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:
Fund Address: c/o BlackRock Fund Advisors,
400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Name and address of agent for service: The Corporation Trust Company,
1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
Date of reporting period:
Item 1 — Reports to Stockholders
(a) The Reports to Shareholders are attached herewith
iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF
MAXJ | Cboe BZX
Annual Shareholder Report — July 31, 2024
This annual shareholder report contains important information about iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF (the “Fund”) for the period of June 28, 2024 to July 31, 2024. You can find additional information about the Fund at blackrock.com/fundreports. You can also request this information by contacting us at 1‑800‑iShares (1‑800‑474‑2737).
What were the Fund costs for the period?
(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund name | Costs of a $10,000 investment | Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment |
iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF | $4(a)(b) | 0.47%(b)(c) |
(a) | The Fund commenced operations during the reporting period. Expenses for a full reporting period would be higher than the amount shown. |
(b) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(c) | Annualized. |
Net Assets | $72,687,428% |
Number of Portfolio Holdings | $4% |
Net Investment Advisory Fees | $16,255% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | $0% |
What did the Fund invest in?
(as of July 31, 2024)
Asset Type | Percent of Net Assets | |
Equity Funds | 97.3 | % |
Purchased Put Options | 3.8 | % |
Futures | (0.0 | ) % (c) |
Written Call Options | (2.7 | ) % |
Other assets, less liabilities | 1.6 | % |
Sector allocation (of the underlying fund)(a)
Sector | Percent of Total Investments(b) | |
Information Technology | 31.3 | % |
Financials | 13.1 | % |
Health Care | 11.9 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | 10.0 | % |
Communication Services | 8.9 | % |
Industrials | 8.4 | % |
Consumer Staples | 5.8 | % |
Energy | 3.7 | % |
Utilities | 2.4 | % |
Real Estate | 2.3 | % |
Materials | 2.2 | % |
(a) | The underlying fund is iShares Core S&P 500 ETF. |
(b) | Excludes money market funds. |
(c) | Rounds to less than 0.1%. |
Additional information
If you wish to view additional information about the Fund, including but not limited to financial statements, the Fund’s prospectus, and proxy voting policies and procedures, please visit blackrock.com/fundreports. For proxy voting records, visit blackrock.com/proxyrecords.
Householding
Householding is an option available to certain fund investors. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Please contact your broker-dealer if you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, or if you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status.
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iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF
Annual Shareholder Report — July 31, 2024
MAXJ-07/24-AR
(b) Not Applicable
Item 2 – | Code of Ethics – The registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the registrant has not amended the code of ethics and there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-474-2737. |
Item 3 – | Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of trustees (the “board of trustees”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent: |
Richard L. Fagnani
Madhav V. Rajan
Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties,
obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of trustees in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of trustees.
Item 4 – | Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
The principal accountant fees disclosed in items 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 4(d) and 4(g) are for the one series of the registrant for which the fiscal year-end is July 31, 2024 (the “Fund”), and whose annual financial statements are reported in Item 1.
(a) Audit Fees – The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Funds’ annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $0 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 and $12,400 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024.
(b) Audit-Related Fees – There were no fees billed for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2023 and July 31, 2024 for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Funds financial statements and are not reported under (a) of this Item.
(c) Tax Fees – The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for the Funds were $0 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 and $9,700 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024. These services related to the review of the Funds’ tax returns and excise tax calculations.
(d) All Other Fees – There were no other fees billed in each of the fiscal years ended July 31, 2023 and July 31, 2024 for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in (a) through (c) of this Item.
(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:
The registrant’s audit committee charter, as amended, provides that the audit committee is responsible for the approval, prior to appointment, of the engagement of the principal accountant to annually audit and provide their opinion on the registrant’s financial statements. The audit committee must also approve, prior to appointment, the engagement of the principal accountant to provide non-audit services to the registrant or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the registrant’s investment adviser (“Adviser Affiliate”) that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.
(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not Applicable
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the Funds, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the last two fiscal years were $0 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 and $9,700 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024.
(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, if any, is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence, and has determined that the provision of these services, if any, does not compromise the principal accountant’s independence.
(i) – Not Applicable
(j) – Not Applicable
Item 5 – | Audit Committee of Listed Registrant |
(a) The following individuals are members of the registrant’s separately designated standing Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)):
Richard L. Fagnani
Laura F. Fergerson
Cecilia H. Herbert
Madhav V. Rajan
(b) Not Applicable
(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Financial Statement and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies filed under Item 7 of this Form.
(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.
Item 7 – | Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies |
(a) The registrant’s Financial Statements are attached herewith.
(b) The registrant’s Financial Highlights are attached herewith.
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| | JULY 31, 2024 |
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| | 2024 Annual Financial Statements |
iShares Trust
· | | iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF | MAXJ | Cboe BZX |
Table of Contents
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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2024 | | iShares® Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
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Investment Companies | | | | | | |
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Equity Funds — 97.3% | | | | | | |
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF(a)(b) | | | 127,786 | | | $ | 70,706,550 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments — 97.3% (Cost: $70,586,501) | | | | | | | 70,706,550 | |
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Options Purchased — 3.8%
(Cost: $2,706,534) | | | | | | | 2,740,583 | |
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Total Investments Before Options Written — 101.1% (Cost: $73,293,035) | | | | | | | 73,447,133 | |
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Options Written — (2.7)%
(Premiums Received: $(1,967,112)) | | | | | | | (1,925,979 | ) |
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Total Investments Net of Options Written — 98.4% (Cost: $71,325,923) | | | | | | | 71,521,154 | |
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Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.6% | | | | | | | 1,166,274 | |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 72,687,428 | |
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(a) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(b) | All or a portion of the security has been pledged and/or segregated as collateral in connection with outstanding exchange-traded options written. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended July 31, 2024 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
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Affiliated Issuer | |
| Value at
06/28/24 |
(a) | |
| Purchases at Cost | | |
| Proceeds from Sales | | |
| Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | |
| Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | |
| Value at 07/31/24 | | |
| Shares Held at 07/31/24 | | | | Income | | |
| Capital
Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds |
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(b) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | | — | | | $ | 1,233 | | | $ | — | |
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iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | | | — | | | | 70,586,501 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | 120,049 | | | | 70,706,550 | | | | 127,786 | | | | — | | | | — | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | 120,049 | | | $ | 70,706,550 | | | | | | | $ | 1,233 | | | $ | — | |
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| (a) | The Fund commenced operations on June 28, 2024. | |
| (b) | As of period end, the entity is no longer held. | |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
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Description | | Number of Contracts | | | Expiration Date | | | Notional Amount (000) | | | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
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Long Contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Micro E-Mini S&P 500 Index | | | 75 | | | | 09/20/24 | | | $ | 2,084 | | | $ | (4,617 | ) |
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Exchange-Traded Options Purchased
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Description | | Number of Contracts | | | Expiration Date | | | Exercise Price | | | Notional Amount (000) | | | Value | |
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Put
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iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | | | 1,316 | | | | 07/01/25 | | | | USD 547.23 | | | | USD 72,817 | | | $ | 2,740,583 | |
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S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | | 3 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) July 31, 2024 | | iShares® Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF |
Exchange-Traded Options Written
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Description | | Number of Contracts | | | Expiration Date | | | Exercise Price | | | Notional Amount (000) | | | Value | |
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Call | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | | | 1,316 | | | | 07/01/25 | | | | USD 608.19 | | | | USD 72,817 | | | $ | (1,925,979 | ) |
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Balances Reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for Options Written
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Description | | Options Premiums Paid | | Options Premiums Received | | | Unrealized Appreciation | | | Unrealized Depreciation | | | Value | |
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Options Written | | $ N/A | | $ | (1,967,112) | | | $ | 41,133 | | | $ | — | | | $ | (1,925,979 | ) |
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
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| | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
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Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Options purchased | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments at value — unaffiliated(a) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 2,740,583 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 2,740,583 | |
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Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(b) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 4,617 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 4,617 | |
Options written | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Options written at value | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,925,979 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,925,979 | |
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| | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,930,596 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,930,596 | |
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| (a) | Includes options purchased at value as reported in the Schedule of Investments. | |
| (b) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, 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). | |
For the period ended July 31, 2024, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:
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| | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
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Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 9 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 9 | |
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Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | (4,617 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | (4,617 | ) |
Options purchased(a) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 34,049 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 34,049 | |
Options written | | | — | | | | — | | | | 41,133 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 41,133 | |
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| | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 70,565 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 70,565 | |
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| (a) | Options purchased are included in net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments — unaffiliated. | |
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
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Futures contracts | | | | |
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Average notional value of contracts — long | | $ | 2,084,250 | |
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Options: | | | | |
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Average value of option contracts purchased | | $ | 2,740,583 | |
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Average value of option contracts written | | $ | 1,925,979 | |
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For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
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4 | | 2 0 2 4 I S H A R E S A N N U A L F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) July 31, 2024 | | iShares® Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF |
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.
