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

  

Security   Shares     Value  
             
Common Stocks                
                 
Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%                
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.     675,765     $ 20,641,680  
                 
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%                
Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.     164,368       27,796,357  
                 
Airlines — 0.7%                
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.(a)     1,699,191       48,670,349  
                 
Auto Components — 2.5%                
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.     699,926       30,641,097  
Hanon Systems     1,769,655       26,847,279  
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.     462,767       115,965,053  
              173,453,429  
                 
Automobiles — 5.0%                
Hyundai Motor Co.     965,505       202,970,257  
Kia Corp.     1,846,047       141,135,143  
              344,105,400  
                 
Banks — 5.9%                
Hana Financial Group Inc.     2,063,408       86,082,097  
Industrial Bank of Korea     2,271,516       21,982,990  
KB Financial Group Inc.     2,665,179       140,864,649  
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.     3,055,546       116,482,092  
Woori Financial Group Inc.     4,042,075       40,368,619  
              405,780,447  
                 
Biotechnology — 2.8%                
Alteogen Inc.(a)     184,447       12,080,236  
Celltrion Inc.(a)(b)     642,944       158,083,231  
Green Cross Corp.     21,194       6,484,403  
Seegene Inc.(b)     244,307       14,857,790  
              191,505,660  
                 
Capital Markets — 1.8%                
Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.     356,498       33,177,299  
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd.     4,160,954       16,734,645  
Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.     3,421,440       30,336,549  
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.     1,484,011       17,478,688  
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.     577,793       24,557,468  
              122,284,649  
                 
Chemicals — 5.4%                
Hanwha Solutions Corp.(a)     1,171,588       47,263,208  
Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.     214,447       44,431,966  
LG Chem Ltd.     309,486       227,036,484  
Lotte Chemical Corp.     138,714       34,686,594  
SK Chemicals Co. Ltd.     50,747       11,533,324  
SKC Co. Ltd.     60,685       6,921,528  
              371,873,104  
                 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%                
S-1 Corp.     183,504       13,327,198  
                 
Communications Equipment — 0.2%                
KMW Co. Ltd.(a)(b)     280,681       13,698,797  
                 
Construction & Engineering — 1.2%                
GS Engineering & Construction Corp.     605,891       24,286,687  
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.     657,873       33,815,752  
Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)     1,396,800       23,673,692  
              81,776,131  
                 
Construction Materials — 0.7%                
POSCO Chemical Co. Ltd.     342,815       44,538,088  
Security   Shares     Value  
                 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%
LG Uplus Corp.     1,791,708     $ 24,236,173  
                 
Electric Utilities — 0.6%                
Korea Electric Power Corp.     1,850,956       42,784,335  
                 
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%                
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd.(a)(b)     1,440,766       25,705,326  
                 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.9%
LG Display Co. Ltd.(a)(b)     1,874,157       40,397,583  
LG Innotek Co. Ltd.     136,784       25,087,062  
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.     406,046       62,080,445  
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.     376,352       207,574,106  
              335,139,196  
                 
Entertainment — 2.2%                
HYBE Co. Ltd.(a)     31,258       7,423,579  
NCSoft Corp.     122,211       95,142,334  
Netmarble Corp.(b)(c)     230,986       28,900,762  
Pearl Abyss Corp.(a)     390,404       21,212,768  
              152,679,443  
                 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%                
BGF retail Co. Ltd.     88,542       14,404,417  
E-MART Inc.     191,389       27,288,313  
              41,692,730  
                 
Food Products — 0.8%                
CJ CheilJedang Corp.     76,549       33,518,006  
Orion Corp./Republic of Korea     209,907       22,476,516  
Ottogi Corp.     66       32,290  
              56,026,812  
                 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.7%                
Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd.(a)     456,648       49,422,995  
                 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%                
Kangwon Land Inc.(a)     987,094       25,456,834  
                 
Household Durables — 2.0%                
Coway Co. Ltd.     409,913       30,587,106  
LG Electronics Inc.     757,041       103,176,615  
              133,763,721  
                 
Industrial Conglomerates — 3.1%                
CJ Corp.     162,154       16,637,671  
LG Corp.     654,989       59,287,954  
LX Holdings Corp.(a)     317,627       3,118,457  
Samsung C&T Corp.     596,486       73,994,653  
SK Holdings Co. Ltd.     248,137       58,842,843  
              211,881,578  
                 
Insurance — 1.5%                
DB Insurance Co. Ltd.     464,805       21,120,478  
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.     223,606       42,361,010  
Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.     534,117       40,080,599  
              103,562,087  
                 
Interactive Media & Services — 6.8%                
Kakao Corp.     1,825,162       201,174,869  
NAVER Corp.     818,238       265,826,519  
              467,001,388  
                 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%                
CJ ENM Co. Ltd.     111,503       16,517,256  
                 
IT Services — 0.6%                
Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.     249,655       40,603,762  

