SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM N-CSRS Certified semi-annual shareholder report of registered management investment companies filed on Form N-CSR Filing Date: 2009-04-09 | Period of Report: 2009-01-31 SEC Accession No. 0001193125-09-076301 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER iSHARES TRUST Mailing Address Business Address 200 CLARENDON 400 HOWARD STREET CIK:1100663| IRS No.: 943351276 | State of Incorp.:DE | Fiscal Year End: 1231 BOSTON MA 02116 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105 Type: N-CSRS | Act: 40 | File No.: 811-09729 | Film No.: 09741794 617 937 5525 Copyright © 2012 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-CSRS CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES Investment Company Act file number 811-09729 iShares Trust (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) c/o: State Street Bank and Trust Company 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) CT Corporation System 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 (Name and address of agent for service) Registrants telephone number, including area code: 1-800-474-2737 Date of fiscal year end: July 31, 2009 Date of reporting period: January 31, 2009 Copyright © 2012 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Item 1. Reports to Stockholders. Copyright © 2012 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. 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Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Table of Contents Fund Performance Overviews 1 Shareholder Expenses 13 Schedules of Investments 15 iShares S&P North American Technology Sector Index Fund 15 iShares S&P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking Index Fund 19 iShares S&P North American Technology-Semiconductors Index Fund 20 iShares S&P North American Technology-Software Index Fund 22 iShares S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index Fund 24 iShares NYSE Composite Index Fund 27 iShares NYSE 100 Index Fund 46 Financial Statements 49 Financial Highlights 57 Notes to Financial Statements 64 iShares Family of Funds 73 Copyright © 2012 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Fund Performance Overview iSHARES® S&P NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY SECTOR INDEX FUND Performance as of January 31, 2009 The iShares S&P North American Technology Sector Index Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P North American Technology Sector IndexTM (the Index). The Index measures the performance of U.S.-traded stocks of technology-related companies in the U.S. and Canada. The Index includes companies in the following categories: producers of sophisticated computer-related devices; communications equipment and internet services; producers of computer and internet software; consultants for information technology; providers of computer services; and semiconductor equipment manufacturers. 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. For the six-month period ended January 31, 2009, the total return for the Fund was (36.55)%, while the total return for the Index was (36.47)%. Average Annual Total Returns Year Ended 1/31/09 Five Years Ended 1/31/09 Inception to 1/31/09 NAV MARKET INDEX NAV MARKET INDEX NAV MARKET INDEX (36.76)% (36.52)% (36.53)% (7.08)% (7.10)% (6.66)% (6.51)% (6.50)% (6.08)% Cumulative Total Returns Year Ended 1/31/09 Five Years Ended 1/31/09 Inception to 1/31/09 NAV MARKET INDEX NAV MARKET INDEX NAV MARKET INDEX (36.76)% (36.52)% (36.53)% (30.72)% (30.79)% (29.15)% (41.21)% (41.18)% (39.03)% Total returns for the period since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (3/13/01). Average Annual Total Returns represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the period(s) indicated. Cumulative Total Returns represent the total change in value of an investment over the period(s) indicated. The Funds per share net asset value or NAV is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (Market Price) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Funds NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Funds inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (3/19/01), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively. An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the table(s) above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Funds past performance is no guarantee of future results. FUND PERFORMANCE OVERVIEWS 1 Copyright © 2012 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Fund Performance Overview (Continued) iSHARES® S&P NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY SECTOR INDEX FUND PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS As of 1/31/09 As of 1/31/09 Percentage of Percentage of Industry Net Assets Security Net Assets Computers International Business Machines Corp. 30.03 % 8.45 % Software Microsoft Corp. 21.25 6.67 Telecommunications Hewlett-Packard Co. 15.32 6.48 Semiconductors Cisco Systems Inc. 13.33 6.35 Internet Apple Inc. 12.70 5.92 Commercial Services Google Inc. Class A 3.17 5.85 Electronics Intel Corp. 3.15 5.14 Office & Business Equipment Oracle Corp. 0.44 4.76 Distribution & Wholesale QUALCOMM Inc. 0.22 4.73 Electrical Components & Equipment Research in Motion Ltd. 0.14 2.08 Machinery TOTAL 0.13 56.43 % Entertainment 0.08 2 2009 iSHARES SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS Copyright © 2012 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Short-Term and Other Net Assets 0.04 TOTAL 100.00 % Copyright © 2012 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Fund Performance Overview iSHARES® S&P NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY-MULTIMEDIA NETWORKING INDEX FUND Performance as of January 31, 2009 The iShares S&P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking Index Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking IndexTM (the Index). The Index measures the performance of U.S.-traded stocks of communication equipment companies in the U.S. and Canada. The Index includes companies that are producers of telecom, data networking and wireless equipment. 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.