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| | Level 1 | | | | | | Level 2 | | | | | | Level 3 | | | | | | Total | |
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Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Long-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Investment Companies | | $ | 70,706,550 | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | 70,706,550 | |
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Options Purchased | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Equity Contracts | | | — | | | | | | | | 2,740,583 | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | 2,740,583 | |
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| | $ | 70,706,550 | | | | | | | $ | 2,740,583 | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | 73,447,133 | |
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Derivative Financial Instruments(a) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Equity Contracts | | $ | (4,617 | ) | | | | | | $ | (1,925,979 | ) | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | (1,930,596 | ) |
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| (a) | Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts and options written. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument and options written are shown at value. | |
See notes to financial statements.
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S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | | 5 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
July 31, 2024
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ASSETS | | | | |
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Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a) | | $ | 2,740,583 | |
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Investments, at value — affiliated(b) | | | 70,706,550 | |
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Cash | | | 896,316 | |
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Cash pledged: | | | | |
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Futures contracts | | | 110,000 | |
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Receivables: | | | | |
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Options written | | | 126,205 | |
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Dividends — affiliated | | | 1,233 | |
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Variation margin on futures contracts | | | 48,518 | |
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Total assets | | | 74,629,405 | |
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LIABILITIES | | | | |
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Options written, at value(c) | | | 1,925,979 | |
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Payables: | | | | |
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Investment advisory fees | | | 15,998 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 1,941,977 | |
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Commitments and contingent liabilities | | | | |
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NET ASSETS | | $ | 72,687,428 | |
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | | | | |
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Paid-in capital | | $ | 72,496,809 | |
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Accumulated earnings | | | 190,619 | |
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NET ASSETS | | $ | 72,687,428 | |
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NET ASSET VALUE | | | | |
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Shares outstanding | | | 2,880,000 | |
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Net asset value | | $ | 25.24 | |
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Shares authorized | | | Unlimited | |
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Par value | | | None | |
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(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated | | $ | 2,706,534 | |
(b) Investments, at cost — affiliated | | $ | 70,586,501 | |
(c) Premiums received | | $ | 1,967,112 | |
See notes to financial statements.
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6 | | 2 0 2 4 I S H A R E S A N N U A L F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S |
Statement of Operations
Period Ended July 31, 2024
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| | iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF(a) | |
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INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | |
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Dividends — affiliated | | $ | 1,233 | |
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Interest — unaffiliated | | | 539 | |
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Total investment income | | | 1,772 | |
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EXPENSES | | | | |
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Investment advisory | | | 17,288 | |
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Interest expense | | | 247 | |
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Total expenses | | | 17,535 | |
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Less: | | | | |
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Investment advisory fees waived | | | (1,033 | ) |
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Total expenses after fees waived | | | 16,502 | |
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Net investment loss | | | (14,730 | ) |
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | | | | |
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Net realized gain from: | | | | |
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Futures contracts | | | 9 | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
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Investments — unaffiliated | | | 34,049 | |
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Investments — affiliated | | | 120,049 | |
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Options written | | | 41,133 | |
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Futures contracts | | | (4,617 | ) |
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| | | 190,614 | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 190,623 | |
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | 175,893 | |
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(a) | For the period from June 28, 2024 (commencement of operations) to July 31, 2024. | |
See notes to financial statements.
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S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | | 7 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
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| | iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF | |
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| | Period from 06/28/24(a) to 07/31/24 | |
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | |
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OPERATIONS | | | | |
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Net investment loss | | $ | (14,730 | ) |
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Net realized gain | | | 9 | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 190,614 | |
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 175,893 | |
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | | | | |
Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | | 72,511,535 | |
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NET ASSETS | | | | |
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Total increase in net assets | | | 72,687,428 | |
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Beginning of period | | | — | |
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End of period | | $ | 72,687,428 | |
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(a) | Commencement of operations. | |
See notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| | iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF | |
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| Period From 06/28/24to 07/31/24 | (a) |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 25.00 | |
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Net investment loss(b) | | | (0.01 | ) |
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Net realized and unrealized gain(c) | | | 0.25 | |
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Net increase from investment operations | | | 0.24 | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 25.24 | |
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Total Return(d) | | | | |
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Based on net asset value | | | 0.95 | %(e) |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | |
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Total expenses | | | 0.50 | %(g)(h) |
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Total expenses after fees waived | | | 0.47 | %(g)(h) |
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Net investment loss | | | (0.42 | )%(g)(h) |
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Supplemental Data | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 72,687 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | 0 | % |
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(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. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(h) | Interest expense was not annualized in the calculation of the ratios. If interest expense was annualized, the total expenses, total expenses after fees waived and net investment loss would have been 0.51%, 0.48% and (0.43)%, respectively. |
See notes to financial statements.
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F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | | 9 |
Notes to Financial Statements
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”):
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iShares ETF | | Diversification Classification |
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Large Cap Max Buffer Jun(a) | | Non-diversified |
| (a) | The Fund commenced operations on June 28, 2024. | |
Currently the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing a substantial portion of its assets in an iShares fund (an “underlying fund”). The financial statements, including the accounting policies, and schedule of investments for the underlying fund are available on iShares.com and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.
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.
Bank Overdraft: The Fund had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Fund is obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statement of Operations.
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.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Fund enter 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.
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities:
| · | | Exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the fund is primarily traded. Funds traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be 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. |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
| · | | Flexible Exchange Options (“FLEX Options”) are valued at the last executed trade price on the options market in which the options trade. If there were no executed trades, FLEX Options are valued by an independent pricing service using a mathematical model, such as Black-Scholes model, which incorporates a number of market data factors, such as trades and prices of the underlying instruments. |
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the 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 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. 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 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 to 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 Investment 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 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 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.
Options: An options contract is an agreement between a buyer and seller that gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy (in the case of a call option) or sell (in the case of a put option) a particular asset at a specified future date at an agreed upon price (commonly known as the “strike price”).
The Fund invests primarily in FLEX Options. FLEX Options provide the Fund with the ability to customize key option contract terms such as strike price, style and expiration date, while avoiding the counterparty exposure of over-the-counter options positions. Like traditional exchange-traded options, FLEX Options are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (the “OCC”), a market clearinghouse that guarantees performance by counterparties to certain derivatives contracts. The FLEX Options in which the Fund invests are European-style, which are exercisable at the strike price only on the expiration date. The FLEX Options traded by the Fund are listed on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (“CBOE”). Although the Fund will generally utilize FLEX Options that are physically settled, a fund may also utilize FLEX Options that are cash-settled. Cash-settled options give the holder the right to receive an amount (or owe an amount) of cash upon the exercise of the option.
The Fund will purchase and sell call and put European-style FLEX Options. A European-style call option gives the purchaser (holder) of the option the right (but not then obligation) to buy, and obligates the seller (writer) to sell (when the option is exercised) the underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price on the expiration date. A European-style put option gives the seller (holder) of the option the right (but not the obligation) to sell, and obligates the buyer (writer) to buy (when the option is exercised) the underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price on the expiration date.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Premiums paid on options purchased and premiums received on options written, as well as the daily fluctuation in market value, are included in investments at value – unaffiliated and options written at value, respectively, in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When an instrument is purchased or sold through the exercise of an option, the premium is offset against the cost or proceeds of the underlying instrument. When an option expires, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations to the extent of the premiums received or paid. When an option is closed or sold, a gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations to the extent the cost of the closing transaction exceeds the premiums received or paid. When the Fund writes put options, cash is segregated in an amount sufficient to cover the obligations. These amounts, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged as collateral for options written in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
In purchasing and writing options, the Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying instrument or the risk that they may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid market.
