N-CSR 1 d160812dncsr.htm GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TRUST Goldman Sachs ETF Trust

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 811-23013

 

Goldman Sachs ETF Trust

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

200 West Street, New York, New York 10282

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Caroline Kraus, Esq.    Copies to:
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC    Geoffrey R.T. Kenyon, Esq.
200 West Street    Dechert LLP
New York, New York 10282    100 Oliver Street
   40th Floor
   Boston, MA 02110-2605

 

(Name and address of agents for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 655-4400

 

Date of fiscal year end: August 31

 

Date of reporting period: August 31, 2021

 

 

ITEM 1.

REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

    

The Annual Report to Shareholders is filed herewith.


Goldman Sachs Funds

 

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Annual Report      

August 31, 2021

 
     

Access Fixed Income ETFs

     

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (GHYB)

     

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF (GTIP)

     

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF (GSIG)

     

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (GIGB)

     

Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF (GBIL)

     

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (GCOR)

     

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF (GSST)

 

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Goldman Sachs Access Fixed Income ETFs

 

 

ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

ACCESS INFLATION PROTECTED USD BOND ETF

 

 

ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND ETF

 

 

ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

ACCESS TREASURY 0-1 YEAR ETF

 

 

ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

 

ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Investment Process

    1  

Portfolio Results and Fund Basics

    9  

Schedules of Investments

    44  

Financial Statements

    102  

Financial Highlights

    110  

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    110  

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

    111  

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF

    112  

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    113  

Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

    114  

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

    115  

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

    116  

Notes to Financial Statements

    117  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    131  

Other Information

    133  

 

     
NOT FDIC-INSURED   May Lose Value   No Bank Guarantee


INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Goldman Sachs Access Fixed Income ETFs

Principal Investment Strategies

GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

The Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index.

The FTSE Goldman Sachs High Yield Corporate Bond Index (the “Index”) is a rules-based index that is designed to measure the performance of high yield corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars (“USD”) that meet certain liquidity and fundamental screening criteria. “High yield” bonds are bonds that are rated below investment grade and are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” As of August 31, 2021, there were 983 constituents in the Index and the Index had a weighted average maturity of 6.1 years. The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). The Index is based on the FTSE US High-Yield Market Index (the “Reference Index”) using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”).

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

The Index Provider constructs the Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves two steps.

Step 1 - In the first step, the Index Provider defines a universe of potential index constituents (the “Universe”) by applying specified criteria to the constituent securities of the Reference Index. The Reference Index includes high yield corporate bonds issued by companies domiciled in the United States or Canada that have a minimum of one year to maturity and are rated a maximum of BB+ by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) and Ba1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and a minimum of C by S&P and Ca by Moody’s. Only constituents of the Reference Index that (i) have a minimum of $400 million outstanding, a minimum issuer size of $1 billion and a maximum final maturity of 15 years and (ii) if neither fundamental factor described below is available, are rated at least CCC+ by S&P or Caa1 by Moody’s are included in the Universe. A maturity bucketing process is used to approximate the average effective duration of the Reference Index.

Step 2 - In the second step, the Index Provider applies a fundamental screen to the Universe. Issuers are first grouped into three broad industry groups: financials, industrials and utilities. Within each industry group, issuers are measured by two fundamental factors, debt service and leverage. The Index Provider ranks each issuer based on the two fundamental factors, equally weighted. The Index is constructed by including the highest ranking eligible securities in each industry group and screening out lowest ranking eligible securities.

GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INFLATION PROTECTED USD BOND ETF

The Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index.

The FTSE Goldman Sachs Treasury Inflation Protected USD Bond Index (the “Index”) is designed to track the performance of inflation protected, fixed rate U.S. Treasury Securities denominated in U.S. dollars (“USD”) that meet certain screening criteria. “U.S. Treasury Securities” refer to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury where the payment of principal and interest is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. U.S. Treasury Securities include U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. Treasury floating rate bonds. As of August 31, 2021, there were 39 issues in the Index and the Index had a weighted average maturity of 8.33 years and a weighted average duration of 7.73 years. The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). The Index is based on the U.S. sleeve of the FTSE World Inflation-Linked Securities Index (the “Reference Index”) using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”).

 

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Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

The Index Provider constructs the Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves two steps.

Step 1

In the first step, the Index Provider defines a universe of potential index constituents (the “Universe”) by applying specified criteria to the constituents of the Reference Index.

The Reference Index includes fixed-rate, sovereign bonds denominated in USD that are linked to an inflation index. Only constituents of the Reference Index that are U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”), have a minimum of 1 year to maturity and a minimum issue size of $5 billion outstanding (before taking into account the Federal Reserve System Open Market Account (“SOMA”) holdings) are included in the Universe.

Step 2

In the second step, the Index Provider screens the Universe to exclude securities that are unseasoned. The Index excludes “on the run” bonds, or the newest issues for each security term. The Index is constructed by weighting each constituent to match the weighted average real yield duration of the Universe.

THE FUND IS NOT A MONEY MARKET FUND AND DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE.

GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND ETF

The Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index.

The FTSE Goldman Sachs US Investment Grade Corporate Bond 1-5 Years Index (the “Index”) is a rules-based index that is designed to measure the performance of investment grade, corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars (“USD”) with remaining maturities between one and five years that meet certain liquidity and fundamental screening criteria.

As of August 31, 2021, there were 1,979 constituents in the Index and the Index had a weighted average maturity of 3.50 years. The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). The Index is based on the FTSE US Broad Investment-Grade (USBIG®) Corporate Bond Index (the “Reference Index”) using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”).

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

The Index Provider constructs the Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves two steps.

Step 1 - In the first step, the Index Provider defines a universe of potential Index constituents (the “Universe”) by applying specified criteria to the constituents of the Reference Index. The Reference Index includes investment grade corporate bonds that have a minimum of one year to maturity and are rated at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). Only corporate bond constituents of the Reference Index that have a minimum of $250 million outstanding, remaining maturities between one and five years, and from issuers with at least two eligible bonds outstanding are included in the Universe. A maturity bucketing process is used to approximate the average effective duration of constituents of the Reference Index with remaining maturities between one and five years.

Step 2 - In the second step, the Index Provider applies a fundamental screen to the Universe. Issuers are first grouped into three broad industry groups: financials, industrials and utilities. Within each industry group, issuers are measured by two fundamental factors, operating margin and leverage, subject to certain exceptions. The Index Provider ranks each issuer based on the two

 

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fundamental factors, equally weighted. The Index is constructed by including the highest ranking eligible securities in each industry group and screening out lowest ranking eligible securities. An issuer weight cap is applied to each Index constituent.

GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

The Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index.

The FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index (the “Index”) is a rules-based index that is designed to measure the performance of investment grade corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars that meet certain liquidity and fundamental screening criteria. As of August 31, 2021, there were 2,629 constituents in the Index and the Index had a weighted average maturity of 12.6 years. The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). The Index is based on the FTSE US Broad Investment Grade (USBIG®) Corporate Index (the “Reference Index”) using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Investment Adviser” or “GSAM”).

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

The Index Provider constructs the Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves two steps.

Step 1 - In the first step, the Index Provider defines a universe of potential index constituents (the “Universe”) by applying specified criteria to the constituents of the Reference Index. The Reference Index includes investment grade corporate bonds that have a minimum of one year to maturity and are rated at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service Inc. (“Moody’s”). Only corporate bond constituents of the Reference Index that have a minimum of $750 million outstanding and a minimum issuer size of $2 billion are included in the Universe. A maturity bucketing process is used to approximate the average effective duration of the Reference Index.

Step 2 - In the second step, the Index Provider applies a fundamental screen to the Universe. Issuers are first grouped into three broad industry groups: financials, industrials and utilities. Within each industry group, issuers are measured by two fundamental factors: operating margin and leverage. The Index Provider ranks each issuer based on the two fundamental factors, equally weighted. The Index is constructed by including the highest ranking eligible securities in each industry group and screening out lowest ranking eligible securities.

GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS TREASURY 0-1 YEAR ETF

The Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index.

The FTSE US Treasury 0-1 Year Composite Select Index (the “Index”) is designed to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury Securities with a maximum remaining maturity of 12 months. “U.S. Treasury Securities” refer to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury where the payment of principal and interest is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. U.S. Treasury Securities include U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. Treasury floating rate bonds. The Fund expects to invest 100% of its assets in (i) U.S. Treasury Securities with a maximum remaining maturity of 12 months and (ii) cash.

As of August 31, 2021, there were 88 issues in the Index and the Index had a weighted average maturity of 0.28 years. The Index includes publicly-issued U.S. Treasury Securities that have a minimum remaining maturity of 1 month and a maximum remaining maturity of 12 months at the time of rebalance and that have a minimum issue size of $5 billion. In addition, the securities in the Index must be non-convertible and denominated in U.S. dollars. The Index excludes certain special issues, such as targeted investor notes, state and local government series bonds and coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds. 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds are not eligible for inclusion in the Index.

 

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The Index is sponsored by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or the Investment Adviser. The Index is market capitalization-weighted and the securities in the Index are updated on the last business day of each month. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

THE FUND IS NOT A MONEY MARKET FUND AND DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE.

GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

The Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index. To-Be-Announced (“TBA”) transactions representing securities included in the Fund’s underlying index are counted towards the Fund’s 80% investment policy.

The FTSE Goldman Sachs US Broad Bond Market Index (the “Index”) is a rules-based index that is designed to measure the performance of investment grade, U.S. dollar (“USD”)-denominated bonds issued in the United States that meet certain liquidity and fundamental screening criteria. The Index consists of the following fixed income asset class sectors: U.S. Treasury Securities, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, government-sponsored securities, non-U.S. sovereign and provincial securities and asset-backed securities. As of August 31, 2021, there were 7,711 constituents in the Index and the Index had a weighted average maturity of 13.79 years. In addition, as of August 31, 2021, the percentage breakdown of bonds included in the Index was as follows: U.S. Treasury securities (38.9%), corporate bonds (27.0%), mortgage-backed securities (26.7%), asset-backed securities (0.1%), government-sponsored securities (4.0%), non-U.S. sovereign and provincial securities (3.3%). The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). The Index is based on the FTSE US Broad Investment-Grade (USBIG®) Index (the “Reference Index”), using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”).

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

The Index Provider constructs the Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves two steps.

Step 1 - In the first step, the Index Provider defines a universe of potential index constituents (the “Universe”) by applying specified criteria to constituents of the Reference Index as described below. All constituents of the Reference Index must have a minimum of one year to maturity and are rated at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”).

U.S. Treasury Securities: “U.S. Treasury Securities” refer to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury where the payment of principal and interest is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. U.S. Treasury Securities include U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. Treasury floating rate bonds. U.S. Treasury Securities that are included in the Reference Index must have a minimum of $5 billion outstanding (before taking into account the Federal Reserve System Open Market Account (“SOMA”) holdings). Only fixed-rate U.S. Treasury Securities within the Reference Index are included in the Universe.

Corporate Bonds: Corporate bonds that are included in the Reference Index must have a minimum of $250 million outstanding. Only corporate bonds within the Reference Index from issuers with at least two eligible bonds outstanding are included in the Universe. A maturity bucketing process is used to approximate the average effective duration of the Reference Index.

Mortgage-Backed Securities: Mortgage-backed securities that are included in the Reference Index must have a minimum issuer size of $250 million. Only mortgage-backed securities within the Reference Index that have a minimum of $1 billion outstanding per origination year generic when the coupon has a minimum amount outstanding of $5 billion are included in the Universe.

 

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Government-Sponsored Securities, Non-U.S. Sovereign and Provincial Securities and Asset-Backed Securities: Government-sponsored securities, non-U.S. sovereign and provincial securities and asset-backed securities that are included in the Reference Index must have a minimum of $1 billion, $500 million and $250 million outstanding, respectively. All government-sponsored securities, non-U.S. sovereign and provincial securities and asset-backed securities within the Reference Index are included in the Universe, except for callable zero coupon bonds, bonds callable less than one year from the issue date, and bonds issued by supranational entities.

Step 2 - In the second step, the Index Provider applies specified fundamental screens to each type of constituents in the Universe as described below.

U.S. Treasury Securities: U.S. Treasury Securities within the Universe are screened to exclude securities that are “on-the-run” bonds, or the newest issues for each security term. The remaining U.S. Treasury Securities are divided into “maturity sectors” according to their weighted average maturities. The weight of each U.S. Treasury Security within its maturity sector is determined through an optimization process with the goal of maximizing projected one-month return net of transaction costs subject to a cap on volatility.

Corporate Bonds: Corporate bond issuers within the Universe are grouped into three broad industry groups: financials, industrials and utilities. Within each industry group, issuers are measured by two fundamental factors, operating margin and leverage, subject to certain exceptions. The Index Provider ranks each issuer based on the two fundamental factors, equally weighted. The Index is constructed by including the highest ranking eligible securities in each industry group and screening out lowest ranking eligible securities. An issuer weight cap is applied to each Index constituent.

Mortgage-Backed Securities: Mortgage-backed securities within the Universe are grouped by issuer agency and are ranked within each issuer agency group based on “seasoning” (i.e., the length of time the security has been publicly traded). “Unseasoned” mortgage-backed securities (i.e., securities with less than six months of loan age) within each issuer agency group are removed from the Index. In addition, the most “negatively convex” mortgage-backed securities within each issuer agency group are removed from the Index (“negative convexity” refers to the tendency for a security’s price to fall when interest rates fall). The weights of the remaining mortgage-backed securities in the Index are determined according to their market capitalizations within the Reference Index, and the weight of each issuer agency group is adjusted to match the weighted average effective duration of such group within the Reference Index.

Government-Sponsored Securities, Non-U.S. Sovereign and Provincial Securities and Asset-Backed Securities: Government-sponsored securities, non-U.S. sovereign and provincial securities and asset-backed securities within the Universe are included in the Index in accordance with their market capitalizations.

ALL ABOVE FUNDS

Each of the FTSE Goldman Sachs High Yield Corporate Bond Index, FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond 1-5 Years Index, FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index and FTSE Goldman Sachs US Broad Bond Market Index is rebalanced (i) monthly on the last business day of each month, to account for changes in maturities, corporate actions or ratings migration, and (ii) quarterly, to account for updates to the constituent securities on the basis of the fundamental factors (as described above). The FTSE US Treasury 0-1 Year Composite Select Index is rebalanced monthly on the last day of the month. The FTSE Goldman Sachs Treasury Inflation Protected USD Bond Index is rebalanced monthly on the last business day of the month to account for changes in maturities (i.e., removing securities with less than 1 year to maturity), new issues and duration to closely match the weighted average real yield duration of its Universe.

The Investment Adviser uses a representative sampling strategy to manage each Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy in which each Fund invests in a representative sample of constituent securities that has a collective investment profile similar to that of its Index. The securities selected for investment by each Fund are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics, fundamental characteristics and liquidity measures similar to those of its Index. Each Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in its Index.

 

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Each of the Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF may concentrate its investments (i.e. hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that its Index is concentrated. The degree to which components of its Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time. Each of the Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF and Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF may concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that its Index is concentrated. The U.S. government, state and municipal governments and their agencies, authorities and instrumentalities are not deemed to be industries for this purpose.

At the end of each Fund’s Reporting Period, i.e. August 31, 2021, we continued to believe the Funds may provide investors with smoother performance and less volatility, as a smart beta approach should provide liquidity while minimizing exposure to factors historically associated with volatility and underperformance.*

GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

The Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its Net Assets in a broad range of U.S. dollar denominated bonds. The Fund primarily invests in U.S. Government Securities, obligations of U.S. banks, corporate notes, commercial paper and other short-term obligations of U.S. companies, states, municipalities and other entities, fixed and floating rate mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations issued or guaranteed by foreign banks, companies and governments or their agencies, authorities, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises. Shareholders will be provided with sixty days’ notice in the manner prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) before any change in the Fund’s policy to invest at least 80% of its Net Assets in the particular type of investment suggested by its name.

The Fund will generally focus its investments in securities of issuers that, at the time of purchase, have a short-term credit rating of at least investment grade by at least one NRSRO (at least A-2, P-2, or F2 by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s or Fitch, respectively), have a long-term credit rating of at least investment grade by at least one NRSRO (at least BBB-, Baa3, or BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s or Fitch, respectively) if such securities only maintain long-term ratings, or, if unrated, are determined by the Investment Adviser to be of comparable credit quality at the time of purchase. The Fund may also rely on the credit quality of a guarantee or demand feature in determining the credit quality of a security supported by the guarantee or demand feature.

The Fund will concentrate its investments in the financial services group of industries. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities issued by companies in the financial services group of industries and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund’s effective duration is expected to be one year or less. “Duration” is a measure of a debt security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The longer the duration of the Fund (or an individual debt security), the more sensitive its market price to changes in interest rates. In computing duration, the Fund will estimate the duration of obligations that are subject to prepayment or redemption by the issuer, taking into account the influence of interest rates on prepayments and coupon flows. This method of computing duration is known as “option-adjusted” duration.

The Fund is an actively managed ETF, which is a fund that trades like other publicly-traded securities. The Fund is not an index fund and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

 

*   Smart beta refers to quantitative index-based strategies. Liquidity is the ability to buy or sell a given security without causing a substantial change in the price of the security. Volatility refers to the annualized standard deviation of returns.

 

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The Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies in attempting to respond to adverse market, political or other conditions. For temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in U.S. Government Securities, commercial paper rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poor’s, P-2 by Moody’s, or having a comparable credit rating by another NRSRO (or if unrated, determined by the Investment Adviser to be of comparable credit quality), certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, repurchase agreements, non-convertible preferred stocks and non-convertible corporate bonds with a remaining maturity of less than one year, certain ETFs and other investment companies and cash items. Cash items are not income-generating and, as a result, the Fund’s current yield may be adversely affected during periods when such positions are held. Cash positions may also subject the Fund to additional risks and costs, such as increased exposure to the custodian bank holding the assets and any fees imposed for large cash balances. When the Funds assets are invested in such instruments, the Fund may not be achieving its investment objective.

THE FUND IS NOT A MONEY MARKET FUND AND DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE.

The Fund is managed to seek to generate current income and secondarily maintain an emphasis on preservation of capital and liquidity. The Investment Adviser follows a conservative, risk-managed investment process.

Global fixed income markets are constantly evolving and are highly diverse—with a large number of countries, currencies, sectors, issuers and securities. We believe that inefficiencies in these complex markets cause bond prices to diverge from their fair value. To capitalize on these inefficiencies and generate consistent risk-adjusted performance, we believe it is critical to:

 

 

Thoughtfully combine diversified sources of return by employing multiple strategies

 

 

Take a global perspective to uncover relative value opportunities

 

 

Employ focused specialist teams to identify short-term mispricings and incorporate long-term views

 

 

Emphasize a risk-aware approach as we view risk management as both an offensive and defensive tool

 

 

Build a strong team of skilled investors who excel on behalf of our clients

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Changes to the Portfolio Management’s Team
 
Effective April 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), Todd Henry serves as a portfolio manager for each Fund. In addition, on the Effective Date, Jason Singer no longer served as a portfolio manager for each Fund. David Westbrook continues to serve as a portfolio manager for each Fund, David Fishman continues to serve as a portfolio manager for the Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF and Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF, and Matthew Kaiser continued to serve as a portfolio manager for the Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF until April 30, 2021. Effective April 30, 2021, Matthew Kaiser no longer served as a portfolio manager for the Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF. David Fishman, Todd Henry and David Westbrook continue to serve as portfolio managers for the Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF. By design, all investment decisions for the Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF are performed within a co-lead or team structure, with multiple subject matter experts. This strategic decision made has been a cornerstone of our approach and helps to ensure continuity in the Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF.

 

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Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs High Yield Corporate Bond Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Global Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 7.05% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 7.15% based on market price. The Index returned 7.29% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $49.29 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $50.40 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $50.38 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is designed to measure the performance of high yield corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars that meet certain liquidity and fundamental screening criteria. “High yield” bonds are bonds that are rated below investment grade and are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”), using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”). The Index is rules-based and the securities in the Index are updated on the last business day of each month.

 

   

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted positive absolute returns but modestly underperformed the Index, as measured by NAV. The Fund is passively managed to the Index and aims to minimize tracking error to the Index.

 

      Overall, high yield corporate bond returns are driven by two primary factors — duration (whether interest rates are rising or falling) and spreads (a widening or tightening of the yield differential to duration-equivalent U.S. Treasuries).

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) kept its monetary policy accommodative, with the targeted federal funds rate in a range of 0.00% to 0.25%, and announced the adoption of flexible average inflation targeting. (The Fed’s new inflation policy framework allows for an inflation rate moderately above 2% following periods when inflation has run persistently below 2%, seeking an average of 2% over time.) The U.S. Treasury yield curve, or spectrum of maturities, remained steep, meaning longer-term maturity yields were higher than shorter-term maturity yields, as the economy began to recover from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

   

Amid this backdrop, high yield corporate spreads tightened from 479 basis points to 289 basis points during the Reporting Period. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.) High yield corporate spreads tightened significantly — by 216 basis points — from the end of August 2020 through the first week of July 2021 to 263 basis points over duration-equivalent U.S. Treasuries, going well below pre-COVID-19 levels. A pick-up in economic activity owing to the swift roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations and supportive Fed policy contributed to the strong performance of high yield corporate bonds. However, the market saw some weakness during the last few weeks of the Reporting Period caused, in our view, by the increased dominance of

 

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  the COVID-19 Delta variant as well as by volatility in short-term interest rates, which tempered investor risk sentiment.

 

   

Toward the end of the Reporting Period, Fed Chair Powell noted that substantial progress had been achieved on its labor market mandate, which is a sufficient condition for asset purchase tapering. At the end of the Reporting Period, we expected the Fed to announce plans to begin tapering its asset purchases in November 2021 and to conclude the process in 2022, followed by a rate hike in 2023, all contingent on “broad based and inclusive” labor market conditions. We maintained a constructive view on high yield credit at the end of the Reporting Period given the strong economic growth backdrop and what appeared to us to be a balanced technical, or supply/demand, environment and a benign default outlook. Furthermore, we expected corporate fundamentals to strengthen due to economic re-opening and ongoing infrastructure spending, along with an improved commodities backdrop, thereby creating an attractive scenario for the sector, in our view. That said, we were closely monitoring potential growth headwinds posed by the Delta variant of COVID-19 as well as by U.S. interest rate volatility. Overall, we believed the high yield credit sector offered attractive carry relative to other non-government bond fixed income sectors. (Carry in fixed income is the return of holding a bond to maturity by earning yield versus holding cash or bonds in other sectors.)

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s weighted average duration, weighted average maturity, weighted average coupon, weighted average yield to maturity and 30-day standardized yield at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

A   The Fund had a weighted average duration of 3.72 years, a weighted average maturity of 6.18 years and a weighted average coupon of 5.62% as of August 31, 2021. The Fund’s weighted average yield to maturity was 4.54% on August 31, 2021. The 30-day standardized yield of the Fund at the end of the Reporting Period was 3.72%.

 

  1    Duration is a time measure of a bond’s interest-rate sensitivity, based on the weighted average of the time periods over which a bond’s cash flows accrue to the bondholder. Time periods are weighted by multiplying by the present value of its cash flow divided by the bond’s price. (A bond’s cash flows consist of coupon payments and repayment of capital.)

 

    A   bond’s duration will almost always be shorter than its maturity, with the exception of zero-coupon bonds, for which maturity and duration are equal. Weighted average duration is a measure of the duration for the securities in the portfolio overall. Weighted average maturity (“WAM”) is the weighted average amount of time until the debt securities in a portfolio mature, or the weighted average of the remaining terms to maturity of the debt securities within a portfolio. The higher the WAM, the longer it takes for all of the bonds in the portfolio to mature, and WAM is used to manage debt portfolios and to assess the performance of debt portfolio managers. Coupons are fixed percentages paid out on a fixed income security on an annual basis. Weighted average coupon is calculated by weighting the coupon of each debt security by its relative size in the portfolio. Yield to maturity is the annual return that a bond is expected to generate if it is held till its maturity given its coupon rate, payment frequency and current market price. Yield to maturity is essentially the internal rate of return of a bond, i.e. the discount rate at which the present value of a bond’s coupon payments and maturity value is equal to its current market price. The 30-day standardized yield calculation is based on a 30-day period ending on the last day of the Reporting Period. It is computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

 

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Q   What was the Fund’s credit allocation at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

A  

 

BBB               0.23%        
BB   56.56%  
B   32.01%  
CCC   9.00%  
CC   0.15%  
Not Rated   0.88%  
Cash   1.17%        

 

Q   What was the Fund’s industry allocation at the end of the Reporting Period?

 

A   Of the approximately 97.94% of the Fund’s assets invested in high yield corporate bonds at the end of the Reporting Period, approximately 86% was in industrials, 7% in financials and 5% in utilities.3

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?4

 

A   While the Index was 99.12% allocated to high yield corporate bonds, 0.88% allocated to emerging market corporate bonds and 0.00% in cash, the Fund was 97.94% invested in high yield corporate bonds, 0.66% in emerging market corporate bonds and 1.17% in cash at the end of the Reporting Period.

 

  2    The Fund and the Index have not been rated by an independent rating agency. The credit allocation provided refers to the Fund’s underlying portfolio securities. For the purpose of determining compliance with any credit rating requirement, the Fund assigns a security, at the time of purchase, the highest rating by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) if the security is rated by more than one NRSRO. For this purpose, the Fund relies only on the ratings of the following NRSROs: S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, Inc. This method may differ from the method independently used by the Index Provider. GSAM will use a single rating if that is the only one available. Securities that are not rated by all three agencies are reflected as such in the breakdown. Unrated securities may be purchased by the Fund if they are determined by the Investment Adviser to be of a credit quality consistent with the Fund’s credit rate requirements. Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low quality, and for such securities the Investment Adviser will evaluate the credit quality. GSAM converts all ratings to the equivalent S&P major rating category when illustrating credit rating breakdowns. Ratings and Fund/Index credit quality may change over time.

 

  3    Industry classifications for securities may differ between the above section and the Fund Basics section due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above section is as set forth by GSAM. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall industry allocations may differ from percentages contained in the above section.

 

  4    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs High Yield Corporate Bond Index.

 

 

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Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 50.38  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 50.40  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets      Line of Business
  Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4.00%, 07/15/28     0.8    Broadcasting
  American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.50%, 04/20/26     0.7      Transportation
  TransDigm, Inc., 6.25%, 03/15/26     0.6      Aerospace & Defense
  EQT Corp., 3.90%, 10/01/27     0.5      Energy
  Carnival Corp., 4.00%, 08/01/28     0.5      Consumer Cyclical
  CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.50%, 05/01/32     0.5      Communications
  CSC Holdings LLC, 4.63%, 12/01/30     0.4      Communications
  Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, 3.88%, 08/15/29     0.4      Energy
  Occidental Petroleum Corp., 3.40%, 04/15/26     0.4      Energy
    DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/27     0.4      Communications

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance

 

  INDUSTRY ALLOCATION AS OF 8/31/213  
     Sector Name   Fund  
  Telecommunication Services     19.95
  Consumer, Cyclical     19.15  
  Consumer, Non-cyclical     16.5  
  Energy     14.76  
  Financials     9.52  
  Industrials     6.76  
  Materials     4.25  
  Information Technology     3.78  
  Utilities     2.97  
    Investment Company     0.89  

 

3    The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Figures in the table may not sum to 100% due to the exclusion of other assets and liabilities.

 

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Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on September 5, 2017 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the FTSE Goldman Sachs High Yield Corporate Bond Index is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 5, 2017 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    1 Year Return    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 5, 2017)

   7.05%    5.42%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 5, 2017)

   7.15%    5.42%

 

FTSE Goldman Sachs High Yield Corporate Bond Index

   7.29%    5.59%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs Treasury Inflation Protected USD Bond Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Global Fixed Income Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 5.62% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 5.58% based on market price. The Index returned 5.75% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $56.96 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $58.52 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $58.54 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is designed to track the performance of inflation protected, fixed rate U.S. Treasury Securities denominated in U.S. dollars (“USD”) that meet certain screening criteria. “U.S. Treasury Securities” refer to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury where the payment of principal and interest is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. U.S. Treasury Securities include U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. Treasury floating rate bonds. The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). The Index is based on the U.S. sleeve of the FTSE World Inflation-Linked Securities Index (the “Reference Index”) using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”).

 

   

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted positive absolute returns that closely tracked the Index, as measured by NAV. The Fund is passively managed to the Index and aims to minimize tracking error to the Index.

 

   

The performance of Treasury inflation protected securities (“TIPS”) was strong during the Reporting Period, helped by a combination of increasing measures of realized inflation, low levels of interest rates and interest rate volatility, and rising commodity prices.

 

   

Two key drivers of return for the TIPS market are interest rates, given the sector’s longer duration profile, and inflation. During the Reporting Period, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by approximately 61 basis points to 1.31%. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.) The move in U.S. Treasuries reflected market expectations of increased growth on the back of economic re-opening following the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

   

Inflation data and the outlook for inflation were more impactful to TIPS returns, offsetting the effect of rising interest rates and driving positive returns during the Reporting Period. Year-over-year Consumer Price Index readings moved notably higher — from an annualized rate of 1.3% to an annualized rate of 5.3% during the Reporting Period. We particularly saw inflation pressures increase within the supply chain, as producer prices, as measured by the U.S. Producer Price Index Final Demand year-over-year reading, increased from -0.3% to 8.3% during the Reporting

 

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  Period. At the same time, U.S. employment increased during the Reporting Period, with unemployment rates declining from 8.4% to 5.2%, as people returned to work and demand for labor picked up.

 

   

U.S. economic growth remained on an improving, though no longer accelerating, path during the Reporting Period. Inflation was elevated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and policy distortions. Medium-term inflation signposts, such as spare capacity in the labor market and inflation expectations, pointed, at the end of the Reporting Period, to anchored inflation outcomes, in our view. Still, reflation appeared to be top of mind year-to-date through August 2021, with rising global government bond yields amid COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and U.S. fiscal stimulus. At the end of the Reporting Period, the outlook for TIPS’ performance appeared to hinge, in our view, on whether current pricing of inflation implied by TIPS’ valuations were high or low relative to future outcomes. Factors such as the path of economic re-opening as well as commodity and asset prices, will likely play a role in inflation outcomes. We expect inflation to remain somewhat anchored going forward. The risks to this view would be further meaningful increases in commodity prices, an accelerated re-opening of the economy and/or a more dovish path for Fed policy relative to expectations seen at the end of the Reporting Period. (Dovish tends to suggest lower interest rates; opposite of hawkish.)

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s weighted average duration, weighted average maturity, weighted average coupon, weighted average yield to maturity and 30-day standardized yield at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

A   The Fund had a weighted average duration of 7.83 years, a weighted average maturity of 8.23 years and a weighted average coupon of 0.56% as of August 31, 2021. The Fund’s weighted average yield to maturity was 1.14% on August 31, 2021. The 30-day standardized yield of the Fund at the end of the Reporting Period was 7.73%.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

A   While the Index was 100% allocated to U.S. TIPS, the Fund was 99.41% invested in U.S. TIPS and 0.59% in cash at the end of the Reporting Period.

 

  1    Duration is a time measure of a bond’s interest-rate sensitivity, based on the weighted average of the time periods over which a bond’s cash flows accrue to the bondholder. Time periods are weighted by multiplying by the present value of its cash flow divided by the bond’s price. (A bond’s cash flows consist of coupon payments and repayment of capital.)

 

      A bond’s duration will almost always be shorter than its maturity, with the exception of zero-coupon bonds, for which maturity and duration are equal. Weighted average duration is a measure of the duration for the securities in the portfolio overall. Weighted average maturity (“WAM”) is the weighted average amount of time until the debt securities in a portfolio mature, or the weighted average of the remaining terms to maturity of the debt securities within a portfolio. The higher the WAM, the longer it takes for all of the bonds in the portfolio to mature, and WAM is used to manage debt portfolios and to assess the performance of debt portfolio managers. Coupons are fixed percentages paid out on a fixed income security on an annual basis. Weighted average coupon is calculated by weighting the coupon of each debt security by its relative size in the portfolio. Yield to maturity is the annual return that a bond is expected to generate if it is held till its maturity given its coupon rate, payment frequency and current market price. Yield to maturity is essentially the internal rate of return of a bond, i.e. the discount rate at which the present value of a bond’s coupon payments and maturity value is equal to its current market price. The 30-day standardized yield calculation is based on a 30-day period ending on the last day of the Reporting Period. It is computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs Treasury Inflation Protected USD Bond Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 58.54  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 58.52  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets      Line of Business
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.50%, 01/15/28     8.2    Government
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, 07/15/27     7.7      Government
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, 10/15/25     7.0      Government
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, 10/15/24     6.8      Government
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.13%, 02/15/40     6.8      Government
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.63%, 01/15/24     6.5      Government
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, 01/15/30     6.4      Government
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.25%, 01/15/25     5.9      Government
  U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, 07/15/23     5.2      Government
    U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.63%, 01/15/26     5.1      Government

 

2    The holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on October 2, 2018 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the FTSE Goldman Sachs Treasury Inflation Protected USD Bond Index is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from October 2, 2018 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    1 Year Return    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced October 2, 2018)

   5.62%    7.82%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced October 2, 2018)

   5.58%    7.83%

 

FTSE Goldman Sachs Treasury Inflation Protected USD Bond Index

   5.75%    7.94%

 

 

*   Total return for periods of less than one year represents cumulative total return. Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

 

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Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs US Investment Grade Corporate Bond 1-5 Years Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Global Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 1.10% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 1.00% based on market price. The Index returned 1.34% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $50.21 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $50.28 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $50.30 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is a rules-based index that is designed to measure the performance of investment grade, corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars (“USD”) with remaining maturities between one and five years that meet certain liquidity and fundamental screening criteria. The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). The Index is based on the FTSE US Broad Investment-Grade (USBIG®) Corporate Bond Index (the “Reference Index”) using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”). The Index is rebalanced (i) monthly on the last business day of each month, to account for changes in maturities, duration, corporate actions or ratings migration, and (ii) quarterly, to account for updates to the constituents on the basis of the fundamental factors.

 

   

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted positive absolute returns that modestly lagged the Index, as measured by NAV. The Fund is passively managed to the Index and aims to minimize tracking error to the Index.

 

   

Overall, investment grade corporate bond returns are driven by two primary factors — duration (whether interest rates are rising or falling) and spreads (a widening or tightening of the yield differential to duration-equivalent U.S. Treasuries).

 

   

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) has kept the targeted federal funds rate low, i.e. a range of 0% to 0.25%, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has continued to monitor its schedule for rate hikes as widespread expectations for inflation rise. As the U.S. Treasury market saw yields fall at the short-term end of the maturity spectrum, lower front-end rates decreased the yield of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

   

In June 2021, front-end rates moved slightly higher on the back of the Fed raising administered rates, i.e. reverse repurchase agreement and interest on excess reserves, by five basis points. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.) In July 2021, rates rallied, or moved lower, again amid concerns about the Delta variant of COVID-19 and its potential impact on global economic growth. Technical factors, such as investor positioning and low summer trading volumes, may have also contributed to the rally, in our view.

 

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During the Reporting Period, investment grade corporate spreads tightened by approximately 31 basis points, i.e. from approximately 82 basis points to approximately 51 basis points over U.S. Treasuries.

 

   

U.S. economic growth remained on an improving, though no longer accelerating, path during the Reporting Period. Inflation was elevated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and policy distortions. Medium-term inflation signposts, such as spare capacity in the labor market and inflation expectations, pointed, at the end of the Reporting Period, to anchored inflation outcomes, in our view. Further, at the end of the Reporting Period, we believed corporate credit was being supported by the then-current macroeconomic and technical, or supply/demand, backdrop, a scenario that may be increasingly important in the second half of 2021. Corporate credit was also exhibiting at the end of August 2021 attractive carry and roll, in our opinion. (Carry and roll refers to the yield earned through investing in longer-term interest rates combined with the capital gain that can be realized through the fall in yield experienced by holding a shortening asset against a backdrop of a normally upward-sloping yield curve.) We further believed investment grade spreads were likely to remain range-bound in the coming months, leaving income as the predominant driver of credit returns in the second half of 2021. In our view, the next phase may well be for growth to moderate but to remain positive and strong by historical standards.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s weighted average duration, weighted average maturity, weighted average coupon, weighted average yield to maturity and 30-day standardized yield at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

A   The Fund had a weighted average duration of 2.76 years, a weighted average maturity of 3.28 years and a weighted average coupon of 3.07% as of August 31, 2021. The Fund’s weighted average yield to maturity was 0.95% on August 31, 2021. The 30-day standardized yield of the Fund at the end of the Reporting Period was 0.74%.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s credit allocation at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

A  

 

AAA                 0.92  
AA     5.39  
A     30.78  
BBB     60.29  
BB     1.42  
Cash     1.21  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s industry allocation at the end of the Reporting Period?

 

A   Of the approximately 97.37% of the Fund’s assets invested in investment grade corporate bonds at the end of the Reporting Period, approximately 40.12% was in financials, 53.28% in industrials and 3.97% in utilities.3

 

  1    Duration is a time measure of a bond’s interest-rate sensitivity, based on the weighted average of the time periods over which a bond’s cash flows accrue to the bondholder. Time periods are weighted by multiplying by the present value of its cash flow divided by the bond’s price. (A bond’s cash flows consist of coupon payments and repayment of capital.)

 

      A bond’s duration will almost always be shorter than its maturity, with the exception of zero-coupon bonds, for which maturity and duration are equal. Weighted average duration is a measure of the duration for the securities in the portfolio overall. Weighted average maturity (“WAM”) is the weighted average amount of time until the debt securities in a portfolio mature, or the weighted average of the remaining terms to maturity of the debt securities within a portfolio. The higher the WAM, the longer it takes for all of the bonds in the portfolio to mature, and WAM is used to manage debt portfolios and to assess the performance of debt portfolio managers. Coupons are fixed percentages paid out on a fixed income security on an annual basis. Weighted average coupon is calculated by weighting the coupon of each debt security by its relative size in the portfolio. Yield to maturity is the annual return that a bond is expected to generate if it is held till its maturity given its coupon rate, payment frequency and current market price. Yield to maturity is essentially the internal rate of return of a bond, i.e. the discount rate at which the present value of a bond’s coupon payments and maturity value is equal to its current market price. The 30-day standardized yield calculation is based on a 30-day period ending on the last day of the Reporting Period. It is computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

 

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Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?4

 

A   While the Index was 97.72% allocated to investment grade corporate bonds, 1.05% allocated to high yield corporate bonds, 0.13% allocated to quasi-government securities, 1.10% to emerging markets debt and 0.00% in cash, the Fund was 97.37% invested in investment grade corporate bonds, 1.42% in high yield corporate bonds, 0.00% in quasi-government securities, 0.00% in emerging markets debt and 1.21% in cash at the end of the Reporting Period.

 

  2    The Fund and the Index have not been rated by an independent rating agency. The credit allocation provided refers to the Fund’s underlying portfolio securities. For the purpose of determining compliance with any credit rating requirement, the Fund assigns a security, at the time of purchase, the highest rating by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) if the security is rated by more than one NRSRO. For this purpose, the Fund relies only on the ratings of the following NRSROs: S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, Inc. This method may differ from the method independently used by the Index Provider. GSAM will use a single rating if that is the only one available. Securities that are not rated by all three agencies are reflected as such in the breakdown. Unrated securities may be purchased by the Fund if they are determined by the Investment Adviser to be of a credit quality consistent with the Fund’s credit rate requirements. Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low quality, and for such securities the Investment Adviser will evaluate the credit quality. GSAM converts all ratings to the equivalent S&P major rating category when illustrating credit rating breakdowns. Ratings and Fund/Index credit quality may change over time.

 

  3    Industry classifications for securities may differ between the above section and the Fund Basics section due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above section is as set forth by GSAM. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall industry allocations may differ from percentages contained in the above section.

 

  4    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond 1-5 Years Index.

 

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Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 50.30  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 50.28  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets     Line of Business
  JPMorgan Chase & Co., 1.51%, 06/01/24     1.9   Banks
  Morgan Stanley, 3.74%, 04/24/24     1.2     Banks
  Natwest Group PLC, 6.00%, 12/19/23     1.0     Banks
  Citigroup, Inc., 1.68%, 05/15/24     1.0     Banks
  Bank of America Corp., Series MTN, 1.20%, 10/24/26     1.0     Banks
  Air Lease Corp., 3.50%, 01/15/22     1.0     Financial Company
  Credit Suisse Group AG, 4.55%, 04/17/26     0.9     Banks
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Series MTN, 3.38%, 05/21/25     0.9     Banks
  Wells Fargo & Co., 3.00%, 04/22/26     0.9     Banks
    General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 5.20%, 03/20/23     0.9     Consumer Cyclical

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

  INDUSTRY ALLOCATION AS OF 8/31/213

 

     Sector Name   Fund  
  Financials     43.12
  Consumer, Non-cyclical     13.13  
  Consumer, Cyclical     8.87  
  Energy     8.62  
  Information Technology     7.11  
  Industrials     6.18  
  Telecommunication Services     6.07  
  Utilities     3.94  
  Materials     1.07  
    Investment Company     1.00  

 

3    The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Figures in the table may not sum to 100% due to the exclusion of other assets and liabilities.

 

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Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on July 7, 2020 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, FTSE Goldman Sachs US Investment-Grade Corporate Bond 1-5 Years Index is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from July 7, 2020 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    1 Year Return    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced July 7, 2020)

   1.10%    1.57%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced July 7, 2020)

   1.00%    1.61%

 

FTSE Goldman Sachs US Investment-Grade Corporate Bond 1-5 Years Index

   1.34%    1.84%

 

 

*   Total return for periods of less than one year represents cumulative total return. Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

 

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Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Global Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 2.07% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 1.82% based on market price. The Index returned 2.29% during the same period.    

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $55.39 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $55.24 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $55.19 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is designed to measure the performance of investment grade, corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars that meet certain liquidity and fundamental screening criteria. The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”) and is based on the FTSE US Broad Investment-Grade (USBIG®) Corporate Index (the “Reference Index”) using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”). The Index is rules-based and the securities in the Index are updated on the last business day of each month.

 

   

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted positive absolute returns that modestly lagged the Index, as measured by NAV. The Fund is passively managed to the Index and aims to minimize tracking error to the Index.

 

   

Overall, investment grade corporate bond returns are driven by two primary factors — duration (whether interest rates are rising or falling) and spreads (a widening or tightening of the yield differential to duration-equivalent U.S. Treasuries).

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) kept its monetary policy accommodative, with the targeted federal funds rate in a range of 0.00% to 0.25%, and announced the adoption of flexible average inflation targeting. The U.S. Treasury yield curve, or spectrum of maturities, remained steep, meaning longer-term maturity yields were higher than shorter-term maturity yields, as the economy began to recover from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

   

Fixed income markets generally remained focused on central bank reaction functions and the transitory-or-persistent inflation debate. Economic data released toward the end of the Reporting Period, particularly in the U.S., led to a recalibration in economic growth expectations from a V+ to a V shaped path given the moderation in data momentum following an initial burst of economic activity in the first quarter of 2021. The growth reassessment may also reflect, we believe, concerns around the dominance of the COVID-19 Delta variant and the sooner than consensus anticipated withdrawal of monetary policy support. Still, in our view, the macroeconomic environment and policy backdrop seen at the end of the Reporting Period favored exposure to non-U.S. government fixed income sectors.

 

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During the Reporting Period, investment grade corporate bond spreads, or yield differentials to duration-equivalent U.S. Treasuries, tightened from 40 basis points to 90 basis points, as measured by the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate Index. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.) Spreads initially tightened toward the end of 2020 as a result of positive COVID-19 vaccination rollouts and signs of economic re-opening. However, spreads then widened marginally in the early part of 2021 due to uncertainty around new COVID-19 variants, global vaccination rollouts and discussions about Fed tapering of its asset purchases. Spreads then tightened again into the second calendar quarter and through the end of the Reporting Period.

 

   

At the end of the Reporting Period, we expected liquidity, as provided by central banks, to remain abundant in the system. We also, however, anticipated central banks to reduce the level of accommodation, with expected asset purchase tapering possibly occurring toward the end of 2021. While discussion of an eventual withdrawal of policy accommodation may well generate some market volatility, we do not believe tapering is likely to be meaningfully disruptive to credit spreads, as, in our view, central banks are likely to take care to keep the markets informed.

 

   

Further, at the end of the Reporting Period, we believed corporate credit was being supported by the then-current macroeconomic and technical, or supply/demand, backdrop, a scenario that may be increasingly important in the second half of 2021. Corporate credit was also exhibiting at the end of August 2021 attractive carry and roll, in our opinion. (Carry and roll refers to the yield earned through investing in longer-term interest rates combined with the capital gain that can be realized through the fall in yield experienced by holding a shortening asset against a backdrop of a normally upward-sloping yield curve.) We further believed investment grade spreads were likely to remain range-bound in the coming months, leaving income as the predominant driver of credit returns in the second half of 2021. In our view, the next phase may well be for economic growth to moderate but to remain positive and strong by historical standards.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s weighted average duration, weighted average maturity, weighted average coupon, weighted average yield to maturity and 30-day standardized yield at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

A   The Fund had a weighted average duration of 8.49 years, a weighted average maturity of 12.47 years and a weighted average coupon of 3.86% as of August 31, 2021. The Fund’s weighted average yield to maturity was 2.03% on August 31, 2021. The 30-day standardized yield of the Fund at the end of the Reporting Period was 1.86%.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s credit allocation at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

A  

 

AAA                 1.96  
AA     8.00  
A     32.47  
BBB     55.77  
BB     0.00  
Cash     0.53  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s industry allocation at the end of the Reporting Period?

 

A   Of the approximately 96.28% of the Fund’s assets invested in investment grade corporate bonds at the end of the Reporting Period, approximately 31.11% was in financials, 63.90% in industrials and 1.28% in utilities.3

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?4

 

A   While the Index was 96.59% allocated to investment grade corporate bonds, 1.23% allocated to high yield corporate bonds, 1.89% allocated to emerging market corporate bonds, 0.29% allocated to quasi-government securities and 0.00% in cash, the Fund was 96.28% invested in investment grade corporate bonds, 1.00% in high yield corporate bonds, 1.78% in emerging market corporate bonds, 0.40% in quasi-government securities and 0.53% in cash at the end of the Reporting Period.

 

  1    Duration is a time measure of a bond’s interest-rate sensitivity, based on the weighted average of the time periods over which a bond’s cash flows accrue to the bondholder. Time periods are weighted by multiplying by the present value of its cash flow divided by the bond’s price. (A bond’s cash flows consist of coupon payments and repayment of capital.)

 

     

A bond’s duration will almost always be shorter than its maturity, with the exception of zero-coupon bonds, for which maturity and duration are equal. Weighted average duration is a measure of the duration for the securities in the portfolio overall. Weighted average maturity (“WAM”) is the weighted average amount of time until the debt securities in a portfolio mature, or the weighted average of the remaining terms to maturity of the debt securities within a portfolio. The higher the WAM, the longer it takes for all of the bonds in the portfolio to mature, and WAM is used to manage debt

 

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  portfolios and to assess the performance of debt portfolio managers. Coupons are fixed percentages paid out on a fixed income security on an annual basis. Weighted average coupon is calculated by weighting the coupon of each debt security by its relative size in the portfolio. Yield to maturity is the annual return that a bond is expected to generate if it is held till its maturity given its coupon rate, payment frequency and current market price. Yield to maturity is essentially the internal rate of return of a bond, i.e. the discount rate at which the present value of a bond’s coupon payments and maturity value is equal to its current market price. The 30-day standardized yield calculation is based on a 30-day period ending on the last day of the Reporting Period. It is computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

 

  2    The Fund and the Index have not been rated by an independent rating agency. The credit allocation provided refers to the Fund’s underlying portfolio securities. For the purpose of determining compliance with any credit rating requirement, the Fund assigns a security, at the time of purchase, the highest rating by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) if the security is rated by more than one NRSRO. For this purpose, the Fund relies only on the ratings of the following NRSROs: S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, Inc. This method may differ from the method independently used by the Index Provider. GSAM will use a single rating if that is the only one available. Securities that are not rated by all three agencies are reflected as such in the breakdown. Unrated securities may be purchased by the Fund if they are determined by the Investment Adviser to be of a credit quality consistent with the Fund’s credit rate requirements. Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low quality, and for such securities the Investment Adviser will evaluate the credit quality. GSAM converts all ratings to the equivalent S&P major rating category when illustrating credit rating breakdowns. Ratings and Fund/Index credit quality may change over time.
  3    Industry classifications for securities may differ between the above section and the Fund Basics section due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above section is as set forth by GSAM. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall industry allocations may differ from percentages contained in the above section.

 

  4    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 55.19  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 55.24  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets     Line of Business   Country
  AbbVie, Inc., 4.05%, 11/21/39     0.3   Consumer Noncyclical   United States
  Apple, Inc., 4.65%, 02/23/46     0.3     Technology   United States
  Wells Fargo & Co., Series MTN, 2.88%, 10/30/30     0.3     Banks   United States
  AbbVie, Inc., 3.60%, 05/14/25     0.3     Consumer Noncyclical   United States
  Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.90%, 02/01/46     0.3     Food and Beverage   Belgium
  Wells Fargo & Co., Series MTN, 5.01%, 04/04/51     0.3     Banks   United States
  AT&T, Inc., 3.55%, 09/15/55     0.3     Wireless   United States
  Bank of Montreal, 3.80%, 12/15/32     0.3     Banks   Canada
  Ares Capital Corp., 4.20%, 06/10/24     0.3     Financial Company   United States
    JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.54%, 05/01/28     0.2     Banks   United States

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

  INDUSTRY ALLOCATION AS OF 8/31/213

 

     Sector Name   Fund  
  Financials     32.93
  Consumer, Non-cyclical     15.89  
  Telecommunication Services     14.27  
  Information Technology     10.97  
  Energy     10.8  
  Industrials     6.01  
  Consumer, Cyclical     4.58  
  Materials     2.03  
  Utilities     1.26  
    Investment Company     0.33  

 

3    The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Figures in the table may not sum to 100% due to the exclusion of other assets and liabilities.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on June 6, 2017 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from June 6, 2017 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    1 Year Return    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced June 6, 2017)

   2.07%    5.41%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced June 6, 2017)

   1.82%    5.39%

 

FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index

   2.29%    5.63%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

 

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE US Treasury 0-1 Year Composite Select Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Global Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -0.03% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -0.05% based on market price. The Index returned 0.10% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $100.44 on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $100.09 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $100.08 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is designed to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury Securities with a maximum remaining maturity of 12 months. “U.S. Treasury Securities” refer to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury where the payment of principal and interest is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. U.S. Treasury Securities include U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. Treasury floating rate bonds. The Index is sponsored by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or the Investment Adviser. The Index is market capitalization-weighted and the securities in the Index are updated on the last business day of each month.

 

   

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted negative absolute returns that modestly lagged the Index, as measured by NAV. The Fund is passively managed to the Index and aims to minimize tracking error to the Index.

 

   

The Fund’s and the Index’s performance was largely reflective of the performance of front-end, or short-term, U.S. Treasury rates, which were primarily affected, in turn, by U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) policy. The Fed has kept the targeted federal funds rate low, i.e. a range of 0% to 0.25%, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has continued to monitor its schedule for rate hikes as widespread expectations for inflation rise. As the U.S. Treasury market saw yields fall at the short-term end of the maturity spectrum, lower front-end rates decreased the yield of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

   

In June 2021, front-end rates moved slightly higher on the back of the Fed raising administered rates, i.e. reverse repurchase agreement and interest on excess reserves, by five basis points. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.) In July 2021, rates rallied, or moved lower, again amid concerns about the Delta variant of COVID-19 and its potential impact on global economic growth. Technical factors, such as investor positioning and low summer trading volumes, may have also contributed to the rally, in our view. However, since the Fund is an ultra-short bond fund, i.e. it maintains an effective duration of less than one year, its NAV has a low sensitivity to interest rate changes.

 

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Toward the end of the Reporting Period, Fed Chair Powell noted that substantial progress had been achieved on its labor market mandate, which is a sufficient condition for asset purchase tapering. At the end of the Reporting Period, we expected the Fed to announce plans to begin tapering its asset purchases in November 2021 and to conclude the process in 2022, followed by a rate hike in 2023, all contingent on “broad based and inclusive” labor market conditions. Another factor that may influence the Fed’s future actions is inflation. U.S. core inflation, as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures (“PCE”) Price Index, the Fed’s preferred measure, rose 0.3% month-over-month in July 2021, down from a 0.5% increase in June 2021. Year-over-year, the core PCE inflation rate held steady at 3.6%. Purchasing Managers Index survey data reported at the end of the Reporting Period suggested that price pressures remained strong but not accelerating. A moderation in momentum from the rapid pace observed as countries re-opened was expected. However, at the end of the Reporting Period, we were looking for better clarity on price and labor market data, remaining alert to the potential for prolonged distortions due to the impact of the Delta variant of COVID-19.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s weighted average duration, weighted average maturity, weighted average coupon, weighted average yield to maturity and 30-day standardized yield at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

A   The Fund had a weighted average duration of 0.37 years, a weighted average maturity of 0.37 years and a weighted average coupon of 0.47% as of August 31, 2021. The Fund’s weighted average yield to maturity was 0.06% on August 31, 2021. The 30-day net standardized yield of the Fund at the end of the Reporting Period was -0.06%.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

A   The Index was 100% allocated to U.S. Treasury securities as the end of the Reporting Period, and the Fund was 99.96% invested in U.S. Treasury securities at the end of the Reporting Period, with the remainder in cash.

 

  1    Duration is a time measure of a bond’s interest-rate sensitivity, based on the weighted average of the time periods over which a bond’s cash flows accrue to the bondholder. Time periods are weighted by multiplying by the present value of its cash flow divided by the bond’s price. (A bond’s cash flows consist of coupon payments and repayment of capital.)

 

      A bond’s duration will almost always be shorter than its maturity, with the exception of zero-coupon bonds, for which maturity and duration are equal. Weighted average duration is a measure of the duration for the securities in the portfolio overall. Weighted average maturity (“WAM”) is the weighted average amount of time until the debt securities in a portfolio mature, or the weighted average of the remaining terms to maturity of the debt securities within a portfolio. The higher the WAM, the longer it takes for all of the bonds in the portfolio to mature, and WAM is used to manage debt portfolios and to assess the performance of debt portfolio managers. Coupons are fixed percentages paid out on a fixed income security on an annual basis. Weighted average coupon is calculated by weighting the coupon of each debt security by its relative size in the portfolio. Yield to maturity is the annual return that a bond is expected to generate if it is held till its maturity given its coupon rate, payment frequency and current market price. Yield to maturity is essentially the internal rate of return of a bond, i.e. the discount rate at which the present value of a bond’s coupon payments and maturity value is equal to its current market price. The 30-day standardized yield calculation is based on a 30-day period ending on the last day of the Reporting Period. It is computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE US Treasury 0-1 Year Composite Select Index.

 

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Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 100.08  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 100.09  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212

 

     Holding   Maturity Date    % of Net Assets  
  U.S. Cash Management Bill, 0.05%   11/1/21      15.0
  U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.05%   10/28/21      9.1  
  U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.05%   12/30/21      8.5  
  U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.06%   10/26/21      8.0  
  U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%   10/31/21      6.5  
  U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.05%   1/27/22      5.1  
  U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.05%   2/24/22      5.0  
  U.S. Treasury Note, 2.50%   1/15/22      4.7  
  U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.06%   7/14/22      3.8  
    U.S. Treasury Note, 2.88%   11/15/21      3.7  

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS TREASURY 0-1 YEAR ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on September 6, 2016 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the FTSE US Treasury 0-1 Year Composite Select Index is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 6, 2016 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    1 Year Return    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 6, 2016)

   -0.03%    1.14%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 6, 2016)

   -0.05%    1.13%

 

FTSE US Treasury 0-1 Year Composite Select Index

   0.10%    1.24%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

 

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs US Broad Bond Market Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Global Fixed Income and Liquidity Solution Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the period since it commenced operations on September 8, 2020 through August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -0.52% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -0.55% based on market price. The Index returned -0.21% during the same period.

 

 

The Fund had an NAV of $50.03 per share on the date of inception and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $49.40 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $49.38 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

 

The Index is a rules-based index that is designed to measure the performance of investment grade, U.S. dollar (“USD”)-denominated bonds issued in the United States that meet certain liquidity and fundamental screening criteria. The Index is a custom index that is owned and calculated by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). The Index is based on the FTSE US Broad Investment-Grade (USBIG®) Index (the “Reference Index”) using concepts developed with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”). The Index is normally rebalanced (i) monthly on the last business day of each month, to account for changes in maturities, duration, corporate actions or ratings migration, and (ii) quarterly, to account for updates to the corporate bond constituents of the Index on the basis of the fundamental factors.

 

 

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

 

  

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted negative absolute returns that modestly lagged the Index, as measured by NAV. The Fund is passively managed to the Index and aims to minimize tracking error to the Index.

 

  

Overall, U.S. bond returns are driven by two primary factors—duration (whether interest rates are rising or falling) and spreads (a widening or tightening of the yield differential to duration-equivalent U.S. Treasuries).

 

  

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) has kept the targeted federal funds rate low, i.e. a range of 0% to 0.25%, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has continued to monitor its schedule for rate hikes as widespread expectations for inflation rise. Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds ended the Reporting Period at 1.31%, approximately 60 basis points higher than at the start of the Reporting Period. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.)

 

  

The Fund had a duration of six to seven years during the Reporting Period, which made the Fund sensitive to moves in the U.S. Treasury yield curve, particularly moves in the five-year to 10-year segment of the maturity spectrum. During the Reporting Period, duration exposure was the biggest factor in

 

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  returns, particularly during the first and second quarters of 2021.

 

  

During the Reporting Period, investment grade corporate spreads ended August 2021 at approximately 86 basis points, tightening by approximately 42 basis points, and securitized credit spreads ended August 2021 at approximately 34 basis points, tightening by approximately 24 basis points.

 

  

U.S. economic growth remained on an improving, though no longer accelerating, path during the Reporting Period. Inflation was elevated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and policy distortions. Medium-term inflation signposts, such as spare capacity in the labor market and inflation expectations, pointed, at the end of the Reporting Period to anchored inflation outcomes, in our view. At the same time, we remained alert at the end of the Reporting Period to cyclical inflation components, such as rents and the persistence of supply-chain issues. Despite corporate earnings being weak through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors continued to look through to a vaccine-led recovery. Still, reflation appeared to be top of mind year-to-date through August 2021, with rising global government bond yields amid COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and U.S. fiscal stimulus.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s weighted average duration, weighted average maturity, weighted average coupon, weighted average yield to maturity and 30-day standardized yield at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

A   The Fund had a weighted average duration of 6.45 years, a weighted average maturity of 14.68 years and a weighted average coupon of 2.93% as of August 31, 2021. The Fund’s weighted average yield to maturity was 1.46% on August 31, 2021. The 30-day standardized yield of the Fund at the end of the Reporting Period was 0.89%.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s credit allocation at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

A  

 

U.S. Treasuries

    41.12  
Agency Securities                 26.71  
AAA     0.47  
AA     3.63  
A     11.25  
BBB     15.82  
BB     0.70  
B     0.02  
Not Rated     0.19  
Cash     0.08  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?3

 

A  

 

     Sector   Fund      Index  
  U.S. Treasuries     41.12      38.94
  Quasi-Government Securities     0.64      3.98
  Asset-Backed Securities     0.00      0.08
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities     0.00      0.00
  Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities     26.71      26.71
  Investment Grade Corporate Bonds     26.18      26.70
  High Yield Corporate Bonds     0.65      0.33
  Emerging Markets Debt     4.63      3.27
    Cash     0.08      0.00

 

  1Duration   is a time measure of a bond’s interest-rate sensitivity, based on the weighted average of the time periods over which a bond’s cash flows accrue to the bondholder. Time periods are weighted by multiplying by the present value of its cash flow divided by the bond’s price. (A bond’s cash flows consist of coupon payments and repayment of capital.)

 

      A bond’s duration will almost always be shorter than its maturity, with the exception of zero-coupon bonds, for which maturity and duration are equal. Weighted average duration is a measure of the duration for the securities in the portfolio overall. Weighted average maturity (“WAM”) is the weighted average amount of time until the debt securities in a portfolio mature, or the weighted average of the remaining terms to maturity of the debt securities within a portfolio. The higher the WAM, the longer it takes for all of the bonds in the portfolio to mature, and WAM is used to manage debt portfolios and to assess the performance of debt portfolio managers. Coupons are fixed percentages paid out on a fixed income security on an annual basis. Weighted average coupon is calculated by weighting the coupon of each debt security by its relative size in the portfolio. Yield to maturity is the annual return that a bond is expected to generate if it is held till its maturity given its coupon rate, payment frequency and current market price. Yield to maturity is essentially the internal rate of return of a bond, i.e. the discount rate at which the present value of a bond’s coupon payments and maturity value is equal to its current market price. The 30-day standardized yield calculation is based on a 30-day period ending on the last day of the Reporting Period. It is computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

 

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  2The   Fund and the Index have not been rated by an independent rating agency. The credit allocation provided refers to the Fund’s underlying portfolio securities. For the purpose of determining compliance with any credit rating requirement, the Fund assigns a security, at the time of purchase, the highest rating by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) if the security is rated by more than one NRSRO. For this purpose, the Fund relies only on the ratings of the following NRSROs: S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, Inc. This method may differ from the method independently used by the Index Provider. GSAM will use a single rating if that is the only one available. Securities that are not rated by all three agencies are reflected as such in the breakdown. Unrated securities may be purchased by the Fund if they are determined by the Investment Adviser to be of a credit quality consistent with the Fund’s credit rate requirements. Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low quality, and for such securities the Investment Adviser will evaluate the credit quality. GSAM converts all ratings to the equivalent S&P major rating category when illustrating credit rating breakdowns. Ratings and Fund/Index credit quality may change over time.

 

  3The   Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Goldman Sachs US Broad Bond Market Index.

 

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Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 49.38  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 49.40  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212

 

     Holding   % of Net Assets  
  U.S. Treasury Note, 2.13%, 05/31/26     6.7
  U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, 11/15/26     4.8  
  Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.00%, 09/15/50     4.4  
  Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.50%, 09/01/51     4.2  
  U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, 02/15/25     3.7  
  U.S. Treasury Note, 2.75%, 02/15/28     3.7  
  U.S. Treasury Note, 2.50%, 01/31/25     3.5  
  U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, 02/15/30     3.2  
  U.S. Treasury Note, 2.88%, 08/15/28     3.0  
    Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 09/15/51     2.9  

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

  INDUSTRY ALLOCATION AS OF 8/31/213

 

     Sector Name   Fund  
  U.S. Treasury Notes     33.3
  Mortgage-Backed Securities     27.2  
  Investment Company     23.4  
  Corporate Obligations     23.3  
  U.S. Treasury Bonds     7.7  
  Foreign Corporate Debt     4.9  
    Foreign Debt Obligations     3.1  

 

3    The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Figures in the table may not sum to 100% due to the exclusion of other assets and liabilities.

 

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Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on September 8, 2020 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of a broad-based securities market index, the FTSE Goldman Sachs US Broad Bond Market Index is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Certain factors may affect Fund performance including, but not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 8, 2020 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 8, 2020)

   -0.52%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 8, 2020)

   -0.55%

 

FTSE Goldman Sachs US Broad Bond Market Index

   -0.21%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide current income with preservation of capital.

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Global Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 0.59% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 0.58% based on market price. The Fund’s benchmark, the FTSE Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index (the “Index”), returned 0.06% for the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $50.77 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $50.71 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $50.71 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of purchase) (“Net Assets”) in a broad range of U.S. dollar denominated bonds. The Fund primarily invests in obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, authorities, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises (“U.S. Government Securities”), obligations of U.S. banks, corporate notes, commercial paper and other short-term obligations of U.S. companies, states, municipalities and other entities, fixed and floating rate mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations issued or guaranteed by foreign banks, companies and governments or their agencies, authorities, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises.

 

   

The Fund will generally focus its investments in securities of issuers that, at the time of purchase, have a short-term credit rating of at least investment grade by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) (at least A-2, P-2, or F2 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), respectively), have a long-term credit rating of at least investment grade by at least one NRSRO (at least BBB-, Baa3, or BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s or Fitch, respectively) if such securities only maintain long-term ratings, or, if unrated, are determined by the Investment Adviser to be of comparable credit quality at the time of purchase. The Fund may also rely on the credit quality of a guarantee or demand feature in determining the credit quality of a security supported by the guarantee or demand feature.

 

   

The Fund will concentrate its investments in the financial services group of industries. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities issued by companies in the financial services group of industries and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations.

 

   

Under normal circumstances, the Fund’s effective duration is expected to be one year or less. “Duration” is a measure of a debt security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The longer the duration of the Fund (or an individual debt security), the more sensitive its market price to changes in interest rates. In computing duration, the Fund will estimate the duration of obligations that are subject to prepayment or redemption by the issuer, taking into account the influence of interest rates on prepayments and coupon flows. This method of computing duration is known as “option-adjusted” duration.

 

   

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), which is a fund that trades like other publicly-traded securities. The Fund is not an index fund and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

 

   

THE FUND IS NOT A MONEY MARKET FUND AND DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted positive absolute returns that outperformed the Index. The Fund, as

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

  an actively managed, broadly diversified portfolio of high quality short-term holdings across multiple spread, or non-U.S. Treasury, sectors, outperformed the Index during the Reporting Period due primarily to differences in credit risk profile and having a longer duration than that of the Index.

 

   

Overall, short term bond returns are driven by two primary factors — short-term interest rates and sector yields.

 

   

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) has kept the targeted federal funds rate low, i.e. a range of 0% to 0.25%, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has continued to monitor its schedule for rate hikes as widespread expectations for inflation rise. As the U.S. Treasury market saw yields fall at the short-term end of the maturity spectrum, lower front-end rates decreased the yield of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

   

That said, since the Fund is an ultra-short bond fund, i.e. it maintains an effective duration of less than one year, its NAV has a low sensitivity to interest rate changes. As the fixed income yield curve remained rather flat during the Reporting Period, with little difference in yields between shorter-term and longer-term maturities, this reflected positively on the Fund on a relative value basis.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, short-dated, i.e. maturities of one to three years, investment grade credit yields tightened by approximately 12 basis points, and securitized credit yields widened by approximately 33 basis points. (A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.)

 

   

A broad diversified portfolio of high quality short-term holdings, across investment grade corporate credit, U.S. Treasuries, mortgage-backed securities and other securitized credit, helped the Fund achieve a high level of current income for investors while also providing reduced volatility as yields of various individual sectors fluctuated during the Reporting Period.

 

   

U.S. economic growth remained on an improving, though no longer accelerating, path during the Reporting Period. Inflation was elevated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and policy distortions. Medium-term inflation signposts, such as spare capacity in the labor market and inflation expectations, pointed, at the end of the Reporting Period, to anchored inflation outcomes, in our view. At the same time, we remained alert at the end of the Reporting Period, to cyclical inflation components, such as rents and the persistence of supply-chain issues. Despite corporate earnings being weak through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors continued to look through to a vaccine-led recovery. Still, reflation appeared to be top of mind year-to-date through August 2021, with rising global government bond yields amid COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and U.S. fiscal stimulus. At the end of the Reporting Period, spreads for agency mortgage-backed securities, or yield differentials to duration-equivalent U.S. Treasuries, were tight on an outright basis and relative to investment grade corporate credit.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s weighted average duration, weighted average maturity, weighted average coupon, weighted average yield to maturity and 30-day standardized yield at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

A   The Fund had a weighted average duration of 0.70 years, a weighted average maturity of 9.70 years and a weighted average coupon of 1.35% as of August 31, 2021. The Fund’s weighted average yield to maturity was 0.81% on August 31, 2021. The 30-day standardized yield of the Fund at the end of the Reporting Period was 0.41%.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s credit allocation at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

A  

 

 

U.S. Treasuries     0.00  
Agency Securities                 27.92  
AAA     19.64  
AA     3.45  
A     20.76  
BBB     14.97  
Not Rated     4.29  
Cash     8.95  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

A   While the Index was 100% allocated to U.S. Treasury securities, the Fund was 0.00% invested in U.S. Treasury securities, 18.20% in asset-backed securities, 27.92% in residential mortgage-backed securities, 39.03% in investment grade corporate bonds and 8.95% in cash at the end of the Reporting Period.

 

  1    Duration is a time measure of a bond’s interest-rate sensitivity, based on the weighted average of the time periods over which a bond’s cash flows accrue to the bondholder. Time periods are weighted by multiplying by the present value of its cash flow divided by the bond’s price. (A bond’s cash flows consist of coupon payments and repayment of capital.)

 

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      A bond’s duration will almost always be shorter than its maturity, with the exception of zero-coupon bonds, for which maturity and duration are equal. Weighted average duration is a measure of the duration for the securities in the portfolio overall. Weighted average maturity (“WAM”) is the weighted average amount of time until the debt securities in a portfolio mature, or the weighted average of the remaining terms to maturity of the debt securities within a portfolio. The higher the WAM, the longer it takes for all of the bonds in the portfolio to mature, and WAM is used to manage debt portfolios and to assess the performance of debt portfolio managers. Coupons are fixed percentages paid out on a fixed income security on an annual basis. Weighted average coupon is calculated by weighting the coupon of each debt security by its relative size in the portfolio. Yield to maturity is the annual return that a bond is expected to generate if it is held till its maturity given its coupon rate, payment frequency and current market price. Yield to maturity is essentially the internal rate of return of a bond, i.e. the discount rate at which the present value of a bond’s coupon payments and maturity value is equal to its current market price. The 30-day standardized yield calculation is based on a 30-day period ending on the last day of the Reporting Period. It is computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the period by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

 

  2    The Fund and the Index have not been rated by an independent rating agency. The credit allocation provided refers to the Fund’s underlying portfolio securities. For the purpose of determining compliance with any credit rating requirement, the Fund assigns a security, at the time of purchase, the highest rating by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) if the security is rated by more than one NRSRO. For this purpose, the Fund relies only on the ratings of the following NRSROs: S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, Inc. This method may differ from the method independently used by the Index Provider. GSAM will use a single rating if that is the only one available. Securities that are not rated by all three agencies are reflected as such in the breakdown. Unrated securities may be purchased by the Fund if they are determined by the Investment Adviser to be of a credit quality consistent with the Fund’s credit rating requirements. Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low quality, and for such securities the Investment Adviser will evaluate the credit quality. GSAM converts all ratings to the equivalent S&P major rating category when illustrating credit rating breakdowns. Ratings and Fund/Index credit quality may change over time.

 

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Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 50.71  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 50.71  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212

 

     Holding   % of Net Assets  
  FHLMC REMIC, 2.18%, 10/01/43     1.8
  FHLMC REMIC, Class AF, Series 2017-4719, 0.45%, 09/15/47     1.4  
  FNMA REMIC, Class FD, Series 2014-28, 0.53%, 05/25/44     1.1  
  FHLMC REMIC, Class FA, Series 2020-5031, 0.35%, 08/15/43     1.0  
  FNMA REMIC, Class AF, Series 2006-110, 0.41%, 11/25/36     0.9  
  Nationwide Building Society, 2.00%, 01/27/23     0.9  
  GNMA, Class FB, Series 2019-56, 0.54%, 05/20/49     0.9  
  Trysail CLO 2021-1 Ltd., Class A1, Series 2021-1A, 1.46%, 07/20/32     0.9  
  Hayfin US Ltd., Class A, Series 2018-8A, 1.25%, 04/20/31     0.9  
    FNMA REMIC, Class KF, Series 2019-6, 0.53%, 03/25/49     0.9  

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

  SECTOR ALLOCATION AS OF 8/31/213

 

     Sector Name   Fund  
  Mortgage-Backed Securities     28.76
  Asset- Backed Securities     23.03  
  Corporate Obligations     20.62  
  Foreign Corporate Debt     18.69  
  Investment Company     7.79  
    Certificate of Deposits     1.48  

 

3    The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Figures in the table may not sum to 100% due to the exclusion of other assets and liabilities.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on April 15, 2019 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of a broad-based securities market index, the FTSE 3 Month T-Bill Index is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Certain factors may affect Fund performance including, but not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from April 15, 2019 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    1 Year Return    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced April 15, 2019)

   0.59%    1.94%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced April 15, 2019)

   0.58%    1.94%

 

FTSE 3 Month T-Bill Index

   0.06%    0.90%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Index Definitions and Industry Terms

Alpha: The excess returns of a fund relative to the return of a benchmark index is the fund’s alpha.

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

The Index was developed and is calculated and maintained by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). FTSE is not affiliated with the Fund or GSAM. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE or any of its affiliates and FTSE makes no representation to any owner or prospective owner of the Fund regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly, or the ability of the Fund to track the price and yield performance of the Index or the ability of the Index to track general bond market performance. FTSE’s only relationship to GSAM (“Licensee”) is the licensing of certain information, data, trademarks and trade names of FTSE or its affiliates. The Index is determined, composed and calculated by FTSE without regard to the Fund. FTSE has no obligation to take the needs of the owners or prospective owners of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. FTSE is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices and amount of the shares to be issued by the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of the shares to be issued by the Fund or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the shares to be issued by the Fund are to be converted into cash. FTSE has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Fund.

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

The Index was developed and is calculated and maintained by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). FTSE is not affiliated with the Fund or GSAM. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE or any of its affiliates and FTSE makes no representation to any owner or prospective owner of the Fund regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly, or the ability of the Fund to track the price and yield performance of the Index or the ability of the Index to track general bond market performance. FTSE’s only relationship to GSAM (“Licensee”) is the licensing of certain information, data, trademarks and trade names of FTSE or its affiliates. The Index is determined, composed and calculated by FTSE without regard to the Fund. FTSE has no obligation to take the needs of the owners or prospective owners of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. FTSE is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices and amount of the shares to be issued by the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of the shares to be issued by the Fund or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the shares to be issued by the Fund are to be converted into cash. FTSE has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Fund.

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF

The Index was developed and is calculated and maintained by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). FTSE is not affiliated with the Fund or GSAM. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE or any of its affiliates and FTSE makes no representation to any owner or prospective owner of the Fund regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly, or the ability of the Fund to track the price and yield performance of the Index or the ability of the Index to track general bond market performance. FTSE’s only relationship to GSAM (“Licensee”) is the licensing of certain information, data, trademarks and trade names of FTSE or its affiliates. The Index is determined, composed and calculated by FTSE without regard to the Fund. FTSE has no obligation to take the needs of the owners or prospective owners of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. FTSE is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices and amount of the shares to be issued by the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of the shares to be issued by the Fund or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the shares to be issued by the Fund are to be converted into cash. FTSE has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Fund.

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

The Index was developed and is calculated and maintained by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). FTSE is not affiliated with the Fund or GSAM. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE or any of its affiliates and FTSE makes no representation to any owner or prospective owner of the Fund regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly, or the ability of the Fund to track the price and yield performance of the Index or the ability of the Index to track general bond market performance. FTSE’s only relationship to GSAM (“Licensee”) is the licensing of certain information, data, trademarks and trade names of

 

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FTSE or its affiliates. The Index is determined, composed and calculated by FTSE without regard to the Fund. FTSE has no obligation to take the needs of the owners or prospective owners of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. FTSE is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices and amount of the shares to be issued by the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of the shares to be issued by the Fund or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the shares to be issued by the Fund are to be converted into cash. FTSE has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Fund.

Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

The Index is designed to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury Securities with a maximum remaining maturity of 12 months. “U.S. Treasury Securities” refer to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury where the payment of principal and interest is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. U.S. Treasury Securities include U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. Treasury floating rate bonds. The Index is sponsored by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). FTSE is not affiliated with the Fund or GSAM. The Index is determined, composed and calculated by FTSE without regard to the Fund. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

The Index was developed and is calculated and maintained by FTSE Fixed Income LLC (“FTSE”), a trading name of the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group” or the “Index Provider”). FTSE is not affiliated with the Fund or GSAM. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE or any of its affiliates and FTSE makes no representation to any owner or prospective owner of the Fund regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly, or the ability of the Fund to track the price and yield performance of the Index or the ability of the Index to track general bond market performance. FTSE’s only relationship to GSAM (“Licensee”) is the licensing of certain information, data, trademarks and trade names of FTSE or its affiliates. The Index is determined, composed and calculated by FTSE without regard to the Fund. FTSE has no obligation to take the needs of the owners or prospective owners of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. FTSE is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices and amount of the shares to be issued by the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of the shares to be issued by the Fund or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the shares to be issued by the Fund are to be converted into cash. FTSE has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Fund.

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

The FTSE 3 Month US T Bill Index is intended to track the daily performance of 3 month US Treasury bills. The index is designed to operate as a reference rate for a series of funds.

Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF (GSST) does not attempt to track an index and takes a more active approach.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – 93.2%  
Advertising – 1.0%  
 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a)

 
$ 500,000       5.125     08/15/27     $ 515,000  
 

Lamar Media Corp.

 
  214,000       3.750     02/15/28       220,420  
  421,000       4.000     02/15/30       435,209  
 

Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen Finance Co.(a)

 
  380,000       5.625       10/01/28       400,900  
  400,000       5.875       10/01/30       429,000  
 

Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp.(a)

 
  400,000       6.250     06/15/25       424,500  
     

 

 

 
        2,425,029  

 

 

 
Aerospace & Defense – 2.1%  
 

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

 
  520,000       5.125     10/01/24       572,585  
  250,000       6.875     05/01/25       295,937  
 

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.

 
  200,000       4.600     06/15/28       196,000  
 

TransDigm, Inc.

 
  340,000       8.000 (a)      12/15/25       363,817  
  1,401,000       6.250 (a)      03/15/26       1,476,304  
  518,000       6.375     06/15/26       537,749  
  70,000       7.500     03/15/27       74,287  
  460,000       5.500     11/15/27       472,075  
  300,000       4.625 (a)      01/15/29       297,750  
 

Wolverine Escrow LLC(a)

 
  522,000       9.000     11/15/26       502,425  
     

 

 

 
        4,788,929  

 

 

 
Agriculture – 0.7%  
 

JBS USA LUX SA / JBS USA Finance, Inc.(a)

 
  681,000       6.750     02/15/28       751,654  
 

JBS USA LUX SA / JBS USA Food Co. / JBS USA Finance, Inc.(a)

 
  290,000       6.500       04/15/29       329,875  
  470,000       5.500       01/15/30       532,862  
     

 

 

 
        1,614,391  

 

 

 
Banks – 0.6%  
 

CIT Group, Inc.

 
  232,000       5.000     08/01/23       250,560  
  100,000       5.250     03/07/25       112,750  
  315,000       6.125     03/09/28       387,843  
 

Freedom Mortgage Corp.(a)

 
  374,000       8.125       11/15/24       380,545  
  193,000       8.250       04/15/25       196,619  
  160,000       7.625       05/01/26       161,000  
     

 

 

 
        1,489,317  

 

 

 
Basic Industry – 1.4%  
 

Axalta Coating Systems LLC(a)

 
  470,000       3.375     02/15/29       462,362  
 

Axalta Coating Systems LLC / Axalta Coating Systems Dutch
Holding B BV(a)

 
 
  150,000       4.750     06/15/27       157,688  
 

CF Industries, Inc.

 
  180,000       3.450       06/01/23       189,338  
  270,000       5.150     03/15/34       335,946  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Basic Industry – (continued)  
 

Chemours Co. (The)(a)

 
400,000       5.750       11/15/28     424,000  
 

Olin Corp.

 
  200,000       5.625     08/01/29       221,250  
  230,000       5.000     02/01/30       247,825  
 

SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc.(a)

 
  400,000       6.625     05/01/29       399,441  
 

Tronox, Inc.(a)

 
  440,000       4.625     03/15/29       447,150  
 

Valvoline, Inc.(a)

 
  350,000       4.250     02/15/30       364,875  
     

 

 

 
        3,249,875  

 

 

 
Broadcasting – 3.7%  
 

Diamond Sports Group LLC / Diamond Sports Finance Co.(a)

 
  600,000       5.375       08/15/26       400,500  
  800,000       6.625       08/15/27       348,000  
 

Gray Television, Inc.(a)

 
  270,000       7.000       05/15/27       290,925  
  524,000       4.750       10/15/30       520,725  
 

iHeartCommunications, Inc.

 
  320,000       8.375     05/01/27       340,400  
  711,000       4.750 (a)      01/15/28       737,663  
 

Nexstar Media, Inc.(a)

 
  560,000       5.625     07/15/27       595,000  
 

Scripps Escrow II, Inc.(a)

 
  370,000       5.375     01/15/31       365,375  
 

Scripps Escrow, Inc.(a)

 
  170,000       5.875       07/15/27       175,100  
 

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.(a)

 
  200,000       4.125     12/01/30       196,000  
 

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.(a)

 
  200,000       5.000       08/01/27       209,750  
  1,700,000       4.000       07/15/28       1,740,375  
  250,000       3.875       09/01/31       248,750  
 

TEGNA, Inc.

 
  230,000       4.625     03/15/28       239,200  
  470,000       5.000     09/15/29       497,025  
 

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.(a)

 
  340,000       8.875     12/15/27       362,950  
 

Univision Communications, Inc.(a)

 
  277,000       5.125       02/15/25       282,886  
  425,000       6.625       06/01/27       460,062  
  500,000       4.500       05/01/29       508,438  
     

 

 

 
        8,519,124  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.4%  
 

Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Co.-Issuer Corp.(a)

 
  470,000       5.000     08/15/28       483,839  
 

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance


Corp.(a)


 

  480,000       4.750     06/15/29       493,200  
     

 

 

 
        977,039  

 

 

 
Building Materials – 0.5%  
 

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.(a)

 
  913,000       4.000     01/15/28       946,096  

 

 

 

 

44   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Building Materials – (continued)  
 

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

 
$ 200,000       4.250 %       02/01/32     $ 206,500  
     

 

 

 
        1,152,596  

 

 

 
Capital Goods – 3.2%  
 

Ball Corp.

 
  175,000       4.000     11/15/23       185,062  
  351,000       5.250     07/01/25       397,508  
  121,000       4.875     03/15/26       136,276  
  420,000       2.875     08/15/30       423,150  
 

Covanta Holding Corp.

 
  175,000       5.875     07/01/25       181,590  
  216,000       6.000     01/01/27       224,107  
  370,000       5.000       09/01/30       382,788  
 

Crown Americas LLC / Crown Americas Capital Corp V

 
  405,000       4.250     09/30/26       437,906  
 

Crown Americas LLC / Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI

 
  210,000       4.750     02/01/26       217,372  
 

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc.(a)

 
  130,000       6.875       01/15/25       131,374  
  307,000       7.875       07/15/26       320,097  
 

Graham Packaging Co., Inc.(a)

 
  180,000       7.125     08/15/28       192,150  
 

Herc Holdings, Inc.(a)

 
  560,000       5.500     07/15/27       592,200  
 

LABL, Inc.(a)

 
  203,000       6.750       07/15/26       214,419  
  309,000       10.500       07/15/27       337,196  
 

Madison IAQ LLC(a)

 
  250,000       5.875     06/30/29       255,937  
 

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.(a)

 
  474,000       5.500     04/15/24       479,925  
 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.(a)

 
  200,000       5.875     08/15/23       213,500  
 

Sealed Air Corp.(a)

 
  280,000       4.875       12/01/22       291,200  
  130,000       5.125       12/01/24       141,538  
  200,000       5.500       09/15/25       224,000  
  170,000       6.875       07/15/33       223,125  
 

Sensata Technologies BV(a)

 
  336,000       4.875       10/15/23       360,360  
  299,000       5.000       10/01/25       334,880  
 

Sensata Technologies, Inc.(a)

 
  420,000       3.750     02/15/31       423,675  
     

 

 

 
        7,321,335  

 

 

 
Communications – 8.4%        
 

AMC Networks, Inc.

 
  88,000       5.000     04/01/24       89,320  
  440,000       4.750     08/01/25       451,275  
 

Cable One, Inc.(a)

 
  225,000       4.000     11/15/30       227,250  
 

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.(a)

 
  197,000       4.000       03/01/23       197,862  
  359,000       5.750       02/15/26       369,321  
  509,000       5.500       05/01/26       525,861  
  490,000       5.125       05/01/27       512,662  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Communications – (continued)        
443,000       5.000 (a)      02/01/28     465,150  
  300,000       5.375 (a)      06/01/29       328,125  
  780,000       4.750 (a)      03/01/30       824,362  
  726,000       4.500 (a)      08/15/30       761,393  
  755,000       4.250 (a)      02/01/31       775,763  
  1,030,000       4.500     05/01/32       1,076,994  
 

CSC Holdings LLC

 
  636,000       5.250     06/01/24       686,483  
  550,000       5.500 (a)      04/15/27       576,125  
  200,000       5.375 (a)      02/01/28       212,500  
  200,000       7.500 (a)      04/01/28       220,000  
  240,000       6.500 (a)      02/01/29       266,100  
  864,000       5.750 (a)      01/15/30       915,840  
  1,024,000       4.625 (a)      12/01/30       1,008,640  
  425,000       3.375 (a)      02/15/31       406,406  
 

DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.(a)

 
  930,000       5.875     08/15/27       974,175  
 

DISH DBS Corp.

 
  402,000       5.000     03/15/23       420,844  
  534,000       5.875     11/15/24       574,717  
  614,000       7.750     07/01/26       703,030  
  110,000       7.375     07/01/28       118,456  
  361,000       5.125 (a)      06/01/29       358,744  
 

IHS Markit Ltd.(a)

 
  490,000       4.750       02/15/25       546,962  
  490,000       4.000       03/01/26       543,900  
 

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC(a)

 
  200,000       5.500     04/15/29       203,500  
 

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

 
  500,000       4.750     10/15/27       510,625  
 

Meredith Corp.

 
  210,000       6.875     02/01/26       218,006  
 

Netflix, Inc.

 
  374,000       4.375       11/15/26       424,022  
  482,000       4.875     04/15/28       564,543  
  562,000       5.875     11/15/28       698,285  
  194,000       6.375     05/15/29       249,290  
  200,000       5.375 (a)      11/15/29       246,125  
  350,000       4.875 (a)      06/15/30       420,000  
 

Radiate Holdco LLC / Radiate Finance, Inc.(a)

 
  350,000       6.500     09/15/28       360,500  
 

WMG Acquisition Corp.(a)

 
  521,000       3.000     02/15/31       517,093  
     

 

 

 
        19,550,249  

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical – 16.5%  
 

ADT Security Corp. (The)(a)

 
  470,000       4.125       08/01/29       470,587  
  320,000       4.875       07/15/32       328,000  
 

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.(a)(b) (PIK 12.000%, Cash
10.000%)

 
 
  425,000       12.000     06/15/26       384,625  
 

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

 
  420,000       6.875     07/01/28       453,075  
  230,000       5.000     10/01/29       230,575  
 

APX Group, Inc.(a)

 
  330,000       6.750       02/15/27       354,750  
  250,000       5.750       07/15/29       251,250  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   45


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Cyclical – (continued)  
 

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

 
$ 500,000       5.250 %       02/01/28     $ 562,321  
  350,000       6.625  (a)      10/01/30       407,547  
  400,000       6.875     11/01/35       516,004  
 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

 
  180,000       4.750     12/01/27       186,044  
  410,000       4.750 (a)      06/15/31       423,837  
 

Brink’s Co. (The)(a)

 
  284,000       5.500     07/15/25       299,620  
 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

 
  500,000       6.250     07/01/25       528,447  
 

Carnival Corp.(a)

 
  380,000       11.500       04/01/23       427,090  
  490,000       7.625       03/01/26       520,012  
  450,000       5.750       03/01/27       460,688  
  1,120,000       4.000       08/01/28       1,125,600  
 

Carvana Co.(a)

 
  460,000       5.500     04/15/27       477,250  
 

Cedar Fair LP / Canada’s Wonderland Co. / Magnum
Management Corp. / Millennium Op(a)

 
 
  300,000       5.500     05/01/25       314,625  
 

Century Communities, Inc.(a)

 
  300,000       3.875     08/15/29       305,250  
 

Churchill Downs, Inc.(a)

 
  320,000       5.500       04/01/27       334,400  
  342,000       4.750       01/15/28       358,245  
 

Clarios Global LP / Clarios US Finance Co.(a)

 
  346,000       6.250       05/15/26       366,760  
  555,000       8.500       05/15/27       592,768  
 

Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl(a)

 
  220,000       5.750     04/15/25       227,012  
 

Dana, Inc.

 
  300,000       5.625     06/15/28       322,875  
  470,000       4.250     09/01/30       488,506  
 

Diamond Resorts International, Inc.(a)

 
  104,000       7.750     09/01/23       105,951  
 

Ford Motor Co.

 
  250,000       8.500     04/21/23       277,014  
  270,000       9.000     04/22/25       330,542  
  175,000       4.346     12/08/26       188,762  
  600,000       6.625     10/01/28       720,437  
  449,000       7.450     07/16/31       592,888  
 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

 
  670,000       3.087     01/09/23       683,431  
  500,000       4.375     08/06/23       523,456  
  380,000       5.584     03/18/24       411,552  
  500,000       5.125     06/16/25       549,460  
  200,000       4.134     08/04/25       214,287  
  200,000       4.542     08/01/26       218,227  
  400,000       4.271     01/09/27       430,514  
  400,000       3.815     11/02/27       421,647  
  420,000       5.113     05/03/29       477,039  
 

Gap, Inc. (The)(a)

 
  250,000       8.625       05/15/25       272,955  
  300,000       8.875       05/15/27       345,793  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Cyclical – (continued)  
 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

 
648,000       4.875       03/15/27     697,410  
  400,000       5.250     04/30/31       428,000  
 

Hanesbrands, Inc.(a)

 
  568,000       4.625       05/15/24       605,630  
  250,000       5.375       05/15/25       263,750  
 

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.(a)

 
  200,000       4.000       05/01/31       207,273  
  200,000       3.625       02/15/32       200,358  
 

Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC / Hilton Grand
Vacations Borrower Esc(a)

 
 
  200,000       5.000     06/01/29       203,500  
 

IRB Holding Corp.(a)

 
  510,000       7.000     06/15/25       545,062  
 

Iron Mountain, Inc.(a)

 
  301,000       4.875       09/15/27       314,921  
  382,000       5.250       03/15/28       402,055  
  620,000       5.250       07/15/30       663,400  
  699,000       4.500       02/15/31       719,970  
 

Liberty Interactive LLC

 
  150,000       8.250     02/01/30       169,688  
 

MGM Resorts International

 
  268,000       6.000     03/15/23       285,085  
  97,000       5.750     06/15/25       106,700  
  334,000       4.625     09/01/26       354,040  
  229,000       5.500     04/15/27       249,896  
  250,000       4.750     10/15/28       265,000  
 

Michaels Cos., Inc. (The)(a)

 
  600,000       7.875     05/01/29       616,500  
 

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment(a)

 
  530,000       8.000     02/01/26       556,500  
 

NCL Corp Ltd.(a)

 
  500,000       3.625     12/15/24       473,750  
 

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment LLC / Peninsula Pacific
Entertainment Finance In(a)

 
 
  300,000       8.500     11/15/27       321,000  
 

PetSmart, Inc. / PetSmart Finance Corp.(a)

 
  250,000       4.750       02/15/28       261,250  
  250,000       7.750       02/15/29       275,625  
 

Picasso Finance Sub, Inc.(a)

 
  246,000       6.125     06/15/25       261,375  
 

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc.(a)

 
  739,000       3.375       08/31/27       712,211  
  490,000       6.250       01/15/28       508,988  
 

QVC, Inc.

 
  250,000       4.375     03/15/23       261,934  
  100,000       4.450     02/15/25       106,798  
  250,000       4.750     02/15/27       268,783  
 

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

 
  180,000       11.500 (a)      06/01/25       207,450  
  350,000       3.700     03/15/28       330,313  
  700,000       5.500 (a)      04/01/28       707,000  
 

Scientific Games International, Inc.(a)

 
  380,000       5.000       10/15/25       391,162  
  310,000       8.250       03/15/26       331,700  
  145,000       7.000       05/15/28       156,419  
  270,000       7.250       11/15/29       302,400  

 

 

 

 

46   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Cyclical – (continued)  
 

Staples, Inc.(a)

 
$ 357,000       7.500 %       04/15/26     $ 361,463  
  440,000       10.750       04/15/27       430,100  
 

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.(a)

 
  400,000       5.125     08/01/30       437,000  
 

Tenneco, Inc.

 
  100,000       5.000     07/15/26       100,250  
  470,000       5.125 (a)      04/15/29       488,800  
 

Toll Brothers Finance Corp.

 
  283,000       4.375     04/15/23       295,912  
  332,000       4.350     02/15/28       370,875  
 

Travel + Leisure Co.(a)

 
  360,000       6.625     07/31/26       408,494  
 

VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc.(a)

 
  285,000       4.250       12/01/26       299,524  
  250,000       3.750       02/15/27       260,000  
  493,000       4.625       12/01/29       536,123  
  400,000       4.125       08/15/30       428,500  
 

William Carter Co. (The)(a)

 
  332,000       5.625       03/15/27       348,185  
 

Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.(a)

 
  400,000       5.250     05/15/27       422,000  
 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 
  675,000       4.750 (a)      01/15/30       747,563  
  200,000       3.625     03/15/31       206,500  
     

 

 

 
        38,355,903  

 

 

 
Consumer Noncyclical – 3.2%  
 

Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP /
Albertsons LLC(a)

 
 
  250,000       3.500       03/15/29       253,750  
  250,000       4.875       02/15/30       273,437  
 

Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp.(a)

 
  740,000       6.625       07/15/26       789,025  
  480,000       6.000       06/01/29       481,200  
 

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp./
Atlas Luxco 4 Sarl(a)


 
  200,000       4.625     06/01/28       202,000  
 

Avantor Funding, Inc.(a)

 
  500,000       4.625     07/15/28       528,750  
 

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC / Change Healthcare Finance,
Inc.(a)

 
 
  597,000       5.750     03/01/25       602,297  
 

Envision Healthcare Corp.(a)

 
  270,000       8.750     10/15/26       230,175  
 

Fresh Market, Inc. (The)(a)

 
  250,000       9.750     05/01/23       256,498  
 

Hologic, Inc.(a)

 
  220,000       4.625       02/01/28       234,300  
  420,000       3.250       02/15/29       431,550  
 

Jaguar Holding Co. II / PPD Development LP(a)

 
  482,000       5.000     06/15/28       521,163  
 

MEDNAX, Inc.(a)

 
  480,000       6.250     01/15/27       508,200  
 

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

 
  220,000       5.375     11/15/22       228,800  
  270,000       4.375 (a)      06/15/28       284,513  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Noncyclical – (continued)  
 

Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign Debt Co.-Issuer BV(a)

 
500,000       4.125       04/30/28     516,250  
 

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc. / LifePoint Health,
Inc.(a)

 
 
  520,000       9.750     12/01/26       555,750  
 

Vector Group Ltd.(a)

 
  520,000       5.750       02/01/29       530,400  
     

 

 

 
        7,428,058  

 

 

 
Consumer Products – 0.5%        
 

Mattel, Inc.(a)

 
  418,000       5.875     12/15/27       458,232  
 

Newell Brands, Inc.

 
  107,000       4.350     04/01/23       112,641  
  471,000       4.700     04/01/26       526,655  
     

 

 

 
        1,097,528  

 

 

 
Distribution & Logistics – 0.4%  
 

IAA, Inc.(a)

 
  345,000       5.500     06/15/27       362,250  
 

WESCO Distribution, Inc.(a)

 
  500,000       7.250     06/15/28       556,875  
     

 

 

 
        919,125  

 

 

 
Distributors – 0.2%  
 

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)

 
  439,000       5.125     06/01/25       451,073  

 

 

 
Electric – 3.0%  
 

Calpine Corp.(a)

 
  500,000       4.625       02/01/29       501,489  
  476,000       5.000       02/01/31       488,372  
  411,000       3.750       03/01/31       404,321  
 

Clearway Energy Operating LLC(a)

 
  450,000       3.750     02/15/31       459,000  
 

FirstEnergy Corp.

 
  428,000       2.650     03/01/30       438,498  
 

FirstEnergy Corp., Series B

 
  500,000       2.250     09/01/30       497,973  
 

FirstEnergy Corp., Series C

 
  450,000       7.375     11/15/31       631,400  
 

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP(a)

 
  500,000       4.250       07/15/24       529,375  
  349,000       4.500       09/15/27       378,229  
 

NRG Energy, Inc.

 
  193,000       6.625     01/15/27       199,875  
  521,000       5.250 (a)      06/15/29       567,890  
 

PG&E Corp.

 
  350,000       5.000     07/01/28       349,125  
  380,000       5.250       07/01/30       375,725  
 

Talen Energy Supply LLC(a)

 
  193,000       10.500       01/15/26       90,710  
  330,000       7.250       05/15/27       286,275  
 

TerraForm Power Operating LLC(a)

 
  8,000       4.250       01/31/23       8,240  
  685,000       4.750       01/15/30       722,675  
     

 

 

 
        6,929,172  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   47


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Energy – 12.6%  
 

Antero Midstream Partners LP / Antero Midstream Finance Corp.(a)

 
$ 711,000       5.750 %       03/01/27     $ 735,885  
  327,000       5.750       01/15/28       340,897  
 

Antero Resources Corp.

 
  168,000       5.000     03/01/25       171,570  
  500,000       7.625 (a)      02/01/29       552,500  
 

Apache Corp.

 
  500,000       4.625     11/15/25       542,500  
 

Archrock Partners LP / Archrock Partners Finance Corp.(a)

 
  620,000       6.875     04/01/27       646,350  
 

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp.(a)

 
  350,000       5.875     06/30/29       336,875  
 

Buckeye Partners LP

 
  210,000       3.950     12/01/26       217,596  
  160,000       4.125     12/01/27       165,080  
  270,000       4.500 (a)      03/01/28       280,800  
 

Callon Petroleum Co.(a)

 
  300,000       8.000     08/01/28       290,250  
 

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

 
  754,000       5.625     10/01/26       778,976  
  667,000       4.500     10/01/29       718,276  
 

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

 
  787,000       4.625     10/15/28       834,220  
 

CNX Resources Corp.(a)

 
  440,000       6.000     01/15/29       458,700  
 

Continental Resources, Inc.

 
  232,000       4.500     04/15/23       242,730  
  400,000       3.800     06/01/24       425,750  
  550,000       4.375     01/15/28       617,375  
 

CrownRock LP / CrownRock Finance, Inc.(a)

 
  423,000       5.625       10/15/25       436,747  
 

DCP Midstream Operating LP

 
  250,000       5.375     07/15/25       275,000  
  420,000       5.625     07/15/27       477,750  
 

DT Midstream, Inc.(a)

 
  400,000       4.375     06/15/31       413,750  
 

Endeavor Energy Resources LP / EER Finance, Inc.(a)

 
  481,000       5.500       01/30/26       498,436  
  400,000       5.750       01/30/28       423,000  
 

EnLink Midstream LLC

 
  515,000       5.375     06/01/29       531,612  
 

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

 
  528,000       4.850     07/15/26       546,187  
 

EQT Corp.

 
  180,000       6.625     02/01/25       207,225  
  1,046,000       3.900     10/01/27       1,130,988  
 

Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co.(a)

 
  590,000       6.250       11/01/28       612,125  
  220,000       5.750       02/01/29       224,400  
 

ITT Holdings LLC(a)

 
  380,000       6.500     08/01/29       388,550  
 

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

 
  410,000       10.125     01/15/28       432,550  
 

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc.(a)

 
  159,000       7.500       01/15/26       136,740  
  242,000       10.500       05/15/27       222,640  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)  
 

Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)

 
150,000       7.250       01/15/26     140,250  
 

Nabors Industries, Inc.

 
  100,000       5.750     02/01/25       86,250  
 

New Fortress Energy, Inc.(a)

 
  570,000       6.500     09/30/26       573,563  
 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 
  500,000       6.950     07/01/24       563,601  
  300,000       2.900     08/15/24       304,376  
  964,000       3.400     04/15/26       993,527  
  170,000       6.375     09/01/28       202,087  
  400,000       3.500     08/15/29       415,770  
  267,000       8.875       07/15/30       366,457  
  550,000       6.625     09/01/30       686,125  
  400,000       6.125     01/01/31       485,544  
  150,000       7.500     05/01/31       197,203  
  170,000       7.875     09/15/31       226,723  
 

PBF Holding Co. LLC / PBF Finance Corp.

 
  150,000       7.250     06/15/25       106,125  
  350,000       6.000     02/15/28       231,000  
 

Range Resources Corp.

 
  244,000       4.875     05/15/25       253,760  
  170,000       9.250     02/01/26       187,000  
  430,000       8.250 (a)      01/15/29       478,375  
 

SM Energy Co.

 
  300,000       10.000 (a)      01/15/25       334,500  
  100,000       6.750     09/15/26       101,000  
  100,000       6.625     01/15/27       101,000  
 

Southwestern Energy Co.

 
  370,000       7.750     10/01/27       401,450  
 

Sunoco LP / Sunoco Finance Corp.

 
  320,000       5.500     02/15/26       328,200  
  290,000       6.000     04/15/27       303,775  
 

Targa Resources Partners LP /Targa Resources Partners Finance


Corp.


 

  320,000       5.875     04/15/26       335,000  
  250,000       5.375     02/01/27       259,687  
  270,000       5.500     03/01/30       299,363  
  711,000       4.875     02/01/31       774,990  
 

Transocean, Inc.(a)

 
  563,000       11.500     01/30/27       567,223  
 

USA Compression Partners LP / USA Compression Finance
Corp.

 
 
  450,000       6.875     04/01/26       469,125  
 

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC(a)

 
  970,000       3.875     08/15/29       999,706  
 

Weatherford International Ltd.(a)

 
  652,000       11.000     12/01/24       684,600  
 

Western Midstream Operating LP

 
  597,000       4.650     07/01/26       644,760  
  670,000       5.300     02/01/30       750,400  
     

 

 

 
        29,166,545  

 

 

 
Financial Company – 4.1%        
 

Ally Financial, Inc.

 
  320,000       5.750       11/20/25       367,059  

 

 

 

 

48   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Financial Company – (continued)        
 

HUB International Ltd.(a)

 
$ 468,000       7.000 %       05/01/26     $ 485,550  
 

Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.

 
  320,000       6.750     02/01/24       326,540  
  386,000       6.375     12/15/25       397,752  
  873,000       5.250     05/15/27       911,194  
 

LD Holdings Group LLC(a)

 
  410,000       6.125     04/01/28       403,594  
 

Midcap Financial Issuer Trust(a)

 
  300,000       6.500     05/01/28       313,687  
 

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(a)

 
  400,000       6.000       01/15/27       423,000  
  470,000       5.500       08/15/28       485,675  
 

Navient Corp.

 
  132,000       7.250     09/25/23       145,081  
  126,000       5.875     10/25/24       137,323  
  159,000       6.750     06/25/25       177,937  
  344,000       6.750     06/15/26       388,635  
 

Navient Corp., MTN

 
  160,000       6.125     03/25/24       173,711  
  217,000       5.625     08/01/33       210,754  
 

NFP Corp.(a)

 
  634,000       6.875     08/15/28       652,228  
 

OneMain Finance Corp.

 
  92,000       5.625     03/15/23       97,002  
  310,000       6.125     03/15/24       334,413  
  164,000       6.875     03/15/25       186,345  
  442,000       7.125     03/15/26       518,245  
  340,000       6.625     01/15/28       394,400  
  427,000       5.375     11/15/29       468,099  
 

Quicken Loans LLC / Quicken Loans Co.-Issuer, Inc.(a)

 
  520,000       3.875     03/01/31       533,468  
 

Rocket Mortgage LLC(a)

 
  412,000       5.250     01/15/28       435,161  
 

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC(a)

 
  550,000       5.500     04/15/29       543,813  
     

 

 

 
        9,510,666  

 

 

 
Food and Beverage – 1.9%        
 

Aramark Services, Inc.(a)

 
  680,000       5.000       02/01/28       708,900  
 

B&G Foods, Inc.

 
  445,000       5.250     09/15/27       463,913  
 

Performance Food Group, Inc.(a)

 
  300,000       5.500       10/15/27       313,005  
  450,000       4.250       08/01/29       452,250  
 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(a)

 
  228,000       5.875     09/30/27       243,960  
 

Post Holdings, Inc.(a)

 
  537,000       5.750       03/01/27       562,507  
  459,000       5.500       12/15/29       493,999  
  600,000       4.625       04/15/30       615,370  
  300,000       4.500       09/15/31       304,125  
 

US Foods, Inc.(a)

 
  200,000       4.750     02/15/29       205,250  
     

 

 

 
        4,363,279  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Hardware – 1.1%        
 

Avaya, Inc.(a)

 
280,000       6.125       09/15/28     296,800  
 

CommScope Technologies LLC(a)

 
  478,000       6.000     06/15/25       485,374  
 

CommScope, Inc.(a)

 
  360,000       6.000       03/01/26       378,450  
  490,000       8.250       03/01/27       518,787  
 

NCR Corp.(a)

 
  329,000       6.125       09/01/29       359,433  
  450,000       5.250       10/01/30       472,500  
     

 

 

 
        2,511,344  

 

 

 
Healthcare – 4.4%        
 

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.(a)

 
  500,000       3.125     02/15/29       493,750  
 

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

 
  250,000       4.250     05/01/28       262,500  
 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)

 
  567,000       8.000       03/15/26       608,107  
  285,000       5.625       03/15/27       302,100  
  90,000       8.000       12/15/27       99,675  
  600,000       6.875       04/01/28       597,000  
  330,000       6.875       04/15/29       343,612  
  350,000       6.125       04/01/30       352,188  
  210,000       4.750       02/15/31       214,463  
 

DaVita, Inc.(a)

 
  500,000       3.750     02/15/31       495,000  
 

Encompass Health Corp.

 
  370,000       4.750     02/01/30       395,438  
 

IQVIA, Inc.(a)

 
  600,000       5.000     05/15/27       628,500  
 

Legacy LifePoint Health LLC(a)

 
  341,000       4.375     02/15/27       341,000  
 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC(a)

 
  470,000       5.750     11/01/28       451,200  
 

Select Medical Corp.(a)

 
  340,000       6.250     08/15/26       360,400  
 

Service Corp. International

 
  125,000       4.625     12/15/27       132,656  
  500,000       3.375     08/15/30       504,375  
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

 
  528,000       4.625     07/15/24       535,270  
  458,000       4.625 (a)      09/01/24       470,309  
  637,000       4.875 (a)      01/01/26       662,480  
  300,000       6.250 (a)      02/01/27       314,625  
  663,000       5.125 (a)      11/01/27       700,294  
  650,000       4.625 (a)      06/15/28       677,625  
  250,000       6.125 (a)      10/01/28       265,625  
     

 

 

 
        10,208,192  

 

 

 
Insurance – 0.5%        
 

Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc.(a)

 
  435,000       7.000     11/15/25       443,069  
 

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings
Co.-Issuer(a)

 
 
  624,000       4.250     10/15/27       628,680  
     

 

 

 
        1,071,749  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   49


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Metals – 0.8%        
 

Novelis Corp.(a)

 
$ 546,000       4.750   %       01/30/30     $ 582,855  
  360,000       3.875       08/15/31       364,050  
 

U.S. Steel Corp.

 
  646,000       6.875       03/01/29       707,370  
 

United States Steel Corp.

 
  220,000       6.250     03/15/26       226,355  
     

 

 

 
        1,880,630  

 

 

 
Metals and Mining – 0.1%        
 

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)

 
  200,000       9.875     10/17/25       233,500  

 

 

 
Mining – 0.9%        
 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

 
  255,000       3.875     03/15/23       265,200  
  389,000       4.550     11/14/24       423,524  
  300,000       4.375     08/01/28       319,125  
  530,000       4.625     08/01/30       584,325  
  320,000       5.400     11/14/34       398,400  
     

 

 

 
        1,990,574  

 

 

 
Natural Gas – 1.8%        
 

AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp.

 
  472,000       5.500     05/20/25       521,560  
  145,000       5.750     05/20/27       163,487  
 

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP / Crestwood Midstream
Finance Corp.(a)

 
 
  470,000       5.625       05/01/27       475,875  
  458,000       6.000       02/01/29       470,595  
 

Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp.(a)

 
  375,000       5.375     04/01/26       370,312  
 

Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp.

 
  400,000       8.000     01/15/27       398,000  
 

NuStar Logistics LP

 
  370,000       6.375     10/01/30       409,775  
 

PBF Logistics LP / PBF Logistics Finance Corp.

 
  71,000       6.875     05/15/23       68,693  
 

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC(a)

 
  200,000       4.950     07/15/29       209,000  
 

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.(a)

 
  470,000       6.000       03/01/27       487,625  
  669,000       5.500       01/15/28       677,363  
     

 

 

 
        4,252,285  

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals – 2.6%        
 

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.(a)

 
  252,000       9.250       04/01/26       272,293  
  677,000       8.500       01/31/27       730,156  
 

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.(a)

 
  525,000       6.125       04/15/25       537,454  
  417,000       5.500       11/01/25       427,568  
  472,000       9.000       12/15/25       502,838  
  306,000       5.750       08/15/27       320,980  
  491,000       7.000       01/15/28       510,142  
  717,000       6.250       02/15/29       714,611  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Pharmaceuticals – (continued)        
273,000       7.250 (a)      05/30/29     282,440  
  310,000       5.250 (a)      01/30/30       291,787  
  300,000       5.250 (a)      02/15/31       280,500  
 

Endo Dac / Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco, Inc.(a)

 
  300,000       9.500       07/31/27       292,500  
  266,000       6.000       06/30/28       162,260  
 

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

 
  616,000       7.500     04/01/27       625,240  
     

 

 

 
        5,950,769  

 

 

 
REITs and Real Estate – 1.4%        
 

HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC(a)

 
  720,000       3.375     06/15/26       733,103  
 

Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(a)

 
  300,000       4.375     02/01/31       304,125  
 

iStar, Inc.

 
  370,000       4.750     10/01/24       393,446  
 

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.

 
  350,000       5.000     03/01/31       363,781  
 

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC / PK Domestic Property LLC /
PK Finance Co.-Issuer(a)

 
 
  300,000       4.875     05/15/29       309,750  
 

Realogy Group LLC / Realogy Co.-Issuer Corp.(a)

 
  340,000       4.875       06/01/23       354,450  
  150,000       9.375       04/01/27       166,312  
 

Service Properties Trust

 
  320,000       4.950     10/01/29       316,645  
  370,000       4.375     02/15/30       356,001  
     

 

 

 
        3,297,613  

 

 

 
Rental Equipment – 1.3%        
 

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc.(a)

 
  517,000       5.375       03/01/29       545,435  
 

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.(a)

 
  580,000       3.875     12/15/28       580,725  
 

United Rentals North America, Inc.

 
  250,000       5.875     09/15/26       257,836  
  330,000       5.500     05/15/27       347,506  
  400,000       4.875     01/15/28       426,000  
  305,000       5.250     01/15/30       335,881  
  500,000       3.875     02/15/31       519,144  
     

 

 

 
        3,012,527  

 

 

 
Software – 1.5%        
 

Banff Merger Sub, Inc.(a)

 
  536,000       9.750     09/01/26       562,262  
 

Gartner, Inc.(a)

 
  393,000       4.500       07/01/28       418,054  
  500,000       3.625       06/15/29       516,875  
 

MSCI, Inc.(a)

 
  530,000       4.000       11/15/29       570,413  
  500,000       3.625       09/01/30       528,750  
  300,000       3.875       02/15/31       321,750  
 

SS&C Technologies, Inc.(a)

 
  640,000       5.500     09/30/27       681,600  
     

 

 

 
        3,599,704  

 

 

 

 

50   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Technology – 3.5%        
 

Arches Buyer, Inc.(a)

 
$ 100,000       4.250 %       06/01/28     $ 101,625  
  330,000       6.125       12/01/28       339,900  
 

CDK Global, Inc.

 
  119,000       4.875     06/01/27       125,545  
  245,000       5.250 (a)      05/15/29       266,437  
 

Dell International LLC / EMC Corp.(a)

 
  371,000       7.125     06/15/24       380,275  
 

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.(a)

 
  235,000       9.375     07/15/25       259,675  
 

Imola Merger Corp.(a)

 
  690,000       4.750     05/15/29       715,013  
 

Match Group Holdings II LLC(a)

 
  396,000       4.125     08/01/30       415,800  
 

Microchip Technology, Inc.

 
  576,000       4.250       09/01/25       606,619  
 

Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.(a)

 
  200,000       5.375     12/01/28       198,500  
 

Seagate HDD Cayman

 
  610,000       4.750     06/01/23       650,413  
  350,000       3.375 (a)      07/15/31       347,375  
  308,000       5.750     12/01/34       364,595  
 

Square, Inc.(a)

 
  200,000       3.500     06/01/31       208,000  
 

Uber Technologies, Inc.(a)

 
  350,000       7.500       05/15/25       374,937  
  330,000       8.000       11/01/26       352,275  
  776,000       7.500       09/15/27       850,690  
  490,000       4.500       08/15/29       484,488  
 

Verscend Escrow Corp.(a)

 
  273,000       9.750     08/15/26       288,362  
 

Xerox Corp.

 
  180,000       4.375     03/15/23       188,592  
 

Xerox Holdings Corp.(a)

 
  467,000       5.500     08/15/28       489,766  
     

 

 

 
        8,008,882  

 

 

 
Transportation – 2.2%  
 

American Airlines, Inc.(a)

 
  500,000       11.750     07/15/25       622,128  
 

American Airlines, Inc./Aadvantage Loyalty Ip Ltd.(a)

 
  500,000       5.750     04/20/29       545,636  
 

American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.(a)

 
  1,410,000       5.500     04/20/26       1,503,180  
 

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC(a)

 
  490,000       6.500     10/01/25       505,619  
 

United Airlines, Inc.(a)

 
  400,000       4.375       04/15/26       416,174  
  849,000       4.625       04/15/29       884,855  
 

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)

 
  704,000       6.250     05/01/25       745,360  
     

 

 

 
        5,222,952  

 

 

 
Wireless – 4.0%  
 

Ligado Networks LLC(a)(b) (PIK)

 
  700,472       15.500     11/01/23       676,831  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Wireless – (continued)  
 

SBA Communications Corp.

 
200,000       4.875     09/01/24     203,375  
  496,000       3.875     02/15/27       515,145  
  350,000       3.125 (a)      02/01/29       345,625  
 

Sprint Capital Corp.

 
  695,000       6.875     11/15/28       907,844  
  520,000       8.750     03/15/32       798,850  
 

Sprint Communications, Inc.

 
  221,000       6.000     11/15/22       233,431  
 

Sprint Corp.

 
  687,000       7.875     09/15/23       779,745  
  335,000       7.125     06/15/24       386,088  
  452,000       7.625     02/15/25       536,185  
  432,000       7.625     03/01/26       534,010  
 

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

 
  115,000       5.375     04/15/27       121,541  
  765,000       4.750     02/01/28       815,005  
  300,000       3.375 (a)      04/15/29       317,142  
  250,000       3.375     04/15/29       264,673  
  350,000       2.875     02/15/31       361,192  
  600,000       3.500 (a)      04/15/31       640,147  
  350,000       3.500     04/15/31       373,725  
 

Viasat, Inc.(a)

 
  195,000       5.625       04/15/27       202,800  
  320,000       6.500       07/15/28       338,800  
     

 

 

 
        9,352,154  

 

 

 
Wirelines – 2.7%  
 

Consolidated Communications, Inc.(a)

 
  100,000       6.500     10/01/28       109,875  
 

Embarq Corp.

 
  400,000       7.995     06/01/36       421,500  
 

Frontier Communications Holdings LLC(a)

 
  270,000       5.875       10/15/27       288,731  
  400,000       5.000       05/01/28       418,500  
  470,000       6.750       05/01/29       502,900  
 

Level 3 Financing, Inc.(a)

 
  370,000       4.625       09/15/27       382,950  
  490,000       4.250       07/01/28       499,187  
 

Lumen Technologies, Inc.(a)

 
  520,000       5.125       12/15/26       539,500  
  500,000       4.500       01/15/29       491,250  
 

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC(a)

 
  424,000       7.125       12/15/24       435,660  
  320,000       7.875       02/15/25       341,200  
 

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Group Finance, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC(a)

 
  250,000       6.500     02/15/29       260,000  
 

Windstream Escrow LLC / Windstream Escrow Finance Corp.(a)

 
  650,000       7.750     08/15/28       673,563  
 

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.(a)

 
  512,000       4.000       03/01/27       507,520  
  440,000       6.125       03/01/28       447,150  
     

 

 

 
        6,319,486  

 

 

 
  TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS  
  (Cost $210,585,055)     $ 216,221,594  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   51


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – 4.4%  
Aerospace & Defense – 0.6%        
 

Bombardier, Inc.(a) (Canada)

 
$ 250,000       7.500 %       03/15/25     $ 256,875  
  420,000       7.125       06/15/26       443,363  
  690,000       7.875       04/15/27       723,637  
     

 

 

 
        1,423,875  

 

 

 
Basic Industry – 0.5%        
 

Methanex Corp. (Canada)

 
  440,000       5.250     12/15/29       481,436  
 

NOVA Chemicals Corp.(a) (Canada)

 
  237,000       5.000       05/01/25       252,384  
  470,000       5.250       06/01/27       504,075  
     

 

 

 
        1,237,895  

 

 

 
Capital Goods – 0.2%        
 

GFL Environmental, Inc.(a) (Canada)

 
  500,000       3.500     09/01/28       500,625  

 

 

 
Communications – 0.3%        
 

Videotron Ltd.(a) (Canada)

 
  550,000       5.125     04/15/27       573,375  

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical – 1.3%        
 

1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc.(a) (Canada)

 
  379,000       3.875       01/15/28       384,685  
  477,000       4.375       01/15/28       486,540  
  350,000       3.500       02/15/29       349,562  
  420,000       4.000        10/15/30       418,950  
 

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. / Brookfield Residential
US LLC(a) (Canada)

 
 
  400,000       6.250     09/15/27       423,094  
 

Garda World Security Corp.(a) (Canada)

 
  150,000       4.625       02/15/27       150,375  
  305,000       9.500       11/01/27       333,243  
 

Mattamy Group Corp.(a) (Canada)

 
  390,000       5.250       12/15/27       406,555  
  60,000       4.625       03/01/30       61,800  
     

 

 

 
        3,014,804  

 

 

 
Energy – 0.2%        
 

MEG Energy Corp.(a) (Canada)

 
  237,000       6.500       01/15/25       245,887  
  250,000       7.125       02/01/27       265,000  
     

 

 

 
        510,887  

 

 

 
Food – 0.1%        
 

NBM US Holdings, Inc.(a) (Brazil)

 
  200,000       7.000     05/14/26       213,000  

 

 

 
Mining – 0.6%        
 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.(a) (Zambia)

 
  200,000       7.250       04/01/23       203,779  
  361,000       6.500       03/01/24       366,503  
  414,000       7.500       04/01/25       429,586  
  250,000       6.875       03/01/26       260,969  
     

 

 

 
        1,260,837  

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Natural Gas – 0.3%        
 

Parkland Corp.(a) (Canada)

 
$ 570,000       5.875 %       07/15/27     $ 608,606  

 

 

 
Software – 0.3%        
 

Open Text Corp.(a) (Canada)

 
  390,000       5.875       06/01/26       403,170  
 

Open Text Holdings, Inc.(a) (Canada)

 
  370,000       4.125     02/15/30       389,888  
     

 

 

 
        793,058  

 

 

 
  TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE DEBT  
  (Cost $9,864,126)       $ 10,136,962  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Distribution
Rate
  Value  
Investment Company – 0.9%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  2,073,969     0.026%   $ 2,073,969  
  (Cost $2,073,969)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 98.5%  
  (Cost $222,523,150)   $ 228,432,525  

 

 

 
 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF

    LIABILITIES –1.5%

    3,401,761  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 231,834,286  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

(a)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)

  Pay-in-kind securities.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

LP

 

—Limited Partnership

MTN

 

—Medium Term Note

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

52   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INFLATION PROTECTED USD BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds – 99.4%  
 

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds

   
$ 1,159,643       0.125     04/15/22     $ 1,178,924  
  2,258,990       0.125       07/15/22       2,318,846  
  3,815,244       0.625       04/15/23       4,004,872  
  7,233,768       0.375       07/15/23       7,643,242  
  8,828,708       0.625       01/15/24       9,458,629  
  984,625       0.500       04/15/24       1,056,288  
  9,274,459       0.125       10/15/24       9,964,487  
  7,913,843       0.250       01/15/25       8,553,562  
  6,118,038       0.375       07/15/25       6,720,026  
  9,438,740       0.125       10/15/25       10,297,333  
  6,724,629       0.625       01/15/26       7,486,751  
  9,998,431       0.375       07/15/27       11,259,436  
  10,600,547       0.500       01/15/28       12,024,081  
  5,424,889       0.750       07/15/28       6,299,461  
  804,875       3.875       04/15/29       1,140,116  
  3,187,572       0.250       07/15/29       3,600,093  
  8,346,782       0.125       01/15/30       9,312,516  
  3,486,380       0.125       07/15/30       3,910,073  
  6,524,038       2.125       02/15/40       9,928,568  
  4,306,997       0.750       02/15/42       5,370,011  
  5,035,666       0.875       02/15/47       6,653,633  
  3,048,625       1.000       02/15/48       4,175,711  
  308,800       1.000       02/15/49       426,514  
  2,231,940       0.250       02/15/50       2,599,117  

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. TREASURY INFLATION INDEXED BONDS  
  (Cost $142,408,096)       $ 145,382,290  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Investment Company – 0.6%(a)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  809,851     0.026%   $ 809,851  
  (Cost $809,851)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.0%  
  (Cost $143,217,947)   $ 146,192,141  

 

 

 
 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF

    LIABILITIES – 0.0%

    119,317  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 146,311,458  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

(a)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   53


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – 77.8%  
Aerospace & Defense – 1.6%        
 

Boeing Co. (The)

 
$ 110,000       2.750     02/01/26     $ 114,851  
  110,000       2.196     02/04/26       111,009  
 

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

 
  55,000       3.850     06/15/23       58,224  
 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 
  50,000       3.550     01/15/26       55,307  
 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 
  65,000       2.930     01/15/25       69,064  
 

Precision Castparts Corp.

 
  55,000       3.250     06/15/25       59,651  
     

 

 

 
        468,106  

 

 

 
Banks – 20.5%        
 

American Express Co.

 
  200,000       3.400     02/27/23       208,594  
  55,000       3.700     08/03/23       58,352  
 

Bank of America Corp.(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.780%)

 
  210,000       3.550     03/05/24       219,621  
 

Bank of America Corp., Series L

 
  192,000       3.950     04/21/25       210,072  
 

Bank of America Corp., MTN

 
  75,000       4.000     01/22/25       82,065  
 

(SOFR + 1.150%)

 
  170,000       1.319 (a)      06/19/26       170,665  
 

(SOFR + 1.010%)

 
  300,000       1.197 (a)      10/24/26       298,918  
 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 
  50,000       3.300     10/30/24       53,795  
  100,000       3.200     02/05/25       107,554  
 

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

 
  50,000       3.850     05/21/25       55,205  
 

Citigroup, Inc.

 
 

(SOFR + 1.667%)

 
  300,000       1.678 (a)      05/15/24       306,255  
  50,000       4.400     06/10/25       55,577  
 

(SOFR + 2.842%)

 
  150,000       3.106 (a)      04/08/26       160,666  
 

(SOFR + 0.765%)

 
  60,000       1.122 (a)      01/28/27       59,635  
 

(SOFR + 0.770%)

 
  65,000       1.462 (a)      06/09/27       65,270  
 

Fifth Third Bancorp

 
  50,000       3.650     01/25/24       53,567  
 

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

 
  170,000       4.000     05/15/25       188,166  
 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 
 

(SOFR + 1.455%)

 
  550,000       1.514 (a)      06/01/24       560,286  
  50,000       3.875     09/10/24       54,473  
 

(SOFR + 1.585%)

 
  150,000       2.005 (a)      03/13/26       154,478  
 

(SOFR + 1.850%)

 
  100,000       2.083 (a)      04/22/26       103,225  
 

(SOFR + 0.800%)

 
  50,000       1.045 (a)      11/19/26       49,631  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)        
 

(SOFR + 0.885%)

 
80,000       1.578 (a)      04/22/27     80,681  
 

Morgan Stanley(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.847%)

 
  340,000       3.737       04/24/24       358,031  
 

(SOFR + 1.990%)

 
  150,000       2.188       04/28/26       155,738  
 

(SOFR + 0.879%)

 
  80,000       1.593       05/04/27       80,939  
 

Morgan Stanley, GMTN

 
  70,000       3.125     01/23/23       72,742  
 

Morgan Stanley(a), MTN

 
 

(SOFR + 1.152%)

 
  250,000       2.720     07/22/25       262,435  
 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

 
  75,000       3.900     04/29/24       81,205  
  70,000       2.200     11/01/24       73,469  
 

Regions Financial Corp.

 
  90,000       2.250     05/18/25       94,018  
 

Santander Holdings USA, Inc.

 
  210,000       3.400     01/18/23       217,770  
 

State Street Corp.(a)

 
 

(SOFR + 2.690%)

 
  80,000       2.825       03/30/23       81,228  
 

(SOFR + 2.600%)

 
  80,000       2.901       03/30/26       85,500  
 

Synchrony Financial

 
  25,000       4.250     08/15/24       27,197  
 

Truist Bank(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.735%)

 
  120,000       3.689     08/02/24       127,541  
 

Truist Financial Corp., MTN

 
  150,000       2.850     10/26/24       160,226  
 

US Bank NA

 
  250,000       1.950     01/09/23       255,484  
 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 
  250,000       3.000     04/22/26       270,185  
 

(SOFR + 2.000%)

 
  250,000       2.188 (a)      04/30/26       259,900  
 

Wells Fargo & Co., MTN(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

 
  100,000       2.164       02/11/26       103,847  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.170%)

 
  65,000       3.196       06/17/27       70,428  
     

 

 

 
        6,194,634  

 

 

 
Basic Industry – 1.2%        
 

Celanese US Holdings LLC

 
  45,000       4.625     11/15/22       47,169  
 

Linde, Inc.

 
  100,000       3.200     01/30/26       109,278  
 

LYB International Finance BV

 
  112,000       4.000     07/15/23       119,255  
 

Packaging Corp. of America

 
  80,000       4.500     11/01/23       86,023  
     

 

 

 
        361,725  

 

 

 

 

54   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Broadcasting – 0.7%        
 

Fox Corp.

 
$ 195,000       4.030 %       01/25/24     $ 210,170  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.3%        
 

BlackRock, Inc.

 
  50,000       3.500     03/18/24       53,912  
 

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

 
  30,000       5.500       10/18/23       32,024  
     

 

 

 
        85,936  

 

 

 
Building Materials – 0.3%        
 

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

 
  80,000       4.000     09/21/23       85,393  

 

 

 
Capital Goods – 2.9%        
 

Carrier Global Corp.

 
  35,000       2.242     02/15/25       36,503  
 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

 
  50,000       0.900     03/02/26       50,052  
 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., MTN

 
  120,000       2.150     11/08/24       125,682  
 

Deere & Co.

 
  50,000       2.750     04/15/25       53,242  
 

John Deere Capital Corp., MTN

 
  110,000       2.800     03/06/23       114,227  
 

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

 
  180,000       2.700     06/14/24       189,148  
 

Republic Services, Inc.

 
  40,000       2.500     08/15/24       41,993  
  140,000       2.900     07/01/26       150,004  
 

Waste Management, Inc.

 
  100,000       0.750     11/15/25       99,214  
     

 

 

 
        860,065  

 

 

 
Communications – 2.2%        
 

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter
Communications Operating Capital

 
 
  50,000       4.908     07/23/25       56,591  
 

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter
Communications Operating Capital, Series USD

 
 
  75,000       4.500     02/01/24       81,478  
 

Comcast Corp.

 
  130,000       3.700     04/15/24       140,400  
  90,000       3.150     03/01/26       97,816  
 

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp., GMTN

 
  20,000       3.150     09/17/25       21,727  
 

ViacomCBS, Inc.

 
  75,000       4.750     05/15/25       84,652  
 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

 
  110,000       1.750     08/30/24       113,809  
  75,000       3.350       03/24/25       81,475  
     

 

 

 
        677,948  

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical – 8.5%  
 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 
  140,000       1.000     05/12/26       140,609  
 

American Honda Finance Corp., MTN

 
  50,000       1.200     07/08/25       50,474  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Cyclical – (continued)  
 

Aptiv PLC

 
40,000       4.250       01/15/26     45,113  
 

AutoNation, Inc.

 
  75,000       3.500     11/15/24       80,412  
 

Dollar Tree, Inc.

 
  195,000       3.700     05/15/23       205,015  
 

DR Horton, Inc.

 
  55,000       4.750     02/15/23       57,715  
 

eBay, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.450     08/01/24       42,927  
 

General Motors Co.

 
  50,000       6.125     10/01/25       58,961  
 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.

 
  250,000       5.200     03/20/23       266,957  
  50,000       5.100     01/17/24       54,812  
  150,000       1.250     01/08/26       149,002  
 

Global Payments, Inc.

 
  50,000       4.000     06/01/23       52,868  
  100,000       1.200     03/01/26       99,553  
 

Kohl’s Corp.

 
  75,000       9.500     05/15/25       95,480  
 

Lennar Corp.

 
  75,000       4.750     05/30/25       83,847  
 

Marriott International, Inc., Series EE

 
  25,000       5.750     05/01/25       28,764  
 

NIKE, Inc.

 
  110,000       2.400     03/27/25       116,503  
 

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

 
  100,000       3.550     03/15/26       110,556  
 

PACCAR Financial Corp., MTN

 
  70,000       1.900     02/07/23       71,635  
 

Ross Stores, Inc.

 
  40,000       4.600     04/15/25       44,790  
 

Target Corp.

 
  110,000       3.500       07/01/24       119,217  
 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN

 
  150,000       1.800     02/13/25       154,795  
 

VF Corp.

 
  190,000       2.400     04/23/25       198,990  
 

Visa, Inc.

 
  100,000       3.150     12/14/25       109,378  
 

Walmart, Inc.

 
  105,000       2.850     07/08/24       111,822  
     

 

 

 
        2,550,195  

 

 

 
Consumer Noncyclical – 6.4%  
 

AbbVie, Inc.

 
  170,000       2.300       11/21/22       173,897  
  100,000       2.600     11/21/24       105,659  
  125,000       3.600     05/14/25       135,970  
 

Altria Group, Inc.

 
  70,000       4.000     01/31/24       75,679  
  75,000       3.800     02/14/24       80,377  
 

Amgen, Inc.

 
  190,000       1.900     02/21/25       196,291  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   55


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Noncyclical – (continued)  
 

Becton Dickinson and Co.

 
$ 46,000       3.363 %       06/06/24     $ 49,178  
  75,000       3.734     12/15/24       81,457  
 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 
  75,000       3.875     08/15/25       83,252  
  50,000       0.750     11/13/25       49,817  
 

Equifax, Inc.

 
  60,000       2.600     12/01/24       63,107  
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

 
  80,000       3.700     04/01/24       85,768  
  50,000       3.650     03/01/26       55,127  
 

Johnson & Johnson

 
  100,000       0.550     09/01/25       99,237  
  50,000       2.450     03/01/26       53,302  
 

Laboratory Corp of America Holdings

 
  100,000       3.600     02/01/25       107,548  
 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 
  90,000       2.875     05/01/24       95,160  
 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

 
  60,000       4.133     03/25/25       66,264  
 

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

 
  210,000       3.800       11/18/24       228,063  
 

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

 
  50,000       3.550     04/01/25       54,083  
     

 

 

 
        1,939,236  

 

 

 
Electric – 3.9%  
 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.071     08/15/24       42,414  
 

DTE Energy Co., Series F

 
  100,000       1.050     06/01/25       99,541  
 

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

 
  110,000       2.500     03/15/23       113,207  
 

Entergy Corp.

 
  75,000       0.900     09/15/25       73,968  
 

Exelon Corp.

 
  170,000       3.400     04/15/26       185,544  
 

Georgia Power Co., Series A

 
  40,000       2.100     07/30/23       41,310  
 

ITC Holdings Corp.

 
  60,000       2.700     11/15/22       61,542  
 

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

 
  65,000       2.700     02/15/23       66,959  
 

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.

 
  75,000       2.750     05/01/25       79,416  
 

Public Service Co. of Colorado

 
  65,000       2.250     09/15/22       65,689  
 

Puget Energy, Inc.

 
  60,000       3.650     05/15/25       64,682  
 

Sempra Energy

 
  80,000       2.900     02/01/23       82,607  
 

Southern Co. (The)

 
  165,000       2.950     07/01/23       172,007  
 

Southwestern Electric Power Co., Series N

 
  40,000       1.650     03/15/26       40,455  
     

 

 

 
        1,189,341  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Energy – 6.8%  
 

BP Capital Markets America, Inc.

 
120,000       2.750       05/10/23     124,759  
  75,000       3.790     02/06/24       80,490  
 

Chevron Corp.

 
  100,000       3.326     11/17/25       109,883  
 

ConocoPhillips Co.

 
  50,000       4.950       03/15/26       57,806  
 

Energy Transfer LP

 
  125,000       4.750     01/15/26       140,029  
 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

 
  50,000       3.750     02/15/25       54,407  
 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 
  100,000       3.043     03/01/26       108,505  
 

Halliburton Co.

 
  100,000       3.500     08/01/23       105,375  
 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

 
  75,000       4.150     02/01/24       80,367  
 

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

 
  50,000       4.300     06/01/25       55,477  
 

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

 
  100,000       5.000     03/01/26       114,988  
 

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

 
  35,000       4.700     05/01/25       39,156  
 

MPLX LP

 
  75,000       4.875     12/01/24       83,555  
  100,000       1.750     03/01/26       101,250  
 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

 
  100,000       0.550     05/15/23       99,842  
 

Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp.

 
  50,000       4.650     10/15/25       55,687  
 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

 
  140,000       5.625     04/15/23       149,188  
  50,000       5.625     03/01/25       56,931  
 

Spectra Energy Partners LP

 
  180,000       4.750     03/15/24       196,458  
 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC

 
  100,000       7.850     02/01/26       125,979  
 

Valero Energy Corp.

 
  50,000       2.850     04/15/25       52,776  
 

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

 
  50,000       4.000     09/15/25       55,068  
     

 

 

 
        2,047,976  

 

 

 
Financial Company – 3.0%  
 

Air Lease Corp.

 
  285,000       3.500     01/15/22       288,223  
  50,000       1.875     08/15/26       50,134  
 

Ally Financial, Inc.

 
  230,000       3.050       06/05/23       239,125  
 

Ares Capital Corp.

 
  75,000       4.200     06/10/24       80,635  
  60,000       3.250     07/15/25       63,413  
 

BGC Partners, Inc.

 
  65,000       5.375     07/24/23       70,092  
  60,000       3.750     10/01/24       63,797  
 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

 
  45,000       2.800     09/15/22       46,194  
     

 

 

 
        901,613  

 

 

 

 

56   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Food and Beverage – 1.4%        
 

Campbell Soup Co.

 
$ 55,000       2.500 %       08/02/22     $ 56,120  
 

Constellation Brands, Inc.

 
  55,000       4.250     05/01/23       58,307  
 

General Mills, Inc.

 
  100,000       4.000     04/17/25       110,422  
 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 
  65,000       2.850     02/24/26       70,136  
 

Sysco Corp.

