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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Australia — 59.9%          
Afterpay Ltd.(a)   292,015   $20,831,454 
AGL Energy Ltd.   795,840    4,982,977 
Ampol Ltd.   316,532    6,972,467 
APA Group   1,550,881    11,048,492 
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.   764,328    24,219,381 
ASX Ltd.   267,372    15,728,235 
Aurizon Holdings Ltd.   2,398,156    6,697,507 
AusNet Services Ltd.   2,493,721    3,376,761 
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.   3,813,424    84,618,011 
BHP Group Ltd.   3,946,389    145,235,545 
BlueScope Steel Ltd.   680,469    11,160,363 
Brambles Ltd.   1,931,027    16,123,844 
Cochlear Ltd.   89,563    15,684,775 
Coles Group Ltd.   1,779,865    22,743,576 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia   2,372,192    182,759,077 
Computershare Ltd.   724,826    8,787,837 
Crown Resorts Ltd.(a)   483,016    4,799,412 
CSL Ltd.   611,459    137,080,556 
Dexus   1,396,429    11,256,826 
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd.   78,706    6,697,928 
Evolution Mining Ltd.   2,261,857    9,403,150 
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.   2,268,430    39,283,895 
Goodman Group   2,226,336    33,417,134 
GPT Group (The)   2,516,938    8,949,192 
Insurance Australia Group Ltd.   3,263,669    12,656,958 
James Hardie Industries PLC   599,660    19,892,188 
Lendlease Corp. Ltd.   915,781    8,694,973 
Macquarie Group Ltd.   463,690    54,373,700 
Magellan Financial Group Ltd.   190,548    7,039,139 
Medibank Pvt Ltd.   3,653,050    8,828,796 
Mirvac Group   5,170,214    11,147,253 
National Australia Bank Ltd.   4,415,260    91,897,133 
Newcrest Mining Ltd.   1,091,991    23,783,726 
Northern Star Resources Ltd.   1,485,337    13,351,547 
Oil Search Ltd.   2,616,877    7,351,918 
Orica Ltd.   537,904    5,628,821 
Origin Energy Ltd.   2,278,033    6,980,371 
Qantas Airways Ltd.(a)   1,241,509    4,517,450 
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.   1,961,488    16,589,375 
Ramsay Health Care Ltd.   244,617    11,988,060 
REA Group Ltd.   72,494    9,153,001 
Reece Ltd.   384,905    6,084,902 
Rio Tinto Ltd.   497,554    47,467,679 
Santos Ltd.   2,485,260    12,989,259 
Scentre Group   6,854,181    14,407,748 
Seek Ltd.   456,176    10,763,445 
Sonic Healthcare Ltd.   611,626    16,417,056 
South32 Ltd.   6,493,195    14,917,998 
Stockland   3,144,113    11,349,015 
Suncorp Group Ltd.   1,731,271    14,888,431 
Sydney Airport(a)   1,714,776    7,762,958 
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.   2,916,487    11,508,125 
Telstra Corp. Ltd.   5,571,844    15,131,249 
Transurban Group   3,647,963    39,078,471 
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.   958,147    8,610,288 
Vicinity Centres   4,990,662    6,016,514 
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.   144,014    3,284,727 
Wesfarmers Ltd.   1,521,293    65,027,199 
Security  Shares   Value 
           
Australia (continued)          
Westpac Banking Corp.   4,905,907   $100,303,979 
WiseTech Global Ltd.   205,013    4,450,198 
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.   1,282,466    21,587,408 
Woolworths Group Ltd.   1,696,801    54,515,882 
         1,632,295,335 
China — 0.5%          
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.   2,771,600    5,318,049 
Futu Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)   67,387    9,587,148 
         14,905,197 
Hong Kong — 27.2%          
AIA Group Ltd.   16,225,014    208,150,857 
Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)   1,817,720    3,660,756 
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.   4,992,500    18,061,140 
Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(b)(c)   2,349,200    7,978,128 
CK Asset Holdings Ltd.   3,224,732    21,372,978 
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.   3,630,732    28,453,790 
CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.   907,208    5,652,050 
CLP Holdings Ltd.   2,216,500    22,529,764 
ESR Cayman Ltd.(a)(b)   2,818,200    8,910,781 
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.(a)   2,953,000    23,961,845 
Hang Lung Properties Ltd.   2,736,736    6,910,576 
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.   1,048,500    21,809,552 
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.   1,964,442    9,396,006 
HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd.   3,661,500    3,712,742 
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.   5,144,338    6,974,235 
Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.   14,397,384    25,047,897 
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.   1,456,500    91,213,954 
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.(c)   1,565,300    7,666,371 
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.(c)   290,800    18,847,576 
Link REIT   2,853,586    27,178,384 
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR(a)   300,180    5,160,094 
MTR Corp. Ltd.(c)   2,166,786    12,064,703 
New World Development Co. Ltd.   2,054,480    11,087,761 
Power Assets Holdings Ltd.   1,887,000    11,535,480 
Sands China Ltd.(a)   3,272,400    14,533,875 
Sino Land Co. Ltd.   4,446,800    6,983,411 
SJM Holdings Ltd.   2,790,000    3,156,017 
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.   1,758,500    27,008,932 
Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A   701,000    5,266,923 
Swire Properties Ltd.   1,599,400    4,708,260 
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.   1,871,207    34,501,565 
WH Group Ltd.(b)   13,063,500    11,164,794 
Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.   2,252,600    13,198,919 
Wynn Macau Ltd.(a)   2,103,600    3,556,255 
Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.   2,504,000    10,002,933 
         741,419,304 
Malta — 0.0%          
BGP Holdings PLC, NVS(a)(d)   27,004,595    329 
           
