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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Belgium ETF
May 31, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.8%          
bpost SA(a)   24,865   $328,278 
           
Banks — 9.6%          
KBC Group NV   48,701    3,969,042 
           
Beverages — 22.2%          
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV   122,778    9,181,202 
           
Biotechnology — 7.7%          
Argenx SE(a)(b)   9,033    2,470,786 
Galapagos NV(a)   9,726    724,669 
         3,195,455 
Capital Markets — 0.8%          
Gimv NV   4,873    313,577 
           
Chemicals — 9.8%          
Recticel SA   12,329    221,340 
Solvay SA   13,619    1,831,683 
Tessenderlo Group SA(a)   4,990    211,912 
Umicore SA   30,430    1,818,555 
         4,083,490 
Construction & Engineering — 0.6%          
Cie. d’Entreprises CFE   2,250    251,286 
           
Distributors — 1.5%          
D’ieteren SA/NV   5,214    612,049 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 10.7%          
Ackermans & van Haaren NV   4,946    795,723 
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA   16,765    1,893,711 
KBC Ancora(a)   8,992    417,151 
Sofina SA   3,178    1,314,630 
         4,421,215 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%          
Proximus SADP   32,505    657,724 
           
Electric Utilities — 1.7%          
Elia Group SA/NV   6,583    702,644 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.1%          
Barco NV   16,010    444,781 
           
Entertainment — 0.6%          
Kinepolis Group NV(a)(b)   4,034    242,327 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 10.0%          
Aedifica SA   6,915    893,253 
Befimmo SA   6,040    263,237 
Cofinimmo SA   5,395    847,250 
Intervest Offices & Warehouses NV   6,602    186,656 
Montea C.V.A   2,625    304,922 
Retail Estates NV   2,839    241,369 
Warehouses De Pauw CVA   28,102    1,067,752 
Xior Student Housing NV   5,396    322,756 
         4,127,195 
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.7%          
Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV   11,608    704,315 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.4%          
Ion Beam Applications   8,698    176,285 
Security   Shares    Value 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.8%          
Fagron   14,912   $337,485 
           
Health Care Technology — 0.5%          
AGFA-Gevaert NV(a)   43,617    206,059 
           
Insurance — 4.5%          
Ageas SA/NV   28,921    1,884,407 
           
IT Services — 0.4%          
Econocom Group SA/NV   43,827    175,100 
           
Media — 1.0%          
Telenet Group Holding NV   10,448    404,145 
           
Metals & Mining — 1.1%          
Bekaert SA   9,283    441,305 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0%          
Euronav NV   43,741    415,918 
           
Personal Products — 0.6%          
Ontex Group NV(a)   17,921    239,768 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 6.0%          
Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA(a)(b)   6,358    181,227 
UCB SA   24,938    2,322,584 
         2,503,811 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.1%          
Immobel SA   1,632    142,892 
VGP NV   1,768    335,903 
         478,795 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%          
Melexis NV   4,614    479,523 
           
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%          
Van de Velde NV   3,561    105,938 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%          
Orange Belgium SA   5,956    141,629 
           
Total Common Stocks — 99.5%          
(Cost: $42,019,644)        41,224,748 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 6.3%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(c)(d)(e)   2,594,766    2,596,323 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)   30,000    30,000 
         2,626,323 
Total Short-Term Investments — 6.3%          
(Cost: $2,626,230)        2,626,323 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 105.8%          
(Cost: $44,645,874)        43,851,071 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (5.8)%        (2,414,928)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $41,436,143 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan. (c) Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.


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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Belgium ETF
May 31, 2021  

 

(e)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  $1,341,323   $1,255,453(a)  $   $(596)  $143   $2,596,323    2,594,766   $16,720(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   10,000    20,000(a)               30,000    30,000    6     
                  $(596)  $143   $2,626,323        $16,726   $ 

 

(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                  
Euro STOXX 50 Index   4   06/18/21  $197   $4,445 

 

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 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  $1,844,134   $39,380,614   $   $41,224,748 
Money Market Funds   2,626,323            2,626,323 
   $4,470,457   $39,380,614   $   $43,851,071 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $4,445   $   $   $4,445 

 

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

 

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