,843
2,189,649
Marsh
&
McLennan
Companies,
Inc.
............
87,434
14,176,549
Principal
Financial
Group,
Inc.
................
43,132
3,862,902
Progressive
Corp.
(The)
....................
103,133
14,801,648
Prudential
Financial,
Inc.
....................
65,066
6,506,600
Travelers
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
...............
41,310
7,647,307
iShares
®
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
37
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Insurance
(continued)
Willis
Towers
Watson
PLC
...................
19,080
$
4,471,589
107,287,658
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
— 6.0%
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
1,053,058
94,838,403
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
C,
NVS
(a)
................
965,529
87,187,269
ZoomInfo
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...............
46,607
1,126,491
183,152,163
a
Internet
&
Direct
Marketing
Retail
— 0.5%
eBay,
Inc.
..............................
95,657
4,390,656
MercadoLibre,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
7,960
9,711,200
14,101,856
a
IT
Services
— 6.0%
Accenture
PLC,
Class
A
....................
111,093
29,500,746
Automatic
Data
Processing,
Inc.
...............
73,148
16,079,393
International
Business
Machines
Corp.
..........
159,375
20,607,187
Mastercard,
Inc.,
Class
A
....................
151,319
53,762,128
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
........................
287,006
63,124,100
183,073,554
a
Leisure
Products
— 0.0%
Hasbro,
Inc.
............................
22,992
1,264,790
a
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
— 2.1%
Agilent
Technologies,
Inc.
...................
52,014
7,384,428
Bio-Techne
Corp.
.........................
27,812
2,020,264
Illumina,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
27,640
5,505,888
Mettler-Toledo
International,
Inc.
(a)
.............
3,930
5,634,480
Thermo
Fisher
Scientific,
Inc.
.................
69,134
37,454,036
Waters
Corp.
(a)
..........................
10,491
3,261,547
West
Pharmaceutical
Services,
Inc.
............
13,049
4,136,924
65,397,567
a
Machinery
— 2.9%
Caterpillar,
Inc.
..........................
91,735
21,975,119
Cummins,
Inc.
...........................
24,818
6,032,760
Deere
&
Co.
............................
50,543
21,189,647
Dover
Corp.
............................
24,741
3,708,676
Fortive
Corp.
............................
59,309
3,953,538
IDEX
Corp.
.............................
13,235
2,977,610
Illinois
Tool
Works,
Inc.
.....................
54,149
12,625,381
Ingersoll
Rand,
Inc.
.......................
71,378
4,144,921
Otis
Worldwide
Corp.
......................
73,668
6,233,786
Pentair
PLC
............................
28,843
1,613,477
Snap-on,
Inc.
...........................
9,312
2,315,708
Xylem,
Inc.
.............................
31,720
3,256,058
90,026,681
a
Media
— 0.1%
Interpublic
Group
of
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
.......
68,744
2,443,162
Sirius
XM
Holdings,
Inc.
(b)
...................
137,271
602,619
3,045,781
a
Metals
&
Mining
— 0.6%
Newmont
Corp.
..........................
139,615
6,088,610
Nucor
Corp.
............................
45,222
7,571,972
Steel
Dynamics,
Inc.
.......................
30,949
3,902,978
17,563,560
a
Mortgage
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
— 0.1%
Annaly
Capital
Management,
Inc.
..............
82,165
1,699,172
a
Multiline
Retail
— 0.4%
Target
Corp.
............................
81,141
13,672,259
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Multi-Utilities
— 0.5%
Consolidated
Edison,
Inc.
...................
62,594
$
5,592,774
Sempra
Energy
..........................
55,409
8,309,134
13,901,908
a
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
— 1.8%
Cheniere
Energy,
Inc.
......................
39,464
6,209,266
HF
Sinclair
Corp.
(a)
........................
26,538
1,319,469
Kinder
Morgan,
Inc.,
Class
P
.................
356,599
6,083,579
Marathon
Petroleum
Corp.
..................
82,613
10,210,967
ONEOK,
Inc.
............................
78,900
5,164,005
Phillips
66
..............................
83,313
8,544,581
Targa
Resources
Corp.
.....................
37,784
2,799,795
Valero
Energy
Corp.
.......................
67,958
8,952,107
Williams
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
...............
214,910
6,468,791
55,752,560
a
Personal
Products
— 0.3%
Estee
Lauder
Companies,
Inc.
(The),
Class
A
......
40,767
9,908,419
a
Pharmaceuticals
— 6.7%
Bristol-Myers
Squibb
Co.
....................
375,008
25,860,552
Catalent,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
30,245
2,063,314
Elanco
Animal
Health,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
76,229
874,347
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
...........................
142,369
44,308,080
Jazz
Pharmaceuticals
PLC
(a)
.................
11,114
1,560,405
Johnson
&
Johnson
.......................
460,868
70,632,630
Merck
&
Co.,
Inc.
.........................
446,927
47,481,524
Zoetis,
Inc.,
Class
A
.......................
82,145
13,718,215
206,499,067
a
Professional
Services
— 0.1%
Robert
Half
International,
Inc.
.................
19,372
1,561,771
a
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
— 0.2%
CBRE
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.................
55,694
4,741,787
a
Road
&
Rail
— 1.7%
CSX
Corp.
.............................
370,602
11,299,655
JB
Hunt
Transport
Services,
Inc.
..............
14,569
2,633,929
Knight-Swift
Transportation
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
..
27,065
1,538,375
Norfolk
Southern
Corp.
.....................
40,810
9,174,904
Old
Dominion
Freight
Line,
Inc.
...............
16,554
5,616,110
U-Haul
Holding
Co.,
Series
N,
NVS
(a)
...........
15,327
852,641
Union
Pacific
Corp.
.......................
108,374
22,463,763
53,579,377
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
— 6.0%
Applied
Materials,
Inc.
.....................
151,651
17,614,264
Intel
Corp.
.............................
727,487
18,136,251
Lam
Research
Corp.
......................
24,059
11,692,914
NVIDIA
Corp.
...........................
433,637
100,673,166
NXP
Semiconductors
NV
...................
45,679
8,152,788
Texas
Instruments,
Inc.
.....................
159,982
27,428,914
183,698,297
a
Software
— 14.4%
Adobe,
Inc.
(a)
............................
81,950
26,547,702
ANSYS,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
15,283
4,640,072
Autodesk,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
38,180
7,585,984
Cadence
Design
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
..............
48,355
9,329,614
Gen
Digital,
Inc.
..........................
103,337
2,016,105
HubSpot,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
8,135
3,147,106
Intuit,
Inc.
..............................
47,072
19,166,777
Microsoft
Corp.
..........................
1,248,336
311,359,965
Roper
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
18,694
8,042,159
Salesforce,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
176,275
28,840,353
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
iShares
®
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
38
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Software
(continued)
ServiceNow,
Inc.
(a)
........................
35,678
$
15,418,961
Splunk,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
28,565
2,927,912
VMware,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
37,412
4,120,184
443,142,894
a
Specialty
Retail
— 3.6%
Advance
Auto
Parts,
Inc.
....................
10,564
1,531,357
Best
Buy
Co.,
Inc.
........................
35,632
2,961,376
Burlington
Stores,
Inc.
(a)
....................
11,512
2,466,446
CarMax,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
27,920
1,927,597
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
....................
179,657
53,275,487
Lowe's
Companies,
Inc.
....................
106,594
21,931,715
TJX
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
..................
204,665
15,677,339
Tractor
Supply
Co.
........................
19,495
4,547,404
Ulta
Beauty,
Inc.
(a)
........................
9,026
4,682,689
109,001,410
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
— 0.3%
Hewlett
Packard
Enterprise
Co.
...............
228,528
3,567,322
HP,
Inc.
...............................
177,322
5,234,546
8,801,868
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
— 1.1%
Lululemon
Athletica,
Inc.
(a)
...................
20,417
6,312,936
Nike,
Inc.,
Class
B
........................
221,931
26,363,184
VF
Corp.
..............................
58,530
1,452,715
34,128,835
a
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
— 0.5%
Fastenal
Co.
............................
100,804
5,197,454
United
Rentals,
Inc.
.......................
12,217
5,724,031
WW
Grainger,
Inc.
........................
8,062
5,388,883
16,310,368
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Water
Utilities
— 0.2%
American
Water
Works
Co.,
Inc.
...............
32,074
$
4,502,548
Essential
Utilities,
Inc.
......................
43,525
1,862,000
6,364,548
a
Total
Long-Term
Investments — 99.6%
(Cost:
$2,809,826,382)
...............................
3,057,080,154
a
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
—
0.4%
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares,
4.81%
(c)(d)(e)
......................
4,987,637
4,990,629
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares,
4.41%
(c)(d)
............................
6,796,929
6,796,929
a
Total
Short-Term
Securities — 0.4%
(Cost:
$11,783,568)
.................................
11,787,558
Total
Investments
—
100.0%
(Cost:
$2,821,609,950)
...............................
3,068,867,712
Liabilities
in
Excess
of
Other
Assets
—
0.0%
................
(1,523,984)
Net
Assets
—
100.0%
.................................
$
3,067,343,728
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
is
on
loan.
(c)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(d)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
(e)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
was
purchased
with
the
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities.
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
six
months
ended
February
28,
2023
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
08/31/22
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
02/28/23
Shares
Held
at
02/28/23
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
$
40,579,854
$
—
$
(35,591,171
)
(a)
$
9,195
$
(7,249
)
$
4,990,629
4,987,637
$
73,308
(b)
$
—
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
5,325,318
1,471,611
(a)
—
—
—
6,796,929
6,796,929
125,713
5
BlackRock,
Inc.
..
18,098,486
1,462,326
(1,863,372
)
505,540
28,996
18,231,976
26,445
255,629
—
$
514,735
$
21,747
$
30,019,534
$
454,650
$
5
(a)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
(b)
All
or
a
portion
represents
securities
lending
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities,
net
of
fees
and
collateral
investment
expenses,
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities.
iShares
®
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
39
Schedule
of
Investments
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Outstanding
as
of
Period
End
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:
For
the period
ended
February
28,
2023,
the
effect
of
derivative
financial
instruments
in
the
Statements
of
Operations
was
as
follows:
Average
Quarterly
Balances
of
Outstanding
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
For
more
information
about
the
Fund’s
investment
risks
regarding
derivative
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
Futures
Contracts
Description
Number
of
Contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long
Contracts
S&P
500
E-Mini
Index
..................................................................
47
03/17/23
$
9,342
$
(58,834
)
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Liabilities
—
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
contracts
–
–
Unrealized
depreciation
on
futures
contracts
(a)
.............
$
—
$
—
$
58,834
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
58,834
(a)
Net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
futures
contracts
are
reported
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
In
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities,
only
current
day’s
variation
margin
is
reported
in
receivables
or
payables
and
the
net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
is
included
in
accumulated
earnings
(loss).
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
from
Futures
contracts
.................................
$
—
$
—
$
(6,715
)
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
(6,715
)
Net
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on
Futures
contracts
.................................
$
—
$
—
$
(10,623
)
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
(10,623
)
Futures
contracts
Average
notional
value
of
contracts
—
long
...................................................................................
$
9,364,650
a
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
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to
Shareholders
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
For
a
description
of
the
input
levels
and
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
.........................................
$
3,057,080,154
$
—
$
—
$
3,057,080,154
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
......................................
11,787,558
—
—
11,787,558
$
3,068,867,712
$
—
$
—
$
3,068,867,712
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
(a)
Liabilities
Equity
Contracts
...........................................
$
(58,834
)
$
—
$
—
$
(58,834
)
a
(a)
Derivative
financial
instruments
are
futures
contracts.
Futures
contracts
are
valued
at
the
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
the
instrument.
iShares
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Climate
MSCI
USA
ETF
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of
Investments
(unaudited)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
41
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
—
0
.8
%
HEICO
Corp.
...........................
16,327
$
2,703,261
HEICO
Corp.
,
Class
A
......................
3,204
417,001
Howmet
Aerospace,
Inc.
....................
27,518
1,160,709
L3Harris
Technologies,
Inc.
..................
6,930
1,463,547
TransDigm
Group,
Inc.
.....................
2,569
1,911,002
7,655,520
a
Automobiles
—
2
.6
%
Ford
Motor
Co.
..........................
146,891
1,772,974
Lucid
Group,
Inc.
(a)
(b)
.......................
165,751
1,513,307
Rivian
Automotive,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
..............
32,912
635,202
Tesla,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
98,665
20,296,377
24,217,860
a
Banks
—
2
.4
%
Bank
of
America
Corp.
.....................
45,019
1,544,152
First
Republic
Bank
.......................
16,520
2,032,125
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co.
....................
77,029
11,042,107
KeyCorp
...............................
57,917
1,059,302
M&T
Bank
Corp.
.........................
6,327
982,520
PNC
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
........
8,135
1,284,679
SVB
Financial
Group
(a)
.....................
5,341
1,538,796
U.S.
Bancorp
...........................
47,217
2,253,667
21,737,348
a
Beverages
—
1
.4
%
Brown-Forman
Corp.
,
Class
B
,
NVS
............
44,200
2,867,254
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
......................
114,140
6,792,471
Keurig
Dr
Pepper,
Inc.
.....................
31,913
1,102,594
Monster
Beverage
Corp.
(a)
...................
18,555
1,888,157
12,650,476
a
Biotechnology
—
2
.2
%
AbbVie,
Inc.
............................
47,508
7,311,481
Alnylam
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
5,459
1,045,126
Amgen,
Inc.
............................
9,615
2,227,411
Biogen,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
4,802
1,295,868
BioMarin
Pharmaceutical,
Inc.
(a)
...............
11,010
1,096,486
Exact
Sciences
Corp.
(a)
(b)
....................
5,628
350,793
Horizon
Therapeutics
PLC
(a)
.................
1,858
203,432
Moderna,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
8,082
1,121,862
Neurocrine
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)
................
4,190
431,989
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
.............
3,460
2,631,053
Seagen,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
2,550
458,210
Vertex
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
7,939
2,304,612
20,478,323
a
Building
Products
—
0
.2
%
A
O
Smith
Corp.
.........................
6,675
438,080
Allegion
PLC
............................
7,352
828,644
Fortune
Brands
Innovations,
Inc.
..............
5,950
368,603
Masco
Corp.
............................
9,003
472,027
2,107,354
a
Capital
Markets
—
4
.5
%
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc.
...................
1,231
422,073
Bank
of
New
York
Mellon
Corp.
(The)
...........
40,385
2,054,789
BlackRock,
Inc.
(c)
.........................
6,903
4,759,135
Blackstone,
Inc.
,
NVS
......................
20,526
1,863,761
Cboe
Global
Markets,
Inc.
...................
7,339
925,962
Charles
Schwab
Corp.
(The)
.................
70,989
5,531,463
CME
Group,
Inc.
,
Class
A
...................
18,089
3,352,977
FactSet
Research
Systems,
Inc.
...............
2,840
1,177,322
Intercontinental
Exchange,
Inc.
...............
24,257
2,469,363
Security
Shares
Value
a
Capital
Markets
(continued)
Invesco
Ltd.
............................
18,116
$
319,928
KKR
&
Co.,
Inc.
..........................
14,940
841,869
MarketAxess
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
2,215
756,312
Moody's
Corp.
...........................
13,897
4,032,214
Nasdaq,
Inc.
............................
21,511
1,205,907
Northern
Trust
Corp.
.......................
12,443
1,185,445
Raymond
James
Financial,
Inc.
...............
1,823
197,722
S&P
Global,
Inc.
.........................
21,313
7,271,996
SEI
Investments
Co.
.......................
18,854
1,135,953
T
Rowe
Price
Group,
Inc.
...................
12,174
1,366,897
Tradeweb
Markets,
Inc.
,
Class
A
...............
2,023
143,410
41,014,498
a
Chemicals
—
1
.8
%
Albemarle
Corp.
.........................
3,132
796,499
International
Flavors
&
Fragrances,
Inc.
..........
1,321
123,117
PPG
Industries,
Inc.
.......................
776
102,479
Sherwin-Williams
Co.
(The)
..................
70,813
15,674,457
16,696,552
a
Commercial
Services
&
Supplies
—
0
.6
%
Cintas
Corp.
............................
5,304
2,325,645
Copart,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
17,741
1,250,031
Rollins,
Inc.
.............................
46,763
1,646,057
5,221,733
a
Communications
Equipment
—
1
.7
%
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
.......................
158,552
7,677,088
Juniper
Networks,
Inc.
.....................
122,721
3,777,352
Motorola
Solutions,
Inc.
....................
14,554
3,824,937
15,279,377
a
Consumer
Finance
—
0
.5
%
American
Express
Co.
.....................
19,504
3,393,501
Discover
Financial
Services
..................
9,496
1,063,552
4,457,053
a
Distributors
—
0
.0
%
Pool
Corp.
.............................
552
196,987
a
Diversified
Financial
Services
—
0
.6
%
Berkshire
Hathaway,
Inc.
,
Class
B
(a)
............
15,904
4,853,583
Equitable
Holdings,
Inc.
....................
17,791
558,993
5,412,576
a
Electric
Utilities
—
1
.2
%
Edison
International
.......................
170,500
11,288,805
a
Electrical
Equipment
—
1
.2
%
AMETEK,
Inc.
...........................
12,595
1,782,948
Eaton
Corp.
PLC
.........................
30,794
5,386,794
Generac
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
(b)
...................
4,085
490,241
Plug
Power,
Inc.
(a)
(b)
.......................
94,727
1,408,591
Rockwell
Automation,
Inc.
...................
7,745
2,284,233
11,352,807
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
—
1
.2
%
Amphenol
Corp.
,
Class
A
...................
14,872
1,152,878
CDW
Corp.
.............................
13,509
2,734,492
Cognex
Corp.
...........................
6,800
322,456
Keysight
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
12,465
1,993,902
TE
Connectivity
Ltd.
.......................
4,360
555,115
Teledyne
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
(b)
...............
5,704
2,453,119
Trimble,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
26,239
1,366,002
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
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®
Paris-Aligned
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USA
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
42
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iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
(continued)
Zebra
Technologies
Corp.
,
Class
A
(a)
............
1,373
$
412,243
10,990,207
a
Entertainment
—
1
.4
%
Activision
Blizzard,
Inc.
.....................
23,307
1,777,159
Liberty
Media
Corp.-Liberty
Formula
One
,
Series
C
,
NVS
(a)
...............................
11,183
758,990
Live
Nation
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)
..............
8,104
583,974
Netflix,
Inc.
(a)
............................
13,252
4,268,867
Roku,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
......................
1,636
105,833
Take-Two
Interactive
Software,
Inc.
(a)
............
1,852
202,886
Walt
Disney
Co.
(The)
(a)
....................
54,552
5,433,925
13,131,634
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
—
6
.7
%
American
Tower
Corp.
.....................
15,353
3,040,048
AvalonBay
Communities,
Inc.
................
29,586
5,104,177
Boston
Properties,
Inc.
.....................
60,125
3,936,985
Crown
Castle,
Inc.
........................
20,021
2,617,746
Digital
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
....................
65,909
6,869,695
Equinix,
Inc.
............................
8,728
6,007,221
Equity
Residential
........................
20,541
1,284,223
Essex
Property
Trust,
Inc.
...................
5,402
1,231,980
Extra
Space
Storage,
Inc.
...................
8,035
1,322,963
Healthpeak
Properties,
Inc.
..................
130,746
3,145,749
Medical
Properties
Trust,
Inc.
.................
93,669
964,791
Prologis,
Inc.
............................
98,483
12,152,802
Public
Storage
...........................
10,730
3,207,733
Realty
Income
Corp.
.......................
61,131
3,909,327
Regency
Centers
Corp.
....................
20,277
1,275,423
SBA
Communications
Corp.
,
Class
A
............
3,896
1,010,428
Simon
Property
Group,
Inc.
..................
12,060
1,472,405
Sun
Communities,
Inc.
.....................
1,116
159,744
Ventas,
Inc.
............................
17,757
863,878
Welltower,
Inc.
...........................
22,010
1,631,381
WP
Carey,
Inc.
..........................
6,055
491,424
61,700,123
a
Food
Products
—
0
.2
%
Darling
Ingredients,
Inc.
(a)
...................
17,310
1,095,204
Hershey
Co.
(The)
........................
3,859
919,677
2,014,881
a
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
—
3
.8
%
Align
Technology,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
1,737
537,602
Baxter
International,
Inc.
....................
1,700
67,915
Becton
Dickinson
and
Co.
...................
6,247
1,465,234
Boston
Scientific
Corp.
(a)
....................
49,772
2,325,348
Cooper
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
................
3,430
1,121,507
Dexcom,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
12,725
1,412,602
Edwards
Lifesciences
Corp.
(a)
................
88,845
7,146,692
GE
HealthCare
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
............
6,295
478,420
Hologic,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
14,591
1,162,027
IDEXX
Laboratories,
Inc.
(a)
...................
11,547
5,464,502
Insulet
Corp.
(a)
...........................
2,323
641,984
Intuitive
Surgical,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
9,577
2,196,868
Masimo
Corp.
(a)
..........................
1,534
256,654
Medtronic
PLC
..........................
48,438
4,010,666
Novocure
Ltd.
(a)
(b)
.........................
2,386
183,650
ResMed,
Inc.
...........................
8,100
1,725,300
Stryker
Corp.
...........................
12,238
3,217,126
Teleflex,
Inc.
............................
2,588
616,539
Zimmer
Biomet
Holdings,
Inc.
................
9,129
1,130,809
35,161,445
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
—
2
.0
%
Elevance
Health,
Inc.
......................
7,607
$
3,572,780
Humana,
Inc.
...........................
4,417
2,186,503
Laboratory
Corp.
of
America
Holdings
...........
1,088
260,424
Molina
Healthcare,
Inc.
(a)
....................
578
159,141
Quest
Diagnostics,
Inc.
.....................
2,649
366,515
UnitedHealth
Group,
Inc.
....................
25,263
12,023,672
18,569,035
a
Health
Care
Technology
—
0
.1
%
Veeva
Systems,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
(b)
..............
4,570
757,066
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
—
2
.7
%
Airbnb,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
(b)
.....................
918
113,171
Booking
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
....................
758
1,913,192
Caesars
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)
................
5,281
268,064
Chipotle
Mexican
Grill,
Inc.
(a)
.................
588
876,755
Hilton
Worldwide
Holdings,
Inc.
...............
5,357
774,140
Marriott
International,
Inc.
,
Class
A
.............
4,385
742,118
McDonald's
Corp.
........................
50,640
13,364,402
Starbucks
Corp.
..........................
41,335
4,219,890
Vail
Resorts,
Inc.
.........................
404
94,330
Wynn
Resorts
Ltd.
(a)
.......................
3,084
334,213
Yum!
Brands,
Inc.
........................
17,676
2,247,680
24,947,955
a
Household
Durables
—
0
.4
%
DR
Horton,
Inc.
..........................
5,287
488,942
Garmin
Ltd.
.............................
16,625
1,631,411
NVR,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
262
1,355,489
PulteGroup,
Inc.
.........................
2,115
115,627
3,591,469
a
Household
Products
—
0
.7
%
Church
&
Dwight
Co.,
Inc.
...................
8,180
685,321
Clorox
Co.
(The)
.........................
1,798
279,481
Colgate-Palmolive
Co.
.....................
28,664
2,101,071
Procter
&
Gamble
Co.
(The)
.................
22,809
3,137,606
6,203,479
a
Industrial
Conglomerates
—
0
.2
%
General
Electric
Co.
.......................
18,993
1,608,897
a
Insurance
—
3
.8
%
Aflac,
Inc.
..............................
72,961
4,972,292
Allstate
Corp.
(The)
.......................
11,405
1,468,736
American
Financial
Group,
Inc.
...............
19,975
2,678,847
Arch
Capital
Group
Ltd.
(a)
...................
35,937
2,515,590
Arthur
J
Gallagher
&
Co.
....................
2,704
506,595
Assurant,
Inc.
...........................
5,722
728,926
Brown
&
Brown,
Inc.
.......................
26,946
1,510,862
Chubb
Ltd.
.............................
19,067
4,023,519
Cincinnati
Financial
Corp.
...................
13,114
1,582,860
Erie
Indemnity
Co.
,
Class
A
,
NVS
..............
3,277
771,373
Globe
Life,
Inc.
..........................
6,358
773,705
Hartford
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
......
21,926
1,716,367
Markel
Corp.
(a)
...........................
1,341
1,783,342
Marsh
&
McLennan
Companies,
Inc.
............
20,371
3,302,954
MetLife,
Inc.
............................
26,789
1,921,575
Progressive
Corp.
(The)
....................
20,114
2,886,761
Willis
Towers
Watson
PLC
...................
6,131
1,436,861
34,581,165
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
—
4
.0
%
Alphabet,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
....................
72,861
6,561,862
Alphabet,
Inc.
,
Class
C
,
NVS
(a)
................
186,850
16,872,555
Match
Group,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
8,429
349,129
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®
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Climate
MSCI
USA
ETF
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of
Investments
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(continued)
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28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
43
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
(continued)
Meta
Platforms,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
................
69,423
$
12,144,860
Pinterest,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
....................
9,782
245,626
Snap,
Inc.
,
Class
A
,
NVS
(a)
..................
22,557
228,953
36,402,985
a
Internet
&
Direct
Marketing
Retail
—
3
.1
%
Amazon.com,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
246,348
23,213,372
eBay,
Inc.
..............................
37,884
1,738,876
Etsy,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
9,920
1,204,387
MercadoLibre,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
2,072
2,527,840
28,684,475
a
IT
Services
—
4
.2
%
Accenture
PLC
,
Class
A
....................
15,061
3,999,448
Automatic
Data
Processing,
Inc.
...............
13,773
3,027,581
Fidelity
National
Information
Services,
Inc.
........
8,016
507,974
Fiserv,
Inc.
(a)
............................
21,334
2,455,330
FleetCor
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
3,724
799,878
Gartner,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
620
203,242
Global
Payments,
Inc.
.....................
8,101
908,932
International
Business
Machines
Corp.
..........
976
126,197
Jack
Henry
&
Associates,
Inc.
................
935
153,564
Mastercard,
Inc.
,
Class
A
....................
22,282
7,916,572
Okta,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
.......................
2,323
165,607
Paychex,
Inc.
...........................
23,792
2,626,637
PayPal
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
26,647
1,961,219
Snowflake,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
...................
660
101,891
SS&C
Technologies
Holdings,
Inc.
.............
1,763
103,488
VeriSign,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
6,459
1,271,325
Visa,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(b)
.......................
55,613
12,231,523
38,560,408
a
Leisure
Products
—
0
.0
%
Hasbro,
Inc.
............................
7,504
412,795
a
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
—
2
.8
%
Avantor,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
4,675
113,930
Bio-Rad
Laboratories,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
............
1,497
715,326
Bio-Techne
Corp.
.........................
40,031
2,907,852
Danaher
Corp.
..........................
19,084
4,723,863
Illumina,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
8,325
1,658,340
IQVIA
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
......................
1,136
236,822
Mettler-Toledo
International,
Inc.
(a)
.............
2,155
3,089,645
PerkinElmer,
Inc.
.........................
15,998
1,992,871
Thermo
Fisher
Scientific,
Inc.
.................
13,696
7,419,945
Waters
Corp.
(a)
..........................
1,012
314,621
West
Pharmaceutical
Services,
Inc.
............
7,782
2,467,127
25,640,342
a
Machinery
—
2
.6
%
Deere
&
Co.
............................
1,005
421,336
Fortive
Corp.
............................
42,515
2,834,050
IDEX
Corp.
.............................
15,827
3,560,758
Illinois
Tool
Works,
Inc.
.....................
16,153
3,766,234
Ingersoll
Rand,
Inc.
.......................
17,768
1,031,788
Pentair
PLC
............................