New Zealand — 2.6%          
a2 Milk Co. Ltd. (The)(a)   1,006,039    4,271,153 
Auckland International Airport Ltd.(a)   1,684,243    8,881,425 
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.   778,582    16,807,799 
Mercury NZ Ltd.   924,510    4,386,382 
Meridian Energy Ltd.   1,707,978    6,463,903 
Ryman Healthcare Ltd.   545,991    5,178,254 
Spark New Zealand Ltd.   2,378,084    7,800,917 
Xero Ltd.(a)   180,525    18,432,518 
         72,222,351 

 

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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Singapore — 8.9%          
Ascendas REIT   4,292,180   $9,500,475 
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust   6,085,618    9,605,949 
CapitaLand Ltd.   3,538,300    9,781,932 
City Developments Ltd.(c)   545,200    3,158,782 
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.   2,413,900    54,770,154 
Genting Singapore Ltd.   8,321,700    5,311,617 
Keppel Corp. Ltd.   1,961,800    7,898,653 
Mapletree Commercial Trust   2,868,500    4,549,818 
Mapletree Logistics Trust   3,872,854    5,820,283 
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.   4,499,124    42,024,642 
Singapore Airlines Ltd.(a)   1,838,450    6,920,650 
Singapore Exchange Ltd.   905,600    7,067,455 
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.   2,081,500    6,084,789 
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.   11,117,028    20,238,413 
United Overseas Bank Ltd.   1,579,200    31,106,085 
UOL Group Ltd.   626,400    3,498,522 
Venture Corp. Ltd.   397,900    5,715,689 
Wilmar International Ltd.   2,627,000    9,465,678 
         242,519,586 
Taiwan — 0.2%          
Sea Ltd.(a)   20,084    5,086,072 
           
Total Common Stocks — 99.3%          
(Cost: $2,378,641,193)       2,708,448,174 
           
Rights          
           
Singapore — 0.0%          
Singapore Airlines Ltd. (Expires 06/16/21)(a)   3,842,360    0(e)
           
Total Rights — 0.0%          
(Cost: $0)       0(e)
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.7%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(f)(g)(h)   17,605,035   $17,615,599 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(f)(g)   930,000    930,000 
         18,545,599 
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.7%          
(Cost: $18,542,740)       18,545,599 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 100.0%          
(Cost: $2,397,183,933)       2,726,993,773 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.0)%       (623,346)
           
Net Assets—100.0%      $2,726,370,427 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)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.

(c)All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d)Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e)Rounds to less than $1.

(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  $45,230,315   $—   $(27,601,536)(a)  $(3,367)  $(9,813)  $17,615,599    17,605,035   $82,270(b)  $— 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   660,000    270,000(a)   —    —    —    930,000    930,000    474    — 
                  $(3,367)  $(9,813)  $18,545,599        $82,744   $— 

 

(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.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF
May 31, 2021  

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  Number of
Contracts		   Expiration
Date		  Notional
Amount
(000)		   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		 
Long Contracts                  
ASX SPI 200 Index   89   06/17/21  $12,291   $199,393 
MSCI Singapore Index.   201   06/29/21   5,465    27,951 
                $227,344 

 

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  $19,833,314   $2,688,614,531   $329   $2,708,448,174 
Rights   —    0(a)   —    0(a)
Money Market Funds   18,545,599    —    —    18,545,599 
   $38,378,913   $2,688,614,531   $329   $2,726,993,773 
Derivative financial instruments(b)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $227,344   $—   $—   $227,344 

 

(a)Rounds to less than $1.

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

ADRAmerican Depositary Receipt

NVSNon-Voting Shares

REITReal Estate Investment Trust

 

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