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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 18.5%          
Sberbank of Russia PJSC   17,563,680   $74,202,554 
TCS Group Holding PLC, GDR(a)   290,459    21,842,438 
VTB Bank PJSC   7,745,645,016    5,144,687 
         101,189,679 
Capital Markets — 2.0%          
Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC   4,783,510    10,978,283 
           
Chemicals — 1.9%          
PhosAgro PJSC, GDR(a)   509,329    10,420,871 
           
Electric Utilities — 1.6%          
Inter RAO UES PJSC   129,851,600    8,965,950 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 4.7%          
Magnit PJSC, GDR(a)   956,840    14,610,947 
X5 Retail Group NV, GDR(a)   368,316    11,166,362 
         25,777,309 
Interactive Media & Services — 6.0%          
Mail.Ru Group Ltd., GDR(a)(b)   347,511    7,927,051 
Yandex NV, Class A(b)   374,676    25,199,769 
         33,126,820 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.9%          
Ozon Holdings PLC, ADR(b)   97,744    5,201,437 
           
Metals & Mining — 20.3%          
Alrosa PJSC   7,990,990    12,787,959 
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC   92,322    33,196,924 
Novolipetsk Steel PJSC   4,175,610    14,906,810 
Polymetal International PLC   735,369    17,438,328 
Polyus PJSC   88,437    19,144,038 
Severstal PAO   599,364    13,769,281 
         111,243,340 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 37.7%          
Gazprom PJSC   20,799,550    73,884,574 
LUKOIL PJSC   712,302    58,240,284 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)          
Novatek PJSC, GDR(a)   127,130   $25,308,029 
Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC   2,391,720    17,307,607 
Surgutneftegas PJSC   20,965,946    10,398,692 
Tatneft PJSC   3,157,446    21,408,678 
         206,547,864 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.3%          
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR   1,384,607    12,627,616 
           
Total Common Stocks — 95.9%          
(Cost: $408,544,063)       526,079,169 
           
Preferred Stocks          
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.4%          
Surgutneftegas PJSC, Preference Shares, NVS   20,333,200    12,927,277 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 2.4%          
(Cost: $11,193,392)       12,927,277 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.1%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)   490,000    490,000 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%          
(Cost: $490,000)       490,000 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 98.4%          
(Cost: $420,227,455)       539,496,446 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.6%       8,859,276 
           
Net Assets—100.0%      $548,355,722 

 

(a)This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)Non-income producing security.

(c)Affiliate of the Fund.

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

 

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: Treasury, SL Agency Shares  $1,490,000   $—   $(1,000,000)(a)  $—   $—   $490,000    490,000   $574   $— 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

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

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  Number of
Contracts		   Expiration
Date		  Notional
Amount
(000)		   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		 
Long Contracts                  
MSCI Emerging Markets E-Mini Index   108   06/18/21  $7,349   $205,915 

 

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  $56,803,472   $469,275,697   $—   $526,079,169 
Preferred Stocks   —    12,927,277    —    12,927,277 
Money Market Funds   490,000    —    —    490,000 
   $57,293,472   $482,202,974   $—   $539,496,446 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $205,915   $—   $—   $205,915 

 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
 
ADR American Depositary Receipt
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
NVS Non-Voting Shares
PJSC Public Joint Stock Company

 

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