5. 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:
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iShares ETF | | Investment Advisory Fees | |
Large Cap Max Buffer Jun | | | 0.50 | % |
Expense Waivers: BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fees to the Fund in an amount equal to the aggregate Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any, attributable to investments by the Fund in other equity and fixed-income mutual funds and ETFs advised by BFA or its affiliates through June 30, 2025. BFA has also contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fees to the Fund by an amount equal to the aggregate Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any, attributable to investments by the Fund in money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates through June 30, 2025. The agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested trustees of the Trust or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. For the period ended July 31, 2024, the Manager waived $1,033 in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement.
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.
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.
Officers and Trustees: Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates.
Other Transactions: 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.
6. PURCHASES AND SALES
For the period ended July 31, 2024, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:
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iShares ETF | | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Large Cap Max Buffer Jun | | $ | 70,722,849 | | | $ | — | |
7. 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 July 31, 2024, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.
U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share. As of July 31, 2024, permanent differences attributable to net investment loss were reclassified to the following accounts:
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iShares ETF | | Paid-in capital | | | Accumulated earnings (loss) | |
Large Cap Max Buffer Jun | | $ | (14,726 | ) | | $ | 14,726 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
As of July 31, 2024, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:
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iShares ETF | | Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains | | | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses)(a) | | | Total | |
Large Cap Max Buffer Jun | | $ | 5 | | | $ | 190,614 | | | $ | 190,619 | |
(a) | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddles and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains(losses) on certain futures contracts. | |
As of July 31, 2024, 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:
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iShares ETF | | Tax Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Large Cap Max Buffer Jun | | $ | 73,293,035 | | | $ | 195,231 | | | $ | (4,617 | ) | | $ | 190,614 | |
8. 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.
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, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
Geographic/Asset Class 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 of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Fund invests.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
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.
FLEX Options Risk: FLEX Options are subject to the risk that they may be less liquid than certain other securities, such as standardized options. In less liquid markets, terminating the FLEX Options may require the payment of a premium or acceptance of a discounted price and may take longer to complete. In a less liquid market, the liquidation of a large number of options may significantly impact the price of the options and may adversely impact the value of the Fund. Additionally, to the extent market participants are not willing or able to enter into FLEX Option transactions with the Fund at prices that reflect the market price of the Fund’s shares, the Fund’s NAV and, in turn the share prices of the Fund, could be negatively impacted.
9. 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:
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| | Period from 06/28/24(a) to 07/31/24 | |
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iShares ETF | | Shares | | | Amount | |
Large Cap Max Buffer Jun | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 2,880,000 | | | $ | 72,511,535 | |
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(a) | Commencement of operations. | |
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. Authorized Participants 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. Authorized Participants 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.
To the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely settlement of orders for the Fund using a clearing facility outside of the continuous net settlement process, the Fund, at its sole discretion, may permit an Authorized Participant to post cash as collateral in anticipation of the delivery of all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities, as further described in the applicable Authorized Participant Agreement. The collateral process is subject to a Control Agreement among the Authorized Participant, the Fund’s custodian, and the Fund. In the event that the Authorized Participant fails to deliver all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities, the Fund may exercise control over such collateral pursuant to the terms of the Control Agreement in order to purchase the applicable Deposit Securities or Fund Securities.
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.
10. 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.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of
iShares Trust and Shareholders of iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF (one of the funds constituting iShares Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of July 31, 2024, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for the period June 28, 2024 (commencement of operations) through July 31, 2024 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of July 31, 2024, and the results of its operations, changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the period June 28, 2024 (commencement of operations) through July 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2024 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 23, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 2000.
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Additional Information
Premium/Discount Information
Information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at iShares.com.
Electronic Delivery
Shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications announcing that the shareholder report or prospectus has been posted on the iShares website at iShares.com. Once you have enrolled, you will no longer receive prospectuses and shareholder reports in the mail.
To enroll in electronic delivery:
| · | | If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your broker-dealer or financial advisor. |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
Not applicable.
Proxy Results
Not applicable.
Remuneration Paid to Trustees, Officers, and Others
Because BFA has agreed in the Investment Advisory Agreements to cover all operating expenses of the Fund, subject to certain exclusions as provided for therein, BFA pays the compensation to each Independent Trustee for services to the Fund from BFA’s investment advisory fees.
Availability of Portfolio Holdings Information
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 itsportfolio holdings daily and provides information regarding its top holdings in Fund fact sheets at iShares.com.
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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract
iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF (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 June 3-5, 2024, 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 any waivers and reimbursements) for the Fund were lower than the median of the investment advisory fee rates and overall expenses (net of any 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 to be Provided by BFA: 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 including related programs implemented pursuant to regulatory requirements. 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 and other compliance programs and services.
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 and 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.
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 a similar investment strategy or investment mandate. 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 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
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Board Review and Approval of Investment Advisory Contract (continued)
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 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 further considered other direct benefits that might accrue to BFA, including the potential for reduction in the Fund’s expenses that are borne by BFA under the “all-inclusive” management fee arrangement, due in part to the size and scope of BFA’s investment operations servicing the Fund (and other funds in the iShares complex) as well as in response to a changing market environment. 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 also reviewed and considered information provided by BFA concerning authorized participant primary market order processing services that will be provided by BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BFA, and paid for by authorized participants under the ETF Servicing Platform. 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 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.
