N-CSR/A 1 primary-document.htm ISHARES, INC.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 

FORM N-CSR/A

 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Investment Company Act file number
811-09102
 
iShares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
 
c/o: Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc.
4400 Easton Way Suite 200 Columbus, Ohio
 
 
43219
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
 
The Corporation Trust Incorporated
2405 York Road, Suite 201, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland 21093
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(415) 670-2000
 
 
 
 
Date of fiscal year end:
August 31, 2022
 
 
 
 
Date of reporting period:
August 31, 2022
 
 
 
 
Item 1.      Reports to Stockholders.
 
Explanatory Note: The Registrant is filing this amendment to its Form N-CSR for the period ended August 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2022 (Accession Number
0001004726-22-000257
). The sole purpose of this amendment is the inclusion of the section entitled “Signatures”, which was inadvertently omitted from the original filing due to an administrative error. Except for such change, this amendment does not amend, update or change any other items or disclosures found in the original Form N-CSR filing.
 
 
(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.
 
August
31,
2022
iShares,
Inc.
iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
|
EUSA
|
NYSE
Arca
2022
Annual
Report
Dear
Shareholder,
The
12-month
reporting
period
as
of
August
31,
2022
saw
the
emergence
of
significant
challenges
that
disrupted
the
economic
recovery
and
strong
financial
markets
of
2021.
The
U.S.
economy
shrank
in
the
first
half
of
2022,
ending
the
run
of
robust
growth
that
followed
the
reopening
of
global
economies
and
the
development
of
COVID-19
vaccines.
Changes
in
consumer
spending
patterns
and
a
tight
labor
market
led
to
elevated
inflation,
which
reached
a
40-year
high.
Moreover,
while
the
foremost
effect
of
Russia’s
invasion
of
Ukraine
has
been
a
severe
humanitarian
crisis,
the
ongoing
war
continued
to
present
challenges
for
both
investors
and
policymakers.
Equity
prices
fell
as
interest
rates
rose,
particularly
weighing
on
relatively
high-valuation
growth
stocks
and
economically
sensitive
small-capitalization
stocks.
While
both
large-
and
small-capitalization
U.S.
stocks
fell,
declines
for
small-capitalization
U.S.
stocks
were
steeper.
Both
emerging
market
stocks
and
international
equities
from
developed
markets
fell
significantly,
pressured
by
rising
interest
rates
and
a
strengthening
U.S.
dollar.
The
10-year
U.S.
Treasury
yield
(which
is
inversely
related
to
bond
prices)
rose
notably
during
the
reporting
period
as
investors
reacted
to
higher
inflation
and
attempted
to
anticipate
its
impact
on
future
interest
rate
changes.
The
corporate
bond
market
also
faced
inflationary
headwinds,
and
increasing
uncertainty
led
to
higher
corporate
bond
spreads
(the
difference
in
yield
between
U.S.
Treasuries
and
similarly-dated
corporate
bonds).
The
U.S.
Federal
Reserve
(the
“Fed”),
acknowledging
that
inflation
is
growing
faster
than
expected,
raised
interest
rates
four
times
while
indicating
that
additional
rate
hikes
were
likely.
Furthermore,
the
Fed
wound
down
its
bond-buying
programs
and
began
to
reduce
its
balance
sheet.
As
investors
attempted
to
assess
the
Fed’s
future
trajectory,
the
Fed’s
statements
late
in
the
reporting
period
led
markets
to
believe
that
additional
tightening
is
likely
in
the
near
term.
The
horrific
war
in
Ukraine
has
significantly
clouded
the
outlook
for
the
global
economy,
leading
to
major
volatility
in
energy
and
metals
markets.
Sanctions
on
Russia,
Europe’s
top
energy
supplier,
and
general
wartime
disruption
have
magnified
supply
problems
for
key
commodities.
We
believe
elevated
energy
prices
will
continue
to
exacerbate
inflationary
pressure
while
also
constraining
economic
growth.
Combating
inflation
without
stifling
a
recovery,
while
buffering
against
ongoing
supply
and
price
shocks,
will
be
an
especially
challenging
environment
for
setting
effective
monetary
policy.
Despite
the
likelihood
of
more
rate
increases
on
the
horizon,
we
believe
the
Fed
will
ultimately
err
on
the
side
of
protecting
employment,
even
at
the
expense
of
higher
inflation.
In
the
meantime,
however,
we
are
likely
to
see
a
period
of
slowing
growth
paired
with
relatively
high
inflation.
In
this
environment,
while
we
favor
an
overweight
to
equities
in
the
long-term,
the
market’s
concerns
over
excessive
rate
hikes
from
central
banks
moderate
our
outlook.
Furthermore,
the
energy
shock
and
a
deteriorating
economic
backdrop
in
China
and
Europe
are
likely
to
challenge
corporate
earnings,
so
we
are
underweight
equities
overall
in
the
near
term.
We
take
the
opposite
view
on
credit,
where
higher
spreads
provide
near-term
opportunities,
while
the
likelihood
of
higher
inflation
leads
us
to
take
an
underweight
stance
on
credit
in
the
long
term.
We
believe
that
investment-grade
corporates,
U.K.
gilts,
local-currency
emerging
market
debt,
and
inflation-protected
bonds
(particularly
in
Europe)
offer
strong
opportunities
for
a
six-
to
twelve-month
horizon.
Overall,
our
view
is
that
investors
need
to
think
globally,
extend
their
scope
across
a
broad
array
of
asset
classes,
and
be
nimble
as
market
conditions
change.
We
encourage
you
to
talk
with
your
financial
advisor
and
visit
iShares.com
for
further
insight
about
investing
in
today’s
markets.
Sincerely,
Rob
Kapito
President,
BlackRock,
Inc.
The
Markets
in
Review
Rob
Kapito
President,
BlackRock,
Inc.
Total
Returns
as
of
August
31,
2022
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Index
performance
is
shown
for
illustrative
purposes
only.
You
cannot
invest
directly
in
an
index.
6-Month
12-Month
U.S.
large
cap
equities
(S&P
500
®
Index)
(8.84%)
(11.23%)
U.S.
small
cap
equities
(Russell
2000
®
Index)
(9.31)
(17.88)
International
equities
(MSCI
Europe,
Australasia,
Far
East
Index)
(13.97)
(19.80)
Emerging
market
equities
(MSCI
Emerging
Markets
Index)
(13.30)
(21.80)
3-month
Treasury
bills
(ICE
BofA
3-Month
U.S.
Treasury
Bill
Index)
0.36
0.39
U.S.
Treasury
securities
(ICE
BofA
10-Year
U.S.
Treasury
Index)
(9.71)
(13.27)
U.S.
investment
grade
bonds
(Bloomberg
U.S.
Aggregate
Bond
Index)
(7.76)
(11.52)
Tax-exempt
municipal
bonds
(Bloomberg
Municipal
Bond
Index)
(5.72)
(8.63)
U.S.
high
yield
bonds
(Bloomberg
U.S.
Corporate
High
Yield
2%
Issuer
Capped
Index)
(7.78)
(10.61)
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Table
of
Contents
Page
3
The
Markets
in
Review
...................................................................................................
2
Annual
Report:
Market
Overview
.......................................................................................................
4
Fund
Summary
........................................................................................................
5
About
Fund
Performance
..................................................................................................
7
Disclosure
of Expenses
...................................................................................................
7
Schedule
of
Investments
..................................................................................................
8
Financial
Statements:
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities
..........................................................................................
17
Statement
of
Operations
................................................................................................
18
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets
........................................................................................
19
Financial
Highlights
.....................................................................................................
20
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
...............................................................................................
21
Report
of
Independent
Registered
Public
Accounting
Firm
..............................................................................
28
Important
Tax
Information
(Unaudited)
.................................................................................................
29
Board
Review
and
Approval
of
Investment
Advisory
Contract
...........................................................................
30
Supplemental
Information
.................................................................................................
32
Director
and
Officer
Information
..............................................................................................
34
General
Information
.....................................................................................................
36
Glossary
of
Terms
Used
in
this
Report
..........................................................................................
37
Market
Overview
4
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
iShares,
Inc.
Domestic
Market
Overview
U.S.
stocks
declined
for
the
12
months
ended
August
31,
2022
(“reporting
period”),
when
the
Russell
3000
®
Index,
a
broad
measure
of
U.S.
equity
market
performance,
returned
-13.28%.
Significant
challenges
emerged
during
the
reporting
period,
including
high
inflation,
rising
interest
rates,
slower
economic
growth,
and
the
impacts
of
Russia’s
invasion
of
Ukraine.
Investors’
expectations
that
interest
rates
are
likely
to
continue
to
rise
in
the
near-term
fueled
pessimism
about
the
economic
outlook.
These
factors
drove
stock
prices
sharply
lower,
leading
to
negative
performance
for
the
reporting
period.
The
U.S.
economy
grew
briskly
over
the
final
half
of
2021,
powered
primarily
by
consumer
spending.
Record-high
personal
savings
rates
allowed
consumers
to
spend
at
an
elevated
level,
releasing
pent-up
demand
for
goods
and
services.
Growth
subsequently
stalled
in
the
first
half
of
2022,
and
the
economy
contracted
amid
lower
inventories
and
faltering
business
investment.
Despite
the
economic
downturn,
economic
indicators
were
mixed,
showing
evidence
of
a
slowdown
in
some
areas
while
others
remained
positive.
Hiring
continued
to
increase
as
businesses
restored
capacity,
and
unemployment
declined
substantially,
falling
to
3.7%
in
August
2022
while
the
number
of
long-
term
unemployed
dropped
below
the
pre-pandemic
level.
Although
high
inflation
negatively
impacted
consumer
sentiment,
which
declined
significantly,
consumer
spending
continued
to
grow.
However,
the
rapid
increase
in
consumer
spending
drove
a
significant
rise
in
inflation.
Supply
chains
for
many
goods
were
disrupted
by
the
pandemic
and
were
unable
to
adapt
quickly
to
the
rapid
rebound
and
shifting
composition
of
demand.
Oil
prices
also
rose
as
demand
increased
and
a
lack
of
investment
constrained
the
supply
of
oil.
The
strong
job
market
led
to
higher
wages,
particularly
for
lower-wage
jobs.
These
factors
drove
prices
higher
in
many
areas
of
the
economy.
Rising
inflation
led
to
a
significant
shift
in
policy
from
the
U.S.
Federal
Reserve
(“the
Fed”).
As
the
reporting
period
began,
the
Fed
was
still
using
accommodative
monetary
policy
to
stimulate
the
economy.
Short-term
interest
rates
were
kept
at
near-zero
levels,
and
the
Fed
used
bond-buying
programs
to
stabilize
debt
markets.
However,
rising
prices
led
the
Fed
to
tighten
monetary
policy
during
the
reporting
period
in
an
attempt
to
prevent
runaway
inflation.
The
Fed
slowed
and
then
ended
its
bond-buying
activities,
finally
reversing
course
as
it
began
to
reduce
its
balance
sheet
in
June
2022.
In
that
environment,
the
U.S.
dollar
rose
relative
to
most
foreign
currencies.
In
March
2022,
the
Fed
began
to
raise
short-term
interest
rates,
followed
by
three
more
increases
for
a
total
of
225
basis
points
(or
2.25%),
the
most
rapid
increase
in
decades.
Interest
rates
rose
significantly
in
response,
leading
to
higher
borrowing
costs
for
businesses.
Late
in
the
reporting
period,
the
Fed
indicated
that
its
continued
efforts
to
counter
inflation
were
likely
to
negatively
affect
the
broader
economy.
The
impact
of
higher
inflation
and
interest
rates
on
equities
varied
substantially.
Growth
stocks,
which
derive
much
of
their
value
from
expectations
of
future
growth,
declined
significantly
more
than
value
stocks.
Russia’s
invasion
of
Ukraine
in
late
February
2022
led
to
considerable
disruptions
to
the
global
economy
and
increased
uncertainty
in
financial
markets,
exacerbating
inflation
and
impacting
U.S.
businesses
with
operations
in
Russia.
The
invasion
was
met
with
widespread
condemnation,
and
many
countries
imposed
sanctions
on
the
Russian
state,
businesses,
and
individuals.
As
Russia
is
a
top
producer
of
both
oil
and
natural
gas,
global
supply
concerns
led
to
sharp
volatility
in
U.S.
energy
markets.
iShares
®
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
5
Fund
Summary
Fund
Summary
as
of
August
31,
2022
Investment
Objective
The
iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
(the
Fund
)
seeks
to
track
the
investment
results
of
an
index
composed
of
equal
weighted
U.S.
equities,
as
represented
by
the
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
Index
(the
“Index”).
The
Fund
invests
in
a
representative
sample
of
securities
included
in
the
Index
that
collectively
has
an
investment
profile
similar
to
the
Index.
Due
to
the
use
of
representative
sampling,
the
Fund
may
or
may
not
hold
all
of
the
securities
that
are
included
in
the
Index.
Performance
GROWTH
OF
$10,000
INVESTMENT
(AT
NET
ASSET
VALUE)
Index
performance
through
August
31,
2015
reflects
the
performance
of
the
MSCI
USA
Index.
Index
performance
beginning
on
September
1,
2015
reflects
the
performance
of
the
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
Index.
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Performance
results
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
See
“About
Fund
Performance”
for
more
information.
Expense
Example
Average
Annual
Total
Returns
Cumulative
Total
Returns
1
Year
5
Years
10
Years
1
Year
5
Years
10
Years
Fund
NAV
.................................
(13.93
)
%
9.47
%
11.38
%
(13.93
)
%
57.21
%
193.70
%
Fund
Market
...............................
(13.86
)
9.48
11.38
%
(13.86
)
57.29
193.69
Index
....................................
(13.88
)
9.61
11.52
(13.88
)
58.19
197.65
Actual
Hypothetical
5%
Return
Beginning
Account
Value
(03/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(08/31/22)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Beginning
Account
Value
(03/01/22)
Ending
Account
Value
(08/31/22)
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
(a)
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
$
1,000.00
$
900.00
$
0.43
$
1,000.00
$
1,024.75
$
0.46
0.09
%
(a)
Expenses
are
equal
to
the
annualized
expense
ratio,
multiplied
by
the
average
account
value
over
the
period,
multiplied
by
184/365
(to
reflect
the
one-half
year
period
shown).
Other
fees,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
to
financial
intermediaries,
may
be
paid
which
are
not
reflected
in
the
tables
and
examples
above.
See
“Disclosure
of
Expenses”
for
more
information.
Fund
Summary
as
of
August
31,
2022
(continued)
iShares
®
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
6
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Portfolio
Management
Commentary
U.S.
equal
weighted
stocks
declined
significantly
for
the
reporting
period
amid
high
inflation
and
rising
interest
rates.
The
information
technology
sector
declined
the
most,
as
software
stocks
with
high
valuations
were
particularly
affected
by
the
increase
in
interest
rates.
As
pandemic-related
restrictions
raised
and
more
workers
returned
to
the
office,
demand
slowed
for
software
that
facilitates
online
collaboration.
Stiff
competition
from
other
companies
expanding
into
the
market
for
cloud-based
remote-work
tools
also
weighed
on
the
industry.
Concerns
about
a
maker
of
expense
management
software’s
high
European
exposure
led
to
analyst
downgrades.
The
consumer
discretionary
sector
further
detracted
from
the
Index’s
return.
Profits
in
the
internet
and
direct
marketing
retail
industry
were
pressured
as
new
entrants
in
the
online
furniture
and
housewares
space
reduced
prices
to
increase
market
stock.
Slowing
growth
in
revenues
from
online
sports
betting
weighed
on
the
hotels,
restaurants,
and
leisure
industry,
which
also
declined.
The
healthcare
sector
was
another
detractor
from
the
Index’s
performance,
particularly
the
life
sciences
tools
and
services
industry.
Disruption
from
the
omicron
variant
of
COVID-19
led
to
laboratory
closures,
which
weighed
on
sales
of
lab
equipment.
The
strengthening
U.S.
dollar
pressured
international
sales
revenues
of
teeth-straightening
devices,
negatively
impacting
the
healthcare
equipment
and
supplies
industry.
On
the
upside,
the
energy
sector
benefited
from
higher
prices
for
oil
and
natural
gas
and
increased
demand
as
global
economies
recovered
from
the
pandemic.
While
the
sharp
rise
in
prices
following
Russia’s
invasion
of
Ukraine
moderated
somewhat,
oil
and
gas
prices
still
ended
the
reporting
period
higher
overall.
Higher
prices
drove
increased
earnings
and
cash
flow
in
the
oil,
gas,
and
consumable
fuels
industry,
which
committed
to
new
investments
in
liquefied
natural
gas
projects.
Portfolio
Information
SECTOR
ALLOCATION
Sector
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Information
Technology
............................
18.2‌
%
Financials
.....................................
13.4‌
Industrials
.....................................
13.1‌
Health
Care
...................................
12.5‌
Consumer
Discretionary
...........................
10.4‌
Real
Estate
....................................
6.2‌
Communication
Services
...........................
5.7‌
Materials
.....................................
5.6‌
Consumer
Staples
...............................
5.4‌
Utilities
.......................................
5.2‌
Energy
.......................................
4.3‌
a
a
(a)
Excludes
money
market
funds.
TEN
LARGEST
HOLDINGS
Security
Percent
of
Total
Investments
(a)
Snowflake,
Inc.,
Class
A
...........................
0.2‌
%
Palo
Alto
Networks,
Inc.
...........................
0.2‌
APA
Corp.
....................................
0.2‌
Texas
Pacific
Land
Corp.
...........................
0.2‌
Pinterest,
Inc.,
Class
A
............................
0.2‌
Pioneer
Natural
Resources
Co.
......................
0.2‌
Marathon
Oil
Corp.
...............................
0.2‌
Plug
Power,
Inc.
................................
0.2‌
ConocoPhillips
.................................
0.2‌
Ulta
Beauty,
Inc.
................................
0.2‌
      aaa
aa
About
Fund
Performance
7
About
Fund
Performance/Disclosure
of
Expenses
Past
performance
is
not
an
indication
of
future
results.
Financial
markets
have
experienced
extreme
volatility
and
trading
in
many
instruments
has
been
disrupted.
These
circumstances
may
continue
for
an
extended
period
of
time
and
may
continue
to
affect
adversely
the
value
and
liquidity
of
the
Fund's
investments.
As
a
result,
current
performance
may
be
lower
or
higher
than
the
performance
data
quoted.
Performance
data
current
to
the
most
recent
month-end
is
available
at
iShares.com
.
Performance
results
assume
reinvestment
of
all
dividends
and
capital
gain
distributions
and
do
not
reflect
the
deduction
of
taxes
that
a
shareholder
would
pay
on
fund
distributions
or
on
the
redemption
or
sale
of
fund
shares.
The
investment
return
and
principal
value
of
shares
will
vary
with
changes
in
market
conditions.
Shares
may
be
worth
more
or
less
than
their
original
cost
when
they
are
redeemed
or
sold
in
the
market.
Performance
for
certain
funds
may
reflect
a
waiver
of
a
portion
of
investment
advisory
fees.
Without
such
a
waiver,
performance
would
have
been
lower.
Net
asset
value
or
“NAV”
is
the
value
of
one
share
of
a
fund
as
calculated
in
accordance
with
the
standard
formula
for
valuing
mutual
fund
shares.
Beginning
August
10,
2020,
the
price
used
to
calculate
market
return
(“Market
Price”)
is
the
closing
price.
Prior
to
August
10,
2020,
Market
Price
was
determined
using
the
midpoint
between
the
highest
bid
and
the
lowest
ask
on
the
primary
stock
exchange
on
which
shares
of
a
fund
are
listed
for
trading,
as
of
the
time
that
such
fund’s
NAV
is
calculated.
Market
and
NAV
returns
assume
that
dividends
and
capital
gain
distributions
have
been
reinvested
at
Market
Price
and
NAV,
respectively.
An
index
is
a
statistical
composite
that
tracks
a
specified
financial
market
or
sector.
Unlike
a
fund,
an
index
does
not
actually
hold
a
portfolio
of
securities
and
therefore
does
not
incur
the
expenses
incurred
by
a
fund.
These
expenses
negatively
impact
fund
performance.
Also,
market
returns
do
not
include
brokerage
commissions
that
may
be
payable
on
secondary
market
transactions.
If
brokerage
commissions
were
included,
market
returns
would
be
lower.
Disclosure
of Expenses
Shareholders
of
the
Fund
may
incur
the
following
charges:
(1)
transactional
expenses,
including
brokerage
commissions
on
purchases
and
sales
of
fund
shares
and
(2)
ongoing
expenses,
including
management
fees
and
other
fund
expenses.
The
expense
example
shown
(which
is
based
on
a
hypothetical
investment
of
$1,000
invested
at
the
beginning
of
the
period
and
held
through
the
end
of
the
period)
is
intended
to
assist
shareholders
both
in
calculating
expenses
based
on
an
investment
in
the
Fund
and
in
comparing
these
expenses
with
similar
costs
of
investing
in
other
funds.
The
expense
example
provides
information
about
actual
account
values
and
actual
expenses.
Annualized
expense
ratios
reflect
contractual
and
voluntary
fee
waivers,
if
any.
In
order
to
estimate
the
expenses
a
shareholder
paid
during
the
period
covered
by
this
report,
shareholders
can
divide
their
account
value
by
$1,000
and
then
multiply
the
result
by
the
number
under
the
heading
entitled
“Expenses
Paid
During
the Period.”
The
expense
example
also
provides
information
about
hypothetical
account
values
and
hypothetical
expenses
based
on
a
fund’s
actual
expense
ratio
and
an
assumed
rate
of
return
of
5%
per
year
before
expenses.
In
order
to
assist
shareholders
in
comparing
the
ongoing
expenses
of
investing
in the
Fund
and
other
funds,
compare
the
5%
hypothetical
example
with
the
5%
hypothetical
examples
that
appear
in
the
shareholder
reports
of
the
other
funds.
The
expenses
shown
in
the
expense
example
are
intended
to
highlight
shareholders’
ongoing
costs
only
and
do
not
reflect
any
transactional
expenses,
such
as
brokerage
commissions
and
other
fees
paid
on
purchases
and
sales
of
fund
shares.
Therefore,
the
hypothetical
example
is
useful
in
comparing
ongoing
expenses
only
and
will
not
help
shareholders
determine
the
relative
total
expenses
of
owning
different
funds.
If
these
transactional
expenses
were
included,
shareholder
expenses
would
have
been
higher.
Schedule
of
Investments
August
31,
2022
iShares
®
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
8
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
 — 1.8%
Boeing
Co.
(The)
(a)
.........................
4,313
$
691,158
General
Dynamics
Corp.
.....................
2,907
665,500
HEICO
Corp.
............................
1,818
276,881
HEICO
Corp.,
Class
A
.......................
3,056
374,605
Howmet
Aerospace,
Inc.
.....................
18,687
662,080
Huntington
Ingalls
Industries,
Inc.
...............
2,984
687,096
L3Harris
Technologies,
Inc.
...................
2,947
672,476
Lockheed
Martin
Corp.
......................
1,597
670,916
Northrop
Grumman
Corp.
....................
1,432
684,482
Raytheon
Technologies
Corp.
.................
7,523
675,189
Textron,
Inc.
.............................
10,638
663,598
TransDigm
Group,
Inc.
......................
1,088
653,224
7,377,205
a
Air
Freight
&
Logistics
 — 0.6%
CH
Robinson
Worldwide,
Inc.
.................
5,999
684,786
Expeditors
International
of
Washington,
Inc.
........
6,555
674,444
FedEx
Corp.
.............................
3,032
639,176
United
Parcel
Service,
Inc.,
Class
B
.............
3,371
655,693
2,654,099
a
Airlines
