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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Australia — 57.7%            

AGL Energy Ltd.

     875,269     $ 12,083,373  

Alumina Ltd.

     3,286,213       5,134,656  

AMP Ltd.

     4,427,371       5,854,588  

APA Group

     1,573,350       11,706,354  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     763,848       17,525,339  

ASX Ltd.

     257,653       14,240,133  

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     2,636,531       10,307,762  

AusNet Services

     2,428,489       2,858,176  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     3,767,026       63,292,733  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

     653,419       4,432,986  

BHP Group Ltd.

     3,913,498       101,198,262  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

     689,178       6,782,629  

Boral Ltd.

     1,560,177       5,424,262  

Brambles Ltd.

     2,094,220       17,777,458  

Caltex Australia Ltd.

     334,437       7,817,928  

Challenger Ltd.

     735,016       4,046,922  

CIMIC Group Ltd.

     127,968       2,911,796  

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

     681,312       5,244,353  

Cochlear Ltd.

     77,041       12,193,345  

Coles Group Ltd.

     1,508,716       16,593,258  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     2,351,723         128,560,826  

Computershare Ltd.

     646,859       7,757,504  

Crown Resorts Ltd.

     497,171       4,341,459  

CSL Ltd.

     602,141       115,458,062  

Dexus

     1,455,761       12,042,598  

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.

     73,776       2,197,189  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

     1,833,758       12,068,645  

Goodman Group

     2,183,454       21,887,486  

GPT Group (The)

     2,578,121       10,724,623  

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

     748,817       2,177,949  

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     2,155,069       4,708,335  

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     3,070,268       16,385,396  

James Hardie Industries PLC

     586,009       11,479,064  

Lendlease Group

     747,551       9,763,977  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     430,147       40,165,849  

Magellan Financial Group Ltd.

     169,188       6,006,891  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

     3,650,741       8,050,118  

Mirvac Group

     5,239,733       11,943,805  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     3,831,011       67,088,656  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

     1,017,079       21,161,413  

Oil Search Ltd.

     1,818,298       9,150,433  

Orica Ltd.

     508,776       8,183,557  

Origin Energy Ltd.

     2,346,517       13,808,503  

Qantas Airways Ltd.

     966,804       4,773,808  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     1,739,968       14,923,275  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     214,141       10,570,787  

REA Group Ltd.

     69,244       4,887,872  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     492,846       32,302,687  

Santos Ltd.

     2,340,974       12,904,995  

Scentre Group

     7,079,459       18,866,873  

Seek Ltd.

     445,519       6,988,285  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     595,975       12,141,900  

South32 Ltd.

     6,615,223       12,081,251  

Stockland

     3,153,170       10,770,662  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     1,678,107       15,187,259  

Sydney Airport

     1,472,708       9,144,563  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     2,694,502       8,730,069  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     5,542,690       14,471,433  
Security   Shares     Value  
Australia (continued)            

TPG Telecom Ltd.

     488,207     $ 2,308,261  

Transurban Group

     3,601,876       37,397,346  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     958,904       12,128,871  

Vicinity Centres

     4,259,174       7,720,827  

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.

     157,854       2,383,161  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     1,507,983       43,217,391  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     4,636,599       76,899,522  

WiseTech Global Ltd.

     189,507       3,496,820  

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     1,243,656       29,030,123  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

     1,670,114       44,915,489  

Worley Ltd.

     449,527       4,560,901  
   

 

 

  
        1,325,343,082  
Hong Kong — 28.8%            

AIA Group Ltd.

     16,059,414       160,845,461  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

     403,000       5,261,614  

Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)(a)

     1,726,520       3,895,161  

BeiGene Ltd., ADR(b)

     47,648       9,686,362  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     4,926,500       16,741,069  

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(b)(c)

     1,752,800       6,247,404  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

     3,435,732       22,845,626  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     3,583,732       32,551,288  

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     889,208       6,020,635  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     2,183,500       22,510,741  

Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd.

     451,500       2,641,275  

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     2,882,000       18,850,679  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     2,688,736       5,509,543  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     1,017,000       20,735,614  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

     1,930,442       9,285,062  

HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd.

     3,487,000       3,416,728  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

     5,028,338       7,374,446  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

     13,492,366       25,716,981  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     1,585,800       50,079,494  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     1,545,800       8,501,900  

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

     294,200       16,539,924  

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

     294,100       9,337,675  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

     870,500       2,807,975  

Link REIT

     2,799,086       28,606,800  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR

     277,304       5,901,029  

MTR Corp. Ltd.

     2,050,286       11,498,522  

New World Development Co. Ltd.

     8,182,921       10,683,715  

NWS Holdings Ltd.

     2,069,000       2,775,319  

PCCW Ltd.

     5,596,867       3,374,815  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     1,850,500       12,872,118  

Sands China Ltd.