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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
Currency Abbreviation
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USD | | United States Dollar |
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Portfolio Abbreviation |
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ETF | | Exchange-Traded Fund |
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Additional Financial Information
Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)
July 31, 2024
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)
July 31, 2024
iShares Trust
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | IVV | NYSE Arca
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) July 31, 2024 | | iShares® Core S&P 500 ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
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Common Stocks | | | | | | | | |
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Aerospace & Defense — 2.0% | | | | | | |
Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a) | | | 767,688 | | | $ | 230,314,077 | |
Boeing Co. (The)(a)(b) | | | 6,245,312 | | | | 1,190,356,467 | |
General Dynamics Corp. | | | 2,460,572 | | | | 734,997,462 | |
General Electric Co. | | | 11,846,876 | | | | 2,016,338,295 | |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | | | 4,197,017 | | | | 401,654,527 | |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | | | 428,477 | | | | 119,964,991 | |
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | | | 2,052,978 | | | | 465,800,178 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 2,311,184 | | | | 1,252,476,833 | |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 1,505,700 | | | | 729,240,624 | |
RTX Corp. | | | 14,389,302 | | | | 1,690,599,092 | |
Textron, Inc.(b) | | | 2,063,750 | | | | 191,722,375 | |
TransDigm Group, Inc. | | | 605,512 | | | | 783,665,741 | |
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| | | | | | | 9,807,130,662 | |
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Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4% | | | | | | |
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | | | 1,267,466 | | | | 112,867,847 | |
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | | | 1,528,760 | | | | 190,819,823 | |
FedEx Corp. | | | 2,450,407 | | | | 740,635,516 | |
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | | | 7,894,334 | | | | 1,029,184,324 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,073,507,510 | |
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Automobile Components — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Aptiv plc(a)(b) | | | 2,944,596 | | | | 204,325,516 | |
BorgWarner, Inc. | | | 2,466,090 | | | | 87,077,638 | |
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| | | | | | | 291,403,154 | |
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Automobiles — 1.6% | | | | | | |
Ford Motor Co. | | | 42,442,778 | | | | 459,230,858 | |
General Motors Co. | | | 12,348,714 | | | | 547,295,005 | |
Tesla, Inc.(a) | | | 30,029,721 | | | | 6,968,997,352 | |
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| | | | | | | 7,975,523,215 | |
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Banks — 3.3% | | | | | | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | 73,637,436 | | | | 2,968,325,045 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | | | 20,644,372 | | | | 1,339,406,855 | |
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | | | 4,924,821 | | | | 210,142,112 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | | 7,403,458 | | | | 313,462,412 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | | 15,685,924 | | | | 234,504,564 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 31,080,392 | | | | 6,613,907,418 | |
KeyCorp. | | | 10,204,631 | | | | 164,600,698 | |
M&T Bank Corp. | | | 1,805,753 | | | | 310,896,494 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | | 4,306,567 | | | | 779,919,284 | |
Regions Financial Corp. | | | 9,912,087 | | | | 221,733,386 | |
Truist Financial Corp. | | | 14,482,225 | | | | 647,210,635 | |
US Bancorp | | | 16,889,178 | | | | 757,986,309 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 37,732,875 | | | | 2,239,068,802 | |
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| | | | | | | 16,801,164,014 | |
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Beverages — 1.3% | | | | | | |
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B, NVS(b) | | | 1,937,701 | | | | 87,506,577 | |
Coca-Cola Co. (The) | | | 41,962,775 | | | | 2,800,595,603 | |
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | | | 1,742,585 | | | | 427,212,139 | |
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | | | 11,297,001 | | | | 387,261,194 | |
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | | | 1,967,924 | | | | 104,004,783 | |
Monster Beverage Corp.(a)(b) | | | 7,673,815 | | | | 394,817,782 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 14,879,395 | | | | 2,569,225,135 | |
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| | | | | | | 6,770,623,213 | |
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Biotechnology — 2.0% | | | | | | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | 19,112,229 | | | | 3,541,878,278 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 5,805,793 | | | | 1,930,251,999 | |
Biogen, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,575,962 | | | | 335,995,098 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 13,483,824 | | | | 1,025,579,654 | |
Incyte Corp.(a)(b) | | | 1,722,371 | | | | 112,074,681 | |
Moderna, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 3,608,449 | | | | 430,199,290 | |
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Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,147,923 | | | $ | 1,238,827,022 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | 2,793,118 | | | | 1,384,604,455 | |
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| | | | | | | 9,999,410,477 | |
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Broadline Retail — 3.8% | | | | | | |
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | | | 99,116,242 | | | | 18,532,754,929 | |
eBay, Inc. | | | 5,476,440 | | | | 304,544,828 | |
Etsy, Inc.(a) | | | 1,265,753 | | | | 82,451,151 | |
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| | | | | | | 18,919,750,908 | |
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Building Products — 0.5% | | | | | | |
A O Smith Corp. | | | 1,307,309 | | | | 111,173,557 | |
Allegion plc | | | 950,176 | | | | 129,993,579 | |
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,321,190 | | | | 221,127,570 | |
Carrier Global Corp. | | | 9,069,269 | | | | 617,707,912 | |
Johnson Controls International plc | | | 7,291,306 | | | | 521,620,031 | |
Masco Corp. | | | 2,383,695 | | | | 185,570,656 | |
Trane Technologies plc | | | 2,449,958 | | | | 818,971,960 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,606,165,265 | |
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Capital Markets — 3.0% | | | | | | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 1,074,959 | | | | 462,307,617 | |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | | | 8,093,680 | | | | 526,655,758 | |
BlackRock, Inc.(c) | | | 1,511,762 | | | | 1,325,059,393 | |
Blackstone, Inc., Class A | | | 7,734,567 | | | | 1,099,468,699 | |
CBOE Global Markets, Inc. | | | 1,138,272 | | | | 208,884,295 | |
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | | | 16,157,802 | | | | 1,053,327,112 | |
CME Group, Inc., Class A | | | 3,896,873 | | | | 754,863,269 | |
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | | | 412,498 | | | | 170,398,799 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | | | 3,250,252 | | | | 74,333,263 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) | | | 3,490,094 | | | | 1,776,562,549 | |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | | | 6,207,826 | | | | 940,858,108 | |
Invesco Ltd. | | | 4,858,763 | | | | 83,862,249 | |
KKR & Co., Inc. | | | 7,203,304 | | | | 889,247,879 | |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | | | 410,949 | | | | 91,859,430 | |
Moody’s Corp. | | | 1,699,425 | | | | 775,753,524 | |
Morgan Stanley | | | 13,543,898 | | | | 1,397,865,713 | |
MSCI, Inc. | | | 857,388 | | | | 463,641,135 | |
Nasdaq, Inc. | | | 4,478,179 | | | | 303,083,155 | |
Northern Trust Corp. | | | 2,219,228 | | | | 196,734,562 | |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | | | 2,019,036 | | | | 234,208,176 | |
S&P Global, Inc. | | | 3,464,267 | | | | 1,679,234,143 | |
State Street Corp. | | | 3,267,228 | | | | 277,616,363 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | 2,416,848 | | | | 276,028,210 | |
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| | | | | | | 15,061,853,401 | |
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Chemicals — 1.5% | | | | | | |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | 2,405,916 | | | | 634,800,937 | |
Albemarle Corp. | | | 1,272,032 | | | | 119,151,238 | |
Celanese Corp. | | | 1,087,618 | | | | 153,517,281 | |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,978,365 | | | | 151,127,302 | |
Corteva, Inc. | | | 7,543,541 | | | | 423,192,650 | |
Dow, Inc. | | | 7,610,669 | | | | 414,553,140 | |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | | | 4,525,262 | | | | 378,764,429 | |
Eastman Chemical Co. | | | 1,273,322 | | | | 131,572,362 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | | | 2,750,665 | | | | 634,550,909 | |
FMC Corp. | | | 1,349,209 | | | | 78,739,837 | |
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | | | 2,762,048 | | | | 274,768,535 | |
Linde plc | | | 5,202,808 | | | | 2,359,473,428 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | | | 2,784,115 | | | | 276,908,078 | |
Mosaic Co. (The) | | | 3,478,359 | | | | 103,550,748 | |
PPG Industries, Inc. | | | 2,550,700 | | | | 323,887,886 | |
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | | | 2,524,730 | | | | 885,675,284 | |
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| | | | | | | 7,344,234,044 | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) July 31, 2024 | | iShares® Core S&P 500 ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6% | | | | |
Cintas Corp. | | | 933,286 | | | $ | 712,974,507 | |
Copart, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 9,469,603 | | | | 495,544,325 | |
Republic Services, Inc. | | | 2,215,628 | | | | 430,540,833 | |
Rollins, Inc. | | | 3,037,342 | | | | 145,519,055 | |
Veralto Corp. | | | 2,377,880 | | | | 253,386,893 | |
