UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-09729
iShares Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
c/o: Investors Bank & Trust Company 200 Clarendon Street; Boston, MA 02116 | ||
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) |
The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street; Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-474-2737
Date of fiscal year end: February 28, 2006
Date of reporting period: February 28, 2006
Item 1. | Reports to Stockholders. |
iShares®
2006 ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS | FEBRUARY 28, 2006
iSHARES BOND FUNDS
iSHARES LEHMAN 1-3 YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
iSHARES LEHMAN 7-10 YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
iSHARES LEHMAN 20+ YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
iSHARES LEHMAN TIPS BOND FUND
iSHARES LEHMAN AGGREGATE BOND FUND
iSHARES GS $ INVESTOPTM CORPORATE BOND FUND
1 | ||
11 | ||
13 | ||
13 | ||
17 | ||
21 | ||
25 | ||
29 | ||
36 | ||
42 | ||
46 | ||
52 | ||
59 | ||
60 | ||
61 | ||
63 | ||
iShares Family of Funds | 66 |
Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance
iSHARES® LEHMAN TREASURY BOND FUNDS
Performance as of February 28, 2006
Average Annual Total Returns |
Cumulative Total Returns |
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Year Ended 2/28/06 |
Inception to 2/28/06 |
Inception to 2/28/06 |
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iSHARES BOND FUND |
NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
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Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
2.01 | % | 2.09 | % | 2.15 | % | 1.81 | % | 1.83 | % | 1.96 | % | 6.68 | % | 6.75 | % | 7.25 | % | |||||||||
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
2.21 | % | 2.32 | % | 2.33 | % | 4.16 | % | 4.16 | % | 4.09 | % | 15.83 | % | 15.86 | % | 15.59 | % | |||||||||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
6.12 | % | 6.07 | % | 6.22 | % | 7.81 | % | 7.78 | % | 7.90 | % | 31.18 | % | 31.06 | % | 31.58 | % | |||||||||
Lehman TIPS |
3.04 | % | 3.03 | % | 3.21 | % | 5.16 | % | 5.18 | % | 5.35 | % | 11.92 | % | 11.96 | % | 12.38 | % |
Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of each Fund (7/22/02 for the three iShares Lehman Treasury Bond Funds and 12/4/03 for the iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund). “Average annual total returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative total returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.
Each Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of such Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of each Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of each Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Funds are listed for trading, as of the time that the Funds’ NAV is calculated. Since shares of each Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after each Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (7/26/02 for the three iShares Lehman Treasury Bond Funds and 12/5/03 for the iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund), the NAV of each Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in each Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike each Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by each Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of each Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of each Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of each Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Each Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.
iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE |
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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN TREASURY BOND FUNDS
iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE
iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE
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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN TREASURY BOND FUNDS
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE
Performance figures assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike each Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by each Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of each Fund. Each Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the short-term sector of the United States Treasury market, as defined by the Lehman Brothers 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities in the Index, which have a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund generally does not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the one-year period ended February 28, 2006 (the “reporting period”), the Fund returned 2.01%, while the Index returned 2.15%.
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION As of 2/28/06 |
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Sector |
% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Government Obligations |
98.82 | % | |
Short-Term and Other Net Assets |
1.18 | ||
TOTAL |
100.00 | % | |
TOP FIVE FUND HOLDINGS As of 2/28/06 |
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Security |
% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.75%, 05/15/08 |
11.52 | % | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.13%, 05/15/07 |
10.60 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 08/15/07 |
10.46 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.00%, 02/15/08 |
7.85 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.00%, 11/15/07 |
7.49 | ||
TOTAL |
47.92 | % | |
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE |
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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN TREASURY BOND FUNDS
The iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the intermediate-term sector of the United States Treasury market, as defined by the Lehman Brothers 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities in the Index, which have a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund generally does not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the reporting period, the Fund returned 2.21%, while the Index returned 2.33%.
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION As of 2/28/06 |
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Sector |
% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Government Obligations |
98.81 | % | |
Short-Term and Other Net Assets |
1.19 | ||
TOTAL |
100.00 | % | |
TOP FIVE FUND HOLDINGS As of 2/28/06 |
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Security |
% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Treasury Bonds, 11.25%, 02/15/15 |
26.78 | % | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.25%, 11/15/13 |
18.87 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.13%, 05/15/15 |
15.52 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.25%, 08/15/13 |
10.02 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.75%, 05/15/14 |
7.46 | ||
TOTAL |
78.65 | % | |
The iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the long-term sector of the United States Treasury market, as defined by the Lehman Brothers 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities in the Index, which have a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund generally does not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the reporting period, the Fund returned 6.12%, while the Index returned 6.22%.
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION As of 2/28/06 |
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Sector |
% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Government Obligations |
98.89 | % | |
Short-Term and Other Net Assets |
1.11 | ||
TOTAL |
100.00 | % | |
TOP FIVE FUND HOLDINGS As of 2/28/06 |
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Security |
% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Treasury Bonds, 6.13%, 11/15/27 |
13.87 | % | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5.38%, 02/15/31 |
12.51 | ||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 6.25%, 05/15/30 |
12.10 | ||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.50%, 02/15/36 |
8.51 | ||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 6.13%, 08/15/29 |
8.13 | ||
TOTAL |
55.12 | % | |
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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN TREASURY BOND FUNDS
The iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the inflation-protected sector of the United States Treasury market, as defined by the Lehman Brothers U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities in the Index, which have a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund generally does not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the reporting period, the Fund returned 3.04%, while the Index returned 3.21%.
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION As of 2/28/06 |
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Sector |
% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Government Obligations |
99.49 | % | |
Short-Term and Other Net Assets |
0.51 | ||
TOTAL |
100.00 | % | |
TOP FIVE FUND HOLDINGS As of 2/28/06 |
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Security |
% of Net Assets |
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U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bonds, 3.88%, 04/15/29 |
8.63 | % | |
U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bonds, 2.38%, 01/15/25 |
8.43 | ||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bonds, 0.88%, 04/15/10 |
8.30 | ||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bonds, 3.00%, 07/15/12 |
7.42 | ||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bonds, 3.63%, 04/15/28 |
7.00 | ||
TOTAL |
39.78 | % | |
Despite a challenging environment, Treasury bonds posted positive returns for the reporting period. Long-term Treasury securities produced the best results, while short- and intermediate-term Treasury bonds gained modestly.
One factor influencing bond market performance was the resiliency of the economic recovery. The U.S. economy grew by 3.5% in 2005, down from its 4.2% growth rate in 2004 but higher than the 3.1% average growth rate of the past 20 years. Job growth remained healthy – the economy added 2.1 million jobs during the reporting period, and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than four years. Retail sales also contributed to the economy’s growth, rising by 6.7% over the past year thanks in part to strong sales of gasoline and building materials.
Inflation also picked up during the reporting period, though the increase was driven largely by soaring energy prices. The consumer price index rose by 3.6% over the past year, up from 3% for the previous 12 months. Energy prices surged by 20%, but increasing industrial activity also contributed to higher prices as manufacturing capacity usage reached its highest level since September 2000.
In this environment, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) continued its series of short-term interest rate increases. The Fed raised its federal funds rate eight times during the reporting period, each time by a quarter-point. As a result, the federal funds rate rose from 2.5% to 4.5%, its highest level since May 2001. The Fed has now raised rates a total of 14 times in the past 20 months.
The Fed’s rate hikes pushed short-term Treasury yields higher; the two-year Treasury note yield rose from 3.6% to 4.7% during the reporting period, leading to modest price declines. However, interest payments more than offset the price declines, allowing short-term bonds to post gains for the reporting period. Longer-term Treasury yields were more stable – the 10-year Treasury bond yield edged up from 4.4% to 4.6%, and the longest-term Treasurys (maturing in 20 years or more) saw their yields decline during the reporting period. The perceived lack of a broad-based inflation threat kept longer-term yields in check, and consequently long-term bonds posted the best returns in the Treasury market.
Treasury inflation-protected securities (“TIPS”) also performed well, outpacing most of the nominal Treasury market (except for the longest-term bonds). Income from TIPS consists of two components – (1) the nominal interest rate, and (2) inflation adjustments to the principal value of the bond. The nominal yields of TIPS rose by more than the yields of ordinary Treasury securities during the reporting period, producing lower prices on TIPS. However, rising inflation led to increased demand for TIPS, and a higher inflation adjustment provided a boost to TIPS returns.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE |
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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance
iSHARES® LEHMAN AGGREGATE BOND FUND
Performance as of February 28, 2006
Average Annual Total Returns |
Cumulative Total Returns |
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Year Ended 2/28/06 |
Inception to 2/28/06 |
Inception to 2/28/06 |
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NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
||||||||||||||||
2.53% | 2.39 | % | 2.74 | % | 3.32 | % | 3.44 | % | 3.59 | % | 8.30 | % | 8.59 | % | 8.98 | % |
Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (9/22/03). “Average annual total returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative total returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.
The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (9/26/03), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE
Performance figures assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN AGGREGATE BOND FUND
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION As of 2/28/06 |
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Sector |
% of Net Assets |
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Mortgage-Backed Securities |
37.61 | % | |
U.S. Government Obligations |
25.04 | ||
Financial |
16.81 | ||
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations |
8.16 | ||
Communications |
2.37 | ||
Consumer Non-Cyclical |
2.01 | ||
Foreign Government Obligations |
1.35 | ||
Consumer Cyclical |
1.25 | ||
Utilities |
1.02 | ||
Energy |
0.83 | ||
Technology |
0.74 | ||
Basic Materials |
0.54 | ||
Government |
0.51 | ||
Industrial |
0.50 | ||
Municipal Obligations |
0.25 | ||
Short-Term and Other Net Assets |
1.01 | ||
TOTAL |
100.00 | % | |
TOP TEN FUND HOLDINGS As of 2/28/06 |
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Security |
% of Net Assets |
||
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.50%, 03/01/36 |
5.50 | % | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.00%, 08/15/09 |
5.24 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.88%, 07/31/07 |
4.31 | ||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 5.50%, 03/01/36 |
4.12 | ||
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 03/01/36 |
4.11 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.00%, 11/15/07 |
3.51 | ||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.75%, 03/15/08 |
3.48 | ||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 8.13%, 08/15/19 |
3.22 | ||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 7.63%, 02/15/25 |
2.89 | ||
Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.63%, 01/15/08 |
2.88 | ||
TOTAL |
39.26 | % | |
The iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the total United States investment-grade bond market, as defined by the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities in the Index, which have a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund generally does not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the one-year period ended February 28, 2006 (the “reporting period”), the Fund returned 2.53%, while the Index returned 2.74%.
Despite a challenging environment, U.S. bonds posted positive returns for the reporting period. One factor influencing bond market performance was the resiliency of the economic recovery. The U.S. economy grew by 3.5% in 2005, down from its 4.2% growth rate in 2004 but higher than the 3.1% average growth rate of the past 20 years. Job growth remained healthy — the economy added 2.1 million jobs during the reporting period, and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than four years. Retail sales also contributed to the economy’s growth, rising by 6.7% over the past year thanks in part to strong sales of gasoline and building materials.
Inflation also picked up during the reporting period, though the increase was driven largely by soaring energy prices. The consumer price index rose by 3.6% over the past year, up from 3% for the previous 12 months. Energy prices surged by 20%, but increasing industrial activity also contributed to higher prices as manufacturing capacity usage reached its highest level since September 2000.
In this environment, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) continued its series of short-term interest rate increases. The Fed raised its federal funds rate eight times during the reporting period, each time by a quarter-point. As a result, the federal funds rate rose from 2.5% to 4.5%, its highest level since May 2001. The Fed has now raised rates a total of 14 times in the past 20 months.
The Fed’s rate hikes pushed short-term bond yields higher, but longer-term yields were relatively stable. The perceived lack of a broad-based inflation threat kept longer-term yields in check, and consequently long-term bonds outperformed during the reporting period.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE |
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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN AGGREGATE BOND FUND
From a sector standpoint, every segment of the domestic bond market gained during the reporting period. Mortgage-backed securities posted the best results as long-term interest rates rose enough to keep a lid on mortgage refinancing activity, but not enough to have a significant negative impact on bond prices. Consequently, the returns of mortgage-backed securities derived largely from their relatively high yields, which contributed to their outperformance of the overall bond market.
Treasury and government agency securities produced returns that were in line with the overall bond market. Corporate bonds, which were the market leaders in 2003 and 2004, lagged during the reporting period as investors began to take profits, seeking more attractive values elsewhere in the fixed-income market.
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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance
iSHARES® GS $ INVESTOP™ CORPORATE BOND FUND
Performance as of February 28, 2006
Average Annual Total Returns |
Cumulative Total Returns |
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Year Ended 2/28/06 |
Inception to 2/28/06 |
Inception to 2/28/06 |
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NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
NAV |
MARKET |
INDEX |
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1.12% | 1.14 | % | 0.98 | % | 6.01 | % | 6.08 | % | 5.98 | % | 23.44 | % | 23.75 | % | 23.31 | % |
Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (7/22/02). “Average annual total returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative total returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.
The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (7/26/02), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION AT NET ASSET VALUE
Performance figures assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE |
9 |
Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Continued)
iSHARES® GS $ INVESTOP™ CORPORATE BOND FUND
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION As of 2/28/06 |
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Sector |
% of Net Assets |
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Financial |
52.88 | % | |
Communications |
15.76 | ||
Consumer Non-Cyclical |
6.80 | ||
Consumer Cyclical |
6.75 | ||
Energy |
5.05 | ||
Basic Materials |
4.00 | ||
Industrial |
3.02 | ||
Technology |
1.95 | ||
Utilities |
1.94 | ||
Short-Term and Other Net Assets |
1.85 | ||
TOTAL |
100.00 | % | |
TOP TEN FUND HOLDINGS As of 2/28/06 |
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Security |
% of Net Assets |
||
AT&T Wireless Services Inc., 8.13%, 05/01/12 |
1.18 | % | |
Sprint Capital Corp., 8.38%, 03/15/12 |
1.13 | ||
John Deere Capital Corp., 7.00%, 03/15/12 |
1.12 | ||
Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.38%, 03/15/32 |
1.10 | ||
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.00%, 01/08/16 |
1.05 | ||
United Technologies Corp., 4.38%, 05/01/10 |
1.04 | ||
Wells Fargo & Co., 4.20%, 01/15/10 |
1.04 | ||
BellSouth Corp., 6.55%, 06/15/34 |
1.04 | ||
TXU Energy Co., 7.00%, 03/15/13 |
1.04 | ||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 5.13%, 11/15/14 |
1.04 | ||
TOTAL |
10.78 | % | |
The iShares GS $ InvesTop™ Corporate Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of a segment of the U.S. investment-grade corporate bond market, as defined by the GS $ InvesTop™ Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities in the Index, which have a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund generally does not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the one-year period ended February 28, 2006 (the “reporting period”), the Fund returned 1.12%, while the Index returned 0.98%.
Despite a challenging environment, U.S. bonds posted positive returns for the reporting period. One factor influencing bond market performance was the resiliency of the economic recovery. The U.S. economy grew by 3.5% in 2005, down from its 4.2% growth rate in 2004 but higher than the 3.1% average growth rate of the past 20 years. Job growth remained healthy – the economy added 2.1 million jobs during the reporting period, and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than four years. Retail sales also contributed to the economy’s growth, rising by 6.7% over the past year thanks in part to strong sales of gasoline and building materials.
Inflation also picked up during the reporting period, though the increase was driven largely by soaring energy prices. The consumer price index rose by 3.6% over the past year, up from 3% for the previous 12 months. Energy prices surged by 20%, but increasing industrial activity also contributed to higher prices as manufacturing capacity usage reached its highest level since September 2000.
In this environment, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) continued its series of short-term interest rate increases. The Fed raised its federal funds rate eight times during the reporting period, each time by a quarter-point. As a result, the federal funds rate rose from 2.5% to 4.5%, its highest level since May 2001. The Fed has now raised rates a total of 14 times in the past 20 months.
The Fed’s rate hikes pushed short-term bond yields higher, but longer-term yields were relatively stable. The perceived lack of a broad-based inflation threat kept longer-term yields in check, and consequently long-term bonds outperformed during the reporting period.
Corporate bonds, which were the best performers in the domestic bond market in 2003 and 2004, lagged the rest of the market during the reporting period. Although the robust economic environment was favorable for corporate bonds, investors began to take profits in this sector, seeking more attractive values elsewhere in the fixed-income market.
Within the corporate sector, lower-quality bonds performed best, benefiting from a general improvement in credit quality and healthy investor demand for the higher yields offered by lower-rated securities.