 — 0.3%
Delta
Air
Lines,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
21,131
656,540
Southwest
Airlines
Co.
(a)(b)
....................
18,549
680,748
1,337,288
a
Auto
Components
 — 0.5%
Aptiv
PLC
(a)
..............................
6,771
632,614
BorgWarner,
Inc.
..........................
18,048
680,410
Lear
Corp.
..............................
4,840
671,018
1,984,042
a
Automobiles
 — 0.8%
Ford
Motor
Co.
...........................
44,246
674,309
General
Motors
Co.
........................
17,698
676,241
Lucid
Group,
Inc.
(a)(b)
........................
41,948
643,482
Rivian
Automotive,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
..............
20,395
667,120
Tesla,
Inc.
(a)
..............................
2,368
652,645
3,313,797
a
Banks
 — 2.9%
Bank
of
America
Corp.
......................
19,803
665,579
Citigroup,
Inc.
............................
13,355
651,858
Citizens
Financial
Group,
Inc.
.................
18,025
661,157
Fifth
Third
Bancorp
........................
19,229
656,670
First
Citizens
BancShares,
Inc.,
Class
A
...........
837
679,610
First
Republic
Bank
........................
4,296
652,262
Huntington
Bancshares,
Inc.
..................
49,902
668,687
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co.
.....................
5,923
673,623
KeyCorp
................................
36,405
644,004
M&T
Bank
Corp.
..........................
3,721
676,403
PNC
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
.........
4,114
650,012
Regions
Financial
Corp.
.....................
31,089
673,699
Signature
Bank
...........................
3,699
644,958
SVB
Financial
Group
(a)
......................
1,614
656,123
Truist
Financial
Corp.
.......................
13,878
650,046
U.S.
Bancorp
............................
14,454
659,247
Webster
Financial
Corp.
.....................
14,310
673,285
Wells
Fargo
&
Co.
.........................
15,493
677,199
11,914,422
a
Beverages
 — 1.1%
Brown-Forman
Corp.,
Class
B,
NVS
.............
9,097
661,352
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
.......................
10,781
665,295
Security
Shares
Value
a
Beverages
(continued)
Constellation
Brands,
Inc.,
Class
A
..............
2,792
$
686,972
Keurig
Dr
Pepper,
Inc.
......................
17,583
670,264
Molson
Coors
Beverage
Co.,
Class
B
............
12,527
647,270
Monster
Beverage
Corp.
(a)
....................
7,756
688,965
PepsiCo,
Inc.
............................
3,900
671,853
4,691,971
a
Biotechnology
 — 2.3%
AbbVie,
Inc.
.............................
4,953
665,980
Alnylam
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
................
3,253
672,298
Amgen,
Inc.
.............................
2,801
673,080
Biogen,
Inc.
(a)
............................
3,282
641,237
BioMarin
Pharmaceutical,
Inc.
(a)
................
7,568
675,066
Exact
Sciences
Corp.
(a)
......................
19,077
678,187
Gilead
Sciences,
Inc.
.......................
10,753
682,493
Horizon
Therapeutics
PLC
(a)
..................
11,633
688,790
Incyte
Corp.
(a)
............................
9,426
663,873
Moderna,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
4,809
636,087
Neurocrine
Biosciences,
Inc.
(a)
.................
6,567
687,105
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
..............
1,136
660,084
Seagen,
Inc.
(a)
............................
4,093
631,509
Vertex
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
(a)
.................
2,350
662,136
9,317,925
a
Building
Products
 — 1.6%
A
O
Smith
Corp.
..........................
11,219
633,312
Allegion
PLC
.............................
6,600
627,660
Carlisle
Companies,
Inc.
.....................
2,250
665,235
Carrier
Global
Corp.
........................
16,540
647,045
Fortune
Brands
Home
&
Security,
Inc.
............
10,392
638,381
Johnson
Controls
International
PLC
.............
12,271
664,352
Lennox
International,
Inc.
....................
2,716
652,166
Masco
Corp.
.............................
12,687
645,388
Owens
Corning
...........................
7,817
638,883
Trane
Technologies
PLC
.....................
4,292
661,268
6,473,690
a
Capital
Markets
 — 4.5%
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc.
....................
2,468
661,449
Bank
of
New
York
Mellon
Corp.
(The)
............
16,009
664,854
BlackRock,
Inc.
(c)
..........................
985
656,394
Blackstone,
Inc.,
NVS
.......................
6,802
638,980
Carlyle
Group,
Inc.
(The)
.....................
20,936
681,048
Cboe
Global
Markets,
Inc.
....................
5,676
669,598
Charles
Schwab
Corp.
(The)
..................
9,513
674,947
CME
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
....................
3,493
683,266
Coinbase
Global,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...............
9,487
633,732
FactSet
Research
Systems,
Inc.
................
1,574
682,077
Franklin
Resources,
Inc.
.....................
25,356
661,031
Goldman
Sachs
Group,
Inc.
(The)
..............
2,012
669,332
Intercontinental
Exchange,
Inc.
................
6,441
649,575
Invesco
Ltd.
.............................
38,819
639,349
KKR
&
Co.,
Inc.
...........................
12,990
656,774
LPL
Financial
Holdings,
Inc.
...................
3,131
692,984
MarketAxess
Holdings,
Inc.
...................
2,679
665,973
Moody's
Corp.
............................
2,260
643,015
Morgan
Stanley
...........................
7,806
665,227
MSCI,
Inc.,
Class
A
........................
1,468
659,484
Nasdaq,
Inc.
.............................
11,265
670,605
Northern
Trust
Corp.
........................
6,987
664,394
Raymond
James
Financial,
Inc.
................
6,453
673,500
S&P
Global,
Inc.
..........................
1,849
651,181
SEI
Investments
Co.
........................
12,177
666,082
State
Street
Corp.
.........................
9,724
664,635
T
Rowe
Price
Group,
Inc.
....................
5,558
666,960
iShares
®
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(continued)
August
31,
2022
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
9
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Capital
Markets
(continued)
Tradeweb
Markets,
Inc.,
Class
A
................
9,626
$
669,873
18,576,319
a
Chemicals
 — 2.9%
Air
Products
and
Chemicals,
Inc.
...............
2,664
672,527
Albemarle
Corp.
..........................
2,602
697,232
Celanese
Corp.
...........................
6,127
679,239
CF
Industries
Holdings,
Inc.
...................
6,789
702,390
Corteva,
Inc.
.............................
11,456
703,742
Dow,
Inc.
...............................
12,662
645,762
DuPont
de
Nemours,
Inc.
....................
11,617
646,370
Eastman
Chemical
Co.
......................
7,125
648,375
Ecolab,
Inc.
.............................
4,090
670,065
FMC
Corp.
..............................
6,305
681,444
International
Flavors
&
Fragrances,
Inc.
...........
5,889
650,617
Linde
PLC
..............................
2,313
654,255
LyondellBasell
Industries
NV,
Class
A
............
7,872
653,376
Mosaic
Co.
(The)
..........................
13,128
707,205
PPG
Industries,
Inc.
........................
5,325
676,169
RPM
International,
Inc.
......................
7,468
695,719
Sherwin-Williams
Co.
(The)
...................
2,873
666,823
Westlake
Corp.
...........................
6,714
662,202
12,113,512
a
Commercial
Services
&
Supplies
 — 1.0%
Cintas
Corp.
.............................
1,610
655,012
Copart,
Inc.
(a)
............................
5,479
655,562
Republic
Services,
Inc.
......................
4,798
684,771
Rollins,
Inc.
..............................
19,248
649,812
Waste
Connections,
Inc.
(b)
....................
4,953
689,359
Waste
Management,
Inc.
.....................
4,031
681,360
4,015,876
a
Communications
Equipment
 — 0.8%
Arista
Networks,
Inc.
(a)
......................
5,405
647,951
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
........................
14,428
645,220
F5,
Inc.
(a)
...............................
4,096
643,318
Juniper
Networks,
Inc.
......................
23,633
671,650
Motorola
Solutions,
Inc.
.....................
2,774
675,219
3,283,358
a
Construction
&
Engineering
 — 0.2%
Quanta
Services,
Inc.
.......................
4,947
699,011
a
Construction
Materials
 — 0.3%
Martin
Marietta
Materials,
Inc.
.................
1,924
668,994
Vulcan
Materials
Co.
.......................
4,000
665,960
1,334,954
a
Consumer
Finance
 — 0.8%
Ally
Financial,
Inc.
.........................
19,984
663,469
American
Express
Co.
......................
4,331
658,312
Capital
One
Financial
Corp.
...................
6,262
662,645
Discover
Financial
Services
...................
6,572
660,420
Synchrony
Financial
........................
20,479
670,687
3,315,533
a
Containers
&
Packaging
 — 1.3%
Amcor
PLC
..............................
56,300
676,163
Avery
Dennison
Corp.
.......................
3,566
654,789
Ball
Corp.
...............................
11,349
633,388
Crown
Holdings,
Inc.
.......................
7,128
645,726
International
Paper
Co.
......................
16,119
670,873
Packaging
Corp.
of
America
..................
4,908
672,003
Sealed
Air
Corp.
..........................
12,232
658,204
Security
Shares
Value
a
Containers
&
Packaging
(continued)
Westrock
Co.
............................
16,894
$
685,727
5,296,873
a
Distributors
 — 0.5%
Genuine
Parts
Co.
.........................
4,396
685,820
LKQ
Corp.
..............................
12,531
666,900
Pool
Corp.
..............................
1,847
626,484
1,979,204
a
Diversified
Financial
Services
 — 0.5%
Apollo
Global
Management,
Inc.
................
12,087
671,795
Berkshire
Hathaway,
Inc.,
Class
B
(a)
.............
2,364
663,811
Equitable
Holdings,
Inc.
.....................
22,462
668,245
2,003,851
a
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
 — 0.6%
AT&T,
Inc.
...............................
38,124
668,695
Liberty
Global
PLC,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
11,100
224,220
Liberty
Global
PLC,
Class
C,
NVS
(a)
.............
21,185
451,452
Lumen
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
63,528
632,739
Verizon
Communications,
Inc.
.................
15,818
661,351
2,638,457
a
Electric
Utilities
 — 2.6%
Alliant
Energy
Corp.
........................
10,972
669,731
American
Electric
Power
Co.,
Inc.
...............
6,672
668,534
Constellation
Energy
Corp.
...................
8,692
709,180
Duke
Energy
Corp.
........................
6,205
663,377
Edison
International
........................
9,821
665,569
Entergy
Corp.
............................
5,776
665,973
Evergy,
Inc.
..............................
9,907
678,927
Eversource
Energy
........................
7,504
673,034
Exelon
Corp.
.............................
15,228
668,661
FirstEnergy
Corp.
.........................
17,025
673,339
NextEra
Energy,
Inc.
.......................
7,832
666,190
NRG
Energy,
Inc.
..........................
16,359
675,299
PG&E
Corp.
(a)(b)
...........................
57,924
714,203
PPL
Corp.
..............................
22,805
663,169
Southern
Co.
(The)
........................
8,765
675,519
Xcel
Energy,
Inc.
..........................
9,132
678,051
10,808,756
a
Electrical
Equipment
 — 1.1%
AMETEK,
Inc.
............................
5,451
654,992
Eaton
Corp.
PLC
..........................
4,658
636,469
Emerson
Electric
Co.
.......................
7,953
650,078
Generac
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
2,745
605,026
Plug
Power,
Inc.
(a)(b)
........................
26,198
734,592
Rockwell
Automation,
Inc.
....................
2,793
661,773
Sensata
Technologies
Holding
PLC
.............
15,998
644,400
4,587,330
a
Electronic
Equipment,
Instruments
&
Components
 — 1.6%
Amphenol
Corp.,
Class
A
....................
8,870
652,211
Arrow
Electronics,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
6,234
653,385
CDW
Corp.
..............................
3,730
636,711
Cognex
Corp.
............................
15,261
642,641
Corning,
Inc.
.............................
19,415
666,323
Keysight
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
3,987
653,429
TE
Connectivity
Ltd.
........................
5,210
657,554
Teledyne
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
1,769
651,629
Trimble,
Inc.
(a)
............................
10,036
634,777
Zebra
Technologies
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
.............
2,139
645,208
6,493,868
a
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of
Investments
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31,
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10
2022
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Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Energy
Equipment
&
Services
 — 0.5%
Baker
Hughes
Co.,
Class
A
...................
27,926
$
705,411
Halliburton
Co.
...........................
23,907
720,318
Schlumberger
NV
.........................
18,928
722,103
2,147,832
a
Entertainment
 — 1.7%
Activision
Blizzard,
Inc.
......................
8,753
687,023
AMC
Entertainment
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
......
39,141
356,966
Electronic
Arts,
Inc.
........................
5,385
683,195
Liberty
Media
Corp.-Liberty
Formula
One,
Class
C,
NVS
(a)
................................
10,205
649,854
Live
Nation
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..............
7,453
673,453
Netflix,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
2,914
651,454
ROBLOX
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
16,463
643,868
Roku,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
......................
9,476
644,368
Take-Two
Interactive
Software,
Inc.
(a)
.............
5,500
674,080
Walt
Disney
Co.
(The)
(a)
.....................
5,848
655,444
Warner
Bros
Discovery,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
51,174
677,544
6,997,249
a
Equity
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
(REITs)
 — 5.9%
Alexandria
Real
Estate
Equities,
Inc.
.............
4,307
660,694
American
Homes
4
Rent,
Class
A
...............
18,682
664,332
American
Tower
Corp.
......................
2,560
650,368
AvalonBay
Communities,
Inc.
.................
3,268
656,574
Boston
Properties,
Inc.
......................
8,137
646,322
Camden
Property
Trust
......................
4,938
634,582
Crown
Castle,
Inc.
.........................
3,900
666,237
Digital
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
.....................
5,390
666,366
Duke
Realty
Corp.
.........................
11,067
651,293
Equinix,
Inc.
.............................
1,008
662,629
Equity
LifeStyle
Properties,
Inc.
................
9,254
648,705
Equity
Residential
.........................
8,953
655,181
Essex
Property
Trust,
Inc.
....................
2,423
642,240
Extra
Space
Storage,
Inc.
....................
3,320
659,784
Gaming
and
Leisure
Properties,
Inc.
.............
13,445
648,990
Healthcare
Realty
Trust,
Inc.,
Class
A
............
26,325
640,224
Healthpeak
Properties,
Inc.
...................
25,256
662,970
Host
Hotels
&
Resorts,
Inc.
...................
37,413
664,829
Invitation
Homes,
Inc.
.......................
18,118
657,321
Iron
Mountain,
Inc.
.........................
12,803
673,566
Kimco
Realty
Corp.
........................
30,912
651,625
Medical
Properties
Trust,
Inc.
..................
44,052
643,600
Mid-America
Apartment
Communities,
Inc.
.........
3,830
634,516
Prologis,
Inc.
.............................
5,240
652,432
Public
Storage
............................
2,000
661,660
Realty
Income
Corp.
........................
9,637
658,014
Regency
Centers
Corp.
.....................
10,841
659,566
SBA
Communications
Corp.,
Class
A
.............
2,040
663,510
Simon
Property
Group,
Inc.
...................
6,329
645,431
Sun
Communities,
Inc.
......................
4,173
641,432
UDR,
Inc.
...............................
14,389
645,634
Ventas,
Inc.
.............................
14,366
687,557
VICI
Properties,
Inc.
........................
20,295
669,532
Vornado
Realty
Trust
.......................
24,312
637,461
Welltower,
Inc.
............................
8,829
676,743
Weyerhaeuser
Co.
.........................
19,409
663,011
WP
Carey,
Inc.
...........................
7,984
670,896
24,275,827
a
Food
&
Staples
Retailing
 — 0.8%
Costco
Wholesale
Corp.
.....................
1,267
661,501
Kroger
Co.
(The)
..........................
14,194
680,460
Sysco
Corp.
.............................
8,106
666,475
Walgreens
Boots
Alliance,
Inc.
.................
18,384
644,543
Security
Shares
Value
a
Food
&
Staples
Retailing
(continued)
Walmart,
Inc.
.............................
5,128
$
679,717
3,332,696
a
Food
Products
 — 2.1%
Archer-Daniels-Midland
Co.
...................
8,055
707,954
Bunge
Ltd.
..............................
7,025
696,669
Campbell
Soup
Co.
........................
13,694
689,904
Conagra
Brands,
Inc.
.......................
19,848
682,374
General
Mills,
Inc.
.........................
9,011
692,045
Hershey
Co.
(The)
.........................
3,013
676,931
Hormel
Foods
Corp.
........................
13,821
694,920
JM
Smucker
Co.
(The)
......................
5,027
703,730
Kellogg
Co.
..............................
9,164
666,589
Kraft
Heinz
Co.
(The)
.......................
18,236
682,026
McCormick
&
Co.,
Inc.,
NVS
..................
7,656
643,640
Mondelez
International,
Inc.,
Class
A
.............
10,745
664,686
Tyson
Foods,
Inc.,
Class
A
...................
8,595
647,891
8,849,359
a
Gas
Utilities
 — 0.3%
Atmos
Energy
Corp.
........................
5,930
672,343
UGI
Corp.
...............................
16,972
670,394
1,342,737
a
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
 — 3.5%
Abbott
Laboratories
........................
6,384
655,318
ABIOMED,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
2,596
673,091
Align
Technology,
Inc.
(a)
......................
2,604
634,595
Baxter
International,
Inc.
.....................
11,471
659,124
Becton
Dickinson
and
Co.
....................
2,656
670,427
Boston
Scientific
Corp.
(a)
.....................
16,733
674,507
Cooper
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
.................
2,177
625,757
Dentsply
Sirona,
Inc.
.......................
19,637
643,504
Dexcom,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
8,255
678,643
Edwards
Lifesciences
Corp.
(a)
.................
7,130
642,413
Hologic,
Inc.
(a)
............................
9,832
664,250
IDEXX
Laboratories,
Inc.
(a)
....................
1,880
653,526
Insulet
Corp.
(a)(b)
...........................
2,627
671,120
Intuitive
Surgical,
Inc.
(a)
......................
3,126
643,143
Masimo
Corp.
(a)
...........................
4,512
662,768
Medtronic
PLC
...........................
7,396
650,256
Novocure
Ltd.
(a)(b)
..........................
8,866
728,165
ResMed,
Inc.
............................
3,009
661,739
STERIS
PLC
.............................
3,348
674,220
Stryker
Corp.
............................
3,221
660,949
Teleflex,
Inc.
.............................
2,901
656,380
Zimmer
Biomet
Holdings,
Inc.
.................
6,205
659,716
14,543,611
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
 — 2.6%
AmerisourceBergen
Corp.
....................
4,622
677,400
Cardinal
Health,
Inc.
........................
10,149
717,737
Centene
Corp.
(a)
..........................
7,251
650,705
Cigna
Corp.
.............................
2,399
679,996
CVS
Health
Corp.
.........................
6,753
662,807
DaVita,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
7,538
642,916
Elevance
Health,
Inc.
.......................
1,395
676,728
HCA
Healthcare,
Inc.
.......................
3,273
647,628
Henry
Schein,
Inc.
(a)
........................
9,195
675,005
Humana,
Inc.
............................
1,406
677,383
Laboratory
Corp.
of
America
Holdings
............
2,818
634,811
McKesson
Corp.
..........................
1,894
695,098
Molina
Healthcare,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
2,118
714,550
Quest
Diagnostics,
Inc.
(b)
.....................
5,186
649,858
UnitedHealth
Group,
Inc.
.....................
1,281
665,262
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Shares
Value
a
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
(continued)
Universal
Health
Services,
Inc.,
Class
B
..........
6,507
$
636,645
10,704,529
a
Health
Care
Technology
 — 0.3%
Teladoc
Health,
Inc.
(a)(b)
......................
21,356
663,317
Veeva
Systems,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
................
3,205
638,821
1,302,138
a
Hotels,
Restaurants
&
Leisure
 — 3.1%
Airbnb,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
......................
6,123
692,634
Aramark
................................
18,702
667,849
Booking
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
337
632,148
Caesars
Entertainment,
Inc.
(a)
.................
15,042
648,611
Carnival
Corp.
(a)
...........................
71,188
673,439
Chipotle
Mexican
Grill,
Inc.
(a)
..................
420
670,656
Darden
Restaurants,
Inc.
....................
5,444
673,477
Domino's
Pizza,
Inc.
........................
1,734
644,805
Expedia
Group,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
6,459
663,016
Hilton
Worldwide
Holdings,
Inc.
................
5,186
660,489
Las
Vegas
Sands
Corp.
(a)
....................
18,672
702,627
Marriott
International,
Inc.,
Class
A
..............
4,354
669,384
McDonald's
Corp.
.........................
2,636
665,010
MGM
Resorts
International
(b)
..................
20,231
660,340
Royal
Caribbean
Cruises
Ltd.
(a)
................
17,721
723,903
Starbucks
Corp.
...........................
8,084
679,622
Vail
Resorts,
Inc.
..........................
2,949
662,581
Wynn
Resorts
Ltd.
(a)(b)
.......................
11,035
668,611
Yum!
Brands,
Inc.
.........................
6,009
668,441
12,727,643
a
Household
Durables
 — 1.3%
DR
Horton,
Inc.
...........................
9,459
673,008
Garmin
Ltd.
..............................
7,234
640,137
Lennar
Corp.,
Class
A
(b)
.....................
8,381
649,108
Mohawk
Industries,
Inc.
(a)
....................
5,942
655,759
Newell
Brands,
Inc.
........................
33,593
599,635
NVR,
Inc.
(a)
..............................
164
678,970
PulteGroup,
Inc.
..........................
16,607
675,241
Whirlpool
Corp.
...........................
4,176
653,961
5,225,819
a
Household
Products
 — 0.8%
Church
&
Dwight
Co.,
Inc.
....................
7,921
663,067
Clorox
Co.
(The)
..........................
4,720
681,285
Colgate-Palmolive
Co.
......................
8,438
659,936
Kimberly-Clark
Corp.
.......................
5,117
652,520
Procter
&
Gamble
Co.
(The)
..................
4,693
647,352
3,304,160
a
Independent
Power
and
Renewable
Electricity
Producers
 — 0.3%
AES
Corp.
(The)
..........................
27,468
699,061
Vistra
Corp.
.............................
27,827
688,718
1,387,779
a
Industrial
Conglomerates
 — 0.5%
3M
Co.
(b)
...............................
4,839
601,730
General
Electric
Co.
........................
9,040
663,897
Honeywell
International,
Inc.
..................
3,486
660,074
1,925,701
a
Insurance
 — 4.5%
Aflac,
Inc.
...............................
11,034
655,640
Alleghany
Corp.
(a)
..........................
834
701,544
Allstate
Corp.
(The)
........................
5,396
650,218
American
Financial
Group,
Inc.
................
5,201
664,064
American
International
Group,
Inc.
..............
12,524
648,117
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Shares
Value
a
Insurance
(continued)
Aon
PLC,
Class
A
.........................
2,343
$
654,306
Arch
Capital
Group
Ltd.
(a)
....................
14,861
679,445
Arthur
J
Gallagher
&
Co.
.....................
3,684
668,904
Assurant,
Inc.
............................
4,089
648,066
Brown
&
Brown,
Inc.
........................
10,445
658,453
Chubb
Ltd.
..............................
3,503
662,242
Cincinnati
Financial
Corp.
....................
6,764
655,837
Erie
Indemnity
Co.,
Class
A,
NVS
...............
3,178
683,047
Everest
Re
Group
Ltd.
......................
2,496
671,549
Fidelity
National
Financial,
Inc.
.................
17,230
673,693
Globe
Life,
Inc.
...........................
6,758
656,810
Hartford
Financial
Services
Group,
Inc.
(The)
.......
10,211
656,669
Lincoln
National
Corp.
......................