30,784
1,722,057
Stanley
Black
&
Decker,
Inc.
.................
4,623
395,775
Westinghouse
Air
Brake
Technologies
Corp.
.......
2,125
221,701
Xylem,
Inc.
.............................
93,174
9,564,311
23,518,010
a
Media
—
1
.1
%
Charter
Communications,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
.........
4,573
1,681,081
Comcast
Corp.
,
Class
A
....................
74,579
2,772,101
Fox
Corp.
,
Class
A
,
NVS
....................
8,500
297,670
Fox
Corp.
,
Class
B
........................
13,600
438,600
Security
Shares
Value
a
Media
(continued)
Liberty
Broadband
Corp.
,
Class
C
,
NVS
(a)
........
26,155
$
2,266,854
Liberty
Media
Corp.-Liberty
SiriusXM
,
Series
C
,
NVS
(a)
26,661
859,017
Paramount
Global
,
Class
B
,
NVS
..............
14,450
309,519
Sirius
XM
Holdings,
Inc.
(b)
...................
240,727
1,056,792
Trade
Desk,
Inc.
(The)
,
Class
A
(a)
..............
8,755
489,930
10,171,564
a
Mortgage
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
—
0
.1
%
Annaly
Capital
Management,
Inc.
..............
27,204
562,579
a
Multiline
Retail
—
0
.2
%
Dollar
General
Corp.
......................
9,417
2,036,897
a
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
—
0
.0
%
Texas
Pacific
Land
Corp.
....................
147
261,688
a
Personal
Products
—
0
.1
%
Estee
Lauder
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
,
Class
A
......
3,139
762,934
a
Pharmaceuticals
—
6
.5
%
Bristol-Myers
Squibb
Co.
....................
70,602
4,868,714
Catalent,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
9,220
628,988
Elanco
Animal
Health,
Inc.
(a)
..................
35,105
402,654
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
...........................
33,397
10,393,814
Jazz
Pharmaceuticals
PLC
(a)
.................
7,054
990,382
Johnson
&
Johnson
.......................
65,917
10,102,439
Merck
&
Co.,
Inc.
.........................
92,971
9,877,239
Pfizer,
Inc.
.............................
194,021
7,871,432
Royalty
Pharma
PLC
,
Class
A
................
73,817
2,646,340
Zoetis,
Inc.
,
Class
A
.......................
72,408
12,092,136
59,874,138
a
Professional
Services
—
0
.5
%
Booz
Allen
Hamilton
Holding
Corp.
,
Class
A
.......
4,758
450,725
CoStar
Group,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
15,118
1,068,238
Equifax,
Inc.
............................
5,219
1,057,004
Robert
Half
International,
Inc.
.................
4,980
401,488
Verisk
Analytics,
Inc.
.......................
7,254
1,241,232
4,218,687
a
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
—
0
.3
%
CBRE
Group,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
.................
28,538
2,429,725
Zillow
Group,
Inc.
,
Class
C
,
NVS
(a)
(b)
............
2,806
117,852
2,547,577
a
Road
&
Rail
—
0
.8
%
Old
Dominion
Freight
Line,
Inc.
...............
6,447
2,187,209
Uber
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
...................
38,557
1,282,406
U-Haul
Holding
Co.
,
Series
N
,
NVS
(a)
...........
26,515
1,475,029
Union
Pacific
Corp.
.......................
10,771
2,232,613
7,177,257
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
—
7
.0
%
Advanced
Micro
Devices,
Inc.
(a)
...............
44,637
3,507,575
Analog
Devices,
Inc.
.......................
39,898
7,320,086
Applied
Materials,
Inc.
.....................
11,585
1,345,598
Broadcom,
Inc.
..........................
2,835
1,684,812
Enphase
Energy,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
20,683
4,354,392
First
Solar,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
12,010
2,031,371
Intel
Corp.
.............................
109,307
2,725,024
KLA
Corp.
..............................
4,115
1,561,149
Marvell
Technology,
Inc.
....................
55,496
2,505,644
NVIDIA
Corp.
...........................
84,468
19,610,091
QUALCOMM,
Inc.
........................
38,974
4,814,458
Skyworks
Solutions,
Inc.
....................
4,092
456,544
SolarEdge
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
................
15,594
4,957,645
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
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MSCI
USA
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
44
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
(continued)
Texas
Instruments,
Inc.
.....................
43,951
$
7,535,399
64,409,788
a
Software
—
10
.3
%
Adobe,
Inc.
(a)
............................
21,545
6,979,503
ANSYS,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
2,244
681,301
Autodesk,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
6,031
1,198,299
Fortinet,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
19,856
1,180,241
Intuit,
Inc.
..............................
15,126
6,159,005
Microsoft
Corp.
..........................
223,375
55,714,192
Oracle
Corp.
............................
54,823
4,791,530
Palo
Alto
Networks,
Inc.
(a)
...................
9,163
1,726,034
Paycom
Software,
Inc.
(a)
....................
425
122,850
Roper
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
3,900
1,677,780
Salesforce,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
29,269
4,788,701
ServiceNow,
Inc.
(a)
........................
16,396
7,085,859
Splunk,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
5,985
613,463
Tyler
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
...................
1,002
321,893
Workday,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
(b)
...................
3,963
735,018
Zoom
Video
Communications,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(a)
......
6,898
514,522
94,290,191
a
Specialty
Retail
—
2
.4
%
Burlington
Stores,
Inc.
(a)
....................
3,296
706,168
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
....................
31,265
9,271,323
Lowe's
Companies,
Inc.
....................
26,182
5,386,947
O'Reilly
Automotive,
Inc.
(a)
...................
614
509,681
Ross
Stores,
Inc.
.........................
14,296
1,580,280
TJX
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
..................
47,079
3,606,251
Ulta
Beauty,
Inc.
(a)
........................
2,603
1,350,436
22,411,086
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
—
8
.0
%
Apple,
Inc.
.............................
495,681
73,068,336
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
—
0
.5
%
Lululemon
Athletica,
Inc.
(a)
...................
10,049
3,107,151
Nike,
Inc.
,
Class
B
........................
12,912
1,533,816
Security
Shares
Value
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
(continued)
VF
Corp.
..............................
12,711
$
315,487
4,956,454
a
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
—
0
.3
%
Fastenal
Co.
............................
41,696
2,149,846
WW
Grainger,
Inc.
........................
921
615,624
2,765,470
a
Wireless
Telecommunication
Services
—
0
.1
%
T-Mobile
U.S.,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
6,534
929,004
a
Total
Long-Term
Investments — 99.8%
(Cost:
$
992,248,002
)
................................
916,687,290
a
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
—
1
.5
%
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
,
4.81
%
(c)
(d)
(e)
......................
12,793,112
12,800,788
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
,
4.41
%
(c)
(d)
............................
923,307
923,307
a
Total
Short-Term
Securities — 1.5%
(Cost:
$
13,721,380
)
.................................
13,724,095
Total
Investments
—
101.3%
(Cost:
$
1,005,969,382
)
...............................
930,411,385
Liabilities
in
Excess
of
Other
Assets
—
(
1
.3
)
%
...............
(
11,590,315
)
Net
Assets
—
100.0%
.................................
$
918,821,070
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
is
on
loan.
(c)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(d)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
(e)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
was
purchased
with
the
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities.
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
six
months
ended
February
28,
2023
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
08/31/22
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
02/28/23
Shares
Held
at
02/28/23
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
.
$
3,189,711
$
9,608,291
(a)
$
—
$
1,147
$
1,639
$
12,800,788
12,793,112
$
84,943
(b)
$
—
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
1,301,375
—
(
378,068
)
(a)
—
—
923,307
923,307
23,227
1
BlackRock,
Inc.
...
3,725,120
953,763
(
61,260
)
1,312
140,200
4,759,135
6,903
60,019
—
$
2,459
$
141,839
$
18,483,230
$
168,189
$
1
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(continued)
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28,
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45
Schedule
of
Investments
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Outstanding
as
of
Period
End
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:
For
the period
ended
February
28,
2023,
the
effect
of
derivative
financial
instruments
in
the
Statements
of
Operations
was
as
follows:
Average
Quarterly
Balances
of
Outstanding
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
For
more
information
about
the
Fund’s
investment
risks
regarding
derivative
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
(a)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
(b)
All
or
a
portion
represents
securities
lending
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities,
net
of
fees
and
collateral
investment
expenses,
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities.
Futures
Contracts
Description
Number
of
Contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long
Contracts
E-Mini
Health
Care
Sector
Index
...........................................................
5
03/17/23
$
643
$
(
21,351
)
NASDAQ
100
E-Mini
Index
..............................................................
5
03/17/23
1,207
66,029
$
44,678
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Assets
—
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
contracts
Unrealized
appreciation
on
futures
contracts
(a)
.............
$
—
$
—
$
44,678
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
44,678
(a)
Net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
futures
contracts
are
reported
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
In
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities,
only
current
day’s
variation
margin
is
reported
in
receivables
or
payables
and
the
net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
is
included
in
accumulated
earnings
(loss).
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
from
Futures
contracts
..................................
$
—
$
—
$
22,579
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
22,579
Net
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on
Futures
contracts
..................................
$
—
$
—
$
44,678
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
44,678
Futures
contracts
Average
notional
value
of
contracts
—
long
...................................................................................
$
2,450,088
a
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
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28,
2023
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Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
For
a
description
of
the
input
levels
and
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
.........................................
$
916,687,290
$
—
$
—
$
916,687,290
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
......................................
13,724,095
—
—
13,724,095
$
930,411,385
$
—
$
—
$
930,411,385
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
(a)
Assets
Equity
Contracts
...........................................
$
66,029
$
—
$
—
$
66,029
Liabilities
Equity
Contracts
...........................................
(
21,351
)
—
—
(
21,351
)
$
44,678
$
—
$
—
$
44,678
a
(a)
Derivative
financial
instruments
are
futures
contracts.
Futures
contracts
are
valued
at
the
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
the
instrument.
47
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of
Assets
and
Liabilities
(unaudited)
February
28,
2023
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
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Value
ETF
ASSETS
Investments,
at
value
—
unaffiliated
(a)
(b)
....................................
$
19,178,329,894
$
4,000,662
$
1,450,671,409
$
3,866,786
Investments,
at
value
—
affiliated
(c)
.......................................
161,514,961
3,570
104,546,080
25,970
Cash
...........................................................
286,986
—
3,281,323
—
Cash
pledged:
Futures
contracts
.................................................
5,995,000
—
438,000
—
Receivables:
Investments
sold
.................................................
974,733,852
206,292
74,193,440
197,753
Securities
lending
income
—
affiliated
...................................
14,638
—
186,488
—
Capital
shares
sold
................................................
23,438
—
—
—
Dividends
—
unaffiliated
............................................
30,212,573
2,541
942,081
8,821
Dividends
—
affiliated
..............................................
222,193
20
10,613
18
Interest
—
unaffiliated
..............................................
3,156
—
4,456
—
Total
assets
......................................................
20,351,336,691
4,213,085
1,634,273,890
4,099,348
LIABILITIES
Collateral
on
securities
loaned
..........................................
39,723,407
—
98,950,731
—
Payables:
Investments
purchased
.............................................
952,532,270
207,201
74,871,471
199,066
Investment
advisory
fees
............................................
2,292,469
569
193,234
553
Variation
margin
on
futures
contracts
....................................
316,035
—
4,237
—
Total
liabilities
.....................................................
994,864,181
207,770
174,019,673
199,619
NET
ASSETS
.....................................................
$
19,356,472,510
$
4,005,315
$
1,460,254,217
$
3,899,729
NET
ASSETS
CONSIST
OF:
Paid-in
capital
.....................................................
$
20,307,073,207
$
4,066,498
$
1,508,010,500
$
4,056,114
Accumulated
loss
..................................................
(
950,600,697
)
(
61,183
)
(
47,756,283
)
(
156,385
)
NET
ASSETS
.....................................................
$
19,356,472,510
$
4,005,315
$
1,460,254,217
$
3,899,729
NET
ASSET
VALUE
Shares
outstanding
.................................................
220,100,000
160,000
40,800,000
160,000
Net
asset
value
....................................................
$
87.94
$
25.03
$
35.79
$
24.37
Shares
authorized
..................................................
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Par
value
........................................................
None
None
None
None
(a)
Securities
loaned,
at
value
..........................................
$
38,895,449
$
—
$
95,642,893
$
—
(b)
Investments,
at
cost
—
unaffiliated
.....................................
$
19,522,247,868
$
4,062,080
$
1,455,498,371
$
4,019,448
(c)
Investments,
at
cost
—
affiliated
.......................................
$
159,000,070
$
3,570
$
104,469,126
$
28,203
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Assets
and
Liabilities
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(continued)
February
28,
2023
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
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ETF
ASSETS
Investments,
at
value
—
unaffiliated
(a)
(b)
....................................................................
$
3,038,848,178
$
911,928,155
Investments,
at
value
—
affiliated
(c)
.......................................................................
30,019,534
18,483,230
Cash
...........................................................................................
—
7,025
Cash
pledged:
Futures
contracts
.................................................................................
611,000
115,000
Receivables:
Investments
sold
.................................................................................
11,585,194
—
Securities
lending
income
—
affiliated
...................................................................
6,722
21,741
Capital
shares
sold
................................................................................
—
75,773
Dividends
—
unaffiliated
............................................................................
4,911,313
1,057,357
Dividends
—
affiliated
..............................................................................
23,966
5,042
Interest
—
unaffiliated
..............................................................................
271
73
Total
assets
......................................................................................
3,086,006,178
931,693,396
LIABILITIES
Collateral
on
securities
loaned
..........................................................................
4,988,821
12,796,806
Payables:
Investments
purchased
.............................................................................
13,396,787
—
Investment
advisory
fees
............................................................................
241,171
70,408
Variation
margin
on
futures
contracts
....................................................................
35,671
5,112
Total
liabilities
.....................................................................................
18,662,450
12,872,326
NET
ASSETS
.....................................................................................
$
3,067,343,728
$
918,821,070
NET
ASSETS
CONSIST
OF:
Paid-in
capital
.....................................................................................
$
2,789,596,237
$
998,501,567
Accumulated
earnings
(loss)
...........................................................................
277,747,491
(
79,680,497
)
NET
ASSETS
.....................................................................................
$
3,067,343,728
$
918,821,070
NET
ASSET
VALUE
Shares
outstanding
.................................................................................
44,550,000
21,250,000
Net
asset
value
....................................................................................
$
68.85
$
43.24
Shares
authorized
..................................................................................
Unlimited
Unlimited
Par
value
........................................................................................
None
None
(a)
Securities
loaned,
at
value
..........................................................................
$
4,736,808
$
12,547,564
(b)
Investments,
at
cost
—
unaffiliated
.....................................................................
$
2,792,709,727
$
987,224,420
(c)
Investments,
at
cost
—
affiliated
.......................................................................
$
28,900,223
$
18,744,962
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Statements
Statements
of
Operations
(unaudited)
Six
Months
Ended
February
28,
2023
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
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Value
ETF
(a)
INVESTMENT
INCOME
Dividends
—
unaffiliated
............................................
$
173,871,657
$
3,649
$
11,073,985
$
9,826
Dividends
—
affiliated
..............................................
2,990,312
20
61,908
18
Interest
—
unaffiliated
..............................................
137,493
—
8,292
—
Securities
lending
income
—
affiliated
—
net
...............................
285,002
—
772,988
—
Foreign
taxes
withheld
.............................................
(
71,189
)
—
(
1,781
)
—
Total
investment
income
..............................................
177,213,275
3,669
11,915,392
9,844
EXPENSES
Investment
advisory
...............................................
15,095,381
569
1,208,696
553
Total
expenses
....................................................
15,095,381
569
1,208,696
553
Net
investment
income
...............................................
162,117,894
3,100
10,706,696
9,291
—
—
—
—
REALIZED
AND
UNREALIZED
GAIN
(LOSS)
Net
realized
gain
(loss)
from:
Investments
—
unaffiliated
.........................................
(
373,252,392
)
(
2,865
)
(
18,057,945
)
(
9,033
)
Investments
—
affiliated
...........................................
(
13,128,517
)
—
690
(
1,748
)
Capital
gain
distributions
from
underlying
funds
—
affiliated
...................
56
—
2
—
Futures
contracts
...............................................
(
1,007,937
)
—
(
24,713
)
—
In-kind
redemptions
—
unaffiliated
(b)
...................................
732,561,646
—
45,756,712
—
In-kind
redemptions
—
affiliated
(b)
....................................
3,715,358
—
—
—
348,888,214
(
2,865
)
27,674,746
(
10,781
)
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on:
Investments
—
unaffiliated
.........................................
(
504,298,808
)
(
61,418
)
53,438,080
(
152,662
)
Investments
—
affiliated
...........................................
12,965,000
—
32,573
(
2,233
)
Futures
contracts
...............................................
723,886
—
284,261
—
(
490,609,922
)
(
61,418
)
53,754,914
(
154,895
)
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain
(loss)
....................................
(
141,721,708
)
(
64,283
)
81,429,660
(
165,676
)
NET
INCREASE
(DECREASE)
IN
NET
ASSETS
RESULTING
FROM
OPERATIONS
.....
$
20,396,186
$
(
61,183
)
$
92,136,356
$
(
156,385
)
(a)
For
the
period
from
January
31,
2023
(commencement
of
operations)
to
February
28,
2023.
(b)
See
Note
2
of
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
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of
Operations
(unaudited)
(continued)
Six
Months
Ended
February
28,
2023
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
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INVESTMENT
INCOME
Dividends
—
unaffiliated
............................................................................
$
24,848,170
$
5,770,456
Dividends
—
affiliated
..............................................................................
381,342
83,246
Interest
—
unaffiliated
..............................................................................
10,941
2,787
Securities
lending
income
—
affiliated
—
net
...............................................................
73,308
84,943
Foreign
taxes
withheld
.............................................................................
(
11,624
)
(
303
)
Total
investment
income
..............................................................................
25,302,137
5,941,129
EXPENSES
Investment
advisory
...............................................................................
1,483,924
412,867
Total
expenses
....................................................................................
1,483,924
412,867
Net
investment
income
...............................................................................
23,818,213
5,528,262
—
—
REALIZED
AND
UNREALIZED
GAIN
(LOSS)
Net
realized
gain
(loss)
from:
Investments
—
unaffiliated
.........................................................................
(
13,175,303
)
(
2,422,219
)
Investments
—
affiliated
...........................................................................
(
32,129
)
(
858
)
Capital
gain
distributions
from
underlying
funds
—
affiliated
...................................................
5
1
Futures
contracts
...............................................................................
(
6,715
)
22,579
In-kind
redemptions
—
unaffiliated
(a)
...................................................................
84,835,058
442,149
In-kind
redemptions
—
affiliated
(a)
....................................................................
546,864
3,317
72,167,780
(
1,955,031
)
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on:
Investments
—
unaffiliated
.........................................................................
(
47,341,216
)
(
4,558,880
)
Investments
—
affiliated
...........................................................................
21,747
141,839
Futures
contracts
...............................................................................
(
10,623
)
44,678
(
47,330,092
)
(
4,372,363
)
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain
(loss)
....................................................................
24,837,688
(
6,327,394
)
NET
INCREASE
(DECREASE)
IN
NET
ASSETS
RESULTING
FROM
OPERATIONS
.....................................
$
48,655,901
$
(
799,132
)
(a)
See
Note
2
of
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
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Financial
Statements
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
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ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Period
From
01/31/23
(a)
to
02/28/23
(unaudited)
INCREASE
(DECREASE)
IN
NET
ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net
investment
income
...........................................................
$
162,117,894
$
310,012,226
$
3,100
Net
realized
gain
(loss)
...........................................................
348,888,214
397,025,406
(
2,865
)
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
.......................................
(
490,609,922
)
(
4,350,702,060
)
(
61,418
)
Net
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
resulting
from
operations
..................................
20,396,186
(
3,643,664,428
)
(
61,183
)
DISTRIBUTIONS
TO
SHAREHOLDERS
(b)
Decrease
in
net
assets
resulting
from
distributions
to
shareholders
................................
(
180,564,390
)
(
290,135,112
)
—
CAPITAL
SHARE
TRANSACTIONS
Net
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
derived
from
capital
share
transactions
........................
(
2,677,787,489
)
3,865,597,340
4,066,498
NET
ASSETS
Total
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
..................................................
(
2,837,955,693
)
(
68,202,200
)
4,005,315
Beginning
of
period
...............................................................
22,194,428,203
22,262,630,403
—
End
of
period
...................................................................
$
19,356,472,510
$
22,194,428,203
$
4,005,315
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
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Changes
in
Net
Assets
(continued)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
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MSCI
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Value
ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Period
From
01/31/23
(a)
to
02/28/23
(unaudited)
INCREASE
(DECREASE)
IN
NET
ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net
investment
income
...........................................................
$
10,706,696
$
15,950,050
$
9,291
Net
realized
gain
(loss)
...........................................................
27,674,746
(
13,342,322
)
(
10,781
)
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
.......................................
53,754,914
(
240,102,101
)
(
154,895
)
Net
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
resulting
from
operations
..................................
92,136,356
(
237,494,373
)
(
156,385
)
DISTRIBUTIONS
TO
SHAREHOLDERS
(b)
Decrease
in
net
assets
resulting
from
distributions
to
shareholders
................................
(
12,425,421
)
(
14,247,210
)
—
CAPITAL
SHARE
TRANSACTIONS
Net
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
derived
from
capital
share
transactions
........................
(
98,553,855
)
631,800,423
4,056,114
NET
ASSETS
Total
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
..................................................
(
18,842,920
)
380,058,840
3,899,729
Beginning
of
period
...............................................................
1,479,097,137
1,099,038,297
—
End
of
period
...................................................................
$
1,460,254,217
$
1,479,097,137
$
3,899,729
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
53
Financial
Statements
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets
(continued)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
iShares
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Period
From
02/08/22
(a)
to
08/31/22
INCREASE
(DECREASE)
IN
NET
ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net
investment
income
.........................................
$
23,818,213
$
48,701,009
$
5,528,262
$
4,479,031
Net
realized
gain
(loss)
.........................................
72,167,780
398,082,579
(
1,955,031
)
(
4,078,372
)
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
.....................
(
47,330,092
)
(
929,260,080
)
(
4,372,363
)
(
71,140,956
)
Net
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
resulting
from
operations
................
48,655,901
(
482,476,492
)
(
799,132
)
(
70,740,297
)
DISTRIBUTIONS
TO
SHAREHOLDERS
(b)
Decrease
in
net
assets
resulting
from
distributions
to
shareholders
..............
(
25,530,642
)
(
48,112,074
)
(
5,961,621
)
(
2,179,447
)
CAPITAL
SHARE
TRANSACTIONS
Net
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
derived
from
capital
share
transactions
......
(
72,431,774
)
(
430,723,595
)
168,700,166
829,801,401
NET
ASSETS
Total
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
................................
(
49,306,515
)
(
961,312,161
)
161,939,413
756,881,657
Beginning
of
period
.............................................
3,116,650,243
4,077,962,404
756,881,657
—
End
of
period
.................................................
$
3,067,343,728
$
3,116,650,243
$
918,821,070
$
756,881,657
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
54
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Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Financial
Highlights
(For
a
share
outstanding
throughout
each
period)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Year
Ended
08/31/21
Year
Ended
08/31/20
Year
Ended
08/31/19
Year
Ended
08/31/18
Net
asset
value,
beginning
of
period
.......
$
88.13
$
103.69
$
79.74
$
64.33
$
63.85
$
54.15
Net
investment
income
(a)
...............
0
.69
1
.29
1
.18
1
.22
1
.17
1
.09
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain
(loss)
(b)
.....
(
0
.13
)
(
15.62
)
23.87
15.13
0
.40
9
.52
Net
increase
(decrease)
from
investment
operations
.........................
0
.56
(
14.33
)
25.05
16.35
1
.57
10.61
Distributions
(c)
–
–
–
–
–
–
From
net
investment
income
............
(
0
.75
)
(
1
.23
)
(
1
.10
)
(
0
.94
)
(
1
.09
)
(
0
.80
)
From
net
realized
gains
................
—
—
—
—
—
(
0
.11
)
Total
distributions
.....................
(
0
.75
)
(
1
.23
)
(
1
.10
)
(
0
.94
)
(
1
.09
)
(
0
.91
)
Net
asset
value,
end
of
period
............
$
87.94
$
88.13
$
103.69
$
79.74
$
64.33
$
63.85
Total
Return
(d)
–
–
–
–
–
–
Based
on
net
asset
value
................
0
.68
%
(e)
(
13.96
)
%
31.71
%
25.79
%
2
.59
%
19.79
%
Ratios
to
Average
Net
Assets
(f)
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total
expenses
.......................
0
.15
%
(g)
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
Net
investment
income
..................
1
.62
%
(g)
1
.32
%
1
.30
%
1
.76
%
1
.88
%
1
.83
%
Supplemental
Data
Net
assets,
end
of
period
(000)
............
$
19,356,473
$
22,194,428
$
22,262,630
$
8,991,145
$
295,905
$
98,974
Portfolio
turnover
rate
(h)
..................
13
%
22
%
21
%
38
%
27
%
28
%
(a)
Based
on
average
shares
outstanding.
(b)
The
amounts
reported
for
a
share
outstanding
may
not
accord
with
the
change
in
aggregate
gains
and
losses
in
securities
for
the
fiscal
period
due
to
the
timing
of
capital
share
transactions
in
relation
to
the
fluctuating
market
values
of
the
Fund’s
underlying
securities.
(c)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
(d)
Where
applicable,
assumes
the
reinvestment
of
distributions.
(e)
Not
annualized.
(f)
Excludes
fees
and
expenses
incurred
indirectly
as
a
result
of
investments
in
underlying
funds.
(g)
Annualized.
(h)
Portfolio
turnover
rate
excludes
in-kind
transactions.
55
Financial
Highlights
Financial
Highlights
(continued)
(For
a
share
outstanding
throughout
each
period)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
ETF
Period
From
01/31/23
(a)
to
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Net
asset
value,
beginning
of
period
.....................................................................................
$
25.42
Net
investment
income
(b)
.............................................................................................
0
.02
Net
realized
and
unrealized
loss
(c)
.......................................................................................
(
0
.41
)
Net
decrease
from
investment
operations
...................................................................................
(
0
.39
)
Net
asset
value,
end
of
period
..........................................................................................
$
25.03
Total
Return
(d)
–
Based
on
net
asset
value
..............................................................................................
(
1
.50
)
%
(e)
Ratios
to
Average
Net
Assets
(f)
–
Total
expenses
.....................................................................................................
0
.18
%
(g)
Net
investment
income
................................................................................................
0
.98
%
(g)
Supplemental
Data
Net
assets,
end
of
period
(000)
..........................................................................................
$
4,005
Portfolio
turnover
rate
(h)
................................................................................................
5
%
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Based
on
average
shares
outstanding.
(c)
The
amounts
reported
for
a
share
outstanding
may
not
accord
with
the
change
in
aggregate
gains
and
losses
in
securities
for
the
fiscal
period
due
to
the
timing
of
capital
share
transactions
in
relation
to
the
fluctuating
market
values
of
the
Fund’s
underlying
securities.
(d)
Where
applicable,
assumes
the
reinvestment
of
distributions.
(e)
Not
annualized.
(f)
Excludes
fees
and
expenses
incurred
indirectly
as
a
result
of
investments
in
underlying
funds.
(g)
Annualized.
(h)
Portfolio
turnover
rate
excludes
in-kind
transactions.
56
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Report
to
Shareholders
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Highlights
(continued)
(For
a
share
outstanding
throughout
each
period)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Year
Ended
08/31/21
Year
Ended
08/31/20
Year
Ended
08/31/19
Period
From
04/10/18
(a)
to
08/31/18
Net
asset
value,
beginning
of
period
......