10 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
iSHARES® TRUST
As a shareholder of an iShares Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. The following Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from September 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first line under each Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for your Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second line under each Fund in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the second line under each Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
iShares Bond Fund |
Beginning Account Value (September 1, 2005) |
Ending Account Value (February 28, 2006) |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid (September 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006) | |||||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
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Actual |
$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,006.00 | 0.16 | % | $ 0.80 | ||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
1,000.00 | 1,024.00 | 0.16 | 0.80 | |||||
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
|||||||||
Actual |
1,000.00 | 981.60 | 0.16 | 0.79 | |||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
1,000.00 | 1,024.00 | 0.16 | 0.80 | |||||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
|||||||||
Actual |
1,000.00 | 976.20 | 0.16 | 0.78 | |||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
1,000.00 | 1,024.00 | 0.16 | 0.80 | |||||
Lehman TIPS |
|||||||||
Actual |
1,000.00 | 998.40 | 0.21 | 1.04 | |||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
1,000.00 | 1,023.75 | 0.21 | 1.05 |
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSES | 11 |
Shareholder Expenses (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
iShares Bond Fund |
Beginning Account Value (September 1, 2005) |
Ending Account Value (February 28, 2006) |
Annualized Expense Ratio |
Expenses Paid During Period a (September 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006) | |||||
Lehman Aggregate |
|||||||||
Actual |
$ 1,000.00 | $ 997.60 | 0.21 | % | $ 1.04 | ||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
1,000.00 | 1,023.75 | 0.21 | 1.05 | |||||
GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate |
|||||||||
Actual |
1,000.00 | 984.80 | 0.16 | 0.79 | |||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
1,000.00 | 1,024.00 | 0.16 | 0.80 |
a | Expenses are calculated using each Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (181 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). |
12 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
iSHARES® LEHMAN 1-3 YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 98.82% |
||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes |
||||||
2.63%, 05/15/08 |
$ | 142,242,000 | $ | 136,198,136 | ||
2.75%, 08/15/071 |
406,002,000 | 394,617,700 | ||||
3.00%, 11/15/071 |
290,607,000 | 282,563,004 | ||||
3.00%, 02/15/081 |
305,679,000 | 296,147,941 | ||||
3.13%, 05/15/07 |
407,415,000 | 399,678,181 | ||||
3.13%, 09/15/08 |
107,388,000 | 103,452,229 | ||||
3.13%, 10/15/081 |
98,910,000 | 95,179,112 | ||||
3.25%, 01/15/091 |
51,810,000 | 49,869,714 | ||||
3.38%, 12/15/081 |
103,620,000 | 100,183,959 | ||||
3.50%, 05/31/07 |
78,657,000 | 77,453,549 | ||||
3.63%, 04/30/07 |
170,502,000 | 168,302,522 | ||||
3.63%, 06/30/07 |
138,003,000 | 135,971,596 | ||||
3.75%, 05/15/081 |
442,740,000 | 434,341,209 | ||||
4.00%, 09/30/071 |
204,885,000 | 202,526,771 | ||||
4.13%, 08/15/081 |
236,442,000 | 233,741,837 | ||||
4.25%, 10/31/071 |
141,300,000 | 140,173,843 | ||||
4.25%, 11/30/07 |
49,455,000 | 49,083,099 | ||||
4.38%, 01/31/08 |
115,395,000 | 114,726,861 | ||||
4.50%, 02/15/09 |
147,894,000 | 147,235,872 | ||||
4.75%, 11/15/08 |
165,321,000 | 165,688,012 | ||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS |
3,727,135,147 | |||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 48.45% |
||||||
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT2 – 0.58% |
||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.94%, 07/10/06 |
8,442,327 | 8,442,327 | ||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.78%, 12/05/06 |
13,507,723 | 13,507,723 | ||||
21,950,050 | ||||||
COMMERCIAL PAPER2 – 1.66% |
||||||
Amstel Funding Corp. |
||||||
4.40%, 05/08/06 |
8,442,327 | 8,372,161 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/21/06 |
5,065,396 | 5,035,042 | ||||
Edison Asset Securitization LLC |
||||||
4.37%, 05/08/06 |
8,442,327 | 8,372,640 | ||||
Galaxy Funding Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/18/06 |
4,845,896 | 4,818,565 | ||||
Grampian Funding LLC |
||||||
4.41%, 05/15/06 |
8,442,327 | 8,364,763 | ||||
Nordea North America Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/04/06 |
17,728,887 | 17,659,232 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/06/06 |
10,130,792 | 10,088,648 | ||||
62,711,051 | ||||||
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES2 – 1.51% |
||||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
3.93%, 07/07/06 |
5,234,243 | 5,234,059 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
3.94%, 07/07/06 |
10,130,792 | 10,130,615 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
5.18%, 12/15/06 |
16,884,654 | 16,930,660 | ||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.81%, 06/20/06 |
21,105,818 | 21,106,444 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
2.85%, 11/15/06 |
3,376,931 | 3,332,836 | ||||
56,734,614 | ||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 12.39% |
||||||
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) Repurchase Agreement, 4.62%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $25,330,231 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $27,905,213, 0.00% to 9.40%, 11/15/15 to 6/12/47).2 |
25,326,981 | 25,326,981 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.57%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $84,433,987 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $86,281,692, 3.69% to 10.00%, 5/1/09 to 1/1/36).2 |
84,423,270 | 84,423,270 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 13 |
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN 1-3 YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $42,217,040 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $44,393,361, 1.01%, 9/19/35).2 |
$ | 42,211,635 | $ | 42,211,635 | ||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.56%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $84,433,964 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $86,249,959, 4.50% to 7.50%, 9/1/09 to 11/1/35).2 |
84,423,270 | 84,423,270 | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.71%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $84,434,315 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $88,786,723, 0.00% to 10.00%, 8/15/07 to 2/1/16).2 |
84,423,270 | 84,423,270 | ||||
Investors Bank & Trust Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement, 4.24%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $24,911,660 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $25,406,901, 6.13%, 8/15/07). |
24,908,727 | 24,908,727 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.53%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $20,264,135 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $20,700,417, 3.99% to 5.51%, 7/1/32 to 2/1/36).2 |
20,261,585 | 20,261,585 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.66%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $16,886,840 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $17,419,720, 0.00% to 7.88%, 5/15/08 to 1/15/16).2 |
16,884,654 | 16,884,654 | ||||
Morgan Stanley Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $84,434,081 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $88,651,574, 0.00% to 7.16%, 3/1/06 to 3/25/35).2 |
84,423,270 | 84,423,270 | ||||
467,286,662 | ||||||
TIME DEPOSITS2 – 3.27% |
||||||
KBC Bank | ||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
33,769,308 | 33,769,308 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
59,096,289 | 59,096,289 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.45%, 03/01/06 |
30,383,428 | 30,383,428 | ||||
123,249,025 | ||||||
VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTES2 – 29.04% |
||||||
Allstate Life Global Funding II |
||||||
4.57% - 4.63%, 02/08/07 - 03/27/073 |
47,445,878 | 47,453,419 | ||||
American Express Bank |
||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 06/29/06 - 10/25/06 |
39,678,937 | 39,678,701 | ||||
American Express Centurion Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 06/29/06 |
6,753,862 | 6,753,862 | ||||
American Express Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 02/05/07 |
5,065,396 | 5,069,453 | ||||
ASIF Global Financing |
||||||
4.75% - 4.95%, 05/30/06 - 08/11/063 |
54,875,126 | 54,889,307 | ||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. |
||||||
4.55%, 02/23/073 |
10,975,025 | 10,975,025 |
14 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN 1-3 YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Bank of Ireland |
||||||
4.54%, 03/20/073 |
$ | 16,884,654 | $ | 16,884,654 | ||
Beta Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 04/25/06 - 05/25/063 |
21,781,204 | 21,780,769 | ||||
BMW US Capital LLC |
||||||
4.54%, 02/15/073 |
16,884,654 | 16,884,654 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.52% - 4.56%, 03/23/06 - 07/14/063 |
45,419,719 | 45,419,111 | ||||
Commodore CDO Ltd. |
||||||
4.56%, 12/12/063 |
4,221,164 | 4,221,164 | ||||
DEPFA Bank PLC |
||||||
4.50%, 12/15/06 |
16,884,654 | 16,884,654 | ||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.52%, 06/26/063 |
4,221,164 | 4,221,029 | ||||
Eli Lilly Services Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/01/063 |
16,884,654 | 16,884,654 | ||||
Fifth Third Bancorp. |
||||||
4.55%, 01/23/073 |
33,769,308 | 33,769,308 | ||||
Five Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 06/26/063 |
3,376,931 | 3,376,822 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 03/09/07 |
7,598,094 | 7,603,814 | ||||
Greenwich Capital Holdings Inc. |
||||||
4.53%, 03/02/06 |
4,221,164 | 4,221,164 | ||||
Hartford Life Global Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.56%, 02/15/07 |
16,884,654 | 16,884,654 | ||||
HBOS Treasury Services PLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/24/073 |
16,884,654 | 16,884,654 | ||||
Holmes Financing PLC |
||||||
4.54%, 12/15/063 |
46,432,799 | 46,432,799 | ||||
HSBC Bank USA N.A. |
||||||
4.70%, 05/04/06 |
5,909,629 | 5,910,473 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
4.53%, 06/02/063 |
15,196,189 | 15,195,802 | ||||
Leafs LLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/22/07 - 02/20/073 |
17,690,390 | 17,690,390 | ||||
Links Finance LLC |
||||||
4.56%, 03/15/063 |
13,507,723 | 13,507,790 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
4.55%, 02/15/07 |
9,286,560 | 9,286,560 | ||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I |
||||||
4.56% - 4.96%, 08/28/06 - 03/06/073 |
50,485,116 | 50,505,894 | ||||
Mound Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 11/08/063 |
33,769,308 | 33,769,308 | ||||
Natexis Banques Populaires |
||||||
4.55%, 03/15/073 |
12,663,491 | 12,663,491 | ||||
Nationwide Building Society |
||||||
4.58% - 4.60%, 01/05/07 - 01/26/073 |
45,588,566 | 45,590,144 | ||||
Nordea Bank AB |
||||||
4.55%, 02/09/073 |
29,548,145 | 29,548,145 | ||||
Northern Rock PLC |
||||||
4.61%, 02/02/073 |
20,261,585 | 20,262,219 | ||||
Permanent Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 03/10/06 - 06/12/063 |
45,926,259 | 45,926,267 | ||||
Pfizer Investment Capital PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 02/15/073 |
42,211,635 | 42,211,635 | ||||
Principal Life Income Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.70%, 05/10/06 |
12,663,491 | 12,663,576 | ||||
Sedna Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/20/063 |
5,065,396 | 5,065,396 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.55%, 03/20/06 - 08/15/063 |
18,741,966 | 18,741,621 | ||||
Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank NY |
||||||
4.56%, 03/19/073 |
16,884,654 | 16,884,654 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.54%, 03/02/073 |
11,819,258 | 11,819,258 | ||||
Strips III LLC |
||||||
4.62%, 07/24/063 |
4,356,171 | 4,356,171 | ||||
SunTrust Bank |
||||||
4.62%, 04/28/06 |
25,326,981 | 25,326,981 | ||||
Tango Finance Corp. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 05/25/06 - 09/27/063 |
37,652,779 | 37,650,969 | ||||
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.57%, 04/10/06 |
7,598,094 | 7,598,082 | ||||
UniCredito Italiano SpA |
||||||
4.43%, 06/14/06 |
21,950,050 | 21,947,811 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 15 |
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
iSHARES® LEHMAN 1-3 YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
February | 28, 2006 |
Security |
Principal |
Value |
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Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/28/063 |
$ | 16,884,654 | $ | 16,884,654 | |||
US Bank N.A. |
|||||||
4.54%, 09/29/06 |
7,598,094 | 7,596,937 | |||||
Variable Funding Capital Corp. |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 - 03/13/06 |
25,326,981 | 25,326,981 | |||||
Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc. |
|||||||
4.57%, 03/26/063 |
32,224,326 | 32,224,326 | |||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
|||||||
4.56%, 03/15/073 |
8,442,327 | 8,442,969 | |||||
WhistleJacket Capital Ltd. |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.56%, 06/22/06 - 07/28/063 |
8,442,327 | 8,441,886 | |||||
White Pine Finance LLC |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 03/27/06 - 06/20/063 |
17,728,887 | 17,728,910 | |||||
Winston Funding Ltd. |
|||||||
4.68%, 04/23/063 |
12,055,643 | 12,055,643 | |||||
World Savings Bank |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 |
25,326,981 | 25,326,951 | |||||
1,095,325,565 | |||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
1,827,256,967 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 147.27% |
5,554,392,114 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (47.27)% |
(1,782,712,979 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS – 100.00% |
$ | 3,771,679,135 | |||||
1 | All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5. |
2 | All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5. |
3 | This security or a portion of these securities is exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
See notes to the financial statements.
16 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Schedule of Investments
iSHARES® LEHMAN 7-10 YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 98.81% |
||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds |
||||||
9.25%, 02/15/16 |
$ | 56,800,000 | $ | 77,593,909 | ||
9.88%, 11/15/151 |
11,360,000 | 15,984,201 | ||||
11.25%, 02/15/151 |
212,858,000 | 315,336,349 | ||||
U.S. Treasury Notes |
||||||
3.63%, 05/15/131 |
93,010,000 | 87,558,684 | ||||
4.13%, 05/15/151 |
189,286,000 | 182,757,532 | ||||
4.25%, 08/15/131 |
120,700,000 | 117,958,898 | ||||
4.25%, 11/15/131 |
227,484,000 | 222,142,676 | ||||
4.25%, 11/15/141 |
57,652,000 | 56,178,991 | ||||
4.75%, 05/15/141 |
87,046,000 | 87,852,048 | ||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS |
1,163,363,288 | |||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 45.80% |
||||||
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT2 – 0.54% |
||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.94%, 07/10/06 |
2,453,468 | 2,453,468 | ||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.78%, 12/05/06 |
3,925,549 | 3,925,549 | ||||
6,379,017 | ||||||
COMMERCIAL PAPER2 – 1.55% |
||||||
Amstel Funding Corp. |
||||||
4.40%, 05/08/06 |
2,453,468 | 2,433,077 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/21/06 |
1,472,081 | 1,463,260 | ||||
Edison Asset Securitization LLC |
||||||
4.37%, 05/08/06 |
2,453,468 | 2,433,216 | ||||
Galaxy Funding Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/18/06 |
1,408,291 | 1,400,348 | ||||
Grampian Funding LLC |
||||||
4.41%, 05/15/06 |
2,453,468 | 2,430,927 | ||||
Nordea North America Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/04/06 |
5,152,284 | 5,132,041 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/06/06 |
2,944,162 | 2,931,914 | ||||
18,224,783 | ||||||
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES2 – 1.40% |
||||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
3.93%, 07/07/06 |
1,521,150 | 1,521,097 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
3.94%, 07/07/06 |
2,944,162 | 2,944,110 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
5.18%, 12/15/06 |
4,906,937 | 4,920,307 | ||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.81%, 06/20/06 |
6,133,671 | 6,133,853 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
2.85%, 11/15/06 |
981,387 | 968,573 | ||||
16,487,940 | ||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 12.23% |
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Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) Repurchase Agreement, 4.62%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $7,361,350 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $8,109,679, 0.00% to 9.40%, 11/15/15 to 6/12/47).2 |
7,360,405 | 7,360,405 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.57%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $24,537,799 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $25,074,770, 3.69% to 10.00%, 5/1/09 to 1/1/36).2 |
24,534,684 | 24,534,684 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $12,268,913 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $12,901,385, 1.01%, 9/19/35).2 |
12,267,342 | 12,267,342 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 17 |
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
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February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.56%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $24,537,792 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $25,065,548, 4.50% to 7.50%, 9/1/09 to 11/1/35).2 |
$ | 24,534,684 | $ | 24,534,684 | ||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.71%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $24,537,894 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $25,802,770, 0.00% to 10.00%, 8/15/07 to 2/1/16).2 |
24,534,684 | 24,534,684 | ||||
Investors Bank & Trust Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement, 4.24%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $15,417,623 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $15,724,124, 6.13%, 8/15/07). |
15,415,808 | 15,415,808 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.53%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $5,889,065 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $6,015,855, 3.99% to 5.51%, 7/1/32 to 2/1/36).2 |
5,888,324 | 5,888,324 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.66%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $4,907,572 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $5,062,435, 0.00% to 7.88%, 5/15/08 to 1/15/16).2 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 | ||||
Morgan Stanley Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $24,537,826 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $25,763,493, 0.00% to 7.16%, 3/1/06 to 3/25/35).2 |
24,534,684 | 24,534,684 | ||||
143,977,552 | ||||||
TIME DEPOSITS2 – 3.04% |
||||||
KBC Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
9,813,874 | 9,813,874 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
17,174,279 | 17,174,279 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.45%, 03/01/06 |
8,829,886 | 8,829,886 | ||||
35,818,039 | ||||||
VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTES2 – 27.04% |
||||||
Allstate Life Global Funding II |
||||||
4.57% - 4.63%, 02/08/07 - 03/27/073 |
13,788,492 | 13,790,685 | ||||
American Express Bank |
||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 06/29/06 - 10/25/06 |
11,531,302 | 11,531,233 | ||||
American Express Centurion Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 06/29/06 |
1,962,775 | 1,962,775 | ||||
American Express Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 02/05/07 |
1,472,081 | 1,473,260 | ||||
ASIF Global Financing |
||||||
4.75% - 4.95%, 05/30/06 - 08/11/063 |
15,947,545 | 15,951,666 | ||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. |
||||||
4.55%, 02/23/073 |
3,189,509 | 3,189,509 | ||||
Bank of Ireland |
||||||
4.54%, 03/20/073 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 | ||||
Beta Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 04/25/06 - 05/25/063 |
6,329,948 | 6,329,822 | ||||
BMW US Capital LLC |
||||||
4.54%, 02/15/073 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 |
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Schedule of Investments (Continued)
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February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.52% - 4.56%, 03/23/06 - 07/14/063 |
$ | 13,199,660 | $ | 13,199,482 | ||
Commodore CDO Ltd. |
||||||
4.56%, 12/12/063 |
1,226,734 | 1,226,734 | ||||
DEPFA Bank PLC |
||||||
4.50%, 12/15/06 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 | ||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.52%, 06/26/063 |
1,226,734 | 1,226,695 | ||||
Eli Lilly Services Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/01/063 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 | ||||
Fifth Third Bancorp. |
||||||
4.55%, 01/23/073 |
9,813,874 | 9,813,874 | ||||
Five Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 06/26/063 |
981,387 | 981,356 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 03/09/07 |
2,208,122 | 2,209,784 | ||||
Greenwich Capital Holdings Inc. |
||||||
4.53%, 03/02/06 |
1,226,734 | 1,226,734 | ||||
Hartford Life Global Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.56%, 02/15/07 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 | ||||
HBOS Treasury Services PLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/24/073 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 | ||||
Holmes Financing PLC |
||||||
4.54%, 12/15/063 |
13,494,076 | 13,494,076 | ||||
HSBC Bank USA N.A. |
||||||
4.70%, 05/04/06 |
1,717,428 | 1,717,673 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
4.53%, 06/02/063 |
4,416,243 | 4,416,131 | ||||
Leafs LLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/22/07 - 02/20/073 |
5,141,096 | 5,141,096 | ||||
Links Finance LLC |
||||||
4.56%, 03/15/063 |
3,925,549 | 3,925,569 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
4.55%, 02/15/07 |
2,698,815 | 2,698,815 | ||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I |
||||||
4.56% - 4.96%, 08/28/06 - 03/06/073 |
14,671,741 | 14,677,779 | ||||
Mound Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 11/08/063 |
9,813,874 | 9,813,874 | ||||
Natexis Banques Populaires |
||||||
4.55%, 03/15/073 |
3,680,203 | 3,680,203 | ||||
Nationwide Building Society |
||||||
4.58% - 4.60%, 01/05/07 - 01/26/073 |
13,248,729 | 13,249,188 | ||||
Nordea Bank AB |
||||||
4.55%, 02/09/073 |
8,587,139 | 8,587,139 | ||||
Northern Rock PLC |
||||||
4.61%, 02/02/073 |
5,888,324 | 5,888,509 | ||||
Permanent Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 03/10/06 - 06/12/063 |
13,346,868 | 13,346,871 | ||||
Pfizer Investment Capital PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 02/15/073 |
12,267,342 | 12,267,342 | ||||
Principal Life Income Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.70%, 05/10/06 |
3,680,203 | 3,680,227 | ||||
Sedna Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/20/063 |
1,472,081 | 1,472,081 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.55%, 03/20/06 - 08/15/063 |
5,446,700 | 5,446,599 | ||||
Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank NY |
||||||
4.56%, 03/19/073 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.54%, 03/02/073 |
3,434,856 | 3,434,856 | ||||
Strips III LLC |
||||||
4.62%, 07/24/063 |
1,265,969 | 1,265,969 | ||||
SunTrust Bank |
||||||
4.62%, 04/28/06 |
7,360,405 | 7,360,405 | ||||
Tango Finance Corp. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 05/25/06 - 09/27/063 |
10,942,469 | 10,941,944 | ||||
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.57%, 04/10/06 |
2,208,122 | 2,208,118 | ||||
UniCredito Italiano SpA |
||||||
4.43%, 06/14/06 |
6,379,018 | 6,378,367 | ||||
Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC |
||||||
4.52%, 03/28/063 |
4,906,937 | 4,906,937 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/29/06 |
2,208,122 | 2,207,785 | ||||
Variable Funding Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 - 03/13/06 |
7,360,405 | 7,360,405 | ||||
Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc. |
||||||
4.57%, 03/26/063 |
9,364,878 | 9,364,878 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS | 19 |
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February | 28, 2006 |
Security |
Principal |
Value |
|||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
|||||||
4.56%, 03/15/073 |
$ | 2,453,468 | $ | 2,453,655 | |||
WhistleJacket Capital Ltd. |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.56%, 06/22/06 - 07/28/063 |
2,453,468 | 2,453,341 | |||||
White Pine Finance LLC |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 03/27/06 - 06/20/063 |
5,152,284 | 5,152,291 | |||||
Winston Funding Ltd. |
|||||||
4.68%, 04/23/063 |
3,503,553 | 3,503,553 | |||||
World Savings Bank |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 |
7,360,405 | 7,360,396 | |||||
318,318,240 | |||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
539,205,571 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 144.61% |
1,702,568,859 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (44.61)% |
(525,189,713 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS – 100.00% |
$ | 1,177,379,146 | |||||
1 | All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5. |
2 | All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5. |
3 | This security or a portion of these securities is exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
See notes to the financial statements.
