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iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 20, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 20, 2024

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2023

1 - Organization

The iShares S&P GSCI™ Commodity-Indexed Trust (the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust that was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on* July 7, 2006and commenced operations on July 10, 2006.*iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the sponsor of the Trust (the “Sponsor”). The sole member and manager of the Sponsor is BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., a Delaware corporation.

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. is the trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”). The Trust is governed by the Third Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of* December 31, 2013 (*the “Trust Agreement”), among the Sponsor, the Trustee and Wilmington Trust Company (the “Delaware Trustee”). The Trust issues units of beneficial interest (“Shares”) representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets.

The Trust holds long positions in exchange-traded index futures contracts of various expirations (“Index Futures”) on the S&P GSCI™ Excess Return Index (“S&P GSCI‑ER”). In order to collateralize its Index Futures positions and to reflect the U.S. Treasury component of the S&P GSCI™ Total Return Index (the “Index”), the Trust also holds “Collateral Assets,” which consist of cash, U.S. Treasury securities or other short-term securities and similar securities that are eligible as margin deposits for those Index Futures positions. The Index Futures held by the Trust are listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (the “CME”).

The Trust seeks to track the results of a fully collateralized investment in futures contracts on an index composed of a diversified group of commodity futures. The Trust seeks to track the investment returns of the Index before payment of the Trust’s expenses and liabilities.

The Trust is a commodity pool, as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”) and the applicable regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), and is operated by the Sponsor, a commodity pool operator registered with the CFTC. The Sponsor is an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock Fund Advisors (the “Advisor”), an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, serves as the commodity trading advisor of the Trust and is registered with the CFTC.

The Trust qualifies as an investment company solely for accounting purposes and follows the accounting and reporting guidance under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic946, Financial Services – Investment Companies, but isnot registered, and isnot required to be registered, as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of1940, as amended.

2 - Significant Accounting Policies

A.Basis of Accounting

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Certain statements and captions in the financial statements for the prior year have been changed to conform to the current financial statement presentation.

B.Investment in Index Futures

The Trust seeks to track the results of a fully collateralized investment in futures contracts on an index composed of a diversified group of commodity futures, including energy commodities, precious and industrial metal commodities, agricultural commodities and livestock commodities. The Trust seeks to track the investment returns of the Index before payment of the Trust’s expenses and liabilities.

The assets of the Trust consist of Index Futures and cash or other Collateral Assets used to satisfy applicable margin requirements for those Index Futures positions. Index Futures are exchange-traded index futures contracts on the S&P GSCI-ER, and are expected to include contracts of different terms and expirations. The Trust is expected to roll out of existing positions in Index Futures and establish new positions in Index Futures on an ongoing basis. When establishing positions in Index Futures, the Trust is required to deposit cash or other Collateral Assets with the broker as “initial margin.” On a daily basis, the Trust is obligated to pay, or entitled to receive, cash in an amount equal to the change in the daily settlement level of its Index Futures positions. Such payments or receipts are known as 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 Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When an Index Futures contract is closed, the Trust records a realized gain or loss based on the difference between the value of the Index Futures contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Index Futures are derivative instruments valued at fair value, which the Trustee has determined to be that day’s announced settlement price on the CME or any such other futures exchange listing Index Futures (the “Exchange”). If there isno announced settlement price for a particular Index Futures contract on that day, the Trustee will use the most recently announced settlement price unless the Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that such price is inappropriate as a basis for valuation. The Trust’s derivatives arenot designated as hedges, and all changes in the fair value are reflected in the Statements of Operations.

For futures contracts, counterparty credit risk is mitigated because futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearing house acts as central counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts (although customers continue to have credit exposure to the clearing member who holds their account).

Please refer to Note9 for additional disclosures regarding the Trust’s investments in futures contracts.

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C.Cash

The Trust considers cash as currencies deposited inone or more bank account. Cash is presented on the Statements of Cash Flows as unrestricted cash.

D.Short-Term Investments

Short-term investments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities consist principally of short-term fixed income securities with original maturities ofone year or less. These investments are valued at fair value.

As of* December 31, 2023and December 31, 2022,*the Trust had restricted short-term investments held at the broker of $68,298,743 and $102,037,820, respectively, which were posted as margin for the Trust’s Index Futures positions.

E.Securities Transactions and Income Recognition

Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis.

F.Income Taxes

The Trust is treated as a partnership for federal, state and local income tax purposes.

No provision for federal, state, and local income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements because the Trust isnot subject to income taxes. Shareholders are individually responsible for their own tax payments on their proportionate share of income, gain, loss, deduction, expense and credit.