Waste Management, Inc. | | | 3,950,190 | | | | 800,545,505 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,838,511,118 | |
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Communications Equipment — 0.8% | | | | | | |
Arista Networks, Inc.(a) | | | 2,747,142 | | | | 952,022,060 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 43,824,912 | | | | 2,123,316,986 | |
F5, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 636,246 | | | | 129,565,136 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. | | | 3,517,209 | | | | 132,563,607 | |
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | 1,805,045 | | | | 720,068,552 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,057,536,341 | |
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Construction & Engineering — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Quanta Services, Inc.(b) | | | 1,584,324 | | | | 420,447,903 | |
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Construction Materials — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | | | 667,271 | | | | 395,925,248 | |
Vulcan Materials Co. | | | 1,431,503 | | | | 392,961,888 | |
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| | | | | | | 788,887,136 | |
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Consumer Finance — 0.6% | | | | | | |
American Express Co. | | | 6,150,152 | | | | 1,556,234,462 | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 4,135,365 | | | | 626,094,261 | |
Discover Financial Services | | | 2,712,203 | | | | 390,530,110 | |
Synchrony Financial | | | 4,345,970 | | | | 220,731,816 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,793,590,649 | |
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Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.8% | |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | | | 4,800,120 | | | | 3,945,698,640 | |
Dollar General Corp. | | | 2,377,638 | | | | 286,243,839 | |
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a) | | | 2,242,747 | | | | 234,008,222 | |
Kroger Co. (The) | | | 7,244,700 | | | | 394,836,150 | |
Sysco Corp. | | | 5,389,563 | | | | 413,110,004 | |
Target Corp. | | | 5,006,982 | | | | 753,100,162 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | | | 7,744,139 | | | | 91,922,930 | |
Walmart, Inc. | | | 46,232,920 | | | | 3,173,427,629 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Amcor plc | | | 15,637,297 | | | | 164,660,737 | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 871,387 | | | | 188,942,843 | |
Ball Corp. | | | 3,359,378 | | | | 214,429,098 | |
International Paper Co. | | | 3,759,339 | | | | 174,734,077 | |
Packaging Corp. of America | | | 964,794 | | | | 192,833,377 | |
Smurfit WestRock plc(a)(b) | | | 5,613,433 | | | | 251,706,336 | |
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Distributors — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Genuine Parts Co. | | | 1,507,691 | | | | 221,796,423 | |
LKQ Corp. | | | 2,894,832 | | | | 120,135,528 | |
Pool Corp. | | | 414,919 | | | | 155,196,303 | |
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AT&T, Inc. | | | 77,603,458 | | | | 1,493,866,566 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | 45,557,236 | | | | 1,845,979,203 | |
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Electric Utilities — 1.6% | | | | | | |
Alliant Energy Corp. | | | 2,774,998 | | | | 154,456,389 | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 5,705,228 | | | | 559,796,971 | |
Constellation Energy Corp. | | | 3,411,992 | | | | 647,596,082 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | | 8,352,818 | | | | 912,712,423 | |
Edison International | | | 4,164,236 | | | | 333,180,522 | |
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Entergy Corp. | | | 2,311,101 | | | $ | 268,018,383 | |
Evergy, Inc. | | | 2,485,800 | | | | 144,176,400 | |
Eversource Energy | | | 3,812,651 | | | | 247,479,177 | |
Exelon Corp. | | | 10,823,326 | | | | 402,627,727 | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | | 5,605,881 | | | | 234,942,473 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 22,236,572 | | | | 1,698,651,735 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. | | | 2,256,330 | | | | 169,608,326 | |
PG&E Corp.(b) | | | 23,129,416 | | | | 422,111,842 | |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | | | 1,229,239 | | | | 105,210,566 | |
PPL Corp. | | | 7,984,635 | | | | 237,303,352 | |
Southern Co. (The) | | | 11,834,392 | | | | 988,408,420 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | | 6,013,883 | | | | 350,489,101 | |
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Electrical Equipment — 0.7% | | | | | | |
AMETEK, Inc. | | | 2,505,331 | | | | 434,624,822 | |
Eaton Corp. plc | | | 4,327,111 | | | | 1,318,860,162 | |
Emerson Electric Co. | | | 6,191,704 | | | | 725,110,455 | |
GE Vernova, Inc.(a) | | | 2,966,415 | | | | 528,733,810 | |
Generac Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 656,001 | | | | 102,126,236 | |
Hubbell, Inc. | | | 581,071 | | | | 229,900,741 | |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | | 1,233,933 | | | | 343,835,430 | |
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Amphenol Corp., Class A | | | 13,000,868 | | | | 835,435,778 | |
CDW Corp. | | | 1,454,612 | | | | 317,265,423 | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 8,344,235 | | | | 333,852,842 | |
Jabil, Inc. | | | 1,305,333 | | | | 147,071,869 | |
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,889,867 | | | | 263,768,737 | |
TE Connectivity Ltd. | | | 3,314,237 | | | | 511,486,196 | |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 513,160 | | | | 216,481,678 | |
Trimble, Inc.(a) | | | 2,642,949 | | | | 144,146,439 | |
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)(b) | | | 556,244 | | | | 195,347,330 | |
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Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Baker Hughes Co., Class A | | | 10,801,475 | | | | 418,233,112 | |
Halliburton Co. | | | 9,581,772 | | | | 332,295,853 | |
Schlumberger NV | | | 15,470,044 | | | | 747,048,425 | |
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Entertainment — 1.2% | | | | | | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. | | | 2,632,495 | | | | 397,348,795 | |
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,541,756 | | | | 148,301,510 | |
Netflix, Inc.(a) | | | 4,663,504 | | | | 2,930,312,738 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,718,430 | | | | 258,675,268 | |
Walt Disney Co. (The) | | | 19,731,030 | | | | 1,848,600,201 | |
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 24,133,217 | | | | 208,752,327 | |
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Financial Services — 4.0% | | | | | | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | | | 19,593,591 | | | | 8,591,789,653 | |
Corpay, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 760,606 | | | | 221,960,043 | |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | | | 6,020,352 | | | | 462,543,644 | |
Fiserv, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 6,332,538 | | | | 1,035,813,241 | |
Global Payments, Inc. | | | 2,762,640 | | | | 280,794,730 | |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | | | 787,909 | | | | 135,110,635 | |
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | | | 8,885,930 | | | | 4,120,494,600 | |
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 11,321,252 | | | | 744,711,957 | |
Visa, Inc., Class A(b) | | | 17,037,305 | | | | 4,526,300,819 | |
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Food Products — 0.7% | | | | | | |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | | | 5,351,252 | | | | 331,831,136 | |
Bunge Global SA | | | 1,532,386 | | | | 161,252,979 | |
Campbell Soup Co. | | | 2,130,128 | | | | 99,817,798 | |
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Conagra Brands, Inc. | | | 5,171,011 | | | $ | 156,785,054 | |
General Mills, Inc. | | | 6,110,188 | | | | 410,238,022 | |
Hershey Co. (The) | | | 1,597,729 | | | | 315,519,523 | |
Hormel Foods Corp. | | | 3,138,782 | | | | 100,786,290 | |
J M Smucker Co. (The) | | | 1,148,188 | | | | 135,428,775 | |
Kellanova | | | 2,853,548 | | | | 165,933,816 | |
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) | | | 8,542,732 | | | | 300,789,594 | |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,562,113 | | | | 93,758,022 | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. (Non-Voting), NVS | | | 2,724,741 | | | | 209,832,304 | |
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | | | 14,517,565 | | | | 992,275,568 | |
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | | | 3,097,398 | | | | 188,631,538 | |
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Gas Utilities — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Atmos Energy Corp. | | | 1,632,288 | | | | 208,736,989 | |
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Ground Transportation — 1.0% | | | | | | |
CSX Corp. | | | 21,158,219 | | | | 742,653,487 | |
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | | | 882,860 | | | | 152,867,209 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 2,444,904 | | | | 610,150,242 | |
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | | | 1,927,523 | | | | 405,126,784 | |
Uber Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | 22,614,892 | | | | 1,457,982,087 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | | 6,603,379 | | | | 1,629,251,701 | |
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Abbott Laboratories | | | 18,828,131 | | | | 1,994,652,198 | |
Align Technology, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 757,892 | | | | 175,739,997 | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | | 5,515,131 | | | | 197,551,992 | |
Becton Dickinson & Co. | | | 3,127,947 | | | | 754,022,904 | |
Boston Scientific Corp.(a)(b) | | | 15,911,952 | | | | 1,175,575,014 | |
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)(a)(b) | | | 2,149,887 | | | | 200,648,954 | |
Dexcom, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 4,304,319 | | | | 291,918,915 | |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)(b) | | | 6,522,169 | | | | 411,222,755 | |
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.(b) | | | 4,594,700 | | | | 388,849,461 | |
Hologic, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,525,913 | | | | 206,139,760 | |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 893,785 | | | | 425,548,914 | |