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iSHARES® LEHMAN 20+ YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 98.89% |
||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds |
||||||
4.50%, 02/15/36 |
$ | 73,910,000 | $ | 73,921,825 | ||
5.25%, 11/15/281 |
43,225,000 | 46,772,044 | ||||
5.25%, 02/15/291 |
51,205,000 | 55,436,069 | ||||
5.38%, 02/15/311 |
97,470,000 | 108,598,142 | ||||
5.50%, 08/15/281 |
55,955,000 | 62,435,713 | ||||
6.13%, 11/15/27 |
100,700,000 | 120,486,545 | ||||
6.13%, 08/15/291 |
58,425,000 | 70,597,843 | ||||
6.25%, 05/15/301 |
85,215,000 | 105,065,832 | ||||
6.38%, 08/15/27 |
30,210,000 | 37,101,504 | ||||
6.50%, 11/15/261 |
52,250,000 | 64,745,066 | ||||
6.63%, 02/15/27 |
45,885,000 | 57,722,873 | ||||
6.75%, 08/15/26 |
43,985,000 | 55,848,631 | ||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS |
858,732,087 | |||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 35.06% |
||||||
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT2 – 0.41% |
||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.94%, 07/10/06 |
1,369,194 | 1,369,194 | ||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.78%, 12/05/06 |
2,190,711 | 2,190,711 | ||||
3,559,905 | ||||||
COMMERCIAL PAPER2 – 1.17% |
||||||
Amstel Funding Corp. |
||||||
4.40%, 05/08/06 |
1,369,194 | 1,357,814 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/21/06 |
821,517 | 816,594 | ||||
Edison Asset Securitization LLC |
||||||
4.37%, 05/08/06 |
1,369,194 | 1,357,892 | ||||
Galaxy Funding Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/18/06 |
785,917 | 781,485 | ||||
Grampian Funding LLC |
||||||
4.41%, 05/15/06 |
1,369,194 | 1,356,615 | ||||
Nordea North America Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/04/06 |
2,875,308 | 2,864,011 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/06/06 |
1,643,033 | 1,636,198 | ||||
10,170,609 | ||||||
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES2 – 1.06% |
||||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
3.93%, 07/07/06 |
848,900 | 848,871 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
3.94%, 07/07/06 |
1,643,033 | 1,643,004 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
5.18%, 12/15/06 |
2,738,388 | 2,745,850 | ||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.81%, 06/20/06 |
3,422,985 | 3,423,087 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
2.85%, 11/15/06 |
547,678 | 540,526 | ||||
9,201,338 | ||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 9.66% |
||||||
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) Repurchase Agreement, 4.62%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $4,108,110 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,525,726, 0.00% to 9.40%, 11/15/15 to 6/12/47).2 |
4,107,583 | 4,107,583 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.57%, due 3/1/06, maturity value 13,693,680 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $13,993,345, 3.69% to 10.00%, 5/1/09 to 1/1/36).2 |
13,691,942 | 13,691,942 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $6,846,848 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $7,199,808, 1.01%, 9/19/35).2 |
6,845,971 | 6,845,971 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
21 |
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
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February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.56%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $13,693,676 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $13,988,198, 4.50% to 7.50%, 9/1/09 to 11/1/35).2 |
$ | 13,691,942 | $ | 13,691,942 | ||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.71%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $13,693,733 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $14,399,616, 0.00% to 10.00%, 8/15/07 to 2/1/16).2 |
13,691,942 | 13,691,942 | ||||
Investors Bank & Trust Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement, 4.24%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $12,149,201 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $12,390,726, 6.13%, 8/15/07). |
12,147,771 | 12,147,771 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.53%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $3,286,479 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $3,357,237, 3.99% to 5.51%, 7/1/32 to 2/1/36).2 |
3,286,066 | 3,286,066 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.66%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $2,738,742 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,825,167, 0.00% to 7.88%, 5/15/08 to 1/15/16).2 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 | ||||
Morgan Stanley Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $13,693,695 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $14,377,697, 0.00% to 7.16%, 3/1/06 to 3/25/35).2 |
13,691,942 | 13,691,942 | ||||
83,893,547 | ||||||
TIME DEPOSITS2 – 2.30% |
||||||
KBC Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
5,476,777 | 5,476,777 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
9,584,359 | 9,584,359 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.45%, 03/01/06 |
4,927,648 | 4,927,648 | ||||
19,988,784 | ||||||
VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTES2 – 20.46% |
||||||
Allstate Life Global Funding II |
||||||
4.57% - 4.63%, 02/08/07 - 03/27/073 |
7,694,871 | 7,696,095 | ||||
American Express Bank |
||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 06/29/06 - 10/25/06 |
6,435,213 | 6,435,174 | ||||
American Express Centurion Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 06/29/06 |
1,095,355 | 1,095,355 | ||||
American Express Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 02/05/07 |
821,517 | 822,174 | ||||
ASIF Global Financing |
||||||
4.75% - 4.95%, 05/30/06 - 08/11/063 |
8,899,762 | 8,902,062 | ||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. |
||||||
4.55%, 02/23/073 |
1,779,952 | 1,779,952 | ||||
Bank of Ireland |
||||||
4.54%, 03/20/073 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 | ||||
Beta Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 04/25/06 - 05/25/063 |
3,532,521 | 3,532,451 | ||||
BMW US Capital LLC |
||||||
4.54%, 02/15/073 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 |
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Schedule of Investments (Continued)
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February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.52% - 4.56%, 03/23/06 - 07/14/063 |
$ | 7,366,265 | $ | 7,366,165 | ||
Commodore CDO Ltd. |
||||||
4.56%, 12/12/063 |
684,597 | 684,597 | ||||
DEPFA Bank PLC |
||||||
4.50%, 12/15/06 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 | ||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.52%, 06/26/063 |
684,597 | 684,575 | ||||
Eli Lilly Services Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/01/063 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 | ||||
Fifth Third Bancorp. |
||||||
4.55%, 01/23/073 |
5,476,777 | 5,476,777 | ||||
Five Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 06/26/063 |
547,678 | 547,660 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 03/09/07 |
1,232,275 | 1,233,202 | ||||
Greenwich Capital Holdings Inc. |
||||||
4.53%, 03/02/06 |
684,597 | 684,597 | ||||
Hartford Life Global Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.56%, 02/15/07 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 | ||||
HBOS Treasury Services PLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/24/073 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 | ||||
Holmes Financing PLC |
||||||
4.54%, 12/15/063 |
7,530,568 | 7,530,568 | ||||
HSBC Bank USA N.A. |
||||||
4.70%, 05/04/06 |
958,436 | 958,573 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
4.53%, 06/02/063 |
2,464,550 | 2,464,487 | ||||
Leafs LLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/22/07 - 02/20/073 |
2,869,064 | 2,869,065 | ||||
Links Finance LLC |
||||||
4.56%, 03/15/063 |
2,190,711 | 2,190,722 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
4.55%, 02/15/07 |
1,506,114 | 1,506,114 | ||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I |
||||||
4.56% - 4.96%, 08/28/06 - 03/06/073 |
8,187,781 | 8,191,152 | ||||
Mound Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 11/08/063 |
5,476,777 | 5,476,777 | ||||
Natexis Banques Populaires |
||||||
4.55%, 03/15/073 |
2,053,791 | 2,053,791 | ||||
Nationwide Building Society |
||||||
4.58% - 4.60%, 01/05/07 - 01/26/073 |
7,393,649 | 7,393,904 | ||||
Nordea Bank AB |
||||||
4.55%, 02/09/073 |
4,792,180 | 4,792,180 | ||||
Northern Rock PLC |
||||||
4.61%, 02/02/073 |
3,286,066 | 3,286,169 | ||||
Permanent Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 03/10/06 - 06/12/063 |
7,448,416 | 7,448,417 | ||||
Pfizer Investment Capital PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 02/15/073 |
6,845,971 | 6,845,971 | ||||
Principal Life Income Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.70%, 05/10/06 |
2,053,791 | 2,053,805 | ||||
Sedna Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/20/063 |
821,517 | 821,517 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.55%, 03/20/06 - 08/15/063 |
3,039,611 | 3,039,556 | ||||
Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank NY |
||||||
4.56%, 03/19/073 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.54%, 03/02/073 |
1,916,872 | 1,916,872 | ||||
Strips III LLC |
||||||
4.62%, 07/24/063 |
706,493 | 706,493 | ||||
SunTrust Bank |
||||||
4.62%, 04/28/06 |
4,107,583 | 4,107,583 | ||||
Tango Finance Corp. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 05/25/06 - 09/27/063 |
6,106,606 | 6,106,314 | ||||
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.57%, 04/10/06 |
1,232,275 | 1,232,273 | ||||
UniCredito Italiano SpA |
||||||
4.43%, 06/14/06 |
3,559,905 | 3,559,542 | ||||
Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC |
||||||
4.52%, 03/28/063 |
2,738,388 | 2,738,388 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/29/06 |
1,232,275 | 1,232,087 | ||||
Variable Funding Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 - 03/13/06 |
4,107,583 | 4,107,582 | ||||
Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc. |
||||||
4.57%, 03/26/063 |
5,226,208 | 5,226,209 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
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iSHARES® LEHMAN 20+ YEAR TREASURY BOND FUND
February | 28, 2006 |
Security |
Principal |
Value |
|||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
|||||||
4.56%, 03/15/073 |
$ | 1,369,194 | $ | 1,369,298 | |||
WhistleJacket Capital Ltd. |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.56%, 06/22/06 - 07/28/063 |
1,369,194 | 1,369,122 | |||||
White Pine Finance LLC |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 03/27/06 - 06/20/063 |
2,875,308 | 2,875,311 | |||||
Winston Funding Ltd. |
|||||||
4.68%, 04/23/063 |
1,955,209 | 1,955,209 | |||||
World Savings Bank |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 |
4,107,583 | 4,107,578 | |||||
177,642,181 | |||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
304,456,364 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 133.95% |
1,163,188,451 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (33.95)% |
(294,786,764 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS – 100.00% |
$ | 868,401,687 | |||||
1 | All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5. |
2 | All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5. |
3 | This security or a portion of these securities is exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
See notes to the financial statements.
24 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Schedule of Investments
iSHARES® LEHMAN TIPS BOND FUND
February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 99.49% |
||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bonds |
||||||
0.88%, 04/15/10 |
$ | 313,054,129 | $ | 300,168,821 | ||
1.63%, 01/15/151 |
216,255,692 | 209,802,622 | ||||
1.88%, 07/15/13 |
236,899,084 | 235,311,859 | ||||
1.88%, 07/15/15 |
192,345,754 | 190,481,923 | ||||
2.00%, 01/15/14 |
240,727,196 | 240,895,705 | ||||
2.00%, 07/15/141 |
220,167,482 | 220,425,077 | ||||
2.00%, 01/15/16 |
100,882,640 | 100,913,914 | ||||
2.00%, 01/15/26 |
111,703,962 | 112,409,931 | ||||
2.38%, 01/15/25 |
286,695,552 | 304,880,651 | ||||
3.00%, 07/15/121 |
252,396,338 | 268,292,259 | ||||
3.38%, 01/15/121 |
73,355,434 | 79,247,343 | ||||
3.38%, 04/15/321 |
58,159,063 | 76,946,185 | ||||
3.50%, 01/15/11 |
133,754,988 | 143,640,819 | ||||
3.63%, 01/15/08 |
203,706,448 | 210,931,915 | ||||
3.63%, 04/15/28 |
193,620,022 | 253,115,582 | ||||
3.88%, 01/15/09 |
185,037,410 | 195,821,390 | ||||
3.88%, 04/15/29 |
228,425,683 | 312,230,498 | ||||
4.25%, 01/15/101 |
130,952,807 | 142,615,464 | ||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS |
3,598,131,958 | |||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 13.74% |
||||||
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT2 – 0.17% |
||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.94%, 07/10/06 |
2,316,623 | 2,316,623 | ||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.78%, 12/05/06 |
3,706,597 | 3,706,597 | ||||
6,023,220 | ||||||
COMMERCIAL PAPER2 – 0.48% |
||||||
Amstel Funding Corp. |
||||||
4.40%, 05/08/06 |
2,316,623 | 2,297,371 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/21/06 |
1,389,974 | 1,381,644 | ||||
Edison Asset Securitization LLC |
||||||
4.37%, 05/08/06 |
2,316,623 | 2,297,501 | ||||
Galaxy Funding Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/18/06 |
1,329,742 | 1,322,242 | ||||
Grampian Funding LLC |
||||||
4.41%, 05/15/06 |
2,316,623 | 2,295,339 | ||||
Nordea North America Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/04/06 |
4,864,909 | 4,845,795 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/06/06 |
2,779,948 | 2,768,383 | ||||
17,208,275 | ||||||
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES2 – 0.43% |
||||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
3.93%, 07/07/06 |
1,436,306 | 1,436,256 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
3.94%, 07/07/06 |
2,779,948 | 2,779,899 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
5.18%, 12/15/06 |
4,633,246 | 4,645,871 | ||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.81%, 06/20/06 |
5,791,558 | 5,791,730 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
2.85%, 11/15/06 |
926,649 | 914,549 | ||||
15,568,305 | ||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 3.42% |
||||||
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) Repurchase Agreement, 4.62%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $6,950,761 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $7,657,351, 0.00% to 9.40%, 11/15/15 to 6/12/47).2 |
6,949,869 | 6,949,869 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.57%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,169,172 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $23,676,193, 3.69% to 10.00%, 5/1/09 to 1/1/36).2 |
23,166,231 | 23,166,231 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
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Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $11,584,599 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $12,181,794, 1.01%, 9/19/35).2 |
$ | 11,583,116 | $ | 11,583,116 | ||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.56%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,169,165 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $23,667,485, 4.50% to 7.50%, 9/1/09 to 11/1/35).2 |
23,166,231 | 23,166,231 | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.71%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,169,262 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $24,363,588, 0.00% to 10.00%, 8/15/07 to 2/1/16).2 |
23,166,231 | 23,166,231 | ||||
Investors Bank & Trust Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement, 4.24%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $2,489,578 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $2,539,070, 6.13%, 8/15/07). |
2,489,285 | 2,489,285 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.53%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $5,560,596 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $5,680,314, 3.99% to 5.51%, 7/1/32 to 2/1/36).2 |
5,559,896 | 5,559,896 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.66%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $4,633,846 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,780,072, 0.00% to 7.88%, 5/15/08 to 1/15/16).2 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | ||||
Morgan Stanley Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,169,198 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $24,326,502, 0.00% to 7.16%, 3/1/06 to 3/25/35).2 |
23,166,231 | 23,166,231 | ||||
123,880,336 | ||||||
TIME DEPOSITS2 – 0.93% |
||||||
KBC Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
9,266,493 | 9,266,493 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
16,216,362 | 16,216,362 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.45%, 03/01/06 |
8,337,388 | 8,337,388 | ||||
33,820,243 | ||||||
VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTES2 – 8.31% |
||||||
Allstate Life Global Funding II |
||||||
4.57% - 4.63%, 02/08/07 - 03/27/073 |
13,019,422 | 13,021,492 | ||||
American Express Bank |
||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 06/29/06 - 10/25/06 |
10,888,129 | 10,888,065 | ||||
American Express Centurion Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 06/29/06 |
1,853,299 | 1,853,299 | ||||
American Express Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 02/05/07 |
1,389,974 | 1,391,087 | ||||
ASIF Global Financing |
||||||
4.75% - 4.95%, 05/30/06 - 08/11/063 |
15,058,050 | 15,061,942 |
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February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. |
||||||
4.55%, 02/23/073 |
$ | 3,011,610 | $ | 3,011,610 | ||
Bank of Ireland |
||||||
4.54%, 03/20/073 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | ||||
Beta Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 04/25/06 - 05/25/063 |
5,976,888 | 5,976,768 | ||||
BMW US Capital LLC |
||||||
4.54%, 02/15/073 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.52% - 4.56%, 03/23/06 - 07/14/063 |
12,463,433 | 12,463,266 | ||||
Commodore CDO Ltd. |
||||||
4.56%, 12/12/063 |
1,158,312 | 1,158,312 | ||||
DEPFA Bank PLC |
||||||
4.50%, 12/15/06 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | ||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.52%, 06/26/063 |
1,158,312 | 1,158,275 | ||||
Eli Lilly Services Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/01/063 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | ||||
Fifth Third Bancorp. |
||||||
4.55%, 01/23/073 |
9,266,493 | 9,266,493 | ||||
Five Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 06/26/063 |
926,649 | 926,619 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 03/09/07 |
2,084,961 | 2,086,530 | ||||
Greenwich Capital Holdings Inc. |
||||||
4.53%, 03/02/06 |
1,158,312 | 1,158,312 | ||||
Hartford Life Global Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.56%, 02/15/07 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | ||||
HBOS Treasury Services PLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/24/073 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | ||||
Holmes Financing PLC |
||||||
4.54%, 12/15/063 |
12,741,427 | 12,741,427 | ||||
HSBC Bank USA N.A. |
||||||
4.70%, 05/04/06 |
1,621,636 | 1,621,868 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
4.53%, 06/02/063 |
4,169,922 | 4,169,815 | ||||
Leafs LLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/22/07 - 02/20/073 |
4,854,345 | 4,854,345 | ||||
Links Finance LLC |
||||||
4.56%, 03/15/063 |
3,706,597 | 3,706,615 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
4.55%, 02/15/07 |
2,548,285 | 2,548,285 | ||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I |
||||||
4.56% - 4.96%, 08/28/06 - 03/06/073 |
13,853,406 | 13,859,108 | ||||
Mound Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 11/08/063 |
9,266,493 | 9,266,493 | ||||
Natexis Banques Populaires |
||||||
4.55%, 03/15/073 |
3,474,935 | 3,474,935 | ||||
Nationwide Building Society |
||||||
4.58% - 4.60%, 01/05/07 - 01/26/073 |
12,509,765 | 12,510,198 | ||||
Nordea Bank AB |
||||||
4.55%, 02/09/073 |
8,108,181 | 8,108,181 | ||||
Northern Rock PLC |
||||||
4.61%, 02/02/073 |
5,559,896 | 5,560,070 | ||||
Permanent Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 03/10/06 - 06/12/063 |
12,602,430 | 12,602,433 | ||||
Pfizer Investment Capital PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 02/15/073 |
11,583,116 | 11,583,116 | ||||
Principal Life Income Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.70%, 05/10/06 |
3,474,935 | 3,474,958 | ||||
Sedna Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/20/063 |
1,389,974 | 1,389,974 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.55%, 03/20/06 - 08/15/063 |
5,142,903 | 5,142,809 | ||||
Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank NY |
||||||
4.56%, 03/19/073 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.54%, 03/02/073 |
3,243,272 | 3,243,272 | ||||
Strips III LLC |
||||||
4.62%, 07/24/063 |
1,195,358 | 1,195,358 | ||||
SunTrust Bank |
||||||
4.62%, 04/28/06 |
6,949,869 | 6,949,869 | ||||
Tango Finance Corp. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 05/25/06 - 09/27/063 |
10,332,139 | 10,331,643 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
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February | 28, 2006 |
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Principal |
Value |
|||||
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. |
|||||||
4.57%, 04/10/06 |
$ | 2,084,961 | $ | 2,084,957 | |||
UniCredito Italiano SpA |
|||||||
4.43%, 06/14/06 |
6,023,220 | 6,022,606 | |||||
Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/28/063 |
4,633,246 | 4,633,246 | |||||
US Bank N.A. |
|||||||
4.54%, 09/29/06 |
2,084,961 | 2,084,643 | |||||
Variable Funding Capital Corp. |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 - 03/13/06 |
6,949,869 | 6,949,869 | |||||
Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc. |
|||||||
4.57%, 03/26/063 |
8,842,541 | 8,842,541 | |||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
|||||||
4.56%, 03/15/073 |
2,316,623 | 2,316,799 | |||||
WhistleJacket Capital Ltd. |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.56%, 06/22/06 - 07/28/063 |
2,316,623 | 2,316,502 | |||||
White Pine Finance LLC |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 03/27/06 - 06/20/063 |
4,864,909 | 4,864,915 | |||||
Winston Funding Ltd. |
|||||||
4.68%, 04/23/063 |
3,308,138 | 3,308,138 | |||||
World Savings Bank |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 |
6,949,869 | 6,949,861 | |||||
300,563,641 | |||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
497,064,020 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 113.23% |
4,095,195,978 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (13.23)% |
(478,528,610 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS – 100.00% |
$ | 3,616,667,368 | |||||
1 | All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5. |
2 | All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5. |
3 | This security or a portion of these securities is exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
See notes to the financial statements.
