ISHARES S&P 500 VALUE ETF

Investment objective: The iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (the Fund ) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics.

Principal investment strategies: The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500 Value Index TM (the Underlying Index ), which measures the performance of the large-capitalization value sector of the U.S. equity market. It is a subset of the S&P 500 (the Parent Index ) and consists of those stocks in the Parent Index exhibiting the strongest value characteristics, as determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the Index Provider or SPDJI ), a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. The value characteristics used by the Index Provider are book value to price ratio, earnings to price ratio and sales to price ratio. The Underlying Index represented approximately 48.33% of the market capitalization of the Parent Index as of March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, stocks must have a market capitalization of at least $20.5 billion for initial inclusion in the Parent Index; this threshold and constituents' market capitalization may fluctuate depending on the overall level of the equity markets. The Underlying Index uses a capping methodology at each quarterly rebalance, that limits the weight of any single company to a maximum of 23% of the Underlying Index weight, and the sum of all companies with a weight above 4.8% to an aggregate of 50% of the Underlying Index weight. Additionally, if, on the third to last business day of March, June, September, or December a company has an index weight greater than 24% or the sum of the companies with weights greater than 4.8% exceeds 50%, a secondary reweighting is triggered with the rebalancing effective date after the close of the last business day of the month. As of March 31, 2025, a significant portion of the Underlying Index is represented by securities of companies in the financials, healthcare and technology industries or sectors. The components of the Underlying Index are likely to change over time. BFA uses an indexing approach to try to achieve the Funds investment objective. The Fund does not try to beat the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies. BFA uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. Representative sampling is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable underlying index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its Underlying Index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates, as well as in securities not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. Cash and cash equivalent investments associated with a derivative position will be treated as part of that position for the purposes of calculating the percentage of investments included in the Underlying Index. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Underlying Index before fees and expenses of the Fund. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of any collateral received). The Underlying Index is a product of SPDJI, which is ? independent of the Fund and BFA. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index. Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments ( i.e. , hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. Continue reading...

Source: Fund prospectus, 485BPOS, filed 2025-07-22