14,203
654,190
Loews
Corp.
.............................
12,064
667,260
Markel
Corp.
(a)
............................
562
671,090
Marsh
&
McLennan
Companies,
Inc.
.............
4,090
660,003
MetLife,
Inc.
.............................
10,426
670,705
Principal
Financial
Group,
Inc.
.................
8,991
672,167
Progressive
Corp.
(The)
.....................
5,512
676,047
Prudential
Financial,
Inc.
.....................
6,795
650,621
Travelers
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
................
4,070
657,875
W
R
Berkley
Corp.
.........................
10,395
673,596
Willis
Towers
Watson
PLC
....................
3,249
671,991
18,614,149
a
Interactive
Media
&
Services
 — 1.3%
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
3,096
335,049
Alphabet,
Inc.,
Class
C,
NVS
(a)
.................
2,884
314,789
IAC,
Inc.
(a)
...............................
10,136
651,441
Match
Group,
Inc.
(a)
........................
11,356
641,955
Meta
Platforms,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.................
4,183
681,536
Pinterest,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
32,275
743,616
Snap,
Inc.,
Class
A,
NVS
(a)
...................
60,780
661,286
Twitter,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
15,972
618,915
ZoomInfo
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)(b)
................
14,238
646,690
5,295,277
a
Internet
&
Direct
Marketing
Retail
 — 1.1%
Amazon.com,
Inc.
(a)
........................
5,083
644,372
Chewy,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.....................
16,424
563,836
DoorDash,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
10,811
647,579
eBay,
Inc.
...............................
14,927
658,728
Etsy,
Inc.
(a)
..............................
6,566
693,435
MercadoLibre,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.......................
772
660,338
Wayfair,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
.....................
12,325
649,651
4,517,939
a
IT
Services
 — 4.4%
Accenture
PLC,
Class
A
.....................
2,228
642,689
Affirm
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
................
22,724
532,423
Akamai
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..................
7,241
653,718
Automatic
Data
Processing,
Inc.
................
2,704
660,885
Block,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.......................
9,449
651,131
Broadridge
Financial
Solutions,
Inc.
.............
3,991
683,139
Cloudflare,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
10,253
641,530
Cognizant
Technology
Solutions
Corp.,
Class
A
......
10,242
646,987
EPAM
Systems,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.....................
1,588
677,282
Fidelity
National
Information
Services,
Inc.
.........
7,019
641,326
Fiserv,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
6,418
649,437
FleetCor
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
..................
2,989
635,252
Gartner,
Inc.
(a)
............................
2,281
650,815
Global
Payments,
Inc.
......................
5,290
657,177
GoDaddy,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
8,666
657,056
International
Business
Machines
Corp.
...........
5,096
654,581
Jack
Henry
&
Associates,
Inc.
.................
3,440
661,168
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Investments
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31,
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a
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Mastercard,
Inc.,
Class
A
.....................
1,983
$
643,226
MongoDB,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
2,084
672,840
Okta,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
........................
7,303
667,494
Paychex,
Inc.
............................
5,073
625,704
PayPal
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
......................
7,277
679,963
Snowflake,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
....................
4,564
825,856
SS&C
Technologies
Holdings,
Inc.
..............
11,505
641,519
Twilio,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.......................
9,240
642,919
VeriSign,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
3,487
635,401
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
.........................
3,301
655,942
Western
Union
Co.
(The)
....................
42,765
633,777
18,321,237
a
Leisure
Products
 — 0.2%
Hasbro,
Inc.
.............................
8,365
659,329
a
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
 — 2.1%
Agilent
Technologies,
Inc.
....................
5,106
654,845
Avantor,
Inc.
(a)
............................
26,464
659,218
Bio-Rad
Laboratories,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.............
1,377
667,900
Bio-Techne
Corp.
..........................
1,980
656,984
Charles
River
Laboratories
International,
Inc.
(a)
......
3,229
662,752
Danaher
Corp.
...........................
2,403
648,594
Illumina,
Inc.
(a)
............................
3,465
698,683
IQVIA
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
2,940
625,220
Mettler-Toledo
International,
Inc.
(a)
..............
527
638,966
PerkinElmer,
Inc.
(b)
.........................
4,841
653,826
Thermo
Fisher
Scientific,
Inc.
..................
1,200
654,384
Waters
Corp.
(a)
...........................
2,142
639,601
West
Pharmaceutical
Services,
Inc.
.............
2,186
648,564
8,509,537
a
Machinery
 — 2.7%
Caterpillar,
Inc.
...........................
3,592
663,478
Cummins,
Inc.
............................
3,074
662,047
Deere
&
Co.
.............................
1,901
694,340
Dover
Corp.
.............................
5,101
637,421
Fortive
Corp.
.............................
10,400
658,632
IDEX
Corp.
..............................
3,260
655,945
Illinois
Tool
Works,
Inc.
......................
3,293
641,575
Ingersoll
Rand,
Inc.
(b)
.......................
13,559
642,290
Nordson
Corp.
............................
2,876
653,341
Otis
Worldwide
Corp.
.......................
8,848
639,003
PACCAR,
Inc.
............................
7,553
660,963
Parker-Hannifin
Corp.
.......................
2,376
629,640
Pentair
PLC
.............................
14,229
633,190
Snap-on,
Inc.
............................
3,053
665,127
Stanley
Black
&
Decker,
Inc.
..................
7,098
625,334
Westinghouse
Air
Brake
Technologies
Corp.
........
7,510
658,251
Xylem,
Inc.
..............................
7,059
643,075
11,063,652
a
Media
 — 1.9%
Cable
One,
Inc.
(b)
..........................
527
598,145
Charter
Communications,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
..........
1,546
637,926
Comcast
Corp.,
Class
A
.....................
18,165
657,391
DISH
Network
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)
................
38,207
662,891
Fox
Corp.,
Class
A,
NVS
.....................
13,705
468,437
Fox
Corp.,
Class
B
.........................
6,492
205,277
Interpublic
Group
of
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
........
23,289
643,708
Liberty
Broadband
Corp.,
Class
C,
NVS
(a)
.........
6,140
624,438
Liberty
Media
Corp.-Liberty
SiriusXM,
Class
A
(a)(b)
....
5,129
213,059
Liberty
Media
Corp.-Liberty
SiriusXM,
Class
C,
NVS
(a)
.
11,270
466,127
News
Corp.,
Class
A,
NVS
...................
39,253
664,161
Omnicom
Group,
Inc.
.......................
9,693
648,462
Security
Shares
Value
a
Media
(continued)
Paramount
Global,
Class
B,
NVS
...............
27,128
$
634,524
Sirius
XM
Holdings,
Inc.
(b)
....................
109,785
668,591
7,793,137
a
Metals
&
Mining
 — 1.0%
Alcoa
Corp.
..............................
13,774
681,537
Cleveland-Cliffs,
Inc.
(a)
......................
39,495
682,079
Freeport-McMoRan,
Inc.
.....................
23,075
683,020
Newmont
Corp.
...........................
16,141
667,592
Nucor
Corp.
.............................
5,085
676,000
Steel
Dynamics,
Inc.
........................
8,590
693,385
4,083,613
a
Mortgage
Real
Estate
Investment
 — 0.2%
Annaly
Capital
Management,
Inc.
...............
105,386
679,740
a
Multiline
Retail
 — 0.5%
Dollar
General
Corp.
.......................
2,768
657,179
Dollar
Tree,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
4,190
568,499
Target
Corp.
.............................
4,206
674,390
1,900,068
a
Multi-Utilities
 — 1.6%
Ameren
Corp.
............................
7,186
665,567
CenterPoint
Energy,
Inc.
.....................
21,551
679,503
CMS
Energy
Corp.
.........................
9,904
668,916
Consolidated
Edison,
Inc.
....................
6,969
681,150
Dominion
Energy,
Inc.
.......................
8,206
671,251
DTE
Energy
Co.
..........................
5,159
672,424
NiSource,
Inc.
............................
22,277
657,394
Public
Service
Enterprise
Group,
Inc.
............
10,124
651,581
Sempra
Energy
...........................
4,132
681,656
WEC
Energy
Group,
Inc.
.....................
6,524
672,886
6,702,328
a
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
 — 3.8%
APA
Corp.
..............................
19,436
760,142
Cheniere
Energy,
Inc.
.......................
4,236
678,522
Chevron
Corp.
............................
4,456
704,315
ConocoPhillips
...........................
6,683
731,454
Coterra
Energy,
Inc.
........................
23,189
716,772
Devon
Energy
Corp.
........................
10,256
724,279
Diamondback
Energy,
Inc.
....................
5,389
718,246
EOG
Resources,
Inc.
.......................
5,917
717,732
EQT
Corp.
..............................
14,730
704,094
Exxon
Mobil
Corp.
.........................
7,468
713,866
Hess
Corp.
..............................
6,024
727,579
Kinder
Morgan,
Inc.,
Class
P
..................
37,533
687,605
Marathon
Oil
Corp.
.........................
28,725
735,073
Marathon
Petroleum
Corp.
...................
6,995
704,746
Occidental
Petroleum
Corp.
...................
9,856
699,776
ONEOK,
Inc.
.............................
10,987
672,734
Phillips
66
...............................
7,945
710,760
Pioneer
Natural
Resources
Co.
................
2,903
735,098
Targa
Resources
Corp.
......................
10,199
695,878
Texas
Pacific
Land
Corp.
.....................
408
750,908
Valero
Energy
Corp.
........................
5,926
694,053
Williams
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
................
20,115
684,513
15,668,145
a
Personal
Products
 — 0.2%
Estee
Lauder
Companies,
Inc.
(The),
Class
A
.......
2,571
654,011
a
Pharmaceuticals
 — 1.7%
Bristol-Myers
Squibb
Co.
.....................
9,327
628,733
Catalent,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
6,676
587,488
iShares
®
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(continued)
August
31,
2022
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
13
Schedule
of
Investments
Security
Shares
Value
a
Pharmaceuticals
(continued)
Elanco
Animal
Health,
Inc.
(a)
...................
40,219
$
608,513
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
............................
2,177
655,778
Jazz
Pharmaceuticals
PLC
(a)
..................
4,485
696,162
Johnson
&
Johnson
........................
4,150
669,561
Merck
&
Co.,
Inc.
..........................
7,631
651,382
Pfizer,
Inc.
..............................
14,295
646,563
Royalty
Pharma
PLC,
Class
A
.................
15,932
666,117
Viatris,
Inc.
..............................
66,473
634,817
Zoetis,
Inc.,
Class
A
........................
4,138
647,721
7,092,835
a
Professional
Services
 — 1.4%
Booz
Allen
Hamilton
Holding
Corp.,
Class
A
........
7,097
679,183
Clarivate
PLC
(a)(b)
..........................
56,939
664,478
CoStar
Group,
Inc.
(a)
........................
9,794
682,054
Equifax,
Inc.
.............................
3,367
635,521
Jacobs
Solutions,
Inc.
.......................
5,169
643,954
Leidos
Holdings,
Inc.
.......................
6,850
651,093
Robert
Half
International,
Inc.
..................
8,633
664,482
TransUnion
..............................
8,777
648,357
Verisk
Analytics,
Inc.
........................
3,503
655,621
5,924,743
a
Real
Estate
Management
&
Development
 — 0.3%
CBRE
Group,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
..................
8,264
652,525
Zillow
Group,
Inc.,
Class
C,
NVS
(a)(b)
.............
20,899
699,281
1,351,806
a
Road
&
Rail
 — 1.4%
AMERCO
...............................
1,214
638,163
CSX
Corp.
..............................
20,769
657,339
JB
Hunt
Transport
Services,
Inc.
...............
3,703
644,396
Knight-Swift
Transportation
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
...
12,667
639,810
Lyft,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.........................
42,200
621,606
Norfolk
Southern
Corp.
......................
2,747
667,878
Old
Dominion
Freight
Line,
Inc.
................
2,365
641,885
Uber
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
....................
24,220
696,567
Union
Pacific
Corp.
........................
2,946
661,407
5,869,051
a
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
 — 3.4%
Advanced
Micro
Devices,
Inc.
(a)
................
7,323
621,503
Analog
Devices,
Inc.
........................
4,182
633,699
Applied
Materials,
Inc.
......................
6,715
631,680
Broadcom,
Inc.
...........................
1,281
639,360
Enphase
Energy,
Inc.
(a)
......................
2,477
709,512
Entegris,
Inc.
.............................
6,828
647,841
Intel
Corp.
..............................
19,859
633,899
KLA
Corp.
...............................
1,890
650,406
Lam
Research
Corp.
.......................
1,474
645,479
Marvell
Technology,
Inc.
.....................
13,222
619,054
Microchip
Technology,
Inc.
....................
9,918
647,150
Micron
Technology,
Inc.
......................
11,612
656,426
Monolithic
Power
Systems,
Inc.
................
1,373
622,216
NVIDIA
Corp.
............................
3,936
594,100
NXP
Semiconductors
NV
....................
3,896
641,204
ON
Semiconductor
Corp.
(a)
...................
9,687
666,175
Qorvo,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
6,776
608,349
QUALCOMM,
Inc.
.........................
4,760
629,605
Skyworks
Solutions,
Inc.
.....................
6,526
643,137
SolarEdge
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...............
2,339
645,494
Teradyne,
Inc.
............................
7,255
614,063
Texas
Instruments,
Inc.
......................
3,982
657,866
14,058,218
a
Security
Shares
Value
a
Software
 — 6.8%
Adobe,
Inc.
(a)
.............................
1,653
$
617,296
ANSYS,
Inc.
(a)
............................
2,587
642,352
AppLovin
Corp.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...................
26,091
642,621
Autodesk,
Inc.
(a)(b)
..........................
3,157
636,893
Avalara,
Inc.
(a)
............................
7,653
700,938
Bentley
Systems,
Inc.,
Class
B
.................
18,030
662,963
Bill.com
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
4,031
652,538
Black
Knight,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
10,446
691,107
Cadence
Design
Systems,
Inc.
(a)
...............
3,737
649,379
Ceridian
HCM
Holding,
Inc.
(a)
..................
10,836
646,259
Citrix
Systems,
Inc.
........................
6,837
702,639
Coupa
Software,
Inc.
(a)
......................
10,368
605,491
Crowdstrike
Holdings,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)(b)
...........
3,688
673,466
Datadog,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
6,645
697,393
DocuSign,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
10,659
620,567
Dropbox,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
29,975
641,165
Dynatrace,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
17,730
676,931
Fair
Isaac
Corp.
(a)
..........................
1,435
644,889
Fortinet,
Inc.
(a)
............................
13,699
667,004
Guidewire
Software,
Inc.
(a)
....................
9,121
654,067
HubSpot,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
1,998
673,406
Intuit,
Inc.
...............................
1,514
653,715
Microsoft
Corp.
...........................
2,455
641,909
NortonLifeLock,
Inc.
........................
29,848
674,266
Oracle
Corp.
.............................
8,932
662,308
Palantir
Technologies,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
............
82,564
637,394
Palo
Alto
Networks,
Inc.
(a)
....................
1,368
761,716
Paycom
Software,
Inc.
(a)
.....................
1,864
654,637
PTC,
Inc.
(a)(b)
.............................
5,880
675,553
RingCentral,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
...................
15,425
663,892
Roper
Technologies,
Inc.
.....................
1,621
652,582
Salesforce,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
3,823
596,847
ServiceNow,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
1,475
641,065
Splunk,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
6,433
579,163
Synopsys,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
1,936
669,895
Trade
Desk,
Inc.
(The),
Class
A
(a)
...............
10,696
670,639
Tyler
Technologies,
Inc.
(a)
....................
1,768
656,830
Unity
Software,
Inc.
(a)(b)
......................
14,739
629,650
VMware,
Inc.,
Class
A
.......................
5,779
670,537
Workday,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.....................
4,178
687,532
Zendesk,
Inc.
(a)
...........................
9,179
704,672
Zoom
Video
Communications,
Inc.,
Class
A
(a)
.......
7,062
567,785
Zscaler,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
4,227
673,108
28,225,059
a
Specialty
Retail
 — 2.0%
Advance
Auto
Parts,
Inc.
.....................
3,394
572,364
AutoZone,
Inc.
(a)
..........................
301
637,882
Bath
&
Body
Works,
Inc.
.....................
18,174
678,436
Best
Buy
Co.,
Inc.
.........................
8,835
624,546
Burlington
Stores,
Inc.
(a)(b)
....................
4,302
603,097
CarMax,
Inc.
(a)(b)
...........................
7,277
643,578
Home
Depot,
Inc.
(The)
.....................
2,187
630,775
Lowe's
Companies,
Inc.
.....................
3,324
645,321
O'Reilly
Automotive,
Inc.
(a)
....................
954
665,053
Ross
Stores,
Inc.
..........................
7,720
666,004
TJX
Companies,
Inc.
(The)
...................
10,582
659,788
Tractor
Supply
Co.
.........................
3,456
639,878
Ulta
Beauty,
Inc.
(a)
.........................
1,742
731,414
8,398,136
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
 — 1.1%
Apple,
Inc.
..............................
4,096
643,973
Dell
Technologies,
Inc.,
Class
C
................
14,739
564,356
Hewlett
Packard
Enterprise
Co.
................
47,283
643,049
Schedule
of
Investments
(continued)
August
31,
2022
iShares
®
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
14
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Security
Shares
Value
a
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
(continued)
HP,
Inc.
................................
20,526
$
589,301
NetApp,
Inc.
.............................
9,458
682,206
Seagate
Technology
Holdings
PLC
..............
8,786
588,311
Western
Digital
Corp.
(a)
......................
14,739
622,870
4,334,066
a
Textiles,
Apparel
&
Luxury
Goods
 — 0.5%
Lululemon
Athletica,
Inc.
(a)
....................
2,179
653,613
Nike,
Inc.,
Class
B
.........................
6,208
660,842
VF
Corp.
...............................
15,425
639,366
1,953,821
a
Tobacco
 — 0.3%
Altria
Group,
Inc.
..........................
15,452
697,194
Philip
Morris
International,
Inc.
.................
7,017
670,054
1,367,248
a
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
 — 0.5%
Fastenal
Co.
.............................
12,726
640,499
United
Rentals,
Inc.
(a)
.......................
2,219
648,037
WW
Grainger,
Inc.
.........................
1,203
667,593
1,956,129
a
Water
Utilities
 — 0.3%
American
Water
Works
Co.,
Inc.
................
4,452
660,899
Essential
Utilities,
Inc.
.......................
13,577
667,310
1,328,209
a
Wireless
Telecommunication
Services
 — 0.2%
T-Mobile
U.S.,
Inc.
(a)
........................
4,800
691,008
a
Total
Common
Stocks — 99.7%
(Cost:
$406,060,263)
................................
411,290,912
Security
Shares
Value
a
Preferred
Stocks
Entertainment
 — 0.0%
AMC
Entertainment
Holdings,
Inc.,
Preferred
Equity
Unit
Series
A
(a)(b)
............................
38,925
$
190,733
a
Total
Preferred
Stocks — 0.0%
(Cost:
$344,184)
...................................
190,733
Total
Long-Term
Investments — 99.7%
(Cost:
$406,404,447)
................................
411,481,645
a
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
 — 
4.9%
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares,
2.45%
(c)(d)(e)
............................
19,436,130
19,441,960
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares,
2.10%
(c)(d)
.............................
572,417
572,417
a
Total
Short-Term
Securities — 4.9%
(Cost:
$20,003,295)
.................................
20,014,377
Total
Investments
104.6%
(Cost:
$426,407,742)
................................
431,496,022
Liabilities
in
Excess
of
Other
Assets
(4.6)%
...............
(19,028,472)
Net
Assets
100.0%
.................................
$
412,467,550
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
is
on
loan.
(c)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(d)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
(e)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
was
purchased
with
the
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities.
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
year
ended
August
31,
2022
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
08/31/21
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
08/31/22
  Shares
Held
at
08/31/22
Income
  Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
$
7,018,524
$
12,423,476
(a)
$
$
(8,766
)
$
8,726
$
19,441,960
19,436,130
$
122,473
(b)
$
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
SL
Agency
Shares
......
920,000
(347,583
)
(a)
572,417
572,417
2,459
BlackRock,
Inc.
..
774,441
362,494
(223,975
)
14,380
(270,946
)
656,394
985
17,354
$
5,614
$
(262,220
)
$
20,670,771
$
142,286
$
(a)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
(b)
All
or
a
portion
represents
securities
lending
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities,
net
of
fees
and
collateral
investment
expenses,
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities.
iShares
®
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
Schedule
of
Investments
(continued)
August
31,
2022
15
Schedule
of
Investments
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Outstanding
as
of
Period
End
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Categorized
by
Risk
Exposure 
As
of
period
end,
the
fair
values
of
derivative
financial
instruments
located
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities
were
as
follows: 
For
the
period
ended
August
31,
2022,
the
effect
of
derivative
financial
instruments
in
the
Statement
of
Operations
was
as
follows:
Average
Quarterly
Balances
of
Outstanding
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
Contracts
Description
Number
of
Contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long
Contracts
S&P
500
E-Mini
Index
..................................................................
2
09/16/22
$
396
$
(6,099
)
S&P
MidCap
400
E-Mini
Index
............................................................
1
09/16/22
243
(2,272
)
$
(8,371
)
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Liabilities
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
contracts
Unrealized
depreciation
on
futures
contracts
(a)
.............
$
$
$
8,371
$
$
$
$
8,371
(a)
Net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
futures
contracts
are
reported
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
In
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities,
only
current
day’s
variation
margin
is
reported
in
receivables
or
payables
and
the
net
cumulative
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
is
included
in
accumulated
earnings
(loss).
Commodity
Contracts
Credit
Contracts
Equity
Contracts
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest
Rate
Contracts
Other
Contracts
Total
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