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February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES – 26.07% |
||||||
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE – 0.24% |
||||||
United Technologies Corp. |
||||||
4.38%, 05/01/10 |
$ | 7,850,000 | $ | 7,638,101 | ||
7,638,101 | ||||||
AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 0.75% |
||||||
DaimlerChrysler N.A. Holding Corp. |
||||||
3.88%, 07/22/08 |
7,850,000 | 7,625,083 | ||||
4.05%, 06/04/08 |
7,850,000 | 7,620,183 | ||||
7.30%, 01/15/12 |
7,850,000 | 8,410,104 | ||||
23,655,370 | ||||||
BANKS – 3.89% |
||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
||||||
4.50%, 08/01/10 |
15,700,000 | 15,306,436 | ||||
4.88%, 01/15/13 |
7,850,000 | 7,719,245 | ||||
Bank One Corp. |
||||||
2.63%, 06/30/08 |
15,700,000 | 14,851,468 | ||||
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development |
||||||
4.13%, 08/12/091 |
23,550,000 | 23,107,027 | ||||
KFW |
||||||
4.25%, 06/15/10 |
15,700,000 | 15,308,155 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.95%, 10/30/14 |
7,850,000 | 7,673,851 | ||||
Wachovia Corp. |
||||||
3.50%, 08/15/08 |
15,700,000 | 15,115,597 | ||||
5.25%, 08/01/14 |
7,850,000 | 7,773,434 | ||||
Washington Mutual Inc. |
||||||
4.00%, 01/15/09 |
7,850,000 | 7,598,845 | ||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
||||||
5.00%, 11/15/14 |
7,850,000 | 7,705,605 | ||||
122,159,663 | ||||||
BEVERAGES – 0.25% |
||||||
Diageo Finance BV |
||||||
5.30%, 10/28/15 |
7,850,000 | 7,793,840 | ||||
7,793,840 | ||||||
BIOTECHNOLOGY – 0.24% |
||||||
Amgen Inc. |
||||||
4.00%, 11/18/09 |
7,850,000 | 7,547,693 | ||||
7,547,693 | ||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 0.28% |
||||||
Cendant Corp. |
||||||
7.38%, 01/15/13 |
7,850,000 | 8,670,390 | ||||
8,670,390 | ||||||
COMPUTERS – 0.49% |
||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. |
||||||
5.50%, 07/01/07 |
7,850,000 | 7,896,142 | ||||
International Business Machines Corp. |
||||||
4.25%, 09/15/09 |
7,850,000 | 7,643,530 | ||||
15,539,672 | ||||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 11.45% |
||||||
American Express Co. |
||||||
4.88%, 07/15/13 |
15,700,000 | 15,366,419 | ||||
American General Finance Corp. |
||||||
5.38%, 10/01/12 |
15,700,000 | 15,643,699 | ||||
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) |
||||||
2.88%, 07/02/08 |
15,700,000 | 14,925,245 | ||||
Boeing Capital Corp. |
||||||
5.80%, 01/15/13 |
7,850,000 | 8,130,174 | ||||
CIT Group Inc. |
||||||
7.38%, 04/02/07 |
15,700,000 | 16,057,937 | ||||
Citigroup Inc. |
||||||
3.50%, 02/01/08 |
15,700,000 | 15,245,557 | ||||
6.00%, 02/21/12 |
15,700,000 | 16,357,894 | ||||
Countrywide Home Loans Inc. |
||||||
3.25%, 05/21/08 |
7,850,000 | 7,522,278 | ||||
Credit Suisse First Boston USA Inc. |
||||||
7.13%, 07/15/32 |
7,850,000 | 9,450,590 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
||||||
3.50%, 05/01/08 |
7,850,000 | 7,596,170 | ||||
5.88%, 02/15/12 |
15,700,000 | 16,256,674 | ||||
6.75%, 03/15/32 |
7,850,000 | 9,198,364 | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
||||||
3.88%, 01/15/09 |
15,700,000 | 15,158,142 | ||||
5.00%, 10/01/14 |
7,850,000 | 7,612,639 | ||||
Household Finance Corp. |
||||||
4.63%, 01/15/08 |
7,850,000 | 7,779,272 | ||||
6.38%, 11/27/12 |
15,700,000 | 16,558,051 | ||||
International Lease Finance Corp. |
||||||
5.63%, 06/01/07 |
15,700,000 | 15,781,595 |
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Principal |
Value | ||||
John Deere Capital Corp. |
||||||
7.00%, 03/15/12 |
$ | 7,850,000 | $ | 8,559,238 | ||
JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
||||||
5.75%, 01/02/13 |
7,850,000 | 8,042,961 | ||||
Lehman Brothers Inc. |
||||||
4.00%, 01/22/08 |
23,550,000 | 23,090,452 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. |
||||||
3.70%, 04/21/08 |
15,700,000 | 15,249,055 | ||||
5.00%, 01/15/15 |
7,850,000 | 7,654,738 | ||||
Morgan Stanley |
||||||
5.05%, 01/21/11 |
7,850,000 | 7,770,436 | ||||
5.30%, 03/01/13 |
7,850,000 | 7,807,005 | ||||
National Rural Utilities |
||||||
7.25%, 03/01/12 |
15,700,000 | 17,260,280 | ||||
Residential Capital Corp. |
||||||
6.38%, 06/30/10 |
7,850,000 | 7,935,985 | ||||
SLM Corp. |
||||||
5.38%, 05/15/14 |
15,700,000 | 15,626,689 | ||||
Sprint Capital Corp. |
||||||
8.38%, 03/15/12 |
7,850,000 | 9,006,973 | ||||
Unilever Capital Corp. |
||||||
5.90%, 11/15/32 |
7,850,000 | 8,117,111 | ||||
Verizon Global Funding Corp. |
||||||
7.75%, 12/01/30 |
7,850,000 | 9,166,329 | ||||
359,927,952 | ||||||
ELECTRIC – 1.02% |
||||||
Dominion Resources Inc. |
||||||
5.15%, 07/15/15 |
7,850,000 | 7,542,061 | ||||
Duke Capital LLC |
||||||
6.25%, 02/15/13 |
7,850,000 | 8,165,559 | ||||
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
||||||
6.05%, 03/01/34 |
7,850,000 | 8,085,951 | ||||
Progress Energy Inc. |
||||||
7.10%, 03/01/11 |
7,850,000 | 8,392,363 | ||||
32,185,934 | ||||||
FOOD – 0.24% |
||||||
Kraft Foods Inc. |
||||||
4.00%, 10/01/08 |
7,850,000 | 7,604,138 | ||||
7,604,138 | ||||||
FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 0.28% |
||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. |
||||||
7.38%, 03/15/32 |
7,850,000 | 8,812,689 | ||||
8,812,689 | ||||||
HEALTH CARE – SERVICES – 0.24% |
||||||
UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
||||||
4.88%, 03/15/15 |
7,850,000 | 7,604,452 | ||||
7,604,452 | ||||||
INSURANCE – 0.74% |
||||||
Allstate Corp. (The) |
||||||
5.55%, 05/09/35 |
7,850,000 | 7,714,627 | ||||
Genworth Financial Inc. |
||||||
5.75%, 06/15/14 |
7,850,000 | 8,028,300 | ||||
Metlife Inc. |
||||||
5.00%, 06/15/15 |
7,850,000 | 7,614,002 | ||||
23,356,929 | ||||||
MANUFACTURING – 0.26% |
||||||
Tyco International Group SA |
||||||
6.38%, 10/15/11 |
7,850,000 | 8,146,753 | ||||
8,146,753 | ||||||
MEDIA – 0.79% |
||||||
AOL Time Warner Inc. |
||||||
6.15%, 05/01/07 |
7,850,000 | 7,915,703 | ||||
7.70%, 05/01/32 |
7,850,000 | 9,025,370 | ||||
News America Inc. |
||||||
6.20%, 12/15/34 |
7,850,000 | 7,734,177 | ||||
24,675,250 | ||||||
MINING – 0.26% |
||||||
Alcoa Inc. |
||||||
6.00%, 01/15/12 |
7,850,000 | 8,137,643 | ||||
8,137,643 | ||||||
MULTI-NATIONAL – 0.49% |
||||||
European Investment Bank |
||||||
4.63%, 05/15/141 |
15,700,000 | 15,467,377 | ||||
15,467,377 | ||||||
OIL & GAS – 0.57% |
||||||
ConocoPhillips |
||||||
5.90%, 10/15/32 |
7,850,000 | 8,341,660 | ||||
Valero Energy Corp. |
||||||
7.50%, 04/15/32 |
7,850,000 | 9,510,818 | ||||
17,852,478 |
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Principal |
Value | ||||
PHARMACEUTICALS – 0.76% |
||||||
Amerisourcebergen Corp. |
||||||
5.88%, 09/15/152 |
$ | 7,850,000 | $ | 7,912,454 | ||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
||||||
5.75%, 10/01/11 |
7,850,000 | 7,999,178 | ||||
Wyeth |
||||||
5.50%, 02/01/14 |
7,850,000 | 7,897,129 | ||||
23,808,761 | ||||||
REAL ESTATE – 0.24% |
||||||
EOP Operating LP |
||||||
4.75%, 03/15/14 |
7,850,000 | 7,395,950 | ||||
7,395,950 | ||||||
RETAIL – 0.50% |
||||||
Target Corp. |
||||||
5.88%, 03/01/12 |
7,850,000 | 8,167,257 | ||||
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
||||||
4.55%, 05/01/13 |
7,850,000 | 7,604,471 | ||||
15,771,728 | ||||||
SOFTWARE – 0.25% |
||||||
Oracle Corp. |
||||||
5.25%, 01/15/162 |
7,850,000 | 7,692,686 | ||||
7,692,686 | ||||||
TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 1.29% |
||||||
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. |
||||||
7.88%, 03/01/11 |
15,700,000 | 17,396,971 | ||||
BellSouth Corp. |
||||||
6.00%, 11/15/34 |
7,850,000 | 7,721,541 | ||||
SBC Communications Inc. |
||||||
5.88%, 02/01/12 |
7,850,000 | 8,042,279 | ||||
Telecom Italia Capital SA |
||||||
4.00%, 01/15/10 |
7,850,000 | 7,417,572 | ||||
40,578,363 | ||||||
TELEPHONE – 0.29% |
||||||
AT&T Broadband Corp. |
||||||
8.38%, 03/15/13 |
7,850,000 | 9,001,917 | ||||
9,001,917 | ||||||
UTILITIES – 0.26% |
||||||
TXU Energy Co. |
||||||
7.00%, 03/15/13 |
7,850,000 | 8,311,213 | ||||
8,311,213 | ||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES |
819,336,942 | |||||
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS & NOTES7 – 1.86% |
||||||
Italy (Republic of) |
||||||
6.00%, 02/22/11 |
7,850,000 | 8,174,115 | ||||
Ontario (Province of) |
||||||
5.50%, 10/01/08 |
7,850,000 | 7,958,461 | ||||
Quebec (Province of) |
||||||
7.50%, 09/15/29 |
7,850,000 | 10,270,733 | ||||
United Mexican States |
||||||
4.63%, 10/08/081 |
15,700,000 | 15,527,300 | ||||
6.38%, 01/16/13 |
15,700,000 | 16,539,950 | ||||
TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS & NOTES |
58,470,559 | |||||
MUNICIPAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS – 0.25% |
||||||
ILLINOIS – 0.25% |
||||||
Illinois State, General Obligations |
||||||
5.10%, 06/01/33 |
7,850,000 | 7,702,106 | ||||
7,702,106 | ||||||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS |
7,702,106 | |||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS – 70.81% |
||||||
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES – 34.72% |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. |
||||||
4.50%, 03/01/363 |
41,134,000 | 39,822,854 | ||||
5.00%, 03/01/213 |
48,042,000 | 47,396,412 | ||||
5.00%, 03/01/363 |
78,814,000 | 76,351,063 | ||||
5.50%, 03/01/213 |
55,892,000 | 56,084,157 | ||||
5.50%, 03/01/363 |
130,624,000 | 129,481,040 | ||||
6.00%, 03/01/363 |
88,862,000 | 89,695,081 | ||||
Federal National Mortgage Association |
||||||
4.50%, 03/01/213 |
41,134,000 | 39,951,398 | ||||
5.00%, 03/01/213 |
73,162,000 | 72,178,849 | ||||
5.00%, 03/01/363 |
86,664,000 | 84,172,410 | ||||
5.50%, 03/01/213 |
42,704,000 | 42,890,830 | ||||
5.50%, 03/01/363 |
174,584,000 | 172,947,275 | ||||
6.00%, 03/01/363 |
128,112,000 | 129,272,951 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
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Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Government National Mortgage Association |
||||||
5.00%, 03/01/363 |
$ | 45,530,000 | $ | 44,804,343 | ||
5.50%, 03/01/363 |
41,134,000 | 41,224,001 | ||||
6.00%, 03/01/363 |
24,492,000 | 24,974,199 | ||||
1,091,246,863 | ||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS – 11.04% |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. |
||||||
2.75%, 03/15/08 |
113,982,000 | 109,252,613 | ||||
4.50%, 01/15/131 |
64,370,000 | 62,702,984 | ||||
6.25%, 07/15/321 |
12,560,000 | 14,982,838 | ||||
Federal National Mortgage Association |
||||||
4.63%, 01/15/08 |
91,060,000 | 90,591,596 | ||||
5.00%, 04/15/151 |
20,410,000 | 20,598,633 | ||||
7.25%, 01/15/10 |
45,216,000 | 48,865,876 | ||||
346,994,540 | ||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 25.05% |
||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds |
||||||
6.25%, 05/15/301 |
27,946,000 | 34,456,020 | ||||
7.50%, 11/15/16 |
18,840,000 | 23,332,963 | ||||
7.63%, 02/15/251 |
66,568,000 | 90,887,291 | ||||
8.13%, 08/15/191 |
75,674,000 | 101,279,816 | ||||
U.S. Treasury Notes |
||||||
3.00%, 11/15/071 |
113,354,000 | 110,216,364 | ||||
3.50%, 02/15/101 |
73,476,000 | 70,450,261 | ||||
3.88%, 07/31/071 |
137,218,000 | 135,572,760 | ||||
4.75%, 05/15/141 |
55,578,000 | 56,092,654 | ||||
6.00%, 08/15/091 |
157,942,000 | 164,730,342 | ||||
787,018,471 | ||||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS |
2,225,259,874 | |||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 51.21% |
||||||
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT4 – 0.20% |
||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.94%, 07/10/06 |
2,396,169 | 2,396,169 | ||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.78%, 12/05/06 |
3,833,871 | 3,833,871 | ||||
6,230,040 | ||||||
Security |
Shares or Principal |
Value | ||||
COMMERCIAL PAPER4 – 0.57% |
||||||
Amstel Funding Corp. |
||||||
4.40%, 05/08/06 |
$ | 2,396,169 | $ | 2,376,250 | ||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/21/06 |
1,437,702 | 1,429,086 | ||||
Edison Asset Securitization LLC |
||||||
4.37%, 05/08/06 |
2,396,169 | 2,376,390 | ||||
Galaxy Funding Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/18/06 |
1,375,401 | 1,367,644 | ||||
Grampian Funding LLC |
||||||
4.41%, 05/15/06 |
2,396,169 | 2,374,155 | ||||
Nordea North America Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/04/06 |
5,031,956 | 5,012,186 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/06/06 |
2,875,403 | 2,863,441 | ||||
17,799,152 | ||||||
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES4 – 0.51% |
||||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
3.93%, 07/07/06 |
1,485,625 | 1,485,573 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
3.94%, 07/07/06 |
2,875,403 | 2,875,353 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
5.18%, 12/15/06 |
4,792,339 | 4,805,397 | ||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.81%, 06/20/06 |
5,990,423 | 5,990,601 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
2.85%, 11/15/06 |
958,468 | 945,952 | ||||
16,102,876 | ||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 32.20% |
||||||
Barclays Global Investors Funds Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares |
||||||
4.48%5,6 |
1,011,835,588 | 1,011,835,588 | ||||
1,011,835,588 | ||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 6.73% |
||||||
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) Repurchase Agreement, 4.62%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $7,189,431 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $7,920,283, 0.00% to 9.40%, 11/15/15 to 6/12/47).4 |
$ | 7,188,508 | 7,188,508 |
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Principal |
Value | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.57%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,964,735 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $24,489,166, 3.69% to 10.00%, 5/1/09 to 1/1/36).4 |
$ | 23,961,693 | $ | 23,961,693 | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $11,982,381 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $12,600,082, 1.01%, 9/19/35).4 |
11,980,847 | 11,980,847 | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.56%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,964,728 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $24,480,159, 4.50% to 7.50%, 9/1/09 to 11/1/35).4 |
23,961,693 | 23,961,693 | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.71%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,964,828 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $25,200,164, 0.00% to 10.00%, 8/15/07 to 2/1/16).4 |
23,961,693 | 23,961,693 | ||||
Investors Bank & Trust Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement, 4.24%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $85,983,845 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $87,693,194, 2.75% to 6.13%, 8/15/07). |
85,973,720 | 85,973,720 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.53%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $5,751,530 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $5,875,359, 3.99% to 5.51%, 7/1/32 to 2/1/36).4 |
5,750,806 | 5,750,806 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.66%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $4,792,959 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,944,206, 0.00% to 7.88%, 5/15/08 to 1/15/16).4 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | ||||
Morgan Stanley Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,964,761 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $25,161,805, 0.00% to 7.16%, 3/1/06 to 3/25/35).4 |
23,961,693 | 23,961,693 | ||||
211,532,992 | ||||||
TIME DEPOSITS4 – 1.11% |
||||||
KBC Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
9,584,677 | 9,584,677 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
16,773,185 | 16,773,185 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.45%, 03/01/06 |
8,623,670 | 8,623,670 | ||||
34,981,532 | ||||||
VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTES4 – 9.89% |
||||||
Allstate Life Global Funding II |
||||||
4.57% - 4.63%, 02/08/07 - 03/27/072 |
13,466,472 | 13,468,612 | ||||
American Express Bank |
||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 06/29/06 - 10/25/06 |
11,261,996 | 11,261,929 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
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Principal |
Value | ||||
American Express Centurion Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 06/29/06 |
$ | 1,916,935 | $ | 1,916,935 | ||
American Express Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 02/05/07 |
1,437,702 | 1,438,853 | ||||
ASIF Global Financing |
||||||
4.75% - 4.95%, 05/30/06 - 08/11/062 |
15,575,101 | 15,579,126 | ||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. |
||||||
4.55%, 02/23/072 |
3,115,020 | 3,115,020 | ||||
Bank of Ireland |
||||||
4.54%, 03/20/072 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | ||||
Beta Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 04/25/06 - 05/25/062 |
6,182,117 | 6,181,993 | ||||
BMW US Capital LLC |
||||||
4.54%, 02/15/072 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.52% - 4.56%, 03/23/06 - 07/14/062 |
12,891,391 | 12,891,218 | ||||
Commodore CDO Ltd. |
||||||
4.56%, 12/12/062 |
1,198,085 | 1,198,085 | ||||
DEPFA Bank PLC |
||||||
4.50%, 12/15/06 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | ||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.52%, 06/26/062 |
1,198,085 | 1,198,046 | ||||
Eli Lilly Services Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/01/062 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | ||||
Fifth Third Bancorp. |
||||||
4.55%, 01/23/072 |
9,584,677 | 9,584,677 | ||||
Five Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 06/26/062 |
958,468 | 958,437 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 03/09/07 |
2,156,552 | 2,158,175 | ||||
Greenwich Capital Holdings Inc. |
||||||
4.53%, 03/02/06 |
1,198,085 | 1,198,085 | ||||
Hartford Life Global Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.56%, 02/15/07 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | ||||
HBOS Treasury Services PLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/24/072 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | ||||
Holmes Financing PLC |
||||||
4.54%, 12/15/062 |
13,178,931 | 13,178,931 | ||||
HSBC Bank USA N.A. |
||||||
4.70%, 05/04/06 |
1,677,319 | 1,677,558 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
4.53%, 06/02/062 |
4,313,105 | 4,312,995 | ||||
Leafs LLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/22/07 - 02/20/072 |
5,021,029 | 5,021,029 | ||||
Links Finance LLC |
||||||
4.56%, 03/15/062 |
3,833,871 | 3,833,890 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
4.55%, 02/15/07 |
2,635,786 | 2,635,786 | ||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I |
||||||
4.56% - 4.96%, 08/28/06 - 03/06/072 |
14,329,093 | 14,334,990 | ||||
Mound Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 11/08/062 |
9,584,677 | 9,584,677 | ||||
Natexis Banques Populaires |
||||||
4.55%, 03/15/072 |
3,594,254 | 3,594,254 | ||||
Nationwide Building Society |
||||||
4.58% - 4.60%, 01/05/07 - 01/26/072 |
12,939,314 | 12,939,763 | ||||
Nordea Bank AB |
||||||
4.55%, 02/09/072 |
8,386,593 | 8,386,593 | ||||
Northern Rock PLC |
||||||
4.61%, 02/02/072 |
5,750,806 | 5,750,986 | ||||
Permanent Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 03/10/06 - 06/12/062 |
13,035,161 | 13,035,164 | ||||
Pfizer Investment Capital PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 02/15/072 |
11,980,847 | 11,980,847 | ||||
Principal Life Income Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.70%, 05/10/06 |
3,594,254 | 3,594,278 | ||||
Sedna Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/20/062 |
1,437,702 | 1,437,702 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.55%, 03/20/06 - 08/15/062 |
5,319,496 | 5,319,398 | ||||
Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank NY |
||||||
4.56%, 03/19/072 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.54%, 03/02/072 |
3,354,637 | 3,354,637 |
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Principal |
Value |
|||||
Strips III LLC |
|||||||
4.62%, 07/24/062 |
$ | 1,236,404 | $ | 1,236,404 | |||
SunTrust Bank |
|||||||
4.62%, 04/28/06 |
7,188,508 | 7,188,508 | |||||
Tango Finance Corp. |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 05/25/06 - 09/27/062 |
10,686,915 | 10,686,403 | |||||
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. |
|||||||
4.57%, 04/10/06 |
2,156,552 | 2,156,549 | |||||
UniCredito Italiano SpA |
|||||||
4.43%, 06/14/06 |
6,230,040 | 6,229,405 | |||||
Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/28/062 |
4,792,339 | 4,792,339 | |||||
US Bank N.A. |
|||||||
4.54%, 09/29/06 |
2,156,552 | 2,156,224 | |||||
Variable Funding Capital Corp. |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 - 03/13/06 |
7,188,508 | 7,188,508 | |||||
Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc. |
|||||||
4.57%, 03/26/062 |
9,146,168 | 9,146,168 | |||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
|||||||
4.56%, 03/15/072 |
2,396,169 | 2,396,351 | |||||
WhistleJacket Capital Ltd. |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.56%, 06/22/06 - 07/28/062 |
2,396,169 | 2,396,045 | |||||
White Pine Finance LLC |
|||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 03/27/06 - 06/20/062 |
5,031,956 | 5,031,963 | |||||
Winston Funding Ltd. |
|||||||
4.68%, 04/23/062 |
3,421,730 | 3,421,730 | |||||
World Savings Bank |
|||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 |
7,188,508 | 7,188,499 | |||||
310,884,138 | |||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
1,609,366,318 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 150.20% |
4,720,135,799 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (50.20)% |
(1,577,591,339 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS – 100.00% |
$ | 3,142,544,460 | |||||
1 | All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5. |
2 | This security or a portion of these securities is exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
3 | To-be-announced (TBA). See Note 1. |
4 | All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5. |
5 | The Fund’s investment adviser is an affiliate of the issuer. See Note 2. |
6 | The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. |
7 | Investments are denominated in U.S. dollars. |
See notes to the financial statements.
