Fund Description: iShares Edge MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF, formerly iShares MSCI International Developed Quality Factor ETF, is an exchange-traded index fund or Index ETF which is a separate investment portfolio of the iShares Trust, an open-end investment management company. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: The iShares Edge MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI World ex USA Sector Neutral Quality Index. INDEX DESCRIPTION: The MSCI World ex USA Sector Neutral Quality Index is based on a traditional market capitalization-weighted parent index, the MSCI World ex USA Index, which includes equity securities in the top 85% of equity market capitalization in certain developed market countries, excluding the U.S. The Index seeks to capture the performance of stocks deemed by MSCI Inc. (MSCI) to be quality stocks by identifying common stocks with high quality scores based on three main fundamental variables: high return on equity, stable year-over-year earnings growth and low financial leverage, while maintaining reasonably high trading liquidity, investment capacity and moderate index turnover. The Index is rebalanced quarterly. Index includes large- and mid-capitalization companies, and components primarily include consumer discretionary, financials and industrials companies. The components of the Index, and the degree to which these components represent certain countries or industries, may change over time. FUND STRATEGY: A passive or indexing approach is used to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, 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 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 keeping portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies. The Adviser 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 the 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 the Index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. The Fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of the Index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the Index. The Fund may invest the remainder of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds as well as in securities not included in the Index, but which the advisor believes will help the Fund track the Index. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of the collateral received). FUND MANAGEMENT: BlackRock Fund Advisors serves as the investment advisor for the Fund.