from
Futures
contracts
..................................
$
$
$
(26,303
)
$
$
$
$
(26,303
)
Net
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on
Futures
contracts
..................................
$
$
$
(26,005
)
$
$
$
$
(26,005
)
Futures
contracts
Average
notional
value
of
contracts
long
...................................................................................
$
867,447
a
For
more
information
about
the
Fund’s
investment
risks
regarding
derivative
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
Schedule
of
Investments
(continued)
August
31,
2022
iShares
®
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
16
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End 
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
For
a
description
of
the
input
levels
and
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
.............................................
$
411,290,912
$
$
$
411,290,912
Preferred
Stocks
.............................................
190,733
190,733
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
..........................................
20,014,377
20,014,377
$
431,496,022
$
$
$
431,496,022
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
(a)
Liabilities
Equity
Contracts
...............................................
$
(8,371)
$
$
$
(8,371)
a
(a)
Derivative
financial
instruments
are
futures
contracts.
Futures
contracts
are
valued
at
the
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on
the
instrument.
17
Financial
Statements
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities
August
31,
2022
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
ASSETS
Investments,
at
value
unaffiliated
(a)(b)
....................................................................................
$
410,825,251
Investments,
at
value
affiliated
(c)
.......................................................................................
20,670,771
Cash
...........................................................................................................
5,343
Cash
pledged:
Futures
contracts
.................................................................................................
53,000
Receivables:
Investments
sold
.................................................................................................
20,975,708
Securities
lending
income
affiliated
...................................................................................
22,312
Dividends
unaffiliated
............................................................................................
564,306
Dividends
affiliated
..............................................................................................
1,181
Total
assets
......................................................................................................
453,117,872
LIABILITIES
Collateral
on
securities
loaned
..........................................................................................
19,443,585
Payables:
Investments
purchased
.............................................................................................
21,166,962
Investment
advisory
fees
............................................................................................
33,192
Variation
margin
on
futures
contracts
....................................................................................
6,583
Total
liabilities
.....................................................................................................
40,650,322
NET
ASSETS
.....................................................................................................
$
412,467,550
NET
ASSETS
CONSIST
OF:
Paid-in
capital
.....................................................................................................
$
433,318,253
Accumulated
loss
..................................................................................................
(20,850,703
)
NET
ASSETS
.....................................................................................................
$
412,467,550
NET
ASSET
VALUE
Shares
outstanding
.................................................................................................
5,550,000
Net
asset
value
....................................................................................................
$
74.32
Shares
authorized
..................................................................................................
500
million
Par
value
........................................................................................................
$                    0.001
(a)
Securities
loaned,
at
value
..........................................................................................
$
18,456,879
(b)
Investments,
at
cost
unaffiliated
.....................................................................................
$
405,809,715
(c)
Investments,
at
cost
affiliated
.......................................................................................
$
20,598,027
18
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Statement
of
Operations
Year
Ended
August
31,
2022
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
INVESTMENT
INCOME
Dividends
unaffiliated
............................................................................................
$
7,289,291
Dividends
affiliated
..............................................................................................
19,813
Interest
unaffiliated
..............................................................................................
10
Securities
lending
income
affiliated
net
...............................................................................
122,473
Foreign
taxes
withheld
.............................................................................................
(
3,836
)
Total
investment
income
..............................................................................................
7,427,751
EXPENSES
Investment
advisory
...............................................................................................
452,630
Professional
fees
.................................................................................................
217
Total
expenses
....................................................................................................
452,847
Less:
(
37,394
)
Investment
advisory
fees
waived
.......................................................................................
(
37,394
)
Total
expenses
after
fees
waived
........................................................................................
415,453
Net
investment
income
...............................................................................................
7,012,298
REALIZED
AND
UNREALIZED
GAIN
(LOSS)
Net
realized
gain
(loss)
from:
Investments
unaffiliated
.........................................................................................
(
11,221,682
)
Investments
affiliated
...........................................................................................
(
38,640
)
Futures
contracts
...............................................................................................
(
26,303
)
In-kind
redemptions
unaffiliated
(a)
...................................................................................
34,730,476
In-kind
redemptions
affiliated
(a)
....................................................................................
44,254
23,488,105
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
on:
Investments
unaffiliated
.........................................................................................
(
100,255,843
)
Investments
affiliated
...........................................................................................
(
262,220
)
Futures
contracts
...............................................................................................
(
26,005
)
(
100,544,068
)
Net
realized
and
unrealized
loss
.........................................................................................
(
77,055,963
)
NET
DECREASE
IN
NET
ASSETS
RESULTING
FROM
OPERATIONS
..............................................................
$
(
70,043,665
)
(a)
See
Note
2
of
the
Notes
to
Financial
Statements.
19
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Year
Ended
08/31/21
INCREASE
(DECREASE)
IN
NET
ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net
investment
income
............................................................................
$
7,012,298
$
4,609,340
Net
realized
gain
................................................................................
23,488,105
21,309,459
Net
change
in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
........................................................
(
100,544,068
)
87,259,076
Net
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
resulting
from
operations
...................................................
(
70,043,665
)
113,177,875
DISTRIBUTIONS
TO
SHAREHOLDERS
(a)
Decrease
in
net
assets
resulting
from
distributions
to
shareholders
.................................................
(
6,766,523
)
(
4,084,783
)
CAPITAL
SHARE
TRANSACTIONS
Net
increase
in
net
assets
derived
from
capital
share
transactions
.................................................
16,185,919
137,937,095
NET
ASSETS
Total
increase
(decrease)
in
net
assets
...................................................................
(
60,624,269
)
247,030,187
Beginning
of
year
..................................................................................
473,091,819
226,061,632
End
of
year
......................................................................................
$
412,467,550
$
473,091,819
(a)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
20
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Financial
Highlights
(For
a
share
outstanding
throughout
each
period)
See
notes
to
financial
statements.
.
iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Year
Ended
08/31/21
Year
Ended
08/31/20
Year
Ended
08/31/19
Year
Ended
08/31/18
Net
asset
value,
beginning
of
year
.........................
$
87.61
$
62.79
$
58.13
$
59.33
$
51.30
Net
investment
income
(a)
...............................
1
.25
1
.03
1
.09
0
.92
0
.98
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain
(loss)
(b)
.....................
(
13.32
)
24.72
4
.65
(
1
.11
)
7
.94
Net
increase
(decrease)
from
investment
operations
..............
(
12.07
)
25.75
5
.74
(
0
.19
)
8
.92
Distributions
from
net
investment
income
(c)
.....................
(
1
.22
)
(
0
.93
)
(
1
.08
)
(
1
.01
)
(
0
.89
)
Net
asset
value,
end
of
year
.............................
$
74.32
$
87.61
$
62.79
$
58.13
$
59.33
Total
Return
(d)
Based
on
net
asset
value
................................
(
13.93
)
%
41.36
%
10.18
%
(
0
.23
)
%
17.55
%
Ratios
to
Average
Net
Assets
(e)
Total
expenses
.......................................
0
.10
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
Total
expenses
after
fees
waived
...........................
0
.09
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
0
.15
%
Net
investment
income
..................................
1
.52
%
1
.34
%
1
.84
%
1
.63
%
1
.76
%
Supplemental
Data
Net
assets,
end
of
year
(000)
..............................
$
412,468
$
473,092
$
226,062
$
308,090
$
192,820
Portfolio
turnover
rate
(f)
..................................
27
%
30
%
30
%
24
%
23
%
(a)
Based
on
average
shares
outstanding.
(b)
The
amounts
reported
for
a
share
outstanding
may
not
accord
with
the
change
in
aggregate
gains
and
losses
in
securities
for
the
fiscal
period
due
to
the
timing
of
capital
share
transactions
in
relation
to
the
fluctuating
market
values
of
the
Fund’s
underlying
securities.
(c)
Distributions
for
annual
periods
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations.
(d)
Where
applicable,
assumes
the
reinvestment
of
distributions.
(e)
Excludes
fees
and
expenses
incurred
indirectly
as
a
result
of
investments
in
underlying
funds.
(f)
Portfolio
turnover
rate
excludes
in-kind
transactions.
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
21
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
1.
Organization
iShares,
Inc.
(the
“Company”)
is
registered
under
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended
(the
“1940
Act”),
as
an
open-end
management
investment
company.
The
Company
is
organized
as
a
Maryland
corporation
and
is
authorized
to
have
multiple
series
or
portfolios. 
These financial
statements
relate
only
to
the
following
fund
(the
“Fund”):
2.
Significant
Accounting
Policies
The
financial
statements
are
prepared
in
conformity
with
accounting
principles
generally
accepted
in
the
United
States
of
America
(“U.S.
GAAP”),
which
may
require
management
to
make
estimates
and
assumptions
that
affect
the
reported
amounts
of
assets
and
liabilities
in
the
financial
statements,
disclosure
of
contingent
assets
and
liabilities
at
the
date
of
the
financial
statements
and
the
reported
amounts
of
increases
and
decreases
in
net
assets
from
operations
during
the
reporting
period.
Actual
results
could
differ
from
those
estimates. The
Fund
is
considered
an
investment
company
under
U.S.
GAAP
and
follows
the
accounting
and
reporting
guidance
applicable
to
investment
companies.
Below
is
a
summary
of
significant
accounting
policies:
Investment
Transactions
and
Income
Recognition:
For
financial
reporting
purposes,
investment
transactions
are
recorded
on
the
dates
the
transactions
are
executed.
Realized
gains
and
losses
on
investment
transactions
are
determined
using
the
specific
identification
method. Dividend
income
and
capital
gain
distributions,
if
any,
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
date.
Non-cash
dividends,
if
any,
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
date
at
fair
value. Dividends
from
foreign
securities
where
the
ex-dividend
date
may
have
passed
are
subsequently
recorded
when
the
Fund
is
informed
of
the
ex-dividend
date.
Under
the
applicable
foreign
tax
laws,
a
withholding
tax
at
various
rates
may
be
imposed
on
capital
gains,
dividends
and
interest.
Upon
notification
from
issuers
or
as
estimated
by
management,
a
portion
of
the
dividend
income
received
from
a
real
estate
investment
trust
may
be
redesignated
as
a
reduction
of
cost
of
the
related
investment
and/or
realized
gain.
Foreign
Taxes:
The
Fund
may
be
subject
to
foreign
taxes
(a
portion
of
which
may
be
reclaimable)
on
income,
stock
dividends,
capital
gains
on
investments,
or
certain
foreign
currency
transactions.
All
foreign
taxes
are
recorded
in
accordance
with
the
applicable
foreign
tax
regulations
and
rates
that
exist
in
the
foreign
jurisdictions
in
which
the
Fund
invests.
These
foreign
taxes,
if
any,
are
paid
by
the
Fund
and
are
reflected
in
its
Statement
of
Operations
as
follows:
foreign
taxes
withheld
at
source
are
presented
as
a
reduction
of
income,
foreign
taxes
on
securities
lending
income
are
presented
as
a
reduction
of
securities
lending
income,
foreign
taxes
on
stock
dividends
are
presented
as
“Other
foreign
taxes”,
and
foreign
taxes
on
capital
gains
from
sales
of
investments
and
foreign
taxes
on
foreign
currency
transactions
are
included
in
their
respective
net
realized
gain
(loss)
categories.
Foreign
taxes
payable
or
deferred
as
of
August
31,
2022,
if
any,
are
disclosed
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
The
Fund
files
withholding
tax
reclaims
in
certain
jurisdictions
to
recover
a
portion
of
amounts
previously
withheld.
The
Fund
may
record
a
reclaim
receivable
based
on
collectability,
which
includes
factors
such
as
the
jurisdiction’s
applicable
laws,
payment
history
and
market
convention.
The
Statement
of
Operations
includes
tax
reclaims
recorded
as
well
as
professional
and
other
fees,
if
any,
associated
with
recovery
of
foreign
withholding
taxes.
Collateralization:
If
required
by
an
exchange
or
counterparty
agreement,
the
Fund
may
be
required
to
deliver/deposit
cash
and/or
securities
to/with
an
exchange,
or
broker-
dealer
or
custodian
as
collateral
for
certain
investments.
In-kind
Redemptions:
For
financial
reporting
purposes,
in-kind
redemptions
are
treated
as
sales
of
securities
resulting
in
realized
capital
gains
or
losses
to
the
Fund.
Because
such
gains
or
losses
are
not
taxable
to
the
Fund
and
are
not
distributed
to
existing
Fund
shareholders,
the
gains
or
losses
are
reclassified
from
accumulated
net
realized
gain
(loss)
to
paid-in
capital
at
the
end
of
the Fund’s
tax
year.
These
reclassifications
have
no
effect
on
net
assets
or
net
asset
value
(“NAV”)
per
share.
Distributions:
Dividends
and
distributions
paid
by the
Fund
are
recorded
on
the
ex-dividend
dates.
Distributions
are
determined
on
a
tax
basis
and
may
differ
from
net
investment
income
and
net
realized
capital
gains
for
financial
reporting
purposes.
Dividends
and
distributions
are
paid
in
U.S.
dollars
and
cannot
be
automatically
reinvested
in
additional
shares
of
the
Fund.
The
character
and
timing
of
distributions
are
determined
in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
income
tax
regulations,
which
may
differ
from
U.S.
GAAP.
Indemnifications:
In
the
normal
course
of
business,
the
Fund
enters
into
contracts
that
contain
a
variety
of
representations
that
provide
general
indemnification.
The
Fund’s
maximum
exposure
under
these
arrangements
is
unknown
because
it
involves
future
potential
claims
against
the
Fund,
which
cannot
be
predicted
with
any
certainty.
3.
Investment
Valuation
and
Fair
Value
Measurements
Investment
Valuation
Policies:
The
Fund’s
investments
are
valued
at
fair
value
(also
referred
to
as
“market
value”
within
the
financial
statements)
each
day
that
the
Fund’s
listing
exchange
is
open
and,
for
financial
reporting
purposes,
as
of
the
report
date.
U.S.
GAAP
defines
fair
value
as
the
price
a
fund
would
receive
to
sell
an
asset
or
pay
to
transfer
a
liability
in
an
orderly
transaction
between
market
participants
at
the
measurement
date.
The
Board
of Directors of
the
Company (the
“Board”) of
the
Fund
has
approved
the
designation
of
BlackRock
Fund
Advisors
(“BFA”),
the
Fund’s
investment
adviser, as
the
valuation
designee
for
the
Fund.
The
Fund
determines
the
fair
values
of
its
financial
instruments
using
various
independent
dealers
or
pricing
services
under
BFA’s
policies.
If
a
security’s
market
price
is
not
readily
available
or
does
not
otherwise
accurately
represent
the
fair
value
of
the
security,
the
security
will
be
valued
in
accordance
with
BFA’s
policies
and
procedures
as
reflecting
fair
value.
BFA
has
formed
a
committee
(the
“Valuation
Committee”)
to
develop
pricing
policies
and
procedures
and
to
oversee
the
pricing
function
for
all
financial
instruments,
with
assistance
from
other
BlackRock
pricing
committees.
Fair
Value
Inputs
and
Methodologies:
The
following
methods
and
inputs
are
used
to
establish
the
fair
value
of
the
Fund’s
assets
and
liabilities:
iShares
ETF
Diversification
Classification
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
..............................................................................................
Diversified
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(continued)
22
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Equity
investments
traded
on
a
recognized
securities
exchange
are
valued
at
that
day’s
official
closing
price,
as
applicable,
on
the
exchange
where
the
stock
is
primarily
traded.
Equity
investments
traded
on
a
recognized
exchange
for
which
there
were
no
sales
on
that
day
are
valued
at
the
last
traded
price.
Investments
in
open-end
U.S.
mutual
funds
(including
money
market
funds)
are
valued
at
that
day’s
published
NAV. 
Futures
contracts
are
valued
based
on
that
day’s
last
reported
settlement
or
trade
price
on
the
exchange
where
the
contract
is
traded. 
If
events
(e.g.,
market
volatility,
company
announcement
or
a
natural
disaster)
occur
that
are
expected
to
materially
affect
the
value
of
such
investment,
or
in
the
event
that
application
of
these
methods
of
valuation
results
in
a
price
for
an
investment
that
is
deemed
not
to
be
representative
of
the
market
value
of
such
investment,
or
if
a
price
is
not
available,
the
investment
will
be
valued
by
the
Valuation
Committee,
in
accordance
with BFA’s
policies
and
procedures
as
reflecting
fair
value
(“Fair
Valued
Investments”).
The
fair
valuation
approaches
that
may
be
used
by
the
Valuation
Committee
include
market
approach,
income
approach
and
cost
approach.
Valuation
techniques
such
as
discounted
cash
flow,
use
of
market
comparables
and
matrix
pricing
are
types
of
valuation
approaches
and
are
typically
used
in
determining
fair
value.
When
determining
the
price
for
Fair
Valued
Investments,
the
Valuation
Committee
seeks
to
determine
the
price
that the
Fund
might
reasonably
expect
to
receive
or
pay
from
the
current
sale
or
purchase
of
that
asset
or
liability
in
an
arm’s-length
transaction.
Fair
value
determinations
shall
be
based
upon
all
available
factors
that
the
Valuation
Committee
deems
relevant
and
consistent
with
the
principles
of
fair
value
measurement.
Fair
value
pricing
could
result
in
a
difference
between
the
prices
used
to
calculate
a
fund’s
NAV
and
the
prices
used
by
the
fund’s
underlying
index,
which
in
turn
could
result
in
a
difference
between
the
fund’s
performance
and
the
performance
of
the
fund’s
underlying
index.
Fair
Value
Hierarchy:
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
These
inputs
to
valuation
techniques
are
categorized
into
a
fair
value
hierarchy
consisting
of
three
broad
levels
for
financial
reporting
purposes
as
follows:
Level
1
Unadjusted
price
quotations
in
active
markets/exchanges
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
that the
Fund
has
the
ability
to
access;
Level
2
Other
observable
inputs
(including,
but
not
limited
to,
quoted
prices
for
similar
assets
or
liabilities
in
markets
that
are
active,
quoted
prices
for
identical
or
similar
assets
or
liabilities
in
markets
that
are
not
active,
inputs
other
than
quoted
prices
that
are
observable
for
the
assets
or
liabilities
(such
as
interest
rates,
yield
curves,
volatilities,
prepayment
speeds,
loss
severities,
credit
risks
and
default
rates)
or
other
market-corroborated
inputs);
and
Level
3
Unobservable
inputs
based
on
the
best
information
available
in
the
circumstances,
to
the
extent
observable
inputs
are
not
available,
(including
the
Valuation
Committee’s
assumptions
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments).
The
hierarchy
gives
the
highest
priority
to
unadjusted
quoted
prices
in
active
markets
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
(Level
1
measurements)
and
the
lowest
priority
to
unobservable
inputs
(Level
3
measurements).
Accordingly,
the
degree
of
judgment
exercised
in
determining
fair
value
is
greatest
for
instruments
categorized
in
Level
3.
The
inputs
used
to
measure
fair
value
may
fall
into
different
levels
of
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
In
such
cases,
for
disclosure
purposes,
the
fair
value
hierarchy
classification
is
determined
based
on
the
lowest
level
input
that
is
significant
to
the
fair
value
measurement
in
its
entirety.
Investments
classified
within
Level
3
have
significant
unobservable
inputs
used
by
the
Valuation
Committee
in
determining
the
price
for
Fair
Valued
Investments.
Level
3
investments
include
equity
or
debt
issued
by
privately
held
companies
or
funds
that
may
not
have
a
secondary
market
and/or
may
have
a
limited
number
of
investors.
The
categorization
of
a
value
determined
for
financial
instruments
is
based
on
the
pricing
transparency
of
the
financial
instruments
and
is
not
necessarily
an
indication
of
the
risks
associated
with
investing
in
those
securities.
4.
Securities
and
Other
Investments 
Securities
Lending:
The
Fund
may
lend
its
securities
to
approved
borrowers,
such
as
brokers,
dealers
and
other
financial
institutions.
The
borrower
pledges
and
maintains
with
the
Fund
collateral
consisting
of
cash,
an
irrevocable
letter
of
credit
issued
by
an
approved
bank,
or
securities
issued
or
guaranteed
by
the
U.S.
government.
The
initial
collateral
received
by
the
Fund
is
required
to
have
a
value
of
at
least
102%
of
the
current
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