 
  75,000       5.650     04/01/25       86,530  
 

Tyson Foods, Inc.

 
  50,000       3.950     08/15/24       54,259  
     

 

 

 
        435,774  

 

 

 
Hardware – 0.7%        
 

Micron Technology, Inc.

 
  195,000       2.497     04/24/23       201,251  

 

 

 
Healthcare – 2.7%        
 

Anthem, Inc.

 
  100,000       2.950     12/01/22       103,051  
 

Cigna Corp.

 
  75,000       4.125     11/15/25       83,878  
 

CVS Health Corp.

 
  16,000       3.700     03/09/23       16,763  
  100,000       2.625     08/15/24       105,230  
  50,000       3.875     07/20/25       55,099  
  100,000       3.000     08/15/26       107,912  
 

HCA, Inc.

 
  100,000       5.000     03/15/24       110,062  
 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 
  100,000       3.450     06/01/26       109,838  
 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 
  50,000       1.250       01/15/26       50,626  
  80,000       1.150     05/15/26       80,144  
     

 

 

 
        822,603  

 

 

 
Insurance – 1.9%        
 

CNA Financial Corp.

 
  40,000       3.950     05/15/24       43,154  
 

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

 
  26,000       3.900     04/20/23       27,390  
 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

 
  190,000       4.050     10/15/23       202,837  
 

MetLife, Inc., Series D

 
  120,000       4.368     09/15/23       129,604  
 

Prudential Financial, Inc.(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 3.920%)

 
  30,000       5.625     06/15/43       31,926  
 

Voya Financial, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.125     07/15/24       42,568  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 3.580%)

 
  80,000       5.650 (a)      05/15/53       85,111  
     

 

 

 
        562,590  

 

 

 
Metals – 0.1%        
 

Nucor Corp.

 
  20,000       4.000     08/01/23       21,194  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
REITs and Real Estate – 1.2%        
 

Boston Properties LP

 
190,000       3.125       09/01/23     198,684  
 

GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc.

 
  20,000       5.250     06/01/25       22,421  
  80,000       5.375     04/15/26       91,798  
 

Realty Income Corp.

 
  50,000       4.650     08/01/23       53,469  
     

 

 

 
        366,372  

 

 

 
Software – 1.0%        
 

Oracle Corp.

 
  50,000       2.500     04/01/25       52,468  
  250,000       1.650     03/25/26       254,129  
     

 

 

 
        306,597  

 

 

 
Technology – 5.9%        
 

Analog Devices, Inc.

 
  60,000       3.125     12/05/23       63,316  
 

Apple, Inc.

 
  250,000       1.125       05/11/25       252,938  
  150,000       0.700     02/08/26       149,011  
 

Broadcom, Inc.

 
  75,000       3.625     10/15/24       81,062  
  50,000       4.700     04/15/25       55,917  
 

Dell International LLC / EMC Corp.

 
  70,000       5.450     06/15/23       75,418  
  75,000       4.000     07/15/24       81,512  
 

Fiserv, Inc.

 
  75,000       3.850     06/01/25       82,329  
 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

 
  75,000       4.650     10/01/24       83,175  
  75,000       4.900     10/15/25       85,433  
 

HP, Inc.

 
  60,000       2.200     06/17/25       62,204  
 

Intel Corp.

 
  100,000       3.400     03/25/25       108,692  
 

International Business Machines Corp.

 
  120,000       3.375     08/01/23       126,852  
 

Microsoft Corp.

 
  120,000       2.125     11/15/22       122,745  
 

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

 
  90,000       2.400     10/01/24       94,782  
 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 
  80,000       2.900     05/20/24       84,844  
  80,000       3.450     05/20/25       87,056  
 

SYNNEX Corp.(b)

 
  40,000       1.750     08/09/26       39,790  
 

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

 
  55,000       4.125     09/12/22       56,986  
     

 

 

 
        1,794,062  

 

 

 
Transportation – 1.1%  
 

Ryder System, Inc., MTN

 
  65,000       3.400     03/01/23       67,702  
 

Southwest Airlines Co.

 
  50,000       5.250     05/04/25       56,621  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   57


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Transportation – (continued)  
 

Union Pacific Corp.

 
$ 140,000       3.250 %       08/15/25     $ 151,954  
 

United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Class A, Series 20-1

 
  46,374       5.875       10/15/27       51,504  
     

 

 

 
        327,781  

 

 

 
Wireless – 3.5%  
 

American Tower Corp.

 
  220,000       5.000     02/15/24       242,461  
 

AT&T, Inc.

 
  50,000       3.400     05/15/25       54,334  
  230,000       1.700     03/25/26       233,239  
 

Crown Castle International Corp.

 
  195,000       3.200     09/01/24       208,308  
 

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

 
  75,000       1.500     02/15/26       75,546  
 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 
  200,000       0.850     11/20/25       197,820  
  50,000       1.450     03/20/26       50,533  
     

 

 

 
        1,062,241  

 

 

 
  TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS  
  (Cost $23,399,850)     $ 23,472,803  

 

 

 
     
Foreign Corporate Debt – 20.3%  
Banks – 13.8%  
 

Banco Santander SA (Spain)

 
  200,000       2.746     05/28/25       210,740  
 

Bank of Montreal(a) (Canada)

 
 

(5 Year USD Swap + 1.280%)

 
  35,000       4.338     10/05/28       37,450  
 

Bank of Montreal, Series E (Canada)

 
  60,000       3.300     02/05/24       64,018  
 

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (Canada)

 
  210,000       2.000     11/15/22       214,470  
 

Barclays PLC(a) (United Kingdom)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.356%)

 
  240,000       4.338     05/16/24       254,816  
 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce(a) (Canada)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.785%)

 
  205,000       2.606     07/22/23       209,156  
 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, MTN (Netherlands)

 
  250,000       3.375     05/21/25       273,449  
 

Credit Suisse Group AG (Switzerland)

 
  250,000       4.550     04/17/26       282,861  
 

Deutsche Bank AG(a) (Germany)

 
 

(SOFR + 2.581%)

 
  150,000       3.961       11/26/25       163,022  
 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC(a) (United Kingdom)

 
 

(US 1 Year CMT T-Note + 1.100%)

 
  250,000       1.326     06/15/23       251,807  
 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
  250,000       2.801     07/18/24       264,482  
 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.(a) (Japan)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.830%)

 
  200,000       2.226     05/25/26       206,874  

 

 

 
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

Natwest Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 
105,000       6.125       12/15/22     112,272  
  280,000       6.000     12/19/23       312,013  
 

Royal Bank of Canada, GMTN (Canada)

 
  120,000       1.950     01/17/23       122,748  
 

Royal Bank of Canada, MTN (Canada)

 
  210,000       1.150     06/10/25       210,770  
 

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC(a) (United Kingdom)

 
 

(US 1 Year CMT T-Note + 1.250%)

 
  250,000       1.532     08/21/26       251,489  
 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
  250,000       1.474     07/08/25       253,509  
  100,000       2.632     07/14/26       106,658  
 

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), GMTN (Canada)

 
  90,000       3.250     03/11/24       96,196  
 

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), MTN (Canada)

 
  110,000       1.900     12/01/22       112,332  
 

Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia)

 
  150,000       1.150     06/03/26       150,828  
     

 

 

 
        4,161,960  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.1%        
 

Brookfield Finance, Inc. (Canada)

 
  25,000       4.000     04/01/24       26,970  

 

 

 
Communications – 0.3%        
 

WPP Finance 2010 (United Kingdom)

 
  75,000       3.750     09/19/24       81,603  

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical – 0.8%        
 

Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan)

 
  125,000       3.419     07/20/23       132,353  
  100,000       1.339       03/25/26       101,292  
     

 

 

 
        233,645  

 

 

 
Consumer Noncyclical – 1.3%        
  AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)  
  75,000       0.700     04/08/26       73,682  
 

BAT Capital Corp. (United Kingdom)

 
  40,000       3.222     08/15/24       42,401  
 

Bayer US Finance II LLC(b) (Germany)

 
  75,000       3.375     07/15/24       79,652  
 

GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  100,000       3.000     06/01/24       106,410  
 

Reynolds American, Inc. (United Kingdom)

 
  90,000       4.450     06/12/25       99,727  
     

 

 

 
        401,872  

 

 

 
Energy – 1.8%        
 

BP Capital Markets PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  75,000       2.750     05/10/23       77,974  
  75,000       3.814     02/10/24       80,879  
 

Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada)

 
  100,000       3.800     09/15/23       105,000  
  Shell International Finance BV (Netherlands)  
  100,000       2.375     04/06/25       104,732  
  50,000       3.250     05/11/25       54,233  

 

 

 

 

58   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)        
  Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)  
$ 120,000       3.100 %       05/15/25     $ 128,027  
     

 

 

 
        550,845  

 

 

 
Financial Company – 0.5%        
 

Aercap Ireland Capital Dac / Aercap Global Aviation Trust
(Ireland)

 
 
  150,000       1.750     01/30/26       148,573  

 

 

 
Food and Beverage – 0.9%        
 

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide,
Inc. (Belgium)

 
 
  200,000       3.650     02/01/26       220,945  
 

Diageo Investment Corp. (United Kingdom)

 
  60,000       8.000     09/15/22       64,816  
     

 

 

 
        285,761  

 

 

 
Metals – 0.1%        
 

ArcelorMittal SA (Luxembourg)

 
  25,000       3.600     07/16/24       26,656  

 

 

 
Technology – 0.1%        
 

NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC(b) (China)

 
  30,000       4.875     03/01/24       32,855  

 

 

 
Transportation – 0.4%        
 

Canadian Pacific Railway Co. (Canada)

 
  100,000       2.900       02/01/25       105,922  

 

 

 
Wireless – 0.2%        
 

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  60,000       4.125     05/30/25       66,718  

 

 

 
  TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE DEBT  
  (Cost $6,099,517)       $ 6,123,380  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Investment Company – 1.0%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  302,503     0.026%   $ 302,503  
  (Cost $302,503)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.1%  
  (Cost $29,801,870)   $ 29,898,686  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.9%
    269,000  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 30,167,686  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

 

(a)

  Variable rate security. Interest rate or distribution rate disclosed is that which is in effect on August 31, 2021.

(b)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

 

Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

CMT

 

—Constant Maturity Treasury Index

GMTN

 

—Global Medium Term Note

LIBOR

 

—London Interbank Offered Rate

LP

 

—Limited Partnership

MTN

 

—Medium Term Note

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR

 

—Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   59


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – 81.3%  
Aerospace & Defense – 2.8%        
 

Boeing Co. (The)

 
$ 600,000       1.167     02/04/23     $ 601,665  
  800,000       4.508     05/01/23       847,957  
  1,000,000       1.433     02/04/24       1,002,609  
  1,000,000       4.875     05/01/25       1,118,058  
  1,000,000       2.196     02/04/26       1,009,168  
  100,000       3.200     03/01/29       105,124  
  1,000,000       5.150     05/01/30       1,183,658  
  500,000       3.625     02/01/31       542,360  
  150,000       3.600     05/01/34       158,619  
  1,000,000       5.805     05/01/50       1,365,366  
  474,000       3.950     08/01/59       494,488  
  1,000,000       5.930     05/01/60       1,389,765  
 

General Dynamics Corp.

 
  219,000       2.250     11/15/22       223,212  
  400,000       3.375     05/15/23       419,868  
  300,000       3.500     04/01/27       334,605  
  350,000       3.750     05/15/28       399,341  
  84,000       4.250     04/01/50       108,999  
 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 
  450,000       2.900     03/01/25       480,964  
  310,000       4.070     12/15/42       380,503  
  84,000       3.800     03/01/45       99,511  
  304,000       4.700     05/15/46       407,239  
  407,000       4.090     09/15/52       514,531  
 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 
  700,000       2.930     01/15/25       743,769  
  290,000       3.200     02/01/27       316,052  
  810,000       3.250     01/15/28       885,535  
  300,000       4.400     05/01/30       355,999  
  406,000       4.030     10/15/47       489,168  
  267,000       5.250     05/01/50       379,939  
 

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

 
  1,100,000       3.950     08/16/25       1,219,711  
  100,000       3.125     05/04/27       108,966  
  300,000       4.125     11/16/28       345,404  
  620,000       6.125     07/15/38       885,984  
  243,000       4.450       11/16/38       297,330  
  500,000       4.500     06/01/42       624,220  
  100,000       4.150     05/15/45       119,789  
  296,000       3.750     11/01/46       337,108  
  304,000       4.350     04/15/47       377,034  
  292,000       4.625     11/16/48       378,279  
  592,000       3.125     07/01/50       616,927  
     

 

 

 
        21,668,824  

 

 

 
Agriculture – 0.0%        
 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

 
  92,000       3.250     03/27/30       102,423  

 

 

 
Banks – 20.1%  
 

American Express Co.

 
  240,000       3.400     02/22/24       256,204  
  1,200,000       3.000     10/30/24       1,284,161  
  857,000       4.200     11/06/25       973,049  
  320,000       3.125     05/20/26       349,498  
  305,000       4.050     12/03/42       371,420  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

American Express Credit Corp., MTN

 
790,000       3.300       05/03/27     874,348  
 

Bank of America Corp.

 
  100,000       4.100     07/24/23       107,182  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.790%)

 
  972,000       3.004 (a)      12/20/23       1,004,263  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.780%)

 
  693,000       3.550 (a)      03/05/24       724,750  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.810%)

 
  824,000       3.366 (a)      01/23/26       885,831  
 

(SOFR + 0.960%)

 
  1,000,000       1.734 (a)      07/22/27       1,015,672  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.512%)

 
  604,000       3.705 (a)      04/24/28       669,951  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.040%)

 
  1,398,000       3.419 (a)      12/20/28       1,536,209  
 

(SOFR + 2.150%)

 
  1,000,000       2.592 (a)      04/29/31       1,038,014  
 

(SOFR + 1.320%)

 
  1,300,000       2.687 (a)      04/22/32       1,356,493  
 

(SOFR + 1.220%)

 
  290,000       2.299 (a)      07/21/32       292,344  
  460,000       6.110     01/29/37       633,791  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.814%)

 
  390,000       4.244 (a)      04/24/38       464,333  
  370,000       7.750     05/14/38       587,251  
 

(SOFR + 1.580%)

 
  700,000       3.311 (a)      04/22/42       755,240  
 

Bank of America Corp., GMTN

 
  991,000       3.300     01/11/23       1,032,260  
  550,000       3.500     04/19/26       605,764  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.370%)

 
  540,000       3.593 (a)      07/21/28       597,082  
 

Bank of America Corp., Series L

 
  275,000       3.950     04/21/25       300,884  
  408,000       4.183     11/25/27       459,140  
 

Bank of America Corp., MTN

 
  550,000       2.503     10/21/22       551,543  
  740,000       4.000     04/01/24       804,342  
 

(SOFR + 1.460%)

 
  119,000       1.486 (a)      05/19/24       121,000  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.940%)

 
  200,000       3.864 (a)      07/23/24       212,098  
  1,296,000       4.200     08/26/24       1,416,514  
 

(SOFR + 0.740%)

 
  710,000       0.810 (a)      10/24/24       712,944  
  670,000       4.000     01/22/25       733,112  
  530,000       3.875     08/01/25       588,117  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.090%)

 
  800,000       3.093 (a)      10/01/25       852,528  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.870%)

 
  800,000       2.456 (a)      10/22/25       838,691  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.640%)

 
  70,000       2.015 (a)      02/13/26       72,094  
  200,000       4.450       03/03/26       225,410  

 

 

 

 

60   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

(SOFR + 1.150%)

 
$ 70,000       1.319 %(a)      06/19/26     $ 70,274  
  558,000       4.250     10/22/26       633,839  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.060%)

 
  570,000       3.559 (a)      04/23/27       626,223  
  780,000       3.248     10/21/27       852,173  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.575%)

 
  482,000       3.824 (a)      01/20/28       536,468  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.070%)

 
  150,000       3.970 (a)      03/05/29       168,966  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.310%)

 
  1,030,000       4.271 (a)      07/23/29       1,184,855  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.210%)

 
  570,000       3.974 (a)      02/07/30       646,584  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.180%)

 
  300,000       3.194 (a)      07/23/30       325,516  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.190%)

 
  317,000       2.884 (a)      10/22/30       336,146  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.990%)

 
  425,000       2.496 (a)      02/13/31       438,450  
 

(SOFR + 1.530%)

 
  750,000       1.898 (a)      07/23/31       734,624  
 

(SOFR + 1.370%)

 
  500,000       1.922 (a)      10/24/31       490,298  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.320%)

 
  360,000       4.078 (a)      04/23/40       423,203  
 

(SOFR + 1.930%)

 
  900,000       2.676 (a)      06/19/41       888,878  
  248,000       5.875     02/07/42       362,465  
  364,000       5.000     01/21/44       487,298  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.990%)

 
  470,000       4.443 (a)      01/20/48       595,379  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.520%)

 
  718,000       4.330 (a)      03/15/50       902,228  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 3.150%)

 
  990,000       4.083 (a)      03/20/51       1,204,021  
 

Bank of America Corp., Series N(a) (SOFR + 1.220%)

 
  500,000       2.651     03/11/32       518,376  
 

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), MTN

 
  300,000       0.350     12/07/23       300,185  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.069%)

 
  250,000       3.442 (a)      02/07/28       276,381  
 

Capital One Bank USA NA

 
  250,000       3.375     02/15/23       260,546  
 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 
  659,000       3.200     01/30/23       684,387  
  180,000       2.600     05/11/23       186,393  
  1,355,000       3.900     01/29/24       1,458,412  
  339,000       3.300     10/30/24       364,732  
  305,000       3.200     02/05/25       328,040  
  510,000       3.750     07/28/26       563,973  
  650,000       3.750     03/09/27       726,795  
  100,000       3.650     05/11/27       111,580  
  100,000       3.800     01/31/28       112,365  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

(SOFR + 1.337%)

 
300,000       2.359 %(a)      07/29/32     298,799  
 

Citibank NA

 
  1,130,000       3.650     01/23/24       1,211,681  
 

Citigroup, Inc.

 
  220,000       2.700     10/27/22       225,833  
  660,000       3.500     05/15/23       693,683  
  510,000       3.875     10/25/23       548,542  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.023%)

 
  644,000       4.044 (a)      06/01/24       682,986  
  440,000       4.000     08/05/24       479,212  
  785,000       3.875     03/26/25       858,650  
  340,000       3.300     04/27/25       368,794  
  270,000       4.400     06/10/25       300,115  
  799,000       5.500     09/13/25       928,418  
  225,000       3.700       01/12/26       248,787  
  390,000       4.600     03/09/26       444,413  
 

(SOFR + 2.842%)

 
  990,000       3.106 (a)      04/08/26       1,060,397  
  800,000       3.400     05/01/26       876,555  
  880,000       3.200     10/21/26       958,596  
  286,000       4.300     11/20/26       324,260  
  817,000       4.450     09/29/27       934,662  
  240,000       4.125     07/25/28       271,367  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.338%)

 
  575,000       3.980 (a)      03/20/30       653,948  
 

(SOFR + 1.422%)

 
  1,160,000       2.976 (a)      11/05/30       1,235,715  
 

(SOFR + 1.146%)

 
  500,000       2.666 (a)      01/29/31       520,720  
 

(SOFR + 2.107%)

 
  1,150,000       2.572 (a)      06/03/31       1,185,257  
 

(SOFR + 1.167%)

 
  500,000       2.561 (a)      05/01/32       516,093  
  240,000       6.625     06/15/32       328,838  
  360,000       8.125     07/15/39       623,245  
  480,000       6.675     09/13/43       747,645  
  150,000       5.300     05/06/44       203,253  
  371,000       4.650     07/30/45       483,587  
  790,000       4.750     05/18/46       1,018,575  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.839%)

 
  180,000       4.281 (a)      04/24/48       227,804  
  296,000       4.650     07/23/48       393,441  
 

Discover Bank

 
  815,000       3.350     02/06/23       847,266  
  700,000       2.450     09/12/24       732,055  
 

Fifth Third Bancorp

 
  900,000       3.650     01/25/24       964,199  
  650,000       2.550     05/05/27       690,645  
  190,000       8.250     03/01/38       321,038  
 

Fifth Third Bank NA

 
  560,000       3.850       03/15/26       622,999  
 

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

 
  1,040,000       2.625     08/06/24       1,095,332  
  400,000       2.550     02/04/30       421,573  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   61


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 
$ 648,000       3.250 %     09/23/22     $ 669,231  
  167,000       2.972     01/15/23       168,711  
  140,000       3.200     01/25/23       145,831  
  160,000       3.375     05/01/23       167,676  
  650,000       2.700     05/18/23       673,850  
  150,000       3.875     02/01/24       162,106  
  50,000       3.625     05/13/24       54,162  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.890%)

 
  450,000       3.797 (a)      07/23/24       477,497  
  515,000       3.875     09/10/24       561,076  
 

(SOFR + 0.600%)

 
  200,000       0.653 (a)      09/16/24       200,486  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

 
  50,000       4.023 (a)      12/05/24       53,725  
  620,000       3.125     01/23/25       664,538  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.155%)

 
  340,000       3.220 (a)      03/01/25       360,952  
  600,000       3.900     07/15/25       660,488  
 

(SOFR + 1.585%)

 
  170,000       2.005 (a)      03/13/26       175,075  
  990,000       3.300     04/01/26       1,079,872  
 

(SOFR + 1.850%)

 
  1,240,000       2.083 (a)      04/22/26       1,279,993  
  950,000       3.200     06/15/26       1,033,855  
  460,000       4.125     12/15/26       522,365  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.245%)

 
  300,000       3.960 (a)      01/29/27       333,876  
 

(SOFR + 0.885%)

 
  600,000       1.578 (a)      04/22/27       605,111  
  463,000       4.250     10/01/27       531,382  
  264,000       3.625       12/01/27       290,002  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.337%)

 
  415,000       3.782 (a)      02/01/28       461,557  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.380%)

 
  1,650,000       3.540 (a)      05/01/28       1,820,449  
 

(SOFR + 1.890%)

 
  550,000       2.182 (a)      06/01/28       568,118  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.945%)

 
  200,000       3.509 (a)      01/23/29       221,168  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.120%)

 
  518,000       4.005 (a)      04/23/29       588,480  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.330%)

 
  450,000       4.452 (a)      12/05/29       526,337  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.160%)

 
  1,136,000       3.702 (a)      05/06/30       1,272,400  
 

(SOFR + 1.510%)

 
  715,000       2.739 (a)      10/15/30       753,769  
 

(SOFR + 3.790%)

 
  1,000,000       4.493 (a)      03/24/31       1,188,584  
 

(SOFR + 2.040%)

 
  500,000       2.522 (a)      04/22/31       518,457  
 

(SOFR + 2.515%)

 
  600,000       2.956 (a)      05/13/31       634,763  
 

(SOFR + 1.105%)

 
  250,000       1.764 (a)      11/19/31       242,315  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

(SOFR + 1.065%)

 
600,000       1.953 %(a)      02/04/32     589,041  
 

(SOFR + 1.250%)

 
  950,000       2.580 (a)      04/22/32       983,699  
  650,000       6.400     05/15/38       963,308  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.360%)

 
  985,000       3.882 (a)      07/24/38       1,148,020  
  147,000       5.500     10/15/40       204,138  
 

(SOFR + 2.460%)

 
  250,000       3.109 (a)      04/22/41       263,405  
  126,000       5.600       07/15/41       177,140  
  450,000       5.400     01/06/42       626,479  
 

(SOFR + 1.460%)

 
  100,000       3.157 (a)      04/22/42       106,171  
  10,000       5.625     08/16/43       14,124  
  250,000       4.850     02/01/44       332,999  
  230,000       4.950     06/01/45       306,996  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.580%)

 
  510,000       4.260 (a)      02/22/48       632,399  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.460%)

 
  304,000       4.032 (a)      07/24/48       364,863  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.380%)

 
  1,130,000       3.964 (a)      11/15/48       1,345,937  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.220%)

 
  340,000       3.897 (a)      01/23/49       401,476  
 

(SOFR + 2.440%)

 
  652,000       3.109 (a)      04/22/51       686,234  
 

(SOFR + 1.580%)

 
  650,000       3.328 (a)      04/22/52       711,909  
 

KeyCorp, MTN

 
  500,000       2.250     04/06/27       521,846  
  500,000       4.100     04/30/28       579,193  
  1,140,000       2.550     10/01/29       1,201,424  
 

Morgan Stanley

 
  150,000       4.875     11/01/22       157,766  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.847%)

 
  1,210,000       3.737 (a)      04/24/24       1,274,169  
  1,290,000       5.000     11/24/25       1,482,274  
 

(SOFR + 0.720%)

 
  500,000       0.985 (a)      12/10/26       493,699  
  360,000       3.625     01/20/27       400,998  
  586,000       3.950     04/23/27       658,324  
  290,000       7.250     04/01/32       424,464  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.455%)

 
  100,000       3.971 (a)      07/22/38       117,419  
 

(SOFR + 1.485%)

 
  290,000       3.217 (a)      04/22/42       312,011  
  758,000       6.375     07/24/42       1,170,598  
  660,000       4.300     01/27/45       825,800  
  370,000       4.375     01/22/47       468,839  
 

Morgan Stanley, Series F

 
  1,055,000       3.875     04/29/24       1,143,282  
 

Morgan Stanley, GMTN

 
  290,000       3.125     01/23/23       301,359  
  1,200,000       3.750     02/25/23       1,259,881  
  125,000       3.700     10/23/24       136,195  

 

 

 

 

62   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

Morgan Stanley, GMTN – (continued)

 
$ 655,000       4.000 %       07/23/25     $ 725,887  
  800,000       3.875     01/27/26       892,091  
  804,000       4.350     09/08/26       914,186  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.628%)

 
  990,000       4.431 (a)      01/23/30       1,155,552  
 

(SOFR + 1.143%)

 
  1,160,000       2.699 (a)      01/22/31       1,215,770  
 

(SOFR + 4.840%)

 
  685,000       5.597 (a)      03/24/51       1,042,113  
 

Morgan Stanley, MTN

 
  1,144,000       4.100     05/22/23       1,213,737  
 

(SOFR + 0.466%)

 
  70,000       0.560 (a)      11/10/23       70,134  
 

(SOFR + 1.152%)

 
  500,000       2.720 (a)      07/22/25       524,870  
  1,015,000       3.125     07/27/26       1,101,026  
 

(SOFR + 3.120%)

 
  380,000       3.622 (a)      04/01/31       426,385  
 

(SOFR + 1.034%)

 
  201,000       1.794 (a)      02/13/32       194,900  
 

(SOFR + 1.430%)

 
  500,000       2.802  (a)      01/25/52       500,828  
 

PNC Bank NA

 
  250,000       3.500     06/08/23       263,531  
  860,000       3.100     10/25/27       945,956  
  760,000       2.700       10/22/29       811,742  
 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

 
  100,000       3.900     04/29/24       108,274  
  900,000       2.600     07/23/26       963,616  
  290,000       3.150     05/19/27       319,167  
  100,000       3.450     04/23/29       111,748  
  410,000       2.550     01/22/30       431,884  
 

(SOFR + 0.979%)

 
  500,000       2.307 (a)      04/23/32       515,522  
 

Santander Holdings USA, Inc.

 
  70,000       3.400     01/18/23       72,590  
  1,500,000       3.500     06/07/24       1,601,568  
 

State Street Corp.

 
  200,000       3.100     05/15/23       209,317  
  200,000       3.700     11/20/23       215,146  
 

Synchrony Financial

 
  760,000       4.250     08/15/24       826,782  
  448,000       4.500     07/23/25       498,648  
  224,000       3.950     12/01/27       249,627  
 

Truist Bank

 
  764,000       3.200     04/01/24       815,208  
  500,000       1.500     03/10/25       511,594  
  300,000       2.250     03/11/30       307,608  
 

Truist Financial Corp., MTN

 
  840,000       3.750     12/06/23       900,766  
  605,000       2.850     10/26/24       646,244  
  500,000       1.950     06/05/30       509,697  
 

US Bancorp, MTN

 
  650,000       3.700     01/30/24       698,693  
  310,000       3.600     09/11/24       336,963  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

US Bancorp, MTN – (continued)

 
455,000       3.100       04/27/26     495,782  
  705,000       3.900     04/26/28       813,495  
  800,000       3.000     07/30/29       871,420  
 

US Bancorp, Series V

 
  50,000       2.375     07/22/26       53,174  
 

US Bancorp, Series X

 
  775,000       3.150     04/27/27       855,500  
 

US Bank NA

 
  250,000       2.850       01/23/23       258,614  
 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 
  100,000       3.069     01/24/23       101,135  
  220,000       4.125     08/15/23       235,510  
  350,000       3.000     04/22/26       378,259  
  1,300,000       3.000     10/23/26       1,405,398  
 

(SOFR + 2.530%)

 
  1,545,000       3.068 (a)      04/30/41       1,626,021  
  500,000       5.375     11/02/43       675,931  
  92,000       3.900     05/01/45       110,357  
 

Wells Fargo & Co., GMTN

 
  500,000       4.900     11/17/45       648,046  
 

Wells Fargo & Co., MTN

 
  1,200,000       3.750     01/24/24       1,286,134  
 

(SOFR + 1.600%)

 
  1,300,000       1.654 (a)      06/02/24       1,328,146  
 

(SOFR + 1.087%)

 
  500,000       2.406 (a)      10/30/25       523,061  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

 
  700,000       2.164 (a)      02/11/26       726,929  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.310%)

 
  200,000       3.584 (a)      05/22/28       221,899  
  900,000       4.150     01/24/29       1,037,188  
 

(SOFR + 1.432%)

 
  2,100,000       2.879 (a)      10/30/30       2,238,353  
 

(SOFR + 1.262%)

 
  700,000       2.572 (a)      02/11/31       726,942  
 

(SOFR + 4.032%)

 
  200,000       4.478 (a)      04/04/31       237,434  
  1,189,000       4.400     06/14/46       1,460,549  
  100,000       4.750     12/07/46       127,937  
 

(SOFR + 4.502%)

 
  1,530,000       5.013 (a)      04/04/51       2,141,070  
 

Wells Fargo Bank NA

 
  600,000       3.550     08/14/23       636,402  
  400,000       6.600       01/15/38       590,255  
     

 

 

 
        155,769,005  

 

 

 
Basic Industry – 0.9%        
 

CF Industries, Inc.

 
  300,000       4.950     06/01/43       371,625  
 

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

 
  500,000       7.375     11/01/29       697,508  
  200,000       4.375     11/15/42       241,442  
  150,000       5.550     11/30/48       213,177  
  200,000       3.600     11/15/50       219,725  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   63


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Basic Industry – (continued)        
 

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

 
$ 390,000       4.205 %       11/15/23     $ 419,860  
  670,000       4.493     11/15/25       756,884  
  330,000       5.319     11/15/38       435,773  
  584,000       5.419     11/15/48       825,190  
 

LYB International Finance BV

 
  220,000       4.875     03/15/44       279,093  
 

LYB International Finance II BV

 
  200,000       3.500     03/02/27       220,146  
 

LYB International Finance III LLC

 
  688,000       4.200     10/15/49       815,533  
 

LyondellBasell Industries NV

 
  200,000       5.750     04/15/24       223,275  
  200,000       4.625     02/26/55       252,714  
 

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

 
  500,000       3.450     06/01/27       552,765  
  438,000       4.500     06/01/47       550,110  
 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

 
  187,000       7.375     03/15/32       269,714  
     

 

 

 
        7,344,534  

 

 

 
Broadcasting – 0.6%        
 

Discovery Communications LLC

 
  158,000       2.950     03/20/23       163,574  
  355,000       3.950     03/20/28       396,572  
  320,000       4.125     05/15/29       361,334  
  643,000       5.200     09/20/47       809,521  
  365,000       4.000     09/15/55       390,168  
 

Fox Corp.

 
  990,000       4.030       01/25/24       1,067,015  
  690,000       4.709     01/25/29       813,081  
  280,000       5.476     01/25/39       363,530  
     

 

 

 
        4,364,795  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.3%        
 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

 
  750,000       1.850     09/15/32       724,426  
  700,000       3.000     09/15/60       697,481  
 

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

 
  709,000       5.500     10/18/23       756,830  
 

Jefferies Group LLC

 
  250,000       5.125     01/20/23       265,501  
     

 

 

 
        2,444,238  

 

 

 
Building Materials – 0.1%        
 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

 
  300,000       2.750     11/15/50       297,251  
 

(US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 2.657%)

 
  467,000       4.000 (a)      03/15/60       500,104  
     

 

 

 
        797,355  

 

 

 
Capital Goods – 1.8%        
 

3M Co.

 
  100,000       2.000     02/14/25       104,039  
  350,000       2.875     10/15/27       382,643  
  394,000       3.250     08/26/49       432,632  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Capital Goods – (continued)        
 

3M Co., MTN

 
310,000       4.000       09/14/48     383,070  
 

Berry Global, Inc.(b)

 
  270,000       0.950       02/15/24       270,709  
  100,000       1.570       01/15/26       101,021  
 

Carrier Global Corp.

 
  1,080,000       2.722     02/15/30       1,136,269  
  450,000       2.700     02/15/31       469,093  
  571,000       3.377     04/05/40       612,003  
  250,000       3.577     04/05/50       271,738  
 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

 
  350,000       0.650     07/07/23       351,953  
 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., MTN

 
  220,000       1.950     11/18/22       224,569  
 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 
  380,000       3.400       05/15/24       407,233  
  80,000       5.200     05/27/41       111,247  
  880,000       3.803     08/15/42       1,051,511  
  900,000       3.250     09/19/49       1,004,263  
 

Deere & Co.

 
  320,000       3.900     06/09/42       389,245  
 

Eaton Corp.

 
  1,060,000       2.750     11/02/22       1,089,840  
  100,000       4.150     11/02/42       121,459  
 

General Electric Co., MTN

 
  250,000       6.750     03/15/32       347,578  
 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 
  300,000       2.300     08/15/24       315,623  
  865,000       2.500     11/01/26       922,811  
  100,000       2.700     08/15/29       107,587  
 

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

 
  315,000       2.650     11/15/26       338,601  
 

John Deere Capital Corp., MTN

 
  190,000       2.800     03/06/23       197,302  
 

Otis Worldwide Corp.

 
  300,000       2.565     02/15/30       313,989  
 

Republic Services, Inc.

 
  420,000       3.950     05/15/28       478,566  
 

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

 
  800,000       3.450     11/15/26       859,427  
  700,000       4.950     09/15/28       816,893  
     

 

 

 
        13,612,914  

 

 

 
Communications – 5.2%        
 

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter
Communications Operating Capital

 
 
  1,110,000       4.908     07/23/25       1,256,324  
  525,000       3.750     02/15/28       580,845  
  940,000       4.200     03/15/28       1,063,203  
  250,000       5.050     03/30/29       296,234  
  593,000       6.384     10/23/35       793,197  
  130,000       5.375     04/01/38       160,904  
  774,000       6.484     10/23/45       1,083,247  
  534,000       5.375     05/01/47       661,001  
  495,000       5.750       04/01/48       638,970  
  625,000       5.125     07/01/49       752,295  

 

 

 

 

64   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Communications – (continued)        
 

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter
Communications Operating Capital – (continued)

 
 
$ 190,000       3.700 %       04/01/51     $ 191,845  
  500,000       3.850     04/01/61       498,496  
 

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter
Communications Operating Capital, Series USD

 
 
  298,000       4.500     02/01/24       323,739  
 

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

 
  500,000       9.455     11/15/22       554,973  
 

Comcast Corp.

 
  1,236,000       3.700     04/15/24       1,334,879  
  240,000       3.375     02/15/25       259,599  
  92,000       3.375     08/15/25       100,143  
  184,000       3.150     03/01/26       199,978  
  92,000       3.300     02/01/27       101,039  
  105,000       3.150     02/15/28       115,309  
  92,000       3.550     05/01/28       102,963  
  874,000       4.150     10/15/28       1,014,929  
  500,000       3.400     04/01/30       555,221  
  890,000       4.250     10/15/30       1,050,495  
  400,000       1.950     01/15/31       398,076  
  595,000       4.250     01/15/33       710,873  
  240,000       7.050     03/15/33       352,008  
  360,000       4.200     08/15/34       429,033  
  430,000       3.200     07/15/36       470,029  
  130,000       3.900     03/01/38       151,778  
  594,000       4.600     10/15/38       745,801  
  531,000       3.250     11/01/39       577,845  
  92,000       3.750     04/01/40       105,370  
  622,000       4.650     07/15/42       792,081  
  318,000       4.750     03/01/44       417,308  
  403,000       3.400     07/15/46       439,139  
  276,000       4.000     08/15/47       327,233  
  480,000       3.969     11/01/47       567,012  
  420,000       4.000     03/01/48       498,431  
  816,000       4.700       10/15/48       1,075,612  
  475,000       3.999     11/01/49       567,409  
  300,000       2.800     01/15/51       295,768  
  184,000       2.450     08/15/52       169,261  
  513,000       4.049     11/01/52       622,767  
  521,000       4.950     10/15/58       747,989  
 

NBCUniversal Media LLC

 
  265,000       4.450     01/15/43       329,891  
 

Omnicom Group, Inc. / Omnicom Capital, Inc.

 
  532,000       3.650     11/01/24       577,007  
  350,000       3.600     04/15/26       386,714  
 

Time Warner Cable LLC

 
  70,000       6.550     05/01/37       95,430  
  438,000       7.300     07/01/38       637,079  
  332,000       6.750     06/15/39       465,213  
  180,000       5.875     11/15/40       231,191  
  511,000       5.500     09/01/41       640,811  
 

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

 
  1,005,000       8.375     03/15/23       1,124,288  
  582,000       8.375     07/15/33       880,387  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Communications – (continued)        
 

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp., GMTN

 
190,000       4.125       06/01/44     232,631  
 

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp., MTN

 
  705,000       1.850     07/30/26       731,589  
  290,000       2.950     06/15/27       317,639  
 

ViacomCBS, Inc.

 
  300,000       7.875     07/30/30       428,828  
  860,000       4.950     01/15/31       1,040,482  
  740,000       4.200     05/19/32       855,820  
  150,000       6.875     04/30/36       215,882  
  100,000       5.850     09/01/43       138,738  
  200,000       4.950     05/19/50       254,585  
 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

 
  377,000       3.000     09/15/22       387,571  
  680,000       1.750     08/30/24       703,544  
  440,000       2.200     01/13/28       458,305  
  800,000       2.000     09/01/29       814,689  
  498,000       3.800       03/22/30       575,865  
  1,200,000       2.650     01/13/31       1,277,914  
  75,000       6.400     12/15/35       110,788  
  420,000       4.625     03/23/40       537,065  
  270,000       4.700     03/23/50       364,444  
  975,000       3.800     05/13/60       1,170,343  
     

 

 

 
        40,135,384  

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical – 6.6%        
 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 
  817,000       2.400     02/22/23       841,676  
  800,000       0.450     05/12/24       800,140  
  230,000       2.800     08/22/24       244,849  
  228,000       3.800     12/05/24       250,106  
  100,000       0.800     06/03/25       100,270  
  18,000       5.200     12/03/25       21,053  
  200,000       1.200     06/03/27       200,602  
  30,000       3.150     08/22/27       33,170  
  450,000       1.500     06/03/30       441,800  
  420,000       4.800     12/05/34       544,224  
  775,000       3.875     08/22/37       925,825  
  400,000       2.875     05/12/41       420,841  
  494,000       4.950     12/05/44       680,705  
  1,145,000       4.050     08/22/47       1,417,996  
  744,000       2.500     06/03/50       714,283  
  530,000       4.250     08/22/57       691,300  
  300,000       2.700     06/03/60       291,763  
  400,000       3.250     05/12/61       435,283  
 

American Honda Finance Corp., MTN

 
  50,000       2.050     01/10/23       51,186  
  470,000       0.875     07/07/23       473,761  
  450,000       2.150     09/10/24       469,119  
 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

 
  400,000       3.000     05/18/27       439,871  
  200,000       1.375     06/20/27       202,264  
  940,000       1.750     04/20/32       937,365  
 

Dollar Tree, Inc.

 
  665,000       4.000       05/15/25       729,803  
  290,000       4.200     05/15/28       330,456  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   65


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Cyclical – (continued)        
 

eBay, Inc.

 
$ 700,000       2.750 %       01/30/23     $ 722,199  
  50,000       3.450     08/01/24       53,659  
  100,000       3.600     06/05/27       111,569  
  208,000       2.700     03/11/30       217,496  
 

General Motors Co.

 
  600,000       4.875     10/02/23       651,177  
  100,000       5.400     10/02/23       109,445  
  907,000       5.000     10/01/28       1,060,242  
  548,000       6.600     04/01/36       752,901  
  314,000       5.400     04/01/48       400,076  
  200,000       5.950     04/01/49       273,614  
 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.

 
  200,000       3.700     05/09/23       209,161  
  410,000       5.100     01/17/24       449,456  
  1,000,000       1.050     03/08/24       1,007,440  
  1,450,000       3.950     04/13/24       1,556,867  
  850,000       4.000     01/15/25       924,041  
  790,000       5.250     03/01/26       910,577  
  500,000       2.350     01/08/31       496,873  
 

Global Payments, Inc.

 
  661,000       3.200     08/15/29       709,181  
 

Marriott International, Inc., Series EE

 
  400,000       5.750     05/01/25       460,229  
 

Marriott International, Inc., Series FF

 
  500,000       4.625     06/15/30       575,029  
 

Marriott International, Inc., Series GG

 
  300,000       3.500     10/15/32       320,439  
 

Marriott International, Inc., Series R

 
  200,000       3.125     06/15/26       213,377  
 

Mastercard, Inc.

 
  210,000       2.000     03/03/25       219,325  
  243,000       2.950     11/21/26       265,836  
  880,000       3.350     03/26/30       995,136  
  512,000       3.650     06/01/49       605,454  
  300,000       3.850       03/26/50       366,475  
 

McDonald’s Corp., MTN

 
  336,000       3.350     04/01/23       350,921  
  370,000       3.700     01/30/26       409,854  
  690,000       3.500     03/01/27       763,809  
  350,000       3.800     04/01/28       396,134  
  100,000       2.625     09/01/29       105,729  
  282,000       2.125     03/01/30       286,804  
  150,000       3.600     07/01/30       169,596  
  859,000       4.700     12/09/35       1,069,856  
  320,000       4.875     12/09/45       421,111  
  296,000       4.450     09/01/48       372,678  
  322,000       4.200     04/01/50       395,360  
 

NIKE, Inc.

 
  200,000       2.400     03/27/25       211,824  
  280,000       2.375     11/01/26       297,732  
  250,000       3.250     03/27/40       278,767  
  140,000       3.875     11/01/45       171,524  
  414,000       3.375     03/27/50       476,206  
 

Starbucks Corp.

 
  100,000       3.850     10/01/23       106,321  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Cyclical – (continued)        
 

Starbucks Corp. – (continued)

 
100,000       4.000       11/15/28     115,480  
  600,000       3.550     08/15/29       674,023  
  500,000       4.450     08/15/49       630,213  
 

Target Corp.

 
  450,000       3.500     07/01/24       487,707  
  265,000       2.350     02/15/30       278,817  
  629,000       4.000     07/01/42       791,350  
 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., GMTN

 
  460,000       3.450     09/20/23       489,011  
 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN

 
  450,000       2.150     09/08/22       458,512  
  660,000       0.500     08/14/23       662,789  
  955,000       2.150     02/13/30       988,899  
  1,082,000       3.375     04/01/30       1,220,855  
 

Visa, Inc.

 
  500,000       2.800     12/14/22       514,639  
  900,000       3.150       12/14/25       984,399  
  290,000       2.750     09/15/27       315,315  
  709,000       2.050     04/15/30       732,382  
  570,000       4.150     12/14/35       706,097  
  300,000       2.700     04/15/40       311,922  
  889,000       4.300     12/14/45       1,142,742  
  40,000       3.650     09/15/47       47,349  
 

Walmart, Inc.

 
  138,000       2.350     12/15/22       141,543  
  207,000       2.550     04/11/23       213,621  
  510,000       3.400     06/26/23       537,848  
  200,000       2.650     12/15/24       213,186  
  184,000       3.050     07/08/26       201,597  
  1,276,000       3.700     06/26/28       1,457,823  
  325,000       3.250     07/08/29       365,417  
  680,000       5.250     09/01/35       934,767  
  395,000       6.500     08/15/37       604,049  
  530,000       3.950     06/28/38       641,968  
  92,000       3.625     12/15/47       109,531  
  672,000       4.050     06/29/48       854,987  
  46,000       2.950     09/24/49       49,659  
     

 

 

 
        51,489,708  

 

 

 
Consumer Noncyclical – 6.3%        
 

Abbott Laboratories

 
  334,000       3.400     11/30/23       354,804  
  415,000       2.950     03/15/25       444,256  
  124,000       3.750     11/30/26       140,384  
  156,000       4.750     11/30/36       202,255  
  540,000       4.900     11/30/46       748,164  
 

AbbVie, Inc.

 
  1,500,000       2.600     11/21/24       1,584,890  
  1,500,000       3.800     03/15/25       1,637,594  
  2,000,000       3.600     05/14/25       2,175,516  
  500,000       3.200     05/14/26       542,263  
  2,000,000       4.050     11/21/39       2,352,462  
  300,000       4.850     06/15/44       385,566  
  250,000       4.750       03/15/45       316,817  
  300,000       4.250     11/21/49       366,121  

 

 

 

 

66   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Noncyclical – (continued)        
 

Altria Group, Inc.

 
$ 250,000       4.000 %       01/31/24     $ 270,281  
  800,000       2.350     05/06/25       834,317  
  800,000       4.800     02/14/29       929,538  
  70,000       2.450     02/04/32       68,334  
  100,000       5.800     02/14/39       125,355  
  500,000       3.400     02/04/41       480,731  
  100,000       4.250     08/09/42       106,030  
  310,000       5.375     01/31/44       372,860  
  614,000       3.875     09/16/46       619,898  
  520,000       5.950     02/14/49       676,212  
  70,000       3.700     02/04/51       67,970  
  150,000       4.000     02/04/61       147,718  
 

Becton Dickinson and Co.

 
  182,000       3.363     06/06/24       194,574  
  326,000       3.734     12/15/24       354,066  
  350,000       3.700     06/06/27       390,099  
  200,000       2.823     05/20/30       211,912  
  300,000       4.685     12/15/44       382,355  
  420,000       4.669     06/06/47       532,538  
 

Boston Scientific Corp.

 
  700,000       3.750     03/01/26       775,471  
  500,000       2.650     06/01/30       520,394  
  210,000       4.550     03/01/39       259,522  
  90,000       4.700     03/01/49       116,992  
 

Eli Lilly & Co.

 
  690,000       3.950     03/15/49       854,622  
  392,000       4.150     03/15/59       511,298  
  92,000       2.500     09/15/60       86,775  
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

 
  1,000,000       0.750     09/29/23       999,968  
  1,000,000       3.500     02/01/25       1,081,843  
  300,000       4.800     04/01/44       385,506  
  300,000       4.150     03/01/47       360,907  
 

Johnson & Johnson

 
  148,200       2.625       01/15/25       157,450  
  166,000       2.450     03/01/26       176,963  
  115,000       2.950     03/03/27       125,960  
  300,000       0.950     09/01/27       296,888  
  360,000       4.375     12/05/33       451,887  
  1,093,000       3.550     03/01/36       1,286,253  
  540,000       3.625     03/03/37       635,932  
  250,000       5.950     08/15/37       366,936  
  245,000       3.400     01/15/38       281,987  
  46,000       2.100     09/01/40       44,509  
  158,000       3.700     03/01/46       191,346  
  795,000       3.750     03/03/47       973,480  
 

Mylan, Inc.

 
  480,000       4.550     04/15/28       554,210  
  240,000       5.200     04/15/48       299,955  
 

Pfizer, Inc.

 
  550,000       3.200     09/15/23       580,938  
  100,000       2.950     03/15/24       106,093  
  92,000       0.800     05/28/25       92,212  
  300,000       3.450     03/15/29       338,353  
  1,500,000       2.625     04/01/30       1,612,552  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Noncyclical – (continued)        
 

Pfizer, Inc. – (continued)

 
400,000       3.900       03/15/39     480,392  
  100,000       7.200     03/15/39       163,722  
  260,000       2.550     05/28/40       264,292  
  100,000       4.300     06/15/43       126,448  
  280,000       4.400     05/15/44       360,220  
  300,000       4.125     12/15/46       377,459  
  100,000       4.200     09/15/48       127,456  
  100,000       4.000     03/15/49       124,445  
  730,000       2.700     05/28/50       738,261  
 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 
  100,000       2.500     11/02/22       102,337  
  50,000       3.250     11/10/24       54,011  
  375,000       3.375     08/11/25       408,071  
  525,000       2.750     02/25/26       561,343  
  390,000       6.375     05/16/38       557,122  
  200,000       4.375       11/15/41       235,487  
  110,000       3.875     08/21/42       121,532  
  615,000       4.125     03/04/43       702,350  
  150,000       4.875     11/15/43       188,436  
  145,000       4.250     11/10/44       170,342  
 

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 
  484,000       2.800     09/15/50       464,805  
 

Royalty Pharma PLC

 
  200,000       0.750     09/02/23       201,250  
 

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC

 
  1,050,000       2.875     09/23/23       1,096,961  
  800,000       3.200     09/23/26       869,615  
 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

 
  654,000       2.950     09/19/26       706,812  
  336,000       3.200     08/15/27       367,669  
  416,000       4.100     08/15/47       513,876  
 

Utah Acquisition Sub, Inc.

 
  1,150,000       3.950     06/15/26       1,276,792  
 

Viatris, Inc.(b)

 
  480,000       4.000     06/22/50       524,144  
 

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

 
  474,000       3.800     11/18/24       514,770  
  450,000       3.450     06/01/26       491,574  
  550,000       4.800     11/18/44       671,694  
 

Wyeth LLC

 
  578,000       6.500     02/01/34       846,862  
  100,000       5.950     04/01/37       143,964  
 

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

 
  320,000       3.550     04/01/25       346,132  
  150,000       3.550     03/20/30       165,576  
 

Zoetis, Inc.

 
  214,000       3.000     09/12/27       232,466  
  790,000       4.700     02/01/43       1,029,883  
     

 

 

 
        48,871,653  

 

 

 
Electric – 1.3%        
 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.

 
  150,000       4.625     12/01/54       192,969  
  500,000       3.600     06/15/61       545,317  
 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series 20B

 
  450,000       3.950       04/01/50       524,440  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   67


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Electric – (continued)        
 

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

 
$ 150,000       3.200 %       08/15/49     $ 160,194  
 

Duke Energy Corp.

 
  500,000       3.750     04/15/24       536,908  
  390,000       2.650     09/01/26       415,189  
  100,000       2.450     06/01/30       102,296  
  552,000       3.750     09/01/46       602,200  
 

Exelon Corp.

 
  92,000       4.050     04/15/30       105,370  
  392,000       4.700     04/15/50       503,795  
 

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

 
  200,000       3.250     06/01/25       215,088  
  210,000       6.250     10/01/39       262,972  
  120,000       5.600     06/15/42       142,848  
 

Georgia Power Co., Series A

 
  436,000       3.250     03/15/51       455,281  
 

NiSource, Inc.

 
  100,000       0.950     08/15/25       99,443  
  192,000       3.600     05/01/30       213,249  
  500,000       1.700     02/15/31       479,873  
  100,000       3.950     03/30/48       116,511  
 

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

 
  600,000       2.100     08/01/27       581,016  
  650,000       3.300     12/01/27       667,258  
 

Southern California Edison Co.

 
  500,000       4.000     04/01/47       537,418  
  200,000       3.650     02/01/50       205,957  
 

Southern California Edison Co., Series C

 
  200,000       4.125     03/01/48       217,146  
 

Southern Co. (The)

 
  240,000       2.950     07/01/23       250,192  
  1,050,000       3.250     07/01/26       1,138,363  
  430,000       4.400     07/01/46       521,556  
     

 

 

 
        9,792,849  

 

 

 
Energy – 8.0%        
 

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC / Baker Hughes Co.-Obligor, Inc.

 
  700,000       2.773     12/15/22       720,377  
  330,000       3.337       12/15/27       360,819  
  200,000       4.080     12/15/47       228,507  
 

BP Capital Markets America, Inc.

 
  270,000       2.750     05/10/23       280,707  
  510,000       3.790     02/06/24       547,335  
  150,000       3.224     04/14/24       159,342  
  100,000       3.194     04/06/25       107,567  
  239,000       3.796     09/21/25       264,088  
  500,000       3.410     02/11/26       546,975  
  410,000       3.119     05/04/26       445,114  
  860,000       3.017     01/16/27       931,972  
  720,000       4.234     11/06/28       833,202  
  650,000       3.633     04/06/30       732,517  
  400,000       1.749     08/10/30       393,416  
  925,000       3.000     02/24/50       918,960  
 

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC

 
  500,000       7.000     06/30/24       568,062  
  535,000       5.875     03/31/25       608,897  
  1,274,000       5.125     06/30/27       1,483,414  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)        
 

Chevron Corp.

 
1,500,000       3.191       06/24/23     1,567,792  
  300,000       1.995     05/11/27       310,428  
 

ConocoPhillips

 
  300,000       4.300 (b)      08/15/28       346,829  
  600,000       6.500     02/01/39       885,067  
 

ConocoPhillips Co.

 
  500,000       4.950     03/15/26       578,064  
  100,000       6.950     04/15/29       135,815  
  300,000       4.300     11/15/44       366,405  
 

Devon Energy Corp.

 
  100,000       5.600     07/15/41       125,250  
  205,000       4.750     05/15/42       235,237  
  100,000       5.000     06/15/45       118,875  
 

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

 
  100,000       3.500     12/01/29       107,438  
 

Energy Transfer LP

 
  100,000       4.250     03/15/23       104,316  
  100,000       4.500       04/15/24       108,506  
  600,000       4.050     03/15/25       649,756  
  1,540,000       2.900     05/15/25       1,619,788  
  200,000       4.750     01/15/26       224,046  
  200,000       5.500     06/01/27       236,149  
  100,000       4.000     10/01/27       110,953  
  200,000       4.950     06/15/28       231,710  
  100,000       5.250     04/15/29       118,008  
  100,000       3.750     05/15/30       108,698  
  100,000       6.500     02/01/42       131,750  
  201,000       5.300     04/15/47       237,807  
  828,000       5.400     10/01/47       997,350  
  412,000       6.000     06/15/48       525,079  
  201,000       6.250     04/15/49       268,180  
  400,000       5.000     05/15/50       469,891  
 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

 
  492,000       3.350     03/15/23       510,350  
  157,000       3.900     02/15/24       168,211  
  207,000       3.750     02/15/25       225,244  
  478,000       3.125     07/31/29       518,336  
  150,000       5.950     02/01/41       208,854  
  207,000       4.850     08/15/42       255,873  
  250,000       4.450     02/15/43       294,965  
  304,000       4.850     03/15/44       371,605  
  710,000       5.100     02/15/45       897,876  
  250,000       4.900     05/15/46       303,638  
  414,000       4.800     02/01/49       514,407  
  368,000       4.200     01/31/50       426,185  
  128,000       3.950     01/31/60       142,849  
 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC(a), Series E
(3M USD LIBOR + 3.033%)


 
  164,000       5.250     08/16/77       171,790  
 

EOG Resources, Inc.

 
  690,000       4.375     04/15/30       813,736  
  340,000       4.950     04/15/50       458,312  
 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 
  200,000       2.726       03/01/23       206,311  
  800,000       1.571     04/15/23       816,303  

 

 

 

 

68   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)        
 

Exxon Mobil Corp. – (continued)

 
$ 600,000       2.019 %       08/16/24     $ 625,319  
  1,000,000       2.992       03/19/25       1,070,871  
  1,000,000       3.043     03/01/26       1,085,047  
  100,000       3.294     03/19/27       110,609  
  700,000       3.482     03/19/30       786,708  
  600,000       3.567     03/06/45       667,474  
  100,000       4.114     03/01/46       119,736  
  1,000,000       3.095     08/16/49       1,021,621  
  820,000       4.327     03/19/50       1,028,591  
  100,000       3.452     04/15/51       111,009  
 

Halliburton Co.

 
  350,000       2.920     03/01/30       363,791  
  1,320,000       4.850     11/15/35       1,565,850  
  250,000       7.450     09/15/39       367,188  
  200,000       5.000     11/15/45       242,250  
 

Hess Corp.

 
  290,000       4.300     04/01/27       322,443  
  148,000       6.000     01/15/40       187,035  
  388,000       5.600     02/15/41       485,485  
 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

 
  600,000       5.500     03/01/44       763,045  
 

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

 
  200,000       3.150     01/15/23       207,158  
  800,000       5.300     12/01/34       996,864  
  500,000       5.050     02/15/46       616,894  
  100,000       3.600     02/15/51       103,099  
 

Kinder Morgan, Inc., GMTN

 
  300,000       7.750     01/15/32       435,080  
 

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

 
  1,400,000       4.700     05/01/25       1,566,250  
  100,000       6.500     03/01/41       138,875  
  100,000       4.750     09/15/44       119,500  
 

MPLX LP

 
  750,000       4.500     07/15/23       796,567  
  200,000       4.125     03/01/27       224,625  
  100,000       4.800       02/15/29       117,380  
  1,440,000       2.650     08/15/30       1,474,200  
  350,000       4.500     04/15/38       401,934  
  649,000       5.200     03/01/47       800,479  
  200,000       5.500     02/15/49       259,764  
 

ONEOK Partners LP

 
  200,000       3.375     10/01/22       204,853  
 

ONEOK, Inc.

 
  280,000       4.550     07/15/28       320,210  
  718,000       3.100     03/15/30       756,365  
  100,000       5.200     07/15/48       123,205  
 

Phillips 66

 
  1,000,000       0.900     02/15/24       1,000,066  
  390,000       4.650     11/15/34       461,644  
  200,000       4.875     11/15/44       251,820  
 

Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp.

 
  914,000       4.650     10/15/25       1,017,967  
  240,000       4.500     12/15/26       269,399  
  414,000       3.550     12/15/29       439,631  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)        
 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

 
100,000       5.625       04/15/23     106,562  
  600,000       5.750       05/15/24       669,375  
  500,000       5.625     03/01/25       569,313  
  486,000       5.000     03/15/27       562,545  
  140,000       4.200     03/15/28       157,675  
  932,000       4.500     05/15/30       1,080,538  
 

Schlumberger Investment SA

 
  500,000       3.650     12/01/23       531,552  
 

Spectra Energy Partners LP

 
  400,000       4.750     03/15/24       436,573  
 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC

 
  200,000       7.850     02/01/26       251,957  
 

Valero Energy Corp.

 
  740,000       2.700     04/15/23       762,797  
  500,000       1.200     03/15/24       503,809  
  290,000       4.350     06/01/28       327,711  
  257,000       4.000     04/01/29       284,624  
  250,000       6.625       06/15/37       341,569  
 

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

 
  870,000       3.700     01/15/23       901,980  
  100,000       4.000     09/15/25       110,137  
  100,000       3.750     06/15/27       110,947  
  320,000       3.500     11/15/30       352,226  
  526,000       6.300     04/15/40       726,477  
  750,000       5.100     09/15/45       935,466  
  280,000       4.850     03/01/48       346,089  
     

 

 

 
        62,453,126  

 

 

 
Financial Company – 0.6%  
 

Ally Financial, Inc.

 
  680,000       3.050     06/05/23       706,979  
  789,000       1.450     10/02/23       800,933  
  270,000       3.875     05/21/24       291,952  
  532,000       8.000     11/01/31       781,611  
 

Ares Capital Corp.

 
  1,780,000       4.200     06/10/24       1,913,723  
  70,000       2.150     07/15/26       70,494  
     

 

 

 
        4,565,692  

 

 

 
Food and Beverage – 2.9%  
 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

 
  50,000       3.375     03/25/27       55,823  
  50,000       1.450     06/01/27       50,955  
  520,000       1.000     03/15/28       507,523  
  500,000       3.450     03/25/30       567,670  
  500,000       1.650     06/01/30       495,711  
  300,000       2.000     03/05/31       305,224  
  380,000       2.500     06/01/40       380,790  
  300,000       2.875     05/05/41       314,575  
  430,000       2.600     06/01/50       427,701  
  100,000       3.000     03/05/51       106,574  
  220,000       2.750     06/01/60       221,107  
 

Conagra Brands, Inc.

 
  600,000       4.600     11/01/25       677,490  
  350,000       4.850     11/01/28       418,124  
  390,000       5.300       11/01/38       505,242  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   69


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Food and Beverage – (continued)  
 

General Mills, Inc.

 
$ 200,000       3.700 %       10/17/23     $ 213,164  
  500,000       4.000     04/17/25       552,109  
  470,000       4.200     04/17/28       542,080  
 

Hormel Foods Corp.

 
  300,000       0.650     06/03/24       300,687  
 

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

 
  266,000       4.057     05/25/23       282,130  
  300,000       0.750     03/15/24       300,474  
  510,000       4.597     05/25/28       598,716  
  100,000       3.200     05/01/30       109,247  
 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

 
  890,000       3.000     06/01/26       943,887  
  804,000       5.000     07/15/35       997,171  
  250,000       6.875     01/26/39       371,873  
  552,000       4.375     06/01/46       635,315  
  490,000       4.875     10/01/49       610,604  
 

Molson Coors Beverage Co.

 
  1,270,000       3.000     07/15/26       1,364,622  
  690,000       5.000     05/01/42       856,482  
  150,000       4.200     07/15/46       169,439  
 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 
  50,000       2.750     03/01/23       51,864  
  140,000       2.250     03/19/25       147,130  
  120,000       2.750     04/30/25       128,322  
  216,000       2.850     02/24/26       233,066  
  222,000       2.375     10/06/26       237,564  
  100,000       3.000     10/15/27       110,259  
  96,000       2.625     07/29/29       103,216  
  210,000       2.750     03/19/30       227,704  
  100,000       1.400     02/25/31       98,145  
  545,000       4.450     04/14/46       712,810  
  720,000       3.450     10/06/46       820,154  
  330,000       4.000     05/02/47       408,228  
  300,000       3.375     07/29/49       341,228  
  240,000       3.625       03/19/50       285,850  
  618,000       3.875     03/19/60       780,389  
 

Sysco Corp.

 
  604,000       3.300     07/15/26       656,578  
  635,000       3.250     07/15/27       690,764  
  365,000       5.950     04/01/30       470,756  
  270,000       6.600     04/01/50       433,260  
 

Tyson Foods, Inc.

 
  120,000       3.950     08/15/24       130,221  
  342,000       4.000     03/01/26       381,503  
  500,000       3.550     06/02/27       557,270  
  110,000       4.550     06/02/47       137,661  
  300,000       5.100     09/28/48       411,643  
     

 

 

 
        22,438,094  

 

 

 
Hardware – 0.2%  
 

Micron Technology, Inc.

 
  99,000       2.497     04/24/23       102,174  
  733,000       4.185     02/15/27       831,955  
  400,000       4.663     02/15/30       470,000  
     

 

 

 
        1,404,129  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Healthcare – 3.4%  
 

Aetna, Inc.

 
312,000       2.750       11/15/22     319,161  
  200,000       2.800     06/15/23       207,688  
  250,000       3.500     11/15/24       268,934  
  410,000       6.625     06/15/36       596,864  
  268,000       3.875     08/15/47       305,569  
 

Anthem, Inc.

 
  306,000       3.500     08/15/24       328,486  
  50,000       3.350     12/01/24       54,017  
  552,000       3.650     12/01/27       618,042  
  84,000       4.625     05/15/42       105,521  
  668,000       4.650     01/15/43       842,427  
  614,000       4.650     08/15/44       778,724  
  405,000       4.375     12/01/47       504,696  
  318,000       4.550     03/01/48       405,403  
  300,000       3.125       05/15/50       313,190  
 

Cigna Corp.

 
  700,000       3.000     07/15/23       731,542  
  78,000       3.750     07/15/23       82,654  
  400,000       4.125     11/15/25       447,351  
  300,000       4.500     02/25/26       340,524  
  150,000       3.400     03/01/27       165,507  
  440,000       4.375     10/15/28       514,309  
  50,000       2.400     03/15/30       51,448  
  130,000       4.800     08/15/38       163,323  
  520,000       4.800     07/15/46       665,641  
  536,000       3.875     10/15/47       610,478  
  1,100,000       4.900     12/15/48       1,449,815  
  320,000       3.400     03/15/50       340,238  
 

CVS Health Corp.

 
  442,000       2.750     12/01/22       452,793  
  294,000       3.700     03/09/23       308,024  
  520,000       2.625     08/15/24       547,195  
  154,000       4.100     03/25/25       169,947  
  400,000       3.875     07/20/25       440,793  
  100,000       2.875     06/01/26       107,506  
  400,000       3.000     08/15/26       431,647  
  530,000       3.625     04/01/27       587,904  
  725,000       4.300     03/25/28       837,104  
  730,000       3.250     08/15/29       795,436  
  1,320,000       4.780     03/25/38       1,637,775  
  350,000       4.125     04/01/40       409,422  
  350,000       2.700     08/21/40       343,311  
  240,000       5.300     12/05/43       321,329  
  728,000       5.125     07/20/45       964,371  
  950,000       5.050     03/25/48       1,261,296  
 

HCA, Inc.

 
  470,000       4.750     05/01/23       501,431  
  516,000       5.000     03/15/24       567,922  
  520,000       5.250     04/15/25       594,100  
  600,000       5.250     06/15/26       694,500  
  555,000       4.500       02/15/27       629,578  
  404,000       4.125     06/15/29       458,540  
  500,000       3.500     09/01/30       538,125  
  295,000       5.125     06/15/39       374,281  
  345,000       5.500     06/15/47       457,988  

 

 

 

 

70   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Healthcare – (continued)  
 

HCA, Inc. – (continued)

 
$ 350,000       5.250 %       06/15/49     $ 458,063  
     

 

 

 
        26,101,933  

 

 

 
Insurance – 1.1%  
 

American International Group, Inc.

 
  600,000       2.500     06/30/25       630,093  
  100,000       3.900     04/01/26       111,142  
  200,000       4.200     04/01/28       230,412  
  500,000       3.875     01/15/35       572,784  
  255,000       6.250     05/01/36       358,912  
  100,000       4.500     07/16/44       123,949  
  100,000       4.375     06/30/50       125,774  
  500,000       4.375     01/15/55       629,194  
 

American International Group, Inc.(a), Series A-9
(3M USD LIBOR + 2.868%)


 
  100,000       5.750     04/01/48       115,463  
 

Chubb INA Holdings, Inc.

 
  955,000       4.350     11/03/45       1,235,499  
 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

 
  175,000       4.375     03/15/29       205,846  
  100,000       2.250     11/15/30       102,677  
  496,000       4.900     03/15/49       684,865  
 

MetLife, Inc.

 
  500,000       3.600     04/10/24       539,078  
  300,000       6.400     12/15/36       383,064  
  Prudential Financial, Inc. (3M USD LIBOR + 3.920%)  
  500,000       5.625 (a)      06/15/43       532,103  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 3.031%)

 
  100,000       5.375 (a)      05/15/45       110,594  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 2.380%)

 
  400,000       4.500 (a)      09/15/47       439,909  
  210,000       3.905       12/07/47       250,006  
  46,000       3.935     12/07/49       55,082  
 

Prudential Financial, Inc., MTN

 
  300,000       5.700     12/14/36       416,546  
  480,000       4.350     02/25/50       614,359  
  350,000       3.700     03/13/51       408,855  
     

 

 

 
        8,876,206  

 

 

 
Metals and Mining – 0.1%  
 

Newmont Corp.

 
  310,000       4.875     03/15/42       397,334  

 

 

 
REITs and Real Estate – 0.4%  
 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

 
  300,000       1.875     02/01/33       287,205  
 

GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc.

 
  917,000       5.375     04/15/26       1,052,232  
  638,000       5.300     01/15/29       748,528  
 

Simon Property Group LP

 
  100,000       3.250     11/30/26       109,117  
  500,000       3.250     09/13/49       512,749  
  100,000       3.800     07/15/50       112,030  
 

Welltower, Inc.

 
  300,000       4.250     04/15/28       345,752  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
REITs and Real Estate – (continued)  
 

Welltower, Inc. – (continued)

 
50,000       3.100       01/15/30     53,535  
     

 

 

 
        3,221,148  

 

 

 
Revenue – 0.4%  
 

Ascension Health

 
  200,000       3.945     11/15/46       250,511  
 

Ascension Health, Series B

 
  300,000       2.532     11/15/29       318,895  
 

CommonSpirit Health

 
  100,000       2.760     10/01/24       105,429  
  220,000       3.347     10/01/29       239,290  
  633,000       4.350     11/01/42       760,391  
  200,000       4.187     10/01/49       233,024  
 

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

 
  580,000       4.150     05/01/47       729,406  
 

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Series 2019

 
  430,000       3.266       11/01/49       481,043  
     

 

 

 
        3,117,989  

 

 

 
Software – 2.1%  
 

Oracle Corp.

 
  800,000       2.500     10/15/22       819,254  
  265,000       2.625     02/15/23       273,070  
  200,000       3.625     07/15/23       211,772  
  220,000       2.400     09/15/23       228,104  
  660,000       3.400     07/08/24       706,336  
  40,000       2.950     11/15/24       42,603  
  900,000       2.500     04/01/25       944,429  
  230,000       2.950     05/15/25       244,647  
  823,000       2.650     07/15/26       871,129  
  80,000       3.250     11/15/27       87,250  
  100,000       2.300     03/25/28       103,086  
  900,000       2.950     04/01/30       955,613  
  444,000       4.300     07/08/34       516,405  
  866,000       3.850     07/15/36       960,780  
  245,000       3.800     11/15/37       268,344  
  796,000       6.500     04/15/38       1,133,748  
  400,000       3.600     04/01/40       424,752  
  418,000       5.375     07/15/40       541,524  
  340,000       3.650     03/25/41       364,120  
  754,000       4.125     05/15/45       846,029  
  300,000       4.000     07/15/46       330,483  
  410,000       4.000     11/15/47       452,280  
  850,000       3.600     04/01/50       890,601  
  600,000       3.950     03/25/51       663,390  
  250,000       4.375     05/15/55       294,641  
  1,095,000       3.850     04/01/60       1,179,228  
  537,000       4.100     03/25/61       605,746  
 

salesforce.com, Inc.

 
  600,000       1.950     07/15/31       609,296  
  250,000       2.700     07/15/41       254,896  
  350,000       2.900     07/15/51       360,627  
  250,000       3.050       07/15/61       260,471  
     

 

 

 
        16,444,654  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   71


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Technology – 8.8%  
 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 
$ 800,000       3.400 %       09/15/26     $ 882,068  
 

Adobe, Inc.

 
  208,000       3.250     02/01/25       224,229  
  180,000       2.150     02/01/27       189,270  
  500,000       2.300     02/01/30       522,478  
 

Alphabet, Inc.

 
  274,000       1.998     08/15/26       288,017  
  832,000       2.050     08/15/50       757,100  
  549,000       2.250     08/15/60       499,120  
 

Apple, Inc.

 
  1,348,000       2.100     09/12/22       1,372,310  
  300,000       2.400     01/13/23       308,656  
  1,420,000       2.400     05/03/23       1,470,773  
  180,000       3.000     02/09/24       190,403  
  489,000       3.450     05/06/24       527,587  
  495,000       2.850     05/11/24       524,644  
  500,000       2.750     01/13/25       531,870  
  721,000       3.250     02/23/26       789,401  
  214,000       2.450     08/04/26       228,018  
  210,000       3.000     06/20/27       231,358  
  1,145,000       2.900     09/12/27       1,249,665  
  830,000       3.000     11/13/27       911,459  
  500,000       1.200     02/08/28       494,312  
  500,000       1.400     08/05/28       499,805  
  100,000       1.650     05/11/30       99,734  
  600,000       1.650     02/08/31       593,423  
  985,000       4.500     02/23/36       1,251,465  
  150,000       2.375     02/08/41       147,539  
  637,000       3.850     05/04/43       765,196  
  310,000       4.450     05/06/44       403,289  
  305,000       3.450     02/09/45       344,890  
  380,000       4.375     05/13/45       486,928  
  1,688,000       4.650       02/23/46       2,246,933  
  556,000       3.850     08/04/46       668,252  
  296,000       4.250     02/09/47       373,644  
  550,000       3.750     11/13/47       649,475  
  977,000       2.950     09/11/49       1,015,585  
  239,000       2.400     08/20/50       226,261  
 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 
  300,000       3.300     04/01/27       331,900  
  150,000       1.750     06/01/30       149,381  
  200,000       4.350     04/01/47       256,941  
 

Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.

 
  100,000       3.625     01/15/24       106,320  
  1,019,000       3.875     01/15/27       1,125,322  
  210,000       3.500     01/15/28       228,670  
 

Broadcom, Inc.

 
  500,000       3.150     11/15/25       535,201  
  310,000       4.250     04/15/26       345,390  
  431,000       3.459     09/15/26       468,800  
  470,000       4.750     04/15/29       546,192  
  986,000       5.000     04/15/30       1,168,815  
  760,000       4.150     11/15/30       854,785  
  600,000       2.450 (b)      02/15/31       593,920  
  590,000       4.300     11/15/32       675,027  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Technology – (continued)  
 

Broadcom, Inc. – (continued)

 
425,000       3.419 %(b)      04/15/33     451,689  
  290,000       3.469 (b)      04/15/34       308,078  
  600,000       3.500 (b)      02/15/41       615,038  
  170,000       3.750 (b)      02/15/51       176,848  
 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 
  500,000       2.200     09/20/23       518,435  
 

Dell International LLC / EMC Corp.

 
  565,000       5.450     06/15/23       608,730  
  648,000       6.020     06/15/26       775,411  
  1,426,000       4.900     10/01/26       1,653,416  
  460,000       8.100     07/15/36       705,388  
  400,000       8.350     07/15/46       659,326  
 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 
  250,000       0.600       03/01/24       249,938  
  500,000       1.650     03/01/28       500,422  
 

Fiserv, Inc.

 
  100,000       3.800     10/01/23       106,636  
  400,000       2.750     07/01/24       422,500  
  500,000       3.200     07/01/26       543,770  
  500,000       3.500     07/01/29       549,912  
  400,000       4.400     07/01/49       490,218  
 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

 
  300,000       2.250     04/01/23       307,761  
  300,000       4.450     10/02/23       322,873  
  300,000       6.350     10/15/45       415,495  
 

HP, Inc.

 
  300,000       3.400     06/17/30       320,694  
  368,000       6.000     09/15/41       483,565  
 

Intel Corp.

 
  300,000       2.700     12/15/22       309,478  
  300,000       2.875     05/11/24       318,166  
  503,000       3.700     07/29/25       553,698  
  120,000       2.600     05/19/26       128,613  
  755,000       3.150     05/11/27       832,719  
  821,000       2.450     11/15/29       867,061  
  354,000       4.600     03/25/40       450,303  
  300,000       4.800     10/01/41       393,043  
  290,000       4.100     05/19/46       349,902  
  320,000       4.100     05/11/47       387,439  
  295,000       3.734     12/08/47       337,679  
  670,000       3.250     11/15/49       715,034  
  525,000       4.750     03/25/50       703,952  
  50,000       3.100     02/15/60       51,070  
  100,000       4.950     03/25/60       140,970  
 

International Business Machines Corp.

 
  100,000       2.875     11/09/22       103,061  
  300,000       3.375     08/01/23       317,129  
  145,000       3.625     02/12/24       155,771  
  1,260,000       3.300     05/15/26       1,387,932  
  300,000       1.700       05/15/27       305,844  
  1,150,000       1.950     05/15/30       1,154,640  
  540,000       4.150     05/15/39       648,847  
  427,000       4.000     06/20/42       506,729  
  300,000       2.950     05/15/50       304,889  

 

 

 

 

72   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Technology – (continued)  
 

KLA Corp.

 
$ 300,000       4.650 %     11/01/24     $ 332,883  
  300,000       4.100     03/15/29       346,144  
 

Lam Research Corp.

 
  515,000       4.000     03/15/29       598,226  
  280,000       1.900     06/15/30       282,855  
  220,000       4.875     03/15/49       304,436  
 

Microsoft Corp.

 
  120,000       2.650     11/03/22       123,008  
  220,000       2.125     11/15/22       225,032  
  870,000       2.000     08/08/23       897,610  
  522,000       2.875     02/06/24       551,115  
  776,000       2.700     02/12/25       827,237  
  256,000       3.125     11/03/25       279,002  
  176,000       2.400     08/08/26       188,368  
  205,000       3.300     02/06/27       228,691  
  360,000       3.500     02/12/35       423,363  
  750,000       3.450     08/08/36       875,268  
  113,000       4.100     02/06/37       140,703  
  600,000       3.700     08/08/46       731,952  
  250,000       4.250     02/06/47       330,498  
  1,751,000       2.525     06/01/50       1,752,568  
  1,200,000       2.921     03/17/52       1,292,785  
  1,196,000       2.675     06/01/60       1,211,989  
  100,000       3.041     03/17/62       108,898  
 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 
  216,000       2.900     05/20/24       229,080  
  330,000       3.450     05/20/25       359,104  
  320,000       3.250     05/20/27       353,873  
  126,000       2.150     05/20/30       129,230  
  200,000       4.650     05/20/35       254,118  
  536,000       4.800       05/20/45       721,091  
  250,000       4.300     05/20/47       318,773  
 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 
  300,000       2.250     09/04/29       313,816  
  552,000       4.150     05/15/48       699,450  
 

VMware, Inc.

 
  50,000       3.900     08/21/27       56,017  
 

Western Digital Corp.

 
  1,000,000       4.750     02/15/26       1,121,250  
     

 

 

 
        68,570,366  

 

 

 
Transportation – 1.4%  
 

CSX Corp.

 
  696,000       3.250     06/01/27       762,259  
  120,000       3.800     03/01/28       135,406  
  46,000       4.100     03/15/44       54,531  
  490,000       3.800     11/01/46       563,984  
 

FedEx Corp.

 
  540,000       3.100     08/05/29       585,428  
  92,000       5.100     01/15/44       120,547  
  250,000       4.750     11/15/45       315,627  
  234,000       4.550     04/01/46       287,317  
  260,000       4.400     01/15/47       315,524  
  584,000       4.950     10/17/48       768,349  
  160,000       5.250     05/15/50       220,344  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Transportation – (continued)  
 

FedEx Corp. Pass Through Trust, Series 2020-1

 
47,326       1.875       02/20/34     47,667  
 

Southwest Airlines Co.

 
  270,000       4.750     05/04/23       288,330  
  170,000       5.250     05/04/25       192,511  
 

Union Pacific Corp.

 
  414,000       3.950     09/10/28       475,110  
  500,000       2.400     02/05/30       520,546  
  400,000       3.250     02/05/50       428,504  
  310,000       3.799     10/01/51       360,551  
  408,000       3.839     03/20/60       475,364  
  950,000       3.799 (b)      04/06/71       1,091,035  
 

United Parcel Service, Inc.

 
  272,000       2.450       10/01/22       278,599  
  92,000       3.050     11/15/27       102,086  
  792,000       3.400     03/15/29       889,080  
  330,000       3.750     11/15/47       394,981  
  934,000       5.300     04/01/50       1,389,007  
     

 

 

 
        11,062,687  

 

 

 
Wireless – 5.9%  
 

American Tower Corp.

 
  250,000       4.000     06/01/25       274,458  
  1,050,000       3.375     10/15/26       1,142,741  
  200,000       2.750     01/15/27       211,366  
  675,000       3.800     08/15/29       753,606  
  80,000       2.900     01/15/30       84,194  
  601,000       3.100     06/15/50       596,470  
 

AT&T, Inc.

 
  230,000       2.625     12/01/22       235,408  
  880,000       4.125     02/17/26       986,127  
  915,000       3.800     02/15/27       1,021,683  
  900,000       4.250     03/01/27       1,025,671  
  339,000       2.300     06/01/27       352,726  
  75,000       1.650     02/01/28       75,134  
  660,000       4.100     02/15/28       753,796  
  715,000       4.350     03/01/29       828,978  
  997,000       4.300     02/15/30       1,162,069  
  595,000       2.750     06/01/31       624,891  
  1,000,000       2.250     02/01/32       993,063  
  500,000       2.550 (b)      12/01/33       502,040  
  435,000       4.500     05/15/35       515,649  
  551,000       5.250     03/01/37       698,323  
  140,000       4.850     03/01/39       171,602  
  90,000       5.350     09/01/40       116,950  
  450,000       4.300     12/15/42       518,471  
  330,000       4.350     06/15/45       382,709  
  435,000       4.750     05/15/46       533,392  
  250,000       5.650     02/15/47       341,721  
  545,000       4.500     03/09/48       646,085  
  317,000       4.550       03/09/49       381,436  
  335,000       5.150     02/15/50       435,211  
  470,000       3.650     06/01/51       498,776  
  100,000       3.300     02/01/52       100,080  
  1,350,000       3.500 (b)      09/15/53       1,388,042  
  2,072,000       3.550 (b)      09/15/55       2,136,191  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   73


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Wireless – (continued)  
 

AT&T, Inc. – (continued)

 
$ 300,000       3.800 %(b)      12/01/57     $ 320,451  
  1,702,000       3.650 (b)      09/15/59       1,760,278  
  92,000       3.850     06/01/60       98,640  
 

CC Holdings GS V LLC / Crown Castle GS III Corp.

 
  450,000       3.849     04/15/23       474,240  
 

Crown Castle International Corp.

 
  60,000       3.150     07/15/23       62,877  
  510,000       4.450     02/15/26       573,631  
  200,000       3.700     06/15/26       220,450  
  130,000       3.650     09/01/27       144,103  
  300,000       3.300     07/01/30       323,822  
  390,000       2.250     01/15/31       388,052  
  390,000       2.100     04/01/31       383,015  
  100,000       3.250     01/15/51       101,111  
 

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

 
  300,000       3.875     04/15/30       336,746  
 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 
  650,000       3.500     11/01/24       703,399  
  184,000       3.376     02/15/25       199,033  
  540,000       0.850     11/20/25       534,115  
  853,000       2.625     08/15/26       907,657  
  450,000       4.125     03/16/27       515,034  
  1,070,000       2.100     03/22/28       1,101,131  
  722,000       4.329     09/21/28       842,307  
  860,000       4.016     12/03/29       989,685  
  471,000       3.150     03/22/30       512,032  
  300,000       1.500     09/18/30       289,332  
  1,350,000       2.550     03/21/31       1,391,652  
  485,000       4.500     08/10/33       586,407  
  750,000       4.400     11/01/34       903,072  
  220,000       4.272       01/15/36       262,687  
  510,000       5.250     03/16/37       677,132  
  1,070,000       2.650     11/20/40       1,043,833  
  450,000       3.850     11/01/42       515,075  
  60,000       6.550     09/15/43       96,344  
  804,000       4.125     08/15/46       949,420  
  700,000       4.862     08/21/46       912,651  
  815,000       4.522     09/15/48       1,023,784  
  330,000       5.012     04/15/49       441,458  
  400,000       2.875     11/20/50       386,085  
  800,000       3.550     03/22/51       873,802  
  394,000       5.012     08/21/54       544,216  
  469,000       4.672     03/15/55       614,318  
  850,000       2.987     10/30/56       822,988  
  500,000       3.000     11/20/60       484,733  
  650,000       3.700     03/22/61       718,608  
     

 

 

 
        45,518,465  

 

 

 
  TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS    
  (Cost $610,606,525)     $ 630,565,505  

 

 

 
     
Foreign Corporate Debt – 17.5%  
Banks – 8.5%        
 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Spain)

 
$ 1,000,000       0.875 %     09/18/23     $ 1,005,209  
  200,000       1.125     09/18/25       199,169  
 

Banco Santander SA (Spain)

 
  600,000       2.746     05/28/25       632,220  
  600,000       4.250     04/11/27       679,789  
  600,000       3.490     05/28/30       653,719  
  600,000       2.749     12/03/30       602,851  
 

Bank of Montreal (Canada)(a) (5 Year USD Swap + 1.280%)

 
  100,000       4.338       10/05/28       107,000  
 

(5 Year USD Swap + 1.432%)

 
  1,750,000       3.803       12/15/32       1,942,500  
 

Bank of Montreal, MTN (Canada)

 
  190,000       2.350     09/11/22       194,161  
  210,000       2.550       11/06/22       215,310  
 

Bank of Montreal, Series E (Canada)

 
  50,000       3.300     02/05/24       53,349  
 

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (Canada)

 
  500,000       2.000     11/15/22       510,644  
  800,000       3.400     02/11/24       854,593  
  300,000       4.500     12/16/25       340,311  
 

Barclays PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  1,000,000       3.684     01/10/23       1,012,294  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.356%)

 
  1,100,000       4.338 (a)      05/16/24       1,167,906  
  890,000       3.650     03/16/25       965,482  
  1,035,000       4.375     01/12/26       1,165,367  
 

(SOFR + 2.714%)

 
  200,000       2.852 (a)      05/07/26       211,487  
  210,000       5.200     05/12/26       241,792  
  350,000       4.836     05/09/28       396,396  
 

(US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 2.900%)

 
  200,000       3.564     09/23/35       209,853  
 

(US 1 Year CMT T-Note + 1.700%)

 
  500,000       3.811 (a)      03/10/42       544,420  
  330,000       5.250     08/17/45       448,344  
  600,000       4.950     01/10/47       793,093  
 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Canada)

 
  1,160,000       3.500     09/13/23       1,233,739  
  450,000       3.100     04/02/24       477,840  
 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA (Netherlands)

 
  370,000       3.950     11/09/22       385,320  
  350,000       4.625     12/01/23       380,949  
  815,000       3.750     07/21/26       900,337  
  468,000       5.250     05/24/41       657,565  
  745,000       5.250     08/04/45       1,017,877  
 

Deutsche Bank AG (Germany)

 
  530,000       3.300     11/16/22       547,330  
  950,000       3.950     02/27/23       995,707  
  130,000       3.700     05/30/24       139,033  
 

(SOFR + 2.581%)

 
  800,000       3.961 (a)      11/26/25       869,448  
 

(SOFR + 1.718%)

 
  300,000       3.035 (a)      05/28/32       310,611  

 

 

 

 

74   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)        
 

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

 
$ 540,000       4.250 %       03/14/24     $ 582,360  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.987%)

 
  800,000       3.950 (a)      05/18/24       846,171  
  400,000       4.250     08/18/25       443,142  
 

(SOFR + 1.402%)

 
  550,000       2.633 (a)      11/07/25       576,186  
  750,000       4.300     03/08/26       844,519  
  1,390,000       3.900     05/25/26       1,543,635  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.348%)

 
  500,000       4.292 (a)      09/12/26       555,845  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.535%)

 
  700,000       4.583 (a)      06/19/29       808,667  
  1,080,000       4.950     03/31/30       1,305,818  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.610%)

 
  500,000       3.973 (a)      05/22/30       562,085  
 

(SOFR + 2.387%)

 
  1,155,000       2.848 (a)      06/04/31       1,206,614  
 

(SOFR + 1.947%)

 
  1,050,000       2.357 (a)      08/18/31       1,053,177  
  250,000       6.500     05/02/36       347,671  
  546,000       6.500     09/15/37       769,971  
  405,000       6.800     06/01/38       583,788  
  130,000       6.100     01/14/42       191,204  
 

ING Groep NV (Netherlands)

 
  590,000       4.100     10/02/23       633,564  
  200,000       3.950     03/29/27       225,080  
  490,000       4.550     10/02/28       577,817  
  330,000       4.050     04/09/29       380,970  
 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  400,000       4.050     08/16/23       427,005  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.810%)

 
  1,000,000       2.907 (a)      11/07/23       1,027,506  
  1,000,000       4.375     03/22/28       1,153,918  
  290,000       4.344     01/09/48       348,288  
 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
  690,000       3.407     03/07/24       737,366  
  600,000       2.193     02/25/25       624,383  
  850,000       3.850     03/01/26       949,216  
  830,000       3.677     02/22/27       928,265  
  150,000       3.287     07/25/27       166,080  
  474,000       3.961     03/02/28       539,041  
  100,000       3.741     03/07/29       112,857  
  500,000       3.195     07/18/29       545,808  
  640,000       2.559     02/25/30       665,561  
  200,000       2.048     07/17/30       200,122  
  200,000       3.751     07/18/39       230,971  
 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
  640,000       2.601     09/11/22       655,288  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.830%)

 
  200,000       2.226 (a)      05/25/26       206,874  
  200,000       2.839     09/13/26       214,072  
  1,085,000       4.018     03/05/28       1,244,134  
 

(SOFR + 1.772%)

 
  950,000       2.201 (a)      07/10/31       952,151  

 

 

 
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)        
 

National Australia Bank Ltd. (Australia)

 
940,000       2.500       07/12/26     1,004,740  
 

Natwest Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  57,000       6.125     12/15/22       60,948  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.550%)

 
  490,000       4.519 (a)      06/25/24       523,608  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.762%)

 
  885,000       4.269 (a)      03/22/25       957,260  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.754%)

 
  345,000       4.892 (a)      05/18/29       405,538  
 

(US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 2.100%)

 
  600,000       3.754 (a)      11/01/29       638,639  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.905%)

 
  500,000       5.076 (a)      01/27/30       598,697  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.871%)

 
  370,000       4.445 (a)      05/08/30       428,827  
 

(US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 2.350%)

 
  420,000       3.032 (a)      11/28/35       422,026  
 

Royal Bank of Canada, GMTN (Canada)

 
  370,000       1.600     04/17/23       376,706  
  1,100,000       3.700     10/05/23       1,174,626  
  300,000       4.650     01/27/26       343,120  
 

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  200,000       3.571     01/10/23       202,334  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.570%)

 
  200,000       4.796 (a)      11/15/24       217,636  
 

Santander UK PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  1,100,000       4.000     03/13/24       1,193,933  
 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
  300,000       2.778     10/18/22       308,099  
  800,000       3.102     01/17/23       829,943  
  400,000       3.784     03/09/26       446,287  
  50,000       2.632     07/14/26       53,329  
  610,000       3.010     10/19/26       660,639  
  100,000       3.446     01/11/27       110,552  
  150,000       3.364     07/12/27       165,600  
  500,000       3.040     07/16/29       538,682  
  1,000,000       2.750     01/15/30       1,054,331  
  1,240,000       2.130     07/08/30       1,242,939  
 

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), GMTN (Canada)

 
  500,000       3.500     07/19/23       530,236  
 

Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia)

 
  100,000       3.300     02/26/24       106,940  
  100,000       2.350     02/19/25       105,295  
  500,000       2.850     05/13/26       542,562  
  100,000       3.350     03/08/27       111,271  
  100,000       3.400     01/25/28       112,158  
 

(US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 2.000%)

 
  100,000       4.110 (a)      07/24/34       110,805  
 

(US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 1.750%)

 
  300,000       2.668 (a)      11/15/35       297,755  
  600,000       4.421     07/24/39       720,236  
  100,000       2.963     11/16/40       99,621  
     

 

 

 
        65,726,123  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   75


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Beverages – 0.1%  
 

Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV (Mexico)

 
$ 700,000       2.750 %       01/22/30     $ 733,776  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.0%  
 

Brookfield Finance, Inc. (Canada)

 
  309,000       4.700     09/20/47       384,157  

 

 

 
Consumer Noncyclical – 1.1%  
 

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  300,000       0.300     05/26/23       299,749  
  490,000       3.375     11/16/25       537,157  
  204,000       0.700     04/08/26       200,414  
  370,000       3.125     06/12/27       404,428  
  477,000       1.375     08/06/30       458,039  
  330,000       6.450     09/15/37       498,201  
  80,000       4.375     11/16/45       103,600  
  360,000       4.375     08/17/48       468,221  
 

Novartis Capital Corp. (Switzerland)

 
  70,000       3.400     05/06/24       75,299  
  200,000       1.750     02/14/25       206,553  
  489,000       3.000     11/20/25       529,749  
  702,000       3.100     05/17/27       770,161  
  700,000       2.200     08/14/30       728,768  
  220,000       4.400     05/06/44       286,593  
  300,000       4.000     11/20/45       372,606  
  225,000       2.750     08/14/50       233,745  
 

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan)

 
  200,000       4.400     11/26/23       216,249  
  500,000       5.000     11/26/28       605,265  
  750,000       2.050     03/31/30       749,372  
  750,000       3.175     07/09/50       781,068  
     

 

 

 
        8,525,237  

 

 

 
Consumer Products – 0.2%  
 

Unilever Capital Corp. (United Kingdom)

 
  100,000       2.900       05/05/27       108,658  
  500,000       3.500     03/22/28       563,269  
  500,000       2.125     09/06/29       516,903  
     

 

 

 
        1,188,830  

 

 

 
Energy – 2.5%  
 

BP Capital Markets PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  120,000       2.500     11/06/22       122,991  
  160,000       3.994     09/26/23       171,691  
  390,000       3.814     02/10/24       420,568  
  570,000       3.535     11/04/24       617,374  
  200,000       3.506     03/17/25       217,541  
  200,000       3.279     09/19/27       220,501  
  507,000       3.723     11/28/28       571,002  
 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Canada)

 
  300,000       2.950     01/15/23       309,572  
  800,000       3.850     06/01/27       882,541  
 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., GMTN (Canada)

 
  210,000       4.950     06/01/47       264,584  
 

Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada)

 
  240,000       5.375     07/15/25       271,200  
  100,000       4.400     04/15/29       112,375  
  777,000       6.750     11/15/39       1,052,004  
  452,000       5.400     06/15/47       558,612  

 

 

 
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)  
 

Enbridge, Inc. (Canada)

 
320,000       4.000       10/01/23     339,912  
  782,000       3.125     11/15/29       840,094  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 3.641%)

 
  300,000       6.250 (a)      03/01/78       334,500  
 

Equinor ASA (Norway)

 
  70,000       2.450     01/17/23       72,034  
  500,000       2.875     04/06/25       533,006  
  200,000       1.750     01/22/26       205,984  
  300,000       3.125     04/06/30       329,251  
  100,000       2.375     05/22/30       103,715  
  140,000       3.950     05/15/43       164,733  
  392,000       3.250     11/18/49       425,243  
  250,000       3.700       04/06/50       292,127  
 

Shell International Finance BV (Netherlands)

 
  700,000       2.000     11/07/24       729,154  
  500,000       3.250     05/11/25       542,335  
  500,000       2.875     05/10/26       540,574  
  800,000       3.875     11/13/28       920,246  
  400,000       2.375     11/07/29       417,508  
  500,000       4.125     05/11/35       594,871  
  936,000       6.375     12/15/38       1,382,964  
  892,000       4.375     05/11/45       1,114,954  
  674,000       4.000     05/10/46       803,409  
  379,000       3.750     09/12/46       438,409  
  92,000       3.125     11/07/49       97,204  
 

Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)

 
  434,000       4.000     11/15/47       488,887  
  100,000       3.750     03/04/51       109,431  
 

TotalEnergies Capital International SA (France)

 
  300,000       3.750     04/10/24       324,755  
  500,000       2.829     01/10/30       537,713  
  500,000       2.986     06/29/41       519,438  
  100,000       3.127     05/29/50       103,102  
 

TotalEnergies Capital SA (France)

 
  244,000       3.883     10/11/28       280,600  
     

 

 

 
        19,378,709  

 

 

 
Financial Company – 0.1%  
 

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust
(Ireland)

 
 
  500,000       3.150     02/15/24       523,077  
  500,000       3.500     01/15/25       528,374  
     

 

 

 
        1,051,451  

 

 

 
Food and Beverage – 1.7%  
 

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide,
Inc. (Belgium)

 
 
  785,000       3.650     02/01/26       867,210  
  950,000       4.700     02/01/36       1,172,321  
  1,685,000       4.900     02/01/46       2,152,960  
 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. (Belgium)

 
  200,000       3.650     02/01/26       220,637  
  100,000       4.000     01/17/43       113,299  
  535,000       4.625       02/01/44       653,390  
  300,000       4.900     02/01/46       383,375  

 

 

 

 

76   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Food and Beverage – (continued)  
 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. (Belgium)

 
$ 790,000       4.000 %       04/13/28     $ 899,266  
  1,100,000       4.750     01/23/29       1,309,806  
  317,000       4.900     01/23/31       390,949  
  620,000       4.375     04/15/38       742,144  
  100,000       4.350     06/01/40       120,111  
  290,000       4.950     01/15/42       368,935  
  605,000       4.600     04/15/48       748,617  
  210,000       4.439     10/06/48       254,927  
  836,000       5.550     01/23/49       1,168,860  
  150,000       4.500     06/01/50       185,801  
  310,000       4.750     04/15/58       395,506  
  434,000       5.800     01/23/59       642,730  
 

Diageo Capital PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  400,000       2.625     04/29/23       413,153  
     

 

 

 
        13,203,997  

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper – 0.1%  
 

Suzano Austria GmbH (Brazil)

 
  434,000       3.125     01/15/32       434,926  

 

 

 
Insurance – 0.0%  
 

Manulife Financial Corp.(a) (Canada)
(5 Year USD Swap + 1.647%)


 
  300,000       4.061     02/24/32       331,024  

 

 

 
Internet – 0.4%  
 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (China)

 
  840,000       3.400     12/06/27       913,776  
  600,000       2.125     02/09/31       588,881  
  400,000       4.000     12/06/37       447,316  
  550,000       4.200     12/06/47       637,815  
  300,000       3.150     02/09/51       294,632  
  200,000       4.400     12/06/57       239,004  
     

 

 

 
        3,121,424  

 

 

 
Media – 0.1%  
 

Grupo Televisa SAB (Mexico)

 
  200,000       5.000     05/13/45       248,122  
  200,000       6.125     01/31/46       285,112  
  200,000       5.250       05/24/49       267,452  
     

 

 

 
        800,686  

 

 

 
Metals and Mining – 0.3%  
 

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. (Australia)

 
  150,000       4.125     02/24/42       182,952  
  650,000       5.000     09/30/43       896,710  
 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd. (Australia)

 
  80,000       7.125     07/15/28       107,597  
  525,000       5.200     11/02/40       718,786  
 

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC (Australia)

 
  80,000       4.125     08/21/42       99,232  
     

 

 

 
        2,005,277  

 

 

 
Mining – 0.7%  
 

Barrick Gold Corp. (Canada)

 
  405,000       5.250     04/01/42       535,002  

 

 

 
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Mining – (continued)  
 

Barrick North America Finance LLC (Canada)

 
50,000       5.700       05/30/41     69,291  
  170,000       5.750     05/01/43       238,582  
 

Barrick PD Australia Finance Pty Ltd. (Canada)

 
  100,000       5.950     10/15/39       140,451  
 

Southern Copper Corp. (Peru)

 
  741,000       7.500     07/27/35       1,078,128  
  331,000       6.750     04/16/40       473,320  
  386,000       5.250     11/08/42       496,025  
  291,000       5.875     04/23/45       405,926  
 

Vale Overseas Ltd. (Brazil)

 
  930,000       6.250     08/10/26       1,119,488  
  350,000       6.875     11/21/36       492,406  
  552,000       6.875     11/10/39       793,500  
     

 

 

 
        5,842,119  

 

 

 
Oil Company-Integrated – 0.3%  
 

Ecopetrol SA (Colombia)

 
  250,000       5.875     09/18/23       269,687  
  150,000       4.125     01/16/25       156,938  
  200,000       5.375     06/26/26       221,125  
  300,000       6.875     04/29/30       362,250  
  468,000       7.375     09/18/43       573,300  
  400,000       5.875       05/28/45       430,500  
     

 

 

 
        2,013,800  

 

 

 
Technology – 0.1%  
 

NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC(b) (China)

 
  170,000       4.875     03/01/24       186,180  
 

NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC / NXP USA, Inc.(b) (China)

 
  500,000       3.400     05/01/30       547,897  
     

 

 

 
        734,077  

 

 

 
Telecommunications – 0.2%  
 

America Movil SAB de CV (Mexico)

 
  266,000       2.875     05/07/30       281,184  
  640,000       6.125     03/30/40       921,960  
  470,000       4.375     04/22/49       588,875  
     

 

 

 
        1,792,019  

 

 

 
Wireless – 0.6%  
 

Rogers Communications, Inc. (Canada)

 
  70,000       4.100     10/01/23       74,538  
  500,000       4.350     05/01/49       588,278  
 

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  1,000,000       3.750     01/16/24       1,076,935  
  50,000       4.125     05/30/25       55,599  
  300,000       5.000     05/30/38       383,583  
  700,000       5.250     05/30/48       935,035  
  450,000       4.875     06/19/49       578,362  
  700,000       4.250     09/17/50       828,904  
     

 

 

 
        4,521,234  

 

 

 
Wirelines – 0.5%  
 

Orange SA (France)

 
  930,000       9.000     03/01/31       1,473,431  
  260,000       5.375     01/13/42       355,713  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   77


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Wirelines – (continued)  
 

Telefonica Emisiones SA (Spain)

 
$ 200,000       4.103 %       03/08/27     $ 225,763  
  100,000       7.045     06/20/36       144,936  
  450,000       4.665     03/06/38       535,593  
  600,000       5.213     03/08/47       762,750  
  415,000       4.895       03/06/48       513,419  
     

 

 

 
        4,011,605  

 

 

 
  TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE DEBT  
  (Cost $131,772,683)       $ 135,800,471  

 

 

 
     
Shares     Dividend
Rate
          Value  
Investment Company – 0.3%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  2,549,254       0.026     $ 2,549,254  
  (Cost $2,549,254)      

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.1%  
  (Cost $744,928,462)       $ 768,915,230  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.9%

 
      7,202,943  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%       $ 776,118,173  

 

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

(a)

  Variable rate security. Interest rate or distribution rate disclosed is that which is in effect on August 31, 2021.

(b)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

CMT

 

—Constant Maturity Treasury Index

GMTN

 

—Global Medium Term Note

LIBOR

 

—London Interbank Offered Rate

LP

 

—Limited Partnership

MTN

 

—Medium Term Note

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR

 

—Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

 

78   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS TREASURY 0-1 YEAR ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate(a)

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
U.S. Treasury Bills – 78.7%  
 

U.S. Cash Management Bill

 
$ 278,729,800       0.054     11/01/21     $ 278,703,752  
 

U.S. Treasury Bills

 
  148,096,200       0.056     10/26/21       148,084,622  
  480,000       0.042     10/28/21       479,961  
  920,000       0.043     10/28/21       919,926  
  4,000,000       0.045     10/28/21       3,999,676  
  58,804,300       0.048     10/28/21       58,799,535  
  168,074,700       0.051     10/28/21       168,061,082  
  4,328,500       0.031     12/30/21       4,327,839  
  252,000       0.033     12/30/21       251,962  
  200,000       0.043     12/30/21       199,969  
  11,440,000       0.045     12/30/21       11,438,252  
  2,620,000       0.046     12/30/21       2,619,600  
  1,170,000       0.047     12/30/21       1,169,821  
  157,644,000       0.049     12/30/21       157,619,918  
  3,640,000       0.050     12/30/21       3,639,444  
  4,328,000       0.051     12/30/21       4,327,339  
  560,000       0.053     12/30/21       559,914  
  55,275,500       0.084     12/30/21       55,267,056  
  4,180,000       0.046     01/27/22       4,179,377  
  1,540,000       0.047     01/27/22       1,539,770  
  94,737,400       0.051     01/27/22       94,723,272  
  1,760,000       0.052     01/27/22       1,759,738  
  168,000       0.033     02/24/22       167,962  
  336,000       0.041     02/24/22       335,924  
  392,000       0.043     02/24/22       391,912  
  3,668,000       0.046     02/24/22       3,667,173  
  92,815,600       0.048     02/24/22       92,794,679  
  45,192,700       0.049     02/24/22       45,182,514  
  784,000       0.050     02/24/22       783,823  
  672,000       0.051     02/24/22       671,849  
  198,000       0.030     03/24/22       197,951  
  1,056,000       0.041     03/24/22       1,055,738  
  38,572,300       0.043     03/24/22       38,562,714  
  3,366,000       0.045     03/24/22       3,365,164  
  297,000       0.046       03/24/22       296,926  
  429,000       0.048     03/24/22       428,893  
  65,000       0.049     03/24/22       64,984  
  924,000       0.050     03/24/22       923,770  
  15,435,600       0.057     03/24/22       15,431,764  
  260,000       0.058     03/24/22       259,935  
  61,645,800       0.024     04/21/22       61,628,320  
  300,000       0.038     04/21/22       299,915  
  1,600,000       0.046     04/21/22       1,599,546  
  1,400,000       0.047     04/21/22       1,399,603  
  22,244,100       0.048     04/21/22       22,237,793  
  450,000       0.050     04/21/22       449,872  
  1,300,000       0.051     04/21/22       1,299,631  
  3,800,000       0.052     04/21/22       3,798,923  
  200,000       0.056     04/21/22       199,943  
  26,505,400       0.039     05/19/22       26,496,570  
  90,000       0.046     05/19/22       89,970  
  1,140,000       0.055     05/19/22       1,139,620  
  150,000       0.057     05/19/22       149,950  
  640,000       0.056     06/16/22       639,718  
  560,000       0.061     06/16/22       559,753  

 

 

 
U.S. Treasury Bills – (continued)  
 

U.S. Treasury Bills – (continued)

 
1,520,000       0.062       06/16/22     1,519,329  
  34,460,900       0.067     06/16/22       34,445,698  
  69,705,300       0.059     07/14/22       69,668,669  
  480,000       0.066     07/14/22       479,748  
  27,108,300       0.067     07/14/22       27,094,054  
  300,000       0.071     07/14/22       299,842  

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. TREASURY BILLS  
  (Cost $1,462,742,085)     $ 1,462,751,967  

 

 

 
     
U.S. Treasury Notes – 21.0%  
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 
$ 119,566,500       2.000     10/31/21     $ 119,940,145  
  67,508,700       2.875     11/15/21       67,889,755  
  85,839,500       2.500     01/15/22       86,619,097  
  16,310,200       2.500     02/15/22       16,491,460  
  41,168,900       1.750     05/31/22       41,685,119  
  27,456,100       1.750       06/15/22       27,821,824  
  29,329,300       1.500     08/15/22       29,729,141  

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. TREASURY NOTES  
  (Cost $390,147,186)     $ 390,176,541  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.7%  
  (Cost $1,852,889,271)     $ 1,852,928,508  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.3%
 
 
    4,731,793  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%     $ 1,857,660,301  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

(a)

  Interest rates represent either the stated coupon rate, annualized yield on date of purchase for discounted securities, or, for floating rate securities, the current reset rate, which is based upon current interest rate indices.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   79


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
U.S. Treasury Notes – 33.3%  
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 
$ 4,322,000       2.125     02/29/24     $ 4,519,068  
  7,272,000       2.500       01/31/25       7,767,546  
  7,778,000       2.000       02/15/25       8,176,776  
  13,844,000       2.125       05/31/26       14,741,538  
  9,910,000       2.000       11/15/26       10,515,455  
  7,302,000       2.750       02/15/28       8,105,287  
  5,879,000       2.875       08/15/28       6,593,796  
  1,518,000       2.375       05/15/29       1,656,336  
  6,906,000       1.500       02/15/30       7,071,420  
  4,188,000       0.875       11/15/30       4,048,676  

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. TREASURY NOTES  
  (Cost $73,763,364)       $ 73,195,898  

 

 

 
     
Mortgage-Backed Securities – 27.2%  
 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

 
$ 526,224       4.500     07/01/48     $ 572,801  
 

Federal National Mortgage Association

 
  1,000,000       1.750       07/02/24       1,038,994  
  1,200,000       1.500       TBA-15yr (a)      1,218,937  
  2,200,000       2.000       TBA-15yr (a)      2,277,000  
  1,600,000       2.500       TBA-15yr (a)      1,673,750  
  1,000,000       3.000       TBA-15yr (a)      1,050,312  
  400,000       3.500       TBA-15yr (a)      426,688  
  129,347       4.500       06/01/48       139,813  
  64,579       5.000       12/01/48       70,699  
  87,398       4.500       08/01/49       94,602  
  270,230       5.000       12/01/49       296,717  
  60,687       4.500       01/01/50       65,505  
  256,352       4.500       03/01/50       277,523  
  185,107       5.000       04/01/50       202,472  
  9,500,000       2.000       TBA-30yr (a)      9,634,336  
  210,172       4.500       10/01/50       228,004  
  2,400,000       1.500       TBA-30yr (a)      2,359,313  
  8,900,000       2.500       TBA-30yr (a)      9,244,180  
  3,300,000       4.000       TBA-30yr (a)      3,534,094  
  300,000       4.500       TBA-30yr (a)      324,398  
  200,000       5.000       TBA-30yr (a)      219,156  
  6,100,000       3.000       TBA-30yr (a)      6,381,172  
  4,600,000       3.500       TBA-30yr (a)      4,866,656  
 

Government National Mortgage Association

 
  65,231       5.000       05/20/49       69,721  
  526,383       3.000       09/20/49       550,398  
  225,304       4.500       03/20/50       239,624  
  111,951       5.000       05/20/50       122,163  
  404,515       4.000       09/20/50       430,429  
  1,000,000       3.000       TBA-30yr (a)      1,043,984  
  1,000,000       2.500       08/20/51       1,038,350  
  1,500,000       2.000       TBA-30yr (a)      1,531,289  
  1,500,000       2.500       TBA-30yr (a)      1,555,430  
  2,900,000       3.500       TBA-30yr (a)      3,052,250  
  1,000,000       4.000       TBA-30yr (a)      1,058,594  
  600,000       4.500       TBA-30yr (a)      637,922  
  2,100,000       3.000       TBA-30yr (a)      2,196,141  

 

 

 
  TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES  
  (Cost $59,703,144)       $ 59,723,417  

 

 

 
     
Corporate Obligations – 23.3%  
Aerospace & Defense – 0.8%  
 

Boeing Co. (The)

 
$ 200,000       3.200       03/01/29     $ 210,248  
  200,000       5.150       05/01/30       236,731  
  150,000       3.900       05/01/49       158,155  
  100,000       5.805       05/01/50       136,537  
 

General Dynamics Corp.

 
  15,000       3.625       04/01/30       17,099  
 

Hexcel Corp.

 
  40,000       4.200       02/15/27       43,584  
 

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

 
  80,000       4.200       05/01/30       91,887  
 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 
  80,000       3.550       01/15/26       88,491  
  50,000       4.500       05/15/36       63,175  
  15,000       3.800       03/01/45       17,770  
  40,000       2.800       06/15/50       40,895  
 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 
  40,000       4.030       10/15/47       48,194  
 

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.

 
  100,000       7.875       03/01/26       128,139  
 

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

 
  200,000       3.950       08/16/25       221,766  
  30,000       4.450       11/16/38       36,707  
  60,000       4.875       10/15/40       77,307  
 

Textron, Inc.

 
  80,000       3.000       06/01/30       85,131  
     

 

 

 
        1,701,816  

 

 

 
Banks – 3.9%  
 

American Express Co.

 
  80,000       3.625       12/05/24       87,177  
 

Bank of America Corp.

 
  40,000       4.100       07/24/23       42,873  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.780%)

 
  100,000       3.550  (b)      03/05/24       104,581  
 

(SOFR + 2.150%)

 
  180,000       2.592  (b)      04/29/31       186,843  
  100,000       7.750       05/14/38       158,716  
 

Bank of America Corp., GMTN

 
  40,000       3.300       01/11/23       41,665  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.930%)

 
  100,000       2.816  (b)      07/21/23       102,053  
 

Bank of America Corp., Series L

 
  73,000       4.750       04/21/45       93,013  
 

Bank of America Corp., MTN

 
  40,000       4.125       01/22/24       43,400  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.060%)

 
  80,000       3.559  (b)      04/23/27       87,891  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.990%)

 
  200,000       2.496  (b)      02/13/31       206,329  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 3.150%)

 
  300,000       4.083  (b)      03/20/51       364,855  
 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 
  25,000       3.900       01/29/24       26,908  
  120,000       4.200       10/29/25       133,901  

 

 

 

 

80   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

Citigroup, Inc.

 
$ 50,000       3.875 %       10/25/23     $ 53,778  
 

(SOFR + 0.686%)

 
  250,000       0.776  (b)      10/30/24       250,809  
  40,000       4.125       07/25/28       45,228  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.338%)

 
  40,000       3.980  (b)      03/20/30       45,492  
 

(SOFR + 1.146%)

 
  150,000       2.666  (b)      01/29/31       156,216  
 

(SOFR + 2.107%)

 
  200,000       2.572  (b)      06/03/31       206,132  
  40,000       6.000       10/31/33       53,561  
  80,000       5.875       01/30/42       116,367  
  15,000       4.750       05/18/46       19,340  
  60,000       4.650       07/23/48       79,751  
 

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

 
  40,000       2.638       09/30/32       40,761  
 

Fifth Third Bancorp

 
  25,000       4.300       01/16/24       27,033  
 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 
  40,000       3.875       02/01/24       43,228  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.730%)

 
  80,000       3.559  (b)      04/23/24       84,031  
 

(SOFR + 1.455%)

 
  50,000       1.514  (b)      06/01/24       50,935  
 

(SOFR + 1.585%)

 
  40,000       2.005  (b)      03/13/26       41,194  
  80,000       4.250       10/01/27       91,816  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.337%)

 
  400,000       3.782  (b)      02/01/28       444,874  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.380%)

 
  50,000       3.540  (b)      05/01/28       55,165  
 

(SOFR + 1.510%)

 
  90,000       2.739  (b)      10/15/30       94,880  
 

(SOFR + 3.790%)

 
  360,000       4.493  (b)      03/24/31       427,890  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.360%)

 
  152,000       3.882  (b)      07/24/38       177,156  
  15,000       5.400       01/06/42       20,883  
  40,000       4.850       02/01/44       53,280  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.380%)

 
  40,000       3.964  (b)      11/15/48       47,644  
 

(SOFR + 2.440%)

 
  60,000       3.109  (b)      04/22/51       63,150  
 

KeyCorp, MTN

 
  120,000       4.100       04/30/28       139,006  
  80,000       2.550       10/01/29       84,311  
 

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.

 
  280,000       3.400       08/17/27       309,484  
 

Morgan Stanley

 
  80,000       4.300       01/27/45       100,097  
  75,000       4.375       01/22/47       95,035  
 

Morgan Stanley, GMTN

 
  300,000       3.700       10/23/24       326,868  
  120,000       4.350       09/08/26       136,446  
 

(SOFR + 1.143%)

 
  200,000       2.699  (b)      01/22/31       209,615  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

Northern Trust Corp.

 
15,000       3.950       10/30/25     16,929  
  56,000       3.650       08/03/28       63,841  
  150,000       3.150       05/03/29       166,388  
 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

 
  80,000       3.900       04/29/24       86,619  
  200,000       3.450       04/23/29       223,495  
 

Truist Bank

 
  40,000       3.200       04/01/24       42,681  
 

Truist Financial Corp., MTN

 
  100,000       3.050       06/20/22       102,028  
  80,000       3.875       03/19/29       91,504  
 

US Bancorp

 
  15,000       2.400       07/30/24       15,782  
 

US Bancorp, MTN

 
  40,000       2.950       07/15/22       40,908  
  80,000       3.900       04/26/28       92,311  
  80,000       3.000       07/30/29       87,142  
  40,000       1.375       07/22/30       38,769  
 

US Bancorp, Series X

 
  150,000       3.150       04/27/27       165,581  
 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 
 

(SOFR + 2.530%)

 
  150,000       3.068  (b)      04/30/41       157,866  
  128,000       5.606       01/15/44       178,003  
  60,000       3.900       05/01/45       71,972  
 

Wells Fargo & Co.(b), MTN

 
 

(SOFR + 1.262%)

 
  400,000       2.572       02/11/31       415,396  
 

(SOFR + 4.032%)

 
  340,000       4.478        04/04/31       403,637  
 

(SOFR + 4.502%)

 
  140,000       5.013        04/04/51       195,915  
     

 

 

 
        8,528,428  

 

 

 
Basic Industry – 0.5%  
 

Albemarle Corp.

 
  80,000       4.150       12/01/24       87,351  
 

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

 
  60,000       3.600       11/15/50       65,917  
 

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

 
  54,000       4.205       11/15/23       58,134  
  15,000       5.419       11/15/48       21,195  
 

Ecolab, Inc.

 
  40,000       2.375       08/10/22       40,751  
  15,000       2.750  (c)      08/18/55       14,925  
 

Georgia-Pacific LLC

 
  10,000       8.000       01/15/24       11,733  
 

Huntsman International LLC

 
  70,000       4.500       05/01/29       80,379  
 

International Paper Co.

 
  15,000       4.400       08/15/47       18,887  
  15,000       4.350       08/15/48       18,825  
 

Linde, Inc.

 
  100,000       1.100       08/10/30       94,839  
 

LYB International Finance III LLC

 
  80,000       3.625       04/01/51       86,950  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   81


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Basic Industry – (continued)  
 

Mosaic Co. (The)

 
$ 80,000       4.875 %       11/15/41     $ 95,383  
 

PPG Industries, Inc.

 
  15,000       3.750       03/15/28       16,987  
 

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

 
  260,000       2.750       06/01/22       264,256  
 

Westlake Chemical Corp.

 
  40,000       3.600       08/15/26       44,186  
     

 

 

 
        1,020,698  

 

 

 
Broadcasting – 0.1%  
 

Discovery Communications LLC

 
  80,000       4.125       05/15/29       90,333  
  40,000       3.625       05/15/30       43,859  
 

Fox Corp.

 
  40,000       4.030       01/25/24       43,112  
  40,000       4.709       01/25/29       47,135  
  40,000       5.576       01/25/49       55,193  
     

 

 

 
        279,632  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.2%  
 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

 
  130,000       3.300       06/15/30       141,224  
 

BlackRock, Inc.

 
  15,000       3.500       03/18/24       16,174  
  15,000       3.250       04/30/29       16,753  
  15,000       2.400       04/30/30       15,763  
  15,000       1.900       01/28/31       15,111  
 

E*TRADE Financial Corp.

 
  80,000       4.500       06/20/28       93,087  
 

Jefferies Group LLC

 
  20,000       6.500       01/20/43       27,969  
 

Jefferies Group LLC / Jefferies Group Capital Finance, Inc.

 
  40,000       4.150       01/23/30       45,369  
     

 

 

 
        371,450  

 

 

 
Building Materials – 0.0%  
 

Mohawk Industries, Inc.

 
  120,000       3.850       02/01/23       124,697  

 

 

 
Capital Goods – 0.9%  
 

3M Co.

 
  220,000       3.250       08/26/49       241,571  
 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., MTN

 
  60,000       2.850       06/01/22       61,211  
  25,000       1.900       09/06/22       25,429  
 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 
  50,000       3.803       08/15/42       59,745  
 

Cummins, Inc.

 
  60,000       0.750       09/01/25       59,633  
 

Deere & Co.

 
  40,000       2.875       09/07/49       42,278  
  25,000       3.750       04/15/50       30,563  
 

Eaton Corp.

 
  70,000       2.750       11/02/22       71,971  
 

Emerson Electric Co.

 
  60,000       1.950       10/15/30       60,887  
  15,000       6.000       08/15/32       20,256  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Capital Goods – (continued)  
 

Fortive Corp.

 
15,000       4.300       06/15/46     18,114  
 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 
  100,000       2.700       08/15/29       107,586  
  188,000       1.950       06/01/30       192,141  
 

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

 
  15,000       3.900       09/01/42       17,964  
 

John Deere Capital Corp., MTN

 
  80,000       2.450       01/09/30       84,730  
 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

 
  80,000       4.400       03/15/29       92,421  
 

Lennox International, Inc.

 
  80,000       1.700       08/01/27       80,436  
 

Otis Worldwide Corp.

 
  60,000       2.293       04/05/27       62,849  
 

Parker-Hannifin Corp., MTN

 
  15,000       4.200       11/21/34       17,627  
 

Republic Services, Inc.

 
  22,000       4.750       05/15/23       23,379  
 

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

 
  15,000       4.200       03/01/49       19,140  
 

Waste Connections, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.050       04/01/50       41,395  
 

Waste Management, Inc.

 
  50,000       2.500       11/15/50       47,607  
 

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

 
  70,000       4.400       03/15/24       75,503  
  100,000       3.200       06/15/25       106,662  
  108,000       3.450       11/15/26       116,023  
  75,000       4.950       09/15/28       87,524  
 

WW Grainger, Inc.

 
  100,000       1.850       02/15/25       103,307  
 

Xylem, Inc.

 
  15,000       3.250       11/01/26       16,442  
     

 

 

 
        1,984,394  

 

 

 
Communications – 1.1%  
 

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter
Communications Operating Capital

 
 
  55,000       4.464       07/23/22       56,595  
  40,000       3.750       02/15/28       44,255  
  342,000       4.200       03/15/28       386,825  
  40,000       2.800       04/01/31       41,005  
  40,000       6.484       10/23/45       55,982  
  40,000       5.375       05/01/47       49,513  
  40,000       5.125       07/01/49       48,147  
  40,000       6.834       10/23/55       59,871  
 

Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter
Communications Operating Capital, Series USD

 
 
  40,000       4.500       02/01/24       43,455  
 

Comcast Corp.

 
  75,000       3.300       04/01/27       82,610  
  50,000       3.150       02/15/28       54,909  
  232,000       2.650       02/01/30       244,624  
  80,000       4.400       08/15/35       96,993  
  60,000       4.000       08/15/47       71,138  
  25,000       3.969       11/01/47       29,532  

 

 

 

 

82   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Communications – (continued)  
 

Comcast Corp. – (continued)

 
$ 75,000       4.000 %       03/01/48     $ 89,005  
  40,000       3.999       11/01/49       47,782  
  80,000       2.800       01/15/51       78,871  
  15,000       2.450       08/15/52       13,798  
 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 
  80,000       4.200       06/01/30       92,624  
 

Time Warner Cable LLC

 
  15,000       6.750       06/15/39       21,019  
  15,000       5.875       11/15/40       19,266  
  15,000       5.500       09/01/41       18,810  
 

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

 
  40,000       8.375       03/15/23       44,748  
  15,000       8.375       07/15/33       22,690  
 

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp.

 
  15,000       4.375       08/16/41       18,577  
 

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp., GMTN

 
  15,000       4.125       06/01/44       18,366  
 

ViacomCBS, Inc.

 
  80,000       3.875       04/01/24       85,651  
  80,000       4.000       01/15/26       88,672  
  11,000       6.875       04/30/36       15,831  
  15,000       4.900       08/15/44       18,538  
 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

 
  60,000       3.000       09/15/22       61,682  
  80,000       2.000       09/01/29       81,469  
  80,000       3.800       03/22/30       92,508  
  90,000       3.500       05/13/40       101,399  
  15,000       4.750       09/15/44       19,869  
  50,000       3.600       01/13/51       58,067  
     

 

 

 
        2,474,696  

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical – 2.4%  
 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 
  40,000       0.400       06/03/23       40,120  
  40,000       3.800       12/05/24       43,878  
  200,000       3.150       08/22/27       221,134  
  100,000       2.100       05/12/31       102,649  
  80,000       4.050       08/22/47       99,074  
  15,000       2.500       06/03/50       14,401  
  50,000       2.700       06/03/60       48,627  
 

American Honda Finance Corp., MTN

 
  100,000       2.200       06/27/22       101,577  
 

Aptiv PLC

 
  40,000       4.250       01/15/26       45,113  
 

BorgWarner, Inc.

 
  100,000       3.375       03/15/25       107,810  
 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

 
  40,000       3.000       05/18/27       43,987  
 

CyrusOne LP / CyrusOne Finance Corp.

 
  30,000       3.450       11/15/29       31,654  
  15,000       2.150       11/01/30       14,300  
 

Dollar General Corp.

 
  180,000       3.500       04/03/30       200,862  
 

DR Horton, Inc.

 
  80,000       2.500       10/15/24       83,845  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Cyclical – (continued)  
 

DR Horton, Inc. – (continued)

 
90,000       2.600       10/15/25     94,938  
  100,000       1.400       10/15/27       98,918  
 

eBay, Inc.

 
  15,000       4.000       07/15/42       17,110  
 

General Motors Co.

 
  100,000       5.400       10/02/23       109,444  
  15,000       6.750       04/01/46       21,859  
  40,000       5.950       04/01/49       54,723  
 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.

 
  120,000       3.150       06/30/22       122,425  
  40,000       5.200       03/20/23       42,713  
  90,000       3.700       05/09/23       94,123  
  100,000       4.250       05/15/23       105,997  
  50,000       1.700       08/18/23       51,052  
  25,000       1.050       03/08/24       25,186  
  80,000       2.900       02/26/25       84,630  
  80,000       3.850       01/05/28       87,934  
 

Global Payments, Inc.

 
  120,000       4.800       04/01/26       137,361  
 

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

 
  40,000       2.625       06/01/22       40,654  
  90,000       3.350       09/15/25       98,459  
  40,000       2.950       06/15/29       43,798  
  130,000       4.200       04/01/43       160,611  
 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

 
  40,000       3.650       04/05/29       44,945  
  100,000       1.700       10/15/30       97,088  
  30,000       3.000       10/15/50       30,254  
 

Marriott International, Inc., Series EE

 
  50,000       5.750       05/01/25       57,529  
 

Mastercard, Inc.

 
  60,000       2.000       03/03/25       62,664  
  15,000       3.300       03/26/27       16,658  
 

McDonald’s Corp., MTN

 
  45,000       4.700       12/09/35       56,046  
  60,000       4.450       09/01/48       75,543  
 

MDC Holdings, Inc.

 
  40,000       6.000       01/15/43       51,550  
 

NIKE, Inc.

 
  100,000       2.250       05/01/23       102,913  
  20,000       3.375       03/27/50       23,005  
 

NVR, Inc.

 
  80,000       3.000       05/15/30       84,903  
 

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

 
  80,000       4.200       04/01/30       93,044  
 

Starbucks Corp.

 
  250,000       3.800       08/15/25       276,157  
 

Tapestry, Inc.

 
  100,000       4.250       04/01/25       108,392  
  140,000       4.125       07/15/27       153,075  
 

Target Corp.

 
  120,000       3.500       07/01/24       130,055  
  172,000       4.000       07/01/42       216,395  
  15,000       3.900       11/15/47       18,966  
 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

 
  40,000       3.650       01/08/29       45,812  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   83


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Cyclical – (continued)  
 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN

 
$ 76,000       0.350 %       10/14/22     $ 76,119  
  80,000       3.375       04/01/30       90,266  
 

Visa, Inc.

 
  50,000       0.750       08/15/27       49,151  
  15,000       2.750       09/15/27       16,309  
  40,000       4.300       12/14/45       51,417  
 

Walmart, Inc.

 
  15,000       2.550       04/11/23       15,480  
  100,000       3.300       04/22/24       106,836  
  180,000       3.550       06/26/25       198,087  
  110,000       3.050       07/08/26       120,520  
  50,000       7.550       02/15/30       73,212  
  40,000       4.750       10/02/43       53,212  
 

Western Union Co. (The)

 
  40,000       6.200       11/17/36       50,002  
     

 

 

 
        5,336,571  

 

 

 
Consumer Noncyclical – 1.7%  
 

Abbott Laboratories

 
  60,000       3.875       09/15/25       66,594  
  150,000       4.750       11/30/36       194,476  
  75,000       6.000       04/01/39       111,262  
  40,000       4.750       04/15/43       53,545  
 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

 
  100,000       2.750       09/15/29       105,172  
 

Altria Group, Inc.

 
  115,000       3.400       05/06/30       123,356  
  40,000       4.500       05/02/43       43,529  
  40,000       5.375       01/31/44       48,111  
  15,000       4.450       05/06/50       16,389  
 

Amgen, Inc.

 
  250,000       2.600       08/19/26       266,139  
  160,000       2.450       02/21/30       165,359  
  15,000       2.770       09/01/53       14,431  
 

Becton Dickinson and Co.

 
  80,000       3.794       05/20/50       91,260  
 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 
  350,000       0.750       11/13/25       348,720  
  132,000       2.350       11/13/40       128,365  
  150,000       5.000       08/15/45       206,593  
 

Centene Corp.

 
  15,000       4.625       12/15/29       16,538  
  15,000       3.375       02/15/30       15,731  
  75,000       3.000       10/15/30       78,000  
 

Eli Lilly & Co.

 
  15,000       3.100       05/15/27       16,421  
  250,000       3.375       03/15/29       281,808  
  15,000       4.150       03/15/59       19,565  
 

Equifax, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.250       06/01/26       42,984  
 

Johnson & Johnson

 
  76,000       0.550       09/01/25       75,420  
  15,000       0.950       09/01/27       14,844  
  90,000       2.900       01/15/28       98,435  
  25,000       3.625       03/03/37       29,441  
  35,000       3.700       03/01/46       42,387  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Consumer Noncyclical – (continued)  
 

Kroger Co. (The)

 
15,000       4.450       02/01/47     18,277  
 

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

 
  15,000       4.700       02/01/45       18,629  
 

Mylan, Inc.

 
  40,000       5.400       11/29/43       50,087  
 

Pfizer, Inc.

 
  40,000       0.800       05/28/25       40,092  
  260,000       4.000       12/15/36       315,469  
  10,000       4.100       09/15/38       12,228  
  40,000       2.700       05/28/50       40,453  
 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.250       11/10/24       43,209  
  15,000       4.375       11/15/41       17,661  
  15,000       4.875       11/15/43       18,843  
  10,000       4.250       11/10/44       11,748  
 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

 
  180,000       2.950       09/19/26       194,535  
 

Utah Acquisition Sub, Inc.

 
  75,000       5.250       06/15/46       93,554  
 

Viatris, Inc.(c)

 
  15,000       4.000       06/22/50       16,380  
 

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

 
  40,000       4.800       11/18/44       48,851  
  15,000       4.650       06/01/46       17,915  
 

Wyeth LLC

 
  10,000       6.500       02/01/34       14,652  
     

 

 

 
        3,687,458  

 

 

 
Consumer Products – 0.1%  
 

Colgate-Palmolive Co., MTN

 
  40,000       4.000       08/15/45       51,330  
  15,000       3.700       08/01/47       18,582  
 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

 
  90,000       2.150       08/11/22       91,687  
  40,000       0.550       10/29/25       39,710  
  40,000       1.000       04/23/26       40,250  
  15,000       2.850       08/11/27       16,406  
 

Whirlpool Corp., MTN

 
  15,000       5.150       03/01/43       19,448  
     

 

 

 
        277,413  

 

 

 
Distributors – 0.0%  
 

PACCAR Financial Corp., MTN

 
  76,000       2.650       04/06/23       78,860  

 

 

 
Electric – 1.9%  
 

Alabama Power Co., Series 20-A

 
  15,000       1.450       09/15/30       14,502  
 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

 
  300,000       2.300       03/01/30       302,073  
  40,000       3.250       03/01/50       40,781  
 

American Electric Power Co., Inc., Series J

 
  36,000       4.300       12/01/28       41,567  
 

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

 
  15,000       5.150       11/15/43       19,891  
  40,000       4.500       02/01/45       49,536  
  40,000       4.250       10/15/50       49,522  

 

 

 

 

84   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Electric – (continued)  
 

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC

 
$ 80,000       3.375 %       09/15/29     $ 83,639  
 

Cleco Power LLC

 
  15,000       6.000       12/01/40       21,030  
 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.

 
  40,000       4.625       12/01/54       51,459  
 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series 08-B

 
  10,000       6.750       04/01/38       14,835  
 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series 12-A

 
  40,000       4.200       03/15/42       47,364  
 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series A

 
  15,000       4.125       05/15/49       17,849  
 

Consumers Energy Co.

 
  15,000       4.350       04/15/49       19,458  
 

Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.

 
  80,000       5.100       06/01/65       119,055  
 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

 
  80,000       4.250       06/01/28       91,962  
 

DTE Electric Co.

 
  15,000       3.700       03/15/45       17,382  
 

DTE Electric Co., Series A

 
  40,000       4.000       04/01/43       48,177  
 

DTE Energy Co., Series C

 
  60,000       2.529       10/01/24       62,930  
 

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

 
  50,000       3.950       03/15/48       59,469  
 

Duke Energy Corp.

 
  80,000       2.400       08/15/22       81,426  
  300,000       3.750       09/01/46       327,282  
 

Duke Energy Indiana LLC

 
  50,000       6.350       08/15/38       73,492  
  40,000       6.450       04/01/39       59,104  
 

Duke Energy Progress LLC

 
  15,000       4.100       05/15/42       17,918  
 

Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc.(c)

 
  15,000       4.600       12/15/44       18,249  
 

Edison International

 
  315,000       5.750       06/15/27       360,471  
 

Entergy Louisiana LLC

 
  152,000       3.100       06/15/41       160,328  
  15,000       4.200       04/01/50       18,577  
 

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.

 
  40,000       4.250       12/01/45       49,489  
 

Evergy Metro, Inc., Series 2019

 
  15,000       4.125       04/01/49       18,519  
 

Eversource Energy

 
  60,000       3.450       01/15/50       64,968  
 

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

 
  220,000       6.250       10/01/39       275,495  
 

Florida Power & Light Co.

 
  15,000       3.125       12/01/25       16,255  
  80,000       4.950       06/01/35       105,634  
  15,000       4.125       02/01/42       18,488  
 

Georgia Power Co., Series B

 
  400,000       2.650       09/15/29       421,331  
  15,000       3.700       01/30/50       16,559  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Electric – (continued)  
 

Interstate Power and Light Co.

 
40,000       3.500       09/30/49     44,495  
 

Kentucky Utilities Co.

 
  40,000       3.300       06/01/50       43,104  
 

MidAmerican Energy Co.

 
  15,000       3.150       04/15/50       16,021  
 

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

 
  40,000       2.400       03/15/30       41,477  
 

NSTAR Electric Co.

 
  15,000       3.200       05/15/27       16,423  
 

Ohio Power Co., Series D

 
  15,000       6.600       03/01/33       20,820  
 

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

 
  76,000       3.800       06/01/49       91,135  
  15,000       5.350       10/01/52       22,674  
 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

 
  25,000       5.000       03/15/44       33,363  
 

PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

 
  40,000       4.125       06/15/44       48,953  
 

Public Service Co. of Colorado, Series 36

 
  60,000       2.700       01/15/51       60,784  
 

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

 
  55,000       4.223       06/15/48       68,587  
 

Sempra Energy

 
  15,000       6.000       10/15/39       21,101  
 

Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp.

 
  15,000       3.950       10/01/46       17,110  
 

Union Electric Co.

 
  42,000       3.500       03/15/29       46,915  
  40,000       2.950       03/15/30       43,228  
 

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Series B

 
  15,000       3.800       09/15/47       17,438  
 

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Series C

 
  80,000       4.000       11/15/46       95,827  
 

Virginia Electric And Power Co.

 
  50,000       4.000       01/15/43       59,156  
 

Xcel Energy, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.500       12/01/49       43,770  
     

 

 

 
        4,128,447  

 

 

 
Energy – 1.8%  
 

BP Capital Markets America, Inc.

 
  86,000       4.234       11/06/28       99,521  
  40,000       2.772       11/10/50       38,242  
  100,000       2.939       06/04/51       97,948  
 

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC

 
  80,000       5.875       03/31/25       91,050  
  40,000       5.125       06/30/27       46,575  
 

ConocoPhillips(c)

 
  300,000       3.750       10/01/27       337,618  
 

Devon Energy Corp.(c)

 
  9,000       4.500       01/15/30       9,878  
 

Energy Transfer LP

 
  50,000       3.600       02/01/23       51,655  
  100,000       4.250       04/01/24       107,000  
  40,000       3.750       05/15/30       43,479  
  15,000       5.300       04/15/47       17,747  
  55,000       6.250       04/15/49       73,382  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   85


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)  
 

Energy Transfer LP / Regency Energy Finance Corp.