$
33.85
$
40.26
$
27.34
$
26.21
$
28.76
$
25.47
Net
investment
income
(b)
..............
0
.25
0
.42
0
.35
0
.33
0
.36
0
.12
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain
(loss)
(c)
....
1
.98
(
6
.43
)
12.95
1
.10
(
2
.58
)
3
.23
Net
increase
(decrease)
from
investment
operations
........................
2
.23
(
6
.01
)
13.30
1
.43
(
2
.22
)
3
.35
Distributions
from
net
investment
income
(d)
....
(
0
.29
)
(
0
.40
)
(
0
.38
)
(
0
.30
)
(
0
.33
)
(
0
.06
)
Net
asset
value,
end
of
period
...........
$
35.79
$
33.85
$
40.26
$
27.34
$
26.21
$
28.76
Total
Return
(e)
–
–
–
–
–
–
Based
on
net
asset
value
...............
6
.71
%
(f)
(
15.03
)
%
48.95
%
5
.57
%
(
7
.69
)
%
13.16
%
(f)
Ratios
to
Average
Net
Assets
(g)
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total
expenses
......................
0
.17
%
(h)
0
.17
%
0
.17
%
0
.17
%
0
.17
%
0
.17
%
(h)
Net
investment
income
.................
1
.51
%
(h)
1
.15
%
0
.96
%
1
.32
%
1
.35
%
1
.17
%
(h)
Supplemental
Data
Net
assets,
end
of
period
(000)
...........
$
1,460,254
$
1,479,097
$
1,099,038
$
366,339
$
57,664
$
11,506
Portfolio
turnover
rate
(i)
.................
19
%
37
%
33
%
50
%
34
%
15
%
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Based
on
average
shares
outstanding.
(c)
The
amounts
reported
for
a
share
outstanding
may
not
accord
with
the
change
in
aggregate
gains
and
losses
in
securities
for
the
fiscal
period
due
to
the
timing
of
capital
share
transactions
in
relation
to
the
fluctuating
market
values
of
the
Fund’s
underlying
securities.
(d)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
(e)
Where
applicable,
assumes
the
reinvestment
of
distributions.
(f)
Not
annualized.
(g)
Excludes
fees
and
expenses
incurred
indirectly
as
a
result
of
investments
in
underlying
funds.
(h)
Annualized.
(i)
Portfolio
turnover
rate
excludes
in-kind
transactions.
57
Financial
Highlights
Financial
Highlights
(continued)
(For
a
share
outstanding
throughout
each
period)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
ETF
Period
From
01/31/23
(a)
to
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Net
asset
value,
beginning
of
period
.....................................................................................
$
25.35
Net
investment
income
(b)
.............................................................................................
0
.06
Net
realized
and
unrealized
loss
(c)
.......................................................................................
(
1
.04
)
Net
decrease
from
investment
operations
...................................................................................
(
0
.98
)
Net
asset
value,
end
of
period
..........................................................................................
$
24.37
Total
Return
(d)
–
Based
on
net
asset
value
..............................................................................................
(
3
.85
)
%
(e)
Ratios
to
Average
Net
Assets
(f)
–
Total
expenses
.....................................................................................................
0
.18
%
(g)
Net
investment
income
................................................................................................
3
.03
%
(g)
Supplemental
Data
Net
assets,
end
of
period
(000)
..........................................................................................
$
3,900
Portfolio
turnover
rate
(h)
................................................................................................
5
%
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Based
on
average
shares
outstanding.
(c)
The
amounts
reported
for
a
share
outstanding
may
not
accord
with
the
change
in
aggregate
gains
and
losses
in
securities
for
the
fiscal
period
due
to
the
timing
of
capital
share
transactions
in
relation
to
the
fluctuating
market
values
of
the
Fund’s
underlying
securities.
(d)
Where
applicable,
assumes
the
reinvestment
of
distributions.
(e)
Not
annualized.
(f)
Excludes
fees
and
expenses
incurred
indirectly
as
a
result
of
investments
in
underlying
funds.
(g)
Annualized.
(h)
Portfolio
turnover
rate
excludes
in-kind
transactions.
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Report
to
Shareholders
Financial
Highlights
(continued)
(For
a
share
outstanding
throughout
each
period)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Year
Ended
08/31/21
Year
Ended
08/31/20
Period
From
05/07/19
(a)
to
08/31/19
Net
asset
value,
beginning
of
period
......................
$
68.20
$
79.65
$
60.55
$
50.77
$
49.23
Net
investment
income
(b)
..............................
0
.54
1
.00
0
.94
0
.94
0
.32
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain
(loss)
(c)
....................
0
.68
(
11.48
)
19.08
9
.75
1
.34
Net
increase
(decrease)
from
investment
operations
.............
1
.22
(
10.48
)
20.02
10.69
1
.66
Distributions
from
net
investment
income
(d)
....................
(
0
.57
)
(
0
.97
)
(
0
.92
)
(
0
.91
)
(
0
.12
)
Net
asset
value,
end
of
period
...........................
$
68.85
$
68.20
$
79.65
$
60.55
$
50.77
Total
Return
(e)
–
–
–
–
–
Based
on
net
asset
value
...............................
1
.84
%
(f)
(
13.29
)
%
33.44
%
21.45
%
3
.38
%
(f)
Ratios
to
Average
Net
Assets
(g)
–
–
–
–
–
Total
expenses
......................................
0
.10
%
(h)
0
.10
%
0
.10
%
0
.10
%
0
.11
%
(h)
Total
expenses
after
fees
waived
..........................
0
.10
%
(h)
0
.10
%
0
.10
%
0
.10
%
0
.10
%
(h)
Net
investment
income
.................................
1
.61
%
(h)
1
.32
%
1
.38
%
1
.77
%
2
.00
%
(h)
Supplemental
Data
Net
assets,
end
of
period
(000)
...........................
$
3,067,344
$
3,116,650
$
4,077,962
$
2,564,228
$
1,579,065
Portfolio
turnover
rate
(i)
.................................
2
%
10
%
12
%
9
%
4
%
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Based
on
average
shares
outstanding.
(c)
The
amounts
reported
for
a
share
outstanding
may
not
accord
with
the
change
in
aggregate
gains
and
losses
in
securities
for
the
fiscal
period
due
to
the
timing
of
capital
share
transactions
in
relation
to
the
fluctuating
market
values
of
the
Fund’s
underlying
securities.
(d)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
(e)
Where
applicable,
assumes
the
reinvestment
of
distributions.
(f)
Not
annualized.
(g)
Excludes
fees
and
expenses
incurred
indirectly
as
a
result
of
investments
in
underlying
funds.
(h)
Annualized.
(i)
Portfolio
turnover
rate
excludes
in-kind
transactions.
59
Financial
Highlights
Financial
Highlights
(continued)
(For
a
share
outstanding
throughout
each
period)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Period
From
02/08/22
(a)
to
08/31/22
Net
asset
value,
beginning
of
period
.....................................................................
$
43.50
$
50.43
Net
investment
income
(b)
.............................................................................
0
.28
0
.32
Net
realized
and
unrealized
loss
(c)
.......................................................................
(
0
.24
)
(
7
.08
)
Net
increase
(decrease)
from
investment
operations
............................................................
0
.04
(
6
.76
)
Distributions
from
net
investment
income
(d)
...................................................................
(
0
.30
)
(
0
.17
)
Net
asset
value,
end
of
period
..........................................................................
$
43.24
$
43.50
Total
Return
(e)
–
–
Based
on
net
asset
value
..............................................................................
0
.12
%
(f)
(
13.42
)
%
(f)
Ratios
to
Average
Net
Assets
(g)
–
–
Total
expenses
.....................................................................................
0
.10
%
(h)
0
.11
%
(h)
Total
expenses
after
fees
waived
.........................................................................
0
.10
%
(h)
0
.10
%
(h)
Net
investment
income
................................................................................
1
.35
%
(h)
1
.26
%
(h)
Supplemental
Data
Net
assets,
end
of
period
(000)
..........................................................................
$
918,821
$
756,882
Portfolio
turnover
rate
(i)
................................................................................
7
%
6
%
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Based
on
average
shares
outstanding.
(c)
The
amounts
reported
for
a
share
outstanding
may
not
accord
with
the
change
in
aggregate
gains
and
losses
in
securities
for
the
fiscal
period
due
to
the
timing
of
capital
share
transactions
in
relation
to
the
fluctuating
market
values
of
the
Fund’s
underlying
securities.
(d)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
(e)
Where
applicable,
assumes
the
reinvestment
of
distributions.
(f)
Not
annualized.
(g)
Excludes
fees
and
expenses
incurred
indirectly
as
a
result
of
investments
in
underlying
funds.
(h)
Annualized.
(i)
Portfolio
turnover
rate
excludes
in-kind
transactions.
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
60
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
1.
Organization
iShares
Trust
(the
“Trust”)
is
registered
under
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended
(the
“1940
Act”),
as
an
open-end
management
investment
company.
The
Trust
is
organized
as
a
Delaware
statutory
trust
and
is
authorized
to
have
multiple
series
or
portfolios.
These
financial
statements
relate
only
to
the
following
funds
(each,
a
“Fund”
and
collectively,
the
“Funds”):
2.
Significant
Accounting
Policies
The
financial
statements
are
prepared
in
conformity
with
accounting
principles
generally
accepted
in
the
United
States
of
America
(“U.S.
GAAP”),
which
may
require
management
to
make
estimates
and
assumptions
that
affect
the
reported
amounts
of
assets
and
liabilities
in
the
financial
statements,
disclosure
of
contingent
assets
and
liabilities
at
the
date
of
the
financial
statements
and
the
reported
amounts
of
increases
and
decreases
in
net
assets
from
operations
during
the
reporting
period.
Actual
results
could
differ
from
those
estimates. Each
Fund
is
considered
an
investment
company
under
U.S.
GAAP
and
follows
the
accounting
and
reporting
guidance
applicable
to
investment
companies.
Below
is
a
summary
of
significant
accounting
policies:
Investment
Transactions
and
Income
Recognition:
For
financial
reporting
purposes,
investment
transactions
are
recorded
on
the
dates
the
transactions
are
executed.
Realized
gains
and
losses
on
investment
transactions
are
determined
using
the
specific
identification
method. Dividend
income
and
capital
gain
distributions,
if
any,
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
date.
Non-cash
dividends,
if
any,
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
date
at
fair
value. Dividends
from
foreign
securities
where
the
ex-dividend
date
may
have
passed
are
subsequently
recorded
when
the
Funds
are
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
or
as
estimated
by
management,
a
portion
of
the
dividend
income
received
from
a
real
estate
investment
trust
may
be
redesignated
as
a
reduction
of
cost
of
the
related
investment
and/or
realized
gain. Interest
income,
including
amortization
and
accretion
of
premiums
and
discounts
on
debt
securities,
is
recognized
daily
on
an
accrual
basis.
Foreign
Taxes:
The
Funds
may
be
subject
to
foreign
taxes
(a
portion
of
which
may
be
reclaimable)
on
income,
stock
dividends,
capital
gains
on
investments,
or
certain
foreign
currency
transactions.
All
foreign
taxes
are
recorded
in
accordance
with
the
applicable
foreign
tax
regulations
and
rates
that
exist
in
the
foreign
jurisdictions
in
which
each
Fund
invests.
These
foreign
taxes,
if
any,
are
paid
by
each
Fund
and
are
reflected
in
its
Statements
of
Operations
as
follows:
foreign
taxes
withheld
at
source
are
presented
as
a
reduction
of
income,
foreign
taxes
on
securities
lending
income
are
presented
as
a
reduction
of
securities
lending
income,
foreign
taxes
on
stock
dividends
are
presented
as
“Other
foreign
taxes”,
and
foreign
taxes
on
capital
gains
from
sales
of
investments
and
foreign
taxes
on
foreign
currency
transactions
are
included
in
their
respective
net
realized
gain
(loss)
categories.
Foreign
taxes
payable
or
deferred
as
of
February
28,
2023,
if
any,
are
disclosed
in
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
The Funds
file
withholding
tax
reclaims
in
certain
jurisdictions
to
recover
a
portion
of
amounts
previously
withheld.
The
Funds
may
record
a
reclaim
receivable
based
on
collectability,
which
includes
factors
such
as
the
jurisdiction’s
applicable
laws,
payment
history
and
market
convention.
The
Statements
of
Operations
includes
tax
reclaims
recorded
as
well
as
professional
and
other
fees,
if
any,
associated
with
recovery
of
foreign
withholding
taxes.
Collateralization:
If
required
by
an
exchange
or
counterparty
agreement,
the
Funds
may
be
required
to
deliver/deposit
cash
and/or
securities
to/with
an
exchange,
or
broker-
dealer
or
custodian
as
collateral
for
certain
investments.
In-kind
Redemptions:
For
financial
reporting
purposes,
in-kind
redemptions
are
treated
as
sales
of
securities
resulting
in
realized
capital
gains
or
losses
to
the
Funds.
Because
such
gains
or
losses
are
not
taxable
to
the
Funds
and
are
not
distributed
to
existing
Fund
shareholders,
the
gains
or
losses
are
reclassified
from
accumulated
net
realized
gain
(loss)
to
paid-in
capital
at
the
end
of
the
Funds’
tax
year.
These
reclassifications
have
no
effect
on
net
assets
or
net
asset
value
(“NAV”)
per
share.
Distributions:
Dividends
and
distributions
paid
by
each
Fund
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
dates.
Distributions
are
determined
on
a
tax
basis
and
may
differ
from
net
investment
income
and net
realized
capital
gains
for
financial
reporting
purposes.
Dividends
and
distributions
are
paid
in
U.S.
dollars
and
cannot
be
automatically
reinvested
in
additional
shares
of
the
Funds.
The
character
and
timing
of
distributions
are
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations,
which
may
differ
from
U.S.
GAAP.
Indemnifications:
In
the
normal
course
of
business,
each
Fund
enters
into
contracts
that
contain
a
variety
of
representations
that
provide
general
indemnification.
The
Funds’
maximum
exposure
under
these
arrangements
is
unknown
because
it
involves
future
potential
claims
against
the
Funds,
which
cannot
be
predicted
with
any
certainty.
iShares
ETF
Diversification
Classification
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
.................................................................................................
Diversified
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
(a)
..........................................................................................
Non-diversified
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
.........................................................................................
Diversified
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
(a)
............................................................................................
Non-diversified
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
................................................................................................
Non-diversified
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
..........................................................................................
Non-diversified
(a)
The
Fund
commenced
operations
on
January
31,
2023.
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(
continued)
61
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
3.
Investment
Valuation
and
Fair
Value
Measurements
Investment
Valuation
Policies:
Each
Fund’s
investments
are
valued
at
fair
value
(also
referred
to
as
“market
value”
within
the
financial
statements)
each
day
that
the
Fund’s
listing
exchange
is
open
and,
for
financial
reporting
purposes,
as
of
the
report
date.
U.S.
GAAP
defines
fair
value
as
the
price
a
fund
would
receive
to
sell
an
asset
or
pay
to
transfer
a
liability
in
an
orderly
transaction
between
market
participants
at
the
measurement
date.
The
Board
of Trustees of
the
Trust (the
“Board”)
of
each
Fund
has
approved
the
designation
of
BlackRock
Fund
Advisors
(“BFA”),
the
Funds’
investment
adviser,
as
the
valuation
designee
for each
Fund. Each
Fund
determines
the
fair
values
of
its
financial
instruments
using
various
independent
dealers
or
pricing
services
under
BFA’s
policies.
If
a
security’s
market
price
is
not
readily
available
or
does
not
otherwise
accurately
represent
the
fair
value
of
the
security,
the
security
will
be
valued
in
accordance
with
BFA’s
policies
and
procedures
as
reflecting
fair
value. BFA
has
formed
a
committee
(the
“Valuation
Committee”)
to
develop
pricing
policies
and
procedures
and
to
oversee
the
pricing
function
for
all
financial
instruments,
with
assistance
from
other
BlackRock
pricing
committees.
Fair
Value
Inputs
and
Methodologies:
The
following
methods
and
inputs
are
used
to
establish
the
fair
value
of each
Fund’s
assets
and
liabilities:
Equity
investments
traded
on
a
recognized
securities
exchange
are
valued
at
that
day’s
official
closing
price,
as
applicable,
on
the
exchange
where
the
stock
is
primarily
traded.
Equity
investments
traded
on
a
recognized
exchange
for
which
there
were
no
sales
on
that
day
are
valued
at
the
last
traded
price.
Investments
in
open-end
U.S.
mutual
funds
(including
money
market
funds)
are
valued
at
that
day’s
published
NAV.
Futures
contracts
are
valued
based
on
that
day’s
last
reported
settlement
or
trade
price
on
the
exchange
where
the
contract
is
traded.
If
events
(e.g.,
market
volatility,
company
announcement
or
a
natural
disaster)
occur
that
are
expected
to
materially
affect
the
value
of
such
investment,
or
in
the
event
that
application
of
these
methods
of
valuation
results
in
a
price
for
an
investment
that
is
deemed
not
to
be
representative
of
the
market
value
of
such
investment,
or
if
a
price
is
not
available,
the
investment
will
be
valued
by
the
Valuation
Committee,
in
accordance
with BFA’s
policies
and
procedures
as
reflecting
fair
value
(“Fair
Valued
Investments”).
The
fair
valuation
approaches
that
may
be
used
by
the
Valuation
Committee
include
market
approach,
income
approach
and
cost
approach.
Valuation
techniques
such
as
discounted
cash
flow,
use
of
market
comparables
and
matrix
pricing
are
types
of
valuation
approaches
and
are
typically
used
in
determining
fair
value.
When
determining
the
price
for
Fair
Valued
Investments,
the
Valuation
Committee
seeks
to
determine
the
price
that each
Fund
might
reasonably
expect
to
receive
or
pay
from
the
current
sale
or
purchase
of
that
asset
or
liability
in
an
arm’s-length
transaction.
Fair
value
determinations
shall
be
based
upon
all
available
factors
that
the
Valuation
Committee
deems
relevant
and
consistent
with
the
principles
of
fair
value
measurement.
Fair
value
pricing
could
result
in
a
difference
between
the
prices
used
to
calculate
a
fund’s
NAV
and
the
prices
used
by
the
fund’s
underlying
index,
which
in
turn
could
result
in
a
difference
between
the
fund’s
performance
and
the
performance
of
the
fund’s
underlying
index.
Fair
Value
Hierarchy:
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
These
inputs
to
valuation
techniques
are
categorized
into
a
fair
value
hierarchy
consisting
of
three
broad
levels
for
financial
reporting
purposes
as
follows:
Level
1
–
Unadjusted
price
quotations
in
active
markets/exchanges
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
that each
Fund
has
the
ability
to
access;
Level
2
–
Other
observable
inputs
(including,
but
not
limited
to,
quoted
prices
for
similar
assets
or
liabilities
in
markets
that
are
active,
quoted
prices
for
identical
or
similar
assets
or
liabilities
in
markets
that
are
not
active,
inputs
other
than
quoted
prices
that
are
observable
for
the
assets
or
liabilities
(such
as
interest
rates,
yield
curves,
volatilities,
prepayment
speeds,
loss
severities,
credit
risks
and
default
rates)
or
other
market-corroborated
inputs);
and
Level
3
–
Unobservable
inputs
based
on
the
best
information
available
in
the
circumstances,
to
the
extent
observable
inputs
are
not
available,
(including
the
Valuation
Committee’s
assumptions
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments).
The
hierarchy
gives
the
highest
priority
to
unadjusted
quoted
prices
in
active
markets
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
(Level
1
measurements)
and
the
lowest
priority
to
unobservable
inputs
(Level
3
measurements).
Accordingly,
the
degree
of
judgment
exercised
in
determining
fair
value
is
greatest
for
instruments
categorized
in
Level
3.
The
inputs
used
to
measure
fair
value
may
fall
into
different
levels
of
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
In
such
cases,
for
disclosure
purposes,
the
fair
value
hierarchy
classification
is
determined
based
on
the
lowest
level
input
that
is
significant
to
the
fair
value
measurement
in
its
entirety.
Investments
classified
within
Level
3
have
significant
unobservable
inputs
used
by
the
Valuation
Committee
in
determining
the
price
for
Fair
Valued
Investments.
Level
3
investments
include
equity
or
debt
issued
by
privately
held
companies
or
funds
that
may
not
have
a
secondary
market
and/or
may
have
a
limited
number
of
investors.
The
categorization
of
a
value
determined
for
financial
instruments
is
based
on
the
pricing
transparency
of
the
financial
instruments
and
is
not
necessarily
an
indication
of
the
risks
associated
with
investing
in
those
securities.
4.
Securities
and
Other
Investments
Securities
Lending:
Each
Fund
may
lend
its
securities
to
approved
borrowers,
such
as
brokers,
dealers
and
other
financial
institutions.
The
borrower
pledges
and
maintains
with
the
Fund
collateral
consisting
of
cash,
an
irrevocable
letter
of
credit
issued
by
an
approved
bank,
or
securities
issued
or
guaranteed
by
the
U.S.
government.
The
initial
collateral
received
by
each
Fund
is
required
to
have
a
value
of
at
least
102%
of
the
current
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
for
securities
traded
on
U.S.
exchanges
and
a
value
of
at
least
105%
for
all
other
securities.
The
collateral
is
maintained
thereafter
at
a
value
equal
to
at
least
100%
of
the
current
value
of
the
securities
on
loan.
The
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
is
determined
at
the
close
of
each
business
day
of
the
Fund
and
any
additional
required
collateral
is
delivered
to
the
Fund
or
excess
collateral
is
returned
by
the
Fund,
on
the
next
business
day.
During
the
term
of
the
loan,
each
Fund
is
entitled
to
all
distributions
made
on
or
in
respect
of
the
loaned
securities
but
does
not
receive
interest
income
on
securities
received
as
collateral.
Loans
of
securities
are
terminable
at
any
time
and
the
borrower,
after
notice,
is
required
to
return
borrowed
securities
within
the
standard
time
period
for
settlement
of
securities
transactions.
As
of
period
end,
any
securities
on
loan
were
collateralized
by
cash
and/or
U.S.
Government
obligations.
Cash
collateral
invested
in
money
market
funds
managed
by
BFA,
or
its
affiliates
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
Any
non-cash
collateral
received
cannot
be
sold,
re-invested
or
pledged
by
the
Fund,
except
in
the
event
of
borrower
Notes
to
Financial
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(unaudited)
(continued)
62
2023
iShares
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to
Shareholders
default.
The
securities
on
loan,
if
any,
are
also
disclosed
in
each
Fund’s
Schedule
of
Investments.
The
market
value
of
any
securities
on
loan
and
the
value
of
any
related
cash
collateral
are
disclosed
in
the Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Securities
lending
transactions
are
entered
into
by
the
Funds
under
Master
Securities
Lending
Agreements
(each,
an
“MSLA”)
which
provide
the
right,
in
the
event
of
default
(including
bankruptcy
or
insolvency)
for
the
non-defaulting
party
to
liquidate
the
collateral
and
calculate
a
net
exposure
to
the
defaulting
party
or
request
additional
collateral.
In
the
event
that
a
borrower
defaults,
the
Funds,
as
lender,
would
offset
the
market
value
of
the
collateral
received
against
the
market
value
of
the
securities
loaned.
When
the
value
of
the
collateral
is
greater
than
that
of
the
market
value
of
the
securities
loaned,
the
lender
is
left
with
a
net
amount
payable
to
the
defaulting
party.
However,
bankruptcy
or
insolvency
laws
of
a
particular
jurisdiction
may
impose
restrictions
on
or
prohibitions
against
such
a
right
of
offset
in
the
event
of
an
MSLA
counterparty’s
bankruptcy
or
insolvency.
Under
the
MSLA,
absent
an
event
of
default,
the
borrower
can
resell
or
re-pledge
the
loaned
securities,
and
the
Funds
can
reinvest
cash
collateral
received
in
connection
with
loaned
securities.
Upon
an
event
of
default,
the
parties’
obligations
to
return
the
securities
or
collateral
to
the
other
party
are
extinguished,
and
the
parties
can
resell
or
re-pledge
the
loaned
securities
or
the
collateral
received
in
connection
with
the
loaned
securities
in
order
to
satisfy
the
defaulting
party’s
net
payment
obligation
for
all
transactions
under
the
MSLA.
The
defaulting
party
remains
liable
for
any
deficiency.
As
of
period
end,
the
following
table
is
a
summary
of
the
securities
on
loan
by
counterparty
which
are
subject
to
offset
under
an
MSLA:
iShares
ETF
and
Counterparty
Securities
Loaned
at
Value
Cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
Non-Cash
Collateral
Received,
at
Fair
Value
(a)
Net
Amount
(b)
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
BNP
Paribas
SA
.................................................
$
6,504
$
(6,411)
$
—
$
93
BofA
Securities,
Inc.
..............................................
1,033,230
(1,033,230)
—
—
Citigroup
Global
Markets,
Inc.
........................................
207,137
(207,137)
—
—
HSBC
Bank
PLC
................................................
3,343,892
(3,343,892)
—
—
J.P.
Morgan
Securities
LLC
.........................................
14,852,560
(14,852,560)
—
—
Jefferies
LLC
...................................................
225,192
(225,192)
—
—
Morgan
Stanley
.................................................
23,990
(23,990)
—
—
SG
Americas
Securities
LLC
........................................
3,261,986
(3,261,986)
—
—
Toronto-Dominion
Bank
............................................
3,442,866
(3,442,866)
—
—
UBS
AG
......................................................
6,693,064
(6,563,400)
—
129,664
Virtu
Americas
LLC
...............................................
5,762,280
(5,762,280)
—
—
Wells
Fargo
Bank
NA
.............................................
42,748
(42,748)
—
—
$
38,895,449
$
(38,765,692)
$
—
$
129,757
a
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
Barclays
Capital,
Inc.
.............................................
1,181,153
(1,181,153)
—
—
BofA
Securities,
Inc.
..............................................
11,816,178
(11,816,178)
—
—
Citigroup
Global
Markets,
Inc.
........................................
8,719,911
(8,719,911)
—
—
Credit
Suisse
Securities
(USA)
LLC
....................................
54,986
(54,986)
—
—
HSBC
Bank
PLC
................................................
3,982,522
(3,979,695)
—
2,827
J.P.
Morgan
Securities
LLC
.........................................
26,762,058
(26,762,058)
—
—
Jefferies
LLC
...................................................
1,591,675
(1,591,675)
—
—
Morgan
Stanley
.................................................
15,957,178
(15,957,178)
—
—
National
Financial
Services
LLC
......................................
2,618,144
(2,618,144)
—
—
Scotia
Capital
(USA),
Inc.
..........................................
2,725,375
(2,725,375)
—
—
State
Street
Bank
&
Trust
Co.
........................................
328,519
(328,023)
—
496
Toronto-Dominion
Bank
............................................
5,094,175
(5,094,175)
—
—
UBS
AG
......................................................
2,566,137
(2,566,137)
—
—
UBS
Securities
LLC
..............................................
9,805,548
(9,805,548)
—
—
Virtu
Americas
LLC
...............................................
2,439,334
(2,439,334)
—
—
$
95,642,893
$
(95,639,570)
$
—
$
3,323
a
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
BNP
Paribas
SA
.................................................
8,511
(8,382)
—
129
Citigroup
Global
Markets,
Inc.
........................................
88,705
(88,705)
—
—
Goldman
Sachs
&
Co.
LLC
.........................................
3,305,264
(3,305,264)
—
—
HSBC
Bank
PLC
................................................
988,599
(988,599)
—
—
J.P.
Morgan
Securities
LLC
.........................................
192,152
(192,152)
—
—
Jefferies
LLC
...................................................