for
securities
traded
on
U.S.
exchanges
and
a
value
of
at
least
105%
for
all
other
securities.
The
collateral
is
maintained
thereafter
at
a
value
equal
to
at
least
100%
of
the
current
value
of
the
securities
on
loan.
The
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
is
determined
at
the
close
of
each
business
day
of
the
Fund
and
any
additional
required
collateral
is
delivered
to
the
Fund
or
excess
collateral
is
returned
by
the
Fund,
on
the
next
business
day.
During
the
term
of
the
loan,
the
Fund
is
entitled
to
all
distributions
made
on
or
in
respect
of
the
loaned
securities
but
does
not
receive
interest
income
on
securities
received
as
collateral.
Loans
of
securities
are
terminable
at
any
time
and
the
borrower,
after
notice,
is
required
to
return
borrowed
securities
within
the
standard
time
period
for
settlement
of
securities
transactions.
As
of
period
end,
any
securities
on
loan
were
collateralized
by
cash
and/or
U.S.
Government
obligations.
Cash
collateral
invested
in
money
market
funds
managed
by BFA,
or
its
affiliates
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
Any
non-cash
collateral
received
cannot
be
sold,
re-invested
or
pledged
by
the
Fund,
except
in
the
event
of
borrower
default.
The
securities
on
loan,
if
any,
are
also
disclosed
in
the
Fund’s Schedule
of
Investments.
The
market
value
of
any
securities
on
loan
and
the
value
of
any
related
cash
collateral
are
disclosed
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Securities
lending
transactions
are
entered
into
by
the
Fund
under
Master
Securities
Lending
Agreements
(each,
an
“MSLA”)
which
provide
the
right,
in
the
event
of
default
(including
bankruptcy
or
insolvency)
for
the
non-defaulting
party
to
liquidate
the
collateral
and
calculate
a
net
exposure
to
the
defaulting
party
or
request
additional
collateral.
In
the
event
that
a
borrower
defaults,
the
Fund,
as
lender,
would
offset
the
market
value
of
the
collateral
received
against
the
market
value
of
the
securities
loaned.
When
the
value
of
the
collateral
is
greater
than
that
of
the
market
value
of
the
securities
loaned,
the
lender
is
left
with
a
net
amount
payable
to
the
defaulting
party.
However,
bankruptcy
or
insolvency
laws
of
a
particular
jurisdiction
may
impose
restrictions
on
or
prohibitions
against
such
a
right
of
offset
in
the
event
of
an
MSLA
counterparty’s
bankruptcy
or
insolvency.
Under
the
MSLA,
absent
an
event
of
default,
the
borrower
can
resell
or
re-pledge
the
loaned
securities,
and
the Fund
can
reinvest
cash
collateral
received
in
connection
with
loaned
securities.
Upon
an
event
of
default,
the
parties’
obligations
to
return
the
securities
or
collateral
to
the
other
party
are
extinguished,
and
the
parties
can
resell
or
re-pledge
the
loaned
securities
or
the
collateral
received
in
connection
with
the
loaned
securities
in
order
to
satisfy
the
defaulting
party’s
net
payment
obligation
for
all
transactions
under
the
MSLA.
The
defaulting
party
remains
liable
for
any
deficiency.
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(
continued)
23
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
As
of
period
end,
the
following
table
is
a
summary
of
the
securities
on
loan
by
counterparty
which
are
subject
to
offset
under
an
MSLA:
The
risks
of
securities
lending
include
the
risk
that
the
borrower
may
not
provide
additional
collateral
when
required
or
may
not
return
the
securities
when
due.
To
mitigate
these
risks,
the
Fund
benefits
from
a
borrower
default
indemnity
provided
by
BlackRock,
Inc.
(“BlackRock”).
BlackRock’s
indemnity
allows
for
full
replacement
of
the
securities
loaned
to
the
extent
the
collateral
received
does
not
cover
the
value
of
the
securities
loaned
in
the
event
of
borrower
default.
The
Fund
could
incur
a
loss
if
the
value
of
an
investment
purchased
with
cash
collateral
falls
below
the
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
or
if
the
value
of
an
investment
purchased
with
cash
collateral
falls
below
the
value
of
the
original
cash
collateral
received.
Such
losses
are
borne
entirely
by
the
Fund.
5.
Derivative
Financial
Instruments
Futures
Contracts:
Futures
contracts
are
purchased
or
sold
to
gain
exposure
to,
or
manage
exposure
to,
changes
in
interest
rates
(interest
rate
risk)
and
changes
in
the
value
of
equity
securities
(equity
risk)
or
foreign
currencies
(foreign
currency
exchange
rate
risk).
Futures
contracts
are
exchange-traded
agreements
between
the
Fund
and
a
counterparty
to
buy
or
sell
a
specific
quantity
of
an
underlying
instrument
at
a
specified
price
and
on
a
specified
date.
Depending
on
the
terms
of
a
contract,
it
is
settled
either
through
physical
delivery
of
the
underlying
instrument
on
the
settlement
date
or
by
payment
of
a
cash
amount
on
the
settlement
date.
Upon
entering
into
a
futures
contract,
the
Fund
is
required
to
deposit
initial
margin
with
the
broker
in
the
form
of
cash
or
securities
in
an
amount
that
varies
depending
on
a
contract’s
size
and
risk
profile.
The
initial
margin
deposit
must
then
be
maintained
at
an
established
level
over
the
life
of
the
contract.
Amounts
pledged,
which
are
considered
restricted,
are
included
in
cash
pledged
for
futures
contracts
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Securities
deposited
as
initial
margin
are
designated
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
and
cash
deposited,
if
any,
are
shown
as
cash
pledged
for
futures
contracts
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Pursuant
to
the
contract,
the
Fund
agrees
to
receive
from
or
pay
to
the
broker
an
amount
of
cash
equal
to
the
daily
fluctuation
in
market
value
of
the
contract
(“variation
margin”).
Variation
margin
is
recorded
as
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
and,
if
any,
shown
as
variation
margin
receivable
(or
payable)
on
futures
contracts
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
When
the
contract
is
closed,
a
realized
gain
or
loss
is
recorded
in
the
Statement
of
Operations
equal
to
the
difference
between
the
notional
amount
of
the
contract
at
the
time
it
was
opened
and
the
notional
amount
at
the
time
it
was
closed.
The
use
of
futures
contracts
involves
the
risk
of
an
imperfect
correlation
in
the
movements
in
the
price
of
futures
contracts
and
interest
rates,
foreign
currency
exchange
rates
or
underlying
assets. 
iShares
ETF
and
Counterparty
Securities
Loaned
at
Value
Cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
Non-Cash
Collateral
Received,
at
Fair
Value
(a)
Net
Amount
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
Barclays
Bank
PLC
..........................................
$
576,191
$
(576,191
)
$
$
BMO
Capital
Markets
Corp.
....................................
66,576
(66,576
)
BNP
Paribas
SA
............................................
3,576,935
(3,576,935
)
BofA
Securities,
Inc.
.........................................
548,259
(548,259
)
Citigroup
Global
Markets,
Inc.
...................................
68,680
(68,680
)
Credit
Suisse
Securities
(USA)
LLC
...............................
59,105
(59,105
)
Goldman
Sachs
&
Co.
LLC
....................................
3,917,975
(3,917,975
)
J.P.
Morgan
Securities
LLC
....................................
3,483,844
(3,483,844
)
Jefferies
LLC
..............................................
1,115,583
(1,115,583
)
Morgan
Stanley
............................................
2,032,433
(2,032,433
)
National
Financial
Services
LLC
.................................
24,692
(15,576
)
9,116
(b)
RBC
Capital
Markets
LLC
.....................................
3,224
(3,224
)
Scotia
Capital
(USA),
Inc.
.....................................
116,727
(116,727
)
SG
Americas
Securities
LLC
...................................
222,534
(222,534
)
Toronto
Dominion
Bank
.......................................
668,527
(668,527
)
UBS
AG
.................................................
1,588,775
(1,588,775
)
UBS
Securities
LLC
.........................................
307,463
(307,463
)
Wells
Fargo
Bank
N.A.
.......................................
79,356
(79,356
)
$
18,456,879
$
(18,447,763
)
$
$
9,116
a
(a)
Collateral
received
in
excess
of
the
market
value
of
securities
on
loan
is
not
presented
in
this
table.
The
total
cash
collateral
received
by
the
Fund
is
disclosed
in
the
Fund’s
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
(b)
The
market
value
of
the
loaned
securities
is
determined
as
of
August
31,
2022.
Additional
collateral
is
delivered
to
the
Fund
on
the
next
business
day
in
accordance
with
the
MSLA.
The
net
amount
would
be
subject
to
the
borrower
default
indemnity
in
the
event
of
default
by
a
counterparty.
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(continued)
24
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
6.
Investment
Advisory
Agreement
and
Other
Transactions
with
Affiliates 
Investment
Advisory
Fees:
Pursuant
to
an
Investment
Advisory
Agreement
with
the
Company, BFA
manages
the
investment
of
the
Fund’s
assets.
BFA
is
a
California
corporation
indirectly
owned
by
BlackRock.
Under
the
Investment
Advisory
Agreement,
BFA
is
responsible
for
substantially
all
expenses
of
the
Fund,
except
(i)
interest
and
taxes;
(ii)
brokerage
commissions
and
other
expenses
connected
with
the
execution
of
portfolio
transactions;
(iii)
distribution
fees;
(iv)
the
advisory
fee
payable
to
BFA;
and
(v)
litigation
expenses
and
any
extraordinary
expenses
(in
each
case
as
determined
by
a
majority
of
the
independent
directors).
Effective
October
20,
2021,
for
its
investment
advisory
services
to
the
Fund,
BFA
is
entitled
to
an
annual
investment
advisory
fee,
accrued
daily
and
paid
monthly
by
the
Fund,
based
on
the
average
daily
net
assets
of
the
Fund
as
follows: 
Prior
to
October
20,
2021,
BFA
was
entitled
to
an
annual
investment
advisory
fee
of
0.15%,
accrued
daily
and
paid
monthly
by
the
Fund,
based
on
the
average
daily
net
assets
of
the
Fund.
Expense
Waivers
:
The
total
of
the
investment
advisory
fee
and
any
fund
other
expenses
are
a
fund’s
total
annual
operating
expenses.
BFA
had
contractually
agreed
to
waive
a
portion
of
its
investment
advisory
fee
through
December
31,
2022
in
order
to
limit
the
Fund’s
total
annual
operating
expenses
after
fee
waiver
to
0.09%
of
average
daily
net
assets.
The
contractual
waiver
was
discontinued
on
October
20,
2021.
This
amount
is
included
in
investment
advisory
fees
waived
in
the
Statement
of
Operations.
For
the year
ended
August
31,
2022,
the
amounts
waived
in
investment
advisory
fees
pursuant
to
this
arrangement
were
as
follows:
Distributor:
BlackRock
Investments,
LLC
(“BRIL”),
an
affiliate
of
BFA,
is
the
distributor
for
the
Fund.
Pursuant
to
the
distribution
agreement,
BFA
is
responsible
for
any
fees
or
expenses
for
distribution
services
provided
to
the
Fund. 
ETF
Servicing
Fees:
The
Fund
has
entered
into
an
ETF
Services
Agreement
with
BRIL
to
perform
certain
order
processing,
Authorized
Participant
communications,
and
related
services
in
connection
with
the
issuance
and
redemption
of
Creation
Units
(“ETF
Services”).
BRIL
is
entitled
to
a
transaction
fee
from
Authorized
Participants
on
each
creation
or
redemption
order
for
the
ETF
Services
provided.
The
Fund
does
not
pay
BRIL
for
ETF
Services. 
Prior
to April
25,
2022,
ETF
Services
were
performed
by
State
Street
Bank
and
Trust
Company.
Securities
Lending:
The
U.S.
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission
(the
“SEC”)
has
issued
an
exemptive
order
which
permits
BlackRock
Institutional
Trust
Company,
N.A.
(“BTC”),
an
affiliate
of
BFA,
to
serve
as
securities
lending
agent
for
the
Fund,
subject
to
applicable
conditions.
As
securities
lending
agent,
BTC
bears
all
operational
costs
directly
related
to
securities
lending,
including
any
custodial
costs.
The
Fund
is
responsible
for
fees
in
connection
with
the
investment
of
cash
collateral
received
for
securities
on
loan
(the
“collateral
investment
fees”).
The
cash
collateral
is
invested
in
a
money
market
fund,
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional
or
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Treasury,
managed
by
BFA,
or
its
affiliates.
However,
BTC
has
agreed
to
reduce
the
amount
of
securities
lending
income
it
receives
in
order
to
effectively
limit
the
collateral
investment
fees the
Fund
bears
to
an
annual
rate
of
0.04%.
The
SL
Agency
Shares
of
such
money
market
fund
will
not
be
subject
to
a
sales
load,
distribution
fee
or
service
fee.
The
money
market
fund
in
which
the
cash
collateral
has
been
invested
may,
under
certain
circumstances,
impose
a
liquidity
fee
of
up
to
2%
of
the
value
redeemed
or
temporarily
restrict
redemptions
for
up
to
10
business
days
during
a
90
day
period,
in
the
event
that
the
money
market
fund’s
weekly
liquid
assets
fall
below
certain
thresholds.
Securities
lending
income
is
equal
to
the
total
of
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral,
net
of
fees
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities,
and
less
the
collateral
investment
fees. 
The
Fund
retains
a
portion
of
securities
lending
income
and
remits
the
remaining
portion
to
BTC
as
compensation
for
its
services
as
securities
lending
agent.
Pursuant
to
the
current
securities
lending
agreement,
the
Fund
retains
81%
of
securities
lending
income
(which
excludes
collateral
investment
fees)
and
the
amount
retained
can
never
be
less
than
70%
of
the
total
of
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees.
In
addition,
commencing
the
business
day
following
the
date
that
the
aggregate
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees
generated
across
all
1940
Act
iShares
exchange-traded
funds
(the
“iShares
ETF
Complex”)
in
that
calendar
year
exceeds
a
specified
threshold, the
Fund,
pursuant
to
the
securities
lending
agreement,
will
retain
for
the
remainder
of
that
calendar
year
81%
of
securities
lending
income
(which
excludes
collateral
investment
fees),
and
the
amount
retained
can
never
be
less
than
70%
of
the
total
of
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees.
Prior
to
January
1,
2022,
the
Fund
retained
77%
of
securities
lending
income
(which
excludes
collateral
investment
fees)
and
the
amount
retained
was
not
less
than
70%
of
the
total
of
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees.
In
addition,
commencing
the
business
day
following
the
date
that
the
aggregate
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees
generated
across
the
iShares
ETF
Complex
in
a
calendar
year
exceeded
a
specified
threshold,
the
Fund,
pursuant
to
the
securities
lending
agreement,
retained
for
the
remainder
of
that
calendar
year
81%
of
securities
lending
income
(which
excludes
collateral
investment
fees),
and
the
amount
retained
could
never
be
less
than
70%
of
the
total
of
securities
lending
income
plus
the
collateral
investment
fees.
The
share
of
securities
lending
income
earned
by
the
Fund
is
shown
as
securities
lending
income
affiliated
net
in
its
Statement
of
Operations.
For
the year
ended
August
31,
2022,
the
Fund
paid
BTC
the
following
amount
for
securities
lending
agent
services.
iShares
ETF
Investment
Advisory
Fees
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
0.09%
iShares
ETF
Amounts
Waived
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
.............................................................................................................................................
$
37,394
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(
continued)
25
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
Officers
and
Directors:
Certain
officers
and/or
directors
of
the
Company
are
officers
and/or directors
of
BlackRock
or
its
affiliates.
Other
Transactions:
Cross
trading
is
the
buying
or
selling
of
portfolio
securities
between
funds
to
which
BFA
(or
an
affiliate)
serves
as
investment
adviser.
At
its
regularly
scheduled
quarterly
meetings,
the
Board
reviews
such
transactions
as
of
the
most
recent
calendar
quarter
for
compliance
with
the
requirements
and
restrictions
set
forth
by
Rule
17a-7.
For
the
year
ended
August
31,
2022,
transactions
executed
by
the
Fund
pursuant
to
Rule
17a-7
under
the
1940
Act
were
as
follows:
The
Fund
may
invest
its
positive
cash
balances
in
certain
money
market
funds
managed
by
BFA
or
an
affiliate.
The
income
earned
on
these
temporary
cash
investments
is
shown
as
dividends
affiliated
in
the
Statement
of
Operations.
A
fund,
in
order
to
improve
its
portfolio
liquidity
and
its
ability
to
track
its
underlying
index,
may
invest
in
shares
of
other
iShares
funds
that
invest
in
securities
in
the
fund’s
underlying
index.
7.
Purchases
and
Sales
For
the year
ended
August
31,
2022,
purchases
and
sales
of
investments,
excluding
short-term
securities
and
in-kind
transactions,
were
as
follows:
For
the year
ended
August
31,
2022,
in-kind
transactions
were
as
follows:
8.
Income
Tax
Information
The
Fund
is
treated
as
an
entity
separate
from
the
Company’s
other
funds
for
federal
income
tax
purposes.
It
is
the
Fund’s
policy
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
of
1986,
as
amended,
applicable
to
regulated
investment
companies,
and
to
distribute
substantially
all
of
its
taxable
income
to
its
shareholders.
Therefore,
no
U.S.
federal
income
tax
provision
is
required.  
Management
has
analyzed
tax
laws
and
regulations
and
their
application
to
the
Fund
as
of
August
31,
2022,
inclusive
of
the
open
tax
return
years,
and
does
not
believe
that
there
are
any
uncertain
tax
positions
that
require
recognition
of
a
tax
liability
in
the
Fund’s
financial
statements.
U.S.
GAAP
requires
that
certain
components
of
net
assets
be
adjusted
to
reflect
permanent
differences
between
financial
and
tax
reporting.
These
reclassifications
have
no
effect
on
net
assets
or
NAV
per
share.
As
of
August
31,
2022,
permanent
differences
attributable
to
realized
gains
(losses)
from
in-kind
redemptions
were
reclassified
to
the
following
accounts:
The
tax
character
of
distributions
paid
was
as
follows:
iShares
ETF
Fees
Paid
to
BTC
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
.............................................................................................
$
34,839
iShares
ETF
Purchases
Sales
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
.........................................................
$
36,976,065
$
52,326,685
$
71,496
iShares
ETF
Purchases
Sales
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
...........................................................................
$
126,480,575
$
125,340,075
iShares
ETF
In-kind
Purchases
In-kind
Sales
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
...........................................................................
$
112,123,866
$
95,916,721
iShares
ETF
Paid-in
Capital
Accumulated
Earnings
(Loss)
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
...........................................................................
$
34,217,179
$
(34,217,179
)
iShares
ETF
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Year
Ended
08/31/21
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
Ordinary
income
..........................................................................................
$
6,766,523
$
4,084,783
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(continued)
26
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
As
of
August
31,
2022,
the
tax
components
of
accumulated
net earnings
(losses)
were
as
follows:
A
fund
may
own
shares
in
certain
foreign
investment
entities,
referred
to,
under
U.S.
tax
law,
as
“passive
foreign
investment
companies.”
Such
fund
may
elect
to
mark-to-
market
annually
the
shares
of
each
passive
foreign
investment
company
and
would
be
required
to
distribute
to
shareholders
any
such
marked-to-market
gains.
As
of
August
31,
2022,
gross
unrealized
appreciation
and
depreciation
based
on
cost
of
investments
(including
short
positions
and
derivatives,
if
any)
for
U.S.
federal
income
tax
purposes
were
as
follows:
9.
Principal
Risks
In
the
normal
course
of
business,
the
Fund
invests
in
securities
or
other
instruments
and
may
enter
into
certain
transactions,
and
such
activities
subject
the
Fund
to
various
risks,
including,
among
others,
fluctuations
in
the
market
(market
risk)
or
failure
of
an
issuer
to
meet
all
of
its
obligations.
The
value
of
securities
or
other
instruments
may
also
be
affected
by
various
factors,
including,
without
limitation:
(i)
the
general
economy;
(ii)
the
overall
market
as
well
as
local,
regional
or
global
political
and/or
social
instability;
(iii)
regulation,
taxation
or
international
tax
treaties
between
various
countries;
or
(iv)
currency,
interest
rate
or
price
fluctuations.
Local,
regional
or
global
events
such
as
war,
acts
of
terrorism,
the
spread
of
infectious
illness
or
other
public
health
issues,
recessions,
or
other
events
could
have
a
significant
impact
on
the
Fund
and
its
investments. The
Fund’s
prospectus
provides
details
of
the
risks
to
which
the
Fund
is
subject.
BFA
uses
a
“passive”
or
index
approach
to
try
to
achieve
the
Fund’s
investment
objective
following
the
securities
included
in
its
underlying
index
during
upturns
as
well
as
downturns.
BFA
does
not
take
steps
to
reduce
market
exposure
or
to
lessen
the
effects
of
a
declining
market.
Divergence
from
the
underlying
index
and
the
composition
of
the
portfolio
is
monitored
by
BFA.
The
Fund
may
be
exposed
to
additional
risks
when
reinvesting
cash
collateral
in
money
market
funds
that
do
not
seek
to
maintain
a
stable
NAV
per
share
of
$1.00,
which
may
be
subject
to
redemption
gates
or
liquidity
fees
under
certain
circumstances.
Market
Risk:
An
outbreak
of
respiratory
disease
caused
by
a
novel
coronavirus
has
developed
into
a
global
pandemic
and
has
resulted
in
closing
borders,
quarantines,
disruptions
to
supply
chains
and
customer
activity,
as
well
as
general
concern
and
uncertainty.
The
impact
of
this
pandemic,
and
other
global
health
crises
that
may
arise
in
the
future,
could
affect
the
economies
of
many
nations,
individual
companies
and
the
market
in
general
in
ways
that
cannot
necessarily
be
foreseen
at
the
present
time.
This
pandemic
may
result
in
substantial
market
volatility
and
may
adversely
impact
the
prices
and
liquidity
of
a
fund’s
investments.
Although
vaccines
have
been
developed
and
approved
for
use
by
various
governments,
the
duration
of
this
pandemic
and
its
effects
cannot
be
determined
with
certainty.
Valuation
Risk:
The
market
values
of
equities,
such
as
common
stocks
and
preferred
securities
or
equity
related
investments,
such
as
futures
and
options,
may
decline
due
to
general
market
conditions
which
are
not
specifically
related
to
a
particular
company.
They
may
also
decline
due
to
factors
which
affect
a
particular
industry
or
industries.
A
fund
may
invest
in
illiquid
investments.
An
illiquid
investment
is
any
investment
that
a
fund
reasonably
expects
cannot
be
sold
or
disposed
of
in
current
market
conditions
in
seven
calendar
days
or
less
without
the
sale
or
disposition
significantly
changing
the
market
value
of
the
investment.
A
fund
may
experience
difficulty
in
selling
illiquid
investments
in
a
timely
manner
at
the
price
that
it
believes
the
investments
are
worth.
Prices
may
fluctuate
widely
over
short
or
extended
periods
in
response
to
company,
market
or
economic
news.
Markets
also
tend
to
move
in
cycles,
with
periods
of
rising
and
falling
prices.
This
volatility
may
cause
a
fund’s
NAV
to
experience
significant
increases
or
decreases
over
short
periods
of
time.
If
there
is
a
general
decline
in
the
securities
and
other
markets,
the
NAV
of
a
fund
may
lose
value,
regardless
of
the
individual
results
of
the
securities
and
other
instruments
in
which
a
fund
invests. 
Counterparty
Credit
Risk:
The
Fund
may
be
exposed
to
counterparty
credit
risk,
or
the
risk
that
an
entity
may
fail
to
or
be
unable
to
perform
on
its
commitments
related
to
unsettled
or
open
transactions,
including
making
timely
interest
and/or
principal
payments
or
otherwise
honoring
its
obligations.
The
Fund
manages
counterparty
credit
risk
by
entering
into
transactions
only
with
counterparties
that
the
Manager
believes
have
the
financial
resources
to
honor
their
obligations
and
by
monitoring
the
financial
stability
of
those
