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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
November 30, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%          
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.   534,895   $12,248,928 
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%          
Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.   130,120    15,924,320 
           
Airlines — 0.7%          
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.(a)   1,345,921    29,911,621 
           
Auto Components — 2.3%          
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.   551,743    17,889,179 
Hanon Systems   1,401,741    15,261,296 
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.   366,793    68,075,203 
         101,225,678 
           
Automobiles — 4.8%          
Hyundai Motor Co.   730,328    119,981,220 
Kia Corp.   1,431,071    93,662,629 
         213,643,849 
           
Banks — 6.2%          
Hana Financial Group Inc.   1,635,448    54,357,810 
Industrial Bank of Korea   1,799,379    15,585,265 
KakaoBank Corp.(a)(b)   123,377    6,813,310 
KB Financial Group Inc.   2,112,020    93,864,286 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.   2,421,400    70,417,515 
Woori Financial Group Inc.   3,282,355    34,741,455 
         275,779,641 
           
Biotechnology — 2.7%          
Alteogen Inc.(a)   145,919    8,421,774 
Celltrion Inc.(a)(b)   509,410    88,671,903 
Green Cross Corp.   20,742    3,793,741 
Seegene Inc.(b)   192,510    12,153,341 
SK Bioscience Co. Ltd.(a)   23,213    5,481,309 
         118,522,068 
           
Capital Markets — 1.8%          
Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.   282,150    17,835,391 
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd.   3,293,209    13,824,478 
Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.   2,709,069    19,521,123 
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.   1,241,361    12,889,585 
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.   457,226    17,031,159 
         81,101,736 
           
Chemicals — 5.0%          
Hanwha Solutions Corp.(a)   928,542    25,876,930 
Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.(b)   169,686    22,019,919 
LG Chem Ltd.   236,039    138,269,695 
Lotte Chemical Corp.   109,648    18,576,783 
SK Chemicals Co. Ltd.   60,235    7,051,421 
SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.(a)(c)   28,804    3,772,253 
SKC Co. Ltd.   47,965    7,943,864 
         223,510,865 
           
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%          
S-1 Corp.   145,380    9,029,858 
           
Construction & Engineering — 1.2%          
GS Engineering & Construction Corp.   479,899    14,813,393 
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.   520,082    19,322,763 
Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)   1,104,239    19,281,162 
         53,417,318 
           
Construction Materials — 0.7%          
POSCO Chemical Co. Ltd.   250,280    33,225,367 
Security   Shares    Value 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%          
LG Uplus Corp.   1,419,264   $16,151,748 
           
Electric Utilities — 0.6%          
Korea Electric Power Corp.   1,465,754    25,587,906 
           
Electrical Equipment — 0.7%          
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd.(a)   1,452,385    23,256,748 
Ecopro BM Co. Ltd.   16,192    7,402,342 
         30,659,090 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 6.0%          
Iljin Materials Co. Ltd.   37,603    4,067,670 
L&F Co. Ltd.   25,945    4,898,951 
LG Display Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   1,485,458    24,844,777 
LG Innotek Co. Ltd.   108,455    27,682,016 
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.   321,762    45,058,413 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.   279,385    161,429,169 
         267,980,996 
           
Entertainment — 3.1%          
HYBE Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   35,599    10,900,728 
Kakao Games Corp.(a)   44,840    3,721,882 
Krafton Inc.(a)   46,030    19,490,774 
NCSoft Corp.   96,647    55,177,410 
Netmarble Corp.(c)   181,967    17,871,888 
Pearl Abyss Corp.(a)   256,519    28,470,357 
         135,633,039 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%          
BGF retail Co. Ltd.   69,948    8,545,789 
E-MART Inc.   150,861    18,111,235 
         26,657,024 
           
Food Products — 0.7%          
CJ CheilJedang Corp.   60,282    17,966,558 
Orion Corp./Republic of Korea   166,253    13,575,127 
         31,541,685 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%          
SD Biosensor Inc.(a)   91,362    4,491,574 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.6%          
Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd.(a)   362,239    24,659,240 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%          
Kangwon Land Inc.(a)   781,817    14,495,485 
           
Household Durables — 1.7%          
Coway Co. Ltd.   323,141    18,437,174 
LG Electronics Inc.   600,083    58,407,578 
         76,844,752 
           
Industrial Conglomerates — 3.1%          
CJ Corp.   128,462    8,647,120 
LG Corp.   489,345    32,383,264 
Samsung C&T Corp.   472,732    41,932,219 
SK Inc.   260,631    56,758,314 
         139,720,917 
           
Insurance — 1.5%          
DB Insurance Co. Ltd.   368,274    16,690,808 
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.   177,216    30,151,165 
Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.   421,593    21,133,782 
         67,975,755 
           
Interactive Media & Services — 7.8%          
Kakao Corp.   1,445,147    147,852,881 


