NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_5626695170859923.htm iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    

Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%

    

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.

     742,783     $ 15,606,800  
   

 

 

  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%            

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

     180,538       29,041,403  
   

 

 

  
Airlines — 0.4%            

Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.(a)

     1,041,639       24,004,152  
   

 

 

  
Auto Components — 2.6%            

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

     769,280       22,733,230  

Hanon Systems

     1,942,640       26,421,519  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

     508,248       112,071,314  
   

 

 

  
      161,226,063  
Automobiles — 4.7%            

Hyundai Motor Co.

     1,132,188       185,705,230  

Kia Motors Corp.

     2,027,988       105,930,781  
   

 

 

  
      291,636,011  
Banks — 5.6%            

Hana Financial Group Inc.

     2,266,738       69,340,817  

Industrial Bank of Korea

     2,495,366       20,972,305  

KB Financial Group Inc.

     2,927,806       119,990,965  

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

     3,358,912       97,742,503  

Woori Financial Group Inc.

     4,302,848       38,224,206  
   

 

 

  
      346,270,796  
Biotechnology — 3.9%            

Alteogen Inc.(a)

     83,089       12,066,696  

Celltrion Inc.(a)(b)

     692,441       212,760,327  

Seegene Inc.

     92,197       15,655,701  
   

 

 

  
      240,482,724  
Capital Markets — 1.8%            

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     391,312       26,204,165  

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd.

     4,572,374       15,247,445  

Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd.

     3,760,628       32,217,933  

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.

     1,631,159       15,846,513  

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.

     635,068       22,641,031  
   

 

 

  
      112,157,087  
Chemicals — 6.1%            

Hanwha Solutions Corp.

     1,113,360       48,043,866  

Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

     235,519       29,584,873  

LG Chem Ltd.

     339,947       245,770,729  

Lotte Chemical Corp.

     152,348       38,825,300  

SK Chemicals Co. Ltd.

     35,370       13,616,755  
   

 

 

  
      375,841,523  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%            

S-1 Corp.

     201,602       14,356,548  
   

 

 

  
Communications Equipment — 0.3%            

KMW Co. Ltd.(a)(b)

     308,449       20,488,005  
   

 

 

  
Construction & Engineering — 1.3%            

Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd.

     282,105       20,395,282  

GS Engineering & Construction Corp.

     665,940       19,077,582  

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.

     722,063       21,925,188  

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)

     1,535,214       18,937,844  
   

 

 

  
      80,335,896  
Construction Materials — 0.4%            

POSCO Chemical Co. Ltd.

     304,108       25,146,520  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Finance — 0.2%            

Samsung Card Co. Ltd.

     403,239     $ 12,062,004  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%        

LG Uplus Corp.

     1,969,261       21,266,702  
   

 

 

  
Electric Utilities — 0.6%            

Korea Electric Power Corp.(a)

     2,034,425       39,436,461  
   

 

 

  
Electrical Equipment — 0.2%            

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd.(a)

     836,868       12,667,786  
   

 

 

  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 5.0%  

LG Display Co. Ltd.(a)

     2,057,899       28,361,086  

LG Innotek Co. Ltd.

     150,228       21,043,188  

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

     445,938       62,867,768  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

     413,414       199,132,133  
   

 

 

  
      311,404,175  
Entertainment — 2.3%            

NCSoft Corp.

     134,219       98,248,963  

Netmarble Corp.(a)(b)(c)

     253,809       28,671,208  

Pearl Abyss Corp.(a)(b)

     85,748       16,048,448  
   

 

 

  
      142,968,619  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%            

BGF retail Co. Ltd.

     97,170       11,020,591  

E-MART Inc.

     210,196       29,253,250  

GS Retail Co. Ltd.(b)

     375,644       11,457,219  
   

 

 

  
      51,731,060  
Food Products — 1.0%            

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

     84,024       27,449,890  

Orion Corp./Republic of Korea

     230,380       24,671,303  

Ottogi Corp.

     22,590       11,350,630  
   

 

 

  
      63,471,823  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%            

Korea Gas Corp.

     413,030       10,581,899  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.9%            

Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd.(a)

     491,657       54,250,888  
   

 

 

  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%            

Kangwon Land Inc.

     1,084,894       22,010,637  
   

 

 

  
Household Durables — 1.5%            

Coway Co. Ltd.(a)

     450,517       28,255,280  

LG Electronics Inc.

     831,554       64,251,834  
   

 

 

  
      92,507,114  
Industrial Conglomerates — 3.4%            

CJ Corp.

     178,098       12,731,058  

Hanwha Corp.

     609,808       14,218,107  

LG Corp.

     746,127       47,604,325  

Lotte Corp.

     401,831       12,855,106  

Samsung C&T Corp.

     655,166       71,345,626  

SK Holdings Co. Ltd.

     272,642       52,111,322  
   

 

 

  
      210,865,544  
Insurance — 1.9%            

DB Insurance Co. Ltd.

     510,764       20,309,626  

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.

     761,835       15,353,053  

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

     245,524       41,713,896  

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     586,417       37,785,488  
   

 

 

  
      115,162,063  
Interactive Media & Services — 5.8%            

Kakao Corp.