counterparties.
Financial
assets,
which
potentially
expose
the
Fund
to
market,
issuer
and
counterparty
credit
risks,
consist
principally
of
financial
instruments
and
receivables
due
from
counterparties.
The
extent
of
the
Fund’s
exposure
to
market,
issuer
and
counterparty
credit
risks
with
respect
to
these
financial
assets
is
approximately
their
value
recorded
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities,
less
any
collateral
held
by
the
Fund.
A
derivative
contract
may
suffer
a
mark-to-market
loss
if
the
value
of
the
contract
decreases
due
to
an
unfavorable
change
in
the
market
rates
or
values
of
the
underlying
instrument.
Losses
can
also
occur
if
the
counterparty
does
not
perform
under
the
contract.
iShares
ETF
Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
Non-expiring
Capital
Loss
Carryforwards
(a)
Net
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses)
(b)
Total
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
...........................................
$
1,213,738‌
$
(25,487,829‌)
$
3,423,388‌
$
(20,850,703‌)
(a)
Amounts
available
to
offset
future
realized
capital
gains.
(b)
The
difference
between
book-basis
and
tax-basis
unrealized
gains
(losses)
was
attributable
primarily
to
the
tax
deferral
of
losses
on
wash
sales,
the
realization
for
tax
purposes
of
unrealized
gains
(losses)
on
certain
futures
contracts,
the
realization
for
tax
purposes
of
unrealized
gains
on
investments
in
passive
foreign
investment
companies,
and
the
characterization
of
corporate
actions.
iShares
ETF
Tax
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
.......................................
$
428,072,634
$
47,970,073
$
(44,546,685
)
$
3,423,388
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
(
continued)
27
Notes
to
Financial
Statements
With
exchange-traded
futures, there
is
less
counterparty
credit
risk
to
the
Fund
since
the
exchange
or
clearinghouse,
as
counterparty
to
such
instruments,
guarantees
against
a
possible
default.
The
clearinghouse
stands
between
the
buyer
and
the
seller
of
the
contract;
therefore,
credit
risk
is
limited
to
failure
of
the
clearinghouse.
While
offset
rights
may
exist
under
applicable
law,
a
fund
does
not
have
a
contractual
right
of
offset
against
a
clearing
broker
or
clearinghouse
in
the
event
of
a
default
(including
the
bankruptcy
or
insolvency).
Additionally,
credit
risk
exists
in
exchange-traded
futures
with
respect
to
initial
and
variation
margin
that
is
held
in
a
clearing
broker’s
customer
accounts.
While
clearing
brokers
are
required
to
segregate
customer
margin
from
their
own
assets,
in
the
event
that
a
clearing
broker
becomes
insolvent
or
goes
into
bankruptcy
and
at
that
time
there
is
a
shortfall
in
the
aggregate
amount
of
margin
held
by
the
clearing
broker
for
all
its
clients,
typically
the
shortfall
would
be
allocated
on
a
pro
rata
basis
across
all
the
clearing
broker’s
customers,
potentially
resulting
in
losses
to
the
Fund.
Concentration
Risk:
A
diversified
portfolio,
where
this
is
appropriate
and
consistent
with
a
fund’s
objectives,
minimizes
the
risk
that
a
price
change
of
a
particular
investment
will
have
a
material
impact
on
the
NAV
of
a
fund.
The
investment
concentrations
within
the
Fund’s
portfolio
are
disclosed
in
its
Schedule
of
Investments.
The
Fund
invests
a
significant
portion
of
its
assets
in
securities
within
a
single
or
limited
number
of
market
sectors.
When
a
fund
concentrates
its
investments
in
this
manner,
it
assumes
the
risk
that
economic,
regulatory,
political
and
social
conditions
affecting
such
sectors
may
have
a
significant
impact
on
the
fund
and
could
affect
the
income
from,
or
the
value
or
liquidity
of,
the
fund’s
portfolio.
Investment
percentages
in
specific
sectors
are
presented
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments.
Significant
Shareholder
Redemption
Risk:
Certain
shareholders
may
own
or
manage
a
substantial
amount
of
fund
shares
and/or
hold
their
fund
investments
for
a
limited
period
of
time.
Large
redemptions
of
fund
shares
by
these
shareholders
may
force
a
fund
to
sell
portfolio
securities,
which
may
negatively
impact
the
fund’s
NAV,
increase
the
fund’s
brokerage
costs,
and/or
accelerate
the
realization
of
taxable
income/gains
and
cause
the
fund
to
make
additional
taxable
distributions
to
shareholders.
LIBOR
Transition
Risk:
The
United
Kingdom’s
Financial
Conduct
Authority
announced
a
phase
out
of
the
London
Interbank
Offered
Rate
(“LIBOR”).
Although
many
LIBOR
rates
ceased
to
be
published
or
no
longer
are
representative
of
the
underlying
market
they
seek
to
measure
after
December
31,
2021,
a
selection
of
widely
used
USD
LIBOR
rates
will
continue
to
be
published
through
June
2023
in
order
to
assist
with
the
transition.
The
Fund
may
be
exposed
to
financial
instruments
tied
to
LIBOR
to
determine
payment
obligations,
financing
terms,
hedging
strategies
or
investment
value.
The
transition
process
away
from
LIBOR
might
lead
to
increased
volatility
and
illiquidity
in
markets
for,
and
reduce
the
effectiveness
of
new
hedges
placed
against,
instruments
whose
terms
currently
include
LIBOR.
The
ultimate
effect
of
the
LIBOR
transition
process
on
the
Fund
is
uncertain.
10.
Capital
Share
Transactions 
Capital
shares
are
issued
and
redeemed
by the
Fund
only
in
aggregations
of
a
specified
number
of
shares
or
multiples
thereof
(“Creation
Units”)
at
NAV.
Except
when
aggregated
in
Creation
Units,
shares
of
the
Fund
are
not
redeemable.
Transactions
in
capital
shares
were
as
follows:
The
consideration
for
the
purchase
of
Creation
Units
of
a
fund
in
the
Company
generally
consists
of
the
in-kind
deposit
of
a
designated
portfolio
of
securities
and
a
specified
amount
of
cash.
Certain
funds
in
the
Company
may
be
offered
in
Creation
Units
solely
or
partially
for
cash
in
U.S.
dollars.
Investors
purchasing
and
redeeming
Creation
Units
may
pay
a
purchase
transaction
fee
and
a
redemption
transaction
fee
directly
BRIL,
to
offset
transfer
and
other
transaction
costs
associated
with
the
issuance
and
redemption
of
Creation
Units,
including
Creation
Units
for
cash.
Investors
transacting
in
Creation
Units
for
cash
may
also
pay
an
additional
variable
charge
to
compensate
the
relevant
fund
for
certain
transaction
costs
(i.e.,
stamp
taxes,
taxes
on
currency
or
other
financial
transactions,
and
brokerage
costs)
and
market
impact
expenses
relating
to
investing
in
portfolio
securities.
Such
variable
charges,
if
any,
are
included
in
shares
sold
in
the
table
above.
From
time
to
time,
settlement
of
securities
related
to
in-kind
contributions
or
in-kind
redemptions
may
be
delayed.
In
such
cases,
securities
related
to
in-kind
transactions
are
reflected
as
a
receivable
or
a
payable
in
the
Statement
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
11.
Subsequent
Events
Management
has
evaluated
the
impact
of
all
subsequent
events
on
the
Fund
through
the
date
the
financial
statements
were
available
to
be
issued
and
has
determined
that
there
were
no
subsequent
events
requiring
adjustment
or
additional
disclosure
in
the
financial
statements.
Year
Ended
08/31/22
Year
Ended
08/31/21
iShares
ETF
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
Shares
sold
...............................................
1,350,000
$
112,623,588
2,250,000
$
176,562,414
Shares
redeemed
...........................................
(1,200,000
)
(96,437,669
)
(450,000
)
(38,625,319
)
150,000
$
16,185,919
1,800,000
$
137,937,095
Report
of
Independent
Registered
Public
Accounting
Firm
28
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
To
the
Board
of
Directors
of
iShares,
Inc.
and
Shareholders
of iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
Opinion
on
the
Financial
Statements
We
have
audited
the
accompanying
statement
of
assets
and
liabilities,
including
the
schedule
of
investments,
of iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
(one
of
the
funds
constituting
iShares,
Inc.,
referred
to
hereafter as
the
“Fund”)
as
of
August
31,
2022,
the
related
statement
of
operations
for
the
year ended
August
31,
2022,
the
statements
of changes
in
net
assets
for
each
of
the
two
years
in
the
period
ended August
31,
2022,
including
the
related
notes,
and
the
financial
highlights
for
each
of
the five
years
in
the
period
ended
August
31,
2022 (collectively
referred
to
as
the
“financial
statements”).
In
our
opinion,
the
financial
statements
present
fairly,
in
all
material
respects,
the
financial
position
of the
Fund
as
of
August
31,
2022,
the
results
of
its
operations
for
the
year
then ended,
the
changes
in its
net
assets
for
each
of
the two
years
in the
period
ended
August
31,
2022,
and the
financial
highlights
for
each
of
the
five
years in
the
period
ended
August
31,
2022 in
conformity
with
accounting
principles
generally
accepted
in
the
United
States
of
America.
Basis
for
Opinion
These
financial
statements
are
the
responsibility
of
the
Fund’s
management.
Our
responsibility
is
to
express
an
opinion
on
the
Fund’s
financial
statements
based
on
our
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
Fund
in
accordance
with
the
U.S.
federal
securities
laws
and
the
applicable
rules
and
regulations
of
the
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission
and
the
PCAOB.
We
conducted
our
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,
2022 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
opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
October
21,
2022
We
have
served
as
the
auditor
of
one
or
more
BlackRock
investment
companies
since
2000.
Important
Tax
Information
(unaudited)
29
Important
Tax
Information
The
following
amount,
or
maximum
amount
allowable
by
law,
is
hereby
designated
as
qualified
dividend
income
for
individuals
for
the
fiscal
year
ended
August
31,
2022:
The
following
amount,
or
maximum
amount
allowable
by
law,
is
hereby
designated
as
qualified
business
income
for
individuals
for
the
fiscal
year
ended
August
31,
2022:
The
following
percentage,
or
maximum
percentage
allowable
by
law,
of
ordinary
income
distributions
paid
during
the
fiscal
year
ended August
31,
2022
qualified
for
the
dividends-received
deduction
for
corporate
shareholders:
iShares
ETF
Qualified
Dividend
Income
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
..............................................................................................
$
6,265,749‌
iShares
ETF
Qualified
Business
Income
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
..............................................................................................
$
175,698‌
iShares
ETF
Dividends-Received
Deduction
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
..............................................................................................
85.97‌
%
Board
Review
and
Approval
of
Investment
Advisory
Contract
30
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
iShares
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
ETF
(the
“Fund”)
Under
Section
15(c)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940
(the
“1940
Act”),
the
Company’s
Board
of
Directors
(the
“Board”),
including
a
majority
of
Board
Members
who
are
not
“interested
persons”
of
the
Company
(as
that
term
is
defined
in
the
1940
Act)
(the
“Independent
Board
Members”),
is
required
annually
to
consider
and
approve
the
Investment
Advisory
Agreement
between
the
Company
and
BFA
(the
“Advisory
Agreement”)
on
behalf
of
the
Fund.
The
Board’s
consideration
entails
a
year-long
process
whereby
the
Board
and
its
committees
(composed
solely
of
Independent
Board
Members)
assess
BlackRock’s
services
to
the
Fund,
including
investment
management;
fund
accounting;
administrative
and
shareholder
services;
oversight
of
the
Fund’s
service
providers;
risk
management
and
oversight;
legal
and
compliance
services;
and
ability
to
meet
applicable
legal
and
regulatory
requirements.
The
Independent
Board
Members
requested,
and
BFA
provided,
such
information
as
the
Independent
Board
Members,
with
advice
from
independent
counsel,
deemed
reasonably
necessary
to
evaluate
the
Advisory
Agreement.
At
meetings
on
May
3,
2022
and
May
18,
2022,
a
committee
composed
of
all
of
the
Independent
Board
Members
(the
“15(c)
Committee”),
with
independent
counsel,
met
with
management
and
reviewed
and
discussed
information
provided
in
response
to
initial
requests
of
the
15(c)
Committee
and/or
its
independent
counsel,
and
requested
certain
additional
information,
which
management
agreed
to
provide.
At
a
meeting
held
on
June
13-15,
2022,
the
Board,
including
the
Independent
Board
Members,
reviewed
the
additional
information
provided
by
management
in
response
to
these
requests.
After
extensive
discussions
and
deliberations,
the
Board,
including
all
of
the
Independent
Board
Members,
approved
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
Fund,
based
on
a
review
of
qualitative
and
quantitative
information
provided
by
BFA
and
their
cumulative
experience
as
Board
Members.
The
Board
noted
its
satisfaction
with
the
extent
and
quality
of
information
provided
and
its
frequent
interactions
with
management,
as
well
as
the
detailed
responses
and
other
information
provided
by
BFA.
The
Independent
Board
Members
were
advised
by
their
independent
counsel
throughout
the
process,
including
about
the
legal
standards
applicable
to
their
review.
In
approving
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
Fund,
the
Board,
including
the
Independent
Board
Members,
considered
various
factors,
including:
(i)
the
expenses
and
performance
of
the
Fund;
(ii)
the
nature,
extent
and
quality
of
the
services
provided
by
BFA;
(iii)
the
costs
of
services
provided
to
the
Fund
and
profits
realized
by
BFA
and
its
affiliates;
(iv)
potential
economies
of
scale
and
the
sharing
of
related
benefits;
(v)
the
fees
and
services
provided
for
other
comparable
funds/accounts
managed
by
BFA
and
its
affiliates;
and
(vi)
other
benefits
to
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates.
The
material
factors,
none
of
which
was
controlling,
and
conclusions
that
formed
the
basis
for
the
Board,
including
the
Independent
Board
Members,
to
approve
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
are
discussed
below.
Expenses
and
Performance
of
the
Fund:
The
Board
reviewed
statistical
information
prepared
by
Broadridge
Financial
Solutions
Inc.
(“Broadridge”),
an
independent
provider
of
investment
company
data,
regarding
the
expense
ratio
components,
including
gross
and
net
total
expenses,
fees
and
expenses
of
another
fund
in
which
the
Fund
invests
(if
applicable),
and
waivers/reimbursements
(if
applicable)
of
the
Fund
in
comparison
with
the
same
information
for
other
ETFs,
objectively
selected
by
Broadridge
as
comprising
the
Fund’s
applicable
expense
peer
group
pursuant
to
Broadridge’s
proprietary
ETF
methodology
(the
“Peer
Group”).
The
Board
was
provided
with
a
detailed
description
of
the
proprietary
ETF
methodology
used
by
Broadridge
to
determine
the
Fund’s
Peer
Group.
The
Board
noted
that,
due
to
the
limitations
in
providing
comparable
funds
in
the
Peer
Group,
the
statistical
information
provided
in
Broadridge’s
report
may
or
may
not
provide
meaningful
direct
comparisons
to
the
Fund
in
all
instances.
The
Board
also
noted
that
the
investment
advisory
fee
rate
and
overall
expenses
(net
of
waivers
and
reimbursements)
for
the
Fund
were
lower
than
the
median
of
the
investment
advisory
fee
rates
and
overall
expenses
(net
of
waivers
and
reimbursements)
of
the
funds
in
its
Peer
Group,
excluding
iShares
funds.
In
addition,
to
the
extent
that
any
of
the
comparison
funds
included
in
the
Peer
Group,
excluding
iShares
funds,
track
the
same
index
as
the
Fund,
Broadridge
also
provided,
and
the
Board
reviewed,
a
comparison
of
the
Fund’s
performance
for
the
one-year,
three-year,
five-year,
ten-year,
and
since
inception
periods,
as
applicable,
and
for
the
quarter
ended
December
31,
2021,
to
that
of
such
relevant
comparison
fund(s)
for
the
same
periods.
The
Board
noted
that
the
Fund
seeks
to
track
its
specified
underlying
index
and
that,
during
the
year,
the
Board
received
periodic
reports
on
the
Fund’s
short-
and
longer-term
performance
in
comparison
with
its
underlying
index.
Such
periodic
comparative
performance
information,
including
additional
detailed
information
as
requested
by
the
Board,
was
also
considered.
The
Board
noted
that
the
Fund
generally
performed
in
line
with
its
underlying
index
over
the
relevant
periods.
Based
on
this
review,
the
other
factors
considered
at
the
meeting,
and
their
general
knowledge
of
ETF
pricing,
the
Board
concluded
that
the
investment
advisory
fee
rate
and
expense
level
and
the
historical
performance
of
the
Fund
supported
the
Board’s
approval
of
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
coming
year.
Nature,
Extent
and
Quality
of
Services
Provided:
Based
on
management’s
representations,
including
information
about
recent
enhancements
and
initiatives
with
respect
to
the
iShares
business,
including
with
respect
to
capital
markets
support
and
analysis,
technology,
portfolio
management,
product
design
and
quality,
compliance
and
risk
management,
global
public
policy
and
other
services,
the
Board
expected
that
there
would
be
no
diminution
in
the
scope
of
services
required
of
or
provided
by
BFA
under
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
coming
year
as
compared
with
the
scope
of
services
provided
by
BFA
during
prior
years.
In
reviewing
the
scope
of
these
services,
the
Board
considered
BFA’s
investment
philosophy
and
experience,
noting
that
BFA
and
its
affiliates
have
committed
significant
resources
over
time,
including
during
the
past
year,
to
support
the
iShares
funds
and
their
shareholders
and
have
made
significant
investments
into
the
iShares
business.
The
Board
also
considered
BFA’s
compliance
program
and
its
compliance
record
with
respect
to
the
Fund.
In
that
regard,
the
Board
noted
that
BFA
reports
to
the
Board
about
portfolio
management
and
compliance
matters
on
a
periodic
basis
in
connection
with
regularly
scheduled
meetings
of
the
Board,
and
on
other
occasions
as
necessary
and
appropriate,
and
has
provided
information
and
made
relevant
officers
and
other
employees
of
BFA
(and
its
affiliates)
available
as
needed
to
provide
further
assistance
with
these
matters.
The
Board
also
reviewed
the
background
and
experience
of
the
persons
responsible
for
the
day-to-day
management
of
the
Fund,
as
well
as
the
resources
available
to
them
in
managing
the
Fund.
In
addition
to
the
above
considerations,
the
Board
reviewed
and
considered
detailed
presentations
regarding
BFA’s
investment
performance,
investment
and
risk
management
processes
and
strategies,
provided
at
the
May
3,
2022
meeting
and
throughout
the
year,
and
matters
related
to
BFA’s
portfolio
compliance
program.
Based
on
review
of
this
information,
and
the
performance
information
discussed
above,
the
Board
concluded
that
the
nature,
extent
and
quality
of
services
provided
to
the
Fund
under
the
Advisory
Agreement
supported
the
Board’s
approval
of
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
coming
year.
Costs
of
Services
Provided
to
the
Fund
and
Profits
Realized
by
BFA
and
its
Affiliates:
The
Board
reviewed
information
about
the
estimated
profitability
to
BlackRock
in
managing
the
Fund,
based
on
the
fees
payable
to
BFA
and
its
affiliates
(including
fees
under
the
Advisory
Agreement),
and
other
sources
of
revenue
and
expense
to
BFA
and
its
affiliates
from
the
Fund’s
operations
for
the
last
calendar
year.
The
Board
reviewed
BlackRock’s
methodology
for
calculating
estimated
profitability
of
the
iShares
funds,
noting
that
the
15(c)
Committee
and
the
Board
had
focused
on
the
methodology
and
profitability
presentation.
The
Board
recognized
that
profitability
may
be
affected
by
numerous
factors,
including,
among
other
things,
fee
waivers
by
BFA,
the
types
of
funds
managed,
expense
allocations
and
business
mix.
The
Board
thus
recognized
that
calculating
and
comparing
profitability
at
individual
fund
levels
is
challenging.
The
Board
discussed
with
management
the
sources
of
direct
and
ancillary
revenue,
including
Board
Review
and
Approval
of
Investment
Advisory
Contract
(
continued)
31
Board
Review
and
Approval
of
Investment
Advisory
Contract
the
revenues
to
BTC,
a
BlackRock
affiliate,
from
securities
lending
by
the
Fund.
The
Board
also
discussed
BFA’s
estimated
profit
margin
as
reflected
in
the
Fund’s
profitability
analysis
and
reviewed
information
regarding
potential
economies
of
scale
(as
discussed
below).
Based
on
this
review,
the
Board
concluded
that
the
information
considered
with
respect
to
the
profits
realized
by
BFA
and
its
affiliates
under
the
Advisory
Agreement
and
from
other
relationships
between
the
Fund
and
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates,
if
any,
as
well
as
the
other
factors
considered
at
the
meeting,
supported
the
Board’s
approval
of
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
coming
year.
Economies
of
Scale:
The
Board
reviewed
information
and
considered
the
extent
to
which
economies
of
scale
might
be
realized
as
the
assets
of
the
Fund
increase,
noting
that
the
issue
of
potential
economies
of
scale
had
been
focused
on
by
the
15(c)
Committee
and
the
Board
during
their
meetings
and
addressed
by
management.
The
15(c)
Committee
and
the
Board
received
information
regarding
BlackRock’s
historical
estimated
profitability,
including
BFA’s
and
its
affiliates’
estimated
costs
in
providing
services.
The
estimated
cost
information
distinguished,
among
other
things,
between
fixed
and
variable
costs,
and
showed
how
the
level
and
nature
of
fixed
and
variable
costs
may
impact
the
existence
or
size
of
scale
benefits,
with
the
Board
recognizing
that
potential
economies
of
scale
are
difficult
to
measure.
The
15(c)
Committee
and
the
Board
reviewed
information
provided
by
BFA
regarding
the
sharing
of
scale
benefits
with
the
iShares
funds
through
various
means,
including,
as
applicable,
through
relatively
low
fee
rates
established
at
inception,
breakpoints,
waivers,
or
other
fee
reductions,
as
well
as
through
additional
investment
in
the
iShares
business
and
the
provision
of
improved
or
additional
infrastructure
and
services
to
the
iShares
funds
and
their
shareholders.
The
Board
noted
that
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
Fund
did
not
provide
for
breakpoints
in
the
Fund’s
investment
advisory
fee
rate
as
the
assets
of
the
Fund
increase.
However,
the
Board
noted
that
it
would
continue
to
assess
the
appropriateness
of
adding
breakpoints
in
the
future.
The
Board
concluded
that
this
review
of
potential
economies
of
scale
and
the
sharing
of
related
benefits,
as
well
as
the
other
factors
considered
at
the
meeting,
supported
the
Board’s
approval
of
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
coming
year.
Fees
and
Services
Provided
for
Other
Comparable
Funds/Accounts
Managed
by
BFA
and
its
Affiliates:
The
Board
received
and
considered
information
regarding
the
investment
advisory/management
fee
rates
for
other
funds/accounts
in
the
U.S.
for
which
BFA
(or
its
affiliates)
provides
investment
advisory/management
services,
including
open-end
funds
registered
under
the
1940
Act
(including
sub-advised
funds),
collective
trust
funds,
and
institutional
separate
accounts
(collectively,
the
“Other
Accounts”).
The
Board
acknowledged
BFA’s
representation
that
the
iShares
funds
are
fundamentally
different
investment
vehicles
from
the
Other
Accounts.
The
Board
received
detailed
information
regarding
how
the
Other
Accounts
generally
differ
from
the
Fund,
including
in
terms
of
the
types
of
services
and
generally
more
extensive
services
provided
to
the
Fund,
as
well
as
other
significant
differences.
In
that
regard,
the
Board
considered
that
the
pricing
of
services
to
institutional
clients
is
typically
based
on
a
number
of
factors
beyond
the
nature
and
extent
of
the
specific
services
to
be
provided
and
often
depends
on
the
overall
relationship
between
the
client
and
its
affiliates
and
the
adviser
and
its
affiliates.
In
addition,
the
Board
considered
the
relative
complexity
and
inherent
risks
and
challenges
of
managing
and
providing
other
services
to
the
Fund,
as
a
publicly
traded
investment
vehicle,