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
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Schedule of Investments
iSHARES® GS $ INVESTOPTM CORPORATE BOND FUND
February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES – 98.15% |
||||||
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE – 3.02% |
||||||
United Technologies Corp. |
||||||
4.38%, 05/01/10 |
$ | 25,760,000 | $ | 25,089,725 | ||
4.88%, 05/01/15 |
23,520,000 | 22,975,277 | ||||
5.40%, 05/01/35 |
24,640,000 | 24,466,533 | ||||
72,531,535 | ||||||
AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 1.97% |
||||||
DaimlerChrysler N.A. Holding Corp. |
||||||
4.88%, 06/15/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,885,313 | ||||
6.50%, 11/15/13 |
23,520,000 | 24,356,371 | ||||
47,241,684 | ||||||
BANKS – 11.80% |
||||||
BAC Capital Trust VI |
||||||
5.63%, 03/08/35 |
24,640,000 | 24,300,091 | ||||
Bank of America Corp. |
||||||
4.50%, 08/01/10 |
24,640,000 | 24,023,630 | ||||
4.75%, 08/01/15 |
25,760,000 | 24,858,271 | ||||
Fifth Third Bancorp |
||||||
4.20%, 02/23/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,767,125 | ||||
HSBC Bank USA Inc. |
||||||
5.88%, 11/01/34 |
23,520,000 | 23,968,762 | ||||
US Bancorp |
||||||
4.50%, 07/29/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,903,423 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.95%, 10/30/14 |
23,520,000 | 22,976,570 | ||||
Wachovia Corp. |
||||||
4.38%, 06/01/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,851,326 | ||||
5.25%, 08/01/14 |
23,520,000 | 23,298,442 | ||||
5.50%, 08/01/35 |
23,520,000 | 22,809,226 | ||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
||||||
4.20%, 01/15/10 |
25,760,000 | 24,935,036 | ||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.75%, 02/09/15 |
24,640,000 | 23,710,086 | ||||
283,401,988 | ||||||
BIOTECHNOLOGY – 0.99% |
||||||
Amgen Inc. |
||||||
4.00%, 11/18/09 |
24,640,000 | 23,752,837 | ||||
23,752,837 | ||||||
CHEMICALS – 0.94% |
||||||
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co. |
||||||
4.13%, 04/30/101 |
23,520,000 | 22,579,788 | ||||
22,579,788 | ||||||
COMPUTERS – 0.96% |
||||||
International Business Machines Corp. |
||||||
4.75%, 11/29/12 |
23,520,000 | 23,106,989 | ||||
23,106,989 | ||||||
COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE – 2.00% |
||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. |
||||||
4.95%, 08/15/14 |
23,520,000 | 23,233,644 | ||||
5.80%, 08/15/34 |
23,520,000 | 24,755,506 | ||||
47,989,150 | ||||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 31.46% |
||||||
American Express Credit Corp. |
||||||
5.00%, 12/02/10 |
23,520,000 | 23,356,654 | ||||
American General Finance Corp. |
||||||
5.40%, 12/01/15 |
23,520,000 | 23,281,154 | ||||
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) |
||||||
4.55%, 06/23/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,917,653 | ||||
5.30%, 10/30/15 |
23,520,000 | 23,308,202 | ||||
Capital One Financial Corp. |
||||||
5.50%, 06/01/15 |
23,520,000 | 23,274,804 | ||||
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. |
||||||
4.50%, 06/15/09 |
23,520,000 | 23,085,938 | ||||
CIT Group Inc. |
||||||
4.25%, 02/01/10 |
24,640,000 | 23,750,989 | ||||
5.40%, 01/30/16 |
23,520,000 | 23,234,938 | ||||
Citigroup Inc. |
||||||
5.00%, 09/15/14 |
24,640,000 | 24,112,581 | ||||
5.13%, 02/14/11 |
23,520,000 | 23,458,378 | ||||
5.85%, 12/11/34 |
23,520,000 | 24,446,453 | ||||
Countrywide Home Loans Inc. |
||||||
4.00%, 03/22/11 |
24,640,000 | 23,067,352 | ||||
Credit Suisse First Boston USA Inc. |
||||||
4.88%, 08/15/10 |
23,520,000 | 23,200,834 | ||||
4.88%, 01/15/15 |
23,520,000 | 22,681,630 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
||||||
5.00%, 11/15/11 |
23,520,000 | 23,300,676 | ||||
5.00%, 01/08/16 |
25,760,000 | 25,248,664 |
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iSHARES® GS $ INVESTOPTM CORPORATE BOND FUND
February 28, 2006
Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
HSBC Finance Corp. |
||||||
5.25%, 01/14/11 |
$ | 23,520,000 | $ | 23,458,613 | ||
5.50%, 01/19/16 |
23,520,000 | 23,394,521 | ||||
International Lease Finance Corp. |
||||||
5.00%, 04/15/10 |
23,520,000 | 23,216,357 | ||||
John Deere Capital Corp. |
||||||
7.00%, 03/15/12 |
24,640,000 | 26,851,194 | ||||
JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
||||||
4.50%, 01/15/12 |
23,520,000 | 22,590,254 | ||||
5.13%, 09/15/14 |
23,520,000 | 23,136,977 | ||||
JP Morgan Chase Capital XV |
||||||
5.88%, 03/15/35 |
24,640,000 | 24,375,366 | ||||
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. |
||||||
4.25%, 01/27/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,737,725 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. |
||||||
4.25%, 02/08/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,732,433 | ||||
5.00%, 01/15/15 |
23,520,000 | 22,959,518 | ||||
Morgan Stanley |
||||||
5.05%, 01/21/11 |
23,520,000 | 23,277,509 | ||||
5.38%, 10/15/15 |
23,520,000 | 23,353,243 | ||||
National Rural Utilities |
||||||
5.75%, 08/28/09 |
23,520,000 | 23,931,835 | ||||
Residential Capital Corp. |
||||||
6.38%, 06/30/10 |
23,520,000 | 23,880,444 | ||||
SLM Corp. |
||||||
4.50%, 07/26/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,807,344 | ||||
Sprint Capital Corp. |
||||||
8.38%, 03/15/12 |
23,520,000 | 27,024,245 | ||||
755,454,478 | ||||||
ELECTRIC – 1.94% |
||||||
Dominion Resources Inc. |
||||||
5.15%, 07/15/15 |
23,520,000 | 22,524,516 | ||||
5.95%, 06/15/35 |
24,640,000 | 23,978,662 | ||||
46,503,178 | ||||||
FOOD – 0.94% |
||||||
Kraft Foods Inc. |
||||||
4.13%, 11/12/09 |
23,520,000 | 22,629,062 | ||||
22,629,062 | ||||||
FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 3.06% |
||||||
International Paper Co. |
||||||
4.00%, 04/01/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,200,881 | ||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. |
||||||
6.75%, 03/15/12 |
23,520,000 | 24,857,347 | ||||
7.38%, 03/15/32 |
23,520,000 | 26,446,358 | ||||
73,504,586 | ||||||
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES – 0.94% |
||||||
Clorox Co. (The) |
||||||
4.20%, 01/15/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,664,695 | ||||
22,664,695 | ||||||
INSURANCE – 3.84% |
||||||
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. |
||||||
4.13%, 01/15/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,715,263 | ||||
4.85%, 01/15/15 |
23,520,000 | 22,858,382 | ||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. |
||||||
5.15%, 09/15/10 |
24,640,000 | 24,314,998 | ||||
5.75%, 09/15/15 |
22,400,000 | 22,415,792 | ||||
92,304,435 | ||||||
LODGING – 0.98% |
||||||
Harrah’s Operating Co. Inc. |
||||||
5.50%, 07/01/10 |
23,520,000 | 23,495,657 | ||||
23,495,657 | ||||||
MEDIA – 5.70% |
||||||
Comcast Corp. |
||||||
4.95%, 06/15/16 |
24,640,000 | 23,070,802 | ||||
5.45%, 11/15/10 |
23,520,000 | 23,484,132 | ||||
5.65%, 06/15/35 |
23,520,000 | 21,545,614 | ||||
COX Communications Inc. |
||||||
4.63%, 01/15/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,711,265 | ||||
5.45%, 12/15/14 |
23,520,000 | 22,801,934 | ||||
News America Inc. |
||||||
6.20%, 12/15/34 |
23,520,000 | 23,330,311 | ||||
136,944,058 | ||||||
OIL & GAS – 0.96% |
||||||
ConocoPhillips |
||||||
4.75%, 10/15/12 |
23,520,000 | 23,106,636 | ||||
23,106,636 | ||||||
OIL & GAS SERVICES – 0.99% |
||||||
Halliburton Co. |
||||||
5.50%, 10/15/10 |
23,520,000 | 23,809,649 | ||||
23,809,649 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
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Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
PHARMACEUTICALS – 1.93% |
||||||
Merck & Co. Inc. |
||||||
4.75%, 03/01/15 |
$ | 23,520,000 | $ | 22,555,210 | ||
Wyeth |
||||||
5.50%, 02/15/16 |
23,520,000 | 23,680,524 | ||||
46,235,734 | ||||||
PIPELINES – 2.06% |
||||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP |
||||||
5.13%, 11/15/14 |
25,760,000 | 24,873,470 | ||||
5.80%, 03/15/35 |
25,760,000 | 24,586,117 | ||||
49,459,587 | ||||||
REAL ESTATE – 1.86% |
||||||
EOP Operating LP |
||||||
4.65%, 10/01/10 |
23,520,000 | 22,667,165 | ||||
4.75%, 03/15/14 |
23,520,000 | 22,039,063 | ||||
44,706,228 | ||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 0.99% |
||||||
iStar Financial Inc. |
||||||
5.15%, 03/01/12 |
24,640,000 | 23,751,851 | ||||
23,751,851 | ||||||
RETAIL – 3.80% |
||||||
Home Depot Inc. |
||||||
3.75%, 09/15/09 |
23,520,000 | 22,556,150 | ||||
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
||||||
4.13%, 02/15/11 |
23,520,000 | 22,557,209 | ||||
4.50%, 07/01/15 |
23,520,000 | 22,332,122 | ||||
5.25%, 09/01/35 |
24,640,000 | 23,800,269 | ||||
91,245,750 | ||||||
SAVINGS & LOANS – 2.93% |
||||||
Washington Mutual Inc. |
||||||
4.20%, 01/15/10 |
24,640,000 | 23,717,232 | ||||
5.13%, 01/15/15 |
23,520,000 | 22,801,817 | ||||
World Savings Bank |
||||||
4.13%, 12/15/09 |
24,640,000 | 23,736,328 | ||||
70,255,377 | ||||||
SOFTWARE – 0.99% |
||||||
First Data Corp. |
||||||
4.50%, 06/15/10 |
24,640,000 | 23,877,885 | ||||
23,877,885 | ||||||
TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 10.06% |
||||||
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. |
||||||
8.13%, 05/01/12 |
24,640,000 | 28,250,006 | ||||
BellSouth Corp. |
||||||
4.20%, 09/15/09 |
24,640,000 | 23,849,795 | ||||
5.20%, 09/15/14 |
23,520,000 | 23,234,467 | ||||
6.55%, 06/15/34 |
23,520,000 | 24,918,852 | ||||
SBC Communications Inc. |
||||||
4.13%, 09/15/09 |
23,520,000 | 22,665,283 | ||||
5.10%, 09/15/14 |
24,640,000 | 23,985,192 | ||||
6.45%, 06/15/34 |
23,520,000 | 24,296,983 | ||||
Verizon Communications |
||||||
5.35%, 02/15/11 |
23,520,000 | 23,524,351 | ||||
Verizon Global Funding Corp. |
||||||
4.90%, 09/15/15 |
24,640,000 | 23,520,482 | ||||
5.85%, 09/15/35 |
24,640,000 | 23,401,224 | ||||
241,646,635 | ||||||
UTILITIES – 1.04% |
||||||
TXU Energy Co. |
||||||
7.00%, 03/15/13 |
23,520,000 | 24,894,862 | ||||
24,894,862 | ||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES |
2,357,094,314 | |||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.44% |
||||||
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT2 – 0.00% |
||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.94%, 07/10/06 |
7,940 | 7,940 | ||||
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.78%, 12/05/06 |
12,703 | 12,703 | ||||
20,643 | ||||||
COMMERCIAL PAPER2 – 0.00% |
||||||
Amstel Funding Corp. |
||||||
4.40%, 05/08/06 |
7,940 | 7,875 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/21/06 |
4,764 | 4,735 | ||||
Edison Asset Securitization LLC |
||||||
4.37%, 05/08/06 |
7,940 | 7,874 | ||||
Galaxy Funding Inc. |
||||||
4.23%, 04/18/06 |
4,557 | 4,532 |
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Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Grampian Funding LLC |
||||||
4.41%, 05/15/06 |
$ | 7,940 | $ | 7,867 | ||
Nordea North America Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/04/06 |
16,673 | 16,607 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.16%, 04/06/06 |
9,527 | 9,488 | ||||
58,978 | ||||||
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES2 – 0.00% |
||||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
3.93%, 07/07/06 |
4,922 | 4,922 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
3.94%, 07/07/06 |
9,527 | 9,527 | ||||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
5.18%, 12/15/06 |
15,879 | 15,922 | ||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
||||||
3.81%, 06/20/06 |
19,849 | 19,849 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
2.85%, 11/15/06 |
3,176 | 3,134 | ||||
53,354 | ||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 0.39% |
||||||
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) Repurchase Agreement, 4.62%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $23,822 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $26,243, 0.00% to 9.40%, 11/15/15 to 6/12/47).2 |
23,819 | 23,819 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.57%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $79,405 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $81,143, 3.69% to 10.00%, 5/1/09 to 1/1/36).2 |
79,395 | 79,395 | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $39,703 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $41,749, 1.01%, 9/19/35).2 |
39,698 | 39,698 | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.56%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $79,405 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $81,113, 4.50% to 7.50%, 9/1/09 to 11/1/35).2 |
79,395 | 79,395 | ||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.71%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $79,405 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $83,499, 0.00% to 10.00%, 8/15/07 to 2/1/16).2 |
79,395 | 79,395 | ||||
Investors Bank & Trust Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement, 4.24%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $8,830,894 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $9,006,451, 6.13%, 8/15/07). |
8,829,854 | 8,829,854 | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.53%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $19,057 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, value $19,467, 3.99% to 5.51%, 7/1/32 to 2/1/36).2 |
19,055 | 19,055 |
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
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Security |
Principal |
Value | ||||
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Repurchase Agreement, 4.66%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $15,881 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $16,382, 0.00% to 7.88%, 5/15/08 to 1/15/16).2 |
$ | 15,879 | $ | 15,879 | ||
Morgan Stanley Repurchase Agreement, 4.61%, due 3/1/06, maturity value $79,405 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $83,371, 0.00% to 7.16%, 3/1/06 to 3/25/35).2 |
79,395 | 79,395 | ||||
9,245,885 | ||||||
TIME DEPOSITS2 – 0.01% |
||||||
KBC Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
31,758 | 31,758 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.57%, 03/01/06 |
55,577 | 55,576 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.45%, 03/01/06 |
28,574 | 28,574 | ||||
115,908 | ||||||
VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTES2 – 0.04% |
||||||
Allstate Life Global Funding II |
||||||
4.57% - 4.63%, 02/08/07 - 03/27/073 |
44,620 | 44,627 | ||||
American Express Bank |
||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 06/29/06 - 10/25/06 |
37,316 | 37,315 | ||||
American Express Centurion Bank |
||||||
4.57%, 06/29/06 |
6,352 | 6,352 | ||||
American Express Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 02/05/07 |
4,764 | 4,768 | ||||
ASIF Global Financing |
||||||
4.75% - 4.95%, 05/30/06 - 08/11/063 |
51,607 | 51,620 | ||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. |
||||||
4.55%, 02/23/073 |
10,321 | 10,321 | ||||
Bank of Ireland |
||||||
4.54%, 03/20/073 |
15,879 | 15,879 | ||||
Beta Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 04/25/06 - 05/25/063 |
20,484 | 20,483 | ||||
BMW US Capital LLC |
||||||
4.54%, 02/15/073 |
15,879 | 15,879 | ||||
CC USA Inc. |
||||||
4.52% - 4.56%, 03/23/06 - 07/14/063 |
42,715 | 42,715 | ||||
Commodore CDO Ltd. |
||||||
4.56%, 12/12/063 |
3,970 | 3,970 | ||||
DEPFA Bank PLC |
||||||
4.50%, 12/15/06 |
15,879 | 15,879 | ||||
Dorada Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.52%, 06/26/063 |
3,970 | 3,970 | ||||
Eli Lilly Services Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/01/063 |
15,879 | 15,879 | ||||
Fifth Third Bancorp. |
||||||
4.55%, 01/23/073 |
31,758 | 31,758 | ||||
Five Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 06/26/063 |
3,176 | 3,176 | ||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.67%, 03/09/07 |
7,146 | 7,151 | ||||
Greenwich Capital Holdings Inc. |
||||||
4.53%, 03/02/06 |
3,970 | 3,970 | ||||
Hartford Life Global Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.56%, 02/15/07 |
15,879 | 15,879 | ||||
HBOS Treasury Services PLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/24/073 |
15,879 | 15,879 | ||||
Holmes Financing PLC |
||||||
4.54%, 12/15/063 |
43,667 | 43,667 | ||||
HSBC Bank USA N.A. |
||||||
4.70%, 05/04/06 |
5,558 | 5,558 | ||||
K2 USA LLC |
||||||
4.53%, 06/02/063 |
14,291 | 14,291 | ||||
Leafs LLC |
||||||
4.57%, 01/22/07 - 02/20/073 |
16,637 | 16,637 |
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Principal |
Value | ||||
Links Finance LLC |
||||||
4.56%, 03/15/063 |
$ | 12,703 | $ | 12,703 | ||
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
||||||
4.55%, 02/15/07 |
8,733 | 8,733 | ||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I |
||||||
4.56% - 4.96%, 08/28/06 - 03/06/073 |
47,478 | 47,497 | ||||
Mound Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 11/08/063 |
31,758 | 31,758 | ||||
Natexis Banques Populaires |
||||||
4.55%, 03/15/073 |
11,909 | 11,909 | ||||
Nationwide Building Society |
||||||
4.58% - 4.60%, 01/05/07 - 01/26/073 |
42,873 | 42,875 | ||||
Nordea Bank AB |
||||||
4.55%, 02/09/073 |
27,788 | 27,788 | ||||
Northern Rock PLC |
||||||
4.61%, 02/02/073 |
19,055 | 19,055 | ||||
Permanent Financing PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 03/10/06 - 06/12/063 |
43,191 | 43,190 | ||||
Pfizer Investment Capital PLC |
||||||
4.53%, 02/15/073 |
39,698 | 39,698 | ||||
Principal Life Income Funding Trusts |
||||||
4.70%, 05/10/06 |
11,909 | 11,909 | ||||
Sedna Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/20/063 |
4,764 | 4,764 | ||||
Sigma Finance Inc. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.55%, 03/20/06 - 08/15/063 |
17,626 | 17,625 | ||||
Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank NY |
||||||
4.56%, 03/19/073 |
15,879 | 15,879 | ||||
Societe Generale |
||||||
4.54%, 03/02/073 |
11,115 | 11,115 | ||||
Strips III LLC |
||||||
4.62%, 07/24/063 |
4,097 | 4,097 | ||||
SunTrust Bank |
||||||
4.62%, 04/28/06 |
23,819 | 23,818 | ||||
Tango Finance Corp. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.54%, 05/25/06 - 09/27/063 |
35,410 | 35,409 | ||||
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. |
||||||
4.57%, 04/10/06 |
7,146 | 7,146 | ||||
UniCredito Italiano SpA |
||||||
4.43%, 06/14/06 |
20,643 | 20,641 | ||||
Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC |
||||||
4.52%, 03/28/063 |
15,879 | 15,879 | ||||
US Bank N.A. |
||||||
4.54%, 09/29/06 |
7,146 | 7,144 | ||||
Variable Funding Capital Corp. |
||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 - 03/13/06 |
23,819 | 23,819 | ||||
Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc. |
||||||
4.57%, 03/26/063 |
30,305 | 30,305 | ||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
||||||
4.56%, 03/15/073 |
7,940 | 7,940 | ||||
WhistleJacket Capital Ltd. |
||||||
4.53% - 4.56%, 06/22/06 - 07/28/063 |
7,940 | 7,939 | ||||
White Pine Finance LLC |
||||||
4.53% - 4.57%, 03/27/06 - 06/20/063 |
16,673 | 16,672 | ||||
Winston Funding Ltd. |
||||||
4.68%, 04/23/063 |
11,338 | 11,338 | ||||
World Savings Bank |
||||||
4.52%, 03/09/06 |
23,819 | 23,818 | ||||
1,030,086 | ||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
10,524,854 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 98.59% |
2,367,619,168 | |||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 1.41% |
33,759,163 | |||||
NET ASSETS – 100.00% |
$ | 2,401,378,331 | ||||
1 | All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5. |
2 | All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5. |
3 | This security or a portion of these securities is exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
See notes to the financial statements.