The Sponsor has analyzed the tax positions as of* December 31, 2023,inclusive of the open tax return years, and doesnot* believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

G.Calculation of Net Asset Value

The net asset value of the Trust on any given day is obtained by subtracting the Trust’s accrued expenses and other liabilities on that day from the value of (1) the Trust’s Index Futures positions and Collateral Assets on that day, (2) the interest earned on those assets by the Trust and (3) any other assets of the Trust, as of4:00 p.m. (New York time) that day. The Trustee determines the net asset value per Share (the “NAV”) by dividing the net asset value of the Trust on a given day by the number of Shares outstanding at the time the calculation is made. The NAV is calculated each business day on which NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”) is open for regular trading, as soon as practicable after4:00 p.m. (New York time).

H.Distributions

Interest and distributions received by the Trust on its assets* maybe used to acquire additional Index Futures and Collateral Assets or, in the discretion of the Sponsor, distributed to shareholders. The Trust is underno* obligation to make periodic distributions to shareholders.

3 - Offering of the Shares

Shares are issued and redeemed continuously inone or more blocks of 50,000 Shares (the “Baskets”) in exchange for Index Futures and cash (or, in the discretion of the Sponsor, other Collateral Assets in lieu of cash). Only registered broker-dealers who have entered into an authorized participant agreement with the Trust (each, an “Authorized Participant”)* maypurchase or redeem Baskets. Individual investors that arenot* Authorized Participants cannot purchase or redeem Shares in direct transactions with the Trust. Authorized Participants* mayredeem their Shares (as well as Shares on behalf of other investors) at any time before2:40* p.m. (New York time) on any business day inone or more Baskets. Redemptions of Shares in exchange for baskets of Index Futures and cash (or, in the discretion of the Sponsor, other Collateral Assets in lieu of cash) are treated as sales for financial statement purposes.

It is possible that, from time to time, BlackRock and/or funds or other accounts managed by the Trustee or an affiliate (collectively, “Affiliates”)* may*purchase and hold Shares of the Trust. Affiliates reserve the right, subject to compliance with applicable law, to sell into the market or redeem in Baskets through an Authorized Participant at any time some or all of the Shares of the Trust acquired for their own accounts. A large sale or redemption of Shares of the Trust by Affiliates could significantly reduce the asset size of the Trust, which might have an adverse effect on the Trust and the Shares that remain outstanding.

4 - Trust Expenses

The Trust is responsible for paying any applicable brokerage commissions and similar transaction fees out of its assets in connection with the roll of Index Futures held by the Trust. These expenses are recorded as brokerage commissions and fees in the Statements of Operations as incurred.

The Sponsor pays the amounts that would otherwise be considered the ordinary operating expenses, if any, of the Trust. In return, the Sponsor receives a fee from the Trust that accrues daily and is payable monthly in arrears at an annualized rate equal to 0.75% of the net asset value of the Trust, as calculated before deducting fees and expenses based on the value of the Trust’s assets.

The Sponsor has agreed under the Trust Agreement to pay the following administrative, operational and marketing expenses: (1) the fees of the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Advisor, the Trust Administrator, the processing agent and their respective agents, (2) NYSE Arca listing fees, (3) printing and mailing costs, (4) audit fees, (5) fees for registration of the Shares with the SEC, (6) tax reporting costs, (7) license fees and (8) legal expenses relating to the Trust of up to $500,000 annually. Prior to* March 31, 2022the Sponsor had agreed to assume up to $100,000 per annum in legal fees and expenses. The Sponsor maydetermine in its sole discretion to assume legal fees and expenses of the Trust in excess of the amount required under the Trust Agreement. To the extent that the Sponsor doesnot* voluntarily assume such fees and expenses, they will be the responsibility of the Trust.

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5 - Related Parties

The Sponsor, the Trustee and the Advisor are considered to be related parties to the Trust. The Trustee’s and Advisor’s fees are paid by the Sponsor and arenot a separate expense of the Trust.

6 - Indemnification

The Trust Agreement provides that the Trustee shall indemnify the Sponsor, its directors, employees, delegees and agents against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability, claim, cost, expense or judgment of any kind whatsoever (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) (i) caused by the negligence or bad faith of the Trustee or (ii) arising out of any information furnished in writing to the Sponsor by the Trustee expressly for use in the registration statement, or any amendment thereto or periodic report, filed with the SEC relating to the Shares that isnot materially altered by the Sponsor.

The Trust Agreement provides that the Sponsor and its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, affiliates (as such term is defined under the Securities Act of1933, as amended) and subsidiaries and agents shall be indemnified from the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability, claim, cost, expense or judgment of any kind whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) arising out of or in connection with the performance of their obligations under the Trust Agreement or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement and incurred without their (1) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or (2) reckless disregard of their obligations and duties under the Trust Agreement.

The investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and the Advisor provides that the Advisor and its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, affiliates (as such term is defined under the Securities Act of1933, as amended) and subsidiaries shall be indemnified from the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability, cost, expense or judgment (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) arising out of or in connection with the performance of their obligations under the Advisory Agreement or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of the Advisory Agreement and incurred without their (1) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or (2) reckless disregard of their obligations and duties under the Advisory Agreement.