 

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

  

Security   Shares     Value  
                 
Leisure Products — 0.4%                
HLB Inc.(a)(b)     842,385     $ 25,951,783  
                 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%                
Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.(a)(c)     119,170       90,383,201  
                 
Machinery — 1.8%                
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)     502,101       15,154,140  
Doosan Bobcat Inc.(a)     535,371       24,603,498  
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. Ltd.     418,293       26,419,194  
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)     299,741       38,292,079  
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)     3,757,309       20,367,176  
              124,836,087  
                 
Marine — 1.0%                
HMM Co. Ltd.(a)     1,060,143       45,481,620  
Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.     3,364,913       20,537,772  
              66,019,392  
                 
Media — 0.3%                
Cheil Worldwide Inc.     737,333       17,115,197  
                 
Metals & Mining — 3.4%                
Hyundai Steel Co.     730,888       34,931,138  
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.     68,178       27,586,554  
POSCO     523,565       166,517,923  
              229,035,615  
                 
Multiline Retail — 0.5%                
Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.     129,764       14,116,340  
Shinsegae Inc.     69,220       19,932,132  
              34,048,472  
                 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.2%                
GS Holdings Corp.     464,166       19,169,397  
SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a)     409,086       97,032,700  
S-Oil Corp.(a)     365,795       30,667,155  
              146,869,252  
                 
Personal Products — 2.5%                
Amorepacific Corp.     235,953       60,651,754  
AMOREPACIFIC Group.     273,699       19,024,754  
LG Household & Health Care Ltd.     64,040       89,451,160  
              169,127,668  
                 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.4%                
Celltrion Pharm Inc.(a)     110,109       13,729,936  
Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.     65,354       20,838,227  
Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     198,836       11,527,883  
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.(a)     182,414       18,551,465  
Yuhan Corp.     466,908       27,461,093  
              92,108,604  
                 
Road & Rail — 0.2%                
CJ Logistics Corp.(a)     104,941       15,996,485  
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.9%
SK Hynix Inc.     3,551,618       404,582,576  
                 
Software — 0.1%                
Douzone Bizon Co. Ltd.     133,996       9,922,411  
                 
Specialty Retail — 0.4%                
Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.     268,029       24,376,781  
Security   Shares     Value  
                 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 22.1%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.     20,933,610     $ 1,510,123,344  
                 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%                
Fila Holdings Corp.     460,781       22,488,186  
                 
Tobacco — 0.9%                
KT&G Corp.     799,410       60,422,413  
                 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.0%
SK Telecom Co. Ltd.     247,671       70,647,020  
                 
Total Common Stocks — 98.0%                
(Cost: $2,482,965,676)           6,699,979,412  

 

Preferred Stocks

 

Automobiles — 0.8%            
Hyundai Motor Co.                
Preference Shares, NVS     233,585       23,191,890  
Series 2, Preference Shares, NVS     306,571       30,710,220  
              53,902,110  
                 
Chemicals — 0.4%                
LG Chem Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS     80,835       26,920,741  
                 
Personal Products — 0.2%                
LG Household & Health Care Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS     21,033       13,572,939  
                 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS     105,110       6,875,497  
                 
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.5%                
(Cost: $45,803,313)           101,271,287  

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 2.3%            
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(d)(e)(f)     157,352,866       157,447,278  
                 
Total Short-Term Investments — 2.3%                
(Cost: $157,371,463)           157,447,278  
                 
Total Investments in Securities — 101.8%                
(Cost: $2,686,140,452)           6,958,697,977  
                 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.8)%.           (122,782,678 )
                 
Net Assets—100.0%         $ 6,835,915,299  

 

(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) iShares ® MSCI South Korea ETF
May 31, 2021

  

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   $ 204,524,418     $ —     $  (46,966,323  )(a)   $ (88,667 )   $ (22,150 )   $ 157,447,278       157,352,866     $  2,027,946 (b)    $ —
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c)     13,820,000       —       (13,820,000 )(a)     —       —       —       —       3,775       —
                            $ (88,667 )   $ (22,150 )   $ 157,447,278             $ 2,031,721     $ —

 

(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 

 

                      Value/
                Notional     Unrealized
    Number of     Expiration     Amount     Appreciation
Description     Contracts       Date       (000 )     (Depreciation)
Long Contracts                              
KOSPI 200 Index     334       06/10/21     $ 32,021     $ 1,072,976

 

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   $ 16,445,655     $ 6,683,533,757     $ —     $ 6,699,979,412
Preferred Stocks     —       101,271,287       —       101,271,287
Money Market Funds     157,447,278       —       —       157,447,278
    $ 173,892,933     $ 6,784,805,044     $ —     $ 6,958,697,977
Derivative financial instruments(a)                              
Assets                              
Futures Contracts   $ 1,072,976     $ —     $ —     $ 1,072,976

 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
 
NVS                Non-Voting Shares

 

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