as
compared
to
the
Other
Accounts,
particularly
those
that
are
institutional
clients,
in
light
of
differing
regulatory
requirements
and
client-imposed
mandates.
The
Board
noted
that
BFA
and
its
affiliates
do
not
manage
Other
Accounts
with
substantially
the
same
investment
objective
and
strategy
as
the
Fund
and
that
track
the
same
index
as
the
Fund.
The
Board
also
acknowledged
management’s
assertion
that,
for
certain
iShares
funds,
and
for
client
segmentation
purposes,
BlackRock
has
launched
an
iShares
fund
that
may
provide
a
similar
investment
exposure
at
a
lower
investment
advisory
fee
rate.
The
Board
considered
the
“all-inclusive”
nature
of
the
Fund’s
advisory
fee
structure,
and
the
Fund’s
expenses
borne
by
BFA
under
this
arrangement
and
noted
that
the
investment
advisory
fee
rate
under
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
Fund
was
generally
higher
than
the
investment
advisory/management
fee
rates
for
certain
of
the
Other
Accounts
(particularly
institutional
clients)
and
concluded
that
the
differences
appeared
to
be
consistent
with
the
factors
discussed.
Other
Benefits
to
BFA
and/or
its
Affiliates:
The
Board
reviewed
other
benefits
or
ancillary
revenue
received
by
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates
in
connection
with
the
services
provided
to
the
Fund
by
BFA,
both
direct
and
indirect,
including,
but
not
limited
to,
payment
of
revenue
to
BTC,
the
Fund’s
securities
lending
agent,
for
loaning
portfolio
securities
(which
was
included
in
the
profit
margins
reviewed
by
the
Board
pursuant
to
BFA’s
estimated
profitability
methodology),
payment
of
advisory
fees
or
other
fees
to
BFA
(or
its
affiliates)
in
connection
with
any
investments
by
the
Fund
in
other
funds
for
which
BFA
(or
its
affiliates)
provides
investment
advisory
services
or
other
services,
and
BlackRock’s
profile
in
the
investment
community.
The
Board
also
noted
the
revenue
received
by
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates
pursuant
to
an
agreement
that
permits
a
service
provider
to
use
certain
portions
of
BlackRock’s
technology
platform
to
service
accounts
managed
by
BFA
and/or
its
affiliates,
including
the
iShares
funds.
The
Board
noted
that
BFA
generally
does
not
use
soft
dollars
or
consider
the
value
of
research
or
other
services
that
may
be
provided
to
BFA
(including
its
affiliates)
in
selecting
brokers
for
portfolio
transactions
for
the
Fund.
The
Board
concluded
that
any
such
ancillary
benefits
would
not
be
disadvantageous
to
the
Fund
and
thus
would
not
alter
the
Board’s
conclusion
with
respect
to
the
appropriateness
of
approving
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
coming
year.
Conclusion:
Based
on
a
review
of
the
factors
described
above,
as
well
as
such
other
factors
as
deemed
appropriate
by
the
Board,
the
Board,
including
all
of
the
Independent
Board
Members,
determined
that
the
Fund’s
investment
advisory
fee
rate
under
the
Advisory
Agreement
does
not
constitute
a
fee
that
is
so
disproportionately
large
as
to
bear
no
reasonable
relationship
to
the
services
rendered
and
that
could
not
have
been
the
product
of
arm’s-length
bargaining,
and
concluded
to
approve
the
continuance
of
the
Advisory
Agreement
for
the
coming
year.
Supplemental
Information
(unaudited)
32
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
Section
19(a)
Notices
The
amounts
and
sources
of
distributions
reported
are
estimates
and
are
being
provided
pursuant
to
regulatory
requirements
and
are
not
being
provided
for
tax
reporting
purposes.
The
actual
amounts
and
sources
for
tax
reporting
purposes
will
depend
upon
the
Fund’s
investment
experience
during
the
year
and
may
be
subject
to
changes
based
on
tax
regulations.
Shareholders
will
receive
a
Form
1099-DIV
each
calendar
year
that
will
inform
them
how
to
report
these
distributions
for
federal
income
tax
purposes.
August
31,
2022
Premium/Discount
Information
Information
on
the
Fund’s
net
asset
value,
market
price,
premiums
and
discounts,
and
bid-ask
spreads
can
be
found
at
iShares.com
.
Regulation
under
the
Alternative
Investment
Fund
Managers
Directive
The
Alternative
Investment
Fund
Managers
Directive
and
the
Alternative
Investment
Fund
Managers
Regulations
2013
(as
amended)
and
the
“Guidelines
on
sound
remuneration
policies
under
the
AIMFD”
issued
by
the
European
Securities
and
Markets
Authority
(together
the
“Regulations”)
impose
detailed
and
prescriptive
obligations
on
fund
managers
established
in
the
European
Union
(the
“EU”)
and
the
UK.
These
do
not
currently
apply
to
managers
established
outside
of
the
EU
or
UK,
such
as
BFA
(the
“Company”).
Rather,
non-EU
and
non-UK
managers
are
only
required
to
comply
with
certain
disclosure,
reporting
and
transparency
obligations
of
the
Regulations
if
such
managers
market
a
fund
to
EU
investors.
The
Company
has
registered
the Fund
to
be
marketed
to
the
United
Kingdom,
and
EU
investors
in
the
Netherlands,
Finland,
and
Sweden.
Report
on
Remuneration
The
Company
is
required
under
the
Regulations
to
make
quantitative
disclosures
of
remuneration.
These
disclosures
are
made
in
line
with
BlackRock’s
interpretation
of
currently
available
regulatory
guidance
on
quantitative
remuneration
disclosures.
As
market
or
regulatory
practice
develops
BlackRock
may
consider
it
appropriate
to
make
changes
to
the
way
in
which
quantitative
remuneration
disclosures
are
calculated.
Where
such
changes
are
made,
this
may
result
in
disclosures
in
relation
to
a
fund
not
being
comparable
to
the
disclosures
made
in
the
prior
year,
or
in
relation
to
other
BlackRock
fund
disclosures
in
that
same
year.
Disclosures
are
provided
in
relation
to
(a)
the
staff
of
the
Company;
(b)
staff
who
are
senior
management;
and
(c)
staff
who
have
the
ability
to
materially
affect
the
risk
profile
of
the
Fund.
All
individuals
included
in
the
aggregated
figures
disclosed
are
rewarded
in
line
with
BlackRock’s
remuneration
policy
for
their
responsibilities
across
the
relevant
BlackRock
business
area.
As
all
individuals
have
a
number
of
areas
of
responsibilities,
only
the
portion
of
remuneration
for
those
individuals’
services
attributable
to
the
Fund
is
included
in
the
aggregate
figures
disclosed.
BlackRock
has
a
clear
and
well
defined
pay-for-performance
philosophy,
and
compensation
programmes
which
support
that
philosophy.
BlackRock
operates
a
total
compensation
model
for
remuneration
which
includes
a
base
salary,
which
is
contractual,
and
a
discretionary
bonus
scheme.
Although
all
employees
are
eligible
to
receive
a
discretionary
bonus,
there
is
no
contractual
obligation
to
make
a
discretionary
bonus
award
to
any
employees.
For
senior
management,
a
significant
percentage
of
variable
remuneration
is
deferred
over
time.
All
employees
are
subject
to
a
claw-back
policy.
Remuneration
decisions
for
employees
are
made
once
annually
in
January
following
the
end
of
the
performance
year,
based
on
BlackRock’s
full-year
financial
results
and
other
non-financial
goals
and
objectives.
Alongside
financial
performance,
individual
total
compensation
is
also
based
on
strategic
and
operating
results
and
other
considerations
such
as
management
and
leadership
capabilities.
No
set
formulas
are
established
and
no
fixed
benchmarks
are
used
in
determining
annual
incentive
awards.
Annual
incentive
awards
are
paid
from
a
bonus
pool
which
is
reviewed
throughout
the
year
by
BlackRock's
independent
compensation
committee,
taking
into
account
both
actual
and
projected
financial
information
together
with
information
provided
by
the
Enterprise
Risk
and
Regulatory
Compliance
departments
in
relation
to
any
activities,
incidents
or
events
that
warrant
consideration
in
making
compensation
decisions.
Individuals
are
not
involved
in
setting
their
own
remuneration.
Each
of
the
control
functions
(Enterprise
Risk,
Legal
&
Compliance,
and
Internal
Audit)
each
have
their
own
organisational
structures
which
are
independent
of
the
business
units.
Functional
bonus
pools
for
those
control
functions
are
determined
with
reference
to
the
performance
of
each
individual
function
and
the
remuneration
of
the
senior
members
of
control
functions
is
directly
overseen
by
BlackRock's
independent
remuneration
committee.
Members
of
staff
and
senior
management
of
the
Company
typically
provide
both
AIFMD
and
non-AIFMD
related
services
in
respect
of
multiple
funds,
clients
and
functions
of
the
Company
and
across
the
broader
BlackRock
group.
Therefore,
the
figures
disclosed
are
a
sum
of
each
individual’s
portion
of
remuneration
attributable
to
the
Fund
according
to
an
objective
apportionment
methodology
which
acknowledges
the
multiple-service
nature
of
the
Company.
Accordingly
the
figures
are
not
representative
of
any
individual’s
actual
remuneration
or
their
remuneration
structure.
Total
Cumulative
Distributions
for
the
Fiscal
Year
%
Breakdown
of
the
Total
Cumulative
Distributions
for
the
Fiscal
Year
iShares
ETF
Net
Investment
Income
Net
Realized
Capital
Gains
Return
of
Capital
Total
Per
Share
Net
Investment
Income
Net
Realized
Capital
Gains
Return
of
Capital
Total
Per
Share
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
............
$
1.217656
$
$
$
1.217656
100
%
%
%
100
%
33
Supplemental
Information
Supplemental
Information
(unaudited)
(continued)
The
amount
of
total
&
aggregate
remuneration
awarded
by
the
company
to
its
staff
which
has
been
attributed
to
the Fund
in
respect
of
the
company’s
financial
year
ending
December
31,
2021
were
as
follows:
Disclosures
under
the
EU
Sustainable
Finance
Disclosure
Regulation
The
Fund
is
registered
under
the
Alternative
Investment
Fund
Managers
Directive
to
be
marketed
to
European
Union
(“EU”)
investors,
as
noted
above.
As
a
result,
certain
disclosures
are
required
under
the
EU
Sustainable
Finance
Disclosure
Regulation
(“SFDR”).
The
Fund
has
not
been
categorized
under
the
SFDR
as
an
“Article
8”
or
“Article
9”
product.
In
addition,
the
Fund’s
investments
do
not
take
into
account
the
criteria
for
environmentally
sustainable
economic
activities
under
the
EU
sustainable
investment
taxonomy
regulation.
iShares
ETF
Total
Remuneration
Fixed
Remuneration
Variable
Remuneration
No.
of
Beneficiaries
Senior
Management
Remuneration
Risk
Taker
Remuneration
MSCI
USA
Equal
Weighted
.................
$
45,759
$
21,395
$
24,364
661
$
5,601
$
579
Director
and
Officer
Information
(unaudited)
34
2022
iShares
Annual
Report
to
Shareholders
The
Board
of
Directors
has
responsibility
for
the
overall
management
and
operations
of
the
Funds,
including
general
supervision
of
the
duties
performed
by
BFA
and
other
service
providers.
Each
Director
serves
until
he
or
she
resigns,
is
removed,
dies,
retires
or
becomes
incapacitated.
Each
officer
shall
hold
office
until
his
or
her
successor
is
elected
and
qualifies
or
until
his
or
her
death,
resignation
or
removal.
Directors
who
are
not
“interested
persons”
(as
defined
in
the
1940
Act)
of
the
Company
are
referred
to
as
independent
directors
(“Independent
Directors”). 
The
registered
investment
companies
advised
by
BFA
or
its
affiliates
(the
“BlackRock-advised
Funds”)
are
organized
into
one
complex
of
open-end
equity,
multi-asset,
index
and
money
market
funds
and
ETFs
(the
“BlackRock
Multi-Asset
Complex”),
one
complex
of
closed-end
funds
and
open-end
non-index
fixed-income
funds
(including
ETFs)
(the
“BlackRock
Fixed-Income
Complex”)
and
one
complex
of
ETFs
(“Exchange-Traded
Fund
Complex”)
(each,
a
“BlackRock
Fund
Complex”).
Each
Fund
is
included
in
the
Exchange-Traded
Fund
Complex.
Each
Director also
serves
as
a
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
and
a
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
and,
as
a
result,
oversees
all
of
the
funds
within
the
Exchange-Traded
Fund
Complex,
which
consists
of
378
funds
as
of
August
31,
2022.
With
the
exception
of
Robert
S.
Kapito,
Salim
Ramji
and
Charles
Park,
the
address
of
each
Director and
officer
is
c/o
BlackRock,
Inc.,
400
Howard
Street,
San
Francisco,
CA
94105.
The
address
of
Mr.
Kapito,
Mr.
Ramji
and
Mr.
Park
is
c/o
BlackRock,
Inc.,
Park
Avenue
Plaza,
55
East
52nd
Street,
New
York,
NY
10055.
The
Board
has
designated
John
E.
Kerrigan
as
its
Independent
Board
Chair.
Additional
information
about
the
Funds’
Directors and
officers
may
be
found
in
the
Funds’
combined
Statement
of
Additional
Information,
which
is
available
without
charge,
upon
request,
by
calling
toll-free
1-800-iShares
(1-800-474-2737).
Interested
Directors
(a)
Robert
S.
Kapito
is
deemed
to
be
an
“interested
person”
(as
defined
in
the
1940
Act)
of
the
Company
due
to
his
affiliations
with
BlackRock,
Inc.
and
its
affiliates.
(b)
Salim
Ramji
is
deemed
to
be
an
“interested
person”
(as
defined
in
the
1940
Act)
of
the
Company
due
to
his
affiliations
with
BlackRock,
Inc.
and
its
affiliates.
Independent
Directors
Name
(Age)
Position(s)
Principal
Occupation(s)
During
Past
5
Years
Other
Directorships
Held
by
Director
Robert
S.
Kapito
(a)
(65)
Director
(since
2009).
President,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2006);
Vice
Chairman
of
BlackRock,
Inc.
and
Head
of
BlackRock’s
Portfolio
Management
Group
(since
its
formation
in
1998)
and
BlackRock,
Inc.’s
predecessor
entities
(since
1988);
Trustee,
University
of
Pennsylvania
(since
2009);
President
of
Board
of
Directors,
Hope
&
Heroes
Children’s
Cancer
Fund
(since
2002).
Director
of
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2006);
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2011);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2009)
Salim
Ramji
(b)
(52)
Director
(since
2019).
Senior
Managing
Director,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2014);
Global
Head
of
BlackRock’s
ETF
and
Index
Investments
Business
(since
2019);
Head
of
BlackRock’s
U.S.
Wealth
Advisory
Business
(2015-2019);
Global
Head
of
Corporate
Strategy,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(2014-2015);
Senior
Partner,
McKinsey
&
Company
(2010-2014).
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2019);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2019).
Name
(Age)
Position(s)
Principal
Occupation(s)
During
Past
5
Years
Other
Directorships
Held
by
Director
John
E.
Kerrigan
(67)
Director
(since
2005);
Independent
Board
Chair
(since
2022).
Chief
Investment
Officer,
Santa
Clara
University
(since
2002).
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2011);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2005);
Independent
Board
Chair
of
iShares
Trust
and
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2022).
Jane
D.
Carlin
(66)
Director
(since
2015);
Risk
Committee
Chair
(since
2016).
Consultant
(since
2012);
Member
of
the
Audit
Committee
(2012-2018),
Chair
of
the
Nominating
and
Governance
Committee
(2017-2018)
and
Director
of
PHH
Corporation
(mortgage
solutions)
(2012-2018);
Managing
Director
and
Global
Head
of
Financial
Holding
Company
Governance
&
Assurance
and
the
Global
Head
of
Operational
Risk
Management
of
Morgan
Stanley
(2006-2012).
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2015);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2015);
Member
of
the
Audit
Committee
(since
2016),
Chair
of
the
Audit
Committee
(since
2020)
and
Director
of
The
Hanover
Insurance
Group,
Inc.
(since
2016).
Richard
L.
Fagnani
(67)
Director
(since
2017);
Audit
Committee
Chair
(since
2019).
Partner,
KPMG
LLP
(2002-2016).
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2017);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2017).
Cecilia
H.
Herbert
(73)
Director
(since
2005);
Nominating
and
Governance
and
Equity
Plus
Committee
Chairs
(since
2022).
Chair
of
the
Finance
Committee
(since
2019)
and
Trustee
and
Member
of
the
Finance,
Audit
and
Quality
Committees
of
Stanford
Health
Care
(since
2016);
Trustee
of
WNET,
New
York’s
public
media
company
(since
2011)
and
Member
of
the
Audit
Committee
(since
2018)
and
Investment
Committee
(since
2011);
Chair
(1994-2005)
and
Member
(since
1992)
of
the
Investment
Committee,
Archdiocese
of
San
Francisco;
Trustee
of
Forward
Funds
(14
portfolios)
(2009-2018);
Trustee
of
Salient
MF
Trust
(4
portfolios)
(2015-2018);
Director
(1998-2013)
and
President
(2007-2011)
of
the
Board
of
Directors,
Catholic
Charities
CYO;
Trustee
(2002-
2011)
and
Chair
of
the
Finance
and
Investment
Committee
(2006-2010)
of
the
Thacher
School;
Director
of
the
Senior
Center
of
Jackson
Hole
(since
2020).
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2011);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2005);
Trustee
of
Thrivent
Church
Loan
and
Income
Fund
(since
2019).
Director
and
Officer
Information
(unaudited)
(
continued)
35
Director
and
Officer
Information
Officers
Name
(Age)
Position(s)
Principal
Occupation(s)
During
Past
5
Years
Other
Directorships
Held
by
Director
Drew
E.
Lawton
(63)
Director
(since
2017);
15(c)
Committee
Chair
(since
2017).
Senior
Managing
Director
of
New
York
Life
Insurance
Company
(2010-2015).
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2017);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2017).
John
E.
Martinez
(61)
Director
(since
2003);
Securities
Lending
Committee
Chair
(since
2019).
Director
of
Real
Estate
Equity
Exchange,
Inc.
(since
2005);
Director
of
Cloudera
Foundation
(2017-2020);
and
Director
of
Reading
Partners
(2012-2016).
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2011);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2003).
Madhav
V.
Rajan
(58)
Director
(since
2011);
Fixed
Income
Plus
Committee
Chair
(since
2019).
Dean,
and
George
Pratt
Shultz
Professor
of
Accounting,
University
of
Chicago
Booth
School
of
Business
(since
2017);
Advisory
Board
Member
(since
2016)
and
Director
(since
2020)
of
C.M.
Capital
Corporation;
Chair
of
the
Board
for
the
Center
for
Research
in
Security
Prices,
LLC
(since
2020);
Robert
K.
Jaedicke
Professor
of
Accounting,
Stanford
University
Graduate
School
of
Business
(2001-2017);
Professor
of
Law
(by
courtesy),
Stanford
Law
School
(2005-2017);
Senior
Associate
Dean
for
Academic
Affairs
and
Head
of
MBA
Program,
Stanford
University
Graduate
School
of
Business
(2010-2016).
Trustee
of
iShares
U.S.
ETF
Trust
(since
2011);
Trustee
of
iShares
Trust
(since
2011).
Name
(Age)
Position(s)
Principal
Occupation(s)
During
Past
5
Years
Armando
Senra
(51)
President
(since
2019).
Managing
Director,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2007);
Head
of
U.S.,
Canada
and
Latam
iShares,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2019);
Head
of
Latin
America
Region,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(2006-2019);
Managing
Director,
Bank
of
America
Merrill
Lynch
(1994-2006).
Trent
Walker
(48)
Treasurer
and
Chief
Financial
Officer
(since
2020).
Managing
Director,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
September
2019);
Chief
Financial
Officer
of
iShares
Delaware
Trust
Sponsor
LLC,
BlackRock
Funds,
BlackRock
Funds
II,
BlackRock
Funds
IV,
BlackRock
Funds
V
and
BlackRock
Funds
VI
(since
2021);
Executive
Vice
President
of
PIMCO
(2016-2019);
Senior
Vice
President
of
PIMCO
(2008-2015);
Treasurer
(2013-2019)
and
Assistant
Treasurer
(2007-2017)
of
PIMCO
Funds,
PIMCO
Variable
Insurance
Trust,
PIMCO
ETF
Trust,
PIMCO
Equity
Series,
PIMCO
Equity
Series
VIT,
PIMCO
Managed
Accounts
Trust,
2
PIMCO-sponsored
interval
funds
and
21
PIMCO-sponsored
closed-end
funds.
Charles
Park
(55)
Chief
Compliance
Officer
(since
2006).
Chief
Compliance
Officer
of
BlackRock
Advisors,
LLC
and
the
BlackRock-advised
Funds
in
the
BlackRock
Multi-Asset
Complex
and
the
BlackRock
Fixed-Income
Complex
(since
2014);
Chief
Compliance
Officer
of
BFA
(since
2006).
Marisa
Rolland
(42)
Secretary
(since
2022).
Director,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2018);
Vice
President,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(2010-2017).
Rachel
Aguirre
(40)
Executive
Vice
President
(since
2022).
Managing
Director,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2018);
Director,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(2009-2018);
Head
of
U.S.
iShares
Product
(since
2022);
Head
of
EII
U.S.
Product
Engineering
(since
2021);
Co-Head
of
EII’s
Americas
Portfolio
Engineering
(2020-2021);
Head
of
Developed
Markets
Portfolio
Engineering
(2016-2019).
Jennifer
Hsui
(46)
Executive
Vice
President
(since
2022).
Managing
Director,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2009);
Co-Head
of
Index
Equity
(since
2022).
James
Mauro
(51)
Executive
Vice
President
(since
2022).
Managing
Director,
BlackRock,
Inc.
(since
2010);
Head
of
Fixed
Income
Index
Investments
in
the
Americas
and
Head
of
San
Francisco
Core
Portfolio
Management
(since
2020).
Effective
March
18,
2022,
Rachel
Aguirre,
Jennifer
Hsui,
and
James
Mauro
have
replaced
Scott
Radell,
Alan
Mason,
and
Marybeth
Leithead
as
Executive
Vice
Presidents.
Effective
June
15,
2022,
Marisa
Rolland
replaced
Deepa
Damre
Smith
as
Secretary.
Independent
Directors
(
continued
)
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Information
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prospectus
has
been
posted
on
the
iShares
website
at
iShares.com
.
Once
you
have
enrolled,
you
will
no
longer
receive
prospectuses
and
shareholder
reports
in
the
mail.
To
enroll
in
electronic
delivery:
Go
to
icsdelivery.com
.
If
your
brokerage
firm
is
not
listed,
electronic
delivery
may
not
be
available.
Please
contact
your
broker-dealer
or
financial
advisor.
Householding
Householding
is
an
option
available
to
certain
fund
investors.
Householding
is
a
method
of
delivery,
based
on
the
preference
of
the
individual
investor,
in
which
a
single
copy
of
certain
shareholder
documents
and
Rule
30e-3
notices
can
be
delivered
to
investors
who
share
the
same
address,
even
if
their
accounts
are
registered
under
different
names.
Please
contact
your
broker-dealer
if
you
are
interested
in
enrolling
in
householding
and
receiving
a
single
copy
of
prospectuses
and
other
shareholder
documents,
or
if
you
are
currently
enrolled
in
householding
and
wish
to
change
your
householding
status.
Availability
of
Quarterly
Schedule
of
Investments
The
Fund
files
its
complete
schedule
of
portfolio
holdings
with
the
SEC
for
the
first
and
third
quarters
of
each
fiscal
year
as
an
exhibit
to
its
reports
on
Form
N-PORT.
The
Fund’s
Form
N-PORT
are
available
on
the
SEC’s
website
at
sec.gov
.
Additionally,
the
Fund
makes
its
portfolio
holdings
for
the
first
and
third
quarters
of
each
fiscal
year
available
at
iShares.com/fundreports
.
Availability
of
Proxy
Voting
Policies
and
Proxy
Voting
Records
A
description
of
the
policies
and
procedures
that
the
iShares
Funds
use
to
determine
how
to
vote
proxies
relating
to
portfolio
securities
and
information
about
how
the
iShares
Funds
voted
proxies
relating
to
portfolio
securities
during
the
most
recent
twelve-month
period
ending
June
30
is
available
without
charge,
upon
request
(1)
by
calling
toll-free
1-800-474-2737;
(2)
on
the
iShares
website
at
iShares.com
;
and
(3)
on
the
SEC
website
at
sec.gov
.
A
description
of
the
Company’s
policies
and
procedures
with
respect
to
the
disclosure
of
the
Fund’s
portfolio
securities
is
available
in
the
Fund
Prospectus.
The
Fund
discloses
its
portfolio
holdings
daily
and
provides
information
regarding
its
top
holdings
in
Fund
fact
sheets
at
iShares.com
.
Glossary
of
Terms
Used
in
this
Report
37
Glossary
of
Terms
Used
in
this
Report
Portfolio
Abbreviation
NVS
Non-Voting
Shares
iS-AR-823-0822
Want
to
know
more?
iShares.com
|
1-800-474-2737
This
report
is
intended
for
the
Fund’s
shareholders.
It
may
not
be
distributed
to
prospective
investors
unless
it
is
preceded
or
accompanied
by
the
current
prospectus.
Investing
involves
risk,
including
possible
loss
of
principal.
The
iShares
Funds
are
distributed
by
BlackRock
Investments,
LLC
(together
with
its
affiliates,
“BlackRock”).
The
iShares
Funds
are
not
sponsored,
endorsed,
issued,
sold
or
promoted
by
MSCI
Inc.,
nor
does
this
company
make
any
representation
regarding
the
advisability
of
investing
in
the
iShares
Funds.
BlackRock
is
not
affiliated
with
the
company
listed
above.
©2022
BlackRock,
Inc.
All
rights
reserved.
iSHARES
and
BLACKROCK
are
registered
trademarks
of
BlackRock,
Inc.
or
its
subsidiaries.
All
other
marks
are
the
property
of
their
respective
owners.
 