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November 30, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Interactive Media & Services (continued)          
NAVER Corp.   617,788   $197,230,028 
         345,082,909 
           
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%          
CJ ENM Co. Ltd.   88,225    10,063,508 
           
IT Services — 0.5%          
Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.   197,701    23,757,464 
           
Leisure Products — 0.5%          
HLB Inc.(a)(b)   665,176    20,182,413 
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%          
Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.(a)(c)   94,378    70,752,256 
           
Machinery — 1.4%          
Doosan Bobcat Inc.(a)   423,729    12,898,968 
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. Ltd.   330,720    14,730,970 
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)   236,871    17,426,681 
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)   3,941,883    16,882,630 
         61,939,249 
           
Marine — 0.6%          
HMM Co. Ltd.(a)   839,393    16,676,898 
Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.   2,662,234    11,605,614 
         28,282,512 
           
Media — 0.2%          
Cheil Worldwide Inc.   584,280    10,667,184 
           
Metals & Mining — 2.9%          
Hyundai Steel Co.   577,714    17,981,596 
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   53,869    22,436,530 
POSCO   403,363    88,560,481 
         128,978,607 
           
Multiline Retail — 0.2%          
Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.   102,717    7,223,726 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.8%          
GS Holdings Corp.   367,200    11,566,429 
SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a)   309,401    50,617,718 
S-Oil Corp.   288,542    19,328,968 
         81,513,115 
           
Personal Products — 1.7%          
Amorepacific Corp.   186,957    24,699,995 
AMOREPACIFIC Group.   216,640    7,519,989 
LG Household & Health Care Ltd.   50,740    44,998,351 
         77,218,335 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%          
Celltrion Pharm Inc.(a)(b)   87,188    8,780,685 
Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.   51,805    10,985,528 
Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.(b)   157,320    4,322,716 
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.(a)   144,262    11,583,448 
Yuhan Corp.   368,487    17,939,711 
         53,612,088 
           
Road & Rail — 0.2%          
CJ Logistics Corp.(a)   82,930    8,652,030 
           
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.1%          
SK Hynix Inc.   2,708,261    258,912,670 
SK Square Co. Ltd.(a)   188,177    10,771,981 
         269,684,651 
Security   Shares    Value 
           
Software — 0.2%          
Douzone Bizon Co. Ltd.   106,114   $6,733,095 
           
Specialty Retail — 0.3%          
Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.(b)   212,226    12,634,500 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 23.6%          
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   17,413,628    1,045,274,073 
           
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%          
F&F Co. Ltd./New(a)   5,423    3,789,115 
           
Tobacco — 1.0%          
KT&G Corp.   633,146    43,641,550 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%          
SK Telecom Co. Ltd.   284,145    13,010,726 
           
Total Common Stocks — 98.1%          
(Cost: $1,661,557,521)        4,352,633,566 
           
Preferred Stocks          
           
Automobiles — 0.7%          
Hyundai Motor Co.          
Preference Shares, NVS   184,915    14,118,819 
Series 2, Preference Shares, NVS   242,815    18,910,380 
         33,029,199 
           
Chemicals — 0.4%          
LG Chem Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   64,036    17,452,705 
           
Personal Products — 0.2%          
LG Household & Health Care Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   16,634    8,331,151 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%          
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   71,435    3,852,202 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.4%          
(Cost: $30,796,451)        62,665,257 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 2.4%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(d)(e)(f)   101,613,276    101,653,922 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(d)(e)   3,920,000    3,920,000 
         105,573,922 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 2.4%          
(Cost: $105,523,388)        105,573,922 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 101.9%          
(Cost: $1,797,877,360)        4,520,872,745 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.9)%        (83,819,157)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $4,437,053,588 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

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

(c)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.

(d)Affiliate of the Fund.


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

(f)All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 



Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer  Value at
08/31/21
    Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sales
   Net Realized Gain (Loss)   Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)   Value at
11/30/21
   Shares
Held at 11/30/21
   Income     Capital
Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $122,734,315    $   $(21,063,825)(a) $(7,022)  $(9,546)  $101,653,922    101,613,276   $1,098,885(b)   $  
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   1,140,000     2,780,000(a)                3,920,000    3,920,000    44      
                   $(7,022)  $(9,546)  $105,573,922        $1,098,929   $  

 

(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.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                  
KOSPI2 Index   135   12/09/21  $10,596   $(407,115)

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows: 

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

 

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Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Investments                
Assets                
Common Stocks  $50,770,830   $4,301,862,736   $   $4,352,633,566 
Preferred Stocks       62,665,257        62,665,257 
Money Market Funds   105,573,922            105,573,922 
   $156,344,752   $4,364,527,993   $   $4,520,872,745 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Futures Contracts  $   $(407,115)  $   $(407,115)

 

(a)Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

NVSNon-Voting Shares

 

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