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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Airlines — 0.3%          
Qantas Airways Ltd.(a)   1,200,635   $4,368,723 
           
Banks — 27.7%          
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.   3,697,259    82,040,367 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia   2,304,956    177,579,062 
National Australia Bank Ltd.   4,284,056    89,166,315 
Westpac Banking Corp.   4,769,043    97,505,719 
         446,291,463 
Beverages — 0.5%          
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.   940,242    8,449,387 
           
Biotechnology — 8.2%          
CSL Ltd.   591,172    132,532,494 
           
Capital Markets — 4.6%          
ASX Ltd.   251,265    14,780,736 
Macquarie Group Ltd.   446,608    52,370,613 
Magellan Financial Group Ltd.   179,548    6,632,782 
         73,784,131 
Chemicals — 0.3%          
Orica Ltd.   531,436    5,561,138 
           
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%          
Brambles Ltd.   1,909,667    15,945,490 
           
Construction Materials — 1.2%          
James Hardie Industries PLC   577,094    19,143,619 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%          
Telstra Corp. Ltd.   5,399,246    14,662,531 
           
Electric Utilities — 0.6%          
AusNet Services Ltd.   2,432,699    3,294,131 
Origin Energy Ltd.   2,295,076    7,032,594 
         10,326,725 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 5.9%          
BGP Holdings PLC, NVS(a)(b)   18,888,372    230 
Dexus   1,408,271    11,352,286 
Goodman Group   2,160,208    32,424,558 
GPT Group (The)   2,530,366    8,996,936 
Mirvac Group   5,115,274    11,028,799 
Scentre Group   6,768,361    14,227,351 
Stockland   3,101,168    11,194,000 
Vicinity Centres   5,037,172    6,072,585 
         95,296,745 
Food & Staples Retailing — 4.7%          
Coles Group Ltd.   1,733,085    22,145,809 
Woolworths Group Ltd.   1,644,005    52,819,620 
         74,965,429 
Gas Utilities — 0.7%          
APA Group.   1,531,955    10,913,663 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9%          
Cochlear Ltd.   85,417    14,958,705 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.7%          
Ramsay Health Care Ltd.   237,886    11,658,191 
Sonic Healthcare Ltd.   589,745    15,829,734 
         27,487,925 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.9%          
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.   746,659   $23,659,501 
Crown Resorts Ltd.(a)   487,348    4,842,456 
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd.   81,572    6,941,826 
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.   2,894,565    11,421,623 
         46,865,406 
Insurance — 3.2%          
Insurance Australia Group Ltd.   3,189,028    12,367,490 
Medibank Pvt Ltd.   3,589,664    8,675,603 
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.   1,918,190    16,223,180 
Suncorp Group Ltd.   1,663,725    14,307,555 
         51,573,828 
Interactive Media & Services — 1.2%          
REA Group Ltd.   68,327    8,626,881 
Seek Ltd.   435,679    10,279,819 
         18,906,700 
IT Services — 1.8%          
Afterpay Ltd.(a)   282,094    20,123,720 
Computershare Ltd.   704,043    8,535,863 
         28,659,583 
Metals & Mining — 18.3%          
BHP Group Ltd.   3,827,331    140,853,957 
BlueScope Steel Ltd.   654,492    10,734,315 
Evolution Mining Ltd.   2,224,127    9,246,296 
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.   2,200,153    38,101,497 
Newcrest Mining Ltd.   1,060,893    23,106,407 
Northern Star Resources Ltd.   1,433,857    12,888,798 
Rio Tinto Ltd.   482,296    46,012,034 
South32 Ltd.   6,208,360    14,263,594 
         295,206,898 
Multi-Utilities — 0.3%          
AGL Energy Ltd.   803,574    5,031,401 
           
Multiline Retail — 3.9%          
Wesfarmers Ltd.   1,473,126    62,968,316 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.2%          
Ampol Ltd.   309,070    6,808,097 
Oil Search Ltd.   2,570,267    7,220,970 
Santos Ltd.   2,435,699    12,730,227 
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.   141,088    3,217,989 
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.   1,250,121    21,042,953 
         51,020,236 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%          
Lendlease Corp. Ltd.   895,776    8,505,034 
           
Road & Rail — 0.4%          
Aurizon Holdings Ltd.   2,408,369    6,726,029 
           
Software — 1.3%          
WiseTech Global Ltd.   188,496    4,091,665 
Xero Ltd.(a)   172,071    17,569,322 
         21,660,987 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%          
Reece Ltd.   391,512    6,189,351 
           
Transportation Infrastructure — 2.8%          
Sydney Airport(a)    1,723,645    7,803,109 


 

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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Transportation Infrastructure (continued)          
Transurban Group   3,557,360   $38,107,895 
         45,911,004 
Total Common Stocks — 99.4%          
(Cost: $1,622,694,032)        1,603,912,941 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.0%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)   640,000    640,000 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%          
(Cost: $640,000)        640,000 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 99.4%          
(Cost: $1,623,334,032)        1,604,552,941 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.6%        8,894,065 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $1,613,447,006 
(a)Non-income producing security.
(b)Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
(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  $494,000   $146,000(a)  $—   $—   $—   $640,000    640,000   $343   $— 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  Number of Contracts   Expiration Date  Notional Amount (000)   Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 
Long Contracts                  
ASX SPI 200 Index   66   06/17/21  $9,115   $304,829 

 

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.

 

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

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

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  $—   $1,603,912,711   $230   $1,603,912,941 
Money Market Funds   640,000    —    —    640,000 
   $640,000   $1,603,912,711   $230   $1,604,552,941 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $304,829   $—   $—   $304,829 

 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

NVSNon-Voting Shares

 

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