 
$ 120,000       4.500 %       11/01/23     $ 128,025  
 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

 
  160,000       4.850       08/15/42       197,776  
  60,000       4.200       01/31/50       69,487  
  15,000       3.950       01/31/60       16,740  
 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Series D

 
  80,000       6.875       03/01/33       113,141  
 

EOG Resources, Inc.

 
  60,000       3.900       04/01/35       68,800  
 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 
  200,000       2.275       08/16/26       210,912  
  200,000       4.227       03/19/40       242,262  
 

Halliburton Co.

 
  50,000       5.000       11/15/45       60,563  
 

Hess Corp.

 
  30,000       4.300       04/01/27       33,356  
  15,000       6.000       01/15/40       18,956  
 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

 
  50,000       3.450       02/15/23       51,813  
 

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

 
  56,000       2.000       02/15/31       54,751  
  200,000       5.200       03/01/48       253,908  
 

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

 
  15,000       4.200       10/03/47       16,880  
 

MPLX LP

 
  100,000       2.650       08/15/30       102,375  
  40,000       4.700       04/15/48       46,836  
 

NOV, Inc.

 
  15,000       3.950       12/01/42       15,000  
 

ONEOK Partners LP

 
  15,000       6.650       10/01/36       20,337  
 

ONEOK, Inc.

 
  80,000       2.200       09/15/25       82,422  
  40,000       5.200       07/15/48       49,282  
 

Ovintiv, Inc.

 
  40,000       7.375       11/01/31       53,702  
 

Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp.

 
  100,000       3.850       10/15/23       105,430  
  90,000       3.600       11/01/24       95,973  
  40,000       4.500       12/15/26       44,900  
  92,000       3.550       12/15/29       97,696  
  35,000       6.700       05/15/36       43,332  
  40,000       6.650       01/15/37       52,916  
  15,000       4.700       06/15/44       16,052  
 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

 
  120,000       5.750       05/15/24       133,875  
  110,000       5.625       03/01/25       125,249  
  40,000       4.200       03/15/28       45,050  
  15,000       4.500       05/15/30       17,390  
 

Schlumberger Investment SA

 
  50,000       3.650       12/01/23       53,155  
 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC

 
  50,000       5.400       08/15/41       65,248  
  40,000       3.950       05/15/50       45,311  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)  
 

Valero Energy Corp.

 
15,000       4.900       03/15/45     18,329  
 

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

 
  15,000       6.300       04/15/40       20,717  
     

 

 

 
        3,902,042  

 

 

 
Financial Company – 0.3%  
 

Aircastle Ltd.

 
  80,000       5.000       04/01/23       85,193  
  15,000       4.250       06/15/26       16,506  
 

Ally Financial, Inc.

 
  205,000       5.125       09/30/24       229,608  
  80,000       8.000       11/01/31       117,535  
  60,000       8.000       11/01/31       85,383  
 

Ares Capital Corp.

 
  80,000       3.250       07/15/25       84,551  
  40,000       3.875       01/15/26       43,008  
     

 

 

 
        661,784  

 

 

 
Food and Beverage – 1.0%  
 

Campbell Soup Co.

 
  40,000       4.800       03/15/48       50,672  
 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

 
  155,000       1.750       09/06/24       161,370  
 

Conagra Brands, Inc.

 
  80,000       4.600       11/01/25       90,332  
 

Constellation Brands, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.150       08/01/29       43,177  
 

General Mills, Inc.

 
  80,000       2.875       04/15/30       85,588  
  207,000       4.550       04/17/38       256,947  
  15,000       4.150       02/15/43       17,999  
 

Hershey Co. (The)

 
  40,000       3.375       08/15/46       45,141  
 

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

 
  15,000       4.375       06/01/47       18,160  
 

J M Smucker Co. (The)

 
  15,000       4.375       03/15/45       18,271  
 

Kellogg Co.

 
  60,000       2.650       12/01/23       62,890  
 

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

 
  160,000       4.417       05/25/25       178,828  
 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

 
  79,000       3.000       06/01/26       83,783  
  51,000       4.625       01/30/29       59,171  
  80,000       3.750       04/01/30       88,498  
  80,000       4.250       03/01/31       92,272  
  30,000       5.000       07/15/35       37,208  
  40,000       4.875       10/01/49       49,845  
 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

 
  160,000       2.700       08/15/22       163,369  
 

Molson Coors Beverage Co.

 
  120,000       4.200       07/15/46       135,551  
 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.500       07/17/25       43,901  
  146,000       2.750       03/19/30       158,309  
  40,000       3.375       07/29/49       45,497  

 

 

 

 

86   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Food and Beverage – (continued)  
 

Sysco Corp.

 
$ 80,000       2.400 %       02/15/30     $ 82,574  
 

Tyson Foods, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.550       06/02/27       44,582  
     

 

 

 
        2,113,935  

 

 

 
Healthcare – 1.1%        
 

Aetna, Inc.

 
  40,000       4.750       03/15/44       50,043  
 

Anthem, Inc.

 
  150,000       2.550       03/15/31       156,448  
  15,000       4.650       08/15/44       19,024  
  40,000       4.850       08/15/54       53,721  
 

Cigna Corp.

 
  98,000       3.750       07/15/23       103,847  
  140,000       4.800       07/15/46       179,211  
 

CVS Health Corp.

 
  200,000       3.250       08/15/29       217,928  
  76,000       1.750       08/21/30       73,955  
  70,000       5.050       03/25/48       92,937  
  100,000       4.250       04/01/50       121,669  
 

Evernorth Health, Inc.

 
  120,000       4.500       02/25/26       136,173  
 

HCA, Inc.

 
  150,000       4.750       05/01/23       160,031  
  40,000       5.375       02/01/25       45,000  
  40,000       5.250       04/15/25       45,700  
  40,000       5.875       02/15/26       46,400  
  46,000       5.250       06/15/26       53,245  
  40,000       4.500       02/15/27       45,375  
  75,000       4.125       06/15/29       85,125  
  40,000       5.500       06/15/47       53,100  
 

MPT Operating Partnership LP / MPT Finance Corp.

 
  40,000       3.500       03/15/31       41,143  
 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 
  100,000       2.800       06/30/31       106,104  
 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 
  250,000       3.750       07/15/25       277,496  
  11,000       5.800       03/15/36       15,632  
  60,000       2.750       05/15/40       61,816  
  40,000       5.950       02/15/41       58,426  
  40,000       3.750       10/15/47       47,053  
     

 

 

 
        2,346,602  

 

 

 
Insurance – 0.7%        
 

Aflac, Inc.

 
  15,000       3.625       11/15/24       16,415  
 

Allstate Corp. (The)

 
  15,000       4.200       12/15/46       18,837  
 

American International Group, Inc.

 
  100,000       3.900       04/01/26       111,142  
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

 
  15,000       3.635       06/30/50       16,699  
 

AXIS Specialty Finance LLC

 
  40,000       3.900       07/15/29       44,543  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Insurance – (continued)        
 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

 
15,000       5.750       01/15/40     21,869  
  80,000       4.400       05/15/42       101,185  
  15,000       4.300       05/15/43       18,827  
  40,000       4.200       08/15/48       50,025  
 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.

 
  120,000       2.750       03/15/23       124,034  
  15,000       4.500       02/11/43       19,289  
 

Chubb INA Holdings, Inc.

 
  150,000       3.350       05/03/26       165,016  
 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

 
  80,000       6.920       05/15/28       105,663  
 

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

 
  200,000       5.250       05/30/29       238,750  
 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

 
  30,000       3.600       08/19/49       33,736  
 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

 
  80,000       3.500       06/03/24       85,699  
 

MetLife, Inc.

 
  15,000       4.125       08/13/42       18,215  
  80,000       4.600       05/13/46       106,103  
 

Progressive Corp. (The)

 
  15,000       4.200       03/15/48       19,023  
 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.935       12/07/49       47,898  
 

Prudential Financial, Inc., MTN

 
  15,000       6.625       06/21/40       23,031  
  15,000       4.350       02/25/50       19,199  
  60,000       3.700       03/13/51       70,089  
 

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

 
  40,000       3.750       05/15/46       47,460  
 

Voya Financial, Inc.(b)
(3M USD LIBOR + 2.084%)


 
  40,000       4.700       01/23/48       42,383  
     

 

 

 
        1,565,130  

 

 

 
Metals – 0.1%        
 

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

 
  80,000       3.450       04/15/30       88,200  
  145,000       3.250       01/15/31       158,050  
     

 

 

 
        246,250  

 

 

 
Metals and Mining – 0.1%        
 

Newmont Corp.

 
  50,000       5.875       04/01/35       67,805  
 

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

 
  80,000       4.500       04/15/23       84,068  
     

 

 

 
        151,873  

 

 

 
Other – 0.0%        
 

Yale University, Series 2020

 
  80,000       2.402       04/15/50       79,451  

 

 

 
REITs and Real Estate – 0.4%        
 

Duke Realty LP

 
  80,000       4.000       09/15/28       91,667  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   87


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
REITs and Real Estate – (continued)        
 

Equinix, Inc.

 
$ 25,000       2.950 %       09/15/51     $ 24,238  
 

GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc.

 
  50,000       3.350       09/01/24       52,930  
  40,000       5.250       06/01/25       44,843  
  40,000       5.750       06/01/28       47,641  
  45,000       4.000       01/15/30       48,932  
  72,000       4.000       01/15/31       78,194  
 

Kimco Realty Corp.

 
  40,000       3.400       11/01/22       41,122  
 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.625       10/01/29       42,722  
 

Sabra Health Care LP

 
  85,000       5.125       08/15/26       95,884  
 

Simon Property Group LP

 
  100,000       3.750       02/01/24       106,185  
 

Welltower, Inc.

 
  200,000       4.250       04/15/28       230,501  
     

 

 

 
        904,859  

 

 

 
Revenue – 0.0%        
 

California Institute of Technology

 
  15,000       3.650       09/01/19       17,768  
 

Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc., Series 2020

 
  15,000       2.675       09/01/41       15,006  
 

University of Chicago (The), Series 20B

 
  40,000       2.761       04/01/45       41,950  
     

 

 

 
        74,724  

 

 

 
Software – 0.5%        
 

Oracle Corp.

 
  300,000       2.950       11/15/24       319,526  
  100,000       2.950       04/01/30       106,179  
  110,000       2.875       03/25/31       115,662  
  160,000       6.125       07/08/39       220,554  
  20,000       5.375       07/15/40       25,910  
  100,000       3.600       04/01/50       104,777  
  50,000       4.375       05/15/55       58,928  
  15,000       3.850       04/01/60       16,154  
 

salesforce.com, Inc.

 
  80,000       3.700       04/11/28       91,074  
     

 

 

 
        1,058,764  

 

 

 
Technology – 2.1%        
 

Adobe, Inc.

 
  40,000       2.300       02/01/30       41,798  
 

Alphabet, Inc.

 
  15,000       1.998       08/15/26       15,767  
  100,000       2.250       08/15/60       90,915  
 

Apple, Inc.

 
  15,000       1.700       09/11/22       15,233  
  90,000       3.450       05/06/24       97,102  
  400,000       1.800       09/11/24       414,506  
  50,000       3.200       05/13/25       54,276  
  40,000       2.450       08/04/26       42,620  
  15,000       3.350       02/09/27       16,675  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Technology – (continued)        
 

Apple, Inc. – (continued)

 
15,000       3.200       05/11/27     16,604  
  40,000       1.650       02/08/31       39,561  
  160,000       4.500       02/23/36       203,283  
  80,000       3.850       05/04/43       96,100  
  80,000       4.450       05/06/44       104,075  
  50,000       3.750       11/13/47       59,043  
 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 
  256,000       3.300       04/01/27       283,221  
 

Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.

 
  160,000       3.625       01/15/24       170,111  
 

Broadcom, Inc.

 
  60,000       4.750       04/15/29       69,727  
  90,000       3.469 (c)      04/15/34       95,610  
  160,000       3.500 (c)      02/15/41       164,010  
 

Corning, Inc.

 
  45,000       4.375       11/15/57       55,342  
 

Dell International LLC / EMC Corp.

 
  100,000       5.450       06/15/23       107,740  
  100,000       6.020       06/15/26       119,662  
 

HP, Inc.

 
  15,000       6.000       09/15/41       19,711  
 

Intel Corp.

 
  120,000       2.875       05/11/24       127,266  
  200,000       3.700       07/29/25       220,159  
  80,000       3.734       12/08/47       91,574  
 

International Business Machines Corp.

 
  15,000       5.875       11/29/32       20,537  
  150,000       4.150       05/15/39       180,235  
  250,000       4.000       06/20/42       296,680  
 

Jabil, Inc.

 
  80,000       3.600       01/15/30       86,448  
 

KLA Corp.

 
  60,000       3.300       03/01/50       65,447  
 

Lam Research Corp.

 
  40,000       3.125       06/15/60       42,779  
 

Microsoft Corp.

 
  40,000       2.000       08/08/23       41,270  
  40,000       3.300       02/06/27       44,623  
  15,000       3.500       02/12/35       17,640  
  220,000       4.250       02/06/47       290,838  
  200,000       4.000       02/12/55       256,152  
  20,000       2.675       06/01/60       20,267  
 

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

 
  160,000       2.400       10/01/24       168,502  
  15,000       3.250       06/01/50       16,573  
 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 
  160,000       4.300       05/20/47       204,015  
 

VMware, Inc.

 
  80,000       4.700       05/15/30       95,589  
     

 

 

 
        4,679,286  

 

 

 
Transportation – 0.5%        
 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

 
  50,000       5.750       05/01/40       70,951  
  25,000       5.150       09/01/43       34,316  

 

 

 

 

88   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

   

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Transportation – (continued)        
$ 40,000       3.900 %       08/01/46     $ 47,629  
  40,000       4.125       06/15/47       49,269  
  40,000       4.150       12/15/48       49,908  
 

CSX Corp.

 
  15,000       3.250       06/01/27       16,428  
  80,000       4.100       03/15/44       94,836  
  40,000       4.300       03/01/48       49,407  
 

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

 
  50,000       4.375       04/19/28       53,479  
 

FedEx Corp.

 
  40,000       3.900       02/01/35       46,093  
  40,000       4.400       01/15/47       48,542  
  40,000       4.950       10/17/48       52,627  
 

Southwest Airlines Co.

 
  40,000       5.250       05/04/25       45,297  
 

Union Pacific Corp.

 
  40,000       3.700       03/01/29       45,192  
  80,000       3.799       10/01/51       93,046  
  60,000       3.839       03/20/60       69,906  
  15,000       3.750       02/05/70       17,073  
 

Union Pacific Railroad Co. Pass-Through Trust, Series 2015-1

 
  79,399       2.695       05/12/27       84,658  
 

United Parcel Service, Inc.

 
  40,000       3.625       10/01/42       46,695  
  15,000       4.250       03/15/49       19,287  
  15,000       5.300       04/01/50       22,307  
     

 

 

 
        1,056,946  

 

 

 
Water – 0.1%        
 

American Water Capital Corp.

 
  105,000       3.750       09/01/47       121,062  
  40,000       4.200       09/01/48       49,016  
     

 

 

 
        170,078  

 

 

 
Wireless – 1.0%        
 

American Tower Corp.

 
  40,000       3.950       03/15/29       44,992  
  20,000       3.100       06/15/50       19,849  
 

AT&T, Inc.

 
  50,000       0.900       03/25/24       50,124  
  320,000       2.750       06/01/31       336,076  
  400,000       3.500       06/01/41       423,603  
  300,000       3.500  (c)      09/15/53       308,454  
 

CC Holdings GS V LLC / Crown Castle GS III Corp.

 
  50,000       3.849       04/15/23       52,693  
 

Crown Castle International Corp.

 
  40,000       3.300       07/01/30       43,176  
  40,000       4.150       07/01/50       46,422  
 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 
  100,000       2.625       08/15/26       106,408  
  75,000       4.329       09/21/28       87,497  
  272,000       3.150       03/22/30       295,696  
  21,000       4.500       08/10/33       25,391  
  100,000       4.272       01/15/36       119,403  
  15,000       3.400       03/22/41       16,072  
  100,000       3.850       11/01/42       114,461  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Wireless – (continued)        
 

Verizon Communications, Inc. – (continued)

 
80,000       5.500       03/16/47     113,492  
  40,000       4.522       09/15/48       50,247  
  40,000       4.000       03/22/50       46,831  
     

 

 

 
        2,300,887  

 

 

 
  TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS  
  (Cost $51,018,274)     $ 51,307,171  

 

 

 
     
U.S. Treasury Bonds – 7.7%  
 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

   
$ 4,180,000       4.375     02/15/38     $ 5,875,581  
  3,453,000       3.875       08/15/40       4,652,678  
  2,465,000       2.500       02/15/45       2,748,261  
  1,044,000       2.500       05/15/46       1,167,930  
  2,477,000       2.000       02/15/50       2,519,665  

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. TREASURY BONDS  
  (Cost $17,500,038)     $ 16,964,115  

 

 

 
     
Foreign Corporate Debt – 4.9%  
Banks – 1.5%  
 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Spain)

 
$ 200,000       0.875     09/18/23     $ 201,042  
  200,000       1.125       09/18/25       199,169  
 

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (Canada)

 
  200,000       3.400       02/11/24       213,648  
 

Barclays PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  200,000       4.375       09/11/24       218,586  
  200,000       5.200       05/12/26       230,278  
 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Canada)

 
  90,000       3.500       09/13/23       95,721  
 

Credit Suisse USA, Inc. (Switzerland)

 
  90,000       7.125       07/15/32       130,376  
 

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.211%)

 
  350,000       3.803 (b)      03/11/25       375,299  
  200,000       6.500       09/15/37       282,041  
 

Korea Development Bank (The) (South Korea)

 
  300,000       0.800       07/19/26       297,283  
 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
  200,000       3.850       03/01/26       223,345  
  100,000       3.741       03/07/29       112,857  
 

Natwest Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  100,000       6.000       12/19/23       111,433  
 

Royal Bank of Canada, GMTN (Canada)

 
  40,000       1.600       04/17/23       40,725  
 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
  120,000       3.010       10/19/26       129,962  
 

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)(b) (Canada)

 
 

(5 Year USD Swap + 2.205%)

 
  185,000       3.625       09/15/31       205,812  
 

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), GMTN (Canada)

 
  40,000       3.500       07/19/23       42,419  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   89


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia)

 
$ 200,000       2.850 %       05/13/26     $ 217,025  
  40,000       2.150       06/03/31       40,813  
     

 

 

 
        3,367,834  

 

 

 
Basic Industry – 0.0%  
 

Syngenta Finance NV (Switzerland)

 
  20,000       3.125       03/28/22       20,275  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.0%  
 

Brookfield Finance, Inc. (Canada)

 
  50,000       4.350       04/15/30       58,481  
  15,000       3.500       03/30/51       15,919  
     

 

 

 
        74,400  

 

 

 
Capital Goods – 0.1%  
 

CNH Industrial NV (United Kingdom)

 
  80,000       4.500       08/15/23       85,847  

 

 

 
Consumer Noncyclical – 0.4%  
 

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  80,000       3.375       11/16/25       87,699  
  150,000       0.700       04/08/26       147,363  
  15,000       4.375       11/16/45       19,425  
 

BAT Capital Corp. (United Kingdom)

 
  80,000       5.282       04/02/50       94,083  
 

Bayer US Finance II LLC(c) (Germany)

 
  100,000       3.375       07/15/24       106,203  
  15,000       4.200       07/15/34       16,943  
 

GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  100,000       3.000       06/01/24       106,411  
 

GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc. (United Kingdom)

 
  150,000       6.375       05/15/38       226,314  
  20,000       4.200       03/18/43       24,995  
 

Reynolds American, Inc. (United Kingdom)

 
  81,000       5.700       08/15/35       99,120  
     

 

 

 
        928,556  

 

 

 
Consumer Products – 0.0%  
 

Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands)

 
  15,000       6.875       03/11/38       22,769  

 

 

 
Energy – 0.5%  
 

Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada)

 
  50,000       5.250       06/15/37       59,726  
 

Enbridge, Inc. (Canada)

 
  110,000       3.125       11/15/29       118,172  
  15,000       5.500       12/01/46       20,604  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 3.641%)

 
  15,000       6.250 (b)      03/01/78       16,725  
 

Equinor ASA (Norway)

 
  300,000       3.125       04/06/30       329,251  
 

Shell International Finance BV (Netherlands)

 
  40,000       2.000       11/07/24       41,666  
  15,000       3.250       05/11/25       16,270  
  312,000       4.000       05/10/46       371,904  
 

TotalEnergies Capital International SA (France)

 
  100,000       3.127       05/29/50       103,102  
     

 

 

 
        1,077,420  

 

 

 
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Food and Beverage – 0.4%  
 

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide,
Inc. (Belgium)

 
 
80,000       4.900       02/01/46     102,218  
 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. (Belgium)

 
  15,000       4.700       02/01/36       18,510  
  100,000       4.900       02/01/46       127,792  
 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. (Belgium)

 
  300,000       3.500       06/01/30       334,510  
  46,000       4.375       04/15/38       55,062  
  40,000       4.600       04/15/48       49,496  
  40,000       5.550       01/23/49       55,926  
  40,000       4.750       04/15/58       51,033  
     

 

 

 
        794,547  

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper – 0.1%  
 

Suzano Austria GmbH (Brazil)

 
  200,000       5.000       01/15/30       228,086  

 

 

 
Internet – 0.2%  
 

Baidu, Inc. (China)

 
  200,000       3.075       04/07/25       211,996  
 

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (China)

 
  300,000       2.000       09/03/30       290,481  
     

 

 

 
        502,477  

 

 

 
Metals – 0.0%  
 

ArcelorMittal SA (Luxembourg)

 
  15,000       4.550       03/11/26       16,950  
  15,000       4.250       07/16/29       16,830  
  10,000       7.000       10/15/39       14,425  
  15,000       6.750       03/01/41       21,323  
     

 

 

 
        69,528  

 

 

 
Metals and Mining – 0.1%  
 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd. (Australia)

 
  200,000       3.750       06/15/25       220,151  

 

 

 
Mining – 0.3%  
 

Barrick North America Finance LLC (Canada)

 
  60,000       5.750       05/01/43       84,205  
 

Southern Copper Corp. (Peru)

 
  55,000       3.875       04/23/25       59,903  
 

Vale Overseas Ltd. (Brazil)

 
  230,000       6.250       08/10/26       276,863  
  115,000       3.750       07/08/30       122,454  
     

 

 

 
        543,425  

 

 

 
Oil Company-Integrated – 0.7%  
 

Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico)

 
  300,000       3.500       01/30/23       305,462  
  225,000       6.875       08/04/26       246,336  
  100,000       5.350       02/12/28       99,668  
  250,000       5.950       01/28/31       245,593  
  130,000       5.625       01/23/46       106,400  
 

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.(c) (Saudi Arabia)

 
  200,000       2.875       04/16/24       209,372  
  300,000       2.250       11/24/30       298,125  
     

 

 

 
        1,510,956  

 

 

 

 

90   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Technology – 0.1%  
 

NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC(c) (China)

 
$ 40,000       5.350 %       03/01/26     $ 46,635  
 

NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC / NXP USA, Inc.(c) (China)

 
  120,000       3.400       05/01/30       131,495  
     

 

 

 
        178,130  

 

 

 
Telecommunications – 0.2%  
 

America Movil SAB de CV (Mexico)

 
  280,000       3.625       04/22/29       307,670  
  200,000       2.875       05/07/30       211,417  
     

 

 

 
        519,087  

 

 

 
Transportation – 0.0%  
 

Canadian National Railway Co. (Canada)

 
  40,000       4.450       01/20/49       51,518  

 

 

 
Wireless – 0.2%  
 

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  80,000       2.500       09/26/22       81,737  
  250,000       4.125       05/30/25       277,993  
  50,000       5.250       05/30/48       66,788  
     

 

 

 
        426,518  

 

 

 
Wirelines – 0.1%  
 

Bell Telephone Co of Canada or Bell Canada/The (Canada)

 
  80,000       4.300       07/29/49       97,800  
 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV (Germany)

 
  15,000       8.750       06/15/30       22,579  
     

 

 

 
        120,379  

 

 

 
  TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE DEBT  
  (Cost $10,630,990)     $ 10,741,903  

 

 

 
     
Foreign Debt Obligations – 3.1%  
Sovereign – 3.1%  
 

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond(c) (United Arab
Emirates)

 
 
$ 200,000       0.750     09/02/23     $ 201,287  
  400,000       2.125       09/30/24       417,817  
  200,000       2.500       04/16/25       212,405  
  200,000       2.700       09/02/70       182,933  
 

China Government International Bond(c) (China)

 
  400,000       0.400       10/21/23       400,199  
  600,000       0.550       10/21/25       592,927  
 

Colombia Government International Bond (Colombia)

 
  200,000       3.875       04/25/27       212,355  
  100,000       6.125       01/18/41       118,034  
 

Hungary Government International Bond (Hungary)

 
  16,000       5.375       02/21/23       17,170  
 

Indonesia Government International Bond (Indonesia)

 
  200,000       3.850       10/15/30       226,441  
  300,000       5.250       01/17/42       379,892  
 

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank (Germany)

 
  15,000       3.125       11/14/23       15,909  
 

Malaysia Sovereign Sukuk BHD(c) (Malaysia)

 
  300,000       3.043       04/22/25       321,617  

 

 

 
Foreign Debt Obligations – (continued)  
Sovereign – (continued)  
 

Mexico Government International Bond (Mexico)

 
56,000       4.000       10/02/23     60,189  
  250,000       3.250       04/16/30       263,260  
 

Panama Government International Bond (Panama)

 
  200,000       6.700       01/26/36       275,750  
 

Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III(c) (Indonesia)

 
  400,000       4.550       03/29/26       455,000  
  200,000       2.800       06/23/30       208,750  
 

Philippine Government International Bond (Philippines)

 
  200,000       3.750       01/14/29       228,417  
 

Province of Alberta Canada (Canada)

 
  15,000       2.200       07/26/22       15,284  
  50,000       3.300       03/15/28       56,434  
 

Province of British Columbia Canada (Canada)

 
  15,000       2.000       10/23/22       15,302  
 

Province of Ontario Canada (Canada)

 
  30,000       1.050       05/21/27       29,837  
  30,000       1.600       02/25/31       29,790  
 

Province of Quebec Canada (Canada)

 
  90,000       0.600       07/23/25       88,221  
  25,000       2.750       04/12/27       27,323  
 

Qatar Government International Bond(c) (Qatar)

 
  280,000       3.400       04/16/25       303,631  
  200,000       4.817       03/14/49       260,384  
 

Republic of Poland Government International Bond (Poland)

 
  30,000       3.250       04/06/26       33,119  
 

Romanian Government International Bond(c) (Romania)

 
  16,000       3.000       02/14/31       16,683  
 

Russian Foreign Bond – Eurobond(c) (Russia)

 
  200,000       5.250       06/23/47       260,250  
 

Saudi Government International Bond (Saudi Arabia)

 
  300,000       2.900 (c)      10/22/25       321,026  
  500,000       4.625       10/04/47       600,417  
 

Uruguay Government International Bond (Uruguay)

 
  15,000       4.375       01/23/31       17,756  

 

 

 
  TOTAL FOREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS  
  (Cost $6,862,436)     $ 6,865,809  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Investment Company – 23.4%(d)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  51,438,327     0.026%   $ 51,438,327  
  (Cost $51,438,327)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 122.9%  
  (Cost $270,916,573)   $ 270,236,640  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
    ASSETS – (22.9)%
    (50,406,871

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 219,829,769  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   91


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

(a)

  TBA (To Be Announced) Securities are purchased on a forward commitment basis with an approximate principal amount and no defined maturity date. The actual principal and maturity date will be determined upon settlement when the specific mortgage pools are assigned. Total market value of TBA securities (excluding forward sales contracts, if any) amounts to $54,285,602 which represents approximately 24.7% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021.

(b)

  Variable rate security. Interest rate or distribution rate disclosed is that which is in effect on August 31, 2021.

(c)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(d)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

GMTN

 

— Global Medium Term Note

LIBOR

 

— London Interbank Offered Rate

LP

 

— Limited Partnership

MTN

 

— Medium Term Note

PLC

 

— Public Limited Company

REIT

 

— Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR

 

— Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

 

92   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Mortgage-Backed Securities – 28.8%  
 

FHLMC REMIC(a) (12M USD LIBOR + 1.803%)

 
$ 5,472,617       2.180     10/01/43     $ 5,778,680  
 

FHLMC REMIC(a) (12M USD LIBOR + 1.781%)

 
  1,182,991       2.146       10/01/44       1,247,287  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2003-2682, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.900%)

 
 
  229,334       0.996       10/15/33       234,389  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2003-2711, Class FA(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 1.000%)

 
 
  272,977       1.096       11/15/33       280,020  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2005-3033, Class FG(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.350%)

 
 
  693,526       0.446       09/15/35       698,435  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2007-3298, Class FC(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.420%)

 
 
  239,480       0.516       04/15/37       241,315  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2007-3314, Class FC(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.400%)

 
 
  31,941       0.496       12/15/36       32,221  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2007-3316, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.300%)

 
 
  809,486       0.396       08/15/35       813,878  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2007-3371, Class FA(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.600%)

 
 
  147,581       0.696       09/15/37       150,037  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2009-3593, Class CF(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.600%)

 
 
  1,751,820       0.696       02/15/36       1,779,933  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2011-3895, Class FM(a) (1M USD
LIBOR + 0.350%)

 
 
  174,854       0.446       12/15/40       175,367  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2012-4040, Class FW(a) (1M USD
LIBOR + 0.370%)

 
 
  545,642       0.466       05/15/32       547,779  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2012-4057, Class FE(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.450%)

 
 
  1,150,148       0.546       06/15/42       1,162,168  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2012-4068, Class UF(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.500%)

 
 
  277,920       0.596       06/15/42       280,838  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2012-4098, Class MF(a) (1M USD
LIBOR + 0.300%)

 
 
  337,946       0.396       11/15/41       338,267  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2012-4126, Class GF(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.400%)

 
 
  2,743,705       0.496       11/15/42       2,759,095  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2013-4203, Class QF(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.250%)

 
 
  1,485,417       0.346       05/15/43       1,485,930  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2013-4248, Class FL(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.450%)

 
 
  110,289       0.546       05/15/41       111,479  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2013-4263, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.400%)

 
 
  84,846       0.496       11/15/43       85,581  

 

 

 
Mortgage-Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2013-4272, Class FD(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.350%)

 
 
96,899       0.446       11/15/43     97,482  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2017-4678, Class AF(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.400%)

 
 
  2,761,918       0.500       12/15/42       2,758,674  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2017-4719, Class AF(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.350%)

 
 
  4,497,675       0.446       09/15/47       4,535,726  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2018-4787, Class ZS

 
  1,481,287       5.000       07/01/48       1,625,083  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2018-4818, Class FC(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.300%)

 
 
  344,817       0.396       04/15/48       345,191  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2018-4852, Class BF(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.400%)

 
 
  2,218,620       0.496       12/15/48       2,236,684  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2019-4897, Class F(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.400%)

 
 
  1,654,298       0.496       07/15/49       1,670,264  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2019-4903, Class F(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.450%)

 
 
  297,015       0.546       09/15/48       299,689  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2019-4906, Class NF(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.400%)

 
 
  2,430,481       0.500       03/15/38       2,445,954  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2019-4942, Class FA(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.500%)

 
 
  1,828,724       0.584       01/25/50       1,844,306  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2020-5002, Class FJ(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.400%)

 
 
  270,631       0.484       07/25/50       272,423  
 

FHLMC REMIC Series 2020-5031, Class FA(a) (SOFR +
0.300%)

 
 
  3,357,996       0.350       08/15/43       3,360,336  
 

FHLMC STRIPS Series 2006-239, Class F22(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.350%)

 
 
  230,766       0.446       08/15/36       232,297  
 

FHLMC STRIPS Series 2006-239, Class F30(a) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.300%)

 
 
  576,914       0.396       08/15/36       580,354  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2004-54, Class FL(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.400%)

 
 
  155,842       0.484       07/25/34       156,906  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2004-54, Class FN(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.450%)

 
 
  381,343       0.534       07/25/34       384,947  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2005-120, Class FE(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.520%)

 
 
  553,359       0.604       01/25/36       561,140  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2005-87, Class FE(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.450%)

 
 
  604,427       0.534       10/25/35       610,013  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2006-110, Class AF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.330%)

 
 
  3,095,976       0.414       11/25/36       3,115,124  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   93


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Mortgage-Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2006-16, Class FC(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.300%)

 
 
$ 160,457       0.384 %       03/25/36     $ 160,979  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2006-36, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.300%)

 
 
  73,234       0.384       05/25/36       73,601  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2006-42, Class PF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.410%)

 
 
  136,214       0.494       06/25/36       137,362  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2006-44, Class FP(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.400%)

 
 
  1,283,077       0.484       06/25/36       1,293,919  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2006-61, Class FD(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.360%)

 
 
  250,482       0.444       07/25/36       252,244  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2006-79, Class DF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.350%)

 
 
  534,104       0.434       08/25/36       537,393  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2006-88, Class AF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.460%)

 
 
  455,727       0.544       09/25/36       460,911  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2007-35, Class PF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.250%)

 
 
  90,591       0.334       04/25/37       90,876  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2007-67, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.320%)

 
 
  378,366       0.404       07/25/37       380,436  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2008-1, Class CF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.700%)

 
 
  66,484       0.784       02/25/38       67,517  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2009-110, Class FG(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.750%)

 
 
  305,775       0.834       01/25/40       311,083  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-113, Class FA(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.400%)

 
 
  201,738       0.484       10/25/40       203,432  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-116, Class FE(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.400%)

 
 
  243,159       0.484       10/25/40       245,243  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-141, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.470%)

 
 
  153,291       0.554       12/25/40       154,929  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-15, Class FJ(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.930%)

 
 
  472,990       1.014       06/25/36       482,804  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-39, Class FE(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.770%)

 
 
  744,136       0.854       06/25/37       758,385  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-39, Class FG(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.920%)

 
 
  331,784       1.004       03/25/36       340,628  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-46, Class WF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.750%)

 
 
  2,321,173       0.834       05/25/40       2,382,044  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-49, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.750%)

 
 
  222,799       0.834       05/25/40       227,475  

 

 

 
Mortgage-Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2010-59, Class FN(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.730%)

 
 
2,822,683       0.814       06/25/40     2,876,195  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2011-5, Class PF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.600%)

 
 
  210,990       0.684       11/25/40       211,800  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2011-53, Class FT(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.580%)

 
 
  217,321       0.664       06/25/41       220,815  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2011-87, Class FJ(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.550%)

 
 
  235,327       0.634       09/25/41       238,948  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2012-101, Class FC(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.500%)

 
 
  172,114       0.584       09/25/42       173,880  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2012-14, Class BF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.600%)

 
 
  1,129,758       0.684       03/25/42       1,150,062  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2012-37, Class BF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.500%)

 
 
  203,070       0.584       12/25/35       205,622  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2013-10, Class KF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.300%)

 
 
  135,704       0.384       02/25/43       136,173  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2013-130, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.450%)

 
 
  144,744       0.534       01/25/44       146,258  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2013-19, Class DF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.300%)

 
 
  1,070,289       0.384       09/25/41       1,072,196  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2013-2, Class QF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.500%)

 
 
  107,342       0.584       02/25/43       108,501  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2014-17, Class FE(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.550%)

 
 
  1,239,202       0.634       04/25/44       1,257,266  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2014-28, Class FD(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.450%)

 
 
  3,516,323       0.534       05/25/44       3,551,399  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2014-47, Class AF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.350%)

 
 
  508,088       0.450       08/25/44       506,609  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2015-27, Class KF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.300%)

 
 
  142,265       0.384       05/25/45       142,799  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2015-87, Class BF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.300%)

 
 
  548,395       0.384       12/25/45       550,655  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2016-49, Class EF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.400%)

 
 
  1,266,586       0.484       08/25/46       1,276,888  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2017-16, Class FA(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.450%)

 
 
  1,043,580       0.534       03/25/47       1,052,992  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2017-91, Class GF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.350%)

 
 
  2,470,584       0.434       11/25/47       2,483,841  

 

 

 

 

94   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Mortgage-Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2018-15, Class JF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.300%)

 
 
$ 1,380,349       0.384 %       03/25/48     $ 1,385,533  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2018-3385, Class MA

 
  1,634,951       4.500       06/01/48       1,765,813  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2019-41, Class FM(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.450%)

 
 
  1,992,094       0.534       08/25/49       2,003,828  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2019-6, Class KF(a) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.450%)

 
 
  2,956,612       0.534       03/25/49       2,985,844  
 

FNMA REMIC Series 2020-6347, Class BM(a) (12M USD
LIBOR + 1.737%)

 
 
  1,759,505       2.124       02/01/41       1,859,742  
 

GNMA Series 2004-59, Class FP(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

 
  559,442       0.396       08/16/34       561,969  
 

GNMA Series 2005-4, Class FA(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.370%)

 
  515,833       0.466       01/16/35       518,737  
 

GNMA Series 2007-59, Class FA(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

 
  156,785       0.588       10/20/37       159,108  
 

GNMA Series 2013-99, Class PF(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

 
  2,220,909       0.388       07/20/43       2,231,553  
 

GNMA Series 2019-110, Class F(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

 
  2,940,945       0.538       09/20/49       2,965,184  
 

GNMA Series 2019-56, Class FB(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

 
  2,984,000       0.538       05/20/49       3,024,277  
 

GNMA Series 2019-58, Class FA(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

 
  1,619,542       0.488       05/20/49       1,630,552  
 

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2016-JP2, Class ASB

 
 
  627,013       2.713       08/15/49       651,232  
 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-C31,
Class ASB

 
 
  588,222       3.540       08/15/48       618,932  
 

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust
Series 2013-C7, Class A3

 
 
  265,842       2.655       02/15/46       267,329  
 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2013-LC12,
Class A4(a)

 
 
  700,000       4.218       07/15/46       736,178  
 

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2012-C10, Class A3

 
  537,000       2.875       12/15/45       548,451  

 

 

 
  TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES  
  (Cost $94,876,873)     $ 95,173,714  

 

 

 
     
Asset- Backed Securities – 23.0%  
 

Access to Loans for Learning Student Loan Corp., Series 2010-I,
Class A3(a) (3M USD LIBOR + 0.800%)

 
 
$ 827,364       0.913     04/25/37     $ 835,661  
 

Access to Loans for Learning Student Loan Corp., Series 2012-1,
Class A(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.700%)

 
 
  24,966       0.784       07/25/36       24,886  
 

American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2017-2,
Class A(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

 
 
  135,000       0.546       09/16/24       135,246  

 

 

 
Asset- Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2019-3,
Class A

 
 
1,070,000       2.000       04/15/25     1,090,169  
 

Anchorage Capital CLO 4-R Ltd., Series 2018-4RA, Class A(a)(b)
(3M USD LIBOR + 1.050%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  1,000,000       1.182       01/28/31       1,001,029  
 

Atlas Senior Loan Fund III Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class AR(a)(b)
(3M USD LIBOR + 0.830%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  136,421       0.954       11/17/27       136,430  
 

Atrium XII, Series 2017-12A, Class AR(a)(b) (3M USD LIBOR +
0.830%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  238,642       0.968       04/22/27       238,759  
 

BA Credit Card Trust, Series 2021-A1, Class A1

 
  500,000       0.440       09/15/26       499,713  
 

Barings CLO Ltd., Series 2018-3A, Class A1(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.950%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  500,000       1.084       07/20/29       499,921  
 

BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 2017-2A, Class A1R(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 1.180%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  980,386       1.318       10/22/30       980,849  
 

BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 2018-2A, Class A1R(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 0.930%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  420,220       1.064       07/18/27       420,348  
 

Brazos Higher Education Authority, Inc., Series 2010-1,
Class A1(a) (3M USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

 
 
  50,951       1.029       05/25/29       50,966  
 

Brazos Higher Education Authority, Inc., Series 2011-1,
Class A2(a) (3M USD LIBOR + 0.800%)

 
 
  837,319       0.929       02/25/30       840,679  
 

Brazos Higher Education Authority, Inc., Series 2011-2,
Class A2(a) (3M USD LIBOR + 0.850%)

 
 
  52,935       0.975       07/25/29       53,062  
 

BX, Series 2021-MFM1, Class A(a)(b) (1M USD LIBOR +
0.700%)

 
 
  100,000       0.796       01/15/34       100,094  
 

BXHPP Trust, Series 2021-FILM, Class A(a)(b) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.650%)

 
 
  1,850,000       0.746       08/15/36       1,851,331  
 

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2016-A7,
Class A7(a) (1M USD LIBOR + 0.510%)

 
 
  300,000       0.606       09/16/24       300,317  
 

CARDS II Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A(b) (Canada)

 
  1,125,000       0.602       04/15/27       1,127,738  
 

Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 2021-2A, Class A1R(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.050%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  2,000,000       1.184       07/20/31       2,000,546  
 

Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2020-A1, Class A1

 
  400,000       1.530       01/15/25       407,058  
 

CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 2017-3A, Class A1(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.220%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  2,350,000       1.354       07/20/30       2,351,231  
 

CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 2021-2A, Class AR(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.950%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  500,000       1.084       04/20/30       500,061  
 

CIM Retail Portfolio Trust, Series 2021-RETL, Class A(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 1.400%)

 
 
  650,000       1.496       08/15/36       650,812  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   95


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Asset- Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-GC19,
Class A4

 
 
$ 500,000       4.023 %       03/10/47     $ 534,871  
 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-GC21,
Class A5

 
 
  600,000       3.855       05/10/47       644,642  
 

COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-CR12, Class A4

 
  800,000       4.046       10/10/46       852,197  
 

COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-CR7, Class A4

 
  427,573       3.213       03/10/46       442,330  
 

COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-CR8, Class A5(a)

 
  700,000       3.612       06/10/46       733,876  
 

COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-CR9, Class A4(a)

 
  322,746       4.388       07/10/45       341,046  
 

COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-CR24, Class ASB

 
  433,214       3.445       08/10/48       454,999  
 

COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-LBA, Class A(a)(b) (1M USD
LIBOR + 0.690%)

 
 
  900,000       0.786       03/15/38       900,559  
 

DBJPM Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C3, Class ASB

 
  364,991       2.756       08/10/49       380,304  
 

Discover Card Execution Note Trust, Series 2017-A7, Class A7(a)
(1M USD LIBOR + 0.360%)

 
 
  150,000       0.456       04/15/25       150,514  
 

Dryden XXV Senior Loan Fund, Series 2012-25A,
Class ARR(a)(b) (3M USD LIBOR + 0.900%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  214,776       1.026       10/15/27       214,805  
 

Dryden XXVI Senior Loan Fund, Series 2013-26A, Class AR(a)(b)
(3M USD LIBOR + 0.900%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  245,968       1.026       04/15/29       245,595  
 

Edsouth Indenture No 10 LLC, Series 2015-2, Class A(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

 
 
  144,983       1.084       12/25/56       146,108  
 

Edsouth Indenture No 2 LLC, Series 2012-1, Class A1(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

 
 
  203,287       1.234       09/25/40       203,800  
 

Edsouth Indenture No 3 LLC, Series 2012-2, Class A(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 0.730%)

 
 
  45,518       0.814       04/25/39       45,724  
 

Educational Funding of the South, Inc., Series 2011-1, Class A2(a)
(3M USD LIBOR + 0.650%)

 
 
  1,167,524       0.775       04/25/35       1,170,767  
 

EFS Volunteer LLC, Series 2010-1, Class A2(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.850%)

 
 
  840,724       0.975       10/25/35       840,601  
 

Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2021-ESH, Class A(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 1.080%)

 
 
  1,450,000       1.176       07/15/38       1,454,531  
 

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A(b)

 
  1,450,000       2.620       08/15/28       1,466,285  
 

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2018-2, Class A(b)

 
  1,500,000       3.470       01/15/30       1,585,247  
 

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A, Series 2018-2,
Class A

 
 
  1,000,000       3.170       03/15/25       1,044,240  

 

 

 
Asset- Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

Gallatin CLO VIII Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class A(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.300%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
432,311       1.426       07/15/27     432,482  
 

GCO Education Loan Funding Trust, Series 2006-1,
Class A10L(a) (3M USD LIBOR + 0.190%)

 
 
  372,565       0.319       02/27/28       370,632  
 

GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A(b)

 
  1,000,000       0.690       10/15/25       1,004,300  
 

Goal Capital Funding Trust, Series 2010-1, Class A(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.700%)

 
 
  324,504       0.829       08/25/48       326,015  
 

Great Wolf Trust, Series 2019-WOLF, Class A(a)(b) (1M USD
LIBOR + 1.034%)

 
 
  750,000       1.130       12/15/36       750,001  
 

HalseyPoint CLO 3 Ltd., Series 2020-3A, Class A1A(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 1.450%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  500,000       1.579       11/30/32       502,403  
 

Hayfin US Ltd., Series 2018-8A, Class A(a)(b) (3M USD LIBOR +
1.120%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  3,000,000       1.254       04/20/31       3,000,033  
 

Higher Education Funding I, Series 2014-1, Class A(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

 
 
  1,343,637       1.179       05/25/34       1,349,796  
 

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2019-4, Class A3

 
  932,162       1.830       01/18/24       941,054  
 

ICG US CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class A1R(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.140%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  885,407       1.274       10/19/28       885,561  
 

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2013-C10, Class ASB

 
 
  660,720       2.702       12/15/47       670,669  
 

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2013-C13, Class A4(a)

 
 
  821,089       3.994       01/15/46       855,028  
 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-C18,
Class ASB

 
 
  450,533       3.566       02/15/47       464,175  
 

KKR Industrial Portfolio Trust, Series 2021-KDIP, Class A(a)(b)
(1M USD LIBOR + 0.550%)

 
 
  1,440,000       0.646       12/15/37       1,440,447  
 

KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Series 2010-1, Class A(a) (3M
USD LIBOR + 0.950%)

 
 
  328,893       1.079       02/25/42       329,613  
 

LCM LP, Series 2021-15A, Class AR2(a)(b) (3M USD LIBOR +
1.000%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  2,300,000       1.134       07/20/30       2,300,281  
 

LCM XX LP, Series 2018-20A, Class AR(a)(b) (3M USD LIBOR
+ 1.040%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  1,148,426       1.174       10/20/27       1,148,870  
 

Madison Park Funding Ltd., Series 2021-37A, Class AR(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 1.070%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  1,500,000       1.210       07/15/33       1,500,285  
 

Marathon CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class AANR(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.320%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  2,200,000       1.446       04/15/32       2,200,000  
 

Master Credit Card Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A(b) (Canada)

 
  1,400,000       0.530       11/21/25       1,400,383  

 

 

 

 

96   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Asset- Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust 2021-B, Series 2021-B,
Class A3

 
 
$ 850,000       0.400 %       11/15/24     $ 850,699  
 

Navient Student Loan Trust, Series 2016-6A, Class A2(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

 
 
  474,215       0.834       03/25/66       474,691  
 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A2(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 0.600%)

 
 
  512,622       0.684       03/25/30       513,567  
 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2014-4A, Class A1(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 0.540%)

 
 
  608,511       0.624       11/27/39       611,888  
 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2016-1A, Class A(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 0.800%)

 
 
  551,643       0.884       09/25/65       550,995  
 

Nissan Auto Lease Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3

 
  144,039       1.840       01/17/23       145,019  
 

Northstar Education Finance, Inc., Series 2012-1, Class A(a)(b)
(1M USD LIBOR + 0.700%)

 
 
  128,085       0.784       12/26/31       128,672  
 

NorthStar Student Loan Trust III, Series 2016-1, Class A(a)(b) (1M
USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

 
 
  2,065,563       1.334       05/27/36       2,075,931  
 

ONE PARK Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-PARK, Class A(a)(b)
(1M USD LIBOR + 0.700%)

 
 
  908,000       0.796       03/15/36       908,634  
 

OZLM Ltd., Series 2017-11A, Class A1R(a)(b) (3M USD LIBOR +
1.250%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  247,297       1.379       10/30/30       247,411  
 

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency,
Series 2009-1, Class A1(a) (3M USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

 
 
  104,274       1.025       07/25/29       104,338  
 

Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, Series 2012-1, Class A1(a)
(1M USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

 
 
  1,039,142       0.986       07/01/31       1,042,993  
 

Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, Series 2014-1, Class A1(a)
(1M USD LIBOR + 0.700%)

 
 
  182,989       0.786       10/02/28       182,771  
 

Shackleton 2015-VIII CLO Ltd., Series 2017-8A, Class A2R(a)(b)
(3M USD LIBOR + 0.920%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  351,588       1.054       10/20/27       351,636  
 

SLC Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-3, Class A3(a) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.120%)

 
 
  774,488       0.239       06/15/29       772,883  
 

SLC Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-5, Class A4(a) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.140%)

 
 
  844,906       0.265       10/25/28       840,791  
 

SLC Student Loan Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A4(a) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.060%)

 
 
  1,811,511       0.185       05/15/29       1,794,145  
 

SLC Student Loan Trust, Series 2010-1, Class A(a) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.875%)

 
 
  410,162       1.004       11/25/42       412,421  
 

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-11, Class A6(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.550%)

 
 
  116,007       0.669       12/15/25       115,969  

 

 

 
Asset- Backed Securities – (continued)  
 

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-14, Class A6(a) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.300%)

 
 
188,819       0.425       07/25/25     187,957  
 

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-1, Class A4(a) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.260%)

 
 
  235,617       0.385       10/27/25       234,560  
 

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class A4(a) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.150%)

 
 
  250,393       0.275       10/25/29       248,585  
 

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2018-10, Class A7B(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 0.600%)

 
 
  157,782       0.725       10/25/29       157,130  
 

SOUND POINT CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class AR(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 1.080%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  600,000       1.193       01/20/32       600,136  
 

South Carolina Student Loan Corp., Series 2014-1, Class A1(a)
(1M USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

 
 
  301,778       0.836       05/01/30       302,015  
 

STWD Trust, Series 2021-FLWR, Class A(a)(b) (1M USD LIBOR
+ 0.577%)

 
 
  1,350,000       0.673       07/15/36       1,348,737  
 

TCW CLO AMR Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class ASNR(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 1.220%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  1,100,000       1.345       08/16/34       1,100,113  
 

Tralee CLO II Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class AR(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.320%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  610,316       1.454       07/20/29       610,210  
 

Trimaran Cavu 2021-1 Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 1.210%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  1,000,000       1.348       04/23/32       1,000,127  
 

Trysail CLO 2021-1 Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A1(a)(b) (3M
USD LIBOR + 1.320%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  3,000,000       1.461       07/20/32       3,006,813  
 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-C5,
Class AAB

 
 
  206,878       2.687       03/10/46       209,991  
 

Utah State Board of Regents, Series 2016-1, Class A(a) (1M USD
LIBOR + 0.750%)

 
 
  167,814       0.834       09/25/56       167,577  
 

Voya CLO 2019-2 Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class A(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.270%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  700,000       1.404       07/20/32       700,085  
 

Voya CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class A1R(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 0.900%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  271,716       1.034       01/18/29       271,806  
 

Wellfleet CLO Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class AR3(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.280%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  983,893       1.414       07/20/29       983,999  
 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C31,
Series 2015-C31, Class ASB

 
 
  118,145       3.487       11/15/48       124,587  
 

Zais CLO Ltd., Series 2021-15A, Class A1R(a)(b) (3M USD
LIBOR + 1.350%) (Cayman Islands)

 
 
  1,000,000       1.454       07/28/32       1,000,089  

 

 

 
  TOTAL ASSET- BACKED SECURITIES  
  (Cost $76,124,213)     $ 76,201,946  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   97


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – 20.6%  
Banks – 5.3%  
 

Bank of America Corp.(a), GMTN

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.930%)

 
$ 1,100,000       2.816 %       07/21/23     $ 1,123,552  
 

Bank of America Corp.(a), MTN

 
 

(3M Bloomberg Short Term Bank Yield + 0.430%)

 
  2,000,000       0.529       05/28/24       2,001,060  
 

BBVA USA

 
  1,000,000       2.875       06/29/22       1,019,539  
 

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)(a)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.500%)

 
  1,000,000       0.550       03/18/24       1,006,100  
 

Citigroup, Inc.(a)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.870%)

 
  740,000       0.920       11/04/22       740,864  
 

(SOFR + 0.867%)

 
  935,000       2.312       11/04/22       938,134  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.722%)

 
  709,000       3.142       01/24/23       716,715  
 

Discover Bank

 
  2,000,000       3.350       02/06/23       2,078,576  
 

Fifth Third Bancorp

 
  600,000       2.600       06/15/22       609,987  
 

Fifth Third Bank NA(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.640%)

 
  500,000       0.766       02/01/22       501,308  
 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.695%)

 
  2,807,000       3.207       04/01/23       2,854,297  
 

Morgan Stanley(a), GMTN

 
 

(SOFR + 0.700%)

 
  1,200,000       0.750       01/20/23       1,202,331  
 

MUFG Union Bank NA

 
  300,000       3.150       04/01/22       304,419  
  500,000       2.100       12/09/22       510,783  
 

Wells Fargo Bank NA(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.510%)

 
  750,000       0.648       10/22/21       750,228  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.650%)

 
  1,171,000       2.082       09/09/22       1,171,433  
     

 

 

 
        17,529,326  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.7%  
 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

 
  1,000,000       0.700       06/15/23       1,004,357  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.650%)

 
  1,200,000       0.769 (a)      06/15/23       1,200,133  
     

 

 

 
        2,204,490  

 

 

 
Capital Goods – 0.3%  
 

3M Co.

 
  683,000       1.750       02/14/23       697,132  
 

Roper Technologies, Inc.

 
  450,000       3.125       11/15/22       461,812  
     

 

 

 
        1,158,944  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Communications – 0.1%  
 

Moody’s Corp.

 
400,000       4.500       09/01/22     412,098  

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical – 1.1%  
 

7-Eleven, Inc.(b)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

 
  650,000       0.578 (a)      08/10/22       650,148  
  591,000       0.625       02/10/23       591,211  
 

Dollar Tree, Inc.

 
  750,000       3.700       05/15/23       788,623  
 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.310%)

 
  900,000       1.457 (a)      06/30/22       907,320  
  300,000       3.700       05/09/23       313,602  
 

Ralph Lauren Corp.

 
  400,000       1.700       06/15/22       404,469  
     

 

 

 
        3,655,373  

 

 

 
Consumer Noncyclical – 1.3%  
 

AbbVie, Inc.

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.460%)

 
  325,000       0.587 (a)      11/19/21       325,249  
  700,000       3.250       10/01/22       716,825  
  1,500,000       3.200       11/06/22       1,542,608  
 

Biogen, Inc.

 
  1,079,000       3.625       09/15/22       1,115,436  
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.520%)

 
  750,000       0.666       09/29/23       750,191  
     

 

 

 
        4,450,309  

 

 

 
Consumer Products – 0.2%  
 

Clorox Co. (The)

 
  500,000       3.800       11/15/21       503,530  

 

 

 
Electric – 3.6%  
 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.(a), Series A

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.480%)

 
  625,000       0.606       11/01/23       625,459  
 

Atmos Energy Corp.

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.380%)

 
  747,000       0.503 (a)      03/09/23       747,000  
  423,000       0.625       03/09/23       423,044  
 

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

 
  1,250,000       0.620 (a)      03/02/23       1,249,033  
  900,000       0.700       03/02/23       900,090  
 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.(a)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.650%)

 
  881,000       0.700       05/13/24       882,065  
 

DTE Energy Co., Series H

 
  1,119,000       0.550       11/01/22       1,121,904  
 

Duke Energy Corp.(a)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.250%)

 
  850,000       0.296       06/10/23       849,701  
 

Entergy Corp.

 
  580,000       4.000       07/15/22       594,781  

 

 

 

 

98   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Electric – (continued)  
 

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.(a)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.270%)

 
$ 1,245,000       0.401 %       02/22/23     $ 1,245,096  
 

(SOFR + 0.540%)

 
  500,000       0.590       03/01/23       501,682  
 

OGE Energy Corp.

 
  226,000       0.703       05/26/23       225,954  
 

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.

 
  522,000       0.553       05/26/23       522,113  
 

PPL Electric Utilities Corp.(a)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.330%)

 
  620,000       0.381       06/24/24       620,116  
 

Southern Co. (The)

 
  1,500,000       2.950       07/01/23       1,562,443  
     

 

 

 
        12,070,481  

 

 

 
Energy – 0.9%  
 

Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC / Baker Hughes Co.-Obligor, Inc.

 
  500,000       2.773       12/15/22       514,926  
 

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

 
  400,000       4.500       05/01/23       424,012  
 

MPLX LP

 
  500,000       3.500       12/01/22       517,256  
 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

 
  1,436,000       0.550       05/15/23       1,435,251  
     

 

 

 
        2,891,445  

 

 

 
Financial Company – 0.8%  
 

Air Lease Corp.

 
  1,852,000       3.500       01/15/22       1,873,316  
  350,000       2.625       07/01/22       355,734  
  500,000       3.875       07/03/23       528,027  
     

 

 

 
        2,757,077  

 

 

 
Healthcare – 1.3%  
 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

 
  1,879,000       0.737       03/15/23       1,881,781  
 

Cigna Corp.

 
  2,250,000       3.050       11/30/22       2,320,305  
     

 

 

 
        4,202,086  

 

 

 
Insurance – 2.3%  
 

AIG Global Funding(a)(b)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.380%)

 
  752,000       0.428       12/15/23       753,579  
 

Athene Global Funding(a)(b)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.730%)

 
  1,500,000       0.865       01/08/24       1,507,439  
 

Equitable Financial Life Global Funding(b)

 
  1,126,000       0.500       04/06/23       1,127,857  
 

Guardian Life Global Funding(b)

 
  575,000       2.500       05/08/22       584,058  
 

Jackson National Life Global Funding(a)(b)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.600%)

 
  1,300,000       0.650       01/06/23       1,305,874  
 

Markel Corp.

 
  600,000       4.900       07/01/22       621,391  

 

 

 
Corporate Obligations – (continued)  
Insurance – (continued)  
 

Principal Life Global Funding II(a)(b)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.450%)

 
353,000       0.500     04/12/24     353,864  
 

(SOFR + 0.380%)

 
  563,000       0.430       08/23/24       564,685  
 

Protective Life Global Funding(b)

 
  626,000       0.502       04/12/23       627,039  
     

 

 

 
        7,445,786  

 

 

 
REITs and Real Estate – 0.4%  
 

Public Storage(a) (SOFR + 0.470%)

 
  1,385,000       0.520       04/23/24       1,385,797  

 

 

 
Technology – 0.7%  
 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 
  800,000       0.375       03/01/23       799,862  
 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

 
  400,000       4.400       10/15/22       414,848  
  1,000,000       2.250       04/01/23       1,025,960  
     

 

 

 
        2,240,670  

 

 

 
Transportation – 0.8%  
 

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP / PTL Finance Corp.(b)

 
  1,390,000       4.250       01/17/23       1,459,956  
 

Ryder System, Inc., MTN

 
  1,000,000       3.750       06/09/23       1,054,833  
     

 

 

 
        2,514,789  

 

 

 
Wireless – 0.8%  
 

AT&T, Inc.(a)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.640%)

 
  1,500,000       0.690       03/25/24       1,502,797  
 

Verizon Communications, Inc.(a)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.500%)

 
  1,300,000       0.550       03/22/24       1,307,347  
     

 

 

 
        2,810,144  

 

 

 
  TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS  
  (Cost $68,173,077)     $ 68,232,345  

 

 

 
     
Foreign Corporate Debt – 18.7%  
Aerospace & Defense – 0.1%  
 

BAE Systems PLC(b) (United Kingdom)

 
$ 410,000       4.750     10/11/21     $ 411,950  

 

 

 
Banks – 12.8%  
 

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (Australia)

 
  600,000       2.550       11/23/21       603,233  
 

Banco Santander SA(a) (Spain)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.090%)

 
  800,000       1.221       02/23/23       809,353  
 

Bank of Montreal(a), MTN (Canada)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.680%)

 
  1,450,000       0.726       03/10/23       1,460,981  
 

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)(a) (Canada)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.550%)

 
  1,200,000       0.598       09/15/23       1,207,756  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   99


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA(b) (France)

 
$ 1,253,000       2.125 %       11/21/22     $ 1,281,565  
 

Barclays PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  1,000,000       3.684       01/10/23       1,011,702  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.400%)

 
  610,000       4.610 (a)      02/15/23       621,554  
 

BPCE SA(a), MTN (France)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.880%)

 
  250,000       1.001       05/31/22       251,529  
 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce(a) (Canada)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.800%)

 
  1,395,000       0.850       03/17/23       1,408,289  
 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia(b) (Australia)

 
  900,000       2.750       03/10/22       911,984  
 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA (Netherlands)

 
  900,000       3.875       02/08/22       914,524  
 

Deutsche Bank NY (Germany)

 
  976,000       0.720       11/08/21       977,035  
 

DNB Bank ASA(a)(b) (Norway)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.620%)

 
  850,000       0.740       12/02/22       855,680  
 

Federation des Caisses Desjardins du Quebec(a)(b) (Canada)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.430%)

 
  1,500,000       0.481       05/21/24       1,503,928  
 

HSBC Holdings PLC(a) (United Kingdom)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.055%)

 
  1,373,000       3.262       03/13/23       1,394,099  
 

ING Groep NV (Netherlands)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

 
  200,000       1.296 (a)      03/29/22       201,219  
  750,000       3.150       03/29/22       762,539  
 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA(b) (Italy)

 
  800,000       3.125       07/14/22       818,286  
  500,000       3.375       01/12/23       518,260  
 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  750,000       4.050       08/16/23       800,810  
 

Macquarie Bank Ltd.(b) (Australia)

 
  400,000       2.100       10/17/22       408,373  
 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.060%)

 
  400,000       1.179 (a)      09/13/21       400,131  
  600,000       2.190       09/13/21       600,363  
 

Mizuho Bank Ltd.(b) (Japan)

 
  1,175,000       2.950       10/17/22       1,209,952  
 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.(a) (Japan)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.140%)

 
  410,000       1.259       09/13/21       410,143  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.940%)

 
  600,000       1.061       02/28/22       602,543  
 

MUFG Bank Ltd.(b) (Japan)

 
  800,000       2.850       09/08/21       800,346  
 

National Australia Bank Ltd.(a)(b) (Australia)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.890%)

 
  250,000       1.009       01/10/22       250,777  

 

 

 
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Banks – (continued)  
 

National Bank of Canada(a), MTN (Canada)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.300%)

 
2,000,000       0.350       05/16/23     2,001,319  
 

Nationwide Building Society(b) (United Kingdom)

 
  3,000,000       2.000       01/27/23       3,071,412  
 

Natwest Group PLC(a) (United Kingdom)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.480%)

 
  546,000       3.498       05/15/23       557,596  
 

NatWest Markets PLC(b) (United Kingdom)

 
  1,500,000       3.625       09/29/22       1,554,223  
  1,000,000       2.375       05/21/23       1,033,919  
 

Royal Bank of Canada(a), MTN (Canada)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.450%)

 
  800,000       0.500       10/26/23       804,293  
 

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

 
  750,000       3.571       01/10/23       758,412  
 

Standard Chartered PLC(a)(b) (United Kingdom)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

 
  1,200,000       4.247       01/20/23       1,217,286  
 

(SOFR + 1.250%)

 
  1,750,000       1.300       10/14/23       1,766,853  
 

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.(b) (Japan)

 
  500,000       3.950       01/12/22       506,710  
 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

 
  530,000       2.784       07/12/22       541,749  
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.740%)

 
  1,020,000       0.874 (a)      01/17/23       1,027,725  
 

Swedbank AB(b) (Sweden)

 
  700,000       1.300       06/02/23       710,893  
 

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)(a), MTN (Canada)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.480%)

 
  1,000,000       0.530       01/27/23       1,004,817  
 

UBS AG/London(a)(b) (Switzerland)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.360%)

 
  1,550,000       0.410       02/09/24       1,558,303  
 

(SOFR + 0.450%)

 
  1,144,000       0.500       08/09/24       1,149,465  
     

 

 

 
        42,261,929  

 

 

 
Brokerage – 0.3%  
 

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.(b) (Japan)

 
  894,000       3.129       04/19/22       909,953  

 

 

 
Capital Goods – 0.2%  
 

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV(a)(b) (Germany) (SOFR +
0.430%)

 
 
  620,000       0.480       03/11/24       623,868  

 

 

 
Consumer Cyclical – 1.7%  
 

BMW US Capital LLC(a)(b) (Germany)

 
 

(SOFR + 0.530%)

 
  1,040,000       0.580       04/01/24       1,050,414  
 

Daimler Finance North America LLC(b) (Germany)

 
  1,400,000       2.850       01/06/22       1,412,470  
  1,000,000       1.750       03/10/23       1,019,187  
 

Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC(b) (Germany)

 
  1,993,000       0.750       11/23/22       2,000,214  
     

 

 

 
        5,482,285  

 

 

 

 

100   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Value  
Foreign Corporate Debt – (continued)  
Consumer Noncyclical – 0.5%  
 

BAT Capital Corp. (United Kingdom)

 
$ 700,000       2.764 %       08/15/22     $ 714,770  
 

BAT International Finance PLC(b) (United Kingdom)

 
  430,000       3.250       06/07/22       438,811  
 

Bayer US Finance LLC(b) (Germany)

 
  665,000       3.000       10/08/21       666,795  
     

 

 

 
        1,820,376  

 

 

 
Consumer Products – 0.2%  
 

Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC(b) (United Kingdom)

 
  500,000       2.375       06/24/22       507,904  

 

 

 
Energy – 0.3%  
 

Enbridge, Inc.(a) (Canada)

 
 

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

 
  550,000       0.625       02/18/22       550,839  
 

(SOFR + 0.400%)

 
  401,000       0.450       02/17/23       401,693  
     

 

 

 
        952,532  

 

 

 
Food and Beverage – 1.4%  
 

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC(b) (United Kingdom)

 
  1,917,000       0.500       05/05/23       1,915,196  
 

Danone SA(b) (France)

 
  1,216,000       3.000       06/15/22       1,241,580  
 

Heineken NV(b) (Netherlands)

 
  298,000       2.750       04/01/23       308,143  
 

Suntory Holdings Ltd.(b) (Japan)

 
  1,000,000       2.550       06/28/22       1,015,639  
     

 

 

 
        4,480,558  

 

 

 
Hardware – 0.3%  
 

Panasonic Corp.(b) (Japan)

 
  1,000,000       2.536       07/19/22       1,016,387  

 

 

 
Internet – 0.1%  
 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (China)

 
  500,000       3.125       11/28/21       501,112  

 

 

 
Metals and Mining – 0.2%  
 

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd.(b) (Switzerland)

 
  400,000       4.950       11/15/21       403,592  
  366,000       4.250       10/25/22       381,137  
     

 

 

 
        784,729  

 

 

 
Mining – 0.3%  
 

Anglo American Capital PLC(b) (South Africa)

 
  1,040,000       4.125       09/27/22       1,077,950  

 

 

 
Wireless – 0.3%  
 

NTT Finance Corp.(b) (Japan)

 
  1,007,000       0.373       03/03/23       1,007,075  

 

 

 
  TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE DEBT  
  (Cost $61,707,546)     $ 61,838,608  

 

 

 
     
Certificates of Deposit – 1.5%  
 

Bank of China Ltd.(c) (China)

 
1,000,000       0.397       11/19/21     999,560  
 

Bayerische Landesbank(c) (3M USD LIBOR + 0.470%)
(Germany)

 
 
  500,000       0.588       02/03/22       500,820  
 

Credit Suisse AG(c) (Switzerland)

 
  2,000,000       0.590       03/17/23       2,002,421  
 

National Bank Of Kuwait SAKP(b)(c) (Kuwait)

 
  1,400,000       0.260       11/29/21       1,400,098  

 

 

 
  TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT  
  (Cost $4,899,142)     $ 4,902,899  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Dividend
Rate
    Value  
Investment Company – 7.8%(d)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  25,760,750       0.026   $ 25,760,750  
  (Cost $25,760,750)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.4%  
  (Cost $331,541,601)     $ 332,110,262  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
    ASSETS – (0.4)%
 
 
    (1,236,755

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%     $ 330,873,507  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

(a)

  Variable rate security. Interest rate or distribution rate disclosed is that which is in effect on August 31, 2021.

(b)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

  Interest rates represent either the stated coupon rate, annualized yield on date of purchase for discounted securities, or, for floating rate securities, the current reset rate, which is based upon current interest rate indices.

(d)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

GMTN

 

—Global Medium Term Note

LIBOR

 

—London Interbank Offered Rate

LP

 

—Limited Partnership

MTN

 

—Medium Term Note

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR

 

—Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   101


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS FIXED INCOME ETFS

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

August 31, 2021

 

        Access
High Yield
Corporate
Bond ETF
     Access
Inflation
Protected
USD
Bond ETF
     Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
1-5 Year
Bond ETF
     Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
Bond ETF
 
  Assets:

 

  
 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $220,449,181, $142,408,096, $29,499,367 and $742,379,208, respectively)

  $ 226,358,556      $ 145,382,290      $ 29,596,183      $ 766,365,976  
 

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $2,073,969, $809,851, $302,503 and $2,549,254, respectively)

    2,073,969        809,851        302,503        2,549,254  
 

Cash

    390,111        50,030        54,579        6,314,017  
 

Receivables:

          
 

Fund shares sold

    27,716,250               2,514,194         
 

Dividends and interest

    3,112,818        86,158        224,139        7,641,866  
 

Reimbursement from investment adviser

    114        49        12        124  
 

Investments sold

                         76,722,105  
  Total assets     259,651,818        146,328,378        32,691,610        859,593,342  
            
  Liabilities:           
 

Payables:

          
 

Investments purchased

    27,732,375               2,518,837        6,019,126  
 

Management fees

    58,541        14,210        3,295        92,027  
 

Fund shares redeemed

    19,597               688        77,335,619  
 

Accrued expenses

    7,019        2,710        1,104        28,397  
  Total liabilities     27,817,532        16,920        2,523,924        83,475,169  
            
  Net Assets:           
 

Paid-in capital

    226,831,889        142,536,538        30,071,514        751,446,921  
 

Total distributable earnings

    5,002,397        3,774,920        96,172        24,671,252  
  NET ASSETS   $ 231,834,286      $ 146,311,458      $ 30,167,686      $ 776,118,173  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING           
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    4,600,000        2,500,000        600,000        14,050,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

    $50.40        $58.52        $50.28        $55.24  

 

102   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

        Access Treasury
0-1 Year ETF
     Access U.S.
Aggregate
Bond ETF
     Access Ultra
Short
Bond ETF
 
  Assets:

 

  
 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $1,852,889,271, $219,478,246 and $305,780,851, respectively)

  $ 1,852,928,508      $ 218,798,313      $ 306,349,512  
 

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $–, $51,438,327 and $25,760,750, respectively)

           51,438,327        25,760,750  
 

Cash

    3,044,382        3,319,198        253,933  
 

Receivables:

       
 

Investments sold

    618,981,232        4,158,486        25,062  
 

Dividends and interest

    1,990,555        879,854        731,944  
 

Reimbursement from investment adviser

    31,766        6,855        14,528  
  Total assets     2,476,976,443        278,601,033        333,135,729  
         
  Liabilities:        
 

Payables:

       
 

Investments purchased

    618,999,112        58,739,149        2,200,000  
 

Management fees

    222,360        25,651        54,400  
 

Accrued expenses

    94,670        6,464        7,822  
  Total liabilities     619,316,142        58,771,264        2,262,222  
         
  Net Assets:        
 

Paid-in capital

    1,858,467,317        220,591,725        330,376,160  
 

Total distributable earnings (loss)

    (807,016      (761,956      497,347  
  NET ASSETS   $ 1,857,660,301      $ 219,829,769      $ 330,873,507  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING        
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    18,560,000        4,450,000        6,525,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

    $100.09        $49.40        $50.71  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   103


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Statements of Operations

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

        Access
High Yield
Corporate
Bond ETF
     Access
Inflation
Protected
USD
Bond ETF
     Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
1-5 Year
Bond ETF
     Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
Bond ETF
 
  Investment income:

 

  
 

Interest

  $ 8,753,913      $ 3,446,020      $ 267,123      $ 17,884,772  
 

Dividends from Affiliated Underlying Funds

    355        24        18        590  
  Total investment income     8,754,268        3,446,044        267,141        17,885,362  
            
  Expenses:

 

  
 

Management fees

    610,329        76,937        34,830        1,012,153  
 

Shareholder meeting expense

    7,019        2,710        1,104        28,397  
 

Trustee fees

    5,523        4,306        3,883        11,403  
  Total expenses     622,871        83,953        39,817        1,051,953  
 

Less — expense reductions

    (1,537      (121      (89      (2,694
  Net expenses     621,334        83,832        39,728        1,049,259  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME     8,132,934        3,362,212        227,413        16,836,103  
            
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

  
 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    448,781        (116,024      17,658        (365,367
 

In-kind redemptions

    1,769,651        705,164        45,316        17,280,913  
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

          
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    2,202,441        1,158,564        10,754        (19,284,757
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     4,420,873        1,747,704        73,728        (2,369,211
  NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ 12,553,807      $ 5,109,916      $ 301,141      $ 14,466,892  

 

104   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Operations (continued)

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

        Access Treasury
0-1 Year ETF
     Access U.S.
Aggregate
Bond ETF
*
     Access Ultra
Short
Bond ETF
 
  Investment income:

 

 

Interest

  $ 2,476,949      $ 1,390,827      $ 1,671,263  
 

Dividends from Affiliated Underlying Funds

           9,999        2,444  
  Total investment income     2,476,949        1,400,826        1,673,707  
         
  Expenses:

 

 

Management fees

    3,212,835        217,342        468,679  
 

Shareholder meeting expense

    94,670        6,464        7,822  
 

Trustee fees

    31,232        4,560        5,935  
  Total expenses     3,338,737        228,366        482,436  
 

Less — expense reductions

    (472,958      (40,978      (105,727
  Net expenses     2,865,779        187,388        376,709  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)     (388,830      1,213,438        1,296,998  
         
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    442,218        (24,105      188,583  
 

In-kind redemptions

    389,130        55,111         
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

       
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    (973,717      (679,933      (199,281
  Net realized and unrealized loss     (142,369      (648,927      (10,698
  NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ (531,199    $ 564,511      $ 1,286,300  

 

  *   For the period September 8, 2020 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2021.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

        Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF             Access Inflation Protected
USD Bond ETF
 
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
            For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:

 

  
 

Net investment income

  $ 8,132,934      $ 4,104,515         $ 3,362,212      $ 111,908  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    2,218,432        (2,460,045         589,140        474,881  
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    2,202,441        2,696,332                 1,158,564        1,423,412  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     12,553,807        4,340,802                 5,109,916        2,010,201  
               
  Distributions to shareholders:              
 

From distributable earnings

    (8,366,688      (3,924,025         (2,396,273      (181,025
 

From return of capital

                                  (2,030
  Total distributions to shareholders     (8,366,688      (3,924,025               (2,396,273      (183,055
               
  From share transactions:

 

  
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    139,703,025        106,526,874           122,145,094        28,412,564  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (62,403,184      (33,198,256               (9,877,024      (6,876,076
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     77,299,841        73,328,618                 112,268,070        21,536,488  
  TOTAL INCREASE     81,486,960        73,745,395                 114,981,713        23,363,634  
               
  Net assets:

 

  
 

Beginning of year

  $ 150,347,326      $ 76,601,931               $ 31,329,745      $ 7,966,111  
 

End of year

  $ 231,834,286      $ 150,347,326               $ 146,311,458      $ 31,329,745  

 

106   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

        Access Investment Grade Corporate
1-5 Year Bond ETF
            Access Investment Grade Corporate
Bond ETF
 
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Period
July 7, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2020
            For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:

 

  
 

Net investment income

  $ 227,413      $ 25,688         $ 16,836,103      $ 15,735,216  
 

Net realized gain

    62,974        4,949           16,915,546        6,650,329  
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

    10,754        86,062                 (19,284,757      11,236,182  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     301,141        116,699                 14,466,892        33,621,727  
               
  Distributions to shareholders:              
 

From distributable earnings

    (264,880      (11,472               (17,024,132      (15,896,442
               
  From share transactions:              
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    5,036,236        27,512,139           567,153,110        353,704,682  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (2,522,177                      (431,055,691      (254,900,515
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     2,514,059        27,512,139                 136,097,419        98,804,167  
  TOTAL INCREASE     2,550,320        27,617,366                 133,540,179        116,529,452  
               
  Net assets:

 

  
 

Beginning of period

  $ 27,617,366      $               $ 642,577,994      $ 526,048,542  
 

End of period

  $ 30,167,686      $ 27,617,366               $ 776,118,173      $ 642,577,994  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

        Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF             Access U.S.
Aggregate
Bond ETF
 
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
            For the Period
September 8, 2020*
to
August 31, 2021
 
  From operations:           
 

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (388,830    $ 37,953,075         $ 1,213,438  
 

Net realized gain

    831,348        12,889,230           31,006  
 

Net change in unrealized loss

    (973,717      (2,300,783               (679,933
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (531,199      48,541,522                 564,511  
            
  Distributions to shareholders:           
 

From distributable earnings

    (8,240,322      (45,661,342         (1,271,774
 

From return of capital

    (1,363,154                       
  Total distributions to shareholders     (9,603,476      (45,661,342               (1,271,774
            
  From share transactions:           
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    382,587,046        1,673,288,926           235,354,179  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (1,560,188,346      (1,804,799,190               (14,817,147
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     (1,177,601,300      (131,510,264               220,537,032  
  TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)     (1,187,735,975      (128,630,084               219,829,769  
            
  Net assets:           
 

Beginning of period

  $ 3,045,396,276      $ 3,174,026,360               $  
 

End of period

  $ 1,857,660,301      $ 3,045,396,276               $ 219,829,769  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

108   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

        Access Ultra Short Bond ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:

 

 

Net investment income

  $ 1,296,998      $ 1,115,850  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    188,583        (46,343
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

    (199,281      697,031  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     1,286,300        1,766,538  
      
  Distributions to shareholders:     
 

From distributable earnings

    (1,622,329      (1,046,869
      
  From share transactions:     
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    209,360,754        146,532,435  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (27,915,904      (12,635,582
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     181,444,850        133,896,853  
  TOTAL INCREASE     181,108,821        134,616,522  
      
  Net assets:     
 

Beginning of period

  $ 149,764,686      $ 15,148,164  
 

End of period

  $ 330,873,507      $ 149,764,686  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   109


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Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
    For the Period
September 5, 2017
*
to
August 31, 2018
 
  2021     2020     2019  
  Per Share Operating Performance:        
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 49.29     $ 49.42     $ 48.86     $ 49.92  
 

Net investment income(a)

    2.24       2.49       2.75       2.41  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.15       (0.15     0.61       (1.21
 

Total gain from investment operations

    3.39       2.34       3.36       1.20  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (2.28     (2.47     (2.80     (2.26
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 50.40     $ 49.29     $ 49.42     $ 48.86  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 50.38     $ 49.23     $ 49.24     $ 48.82  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     7.05     4.94     7.20     2.58
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 231,834     $ 150,347     $ 76,602     $ 46,413  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.34     0.34     0.34     0.34 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    4.49     5.15     5.67     4.93 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    22     22     23     69

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

110   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
    For the Period
October 2,  2018
*
to
August 31, 2019
 
        2021     2020  
  Per Share Operating Performance:      
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 56.96     $ 53.11     $ 50.00  
 

Net investment income(a)

    2.85       0.33       1.27  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.30       4.18       2.98  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    3.15       4.51       4.25  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (1.59     (0.61     (1.14
 

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains

          (0.04      
 

Distributions to shareholders from return of capital

          (0.01      
 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.59     (0.66     (1.14
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 58.52     $ 56.96     $ 53.11  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 58.54     $ 57.00     $ 53.08  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     5.62     8.57     8.61
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 146,311     $ 31,330     $ 7,966  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.12     0.12     0.12 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    4.96     0.61     2.74 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    56     43     36

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   111


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Access Investment Grade Corporate
1-5 Year Bond ETF
 
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Period
July 7, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2020
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:    
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.21     $ 49.89  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.41       0.06  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.14       0.29  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    0.55       0.35  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.48     (0.03
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 50.28     $ 50.21  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 50.30     $ 50.28  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     1.10     0.70
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 30,168     $ 27,617  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.14     0.14 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.82     0.73 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    32     3

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

112   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACCESS FIXED INCOME ETFS

 

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
    For the Period
June 6, 2017
*
to
August 31, 2017
 
  2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 55.39     $ 52.87     $ 48.31     $ 50.28     $ 49.90  
 

Net investment income(a)

    1.26       1.59       1.74       1.55       0.32  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.14     2.54       4.52       (2.09     0.27  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    1.12       4.13       6.26       (0.54     0.59  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (1.27     (1.61     (1.70     (1.43     (0.21
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 55.24     $ 55.39     $ 52.87     $ 48.31     $ 50.28  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 55.19     $ 55.47     $ 52.90     $ 48.28     $ 50.24  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     2.07     7.95     13.35     (1.04 )%      1.19
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 776,118     $ 642,578     $ 526,049     $ 258,462     $ 180,997  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.14     0.14     0.14     0.14     0.13 %(c) 
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.14     0.14     0.14     0.14     0.14 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.30     3.00     3.54     3.18     2.65 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    11     9     13     22     0 %(e) 

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
  (e)   Less than 0.5%

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
    For the Period
September 6, 2016
*
to
August 31, 2017
 
  2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 100.44     $ 100.38     $ 100.16     $ 100.10     $ 100.00  
 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.02     1.13       2.23       1.48       0.82  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.01     0.29       0.15       (0.13     (0.29
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    (0.03     1.42       2.38       1.35       0.53  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.27     (1.36     (2.16     (1.29     (0.43
 

Distributions to shareholders from return of capital

    (0.05                        
 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.32     (1.36     (2.16     (1.29     (0.43
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 100.09     $ 100.44     $ 100.38     $ 100.16     $ 100.10  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 100.08     $ 100.45     $ 100.40     $ 100.18     $ 100.10  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     (0.03 )%      1.42     2.40     1.37     0.53
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 1,857,660     $ 3,045,396     $ 3,174,026     $ 1,642,627     $ 815,829  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.12     0.12     0.12     0.12     0.13 %(c) 
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.14     0.14     0.14     0.14     0.14 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.02 )%      1.13     2.22     1.48     0.83 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

                   

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Access U.S.
Aggregate
Bond ETF
 
 

 

   

 

  For the Period
September 8, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2021
 
   
  Per Share Operating Performance:  
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.03  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.37  
 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (0.63
 

Total loss from investment operations

    (0.26
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.37
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 49.40  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 49.38  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     (0.52 )% 
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 219,827  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.11 %(c) 
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.14 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.77 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    525

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Access Ultra Short Bond ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
    For the Period
April 15,  2019
*
to
August 31, 2019
 
        2021     2020  
  Per Share Operating Performance:      
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.77     $ 50.49     $ 50.00  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.28       0.73       0.52  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.02       0.42       0.34  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    0.30       1.15       0.86  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.36     (0.87     (0.37
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 50.71     $ 50.77     $ 50.49  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 50.71     $ 50.78     $ 50.51  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     0.59     2.28     1.75
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 330,874     $ 149,765     $ 15,148  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.16     0.16     0.16 %(c) 
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.20     0.20     0.20 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.55     1.45     2.72 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    51     63     66

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

August 31, 2021

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), consisting of multiple series. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on December 16, 2009. The following table lists those series of the Trust that are included in this report (collectively, the “Funds” or individually a “Fund”) along with their respective diversification status under the Act:

 

Fund            Diversification
Classification

Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (“Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF”)

          Diversified

Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF (“Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF”)

          Diversified

Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF (“Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF”)

          Diversified

Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (“Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF”)

          Diversified

Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF (“Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF”)

          Diversified

Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (“Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF”)*

          Diversified

Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF (“Access Ultra Short Bond ETF”)

          Diversified

 

*   Commencement of operations on September 8, 2020.

The investment objective of each Fund (except the Access Ultra Short Bond ETF) is to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective Index. The Access Ultra Short Bond ETF seeks to provide current income with preservation of capital.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to a management agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Trust. Each Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). Shares of the Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF, Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF and Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), and shares of the Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF and Access Ultra Short Bond ETF are listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe BZX”). Market prices for the Funds’ shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem shares at their respective NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares, or multiples thereof, referred to as “Creation Units”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash. Shares generally trade in the secondary market in quantities less than a Creation Unit at market prices that change throughout the day. Only those that have entered into an authorized participant agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) may do business directly with the Funds.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. Each Fund is an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

A.  Investment Valuation — The Funds’ valuation policy is to value investments at fair value.

B.  Investment Income and Investments — Investment income includes interest income, dividend income, and securities lending income, if any. Interest income is accrued daily and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recognized on ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign securities, as soon as such information is obtained

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Investment transactions are reflected on trade date. Realized gains and losses are calculated using identified cost. Investment transactions are recorded on the following business day for daily NAV calculations. Investment income is recorded net of any foreign withholding taxes, less any amounts reclaimable. The Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains, and is payable upon sale of such investments. Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gain and/or a return of capital. A return of capital is recorded by the Funds as a reduction to the cost basis of the REIT.

C.  Expenses — Expenses incurred directly by a Fund are charged to the Fund, and certain expenses incurred by the Trust are allocated across the applicable Funds on a straight-line and/or pro-rata basis, depending upon the nature of the expenses, and are accrued daily.

D.  Federal Taxes and Distributions to Shareholders — It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute each year substantially all of its investment company taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, each Fund is not required to make any provisions for the payment of federal income tax. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex- dividend date. For each Fund, income distributions, if any, are declared and paid monthly. Capital gains distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually.

Net capital losses, if any, are carried forward to future fiscal years and may be used to the extent allowed by the Code to offset any future capital gains. Losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. Utilization of capital loss carryforwards will reduce the requirement of future capital gains distributions.

The characterization of distributions to shareholders for financial reporting purposes is determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from GAAP. The source of each Fund’s distributions may be shown in the accompanying financial statements as either from distributable earnings or capital. Certain components of the Funds’ net assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities reflect permanent GAAP/tax differences based on the appropriate tax character.

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

U.S. GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Funds’ policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly;

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including GSAM’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement).

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has approved Valuation Procedures that govern the valuation of the portfolio investments held by the Funds, including investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have delegated to GSAM day-to-day responsibility for implementing and maintaining internal controls and procedures related to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. To assess the continuing appropriateness of pricing sources and methodologies, GSAM regularly performs price verification procedures and issues challenges as necessary to third party pricing vendors or brokers, and any differences are reviewed in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.

A.  Level 1 and Level 2 Fair Value Investments — The valuation techniques and significant inputs used in determining the fair values for investments classified as Level 1 and Level 2 are as follows:

Debt Securities — Debt securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued daily on the basis of quotations supplied by dealers or an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees. The pricing services may use valuation models or matrix pricing, which consider: (i) yield or price with respect to bonds that are considered comparable in characteristics such as rating, interest rate and maturity date or (ii) quotations from securities dealers to determine current value. With the exception of treasury securities of G7 countries, which are generally classified as Level 1, these investments are generally classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Money Market Funds — Investments in the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund (“Underlying Fund”) are valued at the NAV per share of the Institutional Share class on the day of valuation. These investments are generally classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. For information regarding the Underlying Fund’s accounting policies and investment holdings, please see the Underlying Fund’s shareholder report.

B.  Level 3 Fair Value Investments — To the extent that significant inputs to valuation models and other alternative pricing sources are unobservable, or if quotations are not readily available, or if GSAM believes that such quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, the fair value of a Fund’s investments may be determined under Valuation Procedures approved by the Trustees. GSAM, consistent with its procedures and applicable regulatory guidance, may make an adjustment to the most recent valuation prices of either domestic or foreign securities in light of significant events to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities at the time of determining a Fund’s NAV. To the extent investments are valued using single source broker quotations obtained directly from the broker or passed through from third party pricing vendors, such investments are classified as Level 3 investments.

C.  Fair Value Hierarchy — The following is a summary of the Funds’ investments classified in the fair value hierarchy as of August 31, 2021:

ACCESS HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF             
Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Fixed Income

 

Corporate Obligations

   $        $ 216,221,594        $         —  

Foreign Corporate Debt

              10,136,962           

Investment Company

     2,073,969                    
Total    $ 2,073,969        $ 226,358,556        $  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

ACCESS INFLATION PROTECTED USD BOND ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Fixed Income

            

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds

   $ 145,382,290        $        $         —  

Investment Company

     809,851                    
Total    $ 146,192,141        $        $  
ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE 1-5 YEAR BOND ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Fixed Income

 

Corporate Obligations

   $        $ 23,472,803        $  

Foreign Corporate Debt

              6,123,380           

Investment Company

     302,503                    
Total    $ 302,503        $ 29,596,183        $  
ACCESS INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Fixed Income

 

Corporate Obligations

   $        $ 630,565,505        $  

Foreign Corporate Debt

              135,800,471           

Investment Company

     2,549,254                    
Total    $ 2,549,254        $ 766,365,976        $  
ACCESS TREASURY 0-1 YEAR ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Fixed Income

            

U.S. Treasury Bills

   $ 1,462,751,967        $        $  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     390,176,541                    
Total    $ 1,852,928,508        $        $  

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

ACCESS U.S. AGGREGATE BOND ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Fixed Income

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

   $ 73,195,898        $        $         —  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

              59,723,417           

Corporate Obligations

              51,307,171           

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     16,964,115                    

Foreign Corporate Debt

              10,741,903           

Foreign Debt Obligations

              6,865,809           

Investment Company

     51,438,327                    
Total    $ 141,598,340        $ 128,638,300        $  
ACCESS ULTRA SHORT BOND ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Fixed Income

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

   $        $ 95,173,714        $  

Asset- Backed Securities

              76,201,946           

Corporate Obligations

              68,232,345           

Foreign Corporate Debt

              61,838,608           

Investment Company

     25,760,750                    

Certificates of Deposit

              4,902,899           
Total    $ 25,760,750        $ 306,349,512        $  

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Schedules of Investments.

 

4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

A.  Management Agreement — Under the Agreement, GSAM manages the Funds, subject to the general supervision of the Trustees.

As compensation for the services rendered pursuant to the Agreement, the assumption of the expenses related thereto and administration of the Funds’ business affairs, including providing facilities, GSAM is entitled to a management fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Funds operate under a unitary management fee structure. Under the unitary fee structure, GSAM is responsible for paying substantially all the expenses of each such Fund, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings, litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. As the Funds directly pay fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, the management fee collected by GSAM will be reduced by an amount equal to the fees and expenses paid by the Funds to the independent Trustees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

For the year ended August 31, 2021, contractual and effective net unitary management fees with GSAM were at the following rates:

 

Fund         Contractual Unitary
Management Fee
       Effective Net Unitary
Management Fee
*
 

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

         0.34        0.34

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

         0.12        0.12

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF

         0.14        0.14

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

         0.14        0.14

Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

         0.14        0.12

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

         0.14        0.11

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

         0.20        0.16

 

*   Effective Net Unitary Management Fee includes the impact of management fee waivers, if any.    

GSAM has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee rate of 0.12% and 0.16% as an annual percentage rate of average daily net assets of the Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF and the Access Ultra Short Bond ETF, respectively. These arrangements will remain in effect through at least December 29, 2021 and prior to such dates the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangements without the approval of the Board of Trustees. For the year ended August 31, 2021, GSAM waived $472,958 and $94,923 of the Funds’ management fees for the Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF and the Access Ultra Short Bond ETF, respectively.

The Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF, Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF, Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, Access Ultra Short Bond ETF and Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF invest in Institutional Shares of the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund, which is an affiliated Underlying Fund. GSAM has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee payable by the Funds in an amount equal to the management fee it earns as an investment adviser to the affiliated Underlying Fund in which the Funds invest. For the year ended August 31, 2021, the management fee waived by GSAM for each Fund was as follows:

 

Fund         Management Fee
Waived
 

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

       $ 1,537  

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

         121  

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond  ETF

         89  

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

         2,694  

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

         40,978  

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

         10,804  

 

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4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

B.  Other Transactions with Affiliates — The following table provides information about the Funds’ investments in the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund for the year ended August 31, 2021:

 

Fund   Beginning
value as of
August 31, 2020
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Ending
value as of
August 31, 2021
    Shares
as of
August 31, 2021
    Dividend
Income
 

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

  $ 1,754,115     $ 50,342,355     $ (50,022,501   $ 2,073,969       2,073,969     $ 355  

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

          3,112,623       (2,302,772     809,851       809,851       24  

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF

    684,558       2,914,470       (3,296,525     302,503       302,503       18  

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    6,635,197       64,210,058       (68,296,001     2,549,254       2,549,254       590  

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF*

          90,037,043       (38,598,716     51,438,327       51,438,327       9,999  

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

    3,705,115       209,364,354       (187,308,719     25,760,750       25,760,750       2,444  

 

*   Commencement of operations on September 8, 2020.

 

5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS

The Trust issues and redeems shares of the Funds only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without an initial sales load, at NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined in the Statement of Additional Information), of an order in proper form. Shares of the Funds may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions (each an “Authorized Participant”). An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party” or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation; or (2) a Depository Trust Company participant; which, in either case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor. Retail investors will typically not qualify as an Authorized Participant or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Funds. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market at market prices with the assistance of a broker and may be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees. Fixed creation and redemption transaction fees are imposed in connection with creations and redemptions.

Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay a variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (e.g. taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Proceeds from sale of shares” in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Share activity is as follows:

 

    Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF  
 

 

 

 
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    2,800,000     $ 139,660,429        2,200,000     $ 106,518,573  

Shares Redeemed

    (1,250,000     (62,218,811      (700,000     (33,025,220

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    1,550,000     $ 77,441,618        1,500,000     $ 73,493,353  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

    Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF  
 

 

 

 
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    2,125,000     $ 122,145,094        525,000     $ 28,411,888  

Shares Redeemed

    (175,000     (9,875,297      (125,000     (6,876,076

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    1,950,000     $ 112,269,797        400,000     $ 21,535,812  

 

    Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF  
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Period
July 7, 2020
*
through
August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares      Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity          

Shares Sold

    100,000     $ 5,036,236        550,000      $ 27,483,763  

Shares Redeemed

    (50,000     (2,519,551              

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    50,000     $ 2,516,685        550,000      $ 27,483,763  

 

*   Commencement of operations.

 

    Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF  
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    10,300,000     $ 567,048,496        6,550,000     $ 353,363,901  

Shares Redeemed

    (7,850,000     (430,357,739      (4,900,000     (254,691,742

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    2,450,000     $ 136,690,757        1,650,000     $ 98,672,159  

 

    Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF  
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    3,820,000     $ 382,587,046        16,650,000     $ 1,673,288,926  

Shares Redeemed

    (15,580,000     (1,560,188,346      (17,950,000     (1,804,798,807

NET DECREASE IN SHARES

    (11,760,000   $ (1,177,601,300      (1,300,000   $ (131,509,881

 

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5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

    Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF  
    For the Period
September 8, 2020
*
through
August 31, 2021
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity    

Shares Sold

    4,750,000     $ 235,376,922  

Shares Redeemed

    (300,000     (14,751,161

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    4,450,000     $ 220,625,761  

 

*   Commencement of operations.

 

    Access Ultra Short Bond ETF  
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    4,125,000     $ 209,360,754        2,900,000     $ 146,532,435  

Shares Redeemed

    (550,000     (27,915,904      (250,000     (12,635,581

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    3,575,000     $ 181,444,850        2,650,000     $ 133,896,854  

 

6. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of long-term securities for the year ended August 31, 2021, were as follows (with the exception of the Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF which only owns short term securities):

 

Fund         Purchases of
U.S. Government and
Agency Obligations
     Purchases (Excluding
U.S. Government and
Agency Obligations)
     Sales and
Maturities of
U.S. Government and
Agency Obligations
     Sales and
Maturities (Excluding
U.S. Government and
Agency Obligations)
 

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

       $      $ 177,362,263      $      $ 40,668,467  

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

         41,349,492               38,256,408         

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond  ETF

                14,430,515               8,861,242  

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

                648,620,868               76,707,991  

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

         971,230,843        86,695,257        813,206,626        12,774,625  

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

         78,614,681        191,531,790        37,602,146        70,570,221  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

6. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

The purchases and sales from in-kind creation and redemption transactions for the year ended August 31, 2021, were as follows (With the exceptions of Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF and Access Ultra Short Bond ETF which did not have in-kind creation or redemption transactions):

 

Fund         Purchases        Sales  

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

       $        $ 60,003,334  

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

         116,368,989          9,877,649  

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond  ETF

                  2,491,803  

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

                  427,230,586  

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

                  10,747,658  

 

7. TAX INFORMATION

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021 was as follows:

 

     Access
High Yield
Corporate
Bond ETF
    Access
Inflation
Protected
USD
Bond ETF
    Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
1-5 Year
Bond ETF
    Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
Bond ETF
    Access
Treasury
0-1 Year ETF
    Access U.S.
Aggregate
Bond ETF
    Access Ultra
Short
Bond ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

             

Ordinary Income

  $ 8,366,688     $ 2,396,273     $ 264,880     $ 17,024,132     $ 8,240,322     $ 1,271,774     $ 1,622,329  

Total taxable distributions

  $ 8,366,688     $ 2,396,273     $ 264,880     $ 17,024,132     $ 8,240,322     $ 1,271,774     $ 1,622,329  

Return of Capital

  $     $     $     $     $ 1,363,154     $     $  

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020 was as follows:

 

     Access
High Yield
Corporate
Bond ETF
    Access
Inflation
Protected
USD
Bond ETF
   

Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate

1-5 Year
Bond ETF

    Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
Bond ETF
    Access
Treasury
0-1 Year ETF
    Access Ultra
Short
Bond ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

           

Ordinary Income

  $ 3,924,025     $ 170,530     $ 11,472     $ 15,896,442     $ 45,661,342     $ 1,046,869  

Long-term Capital Gain

          10,495                          

Total taxable distributions

  $ 3,924,025     $ 181,025     $ 11,472     $ 15,896,442     $ 45,661,342     $ 1,046,869  

Return of Capital

  $     $ 2,030     $     $     $     $  

 

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7. TAX INFORMATION (continued)

 

As of August 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Access
High Yield
Corporate
Bond ETF
    Access
Inflation
Protected
USD
Bond ETF
    Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
1-5 Year
Bond ETF
    Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
Bond ETF
    Access
Treasury
0-1 Year ETF
    Access U.S.
Aggregate
Bond ETF
    Access Ultra
Short
Bond ETF
 

Undistributed ordinary income — net

  $ 795,173     $ 965,932     $ 29,000     $ 1,441,399     $     $ 167,290     $ 293,336  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

                                         

Total undistributed earnings

  $ 795,173     $ 965,932     $ 29,000     $ 1,441,399     $     $ 167,290     $ 293,336  

Capital loss carryforwards:(1)

             

Perpetual Short-Term

  $ (1,330,910   $     $     $ (373,495   $     $ (223,794   $ (287,255

Timing differences (Qualified Late Year Loss Deferral)

                            (846,253            

Unrealized gains (losses) — net

    5,538,134       2,808,988       67,172       23,603,348       39,237       (705,452     491,266  

Total accumulated earnings (losses) net

  $ 5,002,397     $ 3,774,920     $ 96,172     $ 24,671,252     $ (807,016   $ (761,956   $ 497,347  

 

(1)   The Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF utilized $264,723 of capital losses in the current fiscal year.

As of August 31, 2021, the Funds’ aggregate security unrealized gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

    

Access
High Yield

Corporate
Bond ETF

   

Access
Inflation
Protected
USD

Bond ETF

   

Access
Investment
Grade
Corporate
1-5 Year

Bond ETF

   

Access
Investment
Grade

Corporate

Bonds ETF

    Access
Treasury
0-1 Year ETF
   

Access U.S.

Aggregate
Bond ETF

    Access Ultra
Short
Bond ETF
 

Tax Cost

  $ 222,894,391     $ 143,383,153     $ 29,831,514     $ 745,311,882     $ 1,852,889,271     $ 270,942,092     $ 331,618,996  

Gross unrealized gain

    6,529,731       2,984,388       116,087       26,948,987       56,991       1,258,546       798,724  

Gross unrealized loss

    (991,597     (175,400     (48,915     (3,345,639     (17,754     (1,963,998     (307,458

Net unrealized gains (losses) on securities

  $ 5,538,134     $ 2,808,988     $ 67,172     $ 23,603,348     $ 39,237     $ (705,452   $ 491,266  

The difference between GAAP-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable primarily to wash sales, and differences in tax treatment of market discount accretion and premium amortization, and inflation protected securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

7. TAX INFORMATION (continued)

 

In order to present certain components of the Funds’ capital accounts on a tax-basis, certain reclassifications have been recorded to the Funds’ accounts. These reclassifications have no impact on the NAV of the Funds’ and result primarily from redemptions utilized as distributions and redemption in-kind transactions.

 

Fund        

Paid-in

Capital

      

Total

Distributable

Earnings

 

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

       $ 1,768,345        $ (1,768,345

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

       $ 732,462        $ (732,462

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond  ETF

       $ 45,316        $ (45,316

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

       $ 17,251,117        $ (17,251,117

Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

       $ 388,854        $ (388,854

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

       $ 54,693        $ (54,693

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

       $        $  

GSAM has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years (the current year, and prior three tax years, as applicable) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Such open tax year remains subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities.

 

8. OTHER RISKS

The Funds’ risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Floating and Variable Rate Obligations Risk — Floating rate and variable rate obligations are debt instruments issued by companies or other entities with interest rates that reset periodically (typically, daily, monthly, quarterly, or semiannually) in response to changes in the market rate of interest on which the interest rate is based. For floating and variable rate obligations, there may be a lag between an actual change in the underlying interest rate benchmark and the reset time for an interest payment of such an obligation, which could harm or benefit a Fund, depending on the interest rate environment or other circumstances. In a rising interest rate environment, for example, a floating or variable rate obligation that does not reset immediately would prevent a Fund from taking full advantage of rising interest rates in a timely manner. However, in a declining interest rate environment, a Fund may benefit from a lag due to an obligation’s interest rate payment not being immediately impacted by a decline in interest rates.

 

On March 5, 2021, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and ICE Benchmark Authority formally announced that certain LIBOR benchmarks will cease publication after December 31, 2021 while others will cease publication after June 30, 2023. The unavailability or replacement of LIBOR may affect the value, liquidity or return on certain Fund investments and may result in costs incurred in connection with closing out positions and entering into new trades. Any pricing adjustments to a Fund’s investments resulting from a substitute reference rate may also adversely affect a Fund’s performance and/or NAV.

Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk — Investing in foreign markets may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the United States. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation; less public information; less stringent investor protections; less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards; and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which a Fund invests. The imposition of exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), confiscation of assets and property, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the United States or other governments, or problems with share registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which a Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. To the extent that a Fund also invests in securities of issuers located in, or economically tied to, emerging markets, these risks may be more pronounced.

 

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8. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

Interest Rate Risk — When interest rates increase, fixed income securities or instruments held by a Fund will generally decline in value. Long-term fixed income securities or instruments will normally have more price volatility because of this risk than short- term fixed income securities or instruments. The risks associated with changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on the markets and a Fund’s investments. Fluctuations in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of fixed income securities and instruments held by the Funds.

Index Risk (each Fund except the Access Ultra Short Bond ETF) — FTSE Fixed Income LLC (the “Index Provider”) constructs each Fund’s Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology. A Fund will be negatively affected by general declines in the securities and asset classes represented in its Index. In addition, because the Funds are not “actively” managed, unless a specific security is removed from an Index, a Fund generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on a Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. A Fund also does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. Therefore, a Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers. When the Index is rebalanced and a Fund in turn rebalances its portfolio to attempt to increase the correlation between the Fund’s portfolio and the Index, any transaction costs and market exposure arising from such portfolio rebalancing may be borne directly by the Fund and its shareholders. The Index Provider may utilize third party data in constructing each Index, but it does not guarantee the accuracy or availability of any such third party data. The FTSE Goldman Sachs Investment Grade Corporate Bond 1-5 Years Index and FTSE Goldman Sachs US Broad Bond Market Index are new and have limited performance history. Errors in index data, index computation or the construction of an Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the applicable Fund and its shareholders. In addition, neither a Fund, the Investment Adviser nor the Index Provider can guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the Index.

Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk — As a shareholder of another investment company, a Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any net management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, in addition to the fees and expenses regularly borne by the Fund.

Liquidity Risk — A Fund may make investments that are illiquid or that may become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perceptions. Illiquid investments may be more difficult to value. Liquidity risk may also refer to the risk that a Fund will not be able to pay redemption proceeds within the allowable time period or without significant dilution to remaining investors’ interests because of unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons. To meet redemption requests, a Fund may be forced to sell investments at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions. If a Fund is forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions, such sales may adversely affect the Fund’s NAV and dilute remaining investors’ interests. Liquidity risk may be the result of, among other things, the reduced number and capacity of traditional market participants to make a market in fixed income securities or the lack of an active market. The potential for liquidity risk may be magnified by a rising interest rate environment or other circumstances where investor redemptions from fixed income funds may be higher than normal, potentially causing increased supply in the market due to selling activity. These risks may be more pronounced in connection with a Fund’s investments in securities of issuers located in emerging market countries. Redemptions by large shareholders may have a negative impact on a Fund’s liquidity.

Market and Credit Risks — In the normal course of business, a Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk). The value of the securities in which a Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats could also significantly impact a Fund and its investments. Additionally, a Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

8. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

Market Trading Risk — Each Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The Investment Adviser cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities of a Fund’s Index (except the Access Ultra Short Bond ETF) trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time.

Tracking Error Risk (each Fund except the Access Ultra Short Bond ETF) — Tracking error is the divergence of a Fund’s performance from that of its Index. The performance of a Fund may diverge from that of its Index for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, a Fund’s holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, changes to its Index or the need to meet new or existing regulatory requirements. Unlike a Fund, the returns of an Index are not reduced by investment and other operating expenses, including the trading costs associated with implementing changes to its portfolio of investments. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions.

 

9. INDEMNIFICATIONS

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Trustees, officers, employees and agents are indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act and state law, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of 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. However, GSAM believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

10. OTHER MATTERS

New Accounting Standards — In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” This ASU provides optional exceptions for applying GAAP to contract modifications, hedging relationships and other transactions affected reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. ASU 2020-04 is elective and is effective on March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. As of the financial reporting period, GSAM is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying ASU 2020-04.

Other — Pursuant to an effort to consolidate the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) with the Board of Trustees of each of Goldman Sachs Trust II, Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund, at a meeting held on July 22, 2021, the Board voted to nominate Cheryl K. Beebe, Lawrence Hughes, John F. Killian, Steven D. Krichmar and Linda A. Lang (the “Nominees”) for election as Trustees of the Trust at a virtual special joint meeting of shareholders to be held on December 3, 2021. Each of the Nominees (except Ms. Lang) currently serves as a Trustee of Goldman Sachs Trust II. Ms. Lang currently serves as a Trustee of the Trust. If elected, the Nominees will serve as Trustees alongside the current Trustees of the Trust. The Funds will bear a portion of the proxy solicitation, shareholder meeting and other related costs and GSAM has agreed to reimburse each Fund if such expenses increase the Fund’s total expense ratio by more than a specified percentage. This annual report is not a proxy statement. Information regarding the election of the Nominees is contained in the proxy materials filed with the SEC. The proxy statement has been mailed to shareholders of record, and shareholders can also access the proxy statement, and any other relevant documents, on the SEC’s website.

 

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date have been evaluated, and GSAM has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust and Shareholders of Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF, Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds indicated in the table below (seven of the funds constituting Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of August 31, 2021, the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of August 31, 2021, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Fund    Statement of
operations
   Statements of
changes in net assets
   Financial
highlights
Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF, and Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF    For the year ended August 31, 2021    For the two years ended August 31, 2021    For each of the periods indicated therein
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF    For the year ended August 31, 2021    For the year ended August 31, 2021 and for the period July 7, 2020 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2020
Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF    For the period September 8, 2020 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2021

Basis for Opinions

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

October 26, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Goldman Sachs fund complex since 2000.

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

 

Each Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act. The Program seeks to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk, i.e., the risk that a Fund is unable to satisfy redemption requests without significantly diluting remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Trust has designated GSAM, each Fund’s investment adviser, to administer the Program. Certain aspects of the Program rely on third parties to perform certain functions, including the provision of market data and application of models.

The Program is comprised of various components designed to support the assessment and/or management of liquidity risk, including: (1) the periodic assessment (no less frequently than annually) of certain factors that influence a Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) the periodic classification (no less frequently than monthly) of a Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity categories that reflect an estimate of their liquidity under current market conditions; (3) a 15% limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4); (4) for a Fund that does not invest primarily in “highly liquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4), the determination of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will generally be invested in highly liquid investments (a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum”); and (5) periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees.

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 16-17, 2021, GSAM provided a written report to the Board addressing the operation, and the adequacy and effectiveness of the implementation, of the Program, including, as applicable, the operation of any Highly Liquid Investment Minimum and any material changes to the Program, for the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). Among other things, the annual report discussed: (1) the results of stress tests designed to assess liquidity under a hypothetical stressed scenario involving elevated redemptions; (2) an assessment of the methodologies used to classify investments into one of four liquidity categories; and (3) the efficiency of the arbitrage function during the Reporting Period (including during the stressed market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic). The report concluded that the Program continues to be reasonably designed to assess and manage liquidity risk and was adequately and effectively implemented during the Reporting Period.

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to your Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks to which it may be subject.

 

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Fund Expenses — Six Month Period Ended 8/31/2021 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in Shares of a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Shares of a Fund.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from March 1, 2021 and held for the entire six months ended August 31, 2021, which represents a period of 184 days of a 365 day year (or less where indicated).

Actual Expenses — The first line 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 six months. 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 under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes — The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual net expense ratios 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 a 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 redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of 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.

 

     Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF     Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF     Access Investment Grade
Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF
    Access Investment Grade Corporate
Bond ETF
    Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF     Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF     Access Ultra Short Bond ETF  
     Beginning
Account Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
 

Actual based on NAV

  $ 1,000     $ 1,030.74     $ 1.78     $ 1,000     $ 1,060.60     $ 0.66     $ 1,000     $ 1,006.44     $ 0.75     $ 1,000     $ 1,034.01     $ 0.76     $ 1,000     $ 999.60     $ 0.65     $ 1,000     $ 1,017.87     $ 0.65     $ 1,000     $ 1,001.61     $ 0.81  

Hypothetical 5% return

  $ 1,000     $ 1,023.46   $ 1.77     $ 1,000     $ 1,024.56   $ 0.65     $ 1,000     $ 1,024.46   $ 0.75     $ 1,000     $ 1,024.46   $ 0.75     $ 1,000     $ 1,024.55   $ 0.66     $ 1,000     $ 1,024.56   $ 0.65     $ 1,000     $ 1,024.40   $ 0.82  

 

  +   Hypothetical expenses are based on each Fund’s actual annualized net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses.  

 

  *   Expenses for each Fund are calculated using the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six months ended August 31, 2021. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the annualized net expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the most recent fiscal year; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the fiscal year.  

 

       The annualized net expense ratio for the period is as follows:  

 

Fund        

Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     0.34

Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF

     0.12  

Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF

     0.14  

Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

     0.14  

Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

     0.12  

Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

     0.11  

Access Ultra Short Bond ETF

     0.16  

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

Independent Trustees

 

Name,

Address and Age1

  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
 

Term of
Office and

Length of
Time Served2

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee4

Lawrence W. Stranghoener

Age: 67

  Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Trustee Since 2015; Chairman Since 2017  

Mr. Stranghoener is retired. He is Chairman, Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials) (2003-Present); and was formerly Director, Aleris Corporation and Aleris International, Inc. (a producer of aluminum rolled products) (2011-2020); Interim Chief Executive Officer (2014); and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2004-2014), Mosaic Company (a fertilizer manufacturing company).

 

Chairman of the Board of Trustees — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39  

Kennametal, Inc.

(a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials)

Linda A. Lang

Age: 63

  Trustee   Since 2016  

Ms. Lang is retired. She was formerly Chair of the Board of Directors (2016-2019); and Member of the Board of Directors, WD-40 Company (a global consumer products company) (2004-2019); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2014); and Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jack in the Box, Inc. (a restaurant company) (2003-2005). Previously, Ms. Lang served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (February 2016-March 2016).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39   None

Michael Latham

Age: 55

  Trustee   Since 2015  

Mr. Latham is retired. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Director of FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company) (2021-Present). Formerly, Mr. Latham held senior management positions with the iShares exchange-traded fund business, including Chairman (2011-2014); Global Head (2010-2011); U.S. Head (2007-2010); and Chief Operating Officer (2003-2007).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39   FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company)

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Interested Trustee*

 

Name,

Address and Age1

  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
 

Term of
Office and

Length of
Time Served2

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee4

James A. McNamara

Age: 58

  President and Trustee   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund

  166   None
         
*   Mr. McNamara is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he holds a position with Goldman Sachs and owns securities issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Interested Trustee holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.
1    Each Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Trustee, c/o Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282, Attn: Caroline L. Kraus. Information is provided as of August 31, 2021.
2    Each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term, until the earliest of: (a) the election of his or her successor; (b) the date the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Board or shareholders, in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust; or (c) the termination of the Trust. The Board has adopted policies which provide that each Independent Trustee shall retire as of December 31st of the calendar year in which he or she reaches (a) his or her 74th birthday or (b) the 15th anniversary of the date he or she became a Trustee, whichever is earlier, unless a waiver of such requirements shall have been adopted by a majority of the other Trustees. These policies may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder vote.
3    The Goldman Sachs Fund Complex includes certain other companies listed above for each respective Trustee. As of August 31, 2021, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust consisted of 36 portfolios (21 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust consisted of 92 portfolios (90 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust consisted of 17 portfolios (13 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust II consisted of 18 portfolios (16 of which offered shares to the public); and Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund, Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund each consisted of one portfolio. Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund did not offer shares to the public.
4    This column includes only directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the Act.

Additional information about the Trustees is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States of America): 1-800-621-2550.

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Officers of the Trust*

 

Name, Address and Age1   Positions Held
with the Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served2
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

James A. McNamara

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 58

  Trustee and President   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust. Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Caroline L. Kraus

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 44

  Secretary   Since 2014  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2016-Present); Vice President, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2015); Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs (January 2020-Present); Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (2012-December 2019); Assistant General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2011); and Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP (2002-2006).

 

Secretary — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit LLC; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLC; Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Joseph F. DiMaria

30 Hudson Street

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Age: 53

 

Treasurer, Principal

Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

  Since 2017 (Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer since 2019)  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (November 2015-Present) and Vice President — Mutual Fund Administration, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (May 2010- October 2015).

 

Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017));Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Trust II (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

     
*   Represents a partial list of officers of the Trust. Additional information about all the officers is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States): 1-800-621-2550.
1    Information is provided as of August 31, 2021.
2    Officers hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each officer holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.

 

Goldman Sachs Access Fixed Income ETFs — Tax Information (Unaudited)

During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, 100% of the net investment company taxable income distributions paid by the Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF and Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF were designated as interest-related dividends pursuant to Section 871(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Pursuant to Section 871(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF and Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF designate $4,658 and $7,782,899, respectively, as short-term capital gain dividends paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF designate $13,836, or if different, the maximum amount allowable, as capital gain dividends paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, the Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF, Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF, Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF, Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and Access Ultra Short Bond ETF, designate 100%, 100%, 99.87%, 100%, 7.17%, 98.70% and 91.56% respectively, of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income as section 163(j) Interest Dividends.

 

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Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF

 

Effective from November 1, 2016 and solely for the purpose of marketing the Fund in the United Kingdom (“UK”), Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Investment Adviser”) identified itself as the alternative investment fund manager (“AIFM”) of the Fund. As AIFM, the Investment Adviser is responsible for complying with the UK marketing rules implementing the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (Directive 2011/61/EU) (the “Directive”).

In accordance with these rules, the AIFM is required to make available an Annual Report for the financial year of the Fund, containing certain disclosures as set out in Article 22 and 23 of the Directive. The disclosures set out below are included to satisfy these requirements as they have not been disclosed elsewhere in this Annual Report.

I. Remuneration

The following disclosures are made in accordance with Article 107 of the EU Commission Delegated Regulation C (2012) 8370 in respect of the AIFM, which is part of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GS Group”). GS Group’s global remuneration philosophy, structure and process for setting remuneration generally applies to employees of the AIFM in the same manner as other employees globally. References to the “firm” and “we” throughout this disclosure include GS Group and the AIFM and any subsidiaries and affiliates.

a. Remuneration Program Philosophy

The remuneration philosophy and the objectives of the remuneration program for the firm, including the AIFM, are reflected in GS Group’s Compensation principles as posted on the Goldman Sachs public website www.gs.com. Our compensation policy framework includes the following:

 

  1.   We pay for performance – this is an absolute requirement under our compensation program and inherent in our culture.
  2.   We structure compensation, especially at senior levels, to align with GS Group’s shareholders’ long-term interests.
  3.   We use compensation as an important tool to attract, retain and motivate talent.
  4.   We align total compensation with corporate performance over the period.

The AIFM’s remuneration program is intended to be flexible enough to allow responses to changes in market conditions, but grounded in a framework that maintains effective remuneration practices.

b. Remuneration Governance

The planning, implementation and revision of the compensation policy of the AIFM is subject to the oversight of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of GS Group (the “GS Group Compensation Committee”), the ultimate parent of the AIFM.

The members of the GS Group Compensation Committee at the end of 2020 were M. Michele Burns (Chair), Drew G. Faust, Ellen J. Kullman, Lakshmi N. Mittal, and Adebayo O. Ogunlesi (ex-officio). None of the members of the GS Group Compensation Committee were an employee of the firm. All members of the GS Group Compensation Committee were “independent” within the meaning of the New York Stock Exchange Rules and the firm’s Director Independence Policy.

The GS Group Compensation Committee has for several years recognised the importance of using an independent remuneration consultant that is appropriately qualified and that provides services solely to the GS Group Compensation Committee and not to the firm. The Compensation Committee continued to retain an independent remuneration consultant in 2020.

GS Group’s global process for setting variable remuneration (including the requirement to consider risk and compliance issues) applies to employees of the AIFM in the same way as to employees of other entities and in other regions and is subject to oversight by the senior management of the firm in the region.

c. Link Between Pay and Performance

Annual remuneration for employees is generally comprised of fixed and variable remuneration. The AIFM’s remuneration practices provide for variable remuneration determinations to be made on a discretionary basis. Variable remuneration is based on multiple factors and is not set as a fixed percentage of revenue or by reference to any other formula. Firmwide performance is a key factor in determining variable remuneration.

d. Performance Measurement

Year-end variable remuneration is determined through a discretionary process that relies on certain qualitative and quantitative metrics (amongst other factors) against which we assess performance at year-end. We do not set specific goals, targets or other objectives for purposes of determining year-end variable remuneration nor do we set an initial remuneration pool that is

 

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Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF (continued)

 

adjusted for any such goals, targets or other objectives. Such metrics are not formulaic nor given any specific weight. In addition, employees are evaluated annually as part of the performance review feedback process.

e. Risk Adjustment

Prudent risk management is a hallmark of both the firm’s and AIFM’s culture and sensitivity to risk and risk management are key elements in assessing employee performance, including as part of the performance review feedback process noted above.

We take risk into account in setting the amount and form of variable remuneration for employees. We provide guidelines to assist compensation managers when applying discretion during the remuneration process to promote consistent consideration of the different metrics/factors considered during the remuneration process. Further, to ensure the independence of control function employees, remuneration for those employees is not determined by individuals in revenue-producing positions but rather by the management of the relevant control function.

f. Structure of Remuneration

 

  1.   Fixed Remuneration
  2.   Variable Remuneration: For employees with total and variable remuneration above a specific threshold, variable remuneration is generally paid in a combination of cash and equity-based remuneration. In general, the portion paid in the form of an equity-based award increases as variable remuneration increases.

g. Total Remuneration

Staff remuneration for the financial period ending December 31, 2020:

 

Total remuneration for the financial year ending December 31, 2020 paid by the AIFM to 15 staff in respect of the management of the assets of the Fund

  

US$102,749, made up of:

•US$48,820fixed remuneration

•US$53,929variable remuneration

Which includes:

(a)   Remuneration paid by the AIFM to senior management

   US$63,200

(b)  Remuneration paid by the AIFM to other staff members whose actions have a material impact on the risk profile of the Fund

   US$39,549

The remuneration figures above:

 

  1.   relate to the proportion of time spent by those staff on the management of the assets of the Fund; and
  2.   do not include figures for those staff whose activities may impact the Fund but who provide services through other affiliates of the AIFM.

II. Risk Management

The current risk profile of the Fund and the risk management framework employed by the AIFM to manage those risks are outlined in the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. The Investment Manager’s risk management function will seek to ensure that the risk profile disclosed to investors is consistent with applicable risk limits, monitor compliance with those risk limits, promptly notify the risk management component of the portfolio management team managing the portfolio of any inconsistency, or risk or inconsistency, between the risk profile and risk limits.

III. Material Changes

Article 22 of the Directive requires disclosure of any material changes in the information listed in Article 23 of the Directive.

In respect of the period ended December 31, 2020, there have been no material changes to the information listed in Article 23 of the Directive.

 

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Goldman Sachs ETFs

 

 

LOGO

 

Goldman Sachs is a premier financial services firm, known since 1869 for creating thoughtful and customized investment solutions in complex global markets.

Today, the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, including private institutions, public entities and individuals. With approximately $2.09 trillion in assets under supervision as of June 30, 2021, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (“GSAM”) has portfolio management teams located around the world and our investment professionals bring firsthand knowledge of local markets to every investment decision. Assets under supervision includes assets under management and other client assets for which Goldman Sachs does not have full discretion. Goldman Sachs Asset Management leverages the resources of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC subject to legal, internal and regulatory restrictions.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

 

INDEX DISCLAIMERS

The Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF and Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (the “Funds”) have been developed solely by GSAM. The Funds are not in any way connected to or sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group”). FTSE Russell is a trading name of certain of the LSE Group companies.

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Goldman Sachs Funds

 

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Annual Report      

August 31, 2021

 
     

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® ETFs

     

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (GEM)

     

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF (GSEU)

     

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF (GSIE)

     

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (GSJY)

     

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSLC)

     

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (GSSC)

 

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® ETFs

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® EUROPE EQUITY ETF

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® JAPAN EQUITY ETF

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

 

ACTIVEBETA® U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY ETF

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Investment Process

    1  

Portfolio Management Discussion and Performance Summaries

    3  

Schedules of Investments

    32  

Financial Statements

    86  

Financial Highlights

    93  

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

    93  

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

    94  

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

    95  

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

    96  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

    97  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

    98  

Notes to Financial Statements

    99  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    114  

Other Information

    116  

 

     
NOT FDIC-INSURED   May Lose Value   No Bank Guarantee


INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® ETFs

 

Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each of the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (each, a “Fund”), is to seek to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective underlying index (each, an “Index”).

Each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.

Each Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities within its applicable universe of issuers. Each Index is constructed using the patented ActiveBeta® Portfolio Construction Methodology, which was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns. These factors include value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). Given each Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track its Index, each Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Index Provider”) constructs each Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves two steps.

Step 1

In the first step, individual factor subindexes for value, momentum, quality and low volatility (the “ActiveBeta® Factor Subindexes”) are created from the constituents of the applicable Reference Index, a market capitalization-weighted index. To construct each ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex, all constituents in the applicable Reference Index are assigned a “factor score” based on certain specified measurements (for example, in the case of the value factor, the factor score is based on a composite of book value-to-price, sales-to-price and free cash flow-to-price). Securities with a factor score that is above a fixed “Cut-off Score” receive an overweight in the applicable ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex relative to the applicable Reference Index and securities with a factor score that is below the Cut-off Score receive an underweight in the ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex relative to the applicable Reference Index. Accordingly, the magnitude of overweight or underweight that a security receives in constructing the applicable ActiveBeta® Factor Subindex is determined by its attractiveness when evaluated based on the relevant factor. Each Index only includes long positions (i.e., short positions are impermissible), so the smallest weight for any given security is zero.

Step 2

The ActiveBeta® Factor Subindexes are combined in equal weights to form each Index.

Each Index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis in accordance with the published rebalancing schedule of the applicable Reference Index. The rules-based process used to construct each Index incorporates the ActiveBeta® Turnover Minimization Technique, which seeks to reduce turnover within each Index.

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INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the 12 months ended August 31, 2021, we continued to believe in the existence and persistence of certain equity common factors. We further believed that in capturing common factors, investment efficiency (risk-adjusted returns) can be improved by enhancing the informational efficiency and diversification of individual common factor portfolios. Additionally, we advocate the pursuit of factor diversification strategies, which combine individual common factor portfolios, as such strategies tend to dominate individual factors. A passive capture of informationally-efficient and diversified common factor strategies potentially delivers attractive after-cost information ratios.

 

2


PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 20.49% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 19.96% based on market price. The Index returned 21.15%, and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net, unhedged, USD) (“MSCI Emerging Markets Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned 21.12% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $33.28 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $39.33 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $39.16 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit positive absolute returns but underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Quality detracted from results during the Reporting Period. Value contributed most positively to relative results during the Reporting Period, followed by Low Volatility and Momentum. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the health care, consumer staples and financials sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the information technology, consumer discretionary and real estate sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

   

From a country perspective, Index constituents in South Korea, Brazil and Russia detracted the most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in Taiwan, China and South Africa contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, an overweight position in Chinese condiments producer Yihai International Holding and underweight positions in Chinese auto manufacturers BYD and NIO detracted most (0.10%, 0.10% and 0.19% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Yihai International Holding posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period; BYD generated a robust double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period; and NIO delivered a triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, underweight positions in Chinese e-commerce retailer Alibaba Group Holdings and Chinese multi-media company Tencent Holdings and an overweight position in Taiwanese freight by ship transportation provider Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan contributed most positively (3.04%, 3.61% and 0.35% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Alibaba Group Holdings and Tencent Holdings each produced a negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan generated a robust triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund2     

GS
ActiveBeta®
Emerging

Markets
Equity Index

     MSCI Emerging
Markets Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     13.05      13.09      15.22
  Consumer Staples     11.19        11.70        5.76  
  Energy     3.95        3.84        5.28  
  Financials     17.52        16.58        19.20  
  Health Care     4.91        4.79        4.74  
  Industrials     3.78        4.02        4.98  
  Information Technology     21.71        22.33        21.31  
  Materials     9.14        9.11        8.91  
  Real Estate     1.19        1.11        1.80  
  Communication Services     10.29        10.78        10.62  
    Utilities     2.71        2.64        2.18  

 

  1    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.6% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Country Name   Fund2      GS
ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity Index
     MSCI Emerging
Markets Index
 
  Taiwan     15.69      16.12      14.82
  China     32.78        32.55        33.94  
  South Africa     4.10        3.95        3.23  
  Thailand     1.56        1.53        1.72  
  Peru     0.00        0.00        0.17  
  Argentina     0.25        0.31        0.18  
  Colombia     0.05        0.00        0.16  
  Pakistan     0.00        0.00        0.02  
  Greece     0.29        0.29        0.18  
  Chile     0.48        0.37        0.45  
  Philippines     0.22        0.22        0.63  
  Czech Republic     0.11        0.05        0.12  
  Kuwait     0.40        0.39        0.57  
  United Arab Emirates     0.66        0.56        0.77  
  Turkey     0.31        0.28        0.29  
  Qatar     0.84        0.87        0.70  
  Poland     0.87        0.81        0.78  
  Hungary     0.18        0.06        0.26  
  Egypt     0.19        0.21        0.08  
  Saudi Arabia     2.82        2.91        3.16  
  Mexico     2.14        2.17        1.97  
  Indonesia     1.15        1.15        1.23  
  Malaysia     0.54        0.73        1.34  
  India     11.12        11.42        11.66  
  Russia     3.77        3.84        3.57  
  Brazil     4.87        5.12        5.00  
    Korea     14.07        14.10        13.00  

 

  1    Country classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall country allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying country allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.6% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 39.16  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 39.33  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    6.0      Information Technology      Taiwan
 

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    3.6        Communication Services      China
 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    3.6        Information Technology      South Korea
 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

    3.1        Consumer Discretionary      China
 

Infosys Ltd.

    1.0        Information Technology      India
 

Meituan, Class B

    1.0        Consumer Discretionary      China
 

Vale SA

    0.8        Materials      Brazil
 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 4.28%

    0.8        Information Technology      South Korea
 

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

    0.7        Information Technology      India
 

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

    0.7        Financials      China

 

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on September 25, 2015 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and reference index, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net, unhedged), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Funds NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investors shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 25, 2015 through August 31, 2021.

 

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Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 25, 2015)

     20.49%        9.31%      10.07%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 25, 2015)

     19.96%        9.24%      10.00%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index

     21.15%        9.58%      10.38%

 

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net, unhedged)

     21.12%        10.40%      11.40%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

7


PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 30.45% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 30.81% based on market price. The Index returned 30.87%, and the MSCI Europe Index (net, unhedged, USD) (“MSCI Europe Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned 29.18% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $29.85 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $37.99 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $38.05 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the MSCI Europe Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the MSCI Europe Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the MSCI Europe Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit positive absolute returns that outperformed the MSCI Europe Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Value contributed most positively to relative results during the Reporting Period, followed by Quality. Low Volatility and Momentum detracted from relative results during the Reporting Period. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the consumer discretionary, materials and consumer staples sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Europe Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the information technology, communication services and financials sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Europe Index during the Reporting Period.

 

   

From a country perspective, Index constituents in Germany, Switzerland and the U.K. contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Europe Index during the Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in Spain, the Netherlands and Finland detracted the most from the

 

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  Index’s results relative to the MSCI Europe Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Europe Index, overweight positions in Luxembourg-based steel producer ArcelorMittal, Switzerland-based freight transporter Kuehne + Nagel International and Denmark-based integrated transport and logistics company AP Moller-Maersk contributed most positively (0.64%, 0.82% and 0.39% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). ArcelorMittal generated a triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period, while Kuehne + Nagel International and AP Moller-Maersk each posted a robust double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Europe Index, overweight positions in France-based digital services provider Atos and France-based drug manufacturer Ipsen and an underweight position in Netherlands-based semiconductor producer ASML Holding detracted most (0.63%, 0.46% and 2.34% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Atos and Ipsen each posted a negative return during the Reporting Period, while ASML Holding generated a triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund2     

GS

ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity Index

     MSCI Europe
Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     13.21      13.38      11.73
  Consumer Staples     13.44        13.28        12.38  
  Energy     2.63        2.27        4.14  
  Financials     12.72        12.56        15.46  
  Health Care     15.56        15.70        14.63  
  Industrials     16.42        16.41        14.99  
  Information Technology     8.18        8.09        8.97  
  Materials     8.46        8.27        8.21  
  Real Estate     0.77        0.87        1.37  
  Communication Services     4.04        4.77        3.84  
    Utilities     4.02        4.40        4.27  

 

  1    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.9% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index.

 

 

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Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Country Name   Fund2     

GS

ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity Index

     MSCI Europe
Index
 
  Germany     15.12      15.55      14.33
  Switzerland     14.57        14.61        15.35  
  UK     20.38        20.36        21.91  
  Sweden     5.86        5.77        5.79  
  Austria     1.03        1.12        0.31  
  Denmark     4.53        4.70        4.20  
  Norway     0.96        1.35        0.95  
  Portugal     0.50        0.62        0.29  
  France     18.92        18.63        17.60  
  Ireland     0.73        0.81        1.14  
  Belgium     1.14        1.04        1.40  
  Italy     3.64        4.04        3.77  
  Finland     1.45        1.54        1.68  
  Netherlands     7.19        6.85        7.61  
    Spain     3.41        3.01        3.65  

 

  1    Country classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall country allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying country allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.9% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index.

 

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ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT  
     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 38.05  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 37.99  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
 

Nestle SA

    2.8      Consumer Staples      Switzerland
 

Roche Holding AG

    2.4        Health Care      Switzerland
 

ASML Holding NV

    2.3        Information Technology      Netherlands
 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    1.5        Consumer Discretionary      France
 

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    1.5        Health Care      Denmark
 

Novartis AG

    1.5        Health Care      Switzerland
 

L’Oreal SA

    1.2        Consumer Staples      France
 

AstraZeneca PLC

    1.1        Health Care      United Kingdom
 

SAP SE

    1.1        Information Technology      Germany
   

Unilever PLC

    1.0        Consumer Staples      United Kingdom

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® EUROPE EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on March 2, 2016 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and reference index, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index and the MSCI Europe Index (net, unhedged, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from March 2, 2016 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced March 2, 2016)

     30.45%        10.94%      11.11%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced March 2, 2016)

     30.81%        10.91%      11.14%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index

     30.87%        11.05%      11.20%

 

MSCI Europe Index (net, unhedged, USD)

     29.18%        10.10%      10.33%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

 

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 27.12% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 27.47% based on market price. The Index returned 27.26%, and the MSCI World ex USA Index (net, unhedged, USD) (“MSCI World ex USA Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned 26.57% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $28.72 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $35.76 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $35.75 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the MSCI World ex USA Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the MSCI World ex USA Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the MSCI World ex USA Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit positive absolute returns that outperformed the MSCI World ex USA Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Value and Quality contributed positively to relative results, while Momentum and Low Volatility detracted from relative results during the Reporting Period. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the industrials, materials and consumer discretionary sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the information technology, financials and consumer staples sectors detracted the most from the Index’s results relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index during the Reporting Period.

 

   

From a country perspective, Index constituents in Switzerland, Canada and the U.K. contributed most positively to the Fund’s results relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index during the Reporting Period. Conversely,

 

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  Index constituents in Japan, the Netherlands and Spain detracted the most from the Fund’s results relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index, overweight positions in Luxembourg-based steel producer ArcelorMittal, Denmark-based integrated transport and logistics company AP Moller-Maersk and Canada-based engineering services provider WSP Global contributed most positively (0.43%, 0.31% and 0.54% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). ArcelorMittal generated a triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period, and AP Moller-Maersk and WSP Global each posted a robust double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI World ex USA Index, an underweight position in Netherlands-based semiconductor producer ASML Holding and overweight positions in France-based digital services provider Atos and Australia-based utilities company AGL Energy detracted most (1.19%, 0.45% and 0.08% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). ASML Holding posted a triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period. Atos and AGL Energy each generated a double-digit decline within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund2      GS
ActiveBeta®
International
Equity Index
     MSCI World ex
USA Index
 
 

Consumer

Discretionary

    12.43      12.46      11.76
  Consumer Staples     12.98        13.00        9.61  
  Energy     2.45        2.27        4.02  
  Financials     15.68        15.41        18.70  
  Health Care     12.28        12.33        11.64  
  Industrials     15.61        15.94        15.27  
  Information Technology     9.85        10.10        10.18  
  Materials     7.96        7.50        8.13  
  Real Estate     1.79        1.89        2.74  
  Communication Services     4.76        5.17        4.45  
    Utilities     3.63        3.94        3.50  

 

  1    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 1.2% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index.