     3,209,200       15,169,161  

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

     4,068,800       6,102,355  

SJM Holdings Ltd.

     2,615,000       2,665,862  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     2,116,500       30,796,761  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

     662,500       5,962,521  

Swire Properties Ltd.

     1,558,000       4,846,514  

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

     1,826,207       13,729,652  

Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.(a)

     996,000       3,829,913  

WH Group Ltd.(c)

     12,727,000       13,072,093  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.

     1,605,600       8,912,308  

Wheelock & Co. Ltd.

     1,085,000       6,743,349  

Wynn Macau Ltd.

     2,059,600       4,530,844  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     969,500       2,867,226  
   

 

 

  
      662,343,534  
Malta — 0.0%            

BGP Holdings PLC(b)(d)

     27,004,595       298  
   

 

 

  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
New Zealand — 2.2%            

a2 Milk Co. Ltd.(b)

     975,268     $ 9,715,901  

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

     1,294,468       7,503,199  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

     759,653       10,800,811  

Fletcher Building Ltd.

     1,152,943       3,870,588  

Mercury NZ Ltd.

     901,504       2,777,642  

Meridian Energy Ltd.

     1,702,441       5,147,074  

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

     529,719       5,134,402  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

     2,435,510       7,097,627  
   

 

 

  
      52,047,244  
Singapore — 10.7%            

Ascendas REIT

     3,850,005       8,390,080  

CapitaLand Commercial Trust

     3,571,793       5,250,140  

CapitaLand Ltd.

     3,428,300       9,226,037  

CapitaLand Mall Trust

     3,419,600       6,301,797  

City Developments Ltd.

     611,200       4,621,601  

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

     2,884,700       4,957,435  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     2,381,400       43,972,613  

Genting Singapore Ltd.

     8,057,800       5,450,631  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.(a)

     132,300       2,964,402  

Keppel Corp. Ltd.(a)

     1,925,300       9,461,418  

Mapletree Commercial Trust

     2,668,000       4,604,541  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

     4,306,424       33,948,774  

SATS Ltd.

     898,500       3,272,171  

Sembcorp Industries Ltd.(a)

     1,303,440       2,087,487  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.(a)

     725,800       4,877,767  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     1,063,700       6,884,160  

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.(a)

     2,132,717       3,431,187  

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

     2,076,900       6,272,695  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     10,847,528         26,812,421  

Suntec REIT

     2,635,000       3,545,577  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     1,669,600       31,525,154  

UOL Group Ltd.(a)

     610,200       3,462,761  

Venture Corp. Ltd.

     363,100       4,213,973  

Wilmar International Ltd.

     2,554,200       7,639,532  
Security   Shares     Value  
Singapore (continued)            

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.(a)

     3,198,700     $ 2,409,346  
   

 

 

  
      245,583,700  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.4%
(Cost: $2,321,559,095)

         2,285,317,858  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.8%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    1.82%(e)(f)(g)

     16,690,357       16,697,033  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    1.57%(e)(f)

     1,088,000       1,088,000  
   

 

 

  
      17,785,033  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.8%
(Cost: $17,782,308)

 

     17,785,033  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 100.2%
(Cost: $2,339,341,403)

 

     2,303,102,891  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.2)%

       (4,913,724 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 2,298,189,167  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(g) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the three months ended November 30, 2019, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   

Shares

Held at
08/31/19

      Net Activity     

Shares

Held at
11/30/19

      Value at
11/30/19		      Income      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		     

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

      10,671,267        6,019,090        16,690,357      $ 16,697,033      $ 32,179 (a)     $ 818      $ (2,528 ) 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      831,000        257,000        1,088,000        1,088,000        3,353        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 17,785,033      $ 35,532      $ 818      $ (2,528 ) 
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts		      Expiration
Date		      Notional
Amount
(000)		      Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

Long Contracts

            

ASX SPI 200 Index

      65        12/19/19      $ 7,536      $ 104,219  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF

 

Futures Contracts (continued)

 

Description    Number of
Contracts		      Expiration
Date		      Notional
Amount
(000)		      Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

Hang Seng Index

      18        12/30/19      $ 3,028      $ (83,319 ) 

MSCI Singapore Index

      62        12/30/19        1,670        (17,417 ) 
           

 

 

  
            $ 3,483  
           

 

 

  

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2019. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                                                   
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                  

Assets

                  

Common Stocks

    $ 2,285,317,560        $ —        $ 298        $ 2,285,317,858  

Money Market Funds

      17,785,033          —          —          17,785,033  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 2,303,102,593        $ —        $ 298        $ 2,303,102,891  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 104,219        $ —        $ —        $ 104,219  

Liabilities

                  

Futures Contracts

      (100,736 )         —          —          (100,736 ) 
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 3,483        $ —        $ —        $ 3,483  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

 

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