Schedule of Investments (unaudited) | iShares® MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF |
May 31, 2021 | (Formerly iShares® MSCI Frontier 100 ETF) |
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Argentina — 1.4% | ||||||||
Globant SA(a) | 26,046 | $ | 5,674,642 | |||||
Grupo Financiero Galicia SA, ADR | 66,600 | 591,408 | ||||||
6,266,050 | ||||||||
Bahrain — 6.5% | ||||||||
Ahli United Bank BSC | 30,504,262 | 21,985,672 | ||||||
Aluminium Bahrain BSC(a) | 874,831 | 1,489,963 | ||||||
Bahrain Telecommunications Co. BSC | 2,474,386 | 3,925,408 | ||||||
GFH Financial Group | 11,897,025 | 2,202,996 | ||||||
Ithmaar Holding BSC(a)(b) | 7,341,331 | 527,395 | ||||||
30,131,434 | ||||||||
Bangladesh — 6.4% | ||||||||
Bangladesh Export Import Co. Ltd. | 4,082,625 | 4,260,969 | ||||||
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | 2,194,326 | 4,448,238 | ||||||
BRAC Bank Ltd. | 4,595,291 | 2,804,918 | ||||||
City Bank Ltd. (The) | 4,164,368 | 1,352,068 | ||||||
GrameenPhone Ltd. | 586,669 | 2,392,390 | ||||||
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd. | 2,577,934 | 1,893,123 | ||||||
National Bank Ltd. | 11,945,441 | 1,170,569 | ||||||
Olympic Industries Ltd. | 826,745 | 1,700,342 | ||||||
Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | 3,398,437 | 8,546,246 | ||||||
Summit Power Ltd. | 2,309,809 | 1,216,263 | ||||||
29,785,126 | ||||||||
Colombia — 1.1% | ||||||||
Bancolombia SA | 150,049 | 1,092,590 | ||||||
Ecopetrol SA | 2,640,192 | 1,559,337 | ||||||
Grupo Argos SA | 159,932 | 435,629 | ||||||
Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA | 140,202 | 756,970 | ||||||
Interconexion Electrica SA ESP | 234,649 | 1,266,902 | ||||||
5,111,428 | ||||||||
Croatia — 0.4% | ||||||||
Valamar Riviera DD(a) | 337,169 | 1,613,707 | ||||||
Egypt — 0.7% | ||||||||
Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE | 779,851 | 2,663,951 | ||||||
Eastern Co. SAE | 559,893 | 420,005 | ||||||
3,083,956 | ||||||||
Estonia — 0.8% | ||||||||
LHV Group AS | 70,229 | 2,137,428 | ||||||
Tallink Grupp AS(a) | 1,487,942 | 1,310,048 | ||||||
Tallinna Sadam AS(c) | 121,033 | 294,914 | ||||||
3,742,390 | ||||||||
Jordan — 1.4% | ||||||||
Arab Bank PLC | 466,128 | 3,418,710 | ||||||
Jordan Islamic Bank | 285,895 | 1,286,537 | ||||||
Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co. | 375,802 | 1,839,257 | ||||||
6,544,504 | ||||||||
Kazakhstan — 4.9% | ||||||||
Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, GDR(d) | 526,534 | 8,402,657 | ||||||
Kaspi.KZ JSC(d) | 52,980 | 4,858,266 | ||||||
NAC Kazatomprom JSC, GDR | 330,275 | 9,577,975 | ||||||
22,838,898 | ||||||||
Kenya — 8.0% | ||||||||
East African Breweries Ltd.(a) | 2,062,734 | 3,551,315 | ||||||
Equity Group Holdings PLC/Kenya(a) | 14,892,566 | 5,911,125 | ||||||
KCB Group Ltd. | 13,266,216 | 5,178,263 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Kenya (continued) | ||||||||
Safaricom PLC | 58,694,205 | $ | 22,364,892 | |||||
37,005,595 | ||||||||
Kuwait — 13.0% | ||||||||
Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC | 2,005,503 | 6,124,131 | ||||||
ALAFCO Aviation Lease & Finance Co. KSCP(a) | 505,555 | 379,649 | ||||||
Alimtiaz Investment Group KSC(a) | 1,225,271 | 512,989 | ||||||
Boubyan Bank KSCP | 1,476,760 | 3,292,593 | ||||||
Boubyan Petrochemicals Co. KSCP | 643,148 | 1,929,406 | ||||||
Burgan Bank SAK | 1,291,012 | 978,072 | ||||||
Gulf Bank KSCP | 2,383,979 | 1,774,419 | ||||||
Humansoft Holding Co. KSC | 144,228 | 1,726,801 | ||||||
Integrated Holding Co. KCSC | 270,030 | 384,027 | ||||||
Jazeera Airways Co. KSCP(a) | 56,282 | 120,624 | ||||||
Kuwait Finance House KSCP | 4,485,128 | 11,102,909 | ||||||
Kuwait International Bank KSCP(a) | 903,252 | 654,291 | ||||||