 

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Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Country Name  

Fund2

     GS ActiveBeta®
International
Equity Index
     MSCI World ex
USA Index
 
  Switzerland     8.25      8.45      9.00
  Canada     10.45        10.33        9.99  
  UK     12.20        12.27        12.84  
  Denmark     2.90        3.08        2.46  
  Germany     8.76        8.92        8.40  
  Austria     0.65        0.66        0.18  
  Sweden     3.28        3.32        3.39  
  Hong Kong     2.83        2.82        2.75  
  Norway     0.56        0.81        0.56  
  France     11.60        11.50        10.31  
  Portugal     0.30        0.34        0.17  
  Italy     2.15        2.49        2.21  
  Singapore     1.04        1.10        0.92  
  Ireland     0.44        0.51        0.67  
  Belgium     0.67        0.52        0.82  
  Finland     0.76        0.89        0.98  
  New Zealand     0.23        0.27        0.22  
  Israel     0.70        0.76        0.55  
  Australia     5.81        5.68        6.29  
  Spain     1.91        1.71        2.14  
  Netherlands     4.00        3.75        4.46  
    Japan     19.92        19.81        20.69  

 

  1    Country classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall country allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying country allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 1.2% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index.

 

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ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021  
  Market Price1   $ 35.75  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 35.76  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

 

TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212

     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
  Nestle SA     1.6      Consumer Staples      Switzerland
  Roche Holding AG     1.3        Health Care      Switzerland
  ASML Holding NV     1.2        Information Technology      Netherlands
  LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     1.0        Consumer Discretionary      France
  Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B     0.8        Health Care      Denmark
  Novartis AG     0.8        Health Care      Switzerland
  L’Oreal SA     0.7        Consumer Staples      France
  Royal Bank of Canada     0.6        Financials      Canada
  Deutsche Post AG     0.6        Industrials      Germany
    AstraZeneca PLC     0.6        Health Care      United Kingdom

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on November 6, 2015 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and reference index, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index and the MSCI World ex USA Index (net, Unhedged, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from November 6, 2015 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced November 6, 2015)

     27.12%        10.30%      8.95%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced November 6, 2015)

     27.47%        10.19%      8.94%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index

     27.26%        10.39%      9.04%

 

MSCI World ex USA Index (net, unhedged, USD)

     26.57%        9.77%      8.34%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 18.02% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 17.86% based on market price. The Index returned 17.88%, while the MSCI Japan Index (net, unhedged, USD) (“MSCI Japan Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned 19.96% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $32.60 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $37.91 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $37.75 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the MSCI Japan Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the MSCI Japan Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the MSCI Japan Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted double-digit positive absolute returns but underperformed the MSCI Japan Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Low Volatility and Momentum detracted most from results relative to the MSCI Japan Index, followed by Quality. Value contributed positively to results relative to the MSCI Japan Index. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the consumer staples, consumer discretionary and financials sectors detracted most from results relative to the MSCI Japan Index during the Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in the industrials, information technology and communication services sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the MSCI Japan Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Japan Index, an overweight position in home appliance retailer Yamada Holdings and underweight positions in steel products manufacturer Nippon Steel and sensor and measuring instrument manufacturer Keyence detracted most (0.80%, 0.24% and 2.26% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Yamada Holdings posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period; Nippon Steel generated a triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period; and Keyence delivered a double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI Japan Index, overweight positions in marine transportation services and transportation management solutions provider Nippon Yusen; office automation equipment, electronic devices and photographic instruments manufacturer Ricoh; and chemical products manufacturer Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings contributed most positively (0.72%, 0.67% and 0.76% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Nippon Yusen posted a robust triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period. Ricoh and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings each generated a double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the reference index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund2     

GS

ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity Index

    

MSCI Japan

Index

 
  Consumer Discretionary     18.19      17.92      18.83
  Consumer Staples     8.77        8.80        7.11  
  Energy     0.78        1.19        0.60  
  Financials     7.39        7.70        8.85  
  Health Care     10.08        10.39        10.32  
  Industrials     20.04        20.29        22.22  
  Information Technology     16.41        16.06        14.54  
  Materials     4.93        4.52        5.00  
  Real Estate     3.13        2.69        3.52  
  Communication Services     8.53        8.96        8.00  
    Utilities     1.60      1.46        1.00  

 

  1    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.5% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021  
  Market Price1   $ 37.75  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 37.91  

 

1   The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets      Line of Business
  Toyota Motor Corp.     3.5    Consumer Discretionary
  Sony Group Corp.     2.7      Consumer Discretionary
  Keyence Corp.     2.3      Information Technology
  Tokyo Electron Ltd.     1.6      Information Technology
  Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.     1.6      Industrials
  Honda Motor Co. Ltd.     1.4      Consumer Discretionary
  SoftBank Group Corp.     1.3      Communication Services
  Hoya Corp.     1.3      Health Care
  Nintendo Co. Ltd.     1.3      Communication Services
    Fujitsu Ltd.     1.3      Information Technology

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® JAPAN EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on March 2, 2016 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and reference index, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Index and the MSCI Japan Index (Unhedged, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from March 2, 2016 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced March 2, 2016)

     18.02%        9.13%      9.63%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced March 2, 2016)

     17.86%        8.97%      9.56%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index

     17.88%        8.95%      9.44%

 

MSCI Japan Index (Unhedged, USD)

     19.96%        9.10%      10.06%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 30.21% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 30.32% based on market price. The Index returned 30.33%, and the S&P 500 Index (Total Return, USD) (“S&P 500 Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, returned 31.17% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $70.70 on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $90.95 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $90.91 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the S&P 500 Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the S&P 500 Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the S&P 500 Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted robust double-digit positive absolute returns but underperformed the S&P 500 Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Low Volatility and Momentum detracted most from relative returns, followed by Quality. Value contributed positively to relative returns. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the financials, consumer staples and utilities sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500 Index during the Reporting Period. Partially offsetting these detractors were Index constituents in consumer discretionary, health care and information technology, which contributed positively to the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500 Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the S&P 500 Index, underweight positions in search engine Google parent company Alphabet and diversified financial services company Wells Fargo & Company and an overweight position in utilities company Vistra detracted most (3.79%, 0.27% and 0.00%1 of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Alphabet and Wells Fargo & Company each generated a robust double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period. Vistra posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the S&P 500 Index, underweight positions in electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and e-commerce retailing behemoth Amazon.com and an overweight position in clinical stage biotechnology company Moderna contributed most positively (0.72%, 3.28% and 0.23% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Tesla posted a positive return within the Index but only modestly outperformed the Index during the Reporting Period, while Amazon.com posted a positive return within the Index that underperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. Moderna generated a robust triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the S&P 500 Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     

GS

ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity Index

     S&P 500
Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     14.06      14.24      11.93
  Consumer Staples     7.64        7.65        5.76  
  Energy     0.93        0.94        2.41  
  Financials     9.04        9.06        11.17  
  Health Care     14.41        14.44        13.39  
  Industrials     8.10        8.12        8.24  
  Information Technology     28.97        29.04        27.95  
  Materials     1.90        1.90        2.56  
  Real Estate     2.24        2.24        2.63  
  Communication Services     10.57        10.60        11.47  
    Utilities     1.77        1.78        2.50  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2021 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Standard & Poor’s. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.1% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021  
  Market Price1   $ 90.91  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 90.95  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets      Line of Business
  Apple, Inc.     5.2    Information Technology
  Microsoft Corp.     5.0      Information Technology
  Amazon.com, Inc.     3.3      Consumer Discretionary
  Facebook, Inc., Class A     2.1      Communication Services
  Alphabet, Inc., Class A     1.9      Communication Services
  Alphabet, Inc., Class C     1.9      Communication Services
  NVIDIA Corp.     1.1      Information Technology
  Johnson & Johnson     1.1      Health Care
  Home Depot, Inc. (The)     1.0      Consumer Discretionary
    Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B     0.9      Financials

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

 

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ACTIVEBETA® U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on September 17, 2015 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index and the S&P 500 Index (Total Return, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 17, 2015 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year        Five Years      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 17, 2015)

     30.21%        17.67%      16.29%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 17, 2015)

     30.32%        17.67%      16.29%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index

     30.33%        17.80%      16.42%

 

S&P 500 Index (Total Return, USD)

     31.17%        18.01%      17.01%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 50.45% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 50.17% based on market price. The Index returned 50.93%, and the Russell 2000® Index (Total Return, USD) (“Russell 2000® Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, and the reference index for the Index, returned 47.08% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $43.57 on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $64.97 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $64.94 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that was developed to provide exposure to the “factors” (or characteristics) that are commonly tied to a stock’s outperformance relative to market returns, and its performance is compared to that of the Russell 2000® Index. Because the Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index, the discussion below compares the performance of the Fund to that of the Russell 2000® Index. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Russell 2000® Index.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund posted robust double-digit positive absolute returns that outperformed the Russell 2000® Index, as measured by NAV. Amongst underlying factors, Value contributed most positively to relative returns, followed by Quality and Low Volatility. Momentum detracted from relative returns. Value refers to how attractively a stock is priced relative to its fundamentals, such as book value and free cash flow. Quality refers to sustainable profitability over time. Low Volatility is a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time. Momentum is whether a company’s share price is trending up or down.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the health care, information technology and consumer discretionary sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the Russell 2000® Index during the Reporting Period. Partially offsetting these positive contributors were Index constituents in the communication services, energy and materials sectors, which detracted from the Index’s results relative to the Russell 2000® Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Russell 2000® Index, overweight positions in specialty electronic game and personal computer entertainment software retailer GameStop, stem/progenitor cell products developer Vericel and chiropractic clinics franchisor Joint contributed most positively (0.00%1, 0.24% and 0.23% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). GameStop posted a quadruple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period. Vericel and Joint each generated a robust triple-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Russell 2000® Index, underweight positions in movie theater operator AMC Entertainment Holdings, biotechnology company Intellia Therapeutics and precision cardiovascular medicine company MyoKardia detracted most (0.27%, 0.14% and 0.00%1 of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Each of these holdings posted a robust double-digit or triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the Russell 2000® Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     

GS

ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity Index

     Russell 2000®
Index
 
  Consumer Discretionary     13.02      13.23      11.64
  Consumer Staples     3.35        3.49        3.21  
  Energy     2.89        2.94        3.82  
  Financials     16.47        16.65        15.28  
  Health Care     16.34        16.56        20.54  
  Industrials     15.79        15.97        14.68  
  Information Technology     14.93        15.09        14.04  
  Materials     3.69        3.73        3.84  
  Real Estate     6.53        6.60        7.00  
  Communication Services     2.70        2.78        3.41  
    Utilities     2.91        2.95        2.52  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2021 either because those positions were taken out during the most recent rebalance given the Fund’s index construction methodology or because they were not components of the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Russell Investments. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 1.2% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding or due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021  
  Market Price1   $ 64.94  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 64.97  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets      Line of Business
  Crocs, Inc.     0.4    Consumer Discretionary
  Lattice Semiconductor Corp.     0.4      Information Technology
  Synaptics, Inc.     0.3      Information Technology
  eXp World Holdings, Inc.     0.3      Real Estate
  STAAR Surgical Co.     0.3      Health Care
  Perficient, Inc.     0.3      Information Technology
  AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A     0.3      Communication Services
  Wingstop, Inc.     0.3      Consumer Discretionary
  EMCOR Group, Inc.     0.3      Industrials
    Alkermes PLC     0.3      Health Care

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on June 28, 2017 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and reference index, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index and the Russell 2000® Index, respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from June 28, 2017 through August 31, 2021.

 

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Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced June 28, 2017)

     50.45%      13.35%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced June 28, 2017)

     50.17%      13.33%

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index

     50.93%      13.52%

 

Russell 2000® Index

     47.08%      13.26%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Index Definitions and Industry Terms

 

Book Value: The total value of the company’s assets that shareholders would theoretically receive if a company were liquidated.

Free Cash Flow: A measure of financial performance calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures.

Alpha: The excess returns of a fund relative to the return of a benchmark index is the fund’s alpha.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of emerging market issuers. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index captures large and mid cap representation across 24 Emerging Markets countries. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of developed market issuers in Europe. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The MSCI Europe Index captures large and mid-cap representation across 15 Developed Markets countries. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of developed markets issuers outside of the United States. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The MSCI World ex USA Index captures large and mid cap representation across 22 of 23 Developed Markets countries. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of Japanese issuers. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The MSCI Japan Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid cap segments of the Japanese market. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of large capitalization U.S. issuers. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The S&P 500 Index is the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index of 500 stocks, an unmanaged index of common stock prices. The Index figures do not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of small capitalization U.S. issuers. The Index seeks to capture common sources of active equity returns, including value (i.e., how attractively a stock is priced relative to its “fundamentals,” such as book value and free cash flow), momentum (i.e., whether a company’s share price is trending up or down), quality (i.e., profitability) and low volatility (i.e., a relatively low degree of fluctuation in a company’s share price over time). The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Index Definitions and Industry Terms (continued)

 

The Russell 2000® Index is an unmanaged index of common stock prices that measures the performance of the 2000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index. The Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased small-cap barometer and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity set.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS ACTIVEBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – 97.2%  
Argentina – 0.1%      
         354,406     YPF SA ADR (Energy)*   $        1,846,455  

 

 

 
Brazil – 3.6%      
  782,458     Ambev SA (Consumer Staples)     2,613,517  
  211,834     Atacadao SA (Consumer Staples)     751,001  
  709,152     B3 SA – Brasil Bolsa Balcao (Financials)     1,948,954  
  429,256     Banco Bradesco SA (Financials)     1,671,898  
  116,646     Banco Inter SA (Financials)     1,544,556  
  675,826     BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (Financials)     2,516,089  
  330,443     Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (Materials)     2,250,050  
  289,482     CPFL Energia SA (Utilities)     1,642,050  
  182,045     Energisa SA (Utilities)     1,577,744  
  132,935     Engie Brasil Energia SA (Utilities)     975,029  
  367,649     Equatorial Energia SA (Utilities)     1,827,635  
  148,930     Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA (Health Care)(a)     428,211  
  165,847     Klabin SA (Materials)*     852,308  
  142,238     Lojas Renner SA (Consumer Discretionary)     1,057,432  
  623,855     Magazine Luiza SA (Consumer Discretionary)     2,222,679  
  200,829     Natura & Co. Holding SA (Consumer Staples)*     2,024,942  
  578,088     Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Energy)     3,152,663  
  627,364     Raia Drogasil SA (Consumer Staples)     3,132,194  
  158,895     Suzano SA (Materials)*     1,893,251  
  236,341     Telefonica Brasil SA (Communication Services)     2,018,770  
  603,339     Vale SA (Materials)     11,629,439  
  277,465     WEG SA (Industrials)     1,927,251  
   

 

 

 
      49,657,663  

 

 

 
Chile – 0.5%      
  952,167     Cencosud SA (Consumer Staples)     1,793,875  
  277,612     Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA (Consumer Staples)     2,797,793  
  63,700     Empresas COPEC SA (Energy)     591,750  
  7,078,800     Enel Americas SA (Utilities)     993,288  
  9,959,364     Enel Chile SA (Utilities)     507,639  
   

 

 

 
      6,684,345  

 

 

 
China – 33.1%      
  66,815     360 DigiTech, Inc. ADR (Financials)*     1,523,382  
  1,339,626     3SBio, Inc. (Health Care)*(a)     1,493,382  
  384,707     Agile Group Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     441,228  
  3,182,826     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,460,193  
  4,993,591     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,675,799  

 

 

 
  87,151     Aier Eye Hospital Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)   570,020  
  21,639     Airtac International Group (Industrials)     659,785  
  1,998,311     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     42,523,542  
  74,000     Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     458,314  
  164,465     Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     890,274  
  199,871     ANTA Sports Products Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,111,858  
  18,728     Autohome, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)     828,901  
  1,112,000     AVIC Industry-Finance Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     682,505  
  32,690     Baidu, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)*     5,132,984  
  2,134,777     Bank of Beijing Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,435,978  
  3,424,223     Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,608,090  
  10,585,963     Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     3,715,877  
  2,264,802     Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,551,523  
  2,793,468     Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,605,534  
  1,544,016     Bank of Jiangsu Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,538,751  
  712,817     Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,036,302  
  1,168,601     Bank of Shanghai Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,305,892  
  30,950     Baozun, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     745,276  
  1,702,783     BBMG Corp., Class A (Materials)     715,211  
  2,036     BeiGene Ltd. ADR (Health Care)*     627,699  
  627,571     Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     2,162,549  
  1,426,256     Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd. (Utilities)*     588,669  
  473,400     Beijing Originwater Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     556,164  
  30,600     Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,103,108  
  38,022     Beijing Yuanliu Hongyuan Electronic Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     900,459  
  767,800     Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     565,259  
  84,444     BGI Genomics Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,227,527  

 

 

 

 

32   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  14,694     Bilibili, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)*   $ 1,178,900  
  984,800     Bosideng International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     805,329  
  32,397     BYD Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,390,882  
  66,197     BYD Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     2,241,932  
  195,500     By-health Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     762,062  
  148,682     C&S Paper Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     422,402  
  14,471     Changchun High & New Technology Industry Group, Inc., Class A (Health Care)     572,470  
  470,900     Changjiang Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     545,929  
  2,926,276     China Bohai Bank Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     1,188,970  
  4,408,956     China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     782,318  
  3,162,099     China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,455,549  
  1,355,769     China Communications Services Corp. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     721,696  
  250,900     China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     1,025,879  
  1,364,364     China Construction Bank Corp., Class A (Financials)     1,237,063  
  13,095,676     China Construction Bank Corp., Class H (Financials)     9,463,082  
  954,715     China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     495,706  
  2,898,833     China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,039,910  
  954,924     China Everbright Environment Group Ltd. (Industrials)     660,571  
  703,900     China Everbright Ltd. (Financials)     884,248  
  605,170     China Feihe Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)     1,095,591  
  341,900     China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     545,281  
  1,237,400     China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     695,280  
  156,600     China Gas Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     454,053  
  554,167     China Hongqiao Group Ltd. (Materials)     826,546  
  1,541,317     China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd. (Real Estate)     501,396  
  727,190     China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,217,383  
  514,747     China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H (Utilities)     1,049,700  
  1,377,297     China Medical System Holdings Ltd. (Health Care)     2,698,864  

 

 

 
  627,300     China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*   3,770,728  
  234,508     China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,779,528  
  607,294     China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     5,016,958  
  343,232     China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     578,133  
  317,357     China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     489,906  
  2,012,575     China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,238,364  
  3,416,812     China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,427,818  
  1,044,430     China National Building Material Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     1,428,859  
  237,173     China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (Real Estate)     545,867  
  2,039,769     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class A (Energy)     1,346,779  
  3,376,424     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H (Energy)     1,636,691  
  2,287,913     China Power International Development Ltd. (Utilities)     923,714  
  674,311     China Railway Group Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     588,402  
  1,066,269     China Railway Group Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     511,380  
  197,481     China Resources Beer Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,625,076  
  549,072     China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd. (Materials)     538,669  
  93,775     China Resources Gas Group Ltd. (Utilities)     569,112  
  151,287     China Resources Land Ltd. (Real Estate)     563,143  
  3,545,036     China Resources Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. (Health Care)(a)     1,846,052  
  437,520     China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     1,075,608  
  199,951     China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     866,186  
  185,300     China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     574,396  
  858,867     China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     1,901,636  
  62,626     China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     2,215,885  
  13,308,262     China Tower Corp. Ltd., Class H (Communication Services)(a)     1,745,379  
  1,496,900     China United Network Communications Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     972,103  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   33


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31 , 2021

 

    
Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  138,524     China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)   $ 425,105  
  167,325     China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class H (Real Estate)     451,802  
  390,218     China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     1,169,686  
  2,311,694     China Zheshang Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,271,933  
  72,025     Chongqing Brewery Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)*     1,564,523  
  861,748     Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     519,560  
  1,278,509     Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     489,878  
  40,993     Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,124,575  
  1,250,034     CITIC Ltd. (Industrials)     1,555,842  
  141,700     CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     563,989  
  213,400     CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     540,541  
  11,700     Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     897,393  
  303,495     COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     975,587  
  559,933     COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)*     1,058,332  
  446,407     Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     493,626  
  2,549,309     CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. (Health Care)     3,235,251  
  286,600     Daan Gene Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     831,993  
  1,516,661     Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)     850,244  
  11,645     Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (Information Technology)*     713,955  
  506,700     DHC Software Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     600,783  
  133,519     Dong-E-E-Jiao Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     711,260  
  997,500     Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     1,092,750  
  72,600     Ecovacs Robotics Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,650,604  
  142,929     ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     2,828,312  
  526,053     Far East Horizon Ltd. (Financials)(b)     597,930  
  486,365     Financial Street Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     489,229  

 

 

 
  644,500     Focus Media Information Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)   718,220  
  371,020     Fosun International Ltd. (Industrials)     469,419  
  294,800     Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     524,536  
  72,700     Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     539,729  
  30,300     Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)(a)     698,150  
  421,582     Gaotu Techedu, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*(b)     1,214,156  
  13,000     G-bits Network Technology Xiamen Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     738,675  
  239,322     GF Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     704,390  
  266,750     Giant Network Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     417,985  
  133,549     Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,368,608  
  454,578     Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     2,092,473  
  819,400     Greenland Holdings Corp. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     565,147  
  394,310     Guangdong Investment Ltd. (Utilities)     547,558  
  49,071     Guangdong Kinlong Hardware Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     1,228,448  
  264,384     Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,207,184  
  322,200     Guangzhou Haige Communications Group, Inc. Co., Class A (Information Technology)     558,806  
  67,700     Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,106,998  
  849,704     Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd., Class H (Real Estate)     725,444  
  58,940     Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,244,299  
  52,919     Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     349,485  
  292,600     Guosen Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     553,273  
  211,003     Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     580,814  
  447,000     Guoyuan Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     545,240  

 

 

 

 

34   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  378,438     Haidilao International Holding Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)(b)   $ 1,542,490  
  186,900     Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     704,118  
  156,907     Haitian International Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     601,211  
  318,833     Haitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     628,079  
  602,400     Haitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     556,906  
  60,870     Hang Zhou Great Star Industrial Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)*     315,577  
  49,924     Hangzhou First Applied Material Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     1,176,139  
  131,494     Hangzhou Oxygen Plant Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     725,540  
  86,387     Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     477,994  
  151,290     Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. (Health Care)(a)     413,369  
  241,600     Heilongjiang Agriculture Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     543,338  
  101,821     Hello Group, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)     1,337,928  
  87,545     Hengan International Group Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     507,664  
  1,428,352     Hesteel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     690,710  
  57,373     Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,028,926  
  190,412     Hopson Development Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     741,832  
  1,042,546     Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     625,334  
  132,300     Huadong Medicine Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     630,537  
  222,200     Huatai Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     564,110  
  386,650     Huatai Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     554,818  
  359,600     Huaxi Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     540,626  
  1,557,573     Huaxia Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,351,892  
  201,300     Huayu Automotive Systems Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     723,831  
  2,140,058     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,532,404  
  8,211,540     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     4,582,291  

 

 

 
  584,521     Industrial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)   1,676,013  
  118,225     Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     623,192  
  71,895     Intco Medical Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,138,486  
  57,900     Jafron Biomedical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     439,545  
  118,035     JD.com, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     9,272,830  
  228,035     Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,144,416  
  480,627     Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     498,712  
  291,143     Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     2,039,625  
  235,758     Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     580,991  
  19,209     JiuGui Liquor Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     623,667  
  202,200     Jiumaojiu International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     678,563  
  254,872     Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     436,111  
  383,002     Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     898,143  
  156,621     Joyoung Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     510,742  
  18,146     JOYY, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)     1,148,642  
  1,220,214     Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)*     406,354  
  425,377     Kingboard Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,092,058  
  108,882     Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     396,197  
  99,160     Kuaishou Technology (Communication Services)*(a)(b)     1,077,362  
  2,099,038     Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     2,223,903  
  12,294     Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     2,968,700  
  2,583,232     Lenovo Group Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,863,117  
  502,204     Li Ning Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     6,747,841  
  396,077     Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)(a)     1,716,239  
  69,206     LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     959,574  
  17,959     Luzhou Laojiao Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     473,191  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   35


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Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  425,709     Meituan, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)   $ 13,629,519  
  1,265,519     Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     982,680  
  70,002     Midea Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     716,077  
  60,354     NetEase, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)     5,879,687  
  191,300     New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     563,273  
  149,953     New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     338,894  
  67,748     NIO, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,663,174  
  314,908     Nongfu Spring Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Staples)(a)     1,666,180  
  413,100     Northeast Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     546,788  
  225,846     Offcn Education Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)*     367,892  
  820,780     Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     577,548  
  591,820     People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. (The), Class A (Financials)     471,475  
  1,605,184     People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. (The), Class H (Financials)     495,341  
  3,047,511     PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     2,333,339  
  5,136,865     PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     2,252,272  
  21,447     Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     639,886  
  2,055,733     PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     1,858,191  
  44,003     Pinduoduo, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     4,401,180  
  138,441     Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,070,708  
  915,223     Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     7,107,751  
  277,363     Poly Developments and Holdings Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     489,641  
  1,566,736     Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,248,144  
  1,955,670     Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     1,410,674  
  935,011     Power Construction Corp. of China Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     899,941  
  41,100     Proya Cosmetics Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,001,319  

 

 

 
  898,600     Qingdao Rural Commercial Bank Corp., Class A (Financials)   544,564  
  570,454     RiseSun Real Estate Development Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     419,972  
  112,970     Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     326,724  
  510,557     SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,528,822  
  393,160     Sailun Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     605,705  
  14,285     Sangfor Technologies, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     603,105  
  405,900     SDIC Capital Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     586,957  
  584,637     SDIC Power Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     820,956  
  233,138     Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     681,130  
  199,400     Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     556,293  
  94,898     Shandong Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     440,073  
  42,517     Shanghai Bairun Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     472,287  
  1,242,474     Shanghai Construction Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     533,424  
  760,545     Shanghai International Port Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     658,935  
  204,468     Shanghai Lingang Holdings Corp. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     488,353  
  164,864     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     490,606  
  893,774     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)     1,774,367  
  1,136,430     Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,594,032  
  492,309     Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     529,545  
  528,656     Shanxi Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     536,686  
  915,454     Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,434,476  
  31,273     Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,345,146  
  602,600     Shenergy Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     608,017  
  775,200     Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     564,699  
  358,350     Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     467,212  

 

 

 

 

36   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  1,626,986     Shenzhen Investment Ltd. (Real Estate)   $ 483,241  
  11,800     Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     599,876  
  1,433,445     Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,497,430  
  49,340     Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,075,953  
  235,803     Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     624,958  
  460,251     Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     811,788  
  69,542     Sichuan Swellfun Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,253,739  
  17,640     Silergy Corp. (Information Technology)     2,533,321  
  975,211     Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     512,394  
  278,362     Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)     715,112  
  894,700     Sinotrans Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     689,191  
  242,202     Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd. (Industrials)     477,095  
  26,515     Skshu Paint Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     598,766  
  201,715     Smoore International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)     1,080,243  
  684,400     Southwest Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     544,168  
  2,073,700     Sun Art Retail Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,255,843  
  239,957     Sunac China Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     613,981  
  56,443     Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     1,375,907  
  1,002,782     Suning.com Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)*     820,628  
  39,500     Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,194,546  
  12,051     Suzhou Maxwell Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     1,451,686  
  275,419     Tangshan Jidong Cement Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     542,130  
  817,312     Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Communication Services)     50,568,707  
  39,430     Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR (Communication Services)*     348,561  
  795,400     Tianfeng Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)*     533,801  

 

 

 
  1,234,574     Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp. (Consumer Staples)   2,196,957  
  320,021     Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     519,811  
  1,341,433     Topsports International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     1,773,089  
  12,490     Trip.com Group Ltd. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     380,820  
  736,009     Uni-President China Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     697,459  
  161,720     Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,391,839  
  39,210     Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     648,436  
  1,996,900     Want Want China Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,358,252  
  254,257     Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     641,417  
  154,385     Weifu High-Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     554,178  
  264,967     Wens Foodstuffs Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     533,055  
  235,770     Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The) (Real Estate)     797,283  
  431,285     Wuhu Sanqi Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     1,139,710  
  31,702     Wuliangye Yibin Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     991,007  
  238,101     Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (Health Care)*(a)     3,686,006  
  30,400     Wuxi Shangji Automation Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     1,517,079  
  451,811     Xiamen C & D, Inc., Class A (Industrials)     544,806  
  1,070,388     Xiaomi Corp., Class B (Information Technology)*(a)     3,440,722  
  388,317     Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     938,669  
  307,480     Yadea Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     546,378  
  845,800     Yango Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     582,045  
  247,257     Yihai International Holding Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     1,335,261  
  100,010     Yixintang Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     466,259  
  647,868     Yonghui Superstores Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     382,575  
  496,280     Youngor Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     496,895  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   37


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Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)      
  826,638     Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)   $ 774,839  
  100,260     Yum China Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     6,172,006  
  5,768     Zai Lab Ltd. ADR (Health Care)*     833,476  
  9,902     Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     532,624  
  670,632     Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     588,081  
  158,270     Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,028,068  
  374,900     Zhejiang Semir Garment Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     549,683  
  74,298     Zhejiang Supor Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     561,841  
  324,980     Zhejiang Weixing New Building Materials Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     995,289  
  54,592     Zhejiang Wolwo Bio-Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     433,470  
  882,089     Zhenro Properties Group Ltd. (Real Estate)(b)     514,916  
  232,508     Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,943,209  
  341,635     Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     588,277  
  774,742     Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     1,103,736  
  13,086     ZTO Express Cayman, Inc. ADR (Industrials)     369,156  
   

 

 

 
      459,288,401  

 

 

 
Czech Republic – 0.1%      
  30,960     CEZ AS (Utilities)     975,720  
  14,200     Komercni banka AS (Financials)*     545,796  
   

 

 

 
      1,521,516  

 

 

 
Egypt – 0.2%      
  877,400     Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE (Financials)*     2,615,434  

 

 

 
Greece – 0.3%      
  203,469     Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (Communication Services)     4,002,685  

 

 

 
Hong Kong – 0.2%      
  283,065     Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     556,860  
  2,742,354     Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. (Health Care)     2,295,476  
   

 

 

 
      2,852,336  

 

 

 
Hungary – 0.2%      
  110,530     MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC (Energy)   905,807  
  18,700     OTP Bank Nyrt (Financials)*     1,128,504  
  18,100     Richter Gedeon Nyrt (Health Care)     542,170  
   

 

 

 
      2,576,481  

 

 

 
India – 11.2%      
  89,058     Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Utilities)*     1,303,224  
  79,076     Asian Paints Ltd. (Materials)     3,467,451  
  185,277     Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (Health Care)     1,845,728  
  29,501     Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*(a)     1,598,063  
  55,775     Axis Bank Ltd. (Financials)*     600,857  
  10,315     Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Financials)     1,063,113  
  167,009     Berger Paints India Ltd. (Materials)     1,877,629  
  174,193     Biocon Ltd. (Health Care)*     856,202  
  57,135     Britannia Industries Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,128,407  
  192,114     Cipla Ltd. (Health Care)     2,494,068  
  131,398     Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,047,580  
  225,070     Dabur India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,915,981  
  50,846     Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (Health Care)     3,603,148  
  44,000     Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (Health Care)     2,835,026  
  37,595     Grasim Industries Ltd. (Materials)     772,627  
  140,387     Havells India Ltd. (Industrials)     2,439,118  
  473,145     HCL Technologies Ltd. (Information Technology)     7,662,217  
  47,966     HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     2,019,818  
  164,079     HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     1,613,090  
  192,250     Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Materials)     1,233,170  
  96,496     Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,600,517  
  193,165     Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. (Financials)     7,404,339  
  411,297     ICICI Bank Ltd. (Financials)     4,050,859  
  50,762     ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     1,108,723  
  1,577,706     Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (Energy)     2,395,490  
  11,644     Info Edge India Ltd. (Communication Services)     986,026  
  602,969     Infosys Ltd. (Information Technology)     14,093,572  
  521,637     ITC Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,509,734  
  60,575     JSW Steel Ltd. (Materials)     570,508  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
India – (continued)      
  47,558     Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)   $ 2,602,393  
  56,089     Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (Information Technology)(a)     4,081,362  
  64,355     Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Industrials)     1,474,019  
  140,392     Lupin Ltd. (Health Care)     1,841,927  
  126,200     Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,371,290  
  431,762     Marico Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,219,845  
  65,796     Muthoot Finance Ltd. (Financials)     1,364,451  
  12,743     Nestle India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,397,973  
  6,171     Page Industries Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,662,479  
  42,007     PI Industries Ltd. (Materials)     1,952,837  
  87,225     Pidilite Industries Ltd. (Materials)     2,724,426  
  822,228     Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd. (Utilities)     1,974,834  
  356,820     REC Ltd. (Financials)     741,425  
  272,599     Reliance Industries Ltd. (Energy)     8,431,592  
  105,314     SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     1,719,543  
  68,885     Siemens Ltd. (Industrials)     2,144,085  
  194,231     Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Information Technology)     10,073,567  
  180,016     Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,132,724  
  706,208     Tata Motors Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,779,078  
  156,784     Tata Steel Ltd. (Materials)     3,114,420  
  299,738     Tech Mahindra Ltd. (Information Technology)     5,943,440  
  38,721     Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Health Care)     1,647,277  
  23,513     UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Materials)     2,522,541  
  191,700     Vedanta Ltd. (Materials)     795,079  
  434,606     Wipro Ltd. (Information Technology)     3,815,508  
   

 

 

 
      155,624,400  

 

 

 
Indonesia – 1.2%      
  6,973,418     Aneka Tambang Tbk (Materials)     1,168,552  
  4,515,352     Astra International Tbk PT (Consumer Discretionary)     1,654,178  
  897,420     Bank Central Asia Tbk PT (Financials)     2,060,684  
  665,486     Gudang Garam Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)     1,543,274  
  3,348,942     Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)*     1,978,253  
  3,437,028     Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)*     1,488,074  
  13,362,392     Kalbe Farma Tbk PT (Health Care)     1,260,117  

 

 

 
  5,398,919     Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk PT (Materials)*   1,067,481  
  10,665,893     Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Communication Services)     2,542,614  
  4,595,605     Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)     1,304,975  
   

 

 

 
      16,068,202  

 

 

 
Kuwait – 0.4%      
  1,004,576     Kuwait Finance House KSCP (Financials)     2,758,576  
  933,245     National Bank of Kuwait SAKP (Financials)     2,903,981  
   

 

 

 
      5,662,557  

 

 

 
Luxembourg – 0.1%      
  47,510     Reinet Investments SCA (Financials)*     923,169  

 

 

 
Mexico – 2.1%      
  6,742,520     America Movil SAB de CV, Series L (Communication Services)     6,651,844  
  603,721     Becle SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     1,542,178  
  3,436,591     Cemex SAB de CV, Series CPO (Materials)*     2,829,599  
  386,718     Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     3,374,604  
  209,538     Gruma SAB de CV, Class B (Consumer Staples)     2,398,350  
  1,315,174     Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Series A (Consumer Staples)     3,335,270  
  374,313     Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O (Financials)     2,476,430  
  563,559     Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B (Materials)     2,630,851  
  1,312,892     Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     4,681,717  
   

 

 

 
      29,920,843  

 

 

 
Philippines – 0.2%      
  42,579     Globe Telecom, Inc. (Communication Services)     2,327,937  
  27,105     PLDT, Inc. (Communication Services)     798,168  
   

 

 

 
      3,126,105  

 

 

 
Poland – 0.9%      
  17,155     CD Projekt SA (Communication Services)(b)     758,641  
  45,423     Dino Polska SA (Consumer Staples)*(a)     3,850,895  
  25,609     KGHM Polska Miedz SA (Materials)     1,192,563  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   39


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Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Poland – (continued)      
  200     LPP SA (Consumer Discretionary)   $ 729,210  
  829,890     PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (Utilities)*     2,187,001  
  400,665     Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (Energy)     659,264  
  51,800     Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (Financials)*     568,896  
  215,672     Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (Financials)*     2,286,952  
   

 

 

 
      12,233,422  

 

 

 
Qatar – 0.8%      
  2,189,855     Masraf Al Rayan QSC (Financials)     2,736,567  
  768,215     Ooredoo QPSC (Communication Services)     1,458,575  
  636,855     Qatar International Islamic Bank QSC (Financials)     1,679,156  
  381,382     Qatar Islamic Bank (Financials)     1,916,861  
  765,932     Qatar National Bank QPSC (Financials)     4,032,660  
   

 

 

 
      11,823,819  

 

 

 
Romania – 0.1%      
  136,447     NEPI Rockcastle PLC (Real Estate)     989,418  

 

 

 
Russia – 3.7%      
  1,247,060     Gazprom PJSC (Energy)     5,209,236  
  35,428,584     Inter RAO UES PJSC (Utilities)     2,232,032  
  61,726     LUKOIL PJSC (Energy)     5,276,774  
  11,851     MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (Materials)     3,891,924  
  818,223     Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC (Financials)     2,047,540  
  832,922     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC (Materials)     2,807,224  
  127,782     PhosAgro PJSC GDR (Materials)     2,517,305  
  73,275     Polymetal International PLC (Materials)     1,463,599  
  11,135     Polyus PJSC (Materials)     2,007,477  
  89,382     Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC (Energy)     651,526  
  1,648,308     Sberbank of Russia PJSC (Financials)     7,401,577  
  150,923     Severstal PAO (Materials)     3,541,215  
  3,336,114     Surgutneftegas PJSC (Energy)     1,540,183  
  275,229     Tatneft PJSC (Energy)     1,820,581  
  29,249     TCS Group Holding PLC GDR (Financials)     2,595,652  
  792,270,900     VTB Bank PJSC (Financials)     573,124  
  68,882     X5 Retail Group NV GDR (Consumer Staples)     2,294,186  
  41,198     Yandex NV, Class A (Communication Services)*     3,142,849  
   

 

 

 
      51,014,004  

 

 

 
Saudi Arabia – 2.8%      
  68,996     Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Co. (Consumer Staples)   2,119,161  
  86,034     Advanced Petrochemical Co. (Materials)     1,642,369  
  186,027     Al Rajhi Bank (Financials)     6,001,351  
  37,096     Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Co. (Financials)     1,651,700  
  219,662     Etihad Etisalat Co. (Communication Services)     1,874,099  
  300,609     Sahara International Petrochemical Co. (Materials)     2,668,910  
  405,252     Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Energy)(a)     3,797,853  
  84,965     Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Materials)     2,786,332  
  283,977     Saudi Electricity Co. (Utilities)     2,066,967  
  214,288     Saudi Industrial Investment Group (Materials)     2,051,068  
  557,195     Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. (Materials)*     2,766,143  
  328,009     Saudi National Bank (The) (Financials)     5,317,127  
  95,517     Saudi Telecom Co. (Communication Services)     3,437,970  
  122,889     Savola Group (The) (Consumer Staples)     1,315,486  
   

 

 

 
      39,496,536  

 

 

 
South Africa – 3.6%      
  174,073     Absa Group Ltd. (Financials)*     1,901,987  
  83,431     African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. (Materials)     1,494,894  
  168,605     Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (Health Care)*     2,285,871  
  99,003     Bid Corp. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     2,189,359  
  50,300     Bidvest Group Ltd. (The) (Industrials)     712,859  
  5,500     Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     721,559  
  103,082     Clicks Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,156,135  
  633,611     FirstRand Ltd. (Financials)     2,710,970  
  221,133     Gold Fields Ltd. (Materials)     2,086,431  
  218,568     Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (Materials)     3,368,047  
  61,008     Kumba Iron Ore Ltd. (Materials)(b)     2,754,112  
  157,592     Mr Price Group Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,374,175  
  310,399     MTN Group Ltd. (Communication Services)*     2,863,439  
  381,528     MultiChoice Group (Communication Services)(b)     3,030,596  
  5,441     Naspers Ltd., Class N (Consumer Discretionary)     932,850  
  159,989     Nedbank Group Ltd. (Financials)*     2,046,178  

 

 

 

 

40   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Africa – (continued)      
  307,480     Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd. (Financials)   $ 673,416  
  107,833     Remgro Ltd. (Financials)     900,609  
  191,127     Sanlam Ltd. (Financials)     851,450  
  251,338     Shoprite Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,194,503  
  590,014     Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. (Materials)     2,402,477  
  161,218     SPAR Group Ltd. (The) (Consumer Staples)     2,314,116  
  221,927     Standard Bank Group Ltd. (Financials)     2,281,560  
  117,427     Tiger Brands Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,509,463  
  175,684     Vodacom Group Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,744,695  
   

 

 

 
      49,501,751  

 

 

 
South Korea – 13.2%      
  17,329     Amorepacific Corp. (Consumer Staples)     3,400,188  
  45,043     AMOREPACIFIC Group (Consumer Staples)     2,245,449  
  11,403     BGF retail Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,755,518  
  4,660     Celltrion, Inc. (Health Care)*     1,177,610  
  107,759     Cheil Worldwide, Inc. (Communication Services)     2,146,908  
  5,843     CJ CheilJedang Corp. (Consumer Staples)     2,285,394  
  7,355     CJ Corp. (Industrials)     643,868  
  13,885     CJ ENM Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,833,450  
  9,592     CJ Logistics Corp. (Industrials)*     1,414,664  
  33,568     Coway Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,264,020  
  19,695     E-MART, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     3,040,584  
  21,200     Fila Holdings Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     820,975  
  18,285     GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (Industrials)     705,726  
  50,569     GS Holdings Corp. (Energy)     1,853,622  
  60,813     Hana Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     2,362,867  
  42,932     Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,725,500  
  37,798     Hanwha Solutions Corp. (Materials)*     1,328,448  
  19,205     HMM Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     695,683  
  29,932     Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,318,249  
  15,015     Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     718,731  
  7,718     Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,847,208  

 

 

 
  9,968     Hyundai Motor Co. (Consumer Discretionary)   1,826,901  
  23,190     Hyundai Steel Co. (Materials)     1,020,044  
  184,303     Industrial Bank of Korea (Financials)     1,637,260  
  37,505     Kakao Corp. (Communication Services)     5,013,821  
  43,387     Kangwon Land, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)*     1,036,543  
  58,900     KB Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     2,687,317  
  57,983     Kia Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,255,771  
  68,209     Korea Electric Power Corp. (Utilities)(b)     1,411,890  
  6,800     Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     558,920  
  6,700     Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     684,764  
  2,379     Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. (Materials)     1,091,576  
  27,600     Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     745,077  
  22,689     KT&G Corp. (Consumer Staples)     1,596,811  
  7,008     Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)(b)     1,175,606  
  4,216     LG Chem Ltd. (Materials)     2,756,245  
  35,687     LG Electronics, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,370,653  
  3,316     LG Household & Health Care Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     4,178,426  
  200,258     LG Uplus Corp. (Communication Services)     2,426,689  
  2,860     Lotte Chemical Corp. (Materials)     616,672  
  18,383     Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(b)     1,704,405  
  440,058     Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,034,336  
  14,005     NAVER Corp. (Communication Services)     5,302,682  
  4,415     NCSoft Corp. (Communication Services)     2,513,174  
  49,000     NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     559,964  
  22,048     Orion Corp. (Consumer Staples)     2,405,513  
  26,800     Pearl Abyss Corp. (Communication Services)*     2,179,689  
  12,292     POSCO (Materials)     3,572,732  
  28,547     S-1 Corp. (Industrials)     2,021,397  
  1,218     Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. (Health Care)*(a)     1,013,731  
  15,905     Samsung C&T Corp. (Industrials)     1,824,456  
  15,140     Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,409,185  
  748,815     Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     49,535,651  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   41


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

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Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Korea – (continued)      
  11,663     Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)   $ 2,273,352  
  5,008     Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     3,425,196  
  12,641     Samsung SDS Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,880,696  
  50,613     Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,158,621  
  42,372     Seegene, Inc. (Health Care)     2,404,655  
  64,633     Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,165,675  
  6,891     Shinsegae, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,598,757  
  85,950     SK Hynix, Inc. (Information Technology)     7,894,842  
  14,363     SK Telecom Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     3,691,556  
  157,079     Woori Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     1,524,118  
  24,186     Yuhan Corp. (Health Care)     1,303,743  
   

 

 

 
      183,073,774  

 

 

 
Taiwan – 15.6%      
  241,035     Accton Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     2,439,617  
  2,560,800     Acer, Inc. (Information Technology)     2,328,546  
  191,592     Advantech Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,668,537  
  814,973     ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     3,778,809  
  1,166,189     Asia Cement Corp. (Materials)     1,889,400  
  271,778     Asustek Computer, Inc. (Information Technology)     3,177,371  
  221,999     Catcher Technology Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,337,754  
  1,557,440     Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     3,349,394  
  370,923     Chailease Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     3,566,889  
  401,200     Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     539,257  
  5,566,034     China Development Financial Holding Corp. (Financials)     2,851,956  
  2,469,484     China Steel Corp. (Materials)     3,399,456  
  461,580     Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,865,407  
  1,623,469     Compal Electronics, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,341,492  
  3,090,784     CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,565,105  
  403,547     Delta Electronics, Inc. (Information Technology)     3,938,855  
  938,682     E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     900,967  

 

 

 
  1,010,701     Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd. (Industrials)   4,959,869  
  285,348     Feng TAY Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,224,012  
  392,423     Formosa Plastics Corp. (Materials)     1,451,399  
  755,246     Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,806,802  
  1,292,177     Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     3,963,233  
  53,122     Globalwafers Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,667,640  
  1,819,435     Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     7,287,325  
  935,612     Inventec Corp. (Information Technology)     820,372  
  10,735     Largan Precision Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,038,115  
  1,270,763     Lite-On Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     2,806,239  
  275,389     MediaTek, Inc. (Information Technology)     8,953,235  
  1,353,448     Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,601,858  
  433,851     Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,042,959  
  321,000     Nan Ya Plastics Corp. (Materials)     1,037,819  
  57,568     Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp. (Information Technology)     875,563  
  569,942     Nanya Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     1,365,549  
  142,990     Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,136,066  
  228,813     Novatek Microelectronics Corp. (Information Technology)     3,707,112  
  380,111     Pegatron Corp. (Information Technology)     888,780  
  1,548,818     Pou Chen Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,841,469  
  530,594     Powertech Technology, Inc. (Information Technology)     2,153,890  
  393,752     President Chain Store Corp. (Consumer Staples)*     4,056,370  
  387,276     Quanta Computer, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,095,583  
  225,824     Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Information Technology)     4,514,280  
  2,204,087     SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     1,133,319  
  696,455     Synnex Technology International Corp. (Information Technology)     1,352,023  
  2,748,581     Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)*     1,919,102  
  962,527     Taiwan Cement Corp. (Materials)     1,682,733  
  206,568     Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     752,823  

 

 

 

 

42   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
        
Description
      
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Taiwan – (continued)      
  3,773,536     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)   $ 83,603,699  
  170,979     Unimicron Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     910,004  
  1,628,749     Uni-President Enterprises Corp. (Consumer Staples)*     4,249,140  
  2,579,359     United Microelectronics Corp. (Information Technology)     5,872,862  
  284,454     Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. (Information Technology)     1,519,086  
  1,539,989     Winbond Electronics Corp. (Information Technology)     1,639,262  
  811,716     WPG Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,417,614  
  365,000     Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Industrials)*     1,758,259  
  2,739,319     Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,471,105  
   

 

 

 
      216,515,382  

 

 

 
Tanzania – 0.1%      
  84,902     AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (Materials)     1,431,624  

 

 

 
Thailand – 1.6%      
  383,716     Advanced Info Service PCL NVDR (Communication Services)     2,238,070  
  1,180,100     Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL NVDR (Health Care)     856,723  
  2,602,600     Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)(b)     2,180,104  
  978,477     CP ALL PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)     1,973,195  
  136,100     Delta Electronics Thailand PCL NVDR (Information Technology)(b)     2,465,909  
  103,800     Electricity Generating PCL NVDR (Utilities)     582,884  
  646,000     Intouch Holdings PCL NVDR (Communication Services)     1,713,581  
  773,300     Krungthai Card PCL NVDR (Financials)     1,589,424  
  1,054,200     Muangthai Capital PCL NVDR (Financials)     2,117,721  
  1,094,100     PTT PCL NVDR (Energy)     1,298,358  
  147,900     Siam Cement PCL (The) NVDR (Materials)     1,973,071  
  879,500     Sri Trang Gloves Thailand PCL NVDR (Health Care)     1,009,587  
  2,894,000     Thai Union Group PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)     1,786,725  
   

 

 

 
      21,785,352  

 

 

 
Turkey – 0.3%      
  334,629     BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (Consumer Staples)   2,891,706  
  533,707     KOC Holding AS (Industrials)     1,478,936  
   

 

 

 
      4,370,642  

 

 

 
United Arab Emirates – 0.7%      
  947,772     Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. for Distribution PJSC (Consumer Discretionary)     1,166,282  
  484,100     Aldar Properties PJSC (Real Estate)     546,946  
  812,000     Emaar Properties PJSC (Real Estate)     928,467  
  471,433     Emirates NBD Bank PJSC (Financials)     1,777,588  
  404,210     Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. PJSC (Communication Services)     2,597,051  
  477,700     First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (Financials)     2,210,882  
   

 

 

 
      9,227,216  

 

 

 
United States – 0.3%      
  5,010     Globant SA (Information Technology)*     1,614,623  
  542,078     JBS SA (Consumer Staples)     3,300,401  
   

 

 

 
      4,915,024  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $992,360,525)   $ 1,348,748,556  

 

 

 

 

    
Shares
        
Description
      
Rate
        
Value
 
Preferred Stocks – 2.3%  
Brazil – 1.1%        
  758,229     Banco Bradesco SA (Financials)     4.98   $ 3,428,622  
  174,203     Bradespar SA (Materials)     9.69     2,148,806  
  217,800     Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (Utilities)     6.27     574,753  
  649,944     Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Financials)     2.26     3,927,936  
  756,218     Itausa SA (Financials)     2.69     1,707,549  
  633,190     Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Energy)     8.89     3,362,881  
     

 

 

 
        15,150,547  

 

 

 
Colombia – 0.1%        
  87,900     Bancolombia SA (Financials)     2.26       733,455  

 

 

 
Russia – 0.1%        
  3,187,355     Surgutneftegas PJSC (Energy)     17.44       1,682,995  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   43


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31 , 2021

 

    
Shares
        
Description
      
Rate
        
Value
 
Preferred Stocks – (continued)  
South Korea – 1.0%        
  5,603     LG Household & Health Care Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1.61 %     $ 3,319,902  
  173,700     Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     4.28     10,606,719  
     

 

 

 
        13,926,621  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $20,647,438)
    $ 31,493,618  

 

 

 

 

Shares   Description   Value  
Exchange-Traded Fund – 0.5%  
United States – 0.5%      

283,864 iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF(b)

 
(Cost $8,548,753)   $ 7,533,750  

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING REINVESTMENT VEHICLE  
(Cost $1,021,556,716)   $ 1,387,775,924  

 

 
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.6%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  8,722,462     0.026%   $ 8,722,462  
  (Cost $8,722,462)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.6%  
  (Cost $1,030,279,178)   $ 1,396,498,386  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER
ASSETS – (0.6)%
    (8,208,956

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 1,388,289,430  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

 

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

GDR—Global Depositary Receipt

NVDR—Non-Voting Depository Receipt

PLC—Public Limited Company

 

 

44   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – 98.3%  
Australia – 1.5%  
  2,065     BHP Group PLC (Materials)   $ 64,157  
  20,312     Glencore PLC (Materials)*     91,523  
  2,149     Rio Tinto PLC (Materials)     159,176  
   

 

 

 
      314,856  

 

 

 
Austria – 1.1%  
  104     Erste Group Bank AG (Financials)     4,157  
  690     Mondi PLC (Materials)     19,040  
  353     OMV AG (Energy)     19,556  
  1,830     Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Financials)     43,939  
  206     Verbund AG (Utilities)     22,554  
  2,758     voestalpine AG (Materials)     125,018  
   

 

 

 
      234,264  

 

 

 
Belgium – 1.1%  
  262     Ageas SA/NV (Financials)     13,098  
  613     Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Consumer Staples)     37,621  
  76     Elia Group SA/NV (Utilities)     9,546  
  999     Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV (Consumer Staples)     55,885  
  142     Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (Financials)     16,276  
  70     Sofina SA (Financials)     30,937  
  104     Solvay SA (Materials)     13,621  
  401     UCB SA (Health Care)     45,859  
  91     Umicore SA (Materials)     5,988  
   

 

 

 
      228,831  

 

 

 
Brazil – 0.1%  
  389     Yara International ASA (Materials)     19,510  

 

 

 
Chile – 0.1%  
  1,494     Antofagasta PLC (Materials)     29,937  

 

 

 
China – 0.2%  
  425     Prosus NV (Consumer Discretionary)*     37,577  

 

 

 
Denmark – 4.5%  
  277     Ambu A/S, Class B (Health Care)     8,754  
  30     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class A (Industrials)     81,192  
  31     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class B (Industrials)     87,934  
  225     Carlsberg AS, Class B (Consumer Staples)     39,269  
  141     Chr Hansen Holding A/S (Materials)     13,008  
  420     Coloplast A/S, Class B (Health Care)     72,735  
  1,987     Danske Bank A/S (Financials)     33,386  
  284     Demant A/S (Health Care)*     16,094  
  251     DSV PANALPINA A/S (Industrials)     63,947  
  91     Genmab A/S (Health Care)*     43,074  
  176     GN Store Nord AS (Health Care)     13,239  
  3,159     Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B (Health Care)     314,754  
  347     Novozymes A/S, Class B (Materials)     28,025  
  57     Orsted AS (Utilities)(a)     9,057  
  473     Pandora A/S (Consumer Discretionary)     56,611  
  36     ROCKWOOL International A/S, Class B (Industrials)     19,046  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Denmark – (continued)  
  763     Tryg A/S (Financials)   18,888  
  608     Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Industrials)     24,543  
   

 

 

 
      943,556  

 

 

 
Finland – 1.6%  
  419     Elisa OYJ (Communication Services)     26,828  
  671     Fortum OYJ (Utilities)     20,372  
  944     Kesko OYJ, Class B (Consumer Staples)     38,957  
  297     Kone OYJ, Class B (Industrials)     24,626  
  180     Neste OYJ (Energy)     10,951  
  6,716     Nokia OYJ (Information Technology)*     40,274  
  2,340     Nordea Bank Abp (Financials)     27,472  
  1,955     Orion OYJ, Class B (Health Care)     79,688  
  264     Sampo OYJ, Class A (Financials)     13,631  
  972     Stora Enso OYJ, Class R (Materials)     19,018  
  493     UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Materials)     20,037  
  560     Wartsila OYJ Abp (Industrials)     7,936  
   

 

 

 
      329,790  

 

 

 
France – 17.1%  
  539     Air Liquide SA (Materials)     96,597  
  383     Airbus SE (Industrials)*     52,309  
  202     Alstom SA (Industrials)     8,680  
  119     Amundi SA (Financials)(a)     11,259  
  150     Arkema SA (Materials)     19,902  
  2,547     Atos SE (Information Technology)     132,170  
  869     AXA SA (Financials)     24,394  
  409     BioMerieux (Health Care)     50,139  
  1,473     BNP Paribas SA (Financials)     93,426  
  16,465     Bollore SA (Communication Services)     97,375  
  656     Bouygues SA (Industrials)     27,436  
  972     Bureau Veritas SA (Industrials)     32,253  
  414     Capgemini SE (Information Technology)     92,927  
  3,847     Carrefour SA (Consumer Staples)     76,519  
  1,566     Cie de Saint-Gobain (Industrials)     113,485  
  212     Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Consumer Discretionary)     34,298  
  2,556     CNP Assurances (Financials)     43,735  
  2,404     Credit Agricole SA (Financials)     34,650  
  1,140     Danone SA (Consumer Staples)     83,259  
  5     Dassault Aviation SA (Industrials)     5,637  
  920     Dassault Systemes SE (Information Technology)     52,460  
  255     Edenred (Information Technology)     14,449  
  708     Eiffage SA (Industrials)     73,563  
  415     Electricite de France SA (Utilities)     5,621  
  3,578     Engie SA (Utilities)     51,241  
  373     EssilorLuxottica SA (Consumer Discretionary)     73,206  
  186     Eurazeo SE (Financials)     19,124  
  49     Gecina SA REIT (Real Estate)     7,609  
  553     Getlink SE (Industrials)     8,888  
  98     Hermes International (Consumer Discretionary)     143,969  
  965     Ipsen SA (Health Care)     96,462  
  98     Kering (Consumer Discretionary)     77,971  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   45


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
France – (continued)  
  2,421     La Francaise des Jeux SAEM (Consumer Discretionary)(a)   $ 125,203  
  514     Legrand SA (Industrials)     58,806  
  527     L’Oreal SA (Consumer Staples)     246,537  
  436     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (Consumer Discretionary)     322,599  
  2,202     Orange SA (Communication Services)     25,006  
  34     Orpea SA (Health Care)     4,278  
  266     Pernod Ricard SA (Consumer Staples)     55,876  
  1,165     Publicis Groupe SA (Communication Services)     76,352  
  145     Remy Cointreau SA (Consumer Staples)*     28,550  
  773     Renault SA (Consumer Discretionary)*     28,698  
  198     Safran SA (Industrials)     24,836  
  1,825     Sanofi (Health Care)     188,762  
  128     Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Health Care)     77,604  
  581     SCOR SE (Financials)     17,825  
  206     SEB SA (Consumer Discretionary)     32,391  
  1,917     Societe Generale SA (Financials)     60,307  
  2,388     Suez SA (Utilities)     55,392  
  122     Teleperformance (Industrials)     53,919  
  125     Thales SA (Industrials)     12,681  
  3,311     TotalEnergies SE (Energy)     145,962  
  348     Ubisoft Entertainment SA (Communication Services)*     22,150  
  1,128     Veolia Environnement SA (Utilities)     38,681  
  599     Vinci SA (Industrials)     64,267  
  746     Vivendi SE (Communication Services)(b)     28,462  
  67     Wendel SE (Financials)     9,720  
  203     Worldline SA (Information Technology)*(a)     18,037  
   

 

 

 
      3,577,914  

 

 

 
Germany – 13.7%  
  440     adidas AG (Consumer Discretionary)     156,053  
  434     Allianz SE (Financials)     101,940  
  692     Aroundtown SA (Real Estate)     5,298  
  721     BASF SE (Materials)     55,764  
  1,061     Bayer AG (Health Care)     59,047  
  634     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     60,149  
  237     Bechtle AG (Information Technology)     17,127  
  427     Beiersdorf AG (Consumer Staples)     51,791  
  638     Brenntag SE (Industrials)     64,347  
  197     Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Health Care)(b)     43,510  
  57     Continental AG (Consumer Discretionary)*     7,659  
  374     Covestro AG (Materials)(a)     24,238  
  1,365     Daimler AG (Consumer Discretionary)     115,080  
  3,735     Deutsche Bank AG (Financials)*     46,418  
  190     Deutsche Boerse AG (Financials)     32,768  
  2,745     Deutsche Post AG (Industrials)     193,059  
  3,226     Deutsche Telekom AG (Communication Services)     68,577  
  321     Deutsche Wohnen SE (Real Estate)     19,916  
  2,722     E.ON SE (Utilities)     35,917  
  412     Evonik Industries AG (Materials)     13,910  
  769     Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     59,041  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Germany – (continued)  
  1,173     Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (Health Care)   60,995  
  272     GEA Group AG (Industrials)     12,558  
  56     Hannover Rueck SE (Financials)     10,309  
  1,052     HeidelbergCement AG (Materials)     91,399  
  1,324     HelloFresh SE (Consumer Discretionary)*     142,663  
  184     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     16,551  
  1,069     Infineon Technologies AG (Information Technology)     45,510  
  199     KION Group AG (Industrials)     21,288  
  394     Knorr-Bremse AG (Industrials)     47,277  
  110     LEG Immobilien SE (Real Estate)     17,530  
  381     Merck KGaA (Health Care)     90,490  
  42     Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Financials)     12,268  
  919     Nemetschek SE (Information Technology)     90,063  
  760     Puma SE (Consumer Discretionary)     92,226  
  61     Rational AG (Industrials)     69,746  
  2,005     RWE AG (Utilities)     78,318  
  1,480     SAP SE (Information Technology)     222,681  
  223     Scout24 AG (Communication Services)(a)     18,743  
  905     Siemens AG (Industrials)     150,460  
  1,078     Siemens Energy AG (Industrials)*     31,279  
  589     Siemens Healthineers AG (Health Care)(a)     40,952  
  217     Symrise AG (Materials)     30,893  
  2,833     Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (Communication Services)     7,949  
  1,047     Uniper SE (Utilities)     41,564  
  198     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)     66,192  
  346     Vonovia SE (Real Estate)     23,346  
  960     Zalando SE (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)(b)     106,297  
   

 

 

 
      2,871,156  

 

 

 
Ireland – 0.7%  
  938     CRH PLC (Materials)     49,871  
  64     Flutter Entertainment PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     12,447  
  217     Kerry Group PLC, Class A (Consumer Staples)     31,815  
  278     Kingspan Group PLC (Industrials)     31,760  
  463     Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (Materials)     26,551  
   

 

 

 
      152,444  

 

 

 
Italy – 3.4%  
  254     Amplifon SpA (Health Care)     13,277  
  1,763     Assicurazioni Generali SpA (Financials)     35,941  
  718     Atlantia SpA (Industrials)*     13,455  
  1,632     Davide Campari-Milano NV (Consumer Staples)     22,559  
  299     DiaSorin SpA (Health Care)     68,208  
  11,192     Enel SpA (Utilities)     101,954  
  763     Eni SpA (Energy)     9,416  
  265     Ferrari NV (Consumer Discretionary)     57,465  
  1,498     FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (Financials)*     27,612  

 

 

 

 

46   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Italy – (continued)  
  1,131     Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA (Communication Services)(a)   $ 13,444  
  10,628     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Financials)     30,079  
  1,324     Moncler SpA (Consumer Discretionary)     84,710  
  208     Nexi SpA (Information Technology)*(a)     4,332  
  2,550     Poste Italiane SpA (Financials)(a)     34,572  
  576     Prysmian SpA (Industrials)     21,670  
  613     Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA (Health Care)     40,204  
  3,539     Snam SpA (Utilities)     20,905  
  86,393     Telecom Italia SpA (Communication Services)     39,090  
  85,862     Telecom Italia SpA-RSP (Communication Services)     41,444  
  2,509     Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale (Utilities)     19,832  
   

 

 

 
      700,169  

 

 

 
Jordan – 0.2%  
  1,058     Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Health Care)     36,955  

 

 

 
Luxembourg – 0.8%  
  3,973     ArcelorMittal (Materials)     133,170  
  274     Eurofins Scientific SE (Health Care)     38,839  
   

 

 

 
      172,009  

 

 

 
Netherlands – 7.6%  
  24     Adyen NV (Information Technology)*(a)     77,470  
  7,208     Aegon NV (Financials)     35,685  
  299     Akzo Nobel NV (Materials)     36,848  
  27     Argenx SE (Health Care)*     9,109  
  86     ASM International NV (Information Technology)     33,359  
  587     ASML Holding NV (Information Technology)     488,165  
  331     Heineken Holding NV (Consumer Staples)     30,672  
  273     Heineken NV (Consumer Staples)(b)     29,874  
  3,061     ING Groep NV (Financials)     42,276  
  615     JDE Peet’s NV (Consumer Staples)(b)     21,126  
  4,933     Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Consumer Staples)     166,368  
  276     Koninklijke DSM NV (Materials)     58,726  
  4,435     Koninklijke KPN NV (Communication Services)     14,209  
  1,990     Koninklijke Philips NV (Health Care)     91,709  
  397     Koninklijke Vopak NV (Energy)     17,185  
  1,154     NN Group NV (Financials)     59,898  
  1,147     Randstad NV (Industrials)     84,353  
  5,065     Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A (Energy)     99,793  
  4,720     Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B (Energy)     92,956  
  775     Wolters Kluwer NV (Industrials)     89,124  
   

 

 

 
      1,578,905  

 

 

 
Norway – 0.9%  
  496     DNB Bank ASA (Financials)     10,461  
  433     Equinor ASA (Energy)     9,189  
  2,076     Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (Financials)     48,482  
  519     Mowi ASA (Consumer Staples)     13,885  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Norway – (continued)  
  7,720     Norsk Hydro ASA (Materials)   53,226  
  2,267     Orkla ASA (Consumer Staples)     20,229  
  89     Schibsted ASA, Class A (Communication Services)     4,744  
  1,106     Telenor ASA (Communication Services)     19,356  
   

 

 

 
      179,572  

 

 

 
Poland – 0.2%  
  2,347     InPost SA (Industrials)*     45,713  

 

 

 
Portugal – 0.5%  
  1,542     EDP – Energias de Portugal SA (Utilities)     8,468  
  4,130     Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (Consumer Staples)     87,511  
   

 

 

 
      95,979  

 

 

 
Russia – 0.4%  
  710     Coca-Cola HBC AG (Consumer Staples)*     25,689  
  7,124     Evraz PLC (Materials)     57,885  
   

 

 

 
      83,574  

 

 

 
Saudi Arabia – 0.1%  
  149     Delivery Hero SE (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)     21,564  

 

 

 
South Africa – 0.2%  
  1,166     Anglo American PLC (Materials)     49,248  

 

 

 
Spain – 3.4%  
  3,183     ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Industrials)     85,894  
  341     Amadeus IT Group SA (Information Technology)*     20,819  
  9,366     Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Financials)*     61,328  
  12,655     Banco Santander SA (Financials)*     46,720  
  12,440     CaixaBank SA (Financials)     38,650  
  542     Cellnex Telecom SA (Communication Services)*(a)     37,109  
  326     EDP Renovaveis SA (Utilities)     8,666  
  806     Enagas SA (Utilities)     18,330  
  986     Endesa SA (Utilities)     23,697  
  539     Ferrovial SA (Industrials)     15,601  
  982     Grifols SA (Health Care)     23,984  
  8,822     Iberdrola SA (Utilities)     109,294  
  2,182     Industria de Diseno Textil SA (Consumer Discretionary)     74,465  
  495     Naturgy Energy Group SA (Utilities)     12,738  
  987     Red Electrica Corp. SA (Utilities)     19,679  
  7,311     Repsol SA (Energy)     83,757  
  7,659     Telefonica SA (Communication Services)     37,805  
   

 

 

 
      718,536  

 

 

 
Sweden – 5.7%  
  413     Alfa Laval AB (Industrials)     16,733  
  893     Assa Abloy AB, Class B (Industrials)     28,510  
  819     Atlas Copco AB, Class A (Industrials)     56,163  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   47


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Sweden – (continued)  
  326     Atlas Copco AB, Class B (Industrials)   $ 18,839  
  289     Boliden AB (Materials)     10,066  
  1,166     Electrolux AB, Series B (Consumer Discretionary)     29,505  
  1,252     Epiroc AB, Class A (Industrials)     27,443  
  674     Epiroc AB, Class B (Industrials)     12,792  
  1,459     EQT AB (Financials)     74,262  
  510     Essity AB, Class B (Consumer Staples)     16,341  
  236     Evolution AB (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     37,984  
  203     Fastighets AB Balder, Class B (Real Estate)*     14,494  
  1,970     H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)*     39,443  
  2,740     Hexagon AB, Class B (Information Technology)     47,418  
  2,267     Husqvarna AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)     30,376  
  196     ICA Gruppen AB (Consumer Staples)     9,740  
  792     Industrivarden AB, Class A (Financials)     29,118  
  704     Industrivarden AB, Class C (Financials)     24,513  
  794     Investment AB Latour, Class B (Industrials)     27,601  
  3,574     Investor AB, Class B (Financials)     85,392  
  1,982     Kinnevik AB, Class B (Financials)*     77,572  
  343     L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B (Financials)     21,870  
  2,655     Nibe Industrier AB, Class B (Industrials)     36,973  
  1,465     Sandvik AB (Industrials)     37,309  
  2,135     Securitas AB, Class B (Industrials)     35,404  
  968     Sinch AB (Information Technology)*(a)     21,694  
  845     Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A (Financials)     11,337  
  1,707     Skanska AB, Class B (Industrials)     49,104  
  259     SKF AB, Class B (Industrials)     6,596  
  1,085     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B (Materials)     19,122  
  811     Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A (Financials)     9,112  
  698     Swedbank AB, Class A (Financials)     13,463  
  10,360     Swedish Match AB (Consumer Staples)     95,557  
  930     Tele2 AB, Class B (Communication Services)     13,925  
  4,696     Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B (Information Technology)     55,611  
  3,371     Telia Co. AB (Communication Services)     14,454  
  342     Volvo AB, Class A (Industrials)     7,914  
  1,340     Volvo AB, Class B (Industrials)     30,269  
   

 

 

 
      1,194,019  

 

 

 
Switzerland – 14.7%  
  1,953     ABB Ltd. (Industrials)     72,317  
  488     Adecco Group AG (Industrials)     27,158  
  219     Alcon, Inc. (Health Care)     18,035  
  80     Baloise Holding AG (Financials)     12,759  
  196     Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (Financials)     16,625  
  11     Barry Callebaut AG (Consumer Staples)     28,027  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Switzerland – (continued)  
  6     Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (Consumer Staples)   70,542  
  623     Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Consumer Discretionary)     68,689  
  451     Clariant AG (Materials)*     9,492  
  2,322     Credit Suisse Group AG (Financials)     24,623  
  32     EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Materials)     34,671  
  66     Geberit AG (Industrials)     55,132  
  13     Givaudan SA (Materials)     65,209  
  707     Holcim Ltd. (Materials)*     40,288  
  96     Julius Baer Group Ltd. (Financials)     6,560  
  465     Kuehne + Nagel International AG (Industrials)     170,102  
  712     Logitech International SA (Information Technology)     72,782  
  90     Lonza Group AG (Health Care)     76,142  
  4,631     Nestle SA (Consumer Staples)     585,112  
  3,318     Novartis AG (Health Care)     307,116  
  82     Partners Group Holding AG (Financials)     145,372  
  138     Roche Holding AG-BR (Health Care)     61,765  
  1,241     Roche Holding AG-Genussschein (Health Care)     498,202  
  56     Schindler Holding AG (Industrials)     17,459  
  75     Schindler Holding AG Participation Certificates (Industrials)     24,218  
  32     SGS SA (Industrials)     100,536  
  180     Sika AG (Materials)     64,863  
  24     Sonova Holding AG (Health Care)     9,248  
  1,164     STMicroelectronics NV (Information Technology)     51,822  
  40     Straumann Holding AG (Health Care)     77,288  
  107     Swatch Group AG (The) – Bearer (Consumer Discretionary)     30,159  
  552     Swatch Group AG (The) – Registered (Consumer Discretionary)     30,340  
  29     Swiss Life Holding AG (Financials)     15,120  
  183     Swiss Prime Site AG (Real Estate)     19,568  
  41     Swisscom AG (Communication Services)     24,053  
  5,089     UBS Group AG (Financials)     84,886  
  78     Vifor Pharma AG (Health Care)     11,103  
  108     Zurich Insurance Group AG (Financials)     47,395  
   

 

 

 
      3,074,778  

 

 

 
United Kingdom – 16.5%  
  1,264     3i Group PLC (Financials)     23,267  
  7,256     Abrdn PLC (Financials)     26,513  
  3,328     Admiral Group PLC (Financials)     165,390  
  717     Ashtead Group PLC (Industrials)     56,147  
  813     Associated British Foods PLC (Consumer Staples)     22,154  
  1,928     AstraZeneca PLC (Health Care)     225,911  
  9,328     Auto Trader Group PLC (Communication Services)(a)     80,749  
  165     AVEVA Group PLC (Information Technology)     9,392  
  14,184     Aviva PLC (Financials)     78,883  
  3,129     BAE Systems PLC (Industrials)     24,477  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description       
Value
 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)  
  16,043     Barclays PLC (Financials)   $ 40,824  
  2,592     Barratt Developments PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     26,362  
  172     Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     11,426  
  11,803     BP PLC (Energy)     48,236  
  2,950     British American Tobacco PLC (Consumer Staples)     110,796  
  7,316     BT Group PLC (Communication Services)*     17,097  
  780     Bunzl PLC (Industrials)     28,297  
  3,402     Burberry Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     87,062  
  2,906     CNH Industrial NV (Industrials)     48,025  
  549     Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC (Consumer Staples)     31,699  
  451     Compass Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     9,314  
  395     Croda International PLC (Materials)     49,730  
  255     DCC PLC (Industrials)     21,688  
  3,087     Diageo PLC (Consumer Staples)     148,442  
  3,423     Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (Financials)     14,557  
  1,082     Entain PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     28,784  
  1,336     Experian PLC (Industrials)     58,911  
  8,100     GlaxoSmithKline PLC (Health Care)     162,978  
  597     Halma PLC (Information Technology)     24,673  
  3,961     Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (Financials)     82,233  
  12,234     HSBC Holdings PLC (Financials)     65,025  
  2,379     Imperial Brands PLC (Consumer Staples)     50,470  
  197     Intertek Group PLC (Industrials)     14,288  
  33,651     J Sainsbury PLC (Consumer Staples)     140,789  
  7,541     JD Sports Fashion PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     104,769  
  652     Johnson Matthey PLC (Materials)     26,372  
  55     Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)     4,981  
  15,366     Kingfisher PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     74,080  
  7,082     Legal & General Group PLC (Financials)     26,335  
  122,709     Lloyds Banking Group PLC (Financials)     73,927  
  127     London Stock Exchange Group PLC (Financials)     13,906  
  2,541     M&G PLC (Financials)     7,204  
  13,650     Melrose Industries PLC (Industrials)     31,511  
  3,880     National Grid PLC (Utilities)     50,264  
  5,440     Natwest Group PLC (Financials)     15,954  
  491     Next PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     53,451  
  503     Ocado Group PLC (Consumer Staples)*     13,935  
  1,468     Pearson PLC (Communication Services)(b)     15,508  
  195     Persimmon PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     7,890  
  2,215     Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (Financials)     19,004  
  722     Prudential PLC (Financials)     15,054  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)  
  744     Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (Consumer Staples)   56,716  
  2,540     RELX PLC (Industrials)     76,276  
  2,870     Rentokil Initial PLC (Industrials)     22,925  
  6,868     Sage Group PLC (The) (Information Technology)     70,153  
  321     Schroders PLC (Financials)     16,699  
  2,923     Segro PLC REIT (Real Estate)     51,653  
  653     Severn Trent PLC (Utilities)     24,822  
  1,733     Smith & Nephew PLC (Health Care)     33,271  
  286     Smiths Group PLC (Industrials)     5,678  
  190     Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (Industrials)     42,126  
  1,118     SSE PLC (Utilities)     25,118  
  2,513     St James’s Place PLC (Financials)     55,682  
  742     Standard Chartered PLC (Financials)     4,644  
  1,674     Taylor Wimpey PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     4,214  
  8,783     Tesco PLC (Consumer Staples)     30,842  
  3,561     Unilever PLC (Consumer Staples)     198,288  
  1,760     United Utilities Group PLC (Utilities)     25,615  
  35,828     Vodafone Group PLC (Communication Services)     60,136  
  1,195     Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC (Consumer Staples)     4,769  
  2,746     WPP PLC (Communication Services)     37,172  
   

 

 

 
      3,435,533  

 

 

 
United States – 2.0%  
  1,164     Ferguson PLC (Industrials)     168,285  
  616     QIAGEN NV (Health Care)*     34,082  
  784     Schneider Electric SE (Industrials)     140,024  
  2,764     Stellantis NV (Consumer Discretionary)     55,245  
  130     Swiss Re AG (Financials)     11,958  
  1,002     Tenaris SA (Energy)     10,096  
      419,690  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $16,194,403)   $ 20,546,079  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Description   Rate     Value  
Preferred Stocks – 1.1%  
Germany – 1.1%        
  485     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     2.77   $ 40,591  
  719     FUCHS PETROLUB SE (Materials)     2.29       36,377  
  193     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     2.25       18,850  
  168     Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Consumer Discretionary)     2.55       17,008  
  59     Sartorius AG (Health Care)     0.12       38,863  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description   Rate     Value  
Preferred Stocks – (continued)  
Germany – (continued)        
  299     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)     2.42   $ 71,050  

 

 

 
  TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS    
  (Cost $188,411)     $ 222,739  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $16,382,814)     $ 20,768,818  

 

 

 

 

Shares    

Dividend

Rate

  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.9%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  184,641     0.026%   $ 184,641  
  (Cost $184,641)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.3%  
  (Cost $16,567,455)   $ 20,953,459  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
    OTHER ASSETS – (0.3)%
    (60,239

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 20,893,220  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2021, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

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

MSCI Europe Index

     2          09/17/21        $ 64,661        $ 1,940  

 

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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Shares    

Description

  Value  
Common Stocks – 99.0%  
Australia – 6.4%  
  503,651     AGL Energy Ltd. (Utilities)(a)   $ 2,374,202  
  38,248     Ampol Ltd. (Energy)     770,400  
  150,648     APA Group (Utilities)     1,010,728  
  69,040     Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,304,411  
  27,330     ASX Ltd. (Financials)     1,753,129  
  340,132     Aurizon Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     939,653  
  1,147,539     AusNet Services Ltd. (Utilities)     1,622,843  
  320,047     Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (Financials)     6,514,291  
  510,138     BHP Group Ltd. (Materials)     17,004,973  
  168,932     BHP Group PLC (Materials)     5,248,523  
  369,928     BlueScope Steel Ltd. (Materials)     6,813,118  
  194,470     Brambles Ltd. (Industrials)     1,721,175  
  27,206     Cochlear Ltd. (Health Care)     4,636,833  
  541,972     Coles Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     7,161,491  
  221,032     Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Financials)     16,173,507  
  62,697     Computershare Ltd. (Information Technology)     756,065  
  43,440     CSL Ltd. (Health Care)     9,903,509  
  188,695     Dexus REIT (Real Estate)     1,467,338  
  20,532     Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,352,011  
  216,610     Endeavour Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     1,155,659  
  318,838     Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (Materials)     4,893,477  
  1,695,103     Glencore PLC (Materials)*     7,637,869  
  212,901     Goodman Group REIT (Real Estate)     3,598,997  
  181,978     Insurance Australia Group Ltd. (Financials)     696,913  
  43,455     Macquarie Group Ltd. (Financials)     5,295,509  
  117,365     Magellan Financial Group Ltd. (Financials)     3,717,540  
  725,537     Medibank Pvt Ltd. (Financials)     1,882,418  
  298,726     National Australia Bank Ltd. (Financials)     6,054,121  
  58,199     Newcrest Mining Ltd. (Materials)     1,052,309  
  96,051     Northern Star Resources Ltd. (Materials)     685,141  
  257,565     Origin Energy Ltd. (Utilities)     837,674  
  13,873     Ramsay Health Care Ltd. (Health Care)     698,583  
  35,648     REA Group Ltd. (Communication Services)     3,999,187  
  136,604     Reece Ltd. (Industrials)     2,084,597  
  70,941     Rio Tinto Ltd. (Materials)     5,810,000  
  165,176     Rio Tinto PLC (Materials)     12,234,552  
  205,844     Santos Ltd. (Energy)     910,168  
  33,761     SEEK Ltd. (Communication Services)     802,899  
  79,562     Sonic Healthcare Ltd. (Health Care)     2,523,618  
  1,606,437     South32 Ltd. (Materials)     3,686,562  
  250,071     Stockland REIT (Real Estate)     844,371  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Australia – (continued)  
  277,442     Suncorp Group Ltd. (Financials)   2,530,550  
  760,759     Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Communication Services)     2,135,043  
  139,553     Transurban Group (Industrials)     1,449,311  
  100,925     Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd. (Energy)(a)     2,642,120  
  232,241     Wesfarmers Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     10,175,512  
  305,396     Westpac Banking Corp. (Financials)     5,762,989  
  45,278     Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (Energy)     644,952  
  371,265     Woolworths Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     11,328,403  
   

 

 

 
      198,299,244  

 

 

 
Austria – 0.7%  
  68,091     Mondi PLC (Materials)     1,878,891  
  50,833     OMV AG (Energy)     2,816,071  
  215,572     Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Financials)     5,175,957  
  25,326     Verbund AG (Utilities)     2,772,860  
  208,570     voestalpine AG (Materials)     9,454,323  
   

 

 

 
      22,098,102  

 

 

 
Belgium – 0.7%  
  44,655     Ageas SA/NV (Financials)     2,232,394  
  65,303     Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Consumer Staples)     4,007,747  
  8,229     Elia Group SA/NV (Utilities)     1,033,561  
  79,835     Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV (Consumer Staples)     4,466,089  
  13,166     Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (Financials)     1,509,108  
  5,266     Sofina SA (Financials)     2,327,363  
  11,615     Solvay SA (Materials)     1,521,227  
  31,916     UCB SA (Health Care)     3,649,976  
   

 

 

 
      20,747,465  

 

 

 
Brazil – 0.0%  
  21,828     Yara International ASA (Materials)     1,094,741  

 

 

 
Canada – 10.3%  
  80,303     Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (Utilities)     1,244,914  
  152,642     Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., Class B (Consumer Staples)     6,158,105  
  67,521     AltaGas Ltd. (Utilities)     1,350,260  
  58,364     Atco Ltd., Class I (Utilities)     1,960,631  
  252,328     B2Gold Corp. (Materials)     974,448  
  66,081     Bank of Montreal (Financials)     6,566,004  
  131,415     Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (Financials)     8,127,315  
  139,227     Barrick Gold Corp. (Materials)     2,794,126  
  33,080     BCE, Inc. (Communication Services)     1,722,521  
  162,530     BlackBerry Ltd. (Information Technology)*     1,849,548  
  67,829     Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A (Financials)     3,767,592  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares    

Description

  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Canada – (continued)  
  53,684     Cameco Corp. (Energy)   $ 990,285  
  25,935     Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (Real Estate)     1,254,214  
  54,744     Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Financials)     6,287,773  
  33,170     Canadian National Railway Co. (Industrials)     3,895,405  
  120,261     Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Energy)     3,973,329  
  61,321     Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (Industrials)     4,206,796  
  27,098     Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     4,117,292  
  45,150     Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     1,275,912  
  26,168     CCL Industries, Inc., Class B (Materials)     1,491,409  
  277,395     Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Energy)     2,298,362  
  65,055     CGI, Inc. (Information Technology)*     5,805,090  
  10,201     Constellation Software, Inc. (Information Technology)     17,260,852  
  133,331     Dollarama, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     6,070,140  
  34,342     Emera, Inc. (Utilities)     1,618,652  
  418,233     Empire Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     13,503,665  
  78,457     Enbridge, Inc. (Energy)     3,082,649  
  16,554     Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     7,316,039  
  19,498     FirstService Corp. (Real Estate)     3,615,535  
  42,887     Fortis, Inc. (Utilities)     1,961,673  
  5,321     Franco-Nevada Corp. (Materials)     775,001  
  92,448     George Weston Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     9,949,692  
  52,946     GFL Environmental, Inc. (Industrials)     1,862,422  
  17,279     Gildan Activewear, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     663,183  
  86,653     Great-West Lifeco, Inc. (Financials)     2,676,427  
  89,677     Hydro One Ltd. (Utilities)(b)     2,228,353  
  105,947     iA Financial Corp., Inc. (Financials)     5,865,589  
  40,591     IGM Financial, Inc. (Financials)     1,477,934  
  160,010     Imperial Oil Ltd. (Energy)     4,228,017  
  21,799     Intact Financial Corp. (Financials)     2,964,209  
  197,223     Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Class A (Materials)*     1,588,834  
  284,211     Kinross Gold Corp. (Materials)     1,707,088  
  24,768     Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. (Materials)     986,094  
  12,832     Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. (Information Technology)*     1,422,269  
  184,674     Loblaw Cos. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     12,990,679  
  72,610     Magna International, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     5,724,793  
  378,781     Manulife Financial Corp. (Financials)     7,364,895  
  56,267     Metro, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     2,861,774  
  62,057     National Bank of Canada (Financials)     4,917,808  
  55,266     Northland Power, Inc. (Utilities)     1,825,508  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Canada – (continued)  
  82,107     Nutrien Ltd. (Materials)   4,983,664  
  60,001     Onex Corp. (Financials)     4,197,435  
  30,844     Open Text Corp. (Information Technology)     1,689,323  
  51,094     Parkland Corp. (Energy)     1,523,136  
  204,630     Power Corp. of Canada (Financials)     7,050,679  
  42,796     Quebecor, Inc., Class B (Communication Services)     1,066,132  
  41,713     Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc. (Industrials)     2,609,435  
  23,782     Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B (Communication Services)     1,209,755  
  185,801     Royal Bank of Canada (Financials)     19,055,759  
  105,881     Saputo, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     2,973,701  
  10,354     Shopify, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)*     15,785,948  
  82,489     Sun Life Financial, Inc. (Financials)(a)     4,240,482  
  82,362     Suncor Energy, Inc. (Energy)     1,535,590  
  21,327     TC Energy Corp. (Energy)     1,010,950  
  42,543     Teck Resources Ltd., Class B (Materials)     957,819  
  63,855     TELUS Corp. (Communication Services)     1,468,971  
  27,694     Thomson Reuters Corp. (Industrials)     3,230,839  
  17,525     TMX Group Ltd. (Financials)     1,924,955  
  30,265     Toromont Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     2,540,665  
  215,683     Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) (Financials)     13,984,021  
  94,150     West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (Materials)     7,258,413  
  128,668     WSP Global, Inc. (Industrials)     16,773,220  
  279,269     Yamana Gold, Inc. (Materials)     1,230,980  
   

 

 

 
      318,922,977  

 

 

 
Chile – 0.1%  
  165,977     Antofagasta PLC (Materials)     3,325,881  
  101,502     Lundin Mining Corp. (Materials)     819,310  
   

 

 

 
      4,145,191  

 

 

 
China – 0.4%  
  1,369,024     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     4,154,238  
  1,090,755     Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,210,303  
  32,707     Futu Holdings Ltd. ADR (Financials)*(a)     3,113,379  
  20,511     Prosus NV (Consumer Discretionary)*     1,813,494  
  292,192     SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     1,273,610  
  203,317     Wilmar International Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     625,777  
   

 

 

 
      13,190,801  

 

 

 

 

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Shares    

Description

  Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Denmark – 2.9%  
  21,346     Ambu A/S, Class B (Health Care)   $ 674,617  
  3,599     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class A (Industrials)     9,740,383  
  3,589     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class B (Industrials)     10,180,469  
  20,154     Carlsberg AS, Class B (Consumer Staples)     3,517,436  
  12,268     Chr Hansen Holding A/S (Materials)     1,131,799  
  45,437     Coloplast A/S, Class B (Health Care)     7,868,722  
  151,643     Danske Bank A/S (Financials)     2,547,904  
  46,596     Demant A/S (Health Care)*     2,640,503  
  26,622     DSV PANALPINA A/S (Industrials)     6,782,433  
  6,747     Genmab A/S (Health Care)*     3,193,656  
  17,540     GN Store Nord AS (Health Care)     1,319,429  
  261,524     Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B (Health Care)     26,057,543  
  33,429     Novozymes A/S, Class B (Materials)     2,699,854  
  4,652     Orsted AS (Utilities)(b)     739,169  
  45,675     Pandora A/S (Consumer Discretionary)     5,466,630  
  3,986     ROCKWOOL International A/S, Class B (Industrials)     2,108,834  
  69,885     Tryg A/S (Financials)     1,729,972  
  32,132     Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Industrials)     1,297,042  
   

 

 

 
      89,696,395  

 

 

 
Finland – 0.8%  
  26,880     Elisa OYJ (Communication Services)     1,721,061  
  97,883     Fortum OYJ (Utilities)     2,971,841  
  71,093     Kesko OYJ, Class B (Consumer Staples)     2,933,902  
  20,367     Kone OYJ, Class B (Industrials)     1,688,725  
  852,002     Nokia OYJ (Information Technology)*     5,109,186  
  168,051     Nordea Bank Abp (Financials)     1,972,963  
  146,913     Orion OYJ, Class B (Health Care)     5,988,309  
  17,649     Sampo OYJ, Class A (Financials)     911,268  
  46,546     Stora Enso OYJ, Class R (Materials)     910,717  
  30,092     UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Materials)     1,223,025  
   

 

 

 
      25,430,997  

 

 

 
France – 10.5%  
  37,121     Air Liquide SA (Materials)     6,652,671  
  24,925     Airbus SE (Industrials)*     3,404,207  
  18,725     Alstom SA (Industrials)     804,583  
  7,207     Amundi SA (Financials)(b)     681,876  
  17,123     Arkema SA (Materials)     2,271,923  
  266,431     Atos SE (Information Technology)     13,825,785  
  113,720     AXA SA (Financials)     3,192,244  
  36,072     BioMerieux (Health Care)     4,422,055  
  121,621     BNP Paribas SA (Financials)     7,713,878  
  1,387,827     Bollore SA (Communication Services)     8,207,680  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
France – (continued)  
  70,698     Bouygues SA (Industrials)   2,956,825  
  63,204     Bureau Veritas SA (Industrials)     2,097,263  
  46,307     Capgemini SE (Information Technology)     10,394,183  
  344,535     Carrefour SA (Consumer Staples)     6,852,998  
  143,102     Cie de Saint-Gobain (Industrials)     10,370,286  
  14,766     Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Consumer Discretionary)     2,388,852  
  210,284     CNP Assurances (Financials)     3,598,088  
  204,383     Credit Agricole SA (Financials)     2,945,831  
  89,166     Danone SA (Consumer Staples)     6,512,186  
  106,390     Dassault Systemes SE (Information Technology)     6,066,529  
  23,204     Edenred (Information Technology)     1,314,775  
  68,469     Eiffage SA (Industrials)     7,114,145  
  403,348     Engie SA (Utilities)     5,776,432  
  33,965     EssilorLuxottica SA (Consumer Discretionary)     6,666,022  
  11,940     Eurazeo SE (Financials)     1,227,637  
  49,354     Getlink SE (Industrials)     793,209  
  10,363     Hermes International (Consumer Discretionary)     15,223,965  
  97,884     Ipsen SA (Health Care)     9,784,529  
  8,839     Kering (Consumer Discretionary)     7,032,511  
  184,509     La Francaise des Jeux SAEM (Consumer Discretionary)(b)     9,541,973  
  35,892     Legrand SA (Industrials)     4,106,373  
  48,999     L’Oreal SA (Consumer Staples)     22,922,325  
  39,553     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (Consumer Discretionary)     29,265,489  
  175,254     Orange SA (Communication Services)     1,990,171  
  15,169     Pernod Ricard SA (Consumer Staples)     3,186,415  
  112,007     Publicis Groupe SA (Communication Services)     7,340,776  
  14,606     Remy Cointreau SA (Consumer Staples)*     2,875,906  
  76,984     Renault SA (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,858,041  
  11,543     Safran SA (Industrials)     1,447,891  
  148,348     Sanofi (Health Care)     15,343,778  
  13,435     Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Health Care)     8,145,356  
  72,848     SCOR SE (Financials)     2,234,968  
  34,789     SEB SA (Consumer Discretionary)     5,470,078  
  138,966     Societe Generale SA (Financials)     4,371,728  
  288,772     Suez SA (Utilities)     6,698,306  
  12,109     Teleperformance (Industrials)     5,351,697  
  16,376     Thales SA (Industrials)     1,661,310  
  239,105     TotalEnergies SE (Energy)     10,540,677  
  55,857     Ubisoft Entertainment SA (Communication Services)*     3,555,289  
  113,992     Veolia Environnement SA (Utilities)     3,909,020  
  64,111     Vinci SA (Industrials)     6,878,536  
  56,907     Vivendi SE (Communication Services)(a)     2,171,123  
  5,816     Wendel SE (Financials)     843,769  

 

 

 

 

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France – (continued)  
  21,770     Worldline SA (Information Technology)*(b)   $ 1,934,317  
   

 

 

 
      324,938,480  

 

 

 
Germany – 7.9%  
  37,372     adidas AG (Consumer Discretionary)     13,254,579  
  43,565     Allianz SE (Financials)     10,232,801  
  43,107     BASF SE (Materials)     3,334,027  
  85,381     Bayer AG (Health Care)     4,751,648  
  47,727     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     4,527,990  
  18,453     Bechtle AG (Information Technology)     1,333,545  
  49,682     Beiersdorf AG (Consumer Staples)     6,025,988  
  52,919     Brenntag SE (Industrials)     5,337,283  
  8,778     Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Health Care)     1,938,727  
  8,740     Continental AG (Consumer Discretionary)*     1,174,296  
  31,370     Covestro AG (Materials)(b)     2,032,985  
  110,890     Daimler AG (Consumer Discretionary)     9,348,880  
  387,322     Deutsche Bank AG (Financials)*     4,813,549  
  24,733     Deutsche Boerse AG (Financials)     4,265,544  
  253,550     Deutsche Post AG (Industrials)     17,832,469  
  188,653     Deutsche Telekom AG (Communication Services)     4,010,297  
  29,305     Deutsche Wohnen SE (Real Estate)     1,818,212  
  173,553     E.ON SE (Utilities)     2,290,043  
  31,073     Evonik Industries AG (Materials)     1,049,051  
  77,175     Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     5,925,221  
  137,721     Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     7,161,326  
  20,727     GEA Group AG (Industrials)     956,911  
  4,861     Hannover Rueck SE (Financials)     894,867  
  70,385     HeidelbergCement AG (Materials)     6,115,125  
  109,106     HelloFresh SE (Consumer Discretionary)*     11,756,327  
  22,862     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     2,056,443  
  77,389     Infineon Technologies AG (Information Technology)     3,294,675  
  21,737     KION Group AG (Industrials)     2,325,257  
  31,531     Knorr-Bremse AG (Industrials)     3,783,489  
  9,211     LEG Immobilien SE (Real Estate)     1,467,871  
  42,290     Merck KGaA (Health Care)     10,044,146  
  3,575     Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Financials)     1,044,265  
  63,068     Nemetschek SE (Information Technology)     6,180,721  
  72,477     Puma SE (Consumer Discretionary)     8,795,098  
  4,176     Rational AG (Industrials)     4,774,769  
  190,301     RWE AG (Utilities)     7,433,361  
  116,464     SAP SE (Information Technology)     17,523,183  
  19,938     Scout24 AG (Communication Services)(b)     1,675,749  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Germany – (continued)  
  60,872     Siemens AG (Industrials)   10,120,244  
  139,506     Siemens Energy AG (Industrials)*     4,047,829  
  44,090     Siemens Healthineers AG (Health Care)(b)     3,065,510  
  20,608     Symrise AG (Materials)     2,933,800  
  282,115     Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (Communication Services)     791,594  
  104,746     Uniper SE (Utilities)     4,158,261  
  15,252     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     5,098,793  
  30,527     Vonovia SE (Real Estate)     2,059,794  
  89,001     Zalando SE (Consumer Discretionary)*(b)     9,854,738  
   

 

 

 
      244,711,281  

 

 

 
Hong Kong – 2.3%  
  1,181,755     AIA Group Ltd. (Financials)     14,123,593  
  335,540     CK Asset Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     2,187,362  
  103,685     CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     629,921  
  123,096     CLP Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     1,230,588  
  125,599     Hang Seng Bank Ltd. (Financials)     2,247,987  
  135,478     Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     613,168  
  1,214,899     HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd. (Utilities)     1,209,065  
  1,062,313     HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,447,860  
  824,143     Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     1,326,708  
  203,618     Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (Financials)     12,849,584  
  341,005     Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     1,432,221  
  26,000     Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     1,412,320  
  116,277     Link REIT (Real Estate)     1,069,724  
  181,622     MTR Corp. Ltd. (Industrials)     1,022,848  
  175,294     Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     1,101,032  
  124,191     Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (Real Estate)     1,750,125  
  1,036,623     Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     7,024,248  
  335,989     Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     7,452,166  
  9,587,504     WH Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)(b)     8,321,041  
  659,599     Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     2,773,295  
   

 

 

 
      71,224,856  

 

 

 
Ireland – 0.4%  
  80,280     CRH PLC (Materials)     4,268,282  
  13,922     Kerry Group PLC, Class A (Consumer Staples)     2,041,130  

 

 

 

 

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Common Stocks – (continued)  
Ireland – (continued)  
  21,162     Kingspan Group PLC (Industrials)   $ 2,417,629  
  84,428     Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (Materials)     4,841,628  
   

 

 

 
      13,568,669  

 

 

 
Israel – 0.7%  
  170,594     Bank Hapoalim BM (Financials)     1,469,118  
  177,620     Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (Financials)     1,469,194  
  18,453     Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Information Technology)*     2,318,250  
  4,901     Elbit Systems Ltd. (Industrials)     713,638  
  238,736     ICL Group Ltd. (Materials)     1,690,806  
  203,138     Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A (Financials)*     1,050,643  
  23,082     Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (Financials)     768,740  
  17,004     Nice Ltd. (Information Technology)*     4,966,787  
  384,370     Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR (Health Care)*     3,620,765  
  12,584     Wix.com Ltd. (Information Technology)*     2,794,655  
   

 

 

 
      20,862,596  

 

 

 
Italy – 2.0%  
  19,239     Amplifon SpA (Health Care)     1,005,628  
  133,971     Assicurazioni Generali SpA (Financials)     2,731,181  
  72,382     Atlantia SpA (Industrials)*     1,356,412  
  125,474     Davide Campari-Milano NV (Consumer Staples)     1,734,435  
  24,224     DiaSorin SpA (Health Care)     5,526,024  
  608,312     Enel SpA (Utilities)     5,541,435  
  66,985     Eni SpA (Energy)     826,623  
  25,318     Ferrari NV (Consumer Discretionary)     5,490,172  
  166,511     FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (Financials)*     3,069,250  
  104,954     Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA (Communication Services)(b)     1,247,601  
  671,617     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Financials)     1,900,762  
  139,390     Moncler SpA (Consumer Discretionary)     8,918,222  
  291,517     Poste Italiane SpA (Financials)(b)     3,952,230  
  68,490     Prysmian SpA (Industrials)     2,576,657  
  73,186     Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA (Health Care)     4,799,960  
  278,696     Snam SpA (Utilities)     1,646,249  
  7,675,363     Telecom Italia SpA (Communication Services)     3,472,843  
  6,015,362     Telecom Italia SpA-RSP (Communication Services)     2,903,530  
  215,498     Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale (Utilities)     1,703,358  
   

 

 

 
      60,402,572  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – 19.9%  
  26,979     ABC-Mart, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)   1,446,444  
  52,199     Advantest Corp. (Information Technology)     4,523,343  
  103,488     Aeon Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(a)     2,750,166  
  30,312     AGC, Inc. (Industrials)     1,467,867  
  49,642     Aisin Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,900,097  
  39,565     Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Consumer Staples)     1,168,295  
  72,403     Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,370,371  
  37,490     Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     1,136,371  
  439,812     Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Health Care)     7,434,288  
  34,550     Azbil Corp. (Information Technology)     1,501,695  
  60,103     Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,180,293  
  70,114     Bridgestone Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,231,907  
  191,483     Brother Industries Ltd. (Information Technology)     3,935,633  
  97,923     Canon, Inc. (Information Technology)     2,327,744  
  104,534     Capcom Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     2,921,167  
  610,489     Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Utilities)     7,385,216  
  92,486     Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     3,626,704  
  14,879     Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. (Consumer Staples)     2,638,293  
  312,316     CyberAgent, Inc. (Communication Services)     5,745,409  
  35,925     Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     709,442  
  142,201     Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     3,384,166  
  19,648     Daikin Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     4,901,269  
  40,565     Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     4,460,451  
  26,231     Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     801,304  
  434     Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     1,285,882  
  113,553     Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Financials)     643,426  
  38,107     Denso Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,674,358  
  103,027     Dentsu Group, Inc. (Communication Services)     3,826,235  
  2,432     Disco Corp. (Information Technology)     709,499  
  49,070     Eisai Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     4,058,347  
  453,484     ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (Energy)     1,758,871  
  9,226     FANUC Corp. (Industrials)     2,014,671  
  7,722     Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     5,097,392  
  83,405     FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. (Information Technology)     6,884,367  
  63,780     Fujitsu Ltd. (Information Technology)     11,785,309  

 

 

 

 

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Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  1,022     GLP J REIT (Real Estate)   $ 1,857,759  
  79,362     Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. (Communication Services)     1,250,461  
  22,433     Hamamatsu Photonics KK (Information Technology)     1,310,940  
  22,211     Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. (Industrials)     666,168  
  355,118     Hino Motors Ltd. (Industrials)     3,080,534  
  5,370     Hirose Electric Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     895,978  
  133,499     Hitachi Ltd. (Industrials)     7,394,333  
  46,312     Hitachi Metals Ltd. (Materials)*     895,804  
  279,173     Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     8,492,592  
  97,570     Hoya Corp. (Health Care)     15,790,958  
  26,305     Ibiden Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,422,280  
  41,907     Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (Energy)     1,006,287  
  193,634     Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,928,096  
  426,068     Inpex Corp. (Energy)     2,939,737  
  90,416     Ito En Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     5,728,157  
  267,687     ITOCHU Corp. (Industrials)     8,067,647  
  36,515     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. (Information Technology)     1,131,746  
  59,379     Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (Financials)     1,415,562  
  800     Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest REIT (Real Estate)     778,445  
  85,576     Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. (Financials)     750,134  
  405,708     Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)*     3,487,257  
  151,106     Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     2,744,006  
  231     Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     1,431,922  
  94,083     Japan Tobacco, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     1,826,252  
  52,024     JSR Corp. (Materials)     1,806,586  
  279,496     Kajima Corp. (Industrials)     3,620,270  
  146,820     Kakaku.com, Inc. (Communication Services)     4,583,949  
  72,988     Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The) (Utilities)     734,132  
  68,276     Kao Corp. (Consumer Staples)     4,130,369  
  212,819     KDDI Corp. (Communication Services)     6,528,309  
  13,462     Keyence Corp. (Information Technology)     8,103,423  
  58,135     Kikkoman Corp. (Consumer Staples)(a)     4,370,973  
  107,265     Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,946,900  
  15,192     Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,190,635  
  36,337     Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,556,213  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  32,465     Komatsu Ltd. (Industrials)   786,802  
  12,078     Konami Holdings Corp. (Communication Services)     767,381  
  41,997     Kose Corp. (Consumer Staples)     5,084,290  
  42,790     Kubota Corp. (Industrials)     885,908  
  36,552     Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     1,716,806  
  21,991     Kyocera Corp. (Information Technology)     1,370,384  
  35,887     Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     1,174,347  
  13,334     Lasertec Corp. (Information Technology)     2,921,440  
  79,303     Lawson, Inc. (Consumer Staples)(a)     3,825,832  
  194,716     Lion Corp. (Consumer Staples)     3,319,708  
  72,701     Lixil Corp. (Industrials)     2,120,942  
  50,170     M3, Inc. (Health Care)     3,379,830  
  480,882     Marubeni Corp. (Industrials)     3,832,699  
  255,106     Mazda Motor Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,217,606  
  28,446     McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     1,359,380  
  71,598     Medipal Holdings Corp. (Health Care)     1,370,568  
  51,010     MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,138,791  
  124,656     MISUMI Group, Inc. (Industrials)     4,952,880  
  511,827     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Materials)     4,499,568  
  206,126     Mitsubishi Corp. (Industrials)     6,212,299  
  141,095     Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Industrials)     1,933,538  
  41,695     Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     653,169  
  41,857     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (Materials)     790,581  
  129,226     Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc. (Financials)     692,828  
  835,473     Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     4,520,345  
  237,919     Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     5,260,379  
  33,059     Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Materials)     1,143,494  
  140,783     Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     1,977,318  
  276,177     MonotaRO Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     6,116,317  
  33,567     MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     1,086,207  
  51,528     Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     4,277,115  
  140,726     NEC Corp. (Information Technology)     7,403,935  
  40,206     Nexon Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     735,609  
  24,929     NH Foods Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     967,797  
  37,777     Nidec Corp. (Industrials)     4,339,575  
  50,468     Nihon M&A Center, Inc. (Industrials)     1,511,376  
  10,536     Nintendo Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     5,073,315  
  111     Nippon Building Fund, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     722,419  

 

 

 

 

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Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  11,277     Nippon Express Co. Ltd. (Industrials)   $ 768,840  
  476     Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     1,717,950  
  366,440     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Communication Services)     9,793,081  
  110,775     Nippon Yusen KK (Industrials)     8,943,876  
  19,407     Nissan Chemical Corp. (Materials)     1,089,943  
  335,313     Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     1,765,689  
  38,224     Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     627,672  
  15,751     Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,227,276  
  36,972     Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     6,925,940  
  25,190     Nitto Denko Corp. (Materials)     1,916,880  
  54,030     Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,033,625  
  169,387     NTT Data Corp. (Information Technology)     3,054,393  
  104,676     Obayashi Corp. (Industrials)     863,248  
  4,725     Obic Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     901,045  
  236,375     Olympus Corp. (Health Care)     4,973,428  
  49,367     Omron Corp. (Information Technology)     4,664,386  
  62,330     Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     1,500,096  
  11,369     Oriental Land Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,724,081  
  75,637     ORIX Corp. (Financials)     1,412,428  
  428     Orix JREIT, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     763,980  
  52,573     Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     987,239  
  19,650     Otsuka Corp. (Information Technology)     1,019,525  
  39,603     Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     1,687,435  
  44,040     Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     840,632  
  335,370     Panasonic Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,005,147  
  158,900     Persol Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     3,720,106  
  81,568     Pigeon Corp. (Consumer Staples)     2,364,774  
  181,024     Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Staples)(a)     3,961,239  
  237,382     Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     14,044,994  
  380,612     Renesas Electronics Corp. (Information Technology)*     4,119,312  
  282,711     Resona Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     1,095,486  
  545,752     Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     5,563,829  
  9,598     Rinnai Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,033,537  
  134,986     Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,897,296  
  14,499     Secom Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     1,101,349  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  74,424     Seiko Epson Corp. (Information Technology)   1,388,760  
  73,220     Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,255,657  
  73,992     Sekisui House Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,477,011  
  102,566     Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     4,495,315  
  28,262     SG Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     769,706  
  50,202     Shimadzu Corp. (Information Technology)     2,255,114  
  7,926     Shimano, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,330,328  
  25,215     Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     4,178,400  
  21,169     Shionogi & Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     1,339,586  
  130,378     Shiseido Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     8,655,077  
  79,211     Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The) (Financials)     621,517  
  2,518     SMC Corp. (Industrials)     1,616,095  
  292,824     SoftBank Corp. (Communication Services)     3,927,509  
  71,604     SoftBank Group Corp. (Communication Services)     4,028,621  
  16,082     Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     729,736  
  15,228     Sompo Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     669,222  
  118,321     Sony Group Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     12,234,904  
  28,243     Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,647,894  
  44,276     Subaru Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     820,754  
  39,956     SUMCO Corp. (Information Technology)     844,873  
  855,416     Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     4,344,822  
  388,489     Sumitomo Corp. (Industrials)     5,497,052  
  221,861     Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     3,982,431  
  52,241     Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     699,257  
  19,776     Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (Materials)     760,366  
  151,165     Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     5,230,094  
  40,214     Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     1,317,040  
  64,946     Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     2,604,106  
  59,332     Sysmex Corp. (Health Care)     6,761,666  
  27,168     Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     1,587,644  
  145,697     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     4,879,112  
  12,001     TDK Corp. (Information Technology)     1,263,896  
  45,673     Terumo Corp. (Health Care)     1,911,149  

 

 

 

 

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Japan – (continued)  
  24,886     Toho Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)   $ 1,078,257  
  23,156     Toho Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     1,081,288  
  115,530     Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (Utilities)     885,457  
  32,886     Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     1,609,576  
  23,949     Tokyo Electron Ltd. (Information Technology)     10,298,114  
  118,654     Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     2,285,380  
  37,580     TOPPAN, Inc. (Industrials)     646,516  
  248,754     Toray Industries, Inc. (Materials)     1,679,644  
  30,202     Toshiba Corp. (Industrials)     1,312,712  
  22,565     TOTO Ltd. (Industrials)     1,230,333  
  33,201     Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     1,376,575  
  14,267     Toyota Industries Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     1,206,448  
  133,139     Toyota Motor Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     11,624,516  
  76,941     Toyota Tsusho Corp. (Industrials)     3,407,227  
  24,300     Trend Micro, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,333,779  
  33,498     Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     4,223,078  
  49,528     Unicharm Corp. (Consumer Staples)     2,210,862  
  597     United Urban Investment Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     845,560  
  42,909     USS Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     711,244  
  143,266     Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     5,066,343  
  16,544     Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     954,751  
  1,219,381     Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     5,250,020  
  142,854     Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     3,640,918  
  17,233     Yaskawa Electric Corp. (Industrials)     843,924  
  60,520     Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Information Technology)     949,171  
  139,560     Z Holdings Corp. (Communication Services)     910,837  
  237,131     ZOZO, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     9,054,838  
   

 

 

 
      616,645,723  

 

 

 
Jordan – 0.1%  
  83,976     Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Health Care)     2,933,217  

 

 

 
Luxembourg – 0.6%  
  392,741     ArcelorMittal (Materials)     13,164,231  
  30,195     Eurofins Scientific SE (Health Care)     4,280,092  
   

 

 

 
      17,444,323  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Netherlands – 4.2%  
  1,823     Adyen NV (Information Technology)*(b)   5,884,533  
  614,623     Aegon NV (Financials)     3,042,879  
  18,589     Akzo Nobel NV (Materials)     2,290,888  
  6,950     ASM International NV (Information Technology)     2,695,875  
  44,180     ASML Holding NV (Information Technology)     36,741,263  
  43,616     Heineken Holding NV (Consumer Staples)     4,041,689  
  23,343     Heineken NV (Consumer Staples)(a)     2,554,370  
  356,839     ING Groep NV (Financials)     4,928,396  
  83,924     JDE Peet’s NV (Consumer Staples)(a)     2,882,880  
  413,015     Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Consumer Staples)     13,929,112  
  22,790     Koninklijke DSM NV (Materials)     4,849,165  
  364,712     Koninklijke KPN NV (Communication Services)     1,168,442  
  160,727     Koninklijke Philips NV (Health Care)     7,407,063  
  32,933     Koninklijke Vopak NV (Energy)     1,425,573  
  90,346     NN Group NV (Financials)     4,689,351  
  81,595     Randstad NV (Industrials)     6,000,659  
  447,231     Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A (Energy)     8,811,524  
  382,962     Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B (Energy)     7,542,108  
  85,174     Wolters Kluwer NV (Industrials)     9,794,957  
   

 

 

 
      130,680,727  

 

 

 
New Zealand – 0.4%  
  206,950     a2 Milk Co. Ltd. (The) (Consumer Staples)*     878,341  
  158,043     Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd. (Health Care)     3,681,997  
  249,987     Mercury NZ Ltd. (Utilities)     1,170,090  
  444,171     Spark New Zealand Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,524,070  
  34,588     Xero Ltd. (Information Technology)*     3,837,803  
   

 

 

 
      11,092,301  

 

 

 
Norway – 0.5%  
  45,492     DNB Bank ASA (Financials)     959,448  
  40,160     Equinor ASA (Energy)     852,253  
  207,503     Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (Financials)     4,845,912  
  51,154     Mowi ASA (Consumer Staples)     1,368,557  
  822,931     Norsk Hydro ASA (Materials)     5,673,789  
  115,760     Orkla ASA (Consumer Staples)     1,032,955  
  79,964     Telenor ASA (Communication Services)     1,399,428  
   

 

 

 
      16,132,342  

 

 

 
Poland – 0.1%  
  180,696     InPost SA (Industrials)*     3,519,491  

 

 

 

 

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Common Stocks – (continued)  
Portugal – 0.3%  
  156,162     EDP – Energias de Portugal SA (Utilities)   $ 857,556  
  347,676     Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (Consumer Staples)     7,366,930  
   

 

 

 
      8,224,486  

 

 

 
Russia – 0.3%  
  85,458     Coca-Cola HBC AG (Consumer Staples)*     3,092,009  
  555,024     Evraz PLC (Materials)     4,509,782  
   

 

 

 
      7,601,791  

 

 

 
Saudi Arabia – 0.1%  
  15,301     Delivery Hero SE (Consumer Discretionary)*(b)     2,214,408  

 

 

 
Singapore – 0.9%  
  236,561     CapitaLand Ltd. (Real Estate)     703,475  
  323,920     DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     7,217,220  
  576,125     Mapletree Logistics Trust REIT (Real Estate)     869,477  
  739,972     Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (Financials)     6,287,919  
  1,118,510     Singapore Exchange Ltd. (Financials)     8,232,287  
  389,686     Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Communication Services)     672,122  
  209,177     United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Financials)     3,977,955  
  69,879     Venture Corp. Ltd. (Information Technology)     995,377  
   

 

 

 
      28,955,832  

 

 

 
South Africa – 0.2%  
  117,456     Anglo American PLC (Materials)     4,961,003  

 

 

 
Spain – 1.9%  
  283,224     ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Industrials)     7,642,820  
  598,786     Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Financials)*     3,920,823  
  1,107,655     Banco Santander SA (Financials)*     4,089,302  
  1,130,895     CaixaBank SA (Financials)     3,513,626  
  54,396     Cellnex Telecom SA (Communication Services)*(b)     3,724,280  
  35,462     EDP Renovaveis SA (Utilities)     942,712  
  82,636     Enagas SA (Utilities)     1,879,255  
  81,713     Endesa SA (Utilities)     1,963,886  
  45,912     Ferrovial SA (Industrials)     1,328,905  
  105,341     Grifols SA (Health Care)     2,572,796  
  674,217     Iberdrola SA (Utilities)     8,352,751  
  203,326     Industria de Diseno Textil SA (Consumer Discretionary)     6,938,864  
  57,873     Naturgy Energy Group SA (Utilities)     1,489,292  
  82,148     Red Electrica Corp. SA (Utilities)     1,637,850  
  643,510     Repsol SA (Energy)     7,372,219  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Spain – (continued)  
  535,313     Telefonica SA (Communication Services)   2,642,331  
   

 

 

 
      60,011,712  

 

 

 
Sweden – 3.2%  
  24,395     Alfa Laval AB (Industrials)     988,378  
  66,162     Assa Abloy AB, Class B (Industrials)     2,112,307  
  82,717     Atlas Copco AB, Class A (Industrials)     5,672,362  
  34,105     Atlas Copco AB, Class B (Industrials)     1,970,819  
  21,401     Boliden AB (Materials)     745,436  
  118,620     Electrolux AB, Series B (Consumer Discretionary)     3,001,665  
  104,024     Epiroc AB, Class A (Industrials)     2,280,095  
  45,334     Epiroc AB, Class B (Industrials)     860,379  
  106,932     EQT AB (Financials)     5,442,749  
  43,426     Essity AB, Class B (Consumer Staples)     1,391,458  
  24,754     Evolution AB (Consumer Discretionary)(b)     3,984,183  
  10,731     Fastighets AB Balder, Class B (Real Estate)*     766,194  
  175,763     H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)*     3,519,065  
  190,998     Hexagon AB, Class B (Information Technology)     3,305,401  
  226,831     Husqvarna AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)     3,039,328  
  32,895     ICA Gruppen AB (Consumer Staples)     1,634,726  
  56,320     Industrivarden AB, Class A (Financials)     2,070,605  
  50,653     Industrivarden AB, Class C (Financials)     1,763,750  
  58,683     Investment AB Latour, Class B (Industrials)     2,039,960  
  275,342     Investor AB, Class B (Financials)     6,578,642  
  126,109     Kinnevik AB, Class B (Financials)*     4,935,662  
  19,538     L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B (Financials)     1,245,742  
  203,200     Nibe Industrier AB, Class B (Industrials)     2,829,720  
  92,906     Sandvik AB (Industrials)     2,366,032  
  180,843     Securitas AB, Class B (Industrials)     2,998,820  
  98,177     Sinch AB (Information Technology)*(b)     2,200,236  
  108,693     Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A (Financials)     1,458,274  
  219,406     Skanska AB, Class B (Industrials)     6,311,448  
  91,313     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B (Materials)     1,609,326  
  72,998     Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A (Financials)     820,173  
  58,715     Swedbank AB, Class A (Financials)     1,132,479  
  917,251     Swedish Match AB (Consumer Staples)     8,460,414  
  94,421     Tele2 AB, Class B (Communication Services)     1,413,804  

 

 

 

 

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Sweden – (continued)  
  407,784     Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B (Information Technology)   $ 4,829,030  
  323,841     Telia Co. AB (Communication Services)     1,388,535  
  112,213     Volvo AB, Class B (Industrials)     2,534,799  
   

 

 

 
      99,701,996  

 

 

 
Switzerland – 8.4%  
  154,772     ABB Ltd. (Industrials)     5,730,982  
  47,727     Adecco Group AG (Industrials)     2,656,102  
  20,782     Alcon, Inc. (Health Care)     1,711,472  
  7,298     Baloise Holding AG (Financials)     1,163,952  
  16,611     Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (Financials)     1,408,957  
  728     Barry Callebaut AG (Consumer Staples)     1,854,868  
  366     Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (Consumer Staples)     4,303,062  
  44,976     Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Consumer Discretionary)     4,958,873  
  86,968     Credit Suisse Group AG (Financials)     922,228  
  2,874     EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Materials)     3,113,853  
  4,704     Geberit AG (Industrials)     3,929,372  
  1,152     Givaudan SA (Materials)     5,778,549  
  71,545     Holcim Ltd. (Materials)*     4,076,905  
  40,192     Kuehne + Nagel International AG (Industrials)     14,702,625  
  56,530     Logitech International SA (Information Technology)     5,778,581  
  7,495     Lonza Group AG (Health Care)     6,340,948  
  392,877     Nestle SA (Consumer Staples)     49,638,758  
  276,888     Novartis AG (Health Care)     25,628,878  
  8,309     Partners Group Holding AG (Financials)     14,730,436  
  10,421     Roche Holding AG-BR (Health Care)(a)     4,664,167  
  103,449     Roche Holding AG-Genussschein (Health Care)     41,529,796  
  6,107     Schindler Holding AG (Industrials)     1,904,000  
  8,310     Schindler Holding AG Participation Certificates (Industrials)     2,683,367  
  2,355     SGS SA (Industrials)     7,398,821  
  15,444     Sika AG (Materials)     5,565,269  
  4,464     Sonova Holding AG (Health Care)     1,720,203  
  133,680     STMicroelectronics NV (Information Technology)     5,951,520  
  4,430     Straumann Holding AG (Health Care)     8,559,686  
  11,831     Swatch Group AG (The) – Bearer (Consumer Discretionary)     3,334,713  
  53,327     Swatch Group AG (The) – Registered (Consumer Discretionary)     2,931,078  
  2,492     Swiss Life Holding AG (Financials)     1,299,251  
  16,990     Swiss Prime Site AG (Real Estate)     1,816,681  
  3,140     Swisscom AG (Communication Services)     1,842,078  
  358,228     UBS Group AG (Financials)     5,975,355  
  6,531     Vifor Pharma AG (Health Care)     929,690  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Switzerland – (continued)  
  9,172     Zurich Insurance Group AG (Financials)   4,025,047  
   

 

 

 
      260,560,123  

 

 

 
Taiwan – 0.1%  
  7,430     Sea Ltd. ADR (Communication Services)*     2,513,718  

 

 

 
United Kingdom – 10.2%  
  134,214     3i Group PLC (Financials)     2,470,524  
  742,491     Abrdn PLC (Financials)     2,713,021  
  295,176     Admiral Group PLC (Financials)     14,669,184  
  71,281     Ashtead Group PLC (Industrials)     5,581,918  
  107,868     Associated British Foods PLC (Consumer Staples)     2,939,377  
  149,702     AstraZeneca PLC (Health Care)     17,541,175  
  1,012,991     Auto Trader Group PLC (Communication Services)(b)     8,769,073  
  15,510     AVEVA Group PLC (Information Technology)     882,856  
  1,119,668     Aviva PLC (Financials)     6,226,952  
  246,102     BAE Systems PLC (Industrials)     1,925,159  
  1,389,545     Barclays PLC (Financials)     3,535,957  
  290,267     Barratt Developments PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     2,952,158  
  20,315     Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     1,349,558  
  1,257,709     BP PLC (Energy)     5,139,974  
  291,916     British American Tobacco PLC (Consumer Staples)     10,963,744  
  518,739     BT Group PLC (Communication Services)*     1,212,227  
  69,796     Bunzl PLC (Industrials)     2,532,056  
  315,238     Burberry Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     8,067,374  
  774,426     CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     5,650,855  
  291,303     CNH Industrial NV (Industrials)     4,814,158  
  62,498     Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC (Consumer Staples)     3,608,635  
  43,031     Compass Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     888,618  
  41,313     Croda International PLC (Materials)     5,201,281  
  36,314     DCC PLC (Industrials)     3,088,588  
  182,360     Diageo PLC (Consumer Staples)     8,768,997  
  224,190     Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (Financials)     953,393  
  184,549     Entain PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     4,909,542  
  115,203     Experian PLC (Industrials)     5,079,883  
  652,230     GlaxoSmithKline PLC (Health Care)     13,123,376  
  53,916     Halma PLC (Information Technology)     2,228,283  
  348,552     Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (Financials)     7,236,196  
  752,678     HSBC Holdings PLC (Financials)     4,000,543  

 

 

 

 

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United Kingdom – (continued)  
  224,518     Imperial Brands PLC (Consumer Staples)   $ 4,763,127  
  23,352     Intertek Group PLC (Industrials)     1,693,683  
  2,967,140     J Sainsbury PLC (Consumer Staples)     12,413,923  
  643,893     JD Sports Fashion PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     8,945,764  
  81,161     Johnson Matthey PLC (Materials)     3,282,800  
  7,541     Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (Consumer Discretionary)*(b)     682,944  
  1,172,452     Kingfisher PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     5,652,397  
  961,540     Legal & General Group PLC (Financials)     3,575,610  
  10,361,171     Lloyds Banking Group PLC (Financials)     6,242,125  
  11,515     London Stock Exchange Group PLC (Financials)     1,260,829  
  1,367,074     Melrose Industries PLC (Industrials)     3,155,921  
  221,530     National Grid PLC (Utilities)     2,869,842  
  557,197     Natwest Group PLC (Financials)     1,634,141  
  62,322     Next PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     6,784,460  
  38,393     Ocado Group PLC (Consumer Staples)*     1,063,637  
  185,193     Pearson PLC (Communication Services)     1,956,397  
  203,632     Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (Financials)     1,747,070  
  50,405     Prudential PLC (Financials)     1,050,954  
  63,485     Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (Consumer Staples)     4,839,494  
  226,632     RELX PLC (Industrials)     6,805,710  
  216,930     Rentokil Initial PLC (Industrials)     1,732,784  
  682,390     Sage Group PLC (The) (Information Technology)     6,970,293  
  45,470     Schroders PLC (Financials)     2,365,452  
  329,350     Segro PLC REIT (Real Estate)     5,819,962  
  65,511     Severn Trent PLC (Utilities)     2,490,206  
  193,184     Smith & Nephew PLC (Health Care)     3,708,880  
  16,245     Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (Industrials)     3,601,743  
  66,496     SSE PLC (Utilities)     1,493,985  
  235,630     St James’s Place PLC (Financials)     5,221,002  
  201,666     Standard Chartered PLC (Financials)     1,262,265  
  495,940     Taylor Wimpey PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     1,248,361  
  761,618     Tesco PLC (Consumer Staples)     2,674,424  
  261,736     Unilever PLC (Consumer Staples)     14,574,269  
  122,907     United Utilities Group PLC (Utilities)     1,788,770  
  3,131,356     Vodafone Group PLC (Communication Services)     5,255,902  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)  
  335,950     WPP PLC (Communication Services)   4,547,687  
   

 

 

 
      314,201,448  

 

 

 
United States – 1.4%  
  57,550     Bausch Health Cos., Inc. (Health Care)*     1,674,149  
  17,310     Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A (Utilities)     757,385  
  4,973     CyberArk Software Ltd. (Information Technology)*     835,166  
  111,959     Ferguson PLC (Industrials)     16,186,483  
  77,782     James Hardie Industries PLC CDI (Materials)     3,015,163  
  50,146     QIAGEN NV (Health Care)*     2,774,461  
  61,091     Schneider Electric SE (Industrials)     10,910,974  
  225,954     Stellantis NV (Consumer Discretionary)     4,516,226  
  10,518     Swiss Re AG (Financials)     967,465  
  122,919     Tenaris SA (Energy)     1,238,571  
   

 

 

 
      42,876,043  

 

 

 
Zambia – 0.1%  
  67,359     First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (Materials)     1,400,858  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $2,445,659,053)       $ 3,061,005,909  

 

 

 

 

Shares     Description   Rate     Value  
Preferred Stocks – 0.7%  
Germany – 0.7%        
  38,393     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     2.77   $ 3,213,258  
  96,690     FUCHS PETROLUB SE (Materials)     2.29       4,891,940  
  24,356     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     2.25       2,378,860  
  8,598     Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Consumer Discretionary)     2.55       870,422  
  7,385     Sartorius AG (Health Care)     0.12       4,864,431  
  22,677     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)     2.42       5,388,610  

 

 

 
  TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS    
  (Cost $18,003,910)     $ 21,607,521  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $2,463,662,963)     $ 3,082,613,430  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares    

Dividend

Rate

  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 1.2%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  37,762,053     0.026%   $ 37,762,053  
  (Cost $37,762,053)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.9%  
  (Cost $2,501,425,016)   $ 3,120,375,483  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
    OTHER ASSETS – (0.9)%
    (27,139,998

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 3,093,235,485  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR

 

– American Depositary Receipt

PLC

 

– Public Limited Company

REIT

 

– Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

62   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Schedule of Investments

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Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – 99.8%  
Communication Services – 8.5%  
  1,935     Capcom Co. Ltd.   $ 54,073  
  3,614     CyberAgent, Inc.     66,484  
  712     Dentsu Group, Inc.     26,442  
  2,376     Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.     37,437  
  970     Kakaku.com, Inc.     30,285  
  6,031     KDDI Corp.     185,003  
  792     Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. Ltd.     33,919  
  438     Konami Holdings Corp.     27,829  
  1,717     Nexon Co. Ltd.     31,414  
  411     Nintendo Co. Ltd.     197,906  
  6,528     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.     174,460  
  9,263     SoftBank Corp.     124,240  
  3,609     SoftBank Group Corp.     203,052  
  752     Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.     43,877  
  418     Toho Co. Ltd.     18,111  
  5,952     Z Holdings Corp.     38,846  
   

 

 

 
      1,293,378  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 18.2%  
  491     ABC-Mart, Inc.     26,324  
  1,408     Aisin Corp.     53,893  
  806     Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.     56,059  
  1,780     Bridgestone Corp.     82,049  
  849     Casio Computer Co. Ltd.     13,130  
  1,184     Denso Corp.     83,093  
  190     Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.     125,421  
  88     Hikari Tsushin, Inc.     15,436  
  6,748     Honda Motor Co. Ltd.     205,278  
  4,274     Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.     108,776  
  536     Isuzu Motors Ltd.     6,791  
  223     Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.     13,661  
  7,835     Mazda Motor Corp.*     68,109  
  531     McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.     25,375  
  467     Mercari, Inc.*     23,125  
  11,620     Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.*     61,188  
  334     Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.     62,568  
  307     Oriental Land Co. Ltd.     46,556  
  1,732     Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.     33,060  
  11,237     Panasonic Corp.     134,198  
  1,155     Rakuten Group, Inc.     12,111  
  180     Rinnai Corp.     19,383  
  1,535     Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.     32,947  
  1,687     Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.     28,931  
  1,231     Sekisui House Ltd.     24,573  
  438     Sharp Corp.     5,793  
  236     Shimano, Inc.     69,386  
  3,997     Sony Group Corp.     413,307  
  332     Stanley Electric Co. Ltd.     8,305  
  1,612     Subaru Corp.     29,882  
  1,251     Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.     16,745  
  696     Suzuki Motor Corp.     30,131  
  607     Toyota Industries Corp.     51,329  
  6,148     Toyota Motor Corp.     536,789  
  765     USS Co. Ltd.     12,680  
  28,252     Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd.     121,638  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  409     Yamaha Corp.   24,162  
  995     Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.     25,360  
  1,320     ZOZO, Inc.     50,404  
   

 

 

 
      2,757,946  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 8.8%  
  2,895     Aeon Co. Ltd.(a)     76,934  
  1,882     Ajinomoto Co., Inc.     55,573  
  1,424     Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.     66,287  
  188     Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.     33,336  
  636     Ito En Ltd.     40,293  
  3,928     Japan Tobacco, Inc.     76,247  
  1,614     Kao Corp.     97,639  
  642     Kikkoman Corp.(a)     48,270  
  2,896     Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.     52,563  
  387     Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     30,330  
  424     Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.     16,518  
  311     Kose Corp.     37,651  
  855     Lawson, Inc.     41,248  
  1,640     Lion Corp.     27,960  
  664     MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.     40,858  
  553     NH Foods Ltd.     21,469  
  1,103     Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.     18,112  
  431     Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.     33,582  
  881     Pigeon Corp.     25,541  
  1,290     Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc.(a)     28,228  
  2,852     Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.     124,999  
  1,220     Shiseido Co. Ltd.     80,989  
  1,097     Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.     43,986  
  762     Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.     31,594  
  367     Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.     46,268  
  1,358     Unicharm Corp.     60,619  
  1,345     Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.     47,564  
  440     Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.     25,392  
   

 

 

 
      1,330,050  

 

 

 
Energy – 0.8%  
  13,032     ENEOS Holdings, Inc.     50,546  
  527     Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.     12,654  
  7,888     Inpex Corp.     54,425  
   

 

 

 
      117,625  

 

 

 
Financials – 7.4%  
  5,741     Acom Co. Ltd.     22,209  
  1,127     Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)     7,048  
  1,916     Concordia Financial Group Ltd.     7,447  
  4,719     Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.     93,190  
  2,521     Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.     14,285  
  2,075     Japan Exchange Group, Inc.     49,467  
  1,520     Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.     13,324  
  11,787     Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.*     101,315  
  4,755     Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.     86,348  
  1,998     Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc.     10,712  
  32,812     Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.     177,530  
  5,893     Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.     82,768  
  916     MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.     29,641  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   63


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August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  5,006     Nomura Holdings, Inc.   $ 24,315  
  2,672     ORIX Corp.     49,896  
  4,384     Resona Holdings, Inc.     16,988  
  1,048     SBI Holdings, Inc.     25,470  
  1,674     Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)     13,135  
  1,023     Sompo Holdings, Inc.     44,958  
  3,896     Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.     134,796  
  910     Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.     29,803  
  1,114     T&D Holdings, Inc.     13,537  
  1,412     Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.     69,109  
  66     Tokyo Century Corp.     3,779  
   

 

 

 
      1,121,070  

 

 

 
Health Care – 10.1%  
  1,192     Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.     36,131  
  8,261     Astellas Pharma, Inc.     139,639  
  2,257     Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     88,505  
  5,199     Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.     123,728  
  864     Eisai Co. Ltd.     71,457  
  277     Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.     11,119  
  1,227     Hoya Corp.     198,581  
  1,283     Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.     41,984  
  1,380     M3, Inc.     92,967  
  910     Medipal Holdings Corp.     17,420  
  305     Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.     24,792  
  3,756     Olympus Corp.     79,028  
  1,873     Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     45,078  
  1,781     Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.     75,886  
  551     PeptiDream, Inc.*     19,460  
  1,878     Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     28,035  
  941     Shionogi & Co. Ltd.     59,547  
  1,941     Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd.     34,841  
  780     Sysmex Corp.     88,891  
  356     Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd.     20,804  
  4,922     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     164,828  
  1,575     Terumo Corp.     65,905  
   

 

 

 
      1,528,626  

 

 

 
Industrials – 20.0%  
  962     AGC, Inc.     46,585  
  308     ANA Holdings, Inc.*     7,305  
  216     Central Japan Railway Co.     31,704  
  564     Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.     13,430  
  163     Daifuku Co. Ltd.     14,422  
  706     Daikin Industries Ltd.     176,114  
  553     East Japan Railway Co.     37,405  
  353     FANUC Corp.     77,084  
  518     Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.     22,467  
  647     Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.     19,405  
  77     Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc.     4,268  
  7,146     Hino Motors Ltd.     61,989  
  147     Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.     4,222  
  3,266     Hitachi Ltd.     180,899  
  172     Hoshizaki Corp.     16,173  
  4,462     ITOCHU Corp.     134,477  
  385     Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.*     8,204  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  7,197     Kajima Corp.   93,222  
  161     Keio Corp.     8,676  
  264     Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.     8,134  
  361     Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.*     12,355  
  1,844     Komatsu Ltd.     44,690  
  2,276     Kubota Corp.     47,121  
  817     Kurita Water Industries Ltd.     38,374  
  1,708     Lixil Corp.     49,828  
  441     Makita Corp.     25,370  
  8,046     Marubeni Corp.     64,128  
  1,559     MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc.     40,202  
  1,435     MISUMI Group, Inc.     57,016  
  5,954     Mitsubishi Corp.     179,444  
  4,799     Mitsubishi Electric Corp.     65,765  
  332     Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.     8,791  
  7,506     Mitsui & Co. Ltd.     165,957  
  475     Miura Co. Ltd.     21,359  
  2,101     MonotaRO Co. Ltd.     46,530  
  257     Nabtesco Corp.     10,200  
  426     NGK Insulators Ltd.     7,077  
  1,181     Nidec Corp.     135,666  
  1,440     Nihon M&A Center, Inc.     43,124  
  270     Nippon Express Co. Ltd.     18,408  
  1,353     Nippon Yusen KK     109,240  
  1,517     Obayashi Corp.     12,510  
  389     Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.     9,079  
  1,448     Persol Holdings Co. Ltd.     33,900  
  4,025     Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.     238,144  
  440     Secom Co. Ltd.     33,423  
  1,413     SG Holdings Co. Ltd.     38,483  
  1,183     Shimizu Corp.     8,507  
  119     SMC Corp.     76,376  
  296     Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd.     13,431  
  9,086     Sumitomo Corp.     128,565  
  372     Taisei Corp.     11,665  
  181     THK Co. Ltd.     4,206  
  583     Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.     15,236  
  1,275     Tokyu Corp.     17,583  
  614     TOPPAN, Inc.     10,563  
  749     Toshiba Corp.     32,555  
  655     TOTO Ltd.     35,713  
  1,167     Toyota Tsusho Corp.     51,679  
  317     West Japan Railway Co.     17,359  

 

 

 
  2,213     Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.     56,403  
  768     Yaskawa Electric Corp.     37,610  
   

 

 

 
      3,039,820  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 16.4%  
  1,049     Advantest Corp.     90,902  
  847     Azbil Corp.     36,814  
  2,039     Brother Industries Ltd.     41,908  
  3,677     Canon, Inc.     87,407  
  129     Disco Corp.     37,634  
  1,615     FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.     133,304  
  1,035     Fujitsu Ltd.     191,248  
  63     GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.     8,298  

 

 

 

 

64   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  702     Hamamatsu Photonics KK   $ 41,024  
  202     Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.     33,703  
  535     Ibiden Co. Ltd.     28,927  
  920     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.     28,515  
  569     Keyence Corp.     342,508  
  896     Kyocera Corp.     55,835  
  352     Lasertec Corp.     77,122  
  1,848     Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.     153,394  
  2,209     NEC Corp.     116,221  
  1,761     Nomura Research Institute Ltd.     66,282  
  3,561     NTT Data Corp.     64,212  
  138     Obic Co. Ltd.     26,316  
  840     Omron Corp.     79,367  
  296     Oracle Corp. Japan     24,357  
  696     Otsuka Corp.     36,111  
  5,109     Renesas Electronics Corp.*     55,294  
  9,943     Ricoh Co. Ltd.     101,367  
  344     Rohm Co. Ltd.     33,254  
  158     SCSK Corp.     9,995  
  2,016     Seiko Epson Corp.     37,619  
  1,092     Shimadzu Corp.     49,054  
  1,520     SUMCO Corp.     32,141  
  375     TDK Corp.     39,493  
  1,053     TIS, Inc.     29,809  
  557     Tokyo Electron Ltd.     239,511  
  705     Trend Micro, Inc.     38,696  
  1,336     Yokogawa Electric Corp.     20,953  
   

 

 

 
      2,488,595  

 

 

 
Materials – 4.9%  
  2,654     Asahi Kasei Corp.     27,444  
  1,356     Hitachi Metals Ltd.*     26,229  
  1,196     JFE Holdings, Inc.     19,433  
  1,285     JSR Corp.     44,623  
  563     Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.     14,611  
  13,010     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.     114,373  
  603     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.     11,389  
  1,059     Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.     36,630  
  562     Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.     7,003  
  1,786     Nippon Steel Corp.     36,546  
  551     Nissan Chemical Corp.     30,945  
  593     Nitto Denko Corp.     45,125  
  2,186     Oji Holdings Corp.     11,461  
  848     Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.     140,523  
  25,431     Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.     129,169  
  545     Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.     20,955  
  3,320     Toray Industries, Inc.     22,417  
  444     Tosoh Corp.     8,075  
   

 

 