Insulet Corp.(a)(b) | | | 758,186 | | | | 147,353,449 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) | | | 3,838,984 | | | | 1,706,850,676 | |
Medtronic plc | | | 14,371,087 | | | | 1,154,285,708 | |
ResMed, Inc. | | | 1,590,639 | | | | 339,203,767 | |
Solventum Corp.(a)(b) | | | 1,494,591 | | | | 88,001,518 | |
STERIS plc | | | 1,069,352 | | | | 255,318,483 | |
Stryker Corp. | | | 3,669,624 | | | | 1,201,618,379 | |
Teleflex, Inc. | | | 509,849 | | | | 112,635,841 | |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,226,434 | | | | 247,913,426 | |
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Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 2,636,174 | | | | 265,805,424 | |
Cencora, Inc. | | | 1,790,594 | | | | 425,946,501 | |
Centene Corp.(a)(b) | | | 5,782,579 | | | | 444,795,977 | |
Cigna Group (The) | | | 3,074,540 | | | | 1,071,999,862 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | | 13,587,002 | | | | 819,703,831 | |
DaVita, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 560,108 | | | | 76,521,955 | |
Elevance Health, Inc. | | | 2,515,352 | | | | 1,338,242,725 | |
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | | | 2,097,550 | | | | 761,515,527 | |
Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,385,823 | | | | 99,696,107 | |
Humana, Inc. | | | 1,304,318 | | | | 471,654,432 | |
Labcorp Holdings, Inc.(b) | | | 912,253 | | | | 196,535,786 | |
McKesson Corp. | | | 1,406,702 | | | | 867,963,268 | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 634,288 | | | | 216,463,466 | |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | | 1,200,869 | | | | 170,883,659 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc | | | 9,961,541 | | | | 5,739,441,462 | |
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | | | 646,107 | | | | 138,111,832 | |
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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | | | 1,704,102 | | | $ | 199,874,124 | |
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | | | 7,617,182 | | | | 166,206,911 | |
Ventas, Inc. | | | 4,380,962 | | | | 238,499,571 | |
Welltower, Inc. | | | 6,471,384 | | | | 719,941,470 | |
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Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 7,632,515 | | | | 133,645,338 | |
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8% | | | | | | |
Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 4,778,512 | | | | 666,889,135 | |
Booking Holdings, Inc. | | | 367,125 | | | | 1,363,873,046 | |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,342,382 | | | | 93,578,161 | |
Carnival Corp.(a)(b) | | | 10,932,244 | | | | 182,131,185 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a) | | | 14,862,788 | | | | 807,346,644 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 1,291,864 | | | | 188,986,785 | |
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | | | 377,702 | | | | 161,920,847 | |
Expedia Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,374,153 | | | | 175,438,114 | |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,706,358 | | | | 580,973,872 | |
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | | | 3,951,027 | | | | 156,737,241 | |
Marriott International, Inc., Class A | | | 2,596,800 | | | | 590,252,640 | |
McDonald’s Corp. | | | 7,800,068 | | | | 2,070,138,047 | |
MGM Resorts International(a) | | | 2,715,850 | | | | 116,700,075 | |
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 4,643,419 | | | | 85,578,212 | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 2,562,534 | | | | 401,600,328 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | | 12,259,301 | | | | 955,612,513 | |
Wynn Resorts Ltd. | | | 1,021,933 | | | | 84,636,491 | |
Yum! Brands, Inc. | | | 3,048,302 | | | | 404,905,955 | |
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Household Durables — 0.4% | | | | | | |
DR Horton, Inc. | | | 3,207,601 | | | | 577,143,648 | |
Garmin Ltd. | | | 1,662,916 | | | | 284,774,365 | |
Lennar Corp., Class A | | | 2,650,318 | | | | 468,920,764 | |
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 573,886 | | | | 92,435,818 | |
NVR, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 33,956 | | | | 292,275,591 | |
PulteGroup, Inc. | | | 2,276,479 | | | | 300,495,228 | |
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Household Products — 1.2% | | | | | | |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | | | 2,646,703 | | | | 259,403,361 | |
Clorox Co. (The) | | | 1,342,927 | | | | 177,172,359 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | 8,879,615 | | | | 880,769,012 | |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | | 3,644,147 | | | | 492,142,052 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | | | 25,543,768 | | | | 4,106,416,144 | |
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AES Corp. (The) | | | 7,691,658 | | | | 136,834,596 | |
Vistra Corp. | | | 3,534,804 | | | | 280,027,173 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4% | | | | | | |
3M Co. | | | 5,988,954 | | | | 763,891,082 | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | | 7,047,633 | | | | 1,443,002,857 | |
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Industrial REITs — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Prologis, Inc. | | | 10,020,519 | | | | 1,263,086,420 | |
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Insurance — 2.1% | | | | | | |
Aflac, Inc. | | | 5,596,553 | | | | 533,799,225 | |
Allstate Corp. (The) | | | 2,856,356 | | | | 488,779,639 | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 7,182,970 | | | | 569,106,713 | |
Aon plc, Class A | | | 2,353,112 | | | | 773,020,823 | |
Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 4,047,707 | | | | 387,689,377 | |
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | | | 2,364,836 | | | | 670,407,358 | |
Assurant, Inc. | | | 561,985 | | | | 98,274,317 | |
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Brown & Brown, Inc. | | | 2,562,487 | | | $ | 254,788,082 | |
Chubb Ltd. | | | 4,394,990 | | | | 1,211,522,943 | |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | | | 1,698,002 | | | | 221,793,021 | |
Everest Group Ltd. | | | 469,781 | | | | 184,562,862 | |
Globe Life, Inc. | | | 908,783 | | | | 84,280,535 | |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | | 3,200,986 | | | | 355,053,367 | |
Loews Corp.(b) | | | 1,970,701 | | | | 157,557,545 | |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | | 5,332,710 | | | | 1,186,901,265 | |
MetLife, Inc. | | | 6,464,906 | | | | 496,828,026 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | 2,333,684 | | | | 190,218,583 | |
Progressive Corp. (The)(b) | | | 6,339,262 | | | | 1,357,362,779 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 3,885,647 | | | | 486,949,282 | |
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 2,478,299 | | | | 536,403,036 | |
Willis Towers Watson plc | | | 1,106,579 | | | | 312,365,120 | |
WR Berkley Corp. | | | 3,278,838 | | | | 180,762,339 | |
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Interactive Media & Services — 6.2% | | | | | | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A | | | 63,574,652 | | | | 10,905,595,804 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C, NVS | | | 52,890,183 | | | | 9,157,935,187 | |
Match Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,875,310 | | | | 109,664,323 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | | | 23,718,194 | | | | 11,262,110,057 | |
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IT Services — 1.1% | | | | | | |
Accenture plc, Class A | | | 6,804,733 | | | | 2,249,780,825 | |
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,648,694 | | | | 162,033,646 | |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | | | 5,387,474 | | | | 407,724,032 | |
EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 627,247 | | | | 134,939,647 | |
Gartner, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 840,114 | | | | 421,056,736 | |
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | 1,525,473 | | | | 221,880,048 | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 9,942,280 | | | | 1,910,309,679 | |
VeriSign, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 938,027 | | | | 175,420,429 | |
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Leisure Products — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Hasbro, Inc. | | | 1,416,397 | | | | 91,300,951 | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3% | | | | | | |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | 3,171,596 | | | | 448,463,674 | |
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | 220,711 | | | | 74,679,774 | |
Bio-Techne Corp. | | | 1,705,653 | | | | 139,164,228 | |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 557,666 | | | | 136,126,271 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | 7,134,588 | | | | 1,976,851,643 | |
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,971,788 | | | | 485,513,359 | |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 231,272 | | | | 351,771,650 | |
Revvity, Inc.(b) | | | 1,334,538 | | | | 167,631,318 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | 4,131,285 | | | | 2,533,882,342 | |
Waters Corp.(a)(b) | | | 641,899 | | | | 215,857,796 | |
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | | | 788,239 | | | | 241,335,135 | |
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Machinery — 1.6% | | | | | | |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 5,293,057 | | | | 1,832,456,333 | |
Cummins, Inc. | | | 1,480,216 | | | | 431,927,029 | |
Deere & Co. | | | 2,801,785 | | | | 1,042,207,984 | |
Dover Corp. | | | 1,487,511 | | | | 274,088,777 | |
Fortive Corp. | | | 3,809,838 | | | | 273,736,860 | |
IDEX Corp. | | | 819,235 | | | | 170,794,113 | |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 2,939,120 | | | | 726,785,594 | |
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(b) | | | 4,366,352 | | | | 438,381,741 | |
Nordson Corp. | | | 587,904 | | | | 147,170,008 | |
Otis Worldwide Corp. | | | 4,376,194 | | | | 413,550,333 | |
PACCAR, Inc. | | | 5,672,910 | | | | 559,689,301 | |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | | | 1,391,003 | | | | 780,575,244 | |
Pentair plc | | | 1,796,990 | | | | 157,901,511 | |
Snap-on, Inc. | | | 570,512 | | | | 163,754,059 | |
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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | | | 1,665,629 | | | $ | 175,923,735 | |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | | | 1,909,047 | | | | 307,642,924 | |
Xylem, Inc. | | | 2,623,910 | | | | 350,291,985 | |