     400,627       133,234,590  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Interactive Media & Services (continued)            

NAVER Corp.

     898,856     $ 225,414,613  
   

 

 

  
      358,649,203  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%            

CJ ENM Co. Ltd.

     122,434       14,737,887  
   

 

 

  
IT Services — 0.7%            

Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.

     274,314       42,886,740  
   

 

 

  
Leisure Products — 0.6%            

HLB Inc.(a)(b)

     463,122       38,127,888  
   

 

 

  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%            

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.(a)(b)(c)

     130,888       92,971,821  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 1.8%            

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)

    551,670       13,485,765  

Doosan Bobcat Inc.

     588,326       15,976,862  

Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. Ltd.

     91,768       23,179,392  

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)

     328,991       30,623,174  

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)

     4,118,867       25,423,037  
   

 

 

  
      108,688,230  
Marine — 0.2%            

Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.(a)

     3,698,364       14,204,552  
   

 

 

  
Media — 0.2%            

Cheil Worldwide Inc.

     810,311       15,194,933  
   

 

 

  
Metals & Mining — 2.7%            

Hyundai Steel Co.

     802,972       23,075,785  

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

     74,734       25,596,842  

POSCO

     575,064       121,607,678  
   

 

 

  
      170,280,305  
Multiline Retail — 0.5%            

Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.

     142,567       13,077,177  

Shinsegae Inc.

     75,951       15,820,980  
   

 

 

  
      28,898,157  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.8%            

GS Holdings Corp.

     510,032       16,155,277  

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.

     449,296       70,243,737  

S-Oil Corp.

     401,945       25,281,616  
   

 

 

  
      111,680,630  
Personal Products — 2.5%            

Amorepacific Corp.

     259,015       41,899,313  

AMOREPACIFIC Group

     300,700       14,293,814  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

     70,351       96,255,401  
   

 

 

  
      152,448,528  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.4%            

Celltrion Pharm Inc.(a)

     56,505       9,666,437  

Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.

     70,401       22,808,512  

Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.(a)

     142,063       16,946,650  

SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.(a)

     64,878       10,993,290  

Yuhan Corp.

     488,640       28,438,314  
   

 

 

  
      88,853,203  
Road & Rail — 0.3%            

CJ Logistics Corp.(a)

     115,209       17,283,172  
   

 

 

  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.6%  

SK Hynix Inc.

     3,970,147           349,816,396  
   

 

 

  
Software — 0.1%            

Douzone Bizon Co. Ltd.

     66,549       6,344,873  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail — 0.3%            

Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.

     294,546     $ 21,294,727  
   

 

 

  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 22.6%  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     23,193,747       1,398,059,667  
   

 

 

  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%        

Fila Holdings Corp.

     506,378       18,899,653  
   

 

 

  
Tobacco — 1.1%            

KT&G Corp.

     878,114       65,468,714  
   

 

 

  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.8%        

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

     231,638       49,716,710  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 97.8%
(Cost: $2,984,328,981)

 

     6,061,486,292  
   

 

 

  

Preferred Stocks

    
Automobiles — 0.7%            

Hyundai Motor Co.
Preference Shares, NVS

     256,594       19,478,466  

Series 2, Preference Shares, NVS

     336,781       26,356,906  
   

 

 

  
      45,835,372  
Chemicals — 0.5%            

LG Chem Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS

     88,762       28,596,677  
   

 

 

  
Personal Products — 0.2%            

LG Household & Health Care Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS

     23,084       14,498,559  
   

 

 

  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS

     92,032       5,081,700  
   

 

 

  

Total Preferred Stocks — 1.5%
(Cost: $52,342,533)

 

     94,012,308  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 5.8%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.19%(d)(e)(f)

     333,168,102       333,368,003  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 0.04%(d)(e)

     27,170,000       27,170,000  
   

 

 

  
      360,538,003  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 5.8%
(Cost: $360,520,133)

 

     360,538,003  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 105.1%
(Cost: $3,397,191,647)

 

     6,516,036,603  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (5.1)%

 

     (315,354,111 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   6,200,682,492  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(f) 

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

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2020 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
08/31/20		     Purchases
at Cost		     Proceeds
from Sales		     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		     Value at
11/30/20		     Shares
Held at
11/30/20		     Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds		  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 204,524,418     $ 128,958,051 (a)    $ —     $ (34,371 )    $ (80,095 )    $ 333,368,003       333,168,102     $ 741,735 (b)    $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     13,820,000       13,350,000 (a)      —       —       —       27,170,000       27,170,000       1,532       —  
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

  
        $ (34,371 )    $ (80,095 )    $ 360,538,003       $ 743,267     $ —  
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Futures Contracts

 

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

Long Contracts

                  

KOSPI 200 Index

      536          12/10/20        $ 42,051        $ 3,928,221  
                 

 

 

  

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, 2020. 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

    $ 6,061,486,292        $ —        $ —        $ 6,061,486,292  

Preferred Stocks

      94,012,308          —          —          94,012,308  

Money Market Funds

      360,538,003          —          —          360,538,003  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 6,516,036,603        $ —        $ —        $ 6,516,036,603  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 3,928,221        $ —        $ —        $ 3,928,221  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

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