 
      746,951  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 3.1%  
  432     Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.     47,502  
  1,728     Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.     52,787  
  10     Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. REIT     29,629  
  18     GLP J REIT     32,720  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Real Estate – (continued)  
  498     Hulic Co. Ltd.   5,848  
  35     Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest REIT     34,057  
  4     Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT     24,795  
  2,496     Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.     39,101  
  1,420     Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.     32,624  
  2     Nippon Building Fund, Inc. REIT     13,016  
  5     Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. REIT     18,046  
  1,093     Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.     28,006  
  22     Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. REIT     33,983  
  17     Orix JREIT, Inc. REIT     30,345  
  513     Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.     16,586  
  25     United Urban Investment Corp. REIT     35,409  
   

 

 

 
      474,454  

 

 

 
Utilities – 1.6%  
  11,415     Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.     138,090  
  1,062     Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)     10,682  
  1,131     Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.     21,238  
  449     Toho Gas Co. Ltd.     20,966  
  1,628     Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.     12,478  
  1,739     Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.     33,495  
   

 

 

 
      236,949  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $12,760,901)   $ 15,135,464  

 

 

 
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.5%(b)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  82,494     0.026%   $ 82,494  
  (Cost $82,494)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.3%  
  (Cost $12,843,395)   $ 15,217,958  

 

 

 
 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF

    OTHER ASSETS – (0.3)%

    (55,057

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 15,162,901  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT

 

— Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   65


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August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – 99.8%  
Communication Services – 10.6%  
  278,492     Activision Blizzard, Inc.   $ 22,939,386  
  91,252     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     264,078,725  
  88,619     Alphabet, Inc., Class C*     257,813,940  
  1,864,786     AT&T, Inc.     51,132,432  
  54,564     Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     44,560,236  
  1,264,550     Comcast Corp., Class A     76,732,894  
  189,127     Electronic Arts, Inc.     27,463,132  
  768,153     Facebook, Inc., Class A*     291,421,885  
  22,512     IAC/InterActiveCorp*     2,972,710  
  74,803     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C*     14,311,310  
  2,110,285     Lumen Technologies, Inc.     25,956,505  
  203,231     Match Group, Inc.*     27,932,069  
  62,951     Netflix, Inc.*     35,831,080  
  460,414     Omnicom Group, Inc.     33,711,513  
  386,088     Pinterest, Inc., Class A*     21,454,910  
  54,972     ROBLOX Corp., Class A*     4,510,453  
  61,474     Roku, Inc.*     21,663,438  
  284,679     Snap, Inc., Class A*     21,666,919  
  85,209     Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*     13,737,395  
  118,721     T-Mobile US, Inc.*     16,267,151  
  251,356     Twitter, Inc.*     16,212,462  
  662,760     Verizon Communications, Inc.     36,451,800  
  1,570,570     ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B     65,100,126  
  68,049     Vimeo, Inc.*     2,594,028  
  327,668     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     59,406,208  
   

 

 

 
      1,455,922,707  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 14.2%  
  96,177     Advance Auto Parts, Inc.     19,509,504  
  130,055     Amazon.com, Inc.*     451,393,593  
  33,885     AutoZone, Inc.*     52,492,948  
  330,920     Bath & Body Works, Inc.     22,330,482  
  378,420     Best Buy Co., Inc.     44,089,714  
  4,426     Booking Holdings, Inc.*     10,178,339  
  64,395     Burlington Stores, Inc.*     19,285,659  
  142,504     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*     14,482,681  
  48,937     CarMax, Inc.*     6,127,402  
  6,811     Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*     12,963,581  
  149,749     Darden Restaurants, Inc.     22,559,687  
  176,658     Dollar General Corp.     39,378,835  
  246,915     Dollar Tree, Inc.*     22,355,684  
  90,386     Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     46,719,620  
  80,298     D.R. Horton, Inc.     7,678,095  
  454,285     eBay, Inc.     34,861,831  
  118,966     Etsy, Inc.*     25,727,587  
  38,048     Expedia Group, Inc.*     5,497,936  
  5,384,648     Ford Motor Co.*     70,161,963  
  127,972     Garmin Ltd.     22,322,156  
  319,627     General Motors Co.*     15,664,919  
  202,590     Genuine Parts Co.     24,754,472  
  56,985     Hasbro, Inc.     5,602,195  
  54,291     Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*     6,778,774  
  407,783     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     133,010,659  
  296,317     Lennar Corp., Class A     31,797,777  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  371,301     Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   75,704,561  
  41,418     Marriott International, Inc., Class A*     5,597,228  
  107,363     McDonald’s Corp.     25,494,418  
  253,322     MGM Resorts International     10,796,584  
  536,621     NIKE, Inc., Class B     88,402,944  
  1,515     NVR, Inc.*     7,847,609  
  79,233     O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     47,070,741  
  147,894     Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A*     14,817,500  
  72,711     Pool Corp.     35,941,047  
  498,859     PulteGroup, Inc.     26,868,546  
  79,425     Ross Stores, Inc.     9,403,920  
  242,253     Starbucks Corp.     28,462,305  
  934,293     Stellantis NV     18,704,546  
  414,813     Target Corp.     102,450,515  
  134,616     Tesla, Inc.*     99,039,684  
  401,034     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     29,163,192  
  177,611     Tractor Supply Co.     34,500,937  
  71,904     Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     27,849,138  
  207,019     VF Corp.     15,830,743  
  99,702     Victoria’s Secret & Co.*     6,610,243  
  89,532     Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     25,136,109  
  76,678     Whirlpool Corp.     16,986,477  
  266,509     Yum! Brands, Inc.     34,920,674  
   

 

 

 
      1,955,325,754  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 7.6%  
  517,661     Altria Group, Inc.     26,002,112  
  280,541     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     16,832,460  
  256,221     Brown-Forman Corp., Class B     17,991,839  
  181,651     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     15,196,923  
  192,905     Clorox Co. (The)     32,417,685  
  624,059     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     35,140,762  
  433,517     Colgate-Palmolive Co.     33,792,650  
  361,515     Conagra Brands, Inc.     11,973,377  
  23,166     Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A     4,891,269  
  175,241     Costco Wholesale Corp.     79,820,523  
  199,226     Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A     67,834,461  
  207,268     General Mills, Inc.     11,982,163  
  182,198     Hershey Co. (The)     32,376,585  
  176,950     Hormel Foods Corp.     8,058,303  
  173,934     J M Smucker Co. (The)     21,510,418  
  131,653     Kellogg Co.     8,312,570  
  381,768     Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.     13,617,665  
  184,029     Kimberly-Clark Corp.     25,361,037  
  975,176     Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     35,096,584  
  1,536,007     Kroger Co. (The)     70,702,402  
  139,251     McCormick & Co., Inc.     12,015,969  
  256,429     Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     15,916,548  
  260,754     Monster Beverage Corp.*     25,441,768  
  436,896     PepsiCo, Inc.     68,326,165  
  544,859     Philip Morris International, Inc.     56,120,477  
  607,188     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     86,457,499  
  259,049     Sysco Corp.     20,633,253  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Staples – (continued)  
  555,922     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   $ 43,650,995  
  963,208     Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     48,882,806  
  710,234     Walmart, Inc.     105,185,655  
   

 

 

 
      1,051,542,923  

 

 

 
Energy – 0.9%  
  101,446     Cheniere Energy, Inc.*     8,872,467  
  226,404     Chevron Corp.     21,909,115  
  47,067     ConocoPhillips     2,613,630  
  129,580     EOG Resources, Inc.     8,749,242  
  443,288     Exxon Mobil Corp.     24,168,062  
  705,522     Halliburton Co.     14,096,329  
  1,011,254     Kinder Morgan, Inc.     16,453,103  
  73,783     Marathon Petroleum Corp.     4,373,118  
  149,255     ONEOK, Inc.     7,838,873  
  140,916     Schlumberger NV     3,951,285  
  49,203     Valero Energy Corp.     3,262,651  
  494,046     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     12,197,996  
   

 

 

 
      128,485,871  

 

 

 
Financials – 9.1%  
  168,659     Aflac, Inc.     9,559,592  
  173,404     Allstate Corp. (The)     23,458,093  
  524,246     Ally Financial, Inc.     27,732,613  
  78,045     American Express Co.     12,952,348  
  56,126     American International Group, Inc.     3,062,235  
  32,048     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     8,746,220  
  80,692     Aon PLC, Class A     23,147,307  
  138,922     Arthur J Gallagher & Co.     19,951,978  
  1,463,401     Bank of America Corp.     61,096,992  
  457,547     Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     25,265,745  
  439,654     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     125,639,924  
  25,871     BlackRock, Inc.     24,403,856  
  349,783     Blackstone, Inc.     43,978,217  
  197,901     Capital One Financial Corp.     32,845,629  
  338,457     Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     24,656,592  
  65,694     Chubb Ltd.     12,082,440  
  57,340     Cincinnati Financial Corp.     7,075,756  
  572,458     Citigroup, Inc.     41,165,455  
  438,279     Citizens Financial Group, Inc.     19,192,237  
  39,596     CME Group, Inc.     7,987,305  
  51,264     Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A*(a)     13,277,376  
  113,535     Discover Financial Services     14,557,458  
  420,971     Fifth Third Bancorp     16,358,933  
  67,490     First Republic Bank     13,426,461  
  209,128     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     14,057,584  
  121,471     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     14,519,429  
  714,642     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     114,306,988  
  323,957     KeyCorp     6,582,806  
  230,988     KKR & Co., Inc.     14,850,219  
  2,359     Markel Corp.*     2,996,520  
  25,097     MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     11,944,164  
  186,307     Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     29,287,460  
  327,444     MetLife, Inc.     20,301,528  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  134,180     Moody’s Corp.   51,091,719  
  466,821     Morgan Stanley     48,750,117  
  12,457     MSCI, Inc.     7,904,963  
  67,860     Nasdaq, Inc.     13,285,631  
  33,621     Northern Trust Corp.     3,984,761  
  102,023     PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     19,496,595  
  137,220     Principal Financial Group, Inc.     9,167,668  
  232,823     Progressive Corp. (The)     22,430,168  
  49,300     Prudential Financial, Inc.     5,219,884  
  99,957     Raymond James Financial, Inc.     13,983,984  
  217,563     Regions Financial Corp.     4,444,812  
  98,665     S&P Global, Inc.     43,789,500  
  150,020     State Street Corp.     13,938,358  
  20,938     SVB Financial Group*     11,714,811  
  638,318     Synchrony Financial     31,756,320  
  156,029     T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     34,930,212  
  68,678     Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     10,968,563  
  48,583     Truist Financial Corp.     2,772,146  
  169,709     US Bancorp     9,739,600  
  800,831     Wells Fargo & Co.     36,597,977  
  36,183     Willis Towers Watson PLC     7,986,312  
   

 

 

 
      1,244,421,561  

 

 

 
Health Care – 14.4%  
  53,989     10X Genomics, Inc., Class A*     9,497,745  
  380,557     Abbott Laboratories     48,090,988  
  549,846     AbbVie, Inc.     66,410,400  
  52,046     ABIOMED, Inc.*     18,942,662  
  142,931     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     25,080,103  
  44,001     Align Technology, Inc.*     31,196,709  
  42,731     AmerisourceBergen Corp.     5,222,155  
  210,417     Amgen, Inc.     47,455,346  
  102,589     Anthem, Inc.     38,484,212  
  147,808     Avantor, Inc.*     5,829,547  
  176,661     Baxter International, Inc.     13,465,101  
  46,114     Becton Dickinson and Co.     11,606,894  
  109,486     Biogen, Inc.*     37,105,900  
  19,140     Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A*     15,404,255  
  197,262     Boston Scientific Corp.*     8,906,379  
  820,893     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     54,884,906  
  58,564     Cardinal Health, Inc.     3,074,024  
  25,245     Catalent, Inc.*     3,292,958  
  523,549     Centene Corp.*     32,973,116  
  308,174     Cerner Corp.     23,529,085  
  40,556     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*     18,001,186  
  208,231     Cigna Corp.     44,072,091  
  21,403     Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)     9,646,546  
  802,127     CVS Health Corp.     69,295,752  
  150,885     Danaher Corp.     48,910,882  
  24,549     Dexcom, Inc.*     12,996,732  
  393,739     Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*     46,138,336  
  293,349     Eli Lilly & Co.     75,769,113  
  458,985     Gilead Sciences, Inc.     33,404,928  
  54,129     HCA Healthcare, Inc.     13,693,554  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  185,934     Hologic, Inc.*   $ 14,716,676  
  50,477     Humana, Inc.     20,464,385  
  88,466     IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     59,604,852  
  16,425     Illumina, Inc.*     7,508,853  
  210,442     Incyte Corp.*     16,096,709  
  35,654     Insulet Corp.*     10,618,118  
  19,640     Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     20,691,918  
  67,258     IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*     17,468,920  
  833,608     Johnson & Johnson     144,322,553  
  86,901     Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*     26,364,025  
  78,616     Masimo Corp.*     21,347,389  
  42,669     McKesson Corp.     8,710,450  
  143,635     Medtronic PLC     19,172,400  
  685,304     Merck & Co., Inc.     52,281,842  
  35,931     Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*     55,794,735  
  85,453     Moderna, Inc.*     32,189,291  
  28,681     Molina Healthcare, Inc.*     7,708,592  
  15,514     Novavax, Inc.*     3,700,710  
  104,984     PerkinElmer, Inc.     19,401,043  
  1,317,699     Pfizer, Inc.     60,706,393  
  98,579     Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     15,065,829  
  30,596     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     20,603,346  
  113,839     ResMed, Inc.     33,073,645  
  122,282     Seagen, Inc.*     20,494,463  
  55,456     STERIS PLC     11,923,595  
  76,174     Stryker Corp.     21,107,815  
  9,339     Teleflex, Inc.     3,693,201  
  129,897     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     72,086,340  
  267,625     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     111,404,259  
  42,221     Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     14,016,528  
  112,924     Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     22,617,548  
  3,836,797     Viatris, Inc.     56,132,340  
  63,449     Waters Corp.*     26,269,155  
  55,567     West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.     25,095,169  
  31,054     Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.     4,672,074  
  169,384     Zoetis, Inc.     34,649,191  
   

 

 

 
      1,984,155,957  

 

 

 
Industrials – 8.0%  
  165,211     3M Co.     32,173,190  
  122,089     AMETEK, Inc.     16,600,441  
  558,692     Carrier Global Corp.     32,180,659  
  130,105     Caterpillar, Inc.     27,435,241  
  292,495     C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.     26,342,100  
  72,926     Cintas Corp.     28,861,923  
  107,577     Copart, Inc.*     15,525,513  
  50,316     CoStar Group, Inc.*     4,263,778  
  266,487     CSX Corp.     8,668,822  
  106,118     Cummins, Inc.     25,041,726  
  78,457     Deere & Co.     29,659,100  
  83,099     Dover Corp.     14,489,142  
  148,870     Eaton Corp. PLC     25,063,753  
  231,994     Emerson Electric Co.     24,475,367  
  27,103     Equifax, Inc.     7,379,063  
  128,452     Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.     16,010,257  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  771,400     Fastenal Co.   43,082,690  
  126,355     FedEx Corp.     33,571,260  
  157,308     Fortive Corp.     11,620,342  
  45,488     Generac Holdings, Inc.*     19,877,346  
  60,711     General Dynamics Corp.     12,161,020  
  211,190     General Electric Co.     22,261,538  
  124,031     Honeywell International, Inc.     28,764,029  
  47,601     IDEX Corp.     10,662,624  
  78,635     IHS Markit Ltd.     9,483,381  
  118,943     Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     27,697,067  
  147,438     Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.     19,898,232  
  89,094     J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     15,805,276  
  368,030     Johnson Controls International PLC     27,528,644  
  48,261     Kansas City Southern     13,545,415  
  50,820     L3Harris Technologies, Inc.     11,841,568  
  254,860     Leidos Holdings, Inc.     25,004,315  
  53,420     Lockheed Martin Corp.     19,220,516  
  253,897     Masco Corp.     15,416,626  
  45,428     Norfolk Southern Corp.     11,517,815  
  60,755     Northrop Grumman Corp.     22,339,613  
  55,463     Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     16,013,277  
  85,569     Otis Worldwide Corp.     7,891,173  
  69,786     PACCAR, Inc.     5,713,380  
  66,233     Parker-Hannifin Corp.     19,649,344  
  158,370     Raytheon Technologies Corp.     13,423,441  
  109,669     Republic Services, Inc.     13,613,213  
  70,248     Rockwell Automation, Inc.     22,862,212  
  26,726     Roper Technologies, Inc.     12,916,141  
  168,566     Southwest Airlines Co.*     8,391,215  
  38,805     Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     7,499,842  
  131,244     Trane Technologies PLC     26,051,934  
  27,292     TransUnion     3,316,797  
  94,402     Union Pacific Corp.     20,470,130  
  176,036     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     34,437,923  
  108,429     United Rentals, Inc.*     38,237,487  
  48,023     Verisk Analytics, Inc.     9,689,120  
  112,044     Waste Management, Inc.     17,379,145  
  395,954     Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.     35,552,710  
  83,497     W.W. Grainger, Inc.     36,212,649  
  138,231     Xylem, Inc.     18,842,268  
   

 

 

 
      1,103,632,793  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 29.1%  
  301,549     Accenture PLC, Class A     101,489,331  
  166,091     Adobe, Inc.*     110,234,597  
  509,524     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     56,414,497  
  129,635     Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     14,681,164  
  192,872     Amphenol Corp., Class A     14,779,781  
  173,337     Analog Devices, Inc.     28,245,264  
  16,483     ANSYS, Inc.*     6,022,229  
  4,714,961     Apple, Inc.     715,872,529  
  366,506     Applied Materials, Inc.     49,525,956  
  29,354     Arista Networks, Inc.*     10,847,184  
  120,965     Autodesk, Inc.*     37,510,037  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  114,827     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   $ 24,003,436  
  113,027     Broadcom, Inc.     56,198,155  
  97,160     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     16,732,895  
  288,367     Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*     47,142,237  
  156,956     CDW Corp.     31,486,943  
  1,185,589     Cisco Systems, Inc.     69,973,463  
  211,635     Citrix Systems, Inc.     21,770,892  
  69,268     Cloudflare, Inc., Class A*     8,363,418  
  317,943     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     24,262,230  
  328,223     Corning, Inc.     13,125,638  
  77,008     Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A*     21,639,248  
  212,730     Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C*     20,732,666  
  100,330     DocuSign, Inc.*     29,721,759  
  79,475     Enphase Energy, Inc.*     13,807,192  
  60,883     Entegris, Inc.     7,314,484  
  29,428     EPAM Systems, Inc.*     18,622,333  
  29,393     Fair Isaac Corp.*     13,513,138  
  197,733     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     25,264,345  
  212,646     Fiserv, Inc.*     25,047,572  
  31,571     FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*     8,312,013  
  126,291     Fortinet, Inc.*     39,799,346  
  76,894     Gartner, Inc.*     23,740,254  
  83,753     Global Payments, Inc.     13,621,588  
  54,234     GoDaddy, Inc., Class A*     3,975,895  
  2,778,935     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.     42,962,335  
  786,643     HP, Inc.     23,394,763  
  28,477     HubSpot, Inc.*     19,491,652  
  1,604,725     Intel Corp.     86,751,433  
  321,650     International Business Machines Corp.     45,140,361  
  114,992     Intuit, Inc.     65,098,121  
  79,033     Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.     13,939,841  
  96,625     Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     17,332,592  
  53,819     KLA Corp.     18,296,307  
  78,901     Lam Research Corp.     47,720,903  
  204,155     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     70,684,586  
  89,709     Microchip Technology, Inc.     14,116,608  
  315,117     Micron Technology, Inc.*     23,224,123  
  2,300,779     Microsoft Corp.     694,559,164  
  30,244     MongoDB, Inc.*     11,850,507  
  19,779     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     9,789,220  
  107,818     Motorola Solutions, Inc.     26,331,312  
  216,141     NetApp, Inc.     19,221,419  
  190,388     Nuance Communications, Inc.*     10,480,859  
  663,771     NVIDIA Corp.     148,585,138  
  327,115     ON Semiconductor Corp.*     14,510,821  
  811,534     Oracle Corp.     72,332,025  
  47,731     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     22,005,900  
  173,917     Paychex, Inc.     19,908,279  
  235,469     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     67,970,482  
  141,323     Qorvo, Inc.*     26,572,964  
  287,200     QUALCOMM, Inc.     42,129,368  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  73,722     RingCentral, Inc., Class A*   18,597,112  
  231,376     salesforce.com, Inc.*     61,377,112  
  252,417     Seagate Technology Holdings PLC     22,109,205  
  66,517     ServiceNow, Inc.*     42,813,002  
  154,665     Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     28,374,841  
  15,726     Snowflake, Inc., Class A*     4,786,208  
  51,480     Splunk, Inc.*     7,869,748  
  62,532     Square, Inc., Class A*     16,762,953  
  347,676     SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.     26,305,166  
  129,356     Synopsys, Inc.*     42,977,237  
  108,419     TE Connectivity Ltd.     16,286,702  
  26,754     Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*     12,397,269  
  163,400     Teradyne, Inc.     19,843,296  
  357,836     Texas Instruments, Inc.     68,314,471  
  31,941     Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A*     2,556,877  
  100,495     Trimble, Inc.*     9,468,639  
  8,315     Twilio, Inc., Class A*     2,968,122  
  19,902     Tyler Technologies, Inc.*     9,666,401  
  124,702     VeriSign, Inc.*     26,968,055  
  386,108     Visa, Inc., Class A     88,457,343  
  86,130     VMware, Inc., Class A*(a)     12,822,173  
  40,413     Workday, Inc., Class A*     11,039,215  
  86,262     Xilinx, Inc.     13,421,505  
  24,127     Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*     14,166,651  
  38,715     Zendesk, Inc.*     4,785,174  
  63,765     Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A*     18,459,967  
   

 

 

 
      4,001,789,236  

 

 

 
Materials – 1.9%  
  29,911     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.     8,061,314  
  59,370     Albemarle Corp.     14,055,254  
  62,378     Avery Dennison Corp.     14,059,377  
  85,595     Ball Corp.     8,213,696  
  48,084     Celanese Corp.     7,626,122  
  220,002     Corteva, Inc.     9,673,488  
  158,945     Dow, Inc.     9,997,640  
  101,364     DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     7,502,963  
  88,088     Eastman Chemical Co.     9,968,038  
  34,065     Ecolab, Inc.     7,676,888  
  440,154     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     16,017,204  
  22,215     International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.     3,365,573  
  368,915     International Paper Co.     22,168,102  
  37,870     LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A     3,800,255  
  21,484     Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     8,190,775  
  76,155     Newmont Corp.     4,416,228  
  184,364     Nucor Corp.     21,673,832  
  39,948     Packaging Corp. of America     6,060,112  
  61,941     PPG Industries, Inc.     9,882,687  
  101,216     Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     30,736,263  
  737,306     Westrock Co.     38,369,404  
   

 

 

 
      261,515,215  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Real Estate – 2.2%  
  58,933     Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT   $ 12,162,003  
  42,276     American Tower Corp. REIT     12,351,779  
  28,945     AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT     6,645,193  
  53,263     Boston Properties, Inc. REIT     6,018,186  
  461,530     CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     44,445,339  
  64,114     Crown Castle International Corp. REIT     12,482,355  
  122,490     Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     20,077,336  
  109,862     Duke Realty Corp. REIT     5,768,854  
  11,187     Equinix, Inc. REIT     9,435,675  
  110,976     Equity Residential REIT     9,329,752  
  12,521     Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT     4,141,195  
  103,024     Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT     19,256,216  
  117,346     Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT     4,832,308  
  152,869     Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT     3,130,757  
  82,883     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT     15,944,203  
  140,374     Prologis, Inc. REIT     18,902,763  
  76,803     Public Storage REIT     24,854,219  
  81,280     Realty Income Corp. REIT     5,870,042  
  26,312     SBA Communications Corp. REIT     9,445,219  
  48,650     Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT     6,540,992  
  106,393     Sun Communities, Inc. REIT     21,437,125  
  163,285     Ventas, Inc. REIT     9,134,163  
  260,871     VICI Properties, Inc. REIT     8,063,523  
  322,455     Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT     11,608,380  
  76,114     W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT     5,946,026  
   

 

 

 
      307,823,603  

 

 

 
Utilities – 1.8%  
  485,293     AES Corp. (The)     11,583,944  
  136,185     Alliant Energy Corp.     8,278,686  
  73,912     Ameren Corp.     6,483,561  
  101,567     American Electric Power Co., Inc.     9,097,356  
  49,815     American Water Works Co., Inc.     9,078,784  
  65,469     Atmos Energy Corp.     6,383,882  
  129,543     CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     3,250,234  
  123,933     CMS Energy Corp.     7,947,823  
  136,623     Consolidated Edison, Inc.     10,308,205  
  154,294     Dominion Energy, Inc.     12,010,245  
  74,551     DTE Energy Co.     8,971,467  
  158,340     Duke Energy Corp.     16,571,864  
  83,612     Edison International     4,836,118  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Utilities – (continued)  
  41,781     Entergy Corp.   4,621,396  
  117,323     Evergy, Inc.     8,030,759  
  103,851     Eversource Energy     9,422,401  
  340,138     Exelon Corp.     16,673,565  
  172,277     FirstEnergy Corp.     6,696,407  
  316,719     NextEra Energy, Inc.     26,601,229  
  182,354     PPL Corp.     5,352,090  
  188,492     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.     12,052,179  
  62,732     Sempra Energy     8,303,208  
  142,601     Southern Co. (The)     9,373,164  
  99,779     WEC Energy Group, Inc.     9,427,120  
  188,267     Xcel Energy, Inc.     12,943,356  
   

 

 

 
      244,299,043  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $9,052,894,866)   $ 13,738,914,663  

 

 

 
   
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.1%(b)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  9,566,002     0.026%   $ 9,566,002  
  (Cost $9,566,002)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.9%  
  (Cost $9,062,460,868)   $ 13,748,480,665  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.1%
    21,366,813  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 13,769,847,478  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2021, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

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

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

   37      09/17/21      $ 7,864,253        $ 498,672  

 

70   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – 98.9%  
Communication Services – 2.7%  
  6,949     Advantage Solutions, Inc.*   $ 60,526  
  23,607     AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A*(a)     1,112,598  
  2,945     AMC Networks, Inc., Class A*     139,976  
  1,618     Bandwidth, Inc., Class A*     166,492  
  2,026     Cardlytics, Inc.*     183,920  
  15,797     Cargurus, Inc.*     479,913  
  15,733     Cars.com, Inc.*     200,124  
  1,976     Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment, Inc.*(a)     47,938  
  8,166     Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*     126,491  
  5,126     Cinemark Holdings, Inc.*     91,397  
  5,522     Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.     400,787  
  23,751     Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.*     220,172  
  38     Daily Journal Corp.*     12,920  
  33,518     Entercom Communications Corp.*     118,989  
  5,367     Eventbrite, Inc., Class A*     94,889  
  9,837     EverQuote, Inc., Class A*     193,690  
  11,112     EW Scripps Co. (The), Class A     206,016  
  29,439     Fluent, Inc.*     80,074  
  4,772     fuboTV, Inc.*(a)     139,104  
  14,861     Gannett Co., Inc.*     94,367  
  7,677     Gogo, Inc.*     103,256  
  11,768     Gray Television, Inc.     267,604  
  1,451     Hemisphere Media Group, Inc.*     17,876  
  10,922     IDT Corp., Class B*     474,889  
  5,850     iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A*     145,548  
  3,793     IMAX Corp.*     59,588  
  7,565     Iridium Communications, Inc.*     336,718  
  9,475     John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A     550,497  
  8,632     Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A (Chile)*     123,092  
  17,032     Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (Chile)*     245,090  
  3,392     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class A*     88,192  
  3,158     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class C*     81,634  
  4,071     Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A*     52,597  
  7,259     Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B*     85,366  
  4,562     Magnite, Inc.*     132,389  
  3,872     MediaAlpha, Inc., Class A*     85,881  
  8,705     Meredith Corp.*     374,402  
  14,768     Ooma, Inc.*     280,592  
  18,238     ORBCOMM, Inc.*     209,555  
  8,588     QuinStreet, Inc.*     153,811  
  8,692     Scholastic Corp.     288,922  
  4,236     Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.     126,360  
  3,958     Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A     118,780  
  25,618     Stagwell, Inc.*     178,814  
  6,261     TechTarget, Inc.*     529,555  
  26,100     TEGNA, Inc.     462,492  
  8,181     Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.     166,238  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Communication Services – (continued)  
  4,393     Thryv Holdings, Inc.*   136,139  
  66,848     TrueCar, Inc.*     280,762  
  3,856     United States Cellular Corp.*     123,199  
  4,730     WideOpenWest, Inc.*     100,371  
  15,325     Yelp, Inc.*     590,166  
   

 

 

 
      11,140,758  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 13.0%  
  14,436     1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A*     458,487  
  8,498     2U, Inc.*     314,681  
  6,758     Aaron’s Co., Inc. (The)     179,222  
  15,891     Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A*     568,262  
  6,384     Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.*     282,620  
  7,050     Acushnet Holdings Corp.     352,218  
  5,136     Adient PLC*     202,050  
  11,519     Adtalem Global Education, Inc.*     426,203  
  2,306     America’s Car-Mart, Inc.*     298,235  
  13,599     American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.*     120,623  
  12,813     American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.     391,053  
  2,385     American Outdoor Brands, Inc.*     66,375  
  10,308     American Public Education, Inc.*     271,100  
  10,523     AMMO, Inc.*     77,344  
  8,733     Arko Corp.*     90,299  
  3,148     Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*     586,284  
  5,212     Aterian, Inc.*(a)     31,064  
  1,943     Bally’s Corp.*     97,616  
  8,489     Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.*     69,270  
  5,952     Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.     127,909  
  14,346     Beazer Homes USA, Inc.*     268,414  
  17,580     Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*     484,153  
  7,824     Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.(a)     217,507  
  7,926     Big Lots, Inc.     385,679  
  3,171     BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*     135,592  
  8,506     Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.*     227,876  
  4,431     Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corp.*     101,426  
  3,394     Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.*     303,016  
  5,123     Brinker International, Inc.*     272,902  
  7,215     Buckle, Inc. (The)     279,437  
  11,009     Caleres, Inc.     270,711  
  10,273     Callaway Golf Co.*     288,260  
  3,922     Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A     156,645  
  15,011     CarParts.com, Inc.*     259,240  
  5,626     Carriage Services, Inc.     260,090  
  13,968     Casper Sleep, Inc.*     69,561  
  786     Cavco Industries, Inc.*     200,823  
  5,837     Century Casinos, Inc.*     78,041  
  3,071     Century Communities, Inc.     215,277  
  3,793     Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)*     176,943  
  14,985     Chico’s FAS, Inc.*     77,472  
  3,164     Children’s Place, Inc. (The)*     274,762  
  3,302     Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.*     106,523  
  4,860     Citi Trends, Inc.*     418,640  
  6,737     Clarus Corp.     182,505  
  4,716     Conn’s, Inc.*     116,014  
  13,102     Container Store Group, Inc. (The)*     151,983  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  7,510     Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.   $ 345,460  
  5,715     Coursera, Inc.*     219,856  
  984     Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.     141,283  
  11,321     Crocs, Inc.*     1,616,865  
  17,751     Dana, Inc.     412,888  
  2,831     Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.*     105,936  
  18,024     Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.     158,611  
  4,897     Designer Brands, Inc., Class A*     71,007  
  3,932     Dillard’s, Inc., Class A(a)     748,889  
  1,327     Dine Brands Global, Inc.*     109,769  
  5,872     Dorman Products, Inc.*     551,146  
  7,331     Duluth Holdings, Inc., Class B*     114,070  
  8,523     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.*     154,607  
  13,808     Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.     331,668  
  8,973     Everi Holdings, Inc.*     204,136  
  11,991     Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.*     144,012  
  4,663     Fisker, Inc.*(a)     65,049  
  1,865     Flexsteel Industries, Inc.     65,126  
  28,845     Fossil Group, Inc.*     386,523  
  4,596     Fox Factory Holding Corp.*     706,267  
  3,149     Franchise Group, Inc.     109,365  
  8,143     Full House Resorts, Inc.*     69,867  
  13,829     Funko, Inc., Class A*     275,750  
  6,640     Genesco, Inc.*     411,879  
  7,778     Gentherm, Inc.*     667,508  
  4,950     G-III Apparel Group Ltd.*     153,104  
  1,837     Golden Entertainment, Inc.*     87,662  
  25,040     Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)*     396,634  
  22,047     GoPro, Inc., Class A*     219,809  
  586     Graham Holdings Co., Class B     361,451  
  4,688     Green Brick Partners, Inc.*     117,153  
  2,813     Group 1 Automotive, Inc.     465,383  
  4,705     Groupon, Inc.*     116,543  
  6,160     Guess?, Inc.     149,010  
  11,265     Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.     401,372  
  2,907     Helen of Troy Ltd.*     695,325  
  8,127     Hibbett, Inc.     777,673  
  4,737     Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*     206,960  
  31,941     Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.*     430,245  
  766     Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A*     83,272  
  3,053     Installed Building Products, Inc.     379,122  
  9,595     International Game Technology PLC*     206,197  
  4,742     iRobot Corp.*     384,671  
  2,594     Jack in the Box, Inc.     274,860  
  5,266     JOANN, Inc.(a)     72,197  
  2,790     Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A     320,264  
  13,267     KB Home     570,879  
  5,544     Kirkland’s, Inc.*     106,001  
  7,634     Kontoor Brands, Inc.     411,931  
  6,548     Lands’ End, Inc.*     221,650  
  2,689     Latham Group, Inc.*     59,077  
  16,724     Laureate Education, Inc., Class A*     266,413  
  10,877     La-Z-Boy, Inc.     380,804  
  4,992     Lazydays Holdings, Inc.*     122,653  
  4,654     LCI Industries     659,286  
  1,361     LGI Homes, Inc.*     218,209  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  5,606     Lifetime Brands, Inc.   102,870  
  3,792     Liquidity Services, Inc.*     92,525  
  3,023     Lovesac Co. (The)*     170,981  
  7,364     Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.*     153,613  
  5,336     M/I Homes, Inc.*     343,585  
  34,871     Macy’s, Inc.*     780,762  
  3,900     Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A*     279,240  
  3,558     Marine Products Corp.     50,452  
  6,029     MarineMax, Inc.*     293,130  
  10,459     MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.*     260,848  
  5,061     MDC Holdings, Inc.     264,437  
  5,084     Meritage Homes Corp.*     567,069  
  10,169     Modine Manufacturing Co.*     126,502  
  2,699     Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.*     171,036  
  2,221     Monro, Inc.     126,397  
  4,034     Movado Group, Inc.     145,789  
  4,532     Murphy USA, Inc.     703,729  
  1,934     Nathan’s Famous, Inc.     127,702  
  5,290     National Vision Holdings, Inc.*     317,294  
  15,806     Nautilus, Inc.*     180,188  
  6,750     ODP Corp. (The)*     318,398  
  7,525     ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (The)*     83,904  
  5,436     Overstock.com, Inc.*     392,207  
  4,657     Oxford Industries, Inc.     420,527  
  6,789     Papa John’s International, Inc.     865,801  
  8,411     Party City Holdco, Inc.*     57,279  
  4,305     Patrick Industries, Inc.     351,331  
  37,558     Perdoceo Education Corp.*     412,387  
  5,792     PetMed Express, Inc.     159,512  
  2,196     PLBY Group, Inc.*     54,571  
  8,297     Purple Innovation, Inc.*     202,447  
  7,893     Quotient Technology, Inc.*     57,303  
  2,414     RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.     155,969  
  3,839     Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.*     93,979  
  4,124     Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A*     193,044  
  15,490     Rent-A-Center, Inc.     977,109  
  3,983     Revolve Group, Inc.*     228,863  
  1,474     Rocky Brands, Inc.     73,228  
  3,562     Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.*     72,985  
  17,583     Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*     326,868  
  6,120     Scientific Games Corp.*     442,782  
  3,430     SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.*     168,722  
  1,668     Shake Shack, Inc., Class A*     144,699  
  12,004     Shoe Carnival, Inc.     459,513  
  5,376     Shutterstock, Inc.     619,638  
  5,819     Signet Jewelers Ltd.     460,865  
  4,962     Skyline Champion Corp.*     311,217  
  6,724     Sleep Number Corp.*     622,037  
  13,826     Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.     333,621  
  2,869     Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A     144,999  
  17,271     Sonos, Inc.*     686,177  
  13,156     Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.*     233,387  
  2,186     Stamps.com, Inc.*     718,975  
  8,597     Standard Motor Products, Inc.     368,725  
  12,544     Steven Madden Ltd.     507,656  
  8,847     Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A*     370,778  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  12,746     Stoneridge, Inc.*   $ 296,982  
  2,957     Strategic Education, Inc.     231,474  
  16,243     Stride, Inc.*     556,160  
  5,166     Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.     403,930  
  17,313     Taylor Morrison Home Corp.*     486,322  
  5,886     Tenneco, Inc., Class A*     91,822  
  6,448     Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     612,560  
  2,846     TravelCenters of America, Inc.*     119,447  
  16,370     Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.*     389,115  
  19,294     Tupperware Brands Corp.*     460,548  
  4,759     Unifi, Inc.*     110,599  
  4,448     Urban Outfitters, Inc.*     146,873  
  14,676     Vera Bradley, Inc.*     168,187  
  6,684     Vista Outdoor, Inc.*     273,041  
  1,771     Visteon Corp.*     187,159  
  7,425     Vivint Smart Home, Inc.*     90,585  
  5,938     VOXX International Corp.*     62,171  
  5,066     Vuzix Corp.*(a)     67,023  
  6,222     Wingstop, Inc.     1,069,748  
  1,637     Winmark Corp.     343,164  
  3,402     Winnebago Industries, Inc.     236,847  
  9,958     Wolverine World Wide, Inc.     357,094  
  5,915     Workhorse Group, Inc.*(a)     58,026  
  16,697     WW International, Inc.*     361,490  
  3,982     XPEL, Inc.*     302,552  
  8,628     Zumiez, Inc.*     346,759  
   

 

 

 
      53,673,084  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 3.4%  
  18,105     22nd Century Group, Inc.*(a)     64,635  
  2,696     Andersons, Inc. (The)     81,904  
  7,900     B&G Foods, Inc.(a)     239,844  
  6,639     Beauty Health Co. (The)*     170,689  
  6,964     BellRing Brands, Inc., Class A*     235,174  
  18,488     BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.*     1,047,530  
  1,298     Calavo Growers, Inc.     60,902  
  2,800     Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.     101,248  
  9,938     Celsius Holdings, Inc.*     812,531  
  3,755     Central Garden & Pet Co.*     172,918  
  5,295     Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A*     220,643  
  2,994     Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)*     90,509  
  1,628     Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.     661,228  
  6,352     Edgewell Personal Care Co.     268,690  
  4,830     elf Beauty, Inc.*     149,488  
  3,391     Energizer Holdings, Inc.     133,402  
  6,133     Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.     201,653  
  21,967     Hostess Brands, Inc.*     350,593  
  7,084     Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A     480,933  
  2,802     Inter Parfums, Inc.     203,257  
  1,262     J & J Snack Foods Corp.     206,665  
  3,226     John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.     274,178  
  2,506     Lancaster Colony Corp.     444,163  
  7,403     Landec Corp.*     80,174  
  2,633     Medifast, Inc.     600,061  
  1,395     MGP Ingredients, Inc.     91,093  
  9,675     National Beverage Corp.(a)     450,371  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Staples – (continued)  
  1,691     Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.   28,950  
  50,609     NewAge, Inc.*     89,072  
  7,584     Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     383,902  
  15,019     Performance Food Group Co.*     754,254  
  1,818     PriceSmart, Inc.     153,821  
  23,784     Primo Water Corp.     422,404  
  13,327     Rite Aid Corp.*     236,421  
  2,207     Sanderson Farms, Inc.     433,676  
  6,264     Simply Good Foods Co. (The)*     223,124  
  12,889     SpartanNash Co.     277,114  
  13,968     Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*     347,803  
  6,757     TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*     253,185  
  3,835     Turning Point Brands, Inc.     190,830  
  12,281     United Natural Foods, Inc.*     451,941  
  4,632     Universal Corp.     234,379  
  3,933     USANA Health Sciences, Inc.*     381,619  
  5,419     Utz Brands, Inc.     105,237  
  25,723     Vector Group Ltd.     386,359  
  5,781     Village Super Market, Inc., Class A     129,437  
  6,770     Vital Farms, Inc.*     121,725  
  2,156     WD-40 Co.     516,642  
  4,115     Weis Markets, Inc.     234,349  
   

 

 

 
      14,250,720  

 

 

 
Energy – 2.9%  
  6,185     Aemetis, Inc.*     68,777  
  48,575     Alto Ingredients, Inc.*     247,247  
  1,174     Altus Midstream Co., Class A     76,521  
  25,413     Antero Resources Corp.*     348,666  
  1,499     Arch Resources, Inc.*     113,459  
  30,999     Archrock, Inc.     238,072  
  14,672     Aspen Aerogels, Inc.*     641,900  
  3,367     Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.     130,909  
  3,614     Bristow Group, Inc.*     114,058  
  8,419     Cactus, Inc., Class A     315,797  
  2,492     California Resources Corp.*     85,301  
  1,517     Callon Petroleum Co.*     51,836  
  11,885     Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A*     60,614  
  16,918     ChampionX Corp.*     394,697  
  9,328     Chesapeake Energy Corp.     520,596  
  21,214     Clean Energy Fuels Corp.*     168,227  
  11,678     CNX Resources Corp.*     132,662  
  12,701     Comstock Resources, Inc.*     75,063  
  7,050     CONSOL Energy, Inc.*     160,952  
  2,905     Denbury, Inc.*     204,309  
  59,393     DHT Holdings, Inc.     328,443  
  7,400     DMC Global, Inc.*     297,258  
  12,315     Dorian LPG Ltd.     162,804  
  18,304     Energy Fuels, Inc.*(a)     99,025  
  25,537     Equitrans Midstream Corp.     222,938  
  10,778     Frontline Ltd. (Norway)(a)     77,817  
  10,318     Gevo, Inc.*(a)     64,281  
  6,205     Golar LNG Ltd. (Cameroon)*     69,806  
  3,109     Green Plains, Inc.*     109,126  
  23,795     Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.*     89,469  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Energy – (continued)  
  3,692     Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   $ 99,389  
  8,593     International Seaways, Inc.     147,800  
  23,245     Kosmos Energy Ltd. (Ghana)*     54,858  
  1,086     Laredo Petroleum, Inc.*     58,677  
  8,167     Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc., Class A*     83,467  
  38,372     Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A     601,673  
  8,427     Matador Resources Co.     242,276  
  2,161     Nabors Industries Ltd.*     182,259  
  6,580     National Energy Services Reunited Corp.*     74,683  
  22,010     Newpark Resources, Inc.*     57,666  
  27,948     NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.*     100,613  
  32,857     Nordic American Tankers Ltd.(a)     77,871  
  808     Oasis Petroleum, Inc.     69,965  
  10,806     Oceaneering International, Inc.*     132,914  
  18,690     Oil States International, Inc.*     109,523  
  20,643     Ovintiv, Inc.     562,728  
  9,428     Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.     73,161  
  9,665     PDC Energy, Inc.     403,514  
  34,360     ProPetro Holding Corp.*     265,946  
  13,572     Range Resources Corp.*     198,423  
  12,163     Renewable Energy Group, Inc.*     588,932  
  1,296     REX American Resources Corp.*     109,849  
  1,600     Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.     32,320  
  41,139     RPC, Inc.*     157,562  
  3,744     Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (Monaco)     60,690  
  15,104     SFL Corp. Ltd. (Norway)     121,285  
  6,604     SM Energy Co.     126,136  
  17,206     Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., Class A     127,841  
  31,098     Southwestern Energy Co.*     141,496  
  21,316     Teekay Corp. (Bermuda)*     64,587  
  5,657     Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A (Bermuda)*     64,773  
  29,668     Tellurian, Inc.*     94,641  
  20,363     TETRA Technologies, Inc.*     65,976  
  31,222     Uranium Energy Corp.*(a)     78,367  
  51,676     Ur-Energy, Inc.*     67,179  
  9,536     US Silica Holdings, Inc.*     83,726  
  61,792     W&T Offshore, Inc.*     201,442  
  2,268     Whiting Petroleum Corp.*     106,483  
  10,281     World Fuel Services Corp.     332,693  
   

 

 

 
      11,894,014  

 

 

 
Financials – 16.5%  
  2,657     1st Source Corp.     124,879  
  2,503     Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.     93,037  
  5,314     Altabancorp     220,637  
  2,391     A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.     115,987  
  14,796     American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.     468,885  
  3,038     American National Bankshares, Inc.     103,839  
  1,367     American National Group, Inc.     263,148  
  9,093     Ameris Bancorp     447,739  
  5,502     AMERISAFE, Inc.     316,640  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  9,265     Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT   144,071  
  14,894     Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     272,262  
  10,768     Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT     169,919  
  2,644     Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.     139,868  
  14,369     ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT     156,047  
  5,683     Arrow Financial Corp.     209,419  
  12,906     Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A     670,596  
  12,041     Associated Banc-Corp.     248,285  
  6,046     Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.*     146,495  
  7,751     Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.     286,787  
  17,113     Axos Financial, Inc.*     829,638  
  5,461     B. Riley Financial, Inc.     357,914  
  4,681     BancFirst Corp.     264,757  
  5,525     Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E (Panama)     94,257  
  10,348     Bancorp, Inc. (The)*     255,182  
  11,452     BancorpSouth Bank     335,887  
  1,741     Bank First Corp.     123,611  
  2,756     Bank of Marin Bancorp     99,767  
  14,584     Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The) (Bermuda)     485,793  
  5,315     BankUnited, Inc.     223,389  
  4,087     Banner Corp.     233,776  
  862     Bar Harbor Bankshares     23,619  
  2,925     Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.     74,968  
  21,265     BGC Partners, Inc., Class A     109,515  
  10,745     Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     352,543  
  5,176     Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.     91,874  
  22,117     Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.     601,361  
  8,348     Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc. REIT     87,738  
  10,925     Brookline Bancorp, Inc.     163,547  
  3,059     BRP Group, Inc., Class A*     115,171  
  4,144     Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.     169,075  
  18,131     Cadence BanCorp     389,998  
  1,171     Cambridge Bancorp     100,402  
  6,129     Camden National Corp.     286,040  
  14,908     Cannae Holdings, Inc.*     475,863  
  6,024     Capital City Bank Group, Inc.     139,697  
  11,247     Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.     129,790  
  21,871     Capstead Mortgage Corp. REIT     150,691  
  11,952     Cathay General Bancorp     475,451  
  5,209     Central Pacific Financial Corp.     131,840  
  1,586     Century Bancorp, Inc., Class A     181,327  
  25,551     Chimera Investment Corp. REIT     391,441  
  7,829     CIT Group, Inc.     433,883  
  2,058     Citizens & Northern Corp.     51,635  
  4,459     City Holding Co.     347,356  
  7,518     Civista Bancshares, Inc.     176,823  
  5,125     CNB Financial Corp.     125,973  
  17,748     CNO Financial Group, Inc.     434,116  
  6,303     Cohen & Steers, Inc.     552,836  
  7,948     Columbia Banking System, Inc.     288,989  
  4,809     Columbia Financial, Inc.*     86,706  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  5,900     Community Bank System, Inc.   $ 436,600  
  3,710     Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.     154,559  
  4,869     ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.     139,302  
  9,147     Cowen, Inc., Class A     329,658  
  3,298     Crawford & Co., Class A     32,881  
  6,942     Curo Group Holdings Corp.     113,641  
  10,349     Customers Bancorp, Inc.*     428,552  
  12,913     CVB Financial Corp.     262,909  
  1,281     Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.     234,461  
  5,166     Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.     170,478  
  2,774     Donegal Group, Inc., Class A     41,776  
  7,256     Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.*     241,988  
  14,019     Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT     248,977  
  6,346     Eagle Bancorp, Inc.     366,164  
  7,444     Eastern Bankshares, Inc.     147,242  
  1,626     eHealth, Inc.*     62,845  
  10,179     Ellington Financial, Inc. REIT     188,515  
  7,765     Employers Holdings, Inc.     319,685  
  8,586     Encore Capital Group, Inc.*     422,517  
  12,272     Enova International, Inc.*     404,731  
  2,295     Enstar Group Ltd.*     529,388  
  4,306     Enterprise Financial Services Corp.     193,382  
  15,874     Essent Group Ltd.     747,348  
  8,477     Farmers National Banc Corp.     132,241  
  6,408     FB Financial Corp.     263,946  
  6,057     Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C     592,980  
  17,266     Federated Hermes, Inc.     584,109  
  6,103     Financial Institutions, Inc.     193,831  
  20,545     First BanCorp. (Puerto Rico)     261,538  
  4,284     First Bancorp, Inc. (The)     127,192  
  3,014     First Bancshares, Inc. (The)     122,127  
  5,773     First BankCorp     241,081  
  6,909     First Busey Corp.     163,743  
  15,691     First Commonwealth Financial Corp.     212,142  
  721     First Community Bankshares, Inc.     22,524  
  13,952     First Financial Bancorp     328,012  
  17,900     First Financial Bankshares, Inc.     852,398  
  2,951     First Financial Corp.     119,309  
  7,948     First Foundation, Inc.     190,990  
  3,576     First Internet Bancorp     106,279  
  4,453     First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A     196,199  
  9,641     First Merchants Corp.     396,727  
  3,329     First Mid Bancshares, Inc.     136,156  
  9,704     First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.     181,756  
  6,481     First of Long Island Corp. (The)     137,397  
  3,906     FirstCash, Inc.     334,705  
  12,716     Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.     628,933  
  9,202     Flushing Financial Corp.     211,002  
  2,496     Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A*     129,493  
  4,882     FS Bancorp, Inc.     166,818  
  22,380     Fulton Financial Corp.     354,723  
  60,316     Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A*     226,185  
  7,225     German American Bancorp, Inc.     269,926  
  10,486     Glacier Bancorp, Inc.     558,484  
  1,209     Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A     177,457  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  5,363     Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT   73,795  
  9,232     Great Ajax Corp. REIT     130,448  
  4,581     Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.     249,527  
  2,396     Great Western Bancorp, Inc.     74,180  
  3,128     Green Dot Corp., Class A*     163,407  
  9,971     Greenhill & Co., Inc.     146,973  
  5,953     Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A     512,375  
  5,174     Hancock Whitney Corp.     237,797  
  6,948     Hanmi Financial Corp.     133,957  
  5,958     Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT     359,684  
  10,657     HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.     150,583  
  1,747     HCI Group, Inc.     195,070  
  5,888     Heartland Financial USA, Inc.     276,913  
  13,007     Heritage Commerce Corp.     146,589  
  4,489     Heritage Financial Corp.     114,245  
  14,756     Hilltop Holdings, Inc.     493,883  
  885     Hingham Institution For Savings (The)     287,183  
  2,694     Home Bancorp, Inc.     100,810  
  20,634     Home BancShares, Inc.     457,043  
  6,613     HomeStreet, Inc.     270,141  
  4,241     HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.     117,985  
  16,471     Hope Bancorp, Inc.     227,135  
  8,019     Horace Mann Educators Corp.     328,779  
  9,250     Horizon Bancorp, Inc.     165,113  
  7,272     Houlihan Lokey, Inc.     655,934  
  389     Howard Bancorp, Inc.*     7,741  
  9,514     Independent Bank Corp.     199,223  
  4,031     Independent Bank Corp.     309,178  
  4,580     Independent Bank Group, Inc.     322,569  
  7,595     International Bancshares Corp.     318,079  
  24,412     Investors Bancorp, Inc.     349,336  
  855     Investors Title Co.     164,040  
  2,347     James River Group Holdings Ltd.     86,346  
  8,159     Kearny Financial Corp.     103,538  
  3,112     Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.     565,917  
  5,768     KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. REIT     123,031  
  8,585     Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.     144,915  
  6,545     Lakeland Financial Corp.     434,653  
  4,297     LendingClub Corp.*     133,465  
  5,802     Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.     355,140  
  14,516     Macatawa Bank Corp.     119,176  
  22,938     Maiden Holdings Ltd.*     71,796  
  11,613     MBIA, Inc.*     129,949  
  5,113     Mercantile Bank Corp.     159,526  
  6,786     Meridian Bancorp, Inc.     141,013  
  8,148     Meta Financial Group, Inc.     400,800  
  45,613     MFA Financial, Inc. REIT     218,942  
  3,985     Midland States Bancorp, Inc.     100,821  
  3,280     MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.     96,301  
  8,650     Moelis & Co., Class A     535,868  
  25,330     Mr Cooper Group, Inc.*     984,830  
  3,970     National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A     148,875  
  576     National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A     127,676  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  32,975     Navient Corp.   $ 765,350  
  6,230     NBT Bancorp, Inc.     223,408  
  3,704     Nelnet, Inc., Class A     299,580  
  44,027     New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT     194,599  
  286     NI Holdings, Inc.*     5,583  
  3,202     Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.*     244,665  
  12,345     NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A*     278,627  
  3,522     Northrim BanCorp, Inc.     147,818  
  12,060     Northwest Bancshares, Inc.     157,021  
  6,042     OceanFirst Financial Corp.     128,453  
  2,664     Ocwen Financial Corp.*     75,391  
  9,456     OFG Bancorp (Puerto Rico)     225,147  
  19,419     Old National Bancorp     323,521  
  11,446     Old Second Bancorp, Inc.     134,605  
  5,371     Open Lending Corp., Class A*     198,566  
  3,354     Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A     156,263  
  14,927     Orchid Island Capital, Inc. REIT     74,934  
  1,977     Origin Bancorp, Inc.     81,354  
  5,756     Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.     230,010  
  3,045     Park National Corp.     356,996  
  4,510     PCSB Financial Corp.     82,217  
  5,367     Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.     178,775  
  12,139     PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.     807,850  
  14,354     PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust REIT     278,611  
  5,754     Peoples Bancorp, Inc.     179,755  
  2,807     Peoples Financial Services Corp.     129,375  
  1,803     Piper Sandler Cos.     257,685  
  4,785     PJT Partners, Inc., Class A     377,919  
  5,674     PRA Group, Inc.*     238,308  
  5,702     Preferred Bank     364,301  
  7,227     Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.     130,158  
  5,440     Premier Financial Corp.     165,376  
  6,583     Primis Financial Corp.     98,679  
  5,156     ProAssurance Corp.     131,478  
  6,167     PROG Holdings, Inc.     291,822  
  9,340     Provident Financial Services, Inc.     206,134  
  11,471     Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Class A     125,149  
  3,914     QCR Holdings, Inc.     203,332  
  29,216     Radian Group, Inc.     690,374  
  7,521     Ready Capital Corp. REIT     115,147  
  19,851     Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT     247,542  
  4,654     Regional Management Corp.     276,587  
  6,154     Renasant Corp.     216,005  
  4,216     Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A     211,348  
  4,541     RLI Corp.     496,013  
  5,772     S&T Bancorp, Inc.     172,006  
  3,477     Safety Insurance Group, Inc.     282,715  
  6,292     Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.     274,142  
  3,265     Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.     92,400  
  6,050     Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida     193,237  
  9,004     Selective Insurance Group, Inc.     752,464  
  7,823     Selectquote, Inc.*     74,710  
  11,617     ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.     852,920  
  4,991     Sierra Bancorp     126,871  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  1,305     Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A*   147,439  
  10,226     Simmons First National Corp., Class A     297,065  
  17,398     SiriusPoint Ltd. (Bermuda)*     170,674  
  1,634     SmartFinancial, Inc.     40,817  
  4,284     South State Corp.     293,797  
  4,278     Southern First Bancshares, Inc.*     218,092  
  4,597     Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.     207,417  
  4,603     Southside Bancshares, Inc.     173,487  
  7,042     StepStone Group, Inc., Class A     337,101  
  7,235     Stewart Information Services Corp.     455,443  
  7,113     Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.     366,889  
  4,411     StoneX Group, Inc.*     307,403  
  938     Summit Financial Group, Inc.     22,456  
  3,959     Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*     269,172  
  2,590     Tompkins Financial Corp.     206,138  
  9,627     Towne Bank     293,335  
  6,373     TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. REIT     80,300  
  6,304     TriCo Bancshares     249,323  
  8,337     TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.*     168,491  
  4,769     Triumph Bancorp, Inc.*     392,107  
  1,958     Trupanion, Inc.*     179,314  
  4,017     TrustCo Bank Corp.     128,906  
  8,898     Trustmark Corp.     281,355  
  36,871     Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT     243,349  
  5,674     UMB Financial Corp.     519,625  
  11,207     United Bankshares, Inc.     407,150  
  12,571     United Community Banks, Inc.     379,267  
  8,946     Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.     127,391  
  4,772     Univest Financial Corp.     129,226  
  48,565     Valley National Bancorp     633,288  
  7,027     Veritex Holdings, Inc.     252,480  
  1,715     Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.     536,281  
  8,316     Walker & Dunlop, Inc.     923,492  
  10,306     Washington Federal, Inc.     343,190  
  4,722     Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.     251,494  
  11,632     Waterstone Financial, Inc.     235,897  
  8,081     WesBanco, Inc.     274,754  
  9,015     West BanCorp, Inc.     275,769  
  3,629     Westamerica BanCorp     205,909  
  1,666     World Acceptance Corp.*     316,323  
  4,996     WSFS Financial Corp.     226,868  
   

 

 

 
      67,994,644  

 

 

 
Health Care – 16.4%  
  4,400     1Life Healthcare, Inc.*     107,844  
  18,786     ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     328,943  
  1,524     Accolade, Inc.*     72,207  
  22,226     Accuray, Inc.*     90,460  
  4,559     Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.*     73,901  
  7,144     AdaptHealth Corp.*     171,742  
  2,521     Addus HomeCare Corp.*     226,688  
  12,143     Affimed NV (Germany)*     85,487  
  1,998     Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     89,271  
  102,520     Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.*     301,409  
  6,851     Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc.*     65,016  
  33,980     Alkermes PLC*     1,062,215  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  1,351     Allakos, Inc.*   $ 120,455  
  26,390     Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*     405,350  
  22,879     Alphatec Holdings, Inc.*     331,288  
  6,157     American Well Corp., Class A*     65,941  
  9,268     AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*     1,052,103  
  63,893     Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     360,357  
  16,613     Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     326,612  
  44,371     Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     72,768  
  5,711     Anavex Life Sciences Corp.*     111,307  
  10,883     AngioDynamics, Inc.*     307,989  
  6,639     ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     201,361  
  5,991     Anika Therapeutics, Inc.*     258,392  
  81,148     Antares Pharma, Inc.*     319,723  
  2,591     Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     170,617  
  2,297     Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.*     174,365  
  3,026     Apyx Medical Corp.*     35,737  
  7,701     Arcus Biosciences, Inc.*     224,638  
  3,282     Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     173,683  
  9,257     Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     621,330  
  26,507     Asensus Surgical, Inc.*     58,315  
  12,695     Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     377,295  
  5,010     AtriCure, Inc.*     368,836  
  168     Atrion Corp.     116,602  
  2,536     Avanos Medical, Inc.*     83,688  
  9,407     Avid Bioservices, Inc.*     228,026  
  2,214     Axonics, Inc.*     166,006  
  1,943     Beam Therapeutics, Inc.*     215,518  
  13,605     BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     216,592  
  62,512     BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.*     241,296  
  2,523     Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.*     331,119  
  2,817     BioLife Solutions, Inc.*     164,400  
  16,965     Bionano Genomics, Inc.*(a)     98,906  
  6,660     Blueprint Medicines Corp.*     621,178  
  6,222     Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.*     311,784  
  40,914     Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.*     298,672  
  7,319     Cara Therapeutics, Inc.*     115,494  
  11,198     Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.*     400,776  
  2,877     CareDx, Inc.*     210,827  
  1,604     Cassava Sciences, Inc.*(a)     91,187  
  2,081     Castle Biosciences, Inc.*     159,675  
  81,114     Castlight Health, Inc., Class B*     146,816  
  65,953     Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     363,401  
  3,024     Celcuity, Inc. *(a)     66,528  
  2,890     Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.*     152,159  
  17,287     Cerus Corp.*     111,501  
  21,064     ChromaDex Corp.*     179,676  
  19,298     Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*(a)     43,421  
  4,342     ClearPoint Neuro, Inc.*     81,934  
  20,914     Coherus Biosciences, Inc.*     334,206  
  23,907     Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     490,811  
  18,681     Community Health Systems, Inc.*     229,963  
  9,575     Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.*     340,583  
  3,471     CONMED Corp.     455,881  
  45,954     Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.*     977,901  
  2,530     CorVel Corp.*     416,969  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  9,621     Covetrus, Inc.*   217,338  
  24,383     Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.*     530,330  
  3,898     CryoLife, Inc.*     102,284  
  2,015     CryoPort, Inc.*     128,094  
  10,729     Curis, Inc.*     94,952  
  11,949     Cutera, Inc.*     594,343  
  4,552     Cytokinetics, Inc.*     150,079  
  27,930     CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.*     143,002  
  17,705     CytoSorbents Corp.*     169,437  
  3,950     DarioHealth Corp.*     53,286  
  7,607     Denali Therapeutics, Inc.*     404,692  
  2,351     DermTech, Inc.*     87,457  
  4,467     Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     91,931  
  87,357     Durect Corp.*     121,426  
  7,430     Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     396,539  
  14,204     Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.*     895,988  
  3,177     Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     181,724  
  80,169     Endo International PLC*     183,587  
  6,851     Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     559,521  
  8,220     Evolent Health, Inc., Class A*     201,883  
  4,548     Fate Therapeutics, Inc.*     333,141  
  5,423     FibroGen, Inc.*     63,070  
  19,647     Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.*     117,489  
  38,115     Fluidigm Corp.*     274,809  
  2,113     Forte Biosciences, Inc.*     62,164  
  7,222     Fulgent Genetics, Inc.*(a)     658,935  
  2,518     Glaukos Corp.*     150,148  
  1,934     Haemonetics Corp.*     121,359  
  12,935     Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*     543,141  
  8,290     Hanger, Inc.*     197,965  
  6,150     Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.*     208,424  
  26,152     Harvard Bioscience, Inc.*     216,016  
  3,217     Health Catalyst, Inc.*     175,680  
  5,685     HealthEquity, Inc.*     364,806  
  6,605     HealthStream, Inc.*     200,726  
  1,234     Heska Corp.*     327,380  
  14,391     iCAD, Inc.*     173,555  
  3,817     Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.*     89,700  
  4,723     Inari Medical, Inc.*     386,625  
  24,520     Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     86,801  
  10,401     InfuSystem Holdings, Inc.*     148,214  
  11,194     Innovage Holding Corp.*     168,246  
  42,976     Innoviva, Inc.*     655,814  
  2,912     Inogen, Inc.*     172,361  
  8,793     Inotiv, Inc.*     228,882  
  5,550     Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A*     226,718  
  3,006     Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*     672,021  
  4,737     Integer Holdings Corp.*     467,968  
  3,655     Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.*     586,737  
  22,613     Intersect ENT, Inc.*     615,300  
  12,141     Invacare Corp.*     102,713  
  5,927     Invitae Corp.*     175,617  
  4,548     iRhythm Technologies, Inc.*     217,394  
  56,539     Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     740,661  
  9,297     Joint Corp. (The)*     949,874  
  855     Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.*     101,660  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  33,149     Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.*   $ 192,264  
  5,803     KemPharm, Inc.*     53,968  
  1,835     Kodiak Sciences, Inc.*     172,820  
  4,201     Kura Oncology, Inc.*     77,550  
  1,715     Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.*     106,570  
  9,665     Lantheus Holdings, Inc.*     254,866  
  7,535     LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.     426,632  
  4,677     LHC Group, Inc.*     873,477  
  1,770     Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     234,171  
  30,464     Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.*     76,769  
  4,316     LivaNova PLC*     356,890  
  950     Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     78,613  
  5,072     Magellan Health, Inc.*     479,913  
  21,157     MannKind Corp.*(a)     101,554  
  10,593     MEDNAX, Inc.*     340,141  
  5,147     Medpace Holdings, Inc.*     938,555  
  43,871     MEI Pharma, Inc.*     122,839  
  17,844     Meridian Bioscience, Inc.*     361,163  
  5,537     Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*     397,390  
  623     Mesa Laboratories, Inc.     166,291  
  46,908     MiMedx Group, Inc.*(a)     692,362  
  22,683     Mind Medicine MindMed, Inc. (Canada)*     65,554  
  719     Misonix, Inc.*     18,263  
  2,792     ModivCare, Inc.*     550,750  
  27,538     Myriad Genetics, Inc.*     985,310  
  4,055     NanoString Technologies, Inc.*     236,001  
  3,704     National HealthCare Corp.     273,540  
  5,805     National Research Corp.     313,470  
  11,486     Natus Medical, Inc.*     304,609  
  9,535     Neogen Corp.*     417,442  
  14,640     NeoGenomics, Inc.*     711,797  
  4,847     Neuronetics, Inc.*     32,572  
  3,873     Nevro Corp.*     472,506  
  25,841     NextGen Healthcare, Inc.*     394,334  
  8,399     NuVasive, Inc.*     521,914  
  11,035     Ocugen, Inc.*     83,756  
  5,788     Omnicell, Inc.*     898,703  
  5,412     Ontrak, Inc.*(a)     65,593  
  76,435     OPKO Health, Inc.*     295,039  
  3,479     OptimizeRx Corp.*     230,240  
  12,449     Option Care Health, Inc.*     333,011  
  6,057     Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Israel)*     119,202  
  25,902     Organogenesis Holdings, Inc.*     441,888  
  5,736     Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings PLC*     117,244  
  11,328     Orthofix Medical, Inc.*     480,307  
  2,393     Outset Medical, Inc.*     117,951  
  23,365     Owens & Minor, Inc.     871,047  
  14,849     Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.*     464,922  
  11,156     Pacira BioSciences, Inc.*     661,439  
  14,860     Patterson Cos., Inc.     455,310  
  19,315     PAVmed, Inc.*     141,000  
  2,492     Pennant Group, Inc. (The)*     76,180  
  4,071     Personalis, Inc.*     86,224  
  2,292     PetIQ, Inc.*     59,477  
  13,885     Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A     337,267  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  2,751     Phreesia, Inc.*   196,834  
  2,058     Portage Biotech, Inc. (Canada)*     41,798  
  12,665     Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.*     726,844  
  3,276     Progyny, Inc.*     183,030  
  2,743     Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.*     133,036  
  1,653     Prothena Corp. PLC (Ireland)*     110,949  
  5,292     PTC Therapeutics, Inc.*     230,996  
  21,698     Puma Biotechnology, Inc.*     164,254  
  1,687     Quanterix Corp.*     86,121  
  10,011     R1 RCM, Inc.*     197,417  
  31,800     Radius Health, Inc.*     440,748  
  13,330     RadNet, Inc.*     418,695  
  9,547     Retractable Technologies, Inc.*(a)     122,965  
  2,700     Revance Therapeutics, Inc.*     72,306  
  2,462     REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc.*     71,620  
  3,265     Rubius Therapeutics, Inc.*     70,916  
  18,654     Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.*     184,861  
  8,984     SeaSpine Holdings Corp.*     150,752  
  15,601     Select Medical Holdings Corp.     539,327  
  16,940     Selecta Biosciences, Inc.*     73,520  
  25,277     Senseonics Holdings, Inc.*(a)     101,361  
  19,581     Sesen Bio, Inc.*     18,561  
  7,552     Sharps Compliance Corp.*     67,892  
  1,721     Shockwave Medical, Inc.*     368,655  
  3,109     SI-BONE, Inc.*     75,891  
  3,811     Silk Road Medical, Inc.*     225,916  
  3,629     Soliton, Inc.*     76,318  
  12,094     Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.*(a)     108,846  
  1,792     SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.*     134,579  
  8,474     STAAR Surgical Co.*     1,308,979  
  24,330     Stereotaxis, Inc.*     171,770  
  23,685     Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     652,048  
  22,594     Surface Oncology, Inc.*     143,020  
  6,363     Surgery Partners, Inc.*     313,060  
  4,676     Surmodics, Inc.*     280,887  
  5,631     Sutro Biopharma, Inc.*     122,305  
  7,960     Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.*     354,061  
  12,660     Tenet Healthcare Corp.*     953,931  
  4,957     TG Therapeutics, Inc.*     134,186  
  81,397     TherapeuticsMD, Inc.*     64,711  
  29,897     Tivity Health, Inc.*     695,105  
  16,379     Translate Bio, Inc.*     612,575  
  13,277     Travere Therapeutics, Inc.*     289,837  
  9,933     Triple-S Management Corp. (Puerto Rico)*     352,622  
  1,890     Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.*     145,568  
  1,725     Twist Bioscience Corp.*     195,287  
  1,861     US Physical Therapy, Inc.     218,481  
  475     Utah Medical Products, Inc.     42,085  
  37,222     Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     623,096  
  4,994     Vapotherm, Inc.*     138,084  
  7,122     Varex Imaging Corp.*     207,749  
  19,798     Vaxart, Inc.*(a)     177,192  
  8,576     Veracyte, Inc.*     412,591  
  18,519     Vericel Corp.*     1,003,174  
  14,228     ViewRay, Inc.*     85,937  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  29,477     VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.*   $ 89,610  
  4,796     Vocera Communications, Inc.*     232,558  
  5,551     Xencor, Inc.*     188,012  
  781     XOMA Corp.*     24,305  
  11,922     Zynex, Inc.*(a)     159,874  
   

 

 

 
      67,493,516  

 

 

 
Industrials – 15.8%  
  8,389     AAON, Inc.     571,375  
  3,273     AAR Corp.*     110,791  
  8,729     ABM Industries, Inc.     432,260  
  19,543     ACCO Brands Corp.     183,118  
  3,021     Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.     125,432  
  1,708     AeroVironment, Inc.*     174,831  
  16,235     AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc.*     57,472  
  4,210     Air Transport Services Group, Inc.*     115,312  
  2,199     Alamo Group, Inc.     340,867  
  3,005     Albany International Corp., Class A     235,382  
  994     Allegiant Travel Co.*     191,285  
  7,525     Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.     260,064  
  8,354     Altra Industrial Motion Corp.     489,210  
  3,331     Ameresco, Inc., Class A*     230,339  
  2,344     American Woodmark Corp.*     165,158  
  18,277     API Group Corp.*(b)     423,844  
  7,257     Apogee Enterprises, Inc.     311,906  
  9,483     Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.     842,185  
  7,669     ArcBest Corp.     511,752  
  6,886     Arcosa, Inc.     349,946  
  2,336     Argan, Inc.     108,157  
  7,873     Array Technologies, Inc.*     150,138  
  8,571     ASGN, Inc.*     961,580  
  5,044     Astec Industries, Inc.     308,390  
  2,011     Astronics Corp.*     26,867  
  10,522     Atkore, Inc.*     976,126  
  4,573     Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*     334,606  
  9,146     Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc.*     92,557  
  3,901     Avis Budget Group, Inc.*     354,016  
  3,574     AZZ, Inc.     191,388  
  15,745     Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.*     114,938  
  5,121     Barnes Group, Inc.     244,118  
  1,822     Barrett Business Services, Inc.     141,205  
  8,547     Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*     440,000  
  2,104     Blink Charging Co.*(a)     68,233  
  6,961     Bloom Energy Corp., Class A*     149,105  
  8,964     Blue Bird Corp.*     194,071  
  6,094     BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.*     350,771  
  13,013     Boise Cascade Co.     752,802  
  9,923     Brady Corp., Class A     529,194  
  6,494     BrightView Holdings, Inc.*     99,553  
  3,565     Brink’s Co. (The)     278,640  
  3,271     Byrna Technologies, Inc.*     95,775  
  8,823     Caesarstone Ltd.     114,699  
  2,804     CAI International, Inc.     156,940  
  3,745     Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A*     277,093  
  10,056     CBIZ, Inc.*     343,010  
  4,009     Chart Industries, Inc.*     755,215  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  4,817     Cimpress PLC (Ireland)*   457,519  
  5,832     Columbus McKinnon Corp.     268,564  
  9,519     Comfort Systems USA, Inc.     723,254  
  7,385     Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.*     77,616  
  24,248     CoreCivic, Inc.*     235,691  
  20,685     Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.*     343,785  
  13,356     Costamare, Inc. (Monaco)     192,059  
  7,994     Covanta Holding Corp.     160,280  
  3,223     CRA International, Inc.     299,707  
  3,048     CSW Industrials, Inc.     404,744  
  11,623     Deluxe Corp.     445,742  
  2,355     Douglas Dynamics, Inc.     93,588  
  1,811     Ducommun, Inc.*     95,440  
  10,926     DXP Enterprises, Inc.*     327,561  
  2,833     Dycom Industries, Inc.*     213,410  
  1,549     Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.*     76,505  
  17,899     Echo Global Logistics, Inc.*     588,519  
  8,785     EMCOR Group, Inc.     1,067,377  
  2,717     Encore Wire Corp.     230,972  
  15,911     Energy Recovery, Inc.*     325,062  
  5,680     Enerpac Tool Group Corp.     142,909  
  5,393     EnerSys     456,194  
  5,165     Ennis, Inc.     100,253  
  3,116     EnPro Industries, Inc.     266,449  
  2,437     ESCO Technologies, Inc.     219,622  
  10,149     Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.*     394,999  
  2,166     Exponent, Inc.     253,205  
  6,140     Federal Signal Corp.     249,468  
  4,296     Forrester Research, Inc.*     204,275  
  7,316     Forward Air Corp.     645,052  
  8,469     Franklin Covey Co.*     368,147  
  8,286     Franklin Electric Co., Inc.     704,144  
  4,274     Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.*     65,520  
  20,922     FuelCell Energy, Inc.*(a)     130,553  
  2,138     GATX Corp.     196,012  
  4,323     Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.     84,255  
  4,784     Gibraltar Industries, Inc.*     357,173  
  8,652     Global Industrial Co.     333,015  
  17,815     GMS, Inc.*     880,239  
  2,761     Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)     96,828  
  32,490     GrafTech International Ltd.     359,664  
  3,370     Granite Construction, Inc.     136,620  
  11,769     Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.*     177,830  
  4,043     Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)     178,296  
  6,310     Griffon Corp.     152,702  
  8,108     H&E Equipment Services, Inc.     276,077  
  8,417     Healthcare Services Group, Inc.     220,189  
  5,222     Heartland Express, Inc.     87,625  
  2,830     Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.     122,313  
  2,387     Helios Technologies, Inc.     194,827  
  2,518     Herc Holdings, Inc.*     330,991  
  4,797     Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.*     141,703  
  17,188     Herman Miller, Inc.     722,412  
  9,966     Hillenbrand, Inc.     462,622  
  12,053     HNI Corp.     456,688  
  8,481     Hub Group, Inc., Class A*     595,366  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  4,181     Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*   $ 206,416  
  3,763     HyreCar, Inc.*     42,296  
  1,821     Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.     106,729  
  4,544     ICF International, Inc.     425,591  
  5,823     IES Holdings, Inc.*     284,745  
  6,307     Insperity, Inc.     695,914  
  2,884     Insteel Industries, Inc.     106,708  
  16,356     Interface, Inc.     235,199  
  6,718     JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.*     185,014  
  4,253     John Bean Technologies Corp.     620,470  
  3,082     Kadant, Inc.     644,508  
  1,669     Kaman Corp.     65,224  
  8,280     KAR Auction Services, Inc.*     140,015  
  20,706     KBR, Inc.     806,292  
  11,727     Kelly Services, Inc., Class A     227,973  
  7,299     Kennametal, Inc.     271,377  
  13,951     Kforce, Inc.     815,017  
  22,545     Kimball International, Inc., Class B     281,136  
  7,355     Korn Ferry     519,925  
  7,216     Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.*     178,379  
  3,165     Lawson Products, Inc.*     166,954  
  1,436     Lindsay Corp.     236,581  
  5,675     Lydall, Inc.*     351,736  
  4,368     Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.     174,065  
  3,535     Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)*     85,724  
  3,880     ManTech International Corp., Class A     307,180  
  5,433     Marten Transport Ltd.     84,700  
  3,432     Masonite International Corp.*     410,742  
  11,945     Matrix Service Co.*     134,740  
  4,767     Matson, Inc.     377,403  
  4,970     Matthews International Corp., Class A     184,039  
  6,490     Maxar Technologies, Inc.     206,317  
  1,800     McGrath RentCorp     125,604  
  8,444     Meritor, Inc.*     200,292  
  14,850     Mesa Air Group, Inc.*     118,503  
  2,077     Miller Industries, Inc.     77,306  
  10,141     Mistras Group, Inc.*     107,596  
  3,191     Moog, Inc., Class A     253,493  
  19,774     MRC Global, Inc.*     162,147  
  7,726     Mueller Industries, Inc.     344,657  
  11,955     Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A     198,692  
  3,971     MYR Group, Inc.*     413,024  
  817     National Presto Industries, Inc.     68,252  
  3,869     Northwest Pipe Co.*     100,284  
  46,341     NOW, Inc.*     355,899  
  4,882     NV5 Global, Inc.*     515,783  
  2,081     Omega Flex, Inc.     316,312  
  1,294     PAM Transportation Services, Inc.*     45,251  
  2,899     Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.     74,736  
  6,414     Parsons Corp.*     227,248  
  14,722     PGT Innovations, Inc.*     312,548  
  18,495     Pitney Bowes, Inc.     138,158  
  3,812     Powell Industries, Inc.     96,444  
  2,003     Preformed Line Products Co.     140,450  
  7,166     Primoris Services Corp.     184,166  
  3,418     Proto Labs, Inc.*     253,479  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  10,663     Quanex Building Products Corp.   251,220  
  26,658     Radiant Logistics, Inc.*     182,607  
  7,998     Raven Industries, Inc.*     466,683  
  1,652     RBC Bearings, Inc.*     382,471  
  12,248     Resideo Technologies, Inc.*     394,875  
  20,692     Resources Connection, Inc.     326,934  
  8,180     REV Group, Inc.     133,007  
  11,384     Rexnord Corp.     691,692  
  12,430     RR Donnelley & Sons Co.*     61,031  
  8,937     Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A     394,122  
  4,459     Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B     189,017  
  21,047     Safe Bulkers, Inc. (Greece)*     85,030  
  2,585     Saia, Inc.*     620,736  
  9,552     Shyft Group, Inc. (The)     420,383  
  7,937     Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.     898,072  
  4,941     SkyWest, Inc.*     230,498  
  5,247     SP Plus Corp.*     169,950  
  3,601     Spirit Airlines, Inc.*     88,332  
  5,722     SPX Corp.*     357,511  
  6,861     SPX FLOW, Inc.     552,516  
  1,681     Standex International Corp.     166,822  
  23,231     Steelcase, Inc., Class A     327,325  
  4,920     Stem, Inc.*     122,951  
  5,681     Sterling Construction Co., Inc.*     131,004  
  2,021     Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.*     65,460  
  17,897     Team, Inc.*     80,179  
  5,504     Tennant Co.     407,186  
  7,778     Terex Corp.     397,067  
  5,796     Tetra Tech, Inc.     833,697  
  6,664     Textainer Group Holdings Ltd. (China)*     221,378  
  9,618     Titan International, Inc.*     79,926  
  8,664     Titan Machinery, Inc.*     248,830  
  2,340     TPI Composites, Inc.*     84,965  
  4,805     Transcat, Inc.*     325,587  
  6,799     TriMas Corp.*     218,316  
  4,436     TriNet Group, Inc.*     408,467  
  3,018     Trinity Industries, Inc.     87,613  
  7,083     Triton International Ltd. (Bermuda)     387,582  
  17,841     TrueBlue, Inc.*     487,595  
  12,005     Tutor Perini Corp.*     173,112  
  10,676     UFP Industries, Inc.     801,554  
  2,002     UniFirst Corp.     458,598  
  12,515     Upwork, Inc.*     559,546  
  2,182     US Ecology, Inc.*     78,225  
  4,819     Vectrus, Inc.*     242,444  
  8,710     Veritiv Corp.*     781,026  
  5,628     Vicor Corp.*     694,326  
  11,236     Wabash National Corp.     174,607  
  5,393     Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A     925,277  
  4,999     Welbilt, Inc.*     116,977  
  6,514     Werner Enterprises, Inc.     307,200  
  5,199     WESCO International, Inc.*     608,387  
  5,796     Willdan Group, Inc.*     219,147  
  15,620     WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.*     462,352  
  12,564     Yellow Corp.*     76,515  
   

 

 

 
      65,190,711  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – 15.0%  
  15,022     3D Systems Corp.*   $ 457,270  
  17,423     8x8, Inc.*     420,765  
  37,116     A10 Networks, Inc.*     515,541  
  13,538     ACI Worldwide, Inc.*     436,330  
  12,548     ADTRAN, Inc.     259,242  
  4,872     Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.     439,357  
  7,593     Agilysys, Inc.*     431,510  
  7,017     Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.*     591,744  
  5,840     Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.*     169,652  
  6,929     Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A*     512,677  
  3,763     Ambarella, Inc.*     389,734  
  8,462     American Software, Inc., Class A     214,681  
  27,609     Amkor Technology, Inc.     758,419  
  3,638     Appfolio, Inc., Class A*     429,648  
  6,054     Appian Corp.*     648,989  
  2,306     Asana, Inc., Class A*     174,218  
  19,687     Avaya Holdings Corp.*     397,087  
  2,262     Aviat Networks, Inc.*     80,165  
  18,250     Avid Technology, Inc.*     471,033  
  8,156     Axcelis Technologies, Inc.*     405,435  
  7,883     AXT, Inc.*     73,391  
  5,623     Badger Meter, Inc.     602,167  
  4,235     Belden, Inc.     242,454  
  7,778     Benchmark Electronics, Inc.     210,239  
  14,422     Benefitfocus, Inc.*     174,074  
  5,335     BigCommerce Holdings, Inc.Series 1*     317,646  
  4,531     Blackbaud, Inc.*     315,765  
  3,349     Blackline, Inc.*     365,376  
  1,069     BM Technologies, Inc.*(c)     10,412  
  5,261     Bottomline Technologies DE, Inc.*     222,382  
  22,316     Box, Inc., Class A*     575,307  
  21,693     Brightcove, Inc.*     246,433  
  16,763     Calix, Inc.*     781,156  
  6,007     Cambium Networks Corp.*     225,082  
  11,789     Casa Systems, Inc.*     82,995  
  3,351     Cass Information Systems, Inc.     151,063  
  3,564     Cerence, Inc.*     386,480  
  3,983     CEVA, Inc.*     192,180  
  18,620     ChannelAdvisor Corp.*     477,044  
  4,756     Cleanspark, Inc.*(a)     65,633  
  7,741     Clearfield, Inc.*     350,745  
  18,838     Cloudera, Inc.*     300,089  
  2,653     CMC Materials, Inc.     351,841  
  8,021     Cohu, Inc.*     286,189  
  8,542     CommVault Systems, Inc.*     691,646  
  3,762     Comtech Telecommunications Corp.     96,006  
  40,771     Conduent, Inc.*     297,628  
  6,994     Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.*     400,756  
  4,765     Corsair Gaming, Inc.*(a)     137,947  
  8,480     CSG Systems International, Inc.     408,821  
  4,642     CTS Corp.     162,841  
  24,093     Daktronics, Inc.*     146,726  
  12,713     Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.*     138,317  
  10,391     Digi International, Inc.*     228,394  
  14,407     Digital Turbine, Inc.*     842,089  
  9,410     Diodes, Inc.*     911,170  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  6,225     Domo, Inc., Class B*   557,138  
  5,868     DSP Group, Inc.*     128,509  
  7,271     Ebix, Inc.     209,259  
  4,550     EchoStar Corp., Class A*     122,850  
  13,381     eGain Corp.*     157,628  
  8,076     EMCORE Corp.*     60,409  
  4,269     Envestnet, Inc.*     340,965  
  2,970     ePlus, Inc.*     321,413  
  9,394     EVERTEC, Inc. (Puerto Rico)     434,473  
  4,724     ExlService Holdings, Inc.*     581,713  
  52,192     Extreme Networks, Inc.*     565,239  
  5,141     Fabrinet (Thailand)*     529,626  
  3,905     FARO Technologies, Inc.*     269,211  
  13,597     FormFactor, Inc.*     528,651  
  6,498     GreenBox POS*(a)     63,356  
  15,350     Hackett Group, Inc. (The)     300,860  
  17,665     Harmonic, Inc.*     163,225  
  2,940     I3 Verticals, Inc., Class A*     84,995  
  6,894     Ichor Holdings Ltd.*     305,473  
  9,886     Identiv, Inc.*     175,575  
  8,362     II-VI, Inc.*     526,639  
  8,118     Impinj, Inc.*     473,198  
  13,095     Infinera Corp.*     110,915  
  17,048     Inseego Corp.*(a)     143,203  
  5,872     Insight Enterprises, Inc.*     604,170  
  3,381     Intelligent Systems Corp.*     130,473  
  3,143     InterDigital, Inc.     226,642  
  18,021     Iteris, Inc.*     102,720  
  3,383     Itron, Inc.*     284,206  
  6,620     J2 Global, Inc.*     911,574  
  9,102     Kimball Electronics, Inc.*     219,995  
  10,132     Knowles Corp.*     202,640  
  9,653     Kopin Corp.*     56,760  
  7,886     Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Singapore)     553,518  
  10,298     KVH Industries, Inc.*     108,850  
  23,973     Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*     1,489,203  
  35,360     Limelight Networks, Inc.*     95,472  
  8,238     LivePerson, Inc.*     528,056  
  3,835     LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.*     187,915  
  20,687     Luna Innovations, Inc.*     222,799  
  3,915     MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.*     237,680  
  5,228     Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.*     212,205  
  10,653     Maximus, Inc.     927,770  
  7,545     MaxLinear, Inc.*     394,075  
  4,114     Meta Materials, Inc.*     19,130  
  5,936     Methode Electronics, Inc.     276,440  
  790     MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A*(a)     548,497  
  7,936     MicroVision, Inc.*(a)     116,897  
  6,858     Mimecast Ltd.*     478,757  
  20,600     Mitek Systems, Inc.*     460,822  
  7,870     Model N, Inc.*     266,872  
  12,953     Momentive Global, Inc.*     254,008  
  19,058     MoneyGram International, Inc.*     171,331  
  8,331     Napco Security Technologies, Inc.*     325,992  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  33,703     NeoPhotonics Corp.*   $ 314,786  
  5,406     NETGEAR, Inc.*     193,156  
  12,612     NetScout Systems, Inc.*     345,821  
  4,602     Novanta, Inc.*     705,118  
  10,331     OneSpan, Inc.*     199,078  
  8,887     Onto Innovation, Inc.*     658,793  
  2,713     OSI Systems, Inc.*     268,424  
  1,867     PagerDuty, Inc.*     79,908  
  2,945     PAR Technology Corp.*     200,054  
  7,525     PC Connection, Inc.     364,285  
  9,363     Perficient, Inc.*     1,116,257  
  18,871     Photronics, Inc.*     284,386  
  3,645     Ping Identity Holding Corp.*     94,588  
  5,799     Plantronics, Inc.*     172,694  
  4,387     Plexus Corp.*     402,858  
  7,654     Power Integrations, Inc.     831,531  
  8,807     Progress Software Corp.     410,054  
  3,907     PROS Holdings, Inc.*     168,939  
  3,408     Q2 Holdings, Inc.*     300,211  
  3,953     QAD, Inc., Class A     343,951  
  4,847     Qualys, Inc.*     568,941  
  31,440     Quantum Corp.*     196,186  
  7,808     Rackspace Technology, Inc.*     109,078  
  17,028     Rambus, Inc.*     405,266  
  5,745     Rapid7, Inc.*     698,132  
  7,654     Rekor Systems, Inc.*     83,582  
  4,515     Repay Holdings Corp.*     103,890  
  31,185     Ribbon Communications, Inc.*     203,638  
  4,473     Riot Blockchain, Inc.*     166,932  
  1,208     Rogers Corp.*     256,591  
  5,534     Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.*     259,323  
  10,293     Sanmina Corp.*     406,368  
  6,469     Sapiens International Corp. NV (Israel)     184,625  
  6,244     ScanSource, Inc.*     222,162  
  6,205     SecureWorks Corp., Class A*     126,954  
  8,168     Semtech Corp.*     571,107  
  3,697     ShotSpotter, Inc.*     147,252  
  4,755     Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*     749,483  
  1,394     SiTime Corp.*     296,699  
  9,646     SMART Global Holdings, Inc.*     467,445  
  22,932     Smith Micro Software, Inc.*     114,431  
  2,915     Sprout Social, Inc., Class A*     354,464  
  5,654     SPS Commerce, Inc.*     766,287  
  4,239     SunPower Corp.*     91,350  
  5,846     Super Micro Computer, Inc.*     213,613  
  7,497     Synaptics, Inc.*     1,422,781  
  7,769     Tenable Holdings, Inc.*     344,711  
  5,526     TTEC Holdings, Inc.     582,772  
  18,487     TTM Technologies, Inc.*     258,818  
  1,338     Tucows, Inc., Class A*     99,159  
  8,796     Turtle Beach Corp.*     249,894  
  11,338     Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*     524,269  
  5,207     Unisys Corp.*     126,061  
  2,079     Upland Software, Inc.*     81,039  
  13,843     Varonis Systems, Inc.*     955,305  
  7,400     Veeco Instruments, Inc.*     168,646  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  9,183     Verint Systems, Inc.*   409,929  
  10,533     Verra Mobility Corp.*     163,367  
  27,260     Viavi Solutions, Inc.*     444,065  
  17,773     Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     390,473  
  5,611     Vishay Precision Group, Inc.*     209,683  
  58,324     Vonage Holdings Corp.*     822,368  
  5,461     Workiva, Inc.*     766,014  
  21,818     Xperi Holding Corp.     466,251  
  15,730     Yext, Inc.*     212,670  
  17,114     Zix Corp.*     132,462  
  14,179     Zuora, Inc., Class A*     240,759  
   

 

 

 
      61,732,160  

 

 

 
Materials – 3.7%  
  5,499     AdvanSix, Inc.*     200,713  
  12,585     Allegheny Technologies, Inc.*     224,768  
  10,435     American Vanguard Corp.     159,968  
  42,586     Amyris, Inc.*     640,919  
  6,234     Arconic Corp.*     215,011  
  12,037     Avient Corp.     627,007  
  3,077     Balchem Corp.     432,072  
  6,306     Cabot Corp.     336,740  
  4,837     Carpenter Technology Corp.     161,314  
  3,638     Chase Corp.     416,551  
  3,422     Clearwater Paper Corp.*     111,181  
  15,359     Coeur Mining, Inc.*     108,281  
  19,401     Commercial Metals Co.     632,861  
  2,110     Compass Minerals International, Inc.     141,222  
  10,512     Constellium SE*     212,553  
  3,514     Danimer Scientific, Inc.*     68,663  
  4,584     Domtar Corp.*     251,341  
  6,850     Ferro Corp.*     142,480  
  6,384     Forterra, Inc.*     147,087  
  12,992     GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.*     309,729  
  7,882     Glatfelter Corp.     124,536  
  3,369     Greif, Inc., Class A     213,325  
  6,173     HB Fuller Co.     417,110  
  27,328     Hecla Mining Co.     168,067  
  5,121     Ingevity Corp.*     411,677  
  5,001     Innospec, Inc.     468,094  
  2,747     Intrepid Potash, Inc.*     85,184  
  1,936     Kaiser Aluminum Corp.     244,439  
  3,553     Koppers Holdings, Inc.*     116,894  
  7,188     Kraton Corp.*     302,759  
  8,163     Livent Corp.*     203,014  
  5,394     Materion Corp.     393,924  
  4,404     Minerals Technologies, Inc.     346,331  
  5,174     MP Materials Corp.*(a)     173,691  
  22,840     Myers Industries, Inc.     520,752  
  1,785     Neenah, Inc.     89,946  
  14,805     Novagold Resources, Inc. (Canada)*     107,040  
  9,138     O-I Glass, Inc.*     138,258  
  6,367     Olympic Steel, Inc.     173,564  
  17,105     Orion Engineered Carbons SA (Germany)*     302,245  
  830     Quaker Chemical Corp.     215,070  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Materials – (continued)  
  3,542     Ranpak Holdings Corp.*   $ 108,739  
  11,731     Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.*     82,821  
  11,162     Ryerson Holding Corp.     258,400  
  10,189     Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A     482,042  
  4,596     Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.     175,889  
  5,751     Sensient Technologies Corp.     499,474  
  3,793     Stepan Co.     445,905  
  10,770     Summit Materials, Inc., Class A*     362,626  
  22,886     SunCoke Energy, Inc.     159,058  
  8,607     TimkenSteel Corp.*     117,744  
  6,618     Tredegar Corp.     87,887  
  3,904     Trinseo SA     202,735  
  14,306     Tronox Holdings PLC, Class A     302,286  
  4,704     UFP Technologies, Inc.*     329,233  
  1,405     United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.     205,256  
  6,178     Verso Corp., Class A     117,691  
  9,758     Warrior Met Coal, Inc.     218,482  
  4,903     Worthington Industries, Inc.     284,129  
  1,831     Zymergen, Inc.*(a)     24,023  
   

 

 

 
      15,220,801  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 6.6%  
  5,308     Acadia Realty Trust REIT     112,636  
  5,597     Agree Realty Corp. REIT     417,256  
  17,475     Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. REIT     364,878  
  386     Alexander’s, Inc. REIT     102,792  
  5,879     American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT     234,102  
  15,542     American Finance Trust, Inc. REIT     133,972  
  54,619     Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A REIT     392,164  
  10,751     Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. REIT     158,900  
  13,801     Brandywine Realty Trust REIT     191,558  
  8,616     Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. REIT     236,078  
  6,386     BRT Apartments Corp. REIT     124,016  
  11,965     CareTrust REIT, Inc. REIT     263,110  
  1,858     Centerspace REIT     187,992  
  11,761     Chatham Lodging Trust REIT*     141,132  
  5,786     Columbia Property Trust, Inc. REIT     96,742  
  4,319     Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. REIT     209,515  
  26,728     CorePoint Lodging, Inc. REIT*     386,487  
  8,110     Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT     228,540  
  2,665     CTO Realty Growth, Inc. REIT     149,480  
  28,511     Cushman & Wakefield PLC*     517,190  
  26,050     DigitalBridge Group, Inc. REIT*     179,745  
  53,511     Diversified Healthcare Trust REIT     200,666  
  8,395     Easterly Government Properties, Inc. REIT     179,401  
  4,216     EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT     759,976  
  11,559     Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     118,711  
  4,861     Equity Commonwealth REIT     128,039  
  8,266     Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     267,901  
  29,307     eXp World Holdings, Inc.     1,343,726  
  8,059     Farmland Partners, Inc. REIT     98,723  
  7,969     Forestar Group, Inc.*     165,676  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Real Estate – (continued)  
  10,993     Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. REIT   314,510  
  22,986     Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT     110,333  
  2,693     FRP Holdings, Inc.*     155,386  
  43,310     GEO Group, Inc. (The) REIT     335,652  
  6,117     Getty Realty Corp. REIT     193,481  
  8,185     Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT     185,227  
  4,426     Gladstone Land Corp. REIT     104,232  
  6,878     Global Medical REIT, Inc. REIT     106,059  
  8,657     Global Net Lease, Inc. REIT     147,169  
  15,391     Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     462,192  
  21,937     Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT*     205,769  
  15,923     Independence Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     326,103  
  9,458     Industrial Logistics Properties Trust REIT     259,433  
  1,991     Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. REIT     489,607  
  13,974     iStar, Inc. REIT     369,612  
  12,827     Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.     282,066  
  14,978     Kite Realty Group Trust REIT     303,454  
  27,387     Lexington Realty Trust REIT     370,546  
  5,142     LTC Properties, Inc. REIT     177,450  
  9,921     Macerich Co. (The) REIT     169,451  
  17,231     Mack-Cali Realty Corp. REIT*     308,090  
  16,125     Marcus & Millichap, Inc.*     632,422  
  12,358     Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT     234,555  
  4,891     National Health Investors, Inc. REIT     292,580  
  12,846     National Storage Affiliates Trust REIT     735,433  
  27,398     New Senior Investment Group, Inc. REIT     239,185  
  23,005     Newmark Group, Inc., Class A     313,328  
  5,061     NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. REIT     327,902  
  9,537     Office Properties Income Trust REIT     253,017  
  92     One Liberty Properties, Inc. REIT     2,929  
  8,691     Outfront Media, Inc. REIT*     215,189  
  21,154     Paramount Group, Inc. REIT     187,424  
  8,109     Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT     178,641  
  22,495     Physicians Realty Trust REIT     416,382  
  19,675     Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     350,609  
  4,629     Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. REIT     109,059  
  8,184     Postal Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     159,997  
  11,128     PotlatchDeltic Corp. REIT     578,100  
  14,200     Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT     177,216  
  2,854     PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT     448,734  
  6,390     QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT     498,292  
  10,650     RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A     356,669  
  48,807     Realogy Holdings Corp.*     856,563  
  17,041     Redfin Corp.*     827,681  
  14,444     Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. REIT     261,148  
  12,012     Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A REIT     158,799  
  9,715     Retail Value, Inc. REIT     242,875  
  6,824     RLJ Lodging Trust REIT     98,470  
  7,966     RMR Group, Inc. (The), Class A     369,144  
  17,267     RPT Realty REIT     223,435  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   83


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Real Estate – (continued)  
  3,097     Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. REIT*   $ 257,268  
  25,403     Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT     406,448  
  1,239     Safehold, Inc. REIT     111,027  
  14,013     Service Properties Trust REIT     160,169  
  13,178     SITE Centers Corp. REIT     212,298  
  4,224     St Joe Co. (The)     195,444  
  15,748     STAG Industrial, Inc. REIT     665,353  
  13,414     Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT*     155,468  
  15,705     Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT     262,588  
  7,298     Terreno Realty Corp. REIT     487,579  
  7,870     UMH Properties, Inc. REIT     186,519  
  31,297     Uniti Group, Inc. REIT     409,052  
  2,156     Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT     127,700  
  8,826     Urban Edge Properties REIT     167,164  
  7,478     Washington Real Estate Investment Trust REIT     187,997  
  11,293     Whitestone REIT     110,784  
  6,973     Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT*     121,470  
   

 

 

 
      27,437,032  

 

 

 
Utilities – 2.9%  
  8,179     ALLETE, Inc.     551,428  
  7,842     American States Water Co.     723,111  
  1,208     Artesian Resources Corp., Class A     47,607  
  9,716     Avista Corp.     406,615  
  8,776     Black Hills Corp.     617,216  
  7,657     Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A (Canada)(a)     486,985  
  6,513     Cadiz, Inc.*     87,535  
  6,390     California Water Service Group     406,084  
  3,270     Chesapeake Utilities Corp.     427,389  
  20,927     Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A     622,369  
  24,360     Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C     764,660  
  5,280     MGE Energy, Inc.     425,251  
  2,215     Middlesex Water Co.     242,343  
  11,861     New Jersey Resources Corp.     442,890  
  3,885     Northwest Natural Holding Co.     199,883  
  7,738     NorthWestern Corp.     492,137  
  7,508     ONE Gas, Inc.     539,225  
  7,279     Ormat Technologies, Inc.     517,755  
  6,938     Otter Tail Corp.     380,688  
  12,561     PNM Resources, Inc.     621,770  
  13,917     Portland General Electric Co.     714,638  
  13,076     Pure Cycle Corp.*     195,486  
  3,797     SJW Group     263,246  
  10,302     South Jersey Industries, Inc.     255,593  
  7,546     Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.     530,559  
  6,616     Spire, Inc.     441,287  
  4,741     Sunnova Energy International, Inc.*     171,624  
  3,690     Unitil Corp.     183,024  
  8,144     Via Renewables, Inc.     91,213  
  3,514     York Water Co. (The)     181,217  
   

 

 

 
      12,030,828  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $334,663,717)   $ 408,058,268  

 

 

 
    
Units
    Description   Value  
Right – 0.0%  
Financials – 0.0%      
  153     NewStar Financial, Inc. CVR*(d)  
  (Cost $13)   $ 0  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $334,663,730)   $ 408,058,268  

 

 

 
   
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 1.2%(e)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government
Fund – Institutional Shares

 
  5,108,816     0.026%   $ 5,108,816  
  (Cost $5,108,816)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.1%  
  (Cost $339,772,546)   $ 413,167,084  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER
ASSETS – (0.1)%
    (623,943

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 412,543,141  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

  Restricted securities are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to legal restrictions on sale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are subsequently registered and the registration statement is effective. Disposal of these securities may involve time consuming negotiations and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Total market value of restricted securities amounts to $10,412, which represents approximately 0.0% of net assets as of August 31, 2021. See additional details below:

 

    Security    Date(s) of
Purchase
     Cost  
  BM Technologies Inc.      12/17/20      $ 13,363  

 

(d)

  Significant unobservable inputs were used in the valuation of this portfolio security; i.e. Level 3.

(e)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

CVR

 

— Contingent Value Right

PLC

 

— Public Limited Company

REIT

 

— Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

84   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACTIVEBETA® U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY ETF

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2021, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

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

E-Mini Russell 2000 Index

   30        09/17/21        $3,356,144      $ 50,656  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   85


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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

August 31, 2021

 

       

ActiveBeta®
Emerging

Markets Equity
ETF

     ActiveBeta®
Europe Equity
ETF
     ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Japan Equity ETF
 
  Assets:

 

 

Investments at value (cost $1,021,556,716, $16,382,814, $2,463,662,963 and $12,760,901, respectively)(a)

  $ 1,387,775,924      $ 20,768,818      $ 3,082,613,430      $ 15,135,464  
 

Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost

    8,722,462        184,641        37,762,053        82,494  
 

Cash

    30,632,155        44,858        3,025,950        10,656  
 

Foreign currency, at value (cost $72,487, $—, $122,088 and $224, respectively)

    72,791               121,761        224  
 

Receivables:

          
 

Investments sold

    41,872,512        916,101        152,621,042        615,157  
 

Dividends

    2,349,911        45,691        7,111,776        21,861  
 

Collateral on futures contracts

    627,287        5,049                
 

Securities lending income

    79,816        103        11,928        2  
 

Reimbursement from investment adviser

    65,119                       
 

Foreign tax reclaims

    30,813        79,514        2,808,781        7,360  
 

Other assets

    10,941                       
  Total assets     1,472,239,731        22,044,775        3,286,076,721        15,873,218  
            
  Liabilities:           
 

Variation margin on futures contracts

           382                
 

Payables:

          
 

Investments purchased

    64,719,712        960,726        154,237,125        623,965  
 

Upon return of securities loaned

    8,722,462        184,641        37,762,053        82,494  
 

Foreign capital gains tax

    8,266,711                       
 

Management fees

    460,792        4,424        640,194        3,169  
 

Foreign bank overdraft (cost $—, $365, $— and $—, respectively)

           367                
 

Accrued expenses

    1,780,624        1,015        201,864        689  
  Total liabilities     83,950,301        1,151,555        192,841,236        710,317  
            
  Net Assets:           
 

Paid-in capital

    1,045,273,268        19,545,722        2,579,936,916        13,637,976  
 

Total distributable earnings

    343,016,162        1,347,498        513,298,569        1,524,925  
  NET ASSETS   $ 1,388,289,430      $ 20,893,220      $ 3,093,235,485      $ 15,162,901  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING           
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    35,300,000        550,000        86,500,000        400,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

    $39.33        $37.99        $35.76        $37.91  

 

  (a)   Includes loaned securities having a market value of $7,117,388, $173,873, $34,668,517 and $78,589 for ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, respectively.

 

86   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACTIVEBETA® ETFS

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

       

ActiveBeta® U.S.
Large Cap Equity

ETF

   ActiveBeta® U.S.
Small Cap Equity
ETF
 
  Assets:

 

 

Investments at value (cost $9,052,894,866 and $334,663,730, respectively)(a)

  $13,738,914,663    $ 408,058,268  
 

Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost

  9,566,002      5,108,816  
 

Cash

  16,264,256      4,055,608  
 

Variation margin on futures contracts

       6,900  
 

Receivables:

    
 

Fund shares sold

 

22,774,736

      
 

Dividends

  15,449,133      281,714  
 

Collateral on futures contracts

  468,050      214,500  
 

Securities lending income

  25,290      4,412  
  Total assets  

13,803,462,130

     417,730,218  
      
  Liabilities:     
 

Variation margin on futures contracts

  8,695       
 

Payables:

    
 

Investments purchased

  22,726,093       
 

Upon return of securities loaned

  9,566,002      5,108,816  
 

Management fees

 

1,043,180

     67,096  
 

Accrued expenses

  270,682      11,165  
  Total liabilities  

33,614,652

     5,187,077  
      
  Net Assets:     
 

Paid-in capital

 

9,543,811,081

     347,683,294  
 

Total distributable earnings

 

4,226,036,397

     64,859,847  
  NET ASSETS   $13,769,847,478    $ 412,543,141  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING     
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

  151,402,500      6,350,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

  $90.95      $64.97  

 

  (a)   Includes loaned securities having a market value of $9,322,545 and $5,033,988 for ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, respectively.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   87


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Statements of Operations

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

        ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets Equity
ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Europe Equity
ETF
    ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
    ActiveBeta®
Japan Equity ETF
 
  Investment income:        
 

Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $4,928,599, $72,326, $6,455,813 and $61,757, respectively)

  $ 35,403,726     $ 448,280     $ 53,348,866     $ 400,020  
 

Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer

    273,974       3,795       390,985       1,903  
 

Non cash dividend income

          55,759       4,880,629        
  Total investment income     35,677,700       507,834       58,620,480       401,923  
         
  Expenses:        
 

Management fees

    6,437,086       42,808       5,697,446       49,169  
 

Custody, accounting and administrative services

    1,447,938                    
 

Printing and mailing costs

    165,119                    
 

Professional fees

    109,890                    
 

Shareholder meeting expense

    61,663       747       91,711       689  
 

Trustee fees

    18,356       3,874       27,095       3,915  
 

Other

    19,596                    
  Total expenses     8,259,648       47,429       5,816,252       53,773  
 

Less — expense reductions

    (956,263                  
  Net expenses     7,303,385       47,429       5,816,252       53,773  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME     28,374,315       460,405       52,804,228       348,150  
         
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):        
 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    145,421,767       274,054       5,232,219       (59,008
 

In-kind redemptions

    154,147,137                   1,951,191  
 

Futures

    (183,710     8,096       1,424,037       22,121  
 

Foreign currency transactions

    120,773       (2,596     (382,334     (3,404
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

       
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers (including the effects of the foreign capital gains tax liability of $8,266,711, $—, $— and $—, respectively)

    (6,555,931     4,206,343       477,625,019       1,175,273  
 

Futures

          1,940             (4,057
 

Foreign currency translations

    65,524       (1,388     (167,610     (469
  Net realized and unrealized gain     293,015,560       4,486,449       483,731,331       3,081,647  
  NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ 321,389,875     $ 4,946,854     $ 536,535,559     $ 3,429,797  

 

88   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS ACTIVEBETA® ETFS

 

Statements of Operations (continued)

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

        ActiveBeta® U.S.
Large Cap Equity
ETF
     ActiveBeta® U.S.
Small Cap Equity
ETF
 
  Investment income:     
 

Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $— and $16,769, respectively)

  $ 156,006,991      $ 3,253,104  
 

Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer

    111,489        129,578  
  Total investment income     156,118,480        3,382,682  
      
  Expenses:     
 

Management fees

    10,565,110        603,778  
 

Shareholder meeting expense

    270,682        11,165  
 

Trustee fees

    126,475        6,680  
  Total expenses     10,962,267        621,623  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME     145,156,213        2,761,059  
      
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):     
 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

    
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    (47,270,252      (938,162
 

In-kind redemptions

    792,128,651        31,298,694  
 

Futures

    1,330,122        580,785  
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

    
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    2,324,377,818        65,021,134  
 

Futures

    498,672        (77,590
  Net realized and unrealized gain     3,071,065,011        95,884,861  
  NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ 3,216,221,224      $ 98,645,920  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   89


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

        ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF            ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
           For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:             
 

Net investment income

  $ 28,374,315      $ 43,988,398        $ 460,405      $ 348,546  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    299,505,967        (40,335,493        279,554        (1,962,467
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

    (6,490,407      146,795,035                4,206,895        2,044,102  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     321,389,875        150,447,940                4,946,854        430,181  
              
  Distributions to shareholders:             
 

From distributable earnings

    (31,408,924      (44,088,214        (469,425      (340,708
              
  From share transactions:             
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    267,346,093        148,065,074                  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (879,514,184      (243,149,316                     (2,258,165
  Net decrease in net assets resulting from share transactions     (612,168,091      (95,084,242                     (2,258,165
  TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)     (322,187,140      11,275,484                4,477,429        (2,168,692
              
  Net assets:             
 

Beginning of year

  $ 1,710,476,570      $ 1,699,201,086              $ 16,415,791      $ 18,584,483  
 

End of year

  $ 1,388,289,430      $ 1,710,476,570              $ 20,893,220      $ 16,415,791  

 

90   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

        ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF           ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
          For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:          
 

Net investment income

  $ 52,804,228     $ 33,497,128       $ 348,150     $ 409,965  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    6,273,922       (71,514,669       1,910,900       388,178  
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    477,457,409       96,323,217               1,170,747       1,212,417  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     536,535,559       58,305,676               3,429,797       2,010,560  
           
  Distributions to shareholders:          
 

From distributable earnings

    (47,566,749     (34,855,286       (325,392     (482,484
           
  From share transactions:          
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    860,704,407       319,433,538                
 

Cost of shares redeemed

          (144,922,933             (7,502,475     (6,435,562
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     860,704,407       174,510,605               (7,502,475     (6,435,562
  TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)     1,349,673,217       197,960,995               (4,398,070     (4,907,486
           
  Net assets:          
 

Beginning of year

  $ 1,743,562,268     $ 1,545,601,273             $ 19,560,971     $ 24,468,457  
 

End of year

  $ 3,093,235,485     $ 1,743,562,268             $ 15,162,901     $ 19,560,971  

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

        ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF            ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
           For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:             
 

Net investment income

  $ 145,156,213      $ 131,490,181        $ 2,761,059      $ 1,182,340  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    746,188,521        (144,906,256        30,941,317        (1,417,613
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    2,324,876,490        1,648,452,208                64,943,544        8,670,193  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     3,216,221,224        1,635,036,133                98,645,920        8,434,920  
              
  Distributions to shareholders:             
 

From distributable earnings

    (138,466,225      (130,496,243        (2,434,684      (1,215,722
              
  From share transactions:             
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    1,810,335,563        2,860,908,951          224,466,695        74,558,334  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (1,546,137,807      (543,604,251              (60,618,621      (25,692,998
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     264,197,756        2,317,304,700                163,848,074        48,865,336  
  TOTAL INCREASE     3,341,952,755        3,821,844,590                260,059,310        56,084,534  
              
  Net assets:             
 

Beginning of year

  $ 10,427,894,723      $ 6,606,050,133              $ 152,483,831      $ 96,399,297  
 

End of year

  $ 13,769,847,478      $ 10,427,894,723              $ 412,543,141      $ 152,483,831  

 

92   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 33.28     $ 31.12     $ 32.98     $ 33.73     $ 28.03  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.67       0.80 (b)      0.75       0.77       0.63  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    6.07       2.17       (1.79     (0.84     5.58  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    6.74       2.97       (1.04     (0.07     6.21  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.69     (0.81     (0.82     (0.68     (0.51
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 39.33     $ 33.28     $ 31.12     $ 32.98     $ 33.73  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 39.16     $ 33.28     $ 31.14     $ 32.87     $ 33.74  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(c)     20.49     9.55     (3.21 )%      (0.28 )%      22.49
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 1,388,289     $ 1,710,477     $ 1,699,201     $ 1,688,540     $ 1,490,683  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.45     0.45     0.45     0.45     0.45
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.51     0.52     0.51     0.51     0.53
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.76     2.55 %(b)      2.37     2.19     2.13
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    46     38     28     28     27

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.03 per share and 0.09% of average net assets.
  (c)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 29.85     $ 28.59     $ 30.82     $ 30.39     $ 26.12  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.84       0.58       0.89       0.95       0.75  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    8.15       1.27       (1.84     0.37       4.26  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    8.99       1.85       (0.95     1.32       5.01  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.85     (0.59     (1.28     (0.89     (0.74
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 37.99     $ 29.85     $ 28.59     $ 30.82     $ 30.39  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 38.05     $ 29.81     $ 28.62     $ 30.73     $ 30.54  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     30.45     6.69     (3.15 )%      4.40     19.46
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 20,893     $ 16,416     $ 18,584     $ 73,963     $ 44,062  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.47     2.01     3.07     3.02     2.71
 

Portfolio turnover rate(c)

    19     18     17     23     17

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (c)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

94   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 28.72     $ 27.70     $ 29.42     $ 28.38     $ 24.67  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.75       0.57       0.86       0.76       0.69  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    6.97       1.05       (1.78     1.02       3.61  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    7.72       1.62       (0.92     1.78       4.30  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.68     (0.60     (0.80     (0.74     (0.59
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 35.76     $ 28.72     $ 27.70     $ 29.42     $ 28.38  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 35.75     $ 28.63     $ 27.73     $ 29.45     $ 28.53  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     27.12     5.96     (3.09 )%      6.30     17.66
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 3,093,235     $ 1,743,562     $ 1,545,601     $ 1,094,462     $ 593,129  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.31     2.08     3.10     2.56     2.64
 

Portfolio turnover rate(c)

    21     20     17     16     23

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (c)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 32.60     $ 30.59     $ 32.99     $ 30.71     $ 27.33  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.60       0.66       0.82       0.54       0.48  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    5.25       2.15       (2.29     2.36       3.50  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    5.85       2.81       (1.47     2.90       3.98  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.54     (0.80     (0.93     (0.62     (0.60
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 37.91     $ 32.60     $ 30.59     $ 32.99     $ 30.71  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 37.75     $ 32.51     $ 30.52     $ 32.90     $ 30.79  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     18.02     9.15     (4.32 )%      9.42     14.74
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 15,163     $ 19,561     $ 24,468     $ 52,778     $ 42,992  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25     0.25
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.64     2.09     2.64     1.62     1.68
 

Portfolio turnover rate(c)

    21     18     33     23     22

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (c)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

96   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
 
        2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 70.70     $ 59.09     $ 58.75     $ 49.16     $ 43.83  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.96       1.06       1.03       0.96       0.97  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    20.21       11.62       0.30       9.56       5.17  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    21.17       12.68       1.33       10.52       6.14  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.92     (1.07     (0.99     (0.93     (0.81
 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 90.95     $ 70.70     $ 59.09     $ 58.75     $ 49.16  
 

Market price, end of year

  $ 90.91     $ 70.61     $ 59.07     $ 58.75     $ 49.15  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     30.21     21.81     2.42     21.65     14.15
 

Net assets, end of year (in 000’s)

  $ 13,769,847     $ 10,427,895     $ 6,606,050     $ 3,980,297     $ 2,396,490  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.09     0.09     0.09     0.09     0.09
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.22     1.72     1.82     1.78     2.08
 

Portfolio turnover rate(c)

    16     17     16     16     20

 

  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.
  (c)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   97


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
   

For the Period

June 28, 2017*

to

August 31, 2017

 
        2021     2020      2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:           
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 43.57     $ 42.84      $ 49.49     $ 39.65     $ 40.36  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.53 (b)      0.51        0.57       0.56       0.07  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    21.35       0.78        (6.66     9.79       (0.78
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    21.88       1.29        (6.09     10.35       (0.71
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.48     (0.56      (0.56     (0.51      
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 64.97     $ 43.57      $ 42.84     $ 49.49     $ 39.65  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 64.94     $ 43.63      $ 42.84     $ 49.55     $ 38.95  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(c)     50.45     3.13      (12.28 )%      26.28     (1.76 )% 
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 412,543     $ 152,484      $ 96,399     $ 47,014     $ 11,896  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.20     0.20      0.20     0.20     0.20 %(d) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.90 %(b)      1.21      1.32     1.24     0.96 %(d) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    25     20      20     27     0 %(f) 

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.09 per share and 0.16% of average net assets.
  (c)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (d)   Annualized.
  (e)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.
  (f)   Less than 0.5%

 

98   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Notes to Financial Statements

August 31, 2021

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), consisting of multiple series. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on December 16, 2009. The following table lists those series of the Trust that are included in this report (collectively, the “Funds” or individually a “Fund”) along with their respective diversification status under the Act:

 

Fund          Diversification
Classification

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (“ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF”)

        Diversified

The investment objective of each Fund is to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective Index.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to management agreements (each, an “Agreement” and together, the “Agreements”) with the Trust. Each Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”). Market prices for the Funds’ shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem shares at their respective NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares, or multiples thereof, referred to as “Creation Units”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash. Shares generally trade in the secondary market in quantities less than a Creation Unit at market prices that change throughout the day. Only those that have entered into an authorized participant agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) may do business directly with the Funds.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. Each Fund is an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

A.  Investment Valuation — The Funds’ valuation policy is to value investments at fair value.

B.  Investment Income and Investments — Investment income includes interest income, dividend income, and securities lending income, if any. Interest income is accrued daily and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recognized on ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign securities, as soon as such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Investment transactions are reflected on trade date. Realized gains and losses are calculated using identified cost. Investment transactions are recorded on the following business day for daily NAV calculations. Investment income is recorded net of any foreign withholding taxes, less any amounts reclaimable. The Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. These reclaims if any, are recorded when the amount is known and there are no significant uncertainties on collectability. Such amounts recovered if any, are reflected as other income in the Statements of Operations. Any foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains, and is payable upon sale of such investments. Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gain and/or a return of capital. A return of capital is recorded by the Funds as a reduction to the cost basis of the REIT.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

For derivative contracts, realized gains and losses are recorded upon settlement of the contract.

C.  Expenses — Expenses incurred directly by a Fund are charged to the Fund, and certain expenses incurred by the Trust are allocated across the applicable Funds on a straight-line and/or pro-rata basis, depending upon the nature of the expenses, and are accrued daily.

D.  Federal Taxes and Distributions to Shareholders — It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute each year substantially all of its investment company taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, each Fund is not required to make any provisions for the payment of federal income tax. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. For each fund, income distributions, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Capital gains distributions, if any, are declared and paid at least annually.

Net capital losses, if any, are carried forward to future fiscal years and may be used to the extent allowed by the Code to offset any future capital gains. Losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. Utilization of capital loss carryforwards will reduce the requirement of future capital gains distributions.

The characterization of distributions to shareholders for financial reporting purposes is determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from GAAP. The source of each Fund’s distributions may be shown in the accompanying financial statements as either from distributable earnings or capital. Certain components of the Funds’ net assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities reflect permanent GAAP/tax differences based on the appropriate tax character.

E.  Foreign Currency Translation — The accounting records and reporting currency of a Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rates at the close of each business day. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is included within net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. Changes in the value of other assets and liabilities as a result of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statements of Operations within net change in unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the date the transaction occurred, the effects of which are included within net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions.

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

U.S. GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Funds’ policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly;

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including GSAM’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement).

 

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The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has approved Valuation Procedures that govern the valuation of the portfolio investments held by the Funds, including investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have delegated to GSAM day-to-day responsibility for implementing and maintaining internal controls and procedures related to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. To assess the continuing appropriateness of pricing sources and methodologies, GSAM regularly performs price verification procedures and issues challenges as necessary to third party pricing vendors or brokers, and any differences are reviewed in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.

A.  Level 1 and Level 2 Fair Value Investments — The valuation techniques and significant inputs used in determining the fair values for investments classified as Level 1 and Level 2 are as follows:

Equity Securities — Equity securities traded on a United States (“U.S.”) securities exchange or the NASDAQ system, or those located on certain foreign exchanges, including but not limited to the Americas, are valued daily at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded. If there is no sale or official closing price or such price is believed by GSAM to not represent fair value, equity securities will be valued at the valid closing bid price for long positions and at the valid closing ask price for short positions (i.e. where there is sufficient volume, during normal exchange trading hours). If no valid bid/ask price is available, the equity security will be valued pursuant to the Valuation Procedures approved by the Trustees and consistent with applicable regulatory guidance. To the extent these investments are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. Certain equity securities containing unique attributes may be classified as Level 2.

Unlisted equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date, or if no sale occurs, at the last bid price for long positions or the last ask price for short positions, and are generally classified as Level 2.

Underlying Funds (including Money Market Funds) — Underlying funds (“Underlying Funds”) include other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Investments in the Underlying Funds (except ETFs) are valued at the NAV per share on the day of valuation. ETFs are valued daily at the last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which the investment is traded. Because the Funds invest in Underlying Funds that fluctuate in value, the Funds’ shares will correspondingly fluctuate in value. Underlying Funds are generally classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. To the extent that underlying ETFs are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. For information regarding an Underlying Fund’s accounting policies and investment holdings, please see the Underlying Fund’s shareholder report.

Derivative Contracts — A derivative is an instrument whose value is derived from underlying assets, indices, reference rates or a combination of these factors. A Fund enters into derivative transactions to hedge against changes in interest rates, securities prices, and/or currency exchange rates, to increase total return, or to gain access to certain markets or attain exposure to other underliers. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of a Fund and cash collateral received, if any, is reported separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivables/payables for collateral on certain derivatives contracts. Non-cash collateral pledged by a Fund, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments.

Exchange-traded derivatives, including futures and options contracts, are generally valued at the last sale or settlement price on the exchange where they are principally traded. Exchange-traded options without settlement prices are generally valued at the last bid price for long positions and the last ask price for short positions on the exchange where they are principally traded. Exchange-traded derivatives typically fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) and centrally cleared derivatives are valued using market transactions and other market evidence, including market-based inputs to models, calibration to market-clearing transactions, broker or dealer quotations, or other alternative pricing sources. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value OTC and centrally cleared derivatives depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the instrument, as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, yield curves, credit curves, measures of volatility, voluntary and involuntary prepayment rates, loss severity rates and correlations of such inputs. For OTC and centrally cleared derivatives that trade in liquid markets, model inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. OTC and centrally cleared derivatives are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when significant inputs are corroborated by market evidence.

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

Futures Contracts — Futures contracts are contracts to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity or security. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund deposits cash or securities in an account on behalf of the broker in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. Subsequent payments are made or received by a Fund equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable with a corresponding offset to unrealized gains or losses.

B.  Level 3 Fair Value Investments — To the extent that significant inputs to valuation models and other alternative pricing sources are unobservable, or if quotations are not readily available, or if GSAM believes that such quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, the fair value of a Fund’s investments may be determined under Valuation Procedures approved by the Trustees. GSAM, consistent with its procedures and applicable regulatory guidance, may make an adjustment to the most recent valuation prices of either domestic or foreign securities in light of significant events to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities at the time of determining a Fund’s NAV. To the extent investments are valued using single source broker quotations obtained directly from the broker or passed through from third party pricing vendors, such investments are classified as Level 3 investments.

C. Fair Value Hierarchy — The following is a summary of the Funds’ investments and derivatives classified in the fair value hierarchy as of August 31, 2021:

ACTIVEBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 53,548,810        $        $         —  

Asia

     1,150,736,230          44,802,110           

Europe

     22,246,690                    

North America

     42,369,618                    

South America

     58,188,464          15,884,002           

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     8,722,462                    
Total    $   1,335,812,274        $ 60,686,112        $  
ACTIVEBETA® EUROPE EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 49,248        $        $         —  

Asia

     179,670                    

Europe

     19,533,168          222,739           

North America

     419,690                    

Oceania

     314,856                    

South America

     49,447                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     184,641                    
Total    $ 20,730,720        $ 222,739        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® EUROPE EQUITY ETF (continued)

 

Derivative Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ 1,940        $        $  
ACTIVEBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 6,361,862        $        $  

Asia

     766,142,941                    

Europe

     1,712,070,609          21,607,521           

North America

     358,783,858          3,015,163           

Oceania

     209,391,544                    

South America

     5,239,932                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     37,762,053                    
Total    $ 3,095,752,799        $ 24,622,684        $         —  
ACTIVEBETA® JAPAN EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Asia

   $ 15,135,464        $        $  

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     82,494                    
Total    $ 15,217,958        $        $         —  
ACTIVEBETA® U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

North America

   $ 13,738,914,663        $         —        $         —  

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     9,566,002                    
Total    $ 13,748,480,665        $        $  
Derivative Type                            
Assets(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ 498,672        $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table.
(b)   Amount shown represents unrealized gain at fiscal year end.

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Schedules of Investments.

 

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ACTIVEBETA® U.S. SMALL CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 124,664        $               —        $         —  

Asia

     1,608,349                    

Europe

     1,493,082                    

North America

     404,463,990                    

South America

     368,183                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     5,108,816                    
Total    $      413,167,084        $        $  
Derivative Type                            
Assets(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ 50,656        $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table.
(b)   Amount shown represents unrealized gain at fiscal year end.

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Schedules of Investments.

 

4. INVESTMENTS IN DERIVATIVES

The following tables set forth, by certain risk types, the gross value of derivative contracts (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) as of August 31, 2021. These instruments were used as part of the Funds’ investment strategies and to obtain and/or manage exposure related to the risks below. The values in the tables below exclude the effects of cash collateral received or posted pursuant to these derivative contracts, and therefore are not representative of the Funds’ net exposure.

 

Risk   Fund      Statement of Assets and Liabilities        Assets (Liabilities)(a)  

Equity

  Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF        Variation Margin on Futures Contracts        $ 1,940  

Equity

  Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF        Variation Margin on Futures Contracts          498,672  

Equity

  Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF        Variation Margin on Futures Contracts          50,656  

 

(a)   Includes unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts described in the Additional Investment Information sections of the Schedules of Investments. Only the variation margin as of August 31, 2021 is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following tables set forth, by certain risk types, the Funds’ gains (losses) related to these derivatives and their indicative volumes for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. These gains (losses) should be considered in the context that these derivative contracts may have been executed to create investment opportunities and/or economically hedge certain investments, and

 

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4. INVESTMENTS IN DERIVATIVES (continued)

 

accordingly, certain gains (losses) on such derivative contracts may offset certain (losses) gains attributable to investments. These gains (losses) are included in “Net realized gain (loss)” or “Net change in unrealized gain (loss)” on the Statements of Operations:

 

Risk                Fund          Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
from Futures
Contracts
    

Net Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Futures

Contracts

 
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF    $ (183,710    $  
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF      8,096        1,940  
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF      1,424,037         
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF      22,121        (4,057
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF      1,330,122        498,672  
Equity    Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF      580,785        (77,590

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, the relevant values for each derivative type was as follows:

 

            Fund           Average Number of Contracts(a)

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

     123

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

     3

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

     65

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

     14

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     73

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

     19

 

(a)  Amount disclosed represents average number of contracts for the months that the Fund held such derivatives during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.

 

5. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

A.  Management Agreement — Under the Agreements, GSAM manages the Funds, subject to the general supervision of the Trustees.

As compensation for the services rendered pursuant to the Agreements, the assumption of the expenses related thereto and administration of the Funds’ business affairs, including providing facilities, GSAM is entitled to a management fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

For each Fund except the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, the Funds operate under a unitary management fee structure. Under the unitary fee structure, GSAM is responsible for paying substantially all the expenses of each such Fund, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings and litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. As the Funds directly pay fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, the management fee collected by GSAM will be reduced by an amount equal to the fees and expenses paid by the Funds to the independent Trustees.

 

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August 31, 2021

 

5. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, unitary management fees with GSAM were at the following rates for each Fund except the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF:

 

            Fund           Unitary
Management Fee

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

     0.25%

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

     0.25%

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

     0.25%

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     0.09%

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

     0.20%

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, contractual and effective net management fees with GSAM were at the following rate for the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF:

 

            Fund           Contractual and
Effective Net
Management Fee

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

     0.40%

B.  Other Expense Agreements and Affiliated Transactions — GSAM has agreed to reduce or limit certain “Other Expenses” of the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage fees, expenses of shareholder meetings, litigation and indemnification, and extraordinary expenses) to the extent such expenses exceed, on an annual basis, a percentage rate of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Such Other Expense reimbursements, if any, are accrued daily and paid monthly. In addition, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse GSAM for prior fiscal year expense reimbursements, if any. The Other Expense limitation as an annual percentage rate of average daily net assets for the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF is 0.05%. This Other Expense limitation will remain in effect permanently and GSAM may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Trustees.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, these expense reimbursements amounted to $956,263.

 

6. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS

The Trust issues and redeems shares of the Funds only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without an initial sales load, at NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined in the Statement of Additional Information), of an order in proper form. Shares of the Funds may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions (each an “Authorized Participant”). An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party” or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation; or (2) a Depository Trust Company participant; which, in either case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor. Retail investors will typically not qualify as an Authorized Participant or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Funds. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market at market prices with the assistance of a broker and may be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees. Fixed creation and redemption transaction fees are imposed in connection with creations and redemptions.

Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay a variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (e.g. taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Proceeds from sale of shares” in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

 

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6. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

Share activity is as follows:

 

     ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

     6,800,000     $ 265,763,520       4,400,000     $ 147,064,435  

Shares Redeemed

     (22,900,000     (879,193,841     (7,600,000     (242,809,605

NET DECREASE IN SHARES

     (16,100,000   $ (613,430,321     (3,200,000   $ (95,745,170
     ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

         $           $  

Shares Redeemed

                 (100,000     (2,258,165

NET DECREASE IN SHARES

         $       (100,000   $ (2,258,165
     ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

     25,800,000     $ 860,606,084       11,200,000     $ 319,392,338  

Shares Redeemed

                 (6,300,000     (144,922,584

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

     25,800,000     $ 860,606,084       4,900,000     $ 174,469,754  
     ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

         $           $  

Shares Redeemed

     (200,000     (7,502,453     (200,000     (6,435,562

NET DECREASE IN SHARES

     (200,000   $ (7,502,453     (200,000   $ (6,435,562

 

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August 31, 2021

 

6. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

     ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

     22,700,000     $ 1,810,334,871       44,400,000     $ 2,860,908,861  

Shares Redeemed

     (18,800,000     (1,546,137,808     (8,700,000     (543,604,251

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

     3,900,000     $ 264,197,063       35,700,000     $ 2,317,304,610  
     ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

     3,800,000     $ 224,465,356       1,900,000     $ 74,558,334  

Shares Redeemed

     (950,000     (60,618,621     (650,000     (25,692,998

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

     2,850,000     $ 163,846,735       1,250,000     $ 48,865,336  

 

7. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of long-term securities for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

Fund         Purchases        Sales  

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

       $ 725,320,406        $ 1,003,478,248  

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

         3,573,178          3,617,763  

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

         529,069,737          481,221,685  

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

         4,404,190          4,349,145  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity  ETF

         1,856,191,238          1,837,936,809  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

         92,591,971          75,835,200  

The purchases and sales from in-kind creation and redemption transactions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

Fund         Purchases        Sales  

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

       $ 53,011,183        $ 401,035,055  

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

                   

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

         813,760,516           

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

                  7,447,175  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity  ETF

         1,772,416,150          1,525,296,560  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

         206,804,571          60,211,314  

 

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8. SECURITIES LENDING

 

The Funds may lend their securities through a securities lending agent, the Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), to certain qualified borrowers. In accordance with the Funds’ securities lending procedures, the Funds receive cash collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Funds, at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may experience delay in the recovery of their securities or incur a loss should the borrower of the securities breach its agreement with the Funds or become insolvent at a time when the collateral is insufficient to cover the cost of repurchasing securities on loan. Dividend income received from securities on loan may not be subject to withholding taxes and therefore withholding taxes paid may differ from the amounts listed in the Statements of Operations. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and as such 1) the remaining contractual maturities of the outstanding securities lending transactions are considered to be overnight and continuous and 2) the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

The Funds invest the cash collateral received in connection with securities lending transactions in the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund (“Government Money Market Fund”), an affiliated series of the Goldman Sachs Trust. The Government Money Market Fund is registered under the Act as an open end investment company, is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the Act, and is managed by GSAM, for which GSAM may receive a management fee of up to 0.16% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Government Money Market Fund.

In the event of a default by a borrower with respect to any loan, BNYM may exercise any and all remedies provided under the applicable borrower agreement to make the Funds whole. These remedies include purchasing replacement securities by applying the collateral held from the defaulting broker against the purchase cost of the replacement securities. If BNYM is unable to purchase replacement securities, BNYM will indemnify the Funds by paying the Funds an amount equal to the market value of the securities loaned minus the value of cash collateral received from the borrower for the loan, subject to an exclusion for any shortfalls resulting from a loss of value in such cash collateral due to reinvestment risk. The Funds’ master netting agreements with certain borrowers provide the right, in the event of a default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. However, in the event of a default by a borrower, a resolution authority could determine that such rights are not enforceable due to the restrictions or prohibitions against the right of set-off that may be imposed in accordance with a particular jurisdiction’s bankruptcy or insolvency laws. The Funds’ loaned securities were all subject to enforceable Securities Lending Agreements and the value of the collateral was at least equal to the value of the cash received. The amounts of the Funds’ overnight and continuous agreements, which represent the gross amounts of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions outstanding as of August 31, 2021, are disclosed as “Payable upon return of securities loaned” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, where applicable.

Both the Funds and BNYM received compensation relating to the lending of the Funds’ securities. The amounts earned, if any, by the Funds for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, are reported under Investment Income on the Statements of Operations.

The following table provides information about the Funds’ investment in the Government Money Market Fund for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021:

 

Fund           Beginning value as
of August 31, 2020
       Purchases
at Cost
       Proceeds
from Sales
       Ending value as
of August 31, 2021
 

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

         $ 4,333,286        $ 126,431,034        $ (122,041,858      $ 8,722,462  

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

           62,772          4,003,034          (3,881,165        184,641  

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

           24,830,933          405,448,164          (392,517,044        37,762,053  

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

           999,602          3,037,967          (3,955,075        82,494  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

           9,557,821          144,441,914          (144,433,733        9,566,002  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

           2,901,792          56,127,128          (53,920,104        5,108,816  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

9. TAX INFORMATION

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021 and August 31, 2020 were as follows:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021  
      ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

                 

Ordinary Income

   $ 31,408,924      $ 469,425      $ 47,566,749      $ 325,392      $ 138,466,225      $ 2,434,684  

Total taxable distributions

   $ 31,408,924      $ 469,425      $ 47,566,749      $ 325,392      $ 138,466,225      $ 2,434,684  

 

      Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2020  
      ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

                 

Ordinary Income

   $ 44,088,214      $ 340,708      $ 34,855,286      $ 482,484      $ 130,496,243      $ 1,215,722  

Total taxable distributions

   $ 44,088,214      $ 340,708      $ 34,855,286      $ 482,484      $ 130,496,243      $ 1,215,722  

As of August 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax-basis were as follows:

 

      ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
 

Undistributed ordinary income — net

   $ 22,216,622      $ 121,997      $ 14,748,586      $ 21,355      $ 27,831,938      $ 480,589  

Total undistributed earnings

   $ 22,216,622      $ 121,997      $ 14,748,586      $ 21,355      $ 27,831,938      $ 480,589  

Capital loss carryforwards(1):

                 

Perpetual Short-Term

   $ (18,538,046    $ (912,925    $ (32,881,357    $ (352,828    $ (205,544,786    $ (583,066

Perpetual Long-Term

            (2,111,682      (70,851,919      (447,827      (219,683,202      (3,381,690

Unrealized gains (losses) — net

     339,337,586        4,250,108        602,283,259        2,304,225        4,623,432,447        68,344,014  

Total accumulated earnings (losses) net

   $ 343,016,162      $ 1,347,498      $ 513,298,569      $ 1,524,925      $ 4,226,036,397      $ 64,859,847  

 

(1)   ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF utilized $143,461,683, $286,397, $8,417,558, and $1,782,802, respectively of capital losses in the current fiscal year.

As of August 31, 2021, the Funds’ aggregate security unrealized gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

      ActiveBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Europe
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
International
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
Japan
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
     ActiveBeta®
U.S. Small Cap
Equity ETF
 

Tax Cost

   $ 1,048,909,057      $ 16,706,828      $ 2,517,996,448      $ 12,913,683      $ 9,125,546,890      $ 344,873,726  

Gross unrealized gain

     423,914,247        5,465,492        684,595,090        3,024,984        4,731,858,421        85,390,108  

Gross unrealized loss

     (84,576,661      (1,215,384      (82,311,831      (720,759      (108,425,974      (17,046,094

Net unrealized gains (losses)

   $ 339,337,586      $ 4,250,108      $ 602,283,259      $ 2,304,225      $ 4,623,432,447      $ 68,344,014  

 

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9. TAX INFORMATION (continued)

 

The difference between GAAP-basis and tax basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable primarily to wash sales, net mark to market gains/(losses) on regulated futures, differences in the tax treatment of partnership investments, and passive foreign investment company investments.