10,044
(10,044)
—
—
Morgan
Stanley
.................................................
50,640
(50,640)
—
—
Toronto-Dominion
Bank
............................................
70,491
(70,057)
—
434
UBS
AG
......................................................
22,402
(21,988)
—
414
$
4,736,808
$
(4,735,831)
$
—
$
977
a
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(
continued)
63
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
The
risks
of
securities
lending
include
the
risk
that
the
borrower
may
not
provide
additional
collateral
when
required
or
may
not
return
the
securities
when
due.
To
mitigate
these
risks,
each
Fund
benefits
from
a
borrower
default
indemnity
provided
by
BlackRock,
Inc.
(“BlackRock”).
BlackRock’s
indemnity
allows
for
full
replacement
of
the
securities
loaned
to
the
extent
the
collateral
received
does
not
cover
the
value
of
the
securities
loaned
in
the
event
of
borrower
default.
Each
Fund
could
incur
a
loss
if
the
value
of
an
investment
purchased
with
cash
collateral
falls
below
the
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
or
if
the
value
of
an
investment
purchased
with
cash
collateral
falls
below
the
value
of
the
original
cash
collateral
received.
Such
losses
are
borne
entirely
by
each
Fund.
5.
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
Contracts:
Futures
contracts
are
purchased
or
sold
to
gain
exposure
to,
or
manage
exposure
to,
changes
in
interest
rates
(interest
rate
risk)
and
changes
in
the
value
of
equity
securities
(equity
risk)
or
foreign
currencies
(foreign
currency
exchange
rate
risk).
Futures
contracts
are
exchange-traded
agreements
between
the Funds
and
a
counterparty
to
buy
or
sell
a
specific
quantity
of
an
underlying
instrument
at
a
specified
price
and
on
a
specified
date.
Depending
on
the
terms
of
a
contract,
it
is
settled
either
through
physical
delivery
of
the
underlying
instrument
on
the
settlement
date
or
by
payment
of
a
cash
amount
on
the
settlement
date.
Upon
entering
into
a
futures
contract,
the Funds
are
required
to
deposit
initial
margin
with
the
broker
in
the
form
of
cash
or
securities
in
an
amount
that
varies
depending
on
a
contract’s
size
and
risk
profile.
The
initial
margin
deposit
must
then
be
maintained
at
an
established
level
over
the
life
of
the
contract.
Amounts
pledged,
which
are
considered
restricted,
are
included
in
cash
pledged
for
futures
contracts
in
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Securities
deposited
as
initial
margin
are
designated
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
and
cash
deposited,
if
any,
are
shown
as
cash
pledged
for
futures
contracts
in
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Pursuant
to
the
contract,
the Funds
agree
to
receive
from
or
pay
to
the
broker
an
amount
of
cash
equal
to
the
daily
fluctuation
in
market
value
of
the
contract
(“variation
margin”).
Variation
margin
is
recorded
as
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
and,
if
any,
shown
as
variation
margin
receivable
(or
payable)
on
futures
contracts
in
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
When
the
contract
is
closed,
a
realized
gain
or
loss
is
recorded
in
the
Statements
of
Operations
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
notional
amount
of
the
contract
at
the
time
it
was
opened
and
the
notional
amount
at
the
time
it
was
closed.
The
use
of
futures
contracts
involves
the
risk
of
an
imperfect
correlation
in
the
movements
in
the
price
of
futures
contracts
and
interest
rates,
foreign
currency
exchange
rates
or
underlying
assets.
6.
Investment
Advisory
Agreement
and
Other
Transactions
with
Affiliates
Investment
Advisory
Fees:
Pursuant
to
an
Investment
Advisory
Agreement
with
the
Trust, BFA manages
the
investment
of
each
Fund’s
assets.
BFA
is
a
California
corporation
indirectly
owned
by BlackRock.
Under
the
Investment
Advisory
Agreement,
BFA
is
responsible
for
substantially
all
expenses
of
the
Funds,
except
(i)
interest
and
taxes;
(ii)
brokerage
commissions
and
other
expenses
connected
with
the
execution
of
portfolio
transactions;
(iii)
distribution
fees;
(iv)
the
advisory
fee
payable
to
BFA;
and
(v)
litigation
expenses
and
any
extraordinary
expenses
(in
each
case
as
determined
by
a
majority
of
the
independent
trustees).
For
its
investment
advisory
services
to
each
of
the
following
Funds,
BFA
is
entitled
to
an
annual
investment
advisory
fee,
accrued
daily
and
paid
monthly
by
the
Funds,
based
on
the
average
daily
net
assets
of
each
Fund
as
follows:
Distributor:
BlackRock
Investments,
LLC
(“BRIL”),
an
affiliate
of
BFA,
is
the
distributor
for
each
Fund.
Pursuant
to
the
distribution
agreement,
BFA
is
responsible
for
any
fees
or
expenses
for
distribution
services
provided
to
the
Funds.
iShares
ETF
and
Counterparty
Securities
Loaned
at
Value
Cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
Non-Cash
Collateral
Received,
at
Fair
Value
(a)
Net
Amount
(b)
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
Barclays
Capital,
Inc.
.............................................
$
219,659
$
(216,598)
$
—
$
3,061
BofA
Securities,
Inc.
..............................................
340,367
(340,367)
—
—
Goldman
Sachs
&
Co.
LLC
.........................................
8,557,983
(8,557,983)
—
—
J.P.
Morgan
Securities
LLC
.........................................
2,867,989
(2,867,989)
—
—
Jefferies
LLC
...................................................
350,017
(350,017)
—
—
UBS
AG
......................................................
113,442
(113,442)
—
—
Wells
Fargo
Securities
LLC
.........................................
98,107
(96,831)
—
1,276
$
12,547,564
$
(12,543,227)
$
—
$
4,337
a
(a)
Collateral
received,
if
any,
in
excess
of
the
market
value
of
securities
on
loan
is
not
presented
in
this
table.
The
total
cash
collateral
received
by
each
Fund
is
disclosed
in
the
Funds’
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
(b)
The
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
is
determined
as
of
February
28,
2023.
Additional
collateral
is
delivered
to
the
Fund
on
the
next
business
day
in
accordance
with
the
MSLA.
The
net
amount
would
be
subject
to
the
borrower
default
indemnity
in
the
event
of
default
by
the
counterparty.
iShares
ETF
Investment
Advisory
Fees
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
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MSCI
USA
Growth
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ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
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Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(continued)
64
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
ETF
Servicing
Fees:
Each
Fund
has
entered
into
an
ETF
Services
Agreement
with
BRIL
to
perform
certain
order
processing,
Authorized
Participant
communications,
and
related
services
in
connection
with
the
issuance
and
redemption
of
Creation
Units
(“ETF
Services”).
BRIL
is
entitled
to
a
transaction
fee
from
Authorized
Participants
on
each
creation
or
redemption
order
for
the
ETF
Services
provided. The
Funds
do
not
pay
BRIL
for
ETF
Services.
Securities
Lending:
The
U.S.
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission
(the
“SEC”)
has
issued
an
exemptive
order
which
permits
BlackRock
Institutional
Trust
Company,
N.A.
(“BTC”),
an
affiliate
of
BFA,
to
serve
as
securities
lending
agent
for
the
Funds,
subject
to
applicable
conditions.
As
securities
lending
agent,
BTC
bears
all
operational
costs
directly
related
to
securities
lending,
including
any
custodial
costs.
Each
Fund
is
responsible
for
fees
in
connection
with
the
investment
of
cash
collateral
received
for
securities
on
loan
(the
“collateral
investment
fees”).
The
cash
collateral
is
invested
in
a
money
market
fund,
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional
or
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
managed
by
BFA,
or
its
affiliates.
However,
BTC
has
agreed
to
reduce
the
amount
of
securities
lending
income
it
receives
in
order
to
effectively
limit
the
collateral
investment
fees
each
Fund
bears
to
an
annual
rate
of
0.04%.
The
SL
Agency
Shares
of
such
money
market
fund
will
not
be
subject
to
a
sales
load,
distribution
fee
or
service
fee.
The
money
market
fund
in
which
the
cash
collateral
has
been
invested
may,
under
certain
circumstances,
impose
a
liquidity
fee
of
up
to
2%
of
the
value
redeemed
or
temporarily
restrict
redemptions
for
up
to
10
business
days
during
a
90
day
period,
in
the
event
that
the
money
market
fund’s
weekly
liquid
assets
fall
below
certain
thresholds.
Securities
lending
income
is
equal
to
the
total
of
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral,
net
of
fees
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities,
and
less
the
collateral
investment
fees.
Each
Fund
retains
a
portion
of
securities
lending
income
and
remits
the
remaining
portion
to
BTC
as
compensation
for
its
services
as
securities
lending
agent.
Pursuant
to
the
current
securities
lending
agreement,
each
Fund
retains
81%
of
securities
lending
income
(which
excludes
collateral
investment
fees)
and
the
amount
retained
can
never
be
less
than
70%
of
the
total
of
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees.
In
addition,
commencing
the
business
day
following
the
date
that
the
aggregate
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees
generated
across
all
1940
Act
iShares
exchange-traded
funds
(the
“iShares
ETF
Complex”)
in
that
calendar
year
exceeds
a
specified
threshold,
each
Fund,
pursuant
to
the
securities
lending
agreement,
will
retain
for
the
remainder
of
that
calendar
year
81%
of
securities
lending
income
(which
excludes
collateral
investment
fees),
and
the
amount
retained
can
never
be
less
than
70%
of
the
total
of
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees.
The
share
of
securities
lending
income
earned
by
each
Fund
is
shown
as
securities
lending
income
–
affiliated
–
net
in
its Statements
of
Operations.
For
the six
months
ended February
28,
2023,
the
Funds
paid
BTC
the
following
amounts
for
securities
lending
agent
services:
Officers
and
Trustees:
Certain
officers
and/or
trustees
of
the
Trust
are
officers
and/or trustees
of
BlackRock
or
its
affiliates.
Other
Transactions:
Cross
trading
is
the
buying
or
selling
of
portfolio
securities
between
funds
to
which
BFA
(or
an
affiliate)
serves
as
investment
adviser.
At
its
regularly
scheduled
quarterly
meetings,
the
Board
reviews
such
transactions
as
of
the
most
recent
calendar
quarter
for
compliance
with
the
requirements
and
restrictions
set
forth
by
Rule
17a-7.
For
the
six
months
ended
February
28,
2023,
transactions
executed
by
the
Funds
pursuant
to
Rule
17a-7
under
the
1940
Act
were
as
follows:
Each
Fund
may
invest
its
positive
cash
balances
in
certain
money
market
funds
managed
by
BFA
or
an
affiliate.
The
income
earned
on
these
temporary
cash
investments
is
shown
as
dividends
–
affiliated
in
the
Statements
of
Operations.
A
fund,
in
order
to
improve
its
portfolio
liquidity
and
its
ability
to
track
its
underlying
index,
may
invest
in
shares
of
other
iShares
funds
that
invest
in
securities
in
the
fund’s
underlying
index.
7.
Purchases
and
Sales
For
the six
months
ended
February
28,
2023,
purchases
and
sales
of
investments,
excluding
short-term
securities
and
in-kind
transactions,
were
as
follows:
iShares
ETF
Amounts
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
................................................................................................
$
92,635
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
........................................................................................
204,940
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
...............................................................................................
22,102
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
.........................................................................................
21,329
iShares
ETF
Purchases
Sales
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
............................................................
$
509,304,604
$
833,214,426
$
(87,907,799
)
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
....................................................
46,537,487
114,886,129
15,278,567
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
...........................................................
17,886,470
9,678,654
(1,792,643
)
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
.....................................................
36,234,471
30,781,269
(350,874
)
iShares
ETF
Purchases
Sales
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
..............................................................................
$
2,710,904,245
$
2,780,263,511
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
........................................................................
300,147
208,702
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
......................................................................
266,784,063
273,737,648
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
..........................................................................
241,945
200,975
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
.............................................................................
44,894,776
47,204,171
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
.......................................................................
56,853,737
56,369,511
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(
continued)
65
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
For
the six
months
ended
February
28,
2023,
in-kind
transactions
were
as
follows:
8.
Income
Tax
Information
Each
Fund
is
treated
as
an
entity
separate
from
the
Trust’s
other
funds
for
federal
income
tax
purposes.
It
is
each
Fund’s
policy
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
of
1986,
as
amended,
applicable
to
regulated
investment
companies,
and
to
distribute
substantially
all
of
its
taxable
income
to
its
shareholders.
Therefore,
no
U.S.
federal
income
tax
provision
is
required.
Management
has
analyzed
tax
laws
and
regulations
and
their
application
to
the
Funds
as
of
February
28,
2023,
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.
As
of August
31,
2022,
the
Funds
had
non-expiring
capital
loss
carryforwards
available
to
offset
future
realized
capital
gains
as
follows:
A
fund
may
own
shares
in
certain
foreign
investment
entities,
referred
to,
under
U.S.
tax
law,
as
“passive
foreign
investment
companies.”
Such
fund
may
elect
to
mark-to-
market
annually
the
shares
of
each
passive
foreign
investment
company
and
would
be
required
to
distribute
to
shareholders
any
such
marked-to-market
gains.
As
of
February
28,
2023,
gross
unrealized
appreciation
and
depreciation
based
on
cost
of
investments
(including
short
positions
and
derivatives,
if
any)
for
U.S.
federal
income
tax
purposes
were
as
follows:
9.
Principal
Risks
In
the
normal
course
of
business,
each
Fund
invests
in
securities
or
other
instruments
and
may
enter
into
certain
transactions,
and
such
activities
subject
the
Fund
to
various
risks,
including,
among
others,
fluctuations
in
the
market
(market
risk)
or
failure
of
an
issuer
to
meet
all
of
its
obligations.
The
value
of
securities
or
other
instruments
may
also
be
affected
by
various
factors,
including,
without
limitation:
(i)
the
general
economy;
(ii)
the
overall
market
as
well
as
local,
regional
or
global
political
and/or
social
instability;
(iii)
regulation,
taxation
or
international
tax
treaties
between
various
countries;
or
(iv)
currency,
interest
rate
or
price
fluctuations.
Local,
regional
or
global
events
such
as
war,
acts
of
terrorism,
the
spread
of
infectious
illness
or
other
public
health
issues,
recessions,
or
other
events
could
have
a
significant
impact
on
the
Funds
and
their
investments.
Each
Fund’s
prospectus
provides
details
of
the
risks
to
which
the
Fund
is
subject.
BFA
uses
a
“passive”
or
index
approach
to
try
to
achieve
each
Fund’s
investment
objective
following
the
securities
included
in
its
underlying
index
during
upturns
as
well
as
downturns.
BFA
does
not
take
steps
to
reduce
market
exposure
or
to
lessen
the
effects
of
a
declining
market.
Divergence
from
the
underlying
index
and
the
composition
of
the
portfolio
is
monitored
by
BFA.
The
Funds
may
be
exposed
to
additional
risks
when
reinvesting
cash
collateral
in
money
market
funds
that
do
not
seek
to
maintain
a
stable
NAV
per
share
of
$1.00,
which
may
be
subject
to
redemption
gates
or
liquidity
fees
under
certain
circumstances.
Infectious
Illness
Risk:
An
outbreak
of
an
infectious
illness,
such
as
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
may
adversely
impact
the
economies
of
many
nations
and
the
global
economy
and
may
impact
individual
issuers
and
capital
markets
in
ways
that
cannot
be
foreseen.
An
infectious
illness
outbreak
may
result
in,
among
other
things,
closed
international
borders,
prolonged
quarantines,
supply
chain
disruptions,
market
volatility
or
disruptions
and
other
significant
economic,
social
and
political
impacts.
Valuation
Risk:
The
market
values
of
equities,
such
as
common
stocks
and
preferred
securities
or
equity
related
investments,
such
as
futures
and
options,
may
decline
due
to
general
market
conditions
which
are
not
specifically
related
to
a
particular
company.
They
may
also
decline
due
to
factors
which
affect
a
particular
industry
or
industries.
A
fund
may
invest
in
illiquid
investments.
An
illiquid
investment
is
any
investment
that
a
fund
reasonably
expects
cannot
be
sold
or
disposed
of
in
current
market
conditions
iShares
ETF
In-kind
Purchases
In-kind
Sales
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
..............................................................................
$
792,246,490
$
3,485,474,945
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
........................................................................
3,973,500
—
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
......................................................................
73,574,277
169,477,676
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
..........................................................................
4,013,554
—
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
.............................................................................
239,341,582
312,229,940
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
.......................................................................
173,819,072
6,008,647
iShares
ETF
Amounts
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
................................................................................................
$
1,004,082,875
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
........................................................................................
65,584,944
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
...............................................................................................
38,766,242
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
.........................................................................................
3,737,069
iShares
ETF
Tax
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
..........................................
$
19,686,913,709
$
1,437,269,587
$
(1,784,767,930
)
$
(347,498,343
)
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
....................................
4,065,650
88,159
(149,577
)
(61,418
)
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
..................................
1,568,161,308
146,259,999
(159,170,183
)
(12,910,184
)
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
......................................
4,047,651
16,318
(171,213
)
(154,895
)
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
.........................................
2,832,403,119
393,930,973
(157,525,214
)
236,405,759
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
...................................
1,006,262,449
25,713,965
(101,520,351
)
(75,806,386
)
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(continued)
66
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
in
seven
calendar
days
or
less
without
the
sale
or
disposition
significantly
changing
the
market
value
of
the
investment.
A
fund
may
experience
difficulty
in
selling
illiquid
investments
in
a
timely
manner
at
the
price
that
it
believes
the
investments
are
worth.
Prices
may
fluctuate
widely
over
short
or
extended
periods
in
response
to
company,
market
or
economic
news.
Markets
also
tend
to
move
in
cycles,
with
periods
of
rising
and
falling
prices.
This
volatility
may
cause
a
fund’s
NAV
to
experience
significant
increases
or
decreases
over
short
periods
of
time.
If
there
is
a
general
decline
in
the
securities
and
other
markets,
the
NAV
of
a
fund
may
lose
value,
regardless
of
the
individual
results
of
the
securities
and
other
instruments
in
which
a
fund
invests.
Counterparty
Credit
Risk:
The
Funds
may
be
exposed
to
counterparty
credit
risk,
or
the
risk
that
an
entity
may
fail
to
or
be
unable
to
perform
on
its
commitments
related
to
unsettled
or
open
transactions,
including
making
timely
interest
and/or
principal
payments
or
otherwise
honoring
its
obligations.
The
Funds
manage
counterparty
credit
risk
by
entering
into
transactions
only
with
counterparties
that
BFA
believes
have
the
financial
resources
to
honor
their
obligations
and
by
monitoring
the
financial
stability
of
those
counterparties.
Financial
assets,
which
potentially
expose
the
Funds
to
market,
issuer
and
counterparty
credit
risks,
consist
principally
of
financial
instruments
and
receivables
due
from
counterparties.
The
extent
of
the
Funds’
exposure
to
market,
issuer
and
counterparty
credit
risks
with
respect
to
these
financial
assets
is
approximately
their
value
recorded
in
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities,
less
any
collateral
held
by
the
Funds.
A
derivative
contract
may
suffer
a
mark-to-market
loss
if
the
value
of
the
contract
decreases
due
to
an
unfavorable
change
in
the
market
rates
or
values
of
the
underlying
instrument.
Losses
can
also
occur
if
the
counterparty
does
not
perform
under
the
contract.
With
exchange-traded
futures,
there
is
less
counterparty
credit
risk
to
the
Funds
since
the
exchange
or
clearinghouse,
as
counterparty
to
such
instruments,
guarantees
against
a
possible
default.
The
clearinghouse
stands
between
the
buyer
and
the
seller
of
the
contract;
therefore,
credit
risk
is
limited
to
failure
of
the
clearinghouse.
While
offset
rights
may
exist
under
applicable
law, a
fund
does
not
have
a
contractual
right
of
offset
against
a
clearing
broker
or
clearinghouse
in
the
event
of
a
default
(including
the
bankruptcy
or
insolvency).
Additionally,
credit
risk
exists
in
exchange-traded
futures
with
respect
to
initial
and
variation
margin
that
is
held
in
a
clearing
broker’s
customer
accounts.
While
clearing
brokers
are
required
to
segregate
customer
margin
from
their
own
assets,
in
the
event
that
a
clearing
broker
becomes
insolvent
or
goes
into
bankruptcy
and
at
that
time
there
is
a
shortfall
in
the
aggregate
amount
of
margin
held
by
the
clearing
broker
for
all
its
clients,
typically
the
shortfall
would
be
allocated
on
a
pro
rata
basis
across
all
the
clearing
broker’s
customers,
potentially
resulting
in
losses
to
the
Funds.
Concentration
Risk:
A
diversified
portfolio,
where
this
is
appropriate
and
consistent
with
a
fund’s
objectives,
minimizes
the
risk
that
a
price
change
of
a
particular
investment
will
have
a
material
impact
on
the
NAV
of
a
fund.
The
investment
concentrations
within
each
Fund’s
portfolio
are
disclosed
in
its
Schedule
of
Investments.
Certain Funds
invest
a
significant
portion
of
their
assets
in
securities
within
a
single
or
limited
number
of
market
sectors.
When
a
fund
concentrates
its
investments
in
this
manner,
it
assumes
the
risk
that
economic,
regulatory,
political
and
social
conditions
affecting
such
sectors
may
have
a
significant
impact
on
the
fund
and
could
affect
the
income
from,
or
the
value
or
liquidity
of,
the
fund’s
portfolio.
Investment
percentages
in
specific
sectors
are
presented
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
Significant
Shareholder
Redemption
Risk:
Certain
shareholders
may
own
or
manage
a
substantial
amount
of
fund
shares
and/or
hold
their
fund
investments
for
a
limited
period
of
time.
Large
redemptions
of
fund
shares
by
these
shareholders
may
force
a
fund
to
sell
portfolio
securities,
which
may
negatively
impact
the
fund’s
NAV,
increase
the
fund’s
brokerage
costs,
and/or
accelerate
the
realization
of
taxable
income/gains
and
cause
the
fund
to
make
additional
taxable
distributions
to
shareholders.
LIBOR
Transition
Risk:
The
Funds
may
be
exposed
to
financial
instruments
that
are
tied
to
the
London
Interbank
Offered
Rate
(“LIBOR”)
to
determine
payment
obligations,
financing
terms,
hedging
strategies
or
investment
value.
The
United
Kingdom’s
Financial
Conduct
Authority,
which
regulates
LIBOR,
announced
that
a
majority
of
USD
LIBOR
settings
will
no
longer
be
published
after
June
30,
2023.
All
other
LIBOR
settings
and
certain
other
interbank
offered
rates
ceased
to
be
published
after
December
31,
2021.
The
Secured
Overnight
Financing
Rate
(“SOFR”)
has
been
used
increasingly
on
a
voluntary
basis
in
new
instruments
and
transactions.
The
Federal
Reserve
Board
adopted
regulations
that
provide
a
fallback
mechanism
by
identifying
benchmark
rates
based
on
SOFR
that
will
replace
LIBOR
in certain
financial
contracts
after
June
30,
2023.
The
ultimate
effect
of
the
LIBOR
transition
process
on
the
Funds
is
uncertain.
10.
Capital
Share
Transactions
Capital
shares
are
issued
and
redeemed
by each
Fund
only
in
aggregations
of
a
specified
number
of
shares
or
multiples
thereof
(“Creation
Units”)
at
NAV.
Except
when
aggregated
in
Creation
Units,
shares
of each
Fund
are
not
redeemable.
Transactions
in
capital
shares
were
as
follows:
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
Year
Ended
08/31/22
iShares
ETF
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Shares
sold
...............................................
9,050,000
$
784,462,910
76,150,000
$
7,652,118,218
Shares
redeemed
...........................................
(40,800,000
)
(3,462,250,399
)
(39,000,000
)
(3,786,520,878
)
(31,750,000
)
$
(2,677,787,489
)
37,150,000
$
3,865,597,340
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
(a)
Shares
sold
...............................................
160,000
$
4,066,498
—
$
—
Shares
redeemed
...........................................
—
—
—
—
160,000
$
4,066,498
—
$
—
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(
continued)
67
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
The
consideration
for
the
purchase
of
Creation
Units
of
a
fund
in
the
Trust
generally
consists
of
the
in-kind
deposit
of
a
designated
portfolio
of
securities
and
a
specified
amount
of
cash.
Certain
funds
in
the
Trust
may
be
offered
in
Creation
Units
solely
or
partially
for
cash
in
U.S.
dollars.
Investors
purchasing
and
redeeming
Creation
Units
may
pay
a
purchase
transaction
fee
and
a
redemption
transaction
fee
directly
to
BRIL,
to
offset
transfer
and
other
transaction
costs
associated
with
the
issuance
and
redemption
of
Creation
Units,
including
Creation
Units
for
cash.
Investors
transacting
in
Creation
Units
for
cash
may
also
pay
an
additional
variable
charge
to
compensate
the
relevant
fund
for
certain
transaction
costs
(i.e.,
stamp
taxes,
taxes
on
currency
or
other
financial
transactions,
and
brokerage
costs)
and
market
impact
expenses
relating
to
investing
in
portfolio
securities.
Such
variable
charges,
if
any,
are
included
in
shares
sold
in
the
table
above.
From
time
to
time,
settlement
of
securities
related
to
in-kind
contributions
or
in-kind
redemptions
may
be
delayed.
In
such
cases,
securities
related
to
in-kind
transactions
are
reflected
as
a
receivable
or
a
payable
in
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
11.
Subsequent
Events
Management
has
evaluated
the
impact
of
all
subsequent
events
on
the
Funds
through
the
date
the
financial
statements
were
available
to
be
issued
and
has
determined
that
there
were
no
subsequent
events
requiring
adjustment
or
additional
disclosure
in
the
financial
statements.
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
Year
Ended
08/31/22
iShares
ETF
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
Shares
sold
...............................................
2,250,000
$
76,192,845
19,800,000
$
755,585,893
Shares
redeemed
...........................................
(5,150,000
)
(174,746,700
)
(3,400,000
)
(123,785,470
)
(2,900,000
)
$
(98,553,855
)
16,400,000
$
631,800,423
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
(a)
Shares
sold
...............................................
160,000
$
4,056,114
—
$
—
Shares
redeemed
...........................................
—
—
—
—
160,000
$
4,056,114
—
$
—
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
Shares
sold
...............................................
3,600,000
$
241,292,677
7,950,000
$
610,710,681
Shares
redeemed
...........................................
(4,750,000
)
(313,724,451
)
(13,450,000
)
(1,041,434,276
)
(1,150,000
)
$
(72,431,774
)
(5,500,000
)
$
(430,723,595
)
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
(b)
Shares
sold
...............................................
4,000,000
$
174,734,604
17,400,000
$
829,801,401
Shares
redeemed
...........................................
(150,000
)
(6,034,438
)
—
—
3,850,000
$
168,700,166
17,400,000
$
829,801,401
(a)
The
Fund
commenced
operations
on
January
31,
2023.
(b)
The
Fund
commenced
operations
on
February
8,
2022.
Board
Review
and
Approval
of
Investment
Advisory
Contract
68
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
ETF,
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
ETF
(each
the
“Fund”)
Under
Section
15(c)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940
(the
“1940
Act”),
the
Trust’s
Board
of
Trustees
(the
“Board”),
including
a
majority
of
Board
Members
who
are
not
“interested
persons”
of
the
Trust
(as
that
term
is
defined
in
the
1940
Act)
(the
“Independent
Board
Members”),
is
required
to
consider
and
approve
the
proposed
Investment
Advisory
Agreement
between
the
Trust
and
BFA
(the
“Advisory
Agreement”)
on
behalf
of
the
Fund.
