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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 11.4%          
Absa Group Ltd.(a)   882,376   $9,168,162 
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.   96,049    11,616,902 
Nedbank Group Ltd.   490,669    5,794,427 
Standard Bank Group Ltd.   1,518,918    14,946,936 
         41,526,427 
Capital Markets — 1.1%          
Reinet Investments SCA   191,199    3,961,955 
           
Chemicals — 3.0%          
Sasol Ltd.(a)   669,352    10,882,277 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 7.8%          
FirstRand Ltd.   5,513,918    22,417,477 
Remgro Ltd.   684,808    5,948,087 
         28,365,564 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.3%
Growthpoint Properties Ltd.   4,561,756    4,783,120 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 6.9%          
Bid Corp. Ltd.(a)   408,495    8,608,740 
Clicks Group Ltd.   313,443    5,856,622 
Shoprite Holdings Ltd.   627,941    7,044,786 
SPAR Group Ltd. (The)   268,887    3,728,762 
         25,238,910 
           
Food Products — 1.1%          
Tiger Brands Ltd.   239,169    3,840,588 
           
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.5%          
Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)   380,909    5,368,158 
           
Insurance — 6.6%          
Discovery Ltd.(a)   536,738    5,475,555 
Old Mutual Ltd.   6,054,076    6,280,247 
Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd.   1,183,583    2,777,919 
Sanlam Ltd.   2,189,637    9,447,876 
         23,981,597 
           
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 21.9%          
Naspers Ltd., Class N   359,504    79,614,245 
           
Media — 1.4%          
MultiChoice Group   503,396    5,034,599 
           
Metals & Mining — 23.2%          
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.   162,571    3,137,171 
Anglo American Platinum Ltd.   64,580    8,515,158 
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.   490,827    12,120,333 
Security  Shares   Value 
           
Metals & Mining (continued)          
Gold Fields Ltd.   1,044,775   $13,174,886 
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.   754,849    4,038,448 
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.   914,808    16,626,701 
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.   86,743    4,024,928 
Northam Platinum Ltd.(a)   439,177    7,426,993 
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.   3,236,947    15,326,011 
         84,390,629 
Multiline Retail — 1.4%          
Woolworths Holdings Ltd.(a)   1,307,553    5,292,733 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0%          
Exxaro Resources Ltd.   343,695    3,836,914 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%          
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.(a)   493,128    5,760,987 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.1%
NEPI Rockcastle PLC   584,876    4,081,453 
           
Specialty Retail — 1.6%          
Mr. Price Group Ltd.   337,736    5,717,465 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 6.0%          
MTN Group Ltd.(a)   1,982,802    14,304,146 
Vodacom Group Ltd.   794,815    7,545,485 
         21,849,631 
           
Total Common Stocks — 99.9%          
(Cost: $371,318,796)       363,527,252 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 0.0%        
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(b)(c)   230,000    230,000 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%          
(Cost: $230,000)       230,000 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 99.9%          
(Cost: $371,548,796)       363,757,252 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%       199,118 
           
Net Assets—100.0%      $363,956,370 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Affiliate of the Fund.
(c) Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 


 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares ® MSCI South Africa 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(a)   $ 4,406,550     $     $ (4,403,573 )(b)   $ (2,977 )   $     $           $ 7,428 (c)   $
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares     130,000       100,000 (b)                       230,000       230,000       118      
                            $ (2,977 )   $     $ 230,000             $ 7,546     $

 

(a)As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

(b)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(c)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 

 

               Value/
           Notional   Unrealized
   Number of   Expiration   Amount   Appreciation
Description   Contracts    Date    (000)   (Depreciation)
Long Contracts                   
FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index   7    06/17/21   $314   $3,754

 

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  $94,605,952   $268,921,300   $   $363,527,252
Money Market Funds   230,000            230,000
   $94,835,952   $268,921,300   $   $363,757,252
Derivative financial instruments(a)                   
Assets                   
Futures Contracts  $3,754   $   $   $3,754

 

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

  

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