In order to present components of the Funds’ capital accounts on a tax-basis, certain reclassifications have been recorded to the Funds’ accounts. These reclassifications have no impact on the net asset value of the Funds and result primarily from redemption in-kind transactions.

 

Fund         Paid-in
Capital
       Total
Distributable
Earnings
 

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

       $ 148,976,398        $ (148,976,398

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

                   

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

                   

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

         1,871,757          (1,871,757

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

         786,273,095          (786,273,095

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

         30,671,779          (30,671,779

GSAM has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years (the current and prior three years, as applicable) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Such open tax years remain subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities.

 

10. OTHER RISKS

The Funds’ risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Derivatives Risk — The Funds’ use of derivatives may result in loss. Derivative instruments, which may pose risks in addition to and greater than those associated with investing directly in securities, currencies or other instruments, may be illiquid or less liquid, volatile, difficult to price and leveraged so that small changes in the value of the underlying instruments may produce disproportionate losses to the Funds. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with investments in more traditional securities and instruments. Losses from derivatives can also result from a lack of correlation between changes in the value of derivative instruments and the portfolio assets (if any) being hedged.

Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk — Investing in foreign markets may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation; less public information; less stringent investor protections; less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards; and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which a Fund invests. The imposition of exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), confiscation of assets and property, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the U.S. or other governments, or problems with registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which a Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. To the extent that a Fund also invests in securities of issuers located in, or economically tied to, emerging markets, these risks may be more pronounced.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

10. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

Foreign Custody Risk — A Fund invests in foreign securities, and as such the Fund may hold such securities and cash with foreign banks, agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund’s custodian (each a “Foreign Custodian”). Some foreign custodians may be recently organized or new to the foreign custody business. In some countries, Foreign Custodians may be subject to little or no regulatory oversight over, or independent evaluation of, their operations. Further, the laws of certain countries may place limitations on a Fund’s ability to recover its assets if a Foreign Custodian enters bankruptcy. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks than investments in more developed markets. Custody services in emerging market countries are very often undeveloped and may be considerably less well regulated than in more developed countries, and thus may not afford the same level of investor protection as would apply in developed countries.

Index Risk — GSAM (the “Index Provider”) constructs each Fund’s Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology. A Fund will be negatively affected by general declines in the securities and asset classes represented in its Index. In addition, because the Funds are not “actively” managed, unless a specific security is removed from an Index, a Fund generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on a Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. A Fund also does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. Therefore, a Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers. The Index Provider relies on third party data it believes to be reliable in constructing each Index, but it does not guarantee the accuracy or availability of such third party data. Errors in index data, index computation or the construction of an Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the applicable Fund and its shareholders. In addition, neither a Fund, the Investment Adviser, the Calculation Agent nor the Index Provider can guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the Index. Furthermore, the index providers for the reference indices upon which the Funds’ Indeces are based may delay or change a scheduled rebalancing or reconstitution of an index or the implementation of certain rules at their sole discretion. In such circumstances, a Fund, in replicating the composition of an index, may have more or less exposure to a particular sector or individual company than had the index been constructed in accordance with its stated methodology.

Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk — As a shareholder of another investment company, including an ETF, a Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any net management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, in addition to the fees and expenses regularly borne by the Fund. ETFs are subject to risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or a discount to their NAV; and (ii) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.

Market and Credit Risks — In the normal course of business, a Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk). The value of the securities in which a Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats could also significantly impact a Fund and its investments.

Additionally, a Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

Market Trading Risk — Each Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The Investment Adviser cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities of a Fund’s Index trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time.

 

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10. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

Tracking Error Risk — Tracking error is the divergence of a Fund’s performance from that of its Index. The performance of a Fund may diverge from that of its Index for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, a Fund’s holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, changes to its Index or the need to meet new or existing regulatory requirements. Unlike a Fund, the returns of an Index are not reduced by investment and other operating expenses, including the trading costs associated with implementing changes to its portfolio of investments. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions.

 

11. INDEMNIFICATIONS

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Trustees, officers, employees and agents are indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act and state law, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of 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. However, GSAM believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

12. OTHER MATTERS

Pursuant to an effort to consolidate the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) with the Board of Trustees of each of Goldman Sachs Trust II, Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund, at a meeting held on July 22, 2021, the Board voted to nominate Cheryl K. Beebe, Lawrence Hughes, John F. Killian, Steven D. Krichmar and Linda A. Lang (the “Nominees”) for election as Trustees of the Trust at a virtual special joint meeting of shareholders to be held on December 3, 2021. Each of the Nominees (except Ms. Lang) currently serves as a Trustee of Goldman Sachs Trust II. Ms. Lang currently serves as a Trustee of the Trust. If elected, the Nominees will serve as Trustees alongside the current Trustees of the Trust. The Funds will bear a portion of the proxy solicitation, shareholder meeting and other related costs and GSAM has agreed to reimburse each Fund if such expenses increase the Fund’s total expense ratio by more than a specified percentage. This annual report is not a proxy statement. Information regarding the election of the Nominees is contained in the proxy materials filed with the SEC. The proxy statement has been mailed to shareholders of record, and shareholders can also access the proxy statement, and any other relevant documents, on the SEC’s website.

 

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date have been evaluated, and GSAM has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust and Shareholders of Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (six of the funds constituting Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of August 31, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year ended August 31, 2021, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2021, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of August 31, 2021, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2021 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Boston, Massachusetts

October 26, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Goldman Sachs fund complex since 2000.

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

 

Each Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act. The Program seeks to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk, i.e., the risk that a Fund is unable to satisfy redemption requests without significantly diluting remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Trust has designated GSAM, each Fund’s investment adviser, to administer the Program. Certain aspects of the Program rely on third parties to perform certain functions, including the provision of market data and application of models.

The Program is comprised of various components designed to support the assessment and/or management of liquidity risk, including: (1) the periodic assessment (no less frequently than annually) of certain factors that influence a Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) the periodic classification (no less frequently than monthly) of a Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity categories that reflect an estimate of their liquidity under current market conditions; (3) a 15% limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4); (4) for a Fund that does not invest primarily in “highly liquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4), the determination of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will generally be invested in highly liquid investments (a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum”); and (5) periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees.

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 16-17, 2021, GSAM provided a written report to the Board addressing the operation, and the adequacy and effectiveness of the implementation, of the Program, including, as applicable, the operation of any Highly Liquid Investment Minimum and any material changes to the Program, for the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). Among other things, the annual report discussed: (1) the results of stress tests designed to assess liquidity under a hypothetical stressed scenario involving elevated redemptions; (2) an assessment of the methodologies used to classify investments into one of four liquidity categories; and (3) the efficiency of the arbitrage function during the Reporting Period (including during the stressed market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic). The report concluded that the Program continues to be reasonably designed to assess and manage liquidity risk and was adequately and effectively implemented during the Reporting Period.

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to your Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks to which it may be subject.

 

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Fund Expenses — Six Month period ended 8/31/2021 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in Shares of the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Shares of a Fund.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from March 1, 2021 and held for the six months ended August 31, 2021, which represents a period of 184 days of a 365 day year.

Actual Expenses — The first line 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 six months. 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 under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes — The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual net expense ratios 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 a 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 redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of 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.

 

     ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF  
     Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
 

Actual based on NAV

  $ 1,000     $ 1,008.27     $ 2.28     $ 1,000     $ 1,164.90     $ 1.36     $ 1,000     $ 1,127.54     $ 1.34  

Hypothetical 5% return

    1,000       1,022.94     2.29       1,000       1,023.95     1.28       1,000       1,023.95     1.28  
     
     ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF     ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF  
     Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
 

Actual based on NAV

  $ 1,000     $ 1,027.61     $ 1.28     $ 1,000     $ 1,197.51     $ 0.50     $ 1,000     $ 1,067.72     $ 1.04  

Hypothetical 5% return

    1,000       1,023.95     1.28       1,000       1,024.75     0.46       1,000       1,024.20     1.02  

 

+   Hypothetical expenses are based on each Fund’s actual annualized net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses.

 

*   Expenses for each Fund are calculated using the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the annualized net expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the most recent fiscal year; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the fiscal year. The annualized net expense ratio for the period is as follows:

 

Fund        

ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

     0.45

ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF

     0.25  

ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF

     0.25  

ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF

     0.25  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     0.09  

ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

     0.20  

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

Independent Trustees

 

Name,

Address and Age1

 

Position(s) Held

with the Trust

 

Term of

Office and

Length of
Time Served2

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
 

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee4

Lawrence W. Stranghoener

Age: 67

  Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Trustee Since 2015; Chairman Since 2017  

Mr. Stranghoener is retired. He is Chairman, Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials) (2003-Present); and was formerly Director, Aleris Corporation and Aleris International, Inc. (a producer of aluminum rolled products) (2011-2020); Interim Chief Executive Officer (2014); and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2004-2014), Mosaic Company (a fertilizer manufacturing company).

 

Chairman of the Board of Trustees — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39  

Kennametal, Inc.

(a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials)

Linda A. Lang

Age: 63

  Trustee   Since 2016  

Ms. Lang is retired. She was formerly Chair of the Board of Directors (2016-2019); and Member of the Board of Directors, WD-40 Company (a global consumer products company) (2004-2019); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2014); and Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jack in the Box, Inc. (a restaurant company) (2003-2005). Previously, Ms. Lang served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (February 2016-March 2016).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39   None

Michael Latham

Age: 55

  Trustee   Since 2015  

Mr. Latham is retired. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Director of FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company) (2021-Present). Formerly, Mr. Latham held senior management positions with the iShares exchange-traded fund business, including Chairman (2011-2014); Global Head (2010-2011); U.S. Head (2007-2010); and Chief Operating Officer (2003-2007).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39   FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company)
         

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Interested Trustee*

 

Name,

Address and Age1

 

Position(s) Held

with the Trust

 

Term of

Office and
Length of
Time Served2

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
 

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee4

James A. McNamara

Age: 58

  President and Trustee   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund

  166   None
         
*   Mr. McNamara is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he holds a position with Goldman Sachs and owns securities issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Interested Trustee holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.
1    Each Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Trustee, c/o Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282, Attn: Caroline L. Kraus. Information is provided as of August 31, 2021.
2    Each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term, until the earliest of: (a) the election of his or her successor; (b) the date the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Board or shareholders, in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust; or (c) the termination of the Trust. The Board has adopted policies which provide that each Independent Trustee shall retire as of December 31st of the calendar year in which he or she reaches (a) his or her 74th birthday or (b) the 15th anniversary of the date he or she became a Trustee, whichever is earlier, unless a waiver of such requirements shall have been adopted by a majority of the other Trustees. These policies may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder vote.
3    The Goldman Sachs Fund Complex includes certain other companies listed above for each respective Trustee. As of August 31, 2021, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust consisted of 36 portfolios (21 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust consisted of 92 portfolios (90 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust consisted of 17 portfolios (13 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust II consisted of 18 portfolios (16 of which offered shares to the public); and Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund, Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund each consisted of one portfolio. Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund did not offer shares to the public.
4    This column includes only directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the Act.

Additional information about the Trustees is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States of America): 1-800-526-7384.

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Officers of the Trust*

 

Name,

Address and Age1

 

Positions Held

with the Trust

 

Term of

Office and
Length of
Time Served2

  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

James A. McNamara

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 58

  Trustee and President   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Caroline L. Kraus

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 44

  Secretary   Since 2014  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2016-Present); Vice President, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2015); Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs (January 2020-Present); Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (2012-December 2019); Assistant General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2011); and Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP (2002-2006).

 

Secretary — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit LLC; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLC; Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Joseph F. DiMaria

30 Hudson Street

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Age: 53

 

Treasurer, Principal

Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

  Since 2017 (Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer since 2019)  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (November 2015-Present) and Vice President — Mutual Fund Administration, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (May 2010- October 2015).

 

Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Trust II (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

     
*   Represents a partial list of officers of the Trust. Additional information about all the officers is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States): 1-800-621-2550.
1    Information is provided as of August 31, 2021.
2    Officers hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each officer holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.

 

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta ETFs — Tax Information (Unaudited)

From distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, the total amount of income received by the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF from sources within foreign countries and possessions of the United States was $1.0260, $0.5974, $0.5039 and $0.7341 and per share, respectively, all of which is attributable to qualified passive income. The percentage of net investment income dividends paid from foreign sources by the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF was 85.39%, 83.11%, 91.25% and 83.18%, respectively. The total amount of taxes paid by the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF and ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF to foreign countries was $0.1207, $0.0606, $0.0560 and $0.0983 per share, respectively.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, 44.66%, 67.11%, 54.09%, 28.30%, 98.86%, and 89.36% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF, ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, and Active Beta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, respectively, qualify for the reduced tax rate under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, 99.23% and 97.84% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity and Active Beta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, respectively, qualify for the dividends received deduction available to corporations.

For the year ended August 31, 2021, 1.14% and 9.14% of the dividend paid from net investment company taxable income by the ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity and Active Beta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, respectively, qualifies as section 199A dividends.

 

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FUNDS PROFILE

 

Goldman Sachs ETFs

 

 

LOGO

 

Goldman Sachs is a premier financial services firm, known since 1869 for creating thoughtful and customized investment solutions in complex global markets.

Today, the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, including private institutions, public entities and individuals. With approximately $2.09 trillion in assets under supervision as of June 30, 2021, Goldman Sachs Asset Management has portfolio management teams located around the world and our investment professionals bring firsthand knowledge of local markets to every investment decision. Assets under supervision includes assets under management and other client assets for which Goldman Sachs does not have full discretion. Goldman Sachs Asset Management leverages the resources of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC subject to legal, internal and regulatory restrictions.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

INDEX DISCLAIMERS

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index, MSCI Europe Index, MSCI World ex USA Index and MSCI Japan Index (the “MSCI Indices”) were used by GSAM as the reference universe for selection of the companies included in the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity Index, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity Index, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity Index and Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity Index (the “ActiveBeta® Indices”), respectively. MSCI Inc. does not in any way sponsor, support, promote or endorse the ActiveBeta® Indices or the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF or Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF (the “ActiveBeta® ETFs” or the “Funds”). MSCI Inc. was not and is not involved in any way in the creation, calculation, maintenance or review of the ActiveBeta® Indices. The MSCI Indices were provided on an “as is” basis. MSCI Inc., its affiliates and any other person or entity involved in or related to compiling, computing or creating the MSCI Indices (collectively, the “MSCI Parties”) expressly disclaim all warranties (including, without limitation, any warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose). Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall any MSCI Party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including without limitation lost profits) or any other damages in connection with the MSCI Indices, the ActiveBeta® ETFs or the ActiveBeta® Indices.

The Russell 2000® Index was used by Goldman Sachs Asset Management or its affiliate as the starting universe for selection of the companies included in the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index. Frank Russell Company (“Russell”) does not in any way sponsor, support, promote or endorse the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index or the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF. In no event shall any Russell Party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including without limitation lost profits) or any other damages in connection with the Russell 2000® Index or the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity Index.

The ActiveBeta® Indices are trademarks of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and have been licensed for use by Goldman Sachs ETF Trust.

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P., THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., AND GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC (COLLECTIVELY, “GOLDMAN SACHS”) DOES NOT GUARANTEE NOR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE OWNERS OR SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUNDS OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE ADVISABILITY OF INVESTING IN SECURITIES GENERALLY OR IN A FUND PARTICULARLY OR THE ABILITY OF THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES TO TRACK GENERAL MARKET PERFORMANCE. GOLDMAN SACHS, IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE INDEX PROVIDER OF THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES, LICENSES CERTAIN TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES TO THE FUNDS. GOLDMAN SACHS HAS NO OBLIGATION TO TAKE THE NEEDS OF THE FUNDS OR THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUNDS INTO CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING, COMPOSING OR CALCULATING THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES. GOLDMAN SACHS OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES MAY HOLD LONG OR SHORT POSITIONS IN SECURITIES HELD BY A FUND OR IN RELATED DERIVATIVES.

GOLDMAN SACHS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. GOLDMAN SACHS HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN OR IN THE CALCULATION THEREOF. GOLDMAN SACHS MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE MARKS, THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY A FUND, THE SHAREHOLDERS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM USE OF THE ACTIVEBETA® INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, GOLDMAN SACHS HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.


TRUSTEES

Lawrence W. Stranghoener, Chairman

Linda A. Lang

Michael Latham

James A. McNamara

 

OFFICERS

James A. McNamara, President

Joseph F. DiMaria, Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

Caroline L. Kraus, Secretary

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Transfer Agent

 

ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Distributor

 

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.

Investment Adviser

Visit our Website at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282

The reports concerning the Funds included in this shareholder report may contain certain forward-looking statements about the factors that may affect the performance of the Funds in the future. These statements are based on Fund management’s predictions and expectations concerning certain future events and their expected impact on the Funds, such as performance of the economy as a whole and of specific industry sectors, changes in the levels of interest rates, the impact of developing world events, and other factors that may influence the future performance of the Funds. Management believes these forward-looking statements to be reasonable, although they are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Actual events may cause adjustments in portfolio management strategies from those currently expected to be employed.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how a Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-621-2550; and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) web site at http://www.sec.gov.

The Funds will file their portfolio holdings information for each month in a fiscal quarter within 60 days after the end of the relevant fiscal quarter on the Form N-PORT. Portfolio holdings information for the third month of each fiscal quarter will be made available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. Portfolio holdings information may be obtained upon request and without charge by calling 1-800-621-2550.

Fund holdings and allocations shown are as of August 31, 2021 and may not be representative of future investments. Fund holdings should not be relied on in making investment decisions and should not be construed as research or investment advice regarding particular securities. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

Economic and market forecasts presented herein reflect our judgment as of the date of this presentation and are subject to change without notice. These forecasts do not take into account the specific investment objectives, restrictions, tax and financial situation or other needs of any specific client. Actual data will vary and may not be reflected here. These forecasts are subject to high levels of uncertainty that may affect actual performance. Accordingly, these forecasts should be viewed as merely representative of a broad range of possible outcomes. These forecasts are estimated, based on assumptions, and are subject to significant revision and may change materially as economic and market conditions change. Goldman Sachs has no obligation to provide updates or changes to these forecasts. Case studies and examples are for illustrative purposes only.

ETF Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their net asset value (“NAV”) only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor of the Goldman Sachs ETF Funds. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is unaffiliated with Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

This material is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Prospectus or summary prospectus, if applicable. Investors should consider a Fund’s objective, risks, and charges and expenses, and read the summary prospectus, if available, and/or the Prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. The summary prospectus, if available, and the Prospectus contain this and other information about a Fund and may be obtained from your authorized dealer or from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC by calling 1-800-621-2550.

ActiveBeta® is a registered trademark of GSAM.

© 2021 Goldman Sachs. All rights reserved. 256148-OTU-10/2021 ACTBETAAR-21


Goldman Sachs Funds

 

LOGO

 

 
Annual Report      

August 31, 2021

 
     

Goldman Sachs Equity ETFs

     

Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSEW)

     

Future Planet Equity ETF (GSFP)

     

Hedge Industry VIP ETF (GVIP)

     

Innovate Equity ETF (GINN)

     

JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (JUST)

 

LOGO


Goldman Sachs Equity ETFs

 

 

EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

 

FUTURE PLANET EQUITY ETF

 

 

HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF

 

 

INNOVATE EQUITY ETF

 

 

JUST U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Investment Process

    1  

Portfolio Results and Fund Basics

    8  

Schedule of Investments

    29  

Financial Statements

    49  

Financial Highlights

    56  

Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

    56  

Future Planet Equity ETF

    57  

Hedge Industry VIP ETF

    58  

Innovate Equity ETF

    59  

JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

    60  

Notes to Financial Statements

    61  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    75  

Other Information

    76  

 

     
NOT FDIC-INSURED   May Lose Value   No Bank Guarantee


INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

 

Principal Investment Strategies

The Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index.

The Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) (the “Index”) consists of equity securities of large capitalization U.S. issuers. The Index is an equal-weight version of the Solactive US Large Cap Index, a market capitalization-weighted index that includes equity securities of approximately 500 of the largest U.S. companies. The Index includes the same constituents as the Solactive US Large Cap Index. However, unlike the Solactive US Large Cap Index, in which each security is weighted based on its market value, each security in the Index is given the same weight, approximately 0.2% of the Index, at each rebalance.

As of August 31, 2021, the Index consisted of 498 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $6.8 billion and $2,206.9 billion, and an average market capitalization of approximately $65.9 billion. The Index is reconstituted on a semi-annual basis in May and November to reflect changes in the constituents of the Solactive US Large Cap Index. New securities from initial public offerings are also added on a semi-annual basis in February and August, subject to fulfillment of certain eligibility criteria. The Index is rebalanced on a monthly basis to weight all constituents equally.

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

* * *

At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the 12 months ended August 31, 2021, we believed that while mega-cap stocks may drive performance in market cap-weighted equity indices, many top performers may be found among non-mega-cap stocks. We maintain conviction in our methodology for providing meaningful access to opportunities among non-mega-cap stocks and avoiding concentration in mega-cap stocks by equally weighting the largest U.S. equities and rebalancing on a monthly basis. We believe this approach allows investors to participate in a broad range of market cycles and potentially reduce exposure to isolated market incidents.

 

1


INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF

 

Principal Investment Strategies

The Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of purchase) in equity investments in U.S. and non-U.S. companies that Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”) believes are associated, at the time the investment is first added to the Fund’s portfolio, with seeking to address environmental problems. Securities or other instruments that provide exposure (directly or indirectly) to such companies are treated as such investments for purposes of this policy. The Fund intends to invest in companies that GSAM believes are aligned with the key themes associated with seeking to address environmental problems, which include, but are not limited to, clean energy, resource efficiency, sustainable consumption, the circular economy and water sustainability (the “Key Themes”).

GSAM considers a company aligned to the Key Themes if it believes the company provides, invests in or helps create products, services or technologies consistent with one or more of the Key Themes as described below.

The Key Themes are:

Clean Energy — Companies that provide, invest in or help create products, services or technologies in areas including but not limited to solar energy, wind energy, bioenergy, energy storage, grid services and carbon sequestration.

Resource Efficiency — Companies that provide, invest in or help create products, services or technologies in areas including but not limited to electric and autonomous vehicles, sustainable manufacturing, logistics and smart cities.

Sustainable Consumption — Companies that provide, invest in or help create products, services or technologies in areas including but not limited to agriculture, food, tourism and fashion.

Circular Economy — Companies that provide, invest in or help create products, services or technologies in areas including but not limited to recycling and reuse, waste management and single-use substitution.

Water Sustainability — Companies that provide, invest in or help create products, services or technologies in areas including but not limited to water treatment, water distribution and desalination.

The Key Themes and related areas of investment may change over time at GSAM’S sole discretion without prior notice to shareholders. In addition, the Fund is permitted to make investments that are not aligned with the Key Themes.

Alignment with these Key Themes is generally assessed at or around the time of the Fund’s initial purchase by taking into account, among other factors, contribution of the Key Themes to the companies’ revenues, earnings, capital expenditure, intrinsic value, future growth, corporate strategy or other relevant metrics to the industries in which the companies operate. GSAM’s assessment may be based on company disclosure, third-party research or subjective criteria including GSAM’S own research, forecasts and expectations based on, among other things, engagement with the companies. A company in which the Fund invests may not currently or in the future derive any revenue from its efforts to address environmental problems.

In addition, in selecting investments, GSAM will not seek to allocate a specified portion of the Fund’s portfolio to each particular Key Theme, and the allocation of the Fund’s investments across the Key Themes will vary over time based on GSAM’s fundamental view of the companies aligned with each Key Theme. The Fund may not allocate its investments to each Key Theme at all times and an investment may be aligned with multiple Key Themes at the same time.

When creating the investment universe, GSAM generally focuses on “what” each issuer is creating or producing and may not emphasize “how” the issuer is creating or producing services, products or technologies. Accordingly, GSAM may determine that an issuer is aligned with one or more of the Key Themes, even when the issuer’s profile reflects negative, or a mixture of positive and negative, environmental, social and corporate governance characteristics.

 

* * *

At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e., the period since the Fund’s inception on July 13, 2021 through August 31, 2021, we believed that companies showing meaningful alignment to one or more of the five Key Themes were likely to benefit from secular growth tailwinds in the decades ahead. The Key Themes were underpinned, in our view, by powerful economic drivers, and we expected the investment opportunity to grow over time as companies keep innovating and scaling up innovative technologies. That said, we acknowledged the potential risk of technological failure or redundancy and the risk of changes to the operating environment. In managing the Fund, we intended to continue following our disciplined process of stock-level due diligence, portfolio construction and risk management. We planned to remain highly focused on understanding the fundamental drivers of the companies in which we consider investing and expected to invest in them only if we have conviction that their business models can be successful over the long term. Additionally, we intended to maintain balanced and diversified allocations across Key Themes, market capitalizations, regions and sectors to avoid concentrated risk exposures.

 

2


INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

 

Principal Investment Strategies

The Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index. The Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP IndexTM (the “Index”) is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities whose performance is expected to influence the long portfolios of hedge funds. Such equity securities are defined as those that appear most frequently among the top ten equity holdings of U.S. hedge fund managers that select their investments based upon fundamental analysis. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Index Provider”) is the provider of the Index, which is constructed in accordance with a rules-based methodology.

Hedge fund managers report their U.S. equity holdings, which are made public 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis once the information has been fully disseminated. The construction of the Index involves accessing the identifiers and share counts of U.S. equity holdings disclosed by hedge fund managers in their quarterly 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Index is constructed to then apply share prices at the time of data collection to the numbers of shares listed in each 13F disclosure filing to calculate the dollar market value of each reported position. U.S. hedge fund managers that select their investments based upon fundamental analysis are assumed to be U.S. hedge fund managers with no fewer than 10 and no more than 200 distinct U.S. equity positions, as reported in the hedge fund managers’ most recent Form 13F filings. Managers with less than $10 million of disclosed equity assets are excluded.

The equity positions are then ranked within each individual hedge fund manager’s portfolio by descending market value. The approximately 50 stocks that appear most frequently in the top 10 holdings of this universe then become the Index constituents. Constituents are equal dollar-weighted at each rebalance. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

The Index does not include hedge funds (i.e., unlisted, privately offered funds) and is not designed to approximate the performance of any hedge fund manager, hedge fund or group of hedge fund managers or hedge funds. The Index should not be considered a hedge fund replication strategy. As of August 31, 2021, the Index consisted of 50 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $3.6 billion and $2,206.9 billion. The components of the Index may change over time. The percentage of the portfolio exposed to any asset class will vary from time to time as the weightings of the securities within the Index change, and the Fund may not be invested in each asset class at all times.

THE FUND IS NOT A HEDGE FUND AND DOES NOT INVEST IN HEDGE FUNDS.

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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the 12 months ended August 31, 2021, we continued to believe the most effective way to identify the most important positions of hedge fund managers is to know what equities they are holding. We also maintained conviction in our methodology for extracting these important positions — by obtaining information from quarterly 13F filings of hedge funds and identifying stocks that appear among top holdings the most frequently. Through an efficient implementation, we believe investors are able to access top hedge fund long equity ideas and gain exposure to evolving U.S. market themes.

 

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Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF

 

On November 6, 2020, Goldman Sachs Asset Management L.P. (“GSAM”) completed the reorganization of the Goldman Sachs Thematic ETFs into the Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF. As a result of the reorganization, the five themes represented by these Thematic ETFs — the Goldman Sachs Data-Driven World ETF, the Goldman Sachs Finance Reimagined ETF, the Goldman Sachs Human Evolution ETF, the Goldman Sachs Manufacturing Revolution ETF and the Goldman Sachs New Age Consumer ETF — were combined on an equal-weighted basis in the Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.

The Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (the “Index”) is designed to deliver exposure to companies that may benefit from technological innovation and the resulting changes in the economy across five key themes (the “Key Themes”) that are potential drivers of changes in the economy. Each Key Theme is divided into multiple sub-themes (the “Sub-Themes”). The Key Themes are:

Data-Driven World Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from the unprecedented proliferation of data, capitalizing on data storage, security and analysis as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Finance Reimagined Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from the evolving financial landscape, from the digitization of traditional financial services to the development of blockchain technology.

Human Evolution Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from advances in medical treatment and technology, from robotic surgery and precision medicine to gene therapy and care for an older population.

Manufacturing Revolution Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from the technology-driven transformation of the manufacturing industry, including the emergence of new processes, products and energy sources.

New Age Consumer Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from structural shifts in the way we consume goods and services due to changes in demographics, technology and consumer preferences.

The Index is comprised entirely of securities that compose the Solactive Data Driven World Index, the Solactive Finance Reimagined Index, the Solactive Human Evolution Index, the Solactive Manufacturing Revolution Index, and the Solactive New Age Consumer Index (the “Solactive Thematic Indexes”), which are designed to provide exposure to the Data Driven World Theme, the Finance Reimagined Theme, the Human Evolution Theme, the Manufacturing Revolution Theme and the New Age Consumer Theme, respectively. The weight of each index constituent within the Index is equal to the average weight of such index constituent across the Solactive Thematic Indexes, subject to specified minimum and maximum weights.

Solactive AG (the “Index Provider”) determines the components of each Solactive Thematic Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves four steps. The following index methodology applies to each Solactive Thematic Index.

Step 1

In the first step, the Index Provider defines a universe of potential index constituents (the “Universe”). The Universe is comprised of companies that meet all the below criteria:

 

 

The company’s primary listing must be on a regulated stock exchange approved by the Index Provider;

 

 

The company’s stock must have an average daily trading volume over the most recent 1-month period (“ADTV”) of at least $1,000,000 in U.S. dollars;

 

 

The company must have a total market capitalization of at least $500,000,000 in U.S. dollars; and

 

 

The company must not be classified as within certain industries by the FactSet Industries and Economic Sectors classification in order to minimize non-theme-relevant exposures in the Index.

 

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Step 2

In the second step, the Index Provider screens publicly available information, such as financial news, business profiles and company publications, using keywords that describe the Key Theme and its proprietary natural language processing algorithm to identify companies within the Universe that have or are expected to have significant exposure to a Sub-Theme. In addition, additional company and/or third-party information is screened in order to verify a company’s relevance to at least one of the Sub-Themes. Securities of issuers whose relevance to at least one of the Sub-Themes cannot be verified is removed from the Universe.

Step 3

In the third step, each company identified in Step 2 is assigned a thematic relevance score with respect to each Sub-Theme. For each Sub-Theme, the Index Provider identifies 50 companies with the highest thematic relevance scores. The Index Provider then combines the thematic relevance scores for all Sub-Themes of each company identified to calculate such company’s overall score. The top 100 companies with the highest overall scores are included in the Solactive Thematic Index. In addition, certain buffer rules are applied to prevent excessive turnover.

Step 4

In the fourth step, the Index Provider calculates a thematic beta for each index constituent, which is a quantitative measurement of the exposure of the index constituents to the applicable Key Theme. Index constituents are then weighted according to a function of its market capitalization and thematic beta, subject to specified minimum and maximum weights.

The Fund may concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index is concentrated. The degree to which components of the Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time.

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. Also, unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

The Index is normally rebalanced quarterly on the third Friday of each January, April, July and October.

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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e., the period since the Fund’s inception on November 6, 2020 through August 31, 2021, the pace of technological innovation continued to cause significant disruption across industries as new entrants and business models emerged and incumbents faced the threat of being dislodged. In our view, the Fund presented an attractive long-term opportunity given that its underlying secular growth Key Themes and Sub-Themes were still in the early innings of their potential value. Although the Fund’s growth style and its exposure to the emerging markets may lead to short-term volatility, we remained confident overall in the long-term strength of these Key Themes and Sub-Themes at the end of the Reporting Period.

 

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Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

 

Principal Investment Strategies

The Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index (the “Index”).

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.

The Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of large capitalization U.S. issuers that engage in “just business behavior” based on rankings produced by JUST Capital Foundation, Inc. (the “Index Provider”). The Index Provider publishes an annual ranking of issuers in the Russell 1000® Index (the “Reference Index”) based on its quantitative performance assessment of seven issue areas: how they treat their workers, their customers, the communities they interact with, the environment, and their shareholders, their commitment to making quality and beneficial products, and job creation.

The Index Provider seeks to encourage greater accountability in the business community and drive positive change among large publicly-traded U.S. corporations by (a) defining business behaviors that the American public cares most about (through extensive qualitative and quantitative survey research), (b) developing metrics that correspond to these issues in accordance with a robust, transparent methodology, (c) ranking the largest publicly-traded U.S. companies on the basis of these metrics, and (d) developing tools and products that allow investors to direct capital towards more “just” companies.

The Index is a market capitalization-weighted index that consists of the top-ranked 50% of companies in the Reference Index by industry, based on the most recent rankings by the Index Provider. On the annual Index reconstitution date, Index constituent weights are adjusted such that the Index is industry neutral and matches the Reference Index’s industry weights, based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) industry classification.

As of August 31, 2021, the Index consisted of 446 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $1.7 billion and $2,206.9 billion. The Index is reconstituted annually in December and rebalanced in March, June and September on dates corresponding to the rebalance dates for the Reference Index. The components of the Index may change over time. The Index Provider determines whether an issuer is a U.S. issuer by reference to the index methodology of the Reference Index. FTSE Russell, which constructs the Reference Index, will deem an issuer to be a U.S. issuer if it is incorporated in, has a stated headquarters in, and trades in the U.S.; if any of these do not match, the Reference Index methodology provides for consideration of certain additional factors.

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

The Fund seeks to invest in the Index components in approximately the same weighting that such components have within the Index at the applicable time. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the securities in the Index in the approximate Index weight. In these circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of securities in the Index. There may also be instances in which the Investment Adviser may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Fund’s Index, purchase securities not in the Fund’s Index that the Investment Adviser believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in such Index or utilize various combinations of other available investment techniques.

The Index is calculated by Frank Russell Company (“Russell” or the “Calculation Agent”) in accordance with the methodology and constituent list developed and provided by the Index Provider.

The Fund may concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index is concentrated. The degree to which components of the Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of any collateral received).

 

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For a complete overview of and more in-depth information about the Index Provider’s processes, please view its Full Ranking Methodology and Survey Research Appendices at https://justcapital.com/methodology/full-ranking-methodology/.

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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the 12 months ended August 31, 2021, we believed a focus on just business behavior via a data-driven approach may provide a suitable core U.S. equity allocation for investors seeking to encourage greater accountability in the business community through their investments. The Fund’s data-driven approach collects and analyzes data from a diverse range of sources, utilizing more than 120,000 data points across 85 unique metrics to score the performance of Russell 1000® Index companies. These companies are scored across a variety of issues, including worker treatment, customer concerns and environment impacts to provide broad market exposure.

 

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Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 39.56% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 39.29% based on market price. The Index returned 39.73%, and the S&P 500® Index (Total Return, USD) (“S&P 500® Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, returned 31.17% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $50.86 on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $70.00 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $69.99 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

   

The Index’s performance is compared to that of the S&P 500® Index below. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the S&P 500® Index.

 

      During the Reporting Period, the Index posted a robust double-digit positive absolute return that outperformed the S&P 500® Index. The Fund also outperformed the S&P 500®  Index during the Reporting Period, as measured by NAV.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the information technology, consumer discretionary and health care sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500® Index. Partially offsetting these positive contributors were Index constituents in the communication services, utilities and consumer staples sectors, which detracted from the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the S&P 500® Index, underweight positions in e-commerce retailing behemoth Amazon.com and information technology giant Apple and an overweight position in clinical stage biotechnology company Moderna contributed most positively (0.20%, 0.20% and 0.18% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Amazon.com and Apple posted gains within the Index but underperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. Moderna delivered a triple-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the S&P 500® Index, underweight positions in search engine Google parent company Alphabet, three-dimensional graphics processors and related software developer NVIDIA and banking institution JPMorgan Chase

 

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  detracted most (0.21%, 0.22% and 0.21% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Each of these holdings posted a robust double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments during the Reporting Period. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize cash.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the S&P 500® Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund2     Solactive
US Large
Cap Equal
Weight Index
    S&P 500®
Index
 
  Information Technology     20.25     20.24     27.95
  Health Care     14.61       14.70       13.39  
  Industrials     13.06       12.98       8.24  
  Financials     11.94       11.91       11.17  
  Consumer Discretionary     10.21       10.59       11.93  
  Consumer Staples     6.07       6.04       5.76  
  Real Estate     5.62       5.58       2.63  
  Utilities     5.29       5.20       2.50  
  Materials     4.73       4.90       2.56  
  Communication Services     4.59       4.72       11.47  
    Energy     3.11       3.13       2.41  

 

  1    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Standard & Poor’s. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 1.27% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 69.99  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 70.00  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe BZX”). The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on Cboe BZX at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets      Line of Business
  Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF     0.9    Exchange-Traded Fund
  Analog Devices, Inc.     0.4      Information Technology
  Ball Corp.     0.2      Materials
  DraftKings, Inc., Class A     0.2      Consumer Discretionary
  Datadog, Inc., Class A     0.2      Information Technology
  Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A     0.2      Information Technology
  HubSpot, Inc.     0.2      Information Technology
  Unity Software, Inc.     0.2      Information Technology
  Workday, Inc., Class A     0.2      Information Technology
    Caesars Entertainment, Inc.     0.2      Consumer Discretionary

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on September 12, 2017 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market cap-based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) and the S&P® 500 Index (Total Return, USD), are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 12, 2017 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      1 Year      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 12, 2017)

     39.56%      16.56%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 12, 2017)

     39.29%      16.55%

 

Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR)

     39.73%      16.75%

 

S&P 500® Index (TR, unhedged, USD)

     31.17%      18.30%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Fundamental Equity Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the period since its inception on July 13, 2021 through August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 5.74% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 5.92% based on market price. The Fund’s benchmark index, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) (Net, USD, Unhedged) (the “MSCI ACWI Index”), returned 2.25% during the same period.

 

   

The Fund had an NAV of $39.89 per share on July 13, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $42.18 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $42.25 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in companies that may be associated, at the time a given investment is first added to the Fund’s portfolio, with seeking to address environmental problems, which include, but are not limited to, Clean Energy, Resource Efficiency, Sustainable Consumption, the Circular Economy and Water Sustainability (the “Key Themes”). Additionally, as part of its investment process, the Goldman Sachs Fundamental Equity Team divides these Key Themes into multiple sub-themes.

 

   

During the Reporting Period, the Fund generated positive absolute returns and outperformed the MSCI ACWI Index. All five of the Key Themes added to relative returns, with Resource Efficiency and Clean Energy contributing most positively. Within the Key Themes, the smart cities and water treatment sub-themes added most to relative returns, while the grid services and wind sub-themes detracted most from performance.

 

   

From a country perspective, the Fund’s investments in the U.S. and Japan contributed most positively to relative performance, while positions in Taiwan and Italy detracted most from results.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed most positively to the Fund’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI ACWI Index, the Fund benefited most from overweight positions in Daikin Industries, a Japanese multinational air conditioner manufacturing company; Albemarle, a U.S. fine chemicals manufacturer; and Aalberts N.V., a Netherlands-based maker of piping systems, surface technologies, hydronic flow control, advanced mechatronics and fluid control technologies (3.73%, 1.97% and 1.92% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Each of these stocks recorded a double-digit positive return within the MSCI ACWI Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted most from the Fund’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the MSCI ACWI Index, the Fund’s overweights in Delta Electronics, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company; Itron, a U.S. technology company that offers products and services on energy and water resource management; and Contemporary Amperex Technology, a Chinese battery manufacturer (2.92%, 1.68% and 1.72% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively) detracted most from relative performance during the Reporting Period. Delta Electronics generated a single-digit loss within the MSCI ACWI Index during the Reporting Period, while Itron and Contemporary Amperex Technology posted a double-digit negative return within the MSCI ACWI Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize excess cash.

 

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Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the MSCI ACWI Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund      MSCI ACWI
Index
 
  Industrials     31.32      9.74
  Materials     25.06        4.86  
  Information Technology     19.53        22.67  
  Utilities     11.44        2.71  
  Health Care     3.27        11.84  
  Consumer Discretionary     3.23        12.14  
  Consumer Staples     3.04        6.78  
  Energy     1.83        3.08  
  Communication Services     0.00        9.43  
  Real Estate     0.00        2.65  
    Financials     0.00        14.10  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the MSCI ACWI Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Country Name   Fund      MSCI ACWI
Index
 
  U.S.     39.29      59.58
  Japan     11.34        5.84  
  Denmark     5.95        0.69  
  China     5.11        4.05  
  Netherlands     5.04        1.35  
  U.K.     4.53        3.68  
  France     3.94        2.91  
  Italy     3.62        0.62  
  Germany     2.94        2.37  
  Taiwan     2.92        1.77  
  Spain     2.91        0.60  
  Ireland     2.31        0.19  
  Norway     2.21        0.16  
  Switzerland     2.07        2.54  
  Belgium     1.87        0.25  
  Finland     1.83        0.28  
  Sweden     0.67        0.96  
    Australia     0.18        1.77  

 

  1    Country and sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by MSCI. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall country and sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 1.83% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

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Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 42.25  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 42.18  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
  Ecolab, Inc.     4.0      Materials      United States
  Daikin Industries Ltd.     3.8        Industrials      Japan
  Enel SpA     3.7        Utilities      Italy
  Ball Corp.     3.4        Materials      United States
  Xylem, Inc.     3.3        Industrials      United States
  Danaher Corp.     3.3        Health Care      United States
  Koninklijke DSM NV     3.2        Materials      Netherlands
  Schneider Electric SE     3.0        Industrials      United States
  Infineon Technologies AG     3.0        Information Technology      Germany
    Delta Electronics, Inc.     3.0        Information Technology      Taiwan

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS FUTURE PLANET EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced July 13, 2021)

   5.74%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced July 13, 2021)

   5.92%

 

 

*   Total return for periods of less than one year represents cumulative total return. Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. Total returns for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index® (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 30.00% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 29.83% based on market price. The Index returned 30.63%, and the S&P 500® Index (Total Return, USD) (“S&P 500® Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, returned 31.17% during the same period.

 

     The Fund had an NAV of $79.37 on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $103.18 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $103.21 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?1

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

     The Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities whose performance is expected to influence the long portfolios of hedge funds. Such equity securities are defined as those that appear most frequently among the top ten equity holdings of U.S. hedge fund managers that select their investments based upon fundamental analysis. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Index Provider”) is the provider of the Index, which is constructed in accordance with a rules-based methodology. Hedge fund managers report their U.S. equity holdings, which are made public 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis once the information has been fully disseminated. The construction of the Index involves accessing the identifiers and share counts of U.S. equity holdings disclosed by hedge fund managers in their quarterly 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Index is constructed to then apply share prices at the time of data collection to the numbers of shares listed in each 13F disclosure filing to calculate the dollar market value of each reported position. U.S. hedge fund managers that select their investments based upon fundamental analysis are assumed to be U.S. hedge fund managers with no fewer than 10 and more than 200 distinct U.S. equity positions, as reported in the hedge fund managers’ most recent Form 13F filings. Managers with less than $10 million of disclosed equity assets are excluded. The equity positions are then ranked within each individual hedge fund manager’s portfolio by descending market value. The approximately 50 stocks that appear most frequently in the top 10 holdings of this universe then become the Index constituents. Constituents are equal dollar-weighted at each rebalance.

 

     The Index’s performance is compared to that of the S&P 500® Index below. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the S&P 500® Index.

 

     During the Reporting Period, the Index posted a robust double-digit positive absolute return but underperformed the S&P 500® Index. The Fund also underperformed the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period, as measured by NAV.

 

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Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the information technology, industrials and materials sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period. Partially offsetting these detractors were Index constituents in the communication services, health care and consumer staples sectors, which contributed positively to the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the S&P 500® Index, overweight positions in Chinese e-commerce retailer Alibaba Group Holdings, ride hailing services provider Uber Technologies and cloud-based web platform provider GoDaddy detracted most (1.83%, 1.89% and 2.09% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Each of these holdings generated a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the S&P 500® Index, overweight positions in information technology software and services provider Sea, social networking site operator Pinterest and resort and casino chain operator Caesars Entertainment contributed most positively (2.34%, 0.00%1 and 0.00%1 of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Sea posted a triple-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period, and Pinterest and Caesars Entertainment each generated a double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments during the Reporting Period. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize excess cash.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the S&P 500® Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     GS Hedge
Fund VIP
IndexTM
    S&P 500®
Index
 
  Information Technology     41.67     42.89     27.95
  Communication Services     18.67       18.32       11.47  
  Consumer Discretionary     17.49       17.17       11.93  
  Industrials     7.89       7.75       8.24  
  Health Care     6.26       6.14       13.39  
  Financials     5.86       5.75       11.17  
  Utilities     2.01       1.97       2.50  
  Consumer Staples     0.00       0.00       5.76  
  Energy     0.00       0.00       2.41  
  Materials     0.00       0.00       2.56  
    Real Estate     0.00       0.00       2.63  

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2021 either because those positions were eliminated during the most recent rebalance given the Index construction methodology or were not held at all during the Reporting Period as they did not meet the Fund’s investment criteria.

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Standard & Poor’s. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index®.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Hedge Industry VIP ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 103.21  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 103.18  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
  Palo Alto Networks, Inc.     2.5      Information Technology      United States
  Sea Ltd. ADR     2.3        Communication Services      Taiwan
  NVIDIA Corp.     2.3        Information Technology      United States
  Xilinx, Inc.     2.2        Information Technology      United States
  Bath & Body Works, Inc.     2.2        Consumer Discretionary      United States
  United Therapeutics Corp.     2.2        Health Care      United States
  salesforce.com, Inc.     2.1        Information Technology      United States
  Amazon.com, Inc.     2.1        Consumer Discretionary      United States
  Fiserv, Inc.     2.1        Information Technology      United States
    Alphabet, Inc., Class A     2.1        Communication Services      United States

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on November 1, 2016 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market cap- based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index™ and the S&P 500® Index (Total Return, USD) are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from November 1, 2016 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      1 Year Return      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced November 1, 2016)

     30.00%      22.17%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced November 1, 2016)

     29.83%      22.18%

 

Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index™

     30.63%      22.76%

 

S&P 500® Index (Total Return, USD)

     31.17%      19.30%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Fundamental Equity Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the period since inception on November 6, 2020 through August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 26.80% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 27.02% based on market price. The Index returned 27.38% during the same period.

 

     The Fund had an NAV of $50.03 per share on November 6, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $63.23 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $63.34 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

     Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. Also, unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

 

     During the Reporting Period, the Fund generated positive absolute returns that closely tracked the Index, as measured by NAV. All five of the Key Themes contributed positively to the Index’s performance.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Index benefited most from positions in Alphabet, a U.S.-based technology conglomerate; NVIDIA, a U.S-based designer and manufacturer of computer graphics processors, chipsets and related multimedia software; and Moderna, a U.S.-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology company (2.09%, 2.16% and 0.48% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Alphabet and NVIDIA each posted a robust double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period, while Moderna recorded a strong triple-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the least to the Index’s returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Positions in Alibaba Group, a Chinese multinational technology company; Tencent Holdings, a China-based multinational technology conglomerate; and Gaotu Techdue, a China-based holding company principally involved in the provision of technology-driven education services (1.59%, 1.27% and 0.00%1 of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively) contributed the least to Index returns. Each of these holdings posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments. The Fund does not employ

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2021 either because those positions were eliminated during the most recent rebalance given the Index construction methodology or were not held at all during the Reporting Period as they did not meet the Fund’s investment criteria.

 

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  derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize excess cash.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3      Index  
  Information Technology     33.71      33.71
  Health Care     18.82        18.82  
  Consumer Discretionary     17.25        17.25  
  Communication Services     13.25        13.25  
  Industrials     7.00        7.00  
  Financials     6.58        6.58  
  Utilities     1.51        1.51  
  Consumer Staples     0.74        0.74  
  Real Estate     0.52        0.52  
  Energy     0.18        0.18  
    Materials     0.08        0.08  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Country Name   Fund3      Index  
  U.S.     71.57      71.57
  China     7.26        7.26  
  Japan     4.05        4.05  
  Germany     2.95        2.95  
  United Kingdom     2.19        2.19  
  Hong Kong     1.71        1.71  
  France     1.59        1.59  
  Canada     1.55        1.55  
  Netherlands     1.15        1.15  
  Switzerland     1.12        1.12  
  Korea     1.12        1.12  
  Argentina     0.67        0.67  
  Taiwan     0.60        0.60  
  Singapore     0.58        0.58  
  Australia     0.46        0.46  
  Israel     0.25        0.25  
  Finland     0.25        0.25  
  Belgium     0.20        0.20  
  Sweden     0.20        0.20  
  Cyprus     0.08        0.08  
  United Arab Emirates     0.06        0.06  
  Turkey     0.04        0.04  
    Spain     0.00        0.00  

 

  2    Country and sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 2.64% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 63.34  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 63.23  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets        Line of Business      Country
  NVIDIA Corp.     2.2      Information Technology      United States
  Alphabet, Inc., Class A     2.1        Communication Services      United States
  Facebook, Inc., Class A     2.1        Communication Services      United States
  Microsoft Corp.     2.1        Information Technology      United States
  Apple, Inc.     2.0        Information Technology      United States
  Amazon.com, Inc.     2.0        Consumer Discretionary      United States
  Tesla, Inc.     1.8        Consumer Discretionary      United States
  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR     1.6        Consumer Discretionary      China
  Tencent Holdings Ltd.     1.3        Communication Services      China
    Intel Corp.     0.9        Information Technology      United States

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on November 6, 2020 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (Net Total Return, USD), a market cap- based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from November 6, 2020 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*    Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced November 6, 2020)

   26.80%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced November 6, 2020)

   27.02%

 

Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (Net Total Return, USD)

   27.38%

 

 

*   Total return for periods of less than one year represents cumulative total return. Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. Total returns for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

 

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Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 30.61% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 30.76% based on market price. The Index returned 30.90%, and the Russell 1000® Index (Total Return, USD) (“Russell 1000® Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, returned 32.25% during the same period.

 

     The Fund had an NAV of $50.92 on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $65.65 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $65.68 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

     The Index’s performance is compared to that of the Russell 1000® Index below. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Russell 1000® Index.

 

     During the Reporting Period, the Index posted robust double-digit positive absolute returns but underperformed the Russell 1000® Index. The Fund also underperformed the Russell 1000® Index during the Reporting Period, as measured by NAV.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most?

 

A   Index constituents in the information technology and industrials sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the Russell 1000® Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the consumer staples and health care sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the Russell 1000® Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Relative to the Russell 1000® Index, positions in information technology giant Apple, diversified industrial conglomerate General Electric and financial services company Wells Fargo & Company, each rather neutral in weighting, detracted most (6.46%, 0.37% and 0.62% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Apple and Wells Fargo & Company each generated a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period, while General Electric posted a triple-digit gain during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A  

Relative to the Russell 1000® Index, positions in health care equipment and supplies company Abbott Laboratories, household and personal products consumer staples company Procter & Gamble and U.S. bank Bank of America, each

 

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  rather neutral in weighting, contributed most positively (0.63%, 1.31% and 1.03% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Abbott Laboratories and Bank of America each generated a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period, while Procter & Gamble posted a single-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments during the Reporting Period. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize excess cash.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the Russell 1000® Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund2      JUST
US Large Cap
Diversified
Index
     Russell
1000®
Index
 
  Information Technology     29.26      29.27      28.14
  Health Care     12.96        12.95        13.27  
  Communication Services     11.73        11.72        10.83  
  Financials     11.60        11.60        11.37  
  Consumer Discretionary     11.11        11.10        11.99  
  Industrials     7.68        7.68        8.80  
  Consumer Staples     6.24        6.23        5.41  
  Energy     2.46        2.46        2.29  
  Utilities     2.43        2.43        2.40  
  Real Estate     2.34        2.35        3.16  
    Materials     2.19        2.19        2.34  

 

  1    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by GICS. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.10% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 65.68  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 65.65  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
     Holding   % of Net Assets      Line of Business
  Apple, Inc.     6.4    Information Technology
  Microsoft Corp.     6.2      Information Technology
  Amazon.com, Inc.     4.4      Consumer Discretionary
  Facebook, Inc., Class A     2.5      Communication Services
  Alphabet, Inc., Class A     2.4      Communication Services
  Alphabet, Inc., Class C     2.2      Communication Services
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1.6      Financials
  NVIDIA Corp.     1.5      Information Technology
  Johnson & Johnson     1.3      Health Care
    Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     1.3      Consumer Staples

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on June 7, 2018 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index and the Russell 1000® Index (Total Return, USD) are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from June 7, 2018 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      1 Year Return      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced June 7, 2018)

     30.61%      18.41%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced June 7, 2018)

     30.76%      18.42%

 

JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index

     30.90%      18.70%

 

Russell 1000® Index

     32.25%      18.77%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Index Definitions and Industry Terms

 

 

Alpha: The excess returns of a fund relative to the return of a benchmark index is the fund’s alpha.

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) is calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. Neither publication of an Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Index or Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in this fund. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The S&P 500® Index is the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index of 500 stocks, an unmanaged index of common stock prices. The Index figures do not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF

MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index captures large, mid and small cap representation across 23 developed markets and 26 emerging markets countries.

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

The S&P 500® Index is the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index of 500 stocks, an unmanaged index of common stock prices.

The Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP IndexTM is owned and maintained by the Index Provider. The Index is calculated by Solactive AG. The Index consists of the US-listed stocks whose performance is expected to influence the long portfolios of hedge funds. Those stocks are defined as the positions that appear most frequently among the top 10 long equity holdings within the portfolios of fundamentally-driven hedge fund managers. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF

The Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index is comprised of the securities that compose the five Solactive Thematic Indexes, which include companies from the “Data-Driven World”, “Finance Reimagined”, “Human Evolution”, “Manufacturing Revolution”, and “New Age Consumer” themes. The weight of each index constituent within the Solactive Innovate Global Equity Index is equal to the average weight of such index constituent across the Solactive Thematic Indexes, subject to specified minimum and maximum weights.

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

“JUST” and “JUST Capital” are trademarks of JUST Capital Foundation, Inc. or its affiliates and have been licensed for use in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. JUST Capital Foundation, Inc. and its affiliates do not in any way recommend the purchase, sale or holding of any security based on the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index including the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, or have any involvement in their operations or distribution. JUST Capital Foundation, Inc., its affiliates, calculation agent, and data providers expressly disclaim all representations, warranties, and liabilities relating to or in connection with the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (including, without limitation, any warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose). Frank Russell Company (“Russell”) acts solely as calculation agent in respect of the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index. Russell does not in any way sponsor, support, promote or endorse the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index or the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. In no event shall any Russell party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including without limitation, lost profits) or any other damages in connection with the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index.

The Russell 1000® Index is an index of approximately 1,000 of the largest companies in the U.S. equity market. The Russell 1000® is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index. It represents the top companies by market capitalization. The Russell 1000® typically comprises approximately 90% of the total market capitalization of all listed U.S. stocks. It is considered a bellwether index for large cap investing.

 

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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – 98.8%  
Communication Services – 4.6%      
  20,552     Activision Blizzard, Inc.   $ 1,692,868  
  625     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     1,808,719  
  59,907     AT&T, Inc.     1,642,650  
  2,189     Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     1,787,669  
  29,056     Comcast Corp., Class A     1,763,118  
  12,061     Electronic Arts, Inc.     1,751,378  
  4,691     Facebook, Inc., Class A*     1,779,672  
  12,565     IAC/InterActiveCorp*     1,659,208  
  9,283     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C *     1,776,024  
  142,835     Lumen Technologies, Inc.     1,756,870  
  11,250     Match Group, Inc.*     1,546,200  
  3,275     Netflix, Inc.*     1,864,097  
  23,144     Omnicom Group, Inc.     1,694,604  
  28,162     Pinterest, Inc., Class A*     1,564,962  
  20,821     ROBLOX Corp., Class A*     1,708,363  
  4,035     Roku, Inc.*     1,421,934  
  22,859     Snap, Inc., Class A*     1,739,798  
  10,477     Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*     1,689,102  
  11,756     T-Mobile US, Inc.*     1,610,807  
  24,466     Twitter, Inc.*     1,578,057  
  30,220     Verizon Communications, Inc.     1,662,100  
  43,366     ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B     1,797,521  
  9,767     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     1,770,757  
   

 

 

 
      39,066,478  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 10.3%  
  7,943     Advance Auto Parts, Inc.     1,611,238  
  500     Amazon.com, Inc.*     1,735,395  
  1,023     AutoZone, Inc.*     1,584,780  
  26,215     Bath & Body Works, Inc.     1,768,988  
  14,720     Best Buy Co., Inc.     1,715,027  
  788     Booking Holdings, Inc.*     1,812,140  
  4,951     Burlington Stores, Inc.*     1,482,775  
  19,390     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*     1,970,606  
  12,227     CarMax, Inc.*     1,530,943  
  78,090     Carnival Corp.*     1,885,093  
  5,081     Carvana Co.*     1,666,873  
  892     Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*     1,697,770  
  11,330     Darden Restaurants, Inc.     1,706,864  
  7,166     Dollar General Corp.     1,597,373  
  17,111     Dollar Tree, Inc.*     1,549,230  
  3,125     Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     1,615,281  
  17,367     D.R. Horton, Inc.     1,660,633  
  34,260     DraftKings, Inc., Class A*     2,031,275  
  24,459     eBay, Inc.     1,876,984  
  8,267     Etsy, Inc.*     1,787,821  
  10,855     Expedia Group, Inc.*     1,568,548  
  123,232     Ford Motor Co.*     1,605,713  
  10,387     Garmin Ltd.     1,811,804  
  31,545     General Motors Co.*     1,546,020  
  13,332     Genuine Parts Co.     1,629,037  
  16,797     Hasbro, Inc.     1,651,313  
  13,432     Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*     1,677,120  
  5,088     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     1,659,604  
  15,787     Lennar Corp., Class A     1,694,103  
  8,764     Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     1,786,892  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  12,084     Marriott International, Inc., Class A*   1,633,032  
  7,177     McDonald’s Corp.     1,704,250  
  44,296     MGM Resorts International     1,887,896  
  9,791     NIKE, Inc., Class B     1,612,969  
  316     NVR, Inc.*     1,636,861  
  2,778     O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     1,650,354  
  14,148     Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A*     1,417,488  
  3,457     Pool Corp.     1,708,795  
  30,888     PulteGroup, Inc.     1,663,628  
  13,821     Ross Stores, Inc.     1,636,406  
  23,126     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.*     1,913,214  
  14,246     Starbucks Corp.     1,673,763  
  81,444     Stellantis NV     1,630,509  
  6,411     Target Corp.     1,583,389  
  2,344     Tesla, Inc.*     1,724,528  
  24,508     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     1,782,222  
  9,088     Tractor Supply Co.     1,765,344  
  4,827     Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     1,869,545  
  20,894     VF Corp.     1,597,764  
  6,888     Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     1,933,806  
  7,520     Whirlpool Corp.     1,665,906  
  12,609     Yum! Brands, Inc.     1,652,157  
   

 

 

 
      88,261,069  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 6.0%  
  35,703     Altria Group, Inc.     1,793,362  
  28,461     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     1,707,660  
  23,923     Brown-Forman Corp., Class B     1,679,873  
  20,142     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     1,685,080  
  10,140     Clorox Co. (The)     1,704,027  
  29,887     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     1,682,937  
  21,531     Colgate-Palmolive Co.     1,678,341  
  51,623     Conagra Brands, Inc.     1,709,754  
  7,626     Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A     1,610,154  
  3,873     Costco Wholesale Corp.     1,764,113  
  5,150     Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A     1,753,523  
  28,941     General Mills, Inc.     1,673,079  
  9,397     Hershey Co. (The)     1,669,847  
  36,904     Hormel Foods Corp.     1,680,608  
  12,852     J M Smucker Co. (The)     1,589,407  
  26,901     Kellogg Co.     1,698,529  
  48,945     Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.     1,745,868  
  12,574     Kimberly-Clark Corp.     1,732,823  
  44,831     Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     1,613,468  
  40,042     Kroger Co. (The)     1,843,133  
  20,266     McCormick & Co., Inc.     1,748,753  
  26,972     Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     1,674,152  
  18,219     Monster Beverage Corp.*     1,777,628  
  10,877     PepsiCo, Inc.     1,701,054  
  16,893     Philip Morris International, Inc.     1,739,979  
  11,763     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     1,674,934  
  23,383     Sysco Corp.     1,862,456  
  23,806     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A     1,869,247  
  35,808     Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     1,817,256  
  11,741     Walmart, Inc.     1,738,842  
   

 

 

 
      51,619,887  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Energy – 3.1%  
  19,506     Cheniere Energy, Inc.*   $ 1,705,995  
  16,629     Chevron Corp.     1,609,188  
  30,047     ConocoPhillips     1,668,510  
  23,346     EOG Resources, Inc.     1,576,322  
  29,244     Exxon Mobil Corp.     1,594,383  
  85,658     Halliburton Co.     1,711,447  
  23,057     Hess Corp.     1,585,169  
  96,619     Kinder Morgan, Inc.     1,571,991  
  30,393     Marathon Petroleum Corp.     1,801,393  
  63,324     Occidental Petroleum Corp.     1,626,793  
  31,981     ONEOK, Inc.     1,679,642  
  23,082     Phillips 66     1,640,899  
  11,107     Pioneer Natural Resources Co.     1,662,385  
  59,391     Schlumberger NV     1,665,324  
  25,141     Valero Energy Corp.     1,667,100  
  66,540     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     1,642,872  
   

 

 

 
      26,409,413  

 

 

 
Financials – 11.8%  
  30,371     Aflac, Inc.     1,721,428  
  12,911     Allstate Corp. (The)     1,746,600  
  32,969     Ally Financial, Inc.     1,744,060  
  9,902     American Express Co.     1,643,336  
  35,392     American International Group, Inc.     1,930,988  
  6,480     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     1,768,457  
  6,424     Aon PLC, Class A     1,842,789  
  42,136     Arch Capital Group Ltd.*     1,731,790  
  12,199     Arthur J Gallagher & Co.     1,752,020  
  43,367     Bank of America Corp.     1,810,572  
  32,279     Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     1,782,446  
  5,983     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     1,709,762  
  1,898     BlackRock, Inc.     1,790,364  
  14,502     Blackstone, Inc.     1,823,337  
  10,259     Capital One Financial Corp.     1,702,686  
  24,561     Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     1,789,269  
  9,779     Chubb Ltd.     1,798,554  
  14,348     Cincinnati Financial Corp.     1,770,543  
  24,279     Citigroup, Inc.     1,745,903  
  39,370     Citizens Financial Group, Inc.     1,724,012  
  8,028     CME Group, Inc.     1,619,408  
  7,119     Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A*     1,843,821  
  13,128     Discover Financial Services     1,683,272  
  45,512     Fifth Third Bancorp     1,768,596  
  8,510     First Republic Bank     1,692,979  
  4,399     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(a)     1,819,030  
  25,915     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     1,742,006  
  116,336     Huntington Bancshares, Inc.     1,806,698  
  14,136     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     1,689,676  
  10,971     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1,754,811  
  83,961     KeyCorp     1,706,088  
  25,585     KKR & Co., Inc.     1,644,860  
  12,405     M&T Bank Corp.     1,736,824  
  1,383     Markel Corp.*     1,756,756  
  3,458     MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     1,645,731  
  11,206     Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     1,761,583  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  29,121     MetLife, Inc.   1,805,502  
  4,401     Moody’s Corp.     1,675,769  
  17,262     Morgan Stanley     1,802,671  
  2,691     MSCI, Inc.     1,707,655  
  8,850     Nasdaq, Inc.     1,732,653  
  15,005     Northern Trust Corp.     1,778,393  
  9,001     PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     1,720,091  
  26,781     Principal Financial Group, Inc.     1,789,239  
  17,567     Progressive Corp. (The)     1,692,405  
  16,553     Prudential Financial, Inc.     1,752,632  
  12,986     Raymond James Financial, Inc.     1,816,741  
  85,846     Regions Financial Corp.     1,753,834  
  3,804     S&P Global, Inc.     1,688,291  
  19,170     State Street Corp.     1,781,085  
  3,034     SVB Financial Group*     1,697,523  
  35,184     Synchrony Financial     1,750,404  
  7,998     T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     1,790,512  
  11,189     Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     1,786,995  
  30,378     Truist Financial Corp.     1,733,369  
  30,216     US Bancorp     1,734,096  
  35,879     Wells Fargo & Co.     1,639,670  
  8,050     Willis Towers Watson PLC     1,776,796  
   

 

 

 
      101,407,381  

 

 

 
Health Care – 14.5%  
  9,117     10X Genomics, Inc., Class A*     1,603,863  
  13,798     Abbott Laboratories     1,743,653  
  14,449     AbbVie, Inc.     1,745,150  
  5,094     ABIOMED, Inc.*     1,854,012  
  10,913     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     1,914,904  
  2,386     Align Technology, Inc.*     1,691,674  
  9,256     Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     1,864,436  
  13,076     AmerisourceBergen Corp.     1,598,018  
  7,274     Amgen, Inc.     1,640,505  
  4,238     Anthem, Inc.     1,589,801  
  44,495     Avantor, Inc.*     1,754,883  
  22,256     Baxter International, Inc.     1,696,352  
  6,601     Becton Dickinson and Co.     1,661,472  
  4,960     Biogen, Inc.*     1,680,994  
  21,781     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     1,834,178  
  2,232     Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A*     1,796,358  
  3,468     Bio-Techne Corp.     1,731,018  
  37,697     Boston Scientific Corp.*     1,702,020  
  24,309     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     1,625,300  
  28,103     Cardinal Health, Inc.     1,475,126  
  13,687     Catalent, Inc.*     1,785,332  
  24,323     Centene Corp.*     1,531,863  
  20,814     Cerner Corp.     1,589,149  
  4,095     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*     1,817,607  
  7,234     Cigna Corp.     1,531,076  
  4,009     Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)     1,806,896  
  20,263     CVS Health Corp.     1,750,521  
  5,526     Danaher Corp.     1,791,308  
  26,024     DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.     1,605,681  
  3,254     Dexcom, Inc.*     1,722,733  

 

 

 

 

30   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  14,743     Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*   $ 1,727,585  
  45,946     Elanco Animal Health, Inc.*     1,533,677  
  6,321     Eli Lilly & Co.     1,632,651  
  15,888     Exact Sciences Corp.*     1,658,389  
  24,190     Gilead Sciences, Inc.     1,760,548  
  6,696     HCA Healthcare, Inc.     1,693,954  
  21,983     Hologic, Inc.*     1,739,954  
  15,417     Horizon Therapeutics PLC*     1,666,424  
  3,959     Humana, Inc.     1,605,058  
  2,414     IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     1,626,457  
  3,369     Illumina, Inc.*     1,540,172  
  21,564     Incyte Corp.*     1,649,430  
  6,051     Insulet Corp.*     1,802,048  
  1,687     Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     1,777,356  
  6,787     IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*     1,762,788  
  9,656     Johnson & Johnson     1,671,743  
  5,561     Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*     1,687,096  
  6,081     Masimo Corp.*     1,651,235  
  8,042     McKesson Corp.     1,641,694  
  13,022     Medtronic PLC     1,738,177  
  22,143     Merck & Co., Inc.     1,689,289  
  1,122     Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*     1,742,275  
  4,069     Moderna, Inc.*     1,532,752  
  6,017     Molina Healthcare, Inc.*     1,617,189  
  7,493     Novavax, Inc.*     1,787,380  
  9,098     PerkinElmer, Inc.     1,681,310  
  37,007     Pfizer, Inc.     1,704,912  
  11,378     Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     1,738,900  
  2,830     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     1,905,722  
  6,139     ResMed, Inc.     1,783,564  
  10,448     Seagen, Inc.*     1,751,085  
  7,750     STERIS PLC     1,666,327  
  6,342     Stryker Corp.     1,757,368  
  4,456     Teleflex, Inc.     1,762,170  
  3,128     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     1,735,884  
  3,983     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     1,658,003  
  4,976     Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     1,651,932  
  8,370     Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     1,676,427  
  119,376     Viatris, Inc.     1,746,471  
  4,277     Waters Corp.*     1,770,764  
  3,989     West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.     1,801,512  
  11,335     Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.     1,705,351  
  8,184     Zoetis, Inc.     1,674,119  
   

 

 

 
      124,243,025  

 

 

 
Industrials – 12.7%  
  8,485     3M Co.     1,652,369  
  12,201     AMETEK, Inc.     1,658,970  
  7,329     Boeing Co. (The)*     1,608,716  
  29,337     Carrier Global Corp.     1,689,811  
  8,090     Caterpillar, Inc.     1,705,938  
  18,561     C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.     1,671,604  
  4,339     Cintas Corp.     1,717,246  
  11,387     Copart, Inc.*     1,643,372  
  19,461     CoStar Group, Inc.*     1,649,125  
  52,464     CSX Corp.     1,706,654  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  7,180     Cummins, Inc.   1,694,336  
  4,628     Deere & Co.     1,749,523  
  43,042     Delta Air Lines, Inc.*     1,740,619  
  10,019     Dover Corp.     1,746,913  
  10,359     Eaton Corp. PLC     1,744,041  
  16,665     Emerson Electric Co.     1,758,158  
  6,557     Equifax, Inc.     1,785,209  
  13,345     Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.     1,663,321  
  30,387     Fastenal Co.     1,697,114  
  6,049     FedEx Corp.     1,607,159  
  22,725     Fortive Corp.     1,678,696  
  16,859     Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.     1,641,561  
  4,207     Generac Holdings, Inc.*     1,838,375  
  8,582     General Dynamics Corp.     1,719,060  
  16,423     General Electric Co.     1,731,148  
  7,318     Honeywell International, Inc.     1,697,117  
  7,412     IDEX Corp.     1,660,288  
  14,421     IHS Markit Ltd.     1,739,173  
  7,357     Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     1,713,151  
  32,965     Ingersoll Rand, Inc.*     1,747,804  
  13,024     Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.     1,757,719  
  9,963     J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     1,767,436  
  23,379     Johnson Controls International PLC     1,748,749  
  6,374     Kansas City Southern     1,788,991  
  7,343     L3Harris Technologies, Inc.     1,710,992  
  17,483     Leidos Holdings, Inc.     1,715,257  
  4,644     Lockheed Martin Corp.     1,670,911  
  32,889     Lyft, Inc., Class A*     1,565,845  
  28,108     Masco Corp.     1,706,718  
  6,592     Norfolk Southern Corp.     1,671,336  
  4,700     Northrop Grumman Corp.     1,728,190  
  6,199     Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     1,789,775  
  18,481     Otis Worldwide Corp.     1,704,318  
  20,622     PACCAR, Inc.     1,688,323  
  5,478     Parker-Hannifin Corp.     1,625,158  
  19,412     Raytheon Technologies Corp.     1,645,361  
  14,103     Republic Services, Inc.     1,750,605  
  5,396     Rockwell Automation, Inc.     1,756,128  
  3,430     Roper Technologies, Inc.     1,657,650  
  33,870     Southwest Airlines Co.*     1,686,049  
  8,547     Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     1,651,879  
  8,441     Trane Technologies PLC     1,675,539  
  2,714     TransDigm Group, Inc.*     1,648,674  
  14,119     TransUnion     1,715,882  
  40,068     Uber Technologies, Inc.*     1,568,262  
  7,692     Union Pacific Corp.     1,667,933  
  36,366     United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*     1,691,383  
  8,763     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     1,714,306  
  5,096     United Rentals, Inc.*     1,797,104  
  9,024     Verisk Analytics, Inc.     1,820,682  
  11,262     Waste Management, Inc.     1,746,849  
  19,603     Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.     1,760,153  
  3,832     W.W. Grainger, Inc.     1,661,938  
  13,269     Xylem, Inc.     1,808,697  
   

 

 

 
      109,121,363  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   31


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August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – 20.3%  
  5,306     Accenture PLC, Class A   $ 1,785,787  
  2,711     Adobe, Inc.*     1,799,291  
  14,206     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     1,572,888  
  15,013     Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     1,700,222  
  22,894     Amphenol Corp., Class A     1,754,367  
  20,476     Analog Devices, Inc.     3,336,564  
  4,525     ANSYS, Inc.*     1,653,254  
  11,452     Apple, Inc.     1,738,757  
  11,709     Applied Materials, Inc.     1,582,237  
  4,431     Arista Networks, Inc.*     1,637,387  
  5,140     Autodesk, Inc.*     1,593,863  
  7,908     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     1,653,088  
  3,449     Broadcom, Inc.     1,714,877  
  9,700     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     1,670,534  
  11,225     Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*     1,835,063  
  8,980     CDW Corp.     1,801,478  
  17,069     Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.*     1,917,702  
  30,172     Cisco Systems, Inc.     1,780,751  
  14,034     Cloudflare, Inc., Class A*     1,694,465  
  18,708     Cognex Corp.     1,657,903  
  22,715     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     1,733,382  
  40,420     Corning, Inc.     1,616,396  
  7,871     Coupa Software, Inc.*     1,926,900  
  6,481     Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A*     1,821,161  
  14,710     Datadog, Inc., Class A*     2,027,038  
  17,238     Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C *     1,680,016  
  5,701     DocuSign, Inc.*     1,688,864  
  8,737     Enphase Energy, Inc.*     1,517,879  
  13,407     Entegris, Inc.     1,610,717  
  2,946     EPAM Systems, Inc.*     1,864,258  
  3,337     Fair Isaac Corp.*     1,534,152  
  12,993     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     1,660,116  
  15,573     Fiserv, Inc.*     1,834,344  
  6,754     FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*     1,778,193  
  5,590     Fortinet, Inc.*     1,761,633  
  5,700     Gartner, Inc.*     1,759,818  
  10,150     Global Payments, Inc.     1,650,796  
  20,156     GoDaddy, Inc., Class A*     1,477,636  
  113,956     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.     1,761,760  
  57,270     HP, Inc.     1,703,210  
  2,895     HubSpot, Inc.*     1,981,541  
  31,125     Intel Corp.     1,682,618  
  11,735     International Business Machines Corp.     1,646,890  
  3,167     Intuit, Inc.     1,792,870  
  9,649     Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.     1,701,891  
  10,045     Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     1,801,872  
  4,771     KLA Corp.     1,621,949  
  2,586     Lam Research Corp.     1,564,065  
  27,045     Marvell Technology, Inc.     1,654,884  
  4,586     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     1,587,811  
  11,317     Microchip Technology, Inc.     1,780,843  
  20,372     Micron Technology, Inc.*     1,501,416  
  5,881     Microsoft Corp.     1,775,356  
  4,644     MongoDB, Inc.*     1,819,659  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  3,628     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   1,795,606  
  7,541     Motorola Solutions, Inc.     1,841,663  
  20,597     NetApp, Inc.     1,831,691  
  30,800     Nuance Communications, Inc.*     1,695,540  
  8,361     NVIDIA Corp.     1,871,610  
  6,877     Okta, Inc.*     1,812,777  
  36,620     ON Semiconductor Corp.*     1,624,463  
  18,730     Oracle Corp.     1,669,405  
  75,285     Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A*     1,983,007  
  4,182     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     1,928,069  
  14,718     Paychex, Inc.     1,684,770  
  3,856     Paycom Software, Inc.*     1,885,198  
  6,161     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     1,778,434  
  12,640     PTC, Inc.*     1,664,182  
  8,536     Qorvo, Inc.*     1,605,024  
  11,338     QUALCOMM, Inc.     1,663,171  
  6,539     RingCentral, Inc., Class A*     1,649,528  
  6,991     salesforce.com, Inc.*     1,854,503  
  18,682     Seagate Technology Holdings PLC     1,636,356  
  2,879     ServiceNow, Inc.*     1,853,040  
  8,983     Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     1,648,021  
  6,181     Snowflake, Inc., Class A*     1,881,187  
  11,981     Splunk, Inc.*     1,831,536  
  6,345     Square, Inc., Class A*     1,700,904  
  21,965     SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.     1,661,872  
  5,807     Synopsys, Inc.*     1,929,318  
  11,279     TE Connectivity Ltd.     1,694,331  
  3,709     Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*     1,718,676  
  13,125     Teradyne, Inc.     1,593,900  
  8,770     Texas Instruments, Inc.     1,674,281  
  19,842     Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A*     1,588,352  
  19,354     Trimble, Inc.*     1,823,534  
  4,529     Twilio, Inc., Class A*     1,616,672  
  3,437     Tyler Technologies, Inc.*     1,669,351  
  27,463     UiPath, Inc., Class A*(b)     1,735,662  
  15,584     Unity Software, Inc.*     1,975,272  
  7,916     VeriSign, Inc.*     1,711,914  
  7,111     Visa, Inc., Class A     1,629,130  
  10,753     VMware, Inc., Class A*(b)     1,600,799  
  25,466     Western Digital Corp.*     1,609,451  
  7,219     Workday, Inc., Class A*     1,971,942  
  11,983     Xilinx, Inc.     1,864,435  
  2,999     Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*     1,760,923  
  13,283     Zendesk, Inc.*     1,641,779  
  4,352     Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A*     1,259,904  
  6,864     Zscaler, Inc.*     1,910,526  
   

 

 

 
      174,234,121  

 

 

 
Materials – 4.7%  
  5,825     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.     1,569,896  
  8,013     Albemarle Corp.     1,896,998  
  7,915     Avery Dennison Corp.     1,783,962  
  21,313     Ball Corp.     2,045,195  
  10,920     Celanese Corp.     1,731,912  
  39,483     Corteva, Inc.     1,736,068  

 

 

 

 

32   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Materials – (continued)  
  17,187     Crown Holdings, Inc.   $ 1,886,961  
  27,195     Dow, Inc.     1,710,565  
  22,392     DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     1,657,456  
  15,183     Eastman Chemical Co.     1,718,108  
  7,724     Ecolab, Inc.     1,740,681  
  46,307     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     1,685,112  
  11,249     International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.     1,704,223  
  28,968     International Paper Co.     1,740,687  
  16,919     LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A     1,697,822  
  4,578     Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     1,745,362  
  26,933     Newmont Corp.     1,561,845  
  15,816     Nucor Corp.     1,859,329  
  12,137     Packaging Corp. of America     1,841,183  
  10,222     PPG Industries, Inc.     1,630,920  
  5,682     Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     1,725,453  
  9,323     Vulcan Materials Co.     1,733,425  
  34,282     Westrock Co.     1,784,035  
   

 

 

 
      40,187,198  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 5.6%  
  8,233     Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT     1,699,044  
  5,943     American Tower Corp. REIT     1,736,366  
  7,376     AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT     1,693,382  
  14,507     Boston Properties, Inc. REIT     1,639,146  
  17,232     CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     1,659,442  
  8,683     Crown Castle International Corp. REIT     1,690,493  
  10,842     Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     1,777,112  
  33,274     Duke Realty Corp. REIT     1,747,218  
  2,044     Equinix, Inc. REIT     1,724,012  
  19,963     Equity Residential REIT     1,678,289  
  5,164     Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT     1,707,941  
  9,537     Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT     1,782,561  
  45,069     Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT     1,622,484  
  41,611     Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT     1,713,541  
  82,465     Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT     1,688,883  
  8,815     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT     1,695,741  
  13,027     Prologis, Inc. REIT     1,754,216  
  5,454     Public Storage REIT     1,764,969  
  23,837     Realty Income Corp. REIT     1,721,508  
  4,893     SBA Communications Corp. REIT     1,756,440  
  12,799     Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT     1,720,825  
  8,581     Sun Communities, Inc. REIT     1,728,986  
  30,582     UDR, Inc. REIT     1,652,040  
  28,424     Ventas, Inc. REIT     1,590,039  
  55,959     VICI Properties, Inc. REIT     1,729,693  
  19,445     Welltower, Inc. REIT     1,702,021  
  48,719     Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT     1,753,884  
  21,108     W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT     1,648,957  
   

 

 

 
      47,779,233  

 

 

 
Utilities – 5.2%  
  70,957     AES Corp. (The)     1,693,744  
  28,401     Alliant Energy Corp.     1,726,497  
  19,911     Ameren Corp.     1,746,593  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Utilities – (continued)  
  19,041     American Electric Power Co., Inc.   $ 1,705,502  
  9,649     American Water Works Co., Inc.     1,758,530  
  17,065     Atmos Energy Corp.     1,664,008  
  66,165     CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     1,660,080  
  26,801     CMS Energy Corp.     1,718,748  
  22,642     Consolidated Edison, Inc.     1,708,339  
  22,493     Dominion Energy, Inc.     1,750,855  
  14,376     DTE Energy Co.     1,730,008  
  15,902     Duke Energy Corp.     1,664,303  
  30,712     Edison International     1,776,382  
  16,325     Entergy Corp.     1,805,708  
  25,546     Evergy, Inc.     1,748,624  
  19,312     Eversource Energy     1,752,178  
  36,001     Exelon Corp.     1,764,769  
  44,358     FirstEnergy Corp.     1,724,196  
  21,276     NextEra Energy, Inc.     1,786,971  
  194,782     PG&E Corp.*     1,786,151  
  59,391     PPL Corp.     1,743,126  
  26,787     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.     1,712,761  
  12,934     Sempra Energy     1,711,944  
  26,515     Southern Co. (The)     1,742,831  
  17,808     WEC Energy Group, Inc.     1,682,500  
  24,671     Xcel Energy, Inc.     1,696,131  
   

 

 

 
      44,961,479  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $689,981,718)   $ 847,290,647  

 

 

 
   
Exchange-Traded Fund – 0.9%  
  49,428     Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF(b)  
  (Cost $7,679,666)   $ 7,725,597  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $697,661,384)   $ 855,016,244  

 

 

 
Shares   Dividend
Rate
    Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 1.3%(a)  

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund – Institutional Shares

 

10,902,108     0.026%     $ 10,902,108  
(Cost $10,902,108)

 

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 101.0%

 

(Cost $708,563,492)

 

  $ 865,918,352  

 

 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF     OTHER ASSETS – (1.0)%

 

    (8,414,297

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%

 

  $ 857,504,055  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   33


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

(b)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

34   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – 99.8%  
Australia – 0.2%      
  132,024     Carbon Revolution Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*   $ 109,998  

 

 

 
Belgium – 1.9%      
  17,243     Umicore SA (Materials)     1,134,561  

 

 

 
China – 5.1%      
  13,500     Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     1,035,453  
  561,142     Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,356,435  
  16,658     XPeng, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     707,965  
   

 

 

 
      3,099,853  

 

 

 
Denmark – 6.0%      
  11,970     Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (Materials)     1,104,306  
  15,752     Novozymes A/S, Class B (Materials)     1,272,192  
  7,809     Orsted AS (Utilities)(a)     1,240,793  
   

 

 

 
      3,617,291  

 

 

 
Finland – 1.8%      
  18,298     Neste OYJ (Energy)     1,113,258  

 

 

 
France – 1.0%      
  12,498     Imerys SA (Materials)     578,328  

 

 

 
Germany – 3.0%      
  41,919     Infineon Technologies AG (Information Technology)     1,784,616  

 

 

 
Ireland – 2.3%      
  12,312     Kingspan Group PLC (Industrials)     1,406,573  

 

 

 
Italy – 3.7%      
  241,638     Enel SpA (Utilities)     2,201,211  

 

 

 
Japan – 11.5%      
  9,120     Daikin Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     2,275,019  
  15,918     Horiba Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,140,312  
  2,280     Keyence Corp. (Information Technology)     1,372,441  
  22,744     Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     1,068,260  
  9,120     Nidec Corp. (Industrials)     1,047,646  
   

 

 

 
      6,903,678  

 

 

 
Netherlands – 5.2%      
  18,672     Aalberts NV (Industrials)     1,165,989  
  8,892     Koninklijke DSM NV (Materials)     1,892,007  
  12,369     Pryme BV (Industrials)*(a)     65,359  
   

 

 

 
      3,123,355  

 

 

 
Norway – 2.1%      
  303,542     Aker Carbon Capture ASA (Industrials)*     785,586  
  744,248     Aker Offshore Wind AS (Industrials)*     418,916  
  45,164     Circa Group AS (Materials)*     76,265  
   

 

 

 
      1,280,767  

 

 

 
Spain – 2.9%      
  142,577     Iberdrola SA (Utilities)     1,766,362  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Sweden – 0.7%      
  15,390     Re:NewCell AB (Materials)*   407,970  

 

 

 
Switzerland – 2.1%      
  34,001     ABB Ltd. (Industrials)     1,259,008  

 

 

 
Taiwan – 2.9%      
  182,080     Delta Electronics, Inc. (Information Technology)     1,777,208  

 

 

 
United Kingdom – 2.7%      
  263,704     DS Smith PLC (Materials)     1,605,570  

 

 

 
United States – 44.7%      
  5,060     Albemarle Corp. (Materials)     1,197,904  
  7,525     Aptiv PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     1,145,230  
  21,048     Ball Corp. (Materials)     2,019,766  
  5,871     Beyond Meat, Inc. (Consumer Staples)*(b)     702,406  
  9,973     Cree, Inc. (Information Technology)*     847,506  
  6,156     Danaher Corp. (Health Care)     1,995,529  
  16,433     Danimer Scientific, Inc. (Materials)*     321,101  
  8,550     Darling Ingredients, Inc. (Consumer Staples)*     636,975  
  3,948     DocuSign, Inc. (Information Technology)*     1,169,556  
  10,676     Ecolab, Inc. (Materials)     2,405,943  
  12,142     Itron, Inc. (Information Technology)*     1,020,049  
  20,805     NextEra Energy, Inc. (Utilities)     1,747,412  
  33,260     Nuvve Holding Corp. (Industrials)*     337,922  
  10,147     Schneider Electric SE (Industrials)     1,812,277  
  196,483     Smart Wires Technology Ltd. SDR (Industrials)*     814,258  
  4,845     SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (Information Technology)*     1,403,984  
  24,126     Tattooed Chef, Inc. (Consumer Staples)*(b)     510,747  
  6,042     Trane Technologies PLC (Industrials)     1,199,337  
  8,864     Waste Connections, Inc. (Industrials)     1,145,317  
  7,710     Waste Management, Inc. (Industrials)     1,195,898  
  23,237     Westrock Co. (Materials)     1,209,254  
  14,707     Xylem, Inc. (Industrials)     2,004,711  
   

 

 

 
      26,843,082  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $57,080,199)   $ 60,012,689  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   35


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares   Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 1.8%(c)  

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund – Institutional Shares

 

1,099,446   0.026%   $ 1,099,446  
(Cost $1,099,446)  

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 101.6%

 

(Cost $58,179,645)   $ 61,112,135  

 

 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF     OTHER ASSETS – (1.6)%     (1,007,207

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 60,104,928  

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR   —American Depositary Receipt
PLC   —Public Limited Company
SDR   —Swedish Depositary Receipt

 

 

36   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – 101.9%  
Communication Services – 18.7%      
  1,609     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*   $ 4,656,366  
  5,687     Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     4,644,345  
  12,141     Facebook, Inc., Class A*     4,606,053  
  149,843     Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.*     4,412,876  
  23,970     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C *     4,585,940  
  15,320     Sea Ltd. ADR (Taiwan)*     5,183,062  
  31,623     T-Mobile US, Inc.*     4,332,984  
  69,776     Twitter, Inc.*     4,500,552  
  24,850     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     4,505,305  
   

 

 

 
      41,427,483  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 17.5%  
  24,357     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (China)*     4,067,375  
  1,349     Amazon.com, Inc.*     4,682,096  
  71,826     Bath & Body Works, Inc.     4,846,818  
  12,311     Carvana Co.*     4,038,747  
  30,875     Expedia Group, Inc.*     4,461,438  
  84,048     General Motors Co.*     4,119,192  
  11,847     Lithia Motors, Inc.     3,924,911  
  2,479     MercadoLibre, Inc. (Argentina)*     4,629,409  
  40,458     Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A*     4,053,487  
   

 

 

 
      38,823,473  

 

 

 
Financials – 5.8%  
  15,375     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     4,393,714  
  90,070     Wells Fargo & Co.     4,116,199  
  20,342     Willis Towers Watson PLC     4,489,886  
   

 

 

 
      12,999,799  

 

 

 
Health Care – 6.3%  
  13,960     Danaher Corp.     4,525,273  
  18,068     HCA Healthcare, Inc.     4,570,843  
  22,311     United Therapeutics Corp.*     4,794,188  
   

 

 

 
      13,890,304  

 

 

 
Industrials – 7.9%  
  86,280     Builders FirstSource, Inc.*     4,597,861  
  36,988     IHS Markit Ltd.     4,460,753  
  15,196     Kansas City Southern     4,265,061  
  107,237     Uber Technologies, Inc.*     4,197,256  
   

 

 

 
      17,520,931  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 43.7%  
  6,987     Adobe, Inc.*     4,637,272  
  41,406     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     4,584,472  
  28,034     Analog Devices, Inc.     4,568,140  
  29,449     Apple, Inc.     4,471,242  
  33,456     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     4,274,673  
  39,615     Fiserv, Inc.*     4,666,251  
  63,332     GoDaddy, Inc., Class A*     4,642,869  
  12,241     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     4,238,201  
  62,743     Micron Technology, Inc.*     4,624,159  
  15,106     Microsoft Corp.     4,560,199  
  81,270     Nuance Communications, Inc.*     4,473,914  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  22,307     NVIDIA Corp.   4,993,422  
  12,018     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     5,540,779  
  15,992     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     4,616,251  
  24,953     Proofpoint, Inc.*     4,391,728  
  17,859     salesforce.com, Inc.*     4,737,457  
  2,989     Shopify, Inc., Class A (Canada)*     4,557,567  
  16,896     Square, Inc., Class A*     4,529,311  
  12,840     Twilio, Inc., Class A*     4,583,366  
  18,909     Visa, Inc., Class A     4,332,052  
  31,200     Xilinx, Inc.     4,854,408  
   

 

 

 
      96,877,733  

 

 

 
Utilities – 2.0%  
  485,316     PG&E Corp.*     4,450,348  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 101.9%  
  (Cost $194,000,470)   $ 225,990,071  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
    OTHER ASSETS – (1.9)%
    (4,155,601

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 221,834,470  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR

 

—American Depositary Receipt

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   37


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – 99.7%  
Communication Services – 13.3%  
  16,260     Activision Blizzard, Inc.   $ 1,339,336  
  3,152     AfreecaTV Co. Ltd. (South Korea)     416,751  
  3,568     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     10,325,614  
  27,555     AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A*(a)     1,298,667  
  18,326     Baidu, Inc. ADR (China)*     2,877,548  
  12,962     Bilibili, Inc. ADR (China)*     1,039,941  
  32,577     Comcast Corp., Class A     1,976,772  
  8,863     CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA (Germany)*     571,452  
  10,088     Electronic Arts, Inc.     1,464,878  
  66,861     Enthusiast Gaming Holdings, Inc. (Canada)*     298,869  
  13,443     Eventbrite, Inc., Class A*     237,672  
  26,650     Facebook, Inc., Class A*     10,110,477  
  37,056     Gree, Inc. (Japan)     218,909  
  41,092     Hello Group, Inc. ADR (China)     539,949  
  31,775     HUYA, Inc. ADR (China)*     339,675  
  5,954     IAC/InterActiveCorp*     786,226  
  60,248     iQIYI, Inc. ADR (China)*     545,847  
  11,474     JOYY, Inc. ADR (China)     726,304  
  112,787     Kuaishou Technology (China)*(a)(b)     1,225,418  
  10,341     Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*     896,565  
  5,827     Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.*     467,267  
  2,558     Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.*     462,435  
  9,374     Mail.Ru Group Ltd. GDR (Russia)*     188,605  
  10,775     Mixi, Inc. (Japan)     248,043  
  18,772     NetEase, Inc. ADR (China)     1,828,768  
  4,374     Netflix, Inc.*     2,489,637  
  70,107     Rightmove PLC (United Kingdom)     676,744  
  6,680     Scout24 AG (Germany)(b)     561,441  
  6,302     Sea Ltd. ADR (Taiwan)*     2,132,093  
  18,537     Snap, Inc., Class A*     1,410,851  
  17,223     Sohu.com Ltd. ADR (China)*     403,018  
  4,180     Spotify Technology SA*     979,541  
  35,337     TELUS Corp. (Canada)     812,920  
  101,342     Tencent Holdings Ltd. (China)     6,270,230  
  75,234     Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR (China)*     665,069  
  12,884     TripAdvisor, Inc.*     450,940  
  39,010     Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ADR (Turkey)     194,660  
  14,792     Twitter, Inc.*     954,084  
  7,496     Ubisoft Entertainment SA (France)*     477,119  
  15,781     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     2,861,095  
  18,659     Warner Music Group Corp., Class A     709,042  
  12,284     Weibo Corp. ADR (China)*     620,588  
  10,710     World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A     558,098  
  29,890     Yalla Group Ltd. ADR (United Arab Emirates)*(a)     303,682  
  7,105     Zillow Group, Inc., Class A*     679,238  
  91,728     Zynga, Inc., Class A*     811,793  
   

 

 

 
      65,453,871  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – 17.2%  
  10,827     2U, Inc.*   400,924  
  3,074     adidas AG (Germany)     1,090,243  
  6,023     Airbnb, Inc., Class A*     933,505  
  46,939     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (China)*     7,838,344  
  2,896     Amazon.com, Inc.*     10,051,408  
  54,904     ANTA Sports Products Ltd. (China)     1,129,516  
  10,367     Aptiv PLC*     1,577,754  
  12,354     Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. (Japan)     859,247  
  15,067     Baozun, Inc. ADR (China)*     362,813  
  475     Booking Holdings, Inc.*     1,092,343  
  15,501     BorgWarner, Inc.     661,583  
  62,682     Canoo, Inc.*(a)     451,937  
  7,126     Chegg, Inc.*     593,026  
  6,375     Chewy, Inc., Class A*     561,765  
  4,746     Columbia Sportswear Co.     484,139  
  8,442     Continental AG (Germany)*     1,134,257  
  18,496     Dana, Inc.     430,217  
  7,004     Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(a)     986,233  
  14,068     eBay, Inc.     1,079,578  
  4,933     Etsy, Inc.*     1,066,811  
  21,026     Everi Holdings, Inc.*     478,341  
  4,459     Expedia Group, Inc.*     644,326  
  13,255     Farfetch Ltd., Class A (United Kingdom)*     554,854  
  128,236     Ford Motor Co.*     1,670,915  
  12,108     GameStop Corp., Class A*     2,642,450  
  38,940     General Motors Co.*     1,908,449  
  8,288     Hyundai Motor Co. (South Korea)     1,518,996  
  7,134     iRobot Corp.*     578,710  
  54,966     JD Sports Fashion PLC (United Kingdom)     763,656  
  19,987     JD.com, Inc. ADR (China)*     1,570,179  
  14,857     Jumia Technologies AG ADR (Germany)*     297,289  
  8,367     Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (United Kingdom)*(b)     757,750  
  13,021     Kia Corp. (South Korea)     955,701  
  491,633     Koolearn Technology Holding Ltd. (China)*(a)(b)     272,450  
  17,698     Las Vegas Sands Corp.*     789,508  
  69,526     Li Ning Co. Ltd. (China)     934,183  
  2,632     Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*     1,053,247  
  40,374     Luminar Technologies, Inc.*(a)     701,700  
  1,762     MercadoLibre, Inc. (Argentina)*     3,290,447  
  23,380     MGM Resorts International     996,456  
  202,773     New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (China)*     458,267  
  385,749     Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd. (China)     434,487  
  11,110     NIKE, Inc., Class B     1,830,261  
  43,640     NIO, Inc. ADR (China)*     1,715,488  
  11,492     Overstock.com, Inc.*     829,148  
  9,323     Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A*     934,071  
  15,389     Pinduoduo, Inc. ADR (China)*     1,539,208  
  6,711     Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A*     545,604  
  55,027     Qurate Retail, Inc.Series A     606,948  

 

 

 

 

38   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF

 

 

 

Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  34,927     Sharp Corp. (Japan)   $ 461,942  
  8,624     Skechers USA, Inc., Class A*     434,908  
  16,852     Sony Group Corp. (Japan)     1,742,570  
  12,159     Stride, Inc.*     416,324  
  75,247     TAL Education Group ADR (China)*     400,314  
  12,350     Tesla, Inc.*     9,086,142  
  30,694     TI Fluid Systems PLC (China)(b)     129,051  
  42,373     TomTom NV (Netherlands)*     339,380  
  30,920     Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan)     2,699,660  
  94,936     TUI AG (Germany)*(a)     413,133  
  34,104     Under Armour, Inc., Class A*     789,167  
  18,104     Veoneer, Inc. (Sweden)*     648,123  
  33,021     Workhorse Group, Inc.*(a)     323,936  
  36,286     XPeng, Inc. ADR (China)*     1,542,155  
  31,149     Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. (Japan)     793,894  
  6,567     Zalando SE (Germany)*(b)     727,139  
   

 

 

 
      85,006,570  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 0.7%  
  5,227     Beyond Meat, Inc.*(a)     625,358  
  7,106     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     594,488  
  16,541     Walmart, Inc.     2,449,722  
   

 

 

 
      3,669,568  

 

 

 
Energy – 0.2%  
  1,435,049     China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd., Class H (China)     909,666  

 

 

 
Financials – 6.6%  
  46,813     3i Group PLC (United Kingdom)     861,703  
  3,208     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     875,495  
  14,752     Apollo Global Management, Inc.     881,875  
  7,832     Ares Management Corp., Class A     604,474  
  4,651     B. Riley Financial, Inc.     304,827  
  51,376     BGC Partners, Inc., Class A     264,586  
  2,281     BlackRock, Inc.     2,151,644  
  14,361     Blackstone, Inc.     1,805,609  
  16,839     Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     1,226,721  
  20,881     CI Financial Corp. (Canada)     404,681  
  5,482     Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A*     1,419,838  
  6,909     Cowen, Inc., Class A     249,000  
  9,348     Discover Financial Services     1,198,601  
  6,385     DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (Germany)(b)     269,680  
  4,761     Eurazeo SE (France)     489,512  
  4,415     Evercore, Inc., Class A     616,511  
  3,792     flatexDEGIRO AG (Germany)*     393,911  
  18,313     Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd.*     304,335  
  5,470     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(c)     2,261,900  
  10,655     Green Dot Corp., Class A*     556,617  
  22,790     Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (United Kingdom)     473,137  
  10,066     Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A     650,666  
  14,242     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     1,702,346  
  26,222     Invesco Ltd.     663,941  
  20,204     KKR & Co., Inc.     1,298,915  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  11,099     Lazard Ltd., Class A   526,093  
  43,067     Monex Group, Inc. (Japan)     230,114  
  2,575     Morningstar, Inc.     690,074  
  2,301     MSCI, Inc.     1,460,169  
  6,059     Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A     282,289  
  39,432     Owl Rock Capital Corp.     575,707  
  4,370     PJT Partners, Inc., Class A     345,143  
  16,957     Plus500 Ltd. (Israel)     348,773  
  4,479     S&P Global, Inc.     1,987,870  
  10,781     Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.     305,102  
  80,224     TP ICAP Group PLC (United Kingdom)     224,405  
  8,451     Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A     735,321  
  20,778     Up Fintech Holding Ltd. ADR (China)*(a)     286,321  
  362,411     Value Partners Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)     198,043  
  11,727     Vinci Partners Investments Ltd., Class A (Brazil)     165,937  
  1,032     Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.     322,706  
  10,121     WealthNavi, Inc. (Japan)*     350,541  
  64,338     WisdomTree Investments, Inc.     405,973  
  16,046     XP, Inc., Class A (Brazil)*     780,638  
  69,735     Zip Co. Ltd. (Australia)*(a)     348,097  
   

 

 

 
      32,499,841  

 

 

 
Health Care – 18.9%  
  4,224     10X Genomics, Inc., Class A*     743,086  
  589,550     3SBio, Inc. (China)*(b)     657,216  
  22,576     Abbott Laboratories     2,852,929  
  19,116     AbbVie, Inc.     2,308,830  
  2,245     ABIOMED, Inc.*     817,090  
  22,118     AdaptHealth Corp.*     531,717  
  17,665     Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.*     641,593  
  54,323     Agenus, Inc.*     335,173  
  7,035     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     1,234,431  
  658,627     Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. (China) *     1,080,584  
  20,958     Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*     321,915  
  8,377     Amgen, Inc.     1,889,265  
  281,778     Asensus Surgical, Inc.*     619,912  
  19,867     AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)     2,327,895  
  75,396     Bionano Genomics, Inc.*(a)     439,559  
  5,480     BioNTech SE ADR (Germany)*     1,803,961  
  2,002     Bio-Techne Corp.     999,278  
  12,240     Bluebird Bio, Inc.*     223,992  
  24,039     Boston Scientific Corp.*     1,085,361  
  32,169     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     2,150,819  
  24,214     Burning Rock Biotech Ltd. ADR (China)*     451,107  
  7,656     Castle Biosciences, Inc.*     587,445  
  10,439     Cerner Corp.     797,018  
  21,811     Change Healthcare, Inc.*     476,134  
  5,351     CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KgaA (Germany)     499,010  
  7,374     CRISPR Therapeutics AG (Switzerland)*     921,381  
  2,983     Dexcom, Inc.*     1,579,260  
  11,470     Editas Medicine, Inc.*     729,377  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   39


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  10,324     Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*   $ 1,209,766  
  10,205     Eli Lilly & Co.     2,635,849  
  10,964     Exact Sciences Corp.*     1,144,422  
  8,617     Galapagos NV (Belgium)*     511,750  
  33,997     Genetron Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)*     451,820  
  23,786     Gilead Sciences, Inc.     1,731,145  
  6,291     Globus Medical, Inc., Class A*     513,346  
  9,246     Guardant Health, Inc.*     1,176,738  
  5,096     Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.     741,876  
  8,698     Horizon Therapeutics PLC*     940,167  
  17,774     Humanigen, Inc.*     294,693  
  3,833     Illumina, Inc.*     1,752,294  
  8,666     I-Mab ADR (China)*     614,593  
  1,468,396     Imugene Ltd. (Australia)*     445,368  
  3,864     Insulet Corp.*     1,150,738  
  5,573     Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.*     894,634  
  2,029     Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     2,137,673  
  16,286     Invitae Corp.*     482,554  
  15,293     Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     608,050  
  7,751     iRhythm Technologies, Inc.*     370,498  
  20,203     Johnson & Johnson     3,497,745  
  33,615     Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands)     1,549,139  
  10,813     Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A*     639,913  
  3,841     Masimo Corp.*     1,042,985  
  20,097     Medtronic PLC     2,682,548  
  29,371     Merck & Co., Inc.     2,240,714  
  231,159     Mesoblast Ltd. (Australia)*     281,289  
  6,294     Moderna, Inc.*     2,370,887  
  18,026     Myriad Genetics, Inc.*     644,970  
  24,934     Nektar Therapeutics*     385,978  
  16,621     NextGen Healthcare, Inc.*     253,636  
  5,949     NuVasive, Inc.*     369,671  
  33,028     Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Japan)     794,885  
  4,925     OptimizeRx Corp.*     325,936  
  48,899     PAVmed, Inc.*     356,963  
  66,750     Pfizer, Inc.     3,075,172  
  9,937     PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     301,588  
  11,688     Prelude Therapeutics, Inc.*     417,145  
  11,993     Pulmonx Corp.*     481,999  
  14,283     QIAGEN NV*     797,277  
  2,601     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     1,751,513  
  8,698     Renalytix PLC ADR*     242,848  
  13,882     Repare Therapeutics, Inc. (Canada)*     471,988  
  31,497     ResMed, Inc. CDI     925,157  
  8,512     Roche Holding AG (Switzerland)     3,417,158  
  24,739     Sana Biotechnology, Inc.*(a)     593,489  
  43,461     Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.*     430,699  
  19,363     Sanofi (France)     2,002,734  
  6,033     Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*     471,298  
  18,515     SeaSpine Holdings Corp.*     310,682  
  5,655     Seegene, Inc. (South Korea)     320,927  
  142,946     Senseonics Holdings, Inc.*(a)     573,213  
  83,448     Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd., Class H (China)*(b)     472,103  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  9,504     SI-BONE, Inc.*   231,993  
  44,845     Smith & Nephew PLC (United Kingdom)     860,965  
  6,906     Stryker Corp.     1,913,653  
  19,388     Takara Bio, Inc. (Japan)     562,086  
  7,324     Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.*     821,533  
  16,602     Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc.*     330,048  
  6,716     Teladoc Health, Inc.*     969,925  
  22,405     Theravance Biopharma, Inc.*     185,962  
  2,929     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     1,625,449  
  8,277     Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     1,657,800  
  58,608     Well Health Technologies Corp. (Canada)*     370,576  
   

 

 

 
      92,937,551  

 

 

 
Industrials – 7.0%  
  57,386     ABB Ltd. (Switzerland)     2,124,920  
  6,911     AeroVironment, Inc.*     707,410  
  4,060     Alfen Beheer BV (Netherlands)*(b)     435,650  
  6,368     ASGN, Inc.*     714,426  
  10,244     Barnes Group, Inc.     488,331  
  15,009     Blink Charging Co.*(a)     486,742  
  8,071     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.     661,096  
  2,050     CACI International, Inc., Class A*     527,957  
  7,262     Daihen Corp. (Japan)     316,961  
  59,038     Desktop Metal, Inc., Class A*     490,015  
  7,681     FANUC Corp. (Japan)     1,677,291  
  4,130     FedEx Corp.     1,097,300  
  2,518     FTI Consulting, Inc.*     351,790  
  24,148     General Electric Co.     2,545,441  
  11,217     Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. Ltd. (South Korea)     631,739  
  310,704     Ideanomics, Inc.*(a)     779,867  
  25,453     Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (Japan)*     542,608  
  27,918     Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.*     690,133  
  6,459     Leidos Holdings, Inc.     633,692  
  12,817     LIG Nex1 Co. Ltd. (South Korea)     575,933  
  18,578     Lyft, Inc., Class A*     884,499  
  73,629     Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Japan)     1,008,997  
  9,001     Moog, Inc., Class A     715,039  
  13,005     Nabtesco Corp. (Japan)     516,128  
  16,437     Nidec Corp. (Japan)     1,888,175  
  65,597     Nikola Corp.*(a)     684,177  
  36,469     Nordex SE (Germany)*     683,200  
  13,870     Parsons Corp.*     491,414  
  30,856     Pitney Bowes, Inc.     230,494  
  7,820     Proto Labs, Inc.*     579,931  
  29,377     RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (Israel)*     335,192  
  3,558     Rockwell Automation, Inc.     1,157,951  
  11,412     Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd. (Japan)     272,990  
  46,090     Siemens Energy AG (Germany)*     1,337,322  
  15,726     Sunrun, Inc.*     695,875  
  11,580     Textron, Inc.     841,519  

 

 

 

 

40   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  6,665     Thales SA (France)   $ 676,150  
  30,326     Uber Technologies, Inc.*     1,186,960  
  5,600     Verisk Analytics, Inc.     1,129,856  
  19,232     Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.*     521,380  
  474,628     Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Class H (China)     906,861  
  138,177     Xinte Energy Co. Ltd., Class H (China)     387,312  
  19,443     Yaskawa Electric Corp. (Japan)     952,151  
   

 

 

 
      34,562,875  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 33.7%  
  25,129     3D Systems Corp.*     764,927  
  18,616     ACI Worldwide, Inc.*     599,994  
  3,628     Adobe, Inc.*     2,407,904  
  12,119     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     1,341,816  
  554     Adyen NV (Netherlands)*(b)     1,788,278  
  9,018     Affirm Holdings, Inc.*     868,794  
  3,803     Ahnlab, Inc. (South Korea)     221,072  
  5,517     Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     624,800  
  6,011     Alliance Data Systems Corp.     589,739  
  7,471     Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A*     552,779  
  8,002     Ambarella, Inc.*     828,767  
  10,434     Amphenol Corp., Class A     799,557  
  26,702     Appen Ltd. (Australia)     209,593  
  66,289     Apple, Inc.     10,064,659  
  2,460     Arista Networks, Inc.*     909,044  
  2,693     Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A*     988,493  
  12,637     Atos SE (France)     655,766  
  4,684     Autodesk, Inc.*     1,452,462  
  73,239     Avast PLC(b)     602,554  
  26,803     BASE, Inc. (Japan)*     279,106  
  7,983     Belden, Inc.     457,027  
  20,773     Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B     1,339,651  
  10,442     BigCommerce Holdings, Inc.Series 1*     621,717  
  23,481     Bit Digital, Inc. (China)*(a)     301,026  
  55,272     Bitfarms Ltd. (Canada)*     324,988  
  68,120     BlackBerry Ltd. (Canada)*     777,249  
  3,514     Broadcom, Inc.     1,747,196  
  7,497     Brooks Automation, Inc.     636,945  
  10,795     C3.ai, Inc., Class A*     556,374  
  12,360     Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)*     456,949  
  8,227     CEVA, Inc.*     396,953  
  8,125     Ciena Corp.*     464,181  
  42,964     Cisco Systems, Inc.     2,535,735  
  23,856     Cloudera, Inc.*     380,026  
  12,435     Cognex Corp.     1,101,990  
  35,648     Converge Technology Solutions Corp. (Canada)*     337,678  
  18,375     Corning, Inc.     734,816  
  2,660     Coupa Software, Inc.*     651,195  
  5,456     Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A*     1,533,136  
  4,394     CyberArk Software Ltd.*     737,928  
  26,190     Dassault Systemes SE (France)     1,493,396  
  11,534     Digi International, Inc.*     253,517  
  8,888     Digital Garage, Inc. (Japan)     406,942  
  4,644     Docebo, Inc. (Canada)*     389,557  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  4,237     DocuSign, Inc.*   1,255,169  
  13,741     Edenred (France)     778,587  
  5,460     Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*     727,436  
  8,267     EVERTEC, Inc. (Puerto Rico)     382,349  
  1,376     Fair Isaac Corp.*     632,602  
  4,536     FARO Technologies, Inc.*     312,712  
  8,004     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     1,022,671  
  31,488     FireEye, Inc.*     572,767  
  6,520     First Solar, Inc.*     612,880  
  14,908     Fiserv, Inc.*     1,756,013  
  3,636     FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*     957,286  
  4,462     Fortinet, Inc.*     1,406,155  
  6,440     Global Payments, Inc.     1,047,402  
  5,256     Guidewire Software, Inc.*     622,626  
  39,698     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.     613,731  
  43,478     HP, Inc.     1,293,036  
  36,481     Infineon Technologies AG (Germany)     1,553,102  
  18,071     Infocom Corp. (Japan)     406,458  
  39,364     Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Israel)*     296,805  
  41,932     Inseego Corp.*(a)     352,229  
  84,726     Intel Corp.     4,580,288  
  6,917     InterDigital, Inc.     498,785  
  21,432     International Business Machines Corp.     3,007,767  
  2,593     Intuit, Inc.     1,467,923  
  3,214     IPG Photonics Corp.*     548,565  
  3,834     Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.     676,241  
  25,719     Juniper Networks, Inc.     745,337  
  16,111     Kainos Group PLC (United Kingdom)     435,030  
  2,887     Keyence Corp. (Japan)     1,737,824  
  4,595     Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     824,251  
  97,181     Learning Technologies Group PLC (United Kingdom)     306,009  
  15,857     Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.*(a)     643,636  
  20,372     Marvell Technology, Inc.     1,246,563  
  8,276     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     2,865,399  
  21,936     Materialise NV ADR (Belgium)*     483,908  
  22,989     Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd.*(a)     392,192  
  18,000     McAfee Corp., Class A     478,080  
  13,984     Medallia, Inc.*     472,240  
  33,468     Microsoft Corp.     10,103,320  
  737     MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A*(a)     511,699  
  7,151     Mimecast Ltd.*     499,211  
  7,680     Nemetschek SE (Germany)     752,647  
  9,127     NETGEAR, Inc.*     326,108  
  14,335     NetScout Systems, Inc.*     393,066  
  530,002     Newborn Town, Inc. (China)*     331,194  
  3,076     Nice Ltd. ADR (Israel)*     894,193  
  203,393     Nokia OYJ ADR (Finland)*     1,212,222  
  4,354     Northern Data AG (Germany)*     378,280  
  3,370     Novanta, Inc.*     516,351  
  47,567     NVIDIA Corp.     10,647,873  
  3,872     NXP Semiconductors NV (China)     832,983  
  4,559     Okta, Inc.*     1,201,752  
  97,540     OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd. ADR (China)*     458,438  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   41


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  12,918     Open Text Corp. (Canada)   $ 708,294  
  17,494     Oracle Corp.     1,559,240  
  3,970     OSI Systems, Inc.*     392,792  
  14,957     Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A (Brazil)*     889,493  
  2,983     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     1,375,282  
  201,999     PAX Global Technology Ltd. (Hong Kong)     249,338  
  10,857     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     3,133,982  
  17,961     Ping Identity Holding Corp.*     466,088  
  4,328     Proofpoint, Inc.*     761,728  
  5,348     PTC, Inc.*     704,118  
  5,555     Q2 Holdings, Inc.*     489,340  
  24,049     QIWI PLC ADR (Russia)     229,908  
  2,932     Qorvo, Inc.*     551,304  
  14,760     QUALCOMM, Inc.     2,165,144  
  1,408,591     Razer, Inc.*(b)     358,607  
  20,058     Repay Holdings Corp.*     461,535  
  17,093     Riot Blockchain, Inc.*(a)     637,911  
  2,401     Rogers Corp.*     509,996  
  10,191     S&T AG (Austria)(a)     233,742  
  30,073     Sabre Corp.*     337,720  
  14,445     salesforce.com, Inc.*     3,831,825  
  3,244     Samsung SDS Co. Ltd. (South Korea)     482,634  
  11,482     SAP SE (Germany)     1,727,583  
  37,703     Seiko Epson Corp. (Japan)     703,542  
  5,556     Semtech Corp.*     388,475  
  2,436     ServiceNow, Inc.*     1,567,907  
  5,974     Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A*     512,032  
  1,089     Shopify, Inc., Class A (Canada)*     1,660,485  
  11,726     Sierra Wireless, Inc. (Canada)*     191,837  
  4,335     Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*     683,283  
  6,244     Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     1,145,524  
  11,393     Software AG (Germany)     577,225  
  23,840     SolarWinds Corp.     406,949  
  4,360     Sprout Social, Inc., Class A*     530,176  
  11,939     Square, Inc., Class A*     3,200,488  
  13,778     SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.     1,042,443  
  29,129     STMicroelectronics NV (Switzerland)     1,296,842  
  15,734     StoneCo Ltd., Class A (Brazil)*     732,260  
  26,481     Stratasys Ltd.*     557,690  
  22,848     SunPower Corp.*     492,374  
  24,863     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR (Taiwan)     2,958,946  
  14,245     Telos Corp.*     470,085  
  38,281     TELUS International CDA, Inc. (Philippines)*     1,280,117  
  9,990     Tenable Holdings, Inc.*     443,256  
  15,878     Teradyne, Inc.     1,928,224  
  35,160     Tuya, Inc. ADR (China)*     366,719  
  81,487     Velodyne Lidar, Inc.*(a)     537,814  
  7,616     Verint Systems, Inc.*     339,978  
  13,280     Veritone, Inc.*     277,154  
  8,355     Viasat, Inc.*     431,452  
  13,231     Visa, Inc., Class A     3,031,222  
  4,964     VMware, Inc., Class A*(a)     738,991  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  2,909     WEX, Inc.*   534,005  
  4,604     Xilinx, Inc.     716,336  
  13,014     Yokowo Co. Ltd. (Japan)     315,814  
  2,489     Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A*     720,565  
  3,520     Zscaler, Inc.*     979,757  
   

 

 

 
      166,275,238  

 

 

 
Materials – 0.1%  
  1,671     SK Chemicals Co. Ltd. (South Korea)     389,124  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 0.5%  
  3,140     CoreSite Realty Corp. REIT     465,882  
  6,351     Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     1,040,992  
  1,281     Equinix, Inc. REIT     1,080,460  
   

 

 

 
      2,587,334  

 

 

 
Utilities – 1.5%  
  12,088     Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC (Spain)     454,630  
  22,621     Avangrid, Inc.     1,236,238  
  870,435     Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy Co. Ltd., Class H (China)     223,838  
  21,349     Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A(a)     935,300  
  16,285     Brookfield Renewable Partners LP (Canada)     658,797  
  13,968     Dominion Energy, Inc.     1,087,269  
  1,398,565     Huaneng Power International, Inc., Class H (China)     674,345  
  33,504     Innergex Renewable Energy, Inc. (Canada)     533,190  
  19,703     NextEra Energy, Inc.     1,654,855  
   

 

 

 
      7,458,462  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $410,557,846)   $ 491,750,100  

 

 

 
   
Closed-End Fund – 0.1%  
  231,091     Greencoat UK Wind PLC/Funds  
  (Cost $411,698)   $ 413,451  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $410,969,544)   $ 492,163,551  

 

 

 

 

42   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF

 

 

 

Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 2.6%(c)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  13,009,276     0.026%   $ 13,009,276  
(Cost $13,009,276)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 102.4%  
  (Cost $423,978,820)   $ 505,172,827  

 

 

 
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
OTHER ASSETS – (2.4)%
    (11,988,480

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 493,184,347  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR

 

—American Depositary Receipt

GDR

 

—Global Depositary Receipt

LP

 

—Limited Partnership

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   43


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – 99.7%      
Communication Services – 11.7%      
  2,145     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*   $ 6,207,523  
  2,027     Alphabet, Inc., Class C*     5,897,029  
  46,387     AT&T, Inc.     1,271,932  
  40     Cable One, Inc.     83,984  
  1,001     Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     817,477  
  34,764     Comcast Corp., Class A     2,109,480  
  1,186     Discovery, Inc., Class A*(a)     34,204  
  2,402     Discovery, Inc., Class C*     66,271  
  2,847     Electronic Arts, Inc.     413,413  
  17,085     Facebook, Inc., Class A*     6,481,707  
  2,987     Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)     111,206  
  3,289     Netflix, Inc.*     1,872,066  
  1,257     New York Times Co. (The), Class A     63,830  
  1,622     Omnicom Group, Inc.     118,763  
  3,827     T-Mobile US, Inc.*     524,376  
  5,567     Twitter, Inc.*     359,071  
  26,910     Verizon Communications, Inc.     1,480,050  
  60     ViacomCBS, Inc., Class A     2,759  
  4,442     ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B     184,121  
  13,840     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     2,509,192  
  509     Zillow Group, Inc., Class A*     48,660  
  1,408     Zillow Group, Inc., Class C*     134,844  
  9,913     Zynga, Inc., Class A*     87,730  
   

 

 

 
      30,879,688  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 11.1%      
  3,311     Amazon.com, Inc.*     11,491,786  
  2,681     Aptiv PLC*     408,021  
  167     AutoZone, Inc.*     258,708  
  1,794     Bath & Body Works, Inc.     121,059  
  1,905     Best Buy Co., Inc.     221,951  
  313     Booking Holdings, Inc.*     719,797  
  664     Brunswick Corp.     64,322  
  1,243     CarMax, Inc.*     155,636  
  6,484     Carnival Corp.*     156,524  
  212     Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*     403,506  
  393     Columbia Sportswear Co.     40,090  
  989     Darden Restaurants, Inc.     148,993  
  479     Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(a)     67,448  
  1,821     Dollar General Corp.     405,919  
  5,188     eBay, Inc.     398,127  
  964     Etsy, Inc.*     208,475  
  1,077     Expedia Group, Inc.*     155,626  
  38,862     Ford Motor Co.*     506,372  
  1,535     Gap, Inc. (The)     41,030  
  1,500     Garmin Ltd.     261,645  
  13,657     General Motors Co.*     669,330  
  348     Grand Canyon Education, Inc.*     31,021  
  1,270     Hasbro, Inc.     124,854  
  2,087     Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*     260,583  
  8,197     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     2,673,697  
  309     Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A*     22,739  
  1,189     Kohl’s Corp.     68,249  
  2,521     Las Vegas Sands Corp.*     112,462  
  597     Lear Corp.     95,484  
  5,470     Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     1,115,278  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)      
  1,132     Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*   452,992  
  2,073     Marriott International, Inc., Class A*     280,145  
  3,105     MGM Resorts International     132,335  
  3,771     Newell Brands, Inc.     95,821  
  12,306     NIKE, Inc., Class B     2,027,290  
  840     Nordstrom, Inc.*     24,032  
  384     Pool Corp.     189,811  
  2,599     PulteGroup, Inc.     139,982  
  702     PVH Corp.*     73,563  
  2,832     Qurate Retail, Inc.Series A     31,237  
  470     Ralph Lauren Corp.     54,581  
  1,667     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.*     137,911  
  1,247     Service Corp. International     78,262  
  8,983     Starbucks Corp.     1,055,413  
  2,768     Tapestry, Inc.*     111,606  
  3,792     Target Corp.     936,548  
  9,191     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     668,369  
  873     Tractor Supply Co.     169,580  
  645     Travel + Leisure Co.     35,320  
  412     Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     159,572  
  1,963     Under Armour, Inc., Class C*     39,378  
  3,214     VF Corp.     245,775  
  599     Victoria’s Secret & Co.*     39,714  
  576     Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     161,712  
  609     Whirlpool Corp.     134,912  
  804     Wynn Resorts Ltd.*     81,759  
  2,271     Yum! Brands, Inc.     297,569  
   

 

 

 
      29,263,921  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 6.2%      
  5,525     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     331,500  
  453     Brown-Forman Corp., Class A     29,989  
  1,818     Brown-Forman Corp., Class B     127,660  
  1,361     Bunge Ltd.     103,041  
  1,936     Campbell Soup Co.     80,789  
  2,435     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     203,712  
  1,237     Clorox Co. (The)     207,878  
  38,575     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     2,172,158  
  8,296     Colgate-Palmolive Co.     646,673  
  4,650     Conagra Brands, Inc.     154,008  
  3,370     Costco Wholesale Corp.     1,535,001  
  6,062     General Mills, Inc.     350,444  
  1,452     Hershey Co. (The)     258,020  
  2,804     Hormel Foods Corp.     127,694  
  664     Ingredion, Inc.     58,339  
  1,056     J M Smucker Co. (The)     130,596  
  2,501     Kellogg Co.     157,913  
  3,349     Kimberly-Clark Corp.     461,526  
  6,591     Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     237,210  
  5,692     Kroger Co. (The)     262,003  
  2,474     McCormick & Co., Inc.     213,481  
  13,852     Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     859,794  
  13,725     PepsiCo, Inc.     2,146,453  
  24,188     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     3,444,129  
  2,852     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A     223,939  
  5,466     Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     277,400  

 

 

 

 

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Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Consumer Staples – (continued)      
  10,935     Walmart, Inc.   $ 1,619,474  
   

 

 

 
      16,420,824  

 

 

 
Energy – 2.5%      
  3,043     APA Corp.     59,278  
  5,947     Baker Hughes Co.     135,473  
  1,891     Cheniere Energy, Inc.*     165,387  
  15,623     Chevron Corp.     1,511,838  
  10,903     ConocoPhillips     605,444  
  5,440     Devon Energy Corp.     160,752  
  1,020     DT Midstream, Inc.*     47,399  
  34,196     Exxon Mobil Corp.     1,864,366  
  2,238     Hess Corp.     153,862  
  6,322     Marathon Oil Corp.     74,283  
  5,262     Marathon Petroleum Corp.     311,879  
  6,817     Occidental Petroleum Corp.     175,129  
  3,578     ONEOK, Inc.     187,916  
  3,533     Phillips 66     251,161  
  11,292     Schlumberger NV     316,628  
  3,292     Valero Energy Corp.     218,292  
  9,809     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     242,184  
   

 

 

 
      6,481,271  

 

 

 
Financials – 11.6%      
  355     Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.     60,389  
  5,764     Aflac, Inc.     326,704  
  2,563     Allstate Corp. (The)     346,723  
  3,180     Ally Financial, Inc.     168,222  
  5,599     American Express Co.     929,210  
  7,371     American International Group, Inc.     402,162  
  999     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     272,637  
  1,921     Aon PLC, Class A     551,058  
  1,737     Arthur J Gallagher & Co.     249,468  
  517     Assurant, Inc.     87,947  
  663     Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.     33,926  
  64,769     Bank of America Corp.     2,704,106  
  341     Bank of Hawaii Corp.     28,579  
  6,886     Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     380,245  
  1,230     BlackRock, Inc.     1,160,247  
  264     BOK Financial Corp.     23,245  
  3,849     Capital One Financial Corp.     638,819  
  13,474     Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     981,581  
  3,845     Chubb Ltd.     707,172  
  17,750     Citigroup, Inc.     1,276,403  
  1,194     Comerica, Inc.     88,249  
  915     Commerce Bancshares, Inc.     64,709  
  3,288     Equitable Holdings, Inc.     101,961  
  213     Erie Indemnity Co., Class A     37,720  
  290     FactSet Research Systems, Inc.     110,264  
  6,018     Fifth Third Bancorp     233,859  
  915     First American Financial Corp.     64,535  
  4,694     First Horizon Corp.     76,935  
  1,502     First Republic Bank     298,808  
  2,731     FNB Corp.     31,898  
  2,837     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(b)     1,173,128  
  307     Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)     43,382  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Financials – (continued)      
  3,061     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)   205,760  
  12,576     Huntington Bancshares, Inc.     195,305  
  4,777     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     570,995  
  2,862     Invesco Ltd.     72,466  
  25,830     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4,131,509  
  8,302     KeyCorp     168,697  
  871     Lazard Ltd., Class A     41,285  
  1,625     Lincoln National Corp.     111,556  
  681     LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.     100,686  
  4,362     Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     685,706  
  6,364     MetLife, Inc.     394,568  
  1,395     Moody’s Corp.     531,174  
  11,924     Morgan Stanley     1,245,223  
  177     Morningstar, Inc.     47,434  
  687     MSCI, Inc.     435,956  
  979     Nasdaq, Inc.     191,669  
  1,762     Northern Trust Corp.     208,832  
  3,646     PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     696,751  
  2,303     Principal Financial Group, Inc.     153,863  
  5,015     Progressive Corp. (The)     483,145  
  3,384     Prudential Financial, Inc.     358,298  
  8,247     Regions Financial Corp.     168,486  
  584     Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.     67,639  
  2,068     S&P Global, Inc.     917,820  
  2,760     SLM Corp.     51,750  
  2,985     State Street Corp.     277,336  
  465     SVB Financial Group*     260,168  
  4,979     Synchrony Financial     247,705  
  1,933     T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     432,741  
  2,154     Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     344,015  
  11,536     Truist Financial Corp.     658,244  
  1,888     Umpqua Holdings Corp.     36,759  
  1,749     Unum Group     46,558  
  11,529     US Bancorp     661,649  
  1,030     Voya Financial, Inc.     66,929  
  35,531     Wells Fargo & Co.     1,623,767  
   

 

 

 
      30,546,735  

 

 

 
Health Care – 12.9%      
  13,127     Abbott Laboratories     1,658,859  
  13,350     AbbVie, Inc.     1,612,413  
  2,601     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     456,397  
  596     Align Technology, Inc.*     422,564  
  4,343     Amgen, Inc.     979,477  
  1,848     Anthem, Inc.     693,240  
  3,799     Baxter International, Inc.     289,560  
  2,186     Becton Dickinson and Co.     550,216  
  1,132     Biogen, Inc.*     383,646  
  1,379     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     116,126  
  293     Bio-Techne Corp.     146,248  
  10,719     Boston Scientific Corp.*     483,963  
  16,880     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     1,128,597  
  1,228     Catalent, Inc.*     160,180  
  4,368     Centene Corp.*     275,097  
  2,153     Cerner Corp.     164,382  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   45


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Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Health Care – (continued)      
  2,577     Cigna Corp.   $ 545,422  
  364     Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)     164,058  
  10,031     CVS Health Corp.     866,578  
  4,668     Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*     546,996  
  6,406     Eli Lilly & Co.     1,654,606  
  739     Encompass Health Corp.     57,975  
  1,288     Exact Sciences Corp.*     134,441  
  9,486     Gilead Sciences, Inc.     690,391  
  1,964     HCA Healthcare, Inc.     496,853  
  1,065     Henry Schein, Inc.*     80,503  
  1,915     Hologic, Inc.*     151,572  
  974     Humana, Inc.     394,879  
  639     IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     430,533  
  1,103     Illumina, Inc.*     504,248  
  1,396     Incyte Corp.*     106,780  
  895     Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     942,936  
  19,911     Johnson & Johnson     3,447,191  
  375     Masimo Corp.*     101,828  
  1,217     McKesson Corp.     248,438  
  10,145     Medtronic PLC     1,354,155  
  19,143     Merck & Co., Inc.     1,460,419  
  195     Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*     302,802  
  1,915     Organon & Co.     64,899  
  42,182     Pfizer, Inc.     1,943,325  
  983     Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     150,232  
  759     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     511,111  
  1,088     ResMed, Inc.     316,097  
  385     Sage Therapeutics, Inc.*     17,791  
  1,005     Seagen, Inc.*     168,438  
  747     STERIS PLC     160,612  
  2,632     Stryker Corp.     729,327  
  352     Teleflex, Inc.     139,202  
  2,966     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     1,645,982  
  7,107     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     2,958,431  
  1,956     Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     391,767  
  3,586     Zoetis, Inc.     733,552  
   

 

 

 
      34,135,335  

 

 

 
Industrials – 7.6%      
  4,952     3M Co.     964,353  
  1,192     AECOM*     78,148  
  930     Alaska Air Group, Inc.*     53,326  
  769     Allegion PLC     110,728  
  4,859     American Airlines Group, Inc.*     96,889  
  409     Armstrong World Industries, Inc.     42,507  
  4,580     Boeing Co. (The)*     1,005,310  
  1,159     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.     94,934  
  812     BWX Technologies, Inc.     46,633  
  4,689     Caterpillar, Inc.     988,769  
  1,251     Cummins, Inc.     295,211  
  2,413     Deere & Co.     912,186  
  4,865     Delta Air Lines, Inc.*     196,741  
  3,406     Eaton Corp. PLC     573,434  
  5,106     Emerson Electric Co.     538,683  
  2,103     FedEx Corp.     558,746  
  1,112     Flowserve Corp.     43,223  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Industrials – (continued)      
  1,179     Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   114,799  
  2,149     General Dynamics Corp.     430,466  
  9,353     General Electric Co.     985,900  
  1,436     Graco, Inc.     112,611  
  789     GXO Logistics, Inc.*     64,532  
  5,948     Honeywell International, Inc.     1,379,401  
  3,351     Howmet Aerospace, Inc.     106,394  
  336     Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.     68,601  
  2,693     Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     627,092  
  1,106     Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.     149,266  
  716     J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     127,018  
  2,410     JetBlue Airways Corp.*     36,463  
  6,123     Johnson Controls International PLC     458,000  
  292     Lennox International, Inc.     97,873  
  2,119     Lockheed Martin Corp.     762,416  
  465     ManpowerGroup, Inc.     56,460  
  473     Mercury Systems, Inc.*     23,830  
  2,722     Nielsen Holdings PLC     58,414  
  496     Nordson Corp.     118,346  
  1,291     Northrop Grumman Corp.     474,701  
  586     Oshkosh Corp.     67,144  
  893     Owens Corning     85,326  
  1,415     Pentair PLC     109,181  
  12,971     Raytheon Technologies Corp.     1,099,422  
  1,796     Republic Services, Inc.     222,938  
  992     Rockwell Automation, Inc.     322,846  
  448     Ryder System, Inc.     35,612  
  457     Snap-on, Inc.     102,802  
  4,499     Southwest Airlines Co.*     223,960  
  1,383     Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     267,292  
  920     Toro Co. (The)     101,145  
  2,043     Trane Technologies PLC     405,536  
  5,684     Union Pacific Corp.     1,232,519  
  2,460     United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*     114,415  
  6,191     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     1,211,145  
  619     United Rentals, Inc.*     218,290  
  1,388     Univar Solutions, Inc.*     32,771  
  1,355     Verisk Analytics, Inc.     273,385  
  3,609     Waste Management, Inc.     559,792  
  490     Woodward, Inc.     59,261  
  394     W.W. Grainger, Inc.     170,878  
  789     XPO Logistics, Inc.*     68,572  
  1,533     Xylem, Inc.     208,963  
   

 

 

 
      20,045,599  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 29.2%      
  5,444     Accenture PLC, Class A     1,832,233  
  3,408     Adobe, Inc.*     2,261,890  
  8,642     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     956,842  
  1,146     Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     129,784  
  427     Alliance Data Systems Corp.     41,893  
  3,829     Analog Devices, Inc.     623,936  
  112,086     Apple, Inc.     17,018,017  
  6,538     Applied Materials, Inc.     883,480  
  388     Arista Networks, Inc.*     143,378  
  628     Arrow Electronics, Inc.*     76,126  

 

 

 

 

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Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)      
  1,573     Autodesk, Inc.*   $ 487,772  
  3,642     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     761,324  
  846     Avnet, Inc.     34,229  
  991     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     170,670  
  997     CDW Corp.     200,008  
  1,100     Ciena Corp.*     62,843  
  30,167     Cisco Systems, Inc.     1,780,456  
  880     Citrix Systems, Inc.     90,526  
  1,956     Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C*     190,632  
  1,358     DocuSign, Inc.*     402,294  
  2,170     Dropbox, Inc., Class A*     68,811  
  1,808     DXC Technology Co.*     66,390  
  487     Elastic NV*     77,701  
  427     F5 Networks, Inc.*     86,924  
  5,302     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     677,437  
  853     First Solar, Inc.*     80,182  
  5,120     Fiserv, Inc.*     603,085  
  956     Fortinet, Inc.*     301,274  
  2,511     Global Payments, Inc.     408,389  
  1,194     GoDaddy, Inc., Class A*     87,532  
  9,274     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.     143,376  
  8,895     HP, Inc.     264,537  
  318     HubSpot, Inc.*     217,661  
  28,855     Intel Corp.     1,559,901  
  6,382     International Business Machines Corp.     895,650  
  1,820     Intuit, Inc.     1,030,320  
  1,241     Jabil, Inc.     76,669  
  632     Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.     111,472  
  2,311     Juniper Networks, Inc.     66,973  
  1,586     Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     284,497  
  1,095     KLA Corp.     372,256  
  1,015     Lam Research Corp.     613,892  
  203     Littelfuse, Inc.     57,936  
  7,517     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     2,602,611  
  8,000     Micron Technology, Inc.*     589,600  
  53,803     Microsoft Corp.     16,242,050  
  1,183     Motorola Solutions, Inc.     288,912  
  937     National Instruments Corp.     39,185  
  1,588     NetApp, Inc.     141,221  
  388     New Relic, Inc.*     31,028  
  3,917     NortonLifeLock, Inc.     104,035  
  17,084     NVIDIA Corp.     3,824,253  
  12,426     Oracle Corp.     1,107,529  
  678     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     312,585  
  360     Paycom Software, Inc.*     176,004  
  320     Paylocity Holding Corp.*     86,144  
  10,055     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     2,902,476  
  292     Pegasystems, Inc.     40,188  
  1,902     Pure Storage, Inc., Class A*     49,129  
  8,053     QUALCOMM, Inc.     1,181,295  
  576     RingCentral, Inc., Class A*     145,302  
  6,322     salesforce.com, Inc.*     1,677,037  
  1,409     ServiceNow, Inc.*     906,889  
  1,167     Splunk, Inc.*     178,399  
  3,344     Square, Inc., Class A*     896,426  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Information Technology – (continued)      
  1,084     Synopsys, Inc.*   360,148  
  390     Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*     180,718  
  777     Teradata Corp.*     42,494  
  1,183     Teradyne, Inc.     143,663  
  6,594     Texas Instruments, Inc.     1,258,861  
  2,139     Trimble, Inc.*     201,537  
  1,154     Twilio, Inc., Class A*     411,932  
  288     Tyler Technologies, Inc.*     139,882  
  701     VeriSign, Inc.*     151,598  
  14,537     Visa, Inc., Class A     3,330,427  
  576     VMware, Inc., Class A*(a)     85,749  
  3,491     Western Union Co. (The)     75,545  
  1,316     Workday, Inc., Class A*     359,479  
  1,093     Xerox Holdings Corp.     24,603  
  1,755     Xilinx, Inc.     273,060  
  456     Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*     267,750  
  837     Zendesk, Inc.*     103,453  
   

 

 

 
      77,234,395  

 

 

 
Materials – 2.2%      
  1,831     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.     493,473  
  963     Albemarle Corp.     227,981  
  558     AptarGroup, Inc.     75,218  
  456     Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.     41,546  
  705     Avery Dennison Corp.     158,900  
  2,748     Ball Corp.     263,698  
  1,153     Berry Global Group, Inc.*     77,447  
  935     Celanese Corp.     148,291  
  1,771     CF Industries Holdings, Inc.     80,439  
  6,195     Dow, Inc.     389,665  
  1,125     Eastman Chemical Co.     127,305  
  2,073     Ecolab, Inc.     467,171  
  12,128     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     441,338  
  2,065     International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.     312,847  
  3,242     International Paper Co.     194,812  
  2,181     LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A     218,863  
  530     Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     202,063  
  6,645     Newmont Corp.     385,344  
  2,474     Nucor Corp.     290,843  
  801     Packaging Corp. of America     121,512  
  2,087     Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     633,759  
  856     Sonoco Products Co.     55,897  
  1,498     Valvoline, Inc.     45,180  
  1,130     Vulcan Materials Co.     210,101  
  2,227     Westrock Co.     115,893  
   

 

 

 
      5,779,586  

 

 

 
Real Estate – 2.3%      
  3,876     American Tower Corp. REIT     1,132,451  
  1,194     AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT     274,119  
  1,337     Boston Properties, Inc. REIT     151,068  
  810     Camden Property Trust REIT     121,532  
  2,866     CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     275,996  
  3,700     Crown Castle International Corp. REIT     720,353  
  2,409     Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     394,859  
  1,428     Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT     47,138  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   47


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

Shares     Description  

Value

 
Common Stocks – (continued)      
Real Estate – (continued)      
  769     Equinix, Inc. REIT   $ 648,613  
  1,489     Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. REIT     126,669  
  3,188     Equity Residential REIT     268,015  
  553     Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT     182,899  
  1,125     Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT     210,274  
  1,065     JBG SMITH Properties REIT     32,088  
  440     Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.*     106,669  
  3,541     Kimco Realty Corp. REIT     77,158  
  6,328     Prologis, Inc. REIT     852,129  
  2,535     UDR, Inc. REIT     136,941  
  3,216     Ventas, Inc. REIT     179,903  
  6,430     Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT     231,480  
   

 

 

 
      6,170,354  

 

 

 
Utilities – 2.4%      
  2,649     Alliant Energy Corp.     161,033  
  2,699     Ameren Corp.     236,756  
  5,307     American Electric Power Co., Inc.     475,348  
  606     Avangrid, Inc.     33,118  
  3,063     CMS Energy Corp.     196,430  
  3,643     Consolidated Edison, Inc.     274,865  
  8,544     Dominion Energy, Inc.     665,065  
  2,047     DTE Energy Co.     246,336  
  8,164     Duke Energy Corp.     854,444  
  3,955     Edison International     228,757  
  3,641     Eversource Energy     330,348  
  10,350     Exelon Corp.     507,357  
  1,707     MDU Resources Group, Inc.     54,914  
  2,578     NRG Energy, Inc.     117,737  
  5,345     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.     341,759  
  3,347     Sempra Energy     443,009  
  11,223     Southern Co. (The)     737,688  
  5,078     Vistra Corp.     96,939  
  5,705     Xcel Energy, Inc.     392,219  
   

 

 

 
      6,394,122  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $184,311,338)   $ 263,351,830  

 

 

 
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.1%(b)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  185,290     0.026%   $ 185,290  
  (Cost $185,290)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.8%  
  (Cost $184,496,628)   $ 263,537,120  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.2%
    702,718  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 264,239,838  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

48   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

August 31, 2021

 

        Equal Weight U.S.
Large Cap Equity
ETF
     Future Planet
Equity ETF
     Hedge Industry
VIP ETF
     Innovate Equity
ETF
 
  Assets:           
 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $696,523,162, $57,080,199, $194,000,470 and $409,853,785, respectively)(a)

  $ 853,197,214      $ 60,012,689      $ 225,990,071      $ 489,901,651  
 

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $1,138,222, $—, $— and $1,115,759, respectively)

    1,819,030                      2,261,900  
 

Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost

    10,902,108        1,099,446               13,009,276  
 

Cash

    1,491,632        103,782        340,394        697,673  
 

Foreign currency, at value (cost $—, $—, $— and $146,990, respectively)

                         147,256  
 

Receivables:

          
 

Fund shares sold

    7,005,155                       
 

Dividends

    1,060,129        29,905        57,244        329,266  
 

Securities lending income

    2,997        3,167               28,642  
 

Foreign tax reclaims

           749               31,900  
  Total assets     875,478,265        61,249,738        226,387,709        506,407,564  
            
  Liabilities:           
 

Payables:

          
 

Upon return of securities loaned

    10,902,108        1,099,446               13,009,276  
 

Investments purchased

    6,989,131               4,462,451        56  
 

Management fees

    63,199        34,330        83,822        205,214  
 

Foreign bank overdraft (cost $—, $9,354, $— and $—, respectively)

           9,349                
 

Accrued expenses

    19,772        1,685        6,966        8,671  
  Total liabilities     17,974,210        1,144,810        4,553,239        13,223,217  
            
  Net Assets:           
 

Paid-in capital

    708,476,334        57,110,086        199,122,557        414,928,623  
 

Total distributable earnings

    149,027,721        2,994,842        22,711,913        78,255,724  
  NET ASSETS   $ 857,504,055      $ 60,104,928      $ 221,834,470      $ 493,184,347  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING           
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    12,250,000        1,425,000        2,150,000        7,800,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

    $70.00        $42.18        $103.18        $63.23  

 

  (a)   Includes loaned securities having a market value of $10,636,000, $1,076,570 and $12,841,537 for Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Future Planet Equity ETF and Innovate Equity ETF, respectively.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   49


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

            
JUST U.S. Large
Cap Equity ETF
 
  Assets:

 

 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $183,633,406, respectively)(a)

  $ 262,178,702  
 

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $677,932, respectively)

    1,173,128  
 

Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost

    185,290  
 

Cash

    595,559  
 

Receivables:

 
 

Dividends

    343,717  
 

Securities lending income

    232  
  Total assets     264,476,628  
   
  Liabilities:  
 

Payables:

 
 

Upon return of securities loaned

    185,290  
 

Management fees

    43,795  
 

Accrued expenses

    7,705  
  Total liabilities     236,790  
   
  Net Assets:  
 

Paid-in capital

    192,038,735  
 

Total distributable earnings

    72,201,103  
  NET ASSETS   $ 264,239,838  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING  
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    4,025,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

    $65.65  

 

  (a)   Includes loaned securities having a market value of $181,571.