The
Independent
Board
Members
requested,
and
BFA
provided,
such
information
as
the
Independent
Board
Members,
with
advice
from
independent
counsel,
deemed
reasonably
necessary
to
evaluate
the
terms
of
the
proposed
Advisory
Agreement.
At
a
meeting
held
on
September
21-22,
2022,
the
Board,
including
the
Independent
Board
Members,
approved
the
selection
of
BFA
as
investment
adviser
and
approved
the
proposed
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
Fund,
based
on
a
review
of
qualitative
and
quantitative
information
provided
by
BFA.
The
Board
also
considered
information
previously
provided
by
BFA,
BlackRock
Institutional
Trust
Company,
N.A.
(“BTC”),
and
BlackRock,
Inc.
(“BlackRock”),
as
applicable,
at
prior
Board
meetings.
The
Independent
Board
Members
were
advised
by
their
independent
counsel
throughout
the
process,
including
about
the
legal
standards
applicable
to
their
review.
In
approving
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
Fund,
the
Board,
including
the
Independent
Board
Members,
considered
various
factors,
including:
(i)
the
expenses
of
the
Fund;
(ii)
the
nature,
extent
and
quality
of
the
services
to
be
provided
by
BFA;
(iii)
the
costs
of
services
to
be
provided
to
the
Fund
and
the
availability
of
information
related
to
profits
to
be
realized
by
BFA
and
its
affiliates;
(iv)
potential
economies
of
scale;
(v)
the
fees
and
services
provided
for
other
comparable
funds/accounts
managed
by
BFA
and
its
affiliates;
and
(vi)
other
benefits
to
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates.
The
material
factors,
no
one
of
which
was
controlling,
and
conclusions
that
formed
the
basis
for
the
Board,
including
the
Independent
Board
Members,
to
approve
the
Advisory
Agreement
are
discussed
below.
Expenses
of
the
Fund:
The
Board
reviewed
statistical
information
prepared
by
Broadridge
Financial
Solutions
Inc.
(“Broadridge”),
an
independent
provider
of
investment
company
data,
regarding
the
expense
ratio
components
of
the
Fund
in
comparison
with
the
same
information
for
other
ETFs,
objectively
selected
by
Broadridge
as
comprising
the
Fund’s
applicable
expense
peer
group
pursuant
to
Broadridge’s
proprietary
ETF
methodology
(the
“Peer
Group”).
The
Board
was
provided
with
a
detailed
description
of
the
proprietary
ETF
methodology
used
by
Broadridge
to
determine
the
Fund’s
Peer
Group.
The
Board
noted
that
due
to
the
limitations
in
providing
comparable
funds
in
the
Peer
Group,
the
statistical
information
provided
in
Broadridge’s
report
may
or
may
not
provide
meaningful
direct
comparisons
to
the
Fund
in
all
instances.
The
Board
also
noted
that
the
investment
advisory
fee
rate
and
overall
expenses
(net
of
waivers
and
reimbursements)
for
the
Fund
were
lower
than
the
median
of
the
investment
advisory
fee
rates
and
overall
expenses
(net
of
waivers
and
reimbursements)
of
the
funds
in
its
Peer
Group,
excluding
iShares
funds.
Based
on
this
review,
the
other
factors
considered
at
the
meeting,
and
their
general
knowledge
of
ETF
pricing,
the
Board
concluded
that
the
investment
advisory
fee
rate
and
expense
level
of
the
Fund
supported
the
Board’s
approval
of
the
Advisory
Agreement.
Nature,
Extent
and
Quality
of
Services:
The
Board
reviewed
the
scope
of
services
to
be
provided
by
BFA
under
the
Advisory
Agreement.
In
reviewing
the
scope
of
these
services,
the
Board
considered
BFA’s
investment
philosophy
and
experience,
noting
that
BFA
and
its
affiliates
have
committed
significant
resources
over
time
and
have
made
significant
investments
into
the
iShares
business
to
support
the
iShares
funds
and
their
shareholders.
The
Board
considered
representations
by
BFA,
BTC,
and
BlackRock
that
the
scope
and
quality
of
services
to
be
provided
to
the
Fund
would
be
similar
to
the
scope
and
quality
of
services
provided
to
other
iShares
funds.
The
Board
also
considered
BFA’s
compliance
program
and
its
compliance
record
with
respect
to
other
iShares
funds.
In
that
regard,
the
Board
noted
that
BFA
reports
to
the
Board
about
portfolio
management
and
compliance
matters
on
a
periodic
basis
in
connection
with
regularly
scheduled
meetings
of
the
Board,
and
on
other
occasions
as
necessary
and
appropriate,
and
has
provided
information
and
made
relevant
officers
and
other
employees
of
BFA
(and
its
affiliates)
available
as
needed
to
provide
further
assistance
with
these
matters.
The
Board
also
reviewed
the
background
and
experience
of
the
persons
who
will
be
responsible
for
the
day-to-day
management
of
the
Fund,
as
well
as
the
resources
that
will
be
available
to
them
in
managing
the
Fund.
The
Board
also
considered
detailed
presentations
regarding
BFA’s
investment
performance,
investment
and
risk
management
processes
and
strategies,
which
were
provided
throughout
the
year
with
respect
to
other
iShares
funds,
and
other
matters
related
to
BFA’s
portfolio
compliance
program.
Based
on
review
of
this
information,
the
Board
concluded
that
the
nature,
extent
and
quality
of
services
to
be
provided
to
the
Fund
under
the
Advisory
Agreement
supported
the
Board’s
approval
of
the
Advisory
Agreement.
Costs
of
Services
to
be
Provided
to
the
Fund
and
Profits
to
be
Realized
by
BFA
and
Affiliates:
The
Board
did
not
consider
the
profitability
of
the
Fund
to
BFA
based
on
the
fees
payable
under
the
Advisory
Agreement
or
revenue
to
be
received
by
BFA
or
its
affiliates
in
connection
with
services
to
be
provided
to
the
Fund
since
the
proposed
relationship
had
not
yet
commenced.
The
Board
noted
that
it
expects
to
receive
profitability
information
from
BFA
periodically
following
the
Fund’s
launch
and
will
thus
be
in
a
position
to
evaluate
whether
any
new
or
additional
breakpoints
or
other
adjustments
in
Fund
fees
would
be
appropriate.
Economies
of
Scale:
The
Board
considered
information
that
it
had
previously
received
regarding
potential
economies
of
scale,
efficiencies
and
scale
benefits
shared
with
the
iShares
funds
through
relatively
low
fee
rates
established
at
inception,
breakpoints,
waivers,
or
other
fee
reductions,
as
well
as
through
additional
investment
in
the
iShares
business
and
the
provision
of
improved
or
additional
infrastructure
and
services
to
the
iShares
funds
and
their
shareholders.
The
Board
noted
that
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
Fund
did
not
provide
for
breakpoints
in
the
Fund’s
investment
advisory
fee
rate
as
the
assets
of
the
Fund
increase.
However,
the
Board
noted
that
it
would
continue
to
assess
the
appropriateness
of
adding
breakpoints
in
the
future.
This
consideration
of
potential
economies
of
scale
and
the
sharing
of
related
benefits,
as
well
as
the
other
factors
considered
at
the
meeting,
supported
the
Board’s
approval
of
the
Advisory
Agreement.
Fees
and
Services
Provided
for
Other
Comparable
Funds/Accounts
Managed
by
BFA
and
its
Affiliates:
The
Board
received
and
considered
information
regarding
the
investment
advisory/management
fee
rates
for
other
funds/accounts
in
the
U.S.
for
which
BFA
(or
its
affiliates)
provides
investment
advisory/management
services,
including
open-end
funds
registered
under
the
1940
Act
(including
sub-advised
funds),
collective
trust
funds,
and
institutional
separate
accounts
(collectively,
the
“Other
Accounts”).
The
Board
acknowledged
BFA’s
representation
that
the
iShares
funds
are
fundamentally
different
investment
vehicles
from
the
Other
Accounts.
The
Board
noted
that
BFA
and
its
affiliates
do
not
manage
Other
Accounts
with
substantially
the
same
investment
objective
and
strategy
as
the
Fund
and
that
track
the
same
index
as
the
Fund.
The
Board
further
noted
that
BFA
previously
provided
the
Board
with
detailed
information
regarding
how
the
Other
Accounts
(particularly
institutional
clients)
generally
differ
from
the
iShares
funds,
including
in
terms
of
the
different
and
generally
more
extensive
services
provided
to
the
iShares
funds,
as
well
as
other
significant
differences.
In
that
regard,
the
Board
considered
that
the
pricing
of
services
to
institutional
clients
is
typically
based
on
a
number
of
factors
beyond
the
nature
and
extent
of
the
specific
services
Board
Review
and
Approval
of
Investment
Advisory
Contract
(
continued)
69
Board
Review
and
Approval
of
Investment
Advisory
Contract
to
be
provided
and
often
depends
on
the
overall
relationship
between
the
client
and
its
affiliates
and
the
adviser
and
its
affiliates.
In
addition,
the
Board
considered
the
relative
complexity
and
inherent
risks
and
challenges
of
managing
and
providing
other
services
to
the
Fund,
as
a
publicly
traded
investment
vehicle,
as
compared
to
the
Other
Accounts,
particularly
those
that
are
institutional
clients,
in
light
of
differing
regulatory
requirements
and
client-imposed
mandates.
The
Board
considered
the
“all-inclusive”
nature
of
the
Fund’s
advisory
fee
structure,
and
the
Fund’s
expenses
borne
by
BFA
under
this
arrangement.
Other
Benefits
to
BFA
and/or
its
Affiliates:
Except
as
noted
below,
the
Board
did
not
consider
the
“fallout”
benefits
or
ancillary
revenue
to
be
received
by
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates
in
connection
with
the
services
to
be
provided
to
the
Fund
by
BFA
since
the
proposed
relationship
had
not
yet
commenced.
However,
the
Board
noted
that
BFA
generally
does
not
use
soft
dollars
or
consider
the
value
of
research
or
other
services
that
may
be
provided
to
BFA
(including
its
affiliates)
in
selecting
brokers
for
portfolio
transactions
for
the
Fund.
The
Board
considered
the
potential
payment
of
advisory
fees
and/or
administration
fees
to
BFA
(or
its
affiliates)
in
connection
with
any
investments
by
the
Fund
in
other
funds
for
which
BFA
(or
its
affiliates)
provides
investment
advisory
services
and/or
administration
services.
The
Board
also
noted
the
potential
revenue
to
be
received
by
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates
pursuant
to
an
agreement
that
would
permit
a
service
provider
to
use
certain
portions
of
BlackRock’s
technology
platform
to
service
accounts
managed
by
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates,
including
the
iShares
funds.
The
Board
also
considered
the
potential
for
revenue
to
BTC,
the
Fund’s
securities
lending
agent,
and
its
affiliates
in
the
event
of
any
loaning
of
portfolio
securities
of
the
Fund.
The
Board
concluded
that
any
such
ancillary
benefits
would
not
be
disadvantageous
to
the
Fund
and
thus
would
not
alter
the
Board’s
conclusion
with
respect
to
the
appropriateness
of
approving
the
Advisory
Agreement.
Conclusion:
Based
on
a
review
of
the
factors
described
above,
as
well
as
such
other
factors
as
deemed
appropriate
by
the
Board,
the
Board,
including
all
of
the
Independent
Board
Members,
determined
that
the
Fund’s
investment
advisory
fee
rate
under
the
Advisory
Agreement
does
not
constitute
a
fee
that
is
so
disproportionately
large
as
to
bear
no
reasonable
relationship
to
the
services
to
be
rendered
and
that
could
not
have
been
the
product
of
arm’s-length
bargaining,
and
concluded
to
approve
the
Advisory
Agreement.
Statement
Regarding
Liquidity
Risk
Management
Program
(unaudited)
70
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
In
compliance
with
Rule
22e-4
under
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended
(the
“Liquidity
Rule”),
iShares
Trust
(the
“Trust”)
has
adopted
and
implemented
a
liquidity
risk
management
program
(the
“Program”)
for iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
ETF,
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Growth
ETF,
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Small-Cap
ETF,
iShares
ESG
Aware
MSCI
USA
Value
ETF,
iShares
ESG
MSCI
USA
Leaders
ETF
and
iShares
Paris-Aligned
Climate
MSCI
USA
ETF
(the
“Funds”
or
“ETFs”),
each
a
series
of
the
Trust,
which
is
reasonably
designed
to
assess
and
manage
each
Fund’s
liquidity
risk.
The
Board
of
Trustees
(the
“Board”)
of
the
Trust,
on
behalf
of
the
Funds,
met
on
December
9,
2022
(the
“Meeting”)
to
review
the
Program.
The
Board
previously
appointed
BlackRock
Fund
Advisors
(“BlackRock”),
the
investment
adviser
to
the
Funds,
as
the
program
administrator
for
each
Fund’s
Program.
BlackRock
also
previously
delegated
oversight
of
the
Program
to
the
40
Act
Liquidity
Risk
Management
Committee
(the
“Committee”).
At
the
Meeting,
the
Committee,
on
behalf
of
BlackRock,
provided
the
Board
with
a
report
that
addressed
the
operation
of
the
Program
and
assessed
its
adequacy
and
effectiveness
of
implementation,
including
the
management
of
each
Fund’s
Highly
Liquid
Investment
Minimum
(“HLIM”)
where
applicable,
and
any
material
changes
to
the
Program
(the
“Report”).
The
Report
covered
the
period
from
October
1,
2021
through
September
30,
2022
(the
“Program
Reporting
Period”).
The
Report
described
the
Program’s
liquidity
classification
methodology
for
categorizing
each
Fund’s
investments
(including
derivative
transactions)
into
one
of
four
liquidity
buckets.
It
also
referenced
the
methodology
used
by
BlackRock
to
establish
each
Fund’s
HLIM
and
noted
that
the
Committee
reviews
and
ratifies
the
HLIM
assigned
to
each Fund
no
less
frequently
than
annually.
The
Report
also
discussed
notable
events
affecting
liquidity
over
the
Program
Reporting
Period,
including
extended
market
holidays,
the
imposition
of
capital
controls
in
certain
non-U.S.
countries,
Russian
sanctions
and
the
closure
of
the
Russian
securities
market.
The
Report
noted
that
the
Program
complied
with
the
key
factors
for
consideration
under
the
Liquidity
Rule
for
assessing,
managing
and
periodically
reviewing
each
Fund’s
liquidity
risk,
as
follows:
a)
The
Fund’s
investment
strategy
and
liquidity
of
portfolio
investments
during
both
normal
and
reasonably
foreseeable
stressed
conditions.
During
the
Program
Reporting
Period,
the
Committee
reviewed
whether
each
Fund’s
strategy
is
appropriate
for
an
open-end
fund
structure,
with
a
focus
on
funds
with
more
significant
and
consistent
holdings
of
less
liquid
and
illiquid
assets.
The
Committee
also
factored
a
fund’s
concentration
in
an
issuer
into
the
liquidity
classification
methodology
by
taking
issuer
position
sizes
into
account.
Derivative
exposure
was
also
considered
in
the
calculation
of
a
fund’s
liquidity
bucketing.
Finally,
a
factor
for
consideration
under
the
Liquidity
Rule
is
a
Fund’s
use
of
borrowings
for
investment
purposes.
However,
the
Funds
do
not
borrow
for
investment
purposes.
b)
Short-term
and
long-term
cash
flow
projections
during
both
normal
and
reasonably
foreseeable
stressed
conditions.
During
the
Program
Reporting
Period,
the
Committee
reviewed
historical
redemption
activity
and
used
this
information
as
a
component
to
establish
each
ETF’s
reasonably
anticipated
trading
size
(“RATS”).
The
Committee
may
also
take
into
consideration
a
fund’s
shareholder
ownership
concentration
(which,
depending
on
product
type
and
distribution
channel,
may
or
may
not
be
available),
a
fund’s
distribution
channels,
and
the
degree
of
certainty
associated
with
a
fund’s
short-term
and
long-term
cash
flow
projections.
c)
Holdings
of
cash
and
cash
equivalents,
as
well
as
borrowing
arrangements.
The
Committee
considered
that
ETFs
generally
do
not
hold
more
than
de
minimis
amounts
of
cash.
The
Committee
also
considered
that
ETFs
generally
do
not
engage
in
borrowing.
d)
The
relationship
between
an
ETF’s
portfolio
liquidity
and
the
way
in
which,
and
the
prices
and
spreads
at
which,
ETF
shares
trade,
including
the
efficiency
of
the
arbitrage
function
and
the
level
of
active
participation
by
market
participants,
including
authorized
participants.
The
Committee
monitored
the
prevailing
bid/ask
spread
and
the
ETF
price
premium
(or
discount)
to
NAV
for
all
ETFs.
However,
there
were
no
ETFs
with
persistent
deviations
of
fund
premium/
discount
or
bid/ask
spreads
from
long-term
averages
over
the
Program
Reporting
Period.
e)
The
effect
of
the
composition
of
baskets
on
the
overall
liquidity
of
an
ETF’s
portfolio.
In
reviewing
the
linkage
between
the
composition
of
custom
baskets
accepted
by
an
ETF
and
any
significant
change
in
the
liquidity
profile
of
such
ETF,
the
Committee
reviewed
changes
in
the
proportion
of
each
ETF’s
portfolio
comprised
of
less
liquid
and
illiquid
holdings
to
determine
if
applicable
thresholds
were
met
requiring
enhanced
review.
There
were
no
material
changes
to
the
Program
during
the
Program
Reporting
Period
other
than
the
enhancement
of
certain
model
components
in
the
Program’s
classification
methodology.
The
Report
provided
to
the
Board
stated
that
the
Committee
concluded
that
based
on
the
operation
of
the
functions,
as
described
in
the
Report,
the
Program
is
operating
as
intended
and
is
effective
in
implementing
the
requirements
of
the
Liquidity
Rule.
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Information
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Additionally,
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description
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procedures
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respect
to
the
disclosure
of
the
Fund’s
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securities
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in
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Prospectus.
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Fund
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its
portfolio
holdings
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its
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Shareholders
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Dear
Shareholder,
Significant
economic
headwinds
emerged
during
the
12-month
reporting
period
ended
February
28,
2023,
as
investors
navigated
changing
economic
conditions
and
volatile
markets.
The
U.S.
economy
shrank
in
the
first
half
of
2022
before
returning
to
modest
growth
in
the
second
half
of
the
year,
marking
a
shift
to
a
more
challenging
post-reopening
economic
environment.
Changes
in
consumer
spending
patterns
and
a
tight
labor
market
led
to
elevated
inflation,
which
reached
a
40-year
high
before
beginning
to
moderate.
Moreover,
while
the
foremost
effect
of
Russia’s
invasion
of
Ukraine
has
been
a
severe
humanitarian
crisis,
the
ongoing
war
continued
to
present
challenges
for
both
investors
and
policymakers.
Equity
prices
fell
as
interest
rates
rose,
particularly
during
the
first
half
of
the
reporting
period.
Both
large-
and
small-capitalization
U.S.
stocks
fell,
although
equities
began
to
recover
in
the
second
half
of
the
period
as
inflation
eased
and
economic
growth
resumed.
Emerging
market
stocks
and
international
equities
from
developed
markets
declined
overall,
pressured
by
rising
interest
rates
and
a
strong
U.S.
dollar.
The
10-year
U.S.
Treasury
yield
rose
notably
during
the
reporting
period,
driving
its
price
down,
as
investors
reacted
to
fluctuating
inflation
data
and
attempted
to
anticipate
its
impact
on
future
interest
rate
changes.
The
corporate
bond
market
also
faced
inflationary
headwinds,
and
higher
interest
rates
led
to
rising
borrowing
costs
for
corporate
issuers.
The
U.S.
Federal
Reserve
(the
“Fed”),
acknowledging
that
inflation
has
been
more
persistent
than
expected,
raised
interest
rates
eight
times.
Furthermore,
the
Fed
wound
down
its
bond-buying
programs
and
accelerated
the
reduction
of
its
balance
sheet.
Restricted
labor
supply
kept
inflation
elevated
even
as
other
inflation
drivers,
such
as
goods
prices
and
energy
costs,
moderated.
While
economic
growth
slowed
in
the
last
year,
we
believe
that
taming
inflation
requires
a
more
substantial
decline
that
lowers
demand
to
a
level
more
in
line
with
the
economy’s
productive
capacity.
Although
the
Fed
has
decelerated
the
pace
of
interest
rate
hikes,
it
still
seems
determined
to
get
inflation
back
to
target.
With
this
in
mind,
we
believe
the
possibility
of
a
U.S.
recession
in
the
near-term
is
high,
but
the
dimming
economic
outlook
has
not
yet
been
fully
reflected
in
current
market
prices.
We
believe
investors
should
expect
a
period
of
higher
volatility
as
markets
adjust
to
the
new
economic
reality
and
policymakers
attempt
to
adapt
to
rapidly
changing
conditions.
Turmoil
in
the
banking
sector
shortly
following
the
end
of
the
period
highlighted
the
potential
for
the
knock-on
effects
of
substantially
higher
interest
rates
to
disrupt
markets
with
little
warning.
While
we
favor
an
overweight
to
equities
in
the
long
term,
several
factors
lead
us
to
take
an
underweight
stance
on
equities
overall
in
the
near
term.
Expectations
for
corporate
earnings
remain
elevated,
which
seems
inconsistent
with
the
possibility
of
a
recession
in
a
business
environment
characterized
by
higher
costs
and
reduced
pricing
power.
Nevertheless,
we
are
overweight
on
emerging
market
stocks
as
a
weaker
U.S.
dollar
provides
a
supportive
backdrop.
We
also
see
long-term
opportunities
in
credit,
where
valuations
are
appealing
and
higher
yields
provide
attractive
income,
although
we
are
neutral
on
credit
in
the
near
term,
as
we
believe
that
troubles
in
the
banking
sector
will
likely
lead
to
reduced
lending.
However,
we
believe
there
are
still
some
strong
opportunities
for
a
six-
to
twelve-month
horizon,
particularly
short-term
U.S.
Treasuries,
global
inflation-linked
bonds,
and
emerging
market
bonds
denominated
in
local
currency.
Overall,
our
view
is
that
investors
need
to
think
globally,
position
themselves
to
be
prepared
for
a
decarbonizing
economy,
and
be
nimble
as
market
conditions
change.
We
encourage
you
to
talk
with
your
financial
advisor
and
visit
iShares.com
for
further
insight
about
investing
in
today’s
markets.
Sincerely,
Rob
Kapito
President,
BlackRock,
Inc.
The
Markets
in
Review
Rob
Kapito
President,
BlackRock,
Inc.
Total
Returns
as
of
February
28,
2023
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Index
performance
is
shown
for
illustrative
purposes
only.
You
cannot
invest
directly
in
an
index.
6-Month
12-Month
U.S.
large
cap
equities
(S&P
500
®
Index)
1.26%
(7.69)%
U.S.
small
cap
equities
(Russell
2000
®
Index)
3.63
(6.02)
International
equities
(MSCI
Europe,
Australasia,
Far
East
Index)
12.58
(3.14)
Emerging
market
equities
(MSCI
Emerging
Markets
Index)
(2.29)
(15.28)
3-month
Treasury
bills
(ICE
BofA
3-Month
U.S.
Treasury
Bill
Index)
1.74
2.11
U.S.
Treasury
securities
(ICE
BofA
10-Year
U.S.
Treasury
Index)
(4.81)
(14.06)
U.S.
investment
grade
bonds
(Bloomberg
U.S.
Aggregate
Bond
Index)
(2.13)
(9.72)
Tax-exempt
municipal
bonds
(Bloomberg
Municipal
Bond
Index)
0.66
(5.10)
U.S.
high
yield
bonds
(Bloomberg
U.S.
Corporate
High
Yield
2%
Issuer
Capped
Index)
2.52
(5.45)
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The
Markets
in
Review
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2
Semi-Annual
Report:
Fund
Summary
........................................................................................................
4
About
Fund
Performance
..................................................................................................
5
Disclosure
of Expenses
...................................................................................................
5
Schedule
of
Investments
..................................................................................................
6
Financial
Statements:
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities
..........................................................................................
12
Statement
of
Operations
................................................................................................
13
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets
........................................................................................
14
Financial
Highlights
.....................................................................................................
15
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
...............................................................................................
16
Statement
Regarding
Liquidity
Risk
Management
Program
.............................................................................
22
General
Information
.....................................................................................................
23
Glossary
of
Terms
Used
in
this
Report
..........................................................................................
24
iShares
®
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
4
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Fund
Summary
as
of
February
28,
2023
Investment
Objective
The
iShares
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
(the
“Fund”)
seeks
to
track
the
investment
results
of
an
index
composed
of
large-
and
mid-capitalization
U.S.
companies
that
have
a
favorable
environmental,
social
and
governance
rating
while
applying
extensive
screens
for
company
involvement
in
controversial
activities,
as
represented
by
the
MSCI
USA
Choice
ESG
Screened
Index
(the
“Index”).
The
Fund
invests
in
a
representative
sample
of
securities
included
in
the
Index
that
collectively
has
an
investment
profile
similar
to
the
Index.
Due
to
the
use
of
representative
sampling,
the
Fund
may
or
may
not
hold
all
of
the
securities
that
are
included
in
the
Index.
Performance
The
inception
date
of
the
Fund
was
June
16,
2020.
The
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
was
June
18,
2020.
The
performance
for
the
Index
shown
is
calculated
with
gross
dividends
reinvested
since
inception.
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Performance
results
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
See
“About
Fund
Performance”
for
more
information.
Expense
Example
Portfolio
Information
Average
Annual
Total
Returns
Cumulative
Total
Returns
6-Month
Total
Returns
1
Year
Since
Inception
1
Year
Since
Inception
Fund
NAV
...............................................
4.73
%
(6.83
)
%
10.20
%
(6.83
)
%
30.06
%
Fund
Market
.............................................
4.89
(7.09
)
10.14
–
%
(7.09
)
29.88
Index
..................................................
4.79
(6.74
)
10.36
(6.74
)
30.56
Actual
Hypothetical
5%
Return
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Beginning
Account
Value
(09/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(02/28/23)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
$
1,000.00
$
1,047.30
$
0.51
$
1,000.00
$
1,024.30
$
0.50
0.10
%
(a)
Expenses
are
equal
to
the
annualized
expense
ratio,
multiplied
by
the
average
account
value
over
the
period,
multiplied
by
181/365
(to
reflect
the
one-half
year
period
shown).
Other
fees,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
to
financial
intermediaries,
may
be
paid
which
are
not
reflected
in
the
tables
and
examples
above.
See
“Disclosure
of
Expenses”
for
more
information.
SECTOR
ALLOCATION
Sector
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Information
Technology
............................
40.6
%
Health
Care
...................................
12.6
Financials
.....................................
12.1
Industrials
.....................................
9.0
Consumer
Discretionary
...........................
8.7
Consumer
Staples
...............................
5.4
Real
Estate
....................................
4.9
Materials
.....................................
3.7
Communication
Services
...........................
2.8
Utilities
.......................................
0.2
a
a
(a)
Excludes
money
market
funds.
TEN
LARGEST
HOLDINGS
Security
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Microsoft
Corp.
.................................
10.8
%
NVIDIA
Corp.
..................................
3.5
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
...............................
2.2
Mastercard
,
Inc.,
Class
A
...........................
1.9
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
...........................
1.8
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
..................................
1.5
Broadcom,
Inc.
.................................
1.5
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
.............................
1.5
PepsiCo,
Inc.
..................................
1.5
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
..............................
1.2
aaa
aa
About
Fund
Performance
5
About
Fund
Performance/Disclosure
of
Expenses
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Financial
markets
have
experienced
extreme
volatility
and
trading
in
many
instruments
has
been
disrupted.