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Media — 0.6% | | | | | | |
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | | | 1,059,899 | | | | 402,464,848 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 42,363,460 | | | | 1,748,339,994 | |
Fox Corp., Class A, NVS | | | 2,501,948 | | | | 95,174,102 | |
Fox Corp., Class B | | | 1,425,327 | | | | 50,499,336 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 4,085,067 | | | | 131,416,605 | |
News Corp., Class A, NVS | | | 4,114,425 | | | | 113,475,842 | |
News Corp., Class B | | | 1,240,943 | | | | 35,354,466 | |
Omnicom Group, Inc. | | | 2,119,726 | | | | 207,817,937 | |
Paramount Global, Class B, NVS | | | 5,350,460 | | | | 61,102,253 | |
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Metals & Mining — 0.4% | | | | | | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | | | 15,547,342 | | | | 706,004,800 | |
Newmont Corp. | | | 12,480,455 | | | | 612,415,927 | |
Nucor Corp. | | | 2,595,104 | | | | 422,846,246 | |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | | | 1,598,670 | | | | 212,974,817 | |
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Multi-Utilities — 0.6% | | | | | | |
Ameren Corp. | | | 2,886,326 | | | | 228,799,062 | |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | 6,923,927 | | | | 192,138,974 | |
CMS Energy Corp. | | | 3,232,277 | | | | 209,451,550 | |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | | 3,743,090 | | | | 365,026,137 | |
Dominion Energy, Inc. | | | 9,072,122 | | | | 484,995,642 | |
DTE Energy Co. | | | 2,239,638 | | | | 269,943,568 | |
NiSource, Inc. | | | 4,852,142 | | | | 151,629,438 | |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | 5,390,629 | | | | 430,010,475 | |
Sempra | | | 6,849,525 | | | | 548,372,972 | |
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | | | 3,418,208 | | | | 294,170,980 | |
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Office REITs — 0.0% | | | | | | |
BXP, Inc. | | | 1,561,632 | | | | 111,359,978 | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.4% | | | | | | |
APA Corp. | | | 3,907,840 | | | | 121,885,530 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 18,550,360 | | | | 2,976,776,269 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 12,657,993 | | | | 1,407,568,822 | |
Coterra Energy, Inc. | | | 8,054,957 | | | | 207,817,890 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | | | 6,840,158 | | | | 321,692,631 | |
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | 1,930,180 | | | | 390,494,716 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 6,220,153 | | | | 788,715,400 | |
EQT Corp. | | | 6,420,577 | | | | 221,574,112 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 48,551,422 | | | | 5,757,713,135 | |
Hess Corp. | | | 2,991,109 | | | | 458,895,943 | |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | | | 20,921,241 | | | | 442,065,822 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 6,104,766 | | | | 171,238,686 | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | 3,813,444 | | | | 675,055,857 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 7,197,239 | | | | 437,736,076 | |
ONEOK, Inc. | | | 6,316,733 | | | | 526,373,361 | |
Phillips 66 | | | 4,588,352 | | | | 667,513,449 | |
Targa Resources Corp. | | | 2,399,690 | | | | 324,630,063 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 3,539,283 | | | | 572,372,847 | |
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 13,190,583 | | | | 566,403,634 | |
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Passenger Airlines — 0.1% | | | | | | |
American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 7,101,665 | | | | 75,561,716 | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | | | 6,984,268 | | | | 300,463,209 | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 6,477,092 | | | | 174,492,858 | |
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United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 3,558,809 | | | $ | 161,641,105 | |
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Personal Care Products — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A | | | 2,520,646 | | | | 251,081,548 | |
Kenvue, Inc. | | | 20,716,158 | | | | 383,041,762 | |
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Pharmaceuticals — 3.6% | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 21,939,376 | | | | 1,043,436,723 | |
Catalent, Inc.(a) | | | 1,957,538 | | | | 116,160,305 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 8,640,480 | | | | 6,949,278,850 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 26,047,647 | | | | 4,111,621,079 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 27,414,848 | | | | 3,101,441,754 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 61,330,046 | | | | 1,873,019,605 | |
Viatris, Inc. | | | 12,886,992 | | | | 155,417,123 | |
Zoetis, Inc., Class A | | | 4,938,723 | | | | 889,167,689 | |
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Professional Services — 0.6% | | | | | | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 4,429,982 | | | | 1,163,401,873 | |
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | | | 1,278,935 | | | | 273,692,090 | |
Dayforce, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,708,982 | | | | 101,308,453 | |
Equifax, Inc. | | | 1,338,041 | | | | 373,808,514 | |
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | | | 1,355,399 | | | | 198,362,644 | |
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,463,217 | | | | 211,288,535 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | 3,467,514 | | | | 443,911,142 | |
Paycom Software, Inc. | | | 520,810 | | | | 86,865,900 | |
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | | | 1,544,226 | | | | 404,201,155 | |
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Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%(a)(b) | | | | |
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A | | | 3,264,086 | | | | 367,895,133 | |
CoStar Group, Inc. | | | 4,418,179 | | | | 344,706,326 | |
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Residential REITs — 0.3% | | | | | | |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | | 1,536,593 | | | | 314,878,637 | |
Camden Property Trust | | | 1,153,452 | | | | 127,744,809 | |
Equity Residential | | | 3,733,742 | | | | 259,980,455 | |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | | 694,363 | | | | 193,282,885 | |
Invitation Homes, Inc. | | | 6,231,917 | | | | 219,799,713 | |
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | 1,264,622 | | | | 176,756,217 | |
UDR, Inc. | | | 3,278,881 | | | | 131,384,762 | |
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Retail REITs — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Federal Realty Investment Trust | | | 807,846 | | | | 90,196,006 | |
Kimco Realty Corp. | | | 7,223,002 | | | | 156,955,833 | |
Realty Income Corp. | | | 9,424,394 | | | | 541,242,947 | |
Regency Centers Corp. | | | 1,779,025 | | | | 119,799,544 | |
Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | 3,526,214 | | | | 541,062,276 | |
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | | | 17,493,591 | | | | 2,527,474,028 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 5,367,215 | | | | 1,241,866,207 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 8,992,687 | | | | 1,908,248,181 | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | 47,146,498 | | | | 7,575,499,299 | |
Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,472,636 | | | | 169,515,130 | |
First Solar, Inc.(a) | | | 1,158,643 | | | | 250,255,302 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 46,073,810 | | | | 1,416,308,919 | |
KLA Corp. | | | 1,457,170 | | | | 1,199,352,912 | |
Lam Research Corp. | | | 1,415,107 | | | | 1,303,653,173 | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. | | | 5,848,852 | | | | 519,261,080 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. | | | 11,985,162 | | | | 1,316,210,491 | |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | | 526,797 | | | | 454,673,223 | |
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NVIDIA Corp. | | | 266,230,198 | | | $ | 31,154,257,770 | |
NXP Semiconductors NV | | | 2,767,228 | | | | 728,223,720 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b) | | | 4,656,433 | | | | 364,365,882 | |
Qorvo, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,043,921 | | | | 125,061,736 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 12,100,094 | | | | 2,189,512,009 | |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | | | 1,736,330 | | | | 197,281,815 | |
Teradyne, Inc. | | | 1,689,658 | | | | 221,615,543 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 9,854,315 | | | | 2,008,407,940 | |
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Software — 10.3% | | | | | | |
Adobe, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 4,848,918 | | | | 2,674,905,615 | |
ANSYS, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 944,877 | | | | 296,341,773 | |
Autodesk, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,315,097 | | | | 573,032,809 | |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a) | | | 2,945,357 | | | | 788,354,255 | |
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 2,496,450 | | | | 579,076,542 | |
Fair Isaac Corp.(a)(b) | | | 267,575 | | | | 428,120,000 | |
Fortinet, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 6,862,448 | | | | 398,296,482 | |
Gen Digital, Inc. | | | 5,963,662 | | | | 154,995,575 | |
Intuit, Inc. | | | 3,030,405 | | | | 1,961,732,677 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 80,440,637 | | | | 33,652,340,489 | |
Oracle Corp. | | | 17,253,662 | | | | 2,406,023,166 | |
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 3,496,828 | | | | 1,135,524,956 | |
PTC, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,295,892 | | | | 230,474,392 | |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | | 1,158,685 | | | | 631,193,654 | |
Salesforce, Inc. | | | 10,511,954 | | | | 2,720,493,695 | |
ServiceNow, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,218,738 | | | | 1,806,918,040 | |
Synopsys, Inc.(a) | | | 1,651,093 | | | | 921,838,244 | |
Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 459,383 | | | | 260,980,076 | |
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Specialized REITs — 1.0% | | | | | | |
American Tower Corp. | | | 5,054,163 | | | | 1,113,937,525 | |
Crown Castle, Inc. | | | 4,703,064 | | | | 517,713,285 | |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 3,512,072 | | | | 525,019,644 | |
