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iShares Silver Trust – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Monday, 3/1/21, at 5:05pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1437749-21-4600   ·   File #:  1-32863

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/01/21  iShares Silver Trust              10-K       12/31/20   43:2.7M                                   RDG Filings/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    464K 
 2: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     13K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     15K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     15K 
13: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     73K 
14: R2          Statements of Assets and Liabilities                HTML     36K 
15: R3          Statements of Assets and Liabilities                HTML     19K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
16: R4          Statements of Operations                            HTML     48K 
17: R5          Statements of Changes in Net Assets                 HTML     50K 
18: R6          Statements of Cash Flows                            HTML     56K 
19: R7          Schedules of Investments                            HTML     32K 
20: R8          Note 1 - Organization                               HTML     18K 
21: R9          Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies            HTML     84K 
22: R10         Note 3 - Trust Expenses                             HTML     16K 
23: R11         Note 4 - Related Parties                            HTML     17K 
24: R12         Note 5 - Indemnification                            HTML     17K 
25: R13         Note 6 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities     HTML     17K 
26: R14         Note 7 - Concentration Risk                         HTML     17K 
27: R15         Note 8 - Financial Highlights                       HTML     34K 
28: R16         Note 9 - Investment Valuation                       HTML     21K 
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30: R18         Schedules of Investments (Tables)                   HTML     30K 
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34: R22         Schedules of Investments - Investments (Details)    HTML     18K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
35: R23         Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies (Details   HTML     13K 
                Textual)                                                         
36: R24         Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies -          HTML     46K 
                Activity in Silver Bullion (Details)                             
37: R25         Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies - Share    HTML     26K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
38: R26         Note 3 - Trust Expenses (Details Textual)           HTML     16K 
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