These
circumstances
may
continue
for
an
extended
period
of
time
and
may
continue
to
affect
adversely
the
value
and
liquidity
of
the
Fund’s
investments.
As
a
result,
current
performance
may
be
lower
or
higher
than
the
performance
data
quoted.
Performance
data
current
to
the
most
recent
month-end
is
available
at
iShares.com
.
Performance
results
assume
reinvestment
of
all
dividends
and
capital
gain
distributions
and
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
The
investment
return
and
principal
value
of
shares
will
vary
with
changes
in
market
conditions.
Shares
may
be
worth
more
or
less
than
their
original
cost
when
they
are
redeemed
or
sold
in
the
market.
Performance
for
certain
funds
may
reflect
a
waiver
of
a
portion
of
investment
advisory
fees.
Without
such
a
waiver,
performance
would
have
been
lower.
Net
asset
value
or
“NAV”
is
the
value
of
one
share
of
a
fund
as
calculated
in
accordance
with
the
standard
formula
for
valuing
mutual
fund
shares.
Beginning
August
10,
2020,
the
price
used
to
calculate
market
return
(“Market
Price”)
is
the
closing
price.
Prior
to
August
10,
2020,
Market
Price
was
determined
using
the
midpoint
between
the
highest
bid
and
the
lowest
ask
on
the
primary
stock
exchange
on
which
shares
of
a
fund
are
listed
for
trading,
as
of
the
time
that
such
fund’s
NAV
is
calculated.
Since
shares
of
a
fund
may
not
trade
in
the
secondary
market
until
after
the
fund’s
inception,
for
the
period
from
inception
to
the
first
day
of
secondary
market
trading
in
shares
of
the
fund,
the
NAV
of
the
fund
is
used
as
a
proxy
for
the
Market
Price
to
calculate
market
returns.
Market
and
NAV
returns
assume
that
dividends
and
capital
gain
distributions
have
been
reinvested
at
Market
Price
and
NAV,
respectively.
An
index
is
a
statistical
composite
that
tracks
a
specified
financial
market
or
sector.
Unlike
a
fund,
an
index
does
not
actually
hold
a
portfolio
of
securities
and
therefore
does
not
incur
the
expenses
incurred
by
a
fund.
These
expenses
negatively
impact
fund
performance.
Also,
market
returns
do
not
include
brokerage
commissions
that
may
be
payable
on
secondary
market
transactions.
If
brokerage
commissions
were
included,
market
returns
would
be
lower.
Disclosure
of Expenses
Shareholders
of
the
Fund
may
incur
the
following
charges:
(1)
transactional
expenses,
including
brokerage
commissions
on
purchases
and
sales
of
fund
shares
and
(2)
ongoing
expenses,
including
management
fees
and
other
fund
expenses.
The
expense
example
shown
(which
is
based
on
a
hypothetical
investment
of
$1,000
invested
at
the
beginning
of
the
period
and
held
through
the
end
of
the
period)
is
intended
to
assist
shareholders
both
in
calculating
expenses
based
on
an
investment
in
the
Fund
and
in
comparing
these
expenses
with
similar
costs
of
investing
in
other
funds.
The
expense
example
provides
information
about
actual
account
values
and
actual
expenses.
Annualized
expense
ratios
reflect
contractual
and
voluntary
fee
waivers,
if
any.
In
order
to
estimate
the
expenses
a
shareholder
paid
during
the
period
covered
by
this
report,
shareholders
can
divide
their
account
value
by
$1,000
and
then
multiply
the
result
by
the
number
under
the
heading
entitled
“Expenses
Paid
During
the Period.”
The
expense
example
also
provides
information
about
hypothetical
account
values
and
hypothetical
expenses
based
on
a
fund’s
actual
expense
ratio
and
an
assumed
rate
of
return
of
5%
per
year
before
expenses.
In
order
to
assist
shareholders
in
comparing
the
ongoing
expenses
of
investing
in the
Fund
and
other
funds,
compare
the
5%
hypothetical
example
with
the
5%
hypothetical
examples
that
appear
in
the
shareholder
reports
of
the
other
funds.
The
expenses
shown
in
the
expense
example
are
intended
to
highlight
shareholders’
ongoing
costs
only
and
do
not
reflect
any
transactional
expenses,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
paid
on
purchases
and
sales
of
fund
shares.
Therefore,
the
hypothetical
example
is
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.
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
February
28,
2023
iShares
®
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
6
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
— 0.3%
Axon
Enterprise,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
2,631
$
527,016
HEICO
Corp.
...........................
1,698
281,138
HEICO
Corp.,
Class
A
......................
2,861
372,359
Howmet
Aerospace,
Inc.
....................
14,502
611,694
1,792,207
a
Air
Freight
&
Logistics
— 0.2%
CH
Robinson
Worldwide,
Inc.
................
4,581
457,917
Expeditors
International
of
Washington,
Inc.
.......
6,193
647,540
1,105,457
a
Auto
Components
— 0.3%
Aptiv
PLC
(a)
.............................
10,563
1,228,266
BorgWarner,
Inc.
.........................
9,187
461,922
Lear
Corp.
.............................
2,293
320,217
2,010,405
a
Automobiles
— 0.1%
Lucid
Group,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.......................
16,193
147,842
Rivian
Automotive,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.............
12,548
242,176
390,018
a
Banks
— 2.0%
Citizens
Financial
Group,
Inc.
................
19,213
802,335
First
Horizon
Corp.
........................
20,816
515,612
First
Republic
Bank
.......................
7,141
878,414
Huntington
Bancshares,
Inc.
.................
56,206
861,076
KeyCorp
...............................
36,104
660,342
PNC
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
........
15,697
2,478,870
Regions
Financial
Corp.
....................
36,243
845,187
SVB
Financial
Group
(a)
.....................
2,302
663,229
Truist
Financial
Corp.
......................
51,637
2,424,357
U.S.
Bancorp
...........................
54,868
2,618,850
Webster
Financial
Corp.
....................
6,821
362,332
13,110,604
a
Beverages
— 3.1%
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
......................
159,891
9,515,113
Keurig
Dr
Pepper,
Inc.
.....................
30,219
1,044,067
PepsiCo,
Inc.
...........................
53,619
9,304,505
19,863,685
a
Biotechnology
— 3.0%
Alnylam
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
...............
4,788
916,663
Amgen,
Inc.
............................
20,763
4,809,957
Biogen,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
5,604
1,512,295
BioMarin
Pharmaceutical,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..............
7,223
719,339
Exact
Sciences
Corp.
(a)(b)
....................
6,922
431,448
Horizon
Therapeutics
PLC
(a)
.................
8,379
917,417
Incyte
Corp.
(a)
...........................
7,348
565,649
Moderna,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
12,709
1,764,136
Neurocrine
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)
................
3,725
384,047
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
.............
4,170
3,170,951
Seagen,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
5,419
973,740
United
Therapeutics
Corp.
(a)
..................
1,774
436,475
Vertex
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
9,990
2,899,997
19,502,114
a
Building
Products
— 0.9%
A
O
Smith
Corp.
.........................
4,981
326,903
Allegion
PLC
............................
3,431
386,708
Carlisle
Companies,
Inc.
....................
2,020
521,604
Carrier
Global
Corp.
.......................
32,648
1,470,140
Fortune
Brands
Innovations,
Inc.
..............
5,030
311,609
Security
Shares
Value
a
Building
Products
(continued)
Lennox
International,
Inc.
...................
1,236
$
314,970
Masco
Corp.
............................
8,749
458,710
Owens
Corning
..........................
3,637
355,662
Trane
Technologies
PLC
....................
8,987
1,662,325
5,808,631
a
Capital
Markets
— 4.9%
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc.
...................
4,142
1,420,168
Bank
of
New
York
Mellon
Corp.
(The)
...........
29,909
1,521,770
Carlyle
Group,
Inc.
(The)
....................
7,661
263,538
Cboe
Global
Markets,
Inc.
...................
4,116
519,316
Charles
Schwab
Corp.
(The)
.................
56,474
4,400,454
CME
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
...................
14,008
2,596,523
Coinbase
Global,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..............
4,893
317,213
FactSet
Research
Systems,
Inc.
...............
1,488
616,850
Franklin
Resources,
Inc.
....................
11,703
344,887
Intercontinental
Exchange,
Inc.
...............
21,738
2,212,928
Invesco
Ltd.
............................
13,344
235,655
LPL
Financial
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
3,095
772,388
MarketAxess
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
1,455
496,810
Moody's
Corp.
...........................
6,406
1,858,701
Morgan
Stanley
..........................
49,333
4,760,635
Nasdaq,
Inc.
............................
13,416
752,101
Northern
Trust
Corp.
.......................
7,729
736,342
Raymond
James
Financial,
Inc.
...............
7,535
817,246
S&P
Global,
Inc.
.........................
12,960
4,421,952
State
Street
Corp.
........................
14,261
1,264,666
T
Rowe
Price
Group,
Inc.
...................
8,697
976,499
31,306,642
a
Chemicals
— 2.5
%
Air
Products
and
Chemicals,
Inc.
..............
8,635
2,469,437
Albemarle
Corp.
.........................
4,569
1,161,942
CF
Industries
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
7,636
655,856
FMC
Corp.
.............................
4,916
634,901
International
Flavors
&
Fragrances,
Inc.
..........
9,891
921,841
Linde
PLC
.............................
19,223
6,696,717
PPG
Industries,
Inc.
.......................
9,116
1,203,859
Sherwin-Williams
Co.
(The)
..................
9,576
2,119,648
15,864,201
a
Commercial
Services
&
Supplies
— 1.2%
Cintas
Corp.
............................
3,557
1,559,638
Copart,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
16,693
1,176,189
Republic
Services,
Inc.
.....................
8,580
1,106,219
Rollins,
Inc.
.............................
8,664
304,973
Waste
Connections,
Inc.
....................
10,025
1,342,548
Waste
Management,
Inc.
....................
15,975
2,392,416
7,881,983
a
Communications
Equipment
— 1.5%
Arista
Networks,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
9,514
1,319,592
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
.......................
159,884
7,741,583
F5,
Inc.
(a)
..............................
2,357
337,004
Juniper
Networks,
Inc.
.....................
12,648
389,305
9,787,484
a
Construction
&
Engineering
— 0.2%
AECOM
...............................
5,126
442,682
Quanta
Services,
Inc.
......................
5,548
895,447
1,338,129
a
iShares
®
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
7
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Construction
Materials
— 0.3%
Martin
Marietta
Materials,
Inc.
................
2,417
$
869,806
Vulcan
Materials
Co.
......................
5,156
932,772
1,802,578
a
Consumer
Finance
— 1.3%
Ally
Financial,
Inc.
........................
11,623
349,271
American
Express
Co.
.....................
24,728
4,302,425
Capital
One
Financial
Corp.
..................
14,855
1,620,383
Discover
Financial
Services
..................
10,598
1,186,976
Synchrony
Financial
.......................
17,535
626,175
8,085,230
a
Containers
&
Packaging
— 0.4%
Avery
Dennison
Corp.
......................
3,152
574,263
Ball
Corp.
..............................
12,194
685,425
International
Paper
Co.
.....................
13,150
478,528
Packaging
Corp.
of
America
.................
3,601
492,329
Sealed
Air
Corp.
.........................
5,702
277,231
Westrock
Co.
...........................
9,980
313,372
2,821,148
a
Distributors
— 0.3%
Genuine
Parts
Co.
........................
5,487
970,431
LKQ
Corp.
.............................
9,878
565,910
Pool
Corp.
.............................
1,536
548,137
2,084,478
a
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
— 1.0%
Liberty
Global
PLC,
Class
A
(a)
................
6,356
130,234
Liberty
Global
PLC,
Class
C,
NVS
.............
10,162
215,943
Verizon
Communications,
Inc.
................
163,453
6,343,611
6,689,788
a
Electrical
Equipment
— 0.9%
Eaton
Corp.
PLC
.........................
15,444
2,701,619
Generac
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...................
2,490
298,825
Hubbell,
Inc.
............................
2,082
523,706
Plug
Power,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.......................
20,300
301,861
Rockwell
Automation,
Inc.
...................
4,477
1,320,402
Sensata
Technologies
Holding
PLC
............
5,982
302,569
5,448,982
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
— 1.4%
Amphenol
Corp.,
Class
A
...................
23,161
1,795,441
Arrow
Electronics,
Inc.
(a)
....................
2,394
282,468
CDW
Corp.
.............................
5,273
1,067,361
Cognex
Corp.
...........................
6,781
321,555
Corning,
Inc.
............................
31,155
1,057,712
Keysight
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
6,958
1,113,002
TE
Connectivity
Ltd.
.......................
12,346
1,571,893
Teledyne
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
.................
1,819
782,297
Trimble,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
9,607
500,140
Zebra
Technologies
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
............
2,009
603,202
9,095,071
a
Entertainment
— 0.4%
Electronic
Arts,
Inc.
.......................
10,786
1,196,599
Warner
Bros
Discovery,
Inc.,
Series
A
(a)
..........
89,574
1,399,146
2,595,745
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
— 4.7%
Alexandria
Real
Estate
Equities,
Inc.
............
6,067
908,715
American
Tower
Corp.
.....................
18,121
3,588,139
AvalonBay
Communities,
Inc.
................
5,425
935,921
Boston
Properties,
Inc.
.....................
5,819
381,028
Camden
Property
Trust
.....................
3,926
450,548
Crown
Castle,
Inc.
........................
16,854
2,203,660
Security
Shares
Value
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
(continued)
Digital
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
....................
11,192
$
1,166,542
Equinix,
Inc.
............................
3,602
2,479,149
Equity
Residential
........................
13,973
873,592
Healthpeak
Properties,
Inc.
..................
21,075
507,065
Host
Hotels
&
Resorts,
Inc.
..................
27,927
469,174
Iron
Mountain,
Inc.
........................
11,250
593,437
Kimco
Realty
Corp.
.......................
24,160
497,938
Medical
Properties
Trust,
Inc.
.................
23,236
239,331
Prologis,
Inc.
............................
35,925
4,433,145
Public
Storage
...........................
6,152
1,839,140
Realty
Income
Corp.
.......................
24,408
1,560,892
Regency
Centers
Corp.
....................
5,961
374,947
SBA
Communications
Corp.,
Class
A
............
4,211
1,092,123
Simon
Property
Group,
Inc.
..................
12,724
1,553,473
Ventas,
Inc.
............................
15,602
759,037
VICI
Properties,
Inc.
.......................
37,362
1,252,748
Welltower,
Inc.
...........................
18,390
1,363,067
WP
Carey,
Inc.
..........................
8,096
657,071
30,179,882
a
Food
Products
— 1
.1%
Campbell
Soup
Co.
.......................
8,138
427,408
Conagra
Brands,
Inc.
......................
18,766
683,270
Darling
Ingredients,
Inc.
(a)
...................
6,222
393,666
General
Mills,
Inc.
........................
23,109
1,837,396
Hormel
Foods
Corp.
.......................
11,705
519,468
J
M
Smucker
Co.
(The)
.....................
4,132
611,081
Kraft
Heinz
Co.
(The)
......................
28,523
1,110,686
Lamb
Weston
Holdings,
Inc.
.................
5,580
561,571
McCormick
&
Co.,
Inc.,
NVS
.................
9,709
721,573
6,866,119
a
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
— 2.6%
Align
Technology,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
2,878
890,741
Baxter
International,
Inc.
....................
19,540
780,623
Cooper
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
................
1,908
623,859
Dentsply
Sirona,
Inc
.......................
8,416
320,397
Dexcom,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
15,033
1,668,813
Edwards
Lifesciences
Corp.
(a)
................
24,046
1,934,260
GE
HealthCare
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
............
14,158
1,076,008
Hologic,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
9,568
761,996
IDEXX
Laboratories,
Inc.
(a)
...................
3,229
1,528,092
Insulet
Corp.
(a)
...........................
2,713
749,765
Novocure
Ltd.
(a)(b)
.........................
3,674
282,788
ResMed,
Inc.
...........................
5,712
1,216,656
STERIS
PLC
............................
3,880
729,556
Stryker
Corp.
...........................
13,255
3,484,474
Teleflex,
Inc.
............................
1,811
431,435
16,479,463
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
— 2.0%
Centene
Corp.
(a)
.........................
22,038
1,507,399
DaVita,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
2,124
174,720
Elevance
Health,
Inc.
......................
9,295
4,365,583
HCA
Healthcare,
Inc.
......................
8,252
2,008,949
Henry
Schein,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
5,280
413,477
Humana,
Inc.
...........................
4,930
2,440,449
Laboratory
Corp.
of
America
Holdings
...........
3,448
825,313
Molina
Healthcare,
Inc.
(a)
....................
2,278
627,202
Quest
Diagnostics,
Inc.
.....................
4,432
613,211
12,976,303
a
Health
Care
Technology
— 0.1%
Veeva
Systems,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...............
5,474
906,823
a
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
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®
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
8
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
— 1.3%
Aramark
...............................
9,063
$
333,519
Booking
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
....................
1,510
3,811,240
Darden
Restaurants,
Inc.
...................
4,763
681,061
Domino's
Pizza,
Inc.
.......................
1,397
410,732
Hilton
Worldwide
Holdings,
Inc.
...............
10,526
1,521,112
Vail
Resorts,
Inc.
.........................
1,561
364,478
Yum!
Brands,
Inc.
........................
10,963
1,394,055
8,516,197
a
Household
Durables
— 0.5%
DR
Horton,
Inc.
..........................
12,731
1,177,363
Garmin
Ltd.
.............................
5,964
585,247
Newell
Brands,
Inc.
.......................
15,357
225,595
NVR,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
118
610,487
PulteGroup,
Inc.
.........................
8,981
490,991
Whirlpool
Corp.
..........................
2,114
291,690
3,381,373
a
Household
Products
— 0.8%
Church
&
Dwight
Co.,
Inc.
...................
9,491
795,156
Clorox
Co.
(The)
.........................
4,808
747,355
Colgate-Palmolive
Co.
.....................
30,897
2,264,750
Kimberly-Clark
Corp.
......................
13,096
1,637,655
5,444,916
a
Insurance
— 3.8%
Aflac,
Inc.
..............................
22,989
1,566,700
Allstate
Corp.
(The)
.......................
10,322
1,329,267
American
International
Group,
Inc.
.............
28,916
1,767,057
Arch
Capital
Group
Ltd.
(a)
...................
14,409
1,008,630
Arthur
J
Gallagher
&
Co.
....................
8,206
1,537,394
Assurant,
Inc.
...........................
2,007
255,672
Brown
&
Brown,
Inc.
.......................
9,313
522,180
Chubb
Ltd.
.............................
16,153
3,408,606
Everest
Re
Group
Ltd.
.....................
1,529
587,090
Hartford
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
......
12,380
969,106
Marsh
&
McLennan
Companies,
Inc.
............
19,304
3,129,951
Principal
Financial
Group,
Inc.
................
9,523
852,880
Progressive
Corp.
(The)
....................
22,770
3,267,950
Prudential
Financial,
Inc.
....................
14,323
1,432,300
Travelers
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
...............
9,121
1,688,480
Willis
Towers
Watson
PLC
...................
4,213
987,359
24,310,622
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
— 0.1%
Snap,
Inc.,
Class
A,
NVS
(a)
..................
42,308
429,426
ZoomInfo
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
................
10,239
247,477
676,903
a
Internet
&
Direct
Marketing
Retail
— 0.7%
DoorDash,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...................
9,143
499,756
eBay,
Inc.
..............................
21,120
969,408
Etsy,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
4,907
595,759
MercadoLibre,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
1,758
2,144,760
4,209,683
a
IT
Services
— 7.7%
Akamai
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
6,165
447,579
Automatic
Data
Processing,
Inc.
...............
16,146
3,549,214
Block,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
......................
20,916
1,604,885
Broadridge
Financial
Solutions,
Inc.
............
4,544
639,704
Cognizant
Technology
Solutions
Corp.,
Class
A
.....
20,085
1,257,924
EPAM
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
......................
2,246
690,982
Fidelity
National
Information
Services,
Inc.
........
23,094
1,463,467
Fiserv,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
23,479
2,702,198
Gartner,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
3,069
1,006,049
Security
Shares
Value
a
IT
Services
(continued)
Global
Payments,
Inc.
.....................
10,524
$
1,180,793
GoDaddy,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
6,065
459,181
Jack
Henry
&
Associates,
Inc.
................
2,848
467,755
Mastercard,
Inc.,
Class
A
....................
33,409
11,869,884
MongoDB,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...................
2,654
556,066
Okta,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.......................
5,884
419,470
Paychex,
Inc.
...........................
12,626
1,393,910
PayPal
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
42,150
3,102,240
Snowflake,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..................
8,718
1,345,885
Toast,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
......................
9,762
184,697
Twilio,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
......................
6,718
451,517
VeriSign,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
3,744
736,931
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
........................
63,367
13,936,938
49,467,269
a
Leisure
Products
— 0.0%
Hasbro,
Inc.
............................
5,075
279,176
a
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
— 2.6%
Agilent
Technologies,
Inc.
...................
11,483
1,630,241
Avantor,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
26,148
637,227
Bio-Techne
Corp.
.........................
6,120
444,557
Charles
River
Laboratories
International,
Inc.
(a)
.....
1,973
432,758
Danaher
Corp.
..........................
26,915
6,662,270
Illumina,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
6,102
1,215,518
IQVIA
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
......................
7,235
1,508,280
Mettler-Toledo
International,
Inc.
(a)
.............
868
1,244,460
PerkinElmer,
Inc.
.........................
4,929
614,006
Repligen
Corp.
(a)
.........................
2,045
356,587
Waters
Corp.
(a)
..........................
2,323
722,197
West
Pharmaceutical
Services,
Inc.
............
2,887
915,266
16,383,367
a
Machinery
— 4.0%
Caterpillar,
Inc.
..........................
20,254
4,851,846
Cummins,
Inc.
...........................
5,497
1,336,211
Deere
&
Co.
............................
11,159
4,678,299
Dover
Corp.
............................
5,462
818,754
Fortive
Corp.
............................
13,110
873,913
Graco,
Inc.
.............................
6,559
456,113
IDEX
Corp.
.............................
2,927
658,516
Illinois
Tool
Works,
Inc.
.....................
11,955
2,787,428
Ingersoll
Rand,
Inc.
.......................
15,759
915,125
Nordson
Corp.
...........................
1,994
437,962
Otis
Worldwide
Corp.
......................
16,213
1,371,944
PACCAR,
Inc.
...........................
20,321
1,467,176
Parker-Hannifin
Corp.
......................
5,002
1,759,954
Pentair
PLC
............................
6,434
359,918
Snap-on,
Inc.
...........................
2,056
511,286
Stanley
Black
&
Decker,
Inc.
.................
5,733
490,802
Toro
Co.
(The)
...........................
4,048
447,061
Westinghouse
Air
Brake
Technologies
Corp.
.......
6,703
699,324
Xylem,
Inc.
.............................
6,986
717,113
25,638,745
a
Media
— 1.3%
Comcast
Corp.,
Class
A
....................
167,896
6,240,695
Fox
Corp.,
Class
A,
NVS
....................
11,889
416,353
Fox
Corp.,
Class
B
........................
5,647
182,116
Interpublic
Group
of
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
.......
15,169
539,106
Omnicom
Group,
Inc.
......................
7,946
719,669
Sirius
XM
Holdings,
Inc.
(b)
...................
30,775
135,102
8,233,041
a
iShares
®
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
9
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Metals
&
Mining
— 0.5%
Cleveland-Cliffs,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
20,066
$
428,008
Newmont
Corp.
..........................
30,929
1,348,814
Reliance
Steel
&
Aluminum
Co.
...............
2,284
566,066
Steel
Dynamics,
Inc.
.......................
6,833
861,710
3,204,598
a
Mortgage
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
— 0.1%
Annaly
Capital
Management,
Inc.
..............
18,156
375,466
a
Multiline
Retail
— 1.0%
Dollar
General
Corp.
......................
8,777
1,898,465
Dollar
Tree,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
8,608
1,250,570
Target
Corp.
............................
17,920
3,019,520
6,168,555
a
Personal
Products
— 0.3%
Estee
Lauder
Companies,
Inc.
(The),
Class
A
......
9,001
2,187,693
a
Pharmaceuticals
— 2.2%
Catalent,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
6,660
454,345
Elanco
Animal
Health,
Inc.
(a)
..................
16,675
191,262
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
...........................
31,433
9,782,579
Jazz
Pharmaceuticals
PLC
(a)
.................
2,420
339,768
Zoetis,
Inc.,
Class
A
.......................
18,139
3,029,213
13,797,167
a
Professional
Services
— 0.4%
Booz
Allen
Hamilton
Holding
Corp.,
Class
A
.......
5,108
483,881
Clarivate
PLC
(a)
..........................
11,831
119,848
Robert
Half
International,
Inc.
.................
4,239
341,748
TransUnion
.............................
7,505
491,052
Verisk
Analytics,
Inc.
.......................
6,088
1,041,718
2,478,247
a
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
— 0.2%
CBRE
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.................
12,296
1,046,881
a
Road
&
Rail
— 0.4%
JB
Hunt
Transport
Services,
Inc.
..............
3,222
582,505
Knight-Swift
Transportation
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
..
5,921
336,550
Old
Dominion
Freight
Line,
Inc.
...............
3,655
1,239,995
U-Haul
Holding
Co.,
Series
N,
NVS
(a)
...........
3,447
191,757
2,350,807
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
— 11.5%
Advanced
Micro
Devices,
Inc.
(a)
...............
62,777
4,933,017
Analog
Devices,
Inc.
.......................
19,821
3,636,559
Applied
Materials,
Inc.
.....................
33,482
3,888,934
Broadcom,
Inc.
..........................
16,230
9,645,327
Enphase
Energy,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
5,295
1,114,756
Entegris,
Inc.
............................
5,806
494,845
First
Solar,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
3,721
629,370
KLA
Corp.
..............................
5,518
2,093,419
Lam
Research
Corp.
......................
5,311
2,581,199
Marvell
Technology,
Inc.
....................
33,197
1,498,845
Microchip
Technology,
Inc.
...................
21,439
1,737,202
Micron
Technology,
Inc.
.....................
42,312
2,446,480
NVIDIA
Corp.
...........................
95,741
22,227,231
NXP
Semiconductors
NV
...................
10,085
1,799,971
ON
Semiconductor
Corp.
(a)
..................
16,806
1,300,952
Qorvo,
Inc.
(a)
............................
4,003
403,863
QUALCOMM,
Inc.
........................
43,593
5,385,043
Skyworks
Solutions,
Inc.
....................
6,225
694,523
SolarEdge
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..............
2,157
685,753
Texas
Instruments,
Inc.
.....................
35,322
6,055,957
Security
Shares
Value
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
(continued)
Wolfspeed,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
4,818
$
356,436
73,609,682
a
Software
— 17.7%
Adobe,
Inc.
(a)
............................
18,093
5,861,227
ANSYS,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
3,398
1,031,667
Aspen
Technology,
Inc.
(a)
....................
1,125
238,511
Autodesk,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
8,428
1,674,559
Bentley
Systems,
Inc.,
Class
B
................
7,471
302,277
BILL
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)(b)
......................
3,663
310,000
Black
Knight,
Inc.
(a)
........................
6,083
362,547
Cadence
Design
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
..............
10,676
2,059,827
Ceridian
HCM
Holding,
Inc.
(a)
.................
5,360
390,905
Crowdstrike
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
............
7,943
958,641
Datadog,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...................
9,672
740,101
DocuSign,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
7,796
478,285
Dropbox,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
10,679
217,852
Dynatrace,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
8,364
355,721
Fair
Isaac
Corp.
(a)
.........................
980
663,842
Fortinet,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
25,844
1,536,167
Gen
Digital,
Inc.
..........................
23,127
451,208
HubSpot,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
1,796
694,801
Intuit,
Inc.