Equinix, Inc. | | | 1,026,975 | | | | 811,556,724 | |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | | | 2,291,523 | | | | 365,772,901 | |
Iron Mountain, Inc. | | | 3,172,611 | | | | 325,382,984 | |
Public Storage | | | 1,711,952 | | | | 506,600,836 | |
SBA Communications Corp. | | | 1,162,893 | | | | 255,301,529 | |
VICI Properties, Inc. | | | 11,290,553 | | | | 352,942,687 | |
Weyerhaeuser Co. | | | 7,894,988 | | | | 250,744,819 | |
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Specialty Retail — 1.9% | | | | | | |
AutoZone, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 187,146 | | | | 586,457,549 | |
Bath & Body Works, Inc. | | | 2,420,706 | | | | 88,960,946 | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | 2,084,199 | | | | 180,324,897 | |
CarMax, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,708,622 | | | | 144,276,042 | |
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | | | 10,726,132 | | | | 3,948,932,757 | |
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 6,192,677 | | | | 1,520,364,130 | |
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 637,396 | | | | 717,924,611 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 3,629,257 | | | | 519,818,480 | |
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 12,257,218 | | | | 1,385,310,778 | |
Tractor Supply Co. | | | 1,166,772 | | | | 307,234,403 | |
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 519,006 | | | | 189,380,099 | |
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 7.2% | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 156,004,289 | | | | 34,645,432,502 | |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | | | 14,064,131 | | | | 280,016,848 | |
HP, Inc. | | | 9,340,988 | | | | 337,116,257 | |
NetApp, Inc. | | | 2,233,718 | | | | 283,637,512 | |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc | | | 2,113,550 | | | | 215,941,403 | |
Super Micro Computer, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 544,829 | | | | 382,279,268 | |
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (continued) | |
Western Digital Corp.(a) | | | 3,533,881 | | | $ | 236,946,721 | |
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3% | |
Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)(b) | | | 277,691 | | | | 256,206,048 | |
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,240,041 | | | | 320,749,005 | |
NIKE, Inc., Class B | | | 13,111,805 | | | | 981,549,722 | |
Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A | | | 422,417 | | | | 74,172,201 | |
Tapestry, Inc. | | | 2,486,968 | | | | 99,702,547 | |
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Tobacco — 0.6% | | | | | | |
Altria Group, Inc. | | | 18,589,978 | | | | 911,094,822 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 16,825,083 | | | | 1,937,576,558 | |
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Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3% | |
Fastenal Co. | | | 6,196,853 | | | | 438,427,350 | |
United Rentals, Inc. | | | 720,868 | | | | 545,769,163 | |
WW Grainger, Inc. | | | 473,267 | | | | 462,291,938 | |
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Water Utilities — 0.1% | | | | | | |
American Water Works Co., Inc. | | | 2,108,615 | | | | 300,182,431 | |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | |
T-Mobile US, Inc. | | | 5,580,630 | | | | 1,017,237,236 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7% (Cost: $423,178,040,562) | | | | | | | 501,963,480,130 | |
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Money Market Funds — 0.6%(c)(d) | | | | | | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.45%(e) | | | 2,037,903,936 | | | $ | 2,038,719,098 | |
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.29% | | | 1,044,944,184 | | | | 1,044,944,184 | |
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Total Short-Term Securities — 0.6% (Cost: $3,082,228,056) | | | | | | | 3,083,663,282 | |
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Total Investments — 100.3% (Cost: $426,260,268,618) | | | | | | | 505,047,143,412 | |
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Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3)% | | | | (1,652,299,137 | ) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 503,394,844,275 | |
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(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. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
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Description | | Number of Contracts | | | Expiration Date | | | Notional Amount (000) | | | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
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Long Contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
S&P 500 E-Mini Index | | | 5,083 | | | | 09/20/24 | | | $ | 1,412,566 | | | $ | 9,801,862 | |
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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.
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Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 501,963,480,130 | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | 501,963,480,130 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money Market Funds | | | 3,083,663,282 | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | 3,083,663,282 | |
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| | $ | 505,047,143,412 | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | 505,047,143,412 | |
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Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | $ | 9,801,862 | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | — | | | | | | | $ | 9,801,862 | |
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(a) | Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. | |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)
July 31, 2024
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Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | | $ | 500,638,420,737 | |
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | | | 4,408,722,675 | |
Cash | | | 202,116 | |
Cash pledged: | | | | |
Futures contracts | | | 71,700,080 | |
Receivables: | | | | |
Investments sold | | | 16,495,180 | |
Securities lending income — affiliated | | | 321,402 | |
Dividends — unaffiliated | | | 298,807,386 | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 4,454,530 | |
Variation margin on futures contracts | | | 21,122,516 | |
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Total assets | | | 505,460,246,622 | |
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LIABILITIES | | | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | | 2,052,659,101 | |
Payables: | | | | |
Investment advisory fees | | | 12,743,246 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 2,065,402,347 | |
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Commitments and contingent liabilities | | | | |
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NET ASSETS | | $ | 503,394,844,275 | |
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 414,869,095,492 | |
Accumulated earnings | | | 88,525,748,783 | |
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NET ASSETS | | $ | 503,394,844,275 | |
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NET ASSET VALUE | | | | |
Shares outstanding | | | 909,400,000 | |
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Net asset value | | $ | 553.55 | |
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Shares authorized | | | Unlimited | |
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Par value | | | None | |
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(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated | | $ | 422,042,377,897 | |
(b) Securities loaned, at value | | $ | 2,023,188,808 | |
(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated | | $ | 4,217,890,721 | |
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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
Portfolio Abbreviation
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MSCI | | Morgan Stanley Capital International |
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NVS | | Non-Voting Shares |
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REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
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Item 8 – | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies – See Item 7 |
Item 9 – | Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies – See Item 7 |
Item 10 – | Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies – See Item 7 |
Item 11 – | Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract – See Item 7 |
Item 12 – | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 13 – | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 14 – | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable |
Item 15 – | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
Item 16 – | Controls and Procedures |
(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) 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 17 – | Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 18 – | Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation – Not Applicable |
Item 19 – | Exhibits attached hereto |
(a)(1) Code of Ethics – See Item 2
(a)(2) Any policy required by the listing standards adopted pursuant to Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10D-1) by the registered national securities exchange or registered national securities association upon which the registrant’s securities are listed – Not Applicable
(a)(3) Section 302 Certifications are attached.
(a)(4) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable
(a)(5) Change in registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable
(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached.
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
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| | By: | | /s/ Jessica Tan |
| | | | Jessica Tan |
| | | | President (principal executive officer) of iShares Trust |
Date: September 23, 2024
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.
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| | By: | | /s/ Jessica Tan |
| | | | Jessica Tan |
| | | | President (principal executive officer) of iShares Trust |
Date: September 23, 2024
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| | By: | | /s/ Trent Walker |
| | | | Trent Walker |
| | | | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of iShares Trust |
Date: September 23, 2024