(b) Not Applicable
 
Item 2.      Code of Ethics.
 
The registrant
has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics was amended to clarify an inconsistency in to whom persons covered by the code should report suspected violations of the code. The amendment clarifies that such reporting should be made to BlackRock’s General Counsel, and retains the alternative option of anonymous reporting following “whistleblower” policies. Other non
material changes were also made in connection with this amendment. During the period covered by this report, there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics.
The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-474-2737.
 
Item 3.      Audit Committee Financial Expert.
 
The registrant’s Board of Directors has determined that the registrant has more than one audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined under Item 3(b) and 3(c), serving on its audit committee. The audit committee financial experts serving on the registrant’s audit committee are Richard L. Fagnani and Madhav V. Rajan, all of whom are independent, as that term is defined under Item 3(a)(2).
 
Item 4.      Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
The principal accountant fees disclosed in items 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 4(d) and 4(g) are for the
one
series of the registrant for which the fiscal year-end is
August 31, 2022
(the “Funds”), and whose annual financial statements are reported in Item 1.
 
(a)
    
Audit Fees
– The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Funds’ annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $12,700 for the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2021
and $12,700  for the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2022
.
 
(b)
   
Audit-Related Fees
– There were no fees billed for the fiscal years end
ed August 31, 2021
and
August 31, 2022
for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Fund’s financial statements and are not reported under (a) of this Item.
 
(c)
    
Tax Fees
– The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for the Funds were $9700 for the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2021
and $9,700 for the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2022
. These services related to the review of the Funds’ tax returns and excise tax calculations.
 
(d)
   
All Other Fees
– There were no other fees billed in each of the fiscal years end
ed August 31, 2021 and
August 31, 2022
for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in (a) through (c) of this Item.
 
(e)
    
(1) The registrant’s audit committee charter, as amended, provides that the audit committee is responsible for the approval, prior to appointment, of the engagement of the principal accountant to annually audit and provide their opinion on the registrant’s financial statements. The audit committee must also approve, prior to appointment, the engagement of the principal accountant to provide non-audit services to the registrant or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the registrant’s investment adviser (“Adviser Affiliate”) that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.
 
(2) There were no services described in (b) through (d) above that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
 
(f)
     
None of the hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the Funds’ financial statements for the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2022
were attributable to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.
 
(g)
   
The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the Funds, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the last two fiscal years were $9,700 for the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2021
and $9700 for the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2022
.
 
 
(h)
   
The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, if any, is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence, and has determined that the provision of these services, if any, does not compromise the principal accountant’s independence.
 
(i)
     
Not Applicable
 
(j)
     
Not Applicable

 

 

Item 5.      Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

 
(a)
The registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934 and has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act of 1934.  The registrant’s audit committee members are Richard L. Fagnani, Cecilia H. Herbert and Madhav V. Rajan.
 
(b) Not applicable.
 

Item 6.      Investments.

 
(a)
    
Schedules of investments are included as part of the reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
 
(b)
   
Not applicable.
 
 
Item 7.      Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
      Not applicable to the registrant.
 
Item 8.      Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
     
Not applicable to the registrant.
 

Item 9.      Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 
      Not applicable to the registrant.
 
Item 10.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
      There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Directors.
 
Item 11.    Controls and Procedures.
 
(a) The President (the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (the registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act of 1934.
 
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Item 12.    Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
     
Not applicable to the registrant.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 13.    Exhibits.
 
(a) (1) Code of Ethics is not filed as an exhibit; please refer to Item 2.
 
 
      (a) (3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable.
 
      (a) (4)  Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable.
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
iShares, Inc.
 
 
 
By: /s/
Armando Senra
 
 
Armando Senra, President (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
Date: 
November 9, 2022
 
 
 
 
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/
Armando Senra
 
 
Armando Senra, President (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
Date:
November 9, 2022
 
 
 
By: /s/
Trent Walker
 
 
Trent Walker, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
Date:
November 9, 2022