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS |
41 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
iSHARES® TRUST
February 28, 2006
iShares Lehman |
iShares GS |
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1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund |
TIPS Bond Fund |
Aggregate Bond Fund |
$ InvesTop TM Corporate Bond Fund |
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ASSETS |
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Investments, at cost: |
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Unaffiliated issuers |
$ | 5,600,731,823 | $ | 1,723,573,610 | $ | 1,186,865,511 | $ | 4,100,208,910 | $ | 3,731,584,662 | $ | 2,414,144,414 | ||||||||||||
Affiliated issuersa |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,011,835,588 | $ | — | ||||||||||||
Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loanb) (Note 1): |
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Unaffiliated issuers |
$ | 5,087,105,452 | $ | 1,558,591,307 | $ | 1,079,294,904 | $ | 3,971,315,642 | $ | 3,496,767,219 | $ | 2,358,373,283 | ||||||||||||
Affiliated issuersa |
— | — | — | — | 1,011,835,588 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase agreements |
467,286,662 | 143,977,552 | 83,893,547 | 123,880,336 | 211,532,992 | 9,245,885 | ||||||||||||||||||
Receivables: |
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Investment securities sold |
551,306,733 | 109,053,439 | 74,789,212 | 521,337 | 163,725,743 | 190,178,274 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest |
29,861,855 | 9,764,014 | 6,084,987 | 16,054,031 | 25,667,999 | 32,557,947 | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital shares sold |
— | 326,335 | 1,264,950 | 11,256 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Assets |
6,135,560,702 | 1,821,712,647 | 1,245,327,600 | 4,111,782,602 | 4,909,529,541 | 2,590,355,389 | ||||||||||||||||||
LIABILITIES |
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Payables: |
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Investment securities purchased |
561,023,208 | 120,410,994 | 84,526,652 | — | 1,254,959,196 | 187,006,772 | ||||||||||||||||||
Collateral for securities on loan (Note 5) |
1,802,348,240 | 523,789,763 | 292,308,593 | 494,574,735 | 511,557,010 | 1,695,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees (Note 2) |
510,119 | 132,744 | 90,668 | 540,499 | 468,875 | 275,286 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Liabilities |
2,363,881,567 | 644,333,501 | 376,925,913 | 495,115,234 | 1,766,985,081 | 188,977,058 | ||||||||||||||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 3,771,679,135 | $ | 1,177,379,146 | $ | 868,401,687 | $ | 3,616,667,368 | $ | 3,142,544,460 | $ | 2,401,378,331 | ||||||||||||
Net assets consist of: |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 3,846,692,555 | $ | 1,222,168,757 | $ | 896,514,153 | $ | 3,635,837,840 | $ | 3,185,272,194 | $ | 2,465,010,008 | ||||||||||||
Undistributed net investment income |
13,151,817 | 3,442,121 | 1,918,236 | 22 | 11,805,975 | 10,224,878 | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated net realized loss |
(41,825,528 | ) | (27,226,981 | ) | (6,353,642 | ) | (14,157,562 | ) | (31,249,258 | ) | (27,331,309 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net unrealized depreciation |
(46,339,709 | ) | (21,004,751 | ) | (23,677,060 | ) | (5,012,932 | ) | (23,284,451 | ) | (46,525,246 | ) | ||||||||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 3,771,679,135 | $ | 1,177,379,146 | $ | 868,401,687 | $ | 3,616,667,368 | $ | 3,142,544,460 | $ | 2,401,378,331 | ||||||||||||
Shares outstanding |
47,100,000 | 14,200,000 | 9,500,000 | 35,200,000 | 31,400,000 | 22,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 80.08 | $ | 82.91 | $ | 91.41 | $ | 102.75 | $ | 100.08 | $ | 107.20 | ||||||||||||
a | The Funds’ investment adviser is an affiliate of the issuers. See Note 2. |
b | Securities on loan with market values of $1,774,156,639, $516,343,496, $289,063,456, $486,843,816, $502,782,385 and $1,654,483, respectively. See Note 5. |
See notes to the financial statements.
42 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Statements of Operations
iSHARES® TRUST
Year ended February 28, 2006
iShares Lehman |
iShares GS |
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1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund |
TIPS Bond Fund |
Aggregate Bond Fund |
$ InvesTop TM Corporate Bond Fund |
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest from unaffiliated issuers |
$ | 139,118,651 | $ | 42,327,398 | $ | 34,542,010 | $ | 119,768,309 | a | $ | 65,523,952 | $ | 120,726,162 | |||||||||||
Interest from affiliated issuersb |
— | — | — | — | 26,761,754 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Securities lending incomec |
2,151,938 | 848,393 | 509,241 | 314,035 | 538,948 | 64,468 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total investment income |
141,270,589 | 43,175,791 | 35,051,251 | 120,082,344 | 92,824,654 | 120,790,630 | ||||||||||||||||||
EXPENSES |
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Investment advisory fees (Note 2) |
6,037,175 | 1,551,259 | 1,148,825 | 5,549,043 | 4,530,914 | 3,696,766 | ||||||||||||||||||
Proxy fees |
156,020 | 36,156 | 33,532 | 95,659 | 71,032 | 106,266 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total expenses |
6,193,195 | 1,587,415 | 1,182,357 | 5,644,702 | 4,601,946 | 3,803,032 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
135,077,394 | 41,588,376 | 33,868,894 | 114,437,642 | 88,222,708 | 116,987,598 | ||||||||||||||||||
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) |
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Net realized gain (loss) from: |
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Investments in unaffiliated issuers |
(32,225,055 | ) | (20,393,261 | ) | (4,578,751 | ) | (8,748,769 | ) | (19,021,880 | ) | (22,414,745 | ) | ||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions |
(5,831,639 | ) | 5,186,124 | 24,536,231 | 6,667,288 | — | 893,305 | |||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
(38,056,694 | ) | (15,207,137 | ) | 19,957,480 | (2,081,481 | ) | (19,021,880 | ) | (21,521,440 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(17,012,252 | ) | (10,010,704 | ) | (7,015,936 | ) | (33,098,547 | ) | (17,014,253 | ) | (68,444,863 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(55,068,946 | ) | (25,217,841 | ) | 12,941,544 | (35,180,028 | ) | (36,036,133 | ) | (89,966,303 | ) | |||||||||||||
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
$ | 80,008,448 | $ | 16,370,535 | $ | 46,810,438 | $ | 79,257,614 | $ | 52,186,575 | $ | 27,021,295 | ||||||||||||
a | Includes monthly inflationary and deflationary adjustments to income. See Note 1. |
b | The Funds’ investment adviser is an affiliate of the issuers. See Note 2. |
c | Includes income earned from issuers of which the Funds’ investment adviser is an affiliate. See Note 2. |
See notes to the financial statements.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 43 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
iSHARES® TRUST
iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund |
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Year ended February 28, 2006 |
Year ended February 28, 2005 |
Year ended February 28, 2006 |
Year ended February 28, 2005 |
Year ended February 28, 2006 |
Year ended February 28, 2005 |
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
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OPERATIONS: |
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Net investment income |
$ | 135,077,394 | $ | 41,760,061 | $ | 41,588,376 | $ | 22,213,487 | $ | 33,868,894 | $ | 19,343,756 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
(38,056,694 | ) | (11,595,859 | ) | (15,207,137 | ) | (6,032,253 | ) | 19,957,480 | 29,452,107 | ||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(17,012,252 | ) | (36,788,143 | ) | (10,010,704 | ) | (10,353,511 | ) | (7,015,936 | ) | (6,727,298 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
80,008,448 | (6,623,941 | ) | 16,370,535 | 5,827,723 | 46,810,438 | 42,068,565 | |||||||||||||||||
Undistributed net investment income included in the price of capital shares issued or redeemed |
1,050,000 | 961,000 | 937,000 | 515,000 | 59,000 | 909,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: |
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From net investment income |
(126,416,707 | ) | (39,084,864 | ) | (39,810,668 | ) | (21,322,522 | ) | (33,869,183 | ) | (18,496,162 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders |
(126,416,707 | ) | (39,084,864 | ) | (39,810,668 | ) | (21,322,522 | ) | (33,869,183 | ) | (18,496,162 | ) | ||||||||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: |
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Proceeds from shares sold |
2,851,837,622 | 1,560,418,824 | 1,283,399,993 | 1,299,910,453 | 5,619,523,008 | 4,355,114,374 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
(1,764,161,262 | ) | (334,745,805 | ) | (850,617,249 | ) | (717,116,614 | ) | (5,512,144,004 | ) | (3,897,269,213 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions |
1,087,676,360 | 1,225,673,019 | 432,782,744 | 582,793,839 | 107,379,004 | 457,845,161 | ||||||||||||||||||
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS |
1,042,318,101 | 1,180,925,214 | 410,279,611 | 567,814,040 | 120,379,259 | 482,326,564 | ||||||||||||||||||
NET ASSETS: |
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Beginning of year |
2,729,361,034 | 1,548,435,820 | 767,099,535 | 199,285,495 | 748,022,428 | 265,695,864 | ||||||||||||||||||
End of year |
$ | 3,771,679,135 | $ | 2,729,361,034 | $ | 1,177,379,146 | $ | 767,099,535 | $ | 868,401,687 | $ | 748,022,428 | ||||||||||||
Undistributed net investment income included in net assets at end of year |
$ | 13,151,817 | $ | 4,716,845 | $ | 3,442,121 | $ | 2,103,154 | $ | 1,918,236 | $ | 1,918,525 | ||||||||||||
SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED: |
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Shares sold |
35,400,000 | 19,100,000 | 15,200,000 | 15,300,000 | 61,200,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shares redeemed |
(22,000,000 | ) | (4,100,000 | ) | (10,100,000 | ) | (8,500,000 | ) | (60,000,000 | ) | (44,700,000 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net increase in shares outstanding |
13,400,000 | 15,000,000 | 5,100,000 | 6,800,000 | 1,200,000 | 5,300,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
See notes to the financial statements.
44 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund |
iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund |
iShares GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate Bond Fund |
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Year ended February 28, 2006 |
Year ended February 28, 2005 |
Year ended February 28, 2006 |
Year ended February 28, 2005 |
Year ended February 28, 2006 |
Year ended February 28, 2005 |
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
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OPERATIONS: |
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Net investment income |
$ | 114,437,642 | $ | 43,305,547 | $ | 88,222,708 | $ | 20,552,387 | $ | 116,987,598 | $ | 117,048,586 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
(2,081,481 | ) | (3,740,914 | ) | (19,021,880 | ) | 6,108,089 | (21,521,440 | ) | 23,961,255 | ||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(33,098,547 | ) | 13,777,982 | (17,014,253 | ) | (10,290,150 | ) | (68,444,863 | ) | (63,578,079 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
79,257,614 | 53,342,615 | 52,186,575 | 16,370,326 | 27,021,295 | 77,431,762 | ||||||||||||||||||
Undistributed net investment income included in the price of capital shares issued or redeemed |
5,719,000 | 3,084,000 | — | — | 559,000 | 352,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: |
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From net investment income |
(142,905,626 | ) | (43,145,685 | ) | (91,986,737 | ) | (24,078,772 | ) | (116,439,147 | ) | (116,525,219 | ) | ||||||||||||
Return of capital |
(1,298,777 | ) | (3,958,248 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Total distributions to shareholders |
(144,204,403 | ) | (47,103,933 | ) | (91,986,737 | ) | (24,078,772 | ) | (116,439,147 | ) | (116,525,219 | ) | ||||||||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: |
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Proceeds from shares sold |
2,186,814,185 | 1,471,422,838 | 1,890,527,411 | 1,010,969,235 | 1,252,423,816 | 1,238,269,496 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
(517,005,928 | ) | (63,329,690 | ) | — | (62,243,193 | ) | (1,317,104,628 | ) | (1,137,051,506 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions |
1,669,808,257 | 1,408,093,148 | 1,890,527,411 | 948,726,042 | (64,680,812 | ) | 101,217,990 | |||||||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
1,610,580,468 | 1,417,415,830 | 1,850,727,249 | 941,017,596 | (153,539,664 | ) | 62,476,533 | |||||||||||||||||
NET ASSETS: |
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Beginning of year |
2,006,086,900 | 588,671,070 | 1,291,817,211 | 350,799,615 | 2,554,917,995 | 2,492,441,462 | ||||||||||||||||||
End of year |
$ | 3,616,667,368 | $ | 2,006,086,900 | $ | 3,142,544,460 | $ | 1,291,817,211 | $ | 2,401,378,331 | $ | 2,554,917,995 | ||||||||||||
Undistributed net investment income included in net assets at end of year |
$ | 22 | $ | — | $ | 11,805,975 | $ | 4,363,674 | $ | 10,224,878 | $ | 10,056,582 | ||||||||||||
SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED: |
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Shares sold |
21,100,000 | 14,100,000 | 18,700,000 | 9,900,000 | 11,400,000 | 11,100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shares redeemed |
(5,000,000 | ) | (600,000 | ) | — | (600,000 | ) | (12,000,000 | ) | (10,200,000 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding |
16,100,000 | 13,500,000 | 18,700,000 | 9,300,000 | (600,000 | ) | 900,000 | |||||||||||||||||
See notes to the financial statements.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
45 |
iSHARES® TRUST
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
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Year ended Feb. 28, 2006 |
Year ended Feb. 28, 2005 |
Year ended Feb. 29, 2004 |
Period from Jul. 22, 2002a to Feb. 28, 2003 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 80.99 | $ | 82.80 | $ | 82.40 | $ | 81.01 | ||||||||
Income from investment operations: |
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Net investment income |
2.66 | 1.66 | 1.31 | 0.84 | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(1.05 | ) | (1.84 | ) | 0.40 | 1.32 | ||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
1.61 | (0.18 | ) | 1.71 | 2.16 | |||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
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Net investment income |
(2.52 | ) | (1.63 | ) | (1.31 | ) | (0.77 | ) | ||||||||
Total distributions |
(2.52 | ) | (1.63 | ) | (1.31 | ) | (0.77 | ) | ||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 80.08 | $ | 80.99 | $ | 82.80 | $ | 82.40 | ||||||||
Total return |
2.01 | % | (0.21 | )% | 2.11 | % | 2.66 | %b | ||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental data: |
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Net assets, end of period (000s) |
$ | 3,771,679 | $ | 2,729,361 | $ | 1,548,436 | $ | 922,908 | ||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assetsc |
0.15 | %d | 0.15 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.15 | % | ||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsc |
3.36 | % | 2.11 | % | 1.63 | % | 1.80 | % | ||||||||
Portfolio turnover ratee |
83 | % | 106 | % | 21 | % | 44 | % |
a | Commencement of operations. |
b | Not annualized. |
c | Annualized for periods of less than one year. |
d | Includes proxy fees. |
e | Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units. |
See notes to the financial statements.
