SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 0
ISHARES Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF
Common Stock
Cusip #464287614
Cusip #464287614
Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 4: Delaware
Item 5: 29,247,140
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 29,247,140
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 29,247,140
Item 11: 10.764%
Item 12: HC
Cusip #464287614
Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d
Item 4: United States of America
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 29,247,140
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 29,247,140
Item 11: 10.764%
Item 12: IN
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
ISHARES Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF
Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
FMR LLC
Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:
245 Summer Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02210
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
464287614
Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company
in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See
Item 7).
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 29,247,140
(b) Percent of Class: 10.764%
(c) Number of shares as to which such
person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct
the vote: 29,247,140
(ii) shared power to vote or to
direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to
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direct the disposition of: 29,247,140
(iv) shared power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 0
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the
date hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of
securities, check the following (X).
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.
Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct
the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the
Common Stock of ISHARES Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF. The interest of
one person, Strategic Advisers Growth Fund, in the Common Stock of ISHARES
Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF, amounted to 18,223,100 shares or 6.707%
of the total outstanding Common Stock at March 31, 2013
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company.
See attached Exhibit A.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group.
Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification.
Inasmuch as the reporting persons are no longer the beneficial
owners of more than five percent of the number of shares
outstanding, the reporting persons have no further reporting
obligation under Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder, and the reporting persons have no
obligation to amend this Statement if any material change
occurs in the facts set forth herein.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
April 09, 2013
Date
/s/ Scott C. Goebel
Signature
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
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SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
The ownership of one person, Strategic Advisers
Growth Fund, amounted to 18,223,100 shares or 6.707%
of the Common Stock outstanding. Strategic Advisers
Growth Fund has its principal business office at 245
Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Strategic Advisers, Inc., 245 Summer Street, Boston,
MA 02210, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an
investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, provides investment
advisory services to individuals. As such, FMR LLC's
beneficial ownership includes 29,247,140 shares, or
10.764%,of the Common Stock outstanding of ISHARES Russell
1000 Growth Index ETF, beneficially owned through Strategic
Advisers, Inc.
Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d,
Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly
or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR
LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC.
The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders
have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under
which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in
accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common
shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting
common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting
agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed,
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a
controlling group with respect to FMR LLC.
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT
The undersigned persons, on April 09, 2013, agree and
consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G
in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Common
Stock of ISHARES Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF at March
31, 2013.
FMR LLC
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries
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Edward C. Johnson 3d
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d
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