Kuwait Projects Co. Holding KSCP | 1,198,438 | 598,881 | ||||||
Mabanee Co. KPSC | 928,086 | 2,189,537 | ||||||
Mezzan Holding Co. KSCC | 188,626 | 401,484 | ||||||
Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSCP | 3,075,930 | 6,075,951 | ||||||
National Bank of Kuwait SAKP | 6,848,687 | 18,919,489 | ||||||
National Industries Group Holding SAK | 1,634,101 | 1,208,838 | ||||||
National Real Estate Co. KPSC(a) | 1,299,616 | 740,809 | ||||||
Warba Bank KSCP(a) | 1,261,743 | 1,022,978 | ||||||
60,137,878 | ||||||||
Lithuania — 0.3% | ||||||||
AB Ignitis Grupe | 25,867 | 667,145 | ||||||
Siauliu Bankas AB | 626,100 | 526,894 | ||||||
1,194,039 | ||||||||
Mauritius — 0.3% | ||||||||
Lighthouse Capital Ltd.(e) | 2,573,507 | 1,474,601 | ||||||
Morocco — 9.7% | ||||||||
Attijariwafa Bank | 219,022 | 11,258,922 | ||||||
Banque Centrale Populaire | 139,679 | 4,206,937 | ||||||
Ciments du Maroc SA | 18,348 | 3,903,631 | ||||||
Co. Sucrerie Marocaine et de Raffinage | 110,675 | 3,189,265 | ||||||
Hightech Payment Systems SA(a) | 682 | 462,633 | ||||||
Label Vie | 5,663 | 2,369,910 | ||||||
Maroc Telecom | 945,884 | 14,940,507 | ||||||
Societe d’Exploitation des Ports | 116,538 | 3,234,179 | ||||||
TOTAL Maroc SA | 7,435 | 1,208,053 | ||||||
44,774,037 | ||||||||
Nigeria — 6.5% | ||||||||
Access Bank PLC | 98,285,949 | 1,750,151 | ||||||
Afriland Properties PLC(a) | 8,020 | 35 | ||||||
Dangote Cement PLC | 14,311,534 | 6,681,824 | ||||||
FBN Holdings PLC | 95,143,544 | 1,485,727 | ||||||
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC | 80,697,900 | 4,976,809 | ||||||
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC | 13,381,351 | 4,736,504 | ||||||
Nestle Nigeria PLC | 1,581,044 | 4,768,882 | ||||||
United Bank for Africa PLC | 94,428,459 | 1,464,206 | ||||||
Zenith Bank PLC | 86,002,243 | 4,286,105 | ||||||
30,150,243 | ||||||||
Oman — 3.0% | ||||||||
Bank Dhofar SAOG | 603,537 | 178,710 | ||||||
Bank Muscat SAOG | 7,324,687 | 7,423,028 | ||||||
Bank Nizwa SAOG | 4,863,209 | 1,187,381 | ||||||
National Bank of Oman SAOG(a) | 461,305 | 200,099 | ||||||
Oman Telecommunications Co. SAOG | 1,331,251 | 2,724,742 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF |
May 31, 2021 | (Formerly iShares® MSCI Frontier 100 ETF) |
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oman (continued) | ||||||||
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Co. SAOG | 1,572,090 | $ | 1,633,340 | |||||
Sohar International Bank SAOG(a) | 3,290,673 | 769,248 | ||||||
14,116,548 | ||||||||
Peru — 1.8% | ||||||||
Cia. de Minas Buenaventura SAA, ADR(a) | 88,514 | 1,019,681 | ||||||
Credicorp Ltd. | 32,580 | 4,478,773 | ||||||
Intercorp Financial Services Inc. | 14,549 | 409,409 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. | 36,754 | 2,563,224 | ||||||
8,471,087 | ||||||||
Philippines — 1.9% | ||||||||
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. | 362,500 | 305,690 | ||||||
Ayala Corp. | 45,740 | 759,821 | ||||||
Ayala Land Inc. | 1,286,300 | 925,754 | ||||||
Bank of the Philippine Islands | 310,940 | 546,450 | ||||||
BDO Unibank Inc. | 340,050 | 737,607 | ||||||
Globe Telecom Inc. | 5,450 | 205,925 | ||||||
GT Capital Holdings Inc. | 22,190 | 273,766 | ||||||
International Container Terminal Services Inc. | 183,940 | 550,694 | ||||||
JG Summit Holdings Inc. | 467,080 | 556,810 | ||||||
Jollibee Foods Corp. | 90,050 | 363,422 | ||||||
Manila Electric Co. | 46,480 | 275,749 | ||||||
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. | 2,867,000 | 238,653 | ||||||
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. | 362,700 | 364,210 | ||||||
PLDT Inc. | 14,025 | 385,855 | ||||||
SM Investments Corp. | 39,900 | 809,878 | ||||||
SM Prime Holdings Inc. | 1,645,000 | 1,238,184 | ||||||