46 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Financial Highlights (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund |
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Year ended Feb. 28, 2006 |
Year ended Feb. 28, 2005 |
Year ended Feb. 29, 2004 |
Period from Jul. 22, 2002a to Feb. 28, 2003 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 84.30 | $ | 86.65 | $ | 87.10 | $ | 82.13 | ||||||||
Income from investment operations: |
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Net investment income |
3.29 | 2.88 | 3.43 | 1.99 | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(1.43 | ) | (2.05 | ) | (0.68 | ) | 5.04 | |||||||||
Total from investment operations |
1.86 | 0.83 | 2.75 | 7.03 | ||||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
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Net investment income |
(3.25 | ) | (3.18 | ) | (3.20 | ) | (1.68 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gain |
— | — | — | (0.38 | )b | |||||||||||
Total distributions |
(3.25 | ) | (3.18 | ) | (3.20 | ) | (2.06 | ) | ||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 82.91 | $ | 84.30 | $ | 86.65 | $ | 87.10 | ||||||||
Total return |
2.21 | % | 1.06 | % | 3.26 | % | 8.64 | %c | ||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental data: |
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Net assets, end of period (000s) |
$ | 1,177,379 | $ | 767,100 | $ | 199,285 | $ | 444,194 | ||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd |
0.15 | %e | 0.15 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.15 | % | ||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd |
4.02 | % | 3.75 | % | 3.59 | % | 3.79 | % | ||||||||
Portfolio turnover ratef |
94 | % | 121 | % | 74 | % | 54 | % |
a | Commencement of operations. |
b | Represents all short-term gain distributions. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes. |
c | Not annualized. |
d | Annualized for periods of less than one year. |
e | Includes proxy fees. |
f | Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units. |
See notes to the financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS |
47 |
Financial Highlights (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund |
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Year ended Feb. 28, 2006 |
Year ended Feb. 28, 2005 |
Year ended Feb. 29, 2004 |
Period from Jul. 22, 2002a to Feb. 28, 2003 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 90.12 | $ | 88.57 | $ | 90.52 | $ | 82.69 | ||||||||
Income from investment operations: |
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Net investment income |
4.12 | 4.00 | 4.35 | 2.79 | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
1.32 | 1.68 | (1.72 | ) | 7.29 | |||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
5.44 | 5.68 | 2.63 | 10.08 | ||||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
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Net investment income |
(4.15 | ) | (4.13 | ) | (4.58 | ) | (2.20 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gain |
— | — | — | (0.05 | )b | |||||||||||
Total distributions |
(4.15 | ) | (4.13 | ) | (4.58 | ) | (2.25 | ) | ||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 91.41 | $ | 90.12 | $ | 88.57 | $ | 90.52 | ||||||||
Total return |
6.12 | % | 6.72 | % | 3.11 | % | 12.31 | %c | ||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental data: |
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Net assets, end of period (000s) |
$ | 868,402 | $ | 748,022 | $ | 265,696 | $ | 316,828 | ||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd |
0.15 | %e | 0.15 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.15 | % | ||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd |
4.42 | % | 4.71 | % | 4.84 | % | 4.92 | % | ||||||||
Portfolio turnover ratef |
25 | % | 18 | % | 31 | % | 7 | % |
a | Commencement of operations. |
b | Represents all short-term gain distributions. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes. |
c | Not annualized. |
d | Annualized for periods of less than one year. |
e | Includes proxy fees. |
f | Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units. |
See notes to the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund |
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Year ended Feb. 28, 2006 |
Year ended Feb. 28, 2005 |
Period from Dec. 4, 2003a to Feb. 29, 2004 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 105.03 | $ | 105.12 | $ | 100.92 | ||||||
Income from investment operations: |
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Net investment income (loss)b |
4.29 | 3.74 | (0.06 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(1.15 | ) | 0.48 | 4.38 | ||||||||
Total from investment operations |
3.14 | 4.22 | 4.32 | |||||||||
Less distributions from: |
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Net investment income |
(5.37 | ) | (3.95 | ) | (0.02 | ) | ||||||
Return of capital |
(0.05 | ) | (0.36 | ) | (0.10 | ) | ||||||
Total distributions |
(5.42 | ) | (4.31 | ) | (0.12 | ) | ||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 102.75 | $ | 105.03 | $ | 105.12 | ||||||
Total return |
3.04 | % | 4.16 | % | 4.29 | %c | ||||||
Ratios/Supplemental data: |
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Net assets, end of period (000s) |
$ | 3,616,667 | $ | 2,006,087 | $ | 588,671 | ||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd |
0.20 | %e | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assetsd |
4.12 | % | 3.60 | % | (0.25 | )% | ||||||
Portfolio turnover ratef |
13 | % | 32 | % | 2 | % |
a | Commencement of operations. |
b | Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period. |
c | Not annualized. |
d | Annualized for periods of less than one year. |
e | Includes proxy fees. |
f | Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units. |
See notes to the financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS |
49 |
Financial Highlights (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund |
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Year ended Feb. 28, 2006 |
Year ended Feb. 28, 2005 |
Period from Sep. 22, 2003a to Feb. 29, 2004 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 101.72 | $ | 103.18 | $ | 100.92 | ||||||
Income from investment operations: |
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Net investment income |
3.83 | 3.73 | 1.12 | |||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(1.32 | ) | (1.62 | ) | 2.34 | |||||||
Total from investment operations |
2.51 | 2.11 | 3.46 | |||||||||
Less distributions from: |
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Net investment income |
(4.15 | ) | (3.57 | ) | (1.20 | ) | ||||||
Total distributions |
(4.15 | ) | (3.57 | ) | (1.20 | ) | ||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 100.08 | $ | 101.72 | $ | 103.18 | ||||||
Total return |
2.53 | % | 2.11 | % | 3.46 | %b | ||||||
Ratios/Supplemental data: |
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Net assets, end of period (000s) |
$ | 3,142,544 | $ | 1,291,817 | $ | 350,800 | ||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assetsc |
0.20 | %d | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsc |
3.89 | % | 2.90 | % | 2.47 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover ratee,f |
456 | % | 457 | % | 165 | % |
a | Commencement of operations. |
b | Not annualized. |
c | Annualized for periods of less than one year. |
d | Includes proxy fees. |
e | Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units. |
f | Portfolio turnover rates include to-be-announced transactions. See Note 1. |
See notes to the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
iShares GS $ InvesTop™ Corporate Bond Fund |
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Year ended Feb. 28, 2006 |
Year ended Feb. 28, 2005 |
Year ended Feb. 29, 2004 |
Period from to Feb. 28, 2003 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 111.08 | $ | 112.78 | $ | 110.46 | $ | 103.03 | ||||||||
Income from investment operations: |
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Net investment income |
5.15 | 5.18 | 5.35 | 3.24 | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(3.92 | ) | (1.70 | ) | 2.44 | 7.12 | ||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
1.23 | 3.48 | 7.79 | 10.36 | ||||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
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Net investment income |
(5.11 | ) | (5.18 | ) | (5.38 | ) | (2.93 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gain |
— | — | (0.09 | )b | — | |||||||||||
Total distributions |
(5.11 | ) | (5.18 | ) | (5.47 | ) | (2.93 | ) | ||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 107.20 | $ | 111.08 | $ | 112.78 | $ | 110.46 | ||||||||
Total return |
1.12 | % | 3.24 | % | 7.29 | % | 10.22 | %c | ||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental data: |
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Net assets, end of period (000s) |
$ | 2,401,378 | $ | 2,554,918 | $ | 2,492,441 | $ | 2,076,579 | ||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd |
0.15 | %e | 0.15 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.15 | % | ||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd |
4.75 | % | 4.71 | % | 4.83 | % | 5.38 | % | ||||||||
Portfolio turnover ratef |
71 | % | 32 | % | 0 | % | 20 | % |
a | Commencement of operations. |
b | Represents all short-term gain distributions. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes. |
c | Not annualized. |
d | Annualized for periods of less than one year. |
e | Includes proxy fees. |
f | Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units. |
See notes to the financial statements.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS |
51 |
Notes to the Financial Statements
iSHARES® TRUST
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 was established as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated December 16, 1999. As of February 28, 2006, the Trust offered 77 investment portfolios or funds.
These financial statements relate only to the iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund, iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund, iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund, iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund, iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund, and iShares GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate Bond Fund, (each, a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”).
The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of its underlying index, as indicated in the name of each Fund. The investment adviser uses a “passive” or index approach to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. Each of the Funds is classified as a diversified fund under the 1940 Act, except for the iShares GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate Bond Fund, which is classified as a non-diversified fund. Non-diversified funds generally hold securities of fewer companies than diversified funds and may be more susceptible to the risks associated with these particular companies, or to a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these companies.
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the Funds’ officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred.
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for investment companies. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
SECURITY VALUATION
The securities and other assets of each Fund are generally valued using market valuations. A market valuation generally means a valuation (i) obtained from an exchange, a pricing service or a major market maker (or dealer), (ii) based on a price quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by an exchange, a pricing service or a major market maker (or dealer) or (iii) based on amortized cost. In the case of shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange, a market valuation means such fund’s published net asset value per share. The investment adviser may use various pricing services or discontinue the use of any pricing service. A price obtained from a pricing service based on such pricing service’s valuation matrix may be considered a market valuation. In the event that current market valuations are not readily available or such valuations do not reflect current market values, the affected investments will be valued using fair value pricing pursuant to the pricing policy and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”).
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INCOME RECOGNITION
Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Interest income is accrued daily. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. The Funds amortize premiums and accrete discounts on debt securities purchased, using a constant yield to maturity method.
52 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
The inflation-protected public obligations held by the iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund are income-generating instruments whose interest and principal payments are adjusted for inflation (or deflation). The inflation (deflation) adjustment is applied to the principal of each bond on a monthly basis and is accounted for as interest income in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.
EQUALIZATION
The Funds use the accounting practice of equalization. This accounting method is used to keep the continuing shareholders’ per share equity in undistributed net investment income from being affected by the continuous sales and redemptions of capital stock. The amounts of equalization are disclosed in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as undistributed net investment income included in the price of capital shares issued or redeemed.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income, if any, are declared and distributed at least monthly by each Fund. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, generally are declared and distributed at least once a year. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.
As of February 28, 2006, the tax year-end of the Funds, the components of net accumulated losses on a tax basis were as follows:
iShares Bond Fund |
Undistributed Ordinary Income |
Unrealized Depreciation |
Capital and Other Losses |
Net Accumulated Losses |
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Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
$ | 13,054,233 | $ | (46,696,123 | ) | $ | (41,371,530 | ) | $ | (75,013,420 | ) | ||||
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
3,366,472 | (23,105,234 | ) | (25,050,849 | ) | (44,789,611 | ) | ||||||||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
1,918,236 | (24,700,873 | ) | (5,329,829 | ) | (28,112,466 | ) | ||||||||
Lehman TIPS |
— | (15,493,544 | ) | (3,676,928 | ) | (19,170,472 | ) | ||||||||
Lehman Aggregate |
11,712,221 | (41,538,199 | ) | (12,901,756 | ) | (42,727,734 | ) | ||||||||
GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate |
9,786,561 | (46,088,143 | ) | (27,330,095 | ) | (63,631,677 | ) |
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended February 28, 2006 and February 28, 2005, were as follows:
iShares Bond Fund |
2006 |
2005 | ||||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
||||||
Distributions paid from: |
||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 126,416,707 | $ | 39,084,864 | ||
Total Distributions |
$ | 126,416,707 | $ | 39,084,864 | ||
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
||||||
Distributions paid from: |
||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 39,810,668 | $ | 21,322,522 | ||
Total Distributions |
$ | 39,810,668 | $ | 21,322,522 | ||
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
53 |
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
iShares Bond Fund |
2006 |
2005 | ||||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
||||||
Distributions paid from: |
||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 33,869,183 | $ | 18,496,162 | ||
Total Distributions |
$ | 33,869,183 | $ | 18,496,162 | ||
Lehman TIPS |
||||||
Distributions paid from: |
||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 142,905,626 | $ | 43,145,685 | ||
Return of capital |
1,298,777 | 3,958,248 | ||||
Total Distributions |
$ | 144,204,403 | $ | 47,103,933 | ||
Lehman Aggregate |
||||||
Distributions paid from: |
||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 91,986,737 | $ | 24,078,772 | ||
Total Distributions |
$ | 91,986,737 | $ | 24,078,772 | ||
GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate |
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Distributions paid from: |
||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 116,439,147 | $ | 116,525,219 | ||
Total Distributions |
$ | 116,439,147 | $ | 116,525,219 | ||
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
Each Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of each Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its net income and any net gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required for the year ended February 28, 2006.
From November 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006, the Funds incurred net realized capital losses. As permitted by tax regulations, the Funds have elected to defer those losses and treat them as arising in the year ending February 28, 2007, as follows:
iShares Bond Fund |
Deferred Net Realized Capital Losses | ||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
$ | 16,693,636 | |
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
14,685,244 | ||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
2,005,417 | ||
Lehman TIPS |
774,767 | ||
Lehman Aggregate |
7,392,050 | ||
GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate |
15,150,978 |
54 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
The Funds had tax basis net capital loss carryforwards as of February 28, 2006, the tax year-end of the Funds, as follows:
iShares Bond Fund |
Expiring 2012 |
Expiring 2013 |
Expiring 2014 |
Total | ||||||||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
$ | 11,523 | $ | 2,648,872 | $ | 22,017,499 | $ | 24,677,894 | ||||
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
3,648,187 | — | 6,717,418 | 10,365,605 | ||||||||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
2,218,753 | — | 1,105,659 | 3,324,412 | ||||||||
Lehman TIPS |
— | 2,389,570 | 512,591 | 2,902,161 | ||||||||
Lehman Aggregate |
— | 1,089,293 | 4,420,413 | 5,509,706 | ||||||||
GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate |
— | 4,185,823 | 7,993,294 | 12,179,117 |
Net capital loss carryforwards may be applied against any net realized taxable gains in each succeeding year or until their respective expiration dates, whichever occurs first.
For the year ended February 28, 2006, certain Funds realized net capital gains or losses resulting from in-kind redemptions of large blocks of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”). Because such gains or losses are not taxable to the Funds and are not distributed to existing Fund shareholders, the gains or losses are reclassified from accumulated net realized gains or losses to paid-in-capital at the end of the Funds’ tax year. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The net realized in-kind gains or losses for the year ended February 28, 2006 are disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Operations.
As of February 28, 2006, the aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
iShares Bond Fund |
Tax Cost |
Unrealized Appreciation |
Unrealized Depreciation |
Net Unrealized |
||||||||||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
$ | 5,601,088,237 | $ | 463 | $ | (46,696,586 | ) | $ | (46,696,123 | ) | ||||
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
1,725,674,093 | 28,487 | (23,133,721 | ) | (23,105,234 | ) | ||||||||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
1,187,889,324 | 133,940 | (24,834,813 | ) | (24,700,873 | ) | ||||||||
Lehman TIPS |
4,110,689,522 | 16,736,902 | (32,230,446 | ) | (15,493,544 | ) | ||||||||
Lehman Aggregate |
4,761,673,998 | 5,707,993 | (47,246,192 | ) | (41,538,199 | ) | ||||||||
GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate |
2,413,707,311 | 4,506,407 | (50,594,550 | ) | (46,088,143 | ) |
Differences between cost for financial statement purposes and cost for tax purposes are primarily due to deferred wash sale losses.
WHEN-ISSUED/TBA TRANSACTIONS
The iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund may purchase mortgage pass-through securities on a when-issued or to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis, with payment and delivery scheduled for a future date. The Fund may enter into a TBA agreement, sell the obligation to purchase the pools stipulated in the TBA agreement prior to the stipulated settlement date and enter into a new TBA agreement for future delivery of pools of mortgage pass-through securities (a “TBA roll”). A TBA roll is treated by the Fund as a purchase transaction and a sale transaction in which the Fund realizes a gain or loss. The Fund’s use of TBA rolls may cause the Fund to experience higher portfolio turnover, higher transaction costs and to allocate larger short-term capital gain distributions to shareholders. The Fund could be exposed to possible risk if there is adverse market action, expenses or delays in connection with the TBA transactions or if the counterparty fails to complete the transaction.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
55 |
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and securities dealers. These transactions involve the purchase of securities with a simultaneous commitment to resell the securities to the bank or the dealer at an agreed-upon date and price. A repurchase agreement is accounted for as an investment by the Fund, collateralized by securities, which are delivered to the Fund’s custodian, or to an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. The securities are marked-to-market daily and additional securities are acquired as needed, to ensure that their value equals or exceeds the repurchase price plus accrued interest.
2. AGREEMENTS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”) manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BGFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by Barclays Bank PLC. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BGFA is responsible for all expenses (“Covered Expenses”) of the Trust, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions, distribution fees and extraordinary expenses. Expenses related to the organization and initial registration of the Trust were borne by BGFA.
For its investment advisory services to each Fund, BGFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee based on the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows:
iShares Bond Fund |
Investment Advisory Fee |
||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
0.15 | % | |
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
0.15 | ||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
0.15 | ||
Lehman TIPS |
0.20 | ||
Lehman Aggregate |
0.20 | ||
GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate |
0.15 |
Investors Bank & Trust Company (“Investors Bank”) serves as administrator, custodian and transfer agent for the Trust. As compensation for its services, Investors Bank receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees, which are accrued daily and paid monthly. These fees and expenses are Covered Expenses as defined above.
SEI Investments Distribution Co. (“SEI”) serves as each Fund’s underwriter and distributor of the shares of each Fund, pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Trust. SEI does not receive a fee from the Funds for its distribution services.
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Funds are permitted to lend portfolio securities to Barclays Capital, Inc. (“BarCap”). Pursuant to the same exemptive order, Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (“BGI”) serves as securities lending agent for the Trust. BarCap and BGI are affiliates of BGFA, the Funds’ investment adviser. As securities lending agent, BGI receives, as fees, a share of the income earned on investment of the cash collateral received for the loan of securities. For the year ended February 28, 2006, BGI earned securities lending agent fees as follows:
iShares Bond Fund |
Securities Lending Agent Fees | ||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
$ | 2,151,938 | |
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
848,393 | ||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
509,241 | ||
Lehman TIPS |
314,035 | ||
Lehman Aggregate |
538,948 | ||
GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate |
64,468 |
56 | 2006 iSHARES ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, each Fund may invest in the Institutional Shares of the Government Money Market Fund (“GMMF”), Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”) and Prime Money Market Fund (“PMMF”) of Barclays Global Investors Funds. The GMMF, IMMF and PMMF are feeder funds in a master/feeder fund structure that invest substantially all of their assets in the Government Money Market Master Portfolio, Money Market Master Portfolio and Prime Money Market Master Portfolio (collectively, the “Master Portfolios”), respectively, which are managed by BGFA, the Funds’ investment adviser. The GMMF, IMMF and PMMF are open-end money market funds available to institutional and accredited investors, including other investment companies managed by BGFA. The GMMF, IMMF and PMMF seek a high level of income consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital. While the GMMF, IMMF and PMMF do not directly charge an investment advisory fee, the Master Portfolios in which they invest do charge an investment advisory fee. Income distributions from the GMMF, IMMF and PMMF are declared daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Income distributions earned by the Funds from temporary cash investments or from investment of securities lending collateral are recorded as either interest from affiliated issuers or securities lending income, respectively, in the accompanying Statements of Operations.
The following table provides information about the investment by the iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund in shares of issuers of which BGFA is an affiliate, for the year ended February 28, 2006, including income earned from these affiliated issuers.
iShares Bond Fund and Name of Affiliated Issuer |
Number of (in 000s) |
Gross Additions (in 000s) |
Gross Reductions (in 000s) |
Number of Shares Held End of Year (in 000s) |
Value at End of Year |
Interest Income | ||||||||
Lehman Aggregate |
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PMMF |
406,878 | 697,404 | 92,446 | 1,011,836 | $ | 1,011,835,588 | $ | 26,761,754 |
During the year ended February 28, 2006, the Funds invested cash collateral from securities on loan in a joint investment account with other investment funds managed by BGFA (See Note 5). The joint account invested in the GMMF, IMMF and PMMF. Due to the nature of the structure of the joint account, the information needed to isolate the activity at the Fund level is not available. As such, the information reported above does not include the Fund’s holdings of the GMMF, IMMF and PMMF in connection with the investment of collateral for securities on loan.
As of February 28, 2006, certain trustees and officers of the Trust are also officers of BGI.
3. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) for the year ended February 28, 2006, were as follows:
U.S. Government Obligations |
Other Securities | |||||||||||
iShares Bond Fund |
Purchases |
Sales |
Purchases |
Sales | ||||||||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
$ | 3,266,461,270 | $ | 3,272,244,548 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
979,275,407 | 962,866,194 | — | — | ||||||||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
187,870,508 | 184,714,536 | — | — | ||||||||
Lehman TIPS |
372,067,295 | 446,762,641 | — | — | ||||||||
Lehman Aggregate |
10,722,944,832 | 10,067,406,900 | 177,741,490 | 170,550,537 | ||||||||
GS $ InvesTop™ Corporate |
— | — | 1,736,697,026 | 1,731,504,705 |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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iSHARES® TRUST
In-kind transactions (See Note 4) for the year ended February 28, 2006, were as follows:
iShares Bond Fund |
In-kind Purchases |
In-kind Sales | ||||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
$ | 2,827,756,064 | $ | 1,748,611,982 | ||
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
1,260,853,774 | 835,593,212 | ||||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
5,546,076,770 | 5,439,766,709 | ||||
Lehman TIPS |
2,173,518,362 | 510,354,158 | ||||
Lehman Aggregate |
1,214,040,963 | — | ||||
GS $ InvesTop™ Corporate |
1,236,912,334 | 1,298,910,752 |
4. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
As of February 28, 2006, there were an unlimited number of no par value capital shares of beneficial interest authorized by the Trust. Capital shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units or multiples thereof. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for each Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.
The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a Fund generally consists of the in-kind contribution of a designated portfolio of securities constituting a portfolio sampling representation of the securities involved in the relevant Fund’s underlying index and an amount of cash. In the case of the iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund, a portion of the designated portfolio of securities are purchased through TBA transactions, in which case the Fund generally requires the substitution of an amount of cash equivalent to the price of the securities involved in such TBA transactions. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units in the iShares GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate Bond Fund and the iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to Investors Bank, the administrator, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units.
5. LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
Each Fund may lend its investment securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the market value of the loaned securities plus the interest accrued on such securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan plus accrued interest. The risks to the Funds of securities lending are that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due.
As of February 28, 2006, the Funds had loaned securities which were collateralized by cash. Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the cash collateral received was invested in a joint account with other investment funds managed by BGFA. The joint account invests in securities with remaining maturities of 397 days or less, repurchase agreements and money market mutual funds, including money market funds managed by BGFA. Repurchase agreements held in the joint account are fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities and non-U.S. Government debt securities. Income from the joint account is allocated daily to each Fund, based on each Fund’s portion of the total cash collateral received. The market value of the securities on loan as of February 28, 2006 and the value of the related collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Securities lending income, which is disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Operations, is presented net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
iShares Trust:
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond, iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond, iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond, iShares Lehman TIPS Bond, iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond and iShares GS $ InvesTopTM Corporate Bond Funds, each a Fund of the iShares Bond Funds Series (the “Funds”), at February 28, 2006, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in each of their net assets and their financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2006 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Francisco, California
April 21, 2006
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM |
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Under Section 871(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Funds hereby designate the following amounts as “interest-related dividend” for the year ended February 28, 2006:
iShares Bond Fund |
Interest- Related | ||
Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury |
$ | 84,845,747 | |
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury |
19,701,228 | ||
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury |
23,395,164 | ||
Lehman TIPS |
107,615,325 | ||
Lehman Aggregate |
66,966,760 | ||
GS $ InvestTopTM Corporate |
110,153,681 |
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Supplemental Information (Unaudited)
iSHARES® TRUST
The tables that follow present information about the differences between the daily market price on secondary markets for shares of an iShares Fund and that Fund’s net asset value. Net asset value, or “NAV”, is the price per share at which each Fund issues and redeems shares. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The “Market Price” of each iShares Fund generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of such Fund is listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Each Fund’s Market Price may be at, above or below its NAV. The NAV of each Fund will fluctuate with changes in the market value of its portfolio holdings. The Market Price of each Fund will fluctuate in accordance with changes in its NAV, as well as market supply and demand.
Premiums or discounts are the differences (expressed as a percentage) between the NAV and Market Price of a Fund on a given day, generally at the time NAV is calculated. A premium is the amount that a Fund is trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. A discount is the amount that a Fund is trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV.
The following information shows the frequency distributions of premiums and discounts for each of the iShares Funds included in this report. The information shown for each Fund is for each full calendar quarter completed after the inception date of such Fund through December 31, 2005, the date of the most recent calendar quarter end. The specific periods covered for each Fund are disclosed in the table for such Fund.
Each line in the table shows the number of trading days in which the iShares Fund traded within the premium/discount range indicated. The number of trading days in each premium/discount range is also shown as a percentage of the total number of trading days in the period covered by each table. All data presented here represents past performance, which cannot be used to predict future results.
iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund
Period Covered: October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2005
Number of Days |
Percentage of Total Days |
||||
Between 0.5% and –0.5% |
819 | 100.00 | % | ||
819 | 100.00 | % | |||
iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund
Period Covered: October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2005
Number of Days |
Percentage of Total Days |
||||
Greater than 0.5% |
1 | 0.12 | % | ||
Between 0.5% and –0.5% |
818 | 99.88 | |||
819 | 100.00 | % | |||
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION |
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iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund
Period Covered: October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2005
Number of Days |
Percentage of Total Days |
||||
Greater than 0.5% |
2 | 0.24 | % | ||
Between 0.5% and –0.5% |
816 | 99.64 | |||
Less than –0.5% |
1 | 0.12 | |||
819 | 100.00 | % | |||
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund
Period Covered: January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2005
Number of Days |
Percentage of Total Days |
||||
Greater than 0.5% |
3 | 0.60 | % | ||
Between 0.5% and –0.5% |
501 | 99.40 | |||
504 | 100.00 | % | |||
iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond Fund
Period Covered: October 1, 2003 through December 31, 2005
Number of Days |
Percentage of Total Days |
||||
Greater than 0.5% and Less than 1.0% |
35 | 6.16 | % | ||
Between 0.5% and –0.5% |
533 | 93.84 | |||
568 | 100.00 | % | |||
iShares GS $ InvesTop™ Corporate Bond Fund
Period Covered: October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2005
Number of Days |
Percentage of Total Days |
||||
Greater than 1.0% |
13 | 1.59 | % | ||
Greater than 0.5% and Less than 1.0% |
133 | 16.24 | |||
Between 0.5% and –0.5% |
672 | 82.04 | |||
Less than –0.5% |
1 | 0.13 | |||
819 | 100.00 | % | |||
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Trustee Information (Unaudited)
iSHARES® TRUST
The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the Trust, including general supervision of the duties performed by BGFA and other service providers. Each Trustee serves until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified.
iShares Trust, iShares, Inc., Barclays Global Investors Funds and Master Investment Portfolio are considered to be members of the same fund complex, as defined in Form N-1A under the 1940 Act. Each Trustee of iShares Trust also serves as a Director for iShares, Inc. and oversees 101 portfolios within the fund complex. In addition, Lee T. Kranefuss and Richard K. Lyons each serves as a Trustee for Barclays Global Investors Funds and Master Investment Portfolio and oversees 126 portfolios within the fund complex.
Unless otherwise noted in the tables below, the address for each Trustee is 45 Fremont Street, San Francisco, California 94105. Additional information about the Funds’ Trustees may be found in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-474-2737.
Interested Trustees and Officers
Name, Year of Birth |
Position(s), Length of Service |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Other Directorships Held | |||
*Lee T. Kranefuss, 1961 | Trustee, Chairman, and President (since 2003). |
Chief Executive Officer of Intermediary Investor and Exchange Traded Products Business of BGI (since 2003); Chief Executive Officer of the Individual Investor Business of BGI (1999-2003); Chief Executive Officer, Global Index and Markets Group of BGI (since 2005). | Director (since 2003) of iShares, Inc.; Trustee (since 2001) of Barclays Global Investors Funds and Master Investment Portfolio; Director (since 2003) of BGI Cayman Prime Money Market Fund, Ltd.; Director (since 2003) of iShares PLC and EETF PLC (Dublin). | |||
*John E. Martinez, 1962 | Trustee (since 2003). |
Co- Chief Executive Officer of Global Index and Markets Group of BGI (2001-2003); Chairman of Barclays Global Investors Services (2000-2003); Chief Executive Officer of Capital Markets Group of BGI (1996-2001). | Director (since 2003) of iShares, Inc.; Director (since 2005) of Real Estate Equity Exchange; Director (since 2003) of Larkin Street Youth Services. |
* | Lee T. Kranefuss and John E. Martinez are considered to be “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust due to their affiliations with BGFA, the Funds’ investment adviser, and BGFA’s affiliates. |
TRUSTEE INFORMATION |
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iSHARES® TRUST
Independent Trustees
Name, Year of Birth |
Position(s), Length of Service |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Other Directorships Held | |||
Richard K. Lyons, 1961 | Trustee (since 2000). |
Executive Associate Dean (since 2005) and Sylvan Coleman Chair in Finance (since 2004); Acting Dean (2004-2005) and Professor (since 1993), University of California, Berkeley: Haas School of Business; Consultant for IMF World Bank, Federal Reserve Bank and Citibank N.A. (since 2000). | Director (since 2002) of iShares, Inc.; Trustee (since 2001) of Barclays Global Investors Funds and Master Investment Portfolio; Director (since 2003) of BGI Cayman Prime Money Market Fund, Ltd.; Trustee (since 1995) and Chairman of Matthews Asian Funds (oversees 8 portfolios). | |||
George G. C. Parker, 1939 | Trustee (since 2000). |
Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance (since 1994); Formerly Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of MBA Program, Stanford University: Graduate School of Business (1993-2001). | Director (since 2002) of iShares, Inc.; Director (since 1996) of Continental Airlines, Inc.; Director (since 1995) of Community First Financial Group; Director (since 1999) of Tejon Ranch Company; Director (since 2003) of First Republic Bank; Director (since 2004) of Threshold Pharmaceuticals. | |||
W. Allen Reed, 1947 | Trustee (since 2002). |
President and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Investment Management Corporation (since 1994); Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Trust Bank (since 2003); Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Trust Company (since 1999). | Director (since 1996) of iShares, Inc.; Director (since 1994) of General Motors Investment Management Corporation; Director and Chairman (since 2003) of General Motors Trust Bank; Director and Chairman (since 1999) of General Motors Trust Company; Director (since 2002) of GMAM ARS Fund I; Director (since 1994) of General Motors Acceptance Corporation; Director (since 1994) of GMAC Insurance Holdings, Inc.; Director (since 1995) of Global Emerging Markets Fund; Director (since 2000) of Temple Inland Industries; Member (since 2004) of Board of Executives of New York Stock Exchange; Member (since 2004) of the Auburn University Foundation Fund Investment Committee; Director (since 2005) of Performance Equity Management, LLC. |
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Trustee Information (Unaudited) (Continued)
iSHARES® TRUST
Independent Trustees (Continued)
Name, Year of Birth |
Position(s), Length of Service |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Other Directorships Held | |||
Cecilia H. Herbert, 1949 |
Trustee (since 2005). |
Member of Finance Council, Archdiocese of San Francisco (since 1991); Chair of Investment Committee, Archdiocese of San Francisco (1994-2005). | Director (since 2005) of iShares, Inc.; Trustee (since 2004) of Pacific Select Funds (31 portfolios); Trustee (1992-2003) of the Montgomery Funds (20 portfolios); Trustee (since 2005) of the Thacher School; Director (since 1998) of Catholic Charities CYO; Trustee (1998-2000) of the Groton School; Director (since 2005) of Women’s Forum West (professional association). | |||
Charles A. Hurty, 1943 |
Trustee (since 2005). |
Partner, KPMG LLP (1968-2001). | Director (since 2005) of iShares, Inc.; Director (since 2002) of GMAM Absolute Return Strategy Fund (1 portfolio); Director (since 2002) of Citigroup Alternative Investments Multi-Adviser Hedge Fund Portfolios LLC (2 portfolios); Director (since 2005) of CSFB Alternative Investments Fund (15 portfolios). | |||
John E. Kerrigan, 1955 |
Trustee (since 2005). |
Chief Investment Officer, Santa Clara University (since 2002); Managing Director, Merrill Lynch (1994-2002). | Director (since 2005) of iShares, Inc.; Member (since 2004) of Advisory Council for Commonfund Distressed Debt Partners II. | |||
Officer | ||||||
Name, Year of Birth |
Position(s), Length of Service |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Other Directorships Held | |||
Michael A. Latham, 1965 | Secretary, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer (since 2002). | Chief Operating Officer of the Intermediary Investor and Exchange Traded Products Business of BGI (since 2003); Director of Mutual Fund Delivery in the U.S. Individual Investor Business of BGI (2000-2003). | None. |
TRUSTEE INFORMATION |
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The following is a list of iShares Funds being offered, along with their respective exchange trading symbols. Please call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) to obtain a prospectus for any iShares Fund. The prospectus contains more complete information, including charges, expenses, investment objectives and risk factors that should be carefully considered to determine if the Fund(s) are an appropriate investment for you. Read the prospectus(es) carefully before investing. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.
iShares S&P Domestic Index Funds
iShares S&P 1500 (ISI)
iShares S&P 100 (OEF)
iShares S&P 500 (IVV)
iShares S&P 500 Growth (IVW)
iShares S&P 500 Value (IVE)
iShares S&P MidCap 400 (IJH)
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth (IJK)
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value (IJJ)
iShares S&P SmallCap 600 (IJR)
iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth (IJT)
iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value (IJS)
iShares Domestic Sector Index Funds
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (ICF)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Sector (IYM)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Sector (IYC)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Sector (IYK)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector (IYE)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector (IYF)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services (IYG)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Sector (IYH)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrial Sector (IYJ)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (IYR)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Sector (IYW)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Sector (IYZ)
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average (IYT)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Sector (IDU)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Total Market (IYY)
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources (IGE)
iShares Goldman Sachs Networking (IGN)
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor (IGW)
iShares Goldman Sachs Software (IGV)
iShares Goldman Sachs Technology (IGM)
iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB)
iShares Global Index Funds
iShares S&P Global 100 (IOO)
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector (IXC)
iShares S&P Global Financials Sector (IXG)
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector (IXJ)
iShares S&P Global Technology Sector (IXN)
iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Sector (IXP)
iShares Russell Index Funds
iShares Russell 3000 (IWV)
iShares Russell 3000 Growth (IWZ)
iShares Russell 3000 Value (IWW)
iShares Russell 1000 (IWB)
iShares Russell 1000 Growth (IWF)
iShares Russell 1000 Value (IWD)
iShares Russell Midcap (IWR)
iShares Russell Midcap Growth (IWP)
iShares Russell Midcap Value (IWS)
iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)
iShares Russell 2000 Growth (IWO)
iShares Russell 2000 Value (IWN)
iShares Russell Microcap™ (IWC)
iShares International Country Index Funds
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI)
iShares MSCI Australia (EWA)
iShares MSCI Austria (EWO)
iShares MSCI Belgium (EWK)
iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ)
iShares MSCI Canada (EWC)
iShares MSCI France (EWQ)
iShares MSCI Germany (EWG)
iShares MSCI Hong Kong (EWH)
iShares MSCI Italy (EWI)
iShares MSCI Japan (EWJ)
iShares MSCI Malaysia (EWM)
iShares MSCI Mexico (EWW)
iShares MSCI Netherlands (EWN)
iShares MSCI Singapore (EWS)
iShares MSCI South Africa (EZA)
iShares MSCI South Korea (EWY)
iShares MSCI Spain (EWP)
iShares MSCI Sweden (EWD)
iShares MSCI Switzerland (EWL)
iShares MSCI Taiwan (EWT)
iShares MSCI United Kingdom (EWU)
iShares S&P/TOPIX 150 (ITF)
iShares Bond Funds
iShares Lehman Aggregate (AGG)
iShares Lehman TIPS (TIP)
iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury (SHY)
iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (IEF)
iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury (TLT)
iShares GS $ InvesTop™ Corporate (LQD)
iShares Specialty Index Funds
iShares KLD Select SocialSM (KLD)
iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY)
iShares International Index Funds
iShares MSCI EAFE (EFA)
iShares MSCI EAFE Growth (EFG)
iShares MSCI EAFE Value (EFV)
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)
iShares MSCI EMU (EZU)
iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan (EPP)
iShares S&P Europe 350 (IEV)
iShares S&P Latin America 40 (ILF)
iShares Morningstar Index Funds
iShares Morningstar Large Core (JKD)
iShares Morningstar Large Growth (JKE)
iShares Morningstar Large Value (JKF)
iShares Morningstar Mid Core (JKG)
iShares Morningstar Mid Growth (JKH)
iShares Morningstar Mid Value (JKI)
iShares Morningstar Small Core (JKJ)
iShares Morningstar Small Growth (JKK)
iShares Morningstar Small Value (JKL)
iShares NYSE Index Funds
iShares NYSE Composite (NYC)
iShares NYSE 100 (NY)
iShares® is a registered trademark of Barclays Global Investors, N.A. The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed or issued by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or Lehman Brothers, nor are they sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital International, Morningstar, Inc., The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Frank Russell Company, or Standard & Poor’s. None of these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. Neither SEI nor BGI, nor any of their affiliates, are affiliated with the companies listed above. “GS $ InvesTop™” and “Goldman Sachs®” are trademarks of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
An investment in the Fund(s) is not a deposit of a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
This advertising section does not constitute part of the 2006 Annual Report.
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The iShares Funds are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SEI). Barclays Global Fund Advisors (BGFA) serves as an adviser to the iShares Funds. Barclays Global Investors Services (BGIS) assists in the marketing of the iShares Funds. BGFA and BGIS are subsidiaries of Barclays Global Investors, N.A., a majority owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC, none of which is affiliated with SEI.
“$ InvesTop, TM” “$ InvesTopTM Index,” “GS $ InvesTopTM” and “Goldman Sachs®” are trademarks of Goldman, Sachs & Co. The methodology of the GS $ InvesTopTM Index is owned by Goldman, Sachs & Co., may be covered by one or more patents or pending patent applications and is provided under license from Goldman, Sachs & Co. The iShares Funds are not sponsored, issued or endorsed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or Lehman Brothers, nor do these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. Neither SEI nor BGI, nor any of their affiliates, are affiliated with the companies listed above.
©2006 Barclays Global Investors. All rights reserved. iShares® is a registered trademark of Barclays Global Investors, N.A. All other trademarks, servicemarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.
A description of the policies that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, 2005 is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1 800 474 2737; on the Funds’ website at www.iShares.com; and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
The Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1 800 SEC 0330. The Funds also disclose their complete schedules of portfolio holdings on a daily and monthly basis on the Funds’ website at www.iShares.com.
This report is intended for the Funds’ shareholders. It may not be distributed to prospective investors unless it is preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus.
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS
BARCLAYS
Item 2. | Code of Ethics. |
As of February 28, 2006, iShares Trust (the “Registrant”) had adopted a code of ethics that applies to persons appointed by the Registrant’s Board of Trustees as the Chief Executive Officer and President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and/or Chief Accounting Officer, and any persons performing similar functions. For the year ended February 28, 2006, there were no amendments to any provision of this code of ethics, nor were there any waivers granted from any provision of this code of ethics. A copy of this code of ethics is filed with this Form N-CSR under Item 12(a)(1).
Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant has more than one audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined under Item 3(b) and 3(c), serving on its audit committee. The audit committee financial experts serving on the Registrant’s audit committee are Richard K. Lyons, George C. Parker, W. Allen Reed, Cecilia H. Herbert, Charles A. Hurty and John E. Kerrigan, all of whom are independent, as that term is defined under Item 3(a)(2). Richard K. Lyons holds a PhD in Economics and qualifies as an audit committee financial expert through his many years of university-level (graduate) teaching of accounting and finance-related subjects, his many years of research in the same subjects (including mutual funds), and his extensive experience serving as independent director and as a member of various mutual fund audit committees.
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 six series of the Registrant for which the fiscal year-end is February 28, 2006 (the “Funds”), 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 $78,000 for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005 and $83,850 for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2006. |
(b) | Audit-Related Fees – There were no fees billed for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2005 and February 28, 2006 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 the review of the Funds’ tax returns and excise tax calculations, were $34,020 for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005 and $36,572 for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2006. |
(d) | All Other Fees – There were no other fees billed for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2005 and February 28, 2006 for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in (a) through (c) of this Item. |
(e) | (1) The Registrant’s audit committee charter, as amended in June 2004, 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. |
(2) There were no services described in (b) through (d) above (including services required by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X) that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) | None of the hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the Funds’ financial statements for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2006 were attributable to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees. |
(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, were $716,324 for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005 and $905,938 for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2006, respectively. |
(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 were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, if any, are compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence, and has determined that the provision of these services do not compromise the principal accountant’s independence. |
Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. |
The Registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The
Registrant’s audit committee members are Richard K. Lyons, George C. Parker, W. Allen Reed, Cecilia H. Herbert, Charles A. Hurty and John E. Kerrigan.
Item 6. | Schedule of Investments. |
The Funds’ full schedules of investments are included as part of the reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
Item 7. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to the Registrant.
Item 8. | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to the Registrant.
Item 9. | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers. |
Not applicable to the Registrant.
Item 10. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11. | Controls and Procedures. |
(a) The President and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that, based on their evaluation as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the disclosure controls and procedures of the Registrant (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are reasonably designed to achieve the purposes described in Section 4(a) of the attached certification.
(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. | Exhibits. |
(a) (1) Code of Ethics for Senior Officers that is the subject of Item 2 is attached.
(a) (2) Section 302 Certifications are attached.
(a) (3) Not applicable to the Registrant.
(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 | ||
By: | /s/ Lee T. Kranefuss | |
Lee T. Kranefuss, President | ||
Date: May 2, 2006 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ Lee T. Kranefuss | |
Lee T. Kranefuss, President | ||
Date: May 2, 2006 | ||
By: | /s/ Michael A. Latham | |
Michael A. Latham, Principal Financial Officer | ||
Date: May 2, 2006 |