..............................
10,395
4,232,636
Microsoft
Corp.
..........................
275,615
68,743,893
Palo
Alto
Networks,
Inc.
(a)
...................
11,767
2,216,550
Paycom
Software,
Inc.
(a)
....................
1,979
572,050
Paylocity
Holding
Corp.
(a)
...................
1,608
309,717
PTC,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
4,342
544,183
Roper
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
4,127
1,775,435
Salesforce,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
38,919
6,367,538
ServiceNow,
Inc.
(a)
........................
7,877
3,404,203
Splunk,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
6,291
644,827
Synopsys,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
5,951
2,164,736
Tyler
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
...................
1,619
520,104
Unity
Software,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.....................
9,676
294,537
VMware,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
8,260
909,674
Workday,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
7,818
1,450,004
Zscaler,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
3,368
441,713
112,919,938
a
Specialty
Retail
— 4.2%
Advance
Auto
Parts,
Inc.
....................
2,328
337,467
AutoZone,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
739
1,837,553
Best
Buy
Co.,
Inc.
........................
7,838
651,416
CarMax,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
6,165
425,632
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
....................
39,666
11,762,556
Lowe's
Companies,
Inc.
....................
23,534
4,842,120
Ross
Stores,
Inc.
.........................
13,507
1,493,064
TJX
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
..................
45,187
3,461,324
Tractor
Supply
Co.
........................
4,306
1,004,418
Ulta
Beauty,
Inc.
(a)
........................
1,988
1,031,374
26,846,924
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
— 0.6%
Dell
Technologies,
Inc.,
Class
C
...............
10,085
409,854
Hewlett
Packard
Enterprise
Co.
...............
50,405
786,822
HP,
Inc.
...............................
39,150
1,155,708
NetApp,
Inc.
............................
8,523
550,160
Seagate
Technology
Holdings
PLC
.............
7,693
496,660
Western
Digital
Corp.
(a)
.....................
12,256
471,611
3,870,815
a
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
iShares
®
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
10
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Outstanding
as
of
Period
End
Security
Shares
Value
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
— 0.3%
Lululemon
Athletica,
Inc.
(a)
...................
4,510
$
1,394,492
VF
Corp.
..............................
12,889
319,905
1,714,397
a
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
— 0.6%
Ferguson
PLC
...........................
8,080
1,164,328
United
Rentals,
Inc.
.......................
2,697
1,263,626
WW
Grainger,
Inc.
........................
1,775
1,186,463
3,614,417
a
Water
Utilities
— 0.2%
American
Water
Works
Co.,
Inc.
...............
7,053
990,100
a
Total
Long-Term
Investments — 99.7%
(Cost:
$695,639,783)
................................
637,510,149
Security
Shares
Value
a
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
—
1.7%
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares,
4.81%
(c)(d)(e)
......................
9,856,884
$
9,862,798
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares,
4.41%
(c)(d)
............................
911,917
911,917
a
Total
Short-Term
Securities — 1.7%
(Cost:
$10,771,837)
.................................
10,774,715
Total
Investments
—
101.4%
(Cost:
$706,411,620)
................................
648,284,864
Liabilities
in
Excess
of
Other
Assets
—
(1.4)%
...............
(9,059,463)
Net
Assets
—
100.0%
.................................
$
639,225,401
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
is
on
loan.
(c)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(d)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
(e)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
was
purchased
with
the
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities.
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
six
months
ended
February
28,
2023
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
08/31/22
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
02/28/23
Shares
Held
at
02/28/23
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
$
9,393,974
$
469,312
(a)
$
—
$
(346
)
$
(142
)
$
9,862,798
9,856,884
$
33,981
(b)
$
—
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
.
746,046
165,871
(a)
—
—
—
911,917
911,917
16,091
—
$
(346
)
$
(142
)
$
10,774,715
$
50,072
$
—
(a)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
(b)
All
or
a
portion
represents
securities
lending
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities,
net
of
fees
and
collateral
investment
expenses,
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities.
Futures
Contracts
Description
Number
of
Contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long
Contracts
E-Mini
Technology
Select
Sector
Index
......................................................
2
03/17/23
$
276
$
(13,524
)
S&P
500
E-Mini
Index
..................................................................
7
03/17/23
1,391
(13,276
)
$
(26,800
)
iShares
®
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
February
28,
2023
11
Schedule
of
Investments
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:
For
the
period
ended
February
28,
2023,
the
effect
of
derivative
financial
instruments
in
the
Statement
of
Operations
was
as
follows:
Average
Quarterly
Balances
of
Outstanding
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
For
more
information
about
the
Fund’s
investment
risks
regarding
derivative
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
For
a
description
of
the
input
levels
and
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Liabilities
—
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
contracts
–
–
Unrealized
depreciation
on
futures
contracts
(a)
.............
$
—
$
—
$
26,800
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
26,800
(a)
Net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
futures
contracts
are
reported
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
In
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities,
only
current
day’s
variation
margin
is
reported
in
receivables
or
payables
and
the
net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
is
included
in
accumulated
earnings
(loss).
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
from
Futures
contracts
.................................
$
—
$
—
$
(9,386
)
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
(9,386
)
Net
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on
Futures
contracts
.................................
$
—
$
—
$
12,849
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
12,849
Futures
contracts
Average
notional
value
of
contracts
—
long
...................................................................................
$
1,412,069
a
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
.........................................
$
637,510,149
$
—
$
—
$
637,510,149
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
......................................
10,774,715
—
—
10,774,715
$
648,284,864
$
—
$
—
$
648,284,864
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
(a)
Liabilities
Equity
Contracts
...........................................
$
(26,800
)
$
—
$
—
$
(26,800
)
a
(a)
Derivative
financial
instruments
are
futures
contracts.
Futures
contracts
are
valued
at
the
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
the
instrument.
12
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities
(unaudited)
February
28,
2023
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
ASSETS
Investments,
at
value
—
unaffiliated
(a)
(b)
....................................................................................
$
637,510,149
Investments,
at
value
—
affiliated
(c)
.......................................................................................
10,774,715
Cash
...........................................................................................................
9,663
Cash
pledged:
Futures
contracts
.................................................................................................
84,000
Receivables:
Investments
sold
.................................................................................................
12,431,409
Securities
lending
income
—
affiliated
...................................................................................
4,495
Dividends
—
unaffiliated
............................................................................................
691,448
Dividends
—
affiliated
..............................................................................................
3,084
Interest
—
unaffiliated
..............................................................................................
55
Total
assets
......................................................................................................
661,509,018
LIABILITIES
Collateral
on
securities
loaned
..........................................................................................
9,860,975
Payables:
Investments
purchased
.............................................................................................
12,368,609
Investment
advisory
fees
............................................................................................
50,025
Variation
margin
on
futures
contracts
....................................................................................
4,008
Total
liabilities
.....................................................................................................
22,283,617
NET
ASSETS
.....................................................................................................
$
639,225,401
NET
ASSETS
CONSIST
OF:
Paid-in
capital
.....................................................................................................
$
719,861,803
Accumulated
loss
..................................................................................................
(
80,636,402
)
NET
ASSETS
.....................................................................................................
$
639,225,401
NET
ASSET
VALUE
Shares
outstanding
.................................................................................................
19,900,000
Net
asset
value
....................................................................................................
$
32.12
Shares
authorized
..................................................................................................
Unlimited
Par
value
........................................................................................................
None
(a)
Securities
loaned,
at
value
..........................................................................................
$
9,706,928
(b)
Investments,
at
cost
—
unaffiliated
.....................................................................................
$
695,639,783
(c)
Investments,
at
cost
—
affiliated
.......................................................................................
$
10,771,837
13
Financial
Statements
Statement
of
Operations
(unaudited)
Six
Months
Ended
February
28,
2023
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
INVESTMENT
INCOME
Dividends
—
unaffiliated
............................................................................................
$
4,607,134
Dividends
—
affiliated
..............................................................................................
16,091
Interest
—
unaffiliated
..............................................................................................
757
Securities
lending
income
—
affiliated
—
net
...............................................................................
33,981
Foreign
taxes
withheld
.............................................................................................
(
3,283
)
Total
investment
income
..............................................................................................
4,654,680
EXPENSES
Investment
advisory
...............................................................................................
301,796
Total
expenses
....................................................................................................
301,796
Net
investment
income
...............................................................................................
4,352,884
—
REALIZED
AND
UNREALIZED
GAIN
(LOSS)
Net
realized
gain
(loss)
from:
Investments
—
unaffiliated
.........................................................................................
(
5,618,967
)
Investments
—
affiliated
...........................................................................................
(
346
)
Futures
contracts
...............................................................................................
(
9,386
)
In-kind
redemptions
—
unaffiliated
(a)
...................................................................................
2,900,113
(
2,728,586
)
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on:
Investments
—
unaffiliated
.........................................................................................
28,878,267
Investments
—
affiliated
...........................................................................................
(
142
)
Futures
contracts
...............................................................................................
12,849
28,890,974
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain
........................................................................................
26,162,388
NET
INCREASE
IN
NET
ASSETS
RESULTING
FROM
OPERATIONS
...............................................................
$
30,515,272
(a)
See
Note
2
of
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
14
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Year
Ended
08/31/22
INCREASE
(DECREASE)
IN
NET
ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net
investment
income
............................................................................
$
4,352,884
$
6,996,390
Net
realized
loss
................................................................................
(
2,728,586
)
(
3,147,196
)
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
........................................................
28,890,974
(
128,331,485
)
Net
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
resulting
from
operations
...................................................
30,515,272
(
124,482,291
)
DISTRIBUTIONS
TO
SHAREHOLDERS
(a)
Decrease
in
net
assets
resulting
from
distributions
to
shareholders
.................................................
(
4,870,258
)
(
6,071,436
)
CAPITAL
SHARE
TRANSACTIONS
Net
increase
in
net
assets
derived
from
capital
share
transactions
.................................................
24,397,963
300,630,783
NET
ASSETS
Total
increase
in
net
assets
...........................................................................
50,042,977
170,077,056
Beginning
of
period
................................................................................
589,182,424
419,105,368
End
of
period
....................................................................................
$
639,225,401
$
589,182,424
(a)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
15
Financial
Highlights
Financial
Highlights
(For
a
share
outstanding
throughout
each
period)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
(unaudited)
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Year
Ended
08/31/21
Period
From
06/16/20
(a)
to
08/31/20
Net
asset
value,
beginning
of
period
......................................
$
30.93
$
38.10
$
29.04
$
25.43
Net
investment
income
(b)
..............................................
0.22
0.42
0.38
0.06
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain
(loss)
(c)
....................................
1.22
(7.20
)
8.99
3.55
Net
increase
(decrease)
from
investment
operations
.............................
1.44
(6.78
)
9.37
3.61
Distributions
(d)
–
–
–
–
From
net
investment
income
...........................................
(0.25
)
(0.39
)
(0.30
)
—
From
net
realized
gains
...............................................
—
—
(0.01
)
—
Total
distributions
....................................................
(0.25
)
(0.39
)
(0.31
)
—
Net
asset
value,
end
of
period
...........................................
$
32.12
$
30.93
$
38.10
$
29.04
Total
Return
(e)
–
–
–
–
Based
on
net
asset
value
...............................................
4.73
%
(f)
(17.95
)%
32.53
%
14.20
%
(f)
Ratios
to
Average
Net
Assets
(g)
–
–
–
–
Total
expenses
......................................................
0.10
%
(h)
0.10
%
0.10
%
0.10
%
(h)
Net
investment
income
.................................................
1.44
%
(h)
1.23
%
1.09
%
1.16
%
(h)
Supplemental
Data
Net
assets,
end
of
period
(000)
...........................................
$
639,225
$
589,182
$
419,105
$
5,808
Portfolio
turnover
rate
(i)
.................................................
6
%
24
%
29
%
4
%
(a)
Commencement
of
operations.
(b)
Based
on
average
shares
outstanding.
(c)
The
amounts
reported
for
a
share
outstanding
may
not
accord
with
the
change
in
aggregate
gains
and
losses
in
securities
for
the
fiscal
period
due
to
the
timing
of
capital
share
transactions
in
relation
to
the
fluctuating
market
values
of
the
Fund’s
underlying
securities.
(d)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
(e)
Where
applicable,
assumes
the
reinvestment
of
distributions.
(f)
Not
annualized.
(g)
Excludes
fees
and
expenses
incurred
indirectly
as
a
result
of
investments
in
underlying
funds.
(h)
Annualized.
(i)
Portfolio
turnover
rate
excludes
in-kind
transactions.
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
16
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
1.
Organization
iShares
Trust
(the
“Trust”)
is
registered
under
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended
(the
“1940
Act”),
as
an
open-end
management
investment
company.
The
Trust
is
organized
as
a
Delaware
statutory
trust
and
is
authorized
to
have
multiple
series
or
portfolios.
These
financial
statements
relate
only
to
the
following
fund
(the
“Fund”):
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
Fund
is
considered
an
investment
company
under
U.S.
GAAP
and
follows
the
accounting
and
reporting
guidance
applicable
to
investment
companies.
Below
is
a
summary
of
significant
accounting
policies:
Investment
Transactions
and
Income
Recognition:
For
financial
reporting
purposes,
investment
transactions
are
recorded
on
the
dates
the
transactions
are
executed.
Realized
gains
and
losses
on
investment
transactions
are
determined
using
the
specific
identification
method. Dividend
income
and
capital
gain
distributions,
if
any,
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
date.
Non-cash
dividends,
if
any,
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
date
at
fair
value. Dividends
from
foreign
securities
where
the
ex-dividend
date
may
have
passed
are
subsequently
recorded
when
the
Fund
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
or
as
estimated
by
management,
a
portion
of
the
dividend
income
received
from
a
real
estate
investment
trust
may
be
redesignated
as
a
reduction
of
cost
of
the
related
investment
and/or
realized
gain. Interest
income,
including
amortization
and
accretion
of
premiums
and
discounts
on
debt
securities,
is
recognized
daily
on
an
accrual
basis.
Foreign
Taxes:
The
Fund
may
be
subject
to
foreign
taxes
(a
portion
of
which
may
be
reclaimable)
on
income,
stock
dividends,
capital
gains
on
investments,
or
certain
foreign
currency
transactions.
All
foreign
taxes
are
recorded
in
accordance
with
the
applicable
foreign
tax
regulations
and
rates
that
exist
in
the
foreign
jurisdictions
in
which
the
Fund
invests.
These
foreign
taxes,
if
any,
are
paid
by
the
Fund
and
are
reflected
in
its
Statement
of
Operations
as
follows:
foreign
taxes
withheld
at
source
are
presented
as
a
reduction
of
income,
foreign
taxes
on
securities
lending
income
are
presented
as
a
reduction
of
securities
lending
income,
foreign
taxes
on
stock
dividends
are
presented
as
“Other
foreign
taxes”,
and
foreign
taxes
on
capital
gains
from
sales
of
investments
and
foreign
taxes
on
foreign
currency
transactions
are
included
in
their
respective
net
realized
gain
(loss)
categories.
Foreign
taxes
payable
or
deferred
as
of
February
28,
2023,
if
any,
are
disclosed
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
The
Fund
files
withholding
tax
reclaims
in
certain
jurisdictions
to
recover
a
portion
of
amounts
previously
withheld.
The
Fund
may
record
a
reclaim
receivable
based
on
collectability,
which
includes
factors
such
as
the
jurisdiction’s
applicable
laws,
payment
history
and
market
convention.
The
Statement
of
Operations
includes
tax
reclaims
recorded
as
well
as
professional
and
other
fees,
if
any,
associated
with
recovery
of
foreign
withholding
taxes.
Collateralization:
If
required
by
an
exchange
or
counterparty
agreement,
the
Fund
may
be
required
to
deliver/deposit
cash
and/or
securities
to/with
an
exchange,
or
broker-
dealer
or
custodian
as
collateral
for
certain
investments.
In-kind
Redemptions:
For
financial
reporting
purposes,
in-kind
redemptions
are
treated
as
sales
of
securities
resulting
in
realized
capital
gains
or
losses
to
the
Fund.
Because
such
gains
or
losses
are
not
taxable
to
the
Fund
and
are
not
distributed
to
existing
Fund
shareholders,
the
gains
or
losses
are
reclassified
from
accumulated
net
realized
gain
(loss)
to
paid-in
capital
at
the
end
of
the Fund’s
tax
year.
These
reclassifications
have
no
effect
on
net
assets
or
net
asset
value
(“NAV”)
per
share.
Distributions:
Dividends
and
distributions
paid
by the
Fund
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
dates.
Distributions
are
determined
on
a
tax
basis
and
may
differ
from
net
investment
income
and net
realized
capital
gains
for
financial
reporting
purposes.
Dividends
and
distributions
are
paid
in
U.S.
dollars
and
cannot
be
automatically
reinvested
in
additional
shares
of
the
Fund.
The
character
and
timing
of
distributions
are
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations,
which
may
differ
from
U.S.
GAAP.
Indemnifications:
In
the
normal
course
of
business,
the
Fund
enters
into
contracts
that
contain
a
variety
of
representations
that
provide
general
indemnification.
The
Fund’s
maximum
exposure
under
these
arrangements
is
unknown
because
it
involves
future
potential
claims
against
the
Fund,
which
cannot
be
predicted
with
any
certainty.
3.
Investment
Valuation
and
Fair
Value
Measurements
Investment
Valuation
Policies:
The
Fund’s
investments
are
valued
at
fair
value
(also
referred
to
as
“market
value”
within
the
financial
statements)
each
day
that
the
Fund’s
listing
exchange
is
open
and,
for
financial
reporting
purposes,
as
of
the
report
date.
U.S.
GAAP
defines
fair
value
as
the
price
a
fund
would
receive
to
sell
an
asset
or
pay
to
transfer
a
liability
in
an
orderly
transaction
between
market
participants
at
the
measurement
date.
The
Board
of Trustees of
the
Trust (the
“Board”) of
the
Fund
has
approved
the
designation
of
BlackRock
Fund
Advisors
(“BFA”),
the
Fund’s
investment
adviser, as
the
valuation
designee
for
the
Fund.
The
Fund
determines
the
fair
values
of
its
financial
instruments
using
various
independent
dealers
or
pricing
services
under
BFA’s
policies.
If
a
security’s
market
price
is
not
readily
available
or
does
not
otherwise
accurately
represent
the
fair
value
of
the
security,
the
security
will
be
valued
in
accordance
with
BFA’s
policies
and
procedures
as
reflecting
fair
value.
BFA
has
formed
a
committee
(the
“Valuation
Committee”)
to
develop
pricing
policies
and
procedures
and
to
oversee
the
pricing
function
for
all
financial
instruments,
with
assistance
from
other
BlackRock
pricing
committees.
iShares
ETF
Diversification
Classification
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
..............................................................................................
Non-diversified
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(
continued)
17
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
Fair
Value
Inputs
and
Methodologies:
The
following
methods
and
inputs
are
used
to
establish
the
fair
value
of
the
Fund’s
assets
and
liabilities:
Equity
investments
traded
on
a
recognized
securities
exchange
are
valued
at
that
day’s
official
closing
price,
as
applicable,
on
the
exchange
where
the
stock
is
primarily
traded.
Equity
investments
traded
on
a
recognized
exchange
for
which
there
were
no
sales
on
that
day
are
valued
at
the
last
traded
price.
Investments
in
open-end
U.S.
mutual
funds
(including
money
market
funds)
are
valued
at
that
day’s
published
NAV.
Futures
contracts
are
valued
based
on
that
day’s
last
reported
settlement
or
trade
price
on
the
exchange
where
the
contract
is
traded.
If
events
(e.g.,
market
volatility,
company
announcement
or
a
natural
disaster)
occur
that
are
expected
to
materially
affect
the
value
of
such
investment,
or
in
the
event
that
application
of
these
methods
of
valuation
results
in
a
price
for
an
investment
that
is
deemed
not
to
be
representative
of
the
market
value
of
such
investment,
or
if
a
price
is
not
available,
the
investment
will
be
valued
by
the
Valuation
Committee,
in
accordance
with BFA’s
policies
and
procedures
as
reflecting
fair
value
(“Fair
Valued
Investments”).
The
fair
valuation
approaches
that
may
be
used
by
the
Valuation
Committee
include
market
approach,
income
approach
and
cost
approach.
Valuation
techniques
such
as
discounted
cash
flow,
use
of
market
comparables
and
matrix
pricing
are
types
of
valuation
approaches
and
are
typically
used
in
determining
fair
value.
When
determining
the
price
for
Fair
Valued
Investments,
the
Valuation
Committee
seeks
to
determine
the
price
that the
Fund
might
reasonably
expect
to
receive
or
pay
from
the
current
sale
or
purchase
of
that
asset
or
liability
in
an
arm’s-length
transaction.
Fair
value
determinations
shall
be
based
upon
all
available
factors
that
the
Valuation
Committee
deems
relevant
and
consistent
with
the
principles
of
fair
value
measurement.
Fair
value
pricing
could
result
in
a
difference
between
the
prices
used
to
calculate
a
fund’s
NAV
and
the
prices
used
by
the
fund’s
underlying
index,
which
in
turn
could
result
in
a
difference
between
the
fund’s
performance
and
the
performance
of
the
fund’s
underlying
index.
Fair
Value
Hierarchy:
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
These
inputs
to
valuation
techniques
are
categorized
into
a
fair
value
hierarchy
consisting
of
three
broad
levels
for
financial
reporting
purposes
as
follows:
Level
1
–
Unadjusted
price
quotations
in
active
markets/exchanges
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
that the
Fund
has
the
ability
to
access;
Level
2
–
Other
observable
inputs
(including,
but
not
limited
to,
quoted
prices
for
similar
assets
or
liabilities
in
markets
that
are
active,
quoted
prices
for
identical
or
similar
assets
or
liabilities
in
markets
that
are
not
active,
inputs
other
than
quoted
prices
that
are
observable
for
the
assets
or
liabilities
(such
as
interest
rates,
yield
curves,
volatilities,
prepayment
speeds,
loss
severities,
credit
risks
and
default
rates)
or
other
market-corroborated
inputs);
and
Level
3
–
Unobservable
inputs
based
on
the
best
information
available
in
the
circumstances,
to
the
extent
observable
inputs
are
not
available,
(including
the
Valuation
Committee’s
assumptions
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments).
The
hierarchy
gives
the
highest
priority
to
unadjusted
quoted
prices
in
active
markets
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
(Level
1
measurements)
and
the
lowest
priority
to
unobservable
inputs
(Level
3
measurements).
Accordingly,
the
degree
of
judgment
exercised
in
determining
fair
value
is
greatest
for
instruments
categorized
in
Level
3.
The
inputs
used
to
measure
fair
value
may
fall
into
different
levels
of
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
In
such
cases,
for
disclosure
purposes,
the
fair
value
hierarchy
classification
is
determined
based
on
the
lowest
level
input
that
is
significant
to
the
fair
value
measurement
in
its
entirety.
Investments
classified
within
Level
3
have
significant
unobservable
inputs
used
by
the
Valuation
Committee
in
determining
the
price
for
Fair
Valued
Investments.
Level
3
investments
include
equity
or
debt
issued
by
privately
held
companies
or
funds
that
may
not
have
a
secondary
market
and/or
may
have
a
limited
number
of
investors.
The
categorization
of
a
value
determined
for
financial
instruments
is
based
on
the
pricing
transparency
of
the
financial
instruments
and
is
not
necessarily
an
indication
of
the
risks
associated
with
investing
in
those
securities.
4.
Securities
and
Other
Investments
Securities
Lending:
The
Fund
may
lend
its
securities
to
approved
borrowers,
such
as
brokers,
dealers
and
other
financial
institutions.
The
borrower
pledges
and
maintains
with
the
Fund
collateral
consisting
of
cash,
an
irrevocable
letter
of
credit
issued
by
an
approved
bank,
or
securities
issued
or
guaranteed
by
the
U.S.
government.
The
initial
collateral
received
by
the
Fund
is
required
to
have
a
value
of
at
least
102%
of
the
current
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
for
securities
traded
on
U.S.
exchanges
and
a
value
of
at
least
105%
for
all
other
securities.
The
collateral
is
maintained
thereafter
at
a
value
equal
to
at
least
100%
of
the
current
value
of
the
securities
on
loan.
The
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
is
determined
at
the
close
of
each
business
day
of
the
Fund
and
any
additional
required
collateral
is
delivered
to
the
Fund
or
excess
collateral
is
returned
by
the
Fund,
on
the
next
business
day.
During
the
term
of
the
loan,
the
Fund
is
entitled
to
all
distributions
made
on
or
in
respect
of
the
loaned
securities
but
does
not
receive
interest
income
on
securities
received
as
collateral.
Loans
of
securities
are
terminable
at
any
time
and
the
borrower,
after
notice,
is
required
to
return
borrowed
securities
within
the
standard
time
period
for
settlement
of
securities
transactions.
As
of
period
end,
any
securities
on
loan
were
collateralized
by
cash
and/or
U.S.
Government
obligations.
Cash
collateral
invested
in
money
market
funds
managed
by BFA,
or
its
affiliates
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
Any
non-cash
collateral
received
cannot
be
sold,
re-invested
or
pledged
by
the
Fund,
except
in
the
event
of
borrower
default.
The
securities
on
loan,
if
any,
are
also
disclosed
in
the
Fund’s Schedule
of
Investments.
The
market
value
of
any
securities
on
loan
and
the
value
of
any
related
cash
collateral
are
disclosed
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Securities
lending
transactions
are
entered
into
by
the
Fund
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
Fund,
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
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 Fund
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.
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(continued)
18
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to
Shareholders
As
of
period
end,
the
following
table
is
a
summary
of
the
securities
on
loan
by
counterparty
which
are
subject
to
offset
under
an
MSLA:
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
Fund
benefits
from
a
borrower
default
indemnity
provided
by
BlackRock,
Inc.
(“BlackRock”).
BlackRock’s
indemnity
allows
for
full
replacement
of
the
securities
loaned
to
the
extent
the
collateral
received
does
not
cover
the
value
of
the
securities
loaned
in
the
event
of
borrower
default.
The
Fund
could
incur
a
loss
if
the
value
of
an
investment
purchased
with
cash
collateral
falls
below
the
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
or
if
the
value
of
an
investment
purchased
with
cash
collateral
falls
below
the
value
of
the
original
cash
collateral
received.
Such
losses
are
borne
entirely
by
the
Fund.
5.
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
Contracts:
Futures
contracts
are
purchased
or
sold
to
gain
exposure
to,
or
manage
exposure
to,
changes
in
interest
rates
(interest
rate
risk)
and
changes
in
the
value
of
equity
securities
(equity
risk)
or
foreign
currencies
(foreign
currency
exchange
rate
risk).
Futures
contracts
are
exchange-traded
agreements
between
the
Fund
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
Fund
is
required
to
deposit
initial
margin
with
the
broker
in
the
form
of
cash
or
securities
in
an
amount
that
varies
depending
on
a
contract’s
size
and
risk
profile.
The
initial
margin
deposit
must
then
be
maintained
at
an
established
level
over
the
life
of
the
contract.
Amounts
pledged,
which
are
considered
restricted,
are
included
in
cash
pledged
for
futures
contracts
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Securities
deposited
as
initial
margin
are
designated
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
and
cash
deposited,
if
any,
are
shown
as
cash
pledged
for
futures
contracts
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Pursuant
to
the
contract,
the
Fund
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
notional
amount
of
the
contract
at
the
time
it
was
opened
and
the
notional
amount
at
the
time
it
was
closed.
The
use
of
futures
contracts
involves
the
risk
of
an
imperfect
correlation
in
the
movements
in
the
price
of
futures
contracts
and
interest
rates,
foreign
currency
exchange
rates
or
underlying
assets.
6.