Universal Robina Corp. | 140,750 | 409,315 | ||||||
8,947,783 | ||||||||
Romania — 7.5% | ||||||||
Banca Transilvania SA | 22,926,204 | 15,364,392 | ||||||
BRD-Groupe Societe Generale SA | 1,114,234 | 4,389,225 | ||||||
OMV Petrom SA | 59,616,723 | 6,047,365 | ||||||
Societatea Energetica Electrica SA | 735,530 | 2,325,953 | ||||||
Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ SA | 605,346 | 4,877,069 | ||||||
Transelectrica SA | 28,267 | 170,958 | ||||||
Transgaz SA Medias | 24,974 | 1,779,701 | ||||||
34,954,663 | ||||||||
Slovenia — 0.1% | ||||||||
Pozavarovalnica Sava dd(a) | 8,687 | 279,665 | ||||||
Sri Lanka — 0.9% | ||||||||
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC | 829,743 | 363,666 | ||||||
John Keells Holdings PLC | 4,001,088 | 2,811,848 | ||||||
Sampath Bank PLC | 3,650,653 | 1,022,550 | ||||||
4,198,064 | ||||||||
Vietnam — 20.1% | ||||||||
An PHAT Holdings JSC(a) | 175,518 | 558,252 | ||||||
Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC | 1,131,480 | 4,842,337 | ||||||
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam JSC | 488,950 | 1,032,958 | ||||||
Bao Viet Holdings | 203,710 | 478,121 | ||||||
Dat Xanh Group JSC(a) | 351,300 | 426,179 | ||||||
Duc Giang Chemicals JSC | 110,400 | 343,006 | ||||||
FLC Group JSC(a) | 480,600 | 249,214 | ||||||
Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock | ||||||||
Commercial Bank(a) | 796,992 | 1,169,010 | ||||||
Hoa Phat Group JSC | 6,962,903 | 15,916,028 | ||||||
Hoa Sen Group(a) | 449,690 | 855,959 | ||||||
Hoang Huy Investment Financial Services JSC | 555,430 | 536,982 | ||||||
Khang Dien House Trading and Investment JSC | 378,700 | 647,855 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Vietnam (continued) | ||||||||
KIDO Group Corp. | 213,220 | $ | 522,360 | |||||
Kinh Bac City Development Share Holding Corp.(a) | 712,820 | 1,028,749 | ||||||
Masan Group Corp. | 1,356,680 | 6,478,508 | ||||||
No Va Land Investment Group Corp.(a) | 832,622 | 4,864,153 | ||||||
PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services JSC(a) | 367,000 | 347,276 | ||||||
PetroVietnam Gas JSC | 172,000 | 616,203 | ||||||
PetroVietnam Power Corp. | 1,486,040 | 756,471 | ||||||
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp. | 721,798 | 808,919 | ||||||
Phat Dat Real Estate Development Corp.(a) | 354,254 | 1,183,209 | ||||||
Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank(a) | 1,554,550 | 2,050,811 | ||||||
Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp. | 188,280 | 1,269,142 | ||||||
Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial JSB(a) | 1,344,580 | 1,972,282 | ||||||
SSI Securities Corp. | 1,162,630 | 2,238,981 | ||||||
Thaiholdings JSC(a) | 236,300 | 2,042,478 | ||||||
Thanh Thanh Cong - Bien Hoa JSC | 810,090 | 699,527 | ||||||
Viet Capital Securities JSC | 159,200 | 548,468 | ||||||
Vietjet Aviation JSC(a) | 477,090 | 2,276,750 | ||||||
Vietnam Construction and Import-Export JSC | 199,000 | 408,431 | ||||||
Vietnam Dairy Products JSC | 2,368,574 | 9,296,468 | ||||||
Vietnam Electrical Equipment JSC(a) | 729,190 | 839,689 | ||||||
Vietnam National Petroleum Group | 307,020 | 727,600 | ||||||
Viglacera Corp. JSC | 504,560 | 653,524 | ||||||
Vincom Retail JSC(a) | 2,194,980 | 2,800,767 | ||||||
Vingroup JSC(a) | 2,510,720 | 12,798,125 | ||||||
Vinh Hoan Corp. | 283,900 | 492,224 | ||||||
Vinhomes JSC(a)(c) | 1,918,960 | 8,540,572 | ||||||
93,317,588 | ||||||||
Total Common Stocks — 96.7% | ||||||||
(Cost: $329,153,457) | 448,139,284 | |||||||
Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
Colombia — 0.4% | ||||||||
Bancolombia SA, Preference Shares, NVS. | 251,881 | 1,874,843 | ||||||
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.4% | ||||||||
