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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
           
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 6.1%          
Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)   3,459,810   $6,967,805 
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.   8,163,500    29,532,723 
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.   1,659,000    34,508,390 
         71,008,918 
Beverages — 1.2%          
Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(a)   4,037,300    13,711,092 
           
Building Products — 1.5%          
Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.   4,390,000    17,537,091 
           
Capital Markets — 14.5%          
Futu Holdings Ltd., ADR(b)   90,632    12,894,215 
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.   2,512,226    157,329,260 
         170,223,475 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%          
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.   9,100,500    12,337,646 
           
Electric Utilities — 6.3%          
CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.   1,675,000    10,435,517 
CLP Holdings Ltd.   3,556,700    36,152,317 
HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd.   7,285,000    7,386,952 
Power Assets Holdings Ltd.   3,178,500    19,430,589 
         73,405,375 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.6%          
Link REIT   4,429,100    42,184,038 
           
Food Products — 1.6%          
WH Group Ltd.(a)   21,785,500    18,619,101 
           
Gas Utilities — 3.4%          
Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.   23,104,805    40,196,663 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 7.2%          
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.(b)   4,653,000    37,756,337 
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR(b)   537,595    9,241,258 
Sands China Ltd.(b)   5,377,600    23,883,806 
SJM Holdings Ltd.   5,473,000    6,190,996 
Wynn Macau Ltd.(b)   4,146,800    7,010,400 
         84,082,797 
Industrial Conglomerates — 6.5%          
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.   5,792,267    45,393,586 
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.   479,500    31,077,760 
         76,471,346 
Insurance — 21.2%          
AIA Group Ltd.   19,340,200    248,115,608 
           
Machinery — 4.6%          
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.   2,939,147    54,192,386 

 

Security  Shares   Value 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 18.2%          
CK Asset Holdings Ltd.   5,632,767   $37,333,027 
ESR Cayman Ltd.(a)(b)   4,240,400    13,407,592 
Hang Lung Properties Ltd.   4,775,000    12,057,428 
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.   3,397,762    16,251,635 
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.   2,778,000    13,605,813 
New World Development Co. Ltd.   3,510,266    18,944,449 
Sino Land Co. Ltd.   7,720,000    12,123,759 
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.   3,079,500    47,298,269 
Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A   1,272,500    9,560,856 
Swire Properties Ltd.   2,981,600    8,777,133 
Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.   3,996,150    23,415,103 
         212,775,064 
Road & Rail — 1.7%          
MTR Corp. Ltd.(c)   3,471,583    19,329,836 
           
Specialty Retail — 0.5%          
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.   3,269,800    6,273,978 
           
Total Common Stocks — 99.2%          
(Cost: $1,131,897,745)        1,160,464,414 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 1.9%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(d)(e)(f)   19,775,049    19,786,914 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(d)(e)   3,130,000    3,130,000 
         22,916,914 
Total Short-Term Investments — 1.9%          
(Cost: $22,916,914).        22,916,914 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 101.1%          
(Cost: $1,154,814,659).        1,183,381,328 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.1)%.        (13,269,536)
           
NetAssets — 100.0%       $1,170,111,792 

 

(a)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.
(b)Non-income producing security.
(c)All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(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 Hong Kong 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  $21,124,049   $   $(1,331,697)(a)  $(7,548)  $2,110   $19,786,914    19,775,049   $33,760(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   495,000    2,635,000(a)               3,130,000    3,130,000    380     
                  $(7,548)  $2,110   $22,916,914        $34,140   $ 

 

(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                  
MSCI EAFE Index   81   06/18/21  $9,465   $231,678 

 

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  $22,135,473   $1,138,328,941   $   $1,160,464,414 
Money Market Funds   22,916,914            22,916,914 
   $45,052,387   $1,138,328,941   $   $1,183,381,328 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $231,678   $   $   $231,678 

 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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