 

50   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS

 

Statements of Operations

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

        Equal Weight U.S.
Large Cap Equity
ETF
    Future Planet
Equity ETF
*
    Hedge Industry
VIP ETF
    Innovate Equity
ETF
**
 
  Investment income:

 

 

Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $—, $21,112, $— and $187,078, respectively)

  $ 8,899,334     $ 66,326     $ 630,525     $ 3,161,138  
 

Dividends — affiliated issuers

    23,992                   31,579  
 

Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer

    18,068       3,362       33,806       239,323  
  Total investment income     8,941,394       69,688       664,331       3,432,040  
         
  Expenses:

 

 

Management fees

    533,924       43,181       791,080       1,696,394  
 

Shareholder meeting expense

    19,772       1,685       6,966       8,671  
 

Trustee fees

    9,468             5,416       5,900  
  Total expenses     563,164       44,866       803,462       1,710,965  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)     8,378,230       24,822       (139,131     1,721,075  
         
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    2,070,317       39,026       2,930,308       (3,426,515
 

Investments — affiliated issuers

    44,322                   34,951  
 

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated issuers

    69,051,556             36,610,618       34,639,097  
 

In-kind redemptions — affiliated issuers

    185,257                   73,728  
 

Foreign currency transactions

          (1,525           (55,895
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

       
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

  $ 114,479,845       2,932,490       4,820,604       80,047,866  
 

Investments — affiliated issuers

    656,958                   1,146,141  
 

Foreign currency translations

          29             (100
  Net realized and unrealized gain   $ 186,488,255       2,970,020       44,361,530       112,459,273  
  NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ 194,866,485     $ 2,994,842     $ 44,222,399     $ 114,180,348  

 

  *   For the period July 13, 2021 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2021.
  **   For the period November 6, 2020 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2021.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   51


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS

 

Statements of Operations (continued)

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

            
JUST U.S. Large
Cap Equity ETF
 
  Investment income:

 

 

Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $—)

  $ 3,031,916  
 

Dividends — affiliated issuers

    15,393  
 

Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer

    1,338  
  Total investment income     3,048,647  
   
  Expenses:  
 

Management fees

    403,094  
 

Shareholder meeting expense

    7,705  
 

Trustee fees

    5,729  
  Total expenses     416,528  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME     2,632,119  
   
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    (1,205,858
 

Investments — affiliated issuers

    798  
 

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated issuers

    5,353,550  
 

In-kind redemptions — affiliated issuers

    12,064  
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

 
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    49,602,315  
 

Investments — affiliated issuers

    523,895  
  Net realized and unrealized gain     54,286,764  
  NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ 56,918,883  

 

52   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

        Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity
ETF
     Future Planet
Equity ETF
 
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
     For the Period
July 13, 2021
*
to
August 31, 2021
 
  From operations:        
 

Net investment income

  $ 8,378,230      $ 4,498,022      $ 24,822  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    71,351,452        (8,657,941      37,501  
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    115,136,803        35,075,172        2,932,519  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     194,866,485        30,915,253        2,994,842  
         
  Distributions to shareholders:        
 

From distributable earnings

    (7,590,615      (4,152,895       
         
  From share transactions:        
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    557,025,332        156,356,207        57,110,086  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (207,230,194      (31,674,529       
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     349,795,138        124,681,678        57,110,086  
  TOTAL INCREASE     537,071,008        151,444,036        60,104,928  
         
  Net assets:        
 

Beginning of period

  $ 320,433,047      $ 168,989,011      $  
 

End of period

  $ 857,504,055      $ 320,433,047      $ 60,104,928  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   53


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

            
Hedge Industry VIP ETF
     Innovate Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
     For the Period
November 6, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2021
 
  From operations:        
 

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (139,131    $ 228,898      $ 1,721,075  
 

Net realized gain

    39,540,926        9,179,771        31,265,366  
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    4,820,604        22,564,797        81,193,907  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     44,222,399        31,973,466        114,180,348  
         
  Distributions to shareholders:        
 

From distributable earnings

    (935      (329,128      (1,407,971
 

From return of capital

           (6,291       
  Total distributions to shareholders     (935      (335,419      (1,407,971
         
  From share transactions:        
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    171,549,598        60,238,984        471,161,712  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (109,021,786      (56,399,720      (90,749,742
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     62,527,812        3,839,264        380,411,970  
  TOTAL INCREASE     106,749,276        35,477,311        493,184,347  
         
  Net assets:        
 

Beginning of period

  $ 115,085,194      $ 79,607,883      $  
 

End of period

  $ 221,834,470      $ 115,085,194      $ 493,184,347  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

54   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS

 

            
    
JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
 
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:     
 

Net investment income

  $ 2,632,119      $ 2,111,991  
 

Net realized gain

    4,160,554        5,650,053  
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    50,126,210        23,643,251  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     56,918,883        31,405,295  
      
  Distributions to shareholders:     
 

From distributable earnings

    (2,492,618      (2,180,884
      
  From share transactions:     
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    72,087,463        46,857,228  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (15,027,884      (52,602,473
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     57,059,579        (5,745,245
  TOTAL INCREASE     111,485,844        23,479,166  
      
  Net assets:     
 

Beginning of year

  $ 152,753,994      $ 129,274,828  
 

End of year

  $ 264,239,838      $ 152,753,994  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   55


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
          

For the Period
September 12, 2017
*
to

August 31, 2018

 
  2021     2020     2019        
  Per Share Operating Performance:           
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.86     $ 46.30     $ 46.33              $ 40.58  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.85       0.93       0.81          0.77  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    19.09       4.52       (0.10              5.52  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    19.94       5.45       0.71                6.29  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.80     (0.89     (0.74              (0.54
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 70.00     $ 50.86     $ 46.30              $ 46.33  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 69.99     $ 50.95     $ 46.32              $ 46.35  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     39.56     12.08     1.62              15.60
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 857,504     $ 320,433     $ 168,989        $ 76,438  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.09     0.09     0.09        0.09 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.39     1.98     1.81        1.82 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    43     48     39              34

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

56   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS FUTURE PLANET EQUITY ETF

 

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout The Period

 

        Future Planet Equity ETF  
        For the Period
July 13, 2021
*
to
August 31, 2021
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:  
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 39.89  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.02  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    2.27  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    2.29  
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 42.18  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 42.25  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     5.74
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 60,104  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.75 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.42 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    2

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   57


GOLDMAN SACHS HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF

 

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        Hedge Industry VIP ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
   

For the Period
November 1, 2016
*
to

August 31, 2017

 
  2021     2020     2019     2018  
  Per Share Operating Performance:          
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 79.37     $ 56.86     $ 57.98     $ 50.46     $ 40.00  
 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.07     0.16 (b)      0.51       0.17       0.32 (c) 
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    23.88       22.59       (1.11     7.52       10.31  
 

Total gain (loss) from investment operations

    23.81       22.75       (0.60     7.69       10.63  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (d)      (0.24     (0.52     (0.17     (0.17
 

Distributions to shareholders from return of capital

          (d)                   
 

Total distributions to shareholders

          (0.24     (0.52     (0.17     (0.17
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 103.18     $ 79.37     $ 56.86     $ 57.98     $ 50.46  
  Market price, end of period   $ 103.21     $ 79.50     $ 57.03     $ 57.98     $ 50.48  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(e)     30.00     40.07     (0.99 )%      15.27     26.61
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 221,834     $ 115,085     $ 79,608     $ 110,155     $ 45,410  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.45     0.45     0.45     0.45     0.45 %(f) 
 

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.08 )%      0.26 %(b)      0.91     0.31     0.84 %(c)(f) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    136     124     103     129     116

 

   *    Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.07 per share and 0.11% of average net assets.
  (c)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.11 per share and 0.24% of average net assets.
  (d)   Amount is less than $0.005 per share.
  (e)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (f)   Annualized.
  (g)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

58   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF

 

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout The Period

 

        Innovate Equity ETF  
        For the Period
November 6, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2021
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:  
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.03  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.24  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    13.15  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    13.39  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.19
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 63.23  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 63.34  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     26.80
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 493,184  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.50 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.50 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    38

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   59


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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended August 31,
   

For the Period
June 7, 2018
*
to

August 31, 2018

 
  2021     2020     2019  
  Per Share Operating Performance:        
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.92     $ 42.04     $ 42.13     $ 40.08  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.74       0.74       0.72       0.17  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    14.70       8.90       0.08       1.88  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    15.44       9.64       0.80       2.05  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.71     (0.76     (0.89      
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 65.65     $ 50.92     $ 42.04     $ 42.13  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 65.68     $ 50.88     $ 42.06     $ 42.13  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     30.61     23.29     2.06     5.11
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 264,240     $ 152,754     $ 129,275     $ 272,805  
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.29     1.69     1.79     1.84 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    11     14     17     2

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

60   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS

 

Notes to Financial Statements

August 31, 2021

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), consisting of multiple series. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on December 16, 2009. The following table lists those series of the Trust that are included in this report (collectively, the “Funds” or individually a “Fund”) along with their respective diversification status under the Act:

 

Fund    Diversification
Classification

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

  

Diversified

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF*

  

Non-Diversified

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

  

Diversified

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF**

  

Diversified

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

  

Diversified

 

*   The Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF commenced operations on July 13, 2021.
**   The Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF commenced operations following a reorganization at the close of business on November 6, 2020 of the Goldman Sachs Data-Driven World ETF, the Goldman Sachs Finance Reimagined ETF, the Goldman Sachs Human Evolution ETF, the Goldman Sachs Manufacturing Revolution ETF and the Goldman Sachs New Age Consumer ETF into the Fund. The reorganization was completed via an in-kind transaction amounting to $307,712,384 in net assets.

The investment objective of each Fund (except the Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF) is to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective Index. The investment objective of the Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF is to seek long-term growth of capital.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to management agreements (each, an “Agreement” and together, the “Agreements”) with the Trust. Each Fund is an exchange traded fund (“ETF”). Shares of the Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs Hedged Industry VIP ETF, Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), and shares of the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF are traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe”). Market prices for the Funds’ shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem shares at their respective NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares, or multiples thereof, referred to as “Creation Units”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash. Shares generally trade in the secondary market in quantities less than a Creation Unit at market prices that change throughout the day. Only those that have entered into an authorized participant agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) may do business directly with the Funds.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. Each Fund is an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

A.  Investment Valuation — The Funds’ valuation policy is to value investments at fair value.

B.  Investment Income and Investments — Investment income includes interest income, dividend income, and securities lending income, if any. Interest income is accrued daily and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recognized on ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign securities, as soon as such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Investment transactions are reflected on trade date. Realized gains and losses are calculated using identified cost. Investment

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

transactions are recorded on the following business day for daily NAV calculations. Investment income is recorded net of any foreign withholding taxes, less any amounts reclaimable. The Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains, and is payable upon sale of such investments. Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gain and/or a return of capital. A return of capital is recorded by the Funds as a reduction to the cost basis of the REIT.

C.  Expenses — Expenses incurred directly by a Fund are charged to the Fund, and certain expenses incurred by the Trust are allocated across the applicable Funds on a straight-line and/or pro-rata basis, depending upon the nature of the expenses, and are accrued daily.

D.  Federal Taxes and Distributions to Shareholders — It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute each year substantially all of its investment company taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, each Fund is not required to make any provisions for the payment of federal income tax. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. For each Fund, income distributions, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Capital gains distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually.

Net capital losses, if any, are carried forward to future fiscal years and may be used to the extent allowed by the Code to offset any future capital gains. Losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. Utilization of capital loss carryforwards will reduce the requirement of future capital gains distributions.

The characterization of distributions to shareholders for financial reporting purposes is determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from GAAP. The source of each Fund’s distributions may be shown in the accompanying financial statements as either from distributable earnings or capital. Certain components of the Funds’ net assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities reflect permanent GAAP/tax differences based on the appropriate tax character.

E.  Foreign Currency Translation — The accounting records and reporting currency of a Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rates at the close of each business day. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is included within net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. Changes in the value of other assets and liabilities as a result of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statements of Operations within net change in unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the date the transaction occurred, the effects of which are included within net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions.

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

U.S. GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Funds’ policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly;

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including GSAM’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement).

The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has approved Valuation Procedures that govern the valuation of the portfolio investments held by the Funds, including investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have delegated to GSAM day-to-day responsibility for implementing and maintaining internal controls and procedures related to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. To assess the continuing appropriateness of pricing sources and methodologies, GSAM regularly performs price verification procedures and issues challenges as necessary to third party pricing vendors or brokers, and any differences are reviewed in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.

A.  Level 1 and Level 2 Fair Value Investments — The valuation techniques and significant inputs used in determining the fair values for investments classified as Level 1 and Level 2 are as follows:

Equity Securities — Equity securities traded on a United States (“U.S.”) securities exchange or the NASDAQ system, or those located on certain foreign exchanges, including but not limited to the Americas, are valued daily at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded. If there is no sale or official closing price or such price is believed by GSAM to not represent fair value, equity securities will be valued at the valid closing bid price for long positions and at the valid closing ask price for short positions (i.e. where there is sufficient volume, during normal exchange trading hours). If no valid bid/ask price is available, the equity security will be valued pursuant to the Valuation Procedures approved by the Trustees and consistent with applicable regulatory guidance. To the extent these investments are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. Certain equity securities containing unique attributes may be classified as Level 2.

Unlisted equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date, or if no sale occurs, at the last bid price for long positions or the last ask price for short positions, and are generally classified as Level 2.

Underlying Funds (including Money Market Funds) — Underlying funds (“Underlying Funds”) include other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Investments in the Underlying Funds (except ETFs) are valued at the NAV per share on the day of valuation. ETFs are valued daily at the last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which the investment is traded. Because the Funds invest in Underlying Funds that fluctuate in value, the Funds’ shares will correspondingly fluctuate in value. To the extent these investments are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. For information regarding an Underlying Fund’s accounting policies and investment holdings, please see the Underlying Fund’s shareholder report.

B.  Level 3 Fair Value Investments — To the extent that significant inputs to valuation models and other alternative pricing sources are unobservable, or if quotations are not readily available, or if GSAM believes that such quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, the fair value of a Fund’s investments may be determined under Valuation Procedures approved by the Trustees. GSAM, consistent with its procedures and applicable regulatory guidance, may make an adjustment to the most recent valuation prices of either domestic or foreign securities in light of significant events to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities at the time of determining a Fund’s NAV. To the extent investments are valued using single source broker quotations obtained directly from the broker or passed through from third party pricing vendors, such investments are classified as Level 3 investments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

C.  Fair Value Hierarchy — The following is a summary of the Funds’ investments classified in the fair value hierarchy as of August 31, 2021:

EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

            

North America

   $ 855,016,244        $        $         —  

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     10,902,108                    
Total    $ 865,918,352        $        $  
FUTURE PLANET EQUITY ETF             
Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

            

Asia

   $ 11,780,739        $        $  

Europe

     21,278,870                    

North America

     26,028,824          814,258           

Oceania

     109,998                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     1,099,446                    
Total    $ 60,297,877        $ 814,258        $  
HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF             
Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

            

Asia

   $ 9,250,437        $        $  

North America

     207,718,497          4,391,728           

South America

     4,629,409                    
Total    $ 221,598,343        $ 4,391,728        $  
INNOVATE EQUITY ETF             
Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

            

Asia

   $ 79,736,441        $ 188,605        $  

Europe

     45,003,410                    

North America

     357,991,637          1,686,885           

Oceania

     1,284,347                    

South America

     5,858,775                    

Closed-End Fund

     413,451                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     13,009,276                    
Total    $ 503,297,337        $   1,875,490        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table.

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

JUST U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF             
Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

            

North America

   $ 263,351,830        $         —        $         —  

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     185,290                    
Total    $ 263,537,120        $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table.

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Schedules of Investments.

 

4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

A.  Management Agreement — Under the Agreement, GSAM manages the Funds, subject to the general supervision of the Trustees.

As compensation for the services rendered pursuant to the Agreement, the assumption of the expenses related thereto and administration of the Funds’ business affairs, including providing facilities, GSAM is entitled to a management fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Funds operate under a unitary management fee structure. Under the unitary fee structure, GSAM is responsible for paying substantially all the expenses of each Fund, excluding payments under a Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings, litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. As the Funds directly pay fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, the management fee collected by GSAM will be reduced by an amount equal to the fees and expenses paid by the Funds to the independent Trustees.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, contractual and effective net unitary management fee rates with GSAM for each Fund were at the following rates:

 

Fund        

Unitary

Management Fee

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

       0.09%

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF

       0.75%

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

       0.45%

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF

       0.50%

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

       0.20%

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

B.  Other Transactions with Affiliates — The Funds may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is solely due to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common trustees. The following table provides information about the Funds’ investments in The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021:

 

Fund   Beginning
value as of
August 31,
2020
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Realized
Gain
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
    Ending
value as of
August 31,
2021
    Shares as of
August 31,
2021
    Dividend
Income
 

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

  $ 632,434     $ 1,364,380     $ (1,064,321   $ 229,579     $ 656,958     $ 1,819,030       4,399     $ 23,992  

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF

          1,928,460       (921,380     108,679       1,146,141       2,261,900       5,470       31,579  

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

    455,221       275,164       (94,014     12,862       523,895       1,173,128       2,837       15,393  

 

5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS

The Trust issues and redeems shares of the Funds only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without an initial sales load, at NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined in the Statement of Additional Information), of an order in proper form. Shares of the Funds may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions (each an “Authorized Participant”). An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party” or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation; or (2) a Depository Trust Company participant; which, in either case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor. Retail investors will typically not qualify as an Authorized Participant or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Funds. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market at market prices with the assistance of a broker and may be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees. Fixed creation and redemption transaction fees are imposed in connection with creations and redemptions.

Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay a variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (e.g. taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Proceeds from sale of shares” in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Share activity is as follows:

 

     Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

     9,300,000     $ 557,024,513       3,400,000     $ 156,356,177  

Shares Redeemed

     (3,350,000     (207,230,194     (750,000     (31,674,529

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

     5,950,000     $ 349,794,319       2,650,000     $ 124,681,648  

 

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5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

     Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the period July 13, 2021*
through August 31, 2021
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares      Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity      

Shares Sold

             1,425,000          $ 57,104,470  

Shares Redeemed

             

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

     1,425,000          $ 57,104,470  

 

     Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

     1,850,000     $ 171,549,598       900,000     $ 60,238,946  

Shares Redeemed

     (1,150,000     (109,021,786     (850,000     (56,399,720

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

     700,000     $ 62,527,812       50,000     $ 3,839,226  

 

     Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the period November 6, 2020*
through August 31, 2021
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity     

Shares Sold

     9,350,000     $ 471,141,230  

Shares Redeemed

     (1,550,000     (90,747,684

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

         7,800,000     $     380,393,546  

 

     Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
  

 

 

 
     For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2020
 
  

 

 

 
     Shares     Dollars     Shares     Dollars  
  

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

     1,300,000     $ 72,087,463       1,075,000     $ 46,857,228  

Shares Redeemed

     (275,000     (15,027,884     (1,150,000     (52,602,473

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES

     1,025,000     $ 57,059,579       (75,000   $ (5,745,245

 

* Commencement of operations

        

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

6. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

 

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of long-term securities for the period ended August 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

Fund      Purchases      Sales  

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     $ 267,128,978      $ 252,871,488  

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF*

       4,624,917        792,590  

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

       241,388,545        237,315,469  

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF**

       164,665,982        156,210,259  

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

       22,684,648        22,076,509  

 

*   Commenced operations on July 13, 2021.
**   Commenced operations on November 6, 2020.

The purchases and sales from in-kind creation and redemption transactions for the period ended August 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

Fund    Purchases      Sales  

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

   $ 535,706,681      $ 200,357,992  

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF*

     53,208,846         

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

     171,275,770        108,614,970  

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF**

     461,908,842        90,438,676  

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     71,932,418        15,012,173  

 

*   Commenced operations on July 13, 2021.

 

**   Commenced operations on November 6, 2020.

 

7. SECURITIES LENDING

The Funds may lend their securities through a securities lending agent, the Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), to certain qualified borrowers. In accordance with the Funds’ securities lending procedures, the Funds receive cash collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Funds, at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may experience delay in the recovery of their securities or incur a loss should the borrower of the securities breach its agreement with the Funds or become insolvent at a time when the collateral is insufficient to cover the cost of repurchasing securities on loan. Dividend income received from securities on loan may not be subject to withholding taxes and therefore withholding taxes paid may differ from the amounts listed in the Statements of Operations. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and as such 1) the remaining contractual maturities of the outstanding securities lending transactions are considered to be overnight and continuous and 2) the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

The Funds invested the cash collateral received in connection with securities lending transactions in the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund (“Government Money Market Fund”), an affiliated series of the Goldman Sachs Trust. The Government Money Market Fund is registered under the Act as an open end investment company, is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the Act, and is managed by GSAM, for which GSAM may receive a management fee of up to 0.16% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Government Money Market Fund.

In the event of a default by a borrower with respect to any loan, BNYM may exercise any and all remedies provided under the applicable borrower agreement to make the Funds whole. These remedies include purchasing replacement securities by applying

 

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7. SECURITIES LENDING (continued)

 

the collateral held from the defaulting broker against the purchase cost of the replacement securities. If BNYM is unable to purchase replacement securities, BNYM will indemnify the Funds by paying the Funds an amount equal to the market value of the securities loaned minus the value of cash collateral received from the borrower for the loan, subject to an exclusion for any shortfalls resulting from a loss of value in such cash collateral due to reinvestment risk. The Funds’ master netting agreements with certain borrowers provide the right, in the event of a default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. However, in the event of a default by a borrower, a resolution authority could determine that such rights are not enforceable due to the restrictions or prohibitions against the right of set-off that may be imposed in accordance with a particular jurisdiction’s bankruptcy or insolvency laws. The Funds’ loaned securities were all subject to enforceable Securities Lending Agreements, and the value of the collateral was at least equal to the value of the cash received. The amounts of the Funds’ overnight and continuous agreements, which represent the gross amounts of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions outstanding as of August 31, 2021, are disclosed as “Payable upon return of securities loaned” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, where applicable.

Both the Funds and BNYM received compensation relating to the lending of the Funds’ securities. The amounts earned, if any, by the Funds for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, are reported under Investment Income on the Statements of Operations. The following table provides information about the Funds’ investment in the Government Money Market Fund for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021:

 

Fund         Beginning
value as of
August 31, 2020
       Purchases
at Cost
       Proceeds from
Sales
       Ending
value as of
August 31, 2021
 

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

       $ 695,187        $ 35,966,010        $ (25,759,089      $ 10,902,108  

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF*

                  1,495,043          (395,597        1,099,446  

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

                  7,884,803          (7,884,803         

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF**

                  67,339,957          (54,330,681        13,009,276  

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

         76,274          2,226,170          (2,117,154        185,290  

 

*   Commenced operations on July 13, 2021.
**   Commenced operations on November 6, 2020.

 

8. TAX INFORMATION

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021 and August 31, 2020 were as follows:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021  
      Goldman Sachs
Equal Weight U.S.
Large Cap
Equity ETF
       Goldman
Sachs
Future Planet
Equity ETF*
       Goldman
Sachs
Hedge Industry
VIP ETF
       Goldman
Sachs
Innovate
Equity ETF**
       Goldman Sachs
JUST U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

                      

Ordinary Income

   $ 7,590,615        $        $ 935        $ 1,407,971        $ 2,492,618  

Total taxable distributions

   $ 7,590,615        $        $ 935        $ 1,407,971        $ 2,492,618  

 

*   Commenced operations on July 13, 2021.
**   Commenced operations on November 6, 2020.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

8. TAX INFORMATION (continued)

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2020  
      Goldman Sachs
Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
       Goldman Sachs
Hedge Industry VIP ETF
       Goldman Sachs
JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

            

Ordinary Income

   $ 4,152,895        $ 329,128        $ 2,180,884  

Return of Capital

              6,291           

Total taxable distributions

   $ 4,152,895        $ 335,419        $ 2,180,884  

As of August 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

      Goldman Sachs
Equal Weight
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
       Goldman Sachs
Future Planet
Equity ETF
*
       Goldman Sachs
Hedge Industry
VIP ETF
     Goldman  Sachs
Innovate
Equity
ETF
**,***
       Goldman Sachs
JUST U.S. Large
Cap Equity ETF
 

Undistributed ordinary income — net

   $ 1,789,118        $ 67,724        $      $ 1,316,381        $ 493,780  

Capital loss carryforwards:(1)

                    

Perpetual Short-Term

   $        $        $ (7,410,259    $ (221,190      $ (4,021,812

Perpetual Long-Term

                       (893,031      (470,331        (1,377,563

Timing differences (Qualified Late Year Loss Deferral)

                       (72,888                

Unrealized gains (losses) — net

     147,238,603          2,927,118          31,088,091        77,630,864          77,106,698  

Total accumulated earnings (losses) net

   $ 149,027,721        $ 2,994,842        $ 22,711,913      $ 78,255,724        $ 72,201,103  

 

*   Commenced operations on July 13, 2021.
**   Commenced operations on November 6, 2020.
***   The capital loss carryforwards of the Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF were acquired in a tax-free reorganization on November 6, 2020.
(1)   The Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF utilized $3,394,405 of capital losses in the current fiscal year.

As of August 31, 2021, the Funds’ aggregate security unrealized gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

      Goldman Sachs
Equal Weight
U.S. Large Cap
Equity ETF
       Goldman
Sachs Future
Planet Equity
ETF
*
       Goldman Sachs
Hedge Industry
VIP ETF
       Goldman Sachs
Innovate Equity
ETF
**
       Goldman Sachs
JUST U.S. Large
Cap Equity ETF
 

Tax Cost

   $ 718,679,749        $ 58,185,046        $ 194,901,980        $ 427,541,863        $ 186,430,422  

Gross unrealized gain

     155,744,738          3,682,874          36,236,737          99,170,737          80,757,065  

Gross unrealized loss

     (8,506,135        (755,756        (5,148,646        (21,539,873        (3,650,367

Net unrealized gains (losses) on securities

   $ 147,238,603        $ 2,927,118        $ 31,088,091        $ 77,630,864        $ 77,106,698  

 

*   Commenced operations on July 13, 2021.
**   Commenced operations on November 6, 2020.

The difference between GAAP-basis and tax basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable primarily to wash sales and differences in the tax treatment of underlying fund investments, partnership investments, passive foreign investment company investments, and real estate investment trust investments.

 

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8. TAX INFORMATION (continued)

 

In order to present certain components of the Funds’ capital accounts on a tax-basis, certain reclassifications have been recorded to the Funds’ accounts. These reclassifications have no impact on the net asset value of the Funds’ and result primarily from redemption in-kind transactions and merger adjustments.

 

Fund    Paid-in Capital      Total
Distributable
Earnings
 

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

   $ 63,856,557      $ (63,856,557

Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF*

   $      $  

Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF

   $ 36,043,534      $ (36,043,534

Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF**

   $ 34,516,653      $ (34,516,653

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

   $ 4,950,308      $ (4,950,308

 

*   Commenced operations on July 13, 2021.
**   Commenced operations on November 6, 2020.

GSAM has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years (the current and three years, as applicable) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Such open tax years remain subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities.

 

9. OTHER RISKS   

The Funds’ risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk — Investing in foreign markets may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation, less public information, less stringent investor protections, less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards, and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which a Fund invests. The imposition of exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), confiscation of assets and property, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the U.S. or other governments, or problems with registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which a Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. To the extent that a Fund also invests in securities of issuers located in, or economically tied to, emerging markets, these risks may be more pronounced.

Foreign Custody Risk — If a Fund invests in foreign securities, the Fund may hold such securities and cash with foreign banks, agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund’s custodian (each a “Foreign Custodian”). Some foreign custodians may be recently organized or new to the foreign custody business. In some countries, Foreign Custodians may be subject to little or no regulatory oversight over, or independent evaluation of, their operations. Further, the laws of certain countries may place limitations on a Fund’s ability to recover its assets if a Foreign Custodian enters bankruptcy. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks than investments in more developed markets. Custody services in emerging market countries are very often undeveloped and may be considerably less well regulated than in more developed countries, and thus may not afford the same level of investor protection as would apply in developed countries.

Index Risk (each Fund except the Future Planet Equity ETF) — GSAM, JUST Capital Foundation, Inc. and Solactive AG (the “Index Providers”) construct the respective Fund’s Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology. A Fund will be negatively affected by general declines in the securities and asset classes represented in its Index. In addition, because the Funds are not “actively” managed, unless a specific security is removed from an Index, a Fund generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on a Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. A Fund also does not attempt to take

 

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August 31, 2021

 

9. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. Therefore, a Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers. The Index Providers rely on third party data they believe to be reliable in constructing each respective Index, but they do not guarantee the accuracy or availability of such third party data. Errors in index data, index computation or the construction of an Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Providers for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the applicable Fund and its shareholders. In addition, neither a Fund, the Investment Adviser, the Calculation Agent nor the Index Providers can guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the Index. Furthermore, Solactive AG, the index provider for the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF and Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF, and JUST Capital Foundation, Inc., the index provider for the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, may delay or change a scheduled rebalancing or reconstitution of an Index or the implementation of certain rules at its sole discretion. In such circumstances, a Fund, in replicating the composition of its Index, may have more or less exposure to a particular sector or individual company than had the Index been constructed in accordance with its stated methodology.

Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk — As a shareholder of another investment company, including an ETF, the Funds will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any net management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, in addition to the fees and expenses regularly borne by the Funds. ETFs are subject to risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including but not limited to the following: (i) the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or a discount to their NAV; and (ii) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.

Market and Credit Risks — In the normal course of business, a Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk). The value of the securities in which a Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats could also significantly impact a Fund and its investments. Additionally, a Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

Market Trading Risk — Each Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The Investment Adviser cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities of a Fund’s Index (except the Future Planet Equity ETF) trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time.

Sector Risk — To the extent a Fund focuses its investments in securities of issuers in one or more sectors (such as the financial services or telecommunications sectors), the Fund may be subjected, to a greater extent than if its investments were diversified across different sectors, to the risks of volatile economic cycles and/or conditions and developments that may be particular to that sector, such as: adverse economic, business, political, environmental or other developments.

Tracking Error Risk (each Fund except the Future Planet Equity ETF) — Tracking error is the divergence of a Fund’s performance from that of its Index. The performance of a Fund may diverge from that of its Index for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, a Fund’s holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, changes to its Index or the need to meet new or existing regulatory requirements. Unlike a Fund, the returns of an Index are not reduced by investment and other operating expenses, including the trading costs associated with implementing changes to its portfolio of investments. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions.

 

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10. INDEMNIFICATIONS

 

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Trustees, officers, employees and agents are indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act and state law, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of 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. However, GSAM believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

11. OTHER MATTERS   

Pursuant to an effort to consolidate the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) with the Board of Trustees of each of Goldman Sachs Trust II, Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund, at a meeting held on July 22, 2021, the Board voted to nominate Cheryl K. Beebe, Lawrence Hughes, John F. Killian, Steven D. Krichmar and Linda A. Lang (the “Nominees”) for election as Trustees of the Trust at a virtual special joint meeting of shareholders to be held on December 3, 2021. Each of the Nominees (except Ms. Lang) currently serves as a Trustee of Goldman Sachs Trust II. Ms. Lang currently serves as a Trustee of the Trust. If elected, the Nominees will serve as Trustees alongside the current Trustees of the Trust. The Funds will bear a portion of the proxy solicitation, shareholder meeting and other related costs and GSAM has agreed to reimburse each Fund if such expenses increase the Fund’s total expense ratio by more than a specified percentage. This annual report is not a proxy statement. Information regarding the election of the Nominees is contained in the proxy materials filed with the SEC. The proxy statement has been mailed to shareholders of record, and shareholders can also access the proxy statement, and any other relevant documents, on the SEC’s website.

Mergers and Reorganizations — Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (a “Reorganization Agreement”) between each of the Goldman Sachs Data-Driven World ETF, the Goldman Sachs Finance Reimagined ETF, the Goldman Sachs Human Evolution ETF, the Goldman Sachs Manufacturing Revolution ETF and the Goldman Sachs New Age Consumer ETF (each, an “Acquired Fund”) and the Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF (the “Survivor Fund”), as of the close of business on November 6, 2020, all of the assets and liabilities of each Acquired Fund were transferred to the Survivor Fund in exchange for shares of the Survivor Fund having an aggregate NAV equal to the NAV of such Acquired Fund as of the time of valuation specified in the applicable Reorganization Agreement, which were then distributed to shareholders of record of such Acquired Fund in a tax-free exchange (the “Reorganization”) as follows:

 

Acquired Fund    Exchanged Shares
of Survivor Fund
Issued
       Value of Exchanged
Shares
       Acquired Fund’s
Shares Outstanding
as of November 6,
2020
 

Goldman Sachs Data-Driven World ETF

     1,125,509        $ 56,314,330          775,000  

Goldman Sachs Finance Reimagined ETF

     1,036,579        $ 51,864,763          775,000  

Goldman Sachs Human Evolution ETF

     1,297,941        $ 64,941,875          950,000  

Goldman Sachs Manufacturing Revolution ETF

     1,049,187        $ 52,495,591          675,000  

Goldman Sachs New Age Consumer ETF

     1,640,783        $ 82,095,825          900,000  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

11. OTHER MATTERS (continued)

 

The following chart shows each Acquired Fund’s aggregate net assets (immediately before the Reorganization) and unrealized appreciation:

 

Acquired Fund    Acquired Fund’s Aggregate Net
Assets before Reorganization
     Acquired Fund’s Unrealized
Appreciation(1)
 

Goldman Sachs Data-Driven World ETF

   $ 56,314,330      $ 4,966,257  

Goldman Sachs Finance Reimagined ETF

   $ 51,864,763      $ 2,935,042  

Goldman Sachs Human Evolution ETF

   $ 64,941,875      $ 3,087,984  

Goldman Sachs Manufacturing Revolution ETF

   $ 52,495,591      $ 4,562,462  

Goldman Sachs New Age Consumer ETF

   $ 82,095,825      $ 7,776,145  

 

(1)   The Survivor Fund has elected to carry forward the assets of each Acquired Fund at the Acquired Fund’s historical cost basis for purposes of measuring unrealized appreciation and future realized gain or loss of those acquired assets.

The Survivor Fund’s aggregate net assets (immediately before and after the completion of the Reorganization) were $0 and $307,712,384, respectively.

Assuming the Reorganization had been completed on September 1, 2020, the Survivor Fund’s pro-forma results of operations for the year ended August 31, 2021 would have been as follows:

 

Net investment income/loss

   $ 1,841,326  

Net realized and unrealized gain/loss on investment

   $ 151,080,488  

Net increase/decrease in net assets from operations

   $ 152,921,814  

Because the combined Survivor Fund has been managed as a single integrated fund since the Reorganization was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of each Acquired Fund that have been included in the Survivor Fund’s Statement of Operations since November 6, 2020.

 

12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS   

Subsequent events after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date other than noted above have been evaluated, and GSAM has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust and Shareholders of Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF, Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds indicated in the table below (five of the funds constituting Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of August 31, 2021, the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of August 31, 2021, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Fund    Statement of
operations
   Statements of
changes in net assets
   Financial
highlights
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF, and Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF    For the year ended August 31, 2021    For the two years ended August 31, 2021    For each of the periods indicated therein
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF    For the period November 6, 2020 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2021
Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF    For the period July 13, 2021 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2021

Basis for Opinions

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

October 26, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Goldman Sachs fund complex since 2000.

 

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Fund Expenses — For the Six Months ended 8/31/2021 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in Shares of the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Shares of a Fund.

Except with respect to the Future Planet Equity fund, which commenced operations on July 13, 2021, the example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from March 1, 2021 and held for the six months ended August 31, 2021, which represents a period of 184 days of a 365 day year (or less where indicated).

Actual Expenses — The first line 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 six months. 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 under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes — The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual net expense ratios 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 a 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 redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of 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.

 

     Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF     Future Planet Equity ETF     Hedge Industry VIP ETF     Innovate Equity ETF     JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF  
     Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid**
    Beginning
Account
Value
7/13/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid*
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid**
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid**
    Beginning
Account
Value
3/1/21
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid**
 

Actual based on NAV

  $ 1,000     $ 1,179.93     $ 0.49     $ 1,000     $ 1,041.74     $ 1.05     $ 1,000     $ 1,080.19     $ 2.36     $ 1,000     $ 1,096.18     $ 2.64     $ 1,000     $ 1,190.75     $ 1.10  

Hypothetical 5% return

    1,000       1,024.75     0.46       1,000       1,005.82     1.03       1,000       1,022.94     2.29       1,000       1,022.68     2.55       1,000       1,024.20     1.02  

 

+   Hypothetical expenses are based on each Fund’s actual annualized net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses.
*   The Fund commenced operations on July 13, 2021. Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the ending value for the period, multiplied by 50/365, which represents a period of 50 days of a 365 day year (to reflect the Fund’s commencement of operation).
**   Expenses for each Fund are calculated using the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six months ended August 31, 2021. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the annualized net expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the most recent fiscal year; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the fiscal year. The annualized net expense ratio for the period is as follows:

 

Fund        

Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     0.09

Future Planet Equity ETF

     0.75  

Hedge Industry VIP ETF

     0.45  

Innovate Equity ETF

     0.50  

JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

     0.20  

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

 

Each Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act. The Program seeks to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk, i.e., the risk that a Fund is unable to satisfy redemption requests without significantly diluting remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Trust has designated GSAM, each Fund’s investment adviser, to administer the Program. Certain aspects of the Program rely on third parties to perform certain functions, including the provision of market data and application of models.

The Program is comprised of various components designed to support the assessment and/or management of liquidity risk, including: (1) the periodic assessment (no less frequently than annually) of certain factors that influence a Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) the periodic classification (no less frequently than monthly) of a Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity categories that reflect an estimate of their liquidity under current market conditions; (3) a 15% limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4); (4) for a Fund that does not invest primarily in “highly liquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4), the determination of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will generally be invested in highly liquid investments (a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum”); and (5) periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees.

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 16-17, 2021, GSAM provided a written report to the Board addressing the operation, and the adequacy and effectiveness of the implementation, of the Program, including, as applicable, the operation of any Highly Liquid Investment Minimum and any material changes to the Program, for the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). Among other things, the annual report discussed: (1) the results of stress tests designed to assess liquidity under a hypothetical stressed scenario involving elevated redemptions; (2) an assessment of the methodologies used to classify investments into one of four liquidity categories; and (3) the efficiency of the arbitrage function during the Reporting Period (including during the stressed market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic). The report concluded that the Program continues to be reasonably designed to assess and manage liquidity risk and was adequately and effectively implemented during the Reporting Period.

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to your Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks to which it may be subject.

 

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Statement Regarding Basis for Initial Approval of Management Agreement for the Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF (Unaudited)

 

Background

The Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF (the “Fund”) is a newly-organized investment portfolio of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (the “Trust”) that commenced investment operations on July 13, 2021. At a meeting held on March 17, 2021 (the “Meeting”) in connection with the Fund’s organization, the Board of Trustees, including all of the Trustees present who are not parties to the Fund’s investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) or “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of any party thereto (the “Independent Trustees”) approved the Management Agreement with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Investment Adviser”) on behalf of the Fund.

At the Meeting, the Trustees reviewed the Management Agreement with respect to the Fund, including information regarding the terms of the Management Agreement; the nature, extent and quality of the Investment Adviser’s anticipated services; the fees and expenses to be paid by the Fund; a comparison of the Fund’s proposed management fee and anticipated expenses with those paid by other similar exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); potential benefits to be derived by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund; and potential benefits to be derived by the Fund from its relationship with the Investment Adviser. Various information was also provided at prior meetings at which the Fund was discussed.

In connection with the Meeting, the Trustees received written materials and oral presentations on the topics covered, and were advised by their independent legal counsel regarding their responsibilities and other regulatory requirements related to the approval of registered fund investment management agreements under applicable law. In evaluating the Management Agreement at the Meeting, the Trustees relied upon information included in a presentation made by the Investment Adviser at the Meeting and information received at prior Board meetings, as well as on their knowledge of the Investment Adviser resulting from their meetings and other interactions over time.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of the Services Provided Under the Management Agreement

As part of their review, the Trustees considered the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the Fund by the Investment Adviser. In this regard, the Trustees considered both the investment advisory services and non-advisory services that would be provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees noted the ongoing recruitment efforts aimed at bringing high quality investment talent to the Investment Adviser. They also noted the significant resources that the Investment Adviser devotes to risk management and the control environment in which the Fund would operate, the Investment Adviser’s commitment to maintaining high quality systems and expending substantial resources to respond to ongoing changes to the market, regulatory and control environment in which the Fund and its service providers would operate, including changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the efforts of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to combat cyber security risks. The Trustees considered that under the Management Agreement, the Fund pays a single management fee to the Investment Adviser, and the Investment Adviser pays all of the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings and litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. The Trustees also considered information about the Fund’s structure, investment objective, strategies and other characteristics. In particular, they noted that the Fund would operate as an actively-managed ETF that seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Trustees noted the experience and capabilities of the key personnel of the Investment Adviser who would provide services to the Fund. In particular, the Trustees considered the Investment Adviser’s extensive experience in managing fundamental equity investment strategies. The Trustees also considered information regarding the Investment Adviser’s business continuity planning and remote operations in the current environment. The Trustees concluded that the Investment Adviser would be able to commit substantial financial and operational resources to the Fund. They also considered that although the Fund was new (and therefore had no performance data to evaluate), the Investment Adviser has committed substantial financial and operational resources to ETFs and has extensive experience managing other types of registered investment companies. The Trustees also recognized that the Investment Adviser had made significant commitments to address regulatory compliance requirements applicable to the Fund and the Investment Adviser and its affiliates.

Unitary Fee Structure and Profitability

The Trustees considered the contractual management fee rate payable by the Fund, noting that the Management Agreement provides for a unitary fee structure, pursuant to which the Fund pays a single management fee to the Investment Adviser and the Investment Adviser then pays all of the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses. In addition, the Trustees considered information on the services to be rendered by the Investment Adviser to the Fund, which would include both advisory and administrative services directed to the needs and operations of the Fund as an ETF. The Trustees also considered information provided regarding fees and expenses of comparable ETFs advised by other, unaffiliated investment management firms. The comparisons of the Fund’s unitary management fee rate and projected expense ratio were prepared by the Investment Adviser and a third-party provider of mutual

 

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Statement Regarding Basis for Initial Approval of Management Agreement for the Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF (Unaudited) (continued)

 

fund and ETF data. In particular, the Trustees referred to an analysis comparing the Fund’s unitary management fee rate and projected expense ratio to those of relevant peer funds. The Trustees concluded that the comparisons were useful in evaluating the reasonableness of the management fee and total expenses to be paid by the Fund. The Trustees concluded that the Investment Adviser’s management of the Fund likely would benefit the Fund and its shareholders.

In addition, the Trustees recognized that there was not yet profitability data to evaluate for the Fund, but considered the Investment Adviser’s representations that (i) such data would be provided after the Fund commenced operations, and (ii) the Fund was not expected to be profitable to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates initially.

Economies of Scale

The Trustees noted that the Fund, similar to many other ETFs, would not have management fee breakpoints. The Trustees considered the Fund’s projected asset levels and information comparing the fee rates charged by the Investment Adviser with fee rates charged to other ETFs in the Fund’s peer group.

Other Benefits to the Investment Adviser and Its Affiliates

The Trustees also considered the other benefits expected to be derived by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund as stated above, including: (a) the Investment Adviser’s ability to leverage the infrastructure designed to service the Fund on behalf of its other clients; (b) the Investment Adviser’s ability to cross-market other products and services to Fund shareholders; (c) the Investment Adviser’s ability to negotiate better pricing with custodians on behalf of its other clients, as a result of the relationship with the Fund; and (d) the possibility that the working relationship between the Investment Adviser and the Fund’s third party service providers may cause those service providers to be more likely to do business with other areas of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”).

Other Benefits to the Fund and Its Shareholders

The Trustees also noted that the Fund is expected to receive certain potential benefits as a result of its relationship with the Investment Adviser, including: (a) enhanced servicing from vendors due to the volume of business generated by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates; (b) the Investment Adviser’s ability to hire and retain qualified personnel to provide services to the Fund because of the reputation of the Goldman Sachs organization; and (c) the Fund’s access to certain affiliated distribution channels.

Conclusion

In connection with their consideration of the Management Agreement, the Trustees gave weight to each of the factors described above, but did not identify any particular factor as controlling their decision. After deliberation and consideration of all of the information provided, including the factors described above, the Trustees concluded, in the exercise of their business judgment, that the unitary management fee to be paid by the Fund was reasonable in light of the services to be provided to it by the Investment Adviser, the Investment Adviser’s costs and the Fund’s reasonably foreseeable asset levels. The Trustees unanimously concluded that the engagement of the Investment Adviser likely would benefit the Fund and its shareholders and that the Management Agreement should be approved for an initial two-year period from its effective date.

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

Independent Trustees

 

Name,
Address and Age1
  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served2
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee4

Lawrence W. Stranghoener

Age: 67

  Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Trustee Since 2015; Chairman Since 2017  

Mr. Stranghoener is retired. He is Chairman, Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials) (2003-Present); and was formerly Director, Aleris Corporation and Aleris International, Inc. (a producer of aluminum rolled products) (2011-2020); Interim Chief Executive Officer (2014); and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2004-2014), Mosaic Company (a fertilizer manufacturing company).

 

Chairman of the Board of Trustees — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39  

Kennametal, Inc.

(a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials)

Linda A. Lang

Age: 63

  Trustee   Since 2016  

Ms. Lang is retired. She was formerly Chair of the Board of Directors (2016–2019); and Member of the Board of Directors, WD-40 Company (a global consumer products company) (2004–2019); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2005–2014); and Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jack in the Box, Inc. (a restaurant company) (2003–2005). Previously, Ms. Lang served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (February 2016 -March 2016).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39   None

Michael Latham

Age: 55

  Trustee   Since 2015  

Mr. Latham is retired. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Director of FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company) (2021–Present). Formerly, Mr. Latham held senior management positions with the iShares exchange-traded fund business, including Chairman (2011-2014); Global Head (2010-2011); U.S. Head (2007-2010); and

Chief Operating Officer (2003-2007).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39   FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company)

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Interested Trustee*

 

Name,
Address and Age1
  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served2
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee4

James A. McNamara

Age: 58

  President and Trustee   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee—Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund

  166   None
         
*   Mr. McNamara is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he holds a position with Goldman Sachs and owns securities issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Interested Trustee holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.
1    Each Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Trustee, c/o Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282, Attn: Caroline L. Kraus. Information is provided as of August 31, 2021.
2    Each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term, until the earliest of: (a) the election of his or her successor; (b) the date the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Board or shareholders, in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust; or (c) the termination of the Trust. The Board has adopted policies which provide that each Independent Trustee shall retire as of December 31st of the calendar year in which he or she reaches (a) his or her 74th birthday or (b) the 15th anniversary of the date he or she became a Trustee, whichever is earlier, unless a waiver of such requirements shall have been adopted by a majority of the other Trustees. These policies may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder vote.
3    The Goldman Sachs Fund Complex includes certain other companies listed above for each respective Trustee. As of August 31, 2021, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust consisted of 36 portfolios (21 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust consisted of 92 portfolios (90 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust consisted of 17 portfolios (13 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust II consisted of 18 portfolios (16 of which offered shares to the public); and Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund, Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund each consisted of one portfolio. Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund did not offer shares to the public.
4    This column includes only directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the Act.

Additional information about the Trustees is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States of America): 1-800-526-7384.

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

Officers of the Trust*

 

Name, Address and Age1   Positions Held
with the Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served2
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

James A. McNamara

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 58

  Trustee and President   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust. Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Caroline L. Kraus

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 44

  Secretary   Since 2014  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2016-Present); Vice President, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2015); Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs (January 2020–Present); Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (2012-December 2019); Assistant General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2011); and Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP (2002-2006).

 

Secretary — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit LLC; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLC; Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Joseph F. DiMaria

30 Hudson Street

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Age: 53

 

Treasurer, Principal

Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

  Since 2017 (Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer since 2019)  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (November 2015-Present) and Vice President — Mutual Fund Administration, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (May 2010- October 2015).

 

Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Trust II (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

     
*   Represents a partial list of officers of the Trust. Additional information about all the officers is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States): 1-800-621-2550.
1    Information is provided as of August 31, 2021.
2    Officers hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each officer holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.

 

Goldman Sachs ETF Trust — Equity ETFs — Tax Information (Unaudited)

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, 89.64%, 100%, 73.58%, and 100% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Hedge Industry VIP ETF, Innovate Equity ETF, and JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, respectively, qualify for the dividends received deduction available to corporations.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, 86.93%, 100%, 100%, and 100% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Hedge Industry VIP ETF, Innovate Equity ETF, and JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, respectively, qualify for the reduced tax rate under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, 0.62% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF qualify as section 199A dividends.

 

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Goldman Sachs ETFs

 

 

LOGO

 

Goldman Sachs is a premier financial services firm, known since 1869 for creating thoughtful and customized investment solutions in complex global markets.

Today, the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, including private institutions, public entities and individuals. With approximately $2.09 trillion in assets under supervision as of June 30, 2021, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (“GSAM”) has portfolio management teams located around the world and our investment professionals bring firsthand knowledge of local markets to every investment decision. Assets under supervision includes assets under management and other client assets for which Goldman Sachs does not have full discretion. Goldman Sachs Asset Management leverages the resources of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC subject to legal, internal and regulatory restrictions.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate 1-5 Year Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF
Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

INDEX DISCLAIMERS

The Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF is not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) (“Solactive Index”) and/or Solactive Index trade mark or the Solactive Index Price at any time or in any other respect. The Solactive Index is calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Solactive Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Solactive Index to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. Neither publication of a Solactive Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Solactive Index or Solactive Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in this fund.

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The Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF is not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (“Solactive Index”) and/or Solactive Index trade mark or the Solactive Index Price at any time or in any other respect. The Solactive Index is calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Solactive Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Solactive Index to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF. Neither publication of a Solactive Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Solactive Index or Solactive Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with the Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in this fund.

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Goldman Sachs Funds

 

 

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Annual Report      

August 31, 2021

 
     

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® ETFs

     

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (GSEE)

     

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF (GSID)

     

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF (GSUS)

 

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Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® ETFs

 

 

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

 

 

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

 

 

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Investment Process

    1  

Portfolio Management Discussion and Performance Summaries

    3  

Schedules of Investments

    16  

Financial Statements

    55  

Financial Highlights

 

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

    59  

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

    60  

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

    61  

Notes to Financial Statements

    62  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    74  

Other Information

    76  

 

     
NOT FDIC-INSURED   May Lose Value   No Bank Guarantee


INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Equity ETFs

 

Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each of the MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, MarketBeta® International Equity ETF and MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF (each, a “Fund”), is to seek to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective underlying index (each, an “Index”).

Each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

The Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index (the “Index”) consists of equity securities of large and mid-capitalization issuers covering approximately the largest 85% of the free-float market capitalization in emerging markets. It is calculated as a net total return index in U.S. dollars and weighted by free-float market capitalization.

As of August 31, 2021, the Index consisted of 1,561 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $25.5 million and $1,874.3 billion from issuers in the following emerging market countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The components of the Index may change over time. The percentage of the portfolio exposed to any asset class, country or geographic region will vary from time to time as the weightings of the securities within the Index change, and the Fund may not be invested in each asset class, country or geographic region at all times. Solactive AG (“Solactive” or the “Index Provider”) will generally deem an issuer to be located in an emerging market country if it is organized under the laws of the emerging market country and it is primarily listed in the emerging market country; in the event that these factors point to more than one country, the Index methodology provides for consideration of certain additional factors. The Index is reconstituted on a semi-annual basis in May and November. New securities from initial public offerings are also added on a semi-annual basis in February and August, subject to fulfillment of certain eligibility criteria.

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

The Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index (the “Index”) consists of equity securities of large and mid-capitalization issuers covering approximately the largest 85% of the free-float market capitalization in developed markets excluding North America. It is calculated as a net total return index in U.S. dollars and weighted by free-float market capitalization.

As of August 31, 2021, the Index consisted of 1,018 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $580.0 million and $373.5 billion from issuers in the following developed market countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The components of the Index may change over time. The percentage of the portfolio exposed to any asset class, country or geographic region will vary from time to time as the weightings of the securities within the Index change, and the Fund may not be invested in each asset class, country or geographic region at all times. Solactive AG (“Solactive” or the “Index Provider”) will generally deem an issuer to be located in a developed market country if it is organized under the laws of the developed market country and it is primarily listed in the developed market country; in the event that these factors point to more than one country, the Index methodology provides for consideration of certain additional factors. The Index is reconstituted on a semi-annual basis in May and November. New securities from initial public offerings are also added on a semi-annual basis in February and August, subject to fulfillment of certain eligibility criteria.

 

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INVESTMENT PROCESS

 

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

The Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index (the “Index”) consists of equity securities of large and mid-capitalization equity issuers covering approximately the largest 85% of the free-float market capitalization in the United States. It is calculated as a total return index in U.S. dollars and weighted by free-float market capitalization.

As of August 31, 2021, the Index consisted of 529 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $4.5 billion and $2,509.8 billion. The components of the Index may change over time. The percentage of the portfolio exposed to any asset class will vary from time to time as the weightings of the securities within the Index change, and the Fund may not be invested in each asset class at all times. Solactive AG (“Solactive” or the “Index Provider”) will deem an issuer to be a U.S. issuer if it is organized under the laws of the U.S. and it is primarily listed in the U.S.; in the event that these factors point to more than one country, the Index methodology provides for consideration of certain additional factors. The Index is reconstituted on a semi-annual basis in May and November. New securities from initial public offerings are also added on a semi-annual basis in February and August, subject to fulfillment of certain eligibility criteria.

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.

All Above Funds

Each Fund seeks to invest in the respective Index components in approximately the same weighting that such components have within the respective Index at the applicable time. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the securities in the respective Index in the approximate respective Index weight. In these circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of securities in the respective Index. There may also be instances in which the Investment Adviser may choose to underweight or overweight a security in each Fund’s Index, purchase securities not in each Fund’s Index that the Investment Adviser believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in such Index or utilize various combinations of other available investment techniques.

Each Index is owned and calculated by Solactive.

Each Fund is classified as “diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). However, each Fund may become “non-diversified” solely as a result of a change in the relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the respective Index. A non-diversified fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets in fewer issuers than diversified funds.

Each Fund may concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the respective Index is concentrated. The degree to which components of the respective Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time.

* * *

At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. August 31, 2021, we maintained conviction in our principal investment strategies, as each Fund continues to seek to provide efficient and diversified access to approximately 85% of the broad equity market represented by each respective Index in one portfolio.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 19.35% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 18.81% based on market price. The Index returned 19.63% during the same period.

 

 

The Fund had an NAV of $48.15 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $55.68 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $55.72 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

 

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Index.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most to the Index’s performance during the Reporting Period, and which contributed least?

 

A   Index constituents in the information technology, financials and materials sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the consumer discretionary, real estate and communication services sectors contributed least to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period.

 

 

From a country perspective, Index constituents in Taiwan, South Korea and India contributed most to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period. Conversely, Index constituents in China, Hong Kong and Peru contributed least to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Positions in Taiwan-based information technology company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, South Korea-based information technology company Samsung Electronics and Brazil-based materials company Vale contributed most positively (7.17%, 4.17% and 1.03% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Each of these holdings posted a robust double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the least to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Positions in China-based consumer discretionary company Alibaba Group Holding, China-based real estate company KE Holdings and China-based communication services company Tencent Holdings contributed least (4.15%, 0.00%1 and 4.94% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Alibaba Group Holding and KE Holdings each posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. Tencent Holdings generated a single-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2021 either because those positions were eliminated during the most recent rebalance given the Index construction methodology or were not held at all during the Reporting Period as they did not meet the Fund’s investment criteria.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     Solactive
Index
 
     
  Information Technology     20.73     20.46
  Financials     19.72       19.86  
  Consumer Discretionary     15.18       15.14  
  Communication Services     11.06       10.73  
  Materials     9.05       8.77  
  Consumer Staples     5.86       5.85  
  Energy     5.51       5.32  
  Industrials     5.29       5.52  
  Health Care     4.31       4.44  
  Real Estate     1.21       1.73  
    Utilities     1.99       2.18  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Country Name   Fund3     Solactive
Index
 
  Cayman Islands     19.99     21.39
  Taiwan     15.77       14.72  
  Korea     12.71       12.70  
  China     9.76       11.01  
  India     13.18       12.42  
  Brazil     5.40       5.21  
  South Africa     3.35       3.18  
  Saudi Arabia     3.53       3.24  
  Russia     2.99       2.96  
  Thailand     1.63       1.93  
  Mexico     2.18       2.02  
  Indonesia     1.41       1.39  
  Hong Kong     0.90       0.91  
  Malaysia     1.13       1.05  
  Qatar     0.81       0.74  
  United Arab Emirates     1.11       1.02  
  Philippines     0.74       0.67  
  Turkey     0.56       0.59  
  Kuwait     0.61       0.57  
  Chile     0.44       0.50  
  Bermuda     0.19       0.31  
  Netherlands     0.32       0.29  
  Greece     0.26       0.26  
  Hungary     0.29       0.26  
  Colombia     0.19       0.17  
  Egypt     0.10       0.10  
  Luxembourg     0.05       0.05  
  Czech Republic     0.13       0.12  
  Jersey     0.09       0.10  
  Pakistan     0.05       0.05  
  Argentina     0.04       0.04  
  Singapore     0.02       0.02  
  Panama     0.00       0.01  
  Peru     0.00       0.00  
  Virgin Islands, British     0.00       0.01  
  Cyprus     0.00       0.00  
    Australia     0.00       0.00  

 

  2    Country and sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Country classification in this listing is based on the country of incorporation rather than being based on country of domicile or country of highest revenue. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 1.57% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 55.72  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 55.68  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
    

Holding

 

% of Net Assets

      

Line of Business

    

Country

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    6.6      Information Technology      Taiwan
 

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    4.5        Communication Services      China
 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    3.8        Information Technology      South Korea
 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR

    3.8        Consumer Discretionary      China
 

Meituan, Class B

    1.6        Consumer Discretionary      China
 

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF

    1.0        Exchange-Traded Fund      United States
 

Reliance Industries Ltd.

    1.0        Energy      India
 

Infosys Ltd.

    1.0        Information Technology      India
 

Vale SA

    1.0        Materials      Brazil
   

Naspers Ltd., Class N

    0.9        Consumer Discretionary      South Africa

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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MARKETBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on May 12, 2020 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index, is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from May 12, 2020 through August 31, 2021.

 

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Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced May 12, 2020)

     19.35%      33.01%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced May 12, 2020)

     18.81%      33.03%

 

Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index

     19.63%      33.68%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Small Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 26.20% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 26.50% based on market price. The Index returned 26.32% during the same period.

 

 

The Fund had an NAV of $46.79 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $57.61 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $57.80 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

 

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Index.

 

Q   Which sectors and countries contributed most positively to the Index’s performance during the Reporting Period, and which contributed least?

 

A   Index constituents in the financials, industrials and information technology sectors contributed most to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the utilities, real estate and energy sectors contributed least to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period.

 

 

From a country perspective, Index constituents in Japan, the U.K. and France contributed most to the Fund’s results during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in Faroe Islands, Portugal and the Isle of Man contributed least to the Fund’s results during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Positions in Netherlands-based information technology company ASML Holding, France-based consumer discretionary company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Denmark-based health care company Novo Nordisk contributed most (1.95%, 1.09% and 0.92% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). ASML Holding generated a triple-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Novo Nordisk each posted a robust double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the least to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Positions in U.K. consumer staples firm Reckitt Benckiser Group, Germany-based information technology company SAP and Japan-based health care company Daiichi Sankyo contributed least (0.31%, 0.86% and 0.25% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Reckitt Benckiser Group and Daiichi Sankyo each posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. SAP generated a single-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Sector Name   Fund2      Solactive
Index
 
  Financials     16.87      16.83
  Industrials     16.56        16.59  
  Health Care     12.48        12.52  
  Consumer Discretionary     12.10        12.35  
  Consumer Staples     9.71        9.71  
  Information Technology     9.80        9.77  
  Materials     7.98        7.96  
  Communication Services     4.82        4.84  
  Utilities     3.40        3.41  
  Energy     3.05        3.04  
    Real Estate     2.98        2.99  

 

Q   What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1

 

     Country Name   Fund2      Solactive
Index
 
  Japan     24.28      24.25
  UK     13.48        13.45  
  France     9.17        9.18  
  Switzerland     8.67        8.49  
  Germany     8.37        8.35  
  Australia     7.00        7.00  
  Netherlands     5.55        5.94  
  Sweden     4.02        4.00  
  Hong Kong     2.46        2.47  
  Spain     2.41        2.45  
  Denmark     2.52        2.52  
  Italy     1.97        1.96  
  Finland     1.35        1.35  
  Singapore     1.18        1.18  
  Ireland     1.12        1.12  
  Belgium     0.93        0.94  
  Norway     0.84        0.85  
  Cayman Islands     0.75        0.77  
  Israel     0.89        0.88  
  Jersey     0.87        0.87  
  New Zealand     0.44        0.45  
  Bermuda     0.25        0.29  
  Austria     0.37        0.36  
  Poland     0.27        0.28  
  Luxembourg     0.35        0.35  
  Portugal     0.15        0.14  
  Isle of Man     0.09        0.09  
    Faroe Islands     0.02        0.02  

 

  1    Country and sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Country classification in this listing is based on the country of incorporation rather than being based on country of domicile or country of highest revenue. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.32% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  2    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT  
     As of August 31, 2021       
  Market Price1   $ 57.80  
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 57.61  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
    

Holding

 

% of Net Assets

      

Line of Business

    

Country

 

ASML Holding NV

    1.9      Information Technology      Netherlands
 

Nestle SA

    1.9        Consumer Staples      Switzerland
 

Roche Holding AG

    1.6        Health Care      Switzerland
 

Novartis AG

    1.2        Health Care      Switzerland
 

Toyota Motor Corp.

    1.1        Consumer Discretionary      Japan
 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    1.1        Consumer Discretionary      France
 

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    0.9        Health Care      Denmark
 

SAP SE

    0.9        Information Technology      Germany
 

AstraZeneca PLC

    0.8        Health Care      United Kingdom
   

AIA Group Ltd.

    0.8        Financials      Hong Kong

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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MARKETBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on May 12, 2020 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index, is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from May 12, 2020 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced May 12, 2020)

     26.20%      34.45%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced May 12, 2020)

     26.50%      34.77%

 

Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index

     26.32%      34.48%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index (the “Index”).

Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis

Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Q   How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period?

 

A   During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 31.60% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 31.45% based on market price. The Index returned 31.71% during the same period.    

 

 

The Fund had an NAV of $48.62 per share on August 31, 2020 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $63.07 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2021 was $63.09 per share.

 

Q   What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns.

 

 

Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Index.

 

Q   Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which contributed least?

 

A   Index constituents in the information technology, financials and communication services sectors contributed most to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the utilities, materials and real estate sectors contributed least to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s returns during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Positions in communication services company Alphabet, software leader Microsoft and information technology giant Apple contributed most (4.23%, 5.69% and 6.42% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Each of these holdings posted a double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   Which individual stock positions contributed the least to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period?

 

A   Positions in pharmaceuticals company Vertex Pharmaceuticals, payment services provider Fidelity National Information Services and biotechnology medicines company Amgen contributed least (0.00%1, 0.20% and 0.33% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Each of these holdings generated a negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period.

 

Q   How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period?

 

A   The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it did use index futures to equitize excess cash. The use of futures was not material to the performance of the Fund during the Reporting Period.

 

 

  1    Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2021 either because those positions were eliminated during the most recent rebalance given the Index construction methodology or were not held at all during the Reporting Period as they did not meet the Fund’s investment criteria.

 

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PORTFOLIO RESULTS

 

Q   What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2

 

     Sector Name   Fund3     Solactive
Index
 
  Information Technology     29.37     29.37
  Health Care     12.99       13.09  
  Consumer Discretionary     12.11       12.13  
  Communication Services     11.72       11.69  
  Financials     10.69       10.66  
  Industrials     7.91       7.89  
  Consumer Staples     5.64       5.63  
  Utilities     2.40       2.39  
  Materials     2.37       2.37  
  Real Estate     2.55       2.55  
    Energy     2.24       2.23  

 

  2    Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.12% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2021. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash.

 

  3    The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

as of August 31, 2021

 

  FUND SNAPSHOT

 

     As of August 31, 2020  
  Market Price1   $
63.09
 
    Net Asset Value (NAV)1   $ 63.07  

 

1    The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs.

 

  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/212
    

Holding

 

% of Net Assets

      

Line of Business

    

Country

 

Apple, Inc.

    6.4      Information Technology      United States
 

Microsoft Corp.

    5.7        Information Technology      United States
 

Amazon.com, Inc.

    3.8        Consumer Discretionary      United States
 

Facebook, Inc., Class A

    2.3        Communication Services      United States
 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    2.2        Communication Services      United States
 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    2.0        Communication Services      United States
 

Tesla, Inc.

    1.4        Consumer Discretionary      United States
 

NVIDIA Corp.

    1.4        Information Technology      United States
 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1.2        Financials      United States
   

Johnson & Johnson

    1.2        Health Care      United States

 

2    The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments.

 

For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.

 

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MARKETBETA® U.S. EQUITY ETF

 

Performance Summary

August 31, 2021

 

The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2021, of a $10,000 investment made on May 12, 2020 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index, is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance

Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from May 12, 2020 through August 31, 2021.

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2021*      One Year      Since Inception

Shares based on NAV (Commenced May 12, 2020)

     31.60%      45.60%

 

Shares based on Market Price (Commenced May 12, 2020)

     31.45%      45.64%

 

Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index

     31.71%      45.76%

 

 

*   Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade as of 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns.

 

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FUND BASICS

 

Index Definitions and Industry Terms

 

Book Value: The total value of the company’s assets that shareholders would theoretically receive if a company were liquidated.

Free Cash Flow: A measure of financial performance calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures.

Alpha: The excess returns of a fund relative to the return of a benchmark index is the fund’s alpha.

The Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index, Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index, and Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index (the, “Solactive Indexes”) are calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Solactive Indexes are calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards the Funds, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Solactive Indexes to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of the Funds. Neither publication of the Solactive Indexes by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Solactive Indexes or Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with a Fund constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in this fund. Solactive AG is registered as a benchmark administrator under the Regulation (EU) 2016/2011 (BMR). Solactive appears on the ESMA register of administrators.

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – 89.1%  
Argentina – 0.0%  
  328     Grupo Financiero Galicia SA ADR (Financials)   $ 3,536  
  235     Pampa Energia SA ADR (Utilities)*     4,279  
  918     YPF SA ADR (Energy)*     4,783  
   

 

 

 
      12,598  

 

 

 
Brazil – 4.0%  
  527     Adecoagro SA (Consumer Staples)*     4,927  
  19,494     Ambev SA (Consumer Staples)     65,113  
  1,840     Atacadao SA (Consumer Staples)     6,523  
  26,987     B3 SA – Brasil Bolsa Balcao (Financials)     74,168  
  6,295     Banco Bradesco SA (Financials)     24,518  
  6,571     Banco BTG Pactual SA (Financials)     36,272  
  3,849     Banco do Brasil SA (Financials)     22,878  
  1,542     Banco Santander Brasil SA (Financials)     12,632  
  3,022     BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (Financials)     11,251  
  2,439     BRF SA (Consumer Staples)*     11,157  
  4,995     CCR SA (Industrials)     11,952  
  1,812     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (Utilities)     13,319  
  1,021     Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (Utilities)     3,329  
  2,877     Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (Materials)     19,590  
  3,778     Cosan SA (Energy)     16,272  
  894     CPFL Energia SA (Utilities)     5,071  
  1,129     Energisa SA (Utilities)     9,785  
  4,342     Eneva SA (Utilities)*     13,290  
  778     Engie Brasil Energia SA (Utilities)     5,706  
  3,689     Equatorial Energia SA (Utilities)     18,339  
  5,731     Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA (Health Care)(a)     16,478  
  1,808     Hypera SA (Health Care)     12,562  
  2,016     Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Financials)     11,274  
  3,585     Klabin SA (Materials)*     18,424  
  2,660     Localiza Rent a Car SA (Industrials)     28,816  
  3,970     Lojas Renner SA (Consumer Discretionary)     29,514  
  12,005     Magazine Luiza SA (Consumer Discretionary)     42,772  
  1,319     Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA (Real Estate)     5,436  
  3,921     Natura & Co. Holding SA (Consumer Staples)*     39,535  
  1,079     Neoenergia SA (Utilities)     3,503  
  2,420     Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA (Health Care)     37,787  
  892     Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)*     53,047  
  3,260     Petrobras Distribuidora SA (Consumer Discretionary)     17,314  
  16,331     Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Energy)     89,063  
  446     Porto Seguro SA (Financials)     4,980  
  5,136     Raia Drogasil SA (Consumer Staples)     25,642  
  3,427     Rede D’Or Sao Luiz SA (Health Care)(a)     46,068  
  5,633     Rumo SA (Industrials)*     20,597  
  3,530     Sendas Distribuidora SA (Consumer Staples)     11,591  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Brazil – (continued)  
  920     StoneCo Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)*   42,817  
  3,522     Suzano SA (Materials)*     41,965  
  1,977     Telefonica Brasil SA (Communication Services)     16,887  
  3,620     TIM SA (Communication Services)     8,810  
  3,539     Ultrapar Participacoes SA (Energy)     9,982  
  17,784     Vale SA (Materials)     342,789  
  6,712     WEG SA (Industrials)     46,621  
  657     XP, Inc., Class A (Financials)*     31,963  
   

 

 

 
      1,442,329  

 

 

 
Chile – 0.3%  
  193,627     Banco de Chile (Financials)     18,894  
  269     Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA (Financials)     11,636  
  276,927     Banco Santander Chile (Financials)     14,612  
  5,992     Cencosud SA (Consumer Staples)     11,289  
  559     Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA (Consumer Staples)     5,634  
  34,455     Colbun SA (Utilities)     5,695  
  4,755     Empresas CMPC SA (Materials)     10,547  
  1,764     Empresas COPEC SA (Energy)     16,387  
  3,401     Falabella SA (Consumer Discretionary)     13,451  
   

 

 

 
      108,145  

 

 

 
China – 27.7%  
  153     51job, Inc. ADR (Industrials)*     11,750  
  2,920     AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Information Technology)     16,276  
  716     AECC Aviation Power Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     7,555  
  4,387     Agile Group Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     5,032  
  20,354     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     9,338  
  126,657     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     42,505  
  1,408     Aier Eye Hospital Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     9,209  
  1,753     Air China Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     1,967  
  8,122     Air China Ltd., Class H (Industrials)*     5,451  
  506     Airtac International Group (Industrials)     15,428  
  8,260     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     1,379,337  
  4,025     Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class A (Materials)*     4,866  
  16,858     Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class H (Materials)*     12,225  
  1,493     Angang Steel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,319  
  6,320     Angang Steel Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     4,835  
  262     Angel Yeast Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,627  
  264     Anhui Gujing Distillery Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     8,675  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  130     Anhui Kouzi Distillery Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)   $ 997  
  5,005     ANTA Sports Products Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     102,966  
  65     Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     3,526  
  341     Avary Holding Shenzhen Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     1,675  
  1,056     AVIC Electromechanical Systems Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,291  
  2,727     AVIC Industry-Finance Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,674  
  1,257     Baidu, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)*     197,374  
  6,042     Bank of Beijing Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     4,064  
  1,104     Bank of Chengdu Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     2,072  
  9,777     Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     4,591  
  370,682     Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     130,117  
  10,544     Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     7,223  
  32,525     Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     18,694  
  1,639     Bank of Hangzhou Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     3,401  
  3,870     Bank of Jiangsu Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     3,857  
  2,840     Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     4,129  
  1,614     Bank of Ningbo Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     8,080  
  4,060     Bank of Shanghai Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     4,537  
  1,499     Bank of Zhengzhou Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)*     795  
  4,495     Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     7,099  
  325     BeiGene Ltd. ADR (Health Care)*     100,198  
  2,147     Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     7,398  
  18,219     Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd. (Utilities)*     7,520  
  483     Beijing New Building Materials PLC, Class A (Industrials)     2,478  
  390     Beijing Tiantan Biological Products Corp. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,875  
  65     BGI Genomics Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     945  
  1,069     Bilibili, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)*     85,766  
  16,043     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     48,682  
  600     BOC International China Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,386  
  11,022     BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     9,942  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  14,036     Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*   5,418  
  487     BYD Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     20,908  
  3,642     BYD Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     123,346  
  454     By-health Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,770  
  1,104     Caitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,776  
  341     CanSino Biologics, Inc., Class H (Health Care)*(a)     13,478  
  1,688     Changjiang Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,957  
  519     Chaozhou Three-Circle Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     3,025  
  39,215     China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     6,958  
  1,428     China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,016  
  42,657     China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     19,635  
  1,039     China Coal Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     1,374  
  9,972     China Coal Energy Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     7,129  
  2,922     China Construction Bank Corp., Class A (Financials)     2,649  
  411,210     China Construction Bank Corp., Class H (Financials)     297,145  
  2,532     China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     1,844  
  7,517     China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)*     2,880  
  11,173     China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     5,801  
  15,611     China Everbright Environment Group Ltd. (Industrials)     10,799  
  1,039     China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,657  
  16,406     China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     9,218  
  909     China Greatwall Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     2,070  
  12,023     China Hongqiao Group Ltd. (Materials)     17,932  
  31,929     China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)*(a)(b)     4,187  
  300     China International Capital Corp. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     2,512  
  6,203     China International Capital Corp. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     14,420  
  454     China International Marine Containers Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     1,290  
  1,314     China International Marine Containers Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     2,879  
  1,187     China Jushi Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     3,229  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  584     China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)   $ 2,610  
  1,573     China Literature Ltd. (Communication Services)*(a)     13,207  
  14,212     China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H (Utilities)     28,982  
  13,419     China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     80,662  
  5,441     China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     41,288  
  18,232     China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     150,618  
  5,968     China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     10,052  
  2,094     China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     5,894  
  2,196     China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     3,321  
  4,248     China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     5,149  
  16,254     China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     12,707  
  17,321     China National Building Material Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     23,696  
  976     China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Tech Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     8,778  
  21,511     China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (Real Estate)     49,509  
  1,839     China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     7,496  
  11,422     China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     32,163  
  6,483     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class A (Energy)     4,280  
  110,644     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H (Energy)     53,634  
  5,426     China Railway Group Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     4,735  
  6,379     China Resources Beer Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     52,493  
  3,991     China Resources Gas Group Ltd. (Utilities)     24,221  
  12,904     China Resources Land Ltd. (Real Estate)     48,033  
  7,964     China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     19,579  
  1,634     China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     5,065  
  15,121     China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     33,480  
  2,207     China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     1,970  
  7,341     China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)*     4,276  
  6,414     China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     9,369  
  522     China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     18,470  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  2,612     China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)   8,016  
  8,478     China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class H (Real Estate)     22,892  
  4,893     China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     14,667  
  4,397     China Zheshang Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     2,419  
  81     Chongqing Brewery Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)*     1,759  
  3,018     Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     9,645  
  430     Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     11,796  
  16,560     CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     11,157  
  28,484     CITIC Ltd. (Industrials)     35,452  
  200     Citic Pacific Special Steel Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     790  
  2,860     CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     11,383  
  8,473     CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     21,462  
  626     Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     48,014  
  3,341     COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     10,740  
  15,017     COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)*(c)     28,384  
  7,745     Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     59,004  
  4,071     CSC Financial Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     4,460  
  187     DaShenLin Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     1,320  
  1,493     Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     629  
  12,692     Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., Class H (Utilities)     2,187  
  195     Dong-E-E-Jiao Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,039  
  844     Dongfang Electric Corp. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,071  
  1,643     Dongfang Electric Corp. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     2,252  
  12,784     Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     14,005  
  844     Dongxing Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,453  
  2,776     East Money Information Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     13,316  
  100     Ecovacs Robotics Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     2,274  
  3,369     ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     66,667  
  500     ENN Natural Gas Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     1,586  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  493     Eve Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)   $ 7,794  
  1,168     Everbright Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     2,878  
  1,234     Everbright Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     984  
  1,181     Fangda Carbon New Material Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,367  
  519     FAW Jiefang Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     899  
  244     Flat Glass Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     2,218  
  1,841     Flat Glass Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Information Technology)     10,747  
  3,943     Focus Media Information Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     4,394  
  537     Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     7,905  
  1,947     Founder Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     2,574  
  2,252     Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     4,007  
  100     Fu Jian Anjoy Foods Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     2,422  
  325     Fujian Sunner Development Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     891  
  484     Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     3,593  
  2,568     Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     15,816  
  300     Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     10,229  
  1,065     Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)(a)     24,539  
  1,363     Gemdale Corp., Class A (Real Estate)     2,205  
  1,691     GF Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     4,977  
  5,913     GF Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     10,522  
  182     Gigadevice Semiconductor Beijing, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     4,317  
  874     GoerTek, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     6,304  
  100     Gongniu Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,733  
  300     Gotion High-tech Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     2,499  
  584     Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     5,985  
  13,571     Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)     62,469  
  454     Guangdong Haid Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     4,521  
  100     Guangdong Kinlong Hardware Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,503  
  436     Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,249  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  12,563     Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Discretionary)   12,648  
  390     Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,781  
  1,063     Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)     2,714  
  81     Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,324  
  195     Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     2,630  
  200     Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     4,222  
  526     Guangzhou Yuexiu Financial Holdings Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     678  
  1,233     Guosen Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     2,331  
  2,148     Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     5,913  
  3,946     Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     5,520  
  1,201     Guoyuan Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,465  
  1,695     Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     7,109  
  2,792     Haitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     5,500  
  13,475     Haitong Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     12,457  
  253     Han’s Laser Technology Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     1,759  
  194     Hangzhou First Applied Material Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     4,570  
  260     Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,439  
  215     Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     4,468  
  546     Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)(a)     9,688  
  1,399     Hengli Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     5,681  
  1,097     Hengyi Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,993  
  3,246     Hesteel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,570  
  130     Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     2,331  
  3,377     Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (Information Technology)*(a)     19,887  
  2,467     Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     1,480  
  8,437     Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class H (Utilities)     2,864  
  419     Huadong Medicine Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,997  
  800     Huafon Chemical Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,722  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  519     Hualan Biological Engineering, Inc., Class A (Health Care)   $ 2,367  
  1,493     Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower, Inc., Class A (Utilities)     1,340  
  2,077     Huaneng Power International, Inc., Class A (Utilities)     1,787  
  18,339     Huaneng Power International, Inc., Class H (Utilities)     8,843  
  779     Huaxi Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,171  
  3,059     Huaxia Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     2,655  
  901     Huayu Automotive Systems Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     3,240  
  651     Huazhu Group Ltd. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     31,437  
  1,800     Hunan Valin Steel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,176  
  354     Hundsun Technologies, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     2,719  
  598     Iflytek Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     4,855  
  14,818     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class A (Financials)     10,611  
  346,338     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H (Financials)     193,267  
  5,580     Industrial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     16,000  
  2,077     Industrial Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     3,200  
  12,246     Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)*     7,137  
  2,467     Inner Mongolia Junzheng Energy & Chemical Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,222  
  1,634     Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     8,613  
  3,686     Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Health Care)*(a)     29,716  
  100     Intco Medical Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,584  
  262     JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     3,159  
  215     Jafron Biomedical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,632  
  200     Jason Furniture Hangzhou Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     2,133  
  500     JCET Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     2,646  
  7,042     JD Logistics, Inc. (Industrials)*(a)     30,423  
  4,069     JD.com, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     319,661  
  500     Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,509  
  192     Jiangsu Hengli Hydraulic Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,826  
  325     Jiangsu King’s Luck Brewery JSC Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     2,117  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  360     Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)   9,348  
  260     Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,319  
  584     Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,401  
  4,843     Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     9,851  
  100     JiuGui Liquor Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     3,247  
  12,385     Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     45,066  
  568     Kuang-Chi Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)*     2,012  
  16,445     Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     17,423  
  314     Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     75,823  
  619     LB Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     3,598  
  4,930     Legend Holdings Corp., Class H (Information Technology)(a)     7,949  
  27,272     Lenovo Group Ltd. (Information Technology)     30,227  
  1,278     Lens Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     4,675  
  9,834     Li Ning Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     132,134  
  130     Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Inc., Class A (Health Care)     794  
  7,513     Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)(a)     32,555  
  1,454     LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     20,160  
  1,880     Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     9,866  
  393     Luzhou Laojiao Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     10,355  
  454     Mango Excellent Media Co. Ltd., Class A (Communication Services)     3,223  
  100     Maxscend Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     5,874  
  17,630     Meituan, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)     564,443  
  5,518     Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     4,285  
  12,853     Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     5,123  
  3,173     Microport Scientific Corp. (Health Care)     19,644  
  900     Midea Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     9,206  
  1,414     Muyuan Foods Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     9,273  
  1,012     NARI Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     5,491  
  130     NAURA Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     7,170  
  1,692     NetEase, Inc. ADR (Communication Services)     164,835  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  419     New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)   $ 2,638  
  325     Ninestar Corp., Class A (Information Technology)     1,775  
  244     Ningbo Tuopu Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,356  
  1,588     Ningbo Zhoushan Port Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     938  
  750     Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     1,867  
  6,004     NIO, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     236,017  
  7,761     Nongfu Spring Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Staples)(a)     41,063  
  91     Oppein Home Group, Inc., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     2,179  
  1,817     Orient Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     4,216  
  3,628     Orient Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     3,569  
  36,720     People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. (The), Class H (Financials)     11,331  
  4,672     PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     3,577  
  93,157     PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     40,845  
  165     Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     4,923  
  551     Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)(a)     12,228  
  30,889     PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)     27,921  
  1,754     Pinduoduo, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     175,435  
  5,213     Ping An Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     14,382  
  7,206     Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     5,741  
  57,342     Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     41,362  
  4,220     Power Construction Corp. of China Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     4,062  
  286     Red Star Macalline Group Corp. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)*     449  
  1,972     Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     5,703  
  1,503     SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     4,501  
  1,233     Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     6,939  
  65     Sangfor Technologies, Inc., Class A (Information Technology)     2,744  
  2,279     Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     9,265  
  1,381     SDIC Capital Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,997  
  1,806     SDIC Power Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     2,536  
  8,768     Seazen Group Ltd. (Real Estate)*     7,779  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  534     Seazen Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)   2,782  
  1,044     SF Holding Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     9,324  
  2,262     Shaanxi Coal Industry Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     4,807  
  520     Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,935  
  10,554     Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)     17,370  
  240     Shanghai Bairun Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     2,666  
  846     Shanghai Baosight Software Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     9,218  
  2,767     Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,097  
  584     Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     5,730  
  2,149     Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)     13,788  
  2,532     Shanghai International Port Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,194  
  200     Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)*     1,737  
  612     Shanghai Lingang Holdings Corp. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     1,462  
  384     Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co. Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     680  
  260     Shanghai M&G Stationery, Inc., Class A (Industrials)     2,777  
  584     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,738  
  3,423     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)     6,796  
  7,885     Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     11,060  
  113     Shanghai Putailai New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,680  
  1,168     Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     1,845  
  1,104     Shanxi Meijin Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)*     2,380  
  1,753     Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,747  
  273     Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     11,743  
  5,767     Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     4,201  
  3,457     Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Financials)(a)     840  
  900     Shenzhen Energy Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     1,092  
  736     Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     8,101  
  195     Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)*     3,659  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  260     Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)   $ 13,218  
  2,203     Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     2,301  
  3,512     Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     76,586  
  794     Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)     1,400  
  390     Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     1,100  
  909     Sinolink Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,548  
  1,623     Sinopec Oilfield Service Corp., Class A (Energy)*     543  
  6,006     Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)     15,429  
  934     Sinotrans Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     719  
  9,388     Sinotrans Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     3,826  
  1,168     SooChow Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,713  
  260     Spring Airlines Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)*     2,143  
  400     Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     9,751  
  2,972     Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     89,878  
  406     Sunwoda Electronic Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,474  
  779     Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     857  
  1,104     TBEA Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     4,197  
  3,769     TCL Technology Group Corp., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     4,165  
  26,531     Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,641,525  
  100     Thunder Software Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     1,837  
  844     Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     7,064  
  584     Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     1,281  
  8,219     Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp. (Consumer Staples)     14,626  
  182     Toly Bread Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     767  
  3,318     Tongcheng-Elong Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     7,722  
  600     Tongkun Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,223  
  1,209     Tongwei Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     11,430  
  65     Topchoice Medical Corp., Class A (Health Care)*     2,368  
  10,360     Topsports International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(a)     13,694  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  4,175     TravelSky Technology Ltd., Class H (Information Technology)   7,827  
  2,715     Trip.com Group Ltd. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     82,780  
  195     Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     2,609  
  2,411     Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd., Class H (Consumer Staples)     19,747  
  162     Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     5,617  
  454     Walvax Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     5,467  
  843     Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     13,941  
  20,066     Want Want China Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     13,649  
  287     Weibo Corp. ADR (Communication Services)*     14,499  
  1,712     Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     5,325  
  8,699     Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     21,945  
  1,039     Western Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)     1,312  
  195     Will Semiconductor Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     7,317  
  325     Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     6,012  
  463     Wuhan Guide Infrared Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     1,966  
  1,043     Wuliangye Yibin Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     32,604  
  687     WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     14,140  
  1,509     WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class H (Health Care)(a)     30,074  
  15,475     Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (Health Care)*(a)     239,566  
  395     Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     4,567  
  2,402     XCMG Construction Machinery Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,427  
  1,039     Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,350  
  3,685     Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     7,041  
  18,719     Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     45,249  
  2,566     XPeng, Inc. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     109,055  
  649     Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd., Class A (Energy)     2,568  
  6,042     Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd., Class H (Energy)     10,550  
  195     Yealink Network Technology Corp. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     2,599  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  218     Yifeng Pharmacy Chain Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)   $ 1,752  
  300     Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples)     3,143  
  828     Yonyou Network Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     4,299  
  287     Yunnan Baiyao Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     3,945  
  195     Yunnan Energy New Material Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     8,535  
  649     Yutong Bus Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     1,237  
  416     Zai Lab Ltd. ADR (Health Care)*     60,112  
  130     Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     6,993  
  549     Zhejiang Chint Electrics Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     5,356  
  909     Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)     3,243  
  6,829     Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     5,988  
  325     Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     7,063  
  974     Zhejiang Longsheng Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     2,043  
  692     Zhejiang NHU Co. Ltd., Class A (Health Care)     3,086  
  1,026     Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     4,015  
  454     Zhejiang Semir Garment Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)     666  
  1,022     Zheshang Securities Co. Ltd., Class A (Financials)*     1,964  
  2,434     Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     20,342  
  2,450     Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)*     14,759  
  5,302     Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials)     9,130  
  25,595     Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class H (Materials)     36,464  
  1,868     Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)     2,281  
  7,059     Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials)     6,726  
  3,382     ZTE Corp., Class H (Information Technology)     11,893  
   

 

 

 
      10,021,333  

 

 

 
Colombia – 0.1%  
  1,015     Bancolombia SA (Financials)     8,380  
  16,220     Ecopetrol SA (Energy)     11,392  
  11,978     Grupo Energia Bogota SA ESP (Utilities)     8,578  
  1,903     Interconexion Electrica SA ESP (Utilities)     11,480  
   

 

 

 
      39,830  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Czech Republic – 0.1%  
  716     CEZ AS (Utilities)   22,565  
  332     Komercni banka AS (Financials)*     12,761  
  2,157     Moneta Money Bank AS (Financials)*(a)     8,747  
   

 

 

 
      44,073  

 

 

 
Egypt – 0.1%  
  8,762     Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE (Financials)*     26,119  
  4,647     Eastern Co. SAE (Consumer Staples)     3,484  
  4,876     Fawry for Banking & Payment Technology Services SAE (Information Technology)*     5,059  
   

 

 

 
      34,662  

 

 

 
Greece – 0.2%  
  11,341     Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (Financials)*     10,804  
  986     Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (Communication Services)     19,397  
  498     JUMBO SA (Consumer Discretionary)     7,819  
  408     LAMDA Development SA (Real Estate)*     3,995  
  309     Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (Energy)*     5,107  
  470     Mytilineos SA (Industrials)     8,821  
  2,441     National Bank of Greece SA (Financials)*     7,382  
  874     OPAP SA (Consumer Discretionary)     13,701  
  508     Public Power Corp. SA (Utilities)*     6,015  
  248     Terna Energy SA (Utilities)     3,548  
   

 

 

 
      86,589  

 

 

 
Hong Kong – 0.0%  
  602     Orient Overseas International Ltd. (Industrials)     15,496  

 

 

 
Hungary – 0.3%  
  2,114     MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC (Energy)     17,324  
  975     OTP Bank Nyrt (Financials)*     58,839  
  621     Richter Gedeon Nyrt (Health Care)     18,602  
   

 

 

 
      94,765  

 

 

 
India – 12.1%  
  198     ABB India Ltd. (Industrials)     5,141  
  371     ACC Ltd. (Materials)     12,263  
  1,234     Adani Enterprises Ltd. (Industrials)     26,834  
  1,727     Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Utilities)*     25,272  
  3,043     Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Industrials)     31,190  
  120     Alkem Laboratories Ltd. (Health Care)     6,375  
  2,707     Ambuja Cements Ltd. (Materials)     15,612  
  549     Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (Health Care)     37,370  
  8,321     Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Industrials)     13,990  
  2,702     Asian Paints Ltd. (Materials)     118,482  
  685     AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. (Financials)*(a)     10,609  
  1,197     Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (Health Care)     11,924  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   23


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
India – (continued)  
  1,072     Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*(a)   $ 58,070  
  10,055     Axis Bank Ltd. (Financials)*     108,321  
  311     Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     15,880  
  1,141     Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Financials)     117,597  
  171     Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Financials)     40,166  
  127     Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (Financials)     7,579  
  3,300     Bandhan Bank Ltd. (Financials)(a)     12,882  
  4,401     Bank of Baroda (Financials)*     4,663  
  1,222     Berger Paints India Ltd. (Materials)     13,739  
  5,075     Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Industrials)     12,975  
  3,639     Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (Energy)     23,509  
  10,404     Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Communication Services)*     94,631  
  1,942     Biocon Ltd. (Health Care)*     9,545  
  32     Bosch Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     6,075  
  531     Britannia Industries Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     29,075  
  976     Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (Health Care)     7,408  
  2,118     Cipla Ltd. (Health Care)     27,496  
  5,982     Coal India Ltd. (Energy)     11,950  
  511     Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     11,852  
  1,045     Container Corp. Of India Ltd. (Industrials)     9,727  
  2,525     Dabur India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     21,495  
  554     Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (Health Care)     39,259  
  2,830     DLF Ltd. (Real Estate)     12,426  
  517     Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (Health Care)     33,312  
  559     Eicher Motors Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     20,514  
  4,200     Embassy Office Parks REIT (Real Estate)     20,572  
  8,108     GAIL India Ltd. (Utilities)     16,231  
  214     Gland Pharma Ltd. (Health Care)*(a)     11,414  
  1,665     Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     25,070  
  433     Godrej Properties Ltd. (Real Estate)*     8,831  
  1,583     Grasim Industries Ltd. (Materials)     32,533  
  773     Gujarat Gas Ltd. (Utilities)     7,653  
  982     Havells India Ltd. (Industrials)     17,062  
  4,591     HCL Technologies Ltd. (Information Technology)     74,348  
  202     HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     8,506  
  4,109     HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     40,396  
  580     Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     21,782  
  5,365     Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Materials)     34,413  
  155     Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Industrials)     2,921  
  2,614     Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (Energy)     9,545  
  3,606     Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     134,549  
  10     Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (Information Technology)     5,425  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
India – (continued)  
  6,923     Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. (Financials)   265,370  
  22,716     ICICI Bank Ltd. (Financials)     223,730  
  974     ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     21,274  
  2,969     ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)     26,804  
  7,222     Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (Energy)     10,965  
  1,266     Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Utilities)     9,465  
  3,014     Indus Towers Ltd. (Communication Services)     8,890  
  311     Info Edge India Ltd. (Communication Services)     26,336  
  14,710     Infosys Ltd. (Information Technology)     343,826  
  440     InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Industrials)*(a)     11,476  
  13,226     ITC Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     38,279  
  4,184     JSW Steel Ltd. (Materials)     39,406  
  308     Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     16,854  
  616     Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. (Materials)     5,227  
  4,833     Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Financials)     116,093  
  188     Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (Information Technology)(a)     13,680  
  3,051     Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Industrials)     69,882  
  940     Lupin Ltd. (Health Care)     12,333  
  4,721     Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     51,298  
  2,091     Marico Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     15,594  
  584     Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     54,763  
  233     Mindtree Ltd. (Information Technology)     11,576  
  5,408     Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     16,193  
  353     Mphasis Ltd. (Information Technology)*     14,013  
  12     MRF Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     13,107  
  477     Muthoot Finance Ltd. (Financials)     9,892  
  151     Nestle India Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     40,265  
  11,218     NHPC Ltd. (Utilities)     4,141  
  2,394     NMDC Ltd. (Materials)     5,051  
  16,303     NTPC Ltd. (Utilities)     25,892  
  10,371     Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (Energy)     17,125  
  77     Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (Information Technology)     4,957  
  25     Page Industries Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     10,786  
  3,237     Petronet LNG Ltd. (Energy)     10,091  
  343     PI Industries Ltd. (Materials)     15,945  
  621     Pidilite Industries Ltd. (Materials)     19,397  
  417     Piramal Enterprises Ltd. (Financials)     14,888  
  4,535     Power Finance Corp. Ltd. (Financials)     8,016  
  11,625     Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd. (Utilities)     27,921  
  9,039     Punjab National Bank (Financials)*     4,538  
  3,833     REC Ltd. (Financials)     7,964  
  11,519     Reliance Industries Ltd. (Energy)     356,287  
  964     SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd. (Financials)*     15,060  

 

 

 

 

24   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
India – (continued)  
  1,870     SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)(a)   $ 30,533  
  44     Shree Cement Ltd. (Materials)     17,048  
  804     Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     14,897  
  276     Siemens Ltd. (Industrials)     8,591  
  113     SRF Ltd. (Materials)     15,694  
  7,991     State Bank of India (Financials)     46,633  
  4,578     Steel Authority of India Ltd. (Materials)     7,625  
  4,672     Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Health Care)     50,814  
  3,914     Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Information Technology)     202,995  
  2,840     Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     33,647  
  6,969     Tata Motors Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     27,424  
  1,970     Tata Motors Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)*     3,685  
  6,482     Tata Power Co. Ltd. (The) (Utilities)     11,458  
  2,866     Tata Steel Ltd. (Materials)     56,931  
  2,584     Tech Mahindra Ltd. (Information Technology)     51,238  
  1,572     Titan Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     41,376  
  217     Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Health Care)     9,232  
  483     UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Materials)     51,818  
  313     United Breweries Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     6,324  
  1,336     United Spirits Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     13,087  
  2,172     UPL Ltd. (Materials)     22,052  
  5,295     Vedanta Ltd. (Materials)     21,961  
  1,002     Voltas Ltd. (Industrials)     13,668  
  5,633     Wipro Ltd. (Information Technology)     49,453  
   

 

 

 
      4,379,293  

 

 

 
Indonesia – 1.3%  
  61,965     Adaro Energy Tbk PT (Energy)     5,474  
  90,273     Astra International Tbk PT (Consumer Discretionary)     33,071  
  7,759     Bank Aladin Syariah Tbk PT (Financials)*     1,823  
  49,051     Bank Central Asia Tbk PT (Financials)     112,633  
  28,307     Bank Jago Tbk PT (Financials)*     30,118  
  79,291     Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT (Financials)     33,912  
  33,383     Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Financials)     12,639  
  236,288     Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Financials)     65,109  
  151,787     Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk PT (Financials)*     23,626  
  7,349     Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk PT (Materials)     4,045  
  32,645     Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)     14,649  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Indonesia – (continued)  
  80,571     Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk PT (Communication Services)*   12,259  
  11,449     Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Tbk PT (Materials)     6,342  
  8,076     Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk PT (Materials)     6,370  
  19,623     Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT (Consumer Staples)*     8,496  
  89,322     Kalbe Farma Tbk PT (Health Care)     8,423  
  48,301     Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk PT (Materials)*     9,550  
  107,747     Sarana Menara Nusantara Tbk PT (Communication Services)     10,123  
  13,011     Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Materials)     8,438  
  212,471     Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Communication Services)     50,650  
  6,746     United Tractors Tbk PT (Energy)     9,495  
   

 

 

 
      467,245  

 

 

 
Kuwait – 0.6%  
  4,933     Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC (Industrials)     16,383  
  4,321     Boubyan Bank KSCP (Financials)*     11,248  
  19,146     Kuwait Finance House KSCP (Financials)     52,575  
  15,130     Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSCP (Communication Services)     30,733  
  29,784     National Bank of Kuwait SAKP (Financials)     92,679  
   

 

 

 
      203,618  

 

 

 
Luxembourg – 0.0%  
  678     Reinet Investments SCA (Financials)*     13,174  

 

 

 
Mexico – 2.0%  
  21,979     Alfa SAB de CV, Class A (Industrials)     15,465  
  132,554     America Movil SAB de CV, Series L (Communication Services)     130,771  
  1,975     Arca Continental SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     12,750  
  2,611     Becle SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     6,670  
  65,200     Cemex SAB de CV, Series CPO (Materials)*     53,684  
  2,214     Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     12,846  
  940     El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV (Consumer Discretionary)     4,177  
  13,277     Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV REIT (Real Estate)     15,139  
  9,580     Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     83,598  
  2,625     GMexico Transportes SAB de CV (Industrials)(a)     4,083  
  892     Gruma SAB de CV, Class B (Consumer Staples)     10,210  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Mexico – (continued)  
  1,586     Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, Class B (Industrials)*   $ 18,510  
  545     Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV, Class B (Industrials)*     9,802  
  6,068     Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Series A (Consumer Staples)     15,388  
  1,956     Grupo Carso SAB de CV, Series A1 (Industrials)     6,664  
  266     Grupo Elektra SAB DE CV (Financials)     21,242  
  12,782     Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O (Financials)     84,565  
  8,978     Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV, Class O (Financials)*     8,615  
  13,732     Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B (Materials)     64,105  
  11,249     Grupo Televisa SAB, Series CPO (Communication Services)     29,717  
  555     Industrias Penoles SAB de CV (Materials)*     7,882  
  7,171     Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A (Consumer Staples)     12,693  
  4,597     Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV (Materials)     13,154  
  22,826     Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (Consumer Staples)     81,396  
   

 

 

 
      723,126  

 

 

 
Pakistan – 0.1%  
  1,352     DG Khan Cement Co. Ltd. (Materials)*     869  
  1,535     Engro Corp. Ltd. (Materials)     2,713  
  1,335     Engro Polymer & Chemicals Ltd. (Materials)     505  
  4,801     Hub Power Co. Ltd. (The) (Utilities)     2,309  
  801     Lucky Cement Ltd. (Materials)*     3,999  
  2,201     Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd. (Materials)*     573  
  1,329     Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd. (Energy)     1,731  
  538     Searle Co. Ltd. (The) (Health Care)     738  
  1,825     TRG Pakistan (Industrials)     1,764  
  2,156     United Bank Ltd. (Financials)     1,567  
   

 

 

 
      16,768  

 

 

 
Philippines – 0.7%  
  10,083     Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (Industrials)     8,725  
  1,124     Ayala Corp. (Industrials)     17,905  
  26,380     Ayala Land, Inc. (Real Estate)     17,896  
  8,082     Bank of the Philippine Islands (Financials)     13,516  
  7,852     BDO Unibank, Inc. (Financials)     17,345  
  141     Globe Telecom, Inc. (Communication Services)     7,709  
  3,661     International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Industrials)     13,695  
  12,574     JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (Industrials)     16,403  
  1,984     Jollibee Foods Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     8,048  
  1,126     Manila Electric Co. (Utilities)     6,383  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Philippines – (continued)  
  8,054     Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Financials)   7,317  
  31,861     Monde Nissin Corp. (Consumer Staples)*(a)     10,785  
  387     PLDT, Inc. (Communication Services)     11,396  
  2,136     SM Investments Corp. (Industrials)     43,321  
  46,724     SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (Real Estate)     31,932  
  3,947     Universal Robina Corp. (Consumer Staples)     11,964  
   

 

 

 
      244,340  

 

 

 
Qatar – 0.8%  
  8,879     Commercial Bank PSQC (The) (Financials)     14,724  
  13,272     Industries Qatar QSC (Industrials)     46,840  
  16,453     Masraf Al Rayan QSC (Financials)     20,561  
  19,432     Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Co. (Materials)     10,674  
  4,466     Ooredoo QPSC (Communication Services)     8,479  
  1,880     Qatar Electricity & Water Co. QSC (Utilities)     8,571  
  2,181     Qatar Fuel QSC (Energy)     10,962  
  12,154     Qatar Gas Transport Co. Ltd. (Energy)     10,332  
  3,321     Qatar International Islamic Bank QSC (Financials)     8,756  
  5,184     Qatar Islamic Bank (Financials)     26,055  
  19,682     Qatar National Bank QPSC (Financials)     103,627  
   

 

 

 
      269,581  

 

 

 
Russia – 3.0%  
  13,839     Alrosa PJSC (Materials)     27,548  
  801     Gazprom Neft PJSC (Energy)     4,660  
  52,100     Gazprom PJSC (Energy)     217,633  
  1,695     LUKOIL PJSC (Energy)     144,901  
  272     MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (Materials)     89,326  
  4,966     Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (Communication Services)     22,306  
  3,327     Novatek PJSC (Energy)     78,772  
  5,553     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC (Materials)     18,715  
  1,506     Polymetal International PLC (Materials)     30,081  
  134     Polyus PJSC (Materials)     24,158  
  5,475     Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC (Energy)     39,909  
  47,840     Sberbank of Russia PJSC (Financials)     214,821  
  1,055     Severstal PAO (Materials)     24,754  
  6,835     Tatneft PJSC (Energy)     45,212  
  7,081     United Co RUSAL International PJSC (Materials)*     5,113  
  1,386     Yandex NV, Class A (Communication Services)*     105,733  
   

 

 

 
      1,093,642  

 

 

 
Saudi Arabia – 3.2%  
  475     Advanced Petrochemical Co. (Materials)     9,068  
  5,430     Al Rajhi Bank (Financials)     175,175  
  4,388     Alinma Bank (Financials)     26,791  
  1,101     Almarai Co. JSC (Consumer Staples)     17,026  
  2,496     Arab National Bank (Financials)     15,226  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Saudi Arabia – (continued)  
  780     Arabian Centres Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)   $ 5,199  
  1,619     Bank AlBilad (Financials)*     18,453  
  2,644     Banque Saudi Fransi (Financials)     28,550  
  109     BinDawood Holding Co. (Consumer Staples)     3,139  
  257     Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Co. (Financials)     11,443  
  2,369     Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. (Real Estate)*     6,442  
  380     Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Co. (Health Care)     18,601  
  1,689     Etihad Etisalat Co. (Communication Services)     14,410  
  263     Jarir Marketing Co. (Consumer Discretionary)     15,188  
  213     Mouwasat Medical Services Co. (Health Care)     11,131  
  1,467     National Industrialization Co. (Materials)*     8,167  
  538     National Petrochemical Co. (Materials)     6,813  
  979     Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co. (Energy)*     6,426  
  6,581     Riyad Bank (Financials)     47,199  
  899     SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co. (Materials)     30,057  
  1,609     Sahara International Petrochemical Co. (Materials)     14,285  
  1,808     Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Materials)*     35,093  
  15,602     Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Energy)(a)     146,215  
  3,983     Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Materials)     130,618  
  3,924     Saudi British Bank (The) (Financials)     36,042  
  3,503     Saudi Electricity Co. (Utilities)     25,497  
  987     Saudi Industrial Investment Group (Materials)     9,447  
  3,291     Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. (Materials)*     16,338  
  9,727     Saudi National Bank (The) (Financials)     157,678  
  2,660     Saudi Telecom Co. (Communication Services)     95,742  
  1,171     Savola Group (The) (Consumer Staples)     12,535  
  1,042     Yanbu National Petrochemical Co. (Materials)     18,836  
   

 

 

 
      1,172,830  

 

 

 
Singapore – 0.0%  
  931     BOC Aviation Ltd. (Industrials)(a)     6,979  

 

 

 
South Africa – 3.1%  
  2,670     Absa Group Ltd. (Financials)*     29,173  
  357     African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. (Materials)     6,397  
  184     Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (Materials)(c)     20,969  
  1,521     Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (Health Care)*     20,621  
  1,428     Bid Corp. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     31,579  
  1,474     Bidvest Group Ltd. (The) (Industrials)     20,890  
  272     Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     35,684  
  1,087     Clicks Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     22,737  
  1,520     Discovery Ltd. (Financials)*     13,531  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Africa – (continued)  
  1,330     Exxaro Resources Ltd. (Energy)   16,965  
  16,626     FirstRand Ltd. (Financials)     71,136  
  3,119     Gold Fields Ltd. (Materials)     29,428  
  3,428     Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (Materials)     52,824  
  214     Kumba Iron Ore Ltd. (Materials)     9,661  
  7,424     MTN Group Ltd. (Communication Services)*     68,487  
  1,502     MultiChoice Group (Communication Services)     11,931  
  1,886     Naspers Ltd., Class N (Consumer Discretionary)(c)     323,352  
  1,786     Nedbank Group Ltd. (Financials)*     22,842  
  1,204     Northam Platinum Ltd. (Materials)*     16,646  
  21,081     Old Mutual Ltd. (Financials)     22,385  
  3,753     Pepkor Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)     5,973  
  2,674     Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     5,856  
  2,106     Remgro Ltd. (Financials)     17,589  
  7,411     Sanlam Ltd. (Financials)     33,015  
  1,965     Sasol Ltd. (Materials)*     30,429  
  1,872     Shoprite Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     23,793  
  12,354     Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. (Materials)     50,304  
  5,737     Standard Bank Group Ltd. (Financials)     58,980  
  2,278     Vodacom Group Ltd. (Communication Services)     22,623  
  4,104     Woolworths Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     18,059  
   

 

 

 
      1,113,859  

 

 

 
South Korea – 11.6%  
  114     Amorepacific Corp. (Consumer Staples)     22,368  
  132     AMOREPACIFIC Group (Consumer Staples)     6,580  
  35     BGF retail Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     5,388  
  1,035     BNK Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     6,927  
  370     Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd. (Health Care)*     39,475  
  73     Celltrion Pharm, Inc. (Health Care)*     10,886  
  362     Celltrion, Inc. (Health Care)*     91,480  
  248     Cheil Worldwide, Inc. (Communication Services)     4,941  
  27     CJ CheilJedang Corp. (Consumer Staples)     10,561  
  59     CJ Corp. (Industrials)     5,165  
  45     CJ ENM Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     5,942  
  33     CJ Logistics Corp. (Industrials)*     4,867  
  211     Coway Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     14,231  
  82     CS Wind Corp. (Industrials)     5,651  
  733     Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     4,647  
  212     Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     5,129  
  181     DB Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     9,164  
  67     DL E&C Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     8,148  
  227     Dongsuh Cos., Inc. (Consumer Staples)     5,658  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Korea – (continued)  
  175     Doosan Bobcat, Inc. (Industrials)*   $ 6,543  
  32     Doosan Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     2,470  
  133     Doosan Fuel Cell Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     6,298  
  1,195     Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     21,541  
  185     Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     1,883  
  46     Ecopro BM Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     12,711  
  64     E-MART, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     9,880  
  194     Fila Holdings Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     7,513  
  240     GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (Industrials)     9,263  
  303     GS Holdings Corp. (Energy)     11,107  
  1,157     Hana Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     44,955  
  295     Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     11,856  
  23     Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     6,130  
  94     Hanmi Science Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     5,951  
  583     Hanon Systems (Consumer Discretionary)     8,271  
  33     Hansol Chemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     8,268  
  43     Hanssem Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,302  
  130     Hanwha Aerospace Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     5,707  
  170     Hanwha Corp. (Industrials)     5,102  
  1,675     Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     4,818  
  455     Hanwha Solutions Corp. (Materials)*     15,991  
  147     HDC Hyundai Development Co.-Engineering & Construction, Class E (Industrials)     3,791  
  114     Hite Jinro Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,279  
  1,164     HMM Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     42,165  
  140     Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     10,843  
  29     Hugel, Inc. (Health Care)*     4,877  
  75     HYBE Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)*     18,727  
  59     Hyundai Department Store Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,112  
  95     Hyundai Elevator Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     4,113  
  268     Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     12,828  
  68     Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     11,378  
  167     Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     9,405  
  247     Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     5,454  
  88     Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     5,791  
  242     Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     57,920  
  513     Hyundai Motor Co. (Consumer Discretionary)     94,021  
  324     Hyundai Steel Co. (Materials)     14,252  
  86     Iljin Materials Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     5,615  
  1,010     Industrial Bank of Korea (Financials)     8,972  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Korea – (continued)  
  1,026     Kakao Corp. (Communication Services)   137,160  
  151     Kakao Games Corp. (Communication Services)*     10,575  
  512     Kangwon Land, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)*     12,232  
  1,404     KB Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     64,058  
  18     KCC Corp. (Materials)     5,589  
  76     KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     2,465  
  956     Kia Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     70,167  
  54     KIWOOM Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     5,496  
  297     Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     8,415  
  1,150     Korea Electric Power Corp. (Utilities)     23,804  
  132     Korea Gas Corp. (Utilities)*     4,121  
  151     Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     12,411  
  160     Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     16,353  
  40     Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. (Materials)     18,353  
  778     Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     21,002  
  286     KT Corp. (Communication Services)     8,091  
  437     KT&G Corp. (Consumer Staples)     30,755  
  66     Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     11,072  
  43     LEENO Industrial, Inc. (Information Technology)     6,609  
  178     LG Chem Ltd. (Materials)     116,369  
  402     LG Corp. (Industrials)     33,042  
  892     LG Display Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     15,771  
  404     LG Electronics, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     49,479  
  36     LG Household & Health Care Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     45,363  
  52     LG Innotek Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     9,642  
  958     LG Uplus Corp. (Communication Services)     11,609  
  54     Lotte Chemical Corp. (Materials)     11,643  
  133     Lotte Corp. (Industrials)     4,072  
  45     Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     4,172  
  79     LS Corp. (Industrials)     4,538  
  122     Mando Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)*     6,387  
  21     Medytox, Inc. (Health Care)     3,307  
  181     Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     4,145  
  1,161     Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     5,367  
  1,043     Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     7,934  
  534     NAVER Corp. (Communication Services)     202,187  
  61     NCSoft Corp. (Communication Services)     34,723  
  75     Netmarble Corp. (Communication Services)(a)     8,344  
  525     NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     6,000  
  13     NongShim Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     3,347  
  75     OCI Co. Ltd. (Materials)*     8,215  

 

 

 

 

28   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
South Korea – (continued)  
  90     Orion Corp. (Consumer Staples)   $ 9,819  
  926     Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     6,637  
  127     Pearl Abyss Corp. (Communication Services)*     10,329  
  290     POSCO (Materials)     84,290  
  120     POSCO Chemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     16,094  
  185     Posco International Corp. (Industrials)     3,630  
  83     S-1 Corp. (Industrials)     5,877  
  58     Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. (Health Care)*(a)     48,273  
  313     Samsung C&T Corp. (Industrials)     35,904  
  111     Samsung Card Co. Ltd. (Financials)     3,265  
  206     Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     32,780  
  20,956     Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,386,282  
  620     Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     11,951  
  125     Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     24,365  
  1,964     Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     10,672  
  283     Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     18,184  
  200     Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     136,789  
  126     Samsung SDS Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     18,746  
  223     Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. (Financials)     9,511  
  175     Seegene, Inc. (Health Care)     9,931  
  1,963     Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. (Financials)     65,775  
  26     Shinsegae, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     6,032  
  90     SK Bioscience Co. Ltd. (Health Care)*     24,335  
  2,063     SK Hynix, Inc. (Information Technology)     189,495  
  95     SK IE Technology Co. Ltd. (Materials)*(a)     17,002  
  185     SK Innovation Co. Ltd. (Energy)*     39,810  
  13     SK Materials Co. Ltd. (Materials)     4,535  
  525     SK Networks Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     2,518  
  76     SK Telecom Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     19,533  
  121     SK, Inc. (Industrials)     27,499  
  143     S-Oil Corp. (Energy)     11,729  
  51     Solus Advanced Materials Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,727  
  21     Soulbrain Co. Ltd./New (Materials)     5,131  
  432     SSANGYONG C&E Co. Ltd. (Materials)     3,141  
  52     Studio Dragon Corp. (Communication Services)*     3,902  
  1,841     Woori Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     17,863  
  166     Yuhan Corp. (Health Care)     8,948  
   

 

 

 
      4,192,999  

 

 

 
Taiwan – 14.7%  
  2,081     Accton Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     21,063  
  12,905     Acer, Inc. (Information Technology)     11,735  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Taiwan – (continued)  
  1,736     Advantech Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)   24,179  
  10,588     ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     49,094  
  9,038     Asia Cement Corp. (Materials)     14,643  
  113     ASMedia Technology, Inc. (Information Technology)     8,461  
  2,716     Asustek Computer, Inc. (Information Technology)     31,753  
  36,312     AU Optronics Corp. (Information Technology)     23,061  
  33,162     Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     71,317  
  5,712     Chailease Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     54,928  
  23,616     Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Ltd. (Financials)     14,060  
  7,227     Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     9,714  
  2,590     Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     7,336  
  11,528     China Airlines Ltd. (Industrials)*     7,175  
  63,635     China Development Financial Holding Corp. (Financials)     32,606  
  9,868     China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     10,290  
  50,516     China Steel Corp. (Materials)     69,540  
  1,630     Chroma ATE, Inc. (Information Technology)     10,557  
  16,850     Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     68,097  
  18,532     Compal Electronics, Inc. (Information Technology)     15,313  
  80,351     CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     66,685  
  8,197     Delta Electronics, Inc. (Information Technology)     80,008  
  800     Eclat Textile Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     16,079  
  52,595     E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     50,482  
  9,230     Eva Airways Corp. (Industrials)     6,395  
  11,098     Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd. (Industrials)     54,462  
  13,289     Far Eastern New Century Corp. (Industrials)     14,409  
  7,148     Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     15,888  
  1,874     Feng TAY Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     14,606  
  45,059     First Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     37,233  
  14,624     Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. (Materials)     44,378  
  5,083     Formosa Petrochemical Corp. (Energy)     17,938  
  20,645     Formosa Plastics Corp. (Materials)     76,357  
  325     Formosa Sumco Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     2,181  

 

 

 

 

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August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Taiwan – (continued)  
  3,350     Formosa Taffeta Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)   $ 3,771  
  4,062     Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     9,718  
  26,200     Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     80,358  
  1,009     General Interface Solution Holding Ltd. (Information Technology)     3,914  
  1,316     Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     15,908  
  906     Globalwafers Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     28,442  
  4,287     Highwealth Construction Corp. (Real Estate)     7,456  
  1,116     Hiwin Technologies Corp. (Industrials)     13,128  
  52,377     Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     209,784  
  1,281     Hotai Motor Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     26,948  
  41,647     Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)*     31,408  
  38,847     Innolux Corp. (Information Technology)     24,180  
  11,202     Inventec Corp. (Information Technology)     9,822  
  9,104     Lite-On Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     20,104  
  7,770     Macronix International Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)*     11,299  
  6,418     MediaTek, Inc. (Information Technology)     208,657  
  44,276     Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     52,402  
  894     Merida Industry Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     10,290  
  2,983     Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     14,047  
  266     momo.com, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     16,461  
  20,904     Nan Ya Plastics Corp. (Materials)     67,584  
  953     Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp. (Information Technology)     14,494  
  4,970     Nanya Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     11,908  
  602     Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     8,993  
  2,376     Novatek Microelectronics Corp. (Information Technology)     38,495  
  7,709     Pegatron Corp. (Information Technology)     18,025  
  651     Phison Electronics Corp. (Information Technology)     10,030  
  9,982     Pou Chen Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     11,868  
  15,095     Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (Information Technology)     36,603  
  2,926     Powertech Technology, Inc. (Information Technology)     11,878  
  2,347     President Chain Store Corp. (Consumer Staples)*     24,178  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Taiwan – (continued)  
  11,639     Quanta Computer, Inc. (Information Technology)   32,926  
  1,946     Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Information Technology)     38,901  
  3,757     Ruentex Development Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     9,395  
  1,656     Ruentex Industries Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     6,633  
  17,799     Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank Ltd. (The) (Financials)     28,901  
  50,848     Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     17,430  
  158     Silicon Motion Technology Corp. ADR (Information Technology)     11,796  
  2,262     Sino-American Silicon Products, Inc. (Information Technology)     15,753  
  44,510     SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)     22,887  
  5,644     Synnex Technology International Corp. (Information Technology)     10,957  
  47,433     Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)*     33,118  
  23,904     Taiwan Business Bank (Financials)*     8,358  
  23,425     Taiwan Cement Corp. (Materials)     40,953  
  39,546     Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     31,893  
  3,227     Taiwan Fertilizer Co. Ltd. (Materials)     6,579  
  9,318     Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (Industrials)     10,154  
  7,320     Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     26,677  
  107,604     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     2,383,995  
  8,957     Tatung Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     9,874  
  7,513     Teco Electric and Machinery Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     8,458  
  2,062     Tripod Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     8,519  
  5,286     Unimicron Technology Corp. (Information Technology)     28,134  
  20,542     Uni-President Enterprises Corp. (Consumer Staples)*     53,591  
  49,722     United Microelectronics Corp. (Information Technology)     113,210  
  4,008     Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. (Information Technology)     21,404  
  276     Voltronic Power Technology Corp. (Industrials)     12,349  
  11,924     Walsin Lihwa Corp. (Industrials)     11,552  
  1,347     Walsin Technology Corp. (Information Technology)*     8,773  
  2,305     Wan Hai Lines Ltd. (Industrials)*     20,627  
  1,390     Win Semiconductors Corp. (Information Technology)     16,577  
  12,105     Winbond Electronics Corp. (Information Technology)     12,885  

 

 

 

 

30   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Taiwan – (continued)  
  11,809     Wistron Corp. (Information Technology)   $ 11,675  
  323     Wiwynn Corp. (Information Technology)     11,305  
  6,848     WPG Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology)     11,960  
  1,609     Yageo Corp. (Information Technology)     27,839  
  7,090     Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Industrials)*     34,154  
  50,641     Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Financials)     45,683  
  2,195     Yulon Motor Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,998  
   

 

 

 
      5,313,049  

 

 

 
Thailand – 1.5%  
  4,574     Advanced Info Service PCL NVDR (Communication Services)     26,678  
  35,817     Asset World Corp. PCL NVDR (Consumer Discretionary)*     4,823  
  3,875     B Grimm Power PCL NVDR (Utilities)     5,560  
  4,512     Bangkok Bank PCL NVDR (Financials)     15,958  
  23,301     Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL NVDR (Health Care)     16,916  
  3,200     Banpu Power PCL NVDR (Utilities)     1,896  
  1,996     Bumrungrad Hospital PCL NVDR (Health Care)     8,236  
  1,698     Carabao Group PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)     7,375  
  7,284     Central Pattana PCL NVDR (Real Estate)     12,147  
  23,105     CP ALL PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)     46,593  
  8,855     Energy Absolute PCL NVDR (Utilities)     17,994  
  163     Fabrinet (Information Technology)*     16,792  
  2,914     Global Power Synergy PCL NVDR (Utilities)     7,526  
  21,167     Gulf Energy Development PCL NVDR (Utilities)     27,417  
  8,941     Indorama Ventures PCL NVDR (Materials)     12,136  
  8,722     Intouch Holdings PCL NVDR (Communication Services)     23,136  
  49,279     IRPC PCL NVDR (Energy)     6,085  
  7,451     Kasikornbank PCL NVDR (Financials)     28,433  
  2,826     KCE Electronics PCL NVDR (Information Technology)     6,707  
  19,459     Krung Thai Bank PCL NVDR (Financials)     6,762  
  4,624     Krungthai Card PCL NVDR (Financials)     9,504  
  24,330     Land & Houses PCL NVDR (Real Estate)     6,152  
  13,392     Minor International PCL NVDR (Consumer Discretionary)*     13,607  
  3,048     Muangthai Capital PCL NVDR (Financials)     6,123  
  5,851     PTT Exploration & Production PCL NVDR (Energy)     20,240  
  9,167     PTT Global Chemical PCL NVDR (Materials)     18,202  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Thailand – (continued)  
  45,024     PTT PCL NVDR (Energy)   53,430  
  5,091     SCG Packaging PCL NVDR (Materials)     11,056  
  1,935     Siam Cement PCL (The) NVDR (Materials)     25,814  
  8,517     Siam Commercial Bank PCL (The) NVDR (Financials)     28,141  
  6,833     Siam Global House PCL NVDR (Consumer Discretionary)     4,600  
  3,463     Srisawad Corp. PCL NVDR (Financials)     7,709  
  36,276     Thai Beverage PCL (Consumer Staples)     18,339  
  4,217     Thai Oil PCL NVDR (Energy)     6,509  
  12,623     Thai Union Group PCL NVDR (Consumer Staples)     7,793  
  2,261     Tisco Financial Group PCL NVDR (Financials)     6,594  
  191,574     TMBThanachart Bank PCL NVDR (Financials)     6,360  
  81,318     True Corp. PCL NVDR (Communication Services)     8,376  
   

 

 

 
      557,719  

 

 

 
Turkey – 0.5%  
  279     AG Anadolu Grubu Holding AS (Industrials)     809  
  603     Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii AS (Consumer Discretionary)     1,414  
  611     Aksa Enerji Uretim AS (Utilities)*     1,061  
  637     Alarko Holding AS (Industrials)     682  
  929     Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii AS (Consumer Staples)     2,451  
  310     Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik AS (Financials)     351  
  1,182     Arcelik AS (Consumer Discretionary)     4,566  
  2,802     Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (Industrials)     5,355  
  390     Aygaz AS (Utilities)     707  
  1,529     Bera Holding AS (Industrials)*     1,799  
  2,027     BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (Consumer Staples)     17,516  
  141     Biotrend Cevre VE Enerji Yatirimlari AS (Utilities)*     495  
  126     Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Materials)*     399  
  188     Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Consumer Discretionary)     496  
  316     Coca-Cola Icecek AS (Consumer Staples)     3,327  
  4,537     Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (Industrials)     1,402  
  87     Eczacibasi Yatirim Holding Ortakligi AS (Industrials)     465  
  5     EGE Endustri VE Ticaret AS (Consumer Discretionary)     741  
  9,169     Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS REIT (Real Estate)     2,029  
  1,220     Enerjisa Enerji AS (Utilities)(a)     1,629  
  7,499     Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS (Industrials)     9,894  
  5,571     Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (Materials)     12,583  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   31


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Turkey – (continued)  
  158     Fenerbahce Futbol AS (Communication Services)*   $ 650  
  281     Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (Consumer Discretionary)     5,806  
  260     Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (Materials)*     1,621  
  5,922     Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS (Financials)     7,486  
  1,795     Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi AS (Materials)*     572  
  881     Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Class A (Materials)*     725  
  192     Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Class B (Materials)*     156  
  3,579     Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Class D (Materials)*     3,349  
  4,874     KOC Holding AS (Industrials)     13,506  
  252     Kordsa Teknik Tekstil AS (Consumer Discretionary)*     710  
  218     Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS (Materials)*     2,711  
  896     Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (Materials)*     1,713  
  296     Logo Yazilim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (Information Technology)     1,410  
  303     Migros Ticaret AS (Consumer Staples)*     1,270  
  661     MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (Health Care)*(a)     2,016  
  315     Nurol Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS REIT (Real Estate)*     619  
  33     Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi A.S. (Industrials)     1,321  
  1,207     Oyak Cimento Fabrikalari AS (Materials)*     990  
  185     Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (Industrials)*     1,571  
  5,915     Petkim Petrokimya Holding AS (Materials)*     4,410  
  762     Sasa Polyester Sanayi AS (Materials)*     2,518  
  1,384     Sinpas Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS REIT (Real Estate)*     701  
  1,357     Sok Marketler Ticaret AS (Consumer Staples)     2,016  
  892     TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS (Industrials)*     2,523  
  584     Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (Consumer Discretionary)     2,951  
  712     Torunlar Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS REIT (Real Estate)*     360  
  3,344     Turk Hava Yollari AO (Industrials)*     5,100  
  64     Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS (Industrials)     1,326  
  5,314     Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (Communication Services)     10,475  
  9,430     Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS (Financials)     11,206  
  7,370     Turkiye Is Bankasi AS, Class C (Financials)     5,097  
  585     Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (Energy)*     7,156  
  5,566     Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi AS (Financials)     884  
  5,930     Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS (Industrials)     6,347  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Turkey – (continued)  
  356     Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Consumer Discretionary)   1,228  
  12,081     Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS (Financials)     3,836  
  3,941     Ziraat Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (Real Estate)*     754  
   

 

 

 
      187,261  

 

 

 
United Arab Emirates – 1.0%  
  12,396     Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (Financials)     25,344  
  12,783     Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. for Distribution PJSC (Consumer Discretionary)     15,730  
  17,249     Aldar Properties PJSC (Real Estate)     19,488  
  8,104     Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC (Financials)     11,252  
  9,527     Emaar Malls PJSC (Real Estate)*     5,343  
  15,707     Emaar Properties PJSC (Real Estate)     17,960  
  4,090     Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co. PJSC (Communication Services)     7,382  
  11,005     Emirates NBD Bank PJSC (Financials)     41,496  
  7,787     Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. PJSC (Communication Services)     50,032  
  19,423     First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (Financials)     89,893  
  2,127     International Holding Co. PJSC (Consumer Staples)*     85,123  
   

 

 

 
      369,043  

 

 

 
United States – 0.1%  
  4,115     JBS SA (Consumer Staples)     25,054  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $21,571,962)   $ 32,249,400  

 

 

 

 

    
Shares
  Description   Rate     Value  
Preferred Stocks – 1.7%  
Brazil – 1.3%        
828   Alpargatas SA (Consumer
Discretionary)*
    0.00   $ 9,699  
21,019   Banco Bradesco SA (Financials)     4.98       95,045  
990   Bradespar SA (Materials)     9.69       12,212  
833   Braskem SA, Class A
(Materials)*
    0.00       10,737  
1,088   Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA,
Class B (Utilities)
    5.47       8,027  
4,908   Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais
(Utilities)
    6.27       12,952  
5,045   Gerdau SA (Materials)     4.83       27,908  
21,373   Itau Unibanco Holding SA
(Financials)
    2.26       129,168  
20,051   Itausa SA (Financials)     2.69       45,275  
20,244   Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Energy)     8.89       107,516  
     

 

 

 
        458,539  

 

 

 

32   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
  Description     Rate     Value  
Preferred Stocks – (continued)  
Chile – 0.1%        
1,882    
Embotelladora Andina SA,
Class B (Consumer Staples)
 
 
    6.22 %     $ 4,466  
627    
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de
Chile SA, Class B (Materials)
 
 
    1.19       32,753  
     

 

 

 
        37,219  

 

 
Colombia – 0.1%        
2,004     Bancolombia SA (Financials)       2.26       16,722  

17,098

   
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
SA (Financials)
 
 
 

 

5.09

 

    5,089  
     

 

 

 
        21,811  

 

 
Russia – 0.1%        
4,477    
Sberbank of Russia PJSC
(Financials)
 
 
    5.98       18,948  
34,482     Surgutneftegas PJSC (Energy)       17.44       18,207  
     

 

 

 
        37,155  

 

 
South Korea – 0.1%        
50    
Amorepacific Corp. (Consumer
Staples)
 
 
    1.00       3,428  
7    
CJ CheilJedang Corp.
(Consumer Staples)
 
 
    2.01       1,217  
65    
Doosan Fuel Cell Co. Ltd.
(Industrials)*
 
 
    0.00       905  
3    
Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.
(Consumer Discretionary)
 
 
    0.27       240  
159    
Hyundai Motor Co. (Consumer
Discretionary)
 
 
    4.13       13,617  
11    
Hyundai Motor Co. (Consumer
Discretionary)
 
 
    4.19       911  
100    
Hyundai Motor Co. (Consumer
Discretionary)
 
 
    4.06       8,840  
28    
Korea Investment Holdings Co.
Ltd. (Financials)
 
 
    4.33       1,722  
34     LG Chem Ltd. (Materials)       3.03       10,146  
83    
LG Electronics, Inc. (Consumer
Discretionary)
 
 
    1.81       5,004  
676    
Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.
(Financials)
 
 
    4.22       2,769  
84    
NH Investment & Securities Co.
Ltd. (Financials)
 
 
    6.28       862  
14    

Samsung Electro-Mechanics
Co. Ltd. (Information
Technology)
 
 
 
    1.43       1,226  
13    
Samsung Fire & Marine
Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)
 
 
    5.07       1,929  
1    
Samsung Heavy Industries Co.
Ltd. (Industrials)*
 
 
    0.00       222  
7    
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.
(Information Technology)
 
 
    0.25       2,587  
6     SK Innovation Co. Ltd. (Energy)*       0.00       800  
3     SK, Inc. (Industrials)       3.08       634  
     

 

 

 
        57,059  

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

 

 
(Cost $371,220)

 

    $ 611,783  

 

 
Units   Description   Expiration
Month
    Value  
Warrants – 0.0%         
Thailand – 0.0%        
1,703   BTS Group Holdings PCL
(Industrials)*
    09/21     $  
3,407   BTS Group Holdings PCL
(Industrials)*
    09/21        
6,814   BTS Group Holdings PCL
(Industrials)*
    11/26        

 

 
TOTAL WARRANTS

 

 
(Cost $0)     $  

 

 
     
Right – 0.0%         
Indonesia – 0.0%        
1,563   Chandra Asri Petrochemical
Tbk PT (Materials)*
   
(Cost $0)     09/21     $ 413  

 

 

 

Shares     Description   Value  
Exchange-Traded Fund – 1.0%  
United States – 1.0%  
  14,181     iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF(c)  
  (Cost $334,500)   $ 376,364  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $22,277,682)   $ 33,237,960  

 

 

 
Shares     Dividend
Rate
  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 1.6%(d)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  568,867     0.026%   $ 568,867  
  (Cost $568,867)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 93.4%  
  (Cost $22,846,549)   $ 33,806,827  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 6.6%
    2,384,629  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 36,191,456  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)

  Significant unobservable inputs were used in the valuation of this portfolio security; i.e. Level 3.