(Cost: $1,949,479) | 1,874,843 | |||||||
Short-Term Investments | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.0% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(f)(g)(h) | 24,646 | 24,661 | ||||||
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0% | ||||||||
(Cost: $24,656) | 24,661 | |||||||
Total Investments in Securities — 97.1% | ||||||||
(Cost: $331,127,592) | 450,038,788 | |||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.9% | 13,415,724 | |||||||
Net Assets—100.0% | $ | 463,454,512 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. |
(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) | This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. |
(e) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF |
May 31, 2021 | (Formerly iShares® MSCI Frontier 100 ETF) |
(f) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(g) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end. |
(h) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2021 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 05/31/21 | Shares Held at 05/31/21 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 20,350 | $ | 4,494 | (a) | $ | — | $ | (187 | ) | $ | 4 | $ | 24,661 | 24,646 | $ | 609 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c) | 680,000 | — | (680,000 | )(a) | — | — | — | — | 220 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | (187 | ) | $ | 4 | $ | 24,661 | $ | 829 | $ | — |
(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. |
(c) | As of period end, the entity is no longer held. |
Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount (000) | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||
Long Contracts | ||||||||||||||
MSCI Emerging Markets E-Mini Index | 219 | 06/18/21 | $ | 14,902 | $ | 266,655 |
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
USD | 1,428,107 | NGN | 614,800,000 | JPM | 10/28/21 | $ | 255 | |||||||||||||
USD | 8,356,117 | NGN | 3,723,485,718 | CITI | 10/28/21 | (291,550 | ) | |||||||||||||
USD | 1,043,084 | NGN | 460,000,000 | JPM | 10/28/21 | (25,250 | ) | |||||||||||||
(316,800 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized depreciation | . | $ | (316,545 | ) |
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.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF |
May 31, 2021 | (Formerly iShares® MSCI Frontier 100 ETF) |
Fair Value Measurements (continued)
The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of May 31, 2021. 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 | $ | 216,809,886 | $ | 230,802,003 | $ | 527,395 | $ | 448,139,284 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 1,874,843 | — | — | 1,874,843 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 24,661 | — | — | 24,661 | ||||||||||||
$ | 218,709,390 | $ | 230,802,003 | $ | 527,395 | $ | 450,038,788 | |||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) | ||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts | $ | 266,655 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 266,655 | ||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts. | — | 255 | — | 255 | ||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | (316,800 | ) | — | (316,800 | ) | ||||||||||
$ 266,655 | $ | (316,545 | ) | $ | — | $ | (49,890 | ) |
(a) | Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts. |
Counterparty Abbreviations | ||||
Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity | ||||
CITI | Citibank N.A. | |||
ADR | American Depositary Receipt | JPM | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt | |||
JSC | Joint Stock Company | |||
NVS | Non-Voting Shares |
Currency Abbreviations | |
NGN | Nigerian Naira |
USD | United States Dollar |
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