7 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

In the normal course of business, the Trust* mayenter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that maybe made against the Trust that havenot* yet occurred.

8 - Financial Highlights

The following financial highlights relate to investment performance and operations for a Share outstanding for the years ended* December 31, 2023,*2022 and2021.

December 31,
202320222021
Net asset value per Share, beginning of year$21.22$17.10$12.30
Net investment income (loss)(a)0.840.09(0.13)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)(b)(1.98)4.034.93
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations(1.14)4.124.80
Net asset value per Share, end of year$20.08$21.22$17.10
Total return, at net asset value(c)(5.37)%24.09%39.02%
Ratio to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)4.07%0.42%(0.82)%
Expenses0.83%0.82%0.86%
(a)Based on average Shares outstanding during the year.
(b)The amounts reported for a Share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses on investments for the period due to the timing of Trust Share transactions in relation to the fluctuating fair values of the Trust’s underlying investments.
(c)Based on the change in net asset value of a Share during the year.

9 - Investing in Index Futures

Substantially all of the Trust’s assets are invested in Index Futures. The Index Futures’ settlement value at expiration is based on the value of the S&P GSCI-ER at that time. Therefore, the value of the Trust will fluctuate based upon the value of the S&P GSCI-ER and the prices of futures contracts and commodities underlying the S&P GSCI-ER. The commodities markets have historically been extremely volatile. For the year ended* December 31, 2023and the year ended December 31, 2022,*the average month-end notional amounts of open Index Futures were $1,076,086,188 and $1,745,238,033, respectively.

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The following table shows the variation margin on open futures contracts, by risk exposure category, on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of* December 31, 2023and December 31, 2022:*

Asset DerivativesFair ValueLiability DerivativesFair Value
Commodity contractsReceivable for variation margin on open futures contracts$—Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts$5,873,212
Commodity contractsReceivable for variation margin on open futures contracts$14,408,722Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts$—

The following table shows the effect of the open futures contracts, by risk exposure category, on the Statements of Operations for the years ended* December 31, 2023,*2022 and2021:

Statements of Operations LocationNet Realized Gain (Loss)Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation
Commodity contractsNet realized gain (loss) from futures contracts$(58,095,356)$—
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts—(52,150,846)
Commodity contractsNet realized gain (loss) from futures contracts$359,651,081$—
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts$—$23,317,777
Commodity contractsNet realized gain (loss) from futures contracts$381,834,976$—
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts—(5,445,651)

10 - Investment Valuation

FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value as the price the Trust would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Trust’s policy is to value its investments at fair value.

Investments in Index Futures are measured at fair value on the basis of that day’s settlement price for Index Futures as announced by the applicable Exchange. If there isno announced settlement price for a particular Index Futures contract on a Business Day, the Trustee uses the most recently announced settlement price unless the Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that such price is inappropriate as a basis for valuation.

U.S. Treasury bills are valued at the last available bid price received from independent pricing services. In determining the value of a fixed income investment, pricing services* may*use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments and calculated yield measures.

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. Inputs* maybe based on independent market data (“observable inputs”) or they maybe internally developed (“unobservable inputs”). These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting ofthree* broad levels for financial reporting purposes. The level of a value determined for a financial instrument within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Thethree levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 –Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2 –Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means; and
Level 3 –Unobservable inputs that are unobservable for the asset or liability, including the Trust’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate the Trust’s net asset value and the prices used by the Trust’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the Trust’s performance and the performance of the Trust’s underlying index.

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The following table summarizes the value of each of the Trust’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of* December 31, 2023and December**31,* 2022:

Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Futures contracts(a)$8,173,852$—$—$8,173,852
U.S. Treasury bills—972,113,449—972,113,449
Futures contracts(a)$60,324,698$—$—$60,324,698
U.S. Treasury bills—1,202,347,481—1,202,347,481
(a)Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in the capacities* indicated, thereunto duly authorized.

For purposes of CFTC Rule 4.22(h), to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the information contained in the CFTC Annual Report set forth herein is accurate and complete.

iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC,

Sponsor of the iShares S&P GSCI™ Commodity-Indexed Trust (registrant)

/s/ Shannon Ghia

Shannon Ghia

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal executive officer)

Date:February 16, 2024

/s/ Bryan Bowers

Bryan Bowers

Director and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal financial and accounting officer)

Date:February 16, 2024

/s/ Philip Jensen

Philip Jensen

Date:February 16, 2024

/s/ Peter Landini

Peter Landini

Date:February 16, 2024

/s/ Kimun Lee

Kimun Lee

Date:February 16, 2024

*The registrant is a trust and the persons are signing in their respective capacities as officers or directors of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, the Sponsor of the registrant.

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