Investment
Advisory
Agreement
and
Other
Transactions
with
Affiliates
Investment
Advisory
Fees:
Pursuant
to
an
Investment
Advisory
Agreement
with
the
Trust, BFA
manages
the
investment
of
the
Fund’s
assets.
BFA
is
a
California
corporation
indirectly
owned
by
BlackRock.
Under
the
Investment
Advisory
Agreement,
BFA
is
responsible
for
substantially
all
expenses
of
the
Fund,
except
(i)
interest
and
taxes;
(ii)
brokerage
commissions
and
other
expenses
connected
with
the
execution
of
portfolio
transactions;
(iii)
distribution
fees;
(iv)
the
advisory
fee
payable
to
BFA;
and
(v)
litigation
expenses
and
any
extraordinary
expenses
(in
each
case
as
determined
by
a
majority
of
the
independent
trustees).
For
its
investment
advisory
services
to the
Fund,
BFA
is
entitled
to
an
annual
investment
advisory
fee,
accrued
daily
and
paid
monthly
by
the
Fund,
based
on
the
average
daily
net
assets
of the
Fund
as
follows:
Distributor:
BlackRock
Investments,
LLC
(“BRIL”),
an
affiliate
of
BFA,
is
the
distributor
for
the
Fund.
Pursuant
to
the
distribution
agreement,
BFA
is
responsible
for
any
fees
or
expenses
for
distribution
services
provided
to
the
Fund.
iShares
ETF
and
Counterparty
Securities
Loaned
at
Value
Cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
Non-Cash
Collateral
Received,
at
Fair
Value
(a)
Net
Amount
(b)
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
Barclays
Bank
PLC
...........................................
$
5,740
$
(5,688
)
$
—
$
52
Barclays
Capital,
Inc.
.........................................
5,540
(5,507
)
—
33
Citigroup
Global
Markets,
Inc.
....................................
1,349,278
(1,349,278
)
—
—
HSBC
Bank
PLC
............................................
27,505
(27,505
)
—
—
J.P.
Morgan
Securities
LLC
.....................................
2,850,071
(2,850,071
)
—
—
Jefferies
LLC
...............................................
121,762
(121,762
)
—
—
Morgan
Stanley
.............................................
1,713,016
(1,698,865
)
—
14,151
RBC
Capital
Markets
LLC
......................................
573,611
(573,611
)
—
—
State
Street
Bank
&
Trust
Co.
....................................
489,983
(489,983
)
—
—
Toronto-Dominion
Bank
........................................
714,143
(714,143
)
—
—
UBS
AG
..................................................
1,575,227
(1,575,227
)
—
—
UBS
Securities
LLC
..........................................
281,052
(279,812
)
—
1,240
$
9,706,928
$
(9,691,452
)
$
—
$
15,476
a
(a)
Collateral
received,
if
any,
in
excess
of
the
market
value
of
securities
on
loan
is
not
presented
in
this
table.
The
total
cash
collateral
received
by
the
Fund
is
disclosed
in
the
Fund’s
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
(b)
The
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
is
determined
as
of
February
28,
2023.
Additional
collateral
is
delivered
to
the
Fund
on
the
next
business
day
in
accordance
with
the
MSLA.
The
net
amount
would
be
subject
to
the
borrower
default
indemnity
in
the
event
of
default
by
the
counterparty.
iShares
ETF
Investment
Advisory
Fees
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
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.
.
.
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.
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.
.
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.
.
.
.
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.
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.
.
.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
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.
.
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.
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.
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.
0.10%
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(
continued)
19
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
ETF
Servicing
Fees:
The
Fund
has
entered
into
an
ETF
Services
Agreement
with
BRIL
to
perform
certain
order
processing,
Authorized
Participant
communications,
and
related
services
in
connection
with
the
issuance
and
redemption
of
Creation
Units
(“ETF
Services”).
BRIL
is
entitled
to
a
transaction
fee
from
Authorized
Participants
on
each
creation
or
redemption
order
for
the
ETF
Services
provided.
The
Fund
does
not
pay
BRIL
for
ETF
Services.
Securities
Lending:
The
U.S.
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission
(the
“SEC”)
has
issued
an
exemptive
order
which
permits
BlackRock
Institutional
Trust
Company,
N.A.
(“BTC”),
an
affiliate
of
BFA,
to
serve
as
securities
lending
agent
for
the
Fund,
subject
to
applicable
conditions.
As
securities
lending
agent,
BTC
bears
all
operational
costs
directly
related
to
securities
lending,
including
any
custodial
costs.
The
Fund
is
responsible
for
fees
in
connection
with
the
investment
of
cash
collateral
received
for
securities
on
loan
(the
“collateral
investment
fees”).
The
cash
collateral
is
invested
in
a
money
market
fund,
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional
or
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
managed
by
BFA,
or
its
affiliates.
However,
BTC
has
agreed
to
reduce
the
amount
of
securities
lending
income
it
receives
in
order
to
effectively
limit
the
collateral
investment
fees the
Fund
bears
to
an
annual
rate
of
0.04%.
The
SL
Agency
Shares
of
such
money
market
fund
will
not
be
subject
to
a
load,
distribution
fee
or
service
fee.
The
money
market
fund
in
which
the
cash
collateral
has
been
invested
may,
under
certain
circumstances,
impose
a
liquidity
fee
of
up
to
2%
of
the
value
redeemed
or
temporarily
restrict
redemptions
for
up
to
10
business
days
during
a
90
day
period,
in
the
event
that
the
money
market
fund’s
weekly
liquid
assets
fall
below
certain
thresholds.
Securities
lending
income
is
equal
to
the
total
of
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral,
net
of
fees
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities,
and
less
the
collateral
investment
fees.
The
Fund
retains
a
portion
of
securities
lending
income
and
remits
the
remaining
portion
to
BTC
as
compensation
for
its
services
as
securities
lending
agent.
Pursuant
to
the
current
securities
lending
agreement,
the
Fund
retains
81%
of
securities
lending
income
(which
excludes
collateral
investment
fees)
and
the
amount
retained
can
never
be
less
than
70%
of
the
total
of
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees.
In
addition,
commencing
the
business
day
following
the
date
that
the
aggregate
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees
generated
across
all
1940
Act
iShares
exchange-traded
funds
(the
“iShares
ETF
Complex”)
in
that
calendar
year
exceeds
a
specified
threshold, the
Fund,
pursuant
to
the
securities
lending
agreement,
will
retain
for
the
remainder
of
that
calendar
year
81%
of
securities
lending
income
(which
excludes
collateral
investment
fees),
and
the
amount
retained
can
never
be
less
than
70%
of
the
total
of
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees.
The
share
of
securities
lending
income
earned
by
the
Fund
is
shown
as
securities
lending
income
–
affiliated
–
net
in
its
Statement
of
Operations.
For
the six
months
ended
February
28,
2023,
the
Fund
paid
BTC
$9,909 for
securities
lending
agent
services.
Officers
and
Trustees:
Certain
officers
and/or
trustees
of
the
Trust
are
officers
and/or trustees
of
BlackRock
or
its
affiliates.
Other
Transactions:
Cross
trading
is
the
buying
or
selling
of
portfolio
securities
between
funds
to
which
BFA
(or
an
affiliate)
serves
as
investment
adviser.
At
its
regularly
scheduled
quarterly
meetings,
the
Board
reviews
such
transactions
as
of
the
most
recent
calendar
quarter
for
compliance
with
the
requirements
and
restrictions
set
forth
by
Rule
17a-7.
For
the
six
months
ended
February
28,
2023,
transactions
executed
by
the
Fund
pursuant
to
Rule
17a-7
under
the
1940
Act
were
as
follows:
The
Fund
may
invest
its
positive
cash
balances
in
certain
money
market
funds
managed
by
BFA
or
an
affiliate.
The
income
earned
on
these
temporary
cash
investments
is
shown
as
dividends
–
affiliated
in
the
Statement
of
Operations.
A
fund,
in
order
to
improve
its
portfolio
liquidity
and
its
ability
to
track
its
underlying
index,
may
invest
in
shares
of
other
iShares
funds
that
invest
in
securities
in
the
fund’s
underlying
index.
7.
Purchases
and
Sales
For
the six
months
ended
February
28,
2023,
purchases
and
sales
of
investments,
excluding
short-term
securities
and
in-kind
transactions,
were
as
follows:
For
the six
months
ended
February
28,
2023,
in-kind
transactions
were
as
follows:
8.
Income
Tax
Information
The
Fund
is
treated
as
an
entity
separate
from
the
Trust’s
other
funds
for
federal
income
tax
purposes.
It
is
the
Fund’s
policy
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
of
1986,
as
amended,
applicable
to
regulated
investment
companies,
and
to
distribute
substantially
all
of
its
taxable
income
to
its
shareholders.
Therefore,
no
U.S.
federal
income
tax
provision
is
required.
Management
has
analyzed
tax
laws
and
regulations
and
their
application
to
the
Fund
as
of
February
28,
2023,
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
Fund’s
financial
statements.
iShares
ETF
Purchases
Sales
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
.........................................................
$
13,306,134
$
15,186,263
$
(1,352,061
)
iShares
ETF
Purchases
Sales
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
...........................................................................
$
35,117,447
$
35,852,119
iShares
ETF
In-kind
Purchases
In-kind
Sales
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
...........................................................................
$
44,346,127
$
20,031,549
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(continued)
20
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
As
of August
31,
2022,
the
Fund
had
non-expiring
capital
loss
carryforwards
available
to
offset
future
realized
capital
gains
as
follows:
As
of
February
28,
2023,
gross
unrealized
appreciation
and
depreciation
based
on
cost
of
investments
(including
short
positions
and
derivatives,
if
any)
for
U.S.
federal
income
tax
purposes
were
as
follows:
9.
Principal
Risks
In
the
normal
course
of
business,
the
Fund
invests
in
securities
or
other
instruments
and
may
enter
into
certain
transactions,
and
such
activities
subject
the
Fund
to
various
risks,
including,
among
others,
fluctuations
in
the
market
(market
risk)
or
failure
of
an
issuer
to
meet
all
of
its
obligations.
The
value
of
securities
or
other
instruments
may
also
be
affected
by
various
factors,
including,
without
limitation:
(i)
the
general
economy;
(ii)
the
overall
market
as
well
as
local,
regional
or
global
political
and/or
social
instability;
(iii)
regulation,
taxation
or
international
tax
treaties
between
various
countries;
or
(iv)
currency,
interest
rate
or
price
fluctuations.
Local,
regional
or
global
events
such
as
war,
acts
of
terrorism,
the
spread
of
infectious
illness
or
other
public
health
issues,
recessions,
or
other
events
could
have
a
significant
impact
on
the
Fund
and
its
investments. The
Fund’s
prospectus
provides
details
of
the
risks
to
which
the
Fund
is
subject.
BFA
uses
a
“passive”
or
index
approach
to
try
to
achieve
the
Fund’s
investment
objective
following
the
securities
included
in
its
underlying
index
during
upturns
as
well
as
downturns.
BFA
does
not
take
steps
to
reduce
market
exposure
or
to
lessen
the
effects
of
a
declining
market.
Divergence
from
the
underlying
index
and
the
composition
of
the
portfolio
is
monitored
by
BFA.
The
Fund
may
be
exposed
to
additional
risks
when
reinvesting
cash
collateral
in
money
market
funds
that
do
not
seek
to
maintain
a
stable
NAV
per
share
of
$1.00,
which
may
be
subject
to
redemption
gates
or
liquidity
fees
under
certain
circumstances.
Infectious
Illness
Risk:
An
outbreak
of
an
infectious
illness,
such
as
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
may
adversely
impact
the
economies
of
many
nations
and
the
global
economy
and
may
impact
individual
issuers
and
capital
markets
in
ways
that
cannot
be
foreseen.
An
infectious
illness
outbreak
may
result
in,
among
other
things,
closed
international
borders,
prolonged
quarantines,
supply
chain
disruptions,
market
volatility
or
disruptions
and
other
significant
economic,
social
and
political
impacts.
Valuation
Risk:
The
market
values
of
equities,
such
as
common
stocks
and
preferred
securities
or
equity
related
investments,
such
as
futures
and
options,
may
decline
due
to
general
market
conditions
which
are
not
specifically
related
to
a
particular
company.
They
may
also
decline
due
to
factors
which
affect
a
particular
industry
or
industries.
A
fund
may
invest
in
illiquid
investments.
An
illiquid
investment
is
any
investment
that
a
fund
reasonably
expects
cannot
be
sold
or
disposed
of
in
current
market
conditions
in
seven
calendar
days
or
less
without
the
sale
or
disposition
significantly
changing
the
market
value
of
the
investment.
A
fund
may
experience
difficulty
in
selling
illiquid
investments
in
a
timely
manner
at
the
price
that
it
believes
the
investments
are
worth.
Prices
may
fluctuate
widely
over
short
or
extended
periods
in
response
to
company,
market
or
economic
news.
Markets
also
tend
to
move
in
cycles,
with
periods
of
rising
and
falling
prices.
This
volatility
may
cause
a
fund’s
NAV
to
experience
significant
increases
or
decreases
over
short
periods
of
time.
If
there
is
a
general
decline
in
the
securities
and
other
markets,
the
NAV
of
a
fund
may
lose
value,
regardless
of
the
individual
results
of
the
securities
and
other
instruments
in
which
a
fund
invests.
Counterparty
Credit
Risk:
The
Fund
may
be
exposed
to
counterparty
credit
risk,
or
the
risk
that
an
entity
may
fail
to
or
be
unable
to
perform
on
its
commitments
related
to
unsettled
or
open
transactions,
including
making
timely
interest
and/or
principal
payments
or
otherwise
honoring
its
obligations.
The
Fund
manages
counterparty
credit
risk
by
entering
into
transactions
only
with
counterparties
that
BFA
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
Statement
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,
a
fund
does
not
have
a
contractual
right
of
offset
against
a
clearing
broker
or
clearinghouse
in
the
event
of
a
default
(including
the
bankruptcy
or
insolvency).
Additionally,
credit
risk
exists
in
exchange-traded
futures
with
respect
to
initial
and
variation
margin
that
is
held
in
a
clearing
broker’s
customer
accounts.
While
clearing
brokers
are
required
to
segregate
customer
margin
from
their
own
assets,
in
the
event
that
a
clearing
broker
becomes
insolvent
or
goes
into
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:
A
diversified
portfolio,
where
this
is
appropriate
and
consistent
with
a
fund’s
objectives,
minimizes
the
risk
that
a
price
change
of
a
particular
investment
will
have
a
material
impact
on
the
NAV
of
a
fund.
The
investment
concentrations
within
the
Fund’s
portfolio
are
disclosed
in
its
Schedule
of
Investments.
The
Fund
invests
a
significant
portion
of
its
assets
in
securities
within
a
single
or
limited
number
of
market
sectors.
When
a
fund
concentrates
its
investments
in
this
manner,
it
assumes
the
risk
that
economic,
regulatory,
political
and
social
conditions
affecting
such
sectors
may
have
a
significant
impact
on
the
fund
and
could
affect
the
income
from,
or
the
value
or
liquidity
of,
the
fund’s
portfolio.
Investment
percentages
in
specific
sectors
are
presented
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
iShares
ETF
Amounts
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
.............................................................................................
$
19,923,087
iShares
ETF
Tax
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
.......................................
$
707,496,935
$
31,782,256
$
(91,021,127
)
$
(59,238,871
)
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(unaudited)
(
continued)
21
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
Significant
Shareholder
Redemption
Risk:
Certain
shareholders
may
own
or
manage
a
substantial
amount
of
fund
shares
and/or
hold
their
fund
investments
for
a
limited
period
of
time.
Large
redemptions
of
fund
shares
by
these
shareholders
may
force
a
fund
to
sell
portfolio
securities,
which
may
negatively
impact
the
fund’s
NAV,
increase
the
fund’s
brokerage
costs,
and/or
accelerate
the
realization
of
taxable
income/gains
and
cause
the
fund
to
make
additional
taxable
distributions
to
shareholders.
LIBOR
Transition
Risk:
The
Fund
may
be
exposed
to
financial
instruments
that
are
tied
to
the
London
Interbank
Offered
Rate
(“LIBOR”)
to
determine
payment
obligations,
financing
terms,
hedging
strategies
or
investment
value.
The
United
Kingdom’s
Financial
Conduct
Authority,
which
regulates
LIBOR,
announced
that
a
majority
of
USD
LIBOR
settings
will
no
longer
be
published
after
June
30,
2023.
All
other
LIBOR
settings
and
certain
other
interbank
offered
rates
ceased
to
be
published
after
December
31,
2021.
The
Secured
Overnight
Financing
Rate
(“SOFR”)
has
been
used
increasingly
on
a
voluntary
basis
in
new
instruments
and
transactions.
The
Federal
Reserve
Board
adopted
regulations
that
provide
a
fallback
mechanism
by
identifying
benchmark
rates
based
on
SOFR
that
will
replace
LIBOR
in certain
financial
contracts
after
June
30,
2023.
The
ultimate
effect
of
the
LIBOR
transition
process
on
the
Fund
is
uncertain.
10.
Capital
Share
Transactions
Capital
shares
are
issued
and
redeemed
by the
Fund
only
in
aggregations
of
a
specified
number
of
shares
or
multiples
thereof
(“Creation
Units”)
at
NAV.
Except
when
aggregated
in
Creation
Units,
shares
of
the
Fund
are
not
redeemable.
Transactions
in
capital
shares
were
as
follows:
The
consideration
for
the
purchase
of
Creation
Units
of
a
fund
in
the
Trust
generally
consists
of
the
in-kind
deposit
of
a
designated
portfolio
of
securities
and
a
specified
amount
of
cash.
Certain
funds
in
the
Trust
may
be
offered
in
Creation
Units
solely
or
partially
for
cash
in
U.S.
dollars.
Investors
purchasing
and
redeeming
Creation
Units
may
pay
a
purchase
transaction
fee
and
a
redemption
transaction
fee
directly
BRIL,
to
offset
transfer
and
other
transaction
costs
associated
with
the
issuance
and
redemption
of
Creation
Units,
including
Creation
Units
for
cash.
Investors
transacting
in
Creation
Units
for
cash
may
also
pay
an
additional
variable
charge
to
compensate
the
relevant
fund
for
certain
transaction
costs
(i.e.,
stamp
taxes,
taxes
on
currency
or
other
financial
transactions,
and
brokerage
costs)
and
market
impact
expenses
relating
to
investing
in
portfolio
securities.
Such
variable
charges,
if
any,
are
included
in
shares
sold
in
the
table
above.
From
time
to
time,
settlement
of
securities
related
to
in-kind
contributions
or
in-kind
redemptions
may
be
delayed.
In
such
cases,
securities
related
to
in-kind
transactions
are
reflected
as
a
receivable
or
a
payable
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
11.
Subsequent
Events
Management
has
evaluated
the
impact
of
all
subsequent
events
on
the
Fund
through
the
date
the
financial
statements
were
available
to
be
issued
and
has
determined
that
there
were
no
subsequent
events
requiring
adjustment
or
additional
disclosure
in
the
financial
statements.
Six
Months
Ended
02/28/23
Year
Ended
08/31/22
iShares
ETF
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
Shares
sold
...............................................
1,500,000
$
44,537,644
11,500,000
$
415,134,537
Shares
redeemed
...........................................
(650,000
)
(20,139,681
)
(3,450,000
)
(114,503,754
)
850,000
$
24,397,963
8,050,000
$
300,630,783
Statement
Regarding
Liquidity
Risk
Management
Program
(unaudited)
22
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
In
compliance
with
Rule
22e-4
under
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended
(the
“Liquidity
Rule”),
iShares
Trust
(the
“Trust”)
has
adopted
and
implemented
a
liquidity
risk
management
program
(the
“Program”)
for iShares
ESG
Advanced
MSCI
USA
ETF
(the
“Fund”
or
“ETF”),
a
series
of
the
Trust,
which
is
reasonably
designed
to
assess
and
manage the
Fund’s
liquidity
risk.
The
Board
of
Trustees
(the
“Board”)
of
the
Trust,
on
behalf
of
the
Fund,
met
on
December
9,
2022
(the
“Meeting”)
to
review
the
Program.
The
Board
previously
appointed
BlackRock
Fund
Advisors
(“BlackRock”),
the
investment
adviser
to
the
Fund,
as
the
program
administrator
for
the
Fund’s
Program.
BlackRock
also
previously
delegated
oversight
of
the
Program
to
the
40
Act
Liquidity
Risk
Management
Committee
(the
“Committee”).
At
the
Meeting,
the
Committee,
on
behalf
of
BlackRock,
provided
the
Board
with
a
report
that
addressed
the
operation
of
the
Program
and
assessed
its
adequacy
and
effectiveness
of
implementation,
including
the
management
of the
Fund’s
Highly
Liquid
Investment
Minimum
(“HLIM”)
where
applicable,
and
any
material
changes
to
the
Program
(the
“Report”).
The
Report
covered
the
period
from
October
1,
2021
through
September
30,
2022
(the
“Program
Reporting
Period”).
The
Report
described
the
Program’s
liquidity
classification
methodology
for
categorizing
the
Fund’s
investments
(including
derivative
transactions)
into
one
of
four
liquidity
buckets.
It
also
referenced
the
methodology
used
by
BlackRock
to
establish
the
Fund’s
HLIM
and
noted
that
the
Committee
reviews
and
ratifies
the
HLIM
assigned
to
the
Fund
no
less
frequently
than
annually.
The
Report
also
discussed
notable
events
affecting
liquidity
over
the
Program
Reporting
Period,
including
extended
market
holidays,
the
imposition
of
capital
controls
in
certain
non-U.S.
countries,
Russian
sanctions
and
the
closure
of
the
Russian
securities
market.
The
Report
noted
that
the
Program
complied
with
the
key
factors
for
consideration
under
the
Liquidity
Rule
for
assessing,
managing
and
periodically
reviewing
the
Fund’s
liquidity
risk,
as
follows:
a)
The
Fund’s
investment
strategy
and
liquidity
of
portfolio
investments
during
both
normal
and
reasonably
foreseeable
stressed
conditions.
During
the
Program
Reporting
Period,
the
Committee
reviewed
whether
the
Fund’s
strategy
is
appropriate
for
an
open-end
fund
structure,
with
a
focus
on
funds
with
more
significant
and
consistent
holdings
of
less
liquid
and
illiquid
assets.
The
Committee
also
factored
a
fund’s
concentration
in
an
issuer
into
the
liquidity
classification
methodology
by
taking
issuer
position
sizes
into
account.
Derivative
exposure
was
also
considered
in
the
calculation
of
a
fund’s
liquidity
bucketing.
Finally,
a
factor
for
consideration
under
the
Liquidity
Rule
is
a
Fund’s
use
of
borrowings
for
investment
purposes.
However,
the
Fund
does
not
borrow
for
investment
purposes.
b)
Short-term
and
long-term
cash
flow
projections
during
both
normal
and
reasonably
foreseeable
stressed
conditions.
During
the
Program
Reporting
Period,
the
Committee
reviewed
historical
redemption
activity
and
used
this
information
as
a
component
to
establish the
ETF’s
reasonably
anticipated
trading
size
(“RATS”).
The
Committee
may
also
take
into
consideration
a
fund’s
shareholder
ownership
concentration
(which,
depending
on
product
type
and
distribution
channel,
may
or
may
not
be
available),
a
fund’s
distribution
channels,
and
the
degree
of
certainty
associated
with
a
fund’s
short-term
and
long-term
cash
flow
projections.
c)
Holdings
of
cash
and
cash
equivalents,
as
well
as
borrowing
arrangements.
The
Committee
considered
that
ETFs
generally
do
not
hold
more
than
de
minimis
amounts
of
cash.
The
Committee
also
considered
that
ETFs
generally
do
not
engage
in
borrowing.
d)
The
relationship
between
an
ETF’s
portfolio
liquidity
and
the
way
in
which,
and
the
prices
and
spreads
at
which,
ETF
shares
trade,
including
the
efficiency
of
the
arbitrage
function
and
the
level
of
active
participation
by
market
participants,
including
authorized
participants.
The
Committee
monitored
the
prevailing
bid/ask
spread
and
the
ETF
price
premium
(or
discount)
to
NAV
for
all
ETFs.
However,
there
were
no
ETFs
with
persistent
deviations
of
fund
premium/
discount
or
bid/ask
spreads
from
long-term
averages
over
the
Program
Reporting
Period.
e)
The
effect
of
the
composition
of
baskets
on
the
overall
liquidity
of
an
ETF’s
portfolio.
In
reviewing
the
linkage
between
the
composition
of
custom
baskets
accepted
by
an
ETF
and
any
significant
change
in
the
liquidity
profile
of
such
ETF,
the
Committee
reviewed
changes
in
the
proportion
of the
ETF’s
portfolio
comprised
of
less
liquid
and
illiquid
holdings
to
determine
if
applicable
thresholds
were
met
requiring
enhanced
review.
There
were
no
material
changes
to
the
Program
during
the
Program
Reporting
Period
other
than
the
enhancement
of
certain
model
components
in
the
Program’s
classification
methodology.
The
Report
provided
to
the
Board
stated
that
the
Committee
concluded
that
based
on
the
operation
of
the
functions,
as
described
in
the
Report,
the
Program
is
operating
as
intended
and
is
effective
in
implementing
the
requirements
of
the
Liquidity
Rule.
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relating
to
portfolio
securities
during
the
most
recent
twelve-month
period
ending
June
30
is
available
without
charge,
upon
request
(1)
by
calling
toll-free
1-800-474-2737;
(2)
on
the
iShares
website
at
iShares.com
;
and
(3)
on
the
SEC
website
at
sec.gov
.
A
description
of
the
Trust’s
policies
and
procedures
with
respect
to
the
disclosure
of
the
Fund’s
portfolio
securities
is
available
in
the
Fund
Prospectus.
The
Fund
discloses
its
portfolio
holdings
daily
and
provides
information
regarding
its
top
holdings
in
Fund
fact
sheets
at
iShares.com
.
Glossary
of
Terms
Used
in
this
Report
24
2023
iShares
Semi-Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Portfolio
Abbreviation
NVS
Non-Voting
Shares
iS-SAR-824-0223
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to
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This
report
is
intended
for
the
Fund’s
shareholders.
It
may
not
be
distributed
to
prospective
investors
unless
it
is
preceded
or
accompanied
by
the
current
prospectus.
Investing
involves
risk,
including
possible
loss
of
principal.
The
iShares
Funds
are
distributed
by
BlackRock
Investments,
LLC
(together
with
its
affiliates,
“BlackRock”).
The
iShares
Funds
are
not
sponsored,
endorsed,
issued,
sold
or
promoted
by
MSCI
Inc.,
nor
does
this
company
make
any
representation
regarding
the
advisability
of
investing
in
the
iShares
Funds.
BlackRock
is
not
affiliated
with
the
company
listed
above.
©2023
BlackRock,
Inc.
All
rights
reserved.
iSHARES
and
BLACKROCK
are
registered
trademarks
of
BlackRock,
Inc.
or
its
subsidiaries.
All
other
marks
are
the
property
of
their
respective
owners.
(b) Not Applicable
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 6. Investments.
(a) Schedules of investments are included as part of the reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The President (the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (the registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 13. Exhibits.
(a) (1) Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
(a) (3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable
(a) (4) Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. | ||||||||
iShares Trust | ||||||||
By: /s/ Dominik Rohe | ||||||||
Dominik Rohe, President (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||||
Date: | April 20, 2023 | |||||||
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 the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. | ||||||||
By: /s/ Dominik Rohe | ||||||||
Dominik Rohe, President (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||||
Date: | April 20, 2023 | |||||||
By: /s/ Trent Walker | ||||||||
Trent Walker, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||||
Date: | April 20, 2023 | |||||||