(c)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(d)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   33


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR

 

—American Depositary Receipt

NVDR

 

—Non-Voting Depository Receipt

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURES CONTRACTS – At August 31, 2021, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

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

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

   46      09/17/21      $ 2,825,169        $ 162,991  

 

34   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – 98.8%  
Australia – 8.1%  
  4,467     Afterpay Ltd. (Information Technology)*   $ 439,397  
  51,969     Alumina Ltd. (Materials)     67,607  
  67,984     AMP Ltd. (Financials)     54,655  
  4,772     Ampol Ltd. (Energy)     96,119  
  23,810     APA Group (Utilities)     159,746  
  11,996     Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     400,401  
  3,851     ASX Ltd. (Financials)     247,029  
  36,038     Aurizon Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     99,559  
  38,212     AusNet Services Ltd. (Utilities)     54,039  
  53,644     Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (Financials)     1,091,879  
  59,025     BHP Group Ltd. (Materials)     1,967,543  
  41,314     BHP Group PLC (Materials)     1,283,578  
  10,126     BlueScope Steel Ltd. (Materials)     186,495  
  22,235     Boral Ltd. (Materials)*     99,128  
  29,005     Brambles Ltd. (Industrials)     256,711  
  1,344     CIMIC Group Ltd. (Industrials)     20,775  
  1,318     Cochlear Ltd. (Health Care)     224,632  
  25,379     Coles Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     335,352  
  35,346     Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Financials)     2,586,362  
  10,619     Computershare Ltd. (Information Technology)     128,055  
  8,744     Crown Resorts Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     59,496  
  9,110     CSL Ltd. (Health Care)     2,076,910  
  21,664     Dexus REIT (Real Estate)     168,465  
  1,189     Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     136,204  
  2,471     EBOS Group Ltd. (Health Care)     62,507  
  25,454     Endeavour Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)*     135,802  
  33,562     Evolution Mining Ltd. (Materials)     95,908  
  35,229     Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (Materials)     540,689  
  243,438     Glencore PLC (Materials)*     1,096,894  
  35,951     Goodman Group REIT (Real Estate)     607,736  
  38,210     GPT Group (The) REIT (Real Estate)     135,440  
  49,712     Insurance Australia Group Ltd. (Financials)     190,380  
  13,877     Lendlease Corp. Ltd. (Real Estate)     121,096  
  7,034     Macquarie Group Ltd. (Financials)     857,177  
  2,879     Magellan Financial Group Ltd. (Financials)     91,192  
  55,449     Medibank Pvt Ltd. (Financials)     143,863  
  3,290     Mineral Resources Ltd. (Materials)     132,031  
  79,263     Mirvac Group REIT (Real Estate)     180,740  
  66,267     National Australia Bank Ltd. (Financials)     1,342,998  
  16,409     Newcrest Mining Ltd. (Materials)     296,695  
  23,217     Northern Star Resources Ltd. (Materials)     165,609  
  35,671     Oil Search Ltd. (Energy)     97,502  
  8,089     Orica Ltd. (Materials)     77,859  
  35,539     Origin Energy Ltd. (Utilities)     115,583  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Australia – (continued)  
  6,227     OZ Minerals Ltd. (Materials)   107,267  
  37,855     Qantas Airways Ltd. (Industrials)*     140,822  
  29,589     QBE Insurance Group Ltd. (Financials)     255,825  
  3,734     Ramsay Health Care Ltd. (Health Care)     188,028  
  1,154     REA Group Ltd. (Communication Services)     129,462  
  5,813     Reece Ltd. (Industrials)     88,707  
  7,396     Rio Tinto Ltd. (Materials)     605,725  
  21,405     Rio Tinto PLC (Materials)     1,585,464  
  42,023     Santos Ltd. (Energy)     185,811  
  104,075     Scentre Group REIT (Real Estate)     216,780  
  6,547     SEEK Ltd. (Communication Services)     155,700  
  3,395     Seven Group Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     52,726  
  9,484     Sonic Healthcare Ltd. (Health Care)     300,822  
  90,361     South32 Ltd. (Materials)     207,367  
  44,416     Stockland REIT (Real Estate)     149,972  
  25,735     Suncorp Group Ltd. (Financials)     234,729  
  54,141     Sydney Airport (Industrials)*     315,364  
  44,529     Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     155,886  
  236,848     Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Communication Services)     664,705  
  7,333     TPG Telecom Ltd. (Communication Services)     33,013  
  54,936     Transurban Group (Industrials)     570,531  
  14,515     Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     133,983  
  74,725     Vicinity Centres REIT (Real Estate)     94,480  
  1,899     Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd. (Energy)(a)     49,714  
  22,651     Wesfarmers Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     992,441  
  72,207     Westpac Banking Corp. (Financials)     1,362,585  
  2,968     WiseTech Global Ltd. (Information Technology)     104,857  
  19,318     Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (Energy)     275,171  
  25,382     Woolworths Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     774,481  
   

 

 

 
      28,860,256  

 

 

 
Austria – 0.4%  
  5,262     ams AG (Information Technology)*     107,015  
  1,457     ANDRITZ AG (Industrials)     83,691  
  1,773     BAWAG Group AG (Financials)*(b)     106,531  
  1,464     CA Immobilien Anlagen AG (Real Estate)     63,683  
  5,956     Erste Group Bank AG (Financials)     238,062  
  281     Mayr Melnhof Karton AG (Materials)     59,243  
  9,754     Mondi PLC (Materials)     269,150  
  642     Oesterreichische Post AG (Industrials)     29,443  
  2,883     OMV AG (Energy)     159,714  
  2,736     Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Financials)     65,692  
  2,753     Telekom Austria AG (Communication Services)*     24,438  
  1,334     Verbund AG (Utilities)     146,055  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   35


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Austria – (continued)  
  736     Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (Financials)   $ 21,329  
  2,245     voestalpine AG (Materials)     101,764  
  2,263     Wienerberger AG (Materials)     88,796  
   

 

 

 
      1,564,606  

 

 

 
Belgium – 0.9%  
  445     Ackermans & van Haaren NV (Financials)     81,947  
  3,559     Ageas SA/NV (Financials)     177,922  
  17,033     Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (Consumer Staples)     1,045,342  
  444     D’ieteren Group (Consumer Discretionary)     69,394  
  579     Elia Group SA/NV (Utilities)     72,722  
  1,088     Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV (Consumer Staples)     60,864  
  2,106     Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (Financials)     241,393  
  5,632     KBC Group NV (Financials)     474,289  
  2,870     Proximus SADP (Communication Services)(a)     56,256  
  303     Sofina SA (Financials)     133,914  
  1,431     Solvay SA (Materials)     187,419  
  862     Telenet Group Holding NV (Communication Services)     32,785  
  2,348     UCB SA (Health Care)     268,522  
  3,923     Umicore SA (Materials)     258,127  
  2,840     Warehouses De Pauw CVA REIT (Real Estate)     130,545  
   

 

 

 
      3,291,441  

 

 

 
Brazil – 0.1%  
  3,266     Yara International ASA (Materials)     163,800  

 

 

 
Chile – 0.1%  
  6,985     Antofagasta PLC (Materials)     139,967  

 

 

 
China – 0.9%  
  34,155     Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(b)     85,460  
  12,855     BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     58,677  
  44,720     China Gas Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     129,663  
  35,278     Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     71,487  
  169,431     CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. (Health Care)     215,020  
  34,893     ESR Cayman Ltd. (Real Estate)*(b)     106,330  
  46,227     Fosun International Ltd. (Industrials)     58,487  
  115,430     Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     417,055  
  5,520     NXP Semiconductors NV (Information Technology)     1,187,518  
  8,482     Prosus NV (Consumer Discretionary)*     749,942  
  27,256     Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The) (Real Estate)     92,169  
  36,833     Wilmar International Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     113,366  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
China – (continued)  
  54,047     Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)   65,896  
   

 

 

 
      3,351,070  

 

 

 
Colombia – 0.0%  
  2,046     Millicom International Cellular SA SDR (Communication Services)*     77,187  

 

 

 
Denmark – 2.5%  
  3,402     Ambu A/S, Class B (Health Care)     107,517  
  61     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class A (Industrials)     165,091  
  69     AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class B (Industrials)     195,724  
  1,916     Carlsberg AS, Class B (Consumer Staples)     334,396  
  2,075     Chr Hansen Holding A/S (Materials)     191,432  
  2,490     Coloplast A/S, Class B (Health Care)     431,215  
  13,608     Danske Bank A/S (Financials)     228,641  
  1,970     Demant A/S (Health Care)*     111,636  
  4,430     DSV PANALPINA A/S (Industrials)     1,128,622  
  1,300     Genmab A/S (Health Care)*     615,348  
  2,590     GN Store Nord AS (Health Care)     194,830  
  1,245     H Lundbeck A/S (Health Care)     36,768  
  32,880     Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B (Health Care)     3,276,074  
  4,093     Novozymes A/S, Class B (Materials)     330,566  
  3,591     Orsted AS (Utilities)(b)     570,584  
  9,933     Tryg A/S (Financials)     245,887  
  19,433     Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Industrials)     784,433  
   

 

 

 
      8,948,764  

 

 

 
Faroe Islands – 0.0%  
  1,006     Bakkafrost P/F (Consumer Staples)     88,312  

 

 

 
Finland – 1.4%  
  2,877     Elisa OYJ (Communication Services)     184,207  
  8,445     Fortum OYJ (Utilities)     256,400  
  1,822     Huhtamaki OYJ (Materials)     97,237  
  5,312     Kesko OYJ, Class B (Consumer Staples)     219,218  
  7,289     Kone OYJ, Class B (Industrials)     604,366  
  13,916     Metso Outotec OYJ (Industrials)     148,567  
  9,291     Neste OYJ (Energy)     565,268  
  105,941     Nokia OYJ (Information Technology)*     635,295  
  63,518     Nordea Bank Abp (Financials)     745,074  
  2,011     Orion OYJ, Class B (Health Care)     81,970  
  8,535     Sampo OYJ, Class A (Financials)     440,686  
  11,646     Stora Enso OYJ, Class R (Materials)     227,865  
  10,595     UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Materials)     430,611  
  10,874     Wartsila OYJ Abp (Industrials)     154,099  
   

 

 

 
      4,790,863  

 

 

 
France – 9.1%  
  5,548     Adevinta ASA (Communication Services)*     111,529  
  667     Aeroports de Paris (Industrials)*     78,295  
  9,515     Air Liquide SA (Materials)     1,705,239  

 

 

 

 

36   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
France – (continued)  
  11,693     Airbus SE (Industrials)*   $ 1,597,007  
  7,419     Alstom SA (Industrials)     318,782  
  1,217     Amundi SA (Financials)(b)     115,144  
  45,348     AXA SA (Financials)     1,272,968  
  820     BioMerieux (Health Care)     100,524  
  22,909     BNP Paribas SA (Financials)     1,453,016  
  18,176     Bollore SA (Communication Services)     107,494  
  6,026     Bouygues SA (Industrials)     252,027  
  3,186     Capgemini SE (Information Technology)     715,137  
  12,522     Carrefour SA (Consumer Staples)     249,070  
  9,616     Cie de Saint-Gobain (Industrials)     696,850  
  3,274     Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Consumer Discretionary)     529,670  
  29,732     Credit Agricole SA (Financials)     428,536  
  13,215     Danone SA (Consumer Staples)     965,150  
  13,535     Dassault Systemes SE (Information Technology)     771,787  
  11,238     Electricite de France SA (Utilities)     152,226  
  35,136     Engie SA (Utilities)     503,190  
  6,007     EssilorLuxottica SA (Consumer Discretionary)     1,178,943  
  666     Hermes International (Consumer Discretionary)     978,400  
  1,470     Kering (Consumer Discretionary)     1,169,566  
  4,235     L’Oreal SA (Consumer Staples)     1,981,184  
  5,280     Legrand SA (Industrials)     604,080  
  5,238     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (Consumer Discretionary)     3,875,626  
  40,085     Orange SA (Communication Services)     455,202  
  3,532     Pernod Ricard SA (Consumer Staples)     741,935  
  7,619     Safran SA (Industrials)     955,686  
  21,851     Sanofi (Health Care)     2,260,070  
  477     Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Health Care)     289,195  
  16,691     Societe Generale SA (Financials)     525,082  
  1,587     Sodexo SA (Consumer Discretionary)*     131,174  
  1,157     Teleperformance (Industrials)     511,348  
  2,129     Thales SA (Industrials)     215,982  
  53,076     TotalEnergies SE (Energy)     2,339,796  
  10,979     Vinci SA (Industrials)     1,177,948  
  13,658     Vivendi SE (Communication Services)(a)     521,082  
  4,559     Worldline SA (Information Technology)*(b)     405,078  
   

 

 

 
      32,441,018  

 

 

 
Germany – 7.6%  
  3,607     adidas AG (Consumer Discretionary)     1,279,280  
  8,276     Allianz SE (Financials)     1,943,915  
  18,464     BASF SE (Materials)     1,428,062  
  19,750     Bayer AG (Health Care)     1,099,133  
  6,418     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Consumer Discretionary)     608,893  
  1,984     Beiersdorf AG (Consumer Staples)     240,642  
  1,703     BioNTech SE ADR (Health Care)*     568,313  
  2,171     Continental AG (Consumer Discretionary)*     291,693  
  3,765     Covestro AG (Materials)(b)     243,997  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Germany – (continued)  
  16,838     Daimler AG (Consumer Discretionary)   1,419,573  
  37,936     Deutsche Bank AG (Financials)*     471,460  
  3,686     Deutsche Boerse AG (Financials)     635,701  
  19,786     Deutsche Post AG (Industrials)     1,391,573  
  65,185     Deutsche Telekom AG (Communication Services)     1,385,672  
  5,583     Deutsche Wohnen SE (Real Estate)     346,394  
  42,848     E.ON SE (Utilities)     565,382  
  3,561     Evonik Industries AG (Materials)     120,222  
  3,993     Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     306,568  
  7,860     Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (Health Care)     408,711  
  1,207     Hannover Rueck SE (Financials)     222,198  
  490     Hapag-Lloyd AG (Industrials)(b)     111,635  
  2,970     HeidelbergCement AG (Materials)     258,037  
  2,036     Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Consumer Staples)     183,139  
  24,154     Infineon Technologies AG (Information Technology)     1,028,306  
  1,336     Knorr-Bremse AG (Industrials)     160,310  
  2,598     Merck KGaA (Health Care)     617,042  
  1,073     MTU Aero Engines AG (Industrials)     246,168  
  2,816     Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Financials)     822,560  
  12,566     RWE AG (Utilities)     490,841  
  20,239     SAP SE (Information Technology)     3,045,162  
  16,230     Siemens AG (Industrials)     2,698,310  
  8,034     Siemens Energy AG (Industrials)*     233,110  
  5,571     Siemens Healthineers AG (Health Care)(b)     387,343  
  2,498     Symrise AG (Materials)     355,621  
  1,069     Talanx AG (Financials)     48,558  
  15,846     Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (Communication Services)     44,463  
  577     Volkswagen AG (Consumer Discretionary)     192,893  
  11,564     Vonovia SE (Real Estate)     780,275  
  4,497     Zalando SE (Consumer Discretionary)*(a)(b)     497,935  
   

 

 

 
      27,179,090  

 

 

 
Hong Kong – 2.7%  
  243,006     AIA Group Ltd. (Financials)     2,904,255  
  6,171     ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. (Information Technology)     73,474  
  26,282     Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The) (Financials)     44,066  
  19,525     Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. (Industrials)*(a)     16,394  
  39,808     CK Asset Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     259,506  
  12,261     CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     74,490  
  37,974     CLP Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     379,625  
  6,078     Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     21,455  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   37


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Hong Kong – (continued)  
  36,917     Hang Lung Properties Ltd. (Real Estate)   $ 88,669  
  14,550     Hang Seng Bank Ltd. (Financials)     260,418  
  26,522     Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     120,038  
  45,724     HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd. (Utilities)     45,504  
  68,791     HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. (Communication Services)     93,757  
  218,177     Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     351,222  
  25,473     Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (Financials)     1,607,507  
  23,370     Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. (Real Estate)     98,154  
  4,727     Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     256,771  
  41,812     Link REIT (Real Estate)     384,662  
  9,196     Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd. ADR (Consumer Discretionary)*     126,537  
  31,194     MTR Corp. Ltd. (Industrials)     175,676  
  28,167     New World Development Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     132,553  
  27,601     Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (Utilities)     173,364  
  201,552     Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. (Health Care)     168,708  
  63,862     Sino Land Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     94,101  
  28,983     Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (Real Estate)     408,434  
  9,450     Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A (Real Estate)     64,034  
  17,455     Swire Pacific Ltd., Class B (Real Estate)     18,965  
  21,248     Swire Properties Ltd. (Real Estate)     57,509  
  27,510     Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     610,166  
  191,190     WH Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)(b)     165,935  
  29,747     Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     147,447  
  34,548     Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)     145,258  
   

 

 

 
      9,568,654  

 

 

 
Ireland – 1.0%  
  2,547     AerCap Holdings NV (Industrials)*     137,360  
  15,829     AIB Group PLC (Financials)*     47,741  
  15,722     CRH PLC (Materials)     835,899  
  3,483     Flutter Entertainment PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     677,370  
  1,584     ICON PLC (Health Care)*     405,140  
  3,137     Kerry Group PLC, Class A (Consumer Staples)     459,921  
  3,055     Kingspan Group PLC (Industrials)     349,015  
  3,946     Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (Industrials)*     424,984  
  5,174     Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (Materials)     296,709  
   

 

 

 
      3,634,139  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Israel – 0.9%  
  1,317     Airport City Ltd. (Real Estate)*   24,139  
  2,943     Alony Hetz Properties & Investments Ltd. (Real Estate)     43,450  
  3,540     Amot Investments Ltd. (Real Estate)     25,149  
  769     Ashtrom Group Ltd. (Industrials)     16,802  
  738     Azrieli Group Ltd. (Real Estate)     69,060  
  21,583     Bank Hapoalim BM (Financials)     185,868  
  26,849     Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (Financials)     222,083  
  41,137     Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd. (Communication Services)*     48,921  
  233     Big Shopping Centers Ltd. (Real Estate)*     34,262  
  1,987     Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Information Technology)*     249,627  
  420     Elbit Systems Ltd. (Industrials)     61,156  
  4,498     Energix-Renewable Energies Ltd. (Utilities)     18,603  
  1,046     First International Bank Of Israel Ltd. (The) (Financials)     37,840  
  499     Fiverr International Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     89,576  
  302     Global-e Online Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     23,846  
  2,315     Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (Financials)     22,762  
  13,623     ICL Group Ltd. (Materials)     96,483  
  73     Israel Corp. Ltd. (The) (Materials)*     22,182  
  22,516     Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A (Financials)*     116,454  
  946     JFrog Ltd. (Information Technology)*     36,364  
  931     Kornit Digital Ltd. (Industrials)*     121,374  
  647     Matrix IT Ltd. (Information Technology)     17,683  
  961     Maytronics Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     22,062  
  426     Melisron Ltd. (Real Estate)*(a)     34,439  
  13,423     Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd. (Real Estate)     45,459  
  2,895     Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (Financials)     96,417  
  5,021     Nano Dimension Ltd. ADR (Information Technology)*(a)     32,134  
  622     Nano-X Imaging Ltd. (Health Care)*(a)     15,339  
  1,171     Nice Ltd. (Information Technology)*     342,044  
  529     Nova Ltd. (Information Technology)*     53,152  
  1,570     OPC Energy Ltd. (Utilities)*(a)     14,569  
  2,927     Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (The) (Financials)     31,282  
  1,949     Plus500 Ltd. (Financials)     40,087  
  604     Sapiens International Corp. NV (Information Technology)     17,381  
  2,855     Shapir Engineering and Industry Ltd. (Industrials)     22,804  
  4,447     Shikun & Binui Ltd. (Industrials)*     25,957  
  5,357     Shufersal Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     44,244  
  1,000     Strauss Group Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     28,938  
  21,923     Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Health Care)*     210,214  
  2,179     Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Information Technology)*     64,219  
  1,082     Wix.com Ltd. (Information Technology)*     240,291  

 

 

 

 

38   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Israel – (continued)  
  1,209     ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (Industrials)   $ 58,395  
   

 

 

 
      3,023,111  

 

 

 
Italy – 2.1%  
  31,636     A2A SpA (Utilities)     69,461  
  2,499     Amplifon SpA (Health Care)     130,623  
  23,374     Assicurazioni Generali SpA (Financials)     476,511  
  9,311     Atlantia SpA (Industrials)*     174,485  
  4,283     Banca Mediolanum SpA (Financials)     44,441  
  2,144     Buzzi Unicem SpA (Materials)     56,894  
  10,730     Davide Campari-Milano NV (Consumer Staples)     148,321  
  234     DiaSorin SpA (Health Care)     53,381  
  156,178     Enel SpA (Utilities)     1,422,708  
  49,086     Eni SpA (Energy)     605,742  
  2,252     Ferrari NV (Consumer Discretionary)     488,343  
  12,308     FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (Financials)*     226,870  
  17,165     Hera SpA (Utilities)     74,221  
  7,103     Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA (Communication Services)(b)     84,434  
  344,785     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Financials)     975,786  
  7,935     Leonardo SpA (Industrials)*     64,613  
  14,288     Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (Financials)*     168,325  
  4,266     Moncler SpA (Consumer Discretionary)     272,940  
  18,273     Nexi SpA (Information Technology)*(b)     380,609  
  7,891     Pirelli & C SpA (Consumer Discretionary)(b)     47,264  
  9,322     Poste Italiane SpA (Financials)(b)     126,383  
  10,346     PRADA SpA (Consumer Discretionary)     61,193  
  5,090     Prysmian SpA (Industrials)     191,490  
  1,910     Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA (Health Care)     125,269  
  38,319     Snam SpA (Utilities)     226,349  
  200,811     Telecom Italia SpA (Communication Services)     90,860  
  121,172     Telecom Italia SpA-RSP (Communication Services)     58,488  
  28,345     Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale (Utilities)     224,047  
  41,933     UniCredit SpA (Financials)     523,114  
  8,888     UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (Financials)     25,558  
   

 

 

 
      7,618,723  

 

 

 
Japan – 24.1%  
  624     ABC-Mart, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     33,455  
  6,325     Acom Co. Ltd. (Financials)     24,469  
  3,928     Advantest Corp. (Information Technology)     340,384  
  13,526     Aeon Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     359,450  
  2,104     AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd. (Financials)     24,801  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  1,853     Aeon Mall Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)   28,303  
  3,685     AGC, Inc. (Industrials)     178,447  
  3,799     Air Water, Inc. (Materials)     61,346  
  3,099     Aisin Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     118,617  
  10,921     Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Consumer Staples)     322,481  
  3,543     Alfresa Holdings Corp. (Health Care)     56,147  
  4,074     Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     42,794  
  6,814     Amada Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     69,219  
  8,844     ANA Holdings, Inc. (Industrials)*     209,749  
  8,550     Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     398,004  
  4,254     Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     128,944  
  26,581     Asahi Kasei Corp. (Materials)     274,859  
  36,961     Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Health Care)     624,764  
  2,753     Azbil Corp. (Information Technology)     119,657  
  3,872     Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     269,306  
  1,544     Benesse Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     33,421  
  11,498     Bridgestone Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     530,001  
  4,970     Brother Industries Ltd. (Information Technology)     102,151  
  1,674     Calbee, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     41,538  
  20,517     Canon, Inc. (Information Technology)     487,713  
  3,301     Capcom Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     92,245  
  4,299     Casio Computer Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     66,485  
  3,419     Central Japan Railway Co. (Industrials)     501,833  
  13,725     Chiba Bank Ltd. (The) (Financials)     85,828  
  14,659     Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Utilities)     177,333  
  12,668     Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     496,757  
  6,294     Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (The) (Utilities)     58,781  
  2,414     Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     33,707  
  21,802     Concordia Financial Group Ltd. (Financials)     84,739  
  375     Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. (Consumer Staples)     66,494  
  8,095     CyberAgent, Inc. (Communication Services)     148,917  
  4,573     Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     108,893  
  5,678     Daicel Corp. (Materials)     45,792  
  2,264     Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     200,310  
  20,889     Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     412,513  
  37,744     Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     898,249  
  5,265     Daikin Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     1,313,374  
  1,295     Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     142,396  
  12,032     Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     367,553  
  40     Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     118,514  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  28,858     Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Financials)   $ 163,518  
  8,830     Denso Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     619,691  
  4,399     Dentsu Group, Inc. (Communication Services)     163,371  
  1,626     DIC Corp. (Materials)     46,844  
  568     Disco Corp. (Information Technology)     165,705  
  6,468     East Japan Railway Co. (Industrials)     437,500  
  1,889     Ebara Corp. (Industrials)     94,226  
  5,443     Eisai Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     450,165  
  3,336     Electric Power Development Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     49,922  
  62,647     ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (Energy)     242,981  
  980     Ezaki Glico Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     37,109  
  3,827     FANUC Corp. (Industrials)     835,697  
  1,096     Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     723,484  
  2,213     Food & Life Cos. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     95,280  
  2,586     Fuji Electric Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     112,164  
  3,371     Fuji Media Holdings, Inc. (Communication Services)     35,103  
  7,563     FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. (Information Technology)     624,261  
  3,702     Fujitsu Ltd. (Information Technology)     684,058  
  3,519     Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     65,120  
  81     GLP J REIT (Real Estate)     147,239  
  871     GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (Information Technology)     114,722  
  4,418     Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. (Communication Services)     69,612  
  2,832     Hamamatsu Photonics KK (Information Technology)     165,496  
  4,633     Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. (Industrials)     138,956  
  719     Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc. (Industrials)     39,857  
  5,112     Haseko Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     70,915  
  413     Hikari Tsushin, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     72,442  
  5,361     Hino Motors Ltd. (Industrials)     46,505  
  620     Hirose Electric Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     103,446  
  1,356     Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (Health Care)     54,433  
  2,067     Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     59,361  
  18,932     Hitachi Ltd. (Industrials)     1,048,618  
  3,981     Hitachi Metals Ltd. (Materials)*     77,004  
  32,707     Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     994,964  
  1,110     Hoshizaki Corp. (Industrials)     104,372  
  7,307     Hoya Corp. (Health Care)     1,182,582  
  6,555     Hulic Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     76,970  
  2,261     Ibiden Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     122,250  
  4,142     Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (Energy)     99,459  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  2,620     IHI Corp. (Industrials)*   58,333  
  2,965     Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     75,461  
  20,146     Inpex Corp. (Energy)     139,001  
  6,644     Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     44,632  
  11,314     Isuzu Motors Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     143,356  
  1,114     Ito En Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     70,576  
  29,509     ITOCHU Corp. (Industrials)     889,353  
  1,858     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. (Information Technology)     57,587  
  813     Izumi Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     26,530  
  4,912     J Front Retailing Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     42,521  
  8,528     Japan Airlines Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     181,723  
  10,620     Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (Financials)     253,175  
  139     Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest REIT (Real Estate)     135,255  
  8,111     Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. (Financials)     71,099  
  22,690     Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. (Financials)*     195,032  
  3,971     Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. (Financials)     72,111  
  22,113     Japan Tobacco, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     429,237  
  9,723     JFE Holdings, Inc. (Materials)     157,979  
  4,494     JGC Holdings Corp. (Industrials)     37,798  
  4,069     JSR Corp. (Materials)     141,300  
  4,574     JTEKT Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     41,427  
  8,799     Kajima Corp. (Industrials)     113,972  
  2,588     Kakaku.com, Inc. (Communication Services)     80,801  
  14,796     Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The) (Utilities)     148,822  
  4,375     Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. (Materials)     113,537  
  9,372     Kao Corp. (Consumer Staples)     566,961  
  3,004     Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (Industrials)*     64,039  
  31,076     KDDI Corp. (Communication Services)     953,269  
  4,631     Keikyu Corp. (Industrials)     56,570  
  2,201     Keio Corp. (Industrials)     118,605  
  2,995     Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     92,282  
  2,088     Kewpie Corp. (Consumer Staples)     51,506  
  3,763     Keyence Corp. (Information Technology)     2,265,130  
  2,989     Kikkoman Corp. (Consumer Staples)     224,733  
  3,650     Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     124,923  
  15,113     Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     274,307  
  991     Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     77,667  
  2,407     Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     93,774  
  1,103     Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     47,238  

 

 

 

 

40   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  2,456     Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)   $ 150,454  
  18,830     Komatsu Ltd. (Industrials)     456,352  
  1,878     Konami Holdings Corp. (Communication Services)     119,319  
  645     Kose Corp. (Consumer Staples)     78,086  
  23,222     Kubota Corp. (Industrials)     480,780  
  6,691     Kuraray Co. Ltd. (Materials)     63,036  
  2,193     Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     103,003  
  6,560     Kyocera Corp. (Information Technology)     408,791  
  4,970     Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     162,636  
  9,021     Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Utilities)     68,975  
  2,759     Kyushu Railway Co. (Industrials)     62,558  
  1,541     Lasertec Corp. (Information Technology)     337,629  
  904     Lawson, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     43,612  
  5,032     Lion Corp. (Consumer Staples)     85,790  
  5,508     Lixil Corp. (Industrials)     160,688  
  8,191     M3, Inc. (Health Care)     551,808  
  970     Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     33,993  
  4,849     Makita Corp. (Industrials)     278,952  
  33,790     Marubeni Corp. (Industrials)     269,311  
  3,971     Marui Group Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     70,918  
  1,643     Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     76,273  
  11,590     Mazda Motor Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)*     100,750  
  1,637     McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     78,229  
  20,579     Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     46,081  
  3,395     Medipal Holdings Corp. (Health Care)     64,989  
  2,592     MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     159,493  
  1,896     Mercari, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)*     93,885  
  7,613     MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc. (Industrials)     196,319  
  5,639     MISUMI Group, Inc. (Industrials)     224,051  
  27,776     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Materials)     244,184  
  27,236     Mitsubishi Corp. (Industrials)     820,848  
  39,336     Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Industrials)     539,053  
  23,898     Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     374,372  
  3,793     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (Materials)     71,641  
  13,281     Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc. (Financials)     71,204  
  6,079     Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     160,967  
  2,364     Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (Materials)     48,545  
  12,982     Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)*     33,205  
  231,041     Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     1,250,052  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  30,236     Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (Industrials)   668,517  
  3,542     Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Materials)     122,516  
  17,866     Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)     410,466  
  2,278     Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. (Industrials)(a)     176,252  
  1,939     Miura Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     87,190  
  47,175     Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     662,580  
  4,889     MonotaRO Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     108,274  
  9,355     MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     302,722  
  12,510     Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,038,401  
  2,150     Nabtesco Corp. (Industrials)     85,327  
  5,032     NEC Corp. (Information Technology)     264,746  
  9,123     Nexon Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     166,915  
  6,066     NGK Insulators Ltd. (Industrials)     100,769  
  3,817     NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     58,787  
  2,036     NH Foods Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     79,042  
  2,471     Nichirei Corp. (Consumer Staples)     63,068  
  10,112     Nidec Corp. (Industrials)     1,161,601  
  5,924     Nihon M&A Center, Inc. (Industrials)     177,407  
  6,417     Nikon Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     67,698  
  2,353     Nintendo Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     1,133,021  
  70     Nippon Building Fund, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     455,580  
  1,670     Nippon Express Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     113,857  
  19,384     Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd. (Materials)     241,550  
  41     Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     147,975  
  3,532     Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp. (Materials)     85,840  
  1,256     Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     102,094  
  17,387     Nippon Steel Corp. (Materials)     355,780  
  45,725     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Communication Services)     1,221,997  
  2,790     Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. (Communication Services)     29,688  
  3,231     Nippon Yusen KK (Industrials)     260,868  
  2,543     Nissan Chemical Corp. (Materials)     142,821  
  44,438     Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     234,001  
  4,868     Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     79,937  
  1,368     Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     106,591  
  1,632     Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     305,721  
  2,930     Nitto Denko Corp. (Materials)     222,964  
  60,375     Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     293,247  
  2,035     Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (Real Estate)     52,144  
  83     Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     128,210  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  7,691     Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (Information Technology)   $ 289,480  
  9,461     NSK Ltd. (Industrials)     66,484  
  12,606     NTT Data Corp. (Information Technology)     227,312  
  12,542     Obayashi Corp. (Industrials)     103,432  
  346     OBIC Business Consultants Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     16,251  
  1,278     Obic Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     243,711  
  6,847     Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     159,801  
  17,108     Oji Holdings Corp. (Materials)     89,698  
  24,087     Olympus Corp. (Health Care)     506,800  
  3,834     Omron Corp. (Information Technology)     362,251  
  8,028     Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     193,210  
  1,530     Open House Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     74,648  
  671     Oracle Corp. Japan (Information Technology)     55,214  
  3,992     Oriental Land Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     605,377  
  24,324     ORIX Corp. (Financials)     454,221  
  55     Orix JREIT, Inc. REIT (Real Estate)     98,175  
  8,056     Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     151,279  
  2,190     Otsuka Corp. (Information Technology)     113,626  
  8,022     Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     341,808  
  8,362     Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     159,613  
  43,135     Panasonic Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     515,139  
  2,190     Park24 Co. Ltd. (Industrials)*     42,321  
  1,942     PeptiDream, Inc. (Health Care)*     68,587  
  3,560     Persol Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     83,345  
  2,315     Pigeon Corp. (Consumer Staples)     67,115  
  1,661     Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     36,347  
  17,519     Rakuten Group, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     183,705  
  27,596     Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     1,632,751  
  22,412     Renesas Electronics Corp. (Information Technology)*     242,562  
  47,690     Resona Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     184,795  
  13,410     Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     136,712  
  707     Rinnai Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     76,132  
  1,710     Rohm Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     165,303  
  4,885     Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     104,850  
  7,555     Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     112,782  
  4,815     SBI Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     117,022  
  866     SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     74,413  
  960     SCSK Corp. (Information Technology)     60,732  
  4,215     Secom Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     320,173  
  3,458     Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     46,774  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  4,509     Seibu Holdings, Inc. (Industrials)*   54,423  
  5,757     Seiko Epson Corp. (Information Technology)     107,426  
  7,923     Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     135,872  
  11,858     Sekisui House Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     236,707  
  15,032     Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     658,830  
  12,110     Seven Bank Ltd. (Financials)     27,668  
  8,565     SG Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     233,265  
  5,734     Sharp Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     75,837  
  5,637     Shimadzu Corp. (Information Technology)     253,219  
  473     Shimamura Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     41,763  
  1,618     Shimano, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     475,709  
  11,698     Shimizu Corp. (Industrials)     84,120  
  8,148     Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     1,350,212  
  4,344     Shinsei Bank Ltd. (Financials)     53,974  
  5,949     Shionogi & Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     376,456  
  7,955     Shiseido Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     528,089  
  10,289     Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The) (Financials)     80,731  
  2,869     Showa Denko KK (Materials)     63,904  
  1,249     SMC Corp. (Industrials)     801,629  
  55,664     SoftBank Corp. (Communication Services)     746,595  
  22,914     SoftBank Group Corp. (Communication Services)     1,289,199  
  1,426     Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     64,706  
  21,004     Sojitz Corp. (Industrials)     61,754  
  6,469     Sompo Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     284,292  
  24,858     Sony Group Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     2,570,425  
  1,792     Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     104,558  
  2,944     Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     73,640  
  12,187     Subaru Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     225,913  
  721     Sugi Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     55,785  
  5,271     SUMCO Corp. (Information Technology)     111,456  
  32,096     Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Materials)     163,022  
  23,320     Sumitomo Corp. (Industrials)     329,974  
  3,377     Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     60,618  
  14,918     Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     199,681  
  2,312     Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. (Industrials)     60,609  
  4,862     Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (Materials)     186,939  
  25,876     Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Financials)     895,273  
  5,887     Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     192,804  

 

 

 

 

42   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  6,626     Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. (Real Estate)   $ 214,232  
  3,579     Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     42,970  
  1,358     Sundrug Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     45,180  
  2,514     Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     100,803  
  1,265     Suzuken Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     37,653  
  8,146     Suzuki Motor Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     352,652  
  3,053     Sysmex Corp. (Health Care)     347,930  
  9,925     T&D Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     120,607  
  2,343     Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (Materials)     53,787  
  3,728     Taisei Corp. (Industrials)     116,903  
  760     Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     44,413  
  2,466     Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)     140,068  
  31,285     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Health Care)     1,047,674  
  2,068     TBS Holdings, Inc. (Communication Services)     30,288  
  2,530     TDK Corp. (Information Technology)     266,449  
  3,640     Teijin Ltd. (Materials)     52,450  
  14,304     Terumo Corp. (Health Care)     598,539  
  2,415     THK Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     56,121  
  4,557     TIS, Inc. (Information Technology)     129,003  
  3,919     Tobu Railway Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     102,416  
  2,134     Toho Co. Ltd. (Communication Services)     92,462  
  1,809     Toho Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     84,473  
  9,510     Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (Utilities)     72,887  
  12,803     Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (Financials)     626,631  
  724     Tokyo Century Corp. (Financials)     41,452  
  30,004     Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc. (Utilities)*     78,929  
  2,986     Tokyo Electron Ltd. (Information Technology)     1,283,985  
  8,343     Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. (Utilities)     160,693  
  11,961     Tokyu Corp. (Industrials)     164,945  
  12,168     Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. (Real Estate)     70,554  
  5,535     TOPPAN, Inc. (Industrials)     95,223  
  30,093     Toray Industries, Inc. (Materials)     203,195  
  8,478     Toshiba Corp. (Industrials)     368,491  
  5,647     Tosoh Corp. (Materials)     102,701  
  3,118     TOTO Ltd. (Industrials)     170,006  
  1,757     Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     72,848  
  1,373     Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     29,245  
  1,466     Toyota Boshoku Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     27,636  
  3,102     Toyota Industries Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     262,312  
  45,085     Toyota Motor Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     3,936,422  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Japan – (continued)  
  4,518     Toyota Tsusho Corp. (Industrials)   200,073  
  2,659     Trend Micro, Inc. (Information Technology)     145,947  
  758     Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Staples)     95,561  
  8,009     Unicharm Corp. (Consumer Staples)     357,511  
  57     United Urban Investment Corp. REIT (Real Estate)     80,732  
  4,044     USS Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     67,032  
  1,843     Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     65,174  
  3,354     West Japan Railway Co. (Industrials)     183,667  
  418     Workman Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     26,786  
  2,574     Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     148,545  
  13,819     Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     59,497  
  3,334     Yamaha Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)     196,957  
  5,898     Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     150,322  
  6,387     Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd. (Industrials)     162,785  
  2,559     Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     42,044  
  5,003     Yaskawa Electric Corp. (Industrials)     245,004  
  5,170     Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Information Technology)     81,084  
  2,633     Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (The) (Consumer Discretionary)     44,986  
  52,595     Z Holdings Corp. (Communication Services)     343,261  
  2,191     ZOZO, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)     83,663  
   

 

 

 
      86,151,640  

 

 

 
Jordan – 0.0%  
  2,865     Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Health Care)     100,072  

 

 

 
Luxembourg – 0.2%  
  14,213     ArcelorMittal (Materials)     476,403  
  2,545     Eurofins Scientific SE (Health Care)     360,750  
   

 

 

 
      837,153  

 

 

 
Macau – 0.1%  
  43,122     Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     276,396  
  16,549     MGM China Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     16,576  
  49,143     Sands China Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     157,652  
  39,092     SJM Holdings Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)*     34,029  
   

 

 

 
      484,653  

 

 

 
Mexico – 0.0%  
  3,721     Fresnillo PLC (Materials)     43,734  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Netherlands – 5.1%  
  8,906     ABN AMRO Bank NV (Financials)*(b)   $ 124,286  
  516     Adyen NV (Information Technology)*(b)     1,665,616  
  3,413     Akzo Nobel NV (Materials)     420,614  
  8,306     ASML Holding NV (Information Technology)     6,907,491  
  2,098     EXOR NV (Financials)     174,847  
  1,741     HAL Trust (Financials)     310,741  
  2,042     Heineken Holding NV (Consumer Staples)     189,222  
  4,782     Heineken NV (Consumer Staples)     523,283  
  78,480     ING Groep NV (Financials)     1,083,907  
  1,525     JDE Peet’s NV (Consumer Staples)(a)     52,385  
  21,021     Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Consumer Staples)     708,942  
  3,466     Koninklijke DSM NV (Materials)     737,482  
  65,921     Koninklijke KPN NV (Communication Services)     211,194  
  18,242     Koninklijke Philips NV (Health Care)     840,678  
  5,636     NN Group NV (Financials)     292,533  
  2,350     Randstad NV (Industrials)     172,824  
  82,433     Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A (Energy)     1,624,128  
  74,503     Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B (Energy)     1,467,273  
  5,305     Wolters Kluwer NV (Industrials)     610,072  
   

 

 

 
      18,117,518  

 

 

 
New Zealand – 0.4%  
  24,355     Auckland International Airport Ltd. (Industrials)*     123,596  
  9,015     Chorus Ltd. (Communication Services)     44,607  
  15,641     Contact Energy Ltd. (Utilities)     89,723  
  11,535     Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd. (Health Care)     268,736  
  15,391     Fletcher Building Ltd. (Industrials)     81,139  
  10,365     Genesis Energy Ltd. (Utilities)     24,731  
  21,132     Goodman Property Trust REIT (Real Estate)     38,820  
  13,930     Infratil Ltd. (Utilities)     73,290  
  1,632     Mainfreight Ltd. (Industrials)     107,976  
  12,274     Mercury NZ Ltd. (Utilities)     57,450  
  23,057     Meridian Energy Ltd. (Utilities)     85,200  
  7,705     Ryman Healthcare Ltd. (Health Care)     83,951  
  37,332     Spark New Zealand Ltd. (Communication Services)     128,096  
  2,570     Xero Ltd. (Information Technology)*     285,161  
   

 

 

 
      1,492,476  

 

 

 
Norway – 0.8%  
  449     Aker ASA, Class A (Financials)     32,391  
  2,178     Aker BP ASA (Energy)     56,793  
  1,747     Austevoll Seafood ASA (Consumer Staples)     22,416  
  17,736     DNB Bank ASA (Financials)     374,061  
  2,074     Entra ASA (Real Estate)(b)     46,910  
  21,305     Equinor ASA (Energy)     452,123  
  3,733     Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (Financials)     87,178  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Norway – (continued)  
  1,754     Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (Industrials)   48,840  
  5,691     Leroy Seafood Group ASA (Consumer Staples)     50,181  
  9,009     Mowi ASA (Consumer Staples)     241,024  
  29,213     NEL ASA (Industrials)*     47,937  
  3,318     Nordic Semiconductor ASA (Information Technology)*     107,864  
  26,945     Norsk Hydro ASA (Materials)     185,775  
  14,974     Orkla ASA (Consumer Staples)     133,617  
  1,131     Salmar ASA (Consumer Staples)     75,717  
  2,293     Scatec ASA (Utilities)(b)     47,360  
  1,408     Schibsted ASA, Class A (Communication Services)     75,047  
  1,854     Schibsted ASA, Class B (Communication Services)     86,169  
  3,604     SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA (Financials)     48,562  
  9,190     Storebrand ASA (Financials)     81,519  
  12,894     Telenor ASA (Communication Services)     225,654  
  2,340     TGS ASA (Energy)     25,939  
  2,340     TOMRA Systems ASA (Industrials)     143,647  
   

 

 

 
      2,696,724  

 

 

 
Poland – 0.3%  
  7,795     Allegro.eu SA (Consumer Discretionary)*(b)     144,568  
  3,230     Bank Pekao SA (Financials)*     90,435  
  4,001     Cyfrowy Polsat SA (Communication Services)     38,204  
  969     Dino Polska SA (Consumer Staples)*(b)     82,150  
  4,194     InPost SA (Industrials)*     81,688  
  2,756     KGHM Polska Miedz SA (Materials)     128,342  
  262     mBank SA (Financials)*     25,387  
  16,090     PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (Utilities)*     42,402  
  6,260     Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (Energy)     121,479  
  32,816     Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (Energy)     53,996  
  17,814     Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (Financials)*     195,643  
  11,478     Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (Financials)*     121,711  
  673     Santander Bank Polska SA (Financials)*     53,084  
   

 

 

 
      1,179,089  

 

 

 
Portugal – 0.2%  
  55,243     EDP – Energias de Portugal SA (Utilities)     303,364  
  10,554     Galp Energia SGPS SA (Energy)     108,065  
  4,934     Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (Consumer Staples)     104,547  
   

 

 

 
      515,976  

 

 

 
Russia – 0.0%  
  11,621     Evraz PLC (Materials)     94,425  

 

 

 

 

44   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Saudi Arabia – 0.1%  
  3,157     Delivery Hero SE (Consumer Discretionary)*(b)   $ 456,891  

 

 

 
Singapore – 1.1%  
  66,546     Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust REIT (Real Estate)     150,398  
  90,341     CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust REIT (Real Estate)     138,356  
  50,578     CapitaLand Ltd. (Real Estate)     150,407  
  11,624     City Developments Ltd. (Real Estate)     59,109  
  43,630     ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd. (Industrials)     52,547  
  36,122     DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (Financials)     804,830  
  52,892     Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust REIT (Real Estate)     58,983  
  114,679     Genting Singapore Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     65,221  
  1,918     Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)     27,706  
  29,024     Keppel Corp. Ltd. (Industrials)     112,203  
  26,053     Keppel DC REIT (Real Estate)     48,422  
  45,073     Mapletree Commercial Trust REIT (Real Estate)     68,023  
  41,391     Mapletree Industrial Trust REIT (Real Estate)     89,853  
  59,181     Mapletree Logistics Trust REIT (Real Estate)     89,315  
  17,657     Olam International Ltd. (Consumer Staples)     21,003  
  80,544     Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (Financials)     684,423  
  13,485     SATS Ltd. (Industrials)*     40,803  
  26,188     Singapore Airlines Ltd. (Industrials)*     98,514  
  16,411     Singapore Exchange Ltd. (Financials)     120,786  
  30,773     Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. (Industrials)     86,478  
  159,911     Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Communication Services)     275,811  
  32,516     Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust REIT (Real Estate)     35,777  
  31,419     United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Financials)     597,501  
  10,752     UOL Group Ltd. (Real Estate)     55,954  
  5,452     Venture Corp. Ltd. (Information Technology)     77,660  
   

 

 

 
      4,010,083  

 

 

 
South Africa – 0.3%  
  23,323     Anglo American PLC (Materials)     985,096  
  2,345     Thungela Resources Ltd. (Energy)*     9,795  
   

 

 

 
      994,891  

 

 

 
Spain – 2.4%  
  4,585     ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Industrials)(a)     123,727  
  1,388     Aena SME SA (Industrials)*(b)     221,520  
  9,037     Amadeus IT Group SA (Information Technology)*     551,735  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Spain – (continued)  
  132,797     Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Financials)*   869,549  
  344,941     Banco Santander SA (Financials)*     1,273,472  
  87,167     CaixaBank SA (Financials)     270,823  
  11,462     Cellnex Telecom SA (Communication Services)*(b)     784,758  
  4,832     EDP Renovaveis SA (Utilities)     128,453  
  6,391     Endesa SA (Utilities)     153,601  
  9,441     Ferrovial SA (Industrials)     273,266  
  5,943     Grifols SA (Health Care)     145,149  
  122,483     Iberdrola SA (Utilities)     1,517,419  
  22,290     Industria de Diseno Textil SA (Consumer Discretionary)     760,686  
  19,360     Mapfre SA (Financials)     41,730  
  9,507     Naturgy Energy Group SA (Utilities)     244,651  
  8,660     Red Electrica Corp. SA (Utilities)     172,661  
  26,392     Repsol SA (Energy)     302,354  
  4,498     Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (Industrials)*     133,326  
  101,777     Telefonica SA (Communication Services)     502,376  
   

 

 

 
      8,471,256  

 

 

 
Sweden – 4.0%  
  3,475     AAK AB (Consumer Staples)     83,027  
  5,962     Alfa Laval AB (Industrials)     241,554  
  19,549     Assa Abloy AB, Class B (Industrials)     624,127  
  12,691     Atlas Copco AB, Class A (Industrials)     870,292  
  7,492     Atlas Copco AB, Class B (Industrials)     432,939  
  2,167     Avanza Bank Holding AB (Financials)     83,182  
  2,114     Axfood AB (Consumer Staples)     55,868  
  4,427     Beijer Ref AB (Industrials)     101,570  
  5,398     Boliden AB (Materials)     188,022  
  4,198     Castellum AB (Real Estate)     122,121  
  5,046     Electrolux AB, Series B (Consumer Discretionary)     127,688  
  7,262     Elekta AB, Class B (Health Care)(a)     90,915  
  6,090     Embracer Group AB (Communication Services)*     138,033  
  12,479     Epiroc AB, Class A (Industrials)     273,526  
  7,490     Epiroc AB, Class B (Industrials)     142,150  
  6,344     EQT AB (Financials)     322,904  
  12,124     Essity AB, Class B (Consumer Staples)     388,478  
  3,424     Evolution AB (Consumer Discretionary)(b)     551,096  
  5,240     Fabege AB (Real Estate)     94,899  
  1,995     Fastighets AB Balder, Class B (Real Estate)*     142,443  
  3,934     Getinge AB, Class B (Health Care)     161,210  
  14,352     H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)*     287,351  
  39,317     Hexagon AB, Class B (Information Technology)     680,418  
  1,817     Holmen AB, Class B (Materials)     92,231  
  8,236     Husqvarna AB, Class B (Consumer Discretionary)     110,355  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Sweden – (continued)  
  1,818     ICA Gruppen AB (Consumer Staples)   $ 90,346  
  2,500     Industrivarden AB, Class A (Financials)     91,913  
  3,155     Industrivarden AB, Class C (Financials)     109,858  
  5,098     Indutrade AB (Industrials)     168,189  
  2,475     Investment AB Latour, Class B (Industrials)     86,037  
  10,374     Investor AB, Class A (Financials)     248,583  
  36,588     Investor AB, Class B (Financials)     874,183  
  4,844     Kinnevik AB, Class B (Financials)*     189,585  
  1,475     L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B (Financials)     94,046  
  3,948     Lifco AB, Class B (Industrials)     116,722  
  3,723     Lundin Energy AB (Energy)     113,604  
  32,244     Nibe Industrier AB, Class B (Industrials)     449,023  
  1,535     Saab AB, Class B (Industrials)     45,702  
  1,282     Sagax AB, Class B (Real Estate)     47,756  
  21,471     Sandvik AB (Industrials)     546,801  
  6,221     Securitas AB, Class B (Industrials)     103,159  
  10,111     Sinch AB (Information Technology)*(b)     226,597  
  29,272     Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A (Financials)     392,726  
  7,486     Skanska AB, Class B (Industrials)     215,343  
  8,559     SKF AB, Class B (Industrials)     217,972  
  4,476     SSAB AB, Class A (Materials)*     24,342  
  12,038     SSAB AB, Class B (Materials)*     57,175  
  11,433     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B (Materials)     201,498  
  29,326     Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A (Financials)     329,494  
  701     Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class B (Financials)     8,569  
  3,951     Sweco AB, Class B (Industrials)     69,199  
  21,831     Swedbank AB, Class A (Financials)     421,071  
  30,869     Swedish Match AB (Consumer Staples)     284,725  
  3,389     Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Health Care)*     73,734  
  9,038     Tele2 AB, Class B (Communication Services)     135,330  
  58,897     Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B (Information Technology)     697,466  
  43,750     Telia Co. AB (Communication Services)     187,587  
  4,886     Trelleborg AB, Class B (Industrials)     118,606  
  3,775     Volvo AB, Class A (Industrials)     87,354  
  29,620     Volvo AB, Class B (Industrials)     669,091  
  2,855     Wallenstam AB, Class B (Real Estate)     48,814  
   

 

 

 
      14,248,599  

 

 

 
Switzerland – 8.5%  
  33,012     ABB Ltd. (Industrials)     1,222,386  
  10,044     Alcon, Inc. (Health Care)     827,159  
  9,041     Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Consumer Discretionary)     996,825  
  49,302     Credit Suisse Group AG (Financials)     522,810  
  695     Geberit AG (Industrials)     580,551  
  160     Givaudan SA (Materials)     802,576  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Switzerland – (continued)  
  9,969     Holcim Ltd. (Materials)*   568,072  
  1,114     Kuehne + Nagel International AG (Industrials)     407,512  
  1,492     Lonza Group AG (Health Care)     1,262,267  
  53,227     Nestle SA (Consumer Staples)     6,725,062  
  47,077     Novartis AG (Health Care)     4,357,468  
  440     Partners Group Holding AG (Financials)     780,045  
  14,119     Roche Holding AG (Health Care)     5,668,099  
  534     Roche Holding AG (Health Care)     239,005  
  388     Schindler Holding AG (Industrials)     120,968  
  808     Schindler Holding AG Participation Certificates (Industrials)     260,910  
  107     SGS SA (Industrials)     336,167  
  2,692     Sika AG (Materials)     970,066  
  13,117     STMicroelectronics NV (Information Technology)     583,436  
  566     Swatch Group AG (The) – Bearer (Consumer Discretionary)     159,534  
  1,027     Swatch Group AG (The) – Registered (Consumer Discretionary)     56,448  
  510     Swisscom AG (Communication Services)     299,191  
  69,819     UBS Group AG (Financials)     1,164,603  
  3,019     Zurich Insurance Group AG (Financials)     1,324,860  
   

 

 

 
      30,236,020  

 

 

 
United Kingdom – 12.1%  
  19,558     3i Group PLC (Financials)     360,011  
  43,907     Abrdn PLC (Financials)     160,434  
  5,247     Admiral Group PLC (Financials)     260,757  
  6,968     Allfunds Group PLC (Financials)*     125,536  
  8,995     Ashtead Group PLC (Industrials)     704,386  
  1,399     ASOS PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     74,782  
  7,261     Associated British Foods PLC (Consumer Staples)     197,860  
  25,338     AstraZeneca PLC (Health Care)     2,968,954  
  19,262     Auto Trader Group PLC (Communication Services)(b)     166,744  
  2,238     AVEVA Group PLC (Information Technology)     127,391  
  78,171     Aviva PLC (Financials)     434,742  
  64,857     BAE Systems PLC (Industrials)     507,351  
  341,293     Barclays PLC (Financials)     868,484  
  20,528     Barratt Developments PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     208,780  
  2,346     Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     155,849  
  374,440     BP PLC (Energy)     1,530,252  
  46,117     British American Tobacco PLC (Consumer Staples)     1,732,056  
  16,953     British Land Co. PLC (The) REIT (Real Estate)     123,704  
  151,006     BT Group PLC (Communication Services)*     352,882  
  6,798     Bunzl PLC (Industrials)     246,618  
  8,131     Burberry Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     208,083  

 

 

 

 

46   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)  
  53,587     CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. (Industrials)   $ 391,015  
  8,256     Clarivate PLC (Industrials)*     207,969  
  19,836     CNH Industrial NV (Industrials)     327,816  
  3,018     Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC (Consumer Staples)     174,259  
  35,838     Compass Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     740,077  
  32,146     ConvaTec Group PLC (Health Care)(b)     99,719  
  2,799     Croda International PLC (Materials)     352,392  
  1,924     DCC PLC (Industrials)     163,641  
  46,959     Diageo PLC (Consumer Staples)     2,258,079  
  27,097     Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (Financials)     115,233  
  27,335     DS Smith PLC (Materials)     166,430  
  6,849     easyJet PLC (Industrials)*     75,030  
  11,667     Entain PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     310,376  
  18,491     Experian PLC (Industrials)     815,362  
  5,664     Farfetch Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary)*     237,095  
  101,125     GlaxoSmithKline PLC (Health Care)     2,034,714  
  7,597     Halma PLC (Information Technology)     313,975  
  7,082     Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (Financials)     147,028  
  410,527     HSBC Holdings PLC (Financials)     2,181,983  
  19,016     Imperial Brands PLC (Consumer Staples)     403,422  
  30,300     Informa PLC (Communication Services)*     221,429  
  3,538     InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     225,589  
  5,833     Intermediate Capital Group PLC (Financials)     176,448  
  3,251     Intertek Group PLC (Industrials)     235,790  
  73,184     ITV PLC (Communication Services)*     116,633  
  38,271     J Sainsbury PLC (Consumer Staples)     160,118  
  9,946     JD Sports Fashion PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     138,182  
  3,906     Johnson Matthey PLC (Materials)     157,990  
  3,890     Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (Consumer Discretionary)*(b)     352,294  
  42,623     Kingfisher PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     205,486  
  14,960     Land Securities Group PLC REIT (Real Estate)     145,974  
  119,990     Legal & General Group PLC (Financials)     446,198  
  3,105     Liberty Global PLC, Class A (Communication Services)*     89,238  
  6,881     Liberty Global PLC, Class C (Communication Services)*     199,411  
  1,425,502     Lloyds Banking Group PLC (Financials)     858,799  
  9,674     London Stock Exchange Group PLC (Financials)     1,059,250  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United Kingdom – (continued)  
  52,496     M&G PLC (Financials)   148,830  
  86,729     Melrose Industries PLC (Industrials)     200,216  
  71,447     National Grid PLC (Utilities)     925,570  
  105,414     Natwest Group PLC (Financials)     309,157  
  2,456     Next PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     267,364  
  10,209     Ocado Group PLC (Consumer Staples)*     282,829  
  15,190     Pearson PLC (Communication Services)     160,469  
  6,363     Persimmon PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     257,458  
  14,062     Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (Financials)     120,646  
  52,508     Prudential PLC (Financials)     1,094,802  
  14,326     Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (Consumer Staples)     1,092,078  
  38,839     RELX PLC (Industrials)     1,166,327  
  37,331     Rentokil Initial PLC (Industrials)     298,191  
  17,168     Rightmove PLC (Communication Services)     165,723  
  166,661     Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (Industrials)*     263,451  
  21,309     Sage Group PLC (The) (Information Technology)     217,661  
  979     Schroders PLC (Financials)     35,031  
  2,724     Schroders PLC (Financials)     141,709  
  24,076     Segro PLC REIT (Real Estate)     425,448  
  5,012     Severn Trent PLC (Utilities)     190,516  
  17,660     Smith & Nephew PLC (Health Care)     339,049  
  7,996     Smiths Group PLC (Industrials)     158,740  
  1,477     Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (Industrials)     327,471  
  20,958     SSE PLC (Utilities)     470,869  
  10,818     St James’s Place PLC (Financials)     239,701  
  62,648     Standard Chartered PLC (Financials)     392,125  
  71,613     Taylor Wimpey PLC (Consumer Discretionary)     180,261  
  155,410     Tesco PLC (Consumer Staples)     545,723  
  15,649     THG PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     132,560  
  51,514     Unilever PLC (Consumer Staples)     2,868,459  
  13,765     United Utilities Group PLC (Utilities)     200,334  
  559,917     Vodafone Group PLC (Communication Services)     939,807  
  5,234     Weir Group PLC (The) (Industrials)*     126,166  
  4,077     Whitbread PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     180,000  
  48,549     Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC (Consumer Staples)     193,765  
  24,084     WPP PLC (Communication Services)     326,020  
   

 

 

 
      43,204,626  

 

 

 
United States – 1.3%  
  13,032     Avast PLC (Information Technology)(b)     107,217  
  3,155     Carnival PLC (Consumer Discretionary)*     68,179  
  799     CyberArk Software Ltd. (Information Technology)*     134,184  
  4,470     Ferguson PLC (Industrials)     646,251  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   47


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
United States – (continued)  
  8,442     James Hardie Industries PLC CDI (Materials)   $ 327,248  
  13,048     JS Global Lifestyle Co. Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary)(b)     32,749  
  10,770     Schneider Electric SE (Industrials)     1,923,543  
  41,731     Stellantis NV (Consumer Discretionary)     834,093  
  5,790     Swiss Re AG (Financials)     532,575  
  9,409     Tenaris SA (Energy)     94,808  
   

 

 

 
      4,700,847  

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  
  (Cost $281,297,026)   $ 352,777,674  

 

 

 

 

    
Shares
  Description   Rate     Value  
Preferred Stocks – 0.6%  
Germany – 0.6%        
1,150   Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
(Consumer Discretionary)
    2.77   $ 96,248  
3,508   Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
(Consumer Staples)
    2.25       342,628  
3,078   Porsche Automobil Holding SE
(Consumer Discretionary)
    2.55       311,602  
685   Sartorius AG (Health Care)     0.12       451,203  
3,680   Volkswagen AG (Consumer
Discretionary)
    2.42       874,458  
     

 

 

 
        2,076,139  

 

 
Spain – 0.0%        
5,278   Grifols SA, Class B (Health
Care)
    4.34       76,385  

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

 

(Cost $1,547,738)     $ 2,152,524  

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING REINVESTMENT VEHICLE

 

(Cost $282,844,764)     $ 354,930,198  

 

 
Shares   Dividend
Rate
    Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.3%(c)  

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund – Institutional Shares

 

1,129,562       0.026%     $ 1,129,562  
(Cost $1,129,562)    

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.7%

 

(Cost $283,974,326)     $ 356,059,760  

 

 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF     LIABILITIES – 0.3%

 

    1,132,250  

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%

 

  $ 357,192,010  

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR

 

—American Depositary Receipt

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

SDR

 

—Swedish Depositary Receipt

 

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2021, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

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

MSCI EAFE Index

   17      09/17/21      $ 1,984,295        $ 14,480  

 

48   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Schedule of Investments

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – 99.5%  
Communication Services – 11.7%  
  8,329     Activision Blizzard, Inc.   $ 686,060  
  3,217     Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     9,309,837  
  3,002     Alphabet, Inc., Class C*     8,733,538  
  2,352     Altice USA, Inc., Class A*     64,539  
  77,255     AT&T, Inc.     2,118,332  
  1,332     Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     1,087,791  
  49,352     Comcast Corp., Class A     2,994,679  
  1,755     Discovery, Inc., Class A*(a)     50,614  
  3,412     Discovery, Inc., Class C*     94,137  
  2,722     DISH Network Corp., Class A*     118,652  
  3,080     Electronic Arts, Inc.     447,247  
  25,822     Facebook, Inc., Class A*     9,796,350  
  3,505     Fox Corp., Class A     131,227  
  1,636     Fox Corp., Class B     56,655  
  838     IAC/InterActiveCorp*     110,658  
  261     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A*     48,486  
  1,640     Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C*     313,765  
  865     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A*     42,818  
  1,748     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C*     86,264  
  11,866     Lumen Technologies, Inc.     145,952  
  2,749     Match Group, Inc.*     377,823  
  4,731     Netflix, Inc.*     2,692,838  
  2,309     Omnicom Group, Inc.     169,065  
  5,884     Pinterest, Inc., Class A*     326,974  
  1,245     Roku, Inc.*     438,738  
  714     Sea Ltd. ADR (Taiwan)*     241,560  
  9,443     Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.     59,208  
  12,202     Snap, Inc., Class A*     928,694  
  1,251     Spotify Technology SA*     293,159  
  1,240     Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*     199,913  
  6,347     T-Mobile US, Inc.*     869,666  
  8,418     Twitter, Inc.*     542,961  
  43,125     Verizon Communications, Inc.     2,371,875  
  100     ViacomCBS, Inc., Class A     4,598  
  6,181     ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B     256,202  
  1,493     Vimeo, Inc.*     56,913  
  19,670     Walt Disney Co. (The)*     3,566,171  
  472     Zillow Group, Inc., Class A*     45,123  
  1,770     Zillow Group, Inc., Class C*     169,513  
   

 

 

 
      50,048,595  

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 12.1%  
  705     Advance Auto Parts, Inc.     143,009  
  1,501     Airbnb, Inc., Class A*     232,640  
  4,686     Amazon.com, Inc.*     16,264,122  
  2,909     Aptiv PLC*     442,721  
  233     AutoZone, Inc.*     360,952  
  2,434     Best Buy Co., Inc.     283,585  
  443     Booking Holdings, Inc.*     1,018,754  
  716     Burlington Stores, Inc.*     214,435  
  1,759     CarMax, Inc.*     220,244  
  9,174     Carnival Corp.*     221,460  
  865     Carvana Co.*     283,772  
  876     Chewy, Inc., Class A*     77,193  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Discretionary – (continued)  
  300     Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*   570,999  
  5,877     Coupang, Inc. (South Korea)*(a)     176,075  
  1,412     Darden Restaurants, Inc.     212,718  
  2,553     Dollar General Corp.     569,089  
  2,480     Dollar Tree, Inc.*     224,539  
  418     Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     216,060  
  1,399     DoorDash, Inc., Class A*     267,769  
  3,587     D.R. Horton, Inc.     342,989  
  3,019     DraftKings, Inc., Class A*     178,997  
  7,103     eBay, Inc.     545,084  
  1,368     Etsy, Inc.*     295,844  
  1,523     Expedia Group, Inc.*     220,074  
  42,399     Ford Motor Co.*     552,459  
  1,644     Garmin Ltd.     286,763  
  14,223     General Motors Co.*     697,069  
  1,552     Genuine Parts Co.     189,639  
  1,393     Hasbro, Inc.     136,946  
  2,964     Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*     370,085  
  11,512     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     3,754,984  
  2,927     Lennar Corp., Class A     314,096  
  170     Lennar Corp., Class B     14,878  
  2,806     LKQ Corp.*     147,848  
  7,631     Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     1,555,885  
  1,298     Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*     519,421  
  2,858     Marriott International, Inc., Class A*     386,230  
  8,081     McDonald’s Corp.     1,918,914  
  516     MercadoLibre, Inc. (Argentina)*     963,604  
  4,424     MGM Resorts International     188,551  
  617     Mohawk Industries, Inc.*     122,018  
  4,108     Newell Brands, Inc.     104,384  
  13,632     NIKE, Inc., Class B     2,245,736  
  37     NVR, Inc.*     191,658  
  745     O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     442,590  
  2,839     Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A*     284,439  
  2,755     PulteGroup, Inc.     148,384  
  3,797     Ross Stores, Inc.     449,565  
  2,339     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.*     193,506  
  12,740     Starbucks Corp.     1,496,823  
  5,342     Target Corp.     1,319,367  
  8,384     Tesla, Inc.*     6,168,277  
  12,106     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     880,348  
  1,241     Tractor Supply Co.     241,064  
  582     Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     225,414  
  431     Vail Resorts, Inc.*     131,390  
  3,811     VF Corp.     291,427  
  803     Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     225,442  
  676     Whirlpool Corp.     149,754  
  1,137     Wynn Resorts Ltd.*     115,622  
  4,354     Yum China Holdings, Inc. (China)     268,032  
  3,222     Yum! Brands, Inc.     422,179  
   

 

 

 
      51,697,915  

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 5.6%  
  20,023     Altria Group, Inc.     1,005,755  
  6,019     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     361,140  
  409     Brown-Forman Corp., Class A     27,076  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   49


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Consumer Staples – (continued)  
  3,272     Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   $ 229,760  
  2,192     Campbell Soup Co.     91,472  
  2,651     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     221,783  
  1,343     Clorox Co. (The)     225,691  
  41,856     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     2,356,911  
  9,137     Colgate-Palmolive Co.     712,229  
  5,092     Conagra Brands, Inc.     168,647  
  1,694     Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A     357,671  
  4,777     Costco Wholesale Corp.     2,175,876  
  2,334     Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A     794,704  
  6,558     General Mills, Inc.     379,118  
  1,580     Hershey Co. (The)     280,766  
  3,029     Hormel Foods Corp.     137,941  
  1,134     J M Smucker Co. (The)     140,242  
  2,766     Kellogg Co.     174,645  
  7,862     Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.     280,438  
  3,643     Kimberly-Clark Corp.     502,042  
  7,145     Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     257,149  
  7,472     Kroger Co. (The)     343,936  
  2,671     McCormick & Co., Inc.     230,481  
  2,006     Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B     95,345  
  15,074     Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     935,643  
  4,021     Monster Beverage Corp.*     392,329  
  14,941     PepsiCo, Inc.     2,336,623  
  16,844     Philip Morris International, Inc.     1,734,932  
  26,291     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     3,743,575  
  5,199     Sysco Corp.     414,100  
  3,147     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A     247,102  
  7,739     Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     392,754  
  15,751     Walmart, Inc.     2,332,723  
   

 

 

 
      24,080,599  

 

 

 
Energy – 2.2%  
  7,787     Baker Hughes Co.     177,388  
  2,539     Cheniere Energy, Inc.*     222,061  
  20,677     Chevron Corp.     2,000,913  
  14,597     ConocoPhillips     810,571  
  1,050     DT Midstream, Inc.*     48,793  
  6,303     EOG Resources, Inc.     425,579  
  45,729     Exxon Mobil Corp.     2,493,145  
  8,934     Halliburton Co.     178,501  
  2,982     Hess Corp.     205,012  
  21,465     Kinder Morgan, Inc.     349,236  
  7,025     Marathon Petroleum Corp.     416,372  
  9,451     Occidental Petroleum Corp.     242,796  
  4,794     ONEOK, Inc.     251,781  
  4,729     Phillips 66     336,185  
  2,361     Pioneer Natural Resources Co.     353,371  
  15,117     Schlumberger NV     423,881  
  4,475     Valero Energy Corp.     296,737  
  13,126     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     324,081  
   

 

 

 
      9,556,403  

 

 

 
Financials – 10.6%  
  6,738     Aflac, Inc.     381,910  
  146     Alleghany Corp.*     98,797  
  3,164     Allstate Corp. (The)     428,026  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  3,970     Ally Financial, Inc.   210,013  
  6,540     American Express Co.     1,085,378  
  9,287     American International Group, Inc.     506,699  
  1,251     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     341,410  
  15,093     Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT     131,158  
  2,339     Aon PLC, Class A     670,966  
  2,282     Apollo Global Management, Inc.     136,418  
  4,231     Arch Capital Group Ltd.*     173,894  
  2,212     Arthur J Gallagher & Co.     317,687  
  81,548     Bank of America Corp.     3,404,629  
  8,680     Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     479,310  
  13,944     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     3,984,777  
  1,527     BlackRock, Inc.     1,440,404  
  7,341     Blackstone, Inc.     922,984  
  4,837     Capital One Financial Corp.     802,797  
  1,149     Cboe Global Markets, Inc.     144,946  
  16,349     Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     1,191,025  
  4,196     Chubb Ltd.     771,728  
  1,674     Cincinnati Financial Corp.     206,572  
  22,325     Citigroup, Inc.     1,605,391  
  4,590     Citizens Financial Group, Inc.     200,996  
  3,811     CME Group, Inc.     768,755  
  3,251     Discover Financial Services     416,843  
  427     Everest Re Group Ltd.     113,112  
  2,985     Fidelity National Financial, Inc.     145,758  
  7,571     Fifth Third Bancorp     294,209  
  1,893     First Republic Bank     376,593  
  3,175     Franklin Resources, Inc.     102,997  
  1,021     Globe Life, Inc.     98,087  
  3,664     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(b)     1,515,100  
  3,855     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     259,133  
  15,751     Huntington Bancshares, Inc.     244,613  
  873     Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A     56,431  
  6,033     Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     721,124  
  32,491     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     5,196,935  
  10,458     KeyCorp     212,507  
  6,047     KKR & Co., Inc.     388,762  
  2,403     Loews Corp.     134,256  
  1,385     M&T Bank Corp.     193,914  
  145     Markel Corp.*     184,186  
  5,449     Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     856,583  
  7,322     MetLife, Inc.     453,964  
  1,753     Moody’s Corp.     667,490  
  15,955     Morgan Stanley     1,666,181  
  864     MSCI, Inc.     548,277  
  1,235     Nasdaq, Inc.     241,788  
  2,119     Northern Trust Corp.     251,144  
  4,574     PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     874,091  
  2,930     Principal Financial Group, Inc.     195,753  
  6,322     Progressive Corp. (The)     609,061  
  4,263     Prudential Financial, Inc.     451,366  
  1,332     Raymond James Financial, Inc.     186,347  
  10,384     Regions Financial Corp.     212,145  
  1,456     Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A     25,262  
  2,605     S&P Global, Inc.     1,156,151  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Financials – (continued)  
  1,392     SEI Investments Co.   $ 87,432  
  3,549     State Street Corp.     329,738  
  605     SVB Financial Group*     338,497  
  6,274     Synchrony Financial     312,132  
  2,418     T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     541,318  
  2,712     Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     433,134  
  14,490     Truist Financial Corp.     826,799  
  14,434     US Bancorp     828,367  
  1,460     W R Berkley Corp.     109,953  
  44,699     Wells Fargo & Co.     2,042,744  
  1,384     Willis Towers Watson PLC     305,476  
   

 

 

 
      45,612,423  

 

 

 
Health Care – 12.9%  
  847     10X Genomics, Inc., Class A*     149,004  
  19,104     Abbott Laboratories     2,414,173  
  18,839     AbbVie, Inc.     2,275,374  
  479     ABIOMED, Inc.*     174,337  
  3,274     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     574,489  
  799     Align Technology, Inc.*     566,491  
  1,626     AmerisourceBergen Corp.     198,713  
  6,212     Amgen, Inc.     1,400,992  
  2,644     Anthem, Inc.     991,844  
  5,437     Baxter International, Inc.     414,408  
  3,140     Becton Dickinson and Co.     790,338  
  1,614     Biogen, Inc.*     547,001  
  1,964     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     165,388  
  15,350     Boston Scientific Corp.*     693,053  
  23,836     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     1,593,675  
  3,131     Cardinal Health, Inc.     164,346  
  6,168     Centene Corp.*     388,461  
  3,259     Cerner Corp.     248,825  
  3,704     Cigna Corp.     783,952  
  530     Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)     238,876  
  14,214     CVS Health Corp.     1,227,947  
  6,855     Danaher Corp.     2,222,117  
  720     DaVita, Inc.*     94,154  
  2,353     DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.     145,180  
  1,039     Dexcom, Inc.*     550,067  
  6,678     Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*     782,528  
  4,807     Elanco Animal Health, Inc.*     160,458  
  9,189     Eli Lilly & Co.     2,373,427  
  1,845     Exact Sciences Corp.*     192,581  
  13,580     Gilead Sciences, Inc.     988,352  
  2,874     HCA Healthcare, Inc.     727,065  
  1,503     Henry Schein, Inc.*     113,612  
  2,744     Hologic, Inc.*     217,188  
  1,378     Humana, Inc.     558,669  
  915     IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     616,490  
  1,577     Illumina, Inc.*     720,941  
  2,010     Incyte Corp.*     153,745  
  1,271     Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     1,339,075  
  2,029     IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*     526,992  
  641     Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC*     84,426  
  28,508     Johnson & Johnson     4,935,590  
  1,053     Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*     319,459  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Health Care – (continued)  
  1,674     McKesson Corp.   341,730  
  14,540     Medtronic PLC     1,940,799  
  27,219     Merck & Co., Inc.     2,076,538  
  249     Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*     386,655  
  3,707     Moderna, Inc.*     1,396,390  
  2,746     Organon & Co.     93,062  
  60,619     Pfizer, Inc.     2,792,717  
  1,406     Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     214,879  
  1,102     Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     742,087  
  1,563     ResMed, Inc.     454,098  
  3,408     Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A     131,719  
  1,435     Seagen, Inc.*     240,506  
  3,558     Stryker Corp.     985,922  
  1,502     Teladoc Health, Inc.*     216,919  
  504     Teleflex, Inc.     199,312  
  4,250     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     2,358,538  
  10,169     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     4,233,050  
  813     Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B     126,633  
  1,485     Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     492,990  
  13,057     Viatris, Inc.     191,024  
  665     Waters Corp.*     275,323  
  794     West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.     358,586  
  2,256     Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.     339,415  
  5,136     Zoetis, Inc.     1,050,620  
   

 

 

 
      55,463,315  

 

 

 
Industrials – 7.9%  
  6,270     3M Co.     1,221,020  
  1,445     A O Smith Corp.     105,080  
  2,489     AMETEK, Inc.     338,429  
  6,328     Boeing Co. (The)*     1,388,996  
  9,407     Carrier Global Corp.     541,843  
  5,923     Caterpillar, Inc.     1,248,983  
  1,408     C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.     126,804  
  961     Cintas Corp.     380,335  
  2,282     Copart, Inc.*     329,338  
  4,232     CoStar Group, Inc.*     358,620  
  24,554     CSX Corp.     798,742  
  1,577     Cummins, Inc.     372,140  
  3,052     Deere & Co.     1,153,748  
  6,903     Delta Air Lines, Inc.*     279,157  
  1,550     Dover Corp.     270,258  
  4,307     Eaton Corp. PLC     725,127  
  6,447     Emerson Electric Co.     680,159  
  1,312     Equifax, Inc.     357,205  
  1,819     Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.     226,720  
  6,201     Fastenal Co.     346,326  
  2,655     FedEx Corp.     705,407  
  3,563     Fortive Corp.     263,199  
  1,492     Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.     145,276  
  671     Generac Holdings, Inc.*     293,214  
  2,673     General Dynamics Corp.     535,429  
  11,719     General Electric Co.     1,235,300  
  7,514     Honeywell International, Inc.     1,742,572  
  3,796     IHS Markit Ltd.     457,798  

 

 

 

 

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    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Industrials – (continued)  
  3,092     Illinois Tool Works, Inc.   $ 720,003  
  4,200     Ingersoll Rand, Inc.*     222,684  
  910     J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     161,434  
  7,741     Johnson Controls International PLC     579,027  
  982     Kansas City Southern     275,618  
  2,211     L3Harris Technologies, Inc.     515,185  
  1,517     Leidos Holdings, Inc.     148,833  
  2,560     Lockheed Martin Corp.     921,088  
  2,851     Lyft, Inc., Class A*     135,736  
  2,734     Masco Corp.     166,008  
  2,707     Norfolk Southern Corp.     686,333  
  1,565     Northrop Grumman Corp.     575,451  
  1,127     Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     325,387  
  4,648     Otis Worldwide Corp.     428,639  
  3,691     PACCAR, Inc.     302,182  
  1,390     Parker-Hannifin Corp.     412,371  
  16,394     Raytheon Technologies Corp.     1,389,555  
  2,272     Republic Services, Inc.     282,023  
  1,255     Rockwell Automation, Inc.     408,440  
  2,578     Rollins, Inc.     100,336  
  1,134     Roper Technologies, Inc.     548,040  
  577     Snap-on, Inc.     129,796  
  6,380     Southwest Airlines Co.*     317,596  
  1,744     Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     337,063  
  2,433     Textron, Inc.     176,806  
  2,578     Trane Technologies PLC     511,733  
  577     TransDigm Group, Inc.*     350,510  
  2,048     TransUnion     248,893  
  13,860     Uber Technologies, Inc.*     542,480  
  7,184     Union Pacific Corp.     1,557,779  
  3,496     United Airlines Holdings, Inc.*     162,599  
  7,833     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     1,532,370  
  780     United Rentals, Inc.*     275,067  
  1,739     Verisk Analytics, Inc.     350,861  
  4,566     Waste Management, Inc.     708,232  
  1,922     Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.     172,576  
  471     W.W. Grainger, Inc.     204,273  
  1,940     Xylem, Inc.     264,441  
   

 

 

 
      33,774,673  

 

 

 
Information Technology – 29.2%  
  6,862     Accenture PLC, Class A     2,309,475  
  5,146     Adobe, Inc.*     3,415,400  
  13,095     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     1,449,878  
  1,732     Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     196,149  
  1,383     Amdocs Ltd.     106,533  
  6,438     Amphenol Corp., Class A     493,344  
  5,802     Analog Devices, Inc.     945,436  
  933     ANSYS, Inc.*     340,881  
  180,613     Apple, Inc.     27,422,472  
  9,842     Applied Materials, Inc.     1,329,949  
  328     AppLovin Corp., Class A*(a)     23,091  
  605     Arista Networks, Inc.*     223,566  
  1,307     Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A*     479,747  
  2,380     Autodesk, Inc.*     738,014  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  4,603     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   962,211  
  4,273     Broadcom, Inc.     2,124,578  
  1,248     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     214,931  
  2,972     Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*     485,863  
  1,502     CDW Corp.     301,316  
  42,072     Cisco Systems, Inc.     2,483,089  
  2,431     Cloudflare, Inc., Class A*     293,519  
  5,698     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     434,814  
  8,331     Corning, Inc.     333,157  
  2,108     Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A*     592,348  
  2,381     Datadog, Inc., Class A*     328,102  
  2,916     Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C*     284,193  
  2,046     DocuSign, Inc.*     606,107  
  3,245     Dropbox, Inc., Class A*     102,899  
  1,335     Enphase Energy, Inc.*     231,930  
  590     EPAM Systems, Inc.*     373,358  
  643     F5 Networks, Inc.*     130,896  
  6,699     Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     855,931  
  6,499     Fiserv, Inc.*     765,517  
  882     FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*     232,213  
  1,505     Fortinet, Inc.*     474,286  
  906     Gartner, Inc.*     279,718  
  3,175     Global Payments, Inc.     516,382  
  14,111     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.     218,156  
  12,981     HP, Inc.     386,055  
  479     HubSpot, Inc.*     327,861  
  43,725     Intel Corp.     2,363,774  
  9,667     International Business Machines Corp.     1,356,667  
  2,877     Intuit, Inc.     1,628,698  
  1,982     Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     355,531  
  1,652     KLA Corp.     561,614  
  1,540     Lam Research Corp.     931,423  
  8,843     Marvell Technology, Inc.     541,103  
  9,411     Mastercard, Inc., Class A     3,258,371  
  2,903     Microchip Technology, Inc.     456,816  
  12,174     Micron Technology, Inc.*     897,224  
  80,420     Microsoft Corp.     24,277,190  
  1,829     Motorola Solutions, Inc.     446,678  
  2,409     NetApp, Inc.     214,232  
  6,030     NortonLifeLock, Inc.     160,157  
  25,871     NVIDIA Corp.     5,791,223  
  1,541     Okta, Inc.*     406,208  
  17,840     Oracle Corp.     1,590,079  
  17,094     Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A*     450,256  
  1,029     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     474,410  
  3,480     Paychex, Inc.     398,356  
  548     Paycom Software, Inc.*     267,917  
  12,715     PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     3,670,312  
  1,199     Qorvo, Inc.*     225,448  
  12,206     QUALCOMM, Inc.     1,790,498  
  859     RingCentral, Inc., Class A*     216,691  
  10,093     salesforce.com, Inc.*     2,677,370  
  2,280     Seagate Technology Holdings PLC     199,705  
  2,132     ServiceNow, Inc.*     1,372,240  

 

 

 

 

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Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Information Technology – (continued)  
  1,782     Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   $ 326,926  
  2,814     Snowflake, Inc., Class A*     856,441  
  1,763     Splunk, Inc.*     269,510  
  4,218     Square, Inc., Class A*     1,130,719  
  2,392     SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.     180,979  
  1,643     Synopsys, Inc.*     545,870  
  3,569     TE Connectivity Ltd.     536,135  
  1,795     Teradyne, Inc.     217,985  
  9,990     Texas Instruments, Inc.     1,907,191  
  4,628     Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A*     370,471  
  2,703     Trimble, Inc.*     254,677  
  1,730     Twilio, Inc., Class A*     617,541  
  2,466     UiPath, Inc., Class A*(a)     155,851  
  1,630     Unity Software, Inc.*     206,603  
  1,065     VeriSign, Inc.*     230,317  
  18,207     Visa, Inc., Class A     4,171,224  
  856     VMware, Inc., Class A*(a)     127,433  
  3,231     Western Digital Corp.*     204,199  
  4,396     Western Union Co. (The)     95,129  
  2,021     Workday, Inc., Class A*     552,056  
  2,659     Xilinx, Inc.     413,714  
  576     Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*     338,210  
  2,163     Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A*     626,189  
  906     Zscaler, Inc.*     252,176  
   

 

 

 
      125,381,102  

 

 

 
Materials – 2.4%  
  2,390     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.     644,129  
  1,259     Albemarle Corp.     298,056  
  16,667     Amcor PLC     214,171  
  3,531     Ball Corp.     338,835  
  1,209     Celanese Corp.     191,747  
  7,938     Corteva, Inc.     349,034  
  8,060     Dow, Inc.     506,974  
  5,748     DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     425,467  
  1,471     Eastman Chemical Co.     166,458  
  2,747     Ecolab, Inc.     619,064  
  1,385     FMC Corp.     129,678  
  15,786     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     574,453  
  2,693     International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.     407,989  
  4,228     International Paper Co.     254,060  
  5,596     Linde PLC (United Kingdom)     1,760,446  
  2,848     LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A     285,797  
  671     Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     255,819  
  8,666     Newmont Corp.     502,541  
  3,220     Nucor Corp.     378,543  
  1,013     Packaging Corp. of America     153,672  
  2,564     PPG Industries, Inc.     409,086  
  2,597     Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     788,631  
  920     Southern Copper Corp. (Peru)     57,583  
  1,435     Vulcan Materials Co.     266,810  
  2,836     Westrock Co.     147,585  
   

 

 

 
      10,126,628  

 

 

 
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Real Estate – 2.5%  
  1,667     Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT   344,019  
  4,908     American Tower Corp. REIT     1,433,970  
  1,507     AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT     345,977  
  1,540     Boston Properties, Inc. REIT     174,005  
  3,485     CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     335,605  
  4,659     Crown Castle International Corp. REIT     907,061  
  3,045     Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT     499,106  
  4,055     Duke Realty Corp. REIT     212,928  
  966     Equinix, Inc. REIT     814,773  
  3,919     Equity Residential REIT     329,470  
  701     Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT     231,849  
  1,417     Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT     264,851  
  5,822     Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT     209,592  
  7,556     Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT*     125,127  
  6,128     Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT     252,351  
  3,096     Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT     147,834  
  1,232     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT     237,000  
  7,982     Prologis, Inc. REIT     1,074,856  
  1,610     Public Storage REIT     521,012  
  4,198     Realty Income Corp. REIT     303,180  
  1,173     SBA Communications Corp. REIT     421,072  
  3,540     Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT     475,953  
  3,190     UDR, Inc. REIT     172,324  
  4,043     Ventas, Inc. REIT     226,165  
  4,514     Welltower, Inc. REIT     395,110  
  8,095     Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT     291,420  
  1,990     W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT     155,459  
   

 

 

 
      10,902,069  

 

 

 
Utilities – 2.4%  
  2,706     Alliant Energy Corp.     164,498  
  2,748     Ameren Corp.     241,055  
  5,409     American Electric Power Co., Inc.     484,484  
  1,960     American Water Works Co., Inc.     357,210  
  1,405     Atmos Energy Corp.     137,001  
  769     Avangrid, Inc.     42,026  
  6,261     CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     157,088  
  3,119     CMS Energy Corp.     200,021  
  3,817     Consolidated Edison, Inc.     287,993  
  8,711     Dominion Energy, Inc.     678,064  
  2,084     DTE Energy Co.     250,789  
  8,323     Duke Energy Corp.     871,085  
  4,108     Edison International     237,607  
  2,166     Entergy Corp.     239,581  
  2,427     Evergy, Inc.     166,128  
  3,709     Eversource Energy     336,518  
  10,456     Exelon Corp.     512,553  
  5,880     FirstEnergy Corp.     228,556  
  21,200     NextEra Energy, Inc.     1,780,588  
  4,227     NiSource, Inc.     104,196  
  16,280     PG&E Corp.*     149,288  
  1,217     Pinnacle West Capital Corp.     93,587  
  8,096     PPL Corp.     237,618  
  5,463     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.     349,304  

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   53


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. EQUITY ETF

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value  
Common Stocks – (continued)  
Utilities – (continued)  
  3,411     Sempra Energy   $ 451,480  
  11,454     Southern Co. (The)     752,871  
  3,410     WEC Energy Group, Inc.     322,177  
  5,814     Xcel Energy, Inc.     399,712  
   

 

 

 
      10,233,078  

 

 

 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING
REINVESTMENT VEHICLE
 
 
  (Cost $314,316,091)   $ 426,876,800  

 

 

 

 

Shares    

Dividend

Rate

  Value  
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.1%(b)  
 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund –
Institutional Shares

 
 
  530,905     0.026%   $ 530,905  
  (Cost $530,905)  

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.6%  
  (Cost $314,846,996)   $ 427,407,705  

 

 

 
 
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
    LIABILITIES – 0.4%
    1,453,316  

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 428,861,021  

 

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

*

  Non-income producing security.

(a)

  All or a portion of security is on loan.

(b)

  Represents an affiliated issuer.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR

 

—American Depositary Receipt

PLC

 

—Public Limited Company

REIT

 

—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURES CONTRACTS — At August 31, 2021, the Fund had the following futures contracts:

 

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

S&P500 E-MINI Future Index

   6      09/17/21      $ 1,319,599        $ 36,551  

 

54   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® ETFS

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

August 31, 2021

 

       

    
MarketBeta®
Emerging
Markets

Equity ETF

     MarketBeta®
International
Equity ETF
    

MarketBeta®

U.S. Equity ETF

 
  Assets:        
 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $22,277,682, $282,844,764 and $313,434,404, respectively)(a)

  $ 33,237,960      $ 354,930,198      $ 425,361,700  
 

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $–, $– and $881,687, respectively)

                  1,515,100  
 

Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost

    568,867        1,129,562        530,905  
 

Cash

    2,918,546        1,097,506        1,428,529  
 

Foreign currency, at value (cost $3,470, $17,425 and $–, respectively)

    3,478        17,429         
 

Variation margin on futures contracts

    43,700                
 

Receivables:

       
 

Collateral on futures contracts

    184,639        113,303        75,900  
 

Dividends

    40,236        880,722        512,657  
 

Reimbursement from investment adviser

    2,695        15,071        7,139  
 

Securities lending income

    418        1,780        1,968  
 

Foreign tax reclaims

           217,155         
  Total assets     37,000,539        358,402,726        429,433,898  
         
  Liabilities:        
 

Variation margin on futures contracts

           1,870        1,410  
 

Payables:

       
 

Upon return of securities loaned

    568,867        1,129,562        530,905  
 

Foreign capital gains tax

    225,240                
 

Management fees

    13,474        75,357        32,125  
 

Investments purchased

    17        44         
 

Accrued expenses

    1,485        3,883        8,437  
  Total liabilities     809,083        1,210,716        572,877  
         
  Net Assets:        
 

Paid-in capital

    23,973,485        284,093,673        315,849,943  
 

Total distributable earnings

    12,217,971        73,098,337        113,011,078  
  NET ASSETS   $ 36,191,456      $ 357,192,010      $ 428,861,021  
  SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING        
 

Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized):

    650,000        6,200,000        6,800,000  
 

Net asset value per share:

  $ 55.68      $ 57.61      $ 63.07  

 

  (a)   Includes loaned securities having a market value of $568,407, $1,066,157 and $515,723 for MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, MarketBeta® International Equity ETF and MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF, respectively.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   55


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® ETFS

 

Statements of Operations

For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

       

MarketBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF

     MarketBeta®
International
Equity ETF
     MarketBeta®
U.S. Equity ETF
 
  Investment income:        
 

Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $110,804, $911,732 and $–, respectively)

  $ 738,865      $ 7,582,075      $ 4,681,959  
 

Dividends — affiliated issuers

                  19,792  
 

Non cash dividend income

    45,161        646,634         
 

Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer

    5,045        56,719        6,115  
  Total investment income     789,071        8,285,428        4,707,866  
         
  Expenses:        
 

Management fees

    174,185        787,233        288,579  
 

Trustee fees

    4,081        6,995        6,993  
 

Shareholder meeting expense

    1,485        3,883        8,437  
  Total expenses     179,751        798,111        304,009  
 

Less — expense reductions

    (35,653      (158,846      (65,683
  Net expenses     144,098        639,265        238,326  
  NET INVESTMENT INCOME     644,973        7,646,163        4,469,540  
         
  Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers

    1,261,749        (46,911      (474,593
 

Investments — affiliated issuers

                  740  
 

In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated issuers

    991,058        1,104,489        961,429  
 

In-kind redemptions — affiliated issuers

                  18,687  
 

Futures

    (52,510      33,708        11,764  
 

Foreign currency transactions

    (16,103      (14,580       
 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:

       
 

Investments — unaffiliated issuers (including the effects of the foreign capital gains tax liability of $225,929, $– and $–, respectively)

    4,167,974        63,965,666        87,201,895  
 

Investments — affiliated issuers

                  633,413  
 

Futures

    185,135        14,480        36,551  
 

Foreign currency translations

    1,174        (14,404       
  Net realized and unrealized gain     6,538,477        65,042,448        88,389,886  
  NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   $ 7,183,450      $ 72,688,611      $ 92,859,426  

 

56   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® ETFS

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

        MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF             MarketBeta® International Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    

For the Period
May 12, 2020
*

to
August 31, 2020

            For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Period
May 12, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:

 

 

Net investment income

  $ 644,973      $ 429,114         $ 7,646,163      $ 1,124,606  
 

Net realized gain

    2,184,194        675,905           1,076,706        2,955,456  
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    4,354,283        6,544,095                 63,965,742        8,131,134  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     7,183,450        7,649,114                 72,688,611        12,211,196  
               
  Distributions to shareholders:              
 

From distributable earnings

    (1,171,922                      (7,742,172       
               
  From share transactions:

 

 

Proceeds from sales of shares

           39,611,628           16,893,577        295,853,235  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (8,337,333      (8,743,481               (5,371,302      (27,341,135
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     (8,337,333      30,868,147                 11,522,275        268,512,100  
  TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)     (2,325,805      38,517,261                 76,468,714        280,723,296  
               
  Net assets:

 

 

Beginning of period

  $ 38,517,261      $               $ 280,723,296      $  
 

End of period

  $ 36,191,456      $ 38,517,261               $ 357,192,010      $ 280,723,296  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   57


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® ETFS

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

        MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the Period
May 12, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2020
 
  From operations:

 

 

Net investment income

  $ 4,469,540      $ 828,149  
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    518,027        (27,673
 

Net change in unrealized gain

    87,871,859        24,725,401  
  Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     92,859,426        25,525,877  
      
  Distributions to shareholders:     
 

From distributable earnings

    (4,409,032       
      
  From share transactions:     
 

Proceeds from sales of shares

    85,652,201        232,137,239  
 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (2,904,650      (40
  Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions     82,747,551        232,137,199  
  TOTAL INCREASE     171,197,945        257,663,076  
      
  Net assets:     
 

Beginning of period

  $ 257,663,076      $  
 

End of period

  $ 428,861,021      $ 257,663,076  

 

  *   Commencement of operations.

 

58   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Period
May 12, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2020
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:    
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 48.15     $ 39.60  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.89       0.49  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    8.14       8.06  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    9.03       8.55  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (1.50      
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 55.68     $ 48.15  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 55.72     $ 48.36  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     19.35     21.54
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 36,191     $ 38,517  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.36     0.36 %(c) 
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.45     0.45 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.63     3.60 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    21     23

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   59


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

 

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        MarketBeta® International Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Period
May 12, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2020
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:    
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 46.79     $ 40.14  
 

Net investment income(a)

    1.28       0.30  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    10.84       6.35  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    12.12       6.65  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (1.30      
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 57.61     $ 46.79  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 57.80     $ 46.82  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     26.20     16.57
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 357,192     $ 280,723  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.20     0.20 %(c) 
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.25     0.25 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.41     2.15 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    5     1

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

60   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® U.S. EQUITY ETF

 

Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

        MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF  
        For the Fiscal
Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the Period
May 12, 2020
*
to
August 31, 2020
 
  Per Share Operating Performance:    
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 48.62     $ 39.20  
 

Net investment income(a)

    0.74       0.22  
 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    14.46       9.20  
 

Total gain from investment operations

    15.20       9.42  
 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.75      
 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 63.07     $ 48.62  
 

Market price, end of period

  $ 63.09     $ 48.69  
  Total Return at Net Asset Value(b)     31.60     24.03
 

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 428,861     $ 257,663  
 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.07     0.07 %(c) 
 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

    0.09     0.09 %(c) 
 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.36     1.62 %(c) 
 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    4     1

 

   *   Commencement of operations.
  (a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.
  (b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
  (c)   Annualized.
  (d)   The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   61


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® ETFS

 

Notes to Financial Statements

August 31, 2021

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), consisting of multiple series. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on December 16, 2009. The following table lists those series of the Trust that are included in this report (collectively, the “Funds” or individually a “Fund”) along with their respective diversification status under the Act:

 

Fund    Diversification
Classification

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF (“MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF”)

   Diversified

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF (“MarketBeta® International Equity ETF”)

   Diversified

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF (“MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF”)

   Diversified

The investment objective of each Fund is to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective Index.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to a management agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Trust. Each Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. Market prices for the Funds’ shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem shares at their respective NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares, or multiples thereof, referred to as “Creation Units”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash. Shares generally trade in the secondary market in quantities less than a Creation Unit at market prices that change throughout the day. Only those that have entered into an authorized participant agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) may do business directly with the Funds.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. Each Fund is an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

A.  Investment Valuation — The Funds’ valuation policy is to value investments at fair value.

B.  Investment Income and Investments — Investment income includes interest income, dividend income, and securities lending income, if any. Interest income is accrued daily and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recognized on ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign securities, as soon as such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Investment transactions are reflected on trade date. Realized gains and losses are calculated using identified cost. Investment transactions are recorded on the following business day for daily NAV calculations. Investment income is recorded net of any foreign withholding taxes, less any amounts reclaimable. The Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains, and is payable upon sale of such investments. Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gain and/or a return of capital. A return of capital is recorded by the Funds as a reduction to the cost basis of the REIT. For derivative contracts, realized gains and losses are recorded upon settlement of the contract.

C.  Expenses — Expenses incurred directly by a Fund are charged to the Fund, and certain expenses incurred by the Trust are allocated across the applicable Funds on a straight-line and/or pro-rata basis, depending upon the nature of the expenses, and are accrued daily.

 

62


GOLDMAN SACHS MARKETBETA® ETFS

 

 

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

D.  Federal Taxes and Distributions to Shareholders — It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute each year substantially all of its investment company taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, each Fund is not required to make any provisions for the payment of federal income tax. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. For each Fund, income distributions, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Capital gains distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually.

Net capital losses, if any, are carried forward to future fiscal years and may be used to the extent allowed by the Code to offset any future capital gains. Losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. Utilization of capital loss carryforwards will reduce the requirement of future capital gains distributions.

The characterization of distributions to shareholders for financial reporting purposes is determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from GAAP. The source of each Fund’s distributions may be shown in the accompanying financial statements as either from distributable earnings or capital. Certain components of the Funds’ net assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities reflect permanent GAAP/tax differences based on the appropriate tax character.

E.  Foreign Currency Translation — The accounting records and reporting currency of a Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rates at the close of each business day. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is included within net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. Changes in the value of other assets and liabilities as a result of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statements of Operations within net change in unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the date the transaction occurred, the effects of which are included within net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions.

 

3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   

U.S. GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Funds’ policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly;

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including GSAM’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement).

The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has approved Valuation Procedures that govern the valuation of the portfolio investments held by the Funds, including investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have delegated to GSAM day-to-day responsibility for implementing and maintaining internal controls and procedures related to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. To assess the continuing appropriateness of pricing sources and methodologies, GSAM regularly performs price verification procedures and issues challenges as necessary to third party pricing vendors or brokers, and any differences are reviewed in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

A.  Level 1 and Level 2 Fair Value Investments — The valuation techniques and significant inputs used in determining the fair values for investments classified as Level 1 and Level 2 are as follows:

Equity Securities — Equity securities traded on a United States (“U.S.”) securities exchange or the NASDAQ system, or those located on certain foreign exchanges, including but not limited to the Americas, are valued daily at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded. If there is no sale or official closing price or such price is believed by GSAM to not represent fair value, equity securities will be valued at the valid closing bid price for long positions and at the valid closing ask price for short positions (i.e. where there is sufficient volume, during normal exchange trading hours). If no valid bid/ask price is available, the equity security will be valued pursuant to the Valuation Procedures approved by the Trustees and consistent with applicable regulatory guidance. To the extent these investments are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. Certain equity securities containing unique attributes may be classified as Level 2.

Unlisted equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date, or if no sale occurs, at the last bid price for long positions or the last ask price for short positions, and are generally classified as Level 2.

Derivative Contracts — A derivative is an instrument whose value is derived from underlying assets, indices, reference rates or a combination of these factors. A Fund enters into derivative transactions to hedge against changes in interest rates, securities prices, and/or currency exchange rates, to increase total return, or to gain access to certain markets or attain exposure to other underliers. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of a Fund and cash collateral received, if any, is reported separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivables/payables for collateral on certain derivatives contracts. Non-cash collateral pledged by a Fund, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments.

Exchange-traded derivatives, including futures and options contracts, are generally valued at the last sale or settlement price on the exchange where they are principally traded. Exchange-traded options without settlement prices are generally valued at the last bid price for long positions and the last ask price for short positions on the exchange where they are principally traded. Exchange-traded derivatives typically fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Over-the-counter (“OTC”) and centrally cleared derivatives are valued using market transactions and other market evidence, including market-based inputs to models, calibration to market-clearing transactions, broker or dealer quotations, or other alternative pricing sources. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value OTC and centrally cleared derivatives depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the instrument, as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, yield curves, credit curves, measures of volatility, voluntary and involuntary prepayment rates, loss severity rates and correlations of such inputs. For OTC and centrally cleared derivatives that trade in liquid markets, model inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. OTC and centrally cleared derivatives are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when significant inputs are corroborated by market evidence.

i.  Futures Contracts — Futures contracts are contracts to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity or security. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund deposits cash or securities in an account on behalf of the broker in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. Subsequent payments are made or received by a Fund equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable with a corresponding offset to unrealized gains or losses.

Underlying Funds (including Money Market Funds) — Underlying funds (“Underlying Funds”) include other investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Investments in the Underlying Funds (except ETFs) are valued at the NAV per share on the day of valuation. ETFs are valued daily at the last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which the investment is traded. Because the Funds invest in Underlying Funds that fluctuate in value, the Funds’ shares will correspondingly fluctuate in value. Underlying funds are generally classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. To the extent that underlying ETFs are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. For information regarding an Underlying Fund’s accounting policies and investment holdings, please see the Underlying Fund’s shareholder report.

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

B.  Level 3 Fair Value Investments — To the extent that significant inputs to valuation models and other alternative pricing sources are unobservable, or if quotations are not readily available, or if GSAM believes that such quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, the fair value of a Fund’s investments may be determined under Valuation Procedures approved by the Trustees. GSAM, consistent with its procedures and applicable regulatory guidance, may make an adjustment to the most recent valuation prices of either domestic or foreign securities in light of significant events to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities at the time of determining a Fund’s NAV. To the extent investments are valued using single source broker quotations obtained directly from the broker or passed through from third party pricing vendors, such investments are classified as Level 3 investments.

C.  Fair Value Hierarchy — The following is a summary of the Funds’ investments and derivatives classified in the fair value hierarchy as of August 31, 2021:

 

MARKETBETA® EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 1,148,520        $        $  

Asia

     27,988,406          613,232          4,187  

Europe

     238,601                    

North America

     1,124,543                    

South America

     1,640,744          479,727           

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     568,867                    
Total    $ 32,709,681        $ 1,092,959        $ 4,187  
Derivative Type                            
Assets(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ 162,991        $        $  
MARKETBETA® INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Africa

   $ 994,891        $        $  

Asia

     107,240,600                    

Europe

     209,016,015          2,200,425           

North America

     4,417,333          327,248           

Oceania

     30,352,732                    

South America

     303,767          77,187           

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     1,129,562                    
Total    $ 353,454,900        $ 2,604,860        $  
Derivative Type                            
Assets(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ 14,480        $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table.
(b)   Amount shown represents unrealized gain at fiscal year end.

 

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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

MARKETBETA® U.S. EQUITY ETF

 

Investment Type    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  
Assets             

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a)

 

Asia

   $ 685,667        $         —        $         —  

Europe

     1,760,446                    

North America

     423,409,500                    

South America

     1,021,187                    

Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle

     530,905                    
Total    $ 427,407,705        $        $  
Derivative Type                            
Assets(b)             

Futures Contracts

   $ 36,551        $        $  

 

(a)   Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table.
(b)   Amount shown represents unrealized gain at fiscal year end.

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Schedules of Investments.

 

4. INVESTMENTS IN DERIVATIVES

The following table sets forth, by certain risk types, the gross value of derivative contracts (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) as of August 31, 2021. These instruments were used as part of the Funds’ investment strategies and to obtain and/or manage exposure related to the risks below. The values in the table below exclude the effects of cash collateral received or posted pursuant to these derivative contracts, and therefore are not representative of the Funds’ net exposure.

 

Risk              Fund          

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities

            

Assets

(Liabilities)(a)

 

Equity

            MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF              Variation Margin on Futures Contracts               $ 162,991  

Equity

            MarketBeta® International Equity ETF              Variation Margin on Futures Contracts                 14,480  

Equity

            MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF              Variation Margin on Futures Contracts                 36,551  

 

(a)   Includes unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts described in the Additional Investment Information sections of the Schedules of Investments. Only the variation margin as of August 31, 2021 is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following table sets forth, by certain risk types, the Funds’ gains (losses) related to these derivatives and their indicative volumes for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. These gains (losses) should be considered in the context that these derivative contracts may have been executed to create investment opportunities and/or economically hedge certain investments, and accordingly, certain gains (losses) on such derivative contracts may offset certain (losses) gains attributable to investments. These gains (losses) are included in “Net realized gain (loss)” or “Net change in unrealized gain (loss)” on the Statements of Operations:

 

Risk    Fund    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
from Futures
Contracts
   

Net Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on

Futures Contracts

 
Equity    MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF    $ (52,510   $ 185,135  
Equity    MarketBeta® International Equity ETF      33,708       14,480  
Equity    MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF      11,764       36,551  

 

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4. INVESTMENTS IN DERIVATIVES (continued)

 

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, the relevant values for each derivative type was as follows:

 

Fund          

Number of

Contracts(a)

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

         19

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

         11

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

         5

 

(a)   Amount disclosed represents average number of contracts for the months that the Fund held such derivatives during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.

 

5. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

A.  Management Agreement — Under the Agreement, GSAM manages the Funds, subject to the general supervision of the Trustees.

As compensation for the services rendered pursuant to the Agreement, the assumption of the expenses related thereto and administration of the Funds’ business affairs, including providing facilities, GSAM is entitled to a management fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Funds operate under a unitary management fee structure. Under the unitary fee structure, GSAM is responsible for paying substantially all the expenses of each such Fund, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings, litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. As the Funds directly pay fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, the management fee collected by GSAM will be reduced by an amount equal to the fees and expenses paid by the Funds to the independent Trustees.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, contractual and effective net unitary management fees with GSAM were at the following rates for each Fund:

 

Fund         Contractual Unitary
Management Fee
       Effective Net Unitary
Management Fee
*
 

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

         0.45        0.36

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

         0.25        0.20

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

         0.09        0.07

 

*   Effective Net Unitary Management Fee includes the impact of management fee waivers, if any.

GSAM has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee rate of 0.36%, 0.20% and 0.07% as an annual percentage rate of average daily net assets of the MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, MarketBeta® International Equity ETF and MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF, respectively. These arrangements will remain in effect through at least December 29, 2021 and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Board of Trustees. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, GSAM waived $35,653, $158,846 and $65,683 of the Funds’ management fees for the MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, MarketBeta® International Equity ETF and MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF, respectively.

 

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5. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

B.  Other Transactions with Affiliates — The following table provides information about the MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF’s investment in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. of which the MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF is an affiliate as of and for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021:

 

Beginning

value as of
August 31,
2020

   Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from
Sales
     Realized
Gain
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
    

Ending

value as of
August 31,
2021

     Shares as of
August 31,
2021
     Dividend
Income
 
$599,654    $ 291,846      $ (57,562    $ 19,427      $ 661,735      $ 1,515,100        3,664      $ 19,792  

 

6. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS

The Trust issues and redeems shares of the Funds only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without an initial sales load, at NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined in the Statement of Additional Information), of an order in proper form. Shares of the Funds may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions (each an “Authorized Participant”). An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party” or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation; or (2) a Depository Trust Company participant; which, in either case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor. Retail investors will typically not qualify as an Authorized Participant or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units.

Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Funds. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market at market prices with the assistance of a broker and may be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees. Fixed creation and redemption transaction fees are imposed in connection with creations and redemptions.

Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay a variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (e.g. taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Proceeds from sale of shares” in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets. Share activity is as follows:

 

    MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
    For the Fiscal year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the period May 12, 2020*
through August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

        $        1,000,001     $ 39,597,471  

Shares Redeemed

    (150,000     (8,323,242      (200,001     (8,743,481

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES

    (150,000   $ (8,323,242      800,000     $ 30,853,990  
    MarketBeta® International Equity ETF  
 

 

 

 
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the period May 12, 2020*
through August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    300,000     $ 16,893,287        6,600,001     $ 295,827,537  

Shares Redeemed

    (100,000     (5,367,710      (600,001     (27,341,135

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    200,000     $ 11,525,577        6,000,000     $ 268,486,402  

 

*   Commencement of operations

 

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6. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued)

 

    MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF  
    For the Fiscal Year Ended
August 31, 2021
     For the period May 12, 2020*
through August 31, 2020
 
 

 

 

 
    Shares     Dollars      Shares     Dollars  
 

 

 

 
Fund Share Activity         

Shares Sold

    1,550,000     $ 85,652,200        5,300,001     $ 232,137,239  

Shares Redeemed

    (50,000     (2,904,650      (1     (40

NET INCREASE IN SHARES

    1,500,000     $ 82,747,550        5,300,000     $ 232,137,199  

 

*   Commencement of operations

 

7. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of long-term securities for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

Fund         Purchases        Sales  

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

       $ 8,175,888        $ 13,851,724  

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

         16,661,854          17,636,660  

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

         12,181,471          13,554,950  

The purchases and sales from in-kind creation and redemption transactions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

Fund         Purchases        Sales  

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

       $        $ 4,104,137  

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

         16,302,783          5,347,141  

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

         85,651,147          2,634,159  

 

8. SECURITIES LENDING

The Funds may lend their securities through a securities lending agent, the Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), to certain qualified borrowers. In accordance with the Funds’ securities lending procedures, the Funds receive cash collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Funds, at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may experience delay in the recovery of their securities or incur a loss should the borrower of the securities breach its agreement with the Funds or become insolvent at a time when the collateral is insufficient to cover the cost of repurchasing securities on loan. Dividend income received from securities on loan may not be subject to withholding taxes and therefore withholding taxes paid may differ from the amounts listed in the Statements of Operations. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and as such 1) the remaining contractual maturities of the outstanding securities lending transactions are considered to be overnight and continuous and 2) the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

 

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8. SECURITIES LENDING (continued)

 

The Funds invest the cash collateral received in connection with securities lending transactions in the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund (“Government Money Market Fund”), an affiliated series of the Goldman Sachs Trust. The Government Money Market Fund is registered under the Act as an open end investment company, is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the Act, and is managed by GSAM, for which GSAM may receive a management fee of up to 0.16% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Government Money Market Fund.

In the event of a default by a borrower with respect to any loan, BNYM may exercise any and all remedies provided under the applicable borrower agreement to make the Funds whole. These remedies include purchasing replacement securities by applying the collateral held from the defaulting broker against the purchase cost of the replacement securities. If BNYM is unable to purchase replacement securities, BNYM will indemnify the Funds by paying the Funds an amount equal to the market value of the securities loaned minus the value of cash collateral received from the borrower for the loan, subject to an exclusion for any shortfalls resulting from a loss of value in such cash collateral due to reinvestment risk. The Funds’ master netting agreements with certain borrowers provide the right, in the event of a default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. However, in the event of a default by a borrower, a resolution authority could determine that such rights are not enforceable due to the restrictions or prohibitions against the right of set-off that may be imposed in accordance with a particular jurisdiction’s bankruptcy or insolvency laws. The Funds’ loaned securities were all subject to enforceable Securities Lending Agreements, and the value of the collateral was at least equal to the value of the cash received. The amounts of the Funds’ overnight and continuous agreements, which represent the gross amounts of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions outstanding as of August 31, 2021, are disclosed as “Payable upon return of securities loaned” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, where applicable.

Each of the Funds and BNYM received compensation relating to the lending of the Funds’ securities. The amounts earned, if any, by the Funds for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, are reported under Investment Income on the Statements of Operations.

The following table provides information about the Funds’ investment in the Government Money Market Fund for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021:

 

Fund         Beginning value
as of August 31,
2020
       Purchases at
Cost
       Proceeds
from Sales
       Ending value
as of August 31,
2021
 

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

       $ 212,078        $ 4,651,443        $ (4,294,654      $ 568,867  

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

         292,150          37,659,133          (36,821,721        1,129,562  

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

         278,029          5,415,409          (5,162,533        530,905  

 

9. TAX INFORMATION

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

      MarketBeta®
Emerging
Markets
Equity ETF
       MarketBeta®
International
Equity ETF
       MarketBeta®
U.S. Equity ETF
 

Distributions paid from:

            

Ordinary Income

   $ 1,171,922        $ 7,742,172        $ 4,402,171  

Long-term capital gain

                       6,861  

Total taxable distributions

   $ 1,171,922        $ 7,742,172        $ 4,409,032  

There were no distributions from the Funds for the period ended August 31, 2020.

 

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9. TAX INFORMATION (continued)

 

As of August 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax-basis were as follows:

 

     

MarketBeta®

Emerging Markets
Equity ETF

       MarketBeta®
International
Equity ETF
       MarketBeta®
U.S. Equity ETF
 

Undistributed ordinary income — net

   $ 1,841,562        $ 2,548,696        $ 929,778  

Total undistributed earnings

   $ 1,841,562        $ 2,548,696        $ 929,778  

Capital loss carryforwards(1):

            

Perpetual Short-Term

   $        $        $  

Perpetual Long-Term

              (44,653        (84,374

Timing differences

                        

Unrealized gains (losses) — net

     10,376,409          70,594,294          112,165,674  

Total accumulated earnings (losses) net

   $ 12,217,971        $ 73,098,337        $ 113,011,078  

 

(1)   The MarketBeta® International Equity ETF utilized $1,907 of capital losses in the current fiscal year.

As of August 31, 2021, the Funds’ aggregate security unrealized gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     

MarketBeta®

Emerging Markets

Equity ETF

      

MarketBeta®

International

Equity ETF

       MarketBeta®
U.S. Equity ETF
 

Tax Cost

   $ 23,368,518        $ 285,476,908        $ 315,278,582  

Gross unrealized gain

     10,842,643          75,713,914          114,937,279  

Gross unrealized loss

     (466,234        (5,119,620        (2,771,605

Net unrealized gains (losses)

   $ 10,376,409        $ 70,594,294        $ 112,165,674  

The difference between GAAP-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable primarily to wash sales, net mark to market gains/(losses) on regulated futures, and differences in the tax treatment of partnership investments, and passive foreign investment company investments.

In order to present certain components of the Funds’ capital accounts on a tax-basis, certain reclassifications have been recorded to the Funds’ accounts. These reclassifications have no impact on the net asset value of the Funds and result primarily from redemptions utilized as distributions and redemption in-kind transactions.

 

Fund         Paid-in Capital        Total Distributable
Earnings
 

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity  ETF

       $ 1,115,237        $ (1,115,237

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

       $ 1,086,422        $ (1,086,422

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

       $ 965,193        $ (965,193

GSAM has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years (the current and prior year, as applicable) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Such open tax years remain subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

August 31, 2021

 

10. OTHER RISKS

 

The Funds’ risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Derivatives Risk — The Funds’ use of derivatives may result in loss. Derivative instruments, which may pose risks in addition to and greater than those associated with investing directly in securities, currencies or other instruments, may be illiquid or less liquid, volatile, difficult to price and leveraged so that small changes in the value of the underlying instruments may produce disproportionate losses to the Funds. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with investments in more traditional securities and instruments. Losses from derivatives can also result from a lack of correlation between changes in the value of derivative instruments and the portfolio assets (if any) being hedged.

Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk — Investing in foreign markets may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation; less public information; less stringent investor protections; less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards; and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which a Fund invests. The imposition of exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), confiscation of assets and property, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the U.S. or other governments, or problems with registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which a Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. To the extent that a Fund also invests in securities of issuers located in, or economically tied to, emerging markets, these risks may be more pronounced.

Foreign Custody Risk — A Fund invests in foreign securities, and as such the Fund may hold such securities and cash with foreign banks, agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund’s custodian (each a “Foreign Custodian”). Some foreign custodians may be recently organized or new to the foreign custody business. In some countries, Foreign Custodians may be subject to little or no regulatory oversight over, or independent evaluation of, their operations. Further, the laws of certain countries may place limitations on a Fund’s ability to recover its assets if a Foreign Custodian enters bankruptcy. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks than investments in more developed markets. Custody services in emerging market countries are very often undeveloped and may be considerably less well regulated than in more developed countries, and thus may not afford the same level of investor protection as would apply in developed countries.

Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk — As a shareholder of another investment company, including an ETF, a Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any net management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, in addition to the fees and expenses regularly borne by the Fund. ETFs are subject to risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or a discount to their NAV; and (ii) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.

Index Risk — Solactive AG (the “Index Provider”) constructs each Fund’s Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology. A Fund will be negatively affected by general declines in the securities and asset classes represented in its Index. In addition, because the Funds are not “actively” managed, unless a specific security is removed from an Index, a Fund generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on a Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. A Fund also does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. Therefore, a Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers. The Index Provider relies on third party data it believes to be reliable in constructing each Index, but it does not guarantee the accuracy or availability of such third party data. Errors in index data, index computation or the construction of an Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the applicable Fund and its shareholders. In addition, neither a Fund, the Investment Adviser, the Calculation Agent nor the Index Provider can guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the Index.

 

 

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10. OTHER RISKS (continued)

 

Market and Credit Risks — In the normal course of business, a Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk). The value of the securities in which a Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats could also significantly impact a Fund and its investments. Additionally, a Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

Market Trading Risk — Each Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The Investment Adviser cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities of a Fund’s Index trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time.

Tracking Error Risk — Tracking error is the divergence of a Fund’s performance from that of its Index. The performance of a Fund may diverge from that of its Index for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, a Fund’s holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, changes to its Index or the need to meet new or existing regulatory requirements. Unlike a Fund, the returns of an Index are not reduced by investment and other operating expenses, including the trading costs associated with implementing changes to its portfolio of investments. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions.

 

11. INDEMNIFICATIONS

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Trustees, officers, employees and agents are indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act and state law, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of 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. However, GSAM believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

12. OTHER MATTERS

Pursuant to an effort to consolidate the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) with the Board of Trustees of each of Goldman Sachs Trust II, Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund, at a meeting held on July 22, 2021, the Board voted to nominate Cheryl K. Beebe, Lawrence Hughes, John F. Killian, Steven D. Krichmar and Linda A. Lang (the “Nominees”) for election as Trustees of the Trust at a virtual special joint meeting of shareholders to be held on December 3, 2021. Each of the Nominees (except Ms. Lang) currently serves as a Trustee of Goldman Sachs Trust II. Ms. Lang currently serves as a Trustee of the Trust. If elected, the Nominees will serve as Trustees alongside the current Trustees of the Trust. The Funds will bear a portion of the proxy solicitation, shareholder meeting and other related costs and GSAM has agreed to reimburse each Fund if such expenses increase the Fund’s total expense ratio by more than a specified percentage. This annual report is not a proxy statement. Information regarding the election of the Nominees is contained in the proxy materials filed with the SEC. The proxy statement has been mailed to shareholders of record, and shareholders can also access the proxy statement, and any other relevant documents, on the SEC’s website.

 

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date have been evaluated and GSAM has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust and Shareholders of Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF (three of the funds constituting Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of August 31, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year ended August 31, 2021, and the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year ended August 31, 2021, and for the period May 12, 2020 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2020, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of August 31, 2021, the results of each of their operations for the year ended August 31, 2021, and the changes in each of their net assets and each of the financial highlights for the year ended August 31, 2021, and for the period May 12, 2020 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2020 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

October 26, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Goldman Sachs fund complex since 2000.

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

 

Each Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act. The Program seeks to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk, i.e., the risk that a Fund is unable to satisfy redemption requests without significantly diluting remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Trust has designated GSAM, each Fund’s investment adviser, to administer the Program. Certain aspects of the Program rely on third parties to perform certain functions, including the provision of market data and application of models.

The Program is comprised of various components designed to support the assessment and/or management of liquidity risk, including: (1) the periodic assessment (no less frequently than annually) of certain factors that influence a Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) the periodic classification (no less frequently than monthly) of a Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity categories that reflect an estimate of their liquidity under current market conditions; (3) a 15% limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4); (4) for a Fund that does not invest primarily in “highly liquid investments” (as defined under Rule 22e-4), the determination of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that will generally be invested in highly liquid investments (a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum”); and (5) periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees.

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 16-17, 2021, GSAM provided a written report to the Board addressing the operation, and the adequacy and effectiveness of the implementation, of the Program, including, as applicable, the operation of any Highly Liquid Investment Minimum and any material changes to the Program, for the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). Among other things, the annual report discussed: (1) the results of stress tests designed to assess liquidity under a hypothetical stressed scenario involving elevated redemptions; (2) an assessment of the methodologies used to classify investments into one of four liquidity categories; and (3) the efficiency of the arbitrage function during the Reporting Period (including during the stressed market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic). The report concluded that the Program continues to be reasonably designed to assess and manage liquidity risk and was adequately and effectively implemented during the Reporting Period.

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to your Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks to which it may be subject.

 

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Fund Expenses — For the Six Month Period  Ended 8/31/21 (Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in Shares of the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Shares of a Fund.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from March 1, 2021 and held for the entire six months ended August 31, 2021, which represents a period of 184 days of a 365 day year (or less where indicated).

Actual Expenses — The first line 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 six months. 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 under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes — The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual net expense ratios 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 a 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 redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of 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.

 

     MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF*     MarketBeta® International Equity ETF*     MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF*  
     Beginning
Account
Value
5/12/20
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account
Value
5/12/20
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
    Beginning
Account
Value
5/12/20
    Ending
Account
Value
8/31/21
    Expenses
Paid
*
 

Actual based on NAV

  $ 1,000     $ 983.09     $ 1.80     $ 1,000     $ 1,101.73     $ 1.06     $ 1,000     $ 1,193.72     $ 0.39  

Hypothetical 5% return

    1,000       1,023.39     1.84       1,000       1,024.20     1.02       1,000       1,024.85     0.36  

 

+   Hypothetical expenses are based on the Fund’s actual annualized net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses.

 

*   Expenses for each Fund are calculated using the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six months ended August 31, 2021. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the annualized net expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the most recent fiscal year; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the fiscal year. The annualized net expense ratio for the period is as follows:

 

Fund       

MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF

    0.36

MarketBeta® International Equity ETF

    0.20  

MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF

    0.07  

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) Independent Trustees

 

Name,
Address and Age1
  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
 

Term of
Office and

Length of
Time Served2

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee4

Lawrence W. Stranghoener

Age: 67

  Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Trustee Since 2015; Chairman Since 2017  

Mr. Stranghoener is retired. He is Chairman, Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials) (2003-Present); and was formerly Director, Aleris Corporation and Aleris International, Inc. (a producer of aluminum rolled products) (2011-2020); Interim Chief Executive Officer (2014); and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2004-2014), Mosaic Company (a fertilizer manufacturing company).

 

Chairman of the Board of Trustees — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39  

Kennametal, Inc.

(a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials)

Linda A. Lang

Age: 63

  Trustee   Since 2016  

Ms. Lang is retired. She was formerly Chair of the Board of Directors (2016-2019); and Member of the Board of Directors, WD-40 Company (a global consumer products company) (2004-2019); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2014); and Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jack in the Box, Inc. (a restaurant company) (2003-2005). Previously, Ms. Lang served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (February 2016-March 2016).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39   None

Michael Latham

Age: 55

  Trustee   Since 2015  

Mr. Latham is retired. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Director of FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company) (2021-Present). Formerly, Mr. Latham held senior management positions with the iShares exchange-traded fund business, including Chairman (2011-2014); Global Head (2010-2011); U.S. Head (2007-2010); and Chief Operating Officer (2003-2007).

 

Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  39   FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company)

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued) Interested Trustee*

 

Name,
Address and Age1
  Position(s) Held
with the Trust
 

Term of
Office and

Length of
Time Served2

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee4

James A. McNamara

Age: 58

  President and Trustee   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund

  166   None
         
*   Mr. McNamara is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he holds a position with Goldman Sachs and owns securities issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Interested Trustee holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.
1    Each Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Trustee, c/o Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282, Attn: Caroline L. Kraus. Information is provided as of August 31, 2021.
2    Each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term, until the earliest of: (a) the election of his or her successor; (b) the date the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Board or shareholders, in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust; or (c) the termination of the Trust. The Board has adopted policies which provide that each Independent Trustee shall retire as of December 31st of the calendar year in which he or she reaches (a) his or her 74th birthday or (b) the 15th anniversary of the date he or she became a Trustee, whichever is earlier, unless a waiver of such requirements shall have been adopted by a majority of the other Trustees. These policies may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder vote.
3    The Goldman Sachs Fund Complex includes certain other companies listed above for each respective Trustee. As of August 31, 2021, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust consisted of 36 portfolios (21 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust consisted of 92 portfolios (90 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust consisted of 17 portfolios (13 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust II consisted of 18 portfolios (16 of which offered shares to the public); and Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund, Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund each consisted of one portfolio. Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund did not offer shares to the public.
4    This column includes only directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the Act.

Additional information about the Trustees is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States of America): 1-800-526-7384.

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued) Officers of the Trust*

 

Name,
Address and Age1
  Positions Held
with the Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served2
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

James A. McNamara

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 58

  Trustee and President   Since 2014  

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).

 

President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust. Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Caroline L. Kraus

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Age: 44

  Secretary   Since 2014  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2016-Present); Vice President, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2015); Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs (January 2020–Present); Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (2012-December 2019); Assistant General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2011); and Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP (2002-2006).

 

Secretary — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit LLC; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLC; Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

Joseph F. DiMaria

30 Hudson Street

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Age: 53

 

Treasurer, Principal

Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

  Since 2017 (Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer since 2019)  

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (November 2015-Present) and Vice President — Mutual Fund Administration, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (May 2010- October 2015).

 

Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017));Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Trust II (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

     
*   Represents a partial list of officers of the Trust. Additional information about all the officers is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States): 1-800-621-2550.
1    Information is provided as of August 31, 2021.
2    Officers hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each officer holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.

 

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® ETFs — Tax Information (Unaudited)

From distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, the total amount of income received by the MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF and the MarketBeta® International Equity ETF, from sources within foreign countries and possessions of the United States was $0.6155 and $0.1997 per share, respectively, all of which is attributable to qualified passive income. The percentage of net investment income dividends paid from foreign sources by the MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF and the MarketBeta® International Equity ETF was 68.44% and 78.93% respectively. The total amount of taxes paid by the MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF and the MarketBeta® International Equity ETF to foreign countries was $0.0933 and $0.0150 per share, respectively.

For the year ended August 31, 2021, 4.85% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF qualify as section 199A dividends.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, 25.51%, 33.20%, and 91.73% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF, MarketBeta® International Equity ETF, and the MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF respectively, qualify for the reduced tax rate under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, 96.23% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF qualify for the dividends received deduction available to corporations.

During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, the MarketBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF and the MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF designate $260,289 and $33,806, respectively as short-term capital gain dividends pursuant to Section 871(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, the MarketBeta® U.S. Equity ETF designates $6,861, or, if different, the maximum amount allowable, as capital gain dividends paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.

 

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FUNDS PROFILE

 

Goldman Sachs ETFs

 

 

LOGO

 

Goldman Sachs is a premier financial services firm, known since 1869 for creating thoughtful and customized investment solutions in complex global markets.

Today, the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, including private institutions, public entities and individuals. With approximately $2.09 trillion in assets under supervision as of June 30, 2021, Goldman Sachs Asset Management has portfolio management teams located around the world and our investment professionals bring firsthand knowledge of local markets to every investment decision. Assets under supervision includes assets under management and other client assets for which Goldman Sachs does not have full discretion. Goldman Sachs Asset Management leverages the resources of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC subject to legal, internal and regulatory restrictions.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Europe Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® International Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® Japan Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta® U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
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TRUSTEES

Lawrence W. Stranghoener, Chairman

Linda A. Lang

Michael Latham

James A. McNamara

 

OFFICERS

James A. McNamara, President

Joseph F. DiMaria, Principal Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer

Caroline L. Kraus, Secretary

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Transfer Agent

 

ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Distributor

 

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.

Investment Adviser

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Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282

The reports concerning the Funds included in this shareholder report may contain certain forward-looking statements about the factors that may affect the performance of the Funds in the future. These statements are based on Fund management’s predictions and expectations concerning certain future events and their expected impact on the Funds, such as performance of the economy as a whole and of specific industry sectors, changes in the levels of interest rates, the impact of developing world events, and other factors that may influence the future performance of the Funds. Management believes these forward-looking statements to be reasonable, although they are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Actual events may cause adjustments in portfolio management strategies from those currently expected to be employed.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how a Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-621-2550; and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) web site at http://www.sec.gov.

The Funds will file portfolio holdings information for each month in a fiscal quarter within 60 days after the end of the relevant fiscal quarter on the Form N-PORT. Portfolio holdings information for the third month of each fiscal quarter will be made available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. Portfolio holdings information may be obtained upon request and without charge by calling 1-800-621-2550.

Fund holdings and allocations shown are as of August 31, 2021 and may not be representative of future investments. Fund holdings should not be relied on in making investment decisions and should not be construed as research or investment advice regarding particular securities. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

Economic and market forecasts presented herein reflect our judgment as of the date of this presentation and are subject to change without notice. These forecasts do not take into account the specific investment objectives, restrictions, tax and financial situation or other needs of any specific client. Actual data will vary and may not be reflected here. These forecasts are subject to high levels of uncertainty that may affect actual performance. Accordingly, these forecasts should be viewed as merely representative of a broad range of possible outcomes. These forecasts are estimated, based on assumptions, and are subject to significant revision and may change materially as economic and market conditions change. Goldman Sachs has no obligation to provide updates or changes to these forecasts. Case studies and examples are for illustrative purposes only.

ETF Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their net asset value (“NAV”) only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor of the Goldman Sachs ETF Funds. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is unaffiliated with Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

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ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party (the “Code of Ethics”).

(b) Not applicable.

(c) During the period covered by this report, no amendments were made to the provisions of the Code of Ethics.

(d) During the period covered by this report, the registrant did not grant any waivers, including an implicit waiver, from any provision of the Code of Ethics.

(e) Not applicable.

(f) A copy of the Code of Ethics is available as provided in Item 13(a)(1) of this report.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the registrant has at least one “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR) serving on its audit committee. Caroline Dorsa is the “audit committee financial expert” and is “independent” (as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR).

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Table 1 — Items 4(a) - 4(d). The accountant fees below reflect the aggregate fees billed by the Funds of the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust to which this certified shareholder report relates.

 

                 2021                            2020                Description of Services Rendered
    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

Audit Fees:

            
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(“PwC”)
         $ 606,900              $ 611,900        Financial Statement audits.

Audit-Related Fees:

            

• PwC

         $ 59,558              $ 36,324        Other attest services.

Tax Fees:

            

• PwC

         $ 0              $ 2,325        Tax compliance services provided in connection with the preparation and review of registrant’s tax returns and certain other tax-related services.

Table 2 — Items 4(b)(c) & (d). Non-Audit Services to the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust’s service affiliates* that were pre-approved by the Audit Committee of the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X.

 

                 2021                            2020            Description of Services Rendered
    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

Audit-Related Fees:

            

• PwC

         $ 1,906,448              $ 1,441,351        Internal control review performanced in accordance with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16 and Semi-annual Updates related to withholding tax accrual for non-US Jurisdictions. These fees are borne by the Funds’ Adviser.

 

 

*

These include the advisor (excluding sub-advisors) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the advisor that provides ongoing services to the registrant (hereinafter referred to as “service affiliates”).

Item 4(e)(1) — Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services Provided to the Funds of the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust. The Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (the “Policy”) adopted by the Audit Committee of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (“GS ETF”) sets forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which services performed by an independent auditor for GS ETF may be pre-approved. Services may be pre-approved specifically by the Audit Committee as a whole or, in certain circumstances, by the Audit Committee Chairman or the person designated as the Audit Committee Financial Expert. In addition, subject to specified cost limitations, certain services may be pre-approved under the provisions of the Policy. The Policy provides that the Audit Committee will consider whether the services provided by an independent auditor are consistent with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules on auditor independence. The Policy provides for periodic review and pre-approval by the Audit Committee of the services that may be provided by the independent auditor.

De Minimis Waiver. The pre-approval requirements of the Policy may be waived with respect to the provision of non-audit services that are permissible for an independent auditor to perform, provided (1) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of revenues subject to pre-approval that was paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (2) such services were not recognized by GS ETF at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Audit Committee or by one or more members of the Audit Committee to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the Audit Committee, pursuant to the pre-approval provisions of the Policy.

Pre-Approval of Non-Audit Services Provided to the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust’s Investment Advisers. The Policy provides that, in addition to requiring pre-approval of audit and non-audit services provided to GS ETF, the Audit Committee will pre-approve those non-audit services provided to GS ETF’s investment advisers (and entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment advisers that provide ongoing services to GS ETF) where the engagement relates directly to the operations or financial reporting of GS ETF.

Item 4(e)(2) – 0% of the audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees listed in Table 1 were approved by GS ETF’s Audit Committee pursuant to the “de minimis” exception of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X. In addition, 0% of the non-audit services to the GS ETF’s service affiliates listed in Table 2 were approved by GS ETF’s Audit Committee pursuant to the “de minimis” exception of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

Item 4(f) – Not applicable.

Item 4(g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees Disclosure

The aggregate non-audit fees billed to GS ETF by PwC for the twelve months ended August 31, 2021 and August 31, 2020 were approximately $59,558 and $38,649 respectively. The aggregate non-audit fees billed to GS ETF’s adviser and service affiliates by PwC for non-audit services for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were approximately $14.5 million and $14.7 million respectively. With regard to the aggregate non-audit fees billed to GS ETF’s adviser and service affiliates, the 2020 and 2019 amounts include fees for non-audit services required to be pre-approved [see Table 2] and fees for non-audit services that did not require pre-approval since they did not directly relate to GS ETF’s operations or financial reporting.

Item 4(h) — GS ETF’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services to GS ETF’s investment adviser and service affiliates that did not require pre-approval pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence.

 


ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

    

The Registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The members of the Audit Committee are Michael Latham, Linda A. Lang, Lawrence W. Stranghoener, and Caroline Dorsa, each a Trustee of the Registrant.

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 

    

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

    

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

    

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

 

    

Not applicable.


ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

    

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.

 

ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a)

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

    

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS.

 

(a)(1)      Goldman Sachs ETF Trust’s Code of Ethics for Principal Executive and Senior Financial Officers is filed herewith.
(a)(2)    Exhibit 99.CERT    Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
(a)(3)      Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
(a)(4)      There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.
(b)    Exhibit 99.906CERT                        Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    Goldman Sachs ETF Trust
By:   /s/ James A. McNamara
 

 

 

 

James A. McNamara

  President/Chief Executive Officer
  Goldman Sachs ETF Trust
Date:     November 4, 2021

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/ James A. McNamara
 

 

 

 

James A. McNamara

  President/Chief Executive Officer
  Goldman Sachs ETF Trust
Date:     November 4, 2021
By:   /s/ Joseph F. DiMaria
 

 

 

 

Joseph F. DiMaria

  Principal Financial Officer
  Goldman Sachs ETF Trust
Date:     November 4, 2021